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Creating a Life of Wellness Starts Today
I've never been thin or obese, yet I've never been comfortable with the way I look no matter how much I've weighed. I'm not looking to be on the cover of MORE Magazine. I don't need to look like Christie Brinkley. I'm enjoying who I am right now at this point in my life.
But I want to be comfortable with how I look and feel.
I've always had a hate-hate relationship with dieting. I love all kinds of food, so dieting has always meant the need to cut back on the love.
"The biggest seller is cookbooks and the second is diet books—how not to eat what you've just learned how to cook." ~Andy Rooney
I'm not looking for a diet. I'm looking for a new way of life.
My family's genetics scares the hell out of me. That fear is the driving force behind waging an all-out war against gaining weight. It's an uphill battle, but I'm determined to win the war.
Today I'm a 55-year-old menopausal woman with an autoimmune disease, and these three factors make losing weight more difficult.
A few months ago I watched a documentary called "Fat, Sick and Nearly Dead" that chronicled the life of Joe Cross, a 310-pound man on a mission to get healthy. It follows his journey across America, with his juicer and camera in tow, drinking only fruits and vegetables for 60 days. His hope was to lose weight while allowing his body to heal itself from a diagnosed autoimmune disease.
After watching the documentary I ordered the same Breville juicer Joe used. I then took a hard look at myself by asking, "Do I want to continue sailing through life not liking the way I look and feel?"
I decided to face my fear head-on by broaching my taboo subject of discussing my weight during dinner. Out of nowhere, I proclaimed, "I want to get healthier and lose weight."
My husband quietly asked, "How can I help you?"
We spent time talking about healthy eating and exercises I might enjoy. We already try to follow a healthy diet at home (much like what is outlined in Dr. Andrew Weil's book, "Eating Well for Optimal Health"), yet I need to create my own eating plan (a/k/a portion control) according to my personal goals.
I reached out to an online friend who possesses a wealth of knowledge on healthy living. She was so inspirational that I'd like to share her wisdom with you:
"Find things you really love to do and just do them. Don't feel you have to do "such and such" to be fit. If you love to take walks, take walks, but don't get stuck thinking just because you can't do other things, it's useless. I think the main thing is to feel good about whatever you can do. Then there's food. That is something you can control. So eat healthily. Consider yourself like an expensive car that only takes the best gas. Remember to tell yourself how great you are. You can do anything. You have to say it, read it and actually see the words, "I can do this. I can do this."
Powerful words.
These days I'm facing my personal weight demons by trying to take better care of myself. I plan on living a long and happy life, and to do that I need to tend to my health.
One more piece of advice from Dr. Christian Northrup in her book, "Women's Bodies, Women's Wisdom":
"Nourishing yourself fully also involves understanding that your body's metabolic processes are profoundly influenced by the following eight factors:
- Emotional state
- Genetic heritage
- Cultural and family heritage
- Macronutrient intake (proteins, fats, carbohydrates)
- Micronutrient intake (vitamins and minerals)
- Environment and relationships
- Exercise habits
- Food chi
Nourishing yourself optimally means paying attention to each of these areas."
Today really IS the first day of the rest of my life. How about you?
Intention: The Four Important Words For Wellness
It has become popular this year to choose one word that defines the intent you set for yourself for the New Year. For example, one person could choose the word "serenity" as their guide, using it as their daily mantra. Another could choose the word "success" or perhaps the word" worthy." All are good choices, helping to define the personal goals you want to set for yourself.
I've thought about this idea for the purpose of my "Wellness" category here on Boomeon. Starting with a clean slate we begin anew to reach further than we have before in our ongoing quest for personal growth. We use our past successes and failures as the catalyst to do better, dream deeper and explore farther.
But wellness is difficult to define in one word. There are many paths to follow for us to reach our chosen destination. For this reason, I think it's necessary to choose several words to set our intentions for the coming year. Here are a few that stand out among them:
The world we live in is fast-paced. Keeping up with the treadmill of life can leave us feeling weary, anxious and empty. In our rush to get things done, we sometimes forget to take a moment to look around and notice our blessings. Keeping a gratitude journal or making a mental note of our blessings is important for our spiritual and physical health.
Peace means different things to different people. With global unrest, it can mean a wish to end all violence. But in the realm of wellness peace can mean the joy we feel when we reach inner peace. How can we achieve this? Here are a few things we can do:
- Remove toxic relationships.
- Surround yourself with those who love and care about you.
- Find what you're passionate about and make that a part of your life.
- Listen to your instincts by saying "yes" and "no" to create the kind of balance you desire in your life.
- Slow down and enjoy your life. Be mindful as often as possible, and breathe in the fragrance of happiness.
Taking care of your physical, emotional and spiritual needs are vital to aging gracefully. Eating healthy foods, getting regular exercise and finding time to meditate (or doing whatever you find is calming for you) will collectively turn you into a healthier and happier person.
Remember to schedule regular doctor appointments. Also, spend time doing research from reputable websites for information about alternative ways to care for your health issues.
Reach for the stars. Reach for meaningful relationships. Reach for that "something" you've always wanted to do and just do it. Reach out to others for help, guidance, and solace. Reach out to those in need (including animals) and do what you can to help them. Reach out to people you've lost touch with. Reach, stretch and bend, even if it's out of your comfort zone, to reach toward the life you've always wanted. Reach. It's such a magical word.
Good Food That You Should Avoid
If there is one thing you need to look out for when trying to lose weight and live a healthy and natural life, that is the food you eat. A lot of the items in our diet can, in fact, do more harm than good.
Yes, food can be satisfying, delicious, and on the go, but most, if not all of them, can contribute to more weight and unhealthy lifestyle. Here are is a list of yummy, delicious, good food, that shouldn't be in your diet.
Yes, one common characteristic of bread is they are packed in calories. But many of them are still good for you (in moderation, of course!). The kind of bread you should say no to is the white bread. It is highly refined and contains a lot of sugars.
Eating white bread can immediately put your blood sugar levels to the roof! Because of this, it can get you to eat more instead of less. It is on the high glycemic index and shouts be avoided.
Chocolates and Candy Bars
Most average sized candy bars contain about 250 to 350 calories. If it's covered in chocolate, it will contain more. They are extremely bad for you as they contain added oils, refined flour and a lot of sugar – little to no nutrients at all. The unfortunate thing about it is that candy bars are easily accessible and can be found everywhere, so it's quite easy to get tempted. A good alternative to satisfy your sweet tooth is eating a piece of fruit.
Fruit Juices
As long as they are contained and sold in the box, this is not the fruit juice you should be drinking. The fruit juices you buy in bottles and cartons aren't exactly similar to the fruit it claims to come from. Fruit juices are highly concentrated with sugar and may contain additives to prolong its shelf life.
Fruit juices like these contain no fiber at all too. That really beats the purpose of including fruits in your diet. If you want to drink some orange juice, eat the fruit instead. You'll feel even fuller compared to drinking a whole glass of it.
Soda and Other Carbonated Drinks
Beverages such as these mostly contain sugar, water, and carbon dioxide for the bubbles. It is one of the unhealthiest foods in the world. Do you know drinking a glass of soda is equivalent to eating 7 tablespoons of sugar? If you are serious on your weight loss, you need to get rid of this, for good.
Potato Chips and French Fries
Potatoes are filling and can be healthy, but if it is soaked and cooked in oil, it loses all its value. Just imagine, one stick of French fries will give you 75 calories. Eating a small bowl will satisfy your daily calorie requirement for the entire day.
No, just because alcohol makes you feel warm does not mean it burns fat. Alcohol, actually, provides more carbohydrates compared to your regular meal. As many nutritionists say, drinking alcohol, like beer, is like drinking liquid white bread.
There are so many evidence that drinking is related to weight gain and obesity. But recent studies show that in moderation, it may help with weight loss. One thing is for sure, it's better to be safe and throw away the booze than try to experiment on this one. If you're serious about losing weight, skip the alcohol.
Average Americans prefer to eat pizza when they're feeling tired to prepare a proper meal. Do you know that pizza is considered a fast food and maybe the dumping site of all processed food?
Most pizzas use white bread as their crust. Aside from that, the meats, cheeses, and other toppings aren't so calorie-conscious too? The best way to enjoy pizza is to make one at home, where you can control your ingredients and portions.


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Veterinary Surgery: High Standards in Pet Surgical Care
Park Grove Pet Hospital is a full-service hospital offering a variety of routine soft tissue and orthopedic procedures.
Some of the surgical procedures we perform regularly include spay, neuter, abdominal surgery, tumor removal, and minor fracture fixation. These surgeries are performed on-site in our dedicated surgical suite. We meet the highest standards in surgical care, with a focus on the unique needs of your pet.
Preoperative Care: A doctor examines your pet and determines what anesthetic and surgical plan is appropriate. Preoperative sedation and pain relief are given to help relax your pet and smooth the transition to general anesthesia. An intravenous catheter is placed to provide access to a vein for administering medications and fluids during the anesthetic procedure. The IV catheter also allows immediate access in the rare case of urgent or emergency situations under anesthesia.
During Surgery: Our Certified Veterinary Technicians (CVT) and Veterinarians are with your pet at all times during a surgical procedure. The surgery site is clipped and aseptically prepped by our CVTs and the doctor performs the procedure with sterile technique. A dedicated CVT is with your pet monitoring anesthesia and your pet's response. Heart rate and rhythm, blood pressure, body temperature, breathing rate, and oxygen level are all closely monitored and changes are made to the anesthetic protocol when necessary.
Postoperative Care: Every pet wakes from anesthesia differently. Our job is to keep recovery as smooth and uneventful as possible. One of our CVTs will be with your pet from the moment surgery is completed until he or she is fully awake from the anesthesia. Body temperature, blood pressure, heart rate and breathing rate are monitored until the patient is stable enough to return to the recovery kennel.

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Sales pipelines everywhere are stuck, not because
of the economy, but due to a decision-maker affliction.
Lee B Salz is talking about the full plate syndrome – executives are too busy to even consider your product or project. The key is to align it to their goals – then it will suddenly be a top priority for them. Lee's advice is just as valid for anyone 'selling' internally. More on Jill Konrath's website. Her free e-newsletter is a mine of practical tips.


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Heres a strange one for ya all ! !
Have an AMILO A1650 laptop with xp pro on it and its a few years old now but is still rock solid and ver fast, , never let me down till this morning.
When i turned it on this morning, everything started as per usual and windows booted to the desktop fine but, , whenever i click on ANYTHING on the start bar at the bottom of the screen i get an error beep and everything appears frozen. I cant even click on the start button to access any features.
Whats weird though is, , everything above the start bar is fine, , all my desktop icone work fine and open up fine, , ie email , explorer and all my other desktop icons are fine, , but anything on the bottom bar appears to be frozen and if you click the mouse anywhere on this bar you get an error beep and nothing happen, ie nothing opens up.
The main problem i suppose is not being able to access anything from the start button, , programs, , documents, pics, music, control panel etc !
I have a usb wireless mouse thats the default mouse whenever its plugged in, , but even when i took out the usb receiver to use the scratch pad mouse i get the same problem so its neither the wireless mouse or the scratch pad mouse that are at fault, cos as i have already said, , they both work fine and as they should on anything else on the desktop apart from the bottom start bar.
I have rebooted 4 times and its still the same , , , ,any ideas ? ? ?
I have never heard of this happen to anyone before, , and its certainly never happened to me on any of my laptops or desktop pcs ? ? ? ?
I still have my desktop to use, and of course everything on my laptop, apart from anything that hasnt got a desktop icon that is, , i miss my lappy already ! !


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A professional truck driver is likely to encounter a whole range of different – often challenging – road conditions. Staying safe whatever the weather is something that not only protects other road users and helps to make sure that your load is delivered on time, but it is also one of the most effective ways of keeping your lorry haulage insurance within reasonable bounds.
Given the importance of safe trucking to you, your business and other road users, therefore, here are a few top tips:
General advice
- checking your vehicle before each run is something likely to be ingrained in the mind of any professional driver. The driver is legally responsible for having done so and cannot later blame the operator or owner;
- the driver is also legally required to wear a seatbelt – it might actually save your life;
- as the driver of the HGV you are also legally responsible for ensuring that your load is secure;
- your in-cab tachograph may be telling you one thing but it is how you actually feel and whether you are sufficiently alert to be driving at full capacity – the Highway Code, for example, advises a break at least every two hours;
- with respect to maintaining a sensible and legally permissible state of alert it is clearly essential to stay clear of alcohol or drugs – whatever your own assessment of your ability, the impairment is likely to tip you over any safe or legally prescribed limit as well as potentially invalidate your HGV insurance;
Driving in adverse conditions
High winds
- strong winds are fairly common throughout the UK and pose particular problems for HGV drivers, especially those of high-sided vehicles;
- if you have the chance, of course, it is better to avoid the danger altogether by planning ahead and avoiding areas where high winds might affect your driving;
- if you are driving an empty lorry with side curtains, roll them up out of the way in order to reduce wind resistance;
- remember that sudden gusts of wind might not only affect the way your own vehicle handles but is likely to present problems for other road users too;
- in its own compilation of driving safety tips, the Freight Transport Association (FTA) warns about the dangers of losing track of your speed when driving in fog – potentially going faster than the prevailing conditions call for;
- slowing down and keeping within a safe distance of any vehicles in front of you are important when driving in fog;
- fog has a way not only of falling in lower-lying areas, but then also drifting about, catching out the unwary – whether yourself or other drivers;
- it is important, therefore, to switch on dipped headlights to increase your ability both to see and be seen;
- either at dusk or during the night time, fog is likely to be even more dangerous;
- as with any of these adverse weather conditions, flooding is obviously best avoided altogether – so forward planning and adjustment of your route may prove the best line of defence;
- flood water is likely to seriously affect your stopping distance and you might need to allow twice the distance normally required on a dry road;
- spray from your own and other vehicles is likely to make visibility a problem for all drivers, so take this into account and ensure that your own windscreen wipers are working effectively;
- avoid sudden braking and acceleration or erratic steering;
- only attempt to drive through standing water if you are certain of its depth, proceeding cautiously and testing your brakes once you have crossed the affected stretch of road.
Driving a truck or lorry is clearly a major responsibility and one that the professional driver is expected to take seriously. Some of these tips on safer driving might help you to maintain those standards.


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November 15, 2015 Genesis 21:8-21
Chapter 12 of Genesis begins with the Lord speaking to Abram, "Go from your country and your kindred and your father's house to the land that I will show you. I will make you a great nation." Years passed. That great nation required an heir, and Sarai was well beyond child bearing age. What to do? She came up with a solution: "Go in to my slave girl"; she tells Abram, "it may be that I shall obtain children by her." So Hagar, her Egyptian slave girl, conceived and bore Abram a son Ismael. He then took her as his wife. I should preface that none of this was an uncommon practice at the time. So here is where our story begins:
Genesis 21:8-21
The child grew, and was weaned; and Abraham made a great feast on the
day that Isaac was weaned. But Sarah saw the son of Hagar the Egyptian, whom she had borne to Abraham, playing with her son Isaac. So she said to Abraham, 'Cast out this slave woman with her son; for the son of this slave woman shall not inherit along with my son Isaac.' The matter was very distressing to Abraham on account of his son. But God said to Abraham, 'Do not be distressed because of the boy and because of your slave woman; whatever Sarah says to you, do as she tells you, for it is through Isaac that offspring shall be named after you. As for the son of the slave woman, I will make a nation of him also, because he is your offspring.' So Abraham rose early in the morning, and took bread and a skin of water, and gave it to Hagar, putting it on her shoulder, along with the child, and sent her away. And she departed, and wandered about in the wilderness of Beer-sheba.
When the water in the skin was gone, she cast the child under one of the bushes. Then she went and sat down opposite him a good way off, about the distance of a bowshot; for she said, 'Do not let me look on the death of the child.' And as she sat opposite him, she lifted up her voice and wept. And God heard the voice of the boy; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, 'What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid; for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. Come, lift up the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make a great nation of him.' Then God opened her eyes, and she saw a well of water. She went, and filled the skin with water, and gave the boy a drink.
God was with the boy, and he grew up; he lived in the wilderness, and became an expert with the bow. He lived in the wilderness of Paran; and his mother got a wife for him from the land of Egypt.
This story is over 3,000 years old, and yet it sounds like it came out of the National Enquirer. We read about all of this today: polygamy, infertility, surrogate mothers, and even slavery. It's got all the "isms" - sexism, racism, classism, and all the ingredients of a juicy novel: conflict, jealousy, cat fights, spousal and child abuse, competition over inheritance, injustice and life threatening dangers.
Here we have Abraham, the first great patriarch of the nation of Israel, and father of the ultimate dysfunctional family. You gotta hand it to the writers: they didn't try to sugar coat these characters. They present them - warts and all. Update it and it would make a titillating soap opera.
These three weeks we've been talking about strong women in the Hebrew Scriptures, and here we have two, both living under the same roof; both conceiving and giving birth to male sons of the same man. From which one will come the great nation God has promised Abraham? This is where the story gets real messy and complicated. Will it be Sarah, the long standing matriarch of the family, who's put up with a lot from wimpy Abraham over the years, including being sold to the Pharaoh years ago as his sex slave, or her Egyptian slave girl, now Abrahams' second wife and mother of his first born who is the rightful heir? Sounds like a soap opera to me.
But this story has something that soap operas don't. What is it?
The voice of God. And it's not always a voice many of us would associate with a God we believe in. Throw your wife Hagar and your son Ismael out of the house and into the desert because your jealous wife Sarah tells you to? Earlier in Genesis God tells Hagar, who's run away from an abusive Sarah, to go back. What kind of God is that?
I'm not here to answer that question today, although it is a good one, but I will say we have to keep in mind that the writers weren't writing historical documents like we think of today. And like many down through the millenniums, it may have more to do with what we think we are hearing, than what God is actually saying. During that time, they really did think of God as a puppeteer up there pulling the strings.
For me, this is as much a theological text as an historical one. I don't believe that Abraham lived to be 175 years old or Sarah actually gave birth at 90. I think it has more to do with the writers talking about God making a covenant with Abraham, and despite he and Sarah's misadventures and warts, (none of us are perfect) God keeps the promise. God is there with them through all the trials and turmoil.
But God's promise wasn't just to Abraham and Sarah. God make the same promise to Hagar and Ishmael." And God heard the voice of the boy; and the angel of God called to Hagar from heaven, and said to her, 'What troubles you, Hagar? Do not be afraid; for God has heard the voice of the boy where he is. Come, lift up the boy and hold him fast with your hand, for I will make a great nation of him.'
Ismael grows up under divine protection, becomes an expert bowman, marries an Egyptian woman, has 12 children and becomes the father of a great nation himself, just as God promised. Ultimately the nearly one billion people who follow Islam today would trace their heritage back to Abraham through Ishmael, and his mother Hagar, who raised him.
When I look at this story, and the present situation in the Middle East, I can't help but think that the conflicts began right there. As Bill Moyers says in his study of Genesis: "This triangle does set off fireworks, and by the dawn's early light Judaism and Islam go their separate ways."
We Christians too are part of the Abrahamic tradition. And we too have found ourselves over the centuries in conflict with Islam and Judaism. In an editorial in the Globe this week we were reminded that a mere 50 years ago here in Boston, it was "common to hear Jews denounced as 'Christ-killers', or to attend masses that ended with a prayer 'for the conversion of the Jews.' Vandals spray painted USA repeatedly on the exterior walls of the Islamic Center of Burlington, MA this month. The group says it reflects growing anti-Islamic sentiment that Muslims are not real Americans.
Why can't we all just get along? This story tells us, in plain language, that God is here for all of us. That is the most important message I get from this passage. And yet, there are people from each of our traditions who don't want to hear it, who refuse to believe it. That way they can perpetuate the myth that somehow they are the chosen ones, and nobody else. And where does that lead? - to the horrific events in Paris and Beirut this week.
The scriptures also tell us that when Abraham dies, Issac and Ishmael come back together to bury him. It's a powerful message - one we need to be reminded of. They are both Abraham's sons. If Ishmael held any animosity towards Abraham for what he did, all seemed to be forgiven. Both sons have a relationship to God.
This passage also says to me that God still hears us crying in our pain in the wilderness, in our darkest hours. We often find our greatest strength when faced with adversity. It's when we hear that still speaking God. God is instructing us to lift each other up, and hold each other fast. The path to redemption and transformation is there, if only we can open our eyes to see it. Then we too can create great nations.
I've been pairing each week a woman today who exemplifies the strength of these women in scripture. Although the circumstances are far different, the young woman who both Reebee and I thought of was Malala Yousafzai, who won the Nobel Peace Prize in 2014. If you haven't heard her acceptance speech, I recommend going on line and listening. She's an inspiration, an old soul with wisdom far beyond her years and strength and courage to match.
In a TED Talk her father spoke of the plight of women: "If we glance at human history, the story of a woman is the story of injustice, inequality, violence and exploitation, especially in a patriarchal or tribal society." That was the society of Sarah and Hagar. "Girls are to be very quiet, humble and submissive." He raised Malala to be anything but that.
He was a teacher, and from a very young age Malala was present in his classroom. In the opening of her acceptance speech for the Nobel Peace Prize, she acknowledges his influence.
"Thank you to my father for not clipping my wings and letting me fly. Thank you to all of my teachers who inspired me to believe in myself and be brave."
With time she grew to be a student in his classroom.
"I always loved learning and discovering new things…We had a thirst for education because our future was right there in that classroom…We would sit there with big dreams in our eyes."
But things were not to remain the same. At the tender age of 10, the beautiful Swat Valley that she loved and called home suddenly turned into a place of terrorism, brought on by the Taliban.
"…more than 400 schools were destroyed. Women were flogged. People were killed and our beautiful dreams turned into nightmares. Education went from being a right to being a crime. Girls were kept from going to school. I had two options: One was to remain silent and wait to be killed. The second was to speak up and then be killed. I chose the second one. I decided to speak up. We could not just stand by and see those injustices of the terrorists denying our rights; ruthlessly killing people and misusing the name of Islam. … We decided to raise our voice and tell them: 'Have you not learned that in the Holy Koran Allah says 'You kill one person and it's as if you kill the whole humanity. Do you not know that Mohammed, peace be upon him, the prophet of mercy, he said 'Do not harm yourself or others?'"
And for raising her voice, she was shot point blank in the head and almost lost her life. Malala, along with her family were transported to the UK where she received medical treatment that saved her life. They remain there today. It is unsafe for them to return to their home. Her father describes their world turning into a black hole.
"While my daughter was on the verge between life and death, I whispered into the ears of my wife, 'Should I be blamed for what happened to my daughter and your daughter? And she told me, 'Please don't blame yourself. You stood for the right cause. You put your life at stake for the cause of truth, for the cause of peace and for the cause of education. And your daughter was inspired by you. God will protect her."
And like Hagar in the desert, God protected Malala, and she taught her parents how to be resilient in the most difficult of times.
"The Taliban could take our pens and books, but they couldn't stop our minds from thinking."
And they couldn't silence their voices, which have only grown louder and louder.
"I tell my story, not because it is unique, but because it is not. It is the story of many girls. I tell their stories too. I'm not a lone voice. I am those 66 million girls who are deprived of education. I speak not for myself, but so those without a voice can be heard. Those who have fought for their rights: their right to live in peace, their right to be treated with dignity, their right to equality of opportunity, their right to be educated."
She speaks for the Hagars' of this world. She reached out to Kailash Satyarthi, a Hindu from India, who she shared the Peace Prize with, and sees how their two counties, not exactly friendly neighbors, can join in a common struggle for education, and against extremism.
"Why is it that countries that we call strong are so powerful in creating wars but are so weak in bringing peace? Why is it that giving guns is so easy, but giving books is so hard? Why is it that making tanks is so easy but building schools is so hard? We are living in a modern age and we believe that nothing is impossible. I'm just a committed, and even stubborn person who wants to see every child getting quality education, who wants peace in every corner of the world. This is the cause to which I devote my life."
These three weeks we have lifted up three incredibly strong women in our world today: Isaura Mendes, Marian Wright Edelman and Malala Yousafzai.
Where do they get their strength? What can they teach us about finding our own strength?
For an answer I first turned to scripture, Psalm 18:
I love you, O Lord, my strength.
The Lord is my rock, my
fortress, and my deliverer,
my God, my rock in whom I
take refuge,
my shield, and the horn of my
salvation, my stronghold.
Powerful words. Like Ruth, Miriam, Shiphrah, Puah, Sarah and Hagar, who all turned to God in their time of need, these modern women are people of deep and abiding faith. They are not going it alone.
Out of that faith comes hope. They don't give up.
Out of that faith comes compassion for others. They see the pain and suffering of those around them, and in some cases, around the world, and are moved to alleviate it.
Out of that faith comes passion for a cause which has become their life's work.
Out of that faith comes vision, of how to make the lives of others, and the world, a better place.
All three have faced suffering of some kind in their own lives, but instead of being defeated by it, they rose to overcome it, and it has made them stronger.
I attended a meeting last week of the Greater Boston Interfaith Organization. One of the speakers said to us: When the needs of the community, the passions of the congregation, and the vision of the leadership all come together, this is a kairos moment. That's a theological term meaning a successful moment for decision making and action. I asked those on the Leadership Council to name a need in our community and a passion they have. I ask you to do the same. It's out of the needs and our passion that our vision will come, and the strength to act on it. In this way we will be able to dream God's dream for our world.


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BackgroundIn the early 1300s Florence experienced a period of unprecedented creativity, prosperity, urban expansion, and intellectual innovation. During this time, the city emerged as a leading center of artistic culture, perhaps best exemplified by the work of Giotto di Bondone (ca. 1267–1337), whose remarkable frescoes and panel paintings inspired the creation of the "Florentine school" of followers. In an effort to expand the knowledge of painting during this period, this project brought together art historians, conservators, curators, and scientists to explore the broader community of panel painters and manuscript illuminators of early Trecento Florence.
OverviewPacino di Bonaguida, a follower of Giotto, was a hugely prolific and versatile artist who worked both as a panel painter and a manuscript illuminator. Active in Florence from around 1300 until the 1340s, Pacino dominated the market for illuminated manuscripts in that city, producing many of the first illustrated copies of the Divine Comedy by Florentine poet Dante Alighieri, as well as the Laudario of Sant'Agnese, the most lavish manuscript commission in Florence from the first half of the fourteenth century. Given the large number of works attributed to Pacino, it is generally agreed that he must have assembled a workshop of artists who worked in the style of the master artist. He also is known to have collaborated with other master artists who had their own distinctive artistic styles. For example, the Laudario of Sant'Agnese contains illuminations attributed both to Pacino and an artist known as the Master of the Dominican Effigies.
Four remarkable works from Pacino's workshop in the Getty's collection—three illuminated leaves from the celebrated Laudario of Sant'Agnese (Ms. 80, Ms. 80a, and Ms. 80b), and a panel painting known as the Chiarito Tabernacle (85.PB.311)—represent the core of the study. The opportunity to study works by a single artist on two different media—panel and parchment—served as the foundation for a scientific and technical study to better understand artistic collaboration and workshop practice in fourteenth-century Florence, and how the materials and techniques employed in each medium may have affected the appearance and aging of the works over time.
To more fully examine the nature of workshop collaboration, additional works by both Pacino and the Master of the Dominican Effigies on both media were also examined. In total, thirty-one works were studied: twenty-four attributed to Pacino (seventeen illuminations and seven panel paintings) and seven attributed to the Master of the Dominican Effigies (four illuminations and three panel paintings).
Project Goals
The goals of the project are:
1. To increase our understanding of panel painting and manuscript illumination techniques and workshop practice in early Trecento Florence.
- To investigate the extent to which pigments and painting techniques traditionally reserved for panel paintings were utilized in manuscript illuminations, and vice versa.
- To explore the work of Pacino di Bonaguida and his collaborators and the extent to which individual artistic hands may be differentiated through material analysis.
- To utilize better preserved manuscript illuminations to inform our understanding and conservation of the original appearance of works on panel that have changed over time.
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Every year, it is estimated that Pacific island countries lose between US$134 million to US$400 million to illegal fishing. For countries with relatively small GDP, this not a minor problem. Palau's 2011 GDP for example was around US$180 million, according to the World Bank. "Illegal fishing not only takes food from the mouths of my people, it also takes much-needed revenue from small island Pacific countries. Without proper and adequate enforcement to eliminate illegal fishing, our people's futures continue to be placed at risk by fishing barons only interested in short-term profit," President Toribiong said. The Pacific is the source of roughly 60% of the world's tuna, which provide coastal communities not only with food but also economic prosperity. However, the vast ocean is also proving to be a challenge, especially as only few countries have capacity to consistently patrol their waters and prevent illegal fishing activities. For years, Greenpeace has been working with Pacific governments to address overfishing and prevent foreign fishing nations from plundering their waters of the tuna needed to grow the region's economy and bolster food security. Scientists currently estimate that bigeye tuna is overfished in the Pacific, and yellowfin is in heavy decline. "We are pleased that Greenpeace has offered their ship to help us patrol our waters. We hope to again to bring illegal fishers to justice, and send a clear message that we will not tolerate pirate fishing," President Toribiong added. From previous expeditions in the Pacific and other oceans, Greenpeace has compiled a Blacklist of fishing boats and companies that have been caught in illegal fishing activities.
On top of this, the larger problem of overfishing casts a dark cloud in the future of Pacific fisheries. There simply are too many fishing boats exploiting the Pacific ocean. "The massive fleets of fishing vessels operating in the Pacific are placing the region's food source in jeopardy and are literally fishing themselves out of existence. Greenpeace cannot allow this to happen and we will also leverage our influence to force compliance with our markets work," said Greenpeace Pacific Political Advisor Seni Nabou. Greenpeace is calling for marine reserves to be established in four high seas areas known as the Pacific Commons and declared off limits to fishing. The environmental group is also seeking a ban on the use of Fish Aggregating Devices (FADs) in purse seine fisheries and a 50% reduction in the catch of bigeye tuna. These measures are important to keep valuable fish stocks at a sustainable level and will be reviewed at the upcoming meeting of the Western and Central Pacific Fisheries Commission (WCPFC) in Manila from 2-6 December.
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Inside MarilynMusic: Meet Michael Gaines
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By Michele Wilson-Morris [04-13-2010]
MarilynMusic, made of up songwriting duo Casey Conrad and Michael Gaines, currently has numerous wonderful, but unreleased tracks under its belt. With everything from teasing, taunting dance tracks to deeply heartfelt ballads, MarilynMusic's songs come in just about every genre you can think of from pop to reggae, R&B to country, and more. The music certainly has a story to tell, and so do the two men behind it. They each draw inspiration from a lifetime spent in the music and entertainment industry that began in early childhood. Between the two of them, they have worked in every aspect of the entertainment industry including television, film, off Broadway shows, and playing studio sessions. In recent years, however, Conrad and Gaines shifted their focus to composing and producing music, and the results are astounding. In Part I of my article on MarilynMusic, it's my pleasure to introduce you to Michael Gaines.
Michael Gaines' entire family, it seems, is or was involved in the music industry in one way or another. Gaines had two very successful song writing uncles, and a grandfather who owned one of the first recording studios in New York City. His mother was a New York session singer and contractor for over 30 years. She was Burt Bacharach's vocal director for many years, singing on all of his major recordings. Over the course of his life, he has participated in practically every conceivable part of the entertainment industry and he started early. He began studying dance at age five, performed at age seven at the Carnegie Recital Hall, and attended the American School of Ballet, appearing as the prince in the NYC Ballet production of the Nutcracker at twelve. He also performed in numerous television commercials, shows and voiceovers. Gaines' earliest memory of performing in a TV commercial was the first Kit Kat commercial ever aired. He was seven. He also modeled for various magazines including Harper's Bazaar.
"I guess I've been in show business since before I was born," said Gaines. "I literally grew up in the many recording and television studios of New York mostly waiting for my mother or often working myself. My father also had an extensive career as a producer/actor/writer."
Gaines went on to study music through high school, then at North Texas State and later the Manhattan School of Music in 1973 and 1974. After school, he followed his family to LA to try his hand in the film industry. He began as a production assistant at Chartoff / Winkler Films and worked on movies like Raging Bull, Rocky 2 and The Right Stuff. Gaines moved up in the ranks, securing a position as story editor for Koch/Kirkwood Productions working on "The Pope of Greenwich Village" and eventually began writing and selling his own film and TV projects to studios like Fox, Paramount and Warner Bros. Gaines recently co-produced the film "Wednesday Again" and is an Executive Producer of a pilot currently being set up both on the internet, and cable television. He also plans to produce the film "The Auctioneer" soon.
During his career, Gaines has worked with legendary stars like Merv Griffin, Juliet Prowse, George Balanchine, Robert Deniro, Mickey Rourke and many others. But despite his success in film and television, music was always his first calling. He became very close to his stepfather (his mother's second husband) songwriter/producer Bob Wells, who taught him about music publishing. When Wells became ill, he entrusted his extensive, very successful catalog to Gaines and left the catalog to the Gaines family when he passed away in 1999, which allowed him to pursue a career writing music.
Addressing where his inspiration comes from, he says, "I had a teacher who was a great influence on me who said that if you wait for inspiration when writing or creating anything, you might wait a very long time. He said one must sit down and do the work. I heard that Woody Allen starts writing at six o'clock in the morning and sits there until at least ten even if nothing comes out. I'm a musician, I'm not up at six a.m., but I understand the commitment. I feel that talking about the creative process or trying to capture it in words is a waste of time because it's so intangible to begin with. But I will say that New York City is a place that's inspirational to me. There are more interesting things and people on one block in New York City than in a ten mile radius anywhere else."
When asked what the worst advice was he'd ever been given, he responds "All of the advice has been good as long as I was smart enough not to take it all. What I'm focused on now is happiness, health, making more music, doing good deeds and good work in the future."
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Joseph is the latest in a long line of CYT shows I have seen. Some are good, some are great, and some have tried hard! This show is amazing!!
The acting is really good, especially by Joseph. This kid is really great. The narrators do a wonderful job. Some of the standouts are Joseph, narrators, Potiphar, his wife, Reuben, Simeon, and Judah. This show is so good. You really have to see it.
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This contemporary outfit has a fun, vintage vibe to it. Every item has been sourced from a thirft store. I'm mixing prints here, but it works. The common theme is of course black and white, and the two different animal prints work just fine with classic polka dots.
I pretty much always wear accessories. I feel naked going out of the house without them. And frankly, this outfit would be quite dull otherwise. Hence this adorable wool and angora beret, originally from Atmosphere, and the cotton short-sleeve cardigan, from Jacob. The silk scarf is Anne Klein, and it gets plenty of use. I've been wearing hats a lot lately, berets in particular. I guess I just really like the French thing, and obviously is great for days when I can't be bothered to do anything with my hair. The simplest, plainest outfit can be brought to life with some fun accessories. I could easily see this same combo brightened up with a red hat and scarf, or some red shoes.
I love wide-legged trousers. They look so chic, and are oh-so 1930s Hollywood. These ones are rather high-waisted, with a flattering front panel, and a zip up the back. They are just an inexpensive mall brand, but I think they are pretty cute. Of course they look much better pressed!
The charm bracelet is a hoot. This is the real deal, an old lady charm bracelet, inherited from an (ahem) old lady. It even has a charm that says Granny; my favourite is by far the teapot, with a lid that actually opens. And it makes such a fun, musical sound when it is being worn. The tooled leather bag, absolutely becoming a staple of my wardrobe. And finally, the trench coat. I sure have been wearing it a lot lately, but hey, I live in Raincouver, it goes with so many things, it's classic, and I love it. I can look like a greasy punker another day. Because hey, I like to mix it up. Always keep folks guessing, I say.
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Migrating to a cloud content management system: pros and cons
Find out what you should consider before moving your enterprise content management system to the cloud, including the potential benefits and downsides of an ECM cloud approach.
There are various considerations to take into account when it comes to migrating enterprise content management (ECM) systems to the cloud – some of them in favor of cloud content management, others lined up against it.
On the plus side, cloud ECM offers potential advantages that might help IT and content managers overcome lingering doubts about the wisdom of adopting a cloud computing approach.
For example, a clear advantage from the outset is the fact that the cloud can accommodate a vast amount of content storage needs. In addition, internal installations of server and storage hardware, and related hardware lifecycle management processes, are no longer concerns. The cloud also offers a scalable, "pay as you grow" approach, so that companies pay only for their current application needs instead of having to invest in servers and storage capacity that might not ever be used.
Those factors can be particularly appealing in organizations where ECM systems have developed into repositories of all the documents, records and other unstructured content that accumulates outside of transactional systems.
In the long term, moving an ECM system to the cloud probably will reduce both your operating costs and capital expenditures, said Ashish Nadkarni, a practice leader at GlassHouse Technologies Inc., a data center infrastructure consulting firm in Framingham, Mass.
Less system downtime via cloud content management?
"Another 'pro' is higher availability," Nadkarni said. Because content management systems can contain an all-encompassing range of information – from user-generated data on a laptop that has to be synchronized with the "mother ship" for business purposes to stored documents that need to be managed in compliance with specific regulations – companies with distributed infrastructures can benefit from the cloud's promise of Web-based access to their content.
Compare that to using a virtual private network (VPN) to connect remote end users to an ECM system and other corporate applications. The network pipe has to be big enough to support the number of users who are looking to access the ECM system and upload locally stored content into it – or else the VPN could grind to a halt. And, of course, the VPN has to be up in the first place.
"If you move [the ECM system] to the cloud, you're reducing the burden on the network, as all the synchronization now happens in the cloud," Nadkarni said. He added that an ECM cloud typically would provide increased system availability while giving users the same, if not better, quality of service that they currently get from traditional systems.
But there are also potential downsides to the idea of creating a cloud content management system – data privacy and other regulatory issues being one of them, according to Alan Pelz-Sharpe, a principal analyst and director at Olney, Md.-based consulting firm Real Story Group.
"There is a lingering concern over privacy and email from a regulation standpoint," Pelz-Sharpe said. "The cloud scares people. The perception is that you're dependent on someone else. It's about trust as much as it is about the technology."
Cloud content management changes the compliance equation
"Compliance is a big concern," Nadkarni agreed. "It may not be enforceable in the same way in the cloud as you would enforce it on your internal infrastructure."
In addition, he noted that IT and ECM system managers may end up having to maintain two sets of user-authentication mechanisms. "Let's say you have Active Directory to manage user accounts, but you might not use Active Directory to manage the ECM cloud," Nadkarni said.
And while you're likely to save on hardware costs by doing ECM in the cloud, the overall management overhead compared with your current implementation of ECM may or may not be lower. According to Nadkarni, that depends on the size of the migration. "The more customization you do, the more difficult it is to implement it on a commodity cloud offering," he said.
Transitioning to a content management cloud also takes some work.
"It's never just about moving documents from one place to another; it's about the interrelated links or metadata and getting those links to go with the documents," said Chris Riley, senior ECM and document capture architect at ShareSquared Inc., a Pasadena, Calif.-based consulting firm. "Getting those pieces to migrate correctly is always a challenge."
Companies need to keep in mind that migrating an ECM system to the cloud is never a "push a button and it's done" scenario, Riley cautioned. "It's always an iterative process," he said. "And it's usually a process of doing a test migration, finding out what's not working and gradually figuring out how to fix it."
Catherine LaCroix is a freelance writer based in Portland, Ore. She covers technology used in business, education and health care.


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Salt Beef has been in our family since 1944. My Nana (my Fathers mother), cooked Salt Beef at the turn of the century in the East End of London, and passed her secret to my father many years ago. He in turn has passed that to me. For the last 4 years, I've been selling our Salt Beef in London's finest food marketsOur salt beef is still hand brined and cooked the traditional way producing that soft buttery texture. We serve it on Bagels baked fresh from Brick Lane every day, or Polish rye which contains a Caraway seed. Thick cut Dutch pickles, fiery English mustard and your good to go. Of course there is our famous modern take on a classic 'The Reuben' which contains torch melted Gouda Cheese produced at Borough Market and our house cabbage salad pickled in Lemon Juice, Salt and Oil. Our Falafel is often cited as 'The Best Falafel In London'. Made with a half and half mixture of organic Turkish chickpeas and skinned fava beans (fuul), Its served on a Khobiz (a Lebanese flatbread) which is coated with hummus made from large white Mexican chickpeas, then sauced with Lebanese tahini (sesame pulp) containing concentrated lemon juice, along with homemade chili. We don't use citric acid or garlic, which is fine for home made hummus, but which we find can taste a little stale if it's stored for any length of time. All Served with bright pink pickled turnips (pickled with organic Norfolk cider vinegar and beetroot for natural color) that traditionally go with falafel. Add our homemade cabbage salad, tomatoes and lettuce and you have the perfect walk along street food. A wrap of pure loveliness
Hot Salt beef bagels & sandwiches as follows:London's Brick Lane beigels with English mustard and thick cut sweet & sour pickles Light Polish style Rye bread with caraway seeds, English mustard and thick cut sweet & sour pickles Our bagels (Beigels) are traditional East End Of london Beigels (yes spelt correctly) boiled & baked every morning and delivered fresh from Brick Lane. Our Rye bread again is baked every morning and delivered fresh. Our falafels are served as wraps with humus, tahini, handmade chilli, pickled turnips, lettuce, tomatoes & cucumber salad and red cabbage salad all wrapped in a delicious Lebanese bread or Khobiz. £5. They are both vegetarian and vegan friendly.
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First, I've got some exciting news (well for me anyway) to share with you. If you didn't know I'm a 'Public Speaker' and part of my school team. We compete in lots of competitions through out the UK, so had our first shot at the BPW competition on Wednesday. It was so exciting! I'm the team's chairperson, so It's my responsibility to ensure the meeting runs smoothly!
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I couldn't exactly give you a low down on my outfit for the evening, as my M&S shirt, that gets whipped from the back of my wardrobe for the event, doesn't really shout 'buy me or regret it,' if I'm honest. Still, It's really important to be presentable, as every mark towards the final score counts!
There was one speech I really enjoyed. It was all about shoes. FULL STOP. But, it was interesting to learn about how many shoes are made in sweatshops, in third world countries.
One point raised was about 'most women having over 20 pairs of shoes in their cupboard,' this made me stop and count mine....
I'd love to know how many shoes you have! More than 20? I doubt that would be too hard...
I'm signing off now, as it's already dark at 4:30, and I'm desperate to get some exciting posts sorted for the weekend - so watch out!
Lots of Love,
p.s. like my new signature? hahaha! I'm basically turning into a Barbie Doll!


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(Venus) Nurturing, receptivity, openness, unity with others, abundance and plenty, beauty, art, creative endeavours. March
Traditionally the Goddess/Empress is seated in this image on a throne as she represents sovereignty, in other words she is the throne. She is the doorway through which we enter this life in the first instance from the womb of our mother, and spiritually she represents the doorway that we must find within, open and journey through so that we may create ourselves anew.
We can also think of her as Gaia or the soul of our planet. There are two eagles on the Soulscapes card and when painting the image one of these was intentional which is the one that is above the head of the figure, however the yellow eagle head on the right hand side of the image just happened as I was scraping the red paint on the background with a palate knife. It wasn't until the image was finished and I stood back to look at it that I saw the second Eagle.
In this Archetype there is a strong female figure whose opposite, partner or counterpart is the God, or Emperor, but neither have power over each other they simply compliment each other as it should be within all strong healthy human relationships. Think of the Yin and Yang in the oriental traditions and as humans having within both a feminine aspect and a masculine aspect. Depending on the maturity of our personality one of these archetypes may dominate and there may need to be some work done to achieve a balance between the dual natures.
In a reading this card may suggest someone who is very feminine and centred in their domestic life as a mother and carer. In old celtic oral traditions the triple forms of the Goddess and God each had their reflection that we encounter as characters in bardic tales such as the Vita Merlini.
In the Waite/Coleman Smith version of this image we see a shield emblazoned with a phoenix which suggests that she is the gateway through which one has to pass in order to live, and in a mystical sense being reborn through the Mother Archetype one is initiated or 'born again' into greater mysteries. In some tarot images she is stepping on a crescent moon and heavily pregnant suggesting again that she is regeneration.
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Wilderness Falls
I've not found a reliable source (besides the name of the new trail) for its name, so we'll match it to the trail name. The waterfall is a high, steep slide with an open canopy before veering sideways into some smaller cascades that end under the trees. It needs good water flow to look its best.
Trail Directions
This high falls is now fairly easily reached, since the Forest Service blazed the Wilderness Falls trail past its base. Follow the trail from either end to reach the falls.
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North Tyneside Sensory Service at Beacon Hill School
Rising Sun Cottages
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Tel: (0191) 6433030
Fax: (0191) 6433032
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Manager: Nick Cubley
Aims of the Service
The Sensory Service at Service at Beacon Hill provides appropriate and effective support to children and young people with a visual and/or hearing loss throughout North Tyneside. This support and advice will be available from the point of diagnosis through school until the young person leaves education or reaches the age of 25. Support and advice will be dependent upon each individual need.
A sensory (sight or hearing) loss is a low incidence loss and the number of children and young people we support can fluctuate year on year.
With improved medical care and the development of early screening and diagnosis, specialists within the team work with young babies and their families/carers. The aim of our support, being to maximise the young child's development and to prepare them to lead a full and inclusive life at school.
There is a continuum of support which can be:
• Advice and work with the family.
• Advice and recommendations into nurseries, early years settings, primary, secondary schools and 6th Form/full time college settings.
• Some children and young people will require specialist teaching by qualified teachers of the d/Deaf / Visual Impairment / Multi Sensory Impairment
• Teaching, support and advice are flexible meeting the needs of individual children and families
Support Allocation
The service uses a nationally recognised (NATSIP) Eligibility Framework to allocate support to children and families.
When working with very young children and families both teams are sensitive to the needs of individual families. Advice given covers all options available to them and is presented without bias.
The Eligibility Framework covers a wide range of need, that ensures support and resources are fairly accessed. In addition to this we also use teachers' professional judgement and a full assessment is carried out by specialist teachers.
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We provide training for:
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Captain Josh is a licensed Coast Guard Captain and has been a professional Minnesota fishing guide for over 20 years. His extensive guiding time on the water takes him to some of the best fishing areas throughout the state. Some of his favorite areas include Mille Lacs Lake, Otter Tail Lake, Leech Lake, Gull Lake, Lake Koronis, Clearwater Lake, Alexandria area lakes, and the Richmond Chain of Lakes.
Whether it's Minnesota's famous Walleye (his specialty), acrobatic Smallmouth or Largemouth Bass, Panfish, hard hitting Northern Pike or monster Muskies--it's all up to you. A classic Minnesota guided fishing trip is waiting for you. Yes, Shore lunch is also available!
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Here's a cabin story for everyone. After a couple of guide trips on Saturday (walleye/crappie trips) I joined the thousands of Memorial Day vacationers on the treck to "the cabin". I was looking forward to seeing how things had progressed througout the last week as far as the crappie fishing in the Walker area where the cabin is located. Why not walleye fishing on Leech or somewhere like that? We'll, trust me, I fish enough walleye during the week, so a good crappie bite is "good game" for me. At any rate, the hunt for shallow crappies would start Sunday around 10:30 am ( I like to sleep).
With the boat in the water and 56 degree water temps--(quite the improvement over the last trip which indicated 47 degree temps) the search was on. No problem, I had a plan--look for big dead bull rush beds from last summer. So I put on the Maui Jims and started "looking" at potential spots aroud the lake while cruising along with the bow mount trolling motor. Within minutes crappies, nice bass, and some bluegills were spotted soaking up the rays in 2-4 ft of clear cool water.
I'll tell ya, it had to be last years bull rush beds on a small or large flat with a slow taper. A narrow band of rushes plunging into 20 or 30 ft of water--no good. Some of the best spots were within wading distance of shore. Now that I had found them, what next?
Since the dead bull rushes were thick and the fish were dead smack in the middle of them (not even in the pockets) --casting anything was not an option--snag city. It was time for good old fashioned "dabbling". In this case I used a 10' fly rod with a small spinning reel attached to it. On the end of the 6 lb line was a 1/16 oz. white jig and a struggling crappie minnow.
I elected for the 1/16th vs. a 1/32 oz jig after having problems with the minnow swiming the jig into the weeds. The areas were so tight that I had one chance to land the bait on the head of the fish or they would spook and swim away. This was not kid friendly fishing--so I hooked the fish and the kids pulled them in! Another factor was that the boat had to keep moving beacuse they minute I stopped to work a pod of fish they would scatter--probably because of the high sun and the shadows. It was definetly a run and gun dabbling event.
I am anticipating that in one week they will be less confined (they will) and be on the outer edges and not so "spooky". If the journals I've kept over the years tell the story, than that will be the case. Frankly, I'm waiting for 59-62 degree temps, than the crappies get really easy to catch--kid friendly in other words. Of course if I would have been more prepared, I wouldn't have left the 20' "dabbling" pole in the garage--ouch! Oh well, I made the fly rod work--I just had to reach a bit more.
Let's go fishing!
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The mushroom's Japanese name shiitake is composed of 'shii', the name of the tree that provides the dead logs on which it is typically cultivated, and 'take' meaning 'mushroom'.
Shitakes have much more flavor than white buttom mushrooms and are also highly nutritious. This combination makes them a wonderful main ingredient in a wide variety of recipes and a great meat substitute.
Selection and Storage
When purchasing mushrooms, select mushrooms that have firm, plump, unblemished and clean caps. The underside of the mushroom should be creamy white. Avoid mushrooms that are wrinkled or have wet slimy spots.
Fresh Shitake Mushrooms will keep up to 14 days when they are stored in the refrigerator in a loosely closed paper bag. They need to breathe so don't store them in plastic!
The best way to clean them is to simply wipe them with a slightly damp paper towel or kitchen cloth. The mushrooms are very porous and if they are exposed to too much water they will absorb it and become soggy. Don't clean mushrooms until you are ready to use them.
The stems of Shiitake mushrooms are often tough. It's best to remove them and set them aside…but don't discard them! They are excellent for flavouring broths and soups.
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