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Diabetes Etiquette (for people without diabetes)
Behavioral Diabetes Institute (BDI) website has a pdf on Diabetes Etiquette (for people without diabetes) and I thought it was worth sharing.
Here is the link to the resources page where you can access the pdf file or order printed cards: http://behavioraldiabetesinstitute.org/resour...
And, here are the 10 rules of Diabetes Etiquette in plain text:
1 - DON'T offer unsolicited advice about my eating or other aspects of diabetes. You may mean well, but giving advice about someone's personal habits, especially when it is not requested, isn't very nice. Besides, many of the popularly held beliefs about diabetes ("you should just stop eating sugar") are out of date or just plain wrong.
2 - DO realize and appreciate that diabetes is hard work. Diabetes management is a full-time job that I didn't apply for, didn't want, and can't quit. It involves thinking about what, when, and how much I eat, while also factoring in exercise, medication, stress, blood sugar monitoring, and so much more - each and every day.
3 - DON'T tell me horror stories about your grandmother or other people with diabetes you have heard about. Diabetes is scary enough, and stories like these are not reassuring! Besides, we now know that with good management, odds are good you can live a long, healthy, and happy life with diabetes.
4 - DO offer to join me in making healthy lifestyle changes. Not having to be alone with efforts to change, like starting an exercise program, is one of the most powerful ways that you can be helpful. After all, healthy lifestyle changes can benefit everyone!
5 - DON'T look so horrified when I check my blood sugars or give myself an injection. It is not a lot of fun for me either. Checking blood sugars and taking medications are things I must do to manage diabetes well. If I have to hide while I do so, it makes it much harder for me.
6 - DO ask how you might be helpful. If you want to be supportive, there may be lots of little things I would probably appreciate your help with. However, what I really need may be very different than what you think I need, so please ask first.
7 - DON'T offer thoughtless reassurances. When you first learn about my diabetes, you may want to reassure me by saying things like, "Hey, it could be worse; you could have cancer!" This won't make me feel better. And the implicit message seems to be that diabetes is no big deal. However, diabetes (like cancer) IS a big deal
8 - DO be supportive of my efforts for self-care. Help me set up an environment for success by supporting healthy food choices. Please honor my decision to decline a particular food, even when you really want me to try it. You are most helpful when you are not being a source of unnecessary temptation.
9 - DON'T peek at or comment on my blood glucose numbers without asking me first. These numbers are private unless I choose to share them. It is normal to have numbers that are sometimes too low or too high. Your unsolicited comments about these numbers can add to the disappointment, frustration, and anger I already feel.
10 - DO offer your love and encouragement. As I work hard to manage diabetes successfully, sometimes just knowing that you care can be very helpful and motivating.
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This actually made me giggle a little. <3
I love it when my mother in law will make a sugar free apple pie for her husband who is diabetic but doesn't include me at family gatherings. too funny. Maybe I just don't look diabetic to her. I also love it when she sends sweets over every week for my family! How nice!
If I had a dollar for everytime I heard: My (fill in the blank) is a diabetic, but they don't take care of themselves. I just tell them how unfortunate that is and go on my way. It is like if I went to the cancer ward of the hospital and told everyone there they should have taken care of themselves so they wouldn't have to have cancer. We are a cruel society. www.thediabeticcamper.blogspot.com
I might have to email this to a few family members who like to tell me that diabetes is my fault and if I ate better I would have never gotten diabetes. Thank you
You are kidding me? They blame you? Shame on them!
Ignore them! No one is perfect!
I have some really rude family members. They also like to tell me what I'm eating isn't healthy for me if I decide to have a bag of chips because I missed the bus home and got hungry
They apparently don't understand Diabetes very well. It's better to snack chips than risk going hypo. And, as my doctor told me, I was genetically predisposed to Diabetes. Different diet habits could have delayed the onset, but as he put it, I was going to get it eventually. I am fourth generation (confirmed) and could be a higher generation. And every generation did not have bad eating habits. My grandmother was a nurse and was very conscientious and she had Diabetes most of her life. She rarely, if ever, ate unhealthy foods. My Uncle was a very nice looking man. He maintained his sailor physique years and years after his time in the Navy, but when he had a mild heart attack it set a ball rolling that eventually affected his system enough that his Diabetes kicked in. I myself was slightly overweight, but not obese and I developed it, and yet my mother, who is obese, has maintained pre-diabetes status for nearly 20 years.
Yes, you really need to share the pdf with them.
And, as a footnote - my grandmother lived to be 93 and had Diabetes for as far back as I can remember in childhood memories.
LOVE IT!!!!!!!!! Agree with Cavie2!!!!!!!!!
Opened my eyes to a few things I hope to avoid saying or doing…I do not have diabetes but living with a family member who does and want to do all I can to be supportive. Thanks for posting this article.
I think the list can easily be applied to any chronic illness.
Great list. No.7 is especially good. One of my sisters said at leasst it's not cancer when I told her I have diabetes. Shortly after the diagnosis I learned there were precancerous colon polyps removed during my colonscopy. Then a month later faced another cancer possibility. Felt about the same to me to be told each diagnoses. Luckily there was no cancer found in the tumor. By being caught in time the colon cancer potential was removed and will only need checked every few years. Sure beats the daily dealing with diabetes. As to the other cancer scare I had there was a greater chance of being cured if it had been cancerous than of diabetes being cured at this point in medical history. The thought of undergoing chemo and radiation terrified me, there was the potential for complications and worry about reoccurance. However the complications I have seen others face with diabetes has not really made living life with diabetes sound much better.
I really enjoyed reading this post as it so helpful especailly for people with diabetes, and it is so true because it is hard facing these problems and sometimes even family members make you feel different and this is something I think all of diabetics can relate to, and this hits home to me, because sometimes I have given advice that probally was not really encouraging but I try to be as positive as can be. So, with this information I will print it for my family memebers, as they can be mean when they want to be, and to show them that I really need encouragement not to be shunned or made fun when I do the right thing, and for me, sometimes the family can be your biggest enemy, well, hopefully not for everyone, however, for me this has been my experience. Thank you for the post it is awsome!
This is really cool- I am going to print this off and post it!
I am glad that you posted this. I may even order the cards to give out to people who want to "help" me, and give advice.
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Sever's disease occurs in children when the growth plate (which is the growing part of the heel) is injured. The foot is one of the first body parts to grow to full size. This usually occurs in early puberty. During this time, bones often grow faster than muscles and tendons. As a result, muscles and tendons become tight. The heel area is less flexible. During weight-bearing activity (activity performed while standing), the tight heel tendons may put too much pressure at the back of the heel (where the Achilles tendon attaches). This can injure the heel and cause Sever's disease.
Sever condition is caused by sprain injury where the Achilles tendon attaches to the calcaneus bone at the back of the heel. Sever condition occurs in adolescent or older children, particularly active boys. It can be very painful. It is one of those conditions commonly referred to as "growing pains." Patients are evaluated for signs of conditions that can mimic Sever condition, such as ankylosing spondylitis and other forms of arthritis. Usually Sever condition is self-limited; that is, it disappears as the child ages.
The typical patient is a child between 10 and 13 years of age, complaining of pain in one or both heels with running and walking. The pain is localized to the point of the heel where the tendo-Achilles inserts into the calcaneus, and is tender to deep pressure at that site. Walking on his toes relieves the pain.
All medical diagnosis should be made by taking a full history, examining the patient then performing investigations. The problem usually occurs in boys who are going through or have just gone through a growth spurt; one or both heels may be affected. Initially the pain may be intermittent occurring only during or after exercise. As the problem gets worse, pain may be present most of the time. There may be swelling over the back of the heel and this area is painful if touched or knocked. On examination the patient often has flat feet, very tight legs muscles especially the gastrocnemius.
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Treatment of Severs disease usually involves a combination of an accurate analysis of your child?s gait, muscles, tendons, ligaments and joints is a crucial first step. Specific stretching and strengthening exercises often make up part of the treatment. Anti-inflammatory measures such as ice baths after exercise can be helpful in the short term. Footwear review, assessment and advice is important. Orthotic devices are often needed to firstly control any abnormal traction or tension on the heel growth plate and, secondly, too unload the ground reaction forces on the heel bone. Podiatry Care has podiatrists with specific paediatric training enabling them to utilise treatment options to relieve heel pain in children very quickly. If your child is struggling to play sport, see a Podiatry Care podiatrist near you. In severe cases modification to activity levels may be required. Treatment of Severs disease does NOT require surgery. This foot condition responds very well to conservative treatment.
As with all overuse injuries, it is important to warm up sufficiently before you exercise and warm down afterwards. You should build up any alterations in the intensity of your training gradually, and never continue exercising with weakened or fatigued muscles. Replace any worn or tattered shoes, as in this condition they become useless for absorbing shock and protecting the feet.


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National Safety Month
In addition to being the official start of summer, June is also National Safety Month. The National Safety Council (NSC) uses this opportunity to educate and raise awareness about safety in the workplace, at home and when on the road.
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Why is it so important? In 2017, over 146,000 died from unintentional injury-related deaths such as poisoning, car crashes, and falls, just to name a few. Sadly, most are preventable. Being cognizant of safety hazards and taking proper precautions can help significantly reduce this number. On a positive note, according to NSC, when companies promote and practice safety, "Employees see improved morale, increased productivity, lower costs and most importantly, fewer injuries."
During June, we will share NSC's recommendations and resources, related blogs from our Learning and Development team and information about the safety training NCTI provides. We encourage you to visit NSC's site to download, review and practice applicable safety measures.
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A Difficult Boy
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...a memorable tale of friendship and a fascinating glimpse into mid-19th-century Massachusetts...
- August 2, 2008 at 10:20 AM
- La-la said...
I almost stopped reading this book as I think it starts out bit slow, but DON'T stop reading as it gets better and better and you will find it VERY hard to put down. I think this is a wonderful story about 2 boys Ethan and Daniel, who form a difficult friendship under very stressful circumstances. I think this story is great for 10 - 12 year olds. It has sadness, joy, suspense, friendship, intrigue, and a horse. I guarantee you will feel good when you finish this one!
I give this one 5 *****'s.
This is my first 5 star book of the season, great job Ms. Barker.
- August 6, 2008 at 8:25 PM
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This is a great historical story about a friendship between two boys who are indentured servants to an abusive, dishonest man. I liked the characters, especially Paddy, and the way he is able to endure his master's abuse, refusing to let it destroy his spirit. The book is disturbing in parts, but it has an ending that makes you feel good. 4 1/2 ****
- September 2, 2008 at 1:57 PM
I agree heartily with the above opinions about the great characterizations in the novel. For me, another one of it's charms is the capture of the rhythms of life and of the subtle aspects of class-driven relationships in that time and place and how the author uses them to illustrate the timelessness of issues like family, loyalty, and finding your own identity. Bravo, Ms Barker! May we have another?
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LAUREL — There is more than meets the eye when it comes to the Lauren Rogers Museum of Art.
Hidden from public view in the lower-level vault are all sorts of treasures, including the painting "A Child's First Steps" by 19th century French artist Jean-Francois Millet.
The work, copied famously by Dutch painter Vincent van Gogh, has seen some refined company.
"He rarely gets to go out at all, but when he goes, he goes to fun places," said museum director George Bassi concerning the piece. "The Met (Metropolitan Museum of Art in New York City). The Musee d'Orsay in Paris. Those are the only two times he's ever left the building."
These days, Millet's painting has more companions than usual in the vault, as the museum undergoes major renovations.
The short-term pain, with bare walls currently in most of the galleries, will pay some long-term dividends.
The LRMA has now completed 80 percent of the construction for its new gallery and storage space, thanks to a $5 million fundraising campaign that began its silent phase in mid-2010.
The museum broke ground on construction in January 2012.
"We're a little topsy-turvy, and we'll be topsy-turvy for a while," Bassi said.
Museum officials plan to have the renovations ready for a public viewing and dedication on May 1 — the 90th anniversary of the museum's opening.
The museum opened in 1923 as a memorial to Lauren Eastman Rogers, the only son and only grandson of one of the town's founding families. Rogers had died in 1921 at the age of 23 from complications of appendicitis.
What museum-goers will see on the anniversary is the largest expansion to the museum since the era of its founding and construction from 1923-25. It will include:
— 3,400 square feet in space for two new galleries to display contemporary art pieces, post-1950. The 2,000-square-foot main gallery also will function as a venue for concerts, lectures and educational programming.
— A new 8-foot glass chandelier by Washington-based glass artist Dale Chihuly. It will hang in the museum's stairwell gallery that serves as an entrance to the new wing.
— Retrofitted lighting. Bassi said the new lighting will give the appearance of the museum's natural skylight lighting, but will block out UV rays harmful to the artwork, as well as drastically reduce the museum's energy consumption.
"Even though we've added 5,400 square feet, we're actually expecting our energy costs to go down," Bassi said.
It's what museum-goers won't see that may be the most important change of all.
The museum has more than tripled its storage space by adding 2,000 square feet underneath the new gallery wing.
Bassi said the new space will free up the old vault for large objects, such as crates and pedestals. It also will remove the single biggest obstacle to the museum's growth: crammed storage space.
The museum's various collections include paintings by European and American masters, as well as British Georgian silver and Native American baskets.
The gallery space only displays a fragment of those collections, however, with 400 of the museum's 2,000 pieces up at any given time.
The new space will house the entire storage collection and then some, with Bassi joking that the extra space should accommodate collection additions for another century.
"It was hindering what we collected and how we collected," Bassi said of the current vault. "This will give us an opportunity to grow."
That growth was made possible by a very successful fundraising campaign. When LRMA officials went public with the capital campaign in September 2011, the museum had raised $4.25 million.
By the time it wrapped up in May 2012, the campaign surpassed $5.1 million, with 80 percent to 90 percent of that money coming from donors in or from Jones County.
Of that fundraising, $1.5 million will be invested in the museum's $10 million endowment.
The capital campaign's executive committee chairman Bill Mullins said the campaign generated 255 donors.
Around 70 donors will be recognized on a donor wall in the new wing, for their contributions of more than $25,000 each.
But each gift was vital, said Mullins.
"I was amazed at the number of $100 and $50 gifts along with larger gifts," said Mullins, a Laurel attorney. "It shows you the popularity of the institution and the worthiness of the cause."
Around 25,000 people annually visit the museum. The museum also hosts yearly tours for elementary school students in the Laurel area.
"When you look at it that way, a lot of people have benefited from that museum," Mullins said.
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So it's the end of 2015. Another year has passed, and if you're like most managers (or employees for that matter) you might be putting off the dreaded year-end performance review. But it doesn't have to be that way. With just a little preparation, both you as the leader and the employee can take a look back on the successful accomplishments of the past year while taking time to discuss how to put best efforts forward into the new year. Making the performance review an open-ended discussion, not a high pressure interrogation where flaws are the focus is what leads to a successful review conversation.
The yearly review benefits not only the employee but also the company. In essence, the performance review should be treated as an opportunity for both sides to get and give honest feedback and constructive criticism that will improve the work you do together.
When done right, a successful employee appraisal will do the following:
- It helps the employee clearly define and understand their job responsibilities
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- It can identify potential for advancement within and provide a fair basis for awarding compensation based on merit
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Prepare Talking Points – Giving your employee the full value of an evaluation requires preparation on your part as a manager. If you try to wing it, there's less of a chance it will be taken as seriously, or that your conversation might help set them up for career progression in your company. Consider compiling a list of the following:
- Feedback from colleagues who work closely with that employee to gather opinions on their performance
- A list of the goals set from last year's performance review and how they have been accomplished in the current year
- Positive feedback to accompany the areas needing improvement, to motivate that individual toward achieving different outcomes for the upcoming year
Engage in a two-way Dialogue – Allow your employee to work with you to note areas needing improvement and setting goals for the future. Think of your interaction with them as more of a Q&A session, where you ask your employees how THEY believe they are performing and what they need to improve upon.
Set Goals – One of the most critical take aways from a performance review is working with them on a written plan for future career goals. They need to understand clear expectations of what success looks like in their job. If your employee is unclear in what goals they should be meeting, there is no way to measure progress.
If you really stop to think about it as a leader, performance appraisals have a huge impact on human happiness. In the employee's mind, they use the performance appraisal as a yearly check in and primary determination of how much money they are going to make in their job or how far in the organization they are going to go. It's important for organizations to take this seriously. Sometimes the hardest part is having the courage to be honest about exactly how well a person has done. With that being said, nothing discussed in a formal performance review should come as a surprise to the employee. Give teams performance feedback throughout the year and a summary of how they have added value to the company at year end.


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Opening of Two New Newsline Sites
Two new NEWSLINEŽ Local Service Centers have opened in recent weeks, bringing prestigious newspapers into the list of national publications available to blind people through NEWSLINEŽ. The Montgomery County Public Library site officially opened on March 16, 1998. It will serve much of the greater Washington, D.C., metro area.
Loyal NFB friend and fan of NEWSLINEŽ Helen Thomas, UPI White House Bureau Chief, chats with guests before the Montgomery County ceremony begins.
James Gashel, NFB Director of Governmental Affairs, does a sound test at the libraby podium.
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Douglas Duncan, Montgomery County Executive, and Diane Frankel, Director of the Institute of Museums and Libraries (the federal agency whose funds assisted the Library in establishing NEWSLINEŽ), were also among the dignitaries present. Ted Lutz, Vice President of Circulation for the Washington Post, announced the availability of the Washington Post nationwide on NEWSLINEŽ.
Then, on April 8, the NFB of California in partnership with the Los Angeles Public Library and with the support of Mr. Dwight Baum, a generous contributor to the NFB for many years and an avid reader of NEWSLINEŽ, conducted the official opening of the L.A. NEWSLINEŽ site at the Los Angeles Central Library in downtown Los Angeles. The guests included Congresswoman Lucille Roybal-Allard, thirty-third District; Susan Kent, Director of the Los Angeles Public Library; and special guest Jim Murray, Pulitzer-Prize-winning sports writer for the L.A. Times. Also Marilyn Lee, Vice President Public Affairs for the Los Angeles Times, helped us announce the availability of the Los Angeles Times to any NEWSLINEŽ site around the country.
NEWSLINEŽ is an ever-expanding network delivering more and more news to the blind. Now blind people in thirty-eight communities in this country and Toronto, Canada, can read both national and local newspapers using touch-tone phones. [PHOTO/CAPTION: James Gashel, NFB Director of Governmental Affairs, does a sound test at the library podium.] [PHOTO/CAPTION: Left to right Harriet Henderson, Director of the Montgomery County Department of Public Libraries; Helen Thomas, UPI White House Bureau Chief; and Betsy Zaborowski, NFB Director of Special Programs.]


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My first husband's parents had a housekeeper who made a wonderful lentil puree. As I recall, it was olive green in color, quite smooth, and very flavorful. I think that the only cookbook in the house was Joy of Cooking, probably an edition from the 1940s, 1950s, or 1960s.
Hmm, we don't have an old copy in the office. It might be worth calling Kitchen Arts and Letters and seeing if they can help you find the edition of the book (and the recipe) you're looking for.
Good luck! We'll keep a lookout for earlier editions of the book.
The edition I am currently holding is from 1978:
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Dried lentils, beans or peas, see above ( referring to ABOUT DRIED LEGUMES)
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1/4 tsp pepper or paprika or 1/8 tsp cloves
You may brown in the butter:
1 tbsp flour
Whip the purée over high heat. Serve in a mound, garnished with:
Sautéed onions, p. 312, or chutney
Chopped parsley
My mother's copy is much older; it contains recipes for squirrel.
Thanks for the recipe, threefresheggs. My memory of the dish comes from Phoenix, AZ, in the 1970s, and I doubt that anything other than ordinary brown lentils would have been readily available. I might try it first with brown, then with Le Puy.
Now you just have to figure out what kind of legume she used :(


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During some of the various posts I have contributed here & elsewhere there have been those who sought to impugn or marginalize the discernment & insight I have gained from the many years I have spent looking into & reading up on the Boer people.
Westerners often do not realize & even refuse to acknowledge the Boers as a people indigenous to the African landscape who were formed in an era preceding the arrival of the Colonial powers.
Certain non-White racial Nationalists can not see beyond the general paleness of their skin as though their colour disqualifies them from being a homegrown people tied to the African continent.
Then there are those who ignore the anthropologically distinct origin of Boers on the
Cape frontiers & refuse to recognize the Boers as a distinct entity from the bulk of the macro Afrikaner population.
The advocating of self determination for an ethic / cultural group is not about "dividing" the said ethnic group from any other related ethnic group but rather about empowering that ethnic group in question.
All throughout history whenever an ethnic or national group wanted freedom from oppression & to find self determination for itself: they have often had to do so on their own as many others [ even closely related groups ] refused to support them or even wanted freedom for themselves.
Just as when the Boers were seeking self determination on the Cape frontier & later beyond: the
did not support such moves & refused even to struggle for their own freedom from Colonialism. Cape Dutch
The long standing anti Colonial outlook of the Boers' & their centuries long struggle for self determination has always been one of their most striking & contrasting features when juxtaposed next to the pro Colonial & anti-independence
/ Afrikaner population. Cape Dutch
The pro status quo sentiment of the latter & their modern descendents is the consensus outlook within the bulk of the macro Afrikaner population while a significant portion of the Boer descendents have never abandoned their republican & independent outlook nor their long standing desire for self determination.
While there are of course exceptions to this generalization [ ie: Cape Dutch descendents looking for independence & some pro status quo Boer descendents ] due to basic numbers: the Boers [ & others ] looking for independence will always be outnumbered within the macro Afrikaner designation by those who are not in favour of independence or of secessionist proposals.
The notion of intermarriage is a moot point because individuals often assimilated into the culture they live among just as no one would dispute that former President Vicente Fox of
is a Mexican despite having an American grand father. Mexico
When the Czechs & Slovaks opted for independence in 1993 no one asserted that they were "diving" the
West Slavs because the point of the secession was not division but self determination.
I set out over 15 years ago now to learn about the Boer people in particular [ which by its very nature entails sifting them out from the bulk of the macro Afrikaner population ] & to research their history & the context in which they exist in the modern era.
The Afrikaner domination of the Boers is a discernible reality which one inevitably will encounter while investigating the topic & can not be ignored for whatever reason as it plays a significant part in the suppression of the Boer people in their continuous efforts at finding self determination.
The main reason I ever started pointing out the valid distinction of the Boers from the Afrikaners was due to being constantly exposed to Westerners' total ignorance on the topic & their irritating / unjust & continuous erroneous assertions that the Boers were "responsible" for the behaviour & laws which were enacted in the 20th cent by a people who in fact marginalized the actual Boers This ignorant behaviour is tantamount to accusing the Acadians of passing Bill 101.
[ The French language law in
. Quebec
] based solely on an erroneous assumption that all French speakers in
"must be" Acadian. Canada
It is evident that many people have a glaring blind spot when it comes to the actual Boer people because a lot of folks make sweeping presumptions based solely on the fact that the folks who ran
in the 20th cent were generally White & Afrikaans speaking & automatically presuming [ or rather jumping to conclusions ] that these White Afrikaans speakers were all descended from the Boers while never once taking the time to discern that this is mathematically impossible as the actual Boer people have always been outnumbered by the erstwhile South Africa Cape Dutch: the Afrikaners of the who have had a totally different outlook to the Boers who developed on the frontier. Western Cape
When I note the Boers as distinct from the bulk of the Afrikaners: I am not trying to "divide" [ as though a marginal blogger such as myself even has the power to do so ] them from anything they do not wish to be divided from [ in fact it is totally their own decision even if they should all wish to remain part of
& hope for the best ] because I am trying to do justice to the actual Boer people & their centuries long just struggle for self determination. South Africa
The problem is that a lot of people forget or do not realize that the Boers have had to struggle not just against the Dutch & British powers in the past for self determination but they have also had to struggle against the Afrikaner power as well.
The first notable example of this was with the Maritz Rebellion of 1914 but the most blatant example of this was during the 1940s when the drive to restore the
was popular among the Boers [ massively so ] & was only stopped because the Afrikaner establishment broke it up fearing it as a threat to their control & even later when Robert van Tonder left the National Party in 1961 in order to advocate for the restoration of the Boer Republics as he felt that they were being betrayed [ 1 ] under Hendrik Verwoerd who created a nominal republic for the Boer Republics macro State of that exact same year. South Africa
Boervolk Radio Chairman Theuns Cloete noted publicly that key Afrikaner leaders [ even those who were political opponents ] organized & broke the Boer Republican movement of the 1940s down to nothing.
[ 2 ] Therefore to simply ignore the Afrikaner dynamic in the subversion of the Boer people is to perpetuate a grave injustice against the Boers as the Afrikaner establishment has routinely worked against Boer aspirations of independence & self determination.
It has been repeatedly observed that the erstwhile
have never had a struggle for freedom. Cape Dutch
This is due to the salient fact that they were often quite content with Colonial rule [ 3 ] & could not understand why anyone would want to be independent from the Colonial powers they admired.
While the Boers on the other hand have had numerous freedom struggles & have had a strong desire for independence from the start & were formed as a distinct people on the Cape frontier over this independence desire when they trekked out of Colonial society & into the Cape frontier during the late 17th cent & were initially known as Trekboere.
The Boers therefore have a long history of anti Colonialism.
A sentiment which eventually led to the establishment of upwards of 17
from 1795 to the late 19th cent. Boer Republics
When the macro State of
was created & the Boers were subjugated & forced into it: the Boer Republican outlook was soon replaced by the neo empire building of the Afrikaners who institutionalized laws which are often ignorantly blamed on the actual Boer people who had a very minimal role in the implementation of the said laws ergo any conflation of the subjugated Boers with the larger Afrikaners only further perpetuates an injustice against the Boer people who were now under the domination of the Afrikaner network. South Africa
No people anywhere on Earth can ever hope to find authentic self determination if they are forced to be tethered to another ethnic / cultural group [ particularly one which is either unsympathetic to them or might even work against them ] even if they might happen to share a language.
It is for that reason why there exists separates states / collectivities / provinces for the Germans & Austrians.
The Serbs & Croats.
The Romanians & Moldovans.
The Canadians & the Americans.
The Quebecois & Acadians.
Few would tell the Basque people to give up their struggle for self determination just because they are under the
or have "intermarried" with the Spanish people. Spanish State
The only way for the Boers to find self determination is to do so as Boer people because anything else is just a license to dispossess them further under a macro designation which was only ever used in the first place in order to achieve such a goal.
[ 4 ] Few would assert that the Coloureds are all one nation or not recognize the Cape Malays as a distinct group from the Griquas & recognize that they are both distinct from the macro Coloured population.
Few would argue that Xhosas & Zulus no longer exist & that they are all one nation.
Despite their common Nguni origins.
But for some strange reason there are those who would deny the Boers their distinct nationality & argue that they are not distinct from the bulk of the Afrikaner population.
Dixie declared independence no one claimed it was "dividing" the North American English speaker.
[ The assertion was that it was diving a "union" re:
( which was supposed to be voluntary) but not a monolithic people. macro State
] When the various countries of
South America were established no one asserted that it was "dividing" the local Spanish speakers.
Cultural groups are organic & are the result of anthropologically distinct histories.
The desire of self determination is the natural process of cultural groups to take responsibility for their own well being & to defend themselves from forces which are detrimental to their long term survival.
The homepage of the old Stop Boer Genocide web site specifically noted that the Boers are a distinct entity from the Afrikaners.
Therefore no one should have to endue attacks for simply noting what others [ who are more directly related to defending the Boer people ] have already mentioned themselves.
These attacks only serve to obscure the distinct struggles & history of the Boer people which is probably the whole point of the cavalier attacks in the first place.
The point of pointing out this valid distinction is not about "dividing" but rather about raising cognizance of the fact that the Boers can not find the self determination that they seek & have been struggling for centuries now so long as they remain under the tutelage of a powerful & well funded Afrikaans speaking network which works hard to keep them on the Afrikaner reservation which works at maintaining the Boers as a colonized people under the suzerainty of the macro State of
& at the mercy of its neo colonial surrogate ruling regime which is in fact tied to the Afrikaner financial [ 5 ] power. South Africa
Not enough generations have passed to have merged the two groups as the different political outlooks between the two are still evident.
All one has to do is to contrast the sentiments of the mainstream Afrikaans media outlets with that of the actual Boer people.
Afrikaner academics even use crafty techniques when they assert that the independence outlook of the Boers "is not within the mainstream of Afrikaner thought.
" [ direct quote ] Well no kidding genius because the Boers are only a segment of the macro Afrikaner grouping - ergo even if every single Boer were to stand up & say they want independence [ or even just like the colour blue for that matter ] the Afrikaner academics could still claim that Boer thought "is not within the mainstream of Afrikaner thought" thereby marginalizing them as though they are just some fringe movement that "average" Afrikaners need not pay any attention to.
Are the anti-Boer neo Afrikaner Nationalists starting to wake up to the danger of the proposed "unity" they seek to propagate? Do they not consider just who will ultimately control such a language based union? Consider also the fact that if White Afrikaans unity becomes such an "important" political goal: then what is to stop the natural progression & calls for White "unity" / South African "unity" / African "unity: / Global "unity"! [ As is already happening ] Notice more dangers to ethnic / national independence? Do not be fooled that you can call for one type of "unity" & be able to refuse the others because as history has clearly shown [ especially in
] one call for "unity" will only embolden & "legitimize" [ there is the real danger as even the illegitimate South Africa of South macro State Africa has an "air of legitimacy" as a result of just such "unity" behaviour ] other calls for "unity" until everyone will be dispossessed of their inherent national [ or folk ] right to self determination.
Furthermore an eclectic range of personalities & vast array of sources have noted this distinction as well.
The following notable folks ALL recognize the distinction between Afrikaner & Boer: Theuns Cloete of Boervolk Radio & Boer Separatist / Adriana Stuijt: a Dutch born former South African journalist / the late Robert van Tonder of the Boerestaat Party & founder of Randburg / William McWhirter of Time Magazine / Noel Mostert former Canadian journalist.
Arthur Kemp former South African policeman / author.
Fred Rundle long time Boer self determination activist.
Malcolm & Debbie Wren of Stop Boer Genocide.
Professor Tobias Louw.
Frank / John & Peter of the Right Perspective radio program.
Louis Pepler aka Bok van Blerk & Johann Botha commenting on the De La Rey song.
[ 6 ] Theuns Cloete notes that: "we are being told that we're Afrikaners & that has been our death".
The Unrepresented Nations & Peoples organization has accepted the Boers into the organization & separately from the Afrikaners they accepted into the organization prior further demonstrating recognition of the distinction.
One can propagate the dangerous & insidious meme of "unity" with all Afrikaans speakers all day but what point is there to such a mindless action when such an association will only come to the great detriment of the Boer people [ & anyone attempting to find self determination ] who will be represented by the Afrikaner leadership who are by their very nature totally against any notion of any authentic form of self determination.
I have tried to understand what possible benefit could ever come from advocating that the Boers must submit or continue to submit to the Afrikaners just for the sake of a dangerous "unity" with the very forces which work so hard at undermining & subverting Boer self determination.
This act simply makes no sense at all & is suicide for Boer freedom.
I however do favour unity in the name of Boer independence [ & ethnic / national independence in general ] but one must be careful about simply aligning with everyone just for the sake of increasing numbers when many among those numbers might simply be adamantly opposed to the goal of Boer self determination.
None other than Paul Kruger himself was rather wary of allowing too many of the
into the ZAR as he felt that they were too influenced by the British [ pro British ] & would work to undermine the independence of the ZAR. Cape Dutch
[ 7 ] Just as their descendents are today too influenced by the current & past South African regimes & could threaten the independence of any future Boer republic.
I remember reading many years ago an informative article on this from a Radio
news commentary or from another Boer news service website about the danger of a mindless Afrikaner union which noted that the Boers who seek independence must be careful about the non-Boer descended Afrikaners who could be the "albatross" [ their word ] around the neck of the Boer Nation in any reconstituted Pretoria because they would naturally undermine Boer traditions & would agitate towards the inclusion of all & any other surrounding cultures into the new republic. Boer Republic
Therefore the call for this sort of dangerous "unity" is not all that different from the folks who call for a "unity" of all of the peoples of South Africa because in the end the right to ethnic & cultural self determination will be conquered in the face of the union as the majority of the folks within such a union will not favour such self determination.
Theuns Cloete of Boervolk Radio has noted that the Afrikaner financial elite are adamantly opposed to Boer independence & spend lots of money against it & that they would not want to live in a Boer republic because "they do not accept that they are Boers" [ as Cloete noted ] & would be forced to go back to the Cape & Natal.
Therefore to those who falsely accuse [ or rather to the individual who has ] please cease with the shortsighted & erroneous allegation that any recognition of Boers as distinct from the bulk of the Afrikaners is "divisive" when in fact any ignorance to or dismissal of such an inherent & documented distinction is dangerous to the cause of Boer self determination.
Because the Afrikaner political elite KNOW that Boers are a distinct entity from themselves & work hard & have worked hard in the past at preventing the Boer from reclaiming their self determination.
Just remember that the term Afrikaner is a macro term / label which was applied to all Afrikaans speakers & includes two main ethnicities / cultural groups within the White population in the same way the term Coloured includes numerous ethnicities / cultural groups.
The term Afrikaner just means African therefore everyone in Africa is an Afrikaner therefore this term spells even more trouble for those of Boer descent [ & even
] as it has the potential to dispossess them even further as more & more ethnicities claim the Afrikaner designation. Cape Dutch
Robert van Tonder Dies.
Quote: [ Van Tonder broke away from the National Party in 1961 because of what he described as its betrayal of the old Boer republics.
] 2.
Vervoerd was not a friend of the Boer Nation.
Cecil Rhodes & The
. Cape Afrikaners
Mordechai Tamarkin.
Who Are The Boers.
From Arthur Kemp.
Quote: [ 7.
The Afrikaners.
Thus at the time of the ending of the Second Anglo Boer War, there were three distinct ethnic groupings amongst the broad White population of
: (i) the internationally recognized and indigenous Boer people; (ii) the Cape Dutch Settlers, loyal to the South Africa British Empire ; and (iii) the British settlers, also loyal to the British Empire .
The British Empire realized that it had to bring the Boers under control for once and for all, and therefore devised a plan to neutralize the
Boer Republics - a plan to make them join up with the other two White segments of their colonies in . South Africa
The British masters of
Southern Africa therefore engineered the National Convention of 1908, which saw the creation of the Union of South Africa.
This union consisted of the former
Cape Colony , the Natal colony, and the two former . Boer Republics
This union was not merely a geographic convenience, but a deliberate plan to try and destroy the independence minded Boers by mingling them with the
and British settlers. Cape Dutch
It is worth noting that the British Empire used their technique in other parts of Africa as well - reference can be made to the short lived federation of Nyasaland (
Malawi ); Northern Rhodesia ( Zambia ); and Southern Rhodesia ( ) to name but one. Zimbabwe
The prime representative of the British Empire in
, Sir Alfred Milner, put it this way: "The new tactic (to subjugate the Boers) must be to consolidate the different areas of British South Africa into one nation. South Africa
Although unification will initially put the Boers into political control of the entire
, it will, ironically, eventually lead to their final downfall. South Africa
" This was of course precisely what happened - but not until a new name had been developed for the new "nation" which Milner spoke about.
They could not continue to call the new nation a "Boer" state, because the Boers had been subjugated.
They could not call it a "
" state, as the Dutch colonialists were now British colonialists, and they could not call it a British state, for obvious reasons. Cape Dutch
The answer then was to give a general term to all the White inhabitants of the new union - "Afrikaners".
Although the word originally meant "African" it as politicized by a group of Western Cape Dutch propagandists under one SJ du Toit in 1880 (the same year the Boers in the
Transvaal took up arms to fight the British colonialists) in literature of the time.
It was then decided to try and blend the Boers into the
and British populations by calling them all Afrikaners instead of referring to their real cultural bases. Cape Dutch
This then is how the world began to hear of "Afrikaners" - although only 80 years ago there was no such word in the international vocabular.
That the concept of an Afrikaner is all embracing is underlined by the fact that in 1998 the former Afrikaner Broederbond (now called the Afrikaner Bond) announced that it classified all those sharing a broad Afrikanerism to be Afrikaners - to this end they acknowledged that many
, who speak Afrikaans and who attend a NG Church are Brown Afrikaners. Cape Coloureds
In reality they are of course correct.
This illustrates the difference between Boers and Afrikaners in a very vivid way: A Coloured will readily agree with the definition that he is an Afrikaner, but will emphatically deny being a Boer.
If Boers and Afrikaners are the same thing, why the differentiation in the view of other groups? By forcing the Boers into the Union of South Africa, the British made them coresponsible for the policy of racial segregation, which had of course been established and legislated by the British colonial government.
The new "Afrikaners" - in fact a coalition of
, British and some Boers - tried as best they could to come to grips with the racial and geographic legacy left to them from the British colonial times - and it was from this disaster that the policy of Apartheid was developed. Cape Dutch
It is of supreme importance to note here that the Boers were dragged unwillingly into the Union of South Africa - and at the first opportunity which presented itself they tried to extricate themselves by force of arms.
This was the unsuccessful 1914 Boer rebellion, which ended when some Boer war era generals were killed or imprisoned by the pro-British Union of South Africa government.
It is a little known fact that the manifesto which was issued by the 1914 Boer rebellion leaders contained as its primary demand the restoration of the Boer republics and the dissolution of the Union of South Africa.
It is thus unfair of the international world to regard the "Boers" as having been responsible for what happened in
South Africa during the second part of the 20th century - the Boers were just as much victims of the colonial powers as were any other indigenous people of Africa .
Milner's words were true - by forcing the Boers into the Union of South Africa, he was forcing them to be subjugated by the broad South African British colony, and this has led directly to the situation the Boers find themselves in toda.
] 5.
Fred Rundle notes the ANC connection with Sanlam.
Johann Botha during doc on De La Rey song / video.
Quote: [ Inside the group calling themselves Afrikaans a smaller group calls themselves Afrikaners and inside that an even smaller group who see themselves as Boere.
These are not necessarily people with Right Wing political sentiments wearing khaki clothes and who want to shoot wildy at people who look different from him.
They are people who share a common historic identit.
] 7.
Clare Wyllie interviews Professor Gerrit Schutte.
Quote: [ In 1880s the real interest developed, with the Boer rebellion.
From then the Dutch began to consider the
something like a Dutch colony - not in a political sense but as having a cultural dependency Boer Republics
Many Dutch occupied positions in the Transvaal: the preachers in churches were mostly Dutch, about 20 percent of the administration was Dutch, there were hundreds of Dutch schoolmasters and railways in the
Transvaal were run by a Dutch compan.
The Superintendent of Education was Dutch, as was the Secretary of the Interior and Foreign Affairs.
Transvaal government made the republic attractive for Dutch people.
Paul Kruger did not like people from the Cape - he felt they were subjugated by the British, so he encouraged people from the
Netherlands to work in the Transvaal as a way to strengthen Boer independence.
] Post Script.
I hope this once & for all sets the record straight concerning this topic.
Author – Ron, a contributing blogger on historical matters, at iluvsa.


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Well, it almost feels like it. Back in London, UK and I am absolutely freezing. The bike is still in sunny South Africa due to board a Virgin Atlantic flight on Monday night, so should have my wheels back my next week. I also ordered some handlebar muffs, I do not care if it looks stupid, I am not going to have freezing fingers again this year !!!
I still don't have a place to stay in London, living with friends at the moment, but as soon as I find something, I will start editing videos of the trip. I have in the meantime, uploaded all the photos which can be found here: http://bit.ly/fFoGVB
I have also uploaded some "unedited" clips to Youtube …
for more … check out my Youtube channel : http://www.youtube.com/user/andreels


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|Leonardo da Vinci A Copse of Trees, 1508 red chalk on paper
Monday, May 14, 2012
The Perfect Sofa
Burnt orange is usually a color reserved for fall, but this sofa has me dreaming in sepia tones. Thank you Nelya for pinning (via Pinterest) this gorgeous sofa from 1st Dibs. If it were in my home, I might also find a place on walls for a copy of the DaVinci sketch below.
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- Erika @ ~TiptoeButterfly~ said...
when i was looking at couches i wanted a velvet sectional - i just ummm couldn't afford the ultra lux material :o( ...
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- May 14, 2012 at 12:06 PM
- Francine Gardner said...
Love the color and style of the sofa!
- May 14, 2012 at 1:37 PM
- Barbara said...
It's the color of a southwestern sunset. Love.
- May 14, 2012 at 4:55 PM
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Social Neutral!
Do you all remember my M.U.G.E.N. side project?Cuz I certainly don't… <_<
I…I might be on to something here.Just stick with me on this one!
I have finally finished my MonoBlocksProject!One sub-side{something} project done,many more to go!Thanks for my buddy,the buddy buddy,who helped me with this one.Also,many thanks to my girlfriend,which is obviously a big part of my imagination!
So…Hi.I am a guy on the internet,also known by some people as Flare.I do art and…stuff.In the recent months my productivity dropped down below 20%.The reason for that is that I am currently in a very bad…"life position"?Yeah!That's it.I am currently unemployed and I am pretty much stuck in my hometown helping my parents and my sick grandmother.Most of my time is taken by a lot of work which involves things like "Part-time jobs" and keeping my grandma' company.Sometimes I do get a little bit of free time,but I am mostly using it to keep in contact with friends and relatives.I've been willing to start doing something for my current project No-Kywln,but as things are going,this is not going to happen soon.I must also point out that I do work on other side-projects as well and…yeah.I have a lot of work.[Including studying for a profession.]I also try to keep this blog active,but sadly most of the post these days turn out to be pretty boring or…ahem,shitty. <_< For that I am really sorry.
{Also,I am not on drugs right now!}
Some people gave me the idea of streaming stuff,which I do find to be…a good idea I suppose?I am still working on this though.I've been also trying to find time to work on some new pages for this blog but…oh well.
About my art and the art page-Probably not going to make a new art soon.But I am going to update the art page as often as I can.
The No-Kywln project-I know that this project is still somewhat a mist.No plot,no character development…I really want to give it a head start by making a game or writing a story or something but it requires so much time-Something which I do not possess,at least at the moment.
Game?Crazy talk!-Yeah…If I am going to make a game I am probably going to make something short with the goal to be enjoyable,with a little bit of weirdness and difficulty.I am not fan of making scary games and…the whole idea of "Scary games" sounds dull and silly to me.We'll see…
What else?-I often play games.Yes!Mostly indie games.I also play League of Legends on the EU NORDIC & EAST server,but not more than 2-3 games a day.You can find me there as FlareDarknight.I am not a high skilled player,somewhere avrage between 1400-1500 ELO.I also tend to be positive player AND "Ciderhelm-ish". <_</>_> Will be happy to play with anyone,no matter who skillful they are.


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Citrus Heights in Sacramento County, California — The American West (Pacific Coastal)
Sylvan School
The original school had white clapboard siding (narrow wooden siding) and green shutters. The interior consisted of a single classroom with two small closets. In addition to serving as a schoolhouse, the building was used for community meetings, church services, dance parties and a voting place.
In 1926 Guy Van Maren spearheaded a successful bond issue to construct a new Sylvan School. In order to make room for the new and larger facility, the original schoolhouse was relocated to Sylvan Road to be used as a community center. It was donated to the community in 1927 by Adolph Van Maren and is held in a private trust.
Erected by City of Citrus Heights.
Location. Touch for map. Marker is at or near this postal address: 6903 Sylvan Road, Citrus Heights CA 95621, United States of America.
Other nearby markers. At least 8 other markers are within 4 miles of this marker, measured as the crow flies. Citrus Heights Community Club (here, next to this marker); Sylvan Cemetery (approx. 0.6 miles away); San Juan High School (approx. 0.9 miles away); The Rusch Home (approx. 1.3 miles away); Roseville - Placer County Vietnam Memorial (approx. 3.6 miles away); Walerga Assembly Center (approx. 3.6 miles away); Benito Juarez (approx. 3.7 miles away); Roseville Korean War Veterans Memorial (approx. 3.8 miles away). Touch for a list and map of all markers in Citrus Heights.
Also see . . . City of Citrus Heights. The Sylvan School has been designated a City of Citrus Heights Historical Landmark. (Submitted on August 27, 2011.)
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Credits. This page was last revised on June 16, 2016. This page originally submitted on August 27, 2011, by Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California. This page has been viewed 792 times since then. Photos: 1, 2, 3, 4. submitted on August 27, 2011, by Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California. 5. submitted on August 30, 2011, by Syd Whittle of El Dorado Hills, California.


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The Dunlop Biomimetic 3 Racket Bag
The Dunlop Biomimetic 3 Racket Bag is a perfect lightweight option for taking your gear to the courts. Store up to 3 racquets in the main compartment. Use the large side pocket to carry your smaller squash gear and personal items. The attached should strap is very well padded for optimum comfort.


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Theatre preview: Robert Jägerhorn – Waiting for Hitchcock
- Gareth K Vile
- 3 June 2015
A dramatic, unpredictable magic performance at Edinburgh's MagicFest
Robert Jägerhorn admits that luck played a part in the development of his latest magic show. 'My grandfather was an enthusiastic collector of movies,' he says. 'And somehow, by chance, I stumbled upon this lost film while going through his archive.' The film in question, Hitchcock's long-lost silent Number 8, can't be shown as part of the performance, forcing Jägerhorn to use his own brand of theatrical magic to tell the story.
'Admittedly, this is my version only of the story,' he continues. 'You really need to come see the show to be able to discover your own truth.' Jägerhorn, part of a small number of Finnish magicians, has developed 'situational magic', a fusion of tricks and theatricality, that move him away from the predictable conjurer.
He explains: 'It's a concept within my magic where the magical sequences are part of the situation that's happening on the stage. In my situational magic, the magical sequences could, for example, be necessary to make the situation move forward. Or maybe the magic is just born out of the situation at hand. The magic becomes kind of more organic.'
Unlike more routine-based magic, situational magic is ideal for storytelling. And with the promise of Hitchcock's plot, and Jägerhorn's attempts to woo the audience with clarinet playing, tea-making and emotional honesty, the only predictable feature will be the entertainment.
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Some sports fans are the most passionate in the country. Non-sports fans see them screaming on TV, wearing body paint and funky hats and think, "These people are crazy!" Crazy, enthusiastic, passionate – call it what you will. Whatever it is, there's no denying that sports fans are an interesting group of people. In fact, some fans are so passionate/enthusiastic/crazy that they become almost as famous as the teams they root for.
Well the Dallas Cowboys sure have one of the most passionate fans in the NFL. Her name is Carolyn Price. But most fans know are just as "Ms. Price, the #1 Dallas COwboys fan."
You've probably seen her at the tunnel at Cowboys Stadium yelling "Dak", Ezekiel" or even Tony Romo! You wonder how does she get to take pictures with some of your favourite Dallas Cowboy Players. "How does she do that?"
Ms. Price grew up the fourth of nine children. She always looked up to her brothers. She started attending games in the 1960's with her brothers who she looked up to. Naturally, she began rooting for the young team as well. By the mid-70's she was attending nearly every home game. Ms. Price said she's probably been to about 250 games since then.
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A fan fixture among the Dallas Cowboys fan base
This enthusiastic fan has been front and center for some of the most historic moments in franchise history. She was in attendance at the famous 'Hail Mary' game in 1975, when Rodger Staubach found Drew Pearson in the end zone on the last play of the game in the Wild card game vs the Vikings.
Ms. Price started attending every Cowboys training camp, open practice and every Cowboys event there was and a lot of games as well. After that Cowboys fans just named her the #1 Dallas Cowboys fan.
With her notoriety, there are some perks that come with it that some fans can only dream of. She became very close to some of the players, almost like a mother figure. One of the closest players she mentored and nurtured was Demarcus Ware.
"I met Ware when he was a rookie in Oxnard, California." Ms. Price said. "We were eating at BJ's with his family and I told him then that he would be a Pro Bowler. We all laughed, but look what he turned into."
A fountain of wisdom for Cowboys Nation
With so many incredible stories I asked her which is her favorite Cowboys player of all time. She just had a big sigh.
"That's a tough question Ms. Price said. I love them all so much and there are so many great memories and great players. Emmitt Smith, Troy Aikman, Leon Lett, Jay Novacek, Michael Irvin, Mark Stepnoski, Roger Staubach, Bob Lilly. They were all so nice."
To show how close she is to all the Cowboys she shared with me a very interesting story.
"My birthday is on November 27th, which is the same as Larry Allen. It always falls during the Thanksgiving game week. About three years ago, they found out about my birthday so they came out of the locker room and gave me a signed ball after the game. Now it's up on my shelf in a glass case."
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Passing on a legacy of fan wisdom through stories
These are a few of the many amazing stories Ms. Price shared with me in our half hour conversation. many of which are in her newly released book on Amazon "Priceless Dream."
She talked about everything from her childhood, to how many jerseys she owns (about 300 or 400). She says that if a player has a rough game she'll wear his jersey the next week. But the two jerseys she wears the most are Dez Bryant's and Tony Romo's.
Once the topic of Romo came up. I asked her how she felt about him retiring.
"I am not thrilled what happened but that is life and football."
She went on to talk about the Romo haters. Something Ms. Price doesn't take too fondly among those fans that do that.
You tell them this,
"If you were a true-blue fan, you'd hang in there and support our players.He's still my quarterback. I'm a true-blue Cowboy fan. You're wearing all the jerseys, having all this fun, and all of a sudden you're saying he's a horrible player. It takes the fun out of being a fan. We need to stand tall and support our players."
That is Ms. Price, always standing behind her boys through thick and thin
I asked her about this young group of Cowboys with Ezekiel Elliott and Dak Prescott. She said " They are awesome". And she is very pleased with the draft of Taco Charlton and the entire 2016 draft class.
She also said
"These young guys need to behave on the field, and off. Because its the Dallas Cowboys. We are always scrutinized and everything is magnified."
This article was originally published by former OAT contributor Yusuf Nahkooda.
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"Severe thunderstorms with large hail, wind damage and some tornadoes will be possible across the central Plains" on Friday, stated an outlook posted on the SPC's website.
Wichita is on the southwestern edge of the enhanced risk area, which extends east into parts of western Missouri. A second enhanced zone is projected from northern Texas into parts of Arkansas and Louisiana.
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Game 27
Wednesday, Feb. 14 • Thibodaux, La. • 8:15 p.m. CT • Stopher Gym (3,800)
Sam Houston State (16-10, 10-3 Southland) at Nicholls (16-9, 10-2 Southland)
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HUNTSVILLE – First place in the Southland Conference will be on the line on Wednesday night when the Sam Houston State Bearkats travel to Thibodaux, La., to take on Nicholls at Stopher Gym.
The game can be watched on Eleven Sports and the Southland Conference Digital Network with the Southland Conference app. Garrett Woodvalt and Jordy Hultberg will have the Valentine's Day call with the game set to start at 8:15p.m. Live stats are available at GeauxColonels.com and fans can also get updates as they happen by following @BearkatsMBB on Twitter. Click HERE to find out where to watch Eleven Sports in your area.
The Bearkats picked up wins in both of its contests last week, with 2-point victories over both Texas A&M-Corpus Christi and Lamar. It marked the first time the Kats had won back-to-back games by two points or less since the 1987-88 season.
It also kept Sam Houston within immediate striking distance of first place in the Southland, a position they can claim with what would potentially be the 10th Bearkat win over Nicholls in the last 12 meetings between the teams.
Christopher Galbreath Jr. pumped in 16 points in each of the two wins last week, including a key four points in the final minute that tied the game against the Cardinals. He still leads the team with an average of 15.0 points and 8.2 rebounds per game.
The Kats also got a big game from Jamal Williams on Saturday with 13 points and nine boards off the bench, pushing him over 500 rebounds for his career and pushing him into company with Ryan Bright as the only two Bearkats in program history with at least 500 rebounds and 250 assists for a career.
The Colonels have been one of the most steady teams in the league since the opening of Southland play under second-year head coach Richie Riley. With a roster comprised of five Division I transfers, including former South Florida guard Roddy Peters who leads the team in scoring and the league in assists, Nicholls has surged to the top of the league standings by a half game over the Kats and Southeastern Louisiana with wins in their last three outings.
They lead the league in scoring at 84.4 points per game with an offense that only ranks in the top three in the league in field-goal percentage, but also 3-point accuracy. Since starting SLC play they have allowed just 67.9 points per game and are the lone team in the league winning by an average of at least 10 points per game.
Peters' 19.4 points per game in league play is second only to UCA's Jordan Howard, while Tevon Saddler also ranks in the top 10 with 15.3 per contest.
SERIES vs NICHOLLS
This will be the lone meeting of the season between the Colonels and the Bearkats with Sam Houston currently riding a 5-game win streak in the series. The Kats have only traveled to Thibodaux once in that span, winning 62-39 in 2015. The last Sam Houston loss on the Colonels' home floor came in overtime, 70-67, in 2013. In all, Sam Houston has won nine of the last 11 meetings since the 2009-10 season


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My favorite piece of parenting is watching my daughter learn. It gives me such joy to see her understand something for the first time! I've always heard that toddlers learn so fast, but I've never really witnessed it until Sweet Pea came along… and it is truly amazing!
Several months ago, Sweet Pea started learning her shapes. We started simple with a circle, square, triangle, star and heart. When she was in the mood, I'd grab her flash cards and we would go through a few of them. But I wanted to challenge her a bit more… and give her an opportunity to follow simple directions.
Using Microsoft Word, I created these simple worksheets for her. The concept is simple, create a table with 6 columns and 5 rows – increase your font to about 72 and type in whatever you are trying to learn or reinforce. For the basic shapes, you will use the Insert and Symbol function and search for the square, etc. I also created worksheets to reinforce her alphabet and number knowledge.
For starters, let me disclose that my daughter loves this kind-of thing. Guess she has her mama's nerdy streak – LOL! Your child might hate it and that is okay. At the end of the day, whatever method works for you and your kid – go for it!
Now, this example is of us reinforcing her knowledge of numbers. I gave Sweet Pea the worksheet and asked her to color all the number 1's pink. She had to find her pink crayon and then she had to find all of her number 1's. After she colored the last number, she had to count how many she found. In all of 5 minutes, we practiced our numbers, colors, following direction and counting.
I then told her to COLOR CRAZY… and color crazy she did!
For shapes, we had to upgrade Sweet Pea's from the basic to the advanced (diamonds, trapezoids, pentagons, hexagons…. To create these, you will need to use Word's Insert and Shape feature and then "draw" them in your squares. Only draw each shape once... much easier to just copy and paste it into other squares!!
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Much like livestock, the U.S. catfish industry is in a boom-or-bust cycle. Right now, there's a price upturn.
"Prices are around 85 cents per pound," says Larry Dorman, Arkansas Extension fisheries specialist. "Some processors are even paying, or splitting, delivery costs. When that happens, it's a clear indication fish are short."
But, if allowed, imported fish will fill the gap. Such imports — often illegally brought into the United States from Vietnam and, increasingly, China — are a threat to U.S. producers.
"Go back a decade or so, and we had rapid expansion in the industry. We were processing half a billion pounds of fish annually. Suddenly, we were 100 million pounds beyond what we were able to sell in past years."
At the same time, basa (a type of farm-raised Vietnamese fish) began appearing on U.S. grocery store freezers. Basa forced the price of U.S. catfish down.
"When that happened, it was too risky for banks to loan farmers money. That's turned around somewhat."
The catfish industry is in a five-year to 10-year cycle. Dorman says this can be charted from the 1970s.
"We'll have two or three years of depressed prices and then recover for four or five years. Then another couple years of depressed prices emerge."
An example: U.S. producers couldn't "give fish away" in the early 1990s. The consumer was able to buy a cheap product and that spurred demand. By the mid-1990s, lots of pond construction was happening. Then, in 2000, there was an oversupply once again.
"We've generated good demand for catfish. Sometimes the cheaper product, like basa, fills a niche. But we don't want foreign competitors to fill that niche. We're at a distinct disadvantage against a state-controlled economy and a poor, captive workforce."
U.S. farmers have spent "all kinds of hard-earned advertising money to build demand and (the Vietnamese and Chinese) ride in on U.S. farmers' coattails."
American producers pony up $5 per ton of catfish to pay for advertising and promotion. That money, too often, creates a demand filled by basa.
"That's ridiculous. We're getting some benefit out of U.S. tariffs placed on (fish imports). Some of the tariffs are high. But, currently, there seem to be ways to get around labeling rules. Those exporting Vietnamese fish are able to get labels saying 'Laos' or 'Cambodia' or another country where tariffs don't apply. That's one angle the Vietnamese are using."
In the age of global trade, Dorman says the U.S. catfish industry has unwillingly become entangled in other international trade issues.
"When the catfish industry first pursued an import tariff, rumors circulated that (executives from a major international corporation) called and said, 'Hey, you guys are threatening our business.' Multinational corporations are trying to open up foreign markets. By placing tariffs on basa, it makes these foreign trade reps mad and they won't let another product in. They retaliate. International trade is a web you can get tangled up in."
What about the aquaculture situation in the Mid-South?
"I don't know everyone's bottom line. But, for the most part, the bleeding appears to have largely stopped."
Two or three years ago, Dorman sat down with aquaculture industry folk — farmers, feed salesmen and others — and identified nearly 5,000 acres that had gone out of business in south Arkansas. Since then, several of those farms have been picked up by those looking to expand. Three hundred-acre to 400-acre farms have expanded to 500 to 800 acres.
"Most of the available acreage has been picked up — we've had a net loss of a couple of thousands acres. That's a lot better than we all thought it would be a couple of years ago."
On the research side, there's a lot of interest in channel blue hybrids. The fish grow much quicker and seem hardier than their catfish "cousins." There are still some spawning issues to work out, though.
"There are very few farms with blue cats, so to stock they have to be brought from the river. The female catfish can spawn from May through July. Sometimes the timing with breeding is an issue — when the females are ready, a ripe male is needed."
Often, that means both fish have to be sacrificed. The male's testes have to be removed and the eggs must be stripped from the female.
"That doesn't kill the female, but it is a traumatic thing — she's probably good to go to the processing plant.
"Plus, when we cross these two, the viability is a bit low. That's probably true with any hybrid. So we're working on how best to get the breeding right.
"I know this: this produces a beautiful fish and everyone recognizes that. It has improved growth — anywhere from 10 to 20 percent faster. We also see some disease resistance. However, if we culture them long enough, I'm sure a disease will show up they're vulnerable to. But right now, they're quite resistant to what affects channel catfish."
Another problem is the hybrid doesn't lend itself to a typical cropping system. You can't stock X number of fish in a pond, feed them to a certain point, pull the faster-growing ones, and leave the smaller ones to grow more.
"This fish doesn't lend itself to swimming through the seine — the head is rather small and the body is bigger than the channel catfish. That has to be worked out. A mechanical grader being developed at (the aquaculture program at the University of Arkansas, Pine Bluff) might be a solution."
Regardless, these hybrids are very intriguing. "There are a few farms working on the blues. One large farm in southeast Arkansas is in on this, as is a farm in Alabama. Auburn University is working with farmers in Alabama on these fish — they're high on it."