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I know everyone always says this, but I can assure you that this time, it's absolutely true. Choosing my favourite entry in the 1st anniversary competition was no easy task. In fact, I found it so difficult that I had to enlist the help of the long-suffering Madame Persolaise.
After a great deal of deliberation, we reached a unanimous decision and I am very pleased to announce that the winner of the first prize is
Selecting the winner of the second prize was much simpler, because all I had to do was consult the oracle of Random.org... and the name it picked was
Congratulations to Alastair and RRomani. Please remember that you have until Friday 25th March to send me an email at persolaise at gmail dot com with your postal addresses. If you have not contacted me by then, new winners will be selected.
And to all of you: thank you very, very much indeed for your superb entries. Your words reminded me that I'm extremely fortunate to be able to enjoy the wonderful world of perfume, to write this blog and to interact with so many thoughtful, witty and erudite readers.
Please keep coming back to Persolaise.com for more draws and give-aways. Fingers crossed, the next prize I hope to be able to offer is a sample of MDCI's new La Belle Hélène, composed by Bertrand Duchaufour.
And don't forget that I'm soon going to reveal the identity of the person I'm about to interview for an upcoming Basenotes article. I shall need all the help I can get from you to come up with some suitably probing questions.
I'll leave you with Alastair's winning entry:
Perfume is important to me because it speaks. Just as the sight of green leaves fills me like a shout. And the flavour of tart apples entertains me like a well-timed joke. And the hiss of the tea kettle announces five minutes of peace. And the feel of the damp curls on my little boy's head whispers chuldhood memories. If everyday experiences speak through the senses, then perfume is essential to the conversation.
Enjoy the rest of your weekend,


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Early Childhood at Divine Redeemer Lutheran School
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EAGLETS ~ Our Early Childhood Program for the littlest learners begins at
the age of 2 and is called the Eaglet Program. This small nurturing classroom has a 10-student capacity with one teacher with a teacher's aide in the classroom at all times. Your child's Eaglet Class schedule is flexible and is based on the number of days and actual days of the week that care is needed. You can choose two, three, four or five mornings a week and the days of the week for your little scholar to attend! Students are not expected to be potty trained and Eaglet class times are from 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 a.m. Socialization, communication skills, beginning preschool skills, and a Christian curriculum are all emphasized during activities such as, Bible time, circle & story time, center activity, sensory activity, art time, science, music, and indoor/outdoor playtime.
3-Year-Old Preschool ~ this is an extremely popular class and is filled with hands-on, first-time experiences for eager 3-year-old. In this classroom the preschooler must be potty trained. There are three 3 year old preschool options for parents to choose from: a three morning-a-week class (Mondays, Wednesdays, and Fridays), a five morning-a-week class (Mondays- Fridays) and a five full day (M-F) option. Morning classes start at 8:30 AM and conclude at 11:30 AM and the afternoon session ends at 3:30 p.m. The school's hot lunch program is available for those afternoon students. The entire preschool curriculum is filled not only with learning basic preschool skills (cutting, pasting, writing one's name) but also begins to introduce letter and number recognition, counting, Bible stories, music, self-confidence, listening skills and much more!
4-Year-Old Kindergarten ~ Divine Redeemer's 4K program is intentionally designed to give 4-year-olds a head start to 5-year-old Kindergarten. Phonics will be used to introduce reading readiness, daily religion stories help students identify themselves as God's children, and language arts not only reinforces letter recognition, appreciation of books and literature, but also introduces students to write the upper and lower cases of each alphabet letter. 4K students match, classify, sort, learn spatial relationships and patterning through mathematical experiences. Music, social studies, science and large/fine motor skill activities create a well-rounded curriculum that inspires student to learn. Based on the child's needs, parents may choose to enroll him/her in a three morning-a-week (Monday, Wednesday, Friday) class, a five morning-a-week (Monday - Friday) or a 5 full-day-class (Monday-Friday) option. Morning sessions meet from 8:30 a.m. - 11:30 am. and full day students attend from 8:30 a.m. - 3:30 p.m. The hot lunch program is available for full-day students.
5-year-old Kindergarten ~ Divine Redeemer offers a very flexible option depending on your family's schedule, your child's level of attention, love of school, and school readiness. Parents may choose between a half-day kindergarten class and a full day kindergarten class. Half day dismisses at 11:55 AM and the full day dismisses at 3:30 PM. While both of these classes offer the same curriculum outcomes, the information is presented in different formats and experiences. While all the basics are covered, the kindergarteners have additional opportunities in the classroom with added curriculum in Spanish, music, choir, computer, art, and physical education. This highly challenging academic and Christian kindergarten environment is the foundation for building strong Christian leaders as they grow and mature through the higher grade levels.
Divine Redeemer Lutheran School • 31385 W. Hill Road, Hartland, WI 53029 • 262-367-3664 • Divine Redeemer Lutheran School is an equal opportunity school for all students and does not discriminate on the basis of race, sex, religion, national origin, age, or disability.
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2009 AIDS Community Information Outreach Projects
The National Library of Medicine (NLM) funded 12 AIDS Community Information Outreach Projects in September 2009 in the 16th round of the program. NLM has continued its HIV/AIDS- related outreach efforts to community-based organizations, patient advocacy groups, faith-based organizations, departments of health, and libraries. This program provides support to design local programs for improving information access for HIV/AIDS patients and the affected community as well as their caregivers. Emphasis is on providing information or access in a way meaningful to the target community. Projects must involve one or more of the following information access categories: information retrieval, skills development, Internet access, resource development, and document access.
Standard Awards - Up to $60,000
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
"AIDS InfoNet"
Albuquerque, NM
The AIDS InfoNet is an internationally recognized online HIV/AIDS information resource which provides factsheets on the treatment of HIV/AIDS and related information in nontechnical language. The web site is specifically designed to facilitate user access to materials. Each topic has one up-to-date factsheet which are reviewed annually and provided in several languages. Fact sheets are easily printable from the Internet in a "clean" single-page format for duplication and distribution to clients who do not have Internet access. To increase availability, InfoNet fact sheets are at no cost to other HIV/AIDS web sites. In addition, the site includes a hyperlinked, categorized listing of approximately 750 HIV/AIDS web sites to facilitate individual research and highlights many HIV/AIDS resources from the NLM.
AIDS Educational Global Education System (AEGiS)
"AIDS Education Global Information System (AEGiS)"
San Juan Capistrano, CA
AEGiS is an Internet based living HIV/AIDS library. The website provides users with current research information, human resources, treatment, prevention, products, and policy information with worldwide news and event coverage. The documents contained in the living library chronicle the history of HIV/AIDS. Information is organized in sections by publication type, year, and date with clearly stated sources, authors, and publication dates.
George Washington University/School of Public Health & Health Services
"Community Health Advocates: Health Information Partners 5"
Washington, D.C.
Community Health Advocates: Health Information Partners 5 (HIPS5)'s goal is to improve the environment of Washington, DC and its surrounding areas by providing people with accurate information to prevent the spread of HIV. HIP5 distributes evidence-based HIV information to promote protective personal behaviors and healthy social policies. HIPS5 is also informing Washington, DC communities about the dangers of HIV/AIDS and prevention methods by offering skills-based health information trainings.
Pacific College Oriental Medicine
"Reaching Out with Networks and Conferences: HIV/AIDS Education and Information Awareness"
San Diego, CA
The Pacific College of Oriental Medicine is reaching out to the San Diego Community through a series of local conferences which will provide attendees with information, presentations, workshops, and social networking opportunities which may help in the fight against HIV/AIDS. The goal of the Pacific College of Oriental Medicine is to improve information dissemination and access to HIV/AIDS related information in a meaningful way. The organization also plans to increase the community's awareness of the National Library of Medicine and National Institutes of Health online HIV/AIDS and medical resources.
Pacific College of Oriental Medicine Library
The CORE Foundation
Health Information, Risk Assessment, and Screening (HIRAS)
Chicago, IL
The CORE Foundation provides skills development in finding and using online health information resources, HIV and STI risk assessment, and linkage to HIV and STI screening for at risk individuals. The project will focus on students from Malcolm X College of Chicago and clients of two drug and alcohol recovery group homes. The CORE Foundation hopes to promote and improve healthy behaviors by increasing the awareness and utilization of NLM resources and increasing knowledge about HIV/AIDS and other STIs.
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
"Building Capacity for HIV/AIDS Prevention in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands"
Honolulu, HI
Building Capacity for HIV/AIDS Prevention in the U.S.-Affiliated Pacific Islands(BC-HAPP) is a program used to provide librarians, educators, public health personnel, and other community members in the U.S. Affiliated islands with resources on HIV/AIDS. BC-HAPP provides trainings on how to access and retrieve accurate HIV/AIDS related information using resources appropriate to the U.S. affiliated Pacific islands (USAPI). BC-HAPP has also produced a CD-ROM of select National Library of Medicine HIV/AIDS resources and materials to give information to those with limited internet access.
Pacific Resources for Education and Learning
SisterLove, Inc.
"Positive Connections Cyber Center"
Atlanta, GA
Since 1989, SisterLove, Inc. has provided HIV/AIDS prevention information, education, interventions, support, advocacy, and resources for African American women at risk and/or living with HIV/AIDS in the Atlanta area. SisterLove also founded the Positive Connections Cyber Center (PCCC), which is a community based internet and networking center used to increase awareness and teach people how to use current HIV/AIDS related websites and resources. The PCCC provides access to computer training and online resources that inform, engage, and sustain women and men as they struggle with HIV/AIDS diagnoses.
SisterLove, Inc.
SisterWisdom HIV/AIDS Portal for Black Women
Central New York Health Systems Agency, Inc.
"CNY Connec+ions"
East Syracuse, NY
CNY Connec+tions is a program which targets people living within a 14-county region of Central New York who are infected, affected, or at risk of contracting HIV/AIDS, and teaches them skills to improve their ability to access and use HIV/AIDS health information. CNY Connec+ions is an interactive program which includes a dedicated website with links to HIV/AIDS health information resources, moderated telephone and web conferencing sessions for people with HIV/AIDS, a Facebook page with videos and event photos, and "how to" access training for people with AIDS, HIV/AIDS service providers and the general community.
P.I. Advocates International (PIA)
"HIV Information Internet Access Training"
Washington, DC.
P.I. Advocates International (PIA) will be providing hands-on computer training workshops to the residents of Washington, DC. The workshops will focus on accessing and retrieving information on HIV from internet-based medical libraries. PIA will also provide monthly HIV prevention information sessions in hopes of educating the people of Washington, DC on the spread of the disease. The program will target 1,950 people who have HIV/AIDS, are clients of substance abuse and transitional housing programs, people who are not HIV positive but exhibit risky behavior, and the general public.
Express Awards - Up to $10,000
CAEAR Foundation
"Navigate to Learn More – Increasing HIV Primary Care Provider Use of NLM Online Resources"
Washington, DC
CAEAR Foundation (CF)'s goal is to connect with the primary care providers of people with HIV/AIDS. CF provides the primary care providers with the needed resources to ensure that they are giving their patients the best care and treatment for HIV/AIDS.
K. I. Services, Inc.
"Access and Empowerment through HIV Online Outreach and Education"
Alexandria, VA
K.I. Services has a program in which 175 people are chosen to participate. The program teaches individuals how to access and retrieve information on HIV/AIDS and treatment options. The program will provide training on information retrieval, provide access to accurate documents with HIV/AIDS related information, and highlight resource development.
AWARE Worldwide, Inc.
"E-Source to Resource"
Virginia Beach, VA
The "E-Source to Resource" is an outreach program for people living with HIV/AIDS, people who are at risk for contracting the virus, and all other people who are interested in HIV/AIDS information. The "E-Source" center will provide the afore listed parties with access to computers and assistance in finding the most up-to-date HIV/AIDS information resources and services and treatment/medical options.


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November 2016
KIIN KIIN and Arp-Hansen Hotel Group are embarking on an exciting collaboration to open a new restaurant in 71 Nyhavn Hotel.
Arp-Hansen Hotel Group is now expanding with yet another partnership with one of Copenhagen's leading restaurants. This time with Michelin-starred Kiin Kiin, which will open SEA by Kiin Kiin in the heritage warehouse at Nyhavn 71. From Sticks'N'Sushi in both Tivoli Hotel and Wakeup in Borgergade to MASH in Tivoli Hotel, we have already created some interesting restaurants to the delight of our many hotel guests and the people of Copenhagen. We are therefore thrilled to be entering into yet another strategic alliance with the extremely talented Thai chef, Henrik Yde Andersen, the man behind the world's only Michelin-starred Thai restaurant – situated in Copenhagen on Guldbergsgade.
SEA by Kiin Kiin – South East Asian Kitchen – will be designed with the greatest respect for the old warehouse, yet with distinct references to a Hong Kong warehouse from the 1930s.
Henrik Yde shares more about the plans:
"The restaurant has 25 seats at the bar, which will be a gin bar with a selection of 100 different gins, including our own version from our new distillery at Østerbro. The bar menu comprises tasty little snacks and street-kitchen-style appetizers. The coffee is roasted in collaboration with The Coffee Collective. I've worked with Mikkeller to develop a beer that pays homage to Nyhavn and the smell of exotic spices in the old warehouses. We will be offering hotel guests and visitors an exciting tea menu with more than 40 different hand-picked teas. And we've brought in one of Bangkok's best bartenders to mix the various cocktails, which will, of course, feature a strong Asian influence. So we hope he learns to love the Danish winters."
The restaurant will seat 60 and the kitchen will be open every day all year round from 12-noon to 10 pm. The cuisine will be Kiin Kiin classics served a la carte. The menu features 30 different dishes from DKK 95, which guests can mix and match as they choose. We recommend four dishes.
Finally, a restaurant will be built in the kitchen that will seat six. The working title is Kiin Kiin Journey.
Henrik Yde explains: "Kiin Kiin Journey will be a more intense version, where we can work with staging the entire dining experience. The first menu will be 'A journey through Thailand seen through my eyes', where I will be serving the dishes I came across when I lived there for five years. The chef will be our current sous chef at Kiin Kiin, Mari Ton. The sommelier will be Voung Lai, who has managed the wines at Kiin Kiin Guldbergsgade for nearly 10 years. The restaurant manager will be Nukool Srimartkul. Finally, there will also be outdoor service when weather permits, with a lunch menu reflecting both the time of day and the seasons."
Concurrently with the opening of SEA by KIIN KIIN, we expect to be able to lift the curtain on the newly refurbished red warehouse and to open the doors to the most beautiful warehouse hotel in Copenhagen. Elegance, authenticity and the particular charm of Nyhavn – this is the essence of 71 Nyhavn Hotel. An exceptional hotel in two beautiful warehouses, with the red warehouse currently undergoing extensive renovations. The focus of the transformation is on luxurious aesthetics and catering to detail.
With understated elegance, SEA by Kiin Kiin on the lower floor and an outstanding location in Nyhavn, this atmospheric hotel provides a stunning view of the harbour. The central location and elegant charm make this hotel quite unique. Just a few minutes' walk from Kongens Nytorv, Strøget and Amalienborg Palace, this attractivelylocated hotel will soon comprise 130 rooms, featuring exquisite interiors and an amazing view. There is also free Wi-Fi hroughout the hotel. By late-summer 2016, 71 Nyhavn Hotel will have reduced the number of rooms from 150 in favour of larger and more exclusive rooms. Of the 130 rooms, 122 will be Executive Rooms & Suites. Including:
We look forward to welcoming you to understated elegance in Nyhavn.
Feel free to contact us for additional information. Please find our contact information below.
Best regards
Restaurant Kiin Kiin
Henrik Yde
Restaurant Kiin Kiin
Guldbergsgade 21
2200 København N
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When you get ready to place your home on the market for sale, it becomes a commodity or product. The selling process is similar to the process of selling a product on the shelf at your local store. The product has features and benefits, as well as pluses and minuses, and there is always competition. To compete with the competition in the marketplace, the product must be priced right and look better than the other products for sale. Your home is no different. It is one of many homes for sale, and you must present it to the buyers in the best way possible, and that means you need to get it looking its best - Staged. Staging is the process of preparing any home for sale, regardless of price, condition or location. Using a proven professional set of guidelines, we will work with you room-by-room inside your home and all around the outside to get it Staged in the best way possible for the least amount of investment.
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With an increasing number of schools in New Zealand taking advantage of their Google Education domain I thought I would turn my attention to unpicking some of the pitfalls of using Google Sites to host e-portfolios of supporting evidence for Unit/Achievement Standards. Having spoken to a few teachers that are using Google Sites to manage e-portfolios for their students it is clear that the students like engaging in this way. The technology gives them additional support and structure to their work in addition to making it easy to add/upload rich media elements, adding value to their assessments. Students like being able to make quick changes and upload additional evidence in a 'no fuss way' Teachers like being able to set up templates to guide their students as to how to lay out their evidence too. In short, it is a strategy that can really help maximise student performance.
What are considerations of using Google sites to host portfolio evidence for NCEA Achievement/Unit Standards?
- Think carefully as to who to will be allocated as the site 'owner' – if it is the student, using their own school based Google Account the assessor cannot lock down the evidence base once the assessment is complete. Allowing the student to continue to make modifications/enhancements to the assessment base. The teacher being the owner of the site and giving edit rights out to students is a viable option with small groups as it creates a management overhead for the teacher to keep up with site admin. In addition you may need to consider just how much space students require and how much space you have available for portfolio's.
- As a teacher will you give an e-portfolio layout/structure to the students to aid in the collection of their evidence base?
- Communication – make it clear to students of the time/date that sites will be downloaded for moderation purposes.
- If students are creating sites on their own school based Google Accounts – make sure the accounts are not automatically deleted at the end of the year (especially Y13) as the evidence base could still be called upon for moderation.
- Don't rely on the cloud – take snapshots of the final eportfolio's for moderation purposes. This involves downloading a local copy of the website and all referenced files (See below).
So Just how do you back up a Google Site to send to your NCEA moderator on a CD?
The process is relatively straight forward as a site can be downloaded using the open-source tool available at the Google Sites Liberation Project Page. Note that this tool requires Java 1.5 or later. Once the tool has been downloaded, double-click on the JAR file to launch the application. You will be presented with the following screen:
Enter the required information and click "Export" to download your site as XHTML. The downloaded site will not be styled and will not include the chrome and is completely unstyled, but will contain all of the content included in the site. Unfortunately there is no way of downloading the CSS/themes etc. It is worth noting this and let students know so that they do not waste time developing the aesthetics of their site.
Interestingly you can also use the same tool in reverse – to upload a site you may have to Google Sites. To upload a site, use the same tool as above, but point the target directory to one with content in it. Clicking the "Import" button will upload all of the data in that directory to Google sites.
The full user's guide for the import/export tool is available here.


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Sociology of Careers
ethnography of social worlds of scientists and artists, life sciences researchers – virtuoso musicians
Welcome – you can find here informations about my researches (past and present), my publications and work in progress as well as chosen elements of my didactic work.
My site is addressed to sociologists, students and researchers, life-science researchers, musicians and all people passionate by ethnography, interested in occupational sociology, sociology of professions and especially for all of you who would like to know more about the work of scientists (especially in life-science laboratories) and musicians (especially virtuoso), and academia world functioning.
Key Words: sociology of careers, professional mobility, creative occupations, ethnography, culture and organization of work in the international professional sittings, history and sociology of science


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Dublin has a brand of restaurants called Dunne and Crescenzi. They're all various incarnations of Italian eateries, supposedly serving Italian food with an Irish twist. The twist is in the prices, but more of that later. I've been to several of the outlets, notably the one in Sandymount and the one in South Frederick Street, off Nassau St. in Dublin city centre. And they have a more up-market restaurant called Nonna Valentina, near Portobello, which although expensive served myself and partner a good meal once.
I love Italian food. I've been to Italy several times and have recently returned from Sicily (visiting Stromboli, Salina, and Syracuse). The basis of all of their food is wonderful ingredients – whether it be cheese, wine, bread, olive oil, fresh fish, parma ham, or olives. Which is partly why I would go to a place like Dunne and Crescenzi. I look forward to the promise of the Italian friendliness and the great food. However, more than once now, I've been heartily disappointed. We got surly and unfriendly service in the Sandymount location more than once. We turned up one time, for example, when the place was half empty. The (Australian) waitress made a show of looking up and down a long list of names and saying she might be able to squeeze us in, but only until 8pm. Hence, we were hurried through a banal and over-priced meal. Needless to say, come 8pm, the place was even more empty than it was when we entered. Along with other experiences, we were beginning to lose faith.
Along comes Sunday, and hurrah, we are visiting Farmleigh house in Dublin's Phoenix Park. It is a gorgeous house, once owned by an heir to the Guinness fortune and now converted into Ireland's official residence of choice for visiting dignitaries. (I believe Clinton has stayed there, and Jimmy Carter is due in a couple of weeks…). They host free tours of the house and let you wander freely around the marvellous gardens. I'd recommend a visit if you are into that sort of thing. Well, when it came to having a bite to eat, we trotted down to their Boathouse. We only discovered later that it is run by the Dunne and Crescendi chain. The blurb claims: "The new team will bring their own unique merging of Italian and Irish food traditions to the Boathouse Café at Farmleigh, where they will offer a specially-created menu presented with excellent value and service." (My emphasis).
I casually ordered tortellini with dried mushrooms and my partner asked for penne pasta with salmon. We had two glasses of Pinot Grigio, two coffees, and a single sponge cake dessert. My dish was horrendous, simply awful. The pasta was dry and uninspiring while the mushrooms were a disaster. The pasta with salmon was just that: no sauce, aside from a sprinkling of olive oil. The salmon was crusty and tasteless, while the pasta was beyond sad. The wine was forgettable and the coffees just ok. We were just remarking at how weak the dinner was when I was presented with the bill for this "experience". It was for 50 euros!! The "special" tortellini was 17.50, while the pasta dish was 11.50, with the drinks and sponge making up the rest. For a snack that left me hungry, it was, quite frankly, appalling. Along with most Irish people, we generally don't complain about our food when in the restaurant. I came as close as I've ever come to complaining this time. I feebly exclaimed shock at the price but the waiter directed me to the "specials board" where the price was clearly marked. Indeed, yes, it was clearly marked 17.50 in chalk. That I hadn't asked about the price when ordering was my fault then, apparently, which makes it alright I suppose!
My recommendation is to save your money and enjoy the real deal at Dublin's greatest Italian restaurant, by far. It is in the humble village of Inchicore, just around the corner from where I live. It is called Enoteca Torino. They serve the best pasta in Dublin by a long way. They don't promise "an experience" or hire Italian students to try and give it a fake Italian flavour. They just are Italian. And the food is cooked with such love and care and charged at such reasonable prices that it blows away the Dunne and Crescendi rip-off merchants. Visit it. Often. Love it and spend money there so that they stay. And don't expect quick service or a fake smile. Indeed, half expect endless delays and loud shouted Italian and gesticulating waiters. But heck, it's the food you are there for so stay and enjoy.


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Friday, June 24, 2011
Mulberry season
The darkest berries are good to eat fresh, juice, or jam. The slightly under ripe berries are a bit more tart and are good for baking (toss in muffins, cobblers, etc.) The white ones I'll toss into the compost. I'll be making juice, jam, syrup and cobbler.
Mulberry is one of my husband's favorites to snack on so he was quick to have found the better flavored berries. One tree behind the small house in town is particularly good flavored and sweet. Some of the trees on the bigger farm are incredibly tall and out of reach. No doubt he try to find a way to get some of those too! It took us maybe 30 minutes to gather these up.
Mulberry trees start producing fruit at about 10 years of age. If you want to try and grow some from seed, plant the mulberry drupe right after you pick it. The trees can be cloned, something to consider if you find a particularly tasty one.
Here's a link to some nutritional information about mulberries.
The ones we are picking are the red mulberries. They are quite common around here and often considered a weed tree. Birds also like the berries (guess what color my chickens' beaks will be!).. and what goes in.. comes out with a purple vengeance. As in.. don't hang a laundry line near the tree!
My husband is thinking about making mulberry wine. I think he should. I also think he should try to make some mulberry vinegar! (Fig vinegar has to be my all time favorite, but I like various ones.)
Tossing more batteries into the charger.. I am hoping to get some chicken and farm pictures. I named many of my chickens after my friends. Granted.. I am now discovering that the names are a bit off, but I rather enjoy the fact that I have a hen named Dave.
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Can't spend much time commenting, sitting at an ER waiting for my ultrasound machine to start up but...ReplyDelete
Waiting ten years for a tree to produce seemed unreasonable at first. Until it struck me to that i could plant some for my children to enjoy when THEY have children. Kinda prepping for their future nutritional needs. It's the 30 minute harvest time that makes it so appealing.
Thanks for great information...as usual.
Your zone.. go for the black mulberry. It is smaller, a heavy producer and better berry flavor. I'd just check to see if there were any at a local nursery. You'd have to keep up with watering them though.. they tend to need more water. Black mulberry can't handle our winters and the red ones are just native wild trees.ReplyDelete
Your zone.. I'd be planting olives, figs, citrus, avocado, kiwi, passion fruit.. and squealing with glee as those are some of my favorites! And bay, and rosemary.. mango.. breadfruit.. Wait... hoping yer not in Flagstaff.. in which case you'd need a whole new list lol.
Perfect! I'm in Mesa ;-)ReplyDelete
LOL I met my husband in Apache Junction! BTW.. if you ever hike in Box Creek Canyon.. I found an interesting bowling ball sized rock. Brought it home to give to my friend, who gave it to her professor cough suckingupforabettergrade cough.. he about wet himself. It was a garnet. My husband knows where we were (near some glyphs by an abandoned gold mine).. I just remember running away from horned cattle that were chasing Laura and me.. and passing an old abandoned house. I found the garnet in the wash.ReplyDelete
Those mulberries look wonderful, I can't quite fathom what a mulberry tastes like but they do look good. We have two young (6-7 year old) white mulberry trees that I hope will produce within the next couple years. The white mulberry is supposed to be the most cold-hardy which is why we chose them.ReplyDelete
When I was six years old, my bus stop was under a mulberry tree. It was great until one day the two boys who caught the bus with me, decided to pummel me with mulberries. I went to school covered in purple juice. The school nurse was not amused...but I still don't see why she got mad at ME!ReplyDelete
I never saw another mulberry tree until last year, when I discovered one at a sort of botanical garden where I go walking on my lunch break sometimes. Everybody else has discovered it, too, though, so there's rarely any ripe berries within my reach.
Taste varies from tree to tree! Like 1 of the trees in the yard tastes like mild ripe blueberries.. kinda blah, very mellow.. and the tree literally 3 feet next to it is like wild black raspberry mixed with blueberry.. but not watery and sweet (the first taste from that tree.. it was like candy where it socks ya right in the jaw.. like when you eat a strong candy..POW right in the lymph nodes lol.) It has been raining almost everyday.. so in time I will see if that impacted it.ReplyDelete
Bed sheets work the best. Painter's plastic drop cloth caused more fruit to bruise and flopped way too easily in a breeze. To clean them.. float them in a sink of water.
To me.. the flavor seems to diminish if put in the fridge. So right from the tree I go to clean and sort them.. then I start processing them. They are similar to raspberries with their tiny seeds.
It stains. Did I mention the stains? I bring this up because I was looking up at a cardinal when Mr. Funnypants shook the tree. I got hit in the face by a couple and I look like a dork with these blue-ish purpley black spots on my forehead and cheek. They match my hands I suppose.
These are a good berry to mix with a zingy wild grape or currant in jam. Tames the other flavor a little.. lovely combo in a juice or smoothie. If you make a syrup.. great on waffles/ pancakes.. over ice cream.. in a vinaigrette.. or in carbonated water to make a "soda".
Keep an eye out Kris! Maybe you'll find more of them! Birds love them and can eat a lot.ReplyDelete
Alright, I turned my commenting section to No Moderation. Now your comments should pop right up when you leave them. I just made your life 1/1000th easier! Yay me! ;-)ReplyDelete
We used to have a bunch of Mulberry trees but of course power company right of ways take precedence and they are all gone now. I managed to replant or move some but it will be a few years and my son is pissed. He used to graze on them ripe or not most of the Summer. He especially loves them green which I read was bad for him but he has never suffered an ill effect yet.ReplyDelete
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Trans-Pacific Partnership Negotiations Take Place in Kuala Lumpur
12/07/2011 - 9:47am
The 10th round of the Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) negotiations are currently taking place in Kuala Lumpur. Negotiators from the nine TPP member countries – Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, the United States and Vietnam – traveled to Malaysia over the weekend to continue their work intended to create an agreement that tackles conventional trade concerns in new ways, deals with cross-cutting issues not previously addressed in trade agreements, and tackles emerging trade challenges. This agreement will benefit from an unprecedented level of input throughout the process from stakeholders with a wide array of views on the full range of issues under negotiation.
Over the course of this week, negotiators will meet on the following issues: cross-border trade in services, investment, intellectual property rights, and rules of origin. Negotiators will also meet bilaterally on market access issues.
On November 12, 2011, the Leaders of the nine TPP countries announced the achievement of the broad outlines of an ambitious, 21st-century agreement that will enhance trade and investment among the TPP partner countries, promote innovation, economic growth and development, and support the creation and retention of jobs. In 2009, the East-West Center estimated that Asia already accounted for 27 percent of total U.S. jobs from exports. The International Monetary Fund also forecasts that the Asia-Pacific economies will grow faster than the world average through at least 2014. Expanding U.S. exports to the Asia-Pacific region can contribute significantly to further job growth and economic recovery for America's working families.
Additional Strides Made at Tenth Trans-Pacific Partnership (TPP) Round
MALAYSIA – The United States and its TPP partners – Australia, Brunei Darussalam, Chile, Malaysia, New Zealand, Peru, Singapore, and Vietnam – concluded the tenth round of negotiations today in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia today, making additional strides on the path toward conclusion of a comprehensive, next-generation trade agreement. Through this agreement, the United States is seeking to boost U.S. economic growth and support the creation and retention of high-quality jobs by increasing American exports to a region that holds great potential for U.S. workers, manufacturers, farmers, and ranchers.
The nine teams convened in Malaysia following the successful meeting of TPP Leaders in Honolulu in mid-November, at which they announced the achievement of the broad outlines of an agreement and directed negotiators to redouble their efforts to conclude the agreement. Only selected negotiating groups met this week for the mini-round, including rules of origin, services, investment, and intellectual property. Some teams negotiating the tariff packages on industrial goods, agricultural and textiles also met bilaterally. All made further progress in narrowing gaps on issues in the legal texts and market access packages they are seeking to develop.
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In my dreams I fly,
across clear blue skies on jet black wings.
People down below throw stones,
but they can't throw them high enough to hit me.
I sow my feathers on the landscape.
On the patchwork fields.
On the dirty cities.
On the isolated towns.
Until I am no more than a gust of wind,
blowing across the earth.
I soar I soar,
just to wake up on the ground,
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Jello Biafra, Dead Kennedys, 8-23-06
What was your first rock band t-shirt?
I can't really remember because I went to middle and high school in the early to mid-seventies and rock t-shirts hadn't really come in yet. Sure they existed but it wasn't something you saw on high school kids. People didn't want to put their favorite band as being that big a part of their identity on their t-shirt. Of course there were "Keep On Truckin'" t-shirts, the occasional Coca Cola logo parodied into "Cocaine". So I guess maybe the first one was one I fished off the floor of the Marquee in England when I went over there on my fear and loathing hippie backpack trip from hell in the summer of '77 and of course I sought out punk rock shows and wound up seeing the Saints who's first album had come out. And the opening band was Wire which must've been one of their first gigs…Colin Newman was still putting on Johnny Rotten faces and trying to be all punk and everything. I guess it would've been at the end of the gig, somebody threw out a bunch of shrink-wrapped t-shirts for the Saints that all said in a kind of dripping blood red paintbrush on a white shirt "It's better to be a Saint than a sap" I think that might've been my first band t-shirt so I wore it with great pride. I actually brought home two of them and I still haven't opened the second one. All I have to do is find it.
They also had a bunch of empty jackets from the I'm Stranded album so I pulled one off the floor and had them autograph that for me. Chris Bailey, the singer, and I sat on the edge of the stage and talked about the Blues Magoos. This is the summer of '77, the Kennedys didn't start 'til a year later. I didn't even cut all my hair off and put it in a plastic bag and nail to my dorm room door until later that Fall. But I've always been really proud of the autographed Saints album cover because the cover was just destroyed by people pogo dancing and spilling beers…it's the most mangled record cover you'll ever see. It was what was available. Plus they gave me a free t-shirt and a couple of buttons.
Do you have a favorite rock t-shirt?
It's hard to say because being somebody who sees a lot of bands and gets a lot of stuff in the mail I'm always inundated with band t-shirts. I try to talk bands out of giving me shirts. I'd much rather listen to their music. So I usually only take one if the artwork on it is really good. Still, I'm not sure I have a lasting favorite because a lot of those would have worn out over the years. I did find a whole barrel of cheap cut-out Donny and Marie t-shirts years ago in a warehouse chain store in Marin County. And I always thought it was really funny that the singer of the very first punk band in Colorado, the Ravers, who I roadied for (as the language was back in the day)before I moved to San Francisco, as a gag he wore a Donny and Marie t-shirt on stage and I always thought that was funny and what do I find but a big pile of Donny and Marie t-shirts. So I wore them night after night on the last Dead Kennedys tour in the Fall of '85, I had so many of them I actually started to take them off and throwing them in the crowd every night and forgot to save a single one. So I've missed my Donny and Marie shirts ever since although they were an ugly color of beige and I've gotten a little fatter since.
The Ravers eventually moved to NY and changed their name to the Nails and had that old hit "88 Lines About 44 Women."
Somebody brought me an amazing looking bible school t-shirt back stage in San Jose but somebody stole it the same night so I never got to wear it.
Maybe one of the first rock band shirts was when I was working for the Ravers, they made a few shirts of their own and I got one. It was my only rock t-shirt, this was before the Saints. I felt cool as shit. Everybody always giving me shit in high school, I never thought my family believed in me, but now I was a fucking roadie, man! I was on top of the world and I had the t-shirt to prove it.
Regarding the Ravers' t-shirt design:
It's kind of a guitar that turns into a flower at one end. Keep in mind, anything that was trying to bring back rock and roll was considered punk at the time. 'Cause I listen back to primitive live recordings of the Ravers now, you know, they clearly had greater leanings to garage and rock and roll than they did to the Ramones. But it was such a horrible country rock and jazz fusion sound just admitting you liked that band would scare the hell out of just about anyone. That was a lot of fun.
Are there any rock band t-shirts that you dislike?
I haven't really thought of one except…maybe some band I really can't stand, it immediately brands the wearer as an idiot. But that goes triple for somebody sporting a shirt that's pro-Republican or openly racist or whatever. I gave Jeff Clayton (Antiseen) a pass on his "I Have a Dream" t-shirt with a Confederate flag on the front because he's Jeff and we're friends. If it was a stranger wearing something like that I would have to wonder. You know, like a "Speak English or die" shirt.
Of course, somebody with a really obnoxious, in your face Jesus shirt would rub me the wrong way too. You know it's one thing to have spiritual values and believe in a God that loves people, but a lot of those shirts are worn by bigoted Christian supremacists.
What do you think is the most iconic rock band t-shirt?
Well, the Dead Kennedy's "DK" logo did a pretty good job of that. I'd been playing around with it for awhile, drawing out chicken scratches, I wanted to make sure it was something simple and easy to spray-paint so people would graffiti it all over the place. and then I showed it to Winston Smith, he played around with it, came back with a bunch of designs, that had the circle and slightly 3-D looking letters and he had ones with different patterns behind it. I liked the one with bricks, but ultimately I thought simple red behind it was the boldest and the best.
The Magma logo is hard to get away from. I've hardly ever see it on a shirt, but I thought it was so cool I had one custom made. Apparently they were selling pendants the one time they played over here the one time they played over here, but I was out of town and didn't get to see them play. The progheads I still speak to who saw that show tell me it was the best live show they'd ever seen in their lives.
Winston Smith was a rabble-rousing guerilla artist who's mainly known for his collages now. He could also draw really well. A woman I knew gave him my address and said we should meet. So I get this postcard in the mail with a still from the Zapruder film where Kennedy's brain is exploding. "If you want more, write me back, Winston Smith" So I wrote him back and then he sent me this big package of collages, a self-portrait which is him with a gas-mask on standing in the middle of a military graveyard. He sent me fake credit cards with names like "Vice" and "Masterscam". Some kind of scary ass fake deteregent he enclosed, Radioactive Detergent and some other things. Then I wrote him back again and asked for a phone number and we've been inseparable ever since.
He even does the cover to my new spoken word album coming out in the fall, called "In the Grip of Official Treason"
Regarding the Dead Kennedy's logo:
It was turning up behind the Iron Curtain in some of the most repressed former Communist countries. People have reported seeing both that logo and bootleg tapes of my music and spoken word albums on the West Bank. And I think it was Live Skull who sent me a postcard from a little turd town in Minnesota and the post card was of their city park that had a great big tank in the middle of it. That was what you were supposed to see of this city, this big tank, and somebody had painted, it look like it was brush-painted, a DK logo on the side of the tank and it was in all the post cards.
The ex-members of the band sued me, in large part because I didn't want to put "Holiday in Cambodia" in a Levi's ad. Lied like fuck in court, claim they wrote all the songs, Ray now claims he designed the DK logo too and were able to con a jury into giving them the rights to everything so now I have no say in how Dead Kennedy's is basically pimped and I'm not even allowed to see all the books. They do fake reunion shows with the logo in the ad and a lot of times my pictures in the ads too.
They were even talking about making DK logo money clips for awhile. At least I was able to shame them out of that one.
At this point, every time I get a fax form East Bay Ray with the DK logo in the top along with the name of his rogue ex-band member partnership that's been turned into a money-grubbing corporation that the Dead Kennedy's is a front for called DK Music, whenever I see the DK logo in collection with DK Music is looks like a swastika. Because about all he ever sends me are lies and threats.
Now the same people who do the DK t-shirts and merchandise also do the Rolling Stones, so it's all totally gone corporate.
Do you think the DK logo has become like the Black Flag bars logo or the Misfits crimson ghost where the image or icon has become more popular than the music?
I don't think the DK logo has gone that far. I think I can say for a fact, from what little accounting I'm allowed to see, the music outsells the logo merchandise 10-to-1, if not 50-to-1. It depresses me after doing a 4 hour spoken word show that's packed with suppressed information I want people to know that people always say "Gosh, that was great, I learned so much tonight, but instead of buying your CD I'm gonna buy a trinket! I want a shirt. I want a hat."
It goes the same for music, you kinda have to have 'em now. I resisted making t-shirts at all for years, 'cause I thought it was just scamming on the whole thing and kinda stupid. But then Winston complained to me that the DK logo was being bootlegged right, left and center and he should be getting a cut of those because he helped design the damn thing and he had a point. After that we startred making them a got rid of a goodly amount of the bootleggers, but not all of them. I can tell a bootleg from a mile away.
Other iconic ones, Black Flag, Misfits, Motorhead, the Rolling Stones…some of those icons are almost like Smiley Faces now. Some of their impact has lessened, some not.
(Jell-o asks me…)
How do you feel about the Soledad Brothers using the Black Panther logo? They originally started with a White Panther logo. They definitely had the full support of John Sinclair and I think they actually talked to Angela Davis, and maybe Huey Newton or Bobby Seale, one of them has a widow and I think someone's widow saw it gave them the thumbs-up.
(Jello speaks now)
In a way that surprises me. When I saw that, white guys trying to play a black musical form to an audience of all white people, I was kind of offended. If the old ex-Panthers are ok with it I guess I'll shut up. It weirded me out and I know a lot of other people have never been able to get past that and dig the band as well.
Any interesting/weird stories or anecdotes with you and t-shirts?
People have been arrested on three continents for wearing Dead Kennedy's t-shirts. I think in Britain and Australia it was a "Too Drunk to Fuck" t-shirt and here it was a "Nazi Punks Fuck Off" t-shirt, of course because of the swastika, rather than the word "fuck" or the bars through the swastika itself.
Imagine walking around with a Millions of Dead Cops t-shirt. I got one from the band early on and I wore it to jury duty, thinking they're gonna kick me out of this in no time and never call me back again. But it didn't work! The jury system in the city and county of San Francisco is so horrible that they kick you off one jury and then call you back again and again and again even though it was obvious you were never going to serve. I not only wore it every single day, but I refused to wash it. After awhile I was hoping I'd get thrown out because I smelled bad, but no luck there.


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This is a sample from the first chapter of "The Devil's Cub". I hope you enjoy it!
Spring just won't come.
The fields are still frozen over, the ground harder than rock. The farmers are desperate. Some strew ashes on the snow to make it thaw faster. Others have butchered their last cow, skinny and weak after a long winter in the cowshed.
Others again just die.
I don't care. I don't feel the cold anymore.
It's been three weeks since I met the devil.
I'm standing on a small hill overlooking the farm. We're half-hidden among the pine trees, the tatere and I, listening to the wet snow sliding from the branches and hitting the rotten slush.
The tatere are a small group – a small wandering, as they call it. Just three sisters, a brother and their father, an old dying man who never leaves the wagon.
I'm talking to Bolette, the oldest of the girls. Women. She's laughing at the brazenness of her sisters, who's down at the farm to beg for shelter. Bolette's unmarried; no bride's brooch or diklo scarf for her, she just wears a thick shawl over head and chest.
The farm's a small place, just a few old planks thrown together and thatched with moss and dirt. One cow. No horse. Too many children, probably. Still, they're alive after the winter; there's smoke rising from the vent.
"Last year we stayed at a big farmhouse," says Bolette, sturdy, feet planted in the earth like wooden beams. The foundation of their little family. "They were so rich! We almost didn't want to leave, but the farmwife kicked us out. The damn burobeng chased us with an axe. Devil take her."Burobeng. "Devil's farmer". She spits. Brown tobacco stain melts with the soggy earth. Not a short woman, but I'm taller than her. Taller than most men.
She holds out her hand. I give her more tobacco. This is how it works when you're with the tatere, the wandering people. Travellers share everything. And they know exactly what you've got on you that can be shared. One of them sees your pouch, and it seems they all suddenly know where you keep it. No matter to me. They won't touch my things. They've seen the carvings on my skin, the patterns of scar and ink.
I'll leave them, like I leave them all.
Smoking my pipe, I watch Ellebreca, the middle sister, a small brown speck in the dirty white. My eyesight is still sharp, but nothing like it used to be. I treasure the tickling in my lungs. But not the tickling in my belly. For the thousandth time I damn that gift.
I don't even know the name of this place. I've stopped remembering the names of places; it's all just gadzer and people to me now.
I'm somewhere in Norway. It's 1801.
I'm one hundred and fifty years old, pregnant, and pissed off.
Here's how we typically do it.
Two of the younger women go down to the farmhouse, carrying a child. Not two children, and not too old; the whole idea is to get the sympathy of the buro, the farmer, and make it impossible for him to say no when the girls ask if they can stay. "It's been so cold—just one night, please, for the little one… We just want a roof over our heads for the night!" A bit of pleading and looking sad and poor, and they give in.
"Can I just get my brother? He's waiting for us across the river. He can help! He's strong!" And well, since the buro has already said yes, how can he say no now? He doesn't want to split up the little family, and it won't do to let some in and make others stay out in the cold.
And now the deal is sealed, it's impossible for him to say no when one brother turns out to be two, and maybe a few cousins and an aging mother or aunt, and where did all these children come from? The tatere come in smiling and laughing; they put their blankets on the floor, start making coffee by the fire and cooking food in the kitchen. They light up their pipes, get out their drinks. They take over.
Me, I just join in. I don't say much; I've said it all before and heard it all before. Still, it's good to be with the living and in a Christian house. I don't mind vicar and sexton, cross and spire. They're good protection. And it's long since they stopped burning us.
But I don't put pictures of their gods on my goavddis drum. My mother never did, and I never will. Once, a hundred years ago, I had to stand court and tell the magistrate about the people I'd drawn on the drum skin. I told them about Christ and the mother of God. And the devil. Lies, all of it, except the devil.
They made me swear an oath, but I know that Christ isn't vengeful. He's never killed anyone who broke an oath to him. Unlike my gadzer.
I don't fear Christ. I fear my gadzer, my guidingspirits, who will happily eat my body and leave my beating heart behind to bear witness.
I feel that something is wrong the moment Ellebreca starts walking back. Her gangly frame moves too fast, stumbling and hurrying up the hill, slipping in the mud, dark hair hanging over her face. Synnøw, the youngest of the three, follows as fast as her short legs can carry, encumbered with child and skirts. Bolette runs toward them.
There's screaming from the farmhouse.
Ellebreca is in tears, her big mouth gasping for breath. "They're dead! They've been killed!" Synnøw shouts in a light voice, "He's still there!"
I walk up to Ellebreca quickly. Grab her thin arm hard to make her focus. "What happened? Farmer kill his wife?"
Her brown and childish eyes are full of fear. She can't answer. Her face is bloodless and pale.
Synnøw says, "No, it wasn't him. He's dead, too. All of them." Even now her eyes look sleepy. Ellebreca sobs.
I look towards the farm again. It's quiet now. The smoke continues to rise silently. The screams have stopped.
"Bandits?" I ask Synnøw. She looks at me under heavy lids without answering. Maybe bandits, maybe not. The child on her arm is sleeping. Little bastard never sleeps during the night, I'm thinking. Only when they carry him.
A farm full of dead people. I've seen it before. We could just move on. But bandits… If they've killed now, they'll kill again, and the girls are the only witnesses. They could come after us.
And if they're not bandits, if they're something else…I need to know what they are.
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A dark historical thriller set in the infamous Black Triangle of 1880s New York, where crime is rampant, every vice is available for a price, and even the law can be bought.
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Obedience training for your pets
by SAM HYER
"In many ways, dogs are like children," says Bob Yamall Jr. of Kimbertal Kennels, Kimberton, PA., a nationally respected judge, breeder and trainer. They are curious and lively—dogs will spend much time trying different activities and exploring new behaviors. But only by consistent, firm obedience training will they learn the subtle nuances of civilized behavior in a human household—namely your household.
Yamall specializes in breeding and training Dobermans and Rottweilers. He says that once your dog realizes that you are his sole source of food, walks and amusement, he'll try a variety of ways to attract your attention so he gets what he wants.
Let's say that constant barking, whining or jumping on others gets the desired result; your dog will continue to do it until you teach him otherwise. This is where obedience training comes into play. The time to begin training your puppy comes when you first bring him home.
The most important command is "come when called." It is the first thing you need to teach your puppy—his name and to answer to it. This is easy to do. Just call the pup by name each and every time you address him, and praise him lavishly when he comes to you. Talk to him, using his name and the same words over and over, and soon he will know what you mean and desire. For example when you put him in his crate say, "Crate, Benny." When it is dinnertime say, "Dinner, Benny," and time to potty, "Potty, Benny." Short and simple will assist your pet in knowing what you desire, and his desire is to please you. So make it easy for him to do so, and reward him for doing it, so it is his desire to repeat the loving moments between the two of you. By keeping the phrases simple and repetitious, it will not take long for a young pup to figure out that "dinner" means food, "car ride" is a trip, "out" and pup will head for the door, or "crate" and pup will go to his room.
You also need to teach your pet to behave when the doorbell rings and when you and other family members arrive home. When your pup runs over to joyfully greet you, give him some attention but do not let him jump up. Instead, bend down, speak to him and scratch him behind the ears. If your fur friend continues to jump up after you have given him an attentive greeting, you will need to correct him. If he is a large dog, try the knee method. Simply bring your knee up gently to make contact with his chest, which puts distance between the dog, the jump and you. The contact with his chest will push him back to the ground. This is not intended to be rough! But consistently and gently do this each and every time he jumps up, so that he learns that you mean staying off people makes you happy. Be sure to reward "off" behavior. When visitors arrive, have your puppy on a leash. Loop the leash under your foot so when the puppy tries to jump, you can pull your end of the leash. The pressure of your foot will keep the pup firmly anchored to the ground. When he tries to jump, give him a short tug (not jerk) on the leash to pull him back. Ask your visitor to lean down to pet the pup, all the while keeping a little pressure on the leash so your pet cannot jump up on your guest.
You also want to teach your pet not to beg for food. Everyone knows that human food is no longer a treat or appropriate for dogs. Over the years of domesticating dogs, they do not have the internal abilities to break down the meat and foods they would have normally eaten in the wild. We have given them processed food for generations and that is what they thrive on. Keeping the weight off and the proper nutrition for our companion animals is one of our greatest responsibilities as a pet parent. The best way to break your pet from begging is to never give in and feed him when you or your guests are eating.
Since your dog will most likely take trips in the car throughout his life—to the vet, the groomer, to the lake, the pet store, maybe even through the woods to grandmother's house—it is important to teach him good riding habits. It was a study I read some time back that inspired us to always travel with our beloved fur family in crates. The study noted that of the auto accidents in which the dogs were in crates, the survival rate was higher. That was enough for me. It went on to say that loose pets in an auto can distract the driver and potentially cause an accident. So just as we buckle in our family members, your pet needs security also. There are travel crates and doggy seatbelts. If your pet gets car sick, the first thing to keep in mind is to not feed for a couple of hours before a road trip. Also point the door of the crate away from a window. If you are able put it in the middle of the back seat or on the flat surface of the rear of your SUV. Some caregivers suggest Benadryl-type products to ease anxiousness. Your vet can tell you if your pet can benefit from medications. Like before, come up with a short verbiage for trips—"Let's go," or "Car ride"—and use it each time you put your pup in the car.
Next month we will continue with more training tips. Until then, give your fur baby a hug and a kiss from their Nana Sam.


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I dreamt about you last night,
So I didn't want to wake,
To the first rays of the morning sun;
My eyes they could not shake,
And open to the dawn.
Why do you visit me in sleep?
Is there something you must say?
I don't mind if you say nothing,
If you will only stay…
With me, 'til I wake.
How long have I sat alone,
In this house: aged and empty?
Longing for footsteps which prelude,
The presence of your company…
Within my heart.
I dreamt about you last night.
You sat down by my side,
And as we exchanged looks and pleasantries,
I couldn't help feel an ache inside,
For the dreams which must always end.
K. Aldaya, 4/2/16
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Actress and singer-songwriter AJ Michalka plays Grace Trey in Brad J. Silverman's upcoming movie "Grace Unplugged." Michalka's character Grace struggles with her journey in life – whether to run away or towards God. Grace uses music to help rediscover her faith in God.
"All I Ever Needed" is a song featured in the movie that captures Grace's love for the Lord and the struggles she has faced. "All we need is God's love and that never goes away," said Michalka. "I hope everyone connects with the song and message."
Everyone can relate with identity struggles and the journey that it takes to declare who you want to be. "Grace Unplugged" defines the reality behind soul searching and provides the audience with inspiration.
James Denton, Kevin Pollak, Michael Welch and Pia Toscano also star in the film. "Grace Unplugged" releases in theaters October 4, 2013.
To hear the beautiful song "All I Ever Needed" click here. To hear AJ Michalka discuss how everyone can relate to Grace's journey to God click here.


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I e-mailed a former professor a few weeks ago not realizing that it was in the middle of the summer to see if he had the summer recommendations for the English Department. As an English Major I had always enjoyed getting the yearly list of books that the various professors recommend as summer reading. I've discovered some good books this way. Professor Fynaardt replied after a couple of weeks and sent the newsletter out in the mail.
Here are the 2006 Summer Recommendations:
Fledgling - Octavia E. Butler (Trapp)
Collected Works - Flannery O'Connor (Trapp)
Brother to a Dragonfly - William D. Campbell (Turnwall)
The Lighthouse - P. D. James (Westerholm)
I Heard the Owl Call My Name - Margaret Craven (Van Es)
A Farewell to Arms - Ernest Hemingway (Van Es)
The Sun Also Rises - Ernest Hemingway (Van Es)
Timothy; or Notes of an Abject Reptile - Verlyn Klinkenborg (Fynaardt)
Everything is Illuminated - Jonathan Safran Foer (Fynaardt)
A River Runs Through It and Other Stories - Norman Maclean (Lundberg)
The Kite Runner - Khaled Hosseini (Menning)
I did include in parenthesis the professor who recommended each book. The only book I've read from this list is The Kite Runner, which is excellent. We all know about Hemingway and Flannery O'Connor has been recommended for years as a short story writer. I've been enjoying Octavia Butler's work this summer, and I've been interested in Fledgling for a couple of months now. The most interesting part of the list is Dr. Westerholm recommended a mystery/detective novel. The man teaches the most difficult and academic courses in the department (though Van Es wasn't part of the department when I was at NWC, and Dr Kensak is on sabbatical and he's a tough prof as well), and his Seminar in Interpretation is the single most difficult class I had taken. It's a class all about the theory of criticism of literature. So, we learned about the theories that various critics and thinkers use behind their criticism. It's not the criticism we read, it's the theory. The true positive from that class was that Dr. Westerholm is an excellent baker, so he always had treats for the break in the middle of the night class.
I probably do not "need" another reading list, but I don't think I have can have too many. I will start work on this list during the winter this year.
Thursday, August 24, 2006
Northwestern College Recommended Summer Reading 2006
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In recent months many dealerships and car companies have been offering financing that in many cases seem too good to be true. Zero percent financing with no money down is just one example. When perusing this type of financing you must be careful. Below you will find a few of the common pitfalls that dealerships and car companies hit consumers with.
Essentially zero percent financing is free money to the consumer, so this may make you ask, Why? Well many say there is no such thing as a free lunch, and in most cases, this a good adage to stick to.
Commonly when getting an interest rate of 0% car companies will make you pay a tediously large down payment. These commercials may be in place just to get you in the door to look at the cars. Keep your guard up and ask the hard questions when talking to a sales person. Make sure to find out what the percentage of the car must be paid up front and if there are any stipulations if a late payment is received. It has been noted that some companies have stipulations in the agreement which make the interest on the loan retro-active if a delinquent payment is received, thus greatly increasing the amount due on the loan.
When looking at these interest rates it is important to also look at the pay-off period, as many companies require the loan to be paid off within 3 or fewer years, to meet this requirement many consumers may have trouble meeting the monthly payments.
All in all, by asking these hard questions you can better understand why the dealer is offering these special financing options. In the end you may be better off finding auto financing online or through a different lender.


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What Christmas Can Teach Us About Work
The run-up to Christmas can be hectic: a whirl of preparations, parties and present wrapping. But when Christmas is upon us, it often brings two or three days of peace. Some real time off from everyday life, time to think and reflect, can be one of the season's biggest gifts, if used well. Lessons to be learned about working life, for example, will give you renewed focus in the coming year.
With this in mind, here's our list of what the Christmas season can teach us about our working lives.
- Material rewards are not the be all and end all. We all love tearing off wrapping paper on the morning of the 25th. But the real enjoyment of Christmas comes from other sources: watching those you love receive your painstakingly chosen gifts; the season's religious meaning, or the time spent with family and friends. Similarly, although salary is important, the real meaning of your work is rarely the paycheck. A sense of achievement and of being valued is usually more of an influence on your happiness.
- Life's easier when you prepare and prioritise. Christmas is never fun if you're in a huge panic on Christmas Eve. Your preparations, just like your to-do lists at work, need to be prioritised and given enough time.
- Taking a break makes you happier and better at your job. The Christmas break will hopefully recharge your batteries leaving you ready to start 2017 with energy. Even in a busy day, try to take at least ten minutes (and preferably your full lunch break) to clear your head, think about other things and be less stressed and more productive as a result.
- Looking after money is looking after yourself. Christmas is stressful if you go way over budget with gifts, food, parties etc. Budgeting skills make the season easier to handle, and being able to budget in everyday life makes a huge difference to peace of mind as well as your bank balance. These skills can be important in many aspects of working life too – whether you're in charge of a significant marketing spend or party budgets.
- People are important. Sure, the people you spend the festive season with might well be driving you bonkers by December 26th but family and friends are what make Christmas such a special time of year. To really enjoy your work and your life however, it's the people you spend the remaining 360 days a year with that count. Your colleagues are the individuals you see most and can make the difference between a fulfilling work-life and spending your days clock-watching.


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In case you're unfamiliar with Chase Field (and let's face it, most of us are), it's a unique field because it a) is domed, meaning there's a roof and air conditioning for the 110+ degree weather here, and b) has a natural turf field. It is pretty impressive.
In any case, in honor of our time at the game, here are a few baseball quotes celebrating the game and life, all in one. Happy reading!
Baseball players are smarter than football players. How often do you see a baseball team penalized for too many men on the field? ~Jim Bouton, 1988
No matter how good you are, you're going to lose one-third of your games. No matter how bad you are you're going to win one-third of your games. It's the other third that makes the difference. ~Tommy Lasorda
Things could be worse. Suppose your errors were counted and published every day, like those of a baseball player. ~Author Unknown


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Metastatic niches support the survival and fitness of disseminated tumour cells (DTCs) in otherwise inhospitable tissue environments. The components of metastatic niches have remained a matter of conjecture, but recent reports, including one in a current issue of Nature, point at the extracellular matrix (ECM) proteins periostin and tenascin C (TNC) as key metastatic niche molecules. By enhancing Wnt and Notch signalling in cancer cells, these proteins provide physical as well as signalling support for metastasis‐initiating cells. These findings underscore the importance of the ECM environment in cancer and provide potential drug targets against metastasis.
There is an Article (January 2012) associated with this Have you seen?.
In many cancers, tumour cells start spreading through the body long before the primary tumour is detected and removed (Pantel et al, 2009). Although cancer cells may enter the circulation and egress into distant tissues by the millions, only a few of these cells manage to form overt metastases. This rate is far too low to be explained solely by a scarcity of metastasis‐initiating cells, but it rather suggests that the tissue environment in the target sites is generally inhospitable to DTCs. Some DTCs do thrive nonetheless, and form metastases, implying that these metastasis‐initiating cells found exceptional spots that provided support to resist the new environment and remain fit for eventual outgrowth. A context that provides DTCs with this kind of support is referred to as a 'metastatic niche', by analogy to the niches that support stem cells in healthy tissues.
In recent years, much attention has been devoted to stromal cells that rally to tumours and secrete enzymes, growth factors and angiogenic cytokines for tumour growth and metastasis (Joyce and Pollard, 2009). Another important source of regulatory signals in normal tissues and tumours is the ECM (Hynes, 2009). Owing to the complex composition and interactions of the ECM components, and the rarity of oncogenic ECM mutations in cancer, the specific roles of these components in metastasis have remained elusive. However, several reports have recently revealed that the ECM proteins periostin and TNC play key roles as metastasis niche components for tumour‐initiating cells that invade the lungs (Figure 1A; Malanchi et al, 2011; Oskarsson et al, 2011; O'Connell et al, 2011).
In the most recent of these reports, Malanchi et al (2011) show that the ECM protein periostin, is expressed in the end buds of mammary glands. The authors also detect periostin expression in myofibroblasts of mouse mammary tumours and their metastases in the lungs and demonstrate a role for periostin in metastasis initiation by means of periostin null mice. These mice can develop mammary tumours driven by a polyoma virus middle T antigen (PyMT) transgene. However, the ability of these tumours to metastasize to the lungs is significantly diminished compared with PyMT‐driven tumours in wild‐type mice. The in vitro growth of tumour cell populations in suspension oncospheres (an assay that enriches for tumour‐initiating cells) could be blocked by anti‐periostin antibodies. The authors show that stromal fibroblasts increase periostin production in response to TGF‐β3, and periostin acts by presenting Wnt to the cancer cells leading to enhanced colonization of the lungs (Figure 1B). Moreover, they demonstrate that the only cancer cells able to benefit from periostin, respond to Wnt, and initiate metastasis are contained within a subpopulation defined by Thy‐1 and CD24 markers. This population comprises ∼3% of the PyMT mammary tumour cells, and has been shown to represent cells enriched with tumour‐initiating capacity in mouse models (Cho et al, 2008). Based on this, Malanchi et al propose that the role of periostin in progression of lung metastasis is to concentrate Wnt ligands in the metastatic niche for the stimulation of stem‐like metastasis‐initiating cells. These findings provide an exciting example of the role of the ECM in metastasis outgrowth.
These new findings have striking parallels with recent findings on the role of TNC in breast cancer metastasis to the lungs (Oskarsson et al, 2011). TNC forms radial hexamers (hexabrachions) and interacts with various membrane receptors and ECM proteins. TNC is present in stem cell niches and tumour invasive fronts, and its expression in breast tumours is clinically associated with lung metastasis. TNC is expressed not only in cancer‐associated fibroblasts but also in breast cancer cells. Stem‐like human breast cancer cells expressing TNC showed a superior ability to form lung metastases when implanted as orthotopic tumours in mice (Oskarsson et al, 2011). TNC was found to support the survival and fitness of metastasis‐initiating cells by enhancing their responsiveness to Wnt and Notch (Figure 1B). This effect was mediated by TNC‐dependent signalling to components of the Notch pathway (Musashi) and the Wnt pathway (LGR5). Although cancer cell‐derived TNC provides an advantage in metastasis initiation, stromal TNC is important too. Indeed, TNC‐deficient mice implanted with mammary cancer cells show resistance to the formation of lung metastases, suggesting a significant role for stromal TNC, which is produced by S100A4+ fibroblasts (O'Connell et al, 2011).
The functional similarities between periostin and TNC as ECM components of the metastatic niche may not be coincidental. Earlier biochemical studies have shown that these two proteins bind tightly, with periostin additionally binding type I collagen and fibronectin, and thereby anchoring TNC to these general ECM components (Kii et al, 2010) (Figure 1B). The recent findings suggest that the collaboration between periostin and TNC in the metastasis niche and, more generally, in stem cell niches, may extend beyond building a proper ECM architecture. Periostin may gather Wnt for stem cells while TNC may enhance the ability of these cells to respond to Wnt and Notch (Figure 1B). Thus, periostin and TNC may represent two sides of the same metastasis niche coin.
The role of these molecules in promoting metastasis initiation raises several interesting questions. Why are stem‐like cancer cells the only population that can respond to Wnt ligand presented by periostin? Are these cells uniquely capable of 'reading' periostin–TNC ECM units? And, what is the source of the TGF‐β3 that induces periostin expression in myofibroblasts in the first place? Cancer cells and various stromal components can produce TGF‐β, but the recent finding that cancer cell‐associated platelets can act as carry‐on source of TGF‐β provides additional clues (Labelle et al, 2011).
The new roles of periostin and TNC as ECM components of the metastatic niche, and other recent studies, in turn underscore the importance of developmental and cell survival pathways in metastasis. The key roles of the Wnt, Notch and PI3K pathways in metastatic progression is increasingly evident, as is the nature of the molecules that metastasis‐initiating cells resort to in order to maximize the activity of these pathways in difficult microenvironments (Chen et al, 2011; Malanchi et al, 2011; Oskarsson et al, 2011). This wave of newly identified molecular components of the metastatic niche provides exciting opportunities to develop novel therapies to target the survival and viability of DTCs, to complement and eventually replace adjuvant chemotherapy in the oncology clinic. This may be particularly relevant in cancer‐like breast cancer where DTCs must survive in latency for long periods while they await a chance for outgrowth (Pantel et al, 2009). Targeting the signalling provided by the metastatic niche could reduce the probability of a relapse.
Conflict of Interest
The authors declare that they have no conflict of interest.
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I have been wanting to post about these books for a while now but kept on changing my mind every time!… the reason being that (a) Its already a big Hollywood hit so I assume everyone knows about them (b) `Everyone read them right?!!!….
Anyways I finally decided that I should post about them …. you know… just incase there are people out there who haven't read the books yet!!!
I must say that I have only read the 1st book ( just in time to watch the movie) and am half way through the 2nd book…. I am hooked and I highly recommend reading them….
The family of the late Swedish author Stieg Larsson have confirmed that Larsson had written a further sequel before his sudden death!!!
According to the author's brother, Larsson sent him an email 10 days before he died saying that another book was almost finished. The twist: Stieg Larrson had apparently decided to jump ahead in the series and write the fifth installment "because he thought that was more fun to write than book number four." The New York Times' Julie Bosman says: "The disclosure — should it be true — adds another turn to an already twisty personal story that is nearly as complicated as the plots of the Swedish crime mysteries that Mr. Larsson wrote."
However no further books will be published now due to a "bitter dispute" between the Larsson family and the author's longtime partner, Eva Gabrielsson. Although Gabrielsson lived with Larsson for more than 30 years, the two never married, and so, under Swedish law, his estate and the rights to his books reverted to his family. Gabrielsson is now fighting in court for her share of the profits…. Let's hope that the disputes end quickly!!!
You can order the books via Amazon.com


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This is one of the recipes I learned at the E5 course. Before, all 100% Rye I had made was with commercial yeast but it's as simple to make it with wild yeast. Rye bread is one of the easiest as it does not require much in regards to kneading or handling at all, but can be tricky until we get the hand of how wet it is meant to be: very! The dough feels like putty and if your fingers are not leaving an indentation on it whilst you are shaping it, it's not wet enough.
The Sunflower and Pumpkin seeds add another texture and flavour to it and the absence of molasses makes it more in line with my personal taste-buds.
For the Rye levain
11g starter
110g water
55g wholemeal Rye flour
Mix and leave covered for 8-12h at room temperature.
For the final dough
160g Rye levain
190g water
60g wholemeal Rye flour
180g light Rye flour
40g Sunflower seeds (13.5%)
40g Pumpkin seeds (13.5%)
6g salt (2%)
Total water – 300g (101.6%)
Total flour – 295g (100%)
- Lightly butter a deep baking tin. The amount of dough should be about 2/3 of the total amount that the tin can hold (tin should be as narrow and tall as possible as the bread will get a better rise and structure);
- Mix leaven with the water and salt;
- Add and mix the dry ingredients;
- Place a bowl filled with water next to you and use it to keep the hands and scraper wet as you scoop the dough in one swift movement from the mixing bowl and shape into a batard;
- Place the dough in the tin;
- Prove for 4-5h. Add some extra seeds on top after 2h;
- Preheat oven to 250C;
- Bake with lots of steam at the oven's highest temperature for 30min and another 10min at 220C;
- Allow at least 24h before eating, ideally 48h as the bread is very wet and needs that time to be at its best.


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Power of The Holy Rosary
by Georgy Joseph
Often Father Gabriel Amorth, Chief Exorcist of the Vatican writes: One day a colleague of mine heard the devil say during an exorcism, "Every Hail Mary is like a blow on my head. If Christians knew how powerful the Rosary was, it would be my end."
The secret that makes this prayer so effective is that the Rosary is both prayer and meditation. It is addressed to the Father, to the Blessed Virgin, and to the Holy Trinity, and is a meditation centered on Christ.
I write in addition to the above: Please enunciate each word of the Rosary clearly and distinctly. Do not trample on the heels of the words of anyone with your words.. Do not speak over the leader if you are following or the respondent if you are leading the Rosary. Remember that they also are having a conversation with Mary Our Mother and it is not polite to speak when someone else is speaking.
In the case of the public Rosary there are only two people speaking: the Leader and the respondents. Each is speaking to the Blessed Mother and listening carefully to her response within their hearts as they meditate on the scene before them in their consideration of the mystery being spoken of and interpreted and translated into their lives.
Spread this powerful prayer of exorcism, the Rosary, which contains the Our Father, the Perfect Prayer, prayed five times in the recitation of each set of the Rosary's Mysteries, backed up by the powerful prayers of Our Mother who prays with us as we pray 53 Hail Mary's.
The Eternal Father described to a group of us, through a Visionary Friend of mine, what happens when we pray the Rosary, saying, "When you pray Holy Mary Mother of God, pray for us sinners now……, the Blessed Mother comes instantly to your side to pray with you. And she does not come alone. She brings angels with her. And not just one or two for she is the Queen of Angels, so choirs of angels come with her. And she and Jesus are joined at the heart and cannot be separated so she brings Jesus with her. And Jesus cannot be separated from the Trinity so He brings the Father and the Holy Spirit with Him.
And where the Holy Trinity is, all of creation is, and you are surrounded by such beauty and light as you cannot imagine in this life. Your Mother comes as Our Lady of Grace with her hands outstretched. Rays of light emit from her hands piercing your body, healing you and filling you with graces. This is your inheritance which was poured out from the heart of Jesus on the Cross, when the centurion pierced His Heart with the spear, into the only pure vessel ready to receive such graces at that time, Your Mother.
Now as you pray the Rosary, or even just recite one Hail Mary, you receive your portion of these graces. He also said at this time, "Anyone who goes to Mary and prays the Rosary cannot be touched by Satan."
Is it any wonder that anyone who prays the Rosary from the heart is so blessed and protected and powerful in their prayers for others? Come, let us ask our Mother's intercession more often.


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The natural world of New Hampshire bursts with activity this time of year. Our first warm weekend brought an influx of overflowing river banks and wild life exploring the melting shores. Water is one of nature's true beauties, but also one of the most dangerous. These pictures were taken in Lebanon, New Hampshire next to a normally slow, meandering river. Tomorrow's weather calls for heavy rains and flooding. Two years ago, a portion of our retail area was devastated by flooding. We are all hoping for minimal damage this year.
Beauty and the Beast of Spring


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Ludger Sep R2 4.6x150mm HPLC Column
This reverse phase column resolves glycans based on hydrophobicity.
-Analysis of 2-AA labeled monosaccharides
View Certificate of Analysis as PDF
Dimensions: 4.6 x 150mm
Part Number: LS-R2-4.6×150
The LudgerSep R2 HPLC column contains particles with an octadecylsilane coating optimized for hydrophobic chromatography.
2-AA fluorescence chromatogram of monosaccharides glucosamine (GlcN), galactosamine
(GalN), galactose (Gal), mannose (Man), glucose (Glc), xylose (Xyl) and fucose (Fuc).