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Section 4 of the Maine Citizens Tidal Marsh Guide provides an outline of characteristics that can help you identify coastal wetlands as well as the different values and services that a wetland may provide.
The National Wetland Inventory Maps created by the US Fish and Wildlife Service identify large areas of coastal wetlands, although they were created using 1980s aerial photographs, so existing marsh conditions may be different than those mapped.
Expect boundaries to change. The nature and location of coastal wetlands may change in the future with changing elevation of the highest annual tide due to sea-level rise. (See the Maine Geological Survey mapping efforts for sea-level rise in southern Maine.)
The Maine Geological Survey has simulated the potential impacts of sea-level rise on the coastal wetland boundary for the Drakes Island and Wells Beach, Wells area. Additional online reports and maps for coastal communities in southern Maine will be available in the future. Wetland information is also available from resources on the Maps & Data page.

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Get Out Of My Vocabulary!Leave a comment
December 21, 2012 by markusbuessecker
Great article on the power of words…thanks very much for sharing. Goes also very well with the "Verbal Candy" spirit! ENJOY
Three Words And A Phrase
That Are Holding You Back
From Getting What You Want
As we continue along our journey, we strive to be a better person, more enlightened and well-informed so that we can make better decisions that will inevitably have positive overall effect on our lives and this world.
People often say to me, "Jennifer, you are so positive and upbeat all the time." Umm, no. I have moments of pure frustration hence THISpost. But I do practice self-awareness daily.
How do you begin to change your thoughts to produce more of what you want? By realizing negative thoughts which come out as negative words that cause negative actions. I'm going to teach you some fun ways to always speak in the positive. Say goodbye to these words:
To me, just is a demeaning word that makes one feel less-than something or someone.
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Michael McFaul:
"... the downing of Malaysia Airways #17 squandered in one day years of investment in changing Russia's reputation abroad, including the $50 billion spent on the Sochi Olympics, which were intended to introduce the new, modern Russia to the world. Russia may be feared again, but Russia is not respected."
Read more: http://www.politico.com/magazine/story/2014/08/putin-the-not-so-great-109711_Page3.html#ixzz39aIlIsAM


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To make cider, you have to grind your apples. There are numerous ways to do this. Likely the first people to do this did it with a bowel and a mallet, and just ground up the apples like a big mortal and pestle. This will work, and you can use a 5 gallon bucket and a piece of lumber if you wanted. It is probably the cheapest way to do it, but it may take you a little while to get it done. Other traditional styles of grinders, or scatterers as the English call them, involved using a rolling barrel with teeth to grind the apples to a pulp. You can buy them, such as from , or you can make your own version of this device,. However, I saw that some people were using garbage disposals to grind their apples, and this made sense to me. The issue primarily is the the motor on the disposal is not strong enough, nor is it really designed for using more then about 30 seconds at a time. I saw some posts from a gentleman in upstate New York who already came up with a solution to this problem, and built his own grinder using an old electric motor he had on hand. So, credit where credit is due, I bought the plans for the grinder and press from , and got to work.
All the details of the grinder are in the plans you can purchase from their website, so if you are interested, I would recommend the plans particularly for the grinder. To sum up the process briefly, you buy a new garbage disposal, the bigger the better. I highly recommend Ebay, you can find quite a few good deals. You then take it apart to remove its motor, but keep the grinding chamber and housing in once piece. You then mount a motor to the drive shaft. I bought my motor off ebay for about $20, it is a 1hp continuous use motor that I plug into a switch. I bought a coupler from McMaster Carr to connect the drive shaft of the motor with the drive shaft of the disposal.
Then everything is bolted/screwed into the housing.
The top of the grinder acts as a hopper holding the apples, and you just smush them into the garbage disposal as it is running. The wooden dowel on the top of the grinder is what I use to push the apples down.
As it grinds, a nice, thick, apple paste is expelled through the chute.
I think a rolling barrel scatterer device, like those listed above, will give you a quicker grind, but it does not grind the fruit nearly as well. The better your grind, the better your extraction rate. For example, I got 1 gallon of juice from just under 15# of crabapples. That is a little over 50% extraction rate off the press. It seems most folks get about 2-3 gallons of cider from 1 bushel ( about 42#) of apples, and I think the biggest variable in that is the grind. In my experience my process gets about 3 gallons per bushel.
In subsequent posts, I will talk about the press. I did build the press as outlined from the Whizbang Cider site above, but in retrospect, I would have done it differently, and have already adapted my process. More to come on that.
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I was in a store the other day when a song came on that took me right back in time to my early single days of the late eighties.
It was my song, the song that made my heart flutter, the one that I just knew was being sung by the guy who was out there looking for me, waiting for me.
And of course I was love-struck by this song. It's a song that we all want to hear the man in our life sing to us, professing his love and his inability to do anything but commit to us utterly and completely. It's a song of romance, love, and commitment.
We want to believe that we mean everything to him, we want to know that he realizes he just can't bear to be without us. Yes, he's afraid (as all men are), but we make him feel so secure, and give him such clarity and direction in his life, that he knows there's no reason to be afraid - so the lyrics tell us.
So he does the only thing he possibly can do, given the strength of his feelings – he gives himself completely to us, to the relationship, bringing his ship into the shore and throwing away the oars forever.
The song I'm referring to is I Can't Fight This Feeling Anymore by REO Speedwagon, circa 1985. In case you don't know it, here it is complete with the enchanting lyrics:
The problem I had back then, a problem that so many of us have, is that I really believed it.
This time around, some twenty plus years later, I found myself listening to the words and realizing it was no wonder I had always attracted that kind of drama guy, the rollercoaster rider. The emotionally disconnected player who constantly went back and forth on what he wanted.
No wonder he took me for a roller coaster ride every time.
No wonder he was the only guy who would do!
No wonder I wasn't finding the guy who really wanted to settle down, the guy who was actually ready for a committed relationship. I was too busy looking for the guy who I thought I wanted - the one who would have been singing this song!
I realize now that the song is actually about the player, the ladies man, the bad boy who sings:
Even as I wander, I'm keeping you in sight
Wait. What? Hang on a second. So as long as he's keeping me in sight I'm supposed to put up with his wandering while I wait for him to stop fighting his feelings and finally realize he can't live without me?
I didn't sign up for this.
And I guess I'm supposed to be love struck when this guy suffering from commitment phobia tells me that because of his strong feelings for me:
I'm getting closer than I ever thought I might.
Well, I'm certainly glad you're getting closer.
I'll tell you what, Mr. Fighting His Feelings - while you figure out just how close you can get, I'm going to go ahead and find a guy who already knows he's ready for commitment.
What I didn't get back then that's so clear to me now, is that the types of men I was attracting were exactly the way these lyrics read, except they never did bring that ship into shore. They just kept on wandering (but, in their defense, they did keep me in their sight - at least when it was convenient).
It wasn't that I wasn't enough - it was that I couldn't change anyone. Nor was it, I now realize, my job to spend my time and energy trying to make anyone love me.
If he wasn't there, then he wasn't there; there was nothing to change, nothing to do except to walk away, say next and move on to someone who was ready for me! Or better yet, spot him ahead of time and not get involved in the first place.
It was that simple!
But no, I didn't get that. I made it so complicated.
I put myself through so much unnecessary pain and heartbreak that I could have saved myself from if only I had figured this out so many years earlier.
I wasted so much time feeling so worthy to be his candle in the window, to know that it was because of me that he was getting closer to letting down his guard and letting love in than he ever had been before.
I believed it all.
Now I know the truth.
This isn't a fantasy, this is real life; this isn't a song, this is your life.
This isn't a fairytale, this is your heart, your soul, your you… your beautiful you that we're talking about here. And it's time you realize that you were not brought into this world to try to make someone love you, to save someone from himself, to show him a different kind of love than he's ever known, to rescue him, to love away all his demons, to bring him into a new kind of relationship all because you believe in his potential!
You never, ever have to convince anyone of your worth.
You never have to prove to someone why they should choose you. You never have to win his love. If he doesn't see this for himself, then next!
And we all need to stop listening to songs like this – but with over 12 million views it looks like we're still falling into this trap.
You deserve so much more than this.


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Moghat (and no, no one has given birth)
My Palestinian Taita (grandmother) grew up in Egypt, so most of the food she makes is Egyptian food. It's a nice change when she makes things we're not used to having, like Egyptian stuffed potatoes, zucchini with bechamel sauce, or apricot pudding.
A few years back, Taita introduced me to the Egyptian drink "Moghat," which is a popular drink for women after they give birth as a general refresher and lactagogue. I always wondered what exactly Moghat is, because when we buy it in Egypt from the spice seller, it comes in the form of a bright yellow powder. All they could tell me was that it was a plant, and that the roots are dried and ground then mixed with a variety of spices such as turmeric, ground rose seeds, sesame seeds, coconut, and raisins. Apparently, the scientific name for the Moghat plant is Glossostemon bruguieri, family (Sterculiaceae).
When cooked with sugar and water, Moghat becomes a thick, sweet drink that warms you wonderfully in the winter (it's also bright yellow and looks really intense :P). Taita brought some Moghat powder back with her when she visited Egypt in November, so I decided to make some tonight. Here is her recipe!
Tip: The fat used to brown the Moghat powder in is called samneh baladiyyeh. You make it by melting down a quantity of butter, then letting it boil for a while until all the little impurities sink to the bottom. When cooled, what you get is clarified butter or "samneh." Egyptians cook with samneh all the time; it is what makes Taita's food so flavorful – and unhealthy :S The fresher and purer the butter you melt down, the better flavored samneh (and food!) you get. If you don't have samneh, you can use butter.
Note: I apologize for how blurry some of these photos are. It was tough taking them with one hand, bad lighting, and hot Moghat on the fire that needed constant stirring!
For 3 cups of Moghat:
3 tablespoons of clarified butter ("samneh") or butter
3 heaping tablespoons of Moghat powder (add more if you like it even thicker)
3 cups of hot water
1/4 cup of sugar (you can add more if you like it sweeter)
In a saucepan, melt the samneh or butter on medium heat. Add the Moghat powder.
Brown the powder in the samneh slightly, stirring constantly. The powder will clump a bit, and should look like this:
After browning the powder for a couple minutes, add the hot water. Watch out, it's loud! Stirring constantly, add the sugar.
The Moghat will thicken after the sugar is added. Cook it for about two to three minutes – keep stirring! Check and make sure it's as sweet as you'd like; if needed, you can add more sugar and stir for a bit longer.
Pour/ladle into your serving cups w sa77ah w hana :)
So next time you go to Egypt or know someone who is going, have them bring you back some Moghat! It's pretty tasty.
Bamyeh: Palestinian Okra
One thing I love about Palestinian cuisine is its wide variety of simple yakhani ("thick stews;" sing. yekhen) featuring seasonal vegetables. Many of these yakhani are cooked following a basic pattern: cook meat and obtain broth, add featured vegetable and tomato sauce, then let cook. I love these dishes because I can savor the freshness of the vegetables, and it makes me feel like I am connected to the earth in which they were grown. I always end up pushing the chunks of meat off to the side and eating all the vegetables! Some of my favorite yakhani are yakhnit green fava beans, yakhnit tomato with ground meat, yakhnit white beans, yakhnit okra, and yakhnit spinach. You can eat most of these yakhani with bread or rice (or both, like my Taita does!).
Today we made Palestinian bamyeh, or okra, and I was really happy at the chance to take pictures so I could post the recipe here. The okra that Palestinians know and like best is the small, short kind. I really do not know what variety this is called, but it's not usually what I have seen sold back in Minnesota. Even in the frozen foods section, it's easy enough to find chopped frozen okra or long, thin okra, but those don't work very well for the Palestinian okra dish. I'll explain why in a bit.
Two things about our bamyeh:
1) We're going to be cheating a little bit in this recipe, by using frozen okra. If you have fresh okra, all the better, but frozen works just fine when you can't get fresh.
2) There are several Palestinian dishes that taste even better the next day (actually, they seem to get better day after day :p). Bamyeh is the best example. If you can, I really suggest making this dish a day before you actually want to have it. I'm serious; sitting in your fridge overnight just enhances its flavor, somehow!
500 grams (aprox) of small cubes of beef or lamb
500 grams (aprox) of frozen okra – if using fresh, wash and cut off the stems
8 tbsp of vegetable oil
6 cloves of garlic, chopped
1 cube of chicken or beef bouillon
1 small green chili pepper, chopped (optional)
3 large ripe tomatoes, quartered
salt and pepper to taste
Wash the cubes of meat. Heat two tablespoons of the vegetable oil in a pot, then add the meat and brown it. Add enough water to cover the meat, then add 2 more cups of water. Add salt and pepper to taste. Cover and leave it until the meat is just cooked.
Remove the just-cooked meat from the pot and set aside. Remove the broth from the pot and set aside. Keep the pot with the bits of meat for later use!
In a small bowl, empty your package of frozen okra and add 4 cloves of the chopped garlic, the chopped chili pepper, and the bouillon cube.
In the pot used to cook the meat earlier, heat two more tablespoons of the oil. When hot, add the okra (+ stuff), and brown it for a bit.
Now add the cooked meat…
Crush the tomatoes in a blender with about half a cup of water. If it's still very thick, add some of the broth from the meat cooked earlier.
Pour the crushed tomatoes through a strainer into the pot of okra and meat. Add enough broth from the meat cooked earlier until you get the stew to your desired thickness. I like it a bit on the thicker side. (Use the rest of the broth for making soups!) Let the stew come to a boil, then taste and adjust salt if necessary. Let it gently simmer for about 10-15 more minutes, or until the okra is cooked.
The final step is the most fun part! In a small frying pan, heat the remaining 4 tablespoons of oil well. Add the remaining two cloves of chopped garlic, and fry the garlic until it is "sha'rah" ("blond," or golden brown). Then quickly pour all of the oil with the fried garlic into the big pot of bamyeh and meat. It should make a sizzling sound as the hot oil hits the surface of the stew. Mix into the stew. This hot oil + garlic technique is called " 'ad7ah," and is used to add a final layer of flavor to several different yakhani.
Serve your bamyeh with Egyptian or American short grain rice, or with fresh bread for dipping into it. Bamyeh is also commonly accompanied by a simple soup, and mlokhiyyeh, two great dishes for which I will be posting recipes soon insha'Allah :)
(Note on why chopped bamyeh doesn't work well for this dish: Okra by nature has a "slimy" feel to it (in a good way!), and the "slime" is increased by cutting the vegetable open. If you use chopped okra, the stew itself will become very thick and slimier than it should be. )
Recipes coming soon for:
Perfect Fettoush
My aunt makes fettoush that turns out perfectly every time (like most of her cooking!). Fettoush is a salad that is famous in Lebanon and Syria, but Palestinians make it too. It gets its unique flavor from the combination of garlic and dried mint. Her special ingredient that always makes her fettoush foolproof is apple cider vinegar. Another tip is to use a smaller quantity of tomatoes relative to the "greens." When she makes it , my cousins and I usually end up gobbling up the fettoush and forgetting about the main dish. I hope you enjoy her recipe for this simple, delicious salad!
2 ripe tomatoes, medium diced
4 large leaves of romaine lettuce, medium chop
Half a small onion, very finely chopped
Half a small red cabbage, julienned
3 stalks of green onion, chopped
1 large carrot, peeled and grated or julienned
1 small bunch of flat-leaf parsley, finely chopped
2 small cucumbers, diced
1 small bunch of fresh cilantro, finely chopped
1 tablespoon of good quality sumac (optional)
1 small bunch of dill, finely chopped (optional)
2 1/2 heaping tablespoons of dried mint
Combine all of the vegetables and herbs (up until the dried mint) in a large salad bowl.
Then take the dried mint and rub it in your hands, letting it fall into the salad bowl. If you don't crush it like this, the leaves and stalks might get stuck in your teeth or irritate you as you chew your salad.
For the dressing:
4-5 cloves of crushed garlic
6-7 tablespoons each of olive oil and apple cider vinegar
Salt to taste
Mix these ingredients and drizzle over the salad. Mix well! You want the garlic evenly distributed throughout the salad.
Do this step right before serving the salad! Separate the two layers of a loaf of pita bread. Tear both layers into medium-sized pieces. Fry them lightly in some hot vegetable oil till light brown and crispy! Then mix three quarters of the bread chips into the salad. Use the remaining chips as decoration on top!
Sa7tain w hana :)


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I also learned several new words and a new sentence tonight. A few weeks ago I was at a noodle house on a street near here and the traditional dance that they were doing is called Yang ge or 柍歌 and the song that it is danced to; a more modern song is Yue Lai Yue Hao or越来越好。 "We are also both older sisters" I think this is that sentence: "wo men dou shi jiejie [我们都是姐姐]".
Again we had a good time eating and we had a great time talking with Lanfang. She enjoy's talking in English and I enjoy learning new words in Chinese. Lanfang's sister and I made lots of the dumplings together and her husband came in from work just before we left to come home. We are very happy because it seems that we have made a wonderful new friend here in China.


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2017 PerformanceJune 3, 5.15 pm – Ray White
Paul Lee singer/songwriter has been a professional musician for over 30 years, backing NZ icons such as Al Hunter, Josie Rika, Tommy Fergusson and Sonny Day. Now performing as the duo Soul Sax Plus with his wife Jani. Soul Sax Plus will Playing an all original set of funk, blues, jazz and Coromandel soul.
Paul plays tenor, soprano sax, alto flute and clarinet and sings lead vocals. Jani plays keyboard and tenor recorder and backing vocals. They will be joined by their conga player Don McKenzie from Auckland.
Surviving the Comers Rd fire in January, Jani and Paul are freshly inspired with some new songs evolving from Vintage Coromandel soul (25 years recording and performing) to cutting edge contemporary originals.


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By Kevin Michael Grace
Gold was up (at press time) $44.90 (+2.8%) for the week to $1,676.60, and silver was up $0.68 (+2.1%) to $32.36. Fox Business attributed the gains to "Bill Dudley, the president of the New York Fed, signal[ing] that he is most likely in favour of providing additional [quantitative] easing as he gave a negative read on the economy."
According to Dudley, "It is still too soon to conclude that we are out of the woods, as underlined by the March labour market release. To begin with, the economic data looked brighter at this point in 2010 and again in 2011, only to fade later in those years."
Dudley explains why this column persists in putting inverted commas around the word recovery. As he noted, there was a false dawn two years ago and again last year. Meanwhile, governments continue to create oceans of liquidity and debt levels continue to soar, even as the US unemployment rate falls only because millions of Americans continue to give up on the idea of ever finding work.
And too much liquidity is never enough. Europe has already blown through one trillion Euros, even as Spain and Italy slouch toward disaster, and the Continental banking system comes ever closer to insolvency.
Last week, this column warned against making too much of the Ben Bernanke's supposed kibosh of further quantitative easing, as his thoughts on the matter were, at that time, already three weeks old (and have now been supplanted by Dudley's). But fools rush in where angels fear to tread, and Dennis Gartman has declared — Dun! Dun! Dun! — the end of the bull market in gold.
Gartman written off gold so many times it is difficult to count. Back in December, when gold was at $1,565, Peter Grandich commented, "Gartman is one of three people who many in the media continue to quote despite a nearly decade-long poor overall track record on gold. He, Jeff Christian and Jon Nadler [Grandich's "Three Stooges"] have demonstrated to me (and I suspect many others) that a broken clock's percentage of telling the correct time in any given day is about the same as their actual accurate forecasts for gold in the last decade."
Eden Tully is another expert all too eager to predict long-term trends based on quotidian (ie, three-week delayed) data. He told Forbes, "[Bernanke's March 13] minutes painted a rather more optimistic view on growth, a more convincing take on the basis for the decline in the unemployment rate and most worryingly of all for gold, an acknowledgement by the Fed of the potential for a change in the end-2014 forward guidance."
At Seeking Alpha, Gary Tanashian asks, "Why the haste to make such a call, good sir? And you Forbes; why pile on now when everyone from Buffett to Bernanke himself is mowing down the poor, underarmed goldbugs? If gold is so marginalized, why the big and seemingly coordinated negative ad campaign?"
Fear, perhaps? As Ambrose Evans-Pritchard notes, "Whether or not the global economy has really put the nightmare of 2008-2009 behind it and embarked on a durable cycle of growth is of course the elemental question."
The argument from authority — the "recovery" is real because we're the experts, and we say so — cannot bind the markets, especially since authority has left the building. President Obama delivered a speech Tuesday interpreted by the Right as an attack on capitalism. It was actually evidence of a mind at the end of its tether.
"I believe the free market is the greatest force for economic progress in human history," Obama said. "But here's the thing. I also agree with our first Republican President — a guy from my home state, a guy with a beard, named Abraham Lincoln. [Oh boo, groan, hiss.] And what Lincoln said was that through our government, we should do together what we cannot do as well for ourselves. That's the definition of a smart government."
After this praise of the president whose version of subsidiarity was one-half of the country destroying the other half at the cost of one million lives, Obama touted America's bloated military and public schools, its labyrinthine highway system and its unsustainable Medicare, Medicaid, Social Security and unemployment insurance programs. These "investments," he claimed, "haven't been made as some grand scheme to redistribute wealth from one group to another." But this is precisely what they are, redistribution of income.
Obama accused the Republicans of arguing that "If we would just convert these investments that we're making through our government in education and research and healthcare — if we just turned those into tax cuts, especially for the wealthy, then somehow the economy is going to grow stronger. That's the theory. And here's the news: We tried this for eight years before I took office." But there have been no cuts in these "investments"; instead, their costs continue to be passed on to future generations.
After posturing as a friend to the ninety-nine-percenters, Goldman Sachs' best friend Obama accused his enemies of "doubling down on these old broken-down theories." This is what Freud called the "narcissism of small differences." Both the Democrats and the Republicans continue to double down on ever-larger government they can't afford. The Republicans want more money for the military and the transformation of foreign countries; the Democrats want more money for bureaucracies and the transformation of America. Both parties continue to pretend that if they ignore the wolf at the door long enough, he'll grow bored and slink away. Just as Gartman and Tully pretend that if they ridicule gold long enough, it will turn to lead.
And now to cases. Reuters reports April 9 that CIBC has cut Gabriel Resources' TSX:GBU price target from $8 to $5.50 (currently $3.13) and April 12 that it has set an initial target for Premier Gold TSX:PG of $7.50 (currently $5.07).
James West of the Midas Letter Opportunity Fund gave BNN his latest picks April 9. He likes Hunter Bay TSXV:HBY and its Sela Creek Suriname gold project because of its "closeology" to other winners on the Guyana Shield Greenstone Belt. He likes Tinka TSXV:TK and its 20-million-ounce Peru Colquipucro silver project, which he sees going as high as "50 million ounces or beyond." And he likes Asher Resources TSXV:ACN for its management, its tight share structure and because its Nevada King Mine gold project is adjacent to former producers, "yet has never seen modern exploration."
And at Seeking Alpha, Simit Patel surveys the silver equities. He says that while Pan American TSX:PAA is "very appealing in many ways," he prefers Silvercorp TSX:SVM, "a negative cost-per-ounce producer… well-positioned to double from here if silver resumes its upward movement," Silver Wheaton TSX:SLW, "a great candidate for being a part of a precious-metals royalty portfolio…outstanding jurisdictional diversification" and McEwen TSX:MUX, "The reason to invest is [founder Rob] McEwen — a proven company builder in this sector, as the success of Goldcorp TSX:G suggests."
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Pastelly girly Seaside cake :)
Tags: seaside cake beach sea 2 tier girl pastel soft girly crab shells
19 Comments
Love this and the figure is great :-)
thanks guys! xx
Cute! I love the soft colours!
thanks! Yeah she wanted seaside…but soft and girly :) ha ha xx
lovely color combination, figurines and design!! just beautiful :)
so cute
the colors remind me of summer with a cool breeze.. well done :0)
Congratulations on a genuine and honestly earned and deserving spot in the Top 3!! So good to see it!! Beautiful work as always! :) xxx
awww thank-you so much! :) xxx
Agree 100% with cakes by raewyns comment.. :)
Oh this is just lovely. Love all the little details – the waves, the beach houses, the little crab on the rock – perfect!
XD I have to say i was quite pleased with this cake! (we all know we are own worst critics – so im never 100% happy with any of my cakes) but this was up there at 98%! ha ha xx
i love the colors. such a pretty cake


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With me getting back into penpalling, I have been looking for stationery. It used to be everywhere and I'm pretty sure that email and text led to a lack of need for it. I've been looking everywhere for it, even Hobby Lobby where I *NEVER* shop because they are utter hypocrites about their pro-life stance. (If they're so concerned with being publicly pro-life, perhaps the lion's share of their products shouldn't come from a country with a forced abortion policy, eh?) Hobby Lobby has some, but I don't want to shop there and decided to go online to search.
Here is what I have found:
Hallmark. It's a no-brainer that Hallmark would have some. The problem: there isn't one near where I live. (Near being "within 20 miles".) Thankfully, I can order it online!
JetPens. JetPens has pens of different natures, but also letter sets, envelopes, and cards. I have a wishlist going there of things that look interesting.
PaperArts. I think this site is nice because you can order things by the piece instead of as a set. They have so many different kinds of paper that could be used for scrapbooks or letter writing.
Muji. Muji is another Japanese site with a stationery section. They seem to be pretty inexpensive which is nice.
Amazon.Com Amazon has a selection of Chinese stationery and plain stuff. I think that if Amazon doesn't have something, it may not exist!
Tokyo Pen Shop. In addition to pens, this site has a bunch of different color options for stationery and it's cute stuff.
Etsy Etsy is another no-brainer. There are handmade cards and interesting prints. Some sites also have a template you can download for a few dollars and use to print out your own pretty papers.
For more Quick Takes, visit Kelly at This Ain't The Lyceum.


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PS: If you have any questions for Kevin, Atticus, or Oberon post them in the comments! Kevin has agreed to answer you pressing questions: aka where do we get an Oberon? Anytime you think of one leave it during the read-a-long--we will gather them up and send them along to Kevin!
Atticus O'Sullivan, last of the Druids, lives peacefully in Arizona, running an occult bookshop and shape-shifting in his spare time to hunt with his Irish wolfhound. His neighbors and customers think that this handsome, tattooed Irish dude is about twenty-one years old—when in actuality, he's twenty-one centuries old. Not to mention: He draws his power from the earth, possesses a sharp wit, and wields an even sharper magical sword known as Fragarach, the Answerer.Unfortunately, a very angry Celtic god wants that sword, and he's hounded Atticus for centuries. Now the determined deity has tracked him down, and Atticus will need all his power—plus the help of a seductive goddess of death, his vampire and werewolf team of attorneys, a sexy bartender possessed by a Hindu witch, and some good old-fashioned luck of the Irish—to kick some Celtic arse and deliver himself from evil.


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The Last Supper? Not So Fast!
The Last Supper? Not So Fast!
A new class takes a look at how Jesus might have eaten... and how we can follow his example.
by Christine McTaggart
At a time when it seems every week brings a new diet, tip, focus or approach to staying healthy, sometimes it gets frustrating and confusing enough to make a person want to ignore it all and go back to basics. But what are those basics? To what dietary era should one look for a foundation?
Zacki Murphy, the dynamic founder and proprietor of Zacki's Culinary Creations, proposes the solution with a question: What would Jesus eat?
She answers that question through her unique class, "An Ancient Mediterranean Meal: Foods from the Time of Jesus." In it, she enlightens students on what foods were common during the time of Jesus' ministry, demonstrates the processes by which meals might have been prepared (with a few modern conveniences, of course), and reminds us that food alone does not make a meal.
"['An Ancient Meal'] is about not taking our food for granted," explains Murphy. "It's also about extending hospitality and taking time to enjoy community."
Raised in Chapel Hill and Hillsborough, Murphy's love of cultivating both food and hospitality began at a young age. She had her first garden at the age of five and quickly became known around town as the "Mint Girl," for she grew so much of it, she sold it to Fowler's Food Store for $.05 a bunch.
"Gardens and growing things from scratch have always been a part of my life," says Murphy. "It's one of the things I try to teach—to appreciate where our food comes from."
Learning to cook the food she grew soon followed. Family dinners taught her the importance of the communal table, and, as she watched and helped her parents entertain, the foundations of hospitality took root.
After studying art education at Peace College and the University of North Carolina, Murphy left home for New York and a career in modeling. For 28 years, she successfully pursued that career and enjoyed the professional opportunities it presented to travel the world, as well as the personal time it allowed her to continue her culinary and art studies.
It was on a trip to Sicily in the mid-70s for a photo shoot that the seeds of "An Ancient Meal" were planted. Sitting on a beach enjoying squid salad, pita bread and cold wine, she began to think about modern Mediterranean food, its freshness and unique flavor.
She says simply, "I began to fall in love with their food." Little did she know where that love would lead.
Following her modeling career, she spent time as a restaurant owner and food stylist for Martha Stewart, always creating and nurturing her love of cooking, and in 2005 she found herself preparing meals for 100 missionaries during an Atlanta gathering. On the last day, she decided to revisit her love of Mediterranean food and make them what she called a "Jesus feast." But it wasn't as easy as it sounded.
"I'd started going back and thinking through the Mediterranean meals I could make, and I realized that biblically, because of kosher laws, you could not have had squid and tomatoes and potatoes and peppers," recalls Murphy. "So I adapted the menu and fed them this Jesus feast, and I got such an interesting reaction from them, I repeated it years later when I was at [UNC women's basketball coach] Sylvia Hatchell's bible study."
That year was 2010, and once again, the feast was a success, encouraging Murphy to seek out expert guidance at Duke Divinity School, researching kosher laws and nutrition during the time of Jesus. Armed with her new knowledge, Murphy started creating recipes based on the ancient Mediterranean diet, and as word spread, a business was born.
As part of that business, Murphy worked with her sister, Karen Murphy Ireland, to develop a course that became "An Ancient Mediterranean Meal." The program includes a cooking class, a dinner ("the Feast"), and a presentation of the historical aspects of food gathering, Kosher food laws, nutrition, food preparation, hospitality and the communal table. She teaches it to churches, study groups, nonprofits, corporate boards and others interested in culinary arts. From the start, the reaction surprised her, and not just the enthusiasm for learning something unique.
"You'd be surprised what folks think might constitute a Jesus meal," she laughs. "One man told me he thought there may be locusts and honey!"
The reality is a bit more appetizing. It's not unusual for "the Feast" to include hummus and pita points, Mediterranean salad with pomegranate molasses dressing, roasted chicken with rosemary and olive oil, vegetables, fruits and, of course, Jesus bread.
She emphasizes the health benefits as she teaches. "Food at that time was pure. We didn't have chemicals, and, for the most part, it was fresh or preserved with natural ingredients. The ancient Mediterranean diet was not easy, but it was very healthy."
The message is often received loud and clear. "After one class I met a sweet, heavyset, self-described 'McDonald's boy,'" Murphy recalls. "He said 'this opened my eyes to a different direction. I didn't think I'd even like this food. It's not only delicious, it's pretty, and I don't feel stuffed! You may have just changed the way I look at food.' And I thought if I can affect a positive change in just one person who's on an unhealthy path, maybe this is worth it."
"I feel like I'm serving the Lord in a very positive way," she continues. "I'm talking about health, history, Jesus, hospitality and bringing people to the communal table to spend time together."
It's clear her communal table is one that needs to accommodate many. "An Ancient Meal" has reached beyond denominations and beyond state boundaries. She's become an ambassador for bringing the best of an ancient time to a modern world, and she hopes those who take her class will join her on her quest.
"I want to take this out and shout it from the mountain! I want to spread the word," Murphy says. "That can be difficult as I'm a single entrepreneur, but there's not a day that I don't give the Lord thanks for this opportunity, for giving me a voice and a chance to go out and represent him. This is a gift God gave me, and I feel like teaching it is a blessing."
Christine McTaggart is the communications director at the Episcopal Diocese of North Carolina.


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A one-metre-long piece of debris found off the eastern African coast between Mozambique and Madagascar may be from the tail section of the Malaysia Airlines Flight MH370 plane that disappeared in March 2014.
Malaysian, US and Australian investigators have looked at photos of the possible debris and there is conjecture that the piece could be a horizontal stabilizer from a Boeing 777, the same type of plane as Flight MH370 which was en route to Beijing from Kuala Lumpur when authorities lost contact with it.
The debris was found on a sandbank in the Mozambique Channel by an American man who has been tracking the investigation into the missing flight. Mozambican authorities have no recorded information on the sighting of such an object off the coast of Inhambane province, according to Interior Ministry spokesman Inacio Dina.
Engineers who have looked at the debris have said there is a good chance it belonged to MH370. Australian authorities are arranging an investigation of the piece, which could have drifted to the Mozambique sand bar. The debris is to be sent to Australia for testing, with help from Malaysian authorities and representatives of the plane's manufacturer Boeing.
"It is too early to speculate on the origin of the debris at this stage," Australian Minister for Infrastructure and Transport Darren Chester told parliament. However, the piece was found in "a location consistent with drift modelling commissioned by the Australian Transport Safety Bureau", he said.
Voice370, a group representing families of those on board the missing plane, said the new discovery meant the search must focus on the coastlines of Mozambique and Madagascar.
"Debris fields, though subject to some degree of dispersal by the elements, generally tend to make landfall in close proximity," the group said in a statement.
This latest finding report comes after a piece of the plane's wing was recovered on the shore of Reunion island in the Indian Ocean on the other side of Madagascar, in July 2015.
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We decided to go shopping at CDC (Crystal Design Center) for some home furnishings. But before shopping; we needed lunch. CDC has tons of places to choose from for lunch but we decided to go for something good & basic...By Kalpapruek. Everyone knows Kalpapruek's main branch on Silom which is so so good and their very large branch at the Emporium. Now they have one at CDC.
The space itself is nice; very high ceilings, large windows for natural light, plain white walls and lots of tables so no worries about standing in a queue. The design is a bit particular. I think either it was last minute decision what to do with the space or someone really did not know what they were doing. There are umbrellas in the restaurant with spot lights. Ummmm; no idea what its suppose to stand for; but its strange.
The first dish we shared was Kalpapruek's famous Rotti with green beef curry (120 baht). The rotti is always deep fried perfectly...it was very crispy & flaky on the outside but moist & chewy on the inside. The green curry stuns the palette with its striking rich flavour...spicy, sweet & sour all the same time. The beef was a bit tough but does not ruin the dish. The green curry spilled all over the rotti is a match made in heave.
The next dish was shared was Bahn Xeo or Vietnamese crepe (120 baht). As usual; I am always disappointed with the bahn xeo in Bangkok. The crepe itself was so thin that the second the fork touched it; it fell to pieces...for sure not good. The crepe itself is lacking of any taste so that you have to add sauce (which happens to be way too sweet). The filling in the bahn xeo is what I can call very stingy...some bean sprouts, some small shrimps & some pieces of pork. All these ingredients are the cheapest you can find in Bangkok and yet they are not willing to be generous with them. Honestly; a waste of space.
The next dish we shared was Rice baked with taro, mushrooms, chinese sausage (125 baht). This was a lovely dish with loads of colours, textures and flavours. The ingredients blended well together and it was a hearty dish. At that price; this was sure a value for money.
The next dish was shared was Som-tum with crispy pork (170 baht). The som-tum was a great balance of sweet, sour, spicy and salty. Tons of textures and colours. The crispy pork was on the dry side but I actually I liked it this way. The crispy pork also had very crispy skin....yuuummmyyyyy!
I thought this was a cute idea for the house brand water (50 baht). The plastic bottle has a wrap with fighting fish. This was a very nice idea and from a far it looks real. That for sure is a way to make plain drinking water bottles more exciting.
Overall; Kalpapruek does have very good food at very reasonable prices. They excel at practically every dish on the menu...very few are a miss like the bahn xeo. Due to the good food; that is why Kalpapruek does have a large and strong following. This branch is great for the space but the atmosphere and decor are really bizarre. The service is good; friendly and attentive. Can't go too wrong eating at Kalpapruek.
Address: CDC at Praditmanuthum Rd.
Telephone: 02-102-2459
Address: CDC at Praditmanuthum Rd.
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A study by doctors in Hong Kong has concluded that epilepsy can be induced by the Chinese tile game of mahjong.
The findings, published in the Hong Kong Medical Journal, were based on 23 cases of people who had suffered mahjong-induced seizures.
The report's four authors, from Hong Kong's Queen Mary Hospital, said the best prevention - and cure - was to avoid playing mahjong.
The study led the doctors to define mahjong epilepsy as a unique syndrome.
Remind me to never get a medical diagnosis from a Hong Kong doctor.
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Bird Lovers 15″ Finch Feeder with Green Accents (BL15GF)
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Birds that use this feeder: Purple Finches, Redpolls, Goldfinches, Chickadees, Juncos, White Throated Sparrows, and more!
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You have decided to go to theme parks alone.
I want you to know that you're choosing a great way to travel to the parks. Lots of people may be asking if it's weird to go to a theme park alone?
Absolutely not!
It's different for many people, but you should try going solo to a theme park. I love this form of travel, but I don't expect anyone else to jump on the bandwagon.
It's something you have to get used to and I always want to make sure you're comfortable with going to a park like Walt Disney World alone.
One of the benefits a lot of theme park hoppers talk about is the advantage of having a sense of freedom. You can cover so much territory, because there are certain things you would be hesitant to do in a larger group.
When you're by yourself you're more likely to say, "hey, why not?"
And that's pretty much the gold standard phrase of your entire trip alone.
There's no complaining of "I don't like this ride," or "why do we have to see this show, I only want to do rides."
This is your trip and your time, which is an amazing way to travel. We'll save more of that discussion for another post to come. I want to focus on giving you some quick tips.
For you guys, I now have The Solo Theme Park Traveler's Guide for theme park hopping alone.
A quick handbook I wanted to share with you all. In celebration of the release, I put together this post of tips for enjoying a solo theme park trip.
Now let's get into it!
If you're planning a half a day or even a whole day, it's important that you pack light. I recommend wearing shorts or pants with pockets to place your essentials in. The most I'd recommend bringing is a small camera bag to use instead of your pockets.
Capture your newly created memories and replay them over and over once your day or vacation is done.
There are days when the voyage is sweeter with spontaneity. Mapping out your day is a good way to make sure you're able to enjoy each must do item.
Route your path around the park in advance by downloading a map online or on your phone.
The early bird catches the worm, you snooze, you lose…well you know what I'm trying to say. It's the classic tip for any theme park goer in Florida particularly any fans of the famous Mouse or Wizard.
The best times to visit Walt Disney World, Universal Orlando Resort, or the other Florida parks are:
Get out of your comfort zone. Enjoy a new attraction, show, drink, or photo-op you've had on your theme park bucket list for a while.
Bring books, magazines, your phone, a great podcast episode, or a great conversation starter to have with another theme park fan in line.
Download Your FREE Universal Orlando Resort Solo Guidebook
Make the most of a hobby such as photography, tasting new dishes, or journaling. I've see people on social media with accounts dedicated to Disney ducks.
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Others have turned to Disney for their running passion. Some hobbies are specific to your personality and is a great way to expand yourself.
Dining alone is still a little bit uncomfortable for some. It's more uncomfortable for me to dine alone than to go to a theme park alone.
Yeah, I know that sounds crazy seeing as I love taking on a whole theme park by myself.
Dining alone is a great way to expand food based hobbies such as, food touring and food photography. The parks offer great restaurants too.
They have improved from the normalcy of hot dogs, hamburgers, turkey legs, and funnel cakes.
This is the time for you to get into the nooks and crannies the theme parks have to offer. Explorer the shops and alleys.
You can even enjoy different parades and shows that you wouldn't normally do in a larger group.
I love combing a good cocktail and a great theme park. You can enjoy the ambiance of having a drink in one hand and a roller coaster behind you.
You can also do this inside a theme park resort.
You may think only families go to theme parks, but other solo adult park hoppers meet up and go together. It's an aspect of solo theme park hopping most people don't think about.
Be sure to use websites such as MeetUp.com and link up with people in the theme parks groups.
This may seem a little childlike, but it's actually a pretty cool thing. I know people who go alone just to do character photos.
Character lines can be long and are considered as important as an actual attraction.
Hipster Power Tip: Go to Disney on special event nights. You may meet a very rare character out in the park taking pictures.
Decide which park you would like to try on your adventure. I would say this tip is very important. It helps make you more excited than nervous because you're in vacation planning mode.
One of my favorite parks to go alone is Epcot.
If you're a first timer it will be hard for me to give you a recommendation on which park to start your first solo trip.
I would have to know what kind of things you like to do, what city you will be in, and for how long?
Safety in solo traveling should always be at the top of your priority list. The theme parks are definitely safe places to be, especially here in Florida.
Tighter security measures have also been added to the theme park protocols.
Hipster Power Tip: Let people know what your itinerary is, the park you will be attending, and ways to contact you.
A great solo tour for any theme park goer is the Keys to the Kingdom tour. It takes you on a thorough behind-the-scenes tour of the Magic Kingdom.
The VIP Experience is also an option and gives you an in-depth guided tour throughout Universal Studios.
Busch Gardens offers so many tours that a lot of people are not aware of, including a Keeper for the Day tour. You can refer to the Complete Busch Gardens Tampa Bay Guide for a list of each tour.
This line can cut your wait time in half and that's always a benefit of going to theme parks alone. It allows you to get around to many of the attractions quickly, because you don't have to wait in the normal ride line.
Be aware that on busy days if the regular line is long, then there's a chance the single rider line may be long as well.
Here's a tip from Rick, a YouTuber, about single riders.
Nemo and Friends is not a bad single rider type ride. So, if you come to a theme park by yourself…you get a clam by yourself!
I agree with Rick. The Seas with Nemo & Friends usually doesn't have a long line. It's a nice ride to do alone. You will enjoy peacefulness while looking at the marine life in the aquarium at Epcot.
EXCUSE OF THE DAY: I don't have the money.
Solution: Change your lifestyle and budget. Remember, we always make time and money for the things that are most important to us. Read how to save for your trip here!
Solo travel is what you make it, so please try to enjoy yourself. Sometimes the unexpected or annoying points of your vacation are the best stories.
The best tip that I have for you today is to go to a theme park alone and have fun. These tips are here to help you get out of your comfort zone.
Going to theme parks alone improves your inner self because you have to:
I hope this post has given you some tips and a brand-new light on how to go to theme parks alone.
Now go enjoy Disney, Universal, Busch Gardens, SeaWorld, Cedar Point, or any park in the world!
Want more theme park tips? Check out the theme park tips page. Are you planning a Disney vacation soon? Read the Disney Vacation Planning Guide for your next dream trip!
Don't forget to discover the new magical and mysterious Disney adventure of Pandora – The World of Avatar at Animal Kingdom® Theme Park.
Until next time, Happy Park Hopping Hipsters!
(Original Publish date April 2017. Update April 2019)
Just the advice I was looking for. I really want to go to Canada's Wonderland this year but I don't have many people who'd want to go with me. Thanks so much!
This is just the article I was looking for. 2018 was a good year, but I didn't take a vacation because I was too busy waiting on other people to go with 🙄. Nw I am planning a trip to Florida to hit up Seaworld and Busch Gardens, as well as Los Angels to hit up the infamous Magic Mountain. I will be vlogging the experience on my YouTube channel, Coragee. Thanks for the encouragement!
As a coaster/ amusenent park enthusiast this dosnt seem like a bad idea. And since being an enthusiast i feel like it would be less weird to go to an amusement park alone. On the flip side however would be the by yoyrself part. I dont want it to look like im isolating myself espesialy since im a lone wolf who isnt the most socialble person out there.


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Welcome to CEGESOMA/State Archives of Belgium
CEGESOMA, Centre for Historical Research and Documentation on War and Society, is the Belgian centre of excellence for the history of 20th century conflicts. It carries out research, organises public events and holds document collections. It is since 1 January 2016 the fourth Operational Directory of the State Archives. It is a platform for academic and public activities in Belgium and abroad, in particular with regard to the two World Wars.
Acquisition – Archives of the Fraternelle du service Hotton
An valuable fonds for the history of the armed resistance in Wallonia at the eve of the Liberation
The service Hotton was a resistance organisation created in 1943 on the initiative of the Belgian and British authorities. Its mission: to harass the occupying forces militarily by attacking their communication channels and telecommunications. Operational from early 1944 onwards, the group made its mark on the forested area of Chimay-Couvin owing to the dynamism of its group D. Its archives, bequeathed in April 2018, document this remarkable activity. Read more...
Report on the Young Historians' Day at Cegesoma
On April 19th, 2018 CegeSoma organised the 12th edition of its workshop aimed at young historians, both those looking for a subject for their future Masters' thesis and recently graduated talents.
New contact addresses !
To improve the quality of our service, CegeSoma has two new contact addresses:
A new digital corner!
As announced in the Newsletter of November, Cegesoma continues to improve the digital access to its collections. From now on, the reading room has a digital corner completely dedicated to the digital access to the collections. Come and see our new service! Read more...
A resistance fighter in the garden cities of Watermael-Boitsfort, 1940-1945The famous documentary maker André Dartevelle bestows us with a poignant posthumous publication. He put into practice all his talent as a historian and journalist in order to deliver the detailed and heartfelt story of the Resistance in the bucolic Brussels municipality of Watermael-Boitsfort at the edge of city and countryside.
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In honour of Social WelfareOn Saturday 17 March, the magnificent historic Social Welfare building was open to the public on the occasion of the biannual Art Nouveau/Art Deco open days, allowing anyone interested to visit these places usually closed to the public or subject to restricted access. Read more...
New criteria for the associated researchers of CegeSomaThe research on the history of the world wars is not the monopoly of professional historians. Other researchers who are not associated with a university or who are active in disciplines other than history have often made fundamental contributions. CegeSoma has long associated them with its activities, originally as correspondents, later as associated researchers. To better integrate them in the academic activities of CegeSoma, we have recently adapted their status. Read more...
Update Call for Papers - Languages and the First World War II 2018 Conference
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Do you have every intention of biking for exercise? Yet, for some reason you never actually make it outside of your house. The idea of outdoor biking is nice, but is not realistic for many. This is especially true if you live in a crowded area, off of a main road, or in parts of the country with extremely cold or extremely hot weather. Indoor cycling can solve all of your motivation problems and can reduce your list of excuses for exercise. There are many benefits of going to a spin class.
You don?t have to worry about the weather
Biking outdoors can be ruined by many weather conditions. If it is raining, snowing, too cold, too hot, or even too humid, biking can be postponed. However, when you choose to take
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This July, we were happy to hold our 4th Annual Writers' Block: a summer camp for young writers in the Kansas City area. This year's camp consisted of two 5-day sessions centered around two different genres of creative writing. The first week (July 11-15) focused on playwriting and was taught by nationally-known playwright and UMKC professor Frank Higgins.
Higgins led a group of nine students whose ages ranged from 13 to 16 in creating characters of depth, powerful monologues, intriguing conflict, and more. The group gathered each morning in the main foyer of The Writers Place and typically ended their day scattered throughout the building writing on their own. On the final day of the playwriting session, Higgins invited two former students/local playwrights to come and visit with the youth. They encouraged the young writers to be bold in their pursuit of creative writing and shared about their experiences with theater and playwriting.
During the second week (July 18-22) local poet and educator Natasha Ria El-Scari led ten students aged 12 to 17 in improving their poetry skills. El-Scari led powerful conversations that encouraged the young writers to think deeply about the subject of their work and the ways in which they describe it. The students also practiced reading their poetry out loud as El-Scari helped prepare them for the Reading & Open Mic that would celebrate the end of the two sessions.
On the evening of Friday, July 22nd, camp participants, friends, family, and writers gathered to celebrate the hard work of the young writers who joined us for Writers' Block 2016 by sharing their work and enjoying the new connections and friendships that were made.
Thank you to all who supported, participated, and promoted this year's Writers' Block! We look forward to making the camp bigger and better in the future!


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All that glitters is not gold. Sometimes wood does too.
Wood that has been finished with the new concrete-metallic coating cycle from ADLER and allows furniture and kitchen fronts to shine in the most attractive metal colours.
ADLER application engineer, Dominik Schwaiger, shows you step by step how to create a gently glittering, shimmering concrete-metallic mix in gold.
Stir the ADLER Betoneffekt well by hand. Next, apply the ADLER Betoneffekt in the desired colour (here Daquiri) with a stainless steel trowel – preferably in an irregular pattern. Let your workpiece dry overnight and then sand it with grain size 60-80. You will find a precise description about the preparation and how to apply the concrete effect here.
ADLER Pigmopur (G50) is now sprayed on in the colour Gold. We need this step to achieve optimal covering capacity.
The Pigmopur paint must now be left to dry at room temperature for at least three hours, at the most overnight. Then the shiny surface finish is applied with ADLER Brilliant-Metallic. To do so, you spray the primed area without intermediate sanding with Brilliant-Metallic in the colour Gold. Make sure it is sprayed on thinly and evenly from two sides.
The top coat using ADLER Pigmotop is applied at the earliest after five hours but at the latest after six hours' drying time of ADLER Brilliant-Metallic. We recommend using Pigmotop in gloss level 70 for the top coat to bring out the best of the texture on your showpiece. Then let your workpiece dry overnight. Alternatively, according to ADLER expert Dominik Schwaiger, it is also possible to paint over with ADLER PUR-Glanzlack.
The result is a surface that will bring a sparkle to your eyes!
Incidentally, the Brilliant-Metall-Look also comes in four other trendy shades –Silver, Bronze, Copper and Titanium.
ADLER Pigmopur (G50) in the colour gold
ADLER Brilliant-Metallic in the colour gold
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UAlbany Men's Basketball Battles Stony Brook in AE Quarters
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ALBANY, N.Y. – The 4-seed UAlbany men's basketball begins the 2018 America East Tournament with a game against rival 5-seed Stony Brook on Saturday, March 3rd at 7 p.m. in SEFCU for the quarterfinal round.
For ticket information for UAlbany basketball games, fans may contact the UAlbany ticket office at 518-442-DANE or ualbanysports.com/tickets.
The game will be broadcast online on AE on ESPN3 and will be on the radio in the Albany arena on 104.5 the Team.
The winner of this contest will advance to the America East semifinal round on Tuesday, March 6th, with a game either at 7 p.m. or 7:30 p.m.
This is also a rematch of last year's America East Tournament semifinal round, with then 3-seed UAlbany winning 63-56 at 2-seed Stony Brook.
UAlbany enters the quarterfinals on a two-game winning streak, last defeating Binghamton 71-54 on Tuesday, finishing in fourth place in the America East at 10-6 and 22-9 overall. Stony Brook fell in its season finale vs. Vermont 69-60 on February 24th, having fifth place in the league at 7-9 and 12-18 overall.
UAlbany has won three straight vs. Stony Brook, sweeping the regular season after winning 57-50 on the road on January 27th. UAlbany leads the all-time series 44-30, with Stony Brook leading during the America East era 23-19. Meeting in seven of the last eight AE Tournaments, UAlbany is 4-3 against the Seawolves in the tournament, having won the last four meetings.
--Defense!: UAlbany held SBU to its season-low 50 points on January 27th.
--Hold at Home: UAlbany is 13-2 in the SEFCU Arena.
--Stop Yeboah: Akwasi Yeboah is SBU's leading scorer and rebounder.
SENIORS - WINNINGEST CLASS IN UALBANY HISTORY: UAlbany senior class stands with 91 wins in the past four seasons, tying the 2015-16 class with the most wins ever. In total, the senior class has a record at UAlbany of 91-40, including the 2015 America East Tournament title and three postseason appearances. Senior Greig Stire has played in all 131 games in that span.
CREMO APPROACHING SEASON SCORING RECORD: Joe Cremo is approaching the UAlbany single season scoring record. This year, averaging 17.6 points per game, he has totaled 547 points. The record at UAlbany is held by teammate David Nichols, who had 625 points last season.
Cremo's personal season record was last season, scoring 553 points as a sophomore.
FOURTH STRAIGHT 20-WIN SEASON: With its win at UMass Lowell on February 15th, UAlbany secured its fourth consecutive 20+ win season, and fifth in six years. In addition, UAlbany has won at least 15 games in 12 of the past 13 seasons.
EIGHT WINNING LEAGUE SEASONS IN A ROW: UAlbany has earned a winning record in America East play each of the past seven seasons starting in the 2010-11 year, including a combined 28-4 tally from 2015-16. UAlbany has earned 11 winning seasons in America East play in the last 13 years under Will Brown.
BOX OUT!: UAlbany has outrebounded its opponents in 25 of 31 contests, standing with the best rebounding margin in the America East at +7.3, and 13th in all of Division I. Second in the league is New Hampshire at +5.8. Greig Stire (8.3), Travis Charles (5.6) and Alex Foster (4.7) stand in the top-20 in the America East in rebounding.
WELCOME TO NEW YORK: UAlbany will play ten regular season games against teams from the Empire State, including seven at home. UAlbany will take on Iona, Oneonta, Colgate, Columbia, Siena, Canisius, Stony Brook (twice) and Binghamton (twice). This season, UAlbany is 9-1 against in-state opponents.
SCOUTING STONY BROOK: Stony Brook is the America East leader with 8.3 steals per game. Redshirt sophomore forward Akwasi Yeboah is 6th in the America East in scoring, leading the Seawolves with 15.2 points and 5.1 rebounds per game. Junior Jaron Cornish is the point guard, picking up 8.6 points and three assists per game.


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This post is in partnership with Andes Salt Expeditions. We received a discounted rate our Salar de Uyuni tour in exchange for our honest review, but all opinions are our own!
Things that are actually "out of this world": outer space, astronauts when they're at work, and maybe aliens. But after traveling in Salar de Uyuni, I'd argue that the Bolivian desert and the rest of the natural spectacles on a Salar de Uyuni tour deserve an honorable mention.
The Salar de Uyuni is like an unstated ice rink, thousands of miles wide. Its surface crunches in like tepid, partially melted ice. Hotels made entirely of salt appear to be hovering above the surface like a foreign vessel. Venture deeper into the desert and you'll find giant cactuses sprouting from inhospitable islands. Pink flamingos feast and wade through crimson lakes framed by a volcanic backdrop and blue skies. Lava bubbles from deep beneath the earth. And as farfetched as it may seem, you'll feel like you're actually watching the sunrise from the moon.
Of course, there is a very scientific explanation to all of it; algae, tectonic plates, wind, and time can create tremendous things when they work together. But the real magic of a Salar de Uyuni tour is feeling unsure of everything. Perhaps even like you're on another planet.
How to Pick a Salar de Uyuni Tour
Salar de Uyuni is an expanse of salt flats nearly 11,000 km². To really experience the vastness of the Salar de Uyuni, you're best to take a 4×4 tour. Andean Salt Expeditions is an Uyuni tour company that specializes in 4×4 adventure tours. The no-nonsense owner, Braulio Mamani, once worked in the Bolivian mines and has since dedicated the same diligence to adventure tours on the Salt Flats.
There are nearly 100 operators in Uyuni (Red Planet Expeditions, Quechua 4WD, Salty Desert Adventures, etc.), so how do you pick the best Salt Flats tour? You can choose between 1, 3, or 4-day tours that cost between $20-$500. Other considerations are the level of accommodation, safety, and whether you prefer to depart from Uyuni or nearby Tupiza. We booked with Andes Salt Expeditions based on price and reviews and had an excellent experience with them.
Here's a bit more detail about what I liked on my tour with Andes Salt Expeditions:
Andes Salt Expeditions is one of the least expensive operators in town, but they get excellent reviews. They keep things simple with basic accommodations and food, but never at the expense of the experience. Their Salt Flats tours cost Bs. 700 ($100) + Bs. 150 ($21) at the park entrance per person.
They put car maintenance at the forefront. Many of the guides are certified mechanics and the ones that aren't have been fixing Toyota's so long that they may as well be.
We got to travel with the locally famous Vladimir. After a few stops with other guides taking shelter in their cars, it became apparent what made Vladimir great. He loves being a guide. He went above and beyond to give us information while other guides seemed to avoid it. He's a safe driver, and you feel like you're in the car with your cool uncle. Most importantly, he is likable without having the usual tour guide shtick.
Best Time to Visit the Salar de Uyuni
Salar de Uyuni tours are available all year, with some months being more pleasant than others. While it is the coldest time of year in Bolivia, April – October is also the sunniest and the most popular time to visit. November – March is the rainy season in Bolivia. Traveling during this time will give you the most moderate weather and the best chance to see the Salar as a giant mirror.
Salar de Uyuni Tour Itinerary (with Andes Salt Expeditions)
Most tour operator run the same itinerary, but some will make extra effort to get you off the usual circuit. Here's the general itinerary for a 3-day/2-night Uyuni tour with Andes Salt Expeditions:
Day 1 | The Salty Day: After a 10:30 am start, day 1 includes the train cemetery and the Salar de Uyuni. You'll take lunch at a retired salt hotel, and check out the well-photographed Dakar monument and international flags fluttering against the wind. Venture on to see the surreal cactus on Isla Incahuasi, an island suspended on the Salar, before watching the sunset over the flats. Stay the night in a basic salt hotel.
Day 2 | The Lake Day: The adventures on day 2 start around 6:30 as you leave the salt flats into the deeper desert. You'll get an early view of Volcan Ollague, a semi-active volcano, before traveling onward to the lakes. There are 5 lakes, but the lakes of interest are Laguna Cañapa, Laguna Edionda, and Laguna Colorada. Each is defined by it's feeding flamingos, unique color, and epic volcanic surrounds. After lunch, you'll get a view of Desert Siloli, which we'd say is a far easier alternative to hiking up Rainbow Mountain in Peru. You'll also see Arbol de Piedra – a stone structure that has been worn into a tree with time. Arrive at the simple refugio early with plenty of time to walk or relax before dinner.
Day 3 | The Thermal Day: Day 3 begins at the ungodly 4:30 am to ensure you get to the Sol de Mañana in time to watch the sunrise. Through the steam, you can smell sulfur and observe slowly bubbling lava too close for comfort. You'll travel then to the agues thermals for a dip in the naturally heated pool and see the Dali Desert and Laguna Verde before being transferred onto San Pedro de Atacama or returning back to Uyuni.
Should I take a one-day or three-day Salar de Uyuni tour? One-day tours visit the train Cemetery, the Salar de Uyuni, and Isla Incahuasi and return to Uyuni the same day so you'll need to take care of your own dinner and hotel. Three-day tours have the same first day, but you'll travel much further into the desert. Three-day tours visit highlights like Laguna Colorada, the Dali Desert, and the Sol de Mañana geysers. In our experience, the three-day tour is the only way to go. The first day on the salt flats was crazy crowded and touristic, and we loved the subsequent days spent in solitude.
How much do Salar de Uyuni tours cost? Above, we indicated that Salar de Uyuni tours can cost between $20-$500. One day Salar de Uyuni tours should cost around Bs. 150-200 ($20-$30) and include all of your transport and lunch. Simple three day Salar de Uyuni tours average between Bs. 700-1,000 ($100-$150) and should include transport, meals, and all the sights on the trip (excluding the national park fee + Isla Incahuasi). If you're looking for a nicer standard of accommodation or a brand new vehicle, expect to pay upwards of Bs. 2,000 ($180+).
Any extra Salar de Uyuni tour costs? Yes. Most tours will exclude the park entrance fee to Eduardo Abaroa Andean Fauna National Reserve Bs. 150 ($21) and Isla Incahuasi Bs. 30 ($5). We also recommend tipping your guide between Bs. 20-30/day ($3-4).
How to Get to Uyuni or Tupiza: The majority of tours begin in Uyuni, but some depart from Tupiza. You can easily travel to Uyuni by bus from La Paz, Potosi, or Sucre. More infrequently, you can also take a train. Uyuni is a walkable town and it's easy to get around. Tupiza can also be reached by bus, though departures are less frequent and tour companies are few and far between. All Salar de Uyuni tours should include transport to the salt flats.
Traveling onto Chile? It's only about 2 hours from the final stop on salt flat tours to San Pedro de Atacama. Most operators will allow you to book your bus to San Pedro as an add-on (Bs. 50) to your salt flats tour.
Where to Stay in Uyuni
Uyuni is a somewhat-grim jumping off point for Salar de Uyuni tours, with most places to stay being decent at best. Here are some of the better hotels and hostels in Uyuni:
Onkel Inn Wagon Sleepbox Uyuni | Onkel Inn Wagon Sleepbox is one of the quirkier hotels in Uyuni, with comfortable and tastefully decorated hotel rooms set in retired train cars. Doubles from $31.
Piedra Blanca Backpackers Hostel | Piedra Blanca is a newer hostel in town that gets consistently good reviews for their friendly staff and clean facilities. There are even legends of hot showers! Doubles from $44.
Hotel Jardines de Uyuni | Hotel Jardines de Uyuni is a hotel in the center of town that uses wooden floors, warm colored paint, and local textiles to give the rooms a sense of style that many hotels in town lack. This is a good option if you want something comfortable without heading far outside of Uyuni to one of the remote, luxury salt hotels. Doubles from $112.
Palacio de Sal | While it is no longer the only, Palacio de Sal is the world's first salt hotel – a hotel made entirely of salt. The hotel is an hour outside of Uyuni next to the salt flats, making it an eerie and beautiful place to stay before your Salt Flats Tour. Read more or double rooms from $219.
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Traveling in Bolivia? You might also like:
- 51 Unique + Fun Things to do in Bolivia
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Police on Thursday claimed to have foiled a plot to kill Pakistani Prime Minister Yousuf Raza Gilani and to have arrested seven suspects.
The law enforcement agencies came to know about the purported plan during the interrogation of a group of alleged militants arrested on Wednesday after a shoot-out in Ahmadpur Sharqia near Bahawalpur district in the eastern province of Punjab, DPA reported.
Senior district police officer, Abid Qadri, said initial investigations showed the suspects were planning to attack the prime minister, Foreign Minister Shah Mehmood Qureshi and others.
He said they were part of the Qari Imran faction, a splinter group of the banned Lashkar-e-Jhangvi extremist outfit, which has links to al-Qaeda and the Taliban.
The group has been accused of involvement in several attacks, including one on the headquarters of Inter-Services Intelligence in Multan city in December that killed 12 people.
Qadri said more arrests were expected after the interrogation.
Several Pakistani politicians have faced threats from militants but it is the first time that a plan to kill Gilani and Qureshi has come to light.
Both leaders hail from Multan, around 80 kilometres south-west of Bahawalpur, and regularly visit their hometown at weekends.
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I'm happy to announce that in May, Shhpuma, a great part of the Clean Feed label that focuses on releasing music that goes "beyond, below and above the jazz realm," will release my new record, Desertion.
This album features my Many Arms bandmate, Johnny DeBlase, on upright and electric bass, Jamie Saft on Hammond organ and piano, and Ches Smith on drums, masterfully recorded by Saft at Potterville International Sound. Dan Blacksberg contributed a trombone choir and a string arrangement performed by June Bender.
Aquarium Drunkard dropped the first taste today, premiering the track "Just For a Moment, I Stood There in Silence," in a review that also discusses the new Solar Motel record (on which I play), and the new Sunwatchers record.
Check it out here: http://www.aquariumdrunkard.com/2016/03/01/checking-back-into-the-solar-motel-chris-forsyth-the-solar-motel-band-sunwatchers-nick-millevoi/


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Honey Zucchini Bread
January 12, 2016
By: Rita P. Smith, MS, RD, CDE, Sentara Martha Jefferson Hospital
- 1 egg
- ¾ cup honey
- 3 tablespoons vegetable oil
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 1 cup all-purpose flour
- 1½ cup whole wheat flour
- 1½ teaspoon baking powder
- 1 teaspoon grated orange peel
- ½ teaspoon baking soda
- ½ teaspoon ground ginger
- 1½ cups grated zucchini
- ½ cup sunflower seeds
- Preheat oven to 325 degrees. Beat egg slightly in large bowl. Add honey, oil and vanilla; mix well.
- In medium bowl whisk together flours, baking powder, orange peel, baking soda, and ginger. Add the flour mixture, zucchini and sunflower seeds to honey mixture; mix well until blended.
- Coat a 9x5-inch loaf pan with cooking spray. Spoon batter evenly into pan. Bake for 1 hour or until a wooden pick inserted in the center comes out clean. Remove from pan and cool completely before slicing.
Makes 12 slices.
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06/15/2012 @ 9:30 pm - 06/16/2012 @ 2:00 am$10
Producer Full Crate and singer Mar are two rising young musicians from Amsterdam. Both were immersed in music from a young age; Full Crate studied piano and Mar was surrounded by two musically inclined parents. Full Crate & Mar have been friends since high school, sharing the same passion for music. They fuse soul, electronic, and hip-hop with a sound design that pleasantly represents the current sound of soul music today.
Today they are both part of the rising Amsterdam hip-hop / beatmaker scene. Mar's skillfully soulful voice strikes a cord with his listeners, and pushes the boundary of soul music. For the last couple of years Full Crate has been composing and producing music for different projects, vocalists and mc's and dj-ing at the best spots around the world. Full Crate music is versatile and expansive; his works go from cooled down soul music to up-tempo electronic beats.
Full Crate is on the forefront of Dutch progressive electronic music. Full Crate has been acknowledged by the Red Bull Music Academy for his talents and invited him to come together with like minded people for two weeks worth of recording sessions, lectures by musical luminaries, and unforgettable late night jams (only 60 artists worldwide has received this invitation).
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Holly served as the Public Trustee of El Paso County, a political appointment by Governor Bill Owens, from 1999 to 2007. She quadrupled net revenues returned to El Paso County from $281,000 in 1999 to more than $1.2 million in 2005 and reduced the operating cost per transaction of the office from $26 per transaction to $10 per transaction.
Holly was elected by her peers to serve as President of the Colorado Public Trustee's Association in 2002-2003. She also served as a caseworker for Congressman Lamborn's district office and assisted individuals with the resolution of problems with federal agencies.
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MONTREAL — It's been said that a smile can light up a room. But if it's Clara Hughes's smile we're talking about, well, that could light up a small country.
It's so hard to believe that behind that smile were, for many years, tears and incredible sadness.
Hughes — the only Canadian Olympic athlete to win multiple medals in both the Summer and Winter Games, for cycling and speedskating — battled depression for years.
And now, since retiring after the London Olympic Games two years ago, she is doing her darnedest to "bust down the walls of stigma around mental health issues."
The amazingly down-to-earth athlete is very frank about the illness that she, for the most part, battled privately.
"I work with young kids and teens now, because it is that generation that is going to be the change in years to come," she told me last week while in town as spokesperson for Bell Let's Talk, a campaign for mental health awareness. "One day, down the road, people will not know that there was once a time that there was so much shame around depression and anxiety, and people will know to call and where to go for help, because it will be talked about openly, and it will be available."
After all, one in four Canadians will be affected by mental illness. And people should not suffer in silence, nor be ashamed of an illness that affects so many.
Hughes believes the area of mental health is very underfunded. "Canada has to do better — it just does, because there are so many hard-working nurses and doctors who want to help, but their hands are tied because there just isn't enough money."
Canada, she says, can be a world leader with this issue. "I really believe that."
For Hughes, it was a meeting with a doctor at the London Games that put her on the path to wellness.
"She's the one who told me I was depressed, that help was available, that I could start to get better."
Hughes says no one is immune to depression. "We are all interconnected, we all have our collective struggles, and it's the collective struggles that balance out the joys and, when combined, make us all human."
And she says we should never compare struggles or joys. "Our highs and lows are very unique."
Hughes decided not to take medication. "Everyone is different. We all have to seek professional help to help us find our way. For me, I opted to go the only route I know, and that is in movement."
She loves to bike, and she does a lot of it. "I am not a robot, or an Olympic machine. I am a recreational athlete now, and I love it," she laughed. "I feel so alive when I am on a bike."
As she writes so beautifully in one of the journal entries on her blog (clara-hughes.com): "Movement is indeed the medicine I need. My daily dose is a run or a walk and it never fails to shift the chemicals that are blocked or flowing out of balance. Makes my spirit come alive and gives me the energy I bring into each encounter the day ahead holds. I move therefore I am. Just as I like it to be."
She credits a team coach, Eric Van den Eynde, for helping her with a "real life shift."
"He cared about the person first, and then the athlete. He's a true humanist."
Asking for help is the first step for those coping with mental health issues. And it really has to be from a professional, Hughes explains. "Our partners, our friends and family usually will tell us what we want to hear, and that doesn't always help.
"It really should be someone clinically trained, not someone emotionally connected."
Recovery is work, and it's about setting boundaries and listening to our bodies, she says.
"When I was in a dark place, nothing helped. Not even winning 10 medals could ease the unexplainable pain I was feeling inside."
Until she began working on herself. Stopped pushing herself so hard.
Training for the Olympics got her through some of her darkest days. "I would push myself physically to distract myself from what was really going on inside." But after London, when she let it all go and began doing the internal work, it was "like stepping into the light."
She learned to find balance. "Talking about it helps. If we can share the joys, we must also share the lows." These days, she loves to cook, read and hike, and her goal is to be a "professional volunteer."
But Hughes says she knows fighting depression is something she will always have to work on. "Dark places are always going to be there, but I recognize the signs, like little drops of rain — I know how to deal with it before I am in a downpour."
Hughes is very proud of the work she's doing with Let's Talk, which has seen Bell commit more than $62 million to mental health initiatives in Canada since it began in 2010. Hughes has been associated with the campaign since the start.
Its nice to see other recognizable faces get on board as well, since there's usually strength in numbers: journalist Seamus O'Regan, actor/comedian Michel Mpambara, CFL veteran Shea Emry, ex-NHL star Joe Juneau and musicians Stefie Shock, Matthew Good and Robb Nash are also joining the conversation.
After the 2013 edition of the Bell Let's Talk campaign, which garnered $4.8 million, Hughes felt she was just walking away. "The campaign was raising awareness and breaking down the stigma, but I wanted to do more."
That's why in March she will begin Clara's Big Ride, which will take her on a 12,000-kilometre tour across Canada, into every province and territory, ending on Canada Day in Ottawa.
She's been training for six months with her husband, Peter Guzman, who will do the ride with her. "It's going to be awesome," she said.
Hughes knows the impact she's had by sharing her story. "I remember one email I received after doing the George Stroumboulopoulos show last year before Let's Talk Day. The woman wrote that she had planned to commit suicide that night, but after watching the show, she realized she wasn't alone, that help was out there, and she realized she had to go out and find her purpose.
"See what being open and honest can do?"
There's that smile again.
And forget about lighting up a small country. It can most definitely light up a big one.
Tuesday is Bell Let's Talk Day. For every text message sent and mobile and long-distance call made by Bell and Bell Aliant customers, every tweet using #BellLetsTalk and every Facebook share of the Bell Let's Talk image, Bell will contribute five cents to mental health initiatives. Let's help Clara bust down those walls!
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The 2019 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group will be held from 11-14 June 2019, in Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Find out more
The 2019 Annual Meetings of the African Development Bank Group will be held from 11-14 June 2019, in Malabo, Republic of Equatorial Guinea. Find out more
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The consensus in international economic development circles is that agricultural growth in Africa is the cornerstone of the Millennium Development Goal of an annual growth rate above 7 percent a year required to achieve economic convergence with other developing countries, and to maintain a similar quality of life. The agricultural sector can improve the level of production either by using more input – mainly land (extensification) and/or by improving technological level. All these put together and harnessed determine both agricultural and economic growth in Africa.
African farmers have traditionally pursued shifting cultivation in response to population growth and declining soil fertility. Rural population growth and displacement, due to urban expansion and the gazetting of parks and protected areas, have long encouraged the cultivation of new land by extending farming into forests, wetlands, hillsides, and pastures. However, in much of Africa the extensification path is rapidly becoming unsustainable or impractical as land grows scarcer in the face of population growth.
The present paper revisits the extensification-intensification paradigm in the African agricultural context, and explores the ability of land use pattern and technological progress to keep up with population growth. Using macro panel data downloaded from FAOSTAT, the focus of the study is on investigating whether the production structure of the agricultural sector has changed during the last decades. In particular, the study sheds light on the state of land use in the agricultural sector, and estimates how much growth in output is associated with growth in land area and other physical capital, and how much growth is due to total factor productivity.
Results suggest that the contribution of factor inputs on agricultural growth has been globally larger than that of total factor productivity. In relation to land resources, we found that agricultural land expansion is increasing and the system is getting closer to the limit. The African agricultural sector still follows an extensive and unsustainable production pathway. Although declining, the contribution of land increase on the production growth is still quite high. The study also highlights the extent to which land use pattern and agricultural growth contributors has varied over time. The paper ends by drawing implications for policy targeting in the context of the food crisis and the need for a more greening agriculture.


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For the second time this year, Justin Timberlake will be the musical guest on Saturday Night Live, this time for their Christmas episode.
The Christmas special for SNL will air on December 21st, with Jimmy Fallon as the host. While it's his second time to appear on the show this year, it'll be his fourth time as a musical guest.
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