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by Major John McCrae
In Flanders fields the poppies blow
Between the crosses, row on row,
That mark our place; and in the sky
The larks, still bravely singing, fly
Scarce heard amid the guns below
We are the dead. Short days ago
We lived, felt dawn, saw sunset glow,
Loved, and were loved, and now we lie
In Flanders fields.
Take up our quarrel with the foe
To you from failing hands we throw
The torch; be yours to hold it high.
If ye break faith with us who die
We shall not sleep, though poppies grow
In Flanders fields.
Happy Veteran's Day! Thank you, Thank you, Thank you. Thank you for your sacrifice, selflessness, and lives. I cannot express my deep appreciation for you. Thank you.

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Programme: Tempus III
The main objective of the project: to promote the mobility of the Ukrainian education system through the creation of conditions for improvement of the system of distance education in Ukrainian universities, based on European standards and European experience.
• Carinthia University of Applied Sciences
• National Technical "Kharkiv Polytechnic Institute"
• University of Maribor, Slovenia
• Kaunas University of Technology, Lithuania
• Odessa National Polytechnic Unіversity
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• Zaporizhzhya National Technical Unіversity
• Ministry of Education and Science of Ukraine
• The study of modern European experience on the implementation / creation of e-learning
• Conduct targeted practical work to improve the system of e-learning in Ukrainian universities
• Dissemination of the best results on the improvement of the system of distance education
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Sunday, November 9, 2008
Surprise Ticket
Last week whil i was walking around the mall i saw a newly set up table with a poster of Manny Paquiao and Dela Hoya ... i went near it and asked what it was for. They were pre-selling guranteed seats for the Big Dream Match for December and the match starts at 8:00 am .
I decided to get a ticket for Christian as a surprise gift as he was such a big fan of boxing ... luckily the girl said i was the very first one to buy so i could actually pick THE BEST seat ... heheheh .. sucker! So there i was paying for it and like a happy content cow put the ticket in my bag.
When the kids and i met up with Christian i was excited to tell him ... but controlled myself.
When we got home i slipped the ticket inside his wallet without him knowing it and when he opened it the next morning he was really surprised! I saw him looking puzzled with the card at first .. he put it out and tried to read the fine print .. then he looked at me and with a big smile he said "Wow, you shouldn't have ..." but was really smiling ear to ear .. hahaha!
It sure was a good surprise for my boxing fanatic partner!
On the sly ... it was actually a sure way to get him to finish the match right away and we can leave for the mall because the match is live with no commercial breaks .. so it will be over befoe lunch time .. yey, i still have my driver free in the afternoon ... heheheh! I actually hit two birds with one ticket! lol!
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Irish anniversary festivals
In the 1980s and 1990s, a number of areas in the Republic of Ireland held year-long festivals commemorating historic anniversaries. The country was in an economic depression at the time and these were excuses for some civic pride; the anniversaries chosen were often rather arbitrary[1] and were chosen by the relevant local authority to promote tourism.[2]
The "Dublin millennium" was proposed by city manager Frank Feely to be held in 1988, commemorating Gaelic King Mael Seachlainn II's conquest of the Viking city of Dublin.[2] The corporation agreed in December 1985, prompting a historian to point out that the conquest had actually occurred in 989 and to suggest the year "was chosen quite arbitrarily for the 'millennium' because it is coming up soon, not long after the Galway 500 and the Cork 800".[2][3]
- The first such was Galway, with Galway 500 in 1984,[2] the 500th anniversary of the granting of a town charter in 1484[4]
- Cork 800 in 1985,[2] the 800th anniversary of its charter of 1185[5]
- The Dublin Millennium in 1988, commemorating the submission of the King of Dublin to Mael Seachlainn II in 988 (though in fact this occurred in 989)[2] A commemorative 50 pence piece was minted for general circulation
- Dundalk 1200 in 1989,[6] for the separation of Dundalk from Uladh in 789
- Limerick 300 in 1991, for the Treaty of Limerick of 1691[7]
- Mayo 5000 in 1993, based on archeological evidence that the Céide Fields were approximately that age[1][8]
- ^ a b Greeley, Andrew (December 13, 1992). "Ireland Wears Changes Like An Old Shoe". Chicago Sun-Times. p. 48.
- ^ a b c d e f McDonald, Frank; Joe Jacobs (8 January 2010 [January 8, 1986]). "From the Archives: 8 January 1986: 'Bogus' selection of date to mark Dublin's millennium". The Irish Times. Retrieved 25 March 2010. Check date values in:
- ^ http://ronanquinlanmedia.blogspot.com/2011/12/millenamania.html
- ^ Reagan, Ronald (23 May 1984). "Proclamation 5198 -- Galway's Quincentennial Year, 1984". Speeches. Reagan Presidential Library. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ Silverman, J. Herbert (16 March 1985). "Cork: Ireland's second city celebrates 800 years". The Miami News. pp. C1–2. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ Reynolds, Albert (8 November 1989). "Written Answers. - Border Projects Funding.". Dáil Éireann debates. 392. Oireachtas. c.2047. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ Clarity, James F. (18 December 1991). "Limerick Journal; An Irish City Bounces Back, in the Spirit of 1691". New York Times. Retrieved 25 March 2010.
- ^ Malviya, Sanchey (2005). "Promotional methods in Tourism: Mayo Naturally". In B. K. Pandey. Tourism: policies, planning and governance. Rural Development: Towards Sustainability. 3. Delhi: Isha Books. p. 134. ISBN 81-8205-315-3.
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Kory Chase, LCSW-C, began her social work education at McDaniel College and completed her master's degree at the University of Central Florida.
Chase began working with children and adolescents in 2002 and knew immediately that school social work was her passion. Prior to joining Baltimore County Public Schools, Chase worked as a social worker for a local nonpublic school and spent time as the clinical supervisor of a foster care agency. Chase began working for BCPS in 2013 as the school social worker for Wellwood International Elementary School, Pikesville Middle School, and Pikesville High School. She is currently the fulltime social worker at Pikesville High and is a member of the Social Worker Leadership Team.
Chase works with students individually, in groups, and in her infamous lunch bunches. She loves to use humor to help her students have "real talks" about their choices and their futures. Chase helps her students to develop coping strategies, social skills, and "grit" to navigate high school and the world beyond. She loves to integrate technology, books, TV, and music into her work with students to help bring the lessons to life.
Chase began working as the co-chair of the Gay-Straight Alliance in 2015 with teacher Douglas Kotula. Her work with the club and the LGBT population at Pikesville quickly became one of her favorite parts of her job. Many club members have formed friendships and meet each day to have lunch as a part of the lunch bunch held in Chase's office. Involvement has increased tremendously, and Chase is amazed at the positive impact the students have had on each other by coming together during this short time. The Gay-Straight Alliance planning their first Gay Pride Day at Pikesville High School to be held this spring.
Seeing her students succeed is the most rewarding part of the job for Chase. She is thrilled to be welcoming a former student back to speak in March for Disabilities Awareness Week. He will be speaking to students and parents about his experiences as an adult with autism. Chase is so grateful for the opportunity to share his story with parents in the Pikesville community.
March will include other opportunities as well for parents to connect with resources at Pikesville High School. Chase partnered with the PTSA and school nurse Alison Merani to help host a teens and substance abuse program. This panel discussion will help parents learn about the warning signs of drug use and how to access useful community resources.
Overall, Chase considers being a school social worker for Team BCPS and Pikesville High School the most rewarding and validating work that she has done in her life. Her involvement in all facets of the Pikesville High environment has afforded her the ability to make a positive impact on the daily lives of young people in BCPS.


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about 11 million foreign workers and their families in northern Europe in 1983, with 5 million in West Germany alone. Of the latter number, there were around 1.5 million Turks. The Turks in West Germany have received the greatest publicity, both because of social and economic impact and because of lack of ease of integration into German society. Germany, for example, is now beginning to put pressure on Turks to go home, through policies such as reporting to the police jobless workers who ask for welfare.
The non- EC migrants are seen as creating, or at least not helping to solve, a number of problems. First, their existence is seen as delaying reduction in agricultural employment within the Community by taking the jobs that would go to redundant EC national agricultural workers. Second, the migrant workers flow into existing centers of production easily, thereby perhaps reducing any natural impetus to a greater locational spread of industry. Third, they put a heavy strain on existing public services, thus increasing social costs for all. Fourth, their presence can lead to social unrest as their poor living and working conditions become more and more unacceptable (to them if no one else). Finally, the sheer numbers and lack of locational integration can lead to racism.
Against these negative effects certainly must be weighed positive economic factors for the migrants themselves (there are many success stories of migrants becoming either well assimilated or else returning home financially able to start new businesses) and the countries that invited them. The LDCs supplying the workers are generally seen to benefit. In Turkey, for example, a close to 25 percent unemployment rate is relieved by migration, and remittances account for $2 billion per year in helping a perennial balance-of- payments problem. On the other hand, it cannot be denied that the best workers leave, thus creating skill scarcities at home that perhaps impede growth, and in spite of the success stories many return home to find no jobs to utilize their new talents (thus adding to social unrest at home).
In fact, without available jobs, it appears that the foreign workers are now beginning to go back home, and thus the present problems may in the long run be solved, but probably not without continued short-run adjustment problems for all involved.
In conclusion, it can be noted that most of what is called "social policy" in the EC in fact deals exclusively with aspects of


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We celebrated Easter a little bit early this year so all staff could attend with an Easter Afternoon Tea.
We got all types of different tea's like vanilla tea, lemon tea, peppermint tea, english breakfast and earl grey to choose from and we had lots of goodies from savourie sandwiches and danishes to the old traditional favourite hot cross buns.
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Phil Mickelson feels his game is trending in the right direction as he heads to his home State of California to try and rack up another win in the AT & T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am.
Pebble Beach on the spectacular Monterey coast has been the scene of four his 42 PGA Tour wins, those victories coming in 1998, 2005, 2007 and 2012.
Now 20 years on from the first of those triumphs, the left-hander believes he can make it number five after a promising display in last week's Waste Management Phoenix Open.
Mickelson finished tied fifth at the Arizona event although could have finished higher but for a double bogey at the final hole on Sunday.
Looking ahead to the AT & T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am which is played over three different tracks before the finale at Pebble Beach itself, the five-time major champion said after signing his card in Phoenix: "It's a collection of courses I really like. I've played well on them in the past and I'm hoping to build on this week's performance. There's no reason why I shouldn't.
"My game's gotten better each week, my focus is getting better each week," added Mickelson, who, prior to his top five in Phoenix, started the season with a missed cut at the CareerBuilder Challenge before improving to tied 45th at the Farmers Insurance Open at Torrey Pines.
"This shouldn't just be a one week deal, I should be getting better and better as the weeks go on."
One extra incentive for the 2013 Open winner is that he's in danger of slipping outside the world's top 50 for the first time since 1993, a run started when Jordan Spieth was just four months old.
He touched 49th at the start of last week but jumped back to 41st after his strong display at the Phoenix Open.
Mickelson is 29.00 to win the AT & T Pebble Beach National Pro-Am, with Dustin Johnson 6.50, Jon Rahm 11.00, Rory McIlroy 11.00, Spieth 12.00 and last week's Phoenix winner Gary Woodland 26.00.
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It was my brother in laws birthday was this week and I found the most awesome present ever. I read the reviews on Amazon and it made me laugh so hard. He received it yesterday and said it is pretty funny. I'm patting myself on the back for this one.
My oldest son was cracking me up yesterday. He was giving advice to my youngest on how to get the "ladies". I think he will be a ladies man a lot sooner than I would like him to be. He told me a few nights ago that one of the reasons he loves me so much is because I am so smart. I told him thank you (and this is where the man comes out in him) and he says to me, "Yeah, when I can't find my shoes you always seem to know where to find them," and he's 9 so that is a pretty awesome compliment if you ask me.
Just a few days ago I got to have a proud moment when he held the door open for a little lady and her daughter (I assume it was because of the little girl) but you just never see polite kids anymore. I've had kids let the door slam in my face while carrying groceries or something similar so it made me proud to see him open the door for someone even if he still uses his fork like a shovel sometimes (it's a work in progress).
Now, the youngest needs a lot more work. We were looking at campers a while back and the salesman was just going on and on about them and Shooter announces really loudly, "Wait for it…Waaaiiitt for it," and just busts ass. It was so loud and gross. I know that we should have said something and we did …in between a giggle here or there. The salesman never skipped a beat. He just went on trying to sale campers.
My poor baby Trixie must have been bitten by a snake. She wouldn't pose for me (no lady likes having a double chin in a picture and this chin hangs to the floor).
My son had a baseball tournament a few weeks ago (baseball is pretty much 85% of my life right now). Of course there are like 10 other teams there from the surrounding area and what do I do? O I fall on my ass. It's okay though it happens a lot. My mom and I just laughed and laughed and I got to thinking about it (after laughing about it with my husband also) and I have taken a lot of "trips" in my lifetime. I took a trip down some cement steps in England, I took a trip down a step in Coyote Ugly in Memphis (I blame that on the alcohol and being one of the worse bars I have ever been in), walking to an overlook at the Rocky Mountains in Colorado, Las Vegas, well you get the point. Am I the only one who has all these stories about falling on my ass? Thank God I can laugh about them or I would have a serious complex! 🙂 Sometime, I will share with you my favorite "Sara no "H" accidents". I have some good ones to tell.
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Ikea Outdoor Garden Ideas
As promised, I will share some of my ideas for the outdoor garden... Nothing fancy just a couple of simple furnitures from ikea with a few plants here and there.. If you guys go to ikea, the first thing you gonna spot is this small balcony of somewhat an outdoor area.. There are some artificial potteries with white outdoor chairs and table.. Maybe I will do something similar like this.. I love the concept of hanging plants and a wood panel against the wall. My only problem is that molds will sure to grow there *yuck*! I want something maintenance free. We will get more into that soon.
I have a few pieces already in mind and bought a few decor pieces which I will share with u guys later.. *awwwwww* I know.. soon ok.. :)
Right after absorbing some design concepts, our tummy grumbled so let's eat!
Today I felt like giving the opportunity to Mr. Bob to buy our brunch.. Yup.. and he goes food crazy.. man.. I have to control this guy.. :p
Chicken rendang with rice,
Chicken wings,
Salmon with veges,
Meetballs with chips,
*buuuurp* Alhamdullilah.. hihi..
*its ok honey.. we're not judging* ;)
"Farissa will have problem finishing that.. you do know that papa?"
After brunch *as usual*, Farissa will insist to go to Smaland..
So, Mr. Bob send her to the playground and then, we went catching more ideas for Farissa new bedroom..
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*Ruzain is compiling measurements for the wardrobe* teehee....
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A devoted wife had spent her lifetime taking care of her husband.
When he was slipping in and out of a coma for several months, she stayed by his bedside every single day. When he came to, he motioned for her to come nearer.
As she sat by him, he said, "You know what? You have been with me all through the bad times.
"When I got fired, you were there to support me. When my business failed, you were there. When I got shot, you were by my side. When we lost the house, you gave me support. When my health started failing, you were still by my side.
"You know what?"
"What, dear?" his wife asked gently.
"I think you bring me bad luck."
A young couple got married and left on their honeymoon. When they got back, the bride immediately called her mother. Her mother asked, "How was the honeymoon?" "Oh, Mum," she replied, "the honeymoon was wonderful! So romantic..." Suddenly she burst out crying. "But, Mum, as soon as we returned Sam started using the most horrible language...things I'd ever heard before! I mean, all these awful 4-letter words! You've got to come get me and take me home.... Please Mum!"
"Sarah," her mother said, "calm down! Tell me, what could be so awful? What 4-letter words?"
"Please don't make me tell you, Mum," wept the daughter, "I'm so embarrassed, they're just too awful! Come get me, please!"
"Darling, you must tell me what has you so upset. Tell your mother these horrible 4-letter words!"
Still sobbing, the bride said, "Oh, Mum, they were words like dust, wash, iron, cook!"
The man told his doctor that he wasn't able to do all the things around the house that he used to do. The doctor started a long and thorough examination, but finally found nothing wrong with the man.
When the examination was complete, he said, "Now, Doc, I can take it. Tell me in plain English what is wrong with me."
"Well, in plain English," the doctor replied, "you're just lazy."
"Okay," said the man. "Now give me the medical term so I can tell my wife".
A couple was celebrating their golden wedding anniversary. Their domestic tranquility had long been the talk of the town, and on this special occasion, a local newspaper reporter paid them a visit. He inquired as to the secret of their long and happy marriage.
"Well," explained the husband, "it all goes back to our honeymoon. We visited the Grand Canyon and took a trip down to the bottom of the canyon by pack mule."
"We hadn't gone too far when my wife's mule stumbled. My wife quietly said 'That's once.' We proceeded a little farther when the mule stumbled again. Once more my wife quietly spoke: 'That's twice.' We hadn't gone a half-mile when the mule stumbled a third time. My wife promptly removed a revolver from her purse, hopped down off the beast, and shot the mule dead."
"I started to protest over her treatment of the mule when she looked at me and quietly said, 'That's once.'"
One night, Peter was home watching TV when his wife entered the room and asked, "If I died, would you remarry?"
Peter thought for a second then said "Yeah I guess I would".
Then his the wife asked, "well would you have her as your golfing partner?"
Peter replied, "yep I probably would do that too".
"But surely you wouldn't give her my clubs?!", she cried.
Peter looked at her and said, "Nah, shes left handed."
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Gustave Le Bon (French: [lə bɔ̃]; 7 May 1841 – 13 December 1931) was a French social psychologist, sociologist, anthropologist, inventor, and amateur physicist. He is best known for his 1895 work The Crowd: A Study of the Popular Mind. His writings incorporate theories of national traits, racial and male superiority, herd behavior and crowd psychology.
Le Bon began his writing career working in the new field of anthropology. In the 1870s he invented a pocket cephalometer, or as he called it, a "Compass of Coordinates", which was an instrument that allowed one to quickly measure the head's various angles, diameters, and profiles. In effect, the instrument was able to reproduce the measurements of any 3-D solid figure. Because it was small and portable the device was easily incorporated into the research programs of anthropologists. Le Bon himself, in 1881, used the cephalometer to measure the heads of 50 inhabitants of the remote Tatras Mountains region of southern Poland. His paper, "The Pocket Cephalometer, or Compass of Coordinates" is written in the style of a user's manual, and stands as an important historical document that details how 19th-century anthropologists initially practiced their science.


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the "German Foundation for the UN-Refugee Aid", as well as Dr. Reinhold Friedl from German Foundation UN-Refugee Aid, Bureau in Oldenburg
the "Alladin Children e.V." in Berlin
the "Sanofi Pasteur MSD GmbH", Leimen
the Lions Club Bremer Schweiz, which organized a Schleppjagd hinter der Niedersachsenmeute in Aljarn
the ROTARY Clubs and INNER WHEEL Clubs in and outside of Bremen
the University of the Arts Bremen
the Hilfswerk Ostasien of the Ostasiatischen Verein in Bremen
Count and Countess Trapp
the German Foreign Office in Berlin
the Bremer Landesvertretung in Berlin
Almut Röper from the via roeper Erfolgskommunikation for the conceptual redesign of our flyer
Tarek Noor for the photographs
the Gesamtpersonalrat für das Land und die Stadtgemeinde Bremen. Within the drive Das Kleine hinter'm Komma für einen großen, guten Zweck many employees and pensioners of Bremens civil service donate the penny amounts of their monthly paychecks.
the Bezirksgruppe Cuxhaven/Stade of the Deutschen Tonkünstlerverbandes (DTKV). Several artists, musicians and singers performed a charity concert in the assembly hall of the Grundschule Otterndorf
the class 6 F of Schulzentrum Rockwinkel in Bremen. The students of this class worked hard on handcrafted projects for 3 days, and sold their products at an Advent sale benefitting Afghan children.
the firm of WebMen Internet GmbH for the installation of our website
Katinka Werner for the translation of our website into English
Siddique Noor for his support of the IAWA in Kabul
Dr. Willi Steul Intendant of Deutschlandradio for his support
numerous companies and private contributors
the Haupt- und Realschule in Hagen for organizing a school festival promoting IAWA.


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Right on the heels of the news regarding the new ThunderCats cartoon, Icon Heroes has released the first official image (above) of their upcoming 6″ Lion-O Staction Figure. What is a Staction? Well, its a term coined by toy sculptors, The Fourhorsemen when they were advertising their line of He-Man and the Masters of The Universe mini statues back in 2007. A mini statue basically being a non moving action figure. At the time, the He-Man line was being produced by Necca. Since they couldn't acquire the toy license from owner, Mattel they were not able to produce toys that had action features. So, they found a loop hole. They could produce figures provided they didn't move. Stationary Action figure, Staction for short.
So, Icon Heroes is in the same boat. The master toy license for ThunderCats has been awarded to Bandai and with that being the case, Icon Heroes were only able to secure a 6″ scale statue license. They will be producing mini statues of the ThunderCats and their minions of Third Earth as well. But it does not stop there, the license will also include vehicle replicas and environmental dioramas all based on the classic, '80s animated show
The first wave of Staction Figures scheduled for release will consist on Lion-O, Jackal Man, and Jaga.
Again this Thundercats line will based on the classic animated show. As far as we know, it will have no association with the new cartoon.
click after the jump for a full size pic of the fully painted Lion-O prototype.
source: figures.com
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text: Report post Posted October 7, 2015 Im playing my frost DW dk http://eu.battle.net/wow/en/character/alleria/Vylenia/simple mostly as a twink to farm old content and old raids or doing dailies so especially for some cata bosses good burst damage is pretty nice but with the recommended opener plus rotation i only do about 500-600k dps which is pretty crappy compared to my 704 affli with 1M dps and my 696 assassination rogue with 700-800k dps. So before rerolling my dk to 2H or even Unholy i just wanted hear some opinions which spec would be best. Share this post Link to post Share on other sites


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My Reposed Life.
(thank you Gail.)
I had a new visitor from there, and now I cannot find her.
She had a blog chock full of wonderfully creative ideas,
and I want to pass her name along to you,
but, I cannot find her again. (I clean all my files every night).
I've gone through my comments, but still cannot find her.
I left tons of comments on her blog, cause i loved it all so much.
( my arm aches because i could not drag myself away late last night.) =/
One idea that was just too cute was just a red tool box, with flowers in it, with a scrolly shelf bracket, attached to a fence.
(Yes, we have all seen flowers in a tool box before, but it was just too cute with those brackets.)
Her whole blog was filled with sweet things like that!
So, my new friend, with all the too cute things, please email me with your blog address!!!
Blessings everyone
Barbara Jean
PS Gail, my apologies for the small type on your name.
No matter what i did it would not change the size!!


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I just read "Make Organic Compost for Your Garden" in which she said to "go light on evergreens" when building a compost pile. Now I'm antsy about my asparagus.
When I moved to my present home in Maine last fall, I faced truly dreadful soil: an inch of slimy, acid red clay resting on bedrock, all on a 30 degree slope. To create growing beds, I used what I had most of, evergreen boughs, layer upon layer of mostly white spruce, alternating with lime and clay. Then I planted my healthy, seed-grown, compost-fed asparagus plants on these built-up beds and added a nitrogen fertilizer. I also planted seven fruit trees on the same mounds.
My questions: Can I expect good results? Should I replant this spring, adjusting the soil composition?
Evergreens in Compost Increases Acid Soil Levels
It sounds as if you have two major problems. The first is that your beds sit on bedrock, which prevents your plants from developing the deep root systems they need for optimum growth. Asparagus crowns are usually buried eight to 12 inches deep, and fruit trees are planted even deeper, depending on the root ball.
The second problem is the soil's pH. Heavy applications of spruce and fir would make your acid soil even more acid, drastically inhibiting the bacterial growth needed for decomposition and stunting germination in many plants as well. Asparagus and most fruit trees prefer a pH between 6 and 7; I suspect yours is lower.
I haven't seen the site, of course, but if I were you, I'd probably start over. First, try to find a garden site that's lacking in bedrock. Then incorporate as much well-aged compost as you can, made from a variety of less acid ingredients — straw, hay, manure, weeds, grass clippings. (Or you can buy ready-made compost.) Keep working this into the soil, and over the years you will see a difference in aeration, tilth, pH, and general health. Third, I've found that working sharp sand into clay soil makes a real difference. Finally, have your soil's pH checked, and then ask your local agricultural agent how much lime to apply for that reading.
I realize that all this sounds like an awful lot of work and goes against the ideal of using on-site materials, but it may be what it takes to cultivate plants that like neutral or alkaline soil. You might also want to consider raising acid-loving crops — such as grapes and most berries — which are better adapted to your area.
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text: The reception for the Art from CU exhibit in the 3rd floor gallery was Tuesday, November 14, 2017 from 3-5:30pm. There was a great turnout, and a lot of visitors! Some of the artists even stopped by, and took photos with their art. Check out the images here, and make sure to go up to the gallery before the art leaves on January 31, 2018.


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In the recent tour of our flat in Brixton I said that my only real staging investment was the art work. It was a clear business decision: I wanted to show case Brixton as we all know when it comes to buying it's all about location, location, location! Here is the art in more detail.
First of all, I took to Brixton with my camera and got 2 shots worth printing on a canvas (during a photobox sale). I love this photo of the tiles on the platform at Brixton tube station.
During a Pinterest Brixton art search, I fell in love with the prints by Dave Thompson: gorgeous 50s travel poster inspired prints of London landmarks. I knew that we would keep these so we got the three which meant the most to us. Here you can see Brixton Town Hall where we posted our marriage banns and where our girls had their naming ceremonies.
This time during a late night eBay search, I came across an original London bus blind, which included all our local Brixton buses. I couldn't resist! I then worked with the great guys at Isis Creative Framing in Oxford to frame it. They instantly got that I wanted to keep the blind intact inside the frame so they pressed it and folded it before framing it and I love the result! This will always be, not only a great reminder of our time in Brixton, but also a stunning piece of art.
Here is another one of my photos, this time of the faded Bovril sign in Windrush square. I remember it from when I was a child and I love the fact that it remains even after the complete overhaul of the square.
With it you can see another Dave Thompson print, this time the front of the Ritzy cinema. Another Brixton icon!
In the master bedroom I went for a Lido/swimming theme. I already had the IKEA PJÄTTERYD canvas which has followed us from Dubai, to Canada and now to England. With it I teamed the Dave Thompson print of the nearby Brockwell Lido and a print of a swimmer underwater which I found on eBay.
I offered the two HMP photo canvases to the estate agent as a thank you, he said that he's going to take them with him when he relocates to Canada to remind him of his great time living in Brixton: what a perfect ending!
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Hungarian Police Have Warrant Out for Former Trump Adviser Sebastian Gorka
Hungarian police have a warrant out for former Trump adviser Sebastian Gorka.
Gorka told Buzzfeed when asked about the warrant, "Don't waste your time… I don't talk to Buzzfeed."
The charges may be gun related.
Buzzfeed reported:
Former Trump White House staffer Sebastian Gorka has an active warrant out for his arrest in Hungary, according to the Hungarian police's website.
Gorka, whose exact role in the White House while serving as a deputy assistant to the president was never entirely clear, apparently is in trouble with the law over a charge of "firearm or ammunition abuse." The warrant, first reported in Hungarian online outlet 444, was issued on Sept. 17, 2016, prior to Trump's election.
That means that during the entire seven months Gorka spent in the White House, including when meeting with Hungarian Foreign Minister Péter Szijjártó in Washington last March, an arrest warrant was pending overseas…
…Gorka declined to comment. "Don't waste your time," he said when reached by phone. "I don't talk to BuzzFeed, thank you." After this story's publication, Gorka noted on Twitter that he moved to the US in 2008 while not denying that the warrant exists.
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Month: May 2017
Vegans and the Great Vitamin A Scare – Oh Lordy!!
UPDATE 5/23/17: See below – "How do you know you have a problem with vitamin A?" and "Plant Foods Highest in Vitamin A showing 12:1 beta-carotene to retinol conversion."
UPDATE 5/22/17: Regarding the conversion ratio for beta-carotene to retinol, I'd believed it was 6:1 (having gotten that figure from an anti-vegan meat enthusiast of all things, lol) and had used that ratio herein; but I've read elsewhere that scientists have raised the ratio to something like averaging 12:1, so I've revised the information below accordingly, just to be on the safe side.
Vitamin A is a fat-soluble* vital nutrient important for healthy vision, the immune system, and reproduction. *So it's best to have a bit of healthy fat (like avocado, nuts, etc.) with your beta-carotene-rich foods to help with absorption/utilization. Vitamin A also helps the heart, lungs, kidneys, and other organs work properly.
Note: "Vitamin A" and "retinol" will be used interchangeably throughout, since they're essentially the same. Also, this article is long and and a bit exhaustive, only because it's good to be armed with thorough understanding when confronted by such tactics as those mentioned herein.
First, the scary story goes something like this:
"These ignorant, emotionally driven vegans believe they're so healthy on their plant food diets and believe they don't have to worry about vitamin A, but we robust meat lovers know better. You see, retinol is the only usable form of vitamin A and beta-carotene is a poor, weak substitute which must be converted by your body to retinol, at a ratio of twelve to one (maybe even more!). Retinol is only in animal products, while beta-carotene is in inferior plant foods. Animal liver is especially loaded with real vitamin A, and that's why (among many other reasons) it's imperative that we eat animal products.
Vegans are fooling themselves, see; veganism is fraught with dangers! And vitamin A deficiency is especially ominous since vitamin A is important for normal vision, the immune system, reproduction, and proper functioning of our vital organs.
So, get you some beef liver and ice-cream and chow down, after all it's for your very survival! Forget those vegetables & fruits as good sources; you have to eat tons of that indigestible 'food' to get your needed retinol from converting it in your system, if you even CAN convert it! Many people cannot convert it at all, such as infants, so they absolutely must eat animals (or take vitamin A supplement)!"
So after hearing that, among all the other fear tactics, the unaware animal-respecting would-be vegan is effectively led away from veganism, angry over having been mislead by those malnourished, despicable vegans. They fall willingly into the embrace of the meat/egg/butter zealots, convinced that animal protein and fat are vital to human health. (But most any good cardiologist will tell you quite the opposite when being honest rather than opportunistic.) People become quite frightened though, convinced that eating liver and/or other animal products will save them from vision problems and all the rest. Animal ag mission accomplished.
But it gets even scarier!
"As far as infant nutrition, well, since babies cannot convert beta-carotene to retinol at all, well, babies simply must have animal sourced A, or at least a retinol supplement!"
Oh, really? Scary, yes, but it's all based in "untruths" (to be polite).
Now, for the truth:
An adult human (male) needs something like 3,000 IU (international units) of vitamin A per day for good health, especially to protect eyesight. One large sweet potato has about 28,000 IU of vitamin A as beta-carotene. The body's conversion ratio of beta-carotene to retinol is about 12:1. So, 28,000 divided by 12 is 2,333, almost enough usable A in just that one orange-fleshed sweet potato.
What if you're one of the unfortunate who has impaired conversion of retinol to A? [See "Groups at Risk of Vitamin A Inadequacy" in reference 1 linked below.] The worst case scenario is with a genetic type of people (those carrying at least one T in two genes), so they have a 70% lower conversion of beta-carotene to retinol, so they only use about 30% of it. So, say one eats the equivalent of four sweet potatoes in a day. That's 112,000 IU of beta-carotene, divided by 12 is 9,333 IU, and 30% of that is 2,800 IU. So you're still fine. But that's a lot of sweet potatoes (the richest vegetable source of A), so although it's possible for this group of people to use food alone for A, they may well need vitamin A supplement to be vegan, or to drink carrot juice (which I love) often, since it is loaded with beta-carotene at 45,133 IU in just one 8-oz. glass.
How do you know you have a problem with vitamin A?
Symptoms include night blindness, dry skin, and frequent infections. People may experience these common symptoms: dry eyes, dry skin, frequent infections, inability to see in dim light, or spots in the eyeball.
Fortunately, many plant foods contain beta-carotene, such as spinach, carrots, pumpkin, cantaloupe, mangoes, apricots, cherries, red peppers, and so forth. So a variety of those foods in a day and you're likely meeting or far exceeding your vitamin A needs. If you're one who hates all those foods, then you'd be well advised to learn to like them or get your vitamin A elsewhere. But animal liver or cod liver oil are not necessary and it's fairly easy to get far too much retinol from them which can lead to serious but uncommon conditions outlined in reference 2 linked at bottom. Vitamin A and beta-carotene supplements are of course available, but I don't use them, far preferring food sources.
Here's my minimal vitamin A intake for May 21st, for example:
1 medium carrot 10,000 IU
4 cups raw spinach 11,250 IU
1 tomato 1,000 IU
2 medium mangoes 6,000 IU
8 oz. V8 type juice 900 IU
Total 29,150 IU ÷ 12 = 2,429 IU (women's requirement is 2,300)
And this was a low vitamin A day for me, I sometimes get much more by adding a sweet potato; so you see it's pretty easy. Nothing all that difficult or scary about vitamin A for vegans!
As an added reassurance: Extra vitamin A, due to its being fat soluble is stored in the (healthy) liver and taken up as needed by the body. So consuming adequate amounts of A everyday is not always necessary; you can pig out on sweet potatoes one day and have enough vitamin A stored in your liver to last several days. (Actually, the liver is said to store a 1–2 year supply of vitamin A!)
Note that vitamin A as retinol is slightly impaired by heat, while beta-carotene is not so impaired; in fact, cooking carrots for 15 minutes or less makes their vitamin A even more available by breaking down the walls of the plant cells that contain beta-carotene. But, raw or cooked are both fine as long as you eat plenty and chew thoroughly if raw (or blend as in smoothies).
"Lions tho"…
Only truly carnivorous animals like lions cannot convert beta-carotene to retinol at all, so they must get animal sources of retinol. That's why these paleo activists and others are so hellbent on believing they need liver and such, since they believe humans are carnivorous omnivores. Well, quite simply, we're not. We're far more like self-made omnivores who do much better leaving off the animal products. And all omnivores can thrive with zero animal foods if nutritious plant foods are available. And guess what, most humans have them available, in abundance. (Thank GOODNESS for crop farmers.)
[See Table 2 in reference 1 linked at bottom for a list of several foods and their retinol content.]
"But, Babies Must Have Animal Source Vitamin A!"…
…say all these paleo and low-carb, meat industry activists out there anyways.
This is the really "scary" bit, about "infants not being able to convert beta-carotene to retinol, at all!" Oh my, that sounds like a recipe for vision problems or even blindness, and all sorts of other disastrous problems for children throughout life, unless they eat liver and animal products, right? Now, who would force a dangerous vegan diet on their beloved child out of respect for animals? Well, we're dealing with seriously misleading fear tactics there.
Here's the not so scary truth:
When born at normal term and breastfed by healthy moms (or, less desirably, given proper formulas), infants' vitamin A levels are what they should be and they develop just fine and with perfectly healthy eyesight. Infants have stores of retinol in their livers from their moms, as nature intends it, as well as through breastfeeding and getting the needed colostrum from mother's first milk.
But if there is doubt, all baby formulas contain vitamin A supplement. Do note that vitamin A pills (as opposed to beta-carotene) can be derived from fish liver oil, but many commercial vitamins are synthetic, thereby cheaper and easier to produce than natural vitamins. Non-animal vitamin A supplement is synthesized from acetone, and there is said to be no chemical difference between the purified vitamins derived from plant or animal sources and those produced synthetically (http://www.madehow.com/Volume-3/Vitamin.html).
Vitamin A deficiency is quite rare in infants in developed countries like the USA, usually occurring in rare infants with malabsorption disorders [see reference 5 linked at bottom]. Those infants' retinol levels can be increased and maintained with enough vitamin A supplement.
In premature babies, their stores of vitamin A are lacking due to not getting adequate amounts due their short time in the mother's womb, and their retinol levels often remain low during the first year of life. They also need careful vitamin A supplementation.
But as long as the mother is nutritionally aware and eating plenty of beta-carotene rich foods according to her needs (such as if she has conversion problems), everything should be fine. To be on on the safe side, it would follow that pregnant/breastfeeding women should get about twice as much beta-carotene as she'd need normally, which is equivalent to about four sweet potatoes, but can of course be gotten from a variety of other foods as well.
Plant Foods Highest in Vitamin A showing 12:1 beta-carotene to retinol conversion:
a) Large (7") Sweet Potato
1 whole: 28,000 IU = 2,333 after 12:1 conversion
b) Carrot
1 medium: 10,000 IU = 833 after conversion
c) Kale
1 cup chopped: 6,693 = 558 after
d) Spinach
2 cups raw: 5,626 IU = 469
e) Apricots
3 fruits: 2,022 IU = 168
f) Broccoli
2 cups raw: 1,134 IU = 95
Yielding 4,456 converted and totally legitimate IUs of real vitamin A, perfectly within the 2,300 (minimum) to 5,000 IUs recommended for adult women and just about twice a woman's basic needs normally, so quite enough for a pregnant woman.
[See Table 1 in reference 1 linked below – note that "mcg RAE" roughly multiplied by 3 is your minimal IU need (after the 12:1 conversion of beta-carotene to retinol), so 900 mcg = 2,700 IU in this instance. NIH's explanation is calculating before the conversion factor, so please don't be confused there.]
And keep in mind that most pregnant/nursing women, whether vegan or not, take a variety of supplements or at least a multi-vitamin/mineral supplement for pregnant women, so are likely beyond fully nourished to grow a healthy baby.
Interestingly, even in "third world" or developing countries where women are often malnourished, infants have sufficient vitamin A while breastfeeding, but deficiency occurs just after they stop breastfeeding. So those children of course need much more beta-carotene rich food, or supplement. But be very careful with vitamin A supplement (as opposed to beta-carotene); too much "real" retinol can reach toxic levels and is linked to increased bone fractures in women*, among other problems…
[See references 2, 3 and *4 links at bottom for warnings about vitamin A toxicity, either from pills or from animal foods.]
Note that it's virtually impossible to get too much beta-carotene from food, as the body only converts as much beta-carotene into retinol as it needs. So, while for adult supplements it's safer to get beta-carotene rather than vitamin A as retinol, that's not so good for certain groups such as smokers. Due to interactions with certain drugs and other factors, excessive beta-carotene supplementing has actually shown to increase risks for cancers in those groups (http://healthyeating.sfgate.com/much-beta-carotene-bad-you-11397.html). So again it's best to get your A from foods rather than pills.
So, bottom line regarding the baby retinol scare: The equivalent of one large sweet potato and a big healthy dark green salad with carrot and a couple of mangoes (just for example) per day is all most women need to maintain healthy vitamin A levels throughout pregnancy and beyond and to provide plenty of retinol for their babies through six months old. If born prematurely, most everyone already knows babies can benefit from supplements, including safe amounts of vitamin A.
A normal baby's need for vitamin A is about 1,200 IU daily, about half that of an adult woman, so after a baby is weaned, just two cooked carrots at 18,400 IU divided by 12 leaves him/her with with about 1,500 IU usable vitamin A. As the child grows of course, the nutritional needs rise [see Table 1 in reference 1 linked below – again, remember "mcg" multiplied by 3 is your IU number after the 12:1 conversion]. After 6 months of age, or after weaning, all babies can do fine with only plant sources of A. So vegan babies are quite well off as long as their parents are nutritionally aware, same as any other babies but even better, since they're not brought up depending on animal abuse and slaughter.
In conclusion:
Aside from all that above, most pregnant/nursing women, as well as many other people, take multiple vitamin supplements including vitamin A (as retinol or beta-carotene). I don't…only take very few supplements…as I feel much safer getting needed nutrition from plant foods. Plant foods are antioxidants and fiber rich (life preserving, cancer preventative, heart healthy), unlike animal foods, and this all further concurs with my being rightfully and passionately opposed to slaughterhouses and all the rest of such terrible human behavior.
So, what's all this fear-mongering about "real" vitamin A from animal foods versus "blindness causing fakery" from plant foods (etc., etc.)? Well, it's all in the interests of the animal agriculture industry and all of its offshoots, naturally. Don't be fooled. Study the issues yourself using objective, legitimate sources, such as the following…
1) All about vitamin A: https://ods.od.nih.gov/factsheets/VitaminA-HealthProfessional/
2) Dangers of too much "real" retinol: http://www.mayoclinic.org/drugs-supplements/vitamin-a/safety/hrb-20060201
3) More real dangers of overdosing on retinol: https://academic.oup.com/jn/article/132/9/2907S/4687703
4) Increased bone fractures in women from too much retinol: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pubmed/11754708
5) Malabsorption disorders in infants: http://emedicine.medscape.com/article/931041-overview#showall
6) Yes, carrots, etc., are recommended for babies: https://www.babycenter.com/0_vitamin-a-in-your-childs-diet_10324693.bc
This article provides information that should not take the place of professional advice. I am not a nutrition or health professional but am sharing what I've learned through experience and from what I trust are good sources in regard to my own nutrition. If you have concerns, I encourage you to talk to a (vegan friendly) registered dietitian or other trusted professional about your dietary needs.
Non-Vegan or Anti-Vegan, That is the Crux
To vegans:
People often accuse us of being nasty or judgmental towards non-vegans, turning them off from even attempting to be vegan in their not wanting to be associated with such hateful, vicious people. After all, if that's how being vegan makes one feel, all angry and venomous, then they want nothing to do with it, would rather remain happy eating bacon and burgers with all the normal well-adjusted people. That's how the story goes anyways. But it's a crock load of nonsense, like all other anti-vegan brainwashing.
I treat non-vegans with respect and politeness, same as they treat me; but I treat anti-vegans with disdain or no regard at all because that's what they deserve, at the very least.
A distinction that should be obvious
As with legal and illegal immigration, there is a huge difference between non-vegans and anti-vegans. Still, a more middle-ground non-vegan may have anti-vegan views developed by learning from media and elsewhere that vegans are to be despised and pitied for our "stupidity and lack of nutrition," but those are the more neutral and reachable sorts of non-vegans, as they don't have a vested interest in some sort of animal product industry, or they're not overly emotionally charged with regard to what they like to eat. They are willing to listen to the other side of the story.
The anti-vegans, however, who actually deserve much worse than the worst vegans have to offer, are those venomously anti-vegan, obsessed individuals who often seem to make it their life's mission to destroy veganism and for "humanity" to remain existing in slaughterhouse-based "civilizations." They already know the vegan side of the story and they cannot tolerate it. These rabid anti-vegans want no vegans in the world, they often tell us to kill ourselves and other such hateful heckling; they're basically just frothing with hatred for all things vegan. Those are the people many vegans are "bashing" or otherwise being "aggressively judgmental" about. The difference between non- and anti- is clear, although muddied up and obscured expertly by the usual suspects.
That's not to say some vegans aren't annoyingly priggish and pushy at times, but they've got their reasons, are rightfully upset or angry. Consider how no one would accuse anti-pedophilia activists of being priggish and pushy, except for pedos, that is. If you've a problem with comparing animal slaughter to child molestation or other violent crimes, then you need to examine your real reasons for that reaction…get fully honest with yourself. Everyone knows that those ruthless/violent towards animals are 99% the ones who will treat people likewise as soon as the opportunity arises. Please realize what you are nurturing by embracing such speciesism.
How to deal?
So, when critics of vegans are tone-policing us to make us feel bad and wrong for speaking up, for treating decent people like shit and being counterproductive, destroying our cause, realize what's going on there. It's all lies based in more lies with a foundation of subhuman cruelty. Think of your own lives and how you treat family and others based in their respect for you and treatment of you; remember how you are not this self-righteous scourge whom everyone dreads running into for fear of your attacking their plates of food and screaming at them, etc.. Or if people do dread you, it's about something else, not your non-use of animal products. But it's often about their own guilt and shame which they, not you, have brought to light simply due to you're statement, "I'm vegan."
Case in point: I have a neighbor who I only mentioned to once that I'm vegan as a hint, because she's been giving me holiday gifts with animal products which I've had to donate elsewhere, and I didn't want that anymore. No, I didn't tell her I've donated her gifts or in any way mention them…I've only thanked her for them in the past. So recently, when I ran into her carrying a plate of food from the barbecue area, she actually tried to hide it from me. I could only say a friendly hello and be perplexed and keep on walking. We're both very mature women and this seems like such childish behavior. But that's what happens to people when this particular "nerve" gets struck in them, just from the simplest mention of someone being vegan.
Now, to the tone-policing vegan basher out there, the above incident would be further proof of vegans being self-righteous pricks and "no wonder everyone hates us" and all that nonsense, all based in the strange "I'm guilty and you're bad for making me feel this" reaction of the triggered meat lover, based in my doing nothing at all inappropriate or in any way impolite. I simply didn't want to get any more non-vegan gift items. By the way, last Christmas, her idea of vegan was still milk chocolate and other animal products. So there you go…I attributed it to her husband buying the gifts and not knowing any better. Off to the homeless center the unwanted items went. Sigh.
So, if you as a vegan have been letting yourself feel put down and guilty for simply existing and not being silent about your ethical concerns and your grief for the animals, try to not let that happen anymore. Try to make clear out there the difference between non- and anti-vegans and whenever necessary, don't let the latter get away with the usual deceitful tactics. Realize what's going on and that you're not to blame. You're not destroying any cause by fighting fire with fire (as in "ammo" not blazes) at times and you're not responsible for people "eating a hamburger right now" (and a 2nd one for extra spite!) or any of the other nonsense people will pull out of their nether regions. A lot of it is gaslighting, which I wrote about in an earlier article.
In closing, simply don't ever let yourself feel like a wrongdoer for grieving and fighting to end the torturous lives and ruthless killing of these helpless, highly sensitive beings:


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(comparative fremder or more fremd, superlative fremdest or most fremd)
From Middle English fremede ("strange, foreign"), from Old English fremde, fremede, fremeþe ("foreign, strange"), from Proto-Germanic *framaþiz ("foreign, not one's own"), from Proto-Indo-European *perəm-, *prom- ("forth, forward"), from *por- ("forward, through"). Cognate with Scots fremd ("fremd"), West Frisian frjemd ("strange, fremd"), Dutch vreemd ("strange, exotic"), German fremd ("strange, foreign"), Swedish främmande ("foreign, outlandish, strange"). More at from.


text: Saturday July 15th! This is a cruise to the lowriginal show that Ryan Lowriginal and his friends gave been starting. It was a great turn out last year it's about an hour and 20 minute drive from tea leaf so make sure ur gassed up and ready to leave by 10am. it's right by the water so dress accordingly I may do a stop at the Angola rest area for 15 mins to let any one catch up I would like to keep the groups together so I would appreciate if we maintain our speed and stay in a single file to the right unless we are passing I don't want to take up the road! Lets be respectful! WE WILL MEET AT TEA LEAF BETWEEN 9AM AND 945AM BY 10AM I WILL BE LEAVING AND U CAN CATCH UP WHEN WE STOP AT THE REST STOP! This is the link to the event https://www.facebook.com/events/173810116476187/?ti=cl Sent from my SM-G930P using Tapatalk


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Two posts in one day! Aren't you a lucky lot!
I wasn't going to be posting two but seeing as I have just done a spur of the moment activity with Baby E I thought I would share it with you!
While having lunch I was looking at the clay footprints we did for Halloween (they sit on a shelf in our dining room) and I was thinking I could do something similar for Easter and then it hit me, I would make rabbits and let Baby E footprint on the ears!
Sadly this didn't work out too well as at one point the ears weren't even connected to the head!! It looks rather silly and messy.
Out of nowhere I decided his feet could be carrots!
So I got to work painting his tooties a lovely orange colour which got many giggles! - He has tickly feet just like his mummy!
I pressed them onto some fancy card I had left over from Christmas. I printed both feet - one of them twice and cleaned his feet up with warm water and a towel.
Once the paint had dried I drew on some carrot stalks with a green Sharpie and added some black glittery letters that had sticky backs which were also leftovers from Christmas!
I bought 6 blank clip frames a couple of months ago and never used them due to not having anything to put in them, so I thought this was the perfect opportunity to use a few.
One is to go to one set of grandparents and the other one is to go to the other set of grandparents!
I think this is a great gift for Baby E's first Easter, instead of a card we have something that we can keep forever!


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A milk separator is a mechanical device that is used to separate milk into cream and skim milk. This device may be hand powered (manual) or electrical (automatic).A manual cream separator is also known as a crank or hand cream separator. Before the advent of this device cream separation was done by hand by use of a cloth known as a milk skimmer.
On top of a manual cream separator sits a bowl of either stainless steel or aluminum into which milk is poured. The machine turns by means of a crank that drives an attachment inside the machine. The cream and milk is then separated and collected via spouts on the side of the machine.
A standard manual cream separator is simple to use. These is the conventional way of using a cream separator machine
1. Place containers conveniently under the spouts of the manual cream separator. Make sure the containers are of the same capacity as the amount of milk and skim milk you expect to collect.
2. Turn or crank the handle to and drain hot water through the manual cream separator. This cleans the separator and removes any residual milk matter from the previous use or if the machine is new, it's a way of sterilizing the machine.
3. Pour milk into the bowl of the machine the milk may be warmed for better separation of the fat.
4. Turn the crank of the cream separator machine while turning the knob on the top of the machine in an anticlockwise direction to start the flow of milk and cream.
5. Pour in the remaining hot water into the cream separator. Crank the handle to clean out any milk and cream residue, turn the top knob clockwise to close the tap valve.
Important tips when using a manual cream separator;
- Clean the machine inside and outside before and after use. This ensures hygiene and optimum functioning conditions by preventing clogging, staining and rusting.
- Check that there are no leakages in the cream separator.
- Oil and grease all the parts and gears that require greasing and oiling to prevent rusting and to ensure the machine's performance is not compromised.
- Regular servicing and replacement of worn out parts is important. Worn out parts tend to wear out other well-functioning parts resulting to even greater mal function of a manual cream separator.
It is important to also know that a manual cream separator can be used as a churn for butter making. This although is possible with a bit of modifications and adjustments to the machine.


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October Poetry Reading
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pollen covers cars
and even sticks onto clothes
springtime takes revenge
the splendor of sight
our sun rises once again
in spite of darkness
from the rocky shores
of Western Ireland they fled
my thin ancestors
mother passed away
from this world a year ago
today by the sea
the sunken treasure
of waking up to mom's voice
singing while cleaning
the aloe plant hugs
the wall as its leaves reach
for the window
imagine the sound
of fog – envision the sight
of our sun's full warmth
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the fog lifts itself
up off the sand and begins
to become the sky
on the ocean's horizon
where everything meets and leaves
July 31, 2018 1 Comment
I often think of killing myself. There's pills that I could swallow to slowly and painfully end it. Or I could hang myself, which is quicker and easier. I don't own a gun because that would be way too easy. My suicidal ideation is not something I'm public about, until now. I hide it all the time. The desire for suicide can be seen as an irrational solution to a feeling of suffering. It can just be a feeling. That pit of doom stuck deep inside the chest. It's hard to describe, especially for something that is so prevalent that it constantly hangs over like an awning of death.
There's two ways to get rid of these thoughts. There's the cognitive behavioral therapy approach, which can work, if you get good at it. Logically, suicide is a stupid solution. It doesn't seem like that to your feelings, but objectively, there are almost always better alternatives to ending it all.
Then there's the praying option. I am an atheist when it comes to the brain. I'm a believer in God when it comes to the heart. When I think about God and the afterlife philosophically I posit that it's all make believe. Nothing divine can be proved. We're all just cells in a complex but straightforwardly dialectical material world. But then I pray because there's nothing else but death and nothingness facing me, and I feel in my heart the love of something that I know shouldn't be there. God is love. Love is God. It's so simple that it sounds stupid. We're all just so jaded that we can't see through the pain and hatred half the time.
The atheism creeps up on me. I find myself thinking about death so often and the logical conclusion is that there's nothing after it. I spiral down a hole of depression and suicidal ideation and forget that I can choose to believe in something better. That grace is a choice which is the stepping stone to faith. Then I say Hail Mary's over and over again in my head. And I feel the comfort of love coming from seemingly nowhere. Do not be afraid, a beautiful power says. And my pain starts to evaporate.
I do not want to sound like I'm evangelizing. I understand the skepticism of faith and everything that comes with it. I listen to criticism of institutions like that Catholic Church and other Christian churches and agree with many of them. The Catholic Church has many problems, pedophilia, corruption, authoritarianism, sexism, homophobia, transphobia, the list goes on…. I guess I just identify as Catholic because I was raised Catholic. I don't go to mass currently, but right after my mom died I was attending mass and it helped me feel better.
I pray and I feel better. I feel love coming from somewhere mysterious. I feel spiritual. And it can sometimes be the only thing standing in the way of me killing myself. The part of me that's a relapsing atheist can appreciate that I guess. There are times where I am 100% an atheist and happy. Then the depression sets in and my mind spirals out of control until I need something to cling to, and I'm hanging by a fingernail, until I give up all of the arrogance and just pray. And then I feel love. And I don't want to kill myself anymore.
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I've written a few suicide notes. If we're talking about poetry, well, then I've written hundreds of suicide notes. That's a dumb poetry joke. On days that I am feeling especially depressed, the existential dread is so intense, that not even an offering of the best artisanal cup of coffee straight from the cold hands of Albert Camus himself would be able to urge me through the day, and not end it all on the edge of a noose. I have had no interest in being one of several billion Sisyphus's, all of us pushing our rocks up hills dreadfully alone. No, I'm alive because I now choose faith in believing in something beyond dialectical materialism. That and because I'm a poet.
In reality I've only ever written one serious suicide note. It's still sitting in my desk drawer to remind myself that I once mulled over jumping off the Ben Franklin Bridge for several hours. Ah yes, suicidal ideation is what the shrinks call it. The note was written on the back of a staff contact sheet for the Rutgers Camden school newspaper, of which I was the copy editor. Even though the suicide note is sitting in my desk drawer I haven't read it since I wrote it five years ago, up until I started writing this essay. After reading the suicide note it turns out my then suicidal self convinced myself not to kill myself in the third paragraph of the suicide note. That's good. I remember that the feeling was serious though. All because I was a rudderless, broke college student who couldn't see that there was a future for myself. Maybe being a copy editor does that to you. That's another dumb joke. When you're depressed there is no future. There's only the pain of the present. A seemingly arbitrary psychological pain that's so intense that the only way to end it is to end all brain function. The ironic part is that the two times I actually came closest to killing myself I didn't write notes.
There's two occasions of what someone may call attempted suicide that stick out the most in my mind. The first was when I was in my early teenage years. This was significant because it's when the chemical imbalance that is depression first started pounding it's way into my mind. That sense of doom and the need to end it was fresh to me. I was depressed and alone in my small, suburban bedroom when I tied a belt tightly around my neck. I'm not sure what happened next, but I'm still alive, which is good.
The other moment was later in my teenage years, and it was much more dramatic and drawn out. I had gotten insanely high and ridiculously drunk with friends. Apparently I was found by my dad passed out on a bench by the creek down the street from our house. Still inebriated, I proceeded to run away from him several blocks to the train tracks. My dad caught up with my nineteen year old self who smoked a pack of cigarettes a day. I attacked him. Then I ran down the tracks. Later on my dad told me all of this while we were sitting in his car after he picked me up from the crisis center. An overnight stay in a Camden crisis center is kind of like the movie Jacob's Ladder. The hospital said I was on PCP. Not sure if that's true or not.
Ticking time bomb. That's me. A suicide. That's what people think of people who want to die. An inspirational quote written by a non-depressive to end the desire to end one's own life. Ah yes, that fixed everything, thanks. Someone who thinks they've been depressed once because they were sad once or because something bad happened to them and they didn't like it. That's fine. Back to the story.
The cops dragged me out of the bushes. There was a town-wide manhunt for me. I ran down the train tracks and collapsed. They thought that I was going to jump off the trestle bridge, which wasn't very high up, but the rocky, shallow water at the bottom may have broken my neck. Instead I only had minor scrapes as they led me to the ambulance and forced me to take a $500 ride to the hospital because I apparently told a cop that I didn't want to live anymore. I still have a couple thousand in collections because of that escapade.
I got into writing poetry not long after that. Writing poems, regardless of the outcome, whether other people like reading them, is great therapy, even when I don't realize that I'm doing it as a therapeutic activity. Is writing an alternative solution to killing yourself? Yes. Sometimes you're too depressed to pick up a pen, and you think anything you write is going to suck. Force yourself to do it anyway. You don't have to show anyone. Just write for yourself. I'm still here, many years later, writing poetry that may or may not be any good. It doesn't matter, at least they're not real suicide notes.


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He was looking for a way to give back to the people of his adopted hometown.
Now, he's finally found it.
After 10 years of battling in the trenches as an offensive lineman for both the Washington Redskins and Detroit Lions, Jon Jansen decided to hang it up following the 2009 season.
Since then, Jansen, an All-American at the University of Michigan who captained the Wolverines' 1997 National Championship team, has worked as a radio analyst for the Lions and more recently as a sideline reporter/analyst for the Big Ten Network, where he also serves as a studio analyst for the network's show "The Next Level."
Besides his career in broadcasting, Jansen also has also become heavily involved in CrossFit Petoskey, a fitness regimen coordinated through Northern Michigan Sports Medicine Center.
Earlier this month, Jansen announced to CrossFit Petoskey members the construction of a new 4,800-square-foot facility, which will be located adjacent to the existing facility on the corner of Mitchell and Division Roads.
Ground-breaking is slated for Nov. 1, with an expected move-in date for Feb. 1, 2012.
For Jansen, who purchased his home on Crooked Lake in 2002, teaming up with Northern Michigan Sports Medicine and CrossFit Petoskey was a natural fit.
"One of the things my wife (Martha) and I wanted to do when we decided to make Petoskey our home was we wanted to get more involved in the community," he said. "My background is all athletics and my wife was a swimmer at Michigan, that's how we met.
"After I was done playing I wanted to find a business to get involved in and this was a natural fit."
Jansen said that toward the later part of his career, the staff at Northern Michigan Sports Medicine Center helped him rehabilitate various injuries when CrossFit Petoskey was in its beginning stages.
"Those guys did a good job of getting me back so naturally, getting involved in the business with them was a no-brainer for me," said Jansen, who worked with Sports Medicine owner and physical therapist Chuck Smith along with Jeff Smith, clinical manager and a certified strength and conditioning specialist. "Obviously, I bring a special skill set to the community and I'm hoping to really get involved with high school athletes."
Jansen, a certified CrossFit trainer himself, said there are phenomenal opportunities for prep athletes in the area, but may go unnoticed because of Northern Michigan's proximity in relation to larger universities.
"We've had a lot of high school athletes come out of Petoskey and I think I can relay some of my experiences to them, some training techniques and some things I've learned over the years and really give them an advantage to either gain college scholarships or have success at the college level," he said. "I really hope to help out in that area and I'm really excited just to be back in the gym working out."
CrossFit, which utilizes constantly varied functional movements which are performed at high intensity, is a largely popular program that is employed by a large number of police and fire departments, military services, and hundreds of other elite and professional athletes worldwide.
"It's intense and that's what I love about it," Jansen said. "It's the camaraderie. You develop relationships and it's competitive. CrossFit has given me the competition to compete against my wife and my friends, and that's something that I love."
After some two decades of doing the same standard workouts, Jansen said he grew tired of the repetitive "three sets of 10."
"It got boring and (CrossFit) is different every day," he said. "The intensity and the competition is what makes it fun."
Since his retirement from the NFL, Jansen has dropped nearly 50 pounds through CrossFit.
"I feel so much better," he said. "I have four young kids under the age of 5 that want to play with dad. To be able to lose that weight and gain some flexibility back in terms of functional movements is why I'm so passionate about it."
Jansen said he's excited about meeting people throughout the community as a result of the new facility.
"Petoskey is our home and I know there's a lot of times when people see me on the street they may be intimidated by my size or what I've done and they may want to give us our privacy," Jansen said. "My wife and I really want to be a part of this community and CrossFit has allowed that first step. When you see us around, stop by and say hi. We want to meet everybody and get to know everybody because that's the best thing about living in the town the size of Petoskey.
"You do know everybody and we're excited to be here."


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- Casseroles (made with tomato-based sauces, whole grains, lean proteins and minimal cheese) are an excellent way to pull all the food groups into a healthy package. Make them on the weekend – it takes less than an hour, and they can be either refrigerated or frozen for later in the week.
- Stir fries served over brown rice are also an excellent "one pan" meal – any vegetables you wish (try for at least 3-4) tossed with some chicken pieces, firm tofu chunks, shrimp or lean beef strips cook up quickly, and there are several low-calorie, low-fat and low-sodium sauce options to choose from!
- Have an easy, no-fuss breakfast on-the-go – toss 1 cup of frozen blueberries, ½ cup frozen strawberries, ½ cup skim milk, 1 tbsp oat bran and 4 oz of low-fat, silken tofu in a blender, process until smooth and drink!
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Herbal remedies and medicinal herbs
1. Cinnamon Cinnamon and diabetes is becoming a popular expression when looking for alternative remedies for diabetes. It basically lowers the serum glucose of our body which eventually helps us in controlling our triglyceride, cholesterol and even lowers our blood sugar by stimulating insulin activity. Half to one table spoon of cinnamon powder every day is sufficient.
2. Fenugreek: It has amino acid called 4 – hydroxyisoleucine which reduces the sugar absorption during the process of digestion. It stimulates the cells in pancreas gland as a result of which production of insulin is increased. Fenugreek is effective in lowering fasting blood sugar or glycated hemoglobin (HBA1C) levels in diabetic patients.
3. Aloe Vera: Another plant which provides various help in our body. Few have it to grow hair and good skin, while some have it for general health benefits. The hypoglycemic activity of aloe vera has proved to be useful in both, insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus and non-insulin dependent diabetes. It is helpful in lowering fasting blood sugar levels.
4. Curry Leaves: A leaf which helps in reducing the death of pancreatic cells which are responsible for insulin production. It is rich in minerals, like iron, zinc and cooper which are responsible for the production of insulin hormone. Curry leaves are also helpful in restoring the liver and kidney enzymes responsible for breaking down carbohydrates back to their normal levels thus treating diabetes.
5. Mango Leaves: It is true that a mango fruit is not at all recommended for a diabetic patient, yet the leaves are highly beneficial. The aqueous extract of mango leaves have hypoglycemic activities which help in reducing the intestinal absorption of glucose. This helps in lowering the sugar levels in blood and also helps to improve the blood lipid profile. Only thing we should bear in mind, is that a mango leave need to be consumed atleast 60 min / 1 hour before having food to get it's optimum results.
6. Neem Leave: A leave, also known as Margosa, is bitter in taste. This leave mainly enhances the insulin receptor sensitivity. It improves blood circulation by dilating the blood vessels, lowers the blood glucose levels and due to its anti-hyperglycemic activities, it slowly reduces the patient's dependence on hypoglycemic drugs. A Neem leave is best known for its antibacterial and antifungal effects.
7. Tulsi / Basil Leave: Many people call it Holy Basil because of its beneficial and healthy properties. It is antiasthemitic, antistress, antibacterial, antifungal, antiviral, antitumor, gastric antiulcer, antioxidant, antimutagenic and immunostimulant apart from being anti-diabetic. It is reduces fasting blood glucose as it helps the beta cells of pancreas to function properly. Basil is composed of antioxidants and essential oils. A leave which basically enhances the secretion of insulin in a diabetic body.