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Australian Football in America During COVID-19
James Bingamanhttps://orcid.org/0000-0002-8459-0217*,1
1 University of Delaware
framing; nonnormative sports; social media; spectator sport
Despite its relative obscureness in the United States, Australian football has graced American airwaves since the 1990s. The outbreak of COVID-19 in the spring of 2020 paved the way for the Australian Football League to be one of the only professional sports leagues broadcasting games live on American television. Although the Australian Football League would later suspend the season, for at least one weekend, Australian football was the most popular sport in the United States. This short essay pulls from news articles, social media posts, and existing literature to explore this unique time in the American sports landscape by investigating the response to Australian football from fans, the response from media outlets, and the future directions of Australian football in the United States. The increase in exposure could help the Australian Football League become the next big spectator sport in the United States as well as help grow the game at a local, grassroots level.
Australian football—also known as Australian Rules football, Aussie Rules, or "footy"—is the second oldest form of football in the world (Blainey, 2003) and is largely considered the national sport of Australia (Richardson, 2011). Although Australian football has been a late-night staple of sports networks like Entertainment and Sports Programming Network and Fox Sports since the 1990s, the sport enjoyed unparalleled attention in the United States during the spring of 2020 as the Australian Football League (AFL) decided to continue playing games amid the outbreak of COVID-19 (Barrett, 2020). In response to growing public concern, the league implemented new safety measures including reducing the length of the season, shortening games, banning spectators from stadiums, routinely washing the footballs, and removing the traditional handshake between captains at the start of each match. Although there was contentious public debate surrounding the continuation of sports amid a pandemic, the AFL season began on schedule on March 19, 2020 and included a slate of nine games ending on March 22, 2020.
With sports effectively canceled in the United States, Australian football offered a welcome reprieve to sports fans in America who were suddenly faced with a grim future without sport. Between March 19 and the 22 of 2020, Google searches for Australian football in the United States were more popular than at any other time over the last 4 years (Google, 2020), marking a significant increase in attention of regular-season games and prompting the exploration of this unique time in U.S. sports. Though the league would later suspend the season, for one weekend, Australian football became the most popular sport in the United States. This essay uses news articles, social media posts, and existing literature to explore the response to Australian football from U.S. fans and media outlets, while also providing future directions for Australian football in the United States.
Fan Response
A total of five regular-season games were broadcast on Fox Sports- (AFL rights holder) affiliated channels in the United States. Games in the United States are primarily broadcast via Fox Soccer Plus, with one game a week being shown on Fox Sports 1 or Fox Sports 2. However, of the five games shown in the United States, three were moved to Fox Sports 1 to fill vacant timeslots, instantly increasing the exposure to a wider audience. Indifferent to the time difference, American sports fans took to Twitter to voice their infatuation with Australian football. For some, the sheer presence of live sports was enough to sustain their insatiable appetite. For others, this was their first time experiencing this new form of football, seemingly sparking intrigue. Likewise, pundits and journalists such as Joe Reedy (Associated Press), Greg Tepper (Fox Sports Southwest), and Chris Burke (The Athletic), who had been craving something to comment on, were suddenly "all-in" on Australian football and rallied their audiences around this late-night coverage. However, no response was more fervent than former Indianapolis Colt punter turned media personality, Pat McAfee.
McAfee (1.8 million followers), who has more than twice the Twitter followers as the AFL (720,000 followers), advocated for Australian football not only on his Twitter but on his other media platforms including YouTube and his podcast (Negrepontis, 2020). While his discovery of the game and subsequent commentary was quite entertaining for fans back in Australia, as a marketing strategy, it worked wonders in the United States, especially with McAfee essentially operating as a celebrity endorsement.
The effectiveness of athletic endorsements as a marketing strategy is well established (see Kim & Cheong, 2011). Chen, Lin, and Hsiao (2012) note that the pairing of an athlete endorser and sporting event can influence attitudes toward those sporting events. As a former National Football League punter, McAfee is seen by fans as an expert in the skills needed to kick an oval-shaped football—the fundamental method of passing in Australian football. McAfee's endorsement served as a legitimization tool, meaning Australian football was no longer a late-night oddity; it was a proper form of football.
Although McAfee alone cannot single-handedly make Australian football popular in the United States, his social media advocacy, that continued well after the suspension of the AFL season, bypassed traditional news outlets (Lowes & Robillard, 2018), catapulting Australian football into U.S. sports discourse. While this kind of advocacy can be influential, traditional news outlets are still needed to reinforce widespread acceptance and attitude change (Mitchell, Santarossa, & Woodruff, 2018).
News Media Response
Framing relies on the assumption that increased media coverage determines issue salience and perception (Seltzer & Dittmore, 2009). The response from news media outlets to Australian football was predominantly framed in two ways. Australian outlets were more likely to provide an outline of the game, the rules, or a brief history for new fans. Conversely, American news outlets used frames that focused less on the minutiae of the game and instead relied more on describing Australian football as a sport that could fill the sudden void felt by sports fans in the United States; a considerably larger-scale view of what Australian football could be to an American audience.
Just as McAfee did on social media, mainstream American news outlets began to treat Australian football as a legitimate sport, not just a cultural phenomenon. Acquavella (2020) of CBS Sports noted that "with all four of the major US sports leagues currently on hold, the AFL could prove to be a source of entertainment for American sports fans" (para. 4). Furthermore, Bonesteel (2020) of The Washington Post commented that "given that the sport is one of the few still playing amid the pandemic, global interest could spike" (para. 5). Some journalists even referred to Australian football as "America's new pastime" (Carson, 2020, para. 1).
As established in extant sports media literature, nationalistic bias is a common practice in American media outlets as it relates to the framing of sports and individual athletes (Angelini, Billings, & MacArthur, 2012; Arth, Griffin, & Billings, 2018). As an international sport, Australian football has rarely been discussed in U.S. media unless it relates to college and professional punters from Australia, a recent phenomenon (Bishara, 2018). Even though the AFL season was suspended after 1 week, the frames and narratives have since shifted in traditional news outlets to represent Australian football as its own sport. With many spectators relying heavily on mediated channels as an introduction to different sports (Angelini, Billings, MacAurther, & Reichart-Smith, 2014), this is an important development for the continued success of Australian football in the United States.
Response From AFL/USAFL
Borges (2019) argued that "to succeed in a media society or be represented in a media culture, nonmedia actors have to adapt to this media logic" (p. 288). The AFL, having little media representation in the United States, took to social media to respond to the sudden surge in popularity among U.S. fans, effectively acting as their own media organization. One tweet read, "Dear [USA]. Thanks for watching #AFLDonsFreo. [Heart] AFL. P.S. If you also find yourself outside of Australia, you can watch us here: watchafl.com" (Australian Football League, 2020). Not only did they direct these messages to new fans in the United States, but they prompted them to bypass the traditional gatekeepers of Australian football and instead suggested a transition to the league-owned media outlet.
Stateside, the United States Australian Football League (USAFL) capitalized on the increase in exposure by live-tweeting and reaching out to new fans. To be successful on social media, organizations need to provide continuous communication and elicit social interaction (Thompson, Martin, Gee, & Eagleman, 2014). The USAFL successfully demonstrated this strategy by making sure to reach out to as many fans as possible, comment on news stories related to Australian football, and provide information to spectators (e.g. rules, video demonstrations, and local club information). Over the course of 3 days, the USAFL increased their Twitter following by more than 25% (United States Australian Football League, 2020). The use of social media as a marketing tool not only helped the AFL gain traction in the U.S. spectator market, but it allowed the USAFL, which has 45 clubs across the United States, recruit and expand their grassroots movement in the hopes of increasing participation at the local club level.
Future Directions for Australian Football
The Next Big Spectator Sport
Global expansion is something the AFL has actively sought out for more than 20 years (Carney, 2019). With viewing behavior of televised sports being positively correlated with live sports attendance (Zhang, Pease, & Smith, 1998), this newfound adoration in the United States comes at an opportune time as the AFL was already looking to host live matches in the United States in 2021 or 2022 (Morris, 2020). Not only would expansion into the United States benefit the AFL, but it would also benefit sports fans in the United States.
Sports networks—both in the traditional sense and newer mobile video streaming and over-the-top internet options (Hutchins, Li, & Rowe, 2019)—are increasing year after year (Lajoie, 2019), with the options to fill timeslots becoming increasingly more expensive. According to PledgeSports ("Biggest TV Rights," 2018), the cost of broadcasting the three major sports networks (between $12.4 billion and $39.6 billion) pales in comparison with what it costs to broadcast the AFL ($2 billion). While there are significant differences in the media structures of the United States and Australia, the AFL potentially provides U.S. sports networks with a cheaper alternative. Fox Sports recently lost the rights to the Champions League, UFC (Ultimate Fighting Championship), BIG3 basketball, and XFL (Reedy, 2019). Filling in timeslots with Australian football allows Fox Sports to be the bearer of this new and exciting form of football that has fans clamoring for more.
However, the key to sustained success as a spectator sport resides not in the mediated presentation of the sport, but in that sport's ability to connect with fans. Rong (DanDan) Hua, Digital-Media Manager of the National Football League's China office, claims that local stories and connections with audiences are integral for viewership (Zheng, 2018). Mason Cox, an American-born player in the AFL and former basketball player at the Oklahoma State University, was recruited at a combine event in Los Angeles and seized an opportunity to play in Australia, becoming an overnight cult-like hero (Tang, 2018). The recent surge in attention for Australian football led Cox to tweet that, "this might be @AFL best opportunity at growing the game worldwide …" (Cox, 2020). Committed fans are more emotionally involved and responsive than nonfans (Gantz & Wenner, 1995), so finding ways to connect Australian football to an American audience is essential for survival in the overcrowded U.S. sports market. However, these success stories will only become more prolific if there is sustained and continued development and participation at the local level.
Increase in Participation
Media exposure of nonnormative sports not only facilitates acceptance, but it can help drive development and participation at the local level (Woods, 2019). The USAFL is hoping that increased media exposure generates an increase in participation for clubs. While there are several ways to increase participation, one direction the USAFL should investigate is developing a following on college campuses.
Participation in campus recreational sports has been linked to increases in sports participation, school retention, health and wellness, and student learning outcomes (Forrester, 2015). The way rugby, a similar nonnormative sport, has developed across college campuses serves as an exemplar and template that the USAFL should seek to emulate. While expanding on college campuses would be advantageous for the USAFL, continued participation at the club level is also needed. Since there is no existing literature relating to Australian football participation in the United States, past studies examining the motivations to play rugby demonstrate potentially replicable findings. Dong, Zhang, Choe, and Pugh (2013) note that long-term commitment, skill improvement, and cultural awareness are all motivations to play rugby, while Fields and Comstock (2008) assert that rugby validates participants' "sense of strength and power beyond what American sensibilities generally allowed" (p. 15). With thousands of participants and close to 50 clubs across the country, future research should investigate the motivations behind playing Australian football in the United States.
Amid a terrifying pandemic that led to the cancellation of sports across the globe, the continuation of the AFL, for even a week, should be viewed as somewhat of a positive outcome. Not only did this benefit the league's popularity on social media, but with the games being moved from behind a paywall, the league successfully auditioned for a starting spot on the Fox Sports roster (to borrow a sports metaphor). With the AFL resuming their season in early June (Prestipino, 2020), ahead of some of the major sports leagues in the United States, this one weekend in March could be the catalyst that leads to prolonged interest in Australian football by Americans. Although Australian football has been on American television since the 1990s, this recent increase in exposure feels different; almost like Australian football will finally get the attention that the second oldest form of football deserves.
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Across the board minerals and metals defied analysts' rosy predictions for 2018, as trade tensions and slowed economic growth wreaked havoc on global markets. While most commodity prices dropped, with only a few exceptions, experts say that there isn't cause to be too worried.
Base metals were riding high at the beginning of the year, with copper trading above the US$3 per pound mark and continuing to climb. Nickel and zinc boasted similar performances, steadily rising throughout the year to hit peaks of US$7.14 per pound in June and US$1.64 per pound in February respectively, according to Infomine.
United States President Donald Trump's aggressive trade war with China, in June, halted that progress. Trump imposed 25 per cent tariffs on hundreds of Chinese goods, including metals such as copper, iron and nickel, prompting the Chinese government to respond with tariffs of its own. With China being one of the largest metals-purchasing nations, investors anticipated China slowing down buying and selling these metals. As such, prices of these commodities on the market began to drop.
"A lot of these metals still performed okay, but you had a lot of the investment community, the speculators, hedge funds, etc., starting to short these metals and push [them] down," McKay said.
Zinc, which in 2017 saw its price rise enough that speculators believed some companies may re-open shuttered operations to take advantage of the boom, was hit the worst, plummeting 36 per cent from its 2018 high to a price of US$1.04 per pound in September. The speculation of higher inventory levels, as well as the cooling effect of the U.S.-China trade war, caused worry that the market might be flooded with zinc, which caused the price to fall heavily, according to McKay.
The price of nickel fell 32 per cent during the second half of the year, to US$4.83 per pound at its lowest, partially buoyed by ongoing fervour over the electric vehicle battery market. Copper's roughly 21 per cent drop from its peak to a low price of US$2.57 per pound was well-reported.
Bulk commodities such as iron ore and metallurgical coal did not suffer as steep a decline as base metals, but still faced headwinds in 2018. Iron ore fell slightly, as China introduced new environmental policies targeting steel mills, including a levy on every tonne of waste produced by the mill. Different grades of iron ore have been pricing on different levels as well, with interest in cleaner, higher-grade iron rising.
Metallurgical coal ended the year in the black, according to Scotiabank, due to supply issues caused by a derailed train carrying coal from Yancoal's Moolarben mine in Australia. But Scotiabank commodity economist Rory Johnston wrote in the bank's Global Outlook report for 2019 that the rise is not sustainable and will likely fall in 2019 and 2020 once the supply issues are resolved.
Towards the end of 2018 it was thought that the world economy might be facing a global recession in the new year, due to slowing economies in the U.S. and potential interest rate increases from the U.S. Federal Reserve and unstable political situations such as the United Kingdom's upcoming Brexit. This drove down prices even further, McKay said.
While these metal commodity losses may seem dramatic, they were not entirely unexpected. According to Johnston, price drops were bound to happen in some form after commodities had risen to such heights in 2017 and early to mid-2018.
The highs earlier in the year were never truly justified, Johnston said, and the lows that we're currently experiencing are just the flip-side.
According to Johnston and McKay, investors should look forward to gains in commodity prices over the coming year. Johnston said he believes that copper will rebound to around US$3 per pound, zinc to around US$1.20 and nickel to around US$5.50 for 2019. For McKay, a possibility of a U.S.-China trade deal in March and a dovish U.S. Federal Reserve are reason enough to feel optimistic about commodities in 2019.


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JR WPH proudly completed 2017 with more than 1,000 exciting junior handball clinics and tournaments in New York, Florida, Idaho, California, Louisiana, Texas, Arizona, Utah, Oregon, Nevada, Pennsylvania, Canada and Mexico, with junior handball players receiving instruction from the world's best handball coaches and players. Alongside clinics and tournaments, JR WPH also proudly sponsors junior handball teams and programs across the country, providing youngsters with opportunities to play handball on organized and structured junior handball teams led by certified WPH instructors.
The mission of JR WPH is to inspire the next generation to develop discipline, sportsmanship, teamwork, integrity, and a physically active lifestyle through handball. Since JR WPH's inception in 2013, JR WPH has provided opportunities for more than 7,000 youngsters to experience the challenge and thrill of learning and playing handball in structured, organized, safe, and supportive clinics and tournaments that emphasize camaraderie, having fun, and developing life skills and a lifelong commitment to physical fitness through handball.
JR WPH initiatives are supported by donors that are determined to grow the game and to provide opportunities for youth development through handball. If you are interested in becoming a JR WPH donor, you can donate on-line here, or send your generous gifts through PayPal (extremehandball@cs.com) or by mailing checks to: WPH, 3561 E. Sunrise Dr. Suite 125, Tucson, AZ, 85718. All donations will be used to fund future junior handball initiatives.
Check out all of JR WPH's sponsored clinics and programs 2017 below.
JR WPH Westside YMCA 2017 Clinic (January): JR WPH was proud to sponsor the Harry Mellis Westside YMCA junior handball program for the second consecutive year. Led by WPH Certified Coach and Women's Race 4 Eight and WPH Outdoor superstar Danielle Daskalakis, the JR WPH Harry Mellis Westside YMCA program provides opportunities for hundreds of New York City youth to play 1-Wall, 3-Wall, and 4-Wall handball each year.
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(July): JR WPH is thrilled to sponsor the JR WPH Juarez Summer Handball Camp for the second consecutive summer at the Campestre Country Club in Juarez, Mexico, coached by 2016 JR WPH of the Year Richie "Drft" Fernandez. More than 100 youngsters between the ages of 3-14 are participating in the camp, with the 2016 JR WPH Coach of the Year teaching handball rules, fundamentals, strategies and games in organized and fun camp sessions.
Last year's Juarez summer handball camp ended with a camp tournament, with the new handball enthusiasts playing for WPH prizes and gear. Expect the same at the end of this summer's camp!
JR WPH Pittsburgh Summer '17 (summer): Pittsburgh's Amerifit Handball Club has hosted numerous JR WPH junior handball clinics in the summer of 2017, with WPH Certified Coaches leading high-energy clinics for youngsters from Pittsburgh and eastern Pennsylvania. July's Pittsburgh JR WPH clinics kicked off with Harisburg's Hope in Handball team at the RFC 9 and continued with clinics for high school and collegiate athletes at the home of the RFC.
Pittsburgh's Amerifit Handball Club is proud to host year-round junior clinics, gathering dozens of young people each year into the WPH RFC's home courts.
t jog, followed by Big Ball instruction for the youngsters, demonstrating the proper footwork to hit kill shots. Race 4 Eight pros Shorty Ruiz and Abraham Montijo coached the second half of the clinic, focusing 3-5 shots rallies and Small Ball stroke technique and strategy. The clinic concluded with a discussion on the importance of eye protection and good sportsmanship.
105 Junior Players @ the JR WPH NYC Shootout! (July): JR WPH and the Lincoln Terrace Handball Association proudly presented the JR WPH NYC 1WallBall Shootout for the second consecutive summer at Brooklyn's St. John's Park. 105 junior handball players between the ages of 12-19 filled St. Johns' spectacular 1-Wall courts, making the JR WPH NYC 1WallBall Shootout one of the largest junior handball tournaments of the year. WPH ambassador Veronica Figueroa directed the event, recruited players and ran a sensational event.
JR WPH in Fresno (August): JR WPH proudly hosted a JR WPH outdoor instructional at Fresno's Hotter Than Hell 3-Wall event on the first weekend in August, with WPH Outdoor pro and WPH Certified Coach Sal Duenas educating the youngsters on the importance of hydration, stretching and point-play strategy.
Along with the hydration education, Coach Duenas introduced various stretching and warm-up exercises to prepare the junior players for playing a handball match. Coach Duenas then observed and coached the junior players during point-play situations. Thank you very much to Coach Duenas for teaching important lessons to the next generation of handball stars.
the coming months, Coach Levy plans to visit the University of South Alabama, University of Louisiana in Lafayette, and LSU to coach handball clinics for college students. Wow!
Thank you to Coach Levy for his inspiring and sensational efforts to grow the game throughout the Southeast!
Coach Peixoto Leads the OC JR WPH Summer Camp (August): The Second Annual Handball Junior Camp at the Olympic Club was a major success! At this four-day intensive junior camp, Olympic Club Handball Coach and WPH Master Instructor, Emmett Peixoto, coached seventeen junior campers of all levels of play. The camp included focused instruction on the sidearm, overhand, and underhand swings, drills for foot-speed, back-wall, and kill shots, and guidance on basic handball strategy. Each day began with stretches and the David Chapman Warm-up Routine and culminated in a mini handball tournament, in which all of the kids played in front of each other and cheered on their fellow campers.
JR WPH Harry Mellis Updates (August): The JR WPH sponsored Harry Mellis New York City junior handball program continues to flourish under the direction of WPH superstar coach and player Danielle Daskalakis. Coach Daskalakis, one of the world's premiere 1-Wall, 3-Wall, and 4-Wall Small Ball and Big Ball cross over stars leads an enthusiastic group of junior handball players weekly throughout the each fall, winter, and spring at the Westside YMCA in Brooklyn, New York, teaching handball fundamentals and strategies, but most importantly, life lessons and values through handball to prepare the young adults to become mature, healthy, physically active, and disciplined community leaders.
Coach Daskalakis also travels the world to conduct junior handball clinics, most recently visiting the thriving junior handball community in St. John's, Newfoundland, Canada to work with several of Canada's top junior players, as well as a number of less experienced junior players.
Thank you to Coach Daskalakis for making a huge difference in Brooklyn and beyond and inspiring so many junior handball players.
JR WPH UWF Summer '17 Updates (August): JR WPH sponsored University of West Florida continues to flourish under the direction of UWF Handball Club founder and current UWF Outdoor Recreation Director Michael Morgan. 2016 JR WPH Collegiate Coach of the Year Mike Morgan led summer clinics for West Florida youth, as well as weekly clinics and tournaments during the school year for University of West Florida collegiate athletes and handball team members.
th handball clinics for 200 local kids, emphasizing the fundamentals and rules of handball, with the emphasis on having fun on the court. Following a sensational summer of junior handball coaching, Coach Morgan and the UWF Handball Club kicked off freshman orientation at the beginning of the fall semester at UWF, introducing 400 incoming freshman to handball during UWF's freshman orientation. The collegiate newbies were taught the basics of handball, starting with the proper swing mechanics to develop the correct handball stroke. The UWF Handball Team's practices will kickoff this fall with a number of the incoming freshman joining, with the UWF Handball Team holding three practices during the week and an optional Sunday practice for UWF team members.
Stay in School Handball Tournament in Brooklyn (September): JR WPH was proud to be one of the sponsors of the Labor Day Weekend Castle Hill Handball Association's 2nd Annual Stay in School Handball Tournament, featuring 110 junior handball players at Castle Hill Ave. Handball Courts in Brooklyn, NY. Each participant of the Stay in School Handball Tournament received a free backpack with school supplies fill with school year essentials. In addition to receiving backpacks and school supplies for participating, the top three finishers in each age group won laptops, bicycles, tablets, and more. Wow!
JR WPH Battle of the Border V (September): JR WPH was thrilled to present the fifth edition of the Battle of the Border, pitting Team Fred Lewis Foundation vs. Team JR WPH Juarez in one of the most competitive and friendliest junior sports rivalries in international junior sports. Team FLF was seeking to regain the Battle of the Border Cup after losing the last two Cup encounters, while Team JR WPH Juarez was aiming to take the Cup across the border for the third consecutive time.
Team FLF and Team JR WPH Juarez split the eight exciting singles Cup matches, with a one game doubles tiebreaker needed to determine the BOTB V champion. Team FLF's Kena Byrd-Jackson and Sophie Dellacroce were too strong for Team JR WPH Juarez's Andres Cordoba and Angel Luna in the tiebreaker, meaning the Cup would stay in Tucson.
Thank you to Team FLF Executive Director and Head Coach Abraham Montijo and Team JR WPH Juarez Coach Richie "Drft" Fernandez for coaching these two incredible junior handball teams. The incredible sportsmanship and great play from the youngsters is a credit to their coaches, and the sport is incredibly fortunate to have Coach Abe and Coach Drft. If you see these two incredible handball promoters and coaches, say thank you!
JR WPH Clinic and JR WPH Singles at the '17 3WB (July): JR WPH was proud to present an exciting junior handball clinic for 12 youngsters competing in the 2017 3WallBall Outdoor Championships. WPH Coaches and 2017 3WallBall World Champions Shorty Ruiz and Martina McMahon played doubles points with the 12 youngsters, alternating partners after each rally. Following the doubles points with the pros, Coaches Ruiz and McMahon discussed the importance of practice and dedication to improve. "I spend 20 hours a week training and playing handball," explained Coach McMahon. "You need to pay 5-6 games per day and work on different shots while you are playing, then practice by yourself for two hours," added Coach Ruiz.
2017 JR WPH Season-Ending Rankings (September): JR WPH held four junior ranking events in 2017, with more than 200 junior handball players between the ages of 8-19 competing in the four JR WPH stops in California (IceMan, Fullerton), Brooklyn (NYC JR WPH Shootout), and Las Vegas (3WallBall). Each JR WPH stop featured a JR WPH clinic alongside the JR WPH competitions, with the junior players having a chance to learn from and play alongside top WPH Outdoor pros and coaches.
The 19-and-under JR WPH singles featured four different boy's winners in four events, as New York's Tristian Durbin, and California's Marco Alatorre, Jesus Mendez, and Daniel Barrientos all collected titles. One-half of Brooklyn's "Wonder Twins" Melanie Garante won the girls 19-and-under singles at the 2017 NYC JR WPH Shootout.
New York's Edwin Troncoso won the 17-and-under singles at Brooklyn's 2017 NYC JR WPH Shootout, while California's Mauricio Molina won the 17-and-under 3WallBall JR WPH singles at the 3WallBall Championships. New York City's Jasmine Chen captured the Girl's 2017 NYC JR WPH Shootout in Brooklyn.
Central California's Michael Bautista finished the season as the #1 ranked 15-and-under JR WPH star, finishing second at Fullerton and the 3WallBall Championships. Bautista edged David Sanchez III, Eddie Rocha, Jesus Mendez, and Kelvin Garcia for the top spot.
David Sanchez III won the 13-and-under 4-Wall national title in December of 2016 and added the 14-and-under Fullerton title to his glittering resume. New York's Fernando Hernandez and California's Abraham Espindola shared the top 14-and-under honors with Sanchez, winning the NYC JR WPH Shootout and the 3WallBall, respectively.
Abraham Espindola added the #1 JR WPH 12-and-under ranking to his stellar season, winning Fullerton in June. Southern California's Xavier Flores and Northern California's Daniel Sanchez shared the top spot in the 10-and-under JR WPH season, with Sanchez winning the IceMan and Flores winning in Fullerton.
JR WPH Singles at Tucson's Battle I (September): More than 20 youngsters from Phoenix, Arizona State University, Pima College, and the Fred Lewis Foundation competed in the WPH Outdoor Battle I at Tucson's Pima West College, producing a number of exciting 3-Wall matches and inspiring sportsmanship and camaraderie amongst the youngsters.
Fred Lewis Foundation superstar Ayden Brule continued to shine, adding the JR WPH 14-and-under Battle I title to his resume, overcoming Jensen Payton, Miguel Sandoval, and Andres Sandoval to win the title.
FLF standout juniors Kena Byrd and Sophie Della Cruce competed in the women's singles, performing admirably against current 3-Wall national pro finalist Ashley Moler in the round robin format. Kena took second, while Sophie captured third.
R48 #1 Carroll Hits UWF For Collegiate Clinics (October): By JR WPH UWF Coach Michael Morgan: The weekend with Coach Killian was a huge success, with the UWF handball team and JR WPH sponsoring R48 #1 Killian Carroll to travel to Pensacola, FL to conduct clinics for 30 collegiate handball players from the University of West Florida and the University of Texas. All of the players had a great time playing handball, catching up with old friends, meeting new ones, and learning from Killian.
All weekend Killian showed why on and off the court he is an incredible champion and ambassador for the sport of handball. I'm confident in saying through his tireless efforts with the players this weekend if he didn't already have them, he now has 30 new fans that will be cheering him on at tournaments for years to come, check that, 31. Thank you, Killian and a big thank you to the WPH for the continued support in helping the UWF Handball team grow.
Editor's note: Thank you to JR WPH collegiate Coach of the Year Michael Morgan and Race 4 Eight #1 Killian Carroll for an outstanding weekend of clinics for nearly three-dozen collegiate handball players. The WPH is extremely fortunate to have Coach Morgan and Killian as ambassadors to the sport and willing to give back so much of their time and energy to this great game.
JR WPH Clinic and Singles at the '17 Memorial (November): JR WPH proudly hosted a clinic, skills competition, and JR WPH singles for two-dozen youngsters between the ages of 8-19 from Arizona, New Mexico, California, and Mexico. The junior players learned the fundamentals from R48 pros and aimed for targets on kill shots and serves to improve their accuracy and technique. During the skills competition, several of the junior players were interviewed by ESPN's Kara Mack and discussed what they love about handball.
Following the clinic, the juniors played in age bracket JR WPH singles, with each of the participants demonstrating exceptional sportsmanship and skills.
Thank you to ASU's Dan Willeford, JR WPH Juarez's Drft Fernandez, the Fred Lewis Foundation's Abraham Montijo for organizing for their junior players to play and running the '17 Memorial singles. Thank you to all of the junior players for the sportsmanship and passion for the game.
JR WPH Tucson Collegiate Singles (December): A dozen collegiate stars from Pima College and Arizona State University battled for the first JR WPH Collegiate Championship. Fred Lewis Foundation star Carlos Espinoza entered the event as the top seed and cruised to the semifinal with an impressive win against Arizona State's Esteban Morales. FLF star Noe Rios and FLF alum and current Arizona State star Esteban Camacho played the closest match in the quarterfinals, with the longtime friends and rivals needing overtime to decide a winner. Rios rallied from a 24-25 deficit to score the last three points and advance to the face Espinoza.
Thank you to all of our JR WPH donors, supporters, coaches, and players for enabling the World Players of Handball to provide opportunities for thousands of young people to learn and play handball in 2017. JR WPH looks forward to a great 2018, complete with exciting initiatives to grow the sport and inspire the next generation of handball players.


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Not a chance. They're both playing a big game—and that's what you have to create for yourself so your distractions will lose any power they have over you.
Let's schedule your championship RIGHT NOW. After you watch the video, leave me a comment about what YOUR championship will be. Making a public commitment will only increase your dedication—and help you see past any distractions that cross your path.


Bobby Mountain was born in the foothills of north Georgia. At an early age, he was exposed to a rich musical heritage. As a youngster, he acquired his love for music while singing in his church and by high school age, he had the foundation to sing in his school chorus and play the drums in marching band. During his teen years, Bobby was able to start a professional "gig" band and earn a musical scholarship to college after earning his high school diploma and working a part time job at the same time. It was during his college years that the lure of the "business" grew stronger and stronger for Bobby. He and his group enjoyed moderate success and found themselves opening for such Country music legends as "Ma" Maybelle Carter, Ernest Tubb, Stonewall Jackson, Faron Young, Jim Ed Brown, Gary Morris, Ricky Scaggs, Ronnie McDowell, Lester Flat, The Gatlins, and Randy Travis, among others. For ten years, Bobby performed with the Georgia Mountain Fair, a ten thousand seat venue. During his tenure with the Fair, Bobby opened shows for every "hot" artist that appeared at the venue.


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C. P. Lesley, Novelist
History, Fiction, and Publishing in the Internet Age
Putting Sherlock in Skirts
The best part of hosting New Books in Historical Fiction is that not only do I discover writers whose work—sometimes entire series!—has so far escaped my attention, but I also get to talk to them about their books and the choices they make.
Now, let's be clear: the whole purpose of the New Books Network (NBN) is to showcase authors, not put them on the spot. This approach in part grows out of the network's academic roots: it's the nature of scholarship to question and dispute. We can even consider it a benefit, in that the unwillingness to accept ideas as givens works to push science forward. But it can also prevent those who make the new discoveries from having a chance to open their mouths without having a fellow scholar wave a document from some dusty archive and shout, "But what about …?"
The NBN provides a platform for people to explain their views and how they came to develop them without having to defend them at the same time. And although novelists don't face quite the same pressures, there are moments when they come close. Sherry Thomas's decision to turn Sherlock Holmes into a woman might be one of those moments. But as she explains in my current interview for New Books in Historical Fiction, she had a very good reason for her choice—and it wasn't to sell more books (although her publisher would be forgiven for embracing that angle).
The result is a reader's delight, because Lady Charlotte Holmes, although remarkably like Arthur Conan Doyle's creation in personality, has developed in ways quite different from her literary inspiration—not least because the constraints on women in Victorian aristocratic society force her to approach her cases and life in general in ways that a man never needed to consider. She is also surrounded by a cast of characters who are either entirely new or who share only a last name with their Sherlockian predecessors.
With the sixth in the series, Miss Moriarty, I Presume? Charlotte tackles her own (and Sherlock's) master antagonist head-on for the first time. But Moriarty is a presence from the beginning, so do yourself a favor and read the books in sequence, starting with A Study in Scarlet Women. You'll be glad you did.
As usual, the rest of this post comes from the New Books Network.
Since Arthur Conan Doyle first created Sherlock Holmes, the great detective has gone through many permutations and been the subject of much study. As Sherry Thomas admits in this latest New Books Network interview, finding a new element to explore is not easy. But she has managed to discover one—perhaps an angle that is particularly fitting in this age of gender fluidity, although the Lady Sherlock series draws much of its punch from and plays off the stereotypes of the past, in this case Victorian England.
In Thomas's re-imagining of the great detective, Sherlock Holmes is not only a fictional character but a front for the real detective, the disgraced younger daughter of a poverty-stricken baronet. Charlotte Holmes has an incisive intellect, an unflappable temperament, little respect for convention, and a love of books—traits that undermine her intended purpose in life as defined by her parents: to marry a wealthy, titled man. Charlotte cuts a deal with her father: if she's still unmarried at twenty-five, he will fund her education so that she can earn her living as the headmistress of a girls' school. But when Dad reneges on the deal, Charlotte takes matters into her own hands, with disastrous (from her parents' perspective) but delightful (from her own) results.
This is the setup in the first book of the Lady Sherlock series, aptly titled A Study in Scarlet Women. By the time this sixth book rolls around, Charlotte has made a name for her alter ego and had several run-ins with the infamous Professor Moriarty and his underlings. In Miss Moriarty, I Presume? the tables are turned, and the professor seeks out Charlotte for assistance in finding his missing daughter. Unless, of course, the mission is simply a trap aimed at getting the meddlesome Charlotte out of the professor's life permanently.
It's best to read this engrossing series from beginning to end, as each book builds on those that came before. But watching Sherry Thomas turning the Holmes canon on its head is tremendous fun, and if you tear through the novels as I did, it won't take long to reach Miss Moriarty, I Presume?.
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Albuquerque (i/A?lbE?kE?rkiE?/) is the largest city in the U.S. state of New Mexico. It is the county seat of Bernalillo County, and it is situated in the central part of the state, straddling the Rio Grande. The city population was 552,804 as of the 2011 population estimates from the United States Census Bureau and ranks as the 32nd-largest city in the U.S. It has a 2011 estimated metropolitan population of 898,642 according to the US Census. Albuquerque is the 57th-largest United States metropolitan area. The Albuquerque MSA population includes the city of Rio Rancho.
It is generally believed that the growing village that was to become Albuquerque was named by the provincial governor Don Francisco Cuervo y Valdes in honor of Don Francisco FernA?ndez de la Cueva y EnrA-quez de Cabrera, viceroy of New Spain from 1653 to 1660. One of de la Cueva's aristocratic titles was Duke of Alburquerque, referring to the Spanish town of Alburquerque.


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Promode R. Bandyopadhyay  is an Indian born American inventor, research scientist and Technical Program Manager at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, Rhode Island, USA. He was a Program Officer at the Cognitive, Neural and Biomolecular Science and Technology Division of the Human Systems Science and Technology Department of the Office of Naval Research (2000–2002). He was a Post-Doctoral Researcher at Cambridge University Engineering Department and University of Houston.

He is a Fellow of the American Society of Mechanical Engineers (ASME), a Fellow of Wolfson College, Cambridge, an associate fellow of the American Institute of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AIAA), a Member of the Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers (IEEE), and a Life Member of the American Physical Society (APS).

He currently holds 17 approved U.S. Patents and more than 5 pending U.S. Patents. He is also an author at SPIE.

Education and career

He holds bachelor's degree from the Jalpaiguri Government Engineering College (Formerly affiliated to University of North Bengal) (1968), master's degree from Indian Institute of Engineering Science and Technology, Shibpur (1970) and doctorate degrees from the University of Cambridge (1978) and Indian Institute of Technology, Madras (1974).

He is currently a senior research scientist at the Naval Undersea Warfare Center, Newport, Rhode Island, US. He was a program officer at the Cognitive, Neural and Biomolecular Science and Technology Division of the Human Systems Science and Technology Department, U.S. Office of Naval Research (2000–2002). He was a postdoctoral researcher at the Engineering Department, Cambridge University and the University of Houston, Houston, TX, US.

He was an adjunct professor at the mechanical engineering department of Old Dominion University,  and the electrical engineering department of the University of Rhode Island. He has supervised postdoctorates and co-supervised MS theses. Several professors from Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Notre Dame University, University of Nevada, Las Vegas and Texas A&M University have worked with him as Visiting Summer Faculties.

He was an associate editor of the ASME Journal of Fluids Engineering and AIAA Journal, and a guest editor of the IEEE Journal of Oceanic Engineering. Currently, he is a member of the editorial board of Scientific Reports.

Inventions and research
He holds 17 patents, has written 7 review and over 60 journal articles, four of which are cited in 12 text books. He has been cited by over 3331 against 172 publications/papers till date. Quite notably, one of his papers titled 'New aspects of turbulent boundary-layer structure' (1981) has been cited by over 800 till date and another paper titled 'Trends in biorobotic autonomous undersea vehicles' (2005) has been cited by over 329 till date

Dr. Bandyopadhyay leads a multi-disciplinary engineering group in mentoring and bridging of biological sciences and naval engineering. His efforts have led to the maturing of sciences into emergent technologies such as Flapping Fin Propulsion Technology, Microbial Fuel Cells for littoral powering of instruments, and the demonstration of underwater propulsion using olivo-cerebellar dynamic controllers. He led the US-Russia-UK research team on compliant coating drag reduction. His Cambridge work (with M R Head)—known worldwide as a classic experiment—clearly showed the preponderance of hairpin vortices in turbulent boundary layers and the Reynolds number thinning effects.

His inventions include High Speed Underwater Data Transmission Method, Photo-receptor for electro-magnetic radiation collection, and 15 other inventions.

Awards and honors
 ASME Fluids Engineering Division 90th Anniversary Commemorative Special Medal 2016.
 ASME Fluids Engineering Award 2015.
 Top Navy Scientist Award 2006.
 ASME Freeman Scholar Award 2006.
 2006 Naval Sea Systems Command Division Newport Excellence in Science Award.
 NASA Technology Utilization & Application Award 1993.

References

Living people
Alumni of the University of Cambridge
IIT Madras alumni
Year of birth missing (living people)
Scientists from West Bengal
People from Jalpaiguri
People from Jalpaiguri district

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Our club station is located at the Jeep Posse building at 1200 Commerce Drive in Prescott. See the directions listed below.
In July 2017, Randy Dashiell W6TYV and Curt Freeman KI7OWL built counter tops and shelves for us at the YARC Club Station shack. Art Protas KG6AY, Jim Zimmerman N6KZ, Mike Reid N7IEP, Tim Norton K7PVY, and Frank Bender K8FB then re-assembeled the station in our new shack at the Jeep Posse building. Tim K7PVY painted the club station shack the final color. Art and Jim did the bulk of the extensive work required to get the station set up.
The station consists of three operating positions. The main station position is a Kenwood TS-570D, using antennas for 160 through 10 meters on all bands except 60 Meters. This station is set up to work SSB, CW, FM (on 10 Meters), and most digital modes, including the new FT8 digital mode.
The second position is a TenTec Omni VI, operating SSB/CW, also using antennas from 160 through 10 meters on all bands except 60 Meters.
The third position is an ICOM IC-706 Mk IIG, which will primarily be used on 6 meters.
Club station antennas include a dual band VHF/UHF Comet X-50, an HF tri-band Yagi (10, 15, and 20 meters) with a 40 meter rotatable dipole extension, a WARC (30, 17, and 12 meters) rotatable dipole, and a 160/80 meter dipole. The antennas are on or supported by our 55 foot crank up tower. Also on the tower is a 5 element 6 meter beam donated by Pete Morrison K6VVR.
We have a Yaesu FT-8100R VHF/UHF transceiver and TNC to utilize Winlink to be able to send email messages via VHF internet gateways in the area. We have the HF and VHF digital modes operational.
YARC has a truly awesome club station. It is really something to be proud of.
Frank Bender K8FB is the Station Manager (k8fb@w7yrc.org).
Pete Morrison, K6VVR is the W7YRC license trustee.
Doug Freeman KV8TD is the N7GMH license trustee.
Proceed all the way back of the parking lot to the Jeep Posse building.
Following is a list of the dates that we have the club station reserved at the Jeep Posse building. Caution: The schedule is subject to change. To be certain the event is still being held, check the web site Calendar and check with the contact person.
If you want to operate the club station at a non-scheduled time, you can contact someone on the Access List (See Club Station Documents List below) to have them open up the station for you.
Please be respectful of the time of day that you call.
First try to contact someone on the Access List who has Access Code = "D" before contacting other members on the list.
Be aware, with individual operating access, there could be another event going on when you arrive. In this case, you may not be able to operate at that time.
The station consists of a Kenwood TS-570D HF transceiver, with antennas on the 30 foot tower for 40M, 20M, 15M, and 10M. An Icom VHF/UHF transceiver is installed, using a Diamond X-50 dual band vertical mounted on top of the tower. The Icom VHF/UHF will be swapped out this coming week with a Yaesu FT-8100R VHF/UHF transceiver which has a data port so that we can install a TNC to utilize Winlink to be able to send email messages via VHF internet gateways in the area. We are planning on having the HF and VHF digital modes operational by the September 19 open house.
Our club has entered into a partnership with the Yavapai County Jeep Posse (YCJP) to create a YARC club station at the Jeep Posse building at 1200 Commerce Drive in Prescott. YCJP has allowed us to maintain our club station in the Jeep Posse building into 2022.
To operate the station on an individual basis, you will have to contact someone on the station access list to open up the building and station for your use. Once the station is in operation, the club plans on having regularly scheduled open houses where any licensed amateur can visit and operate the station.
The Building Access and Usage Rules. Click the link here.
The building and station access list. These members have the ability to open up the building and club station.
Click any of the pictures below to enlarge them.
The tower and antennas are at the upper left of the picture at the corner of the building.
We are proud to partner with the Yavapai County Jeep Posse. They allow us to locate our club station at the Jeep Posse building.


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        count = 0
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I'm loving watching your journey, wish I was young enough to do it again!
I am not feeling so young right now, Mickie. I get up every morning limping. We love the adventure.
I almost can't believe your good luck in finding the stain glass window gem. It looks as if it found its forever home! Everything is going to look wonderful! I'm looking forward to seeing what's next. Thanks for posting, fun to read!
I was thrilled to find the stained glass. There were actually two, they were cabinet doors, but one of them was not useable. I am giving it to a friend who makes stained glass to reuse the glass.


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Benjamin Button Effect: Recognizable Rejuvenation
June 2017 | Volume 16 | Issue 6 | Supplement Individual Articles | 74 | Copyright © June 2017
Heidi A. Waldorf MD
Director of Laser & Cosmetic Dermatology, The Mount Sinai Hospital, New York, NY Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY Waldorf Dermatology Aesthetics, Nanuet, NY
The "Benjamin Button" effect inspired by the popular motion picture, is used to describe the goal of achieving a clearly younger and more attractive, yet still natural appearance utilizing noninvasive and minimally invasive therapies and procedures. Due to high patient demand for enhancement and rejuvenation of the face and body with minimal downtime, there is an ever-increasing number of companies developing products and devices, variety of indications, and field of practitioners offering them. Each option, including topicals, injectables, and devices, promises near magical results. Despite that, a brief review of online discussions and media resources reveals both patients complaining of inadequate results and celebrities with extreme appearances. For clinical practitioners, it is critical to understand the art, science, and economics of noninvasive rejuvenation in order to properly evaluate potential patients, set appropriate expectations, develop, and provide an effective noninvasive rejuvenation plan to achieve a true "Benjamin Button" effect for patients.
J Drugs Dermatol. 2017;16(6 Suppl):s74-76.
Traditionally, improving the appearance of the aging patient focused on skin laxity: surgery to remove excess skin. That meant waiting until this sign of aging was sufficient to warrant cosmetic surgery. This was effective but could result in a sudden and unnatural change in appearance that was not always natural. Deep chemical peels, dermabrasion, and even early lasers improved texture and color significantly but often with difficult recoveries and resultant permanent loss of normal pigmentation. Early injectable fillers provided short term reduction in wrinkles or enhancement of lips and did noth- ing to slow the appearance of aging. A turning point in treating the skin signs of aging was the recognition that a significant portion is due to volume depletion or 'deflation', not laxity or gravity.1 In fact, cadaver studies have shown the presence of distinct fat pads that are lost in a fairly consistent pattern with age.2 Skeletal changes are also foreseeable.3 At the same time, new products for soft tissue augmentation were developed to maximize rheologic properties for different areas and uses; the use of botulinum toxin became to change the position of anatomic landmarks, not just to paralyze muscle; and improved energy based devices allowed visible resurfacing or tightening without signi cant downtime.4,5 It became a realistic aesthetic goal to improve a patient's appearance over time. And, in fact, if started early enough, these interventions have been seen to slow the aging process.6 "Benjamin Button" is a short story by F. Scott Fitzgerald and later a movie with Brad Pitt in which a man ages backward. The phrase has been used in popular culture to describe people who look as if they haven't aged or became younger but don't have obvious signs of intervention. In Dermatology, it describes our patients who, with a combination of cosmeceuticals and rejuvenation procedures, look more attractive and youthful after years or decades than when they rst presented. The improvement is clearly recognizable but not identi able as from a particular procedure. That is the "Benjamin Button effect".
Achieving Recognizable Rejuvenation from Consult to Practice
There will always be patients who want or need more significant changes. A patient presenting to a plastic or facial plastic surgeon likely expects to be offered a surgical procedure that will make a significant difference quickly, like a rhitidectomy or rhinoplasty. However, even surgeons have seen an upsurge in patients wanting alternatives to surgery. According to the American Society of Plastic Surgeons 2016 National Plastic Surgery Statistics, the number of cosmetic surgical procedures decreased by 6% between 2000 and 2016 while the number of cosmetic minimally-invasive procedures increased by 180% over the same period.7 Because surgical procedures can result in extreme changes, patients often express concern about 'not looking like me'. In contrast, after some minimally invasive cosmetic procedures, patients complain that they cannot see a significant improvement and that 'no one noticed' and complimented the change. By self-selection, most patients presenting to a cosmetic dermatologic surgeon do so speci cally to avoid surgery. They express concern about making extreme changes, becoming a caricature, or just 'not looking like me'. At the same time, patients want assurance that there will be enough improvement


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Tuesdays with Timji
Tuesday July 19th—Guru Purnima
The full moon of July is traditionally celebrated as Guru Purnima, a day of remembrance and giving thanks for all of the blessings received from one's spiritual teacher. Formerly known as Vyasa Purnima, Guru Purnima was originally a celebration of the birth of one of the towering figures of Indian spirituality and literature, Veda Vyasa (literally, the "divider of the Vedas)—great grandson of Vasishta and grandfather of the Pandavas, as well as the author of the Mahabharata, the 18 Puranas, the Brahma Sutras, and the Srimad Bhagavattam. Vyasa's father, Parashara, a highly respected sage and astrologer had a brief but significant encounter with Matsyaa, a beautiful, but humble fisherman's daughter, that resulted in the birth of a brilliant son, Krishna Dwaipayana (the "dark one born on an island). Parashara was a wandering sage and left his son under the care of his mother, but would return on the full moon of July every year to celebrate his birthday. Matsyaa's father despaired of her ever being able to find a husband with a child in tow, and convinced Parashara to take Krishna Dwaipayana away with him on his sixth birthday. Krishna Dwaipayana worshipped his father and was more than happy to go away with him and begin his training as a rishi. Parashara, who could see into the future, told Matsyaa's father that she would marry well and be very happy. Indeed, Matsyaa—who later came to be known as Satyavati—eventually married King Shantanu and became the Queen of Hastinapura. Many years later, when both of her sons had died childless, Satyavati summoned Krishna Dwaipayana (Veda Vyasa) to produce heirs with the widows of her sons through the ancient rite known as Niyoga. Veda Vyasa arrived in Hastinapura from his jungle ashram, clad in tree bark, with matted hair coiled atop his head, a long unkempt beard, and eyes blazing with the radiance of his tapas. The first princess took one look at Vyasa and then closed her eyes tightly the whole time they were together. As a result, her son Dhritarashtra was born blind. The second princess was a bit braver and managed to keep her eyes open, but was pale with fright and gave birth to an albino child named Pandu (the "pale one"). Dhritarashtra later sired the one hundred Kaurava brothers. Pandu was under a curse that prevented him from begetting children, but his two wives, Kunti and Madri, used special mantras to invoke different gods for the purpose of producing children. The five sons born of Kunti and Madri were the Pandavas, who later went to war with their cousins, the Kauravas, in the epic battle described by Vyasa in the Mahabharata.
On the full moon of July in 1915, another important guru was born, Sri K. Pattabhi Jois, affectionately known to his students as "Guruji". Guruji began his study of yoga at the tender age of 12 with the venerable Tirumalai Krishnamacharya. For 25 years Guruji practiced under the stern, exacting, and brilliant gaze of Krishnamacharya. In 1937 Guruji was offered a teaching position by the Maharaja of Mysore at the Sanskrit College. Guruji taught at the Sanskrit College until his retirement in 1973, when he began teaching yoga full time out of his home in Lakshmipuram. It was right around this time that the first Americans starting showing up at Guruji's door, eager to learn yoga. Guruji's teaching career spanned 70 years and he left an indelible stamp on the yoga world. He trained hundreds of teachers and thousands of students throughout the world in his challenging but deeply rewarding methodology of practice. I had the great privilege of being Guruji's student for thirty years and had the honor of hosting him a dozen times when he taught in Encinitas. Through many trips to Mysore over the years and the opportunity to assist him on many occasions during his U.S. tours, I came to know Guruji pretty well. Guruji always impressed with his great passion and love for teaching, and the obvious joy he took in it. He was very generous with his energy and knowledge--which was immense—and taught with a ferocity that was tempered by humor and kindness and a deeply grounded spirituality. During Guruji's last visit to Encinitas in 2005 I asked him how he kept himself going as he approached his 90th birthday. Guruji said simply, "My mind is very strong--every day reading Gita, thinking God." Thank you Guruji for all the teaching, all the inspiration, and for all the love. I can't imagine where I would be today without you.
Beautiful Timji. Thank you for always generously sharing your heart and mind, the sweet memories and deep knowledge. Honestly, I know you may find this hard to believe, as I am not in your room on a daily basis etc, but I cannot imagine where I would be without you. Thank you for all of your teachings.
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My sister's recipe for a simple, rustic apple cake that's dark with cinnamon and then, to top it all off with a little heaven? drizzled with a sweet cinnamon and butter sauce. And look who helped "Auntie Al" bake the cake, that's Bella!
Adanna contributed five recipes but it was her recipe for Apple Pudding Cake that first caught my eye. "Haven't you made that yet?" she asked with surprise, trying not to sound just a little bit peeved.
So when her family gathered on Saturday, I took to the kitchen with seven-year old Bella and we made the cake together in just a few minutes and it was warmly –– WARMLY –– received. After dinner, the young men at the table almost-willingly tackled the dishes, just to earn rights to the last two squares.
This is a simple rustic apple cake that's worth sharing, at the table, in church cookbooks, from family to family, from generation to generation. It's that simple. It's that good.
ALANNA's TIPS Adanna's flour was a mix of all-purpose and whole wheat pastry flour. The extra nuttiness was very good! I wouldn't hesitate to make this cake with half or all whole wheat flour. When a child is "helping" make the cake, you might want to cream the butter and sugar, assemble the dry ingredients, peel the apples and then, at the end, combine the three. This way, the apples don't turn brown but the leavening doesn't weaken from an apple-peeling delay. Our apples were unevenly chopped. The small pieces "melt" into the cake but I liked having a few larger pieces too, just enough to visually identify that it's an apple cake.
CAKE Preheat oven to 300F. Lightly butter a 8x8 or 9x9 cake pan.
In a mixing bowl, cream butter and brown sugar until light and fluffy with an electric mixer. Add egg and beat until fluffy.
In a small bowl, stir together the flour, baking soda, cinnamon, nutmeg and salt. Mix into butter mixture, just until mixed.
With a spatula, fold in apples. Turn into cake pan and bake for 25 to 35 minutes until top is crinkly and a knife inserted into the center comes out clean. Let cool.
To serve, cut into squares and drizzle warm sauce over top.
CINNAMON BUTTER SAUCE In a small saucepan, combine all sauce ingredients and stir over medium heat just until ready to boil. Can be made ahead and rewarmed just before serving.
NUTRITION ESTIMATE Per Square, Assumes 9 Squares: 286 Calories; 11g Tot Fat; 7g Sat Fat; 53mg Cholesterol; 292mg Sodium; 44g Carb; 1g Fiber; 32g Sugar; 3g Protein; Weight Watchers Old Points 6, PointsPlus 8 This recipe has been Adanna-sized and 'Alanna-sized' with reductions in sugar and fat and increases in fiber with whole-wheat flour.
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Oh. Have to try this. Just love anything apple and cinnamon. Your niece is adorable.