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Tuesday, February 5, 2013
Living with a secret
My husband to be has Bi-Polar. And it is hard.
This last week he has suffered tremendous lows, with increasing tiredness, and horrible, HORRIBLE thoughts. Plans if you will.......
It is taking me all my strength to hold it all together at the moment. As he has a broken wrist at the moment as well, it hasn't made things any easier for him - or myself.
All the little crappy jobs I see as odd jobs to have a little help (like taking the rubbish bins out from the kitchen, or the bins to the curb, mowing the lawns, or bathing the kids, doing the odd lot of dishes) have all fallen to me, on top of what I already was doing. Now I know this doesn't sound like much, but add on top of it the constant worrying about his mental health, about what is running through his head, what he may be plotting. It adds up. Not to mention I can't even leave Mr 2 with him when taking the kids to school, or a quick run into the shops. He is simply too tired. He just can't do these things. All he does is lay in bed, curtains closed and doze on and off.
It breaks my heart every time he has a 'downer'. I so want to just yell at him..
"Pull your head in and get out of bed"
"It's not that bad, cheer up"
Or the
"Get the f**k over it already!!"
I can't say any of these things to him. It is just moments of frustration that I feel I need to burst out at him, but I know it isn't going to do anyone any favours. He doesn't enjoy being like this as much as I don't enjoy seeing him like this.
Sometimes, however, like now, right now, I am having a 'feel sorry for myself" episode.
I can't help it.
I feel like things keep piling up on me, weighing me down, every day something new.
I'm going to be honest and list some things that are rattling in my brain, and making me so tired....
- Hubby's downer - I have made him take more medication to up his dose, hope this will help him soon.
- The extra chores and the complete utter lack of help with the children, and them asking me why Daddy can't help (what do I say to that?!?!!)
- Financials! His work is 're-evaluating' his pays. This could go either way, the same, up, or quite down. In which case we would be screwed!
- The death of my mother last year hangs over my head every.single.day! I miss her so much.
- The feeling of isolation. I'm still trying to meet new people here.
- The kids going back to school - Mr 4.5 doesn't like it. AT.ALL!
But I think the biggest thing for me right now - as selfish as it makes me feel - is that my birthday is looming. On 14th Feb (yes yes yes Valentines baby!) I will be 25. I know, I'm still young etc etc. But it is not my age that is making me feel low. It is the fact that I haven't had a birthday since my 18th. Mostly due to lack of funds. I can't remember the last time I got my hair done, I have only ever had one manicure in my life and would like another one. I would like to go out for dinner, without children! I would like to get a present. But - I can't. I 'handle/organise' the finances in our household, and I know we just can not afford to do anything. Again. And it just feel sucky. I really feel like I needed and deserved this birthday to be all about me. Get my hair done, get a manicure (maybe) and go out for dinner, and send the kids off with Daddy to go shopping for a pressie for dear old mummy. But, it just wont happen. To top it all off, I feel the immense guilt for my selfishness for even caring about any of these things. It makes me feel like shit for wanting something for myself. Purely for myself.
So, there it is. What is happening in my household right now. I'm feeling sorry for myself, while hubby to be has a downer from a serious mental illness, and my child doesn't like school, I have bills coming out my ears, and an uncertain future as to where the money to pay for said bills is going to come from.
So, what am I going to do about it all??
I am going to suck it up, and move on. So what I don't get a birthday this year. My children will have a roof over their heads, and food in their bellies. There is always next year.
I am going to keep monitoring hubby to be. Keeping on top of his medications, and making sure he has it fairly easy and relaxing at home. I can't do anything about his stresses at work, but I can about the ones at home.
I am not going to shit bricks about the bills until I get solid confirmation as to what hubby to be will be paid. I will cross that bridge when I get to it. We have been in much worse situations, and we have, and will once again, pull out of it.
I need to keep my head in the game, keep that smile plastered to my face, and suck in the fresh air of today. There will be a tomorrow, and tomorrow can only be better then today. I will make damn sure of that.
So, anyone for a scotch?!
Tiff xx
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{{{hugs}}} Sweetie. I have no words, but know I'm thinking of youReplyDelete
- AnonymousFebruary 5, 2013 at 7:41 PM
Sending you hugs.... Living with someone with depression I totally hear you! Unfortunately as it isn't a visible disability, it can be hard for others to understand.ReplyDelete
You could have been talking about my family! I can relate to so much of it & yes you are allowed to have a whinge, you are only human after all.
I hope your week gets better xx
Oh my god, you wrote down exactly how I was feeling today. As with above person, I live with someone who has depression too and at the moment is going through a rough patch. Sometimes i feel like It rubs off on me and I feel like giving up. But somehow we power through. Just know you are not alone, as you have helped me understand today.ReplyDelete
- Julie MooreFebruary 9, 2013 at 10:55 PM
I can understand how u feel. My partner of 22 years suffers from depression and anxiety disorders so can not even go to the shop. He is able to do some things around the house but only when he feels up to it. I find it easier to do everything myself than come to rely on his help and then not get it. I have 8 beautiful kids and i will continue to do everything in my power to ensure that they are protected from the worst of their dads issues and that they only see him as a 'normal' dad. You have every right to let of steam. Without doing that you make it harder on yourself. You are so young to be going through all these dramas and having to be so strong and i commend you for standing by your man. I've given up counting the number of people who have told me to give up on mine. It's not their choice to be living this life. Keep smiling and just know your not alone and it's ok to feel the way you do.ReplyDelete


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An analysis of the prices of some 52,000 items by Profitero, an ecommerce analytics company, found that Amazon's prices came in an average of 11% below the online prices offered by Walmart, Target, Jet.com and "specialist" retailers.
Profitero said it compared only identical, in-stock products, with daily prices averaged over the three-month period of June to August 2017.
Walmart had the most competitive prices, coming in just 2.9% above Amazon. That's a considerable improvement from the 9% gap that Profitero found in a 2014 pricing study.
Profitero broke down its comparison across 13 categories, which included appliances, baby, electronics and 10 others.
Jet.com, a unit of Walmart, and Target lagged Amazon across all the categories in which they compete. (For Jet.com, which offers progressively lower prices as shoppers increase their orders, Profitero said it collected initial list prices.)
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Sydney, Jan.16 (ANI): Indian tennis ace Rohan Bopanna and his Romanian partner Florin Mergea on Saturday lost the summit clash to Bruno Soares and Jamie Murray at the ATP Apia International and thus settle with the runner-up finish.
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Living with a disability - What a blessing. Thoughts and lessons learned along the way. Written by Michael B. Gerber
Saturday, October 31, 2009
Kind of matters.
It turns out that I was wrong. Our world is filled with kind people. I know this because I am the beneficiary of random acts of kindness from complete strangers almost every day of my life. Living with a disability has taught me that.
My disability has progressed as my disease has. In time I needed a cane, then a walker and now use a wheelchair from time to time. As my disability became more visible to the outside world, I began experiencing more and more of these acts of kindness.
I used to travel for work and often someone, a complete stranger, would see my awkwardness, grab my bags and help me get on or off a shuttle to or from the airport. One day I was getting in my car and dropped something as I was fumbling with my keys. A stranger driving down the street pulled over, jumped out of his car and handed me the dropped items. Random acts of kindness from complete strangers. WOW!
These repeated experiences have completely changed my view. The world is filled with kind people who are willing and ready to help a stranger. Random acts of kindness are much more common than I ever dreamed of and as the beneficiary, I make it a point to acknowledge and thank these people from the bottom of my heart.
But kindness is often more than performing a simple task or favor. Kindness reveals itself in many different ways. It may be in the form of an anonymous donation to a cause or simply picking up an item at a store for someone because it may be wanted or needed.
Kindness can be the act of just listening to a loved one or a complete stranger who just needs to be heard or get something off their chest. It could be as simple as saying "hello" and "how are you" to someone who rarely gets asked at their job or work, like a cashier or bank teller or someone working behind the counter at a fast food franchise.
Kindness reveals itself in a thousand different ways. But it always is a selfless act that for at least a moment, makes someone else's life better. I know. Acts of kindness continue to fill every day of my life.
I have learned to expect the best from people and am rarely ever disappointed. There are times when I need help and today I am confident that I always can and will always find it. It turns out that the human race is a pretty good one to be a part of. My faith is restored. Kind people are kind people and there are plenty of them.
That has been my experience. What is your experience? Is the world a kind place? Or is it cruel? Do people really care about their fellow man? I would love to know about your experiences.
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I think people are kind and would prefer to show that to others.
Came by to say hello and wish you a good Halloween weekend.
It's funny, because I have MS and really have no outward sign of disability. So when people find out, I almost have to get them to stop the tears. I've noticed, though, that some people in general can just be so rude. I've always opened doors for people---now that I have MS, I'm even more conscious of trying to help people.ReplyDelete
The saddest story I have, though, is my husband having to remove me from the ice cream cooler at Meijer, because someone in a Meijer scooter tried to run me down. Had he not grabbed me and moved me out of the way, I would have been roadkill! I wanted to shout that a year ago, I couldn't even open an ice cream cooler with my left hand, because it was basically paralyzed! I was literally standing there trying to pick out ice cream, and she was going to run me down!
At my first MS patient dinner, I went into the bathroom to wash my hands beforehand, and there was a woman in a scooter asking for help. The other woman in the washroom ignored her, but I immediately said "what do you need me to do?" I helped lift her up and get back in her scooter. She didn't know I had MS. And I guess I just couldn't believe that the other person was outright ignoring her. When she wheeled into the dinner, she saw me and smiled. I had only been diagnosed for two months, so I was on the verge of crying. It was a very humbling moment for me.


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Lea Michele and Adam Devine take the stage to present at the 2016 People's Choice Awards held at the Microsoft Theater on Wednesday (January 6) in Los Angeles.
The 29-year-old Glee actress and 32-year-old Pitch Perfect actor had a lot to say about various action stars as they presented the award for Favorite Action Movie Actor to Chris Hemsworth.
Lea joked that computer programs could create any of the natural disasters and explosions seen in action movies.
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To wear red socks is the highest honor amongst Cali and Hannah's spy colleagues. Cali has earned her red socks by meticulously knocking out her opponents. This has made Hannah very jealous, so she has devised a plan to make Cali go to sleep over and over again, until she is unable to defend herself against Hannah pulling a little sock-switcheroo.
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America currently boasts more than 200 nudist resorts nationwide: a collection of beaches, camps and hideaways that allow people to shed their clothes and bodily shame while reconnecting with nature the way people did before clothing. But despite such resorts existing in America since the 1930s, Vice writer Mark Hay points out that the so-called "naturist" community has long had a hard time figuring out what to do whenever someone gets an erection at an otherwise non-sexual, family-friendly nude resort.
According to Hay, most American nudist groups will admit that erections rarely ever happen, thanks a combination of nerves and the non-erotic nature of gatherings — most gatherings feature non-sexual activities like swimming, sing-alongs and barbecues. (Though Hay only took heterosexual and mixed gender nudist resorts into consideration rather than ones specifically gay and bi men which tend to be more sexually charged.) Because most people interpret erections as "a sign of unwanted sexual attention or the result of sexualized gawking that could make others feel uncomfortable," Hay says, the usual etiquette is to simply cover the erection with the hand towel that nudists use for sitting upon.
But here's the problem: If nudism is all about accepting your body and reconnecting with nature, then shamefully hiding the body's natural arousal seems contradictory to the very spirit of naturism and is decidedly inconvenient for erect men, especially since erections can occur reflexively over stress or hormonal fluctuations, that is, without sexual arousal or intent.
Brian Hoffman, the author of the 2015 book Naked: A Cultural History of American Nudism, told Hay that even back in the 1930s, when nudist communities were first forming, they felt divided about how to handle erections. Eager to recruit others into their fun-loving and clothes-free ways, they longed to maintain an air of wholesomeness, respectability and non-eroticism. Thus, most nudist resorts and philosophers decided (in Hay's words) that "walking around with an erection ought to be no big deal, so long as no one is a total creep about it."
However, Hoffman said, World War II soldiers abroad often used nudist lifestyle magazines as pornography, and when they returned home from the war and began checking into nudist resorts as lone individuals, resort owners and fellow naturists felts somewhat alarmed at the possibility of sex, adultery, homosexuality and pedophilia on their grounds, especially at a time in American history when such things were viewed as a threat to the wholesome (re: married heterosexual) way of American life.
As a result, some resorts banned single men, men whose constant erections remained largely visible, any physical displays of affection — like hugging and hand-holding — and erotic clothing like lingerie. However, the 1960s counterculture pushed back on these rules as outdated, hypocritical and overly conservative. Nevertheless, Hay writes:
fears about pedophilic gazes, unwanted sexual advances, or triggering memories of assault and other negative experiences of aggressive male sexual norms are all still relevant and legitimate—especially in communities where everyone might not know one another. And for spaces that might not be able to take the fiscal or PR hit of a scandal, minimizing the risk of any unwanted or unfortunate erotic exchange, misread or otherwise, is just plain prudent.
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I see a lot of people saying on the forums how Neltharion is dead and want the server to be revived or merged or whatever.
I don't care about those people. I genuinely want to play Cataclysm and i want to know if there are other people out there who also want to experience this expansion but are reluctant because of the low population.
So if you are like me and want to give this server a shot then leave a comment and maybe we'll play together and have some fun.
The name is Filth, ally pally :) low level for now but that's going to change.


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Sketchbook of an unidentified German architect, containing around 130 sketches of neo-classical buildings in Russia (St. Petersburg and Moscow) and Germany (including Hamburg, Stuttgart, Munich, and Husum and Brunsbttel, Schleswig-Holstein). There are sketches of houses, churches, monuments, and details, with some designs by the architect himself. The sketches are in pencil, with some heightened in ink. Nos. 1-114 are listed and described in German in an index at the back of the volume.
German Architectural Sketchbook
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- Dates of Creationc.1822-1824
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Purchased 1993.
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Besides Olympics Heptathlon bronze medallist Kelly Sotherton and long-distance runner Paula Radcliffe, Jessica Ennis, Beth Tweddle, Dan Keatings and Louis Smith are some of names who have reportedly decided to give the Delhi Games a miss.
"For some of the 17 sports, Commonwealth Games gold is the pinnacle achievement in an athlete's career. But a host of top names from athletics and gymnastics have decided not to travel to next year's games in Delhi as London 2012 looms," The Telegraph reported.
Team England's chef de mission Craig Hunter, however, tried to allay the fear of a mass withdrawals from the 2010 Commonwealth Games.
"Let's wait until we board the plane in September. The majority of the household names have said they will be there but a lot of things can happen along the way," Hunter was quoted as saying by the daily.
The Commonwealth Games are being viewed as a pathway into London Olympics and some sports are eyeing to give the final touch to their preparation using the Delhi event.
"That's a challenge for us. We want to achieve our best ever Games. We are continually raising the bar to be the top nation in the Commonwealth," Hunter said.
Meanwhile, double Olympic champion swimmer Rebecca Adlington has already promised to travel to Delhi and said a gold medal "will be a highlight of my career".
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Your story just warmed my heart! I applaud your positivity. It can be a pretty difficult thing to keep up when we deal with obstacle after obstacle and are in pain throughout it. I love finding other allergy/eczema sisters out there because it can feel pretty lonely out there in the "real world". I nodded my head through your entire story because identified with it over and over! You are SO right about the anxiety... I've dealt with a lot of that because of my health issues. Some days, it feels a lot easier to just stay at home.
I'm glad you found out about the bandanna trick. It's a game changer :-) The little tips and tricks we share with each other are invaluable, aren't they?! I thank my lucky stars for the internet.
Keep on keepin' your head up :-) You've got this! You seem like a very strong person and I think that's a huge benefit health-wise. Cheers to taking it one day at a time!


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One of Paul's co workers snagged a few pics on his phone of their latest fire @ a Jack in the Box. It's so fun getting a peek at my man in action, just wish I could see his face.
Paul in the basket.
Coming off the ladder. (He's the one on top.)
A pic of the building with Paul in the basket.
Guess they won't be selling any jumbo jacks anytime soon.
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Does He Love You For You? Dating Help for Women
Does he love you for you? Many women have wondered this about the man they are with. It's often hard to know if the man in your life is really emotionally invested in the relationship or if his focus is simply to have some fun right now and then move on. There are some telltale signs that do indicate that a man truly does adore you.
When you are wondering does he love you for you consider how much time he wants to spend with you. If he's just as happy to sit and watch a movie with you as he is to being intimate with you, he's emotionally invested in the relationship. When a man only wants to see you when it's convenient for him and when you two are together he can't keep his hands off you, don't automatically take this behavior as a compliment. The fact is that if a man really loves you for the person you are, intimacy won't be his only focus.
Men who are truly interested in a woman want to involve that woman in their lives. They want to introduce her to family, friends and co-workers. You should seriously be wondering does he love you for you if you have yet to meet anyone in his life. If he constantly makes excuses for why you can't meet his friends or family, there may be more to it than just them being too busy or unavailable. He may be viewing your relationship as short term only. If you are in this situation and you believe that you feel more for him than he does for you, it may be time to reevaluate things.


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The repeal of the carbon tax will free up public funds needed to pay for essential services and transport, Victoria's premier says.
Denis Napthine also said it would also result in lower electricity and gas prices in a "relief to households and businesses across Victoria".
"In the carbon tax era, we saw the cost of electricity to drive our public transport system - particularly metro trains - to drive our trams, and for the energy cost of our hospitals, they had the carbon tax impost on them," Dr Napthine told reporters in Melbourne on Thursday.
"That was an impact on our basic services that affected all Victorians and with the removal of the carbon tax, that will free up those resources."
Dr Napthine also said the Victorian government supported retention of the target of 20 per cent of the country's electricity coming from renewables by 2020.
It was important to strike the right balance between renewable electricity generation, he said, and "brown coal reserves ... that give us affordable energy to drive our future".


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Fri Dec 14, 2007 7:18am EST
LONDON (Reuters) - Hopes of a Led Zeppelin reunion tour faded on Friday when singer Robert Plant said he would tour with U.S. country singer Alison Krauss in May.
There has been speculation the ageing rockers would embark on a full tour after their one-off concert on Monday in London received rave reviews.
Plant anounced on his website that he and Krauss would be touring Britain and Europe in May.
The pair's Raising Sand tour is expected to be followed by U.S. dates in the middle of the year.
However, there have been rumors that Led Zeppelin, which inspired a generation of rock fans 30 years ago, may perform a number of shows at venues such as New York's Madison Square Garden and Britain's Glastonbury festival.
(Reporting by Jeremy Lovell; editing by Robert Woodward)
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So, does that mean that it's not too soon to be talking about how one will be able to get their hands on Led Zeppelin concert tickets, or is it?
Friday, January 11, 2008
Hopes fade for 2008 Led Zeppelin reunion tour
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Japan is normally the biggest buyer of U.S. corn, but that doesn't mean much in today's competitive market for feedgrains. Total U.S. exports to Japan are off 20%, one reason why new sales continue to struggle.
The latest weekly total published by USDA today came in at just 13.9 million bushels, only slightly above last week's disappointing total and below both trade guesses and the weekly rate forecast by the government for the rest of the marketing year. If that trend doesn't change it means USDA could be right with its very low estimate of 2011 crop exports, which currently stands at only 1.6 billion bushels.
A good book of early business is still supporting shipments, which are running only slightly behind the average pace. But an influx of corn out of the Black Sea and South America, along with cheap feed wheat, is keeping buyers from aggressively seeking U.S. corn despite the November break in prices.
Soybean sales also came in below trade guesses, with the total for the week at 18 million bushels. China was the leading buyer, but much of its deals were switched from those originally reported as going to unknown destinations, holding down the net new bookings. Shipments as expected remain very robust at almost 47 million, but overall business is down dramatically from the last couple of years.
Wheat sales weren't spectacular at 18.5 million bushels, but that tally beat both trade guesses and the weekly rate forecast by USDA for the rest of the marketing year that ends May 31. Smaller Asian buyers, including the Philippines and Thailand, were the leading buyers.
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The word Tantra is often misunderstood by Westerners, incorrectly ascribed to uninhibited or marathon sex. In fact, Tantra is a technique that originated in India to connect the physical body to another dimension and can be practiced alone or as a couple.
In contrast to many other spiritual practices, Tantra regards the human body as the necessary means for enlightenment, as opposed to seeing it as something requiring purification. Just a small proportion of Tantric texts —less than 10 percent—deal with sexuality; well over half the texts focus on the use of mantras, while others focus on the worship of deities and the creation of visual aids to meditation.
The word "tantra" comes from a Sanskrit root meaning "to weave or extend." Tantra practitioners believe the whole world is a completely interwoven unity. Interestingly, Tantra, unlike any other strand of Indian spirituality, bestows great respect for women and to the female aspect of divinity.
Five years ago, Sara Biewen and Thomas Stout of Minneapolis went looking for something to bring new life and depth to their 20-year marriage. After considerable research, they chose to attend a three-day Tantra workshop that had a transformative impact on their relationship, and their careers. Over the next year, they immersed themselves in training to become SkyDancing Tantra teachers and have continued to strengthen their relationship while working with individuals and couples around the country to share their passion and knowledge about Tantra. With backgrounds in psychotherapy and bodywork, they have become life-long students of meditation, sexuality and interpersonal dynamics. "Our students are from all walks of life: single, married, young and old, gay and straight. Tantra is for everyone," Sara remarks.
Among the gurus bringing Tantra teachings to Westerners are Margot Anand of SkyDancing Tantra, Caroline Muir of Divine Feminine Awakening and Charles Muir of Source School of Tantra Yoga.
Margot Anand: Finding God in Bed
Margot Anand has dedicated her career to the study of the spiritual and healing aspects of sex and to opening up the dialogue to healing with the goal to eradicate sexual ignorance on the planet and create a more loving world. "Down through the ages, sexuality has been marred by taboos and constrained by guilt and many rules," Margot explains. "My work is focused on the notion that love and sexuality are a form of prayer to the divine source of all life, that individuals can honor themselves and one another as an aspect of the divine One and create a ritual of sacred space before they enter into love making, dedicating their love and sexual interactions to the healing of Mother Gaia."
An internationally acclaimed author, public speaker, teacher, Margot is also the founder of nine SkyDancing Tantra Institutes worldwide. Her new book, Love, Sex, and Awakening, explores the connection between sex, body, mind and spirit. "The working title of the book was Finding God in Bed," the author quips.
"SkyDancing Tantra is a marriage between energy and consciousness," Margot explains. "The training teaches you to choose, with awareness, what brings you pleasure and joy — opening the door to a deeper connection with spirit and a greater sense of aliveness and well being." Through the controlled use of breath, students are trained to stream energy through the body, lengthening and deepening a spiritual awakening.
"Tantra does not work with the concepts of good and bad; every action is taken consciously with an eye to awakening," Margot continues. "Tantra liberates all of the taboos of the centuries to balance the inner masculine with the inner feminine, ultimately awakening the creativity inside each of us."
Caroline Muir: Divine Feminine Awakening
Caroline Muir has been a longtime hatha yoga instructor and worked collaboratively with Charles Muir to develop the Source School of Tantra Yoga. Caroline is founder of the Divine Feminine Awakening, which educates men and women about the full-spectrum experience of their orgasmic capacity. "I came to understand first-hand that sexual energy, when directed upward toward the brain, awakens consciousness. We must evolve in every area in order to live in a world that fulfills our dreams," explains Caroline.
"Education at every age is at the core of what advances human existence", she adds. "Alignment with the sexual life force for the purpose of healing and awakening, as well as union with the Divine, is a lost art form. Pleasure is the birthright of each and every one of us. Elevating sex from the mundane into the profound is for all seekers of spiritual/ sexual ecstasy. This is the 'union' of what the mystics call 'yoga'… or union with the divine."
Charles Muir: Understanding the Seven Chakras
Charles Muir points out that where Tantra originated, people revered sexuality as a holy gift from the creator, regarding sex as both a sacrament and an art form, celebrating it in their art and teaching its secrets to their children. Sex was used not just to join two lovers, but as a meditation through which the lovers could unite with the divine energy of the universe.
"Ultimately, Tantra is a meditation," Charles notes. "In fact, orgasm is the only universally shared meditative experience, the one that cuts across all cultures. At the moment of orgasm, you're not in your thinking brain, you're in your receptive, being brain; when you're completely absorbed in the present, you enter into timelessness."
Anand and the Muirs focus much of their work on the chakras. According to Charles, "All the chakras contain dormant energy, consciousness, and intelligence, and the Tantra techniques aim to arouse and harness those latent energies." He stresses that the goal in doing breathing techniques, or asanas, shouldn't be to achieve any particular stretch or outward form, but instead "to recognize and reconcile yourself with your body just as it is."
Charles urges workshop participants to consider that they're not doing this work just for their own benefit, but also so they can bequeath a saner, healthier sexual legacy to their children and grandchildren.
"Our version of Tantra addresses major needs of our current place and time: restoring proper reverence for women and the feminine; finding an appropriate, beneficial outlet for male 'warrior' energy; and healing the rift between men and women. Many individuals pursue this training to awaken consciousness and spirituality and bring one closer to their Truth so that they can be more magnetic, more powerful, more connected to Self and to attract a high quality person into your life," Charles explains.
The seven chakras are the centers in our bodies which energy flows through. Blocked energy can lead to illness. Here is a brief overview:
1. Root Chakra — Represents our foundation and feeling of being grounded, found at the base of spine in tailbone area.
2. Sacral Chakra — Our connection and ability to accept others and new experiences, found in the lower abdomen, about two inches below the navel and two inches in.
3. Solar Plexus Chakra — Our ability to be confident and in control of our lives, found in the upper abdomen in the stomach area.
4. Heart Chakra — Our ability to love, found in the center of chest just above the heart.
5. Throat Chakra — Our ability to communicate, located in the throat.
6. Third Eye Chakra — Our ability to focus on and see the big picture, found in the forehead between the eyes (also called the Brow Chakra).
7. Crown Chakra — The highest chakra represents our ability to be fully connected spiritually, located at the very top of the head.
Tantra is a door to spirituality and healing. Medical research reveals that regular sex has innumerable health benefits: strengthening the immune system, improving circulation, lowering blood pressure and heart rate, balancing hormones, improving sleep, reducing pain as well as stress and cancer risk, and improving bladder control for women – while deepening every emotional aspect of your life: love of oneself, interpersonal connection, and spirituality.


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Things to do today is sponsored by the Freud Museum.
What we're reading
- A history of Bishopsgate's White Hart.
- How wandering round London ain't what it used to be.
Things to do today
BANK HOLIDAY: It's a bank holiday, so things are pretty quiet. Why not take a look at our guide to things to do in London over the bank holiday weekend for inspiration — but remember that some venues may operate unusual opening hours (or be closed altogether) today, so check before you travel.
BIG SING: Head to Southbank Centre to follow a trail of pop-up performances from youth choirs around the world, culminating in a Big Sing in the Clore Ballroom. Southbank Centre, free, just turn up, 10.30am-12pm
A WORLD OF STORIES: Wind down the Easter holidays with a storytelling session at Horniman Museum. Hear tales of faraway places, inspired by the museum's exhibitions. Age 5+. Free, just turn up, various timeslots
BEER FESTIVAL: End Easter weekend the right way at this fantastic beer festival at The Crown And Anchor in Brixton, to celebrate the pub's five year anniversary. Things will get lively. The Crown And Anchor, just turn up, noon-11pm
GREENWICH TOUR: Take a tour around one of London's most historical areas, Greenwich. See where Henry VIII and his feuding daughters were born, take a selfie underneath the world's largest painting and much more. Greenwich, free, book ahead, 2pm-4pm
RICH MIX: Learn how to sow seeds at this hands-on workshop in Rich Mix's own back garden — just in time for summer. Age 9+. Rich Mix (Shoreditch), free, just turn up, 11am. Also at the venue today is a gospel choir masterclass — you'll be clapping, singing and dancing along in no time. Free, book ahead, 6pm
FUNDRAISING BBQ: Vauxhall City Farm is holding a fundraising BBQ. There's also a chance to win prizes such as a VIP tour of the farm itself. The Eagle (Vauxhall), donations/£5, just turn up, 6pm-midnight
RETRO GAMING: There's the chance to play over 150 classic computer games at The Chancery in Beckenham, ideal if you want to finish your weekend with a heavy dose of nostalgia. The Chancery, £5, just turn up, 7.30pm-10pm
COMEDY CLUB: Head to The Star of Kings for a selection of cheap and cheerful comedy. Comedians include: Phil Wang, Nish Kumar, Lolly Adefope, Massive Dad and more. The Star of Kings (King's Cross), £4, book ahead, 8pm-10pm
FILM CLUB: The Alibi's quality choices for Monday night film club continues with the 2013 remake of Evil Dead. The Alibi (Dalston), free, just turn up, 8pm-10pm
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Head to the Freud Museum for a lesson in Psychoanalysis
London's Freud Museum is situated in the very house where psychoanalyst Sigmund Freud used to live — you can visit his study, complete with the famous couch where he treated his patients.
Learn about Psychoanalysis, dream theories and the Oedipus Complex, as well as finding out about his daughter, pioneering child psychologist Anna Freud. While you're there, admire some of his 2000 antiques — for the art-lovers, there's contemporary art on display too. Find out more here.
Art review: Anish Kapoor goes big
Three big red misshapen sculptures dominate the gallery. Kapoor is usually onto a winner when working at scale but these blood clot-like pieces feel directionless. There are some classic Kapoor works including reflective mirrors and works on paper too. A solid effort, if not a memorable one. Anish Kapoor at Lisson Gallery, 67 Lisson Street, NW1 5DA, until 6 May, free ★★★☆☆ (Monday-Saturday) Tabish Khan
Art review: disturbing sexualised videos
Duo Nathalie Djurberg and Hans Berg return with more surreal stop motion videos, this time involving fairytale characters such as Red Riding Hood in sexually charged situations. This pair always deliver with their humorous and intense scenes Nathalie Djurberg & Hans Berg at Lisson Gallery, 27 Bell Street, NW1 5BY, until 6 May, free ★★★★☆ (Monday-Saturday) Tabish Khan
Good cause for the day
MUSIC AND COMEDY: A who's who of music and comedy stars collide in Symfunny 2 at The Royal Albert Hall. It's an eclectic mix, from Agnes Brown to Pete Townshend, but all are certain to put on a great show. Proceeds go to Parkinson's UK, which fights the disease both medically and socially. Royal Albert Hall, £38-£22, book ahead, 19 April, 7.30pm


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PITTSBURG — The red kettles of the Salvation Army are generally associated with ringing bells, but patrons at Pittsburg's Walmart Supercenter Wednesday heard a different sound.
Jim Harris posted up next to a red kettle outside the north doors at the Walmart Supercenter and played holiday favorites on the trombone and flugelhorn. Harris has lived in Pittsburg all his life, and been volunteering with the Salvation Army for over 20. He said he's always brought his music with him.
"I play tuba, trombone and flugelhorn," Harris said. "When I'm inside at a place like Ron's Supermarket, I sometimes play guitar, hammer dulcimer or recorder as well."
Harris is a man of many instruments, and learned these talents as part of his profession. While he lives in Pittsburg, he teaches music at St. Paul schools.
He's volunteered with Salvation Army for so long because he loves to give back, Harris said. He sees it as a way to help those in need during the holiday season.
And music just increases the experience.
"I've always wanted to do whatever I can to help people," Harris said. "I have a talent for music, so it's a great way to spread a little cheer, and encourage people to open up their pocket books and give."
While Harris went back to playing Christmas favorites, a familiar face came out with a cart of groceries, donated some change and said hello. The two chatted for a while before going on their way.
"That's another reason I do this," Harris said.
— Chance Hoener is a staff writer for the Morning Sun. He can be emailed at firstname.lastname@example.com or follow him on Twitter @ReporterChance.


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The Shadow Wood Landing development proposed by CFS-LLC, a Minneapolis-based developer, is the subject of two editorials in the Daily Press in as many days. The County Board Members need to pay attention to the public sentiment on this rezone issue. Read a portion below, then click to read the entire commentary.
Shadow Wood Landing project a pie-in-the-sky fantasy
A commentary by Theron O'Connor
My family has owned land in Bayfield County for 100 years. I moved back here in 2008 to retire from my current profession and to start a new business. Now I am both puzzled and distressed by the prospect of a 380-acre commercial rezone of a marginal forest tract in the Town of Russell. It seems like a patently bad idea from a business point of view. It has been negligently, incompetently and illegally executed to date. It appears to provide benefit to only a small cadre of Town of Russell and other insiders. It threatens the interests of adjoining townships and the general population of the area. It has been subjected to an adoption process which has lacked true deliberation at all levels.
As a business proposition, Shadow Wood Landing, as proposed by Minnesota developers CFS LLC, seems preposterous. How many wealthy private airplane owners are going to spend their precious vacation time flying into remote second-growth lowland far from town with no lakeshore, no lake view and not even old growth forest? Intuitively, one would say, "very few, if any." But what do the data say? Well, nothing. Where is the market research? Where is the business plan? What differentiates this massive project from other failed fly-in resorts around the country and other failed local developments in this area? These questions have not received rigorous attention in the rezone process at any level. This is the largest rezone in Bayfield County history. It should, at a minimum, be contingent upon a strong showing of project viability and clearly demonstrated project financing. If passed, it should require a commitment to and adherence to a step-by-step timetable and standards for accomplishing specific project goals. So far, the county board majority is offering a blank check.
The CFS LLC performance to date has been shocking. Circuit Court Judge Anderson reached only one of the three core issues in the citizen lawsuit opposing the project and yet found emphatically in favor of the plaintiffs and against the CFS LLC project. The other two issues remain in that lawsuit. The Army Corps of Engineers has charged CFS LLC with discharging "dredged or fill material into wetlands abutting West Pikes Creek." The Department of Natural Resources has issued three citations against CFS LLC for failures related to erosion control and the failure to obtain a discharge permit prior to disturbing the land on its rezoned construction site. This record flies in the face of the pious representations of CFS LLC regarding its concern for so-called "generational sustainability." The president and CEO of CFS LLC (a young college student from the Twin Cities) is a first-time, completely inexperienced developer. Personal charm does not trump hands-on business savvy with regard to a project of this size. Perhaps that is at the root of this dismal start. The county board majority seems to see no red flags here.
Shady or Shadowy Wood Landing
Letter to the editor by Steph Winter
In my opinion CFS LLC's proposed development of Shadow Wood Landing in the Town of Russell has become a class culture war. Because many members of our town live on the edge of survivability, this is a prime location for developers like CFS to gobble up huge chunks of land for cheap.
What they then choose to do with that land seems to be of little or no consequence to those who live here. Red Cliff tribal members, people who have lived their whole lives here, those who quietly conduct their businesses here (for example, the immediate neighbors to the project and the fruit orchards that lie nearby), and those who move here in retirement or otherwise migrate to this area are being assured of the wide benefits this development will provide. We are told by CFS, LLC President and CEO Annalisa Cariveau that we need to trust her to do the right thing. But why should we?
Over recent weeks and months I've heard about and witnessed an ongoing narrative of subtle harassment, intimidation, and veiled threats aimed at those who speak up about and try to make their concerns known regarding this development even as we're encouraged to offer our input. And, if my neighbors and local businesses are already being pressured into silence at the risk of losing their jobs and right livelihoods before this development begins construction what further manipulations and exploitations can we expect after this project is fully underway?


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These Facebook Marketing Tips Can Really Make Your Business Take Off!
As far as marketing goes, almost nothing is as effective as Facebook. Facebook is a huge asset for companies and businesses. If you are serious about getting more exposure to your business, use the following article to learn all there is about Facebook marketing.
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Custom Tabs
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If you want to target a custom audience, you can do that. This boosts the conversion rates and makes the campaigns cost less because lots of the people will start to buy things from your site instead of just being potential customers.
Why not buy an advertising space on Facebook? You ad can be customized to be shown only to certain ages or genders. If you have a budget, do as much as you want. Additionally, you don't have to make a commitment that's long-term. You can take the ad off whenever you want to.
Know when you ought to make posts about the business outside of a personal Facebook page. If you are posting on a page that isn't your own, it can gain you attention. But really consider whether it's the type of attention that's best, overall. Make postings on other Facebook pages only if you have worthy content. Avoid spamming at all costs.
Make sure you always answer posts and comments on your wall. They're taking the time to contact you, so the least you can do is reply. You should consider a Facebook post like an email or a telephone call.
Give your audience a spot on where they can sign up to your Facebook page. Give away something to provide incentive for folks to do so. You could have a contest, or just give away a freebie.
You don't want to always assume that your absolute best option for marketing through social media is Facebook. As popular as Facebook is, not all cultures and age groups use it. Do more research on your target audience to get a better idea of which social networks they use the most before launching your campaign.
Do what you can to add a personality to your brand. Marketing materials should be periodically refreshed to keep them current and relevant, which sells the idea that your brand is also current and relevant. Show some personality, but try to make sure you are always professional.
Don't turn off the guest commenting function on Facebook. You might think this helps keep inappropriate remarks away, but it really just tells visitors that you are uninterested in their thoughts.
Make sure your postings are varied, but always stay on topic. You should always remain relevant, but it is very important to stop repeating the same things. Find different ways to post relevant content. Share pictures and ask questions along with normal posts.
Remember that a large number of followers do not always mean your Facebook campaign was successful. Target customers who will buy your products and share your information with others. View your conversion rates to gauge how well your marketing efforts are working.
It is important that you learn all you can about Facebook. The more you learn about this, the better equipped you are to use its features. The Facebook help center is a great place to learn a lot of great information. This advantage definitely pays off.
Just like any other type of marketing, you have to know what kinds of people to target when you're marketing on Facebook. If you want content that doesn't attract those your products are meant for, you're not going to be able to raise sales.
Don't stray far off-topic when you post on your Facebook page. When you're a realtor, discussing changes in mortgage interest rates is great. However, Harlem Shake videos are not going to be on-topic with your business objectives.
If multiple people are posting to your Facebook page, coordinate the postings so that they have a unified voice. Consistency is something you have to keep in mind if you want your campaign to do well. Why not do advance preparation of your Facebook updates and put them somewhere they can be easily found by your colleagues.
Facebook Marketing
Don't stop working on your Facebook marketing campaign if you're not getting the results you want right away. It is important to remember that Facebook marketing takes time to show results just like any other type of campaign. You need to wait a while so that your following can grow before you can expect sales.
Include a photo with every update you make on Facebook. People love to see visual representations of what they read. Photos of your employees and products will get your message across to your followers in a more visual way.
You must stay current about new features on Facebook. Your users will be taking advantage of the new features and you should be as well. Test the new features to determine whether or not your subscribers are going to be interested in them.
Use Facebook to reach out and engage the customers you have, and don't just think of it as a lead-generation tool. Anyone that you get from doing a contest may not be interested in your brand for very long. They are simply looking for a quick win. Use the prize as a reward for loyalty instead.
Facebook can help with exposure and visibility to the entire world. If you use it the right way, you can get people interested in your business. Take what you've learned here and watch your sales figures climb sky high.


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As a teacher, my role is to both support and instruct my students. Students cannot learn in an environment where they do not feel safe both physically and emotionally, and I recognize that teachers, as authority figures, are intimidating for some students. I believe in forging a bond with each of my students by showing a genuine interest in them both from a human and an academic perspective. I want my students to know that I believe they can meet my expectations, and that I will rejoice with them when they do.
Students need to work hard and constantly increase their knowledge and skills, but their goals need to be attainable. There is nothing more frustrating that trying something over and over again and continually failing. It is my job to provide my students with enough scaffolding that they can take additional steps in their learning without the fear of failure. To learn we must be allowed to make mistakes and recover from them. It is important to me that my students see that I can make mistakes too, and that they see how I handle them.
Most skills that students learn in school can be introduced through direct instruction, but hands-on experience and practice will be what sticks with a child. The child who is told that water can be solid, liquid, or gas may be able to answer a test question on the three states of matter, but the child who has made water freeze, melt, and boil will able to explain the process to change from one state to another. I cannot control what experiences my students enter my classroom with, but I can provide them with common experiences in my classroom to use as a basis for understanding. As such, I believe that as much as possible students should learn by doing, with informational support and instruction available as needed.
For example, my background in law gives me a great opportunity to help my students understand our democratic society by modeling it in the classroom. I can envision a classroom "court" where minor disputes are settled by a rotating panel of "judges" who try to make the fairest decisions possible. To create classroom rules and policies, students could sit on a rotating panel of advisors to the teacher. While this system would take a large initial investment of time, students would emerge from this experience with a greater understanding of the need for rules, dispute resolution, conflicting interests, and many other principles. This is just one way I can foresee incorporating my background and interests into my classroom in a way that gives my students real experience on a small scale with concepts from the real world I am preparing them to live in.
Having the content knowledge to design experiential learning for my students is essential to my success as a teacher. I need to be able to both cut to the heart of an idea I am teaching and be able to answer questions about it. Children come up with wonderful and occasionally off-the-wall questions about any topic, and part of being a teacher is modeling the process of thought or research to figure out or find the answers. I also firmly believe that adults have a responsibility to admit to children when they do not know an answer, and assist the child in learning the answer. Children are by nature curious, and a flat "I don't know" from a teacher or other adult can convey the idea that curiosity is not desirable.
As a teacher, I strive to make my classroom a varied, stimulating, and comfortable environment for my students. I ask students many questions as I teach, both to gauge their understanding and to encourage them to think. I feel this tactic keeps my students engaged because they are constantly provided with something to think about rather than simply presented with information that they need to remember. I also love the sound of laughter in the classroom! An idea that strikes a student enough to make them laugh out loud has a better chance of being retained than one that is simply told to them, and laughter can also indicate engagement when it is in the right place.
I want my students to know that I care about that and expect the best from them in terms of effort and behavior, and that I will help them to succeed. I prefer to reward students for meeting my expectations rather than discipline those who are not behaving, because I feel incentive works better than punishment.
I also believe that when a student has reached frustration with a skill or concept, it is important to build their confidence back up by giving them the opportunity to do something at which they excel or can figure out easily. My effectiveness as a teacher is not only a function of how well my students test but also how well they grow. When I see a student wanting to learn and confident that they can master new skills if they put forth the effort, I know that I am doing my job and positively impacting the life of a child.


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Drove - (imp.) of Drive.
Drove - (n.) A collection of cattle driven, or cattle collected for driving; a number of animals, as oxen, sheep, or swine, driven in a body.
Drove - (n.) Any collection of irrational animals, moving or driving forward; as, a finny drove.
Drove - (n.) A crowd of people in motion.
Drove - (n.) A road for driving cattle; a driftway.
Drove - (n.) A narrow drain or channel used in the irrigation of land.
Drove - (n.) A broad chisel used to bring stone to a nearly smooth surface; -- called also drove chisel.
Drove - (n.) The grooved surface of stone finished by the drove chisel; -- called also drove work.
Droven - (p. p.) of Drive.
Drover - (n.) One who drives cattle or sheep to market; one who makes it his business to purchase cattle, and drive them to market.
Drover - (n.) A boat driven by the tide.
Drove - past of *drive.
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As I've noted in recent weeks, the overall combination of an overvalued, overbought, and overbullish market has historically been associated with stock market returns below Treasury bill yields, on average, even when recent price action has been generally constructive. Two weeks ago, I took profits on most of our speculative call options, though the Fund does hold a small further position on the sole basis of market action. I would expect to increase that toward about 2% of assets if the market clears its overbought or overbullish status without serious deterioration in market internals.
Source: Hussman Funds - Weekly Market Comment: November 27, 2006 - Why Warren Buffett Plays Bridge


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Attention: This is the surrounding-programme for 2018.
We will publish the programme for 2019 soon.
The Havana Club is a well established place to meet at the Africa Festival – it is all about Cuban rum and Caribbean music. During the day, people can meet to have a cup of coffee and to relax. Later at night, it transforms into a disco bar where various brands of rum and Cuban cocktails can be tasted, while hot music is being played by our DJs. Thursday and Friday, DJ Yambo & DJ Yannek will heat up the club with Afro-Latin music. Saturday and Sunday, Selecter Manitu of the Lucky Punch Soundsystem and his daughter DJane Afropunk play afrobeats and reggaeton as well as dancehall and reggae.
Disco time at the Havana Club is from Thursday to Saturday from 9:00 pm to 2:00 am and on Sunday from 7:00 pm to 11:00 pm.
Our multi-tent also catches the vibe at night – legendary DJ Hi John from Jamaica will celebrate a hot reggae party – and you are invited!
Thursday to Saturday from 7:00 pm to midnight.
© Havana Club
In the new cocktail lounge visitors can enjoy different cocktails from 3:00 pm to 11:00 pm. Original Cuban cocktail classics like Mojito and Cuba Libre will be served. A chill-out area with comfortable deckchairs, umbrellas and Cuban music invites visitors to relax.


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so it seems my new posting ritual has been whittled down to a monthly and when i do post they sometimes come all at the same time. i'm becoming ok with that (i have a real job for now and a pretty busy life even outside that) and while my goal is going to be posting weekly, i'm ok if even that doesn't happen. sorry to disappoint my many fans (hi mom! hi karen!). this is tied in with announcement number one: i'm only posting the most incredibly wonderful recipes i create/come across. even if that lentil soup for lunch was pretty good, if it's not awesome there is no place for it here. this means i have to make something at least twice at home before i feel comfortable throwing it on the interwebs so i can guarantee i have the recipe down and the first delicious time wasn't a fluke. while i wanted to bend my rules and get this asparagus flatbread on here pronto, i stuck with it and enjoyed it a second time before passing it along.
the second announcement isn't food related, but is blog content related. initially when i created this piece of the internet i wanted to share recipes for the awesome food i make all the time. with that comes a bit of personal sharing… why i was craving mac and cheese, where the recipe comes from, etc. when other blogs strayed from the personal to the political (the personal is political, silly) it bugged me, but mostly because the political i see on most blogs talks about individual solutions for societal problems (hello, climate change), blindly mourns tragedy rather than critically analyzes it, or throws around jingoism around any holiday they can get.
marxist, leninist, feminist, anti-racist, anti-imperialist, pro-palestinian, environmental, pro-lgbtqqa rights with your food, anyone?
the final push was in many ways related to all the fourth of july blind patriotism, but the "aha" moment came when reading a post dedicated to jamie oliver and the work he does. two things jumped out at me that i no longer just want to ignore:
1. all this talk about the obesity "epidemic" that puts all of the responsibility on the individual rather than the corporations that pump out processed food and find the chemicals and government subsidies to make it cheaper than fruits and vegetables. not to mention the food deserts that many low income folks have to deal with in large cities. not to mention the culture of fat shaming and yo-yo dieting and unrealistic body images! more to come on this later, i just was at a fantastic session at a fantastic conference that talked about sexism and the food and diet industry and i promise to share soon.
2. the moral of the story ended up being that "cooking my family a nice dinner is really revolutionary and health conscious people have really created a movement here." first of all, if you want to talk about revolution i think brasil or egypt could give you a better idea of what it means. the rest of this argument goes back to the unfortunate black hole of lifestyle politics—the idea that the best thing to do is to change the way we live our lives and if everybody just got with it and cooked healthy food everything would be ok. argicultural giants love this because they can smack "natural" onto all sorts of products and charge people more for them. just as importantly, it completely forgets to consider economic situations (organic heirloom tomatoes are hella expensive at the grocery store and not everybody can throw up a garden in their… wait, not everyone has a yard!)
so, perhaps i have a few new posts to work on to blast these ideas that come up all too often. i do want to state here that by criticizing these ideas doesn't mean i don't love the photos and recipes coming from these blogs, it just means we have some different opinions and i plan to argue against them from now rather than ignore it. and if i get lucky, hopefully i can change some minds.
that out of the way, this flatbread is incredible. i'd like to call it pizza but the boyfriend objects to calling things pizza unless they have a healthy slathering of sauce on the dough. the first time i made it i was hesitant to layer on the asparagus thinking it would take over but when i tried the first bite i was wanting even more. i was also wary of adding the thicker pieces of asparagus to the thinly shaved strands. psh, the more asparagus the better!
this recipe takes about a half hour to make and 15 minutes to bake, thanks to my massively fast foccacia turned pizza dough (which i can't believe i haven't shared the recipe with you yet! probably because pizza usually makes for ugly photos).
shaved asparagus flatbread pizza
makes 6 or 8 small slices
inspired by smitten kitchen's
foccacia dough (recipe below)
1 pound asparagus
1/2 pound mozzarella, grated
4 teaspoons olive oil
salt and pepper
1 tablespoon sesame seeds
lemon, for garnish
begin flatbread recipe listed below. while dough is rising shave the asparagus into ribbons by gripping the end of the stalk and using a vegetable peeler to remove a long thin strand. once you've shaved all you can discard the woody end and chop the thicker strand into a couple pieces. you will want to use this along with the ribbons because the more asparagus you have, the better. (trust me on using the peeler method; it is the easiest and best way to go. thinly slicing doesn't get the desired texture or look and using a mandolin is just crazy business.)
when you are done shaving the asparagus toss with two teaspoons of the olive oil and season with salt and pepper. once the dough has finished rising stretch it out and put it on an oiled baking pan sprinkled with sesame seeds.
drizzle the dough with the two remaining teaspoons of olive oil. sprinkle with grated mozzarella cheese and arrange the ribbons evenly on top.
bake at
serve each piece with a lemon wedge. (trust me, do not skip this step.)
foccacia flatbread
or the world's easiest pizza dough
2 3/4 cups flour
1 teaspoon salt
1 tablespoon sugar
1 tablespoon dry active yeast
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 cup warm water (105 to 110 degrees is best)
mix the ingredients together all in one bowl. knead the dough for a couple minutes and add flour or water if needed to make a smooth elastic dough.
oil, cover, and let rise 20 minutes.
punch down and form into your your desired shape. (i used to use this recipe for foccacia bread because it's so dang easy but have since found better quality recipes. i use this now as a go to pizza dough but you can do as you will.)
cover and let rise another 10 minutes.
if you're making pizza, top with ingredients. if you're making bread, top with herbs, garlic, finishing salt, and/or olive oil.
bake at 450 degrees for 15 to 20 minutes.*
*at 450 degrees this is a big difference. i say up to 20 because if you're making pizza sometimes the weight of the ingredients on top makes it take longer. if you're just making lightly topped flatbread, this should be no problem. if you're making extra saucy extra topping pizza, watch carefully after the 15 minute mark to see if the crust is getting burnt at the bottom and take it out before that happens!


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Occupy Wall Street protestors celebrated the movement's anniversary on Monday by clogging intersections in the city's financial district, marching to the beat of drums that were a familiar refrain last year.
Protestors roamed around the lower Manhattan financial district all morning in groups of a few dozen each, from one intersection to another and back again, chanting loudly about the ills of Wall Street. In total, there were a few hundred protestors scattered throughout the city. More than 100 of them were arrested by midafternoon, mostly on disorderly conduct charges.
The day's events lacked the heft of Occupy protests last year, when protestors gathered by the thousands. But Occupiers were upbeat as they spread out in their old stomping grounds, giddy at the prospect of being together again. They brushed off any suggestions that the movement had petered out.
"This is a movement. It's only been a year," said protester Justin Stone Diaz, of Brooklyn. "It's going to take many years for it to develop and figure out exactly who we are."
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It's been an absolutely gorgeous day. The temperature at 7.30 this morning was 46F (7C) and now, at 5.30 in the afternoon, it's a warm, sunny, 60F (16C). Yesterday I went to Timmermans Garden Centre and bought some veg plants to supplement the ones I'm growing from seed. I decided on cherry tomatoes as I've got three Roma plants from seed that are coming on well.
I chose Totem and Tumbling Tom Red. There was a Black Cherry tomato that I was tempted to get but managed to resist. These plants will go into the window boxes I have just outside my kitchen. They are as much for fun as for harvesting.
The fox had been having a good time in my veg plot. The garden fleece that I'd used to cover the onions and potatoes that I'd planted was ripped to shreds. Last year he didn't seem to bother with anything covered in fleece so I'm wondering if it is the same fox or one of the offspring. Because of this problem I came up with an alternative that will, hopefully, keep off the fox and keep out any insects when I start planting up my other veg.
It's a fine mesh that is a lot more sturdy than the fleece and designed for keeping out insects. I'll have to come up with something better for the ends but as long as I can keep the fox off until things grow enough to deter him I think it will be ok. The fox did sneak past on the other side of the hedge while I was working up there.
The daffodils are out everywhere now, I don't seem to have as many in the garden as I thought I had though.
Well, I finished my second week of jury duty and I'm glad it's over. I didn't get to actually sit on a jury so I count the time I was there as a total waste. The good thing was that I only had to attend for a day and a half altogether but, because it was during two weeks, I couldn't settle to much at all the rest of the time.
I was just about to ask if anyone knows why I haven't got a spell check on blogger, then I noticed that there is a spell check on the IE toolbar - for goodness sake, why didn't I look there before?