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First The Romans
In Britain before the Romans, the Celts had been around a long, long time - living in central and western Europe hundreds of years before Jesus Christ was born. From about 500 BC they spreed eastward into Switzerland and Hungary, and the west to France, Britain and Spain.
The Celts lived in tribes and all spoke a version of the same language similar to Welsh and the Gaelic languages of Scotland and Ireland. The Celts loved poetry, stories, music and songs - which they learned by heart. They also like feasting and drinking and fighting each other for fun, and they were also very fierce in real battles as the Romans found out.
Each Celt tribe had its own chief, either a king or queen, and within each tribe there several ''kins'', or large families. They lived in small settlements of a few houses. Most Celtic people were farmers who grew their own crops and raised a few animals. They built hill forts on the tops of hills so that all the surrounding countryside could be seen.
The Celts liked to trade and people from other countries often visited the Celts to buy jewellery and other metal items, as well as wool and corn. They worshipped nature and believed that spirits lived all around them in trees, streams, and wild animals. The oak tree and mistletoe were sacred to the Celts and their priests called Druids were just as important as the chief of the tribe. Druids also knew all the laws of the tribe and sometimes acted as a sort of judge.
The Romans originally came from the city of Rome in Italy and invaded lots of different countries including Britain. They were good at fighting and gradually their armies took over many places to form the Roman Empire. The Romans had a huge, well-organised army divided into centuries of 100 men with 6 centuries making a cohort and 10 cohorts making a legion.
The Romans invaded Britain because they wanted sliver, gold and tin from the mines. They also wanted to expand their empire, and to stop Celts helping other countries to fight against the Romans. They invaded Britain three times.
The Romans first invaded Britain in 55 BC, led by the general Julius Caesar. But the Celts were well prepared and the Romans were driven away. Caesar returned the next year with a much bigger army and beat the Celts this time. But the Romans didn't stay in Britain for long and sailed off home to Italy. The third Roman invasion was 90 years later in 43 AD when they easily defeated the Celts. This time they stayed, and eventullay took over large parts of Britain.
When the Romans invaded Britain, many Celts were angry and fought the Romans ferociously. When the Romans invaded Britain in 43 AD, the Catuvallauni tribe were among the first to see the danger. Their king's son Caratacus tried to stop the invasion. Their land was in the south of England and they knew it would be seized unless something was done.
Cartacus and his brother led a large army to try to stop the Romans from crossing the River Medway in Kent. However, the Romans were too strong and the Celts were defeated. Caratacus fled to south Wales. He knew that the Romans would be difficult to beat in a large battle, so he led small group of Welsh raiders aganist the Romans. When the Romans defeated him again he fled north and asked Cartimandua queen of the Brigantes tribe to give him shelter. Though Cartimandu' husband was friendly with the Romans, she handed Caratacus over to them and he was taken to Rome where he died their prisoner.
In 60 AD, Boudicca queen of the Iceni tribe of south-east England led another revolt against the Romans. Boudicca led a huge army of Celts against the Romans and captured the town of Colchester, killing many Celts who were friendly to the Romans. She marched on London and the people of London sent messages to General Paulinus asking for help. Paulinus led his army to meet the Celts halfway between Wales and London. The Celts had a much larger army, but the battle was fought in a narrow valley and the well-trained Romans won. 80,000 Celts died in the battle.
Boudicca vanished maybe having poisoned herself because she did not want to be captured by the Romans. The Romans moved in, taking control of her land snd stealing treasures.
The Romans never managed to conquer Scotland, but after crushing Boudicca and Catatacus, the Romans took control of the rest of England and Wales. In 87 AD the general Agricola reached the far north, but was forced to retreat. After this time, the Romans gave up trying to conquer the Scottish tribes. In 122 AD the Emperor Hadrain ordered the building of a wall across northern England to defend aganist attacks from Scotland.
Hardrain's wall took six years to complete, being 3 metres wide and 4 metres high and made of stone. It winds along cliff tops and high ridges for 73 miles, and along the wall the Romans built castles and forts for the soldiers to live in. Hadrian's wall was heavily guarded at all times and marked the northern edge of the mighty Romans Empire.
British Celts gradually changed their way of life to fit in with the Romans. They continued to farm the land and carried on trading, but their hill forts were destroyed and many Celts moved nearer the Romans towns. Many Celts and Romans married one another, so the tribes became much weaker and the Celts language began to die out as rich Celts began to speak Latin. However, in Scotland, Ireland and parts of Wales, the Celtic language and way of life carried on so that even today many enjoy Celtic art and music.
Roman soldiers built camps and forts at key places around Britain including York, Chester and Gloucester, as well as on Hadrian's wall. Settlements grew up alongside many forts and traders, merchants and soldiers' families lived in them. Roman towns were linked by roads, which they were very good at building. They built a system of straight roads to link their towns and forts so soldiers and messengers could travel quickly from place to place.
Romans towns were all built to the same pattern with roads crossing each other at right angles. Buildings, such as shops and houses, were built on the blocks of land between the roads. Public places such as baths, temples and a town hall (basilica) were built. The Romans mostly used local materials for building but special materials like marble might be brought in for special builidings, such as the basilica or a grand house.
Richer people lived in villas. Villas were usually built on one level like a bungalow. They had lots of rooms built around a courtyard. They were built of stone and had tiled roofs. They often had beautiful wall paintings, and the floors were sometimes decorated with mosaics - pictures or patterns made up from thousands of small tiles in different colours. Roman villas even had central heating, with a fire heating the air under the floor and in hollow spaces in the walls. This heating system called a hypocaust kept villas very warm.
In Roman towns, the public baths were a popular place to meet friends. The Romans also knew cleanliness was important. Entering a Roman baths you first undressed in a changing room and then entered a room heated with warm air. (A hypocaust heated all rooms and water.) Then you went to a hot room where you got clean by rubbing olive oil into your skin and scraping it off with a strigil. Finally, you had a dip in a cold pool.
Early Rome had no kings being a republic ruled by two men called consuls who ruled for one year only. A council of citizens called the Senate helped the consuls to govern, and later Roman people could elect two men to represent them in the Senate called Tribunes. As the Roman Empire grew, the rich got richer and the poor got poorer and there were riots and wars as rivals generals fought between themselves. Augustus (who was Julius Caesar's nephew) became the first emperor in 31 BC, and peace was restored. The emperors ruled like kings.
Roman Britain was ruled by a governor. He was in charge of the army, and also made sure that everyone obeyed Roman laws and paid their taxes. The Romans found lots of handy things in Britain for their Empire and they also brought lots of useful stuff to Britain. Goods sent from Britain included tin, lead, wool, grain, hides (animal skins), oysters and slaves. Goods brought into Britain included marble, glass, linen, olives, dried fruit and emeralds.
Second The Anglo-Saxons
The Anglo-Saxons were tribes that came to Britain from Germany and Denmark, at first as sea pirates in long narrow boats. On their raids, they saw lots of good land for farming in Britain. It was hard to grew food in their own lands so they started emigrating to Britain, bringing their families, around 408 AD. When the Romans left Britain it was easy for invaders and the Anglo-Saxons managed to conquer most of the south of Britain by 650 AD, and called it Engle Land which later became 'England'.
Most of the Anglo-Saxons started up their own farms in Britain. Women made clothes by spinning wool and weaving the threads. Craftmen made swords, tools, jewellery and pots. There were alo very good hunters, who trained hawks.
The Anglo-Saxons believed in lots of different gods and goddesses. Some of the days of the week are named after their gods Tiw, god of war Tuesday, Woden (sometimes called Odin), chief of the gods Wednesday, Thor, god of thunder Thursday and Frig (sometimes called Freya), goddess of growing Friday. They also believed in elves, goblins and dragons and were very superstitous. Later, they became Christians, but some carried on worshipping the pagan gods as well.
Anglo-Saxon houses were made from wood and had thatched roofs, with no chimney or windows and were lit by candles or lamps. There wasn't much furniture and families often ate and slept on the floor. Farmers shared their homes with chickens, pigs, oxen and dogs.
Villages or settlements were often very small with just a few cottages or huts. The village hall was a meeting place owned by the noble or chief where everyone gathered together each evening to eat and tell stories. Farmers spit up their fields into long strips, which they all shared, and each field was rested once evey three years to let in get its nutrients back.
When the Anglo-Saxons became Christians, they built lots of churches, at first from wood but later they used stone. Their wooden houses rotted away ages ago, but some pots have been found that help work out what these houses looked like. A few Anglo-Saxon stone churches are still standing today helping us understand how their buildings were made.
Monks produced books by hand and decorated them beautifully in bright colours, and some can still be read today. Ancient Anglo-Saxon manucripts have detalied pictures, stories and poems. Bede's book 'A history of the English church and people' tells us a lot about the early Anglo-Saxons. Monks also kept a record of all the important events in The Anglo-Saxons Chronicle.
Anglo-Saxon skeletons have been found buried with their clothes and jewellery, which give us lots of information. Remains of animals and crops tell us about the food they ate, and helmets, pots, tools and coins have also been found in the ground. In 1939, archaeologists started digging at Sutton Hoo in Suffolk and they discovered a ship grave of a rich and powerful Anglo-Saxon. They knew pagans were sometimes buried with their boats for the voyage to a new life.
The ship at Sutton Hoo had itself rotted away, but its outline was still in the sand and it was over 27 metres long. By excavating the site, archaeologists learned a lot about Anglo-Saxon ship burials. Inside the ship, they found many precious belongings including a sceptre (a big decorated stick) with a bronz stag decortion, a rusty iron sword in a wooden scabbaed (holder), a gold belt buckle and a lyre (a musical instruument like a harp).
Many of the precious objects were beautifully decorated, proving the Anglo-Saxons were skilled craftsmen. From the outline in the send, archeaologists know the shape and size of the ship and how it was built and powered, and the dates on coins found at Sutton Hoo helped archaeologists work out when the ship was buried. A body was not found though recent scientific tests on the soil proved that a body had once been there. As the grave was filled with treasures, it must have belonged to a rich and poweful person and some archaeologists think it may have been the grave of King Redwald, who died around 625 AD.


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.... Cardigan ! Remember the 1st one that I knitted last year ? I just love wearing it so much that I knitted another.
It is such a great pattern - top down & all knitted in one piece & allows for some creativity especially for the bands.
I used a feather & fan stitch pattern for my 1st FW & now a chevron stitch pattern. This cardigan is knitted with a shorter length & shorter sleeves too for a more casual look. I just love how it turned out.....
Once again, I used Zen Yarn Garden Serenity Lace, a merino/cashmere blend which is so soft & nice to knit with. I use only 3/4 of a 1200 yds skein. Knitting lace weight on 3.5 mm needles can be tedious but I just love the feel of the yarn & the relaxing rhythm of stocking stitch.
This pattern is a good template for creating endless versions of a cardigan & I am sure I will be knitting another one !


text: Basically every day at least twice the games get fucked up, either they won't load, or the save files get corrupted or some other retarded and very annoying shit. It just happened now again and deleted my advance wars save, It means I can hardly ever start a game. I put my mini-SD card in my reader and looked at the saves and got this. http://img135.imageshack.us/img135/3769/untitled1xg9.jpg help.. please =(


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It has been a busy term what with marking, exams, Leeds International Medieval Congress session to prepare for and stopping the dark ages. Significantly it also saw the publication of two books that I have been working on for a long time, the first was A Short History of the Normans for I.B.Tauris as part of the 'Short Histories' series. This was a new departure for me in that the book is explicitly aimed at non-specialists. What follows here is a cross between reflection on the process and what I'd wish I'd known before I started.
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Hey so University is killing me and as a result I have a tone of work that I do not even want to get into talking about it and bore you with the details. So any way had a lot of new offers to work on some mods but when will people get it in their heads that if your just starting the mod then why the hell get a composer in at that particular point, we cant do shit until the game is in some sort of working form, otherwise its a waste of time us doing anything, oh compose a main theme I hear you say? How about no! simply NO! Your only gonna turn round and say oh we don't like it now or its not long enough or one of the many other things that dev's decide to spring on you when you have worked your butt off for no reason in the first place. I think its a dam fine idea to jump on a mod that has a working alpha at least before you can completely commit your hours of your time composing and then mixing for hours upon end. So rant over! I will update stuff when I get uni sorted. Peace
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Dear International Olympic Committee. Please stop standardizing the proportions of flags. Nepal is the case in point: It's disrespectful and looks horrible when you try to make a rectangular flag out of one that really isn't.
The 2016 Summer Olympic Games draw to a close. As always the Olympics attracts controversy, some may even say scandal, but anyway thank you for two weeks of fierce but peaceful competition among the world's best athletes. It has been fun to watch new records being set, team efforts and personal victories, tears and joy.
What has been no fun to watch, however, is the way the IOC and the Organizing Committee of the Rio de Janeiro Olympic and Paralympic Games have chosen to display the more than 200 flags of participating nations.
Apparently you opted for the easy solution when you decided that all flags would be displayed with exactly the same height to width ratio.
The national flag of Switzerland is square i.e. it has an aspect ratio of 1:1. (The Swiss ensign has a height to width ratio of 2:3, but it is only to be used onboard ships.) The most common flag ratios are 2:3, 3:5 and 1:2. The flag of Qatar is the world's "longest" with an official ratio of 11:28.
At Olympic medal ceremonies national flags of the gold, silver and bronze medallists are hoisted. At indoor competitions the flags are mounted from horizontal bars. It seems all flags you used had a 2:3 ratio. Even at outdoor competitions, where flags are hoisted vertically on flag poles, flag ratios are indiscriminately 2:3.
This is a problem. It makes "short" flags like Denmark's (with a 28:37 ratio) look elongated and "long" flags like USA's (with a 10:19 ratio) look ridiculously compressed.
And it goes horribly wrong when the flag of Nepal, which isn't a rectangular flag at all, is made into one by adding a huge, ugly fly of white cloth to the flag. Consisting of two merged triangular pennons the Nepalese flag is the only non-rectangular national flag in the world.
On the official Rio 2016 website Olympic mascot Vicinius is waving this misguided and disfigured version of the Nepalese flag. This is incomprehensible and inexcusable. Why not let the graphic designer draw the flag of Nepal the way it is supposed to be?
Flag proportions are set by law, decree or otherwise regulated. The design, colours, symbolism and use of national flags are also meticulously defined and should be respected at all times. Inappropriate use of national flags have the ability to offend a lot of people and cause a lot trouble.
So, please take better care in the future. See you in Tokyo 2020.
This is part 4 in a series about flags at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Read also:
What On Earth Is "Chinese Taipei"?
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I am over the moon with Ash and Crafts gorgeous
Paper Peonies. I've made paper flowers, even did a tutorial, but they can't touch these!
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Hoops By Hand made these gorgeous Mother's Day Rings Tutorial
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I'm Paula, an avid scrapbooker with 2 nearly grown sons. I have been scrapping for about 17 years & decided that I would like to share my love & talents for it with others. I created 'Precious Pages by Paula' to do exactly that. There is a line of pre-designed scrapbooks & frames, as well as doing custom one-of-a-kind albums with your photos. Cards are prayerfully made in the hopes of carrying special blessings to their recipients.
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text: Created by acclaimed filmmaker Shekhar Kapur, (Elizabeth; Golden Age; Four Feathers). A world away from the life she once knew in Los Angeles, few things have changed in Jessica Peterson's life. Her hair, her address, her friends – sure these things are different. But she still walks the world upon the edge of a knife: on one side, peril surrounds her, as the 68 – and a new, mysterious force – seek her destruction; on the other side, the Snake Goddess continues to churn inside her, thirsting for revenge… and blood. However, there are forces of good at work as well. Jess finds a friend and guide in Sari, an old Indian woman she met in Goa, who turns out to be the reincarnation of one of the villagers slaughtered by the 68 those 300 years ago. As Sari leads the way into the heart of the Kabini jungle – they do not know that they're being followed, by the 68, yes, but also by a darker, deadlier spirit than anyone can anticipate.


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Check out this awesome packaging. Other parents out there might have seen this before in the kids isle. The bright artwork jumped off the shelf at me.
I am moving so getting a good look at all my stuff is happening daily. I thought I would share some through this blog.
This piñata is made by the street dude skullphone. I think he has another name but that is what I call it. I saw this hanging on a street pole. To high for me to climb but this dude walked up and said he could do it. He jammed up the pole and handed it to me. I gave him all the money I had on me.
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After I left my sewing machine for a big clean at the shop - somewhere at the end of november - all of my projects have been just lying around. My recently finished dress was one of those projects: it only needed a zipper and seeming. Life literally got in my way: friends started to have a family and of course I needed to make something personal for them. So I began crocheting baby blankets.
My first blanket was one big Granny Square. I made it in november for one of my best friends and fell in love with it. It was warm and cosy and the perfect size to warm my feet. :-)
Not long after my friend gave birth, my babysit (a.i. the family where I went babysitting) had a little baby girl. So I made another baby blanket. This time a made a smaller Granny Square and attached 2 rows of little Granny Squares to it. I used some wool I had lying around because of a miscalculation for a sweater. This miscalculation resulted in twice the amount of needed wool.
After almost 3 months of crocheting, the time had finally arrived to sew again. The dress that had been lying around since november, was finally getting finished. For the very first time I used a propper blind zipper foot - a gift for my birthday. 'Till than I used a universal blind zipper foot, wich was crap. My new foot does the trick 1000x faster, smoother and with far better results.
I chose Butterick 5520 for this dress because I wanted something I could wear to work that would look good with the vests I always wear. I made version A and made little adjustments: shortened the waist 3cm and the skirt 5cm around the hips. Those are my usual adjustments because I'm a petite. I did give it an extra 3cm of ease from the widest point of the hips down. The size I cut fitted a bit too much like a glove. Next time, I would give it another cm because it's still a wee bit snug, but wearable. At least I can sit down now :-) I didn't adjust the buste.


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After living in a smaller house, a family in Australia was looking to build their dream abode, so they hired Urbane Projects to do this. The owners bought the house next to where they were originally living, tore it down and combined the two lots.
The result is a house that looks more like a hotel than a quaint abode. The design caters to both the parents and their two kids, ensuring that both generations have their own spaces. The upstairs features a wrap-around entertainment area with a bar space for guests, and the rest of the house even has multiple bathrooms for people coming to visit. There's even a separate entertainment section for the kids! The owners really wanted something that would last, which is exactly what they got working with Urbane Projects.
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Lieutenant Colonel George Crook was not having a good time. Everything should have been falling in to place. He was a nationally recognized military man whose career included decades of service. He was a renowned "Indian fighter," having moved many Native American groups off their lands when such activities were considered desirable. Though, even among the Native Americans he was revered among them as a white man they could trust. Crook respected Native Americans, viewed them as honorable warriors, and after removing a tribe treated them humanely, helped them grow crops, and even found some employment. This was in line with the view of those who saw reservations as essential to the long-term survival of the Native Americans. Red Cloud, Chief of the Lakota, is noted as saying, "Crook never lied to us. His words gave the people hope." He was even honorably nicknamed Nantan Lupan by the Apache, which translates as "gray wolf." Besides his superior reputation on both sides of the Indian Wars, Crook also enjoyed professional success. He was promoted numerous times throughout his career, peaking as the head of the Department of Arizona.
|Geronimo, 1887
While Geronimo's feud initially existed largely with the Mexicans, it's not difficult to see how that violence spilled over to those early settlers and travelers in the Southwestern United States. Mexicans weren't the only ones collecting scalp bounties, plus the whites were also busy settling on Apache lands. Regardless of who was killing who, or who was turning in human scalps as casually as trapped pelts, the violence against American citizens was something the Federal Government could not abide. While the market for Native American scalps (or those claimed to be) had largely dried up by the 1880s, the memories and hatred were still fresh as ever. This was the setting that Crook inherited in 1882 (some say the spring of 1883) as head of the Department of Arizona.
|George R. Crook, circa 1875
However, Crook also had his failures, though arguably of lesser consequence. After being nominated to the United States Military Academy by his congressman, he graduated near the bottom of his class. At the Battle of Cloyd's Mountain in the Civil War, while attempting to cross a creek, his high topped riding boots filled with water, and he became swamped, requiring his men to pull him by his arms to the opposite shore. Later that battle, some sources say he became so fatigued with excitement and exertion that he grew faint and was unable to mount a successful pursuit of Confederate sources, that duty then fell to future President Rutherford B. Hayes. He would be captured by Confederate forces in 1865. Even in his finest hour, the Snake War, after ordering a charge on an Indian village from his safe vantage point, his horse spooked and ran ahead of his own troops, placing him squarely in the cross fire of both forces. Thankfully his horse continued through the village and both horse and rider emerged unscathed. Perhaps most damning, is that some historians still debate whether Crook's failure to pursue the Sioux and Cheyenne forces at the Battle of the Rosebud, contributed to the massacre of the 7th Cavalry at the Battle of the Little Bighorn - a far greater consequence than some waterlogged boots.
Which Crook would show up to drive the Apache from the Southwest United States: the successful rising star or the embarrassed soldier with the devil's own luck?
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|A cavalry patrol leaving Ft. Bowie.
Geronimo had been placed on a reservation before. When the Chiricahua Apache were under command of Cochise, they had made peace and agreed to relocate to a reservation. Not long after that arrangement, Cochise died in 1874. Without the cooperation of Cochise things began to spiral out of control. After the sale of whiskey to some Apaches resulted in the death of two white men in 1876, the U.S. decided to dissolve the reservation in the Chiricahua Mountains and move its inhabitants to the San Carlos reservation in southeast Arizona, also known as "Hell's Forty Acres." A great number made the move, almost 4,000, but many escaped with Geronimo to Mexico. Those that stayed were subject to the treachery of those in charge of their welfare. Rations were shorted, but charged the same to the government, scales were tampered with during the sale of goods, and the reservation, originally totaling some 5,000 square miles, was gradually made smaller and smaller by whites who kept finding things they wanted along its border, such as silver, copper, and coal. The very next year, 1877, Geronimo surrendered at the Ojo Caliente Reservation in the New Mexico Territory, but a change in management of the reservation, brought about by ego-driven politics in the U.S. Army, resulted in his release. He returned once, in 1880, out of necessity after a long, hungry winter in the Sierra Madres, but his stay would be a short one. After a spiritual leader was arrested and the resulting riot was initially quelled, Geronimo heard rumors that he would also be arrested or worse, and so stole away again into Mexico with 74 others. In the following two years, he and his band took part in increasingly bold and violent raids, stealing property, and killing residents including women and children. It was these atrocities that lead the U.S. and Mexico to a compromise that allowed each nation's lawmen/troops to cross one another's borders when in "hot pursuit" of the outlaw Apaches.
Once placed in charge and the recent accord with Mexico in place, it didn't take Crook long to locate Geronimo. He took 193 Native American scouts with him, and first hand accounts mention Tom Horn serving as an interpreter on the trek though the boulder and crevasse strewn desert landscape of the Sierra Madre. Many Apache were convinced to return to the San Carlos reservation, but Geronimo and others did not return until the next year, 1884. Once on the reservation Crook began treating the Apache civilly and implementing programs to benefit their stay, but the surrounding communities saw the treatment and felt it was too kind for a group that had raided their cattle, plundered their lands, and killed their friends and neighbors.
This atmosphere was combined with whites trying to remove several brutal Apache practices from the reservation, such as cutting the nose tips off of unfaithful women, what one source calls "vicious wife-beating," but most importantly a prohibition on alcohol. Mixed together, all these things compelled Geronimo to act out by brewing a small batch of corn-based beer to protest the conditions. Instead of a reaction, Geronimo received no response at all due a communication error in the Army involving an extremely hungover officer. Geronimo and his band waited, waited, and waited some more before finally growing tired of their staged act and leaving the reservation. All in all 42 men and 92 women and children escaped. As the escapees made their way south again toward the inhospitable lands that made them nearly impossible to capture, they gathered supplies. One unfortunate family in their path was that of a man known only to history as "Phillips."
Phillips owned a ranch outside Silver City and the Apache badly needed supplies for their journey. It is not specifically mentioned, but little doubt can exist that Phillips would not have been too keen on giving up his food and stock. Unfortunately, it cost him and his family their lives. When a posse arrived, his wife and infant child were found dead, but Phillips' five-year old daughter was hanging by a meat hook that had been plunged into the base of her skull. She was still alive, a condition that would last only hours.
Crook was furious at the renewed violence and the incompetence of the men responsible for not responding to Geronimo's insubordination. It would be no small task to capture an Apache that didn't want to be caught, especially an angered one. If Crook didn't already feel the urgency of the situation, the strong pressure of the U.S. Government to again rein in the Apaches was nearly crushing. Perhaps it was Crook's anger and perhaps it was his knowledge of the arduous task that lay before him, but he wasted no time assembling the largest force up to that time in the Apache Wars: some 20 cavalry companies, more than 200 Native American scouts, dozens of pack animals, and extra surgeons; over 3,000 men in total.
-Written by Joel R. Kolander
Capps, Benjamin. The Old West: The Great Chiefs. Alexandria, VA: Time-Life, 1981. Print.
http://www.discoverseaz.com/History/Crook_Miles.html (1st hand account of Crook)
http://www.discoverseaz.com/History/Miles_Geronimo.html (Miles, Lawton's boss)


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If you've been unconscious or absent from the planet the last few days, you won't have heard of IBM PureSystems.
Jason McGee, Chief Architect for PureApplication system, showcased the easy installation and configuration of these new, factory-tuned, expert integrated systems. You can watch Jason's 6-minute demo and then sit in the crowded waiting room of
Dr. AIX Down Under (that's me on the left). Every patient has the same condition. They're all highly motivated, and generally highly skilled AIX engineers. They're all asking the same question:
Will these IBM PureSystems put me out of a job?
After all, you've had a successful career configuring systems, tuning them, rebuilding them, finding performance bottlenecks, writing scripts, and juggling high user expectations with a budget that would starve a mouse. Now there are these new systems that are configured in the blink of an eye, tune themselves and (you may be thinking), don't need you.
Well, before you sign the extinction certificate and set up the world's first museum for experienced AIX sys admins, have a think about the number of reasons your career is not doomed as of 11 April 2012, the day the new IBM PureSystems were launched.
1. PureSystems are built on Power7, AIX and PowerVM
First, these systems still can be built on Power7 processors. Sure, they can also use the x86 chip, but POWER7 processors are a key option. And the PureSystems can run AIX, (not to mention Linux, Windows and IBM i). They can run PowerVM as their hypervisor. They have been designed on the back of the AIX work you and I and a thousand others have done over the years. And if there's any Unix (or Unix-like) platform to be good at, it's AIX, with IBM having strong sales on POWER7 processors and AIX.
2.PureSystems are an extension of your own work
Second, the PureSystems still have a lot of components which are a natural progression from the architecture you've already been working on. There's a management console which is like a Hardware Management Console on steroids. There are AIX virtual machines (we used to call 'em LPARs) and VIO servers. There are applications which get built and run on them, and now that process will be simplified to free you up to try new things that take minutes to build instead of months. Now "minutes instead of months" may not instil confidence in you about your career prospects, but if you can step through a deployment that quickly, you're going to look like a hero. You'll have time to deploy other instances, to work on other projects or just to catch up on your work backlog.
3.You've got plenty of time to skill up
Third, these PureSystems are not going to throw you out of a job overnight. You don't move off existing infrastructure so quickly, even if the move is superfast in comparison with earlier technology. You have a wealth of troubleshooting skills, business knowledge, people management and project management abilities that put you well ahead if you do have to redefine your responsibilities. Or a better way to say that is you can leverage your existing talent to make you indispensible in other areas (or other companies).
4. PureSystems are part of the ecosystem
I know I wrote on Power IT Pro this week, that PureSystems are a Data Center in a Chassis. That was to show how much hardware can be squished into a single rack. Not just that - it's all integrated, optimised and largely self-managed. But that doesn't mean PureSystems will spell the end of your existing data centre (and your job). In fact, the PureSystems know that they are part of a data centre. They will be able to hook into existing storage and network configurations. The management console can also monitor and manage other existing systems that are in your data centre. The new kit doesn't make the old obsolete. The PureSystems can and probably will leverage the capabilities of your existing systems.
Also, I'm not sure how much, or how quickly the two PureSystems will make inroads into the big end of town. I'm no system architect, but I'd say PureSystems - at least the two models that have been announced so far - are more likely to be replacements for the Blades and other smaller systems. There's some pretty big grunt in some of the larger POWER7 systems, and they're not going to be turned off anytime soon.
5. BAU time will be down, but project time will go up
Fifth, if the PureSystems do take off, then projects will be much faster and much cheaper. That sounds to me like there will be more projects - more of the interesting project work, instead of the BAU Business as Usual (although some may call it Boring As Usual). Also, Big Data is a huge growth area, and many of your existing skills in analysing technical configurations could come in handy in this or other areas.
You're a deluxe pastry cook. There's no law against having your finger in several other pies.
6. IBM is committed to POWER and AIX
Sixth, is the answer given by Jim Stallings (pictured), General Manager, Global Markets IBM Systems and Technology Group when he was asked how the newly announced PureSystems would impact other IBM servers like z, x, i and p. Here's my transcript of his answer (with my emphases ... and my Aussie spelling)
This is an excellent question because every time we introduce something new there's always concern about the existing family of products. And there's just a couple of points. First of all, we are continuing to innovate on x, p, storage, z platforms today. And one of the reasons why is because customers run their corporations, run their businesses, run their governments, entire banks, the telecommunications industries run on these platforms. And the great news is they learned to optimise and tune these systems for maximum efficiency.
The other point is a lot of the learnings from those environments, you've heard us talk about these optimised patterns, have actually informed us as to how to build this new system. So, we'll continue to innovate, we'll continue to grow the family, we have roadmaps out over time, on all of the existing platforms, but when customers are thinking about the future, and when they're thinking about integration and consolidation, or cloud, this becomes a big option for them, a very viable option.
Also when you're thinking about "how do I address some of the expense and cost issues in the data center?", this becomes another option for them. One of the keys to this whole discussion is fit for purpose. And customers know this. They know that certain applications run very well on certain platforms. Some of that's trial and error. We've taken a lot of that guesswork out, with this work we've done with PureFlex systems. So they do have a choice. We'll continue to grow our investments and innovation around these existing platforms, and of course grow this family of PureFlex systems and PureApplication systems in the future.
Now you've seen what the GM of Global Markets, STG says. Do you think IBM is likely to drop the ball on POWER7 and AIX when it's clearly the market leader?
7. Your CV says you're valuable.
If you're still not convinced, and you're determined to make your career's demise a self-fulfilling prophecy, let me refer you to Exhibit A: your job resumé.
Do you remember these words?:
What exactly did you mean? Never mind. Let the doctor tell you. You meant that you:
- speak and write clearly
- answer emails on time
- understand how to give clear explanations to non-technical people
- you're a great listener (listening is a communications skill, too)
- you understand the business needs / schedules / expectations
- you are not buried in a traditional IT silo. You know how to feel others' pain, even if there's not much you can do about it
- you're enthusiastic and you refuse to wear a grumpy face and an"I'm a legacy system admin" sticker on your forehead
- you have integrity in dealing with people and speaking about them. You know that some things are better left unsaid.
I could go on, but I have other patients waiting. So, in brief, you have a huge head start on the PureSystems technology, a lot of time to learn, a chance to bring your other soft skills into the forefront, and turning off your existing systems is not going to happen any time soon. They're vital to your business and will themselves most likely go through their own upgrades.
So, as I said a few days ago, I understand the nerves but it's time to get excited and apply your enthusiasm to build bigger (or usually smaller), better systems, so you can feed that insatiably hungry (but cash-strapped) beast known as the business. You've got the talents. Lots of them. Time to unbury them.
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Review by: Urban "Wally" Wallstrom
Inmate is a rather dodgy monicker in my opinion. Are they refering to themselves in the future to come or could it have anything to do with their music? It's not a death metal album, and it's certainly not pop/rock either for that matter. I'd say that 'Free At Last' sits somewhere in the middle, sort of like Gojira or the Swedish outfit Dead By April only worse and not quite as interesting, but what do I know? In fact, there are tons of other acts out there with a very similar sound at the moment.
The album has got lots of energy though, and it keeps bouncing along to every little bump and metal grind. The lyrics are sort of religious at times and this surprised us the most actually. Do bare this in mind while listening to tracks such as "Written In Blood", "Overcome" and "Healing". Would this be a hidden agenda? perhaps not, but God is not on their thank you list? This implies either that the album has nothing to do with their beliefs or that the five-piece expect their listeners to make up their own minds?
Neither of above possibility has much to do with the actual quality of the band and their material. The music itself may not cause any stigma problem and I don't think there's many born again Inmate believers out there. 'Free At Last' feels unfocused and without any original ideas. The growler is annoying and the material feels more like mosaic than music.


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To the end-user, both two- and three-wire pumps do the same job. Well pumps are induction motors that require a start-and-run capacitor. A two-wire pump includes these components as part of the pump motor. A
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This is rich and very tasty with a lovely velvety finish and a wonderful smell.
150gr bacon
1 brown onion
2 cloves of garlic
1/2 a cauliflower
500gr potatoes
1 L water
500ml milk
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salt and pepper
1 cup of grated tasty cheese
Roughly chop the onion and garlic and slice the bacon, cook off without colour in some olive oil or butter for about five minutes.
Chop the cauliflower and peel and chop the potatoes, add them to the pot and cook them for 2 or 3 minutes.
Add to the pot 1L of water and 500ml of full cream milk and a tablespoon of chick stock powder, or if you have chicken stock replace the water with stock.
Bring it to the boil then turn it down and simmer gently for 30 - 40 minutes until the potatoes are very tender. Turn it off and leave it to cool slightly for 30 minutes.
If you have a hand held mixer use that to process it, otherwise put it through the blender, once it is blended stir through a cup of tasty grated cheese.
This soup does not freeze well as you can not reheat it to a high temperature as it will split and look very revolting, it will keep in the fridge very well for 3 days, this recipe makes 3L of soup.
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I love the emails I get from readers, and every now and then someone shares their story. When I emailed this woman back and asked if I could use it for a blog post, she not only said 'yes', she emailed me a copy of her spreadsheet and a picture!
"When I started prepping I had more extra money every month than I do now, but even then I had to be careful. I made a rule: anything on my shopping list that I know I will need or want in hard times, I would buy at least one extra for storage. I prefer fresh vegetables, so if I were buying fresh corn, then I also bought a can or two of corn, if it was on sale. I increased my shopping budget for about 6 months, but I have a good pantry full of things I know I will enjoy in an emergency.
I needed storage space for food, so I went on a hard core cleanup, donating or throwing out things that were less important to me than food would be in an emergency. That was tough at the beginning but is easy now. I look at old games or books or clothes and throw enough away to make room for one meal, or a week's worth of meals, or whatever.
Then, because I could not stand the idea of allowing any of this hard-won food go to waste, I organized my food by expiration dates. So, everything that expires in Jan 2014 is together – milk powder, vegetables, meats, bouillon, etc., and then all the food for Feb 2014, and so forth. Naturally, everything in storage has its expiration date written on the front with a Sharpie.
Everything is in the pantry but on the first of each month, I bring next month's food into my kitchen cabinet and look for recipes to use every scrap before it expires. I've learned to make new dishes and can say proudly that nothing has been thrown out!
Because I wanted easy access to food I might need, I also made a spread sheet of all my food on the computer and can search for "tomatoes" if I run short. So, the next rule is: replace anything used from storage. The system works well for me because I am forced to use food by expiration date rather than running the risk of missing the use of something located in a group of its kind. The next 2 rules: remove any item from the spreadsheet that is removed from the pantry and add newly-bought items to the spreadsheet before putting into the pantry.
For "treats" I have collected a variety of local honeys, which I absolutely adore. I have also bought large containers of raw honey for medicinal purposes in a time of great need. Honey is yummy, has antibacterial properties, and can be stored easily forever. The perfect food!
Oh, yes, and I used my tax refund for freeze-dried meats, vegetables, and fruits instead of the vacation or clothes-shopping I might have done otherwise.
I am almost 66, live alone (well, with 3 dogs and 2 cats) in the country, keep a pretty ordinary garden, and am more than a little worried about our future. I'm not anyone's psychic friend and have no idea how things will play out, but I do know that I am far less worried now that there are rows of food in my pantry. Prepping has done me a lot of good already!
Thank you, Susan and Dave, for your helpful books (I also have "Life Without Refrigeration" and "Preserving Meat, Dairy, and Eggs"). I try to save a little money each month for helpful books, too.
Thank you, TuationNC, for letting me share this with others. I'd welcome more information like this, or stories of how you needed or used your preps/food storage in hard times, or anything else that could help or encourage our readers.
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Monday, 24 December 2012
God in His Universal Form.
The paradigm shift from the theistic God to the universal God is perfectly paralleled in the Bhagavad-Gita when the personal form of God in Krishna, Arjuna's charioteer, shows Arjuna his universal form with its myriad eyes, its thousand suns, all the sages, and the holy serpents, birthless, deathless, Richis, Sidhhus, Rudras,Vasus.....
If you cut out the fear images which are tacked onto the end the "Shape of the Infinite God" fits almost perfectly the new paradigm which is everyone and everything and more.
At the end Krishna re-assumes his "mild and pleasing form" to bring peace back to Arjuna.
God can appear in any form but tends to assume the form which the experiencer will recognize as God.
In as much as the personal form of God is the Father, the universal form of God is the Father of Fathers.
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I could have picked a more traditional guilty pleasure. Something like Dynasty of the 1980's or the Kardashians today. But I didn't. It's hard to explain the draw for me, a non-athlete, a self-proclaimed television junkie. But there it is, a show, that is by its nature, is something inspirational to me and therefore, something I'm drawn to, something I can't get enough of.
Yeah. It's an obstacle course, one that looks impossible, one that makes me shake my head as to the level of difficulty because really who wants to roll dizzy across the water and try to climb another obstacle when you're half crazed with dizziness? But it is awesome!
Inspirational in its story telling
The people who try the obstacles either want the money, or the challenge of making it through all courses, there are 6 of them. But there are those who have battled cancer and came back, or endured physical therapy after a car accident, or dealt with the death of a friend, parent or spouse, who are looking for something, something challenging, something beyond their everyday life.
It's more than just an obstacle course. For them it is that thing that brought them back from the brink, something they must do. I find myself cheering for them, hoping they can make it up that final foot or last obstacle and I can imagine myself climbing up and breaking down those challenges.
Don't make it easy, just give us a chance
Each year, more and more women participate and each year, they get faster and go farther than they ever have. They compete equally with the men and for me as I watch Kacy Catanzaro conquer the warped wall, or Jessie Graff make it farther than any other woman before her, I tear up. It reminds me, that a little hard work, a little determination and accepting the opportunity when it's presented, we can accomplish the goals we set.
I don't ever think I'll be strong enough or ambitious enough to actually make it on the show, but I do believe that I'm talented enough and determined enough to make my goals my reality. Every time I watch the participants on American Ninja Warrior, I feel the inspiration. It can be done.
And that is why I keep watching and that is why I keep writing. Because I can't stop. Because, just one more chapter, one more sentence, one more word. And I'll be ready when that opportunity knocks down my door.


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The Belgrade Theatre Coventry presents The Old Vic and Wise Children production. Co-produced by the Belgrade Theatre Coventry, Oxford Playhouse and York Theatre Royal.
Wise Children
By Angela Carter. Adapted and directed by Emma Rice.
Tuesday 2 to Saturday 6 April 2019
- Presented at Belgrade Main stage
- Tickets: From £19.25 to £27.25 Concessions: From £14.25 to £25.25
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'Let's have all the skeletons out of the closet, today, of all days!'
It's 23 April, Shakespeare's birthday.
In Brixton, Nora and Dora Chance – twin chorus girls born and bred south of the river – are celebrating their 70th birthday. Over the river in Chelsea, their father and greatest actor of his generation Melchior Hazard turns 100 on the same day. As does his twin brother Peregrine. If, in fact, he's still alive. And if, in truth, Melchior is their real father after all…
A big, bawdy tangle of theatrical joy and pain, Wise Children is a celebration of show business, family, forgiveness and hope. Expect show girls and Shakespeare, sex and scandal, mischief and mistaken identity – and butterflies by the thousand.
Emma Rice (Romantics Anonymous, Tristan & Yseult, The Flying Lovers of Vitebsk and Brief Encounter) brings her unique, musical and exuberantly impish vision to Angela Carter's great last novel, Wise Children, at the same time launching her new theatre company of the same name.
What a joy it is to dance and sing!
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In the film 'This is England' (Meadows, 2006) the opposing extremes of the 'Skinhead' subculture are personified in the characters of Woody and Combo. The two previous friends are pitted against each other in a good versus evil style narrative, with Woody playing the moderate, style conscious, thrill seeking 'good' role and Combo the racist, nationalist and, some would argue, 'bad' Skinhead of the late 1970s (Mercer, 1987, cited in Back, 2004, p. 30).
Woody and his group were a different generation of Skinheads to Combo. It could be suggested that their manifestation of the subculture had been influenced by changes in wider society. A rise of profiteering and consumerism at the time meant the styles that had been appropriated by sections of society, such as Skinheads, were seized upon by businesses, the media and the music industry because of their commercial value. 'Ben Sherman' and 'Dr.Martin' had started to become household fashion brands and their shirts and boots were no longer mainly worn by Skinheads. Garrett (2004, p. 150) writes that the 'mainstreaming' of a subculture's 'secret' identity was not just a way for big business to make money but it was also an attempt by the adult population to stem the growth of a subculture. In both instances, the young people involved are denied the opportunity to express their creativity and claim an identity for themselves. According to Garrett (ibid.), this inevitably leads to a major transformation in the subculture or the disappearance of it altogether. Applied to the characters in Woody's group, it could be suggested that this 'mainstreaming' has had an influence on the way they behave as part of the Skinhead subculture. When confronted by the mother of Shaun, a 12 year old boy who is one of the lead characters in the film, for shaving his head as part of an initiation into their group, Woody's response is unexpected. Instead of dismissing her protests in an aggressive manner, as may have been expected of a Skinhead, Woody is polite and apologetic. This moderate behaviour could be seen as an attempt by woody to be accepted, in the same way that the fashion of the Skinhead was being largely accepted by society.
It is also worth noting that the film was set in 1983, a time when Margaret Thatcher was in power and her party's laissez-faire, free-market based approach had led to the rise of individualism and the stigmatisation of young people as problematic (Ridge and Wright, 2008). This promoted a type of solidarity amongst individuals and a feeling among young people, particularly from working class backgrounds, that they were 'all in it together'. There is evidence of this in the dynamic of Woody's group. It is made up of young people who dress the same, listen to the same music and enjoy each other's company. To an extent, there is also a commonly held notion of what is right and what is wrong with their world; however it is also apparent that each of them has their own intentions and motivations. An example of this can be taken from the scene where the group enter a disused housing estate to vandalise the empty properties. Although they are all engaged in similar activities, the stimulation and enjoyment they are getting out of it is on a very personal level. The destruction they are causing is possibly a release of their inner frustrations or it could simply be a mind-less form of entertainment. What is clear is that they are all doing it for their own, individual reasons, something that Nehring (2007) referred to as 'Collective Solitary Stimulation' in his work on the British rave scene of the 1980s and '90s.
On the other hand, Combo's sense of solidarity is from a previous era. In the period of time covered by the film, he had recently been released from prison, therefore it could be suggested that he had been removed from the factors that had influenced Woody's generation. Combo placed his loyalties with England as a nation and it was his opinion that the best way to express this was to align himself with the right wing organisation 'The National Front' and subscribe to their racist views. Far from being moderate, whilst Combo shared the forms of expression used by the early Skinheads, such as the Jamaican forms of music, he also shared the 'white power' ideals of the Skinheads of the late 1970s (Mercer, 1987, cited in Back, 2004, p. 30). Having been removed from society whilst in prison, he was unable to assimilate the changes that were having an influence on the younger generation of Skinheads and upon his release sought the friendship of other, like-minded people. He was also able to cleverly divide Woody's group and then exploit the vulnerability of four of its members in order to recruit them. But after a period of violence and aggression, he was unable to sustain their loyalty as they began to see through his propaganda; by the end of the film it was ultimately his inner turmoil and inability to adapt that lead to his demise.
Back, L. (2004) ''Pale Shadows': Racisms, Masculinity and Multiculture' in Flynn, R., Roche, J., Thomson, R. and Tucker, S. (eds.) Youth in Society. 2nd edn. London: Sage, pp. 28-41.
Garratt, D. (2004) 'Youth Cultures and Sub-Cultures' in Flynn, R., Roche, J., Thomson, R. and Tucker, S. (eds.) Youth in Society. 2nd edn.London: Sage, pp.145-152.
Nehring, N. (2007) 'Everyone's Given Up and Just Wants to Go Dancing: From Punk to Rave in the Thatcher Era' Popular Music & Society 30 (1) pp.1-18. [Online] Available at: http://ehis.ebscohost.com/ehost/pdfviewer/pdfviewer?sid=c2bd7807-e68b-4e6d-b306-56c5be52ae95%40sessionmgr15&vid=13&hid=23 [Accessed: 25 Jan 2012].
Ridge, T. and Wright, S. (2008) 'State Approaches to Poverty and Social Exclusion' in Ridge, T. and Wright, S. (eds.) Understanding Inequality, Poverty and Wealth. Bristol: Policy Press, pp.283-310.
This is England (2006) Directed by Shane Meadows [Film] London: Optimal Releasing


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Last week I got this book in the mail - it is one I've 'needed' for my collection of books illustrated by Eloise Wilkin. Hansel and Gretel!
So I had to get my other books out to document. The collections:
(That one on the right was a fairly recent Ross or TJ Maxx score - it's a thick book, I was pleased with it, but I think the 'retouching' of the illustrations... isn't as nice).
Oh, Baby Dear. My fave hands down. Oh wait, except for My Goodnight Book?
The Little Book is adorable.
I think these 'helping' books were fairly popular.
And I pulled this photo from my Christmas books post, since they're packed away with the winter stuff.
I love how she drew cheeks and lips. And the fact that my babies had CHEEKS... just makes these books more enjoyable.
There are certain 'moments' that I remember from each of these books, some from when I was little, some from reading them to my own kids.
The little watering can (and washing the dog!).
'Slapping' the ham, cheese and butter sandwiches together (also hanging doll clothes out to dry).
Baby fingers.
That little dress/tights/braid.
When I was little I wanted to be friends with that girl on the right with the red hair.
Oh, this room is amazing. I used to want a window seat SO badly!
I think I can still recite 'My Goodnight Book' - it was a favorite of my daughter's. (Also someone recently pulled out 'Hippos Go Berserk' and Aaron and I can both recite that one, ha!)
So I flipped through the Hansel and Gretel book looking for a 'moment' I remembered. I think it's the built in beds. How amazing!
These are the kind of illustrations you can pore over. And they're so nostalgic for me! I think the ones I remember most fondly are these, Calvin and Hobbes, and Shel Silverstein books. How about you?


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For those of you who haven't heard, the Avian flu is back, but this isn't your normal H1N1. No, this is H7N9, baby!
So far, 9 people have died, and 23 people have been hospitalized since its discovery. Most of the infected areas have been around the Ningbo region –yes, that region where the one famous city is located with that river of dead pigs, fish, and other things– but there have been cases in other parts of the country as well.
The good news is, there's already a cure, and a 4-year old who contracted the virus is now out of the hospital:
Meanwhile, as Beijing Cream put it, "Hey, they found a use for ChengGuan": Chase chickens to round them up and kill them before they get infected.
They'd better do a good job.


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HAGERSTOWN -- Dressed in his collar and white robe, the Rev. Jerry Lowans stood before the congregation gathered in the church parking lot. He asked everyone to be quiet and prayerful. He then closed his eyes, raised his hands upward and prayed for a blessing on motorcycles.
Lowans, pastor of Washington Square United Methodist Church and St. Matthews United Methodist Church, both in Hagerstown, said he has been riding motorcycles since he was 16. Today, he rides a Harley-Davidson Sportster 1200 Custom.
Lowans was considering ways to provide outreach to the church neighborhoods when it occurred to him to do something involving what he knew -- namely, motorcycles.
Lowans said he had heard of motorcycle blessing events. He did some research and ran his ideas by church members, who gave him the go-ahead to plan an event.


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Growing up as a Conservative Jew in America during the 70's was one of the richest experiences one could have as a young Jewish American. USY and Camp Ramah were maybe the best tools available to combat assimilation, build a strong Jewish identity and promote a strong and Jewish Israel, including Aliyah. We were taught how Israel "Liberated' Judea and Samaria in 1967, returning our historical homeland to the Jews. We all listened as we were told how Israel must be settled, all of Israel, and how we must not let the Arabs ever take it from us again. Tales of Jewish strength, were told to us, over and over again, the likes of Yoni Netanyahu z"l and other IDF figures became our heroes, stories of the settlers from the beginning of the State till the present (mid 70's) stoked the embers of Zionism within us, and this included all of Israel. We were taught to stand up to our enemies, and taught who our enemies were, those who want our land. We viewed the people of the Galil, Judea and Samaria and the Negev as the modern day "Halutzim" of Israel. All of this with no political messages, and no political parties. Conservative Judaism was about Judaism and making an effort at becoming a good Jew. We learned how to keep Kashrut and Shabbat, and enjoyed it. When politicians from Israel came to speak, they came from all parties and all parts of Israel, equally, and spoke of Israel and not which party to back. When USY and Ramah summer trips came to Israel, they went all over Israel, and didn't delete our historical homeland from their itineraries, after all we were taught to be strong and that Israel, was our land. This was taught, again, without a political agenda. I still remember the excited discussions of my friends from the US, visiting here in Israel with USY or Camp Ramah, about the places they visited, about the connection they felt, the envy some had that I made Aliyah.
We were free to choose what we thought about Israel's policies and politics. Leaders of political movements did not manipulate us, after all this was "Conservative Judaism", where they wanted us to think for ourselves. For many of us, we grew in strength and identity. Some became more observant, some became more Zionist, and all of this came from being taught how we are a part of "Am Yisrael" and "Eretz Yisrael".
Nowadays it seems there is a different picture. If you are a Conservative Jew and an active part of the movement, there are lines in the sand. There are political movements in Israel that may and may not be backed, at least in public. Group trips may no longer go all over Israel, "Safety", being the excuse, Political Agendas, being the reason, Fear, the stench, and a lack of a strong Jewish Zionist identity being the result.
How is it today that politics have infiltrated so deep into this once glorious movement that it now allows it and its members to be political pawns. That Conservative Jews are afraid to travel the roads of the heartland of Israel while others, from around the world do so freely is very strange. How can the leadership of this movement hope to inspire its members to expand their horizons while they put blinders on? Conservative Judaism used to be the flagship of American Judaism, because it was based on a philosophy and not Political Correctness, or being left or right.
Maybe this is one of the reasons, so many have been leaving the movement. The political undertones heard throughout Conservative Judaism have been alienating many who grew up as I did, those who heard the same message, those who were educated and then given the right to decide on their own, from a point of knowledge, not ignorance.
If Conservative Judaism wants to become a viable movement again, it must return to what it once was, a movement that embraced Judaism and Israel without politics and politicians. When you cut parts of Israel out of your life, you cut more Jews away from your movement.
In the coming years, the Jewish people living outside of Israel are going to need more strength than ever. You need Israel now more than ever, all of Israel, no lines, no borders.
We are here for you.


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Saturday, February 26, 2011
Straight married Woman get's tested every 6 months
Linda tells me she is tested for HIV every 6 months, even though she is married. I think this is a test every married woman should include in their annual check-up with their doctor.
I was 18. Someone told me that my sons father was HIV positive. Thankfully my test came back negative. After that I was tested every 6 months continuing until recently. I have been married for eleven years, and some people question why I continued to be tested. My response is, to be on the safe side. Who knows if my husband may have had a weak moment I was unaware of? Why would I take the chance?
Thank you Linda for sharing your HIV testing story with me.
Additionally you can visit http://www.hivtest.org/; type in your zipcode and find a testing location nearest you. Also, THE ONLY FDA approved home testing kit called Home Access is another option. This was the first test I did on myself. You can purchase a test which will be delivered to your address of choice in a non-descript box. You can read more about this test at http://www.homeaccess.com/
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Caramel Appletini Dessert
It is yet again the 21st and time for the Recipe of the Month. This month: the Caramel Appletini Dessert, or as we like to call it, The Queen's Apple. What follows is our inspiration for such a serendipitously timed release.
Once upon a time, there was a series. A series that captivated the world o'er with it's allusions to childhood and a flair for the dramatic. A series that had minds racing and hearts pounding each episode. That series was, and still very much is, Once Upon a Time.
Now I'm not sure how many of you out there in the blogosphere know this show, but I know many of you have seen it at least once. If you haven't and you love fairytales turned on their heads, I'd give it a watch – it's worth it. Though I feel as though I can guarantee that everyone out there has at least heard the story of Snow White and the Evil Queen desperate to be "fairest of them all." These are the characters upon which ONCE is particularly focused: Snow White (Mary Margaret) and the Evil Queen (or Mayor) Regina. *Side note for all you ONCE fans – REGINA is actually Italian for Queen. You learn something new every day.*
Recently the show has been on a hiatus awaiting the final 4 episodes during May sweeps, and tomorrow marks the return – hence the serendipitous timing. So we decided to take our inspiration for this dessert straight from the Evil Queen herself and try our hands at an apple dessert so sinfully delicious that none other than the Queen herself could've inspired it.
We started with a divine apple cake that near approaches the same taste and texture as your grandmother's homemade banana bread. We baked it with a fresh cut Golden Delicious apple slice on top to give it a very specific look and that added touch of apple. While we used Golden Delicious, if you're going to be baking these any time between October and January, we recommend buying some Honey Crisp apples instead to be authentic to the show (even though they actually use candied Red Delicious on set – Regina just says they're Honey Crisp). Also, they're amazingly delicious.
Next we added a middle layer of appletini cream cheese frosting and topped it off with a drizzle of appletini caramel sauce. We found the cream cheese help cut the sweetness of the martini and the carmel drizzle. Unlike Regina's revenge, this dish is best served warm, so either use it directly out of the oven, heat in the microwave, or warm then individual cakes in the oven before serving. And if you want to take it even a step further, a scoop of (Snow White) vanilla ice cream wouldn't hurt it.
So we hope you give it a try for your next dinner, or even for a certain premier that may be less than 26 hours away, and enjoy this month's recipe: Caramel Apple Dessert.
Queen's Apple Dessert
4 Cups Apple, Peeled & Diced Small (3 cups Granny Smith & 1 cup Golden Delicious)
2 Cups Granulated Sugar
1/2 Cup Oil
2 Eggs, beaten
2 Tsp Vanilla
2 Cups Flour
1 Tsp Salt
2 Tsp Baking Soda
2 Tsp Cinnamon
1 Golden Delicious Apple (sliced along the circumference)
Mix apples and sugar in large bowl.
Add oil, eggs, and vanilla.
In a separate bowl sift together flour, salt, baking soda, and cinnamon.
Preheat oven to 350°F.
Add dry mixture to wet mixture 1 cup at a time and stir until combined.
Pour batter into 2 greased standard 8″ x 8″ X 2″ baking pan.
Place thinly sliced apples around the top of the cake (you can fit 4-6 depending on apple size).
Bake at 350°F for 40-45 minutes or until toothpick comes out clean.
Allow the cake to cool completely before cutting around each of the apple slices to create circular mini-cakes.
Appletini Cream Cheese Frosting
11 oz Cream Cheese (room temperature)
1 1/4 Tsp Apple Martini
8 Tbs Butter (1 stick at room temperature)
2 1/4 Cups Powdered Sugar
1/2 Tsp Vanilla
Mix together well the cream cheese and butter.
Add sifted powdered sugar 1 cup at a time.
Stir in Apple Martini and vanilla to taste.
Set aside or in the refrigerator until cake cooled.
Appletini Caramel Sauce
2-to-1 ratio of caramel sauce to Appletini
You can use store-bought caramel sauce (on the ice cream aisle) or make your own using the below recipe:
1/2 Cup Heavy Whipping Cream
4 oz Individually Caramel Candies
Combine heavy whipping cream and caramels in a saucepan over medium heat. Stir frequently until caramels are melted and the mixture is smooth. Let cool for a few minutes before putting it in a piping bag, ziplock bag with a small snip cut off in the corner, or squeeze bottles (can be found at Michael's or online).
Appletini (if you have a favorite recipe you can use that too, but go easy on the vodka for this one)
2 fluid ounces butterscotch schnapps
1 fluid ounce vodka
3 fluid ounces sour apple schnapps
2 fluid ounces cranberry juice
Pour the butterscotch schnapps, vodka, apple schnapps, and cranberry juice into a cocktail shaker.
Cover and shake until mixed.
After using in recipe above, add to shaker and remix.
Pour into frosted martini glass.
To Assemble
Once the cake has cooled, cut around the apple slices to create circular mini-cakes. Then cut them in half, gently so as not to ruin the shape.
Re-heat cake if needed.
Spread a layer of frosting between the two halves and re-assemble.
Drizzle with warm caramel sauce.
Melt in the deliciousness of fairest apple dessert of the all.
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Spokane Thunder Announces 2007 Design Team
The Spokane Thunder Drum and Bugle Corps is pleased to announce the addition of Ron Barnett, design consultant and Rob Lewis, music arranger to the Spokane Thunder design team. Eric Parker will continue as the drill designer and Laurie Gottschalk will again be the lead choreographer for 2007. Both of our new additions have roots in the tradition of Northwest Pageantry!
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