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DELANO, MN With the 11,000-square-foot expansion of Ridgeview Medical Center in Delano, a few extra perks for patients are planned.
One of them is Wayzata Children's Clinic, which will be located within the existing Ridgeview Delano Clinic.
"We are really excited for the opportunity to bring pediatric care to Delano," said Kelly Lemieux, MD, clinic president of Wayzata Children's Clinic. "We look forward to getting to know the community and its families."
The clinic will open in August, specializing in the ongoing needs of children ages zero to 18.
Parents can start scheduling appointments in June by calling (763) 230-2780.
Wayzata Children's Clinic has been providing full pediatric care for infants through college-age youth for more than 40 years, with locations in Chaska, Minnetonka, and Spring Park.
The clinic offers a broad spectrum of care, such as same-day sick visits, behavioral and developmental evaluations, management of chronic conditions, sports physicals, nurse triage services, newborn care, evaluation of acute illness and injury, and more.
Last fall, Wayzata Children's Clinic received two top awards from the Minnesota Department of Health for demonstrating innovative work in the area of childhood immunization practice.
The Delano Wayzata Children's Clinic entrance will be on the northwest side of the building, where the current entrance is to Ridgeview Delano Clinic.
"Ridgeview is expanding to the east, with a new entrance on the northeast side," Wayzata Children's Clinic operations manager Patti Knapp said.
Ridgeview Delano Clinic's original 8,379-square-foot building, constructed at 916 St. Peter Avenue in 2002, was designed to accommodate future expansion.
In 2011, Ridgeview expanded the Delano clinic's staff with internist Prasanna, MD, and Gretchen Soberay, DO, Family Medicine. A third new provider is slated to join the team this summer.
The new addition will provide space for Ridgeview Rehabilitation Services and other clinic needs, leaving space for extra services within the building.
The Delano Wayzata Children's Clinic location will feature four exam rooms, a lab, and a procedure room.
In addition to pediatrics, orthopaedic services are being offered through Twin Cities Orthopedics. Orthopaedist Jeffrey Mair, DO, and Erin Maguire, PA-C, began seeing patients at the clinic in January.
According to Knapp, Delano is a great spot for Wayzata Children's Clinic's fourth location.
"It's a growing area," she said. "Plus, we already have patients from Delano who drive to Minnetonka."
The pediatricians at the new Delano location will be established practitioners from the clinic's other locations.
To learn more about Wayzata Children's Clinic, go to www.wayzatachildrensclinic.com.


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Don't you love terrorists? Punks that come to the United States and live it up away from their Jihad-loving brethren that, when they've failed in the US, return home and join "the movement." They'll fly an airplane into a building, yet are afraid to show their faces. Reminds me of the good old gang-bangers in Anytown, USA. Speaking of which, why are we sending the military to Afghanistan? Why don't we start rounding up the gangsters and give them some new territory to protect? Wanna talk terror? The only way this war will be won is by fighting fire with fire. Let the true brutal Americans, unbound by the rule of law, fight the Islamic fanatics that believe they'll see Paradise soon. They will go to see Mohammed much sooner than they thought…I'd bet on our local urban warriors anytime.
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It was once a fortress that protected from the pirates of the Caribbean; a great port, which served merchant sailors traveling as far afield as the Philippines. But these days, its ancient walls and sublime beaches are attracting visitors of another kind. Amongst the tourists flocking to Tulúm are the celebrities, who appear to be making it the season's most fashionable holiday destination.
In the Sixties, the Hollywood stampede was towards Puerto Vallarta, lured there by the Gringo Gulch love-nest of Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton (Puerto Vallarta and Hollywood Royalty). While some big names still hang out there, notably John Travolta, many others appear to have swopped coastlines, from the Pacific to the Caribbean. They are all in Tulúm.
Spotted in Tulúm, over the last couple of months, have been a host of famous faces. Amongst them were: Australia's Natalie Imbruglia; Britain's Jade Jagger, Jude Law, James Penfold, Jaime Winstone and Mel Blatt; America's Drew Barrymore, Kate Bosworth, Alexander Skarsgard, Ryan Phillippe, Amanda Seyfried, Sienna Miller, Savanna, Bridget Marquardt, Amanda Hearst, Serena Merriman and Brooke Geahan; Sweden's Mathias Bergh; and Argentina's supermodel photographer extraordinaire, Paola Kudacki.
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Even the world's press appear enamoured by the Tulúm clamour. Last month, Vogue Italia declared 'Tulum is the new Goa'; while, just yesterday, the UK's 'Telegraph' ran a travel report from the area: 'Yukatán Peninsula: the best reason for visiting Mexico'. It led on the charms of Tulúm.
So what is all the fuss about? Tulúm is 128km (80m) south of Cancún. It is busy enough to be vibrant, but, without the Cancún crowds to swarm it, it still retains that air of seclusion. It is a town built up around an 800 year old Maya fort.
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Venus – Dual Goddess : The Transit of Venus
To supplement this article you may enjoy the Podcast Venus Retrograde and the Transit of Venus – a talk on KSFR Santa Fe Public Radio, with Marylyn LeBlanc.
Let's begin with the Venus long cycle:
- March 27th: Greatest eastern elongation: 46° ahead of the sun (Venus in Taurus, sun in Aries) evening star – Venus Hesperos.
- April 12th: Venus at 7° Gemini (the degree at which it will station Direct on June 28
- May 15th: Venus Stations retrograde at 23° Gemini (exactly 30° behind sun)
- June 6th: Inferior Conjunction AND the Transit of Venus in this year which reflects back on the June 8th, 2004 Transit of Venus!
- June 28th: Venus Stations Direct (prograde) at 7° Gemini (exactly 30° ahead sun)
- July 31st: Venus passes 23° Gemini, the degree at which it Stationed Retrograde
- Aug 15th: Greatest western elongation: 45.8° behind the sun (Venus in Cancer, sun in Leo) morning star – Venus Phosphoros.
Though the period of Venus being retrograde is 40 days, its full cycle is profound. Over a period of about 110 days, Venus will pass over 16° of the zodiac – three and a half months (half as long as the Mars cycle is).
This fact alone shows the focus and intensity of the full Venus retrograde cycle before it. We see Venus in the evening sky for about 3.6 months very bright, and in phases, crescent and so on, based on the longitudinal distance between it and the sun. This is the time in which we are at our most imaginative and internally creative . . . it is a time a time of insemination and the gestation of ideas, projects, action, deliberation and future actions in early formation.
You will recall the beautiful sunset transit of Venus and Jupiter as they moved together and separated in January/February 2012. It is at the time of greatest elongation – distance from the sun – where Venus heralds its upcoming retrograde cycle. This is where we can experience the greatest sense of freedom and objectivity in our perception in relationships, and clarity of goals and ideals envisioned. And, the potential of the creative lies in the pattern of Venus and its fifth harmonic point coming up to the inferior conjunction.
As Venus begins to slow down in relation to earth's orbit, as earth passes it, Venus will reach exactly 30° behind the sun, called Venus Hesperos, and will station retrograde precisely. Venus then begins its movement "into" the arms of the sun, into its rays and disappearing from view. To rise again, months later as the morning star Venus Phosphorus, light bearer.
So, there is a very long implicate cycle here . . . one which is repeated every eight years in the same part of the zodiac, as you will read further.
Soon upon us is the inferior conjunction of Venus with the sun. The 5th / 6th of June 2012 brings one of the most rare astronomical planetary alignments – The Transit of Venus. This phenomenon occurs only when Venus is retrograde, when it is passing between earth and the sun, and is transiting across the solar disc. Venus is retrograde from the 16th of May through June 28th, 2012, and in that time its passage between the earth and the sun is in exact alignment – the earth, Venus and the Sun are all in the same plane, hence Venus passing in a perfect arc across the sun's disc! This is not something to view with the naked eye, but with specialized lenses – available online – it is well worth it. It will also be streaming live on many astronomy sites online.
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Technically it is an eclipse, but Venus is so small, it is but a tiny black dot traveling across the disc of the sun. In fact, only eight of these remarkable, long-cycle events will have occurred since the invention of the telescope (in the years 1631, 1639; 1761, 1769; 1874, 1882; and now 2004, 2012). See the table of dates at left when Venus retrograde was / will be exactly conjunct the sun:
Note that these dates are in pairs, each of which are eight years apart – listed are three pairs in Sagittarius and two in Gemini - there is a numerical sequence involving all of these dates that are consistent and part of the sacred geometry and numbers of Venus in her orbital cycles.
This pattern, or mandala, is formed against the backdrop of the Zodiac, and forms a five-petal lotus in its cycles . . . it also creates a heart shape in this form, if you look closely. The central loops are the retrograde periods, as they loop around and close to earth, and back again out . . . all retrograde planets are closer to earth than when direct . . . hmmmm.
We know that Venus stations retrograde every 18 months and remains so for forty days. Over a period of eight years, these points of retrograde form a pattern – a pentacle, a five-petal lotus, a spiral fractal . . .
The five-fold, eight year pattern is embedded in nature in the number five, the number of humanity. The number five, quinary symbolism, is associated with the ancient Pythagorean perfect solid, found in all facets of nature and organics – it is the basis of life and human creativity. Our five fingers are the gods of creation, and the ten fingers are the Dactyls.
One variant on the myth of the dactyls is that Rhea knowing her time of delivery was come, went to the sacred cave on Mount Ida. As she squatted in labor she dug her fingers into the earth (Gaia) which brought forth these daktyloi Idaioi "Idaean fingers").
The ancient ritual mythoi result in the common use of the word dactyl for fingers.
When ancient Greeks offered a deep, solemn vow, they would press their hands against the earth as they made their pledge. In some myths, they are in Hephaistos' employ, and they taught metalworking, mathematics, and the alphabet to humans. Dactyls were both ancient smiths and healing magicians. Hephaistos is connected to Venus Aphrodite, in that Zeus forged a marriage between them, because Aphrodite Urania was so promiscuous. The association of Venus/Aphrodite with arts and crafts lies in her union with the craftsman and creator of great shields and gold adornment for heroes and queens. His shield for Achilles in the Trojan war is renowned – Achilles' mother, Thetis, asked Hephaistos to forge a new shield because he had loaned his other to Patroclus, who was killed and the shield was taken as collateral.
Venus is a dual goddess and as such she rules the sacred and the profane, the ideal and the real; she has two guises, and when Venus is retrograde, and in the 'rays of the sun' she is mating with the god of the day, of the light, the source of all life. And she rises with the scent of the underworld in her aura. It is said by the Maya that she undergoes a transgender becoming the male god of love of the underworld, and rises from the dead, dripping in blood and bones.
Underlying this rhythmic transit is the mystery of life itself. The fifth harmonic in astrological symbolism is associated with language and the function of human consciousness. In Hymns to the Ancient Gods, Michael Harding says: " . . . it is this consciousness which then becomes impressed on the world in the form of art, style, or some such external expression."
What Harding is saying is the number five is the archetype of all creative manifestation emerging from the consciousness (and collective unconscious) of humanity. Quinary symbolism is found in all plants, sea creatures, shells, flowers – and in more esoteric areas such as the Fibonacci sequences of numbers, one example of which is: 1→2, 2→3, 3→5, 4→7, 5→11 ad infinitum. A matter of adding numbers sequentially . . . this form of unfolding lies in the basis of our contemporary 'fractal' that existed in the origins of all life, before digitalization.
There are many forms associated as well as number sequences to the Venus cycles, some of which you can find in chapter five of my book: Retrograde Planets: Traversing the Inner Landscape.
Typical to Venus, all cycles of Venus retrogression are invoked - past and future - when it stations retrograde for its forty-day period. The retrograde sequence activates the Golden Section pattern (see three images below) inherent in the quintile aspect, the capacity to "see" the invisible in nature. There is no "first" or "last" of a cycle, only evolutionary patterns, and Venus is bound up with the impulse for creative physical expression.
What does this mean: The invocation of the Golden Section quintile accounts for the deep interior experiences that people have during the entire phase . . . when Venus moves into the exact conjunction with the sun, midway during its retrograde period, there is a symbolic and psychological descent into the deepest part of the soul and the psyche. We often find the reality of our lives far distant from the ideal we carry in our psyche. The Ideal and the Real are a natural split in the Aphrodite archetype, and dialectic springs up during the retrograde cycle. During the hieros gamos – sacred marriage – of Venus and the sun, an archetype arises that we experience personally, and the point in the horoscope where this inferior conjunction occurs is the hint to what is being transformed and will be born when Venus rises again, and is visible (about 10 days after the station direct, at heliacal rising).
Through our hearts and in the most secret and sacred realms of our being, a renewal of our relationships and priorities in relating becomes very active. Indeed, even as Venus stations retrograde, twenty days before the conjunction, this spiritual and magical collusion of Real and Ideal begins to shimmer. And can feel like a tremor or an earthquake, depending on the personal relationship in your chart that Venus is highlighting . . . it will be revisiting the same house as it was in eight years ago, and back on eight years and so on . . .
What should I do: look back every eight years to the previous Venus retrograde cycle (it will be in the same sign but two degrees and two days earlier). Explore those eight year cycles from the first one after your birth to the current one. Venus retrograde transits the same natal house every eight years, reviewing and resurrecting incomplete or dormant issues that have been quiescent and unconsciously in active process.
The retrograde cycle of Venus is particularly most noticeable in our relationships with others, and most significant is how you experience them . . . whether those are personal relations or global attitudes toward relating and relationships. You will likely experience a destabilization of your inner experience of others. Please keep in mind that you may be destabilized and not objective at all during your experience with this longish transit. Both you and the "other/s" are actually changing, and your sensitivity to this is magnified. Significantly, you will notice an echo from all the previous cycles of 8 year transits in the same house in the current one . . . those echo's are the foundations of development in your sense of aesthetics, relating, balance and proportion in your lifestyle and way of being.
Since Venus is retrogressing between 23° – 7° and then direct (prograde) from 7° – 23° of Gemini, that is the area of your horoscope – your life – that is concertedly and seriously examined for balance, boundaries and the proportionality of your life. Ask yourself, "What I dedicate myself to and how is that focus furthering my values, goals, intentions and motivations? How am I shaping my reality by 'secret' collusions with my unconscious? How might I access that deep place within my psyche and collaborate and collude with the creation of myself? What are my human political views, my relationship with society, with rules and regulations, with the laws of the land and the laws of mankind? How is the balancing act playing out with me as the fulcrum?"
In the Maya tradition, the rising of Venus into the visible dawn sky was said to be a time to set armies marching, and a time of great political instability . . . I have found this to be quite true, in the past, and expect that to be apparent again, in very dramatic ways over the next couple of months. These days, it is hard to imagine what could happen that would be "highly dramatic and politically unstable" considering the Zeitgeist is just that!
In the Name of the Rose
Venus retrograde also speaks to our values, integrity and how those play out in our social arena. Because the transit repeats itself in the same sign, degree and therefore HOUSE, all the secret meaning of the house becomes increasingly overt and irrupts into consciousness. This experience of the "secret self" the androgynous self, can be very intense. This period may exaggerate and increase your sensitivity to all relationships. Certainly, how you see people, such as your friends, your associates, your family, your Doppelganger – all are in the theatre of your mind, but also playing out on your life-stage.
Sub rosa literally is "under the rose" and comes from the Latin "in secret"; the rose has not only been symbolically but also actually associated with sequestered activities, privacy, unspeakable things; for instance, in the Middle Ages a rose above a doorway indicated a private meeting. In religious symbolism, sub rosa is synonymous with "confession", and the sacrosanctity of the Catholic Confessional is also referred to as a Reconciliation. Today even, it is used as a legal term similar to "in camera" which means in chambers, in the dark, unseen/heard by others; literally the privacy of the judge's chambers.
The power inherent to quinary symbolism is lively in sacred and profane cultures both.
The five stations retrograde in an 8 year cycle are separated by 72° and when plotted around the 360° of the zodiac, those points of station form a pentacle, an elegant star . . . each cycle of Venus retrograde involves three passes over the same degrees: forward, backward, and forward again. Thus, we get an introduction to what we are to learn, then a time of experimentation, and finally, a place to bring the 'reconciliation' into play in our lives.
Because of this natural phenomenon Venus spends more time in the retrograde degrees than any other. And since Venus repeats retrograde cycles through the same degrees repeatedly, during your lifetime, these places receive a very specific focus from Venus.
The secret and sacred aspect of Venus is found, as I mentioned, in the archetype underlying the quintile – the 72° between each 18 month station – are the number of degrees between the points of a pentagram, the petals of a rose, the chambers of the Nautilus, and so on. A sacred and secret association with the pentacle, often misrepresented and abused, is an ancient mystical symbol at right.
When Venus is retrograde, and it is only so for five signs of the Zodiac in a lifetime (average 72 years but, say, from 1966 through 2047): Aries; Scorpio; Gemini; Capricorn; Leo/Virgo – there are transitions from one sign back to another as the precession of the sign occurs, but these are slow, and incremental over years and only by a couple of degrees at a time.
Trace the pentacle of the Venus stations on your horoscope and you will see the select and discrete (only five) areas/houses in your chart that receive repeated Venusian focus. In the course of your life Venus will only transit in retrograde and station five signs, thus, five sections of your chart! In this way, we are called to the core of our hearts and souls to experience ever evolving facets and characteristics of our most interior nature.
By drawing this pentacle diagram on your chart, you invoke Venus, and in that way you grow more conscious of gifts, creativity, relatedness and a deeper, significant awareness of your value, your self-worth, your unconscious intentions (so if they are negative, some work can be done) and your aesthetic needs. In general, all life-lessons are that are essential to your balance and sense of harmoniousness within and without are encoded in this pentacular (!) exercise.
Venus Retrograde and the Transit of Venus 2012 Podcast
Want to learn more? To supplement this article you may enjoy the Podcast Venus Retrograde and the Transit of Venus – a talk on KSFR Santa Fe Public Radio, with Marylyn LeBlanc.
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Make the most of every moment together - an open plan sitting room, dining area and kitchen means you can chat as you cook, watch TV while you dine or simply sit back and share the sea view that's to one side of your bay window. A fine choice of restaurants, bakeries, take-aways and delicatessens are within wandering distance, but home-cooked meals will be fuss-free as there's an electric oven and hob, fridge with ice box, microwave and slimline dishwasher all provided for your use.
The Blyth is just a stone's throw from Southwold's iconic seafront and promenade - morning, afternoon or evening, you're sure to enjoy a wander. Alternatively, a short meander through pretty residential streets takes you into the town centre and on towards the Common and historic Greens which provide picnic spots and play space for all.
Wi-Fi, towels and gas heating offer home-from-home convenience, and there's a travel cot and highchair should you need them. A washer-dryer takes care of any laundry requirements and up to two small well-behaved dogs can be accommodated here too - so no-one need miss out on the holiday fun. Roadside parking is plentiful nearby and if you're holidaying with others, The Blyth is part of Suffolk House and can be booked together with The Lighthouse and The Pier.
- Sleeps 2
- Bed linen included
- 1 bedroom
- 1 bathroom
- 2 pets allowed
- No garden/courtyard
- No private parking
- 1 Double bed
- WiFi
- Travel cot available
- Equipped with a highchair
- All on one level
Lovely accommodation on the ground floor, a stones throw from the beach, suitable for a coupleMrs Jill Clarke - 5th June 2018
The property was very nice and clean. The location was perfect quite close to the sea. Dr Rebecca Rogall - 1st June 2018
The Blyth is a wonderful apartment situated very close to the sea and all amenities. It is beautifully decorated and spotlessly clean. The welcome pack is a lovely added bonus. Mrs Tracy Durler - 25th October 2017
A great holiday! The whole experience, from my initial phone call to the helpful and knowledgeable staff, right through to dropping the keys back at the end of a fab break was completely positive. Lovely welcome pack too! I will definitely be booking again with So Southwold and Suffolk Secrets.Jackie Dockery - 22nd March 2017
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My Thailand Trip- Landing and Arriving in Bangkok- Leg 1
Yes, it has been ages since my last post. I do apologize and I promise I will not forget my first blog and will stay faithful to my first, though I have others now....:)
I am now teaching in Taiwan, after a busy summer working at camp in the states, I am glad to be overseas again! I know I disappeared for a bit and it may have not the best idea not to update for so long, especially since leaving to Thailand was my one of last posts. How worry-causing of me to let readers think I disappeared in Thailand or never made it past customs from China ;) (I did write another post, I know, but still!)
Anyway, this post on Thailand was much overdue, I know, especially after seeing how many readers it attracted. I know that even though it's ages later, I still need to share my awesome trip to Thailand with you, my dear readers!
Coming off the plane
I went through customs fine even though I had been scared about not having the return/outbound ticket- so was happy I got through fine- I had thought there would be a problem. I was a little unsure, as one of the guys in front of me did not have an outbound ticket either, and they told him to step aside for a moment, so I got worried. But it turned out fine for both of us and we both got through.
Getting a taxi from the airport was a little confusing at first. I had to stand on a line and show my ticket from the plane and then I was handed over to a taxi driver waiting in line. I tried to bargain the price down caused it seemed high, but then figured that's the airport price and it was quite far- plus a lot of traffic.
I saw kids walking through the traffic and on the sidewalk in between the highway selling flowers to passerby. It reminded me of reading about this- how some kids in Thailand are made to sell flowers all day on the street, no matter the weather and some parents will even make them stand out in the rain all day or until they sell a certain amount. But I didn't see any one with these kids. I don't know what's the best way to help these kids. I wish I could do something for them. But you hear how giving them money will not actually help them- it just continues the cycle. What can you actually do to help them? Here are some ideas.
I stayed at the Rainbow Hostel on the famous Khao San Road in Bangkok. I had reserved this one- it was owned by people from India. Unfortunately I was on the third floor- it was very hot and carrying my heavy suitcase up three flights of stairs was not fun!
I went to the market, bought some sandals, then got some dinner at the hostel- cheese naan. It reminded me of the time I had Indian food with my brother who lives in New York City, in Manhattan.
I met a guy from Germany and a guy around my age from Japan. We went to the night market together.
I met some people from Israel- one of them was smoking hookah at the table outside the hostel. They talked about how they were going to Seoul for Passover.
The night market is a very exciting place. It has a carnival-like atmosphere, there are so many brights lights and different things to see, that you feel like a little kid again trying to take it all in. It had lots of different cheap food and tons of clothes, shoes, accessories, movies, souvenirs and even tattoo artists.
I was going to go to bed early. But then I met a couple of guys and we went out on the town. The next day we hung out and talked about going to see Muay Thai boxing, but went to Chinatown first and lingered there drinking coconut milk from straws in the shade, so we didn't make it.
I also got to see some temples on my own. It was quite the experience. I liked how they did their chants, it was quite peaceful. Temples were on every other corner in Bangkok.
We also looked at water guns for the Thai New year that had been coming up at the time. One of the guys, Brett, brought his Thai girlfriend along. I talked with her and we had fun together hanging out. Thai New Year, called Songrakan is a big holiday event that takes place all over Thailand- it's basically like an all out water fight with everyone you see when you go out. But water fights would not be the first fight I would see here.
The Break-Up: or what to do when getting threatened by an angry Thai girl
We had Thai and western pizza for dinner. Brett's girlfriend had hung out with us during the day and dinner. But he decided it was time to break up with her—she wouldn't leave his place and said she had nowhere to go. He wanted us there for support because he knew she would not take it well. She put up quite a fight- asking why he had a problem with her and yelled at his friend when he said something... he asked us what to do and we suggested he try to give her her stuff so she could leave and not drag it out. This was not cool with her and she literally held onto him when he tried to get up and wouldn't let him leave. He had given her an option- she could stay at the room for the night, but he would be going out or she could leave now. She didn't like either choice. I left the room as the guys tried to get her to leave. Brett's friend had to help pull him out because she wouldn't let go of him as he tried to leave the room to go.
(Don't try this at home or anywhere for that matter this is merely a description of events and is not meant to be advice in any way. You may not want to turn and walk away- especially if there are any beer bottles or heavy/glass/sharp/throw able objects around. I had heard warnings about this- about getting hit in the back of the head with a bottle if you make someone angry. Is there witness protection in Thailand?)
After we all went outside, we were waiting in front of the hostel. Brett was trying to get a taxi for her, which he paid for. I got out of the way and sat at one of the tables, away from the girl, as she was quite angry. She had lashed out and yelled at me in the hostel when they all came out of the room, accusing me of being the reason he was leaving her. I had nothing to do with it and was not overly friendly to Brett in any way. But she said that she knew how "you teachers" are. I left after this so she could cool down.
I was at the table and the other guys joined me. Then she came charging behind me with a bottle, which I didn't see. Brett thought she was going for me. He got up and went to intervene. But she wasn't going for me. She was going for Brett. She almost hit him, but the bottle fell and he tried to subdue her. After that, I went inside to stay clear of her. She finally left in the cab with no further damage.
We went for dinner and talked about changing hostels. Brett didn't know if he should just change rooms, but then he said she had said something about her cousin being one of the workers there. So maybe it would be best to leave the place... go to a different climate perhaps?
I longed to get to the islands, myself, so I planned to leave the next morning. I did not want any trouble with this girl trying to get revenge or her telling her cousin there anything. I was not afraid, but knew I should be careful. I decided it was a good time as any to get out of there.
After all, I had come to Thailand to get to the islands and see the beautiful ocean. Not to deal with this drama in Bangkok and get a crash course in how not to date the locals. It was too hot and humid here anyway. With visions of palm trees, walking barefoot in the cool sand and waves rushing at me as I swam, I took a cab to the bus station the next morning and was ready for island paradise.
Stay tuned for the next part of my Thailand travels series: Getting to the Islands!
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Good evening,
I have had a nice day at home today, I have taken the week off work so have been doing lots of pottering and getting jobs done - very satisfying. I am also prepping for my upcoming workshops and doing a bit of colouring (see Barbara Gray's blog to find out why!)
Today's card is one I did using one of the new flowers sets from Tina Cox. These are lovely sets, with three sets of flowers in each set and three sizes of each flower. I used Tina's Flowers 1 for this card
I made the background card first, the grid is embossed using a Hougie board, then I dragged ink pads up and down.
The diagonal piece is a paper from the New England Fall Designer paper pack I added some circles by dipping a lid into some ink and stamping on the paper.
I stamped and embossed the flowers on to paper from the same pack then cut out and stuck together.
The centres have sequins added
The butterfly is also stamped and embossed on the same paper, then glittered
I dotted a few more sequins around to finish.
Thanks for visiting,
Janet xx
Welcome to my blog and thanks for visiting! Here you will mostly find stuff about cards - making cards is what I do when I'm not doing my 'proper job'. You are welcome to use any ideas you like, I would appreciate a mention if you copy any cards on here Thank you x There will be stuff about cats (I currently have 4!) most of whom have turned up on the doorstep and moved in!! Coffee is what I will be drinking as I update the blog! I hope you enjoy your visit
Claritystampers East
Tuesday, 2 May 2017
Tina's Flowers
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I sat on the floor of her formal living room. I don't think I had ever been in there before that night. We usually walked by the serious room and made our way to the family room. The room with the large couches and TV. The off white carpet between my toes in the middle of February that winter night. Hummus, nuts, chocolate laid out on the table before us. Chai tea steaming in the kitchen as we each took our places.
We had been having our GNO's ( Girl's Night Out) for years. We would meet at coffee shops restaurants, bakeries. We each had our favorite spots and each month we knew it was something to look forward to. We made a commitment to the friendship that we would pick at least one time each month that we would all four set apart for each other. When I was in Africa I just pretended like they stopped. Like one of the four wasn't there so they stopped talking and having any fun. That is what I told myself. That the fun stopped because I wasn't there. Very humble of me.
These girls know everything about me. I am my best when I am with them. I sometimes am my worst as well. They have traveled across the world with me to Liberia and have seen first-hand the work of selfless people living their lives in servanthood. And we have been there when babies are being born or brought home. We have inside jokes that no one else gets. We also have inside pain that no one will ever hear.
That winter night as we sat on the floor around the coffee table I shook with fear as my truth was revealed. We had not gotten together as a group since I had come home two months before. Depression had stolen the normal rhythm out of my life. And the truth was is that I was afraid. I was afraid to be outside. I was afraid to drive. I was afraid of the dark. I was afraid of being alone. I was afraid of night. I was afraid of myself.
I sat with my back slouched over with tears rolling down my face and admitted why we were here. In her home. Not out in public. Not dressed up and feeling fancy. Because what I was feeling was far from fancy, I was feeling raw and exposed. I had just told my truth. Told the truth about what PTSD was doing to my mind and my reality. I felt on that night that I may be saying goodbye to this normal. My life as it was I believed this too would be over. I was no longer going to function in their world if I were to expose the monster inside of me.
But this is the thing. When you have authentic relationships in your life. They don't leave. They don't follow any rules. They lean in. They see the pain and come closer.
So I told my truth. The truth that Satan was having a field day with my sanity.
The silence in the room was beckoning mercy to come forth.
Pain and truth had opened the door for a new layer of trust to be born.
And born it was.
These women sat on the floor next to me crying. Not for me. With me. They were entering into the pain and not leaving. They were not getting on their theological soap boxes and quoting scripture at me. They were not deleting me from Facebook. They were not thinking of a way to escape, they were crying.
They were putting a stake in the ground and deciding that what I was going through did not define who I was to them.
So we sat and we cried. We cried for the honesty that was revealed. We cried for the reality that things may change. We cried until I was done crying.
Authentic community does that. Someone very wise recently told me that "Authenticity is not bulimic truth telling. Digest the pain. Then share wisely."
I chose very carefully who I told my truth to that night. I was living a hell inside my head that a casserole could not heal.
My pain needed a safe place to heal.
That night if I am being honest was one of the most difficult nights of my life. I was terrified that I was out of the house. I had come to the table a shell of who I used to be and yet the three most beautiful friendships were made clear.
They were my safe place. They were my net. They were where my truth would be sheltered and held.
That is what we all need. We all need those in our life that have seen us at our unhealthiest and choose to stay.
They may not agree with you. They may argue with you. They may even be Republican. But they stay. They stay and love you and laugh with you and heal with you.
They have become the filter I put every relationship through. How authentic can you be with me and how safe are you that I can be the same with you?
I believe very strongly that Jesus calls us into community.
But when he was at the table. When he was with his twelve or one on one is where true community happened.
It happens when we allow ourselves a safe place to be heard. A safe place to be understood. A safe place that is sheltered and held. A safe place where truth can be revealed.


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Off-road champions are revving their engines for this weekend's start of the Dakar Rally, which for the first time will cross through Bolivia's high-altitude salt flats, raising fears of environmental damage among some Aymara Indians.
Bolivian President Evo Morales, himself an Aymara, has fully supported this year's race, which starts Sunday in Rosario, Argentina, and will cross mountains and desert before finishing at the seaside on Jan. 18 in Valparaiso, Chile.
The Bolivia leg on Jan. 12 and 13 is being promoted as a boost to tourism by bringing attention to one of the world's most remote and beautiful places.
At 11,811 feet above sea level and stretching over more than 4,000 square miles, the Salar de Uyuni is the world's highest and largest salt lake. It's a breeding ground every November for South American flamingos, and the briny water under the lake's hard surface has high concentrations of lithium, raising prospects for mining to supply batteries to the world's electronic devices.
Some local Aymara Indians are backing the race, but others are vowing to block it. They fear that crowds will dump trash and motorcycles and all-terrain vehicles will carve deep marks into the shiny white surface.
Rain is expected during the Bolivia leg, which could leave a sheen of water over the crusty surface and create what seems like an endless mirror at the top of the world. But that liquid also could moisten the salt, raising chances that heavy equipment will break through hard layers that have built up over thousands of years.
Cars commonly cross the salt flats, with SUVs carrying tourists and pickups supplying salt harvesters and lithium operations. But they generally avoid the lake when it's covered with water. Just in case, race organisers are sending heavier trucks and cars on a different route to Chile, avoiding Bolivia altogether.
"It's a precipitous route, there could be water on the surface of the salar, and there's only one lane for all the vehicles, which doesn't allow for cars and trucks," the organisation's chief, Etienne Lavigne, explains on the race's official website.
The organisers did not respond to requests for comment Thursday on the environmental issues. They usually don't comment on controversies, even when competitors or observers are killed during the rally, which is one of the world's most dangerous races.
Bolivia's Environment and Water Minister, Jose Zamora, said his agency is preparing an environmental permit and will protect the area's natural beauty. Meanwhile, the government also is sending troops to keep close watch over the race.
A total of 438 drivers from 52 nations are competing in this year's rally, which covers about 5,600 miles, crossing the Andes at 13,100 feet above sea level and braving the Atacama Desert before reaching the Pacific Ocean. The race began in Africa in 1979, was cancelled due to terrorist threats in 2008, and later moved to South America.
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By James Lewis
Every government action in Israel is the result of endless debates and committee negotiations. The current punitive campaign against Hamas in Gaza has so many military and political levels that it seems like Tolstoy's War and Peace. But the one thing it will not do is wipe out radical Islamist control of Gaza.
That does not mean the pinpoint attacks on Hamas are useless. But consider a simple number: Hamas is estimated to have 15,000 trained gunmen in Gaza. Another 5,000 belong to other radical jihadist groups. The Second Lebanon War showed that Hezbollah, a deeply dug-in Iran-type militia, which glorifies death to its people from childhood onward, cannot be wiped out by air attacks alone. Such wars require costly boots on the ground, and plenty of time and patience to clear every bunker, every tunnel and every house. That basic military fact has not changed since the Civil War, World War I and the US Marines at Okinawa. It has always been immensely costly in lives.
To drive Hamas out of Gaza Israel would therefore have to put at risk enough infantry and armor to uproot 20,000 deeply bunkered Iran-trained, suicidal defenders, much like the Imperial Japanese in World War II. It cannot afford to do that strategically, because Gaza is only one out of four dangerous fronts — Syria, Hezbollah and Iran are all potentially more dangerous. You don't put all your eggs in one basket.
Further, Israel cannot afford to put thousands of lives at risk in an optional war, because it is a democracy and its army is one of the last citizens' armies left in the world.
Finally, the timing of this punitive campaign suggests at least three political layers, all of which happen to coincide at this particular moment in time. No political or military benefits would accrue if thousands of IDF soldiers were put into the meat grinder of dug-in Hamas bunkers, in combat situations where the defense always has the edge.
All that suggests that the Gaza action will be a long-distance campaign, using air and artillery, along with some armored and special forces strikes, all ending before January 20 — the inauguration date of the next US president. The president-elect has been conspicuously silent so far, and the Bush White House has actively accused Hamas of sabotaging peace negotiations — which is obviously true. It looks like a tacit agreement between the US and Israel to allow a period of punitive strikes against the most radical Palestinian die-hards in power.
Here are some of the apparent calculations.
The US-Israel connection
The United States accepts Israel's right to strike back under international law, after many months of passivity in the face of primitive but still lethal missile attacks on the little town of Sderot and its surrounding areas. Kassam and Grad rockets look like minor news only if you're not in the line of fire. No nation can accept constant harassing missile strikes on its civilian population from a sworn genocidal enemy, in a decades-long war of endurance. A 'proportional response,' as recommended by the fat and secure busybodies at the UN and the world media, has never led to peace with a fanatical enemy, who is ready to sacrifice thousands of civilians and gunmen just for propaganda advantage.
In the last few years the Bush Administration has held out high hopes for peace negotiations, based in good part on Saudi and Arab League gestures toward Israel, and the shared danger of Iran, which threatens the Arab world as much as it does the Jewish State. That hope for a comprehensive peace agreement has not been realized, and Israel is essentially re-asserting its right to self-defense, as it has no doubt told the US it must do at some point.
The incoming Obama Administration can point out that it is not yet in charge of foreign policy. The die-hard jihadis in Gaza are being punished, and every sane person in the Arab world understands that. Many secretly approve. They have seen what Al Qaida does in Iraq. That fact may strengthen the hand of the Hillary-Obama State Department next year. But nobody really believes this campaign will defeat the jihadi die-hards in a final and conclusive way.
The Israel-Palestinian connection
Israel's policy is always to strengthen Palestinian "moderates," those who are willing to postpone their genocidal hopes to a remoter future. That means the Fatah organization run by Mahmoud Abbas and his fabled corruptocracy on the West Bank, which would dearly love to overthrow Hamas in Gaza. Abbas is leaving office soon, and the next prime minister of the PA will be strengthened vis-a-vis the radicals by the IDF campaign. The Gaza campaign therefore fits the Fatah agenda as well. Whether it will end up strengthening the pragmatists is anybody's guess.
The Iranian threat
Since 1979 the IDF has viewed Iran as its biggest military challenge, and has constantly built up means to face a fanatical Iran with long-range missiles and weapons of mass destruction. That moment of truth will come in the next US administration. By importing Clintonistas into the State Department, the US is at least aware of that reality. By now Obama must be fully briefed on the state of Iran's nuclear program, perhaps even with Russian intelligence information. (The Russians want to sell dangerous stuff to Iran, but they don't want a nuclear maniac regime next door. Russia and Eastern Europe have long been a barrier against jihadi fanatics, including the Chechnyans whom the Russians brutally repressed. So Putin will try to play both sides, and hope that somebody else will neutralize the Iranian threat. Briefing Obama about the reality of Iran's nuclear program would serve Putin's purposes.)
Bottom line: mullahs with nukes are a lethal threat to everybody. What we are seeing in Gaza, and two years ago in Lebanon, were proxy campaigns designed to scare and if possible neutralize a dangerous local enemy in order to face the genocidal strategic enemy if push comes to shove. Like any skilled military force, the IDF is constantly probing its opponents to assess strengths and weaknesses.
Gaza is therefore a test-bed for lessons learned after the Second Lebanon War. If IDF probes reveal weaknesses in the Iranian-style Hamas defenses, they will push and push and push until they meet a hard wall. Then they will add up lessons learned, and apply them wherever Israel (and US armed forces) might confront Iranian military tactics. Even the bunker-penetrating bombs being used by the IAF in Gaza today originally were made by the US Air Force, to hit deeply bunkered positions in Iraq while minimizing civilian casualties. Iran's bunkered nuclear installations may fit the Gaza and Hezbollah pattern as well.
The domestic Israeli connection
The Obama Administration wants a Leftist prime minister in Israel, someone who is pliable and willing to make major territorial concessions to the Palestinian Authority. That means either Ehud Barak, who led the retreat from Lebanon in 1992, or Tzipi Livni. They represent two parties of the Left, which could form a majority coalition in the Knesseth. One reason why the punitive Gaza strikes are taking place right now is that Obama and Hillary don't want a Bibi Netanyahu right-of-center coalition. The Gaza campaign will strengthen the Left in Israel, or that is at least the calculation.
The kicker in all the political and military calculations
Both the US and Israel have been engaged in a truly painful learning curve against Iran and its proxies. Chances are that the IDF is more effective today against Hamas fortifications than it was in 2006 against similar Hezbollah bunkers and tunnels. But the enemy always gets a vote, and no rational military can risk over-confidence. That is why rational military campaigns perform "reconnaissance in force" at many levels.
The big unknown is the outcome of this punitive campaign, both politically and militarily. Already it seems that Ehud Barak is promising more than the IDF is likely to achieve, "a war to the bitter end." Such a war would be foolish, in view of the fact that the real strategic enemy is not in Gaza but in Tehran. Barak's apparent overstatement is justifiable as strategic disinformation to confuse the enemy, forcing Hamas to keep men and materiel in reserve for a prolonged ground attack. But it also raises the possibility of a major disappointment among Israel's voters, as occurred after the 2006 Hezbollah campaign.
If the Israeli public is disillusioned by the Gaza campaign, it may vote Netanyahu into power rather than the Left. In that case, the Obama Administration may have a harder time trying to arm-twist Israel into making big territorial concessions.
This is a political-military campaign. That is not inherently wrong, since it is defensive in nature, it demonstrates the lawful will of a democratic nation to defend itself in the face of endless (if rather random) missile strikes against its civilian population, and it will kill some of the Hamas leadership and force the rest to hunker down. The Gaza campaign has already destroyed many of the visible symbols of Hamas pride and show. It might strengthen more pragmatic Palestinian factions enough to enable them to make a public deal with Israel — at a hefty price — in the next few years.
In the face of real danger to the civilized world from mad mullahs with nukes, it is to the advantage of sane nations to tamp down the fires of any other conflict that threatens to split the opposition to the mullahs. That may be an achievable goal. It will no doubt come under the glorious banner of Peace Eternal, hyped up by the PR team of Barack Obama and David Axelrod, with the Nobel Peace Prize Committee in Oslo doing the background jive and rhythm.
With real luck and sacrifice, we will see a period of greater stability — but as Michael Ledeen keeps pointing out, real safety for the entire world, including the US, the Middle East and Europe, can only come if the Black Widow Spider in Tehran can be defanged for good.


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SABC workers have decided to embark on a strike on Thursday morning, according to the broadcasting company.
The SABC has said in a statement that they regret the decision by the workers.
Union members and SABC management met late last night to revise the offer currently given to the SABC workers. But a resolution could not be made.
"Following this meeting' the unions then met with their members to provide feedback. It is regrettable to note that both Bemawu and CWU members declined the SABC's offer and have decided to proceed with their strike action on Thursday' 14 December 2017."
"The SABC offered both unions a 4.5% increase for the last six months of the financial year 2017/2018 for employees in the bargaining unit to be paid at a later stage' when the organisation is financially stable'" the SABC said.
This three-day strike will clash with the ANC national elective conference this weekend.
"The SABC would like to assure the public that all the necessary measures will be put in place to make sure that the conference will be broadcast to the public of South Africa as planned'," it said.
"The organisation also calls upon the striking employees not to intimidate their colleagues' who will be coming to work and proceed with their action in a dignified manner. It is important to note that the principle of no work' no pay will apply."
On Wednesday the Minister of Communications, Mmamoloko Kubayi-Ngubane, called on all stakeholders at the South African Broadcasting Corporation (SABC) to engage in a peaceful and constructive wage negotiations.
The Communication Workers Union (CWU) and the Broadcasting, Electronic, Media and Allied Workers Union (BEMAWU) rejected the SABC's latest 4.5 percent wage offer and threatened to resume the strike action over wage disputes on Thursday.
The unions went on strike last month after negotiations deadlock as they were demanding a 10% salary increase backdated in April from the cash-strapped public broadcaster.
In a statement, Kubayi-Ngubane said she respects the Constitutional right of workers to embark on a protest action and believes that peaceful wage increase negotiations should not be subordinated to strike action.


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Economic history links two cultures -- the economists' and the historians', and this mix creates a field that explains the past to understand the present. In this class we will study the work of economic historians to answer questions such as: How was the institutional structure of pre-modern societies? How did the creation of clocks and the measurement of time lead to industrialization? Why did the industrial revolution happen in England? Why does China economic prosperity is not an event of the present only? How did slave trade work and which were the forces that stopped it? And, in general, what were the historical roots of innovation, entrepreneurship, and prosperity?
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Livery Fleet Owner Found Guilty In Manhattan Federal Court In Multi-Year Insurance Fraud Scheme
Scheme Defrauded Automobile Insurance Companies By Misrepresenting Where And How Livery Vehicles Were Being Garaged, Operated, And Used
Preet Bharara, the United States Attorney for the Southern District of New York, announced that SCOTT ERIC SANDERS was found guilty yesterday on all counts against him in an Indictment charging him with participating in a long-running automobile insurance fraud scheme and aggravated identity theft. As part of the scheme, SANDERS, who owns fleets of commercial vehicles, systematically misled insurance companies as to where the vehicles he owned and controlled were garaged and operated, and how those vehicles were being used, so that he could obtain automobile insurance for those vehicles at substantially lower premiums. SANDERS was convicted after a four-week jury trial before U.S. District Judge Lewis A. Kaplan.
According to evidence introduced at trial, other proceedings in this case, and documents previously filed in Manhattan federal court:
In New York State, owners of fleets of commercial vehicles, including livery cars and ambulettes, are required to obtain commercial automobile liability and physical damage insurance coverage. The insurance policy premiums are based, in part, on where the insured vehicles are garaged and operated, as well as how the vehicles are used. Vehicles that are principally garaged or operated in New York City are charged a substantially higher premium than vehicles that are principally garaged or operated elsewhere. Vehicles that are primarily used as livery cabs are charged a substantially higher insurance premium than vehicles that are operated for many other commercial purposes. Owners of livery fleets obtain automobile insurance through the voluntary insurance market or, when they are unable to obtain insurance through the voluntary market, through the New York Automobile Insurance Plan ("NYAIP"). The NYAIP assigns policy applications to insurance carriers doing business in New York State, who are then required to provide insurance coverage to the applicant.
From 2005 through 2010, SANDERS controlled fleets of livery cars that were garaged and operated in New York City. During that time period, SANDERS engaged in a widespread conspiracy to defraud automobile insurance companies in order to obtain automobile insurance for his vehicles at lower premiums by misrepresenting where the vehicles were garaged and operated, and in some instances, how those vehicles were being used. SANDERS caused insurance applications to be submitted to both NYAIP and directly to insurance companies that claimed his vehicles were garaged and operated outside of New York City, when they were not. In addition, on some of those applications, he represented that his vehicles were being used for commercial purposes other than as livery vehicles when they were in fact being used as livery vehicles. In addition, in some of these applications, SANDERS falsely listed other people as the presidents and owners of his companies to conceal his ownership and control of those companies. Relying on these misrepresentations, the insurance companies issued insurance policies for the vehicles controlled by SANDERS at lower premiums than those for which they would have been eligible had the insurance companies been aware of the true locations of garaging, operation, and true use of these vehicles.
In addition, as part of the same scheme, SANDERS helped other commercial fleet owners whose vehicles operated in New York City obtain insurance at lower premiums using the same misrepresentations about how those vehicles were being used and where those vehicles were being garaged and operated. Over the course of his scheme, insurance companies lost millions in premiums that they would have otherwise charged had they been provided accurate garaging, operating, and usage information about the vehicles.
SANDERS was convicted of one count of conspiracy to commit mail and wire fraud, five counts of mail fraud, and one count of aggravated identity theft.
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Mr. Bharara praised the United States Postal Inspection Service for its outstanding work in the investigation. Mr. Bharara also thanked the NYAIP and the National Insurance Crime Bureau for their assistance.
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This special fasting and purification retreat is performed in conjunction with the meditation practice of Thousand-armed Avalokiteshvara. Engaging in this retreat is very powerful for purifying negative karma of body, speech and mind and for pacifying strong delusions such as desirous attachment and hatred. It is also a special method for receiving the blessings of Buddha and improving our experience of love, compassion and bodhichitta (the wish to attain enlightenment for the benefit of all).
Usually this practice is done over two days, with the Mahayana precepts* being taken at the beginning of each day. On the first day it is customary to abstain from all meals apart from lunch. On the second day we engage in a complete fast, abstaining from all food and drink for 24 hours. On both days, we do three sessions of meditation, combining prostrations with chanted meditation. Those who are unable to engage in a complete fast can participate in the sessions on the second day, provided they take the Mahayana precepts on that day. Each session is free of charge. For those who wish to join us for lunch on Saturday please contact us to book ($7).
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(Livonia, Michigan)– Time Magazine reports the FBI processed 185,345 firearms background checks on Black Friday of 2015 alone, a record-breaking figure for a single day. For the entire month of November, the FBI carried out more than 2.2 million checks and saw a total of almost 20 million gun purchase applications for the year. As mass shootings continue to make headlines, industry authorities expect this surge in gun sales to persist. In light of this uptick, Will Luker of USGunClasses.com ( has launched the company's latest CPL, CCW and CWP class lineup.
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|Black Mustard Photo by Steve Andrews
Black Mustard (Brassica nigra) is a very common and widely distributed edible plant in the cabbage family Brassicaceae. It is easy to find on waste ground in late spring and early summer because its bright yellow flowers catch the eye and it grows in clumps.
Black Mustard comes from the Mediterranean area of southern Europe and is thought to be native to parts of Asia too, where it has been used in cooking for thousands of years. Black Mustard, which can reach over two metres in height, though is usually much shorter, is found in the UK and many other parts of the world where it often grows as a weed. It is frequently found growing along pathways and in waste places.
|Black Mustard on waste ground. Photo by Steve Andrews
Black Mustard has a spicy flavour that is a bit like cabbage but mostly like the mustard we are familiar with and use to spice up and add some heat to our foods - mustard on hot-dog sausages, for example.
Mustard is made from the ground seeds of the plant that are made into a paste. The mustard seeds can also be used a spice and as an ingredient of curries or savoury dishes.
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The Black Mustard seeds ripen in August and September but gathering them in quantity though can take a long time and a long time getting them out of the seed-pods they form in. It is much easier to buy mustard from the grocery store or the seeds that can often be found on sale in the spices section.
Best-selling author Richard Mabey, in his classic guide to foraging Food For Free, suggests that we "Try pressing a pinch of seeds into the cheese on the top of Welsh rarebits before cooking." He also recommends the young leaves as an addition to salads or cooked as a green vegetable. Black Mustard is cooked as greens in Ethiopia.
The yellow flowers can be added to salads too but I like to munch on them when out walking.
Black Mustard has medicinal properties too. The ground up seeds have been mixed with honey and used to treat coughs in eastern Europe. In eastern Canada it was also used as a remedy for respiratory problems. The ground seeds were made into a paste with flour and water and this was applied to the chest or back of a person suffering from a bronchial infection.
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