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leave your thoughts at the door
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The year of the (vicious ass) koala bear
30 May 2016 Leave a comment
Walter white style; well, kind of.
መቼም አገሬው ሰው አክባሪ ነው. Never had my birthday be a public holiday J Yesterday I was telling my roommate that I won't be able to go to school since the buses don't run for the holiday and he offered to give me a ride. Talk about trying to spoil it for me; and I told me as much. The road to hell is paved with good intentions.
I am reading this book:
An interesting person. In addition to his scientific career (including the Manhattan project) that won him a Nobel, he talks about his exploits in areas such as safecracking, playing in a samba band, picking up ladies,… Especially the chapter on how learning needs to be done not by rote but understanding struck home. He also mentions how students that ask equations are discouraged by other students. These stories were from the Brazil of decades ago but I know that they still ring true in today's Ethiopian educational system. Something for me to keep in mind as a student and teacher. An excerpt:
Finally, I said that I couldn't see how anyone could be educated by this self-propagating system in which people pass exams and teach others to pass exams, but nobody knows anything.
Speaking of exams ማትሪክ ተሰረቀ/ዘ አይደል?! እኛ ስንወጣ አገሪቱ ተበላሸች እኮ?!!
This past week has been particularly shitty for some animals that live in enclosures. And especially Harambe: it has to suck, dying the day after your 17th birthday. I was going to say a black gorilla stood no chance but get shot (silverback regardless) and it would not have went down the way it did had it been a polar bear, then I see a picture of the black parents of the kid.
I believe the times call for this video. That's where the vicious ass koala bear comes from J
Maybe I am trying to talk about the enclosures that I have built around myself.
A quote from Sheldon:
Although I can be faulted for being overly fond of koala bears. I don't know what it is; when they smart munching on eucalyptus, I just melt inside.
I'm quoting too many physicists for my liking.
A koala bear helped me celebrate the day:
This also happens to be the time of year when teams I support get to lose the Champions League Final L ለነገሩ እነሱ በተራገጡት እኔ ምን አገባኝ?! አርፌ ፓስታዬን ብበላ ይሻላል:
Now that you have learned that I have three sets of plates, I think my job here is done.
In a reflective (አንፀባራቂJ) mood. Why not, right? ድፎ ዳቦ ጀርባችን ላይ ሲቆረስ (I know what someone must be thinking😛 ), how as a child I used to fantasize about living in the simple ጎጆ I used to draw,…
Some Nas
ስለአንድ መቀመጫ
16 May 2016 2 Comments
ትላንትና ይህን አየሁና ተደመምኩ:
I am no stranger to a Rahel song: still can't get enough of ሆ በላኒ:: I once even went "that's my jam!" when it came on in a club and hit the dancefloor of my own volition. The side effect of የተወጋ ውስኪ maybe.
But I was flabbergasted by the መቀመጫ that I had to ask a love interest "has rahel haile always been this bootylicious? or is it a recent phenomenon?". She answered "I don't have an answer to your question, sorry" I pursued: "is there a person whom I could ask? like, an authority on the subject?"…መቼም ሳትታዘበኝ አትቀርም…
Earlier, I had tried to share my excitement with my sister telling her አቅፌው ፎቶ ብነሳ ሁሉ ደስ ይለኛል
Her: "endih beka yeleyelih durye honk …. You really need to get laid, otherwise ጉዳቱ የከፋ ይሆናል😀
and ካለፈው ሳምንት ጀምሮ ኖርዝ ካሮላይና ያለው ወዳጄ ጋር (እሰይ! እንኳን ደህና መጣህ! Like, ለመድክ? አሜሪካን እንዴት አገኘሀት? I see. ሆ ሆ ሸንት ቤት ስትጠቅም እየተጠነቀቅክ ወንድሜ! ወዘተርፈ). He disparages me "….ይሄ ሁሉ ምን ያደርጋል? … ተው እሱ ላይ አትንጠልጠል:: አወዳደቅህ…"
ምነው ማስፈራሪያውን አበዛችሁት ሰዎች? ድሮም ሀበሻ የቆመበትን ጠልፎ መጣል ነው እንጂ ማበረታታት መች ያውቅና? I will let you know ማስፈራሪያስ won't keep me from eulogizing this unprecedented ቂጥ. ምናልባት ከሚሚ ቂጦ በኋላ የተፈጠረ ላቅ ያለ... I've never had the pleasure of seeing ሚሚ ቂጦ or her likeness. But I guess it must be a substantial one to deserve this:
This is a derriere fit enough to Trump "Ethiopia got booty" because no one is a bigger ass than he is. Yay! I just made a Trump joke.
This is the kind of ass that could be offered by የመንግስት ኮሚኒኬሽን ጉዳዮች ጽሕፈት ቤት as a testament to the kind of ልማት the country is going thru. And nobody would accuse them of pilfering a pic of one of the many notable መቀመጫዎች on Getty Images.
ትሬፍ ብለናል, ራሄል::
My latest favorite expression:
The (over)thinker; አካብዴ tendencies. አስቴር አወቀ
11 Apr 2016 2 Comments
No blasphemy but I am not crazy about Sundays.
Cooking finally done, I have told her that I would call after shower. After her, I sure wouldn't mind calling my friend from Ohio (ቃለ መጠይቆች ምናምን ላይ ሰዎች እንዲህ ማለት ለምን አስፈለጋቸው? "…አንድ ወዳጄ ነበር:: አሁን ያለው አውስትራሊያ ነው:: …" አሁን ወዳጅህ የት እንዳለ አሁን ማን ጠየቀህ?! Degmo you know that ኤፍሬም እንዳለ story: ሰርግ ላይ የእንኳን ደስ አላችሁ መልዕክት ሲተላለፍ "…ቲቲ ከዲሲ ቸብ ቸብ ቸብ ዳኒ ከዳላስ ቸብ ቸብ ቸብ አንሙት ክንዴ ከደባርቅ ሳሳሳሳሳቅ") Then I get a text from my former roommate: "I sure wouldn't mind Etyopian coffee with bread from Etyopia." I'm pressed for time.
The time issue እንዳለ ሆኖ another thing that had me worried was the "bread from Etyopia" part. Of course I had made him coffee a couple of times before. But what if the bread part was a pun? You know, what if he is trying to make fun of our የዳቦ reputation, or the lack thereof? መቼም የሰው ነገር አይታወቅም:: God knows how other Africans make fun of us. መቼም አንዴ ስማችን ጠፍቷል:: እንደገናም እየጠፋ ነው This being a year when my people are starving, again. Not to mention my people shooting my people {even children} on the head, again. ወሬው ሁሉ የሚያስፈራ እንዲል መዝሙሩ. Every now and then "Ethiopia" searches lead to unsavory jokes. (Etyopia is not in the Middle East mofos! I once sat next to this woman on a plane. Why do I mention that it was on a plane? Refer to a previous parenthesis. ብቻ she was telling me how she had plans to visit the apostolic route of Saint Paul; and how it was a pity that Palmyra had been destroyed and it's a no go zone; were there any Roman ruins in Etyopia? አረ ባክሽ ሴትዮ! ጳውሎስ በኛ በኩል አልፎ አያውቅም. ድንገት ካየው ካንዬን ጠይቂው)
I think the matter to death and finally settle on a reply: "… could you please come a little bit later… I got you fam, on the coffee…But the bread, you know we've been having that drought, man could be problematic." If he was trying to be funny at our expense, I was trying to rob him of the joy by telling the joke myself. Being proactive.
Well, cometh the hour, cometh the man, ግንድ የሚያህል ዳቦ ተሸከሞ:: I had not foreseen that. I try to save face, tell him I was joking. Show him the mad bread that I got. ከፈለግክ ቤግልም አለ:: እሺ የሚቀባ ምን ልስጥህ? Dude had used his own spreads before leaving home. Bread was good to go. He even told me that half of the bread was for me😀 በፍጹም ኢትዮጵያዊ ይሉኝታ እምቢ አልኩ:: Keza I መጋበዝ him the on point rice I had made– በሞቴ! ከዛ ዓለም ዘጠኝ ሆነ:: ሩዝ ተበላ: ቡና ተጠጣ:: Current fellow African roommate joined in. ጨዋታ ደራ "…women complain about everything, everyday….you have to be tolerant…..village girls are more well-behaved than city girls…it's difficult to be married and go to school at the same time… " ናይጄሪያውያን ወንድሞቻችንን ደግሞ አማን😀
The previous day…
ውጭ አገር ላለው ሌላኛው ወዳጄ ገጠሬ እንዲህ አልኩት:
ሰለአስቴር ምንም የምጨምረው ነገር የለም:: ፍቅር ናት:: እግዚያብሄር ይባርካት:: One could never count her off. She manages to touch the heart almost every time; even with wishy washy songs like Wishy Washy😀
አቶ ገጠሬ. ሰለአስቴር ለመጻፍ ከፈለግክ እንዲህ ብለህ ትጀምር ዘንድ እመክራለሁ: "ሁሉንም ነገር የአዮዋው ወዳጄ ተናግሮ ጨርሶታል:: ግን አንዳንድ ነጥቦች ለማከል ያህል…"
Please make a certificate (like the one you provided last time😉 ) to the effect that I have hereby decided to transfer a year from the remainder of my life to Aster's account. She deserves it.
New year, same old shtick, with slight modifications.
Wave after wave of ዕውቀት hitting me like the sea does rocks. Found a couple of hitherto undiscovered grey, nay, white hairs and couldn't help but be amused, excited and worried all at the same time. As if the receding hair line, the vitamin and q tip packs I went through were not warnings enough…
Sweet dreams
17 Sep 2015 Leave a comment
Remember the what's in your mind post? It has been 4 years! Fear not, this post is not about being dumped, nor is it about controlling your mind. I would like to post a few youtube videos worth sharing. They are relaxation videos. They are a bit long. Some of them are …ummm .. 10 hours long. You can play them in the background throughout the time you are sleeping. How nice is that?!
Forest sound is probably the first one I stumbled on. Those birds! It's like sleeping in a forest without worrying about a insects crawling into your nose.
Love this one too. It really feels like I'm sitting on a beach.
And my favourite. Can you feel the warmth? Unlike many relaxation videos which show a nice picture, the video of slowly burning wood itself is just as relaxing as the cracking sound of the fire. Play it and turn your back to your screen. You will see the glowing fire illuminating your bedroom. It's such a great substitute for a real fireplace. Kudos to all the uploaders.
I was once intrigued how my little niece stays asleep while we were next to her all the time. We would talk, laugh, drive, carry her into the house and what not. She would still be asleep. It turns out the womb is one noisy place itself.
To be honest, that sounds creepy to me. Folks like it though. And parents use womb-like sounds to soothe their baby.
What is real? How do you define "real"? If you're talking about what you can feel, what you can smell, what you can taste and see, then "real" is simply electrical signals interpreted by your brain.
Do not let stress and the burden of life get to you. Smile, imagine beautiful things and have sweet dreams.
አዋጅ አዋጅ
08 Sep 2015 1 Comment
የእግዚአብሔር ፈቃድ ሆኖ በሀገራችን በኢትዮጵያ በዓመት ቢያንስ ለአንድ ቀን የመኖር ዕቅዳችንን ከግብ ለማድረስ እየተንቀሳቀስን ያለንበት ሁኔታ ነው የተፈጠረው:: እርግጥ ነው ወገን: ስንመለስ ቂጣችንን መቀመጫችንን ሊወጋን የተዘጋጀ ፈተና አለብን:: እኛ ግን በፍጹም ጀግንነትና ግድየለሽነት ስሜት ሄደናል:: የጂጂን ቃላት ለመዋስ:
ብናልፍ እንኖራለን
ከጫሩን መሰስ
መልካም እንቁጣጣሽ! መልካም አዲስ ዓመት!!
ሌሎች አቋማችንን የሚተነትኑ ዘፈኖች:
public diplomacy
19 Aug 2015 2 Comments
ከትላንት ወዲያ
Conversation with a ፈረንጅ at the bus stop:
"is there instability in your country?" instability being the polite word for "war"
"I was waiting for you to ask about that and about famines…we are doing better than before in both respects…if you come to Etyopia, you could see both high rises and beggars…the population is over 90 million…even now we have been having a drought…some part of the population may be facing food shortage but that does not mean the whole of it starving…."
"has your family been affected by the drought?"
"I am glad to hear that your family is doing fine"
English oral proficiency test for TA (teaching assistantship) purposes. Role play: I am supposed to argue in favor of a school lunch program for children from low-income families.
My shitty argument:
- Biochemistry tells that most of the food (glucose) that we take in is consumed by the brain. The brain cannot function on an empty stomach
- Coming as I do from Etyopia, I have seen a lot of children unable to realize their full potential at school because they would be lucky to get even one decent meal a day
ይቅር ይበለኝ! ሀገሬን ጥያቄ ሲከብደኝ አድበስብሼ ለማለፍ እንደምሳሌ ተጠቀምኩባት:: In the hope they will eat my answer up since ያው አንድ ጊዜ ስማችን ስለጠፋ::
ለማንኛውም ክፉውንና ደጉን, የሰራነውን ያልሰራነውን እና የምንሰራውን እያሰብን እንዲህ እንላለን:
አንደኛውን ዓመት በማስመልከት
08 Aug 2015 11 Comments
ይህን ልዩ የበዓል ፕሮግራም ስፖንሰር (ንጉሡ ነው ወይስ ሰራዊቱ "ሰ" በነገራችን ላይ?) አድርጎ ያቀረበላችሁ ቃሊቲ ብረታ ብረት ፋብሪካ ነው:: ለምን? እኔንጃ!
- እንዲያው ምን ባደርግ ነው አሜሪካ አሜሪካ መሽተት የምችለው? And I mean that in the most literal sense. Don't go thinking about skunks now; I would like to believe of myself as a metro-sexual, although it does not seem that way. Rather, I am talking about that smell/close family of smells that we detect on and associate with ከውጭ ከመጣ ሰው ጋር:: ይባስ ብሎ ባለፈው ሹራቤ ላይ mercaptoethanol ተረጨብኝ::
- I have come to see that a dishwasher is the epitome of "all sound and fury, signifying nothing". ሲጮህና ሲንኳኳ ከርሞ ታጥቦ የተሰጠውን ዕቃ እንኳ ማጽዳት አይችልም:: On the other hand, I can't fail but be impressed by scrubbing bubbles: now that is superpowers. ደግሞ "ሸፋዳ" የሚለውን ቃል እዚህ ጽሁፍ ውስጥ መጠቀም ካለብን I guess the onus has got to fall on automatic sliding doors. Curb your enthusiasm, will ya? I am just passing by.
- I have lost some weight and I plan to take full advantage of it. ቤት ስሄድ ሆድ ለማባባት ወፍሬ ስመለስ ደግሞ to shatter expectations
- Things I want to say when I am in ኢትዮጵያ: "ሴቶቻችሁ እንዴት ቆንጆ ሆነዋል ባክህ?!"; point to a random G+several floors and "አሁን ይህን ለመሰራት ምን ያህል ብር ይፈጅ ይሆን?"
- It ain't fun, going legit. Microsoft deactivated my Office, is asking me to pay 99.99. How can I be sure that all proceeds go to the Bill and Melinda foundation?
- Speaking of Bill, fucking Dish kept breaking up. Hardly watched 30 minutes of Bill Maher's comeback episode
- Sometimes it's nice to go where everybody knows your name; and pronounce it right.
- My brother says to me "A ና F ለመስጠት ከሆነ ባትመጣ ይሻላል" Goes on to mention how Makerere's scientists managed to change waste matter to fuel. አዬ! Makerere 3rd in Africa, እኛ ፩፮ኛ, እንዴት ታወዳድረናለህ? This despite the comments made by the president of our university when he got wind of the rankings: "THEን ፩፮ ጊዜ ልቾ በሉት! ከአንድ አስከ አስርማ አናጣም!" All things considered, my heart is so full of hope for the future and my eyes full of sleep at present. Weariness.
- Weariness keeping me from reading as much as I would like to. Seminal publications on Science, The Economist, Playboy,… I wish I spent much less time wandering aimlessly across the internet.
- I have become/continued to be so error-prone. ሰው ከስህተቱ ይማራል ይባላል ስህተት ከኔ ሊማር ምንም አልቀረውም::
- I still can't wrap my head around how geek glasses came to be all the rage. Makes one a believer in the human capacity to change (to the starting point) I am wearing glasses with the thickest frames since 11th grade. I lost my old one to the water.
- My boy getting mad poonanny; a dedication for him:
ቆይ ግን አስቴር ካቡ ላይ "…እሸው የኔ ጌታ…" ነው የምትለው?
አልጠረጠርንም እንደምትርቂን
German beers drunk. Now ready to tumble into bed. Coming as it did at the end of the week on which I finished Stalingrad, I just know it is not going to end well for the Germans.
We will see tomorrow.
ያኔ ተማሪ ቤት ሳለን
22 Jul 2015 4 Comments
10 tips for driving in Addis Ababa
07 Jul 2015 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: addis ababa, driving, road
I'm writing this for foreign drivers who plan to drive in Addis. If you don't know what to expect in Addis then put your eyes on first gear and read on!
0. Basics
- License: When in Addis, ask your country's embassy to get your license certified for you. You will then have to visit the transport authority to get a license to drive. This manual and tedious process is worth it only if you plan to stay in Addis for a reasonably long time or if driving is important to your short stay. People also get around by taxis, hire a driver or get friends to drive them.
- Speed limit: 60 kph (37 mph) in urban areas and 100 kph (62 mph) outside.
- Insurance: Recently passed law requires third party insurance. Insurers pay out if whoever was driving the car had a driving license (this may change in the future).
- Drive on the right side, overtake on left, anticlockwise on roundabouts
- It is illegal to use mobile phones while driving
1. Check your car
Check your car is fully functional. Test turn signals, head lights, door locks, wipers, and check spare tire. Although an increasing number of automatic cars are being imported, most cars in Ethiopia remain stick shift. Check also both front and back number plates are present.
2. Watch out for pedestrians
Perhaps this is the first point all drivers should be aware of. Poor road conditions, unavailability of pedestrian crossings, lack of sidewalks and poor road safety awareness all contribute to high accident rates. Pedestrians can suddenly step out from the sidewalk onto the road or a teenager may cross a highway after jumping over the guard rail. Another problem is animals. Stray dogs and cats are run over by cars. Drive slowly in busy areas and be attentive all the time. Don't expect others will respect road rules.
3. Keep your distance
Addis is built on a highland. Older cars are challenged by the steep roads in Addis. Some old cars by the way can be exported to Europe and US to be sold as classic cars. So if you are a business person in Addis and it is not going well for you, then you can take comfort knowing there is always a backup business plan for you. Keep a good distance from the car in front of you when you come to a traffic stop. Big trucks and buses are the ones to be most careful about. Practice with the handbrake if you are not comfortable with starting and stopping in steep roads.
4. Anger management
Addis taxis are painted blue and white. You will recognize them the day you arrive in the city. There are minicabs and minibuses. The minibuses are notorious for breaking road rules. Unless you see a minibus on the day it arrived in Addis, it will almost definitely have several dents on its body. Minibuses have stations where they pick up and drop off the majority of their passengers but passengers can get off upon request as well. So they go about their route constantly picking up and dropping passengers. Expect minibuses to suddenly break or forcefully enter your lane. Military car drivers are also known for their reckless driving. There aren't many of them around, luckily.
5. Traffic lights and traffic police
There are plenty of junctions without traffic lights. In the absence of traffic lights, you must be attentive, assertive, slow and quick all at the same time as this timelapse video clearly demonstrates. If traffic police are regulating traffic then their hand signals override traffic lights. There are no speed or red light cameras in Addis. Traffic police blow their whistle to ask drivers to stop. Although some of them have motorbikes, it will be a lifetime before Addis drivers can witness a high-speed chase. If you hear a whistle, stop only if you see traffic police looking towards your direction. Minibuses get the whistle most of the time. In the very rare scenario that you are stopped by traffic police, pull to the side and get out of your car to chat to the police. Being nice can save you a ticket. You might think fines are small but wait until you see the bureaucratic system when you try to pay the fine.
6. Keep emergency contacts
Instead of insurance with car breakdown cover, Addis drivers have a network of friends they can reach out for. Always have contacts you can call.
7. Theft
Most theft is aimed at small items inside cars, such as phones, bags and clothing. Outside elements prone to stealing are the lights, wipers and number plates. Do not leave anything that can attract thieves. Take it out when you leave, put it inside a compartment or in the trunk. Some drivers take out their car radio/CD player as well. But I wouldn't worry about theft any more than I do in other major cities. Forget mobile phones. In London losing a Range Rover you spent your fortune on has become common. So just tuck things away, lock your door, and if possible park in a secure area. It is common for companies and restaurants to hire security guards for their parking areas. In some places neighborhood kids may tell you they will watch over your car and ask you for a bit of money when you return. It should not be misinterpreted as intimidation. They haven't done any work besides hanging out with their friends in their neighbourhood. They know that. You can safely drive off after a simple thank you or "Amesegnalehu".
8. Parking
Parking fees are relatively cheaper than other busy cities. In chargeable areas parking attendants put a ticket on your windshield with the current time on it. You pay when you come back. Take care when parking beyond the end of the parking time. You will face a fine if the parking attendant leaves without collecting the fee. Ask for the closing time. If there is a chance you can stay beyond that time then just pay all of right away instead of worrying about it later.
9. Weather and road conditions
Addis has dry and rainy seasons. There is no snow. The rainy season can bring heavy showers with hail. Showers are usually brief. So you can wait for it to finish if it makes you uncomfortable to drive. In the dry season you will quickly learn that parking your car in the afternoon sun is a great way to get yourself baked. Day and night are evenly divided throughout the year. It always becomes completely dark latest by 7:30 PM. If your headlights are not automatic remember to put them on. Many streets are poorly lit or have no lighting at all. You may want to switch to full beam but remember to notch it down when other cars go past you or when you follow another car closely. Trucks coming into Addis from other cities are the ones that usually leave their full beam on. Slow down if bright light blocks your view. Roads in Addis are being improved at a very high pace but you still find rugged and muddy roads. Just because it is a road with tire marks on it doesn't mean you should drive on it. Commonly damaged parts are front bumpers and mufflers (silencers). To defeat a big bump try driving over it diagonally or retreat to find a better route.
10. Talk to people
As a driver in Addis you will need help with directions. Your car is broken doesn't mean you are left in a desert to die. Ethiopians are helpful and welcoming people. Helping each other is how people get by. Pretty much everyone in Addis speaks Amharic and it is easy to find someone who can speak enough English to give you directions. Try to communicate with people with a combination of your limited Amharic, English and hand gestures. Avoid staying inside a small comfortable circle where everything is provided for you. You will make the best out of your stay by experiencing the city and its people first hand.
Although I raised several points to be careful about, driving in Addis is not just gripping onto your wheels expecting a horrible accident. Problems can be avoided if you are aware of them before hand. Addis is a fun city and driving is the best way to get around. After you have successfully driven in the Merkato area of Addis, come tell us your experience and we will give you a free T-Shirt to certify you as "Addis driver".
የአንድ እጅ ጽሁፍ
23 Jun 2015 1 Comment
in Uncategorized Tags: ኢትዮጵያ, blog, ethiopia, Etyopia
This is in no way meant to be a parody of the previous post😛 but uh…
I was emboldened by dicknanigans to do this –an exhibition of sorts:
Scribbling while on the phone and what not. I must have been feeling particularly ኬረዳሽ on that day. The EBS shit, I don't know.
Ideas for a blog post that was just not meant to be.
And some lovely music:
Wosene's hand writing
19 Jun 2015 4 Comments
Am I living in a dungeon? Just last month I talked about my excitement when I discovered Meklit. My latest discovery is Wosene Worke, a US based Ethiopian artist who makes art out of Ge'ez letters.
If you like Mulatu Astatke, you may have noticed the album cover on his Inspiration Information album. The cover is beautiful, its Ethiopian, and goes very well with what jazz music is about. The perfect cover!
Here is one painting from Wosene's current exhibition "Word Play: Future Tense".
By the way, those seemingly random letters are parts of words and sentences. I didn't pay attention to it myself until Wosene spelled it out for me. I leave it as an exercice to you
Thanks to the Gallary of African Art (GAFRA) for exhibiting his work. In fact, GAFRA first opened (a year or two ago) with Wosene's paintings. There are many other prominent African artists on their website.
Not all great paintings are unaffordable. I leave you with the one below. Its painted on sheep leather. I forget the artist's name but I will try to find out next time I catch up with a friend who brought it.
in a store near you
17 Jun 2015 Leave a comment
11 Jun 2015 3 Comments
Song takes me to a happy place
Photo taking more space than the news. ጠላቷ ይሙትና የአርባ ካርድ አስመሰሉት እኮ!
Same newspaper, four days later. Better content this time. And yet, I can't help but think that someone over at the newsroom (or me?) might be overly fond of her and/or is finding it hard to look beyond her womanhood. I am willing to bet (though that is not among my strong suits; I mean, I bet against the guys seen below😦 ), that the picture was not even taken at the day of the meeting. And if it was, couldn't they have posted her a picture of her leading the deliberations and stuff? This pic looks like the ones ፎቶ ቤቶች ከውጭ መስታወታቸው ላይ ለናሙና የሚለጥፉዋቸው:: Is that an i watch she's rocking?
I like this photo. They all be like "show me my opponent." I have a good mind to adopt the double-denim as a permanent dress code sometime in the future.
…Graphomania is not a mania to write letters, personal diaries, or family chronicles (to write for oneself or one's close relations) but a mania to write books (to have a public of unknown readers)… Graphomania (a mania for writing books) inevitably takes on epidemic proportions when a society develops to the point of creating three basic conditions:
(1) an elevated level of general well-being, which allows people to devote themselves to useless activities; (2) a high degree of social atomization and, as a consequence, a general isolation of individuals; (3) the absence of dramatic social changes in the nation's internal life.(From this point of view, it seems to me symptomatic that in France, where practically nothing happens, the percentage of writers is twenty-one times higher than in Israel. Bibi is, moreover, right to say that looked at from the outside, she hasn't experienced anything. The mainspring that drives her to write is just that absence of vital content, that void.) But by a backlash, the effect affects the cause. General isolation breeds graphomania, and generalized graphomania in turn intensifies and worsens isolation. The invention of printing formerly enabled people to understand one another. In the era of universal graphomania, the writing of books has an opposite meaning: everyone surrounded by his own words as by a wall of mirrors, which allows no voice to filter through from outside.
Book of Laughter and Forgetting, Milan Kundera
ጠቃሚ ቁጥሮች
30 May 2015 5 Comments
in ኢትዮጵያ, Birthday, Education, ethiopia Tags: Birthday, education, ethiopia
A nice, symmetrical number. Not old, not young, but a viable, die-able age (Arundathi Roy)
I share the day with
and one of these two
Even Google recognizes –I am a big deal😀
Days left till I go back home. The details that go into the preparation, akin to hosting the Olympics. I bought the tickets way early in the hope that I could sit back and get my schadenfreude on as the prices went up. But the opposite has happened and I am all sohn von einem weibchen!
Maybe I should start a countdown; I know GeTere would like that very much😛
Remember when we used to call her ቡቲክ and say that she is just showing off the nice fashionable clothes that she has brought from abroad? Now, her clothes look kind of funny.
Approximately how much of my studies are done. Although that part was challenging in its own right, it's the opening act for a bigger CHALLENGE. Still, that won't stop me from giving myself a pep talk, the way trainers say "OK, guys, last 10 rounds!!" in a 12 round exercise.
Met a fellow African student who's in the final year of his studies. We chatted about our strong shared desires to go back home and be the instruments of as much (positive) change as we could. Decent conversation. Let's just hope that we won't end up being big condescending fishes in small ponds which constantly reminisce about ponds left behind. We need to bring the pond home, nah mean? And although it has got great chances of turning out to be the right and profitable decision, should we start to get it in our-probably-bald-by-then heads that we are martyrs "Look at us! We came back!", may we chill.
Another thing I need to be doing is get my mythos and logos straight. This, from AAAS blogs, is what I would like to achieve; I hope it is true.
…Rather, what distinguishes American graduates from our foreign-educated counterparts in the workforce is what has been described as American core values—an optimism of outlook consisting of qualities such as a can-do attitude, rugged individualism (as popularized by historian Frederick Jackson Turner), efficiency and practicality, progress, and freedom. Generalizing about national character is, of course, perilous (and internalized values are difficult to measure). Will Americans excel at innovation in every industry or work setting? No. But there is apparently something in our educational DNA, learned but not inbred, that gives us a creative edge…
ደግሞ you live and you learn ነው አይደል የሚባለው? Discovered that "አልማዝ" is Russian for "Diamond"
ወዲህ ወዲያ እንዲህ እንዲያ
16 May 2015 1 Comment
መክሊትዋን ያልቀበረችው መክሊት -ሃተታዊ ሆኖ ግን አጭር ዳሰሳ
10 May 2015 13 Comments
Long time no see. I thought Meklit is worth talking about. She performed at Southbank in London. I listened to Kemekem on Youtube before going to her show. That's pretty much how little I knew about her. Every single song in her show was good. I couldn't put a single genre to her music. Ethio-jazz-soul-folk-goodness? She was great on stage. Loved her stories about life, childhood and Ethiopian music.
ከመከም ያገር ልጅ ይሻላል
ከመከም ቢከፋም ቢበጅም
She surprised us by bringing a jazz giant, Pee Wee Ellis (he was not mentioned in the listing). The result? Heaven for Ethio-jazz fan like myself.
They went on to play the classic Ethiopian song Abay Mado. I doubt he rehearsed with them before appearing. You could see the two looking at each other and syncing up their improvisation. It made it even more fun to listen. It was like going back to the 60's. Only a picture can explain how I was listening.
I was last in a long queue to get her signed CD and a picture with her. Her latest album is We Are Alive. Do check it out.
She said she had a lot to learn about Ethiopian music. You are right Meklit, there is decades of music to learn from, not to mention traditional songs that never made it to recording studios. I look forward to hearing more from you.
Girma Beyene, Seifu Yohannes, Teshome Mitku. All great artists whose songs are getting revived.
22 Apr 2015 Leave a comment
አይነጋም ወይ
ኧረ አይነጋም ወይ
11 Apr 2015 17 Comments
መልካም ፋሲካ
So, whom/what do you turn to?
23 Mar 2015 11 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: ኢትዮጵያ, ፍቅር, ethiopia, Etyopia, love
While we are on the topic of unrequited love…
Meet my bed. Check out my throw pillows; there's tens of ways of arranging them! That's where I lay my weary head down every night.
"ፊትን ወደነገ አዙሮ መተኛት": ነብይ መኮንን is a favorite expression even though I have not been practicing it. There was the rosary on the vacant pillow (or clutched in hand. i know, i know. i am supposed to pray with it, not sleep with it) phase which I still go back to, every now and then, especially on those days when it feels like the monsters are gaining on me. Recent times have seen my mobile phone occupying the same spot where the rosary used to sit, lulling me to sleep with Sheger FM.
It is not that I am having trouble sleeping. It is rather a case of going to bed being the most exciting part of the day—for better or for worse—and trying to set it off the right way.
What's all this got to do with unrequited love?
Well, in all honesty, probably nothing. I mean, I got so much love to give and shit (my love be just sitting there, waiting, like a winter's growth of grass on the playground of our primary school, ምሥራቅ ድል, ጨረታ ያሸነፈ ሰው መጥቶ እስኪያነሳው. ኖ ጨረታ ፎር ማይ ላቭ, ቤይbae) but there are currently no vultures lurking around in my life, at least none that I know of But it must be nice to have someone to turn to at night, someone who would be a personification of my late night traditions, all rolled into one. For whoever does not love their brother and sister, whom they have seen, cannot love God, whom they have not seen. I ain't seen her, Lord! (A very polite exclamation mark.) If I had, she would be my way of loving you. Forget the radio, the sound of her breathing would be all the information I need, proof that the world is functioning just fine. And the few pages I used to read before bed, before it got too cold to stay exposed for even a minute, she would be my lifetime of reading.
ህመሟን የማውቅላት; of whom the best I would bring out, only to the best I would compare… (ዘፋኞቹ የግዳቸውን የሚዘፍኑ ይመስላሉ)
Someone whom I would make cherish her day…
A lot of "would"s
We be so tight with Kd in the nanomolar range that nothing or no one could come in between us except maybe some room for her vibrator. I have come to find out from my extensive reading of The Guardian that women don't mean their vibrators to replace their men but to augment them, like augmentin. Cool.
This also from the Guardian; even after somebody had commented on the mistake, the "Aramaic" was still there last time I checked.
Back to the topic at hand. The world is crazy. Something wrong with the human race. A whole lot of people running towards love. A whole lot of others running away.
Fuck it, I'm out.
I had missed out on these cats all this time
okay universe here I am
20 Mar 2015 4 Comments
Open up your eyes and look says the universe, our time is short and I am yours, you just need to take a chance and enjoy it all, do you hear me talking to you across the water, across the deep blue ocean? the universe keeps on asking. I close my eyes and sail through the sea and travel across the turning tides, that is what I have always wanted, feeling the breeze of the silently blowing wind, watching the night sky and the beautiful sunrise: a line of beautiful lights over the horizon and them old stars, and this old soul of mine refuses to give up even though my heart is broken into pieces by a vulture, but no I will not give up, I am here to stay and make the difference that I can make. The universe says you have to learn how to bend with out the world caving in. I will give the world my love and I shall receive what I seek.
Love is a funny thing, when you love someone, you heart beats beats so loud. your feet can feel the ground, when you love someone it comes back to you, makes your blood flow with energy, says the song writer, I am afraid I have to disagree Jason Mraz, it hurts in a million ways too, Life is wonderful and it runs in circle, cause and effect is how science describes it. It doesn't take time to fall in love but it takes years to know what love is: the universe answers. It takes a silence to make a sound, this I agree with. So many questions have been creeping in my mind, it is starting to feel like the world is saying I am not welcome any more and I needed the vulture to save me, instead he chose the vow of silence, I don't wish to change you, you have it under control: you wake up every day different,
But the universe kept on saying, I am yours and I decided, I will not waste my days, to worry about the things I should just let go. I will live in the moment, live my life, lazy and breezy with peace in my heart and my soul, let go of the thoughts that don't make me strong: this I decided after so much prayer. I want to be a beautiful mess to you, I am saying I love you and I am hearing I love you back and I am smiling back better than ever and I will give you all my broken heartbeats.
14 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
08 Mar 2015 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: America, ethiopia, Etyopia
የሀበሻ ፬፻፲፱?
03 Mar 2015 8 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: ሀበሻ, ኢትዮጵያ, ethiopia, Etyopia, italy
on betterment
02 Mar 2015 3 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: ኢትዮጵያ, ethiopia, Etyopia, Higher Education, Recorded Lectures
Imagine attending a couple of lectures on a Sunday night. That's what I did after having spent the day, the weekend, on Skype and Viber. Not that I regret it. It could also serve as my excuse if shit goes south: one gots to talk to family and friends, regardless of how many deadlines for assignments and exam dates are looming.
Our teacher recorded lectures for when he went out of town and I must say I really enjoyed the lectures and learned a lot (more than the in class ones.) Let's face it: sitting in class is boring. I feel sorry for my former students for what I had put them through. Consider it an epiphany of sorts. If I sit in class for hours, when it's finally time to read the notes for exam if I go "did we really learn this in class? "መቼም ታምር አያልቅ!" and having gone through this experience, I subject my students to the same kind of shit, where then is the "Do unto others as you would have them do unto you" in me?
I am looking forward to the day when I would be recording decent videos for my students to learn from at their leisure. I would still enjoy strutting my stuff in class but in the words of Ludacris, my pimpin' would be in 3-D, or 2-D or whatever. And for my students, the name of the game is going to be:
Whatever happened to Craig David?
I admit I was a bit skeptical of the benefits and the practicality when they were pushing Moodle back at AAU. Did not pay heed to Sami's advice that I should make a podcast of my lecture notes. Now I see how all those things could come in handy. I just had to be the lab rat myself.
Maybe all this excitement is coming from gorging on an old favorite:
From Crime and Punishment:
'Well then, drop her!'
'But I can't drop her like that!'
'Why can't you?'
'Well, I can't, that's all about it! There's an element of attraction here, brother.'
'Then why have you fascinated her?'
'I haven't fascinated her; perhaps I was fascinated myself in my folly. But she won't care a straw whether it's you or I, so long as somebody sits beside her, sighing…. I can't explain the position, brother … look here, you are good at mathematics, and working at it now … begin teaching her the integral calculus; upon my soul, I'm not joking, I'm in earnest, it'll be just the same to her. She will gaze at you and sigh for a whole year together. I talked to her once for two days at a time about the Prussian House of Lords (for one must talk of something)—she just sighed and perspired! And you mustn't talk of love—she's bashful to hysterics—but just let her see you can't tear yourself away—that's enough. It's fearfully comfortable; you're quite at home, you can read, sit, lie about, write. You may even venture on a kiss, if you're careful.'
You might even get some booty
battle songs
22 Feb 2015 Leave a comment
in Uncategorized Tags: መዝሙር, ሙዚቃ, ethiopia, Etyopia
"Gonna keep marchin' on, to the sound of her own beatin' drum"
Am I the only one in this b________ who loves p_____?!
21 Feb 2015 4 Comments
in Uncategorized Tags: America, ኢትዮጵያ, drinks, ethiopia, Etyopia, night out
The way place names are written in some Russian novels like "in the province of R______" ወዘተ:: P_______ could stand for Pepsi for all we know. I did some search and turns out there is a song linking the two:
Is it just me or does the Pepsi logo kind of resemble a p_______? Then again, the way mirages of water appear to a thirsty traveler in the desert, so does one begin to see the p________ in everything and everyone.
I come to you, dear reader, from my hangover bed. It is 3:30 in the afternoon and can't get myself to get up for lunch; so I am making do with a certain monocled fellow:
Here is what my daily Russian roulette with the Holy Bible has provided
Love not sleep, lest thou come to poverty; open thine eyes, and thou shalt be satisfied with bread.
Proverbs 20:13
Last night I hung out with the guys from school. There was chopsticks, bottles and karaoke; two guys, four girls. The problems with the composition of our group: numero uno, there is that probability of six people getting deadlocked should some very important decision, say, what kind of beer to get, were put to the vote; and dos, found out only last night that dude was gay (doubling the number of the actual flesh and blood gay people that I know), or should I say LGBT Small wonder he was trying to recruit more dudes to the outing. I took offense in retrospect. Apparently, he does not find me hot. Don't get me wrong. I also take offense when the girls keep talking about hot guys as if I am not there with them. I mean, hello, aspiring hot guy in your midst, ladies! Sucks to be the uncle figure.
I had to vie for the mike with two of the girls who went through most of today's bubblegum pop. We were split into two cohorts of millennials and our tastes in music did not exactly match. And it was reckless of me to have shown the affinity for the mike that I did in a gay man's pad. But ye all know what ethanol does to your cell membranes, making your proteins act all weird. He even serenaded me! Despite words in my head, my response to that was to play along like "True dat!" I joined him in belting out "Losing my Religion" although the song's coming-out-of-the-closet-undertones were not lost on me:
He is a cool cat though. A man's man if you will. He liked my song choices: what more could I ask from a person? And when I was about to do Maxwell, he tried to look out for me like "Are you sure man? Maxwell is hard" (today everything seems to come out wrong) and I was like "That's the point!" And then we were like…
Is it not wonderful, how the simple word "like" has become the antidote to society's bane of he say she say?
The best joke from the night: put some glycerol in your love and store it in aliquots in a -80 0C fridge –it will not go bad.
Got introduced to some cool music btw. Looks like there are still some decent acts left out there
Remember when people used to say that Michael changed his skin because he was ashamed of being black and now he is insulting black people አር ዩ መንኪ አር ዩ መንኪ
God bless the home girl that drove us home; and Siri too.
I was reminding myself to not to forget to memorize the route to my place yesterday morning on the way to school. And I had forgotten to do that Yep. Six months and I sometimes find it hard to find my bearings.
I guess the point I am trying to make is that, as far as the expedition to the province P________ is concerned, boy am I in the wrong search party.
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Some of the following might seem like nitpicking but…
Psalm 46
1 God is our refuge and strength, an ever-present help in trouble. 2 Therefore we will not fear, though the earth give way and the mountains fall into the heart of the sea, 3 though its waters roar and foam and the mountains quake with their surging.
Proverbs 3
Galatians 5
19 The acts of the flesh are obvious: sexual immorality, impurity and debauchery; 20 idolatry and witchcraft; hatred, discord, jealousy, fits of rage, selfish ambition, dissensions, factions 21 and envy; drunkenness, orgies, and the like. I warn you, as I did before, that those who live like this will not inherit the kingdom of God.
I wonder what the Hebrew, Aramaic and Greek versions say.
Still in the ሕዝብ ለሕዝብ mood:: ወልማሚት sounds like a nice term of endearment. የኔ ወልማሚት, ወልማሚቴ, …እንደቀለበቴ ግቢ ብል ይሻላል
እና ደግሞ ሴቶቻችን
And a crescendo
እና እና ደግሞ መልካም ሁዳዴ!


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Abstract: New-ID: NBI16
Agro-ecological zones datasets is made up of AEZBLL08, AEZBLL09, AEZBLL10.
The Africa Agro-ecological Zones Dataset documentation
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The Africa ... agro-ecological zones dataset is part of the
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focuses on Africa. The maps were prepared by Environmental Systems
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provided by Food and Agriculture Organization (FAO), the Soil
Resources, Management and Conservation Service Land and Water
Development Division, Italy. The daset was developed by United Nations
Environment Program (UNEP), Kenya. The base maps that were used were
the UNESCO/FAO Soil Map of the world (1977) in Miller Oblated
Stereographic projection, the Global Navigation and Planning Charts
(various 1976-1982) and the National Geographic Atlas of the World
(1975). basemap and the source maps. The digitizing was done with a
spatial resolution of 0.002 inches. The maps were then transformed
from inch coordinates to latitude/longitude degrees. The
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edit step required appending the country boundaries from
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Contact: UNEP/GRID-Nairobi, P O Box 30552 Nairobi, Kenya FAO, Soil
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ESRI, 380 New York Street, Redlands, CA 92373, USA
The AEZBLL08 data covers North-West of African continent
The AEZBLL09 data covers North-East of African continent
The AEZBLL10 data covers South of African continent
ESRI. Final Report UNEP/FAO world and Africa GIS data base (1984).
Internal Publication by ESRI, FAO and UNEP
FAO/UNESCO. Soil Map of the World (1977).
Scale 1:5000000. UNESCO, Paris
Defence Mapping Agency. Global Navigation and Planning Charts for Africa
(various dates:1976-1982). Scale 1:5000000. Washington DC.
G.M. Grosvenor. National Geographic Atlas of the World (1975).
Scale 1:8500000. National Geographic Society, Washington DC.
FAO. Statistical Data on Existing Animal Units by Agro-ecological
Zones for Africa (1983). Prepared by Todor Boyadgiev of the Soil
Resources, Management and Conservation Services Division.
FAO. Statistical Data on Existing and Potential Populations by
Agro-ecological Zones for Africa (1983). Prepared by Marina Zanetti of
the Soil Resources, Management and Conservation Services Division.
FAO. Report on the Agro-ecological Zones Project. Vol.I (1978),
Methodology & Result for Africa. World Soil Resources No.48.
Source : UNESCO/FAO Soil Map of the World, scale 1:5000000
Publication Date : Dec 1984
Projection : Miller
Type : Polygon
Format : Arc/Info Export non-compressed
Related Datasets : All UNEP/FAO/ESRI Datasets,
Landuse (100013/05, New-ID: 05
FAO Irrigable Soils Datasets and Water balance (100050/53)
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Email: Johannes.Akiwumi at unep.org
Contact Address:
Head, Data and Information Management Section Division of Early Warning and Assessment (DEWA) United Nations Environment Programme P. O. Box 30552
City: Nairobi
Postal Code: 00100
Country: Kenya
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The Bears on Hemlock Mountain
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This book is a retelling of a folk tale in which a boy goes over the mountain (alone!) to borrow a black pot from his aunt. The tension, as one might guess, comes from speculating whether there are "bears on hemlock mountain!" It would be great as a short read-aloud in a family or even to just tell as a story. Young readers will have success with this book. Currently APL owns the version with the cover shown here; it was donated to the library in 2-17-1976, which makes it older than I am and very unusual for a book in the youth department!
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The Ogilvy surname is a habitational name from a place near Glamis, in county of Angus (present day region of Tayside), which is first recorded c.1205 in the form Ogilvin. The root of the place name is thought to be from the Welsh "uchel," meaning "high."
The surname Ogilvy was first found in Angus (Gaelic: Aonghas), part of the Tayside region of northeastern Scotland, and present day Council Area of Angus, formerly known as Forfar or Forfarshire, where Gilbert, son of Gillebride, 1st Earl of Angus, obtained a charter of the lands of Purin, Ogguluin and Kynmethan, in Angus between 1172 and 1177. Gilbert is also on record as a witness of a grant of the church of Monyfode to the Abbey of Arbroath by his brother, Gilchrist, 3rd Earl of Angys between 1201-04. There is also early record of an Alexander de Oggoluin, who had a Charter of the lands of Belauht around 1232. Patrick Oggelville or Eggilvyn (of county Forfar) swore an oath of allegiance to King Edward the 1st of England in 1296.
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Motto: Tout jour
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Flowers are good for cutting
This plant is attractive to bees, butterflies and/or birds
Water Requirements:
Drought-tolerant; suitable for xeriscaping
Average Water Needs; Water regularly; do not overwater
Where to Grow:
Suitable for growing in containers
18-24 in. (45-60 cm)
24-36 in. (60-90 cm)
18-24 in. (45-60 cm)
USDA Zone 5a: to -28.8 �C (-20 �F)
USDA Zone 5b: to -26.1 �C (-15 �F)
USDA Zone 6a: to -23.3 �C (-10 �F)
USDA Zone 6b: to -20.5 �C (-5 �F)
USDA Zone 7a: to -17.7 �C (0 �F)
USDA Zone 7b: to -14.9 �C (5 �F)
USDA Zone 8a: to -12.2 �C (10 �F)
USDA Zone 8b: to -9.4 �C (15 �F)
USDA Zone 9a: to -6.6 �C (20 �F)
USDA Zone 9b: to -3.8 �C (25 �F)
USDA Zone 10a: to -1.1 �C (30 �F)
USDA Zone 10b: to 1.7 �C (35 �F)
Sun Exposure:
Full Sun
Sun to Partial Shade
Bloom Color:
Gold (Yellow-Orange)
Pale Yellow
Bright Yellow
Bloom Time:
Late Spring/Early Summer
Mid Summer
Late Summer/Early Fall
Other details:
Soil pH requirements:
Patent Information:
Propagation Methods:
By dividing the rootball
From herbaceous stem cuttings
Self-sows freely; deadhead if you do not want volunteer seedlings next season
Seed Collecting:
N/A: plant does not set seed, flowers are sterile, or plants will not come true from seed
This plant has been said to grow in the following regions:
Delta, Colorado
Fort Lauderdale, Florida
Newnan, Georgia
Chicago, Illinois
Pacific Junction, Iowa
Norfolk, Nebraska
Mantua, New Jersey
Anthony, New Mexico
Black Mountain, North Carolina
Columbus, Ohio
Bolivar, Tennessee
Lewisville, Texas
Oakwood, Texas
Richmond, Texas
Spring, Texas
Tyler, Texasshow all
Gardeners' Notes:
On Jul 24, 2015, vossner from Richmond, TX (Zone 9a) wrote:
Planted in 2015 so no invasiveness issues so far. Lovely dark eye, I have it planted in close proximity to r. Indian Summer and r. Goldstrum. Nice display with different yet similar blooms.
On Jul 2, 2012, patchisback from Mantua, NJ wrote:
This is an incredibly vigorous plant. I have had no problems with it at all. The blooms are very large and brightly colored. I have one plant with large multiple petaled flowers, not doubles, but triple layers of bright yellow petals with red or rust near center. The petals are very narrow and are unlike the wide petals of most Denver Daisy's. I do not know if this is a freak variety or a legitimate new flower form. Has anyone had any experiences like this with this variety?


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I saw this pop up on my Pinterest and then started looking around online for more ideas, and thought I'd see what you all thought!
Are there any talking points/conversation starters/comments that you have used with characters that have brought fun/cute/funny results? Share them here!
Sadly I'm not very creative when it comes to this sort of thing. Depending on who it is, sometimes I might ask for a kiss or something, but otherwise I tend to just smile and give hugs. I'm sure some of you have some unique stories though.


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Just last week we wrote about some of the problems with a TV station's continuing "Know Your Numbers" campaign. Now the Star Tribune fuels the "Know Your Numbers" obsession with a front page story in its Variety section today.
There's nothing wrong with the article's reminders about blood pressure, total cholesterol, blood sugar, BMI and waist size. But the article's last line is simply wrong. It states:
"health experts recommend a physical exam once a year, at which time these very important numbers can be discussed."
Hmm. Which experts are those?
A VA Evidence-based Synthesis Program Evidence brief – coincidentally written by doctors in the Star Tribune's home town – concludes:
"Comprehensive routine physical examinations are not recommended for the asymptomatic adult."
An article in the American College of Physicians' magazine was entitled, "Rethinking the value of the annual exam." It began:
"One constant in medical care is the persistent notion of the value of the annual physical. Theres no strong evidence base for the periodic health exam, as its now often called, as a discrete encounter, and no consensus on what it should include."
And this is not new. The US Preventive Services Task Force 18 years ago "rejected the traditional emphasis on a standardized annual physical examination as an effective tool for improving the health of patients."
So who are the experts to which the Star Tribune refers? This is the kind of broad sweeping statement encouraging the healthy to look harder to prove they are sick that many news media messages thoughtlessly promote.
And we will call them out on it whenever we see it. It's inaccurate. It's imbalanced. It's bad journalism. And despite what might be the best of intentions, it could result in avoidable harm.
Susan Perry, who writes the Second Opinion column on MinnPost.com, wrote to me about at least one more problem with the Star Tribune story. She points out that the story says:
"…kiosks at pharmacies and grocery stores make it convenient to get (blood pressure) readings."
But Perry points to warnings about the accuracy of such kiosk blood pressure monitors – as in this Mayo Clinic expert's advice when asked whether BP machines in grocery stores and drugstores are accurate:
"Not accurate enough to make health decisions regarding your blood pressure.
The blood pressure machines that you can use free of charge in many grocery stores, drugstores and other locations may have been accurate when first installed. But in order to stay accurate, they must be maintained and recalibrated. Generally, no information is available to the user regarding the care of these devices. As a result, the reading you get has limited value because it may be incorrect."
So the Star Tribune article made one practice sound as if it were universally endorsed, when it is actually widely questioned. And it promoted the convenience of another practice about which there are big questions of value and accuracy. Two for two. Anyone want to go for three?
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Lest we forget the least of these…
that may have been down on their luck in hard times, the names of those in the Colbert County Almshouse enumerated as part of the 1920 Federal Census by Melvin H Elkins from the 29th to 31st of January in 1920 will be included here.
The Almshouse, or Poor House as many called it, was in the Camp Smith area of Colbert County; in District: 0013. There was a lot of shame that stigmatized those who were in a circumstance to warrant housing and care in such a facility. But, truly back in those days, if it was necessary to be in an Almshouse, one really needed the help and were likely elderly and sometimes without family to look after them.
Fred W Bradford was the keeper of the Almshouse in 1920. Some give his middle name as Washington while others give his middle name as Walter. His obituary gives his name as Fredrick Walter Bradford; his parents were David Washington Bradford 1836-1866 and Julia Jarmon Bradford Grey 1844-1900.
Fred Walter Bradford married four times. His first marriage circa 1885 was to Nancy Caldona Tharp. They had the following known children: Fredrick Washington Bradford 1892 -1957, Callie Fredonia Bradford 1896, Julia Dovia Bradford Cantrell 1887 – 1973, Ida Virginia Bradford Stonecipher 1889 – 1928 and Massie L Bradford 1897.
His second marriage in 1901 was to Louvicey Lindsey. They had the following children: Willie E Bradford 1905-1935, William S Bradford 1906. There may have been other children.
His third marriage in 1908 was to Sarah Josephine "Josie" Duncan Sledge. Her first marriage was to Thomas Ervin Sledge (son of William Henry Sledge, grandson of Macklen Sledge). Two Sledge children were from her marriage to Thomas Ervin Sledge: Thomas Grady Sledge and Bessie Ernestine Sledge Green. Fred Walter Bradford and Josie Duncan Sledge Bradford had the following children: Lillian g Bradford born and died 1909, Johnie E Bradford 1911, and Walter L Bradford 1914-1952. Josie Duncan Sledge Bradford died in 1931.
The fourth marriage for Fred W Bradford was in 1936 to Odell whose last name is not known. Fred W Bradford died in 1947 and she is listed as his wife in his obitary
Thomas Grady Sledge and Mamie Hand Sledge lived beside his mother and stepfather on the 1920 census. The age of Grady was 18 and his young wife's age was 15. Next to them was the Colbert County Almshouse of which Fred W Bradford was the keeper. Listed in the household of Fred W and wife Sarah J Bradford were sons Willie E Bradford age 14, Johnie E Bradford age 9, Walter L Bradford age 5 and Fred's stepdaughter Bessie Sledge age 19 and single.
Those listed as living at the Almshouse were:
Darty, Bill – age 55, married, born in Georgia;
Darty, Sarah – age 66, married, born in Alabama;
Sharp, Callie – age 81, widowed, born in Georgia;
Briley, Fronia – age 70, single, born in Alabama;
Shield, Julia – age 60, widowed, born in South Carolina;
Clovel, Ada – 64, widowed (naturalized and immigrated 1865), her spoken language is French, born in France;
Marony, Alt – age 38, widowed, born in Alabama;
Stidham, Wesley – age 71, married born in Alabama;
Walter, Will – age 60, single, born in Arkansas;
Birnlsadde, James – age 75 , born in Alabama, and
Shaw, Henry – age 76, black, married, born in Tennessee.
Most of those inmates of the Almshouse do not have a surname that I am familiar with in our Shoals area. Perhaps some of their descendants are searching for them.
Here is an excellent example of why our children need to…
be taught cursive writing in school. Lt Levi Casey issuing orders to troops during the Revolutionary War. This document is the actual handwriting and signature of Lt Levi Casey issuing an order to his soldiers during the Revolutionary War. It is dated 7 Aug 1782. Levi Casey rose in rank from Colonel to Lieutenant to Brigadier General during his tenure in the Revolutionary War. He was one of the reknown OverMountain men as was David Crockett.
Br General Levi Casey served terms as a House of Representative and then had been re-elected Senator but did not get to serve his last elected term because he had a massive heart attack and died Feb 1807. He was first interred at Rock Creek Cemetery in Washington, DC and in circa 1832 he was re-interred in the Congressional Cemetery.
His widow, along with her Duckett nephew came to Alabama before 1820 and settled in Lauderdale County, Alabama in the community of Rawhide. She, some of her children, and other relatives are buried in the Casey Family Cemetery on what used to be her property.
I desire you will draft or other ways order one third of your company to hold themselves in readiness to march by the fifteenth of this instant to the Cherikees you are to provide flower/flour for sixty days provisions for each man and two good beef cattle and as pack horses a[re] not to be had would recommend that each man take horse and that one half carry forward and the other half act as horsemen and change as they can agree or be ordered and any that have not any horses of their own you are to impress in the bounds of your own company you are to collect all the swords you can and put them into the hands of the men.
August [symbols] 7th 1782 Cap [symbols] Saxon
I am ____and hum [symbols]
(take this to mean your humble servant)
Lt Levi Casey
Vandivers of Colbert County…
|James Henry Vandiver and Nancy Emma Pennington Vandiver
Researching a name like Narmore…
ought to be easy, right? You would think so, and the further back you go the easier it gets because all the variations in spelling seem to dissolve into one – Narramore.
My great-grandmother was Mollie Normour or Naremore or Narmor or Narramore. I started researching her in earnest any number of times, but each time was more frustrating than the last.
Actually there are other misspellings of the surname, but I forget the others. Listen, my children, for you are going to hear (or read) of the tragedy visited upon six of the most helpless of them all. And, it relates to the Narmore (and variant spellings of the same name) descendants everywhere.
I was researching the family of Narramore which connected to my Narmore lineage. Every minute since I discovered this unthinkable event, I have worried over these six little ones. Your line of Narmore's may not even be connected with this line, but the story is a tear jerker at any rate. Get a tissue, you will wad it up, I promise you.
First, let us target the only happy part of the tragedy. In 2002, August 4th to be exact, a granite memorial marker was placed and dedicated to the six Narramore children in the Riverside Cemetery in Barre, Massachusetts. The ceremony was attended by approximately three dozen. In the audience was the town historian, members of the Barre Historical Society, local politicians, and the Massachusetts Secretary of State. The six precious souls were laid to rest in pauper's graves without even a gravemarker. The group gathered to remember the six slain children . The crowd dignified the existence of these six little souls with the gathering and placed a fitting memorial marker to document their short little lives. Two musicians played a flute duet for the occasion.
On 21 March 1901 in Coldbrook Springs, sometime in the early afternoon, Lizzie Naramore killed her six children one by one. She began with the oldest and proceeded one by one to the youngest child. One by one she banged and chopped these precious souls to an unrecognizable condition using a club and an ax in the kitchen of the family home. She then, took a knife to slice her throat, but the cut was not severe enough to cause death.
Elizabeth Ann "Lizzie" Craig Narramore made a plea of guilty in Worcester Superior Court to the murder of her eldest child, daughter Ethel Marion Narramore, age 9. She was found not guilty by reason of insanity. Mrs. Narramore was sentenced to life in the state hospital in Worcester. After serving a short five year sentence in the asylum, on 30 November 1906, she was decreed to be sane and released.
I have done considerable research on this family and their forebears. Elizabeth Craig Naramore was a native of St. Andrews, New Brunswick, which is in Canada. Promotions for the area say that "everything about our town is special, including our status as a National Historic District, one of the oldest and loveliest in the Maritimes. St. Andrews is a treasure trove of beautiful architecture, unparalleled scenery and rich marine life; and our streets remain steeped in turn-of-the-century charm". St. Andrews sounds like a place one would hesitate to leave.
At the age of 19 she met and married Frank Lucius Narramore, born in Winchester, New Hampshire, but of Baldwinville, Massachusetts. It appears her friends and family were opposed to the match. Frank and Lizzie married 25 Oct 1890 in Templeton, Massachusetts. The couple removed to Coldbrook Springs, near the town of Barre in central Massachusetts.
Mrs. Naramore was described as a hard worker and a loving mother. Husband Frank Narramore, who worked at the nearby Parker Lumber Company, was a well paid worker but also dependably undependable, abusive, and a womanizer. While Frank wasted the money he earned, Lizzie and their six children lived in poverty.
The children were young. These angels' names were:
Ethel Marion Narramore, age 9;
Charles Edward Narramore, age 7;
Walter Craig Narramore, age 5;
Chester Irving Narramore, age 4;
Elizabeth Narramore, age 3; and
Lena Blanche Narramore, age 12 months.
A little distant in time, but before the massacre, Lizzie reached out to the Overseers of the Poor in Baldwinville for assistance. When the overseers visited the Narramore home they determined that the Narramore's situation was dire to the extreme. Because of the dilapidated condition of the home and the absence of food for the children or family, the decision was made to take the children away from the parents. Five of the children were to be placed with foster families and the youngest, an infant, would be sheltered at a poorhouse in Holden, Massachusetts.
Before the authorities were able to take her children away Lizzie made preparations and then killed them one by one and then tried to kill herself. She survived the suicide attempt though there was a cut to her throat. Lizzie Narramore made a plea guilty to the murder of her oldest child Ethel Marion Narramore. There was never a trial for the murders of the other children.
Elizabeth Naramore was committed to the state mental asylum. After her release she left central Massachusetts to work as a clerk in a Boston department store, returning once in 1907 to visit the graves of her children. Frank Naramore left Barre after the children's funeral and the subsequent trial of his wife. There are reports that he was never heard from again; and for sure the townspeople likely never wanted to hear from him again. In hindsight, he was in plain sight. In 1930 he was a roomer, at age 67, in the household of Charles H Voller with Voller's wife, and two daughters. They lived on the last house on Congress Street in Worcester, Massachusetts. In 1931 he was in the city directory in Worcester and listed as a carpenter. He died in Worcester, Massachusetts in 1936, but no grave-site has been found.
At the funeral for the children, the Reverend Charles Talmage, pastor of the Barre Congregational Church, gave an impassioned speech which placed the blame for the situation squarely on Frank Narramore as an abusive father and the community at large for turning a blind eye to all but criminal home situation for those six precious souls. I don't know, but I do fairly believe that I would have taken an ax and a club to a no good for nothing husband rather than my precious kids.
Below is the newspaper article about it in the Arizona Republic; published 22 March 1921.
Arizona Republic, Article: "An Insane Mother Sacrifices Her Offspring", daily newspaper, front page, 22 March 1921.
Bradford L. Miner. (2002, June 30). A final tribute ; Six slain children will be forgotten no longer. Telegram & Gazette,p. A1. Retrieved 18 July 2014, from Massachusetts Newsstand. (Document ID: 130795151).
Bradford L. Miner. (2002, August 5). A town bears witness ; Barre memorial honors six slain children: Telegram & Gazette,p. B1. Retrieved 18 July 2014, from Massachusetts Newsstand. (Document ID: 146878981).
A 1930 Isbell family reunion photo…
shows descendants of Levi Isbell at the 1930 family reunion at the Isbell home on Main Street, Albertville, Alabama. The home was later demolished but stood on the court house square across the street from the court house. Levi Isbell was the brother of our James Isbell. Levi Isbell married Sarah "Sallie" Birdwell and James Isbell married her sister Elizabeth Birdwell. James and Elizabeth Isbell are my third great-grandparents on my Murray line. The Murrays who married Isbells moved from around Paint Rock and Larkinsville in Jackson County, Alabama sometime between 1865-1870 to Colbert County, then Franklin County, Alabama.
Peebles and Box family photos
This photo montage of Box and Peebles family members is wonderful.
Another reflection of our past…
this is a 1933 photo of the Sheffield, Alabama downtown area.
Sometimes the little bit you do know makes you want to cry…
about someone.
This is the emotion evoked when one thinks back on Fannie Tolbert. Fannie Tolbert was born 2 March 1908. On the 1910 census her age is given as 6; there are other discrepancies in the birth year of other children on the same census record. The information on official documents is only as accurate as the person giving the information.
Fannie Tolbert was the eighth child of nine known children born to Elizabeth Anna Garth Rachel Matilda Terry Tolbert and husband Joseph Calvin Tolbert. The Tolbert name was originally spelled Talbert, which would denote tallow or candle maker. Over the decades it has many variant spellings to include Tabutt, Talbot, Tolbut, Talburt, etc.
After so many years researching and trying to locate Fannie, her whereabouts is now known. And I ponder as to whether the family ever knew what became of her. I am pretty sure that my grandmother Drue Tolbert Peebles, her sister, never knew and that fact might have brought her comfort now. She always called her Sister Fannie.
Fannie Tolbert married first to William POLK Peebles. Polk Peebles was a brother to my granddaddy, Robert Duncan Peebles. Tolbert sisters married Peebles brothers. Polk and Fannie had two girls. Mother talked of them often and had a high regard for the two sisters. She called them Red and Bobbie. Their names were actually Pauline and Louise Tolbert. At some point Fannie and Polk Peebles divorced, but no record has been found to date, but had to be prior to 1920.
Polk Peebles married a second time to Hortensia "Teanie" Terry. That marriage took place 21 November 1927 at Leighton, Colbert County, Alabama. They had several children: Dorothy Jean, Dwight, Linda, Lou Ella, William Thomas, Cleora "Cleeter", Linnie Dee, Coleman Lee, Floyd, Doris Ann, and Beverly Joan.
It seems that no one today can add any info on Fannie or what became of her. Both of her daughters have passed on. Fannie married a Henry Chastain the second time. Her death came at a tender age. She was just 30 years 8 months and 16 days old at her death on 18 Nov 1938. Her death certificate proves a heartache for family and friends.
Fannie Tolbert Peebles Chastain died at Lookout Hotel in Chattanooga, Tennessee of her own hand. She was poisoned with bichloride. Verification that it is Fannie Tolbert Chastain comes from information extracted from her death certificate:
Name:Fannie Chastain
Spouse:Henery Chastain
Father:J C Tolbert, born Alabama
Mother: Lizzie Terry, born Alabama
Birth:abt 1908
Death:18 Nov 1938 in Chattanooga, Hamilton, Tennessee; she died in the am
Death: suicide in the city at a hotel
She was under a doctor's care from 2 November to 18 November 1938. That brings to mind, was she suffering from a terminal disease or other ailment? She was buried 20 November 1938 in Memorial Cemetery in Chattanooga, Hamilton County, Tennessee. The only Memorial cemetery found in Chattanooga was Chattanooga Memorial Cemetery. A memorial in her honor has been placed on Find-A-Grave online.
Tennessee, Deaths and Burials Index, 1874-1955 verifies the info give in the death death certificate in Tennessee.
Old photos are real…
treasures. No matter their size or condition, they are real treasures that can not be replicated.
Here is a real treasure for those who are descendants of the Box family.
Harry Peebles…
seems to have been very loved. There was a memorial published in a local paper that looked like an obituary, but read more like celebration of his life. Wouldn't it be lovely if everyone could be this well thought of after death?
Harry was one of Maj and Willie Viola Casey Peebles' children. He was the fifth child and the third son. His siblings were: Robert Duncan Peebles 1898 – 1973, William POLK Peebles 1900 – 1975, Georgie Marie Peebles 1902 – 1982, Lena Preston Peebles 1904 – 1978, Infant Peebles 1909 – 1909, Elmer Louis Peebles 1909 – 1982, Luther Coleman Peebles 1912 – 1997, Jennie Peebles 1914 – 2006, Katie Rebecca Peebles 1918 – 1984, Earline Peebles 1920 – 1997 and Willis Lucas LUKE Peebles 1922 – 1982.


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.- In response to the constant wave of blasphemous attacks against Jesus and the Virgin Mary in Spain, the association "Amistad en Cristo" has been founded to make reparation.
According to the Spanish daily "La Razon," the association is made up of members of the faithful, the infirm, and cloistered religious who seek to be united in prayer in reparation for acts against the work of the Church and against Jesus, the Virgin Mary and the saints.
The religious association will have as its main task the promotion of a series of Masses on the first Thursday of each month to bring together the faithful to pray in reparation for such acts.
It will also organize prayer services and Christian formation talks for young people, as well as meetings with parish pastors and visits to the Blessed Sacrament.
The association is currently present only in Madrid but members hope to soon have a presence in Barcelona as well.


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Ever want to load up on bulk herbs or peppers? Here's the best way to store bulk jalapeños or herbs! Line an egg carton with plastic wrap, mince the jalapeños, and fill each slot. Pop out the frozen jalapeños for easy addition to dishes!
Filling our lives with faith, family, and clean food.
Jenny@HealthyMOChick says
This was a face-palm moment….why have I never thought of this? You ma'am are a genius!
Lori Royalty says
I do this with a lot of things, except I use silicone mini muffin pans. I make pesto in bulk and then store it in freezer bags. I also run spinach through the juicer and then make cubes – they are easy to throw into a breakfast smoothie for extra vitamins without the leaf pieces. Salad dressings can be frozen in ice cube trays and then thrown on top of salads in a lunch box. By the time lunch comes, the dressing has thawed – one less container to carry in your lunch.