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October 2013
Wallace; the Forgotten Evolutionist?
This week our exhibition to commemorate the centenary of the death of the brilliant naturalist, Alfred Russel Wallace has opened for exploration. But who was he?
Wallace was many things - an intrepid explorer, a brilliant naturalist, a social activist, a political commentator – overall a remarkable intellectual. By the time of his death in 1913, Wallace was widely praised as the 'last of the great Victorians'.
Wallace is most famously associated with co-discovering the process of evolution by natural selection alongside Charles Darwin. Yet we have all heard of Darwin, whilst Wallace has become more of a forgotten figure.
In his time Wallace travelled extensively, surviving malaria, numerous fevers and even shipwreck! He covered thousands of miles, lived with indigenous tribes and collected over 125 000 animal specimens. He also wrote widely on a range of subjects, publishing more than 800 articles and writing 22 books.
This exhibition attempts to explore some of Wallace's life and work, and in doing so raise our awareness of this remarkable man. The exhibition uses a mix of media, and has rich diversity of specimens on display, including specimens collected by the great man himself.
Associated with the exhibition are a range of workshops, talks and tours. Check out the website for an up-to-date list of 'whats on'.
We really hope you enjoy the exhibition and welcome feedback on your visit
July 2013
Beans on Toast
3 primary schools took part in activities exploring the new Beans on Toast exhibition at the National Museum Cardiff last week.
Pupils from Windsor Clive Primary School, Trelai Primary School and Ysgol Wirfoddol Abergwili explored where in the world our food comes from and how we can make sustainable choices about the food we buy. They then worked with an artist to create a 'World Food Stall' display to encourage discussion on the issues of food security back in school.
Funding was received to work with the artist through the British Ecological Society.
The exhibition will be open until 29 September 2013. Contact the Learning Department 029 2057 3240 if you would like to take part in future activities.
January 2013
Penblwydd hapus to Alfred Russel Wallace!
Today, 8 January, marks the 190th birthday of the intrepid explorer and brilliant naturalist Alfred Russel Wallace. Born in 1823 in the village of Llanbadoc near Usk, Wallace went on to be one of the most celebrated scientists of his era.
Wallace spent much of his early working years as a civil engineer in the south Wales area, particularly in the Vale of Neath. This involved spending a great deal of time working outdoors, which allowed him to indulge in his growing passion for natural history.
Soon, inspired by the writings of traveling naturalists such as Alexander von Humboldt and Charles Darwin, Wallace set out on his own intrepid travels. These adventures started in the Amazon Basin and were followed later by his explorations of the Malay Archipelgo.
During these trips Wallace collected many thousands of birds, butterflies and beetles, many of which were new to science. The biological diversity he encountered inspired his thinking in many areas of biology such as the distribution and evolution of species. His brilliance did not go un-noticed and in 1858 he famously co-published the theory of evolution by natural selection with Charles Darwin.
During 2013 Amgueddfa Cymru – National Museum Wales, along with other museums and institutions across the world, will be marking the centenary of the death of A R Wallace in a celebration of his life and legacy. Keep an eye on our web site and blog for further information as we finalise details and dates. You will also be able to follow other events and exhibitions on the Wallace100 website.
November 2012
Natural History Halloween Open Day - more scary pictures!
Following on from the last post about our Natural History Halloween Open Day, we thought you might like to see some more pictures of the event.
We had some freshly collected fungi on display, including an invitation to sample the smell of a fresh stinkhorn and to speculate on the significance of the smell to the biology of the fungus. We found it got some interesting reactions (although it's not so fun being sat downwind from it!).
There were also some less stinky but realistic wax models of fungi. These were made in the mid 1900s by our in-house botanical model-maker, a practice that continues today.
A 'murder mystery' had also taken place in our herbarium (the plant collections), an area not usually open to the public. Whilst surrounded by our quarter of a million pressed herbarium specimens, you had to work out which plant was used to poison the victim!
If this has whetted your appetite, keep an eye on our Natural History collections Twitter feed @NatHistConservation for more behind the scenes sneak peeks. Also stay tuned to the What's On guide on our main website for details of the next Open Day. More stories from behind the scenes can also be found on the 'Rhagor' pages of our website e.g. conserving wax models.
October 2012
Old Bones for a New Exhibition
More than 20 years ago the Museum was donated a large research collection of animal bones. This had been put together by a veterinary scientist, Dr Barbara Noddle. The collection mainly consists of sheep, goat and cattle bones from many different breeds.
When it was donated the collection was in a poor state and required extensive conservation and curation. Today it is now housed in over 600 boxes at our offsite Collection Centre at Nantgarw, and a database is available on the website.
Over the years the Noddle Collection has mainly been used in zoo-archaeological research – this is the study of animal remains found at archaeological sites. However parts of the collection will soon find their way into the exhibition limelight!
From the 13th October 'The Wolf Inside' exhibition opens. This will be looking at animal domestication, focusing on dogs but also exploring other animals such as sheep and chickens. And this is where Barbara's collection of old bones finds a new use. We are using a range of skulls from the collection to show some of the diversity found in the different breeds of sheep. A range of these skulls have been checked over and polished up ready for public display.
Along with the skulls there will also be a whole range of animal specimens on display from the museums collections, many of which we haven't had the opportunity to bring out for many years.
The exhibition runs until February next year.
June 2011
New Natural History Galleries
At long last all the natural history galleries are now open again at National Museum Cardiff. You can see old favourites such as the Humpback Whale and the world's largest recorded Leatherback Turtle but there is also something new.
We have created a new gallery which is an introduction to marine biodiversity - or life in the sea. The gallery has over 100 new marine specimens on display with a focus on marine invertebrates rather than fish and you will also find specimens of seaweeds, an often neglected group when it comes to museum displays.
Nearly all the specimens have been displayed in indvidual cases which allows you to get up close and marvel at the intricate design of some of these beasts (and algae!). We have reserved the 3 large cases to display heavy or fragile specimens. Two have displays of some of our fantastic Blaschka glass models. The detail in these models has to be seen to be believed and all the more amazing is they were made over 100 years ago.
So if you are in Cardiff and have an hour free why not pop in and have a look at the new galleries.
April 2011
Lower Natural History Galleries re-opening soon
The west wing natural history galleries have now been closed for well over a year. This has been due to the building works replacing the west wing roof and installing the new contemporary art galleries on the top floor. These works are completed and we are now working hard to get the ground floor natural history galleries back into shape.
The front gallery remains mainly the same but we have taken the opportunity to give the dioramas a deep clean, replace the carpet and redo the lighting. As a result the space is looking much brighter and fresher.
The remaining ground floor gallery space has seen some big changes. We are currently installing a new display area called 'Insight'. This is a series of modular displays, many with interactive touch screens, which will explore the science that goes on behind the scenes at the museum.
Beyond this is another new display area that looks at evolution, and provides a linking space to the newly refurbished science education room.
These spaces will all be fully open to the public on April 16th when we look forward to welcoming you back into these gallery spaces.
Unfortunately the mezzanine area gallery spaces, where the Leatherback Turtle and Humpback Whale can be found, will remain closed a few months longer. Once the ground floor is open we will be cleaning and redoing some of the displays in this area in preparation for the BBC Wildlife Photographer exhibition which opens in mid June.
March 2011
The Buddhas are as many as the sands of the Ganges River: Carved inscription at Baodingshan, Dazu, AD 1177-1249
May 2010. I'm standing next to the largest head I've ever seen. Carved in sandstone and painted, it belongs to the vast reclining Buddha at the heart of the Baodingshan cave temple. Baodingshan, 'Summit of Treasures', is the most impressive of the seventy-five rock-carved temple sites that make up the Dazu World Heritage Site in south-west China. 10,000 individual figures populate its 500m-long tree-shaded sandstone cliff, all carved between AD1177 and 1249.
The experience is overwhelming. I'm astonished by the sheer ambition of this Buddhist complex, by the sophisticated imagination that planned it, by the skills of the artists that fashioned it. I'm here with colleague Steve Howe to plan an exhibition of Dazu carvings at the National Museum in Cardiff early in 2011, and I'm wondering how we are going to convey the magic of these places to our visitors.
This visit to Dazu was my first time back in China since working there in the mid 1980s. China had changed hugely, of course, and the pace of change is as breathtaking as the ferociously spiced Sichuanese food (the best in China, in my view) which our generous hosts pressed on us at every opportunity. The most important things, however – the sociability of the people, their rightful pride in a distinguished cultural heritage – remain undimmed.
Our week's work with colleagues at the Dazu Rock Carvings Museum developed a warm and trusting friendship, along with the realisation that we had an opportunity to create something really special back in Cardiff. Dazu, after all, represents the last great flourishing of the cave-temple art form and its treasures of Song-dynasty (AD960-1279) sculpture had never been seen outside China before.
Back in Wales, the whole exhibition team rose enthusiastically to the challenge and, under serious time pressure, captured the serene drama of visiting a rock-carved cave temple. The exquisite beauty of the carvings, something both spiritual and deeply human, shines out. From a number of favourite pieces, I would highlight the meditating figure of Zhao Zhifeng, the designer of the Baodingshan complex, and, in complete contrast, the charmingly characterised family group from a tomb complete with serious father, delighted mother and two naughty children. Pride of place, though, goes to the central Sakyamuni Buddha, whose authoritative dignity greets visitors to the exhibition and provides a profoundly spiritual focus for the whole experience.
I was particularly pleased to see the delight of our Chinese colleagues at the results, but equally so to see the enthusiasm of so many visitors of all kinds, whether people from Cardiff or China, specialists or local school children. If the multitude of Buddhist figures and schools of thought, and their interweaving with Confucian and Daoist ideas, all seem like too much to grasp, not to worry. Just enjoy the spectacle and take heart from another Dazu inscription that expresses the essential simplicity of Buddhist thinking: 'to know clearly means that there is nothing to know'.
Andrew Renton, Head of Applied Art, National Museum Cardiff
February 2011
Dazu and confused: an exhausting but exhilarating journey to China
Having secured the Dazu Exhibition to come to Wales - to venture west for the first time ever - the Museum sent me to China as a facilitator, a friendly face, to meet and greet its people and report back on the full logistics required for transporting these holy artefacts all the way to Cardiff.
This is a diary of memories from the trip:
The further you travel, the less you know. That line, from Tao teaching, is calling to lay rest my preconceptions.
I reach Dazu late in the evening and after nearly a full day of travelling, cocooned in one small seat after another, happy to have finally finished the journey. My hosts are excited by my presence and have kindly prepared a welcoming dinner. The food arrives as colourful exotic platters, artful dishes with precise garnishes.
Plate after plate upon a lazy Susan, a magic roundabout of smells and flavours so unfamiliar I feel the need for reckless abandonment. I am coached through each course in descriptive detail. Silk worms, pigs gums and the tail of something! Respectfully I enjoy being the entertainment, the toast of this banquet of curiosities.
The next day and I'm standing at the foot of the mountain, my leather soles on ancient well trodden steps. The summit is hidden by dense foliage and cloaked in a playful mist.
Beishan represents the pinnacle of Chinese rock carvings, familiar images from text books are now images of breathtaking artistic, spiritual realization. These exquisite statues project their majesty from 10 meter high walls in commanding elegance, as another niche reveals graceful scenes in rust coloured sandstone magnificence. Truly a day to remember!
Next morning and it's time to meet the local media. The smell of a thimble size glass of white spirit liquor goes someway in preparing me for the consumption. I know I have to knock it back. Today I'm the toast of the town, and everyone wants a piece of me.
I start with filming for Chongqing T.V and also make the front page of Dazu's local newspaper. I'm feeling the love. It's difficult to recall the interviews, an almost surreal experience of transcendental fragmented English prose, offered in a wide-eyed excitable manner. I must have said the right things - forged a relationship - as an orderly queue waits to raise another glass of white heat to my lips!
Alas, it's my last night in China. I'm gazing upon the towering skyline of Chongqing with its ever suppressive fog cast neon rainbows across the Yangzi river. Leaving the busy streets behind, the smell of frying tofu and soot, I watch the city unfold from a packed pleasure cruiser.
The huge creative and commercial upheavals that China is undergoing tell of a transition from hard line politics to economic pragmatism. China and the world have much to gain from Chinese openness. I will leave with a fondness for the country and its people.
Lee Jones, Senior Technician, National Museum Cardiff
Respect the world as your self
The world can be your lodging
Love the world as your self
The world can be your trust.
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January 2011
Dazu: Designing the exhibition
During my time as a designer at National Museum Wales I have had to deal with displays of all shapes and sizes and the Dazu Rock Carvings exhibition provided a unique challenge, especially the heads!
The exhibition features many heavy stone heads, separated from the bodies by historical vandalism as well as some wear and tear (well, they are over 1000 years old!).
The problem posed was how to display them securely and yet in a good position for the viewing public. We also needed a flexible system that is quick: there was only ten days from the delivery to the practical installation!
Some weeks ago we had an idea in the design studio and called on the expertise of Annette and Mary from the Conservation department to discuss the merits of our thoughts.
"What if we set the stones in an expanding foam mould? Would it grip the sculpture securely and hold a display position?"
Mary and Annette both confirmed that if we employed a high-grade conservation material and sheathed the stone with polythene film, the stone would not be affected -in Layman's terms, it would work!
As the icing on the cake we came up with the idea of adding a fabric layer that would act as the finish, ready for display. A mock up was quickly made and, wow! It worked brilliantly!
Mary and Annette made great progress and the heads were set into pre-made display boxes in a secure lab deep in the bowls of the Museum.
The fabric finish was trimmed and the boxes complete with the sculptures were transferred to the gallery for display with specialised lighting.
The heads joined larger items on specialised plinths and some very delicate carvings within cases. Further ingenious display methods were devised for each and every sculpture to ensure this truly amazing exhibition is as inspiring as possible.
We are all very excited to see this exhibition come together and are sure the public will love it too.
Simon Tozzo, Three Dimensional Designer, National Museum Wales
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Albany has dodged a couple of weather bullets lately. But our neighbors to the South haven't been so lucky. Last week Superstrom Sandy slammed into the East Coast, causing massive destruction and claiming the lives of 88 Americans. People are trying to recover from the storm in the harshest conditions, without electricity or running water and didn't really need that Nor'easter to add to the mess.
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The summer before I went to college, I worked on a construction crew, building a four-story summer home that overlooked the open Atlantic from atop a cliff in Georgetown. Every morning, I met the crew at 5:30 a.m. at a machine shop in Topsham, where we all piled into a red dump truck for the forty-minute drive up the coast. It was always dark when we left, but as we made our way down Route 1, past the shipyard and the bridge over the Kennebec and over the Sagadahoc County line, you could catch thin glimpses of the rising sun breaking the horizon. The road to the house wound beneath craned saplings and small indignant firs, past old farmhouses and salt flats, and crisscrossed over a tidal river.
The ocean was usually hidden when we first arrived at the job site. A shimmering gray fog clung to the coastline and drifted onto the land and into the skeletal frame, filling the wall-less rooms and pouring from the glassless windows like smoke from a giant house fire. By the time we'd gotten the tools out and hooked up the nail guns to the air hoses and the hoses to the compressors, the fog had burned off and left behind just diamonds of dew in the short sea grass. Then it became a sort of ritual for our whole crew to shuffle to the cliff's edge and gaze across the swelling pasture of ocean and, unspeaking, admire the revelation and breathe in its salt.
As the least experienced and youngest man on the team, my boss — a small, wiry, and energetic guy from the County named Gerald — gave me the honorary job of "gopher." Or, as he explained in his happy Aroostook-Franco accent, "When I need something, you go-fer it!" My other responsibilities included picking up wood scraps and stacking lumber, sweeping sawdust into neat little piles, and climbing tall sections of staging to bring boxes of nails or measurements to the men who worked above me. For my enormous lack of expertise, I was paid $6.75 an hour, which back then seemed like pretty good wages.
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Not me. I have bad sinuses and don't want to have allergies the whole holiday season!!
We did it about three times. Most Christmas trees have very little scent. A balsam smells good, but the tree farms that we went to didn't grow balsams.
The greatest gift I ever received was wrapped in swaddling clothes.
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I just found these photos on my computer - it's from when I cut down my very first Christmas Tree in 2005. I only needed a small one (like 6") so I cut off the top of a half-dead one, likely my favorite tree of all time.
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Unemployment numbers declined slightly in August, dropping from 8.3 percent in July to 8.1 percent in August, but with modest job growth and tens of thousands of discouraged workers, the job report may not be good news for President Obama.
According to the Labor Department, the U.S. gained 96,000 jobs last month, and is averaging fewer jobs gained a month in 2012 than in 2011. Employment primarily increased in food services and drinking places, professional and technical services, and in health care.
The unemployment rate was bolstered somewhat by marginally attached workers, who are not counted in the unemployment numbers because they have not searched for work in four weeks at the time of the survey. The total number of marginally attached workers is up from July, though unadjusted August numbers show fewer discouraged workers in August versus July. Discouraged workers are those not searching for jobs because they don't think they can find one. All other marginally attached workers are presently not job hunting due to school attendance or family reasons, according to the Bureau of Labor Statistics.
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[20:45:10] Nocturnia (Rin): This sounds like an awesome plot for a shitty horror movie:
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[20:48:55] Nocturnia (Rin): So imagine someone revives all the turkeys on thanksgiving
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Confiscation: multiple defendants & double counting
The Court of Appeal has recently handed down its judgment in Lambert & Walding v R [2012] EWCA Crim 421 (8 March 2012). This was a confiscation case, under the Proceeds of Crime Act 2002, following the conviction of Mr Lambert and Mr Walding of drugs and money laundering offences.
The Crown Court judge found that the benefit of the offences was £107,860 and that this benefit had been obtained jointly by the two co-defendants. He also found that, taking into account the equity in the homes which they owned, each man had an 'available amount' in excess of that figure. None of these findings were disputed on appeal.
The Crown Court judge had made a confiscation order in the sum of £107,860 against Mr Lambert and a confiscation order against Mr Walding, also for £107,860. As a consequence the Crown stood to recover a total of £215,720 from the defendants following a crime from which the benefit had been only half of that amount.
Mr Lambert and Mr Walding appealed against the confiscation orders - arguing that they each should have been ordered to pay an amount equal to only half of the total benefit derived from the crime. Ordering each of them to pay the full amount was, their counsel argued, disproportionate and unlawful being in breach of the defendants' human rights and an abuse of process.
The Court of Appeal upheld the confiscation orders and rejected all the arguments put on behalf of the defendants. In so doing the Court of Appeal followed the trend of previous cases including the leading case, the House of Lords' judgment in R v May [2008] UKHL 28. In that case the House of Lords had said that, as a long established feature of common law in England, a person who owns property jointly with another holds the whole of the jointly held property. (I am here using the word 'property' in its legal sense - meaning an asset of any description.) Therefore a person who obtains property jointly thereby obtains all of that property. Since the confiscation legislation requires the court to equate each defendant's benefit with the value of the property obtained by him it follows, said the House of Lords, that each defendant's benefit is equal to the whole of the property jointly obtained.
This is probably not the outcome which the layman - or even the accountant - would have expected! It may not even be the outcome which MPs would have expected when they voted to approve the legislation. But it is what the courts have found the legislation to mean.
However I believe that there is an argument, based on the detailed wording of PoCA 2002 itself, which was not put before the courts in Lambert or May and which requires the courts to arrive at the confiscation figure which the layman would expect - the amount of the individual defendant's share of the proceeds of the crime.
I have explained my approach in an article on my blog, 'Confiscation: The value of the benefit jointly obtained'. It's a bit technical (so I won't republish it here) but feel free to have a read of the article and comment on it if you wish.
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Splitting the proceeds would appear to create a separate problem. Due to the illicit nature of criminal property. It seems unlikely that it would be possible to determine an exact split of benefit. Could joint defendants tie up court time by each claiming to have received less than 50% of the benefit? Each could claim they are being unfairly penalised by being assigned a share of the benefit greater than that.
I'm not saying that the current situation is ideal, and it does seem bizarre that twice the amount obtained could be assessed in this way. Perhaps this should be more well publicised. I can't help thinking that if more people knew that they could end up paying back a lot more than they personally received in a criminal act, that woudl be a hearty deterrent.
The split or share
I can see that there might be issues of determining the split or share of an individual defendant. I would suggest that courts would assume an equal split and would take some persuasive evidence to depart from that.
Even then however there may be an issue where the exact number of persons jointly entitled in an organised crime might not be known.
Clearly the burden would be on the defendant to establish that his share was less than the whole, and what his share was.
A similar problem can arise in conspiracy cases. You might be interested in my blog article "Confiscation, conspirators, couriers and money launderers" which includes the following:
"So in confiscation proceedings following a conviction for conspiracy it is necessary to consider the role played by the individual conspirator and the benefit obtained by him (including any benefit which he has obtained jointly with one or more other members of the conspiracy).
The Court of Appeal summarised the position in the case of R v Rooney [2010] EWCA 2 as follows: "(a) if a benefit is shown to be obtained jointly by conspirators, then all are liable for the whole of the benefit jointly obtained. (b) If, however, it is not established that the total benefit was jointly received, but it is established that there was a certain sum by way of benefit which was divided between conspirators, yet there is no evidence on how it was divided, then the court making the confiscation order is entitled to make an equal division as to benefit obtained between all conspirators. (c) However, if the court is satisfied on the evidence that a particular conspirator did not benefit at all or only to a specific amount, then it should find that is the benefit that he has obtained."
Obviously I am suggesting that (a) requires modification (but there is a large body of decided cases which would be incorrect if I am right on this!).
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..... I can't help thinking that if more people knew that they could end up paying back a lot more than they personally received in a criminal act, that would be a hearty deterrent.
Not sure I agree with you on that. After all, how many would-be criminals expect to get caught?
Why should fraudsters pay less?
Fraudsters obtain financial benefit at the expense of others, which in turn they invest in 'assets' which invariably increase in value over time, or they obtain assets which they could not have afforded but for the proceeds of their criminal activities. If they had not had the initial fraudulently obtained 'capital' to invest, they would not have their assets.
They cannot claim they should pay back the first £100K they obtained fraudulently, but not the second £100K, even though they would not have had it without the first £100K.
It therefore follows, they should not be assisted in any defense against the courts confiscating the full value of their investments.
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All of April I was 100% lfrv, and, now that it's May, I went to the store and bought some organic raw walnuts, to include maybe once or twice a week.n
I used to LOVE walnuts, but when I went to eat one it tasted gross. I thought, "maybe that was a bad one," and ate another... still awful.
No more overt fats for me.
Anyone else feel like this?
I haven't had walnuts, but Almonds taste superbly well to me.
omg I LOVE ALMONDS!
I feel the same about tortilla chips:)
I don't know what those are, but certainly doesn't sound very tasty to me...
Cashew butter tastes like chocolate to me - don't ask me how! it's so yum.
i havent had in like a year, do you think nuts can be grouped with sad diet now?
do you know what nuts look and taste like before human intervention? they are kinda boring, i remember i used to buy the almonds still in the the green thingy, borrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrring
dave what i am trying to say is that the nuts straight of the tree taste nothing like what we buy in the stores, so thats why i was thinking of putting them in sad category. We are not eating the same natural thing the other primates are eating. Hopefully somebody will educate me if i am wrong?:P thats the way i think until somebody disproves me:P
Walnuts are pretty disgusting by themselves. Most nuts are pretty bland, since our taste buds can't taste fats, proteins, startch or fiber.. which is basically what a nut is comprised of. I think the only nut I really truly enjoy, are pistachios, they're crazy good.
cashews & peanuts are gross raw, taste fine roasted (but not all roasted peanuts taste good, some taste terrible)
almonds are all pasteurized nowadays even if they say they're raw, they taste fine to me
pistachio's are gross raw, good roasted and lightly salted
pecans taste pretty good
walnuts to me are just pecans that don't taste as good
that being said... I prefer peanut butter cookies and vanilla almond milk, both of which I rarely have
not the silk vanilla almond milk, that's the one I have, or at least I think it didn't have that, I haven't had any vanilla almond milk for months
yep, just checked the website, no carrageenan in the ingredients
you disagree on the fact that I prefer peanut butter cookies, you can't do that, lol, that's like saying, "I disagree, you don't prefer peanut butter cookies"
jk - I know what you mean
Eat Brazil nuts! The most nutrient dense of all nuts!
You only need a few nuts a week and you get to save the rain forest at the same time! Brazil nuts are almost imposable to grow in mono culture and surly not profitable, so they are all wild harvested in diverse rain forests..
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On September 23rd 2012, the population of the Upper Engadin valley has voted in a popular vote about a reorganisation model for the Engadin Airport. The presented model was accepted with a Yes percentage of votes of nearly 80%.
This clear approval shows that the population of the Upper Engadin valley stands behind her airport and that they wants to guarantee a continuity of the airport in the Engadin Valley and to develop new projects.
The management and the staff of Engadin Airport are ready to take up this challenge and looks forward to lifting off together with the region, to a new aviation future. In the current arrival magazin you will find more about this.
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Indochina Cultural Journey
Asia > Thailand | 15 days
Trip Code: ATICD
Partaking in a cooking class and learning how to make your favourite Thai dishes, Visiting Buddhist temples and observing the daily life of monks, Learning about Cambodian history both ancient and recent, Experiencing the vibrancy of Ho Chi Minh City on a thrilling cyclo ride.
There's a magic about South East Asia that casts a spell on many who visit this exotic region. Explore the cultural best of Thailand, Cambodia and Vietnam. Encounter history, both ancient and modern, and witness the unbelievable splendour of Angkor Wat. From the natural beauty of Halong Bay and Chiang Mai's temples to khantoke dinners and Khmer lunches, our expert guides will share the natural, historical and cultural beauty that has persisted in this region. More than a tour—this is an adventure of discovery.
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Day 1 Bangkok
Arrive at any time. An arrival transfer is included.
Day 2 Bangkok (1B)
Enjoy an introductory Thai language lesson then take a boat along the klongs to visit the Grand Palace and sacred emerald Buddha at Wat Phra Kaew temple. Overnight train to Chiang Mai.
Day 3 Chiang Mai (1B,1D)
Visit the Doi Suthep Buddhist temple and have the chance to listen to monks chanting. Enjoy a khantoke dinner of local specialities with traditional music and dance. Option to visit the elephant conservation centre or visit local handicraft workshops.
Day 4 Chiang Mai (1B,1L)
Under the guidance of a local chef we take a Thai cooking class and enjoy our creations for lunch. Later relax with a traditional Thai massage and visit the bustling Chiang Mai night market. Option for shopping.
Day 5 Siem Reap (1B)
Flight to Siem Reap, Cambodia. Option to visit the exciting night market.
Days 6-7 Angkor Wat/ Siem Reap (2B,1L)
Spend two days touring the Angkor Wat temple complex with a local expert guide. Enjoy a Khmer lunch at New Hope, a local school and Planeterra-supported project. Option to visit Angkor national museum and Tonle Sap floating village.
Day 8 Phnom Penh (1B)
Drive to Phnom Penh and explore recent history with a local expert visiting the Tuol Sleng Prison museum and the Choeung Ek (Killing Fields). Option to take a cyclo city tour and visit the Foreign Correspondents Club for drinks.
Days 9-10 Ho Chi Minh City (2B)
Flight to Ho Chi Minh City (Saigon), Vietnam where we take a thrilling cyclo tour of the bustling city. On Day 10, a local expert takes us back in history to the Cu Chi tunnels, legendary for the vital part they played during the Vietnam War.
Day 11 Hanoi (1B)
Flight to Hanoi. With a local guide, we visit the Old Quarter for an orientation walk and water puppet show.
Day 12 Halong Bay (1B,1L,1D)
Visit Ho Chi Minh's Mausoleum and Halong Bay on an overnight cruise in a traditional junk boat with our local guide. Explore some of the limestone caves dotted around the bay and enjoy a sumptuous seafood dinner.
Day 13 Halong Bay/Hanoi (1B,1L)
Morning cruise around Halong Bay before transfer back to Hanoi. Option to visit local shops, markets and museums in Hanoi.
Day 14 Bangkok (1B,1D)
Flight to Bangkok, and farewell dinner at the Baiyok Tower high-rise restaurant overlooking the city.
Day 15 Bangkok (1B)
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Our Discovery Adventures Specialists will take care of all the details of your trip, however some travelers enjoy doing a little research on their own to be ahead of the game. Here are some tips and links to get you started.
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- Immunizations and travel health issues: Be sure to get the most accurate and up-to-date health information for the region you will be visiting. Check with your general physician or a specialist from your local travel health clinic.
- Good Health Practices: Adjusting to new climates and cultural conditions can cause some minor complications. This guide will help you stay healthy while you travel.
- Travel Insurance: Be sure to acquire the necessary travel insurance before your trip. You will not be allowed to participate without showing proof of adequate coverage.
- Packing Tips: Create your own packing list based on your destination, accommodations, weather and tour activities. Leave jewelery at home and keep makeup to a minimum. Travel size toiletries stored in a waterproof kit are recommended. Pack once…divide it in half and pack again. (Please verify weight and carry on restrictions with your airline carrier.)
Trip Overview
- Please note that if you have booked the "My Own Room" option for this tour, you will receive your own single room for all night stops on tour, with the following exceptions: Night 2, Sleeper train.
- ex Bangkok
- Max 16, Avg 10
- Comfort hotels (12 nts), sleeper train (1 nt), junk boat (1 nt).
- Private bus, boat, train, tuk tuk, plane, cyclo, traditional junk boat, walking
- 14 breakfasts, 4 lunches, 3 dinners.
- Discovery Adventures guide, local guides
- Allow USD200-250 for meals not included.
- Arrival transfer - Welcome gift - Introductory language lesson - Boat tour of the Klong canals - Tour of the Grand Palace - Visit the Doi Suthep Buddhist Temple - Kantoke dinner with traditional food, music and dance - Thai cooking classes - Traditional Thai massage - Visit to Chiang Mai night market - Guided tour of Angkor Wat temple complex - Visit and lunch at New Hope, Planeterra supported project - Tour of Tuol Sleng Prison Museum and the Choeung Ek memorial (the Killing Fields) - Ho Chi Minh City cyclo tour - Tour of the Cu Chi tunnels - Hanoi City Tour and water puppet show - Halong Bay traditional boat trip with entrance to Halong Bay caves- Farewell dinner at the Baiyok Tower


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The War on Poor Children by Religious Bigots in New Hampshire
There is an excellent article over at Math Wizards, on the effort by some in New Hampshire to repeal a scholarship program for poor kids titled "HB370: A WAR ON POOR CHILDREN IN NEW HAMPSHIRE by RELIGIOUS BIGOTS?"
The article observes that opponents are pointing to the NH State constitution as a reason for repeal, but then walks you through a) how the Blaine Law that was the source for Article 83 is religious bigotry, b) how the constraints of article 83 don't even apply to the program they seek to repeal, and c) that local districts (and this is something I have pointed out repeatedly) still end up with all kinds of local tax money and no student to spend it on.
So the real problem is that the people who object to poor kids getting private scholarship money from New Hampshire business owners either have the constitutional agility of a small soap dish, are paid hacks of some monolithic special interest who are clinging to power, or they hate poor kids.
I'm not averse to the presumption that opponents have internalized all three.
Check out the article. It is well worth your time, and your brain will thank you for making it smarter.
You are reading "The War on Poor Children by Religious Bigots in New Hampshire" by Steve Mac Donald originally posted at GraniteGrok.com (Home)
Steve has been recognized as the Americans For Prosperity Blogger of the month for December 2012