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Solomon Grundy is a playable character in Injustice: Gods Among Us. He is classified as a Power User. Grundy makes use of his massive size and undead strength in combat.
When criminal Cyrus Gold was killed, his remains were resurrected by the powers of the swamp his body fell into. Becoming Solomon Grundy, the mindless brute wants to destroy all of Earth's heroes.
Since Solomon Grundy could not be killed, Superman had him undergo the same brainwashing all regime recruits must endure. He is now the faithful servant of the Man of Steel.
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Year One
Solomon Grundy is first seen in the bowels of Arkham Asylum, being contacted by Harley Quinn, who promises to turn the dampeners that are keeping him contained off, in return for destroying the Asylum. As Harley releases the inmates, Grundy bursts from the floor, chanting his namesake nursery rhyme as he grabs hold of Robin and drags him back under the Asylum, ignoring the combined attacks of Superman, Wonder Woman and Green Arrow as he does.
Grundy is still holding Robin by his head while Wonder Woman stabs his upper arm, though this only prompts the beast to backhand her with enough force to send her through several walls. Grundy begins to return his attention to Robin when he sees his wrist begin to smoke before falling off. Staring dumbly at his smoldering stump, Grundy turns around in time to see a grinning Superman just as the Man of Steel smashes through Grundy's chest in a spray of gore. This seemingly fells the monster, but only for a few moments.
After Nightwing frees Robin from the zombie's severed hand, Batman arrives and Grundy revives. Robin and Nightwing are ordered to return to the Asylum above while Batman charges towards Grundy, leaping over him and slamming two explosive devices onto the sides of his head. As the Dark Knight lands, they detonate, decapitating the monster and finally subduing him.
Though not seen, Grundy is moved to the location Superman had been planning.
Year Four
Year Five
Injustice: Gods Among Us
Solomon Grundy first appears alongside Lex Luthor's team of villains attacking the Watchtower. He fights against Cyborg, but is eventually taken into custody along with the rest of them.
In the alternate universe, Solomon Grundy is a member of Superman's regime, used as a tool by the other villains. He is stationed inside Wayne Manor alongside Killer Frost. When Batman arrives at the Manor with the displaced Justice League members he pulled from their dimension, Grundy and Frost are there to greet them. Frost sics Grundy on Green Arrow while she fights Wonder Woman. Green Arrow is able to keep Grundy back by shooting him and objects he throws at him with arrows, but the two eventually clash one on one, ending with Grundy's defeat. Before he can strike back, Grundy is struck by Green Lantern and carried off into orbit, where he is able to survive due to him being a zombie.
Grundy is later brought back to Earth after the attack on Stryker's Island. After Superman announces his plan and kills Shazam for questioning him, a sorrowful Grundy takes his body outside to bury it in the snow. When he returns, he finds Yellow Lantern beaten into unconsciousness by the defected Flash. He angrily attacks Flash in return, but is beaten.
Solomon Grundy takes part in the attack on Gotham City and on the Insurgency's hideout. He and Killer Frost chase after Cyborg after Frost freezes his arm.
In the epilogue, Grundy is presumably taken into custody with the rest of Superman's accomplices.
Powers and Abilities
Solomon Grundy is a unique zombie exposed to mystical forces from his 'birthplace' in Slaughter Swamp. As such, he possesses superhuman strength almost on par with the likes of Superman and Shazam's caliber of power allowing him to go blow for blow with and even overpower demigods like Wonder Woman, and while he is technically dead, his warped body is so resilient and durable he is practically invulnerable to conventional harm. Whenever actually injured, or his body is damaged to the point of death once again, Grundy can regenerate any lost flesh or limbs, even regrowing entire organs and a totally destroyed head. Aside from his great strength and regeneration powers, Grundy makes use of the various sharp implements impaled over his body, and can even force his body to spew out rotten fumes from his back that are poisonous when inhaled.
Though powerful and almost impossible to kill permanently, Grundy is not considered a major threat by many due to his limited intelligence and the fact that lethal force can be used against him without actually killing him for good.
Special Moves
- Cleaver Spin: Grundy rips a cleaver off his back and slashes his opponent in a sudden spinning strike. The Meter Burn version adds damage and causes the opponent to bounce.
- Walking Corpse: Grundy grabs his opponent and headbutts them. The Meter burn version has Grundy grab the reeling opponent and throw them face first over his shoulder.
- Grave Rot: Grundy emits a rotten fume from his body, damaging any nearby enemies. The Meter Burn version increases the damage of the fumes.
- Dead Air: Grundy grabs his opponent and tosses them over his shoulder. The Meter Burn version has Grundy throw his opponent higher into the air.
- Swamp Hands: Grundy stomps on the ground, causing a swamp puddle to appear under his opponent and for several rotten hands to attack them. The Meter Burn version has the rotten arms hold Grundy's opponent in place.
- To The Grave: Grundy grabs his midair enemy and throws them aside.
Other Moves
- Grab: Grundy lifts his opponent by their head and punches them in the back.
Character Trait
The Pain Chain: Solomon Grundy's character trait is a throw that can be linked with multiple other throws. Up to 3 types of throws can be chained into, each granting him a special ability, such as giving him a power boost, buffing his defense, or resisting chip damage. Spending meter for the initial grab of The Pain Chain will make the grab unblockable and give Grundy super armor.
Super Move
When Solomon Grundy activates his super move, he enters a new mode where he gains armor for a limited amount of time until his super meter is drained. Any physical attack Solomon Grundy uses initiates his super move, no matter if his attacks connect in air or on the ground.
- Grave Digger: Solomon Grundy pulls a cleaver out from his back and slices his enemy with it, he then proceeds to pick up the enemy and throw him/her. As the enemy gets up, Grundy pulls out a tombstone from his chest and smashes it over his/her head.
Move List
Basic Attacks:
- Decimate Fist - [ L ]
- Muddy - [ M ]
- Marsh Mash - [ H ]
- Light-Headed - [ ← + L ]
- Swampy Stomp - [ ← + M ]
- Grundy Blast - [ ← + H ] / ( Hold to charge or [ ← ← + MB ] to Bounce Cancel )
- Cyrus Kick - [ → + L ]
- Butcher Slam - [ → + M ]
- Grundy Crush - [ → + H ] / ( Hold to charge or [ → → + MB ] to Bounce Cancel )
- Gut Punch - [ ↓ + L ]
- Rising Backhand - [ ↓ + M ]
- Low Hook - [ ↓ + H ]
Air Attacks:
- Hinge Kick - [ L ]
- Quick Kick - [ M ]
- Double Kick - [ H ]
- Forward / Reverse Throw - [ ← / → L + H ]
Combo Attack:
- Heavy Hand - [ L , L ]
- Driven To Kill - [ L , L , M ]
- Destroy - [ L , L , H ]
- Face Evil - [ L , ← + M ]
- Born On A Monday - [ ← + L , H ]
- Reanimated - [ → + L , M ]
- No Pain - [ → + L , M , M ]
- Death To All - [ → + L , H ]
- Already Dead - [ ← + M , H ]
- Rest In Peace - [ → + M , M ]
- Slaughter Swamp - [ → + M , M , H ]
- Bad Blood - [ H , M ]
- Dead's Blood - [ H , H ]
- Tombstoned - [ ↓ + L , H ]
- Swampland - [ ↓ + M , H ]
Special Moves:
- Cleaver Spin - [ ↓ , ← , L ]
- Walking Corpse - [ ← , → , H ]
- Grave Rot - [ ↓ , ← , H ]
- Dead Air - [ ← , → , M ]
- Swamp Hands - [ ↓ , ← , M ]
- To The Grave - [ ↓ , → , L ]
EndingThe battle over, Grundy eluded capture and returned to his swamp to heal his wounds. During regeneration, Grundy found he could channel the elemental force of The Red. All animal life would bend to his rule. His increased power also allowed him to resurrect the long-lost Grey force. Now instead of ruling Earth's creatures, he could simply destroy them. After defeating the world's heroes, Grundy turned Earth into his version of paradise. He now rules over a grey and lifeless planet.
Story Mode
- "Arrow man!"
- "Arrow man hurt Grundy!"
- "Squash Arrow man!"
- "Kill Arrow man!"
- "Grundy hurt Arrow man!"
- "Grundy dig hole. Grundy bury."
- "Hey! What you do to Boss Man!"
- "Grundy smash little red man!"
In Battle
- "Tiny man." - During Pain Chain throws
- "Grundy show you!" - During Pain Chain throws
- "Grundy no stop!" - During Pain Chain throws
- "Grundy drown you." - During Pain Chain throws
- "Eat swamp water!" - During Pain Chain throws
- "Solomon Grundy." - During Pain Chain throws
- "Born on a Monday." - During Pain Chain throws
- "Christened on Tuesday." - During Pain Chain throws
- "Married on Wednesday." - During Pain Chain throws
- "Green man die!" - During Pain Chain throws on Green Lantern
- "Me Grundy, not you!" - Occasionally after combos on Solomon Grundy
- "Grundy kill you dead!" - Clash with any Character
- "Grundy no like you!" - Clash with any Character
- "Can't stop Grundy!" - Clash with any character
- "Tiny man fit in pocket!" - Clash with a smaller character
Defense Wagers
- "Grundy hates bats!" - Clash with Batman
- "Grundy no fear bat!" - Clash with Batman
- "Puny arrows no hurt!" - Clash with Green Arrow
- "Arrow man no hurt Grundy!" - Clash with Green Arrow
- "Lights no hurt Grundy!" - Clash with Green Lantern
- "Bird-Girl make Grundy mad!" - Clash with Hawkgirl
- "Thought Bird-Nose was friend!" - Clash with Hawkgirl
- "Grundy think you handsome!"- Clash with (Regime) Solomon Grundy
- "It's like looking in mirror!" - (Regime) Clash with Solomon Grundy
- "Grundy squeeze you like grape!" - Clash with Superman
- "Grundy break you in two!" - Clash with Superman
Attack Wagers
- "Me Grundy not Grodd!" - Clash with Batman
- "Grundy not slow!" - Clash with Green Arrow
- "You not funny!" - Clash with Green Arrow
- "Fire is bad." - Clash with Green Arrow
- "Grundy drown you in it!" - Clash with Green Lantern
- "My name is Solomon Grundy." - Clash with Hawkgirl
- "Grundy hate mirror!" - Clash with (Regime) Solomon Grundy
- "So does Grundy!"- (Regime) Clash with Solomon Grundy
- "No trouble killing blue man." - Clash with Superman
- "Cape man scared!" - Clash with Superman
Solomon Grundy wears a ripped black and purple suit with a dirty white shirt. He wears a noose as a tie and broken chains around his wrists. He has an assortment of piercing weapons lodged in his back and large black loafers for shoes. He has a small traditional belt with suspenders hanging from his waist.
Grundy wears what appears to be a blue sleeveless prisoner's suit. He has an orange undershirt and brown strappings around his wrists and left thigh. He sports a buzzcut and retains his piercing weapons in his back. He also wears large black shoes. His uniform is labelled with the digits 'OS1' on the left, his name brandished on the right. His skull has a stitching scar, similar to Frankenstein's Monster.
- Fred Tatasciore previously voiced Solomon Grundy in Batman: Arkham City.
- When viewed in the Characters Archives in Bonus Features, his tombstone reads "Born - 1944 Died - 1895."
- Solomon Grundy is the first revealed character of the cast to be able to hit someone with his super move while airborne.
- Solomon Grundy is the only character released thus far in Injustice: Gods Among Us whose Super Move cannot be linked with his normal moves to create a combo. All other characters, even Batgirl and Killer Frost are capable of finishing off combos with a Super Move.
- In one of the clash dialogues with Hawkgirl, Grundy refers to her as "Bird-Nose". This is a reference to "The Terror Beyond", an episode of the Justice League animated series where Hawkgirl and Solomon Grundy form a genuine friendship. This friendship is referenced again in the S.T.A.R. Labs Challenges, where Grundy's missions involve searching for Hawkgirl.
- Grundy will occasionally recite part of his poem while using his Character Trait.
- Solomon is the tallest and heaviest character in the game.
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Jared Leyendecker, a Swanville fourth-grader, was diagnosed with Ewings cancer in his right foot. On Jan. 28, to prevent the spread of the cancer, doctors removed his foot.
The Lady Bulldogs sold gold T-shirts in the Swanville area to raise money to help Leyendecker's family. They also pledged $1 for every point scored by the junior varsity and varsity teams in their games against the St. John's Prep team.
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Wednesday, August 23, 2017
Sleep Disorders
4 Year Old refuses to sleep
I have a 4 year old son that refuses to sleep. He gets up at 7am everyday whether he needs to or not and doesn`t take any naps. Every night is a battle to get him to go to sleep and we usually win around midnight. This is starting to get extremely hard on us adults especially when I have to get up at 5:30 am. We have even stop his allergy medicine for a while to see if that might be the problem but no luck. Is this normal for a 4 year old to get 7 hours of sleep a night?
It sounds like you have a lot on your hands and you are correct to seek help. The short answer is no, 7 hours of sleep is not sufficient for a 4 year old. Children this age should be sleeping 11-13 hours per night and, the fact that your child is only sleeping 7 hours, suggests that further evaluation is needed.
Children who have difficulty falling asleep at night need further investigation. Issues which should be explored include:
- caffeine intake during the day
- snoring during night
- family history of insomnia
- family history of restless leg syndrome
- family history of ADHD or psychiatric disorders
While a number of different possible causes may be responsible for your child's problems, it's possible your child may have what is called a "limit setting" sleep disorder. This type of problem typically occurs in children ages 3-6 years old. This is a time when children are often requested to begin to control their own urges (for example going to the bathroom or going to bed), but still require parental guidance. As this transition to some form of independence occurs, it is very easy for bad habits to develop. This may include the development of poor sleep habits. These often accompany the transition from sleeping in a bed requiring adult help to get out of (i.e. a crib or bed with rails) to a bed where the child now has the freedom to get out of bed as they please.
Many factors need to be considered in this type of situation and involvement of both the child and parent(s) is required to make changes for the better. A number of different approaches may be considered. Strict limit setting with avoidance of caffeine may be helpful initial strategies.
Your child should be evaluated carefully by a physician to make sure there are no underlying physical or psychological abnormalities. In order to determine what treatment strategy(s) might work best for your child and family, you should discuss this matter with your Pediatrician.
Mark Splaingard, MD
Clinical Professor of Pediatrics
College of Medicine
The Ohio State University


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Hearty Ham and Chicken Gumbo Recipe
—Jean Leonard, Houston, Texas
- 3 Jones Dairy Farm Dry-Aged Bacon strips, cut into 1/2-inch pieces
- 1/3 cup chopped onion
- 1 garlic clove, minced
- 1/2 cup cubed fully cooked ham
- 1/4 cup cubed cooked chicken
- 1 cup frozen sliced okra
- 1 can (8 ounces) diced tomatoes, undrained
- 1 cup chicken broth
- 1/2 teaspoon Worcestershire sauce
- 1/8 teaspoon salt
- 4 drops hot pepper sauce
- Hot cooked rice
- 1. In a large skillet, cook bacon just until crisp. Add onion and cook, stirring constantly, until bacon is crisp and onion is soft. Add garlic, ham and chicken; cook for 2 minutes, stirring constantly. Stir in okra, tomatoes and broth; bring to a boil. Reduce heat; cover and simmer for 30 minutes. Add Worcestershire sauce, salt and hot pepper sauce. Serve over rice. Yield: 2 servings.
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1 cup: 307 calories, 20g fat (6g saturated fat), 60mg cholesterol, 1548mg sodium, 14g carbohydrate (7g sugars, 4g fiber), 19g protein.
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Here we go again with the crazy stories! Sorry, they're plentiful these days and we're really interested in knowing what you think about them. So here it goes!
Angelo Heddington, 30, and Elizabeth Rudavsky, 27, are from Canada. They dated for only four months before they were married. According to the Daily Mail, Angelo immediately began abusing Elizabeth and at seven months, he was dead because Elizabeth–who came to their wedding with a black eye inflicted by Angelo–stabbed him in self-defense.
Well paramedics made a discovery about Heddington that Rudavsky, in her short seven month romance with Heddington, claims she never knew about. Heddington was wearing a prosthetic penis! Angelo Heddington was really Angela Heddington. She had been living as a man since she became a teenager and no one was the wiser…not even Rudavsky. How'd she fool her, you say?! This is even more unsettling.
According to the report:
Elizabeth says on the Investigation Discovery program, Fatal Vows, which premieres December 13: 'I never saw nothin'. Things were dark.'
Throughout their seven-month relationship, Angela had never been 'bare' in the light with Elizabeth, and always insisted on having sex in the dark, according to a police report.
Angelo, born Angela, actually told his wife that a previous girlfriend had gotten angry and burned his genitals.
'I never passed judgment,' Elizabeth said.
Okay…is she pulling the wool over our eyes or is she really this gullible? Hard to say! What do you think? Read more of the details here.
-J.C. Brooks


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Australian households and business remain reluctant to take on more debt, with new monthly borrowing data from the Reserve Bank of Australia sparking pessimism about where new spending and economic growth will come from.
In October, credit growth fell to just 0.1 per cent, its lowest rate in more than a year. This was despite a rate cut on October 2 that was passed on, in part, to mortgage holders by all four big banks within 10 days.
Personal credit growth was 0.1 per cent last month and business credit growth was -0.3 per cent, its second negative result in three months. Housing credit – as measured over 12 months – has fallen to 4.7 per cent, the lowest rate of growth in data since records began in 1977.
The data has left market economists reeling. "Private sector credit data tends to be a good forward-looking indicator of activity," said CommSec economist Savanth Sebastian. "Scouring through the data, there certainly weren't any rays of sunshine." Commonwealth Bank expects rate cuts will stay on the agenda.
JPMorgan economist Tom Kennedy was disappointed with what the release said about the economy. "Business credit was the most notable underperformer . . . that said, growth in housing credit has also been disappointing, with the sector seemingly unable to gather any sustained momentum despite the cash rate approaching near record lows," he said in a note.
Weak credit growth should make more rate cuts easier, he said. "The fact that the cuts have not created froth in housing credit should temper any concerns RBA officials may have that further easing will fuel household debt and house prices."
The bad news about private credit growth comes on top of weak capital expenditure data on Thursday. That has ANZ Bank concluding the mining investment cycle is peaking at a lower level than expected.
"The overall investment outlook now looks weaker than previously thought. We continue to expect the RBA to lower the cash rate by 25bps next week and to maintain an easing bias next year," ANZ economists wrote in a note.
The RBA will consider feeble credit growth as it decides about official interest rates in December. Markets swung sharply this week to price in a cut to official rates as a strong chance. On Friday afternoon, the chance implied by financial market pricing was 84 per cent, up from as low as 52 per cent on Monday.
National Australia Bank chief economist Rob Henderson has changed the bank's prediction for December from no cut to cut, citing "accumulating evidence that the domestic economy is weak, as mining and energy comes off the boil and as the high dollar weighs down large swaths of the economy. Fiscal headwinds won't help in the coming 12 months." He anticipates one more cut, in May next year.
The Australian Financial Review


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Fundraising wheels were in motion last week when a group of Helston shopkeepers helped collect cash for Children's Hospice South West.
The staff at Spar, at the top of Furry Way, were taking part in Sparathon 2014 – a cycling challenge in support of the charity that runs three children's hospices, including at St Austell.
Spar franchise owner Mark Gillett, together with his brother Alan Cookson, cycled between every shop in his franchise.
Helston was the second to last stop on their list last Friday, before finishing at Hayle.
Staff at the Helston branch showed their support by taking part in their own cycling challenge, attempting to complete at least 300 miles over the course of the week, on a static bicycle in store.
Jane Rowntree, shop supervisor, said: "It's been fantastic – challenging, but fantastic because it's for such a good cause."
Store manager Belinda Sharrinton also organised for a cake stall and face painting to help boost the funds further, with staff all wearing onesies for the day.


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1952 Movie Promotes the Building of the Garden State Parkway
Imagine life in South Jersey without the Garden State Parkway.
You may really hate driving on the Parkway today, but what if all north and south driving in the eastern part of the state was done only on Rt. 9? Sixty years ago that was the case, and, even by 1952 standards, that situation was a real problem!
Here's a black and white 1952 short movie produced by the New Jersey Highway Authority, advocating the benefits on the G.S.P. to New Jersey-ians who were about to go to the polls to vote for the completion of the highway project.
The movie, in the finest propaganda film style, paints an idyllic picture of the state once the Parkway, with its "cool green woods set aside for picnics", is complete. I've driven on the Parkway thousands of times, but I've always missed the picnic grounds.
Over 60 years later though, there's no doubting the value of the highway, even if it failed to "end traffic snarls", as promised on this scratchy, but fascinating, look back at the Garden state, before the Garden State Parkway.


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Aside from American author Laura Ingalls Wilder's original Little House series, several series of books for juveniles, young adults and adults have also been published. These separate series are fictionalized accounts of the lives of Wilder's great-grandmother Martha Morse Tucker, grandmother Charlotte Tucker Quiner, mother Caroline Ingalls, daughter Rose Wilder Lane's childhood and teenage years and Wilder's own missing adult years. In addition, simplified versions of the original series have been published for younger children in chapter and picture book form.
Little House in the Big WoodsEdit
- Main article: Little House in the Big Woods
The story of the first book in the series, Little House in the Big Woods, revolves around the life of the Ingalls family in their small home near Pepin, Wisconsin. The family includes mother Caroline Lake Quiner Ingalls, father Charles Phillip Ingalls, eldest daughter Mary Amelia Ingalls, and youngest daughter (and protagonist), Laura Elizabeth Ingalls Wilder.[1] Although Laura turns five years old during the book, the author was actually only three years old during the real-life events documented in the novel. According to a letter from Wilder's daughter, Rose, to biographer William Anderson, the publisher had Laura change her age in the book because it seemed unrealistic for a three-year-old to have such specific memories.[2] For the sake of continuity, in Wilder's later book, Little House on the Prairie, Laura portrayed herself as between six and seven years of age.
Little House in the Big Woods describes the homesteading skills Laura observed and began to practice during her fifth year. The cousins come for Christmas that year, and Laura receives a doll, which she names Charlotte. Later that winter, the family goes to Grandma Ingalls's and has a "sugaring off". The family and neighbors harvest sap and make maple syrup. The Ingalls family returns home with buckets of syrup, enough to last the year. Laura remembered that sugaring off, and the dance that followed, for the rest of her life.
The book also describes other farm work duties and events, such as the birth of a calf, and the availability of milk, butter and cheese, gardening, field work, and hunting and gathering. Everyday housework is described in detail. When Pa goes into the woods to hunt, he usually comes home with a deer and smokes the meat for the coming winter. One day he notices a bee tree and returns from hunting early to get the wash tub and milk pail to collect the honey. When Pa returns in the winter evenings, Laura and Mary beg him to play his fiddle, as he is too tired from farm work to play during the summertime.
Little House on the PrairieEdit
- Main article: Little House on the Prairie
Little House on the Prairie, published in 1935, is the third of the series of books known as the Little House series, but only the second book to focus on the life of the Ingalls family (the second book in the series, Farmer Boy focused on the childhood of Laura's future husband, Almanzo Wilder). The book takes place from 1869–1870.
The book tells about the months the Ingalls family spent on the prairie of Kansas, around the town of Independence, Kansas. At the beginning of this story, Pa Ingalls decides to sell the house in the Big Woods of Wisconsin, and move the family, via covered wagon to the Indian Territory near Independence, Kansas, as there were widely circulating stories that the land (technically still under Osage ownership) would be opened to settlement by homesteaders. Laura, along with Pa and Ma, Mary, and baby Carrie, moves to Kansas. Along the way, Pa trades his two horses for two Western mustangs, which Laura and Mary name Pet and Patty.
When the family reaches Indian Territory, they meet Mr. Edwards, who is extremely polite to Ma, but tells Laura and Mary that he is "a wildcat from Tennessee." Mr. Edwards is an excellent neighbor, and helps the Ingalls family in every way he can, beginning with helping Pa build their house. Pa builds a roof and a floor for the house and digs a well with assistance from another neighour, Mr. Scott, and the family is finally settled.
Unlike during their time in the Big Woods, the family meets difficulty and danger on the prairie. The Ingalls become terribly ill with "fever 'n' ague" (fever with severe chills and shaking) which was later identified as malaria. Laura comments on the varied ways they believe to have acquired it, with "Ma" asserting that it came from eating bad watermelon. Dr.Tan, an African American doctor, takes care of the family while they are sick. Around this time, Mr. Edwards brings Laura and Mary their Christmas presents from Independence, and in the spring, the Ingallses plant the beginnings of a small farm.
Ma's prejudice against American Indians, and Laura's childish feelings, are shown side by side with the portrayal of the Osage tribe that lives on and owns the Ingalls's land. At the end of this book, the family is told that the land must be vacated by settlers as it is not legally open to settlement yet, and in 1870 Pa elects to leave the land and move before the Army forcibly requires him to abandon the land.
Many of the incidents in the book are actual situations that happened to the Ingalls family. Because Laura was, in fact, two to three years old while the Ingalls lived in Indian Territory during 1869–1870, and did not remember the incidents herself, she did more historical research on this novel than on any other novel she wrote in an attempt to have all details as accurate as possible.
On the Banks of Plum CreekEdit
- Main article: On the Banks of Plum Creek
The fourth book in the series, On the Banks of Plum Creek, takes place from 1871 to 1874, and follows the Ingalls family as they move from Kansas to Pepin, Wisconsin to an area near Walnut Grove, Minnesota, and settle in a dugout "on the banks of Plum Creek (Redwood County, Minnesota)".[3] Jack, the family bulldog, moves with the family to Plum Creek, though in real life he did not make the journey. Laura's age is still not accurately portrayed in relation to actual events. During the course of the story, Laura is between the ages of seven and nine years old, but in 1871 her real age would have been four or five.
Pa trades his horses Pet and Patty to the property owner (a man named Hanson) for the land and crops, but later gets two new horses as Christmas presents for the family, which Laura and her sister Mary name "Sam" and "David". Pa soon builds an above-ground, wooden house for the family. Laura and Mary go to school for the first time at Barry Corner School, where they meet their teacher, Miss Eva Beadle. They also meet Nellie Oleson, who makes fun of Laura and Mary for being "country girls." Laura plays with her bulldog Jack when she is home, and she and Mary are invited to a party at the Olesons' home. Laura and Mary invite all the girls (including Nellie) to a party at their house to reciprocate. The family soon goes through hard times when a plague of Rocky Mountain Locust, or grasshoppers, devastates their crops. The book ends with Pa returning safely to the house after being unaccounted for during a severe four-day blizzard.
By the Shores of Silver LakeEdit
- Main article: By the Shores of Silver Lake
The fifth book in the series, By the Shores of Silver Lake is based on Laura's late childhood spent near De Smet, South Dakota, beginning in 1879. The book also introduces Laura's youngest sister Grace Pearl.
The story begins when the family is about to leave Plum Creek, shortly after the family has recovered from the scarlet fever which caused Mary to become blind. The family welcomes a visit from Aunt Docia, whom they had not seen for several years. She suggests that Pa and Ma move west to the rapidly developing Dakota Territory, where Pa could work in Uncle Henry's railroad camp. Ma and Pa agree, since it will allow Pa to look for a homestead while he works. The family has endured many hardships on Plum Creek and Pa especially is anxious for a new start. After selling his land and farm to neighbors, Pa goes ahead with the wagon and team. Mary is still too weak to travel so the rest of the family follows later by train.
The day Pa leaves, however, their beloved bulldog Jack is found dead, which saddens Laura greatly. In actuality, the dog upon whom Jack was based was no longer with the family at this point, but the author inserted his death here to serve as a transition between her childhood and her adolescence. Laura also begins to play a more mature role in the family due to Mary's blindness—Pa instructs Laura to "be Mary's eyes" and to assist her in daily life as she learns to cope with her disability. Mary is strong and willing to learn.
The family travels to Dakota Territory by train—this is the children's first train trip and they are excited by the novelty of this new mode of transportation that allows them to travel in one hour the distance it would take a horse and wagon an entire day to cover. When the family reunites at the railroad camp Laura meets her cousin Lena and the two become good friends.
As winter approaches and the railroad workers head back East, the Ingallses wonder where they might stay for the winter. As luck would have it, the county surveyor needs a house-sitter while he is East for the winter, and Pa signs up. It is a winter of luxury for the Ingalls family as they are given all the provisions they need in the large, comfortable house. They spend a cozy winter with their new friends, Mr. and Mrs. Boast, and both families look forward to starting their new claims in the spring.
The "Spring Rush" comes early. The large mobilization of pioneers to the Dakotas in early March prompts Pa to leave immediately on the few days' trip to the claims office. The girls are left alone and spend their days and nights boarding and feeding all the pioneers passing through. They charge 25 cents for dinner and boarding, starting a savings account toward sending Mary to the School for the Blind in Vinton, Iowa, which Mary begins to attend later in the series.
With the aid of his old friend Mr. Edwards, Pa successfully files his claim. As the spring flowers bloom and the prairie comes alive with new settlers, the Ingalls family moves to their new piece of land and begins building what will become their permanent home.
The Long WinterEdit
- Main article: The Long Winter
The sixth book in the series take place mostly over the winter of 1880-1881, one of the most notably severe winters in history, also known as "The Snow Winter".[4]
The Long Winter begins in Dakota Territory at the Ingalls homestead on a hot August day in 1880. Laura's father, Pa, is haying. Pa tells Laura that he knows the winter is going to be hard because muskrats always build a house with thick walls before a hard winter, and this year, they have built the thickest walls he has ever seen. In mid-October, the Ingalls wake with an unusually early blizzard howling around their poorly insulated claim shanty. Soon afterward, Pa receives another warning from an unexpected source: a dignified old Native American man comes to the general store in town to warn the white settlers that there will be seven months of blizzards. Pa decides to move the family into town for the winter.
Laura attends school with her younger sister, Carrie, until the weather becomes too severe to permit them to walk to and from the school building. Blizzard after blizzard sweeps through the town over the next few months. The frequent blizzards prevent supply trains from getting to De Smet and food and fuel become scarce and expensive. Eventually, the railroad company suspends all efforts to dig out the trains, leaving the town stranded. For weeks, the Ingalls subsist on potatoes and coarse brown bread, using twisted hay for fuel. As even this meager food runs out, Laura's future husband Almanzo Wilder and his friend Cap Garland risk their lives to bring wheat to the starving townspeople – enough to last the rest of the winter.
As predicted, the blizzards continue for seven months. Finally, the trains begin running again, bringing the Ingalls a Christmas barrel full of good things – including a turkey. In the last chapter, they sit down to enjoy their Christmas dinner in May.
The book is notable as being the first in which Laura's age is historically accurate (in 1880 she would have been 13, as she states in the first chapter). However, Almanzo Wilder's age is misrepresented. Much is made of the fact that he is 19 pretending to be 21 in order to obtain a homestead claim from the US government. In reality, WIlder was ten years older than Laura. In 1880, his true age would have been 23. Scholar Ann Romines has suggested that Laura made Almanzo younger because it was felt that more modern audiences would be scandalized by the great difference in their ages in light of their young marriage.
Little Town on the PrairieEdit
- Main article: Little Town on the Prairie
The seventh book begins in 1881, just after the long winter, and is largely set in the town of De Smet, South Dakota.
The story begins as Laura accepts her first job performing sewing work in order to earn money for Mary to go to a college for the blind in Iowa. Laura's hard work comes to an end when she is let go, and the family begins planning to raise cash crops to pay for Mary's college. After the crops are destroyed by blackbirds, Pa sells a calf to earn the balance of the money needed. While Ma and Pa escort Mary to the college, Laura, Carrie, and Grace are left alone for a week. In order to stave off the loneliness stemming from Mary's departure, Laura, Carrie, and Grace do the fall cleaning. They have several problems, but the house is sparkling when they are done. Ma and Pa come home and are truly surprised.
In the fall, the Ingalls prepare for a move to town for the winter. Laura and Carrie attend school in town and Laura is reunited with her friends Minnie Johnson and Mary Power. She also meets a new girl, Ida Brown, who has been adopted by the town's minister and his wife. There is a new schoolteacher for the winter term: Eliza Jane Wilder, Almanzo's sister. Nellie Oleson, Laura's nemesis from Plum Creek, has moved to De Smet and is attending the school. Nellie turns the teacher against Laura and Miss Wilder loses control of the school for a time. A visit by the school board restores order; however, Miss Wilder leaves at the end of the fall term, and is eventually replaced by Mr. Clewett and then Mr. Owen, the latter of whom befriends Laura. Through the course of the winter, Laura sets herself to studying, as she only has one year left before she can apply for a teaching certificate.
At the same time, Almanzo Wilder begins escorting Laura home from church. By Christmastime, Almanzo once again sees Laura home, and offers to take her on a sleigh ride after he completes the cutter he is building.
At home, Laura is met by Mr. Boast and Mr. Brewster, who interview Laura for a teaching position at a settlement led by Brewster twelve miles (19 km) from town. The school superintendent comes and tests Laura (though she is two months too young, he never asks her age), and she is awarded a third-grade teaching certificate.
These Happy Golden YearsEdit
- Main article: These Happy Golden Years
The eighth book in the series, These Happy Golden Years takes place between 1882 and 1885. As the story begins, Pa is taking Laura 12 miles from home to her first teaching assignment at Brewster settlement. Laura, only 15 and a schoolgirl herself, is apprehensive as this is both the first time she has left home and the first school she has taught. She is determined to complete her assignment and earn $40 to help her sister Mary, who is attending Vinton College for the Blind in Iowa.
This first school proves difficult for her. Laura must board with the Brewsters in their two-room claim shanty, sleeping on their sofa. The Brewsters are an unhappy family and Laura is deeply uncomfortable observing the way husband and wife quarrel. In one particularly unsettling incident, she wakes in the night to see Mrs Brewster standing over her husband with a knife. It's a bitterly cold winter, and neither the claim shanty or the school house can be heated adequately. The children she is teaching, some of whom are older than she is herself, test her skills as a teacher. Laura grows more self-assured through the term, and successfully completes the two-month term.
To Laura's surprise and delight, homesteader Almanzo Wilder (with whom she became acquainted in Little Town on the Prairie) appears at the end of her first week of school in his new two-horse cutter to bring her home for the weekend. Already fond of Laura and wanting to ease her homesickness, Almanzo takes it upon himself to bring her home and back to school each weekend.
The relationship continues after the school term ends. Sleigh rides give way to buggy rides in the spring, and Laura impresses Almanzo with her willingness to help break his new and often temperamental horses. Laura's old nemesis, Nellie Oleson, makes a brief appearance during two Sunday buggy rides with Almanzo. Nellie's chatter and flirtatious behavior towards Almanzo annoy Laura. Shortly thereafter, Nellie moves back to New York after her family loses their homestead.
Laura's Uncle Tom (Ma's brother) visits the family and tells of his failed venture with a covered wagon brigade seeking gold in the Black Hills. Laura helps out seamstress Mrs. McKee by staying with her and her daughter on their prairie claim for two months to "hold it down" as required by law. The family enjoys summer visits from Mary.
The Ingalls family finances have improved to the point that Pa can sell a cow to purchase a sewing machine for Ma. Laura continues to teach and work as a seamstress, and Almanzo invites Laura to attend summer "singing school" with him and her classmates. On the last evening of singing school, while driving Laura home, Almanzo—-who has by now been courting Laura for three years—-proposes to Laura. During their next ride, Almanzo presents Laura with a garnet-and-pearl ring and they share their first kiss.
Several months later, after Almanzo has finished building a house on his tree claim, he asks Laura if she would mind getting married within a few days as his sister and mother have their hearts set on a large church wedding, which Pa cannot afford. Laura agrees, and she and Almanzo are married in a simple ceremony by the Reverend Brown. After a wedding dinner with her family, Laura drives away with Almanzo and the newlyweds settle contentedly into their new home.
The First Four YearsEdit
- Main article: The First Four Years
The ninth book in the series, The First Four Years, and the final book to feature Laura as the protagonist, follows the earliest years of Laura and Almanzo's marriage. Found after Wilder's death, the book was published in its original draft form in 1971.
The First Four Years derives its title from a promise Laura made to Almanzo when they became engaged. Laura did not want to be a farm wife, but she consented to try farming for three years. At the end of that time, Laura and Almanzo mutually agreed to continue for one more year, a "year of grace". Over the course of the novel Laura and Almanzo's daughter, Rose, is born, they lose their unnamed son shortly after his birth, suffer a bout of diphtheria that leaves Almanzo in poor health for the rest of his life, and lose their house in a fire. The book ends at the close of that fourth year, on a rather optimistic note. In reality, a two-year drought and several other tragic events eventually drove the Wilders into debt and from their land. They later founded a successful fruit and dairy farm in Mansfield, Missouri, where they lived comfortably until their respective deaths.
The Main SeriesEdit
The Martha YearsEdit
Stories about Laura's great-grandmother, Martha Morse Tucker, written by Melissa Wiley
- Little House in the Highlands (1999)
- The Far Side of the Loch (2000)
- Down to the Bonny Glen (2001)
- Beyond the Heather Hills (2003)
The Charlotte YearsEdit
Stories about Laura's grandmother, Charlotte Tucker Quiner written by Melissa Wiley
- Little House by Boston Bay (1999)
- On Tide Mill Lane (2001)
- The Road from Roxbury (2002)
- Across the Puddingstone Dam (2004)
The Caroline YearsEdit
Stories about Laura's mother, Caroline Quiner Ingalls written by Maria D.Wilkes (1-4) and Celia Wilkins (5-7).
- Little House in Brookfield (1996)
- Little Town at the Crossroads (1997)
- Little Clearing in the Woods (1998)
- On Top of Concord Hill (2000)
- Across the Rolling River (2001)
- Little City by the Lake (2003)
- Little House of Their Own (2005)
The Laura YearsEdit
Stories about Laura, written by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Little House in the Big Woods (1932)
- Farmer Boy (1933)(actually about Laura's future husband)
- Little House on the Prairie (1935)
- On the Banks Of Plum Creek (1937)
- By The Shores Of Silver Lake (1939)
- The Long Winter (1940)
- Little Town on the Prairie (1941)
- These Happy Golden Years (1943)
- The First Four Years (1971)
Other "Little House" books written by Laura Ingalls Wilder
- On the Way Home (1962)
- West From Home (1974)
- A Little House Traveler (2006)
The Rose YearsEdit
Stories about Laura's daughter, Rose Wilder Lane, written by Roger Lea MacBride
- Little House on Rocky Ridge (1993)
- Little Farm in the Ozarks (1994)
- In the Land of the Big Red Apple (1995)
- On the Other Side of the Hill (1995)
- Little Town in the Ozarks (1996)
- New Dawn on Rocky Ridge (1997)
- On the Banks of the Bayou (1998)
- Bachelor Girl (1999)
Laura's Lost YearsEdit
Stories about what happened between "On the Banks of Plum Creek" and "By the Shores of Silver Lake", written by Cynthia Rylant
- Old Town in the Green Groves (2002)
New BooksEdit
- Nellie Oleson Meets Laura Ingalls by Heather Williams (September 2007)
- Mary Ingalls on Her Own by Elizabeth Cody Kimmel (December 2007)
- Farmer Boy Goes West by Heather Williams (February 14, 2012) [5]
Spin-Off SeriesEdit
The Days of Laura Ingalls Wilder: Stories about the people in Laura, Almanzo, and Rose's Mansfield, Missouri home, written by Thomas L. Tedrow
- Missouri Homestead (1992)
- Children of Promise (1992)
- Good Neighbors (1992)
- Home to the Prairie (1992)
- The World's Fair (1992)
- Mountain Miracle (1992)
- The Great Debate (1992)
- Land of Promise (1992)
Little House Chapter BooksEdit
- Brookfield Days
- Caroline & Her Sister
- Frontier Family
- Brookfield Friends
- A New Little Cabin
- The Adventures of Laura & Jack
- Pioneer Sisters
- Animal Adventures
- School Days
- Laura and Nellie
- Farmer Boy Days
- Little House Farm Days
- Hard Times on the Prairie
- Little House Friends
- Christmas Stories
- Laura's Ma
- Laura's Pa
- Laura and Mr. Edwards
- Little House Parties
- Missouri Bound
- Rose at Rocky Ridge
- Rose & Alva
- The Adventures of Rose & Swiney
- Missouri School Days
"My First Little House Books"Edit
Picture BooksEdit
- County Fair (1997)
- Christmas in the Big Woods (1995)
- Dance at Grandpa's (1994)
- The Deer in the Wood (1995)
- A Farmer Boy Birthday (1998)
- Going to Town (1995)
- Going West (1996)
- A Little House Birthday (1997)
- A Little Prairie House
- Prairie Day (1997)
- Sugar Snow (1998)
- Summertime in the Big Woods (1996)
- Winter Days in the Big Woods (1994)
- Winter on the Farm (1996)
- Winter Tales (1994) (My First Little House Collection: contains Winter Days in the Big Woods, Christmas in the Big Woods, and Dance at Grandpa's)
Board BooksEdit
- Bedtime for Laura (1996)
- Laura Helps Pa (1996)
- Laura's Garden (1996)
- Hello, Laura! (1996)
Musical Board BooksEdit
- Happy Birthday, Laura! (1995) (plays "Pop! Goes the Weasel")
- Merry Christmas, Laura! (1995) (plays "We Wish You a Merry Christmas")
Lift the Flap BooksEdit
- Laura's Christmas (1998)
- Laura's Little House (1998)
"My Little House"Edit
- My Book of Little House Paper Dolls: The Big Woods Collection (1995)
- My Book of Little House Christmas Paper Dolls: Christmas on the Prairie (1996)
- My Book of Little House Paper Dolls: A Day on the Prairie (1997)
- My Little House 123 (1997)
- My Little House ABC (1997)
- My Little House Birthday Book (1997)
- My Little House Book of Animals (1998)
- My Little House Book of Family (1998)
- My Little House Book of Memories (1994)
- My Little House Christmas Crafts Book (1997)
- My Little House Christmas Sticker Book: Santa Claus Comes to the Prairie (1997)
- My Little House Crafts Book
- My Little House Cookbook (1996) (comes with child's apron)
- My Little House Diary (1995)
- My Little House Friendship Book (1995) (hardcover comes with Locket)
- My Little House Party Crafts Book (1997)
- My Little House Sewing Book (1997)
- My Little House Songbook (1995)
- My Little House Sticker Book: A Day in the Big Woods (1996)
- Dear Laura: Letters from Children to Laura Ingalls Wilder
- Inside Laura's Little House: The Little House on the Prairie Treasury
- A Little House Christmas: Holiday Stories from the Little House Books
- A Little House Christmas: Holiday Stories from the Little House Books, Volume II
- A Little House Christmas Treasury
- A Little House Reader
- Little House Sisters
- The Little House Baby Book
- The Little House Baby Photograph Album: A Book of Baby's Early Years
- The Little House Christmas Theater Kit
- The Little House Cookbook
- The Little House Guidebook by William Anderson
- The Laura Ingalls Wilder Songbook: Favorite Songs from the Little House Books
- Santa Comes to Little House
- The World of Little House by Carolyn Strom Collins, Christina Wyss Eriksson
- A Little House Sampler edited by William T. Anderson
- Laura's Album: A Remembrance Scrapbook of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson
- Walnut Grove, Terre Promise by Patrick Loubatière
- Little House on the Prairie from A to Z, by Patrick Loubatière
- Les héros de la petite maison dans la prairie by Pierre Brousseau
- Laura Ingalls Wilder's Prairie Wisdom: with Bookmark by Yvonne Pope
There were dozens of books about Laura written. That includes ones like :
- Pioneer Girl: The Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson
- Prairie Girl: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson
- Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Biography by William Anderson
- The Story of the Ingalls by William Anderson
- The Story of the Wilders by William Anderson
- Laura Wilder of Mansfield by William Anderson
- A Wilder in the West by William Anderson
- Laura's Rose: The Story of Rose Wilder Lane by William Anderson
- The Horn Book's Laura Ingalls Wilder edited by William Anderson
- Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Iowa Story by William Anderson
- The Walnut Grove Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder by William Anderson
- The Little House Guidebook by William Anderson
- Laura Ingalls Wilder Country: The People and Places in Laura Ingalls Wilder's Life and Books by William Anderson and Leslie Kelly
- Laura Ingalls Wilder: Pioneer and Author by Judy Alter
- Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Storybook Life by Janet and Geoff Benge
- Laura Ingalls Wilder by Emma Carlson Berne and Nicole Elzenga
- Laura Ingalls Wilder by Emma Carlson Berne
- Laura Ingalls Wilder by Jeanne Clidas and Mara Wil
- Little House, Long Shadow: Laura Ingalls Wilder's Impact on American Culture by Anita Clair Fellman
- Laura Ingalls Wilder: An Author by Sarah Glasscock
- Laura Ingalls Wilder by Beatrice Gormley and Meryl Henderson
- Laura Ingalls Wilder: A Writer's Life by Pamela Smith Hill
- I Remember Laura by Stephen W. Hines
- Laura Ingalls Wilder by Wil Mara
- Becoming Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Woman Behind the Legend by John E. Miller
- Laura Ingalls Wilder and Rose Wilder Lane by John E. Miller
- Laura Ingalls Wilder's Little Town: Where History and Literature Meet by John E. Miller
- Laura Ingalls Wilder by Kaye Patchett
- The Wilder Family Story by Dorothy Smith
- Story of Laura Ingalls Wilder: Pioneer Girl by Megan Stine
- Laura Ingalls Wilder by Tanya Lee Stone
- Laura Ingalls Wilder by Ginger Wadsworth
- Laura Ingalls Wilder by Pam Walker
- Laura Ingalls Wilder by Mae Woods
- Laura Ingalls Wilder by Kyle Zimmer and Amy Sickels
- Laura: The Life of Laura Ingalls Wilder by Donald Zochert
and others.
External linksEdit
- ↑ Gormley, Laura Ingalls Wilder: Young Pioneer, p.36
- ↑ Anderson, Laura Ingalls Wilder: The Iowa Story pp.1–2
- ↑ http://www.hoover.archives.gov/LIW/timeline/timeline.html
- ↑ Laskin, David The Children's Blizzard. New York: HarperCollins, 2004. pp. 56-7; Potter, Constance 'Genealogy Notes: De Smet, Dakota Territory, Little Town in the National Archives, Part 2 Prologue Winter 2003, Vol. 35, No. 4; Robinson, Doane History of South Dakota (1904) Vol. I Chapter III pp.306-309
- ↑ amazon.com


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Kate Moss turned 40 yesterday, guys. That's incredible. Moss is someone who, in my eyes, will always be about 14. Which is weird to say and it's weird to think about, but those beginning photographs of a young, fresh Moss are engrained in my brain – forever. I don't think I'm the only one either. When I think of Kate Moss, I think of make-up free – (which is ironic considering her years of Rimmel London ads).
Moss is a true household name. I honestly think I could ask my baseball coach of a dad if he knew who Kate Moss was and the answer would be, 'Are you kidding?'. That is crazy to think about – being that famous. And since she was 14 years old. You're just a kid at 14. I don't even remember being 14 I don't think. I was probably in 8th grade, maybe a freshman in high school at 14 buying school lunches and watching Punk'd – a freshman in high school! And Kate Moss was out there modeling for Calvin Klein – not a big deal. Moss has been modeling for the majority of her life. She has graced this earth for 40 years and for 26 of them, she has been a supermodel. And since I can remember learning of who she was, her photographs have inspired me.
So, my hat is off to you Ms. Moss. Seriously, I thank all of the Gods everywhere that we were blessed with you. You are not terrible to look at and your talent is forever. Forever Kate Moss. Happy belated 40th birthday. Let us bask in her natural beauty.
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St. John's Prep made the most of its early opportunities, scoring nine runs on just four hits to pick up a 9-2 win at Royalton, Friday.
Junior Noah Farrell and freshman Brady Moulzolf each went 1-for-3 with a run scored and sophomore Cade Stang added a hit for the Royals.
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Morning everyone
Didn't see a new thread for this week so thought I'd help out and start one. No clever quote from me though.
Hope Leslie is OK?
Have a good week you all.
Dutchie I go running in the early morning, before my brain figures out what I'm up to.
Run the day, or the day runs you.
Actions determine state of mind - Aristotle
Mon: slept in. Went to bed at 9h15 PM and woke up at 7h30 AM. Gosh, that hadn't happened to me in years I think.
Tue: 3.5 kilometer easy run with Spooky in lovely cool temp, followed by a very nice 30 min LB w/o.
Wed: 30 min aerobics tabata w/o (incl. wu) plus 30 min boxing w/o. Was in a hurry as I had a meeting with a recruiting agency.
Thu: slept in. Felt very sleepy when I first woke up so stayed in bed.
Fri: 30 min UB + core
Sat: 3.5K doggie run. The day got away from me, didn't manage anything else today.
Sun: the floor would move whenever I lookded down. No problems when I kept my head up. Weird. Didn't workout at all today.
a mere 7 kilometer of running
1 x UB
1 x boxing w/o (counts as an UB)
1 x LB
1 x 30 min tabata w/o
Thanks, Dutchie. Haven't heard from Leslie yet after her 50 miler, but hope she's recovering well. Thanks for getting this going!
No thread last week, but I did get in 43.3 miles of running so a wee bit more than the week before. Continuing to rebuild.
Monday: 2+ hours of blueberry picking!
Tuesday: 6.6 miles GA run on trails, .4 mile walk
Wednesday: 7.5 miles with the last three at tempo, .4 mile walk
Thursday: 7.1 miles, mostly easy effort, .4 mile walk
Friday: Rest day... didn't really want it but it just worked out that way
Saturday: .6 mile warm up, Half Marathon in 1:42:05, 1.1 mile c/d for 14.8 miles total for the day
Sunday: 11.5 miles run, lots of walking but didn't measure it....
Erika: how was your race? Did it go well?
Thanks for keeping the thread alive. Been running my plan and thought I might as well post it:
Monday...4 very easy/6 strides.................................................................................................................................done-4.35Tues...2 miles warmup, 3x7 minutes @5k pace effort with 3 minute recovery jogs, 2 miles cool down...done-6.72Wednesday...easy 6 miles........................................................................................................................................done-6Thursday...Cross Training for 1hr or rest........................................................................done-bike ride for about an hourFriday...easy 6 miles-first 4 miles easy and then pick up pace for the last 2 miles........done-6 with last 2 @9:19Saturday...5 easy/6 strides........................................................................................................................................done-5.23Sunday...11 wave run with pickups miles 4, 5, 9, 10 & 11..................................................................................done-10.95Mileage-38......................................................................................................................................................................39.3
Hi Erika and congrats on that AG win!
"We are going to relentlessly chase perfection, knowing full well we will not catch it, because nothing is perfect. But we are going to relentlessly chase it, because in the process we will catch excellence. I am not remotely interested in just being good." Vince Lombardi
Hi Opie!
Dutchie, my next race is this Saturday. Or did you mean the last one? The Gold Discovery Run went pretty well, but there was a LOT of mud and huge puddles (like little ponds!). I ran as well as I could for my condition and training at the time, so ended with 2:22, a few minutes slower than planned but I can account for some of that from navigating around puddles in the woods. Still won my AG so that was the first goal.
Thanks Dutchie.
Last weeks totals: 17 miles running, 25.4 miles bicycling, & 4 miles swimming
M - 5 mile easy run
T - 1600m swim
W - 3 miles on treadmill followed by 300m swim
Th - 3 miles on treadmill followed by 1600m swim
F - 2 miles on treadmill followed by 300m swim
Sa - 9.4 mile easy run
Su - 42 mile bike ride
Total - 22.4 miles running, 42 miles biking, 2.4 miles swimming


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GEOGRAPHY :- i need help about Fair Trade !
particulary on coffee / bananas
leave me a website or let me know information you think about it.
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GEOGRAPHY :- i need help about Fair Trade !
particulary on coffee / bananas
leave me a website or let me know information you think about it.
Thanks xx
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Fair Trade is a global co-brand that is used to tell consumers that the product they are buying has been grown in the developing world, by people who are paid a fair price for their labour. There is also a social premium (typically $ 0.05 – $ 0.10 per kg) that goes to the communities where the products are grown, to help fund education, health clinics, water and sanitation and other social amenities.
It's value is growing by an average of 45% a year in the UK (more than doubling from 2006 – 7) and Fair Trade sales are now worth over half a billion pounds in this country.
It was set up in the UK more than 10 years ago by the Fair Trade Foundation, in collaboration with the Co-Op. Landmark successes have been the conversion of all Sainsbury's bananas, a lot of M&S cotton, tea, coffee and preserves and all Tate & Lyle retail sugar.
Please do look at all the excellent presentations in the FAIRTRADE seminar on 20 February 2008, at the FDIN link below: priceless!
Having a policy of not paying workers less than $ 1/hour just means not doing business in countries or regions where the market rate is below $ 1/hour. That prevents job creation in those countries and regions, which means the villagers have to return to subsistence farming and their economies never develop.
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World leaders are scurrying to the Copenhagen airport like rats fleeing a sinking ship. You'd think they were all in the Maldives right now or something, and they could see the water closing in over their heads (if you'll permit me to mix a couple metaphors).
I hope there are two main takeaways from this fiasco:
1. We coordinated, we organized, we messaged, we demonstrated, we protested. It ultimately fell short, but we came together in unprecedented numbers and forged a global coalition. That's a victory in and of itself. Let's redouble our efforts. Only the most massive global public outcry the world has ever seen is going to push our bought-and-paid for politicians to take real action.
2. Like Naomi Klein just told the folks at the Fresh Air Center, it's time to "take the kid gloves off with Obama." As an American who gave not just my vote but my time and money to Candidate Obama, I feel betrayed by President Obama. He has sold us down the river on too many important issues, but none more important than global warming since all the others will be irrelevant in the face of runaway climate change.
Two years of planning, two weeks of negotiations, and all we got was a worse than half-assed deal cobbled together in the last two hours. You could say I'm feeling kinda down. Down, but not out. Obama, Sarkozy, Merkel, Brown – these people were never going to save us anyway. We will save ourselves.
Lets just move on and keep doing what we intend to and do not drop the ball. This is just the beginning the people of the world need to show what we are made of.
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PS: we have to keep the fight going the planet and humans depends on it.
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An agreement to not agree, not even to disagree. It's just heartbreaking to find out this really is the best we as humanity can do.
As much as I want to be upbeat like Ian Cleland here, I do wonder what it takes to get real change.
And will we just have a yearly Copenhagen chat session from now on? http://twitpic.com/u339o
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"We will save ourselves" is clearly the only way now. The internet momentum leading up to Copenhagen must not be lost.
Both China and America have claimed they create so much CO2 because they are producing for the world. Well, we can change that can't we? The "Made in" label is easily found on all products. A tons of unsold T-shirts from China would send a big message not only to them but the large chain stores.
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"We will save ourselves" is clearly the only way now. The internet momentum leading up to Copenhagen must not be lost.
Both China and America have claimed they create so much CO2 because they are producing for the world. Well, we can change that can't we? The "Made in" label is easily found on all products. Tons of unsold T-shirts from China would send a big message not only to them but the large chain stores.
Hello Greenpeace,
Well said Naomi, and to support what you feel and what is acutally REAL I would like to further an initiative which I believe will literally take the world by storm in a positive way The world needs this initiative as we need the confidence to enact its pragmatism....So any Facebookers or Twitters present listen up too and help broadcast this initiative globally please!!!
My father has written a paper on this serious issue which I believe is one which will take the world and everyone in it including all polititicians, governments and NGO and charitable organisations by storm.
Everything that has been discussed at the COP15 in regards to carbon mitigation, REDD et al pales into insignificance compared to what he has written about in his paper.
It is called the SEEBif Intiative and has taken almost thirty years of experience of analysis and interpretation his own research and integrating it into one holostic and introductory paper. There has been nothing like this produced before. It is something the world has been waiting for where science, compassion, economics and human goal development do actually work! Unlike the current singular pull of, "My organisation has the answer". Poppycock!
If anyone including politicians, their advisers, NGO's and charitiable organisations wish for a copy of this paper please contact either, me, Simon or my father on the email address as given and it will be provided to you. IT WILL SUPPORT YOUR WORK OUR WORLD... IF YOU WANT OUR COP 15 AND BEYOND TO WORK.
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