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Orthodox and Heterodoxy during the Season of Advent
The Holy Spirit outside the church
Why baptism? Why the Church? Why "Right Worship"?
The Orthodox are the priests and monastics of the people of God
I [1] have been thinking a lot about the relationship between the Orthodox and their non-Orthodox brothers and sisters in Christ. I have witnessed, experienced and read countless accounts of the abundant grace of God, the transforming power and miraculous work of the Holy Spirit outside of the walls of the Orthodox Church. Even in the midst of much error, ignorance and confusion, Christ is clearly present. Just as God poured out the Holy Spirit on Gentiles not long after Pentecost, sometimes even before they were baptized, so He pours out His Holy Spirit on all who call on his name and desire pure hearts.
So what then is the necessity of the Orthodox, of Orthodox baptism and worship, some might ask?
I think the Orthodox are the priests and monastics of the people of God, as well as the preservers of the fullness of the Church given to us by Christ.
Looking at the structure of our temple has led me to think about these things. Before Christ, the temple was the place where the children of God gathered to pray to the Lord–and their prayers sustained the world. In the outer area, the children of Israel gathered to worship and pray. Then there was the altar where the Levites served and priests offered sacrifices for the people – and the Holy of Holies which only the high priest could enter.
Today, it is the followers of Christ who are God's people. All can stand in the narthex to pray and worship our God and pray for the world, just as the children of Israel once did in the courtyard of the temple. The Orthodox in the nave then represent the priests, standing in the altar, offering up our sacrifice of prayer and fasting, keepers of the sacred tradition handed to us by Christ. The altar where the Orthodox priest enters on our behalf is, of course, the new Holy of Holies.
Like monastics, the Orthodox pray, fast and asceticize more than other Christians.
They are the intercessors before the Lord and His saints on behalf of their brothers and sisters that live more in the world.
Without the mighty prayers of those who answered the monastic call of God, the Church would likely have failed.
Without the Orthodox having preserved the fullness of the teachings of Christ and of His Church, Christianity would not have survived, either.
The rest of Christendom, along with the whole world, survives off of the intercession and labor of the Orthodox Church of Christ on their behalf.
So at Christmastime, while some celebrate Christmas as a time of feasting and exchanging gifts, others withdraw into the cell of their souls to pray and fast. Even the Enemy's attempt to spoil the beautiful picture with his garish threads of commercialism and dark threads of secularism cannot diminish this picture—the glory of the world preparing to receive her King.
It will be a beautiful and wonderful thing when all the people of God, all those that love Christ, all those to whom and through whom the Lord is ministering, are one – when all who love and follow Him are finally 'Orthodox', is another way of putting it – even if this is not until after His return .
For now, for whatever reasons the Lord has allowed it to be, I find beauty in what is. Aside from the crass commercialism, I thoroughly enjoy the metaphor of the world's happy, noisy preparations and celebration of the Savior's birth on December 25th — followed 13 days later by the joyous, but quieter, less noticed (in our culture, anyway), more sacred welcome of the Christ Child on January 7.
To these words, I add some things, which I thought of when I read my email.
I have a theory – the less monastic and "struggling" a church is, and therefore the more secular – the more the lines are blurred between where the church is and where it is not.
We see this secularism in drastically reduced and omitted services, either very infrequent communion, or frequent communion with no preparation, a hatred and distrust of monasticism or even little or no knowledge of it, bishops who do not live openly ascetical, monastic lives, and other symptoms.
I believe that one of the worst things the calendar change did was bring many Orthodox closer to secular Christianity (an oxymoron, really), and decreased their spiritual life in numerous ways.
Of course, not everyone following the Pope's calendar are secular, and many who follow the Julian calendar are barely Christian, but, at least in this country, in many places the church has lost its way. We need more asceticism – not less, and this must be personal asceticism, where we fast and pray, and give alms, and look to the mind of the church and not secular life for inspiration. We also need bishops who truly live and act as bishops – that is, inspirations to the faithful, because they live a sober and monastic life. We have too many administrators and not enough spiritual men.
I wonder sometimes – what am I doing! – when I finish a vigil with myself and one or two other people present – but I always know in my heart that I cannot be what I am not, and I cannot be other than what I am. I am a sinner, but also a Christian priest, and my service, whether almost alone, or in a crowded church, (especially my service outside of Sunday, which seems to be the only "traditional" day when the majority of Orthodox Christians think they should go to church) is part of what was written above: Orthodox are the priests and monastics of the people of God, as well as the preservers of the fullness of the Church given to us by Christ.
Priest Seraphim Holland 2009. St Nicholas Russian Orthodox Church, McKinney, Texas
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Epson's New SureColor F2000 Digital Garment Printers
Company also announces its new PrecisionCore inkjet printing technology.
Epson America has entered the direct-to-garment (DTG) printing market with the introduction of two new, purpose-built, direct-to-garment inkjet printers: the SureColor F2000 Standard Edition and the SureColor F2000 White Edition. Both machines have the ability to print directly onto fabrics ranging from 100-percent cotton to 50/50 blends, including t-shirts, hoodies, jackets, tote bags, and more.
The F2000 Series printers feature:
• Epson MicroPiezo TFP printhead: Purpose-built, one-inch-wide, high-performance printhead with 360 nozzles/color that features ink-repelling coating technology for reduced nozzle clogging.
• Epson UltraChrome DG ink technology, a new water-based garment-ink formulation developed specifically for the Epson MicroPiezo TFP printhead. The F2000 Standard Edition is a high-speed CMYK-only model; the F2000 White Edition offers the added benefit of white ink for printing on dark or color fabrics. Ink cartridges are available in 250- and 600-ml sizes.
* Garment Platen: 14 x 16-in. medium standard platen; additional platens are available for 10 x 12-in., 16 x 20-in., and sleeve sizes.
• Garment Creator Software: Provides users flexibility with print workflow, control to review job history, and the ability to estimate costs in managing and producing prints.
The company also has announced its new PrecisionCore inkjet printing technology. The PrecisionCore chip, based on MEMS technology, uses a 1-micron-thin piezo actuator to deposit ink with superior speed and precision, the company reports. It's a highly scalable technology that will allow Epson to integrate it into products ranging from desktop printers to industrial systems such as large-scale label presses. The PrecisionCore printheads: have two to three times the resolution of Epson's conventional piezo printheads, says Epson; offer variable drop size; and are flexible in the fluids they jet.


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Ashes to Ashes, Stardust to Stardust
The Climate Change March on September 21 intends to be the largest one in American History. I have so many hopes for the march that I hope I won't sink it! I hope for a huge new investment in renewable energies and a cessation of investment in the dead ways. I hope for a resacralization of the desacralized, which includes the shale and the seeds, the water and the air and you and me. I hope Americans will come to see our place in nature as much as now see our place in history. And I also hope for a renewal of the way we die, right down to the words we use.
Consider one example of change that comprehends the entire agenda above. I've been saying "Ashes to Ashes, Stardust to Stardust" at funerals I officiate for the last year or so. I have been astonished at the response. It is pervasively positive. The language just slipped out of me after I watched Carl Sagan's show Cosmos light up the night sky. Cosmos reminds us that everybody who ever was is already up there overhead, blinking. When we die, we become a star. Why use the word "dust" when "stardust" binds our genome to a biological evolving eternity? Why frack when we can use sun or wind? Why stop when you can continue, even if in another form or way?
A renewable and renewing imagination need not start with the material, although God knows we have to do something about how gassy we have become. It can also start with spiritual practice and spiritual language. Spiritual practices are more like solar energy than anything else. They shine. They are an energy that creates more energy. Like solar, many people think they can't afford the long-term investment. Thus we stick to electricity or Lent or Sundays or candles. And of course, these spiritual surrogates are terribly, dangerously fragile. They are lightweights in a time when we need weight bearing spiritual practices. Those who can't pray or renew or see will find somehow that they wish they had thanked or relaxed or seen. Those who think they die as dust will soon realize how much more fun it is to die as stardust. Plus, dying is one of the greenest activities of all. We recycle and compost our very selves
Prayer and meditation are emphatically renewable energy. They change us. They also change the Way of us, our habitat, our soil, our environment, our cosmos. Similarly, changing the language of a memorial is a spiritual practice. In changing the spiritual, we give the material a way to change. Spiritual practices are things that people use to be spiritual. They practice, as in rehearse, the way we want to be and reflect the best way that we are. The words "Best practices" don't apply only to the workplace.
A spiritual practice is a deepening of the always and the everyday. It is washing the dishes as though you liked to or flossing your teeth as though you loved your teeth, rather than just keeping the dentist from guilt tripping you. A spiritual practice is also pretty much anything that tussles with the pragmatic and takes pragmatism into something deeper than its obvious and worthy utility. Watch out dust. You are on your way out.
Practice is not the opposite of pragmatic so much as its underwear, what you wear close to your skin. Spiritual practice knows what ashes to ashes, stardust-to-stardust means.
Lots of people turn spiritual practices into confections. They are not confections. They are defections, when we disrupt the normal absurdities on behalf of the deeper absurdities. In those deeper absurdities, truth is lurking, with a patch on its eye. Or a star's twinkle, high above us.
Maybe my hopes for September 21 are too small, not too big, especially if the energy we need is right here in prayer and in the stardust.


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Gov. Rick Perry — who skipped greeting President Obama on the tarmac in El Paso when the president visited Texas last year — issued a statement Tuesday on Obama's fund-raising visit to El Paso and Austin.
Perry said Obama should apologize for Attorney General Eric Holder's criticism of voter identification laws like the one in Texas:
"Perhaps while the President is visiting Texas, he can take a break from big-dollar fundraisers to disavow his Attorney General's offensive and incendiary comments regarding our common-sense voter identification law.
"In labeling the Texas voter ID law as a "poll tax," Eric Holder purposefully used language designed to inflame passions and incite racial tension. It was not only inappropriate, but simply incorrect on its face.
"The president should apologize for Holder's imprudent remarks and for his insulting lawsuit against the people of Texas."
Perry did greet Obama on a visit to Texas in 2010 (pictured above), when the governor asked for more border troops.
Perry spokeswoman Catherine Frazier said she's not aware of any invitation for the governor to meet with the president on this visit. Texas Democratic Party spokeswoman Rebecca Acuña responded to Perry's statement:
"Rick Perry knows a thing or two about incendiary remarks. Perry's called for secession and has pushed racially charged legislation like his voter suppression legislation to invoke fear. Rick Perry should apologize for wasting taxpayer money to disenfranchise Texans."
Perry and others who support voter identification laws say they are aimed at doing away with fraud. Regarding secession, Perry didn't advocate it — and he has emphasized that — but he did suggest Texas has a right to secede in talking about what he calls an overreaching federal government.


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Lance Armstrong has agreed to a tell-all interview with Oprah Winfrey where he will address allegations that he used performance-enhancing drugs during his cycling career.
According to a release posted on Winfrey's website on Tuesday, it's the first interview with Armstrong since his athletic career crumbled under the weight of a massive report by USADA detailing allegations of drug use by the famous cyclist and teammates on his U.S. Postal Service teams.
It's unclear if the interview at Armstrong's home in Austin, Texas, has already been taped. Nicole Nichols, a spokeswoman for Oprah Winfrey Network & Harpo Studios, declined comment.
The show will air on Jan. 17 in the United States.
Armstrong has strongly denied the doping charges that led to him being stripped of his seven Tour de France titles, but The New York Times reported Friday he has told associates he is considering admitting the use of PEDS.
The newspaper report cited anonymous sources, and Armstrong attorney Tim Herman told The Associated Press that night that he had no knowledge of Armstrong considering a confession.
Earlier Tuesday, "60 Minutes Sports" reported the head of the U.S. Anti-Doping Agency told the show a representative for Armstrong offered the agency a "donation" in excess of $150,000 several years before an investigation by the organization led to the loss of Armstrong's Tour de France titles.
In an interview for the premiere airing on Showtime on Wednesday night, USADA CEO Travis Tygart said he was "stunned" when he received the offer in 2004.
"It was a clear conflict of interest for USADA," Tygart said. "We had no hesitation in rejecting that offer."
Herman denied such an offer was made.
"No truth to that story," Herman wrote Tuesday in an email to the AP. "First Lance heard of it was today. He never made any such contribution or suggestion."
Tygart was travelling and did not respond to requests from the AP for comment. USADA spokeswoman Annie Skinner said Tygart's comments from the interview were accurate. In it, he reiterates what he told the AP last fall: That he was surprised when federal investigators abruptly shut down their two-year probe into Armstrong and his business dealings, then refused to share any of the evidence they had gathered.
"You'll have to ask the feds why they shut down," Tygart told the AP. "They enforce federal criminal laws. We enforce sports anti-doping violations. They're totally separate. We've done our job."


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The Government is battle-ready for any court-based challenge to its partial share float of the Mighty River Power company in the wake of the Waitangi Tribunal's call for a delay.
But it hopes it won't come to that.
Prime Minister John Key said the Government would consider the tribunal's report properly, having caused an outcry from his Maori Party partners when he said he could ignore it.
"I'm asking people to give us a week because we have both a legal and moral responsibility to go through that report," he said. "We will review the recommendations of the Waitangi Tribunal in good faith."
Mr Key implied the Government would not offer any pan-Maori settlement but preferred to deal with individual iwi on specific waterways.
He said the Government had a process that, until this point, had worked well over the past four years - "that is, river by river, waterway by waterway, iwi by iwi".
Mr Key also hinted that Treaty Negotiations Minister and Attorney-General Chris Finlayson would be playing a key role in formulating the Government's response. "At the heart of all of this is ultimately a Treaty settlement process," Mr Key said.
He would not comment on a suggestion the Government could announce a mechanism by which iwi could register interests in particular bodies of water and still go ahead with the sale.
Mr Key and senior ministers met Maori Party co-leader Pita Sharples and Waiariki MP Te Ururoa Flavell yesterday to discuss the report. The Maori Party will spend the next week meeting various groups, including the Maori Council and iwi leaders. Dr Sharples also said he would be in daily contact with Mr Finlayson.
Mr Key heads to the Cook Islands tomorrow and Finance Minister Bill English to Moscow. Asked if he was ready for possible court action, Mr Key said the Maori Council had indicated it would take legal action if the Government pressed ahead with the sale.
"The Crown has had long-held views and well-established positions and if that was an option, of course we'd be ready to go to court."
* The Maori Council, joined by 10 hapu and iwi, went to the Waitangi Tribunal seeking a delay in the sale of up to 49 per cent of Mighty River Power, the first of three state-owned power companies the Government plans to partially float.
* The Waitangi Tribunal recommended a delay, saying the Government would be in breach of the Treaty of Waitangi unless it found a mechanism by which it could recognise Maori proprietary interests in particular bodies of water.


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Black metal is a controversial heavy metal subgenre that, along with death metal, presents the ultimate expression of anger and aggression. It started in the early 1980s on the foundation of groups like Celtic Frost, Venom and Bathory that primarily found their inspiration through the textual part (lyrics about Satanism, spiritualism, magic and nature) with less focus on the music for those lyrics. This first period is also known as the first wave of black metal.
Second wave of black metal and Black Circle
In the 1990s, the second wave started. This wave is primarily connected toNorway, where it begun. Most famous Norwegian representatives of this wave are black metal bands: Mayhem, Darkthrone and Burzum, but it also included other bands such as Gorgoroth, Satyricom, Emperor and Immortal.
The leader of the Mayhem band, known under his alias Euronymous,leda secret organization called Black Circle that fought against Christianity with terrorist actions (burning down churches); they also applied the same "measures" on some bands they didn't consider "evil enough" (Therion, Paradise Lost). The situation culminated when the leader of Burzum band, VargVikernes, cruelly killed Euronymous because he wanted to take over leading the circle and because there was some unsolved business about publishing Burzum's album(Burzumwas under Euronymous' label). Vikerneswent to jail for this murder, where he spent 16 years. This meant the end of Black Circle.
Black metal-criticism
Black metal was heavily criticized by many elements of society that didn't understand black metal lyrics that spoke about Satanism, Christianity, war, hatred for humanity, etc. However, at the same time, black metal experienced a meteoric rise among heavy metal fans in the 1990s.
Most famous black metal bands in the 1980s
Black metal appeared simultaneously in Europe (primarily Scandinavian countries) and across the Atlantic. The most famous bands from this period were Poison and Possessed from the USA, andBathoryfrom Sweden.
Poison was extremely popular and commercially successful during the 1980s and approximately till 1995. They have managed to sell over 40 million albums across the world. Their most famous hit was "Every Rose has its Thorn". Their first album, which was an incredible breakthrough, was released in 1986. It was named Look What The Cat Dragged In. Over the period of their activity, they have released 8 albums, 4 live albums, 5 compilations and 28 radio singles.
Possessed was established in 1983. They were first noted for their strong and quick playing style as well as the lead singer's harsh vocal. After initial success, they stopped working together after just 4 years, in 1987. They joined back together in 1990 and stayed together for a short 3 years. Jeff Becerra, the lead vocal, again started the group in 2007 and said that the new album would be released sometime soon.While working together, band members released two albums: Seven Churches in 1985 and Beyond the Gates in 1986. In May 1987 they released their third album with 5 songs, called The Eyes of Horror,which was something significantly different from previous black metal themes. On this third album, Satanism was almost completely avoided and the music sounded much more like the thrash metal style.


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Pantry Medicine: Onion Poultices, Syrups & Tinctures
by Kiva Rose
Botanical Name: Allium cepa
Botanical Family: Amaryllidaceae
Taste: Spicy, sweet, acrid, diffusive
Energetics: Warm, dry
Vital Actions: Diaphoretic, diuretic, rubefacient, expectorant, circulatory stimulant, smooth muscle relaxant
Therapeutic Effects: Antimicrobial, anti-inflammatory, cough suppressant (not a true suppressant, but does usually reduce frequency and intensity of spasmodic and insistent lingering coughs)
As a little girl growing up in both urban and rural areas, I was fascinated by the wild onions that grew in my family's yard and all in surrounding fields and riversides. I grew up with gardens, but the very idea that a familiar food in the form of a much more smelly feral relative was right there in there in the grass, growing without assistance or permission, seemed like a profound miracle to me. In fact, I liked them so much I gave myself a bellyache more than once by eating an excess of them during my regular foraging forays where I would wander through the woods and fields eating bits of whatever wild plants I had been told were safe to eat, not limited to wild onions but also including crabapples, apples, dandelion greens, elderberries, gooseberries, wild strawberries, yellow dock leaves and even some bites of the unpleasantly textured burdock leaves.
I was also intrigued by the stories I heard from our oldtimer neighbors about how their mothers or grandmothers had cured pneumonia or the croup with onion poultices. This also seemed miraculous to my mind, that a common kitchen food could somehow serve a similar purpose to codeine or other strong prescription medications.
Usually, I stick to talking about local plants or common weeds, but Onion is such a ubiquitous pantry item and easily grown garden plant, that I figure it qualifies just fine. Keep in mind that, in general, the stronger the taste and smell of the Onion, the stronger the medicine. The milder it is, the weaker it is. However, the milder varieties can actually be desirable in small children or those with some sensitivity to the volatile oils or other components that comprise the Onion.
Strangely enough, some of these well known "home remedies" like onion poultices get more flack and criticism than more fancy herbal treatments like standardized Echinacea extracts. Perhaps it's that the latter sounds like something officially medical or maybe it's just that anything old fashioned must be wrong. Either way, onions remain a very effective herb in a variety of circumstances. Some think of it as just a milder form of Garlic (Allium sativum) but in my opinion, it seems like a distinctive medicine with its own characteristics and subtleties. Many hot-natured people (Pitta, as it were), including myself, DO find Garlic entirely too irritating to their skin and mucosa and more prone to cause aggravation of a problem than soothe it. While Onion is not just a wussier form of Garlic, there is enough overlap in uses to make a useful substitute in some cases, especially for respiratory issues.
Onion is specific to damp, cold conditions, but also works well where there's spasmodic coughing and copious phlegm even when there are also some heat signs. I use Onion poultices (recipe/instructions below) with roasted or sauteed Onions for spasmodic coughing, an insistent hacking cough and/or lower respiratory congestion with difficulty breathing. There have been times when even after large doses of other relaxant or even cough suppressing herbs the cough has continued on unabated, usually with the person unable to sleep or rest well. In many of these cases Onion poultices and syrup (often accompanied by frequent small doses of Lobelia) were the only things to soothe the cough enough to let them breathe and sleep long enough to recover. This is the herb to use when you or your child can't sleep because they're having difficulty breathing or can't stop coughing, especially if they're listless, pale and exhausted from coughing or struggling to breathe.
Onion poultices are one of those nearly fool-proof, widely applicable remedies that everyone should know. I have many times showed up on a house call and no doubt initially alarmed parents when I explained what I'm going to do as I pull out some Onions and start chopping, but they often catch on and start using this simple medicine of their own volition. Some of my most rural clients, and especially the Hispanic families, already know this particular bit of herbalism and will immediately go get some cloth to wrap the poultice in and then tell me stories about how their grandmother taught them to do this same thing when they were young.
Not all children are very excited about the idea of someone wrapping them up with a sack of warm, oily onions but often the results of the first time are enough to have them coming back for more, especially if the cough has become painful because of inflammation and/or sore muscles. In fact, even adults often take some convincing that this actually constitutes medicine rather than some sort of bad joke. But again, the results are usually obvious and significant enough to overcome their initial hesitation.
"Onion is stimulant, expectorant, and diuretic. A syrup of onion, prepared by drawing the juice with sugar, is a very effectual expectorant cough medicine for infants, young children, and old persons. If given in moderate quantities it is very soothing; if too freely administered it may cause nausea and disorder digestion. It, together with the onion poultice, are among the good things inherited from domestic medication, and might well be considered in preference to less safe and less depressing pulmonic medication." – Harvey Wickes Felter, Eclectic Physician
This same entry by Felter inspired me to make a tincture of fresh Onion (yes, I said a tincture) for use in chronic urinary tract infections. Despite the dubious taste, it can work quite well in UTIs where there are signs of dampness and coldness, usually not in acute, quick onset infections but in long-term or reoccurring infections accompanied by achiness, mucusy discharge and lethargy. I usually combine it with Beebalm (Monarda spp.) and a tiny bit of Juniper berry or Yerba Mansa (Anemopsis californica) for such cases.
Raw onion poultices are also an old and effective treatment for insect stings and bites, as well as bruises, sprains, strains and so on (but not black eyes please, too much chance of getting the stuff in your eye). I usually chop the onions roughly and then smash them good and proper until juicy and either apply directly or wrapped in muslin (depending on sensitivity of skin and how long I expect to leave it on). Onion juice directly in the ear is also an oldtime remedy for all sort of ear infections, but not something I've ever used as Alder and Elderberry tincture in the ear and internally work so well. And remember, don't EVER be putting anything in the ear if you suspect there's any chance of a ruptured eardrum.
Onions seem to have similar benefits for the cardiovascular system as its close relative, Garlic. There is a traditional basis for this as well as modern medical research backing it up. However, I have not worked with Onion specifically for this (although I certainly have with Garlic) and can't report anything from personal experience.
Raw vs. Cooked
Research(1) indicates that the phenolic compounds in Onion (and many other aromatic plants) responsible for at least part of the antimicrobial properties of the plant are destroyed by heat. So, while I do use a cooked Onion poultice for spasmodic coughing and earaches (uses obviously having little to do with any anti-bacterial properties), I prefer the raw Onion poultices for stings, bites and for the Onion syrup.
Dosage: Syrup dosage is about 1 tsp ever 3-4 hours for a medium sized child of about 7-11 years of age or 1 tbs every 3-4 hours for a medium sized adult with normal Onion tolerance. Less for smaller people or those with delicate digestion, more for larger people. Tincture dosage depends on specific use but about 10-30 drops for most things in an adult.
Considerations: Onion is less appropriate where there's signs of overt heat (especially in childhood eruptive diseases) and large doses internally can cause digestive upset. Better to use small frequent doses than large, sporadic doses both for level of effectiveness and for one's belly health.
Basic Onion Poultice
- 2-3 medium sized onions (this is for an entire chest or back poultice on a medium sized human), finely diced. If you choose to roast or steam your Onions rather than saute them, you may prefer to leave them whole.
- 1/4 C Flour or corn meal (optional, helps to more evenly distribute the poultice)
- Muslin or similar cloth large enough to fold over poultice and cover chest or upper back
- Hot water bottle
- Medium sized towel
- You can either steam, roast or sauté your onions, depending on your preference. I've used all three methods but usually end up just sautéing them in some olive or coconut oil in cast iron frying pan on my woodstove. Cook until tender and somewhat transparent (we're not going for caramelized here).
- Stir in flour or corn meal until a gooey paste is achieved.
- Spread onto muslin and fold over to hold poultice and heat in.
- Place on chest, upper back or wherever needed. Use as hot as can be tolerated, but not hot enough to cause pain.
- Cover with hot water bottle. Again, as hot as is not painful.
- Cover area with towel.
- Let sit for 15-30 minutes before removing.
- When using because of coughs or congestion, it's great to follow this with a thorough application of some kind of chest rub. I like a salve made with a blend of Pine, Fir and Cottonwood infused oils.
Simple Onion Syrup
- 1 Cup roughly chopped fresh onion
- Small handful of fresh or dried Sage or Thyme or Monarda (or equal amount of fresh chopped White Fir, Abies concolor, needles). (Optional)
- Juice of half a lemon (Optional)
- 1 tsp freshly grated Ginger root (Optional)
- Enough honey to cover herbs
Just place the onion and other herbs in a jar, cover with honey, stir to remove air bubbles and cover. Let sit overnight. The honey will very effectively suck all the juice out of the Onion. Use by the teaspoonful beginning the next morning. Some people like to eat the onion bits with the honey and some people prefer to strain the solids out. It's up to you.
Footnotes and References:
Felter, H.W. and J.U. Lloyd. 1985. King's American Dispensatory, Vols. 12. Portland, OR: Eclectic Medical Publications [reprint of 1898 original]. 146.
Eavesdropping on conversations by old rural folks in Missouri
Personal conversation with Hispanic, Indigenous and Anglo folks in New Mexico and Arizona
All Photos ©2011 Kiva Rose
20 Responses to "Pantry Medicine: Onion Poultices, Syrups and Tinctures"
I love this reference>>>Eavesdropping on conversations by old rural folks in Missouri.
Your onion syrup recipe is exactly the same as mine, which was picked up from old rural folks in Iowa. . 🙂
I love homey local non-exotic things…great writing. I have a hardcopy, homemade book entities "Wisdom of Kiva Rose". I love to just relax with a cup of tea and read and reread your writings. I do have to confess, as a little girl in the early 50's, I did enjoy that codeine syrup Mom got from the Doctor, now I know why
better (in my opinion) than onion juice in the ear is an onion poultice as a "heating pad".
in this case, all i do is slice the onion just the same as you would for a hamburger, about a half an inch thick. saute until it's hot through (not cooked necessarily, just hot) and wrap in flannel or other fabric. make sure not to wrap too thin, so you don't burn the ear, or too thick.
it's immediately soothing, but the real key here is the sulfur in the steam into the ear. when i get an ear infection, it's gone by the next morning if i do this a few times through the day. and it helps for the pain, too – what more could you ask for?
I do love onion poultices for earaches. I cut them in half, place, cut side down, on a baking sheet and bake for about 1/2 hour. Remove, cover with muslin, and let sit until just cool enough that they can stand it being against the ear (I'll often just hold it near the ear, to allow the fumes and warmth to begin working, and move it closer as it cools). Hold against ear until cool, then replace with second half, that has been sitting in the oven keeping warm.
It feels wonderful, works a charm.
Now, alder/elderberry tincture–that I'll have to try, too. Nice.
Your wisdom leaves me in awe and touches such a natural and wild response in me, thank you! I used to eat (ok still do sometimes) wild onion til my stomach would get a little quease, too. Also, your pictures are magical and also concise… Beautiful~
I can't believe that I forgot about onion! Reading this article came at a great time for me 🙂
I do have a question though… given your success with UTI's and garlic's sucess with yeast infections, could I extrapolate out that onion tincture could be pretty good for recurring yeast infections? My brain is so foggy today and I'm about to take a nap though, so if my reasoning is completely out there….
Kiva, It's so satisfying to finally be able to understand the "taste, energetics, vital actions and therapeutic effects" categories after having taken the herbal energetics course. Thanks again for offering it! I was always thrilled (still am) by finding a wild version of a cultivated plant, and by the magic of making something with simple ingredients at hand—of finding a creative solution instead of a buying solution. Love your references…
can you refer me to the garlic for yeast infections post?
a use for onion I'd not seen before: young man in Mexico with significant, deep laceration in his hand, One of the elders had his wife get him an onion from the kitchen..he carefully pulled apart one of the layers and peeled off a large,1-layer thin piece of onion skin. Drying off the kids skin around the wound, he placed the onion skin over the laceration, it acted as a steri-strip;pulling together the edges of the laceration and seeming to stop the still oozing blood. It stuck to the dry skin and stayed in place…and you could see through it to examine the wound when he periodically replaced it
worked like a charm!
that's a great story, John! I also use onion as a drawing agent…such as to pull out a deep splinter or piece of glass. The onion acts as both the anti-microbial and drawing herb and is quickly soothing. You can put it in a toaster oven for a few minutes…anything to release the juices…as you say Kiva, sauteed, or roasted, or raw and mashed or bruised…then applied and covered…works like a charm…onion syrup is very popular in Italian folk medicine, that's where I first learned of it…and lastly, I love it for ear pain…a roasted slice of onion in (and/or on the ear, as Katja said) the ear overnight, held in place with a headband, or bandanna works quickly and will also literally draw out wax that's accumulated in the ear. Great post, thanks!
All this talk about wild onion has me wondering what wild onion vinegar would taste like, I've had success treating colds and mild flu with wild onions in a veggie soup broth, and that tasted awesome so I'll bet the vinegar would be great too!
That was a great post. Very well described and thorough. After (and during) reading this, I once again thought how much I respect folk herbalism. I always figure if folks have been doing something for hundreds if not thousands of years, it probably works. That's enough to at least give something a try.
I really appreciated you sharing that the world. Respect & Gratitude.
Thanks also to the community for sharing your own thoughts & ideas. I feel like I just sat in a room with a bunch of cool, wise people talking about natural healing methods. Very cool.
May your hearts beat strong to the rhythms of the Earth.
I stumbled across your site today and have been on it for hours. Thank you
Does the onion syrup need to be refrigerated?
I used the chest rub recipe and was amazed by the results! I was so sick and actually used only 3/4 of an onion which was all i had in the frig… WOW!!! I'm headed to the market for more as my grandchildren are suffering from congestion and infection… this stuff really works! thanks for sharing!!! God bless you!!
I made this for my 6 year old who has had a cough and woke up screaming because his ear hurt. I put the poultice on his chest and a few slices of sauteed onion on his ear. He is currently passed out cold. Thank you!!


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WARSAW (Reuters) - Pop diva Madonna may have upset some Catholic Poles by timing her debut Polish concert to coincide with a big religious holiday on Saturday, but she is sure of a warm welcome if she visits the tiny village of Rumin.
In Rumin in central Poland, her fans plan to name a street after her and want to make her an honorary 'citizen'. If she does visit, the young girls of the village also intend to perform dances for her in the freshly harvested fields.
"Rumin is like Madonna, Rumin is top. Rumin is trendy, Rumin is fashion. That's the general idea and we want to underline that Rumin is very similar to Madonna. And we want Madonna to join Rumin by accepting honorary citizenship," said Mariusz Ciszak, the main organizer of the campaign.
He has designed Madonna T-shirts and sweaters which some of the villagers are now wearing.
It was not clear on Friday whether Madonna had any plans to visit the village, about 230 km (143 miles) west of Warsaw, during her stay.
Madonna has upset some believers in devoutly Roman Catholic Poland by timing her Polish debut concert to coincide with the day when Christians mark the Virgin Mary's ascension to heaven.
Madonna has often annoyed conservative Christians, kissing an actor playing Jesus in one of her videos and staging a crucifixion scene in her last world tour.
As well as her Warsaw concert, the singer is also expected to pay a visit to the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz in southern Poland where up to 1.5 million people, mostly Jews, perished during World War Two.
Madonna is a follower of the Kabbalah, a mystical strand of Judaism, though she is not Jewish and was raised as a Catholic.
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December 06, 2002
Los Angeles — After six months of intense interviews, research and international networking, students in the Fully Employed MBA (FEMBA) program at UCLA Anderson will reveal their findings regarding the potential of five New Zealand industry sectors to break into U.S. markets. The students will present their recommendations to corporate executives, faculty members and fellow students during sessions scheduled from 1 to 6 p.m. on Thursday, December 12, 2002, at UCLA Anderson's Korn Convocation Hall.
The findings are the result of a collaborative field study project launched this past summer with the New Zealand Trade Development Board (Trade New Zealand). The project is designed to help New Zealand high tech firms expand their reach to the United States. During their presentations, the students will be questioned by 20 panelists from New Zealand, including government officers, executives, corporate leaders and university officials, about the details of their findings and their research methodology. In addition, approximately 40 panelists in four New Zealand cities (Auckland, Wellington, Christchurch and Dunedin) will participate by videoconference.
More than 50 UCLA Anderson FEMBA students traveled to New Zealand over the summer to hold group sessions with various sectors at Trade New Zealand. The students were divided into field study teams for each of the five industry sectors: health IT, wireless, software, biotechnology and creative/new media.
"These studies conducted for the government of New Zealand by the FEMBA students highlight the specific challenges and opportunities faced by foreign-based companies in the information, communications and technology sectors as they attempt to enter the U.S. marketplace," said Victor Tabbush, associate dean, FEMBA program, and adjunct professor of global economics and management, who leads the FEMBA course titled, "International Field Study — Single Client Model."
Many New Zealand companies have had difficulties accessing and building a presence in the United States due to issues of specialization, scale and lack of marketing management expertise, access to capital, and distance from the market. Trade New Zealand helps client companies achieve success in North America through a variety of programs, including the International Field Study Project with UCLA Anderson.
The participating students are in their final year at UCLA Anderson and juggle demanding full-time work, and in some cases, family schedules, while completing the field study program.
"It's truly the diversity of students' experiences that add value and credence to their work with Trade New Zealand," said Prof. Tabbush.
Ranging from vice presidents, business managers, entrepreneurs and finance directors to scientists, engineers, physicians and surgeons, the FEMBA students bring a wealth of experience and expertise in a number of arenas to Trade New Zealand. By teaming such diverse backgrounds into various working groups, Trade New Zealand benefits from the combined wealth of knowledge that team members share.
The required project, challenging in many aspects, is perhaps most difficult when the teams attempted to schedule the long hours of group meetings to accommodate all members, said liver transplant surgeon Howard Takiff, a FEMBA student and member of the biotech sector on this project. The students interviewed 60 companies participating in the Trade New Zealand study to better understand their business structure and challenges they face in breaking into the highly competitive U.S. markets.
FEMBA student David Kershner, who is helping orchestrate a major restructuring at Boeing and is assigned to the creative/new media sector, was impressed with the very wide and detailed scope of the New Zealand project, as well as the practical knowledge UCLA Anderson field study assignment provided.
Kershner notes that although his team never found the "golden egg" that would ultimately guarantee success for New Zealand companies entering the U.S. market, his hands-on experience was more reflective of the real world and invaluable to him as he prepares for his career path post-MBA.
"I have made wonderful contacts and participated in a massive consulting process," Kershner said. "In working through many of the challenges throughout the project, I learned how to adapt to changing situations quickly and professionally."
These MBA-bound students have significant work experience and have already established themselves as managers in their respective careers. As business leaders, they have inevitably encountered complex and challenging decisions through the course of their work; however, the international field study project is unique in its broad scope and focus on the critical value of teamwork in today's global business environment.
The FEMBA International Field Study has the following objectives and benefits for participating UCLA Anderson students:
To integrate, apply and extend the FEMBA curriculum in the context of a hands-on, top-level business consulting experience.
To learn the complexities and subtleties of doing business internationally.
To develop business research skills that will be helpful to supporting business decision-making.
To utilize team processes and efforts to accomplish a large, complex and challenging business problem.
To utilize state-of-the-art web-based communications and project management tools.
The benefits for participating companies include:
Speeding up the development of their market entry strategies for North America.
Establishing business relationships with the U.S. students and their industry contacts.
Working alongside a New Zealand Advisory Board representing specialist industry advisors.
FEMBA student Takiff considers the field study a culmination of his educational experience at UCLA Anderson. It has provided him a chance to integrate all that he has learned through coursework and interactions with faculty advisors into meaningful analysis for the New Zealand clients.
"Some of the most interesting and valuable learning experience involved the 'general' knowledge I gained about strategies to attack complex projects using the full resources of a group's capabilities," Takiff said.
The client companies of Trade New Zealand range from privately-held startup firms to large entities such as Weta Studios, a major powerhouse in New Zealand that produced an abundance of the visuals for all three "Lord of the Rings" films.
About Trade New Zealand
As a government agency, Trade New Zealand provides leadership and support to enable New Zealand to be a real force in the global economy. Trade New Zealand facilitates trade, international investments and exchange of knowledge into New Zealand and out into the world.
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UCLA Anderson is perennially ranked among the top-tier business schools in the world. Award winning faculty renowned for their research and teaching, highly selective students, successful alumni and world-class facilities combine to provide an extraordinary learning opportunity. Established in 1935, UCLA Anderson provides management education to more than 1,300 students enrolled in full-time, part-time and executive MBA programs and academic master's and Ph.D. programs.
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Wayland Alum Pays it Forward
February 20, 2013
PLAINVIEW — A goal 53 years in the making came to fruition for Wayland Baptist University alum Dr. Bob Frye and his wife, Alice, when the couple dedicated an endowed scholarship in honor of former Wayland professor Dr. Sherman Neff. The dedication was held Tuesday in the Harley Redin Hall of Honor at Hutcherson Center and allowed Frye to simultaneously recognize another one his mentors, Coach Redin.
Frye graduated from Wayland in 1961 with a Bachelor of Arts degree and then went on to Purdue University to get his master's degree. He received his doctoral degree from the University of Tennessee and served for more than 30 years as a faculty member in the English Department at Texas Christian University, where he now is Professor Emeritus.
With that background, Wayland Director of Donor Relations Hope English addressed the Fryes' decision to endow a scholarship at Wayland as she welcomed the crowd of friends to the dedication, pointing out that there was any number of other institutions that could have benefited from the couple's generosity.
"For you to choose to do the scholarship where you started says so much about you," she told Frye, adding, "It is the perfect example of the power of a mentor and then the gratitude of a mentee that has the opportunity to pay it forward someday."
As Frye addressed the crowd he talked about mentors, citing two. One was Neff, for whom the scholarship was named. The other was longtime benefactor and retired coach Harley Redin. Frye explained that the two worked in concert to help a young man with no resources get an education.
As a young teenager, Frye was allowed by Redin to be a manager for the Wayland Pioneer basketball team. However, once he was out of high school, Frye said, he had no intention of going to college because he had no money. Redin sent then-head coach Ed Billings to offer the young man a basketball scholarship but problems arose when Frye told the coach that he was planning to marry his sweetheart, Alice Swanner.
"He frowned and said there was a rule against players being married but he would check with Coach Redin. He did, and Coach Redin, as athletic director, waived the rule," Frye said, adding that he learned several years later that the Pioneers actually did not have any available scholarships. Redin had used a scholarship "left over" from the school's women's team, the Flying Queens.
"That momentous turning point . . . has transformed my life," Frye said, because it led him to Neff.
"Dr. Neff invited me to enroll in his honors class of freshmen English and rather early in the semester asked me to come to his office. He told me he thought I ought to work toward a Ph.D. in English. I did not even know what a Ph.D. was, but I said, 'Yes sir.' "
Neff came to Wayland after a long and distinguished career with the English department at the University of Utah, where he served as the department chair. He came to Wayland in 1955 and taught at the school until 1965. Neff received a master's degree from Yale in 1909, a second master's degree in 1911 from Harvard and a Ph.D. from Harvard in 1916.
In the inscription on the endowed scholarship plaque that will be on display at Wayland, Frye explained that "Dr. Neff was compassionately demanding, invariably supportive, always inspiring."
Frye explained that Neff's interest in and influence upon the young scholar went well beyond his years as a student at Wayland. In fact, he said, when the possibility arose that Frye's three-year doctoral fellowship could expire before he completed his dissertation, Neff loaned his student sufficient money — interest free and with no firm repayment schedule — to complete the degree.
Frye said after he got his faculty position at TCU, "with degree in hand," he focused on paying back Neff for his generous loan.
It was that kind of friendship and support that led the Fryes to commit to funding a scholarship in Neff's name.
"We are pleased to have some part in honoring his memory," said Frye, who in 1993 was named Wayland's Distinguished Alumni..
As part of the dedication, Dr. Cindy Marlow McClenagan, dean of the School of Languages and Literature, addressed the Fryes and thanked them for their generosity, as did current English major and 2013 Miss Wayland Amanda Page. Page told of her grandfather facing the prospect of having to quit school to work during the Depression only to have a teacher step up and pay for him to continue.
"I think what you are doing is inspirational to someone like me," she said.
McClenagan pointed out that the scholarship — and the story behind it — were not just an inspiration to the students but to the faculty, as well.
"I would like to very simply and very sincerely say on behalf of the School of Languages and Literature, the faculty of the School of Language and Literature, that we greatly, greatly appreciate your donation in honor of Dr. Neff. Not only have you created a scholarship that will help worthy students year after year after year, but you've done so in honor of a faculty member, in honor of an English professor. We can all hope that perhaps at some point in our careers we might somehow inspire students as Dr. Neff obviously inspired and assisted you," she said.
The scholarship will benefit English majors and minors at Wayland.


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As 2012 wound to a close I made the decision to start my own entrepreneurial journey. As I started 2013, I had very high hopes for 312 Digital.
Things were off to a very fast and exciting start. I brought on a handful of clients and was referred some terrific opportunities. I completed a handful of projects and engagements and we conducted a few day long training classes.
I was happy with the progress we were making and was in discussions with a couple of different places trying to find a place to house 312 Digital's operations come Q2 or Q3 2013.
Then something crazy happened.
The right full time job found me…in one of the least likely businesses I could possibly imagine. And it happened so FAST, I hardly had time to breathe before it was over.
I'm going to work for Sears
Yes. You read that right. I've accepted a position as Director, Digital Marketing for the PartsDirect business which is a part of Sears Home Services. My official start date is May 20th.
My primary responsibility will be to oversee the digital marketing at http://searspartsdirect.com with a strong focus on increased revenue via the existing channels and expanding capabilities in other channels. I'll also be lending my expertise to other business lines inside Sears Home Services (I'm reporting to the CMO of the Sears Home Services business unit.)
What does this mean for 312 Digital?
One of the questions that keeps coming up is "what are you going to do about 312 Digital?"
It's a good question. One best answered by detailing what I will and will not be doing outside the core responsibilities set forth above:
I will be:
- Speaking at conferences (for example the @Midwest Conference June 7th)
- Teaching an MBA class on social media at Elmhurst College (Begins in October 2013)
- Taking on the occasional consulting client about SEO and Digital Marketing. The client has to be both an interesting and good fit for me personally as well as present no conflict with the broader Sears business.
I will NOT be:
- Taking on any new significant projects of any size, whether SEO, website development or otherwise.
- Offering any new digital marketing training classes through 312 Digital for the time being. I may decide to offer some personalized classes in the future on weekends, but that will probably not happen for at least six months as I ramp up and get acclimited with my responsibilities at Sears.
Exciting Times
I'm very excited about this career move for a number of reasons.
- Sears is a "Legendary Business." Yes Sears has taken a beating in the business press over the last several years, but at least some of that is unwarranted IMHO. They are still #71 (down from #65 last year) on the Fortune 500 list with close to $40 billion in revenue.
- Exceptional Leaders. The Home Services division is committed to growth and the leaders I'll be working for are top notch.
- Breaking Away from Legal. One of the biggest issues for me professionally is that no matter where I go or what I accomplish, the focus always returns to my law degree. Yes, I spent 15 years working in the legal services industry. But my contention is (and always has been) that the skills of any digital marketer are transferable. From vertical to vertical; from B2B to B2C and beyond. What we do applies broadly across industries, sectors, business models and geography. I'm very pleased to be entering a business that will finally put to rest the notion that I'm "just" a legal marketer (not that there's anything wrong with being a legal marketer).
I'm fired up to begin work for Sears. Initially, I will be working out of their Hoffman Estates headquarters. After the first few months on the job my bosses and I will jointly determine whether I spend most of my days at that location or whether I start spending more time at the downtown Chicago office. There will also be periodic visits to offices in Florida, Arizona and Iowa as well.
My current contact information will work well and I'll be sure to update my LinkedIn profile with the Sears contact info as soon as I have it.
Stay in touch and thank you for your support of me personally and of 312 Digital! Your encouragement has been an inspiration to me these last 5 months.
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David Moyes will make a renewed attempt to eradicate diving from Ashley Young's game after the latest controversy involving the Manchester United winger.
Young's reputation suffered another blow against Real Sociedad on Tuesday when he won a penalty with a theatrical tumble to a slight pull from the home midfielder Markel Bergara. Robin van Persie missed the spot-kick as United were held to a goalless draw in the Basque country but maintained their place at the top of Group A.
The 28-year-old was widely condemned for his actions in San Sebastián and the former United players Roy Keane and Ray Wilkins accused the England international of conning the referee, Nicola Rizzoli. Wilkins branded the dive "pathetic".
Moyes refused to condemn Young in public after the game, instead focusing on the referee's performance on a night when Marouane Fellaini was dismissed for two bookable offences. Privately, however, the United manager is expected again to warn Young about going to ground too easily and reiterate his opposition to diving among his players.
The former Aston Villa winger has been unwilling or unable to heed previous warnings about his conduct from United managers. Sir Alex Ferguson cautioned Young after diving controversies against Villa and Queens Park Rangers, and the former United manager claimed in his latest autobiography that the player had matured in that regard.
But Moyes was compelled to speak to Young after he dived against Crystal Palace earlier this season and has started him in only two matches since that game. The winger's international prospects have also suffered over the past year as he struggles to fulfil the initial promise of an £18m move to Old Trafford in 2011.
Moyes is unlikely to tolerate further breaches of his disciplinary code as he imposes himself at Old Trafford. The Scot has been a leading advocate of retrospective punishment for diving for a number of years and, while Everton manager last season, fined his captain, Phil Neville, a week's wages for feigning a foul during a Merseyside derby. Neville's dive was all the more embarrassing for Moyes as he had criticised Luis Suárez's theatrics on the eve of the derby and claimed players who "con their way to results" would drive supporters away from the game.
Speaking last October, prior to the introduction of goalline technology and a three-man panel to review incidents missed by match officials, Moyes said: "I'm of the view that retrospective viewing of diving should be more important than some of the technology they are talking about bringing in. I think it would make the referee's job an awful lot easier if that was there. If you do it and you get banned for it, it wouldn't take long before you cut it out. It wouldn't take much – four or five people on a panel, referees, players and managers. I think it could be easily done."
The United manager, meanwhile, is likely to have Michael Carrick, Jonny Evans and Rafael da Silva back from injury for Sunday's Premier League meeting with Arsenal. All three missed the Real Sociedad game but are in contention to return against the league leaders, when Rio Ferdinand admits United must show the consistency required to maintain hope of retaining the title. Moyes's side are unbeaten in eight matches in all competitions and host Arsenal having won successive league games for the first time under their new manager.
Ferdinand said: "We have had a few bad results at Old Trafford this season already and we can't continue like that. We have put together a decent run of games. People say we have to win this weekend against Arsenal but it doesn't matter whether it is Cardiff or Swansea or whoever – we have to win.
"People will be thinking we could be 11 points behind or five points behind Arsenal but it doesn't matter to us. If we were 10 points clear we'd want to win this game at home. That is not going to change. I don't think we have shown ourselves this season on a consistent basis, not just in the big games. It is time to start putting our foot on the pedal now and motor on. We have to do that if we want to remain in contention to win the league."


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Up to 52 blocks now. In six months.
It doesn't seem like six months. But I know that I started these while the girls were out of school for Christmas break. And I took them with me to Mexico in early January. And here it is summer vacation.
Not once have I been bored with these. I may not touch a block for weeks, but there are always a few ready to go when the mood hits. And then I might make three in a weekend. Or two at night while I watch the Tour de France.
I said at
that I was only committed to making 9. Then I said that I would go until I was bored. Now I think I might go until I make 72. With a border - yes, I am actually planning a border - that will give me a finished quilt of 60'' by 75''. At least that is how it is coming together in my head.
Of course, I have to say thank you to everyone who sent me squares and scraps of fabric
. Every time I go to prep another set of blocks I have so much to choose from. It has definitely helped in expanding the range of fabrics in the blocks. All the appliqué pieces will be unique, but the backgrounds to have a bit of repeats.
So, thank-you to:
Carolyn Forster
Erin Harris
Barb Robson
Anna Passafiume
Penny Gold
Latifah Saafir
Katrina Hertzer
Liz Zok
If I missed someone, I'm sorry! Some of the envelopes may have been recycled by eager little girls after the mail was opened.


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The Spring Riot of 1963 flashed across cultural history like a pyrotechnic burst of wanton Americana. It lit on the campus of Princeton University on the first Monday in May and blazed up the Northeast Corridor, peaking in intensity on May 10 at New Haven where the boys exchanged beatings with the cops. For months thereafter, its smoldering wreckage filled sensational space in the national press as tens of millions of adults opened their morning papers to confront a generation gap and a moral panic. Old schools shivered in a cold sweat of spring fever—a case of student protest gone viral. Viewed in retrospect 50 years on, the Spring Riot of 1963 is a pivotal event, a violent insurrection, a preview of coming destructions. But the men and women who in later years occupied Hamilton Hall or picketed Dow Chemical in Madison or died at Kent State were bona fide student demonstrators. The boys who in 1963 roughed up some pretty campuses were rebels with a cause unmentionable in polite company. The student rioters of '63 demonstrated the temper of the times, unconsciously fighting a guerilla skirmish in the sexual revolution.
That first Monday in May, the 6, followed Houseparties, Princeton's annual spring formal, where, four decades earlier, when former student Scott Fitzgerald was at his hottest, he and Zelda had shown up as "chaperones," brawling and cartwheeling. The women imported as dates for a weekend of booze and noise had returned to Smith or Sarah Lawrence or the Main Line or wherever, and the undergraduate campus reawakened to fairly dull life in a superlatively dull town in middle-of-nowhere New Jersey, under the in loco parentis supervision of an administration that never let you take the car out. The campus of Princeton had imbalanced hormones that Monday when the Spring Riot of 1963 began, around 10:30 p.m., as a small bit of study-break tomfoolery. That opening chapter ended two and a half hours later, after the crowd had peaked at an estimated 1,500, and after failed missions to gather lingerie from women boarding at both a nearby choir college and at Miss Fine's, a prep school. Final tally: Tens of thousands of dollars in property damage, 644 marks on permanent records, 47 suspensions, 14 arrests, 13 convictions.
And then the thing leapt. That week, Students at Harvard, Columbia, and Brandeis made efforts at sympathy riots, but these never amounted to much more than half of the student body wandering around after curfew in a futile search for trouble (unless you count the May 19 aftershock initiated by Radcliffe women roaming Cambridge in search of jockstraps).
In Providence, R.I., and New Haven, Conn., the native spirits were more restless. One night that week at Brown, a frat boy accidentally broke a window with a softball, then his peers very intentionally broke some more, setting a tone for the next five hours. In pursuit of women's underwear, members of a mob of 1,500 approached women's residences at Pembroke College and at RISD, and the cops weren't having it—15 arrests, nine police dogs.
At Yale, as many as 2,000 boys picked up the same act early on May 10, with the New York Times reporting:
"This morning, soon after midnight, freshmen left Vanderbilt Hall and began shouting on the campus. Upper classmen joined in, and the students marched in the streets toward Helen Hadley Hall, Yale's only dormitory for women. They found the police barring all approaches to the dormitory."
But to get the full effect of the moment, you had to pick up the Herald Tribune, which was not too decorous to report the marchers' chant, "We want sex! We want sex!" Turned away at Hadley Hall, the boys regrouped, went downtown, and engaged in melee with police that produced 17 arrests and put significant mileage on at least 50 billy clubs.
That following Sunday, the Times editorial page greeted the Princeton riot with an entitled chuckle. Merely amused, the editorial, headlined "Elementary Rioting I", boasted with "nostalgic pride" of the havoc wrought by "greying veterans" of the campus mayhem scene. The Times suggested that colleges develop curricula for how-to-riot classes "to run for one week every spring on every American campus. Those who flunk the course would be required to repeat, annually."
Meanwhile, the relevant editorial in the Herald Tribune headlined the riot as "Sleazy Kid Stuff," joining the populist indignation expressed by Hearst columnist Bob Considine: "These bums should have been locked up and booted out of school. If 1,500 Puerto Ricans had run similarly berserk in New York … the full weight of the law would have clobbered them." However, elsewhere the Herald Tribune shared the Times' regal indifference. The reporter who transcribed the we-want-sex detail compared the Yale event against New Haven's history of wanton rampages and declared himself unimpressed.
The man from the Herald Tribune did not see that the energetic brutality of the Spring Riot was different in kind and in context than its predecessors. In a world that was going electric and egalitarian, a youth culture was finding its voice, and challenging an establishment with bodily force, using the rhetoric of the old-school boys-will-be-boys prank. Which was rather an ill fit when contrasted with the news from Birmingham, Ala., of the disenfranchised being attacked for praying in the street. Witness the Daily Princetonian's headline about the conclusion of the Spring Riot—"Yale Riot Marred By Police Brutality," as if the cops had spoiled all the fun by preventing total chaos.
It first struck me as odd that the Herald Tribune reporter missed the mark, because his byline read Tom Wolfe. But that was a long time ago, and there weren't yet any Tom Wolfe books to guide him through the strange rearrangements of American society in the 1960s. The Spring Riot of '63 was a freak footnote in the histories of co-education and the sexual revolution, of the Establishment and its bourgeois manners, of public assembly and private social life.
To follow the all-American tradition of the panty raid back to its deepest origins would require detailed reference to pagan fertility rituals. Let's instead pick up its pre-history at the University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign in the 1920s, where a "Spring Riot" was an annual event that "broke out spontaneously on one of the first warm evenings." Among other horseplay, the boys would invade the girls' residences, asking for underwear. The classic imagery finds co-eds cramming sorority-house balconies and dorm-room windows, raining their silken scanties upon crew-cut heads, along with occasional water balloons, and sometimes a potted plant. The administration at Illinois tolerated this gentle mayhem as a healthy expression of vernal exuberance.
The first significant stand-alone panty raid swung into action at Augustana College in Rock Island, Ill., at a quarter to 1 in the morning on Feb, 25, 1949. The Augustana incident isn't strictly representative of the form; it had the character of military action (as when the vandals conspired to cut the power lines leading to relevant dorm and solicit the collusion of a housemother). Still, the Chicago Tribune's front-page response—"Students Don Masks, Invade Rooms of Sleeping Co-Eds"—suggested a template for newspaper editors who wanted to have their sensationalism and stoke a moral panic too: The paper claimed that some of the girls "became hysterical," and for balance reported that "others were heard calling out windows, 'Help! Police! Isn't this wonderful?' "
The first proper, impromptu panty raid came on March 20, 1952, and the account of the alumni magazine of the University of Michigan depicts all the classic tropes. After dinner on a warmish weeknight—57 degrees in Ann Arbor—a junior picked up his trumpet and tootled a bit of Glenn Miller from his window, just to relax. A trombone responded from an adjacent quad, and two tubas, and students started yelling at the instrumentalists to shut up. A general racket gathered, and soon 600 guys were milling around. The arrival of campus security provided further stimulant. Michigan Today anatomizes the environment:
"Stop here and review the ingredients: a) the first comfortable night outdoors in four or five months; b) a great deal of ambient noise; d) a strict code of rules forbidding unsupervised mixing of the sexes; and d) hundreds of 18-, 19- and 20-year-old males."
Boys raced through girls' dorms, and the girls attempted a counter-trespass, and 2,500 kids ran lightly amok, until at 1 a.m. it started to rain, wetting the fuse just as things threatened to turn incendiary. A witness recalled the fun and games beginning to degrade "into unpleasant demonstrations of near-viciousness."
In 1952, Michigan's case of spring fever went viral, and that May it swept the nation like an epidemic afflicting a majority of the undergraduate institutions you've ever heard of. Minnesota, Missouri, Barnard, Vanderbilt, Kansas, Florida, Nebraska, Iowa, Purdue, Alabama, Wisconsin, Oklahoma, Vermont, and so on. All over the place, boys stormed girls' dorms, damaging property while demonstrating impropriety. The phenomenon peaked on May 21, when a survey of wire reports indicated "in the last 24 hours, an estimated 12 thousand students raided women's dormitories on at least 11 of the nation's campuses." Ask your grandma to be sure, but it appears that the tenor of the true '50s panty raid tended more toward reciprocal consensual flirtation than attempted sexual assault. Surely a broad range of impulses made themselves felt. Asked for his take, Alfred Kinsey observed, "All animals play around."
In her social history Sex in the Heartland, Beth Bailey takes care to distinguish this kind of nonsense from the sort of organized student activism that argued against strict curfews and parietal rules. "Panty raids were in the tradition of carnival, not of revolution," she writes. And yet the point remains that "campus panty raids subverted middle-class mores and defied the authority of adults."
Imagine being the typical 20-year-old American-male college student in May of 1952. You have come of age in the new era of the American teenager. You are living in close quarters with thousands of peers amid a campus boom made possible by the GI Bill. Whether you study rocket science or history, you are being trained to win the Cold War. You are eligible to be drafted to kill and die in Korea, but you cannot vote, and you cannot spend the night with your girlfriend, and you cannot console yourself by rocking out to "(I Can't Get No) Satisfaction" because Mick Jagger is still 8 years old. Which is not even to mention that homosexuality is grounds for expulsion. You have been waiting for spring. You have been studying Robert Herrick in English lit. The leaves are on the trees. The sun is in the leaves. The personal is the political, but there aren't yet any second-wave feminists to say so. The sap is rising in the trunk. The panty-raider's pursuit of unmentionables is sometimes a conscious act of political speech, sometimes the unconscious expression of teen lust in a repressive climate.
There was never again a panty-raid season like '52, though isolated incidents of like behavior became a feature of college life. By and large, the tone was of the rumpus, but now and then, a ruckus broke out. On Wednesday, May 16, 1956, temperatures in Berkeley reached above 90 degrees, and at the University of California, the frat-house water fights of the smoggy afternoon led first to good-natured after-dark frolicking and then, after hours, to belligerent groping and general hysteria. Guns were drawn, and battle lines. The Chronicle's headline: "2,000 At UC Go On Wild Spree."
That was Berkeley's first panty raid. Chancellor Clark Kerr's 33-page white paper on the affair concluded that (contrary to the reports of Newsweek) no women had been disrobed, but estimated losses of $12,000 in damaged property and stolen underwear. Kerr convinced a donor to kick in $300,000 for a new pool, and he cautiously anticipated a peaceful future, as in these remarks quoted by Seth Rosenfeld: "I have considerable confidence that the current generation of students at Berkeley will not again engage in such activities." He added: "It is perhaps too optimistic to believe that there will never be another major mass disturbance by Berkeley students."
There are nine colleges with traditions of campus revolution predating the American Revolution. It happens that May 3, 1963 saw the Harvard Crimson recap that school's history of insurrection; in 1780, the Tory student body forced the resignation of the university's Loyalist president—but mostly there were tantrums about cafeteria gruel, which occasioned mock-epic poems about month-long food fights. Once a century or so, Yale has an out-of-hand snowball fight. Everybody knows about the animals at Dartmouth.
And all of these things were happening at good schools. The long and dense tradition of rogue behavior at Princeton is such a marvel partly because the school, despite the best efforts of Woodrow Wilson, didn't start getting good until after World War II. This is one reason that its president was so sensitive about Scott Fitzgerald's This Side of Paradise portrait of the school as "the pleasantest country club in America." Soon after its publication, Fitzgerald received a very strange letter from John Grier Hibben: "I am taking the liberty of telling you very frankly that your characterization of Princeton grieved me." That letter was dated May 27, 1920, two weeks after students opened up Houseparties Weekend by burning down the chapel. (To be clear, no arson charges were filed, but an afternoon's study of the matter will likely lead you to conclude that the kids were burning down the examination hall in the hope of getting out of exams and the chapel was just collateral damage.)
That May Monday, around 10:30 p.m., the innocent noodling of a study-break clarinetist came drifting from a window in Henry Courtyard. A trumpet honked reply, a trombone came in, as did vocal razzes and verbal jeers, building to a general clatter of instruments, phonograph records, fire alarms, cranked sirens, cherry-bombs, the rustle of toilet paper in the elms, the crackle of burning ivy on the old stone walls. The authorities appeared, nudging the mob to the town's main drag.
Scholars of mass psychology promise that any proper spontaneous crowd will direct itself to the space where it can make the most noise. In Princeton, this meant Nassau Street, where the crowd grew to 1,000 young men, who barricaded traffic with bike racks, trash cans, and park benches. When the cops showed up, the boys applauded and barked at the police to sit. On May 7, the front of the local section of the New York Times featured above the fold the very VW you see above the fold here. The guys are moving the car and its passengers to the sidewalk.
Further highlights of the evening included trampling the university president's estate; wheeling a one-ton air compressor down the steepness of Washington Road, where it missed a car and met a lamppost; smashing all the windows of the two-car commuter train; and lighting the Nassau Street barricade aflame and wandering back and forth in front of it, glassy-eyed and looking for action.
Princeton houses its archives at Mudd Library, where a visitor can discover any number of fascinating Spring Riot documents. At the moment, I've got two clear favorites. One is a Daily Princetonian article summarizing a magazine's report on the event, which surveyed psychologists and social scientists to blame the restraints on sexual expression. The Prince includes a quote from a student interrogating his own insights:
"I guess we all got restless. We wanted something, but we either didn't know what it was or were ashamed to put it in so many words. So we went out and made trouble and destroyed property, and only then did we make a bee-line for the girls' dormitories.
Looking back on it, I can see that that was what we really wanted to do in the first place but because we live in a hypocritical society, we were ashamed to admit it. … The riot gave us an 'out'. It allowed us to kid ourselves that the panty raid was just an afterthought."
The magazine writer continues: "Who can say whether a man will be the better for having endured four or more years of virtual celibacy, or the worse? And who can say whether it is better to have a riot or a panty raid now and then than to indulge in premarital sex?"
My other favorite document is a handwritten to-do list, specifically a list of phone calls that the university's president needed to make the morning after the riot. First item: "mothers of incoming freshmen."
A few years earlier, it had been possible for a Princeton administrator to quell a riot by standing on a car bumper and telling the kids to go home, at which point they would sing, "For He's a Jolly Good Fellow." But by 1963—the year sexual intercourse began, or was at any rate supposed to have begun—the campus was the perfect tinderbox, and not for nothing media catnip, thanks to such Ivy League-romancers as Fitzgerald, John O'Hara, and the original spring-break coming-of-age story, 1960's Where the Boys Are. The heat of the political riots of 1964 Berkeley was first felt at a country-club bonfire. Ironically or not, the Establishment hooligans of Princeton, Yale, and Brown were canaries in the coal mine of the counterculture, and they initiated a certain tradition of campus dissent.
Testing the limits of tolerance, the Spring Riot proved the limits of the panty raid. Such carnival events sometimes came to college towns for years after, most with the mere tone of child's play, but it was doomed. Some of the kids got interested in protests that had politics as their cause (or their fig leaf), and some of the girls stopped wearing bras, and a lot of people began to recognize how easily a minor prank could escalate into a freelance mass-psychology experiment requiring the attention of both Walter Cronkite and the National Guard. Obviously, the panty raid is dead and buried. In the age of the Take Back the Night March, it is incorrect. In a world where "Thong Song" is an oldie, it is superfluous. Coeds became women, and joined the boys in innovating new strains of misbehavior: "Newsflash, you stupid cocks: FRATS DON'T LIKE BORING SORORITIES." The boys convicted of riotous behavior in the spring of '63 were in the wrong place at the wrong time, minor accomplices to the culture's murder of innocence.


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Whites Track is mostly dry year round and offers some great views as it follows a spur up to Anawhata Road. To save the logistical headache of organising a pick up from one end, a good option is to combine your walk with the Rose Track and descend down Anawhata Road before returning back to North Piha beach via the Laird Thompson Track. This circuit makes a great half day walk through beautiful coastal forest and offers great views of Whites Beach and south along the Piha Coast. The added bonus of dry shoes in winter makes it a good option for a quick mid winter run.
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It has happened many times and i have ignored it everytime.
Yesterday it happened again .
I was travelling in a train and saw a fly (insect) flying near my seat.
Train was running at a speed of around of 100 km/hr. So according to the physics rules , my speed will also be 100 km/hr as i am sitting inside the train. But as far as the fly is consider, it is flying inside the train , the speed of the fly is very less as compared to the train. So why does not the fly stuck on the one side of the train ?
As the fly is not in physical contact with the train, will its speed be 120 km/hr?