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Script translated by: Florent (Aspinia Team)
Translation revised by: DamonD
(Stella was spared)
General Rogan is a good friend of your, prince. He is away with the Seagate for now but I don?t think he went very far. Please wait here for his return.
(Stella was killed)
I?m sorry, prince. I know you would like to talk with General Rogan... He left because of that Republican general who suddenly visited the town. After his meeting with General Rogan, they decided to leave quickly with the Seagate...
(Stella was spared)
We put an end to the civil war in Barrand. Now, the town is finally in peace. Yet, the climate around here is quite tense these days.
(Stella was killed)
We put an end to the civil war in Barrand. Now, the town is finally in peace. Yet, the climate around here is quite tense those days. But why did a Republican general come here to talk with General Rogan? Moreover, they went out to the front together. It doesn?t make any sense...
Though the building over was the Republican lord?s one, now the Barrand army, lead by General Rogan, uses it as its headquarters.
(Stella was spared)
Lord Tybalt?s former office is the building right over here. It?s a really big place and now, it has become our headquarters.
(Stella was killed)
Lord Tybalt?s former office is the building right over here. We don?t who built it but now it has become our headquarters.
This well is a secret path that leads to the well inside the prison.
This well leads to the prisons and is quite dangerous. So, it?s not a very useful secret path.
Tybalt, who was the former lord of Barrand, was trapped inside his office when the Imperial army invaded. The building was cornered and yet, he and several soldiers were missing when the office was taken. The Imperial army inspected carefully the building to find the secret path he used but they didn?t manage to find it...
The Imperial soldiers are still investigating the secret path in the wall. What?s the use since it?s not the right one?
(Stella was spared)
A Republican guy showed up in the north. It seems he was a Republican general. He was facing the town when, suddenly, a private ship landed near here. That Republican guy embarked into the ship. I can?t believe a ship was sent for only one general.
(Stella was killed)
A Republican general showed up in the plains in the west. He came straight to Barrand and wanted to talk with General Rogan. General Rogan then told us that a general was named Edmund and he described him as a hero. We were really surprised to hear such things...
Yesterday, I was looking toward the island of Elbesem when suddenly I saw a strange and huge thing flying in the sky. I wonder what it was... Maybe it was a eerie and frightening pterosaur monster... Who knows?
There?s an old knight locked up in the prison of the office. I heard he had a quarrel with Lord Tybalt just before the civil war so he was put in jail. It?s really sad to see such a splendid knight in jail. He did a lot for the inhabitants of Barrand. Indeed, he worked very hard to reduce the taxes. Too bad it had to end up like this for him...
(Stella was spared)
General Edmund from the Republic was on that private ship the Seagate went after. I am sure it was him since I saw him many times in the past. Indeed he often came to the town when the Republic was ruling this territory.
(Stella was killed)
Tybalt, our former governor, was a bit weird... He didn?t like very much children. On the contrary, General Edmund, who came to town a little while ago, seems to really like children. He played with me a lot in the past.
The Imperial occupation of Barrand is really hard to live for us. Yet, General Rogan doesn?t seem to be a bad man. But, I don?t think the situation will be better for us than the one under Lord Tybalt?s rule.
When people think that their leaders have overpassed their rights, a civil war is unavoidable. The civil war in Barrand is a good example of that. The military men were keeping most of the food for themselves while the common people were starving...
(Stella was spared)
You want to know why the Seagate left? They told us that it?s because a private ship moored near Barrand. They went after it.
(Stella was killed)
You want to know why the Seagate left? They went to investigate about the crisis in Elbesem as General Edmund from the Republic advised them to do. General Rogan believed in General Edmund?s story so they left together with the Seagate. They headed to the south end of the island of Elbesem.
The lack of food was the main reason of the civil war in Barrand. Even with the starvation here, Lord Tybalt still gave some food to poorer towns near the frontier. A riot was unavoidable...
After the serious affair which occurred in Elbesem yesterday, our training monks came to the town. It?s the first time such a accident happened in the road to the holy land. The Imperial army that has used the road has just... disappeared!
The explosion in Elbesem yesterday only damaged a bit the outside walls of the temple, fortunately. There was no damage inside the temple. The ancient civilization was really good in architectural. That?s why the temple wasn?t much damaged.
In old legends, some sea boas are said to live near the road to Elbesem. I didn?t believe in this story, but after what happened to the Imperial army yesterday, I have some doubts...
I?m sure those Imperial soldiers who went to investigate have been eaten by sea boas. According to me, it?s the only possible explanation of their mysterious disappearance...
Myths about sea monsters have persisted for some time. In the oceans around Elbesesm, an old legend told of sea monsters suddenly appearing, and attacking people.
Sea boas are said to live underwater near the road to Elbesem for long times. With the accident that happened near the road yesterday, I guess the sea boas have finally awoken.
In old legends, the sea boas are as big as mountains. Moreover, if even we manage to defeat one, another one will appear. It?s said that a lot of men tried to defeat them, but everybody failed. Water is their element so there?s nothing we can do against them. Some tried to use driftwood to reach them and to have greater chances to kill them but it ended up in a failure as well.
There are prisons in the basement of the ex-lord?s office. Some soldiers ran toward there when the Imperial army invaded. There?s something strange about this place...
I?m sure the Imperial army let a lot of Republican soldiers escaped during the invasion of Barrand. That General Rogan is really a nice guy. I?m sure he?ll let go sooner or later the few Republican soldiers who were caught...
(Stella was spared)
When that private ship approached ashore, I was cooling myself on the beach. I suddenly hid in the first hideout I found and stayed hidden until the ship left. I heard some very strange things about that mysterious ship. Do you want to hear about them?
- Yes
We heard the voice of a man who seemed to be the captain of the ship. He said to his subordinate that someday he will have to repay Prince Medion for his kindness. Moreover, they took with them a Republican guy who was coming from the north.
- No
Yes, you?re right, it was really scary. I did the right thing by hiding when they arrived. Oh my God! I?ve heard some many things that I can?t remember everything. But I think the name of the man who seemed to be the captain was Produn.
(Stella was killed)
When General Edmund arrived, I was cooling myself on the beach so I wasn?t able to see him. He?s a great man. Do you want to know more about him?
- Yes
He has strong opinions. For him, the ideal society should be based on equality between all the people. It?s the only way for people to be truly happy, according to him.
- No
When General Edmund came to visit Barrand in the past, he had big quarrellings with Lord Tybalt about his way of ruling the territory. General Edmund seemed to be very disappointed by the way the Republic was taking... I agree a bit with him...
According to recent reports from the events in Elbesem yesterday, the temple seems to have received some damages. We are really worry. I wanted to go there immediately but, because of the disappearance of those Imperial soldier on the road to the holy land, the road has been closed and traffic is prohibited.
History of Barrand.
Raids and attacks between the Empire and the Republic over this territory have been commonplace, ever since the founding of the Republic.
The Holy Road to Elbesem.
During low tide, the waves part and a path is revealed that allows you to reach the Holy Land. When it is high tide, the waves rise and the path disappears back into the depths.
Hmm... I don?t know if the weapons I sell are effective against those sea boas from legends. Buy them first and then judge their efficiency by yourself!
After the yesterday events, almost every Imperial soldiers are stationed in the city. What a bunch of cowards!
What?s happening to our world? Recently, I felt some bad powers in the direction of Elbesem...
What a deception! After all the dangers we encountered to reach Barrand, General Rogan is away with the Seagate. Now, Medion?s army is the only one that can go and see what?s happening in Elbesem. We have to find a way to leave the town as quickly as possible.
The departure of the Seagate strangely coincides with our arrival. We are really unlucky.
Julian fell in the rapids where the flows are really strong and yet he managed to survive. Moreover, he said he awakened far away from the river. Did somebody save him from the rapids?
Though he doesn?t want to say why, Julian?s main objective is to kill Galm. After what we saw, I think the people who want to challenge him are really reckless...
Even if I?m not a religious one, I still want to visit Elbesem. Your mind is washed in such a peaceful place.
I still remember of the wonderful fishes I ate in Anafect. There were the best fishes I?ve ever eaten! But the fish is quite good in here too.
I?m very sorry that General Rogan isn?t here, Prince Medion, especially after our long trip. It?s too bad that we don?t have the time to wait for his return...
Do you think the Bulzome Sect is related to this accident on the road to the holy land? I think they are behind the troubles that occurred in Elbesem those last days...
The appearance of the town wasn?t changed a lot since I last come to Barrand to visit Lord Tybalt of the Republic. Yet, the relations between the inhabitants and the army is worse than ever...
Barrand is located at the entrance of the holy land of Elbesem. It?s much bigger than our small village. Let?s buy some souvenirs!
I was severely wounded during my short battle against Galm. I don?t remember very well what happened after I fall into the rapids. But it?s a miracle if I?m still alive. Next time, I?ll be more careful and I?ll not be defeated so easily!


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The Spectator, 22 August 1914:
Inter arma silent Musae; but Bayreuth on the eve of the war showed very few signs of the coming cataclysm. It is true that on the presentation of the Austrian ultimatum to Servia a good many Austrian visitors departed, and the Fürsten-galerie was not so crowded towards the end of the first cycle as it was at the performance of Parsifal. The military were more and more in evidence in the streets: knots of officers were seen in animated conversation; groups of people circled round the newspaper offices and other places where bulletins were posted up, and, to judge from the nocturnal voces populi, a good many of the residents of Bayreuth seemed never to go to bed at all. It was interesting to listen to the regretful reminiscences of the old habitues who harked back to the early years of the Festival, when there was little or nothing to divert attention from Wagner's music dramas. When they were not actually listening to the music, people thought and talked about it and did nothing else. The foreigners who came were real enthusiasts. They did not go to Bayreuth because it was the proper thing to do if you wished to gain a reputation for culture. All this has been changed for many years. Bayreuth is still a musical Mecca, but it has lost its esoteric character. For the last fifteen years or more the Festival has been a great cosmopolitan gathering, frequented by fashionables from all quarters of the globe, and especially by rich Americans and English. The amazing commercial development of Germany, which has altered the face of the Rhineland, and made tall chimneys as common as picturesque ruined castles, has been markedly felt in Bavaria. Bayreuth has grown and expanded into quite a large industrial centre with extensive factories for textiles and machinery. The new shops, mostly for articles of dress, are handsome and well equipped. Hotels and restaurants have multiplied, and the primitive, and even squalid, accommodation of the "seventies " has long been a thing of the past. In private lodgings visitors find not only baths but bathrooms, and, if wedded to the tea habit, have no difficulty in obtaining it—not the straw-coloured decoction once used by foreigners for medicinal purposes, but excellent China tea. And with this improved equipment and fuller provision of amenities the prices have risen proportionately, so that there is nothing to choose in the matter of the expense of hotel life between Germany and England, while in regard to luxury Germany has no longer anything to learn from any other country. Another interesting sign of the times was the fact that even during the Festival Wagner was not allowed to exercise an unchallenged musical monopoly. A new organ has recently been erected in the Protestant Hauptkirche, and an inaugural recital, exclusively devoted to the music of Bach, was given by Professor Straube, of Leipzig, one of the greatest living virtuosi. It was the good fortune of the present writer to bear Professor Straube rehearsing his programme as well as to attend the recital, and the experience was one not easily to be forgotten. To hear a great organist interpret Bach enables one to realize the immensities of human genius more intimately than one can from any other single-handed performance.
Viewed from the musical point of view, a special interest attached to the recent Festival from its being the first since the expiry of the musical rights which secured to Bayreuth a monopoly of the stage performances of Parsifal. Wagner's own opinion on this question was unmistakably expressed. He held that the character of Parsifal was such that it could never be given in the right spirit elsewhere. But his desire, though vigorously and loyally supported by a powerful following, was overridden last year when the attempt to secure legislative sanction for a continuation of the Bayreuth monopoly was defeated in the Reichstag. The main result so far has been to affect the character of the Bayreuth audience rather than the prestige and efficiency of the Bayreuth performances. The representations of Parsifal already given in London and elsewhere undoubtedly diminished the number of foreign pilgrims. When the present writer applied for tickets at the end of last December, lie was told that all the available seats were subscribed for twice over. All that could be offered was a place at the foot of the waiting list. Some three months later he received three serial tickets in an excellent position in the middle of the house. International complications had nothing to say to this. It was probably entirely the result of the opportunities of hearing Parsifal in London, of which intending visitors to Bayreuth had availed themselves on the principle of the bird in the hand. Anyhow, the complexion of the audience at Bayreuth in July was predominantly German.
As the first cycle drew near its close the steady crescendo of political unrest exerted a. disturbing influence which marred the enjoyment of the audience. People who set store by omens will recall the tremendous thunderstorm which burst over Bayreuth on the second night of the Festival, as though "heaven's artillery" were foreshadowing the events of a fortnight later. And those who made the customary pilgrimage to the Eremitage, the rococo Lustschloss built in the fashion of Versailles by the eighteenth-century Margraves, will not fail to remember that the guide impressed on her charges that the ghost of the sinister weisse Dame, whose periodic appearances are supposed to bode disaster to the Hohenzollerns, was seen there this spring.
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Monday, May 31, 2010
It's So Hard to Garden Here...
We're on the Canadian Prairies, Zone 2B officially. We like to think of ourselves as Zone 3 - it makes us feel slightly better. Farmer Man and I moved here from Vancouver, BC, Zone 8, where you can hardly kill anything unless you let it drown over the rainy winter. So, gardening here in Brandon has been full of disappointments and frustrations. Things die for no apparent reason (well, I can often deduce reasons, but it doesn't make me feel any better!) Pictured is my Catalpa (Catalpa speciosa), a Zone 4 plant (OK, OK, it was always a risk), which has been thriving in a sheltered spot for four years. This year: all dead except for a little branch at the very bottom that has leafed out. It doesn't show too well in the photo, but behind it is an Amur Cherry tree, quite hardy, in the ground five years and doing well. This spring, one of the three main branches is dead and gone. As well, I have extensive die back on hardy roses, spirea and barberry. I've given them all plenty of time, so now it's down to the pruning and the pulling out. It's soooooooo hard to be a Prairie gardener!
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Labels: ornamentals, weather
Sunday, May 30, 2010
Talk About Upcyling/Recyling!
An interesting piece from the local Brandon Sun website, featuring some buildings made of bottles. Yes, buildings made of pop bottles! They are beautiful and functional. Can't imagine what it is like inside on a sunny day - or a moonlit night! Check it out here!
Labels: recycling
The Aftermath....
Just had a Sunday morning walk-about. Quite a day at Aagaard Farms! First, on checking The Hens, heard some noises behind the trees; thought somebody was trying to steal our friends' Joe and Calla's boat. Took a peak: it's some of our neighbours cattle, perhaps scared across the road to the shelter of our tree belt during yesterdays' storm. Walking toward them seemed to head them home and they took off trotting for their own pasture. Some very large trees are down at the east end of the property. It's willow shelter belt - not too surprising. A major river coursed through the field yesterday, washing out some of Farmer Man's planting. We may have corn four feet south of where he intended! More bad news: big branches down in the asparagus patch, with some loses of lovely new asparagus! Farmer Man spoke last night to our neighbour Mike Waddell, half a mile south of us. Mike had a funnel or mini tornado go through and has a number of big trees down and quite a mess around his yard. I guess things could have been worse!
The good news: some of the potatoes are up, even in this cool weather! And the dugout level is much higher than it was ten days ago! More good news: spotted an oriole and some swallows! Swallows have nested around our garage every year - their arrival means summer is close by! We have to make sure the garage is closed up or they might nest in there. They tried that a few years ago, it got too hot and some of the babies died. We love to sit and watch the swallows on a summers' eve - they are so beautiful in motion, and eat lots of bugs as they are soaring around!
A Wild Day - And Then There Were 33
Awoke early Saturday morning to find an 'Active Weather' warning on the Weather Network. High winds, thunder and lightening and heavy rain forecast. Within half an hour of reading this, it got dark - very, very dark. Suddenly, about 6:30 AM the wind came up ferociously, thunder started to roll, and lightening flashed across the sky. For about fifteen minutes it rained so hard, we couldn't see to the end of our driveway! The power started to flicker, and continued to flicker on and off for about fifteen minutes. It was very weird; some of the electronics would buzz or beep as the power came and went. Just before 7:00 AM the power went out. The thunder, lightening and rain continued for quite a while - shaking the house at points.
Farmer Man went out to check the chickens when the storm abated somewhat, and found one poor Leghorn dead on the floor of the coop. We have to assume the thunder scared her to death, poor thing. Everyone else seemed fine, the coop seemed in good shape. We had to go into town; Saturday is currently the only day our dump is open and we were over-due for a visit. We were hearing stories everywhere about power outages in town, huge trees down and the Golden Arches of McDonalds, on the highway just a couple of miles from us, hit by lightening.
We returned to the farm a little after 10:00 AM, still no power. The storm had abated but it was still raining. What do you do in a power outage? We went for a nap! On waking, still no power. We watched some old John Wayne movies on the laptop until the power started to go, moved a table into the sun room and played some cards in the best light we had. Being without power for such a length of time became an issue: we couldn't cook or make coffee. We were worried about all our lovely Berkshire pork in the freezer, we were trying not to open the fridge to increase the temperature. The situation made us realize just how tied to the grid we are: couldn't get online, our phone didn't work, couldn't recharge the computer or the camera, couldn't cook. Because we're on a well, run with an electric pump, we even had to be careful of water use - using a bucket of rain water to refill the toilet as the day went on. We finally went out for coffee and some fast food about 4:00 PM. Thunder, lightening and rain had started up again. Just as the light started to fade, the power finally came back on! One of the first orders of business: looking into purchasing a generator!!
Friday, May 28, 2010
Dirty Girl!
It's been windy, rainy and cold for almost a week now. Hard times for a chicken, who likes to take a dust bath. Not much dust right now! So, The Hens have been trying, anyway, and getting something a bit more like a spa experience. I wonder if we could package and sell Aagaard Farms mud bath.....The results show the most on the white Leghorns, but I know the Isa Browns are a little caked right now, too.
Labels: Isa Browns, Leghorns, rain, The Hens
Thursday, May 27, 2010
De-constructing the Grow Op
Finally, we're getting back our little sunroom/sitting room! Well, almost. As seedlings have been planted, more trays of seedlings can go up to the greenhouse. Today, we're able to take out two of the three folding tables that have been holding trays of seedlings. The third table has to stay for now, holding winter squash seedlings, which are looking great! The light-stand will stay for now, too, as it is nurturing the last seeding of herbs, and some oddities like eggplant. What's left after the tables come out? A great big mess! I haven't been able to really reach the two bookcases in the room, so they are thick with dust. And, even though we try to be careful, we've splashed, splooshed, dropped and gooped our way around this little room since February. So, a thorough cleaning is in order and then our little sitting room is ours again. It's a beautiful place to sit on a late Spring evening. Birds are coming and going from the feeder and bird bath, we can hear Rocky crowing about his good day, the doggies may be playing on the grass beside the windows and sometimes wildlife will wander by! We just have to get through the cleaning......
Labels: greenhouse, seedlings, sunroom
Wednesday, May 26, 2010
Choosing Healthy Bread!
A great piece from yahoo about choosing the healthiest bread! Check it out here! Of course, at the Farmers' Market we have a bit of trouble rating some of our nutritional ingredients, but this helps! Whole grains - WHOLE GRAINS! Sorry to shout, but at the Farmers' Market the baker should be the vendor, so ask! No trans fats - that's easy and do-able! This is great info for a little label-reading at the supermarket!
Labels: local food
Wild Winds
The last three days have been very windy, but Sunday and Tuesday were, well, dangerously windy! Freakish gusts, prolonged intense winds. It has just been weird. In the aftermath last night, we had a little walk around. The row cover, or horticultural fleece, has survived - thanks to Natalia and Vartan for doing such a good job of putting it down! (I noticed Vartan has used it in his little rental plot - we're rubbing off on him!). Tree branches, some big, are everywhere! Brother-in-law Murray's camper took a dive and the hoop house now has air conditioning. One of the bird feeders went flying and assorted pots and crates got blown all over. I've never seen the crates we use levitating like that - it was unsettling! But this morning seems fairly calm, and the chores of a market garden carry right on!
Labels: weather
Monday, May 24, 2010
Perfume is Killing Me?
From the Yahoo Canada News page - an article on five things we use everyday that may be killing us. Makes you stop to check your lifestyle. Cel phones have been in the news lately, plastic bottles that not only leach chemicals but stuff up our landfills. But perfume? The perfume is killing me? Read more here.
Labels: sustainable agriculture
Sunday, May 23, 2010
Homemade Bread!!!
I made bread! I've tried once before, with miserable results, and I don't like doing things I'm not good at! So, in Mother Earth News a few months ago there was an article about artisan bread, that can be made without kneading and all the to-do. So, bought the book and gave it a try! This works!! 'Artisan Bread in Five Minutes a Day' by Zoe Francois and Jeff Hertzberg is going to change our bread eating habits! Now, it will never be 'five minutes a day'...but it is pretty fast and easy! You make a wet dough - enough for five loaves. You just mix, no kneading. Let is rise a couple of hours, refrigerate and make loaves over the next week. To make a loaf, you pull off a piece, shape it, let it sit on the counter for up to ninety minutes, then bake for thirty minutes. You need a pizza stone, corn meal is good, I found. But this really works! We also bought their book 'Healthy Bread in Five Minutes a Day', which incorporates more grains, veggies and fruits. We're going to be eating a lot more home made bread! Click the Amazon bar at the right to get a copy, too! Are you ready for home made bread!
Labels: bread, homemade, local food
Hangin' with The Bears
This time of year, there is lots of action at Aagaard Farms. We have our largest group of garden renters ever this year, Vartan and Natalia are coming by to help out, Farmer Man is in the field, back to the chicken coop and out to the barn. Friends and neighbors come and go, stopping for a visit, organizing this or that! It all makes for some busy little Bears! The dogs love this time of year: lots of visitors after a hermit-like existence all winter, gophers and magpies to chase, traffic to bark at, sunshine to bask in. Teddy, Panda and Grizzly are busy, busy, busy! Sometimes, even a doggie just needs a break!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Follow The Leader
Looks like a nice, organized stroll through the pasture. In the very right of the picture you can see Farmer Man's foot. I love the way The Hens and Rocky come running when he approaches the coop. They know him, and they know they'll get some good scratch! Farmer Man's having a little inspection tour, with the scratch bucket in hand - so The Hens aren't letting him far from their sight! It's so amusing to watch them run after him; chickens can't really be called graceful, it's more of a forward-neck out-bob to either side kind of shimmy that they do.
Friday, May 21, 2010
The First Seedlings Get Planted!
First out, this year, cabbage! Farmer Man had the field all prepared, next to the onions, so Natalia and I spent some time crawling around stuffing little cabbage seedlings in the ground. The seedlings were a little 'lanky' this year, and it was very windy, so we did break a few! But, most got in the ground, looking good. We immediately watered them - Farmer Man had to haul water 'cause the irrigation systems' pump seems to have cracked over the winter. Then, we immediately covered them with row cover or horticultural fleece. This is the very light weight, spun stuff. It will give them a bit of frost protection, but more importantly right now, will protect them from wind and too much sun. Even though we consider them 'hardened' off or ready to be planted, we often find that it is a bit more rugged out in the field, as opposed to in the greenhouse. The big, long-term bonus of row cover - it will keep the cabbage butterfly off them so we should have beautiful cabbage without having to spray!
Thursday, May 20, 2010
Something Fresh and Local for The Hens
Just because we want to keep The Hens happy, and because we like to recycle, we put something new and different in their pasture today! Grass clippings, with mountains of dandelions heads! Farmer Man did the first mowing of the season on the front lawn, which was awash with bright yellow dandelions. We frequently leave the clippings on the lawn, for 'on-the-spot' composting - the clippings break down quite quickly (it only looks messy for 24 to 36 hours, I promise!), returning their nutrition to the soil. But, the lawn was quite long and it would have been quite messy, so Farmer Man decided to take some of it off. Now, we could have composted it but we do tend to have a lot of green, juicy stuff in our compost so it seemed like over-doing it! So, something different for The Hens to scratch in - and they seem to be loving those dandelion heads!
Wednesday, May 19, 2010
First Hummingbird Sighting!
The first hummingbird of the season made an appearance at the feeder last night! The hummingbird and the oriole feeders have been up about three weeks. My neighbor Rob Holland gave me that tip a few years ago - get them up early, the birds will find them first and will tend to return to them. The little hummingbird came, flew off and then returned for a good, long drink! I just love watching them! No pictures I'm sorry to say - I was waaaay to busy waving at Farmer Man, shouting 'Hummingbird' to even think about getting the camera!
Labels: birds, hummingbird, wildlife
Tuesday, May 18, 2010
Dog Days!
Happy, happy doggies everywhere around Aagaard Farms! Days of romping, roaming, digging, swimming, chasing!! Yesterday, during potato planting Panda Bear and Grizzly Bear were just in doggie heaven; they followed the potato planter, sniffed at all the freshly turned earth, trotted up to say hi to Vartan and Natalia anytime the planter stopped, rushed off to check a gopher hole, chased some birds, barked at an airplane, ran to the house for a drink, barked at a passing car and just on and on and on. Blaze was not far behind them, and he also had a swim in the dugout, one of his favorite things. Diva Teddy Bear was, of course, not mixed up in any of this nonsense. She spent most of the day reclining at the front door.
Labels: Blaze, dogs, pets, Three Bears
Monday, May 17, 2010
Planting Potatoes!
Today's the day! Or the next few days.....Farmer Man is ready to plant potatoes. He's been bringing up crates of his potato collection for a few days. Each seed potato needs three eyes to grow well, so he's been cutting the larger potatoes and then leaving them to dry in the crates. We don't want a wet, gooey cut going into the ground; they would be more prone to rot so each cut variety dries for at least twenty four hours. I've got to work the next few days so Vartan and Natalia will be helping him. Our potato planter is a recycled (up cycled?) tree planter; Farmer Man's father Andy Aagaard was very good at re-using and recycling. It's not the most comfortable ride - but a couple of cushions help. Vartan and Natalia will be here the next few mornings, I'll probably be riding the planter the next few nights when I get home from work. By the time we're done, we'll have almost four acres of some twenty different varieties in the ground!
Labels: planting, seed potatoes
Sunday, May 16, 2010
In All It's Glory...
We blogged here about forcing the stems of early blooming shrubs like double-flowered plum or forsythia. Well, here's the double flowered plum in all its' glory in the garden - just a sight to behold! This is an awesome shrub for Prairie gardeners; hardy, reliable, gorgeous spring bloom and pretty fall colour. Give it the room it needs and please, please, please don't give it little haircuts on its' tips, which ruins its' natural shape. Now, I must admit that the bloom is maybe a week of glory, if it's not windy. But well worth it! For some gorgeous close-ups, visit Prairie Girl Studios - some delightful photographs there! I was waiting rather impatiently for mine - some of the shrubs in protected town gardens started blooming two weeks ago. Well worth the wait, I'd say!
Planting Onion Sets
The first official planting in the garden has taken place! Onion sets are in the ground! I co-opted my pal Deb on Thursday and we planted a couple of rows of Spanish onions. Vartan and Natalia have been helping prune the raspberries, and since they were finished that job, they finished the onions while I went off to work yesterday. Spanish, red and yellow onions are done! Farmer Man made small trenches with the seeder and then we did two staggered rows of the little bulbs down each side of the trench. We just push the little onion sets down into the soil, which goes fairly quickly in our sandy soil. The sets are planted fairly thickly, because we will take out smaller sizes of onions earlier in the season, thinning the lines as we go. Cross one job off the very, very long to-do list!
Friday, May 14, 2010
The First Asparagus, and The First Skunking...
Ah, Spring. Farmer Man found the first asparagus last night. We'd walked the rows about a week ago and found no sign of anything but weeds. Last night, he scored!! A handful of short, fat shoots - just yummy!! If you've never had fresh asparagus from the garden (truly fresh, minutes from the garden) it's glorious! Are we still eating local? You bet! Last night's dinner was our own, homegrown pork roast, our own Russian Blue potatoes, fresh asparagus and some store-bought yam (from far, far away, as they say in The Dark Days Challenge). Just delicious!
All this has been tempered this morning by Blaze and Grizzly Bear having their first meeting with a skunk this year. Wasn't as bad as it could have been....neither was fully sprayed. But even a little whiff of skunk is too much! The occasion called for an impromptu bath by hose with the special skunk shampoo. Much struggling, whining, and shaking later, the situation seems under control! Now we've just got a couple of wet dogs getting dirtier by the minute as they go around the farm!
Thursday, May 13, 2010
The Neighbors Come A-Calling!
Out to check the chicken coop last night - too early and too light to actually tuck The Hens into bed. Just checking and having a stroll around. Just past the coop, what do we see but some of the neighbors! There are plenty of deer around these parts, but they don't come too close, and we don't often see them this early in the evening. I think having dogs (even though The Bears only come up to a deer's ankles) and the barking and scents seem to keep the deer away from the house. Now, if Blaze had been with us, instead of reclining on the front driveway, he could have had big fun and an awesome work-out!
Seeds For Fears?
We don't get much television here at Aagaard Farms. We don't have cable or satellite, so we (sort of) get three of the four national channels, one of which is all French. Apparently, in America, some of those zany late night commercials are marketing seeds for the fall of civilization, or something......Interesting post on one of my fav gardening blogs, Garden Rant, about the phenomenon.
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Tuesday, May 11, 2010
Upcycle, Recyle, Repurpose
I just love the website 'Etsy'. It's a shopping site for everything handmade, handcrafted from around the world. Their email today was just a joy - artisans who are rethinking 'junk' items and turning them into fabulous stuff. Such inventive minds!! Check it out here. I think my fav is the blender turned into a lamp! What's your favorite?
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The Plum Epiphany
We've been blogging almost a year on The Vine. It's been quite amazing what we've learned about our farm and our animals just by carrying around a camera. One 'sees' differently through the camera's eye! We've always grumbled about our plum trees that were here on the farm - come August there is hardly any plums. We admit they didn't get pruned, forgot to put down fruit fertilizer, etc. Now, in taking a picture of the lovely blooms on one, I had one of those light-bulb moments: the other one isn't blooming yet! Neither are getting pollinated because their 'date' isn't there on time! Eureka!
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Little Doggie, Big Bed!
Farmer Man's brother-in-law, Murray, was our awesome house/chicken/dog/cat sitter while we got a little winter vacation this year. He must have mentionned to his wife, Susan, that The Three Bears had cute little beds, but Blaze, the border collie had none; Blaze just finds a comfy spot by Farmer Man and stretches out. Murray was heading our way this weekend, and sister Susan sent along a little (well, big!) present for Blaze: a beautiful, round, plush bed. Funny thing is, Blaze doesn't seem interested. We've called him, told him to sit here, wrestled him onto it, rubbed his tummy, draped ourselves over it, wrapped him in it to get his smell on it but no, he's not interested. He slept last night curled around it! However, Panda Bear is rather enjoying it.......
Labels: Blaze, dogs, Panda Bear, pets, Three Bears
Sunday, May 9, 2010
I Love This Moment.....
I love this moment in time, every Spring. Farmer Man has just tilled the gardens for the last time. The soil is fresh, new and ready to plant! It will only look this pristine for a day or two: tomorrow or Tuesday he will lay out the rental plots, those people will come plant, he'll start to plant and everything will start to look a bit more messed up, stepped on and, well, regimented and organized. But, tonight, it's perfect and unspoiled! Soon, the market gardening starts in earnest!
Just For Fun! Lady Gaga Spoof
Farmer Man hasn't been sleeping well with his bad back. So, late at night he's been cruising the Internet, finding interesting things. Here's the link to a great little spoof of Lady Gaga by 'On the Rocks', by University of Oregon's a capella group. This is just for laughs!
Saturday, May 8, 2010
The 'Pot Maker' in Action!
We blogged a while ago about our fondness for a little gizmo called the 'Pot Maker'. Well, here it is in action: loaded with some blue pumpkin seeds and watermelon seeds. We find this works really well for those things that are brittle and do not take to transplanting well. A number of people have asked if they disintegrate or fall apart, if we tape them together or add a dab of glue. The answer is no; we just roll them up, fold over the substantial bottom and crease it well in the base. We don't have a lot of trouble with them disintegrating, a few may implode at planting time but we just scoop them up and keep planting. On the whole, they work really well, and instead of buying peat pots we're re-using newspapers!
Labels: homemade, pumpkins, seedlings, seeds, watermelon
Friday, May 7, 2010
And Then There Were 34...
We lost a chicken last night; one of the little white Leghorns was sluggish for a couple of days. Then, yesterday, she wouldn't move from the nesting box and by evening was very unresponsive. I moved her into a box in the greenhouse, which I thought would be warmer. Tried to give her water and make her comfortable and cozy. Although we are not experts by any means, we've done our reading and examined her for any signs of disease or parasites or injury. Nothing obvious. It was sad to find she had passed away through the night. We buried her this morning and said a few words. It's always hard to lose an animal, we just hope she had a good life here at Aagaard Farms and is now happily scratching away in a better place. Rocky now has one less Girl to guard; the whole flock seems a little quiet this morning, like they know someone is missing. Or maybe I just imagine that......
Thursday, May 6, 2010
Composting 2010
We've started our new compost pile for 2010! Our 'composter' is made of discarded wooden pallets - 4 sides, lots of good air circulation, re-using something that may otherwise have gone to the dump! The first bucket of kitchen scraps has been dumped, along with the (once) lovely pussy willows our neighbour Fred gave us. It's a start! Our garden renters will also add to this pile through the growing season; it is often full by the middle of August and this will be removed to make room for more. Our 2009 pile, augmented this year by the chickens, will be used sparingly - we don't really have enough to just broad coast it in the fields, so we will choose where we apply it. We often add a scoop to the hole dug for each tomato, for instance, and will use it as part of the raised beds or mounds for winter and summer squash.
Are you composting? Are you ready to start? Westman has some great events coming up - all free to the public. Knox United Church is sponsoring an evening of 'Composting and Smart Gardening' at the Green Spot Monday, May 10th starting at 6:30 PM. I'll be taking my worms that night, so if you're interested in worm composting (or vermiculture) come meet my worms! There is no charge and everyone is welcome! And the Brandon Community Garden Network is holding a 'Compost Crawl Workshop Extravaganza'! The event is this Saturday, May 8th. It starts at 12:30 at Rock Park, at 15th and Louise, next to Hobbs Manor. They'll be moving on to two other sites through the afternoon. It's family oriented - kids welcome! For further info on that contact email@example.com or phone 729-2494!
Compost is one of the best things you can do for your plants, your garden and the Earth! It's not that hard!!!!!!! It's time to get started!
Labels: compost, sustainable agriculture
Wednesday, May 5, 2010
Rain, Beautiful Rain!
It's been raining/drizzling/snowing off and on for a few days now. Boy, could we use it! We have had low precipitation averages since last September - yes, that's last September! As Farmer Man found when he tried to disk the fields last week, it's like powder eight or nine inches down. As you can see from the photo, we're just at bud-break here, so rain will really help all the awakening trees and shrubs! Some days, it is hard to be cruising The Web; I read that the Pacific Northwest is harvesting asparagus, California is eating the first strawberries of the year. Problem for us, is that our temperatures are rather low - frost is still a huge possibility. But the rain has come at a good time for another reason: Farmer Man has put his back out - waaaaay out- and can hardly walk! A rainy period is a good time for down time!
Monday, May 3, 2010
Scientific Gardening?
One of my favourite blogs, GardenRant, has an excellent new post 'Concerned Scientists Get Gardening Right'. The Union of Concerned Scientists has released a document called 'Climate-Friendly Gardening'. It's a pdf file - just download and save! Loads of great tips and methods! Tell everyone to go get a copy! The link is on GardenRant here.
Labels: eco-friendly, sustainable agriculture
New Pasture for The Hens!
Farmer Man has been fencing this past week. The pasture the poultry used last year is, well, used up! The Hens and Rocky have scratched it up, pecked it apart and straw has gotten spread all over. So, we felt they needed 'greener' pastures! Something where the grass is growing, alfalfa is coming up, and bugs will be more plentiful, the first photo. So, Farmer Man has spent the last few days fencing in the area north of last year's pasture. The new pasture will incorporate the same spruce trees, for their protection from hawks and for some shade. It's part of an old alfalfa field now mixed with grass and weeds that hasn't been cut in a couple of years: lots of good greens for them to eat! We'll probably seed grass and/or a cover crop into last year's pasture; with all that chicken manure what ever Farmer Man chooses should grow like crazy and we'll flip The Hens back into it next year. Have to do a little reading first, to make sure one year is long enough to eliminate the possibilities of transmitting pests or parasites. Add that to the reading list!
Sunday, May 2, 2010
Diva Dog Fetch
Almost all dogs love to play fetch, and ours are no exception. Our little diva princess, Teddy Bear, will cry and whimper and jump at the bench just outside our front door where we keep the balls and toys. (Just like kids, you've got to pick-up after them every day or there would be toys everywhere!) If one of us picks up a ball she starts to sprint down the drive way, ready to receive! Thing is, diva fetch only happens once, 'cause Teddy Bear won't bring the ball back! Won't share. If you attempt to go and retrieve it, she picks it up and runs away. I guess that makes for fast and easy fetch!
Labels: dogs, pets, Teddy Bear
Saturday, May 1, 2010
Hartney Hort Day!
Another great day in Manitoba horticulture circles! Today I was in Hartney, and what a great show they organized! I swear half the town was there! An awesome crowd for such a little town. And some great vendors with some excellent products; saw Julie from JR Greenhouses, some beautiful plant material and cut flowers were for sale - I just wish I had had more time to hang out. Great audience with some great questions; I think I introduced at least a few people to the wonders of horticultural fleece! Thanks for having me, Hartney! And a big pat on the back to Edna and Judy - good work, ladies!
Labels: horticultural fleece, Presentations, row cover
We've Been Looking For This!
We try to be earth-friendly and sustainable in what we do here at Aagaard Farms. We've been looking for information to keep our chickens chemical-free: no antibiotics or hormones for our eggs, thank you. It's hard! Online, in the bookstores there is lots of information for cats and dogs, some for horses and a wee bit for cattle. Found one great book for goats, which we don't have (yet!). Chickens, not so much! So, we were quite excited to find an article in one of our fav new magazines 'Backyard Poultry'. Herbal remedies for poultry, particularly for spring eggs and breeding, and the info on three great websites. Susan Burek is an herbalist at Moonlight Mile Herb Farm, Laura Corstange runs the Wishing Tree and the both answer questions on an herb forum all about poultry and animals at Blue Moon Forum!
Labels: chickens, herbs, sustainable agriculture
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Ron McQueeney is longtime Director of Photography of the Indianapolis Motor Speedway and the Indy Racing League. He started in 1972, when he was hired as a Speedway staff photographer on May weekends. Two years later, he became a full-timer during May, and in 1977 he was named Director of Photography. He is credited on Indycar games for either providing photographs, or general information about the circuits.
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In this view I see this day, and nothing more. I have seen this morning, but time walked on and that became of no importance. Yesterday, noting less than today but in true meaning, it's two obsolete days in the universe seen by my eyes as nothing but a time space. Whatever happens in one of those, may or may not happen in the other. What we do and what we say may have influence on everything about to happen, its never really in the past.
The past in my eyes makes life to the day more and more complex. If there were no past memory, would we still be the same as we were yesterday? What I do today has absolutely no meaning for tomorrow, since by tomorrow I would have already changed the day before. Either to something better or maybe even something worst. By choice we live for we have no other option to maintain ones life.
By choice we live or die... I sometimes find myself pondering about the host that hosts this reality. Although my mind tends to calm the thoughts by telling me that nothing in this life can control ones mind, but by choice. I fear the truth for it could seem that nothing here is real, but just another "Dream" or a filled world with projections of myself in another view. Imagine your loved one or friend next to you, not being real but just an imagination in your reality since your mind pleases the host to its existence. It fills your needs, also you fill its needs. You and your mind play along in a realm of unknown existence.
Time once again played its role, although we still don't fully understand the meaning of it. I moved on to the next thought, and that thought is now undone left alone to rot. It may rise again to be re-analysed but only choice can decide such a move.
Yesterday I walked into a messy room, and I told the person who's room it is that it's messy, he replied saying: "What is messy?". I replied to him: ' True words you speak, look at the universe'... Made us both think for awhile until choice made the next move again or commonly known 'Time moved on'.
Yet again meaning is nothing but choice. I think and I do, by choice since it's my reality, although we are yet so influenced by other realities, that we have gotten ourself into a state where we live among their rules...? why? We constantly measure ourself against them... What for? each are different and each have a purpose... by choice... until the next time space we wait... for the choice is made for the next day only to see the past day.
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Government agencies inadvertently declassified 14,890 pages of sensitive nuclear weapons information from the 1950s and 1960s that in at least one case were accessed by an outside researcher, according to a recent Department of Energy report to Congress.
In a cover letter, Energy Secretary Bill Richardson said he recognized the "gravity" of releasing classified information about even the nation's earliest nuclear weapons, which the report said could "provide useful design parameters to emerging proliferant nations and to terrorist groups."
The report, an unclassified summary of a longer classified document, said the 14,890 pages of DOE documents inadvertently declassified by other agencies contained "nuclear weapon design information from the test results of a specified nuclear test program" and "records covering nuclear weapons utilization information such as yields of specified weapons and deployment and storage locations." All have now been withdrawn from public access.
"Compelling evidence," the report said, exists in only one case showing that a researcher "obtained and used" information "related to the deployment of nuclear weapons in a foreign country in the early 1950s," not information pertaining to weapons design.
Congress ordered the report in 1998 after Sen. Jon Kyl (Ariz.) and other Senate Republicans took steps to modify President Clinton's 1995 executive order mandating automatic declassification of historic documents after 25 years, fearing that just such nuclear secrets would be revealed in the process.
In addition to ordering an investigation of all inadvertent disclosures of classified nuclear weapons data from 1995 to 1998, Congress also required all agencies to begin a page-by-page review of historic documents declassified under Clinton's executive order.
The Energy Department report on inadvertent disclosures, dated August 1999, was not sent to the Senate Armed Services Committee until late last year. It was publicly released last week and posted on the Internet by the Federation of American Scientists' Project on Government Secrecy, which closely monitors declassification issues.
Steven Aftergood, the project's director and a strong declassification advocate, called the inadvertent declassification "disturbing" and said no one ever "wants sensitive nuclear weapons information to be carelessly disseminated."
But he questioned the true sensitivity of classified data older than 25 years and said even the weapons design information probably does not pose serious concerns with regard to nuclear weapons proliferation.
"Information about nuclear weapons design is no longer the main barrier to weapons proliferation," he said. "The main barrier is access to fissible material."
One senior Energy Department official, who asked not to be identified, argued that the inadvertent disclosure of even old weapons design data, despite the availability of warhead design on the Internet, is serious.
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The official said further discoveries of inadvertently declassified nuclear weapons data are highly likely because DOE's review to date has only encompassed 948,000 pages considered the most likely to contain nuclear secrets. More than 600 million pages of historic records have been declassified so far under Clinton's executive order. Government agencies are declassifying more than 100 million pages a year.


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text: I have always been fascinated with multiplicity in video. This web site that lets you pull in any YouTube video and then fractal it out is a great example of why it can be cool. Here is a version of my clouds time-lapse set to Little Fluffy Clouds by the Orb in mass multiplicity.


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New Manchester charter school plans to open at site of former St. Joseph Regional Junior High SchoolBy MARK HAYWARD
New Hampshire Union Leader
December 06. 2017 10:59PM
MANCHESTER — A charter school organization is seeking out traditionally underserved children such as immigrants, low-income families and English-language learners to help fill a 144-student school in the downtown.
Kreiva Academy Public Charter School plans to open a grade 6-12 school at the old St. Joseph Regional Junior High School building, located at Pine and Bridge streets.
Kreiva will host an information meeting from 1 to 3 p.m. Sunday at the school. Other meetings are scheduled for two or three times a week between now and mid-January at libraries, youth organizations and fire stations in the city.
Print and web materials are already available in English, Spanish and French, and translators have been contacted to expand material into other languages, such as Arabic, said Michelle Mathieu, founder and program director for Kreiva.
She previously worked in administration at Polaris Charter School on the West Side of Manchester, according to her biography on the Kreiva website, www.kreiva.org.
A $150,000 from the Boston-based Barr Foundation requires Kreiva to reach out to underserved populations, Mathieu said.
"We see it as our role to get to them because every child deserves these opportunities," said Mathieu, who has a master's degree in education.
According to school material, every student at Kreiva will have an Individual Growth Plan. Classes will focus on topic-based modules — for example, the Flint water crisis — where students will learn in cross-disciplinary fields such as mathematics and statistics, English, chemistry and medicine.
The school is modeled after the Expeditionary Learning system, a system that is working in about 160 schools across the country, including Casco Bay High School in Portland, Maine.
This year, 935 Manchester students are enrolled in charter schools, according to Manchester School Superintendent Bolgen Vargas. About 340 of those students are enrolled in online classes through the VLACs charter school and may not be full-time charter school students, Vargas said.
Vargas said he recognizes that every parent has the right to send their children to charter schools, but he said Manchester schools are good schools that are poised to be great. He mentioned the STEM academy at West High School, where students explore career opportunities at nearby Catholic Medical Center.
"There's no question in my mind we could be the best urban district in New England if we work together," Vargas said.
Mathieu said Kreiva will not be part of the Expeditionary Learning Network, but it will rely heavily on the EL model for character development and experienced-based learning.
The school plans to open with 11 teachers. Diane Creel, who has a master's in education, will be dean of curriculum and instruction. Mathieu expects most students who will enroll will be sixth- and ninth-graders.
The school also has a $223,000 startup grant from the New Hampshire Charter School Program.
The St. Joseph Regional Junior High School vacated the building in 2010, and Manchester developer Tom Deblois acquired it in 2016 with plans to turn it into an office building.
Mathieu said a current tenant, the Neurodevelopmental Institute of New Hampshire, is relocating. A child care treatment facility and the International Institute of New England will also share the building, she said.
The school is thrilled to have the use of a former school building, which includes a gymnasium and science labs, Mathieu said.
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I love being naked anytime I am home alone and I go outside naked in the backyard a lot too I wish that I had more nudist friends or girlfriends to have more freedom in public to just feel great having the wind at my skin love not hiding the love of the naked body we need more nudity in public too
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Some people limit themselves when it comes to enjoying being naked. Whether it's just at the beach when vacationing, only at home, the occasional skinny-dip, etc...
Others take a more "extensive" approach. My wife has tried many different ways of enjoying nudism. Going naked at the resort for extended stays, hiking nude, staying naked at home, visiting friends and being naked at their home...
She went smooth to "try it out"; and found she liked the added freedom and feeling of it.
She tried riding in the car naked, and enjoyed the feeling of the summer breeze hitting her body when the window was rolled down.
She bought a nice sarong/wrap that allowed her to be naked underneath. She loved the feeling of just a single sheet of cloth covering her body.
She has gotten naked BEFORE arriving to the resort - and stayed naked after leaving - to get a more extended experience being naked for longer periods of time.
All those things contributed to a more vibrant experience with nakedness.
There's nothing wrong with embracing the "hedonistic" aspects of being naked. It can lead to a "fuller" and richer naked experience.
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I first experienced social nudism as a teenager, many years later I still love that feeling of freedom being a nudist brings. I live nude at home year round and I manage to socialise nude more as the years pass, moving near to nude beaches have helped this a lot. I can't imagine not being a nudist, it's a wonderful way to live.
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I like the feeling abouting being nude outside in the sun.
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It is a wonderful feeling to be nude. Glad your neighbours don't object. Invite them for a coffee !!!
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my mum never wore panties for years she said she loved the feeling of being free, her skirts used to be knee length and it was quite normal for us to get a glimpse up her skirt as she went about her daily chores, she never worried about me as a boy seeing up there, she didn't shave her bush, just trimmed it back a bit, but it was never hidden from our view when she crouched to pick something up or flopped back on the settee or in a chair, as far as she and us were concerned it was just another part of her body and quite natural to be on show like her hands and face, nothing unsavoury in that.
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WisBiz People: RoleFlow Swimming Against Cautious Midwestern Current
This is the first edition of WisBiz People, a new column from WisBusiness Editor Brian Clark. If you know someone with a good business story to tell, write to firstname.lastname@example.com with your idea.
MADISON - Mark Blumenfeld never wanted his software company - RoleFlow - to be a poster child for a struggling information technology start-up.
The former CIO at Fiskars would much rather be discussing - albeit modestly - his firm's successes and growing sales figures.
But it hasn't turned out that way. And while he acknowledges that 2004 WAS A difficult year for many enterprise software firms - he believes part of the problem is a cultural mindset in the Midwest that works against adopting new technology.
It's of way of thinking that is adverse to using something new, even if it has the potential to cut costs and improve efficiency.
Roleflow makes software that keeps track of the roles each participant in a project performs. It allows managers to define employees' roles and improve workflow. But the business has yet to take off.
In fact, Roleflow's difficulties have been enough to make the Madison native consider relocating his fledgling firm - and family - to either Seattle or Boston, a move he'd rather not make.
"In order for our area to have a vibrant venture/start-up/patent-to- market system, established companies have to be more willing to take some risks with buying newly developed products," he says.
Unfortunately, the entrepreneur says he doesn't think his story is unusual among tech start-ups in Wisconsin.
On the East and West coasts, he says, established companies are more open to taking risks and becoming so-called "first adopters" of new technology.
There is an almost "incestuous" buying and selling environment on the coasts among people who go to school together, know one another, and constantly do business with each other he says.
"It makes commerce hum," he says. "There is cross-pollination between big and little vendors."
Here in Wisconsin, without local "first adopters," Blumenfeld says, getting customers to buy and use his product has been the toughest part if getting his business off the ground, making the often difficult steps of taking an idea and finding financing almost seem easy.
And if he branches out to try to sell to companies on the coasts, Roleflow ends up at a competitive disadvantage compared to companies based on the coasts.
Tom Still, president of the Wisconsin Technology Council, says he understands Blumenfeld's plight. He also has praise for Roleflow, which was a finalist in Gov. Jim Doyle's business plan competition last year. The WTC ran the program, and is gearing up for a new competition in 2005.
"Sometimes I fear Wisconsin is not a good early adopter state for (information technology)," he acknowledges.
"We tend to be a fast follower in which companies are quick to follow once something is shown to work," he says.
"I think we are culturally cautious," he says. "If business leaders aren't particularly tech savvy and they can't understand something, they will be hard pressed to invest in it."
Unfortunately, Still says, IT at many companies is a delegated function, not thought of as part of the core business.
"It's something like the shipping department," he says. "Companies with the best technologies are most likely to succeed. They are also often early adopters."
Still says hospitals that were first to make the switch to electronic medical records are ahead of the curve in terms of quality care, monitoring and cutting down error rates.
The trend has snowballed, he says, and Madison-based Epic Systems' business has grown so rapidly that it is building a huge new campus near Verona, southwest of Madison.
"Companies have to clearly understand how the technology fits in with their business before they adopt it," Still says.
Perhaps even more important, technology creators have to convince companies that they need the stuff.
"They need to clearly articulate that this technology will solve a particular problem," he says. "Creating an IT solution in search of a problem can be a very tough sell."
Blumenfeld started Roleflow in 2001, after a couple of years with Fiskars. He also was vice president for IT at Promega earlier in his career. The idea for Roleflow came from co-founder Eve Rosenthal, a former New York colleague who now teaches at a Canadian university.
At his previous jobs, Blumenfeld says he was somewhat open to new technologies, though he often had trouble convincing his bosses they were good investments. Blumenfeld says business people often puzzle over why IT projects fail.
"It's partly because there is a 'Mars vs. Venus' conflict between business and IT people. They see the world differently. This software helps solve that."
Blumenfled formed a partnership with Beacon Technology, a Madison company that serves meduim- and large-sized firms. Roleflow works with Beacon's dozen-plus engineers and project managers.
In 2003, Roleflow sold a system to the state Department of Health and Family Service to manage the security of its child welfare data base.
"We thought we'd parlay that into sales with industry," he says.
This year, he has pitched Roleflow's products to a lot of companies, and several deals are pending.
"We are working with several consumer product companies who want to make sure products are manufactured the first time," he says.
But he now has sales to report, and commercial transactions are "where the rubber meets the road," he says.
Blumenfeld has praise for Accelerate Madison, an IT networking and business support group. Its aim is to encourage and improve the use of information technology in creating new ventures.
But he thinks more could be done, including the creation of tax credits by the Legislature for Wisconsin companies to work with local technology start-ups.
"I'm optimistic that 2005 will be better for us," he says. "The economy is improving and a rising tide floats all boats.''
Blumenfeld also has to hope that the rising tide lifts the innovative spirit in the Midwest, where caution sometimes gets in the way of a good idea.


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Diplomats representing 52 countries will be meeting in Geneva this month to discuss the status of women. As members of the United Nations Economic and Social Council, they are gathering facts to document the progress that has been made during the United Nations Decade for Women. Officially, their findings won't be ready until 1985, when a World Conference on the Decade for Women convenes, but data have been pouring in, revealing a decade of mixed accomplishments.
Since the Decade for Women was launched in Mexico City in 1975, women's rights have made clear gains in international law, as seen in the ratification of the Convention on the Elimination of All Forms of Discrimination Against Women. But the international ideal has yet to be met by national or local practice.
The UN itself is not without evidence of sexual bias, particularly on diplomatic staffs. According to a recent edition of the Blue Book, a listing of diplomatic personnel at the various permanent missions, 1,741 diplomats represent 157 countries at the UN. Yet of these only 254 are women, and only 27 of the 474 top diplomatic posts are held by women. In the United Nations Decade for Women, there are no women representing the Soviet Union, Denmark, Spain, Poland, or Hungary. On the other hand, there are women representing such countries as Iran, Kuwait, and Saudi Arabia.
According to reports submitted to the Economic and Social Council, the greatest gain by women everywhere has been an increased awareness of their role in economic life. This reflects the fact that women are entering job markets and professions previously closed to them, particularly in the West but also in the third world. Many countries also show an increasing number of women in important political or cultural positions.
Recent earnings figures reported in the UN Monthly Bulletin of Statistics show that while women still earn far less than men, there are some signs that the gap may be closing a bit. Some of the worst cases of inequality remain unchanged, however, in the reports of industrial nations. In the United States, men earn 40 percent more than women, whereas Burmese men earn only 12 percent more than their female counterparts. Of the industrialized nations, Australia has the best record on earnings equality - men now earn only 7 percent more than women, on average.
Getting accurate statistics has been a problem, with some awkward political overtones. Recent votes of the Economic and Social Council - to consider confidential communications and to develop reliable criteria to document ''a consistent pattern of injustice and discriminatory practices against women'' - were split along East-West rather than North-South lines. Confidential, nongovernmental evidence offsets the fact that many countries ignore politically embarrassing problems like labor exploitation or prostitution.
One of the most disturbing reports to come before the Economic and Social Council revealed that prostitution ''continues to spread,'' and that ''disguised traffic in women'' (slavery) is commonplace in many regions. The report cited several reasons for the rapid increase in prostitution in developing countries, emphasizing poverty, rural exodus to cities where employment is male-oriented, and ignorance. Yet most countries, responding to questionnaires sent out by the council, either denied the existence of prostitution (because it was made illegal), or attributed it to the presence of ''destitute refugees.''
Despite the political opportunities to take action during the Decade for Women, only 53 of the 157 members of the UN have ratified the 1949 Convention for the Suppression of Traffic in Persons and of the Exploitation of the Prostitution of Others. Conspicuously absent are the signatures of the US, West Germany, and Canada, as well as states known to provide the human ''raw material ,'' such as the Ivory Coast and Thailand.
There is more at stake here than the issues of slavery or prostitution. Special Rapporteur Jean Fernand-Laurent, who filed his report to the council this spring, points out that the increase in incidents of labor exploitation and prostitution, directly linked to foreign contacts or tourism, may have far-reaching negative impact. In less developed countries where it is prevalent, tourist-generated prostitution is often viewed as a representative institution of industrialized countries. Mr. Fernand-Laurent warned that it ''may provoke hostile reactions to development itself and prompt a return to discriminatory moral strictures, which would be an obstacle to the much needed emancipation of women.''
In general, the Economic and Social Council has found that women have improved their status only after a hard struggle. The Decade for Women has been useful as a way to call attention to women's rights and to document the economic and social status of women. Yet equality in most countries, and in most aspects of daily life, remains an elusive goal.


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Title 314
Chapter 314-55
Section 314-55-077
<< 314-55-077 >>
Agency filings affecting this section
What is a marijuana processor license and what are the requirements and fees related to a marijuana processor license?
(1) A marijuana processor license allows the licensee to process, dry, cure, package, and label usable marijuana, marijuana concentrates, and marijuana-infused products for sale at wholesale to marijuana processors and marijuana retailers.
(2) A marijuana processor is allowed to blend tested usable marijuana from multiple lots into a single package for sale to a marijuana retail licensee providing the label requirements for each lot used in the blend are met and the percentage by weight of each lot is also included on the label.
(3) A marijuana processor licensee must obtain label and packaging approval from the WSLCB for all marijuana-infused products meant for ingestion prior to offering these items for sale to a marijuana retailer. The marijuana processor licensee must submit a picture of the product, labeling, and packaging to the WSLCB for approval.
If the WSLCB denies a marijuana-infused product for sale in marijuana retail outlets, the marijuana processor licensee may request an administrative hearing per chapter
RCW, Administrative Procedure Act.
(4) With the exception of the marijuana, all ingredients used in making marijuana-infused products for oral ingestion must be a commercially manufactured food as defined in WAC
(5) Marijuana-infused edible products in solid form must meet the following requirements:
(a) If there is more than one serving in the package, each serving must be packaged individually in childproof packaging (see WAC
(7)) and placed in the outer package.
(b) The label must prominently display the number of servings in the package.
(c) Marijuana-infused solid edible products must be homogenized to ensure uniform disbursement of cannabinoids throughout the product.
(d) All marijuana-infused solid edibles must prominently display on the label "This product contains marijuana."
(6) Marijuana-infused edible products in liquid form must meet the following requirements:
(a) If there is more than one serving in the package, a measuring device must be included in the package with the product.
(b) The label must prominently display the number of servings in the package and the amount of product per serving.
(c) Marijuana-infused liquid edibles must be homogenized to ensure uniform disbursement of cannabinoids throughout the product.
(d) All marijuana-infused liquid edibles must prominently display on the label "This product contains marijuana."
(7) A marijuana processor is limited in the types of food or drinks they may infuse with marijuana. Marijuana-infused products that require cooking or baking by the consumer are prohibited. Marijuana-infused products that are especially appealing to children are prohibited. Marijuana-infused edible products such as, but not limited to, gummy candies, lollipops, cotton candy, or brightly colored products, are prohibited.
(a) To reduce the risk to public health, potentially hazardous foods as defined in WAC
may not be infused with marijuana. Potentially hazardous foods require time-temperature control to keep them safe for human consumption and prevent the growth of pathogenic microorganisms or the production of toxins. Any food that requires refrigeration, freezing, or a hot holding unit to keep it safe for human consumption may not be infused with marijuana.
(b) Other food items that may not be infused with marijuana to be sold in a retail store are:
(i) Any food that has to be acidified to make it shelf stable;
(ii) Food items made shelf stable by canning or retorting;
(iii) Fruit or vegetable juices (this does not include shelf stable concentrates);
(iv) Fruit or vegetable butters;
(v) Pumpkin pies, custard pies, or any pies that contain egg;
(vi) Dairy products of any kind such as butter, cheese, ice cream, or milk; and
(vii) Dried or cured meats.
(c) Vinegars and oils derived from natural sources may be infused with dried marijuana if all plant material is subsequently removed from the final product. Vinegars and oils may not be infused with any other substance, including herbs and garlic.
(d) Marijuana-infused jams and jellies made from scratch must utilize a standardized recipe in accordance with 21 C.F.R. Part 150, revised as of April 1, 2013.
(e) Per WAC
, a marijuana processor may infuse dairy butter or fats derived from natural sources and use that extraction to prepare allowable marijuana-infused solid or liquid products meant to be ingested orally, but the dairy butter or fats derived from natural sources may not be sold as stand-alone products.
(f) The WSLCB may designate other food items that may not be infused with marijuana.
(8) The recipe for any marijuana-infused solid or liquid products meant to be ingested orally must be kept on file at the marijuana processor's licensed premises and made available for inspection by the WSLCB or its designee.
(9) The application fee for a marijuana processor license is two hundred fifty dollars. The applicant is also responsible for paying the fees required by the approved vendor for fingerprint evaluation.
(10) The annual fee for issuance and renewal of a marijuana processor license is one thousand dollars. The WSLCB will conduct random criminal history checks at the time of renewal that will require the licensee to submit fingerprints for evaluation from the approved vendor. The licensee will be responsible for all fees required for the criminal history checks.
(11) A marijuana processor producing a marijuana-infused solid or liquid product meant to be ingested orally in a processing facility as required in WAC
(10) and (11) must pass a processing facility inspection. Ongoing annual processing facility compliance inspections may be required. The WSLCB will contract with the department of agriculture to conduct required processing facility inspections. All costs of inspections are borne by the licensee and the hourly rate for inspection is sixty dollars. A licensee must allow the WSLCB or their designee to conduct physical visits and inspect the processing facility, recipes and required records per WAC
during normal business hours or at any time of apparent operation without advance notice. Failure to pay for the processing facility inspection or to follow the processing facility requirements outlined in this section and WAC
will be sufficient grounds for the WSLCB to suspend or revoke a marijuana license.
(12) The WSLCB will initially limit the opportunity to apply for a marijuana processor license to a thirty-day calendar window beginning with the effective date of this section. In order for a marijuana processor application license to be considered it must be received no later than thirty days after the effective date of the rules adopted by the WSLCB. The WSLCB may reopen the marijuana processor application window after the initial evaluation of the applications that are received and processed, and at subsequent times when the WSLCB deems necessary.
(13) A currently licensed marijuana producer may submit an application to add a marijuana processor license at the location of their producer license providing they do not already hold three processor licenses.
(14) Any entity and/or principals within any entity are limited to no more than three marijuana processor licenses.
(15) Marijuana processor licensees are allowed to have a maximum of six months of their average usable marijuana and six months average of their total production on their licensed premises at any time.
(16) A marijuana processor must accept returns of products and sample jars from marijuana retailers for destruction, but is not required to provide refunds to the retailer. It is the responsibility of the retailer to ensure the product or sample jar is returned to the processor.
[Statutory Authority: RCW
. WSR 16-11-110, § 314-55-077, filed 5/18/16, effective 6/18/16; WSR 15-11-107, § 314-55-077, filed 5/20/15, effective 6/20/15; WSR 14-10-044, § 314-55-077, filed 4/30/14, effective 5/31/14. Statutory Authority: RCW
. WSR 13-21-104, § 314-55-077, filed 10/21/13, effective 11/21/13.]
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About Troy Angrignon
Troy Angrignon is an entrepreneur with a passion for building companies in the wearable, mobile, and cloud computing markets. He focuses on business, product, and go-to-market strategy and execution.
He has been fortunate to be a key executive in a number of leading startups including SwiftStack, Cloud Technology Partners, Cloudscaling (acquired by EMC), RightScale, and Appirio.
He writes about quantified self/biohacking, wearable computing, cloud computing, and health & fitness and is often presenting at conferences on those subjects.
He is founder of NorCal Sheepdogs, a small private training group specializing in training adventure, tactical and military athletes.
He serves as the Northern California Planning coordinator for Team Rubicon, a global non-profit disaster response organization, where he helps the local region prepare for and mitigate any future disasters.
His primary outdoor activities include attending and coaching civilian-military events, rucking, running, lifting, yoga, swimming, and personal defense training. He has completed many SEALFit events including their 3-day and 6-day academies and their 8-day Turning Steel land-warfare training camp.
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Did you get everything on your Christmas wish list?
Did you get everything on your Christmas wish list?
I can't complain. Santa was pretty generous to me. But I started thinking about what I really should have wished for:
I wish Monticello Mayor Gordon Jenkins would wise up and stop using the color of his skin as a reactionary defense mechanism for his own stupidity. The poor judgment he has shown as a leader and manager continues to hurt whatever credibility he has left and disrupts the village's attempts of redevelopment.
I wish the Mets would provide me with some meaningful games to watch after Labor Day. OK, I'll settle for after July Fourth. Fine, how about after Memorial Day. Easter?
I wish someone could figure out a way to finish that long-delayed connector road between Orange Plaza and the Galleria at Crystal Run. It took only six years to build the Channel Tunnel that links Great Britain and France.
I wish some common sense for every guy I see wearing shorts and every girl wearing flats while they stand at the school bus in the freezing morning air. Is it really that cool to be that cold?
I wish someone would build a drone that could deliver me a pastrami sandwich from Katz's Deli.
I wish people would learn they can make a right on red.
I wish people who have their left blinker on would eventually make a left turn.
I wish people would stop comparing Michael Buble and Harry Connick Jr. to Frank Sinatra. There is no comparison.
I wish folks would stop praising Phil Robertson of "Duck Dynasty"for his incendiary comments about gays and blacks. Sure, he has the right to speak his mind — but we shouldn't applaud his hateful message. I wish A&E had the courage to keep him off the air — but running a "Duck Dynasty" marathon on Christmas Day tells me money motivates all.
I wish the developers at Grossinger's and Kutsher's would consider preserving some part of those resorts' great past before tearing it all down.
I wish I could convince the folks at the Port Authority that more people will fly out of Stewart Airport if there were more flights to more locations.
I wish I could find a flashlight that works when I need one.
I wish folks wouldn't drive 50 mph in the left lane.
I wish they'd show reruns of "The West Wing" instead of Kardashian not-reality reality shows.
I wish Bloomingburg Mayor Mark Berentsen would get himself a dictionary and look up "constituency," "democracy" and "transparency" because it's pretty clear he has no idea what any of those words mean.
Speaking of transparency, I wish the folks who will decide on the locations for the casinos are open about the process — and not influenced by political or financial gains. Just saying.
I wish our dog Bitsy would learn the difference between our lawn and our carpet.
I wish our dog Boo Boo would stop getting old.
I wish for an early spring.
I wish someone could explain why you can't buy the same number of hot dogs and hot dog rolls at one time?
Oh yea, I wish you all a very happy and healthy New Year.


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Skip to comments.House fails to pass 3 emergency funding bills amid government slimdown
Posted on 10/01/2013 6:02:08 PM PDT by umpqua
The House of Representatives tried but failed to pass three emergency funding bills Tuesday, amid much political finger pointing by both parties in the wake of the potentially drawn out stalemate over the budget.
(Excerpt) Read more at foxnews.com ...
Obamacare wasn't nipped in the bud, and this is the result.
Famous last words in history:
"I say to my Republican friends, ObamaCare is over. It's passed, it's the law," Senate Democratic Leader Harry Reid said.
"I say to my Republican friends, the Fugitive Slave Act is over. It's passed, it's the law," Democratic Senator Jefferson Davis said.
Why was this done in a way that would require 2-3 vote???
That's just asking for it to fail.
Thats just asking for it to fail.
"Thats just asking for it to fail."
Maybe that was the plan?
because Bonehead is an idiot
Yes but they'd been doing so well and gaining. They also know that we're paying very close attention and this wouldn't go unnoticed. So I discount your assertion and wonder why the change.
Is there a budget rule or something?
OK well I gotta hand it to you =- he is an idiot.
but why the recent change ... was the bill to pay service members a 2/3 vote?
Very good question
Trying to make the senate/democrats/prez look like asshats? Unfortunately, it seems to be having the opposite effect. My only hope is that that effect is temporary and frigging people wake up. Wishful thinking....
This whole thing is damned frustrating for conservatives.
We got 34 Dem votes on the DC bill!
Nancy may not be able to stop the NIH bill tomorrow.
Boy is Harry gonna be mad if the House votes to let children get cancer treatment...
They need to go home and get a good night's sleep, just like the Senate. Let Harry make the next move. It's so simple!
They need to go home until Nov 2014. The koolaid drinkers in the Rat party will flatline.
What a shame...Bloated unionized corrupt government workers and corrupt government contractors are hurting after one whole day??
Everyday day bloated corrupt fatgov is shut down, eliminate 5,000 fed gov employees and reduce their fat bloated tax paid retirement pensions by 50 percent...
Everyday...Eliminate 5,000 of these parasites....
They just adjourned.
Suspension is the 'expeditious' way of getting votes taken.
I assume there was political PR impact considered too.
There are more of these votes coming.
I concur.
He's not stupid. He's keeping the pressure on. The Dems just voted down three programs. Can you imagine those commercials?
Elsewhere in Washington, House Republicans were pressuring Democratic senators to meet them at the negotiating table to hash out a budget package.
The House appointed "conferees" overnight who would -- if the Senate agrees -- participate in a conference committee to craft a budget bill. Those GOP representatives held a press conference Tuesday to note that Democrats were nowhere to be found at that negotiating table.
"All of us here (are) sitting at a table waiting for the Senate Democrats to join us so we can begin to resolve our differences," House Republican Leader Eric Cantor, R-Va., said.
"The way to resolve our differences is to sit down and talk. And as you can see, there's no one here on the other side of the table," he said.
From another article:
House Rules Chairman Pete Sessions, R-Texas, said his panel would bring the three bills up under a rule on Wednesday, so Republicans could pass the measures with a simple majority. Its an open question whether Sessions would allow Democrats to have a standard motion to recommit on the bills, for fear that Democrats would force Republicans to go on record opposing a clean CR through a procedural vote
This is brilliant strategy. They nail the Dems on the first vote, now they just need a simple majority to pass all three. Will he Dems vote for or against this time? We're winning. Learn to recognize it. These guys aren't stupid. Obama's poll numbers are crumbling. They're playing to win.
They were brought under the "suspension of rules" according to what I heard on CSpan. I guess it takes 2/3 majority. Wonder if they can bring it up in a way that only requires a majority.
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