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When Ernie Shore Overshadowed Babe Ruth
Babe Ruth cast a very large shadow, but on June 23, 1917, Ernie Shore overshadowed the big guy. He even managed to do it after the Babe got kicked out of the game for punching an umpire.
Ernie Shore with Grover Cleveland Alexander
It happened at Fenway Park in a game against the Washington Senators. Ruth, the starting pitcher for the Red Sox, got thrown out of the game after one batter. Shore relieved him by getting the next 26 batters out.
Ernie Shore
Shore was a country boy from North Carolina, born March 24, 1891. He began his baseball career as a right-handed pitcher for the New York Giants in 1912. Then in 1914 he went to play for the Boston Red Sox.
He won three games and lost one in both Red Sox world championships in 1915 and 1916. Shore played for the Red Sox through the 1917 season. He missed the 1918 World Series because he served in the military during World War I.
Then Harry Frazee sold him to the New York Yankees. Frazee also sold Babe Ruth to the Yankees, bringing the Curse of the Bambino onto the team. He ended his career in 1920 with a 65-43 won-loss record and a lifetime earned run average of 2.47. Ruth's was slightly better at 2.23.
The Incident
On that June day in 1917, Ruth took the mound for the Red Sox and walked Ray Morgan on four pitches. He believed Ball 2 and Ball 4 were actually strikes. So he charged the umpire, Clarence "Brick" Owens. Ruth yelled, "If you'd go to bed at night, you *expletive*, you could keep your eyes open long enough in the daytime to see when a ball goes over the plate!"
Owens told him to get back on the mound and pitch or he'd throw him out of the game. Ruth replied, "Throw me out and I'll punch you right in the jaw!" So Owens threw him out. Ruth again charged the umpire and took a swing at him, just managing a glancing blow to Owens' ear. Owens fell down and threw Ruth out of the game. Police then escorted him off the field.
Ernie Shore then took the mound and Morgan tried to steal second. He was thrown out, and Shore then retired the next 26 batters. )For those of you non-fans, that is a rare feat in baseball.) Not one reached first base. That created a conundrum for scorekeepers. Was it a perfect game, since Shore was on the mound for every out in the game? Or was it a combined no-hitter with Ruth? They eventually ruled it a combined no-hitter.
The Red Sox, by the way, won 4-0.
Babe Ruth, 1918
Shore retired from baseball after the 1920 season and for many years served as the sheriff of Forsyth County in North Carolina. He led the effort to build a minor league ballpark in Winston-Salem, N.C., now named after him. He died at the age of 89, the last surviving member of the 1915-16 Red Sox championship teams.
Babe Ruth received a $100 fine and a 10-game suspension. He also apologized publicly, and went on to create more mayhem and make baseball history.
6 Fun Facts About Maple Syrup (and Sugar, too)
Collecting sap for maple syrup may be the best thing about early spring in New England. Which of course damns it with faint praise, as the best things about early spring in New England also include the occasional crocus and Red Sox spring training in Florida. And that's pretty much it.
But maple syrup and, by extension, maple sugar do make early spring bearable, especially in northern New England. The stately stands of maples, the cozy sugar shack, sugar on snow, rosy cheeks, pancakes, Currier and Ives and all that.
Crrier and Ives print
And so we bring you six fun facts about maple syrup. If you've signed up with the New England Historical Society (you can do it here), you can also download eight historic maple syrup recipes.
1. The Maple Syrup Workout
Collecting maple sap and boiling it down to syrup used to require a lot of drudgery. Hauling bucket after bucket of the stuff to a fire that had to be constantly fed was not for the faint of heart. And according to an old Indian legend, that's exactly how the whole business of maple syrup got started.
Maple syrup originated with the indigenous people of the Northeast. According to one legend, a god, or a chief, came upon a village of Indians lying around drinking syrup from maple trees. Appalled by the fat and lazy villagers, the god (or chief) decided to whip them into shape. So he turned the sap watery except in the spring. That way, the Indians had to work to get their syrup fix.
By the early 17th century, indigenous people were trading maple sugar with Europeans, and the European settlers started making it for themselves.
2. Cause Marketing
In the 18th century, New England imported huge amounts of cane sugar from slave plantations in the West Indies. The Rev. Samuel Hopkins, ordained in Great Barrington, Mass., in 1743, preached against slavery. That turned out to be a bad career move as he lost his job.
Samuel Hopkins
But Hopkins continued his abolitionist ways, and he urged people to use maple sugar rather than imported sugar. His idea caught on. John Adams' friend Dr. Benjamin Rush, for example, formed the Society for Promoting the Manufacture of Sugar from the Sugar Maple Tree. And a contemporary almanac stated maple sugar 'must possess a sweeter flavor to an independent American of the north, than that which is mingled with the groans and tears of slavery.'
3. Women and Children
Maple sugar had another advantage: it was cheap. In 1818, it sold for half as much as cane sugar from the West Indies. Farmers could also make it themselves, for their own use or to bring in a little extra cash.
The young son of a Vermont farmer near Woodstock gather sap. Courtesy Library of Congress.
Actually, farmers' wives and children made a lot of the maple sugar. In the late 1780s a French visitor to the United States estimated American women and children made 10 million pounds of sugar. That had to be a wild guess, but at least it tells us a LOT of maple sugar.
4. War Is Good for…Maple Syrup Production
If it weren't for a couple of wars, maple syrup producers might still be doing the Currier and Ives thing.
The Civil War propelled the maple sugar industry into at least the 19th century. The war cut off cane sugar from the South, so New England's sap harvesters stepped up production to meet demand for maple sugar. Instead of boiling sap over open fires, sugar makers built brick or stone arches to enclose the flame. And they adapted the sheet metal technology used to make tin cans for soldiers for metal evaporators that replaced kettles.
Still doing it the old-fashioned way in 1906 in Vermont. Courtesy Library of Congress.
Plastics developed during World War II ushered in the plastic bag era during the 1951 season. The George H. Soule Company developed the "King Portable Power Tree Tapper," a gas-powered drill in a backpack with a plastic sap collection bag. The bag, made of heavy plastic called vinylite, was used by the U.S. Air Force to package food and water dropped to G.I.s. Eventually, plastic tubing replaced plastic bags.
5. The Great Maple Syrup Bust
In 1939, U.S. marshals seized 900 barrels of maple syrup from St. Johnsbury-based Cary Maple Sugar Company, the world's largest buyer of the sweet stuff.
Before then, maple syrup fraud had turned into a big problem for honest producers. By the 1880s, they were complaining about the 'flood of diluted and doctored glucose' that contaminated nature's nectar. State and federal food regulators began to crack down on the frauds.
In the Cary Maple Sugar case, the feds claimed the syrup had a "poisonous or deleterious ingredient, lead." Spectators packed the courthouse during the seven-day trial in Burlington. The Vermont jury ruled for the local company, but the federal government won on appeal. The maple syrup industry subsequently cleaned up its act, getting rid of lead-based metal buckets, kettles and paint.
Vermont sugar house, 1940. Courtesy Library of Congress.
6. A Maple Syrup Lab
Vermont, the largest U.S. producer of maple syrup since 1886, has had a permanent maple syrup laboratory since 1946. Part of the University of Vermont, Gov. Mortimer Proctor bought the land and donated it to the state. The laboratory, in Underhill, includes 150 acres of maple trees known as a sugar bush. The lab has conducted research into the molecular genetics of sap sweetness, sources of lead in maple syrup and the meteorological influence on stem pressure and sap flow.
With thanks to Deborah Jean Warner, Sweet Stuff: An American History of Sweeteners from Sugar to Sucralose and National Register of Historic Places Nomination Form Proctor Maple Research Farm and the Maple Syrup History blog by Matthew M. Thomas. This story was updated in 2021.
The Connecticut Accent, Or Does Connecticut Even Have One?
Poor old Connecticut, invaded every day by thousands of Noo Yawkers and Bahstonians. Those people who don't know what to do with their 'r's make it nearly impossible for the state to sustain a uniquely Connecticut accent.
You can make a good argument that Fairfield County, parts of New Haven and Litchfield County belong more to the Tri-State Area than to New England. Those places are where New Yorkers buy antiques, keep their weekend home and send their kid to prep school. They take Metro-NORTH trains into Grand Central and get their local news from New York City.
The pride of Westport
The Non-Connecticut Accent
They also tend to speak like New Yorkers, dropped 'r' and all. People who live near (or work in or escaped from) Noo Yawk are more likely to talk like Cuba Gooding, Jr. He lives in Greenwich, by the way. A big part of living in Connecticut is knowing which wealthy town which wealthy celebrity lives in.
People who live in Northeast Connecticut tend to talk more like Bostonians. They see 'Jawdin's Furnichah' (Jordan's Furniture) ads on television. They buy b'daydas at the Stawp & Shawp (potatoes at the Stop & Shop). And they root for the Sawx, the Broons and the Pats and in the summer you'll find them down the Cape.
So you have two different non-Connecticut accents, both with the dropped 'r.' Phonologists call it non-rhotic.
The rest of New England tends to view Connecticut with suspicion. After all, half the state roots for the Yankees and the Giants.
Rich Talk v. Poor Talk
The state's severe economic inequality also wipes out any possibility of a single, statewide Connecticut accent. It has some of the wealthiest towns in the country just a stone's throw from the poorest cities.
Latinos make up about 40 percent of the population of Hartford, the fourth poorest city in the U.S. The same goes for Bridgeport and New Britain. They come mostly from Puerto Rico, Cuba and the Dominican Republic and they have distinct dialects and slang. Sometimes phonologists call it New York Latino or East Coast Latino English. It's evolving, it's varied and it's usually spoken by people who grew up speaking English. (Listen to Pedro Martinez, a Dominican, here. He lives in Greenwich.)
Pre-Greenwich Pedro Martinez
Many of Connecticut's rich residents speak in a neutral, upper-class accent sometimes called 'Mid-Atlantic.' People generally have to manufacture that accent, because no one speaks it naturally. Listen to Westport's Martha Stewart, for example. She once had a heavy Joisey (New Jersey) accent, but worked to get rid of it. You wouldn't know she's a Jersey girl to listen to her now.
A young Jacqueline Onassis at Miss Porter's in Farmingdale
Starting around the 1920s, New England prep schools had taught students to speak with a quasi-British accent. Jacqueline Onassis, for example, developed a serious accent at Miss Porter's in Farmington. Katharine Hepburn got hers at the Oxford School in West Hartford, though her well-to-do Mummy and Daddy probably helped it along. You've heard the accent if you've watched old movies with upper-class characters. It's rather stagey to American ears, and it fell out of fashion sometime in the 1960s.
Muddled Dialect Boundaries
So Connecticut has non-rhotic speakers in the northeast and southwest. Throughout the state it has manufactured Mid-Atlantic accents in the tony towns away from the gritty urban East Coast Latino English. Some have 'r's, some don't.
But beyond all those muddled dialect boundaries, there is a place where a Connecticut accent survives: Somewhere from south of Hartford to somewhere north of Springfield (which started out in Connecticut).
Hartford, as pronounced by its inhabitants, has an 'r.'
Connecticut accent likely pronounced here
T-Glottaling
Unlike most New Englanders, the Central Connecticut Mumbler has no problem with the 'r.' It goes in all the right places. 'Gilmore Girls,' 'Waterbury' and 'cruller.' All have 'r's in the right places. In Connecticut, lobster rolls have butter. Mark Twain lived in Hartford. Buy a steamed hamburger in Meriden.
The Merri'
It's the 't' that Central Connecticut Mumblers can't deal with. Phonologists call what they do 't-glottaling.' Or 'gloh-a-ling.'
Ask someone from Connecticut to say "kitten from New Britain." You might hear "kih-en from New Brih-en." 'Mou-en' for 'mountain,' 'bo-el' for 'bottle' and 'Kah-neh'uhkit' for 'Connecticut.'
The 't' also tends to fall off the end of words. So if a word ends with a 't,' that word duh-zen have a consonan' a' the end.
And Now for the Mumble
The Central Connecticut accent has a distinct mumble. People who have it rush through the syllables, especially in the middle of a sentence, mushing them into incomprehensibility. They eat their consonants and flatten out their pitch.
A student newscaster at Central Connecticut State University and his interviewee in New Britain had it bad. (Listen to them here.)
On the video we learn that because of the parking problems at CCSU, students risk getting a ticket or showing up to class late. Or in the Central Connecticut Mumble, it becomes 'geh-in a tickeh orshowinuptclss late.'
"Sawdonsee …" equals "So I don't see."
Meg Ryan, who grew up in Fairfield, sometimes lapses into the Central Connecticut Mumble. In an interview with Ellen DeGeneres, she describes how she took 'something like a six hour flight' to pick up her adopted daughter. Only it comes out 'tsngthin' like a six-hour flight.' "You'd think she'd be upset" turns into 'you'd think she'd bempset.'
It can't be a coincidence that Scrabble was invented in Connecticut. A game where people try to turn jumbled letters into intelligible words.
The Northern Cities Vowel Shift
Ironically, network newscasters used to talk as if they grew up in Hartford or Springfield. Those city accents resembled those of such Great Lakes cities as Buffalo, Rochester or Cleveland (which used to belong to Connecticut).
NBC news anchor John Chancellor grew up in Chicago, for example, but he spoke NBC standard. Phonologists call it Inland Northern American English.
Recently they've identified a trend: more people using the Northern Cities Vowel Shift – in Cleveland, in Hartford and in Springfield. Vowel shifters replace 'o' sounds with 'a' sounds and vice versa.
Instead of block they say black. Instead of busses they say bosses. And instead of more they say mawhr.
From Connecticut?
One easy way to tell if someone grew up in Connecticut: ask them to identify a submarine sandwich and a yard sale. Bingo! If they say grinder or tag sale.
Or ask someone to complete this series: 84, 91, 95. Correct answer: The Merritt, as in the terrifying Merri' Parkway.
Ask where Yukon is and if they say Storrs they grew up in Connecticut; if they say Canada, they didn't.
UConn Huskies logo in the '60s
You can also tell someone isn't from Connecticut if he calls himself a Nutmegger. It's something no self-respecting Connecticut native would ever say. Or if they say NEW Haven. It's New HA-ven.
You can get them going in whatever Connecticut accent they prefer by saying one word: Taxes. Connecticut has the worst taxes in the world, yes sir.
And if you want to talk to someone from Connecticut about pizza, just don't.
Want to speak like a Bostonian? Click here. For New Hampshire, click here, for Maine, click here, and for Rhode Island, click here.
With thanks to Ana Celia Zentella, "Spanish Language in the Northeast," from Language in the USA: Themes for the Twenty-first Century edited by Edward Finegan, John R. Rickford.
Images Tag sale By Jim Chute – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=17010593; Grinder By jeffreyw – mmm…sammichesUploaded by Fæ, CC BY 2.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=23097562; Martha Stewart By David Shankbone – Own work, CC BY 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15049241. This story was updated in 2022.
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How To Talk With a Boston Accent (Not for the Faint of Haht)
The Boston accent has brought many an actor to grief, especially these days as films about the city just keep coming. George Clooney famously botched it in Perfect Storm, but not as badly as Kevin Costner did in 13 Days. Mark Wahlberg, who grew up in Southie, gets it down perfectly, of course. So does Matt Damon, even though he grew up across the river in the People's Republic (Cambridge).
Back in the day, actors used to have to lose their Boston accents if they wanted work. Leonard Nimoy, who grew up in the West End, had a wicked bad one. He got rid of it before he won the part of Spawk from Stah Trek.
One reason actors have such a hard time with the Boston accent is its complexity. Dropping the 'r' is only part of it. You have to put it back in some places, sometimes where it doesn't belong. And you also have to say 'aw' for 'o' or 'ah' ('hawkey' for 'hockey'). But you only do that sometimes – knowing when is the key.
And then on top of the weeid (weird) pronunciation, you also have to master the slang that goes with the accent.
Bahston.
R-less Boston Accent
If you want to sound smaht, you'll describe the 'r-less' Boston accent as 'non-rhotic speech.' You've no doubt heard the quintessential non-rhotic Boston phrase: 'Pahk the cah in Hah-vahd yahd,' right? And you pronounce all the vowels the way you say 'ah' at the dentist.
Or do you?
Good luck findin' pahkin' anywhere neeah Hah-vid Yahd.
Actually, Bostonians pronounce the 'r' when it comes before a vowel, though they do it softly. Listen carefully, and you'll hear a Bostonian say, 'pahk the cahr in Hah-vahd yahd.' But if he had more than one vehicle, he would 'pahk the cahs in Hah-vahd yahd.'
Plus, Bostonians talk fast, and they tend to mush their consonants together. So 'Hah-vahd' usually sounds more like 'Hah-vid.'
And when you drop the 'r,' remember your voice goes up in pitch.
Jordan's Furniture, Boston Accent Style
There's more than that to the way Bostonians deal with their 'r's. When the vowel is 'er,' you don't drop the 'r.' So, "The Gahd'n went crazy when Larry Bird stole the ball." Boston has at least two gahd'ns: Boston Garden and the Public Garden. Both are just 'the gahd'n.'
Another signature sound of Boston speech: 'or' comes out as 'aw." So 'Jordan's Furniture' sounds like 'Jawdin's Furnichah.'
For more than fawty (forty) years, Barry and Eliot Tatelman blanketed the airwaves with comical Jordan's Furniture commercials. "We don't sell those cheap sets that fall apaht," they'd say. "You can tell when you open a dressa draw!"
Not only do they get the accent right, they even sold a chair once called the Boston Accent.
Jawdin's Furnichah has an ImAX theatre in Reading. Really.
That Pesky O
As audiobook narrator Matt Haynes points out, Bostonians don't substitute 'aw' for 'o' if preceded by an 's,' 'ng,' 'f,' 'l' or 'th.'
Boston Mayor Kevin White used to say 'mother of God' a lot. It came out 'muh-thuhr aw Gawd.'
Or you might get 'stawpped in Bahston by a statie for bangin' a U-ey.' (Translation: 'stopped in Boston by a state policeman for making a U-turn.')
The Intrusive R
Bostonians like to add 'r's' at the end of words, like 'Linder' and 'idear.' Many people remember President Kennedy's trouble with the Russians in 'Cuber.' But the Kennedys don't really have a Boston accent. They have a Kennedy accent, a unique (some say pretentious) mix of the Transatlantic and Boston accents. So don't mimic Mayor Quimby on the animated television series, The Simpsons, unless you're making fun of a Kennedy.
You can listen to JFK pronounce "Jordan Marsh" in a Kennedy accent in this video here.
JFK delivers a speech in a Kennedy accent.
Boston politicians naturally have their own lingo. They raise campaign funds at a 'time.' They disclose damaging information about an opponent ('oppo') by 'droppin' a dime on' or 'diming out' that person. Campaign volunteers 'hold a sign' for a candidate. It's a good way to 'get on the state' (a sweet job, say at Massport) if your candidate wins.
In real Bostonspeak, the intrusive 'r' also shows up where 'r's' don't usually go — like before a vowel. So if you want to know where your muthah went, you might say, "Is Mar upstairs?" (Thanks to Matt Damon for that one!)
Or you might find yourself 'soring wood' or 'making a withdroral from an ATM.'
Talk Fast and Drop Your Consonants
In the entire United States, only people in Oregon and Minnesota talk faster than Bostonians. So consonants often get left behind. "Why did you…?" equals "Whyja?" "Did you eat already?" becomes "Jeet orreddy?"
If the answer to "Jeet?" is no, you could go for chowda (chowder) or a spuckie (a sandwich, though that's fading). Wash it all down with tawnic (tonic, also fading) or soder (soda), the proper names for carbonated soft drinks. Finish it off with a Hoodsie (ice cream cup). But 'hoodsie' also refers to a pretty teen-aged girl. She probably wears earrings in her PSDS (pierced ears).
When you buy b'daydas (the noble spud) at the Stah Mahket (Star Market), you probably need a carriage (shopping cart). Bring your pockabook (pocketbook). Same goes for the fahmisee (pharmacy) and the packie (liquor store).
'Bubbler,' for some reason, refers to 'water fountain' in both Boston and Wisconsin. Good luck finding one. And if you order a regular coffee from the Dunkies onna conna, you'll get cream and sugar in it.
One on every conna.
Place Names per the Boston Accent
Medford, a city nawtha Bahston, is 'MED-feh' or 'MEH-feh' to someone who doesn't live there. But to someone who does live there, it's 'MED-fid' or 'MEF-id.' No one ever calls it Medford.
Many Massachusetts place names have consonants on paper but not in reality. So Worcester becomes Woostuh, Leicester Lestuh, Gloucester Glosstuh.
Bahston has a lot of neighborhoods you can get to on the T: the Nawth End, Southie, Dot or Dawchestah, JP (Jamaica Plain) and Rozzy (Roslindale). West Roxbury is generally just West Roxbury. Townies live in Charlestown, once the armored-car-robbery capital of the world.
If you happen to drive around Bahston, you might find yourself on an av – Dotav (Dorchester Avenue), Massav (Massachusetts Avenue) or Commav (Commonwealth Avenue).
A lot of people go down the Cape, maybe to P-town. The traffic on the expressway can back up for days (a long time), so you might have to take the breakdown lane (shoulder). But they got rid of the rotary (traffic circle) just before the Sagamore Bridge, and that helps a little bit.
[Ed note: Bostonians will give directions to lost Midwesterners with the extremely unhelpful, "Before you get to…" As in "Before you get to where the old K-Mart used to be." Most directions also include the Dunkies onna conna (the 'Dunkin' Donuts on the corner'), also extremely unhelpful because there's a Dunkies on every conna.]
Other Boston Accented Place Names
Before you get to the Cape (grr), you'll hit the Irish Riviera, also known as the South Shore. Scituate (Sit-u-it) and Marshfield (Mahshfield) form the epicenter of the Irish Riviera, where some wealthy people live in Ka-chingham (Hingham) and Deluxebury (Duxbury). Not-so-wealthy Quincy has a z (Quinzy), though the sixth president's name doesn't.
Re-VEE-ah (Revere) lies just nawtha Boston and PEA-biddy (Peabody) lies nawtha Revere. You might hear someone say, "Dawn breaks over Marblehead," a version of 'duh' that refers to the coastal town next to Salem.
'Lynn, Lynn, City of sin, You never go out the way you came in,' refers to the North Shore city with a reputation for vice and corruption. Back in the 1990s, one mayor tried to change the city's image with a new name – Ocean Pahk. He failed. You still won't go out the way you come in.
To get to Woostuh or anyplace westuh Boston, you take the MassPike. Accents start changing westuh Woostuh.
The MassPike
Spawts Teams
Bostonians embrace spawts (sports), with even more fervor than they embrace politics.
The Sawx (Red Sox) play at Fenway, where players hit homers over the Green Monster and past the Pesky Pole. Only Ted Williams could hit one into the Red Seat. The Big Dig (highway construction project) created a tunnel named after him, 'The Ted.'
Don't try to beat Tawm Brady heeah.
The Pats, or the Patsies, play in Foxboro, where Tom Brady once played as the Goat (greatest of all time). He might have gotten a tunnel too, if he hadn't gone to Tamper Bay.
The B's or the Broons (Bruins) and the Celtics play at the Gahden. Bawby Oah was the greatest Broon evah, but has yet to get a tunnel.
Four colleges play hawkey in the Beanpot tournament every year: Boston College, Boston University, Harvard and Northeastern. If you get a law degree from BC and went to BC and BC High, you're a Triple Eagle. A graduate of both Harvard and Harvard Medical School is a 4-Her. To a kid from Somerville (or Slumerville), a Harvard student is a Bahney (Barney).
If you find all of this baffling, but you want to fit in as a Bostonian, there's a simple remedy: Talk fast and hate the Yankees.
Want to know how to talk with a New Hampshire accent? Click here. For Rhode Island, click here, for Connecticut click here and for Maine, click here. And stay tuned for Vermont and Western Mass.
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The West Indies Send Sugar, Slaves and Red Sox Stars to New England
For four centuries, the West Indies have made an outsized impact on New England. In 2018, West Indian stars and a West Indian manager brought the Boston Red Sox to a World Series championship.
West Indians have come to New England as doctors, teachers, ministers, slaves, farm workers and servants, depending on when they came.
Beginning in the 17th century, merchants like Connecticut horse jockeys, Rhode Island slavers and Boston banana importers have traded with the West Indies. Well into the 19th century, retail shops called West India Goods Stores sold items from the Caribbean and all over the world.
And West Indians came to New England in waves – from the British and Spanish West Indies, the French Antilles and the Dutch Caribbean. Some were Afro-Caribbean, like W.E.B. Du Bois's father, some were Euro-Caribbean, like Oscar de la Renta, Jackie Kennedy's favorite designer.
Kevin Youkilis, Alex Cora and Dustin Pedroia.
And some came as key players for the Boston Red Sox. Rafael Devers came from the Dominican Republic. Xander Bogaerts came from Aruba. Christian Vazquez and manager Alex Cora came from Puerto Rico.
So when the Red Sox clinched the world championship in Los Angeles, Cora acknowledged a historic relationship when he said, "I can't imagine what's going on in Boston, I can't imagine what's going on on my island."
West Indies Trade
Tragically, the first documented West Indians in New England were slaves from Barbados. European slavers bought captured Africans and took them to Barbados in the British West Indies to work on ever-larger sugar plantations.
Because the West Indian planters grew few crops other than sugar cane, New England traders seized the opportunity to sell them farm produce, livestock, salted fish and wood products. They brought back sugar, molasses and some of their slaves on the two- to five-week voyage.
Enslaved Afro-Caribbeans first came to Massachusetts in 1638 and to Connecticut in 1639. At the end of the Pequot War in 1669, the Puritans tried to force captured Indians into slavery. The Indians, though, 'would not endure the yoke,' so the Puritans sent them to the West Indies in exchange for captive African laborers.
On the eve of the American Revolution, Massachusetts and Connecticut each had about 5,000 black people living within their borders. Most had lived in or were born in the Caribbean.
As late as 1860, one in five black Bostonians had a Caribbean birthplace. Many West Indians were free, and some quite successful. Prince Hall from Barbados founded the Negro Masonic Order in Boston in 1775. John Brown Russwurm from Jamaica founded the first African-American newspaper after graduating from Bowdoin College in 1826.
W.E.B. Du Bois, born free to a Haitian father in Great Barrington, Mass., in 1868, rose to international prominence as a historian, sociologist and civil rights leader.
An 1855 map of the West Indies
2nd Wave from the West Indies
From 1900 to 1930, a second wave of immigrants from the West Indies arrived, mostly from the English-speaking islands. They were typically literate and skilled, and a significant number had worked as professionals and in offices. Others were dockworkers, porters, laborers and domestic servants.
They came because they suffered tremendous economic hardship due to the decline of the Caribbean sugar plantation during the late 19th century. And they came to New England for a very specific reason: cheap steamer fares.
During the late 19th century, a group of Boston merchants called Boston Fruit ran a steamship service between the West Indies and Boston. They imported bananas, coconuts, oranges and lemons, eventually becoming Chiquita Brands International.
Boston Fruit's steamer also carried passengers, including West Indians coming to Boston, the first port of call. They also settled in New Haven, Cambridge, Mass., and New York. Florida, though, had the highest concentration of Afro-Caribbean immigrants in 1900, just under 22 percent..
In 1924, immigration from the West Indies all but stopped with the Johnson-Reed Immigration Act. The law sharply limited immigration from countries outside of Western Europe.
Then the Great Depression came, and many immigrants returned to the West Indies, forced home by economic hardship and even more restrictive immigration policies.
Puerto Rican men immigrating to the United States. Photo from the film 'Puerto Rican Passages."
In 1900 Puerto Ricans became U.S. citizens, and for the next 45 years about 90,000 Puerto Ricans moved to the continental United States. Some came to work in defense plants during World War II. But it wasn't until 1945 that the Great Migration of Puerto Ricans started, lasting until 1964.
Half a million people from the islands, 21,000 a year, came to the mainland, many as farm workers. Some stayed in Springfield, Mass., and Hartford, Conn. They were joined by Jamaican contract farm workers picking apples, tobacco, melons and blueberries.
Life was harsh for Puerto Ricans in New England's declining industrial cities. Young Puerto Ricans rioted from Worcester to Waterbury during the late 1960s through the 1970s. Many returned to the island.
The flow of West Indian immigrants slowed in 1952, when Congress enacted an immigration law, the McCarran-Walter Immigration and Nationality Act of 1952. It aimed to keep out black immigrants, and it worked.
But like a pendulum, immigration laws loosened up in 1968. They let in close to half a million Caribbean immigrants, mostly Cubans, to Florida. The number of Jamaicans rose eightfold, to about 75,000 in the '60s. Then it almost doubled in the '70s to 140,000 and rose again in the 1980s to 208,000 in the 1990s.
In New England, Jamaicans concentrated in the Hartford and Bridgeport areas of Connecticut, which has the fifth highest population of Jamaicans in the country. The Blue Hills neighborhood of Hartford, in fact, has the densest concentration of Jamaicans in the United States. Jamaicans have also settled in the Boston area and throughout New England. Jamaican musicians perform at reggae festivals all over the region. Even Brattleboro, Vt., has a Jerk Festival.
Dominicans
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Today, three New England states – Rhode Island, Massachusetts and Connecticut – have some of the densest populations of people with West Indies heritage in the country. Only Florida and New York have more.
The arrival of Dominican immigrants from the West Indies contribute heavily to the West Indian presence in New England. Beginning with the assassination of President Trujillo in 1961, a series of political and economic crises drove waves of Dominicans to the United States.
Dominicans comprise the largest Hispanic group in Rhode Island – 35,008 in 2010. They also dominate the Hispanic population in eastern Massachusetts. The Connecticut cities of Danbury, Waterbury and Bridgeport have large Dominican populations.
Only New York City has more Dominicans than Lawrence, Mass., with 30,243 as of 2010. And when Marcos Devers was appointed as Acting Mayor of Lawrence, he became the first Dominican-American mayor of a U.S. city.
Massachusetts, in fact, has the fourth largest Dominican population (103,292 in 2010) in the United States. The Bay State can also claim David Ortiz, the Red Sox legend, now an American citizen living in suburban Boston.
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New England's Six Wealthiest Towns (And How They Got That Way)
The wealthiest towns in each New England state all have good schools, beautiful homes and well-preserved historic districts. They are also, unsurprisingly, overwhelmingly white.
New England's wealthiest towns also tend to produce and attract celebrities and highly accomplished people in the arts, sports and business. Some of them are hell-bent on keeping the wealthiest towns wealthy. Conservative provocateurs Glenn Beck and Ann Coulter live in New Canaan, Connecticut, and Grover Norquist lives in Weston, Mass.
The Wealthiest Towns Get Started
In many cases, the wealthiest towns started off as sparsely populated farm villages. Then after the railroad came and the Civil War ended, rich people started building country estates on them. Then the estates fell to the income tax and the Great Depression. So when World War II ended, real estate developers pounced on some of these rural enclaves and turned them into suburbs.
In two other cases — New Hampshire and Vermont — the wealthiest towns evolved from historic, well-preserved colonial villages.
Several different statistics can measure a town's wealth, but we chose per capita income.
Here, then, are the wealthiest towns in each of the six New England states.
New Canaan, Conn.
The famous Glass House was built in one of Connecticut's wealthiest towns.
Bet you thought it was Old Greenwich, right? But New Canaan has the highest per capita income, $99,016, in the wealthiest county in the wealthiest state in the union. Greenwich at $91,478 and Darien, at $94,376, came in as Connecticut's second and third wealthiest towns, according to the Connecticut 2014-15 Adjusted Equalized Net Grand List per Capita.
New Canaan started out as a Congregationalist parish in 1731, and didn't get incorporated until 1801. After the American Revolution, shoemaking took off in the town. Then in 1868, the railroad came to New Canaan, bringing wealthy New Yorkers looking for a country retreat. Lewis Lapham, founder of Texaco, built Waveny House and summered on the estate for many years.
The New Yorkers began to stay year-round, commuting to work in the city. In the 1890s, New Canaan earned the nickname 'Next Station to Heaven,' though detractors call it the 'Next Station to Hell.' In 1980, The Official Preppy Handbook listed New Canaan as one of the preppiest towns in America.
Like most of New England's wealthiest towns, New Canaan has preserved some of its colonial buildings. But the town has an unusual concentration of mid-century modern homes, such as Philip Johnson's Glass House. A group of modern architects known as the Harvard Five lived and worked in New Canaan, all followers of Bauhaus architect Walter Gropius.
Not everyone loved the modern homes. Of the 80 or so built between 1940 and 1960, about 20 have been torn down. The town now tries to preserve them. You can see many of them in the 1997 film The Ice Storm.
Rick Moody, who wrote The Ice Storm, lived in New Canaan. Today, the town's 20,000-odd residents include quite a few show people, including Martin Mull, Paul Simon, Harry Connick, Jr., Ann Coulter, Glenn Beck, Mike Wallace and Brian Williams.
A John Calvin Stevens house in Cape Elizabeth, one of Maine's wealthiest towns. Photo courtesy Library of Congress.
Cape Elizabeth actually has a lower per capita income than North Oxford, Maine. But North Oxford is technically an unorganized territory and had only 17 residents in 2000, so we're sticking with the seaside town of Cape Elizabeth.
King Charles I renamed Cape Elizabeth after his sister, Elizabeth of Bohemia, when explorer John Smith brought him a list of North American places with Indian names. Anglican traders and fisherman came to the frontier village, which for decades was embroiled in the French and Indian wars.
In 1765, Cape Elizabeth separated from Falmouth (now Portland).Then in 1895 South Portland separated from Cape Elizabeth. The two towns had diverged in character: Cape Elizabeth remained rural, while South Portland grew with commerce and industry. Then, following the typical pattern, wealthy industrialists found the pretty countryside near the city a perfect place to build their estates. And after World War II, Cape Elizabeth turned into an affluent suburb.
Per capita income in Cape Elizabeth, population about 9,000, was $57,725 in 2016.
You've seen pictures of Cape Elizabeth's most famous landmark, Portland Head Light. The town also has a number of Shingle Style houses designed by John Calvin Stevens. Two film icons lived in town: director John Ford was born there and Bette Davis had a summer home in Cape Elizabeth.
Weston, Mass.
The Henderson House, a private home in one of the wealthiest towns in Massachusetts.
Ever wonder where all those athletes with the astronomical contracts go to live? Try Weston, Mass., the wealthiest town in Massachusetts.
Weston was little more than a field for grazing cattle until its incorporation as a town in 1712. Since the town lies along the Boston Post Road, taverns thrived serving travelers. Two still stand today as historic properties — along with one local historic district, 10 National Register districts, 26 historic areas, and seven houses listed on the National Register of Historic Places.
The railroad brought small factories to Weston, and then it brought business moguls who liked the quick train ride from Boston. They began building large estates on land unsuitable for farming.
In 1927, a wool tycoon built Henderson House, the last great summer estate in Weston. About a dozen more huge estates survive, and rich people are building new ones. Hedge fund manager Jim Pallotta in 2007 built a 27,000-square-foot mansion nicknamed 'the house that ate Weston.'
Weston boomed after World War II. More than half of the town's increasingly expensive houses were built between 1950 and 1979. By 2017 the population reached 11,389. Today the median home price is about $1.5 million and the per capita income $105,217.
Five of the 50 richest people in Massachusetts live in Weston, and so do some of New England's most beloved sports heroes: Celtics M.L. Carr, John Havlicek and Robert Parish. Bruins legend Bobby Orr lives in Weston, as do two former Red Sox players, David Ortiz and Jerry Remy.
New Castle, N.H.
Wentworth-By-The-Sea today presides over one of New Hampshire's wealthiest towns.
Tiny New Castle, a collection of island on New Hampshire's seacoast, started out in 1623 as a fishing village. Within the next decade the British built a fort to protect the harbor. The state incorporated New Castle in 1683 and named it after the fort, now a historic landmark known as Fort Constitution.
For many years, the world overlooked the fishing village squeezed onto several small islands covering just .8 miles. That neglect preserved many of New Castle's colonial-era homes. The town's residents, 968 in 2010, have restored and preserved many of those houses.
In 1821, bridges connected New Castle to Portsmouth on the mainland. Then in 1874, the town got a huge boost with the construction of the grand hotel, Wentworth-By-The-Sea. The largest structure on New Hampshire's 18-mile coast, it attracted famous socialites, politicians and business leaders from around the world. At the height of its glory, Wentworth-By-The-Sea accommodated negotiators for the Treaty of Portsmouth, which ended war between Japan and Russia in 1905.
Wentworth-By-The-Sea began to decline with the rise of the automobile, but New Castle's fortunes continued to rise. Per capita income tops the state at $97,601, according to the 2011-2015 American Community Survey 5-year estimates.
Local preservationists saved Wentworth-By-The-Sea from the wrecking ball in 1997 by finding a new owner, Ocean Properties. By 2003, the restored hotel opened as a Marriott hotel property.
Barrington, R.I.
A town hall that's appropriate for one of Rhode Island's wealthiest towns.
You'd probably guess Newport as the wealthiest town in Rhode Island because of its famous Gilded Age mansions. But you'd be wrong. Barrington, just southeast of Providence, actually has the highest per capita income in the state, according to the U.S. Census Bureau's 2012-2016 American Community Survey 5-Year Estimates. Per capita income for Barrington was $59,464. Newport wasn't even second. That honor belongs to Jamestown, just west of Newport.
Congregationalist Separatists founded Barrington in 1717, and for many years it remained a farm community. Then brickmaking companies moved into town, employing many French-Canadians and Italians. After World War II, the flight from the city began to transform Barrington into a bedroom suburb.
The population more than doubled between 1950 and 1960. In 2015, 16,240 people lived in Barrington. Spalding Gray, Sean Spicer and Roger Angell came from Barrington.
Like most of the wealthiest towns in New England, Barrington has preserved its history in nine historic districts and claims to have excellent schools.
Old Bennington, Vt.
The Old First Church of Old Bennington, one of Vermont's wealthiest towns.
Old Bennington, an incorporated village inside Bennington, is not only the wealthiest town in Vermont, it's possibly the most historic.
In 2010, Old Bennington's per capita income topped Vermont's list at $40,884, putting it ahead of Manchester Village by $33. Only 139 people lived in Old Bennington that year, which means one wealthy resident could have skewed the per-capita income figures upward — or downward.
However, Old Bennington's many large, expensively restored Revolutionary-era homes, suggest most Old Benningtonians are comfortably fixed.
New Hampshire Gov. Benning Wentworth chartered Bennington (and named it after himself) in 1749, making it one of the oldest as well as wealthiest towns in the state. Vermont law later created the incorporated village, a defined area within a town. Vermont's incorporated villages can provide some municipal services like drinking water, sewer systems, police, fire, trash collection and building code enforcement.
Its historic district includes 93 buildings and objects, including the Battle of Bennington Monument and the Old First Church, named Vermont's 'colonial shrine' by the Legislature. Robert Frost and his wife Elinor are buried behind the church, along with 75 Revolutionary War soldiers who died in the Battle of Bennington. A stone near the cemetery marks the spot where Ethan Allen's house once stood.
Images: Glass House, By Staib – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=7797606; Peirce-Henderson House in Weston, By User:Magicpiano – Own work, CC BY-SA 4.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=15922502; Old First Church By Nheyob – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=16986574. This story was updated in 2022.


We are so happy to announce the birth of our 5th child, Emiliano Alberto. Born October 10th, 2014 9lbs 9 oz. He was born in the comfort of our home with my Midwife sisters and friends from Birth Roots Maternity Center. This was our first home birth and despite having attended dozens of home births there was nothing that could prepare me for my very own home birth.


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Did AP Government Lie to the High Court?
Updated 16:00 November 03, 2016
Even after 10 Days of the encounter in AOB area, the suspense over the whereabouts of Maoist leader Ramakrishna alias RK is continuing. The family and Maoists sympathizers claim that he has been missing since the October 24 encounter at Malkangiri.
RK's wife, Sirisha filed a Petition in Hyderabad High Court that RK is in Police Custody and requested the court to instruct the Police to make him appear before the court. The counsel on the behalf of the state government today filed an affidavit stating that RK is not in their custody.The court asked RK's wife to submit any evidences which supports their claim that RK is in police custody.
The court has given her 10 days time or else the case will be dismissed. Maoist sympathizers are alleging that the government is lying before the court. If he happens to be in Police Custody, it will be a death blow for the Maoists who are already weakened in both the Telugu States. RK's 25-year-old son Munna alias Sivaji was also killed in the encounter. RK has about 40 cases pending on him.

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… I made "ilad" this guy, and he lives happily ever after.
14 years ago today, we were seated at browngate. This guy asked permission if he can "court" me. And, in my mind I was like "what should I do when my guy crush courted me?!? Make pa cute2x? Wait for balloons & flowers, which I was not fond of??" So as not to make it complicated and avoid #thatawkwardmoment, I made a deal with him that he skip the courting process, let's just become "in a relationship" status right away (there was no friendster or facebook yet at that time, only IRC. He was @markjeee, I was @owrange.). I mean it was my chance, might as well grab it, tie it, and box it before it could get away.
This is becoming a (new) Sunday habit.
The grilled squid is a first time now. I followed a recipe from Market Manila http://www.marketmanila.com/archives/inihaw-na-pusit-grilled-squid . I'm trying the one with olive oil ingredient recipe.
I usually do the marinating. Mark does the grilling.
Came home to new set of "art works" aka vandals on the wall. I'm happy because Meg knows how to draw, read, and write.
And to the tall list of orders.
So I got the 41st kindle unit of Carebears. And, I love it!
After all the different kindle versions I had borrowed, this one is now for keeps! Honestly, there was not much difference (except for as heavy as bricks DX) from the other version except for the light which I badly want to have because I'm fond of reading in the dark. Thus I stick with kindle apps in ios / android mobile devices but the bad thing about it is that the other apps are always making "kuhit" me, I ended up making "tambay" in other apps.
There's something about darkness, and silence like I'm buried in the words of the author, or being taken into a different world.
Now if only I could figure out how to throw the saved articles from instapaper, and the blogs I followed to this Jeff Bezos' device, I'll be over the moon! Too lazy to tinker.
Outfit: just refer to my previous ootd, nothing new. Shirt courtesy of one of those threadless shirts that do-not-fit-Mark.
Signages courtesy of TGU bldg.
MU: to pretty for that.
She got a crown and a bracelet! Ain't she grand!


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Upper Moreland, Pennridge fall in little league tourney
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The Upper Moreland Senior Little League team's quest for the state title came to an end over the weekend in the semifinals. Upper Moreland won its first two games in the tournament, before falling to Elk-McKean on Friday and Hollidaysburg on Saturday, in the double-elimination tournament.
Elk-McKean 4, Upper Moreland 3: Chipper Jones drove in two late-inning runs for the Upper Moreland Little League Senior team in round three of the Pennsylvania Senior League Baseball State Championship on Friday in DuBois. However, Upper Moreland was dealt its first defeat of the tournament.
Kevin Davis had one RBI for Upper Moreland, while Josh Henderson and Nick Lombardo each had a double. Despite the loss, Upper Moreland's hopes for a state title are still very much alive in the double-elimination tournament. The team will be back on the diamond on Saturday at 4 p.m. to face Hollidaysburg Little League.
Hollidaysburg 6, Upper Moreland 5: Greg Wiley had a pair of hits, including a double, and drove in three runs for Upper Moreland, but the team's run at the state title came to an end on Saturday, in a seminal game that came down to the final out.
Down 1-0 after four innings, Kevin Davis put Upper Moreland on the board with an RBI-double in the fifth. Wiley followed with a two-run single to give Upper Moreland a 3-1 lead. Ryan Lennox then increased the lead with a sacrifice fly in the sixth inning.
Though Hollidaysburg quickly scored four runs in the sixth inning, Wiley struck again for Upper Moreland, this time with an RBI-double to tie the game in the seventh. But with two outs in the bottom of the seventh, Hollidaysburg scored an unearned run to walk off with the win.
Upper Moreland saw solid pitching from starter Josh Henderson, who went 5 1/3 innings with four hits allowed, and Davis, who pitched 2/3 innings without allowing a hit.
Will O'Neill doubled and scored a run for Upper Moreland, while Connor English drew two walks and scored a run.
Pennridge Little League
Pennridge was victorious in the first round of the state tournament, but the team's hopes for a state title were dashed after falling to Elk-McKean and Montoursville in the next two games.
Pennridge 11, Hanover 7: The Pennridge Little League Senior team defeated Hanover Little League 11-7 in the first round of the Pennsylvania Senior League Baseball State Championship on Wednesday. A balanced offensive effort and collaborative pitching powered Pennridge to the comeback victory. Nate Manuola, Anthony Benamati and Patrick Mill each had two RBIs for Pennridge, as the team scored five runs in the third inning to take the lead from Hanover.
Benamati had two hits in the game, including a double, as did Manuola and Alex Fravel. Shae Grourke and Elijah Suder each drove in a run for Pennridge.
Five pitchers took the mound for Pennridge, with Manuola pitching 2 1/3 scoreless innings. Harry Haeflein didn't allow a hit in 1 2/3 innings, while Quinn Keller went one inning without giving up a hit.
Elk-McKean 8, Pennridge 4: Alex Fantaskey, Alex Fravel and Reese Wolfgang each drove in a run for Pennridge, as the team scored twice in the seventh inning but fell short of the win in the second round of the tournament on Thursday. Shae Grourke doubled and Nate Manuola nabbed two stolen bases for Pennridge.
Montoursville 6, Pennridge 4: Pennridge concluded its state title run on Friday, with the team's second loss in the double-elimination tournament. Pennridge scored three runs in the fifth and sixth innings but fell short of overtaking Montoursville.
Harry Haeflein led the offense with three hits, including a double, and drove in a run. Haeflein was also on the mound for 6 1/3 solid innings, allowing just three hits while striking out four.
Noah Rush was 2-for-4 with two RBIs while Alex Fravel tallied two hits and two walks, and Austin Russ stole a pair of bases.


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Q: What does Exploded Development mean? (In Java) I came across the term "exploded development" on this site...
http://www.zeroturnaround.com/javarebel/support-matrix/
and remembered hearing it before in relation to working with Java web applications.  From what I can tell it is something to do with deploying your .war file as an extracted/raw set of files.  Instead of using an ANT/Maven task to deploy a war file to the application server each time you want to try your code changes you are telling the application server to server the contents of a folder where the contents of the war are deployed "raw".
Am I on the right track?  If anybody has a solid understanding of what this term means and the implications of using it that would be great.

A: Yes exploded means than instead of deploying a WAR/EAR file to your application server to test your application you point your application server at a folder containing the unzipped (exploded) contents of what would be inside the WAR/EAR file.
This makes development quicker as most application servers support Hot Deploy where you can change the code/JSPs etc and these changes will be reflected almost immediately in the running application.
The Tomcat plugin in Eclipse essentially uses this technique. The only thing to be careful of is that after many hot deploys most application servers start to run out of memory in the PermGen space and need restarting (well i've had this problem with Weblogic and Tomcat).

A: I also noticed under the FAQ on JavaRebel's website it explains it (not as detailed though)...
http://www.zeroturnaround.com/javarebel/faq/#What_is_exploded_and_packaged

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West Ham boss Slaven Bilic has compared Dimitri Payet to David Silva, saying his "special" playmaker will have a crucial role in beating Norwich on 26 September.
"He has started really well," said Bilic. "That is why we got him. He is the kind of player that most Premier League clubs and most clubs in Europe are trying to get or are getting them. Whether that is Silva or Payet or other players. He is a special player," he said.
"He was special at Olympique Marseille. He was their playmaker, not deep in their half but in front of their goal which is most difficult position to play in football. I am glad we have got him at West Ham. We are going to do everything to protect him but also give him the responsibility to continue like this or be even better," he added.
Alex Neil's Norwich are excellent away from home and deserved a 1-1 draw at Anfield on 20 September. Bilic reckons Payet can help break down their "very organised" defence.
"They are a really good team – they have started really well," he said. "They are full of confidence. They know what to do to be tough to be beaten. They defend as a unit. They are very solid. They are not a spectacular team but they have everything."
"They have pace, strength, size, discipline. In their last game at Anfield maybe Liverpool had one or two chances to score but basically you can't hurt them with just predictable passes. You have to do something special to break that very organised defence," he added.


Also at Chapters this month: Call of the Sea and Drawn to the Tides by Amanda Labonté! With the start of senior year approaching, Alex and Lia struggle to find their place in an ever-changing reality. As Lia develops a new appreciation for human culture and norms, Alex learns more about what it means to be a human in the merrow colony. But integrating into a new world is not without its pitfalls. In his search to understand his place, Alex will come face to face with hidden truths about his past that could drastically affect his future.
Dive deeper into the mysterious, enigmatic world of magic and intrigue as Alex struggles to uncover what it means to be the blood of the sea!
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Robert Hunt knows a good thing when he sees it. So, when he and partner Van stumbled upon a 1918 Arts and Crafts–style cottage situated along the historic Delaware River Canal, they snapped it up on the spot. "There aren't any homes like it in Bucks County," says the real-estate-savvy Robert, describing the well-proportioned rooms, hand-wrought woodwork and molding—all original features of the 90-year-old home. The kitchen, however, was another story. "It had wall-to-wall carpeting, fake brick walls and zero counter space," he says. "But the house was in good condition, so we weren't that concerned."
Two years after moving in, they tackled the kitchen, planning and sourcing the materials themselves, and letting professionals handle the major work. To simplify things, they stuck to the original 14x16 footprint, converting a former 4x4-foot pantry into a mudroom that would connect to the kitchen. "It was a collaborative effort," Robert says of the U-shaped design, which took three months to finalize. In the meantime, Van researched various appliances. "It was logical for him to do this, since he did the cooking," says Robert.
Their enthusiasm and attention to detail is apparent throughout the well-organized, clutter-free space. A farm table replaces the requisite blocky island. Equipped with pullup seating, it also provides a place for casual meals and splits the space into two distinct work areas. One half is for serious cooking— the kitchen has a 48-inch range with two ovens and a fridge with bottom-mount freezer drawer. On the opposite wall, an extra-deep sink, two dishwashers and recycling center expedite clean-up chores.
For a lighter, less formal look than the dark woodwork and floors that dominate the rest of the house, they chose a classic palette of ivory-painted, recessed-panel cabinets with polished nickel hardware, paired with honed black granite countertops, a subway-tiled backsplash and butter yellow walls. Beneath the carpet and layers of linoleum, they found—surprise!—the original pine plank floors, which they refinished themselves.
Storage also shows ingenuity and charm. A large glass-fronted buffet takes up where the limited wall space leaves off. Felt-lined buffet drawers hold silverware; the large cupboards below allow similar items to be stored together. Clutter is banished; an appliance garage near the sink stows the coffeemaker and toaster.
While the kitchen is adequately stocked with choice amenities, which was the best bargain buy? A deep-basined sink bought online for a fraction of the retail showroom price. "Do your homework beforehand," Robert says. "The discounts are out there—provided you know exactly what you want."


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"This fast-paced tale makes a great recommendation for fans of high-stakes poltical thrillers. Cleveland is a former CIA analyst whose debut novel, Need to Know (2018), was a New York Times best-seller, with rights sold to Universal Pictures for Charlize Theron." ~Booklist
THEIR LITTLE SECRET
"This is a fantastic thriller, combining a gripping plot and lead characters of remarkable depth. Billingham is a multiple-award winner, and his books have sold more than six million copies. Readers who grab this one but aren't familiar with its predecessors will be seeking them out. A series to savor." ~Booklist
FINDING KATARINA M.
By Elisabeth Elo
"Fascinating historical details encompass uranium mining, the gulags, and cultural life in the Soviet era. Natalie's tense and illuminating journey will enthrall readers." ~PW
This entry was posted in Fiction, Mysteries & Thrillers, Politics on August 26, 2019 by Book Mavens.
Breaking In: The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor…
Title: Breaking In: The Rise of Sonia Sotomayor and the Politics of Justice
Author: Joan Biskupic
Summary/Review: The most interesting thing about this book is the direction the author chose in describing the selection and Senate approval of Justice Sotomayor. She describes in wonderful detail how it is nowhere near enough to be a brilliant, Ivy League educated, experienced lawyer and lower court judge, but how politics and one's network of associates, mentors and friends impact the possibility of being selected by the President of the United States and then surviving Senate confirmation hearings. The author takes us through some of Justice Sotomayor's upbringing and education, but focuses on the way she drove herself to cultivate professional associations and friendships to give her the best chance to do social good from lower court benches and concurrently, to give her the best chance to climb the ladder of judicial advancement. One problem I had was that I previously read and thoroughly enjoyed, "My Beloved World", Sonia Sotomayor's auto-biography. As far as human interest and reader involvement, it far out shone this book. But again, the books are written from two different points of view.
Who will like this book: Anyone interested in Sotomayor or politics in general.
If you like this, try this: I would still recommend reading "Breaking In" if you are interested in the intricacies and politics involved in the professional life of a judge in the United States.
Check the Fairfield Public Library catalog to see if this book is available and/or to place a hold!
This entry was posted in Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Politics and tagged 2014 Releases, Judges, Politics on January 15, 2015 by Book Mavens.
When Skateboards Will Be Free
Title: When Skateboards Will Be Free: A Memoir of a Political Childhood
Author: Said Sayrafiezadeh
Summary: In his debut memoir, Sayrafiezadeh describes his childhood in the Socialist Workers Party. Even after her husband leaves her to foment revolution in his native Iran, Said's mom, Martha, remains steadfast to him, and to the Party. Self-inflicted poverty is not only a constant, it is perceived as a guiding value – a way to identify with the struggle of the workers and a thumb to the eye of the bosses and their materialistic society. Martha tells young Said that he can have a skateboard after the revolution in an episode that supplies the title of the book.
While young Said hurtles through adulthood, attending SWP conferences, fearing for his father's life in Iran, and taking a trip to Cuba to see the socialist dream in action, his mother's psyche slowly unravels. This bracingly funny and shocking memoir is a revelation; a unique look into the world of people still waiting for the revolution to come from a powerful and promising new writer.
Who will like this book?: People who enjoy memoirs, particularly by people with interesting (and damaged) childhoods. Readers looking for insight into outsider and fringe politics.
If you like this, try this: The Glass Castle by Jeannette Walls. For more on the politics, try Heaven on Earth: The Rise and Fall of Socialism by Joshua Muravchik.
Recommended by: Nicole, Teen Librarian
This entry was posted in Biography & Memoir, Non-Fiction, Politics and tagged 2009 Releases, Childhood, Communism, Iran, Pittsburgh, Socialism, Youth on April 16, 2009 by Book Mavens.
Title: The Dark Side: The Inside Story of How the War on Terror Turned Into a War on American Ideals
Author: Jane Mayer
Publisher: Doubleday, July 2008
Summary: In The Dark Side, Jane Mayer, a staff writer for the New Yorker, documents some of the ugliest allegations of wrongdoing charged against the Bush administration. There are facts, which Mayer substantiates in persuasive detail.
Essential reading for those who think they can stand the truth.
Who will like this book?: Those interested in the subject of the 'Imperial Presidency.'
If you like this, try this: The Way of the Worldby Ron Suskind. The Limits of Powerby A.J. Bacevich. The War Within by Bob Woodward.
Recommended by: Cliff, Reference
This entry was posted in Politics and tagged George Bush, Iraq, Iraq War, Terrorism, Torture on October 16, 2008 by Book Mavens.
America, America
Title: America, America
Author: Ethan Canin
Summary: Ethan Canin has always been a wonderful writer, but this is his best book yet. In fact, it's one of the best books I've read – period. Several reviewers have deemed it a "great American novel," not only because of the quality of writing, but also because of its breadth and subject matter. It is an elegantly drawn portrait of a small American town seen through the eyes of a boy who is at crossroads in his life, during a time when his family and home and country were at a crossroads as well.
Corey Sifter at 50 years old is looking back on that time in his life when he was growing up near Buffalo, New York, in the 1970s. He had become involved with the powerful Metarey family, first as a groundskeeper on their grand estate, and then as a trusted right-hand man of the patriarch, Liam Metarey. He was only a 16 year-old boy from a working-class family when it all began, but even then he had the gift of steady observation, not jumping to conclusions about the events around him. As the Metarey dynasty becomes the driving force behind their friend Senator Henry Bonwiller's bid for the presidency, Corey is asked to lend a hand and becomes the Senator's driver and aide. As the campaign gains strength and Corey's ties to the Metarey's deepen, he finds himself entangled in a scandal that leads to the downfall of a powerful man and a family that means the world to him.
America, America is much more than a political novel. Ultimately, I think, it is a novel about relationships and our place in the world, our place in history. And it is a novel that spans the life, and perhaps the death, of the American dream.
Who will like this book? Any fan of Richard Russo or John Irving. Readers who big, multi-layered sagas about families, small town America, politics, love, etc.
If you like this book, try this:Anything else by Ethan Canin; The Race by Richard North Patterson; The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald; All the King's Men by Robert Penn Warren.
Recommended by: Mary, Reference Librarian
This entry was posted in Fiction, Historical, Literary, Politics and tagged America, Coming of Age, New York on July 21, 2008 by Book Mavens.
Title: The Nine: Inside the Secret World of the Supreme Court
Author: Jeffrey Toobin
Summary: Best-selling author Jeffrey Toobin takes the reader into the chambers of the Supreme Court to reveal the character and thinking of the nine people who decide the law of the land. This is a remarkable and riveting book – lucid and probing.
Also, author Jeffery Toobin will be appearing on Sunday, September 24th at 8 PM for the Open Visions Forum at the Quick Center of Fairfield University.
Who will like this book?: Those interested in the workings of the third branch of our government.
If you like this, try this: The Brethren by Bob Woodward. Supreme Injustice by Alan Dershowitz. Harry Blackmun: The Outsider Justice by Tinsley Yarbrough.
Recommended by: Cliff, Reference Librarian
This entry was posted in Non-Fiction, Politics and tagged America, Government, Law, Supreme Court on July 1, 2008 by Book Mavens.
A People's History of American Empire
Title: A People's History of American Empire: A Graphic Adaptation
Author: Howard Zinn, with Paul Buhle, and illustrations by Mike Konopacki
Summary: It is hard to believe that the groundbreaking A People's History of the United States is almost 30 years old! Historian Howard Zinn's classic 'history from the bottom up' retold familiar episodes from the point of view of workers, women, minorities and others who were traditionally left out of the American story. In this graphic novel, Zinn, fellow historian Buhle and illustrator Konopacki describe the evolution of what they call the American Empire – the U.S. interactions with and policies towards other nations, beginning with Native Americans and ending with the current war in Iraq.
The story is well-suited to the graphic format, and with it's haunting vignettes of atrocities and injustice, it is a devastating critique of the American government. It is a serious book, but there are moments of levity and humor. Particularly charming is Zinn's own story of growing up in Brooklyn during the Depression and how serving in World War II transformed him into a radical thinker.
Who will like this book?: Fans of Zinn and Kenneth C. Davis. Any history buff who likes to find out 'what really happened.' Conservatives be advised: This book has a decidedly socialistic/progressive bent.
If you like this, try this: A People's History of the United Statesby Howard Zinn. A Cartoon History of the Modern World by Larry Gonick.
This entry was posted in Graphic Novels, Historical, Non-Fiction, Politics and tagged America, Comics, Imperialism on June 24, 2008 by Book Mavens.
America's Hidden History
Title: America's Hidden History
Author: Kenneth C. Davis
Summary: In his new book, Kenneth Davis has highlighted 6 episodes in American history that have been somewhat overlooked but were very important in the development of our nation. All 6 episodes took place before 1790. The first chapter starts with the voyage of Christopher Columbus and other explorers who reached the new world. An interesting fact: Did you know that it is now believed that many of the diseases that devestated the native people of the America's were spread by the pigs that Columbus brought with him to the New World? They were allowed to forage in the woods, passing diseases on to deer and turkeys…and humans.
In Chapter 3, Washington's Confession,we learn that George Washington, as a young officer made a fateful decision to attack a group of French soldiers he happened upon during a mission as an emissary for Governor Dinwiddie of Virginia. After the ambush he realized it was a French diplomat's party that he attacked and he was essentially responsible for the murder of an ambassador. This caused an even greater strain on the relationship between France and England.
Davis does not present an in-depth look at all of these episodes. He does, however, give the reader enough information to understand the significance of the events and perhaps pique the reader's interest to find and read a more thorough account of these tales from our nation's past.
Who will like this book?: Anyone interested in early American history.
If you like this, try this: Don't Know Much About History by Kenneth C. Davis
Recommended by: Sue, Circulation Coordinator
This entry was posted in Historical, Non-Fiction, Politics and tagged America, Revolutionary War on June 17, 2008 by Book Mavens.
Imperial Life in the Emerald City
Title: Imperial Life in the Emerald City: Inside Iraq's Green Zone
Author: Rajiv Chandrasekaran
Summary: A shocking account of life in Baghdad's Green Zone, a walled-off enclave of posh villas and sparkling swimming pools that was the headquarters for the American occupation of Iraq. This bubble, cut off from wartime realities had a half-dozen bars stocked with cold beer, a movie theater that screened shoot-em-up films, an all you could eat buffet piled high with pork and a parking lot filled with shiny new SUVs – much of it run by Halliburton. Most Iraqis were barred from entering the Emerald City for fear they would blow it up.
A startling portrait of an Oz-like place.
Who will like this book?: All interested in American foreign policy.
If you like this, try this: Fiasco by Thomas Ricks. Assassin's Gate by George Packer
Recommended by: Cliff, Reference Librarian.
This entry was posted in Non-Fiction, Politics and tagged Baghdad, Iraq, Iraq War, Middle East, Terrorism on June 13, 2008 by Book Mavens.


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The 2008 Indianapolis Tennis Championships was a men's tennis tournament played on outdoor hard courts. It was the 21st edition of the Indianapolis Tennis Championships, and was part of the International Series of the 2008 ATP Tour. It took place at the Indianapolis Tennis Center in Indianapolis, Indiana, United States, from July 14 through July 20, 2008.

The singles draw featured ATP No. 8, Delray Beach and Houston runner-up, 2006 Indianapolis champion James Blake, Rotterdam semifinalist and Casablanca titlist Gilles Simon, and Sydney winner and Indianapolis defending champion Dmitry Tursunov. Other top seeds were Las Vegas champion Sam Querrey, Indian Wells Masters quarterfinalist Tommy Haas, Fabrice Santoro, Robby Ginepri and Thomaz Bellucci.

Finals

Singles

 Gilles Simon defeated  Dmitry Tursunov, 6–4, 6–4
It was Gilles Simon's 2nd title of the year, and his 4th overall.

Doubles

 Ashley Fisher /  Tripp Phillips defeated  Scott Lipsky /  David Martin, 3–6, 6–3, [10–5]

External links
Official website
Singles draw
Doubles draw
Qualifying Singles draw