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William Stafford was born on Jan. 17, 1914. Oregon's favorite poet would have been 100 next year, and his many admirers have big plans for his centennial.
The Oregon Heritage Commission officially declared his 100th birthday "an event of statewide significance and a cause for statewide celebration" in one of those official proclamations in which every paragraph begins "Whereas ..."
Six of Stafford's books have been chosen for Oregon Reads 2014, a statewide community reading program sponsored by the Oregon Library Association. Three of those books haven't been published yet: "Ask Me: 100 Essential Poems," "The Osage Orange Tree: A Story by William Stafford" with illustrations by Dennis Cunningham, and "Everyone Out There Knows: A Big Foot Tale." Three others are staples in the Stafford canon: "Every War Has Two Losers: William Stafford on Peace and War," "Down in My Heart: Peace Witness in War Time," and "Early Morning: Remembering My Father, William Stafford" by Kim Stafford.
"William Stafford: An Annotated Bibliography" by James W. Pirie has just been published by Oak Knoll Press. It is massive.
Lewis & Clark College, where Stafford taught for almost 30 years, has a website dedicated to the centennial and is holding events related to it all the time. A documentary, "Every War Has Two Losers," is showing at 5:30 p.m. Oct. 4 in Miller Hall, Room 105. An exhibition of some of Stafford's photography begins in the Aubrey R. Watzek Library on Jan. 21, and a symposium on Stafford begins Feb. 7 with an event at the Newmark Theatre featuring Ted Kooser and Li-Young Lee and continues the next day on campus.
The Stafford archives, housed at Lewis & Clark, are an amazing resource, and so is the website associated with them.
Kim Stafford quoted Basho at a Wednesday event about the centennial: "Do not follow in the footsteps of the old masters but seek what they sought."
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Recently I had a chance to see some of these gorgeous garments up close at the Saugatuck Center for the Arts. Every spring the Center does a festival focusing on a different country—this year it is Japan.
There I saw pieces from the private collection of Etta Hesselink called Artfully Adorned. While I love seeing these elegant and ancient garments on Japanese women, it is marvelous to see them hung up on display. One can admire the colors, patterns and beautiful imagery.
Mrs. Hesselink lived in Japan for more than 20 years, developing a fascination with the kimono and became a collector. In a lecture at the Center, she explained that a kimono can be very expensive and is impossible to put on by yourself. She said that a kimono can communicate age, gender, occasion, season, formality, status or wealth of the wearer.
If you are interested, don't dawdle. This is the last week of the exhibit.
To read more about it, go to my design/travel blog: www.designdestinations.wordpress.com and search kimono or click on the Center's web site at www.Sc4g.org.
Susan J. Smith is a well-traveled Grand Rapids free-lance writer. Check out her blog at www.designdestinations.wordpress.comat

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The competition was opened from 1st of April till 15th of May 2011. Around 30 photographers from different European countries applied with more than 100 photos. The best 3 photos won a prize while 2 more got praise. Together with 15 more competition photos and 1 cover photo they became part of exhibition "Volunteers in action". The project is supported by European Union and Council of Europe.
The exhibition will be opened on 22nd of June 2011 in galery Blackbox in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina. It will be presented in Valjevo (Serbia), Tirana (Albania), Bitola (Macedonia, Crnomelj (Slovenia) and other places in South East Europe region during 2011.
1. Andrija Vrdoljak, 1978, Livno - Fire extinguishing
2. Nemanja Šiljegović, 1985, Banja Luka - Volunteers in action
3. Adeline Charnet, France/Valjevo - Crayons
Mahir Vranac,1985, Visoko/Višegrad – Aid distribution
Arnej Misirlić, 1993, Maribor/Svrake- Vogošća, BiH – Trash bags
You can see all exhibition photos on this link:
The top twenty photos, and also the winning photos of the photo competition Volunteers in action
have been chosen due to the fact that they managed to respond to the given topic from different
perspectives and in the same time showed various ways of perceiving volunteering in general.
All chosen photos had not only managed to show the voluntary action and document the activities such
as helping the children, cleaning green areas from waste, raising ecological consciousness or collecting
aid for the part of our planet that was in trouble, but they also evoked the specific atmosphere of volunteering,
collectivity and unity about a noble idea, and also showed great skills of the authors in using
technical abilities of the chosen media. Smile, caught environment, details from the behind or spontaneous
arm movement became the echoes of the original idea of voluntarism visible in these photos.
The winning photos have in common the subtle detachment from the concrete topic: Andrija Vrdoljak
managed to describe the extinguishing of fire in that way to remind us more of the oil on canvas
than of documented photography, Adeline Charnet was devoted to the details by which we
can only anticipate which activity and help could be presented, while Nemanja Šiljegović paid attention
to the serenity and content which come after work done for the benefit of the community.
Such illustrations, slightly removed from the direct representation of the action, speak much more in the
direction of what we should know about volunteers and volunteer acts: their aim is fulfilled only with good
feelings of all participants, enjoying the acting and smiles on the faces of both the helpers and those in trouble.
The ceremonial opening of the seminar is scheduled for the 21st of June 2011 at 10.00AM. The seminar participants will be addressed by the representatives of the Council of Europe, OSCE Mission in Bosnia and Herzegovina, Embassy of Poland in Sarajevo, a country which takes over the presidency of the European Union and the organization committee of the seminar.
The importance of this topic can be reflected in the decision of European Union to declare 2011 as the European year of volunteering. Beside European Union, the Council of Europe and UN also acknowledge and recognize volunteers as one of the main resources for combating poverty, social exclusion and promotion of solidarity. For that reason we would like to use this positive tide and give incentives to regional governments, organizations and companies to contribute to better environment for the development of volunteering also in the SEE region and thus mutually invest in the future of our communities.
During four working days, seminar participants will exchange information and experience about the following topics:
- aims of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 and initiatives for celebrating this year in Europe and region of South East Europe,
- volunteering concepts and practices in the region,
- legal framework and volunteering policies on European and regional levels,
- economic value of volunteering, coorporate social responsibility and coorporative volunteering.
The participants of the seminar will also be the speakers from European Volunteer Centre, International Association for Volunteer Effort, Alliance for European Volunteer Service, European Commission Programme Youth in Action as well as the representatives of the organizations from Bosnia and Herzegovina, Serbia, France, Italy, Hungary and USA.
This event is supported by Council of Europe - European Youth Foundation, OSCE Mission to BiH, European Commission - Youth in Action Programme, Technical Assistance for Civil Society Organization in BiH (TACSO BiH) and Civil Society Promotion Centre (CSPC).
Event program can be found at:
With your help we will be able to reach more NGOs who could participate in the Competition, as well as create more diverse and valuable base of good practices, which will allow more and more NGOs to benefit from the possibilities of combining both the potential of Internet and volunteering!
Your role as a Partner would be to support us in promotion and organization of the Competition at your national or regional level. We will supply all informational and promotional materials (in English), so that you can insert them on your Webpage, send to media and other organizations that cooperate with volunteers via the Internet and might be interested in joining the Competition.
We will insert logos and information about all Partners on the Competition website, as well as all informational and promotional materials, etc.
more information: http://www.e-volunteering.eu/competition/partnership/
promotional materials: http://www.e-volunteering.eu/competition/materials/
A Picture of Volunteering in Diaconia. A publication by Eurodiaconia, May 2011.
Description: This publication is one of Eurodiaconia's activities carried out on the occasion of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 as a means to celebrate volunteering in diaconia and to promote the sharing of best practice in volunteering among Eurodiaconia's members. This publication is aimed at volunteer managers in diaconal organisations and churches and volunteering policy makers in diaconia. It is also targeted at anyone who would like to learn more about diaconia and in particular what volunteers do in diaconal organisations. The publication is also available on Eurodiaconia's website: http://www.eurodiaconia.org/publications-and-resources
The Ministry of Education, Youth and Sports of the Czech Republic and the National Institute of Children and Youth are very pleased to invite you to the international conference within the framework of the European Year of Volunteering 2011 – "Voluntarily across the Border - Volunteering as a Tool for Connecting and Enriching Neighboring Border Communities", 22 -23 June 2011, Prague, Czech Republic.
The aim of the conference is to support creation of new opportunities in the field of cross-border volunteering, with a close focus on the cooperation of local communities in neighboring border regions in central Europe.
What you can expect from the conference?
The conference will welcome stakeholders from different sectors: non-governmental organizations, the public administrative sector (public servants as well as politicians from regional and local levels), companies, grant agencies and other donors. This composition will enable exploration of the widest possible of cooperation. 9-12 examples of good practices in cross-border volunteering initiatives/projects will be presented. There will be an opportunity to present your organization, yourself and your network at the market of organizations. There will be facilitated time and space for initiating ideas and projects, and for finding partners to take the first steps towards creating new forms of cooperation.
Subsistence and lodging costs are covered by the organizers. There is no participation fee. Travel costs will not be reimbursed. The working language is English. Capacity is limited to 80 participants.
If you are interested to attend the conference, you can apply online http://www.nidm.cz/public-relations/international-confererence-voluntarily-across-the-border. Please register no later than May 23, 2011.


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Barber and Osgerby design glass cabinets to showcase their own "quantities of junk"
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Milan 2015: Japanese designer Tokujin Yoshioka has created an entirely transparent wardrobe and a matching bench for Italian company Glas Italia (+ slideshow). More »
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Astronomy accurately describes and predicts natural phenomena. Therefore research in it is considered as science.
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Grey's Anatomy star Katherine Heigl, who was named best supporting actress in a dramatic series, blurted out an expletive that was bleeped when her name was announced. "My own mother said I didn't have a shot in hell of winning tonight," she said onstage, "so I don't have anything prepared."
Heigl did say, though, that she'd been in the business since she was kid and had waited 17 years to win an Emmy – "I worked my ass off."
'American' DreamAlso heard from in a big way: America Ferrera, the winner of best actress in a comedy, for Ugly Betty. The 23-year-old said winning was "a dream come true," and that she couldn't wait to go to work tomorrow.
Field, winner as best actress in a dramatic series for Brothers and Sisters, was bleeped during her acceptance speech when she spoke about the war in Iraq.
"I said g--damn," she later told reporters backstage. "I wanted to say something about the mothers whose sons aren't coming home. I can't imagine. I can't imagine."
Romano's censored comments came at the outset of the show when he joked about what he was doing at home since Everybody Loves Raymond went off the air two years ago.
Mob SceneBest actor in a dramatic series winner James Spader's remarks were left untouched. Clutching his third Emmy for his lawyer role on Boston Legal, Spader said, "I feel like I just stole a pile of money from the Mob, and they're all sitting over there" – referring to James Gandolfini and the cast of The Sopranos, which, besides winning the top prize, was also honored for its writing and directing.
Ricky Gervais was named best actor in a comedy series, for Extras, but because he was not at the event, presenters Jon Stewart and Stephen Colbert joked that they were giving the Emmy to their pal, Steve Carell, who raced to the stage and embraced them.
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Support GroupEarly in the show, Jeremy Piven, Terry O'Quinn and Jaime Pressly were among the first to take home the gold. "What an embarrassment of riches," said Piven, who collected his second consecutive Emmy as supporting actor in a comedy series for Entourage. "I want to thank the entire crew. I don't know any of their names," he joked.
Pressly nabbed her first Emmy win, for supporting actress in a comedy series for My Name Is Earl.
Lost costar O'Quinn, who won as best supporting actor in a dramatic series, cracked in his speech: "Sometimes when we're rolling around in the jungle in the mud, hitting each other and stabbing each other, I wonder what it would be like to bake up a sheet of cookies on Wisteria Lane – and get one of their checks," he said, referring to the cast of Desperate Housewives.
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For those under 40, this 1976 film isn't about an amusement park but rather a crucial naval air victory in the Pacific in World War II. Manning the carriers are Charlton Heston, Henry Fonda, Robert Mitchum, Hal Holbrook, Glenn Ford, Cliff Robertson, Toshiro Mifune and James Coburn. The conclusion of the overlong movie airs Thursday. (Repeat)
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272 reviews | 3.9 out of 5
I am military, and have a bad accident. My back tends to goes out. I love this, and it feels wonderful to sleep on. I fell asleep much faster. I probably will order a few more, to stack. I ave a photo of it on my foldable cot. Very comfortable.
At best about 7/8" at best and less than 1/4" at worst. Seriously. < 0.25 inches.
Also, the Walmart website said it was in stock and $7.50. It was not in stock so I bought the queen size which was $12.03 based on the website. Naturally, that was not the price in the store but I was able to pulled it up on my smartphone to get the online price. How does the world's largest retailer have such terrible inventory control. Walmart is frequently sold out of items.
I am currently 31 weeks pregnant, and am constantly stirring in the night due to sore thighs/hips. I purchased the Mainstays Extra Thick Mattress Pad to try to soften my bed, and it was not good enough. I purchased this foam pad just yesterday, and put it underneath the Extra Thick Mattress Pad, and it really has helped relieve the pressure on my hips and thighs. My only complaint is the edge was uneven, meaning not cut straight, but the relief for the price tag of only $13 (full), plus the fact it is underneath another fitted pad, makes me not care. Be warned, a full size mattress is 54"x75", and this pad is smaller than that, and a queen is too big. Luckily, my Extra Thick Mattress Pad fits perfectly, so it wasn't too big of a deal. Just center it width-wise, and pull it down more towards your feet length-wise, because you don't need padding under your pillow as much.
I bought this foam topper for making headboard. It was easy to cut with scissors and did work for me . The only disappointment was with measurement. I thought it would be of 1.25" as it was mentioned but it wasn't. So you are planning to buy this be careful,,,,it is not 1.25".
I actually bought this to use on our camping cots. I simply laid it out on the cot and cut it to size. It works better than the thinner, hard camping pads you can buy...and it's much cheaper too. These made sleeping in the great outdoors a lot more pleasant. I also purchased camping straps from Walmart to keep them rolled up when traveling.
We have purchased these in the past for our beds at home too and they work well. They are a good value.
Son sleeping great. He loves it.
I knew this product was made of polyurethane when I bought it, but I did not expect it to smell of it. As soon as I opened the packaging I was overwhelmed by the smell. I let the pad air out on top of my mattress without the sheet on for a good 2 hours before making the bed and that only resulted in making my room smell like fresh paint. I know I have a sensitive nose, but even my husband commented on the smell when we got in bed. I could still smell it through the sheet this morning after sleeping on it all night. Luckily it is hypoallergenic so it did not set off my allergies and give me a headache as other smells so often do... I just hope this smell goes away soon!
Otherwise I have nothing to complain about. It is more comfortable then the $100 department store mattress pad that we just got rid of. Definitely a good deal for your money!
I originally looked at the 2" topper, which cost a lot more. Then I saw this one and figured I'd give it a try. - If it didn't work out, I was going to use it for some crafts!
To my surprise, it's great! It's thick enough for me, and comfortable. I don't think I needed the extra 3/4" of the other one. (though now I'm curious about that! Wish I could try them side by side!) But this is plenty comfortable and I'm very happy with it. It makes a noticeable difference in the comfort of my mattress.
I read some reviews that said the full sized topper was too small, so I got the queen size for my full sized mattress. It fits PERFECTLY. The queen size topper is the EXACT size of my full sized mattress, so the full sized topper would have definitely been too small. Be aware, and order a size up!
I have an old vinyl hospital mattress that was in desperate need of padding, both to soften it as well as deaden the noise when I moved around on the mattress at night. I did have a 1.5" solid foam topper but it wasn't enough padding, so I looked to Walmart to provide a solution at a reasonable price. I originally wanted the 3" convulted foam topper, but as they were out of stock for my size online and none of the walmarts in my area had them, I decided to purchase 2 of these instead. They ended up slightly cheaper than if I had purchased the 3".
I admit when I tore them from their bags they smelled and looked less than appealing, all squished up and crinkly, but they aired out and "fluffed up" just fine. I stacked them on top of each other and then added the solid foam on top of those. Now my bed is comfortable and I can barely hear any noise from the vinyl mattress!
Even though two of these were adequate for my needs I knocked a star off because both toppers had been cut unevenly on both ends and this irked me quite a bit. I also don't think just one of these would have added much cushion for an adult person unless they are lightweight. You would almost always need at least 2. For the price however, they are worth it and could have potential for crafting projects.
This was just what I needed. It is exactly as described.
I ordered this to put on my camping cot as the regular camping mats are too thin and hardly any comfort or support. I went camping last weekend and used this. I found it to exceed any comfort and support I have ever experienced. It also can be rolled up when not in use. I do recommend that you get the sheet straps and place a sheet around it to keep it clean because it is white in color. Will be ordering more. Loved it!
It helps sleep better. I may buy one more.
I actually got this for my aging dog to put in her bed, since orthopedic pet beds or sooooo expensive. I actually got the idea by reading reviews and other shoppers had done this. Her pet bed is in great shape, but the pillow portion was flattened from wear and from numerous washes. I got the twin size, cut it to fit the shape of her dog bed, and then put the pillow back on top of it. It's not overly cushy so she can still sink down into the bed, but it gives it a nice thickness and support underneath that the bed never had. Great for aging dogs... great to get a little more life out of those expensive pet beds. I kept the left-over piece to save for later when/if this piece gets worn from use/washings.
I purchased the 2" foam topper (still the wal-mart site) for my son's bed since the 1.25" seemed too thin to put on a bed - and it was just a little more expensive - but much thicker and better foam.
I've had various foam mattress toppers, and this one is a bit less thick, but it definitely increases the comfort of the mattress. It had no smell; the foam was fine-grained and resilient; it didn't tear nor was it cheaply thin; it was slightly smaller than the mattress for good reasons, as all of mine have been; and it cost half what the next least expensive one cost. When I need another one, I'll get this one if it's available.
This product was exactly what I expected and a good investment for the price! We had a very firm mattress in the guest room and I ordered a few products to try to make it more comfortable. This foam pad was by far the best one!
Thought it would be a little thicker but helps a little when using on top of a cot.
Very disappointed that the manufacturer put a sticker on the product that was haphazard and therefore had to be removed. There was no way to remove it without tearing the foam.
I bought this foam topper to go on my 4 year olds new twin mattress. It has springs in the mattress that could be felt when laying down, but now that we put the foam topper on, the springs cant be felt and the comfortability of the bed has improved a great deal.
Good product for the price.
After reading reviews, I wasn't sure what to expect. After unfolding the topper, I had my doubts. I've had some middle back discomfort for several days and a steroid pack didn't quite get rid of the pain. I find it hard to believe that after sleeping a few days on this pad, my pain is decreased quite a bit. It doesn't look like it would provide comfort, but it does.
I did not have the smell as in other reviews. I think it takes a little time to lay flatter, but when the bed is totally made, you can't tell any difference.
Inexpensive, suprising cushion - I don't know that you can beat it for an easy fix on mattress comfort.


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Skip to comments.Shrove Tuesday: 'Pancake Day' Explained
Posted on 02/15/2010 2:19:07 PM PST by Salvation
Catherine Fournier
I remember Pancake Day from my childhood. A bizarre tradition, one that turned my mother's nutritional schedule upside down, one that transformed math class into a picnic in our school rooms. Though I asked, there was little or no explanation for the inexplicable adult actions, and offered plates of pancakes brimming with butter and dripping with syrup, I didn't question the matter too closely.
During my first Lenten season as a Catholic, I finally began to gain some understanding and explanation for this strange habit. Actually not so strange at all, it makes perfect sense when viewed in a liturgical light, as does all of Catholic tradition.
Shrove Tuesday (Fat Tuesday, Mardi Gras or fetter Dienstag) is the day before Ash Wednesday, the beginning of Lent. Since Lent is a time of abstinence, traditionally of meat, fat, eggs and dairy products (one wonders what was left) Shrove Tuesday's menu was designed to use up all the fat, eggs and dairy products left in the kitchen and storeroom. It is also a 'feast' to prepare for the time of 'famine' in the desert. In some cultures, it is traditional to eat as much as possible on Shrove Tuesday, sometimes up to 12 times a day.
The English term "shrovetide" (from "to shrive", or hear confessions) is explained by a sentence in the Anglo-Saxon "Ecclesiastical Institutes" translated from Theodulphus by Abbot Aelfric (q.v.) about A.D. 1000: "In the week immediately before Lent everyone shall go to his confessor and confess his deeds and the confessor shall so shrive him as he then my hear by his deeds what he is to do [in the way of penance]".
In many traditions, Lent is a time for cleaning, in preparation for Easter and spring. First your soul, then your kitchen, then the rest of the house was cleansed and purified of the past year's accumulations. Old clothes are mended, and new clothes purchased at this time of year. In the Ukraine, houses were whitewashed inside and out during Lent. In this way, everything was made ready to face the season of Salvation and Rebirth. Traditions of 'spring cleaning' stem from this religious observance.
Ingredients: (for 1 2/3 inch pancakes)
Crisp and brown, these are great with sour cream or yogurt, bacon and applesauce. This year, I'm going to try cooking them in the waffle iron.
Ingredients: (for nine 3 1/2 inch pancakes)
We still at the dairy products and eggs, however.
Any other childhood or family stories out there?
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"Pancake and fritters, say the bells of St. Peter's"
Pancakes? Bah
Paczki or nothing.
1800 calories of yummy goodness.
Can you share your recipe?
Just looked it up — Polish donuts of a kind, correct?
I have my Mardi Gras striped shirt from 1996's parade in jefferson, tx.
I'm shaking my head driving past a Catholic church - "Ash Wednesday Fish Fry" they so don't get it - a fish fry on a day of fast & abstinence?
I wonder if this grew out of the Jewish tradition of stripping the house and the cupboards of any type of leavening and flour in preparation for Passover? I had a Jewish friend who used to get rid of everything, cleane the cupboards, stove, refrigerator, and then start over.
Fasting is one full meal and two small meals.
Abstinence means eating no meat.
Nothing wrong with a Fish Fry if you only have two other light meals on Ash Wednesday.
Seems like a waste of food unless it was given to the poor.
Ash Wednesday has always been a solemn day to me - Fish Fry doesn't sound solemn to me. Just the way my family observed it - nothing else.
Friday AFTER Ash Wednesday was always the first one - big gathering of the congregation after Stations of the Cross.
It's in memory of when the Jews were hounded out of their homes and they had to flee and didn't have time to let the bread rise (hence unleavened bread). We use unleavened bread in our ceremonies too (hosts). And many references to "the lamb". They marked their door posts with the blood of the lamb and the marked houses were "passed over" and lived for another day. Our Easter is called Pasch, or Paschal, which is a derivitive of the Hebrew word for Passover. They get rid of the flour, cake mixes, etc. because they use only potato flour during Passover — not wheat.
I am a Catholic trying to describe the meaning of the Jewish traditions, so please forgive any inaccuracies. This is what I was told and how I remember it from my co-worker's explanation.
I did not know about stripping the kitchen of all leavening and flour and starting over until I knew Fern. I haven't seen her for years, but I've been thinking about her a lot because I'm currently doing the same to my pantry so that I can paint. Not as extreme a strip, but when I look at the age of some of the packages in the back of the cupboards, I'm thinking that it is not such a bad idea. :)
I drive to the Polish Bakery and wait in line at 4am.
They are way too much work!
Pic at #20—I'm gaining weight looking at it...
I have fond memories of Shrove Tuesday - the only other time we had pancakes for dinner was if Mom was low on groceries before payday! It was such a treat! We just gave up meat on Fridays and we each did an individual Lenton fast.
Despite my no longer being Catholic I appreciate the liturgical calandar and still do a Lenton fast of some sort every year. This year I think it's going to be unnecessary internet usage, so it will be goodbye to lurking on FR for six weeks...
I grew up Protestant.
My grandmother always stored bacon grease and other drippings, though, and so did my father. It grossed my mother out - she used vegetable oil to cook!
I agree on the solemn part. When we are reminded that "Dust thou art, and into dust thou shall return." is not really the basis for a celebration.
You're right — I see where you are coming from. A Fish Fry on Ash Wednesday does not sound appropriate.
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Will be having the famous "Polish donuts" or packi's tomorrow. :)
I've got oatmeal on the schedule for Ash Wednesday. If we want to "celebrate" Lent later, we'll go to a KofC fish fry on a Friday night.
It's hard to get my family serious about fasting/abstinence, since we have only two family members (my husband and our oldest boy) who are "officially" covered by the rules. I try to hold the rest of the family to abstaining from meat, anyway, but the way the little boys are growing, "small meals" just doesn't work ;-).
I've decided to TV in the morning. I always want to know what the news is.
Hopefully I can extend it into the afternoon too.
No TV for six weeks — I'll keep you posted on how I do.
That is what I had posted about. Will be having one tommorrow. :)
I don't think I would try potato in the waffle iron.
The apple oatmeal looks tasty.
Did it for many years when I was young. Now I like to stay home with my husband and spend a quiet day together.
Did it for many years when I was young. Now I like to stay home with my husband and spend a quiet day together.
For several years, our Parish had a Shrove Tuesday Pancake/Jambalaya Dinner with the local Episcopal Parish in town. It was a lot of fun.
We saw a TV show several years ago talking about a strange outbreak of mental illness and death in the Middle Ages. The study determined that it was the toxin, Ricin, showing up in rye flour, that was the cause. It was the Jewish habit of preparing for Passover, by throwing out old flour, etc, that saved the lives of many of them, because they threw out old stocks of flour, so didn't ingest the Ricin.
I don't know if it's a geographical, or ethnic thing, or what, but I don't remember ever hearing about Shrove Tuesday, or having pancakes on that day, when I was growing up in S. Mississippi. It was always just Mardi Gras for us. I never heard of it until we moved up here to MA, and the impetus for the Shrove Tuesday dinner in our Parish came from a couple, the husband of which was a member of the local Episcopal Parish, and heard about it from one of his fellow parishoners.
I'm giving up shroves for Lent.
The idea of Pancake Day was to use up the milk and eggs in the house before Lent because in the past they werent supposed to be eaten.
I remember this rhyme from childhood:
Pancake Day is a very happy day,
If we dont have a holiday well all run away,
Where shall we run, up High Lane,
And here comes the teacher with a great big cane!
I'm doing the same - no TV.
Enjoy! My favorite are the raspberry jelly (pictured above, I think) However, according to the local news this morning, custard filled are the biggest sellers. They even make prune filled ones, too.
Reminds me of a book I read years ago that tried to make the case that the seizures, craziness, babbling and deaths in MA that were associated with the "witches" and their later trials came from toxic mold that formed on stored flour. It was a great book, and I wish I could remember the name. It could have been by Kellerman. Or, that other author who was an author and who wrote whole series of mystery novels based on biological ephemera. The one whose novel set back organ donations about 50 years.
Did you get a Paczki this morning? LOL!
You betcha!!!!
The Shrove Tuesday Pancake Supper is an English tradition - which is why you will find it in most Episcopal parishes. Since the Gulf Coast was settled by the French and Spanish Catholics, the traditions follow those in France and Spain, which would be Mardi Gras and Carnivale. It's interesting, too, that when I was Episcopalian, we would celebrate Epiphany with the purple, green, and gold King Cake (the beginning of Epiphanytide), but would not see the green, gold, and purple again (it was just pancakes and bacon in the Parish Hall with no decorations of any kind) - whereas those who celebrate Mardi Gras (the end of Epiphanytide) celebrate with green, gold, and purple and King Cake festivities. I used to work with a lady from Louisiana who would bring a King Cake to work to share with us on Shrove Tuesday.
The Observance of Lent - Part I
Pre-Lenten Days
From the Family Sourcebook for Lent and Easter
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Part I - Pre-Lenten Days
Pre-Lenten season
Suggestions for family activities on Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
The penitential season of Lent is the period of forty week-days beginning on Ash Wednesday. It is a season of the Church year that commemorates the forty days Jesus fasted and prayed in the wilderness before He began His public ministry of preaching for repentance. Six Sundays are within the season; the last, Passion Sunday, marks the beginning of Holy Week. Holy Thursday begins the Triduum (three days) before Easter day, which includes Good Friday and Holy Saturday.
The Church has devoted a period of time to prayer and fasting as a preparation for the liturgical comemmoration of the Passion of Christ and the celebrations of the feast of the Resurrection, Easter Day, since very early times. In 604 Pope Gregory I defined Lent as "The spiritual tithing of the year", a time of solemn spiritual and physical preparation for our own acceptance of salvation through Christ's sacrifice. (Ordinary tithing meant to give a tenth part a tithe of one's goods to God. Lent's forty days represents about a tenth of the year.)
The word "Lent" comes from the Anglo-Saxon word "lencten", referring to the lengthening of days in the Spring. Lent, of course, is an English word. In Latin, still the official language of the the Catholic Church, the entire season is known as Quadrigesima, or "forty".
The season of Lent calls Christians to imitate the forty days of prayer and fasting of Jesus. The period of forty days is significant. When God punished the sinfulness of mankind by the Flood, the rain lasted forty days and forty nights. Moses led the Hebrew people out of bondage in Egypt, but they wandered forty years in the desert before reaching the promised land. Elijah fasted and sought God's will on Mount Horeb for forty days. Jonah prophesied the destruction of Nineveh in forty days.
Pre-Lenten Season
In the Eastern Churches the penitential season before Easter begins before the forty days, and eventually the Roman Church also anticipated the season for several weeks before the actual beginning of Lent.
Prior to the Second Vatican Council, the pre-Lenten penitential season began on the Sunday three weeks before the beginning of Lent, called Septuagesima. The word Septuagesima (seventieth) was supposed to be a reminder of the seventy years of the Babylonian captivity of the Jewish people, and thus of our captivity in sin, although this Sunday was actually only sixty-three days before Easter. The succeeding pre-Lenten Sundays were called Sexagesima and Quinquagesima. Just as in Lent, violet vestments were worn and the Alleluia was omitted from Mass.
The liturgical changes initiated by the Council removed this anticipated pre-Lenten penitential season, however, and the Church returned to the earlier practice of beginning Lent on Ash Wednesday. The Sundays between Epiphany and the beginning of Lent are now in the liturgical season called Ordinary Time.
Movable Feasts
The date of Easter is the first Sunday after the first full moon following the vernal (spring) equinox. So, unlike Christmas, which is celebrated on the same day each year, Easter and feasts and celebrations of the Church year related to Easter are called "movable feasts". The movable feasts include the Ascension (forty days after Easter), Pentecost (fifty days after Easter), and Trinity Sunday, the first Sunday after Pentecost. (Christ the King, the last Sunday of the liturgical year, or the Sunday before Advent, is also a movable feast, although its date is not determined by the date of Easter, but by the first Sunday of Advent, which is the Sunday nearest the Feast of St. Andrew, November 30.)
Carnival Shrove Tuesday - Mardi Gras
Carnival is from the Latin Carnevale or "farewell to meat", and it is a time of joyful feasting and fun. The practice of celebrating carnival probably began in ancient times when the Sunday a week before the beginning of Lent was called Dominica Carnevala, or "farewell to meat Sunday" -- referring to the Lenten fast from meat and animal products. (For more information on the Catholic practice of fasting see Ash Wednesday page, and Fast and Abstinence page.)
The official day of "farewell" is Mardi Gras, French for "Fat Tuesday". The day was also called "Butter Tuesday", because the last of the animal products had to be used up sometimes in fried pancakes. It is also known as Shrove Tuesday, which may refer to the diet being deprived or "shriven" of meat; or possibly that after the customary confession in preparation for Lent, one is "shriven" of sin. The famous celebration of Mardi Gras in New Orleans has become largely a secular festival, its religious meaning having been virtually obliterated in the revelries. And the word "carnival" has long since lost its religious significance.
Carnival celebrations are not confined only to Mardi Gras, however. In some parts of the world, the carnival season extends several weeks prior to Ash Wednesday. Even today, the carnival celebrations, especially in the Caribbean, South American and some European countries, begin on January 6 (Epiphany) and end on midnight before Ash Wednesday.
Celebrating Carnival with family, friends and parish community helps children and adults to understand and appreciate "that wonderful, eternal rhythm of high and low tide that makes up the year of the Church: times of waiting alternate with times of fulfillment, the lean weeks of Lent with the feasts of Easter and Pentecost, times of mourning with seasons of rejoicing", as Maria von Trapp said, in Around the Year with the Trapp Family (p. 85). The Carnival season has been a time of "blowing off steam", of entertaining guests in the spirit of Christian hospitality and generosity, and of partaking of rich food and drinks and sometimes of excess, as the Mardi Gras celebration in New Orleans vividly displays.
One of the reasons for the development of the Carnival season and the emphasis on revelry and merry-making was the very rigorous practice of Lenten fasting during the Middle Ages and beyond. During Carnival, housewives of the past rid their pantries of all butter, lard, eggs, bacon, cream and cheese in preparation for the Lenten fast. From the Middle Ages until the late Renaissance, eating all animal products except fish (which were considered bloodless) was forbidden.
Now, however, the Lenten fast and abstinence from meat in most parts of the world is confined to Ash Wednesday and all Fridays during Lent, and in modern times abstinence from meat does not include other animal products (eggs, milk and cheese, for example).
The custom of eating pancakes on Shrove Tuesday is still maintained in many places. (Pancakes require many eggs and much milk and butter in their preparation.) To this day there is an annual pancake race on Shrove Tuesday between the village of Olney, England and the small town of Liberal, Kansas. The outcome of this international contest, which originated in the story of a "war-bride" who was a native of Olney where the traditional pancake race originated several hundred years ago, usually appears in the national news on Tuesday before the beginning of Lent.
Suggestions for Family Activities on Shrove Tuesday (Mardi Gras)
Mardi Gras Menu Suggestions
New Orleans French: Crepes or beignets, with quiche or egg/cheese main-dish casserole
Cafe au lait or hot chocolate, fruit juices or wine punch
Anglo-American: Pancakes or doughnuts with sausages, bacon or ham slices, scrambled eggs; fruit sauces, other fillings, syrups, etc.; honey-butter, whipped cream, cream cheese.
The few days before Ash Wednesday, particularly the day before Shrove Tuesday. It is associated with confessing one's sins and has in many places become a time for holding carnivals, as the last time for festivity before the Lenten season of penance.
Yes, we always had pancakes on Shrove Tuesday. I loved it. Lent was a big deal in our house, and Mother never missed Stations on Fridays, even though getting there could be a hassle for her with 9 kids.
Tonight the husband and I will be attending a Pancake Supper at our church hall presented by the KOC.
I was just thinking this morning, though, what a shame it is that Mardi Gras and Carnival are just big parties now for so many people and totally lacking in any connection to preparing one for the spiritual experience of Lent.
...a fish fry on a day of fast & abstinence?
I hear you. I used to work in a Catholic school, and every Lent a bunch of teachers would oder pizza since we were not supposed to eat meat. Duh!
I made it part of my Lenten sacrifice to smell and see my favorite food in the faculty lounge. :-)
My Irish Catholic mother kept a spotless house, and during Holy Week, our house got a thorough cleaning from attic to cellar. (Same thing the week before Christmas.)
Coffee and alcohol for me. And I plan to incorporate more praying into my daily routine.
When we did the Pancake Dinner at our Parish, we included Jambalaya and lots of Mardi Gras decorations!
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4 Things to Love About 2-Month-OldsDevan McGuinness
Let's be honest, a newborn — while adorable, even intoxicating — doesn't really do much. Most of that phase is a haze of trying to learn how to function on little sleep and lots of coffee. Your days are spent listening to this baby who endlessly cries, and at times you wonder if he just hates you.
Then, two months come and your newborn is a whole new being. Silver is, anyway, and the super-hard newborn time is behind us. The 2-month-old phase is one of my favorites because Silver is still a tiny, sweet little guy, but he's starting to interact with the world and show signs of happiness and a great personality.
I am doing all I can to soak this all in — the good and the frustrating — because I know how blessed I am to have him in my life, and I know he's likely going to be the last newborn I call mine.
Here are four awesome things Silver has started to do now that he's 2 months old:
1. He's smiling!
That first smile? I blamed it on gas. The second and third, I probably did, too. Now, there's no mistaking his full-face grin is actually in response to seeing something (or someone, uh hum) that makes him happy. He has this favorite spot on the shelf that, I swear, he could stare at all day. I don't know what's up there, but when you help him look in that direction, he is all smiles. My favorite: the first-thing-in-the-morning smiles telling me he's had a good night.
2. He's cooing!
The sounds coming out of Silver are not only cries anymore, and it's music to my ears! He is starting to try and communicate with me and tell me stories in his own way. He seems to do it with his whole body too, which just makes those sweet happy noises that much more adorable.
3. He's showing interest (especially in his siblings).
There is a special kind of magic seeing your older children through the eyes of your youngest. Silver is starting to follow objects with his eyes and he seems to be able to see further and further each day. When one of his three older siblings enters his view, he lights up instantly. I see the biggest smile I don't see any other time, and there's no other word to describe it other than magic!
4. He's sleeping longer stretches.
He is so far from sleeping through the night, so don't go all stabby on me thinking I'm bragging. He still wakes up quite often during the night to eat, but it's not as early as it often was in the newborn stage. He will wake up to eat every two to three hours through the sleeping times, but he goes right back to sleep, and with us bed-sharing, it's been wonderful being able to nurse laying down and doze while he eats, and then we can just peacefully fall back asleep. During the day we're still trying to figure out some sort of nap routine because seriously it feels like he doesn't sleep at all, but we will get there. It's been nice getting some sleep — most nights — anyway.
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interesting responses. I suppose i am a "bad" parent because i am questioning the medical establishment's reliance on the pharmaceutical industry to solve all of our medical problems. Funny, because i thought that questioning Big Pharma was one of the key ingredients behind Going Primal.
I worry about my kids. I do not want anything bad to happen to them. I understand the risk involved in not vaccinating them. I also understand the risks involved in giving them vaccinations. I do not feel like i am a religious zealot who abhors medical care. I feel like my wife and i are making an informed decision based on current evidence.
If my child broke a limb... i would not pray for them to get better. I would take them to the emergency room for a cast. Purposely exposing a child's underdeveloped immune system to unknown substances, toxic substances, and live viruses does not sound like a preventive measure. It sounds barbaric.
I understand the concept of Herd Immunity. I suppose i can be an ass and say i appreciate the "sacrifice" your children are making to keep mine healthy. But, i do not feel this is the case. Every article i read about the fears people feel in non-vaccinated children interacting with vaccinated children focuses on the risk-transmission factor. This says that people are not as comfortable with the reliability of vaccinations in the first place. If they were... they would not worry about my child transmitting any diseases to their vaccinated child.
I say we should all wait until the age of majority to decide who should and should not be vaccinated. Yes, this puts infants and children at risk. Our infant mortality rate is already the worst among first world countries, yet we spend almost 30x more for maternity care.


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Lomography is set to launch a Pop Up Store at Selfridges from 1st August. Resembling a "retro ship", the store will take inspiration from one of Lomography's newest cameras, La Sardina, .which is based on a humble but beautiful sardine can. Open troughout August, the Lomography Pop Up Store at Selfridges will offer camera workshops where you can borrow a camera and shoot a roll of film for £1, ship's bell discounts, books, films, and the full range of analogue cameras in Lomography's line-up. The store will be located on the ground floor of Selfridges, 40 Duke Street, London W1U 1AT.
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LAWRENCE — The Rider University women's basketball won its second game in a row and third in the last four outings with a come from behind 61-58 victory over Central Connecticut State Saturday in Alumni Gymnasium.
For Rider (4-5), senior MyNeshia McKenzie had her 32nd career double-double with 23 points and 12 rebounds, playing all 40 minutes. McKenzie scored 18 of her game-high 23 points in the second half.
Rutgers 61, No. 16 Georgia
The victory began with a rabid Rutgers defense that smothered Georgia to jump out to a double-digit lead and it concluded with a white-knuckle final few moments.
Yet, in all, it was a bookend to a 61-58 victory over 16th-ranked Georgia, which made its way north to the RAC and left with their first loss of the season.
The whole way through it was grinding and hard-edged.
Rutgers relied on Kahleah Copper and Betnijah Laney to buoy them through the afternoon. Copper finished with 18 points, hitting 7-of-11 shots, and Laney put up a double-double with 18 points and 10 rebounds.
The game's final moments were tense. Rutgers extended its lead to seven, 59-52, with 37 seconds left but Georgia's Shacobia Barbee hit two threes within 30 seconds and cut the lead to a point.
After Tyler Scaife hit two free throws to give a softer cushion, Syessence Davis almost stole a long inbounds pass but threw it out of bounds. Instead, Rutgers had to watch as Khaalidah Miller's three-pointer at the buzzer hit the front of the rim.
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SOHO - Office, Home Or Home Office?
Increasingly, we are seeing more developments marketed as "SOHO" in the property market. "SOHO" is essentially a marketing term used by property developments to refer to Small Office, Home Office. Many would-be buyers are unsure whether "SOHO" units are approved for office or home use, or both.
URA does not recognize "SOHO" as a planning term and does not specifically approve a development for "SOHO" use. Rather, developments being marketed as SOHO today are approved either as Office or Residential but not for both uses.
We have noticed that some office developments are being marketed as residential apartments by calling themselves "SOHO". This is misleading and inappropriate as the office development may not fully meet the guidelines and various technical agencies' requirements for Residential use (eg. provision of sufficient parking facilities). Similarly, home buyers should not be misled by the term 'SOHO' to think that they can convert the residential unit to a pure office.
Residential homeowners or tenants who want to conduct selected small-scale businesses from homes can make use of the existing Home Office Scheme. This is not to be confused with "SOHO" as these units under the Home Office Scheme are still approved and used primarily for Residential purposes. To ensure that the home office uses do not disturb the neighbours, applicants under the Home Office Scheme must meet the stipulated conditions and performance criteria. For example, there is a limit on the number of employees and type of business uses that can be conducted within the homes. More details on the Home Office Scheme can be found at http://www.ura.gov.sg/uol/home-office.aspx?p1=Register&p2=Register.
Would-be property buyers should be cautious and are advised to check the approved use of the property before committing to any purchases.


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Ex-cop charged with murder has criminal record
Published 3:00 PM MST Jan 17, 2013
The former state police officer accused of murder has been on the wrong side of the law before.
Online court records show Jack McDowell pleaded guilty to marijuana possession in 2002. McDowell and his son John McDowell were arrested and charged with this week with the murder of James Chavez.
Chavez was killed in his Rio Rancho home in 2011.
The elder McDowell retired from the New Mexico State Police in 1998. His son John has an extensive criminal history.
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These Aren't You Granny's Cloth DiapersMonica Bielanko
When I was a baby my mom used those rough, white cotton cloth diapers with giant safety pins.
What a pain! But not anymore.
Gone are the days of accidentally stabbing your newborn with a safety pin. Cloth diapers have come a long way. You can snap them, button them or hook them in the same amount of time you'd tape on one of their disposable counterparts. Sure, you have to toss 'em in the washer but isn't that worth the possibly thousands of dollars in savings not to mention the benefit to the environment? Cloth diapers are the ultimate in recycling because they are used again and again, not entering a landfill until they are nothing but rags.
The same cannot be said for disposable diapers.
According to RealDiaperAssociation.com, nearly 9 million babies in the United States use 27 billion disposable diapers every year. Over 92% of all single-use diapers end up in a landfill. No one knows how long it takes for a disposable diaper to decompose, but it is estimated to be about 250-500 years, long after your children, grandchildren and great, great, great grandchildren will be gone.
Not only that, but disposable diapers contain traces of Dioxin, an extremely toxic by-product of the paper-bleaching process. It is a carcinogenic chemical, listed by the EPA as the most toxic of all cancer-linked chemicals. It is banned in most countries, but not the United States. Cloth diapers are free of the many of those harmful chemicals contained in disposable diapers.
Cloth diapers just make sense. And cents. "The people who really need cloth diapers are the people who are struggling financially," said Anita Palmer, founder of Cloth Diaper Utah and a mother of three. She estimates she has saved about $6,000 using cloth diapers on her children. "If we didn't cloth-diaper, I don't know what we'd do."
Palmer says her goal is to work with hospitals, foster care, refugee and low income groups to spread information about the benefits of Cloth Diapering. She and proponents like her want to dispel what they say are myths about reusable diapers, particularly how difficult it is to make, use and clean them. They want every mom to know that although cloth diapering is about the environment, the landfills and the unnecessary usage of trees and depleting rain forests, it's also about taking the best care of baby in the most delicate, loving way possible.
Click Back In Cloth Diapers to read an awesome cloth diaper testimonial (with tips and super cool links) from Babble's own Katie Granju.
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By BMC Media Relations
BLUE MOUNTAIN – Blue Mountain College held off a last-minute run by Williams Baptist College here Tuesday night to claim a 79-78 victory. The Lady Toppers improved their record to 7-7.
"This was a good win for us," said BMC coach Lavon Driskell. "We've lost a couple of close games this year and it feels good to come out on the winning side."
Joy Pierce and Katelynn Wright each scored 14 points for the Lady Toppers, and Samantha Burns had 12 points and 7 rebounds. Anna Lisa Powell scored 9 points for BMC and Kayla Morris also had 7 rebounds to go with her 5 points.
For the Lady Eagles, 7-6, Olivia Morris led all scorers with 24 points; Courtney Sublett had 14, Jessica Shepard had 13 and Rachel Looney scored 10.
In the men's game, BMC fell to 0-16 on the year as Williams Baptist took a 93-90 victory. Lakendrick McCullum scored 25 points and hauled in 10 rebounds to lead the Toppers. Josh McCalmon had 14, Mike Chatham 13 and Renell Collins scored 11. The Eagles, 8-5, were led by Marcus Massey with 19 points and DeVarrio Watson with 16 points and 11 rebounds.
BMC begins play in the TranSouth Athletics Conference on Thursday when it travels to Henderson, Tenn., to take on Freed-Hardeman University in a women-men doubleheader that begins at 6 p.m.


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Many mathematicians find the pure and tight patterns of juggling as irresistible as those of mathematics. Burkard Polster explains how to get to grips with the bewildering range of juggling possibilities and invites you to do your own virtual juggling.
On May 22nd 2009 the English Premier league had one more match day ahead, with West Bromwich Albion at the bottom of the league and Manchester United at the top, sure to remain there. Taking up a challenge from a BBC radio programme, David Spiegelhalterand Yin-Lam Ng used their statistical finesse to predict the outcome of the last matches — and they were 90% correct. Find out how they did it.
Tilings have adorned buildings from ancient Rome to the Islamic world, from Victorian England to colonial Mexico. But while it sometimes seems free from worldly limitations, tiling is a very precise art, where not much can be left to chance. We can push and turn and wiggle, but if the maths is not right, it isn't going to tile. Josefina Alvarez and Cesar L. Garcia investigate.
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There has been a recent spate of books in honour of Martin Gardner, who has spent over half of his 95 years entertaining us with his recreational mathematics.
The housekeeper and the professor by Yoko Ogawa, translated by Stephen Snyder A novel translated from the Japanese, where nothing much happens and prime numbers play a central role, may not sound like the most relaxing summer read.
This teacher package brings together all Plus articles on graph and network theory. Graphs and networks turn up in many real-life problems, from neuroscience to telecommunications. In the UK curriculum, they make a frequent appearance in the area known as decision maths. Our articles explore a wide range of related topics, from simple algorithms to complex network topologies.


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World Vision Worried About Effects Of Heat Wave On Refugees In Iraq
As temperatures in Iraq continue to rise, World Vision is urging donors to give more money to support families that have been displaced. Temperatures at the start of the month began to exceed 50 degrees and the aid agency is extremely concerned for the families on the ground. Cecil Laguardia of World Vision says the heat wave has made already difficult living conditions that much harder for children. There are almost a million displaced children in Iraq.
Living in steel boxes
Ms. Laguardia adds that many of the shelters or caravans are little more than steel boxes. Whilst there are the fortunate few families that own a cooler, there is still the issue of power cuts which occur throughout the day. Those families who don't have a cooler have to deal with shelters that get unbearably hot. Going outdoors is simply not an option for these families where temperatures are searing.
7.1 million people affected
The heat wave began in late July and reports keep pouring in about families and their children suffering from heat stroke, dehydration and diarrhoea. The best way to deal with the effects of severe weather is funding Ms. Laguardia explained. In June Iraq's Humanitarian Response Plan was released by the Kurdish Region of Iraq government and the United Nations. The report warns that as many as 7.1 million people will require water, sanitation and hygiene assistance. If these issues remain unaddressed many in the aid community worry there will be an outbreak of disease which will likely make what is a miserable situation much worse.
"There simply aren't enough water supplies for all families. The electricity in this camp goes off at least two to three times a day. It's often the case where there is no power for at least three hours during the day and five hours at night, making it even more difficult for my children to stay hydrated." 45-year old Anwar who lives in a camp in Erbil with his wife and four children said.
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World Vision is doing its bit and is trying to rehabilitate a water facility which would mean better water supplies for as many as 40,000 people living in the Khanke camp as well as other host communities. Construction for the project is being done in collaboration with the Ministry of Water of Duhok. It is expected that the project will be complete by November 2015.


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ARLINGTON — You could see Seth Meyers,Saturday Night Live's star of the funny news segment Weekend Update, for free this November. He's performing at the University of Texas at Arlington's glitzy new College Park Center, which has played host to other top-level talent like hip-hop star Drake when the facility opened in spring 2012.
Meyers is part of UTA's five-speaker series. The titles of each speaker series make them sound snoozy, but look past that and consider the subjects: a Sports Illustrated editor, an astronaut, and comedian Meyers, to name a few.
Tickets are free and open to the public, though you'll want to grab tickets in advance. Tickets become available October 25, 2012 for Meyers' show on November 19, 2012.
Speakers are:
- "Journalism: Sports and Beyond" with Frank Deford, senior contributing writer of Sports Illustrated: September 25, 2012 in Texas Hall
- "An Insider's View of Washington, D.C." with Cokie Roberts, political analyst for ABC News: October 4, 2012 in Texas Hall
- "An Evening With Seth Meyers," actor and comedian: November 19, 2012 in College Park Center
- "Endeavoring to Build a Better America" with Mark Kelly, astronaut, retired Navy captain, and guy with an awesome 'stache: February 19, 2013 in Texas Hall
- "100 Heartbeats: A Global Movement" with Jeff Corwin, host of the Animal Planet show The Jeff Corwin Experience: March 27, 2013 in College Park Center
In the past, the speaker series has attracted Earvin "Magic" Johnson, the late Sally Ride, Bill Nye, Ben and Jerry (the ice cream makers), and Emmitt Smith.
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- Impressive view of Keuka Lake from the chapel as well as photo opportunities.
- Recommendations on a local minister, justice of the peace, organist, vocalist, and trumpet player.
- Information on a local photographer and florist.
- Available bride and groom rooms.
- Two large freestanding candelabras.
- Items provided include a unity table, unity candle stands in gold and silver if needed, and two wooden stands that are ideal for floral arrangements.
- State-of-the-art sound system, with cassette and CD player as well as a piano.
- Parking available in front of the chapel; special assistance parking can be provided.
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- Chapel rental includes a one hour rehearsal the day before the wedding. On wedding day, the total rental time is 2 1/2 hours which is based on your ceremony start time.
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- Ceremony officiates are not provided to perform the ceremony. We can offer information on officiates in the area.
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- If a wedding planner is involved, bring her/him to the rehearsal and notify Conference Services.
- Measurement of the aisle for the runners is 60 feet from the altar to the last pew and 85 feet to the door. There are 19 full pews down the aisle.
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TSA Administrator John Pistole will speak today at the National Press Club in Washington, D.C., at 1 o'clock Eastern. His address will be carried live by C-span.
The audience will likely be full of "security" contractors. If reporters are there, it remains to be seen whether any of them ask hard questions.
You can submit a question if you email it by 10 am to [email protected] and put "PISTOLE" in the Subject line. You may also tweet a question while he's talking:[email protected] .
Here's the question I submitted:
Why does John Pistole describe as "one-offs" or "bad apples" the thousands of instances of theft, bullying, intimidation, and physical assault that TSA agents continue to perpetrate all over the country? I have documented these accounts. They aren't few and far between; they are legion:
If he doesn't know about them, why doesn't he know about them? Why does he allow this to go on?


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Before school starts, for weeks ahead of time, I have to slowly adjust our family's sleep schedules back into alignment with the demands of school start times. I am a night owl, while both of my children are owlets.
Humanity has had these word associations for years–an early bird can easily spring out of bed in the morning feeling great. Night owls are more apt to be productive at night but may be predisposed to grumpiness in the early hours until the slow passage of time and indiscriminate amounts of caffeine consumption. Scientists call this disposition to particular times of waking and sleeping, our chronotype. You can be an early bird, a night owl, or an intermediate chronotype (when you are not clearly one or the other).
Our environment is greatly advantageous to early birds. According to this article from the Huffington Post, scientists have found that night owls suffer from a sort of "social jet lag" caused by the need to perform at earlier start times of school and work than is optimum for their type.
I can easily sleep in until 9:30 a.m., and it feels like heaven. I know it when I've met my fellow night owls, and we talk about sleep schedules, of being tired–which we chronically are according to scientists–and relate to one another's sense of societal induced torture. When the in-laws visit, I can feel uncomfortable since they're both early birds, along with their son, and even their good-natured joking can poke at my slowly booting system when I rise at 8 a.m., bleary eyed and with the knowledge that they've all been up since 6 a.m.
In 2010, at the University of Aachen, brain scans were taken of both types. This is what they found in night owls:
-they had reduced integrity of white matter in several areas of the brain. The white matter aids in nerve cell synapses. They help the neurons communicate, and what happens with loss of white matter? Depression.
-a greater susceptibility to addiction (alcohol and tobacco)
-subjects were more apt to overeat and less prone to healthy diets
-metabolic differences in the area of the brain relating to mood
It's not completely an early bird's world, as I've known owls to be some of the most formidable hunters on earth. There are advantages to being a night owl over an early bird which were verified in the lab:
-Night owls were found to be more productive than early birds; having more stamina, with productivity lasting later into the day.
-They were shown to have an advantage in reasoning and analytical skills, as well as gaining more success in financial and professional sectors.
These are the facts. I wonder what would happen if our schools and businesses were structured in such a way as to be fair to us all, utilizing our strengths instead of working against them. Will this study lead to changes in the future? I know that productivity and performance are at stake, not to mention night owls attributing their disadvantage to some vital flaw. In knowing this, I hope it leads you to be more compassionate, especially to your children who may be your chronotypical mirror image. It's going to take some adjusting now that school is back in session and there may be some behavioral consequences after the initial excitement wears off. Homeschooling families may find it advantageous to test, or even start their night owls later in the day, if at all possible. Whatever you choose to do, remember this...though we may have passed on the worm, the owls are the guardians of the night.
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You know what sucks?
...and then you step on the scale to find you have GAINED!
ACK!! That usually means a lot of salt (in which case, water retention will cause the gain), or PMS.
That *does* suck. : (
I'm a really healthy eater and I have days where I look at the muthaf$%&ng scale and I'm like, NO. WAY.
So I understand where you're coming from.
Anyway, yeah, it sucks!
EDIT: LOL I just read your last sentence. So yeah-- the same for me!
Quoting krisandjakesmom:
Getting divorced :(
Been there.
That sucks also! That sucks big time. I'm sorry :(
Quoting MamaLub:
Being 39 weeks pregnant in 100 degree weather and hardly being able to move around because my muscles feel torn underneath my tummy :(
Knowing that machine pitch and tball has ended and wont have a reason to see my kids during the week they are away from the house. I like my break away from them but dont like a week away from them.


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Compromise. That's what 'Life As We Know It' is ostensibly about, but from its far-fetched premise on down, it's a potentially touching drama compromised by rom-com routine and defined by the type of sparks that rocks give off when clashed together often enough.
Holly (Katherine Heigl) and Messer (Josh Duhamel), respective best friends of Alison (Christina Hendricks) and Peter (Hayes MacArthur) and complete opposites otherwise, find themselves bound together by the burden of caring for that couple's young daughter, Sophie (the equally adorable Clagett triplets), when they die in a car crash. Forget that Holly owns and runs her own business. Never mind Messer's perpetual bachelor lifestyle. The couple's final wishes -- in addition to an overwhelming sense of guilt and a conveniently covered mortgage -- dictate that these two must live under the same roof and juggle the plans they had with the duties they now face in raising a kid.
It's hardly feasible that Alison and Peter would never have once shared with their child's godparents these unconventional arrangements that they had made. But if we're willing to roll with that, director Greg Berlanti manages a few touching moments of grief and guilt where these two realize what they'll have to give up if it means keeping little orphan Sophie out of state custody -- and how much that'll interfere with any and all of their best laid plans.
Then come the goofy neighbors, and the shrill black friends, and the pot brownies, and the baby poop, and the baby puke, and the cutesy montages, and the public blow-ups in the second act, and the climactic run to the airport in the third. Writers Ian Deitchman and Kristin Rusk Robinson pull out all the sitcom stops in creating a series of episodic dilemmas for this surrogate couple to tackle, and the rare zinger that does land hardly makes up for the rampant stereotypes among the supporting cast and a general fixation on the scatological habits of infants.
Berlanti does nothing but enable the pedestrian material at every turn and shoot each scene in an insufferable glow, suggesting that maybe Holly and Messer were the ones who died on their disastrous blind date and that the whole film takes place in some alternate-universe Atlanta (an alternate universe where one-time leading man Josh Lucas shows up as "The Other Guy" in the requisite love triangle). When it's not ridiculous, it's reheated, as Heigl's control freak learns to loosen up a bit and Duhamel's stud tries to settle down. Neither is particularly bad at their roles, but given how often they've played them before, there's really no excuse for them to be. They snipe and shout and flirt and plead dutifully, with little chemistry to show for it, and nothing that Berlanti, Deitchman and Robinson offer up would give them any cause to stretch these characters into something resembling real people dealing with real problems, albeit in a very contrived situation.
Even this summer's 'The Switch' took an unlikely, even potentially creepy scenario and infused it with a welcome dose of melancholy and a sense of real-world responsibility. That film wore its heart on its sleeve; this one would rather settle for poo on its face.
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Jean Francois Fernel (L., Ioannis Fernelii), born in the purlieus of Paris in 1485 A. D., was one of the remarkable scientists of the 16th century. If Galen is credited with the earliest treatise on human physiology, Fernel rediscovered this discipline 13 centuries later. Fernel also prepared a treatise on pathology. A presentation of the clinical findings in a patient with acute appendicitis and a description of the postmortem examination preceded the modern description by Reginald Fitz by more than three hundred years. As a clinician, Fernel used the term lues venera for the first time to describe clinical syphilis. A very readable biography of Fernel was written by Guillaume Plancey, for 10 years his associate, who lived in his home and thereby experienced an unusual opportunity to write of his master from intimate contact. The biography by Plancey and other Ferneliana was compiled by Sir Charles S. Sherrington1
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