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Dustin Meadows has had his hands in many pots around Columbus the last few years. An active stand-up comedian not long ago, he has drifted toward writing (mostly in the form of bits for the popular sketch comedy production Monday Night Live) and increasingly toward commentary. His particular area of expertise is pop culture, but not the annoying Internet kind: he looks instead at the enduring influences presented to us as we seek our entertainment, whether from the silver screen or the big screen.
Or a comic book.
Pop culture is your bread and butter. You host a podcast, How Have You Not Seen This?, wherein you watch a classic movie with someone who hasn't and then discuss the movie on air; your live show, Struck a Nerve: The Pop Culture Mixtape, is a collection of sketches, essays, character acts, and more about everything from genre films to Batman or the Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles. Where did the idea for this kind of monthly retrospective come from?Initially, it was inspired by a show I saw in Chicago called Paper Machete, essentially a pop culture take with a Daily Show format, covering a range of pop culture topics. We realized that the 75th anniversary of Batman's creation was coming and thought to ourselves, "What if we make the whole show about Batman?" So it was kind of born from that. I literally have a degree – a Bachelor of Arts in Popular Culture from Bowling Green State University, the only accredited university in the United States, possibly the world, to offer such a degree. So the majority of my coursework was delving into the things I love: film, comic books, some genre literature like science fiction and horror. I was able to explore my passion without being burned out by academia.
You're a scholar of pop culture. Bonded and insured.I feel like it's something I'm knowledgeable about. Some people hear the phrase "pop culture" and there's this immediate negative connotation. They're like, "Oh great, what, 20 GIFs about Hocus Pocus or whatever," whereas I am much more interested, not in the flash-bang of it, but in the substance, and what it means for us…why it's so important to us. The podcast was born of this, too; of my love of film. Movies are my greatest interest in the realm of pop culture.
"Some people hear the phrase "pop culture" and there's this immediate negative connotation. They're like, "Oh great, what, 20 GIFs about Hocus Pocus or whatever," whereas I am much more interested, not in the flash-bang of it, but in the substance, and what it means for us…why it's so important to us. "
With both of your shows, the podcast and Struck a Nerve, while pop culture is at the core, in fact the execution tends to lie in the intersections between our regular lives and the popular culture that shapes and informs those lives. Is that intentional? That's certainly part of it. My bottom line: I want people to either listen to the podcast or watch the show and be entertained. Whether it makes them laugh or they hear someone talking about how Batman changed his life. Obviously, it's a comedy show first and foremost, but I'm totally fine when the show goes into those more nuanced, "human" moments. It's not necessarily funny then, but it is meaningful, and it resonates with the audience, and I want both of those kinds of presentations.
It's interesting how much vulnerability you manage to wring out of your presenters. Sometimes it gets a little dark.That's the thing. When I book people, I am looking for people who are passionate and truly appreciate the thing they are working on. My only stipulation is that presenters cannot do "stand-up comedy," unless they are presenting it as a character. I don't tell them that it has to be funny – I don't want to start demanding specifics from the people who perform because I feel like every show we've gotten really unique performances, really nuanced pieces, really funny pieces…if I start setting too many parameters, I think it could limit what people bring to the table. I haven't seen a single piece over the eight months the show has run and thought, "Well, this is no good." Everyone has just been knocking it out of the park, every single month.
In a three-way, "Mexican-style" standoff between John Wayne, Clint Eastwood, and Godzilla, who blinks first? Who's the loser in that gunfight?Hard to say. They all have their merits; they all have their flaws. I would say it's between Godzilla and John Wayne. Wayne, while a prolific actor and larger-than-life figure, unfortunately has not weathered the test of time as a personality. His actual character has, over time, bled into his iconography, so when you see John Wayne, you still think, "Get along, Pilgrim," or, "Take him to Missouri," but now you also think, "Oh yeah, John Wayne was also in real life a racist." Godzilla, on the other hand, has been the topic of so many spoofs, and even in the remakes he's been handled poorly. I'd say it goes Godzilla first [to lose], then John Wayne. Clint Eastwood is starting to get into that territory. His legacy is less, "This guy is a terrible person," and more, "Is Clint Eastwood just getting super weird?" Which is okay. "Weird" is totally fine. Godzilla is hard to take seriously, and John Wayne is just not a good person.
Pop culture is in a phase where it's recycling and updating and remaking so much stuff. Does that give you an opportunity to swing at pitches that would otherwise predate our times, or would you prefer there be more original work coming from Hollywood?I've absolutely capitalized on recycled franchises twice this year. We had a Spiderman show and a Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtles show, both of which entirely because there was either a reboot or a sequel to a reboot of those franchises.
And Batman, of course. Oh yeah, and Batman, with the Nolan films. I think it's interesting because those movies are also responsible for introducing a new generation to those properties, which at the end of the day – I used to get so frustrated with all the reboots and remakes – but there's no reason to take to the streets after [an unsuccessful reboot] because a crappy reboot doesn't make the thing I love cease to exist, or reduce its original impact. I get excited when I see original things come out. But there's no year in movies where you look back and say, "Oh, that was the year. Oh, The Godfather came out in 1972." Yeah…so what? There were also a lot of dogshit movies that came out in 1972.
Dustin Meadows hosts Struck A Nerve: The Pop Culture Mixtape on the third Monday of every month at Wild Goose Creative. Doors open at 7:30, and the show starts at 8. Each show is $5 and BYOB. His podcast, How Have You Not Seen This? is available at www.howhaveyounotseenthis.podomatic.com, or you can get regular updates by following him on Twitter (@dustinmeadows). You can also catch Meadows and a plethora of other comedy nerds at the Columbus Comedy Festival, at Wild Goose Creative, October 23–25.


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Phillip B. Williams
Poet | Editor | Blogger
I shut your eyes with my hand, your mouth
with my mouth.
from poem "Misericorde"
from book
Thief in the Interior
Phillip B. Williams is a Chicago, Illinois native. He is the author of the book of poems
Thief in the Interior
(Alice James Books, 2016). He's also co-authored a book of poems and conversations called
(Sibling Rivalry Press). He is a Cave Canem graduate and received scholarships from Bread Loaf Writers Conference and a 2013 Ruth Lilly Fellowship. His work has appeared or is forthcoming in
Boston Review
Callaloo, The Kenyon Review, Poetry, The Southern Review, West Branch
and others. Phillip received his MFA in Writing from the Washington University in St. Louis. He is the Co-editor in Chief of the online journal
and the 2015-2017 Creative Writing Fellow in Poetry at Emory University.
"Not just more of the artfully skill-less, conceptual talk of a poem, this is what you've been waiting for: some poetry. Not just skill as possession, as a commodity, but skill to accomplish the expressive event, a deeply felt poetic argument. For example Williams' line is no arbitrary unit of type, but an effective musically syntactic accomplishment of line. Poetry!"
—Ed Roberson, author of To See the Earth Before the End of the World
"[Thief in the Interior] is a 'debut' in chronology only, a rare poetic event that transcends our expectations. Williams's poems embody balance: uncompromising and magnetic, surprising and intuitive. "
—Adrian Matejka, author of The Big Smoke
"When almost everything has been taken away, what do we have? Phillip B. Williams's powerful new collection, Thief in the Interior, pierces through the gape-mouthed howls produced by the missing gay black body and sings a brutal broken song that energizes and revives the contemporary lyric."
—Dawn Lundy Martin, author of Life in a Box is a Pretty Life

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Random. That's what this'll be. A mix of various projects I worked on since I last blogged. Which I just noticed. Was December! Besides the one I just posted. Oops! So here goes.
Wedding Fun. One of our good friends was just married this past July. So of course I had to do something crafty. Plus, I got the chance to do some chalkboard designs which I've seen all over Pinterest! Thanks for the opportunity Sarah!
|Bachelorette goodies. Saw this frame idea on Pinterest and tried to re-create it. Added some girlie treats and her favorite, Fireball!
|Bad picture... can't really see...but once it was all put together I tied the tag onto a HUGE mason jar. Too cute!
|They set up a table for Anniversary Wishes. Such a cute idea!
|One of the chalkboards I created.
|Another chalkboard. I love the idea of sitting on either side!
All in all it turned out. The chalk was a bit hard to write with. Especially when in a hurry. They kept breaking and I was constantly having to blow the dust away. I used a mix of the regular size and fat chalk. Next time I'd love to experiment with chalk pens! Since these chalkboards belonged to the location of the wedding I didn't want to ruin them, in case the chalk pens didn't erase well. I need to keep my eyes open for some to use here at the house!
Tutu Skirts. So my sister asked me to join her and her husband in an upcoming color run. Of course that meant we needed to make a fun tutu skirt to run in. Game on! After watching some simple tutorials I created one for myself as well as Mimi. Of course she only wore it for the picture. Oh well.
|Can't you tell how happy Mishka is to wear her matching skirt?
Gymnastics. This year I created treats for the Regionals competition again. I decided to decorate water bottles this year thinking maybe they'll actually use them again?
|I painted their name as well drawing stars on each one. Green is one of our school colors as well as yellow/gold.
|This is just one side of the ribbons I puffy painted as well. They had their name on one side and S.P. Gymnast on the other.
Teaching. This past school year was extremely busy. Filled with not only the day-to-day requirements of teaching and coaching but having my 1st student teacher, piloting a new evaluation system, and pursuing my National Boards. To say I was busy seems an understatement. It's funny looking back. Or not. But we all survived!
|This year's Memory Books for each student. I used various scrapbooking paper again and ran them through the printer this time so each one had the same schoolhouse design. Not sure I like that. I'll definitely do something different next year.
So there's just a bit more of what kept his past school year busy. As I finally load pictures onto my computer from my phone and iPad I'm sure I'll find other projects that I tinkered with.


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The Office of Student Leadership Involvement, Formation and Empowerment (Student L.I.F.E.) seeks to develop and implement programs that promote self-sustaining development and positive influence towards effective personal and organizational leadership. It takes charge of ensuring smooth and well-balanced implementation of co-curricular and extra-curricular activities of the different student groups under the Student Council and the Council of Student Organizations. It also encourages student involvement and helps orient freshmen, graduate school learners, and international students on University life.
The Office of Student LIFE is a team of competent, innovative and learner-centered professionals, providing relevant formation programs and quality services toward the holistic development of faith-driven and service-oriented Lasallian leaders.


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Own only what you can carry with you; know language, know countries, know people. Let your memory be your travel bag. - Alexander Solzhenitsyn
Friday, April 24, 2015
Review: The Mysterious Affair at Styles
The Mysterious Affair at Styles by Agatha Christie
My rating: 3 of 5 stars
I read a ton of Poirot novels in my early teens. I can't recall if this was one of them, but since back then I was relying on small mall bookstores rather than the much bigger ones with better selection of today, I read them very much out of order and missed tons I'm sure.
Anyway, it was an enjoyable read and I might have liked it even more if I hadn't read it in tiny chunks while nursing Kait, which occasionally made it hard to follow along with Poirot's reasoning.
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Public Relations
Students majoring in Public Relations are REQUIRED to complete a three-hour internship. For each hour of credit, the student must work 50 hours. Therefore, most students will take a three-hour internship and work 150 hours.
To gain internship credit you must have:
- Junior standing (60+ hours of completed coursework)
- A minimum GPA of 2.5 in the major
- Twelve hours of major coursework completed prior to the semester of the internship
- Public Relations majors/minors also must have successfully completed Public Relations Writing (COMM PR 3855) OR Newswriting for Print Media (COMM J 2755) prior to the semester of the internship.
Finding an Internship
- Contact Career Services at 102 Gilchrist. Use CareerLink to look at and apply for opportunities.
- Approach businesses that you are interested in about the possibility of an internship, many are open to the idea.
- Join the Facebook Group: https://www.facebook.com/groups/153765914715149/https://www.facebook.com/groups/153765914715149/
- Pay attention to your email. The Director of Internships sends regular emails with internship opportunities.
Internship Requirements
To become an approved internship, the opportunity must:
- Allow the creation of original works that can go in a portfolio (e.g., press releases, brochures, videos, news reels, training manuals, presentations, newsletters, event planning work, website pages). For this reason, many sales positions that involve the distribution of such materials will not work.
- Connect to your chosen major, even if it does not perfectly line up with your future career goals. You are signing up for an academic course that fulfills required or elective major credits in communication, so your internship needs to reflect that fact.
- Take place where you have worked in the immediate past. Internships are intended to represent new learning experiences and involve you in the complete job search process. Therefore, internship credit is not given for current or past employment activities. Four main reasons explain this policy:
- It looks great on a resume to have experiences from several different companies.
- It may give you an unfair advantage in preparing your portfolio for examination.
- Part of the learning experience should be about creating relationships with new people, processes, and ideas.
- There is no way to guarantee that the internship would vary greatly from the tasks that you currently have at that company.
- Furthermore, internship credit is not granted retroactively for previous internships that you may have completed. There may be situations, however, where you may wish to intern in an organization where you are employed in another capacity. This may be done subject to the following guidelines:
- You obtain an internship in a department separate from the area where you are currently employed (or)
- Your supervisor writes a letter to the Internship Coordinator verifying your internship responsibilities are completely separate from your normally assigned duties
- Take place in organizations or departments where immediate family members (parents, siblings) are employed.
- Students may NOT complete their internship with any on-campus group.
Applying for Internship Credit
- Complete a departmental application form, available in the main office, Lang 326. If you want an electronic version, email the departmental office manager at firstname.lastname@example.com. (Summer internships require one additional form.) Sign up for the correct number of hours (1-6). EMedia or PR Majors are required to have at least thee credits. Political Comm Majors are required to have four credit hours.
- Return the completed form to the main office or email to email@example.com.
- Ask your supervisor send a job description directly to the main office. This description can be mailed, faxed to (319) 273-7356, or sent via email from the supervisor's account to firstname.lastname@example.com. This description cannot come from the student.
- Your completed file is reviewed by the internship coordinator, possibly in consultation with the department head. If you are approved, the main office will enroll you in the Internship/Cooperative course. There is nothing further to do until your internship, and the semester, begins.
- A notice of approval/enrollment will be emailed to you at the address you provided on the application. The process can take anywhere from 1-2 weeks, so plan ahead! The Internship Director will contact you when you have been enrolled for further instructions. Check your email regularly.


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Bliss coming from sacrifice - I like the hope of that idea. Joy from sorrow, peace from sadness, resurrection from death ... so true to how life unfolds yet hard to experience as we transition from one place to the other. "Sacrifice+Bliss" is the title of an exhibition at our community's Franklin Park Conservatory fpconservatory.org. The artist, Aurora Robson, identifies herself as an artist and activist. She has intercepted over 70,000 plastic bottles and other non-biodegradable trash to create large-scale sculptures and mixed-media collages. Aurora's intention through this work is to create awareness about pollution and sustaining our environment for future generations. Learn more about her at Aurora Robson.
I visited the exhibit early this week. Viewing this rescued trash recreated into a thing of beauty, I couldn't help but connect this artist's intention with the desire I carry for those served through AWBA. Many of us impacted by chronic disease experience times when it seems that nothing of the disease process can be recreated into anything of beauty. Sometimes we may almost envision our numerous losses washed up on a remote shore somewhere and left behind.
I was overwhelmed with "Bliss" - beautiful art exploding with color and vibrancy - created from "Sacrifice" - those things tossed out as useless. Does this thought connect with you in some way? Are there pieces of your life "AD" (after diagnosis) that were sacrificed and seem no longer useful? If so, sit with these images and those on Aurora's website to reflect about how this idea of moving from sacrifice to bliss might resonate with you. Bliss may be too much of a leap today. If that is the case, just begin to wonder if there are some sacrifices you have experienced that God has begun to creatively shift to an unexpected blessing beginning to shine forth. Look beneath the surface of the immediate moment. Is there a blessing trying to push through to be nurtured into full blown bliss? If it simply cannot be found today, allow it to be front and center in your awareness in the days ahead and see if something begins to shift within you.
The retreat that AWBA will begin on October 21 includes a discussion, "Giving the Mess Some Meaning." Sacrifice to bliss, mess to meaning - it is all forward, creative movement. A few spaces still remain for this on-line retreat. If you are interested, visit Always We Begin Again for more information or contact firstname.lastname@example.com. Although the registration deadline is this Sunday the 14th, we may still be able to connect you next week.
May you find moments of bliss
in whatever challenges you face today. Share your Sacrifice + Bliss moments in the comments and inspire others in their own journeys.


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One significant question that is coming up, again and again, is whether cannabis is capable of killing cancer cells. Based on some studies it has been found out that cannabis kills cancer cells because of the presence of an important compound in it. However, the compound 'cannabinoids' alone is not capable of destroying the cancerous cells. Rather, when the compound is combined with chemotherapy or radiation, it can provide better results.
Cannabinoids like THC and CBD forms an important compound of cannabis plant which can help to inhibit the growth of cancer cells. In order to know how cannabis works in treating cancer, you will need to go through the rest of the blog.
Medical cannabis is also known as marijuana. It is vastly different from cannabis drug. The medical cannabis plant contains important compounds in them that can be used for treating various medical conditions like multiple sclerosis, diabetes, and migraine. Most importantly cannabis kills cancer cells and restricts its growth
Cannabis Oil
Cannabis oil is obtained from the Cannabis Sativa plant. The oil is a thick volatile liquid and is obtained from cannabis flowers through the process of solvent extraction. The concentrated form of the oil makes it very powerful. Basically, the oil can be applied topically or vaporized into the lungs.
How Do Cannabis Kills Cancer?
Various studies have shown that cannabis oil is helpful in treating cancer related side-effects which mainly crops up after chemotherapy sessions.
In order to know how cannabinoids present in cannabis kills cancer cells, you need to go through the rest of the blog.
Research has shown that cannabis contains important cancer fighting chemicals in them. In fact, it has been seen that when patients were administered cannabinoid drugs, improved outcome could be achieved.
To put it simply, it can be said that cannabis contains important cannabinoids like THC and CBD. When THC gets connected with the CB1 and CB2 cannabinoid receptor sites of cancer cells, ceramide synthesis gets increased. The increase in ceramide leads to the death of cancer cells. However, a normal cell remains unaffected by cannabinoids.
If you delve deep, you will get to know that the slight shift within the mitochondria causes the death of cancer cells. Mitochondria are responsible for producing energy that a cancer cell would need to survive. But the slight shifting makes it unable to produce the energy. Moreover, increased ceramide production leads to increasing the mitochondrial membrane penetrability. This, in turn, leads to the pushing out of cytochrome C from the mitochondria. So when the source of energy of cancer cells gets cut off it leads to the death of cancer cell.
Another reason that has been ascribed for death of cancer cells is that of genotoxic stress. Hence, cannabis kills cancer cells because of the production of a protein called p53. The protein is known for causing a disruption within the calcium metabolism process. Also, it affects the pro-survival pathways of cancer cells. Thereby, the chance of the survival of cancer cells gets diminished.
Cannabis and cannabinoids are known for treating cancer and chemotherapy related side-effects. However, before using cannabis oil for cancer treatment, you should consult an oncologist.


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|The flours mixture
|Soft dough ready for work
|Tea and scones
An Israeli native views on travel, kids, science, photography, gluten-free eating and so much more.
|The flours mixture
|Soft dough ready for work
|Tea and scones
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Forget the dress, ths scones were great (with butter and cherries jam). For the GF version you just need to sandwich two scones instead of opening one. And yes I loved the dress but also the prince's sword and medals.
Waiting for the wadi Prat post!
Hi Yael,
These sound very good, and so do your rich chocolate cookies.
What do you mean by corn flour -- corn meal like for polenta?
Hi Faye.
Thanks for reading and commenting. When I write corn flour it's corn meal but finer then the one used for polenta. I use the brand Duchan Gan-Shmuel, they have a series of flours (soy, corn, tapioca) gluten-free.
Thanks, Yael. On the package does it say "corn flour",
קמח תירס ?
or something else?
Hi Faye
Yes its קמח תירס של דוכן גן-שמואל


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This was the 'pre Qubenzis' era. A time when Rich traveled around discovering the world . The motto was – Reunite with the many friends one haven't yet met (in this life time).
However, arriving to San Francisco he first spent a short two weeks with this beautiful Chinese/American x girlfriend of his that he encountered in Copenhagen the previous year. They where still friends though both realized that the 'romance' definitely was over.
As it happened a Danish theater performance group calling themselves 'Next Stop Nevada' (see the Notorious Bio of Qubenzis's) was visiting S.F. making their last performance in the U.S. before returning to Denmark.
Since Rich was the composer and producer of the sound track used during the performance it obviously was a time for celebration, reuniting with friends from overseas. After the play was over, which was performed at Berkeley University, near Oakland, he subsequently went with the artists and actors visiting their temporary hangout which was a collective (alternative community) outside the Mission district, S.F., called 'The Farm'.
The natural development was that Rich moved over to the Farm for a while (5 months) spending time there helping out with the dissolving communities activities. Dissolving in the sense that the landlord as well as the S.F. Town hall had decided for the discontinuation of the ' The Farm experiment' which closed down entirely later in 1987.
One of the Punk/Hardcore groups who performed and spent their time in the community was The Assassins Of God. Div (voice), Kenny (guitar), Bruce (drums), Ellen (bass) and not to forget the guest appearing artist called Tracy with her heartbreaking poesy about incest and maltreatment of children (bless her).
Well, they all became dear friends of Ricky. We even had one or two jam- sessions together in their practicing local downtown S.F., where Rich got to show off his talented bass playing. In short; they had a great time together.
There was the occasional Punk and Reggae festivals during that summer that had to be taken care of. They took place in the big assembly hall of The Farm. They arranged food, ticket sales, door guarding which included keeping the then wild Skinheads of San Francisco out from the premises.
When they later toured in Europe, in the early nineties, he had the honour to house them a couple of nights in his self made house, Christiania- Denmark. Another reunification worth remembering.
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It's a well known fact that I enjoy eating a "hearty" meal just as much as the next "red blooded" guy, so please don't get the wrong idea regarding my culinary appetite as you read these gag cartoons that originally appeared in the THWAK comic book (1st 2 gags) and THWAK #1 magazine. Enjoy and please don't lose your appetites, I think it's dinner time!
Tuesday, June 30, 2009
It's a well known fact that I enjoy eating a "hearty" meal just as much as the next "red blooded" guy, so please don't get the wrong idea regarding my culinary appetite as you read these gag cartoons that originally appeared in the THWAK comic book (1st 2 gags) and THWAK #1 magazine. Enjoy and please don't lose your appetites, I think it's dinner time!
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Thursday, June 25, 2009
Friends of THWAK - Billy Genius
Back when I was initially soliciting material for the revamped THWAK magazine one of the first submissions I received was from Billy Genius ( via my buddy John Hett). I was amazed at the great detail in his line work while also bowled over by his outrageousness. The more I have seen of his work the more I think his style is very similar to Robert Crumb.
The 1st piece of Billy's that appeared in THWAK #1 was "Before & After Sept 11th" at the time the country was still in shock from the attacks but I felt that the piece was more a statement of what many were thinking/feeling rather than anything humorous. Billy's work graced each subsequent issue of THWAK, as well as all the CRACKED issues I was involved with, JOKESTER and is featured in the latest "The THWAK Bonfire of Insanity Collection" trade paperback with some new material.
The two books above were self published. The Turd book (truly disgusting in a sick way) a must have from those of us who like turd/fart humor, was published as both softback and a hardback book with a dust jacket. The second is a comic style book that has satirically illustrated tales from the Bible and general ribbing on mega churches.
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Monday, June 22, 2009
Unused THWAK art (Illustrated Lyrics)
Originally THWAK #3 (all Monster issue) was to run 48 pages, but due to higher paper costs we ended up keeping the ish at 32 pages like the others. This 2 page spread by the delightfully demented Billy Genius was one of the few unfortunate omissions. As editor and publisher that is one thing that I would really hate having to do. Firstly knowing the time and effort that it took to create and secondly having to deprive others of ever seeing something that could have impacted them in some way. Being able to show many of these as of yet "unseen" gems is certainly a huge reason why I chose to create this blog in the first place : )
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Thursday, June 18, 2009
The Adventures of Corey the Raccoon
Some paintings done back around 2002 for what was meant to be a second installment of the children's book "The Adventures of Corey The Raccoon". The general premise was that Corey was lost in the forest and is on quite an adventure as he meets all types of characters while trying to find his way home. What I liked the most about the project was the great message that the authors were trying to convey as well as their general ideas as to how the project was to be utilised. Unfortunately like so many other ideas it floundered due to lack of funding.
All in all I produced about 14 illustrations, some of which like those above were painted before the money ran out. I'll post some more of my favorites later.
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Sunday, June 14, 2009
A few pictures from this years JOElanta Toy show
Plenty of fun was had by all at this years JOElanta GI Joe & Action Figure Toy Show that took place on Sunday June 17th. We are already gearing up for next years show at the same venue on March 27th & 28th so mark your calendars and check out http://www.joelanta.com/ periodically for updates.
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Thursday, June 11, 2009
Friends of THWAK - John Hett / The Journal of MADness
Here is a visual treat for ya, every single Journal of MADness cover including the elusive # 8 1/2 (incidentally I came up with the gag and did the painting of Alfred Powers) and the even more elusive #15 1/2 and #16. The only issue not pictured is a rare color reprint of issue #1.
These are truly a must read for any MAD fan. Jam packed with excellent interviews, features on MAD collectibles and Alfred sightings in Movies and TV and with excellent artwork by the magnificent Kent Gamble - each issue is a treat.
While Kent was painting these covers he was also doing covers for the long running MADpanic (now also no longer being published).
There has not been a full blown JOM since issue #15 which John Hett (editor & publisher) and I co-published as this was the JOM/THWAK double issue. Hopefully one day we'll see a trade paperback. Keep your fingers crossed!
As you can tell I had Sergio Aragones and Al Feldstein autograph various copies when I was lucky enough to meet them.
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Tuesday, June 9, 2009
CRACKED magazine concept art
Check out these two illustrations I did back in 2004. The one to the right with the dunce hat was a kind of a character study as I was trying to decide what the main illustration would be. The other piece was the final concept, taking place in a museum in the form of a parody of the famous statue of "The Thinker" called the "Unthinker". The script was submitted by veteran humor writer Andy Lamberti (CRAZY, CRACKED, WACKO and most recently THWAK) and was a list of what typically stands for DUMB.
As of yet it has never been published but you never know, one of these days?
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Saturday, June 6, 2009
"Dieing 'aint much of a living boy"
Clint Eastwood aka the coolest stranger to ever appear on screen. Figure from www.circlexranch.com the brand new Marx company (Home of Johnny West) .
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Thursday, June 4, 2009
Get 'em while they last!
I just received another shipment of these 128 page books filled with tons of laughs and great interviews. Only $14.95 plus $3.5 shipping. I accept paypal, checks, cash, cowrie shells, or twinkies. email@example.com
Incidentally this is my own publication with many tremedously talented humorists who have also contributed to MAD, CRACKED, The National Lampoon, The Howard Stern Show, CRAZY and many more....
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Tuesday, June 2, 2009
At play in the Game Room
Here's what has become a typical fun afternoon for me and my two "little ladies" after acquiring some new Johnny West/Marx action figures.
This particular event happened a couple of days after the latest JOElanta Action Figure and GI JOE show http://www.joelanta.com/ I picked up a boxed BOTW Johnny West (excellent condition) as well as a Sam Cobra (which I'm turning into James West from "Wild Wild West") , a pancho pony, a couple of Janice's for my girls and a Stony Smith, plus tons of accessories.
It seems that lately I have been able to pick up a number of interesting figures and horses, some from e.bay and more through trading with the local GI Joe club here in Hotlanta.
Luckily I also have "scouts" out there keeping their eyes open for Johnny West and his pals at Flea markets, Garage sales and Antique stores.
My girls and I love cleaning years of grime off everything, then organizing all accessories, "dressing the figures" and finally trying to mend or paint them. What great fun!
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Monday, June 1, 2009
A single panel gag
Here's one of many single panel gags that I have done over the years. Ever since I first started reading "The Far Side" by Gary Larson I have loved single panel type gags. This was done while I was into experimenting with zipetone.
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text: Women's Volleyball 9/18/2013 12:00:00 AM West Virginia, UMBC Await Georgetown in Morgantown Sept. 18, 2013WASHINGTON - Two wins in the Active Ankle Challenge have given Georgetown's women's volleyball team a fair amount of momentum as the Hoyas prepare to participate in the Blue & Gold Players Challenge Friday and Saturday. GU will make the trek to Morgantown, W.Va., to take on the West Virginia Mountaineers and the UMBC Retrievers in the final two contests before BIG EAST play gets underway.The Hoyas moved to 6-5 on the season after a stellar appearance in Gainesville, Fla., last weekend. After battling, but falling to, No. 5 Florida, the Hoyas outlasted a top-100 team in Western Michigan in five sets after dropping the first two of the morning match, followed by a solid four-set win over Iona to close out the Challenge. Freshman Caitlin Brauneis, who faced her sister, Taylor, when the Hoyas and Gators met, collected All-Tournament Team honors after posting113 assists and 27 digs over the two-day tournament. The wins move GU to an impressive 4-1 on a neutral site this season.The terrifying trio of Lauren Saar, Alex Johnson and Dani White continue to lead the Hoya attack between the pins. Saar has racked up a team-high 136 kills, adding 151 digs and 17 total blocks for the Blue & Gray. Johnson has put together a solid season through 11 matches, totaling 122 kills and 123 digs to go along with her team-best 11 service aces behind the line. White, a preseason All-BIG EAST honoree, adds 118 kills, a team-best 35 total blocks (five solo), 34 digs and 10 service aces to the Hoyas' cause. In the back row, libero MacKenzie Simpson holds down the fort with 169 digs, averaging nearly four per set. She has four kills and five service aces as well. Redshirt senior Annalee Abell has put together a solid season as well, slamming 50 kills and 13 blocks for GU. Freshman Ashlie Williams has made an immediate impact in her collegiate debut, totaling 30 kills and 16 blocks, which is good for second on the team.The Mountaineers, hosts of the Blue & Gold Players Challenge, are a formidable opponent for the Hoyas. WVU comes into the weekend 10-1, having swept seven opponents, losing only seven sets all season. WVU is led at the net by Jordan Anderson, who has a team-best 147 kills on the year, with 109 digs. In all, seven Mountaineers have accumulated 25 kills or more this season. Brittany Sample has established herself as the go-to setter, propping up 402 assists so far. Caleah Welsh, Evyn McCoy and Nikki Attea have been terrorizing opponents at the net, combining for 122 blocks between the three.With its 7-4 record this season, UMBC also looks to be a tough opponent for the Hoyas, as six of the Retrievers seven wins have come via a sweep. Ali Goc leads UMBC at the net with 107 kills, but Hannah Schmidt and Krystal Mlemchukwu are right on her tail with 96 and 94 kills, respectively. Defensively, Schmidt and Mlemchukwu have combined for 68 blocks together, while Goc and Casey Griffith led the squad with 158 and 121 digs, respectively.Print Friendly Version Players Mentioned #2 MacKenzie Simpson Libero 5' 5" Junior #7 Ashlie Williams Middle Blocker 5' 11" Freshman #8 Lauren Saar Outside Hitter 5' 11" Sophomore #9 Dani White Middle Blocker 5' 10" Junior #13 Caitlin Brauneis Setter 5' 10" Freshman #15 Annalee Abell Right-Side Hitter 6' 3" Redshirt Senior #16 Alex Johnson Outside Hitter 5' 11" Junior


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Our football match prediction:
Title holders Barcelona will be aiming to build on a hard-fought win over Athletic Bilbao when they square off against Alaves in their second home game of the season. The Catalan giants hammered Real Betis in their opener at Camp Nou and everybody expect that they are going to roll over the newcomers in Saturday's football match. Leo Messi is unlikely to be risked against Alaves, but the likes of Neymar and Luis Suarez are likely to make life difficult for the opposition defenders. Alaves have yet to suffer a loss in the 2016/2017 La Liga campaign, but they are unlikely to prevent Barca's attackers from scoring in the Camp Nou clash. Barcelona are after their third win of the season and we predict that the reigning champions are going to keep their 100% record intact. In their last meeting in La Liga (2006) Barca recorded a 2-0 win over Alaves.
Highlighted Player (Javier Mascherano):
Born in San Lorenzo, Argentina on 8 June, 1984 Javier Mascherano began his senior career at River Plate. After making 46 appearances for the Argentine outfit he joined Corinthians in 2005 and he played 17 league games for the Brazilian team. Mascherano moved to Europe in 2006 and despite being on Real Madrid's and Barcelona's radar, he signed a contract with West Ham United. The centre back, who is capable of playing as a defensive midfielder as well, played no more than five games for the Hammers in the Premier League and in 2007 he signed a contract with Liverpool. Three years later Mascherano joined Barcelona and he has been playing for the Catalan giants ever since. In 2016 he won his fourth La Liga trophy with Barca, making 32 league appearances for the club in the 2015/2016 campaign. The Argentine footballer won two Champions League trophies with Barcelona, in 2011 and in 2015. His contract with the Catalan outfit expires on 30 June, 2019.
Highlighted Team (Alaves):
Alaves are a Spanish football club located in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Alava. The club were founded in 1921 and they play their home games at Estadio Mendizorrotza. The capacity of the stadium is 19,840 and it has to be noted that it is the third oldest stadium in Spanish football. After spending several years in the Spanish Segunda Division, los Babazorros returned to the top flight in 2016. The colour of Alaves' home kit is blue and white and the club's local rivals are fellow Basque sides Real Sociedad, Athletic Club, Osasuna and Eibar. Alaves made it to the UEFA CUP final in 2001, but they were beaten by Liverpool 5-4 in a thrilling football clash. Anyhow, that is still regarded as the club's biggest success. Los Babazorros booked their place in the Copa del Rey quarter-finals on four occasions and they have yet to win the Primera Division trophy.


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Before Life Church was it's name, we were known as Willamette Christian Fellowship, which was originally established and had its first service on October 31, 1982. Mike Herron moved from Portland, Oregon to start the church with his wife, Marsha, and their three children. After renting space for a year, the church purchased an old carpet warehouse on Moyer Lane in West Salem.
The church grew rapidly, and there was much work involved in renovating the building to make it a useful facility. As blessing continued, the church searched for a larger property where there would be room for more growth. In August of 1993, the West Salem campus of Salem Academy was purchased.
In January of 1995, Don Finley was set in as the senior leader of Willamette Christian Fellowship. Mike and Marsha Herron felt led by the Lord to pursue full-time traveling ministry, and they have continued to minister around the world while staying connected to our church body.
In January of 2000, we changed our name from Willamette Christian Fellowship to LIFE CHURCH. The years have brought many changes to the campus: the demolition of the old gymnasium, the building of the parking lot, and multiple renovation projects on the buildings. After 15 years of leasing space for their elementary school, Salem Academy moved out in June of 2009. This change means we occupy the entire campus, which includes 11 acres of property and all the buildings.
We are currently renovating the building that was occupied by the school. It is becoming our Life Training Center. By the end of 2014 we opened our Children's Wing, finishing the renovations of the large room and two large classrooms. We are very excited for our kids to have ample classroom space and room to learn and grow!
The new entry area and Youth Group Loft was opened in April 2017. Coming soon this area will house a coffee shop and provide an area for fellowship and community.
Real Life is experiencing the living God, being transformed into His image and demonstrating His Kingdom in the earth. There is a life God intends for you... REAL life. (John 10:10) More than simply existing, it is becoming the person God created you to be. We want you to experience God in such a way as to transform you into one who expresses the nature of Christ to the world.
God is good, and He's in a good mood. His story is all about His plan to redeem us to Himself because He loves us. We live to declare the promises of this Good News (The Gospel) and to experience real life in Christ.
We will seek first His presence so that all we do can be orchestrated by Him.
We are cultivating a community where everyone is empowered to live free. The Bible says to honor (value) all people. This means that we are to honor people whether we believe they deserve it or not. We won't allow a person's character defects to have control over how we treat them.
We are history makers who are commissioned to change the world. We have become ambassadors of reconciliation, first to Salem, and ultimately to the ends of the earth. Our mission is not to build a better church, but to build a better world.
'I am who God says I am.' This phrase declares our belief that we are only defined by Him who made us. We were uniquely created to bear His image, walk in His authority and live like royalty.
"God is good, therefore life is good!"
"Our words create worlds. What kind of world are you creating? "
" I don't believe in quotes, I believe in Jesus!"
"All children are experts at FAITH. They can teach us a lot about how to enter God's Kingdom" Matt 18:3-5
"Today is the best day yet"
"It's all about Family! spoken by a true Babiska (or grammy if you don't know German!)"
"Love simply. simply love." "CHOCOLOVE."
"Why do I love otters? Because they're creative and love having fun!"
"Jesus is not asleep in the boat, He is calling you to walk on the water!"
"Ask me how many children I want, and I'll tell you 100."
"It's a good morning for healing, wholeness, and oh yeah... a cup of coffee!"


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Why You Should File Your Taxes Early
Posted in Business Law, Legal Insights, Tax Law, Tax Season on April 27, 2017
January may just be the first month of the year to think about paying your federal income tax but it pays off later on if you will consider paying your taxes on this month rather than wait until the April deadline. If you are particularly concerned about getting your income tax return early, then you should consider paying your taxes early as well. Aside from this, here are some more reason to file your income tax early.
1. You Will Be More Prepared
You will have more time to know new rules and apply them during filing. You don't have time to review rules when it comes to your taxes in any other days so by filling early, you will have more time to study it. If you will do your paperwork early, you or your accountant will have more time to determine if any changes will affect the computation and you can make the necessary adjustment to it. If you ignore applying these new rules, it might spell trouble later on so do your homework first before you submit Form 1040, or any other form.
2. You Will Be Less Likely To Be A Victim Of Tax Fraud
The Federal Trade Commission says that tax identity theft is becoming more rampant on the busiest part of the tax season which is during April. Tax lawyer, Lawrence Brown, has often suggested that if you can, you should submit your tax forms early. The more taxpayers are becoming eager to pay their taxes before the deadline the more that they tend to ignore some small security aspects of it. This is when scammers are given the chance to sneak on someone else's personal information and then pocketing their refund. The National Consumer League believes that the best way to combat these scammers is by filling Form 1040 early because you and the IRS have ample time to monitor and guard your application process.
3. You Might Get Your Refund Faster
The IRS is keen to issue more than nine out of ten refunds in less than 21 days after receiving the returns. In 2015, 73% of taxpayers have issued money back, amounting to a total of $2,857. If you are one of those who is expecting a tax refund, why not try to get it sooner than later. You can use the refund to pay for other dues or to finance a business goal.
4. Financial Aid
A document showing the completion of filling for tax return can help in getting financial aid. College students can use the information in Form 1040 to apply for a student loan. On the other hand, prospective homebuyers can use the form as a proof of their household income.


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How to look great this winter
Most of us are well aware of what damage the summer sun can do to our skin, but forget the toll winter can take on our face, arms and legs.
Cold weather can be the catalyst for some worrying complexion complaints, and can leave the skin looking less than its best all over along with your hair and nails .So now is the time to start thinking about staying one step ahead at this chilly time of year by taking preventative action against the cold. "During winter, skin tends to be dry, itchy and scaly.
Dry skin is always prone to be more tanned and turn darker, therefore extra care is needed during winter. With a little change in your skin care regime, you can fight winter woes and sail through the season in style.
Skin care for winter:
Change Your Cleanser
Dry skin is another winter woe to be tackled. And this is aggravated with the use of soaps and detergents.
Cleansers containing salicylic acid and benzoyl peroxide can be particularly drying, especially if you are using them in conjunction with other acne treatment products."Use mild face wash with moisturisers. Look out for those with aloe vera.
Use mild toners in the place of astringents since they have a drying effect on the skin.
You should take a short bath or shower (no more than 10 minutes) only once in a 24 hour period. For adults, showers are generally better than baths. While longer baths or showers, especially in hot water, can be quite relaxing, they will also increase the loss of natural oils from the skin and worsen skin dryness. The bath or shower should be in warm rather than hot water. Soap should be used minimally and only when and where needed (for example, under the arms, the groin and genitals, the feet, and the face).
Moisturizing is about the only thing you can do to treat dry skin in the winter. Taking a hot bath and lathering on the moisturizing cream is an easy and quick start to healing and preparing your skin for the cold elements that it will face for the day.
Some of the best types of moisturizer for winter weather are ones that contain oils in them, just because your body isn't producing the oils needed to have hydrated skin. Lanolin, vitamin E oils, and avocado oils are perfect for absorbing moisture and retaining it in the skin. Protein from milk is a great way to soften skin that is dry or wrinkled. Honey is also a great moisturizer that is all natural.
Using nutrient-rich moisturising cream is the most important remedy for winter-beaten skin. To reduce the appearance of fine lines and wrinkles while evening out natural skin tones, apply moisturising creams three times a day to maintain a smoother, softer, younger looking, more radiant complexion.
The best time for moisturiser is after a bath, which helps seal the extra moisture in the upper layers of the skin thus making it soft and supple. Importantly, make sure you moisturise the knees, elbows, calves and heels well— these areas are prone to dryness since they aren't many oil glands here. To soften cracked feet, rub in a rich body lotion, pull on a pair of socks before going to sleep and you will wake up to find a beautiful pair of feet looking at you.
Also read: Cracked heels? Here's an Ayurvedic cure
Winter is a season when dead and dry skin gets accumulated very fast; one is required to exfoliate the entire body. Exfoliation will allow the skin to soak up more moisture and remain moisturized for a long time. There is no production of oil from oil glands of skin in winter.
This is because of the low outer temperature and central heating. In this condition, there is more loss of water from the skin. This might result in premature wrinkled skin. All these conditions can be avoided by skin exfoliation but should be restricted for just once a week in this season.
The sun's damaging rays can affect your skin even during the winter months, so use a sunscreen. Since you're usually bundled up when outside in the wintertime, you don't need to slather sunscreen all over yourself. Try to wear makeup or moisturiser with SPF 15 on your face throughout the winter.
Winter Lip Care
Dry, cracked and chapped lips are a common winter complaint, and severe cases of chapped lips can be very painful, not to mention unattractive. Whats worse is that lipstick makes cracks stand out even more instead of concealing them.
Almond oil makes for a great lip moisturizer. Simply apply some almond oil to lips before turning in for the night. Avoid licking your lips and don't bite the skin on the surface of your lips. Lip balms are nowadays commonly available and some with a SPF factor as well to protect them from the harmful rays.
Lastly during the winter months, it would be wise to stay away from the lipsticks that claim that they are long lasting. Often they can dry your lips out and cold weather will do that fast enough. Instead look for creamy formulations.
Winter hair care
Hair care is as essential as the skin. Use a mild shampoo during winters. "Don't overdo the shampoo regime since it would remove all traces of natural oil leading to dry hair, dandruff and hair loss. Also make sure you wash your hair with lukewarm water since hot water makes the hair dry. Intensive hair conditioners help combat dryness caused by cold weather. Conditioners are a must after every wash especially for dry and thick hair in this season. Since the cold weather causes to dry your hair, massage your hair in aloe Vera juice for a few minutes.
This will restore its softness. You can also treat your hair with oil massage once or twice a week, Olive oil can work wonders in reinforcing moisture to your hair.
Avoid exposing your hair to frequent coloring, streaking, or ironing as they can rob your hair off its moisture and it is advisable to avoid heating appliances on your hair like straightening irons, curlers etc. Expose your hair to natural drying. Keep away from blow dryers this season.
Eating the Right Food
Water is important no matter what time of year it is, but it is extremely important in the winter.
You should drink plenty of liquids in the form of water (at least 8- 10 glasses a day), lime or lemon juice, tender coconut water & other fruit juices to replenish the water lost from the winter air taking it out of your skin.
A good night's sleep is also a good step to take.
While you sleep at night, your body is replenishing itself and preparing itself for the oncoming day ahead whether it be hot or cold. If you aren't getting enough sleep at night, your body as well as your skin will not be healthy and glowing. In the winter time we
regularly eat a lot more than we do in any other season. This is good as long as we are eating the right foods.
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Foods that are full of antioxidants help your skin to fight off inflammation and protect the cells of the membranes from being destroyed by the elements. Drinking green tea or eating foods with omega 3 are other great ways to help. These are rich with antioxidants.
Taking a multi-vitamin is also a great way to help your skin along. Those with dry & damaged skin must have vitamin A in their diet. Dietary source of vit A are carrots, papaya, spinach, coriander leaves, drum sticks, pumpkins, animal foods such as butter, curd, egg yolk, liver, fish liver oil, fish & whole milk.
Evening primrose oil in the form of capsules help in replenishing the lipids in the stratum corneum (upper most layer of the skin), thus maintaining the moisture content of the skin.
Lastly, if you have a skin disease due to dry skin (such as psoriasis, atopic dermatitis, eczemas etc. which are known to aggravate in this season, please visit your dermatologist.
Courtesy: Dr Geetanjali Shetty
Dermatologist and cosmetologist, Dr. Geetanjali Shetty specialises in anti-aging procedures, and in treating acne, pigmentation and hair disorders.
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Apple's new Oregon-based data center begins construction
Apple's new 160-acre data center begins construction in Oregon
By: Anthony Garreffa | Business, Financial & Legal News | Posted: Oct 20, 2012 4:34 am
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It looks like Apple's new data center has begun construction, with the Cupertino-based company's new data center in Prineville, Oregon beginning construction. Apple purchased a 160-acre lot for $5.6 million back in February and threw up a 10,000-square-foot data center temporarily.
Now they're starting work on their fourth major data center, with the first phase of the new data center costing $68 million. Prineville also houses Facebook's huge data centers, with companies flocking to the town because of their low energy, real estates costs and lower tax rates.
I'd love to walk through these data centers - who's with me? Group buy time?
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Cambodian female wrestler Chov Sotheara returned home yesterday from an unsuccessful trip to Astana, Kazakhstan, where she participated in the Asian qualifiers for the London Olympics.
The 27-year-old fell at the first hurdle in her favoured 48kg weight class against an unnamed Vietnamese opponent who had also beaten her at last year's SEA Games in Indonesia.
"I lost my bout [on Monday] . . . because of problems with my strength," Chov Sotheara told the Post.
"When I arrived in Kazakhstan, I had to fight very quickly and I had no time to acclimatise to the cold conditions."
To contact the reporter on this story: Yeun Ponlok at [email protected]
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A programme has been launched to eradicate Dengue from the Eastern Province.
The Dengue eradication Programme launched by the Presidential Task Force on the advice of the President is being successfully implemented throughout the country. The main programme of the Eastern Province was held under the patronage of the Provincial Governor Mohan Wijewickrema at his office. Detailed discussions were held on urgent measures to be taken to eradicate the disease and the relevant laws. District Secretaries of the Eastern Province, Divisional Secretaries and Health Authorities were amongst those who participated in the discussion.


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Coming Home to Kindness Retreat 2019
Yes, you are so worth it. Worth taking care of. Worth listening to. Worth caring for. Being kind to. and having some fun too. So then why are we so hard on ourselves? Why do we think that we can criticize ourselves into a new way of living and loving?


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from Wiktionary, Creative Commons Attribution/Share-Alike License
- n. The quality or state of being parochial; especially: selfish pettiness or narrowness (as of interests, opinions, or views).
from the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
- n. The quality or state of being parochial in form or nature; a system of management peculiar to parishes.
from The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
- n. The management of the affairs of a parish by an elected vestry or parochial board; the system of local government which makes the parish the unit.
- n. Hence Provincialism; local narrowness of view; narrow-mindedness.
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- n. a limitation of views or interests like that defined by a local parish
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"I've been very disappointed by what I'd call the parochialism of Sen. Reid's approach to his job and his responsibilities," Broder said.
And unlike most oil execs, he's showing a dash of introspection, writing a new book called "Why We Hate the Oil Companies," in which he denounces the "parochialism" of the industry as well as politicians '"hollow" promises of energy independence.
Behind this cuddly facade and their token English members lies a bigoted, anti-English, parochialism which is epitomised by Ms Grahame and Jim 'my favourite word is imperialism' Slavery.
John Terry's sacking as England captain tells us something interesting...
It is an inside job, and your authors themselves want something more than pink teas and a pat on, the back and that parochialism which is proud of second best work, just because it is a local product.
Another problem with plans is that residents think "it's all about us" and that kind of parochialism is encouraged by city planners and elected officials, but the reality is that for the city to function economically, there are a variety of stakeholders and institutions that comprise "us", and the ability to service "us" needs to be considered as well.
That sort of puts your "parochialism" on a personal level in your favor - In my opinion.
It seems to me that this kind of parochialism is akin to the weird dynamic by which Carl Sagan was excluded from the National Academy.
Our religiosity index avoids the problem of parochialism by including only items that could apply to all religious traditions.
And I do want to point out that given the unrivaled potency of plot and action in Fight Club (it really was a perfect movie, a Platonic ideal of a movie, really), that they suggest the first-rate artistic genius, the fact that the aesthetics did rise to equal that suggested a provincialism of taste, and provincialism and parochialism of taste is, of course, most quickly reflected in the aesthetics of the product.
Sarah who??? this woman only display her level of parochialism whenever she says something.


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Do you like to shop online as much as I do? Having a career limits the opportunities to rush from store to store looking for household products, clothes, etc. Plus, I seem to always keep to one or two items per purchase and I reduce my risk of that impulse buy that typically happens at the store. I like when I get direct mail or store flyers, but I am never big on rushing out to the stores every weekend for a sale. As we know, these sales tend to come around each week. Now I am not saying I don't partake in Black Friday or some of the semi-annual sales, because those discounts can be extreme. Ok, so back to the benefits of online shopping. My weekends are already busy enough with trips to kid's activities, family gatherings and the grocery store. Why clutter it any further with so many additional trips to department stores or the mall? There is probably never a way to eliminate all these trips, but at least you can save on stops at a few stores and several hours. Also, isn't it nice to just sit in bed, grab the laptop, and shop? Plus, I can check out multiple other pages for blogs, news and everything else. I always make sure to start at MyCoupons.com to get free online coupons for shopping. They have hundreds of discounts and savings for tons of retailers. Check out the QVC Coupon Codes and Macys Coupon Codes. Great savings and I have peace and quiet to look through them all.
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Budapest University (BME), Hungary
Budapest University of Technology and Economics host more than 110 departments and institutes which operate within the structure of 8 faculties. About 1100 lecturers, 400 researchers and other degree holders and numerous invited lecturers and practising expert specialists participate in education and research at the Budapest University of Technology and Economics. Approximately 800 of the university's 14 000 students are from 50 countries abroad. The Budapest University of Technology and Economics issues about 70% of Hungary's engineering degrees.
In 2011 the Sensors and Microfluidics Lab has mainly biomedical engineers among the staff and is embedded in an environment dominated by electrical engineers at the Department of Electronics Technology. The major advantage of the Lab/Department is its sophisticated equipment and tool-set (including 3D printing, Printed Circuit Board production, laser ablation workstations, electronics assembly equipments, failure analysis instruments, like Atomic Force Microscopy, 2.5 D X-ray microscopy, Scanning Electron Microscopy etc.) and several years of experience related to the development and prototyping of instrumentation electronics, mechatronics and software/firmware.


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The Carpocalypse comes to the South as the Wall Street Journal reports Toyota plans to delay production of its new plant outside Tupelo, Mississippi.
Toyota's plans to start production at a new plant it is building in Blue Springs, Mississippi have been altered by a steep decline in the sales of new cars and trucks (sales down 32% in November). The company will continue to finish construction of the building but will hold off on installing equipment at the plant, which was supposed to build the Toyota Prius.
This is an interesting development in a regional / political
Civil War conflict pitting anti-union Republicans from southern states and their foreign automaker allies against Democrats in the north and their domestic automaker / union supporters. According to the NY Daily News, right-to-work states have given over $3 billion in subsidies and tax incentives to foreign-owned car companies since 1992.
Most importantly for southern Senators, Toyota has claimed it will cut no jobs at the plant but will merely delay production. Just to clarify here — southern Senators believe loaning the not-so-Big Three money so they can pay to put people to work building the next generation of fuel efficient American cars is bad. Giving Toyota and others free money to pay people not to work building Japanese cars is good.
We wonder if those Toyota employees in Missisippi will start Vandalizing Escapes.


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Our lesson today started out as a normal spelling lesson--we spelled a few review words and went over some of the mastered rule cards--all was going well with my 12 yo son. Then I opened the book and picked up where we left off--the 2nd dictation sentence. Usually he enjoys the dictations. Today he started rubbing his eyes and saying that they were tired. He tried to write the first sentence and couldn't remember how to spell "while." I encouraged him to leave it and finish, then come back to it. He tried wale and ended up with whale.
"That says 'whale.' What would need to change to make it say 'while?'" I gently asked.
"My brain won't work right today!" he exclaimed, frustrated. A lot of his letters were drawn over several times (in pencil), messy, and pushed together. He changed 'whale' into 'while.'
We were only a few minutes into our 20 minute session, but I said, "let's take a break?"
That threw off my structure-loving son--what? "We can't do that! I won't finish!"
Yep, son, we're going to march now. Marching wasn't on his top ten list of things he wanted to do right then. I made sure that he was alternating arms and legs--right arm with left leg, left arm with right leg, etc... He assured me this was no break and would make his eyes more tired. I said "try it!" and continued marching. He marched up and down the hall a few times, then tried leaps with alternating legs/arms. I told him crawling was good for crossing the right/left brain barrier and he grinned and got down and crawled a bit!
A few minutes later we were back at our lesson, another dictation sentence. I had a changed son. His mood had lightened considerably. His letters were neater, bumped the lines, didn't run into each other--and everything was spelled perfectly. I gave him high praise and encouraged him to put just a little bit more space between his words for the next dictation. He ended up writing 9 sentences in the remaining time! All were much neater than the first one, and none of them had spelling errors. Way to go!
Have any of you experimented with right-left brain activity or exercise as a break when your kids are struggling?
Merry :-)


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MUST SEE IN THE PHILIPPINES - Bohol Island
- published: 18 Nov 2018
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Bohol Island is a must see thing to do while traveling the Philippines! This is why. Traveling to Cebu, Philippines from America for the first time. Join the journey - https://www.youtube.com/user/brettconti Follow me on Instagram @BrettConti.NYC My brand Fortune - https://fortuneny.com/ GABE! https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCq6_zoaaTC8e16Mmeg2Fyfw We could not have asked for a better time in Bohol island in the Philippines. Well, maybe could have done without the rain. Here is part 2 of 5 of my Philippines travel series. Some things I recommend if you\'re traveling Bohol, Philippines - rent a scooter - Tarsier sancuary - man-made forrest - Chocolate hill - Alona Beach (we unfortuanetly didn\'t make it but we\'ve heard great things) - Mag-Aso falls - The hanging bridge Where I got all the music from (I get a small kickback if you join through my link) http://share.mscbd.fm/brettcontinyc GEAR; My Camera - https://amzn.to/2LoKvyC Main Lens - https://bhpho.to/2hlSFxu Point & Shoot - https://bhpho.to/2hnhdGx Microphone - https://bhpho.to/2hni1ex Small Vlog Camera - https://bhpho.to/2AonkOu Drone - http://click.dji.com/AGrIJiDSugQRjPhv... My Bag (Brevite) - http://www.brevite.co?rfsn=1945012.76f84e...


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Monday, February 6, 2017
Painted Churches of Texas III: St. John the Baptist
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Did you go to the divinumofficium.com for the Tridentine Ordo?ReplyDelete
I like the quote from proverbs. Atypical in a church to see anything other than the 'standard' quotes, and it is quite lovely.ReplyDelete
My town has two parishes.ReplyDelete
My parish, that of st. Nikola Tavelić, was founded in 1969, and the process of building of the church was started in 1970, and all was finalized in 1997 when the church was consecrated. Throughout all this time there were always some constructions although the faithful could worship in 1972 already. Those were tough times. Communism and all.
The older parish is the parish of martyrdom of st. John the Baptist (or popularly, st. John the Headcut). It's construction was started in 1800 and it was finished in 1802. Here it is.


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Pillsbury Sweet Moments Bite-Size Brownies
I Paid: $2.78 for a 5.6-ounce bag (prices may vary by region)
Here's a good rule of thumb: When a major corporation offers luxury at an affordable price, get ready for silken, elegant bites of disappointment. That luxury image/low-grade reality switcheroo is the basic play-by-play description of Pillsbury's new Sweet Moments ready-to-eat refrigerated brownie bites.
Looking at the bag, which bills the snacks as "decadent & delicious," you'd hope that they'd be cocoa-rich, fudge-y little bonbons. The actual product falls short: The brownies are covered in low-grade chocolate (which isn't improved by being chilled to refrigerator temperatures) and have a soft cakelike interior that lacks either satisfying fudge-y density or rich cocoa flavor. A caramel variety has no distinct caramel flavor or satisfying chew—Sweet Moments are little more than low-grade, mass-manufactured petits fours.
The product is particularly frustrating because it's a pricier way to get a dessert inferior to what any of us could come up with in a lazy evening's work—take a reliable store-bought brownie mix, dip small bites of brownie in a good melted chocolate, refrigerate, and enjoy.
The one thing these suckers have going for them is that they're good for dieters: Each mini-brownie is just 60 calories … and with the way they taste, it's relatively easy to stop after eating one or two.


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I was excited to be asked to join in the Fresh Brewed Designs blog hop to help show off the images being released for November. I'm so happy you could join us too.
This is the LAST Fresh Brewed Designs LAST rubber stamp release and blog hop for 2012! If you are just arriving here, please go to the start of the hop at Freshly Brewed Challenges. If you are coming from Celeste's blog, then you are right on track!
I had fun working with the new rubber stamp "Love Bird Owls" and decided to do some paper piecing. Don't they look sweet cozied up together?
Don't forget 2 stamps are being released today. For the duration of this hop ONLY, you can get both cling mounted stamps (Love Bird Owls and Hannah Belle) for just $10.50!!! Stop by the shop to get yours!
Don't forget to hop to each stop in the hop to see all of the fabulous cards and to have a chance to win some yummy Blog Candy!!! (The hop will end at midnight EST on November 19th.)
Here is the hop order in case you need it:
- Fresh Brewed Designs: http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/
- Yolanda: http://www.justyolie.com/
- Sheryl: http://butterflykisscards.blogspot.com/
- Sarah: http://sarahvaitstamps.blogspot.com/
- Celeste: http://www.touchedbyabutterfly.com/
- Cheryl: (guest) http://shestamps.blogspot.com/ (You are here!)
- Linda: http://stamperstouch.blogspot.com/
- Heather: http://joemamainks.blogspot.com/
- Blog Candy Hop Stop: http://freshbreweddesigns.blogspot.com/2012/11/november-pre-blog-hop-party.html
Thank you for stopping by today. Your next stop on the hop is Linda. I know she has a fabulous project to show you.
- Stamps: Love Bird Owls (rubber stamp) from Fresh Brewed Designs
- Inks: Memento Tuxedo Black ink
- Papers: Papertrey white, kraft, dark chocolate CS, My Mind's Eye Fine and Dandy True Blue DP pad
- Tools: Sewing machine, copic markers, Stampin' Up edge punch, Creative Memories corner punch
- Embellishments: May arts burlap twine, misc. buttons, American Crafts white ink pen
- Bloggers - JFF – Birds of a Feather
- Inspire Me Fridays – Always Anything Goes
- Paper Crafting Journey - 2W - (ends Nov-21) Anything goes
- Paper Play - 2E - Paper piecing
- Cards by Lady Anne / Stamp Challenge - 2W, must stamp, E4 - Anything Goes
- Paper Pretties Wednesday Challenge - SIO -PPC232 Buttons
- Penny's Paper-Crafty - 3E - #102 anything goes
- Anything Goes Challenge - 2W, 5E - #81 Stitching Real Or Faux
- Through The Craft Room Door 3E - Always Anything Goes!
- Make it Monday - always Anything Goes
- Stamps & Fun = Creativity - JFF - Anything Goes
- Tammy's Scrapin Corner - 2E on anything goes weeks - Anything Goes
- Corrosive Challenges - 2W, 2E - (1st week) Flutter by (wings)


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To our loyal and faithful readers – we're still here! Thank you for continuing to follow along in our journey and for being such a huge part of it. We realize that it's been over 4 months since our last blog post but there's good reason for that (well, kind of). As most of you know, we returned home to Canada for a 3-month break. It was a time of rest, relaxation and, in typical Chan fashion, stuffing our faces. More than anything, it was a wonderful opportunity for us to reconnect with family and friends before returning to Africa again.
With family trips to Hong Kong, Taipei, Seoul, Scottsdale and Vancouver sandwiched between our time in Calgary, it was a jam-packed 3 months. But it was definitely time well spent as we saw and spent quality time with so many people who have supported us throughout this past year and whom we love so dearly (including some solid bonding time with our niece, Reese, and our nephews, Tyson and Teddy).
We return to the Hands at Work Hub in South Africa feeling refreshed, renewed and excited for what lies ahead in the upcoming year. A huge part of the inner peace we have in returning is what transpired on the night of January 17th. On that evening, Diane and I hosted an information night and fundraiser for our family and friends at our home church in Calgary, Westside Kings Church.
|The Setup
Having committed to serve in Africa for an additional two years with Hands at Work, we needed to raise financial support. As missionaries, we are responsible for raising every dollar required for us to live and work in Africa. What most people don't realize is that this means we self-fund all of our accommodation, food, transportation, medical and travel expenses.
Just as significant as the fundraising piece, however, was the opportunity to share our faith and our hearts with everyone back home. We sensed that most people had no concept or understanding of what we actually do in Africa or why we have chosen this path for our lives. After all, they aren't topics that can easily be discussed in depth in a casual conversation. We figured this would be our one shot, our one forum, to try and have our family and friends catch a glimpse of what has captured our hearts here in Africa.
In all honesty, we were extremely anxious about the night. For starters, it's incredibly humbling to come before people seeking financial support. To add to the anxiety, we didn't want to shy away from sharing about the one thing most responsible for us being here – our faith. We were uncertain about how people would respond to our invitation, let alone the things we would be sharing, and how willing people would be to walk alongside us financially for the next 2 years. What ended up happening on that night, however, completely blew our expectations away.
For starters, 83(!) people attended. When we first started planning for the evening, we thought we would be lucky to have a turnout of 50. Friends brought their family. Some brought other friends. The fact that so many people showed up to be a part of the night in itself was so encouraging.
After trying, and failing, to secure any donations from catering companies, family and friends stepped up to help us prepare food for the evening. Diane's parents, in particular, prepared a ridiculous amount of food – salad rolls, spring rolls and Vietnamese baguettes – which were all a huge hit. We went from stressing about not having enough food for our guests to stressing about what we would do with all the leftovers! There was a serious spread and what was originally meant to be some light finger foods turned into a massive feast. It was incredible!
|A glimpse of the spread
Another key component of the evening that worked out so much better than we could have ever imagined was the silent auction. Up until a few days before, we weren't even sure if we were going to have a silent auction at all. The only items we had were a couple of handmade African baskets and shoulder bags that we brought back with us. Again, our friends stepped up big time and a few days before the fundraiser, our silent auction miraculously came together. We ended up with Flames jerseys and tickets and gift certificates for restaurants. We even got a little creative and auctioned off a home-cooked Vietnamese dinner for two (which went for much more than we could have expected)! The ultimate item, however; the one that drummed up the most excitement for the evening, was the opportunity to shave my beautiful I-grew-this-for-14-months-in-the-sweltering-heat-of-Africa-much-to-the-chagrine-of-my-wife hair off (more on that later).
We structured the night to be informal and were careful not to throw too much information at people. We wanted everyone to feel free to mingle, grab food and check out the various displays we had set up throughout the room. But the real purpose of the night was for everyone to catch a glimpse of our vision and our hearts for being in Africa.
|Country profiles of each of the 8 African countries that Hands works in
|"The Wall" of protection that we seek to build around each child
|South African biltong
Diane began by sharing about our past year – where we had been, what we had done, what had impacted us – which included a bucket bathing demonstration by yours truly. Don't worry ... I kept my clothes on. I then followed up by sharing about our decision to commit for another 2 years – the way we wrestled with the decision for much of the year, the reasons why we've come back and the sacrifices we knew we were making as a result.
|Bucket bathing!
After a brief break, we were back up on stage, this time explaining Hands at Work – who we are, what our vision is, what we do – and how Diane and I fit into the whole structure. We were cognizant that it's not the easiest model to explain and to attempt to go into depth would likely result in glazed-over eyes and nodding heads. But the one take-away that we wanted to leave people with is the significance we place on local community ownership and sustainability. We emphasized that we are two-steps removed from the work that happens on the ground and that, for the most part, we spend most of our time doing office and administrative-type work that supports the local men and women in the field. It's like we're working regular office jobs … just without the paycheck! The huge difference, however, is that we are still very connected to the work on the ground and the people doing it. When all is said and done, it's not a job for us. It's a passion and life choice.
After we finished speaking, Brian and Lisa Dalley, the couple who operates the Hands at Work Canadian office, came up and spoke about the financial component of the evening. They explained the different ways that people can support us, both financially and prayerfully, why we need support, and what people's donated funds actually goes to. A huge point that they wanted to make everyone aware of is that for us to be able to do what we do so far away from our homes and our families, we need moral and prayerful support just as much as we need financial support. It was invaluable for Diane and I not to have to speak on the fundraising piece ourselves and to have Brian and Lisa there to answer questions and handle all the donations that came in.
The rest of the evening was left as time for people to mingle, to make their final bids on the silent auction items and, for those who felt it in their hearts to get involved, to submit their donation forms to Brian and Lisa. At the beginning of the night, our good friend and host for the evening, Chris, communicated our fundraising goal. Even though we had so many people show up, I was worried that we had set our goal much too high. We were hoping to raise enough funds to cover our living expenses for the next 2 years. When I did the quick math in my head, I realized that it was a lot to be asking of the 83 people in the room.
Earlier I mentioned our silent auction item of shaving my head. As an added incentive for people to donate (which, if you had seen my hair in its long state, should have been more than enough incentive for most people), we communicated that the deed would be done only if we reached our fundraising goal. I had mixed feelings about it. As hideous as it looked, my luscious, long locks had been a big part of my journey in Africa, not to mention how much I (and Diane) had to endure to grow it out. On the other hand, it would be nice for my wife to be semi-attracted to me again and to be able to look at me without the inevitable look of disgust on her face. But maybe 'mixed feelings' isn't the right term because trumping everything, of course, is how amazing it would be to reach our fundraising goal.
Well, folks … it happened! People frantically filled out donation forms and hiked up their bids on silent auction items. We had so many people come up to us throughout the evening asking what our greatest needs were, how they could best support us, and blessing us with words of encouragement. In an incredible display of love and support, we exceeded our fundraising goal. We were so blown away. Our words of thanks at the end of the night did absolutely no justice to the amount of gratitude that had welled up in our hearts.
And, this, my friends, was the end result. (A secret bidder emerged (which turned out to be my brother-in-law, Benny), offering to match the winning silent auction bid to shave my head if I kept it like this for one week.)
|Diane preparing me for the deed
|The deed being done
|My beautiful hair ...
|Diane about to cry
|Just when she didn't think it could get any worse ...
|The guys responsible
It was so humbling to be a part of something so special. We could not feel more blessed or more loved as we return to Africa. The financial support was huge, no doubt. But even more encouraging for us was the way that all of you chose to be involved, not only in our journey, but in the work that Hands at Work is doing in shaping and transforming the stories of thousands of the most vulnerable children in Africa. For us, it was, yet again, another incredible testament to the faithfulness of God and His ability to do amazing things under any circumstance.
As I mentioned at the end of the evening, Diane and I could not be here in Africa without all of your support. Please know that you are every bit as connected into the work we are doing here as we are. In our view, you are not our donors. Rather, you are our partners in seeking to bring life, love and hope to a world in desperate need of it. We hope that this is just the beginning and are excited about the potential of what we can do together!
- Byron
P.S. - thanks to my cousin, Justin, for the great pics!


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Virtual Tour
Wherever you are, you can now see what Pickering Museum Village looks like. Take a virtual tour of the Museum and immerse yourself in history!
Site Map
Building Details
1. Robert A. Miller Building
This building houses the Gift Shop and Admissions, Temporary Exhibit Gallery, public restroom facilities, a defibrillator, and the administration offices.
2. Puterbaugh Schoolhouse, c. 1830
This one-room school was donated by the Puterbaugh family. An activity booklet available in the Gift Shop demonstrates school days of the 1830s.
3. Path to the Museum Village
This scenic path leads through a wooded landscape and across Duffins Creek. A route from Lake Ontario and a source of power for the mills, Duffins Creek was very important to the early development of the area.
4. Lean-To
Early settlers lived under a lean-to until a log shanty could be constructed. Crops were the first priority; trees were girdled and seeds sown among the stumps to ensure a harvest to see the family through the winter.
5. Log Barn
Built of rough logs, this barn is dovetailed and pegged with trenails. It is actually two barns joined together. A barn master positioned barns to guide winds through doors and across the threshing floor. Once flailed, the wind would help to winnow the chaff from the grain. On display are grain-related tools and a loom used for weaving rag rugs. When the barns were joined, the east end would have served as the stable.
6. Three Sisters Garden
First Nations tribes grew corn, beans, and squash together. The beans, needing support, grew up the corn stalks; the vines of the squash grew thickly around the base of the corn, smothering out weeds. A few fish were planted with the seeds as fertilizer. Following this wisdom, settlers had crops that provided perfect sustenance over the long winters.
7. Log House Family Garden
The garden at the west end of the Log House is representative of the vegetables and herbs a family would have grown in Upper Canada. Pickering Museum Village's heritage gardeners, Bloomers & Britches, only plant vegetables and herbs that were available of the time period.
8. Log House, c. 1830
Construction and clearing land were conditions of receiving the land title. One large room served as kitchen, living room, and bedroom. This home had an earthen floor, windows stretched with oiled cloth and a blanket door. If a settler could afford it, doors, a floor, and eventually windows were added. Originally located at Brimley Road and Sheppard Avenue, this building represents a settler's home after approximately seven years.
9. Log House Dye Garden
Dye gardens were functional rather than pretty and larger since dyeing requires large quantities of plants. Plants used for dyeing wool and cloth were goldenrod, celandine, onions, lady's bedstraw, rose campion, tansy, calendula, golden marguerite, zinnias, black-eyed susan, madder, woad and bee balm. Our dye pot often contains black walnuts, sumac, and daffodils found in season elsewhere on the site.
10. Collins House, c. 1850
This home comes from Reach Township, just north of Chalk Lake. The deed for the land was dated 1811. The house is representative of a tradesman's home in the mid-1850s. Vertical siding forms the structure, the walls are painted plaster, the space divided into rooms, and there is a cast-iron stove for heating and cooking. The housewife in this home supplements the family income with butter and candle making.
11. Collins House Medicinal Garden
The lady of the house had many tasks, and nursing her family through illness was one of the most important. Mint soothed upset stomachs, feverfew for headaches, soft lamb's ear leaves were used as temporary bandages. Foxglove (digitalis) aided heart conditions, sage tea alleviated sore throat and rose hips, nettles, raspberry leaves, and dandelions were used to make tonics. Calendula was used in ointments as well as colouring the butter! Mullein, mallow, lady's mantle, monkshood, horehound, hyssop, hollyhock, flax, cornflower, comfrey, columbine, valerian, wintergreen, and witch hazel provided herbal remedies used in teas, infusions, poultices and/or ointments.
12. Redman House Program Centre
This frame house was built by Thomas Redman between 1851 and 1860 on Balsam Road, Pickering, Lot 5, Conc. 6. The City of Pickering acquired the house and moved it to the Museum Village in 2005. Our guests may access the public washrooms and a defibrillator at the south entrance.
13. Duffin's Creek General Store / Dressmaker's Shop, c. 1910
Built about 1855 this building and the Brougham Central Hotel once shared a porch. This building has served as a harness shop, County Office, and home. As the Museum Village's General Store, it serves as a post office and community centre. Set in 1910, it shows electricity use which was just being introduced to Pickering Township. Upstairs is a dressmaker's shop, one of few professions appropriate for women.
14. Blacksmith and Woodshop, c. 1856
Donated by Miss Edna Green, whose family owned and operated the Greenwood Mills, this shop was built on Concession Road #6, (across from the Oddfellows' Hall). It served as a blacksmith and wagon making business. Many tools are original to the building. Also original to this building is the hemlock floor, known for its fire retardant properties.
16. Peony Friendship Garden
Donated by the Pickering Horticultural Society, many plants are heritage varieties. Inter planted are hundreds of tulips as part of the Bloomers & Britches' Communities in Bloom 2007 project in partnership with the City of Pickering.
17. Oddfellows' Hall, c. 1869
Originally a Christian Church in Whitevale, this building was sold to the Independent Order of Oddfellows at the turn of the century. Today, it represents a Town Hall, and is a popular location for weddings and filming.
18. Miller-Cole House Garden
Reflecting gardens of the1870s are favourites like roses, heliopsis, love-in-a-mist, love-lies-a-bleeding and gomphrena as well as practical gooseberries and red currants. Growing in the four-square garden are vegetables such as lettuce, beets, radishes, beans, tomatoes, lovage, rhubarb, onions, and chives - all easily harvested steps from the kitchen.
19. Miller-Cole House, c. 1870
Originally built in 1840 near the intersection of 16th Avenue and Concession Rd. #9, the deed was received in 1857 by Luton Miller and sold in 1881 to Amos Cole. It depicts the rural home of an established, but not wealthy, farm family. The stacked plank construction (see kitchen wall) demonstrates the abundance of timber at the time. The backyard features a four-square kitchen garden, and laundry area.
20. Combination Barn, 1875
Originally on the 6th Concession of Pickering, this barn was built from at least two other structures, a combination of hand-hewn and sawn timbers.
21. Teaching Garden
This garden represents crops that would have been grown in larger fields. Heirloom varieties of bush beans, cucumbers, squash, onions, beets, peas, turnips, rutabagas, potatoes and melons are planted by the Bloomers & Britches and used by the Museum Village's culinary group, Vintage Victuals. Youth volunteers assist in planting, weeding and harvesting.
22. Beef Ring Barn, c. 1870
This building was used by a cooperative of farmers. Each family supplied a cow or steer and shared the cuts, ensuring fresh meat. The cooperatives, or beef rings, died out with the advent of ice boxes and freezers.
23. Bible Christian Chapel, 1853
Simple in structure and furnishings, this 1853 Chapel was built by a splinter group of Methodists known as Bible Christians. It originally sat on Lot 24, Concession 5, but was moved to the William Major farm around 1890 after the Church closed. The box pulpit, wainscoting, and front doors are original. In 2001, The Pickering Museum Village Foundation took the lead in refurbishing the interior of the building. Pews were re-created using one original as the template; volunteers painted the interior and faux wood-grained the pews, and a local blacksmith created the hanging, wrought iron light fixtures. This building is a popular location for weddings and filming.
24. Brougham Temperance House, c. 1850
Originally in Brougham, this building is two structures joined together to form a hotel. They were built using the vertical plank method, but unlike the Collins House that remained exposed with battens, these buildings were covered with horizontal siding. Evidence indicates that woodstoves were used for heating and cooking. The east wing was a private dwelling. James Woodruff operated this tavern as a temperance inn. It played a key role in society and politics. The Brougham Sons of Temperance, met frequently in this inn, as did the Pickering Township Council. Dances were held upstairs in the flop room.
25. Church Drive Shed, c. 1860
Originally part of the Methodist Church in Balsam, but moved to the Mount Zion Church, this shed sheltered horses and vehicles of parishioners.
26. Steam Barn Shed
This structure has been rebuilt using old and new materials, and is used for storage for wheeled vehicles, a shingle mill, and other items awaiting restoration.
27. Gas & Steam Barn
This metal on wood structure houses a collection of early steam, kerosene, and gasoline engines and equipment from the late 19th Century to the mid 20th Century. An industrial boiler, farm tractors, saws, threshing and haying equipment, mills, a steam traction engine, and a restored Waterloo Steam Engine are some of the pieces restored, maintained, and operated by the Gas & Steam Club volunteers. Details regarding steam and gas interpretation and demonstration are available in the Gift Shop.
28. Demonstration Shed
This shed is used as a small stage for interpretive purposes at events, and for on-site programs.
Contact us for more information:
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