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4 cups chopped fresh rhubarb
1 cup fresh raspberries
3 Tablespoons sugar (1/4 cup)
1 teaspoon cinnamon
1/4 cup flour
2 Tablespoons water
For the Topping:
1/2 cup flour
1/2 cup quick oatmeal
1 Tablespoon wheat germ
1 Tablespoon ground flaxseed
1/4 teaspoon salt
1/4 teaspoon ground cinnamon
1/4 teaspoon ground nutmeg
1/3 cup sucanat
1/4 cup butter
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I was experimenting with rhubarb recipes. A follower of Lake Mary Musings told me she loves rhubarb but she's the only person in her family who does, so I offered to bake something "rhubarby" and send it to her!
"E." doesn't like nuts so I used wheat germ and ground flaxseed to give the topping a nutty texture. I love nuts, though...from now on when I prepare this recipe I'm going throw in a few nuts just for an extra crunch. As it turned out, fruit crisps just aren't suitable for shipping. So...we enjoyed it, ourselves!
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** When I baked this Raspberry Rhubarb Crisp I forgot to take a photograph of a single serving! So...the photograph at the top of the page is courtesy of Creative Commons and Flickr photographer Little Blue Hen.
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SPOKANE -- Spokane firefighter Todd Chism, wrongly accused in a child pornography investigation, has filed a $20 million tort claim against the Washington State Patrol.
Detectives with the WSP's Missing and Exploited Children Task Force arrested Chism in January, accusing him of using his credit card to buy child porn. However, forensics experts later admitted they found no pornography on Chism's computer and that his credit card had a problem with fraudulent charges.
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A teenager convicted of shooting and killing a Clayton County deputy will spend the rest of his life in prison. Jonathan Bun was sentenced to life in prison on Thursday for the 2011 shooting death of Deputy Rick Daly.
Bun showed little emotion, even falling asleep at times. Judge Deborah Benefield scolded Bun for his courtroom behavior before sentencing him to life in prison without parole plus 70 years.
"This is not a time to wring our hands, and wish it weren't so. This is a time to take a stand and say no more. Not here, not now, not on my watch," said Judge Deborah Benefield.
Bun did apologize to the Daly family during Thursday's hearing.
Both Daly's wife and daughter took the stand during the hearing.
"Jonathan Bun has taken away our life. Because [Deputy Daly] was a part of me. He was part of my children, our grandchildren," said Cheryl Daly, the deputy's widow.
Family members described Daly as, truly an extraordinary man, a loving father and grandfather, and a longtime Clayton County deputy.
At the time he was shot and killed, Deputy Daly was trying to help arrest Bun, who was wanted for robbery.
Bun was 18 when the guilty verdict was read in court. Originally, the state wanted to seek the death penalty, but they couldn't because Bun was too young.
The Daly family was adamant about what should happen to the man who shot him two times at point blank range.
"I do believe, that no matter what his age is, that he deserves the maximum sentence the court can give," said Daly's daughter, Amber Wright.
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Bun's sentencing had been delayed, due in part to a Supreme Court ruling outlawing life without parole sentences for underage offenders. Despite that ruling, FOX 5's Chris Shaw reported that Judge Benefield has ruled that Bun was eligible to be sentenced to life in prison without parole, even though Bun was 17 at the time of the shooting. Benefield said that Georgia law gave her the power to make the decision.
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Just and aside, the whole 'no life' argument is stale and quite frankly ludicrous. Time management and efficiency within a group negates any need for massive time sinks. Like I said I'm 5/7 HM and my guild raids twice a week for 3 hours a raid night. 6 hours a week is not exactly dedicating your entire life to WoW. I always find issue with the 'no life' argument, as it's usually just tossed out there by people that spend their time in WoW doing nothing, or they're just not very good at the game and can't find a constructive way to vent their frustration.


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13 energy stocks ready to roll
The market looks frothy after a string of new highs, but some areas have been left out thus far. Energy, in particular, has room for a big move up.
Editor's note: This column was updated July 2 to include recent stock and market action.
After a big market run-up and a relatively mild pullback, you may be wondering if there are good ways to put money to work in stocks right now. Here's one attractive option:
Look for sectors that were left out of the long rally.
One such area is energy stocks, including Apache (APA), Devon Energy (DVN), National Oilwell Varco (NOV), Halliburton (HAL), Royal Dutch Shell (RDS.B), Ultra Petroleum (UPL) and seven others that you will read about below.
Many energy stocks, including these, were left behind in the stock market rally. But they are lagging for the wrong reasons, say several money managers who can usually be counted on for outperformance and who own a lot of these names.
These stocks look cheap and are likely to catch up with the market sooner or later.
How cheap is cheap?
Just how inexpensive are they? The discount on energy stocks -- comparing their ratio of price to book value to that of the S&P 500 ($INX) as a whole -- has been higher only twice in the past 40 years, says Will Riley, co-manager of the Guinness Atkinson Global Energy Fund (GAGEX).
This discount is odd, given that oil prices are relatively high, and rising with new tension in the Middle East. Typically, energy stocks trade in lockstep with oil prices.
Here's another curious thing about energy stocks right now. For the first time since 1965, there's a huge divergence between energy stocks and oil, with energy stock valuations sinking sharply even as oil prices have risen over the past two years.
Why are energy stocks so cheap? "This is the market still thinking that $100 oil is not sustainable," Riley says.
What will make energy stocks start moving up? Simply put, investors coming to their senses and realizing oil is not going to sell off much.
"Either the oil price comes down or the stocks go up," Riley says. "We believe oil is at fair value at $100 and it will rise over time." If that assessment is right, then sooner or later the investment crowd will buy up cheap energy stocks.
It's pretty bold to challenge the investment herd when the market seems to think oil prices will decline significantly. Why should you believe Riley and purchase energy stocks?
Well, first of all, his fund outperformed competing funds by 1.4 percentage points a year, annualized, over the past five years, according to Morningstar. Second, the logic behind his oil outlook makes sense, too.
Here are the basics.
Costlier to find and produce
Oil is getting harder and more expensive to find and produce. Most of the major recent discoveries, for example, are in deep water.
Yes, the new source of oil from shale rock in the U.S. adds to supply. But it's not enough to be a game changer, given the steady increase in global demand that Riley expects, linked to ongoing global population and economic growth. "Over time, new sources of demand are still likely to outstrip new sources of supply," Riley says.
Riley expects global oil demand to grow by 1 million to 1.5 million barrels a year, over the next four years.
Another factor at work here, as always, is the Organization of Petroleum Exporting Countries. OPEC openly talks about $100 oil as its take on fair value for crude. Since OPEC, in cahoots with Russia, has a huge influence on the price of oil, this seems to draw a line in the sand at about $100 a barrel, Riley says, though oil could briefly slip into the $90 range from time to time.
Here are three other factors that suggest energy stocks should move higher from here.
1. Insiders are buying. I track insider buying activity every day, and I've noticed a definite uptick in the amount of insider buying at energy names, which has yet to be widely reported. In the past several weeks, insiders have been snapping up shares of Apache, Ultra Petroleum, National Oilwell Varco, Pioneer Energy Services (PES), Key Energy Services (KEG), Ion Geophysical (IO) and Western Gas Partners (WES).
2. The price of natural gas in the U.S. has rebounded. And it is likely to keep rising, Riley says, since production growth has stalled for a variety of reasons. Once it's clear that U.S. natural gas prices will hang in there and advance from here, investors will warm up to energy names. Riley says U.S. natural gas, currently at just under $4 per 1,000 cubic feet, could more than double by the end of the decade. We'll get into this theme a little more, below, since it is controversial.
3. President Barack Obama suddenly seems more energy-friendly than a lot of people assumed. One reason energy stocks are weak is that investors perceived Obama to be hostile to energy, given the foot-dragging on approval of a pipeline from Canada through the U.S., says Tom Karsten, of Karsten Advisors. But the recent approval of a new liquid natural gas processing facility in Texas may have investors changing their view on Obama and energy, he says, which would put a bid under energy stocks.
Here's a quick tour of a baker's dozen of energy stocks that look the most attractive, according to fund managers in the space.
Oil and gas producers
Apache and Devon: U.S.-based producers with good, diversified portfolios of oil and gas reserves, these two are favorites of Riley's. They both look very cheap, as measured by enterprise value (market capitalization plus net debt) to proven reserves. By this measure, Apache trades at about $16 per barrel and Devon is at about $10 per barrel. For context, as a group, U.S. oil and gas producers sell for about $25 a barrel, Riley says, and that's also cheap, compared with historical levels. Apache and Devon are among the cheapest of the cheap, in other words.
Royal Dutch Shell: This one also looks cheap, in part because of unfounded concerns that the company is so large it will have trouble replacing reserves, Karsten says. He doesn't think that will be an issue. Meanwhile, you get paid a 5% annual dividend yield while you wait for Royal Dutch Shell to prove it. Not bad.
Halcón Resources (HK): This stock looks super cheap as well, says Morningstar energy sector analyst Stephen Ellis. He puts the fair value of the stock at $12 a share, meaning this is where it should trade now, based on prospective earnings. Yet shares go for less than $6. At the helm is Floyd Wilson, who has a record of building energy companies and selling them at a solid profit for investors. "Given his track record, we think this one is a pretty interesting bet," Ellis says.
EOG Resources (EOG): This company was among the first to figure out that it was possible to profitably extract oil from shale rock formations in the U.S., says John Groton, an energy sector analyst with Thrivent Financial for Lutherans. So it was a first mover in buying up the best acreage in the Bakken and Eagleford formations in North Dakota and Texas. It got some of the premium properties, which is why its production is so much better than its peers. "They are among the lowest-cost producers of oil," Groton says. "So if oil did drop to $70 a barrel, they are still going to make money, whereas others are not."
Continental Resources (CLR): This company has prime acreage in the Bakken formation in North Dakota and Montana, and also in Oklahoma, one reason it's a favorite of Brian Hicks, co-portfolio manager of the U.S. Global Investors Global Resources Fund (PSPFX), which beats competitors by four percentage points a year, annualized, over the past 10 years, according to Morningstar. Continental has a five-year plan to triple production and proven reserves by the end of 2017. It is off to a good start, since proven reserves increased 54% last year. Another bullish sign here: Harold Hamm, the CEO, chairman and founder, has a huge stake in this stock; he owns more than 68%.
Natural gas producers
Ultra Petroleum (UPL): Brad Evans, who manages the Heartland Value Plus Fund (HRVIX), favors U.S. natural gas plays like this one, because he says the price of natural gas in the U.S. will continue to go up from here, for two reasons.
He says industrial demand in the U.S. from steel, fertilizer and chemical plants, and energy refineries will continue to increase. Next, supply gains will be limited because so many companies that rushed into natural gas production shifted back to oil production over the past few years when natural gas prices fell. Now they are locked in to oil production contracts, so they won't get back into natural gas for at least a year or two. Natural gas plays like Ultra will benefit. "Overall U.S. gas production is really starting to slow down," agrees Ellis, at Morningstar, who also says natural gas prices will head higher from here.
Ultra Petroleum is a favorite of both of these analysts because it has valuable assets in the Pinedale and Marcellus formations, two of the richest sources, located in Wyoming and Pennsylvania.
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This company is out of favor because it has been scaling back production to reduce capital spending, but it could reverse that as natural gas prices move higher. Investors also worry the company has too much debt. But Evans says the debt is reasonable, given the company's huge reserves and its sizable cash flow. "Ultra Petroleum is a low-cost producer with long-lived asset base," says Evans, whose fund gets a respectable four out of five stars from Morningstar. His fund has also beaten competitors by about a percentage point a year, annualized, over the past decade.
WPX Energy (WPX): Like Ultra Petroleum, WPX Energy has very valuable natural gas assets, Evans says. They are in some of best natural gas formations in the country, and the company is also a low-cost producer, he says.
The energy services companies
Halliburton: This one looks cheap, says Riley, of the Guinness Atkinson Global Energy Fund, because the ratio of its price to tangible book value – this a theoretical value if the company were liquidated -- is well below its long-term average.A return to its average valuation would add about 50% to the stock price from here. What might make this happen? Halliburton's North American business is recovering, and the company can raise prices again. Plus Halliburton should benefit from the recent spate of deepwater oil finds and the rebound in drilling in the Gulf of Mexico.
National Oilwell Varco (NOV): Shares have fallen to around $70 from above $85 last September, as the company missed forecasts on profit margins. But the setback should be temporary, Ellis says. The reason: National Oilwell Varco is still the go-to equipment company for both onshore and deep-water drilling, he says. This company's equipment is on 90% of the world's oil rigs, and a rig cannot be built in the Western world without using some components from National Oilwell Varco. It also benefits from ongoing rig upgrades by oil companies that want to update their older equipment.
Weatherford International (WFT): This company provides equipment, such as submersible pumps, that helps energy producers squeeze more out of old wells. The stock has been held back by accounting problems related to the timing of tax expenses and possible violations of U.S. rules that prohibit bribes for business abroad. Groton, at Thrivent Financial for Lutherans, says that the first issue has been resolved and that the company has reserved cash to pay possible fines related to the second issue. The stock looks cheap, he says, trading at just above book value, compared with a historical average of 1.8 times book value.
Atwood Oceanics (ATW): This tiny rig provider is a favorite of Mike Breard, an analyst with the Hodges Small Cap fund (HDPSX), which outperformed peers by 3.6 percentage points a year over the past five years, according to Morningstar. One reason is that it's in the process of adding three ultradeep-water rigs to its fleet of 11 rigs. "This will add a lot of earnings potential," he says.
The infrastructure plays
Crestwood Midstream Partners (CMLP): Karsten, of Karsten Advisors, likes the smaller energy infrastructure plays – such as Crestwood – which provide the pipelines, storage and processing facilities that producers need. One reason is that smaller infrastructure companies are more likely get snapped up by larger ones, which are growing through takeovers. They also have the potential for higher growth, just because they are so much smaller. Crestwood operates near the key shale plays in Texas, Arkansas, West Virginia and Louisiana.
Energy infrastructure companies are typically set up as master limited partnerships (MLPs), a structure that allows them to pass profits through to investors untaxed. This explains why MLPs generate nice returns. Crestwood, an MLP, pays an 8% yield. "With Crestwood Midstream, you are getting substantial yield, and you will get continued growth because of the ongoing demand for infrastructure," Karsten says.
In other words, Crestwood should add energy to your stock portfolio in two ways.
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Dear Sophia,
This is your last blog post for English and you need to finish it before 3pm (it's 1:46pm right now). Your stomach hurts and you're curled up in a chair in the sunken patio. Today is May 24th, 2013 and you still can't believe that junior year is almost over. You feel slightly inclined to walk to CVS after school to buy hot cheetos, but 1.) your stomach still hurts and 2.) do you even have money with you? Why does your stomach hurt anyways?
Besides that, it's hot, yet breezy outside and you can hear middle school students playing music in Goode Court. You feel like sleeping, but you have English class in about 10 minutes. Flats are nice because you don't have to wear socks and you can take them off in class easily (hehh…sorry?). Have you finished any of your final projects yet? You need to finish at least one of them this weekend and study for your subject tests! Good luck, stay determined.
Lunch was falafel and lemony chicken (okay, that doesn't sound as good as it actually was…). Counterpoint and meringues! We get to finish watching School Ties in Math next Wednesday. Perry the platypus still smells like smoke due to the campfire during retreat. Don't forget Shirley, Miros, Tai, Spencer, Amber, Jennifer x2, Deyi, Mr. EMT, Daniel, Fedi, Syed, etc.! Festival of Antiquities was today at lunch. Hahaha, Norma saw you and waved. Andddd it's time for English.
Yourself (2:05pm)
Why are pipe cleaners called pipe cleaners? Well, I recently found out (thanks to wikipedia) that pipe cleaners were originally used to actually clean pipes! Today, there are various uses for pipe cleaners, but my favorite use for them is for arts & crafts/DIY related projects!
Pipe cleaners are simply magical. They can clean small/tight spaces (e.g. between the keys on a keyboard), they are bendable, and they come in many different colors. My favorite creations so far with pipe cleaners include the dinosaur I made for Meghana (in reply to her pipe cleaner flower) and a snail that has LED eyes that I made the other day in the Bourn Lab!
There are pipe cleaners in the Bourn Lab in the top white drawer on the left (FYI if you feel inspired to create something with pipe cleaners). And they also have other things you can use for DIY projects (besides the laser cutter and vinyl that I stated in a previous post) such as pompoms, googly eyes, hot glue guns, and other tools and machines I do not know the specific names of besides the band saw.
TL;DR Pipe cleaners were intentionally made to actually clean pipes. I like pipe cleaners and think they are magical because I managed to make a dinosaur with them (+ googly eyes & hot glue). Go make stuff from pipe cleaners in the Bourn Lab! And thank you to John Harry Stedman for inventing the pipe cleaner!
Who needs prom when there's the Bay Area Maker Faire? No offense to prom or anything. It's not prom, it's me. I'm an indecisive person, so having to decide on what to wear, how to style my hair, and countless other things I assume people do to prepare for prom seem to be more stressful than it would be fun. Also, instead of spending $100+ dollars or so, I could spend $15-35 and probably have twice as much fun (that's probably because I'm "weird", but hear me out).
Where can you find mechanical fire breathing dragons, DIY activities, "tech enthusiasts, crafters, educators, tinkerers. hobbyists, engineers" and much more all in one place? The Bay Area Maker Faire! This is a weekend event where people of all ages can learn, have fun, create, innovate, and stretch their imagination. Who would want to miss such a fun-filled weekend? I wouldn't!
Maybe I dread the prospect of going to prom because I imagine myself eating a bunch of food instead of dancing or socializing with other people there. Maybe it's because I'm lazy and don't see what the fuss is all about (wouldn't friends have just as much fun hanging out at a park, enjoying nature, and randomly dancing while breathing fresh air?). No matter the reason, I do know that I look forward to the Bay Area Maker Faire and possibly helping out at the Casti booth on Sunday! ヾ(・ω・*)ノ
http://makerfaire2013.eventbrite.com/ 〜( ̄▽ ̄〜) check it out!!!
According to Mr. Smoot, I have the snot-nose disease. I'm always constantly sniffling and stuffing my nose with tissues. I wouldn't disagree at all. During break, lunch, and after school, I always stop by the library to stock up on tissues to use throughout the day (I would rate the tissues there a 5/5 because they are super soft! The toilet paper in the bathrooms would probably be a 3/5 because they are dry and thin, though I don't really mind what I'm using as long as it stops my nose from running).
Recently, I've also been having frequent "cough attacks" in which I start with a small cough and multiple hacking coughs follow. I would like to apologize ahead of time for being so disruptive and these coughs are probably because of my bronchitis. I'll stock up on cough drops, water, and try to find my inhalers so that these "cough attacks" stop soon.
Lastly, I would like to talk about 03/30. What makes this day so special you may ask? Well, it's the birthday of 3 people I know at Casti (me, Julia, and Margarita! I'm sorry if I missed anyone…). Sure, the probability of finding other people with the same birthday as you is quite high, but I still find it to be unbelievable every year. ♪ Happy early birthday to you guys and happy early/belated birthday to everyone else because I haven't left a happy b-day message on anyone's Facebook since last year I think. ♪ (☆`・∀・)ノ
It's Monday, March 11th and it was still pitch black outside when I woke up. But before I fell back asleep, I managed to glance at the clock nearby and saw that the time read 6:21am. I rubbed my eyes in frustration as I tried to read the clock again to make sure that I read it correctly. The time still read 6:21am and I began to wonder why it was so dark outside until I remembered that it was due to daylight savings.
Daylight savings isn't as great as I remember/thought it to be (frolicking through fields while it is nice and bright outside). Sure we "get more daylight" because it's brighter outside at 6pm than usual and we "save light" by not using as much electricity (not too sure about that…), but I've felt groggy this entire week because I haven't adjusted yet (by "adjusted", I mean be able to guesstimate what time it is based on how bright it is outside). I'll become adjusted to it eventually…hopefully before we have to move our clocks an hour backwards in the fall.
Recently, I've been going to Bourn Open Labs from around 3:30pm to 5pm to tear apart keyboards, learn how to use the laser cutter, and make things come to life (as in ideas that I have in my head…sadly, I do not the magical powers to make inanimate objects come to life). When I attended the first Bourn Open Lab, I was shocked that there was only me and 3 or 4 sixth graders present. The low turn-out was probably due to many students having prior commitments such as sports, homework they wanted to get done, etc. (I too had homework to do, but the opportunity to take apart old keyboards and create whatever we like with them was too tempting and I thought that going once couldn't hurt). I had a splendid time popping keys off keyboards, making push pins, and creating a mess (which I cleaned up afterwards).
When I attended the 2nd and 3rd Bourn Open Labs, I noticed that more and more students from various grades were coming. This is great because I think that the Bourn Lab is an amazing place to experiment with ideas that you have, prototype, or just learn how to use machines like the laser cutter and vinyl cutter! I would have never thought that I'd be able to design a wood puzzle* and see it made in real time or break apart keyboards, but the Bourn Open Labs made that possible and I am ever so grateful. If you ever have time, come stop by the Bourn Lab on Wednesday between 3:30-5pm and make something!
*the heart puzzle above is what I helped my brother make…supposedly instead of hahaha, he types h4h4h4 (so I guess the person he is giving the heart to knows that…or so I hope)
As a new freshman at Casti, one of the many things I looked forward to was February break. The idea of a February break seemed so magical and unfathomable that I would question why public schools didn't have February breaks (Do our teachers not want a break? Who decides when we have breaks? Can we vote on when we want to have breaks? etc.). I now realize that there are probably many reasons why public schools can't afford to have a February break, but I am truly thankful that Casti has them. It's not only time to relax, but time to catch up with relatives, read a book you've always wanted to read, catch up on homework, get ahead on homework, study for standardized tests (brace yourselves Juniors, standardized tests are coming, but congrats if you already took your SAT, ACT, etc.), and SLEEP.
I still can't believe that we're already 2nd semester Juniors and that February break is almost here (yes, it's been about a month since we've been 2nd semester Juniors, but it still feels like I was just a 6th grader yesterday…probably because in 6th grade I had science camp and our cabin heads were Juniors from the local public school and I wondered what it would be like when I was finally a Junior…but I digress)! I hope everyone has a fantastic February break and gets lots of sleep (especially since lots of people have been participating in AWAH, robotics, etc.)! (ノ◕ヮ◕)ノ*:・゚✧
It's that time of year again where Asian supermarkets such as Ranch 99, Lion, and Marina have Lunar New Year displays, rows of red and yellow lanterns, stacks of red lucky envelopes, and much more. I only realized that the Lunar New Year was soon approaching when I went with my mother to our local Lion supermarket to buy groceries.
Once I stepped through the sliding doors to enter the supermarket, I was welcomed by rows of Lunar New Year sweets in their usual red and clear packaging, red and yellow lanterns that dangled from the ceiling, and electronic firecrackers that occasionally "exploded" every ten to fifteen minutes. I froze in my tracks like a deer caught in headlights. It took a few minutes for my mind to process everything I saw before I quickly turned to my mother and exclaimed, "It's almost Lunar New Year?!!" My mother calmly replied with a yes and then told me to go look for lettuce.
I've never fully understood how the Lunar Calendar works, but I've come to the conclusion that Lunar New Year is usually some time between January and February (it's been that way since my first Lunar New year…I think….). When I got home, I googled when Lunar New Year is and I found out that it's on February 10th this year! I love Lunar New Year because you get to see many of your relatives, give red envelopes to younger cousins, and eat a lot of delicious food. Anyways, I should probably learn how the Lunar Calendar works so I won't be as surprised next year.
This past Friday, I brought Perry the Platypus, one of my favorite plush toys, to school for the following reasons:
1.) I do not have a red dragon, so I decided that he was close enough to Smaug from The Hobbit
2.) Saying that he was Smaug the dragon was more of a cover-up/excuse because I mainly brought him to use as a pillow during Spanish because we were going to finish watching Como Agua Para Chocolate in class
3.) He's adorable (how can you not smile when you see his large eyes that pop out of his head or tiny feet?) and super squishy = great pillow
What I found amusing was that others enjoyed petting him and whacking his beak as much as I did. Some even wanted to take him to class with them and I didn't mind so he had his own adventure at school (supposedly he was a mascot during a Chem class and fun to poke and take selfies with during Calc…)! Anyways, I'm glad that I decided to take him to school because he definitely made my day and that of other a bit brighter (despite the cold/cloudy weather).
Today, in the middle of APUSH (Period 1), I realized that I had forgotten my box with change for the Gifts of Arts Winter Fundraiser. The funny thing is that I put the box next my backpack, somehow forgot to grab it, and stood around trying to remember whether I had forgotten something for about five minutes before I decided that I had everything I needed and left for school. My "forgetfulness" is something I usually joke about, but I realize that it can be detrimental at times. What if I forget my homework? What if I forget what class is next? What if I forget where I put my backpack? What if I get lost?
I don't remember being so forgetful (pun intended). Maybe it's because I'm getting older. Maybe it's because it runs in the family (my mom always misplaces her glasses, car keys, etc). Maybe it's because I've become so reliant on sticky notes and writing on my hand that my brain is gradually loosing it's memory power. Maybe I should start solving more sudoku puzzles, exercise more often, or try something new (1)! I hope I can remember to do one of those things and commit to it…
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-Genetically modify them.
-Spray the crops with harmful pesticides and fertilizers.
-The various things they are allowed to coat fruit and vegetables with to preserve them as they ship them from thousands of miles away.
-Things they fumigate foods with.
-The reduction in diversity in our food supply due to Big Ag. We once ate a much bigger variety of foods. And in the Andes, where the potato originated, they grow hundreds of varieties. Not one or two. And growing just one or two is what led to the potato blight that caused famine in Ireland. Nowadays, of course, we just spray the blighted plants with chemicals...
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Posted 02 March 2012 - 09:02 AM
Oregano oil has helped me get over a cold fast. But funnily enough since I've been eating high raw and no grain I haven't been sick once.
Me neither. But I rarely got sick before either. I don't think anything can get through my sinuses/mucosa. I leave that part out though when talking about diet and how I never get sick. Like when people ask if I'm going to get a flu shot and I say no, I don't get the flu because I maintain my strong immune system.
Parents let their kids live on sugary cereal, mac n cheese, chicken tenders, PB&J sandwiches supplemented by frequent fast food meals.
This after giving them a terrible start in life with messed up gut flora, low omega 3s and gestational diabetes during pregnancy, then feeding them commercial baby foods.
Posted 02 March 2012 - 12:41 PM
Posted 02 March 2012 - 01:25 PM
It sounds like we should all just live on a ranch together where everything is like a fairytale. Perfectly organic, natural, and acne-free!
I'm up for that. Or what I'd rather do is to move to a small town that needs saving. I think I'd be really useful with the ideas. And if we can get people to think more like a community pulling together we can find ways to do things where everyone can get by on less money yet live better. Have you all heard of Braddock PA? Like that, but not so far north. If anyone here knows of such a town in somewhere more like Tennessee, let me know.
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Somewhere around Asheville, North Carolina would be good for that. In fact there are already a lot of communes and intentional living communities there. It's a pretty awakened area in a lot of ways.
Yeah, I've spent some time browsing for one of those, but most of those are going to be too new-agey for me. Braddock, on the other hand, is a town that once had 50,000 people and now has like 5,000. It obviously needs to do a lot of adapting. It has tons of cheap real estate to repurpose. They are trying to attract artists to the cheap real estate and I have several ideas to cater to them.
One of the ideas I have is to buy one of those old town department stores and turn it into a marketplace for both food and arts and crafts. Because Braddock doesn't have a grocery store which I gather is getting to be a common problem in small towns. And I would have a resale shop with the usual housewares and clothes, but also with things I fixed up/made over. And with things artists might use in their mixed media work. There's a resale shop here in Houston that caters to artists, but I was disappointed in it. It was mostly garbage. I have cooler things in my garage, like some vintage wallpaper and upholstery and lamp parts. And they were making 'beach glass' in a rock polisher to sell for rather a lot of money, but they were using thin plate glass. I would collect thick jars and bottles for it.
And then I'd do special projects for the town to say enhance education, beautify the town, make it more walkable, a better gathering place etc. Because apparently I know one thing few people seem to know. How much better and more upscale and cared for places look with trees. I see so many shopping centers, parking lots, streets and whole towns that would look so much better and less rundown with trees. If it were up to me, everything ugly would have to have trees and other vegetation shielding it. and I would of course make most of those fruit, nut and wildlife supporting trees, shrubs and vines.
Ironically, the small town where my mother lives has an empty department store building for sale just like I had in mind, with second story space for loft apartments which I have ideas for as well. But it's a thriving town so the building isn't as cheap as I'd want. They have pretty much all they need, including a health food/coop. Plus it's way too far north. And there's a desperately rundown town here on the coast with a really cool town center with a big Mexican style plaza, pretty much all abandoned while restaurants and other businesses open up scattered on the various highways all around.
There is a website/blog I subscribe to about saving Rural America but they are based in Nebraska and are focused on the Midwest. I either want to go east or to California or maybe New Mexico. But that's what I'd like to do. We need to stop moving to mega cities and stay in smaller cities and towns where it's more possible to supply local quality food.
You know the show, the Fabulous Beakman Boys, or something like that? Apparently that's what they've been doing. They bought this big estate in some dying town and began finding ways to keep it alive. I don't know all that much about it and the show, like all reality shows, focuses on them being stupid. But apparently they raise goats and sell the milk to a local who makes goat milk soaps sold online/mail order and her business employs a couple people and keeps the post office going which employs a couple people and so on. I'd like to do something like that although I'd like the results to be more valuable then more goat milk soap in the world. I'd like them to mean better food, less pollution, less wasted energy, less garbage, etc.
Ooh. That reminds me of an example of what might be one of my 'special projects'. Half the small towns around where my mom lives are all on dammed rivers with hydro-electric power plants that they no longer use. Once the town got too big or the people got too used to wasting tons of electricity, they all started buying it from some big, probably coal-fired plant producer instead. But why? If we can put solar panels on our roof and plug into the grid and sell back excess energy produced, why can't the town plug their hydro-electric dam into the grid?
I also wouldn't mind doing this somewhere in Central America. Ironically, I used to be married to a Honduran and Honduras has a lot of potential as an underpopulated country. And now that we are divorced, my ex-husband is getting involved in things like this. But as someone who is pretty much only interested in technology, he isn't as useful at it as I would be.
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Posted 02 March 2012 - 09:52 PM
Since few people have any idea.
I'll start with the amount of sugar people eat now days.
Supposedly, the average American today consumes over 70 grams per day. And I think that's low considering how much is in a soda that people might drink multiple times per day, on top of what they eat.
Also, I've read that the USDA recommends people limit their sugar intake to 40 grams per day. The CDC recommends you limit it to 25 grams per day.
There's 39 grams of sugar from HFCS in one can of Coke.
If we got our sugar only from fruits and vegetables like we are meant to, we'd consume more like 15 grams per day.
And the USDA is not looking out for your health! They are a much bigger advocate for the sugar and corn growers than they are a protector of your health. And the CDC is a member of our medical 'we can treat everything with a drug' establishment.
And then there's the added problem of most of that added sugar coming from High Fructose Corn Syrup. The switch to HFCS in commercial products is where our health issues really took off. Note that HFCS has only been around 1 generation. A sickly one.
And then there's the complete lack of understanding about what consuming any high glycemic meal, drink or snack does to you. It's not just about the calories. It sets all kinds of badness in motion. It screws up your hormones and causes subclinical inflammation that is the root cause of most of the diseases this sickly culture suffers from. Including acne. And it ages you.
Hi Alternativista,
I am currently trying to control my hormonal cystic acne with a diet change of no gluten and low sugar intake. I have also eliminated all dairy from my diet. I noticed that you listed zinc and b complex vitamins as supplements that you are taking. Can you tell me what brands you use?
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Posted 03 March 2012 - 09:26 AM
Hi Alternativista,
I am currently trying to control my hormonal cystic acne with a diet change of no gluten and low sugar intake. I have also eliminated all dairy from my diet. I noticed that you listed zinc and b complex vitamins as supplements that you are taking. Can you tell me what brands you use?
Those are supplements I took, years ago now, that were the first thing that I ever noticed helping my grotesquely oily skin and acne. But then diet changes cleared my skin. But it was in a 'stress' formula by naturemade or the Walgreens storebrand equivalent.
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Seriously though, that really sucks to read. There is a shit ton of misinformation out there in the mainstream regarding food. Parents will think they're doing all they can, but things will most likely get worse if they don't get the right information.
Posted 08 March 2012 - 11:01 AM
See also the thread on the various things they are doing to our food these days. http://www.acne.org/...do-to-our-food/
Posted 08 March 2012 - 03:49 PM
Oceans on Acid: Seawater Worst in 300 Million Years
There's fresh evidence that sea life is in danger. A new study finds the world's oceans are turning acidic faster than at any time in the past 300 million years -- a period that included four mass extinctions of species. That spells trouble for corals, crabs, urchins, oysters and others losing the ability to grow the protective armor they need to survive. The change affects other creatures up the food chain, including fish, sea otters and even people.
The research, published in the journal Science, says that while past spikes in carbon dioxide levels that have turned the ocean acidic were driven by volcanoes and other natural causes, the latest disastrous shift in water chemistry is because of human pollution. Every day, 22 million tons of the CO2 we spew into the air are absorbed into our oceans. "If industrial carbon emissions continue at the current pace," one researcher says, "we may lose organisms we care about -- coral reefs, oysters, salmon."
Read about the study in The Christian Science Monitor and learn more about the Center for Biological Diversity's work to stop ocean acidification.
Also, just so you know, as happened during the other warming periods in the past that caused by geothermal events, trapped methane gas will be released into the atmospere. Methane traps far more heat than carbon dioxide. But then, it breaks down into carbon dioxide in the atmosphere and continues to heat up the earth for a really, really long time. But eventually it will get washed out of the atmosphere by acid rain that falls to the earth, further acidifying everything. And in the meantime, we let coal miners and petroleum companies, along with our landfills just vent methane into the atmosphere. If we captured and burned it for energy, it would burn fairly clean and be relatively harmless. What we call natural gas is mostly methane.
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Posted 08 March 2012 - 06:40 PM
Article citing the various reasons we are deficient in magnesium from farming methods causing depleted soils, to harvesting, storing and preparation methods to other things we do to ourself like use/consume flouride and soft drinks.
See also the thread on the various things they are doing to our food these days. http://www.acne.org/...do-to-our-food/
This is why I take a Mg supplement. Something like 60%+ of the US is deficient.
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*Neglects cost of dining out often, buying soda/coffee, price of prescriptions for health problems that can be eliminated/controlled through diet & lifestyle*
Something I was thinking about speaking with one of my old professors, perhaps there's a bit of a biological basis as to why my generation is mostly bad with these kinds of choices. The frontol lobe doesn't finish developing until mid 20s ish, and it may play a pretty big role in rational decision making. I imagine neurotoxins in foods don't exactly help either.
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