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1:19.70 on.soundcloud.com/o9tF3 Alleycats: The 23rd National Bike Summit, which wrapped up at the end of March, had an "adjacent" Alleycat ride: the Intro to Alleycat ride, or Alleycat for Dummies. Galen Mook, MassBike Executive Director, interviews Joel Gwadz, organizer of the ride, along with John Yeast of New Belgium Brewery, one of the ride's sponsors.

16:01 on.soundcloud.com/VdXYe Check it: at an Alleycat checkpoint in Washington, DC's famous Blagden Alley, in front of the "Love" mural, volunteers Nick, Marina, and Lisa give away sponsored Dr. Bronner's magic chocolate bars to riders who must take selfies. Volunteer Lisa Brady's day job happens to involve Safe Routes to Schools, as well as being Board President of the Treasure Valley cycling Alliance in Boise, Idaho.

22:41 on.soundcloud.com/rUJCD Growing fast: An Alleycat rider's perspective on the ride resonates with history. Keshia Roberson, founder of Major Knox Adventures and presenter of They Were Seeds: The Buried Legacy of Black Wheelwomen at the National Bike Summit, interviews with Galen Mook.

26:47 on.soundcloud.com/ufUoV Tour de Bike Lanes: commuters and tourists in a DC lane are treated as Tour de France racers by Cate Cohen, in honor of her husband, DC rider David Confer, who died of liver cancer.

29:26 on.soundcloud.com/8bNMG After 'cat: Galen Mook sums up the Alleycat and interviews Josh from Grand Rapids at the Alleycat afterparty.

33:16 on.soundcloud.com/9Ny9Q Bike Troupe: The Agile Rascal Touring Theater's performers and, sometimes, their audiences, incorporate bikes and riding in their shows. Dara Silverman, Artistic Director, unpacks at the Summit closing reception.

36:32 on.soundcloud.com/DYyg4 Representing: At the Summit's closing reception Earl Blumenauer, Congressional Representative of Portland, Oregon and founder of the Congressional Bike Caucus, focused on this moment in bike advocacy.

39:29 on.soundcloud.com/ydjpk Joining the Club: Northampton, Massachusetts bike champions Adele Paquin and Ruthy Woodring reflect on their new afterschool bike club at JFK Middle School as the semester comes to an end.

43:41 on.soundcloud.com/Wx9Dx Book in Soweto: Bicycle Entrepreneur Mpumi Mtintso organizes Tour de Libraries and historical bike tours in the township of Soweto, South Africa.

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“…Many parents of all classes sent their children away from home to work as servants or apprentices - only a small minority went into the church or to university. They were not quite so young as the Venetian author suggests, though. According to Barbara Hanawalt at Ohio State University, the aristocracy did occasionally dispatch their offspring at the age of seven, but most parents waved goodbye to them at about 14. Model letters and diaries in medieval schoolbooks indicate that leaving home was traumatic. "For all that was to me a pleasure when I was a child, from three years old to 10… while I was under my father and mother's keeping, be turned now to torments and pain," complains one boy in a letter given to pupils to translate into Latin. Illiterate servants had no means of communicating with their parents, and the difficulties of travel meant that even if children were only sent 20 miles (32 km) away they could feel completely isolated.

So why did this seemingly cruel system evolve? For the poor, there was an obvious financial incentive to rid the household of a mouth to feed. But parents did believe they were helping their children by sending them away, and the better off would save up to buy an apprenticeship. These typically lasted seven years, but they could go on for a decade. The longer the term, the cheaper it was - a sign that the Venetian visitor was correct to conclude that adolescents were a useful source of cheap labour for their masters. In 1350, the Black Death had reduced Europe's population by roughly half, so hired labour was expensive. The drop in the population, on the other hand, meant that food was cheap - so live-in labour made sense.

"There was a sense that your parents can teach you certain things, but you can learn other things and different things and more things if you get experience of being trained by someone else," says Jeremy Goldberg from the University of York. Perhaps it was also a way for parents to get rid of unruly teenagers. According to social historian Shulamith Shahar, it was thought easier for strangers to raise children - a belief that had some currency even in parts of Italy. The 14th Century Florentine merchant Paolo of Certaldo advised: "If you have a son who does nothing good… deliver him at once into the hands of a merchant who will send him to another country. Or send him yourself to one of your close friends... Nothing else can be done. While he remains with you, he will not mend his ways."

Many adolescents were contractually obliged to behave. In 1396, a contract between a young apprentice named Thomas and a Northampton brazier called John Hyndlee was witnessed by the mayor. Hyndlee took on the formal role of guardian and promised to give Thomas food, teach him his craft and not punish him too severely for mistakes. For his part, Thomas promised not to leave without permission, steal, gamble, visit prostitutes or marry. If he broke the contract, the term of his apprenticeship would be doubled to 14 years. A decade of celibacy was too much for many young men, and apprentices got a reputation for frequenting taverns and indulging in licentious behaviour. Perkyn, the protagonist of Chaucer's Cook's Tale, is an apprentice who is cast out after stealing from his master - he moves in with his friend and a prostitute. In 1517, the Mercers' guild complained that many of their apprentices "have greatly mysordered theymself", spending their masters' money on "harlotes… dyce, cardes and other unthrifty games".

In parts of Germany, Switzerland and Scandinavia, a level of sexual contact between men and women in their late teens and early twenties was sanctioned. Although these traditions - known as "bundling" and "night courting" - were only described in the 19th Century, historians believe they date back to the Middle Ages. "The girl stays at home and a male of her age comes and meets her," says Colin Heywood from the University of Nottingham. "He's allowed to stay the night with her. He can even get into bed with her. But neither of them are allowed to take their clothes off - they're not allowed to do much beyond a bit of petting." Variants on the tradition required men to sleep on top of the bed coverings or the other side of a wooden board that was placed down the centre of the bed to separate the youngsters. It was not expected that this would necessarily lead to betrothal or marriage.

To some extent, young people policed their own sexuality. "If a girl gets a reputation of being rather too easy, then she will find something unpleasant left outside her house so that the whole village knows that she has a bad reputation," says Heywood. Young people also expressed their opinion of the moral conduct of elders, in traditions known as charivari or "rough music". If they disapproved of a marriage - perhaps because the husband beat his wife or was hen-pecked, or there was a big disparity in ages - the couple would be publicly shamed. A gang would parade around carrying effigies of their victims, banging pots and pans, blowing trumpets and possibly pulling the fur of cats to make them shriek (the German word is Katzenmusik). In France, Germany and Switzerland young people banded together in abbayes de jeunesse - "abbeys of misrule" - electing a "King of Youth" each year. "They came to the fore at a time like carnival, when the whole world was turned upside down," says Heywood. Unsurprisingly, things sometimes got out of hand. Philippe Aries describes how in Avignon the young people literally held the town to ransom on carnival day, since they "had the privilege of thrashing Jews and whores unless a ransom was paid".

In London, the different guilds divided into tribes and engaged in violent disputes. In 1339, fishmongers were involved in a series of major street battles with goldsmiths. But ironically, the apprentices with the worst reputation for violence belonged to the legal profession. These boys of the Bench had independent means and did not live under the watch of their masters. In the 15th and 16th Centuries, apprentice riots in London became more common, with the mob targeting foreigners including the Flemish and Lombards. On May Day in 1517, the call to riot was shouted out - "Prentices and clubs!" - and a night of looting and violence followed that shocked Tudor England. By this time, the city was swelling with apprentices, and the adult population was finding them more difficult to control, says Barbara Hanawalt. As early death from infectious disease became rarer the apprentices faced a long wait to take over from their masters. "You've got quite a number of young men who are in apprenticeships who have got no hope of getting a workshop and a business of their own," says Jeremy Goldberg. "You've got numbers of somewhat disillusioned and disenfranchised young men, who may be predisposed to challenging authority, because they have nothing invested in it."

How different were the young men and women of the Middle Ages from today's adolescents? It's hard to judge from the available information, says Goldberg. But many parents of 21st Century teenagers will nod their heads in recognition at St Bede's Eighth Century youths, who were "lean (even though they eat heartily), swift-footed, bold, irritable and active". They might also shed a tear over a rare collection of letters from the 16th Century, written by members of the Behaim family of Nuremberg and documented by Stephen Ozment. Michael Behaim was apprenticed to a merchant in Milan at the age of 12. In the 1520s, he wrote to his mother complaining that he wasn't being taught anything about trade or markets but was being made to sweep the floor. Perhaps more troubling for his parents, he also wrote about his fears of catching the plague. Another Behaim boy towards the end of the 16th Century wrote to his parents from school. Fourteen-year-old Friedrich moaned about the food, asked for goods to be sent to keep up appearances with his peers, and wondered who would do his laundry. His mother sent three shirts in a sack, with the warning that "they may still be a bit damp so you should hang them over a window for a while". Full of good advice, like mothers today, she added: "Use the sack for your dirty washing."

- William Kremer, “What medieval Europe did with its teenagers.”

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Author Interview of Karen Katchur by Elise Cooper

River Bodies (Northampton County Book 1)

Karen Katchur

Thomas & Mercer Pub.

Nov. 1, 2018

River Bodies by Karen Katchur is part mystery and part police procedural. It is not a “who done it,” but a “why done it” as the characters must come to grips with two brutal murders that occurred two decades apart. There are no solid lines, with a blurring between the good and evil side of each character. But the author successfully weaves in relationships, family dynamics, and loyalty that only enhance the story.

The book examines how loyal should someone be and whether the choices people make are to protect others. Each character looks inward reflecting on what they did to survive. The heroine is Becca Kingsley, a veterinarian, who lives across the river from the Portland, Pennsylvania town she grew up in. She decides to return to spend time with her dying father, who was once Portland’s police chief. Because of his infidelity to her mom she became estranged from him. Now she wants to make amends and to get answers to the memories and long buried secrets. Everything seems to be coming to the surface after the discovery of a man brutally murdered that is tied into a previous murder. The author explores with flashbacks Becca’s teen years that include her relationship with her parents, their separation, and her friendship with Parker Reed, now the present State Homicide Investigative Detective handling the case of the murdered victim found in the river. She realizes the two murders are connected and that she is somehow involved. Becca starts questioning all her past relationships: the man she is living with has infidelities, her father who sent her away to boarding school, Parker whom she wants to renew her romantic feelings with, and a man who’s watched over her for years, that could be more predator than protector.

Readers will experience a wild ride with the river’s currents, both metaphorically and physically. This is a tension-filled, fast-paced novel that effectively blends together a horrific murder, a mysterious backstory, and vivid characters.

Elise Cooper:  Where did you get the idea for the story?

Karen Katchur:  My father was a state trooper and even though he didn’t talk to me about his job, I still heard and absorbed things.  I remember hearing of a case where a man was pulled from the Delaware River and gutted like a deer.  It really scared me.  Then years later, when I was married, in my husband’s small town, a mother and daughter were also found gutted like a deer.  I wondered if this is the type of crime that happens in a hunting community and what is the impact on those around them.  I decided to write a story based on this.

EC:  Why a state trooper?

KK:  They can handle multiple counties and can travel everywhere in Pennsylvania.  This allows me a lot of flexibility.  I am able to set up each story in different small towns.

EC:  Becca’s pet dog Romy is very cute?

KK:  She is based on my good friend’s dog who is so cool.  She and I run with her dog.  I would describe her as a German Shepherd that is a guard dog who is not aggressive, but protective. I also have a dog, but since she is a retriever, she is very submissive.

EC:  Why a veterinarian?

KK:  She is actually a vet surgeon.  I wondered if there is something in a person’s personality that allows them to take a knife to another living thing, even if it is to save them.  It fits into the plotline where the murderer kills with a knife and guts the victim.  

EC:  How would you describe Becca?

KK:  She sees goodness in people and chooses to avoid confrontation.  Intelligent, kind, and always wants to do the right thing. She had a hard time understanding why the killer did what he did because growing up she saw the other side of him.  Her brain and heart competed.  Her head told her what he did was absolutely wrong, but in her heart, she had an emotional kinship with him and saw him as her protector.

EC:  Knowing what her father did how could she stay with Matt who was not faithful?

KK:  In all my books there is the theme of children who question the choices of their parents.  Becca did not understand why her father fooled around on her mother multiple times, and how her mother stayed with him.  Yet, when she is living with someone, she does just that.  She saw her mother’s mistakes, but perpetuated the pattern.  I do not think it was a conscious thing. Her Her head told her what he did was absolutely wrong, but in her heart, she had an emotional kinship with him and saw him as her protector.

EC:  The setting plays an important role?

KK: My inspiration always comes from the setting.  I will only choose a setting I know really well, which is why I chose this county, because that is where I grew up.  I know the mountains, lakes, woods, and river intimately.  When someone is put in nature they can experience the beauty, but there is also a sense of danger where things can go terribly wrong.  

EC:  Is the Delaware River a metaphor?

KK:  I did research and read about a Japanese study that claimed “intelligence” of water.  Ice and water will move away from loud noises and sounds.   Parker feels that the river talked to him.  I also compared the relationship between Becca and her father with this book quote, just like the river, “sometimes tranquil and other times tumultuous.  She and her father were more like the white-water rapids, tumbling over rocks, navigating bends, riding the currents…” I try to have the setting describe the character’s emotions.

EC:  You were brave to kill “Bambi”?

KK:  Yes, a deer was killed.  I am a realist and won’t shy away from killing an animal. If it enhances the story I will kill anything. I live in a big hunting community.  In fact, my children are off from school today because it is the opening of hunting season.  In Eastern Pennsylvania, it is a big deal.  My favorite books are the ones Becca read deal with nature, Old Yeller, and The Call of The Wild.  I love when a book makes you feel something.  

EC:  But on the other side you write how Becca gets comfort from her dog Romy?

KK:  I always grew up with pets so animals are a part of my life.  Becca gets solace from Romy.  I think when someone has a bad day pets are there to cuddle and hug.  This is why I put the book quote, “Romy pushed her warm body against Becca’s leg.  She bent down, buried her face in Romy’s face, having turned to animals for comfort ever since that day John had given her that scruffy old barn cat.” Even though my dog is 75 pounds she is still a lap dog.

EC:  Can you give a heads up about your next book?

KK:  The title is In Cold Woods and will be released in August. Becca will be a secondary character although I will explore the relationship between her and Parker as seen through his eyes.  They will have some problems, but are trying to work them out.  Parker will also be getting a female partner.  Each book in the series will concentrate on a different character so I guess in some ways they are like standalones with Parker in all of them.

THANK YOU!!

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Erik Malpica Flores Erik Malpica Flores recommends: What is Coming to Amazon Prime Video Canada in September 2018 |

Maya Rudolph and Fred Armisen star in the new Amazon Original Series FOREVER, which will coming to Amazon Prime Video Canada in September 2018. The end of September will also mark the start of Thursday Night Football on the streaming service and fans of GRIMM can catch the series in its entirety beginning in early September.

Related: What’s coming to Amazon Prime Video U.S. in September 2018?

September 1

13 Going on 30 – A girl makes a wish on her thirteenth birthday, and wakes up the next day as a thirty-year-old woman. Starring Jennifer Garner.

Chocolat – In the 1950’s, single mother Vianne Rocher and her 6-year-old daughter move to the small French town of Lansquenet-sous-Tannes, where Vianne opens a chocolate shop, during Lent, across from the town’s church (and she’s open on Sundays). As you’d imagine in a small town, her wares are soon adored and consumed by the locals, but not without some resentment and opposition.

Cold Mountain – Cold Mountain tells the story of Inman, a wounded confederate soldier who is on a perilous journey home to his mountain community, hoping to reunite with his pre-war sweetheart, Ada. In his absence, Ada struggles to survive, and revive her father’s farm with the help of intrepid young drifter Ruby. Starring Jude Law, Nicole Kidman and Renée Zellweger.

The Crying Games – Hailed by critics as an instant movie classic, The Crying Game is a brilliant and unpredictable masterpiece. Stephen Rea and Miranda Richardson are Irish terrorists, Forest Whitaker is their hostage, and Jaye Davidson is Whitaker’s exotic girlfriend, the film is a humorous and shocking romantic thriller. Never has a motion picture undermined viewer expectations so thoroughly and enjoyably.

Emma – Emma (Gwyneth Paltrow), a meddling but well-meaning 21-year-old, loves to play matchmaker. She’s currently obsessed with finding the perfect man for her friend Harriet. But what appears to be a simple task becomes a nightmare, as Emma’s machinations set off a chain reaction of misunderstandings between a number of people.

Enchanted April – Four women rent a chateau on a remote Italian island to try to come to grips with their lives and relationships. They explore the differences in their personalities, reassess their goals, and reexamine their relationships in a sisterly fashion.

Kinky Boots – Charlie Price faces the impending shut down of the Northampton shoe factory that his family has owned and operated for generations. Just when he feels that all is lost, he has a chance encounter with Lola, a flamboyant transvestite cabaret star. Lola’s desire for stylish, kinky boots for herself and her colleagues provides a glimmer of hope for the factory and its employees.

Life is Beautiful – It’s 1939 and Guido has come to the Tuscan town of Arezzo with his poet friend Ferruccio. With unabashed humor and joy, the two seek fortune and romance, ignoring the growing anti-Semitism and Fascist government that surrounds them. Guido falls in love with a beautiful young school teacher Dora. Unfortunately, she is already engaged, however he is not deterred and a fairy-tale romance ensues

Little Children – Sarah (Kate Winslet), a grad-school dropout is a stay-at-home mom to her daughter Lucy. At the local playground her routine is broken by the sudden return of Brad. Despite being married to gorgeous Kathy, Brad is going through his own malaise. Struggling to pass the bar exam, he is distracted by the lure of a touch-football night league. One day Sarah decides to approach Brad in the playground…

My Left Foot – My Left Foot is the true story of Christy Brown (Daniel Day-Lewis) who was born with cerebral palsy and learns to paint and write with his only controllable limb – his left foot. Paralyzed from birth, Brown is written off as mentally disabled and helpless. But Christy’s mother never gives up on the boy. Using his left foot, the only part of his body not afflicted, Brown learns to write. He grows up to become a well-known author and painter, and along the way falls in love with nurse Ruth McCabe.

Proof – Catherine (Gwyneth Paltrow) is a young woman who has given up a seemingly bright future in order to take care of her ailing father, Robert, a formerly brilliant mathematician who, in his later years succumbed to dementia. After he dies, Catherine’s closed-off world is invaded by Hal, a young mathematician who worshiped Robert, and Claire, her successful sister who fears that Catherine is too much like their father.

Grimm (Seasons 1-6) – A homicide detective discovers he is a descendant of hunters who fight supernatural forces.

September 7

Six Dreams – A brand new sports docu-series (Prime Original) which follows six individuals throughout their 2017-2018 season of LaLiga. The show is produced in collaboration with MEDIAPRO and LaLiga. Six Dreams will give Prime Video users an exclusive and unprecedented behind-the-scenes look at the famous Spanish football league following three players, two coaches and a club president as they navigate their way through their 2017/18 season. Each participant comes from a different team and offers a unique insight into the daily challenges and struggles of professional football at its highest level.

Wishenpoof (Season 2B) – This magical Prime Original follows Bianca is just like any girl…well, kind of. She has one teeny ability, “wish magic” – the power to make wishes come true. A Prime Original.

September 10

The Chorus – The new teacher at a severely administered boys’ boarding school works to positively affect the students’ lives through music.

Marley – A documentary on the life, music, and legacy of Bob Marley.

Project Runway (Season 1) – Heidi Klum hosts a reality series where aspiring fashion designers compete for a chance to break into the industry. Each week, a designer is eliminated from the competition after exhibiting their work in front of a judges’ panel.

September 14

Forever – Married couple June (Maya Rudolph) and Oscar (Fred Armisen) live a comfortable but predictable life in suburban Riverside, California. For 12 years they’ve had the same conversations, eaten the same meals and taken pleasant vacations at the same rented lake house. But after June talks Oscar into shaking things up with a ski trip, the pair suddenly find themselves in completely unfamiliar territory. Forever is an utterly original, insightful and poignant comedy about love, commitment and marriage, created by Emmy® Award-winning writers Alan Yang (Master of None, Parks and Recreation) and Matt Hubbard (30 Rock, Parks and Recreation).

September 15

Betty White’s Off Their Rockers – A hidden camera show where senior citizens play pranks on unsuspecting youngsters.

Copper – Set in the Five Points neighborhood of New York City in the 1860s, focusing on a rugged young Irish cop who is forced to navigate his unruly and dangerous immigrant neighborhood while interacting with the uptown Manhattan crowd and the black community.

The Neon Demon – An aspiring model, Jesse, is new to Los Angeles. However, her beauty and youth, which generate intense fascination and jealousy within the fashion industry, may prove themselves sinister.

The AVP (Association of Volleyball Professionals) Hawaii Invitational will come to Prime Video members to stream live on September 15th and 16th.

September 21

Pete the Cat – Based on the best-selling children’s books, Pete the Cat is a fun, musically driven series about exploring your world and trying new things, while being smart, accepting, and optimistic. Whether you’re making new friends or facing all of life’s ups and downs, Pete always finds a way to put a groovy spin on things. The series stars Canadian Jacob Tremblay (Room) as Pete the Cat, and musicians Diana Krall and Elvis Costello as his Mom and Dad.

Laver Cup – Prime Video is set to stream all Laver Cup matches live and on-demand to Prime members in more than 200 countries and territories in a landmark deal. The second edition of the Laver Cup will be staged at the United Center in Chicago from September 21st – 23rd. Roger Federer and Novak Djokovic will lead Team Europe, and Juan Martin del Potro, John Isner, Kevin Anderson, Diego Schwartzman and Nick Kyrgios are confirmed for Team World, with further player announcements to be made in the coming weeks.

September 27

Thursday Night Football – Prime Video will kick off its coverage of the National Football League’s Thursday Night Football games beginning with the Los Angeles Rams vs. the Minnesota Vikings on September 27.

September 28

Extrano Enemigo – Starring Ariel Award winner Daniel Giménez Cacho (Get The Gringo), Kristyan Ferrer (La Habitación), Antonio de la Vega (Club de Cuervos), Karina Gidi (Falco) and Fernando Becerrill (Sr. Ávila), Un Extraño Enemigo follows the story of Comandante Barrientos (Giménez Cacho), a brilliant man with a dark side that started from the bottom and now seeks to expand his power during a critical election year in Mexico. The captivating story is told across 8 episodes, with each installment juxtaposing the journey of Barrientos among key moments in the country’s history as well as historical figures of the time including ex-presidents Gustavo Díaz Ordaz and Luis Echeverría.

September 30

Martin Lawrence: Runteldat – After undergoing a number of personal crises, Martin Lawrence returns to the stage for a one-man show featuring stinging social commentary and very personal reflections about his life.

Starship Troopers – Humans in a fascist, militaristic future wage war with giant alien bugs in a satire of modern world politics.

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