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1. कृष्ण उवाच:
* ओमित्येकाक्षरं ब्रह्म व्याहरन्मामनु स्मरणम्
Om ithyaksharam Brahma,
Vyaharan maam anusmaran,
Ya prayathi thyajan deham,
* Krishna said:
He, who meditates on me,
Chants the single syllable- Om- which in Brahman,
While leaving this ephemeral body,
Will surely attain the most supreme state - moksha.
Sthane Hrisikesa, Thava prakeerthya,
Jagath prahrushthya anurajyathe cha,
Rakshamsi bheethani diso dravanthi,
Sarve namasyanthi cha sidha sangha.
*Arjuna said:
The world is delighted by your praise, O Hrisikesha
All are happy and rejoicing
The evil raksha are flying away with fear,
And all devotees bow before you.
Sarvatha pani padam thath,
Sarvatho akshi siro mukham,
Sarvatha sruthimalloke,
Sarvamavithya thishtahi.
*Krishna said:
It [the knowledgable] has hands and legs everywhere,
It has eyes head and mouth everywhere,
It has ears everywhere in the world
And it exists in all the creatures of this world.
Manoramaneeyaam samanusmaredhya,
Sarvasya dhataram machinthya roopa-
Madithya varnam thamasa parasthath. (8-9)
* Think of Him, as ancient, omniscient spread everywhere,
Ruler of all, much subtler than tha subtle,
Protector of all with his inconceivable form which is beyond thought,
With the colour of Sun and transcendental beyond dark thoughts.
5. कृष्ण उवाच
Aswatham prahooravyayam,
Chandamsi yasya parnani,
Yastham Veda sa Vedavith. (15-1)
* With roots upwards and branches growing down,
Like a Banyan tree with Vedas as its leaves,
The tree of knowledge is everlasting and immortal,
And whosoever knows it, knows the Vedas.
6. कृष्ण उवाच
Matha smrithir jnana mapohanam cha,
Vedaischa sarvaii, rahameva Vedhyo,
Vedanthakruth veda vidheva chaham. (15-15)
* I am seated in everybody's heart,
And from me are Memory, wisdom and their loss,
And form all the Vedas, I alone am the subject to be known,
For I created them and I am the one knower of the Vedas.
7. कृष्ण उवाच
Madhyajee maam Namakuru,
Mamevaishyasi sathyam they,
Prathijane priyo asi may. (18-65)
* Focus your mind on me,
Be my devotee, Sacrifice for me, Bow down to me,
And I promise to you because you are dear to me,
That definitely you will come to me.


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I thought I'd best qualify my header because this card isn't for ANY male... rather, it is best for a MALE who plays BASKETBALL AND is turning 40.
The image came from Dude Time Doodles!!! I love their images for male-oriented cards.
|Lawn Fawn font, stickers from Michaels, Glossy Accents on the basketball (that was popped up on pop-dots), and Distress Ink (Spiced Marmalade) on the edges
|Antique Linen distress ink was done on part of the white cardstock
|The circle image and sentiment was from Party Trey Ink set.

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A fanzine published by the Vegrants. Six short issues were published in 2011.
Copies can be found at http://efanzines.com/Neon
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Oh God. It's the 400th day of the blog.
I honestly have not thought at all about if I am going to do anything special for this. I am a bit unprepared for such a milestone.
Honestly, outside of what I do daily, I really don't know anything interesting I would put in a big post like this anymore. I pretty much exhausted all of the interesting stuff about me in the first 300 posts I had made. Anyway, we can at least start with today.
So I woke up. The time I woke up is pretty irrelevant at this point, I'm sure. I had a bath after breakfast and then I decided to make a new Fallout 4 character. I didn't play much of them though, since I am playing on Survival difficulty now and I want to have more time to dedicate to that sort of thing. Instead, I went downstairs to investigate how the baby was doing.
My mother and sister were watching a terrible movie, which Ben and I later joined them to watch. It was the old 2004 Thunderbirds movie, if anyone is interested. So that took up a little bit of time, but was quite fun. Then my mother went off to finish dinner and Emma, Ben and I finished the season 5 premiere of MLP. Good times.
After dinner, Emma and Ben headed off home. I came back upstairs and lounged around helplessly until about 1 AM, when Jake came online. Then we played League of Legends and sat around until about 2:30 AM, when Jake went to sleep.
And now it is 3:15 AM and I am sitting here writing this blog post. I still can't really believe how much of a routine this blog has become now. Just part of the ticking clockwork of my life at this point. Something along the lines of: stay up too late, finish my blog post, lie in bed for half an hour waiting for the soft embrace of sleep.
So, would I say that the blog has been a positive effect on my life? I really have no idea. I think in the beginning it was very positive. I used to write on here whenever I had a problematic conversation with the guys and then we would sort it out together. Now they don't read this anymore and they rarely even speak to me anymore.
I guess another positive is that I write down my thoughts, even if I do leave out quite a lot, even now. There are some things that you can't share, even if they will never be read by another soul. Even online I am constantly haunted by what other people think of me. I have been told time and again not to worry about what other people think, but it never stops the worry.
So much of my self worth is still based around how other people perceive me. It's really not a sustainable way of living. I even feel bad about how my parents think of me and they are the first to support me in pretty much everything. My mother always tells her children how much better it is to not be normal, to stand out and be unique. But still, at times I think she thinks I am the weirdest member of the family.
I think if there is one thing this blog has done in spades, it is make me feel bad about my situation in life. Even if no one reads this blog, I still worry about what potential readers would think of me. And so far, I have a pretty good idea. After all, I am a shut-in, I play games all day and contribute nothing of worth to society. I crave the attention of others so much that it is pretty creepy.
All in all, it's not a particularly flattering picture. And without this blog, I wouldn't care too much, since no one would know or be able to judge me on it. But it really just brings it to the forefront of my mind. This is who I am, at the moment.
On the other hand, I don't want to stop writing my blog. As much as it hurts, sitting down to write down the same thing every single day, it is an archive of the past year of my life. Maybe one day I will have a chance to sit down and read it all back. Then I will be able to see the me of the past and what his personality was like, compared to who I will become in the future. And I think that is an aim worth the suffering.
Anyway, that about sums it up. It is time for me to sleep at this point.
Elliott Rogers, novice blog writer extraordinaire.


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The Day Treatment Program was created to fill the needs of children not needing residential care, but who require more care than outpatient services. The program includes psycho educational groups that include coping skills, stress management, abuse group and drug education; weekly equine assisted psychotherapy group, weekly individual therapy session, weekly family therapy session and a weekly medication evaluation by a psychiatrist.
The Day Program is useful in providing support to family members, foster families, and adoptive parents when their children are having behavioral/emotional difficulties. We also suggest using the program before displacing a child from a foster home into a Residential Center. The program can also help facilitate a move from a Residential Center back in to the foster home, placement, or home.
Children's Hope Day Treatment is a program to address the needs of children, ages 5 – 17, from the surrounding communities who need more structure and intervention than outpatient services can provide. These children may be experiencing a vast array of difficulties ranging from self-injurious behaviors, depression, academic/behavioral problems, anger outburst, drug abuse, to being overly defiant and rebellious.
If there is a question of what type of treatment your child may need, Children's Hope can provide an assessment to determine what treatment is recommended to address your child's needs. (Outpatient, Day Treatment, Acute Hospitalization, Residential Treatment.)
- The children's ages typically range from 5 to 17 years of age, with exceptions as agreed upon by the treatment team.
- Acting out in school and/or in the home (defiance, running away, verbal/physical aggression, suicidal ideation, self-injurious behaviors, and etc.)
- The child is not responding to traditional outpatient counseling.
- The child may be a danger to self or others.
The guardian/parent does not have to wait until there is a crisis to look into the Day Program. It can be an alternative to, or a prevention of disrupting a placement. The Day Program can also be a transition tool to help the child transition into a less restrictive environment. (RTC to foster home, foster home to adopted or biological home, etc.)
The primary goal of Day Treatment is to address emotional, mental and behavioral difficulties your child may be experiencing to promote success within the home, school, and community.
The therapy and psychoeducational groups may include: Process Group, Social Skills, Moral Dilemma/Ethics, Equine (Horse) Assisted Psychotherapy, Drug Education, Anger Management, Assertiveness Training, Communication, Sexual Abuse, Conflict Resolution, Stress Management, and Recreational Therapy.
Quality services are provided by competent professional staff made up of numerous disciplines to include child psychiatrist, counselors, social workers, educators, and an overall staff of highly trained individuals.
The program provides services to the family as a whole and requires participation on the part of family members.
Most insurance companies will cover the Day Treatment Program. Cenpatico/Chip and Private Insurance. Cenpatico/ Star Medicaid provides Day Treatment Services to children in the custody of Texas Department of Family & Protective Services.
The Day Treatment Program works closely with foster parents, house parents and child care workers to help prevent disruption of current placement.


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Marketing Research Assignment
For a successful firm, having a good research to realize the customers need is very important. Qualitative research and quantitative research are the main method to collect information and data from customers for making firm's decision. However, there is a different between qualitative and quantitative which used in different part of projects. And they both have advantages and disadvantages in the process and the conclusion which may lead to incorrect decisions. Indeed, to distinguish two research methods and when to use or when not to use, it will increase the accurately of outcome for making decisions correctly.
The meaning of research is a process to collect information, data and suggestion from interviewers. And qualitative means a way of conceiving and conducting (A). Qualitative research is a way for collect, analysis and conduct in marketing research. It can explore the reason of question, including "what", "where", "when" or "how" from interviewers that researchers can understand deeply with the interviewers' behavior and the reason. Qualitative research tools are a things or process to help the research. There are online forums, online communities, web survey, focus group chat and depth interviews which are useful tools for helping researchers (D).
There are lots of benefits for using qualitative research that it can provide a descriptive, rich and numerous understanding from individuals' motivations, attitudes, opinions, behaviors and lifestyles. It can be a free flowing depending on research questions and objectives, which gives a space for interviews responding in his own words and opinions (B). Also, it is a method for going below the surface. Qualitative research creates a general overview of respondent which provides their own views into motivations and emotions (E). Therefore, it can uncover more about interviewers' experience and collect much valuable information in research. It is very important when achievement of understanding issue in instant time through a personal conflict with respondents (C).
Every coin has two sides that qualitative research has benefits, on the other hand it also has a disadvantages and limitation during the research. In process, the quality of research deeply replies on the individual skills of the researcher and it is very easy affected by the researchers' prejudices and characteristics. Consistency is hard to maintain and demonstrate during the research (F). During the qualitative research in data gathering, it is sometimes unavoidable that the research may affect the idea of respondents, and make the answers which are not expected of collection. There is more subjectivity involved in collected data through researcher bias. Also, it is not easy to determine the reliability and validity of research data. In addition, the numerous of data which collected from research makes analysis more difficult and increase time consuming finally (G). Beside, transcription of marked from interviews also spend lots of time that make an overload in analyzing data which also spend amount of money in it.
Qualitative research is a good tool that can positively work for researchers, but it also exist a negative part in process. To get a good outcome, it is important to distinguish when to use or when not use the qualitative research with what researchers want to collect.
First of all, it can clearly understand why respondents trust what they trust that qualitative research can provide understanding into what's behind their behavior. Besides, it is for developing a basic understanding of a problem at the beginning and look for a collection of feeling and ideas about something related (J). Most people also use it for understanding different viewpoints between some specific group and same categories of people which can gain obvious and effective comparison result. Also, when the issues of case are complicated, confusing or difficult, it can navigate through the...
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Tuesday, March 23, 2010
God is in Control (where would we be without HIM?)
We want to thank you so much for all the prayers that you prayed on behalf of us today - I can tell you that we definitely felt them!
We just got back from the doctor's office and we didn't get the news we were hoping for.
Both spots on his liver are cancer.
We will go to see the surgeon this week that resected his liver the last time to see if that is a possibility again. Our oncologist felt like it was a strong possibility and that we need to get it done ASAP.
After that she strongly recommended that he start chemotherapy. She is willing to send us to where ever we would like to go to get a second opinion but she said that he must take the chemo.
So....now we have a lot of decisions to make and some large bumps in the road ahead of us.
Please pray for wisdom and discernment in trying to find what path God wants us to take.
Please pray for our children - this is very hard on them.
Please pray for healing for Mark - we believe that nothing is impossible when it comes to Him and we have faith that if He can do all the miracles we have read about then He can heal Mark's cancer!
Also, please pray for the FCA ministry - Mark has a lot of important events coming up that Mark is in charge of and he has a lot of his plate right now. Please pray that he will be able to do what he needs to do and will have the strength when he needs it and the help when he doesn't.
We are very positive and optimistic - you know - someone has to beat the odds - why not Mark? Right?
We love you all - thank you ahead of time for your prayers for us through this time!
Mark and Lee
Psalm 61:3
For you have been my refuge,
a strong tower against the foe.
God IS our strong tower!!!!!!!
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You are all in our prayers. Strength and peace that only He can provide!ReplyDelete
Thanks for the update, Lee. God will surely give you the wisdom you are asking for. He is in control. We love you and are praying!!!ReplyDelete
We are praying and asking God for wisdom as you make these decisions. We love you!ReplyDelete
Mark keep up the good fight of fe, knowing that HE who began the work in you is almighty, all capable, all powerful to finish it. HE hung the earth on nothing and has had it espinning around its own axle and spinning around its orbit since then with just the power of his word with which n HE created all things, we're praying for your full recovery by the power of his might with which HE resurrected Christ from the dead. HIS love is unfailing, unconditional infinite and eternal. His word says I honor those who Honor me, when you serve the Lord, you honor him therefore He will honor you with his healing power.ReplyDelete
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Psalm 71:1 In thee O Lord, do I put my trust; let me never be put to confusin.
Matt. 11:28,29 Come to me all who are heavy & I will give you rest. What would we do without the word of God No the news isn't what we wanted to hear but we have to always remember God is in control. As parents we wish we could be the ones that could carry your burden. We have lived good long lives & would rather be sick then have you be sick. As well as praying for Mark we are uplifting you Lee & the children. Much love, Mom & Dad
Thanks for the update! I will certainly continue praying for your family.ReplyDelete
Mark and Lee, we are praying for you and your children. We pray for peace that passes all understanding, healing, wisdom, discernment, strength, guidance! Lois and BobbyReplyDelete
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I am praying for you and know that the Lord will give you the wisdom and the strength to get through this. Nothing is impossible with Him. Please let Hermann and I know if there is anything we can do for you and your family.
Much Love and Blessings from Above,
Betsy and Hermann


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Electric Wheelchair Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 - 2020
Albany, NY -- (SBWIRE) -- 04/20/2017 -- In its latest report that analyzes the global electric wheelchair market, Transparency Market Research says that market is poised for a very high double-digit growth rate till 2020. The report, titled, "Electric Wheelchair Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 - 2020", projects that the market, which accounted for US$1.23 bn in revenue in 2013, will rise to US$4.48 bn by 2020. The market is thus expected to register a CAGR of 19.2% from 2014 through 2020.
Browse the full Electric Wheelchair Market - Global Industry Analysis, Size, Share, Growth, Trends and Forecast, 2014 - 2020 report at http://www.transparencymarketresearch.com/electric-wheelchair-market.html
The need for mobility products and services is rising faster than ever before as a sizeable portion of the world's population ages. Many of the older consumers in developed countries, who were born during the baby boom, have considerable earnings at their disposal and are at ease using technologically advanced products to simplify their everyday chores. Electric wheelchairs, being one such product, are witnessing a spike in demand in countries such as the United States, the United Kingdom, Germany, France, China, South Korea, and Japan.
However, for some consumers, the high price tag of electric wheelchairs could lead to the postponement or cancellation of a purchase decision. Thus, bringing feature-rich yet competitively priced electric wheelchairs is a strategy that will pay off well for companies in the global electric wheelchair market. At the same time, many consumers can afford advanced mobility products but aren't aware about the presence of such products on the market and the means to procure them. This lack of awareness could translate to lost opportunities for companies in the electric wheelchair market.
The report divides the electric wheelchair market into sub-markets based on the following criteria: type and geography. By type, the market has been segmented into front wheel drive, rear wheel drive, center wheel drive electric wheelchairs, and standing electric wheelchair. The findings of the report indicate that center wheel drive electric wheelchairs contributed the highest percentage to the market's revenue. This segment held a share of over 50% in the market in 2013. The demand for electric chairs based on a front wheel drive is expected to grow at an encouraging pace, and will come second only to the center wheel drive segment. The front wheel drive segment is poised to exhibit a 25.3 % CAGR from 2014 through 2020.
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Likewise, on the basis of geography, the market has been segmented into the following regions for a more in-depth analysis: North America, Asia Pacific, Europe, and Rest of the World. The market for electric wheelchairs was the largest in North America in 2014, states the report. The demand for electric wheelchairs is expected to rise steadily in countries in the region, thanks essentially to the affluence of elderly consumers here and the overall increase in the elderly population. The North America electric wheelchairs market was trailed by Europe, which was followed by Asia Pacific. Europe and APAC collectively contributed about 40% of the revenue to the global market.
Companies that currently rake in considerable revenue in the global electric wheelchair market are: Sunrise Medical, Invacare Corp., Permobil Corp., Pride Mobility Products Corp, Handicare, Ottobock Healthcare GmbH, Drive Medical Ltd., Medort, and Hoveround Corp.


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Acer's new Asprie R11 laptop has a 360 degree hinge and Windows 10 out of the box
Windows 10 has been officially out for about a week now and you can check out our full review to decide whether you should take on the free upgrade or not but if you are waiting for some fresh new hardware made for the new operating system, Acer Malaysia has got you covered.
Today, the company is officially launching the new Acer Aspire R11 laptop to the Malaysian market and this laptop is probably the first one in Malaysia to come pre-loaded with Microsoft's new Windows 10 operating system. Initially built to run Windows 8.1, the Acer Aspire features a 360 degree hinge which enables it to be positioned into various device states.
As for the Aspire R11 itself, the device comes with a 11.6" 1366 x 768 touch display and is powered by Intel's Pentium N3700 quad core processor paired with 4GB of RAM, a 500GB hard drive, a HD webcam and a 3,320mAh battery that is rated for 8 hours of usage.
Acer says the Aspire R11 will be available starting today for RM 1,499 and can be picked up through authorized dealers today itself. Just remember that if you plan to purchase boxed copies of Windows 10, those will be coming to stores on August 10


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ニコ Niko
|Smile Pretty Cure!
|Eye Color
|Hair Color
|First Appearance
|Smile Pretty Cure!: Ehon no Naka wa Minna Chiguhagu!
|Theme Color
|Lavender (main)
Black (sub)
|Japanese Voice Actor
|Hayashibara Megumi
Nico (ニコ Nico?) is a character who appears in Smile Pretty Cure!: Ehon no Naka wa Minna Chiguhagu!. She lives within the fairytales in the picture book.
Nico is a young girl with large, thick lilac pigtails shaped as wings with a pale pink gradient. Her forelocks curl inward at her chin, and her bangs are cut short with a single, large cowlick. She has matching light purple eyes.
Her normal attire consists of a black puffy dress with a white wing ornament sewn at the chest attached to a lilac cravat and white material lining the bottom of her dress. Along with purple tights and black ballerina-style shoes with ribbons tied on her legs. A dark purple bow is attached to each ribbon.
At first Nico was angry at Miyuki, feeling betrayed by her after years of being left alone. She willingly befriended the Demon King in order to seek revenge, but she eventually learns that she feels no better from this and Miyuki helps her feel loved again. Allowing her to return to her once happy, always-smiling personality.
Nico lives in a fairytale picture book that Miyuki picked up from a cart of picture books when she was in preschool or kindergarten. Being curious, Miyuki picked it up and begins to read it. Nico's words in the book allowed her to understand "The key to becoming friends is to smile", and allowed Miyuki to find some friends. Miyuki promised to finish the book, which the last few pages were tore off. She drew a lot of pictures, but Miyuki lacks drawing skills. Eventually, she refused to finish the last pages of the picture book, and lost memory of it.
The Cures are going to watch a movie, which is empty. In the movie, Nico was running from two giants who were chasing her. She hid, but after a while she accidentally stepped on a branch and was found. She ran, and jumped out of the screen and fell on top of Miyuki. But the two giants came out too, and captured Nico. The Cures transformed, and fought with the giants. Luckily, they saved Nico. To thank them for saving her, Nico took them to the World of the Picture Books.
Nico told the Cures that they could experience the roles of the protagonists of picture books, and of course they agreed. They were sent off to their stories. After they all went, Nico remarked darkly that Miyuki has forgotten the promise. A huge shadow of a bird with an evil red eye appeared, and Nico said that Miyuki is a liar.
While the Cures were having fun as their character, Nico was standing on a rooftop. She said: "Smiles..... If they can disappear that would be great." The huge shadow appeared behind Nico again, and the whole sky darkened. After that, Nico performs her magic to scramble the main characters of their stories.
Then, five shadows engulfed the main characters of the picture book stories and transformed themselves into sinister, demon-winged minions. Seeing the Cures being chased by the evil protagonists, Nico cunningly grinned.
The Cures battled the evil protagonists with the antagonists of the picture books who helped them, and Nico appeared. She asked if they had fun, and pretending as if she didn't know what was happening for a moment. Then, she admitted that it was her who made the stories messed up.
Miyuki becomes terrified by Nico, as she insulted her that it was Miyuki's fault, because she didn't do the thing she promised: finish drawing the picture book. She was always waiting for her to finish drawing it, but she never did. Miyuki tried to explain, but Nico said that she hates Miyuki. Miyuki was shocked and heartbroken. Nico continued, hating the always-smiling Miyuki, so that's why she messed up Miyuki's favorite picture books, and let her become crestfallen. She declared in revenge: "Smiles can disappear already!"
The shadow appeared again, and engulfed Nico. The evil protagonists, who were captured, became more evil and attacked the Cures. Luckily, the antagonists blocked the attack, and let the Cures go after Nico.
Ability and Powers
Normally, she's just a normal little girl. However, the Demon King has abducted her and given her power. She can open the door to fairytale world. She also can send Pretty Cures to their desired story. When Nico's angry with Miyuki and other Cures, she changes all figures in the story to become evil. When she is in her normal form, she can't use special power, but, she has power to make all people happy.


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HTML Screen Saver error
When I use the HMTL screen saver on Windows XP or Windows 7, I am getting a error message of cancellation of the site. I double check the site and it works well and I have installed on other PC's. Any advice to why this is happening?
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Hello Chris, thanks for posting. Can you share the URL (web address) that returns the error message? If you prefer not to share it publicly, you can e-mail it to firstname.lastname@example.com. I have just installed the HTML screensaver on Windows 7 and tested a few URLs, and they all seem to work okay. I should add that it's a fairly old screensaver, so it may not support all modern websites, but I gather from your post that the same URL does work with the same screensaver on other computers?
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But I've discovered this before, that Earlies actually stand surprisingly well in the ground. They seem to be very slug resistant and keep their flavour pretty well. Okay, not quite so tender as the first dugs but still very edible. What's more, they swell up nicely so you get a lot more potato for your money.
I've got plenty of spuds still in storage but freshly dug potatoes at the beginning of February is certainly quite a luxury. It's not something I would plan to do every year or rely on, but I've learned that if some of the Earlies don't come out when they're supposed to it's certainly not a disaster.
|Some very late 'Earlies'.
But my thoughts since the Winter Solstice have turned more to 2016's potato crop. Each year most gardeners buy in seed potatoes which, when the time is right, get buried in the ground to magically sprout and flourish into leafy green plants with clusters of fresh potatoes hidden just below the surface of the soil.
Seed potatoes are not cheap to buy, but as I live in an agricultural region, it's fairly easy to find places which sell them in bulk. Buying them this way is ridiculously cheap but you don't always want 25kg of seed potatoes. In fact, most people never want 25kg of seed potatoes. In total I grow about 15 to 20 kg and that is certainly not all one variety.
So for the last two years I have started a co-operative buying scheme for the Fenland Smallholders Club. I take orders and buy in as much as is needed. Now this is a great scheme for the bulk standard varieties, such as Arran Pilot, Desiree, Charlotte and Picasso, but until the scheme grows I just don't get enough orders to warrant buying the more unusual varieties.
|Before we let everyone in
This year I decided to help out with the setting up. There is a lot of lugging about to be done and I enjoy a bit of physical work. Besides that, the CSSG are a great group of people who I really enjoy spending time with.
As a member of CSSG, you get to pick your potatoes half an hour before the general public get let in. Not only does this mean you get to wander around at your own pace without the crowds, you also get to pick the best tubers. Not only that, but nothing will run out. Last year the Charlottes were gone by 11:17. The hall only opened to the public at 11! This year an extra sack was ordered.
As to which varieties I've chosen to grow this year, just read on.
But first to deal with a couple of questions which always crop up.
Do I need to buy in new 'seed' potatoes every year?
I don't know!!! Of course, gardeners of old just saved their best potatoes from year to year and it is tempting to continue this tradition. Believe me, I'd love to. I keep searching the interweb and never come up with a definitive answer. What I do know, though, is that everybody I know does buy in fresh tubers every year, so I have decided to go with the flow on this one. At least I have managed to slash my costs. I cannot believe the prices that some of the bigger companies charge. Even with postage they are really taking the... potato.
The reason for buying in seed potatoes is to avoid the transfer of disease from year to year. The obvious disease is blight, which can overwinter in diseased tubers to emerge the next year. You still can't completely guard against it as it is windborne and can attack anyway, given the right weather conditions (hot and humid). However, it pays to take all precautions possible since it can wipe out an entire crop. But there are other pests and viruses, less well known, and I suspect the reason for them being less well-known is the modern practice of buying specially selected, virus-resistant potatoes. I looked up some information on how seed potatoes are graded and it was all a lot more complicated than I had imagined. It's not just a matter of growing potatoes in an area which is blight free (all our seed potatoes come down from Scotland) and then storing them in the right conditions. They are specially selected and there are percentage scores for occurrence of all sorts of nasties. There are limits and grades for how many generations of field grown crops the seed potatoes come from too.
Having said all this, I made a slight miscalculation with my Earlies this year. For the bulk order which I organise, I sold all the Arran Pilots without getting any myself. I had anticipated getting enough orders to buy a second sack, but that didn't materialise. I had intended on getting these planted in the polytunnel as early as possible in the year and didn't want to wait for potato day in the middle of February. (Potato day can't be much earlier than this otherwise many varieties haven't physically made their way down from Scotland yet.)
So I chose the very best of those Arran Pilots I dug up and put them straight back in the ground in the polutunnel for, hopefully, a very early crop of tasty new potatoes.
Is it worth growing my own potatoes?
Even if you've managed to source your seed potatoes economically, planting potatoes in spring is back-breaking work. Digging them up, especially if the soil has gone heavy and wet in autumn, is even more back-breaking. And if they catch blight or the slugs get to them, it can be soul-destroying too. So is it really worth growing your own spuds?
To that question I would answer a resounding YES for several reasons.
Firstly, have you ever wondered how, even with your tender loving care, you still end up losing potatoes, yet the farmers plant whole fields full of the things seemingly problem free. The answer is... chemicals. Slug pellets are liberally scattered, they are extensively sprayed throughout their growing lives and even after harvest they are sprayed to stop them sprouting. Personally, I'd prefer not to be eating all that.
Secondly, for each of my potato plants only one seed potato was transported down from Scotland. After that, nothing more than a fork and a wheelbarrow is needed. It really annoys me that we feel it necessary to import vegetables from all over the world just so we can have them out of season. Not only is there the environmental cost of the transport, but there are environmental costs to the countries they are grown in too and the economic benefits for those people are far from sustainable. So if you're going to buy chemical laden potatoes, at least buy them locally grown.
Thirdly, from April to October (at least) my potatoes come fresh from the ground. I have long been a believer that freshness, over every other factor, is why home grown tastes so good.
And if I've still not given enough reasons to persuade you, there's variety. You can get Maris Pipers, Picassos and 'Red Roosters' from the supermarket, but if you want Charlottes or Pink Fir Apples you'll be paying through the nose. Salad blue or Shetland Black will set you back a bob or two... or likely a lot more. And if you particularly wanted Blue Kestrel or Homeguard, then good luck finding those!
And that brings me on to my final question.
Which varieties should I grow?
Potatoes take up a fair amount of space, so if you're limited then it makes sense to grow just Earlies (take up space for less time, less prone to blight, more benefit of digging fresh) or more unusual varieties.
I have come to the conclusion that we should think of potatoes more in the way that we think of apples rather than bananas. There are many different varieties with different attributes. Different colours, different tastes, different uses, different textures, different harvest times. Different.
And for the grower, there are other factors - which potatoes are resistant to which pests and diseases, which potatoes do well in your ground, not that any year is the same as any other year!
At the Potato Day there were 60+ varieties available, which can be a bit bewildering to the individual.
So here are the varieties which I have more or less settled on:
Earlies- Red Duke of York is a must. Not a traditional early, but the only early I know which is floury and makes excellent chips and roast.
- Arran Pilot or Dunluce. I think First Earlies are pretty interchangeable, although one year I tried Swift, which are supposed to be one of the very earliest, and was disappointed both with the yield and the taste. Other people love it though. Personally, for my super-earlies I prefer to use the polytunnel and have more choice of variety. As I'm growing Arran Pilot in the polytunnel, I've decided to grow Dunluce outside this year.
Second Earlies- Charlottes are an absolute must. It is a prolific variety, stores well and tastes wonderful. I am flabbergasted at the price of these in the shops. They are actually one of the cheapest seed potatoes to buy.
- Kestrel. A new one for me last year. I was slightly disappointed with the yield, but the potatoes retained a very crunchy texture and the taste was good. The jury is out, so this year I have opted to grow just a dozen Blue Kestrel, which has the same qualities but is blue.
- Bonnie. This was on my absolute favourites list. It develops into big round potatoes which are fantastic for baking. I had two great years with this variety, but then the slugs seemed to find them so I haven't grown them for two years.
However, as I could buy just a few from the Potato Day, I've bought a dozen tubers to give it another go. I'll thoroughly dig the soil prior to planting and let the chickens in. Hopefully that way the slug problem will be eradicated before it starts.
Mains- Desiree. A favourite of mine in terms of taste and in a good year produce massive tubers for baking. However, one year I had a poor harvest so decided to swap to Romano - an offspring of Desiree - but this too cropped disappointingly. So this year it's back to Desiree. It was in my bulk buy scheme and I had 4kg left for me so there'll be plenty!
- Picasso. Desiree is a red, so I needed a maincrop white too. I would have gone for a couple of organic favourites, Orla or Cara, or even King Edward, but Picasso won the vote of the bulk buy scheme and I had a load left over, so that's what I'll be growing.
- Markies. An experiment on the basis of someone else's recommendation. Again I just purchased a dozen tubers at Potato Day. If it does as well as reported, it'll become my go-to white maincrop.
Lates- Pink Fir Apple. Because it's allegedly so late to develop, it is said to be very susceptible to blight. However, I have not found this. Even when we had very early blight and I had to chop off the tops I got a reasonable yield and virtually none of the blight got into the tubers. In fact, this year Pink Fir Apple gave by far my best yield of all varieties.
Some people don't like its knobbliness, but that's simple. It doesn't need peeling. Just a quick scrub and it boils (or even bakes) wonderfully, retaining a nice firm texture. It's a great one for slicing and putting into those midwinter casseroles.
So that's it. My potato buying advice.
Potatoes have a lot going for them, so go on, be bold! Don't just treat them as bulk carbohydrates. Try some different varieties and learn to appreciate them.
You can even grow them in bags. So get chitting!


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Saturday, February 2, 2008
Brahmni Amti (Spicy Stir-fried Lentils)
During my primary school years my mother used to threaten me with taking me to lunch to a dreadful place by the name of Suvarnarekha Dining Hall on Prabhat Road. And rightfully so. People from the Deccan Area might be well accustomed to this sorry excuse for a restaurant. Owned by the Yenpure family, it was housed in one of those buildings where a permanent heap of construction material lies blocking the footpath. Suvarnarekha is one of the restaurants that serves only the thali. The menu for the day is a mystery till the plate of food is in front of you. So if you don't like what you see on your plate, you're S.O.L. The food was acceptable at best when I first visited the place in the 80s, but the quality has gone down as the price of a thali has gone up. I remember the ambience being the canteen-like and was only complimented with the hostile wait-staff that usually served you like they were doing you a favour. I am quite sure that it hasn't changed and the mediocre food remains quite popular with the senior Brahmni gentry and students in the Deccan area. The one thing Suvarnarekha did serve that was top-notch was the brahmni amti. To this day, it ranks only second to the one my aai makes.
1/2 cup Toor Dal (split Pigeon Peas)
2 teaspoon Maharashtrian goda masala (Kala masala)
2 tsp Oil
1/2 tsp Red Chili Powder
1 tsp Turmeric Powder
1/4 tsp Asafoetida
1/2 tsp Mustard Seeds
1 tsp Jaggrey (melted)
1/2 tsp Coconut Flakes
1 tsp chopped Cilantro
Cook dal in a pressure cooker as you would for Varan
Once cooked, churn it to make it into a homogenous liquid
Add jaggery, stir and place aside
In a pot heat the oil
Once hot add the mustard seeds till they splatter
Add chili, turmeric, asafoetida, and cilantro and stir
Add Dal, salt and stir.
Allow it to boil
Top each serving with half spoon of ghee and serve with rice
9 comments:
- Asha said...
Looks fabulous, great comfort food!I am sure Vitobha will be very happy!:))
- February 4, 2008 at 8:40 AM
- TheCooker said...
That place is still dreadful. What is even more dreadful is that the place is as popular as ever, though not so much with the Brahmni junta.
- February 7, 2008 at 8:34 PM
- nilanjan said...
This is a great blog.
I don't agree with your comments on Suvarna Rekha. SR was a great place to get a clean, Marathi/Kanada kind of meal. It probably appealed more to non-Maharashtrians (like me). There were other Thali places - many low end, and others a bit high end. I have many fond memories of eating at SR.
- March 28, 2008 at 1:00 AM
I too don't agree about your comment on S.R. The place is good enough for homely maharashtrian unlimited food with a very reasonable price. Compare to shreyash and durvankur and other hotels I feel S.R. gives good food with v less price.
- June 8, 2008 at 3:50 AM
I think you missed chinch/amsul
(tamarind)in your recipe
- July 18, 2008 at 12:35 PM
- Adhi Potoba said...
Chinch/Amsul makes it Ambat Varan which is a CKP recipe and tastes completely different from Amti.
- July 18, 2008 at 1:21 PM
- delhibelle said...
I want to try this out..when do we add the coconut?
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- February 7, 2010 at 11:14 PM
I completely disagree with you, the thali is good and the service is good. the service occasionaly can be a bit lazy but that one off case. Th owner who sits there is extremely comforting and takes care of evrybody like his family. The food is good balanced and their salads are awesome.With cost of 30 buck (with coupon)or 50 bucks (without coupon), suvarna rakha thali serves very good delightlful bramhan, slighlty sweet food.
- July 24, 2011 at 11:47 PM


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Saturday, June 20, 2009
A Moth Almost Came in my Mouth...
You know what is fantastic about foreign languages? You can't understand a SINGLE thing that's going on a round you. You can't order food, can't read signs, can't give the time of day. But then again, you also can't understand the creepy guy who comes up to hit on you, or what people yell out their car windows at you as they drive by. But last night Abby and I couldn't read the tram map and information.
We started off yesterday, my group and I, going to the cutest cafe for hot chocolate and pastries because the weather was ridiculously cold. I ended up getting a cup of what tasted to be just completely melted dark chocolate in a cup, I drank about 1/5 before feeling like I had just drank a cup of molten chocolate. We shopped and I bought a jacket, I found a lot more I want...maybe I will go back later...but I'm afraid to spend money.
Our presentations to Greg and colleagues went well considering we didn't practice, had no PowerPoint handout until about 10 minutes before the presentation, and didn't have a clue what we were saying. We only have a few adjustments to make and their criticism was not evil like I thought it would be.
I ate noodles in my room and watched a movie until Abby, Laura, and Diana came and rescued me and took me and Abby back to their dorm at about 11 pm. It wasn't until we were ready to leave at about 1:30 that we started having problems. Abby and I sped out to the tram stop, thinking the tram would be arriving at around 1:33, according to the map we had. It wasn't until 1:40 that we realized the tram went to our dorm, but was not stopping at our current location.
So we figured, lets call a cab. O wait a second, we don't have the taxi number...and we don't have a phone.
Ok, so lets go back to the dorm and see if someone can help us. O yea, the dorms are locked, someone would have to let us in...and we don't have a phone.
So we stood out there debating and dreading the only option we had left. Walking the 4 tram stops back to our dorm, at 2:00 am in the morning, in a foreign country where open containers and drunkenness are as common as walking your dog.
So we walked. We walked quickly, and talked pretty much the entire way back, throwing a little party every time we reached the next tram station.
It was cold and late and dark. But we made it after about 35 minutes. And then we passed out in bed.
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This happened in the order I would have preferred; love then marriage then baby carriage, only it happened sooner than I had imagined. I wouldn't change any of it though, so I am not complaining. Just explaining.
I was parent of two by the time I was 22 years old. And mom to four at 27. Really, I flew by the seat of my pants, using the old theory: "Act as if, and it will become."
One of the parenting concepts that I had wrong, (one of the many concepts I had wrong) was the tendency to say "no" to the requests of my children. I don't know why I thought that anything a child would want was likely not good for them. Maybe I knew myself too well, and projected my own misguided desires onto my littles. It wasn't until my kids were well into their school years that a dear friend, Sally Jo Winebrenner, gave me a book by Jaroldeen Edwards. The book is called Things I Wish I'd Known Sooner; Personal Reflections of a Mother of Twelve. The author was a good friend of Sally Jo's, and was a gifted writer as well as a gifted parent. It was from this book I first discovered the concept of instinctively responding with "yes" rather than "no" when my kids asked for something. Isn't it sad that I had never really considered this before?
Lucky for my kids, I adopted this before I ruined them! Not that I never again said "no". In fact, they might tell you that I had not learned this concept at all. But it is something I would like to remember, and to have my children remember as they parent, grandparent, teach and interact with other humans. Just writing this is a good reminder for me. If my first reaction to a request is yes, and by this I mean a silent yes…while I consider the alternatives and repercussions, then it will take a little convincing to make me change my answer to "no." Just looking at life from the perspective of "yes" changes things. (note #1: saying yes to everything a kid asks is a cop out, and makes for spoiled rotten humans. Spoiled rotten humans are not pleasant under any circumstance, so use your brains, people!) We have the right, as parents, to spend a little time considering consequences before we give our children answers to requests. "You go take the garbage out and I'll think about it" is not a bad response. (note #2: If the child is screaming, the answer, let it be known, is automatically "no"!)
Today is a red letter day in our family. Our daughter Kate, who moved home to Utah eighteen months ago after 6 years on Houston, TX, received some good news. She had gone to Texas on assignment with Teach for America, and ended up staying. Last summer Kate decided to apply for doctoral programs in cognitive psychology. Of course we supported her. We trust her, and we believe in her, and we believe God believes in her and her good heart. But honestly, the odds of her being accepted into any doctoral Psychology programs were so slim it put us in a delicate position as parents. Between 2% and 7% of applicants are accepted. She received interviews with three of the schools, which was amazing. But with a letter of rejection last month she decided to start looking at other options, so she began applying for jobs, and thinking about teaching in China, among other things. I was proud of her to thinking broadly. But truth be known, I was praying in my proverbial closet that, if was possible and would not interfere with her eternal destiny, Kate would be allowed to pursue her goals in the doctoral program in New York, at the State University of New York at Binghamton. That particular program, and the doctor with whom she would be working, felt most fitting for Kate, had the greatest evidence of down-to-earth-ness, was fully funded with a stipend, and was super interesting. She would be researching, among other things, how children learn to read. Kate taught reading to underprivileged students all the while she was in Texas.
So today Kate received a letter from Dr. L. at Binghamton that said THIS:
Hello Kate!I'm writing to let you know that the Cognitive Psychology group has finally met and decided to offer you admission to our PhD program for Fall 2016. I'm very sorry that this took so long... we had a lot of students to see so the admissions process took forever. I'm really enthusiastic about the idea of you joining the lab! ….
WooHoo! YES, Kate!!!
First thing I did when Kate called to tell me was stop what I was doing and bow my head. I was sitting at a sewing machine in sewing class. First words I said, in my purposeful silence, were Thank You. Because I'm a believer, this is what one would expect. Because I felt like this opportunity was in the power of God to grant, I had been bold enough to ask. God has instructed us to ask, with specifics. So I asked for this... for Kate...with regularity.
Since He is the ultimate parent, I really feel like Heavenly Father's instinctive response to our requests is "yes". If there's not something else He needs to have happen, then His answer to our pleas is generally "yes". He only changes His responses to "no" or "not now" if it is not in our best interest to say yes. Only He knows the end from the beginning. The vanishing points on His perspective are beyond our vision. One day we will look back on disappointing moments in our lives and draw a breath of surprised awe, letting out a sigh of understanding, followed by, perhaps, a head slap and an exclamation: "So THAT'S what that was all about!" Of course I am projecting my humanness onto God, which is not intended to be blasphemous. I just feel like that's how He works. And because that's how He works, it should be how I work as well, even with my limited perspective.
So thanks be to God for checking her destiny, and allowing this amazing opportunity to come to our girl, who is also His girl! Kate… our PhD. candidate.
Kate won't know, till her feet are wet, if this is the river she wants to walk through for the next 7 or 8 years. But she has been invited to enter the waters, and we are so thrilled!
My HOPE, for all of us, is to consider responding YES to sincere requests, before we instinctively say NO. It may end up that NO is the best response in the end. But YES should be our first instinct. It's how love works.
Footnote, as of 6:20 pm tonight:
When my nephew Nate and his stellar wife, Lyndie asked if there was a chance that their fourth baby could maybe, possibly, perchance be a boy (after three girls), their answer was... finally... YES! Welcome to our family, Zachary Nathan Hansen! (Talk about a lucky little boy!) Yup, it's a red letter day!


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Distance: 4.45 Miles
Pubs: No pubs on the walk; we were going to start from The Blacksmiths Arms, but it closed at 2.30 just as we arrived, though we did stop for a quick sharpener in The Juggs on the way home
Walkers: Timmeh, Matty, Yola, Sara
Terrain: Downland, steep start then moderately hilly, field, mostly dry.
Weather: Overcast, mild
Notes: Saw The Beacon Brazier
Sunday, February 18, 2007
1 comment:
- Timmeh! said...
Pleasant enough, if unremarkable, walk with a bloody steep start.
The bloody pub was shut!
Also, the first test of the new GPS software (Memory Map), and bloody brilliant it is too.
- May 18, 2007 at 12:48 PM
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Viola Plopper, age 99 of Hartley, IA, passed away at the Community Memorial Health Center in Hartley on Tuesday, October 29th.
A funeral service will be held on Sunday, November 3 at 2:00 p.m. at the Hartley Funeral Home Chapel in Hartley, with burial at Pleasant View Cemetery in Hartley.
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Everyones favorite car from back in the day!
Add a set of Aloha racks you can take 4 buddies and their long board to Trestles for the glass off
*Historical Fact - the trip to Trestles is financed by cashing in pop bottles
VW Bus
see VW Bug above and add more buddies or subtract the buddies and take your girlfriend, configurable for short or extended surf trips
Mini Truck
You can't bring a crowd - (big plus these days)
plus you have plenty of room for whatever.
If you add a shell you have security and a motel room!
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Saturday, November 8, 2008
Been a long time
I made a few cards for SSReflections ezine that I'd like to share here. All of them were for the Starform Stickers challenge, and all used Elan Metallics from WorldWin Papers (this is some awesome paper).
This card is a thank you card I made for the HR person at the job I start in December. I know this poor woman is going to have a lot of work to do to get everything ready, and she is going to have to put up with me and some really dumb questions. So I thought I'd butter her up before I drive her nuts. Okay, not really butter her up. I did want to say thank you to her, though.
The image and the sentiment are SU! I dry embossed the pink paper, called Petal, which is really feminine and pretty, and very unlike most of what I do. The stickers are so detailed, I had to make something feminine. The other paper colors are Obsidian and Pewter. I really like the Elan Metallics. The colors are so rich. I had a hard time choosing just three for a card.
This is a sympathy card. I really hope I don't have to use this card for a long time. The stickers are falling stars. It seemed fitting to me. I stamped with Adirondack pigment ink, Snow Cap, and colored over the image with Prismacolor markers and Glaze pens.
I haven't done much else in terms of creating since the beginning of October. I used to have to create every day, or I would feel lost. Since my mother in law's death, I've not had any creative pull whatsoever. I'm really hoping this passes soon. I miss playing.
3 comments:
- Velta said...
Hey Girl...Glad to see you back again. These cards are stunningly elegant! Looks to me like you have still got it. Get back in there cause I miss your work!!!
- November 9, 2008 at 7:18 AM
- tangled stitch said...
Oh Michelle. I am so sorry. I have been just barely checking in to my blog. So sorry to hear of your loss. Hope all are well and prayers and blessings to you and your family.
- November 21, 2008 at 8:33 PM
- ktstamps said...
Michelle just wanted to wish you a Happy Holiday and A FABULOUS NEW YEAR! New Job! WOW, where are you working? I started back to school and so far life is great. I have this cold that I just can't shake but Life is great! I am working hard and stamping little. I am coaching 3 sports and as you know...I am tired after that. Fill me in GF! kt
later, gator! :)
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A wise proverb states that the only constant in life is change. Be that political, economical, or social change, in all realms of this change we, as a globalizing society, must learn to adapt to that change. The G8 is an organization as they themselves put it on their website,
…[that deals] with macroeconomic management, international trade, and relations with developing countries. Questions of East-West economic relations, energy, and terrorism have also been of recurrent concern. From this initial foundation the summit agenda has broadened considerably to include microeconomic issues such as employment and the information highway, transnational issues such as the environment, crime and drugs, and a host of political-security issues ranging from human rights through regional security to arms control (G8 Information Centre).
How does a global organization that considers itself responsible for so much actually exclude one the premier powers in the world? How does an organization that wants to deal with East-West relations, exclude the east? How does an organization that wants to deal with the environment exclude one the worse polluters in the world? How does an organization that wants to deal with international trade exclude a country that is said have one of the greatest growth potentials? How does the G8 leave out China and still themselves a global organization? For the G8 to truly uphold its purpose and create the change they wish to see they must include China because of its economic implication and ignore its political afflictions, because at the end of the day membership in the G8 should not interfere with a government's right to govern its own people.
Before I give justification for why they should be let in, let me address all the reasons others would have you leave them out. The first point of objection for them getting into the G8 is that the G8 has historically been a democratic organization. But as times have changed the old Cold War against the communists has died and political differences have for the most part not interrupted trade. Also economically China is pretty much capitalist anyway so why not let them into an economic organization if they follow mostly capitalist economic principles? The second point is the human rights violation. First of Russia has also shown human rights (HR) violations and they are still in the G8, so why is China left out because of it? In addition to that how China chooses to run its country is not an economic issue or an issue of global concern, hence that shouldn't block their entrance into an organization that concerns itself with the economic and global issues. But if you're the liberal, care about everyone type and China is just evil in your mind because of their HR abuses then wouldn't the best way to change them be through the G8? If they got involved in the G8 then the other nations would have some sort of influence over China and encourage change there. So anyway you look at it, China should be in. The last major negative contention is that China doesn't work with the global system, instead tries to slither through it to meet its own ends. And once again I say if they were in the G8 the other nations could influence them and force them into caring about global issues and not just their own. Also why not give them a chance? If you're not convinced after the economic upsurge, then at least respect their potential and give them a chance to prove their place in the world.
The time for change has come; it is no longer the Cold War world of America, but is instead the dawn of the modern globalized society. The World Policy Journal puts the G8 into perspective by addressing its legacy:
To propel its [G8's] legacy forward for the next phase of globalization, however, the G8 needs to acknowledge this evolutionary fact. It needs a broader, refashioned membership and mandate to strengthen the future of multilateralism-particularly now, when ominous signs of regional protectionism and a lack of global consensus on trade, security, law, and the environment have arisen (AllBusiness.com).
The time to change the world is now, and we need the best in the world to do it. To ignore China would be a fatal mistake that makes the G8 an illegitimate organization and an institution of hypocrisy, where they advocate a global society, yet ignore those they do not completely agree with. The World Policy Journal explains their hypocrisy,
It is today's great paradox: countries are clearly moving closer economically, depending on each other more for commodities, trade, and capital, but they are unfortunately moving farther apart politically. In the past, forums like the G8 have helped forge multilateral working relationships rules, behavioral codes, and mechanisms for collective progress and orderly conflict resolution. But beyond signs of diverging interests and opinions among the current members, many argue the G8 is losing relevance and may no longer adequately represent the global system's expanded roster, which now includes many non-Western countries (AllBusiness.com).
The G8 is clearly losing power and to reaffirm its power and legitimacy they must include China. Not only does their show a hand of friendship to China but also works towards ending the western cultural hegemony that has dominated the G8. The CIA fact book says,
In 2006 China had the largest current account surplus in the world - nearly $180 billion. More power generating capacity through immense Three Gorges Dam across the Yangtze River was essentially completed in 2006 and will revolutionize electrification and flood control in the area. The 11th Five-Year Program calls for a 20% reduction in energy consumption per unit of GDP by 2010 and an estimated 45% increase in GDP by 2010. The plan states that conserving resources and protecting the environment are basic goals (CIA Factbook).
China is getting ready for the world of tomorrow with economic power as well as global concerns by their side. They are the nation of tomorrow economically and the G8 cannot ignore them any longer. It is time that the G8 recognized the legitimacy of the Chinese economy and power. China is the glowing beacon of the East that needs to be included for anything to be called a world organization. How China chooses to run its country is secondary to how much of an impact they have on the world. For the G8 to carry on their function they must include China, because to build the road of tomorrow needs all the tools of today.Works Cited
"From the G8 to the "E8": is the Globalization Tide Turning?" AllBusiness. Fall 2006. World Policy Journal. 10 Jan. 2008 .
United States of America. Library. CIA. CIA Factbook. 13 Dec. 2007. 10 Jan. 2008 .
"What is the G8?" G8 Information Centre. 15 July 2005. G8. 10 Jan. 2008 .


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We all need fun in life. This is specifically important for animals that are held in captivity often in enclosures that do not offer a lot of mental stimulation or physical exercise.
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I hope you enjoyed this clip.
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It seems like the last few holidays that we have had, someone has been so sick that they haven't been able to be a part of the festivities. I am praying for a break for this Christmas and really hoping that everyone will be healthy for this Christmas.
Last Christmas...Quinn had a fever and was pretty miserable that day. He was 2 months old so that just made it a little harder too since he was so little. I held him in my arms while everyone opened up their gifts.
Easter...I had bronchitis and Sid was also sick with the same type of cold but not quite as bad as me. We were so sick that I couldn't even walk up our stairs without stopping to cough and catch my breath. Sidney was up for about 2 entire nights just coughing. I think she and I have the same lungs because we both get the same type of colds and they turn into respiratory colds pretty easily and fast.
July 4th - Chris stayed home during the fireworks because he wasn't feeling well. I got to take all three kids down to Silver Lake (I must have been out of my mind) all by myself and watch the fireworks with them. I will always remember this because I forgot Quinn's bottles on the counter and called to ask Chris if he saw them in the house and...yes, they were right where I left them. All I had for him to eat was crackers and he did fine so at least I didn't have the child that was screaming when the fireworks were going off. He actually was really good and slept through the fireworks.
Thanksgiving - we were healthy this year other than some simple colds.
Then, yesterday, we were supposed to go to my parents house to celebrate Christmas and go to a wedding of one of my friends. She was a missionary in China for many years and just came back this past year. She met her new husband at the church she was attending and got married today. There has been a virus going around town and we have been so lucky not to get it. I have tried to avoid going places with the kids and have been washing our hands all the time but it didn't help. Friday night, I got very sick. I was feeling better Saturday morning so we headed out for FD. We got to Hwy 52 and saw cars in the ditch, in the fence and just stopped along the highway in several places because of the accidents that we on the roads. After about 2 hours of driving, we got to Austin. Austin is only about 30 miles away from Rochester so this was quite the drive. The kids and Chris got some lunch and I called my parents to tell them we weren't coming any farther. The roads were down to about one lane on I-90 and Hwy 52 only had 2 lanes plowed and you really couldn't tell which of the 3 lanes you were driving in. We went down some hills and tried to stop and couldn't...we did some coasting on the road.
On the 2 hour trip back to Rochester from Austin, I got sick again. I was glad we were on our way home and not trying to get to Iowa anymore. My body was tired and weak and I was out of energy for the day.
We did eventually get back home yesterday and at 5:00 PM, I thought of the wedding that we were supposed to be at and silently wished them congrats. The wedding ceremony was just starting then and around 5:30 PM, Sid was upstairs playing with Micah when she came down and told us that she got sick. I am so glad we were not sitting in a church when that happened!
I have tomorrow off and am planning on taking it easy for the rest of today so I have enough energy for Tuesday when I have a few kids to watch again. I think we are all over whatever it is that we had...now it is time to get the Lysol out and get things disinfected :)


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I confess...that life has really gotten me down lately but I'm gonna try to stay positive & take it a day at a time. It is what it is & I can only control me & I have to do what I have to do. #GottaStayPositive #ItIsWhatItIs
I confess...that I now have an obsession with Deadpool. No jokes. I've thought about the movie multiple times since seeing it on Saturday night & I really just wanna go see it again right now while singing the Deadpool Rap. #ImANerd #IReallyJustWannaSeeRyanReynoldsThingAgain
I confess...that I REALLY wish I had some Baileys or Rum Chata for my coffee that I'm currently drinking. That would make this morning much better. #IMayBeBecomingAnAlcoholic #MakeThisCoffeeIrish
I confess...that I wish that I could be like my uncle, Darren, & just go to exotic places at the drop of a hat. Now, I must note that he has no children, a job that pays him VERY well & a wife that is as independent as him. #ImJealous #IWantToGoSomewhereWarm


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What a character......a dancin' fool!
Never was afraid to be up high on your head or shoulder.....that way he could see things from a different perspective, maybe see something else he could get into and in trouble.
Anything empty? He had to be in it, whether he fit or not! You just squeeze in...!
This is where he would lay while I was on the computer. Always wanted to be right beside you.
Dennis was always so loving....he would stare at you and tap his paw on your lips or cheek, letting you know how he felt!
Now you see what I mean by unusual?
Dennis is third kitten from left. His mommy died unexpectedly when he was only three weeks old and he was completely taken care of by humans after that.
He always had a commical way of sitting.....!
Many decisions in life are difficult to make and when you're finished making them you wonder whether it was the right decision or whether it was a solution at all. Yesterday, we had to make one of those decisions. After much decision-making and tear-flowing, we had to put our beloved kitty, Dennis, down. He had a blockage in his ureter that immediately blocked again after having a catheter put in. The chances of that to continue to happen were very strong and it was very painful for him. We couldn't see him suffer anymore through this. I had to take him in yesterday, early in the morning before leaving for work. It definetly helped me thoughout the day keeping my mind otherwise occupied.....well, sort of! When I got home last evening, Ken and I buried him in the garden not too far from where Patches was buried only two months earlier. The ironic thing is that Dennis was always sneaking past us when the door was open and we'd end up chasing him around the yard to get him back inside. He dreamed of being an outside kitty, I think......now he has his wish!
They say "inside" kitties live longer and healthier......Patches, our "outside/inside" kitty lived until 20 and Dennis, our "inside" kitty lived only 5 years. Who can figure!! But we will continue to keep our others inside since it's the safest environment for them.
We really interact with our kitties, they are all members of our family. But Dennis had quite the unusual personality for a cat. He actually had more "dog" qualities than "kitty" qualities personality-wise. When someone would come to the door, he would run to greet them, he never met a stranger. He was filled with humor and mischief from day 1. Hence the name, Dennis the Menace. That name came immediately to us when we went to name him. So Dennis he became. I had never had a cat with a "person name" before. It was quite humerous. Everyone who met Dennis felt a connection right off the bat because of his outgoing personality. When our new little kitten came recently all the others were stand-offish and hissing; not Dennis, he came running right in and greeted little Gracie Mae into our little family unit! Instant friends! They would have become great buddies!
Interesting that Gracie Mae came along when she did, isn't it?
Dennis was always wanting to be the center of attention. Scrapbooking, he would sprawl out on all my materials, stretching out and, one by one, knocking things off onto the floor. He was there to stay....all you could do was to work around him. He'd stay as long as I did! Two Christmas's ago, he decided to chew a string of lights hanging on the tree in half. Yes, burnt his mouth, scared him to death, our lights went out and he kept his distance for days keeping a close eye on that tree! He loved to ride around on your shoulder and sometimes on top your head and he was exceptionally smart. He will be missed and has left an empty place in our hearts that will never be filled quite that way ever again. Enjoy thepictures of him. They show his purr-sonality!


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For my second round with the Krew, we again discussed my paper exploring the intersections of race and disability. This time, we looked at the section analyzing Francis Ellen Watkins Harper's Iola Leroy (1892). The novel follows the Leroy family from a generation before the Civil War, up through the War itself, and the years immediately following. Marie Leroy is a slave who marries her white master, and has two children by him, Iola and Harry. The children are light-skinned enough that they are raised to believe they are white. When circumstances reveal the truth, they get involved in the Civil War and racial activism during Reconstruction. "Disability" appears in the novel as a metaphor of race prejudice, as the "disabilities of color," and as a permanent condition that limits function, as when Harry is injured in the war. But disability, as a stigmatization of bodily difference, also appears implicitly in two characters: Tom, an escaped slave with unspecified "defects," and Dr. Gresham, a white doctor with the Union Army, who is missing an arm. Their disabilities function differently depending on their race, but both contrast with the essential able-bodiedness and beauty of the Leroys.
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At the first meeting of the Kerouac Krew, I (Andrew Sydlik) met with colleagues Matt Connolly and Ayendy Bonifacio to discuss a paper I'm working on for my portfolio project at The Ohio State University. The paper explores the intersections of disability, race, and gender in two nineteenth-century African American texts: Frances Ellen Watkins Harper's novel Iola Leroy (1892) and Katherine Davis Chapman Tillman's novella Beryl Weston's Ambition. I seek to bring together literary Disability Studies and Black/African American Studies because not much work has connected theorizations of disability and race, especially in regards to texts by nineteenth-century African American authors. Developed from a seminar paper done for Adeleke Adeeko's 6757 African American Literature: 1746-1900 course in fall 2012, my investigation looks at how each text's version of the "racial uplift" narrative reflects African American attitudes toward disability, scientific racism, gender stereotypes, and white middle class norms at the end of the nineteenth century. As this is a 34-page paper, we were only able to discuss the intro section, the first 10-12 pages, which describes the need to bring together Disability Studies and Black Studies, and some possibilities for doing so in a literary context.


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(John Kemp is a Reuters market analyst. The views expressed are his own)
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LONDON, April 4 (Reuters) - Exceptionally cold weather coupled with fuel shortages and equipment failures pushed the U.S. electricity grid close to emergency conditions repeatedly during January and February, according to a bleak assessment issued by regulators.
In its report on winter operational performance, published on Tuesday, the Federal Energy Regulatory Commission (FERC) paints a picture of a gas and electricity system which struggled to cope.
The electricity grid came perilously close to an emergency that would have cut energy to homes and businesses across large sections of the country during some of the coldest weather on record.
"Widespread low temperatures, high winds and snow drove U.S. natural gas demand to reach an all-time peak of 137 billion cubic feet on January 7," according FERC. Other cold snaps on Jan 22, Jan 27, Feb 6 and in the first week of March also stressed gas and power supplies.
Electricity consumption hit record or near-record levels across the Northeast and Midwest during Jan 6-7, and was far above normal levels in many parts of the country during January and February.
According to FERC, power producers were forced to turn to coal and fuel oil as they struggled to get hold of enough gas to meet demand. Gas-fired generation actually fell slightly between December and January as gas shortages forced generators to switch to other fuels, with coal making up most of the shortfall.
Forced generation outages and cutbacks reduced the availability of generating capacity by as much as 30 percent of peak demand in some areas during Jan 6-7. A significant number of the generation outages were caused by fuel issues "including gas curtailments, no fuel, oil delivery and frozen coal," according to FERC.
PJM, the transmission operator in the Mid-Atlantic area, lost more than 41,000 megawatts of generating capacity on Jan 6-7, almost 30 percent of its peak load.
More than 9,000 megawatts were lost as a result of fuel issues. In addition, 5,000 megawatts of combustion turbines failed to start when called on by the grid.
The Midcontinent Independent System Operator (MISO) reported 33,000 megawatts of generating capacity were lost on Jan 6-7, of which almost 7,000 megawatts were related to fuel problems.
And the New York Independent System Operator (NYISO) recorded 4,000 megawatts of capacity lost, of which 2,000 were due to fuel issues.
Some generators were unable to obey dispatch instructions from the grid because they could not obtain enough extra gas on the intra-day market - underscoring the need for improved coordination between the gas and electricity industries .
With the grid under extreme stress, transmission operators declared power emergencies on several occasions. Contingency plans were activated including voltage reductions, emergency energy purchases, emergency demand response, and appeals for conservation.
On Feb 6, the California Independent System Operator (CAISO) issued an appeal for conservation when cold weather elsewhere in the country pulled gas supplies away from the state and left generators scrambling to obtain sufficient supplies.
Across the country this winter, generators able to secure adequate fuel supplies received "maximum generation" instructions and were ordered to generate flat out - above their normal operational limits - to offset outages elsewhere.
The winter of 2013/14 posed a severe test for U.S. gas and electricity networks. On this occasion, the system was able to cope, just.
Remarkably, no customer with guaranteed power supply ("firm load") had to be disconnected during the winter cold, though the system came worryingly close to rolling blackouts on a number of occasions.
But the extent of the problems will intensify FERC's determination to make the gas and electricity industries to coordinate more closely to avoid fuel delivery issues in future. (Editing by William Hardy)
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Former Arsenal trainee Mark Randall is bidding to revive his career with Ascoli.
We reported at the end of last month that former Arsenal trainee Mark Randall was undergoing a trial with Italian side Ascoli.
Randall was once highly rated at Arsenal, playing alongside Jack Wilshere in the youth system at the club, and even making it into the first team, featuring in the League Cup, Premier League, and the Champions League.
He was released by the club in 2011, with his main claim to fame as the player who assisted Wilshere's first ever Arsenal goal.
He signed a deal with Chesterfield, playing a season in League One as they were relegated and spent last season with them in League Two making a combined 45 league appearances.
He was released again this summer and elected to look to Italy in search of a club, being offered a contract with Ascoli after impressing.
Randall has been speaking about his adventure, hoping it can revive his career, in which he hinted at being given too much too soon.
He told Italian newspaper Corriere Adriatico, "In the life of a footballer, you can happen to lose your way at home. I missed an opportunity with Arsenal, but I'm ready to get back into the game here in Ascoli.
"I was impressed by the team at least from what I've seen in training and in competition."
It really sounds as if Randall has a focus he did perhaps not have in his early career, and now 23-years-old he is determined to make the most of it.
Having had a taste of both the Premier League, and League Two, he knows the time is now to make an impact if he wants to avoid a career at the bottom of the football rung.
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Well, you know the technic but you don't know what to shoot, Carmen, a good friend of mine working as a pro photographer told me just to keep doing and make pauses if necessary She said so with other words but at the end of the day, I think that's what she meant.
Last tuesday, I just thought : I would like to have a picture of my corner, my desk, the spot I spend quite a lot of hours retouching pictures. But honestly, I thought the white walls would be boring to see on the pic. And I made this to a challenge, a self assignment.
To simplify, I use a tripod.
Here is the scene with nothing done :
The picture on my screen is one by Joe McNally, so I needed to change that (I was just reading his last article of his blog before I started). This is my desk and my pictures on the wall.
OK, let's add a splash of light, just to see what's happening.
Not a pleasing picture, but the idea to give some light to some areas is not bad. Let's play around with the power.
OK, I realized I need to gel the strobe (snoot aming at a fourniture, the light hits it and goes back to the wall you see on the picture) and then to play with the power. No measure taken at this point.
It's dark but that's ok, it's not my main light.
Time to add another light, orange gelled, just a bare strobe with the gel on it with no modifier. I use quadras heads set on the B ports to get a low output of power.
I removed a few items from the desk and I have selected a picture on mine figuring a naked woman with sushis on her body, a shot I did last year.
It's time to set my main light : a gridded snoot aiming at me with no gel, set at ƒ8. This is the only light I metered. I cropped the shot because I love the 4×3 format and that was it! deal done !


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When I was about to fight one of my biggest matches against La Migra Enano, the Midget Border Patrol Agent, I was advised by the promoter, a Sr. Ladrón, that in order to make a decent paycheck that night, I had better bring in some people because frankly, at that time,most people in the village had ever heard of me, El Diablo Cocono, mainly because no one had electricityto watch TV where I was a minor star every Saturday night on Lucha Libre's Got Talent, a combination talent show and wrestling match. They all had TV's, they just couldn't watch them. My opponent was a nice enough guy, but really, there were very few of his kind inCiudad Cabrito, so I had to go to my few friends, and ask them to attend the match. Then, I asked the friends to ask their friends to attend the match. Then I asked my friends to ask the friends of my friends to attend the match. After a while, the entire town of Ciudad Cabrito was in the stands of the school gymnasium cheering me on and hoping that I would win.
I did not win that night, because the little chicken mierda La Migra Enano secretly hit me over the head with an eight foot picnic table while the referee was not looking. After regaining consciousness, the promoter gave me my winnings, which consisted of $20,000,000,000 pesos (about 18 dollars US) and a roasted chicken from Chi-Chi's Casa de Pollo.
What does this have to do education technology you ask? I told you before, don't ask. If I write it, it has to do with education technology. Look, here is the deal: Just like I had to do in my match against La Migra Enano, you have to go out and get your friends involved in order to build a personal learning network. Just cuz you have some degree, and run a fancy school where the kids aren't all on free lonches don't mean anybody is gonna come looking for you. You have to go out and get them. You have to go out and make your network. The more people you add to your network, the better! Like a three-hombre tag team, the more heads the better! And if you don't belive me, which is racist by the way, maybe you will believe some gringo that will tell you the same thing. His name is Will Richardson, and his brain es muy grande! Here is a blog entry about personal learning networks.
So what are you waiting for salchicha? Read the entry and start making you network.
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