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Saudi Police whip and beat Ethiopian migrants.
Saudi Arabian mob beats up and kills Ethiopian Christian migrant calling him a dog.
Ethiopian domestic worker is tied to a wall by her Saudi employer when she isn't working.
Arab human traffickers beat up their Ethiopian cargo.
Ethiopian migrants abused by Saudi Security Forces.
Another Ethiopian migrant beaten up by Saudi mob.
Ethiopian domestic worker hangs herself, another victim of Saudi employer abuse.
Ethiopian Review Some Ethiopian women resort to suicide after being subjected to barbaric acts at the hands of their Saudi employers, and the Ethiopian embassy has refused to provide them with assistance. The women are trafficked to Saudi Arabia by agencies in Ethiopia that are affiliated with Saudi-Ethiopian billionaire Al Amoudi and his associates, in collaboration with the TPLF junta.
Ethiopian woman at the town of Tabuk, Saudi Arabia, has committed suicide by hanging. It is reported that she killed herself after she was prevented from going back to her country.
Thanks to Dave S

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Wabler--Footwabler; a contemptuous Term for a foot soldier, frequently used by those of the cavalry.
To Waddle--To go like a duck--To waddle out of Change alley as a lame duck; a Term for one who has not been able to pay his gaming debts, called his differences, on the Stock Exchange, and therefore absents himself from it.
Wag--An arch-frolicsome fellow.
Waggish--Arch, gamesome, frolicsome.
Wagtail--A lewd woman.
Waits--Musicians of the lower order, who in most towns play under the windows of the chief inhabitants at midnight, a short time before Christmas, for which they collect a christmas-box from house to house--They are said to derive their name of waits from being always in waiting to celebrate weddings and other joyous events happening within their district.
Wake--A country feast, commonly on the anniversary of the tutelar saint of the village, that is, the saint to whom the parish church is dedicated--Also a custom of watching the dead, called Late Wake, in use both in Ireland and Wales, where the corpse being deposited under a table, with a plate of salt on its breast, the table is covered with liquor of all sorts; and the guests, particularly, the younger part of them, amuse themselves with all kinds of pastimes and recreations: the consequence is generally more than replacing the departed friend.
Walking Cornet--An ensign of foot.
Walking Poulterer--One who steals fowls, and hawks them from door to door.
Walking Stationer--A hawker of pamphlets, &c.
Walking the Plank--A mode of destroying devoted persons or officers in a mutiny or ship-board, by blindfolding them, and obliging them to walk on a plank laid over the ship's side; by this means, as the mutineers suppose, avoiding the penalty of murder.
Walking Up Against the Wall--To run up a score, which in alehouses is commonly recorded with chalk on the walls of the bar.
Wall--To walk or crawl up the wall; to be scored up at a public-nouse--Wall-eyed, having an eye with little or no sight, all white like a plaistered wall.
Waltz--The waltz was considered somewhat shocking because of the contact maintained between the partners when it was introduced in England, but it soon became quite popular--A lady required the consent of one of the Patronesses of Almack's for her first waltz--Note, that while practiced privately by the very elite of the Ton, it was not done in public until 1814 and the visit of the Tsar.
Want To Pull Caps With Someone--Want to argue with them.
Wanton--Woman of easy virtue.
To Wap--To copulate, to beat--If she wont wap for a winne, let her trine for a make; if she won't lie with a man for a penny, let her hang for a halfpenny--Mort wap-apace; a woman of experience, or very expert at the sport.
Ware--A woman's ware; her commodity.
Ware Hawk--An exclamation used by thieves to inform their confederates that some police officers are at hand.
Warm--Rich, in good circumstances--To warm, or give a man a warming; to beat him--See Chafed.
Warming-Pan--A large old-fashioned watch--A Scotch warming-pan; a female bedfellow.
Warren--One that is security for goods taken up on credit by extravagant young gentlemen--Cunny warren; a girl's boarding-school, also a bawdy-house.
Wash--Paint for the face, or cosmetic water--Hog-wash; thick and bad beer.
Wasp--An infected prostitute, who like a wasp carries a sting in her tail.
Waspish--Peevish, spiteful.
Waste--House of waste; a tavern or alehouse, where idle people waste both their time and money.
Watch, Chain, and Seals--A sheep's head And pluck.
Watch Fob--A short chain or ribbon with an attached medallion or ornament that connected to a man's pocketwatch and hung from a small pocket in his waistcoat--
Water-Mill--A woman's private parts.
Water Sneaksman--A man who steals from ships or craft on the river.
Water--His chops watered at it; he longed earnestly for it--To watch his waters; to keep a strict watch on any one's actions--In hot water: in trouble, engaged in disputes.
Water Bewitched--Very weak punch or beer.
Waterpad--One that robs ships in the river Thames.
Watery-Headd--Apt to shed tears.
Water Scriger--A doctor who prescribes from inspecting the water of his patients--See Piss Prophet.
Waters - Taking The Waters--The waters in spa towns such as Tunbridge Wells and most notably Bath were thought to have healing powers, so to "take the waters" means to either drink or bathe in these mineral waters.
Wear Arse--A one-horse chaise.
Wear The Willow--To mourn the loss of a love or to be lovelorn--The willow tree is associated with sorrow, e.g.: weeping willow--Willow garlands were symbols of being forsaken in love.
Weasal-Faced--Thin, meagre-faced--Weasel-gutted; thin-bodied; a weasel is a thin long slender animal with a sharp face.
Wedding--The emptying of a neoessary-hovise, particularly in London--You have been at an Irish wedding, where black eyes are given instead of favours; saying to one who has a black eye.
Wedge--Silver plate, because melted by the receivers of stolen goods into wedges--(Cant)
To Weed--To take a part--The kiddey weeded the swell's screens; the youth took some of the gentleman's bank notes.
Weeping Cross--To come home by weeping cross; to repent.
Welch Comb--The thumb and four fingers.
Welch Fiddle--The itch--See Scotch Fiddle.
Welch Mile--Like a Welch mile, long and narrow--His story is like a Welch mile, long and tedious.
Welch Rabbit, [i.e--a Welch rare-bit] Bread and cheese toasted--See Rabbit.—The Welch are said to be so remarkably fond of cheese, that in cases of difficulty their midwives apply a piece of toasted cheese to the janua vita to attract and entice the young Taffy, who on smelling it makes most vigorous efforts to come forth.
Welch Ejectment--To unroof the house, a method practiced by landlords in Wales to eject a bad tenant.
To Well--To divide unfairly--To conceal part--A cant phrase used by thieves, where one of the party conceals some of the booty, instead of dividing it fairly amongst his confederates.
Well-Hung--The blowen was nutts upon the kiddey because he is well-hung; the girl is pleased with the youth because his genitals are large.
Weston--A popular gentleman's tailor.
Westminster Wedding--A match between a whore and a rogue.
Wet Parson--One who moistens his clay freely, in order to make it stick together.
Wet Quacker--One of that sect who has no objection to the spirit derived from wine.
Whack--A share of a booty obtained by fraud--A paddy whack; a stout brawney Irishman.
Whapper--A large man or woman.
Wheedle--A sharper--To cut a wheedle; to decoy by fawning or insinuation--(Cant)
Wheelband in the Nick--Regular drinking over the left thumb.
Whelp--An impudent whelp; a saucy boy.
Whereas--To follow a whereas; to become a bankrupt, to figure among princes and potentates: the notice given in the Gazette that a commission of bankruptcy is issued out against any trader, always beginning with the word whereas--He will soon march in the rear of a whereas.
Whet--A morning's draught, commonly white wine, supposed to whet or sharpen the appetite.
Whetstone's Park--A lane between Holborn and Lincoln's-inn Fields, formerly famed for being the resort of women of the town.
To Whiddle--To tell or discover--He whiddles; he peaches--He whiddles the whole scrap; he discovers all he knows--The cull whiddled because they would not tip him a snack: the fellow peached because they would not give him a share, They whiddle beef, and we must brush; they cry out thieves, and we must make off--(Cant)
Whiddler--An informer, or one that betrays the secrets of the gang.
Whiffles--A relaxation of the scrotum.
Whifflers--Ancient name for fifers; also persons at the universities who examine candidates for degrees--A whiffling cur, a small yelping cur.
Whig--The party opposed to the conservative Tories--Led by Charles James Fox and wanting constitutional monarchy--Whig was originally short for 'whiggamor'.
Whimper, or Whindle--A low cry.
To Whine--To complain.
Whinyard--A sword.
Whip--A coachman.
To Whip the Cock--A piece of sport practised at wakes, horse-races, and fairs in Leicestershire: a cock being tied or fastened into a hat or basket, half a dozen carters blindfolded, and armed with their cart whips, are placed round it, who, after being turned thrice about, begin to whip the cock, which if any one strikes so as to make it cry out, it becomes his property; the joke is, that instead of whipping the cock they flog each other heartily.
Whip Jacks--The tenth order of the canting crew, rogues who having learned a few Sea Terms, beg with counterfeit passes, pretending to be sailors shipwrecked on the neighbouring coast, and on their way to the port from whence they sailed.
To Whip Off--To run away, to drink off greedily, to snatch--He whipped away from home, went to the alehouse, where he whipped off a full tankard, and coming back whipped off a fellow's hat from his head.
Whip-Belly Vengeance--or pinch-gut vengeance, of which he that gets the most has the worst share--Weak or sour beer.
Whipper-Snapper--A diminutive fellow.
Whipster--A sharp or subtle fellow.
Whipt Syllabub--A flimsy, frothy discourse or treatise, without solidity.
Whisker--A great lie.
Whisker Splitter--A man of intrigue.
Whiskin--A shallow brown drinking bowl.
Whisky--A malt spirit much drank in Ireland and Scotland; also a one-horse chaise--See Tim Whisky.
Whist--A card game somewhat like bridge for two players.
Whistle--The throat--To wet one's whistle; to drink.
Whistling Shop--Rooms in the King's Bench and Fleet prison where drams are privately sold.
Whit--[i.e--Whittington's.] Newgate--(Cant)—Five rum-padders are rubbed in the darkmans out of the whit, and are piked into the deuseaville; five highwaymen broke out of Newgate in the night, and are gone into the country.
White Ribbin--Gin.
White Feather--He has a white feather; he is a coward; an allusion to a game cock, where having a white leather is a proof he is not of the true game breed.
White-Livered--Cowardly, malicious.
White Lie--A harmless lie, one not told with a malicious intent, a lie told to reconcile people at variance.
White Serjeant--A man fetched from the tavern or ale-house by his wife, is said to be arrested by the white serjeant.
White Swelling--A woman big with child is said to have a white swelling.
White Tape--Geneva.
White Wool--Geneva.
Whitechapel--Whitechapel portion; two smocks, and what nature gave--Whitechapel breed; fat, ragged, and saucy: See St--Giles's Breed--Whitechapel beau; one who dresses with a needle and thread, and undresses with a knife--To play at whist Whitechapel fashion; i.e--aces and kings first.
Whitewashed--One who has taken the benefit of an act of insolvency, to defraud his creditors, is said to have been whitewashed.
Whitfielite--A follower of George Whitfield, a Methodist.
Whither-Go-YYeE--A wife: wives being sometimes apt to question their husbands whither they are going.
Whittington's College--Newgate; built or repaired by the famous lord mayor of that name.
Whore's Bird--A debauched fellow, the largest of all birds--He sings more like a whore's bird than a canary bird; said of one who has a strong manly voice.
Whore's Curse--A piece of gold coin, value five shillings and three pence, frequently given to women of the town by such as professed always to give gold, and who before the introduction of those pieces always gave half a guinea.
Whore's Kitling, or Whore's son--A bastard.
Whore-Monger--A man that keeps more than one mistress--A country gentleman, who kept a female friend, being reproved by the parson of the parish, and styled a whore-monger, asked the parson whether he had a cheese in his house; and being answered in the affirmative, 'Pray,' says he, 'does that one cheese make you a cheese-monger?'
Whore Pipe--The penis.
Whow Ball--A milk-maid: from their frequent use of the word whow, to make the cow stand still in milking--Ball is the supposed name of the cow.
Wibble--Bad drink.
Wibling's Witch--The four of clubs: from one James Wibling, who in the reign of King James I--grew rich by private gaming, and was commonly observed to have that card, and never to lose a game but when he had it not.
Wicket--A casement; also a little door.
Widow's Weeds--Mourning clothes of a peculiar fashion, denoting her state--A grass widow; a discarded mistress--a widow bewitched; a woman whose husband is abroad, and said, but not certainly known, to be dead.
Wife--A fetter fixed to one leg.
Wife in Water Colours--A mistress, or concubine; water colours being, like their engagements, easily effaced, or dissolved.
Wigannowns--A man wearing a large wig.
Wigsby--Wigsby; a man wearing a wig.
Wild Rogues--Rogues trained up to stealing from their cradles.
Wild Squirt--A looseness.
Wild-Goose Chase--A tedious uncertain pursuit, like the following a flock of wild geese, who are remarkably shy.
Willing Tit--A free horse, or a coming girl.
Willow--Poor, and of no reputation--To wear the willow; to be abandoned by a lover or mistress.
Win--A penny,
To Win--To steal--The cull has won a couple of Rum glimsticks; the fellow has stolen a pair of fine candlesticks.
Wind--To raise the wind; to procure mony.
Winder--Transportation for life--The blowen has napped a winder for a lift; the wench is transported for life for stealing in a shop.
Wind-Mill--The fundament--She has no fortune but her mills; i.e--she has nothing but her **** and arse.
Windfall--A legacy, or any accidental accession of property.
Windmills in the Head--Foolish projects.
Windmill Dwindled To A Nutshell--To lose one's money.
Window Peeper--A collector of the window tax.
Windward Passage--One who uses or navigates the windward passage; a sodomite.
Windy--Foolish--A windy fellow; a simple fellow.
Winged--Injured in the arm, usually the shoulder.
Wink--To tip one the wink; to give a signal by winking the eye.
Winnings--Plunder, goods, or money acquired by theft.
Winter Cricket--A taylor.
Winter's Day--He is like a winter's day, short and dirty.
Wipe--A blow, or reproach--I'll give you a wipe on the chops--That story gave him a fine wipe--Also a handkerchief.
Wiper--A handkerchief--(Cant)
Wiper Drawer--A pickpocket, one who steals handkerchiefs--He drew a broad, narrow, cam, or specked wiper; he picked a pocket of a broad, narrow, cambrick, or coloured handkerchief.
To Wiredraw--To lengthen out or extend any book, letter, or discourse.
Wise--As wise as Waltham's calf, that ran nine miles to suck a bull.
Wise men of Gotham--Gotham is a village in Nottinghamshire; its magistrates are said to have attempted to hedge in a cuckow; a bush, called the cuckow's bush, is still shewn in support of the tradition--A thousand other ridiculous stories are told of the men of Gotham.
Wiseacre--A foolish conceited fellow.
Wiseacre's Hall--Gresham college.
Wish Someone At Jericho--Find them in the way.
Wit--He has as much wit as three folks, two fools and a madman.
Witches--Silver--Witcher bubber; a silver bowl--Witcher tilter; a silver-hilted sword--Witcher cully; a silversmith.
Within Ames-Ace--Near.
To Wobble--To boil--Pot wobbler; one who boils a pot.
Wolf in the Breast--An extraordinary mode of imposition, sometimes practised in the country by strolling women, who have the knack of counterfeiting extreme pain, pretending to have a small animal called a wolf in their breasts, which is continually gnawing them.
Wolf in the Stomach--A monstrous or canine appetite.
Wood--In a wood; bewildered, in a maze, in a peck of troubles, puzzled, or at a loss what course to take in any business--To look over the wood; to ascend the pulpit, to preach: I shall look over the wood at St--James's on Sunday next--To look through the wood; to stand in the pillory--Up to the arms in wood; in the pillory.
Wood Pecker--A bystander, who bets whilst another plays.
Woodcock--A taylor with a long bill.
Wooden Habeas--A coffin--A man who dies in prison is said to go out with a wooden habeas--He went out with a wooden habeas; i.e--his coffin.
Wooden Spoon--(Cambridge.) The last junior optime--See Wrangler, Optime.
Wooden Horse--To fide the wooden horse was a military punishment formerly in use--This horse consisted of two or more planks about eight feet long, fixed together so as to form a sharp ridge or angle, which answered to the body of the horse--It was supported by four posts, about six feet long, for legs--A head, neck, and tail, rudely cut in wood, were added, which completed the appearance of a horse--On this sharp ridge delinquents were mounted, with their hands tied behind them; and to steady them (as it was said), and lest the horse should kick them off, one or more firelocks were tied to each leg--In this situation they were sometimes condemned to sit an hour or two; but at length it having been found to injure the soldiers materially, and sometimes to rupture them, it was left off about the time of the accession of King George I--A wooden horse was standing in the Parade at Portsmouth as late as the year 1750.
Wooden Ruff--The pillory--See Norway Neckcloth.
Wooden Surtout--A coilin.
Woman of the Town, or Woman of Pleasure--A prostitute.
Woman and her Husband--A married couple, where the woman is bigger than her husband.
Woman's Conscience--Never satisfied.
Woman of all Work--Sometimes applied to a female servant, who refuses none of her master's commands.
Woolbird--A sheep--(Cant)
Wool Gathering--Your wits are gone a woolgathering; saying to an absent man, one in a reverie, or absorbed in thought.
Woolley Crown--A soft-headed fellow.
Word Grubbers--Verbal critics, and also persons who use hard words in common discourse.
Word Pecker--A punster, one who plays upon words.
Word of Mouth--To drink by word of mouth, i.e--Out of the bowl or bottle instead, of a glass.
World--All the world and his wife; every body, a great company.
Worm--To worm out; to obtain the knowledge of a secret by craft, also to undermine or supplant--He is gone to the diet of worms; he is dead and buried, or gone to Rothisbone.
Wranglers--At Cambridge the first class (generally of twelve) at the annual examination for a degree--There are three classes of honours, wranglers, senior optimes, and junior optimes--Wranglers are said to be born with golden spoons in their mouths, the senior optimes with silver, and the junior with leaden ones--The last junior optime is called the wooden spoon--Those who are not qualified for honors are either in the Gulf (that is, meritorious, but not deserving of being in the three first classes) or among the pollot [Greek Letters] the many--See Pluck, Apostles, & C.
Wrap Rascal--A red cloak, called also a roquelaire.
Wrapt Up In Warm Flannel--Drunk with spirituous liquors--He was wrapt up in the tail of his mother's smock; saying of any one remarkable for his success with the ladies--To be wrapt up in any one: to have a good opinion of him, or to be under his influence.
Wrinkle--A wrinkle-bellied whore; one who has had a number of bastards: child-bearing leaves wrinkles in a woman's belly--To take the wrinkles out of any one's belly; to fill it out by a hearty meal--You have one wrinkle more in your a-se; i.e--you have one piece of knowledge more than you had, every fresh piece of knowledge being supposed by the vulgar naturalists to add a wrinkle to that part.
Wry Mouth and a Pissen Pair of Breeches--Hanging.
Wry Neck Day---Hanging day.
Wyn--See Win.
Xantippe--The name of Socrates's wife: now used to signify a shrew or scolding wife.
To Yam--To eat or stuff heartily.
Yankey, or Yankey Doodle--A booby, or country lout: a name given to the New England men in North America--A general appellation for an American.
Yard Of Tin--The horn, generally a yard or so long, used by the guard of a mail coach or stage coach to warn of approach and departure.
Yarmouth Capon--A red herring: Yarmouth is a famous place for curing herrings.
Yarmouth Coach--A kind of low two-wheeled cart drawn by one horse, not much unlike an Irish car.
Yarmouth Pye--A pye made of herrings highly spiced, which the city of Norwich is by charter bound to present annually to the king.
Yea and Nay Man--A quaker, a simple fellow, one who can only answer yes, or no.
Yellow--To look yellow; to be jealous--I happened to call on Mr--Green, who was out: on coming home, and finding me with his wife, he began to look confounded blue, and was, I thought, a little yellow.
Yellow Belly--A native of the Fens of Licoinshire; an allusion to the eels caught there.
Yellow Boy--1 pound 1 shilling, Guinea, yellow George, (approx $2100).
Yellow George--1 pound 1 shilling, yellow boy, Guinea, (approx $2100).
To Yelp--To cry out--Yelper; a town cryer, also one apt to make great complaints on trifling occasions.
Yest--A contraction of yesterday.
Yoked--Married--A yoke; the quantum of labour performed at one spell by husbandmen, the day's work being divided in summer into three yokes--Kentish Term.
Yorkshire Tyke--A Yorkshire clown--To come Yorkshire over any one; to cheat him.
Young One--A familiar expression of contempt for another's ignorance, as "ah! I See you're a young one." How d'ye do, young one?
To Yowl--To cry aloud, or howl.
Zad--Crooked like the letter Z--He is a mere zad, or perhaps zed; a description of a very crooked or deformed person.
Zany--The jester, jack pudding, or merry andrew, to a mountebank.
Zedland--Great part of the west country, where the letter Z is substituted for S; as zee for See, zun for sun.


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Worms seen farming plants to be eaten later for the first time
WORMS have been spotted growing sprouts in their burrows, a type of cultivation never seen before in non-humans.
Ragworms were thought to consume the seeds of cordgrass, an abundant plant in their coastal habitats. But the seeds have a tough husk, so it was a mystery how the worms could access the edible interior.
Zhenchang Zhu at the Royal Netherlands Institute for Sea Research in Den Hoorn and his team have now discovered the worms' surprising trick: they bury the seeds and wait for them to germinate, later feeding on the juicy sprouting shoots.
The sprouts are more nutritious than the raw seeds and are rich in protein, fats and amino acids. "The process of sprouting improves the digestibility and quality of the food," says Zhu.
To test the effects of sprout consumption, they gave 20 worms different diets. Those that ate sprouts gained more weight, growing by 25 per cent, compared with 5 per cent for those that stuck to raw seeds and sediment (Ecology, doi.org/brvt).
Ted Schultz, an entomologist at the Smithsonian Institution in Washington DC, thinks sprout cultivation could be important to the worms' survival, and that this is a sophisticated adaptation because they must wait to harvest the food rather than consuming it immediately. "It's the beginning of agriculture," he says.
The team suspects that earthworms are sprout-growers, too, because they are thought to supplement their diets with seeds.
This article appeared in print under the headline "Marine worms seen dabbling in gardening and farming plants"


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Disclosure: This post is neither inspiring nor reverent, so I invite you to stop reading now (especially since you may lose what small amount of respect you have for me)
Life is somewhat messy at times. Today was one of those days for me. Ok, that is a bit of an exaggeration, it was really only about 30 messy minutes, but it made a lasting impression. Every small act, that seemed in consequential at the time, added up to culminate in one HUGE predicament.
Lady Hiva had a wedding to attend with her mum so Tau'aho and I went to eat at a fast food joint and then I took him to the West side of Oahu to see the turtles and the sunset. I wanted to get some good photos. We made our drive around the North Shore and talked about life. He is a fun little guy and loves to tell me about the colors and shapes he sees and the sounds he hears.
We made it to "Turtle Beach" (I am not sure the real name, but call it that because there seems to always be sea turtles there.) Tau'aho was so excited to see 'Crush.' We found a parking spot among all the people preparing for the sunset and walked to the first beach. I started to get a stomach ache and heavy gurgling. There were no turtles on the south end of the beach so we walked to the north end. As we walked I carried Tau'aho because this morning he threw away his slippers and before we realized where they were the maid had taken out the rubbish so he was barefoot.
The farther we walked the more my stomach ached and rumbled. I knew I needed to find a bathroom---quick! But my Lucky Dragon was going on and on about seeing Crush. By the time we made it to the other end of the beach I realized I was concentrating so hard my stomach and NOT farting because I was afraid of what would come out that I was not listening to his happy chatter. I was actually a bit relieved to see that there were no turtles there and immediately started back to the car. I was half running to make it fast, but half not running because too much movement was short to cause gas—and whatever comes with it—out.
I was plotting where I could go to the bathroom. Lady's parents live about ten miles from where I am. But on a two-lane road full of sunset watching tourists I knew I was not going to make it there. So which beaches have public bathrooms? A few but still a drive away. Do I dare knock on someone's door to use the bathroom? I visualized me saying, "Hello, I really am going to explode can you watch my kid while I soil your bathroom?" Best bet is to make it to the beach bathroom. I would NEVER go in these bathrooms normally, but right now it was as if I was aiming for the Olympic gold medal.
I rushed him into the car and slowly sat down to not cramp my style too much. At this point the need to "go" was so acute it actually hurt. We drove a few feet and I really didn't dare breathe at this point and kept wiggling to 'hold it in.'
All I could think is, "I'm not going to make it. I'm not going to make it!" Just about then I saw some roadside Porta-potties. Now, I said before I would not use the public beach bathrooms normally, that is nowhere near the disdain I have for porta-potties. But again, at that moment, they were an answer to prayer. I pulled over quickly and by the time I did I was a few yards from the dirty blue boxes. I ran around the car to grab Tau'aho out of the back and luckily had bought some Kleenexes at the grocery store early to wipe his nose because I grab a few as I was dancing the "I have to go dance" just in case there was not any TP. Tau'aho came but was trying to dive back in for his toys. But I did not have time for that. I started to run across the road, again trying not to run too fast or too slow. It was kind of a tippy toe-keep-it-in kind of a run. At this point I was thinking, "Oh, no, it is coming! It's coming!"
About that time a nice old man walked by and said "Aloha!" With affection, I squeaked out a response, worried if I used too many stomach muscles to talk or breathe I would squirt. The porta-potty is getting closer now, but sure enough a fart slipped out and a clenched to stop it but that just made more juice fart come out…"Oh no! I just crapped my own pants!" "Stop!" "Stop!"
But the more I tried to stop, the more shooting happened. Then I had the horrible thought that what if I made it to the porta-potty and it is locked because it is not for public use! No time to think now, hopefully there are tall bushes nearby then. We arrived and I slammed the door open put Tau'aho down in and shut us in. I could not leave him outside that close to the road and with strangers, but here we were in a small filthy box with him and no shoes and I am squirting everywhere. The smell was horrible. I was backed up to the door and in between my gulping for air of relief I would tell him "Don't touch anything!" The noises, heat and smell must have been horrendous.
At one point he said, "Daddy, what happened?" What do you say to your two year old who is wedged between your knees as you have one of the most despicable experiences of your life and he is forced to watch?
About then a car alarm went off, "Crap! (pun intended) Did I lock the car?" I had no idea. But at this point I could not worry. I could not get into my pockets because all concentration was on not making more of a mess than I already was and if I lifted my pants everything from the pockets may end up in the nasty hole.
Finally all done, I carefully took off all the soiled layers to leave in the wretched place. I was never so glad for fresh air. When we stepped out I realized that my right slipper and ankle was covered in an unknown slimy brown substance! ARE YOU KIDDING???!!! I hope it was just a mud from a puddle I unknowingly ran through on my way from the car, but I could not be sure. I took it off, picked up Tau'aho and ran to the beach. In between the laughing groups and sighing couples enjoying the sunset I frantically washed my feet hands and then Tau'aho's feet and hands. Secretly hoping there was some sort of antibacterial element to sea water and the exfoliation of sand.
Stood up and started to laugh—at this point what else do you do? You crapped in your pants (and quite possibly on your shoes and feet), trapped your kid with you in a porta-potty, and have no soap. I took a photo of the sunset and we made a mad dash for the nearest grocery store for hand sanitizer.
Poor Tau'aho, of all of this experience the most traumatic was me curtly telling him to not touch his face, his food or anything else. The poor kid held out his hands like a mummy walking unsure as to why he could not use them. I looked back and saw he did not like the sand residue on his arms and since I told him to use his hands he went to lick off the sand! "NO!!!! Don't lick it!~"
I poured sanitizer all over his arms, feet and legs. Then did the same to mine. I wished I could take a bath in sanitizer at this point. We will do the sunset photos another day...
Now the crisis is complete I can laugh about it. Lady Hiva called me and asked where we were. I told her we went to see the turtles and when I told her there weren't any she wanted to know why we were coming home so late. As I recounted to story to her I could not even get through parts of it without laughing to the point I could not talk. I hope it brought you some laughs too, because I am sure I am not the only one with a story like this! And, hey, looking on the bright side, my gag reflexes never kicked in through this entire experience. (I think I was WAY TO horrified at what was happening). So I am happy to report I did not throw up. Not even once!


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I've noticed that Nars Christopher Kane Outer Limits eyeshadow has flown off the shelves already. It's a beautiful, sparkly, rose gold eyeshadow that's perfect for special occasions and will be amazing for Christmas and the festive period, I've recently written a full review on it here.
Topshop Chameleon Glow in Shuffle the Cards is practically identical to Nars Outer Limits, the main and only noticeable difference is that the glitter particles in Shuffle the Cards are a lot smaller making the texture smoother and more buttery.
Both Nars Outer Limits and Topshop Shuffle the Cards have a pretty peach toned base with flecks of the exact same rose pink glitter/sparkles running through it. Nars' offering weighs in at 2.2g and Topshop's at 2.4g, although still quite pricey for an eyeshadow, the Topshop version is just half the price of the Nars eyeshadow. I'm always so happy to find a dupe for limited edition shades, shuffle the cards is more accessible, a great Nars Outer Limits dupe and hopefully will be available for a while!


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Sunday, December 23, 2012
Emboss Me!
Hello Everyone! Well, it's almost Christmas and time for a new challenge at Stamptacular Sunday. Emboss Me! is the challenge. Any type of embossing, dry or heat embossed. Okay, let's have some fun.
I decided to do heat embossing on my card. I stamped Turn on the twinkle and used white embossing powder. I always forget just how fun this is! I decided to make a Christmas card since it will be my last for 2012. Henry and Zoe are the stars of this card. Don't they just make you smile? I love this image. It is from Digistamp Boutique. This is one of the first places that I bought digital stamps. I was just getting started, testing the waters to see if I would like stamping. So - I started with a few digital stamps and a 50 piece set of Crayola colored pencils. This is one of the first images that I colored. I hope that I have progressed some since then. :) I found out, yes! I love it!
Henry and Zoe Xmas Kiss
Card Design
Henry and Zoe digital stamp - Digistamp Boutique
Holly Jolly sentiment stamp - Artypants
Turn on the Twinkle stamp - Printworks
Papers - Martha Stewart
Spellbinders Circle Dies
Christmas Tree Ribbon
Stardust Stickles
Crayola Colored Pencils
I will be entering this card in the following challenges:
Digistamp Boutique - December Customer Challenge
Merry Christmas!
May God Bless You With A Wonderful and Happy Christmas Season.
See you next week!
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Absolutely gorgeous card! Merry Christmas!ReplyDelete
What a beautiful Christmas card. Nice detail.ReplyDelete
Merry Christmas.
Hugs Astrid.
This is an adorable card! They are cute and your peppermint and tree embellies are so perfect!ReplyDelete
Have a wonderful Christmas,
Oh, Pam, that is such a darling card--love that image, the fun papers, the die cuts, and the great embellies! So cute! :^)ReplyDelete
Hugs, Penny
Sorry, I meant to tell you Merry Christmas on my comment! :^) Have a great one!ReplyDelete
Very cute Christmas card...love the LO, and the sentiment.ReplyDelete
Blessings to you and yours, and a very Merry Christmas.
Your last Christmascard (for this year ;) is adorable! Thanks for stopping by and Happy New YearReplyDelete
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We've partnered with Idaho Potatoes to bring you the latest contest, Your Best Recipe with Potatoes 2.0. Congratulations to the winner, Kat Suletzki for her Hasselback Potato Skillet Bake.
Describe an early food experience that has influenced the way you think about food and/or cooking.
My opi (grandfather) was a bäckermeister (master baker) in the Black Forest. As a young child, my favorite thing to do was to spend hours with him in the kitchen. While I was too young to learn true baking skills from him, my time with him instilled in me a strong sense of the importance that food has on family and friends. It was always a lively and fun kitchen, full of people sharing good food, which to me symbolizes love and friendship. These days, I share my recipes at my blog, Cup of Sugar :: Pinch of Salt.
What's your least favorite kitchen task?
I am not terribly fond of cleaning the oven. My oven is an antique from 1954 and cleaning it is a very labor-intensive process, and one that kind of scares me.
Your favorite kitchen tool?
By far and away, my favorite kitchen tool is my KitchenAid Stand Mixer with all the attachments. I use it nearly every day to make everything from cookie dough, to ice cream, to pasta, to learning how to make my own sausages.
What is your idea of comfort food?
Spätzle, the little pasta noodles/dumplings from Southern Germany (Swabia) are my ideal comfort food. Learning how to make them from scratch is a tradition in my family, and I can make dozens of variations.
What is your greatest kitchen disaster?
I learned the hard way that making anything with whipped cream in the summer is likely not the best idea! I made a Black Forest torte for my birthday one July with the heat index over 90º F -- no air conditioning. You could watch the whipped cream slide down the sides of the cake and curdle into a mess. Never again!
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The BlackBerry Bold is now available in C&W's markets in Jamaica! I had a feeling Jamaica might get earlier access to the Bold than a lot of other places... What tipped me off was when I noticed Usain Bolt running with one in the 100 meter final. Anyone else notice that?
I also might suggest that Jamaicans refer to the BOLD as the BOLT, in honor of the world's fastest man, Usain Bolt. Man that guy can run. RIM, a special addition BlackBerry BOLT? Anyone?... Ugh... nevermind.
The Bold will be supported by Jamaican carrier Cable and Wireless Caribbean.
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State Journal
Kindergarten fight
A literary discussion with 5th and 6th graders earlier this month landed Colorado Gov. Roy Romer in hot water.
Mr. Romer visited Denver's Pennington Elementary School to promote academic standards. The Democratic governor, who says he devours one or two novels a week, spoke about a favorite recent read, Corelli's Mandolin by Louis De Bernieres, a World War II tale of an Italian soldier who sacrifices his life to save his captain.
In his eagerness to relate the book's plot, Mr. Romer told the 10- and 11-year-old students that one of the characters had homosexual feelings.
The next day his office fielded more than 200 irate phone calls.
"It is the rage of Denver," Mr. Romer told educators and policymakers at a Milwaukee conference May 16.
"I made a mistake," he said. "I'm a very open person, and I don't talk down to kids."
But Mr. Romer said it began to dawn on him that the students might be too young to discuss homosexuality. He said he asked them if that was a topic they had talked about, and they shook their heads no.
"I caught myself," he told the audience. "I said, 'Hey, I may have overdescribed this story.'"
But he added that his error came from openness. "We've got to deal honestly with kids," he said.
South Carolina Gov. David Beasley surprised a lot of people last month by proposing a voucher program that would have given parents of kindergarten students state aid to pay tuition at private or religious schools.
"Our proposal will open up new doors of opportunity for disadvantaged families like never before," Mr. Beasley--who opposes pending legislation that would mandate all-day kindergarten in public schools--said in a written statement.
The state Senate, which had already passed the $20 million plan to phase in all-day public kindergarten, quickly rejected the Republican governor's idea.
"The governor's plan was a shock," said Elizabeth Gressette, the executive director of the Palmetto State Teachers Association.
House and Senate leaders remained at odds last week over a final kindergarten plan.
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Vol. 15, Issue 36
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Tesoro releases MMO Thyrsus optical mouse with 6 thumb buttons
Tesoro announced its Thyrsus mouse complete with 1600 recordable actions and six thumb buttons
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The more, the merrier is Tesoro's slogan as it announced the "Thyrsus Optical MMO and MOBA Mouse With 6 Thumb Buttons" in a press release today.
Complete with 35 macro keys across five gaming profiles, this mouse can store an impressive 1600 recordable actions through its six thumb buttons and four other buttons. Complete with adjustable DPI, a 1000Hz polling rate and a multicolor LED illumination effect, also featured are Omron gaming switches, 8200 maximum DPI and support for up to 30g of acceleration.
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Karl Rove shows Barack Obama as the winner of the electoral college for the first time this election cycle:
"39 new state polls released in the first three days of October have given Barack Obama his first lead over the magic number of 270 since mid-July. Minnesota (10 EV) and New Hampshire (4 EV) both moved from toss-up to Obama, giving him 273 electoral votes to McCain's 163, with 102 votes remaining as a toss-up.
"If the election were held today, Obama would win every state John Kerry won in 2004, while adding New Mexico (5 EV), Iowa (7 EV), and Colorado (9 EV) to his coalition. Remember, though, that these state polls are a lagging indicator and most do not include any surveying done after the vice-presidential debate on Thursday night."
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Scary before and after pix below! Time for a new way of being since my medical problems were getting out of hand! Pharmaceuticals, doctors, hospitals, and hardly breathing was just not cutting it. The breakthrough needed was watching a few food documentaries. No more processed foods as real food is the power that runs the body! Food allows the body to do what it knows... heal and fight incoming toxins. Look at the changes I achieved just by changing the 'quality of food' I ate. Decide for yourself if this 'organic whole food' 'farm to table' thing is something you should be considering for yourself and your loved ones.
I reversed my Diabetes and lowered my A1C to normal.
I have normal blood pressure - No longer need my two blood pressure medications.
I now have perfect cholesterol.
I no longer have daily IBS symptoms.
I no longer have crawly legs that keep me up at night.
I can remember things, and got rid of the fuzzy thinking!
I have lost 76 pounds so far!
I now have a perfect BMI
I have great energy and do normal everyday tasks.
In two years - One short cold, instead of every virus that came into our home.
People say I look younger and I glow. Oh my!
My new healthy lifestyle helped me to heal faster and better after my breast cancer surgery.
Plus real organic food and green juice helps towards cancer prevention.
I do not get migraine headaches. Yeah!
My new healthy lifestyle helped me to heal faster and better after my breast cancer surgery.
Plus real organic food and green juice helps towards cancer prevention.
I do not get migraine headaches. Yeah!
I still have hot flashes every hour. Oh well, I just tell myself I am detoxifying!
Even though I changed my eating lifestyle to get healthy again, as a bonus I lost a massive amount of weight! Who doesn't like to wear smaller sizes? Whoooo hoooo! I happen to have Hashimoto's hypothyroidism, which is a disease of metabolism that causes you to gain weight. Losing 76 pounds is a miracle in itself! Being fat sucks and feels awful! Having had a cancer diagnosis, this way of eating I believe saves my life! Do you realize I even eat more than I ever did in my life too? Gotta love that! Hey! It tastes much better too! Awesome! Want to learn my easy secrets... for free? They are all here on the page tabs above! Check them out!
The Painting Queen's Food Adventure!
|Hanging out with hubby Summer 2017
|A trompe l'oeil stove top mural I painted.
The secret to a healthier life, like Dorothy's ruby slippers, has been there all the time! It's eating a Rainbow of goodness in fresh organic produce! Think about it... isn't that what people used to eat all the time in decades past?
|A frog prince from one of my mural projects.
|The choice: Stay in a system that only treats symptoms so you will need their pills and
medications for the rest of your life. Or use the power of real organic whole food
to heal the body, and start eating your way to greater well being!
|Before: Eating regular processed GMO corporate foods. After: Eating organic plants and green juicing.
Getting a diagnosis of cancer makes what I do to my body especially important. After a year of improving my food choices, when I reached being close to what some may call 'vegan,' Joel Fuhrman M.D. recommended that I stop consuming all meat, dairy, oils, salt, and sugars. I had naturally transitioned to that point on my own, and it was no problem dropping those food items that fertilize cancer. Cancer can not live in an alkaline environment, and a plant based diet creates a healthy alkaline environment for the body. Toxins from modern foods, dairy, and meat create an acid environment. Sodium from salt gets in the way of enzymes that help immunity and that darn cancer loves sodium, bad fats, oils ... and sugar. Think about it... what environment do you want for your body? If you have any cancers lurking in your body those cells could be triggered by choices of processed foods, meat, dairy, oils, salt, and sugars.
|Back when we ate fake food from the supermarket ignorant of the long term effects.
Many people cannot handle the thought of big food changes, so cutting back on those undesirable foods would certainly be an awesome improvement. Everyone's body has it's own needs and each person must base their decision on their own blood tests, research, and guidance of a health professional of choice. One thing I do know is that eating mostly unprocessed nutrient dense organic real whole foods, eating mostly dark greens, fruits, and vegetables, went a long way in improving my overall wellness. You can see from my list above that I improved more than one medical issue in my own life. 'Food choice' used as a a way to help prevent cancer and degenerative disease is something I wish I knew about years ago! Take the time to read the FREE information on my blog pages above.
When I see heavy people talking about getting surgeries, or purchasing a so called magic pill, I think about how that's only a temporary band-aid, and we need to get to the source of our illness. I know all too well the sick bloating results of eating just a normal amount of everyday toxic processed food. Carrying around excess weight with severe illness is not an easy life! We each inherit individual gene markers or weakness, that may react to modern industrial toxins in food or personal care products with different results. Please consider having compassion for heavy people as the modern food system is rigged against us, and more often than not, obesity is the result! The happy news is this condition can be improved by eating organic plants! We have been hoodwinked by the industrialized food system throughout our lives, right along with our parents generation. How could we know any different unless someone finally explains it to us?
On my other blog The Painting Queen, I wrote an Epic three part series that explains in depth, the symptoms of my different ailments, my experience with various disturbing doctors, and how I finally found my way to juicing organic plants, and starting this transitional food blog. It may be an informative read for those suffering from unending fatigue, crawly legs, RLS, IBS, thyroid issues, diabetes, high blood pressure, heart palpitations, and constant weight gain. I was misdiagnosed, overdosed to the point of heart trouble, and told by multiple over bearing doctors that I needed to be put on anti-depressants! I was never depressed, only frustrated with our medical system! You can throw in extreme menopause for some hot excitement, and my lack of sleep for ten years! For years it was the dull boring story of my constant medical world, and my inability to do anything. Now it is the happy truth of getting healthy in a very easy way while eating lots of yummy foods! We love to eat! This is a fun 'foodie' adventure!
We moved to source food locally, by joining an organic food co-op, visiting farmers markets, and then supporting a local farmer by signing up for a CSA (Community Supported Agriculture) share. Organic fruits and vegetables came to be a blessing in our life. Within a few months the effects of superior nutrition began to make positive and noticeable changes to my body! I am here to tell you that it is possible to remove toxins and inflammation by alkalizing your body with consuming plants. Maintaining and prolonging disease by way of pharmaceuticals is not the optimum way to go. Big Pharma is in it for the wealth, and not your health. Huge corporations do not have your best interests at heart. Look at the millions food and beverage companies invest every time a state wants them to clearly label what is in our food. I cannot believe how many people believe the lie they promote that food will cost more if they have to change the label or ingredients, when they do that all the time anyway. Time to stop being the guinea pigs for chemical experiments and corporate profits.
I have been on my organic whole food path for over six years now. To paraphrase the founder of the Nutritarian lifestyle Joel Fuhrman M.D., we are eating to live! The main people who have influenced me during the beginning were Dr. Joel Fuhrman, Dr. Gabriel Cousens, Joe Cross, Kris Carr, Dr. Mark Hyman, Dan McDonald, Robert Morse N.D., and John Kohler. I can tell you that between my success, and how fantastic I feel now, it has made the early weeks of ignorant inconvenience very worth the effort of learning how to transition off the sad old food paradigm. If you are not hypo-thyroid then your body will change much faster than mine by switching to a mostly plant powered lifestyle. Do this before you end up like me with your body systems shutting down. In the meantime, while I was discovering what to eat, I saved all the links and information that I had used to figure it out. I share my secrets! I am making it easier for you than it was for me, so please take advantage of those free page tabs above this blog to get started, and inspire your own food changes. The help is there! I want you to succeed and to dance with joy at your well-being!
Reclaiming your health will affect so many areas of your body, mind, and spirit. It was through the experience of extreme illness that I came to be on this healthy organic whole food path. The beautiful thing is it worked fantastically to restore me to be an active person, full of vital energy. The food I eat now allows my body to heal itself. I just give my body the tools (nutrient dense organic whole food) to do what the body naturally already knows to do! Food is thy medicine. It's that simple. The change for me came from the knowledge about the 'quality' of the food we were eating, not the 'quantity.'
Click Here To Read My One Year Success and Lab Report!
I hope the information on 'The Queen's Table' blog will inspire you to create a healthier life through superior nutrition and lowering the toxins in your body from our modern civilization. Ultimately it is up to you to do your own research on any topic of concern you see on this blog. I can only inform you of what I have learned so far. Have fun and enjoy your Life! You are worth becoming a vivacious happy healthy you! I get very excited when I hear someone has started themselves on this path no matter their situation!
The time is ripe for us to bring our light, and do our part to "be the change we want to see, in ourselves, and the world." That is why I continue to maintain this blog, to help others realize they do have the power inside of them to make huge changes within and without! Clean non-toxic organic foods and personal care products will improve lives. After all I have experienced I cannot keep this awareness to myself! I want everyone to have the opportunity to live their own lives fully while expressing their Spirit and vision. As an active grandmother I intend to be in the moment and savor the joy of playing with my grandchildren. I encourage you to eat organic plants and live too! Go to my 'Get Started/FAQ page' to begin your food and health freedom. Let's get the big picture together, and enjoy the healthier taste of life. We are choosing to live this new food lifestyle, because getting ourselves healthy makes most things in life so much better! Be happy... be healthy... be peace. So says the Queen!
You can become a follower of The Queen's Table Blog on Instagram where I share my daily choices in food. Or on facebook, and learn about healthy eating, losing weight and other food info in the news.
The Queen's Designs For Your Healthy Lifestyle
The time is ripe for us to bring our light, and do our part to "be the change we want to see, in ourselves, and the world." That is why I continue to maintain this blog, to help others realize they do have the power inside of them to make huge changes within and without! Clean non-toxic organic foods and personal care products will improve lives. After all I have experienced I cannot keep this awareness to myself! I want everyone to have the opportunity to live their own lives fully while expressing their Spirit and vision. As an active grandmother I intend to be in the moment and savor the joy of playing with my grandchildren. I encourage you to eat organic plants and live too! Go to my 'Get Started/FAQ page' to begin your food and health freedom. Let's get the big picture together, and enjoy the healthier taste of life. We are choosing to live this new food lifestyle, because getting ourselves healthy makes most things in life so much better! Be happy... be healthy... be peace. So says the Queen!
You can become a follower of The Queen's Table Blog on Instagram where I share my daily choices in food. Or on facebook, and learn about healthy eating, losing weight and other food info in the news.
The Queen's Designs For Your Healthy Lifestyle
Since I am an artist and a designer, be sure to check out my 'The Queen's Table' Shop for fantastic products that I have designed for us. I have lots of cool tee shirts. In addition there are beautiful medical binders to keep your lab work organized, so you can track your progress on the road to wellness. Your doctors and nurses will love your mad organizational skills and awesome binder!
I simply must share the talents of my amazing husband Ben Sherman playing the same song he did on the night we met. It was during his playing of this song "The Cliffs Of Dover," that I said to myself, "Oh yes! You will be mine!"...and he is!!!! I Love my King! He supported my initiative to change the food in our home from day one! Plus he makes our green juice and smoothies on many evenings! As a guitar teacher he comes in contact with many people everyday. Many of them have colds and illness. This keeps him and me from getting ill by supporting our immune system and keeping it healthy. Now play that video! It's epic!
This video was featured on Eric Johnson the world class musician and writer of this song's facebook page!
|Janeann before and after.
A Note From follower Carol....
"My father, is a diabetic (insulin dependent); he started following Dr.Joel Furhman's "eating for life" recipes and watching the DVDs. Dad met Crystal recently and she told him about her success with Dr.Furhman's program; I am very happy to report that while following Dr.Furhman's program and seeing living proof, which is Crystal, my father is now finding that he is NOT needing near as much insulin as he did months ago. I saw him yesterday for the first time in about 4 weeks – when I walked through the door I just stared at him, he was "glowing" - his face/skin looks amazing, the dryness and redness is gone, he looks 5 years younger and he just looks a LOT healthier!! It brought tears to my eyes (happiness). My father fell two weeks ago and fractured his hip (had to walk with a walker), he went to the doctor for a follow-up visit on Wednesday and walked in without his walker, the doctor was AMAZED!! He told my father that he is healing twice as fast as normal and dad attributes this acceleration to eating healthier and lots of prayers. My father is now very grateful to Crystal as she became his inspiration and true testimonial that changing your eating habits will extend your life and eliminate bad illnesses and diseases. I have been incorporating Nutriblast drinks (veggies, fruits, nuts and spices) into my eating routine along with other natural remedies for my asthma and I can say that my asthma is NOT nearly as bad as it was about 3 months ago. I too am going to try Dr.Furhman's recipes and follow Crystal's blog for pointers and recipes.
Crystal, I want to thank you so much for your testimonial to my father because now he is a true believer in this program and is going to stay with this program! My mind is always open to a healthier lifestyle and to eliminate traditional medicines for my asthma or for any illness; my goal is to get rid of my asthma all together. As far as my father goes, he is not a "doubting Thomas" but when it comes to testimonials, he is a little skeptical, so when he met you and found out that you actually had been working with Dr. Furhman and hearing about your accomplishments, that was all that he needed to work harder and consistently on Dr.Fuhrman's diet/nutrition plan for his diabetes. Plus, I just can't get over his "glow," I am telling you, it is amazing, he really does look 5 years younger. He is now going through adjustments on the amounts of insulin that he needs (less of it). I suggested to him to keep a diary of what he eats, his readings and amounts of insulin required. Mom looks great also! Both of them are eating more healthier. I am SO thankful to have met you. God Bless you for sharing your knowledge!"
- Carol


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Sunday, September 18, 2016
The Reverberations on the Whig Out!
Take the hip trip that'll make you flip and tune into the Whig Out! at 8pm (5 Eastern) right after the Real Nitty Gritty - for an hour of Northwest Nuggets featuring the Reverberations from Portland Oregon - we're gonna Mess Up Your Mind!
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Sunday, 6 November 2011
Sample Sunday - L'Occitane Organic Olive Moisturising Face Lotion
I'm quite fussy about my facial moisturiser, particularly as the weather is getting colder. However, this really seems to suit my skin so far. It is quite light and easily absorbed, but at the same time feels moisturising. My foundation went on lovely and smoothly over the top, and my skin is looking good today! I've also spent a couple of hours pottering around in the garden and my skin still feels moisturised and comfortable (although I know it's not freezing conditions today).
The Organic Olive Moisturising Face Lotion does have a bit of an unusual scent. I quite like it, but if you're not a fan of green olives, then stay away from this! It's not over-powering, but just odd to smell green olives in a skin care product. And the smell is specifically green olives - I can't detect black olives at all!
Although a sample is not really an indication of whether a product will break you out or not, I have a feeling that this wouldn't, as it feels nice and gentle. So, this is one I'd consider buying in the future.
L'Occitane Organic Olive Moisturising Face Lotion costs £24 for 30ml and is available here.
Thanks for reading! xx
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That's really useful - thanks! I'm still mourning the demise of Occitane's amazing honey moisturiser and have been wondering if any of the ones they make at the moment are as good.
I'll definitely give this one a try now! :)
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I finished my Conifer cardigan a couple weeks ago and today I finally found some time to take a few photos. I am so excited about showing my work!
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I just LOVE this cardigan. It worths to wait a little bit longer for Spring as long as I can wear this piece. By the way the cuffs serve me well in chilly morinings and the lightweight alpaca fits nicely to my slinky jackets.
I started this project in the last days of November. Firstly, I completed the arms and than went to the body. I followed the description for my normal size, but I found it too big, so unravelled. I restarted with the smallest size, because I wanted a fitted sweater- and so why I added a little waist shaping.
I might be not fully satisfied with the buttonband, sewing a piece of ribbon underneath is still needed.
I am absolutely sure about that picking the normal side was the right choice, The original pattern called for a reverse stockinette cardigan, but I couldn't resist the chevron. Other main modification was that instead of knitting and purling, I knitted the whole body in the round and at the end cut the steeks. The cuffs were also knitted in the round. I don't like sewing my knits.
Since the pattern was published in The Knitter magazine, the instructions weren't as detailed as a single-purchased pattern, so I don't recommend for beginner stranded knitters.Ravelry project page.
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A few months back I switched from using Swiftkey's keyboard for android to using Google's native keyboard. The reason was that there was often an annoying delay from when I pressed a letter to the time it appeared on the screen. This was particularly annoying when I had pressed many letters in a series which I often do when taking notes.
Google's keyboard in contrast is much faster. I have now started using the swype technique where you simply swipe your finger from letter to letter on the keyboard and then some clever software can predict which word you are trying to write with an impressive accuracy. The improvement, once you have learned the technique, is noticeable to say the least. I am writing much faster on my smartphone (I have a Galaxy Nexus), than I ever have before.
I frequently put my daughters to sleep in the pram in the evening, which is perfect because I can walk the dog at the same time. Now, thanks to smartphones in general and apps like audible and swype keyboards in particular, I can also listen to interesting books/podcasts and take notes. All at the same time! I really cannot overstate how lucky I feel to be living in this age where boring walks can be replaced with fascinating books read aloud to you.
One thing is kind of annoying with Google's swype function however, and that is the censoring part. I am currently reading a book about the situation for women in the world (review coming in a few weeks). In this book there is naturally a lot of talk about prostitutes, brothels, sex, pimps, etc etc. The problem is that google censors these words so that when I swipe them, even if I am very accurate in my gesture, the word does not show up.
I can understand why Google have some censoring since you might not want your kids to accidentally swipe inappropriate words like fuck or cunt or shit and then send it to granny because they don't read it b before sending it away. Still there should be a way to turn it off for adults who wish not to be hindered when taking notes on a book. It also seems that their censorship is a bit too strict. I am OK not to be able to swipe the words above but it is very annoying that I cannot swipe words such as prostitute, brothel, feces, or even sex.. I have of course tried to find solutions to this on different forums but so far I have not found any. Note that the problem is not that Google don't have these words in the dictionary, they do! The problem is that when you swipe them they simply do not appear. Please Google, fix this so educating myself does not involve unnecessary frustrations.


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text: Here's a very awesome video that was shot with an iPhone 4S, done by William K, who's a freelance art director and photographer based in Paris. When William was asked to shoot the video for Nevyl, the dancer, for a Coca Cola contest, he only had a Nikon D700 on him to take photos, so William decided to go with his next best option, the iPhone. Now I know the iPhone 4S has an 8MP camera with 1080p video capability, but this is a solid proof of great work of art could be done with very little equipment, figuratively and literally. All you need is your mind and passion.


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I chose this particular stamp as my mum used to be a machnist and made a lot of our clothes when we were growing up!
I am entering this card into the following challenge:-
Let's Ink It Up - its great to see Suzanne back in the world of challenge blogging....this month in support of breast cancer awareness she wants us to "think pink"
There are some of my fave people on the DTs of these two challenges so check out their wonderful work.
Suzanne ~x~


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Dec 242014
What I Read in 2014: Non-Adjectivally Qualified Fiction
I decided to read more non-YA, non-romance, non-mystery, non-whatever-other-adjectival-qualifier fiction this. You know: the stuff makes people haul out the L-Word.
It started as a kind of "eat-your-vegetables" thing, where I resolved to broaden my horizons. But it turned out to be pretty delightful. Thanks to everyone who gave me these recommendations.
Dare Me by Megan Abbott. This book explores the world of high school girls, in a way that's real and beautiful and honest. No pearl-clutching over sex or drugs or jealousy or nastiness. Narrated by Addy, the story follows the year when the girls on the cheerleading squad get a new coach. Brutal and funny and fucked up in so many subtle ways, Addy and her friends leap off the page. Can't wait to plunge through the rest of Abbott's novels.
Love Me Back by Merritt Tierce. A barn-burner of a debut. Here, Marie Young is a failed parent and wife whose unapologetic journey through sex and drugs and self-destruction is a view of female characters we don't get to see.
Man V. Nature: Stories by Diane Cook. I love short stories but seem to forget this when I'm looking for something to read. These are some juicy crazy weird-ass stories. I don't know what to say beyond that except I read the whole collection in like 3 days. Super fun.
Sweetness #9 by Stephan Eirik Clark. Brilliant book for anyone whose read The Omnivore's Dilemma or other books about local eating and industrial food production. Following flavor chemist David Levereaux, we see how generations of food science and trends affect one family. Funny in a dark and distinct way, you'll be at minimum cocking a wary eyebrow at everything you see in the supermarket.
Portrait of a Young Man Drowning by Charles Perry. So I read this book because it was the source material of a movie Norman Reedus was in, which I haven't seen. Dunno if I want to see it, actually. But the book was fucking fabulous. It's about this white boy who grows up in New York and gets caught up in street gangs and his creepy relationship with his awful overbearing mother. The voice sucked me in; I absolutely loved it.
Arcadia by Lauren Groff. If your book has intentional communities or utopian hippie communes, chances are good that I'll want to read it. That shit fascinates me. This one is told from the eyes of a little boy who grows up in one and it's delicious and juicy and freaky and gross.
The Goldfinch by Donna Tartt. Well, everyone read this, so that doesn't make me super original, but I will always read anything Donna Tartt puts out. This one took a bit to get going – a lot of L-word fiction has this issue, of course – but once I settled into all the extended description and what not, I was pretty happy. Boris, of course, was the character I fascinated on; Theo was very much a form of The Secret History's Richard Pappen, which isn't bad, of course, but they made a nice pair.
Candy by Luke Davies. Like intentional communities, if your book is about heroin or addiction, then I'm probably going to check it out. Candy is the source material for one of the last movies made by Heath Ledger. This is a fucking awful, relentless story that I couldn't put down. The thing that is astonishing about addiction is how goddamn difficult it is. It's not an easy life, pursuing the big high. It's more work than any other job I can imagine and the horror involved is tenfold. Couldn't look away, couldn't put it down.
Redeployment by Phil Klay. A 2014 National Book Award Winner. Goddamn, this was a great bunch of stories. Tore through it in about a day, and even that was me holding back, trying to savor and not devour through it. Each story its own universe of the war experience or the veteran experience. I also love war stories and books about military life and this one is one of the best I've ever read.


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It's Monday, What Are You Reading? is a fun weekly meme hosted by Sheila at Book Journey where we share what we've read and reviewed over the past week and what we plan to read next.
I have been a truly horrible blogger this past week. I'm sorry! There's no excuses, really. I just didn't blog. But I'm going to focus back on it this week! No more slacking off. I did, however, finally do a lot of reading this week!
What I've Just Finished Reading
GUYS, I FINALLY FINISHED CROOKED KINGDOM! My goodness, it's only been years. Joking. But seriously, it took me an embarrassing amount of time to finish this book. But no longer! I'm done with it and I adored it! I can't wait to share my thoughts about it with you (review will be up tomorrow - yay!)
What I'm Currently Reading
I've decided to take a bit of a break from high fantasy and go for a nice, light contemporary! Amy & Roger's Epic Detour by Morgan Matson fit the bill perfectly, so I've started to read it! I'm really enjoying it so far!
What I'm Reading Next
I can't decide! I just got Wintersong by S. Jae-Jones and Caraval by Stephanie Garber and they both sound so amazing! I'd love to hear your in put in which one I should read next.
How has your week been? Reading lots? I can't decide which book to read between Caraval and Wintersong. I'd love to hear your suggestions! Let me know in the comments below!


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The Last Outpost
February 15, 2016
Just in time for President's Day. Gah!
The Bravados
February 12, 2016
"You know, that looks like Jim Douglass."
Bad ass hero in the way that only Gregory Peck can play a bad ass hero.
The Tall T
February 12, 2016
One of my favorite bad guys in the foreground.
Fort Utah
February 10, 2016
John Ireland. He's a Good Guy in this one.


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Hi everyone -- Jesse here for Bialik's IT Staff with a short update on our progress.
The rest of our cameras arrived last week along with two tripods/dolleys. our 10 media hard drives arrived yesterday -- and while we are still waiting for a few odds & ends, with this equipment we will be able to begin our project!
Planning for this project was difficult and intense -- finding time to carve out of our already packed dual-streamed, four-language curriculum has proven to be a challenge, but we think we've succeeded by (hopefully) integrating this project in with other lessons and offsetting some more traditional coursework requirements.
To assist us with a successful project, we invited Nikos Theodosakis, a noted Canadian filmmaker and the creator of the "Director in the Classroom" program, to provide us with some PD, oversight and assistance. A first planning meeting with Nikos, Simona and I was followed up on our last Friday PD day with a 2-hour videoconference for Hanna and Yossi (our involved Jewish Studies classroom teachers) on "Filmmaking in the classroom", and further followed up on Monday with a lively discussion about the assignment as well as some "hands-on" time with the equipment. Throughout the past week, we have been refining our assignments (which we'll post shortly) to make sure that they're inclusive of higher-order thinking skills and offer ample outlets for creativity without being too broad.
This afternoon, Nikos, who is in Vancouver, will run a one-hour videoconference with our two pilot classes (a Grade 5 and Grade 7 class) to inspire them and help get them excited about becoming Jewish Studies filmmakers. We're VERY excited to be finally unveiling the project to our students, and we hope to have a follow-up post about this conference shortly!
Friday, November 13, 2009
Planning is progressing -- Student VideoConference today!
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That's how I started this post 3 days ago, thinking the right words would come to me.
But 3 days later and I still don't really know what to put.
Last week, the life of a mother was brutally taken from her children, at the hands of her husband. They went to our church. Their kids played with mine.
A few days later a son was taken from his mother in a quick and terrible act of nature's fury; lost in a flash flood. Though I've never seen her in person, I've followed along with her blog for years and felt her loss as though she were a dear friend.
My heart just hurts. I have yet to deal with the passing of a close loved one. I've been able to keep loss at a far distance...locked out of my house, pushed from the corners of my mind. I've only felt it's chill from a distance.
And suddenly everything just feels...
Even with the priceless knowledge that the end is not really the end, and that more, and better, and bigger than we could ever image waits for us and those we love. Even knowing that not even a single, small bird can fall on this earth without the eyes of my Savior upon it, and His loving hands cradling it.
Even then.
Life is.... hard. painful. unfair. short
Last week I got to meet two beautiful new additions to our neighborhood.
Sweet baby girls born a few weeks apart...to two new moms on my street.
One of my best friends, and also a neighbor, is pregnant with yet another precious baby girl...due this winter.
And my own 2nd born will turn One next week. And you better believe I'm going to squeeze her and kiss her and breathe her in every second of that day that I can, before she wriggles away to chase after her older sister on wobbly, unsure legs.
Life is....precious. beautiful. breathtaking. stunning. impossible to plan. short
So I'm telling this to me, to you...Go live.
Live Huge! Live Big or Go Home, damn it! Take too many pictures of your family. Hang them in too many frames. Hug the bejeezes out of people even if they don't like hugs! Find a new baby and just stare at the miracle of hands and feet that could be that small. Sing along with that c.d. in your car of 1001 annoying children's songs so loudly that other drivers think you're INSANE and your kids think your AMAZING. But live bigger than just you. Spill and splash your life onto other people or else none of it really matters. Give things. Share things. Say things that need to be said.
Put your sunnies on, baby. There are always bright days ahead.


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15 October 2014 | Bangkok Post
Source: www.bangkokpost.com/news/social/437703/injunction-filed-to-suspend-xayab...
Residents from eight provinces along the Mekong River Wednesday filed for a court injunction to try to derail to controversial Xayaburi dam on the lower Mekong River.
Network of Thai People in the Eight Provinces of the Mekong Basin asked the Administrative Court to suspend a power-purchase agreement (PPA) signed by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand to buy 95% of the electricity to be generated by the hydroelectric dam that has stoked environmental and economic concern from Vietnam and Cambodia.
Villagers from eight provinces along the Mekong River protest outside the Supreme Administrative Court in June against a power-purchase agreement by the Electricity Generating Authority of Thailand to buy 95% of the electricity from the controversial Xayaburi dam in Laos. (Bangkok Post photo)
The Supreme Administrative Court on June 24 accepted a complaint from 37 river-area villagers asking Egat to respect community rights and comply with the 1997 constitution by arranging transparent public hearings, as well as health and environmental impact assessments before signing power purchase deals.
In accepting the case, the SAC said communities have the right to protect their livelihoods, which must be balanced with economic development. The court also cited the 1995 Mekong Agreement which requires the public to be notified about projects affecting the current in the Mekong River before they can proceed. The court further invited the plaintiff to file an administrative case concerning the protection of public interest.
"Given the transboundary environmental and social risks associated with the project, all construction and further investment should be halted until the court has made a final decision," Rattanamanee Polkla, a lawyer and Coordinator from the Community Resource Centre, which represents the Network, said in a statement released by the Save the Mekong coalition, a group of NGOs, academics, journalists and residents on each side of the Thai-Laos border supporting the network.
The coalition claimed Egat has "grossly overestimated" the amount of electricity Thailand needs, and "has not studied potentially cheaper or greener electricity generating options."
"Without the PPA, the Xayaburi dam is not economically viable," the group said.
Concerns acknowledged by the Administrative Court in June include impacts to the environment, water quality and quantity, water flow, and ecological balance of the Mekong basin. The network claims the eight riverside provinces would feel extensive impacts to "environmental quality, public health, sanitation, livelihoods, and other community interests."
"We assert the right of communities in the Mekong to further study of the impacts, access to information and public consultation. We condemn the Thai government's breaches of these rights during the signing of the Xayaburi Dam's PPA," Dang Dinh Bach, a lawyer and director of the Law and Policy of Sustainable Development Research Centre in Vietnam said in the coalition statement.
"This case sets a precedent for decisions over power agreements with transboundary implications and the fundamental responsibilities to conduct meaningful consultations and transboundary impacts assessments. We expect this lawsuit to be the first of many and we call on the Administrative Court to swiftly make a decision that the Xayaburi dam's PPA is illegal."