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Gillette WY Real Estate
We continue to get a lot of questions regarding the energy industry and the effects the local economy is having on the housing market. So far we have not seen anything of significance that is negatively affecting the market.
- Our inventory has stabilized over the last 2 months and currently sits at 350 homes on the market.
- Our pending sales have remained strong as there are currently 121 homes under contract.
- Our absorption rate had no change from our last report at and remains at 4.5 months.
- The average days on market dropped for the 4th straight month and has settled at 110 days.
We hear a lot of negativity about our local economy and industries. However, we are happy to report that the real estate market continues to be a bright spot! When you have questions please don't hesitate to contact us. We are happy to answer questions or provide additional information.
As always, the greatest compliment you can give us is the referral of a friend or family member.


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Tom Busby welcomes another daughter
TOM Busby, of the band Busby Marou, is quickly being outnumbered in his family.
His wife, Huma, last week gave birth to a beautiful girl, Henrietta Ali Busby.
Henrietta joins sisters Freddie Rita, 3, and Marigold Margaret, 1.
He shared this photo on Instagram with the caption: "#girlgang What a brilliant start to the year!".
Rocky baby makes international headlines
THE Busby Marou star's child isn't the only baby making headlines
Rockhampton Zoo has also attracted attention, this time on the other side of the globe.
Photos of our very own chimpanzee, Capri, at the zoo have appeared in De Telegraaf in Holland.
This publication happens to be the largest Dutch daily morning newspaper.
Business celebrates milestone anniversary
A BIG shout-out must go to Kerrilyn and Schae Page and their team at NewsXpress Mount Morgan.
This month marks 13 years since they purchased the store on Morgan St in the town's CBD.
They have taken a walk down memory lane on their Facebook page.
Let's congratulate them on their service to the Mount Morgan and surrounding communities.
Central Queensland on the small screen
The Capricorn Coast was featured on Queensland Weekender last month.
With the "rainforest to reef", it was described as one of the most beautiful places in the country.
The clip shows the presenter skydiving with Skydive Capricorn, then they visited The Centenary of ANZAC Memorial Walk at Emu Park.
Clips of Yeppoon were shown, including customers getting coffee and acai bowls at Lure Living and kids playing at Keppel Kraken.
Little Johnny Tours was mentioned and Cooberrie Park Wildlife Sanctuary and Fern's Hideaway at Byfield.
Of course sailing the Keppel islands and our jewel Great Keppel Island were also featured.
Salt Apartments Yeppoon were featured for their 4.5 star accommodation.
Why we want more Rami Malek
WE want it all.
And we want it now.
Yes, I just threaded Queen's 1989 hit, I Want It All into this piece.
Bohemian Rhapsody, the acclaimed biopic on rock band Queen and their legendary frontman, Freddie Mercury has returned to BCC Rockhampton.
Following a brief absence from our cinema, the film was quickly ushered back onto our screens after it won Best Picture this week at the 2019 Golden Globe Awards.
And Rami Malek also took home Best Actor for his breath-taking performance as the androgynous innovator, Mercury.
BCC Rockhampton's assistant general manager, Brandon Lees confirmed the film's return.
"We wanted to bring it back for the people who unfortunately missed it as there was also consistent word of mouth about how great it is and how everyone has been loving it," he said.
And movie-goers of all ages have enjoyed the experience of re-discovering the story of these iconic musicians.
"It's no surprise that the reach of people who have loved Queen is never ending so we've had all demographics come and enjoy the film, and it's great to see that more people are interested in the story of Queen and Freddie Mercury," he said.
"We expect to hear it all over the Oscar season as well so we won't be surprised if it's still here for another week after Wednesday, January 16."
So if you want to check out the film on the big screen, you better be quick.
Bohemian Rhapsody will be screened at BCC Rockhampton tonight at 6pm and 8.50pm.
Currently, nightly sessions have been scheduled up until Wednesday.
Visit www.eventcinemas.com.au for more information.
Name and Shame
DRINK drivers, you have been warned!
And if you plan on driving with drugs in your system, same.
From this week all drink and drug drivers will be named in Saturday's edition of The Morning Bulletin.
Sometimes tragedy is unavoidable but in the case of driving under the influence, there are no excuses.
Turn to page 4 to see who made the list this week.
Stay tuned until next week to find what makes the cut on the next edition of the Fox Files.

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all my friends are heathens*
the winter wheat is down - cut some time late into the night on Monday and the large square bales of straw are all that's left of the golden sea. i had thought about taking a photograph, but was evidently a day late.
i've been thinking a lot about who i am - what i do, what i hold dear, how i want to be.
so, nothing new there.
Accepted Convention wants us to define ourselves in terms of what we do - so, our job, career, the Thing that pays the bills.
then there's the Live Your Dream crowd - most of which, as far as i can tell, follow the same basic template of Accepted Convention but possibly with paint or sequins or some form of coaching designed to make you Live Your Dream...following the same basic template.
business is business and marketing is marketing.
or is it?
then there's another category --the one into which i think i fall.....and most of my friends, too, for that matter -- that sort of vague, half-place of wanting to participate, feeling like we have something to offer, and yet not at all happy in the role of 'entrepreneur' and all of the baggage that goes with it.
i've thought, for a long time now, that there must be another way -- that the quiet people of the internets who i've come to know and treasure as dear, dear, friends and who have such wonderful talents and ideas and gifts are being sadly overlooked amid the cacophony of Look-At-Me. the world misses out on what they have to offer simply because they're not willing to sell their souls to a way of being that doesn't sit comfortably in their big, beautiful, expansive, magical hearts.
which is a bit shit, to be honest.
"the world needs your art/music/words/talents," say the Live Your Dream-ers....but you need to do it like This.
"oh, just fuck off with that," say i.
i mean it.
fuck off.
the perverse part of the whole thing -- and this is entirely me attributing it to me and not implying anyone else feels the same way -- is that i rather enjoy being a fringe-dweller. looking back - i've lurked in corners and shadows most of my life and that's where i feel most at home.
in fact, it's a conscious and concerted effort for me to try and channel sunbeams...because my natural ambience tends toward mist and gloom and the places in dark forests where unsavoury elements flit and dart.
but therein lies a danger of becoming - or being perceived as - yet another affectation of the purposely contrary.
in which general direction i drop another f-bomb.
because i also love flowers and butterflies and the loud buzz of hummingbirds.
it looks like you might be one of us*
time and again i find myself throwing up my hands and retreating to a stack of books. which, let's face it, is just as much a method of avoidance as anything else that helps you avoid what you shouldn't be avoiding.
and while i'm doing that, i convince myself that some of us {meaning me} are meant to live strictly conventional lives - in terms of our 'work' - and that self-sustainability isn't for everyone {meaning me}.
and i'm very convincing when i tell myself these things.
but if i believed myself, why do i keep circling back around to the idea?
no idea.
maybe i'm just not ready to let the big mouths win.
maybe i've stood quietly while the shouty people push themselves to the front of the queue long enough to have formed a quiet, seething, dislike of shouty people and all that for which they represent.
maybe it's seeing the shouty people taking frightening degrees of control in the world.
no idea.
so i resort to gazing dreamily at fields of wheat - only to regret not acting when the thought occurred to me and missing the chance to take a lovely photograph.
which, in a vaguely metaphorical way is prodding me to....
no idea.
i just know i need to do something.
~m. xo
*post title stolen from here....by one of girl-child's fave bands, and her first music concert... :)


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When it comes to carbohydrates, opinions abound. They
have been both vilified and promoted as essential dietary
components. This dichotomy, however, does not reflect
the fact that all carbohydrates are not created equal. Gastroenterologists
have coined the term FODMAPs to encompass specific carbohydrates found within many different foods that have greater potential for causing gastrointestinal distress.
These carbohydrates can contribute to symptom causation in
patients with gastrointestinal disorders such as bloating, irritable
bowel syndrome and inflammatory bowel disease.
What are FODMAPs and how do they cause GI symptoms?
The acronym "FODMAPs"– Fermentable Oligo–, Di– and Monosaccharides and Polyols—describes a group of previously unrelated short–chain carbohydrates and sugar alcohols.
These include fructose, lactose, fructo– and galacto–oligosaccharides
(fructans and galactans) and polyols (such as sorbitol,
mannitol, xylitol and maltitol). FODMAPs are poorly absorbed
in the small intestine for a variety of reasons. For example,
fructose does not move efficiently across the brush border due
to poor transport mechanisms across the epithelium.1 Lactase,
the enzyme responsible for metabolizing lactose, is reduced in
activity after weaning.2 Due to their poor absorption as well as
their small size, FODMAPs are osmotically active and increase
intestinal water content. They are rapidly fermented by gut bacteria,
leading to increased gas production. Greater intestinal
water content and gas production leads to bowel distension,
which translates into adverse gastrointestinal symptoms such
as abdominal pain, bloating and motility changes.3
Where are FODMAPs found?
FODMAPs are found in foods of various shapes and sizes.
They can be found in local fast–food joints and packaged foods
filled with additives. Processed foods hide FODMAPs well,
especially those with added sweeteners. Conversely, they can
be found in fresh meals at restaurants and stores catering to
health and wellness. Ironically, some of the healthiest foods
contain FODMAPs, including certain fruits, vegetables and legumes. Foods with high–FODMAP content include:
FODMAPs and inflammatory bowel disease
A low–FODMAP diet has been helpful in certain patients with
inflammatory bowel disease (IBD). Crohn's disease and ulcerative
colitis are chronic inflammatory disorders of the gastrointestinal
tract thought to be due to a complex interaction of
genes, environmental factors and immune regulation. They
are typically treated with anti–inflammatory medication. Patients
with IBD often have symptoms due to functional gut
disturbance. In these patients, increasing anti–inflammatory
therapy is unlikely to be helpful. A pilot study evaluated patients
with IBD and concurrent functional gut symptoms. After
following the low–FODMAP diet, about half of these patients
experienced symptomatic improvement, including decreased
abdominal pain, diarrhea and bloating.6 The low–FODMAP
diet can be considered for IBD patients with concurrent functional
gut symptoms.
Is FODMAPs forever?
If your gastroenterologist prescribes a low–FODMAP diet, does
this mean you can never eat another FODMAP–containing
food again? It's important to remember that FODMAPs do
encompass some foods with high nutrient densities. In fact,
certain FODMAPs exert prebiotic effects. Prebiotics are nondigestible
food ingredients that can lead to improved health.
Bacterial fermentation of prebiotics can yield short–chain fatty
acids like butyrate, which nourishes the colonic epithelium,
favors the growth of beneficial gut bacteria and inhibits the
growth of harmful gut bacteria.7 Nectarine, garlic, onion, nuts,
legumes, rye and wheat are examples of FODMAPs that function
as prebiotics.8 If you are following a strict low–FODMAP
diet, you can obtain prebiotics from non–FODMAP foods such
as bananas, kale, chard, brown rice and oatmeal. The low–FODMAP diet should be followed for a period of six to eight
weeks, after which foods with the highest nutrient densities
should be slowly reintroduced in small quantities with monitoring
for tolerance. These foods include fruits, vegetables and
What steps can you take to decrease FODMAPs in your diet?
If you have functional gastrointestinal symptoms and you are
prescribed the low–FODMAP diet, it's important to work with
both your physician and nutritionist for proper implementation
of this diet. If you are generally in good health with occasional
gastrointestinal symptoms such as bloating, you may want to
keep an eye on your daily FODMAP intake. Studies have shown
that even healthy individuals, when fed a high–FODMAP diet,
can develop increased gas production.9 There are a few steps
you can take to decrease dietary FODMAP intake:
Much evidence suggests that gastrointestinal
tract problems are on the rise in the modern
world with significant health consequences
that extend well beyond the gut itself. For
instance, autism is increasing, especially in
male children, and researchers at MIT and elsewhere point to
the GI-tract and disturbances caused by glyphosate and other
chemicals used in industrial agriculture as among the causes.
Food processing with its emulsifiers and storage techniques
likewise may play a role in the upsurge in the prevalence
of various inflammatory bowel conditions. Modern over-nutrition
and other dietary habits, such as over-consumption
of refined carbohydrates and under consumption of omega-3
fatty acids are yet other factors implicated. Researchers trying
to uncover patterns underlying contemporary GI-tract issues
have been attempting to fit the various known and suspected
causes into manageable conceptual models. Recent work
suggests that a three-part model involving gut bacteria, gut
barrier function ("leaky gut") and inflammation may help
with prevention and therapy.1 The components of the model
have emerged from studies of inflammatory bowel disease
(IBD, including Crohn's Disease and ulcerative colitis), yet
they clearly have application to more ordinary and quite
common forms of bowel irritation and discomfort.
Irritable bowel syndrome (IBS) is a catch-all for common
bowel conditions. It currently affects 10–20 percent of the
adult population in developed countries. To be sure, the
causes of IBS have not been definitively identified and can
vary among individuals (food allergies, over-reactive immune
system, stress, hormone imbalance, etc.). Symptoms include abdominal pain, flatulence, bloating, change in bowel habits,
diarrhea, constipation (or a combination of both), and these
often interfere with daily activities and affect the quality of life
of the sufferers. Available medications exhibit only limited
efficacy and fail to relieve all IBS symptoms over the long term.
Current science no longer views the gastrointestinal
system as a simple digestive and disposal apparatus. It is
estimated that sixty percent or more of all the macrophages,
the first line immune cells of the body, line the GI-tract.
Specialized cells in the gut constantly sample its contents
in active surveillance for external threats. Microbes in the
small and, especially, the large intestine perform a multitude
of functions, including aspects of nutrition, such as
synthesizing some vitamins and making minerals and other
nutrients more available. The intestinal wall controls not only
the passage of nutrients and the disposal of bodily wastes,
but also regulates immune interaction with the contents of
the intestines. GI-tract disturbances can involve any one of
the major aspects of gut health or combinations of these.
Hence, gut complaints can involve disturbed intestinal
microbiome (dysbiosis), disrupted barrier function (leaky gut)
and/or improper immune system activation (inflammation).
The Inhabitants of the Gastrointestinal Tract
The microbes present within the body collectively are termed
the microbiota. The genomic content (the complete set of
genes in the microbiota) is termed the microbiome. Both
genetic and environmental factors shape the microbiome.
Important early factors are natural birth versus cesarean
section, breast-feeding versus formula feeding, and so forth.
In adults, dietary habits are highly significant. Vegetarians
and meat eaters differ in the make-up of the bacteria in the
gut. The amounts and types of fiber in the diet, the amounts
and types of carbohydrates and fats, under-nutrition and
over-nutrition all matter. So do the level of hygiene and
exposure to infections, antibiotics and other drugs.
The human gut consists of a series of micro-environments.
Except for the stomach and the upper two thirds of the small
intestine, there are differing bacteria and ratios of bacteria
in each of these areas, starting with the mouth. In fact, the
human gastrointestinal tract contains a large and diverse
population of microorganisms — over 800 different bacterial
species comprising nearly 100 trillion living organisms.
The composition of this gut flora varies among individuals
depending on diet, age, medication (antibiotics), stress,
and physiological conditions. Not surprisingly, different
probiotics perform different functions and offer different
benefits. One big divide, of course, is between the two most
important groups of probiotic bacteria, Lactobacilli, found
mostly in the lower small intestine and upper large intestine,
and Bifidobacteria, found mostly in the large intestine, i.e.,
the areas of lower pH.
For clarity's sake, keep in mind that scientists use
a standard genus, species, strain taxonomy in describing
bacteria. An example is the probiotic bacterium, Lactobacillus
rhamnosus R0011. The genus is Lactobacillus, the species
is rhamnosus and the strain is R0011. Dietary supplements
properly list all three components of the name because
strains even of the same species can exhibit divergent effects
in the body.
Broadly speaking, the Lactobacilli act on sugars and
starches to create lactic acid, among other things. For
instance, L. acidophilus La-14 assists in breaking down
lactose (milk sugar) and 15 other carbohydrates and this may
improve digestion of dairy products by those individuals who
are lactose intolerant. Clinical trials have shown that this
strain may improve immune response and bowel regularity.
It works especially well in conjunction with another bacteria
strain, L. rhamnosus R0011. Interestingly, L. rhamnosus R0011
in conjunction with L. helveticus R0052 in humans enhances
the eradication of H. pylori (a cause of stomach ulcers) in
combination with conventional medical treatment.
Bifidobacteria, such as B. longum BB536, have been
shown to colonize the intestine, stimulate immune response,
and promote the growth of other beneficial bacteria. BB536
also decreased the incidence of influenza in seniors. Blood
analysis showed significantly higher bactericidal activity of
neutrophils and higher NK cell activity at the fifth week of
administration compared to pre-administration. There has
also been evidence reported that suggests BB536 can help
modulate allergies and possess antiallergenic effects. Other
bifidobacteria provide their own ranges of benefits.
Increases in certain bacteria and decreases in others—
both in absolute numbers and the varieties present—are
observed in disturbed gut function. Typically, the more
severe the dysfunction, the greater the divergences from
normal microbiota. It is unclear to what extent these specific
changes are the driving forces for inflammatory and related
immune processes and to what extent they reflect the
condition, although feedback is highly likely. The finding that
certain strains of probiotics reduce excessive inflammation
by means of modulation of immune and other responses via
the gut is one of the major advances in the knowledge of
probiotics in recent years.
Inasmuch as different probiotic species and different
strains of the same species often provide different and
distinct benefits and also often interact to lead to yet other
results, there are good reasons for supplementing with more
than one strain and/or species. Similarly, different probiotics
may be more to be desired at certain ages or under particular
conditions. No single strain can easily fulfill all these
requirements. A mixture of species, therefore, is usually
most suitable for supplementation.
Mucosal Barrier Function & The Leaky Gut Syndrome
The mucosal barrier of the gut performs many functions,
one of which is to separate the contents of the gut from
immediate contact with the gut wall and direct access to the
body's immune system. Ideally, the contents of the intestines
are sampled routinely by specialized cells located in Peyer's
patches along the far end of small intestine. Allopathic
medicine does not recognize leaky gut syndrome as a distinct
condition, yet in IBD it has been demonstrated that the
contents of the intestine do, in fact, have direct access to
the surface of the intestinal wall and perhaps beyond. Mucus
barrier changes may be as much the result of unwanted
bacteria (dysbiosis) as a cause. It is possible for substances
even to leak into the bloodstream due to defects in the tight
junctions that normally characterized the intestinal wall.
Leaky gut can be described as intestinal permeability or intestinal hyperpermeability.
There is little doubt but that leaky gut syndrome involves
chronic inflammation. However, controversy arises as to
whether this inflammation is a cause or a consequence.
Likewise, is the inflammation local or does it prime further
inflammation throughout the body leading to or aggravating
a host of other conditions, such as allergies?
In IBD, toxemia, meaning the passage of toxins into
the blood, is well documented, as are immune system
irregularities. The extent of leaky gut in less active and less
severe bowel conditions is debated hotly. Nevertheless,
indications of intestinal barrier dysfunction and dysbiosis,
such as inappropriate immune activation, abdominal pain,
flatulence, etc., strongly suggest that leaky gut is, in fact, an
aspect of IBS and other less well defined GI-tract issues.
As noted already, available medications have only limited efficacy and fail to relieve IBS symptoms over the long term. Fortunately, there are a number of natural supplements that are documented to help prevent and/or relieve symptoms associated with IBS. For instance, fiber can help with the toxemia issues as well as promote normal intestinal flora. Research has shown that soluble fiber, such as psyllium, can be fermented in the gut and the metabolites may decrease transit time and pressure. Some fibers can increase water retention, thereby increasing the stool mass and, again, reducing transit time. Fiber supplementation in IBS patients promotes significant improvements in constipation and general IBS symptoms.
Similarly, clinical studies have shown the benefits of Lactobacillus and Bifidobacteria species in the treatment of IBS or IBS-like symptoms. This is probably due to their abilities to reduce inflammation, visceral hypersensitivity, and stress responses. Studies have shown that some strains are effective in treating bloating and flatulence while others relieve gastrointestinal pain and irregularity. It has also been reported that effects can vary among individuals. Thus, one may want to try different strains and dosages or a blend of multiple strains and monitor the response.
Another useful supplement is the amino acid L-glutamine to support the health of the cells that make up the enterocytes in the gastrointestinal tract. It not only directly nourishes the mucosal lining of the intestine, but also helps repair it when it is damaged by hypersensitivity, physical stress, or an overreactive immune system. Lglutamine can stimulate the bowel to re-absorb the water from the stool, reducing the number and frequency of bowel movements.
Then there are the everuseful omega-3 fatty acids. Omega-3 fatty acids can replace omega-6 fatty acids in the cell membrane and prevent their harmful effects by reducing the secretion of unwanted prostaglandins and proinflammatory molecules. They also reduce production of platelet aggregators and vasoconstrictors while increasing the secretion of vasodilators and platelet aggregation inhibitors.
Other supplements that have shown the ability to promote improvements in tight junctions include curcumin, boswellia, bile acid supplements and butyric acid supplements.
Immune Function
Both the microbiota and the barrier function aspects of GI-tract health at various points tie into immune function. Therefore, it would seem to be clear that the overall regulation of the immune system necessarily plays a role in the control of immune-related inflammation in the gut. Diet is one of the most significant components involved in what should be a homeostatic system.
Omega-6 fatty acids account for the majority of polyunsaturated fatty acids found in Western diets. Omega-6 fatty acids can stimulate production of harmful prostaglandins and leukotrienes, as well as platelet aggregators and vasoconstrictors. Omega-3 fatty acids, on the other hand, compete with omega-6 fatty acids by replacing omega-6 fatty acids in the cell membranes and provide beneficial effects
such as:
In autoimmune diseases, such as inflammatory bowel disease, Crohn's disease, and ulcerative colitis, the major contributors to disease development are thought to be proinflammatory mediators that include omega-6 fatty acid, arachidonic acid metabolites, harmful prostaglandins, leukotrienes, and pro-inflammatory cytokines. It has been reported that people who are affected by these diseases have elevated levels of leukotriene B4 and other arachidonic acid metabolites. Interestingly, in clinical studies, omega-3 fatty acid or fish oil supplementation significantly decreased the production of leukotriene B4 and overall leukotrienes in these patients. Omega-3 fatty acid supplementation was also able to induce dramatic improvements in tissue histology, the rate of disease relapse, clinical activity, and steroid-sparing effect after treatment, although responses to supplementation varied among individuals reflecting that there are underlying differences as well as common factors in these diseases.
In all cases, the goal should be to normalize immune function. Scientists understand that the immune system can be overactive as well as underactive and that balance is the key. On the one hand, the immune systems needs vigilante macrophages, natural killer cells and other "soldiers" to be on alert to attack invading organisms before these can take hold in the body. For instance, the cold virus is most successfully combatted if the immune system can react and eliminate it before it has had a chance to multiply. On the other hand, rheumatoid arthritis and other autoimmune diseases in which the body attacks itself afflict millions of Americans. Immune overactivity causes unpleasant side effects, such as allergies and inflammation, and can lead to immune exhaustion and collapse. The answer, therefore, is to balance the body's immune system so that it is neither
overactive nor underactive.
Much of this balance is maintained by subsets of helper T cells (Th). There is a ratio between the Th1 subset that is involved mainly in inflammation and the activation of white cells (phagocytes, NK cells, etc.) and the Th2 subset that activates specific B cells. The Th1 and Th2 cells may cross-inhibit function, which means that the more active the one set is, the less active the other set is. Most Americans initially have too much Th1 function and too little Th2. This is one reason that chronic inflammation is so very common in the US. However, the body cannot allow chronic high levels of inflammation, and therefore the immune system begins to shut down as a result. Stimulating more Th1 activity—leading to more inflammation—will never be more than a short term fix if inflammation is not controlled because the body will again attempt to turn off Th1 function in order to reduce the level of inflammation. Hence, there is a common pattern in which chronic immune activation aggravates allergies, IBS, even weight gain, yet at the same time a reduction in immune surveillance allows the development of cancer in later life.
Balancing the immune system is a bit harder than simply stimulating it. Fortunately, there are a few supplements that do this and more. One of the most extensively tested of these supplements is called Moducare®. Developed by Patrick Bouic, Ph.D., head of Immunology at the University of Stellenbosch in South Africa, Moducare® consists of a proprietary blend of phytonutrients called sterols and sterolins. The sterol family of compounds includes fatty substances such as betasitosterol found in saw palmetto. Sterolins are sterols with a glucose (sugar) molecule attached, something that greatly improves absorption into the body. Taken together, sterols and sterolins are more active than when supplemented as single pure substances.
A number of other immune regulators are available. Chamomile extracts (German chamomile) are useful as anti-inflammatories and calm some forms of allergies. Chamomile is particularly interesting because of its calming and immune-regulating effects complement its antioxidant benefits. Another significant immunomodulator is the flower pollen extract sold under names such as Cernitin™. Items already mentioned include turmeric extracts and boswellia extracts, to which can be added quercetin and a number of herbal extracts available as dietary supplements. None of these will be sufficient in the long run, however, without changes in the diet to improve the balance between omega-6 and omega-3 fatty acids or the inclusion of more fiber and consumption of more vegetables and whole fruit.
Some Conclusions
As noted at the outset, GI-tract disturbances can involve any one of the major aspects of gut health or combinations of these. Hence, gut complaints can involve disturbed intestinal microbiome (dysbiosis), disrupted barrier function (leaky gut) and/or improper immune system activation (inflammation). There are strong feedback loops linking these aspects of gut health and therefore solutions to gut issues typically are most successful if all three are addressed together. This means appropriate changes in diet, adoption of probiotic supplementation (either as supplements or via dietary sources), nutrition aimed specifically at improving the health of the cells lining the GI-tract and adopting strategies to reduce inflammation and balance the immune system.


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Lead generation for your business is a great way to gain customers when the business has just opened. This is just one of the marketing tactics used by businesses to gather information about people in an attempt to entice them with a service or product. Using a company like Leadify can be very beneficial to a business owner who is just getting started in trying to obtain a customer base.
Since people opening a new business are usually very busy setting up their office or store space, there is usually a delay in advertising right away. Contacting a company that deals with lead generation can help get the ball rolling during the hectic beginning months. It just takes a phone call, an application, and a payment to start the process in having a company find leads for your business to contact.
A company dealing in lead generation will do the research in finding names, addresses, and phone numbers of people who may have interest in your business. This may be information found by people who click on links on a website, as these can be tracked to see exactly who is interested in the business at any given time. They can be written postcards asking for more information. These are usually included in magazines, in brochures, or in correspondence done as a mass mailing to people in the neighborhood. The lead generating company would collect the information and generate reports to give to the business. They can then use it as they wish in following up with prospective customers.
The reports generated will give the business owner an idea which demographic areas give the most interest in the service or product being offered. This information can be expanded upon to send fliers to others in this demographic group to try gaining even additional customers as a result. The reports can show how the leads were derived, making it apparent if social media and other websites or written information are more apt to bring in leads. Again, this information can be used to generate additional leads by increasing the advertising in that area to entice more people toward the business.
The first step in getting leads is gaining help from a good generation service. This takes the load off the business owner, allowing them to tend to other parts of their business instead. The company will then give the leads to the business owner to follow up, starting the business on the right foot with potential customers that have a genuine interest in the business.


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There has been a growing trend over the past couple of years towards buying frozen food products by consumers. Some of the reasons for this is that the quality and variety of frozen foods has improved vastly.
The aspect of convenience is a major contributor too as the average consumer has less time to do daily shopping runs at the supermarket and so ready-made food options are strongly regarded.
Frozen food products also contain little to no preservatives as the storage of these goods under low temperature ensures that they have a desirable shelf-life without fear of contamination from bacteria.
1. Frozen Pizzas
Everyone is familiar with the Frozen Pizza and this product has been in the market for a long time now. From the humble Margherita to the Regina and Hawaiian Pizza's, there are frozen pizzas to suit everyone's desires.
2. Frozen Fries
Whether oven baked or deep-fried, you no longer have to spend your time peeling potatoes as there are countless brands of frozen fries on the market. There are original fries, the thin variety and even crinkle-cut fries too.
3. Fish Fingers
Who can forget growing up with a plate of crumbed fish fingers and some ketchup to dip those tasty marvels in? The fish finger is a traditional frozen food and remains still, a very popular to-buy frozen item by consumers.
4. Pasta
Everyone enjoys a good Italian-style pasta every now and again, but quite often we simply don't have the time or energy to make it and restaurants can be pricey. Frozen pastas have increased in popularity and include such options as Spaghetti Bolognaise, Tagliatelle Alfredo and Lasagne.
5. Nuggets
Chicken nuggets are a favorite among many, but few have the know-how to make the crispy and delicious kind that you might find in restaurants. Owing to this, the frozen chicken nugget has become a popular buy among consumers.


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Forbes article regarding best saving accounts and high interest rates –
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England coach Wayne Bennett has taken aim at the 'inability' of his players to step up on big occasions after his side was dumped from the Four Nations following a 36-18 loss to Australia.
The match capped off a frustrating tournament for the hosts, who also lost by one point to New Zealand and were unconvincing against minnows Scotland.
"The problem is our inability to continually maintain pressure . . . England are very capable of being a lot better than they are right now," Bennett said.
The super coach bemoaned habits picked up in the Super League as the reason for England's inferiority.
"Until we get these little problems out of the road - manifested by their club football - I have seen that and they get away with it at that level, you can't at this - that's the difference," Bennett said.
NRL player and captain Sam Burgess also came under fire for repeated ill discipline.
"Sam gives away far too many penalties . . . he needs to change," Bennett said.
Bennett roasts players' 'inability' after Four Nations exit
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A record of an art quilter's life. The site name comes from Natalie Goldberg's phrase 'falling down the well' to describe the experience of becoming immersed in the trance of writing (or other creative activity.)
Friday, August 14, 2009
Recommendations sought
8 comments:
- June Calender said...
You're right, guinea fowl! I'm out recommendation-less today.
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- floribunda... aka Julie said...
Well there is a guy in Kent who has a bird- and moth-watching blog... in fact it amazed me how many birds he found there. But I would need to root around to find a link for you. You know what it says wen you get to the end of the internet, right? "go read a book or something"
- 6:24 am
- Quilt Pixie said...
Can't recommend much right now -- summer reading has been pretty "thin" in blog land. I so feel like weeding through my lists and getting it re-focused, but am waiting for the fall and people to stop with their holiday/summer stuff so I can remember what it is about their blog I like! :-) Good luck...
- 3:04 pm
- Margeeth said...
You are right, it is a guinea fowl. I know that in dutch they are called parelhoen (fowl with pearls), which translates in latin as Numididae, which translates in english as guinea fowl.
- 3:52 pm
- Evelyn said...
I like the "Turning*Turning" blog (http://turningturning.com/) - her posts almost always have me thinking about the topic long after I've read them.
- 8:38 pm
my blog is the most boring on the www at the moment. i am so bored by it all i can hardly sit upright. so, no. no recommendations.
- 10:07 pm
- Judy said...
If you want a different slant on life try We Three Ginger Cat Tales, cant live without it. No quilting there though.
- 8:58 am
- Brenda said...
Since I know you have a passion for Africa, you might enjoy reading my sister Amy's blog www.amyandpaulinlondon.blogspot.com as she and her husband head the long way back to New Zealand from London via Afria. Last posted from Kenya.
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Cyclox Circular March 2017
Forthcoming Events
Oxford Cycle Film Competition 2017
We are launching a new Oxford Cycling Shorts Film Competition! Thank you for your contributions last time. Please enter again we rely on you.
This time films need to be less than 3 minutes. There are four categories. Each has £100 prize and the fourth / overall is £200, so £300 is possible.
Will Gompertz is again chief judge and the sponsors are also judges. Enter as many times as you like. The final rules and competition details are now on our website. Get out there and film!
- Oxford the hero
- Cycling to school / work
- Starting to cycle (or cycle again) in Oxford
- Overall by audience voting
OxPA meeting Town Hall Tues 28th March 7pm
OxPA warmly welcome other interested people to this talk on Oxford's Air Quality – understanding and action. As cyclists we are constantly exposed to pollution from motor vehicles but can do more about it by using quieter roads and car-free areas. Hear how Oxford City plans to reduce pollution in all areas of Oxford.
Guest speaker: Mai Jarvis Environmental Team Manager Oxford City Council. If you want to be prepared, watch this programme from the BBC the conclusion is that cyclists suffer less from air pollution than other road users.
Cyclenation National Conference go ahead November 10-11th Rose Hill Community Centre
Cyclox has now found a great venue and confirmed dates for our Cyclenation conference. The programme will soon be finalised but meanwhile put these dates in your diary. We will have something for everybody and plenty of time for your to have your say about cycle campaigning.
Space for Cycling gathering 22nd April
We are asking as many people as possible to support cycling by assembling outside County Hall in Oxford 22 April at 2pm, where we will invite local media to document the quantity of support and ask county council prospective candidates to support Space for Cycling. Click here for more information. All additional support will add to the impact, the idea is to show a large number of potential voters are interested in cycling. All you need to do is be outside County Hall at 2pm for about 30 minutes.
Cyclox events in 2017
More details to follow, but those in bold are our regular meetings at 7.30pm on Tuesdays in St Michael in the Northgate church hall.
|28th March 7pm Town Hall
|OxPA meeting Cyclox members welcome Air Quality in Oxford
|22nd April 2pm from County Hall
|Campaign Ride Day linked to council elections, hustings etc
|15th May nb Monday
|Graham Smith, Urban Designer Cycling in new housing developments
|10th 18th June
|18th July 2017
|Individual travel behaviour: Why, where and how people travel – Dr Eva Heinen, transport research scientist, see article below
|19th September
|Cyclox Members Photo competition show off your cycling photos
|October 2017 date TBC
|Film competition winner announced and all films screened
|10-11th November
|Cyclenation Conference in Oxford Rose Hill Community Centre
|21st November
|Cyclox AGM
News and Reports
Strategic Cycle Network for Oxford
Oxfordshire Cycle Network launched a cycle strategy which we hope will be adopted by city and county. It is intended to be a simple-to-understand vision. Robin Tucker, Chair of Oxfordshire Cycling Network, has led this process with lots of input from others. Its been picked up by British Cycling and news reports by conventional media were full of it. Radio Oxford had a report: go 32 mins 32 secs into the recording. BBC South carried a brief report on Monday and Robin was interviewed on JackFM too.
Robin presented it, along with reviewing funding for cycling, at our public meeting on Tuesday 21st March. We've timed it for the run-up to County elections, It will be like our survey of candidate's pledges for cycling at the 2015 General Election. Note our forthcoming campaign ride and publicity at County Hall on April 22nd at 2 p.m.
HGV driver training
Greg Woodford runs bike training for HGV drivers and recently brought his trainees into Oxford and was delighted to see so many cyclists but disappointed at the quality of the cycle infrastructure. James Larminie, one of our Cyclox Champions, caught the action!
Tom Reddy, Cyclox member and director of Earthline is a staunch supporter of Gregs work and Cyclox extends our thanks to both for their enthusiastic work to improve HGV drivers awareness of cyclists.
Cyclox Rights and Responsibilities goes mildly viral
It started with committee member Jake Backus reporting on Facebook a discussion with a taxi driver when he had shown him the Rights and responsibilities leaflet. Soon we had hundreds of likes, prompting requests from police forces across the country, as well as other cycle groups and even a contrary letter in the Guardian newspaper which produced more interest. You can help by liking and sharing the link from our Facebook page.
The A34 to get a bike lane?
Robin Tucker heard from Highways England that they are interested in considering a cycle route by the A34 joining Oxon to Berks. That would be a great thing, and a very good investment from their cycling funds. Heres how Baltimore would assess the idea.
Bicycle collision in Frideswide
It seems so far Frideswide has been a safe place for cyclists, but a recent incident and the ensuing comments show the problems with ambiguous road markings have not entirely gone away.
Think Bike at the Plain
There has been much discussion on quite why these signs have appeared now. The think bike signs maybe because the County noticing at slight increase in cycle accidents at the Cowley Rd entry to the Plain. Others say that the city council scrutiny committee was not prepared to wait any longer for them since the county was postponing them until a resurfacing in 2018. Regular users (James Dawton to be specific) report they have noticed an unexpected result of the central cycle lane east bound off Magdalen Bridge. Drivers heading for St Clements no longer just move left with the kerb, they now indicate left, as they think they are turning, which on the whole makes them more careful. Bus drivers do this too. He has even seen a bus stationary with its left indicator on, waiting for a gap in the (5.30 pm) long line of cyclists before he could turn left. Thanks, Rob Haynes for the photo.
Campaigns and Consultations
Cycle access and parking in the new Westgate
Councillors Louise Upton and Dick Wolff met with Cyclox to talk about the proposed Cycle Hub at new Westgate. Cyclox made the point that both the total number of spaces at New Westgate and their quality will be much poorer than the planning committee required when it consented. If the Hub spaces (184) are excluded, the number of spaces available 24/7 to the public will be 494, fewer than half of the promised 1000. Most of them are not covered, and none has been laid out for family cycling. We urged the councillors that Josta gas-assist covered two-tier racks be installed wherever possible. We pressed the councillors to remedy the glaring deficiency that will confront new Westgate users this October unless immediate action is taken. Bob Price was under the impression that 1000 spaces will be provided, and no doubt the other members of the planning committee at the time of consenting would want to know. As a separate issue, Cyclox also believes that the quality of cycle lanes and tracks on Thames Street when the hoardings come down will be third-rate. Graham Smith has been taking this up with Sue Halliwell, and some minor amendments have been agreed. But the southern approaches to New Westgate will still be wholly unsatisfactory, and a deterrent to potential cycle users.
Eynsham A40 bus lane consultation
Committee member Dan Levy put our response together here is the summary of the responses to the consultation. Oxfordshire County Councils Cabinet is being asked to agree to invest a total of £3.191m of development funding towards progressing the design of the A40 park & ride and bus lane scheme at Cabinet on 21st February 2017. If funding for the next stage of the project is agreed by Cabinet, the comments received during the consultation will be considered further during the design process. However, looking at the minutes of that meeting, no decision seems to have been made yet.
And another thing
Good ideas for bike parking
We continue to encourage the city to install user friendly bike stands. Sustrans have an excellent guide to this and Cambridge have produced their own version.
If your area has a suitable on-road space, it may be your local councillor could be persuaded to support this sort of initiative as seen in Lambeth, among other places.
Cycling UK Oxfordshire new website
Robin Tucker announces the new website for our local (ex CTC) Cycling UK branch.
Its all in the attitude
Hard to imagine a joined-up approach to maintaining cycle flow in the UK, but Denmark makes it feel natural and easy. But there are some hopeful signs here is a website that tells you which buses will let you take your bike.
Cycling in Cheshire
Cheshire East local authority have a clear and impressive cycling strategy. Perhaps the acknowledgement holds the key it thanks local cyclists for their input in developing the strategy! More encouragement for our local councillors.
Things you can only do when cycling
This fun short video points out some cycle behaviours dont translate into the office environment.
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It has a terrain of low, flat delta in the south and north, Central highlands and hilly, mountains in the far north and northwest. Natural disasters includes occasional typhoons with extensive flooding, especially in the Mekong river delta. It's natural resources include phosphates, coal, manganese, rare earth elements, bauxite, chromate, offshore oil and gas deposits, timber and hydropower.
The current Vietnamese flag
Ha Long Island
One of the seven wonders of the world. Part of a great mythical story.
NGO Mon
This place is considered a place of art architecture and many more. Concidered a somewhat sacred placed.
Hills and Vegetation in Vietnam
This picture was taken in a forest in Vietnam of a rare tripe of gibbons.
River and vegetation
This picture was taken in the north of the Mekong delta
People and culture
The religions in Vietnam are Buddhist, Catholic, Hoa Hao, cao dai, Protestant, and Muslim. There are many ethnic groups. They are Vietnamese, Tai, Thai, muong, Khmer, Mong, Nung, and others. The mean age in Vietnam is 28.7 years of age. The total years in school expectancy in Vietnam is 10 years.
The clothing in Vietnam is very important. Non royals wear clothing that is quite liberally
with only few restrictions on styles. For example, wearing yellow color in the Ly dynasty was tolerable since the Imperial clan wore red and white color. the four part dress is an example of an ancient dress that Vietnamese women wear.
Women dressed in a traditional Vietnamese dress
This was obviously taken during harvesting season.
A traditional Vietnamese soup.
Men playing traditional instruments in a festival.
This is a picture from a Vietnamese culture festival
Lion dance preformed during a ceremony
1959-A specialized North Vietnamese Army unit, Group 559, is formed to create a supply route from North Vietnam to Vietcong forces in South Vietnam.
1961-President John F. Kennedy orders more help for the South Vietnamese government in its war against the Vietcong guerrillas.
1962-In Operation Chopper, helicopters flown by U.S. Army pilots ferry 1,000 South Vietnamese soldiers to sweep a NLF stronghold near Saigon.
1963-At the hamlet of Ap Bac, the Vietcong 514th Battalion and local guerrilla forces ambush the South Vietnamese Army's 7th division
American air power in Southeast Asia is massively reinforced. Two aircraft carriers arrive off the Vietnamese coast prompted by a North Vietnamese offensive in Laos.
January 1965- Vietcong forces mount a series of attacks across South Vietnam. They briefly seize control of Binh Gia, a village only 40 miles from Saigon.
A Vietcong-placed bomb explodes in a hotel in Qui Nonh, killing 23 American servicemen.
February 10-
A Vietcong placed bomb explodes in an hotel killing 23 American servicemen.
March- After many delays , the first bombing raids of rolling thunder are flown.
Government and citizenship
According to the new Citizenship Law of Vietnam which came into effect on January 1st 1999, the Vietnamese Government still does not recognise dual nationality - any person with Vietnamese citizenship is regarded by the Vietnamese government firstly as a Vietnamese national. The only exception to this is where a person has formally renounced their Vietnamese citizenship.
Vietnamese citizenship can be acquired by birth or by application to the Vietnamese authorities. Any person born with at least one parent who is a Vietnamese citizen, whether the person was born in or outside Vietnam, is generally considered by Vietnamese law to be a Vietnamese citizen. Children of non-Vietnamese parents born in Vietnam are also eligible for Vietnamese nationality unless the parents choose otherwise. It is possible to relinquish Vietnamese citizenship but experience has shown this can take some time to finalise as it requires approval by the President.
Vietnam's economic freedom score is 50.8, making its economy the 147th freest in the 2014 Index. Its score is 0.2 point worse than last year, reflecting declines in freedom from corruption, monetary freedom, and business freedom that outweigh improvements in labor freedom and fiscal freedom. Vietnam is ranked 33rd out of 42 countries in the Asia–Pacific region, and its overall score is lower than the world and regional averages.
Over the 20-year history of the Index, Vietnam has advanced its economic freedom score by about 9 points.
Improvements in seven of the 10 economic freedoms include gains in trade freedom, business freedom, and freedom from corruption, scores for which have advanced by 10 points or more. Reforms have included partial privatization of state-owned enterprises and increasing recognition of private property rights.
Company list
#2 IBM- a company that creates computers. Computers are very helpful in daily lives. They can send faster emails and help with research. They can also be used for fun purposes I wanted to.
#3 UPS- UPS is a mail company. It could help with delivering packages. If an important letter or package needs to be send UPS is a fast way to send them. Mail companies can be very important in a normal life.
#4 Chevron- Chevron is an oil company. Oil is used to power cars and other vehicle. The more oil companies the more oil there is to fuel cars. This could help the transportation.
#5 Time Warner - Time warner is a company for internet, phone service, and TV cable. This company could help out with the phone service witch helps people communicate. It also gives internet or WiFi which can help people with their jobs, work, research, or just for entertainment. They could also help with the tv cable which could entertain people of all ages.


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Changing Host Families? Remember 3 Important Points
Hey Au Pairs,
It's that time of year when au pairs and host families are saying au revoir for good and not for amicable reasons. We're talking REMATCH time. If you're an au pair who is going through a rough patch with your host family, we feel for you. Edwina has had her fair share of shitty host families (apparently we can't call it a horror story according to the latest comment though, haha!)
If you're in a similar situation, don't worry, it happens. It doesn't matter whether you were the one who decided to leave or whether they kicked you out - it's time to move on.
Of course, this is easier said than done. Firstly, the rematch process can be very stressful. Trying to find a new family on a time crunch is hard. Add onto that the worry of where you'll live in the interim between your old job and the new one means things will completely slip your mind.
In the video below, we've offered a few pieces of advice for how to get through this tough experience. In this blog post, we thought we'd look at just three of those all important things which you may completely forget about when you're dealing with this overwhelmingly emotional rollercoaster.
This list doesn't cover everything and if you have something to add, please leave a comment below or join our OPEN FORUM on Facebook to discuss the topic further.
1. Health insurance is KEY
One aspect of the au pair experience that often gets brushed under the rug in your search for a new family is health insurance. Especially if you are on an au pair working visa.
If your first family sponsored you to come into France as an au pair, they had to go through a lengthy process of registering you with the French government and signing paperwork promising to pay for your "Sécurité Sociale" or your health insurance. Unless your second family has gone through the process of sponsoring an au pair visa before, they will probably not know the responsibilities that come along with it.
Firstly, we recommend that you SPEAK to your new host family about health insurance and make sure they have some idea of how they're going to make sure you're insured. If they're clueless and seem to be ignoring your health insurance, this is likely a red flag. But, you may also want to simply ignore the whole thing and just settle with not being registered by your family. We don't really recommend this but Edwina went with this option in the rush to find a new family. At least know that you are making that decision to be uninsured.
However, much more advisably if your host family aren't going to insure you is to find insurance elsewhere. Options include being insured by your home insurance or finding cheap travel insurance. Check out the many comparison websites online but make sure to read the terms and conditions before you pay to ensure you're not breaching your contract by working.
2. Choose a BETTER host family
Make a list of what you liked about your first family and what you didn't like. You are going into rematch for a reason. Don't get yourself caught up in the same situation just because you feel desperate to find a new family! Learn from your previous experience.
Here are a few NEW questions to ask:
What are your kids like?
Are you (or your kids) evil?
Will you make me work 1,000 hours a week?
We jest, but really, figure out exactly what went wrong with your last host family dynamic and ask questions to suss out how it will be different this time.
Remember, you don't HAVE to tell your host family what happened with your old family. But if you do, let them know why the match failed and ask them how they intend on being a better fit for you. Don't go into details of the "wrong" things you did, just be brief and then ask them questions.
3. The Au Pair Community is Strong
Don't be afraid to lean on the support of the greater au pair community. There are other au pairs out there who have gone through this process or who are currently in a similar situation to you. Keep in mind that you have a community in the city and that au pairs are a helpful, welcoming bunch. See if you can make friends who will let you sleep on their chambre de bonne floor for a few days (or weeks) while you try to get your life back on track.
If you're not part of our Facebook groups already, we have the Au Pair, Oh Paris Open Forum which is exclusively for au pairs all over the world. Or, become an APOP Member and we can help you out further in Paris.


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Indonesian Zoos
Zoos in Indonesia
Indonesian Zoos are extremely popular, especially at the weekends and public holidays. The zoos are looked upon not only as a place to see animals but as a meeting place to catch up with friends, to gossip and to promenade.
Most of the big cities in Indonesia will have a zoo. Many of these are quite old and have their origins back to the time of Dutch occupation. Sadly in come cases there has been very little improvement in cage design or amenities since then.
There are other large and more modern collections but these are mainly exploitative commercially and only play a token role in conservation, education and research. The animals are a means to an end rather than the reason for the collection as in the modern good zoo.
List of Indonesian Zoos
Those highlighted in blue are zoos I have visited and written reports on. Just click on the link to go directly to the report.
Bali Bird Park and Reptile Park
Bali Elephant Safari Park
Bukittinggi zoo (Taman Marga Satwa dan Budaya Kinantan), West Sumatra
Gutters Garden Talling Zoo (Sriwijaya Zoo), South Sumatra
Medan Zoo, North Sumatra
Perancak animal park, Bali
Seaworld Indonesia (Jaya Ancol Dreamland Park)
Semarang Zoo (Taman Margaraya Tinjomoyo)
Siantar Zoo (Taman Hewan Pematang Siantar) - VIDEO
Solo Zoo (Yayasan Bina Satwa Taru)
Taman Mini Indonesia Indah, Jakarta
Taman Safari Indonesia II, Surabaya
Advertisement for Medan Zoo
In my travels around Indonesia visiting zoos I was quickly only too aware how confusing it could be. Most of the zoos had two names and some of them even more than that. I also discovered one zoo which I knew nothing at all about. Doubtless then the list above does not include all the zoos. I should like to make it complete. If you are aware of any I have missed then please note and give details in the comment section below. I won't publish the comment. I will just extract the information.
Other than my Indonesian Zoo Reports and the naturally biased websites for the collections there is little to read on zoos in the country. You may care to read the 2002 WSPA report An Evaluation of Five Zoos in Indonesia


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What are you looking forward to the most about college?
I'm looking forward to an environment that gives me the kind of freedom to discover the area of study that I enjoy most, without any kind of restrictions on the courses that I wish to study.
What did you find most challenging about the college app process?
The most challenging aspect of the college application process was to be able to write an essay within a deadline - the creative juices almost never flow when you need them to! Every college requires a minimum of one essay, while some even require four, and that one particular essay needs to be written and re-written multiple times before sending it to a college, which is an extremely challenging task.
What was your SAT and Subject Tests prep strategy?
Honestly, I wish that the Indian schools would educate parents and students on when to give the SAT and advise them on the Subject Tests that they should give.
How did your college list change over time?
Yes, it's only natural for your college list to change over time as you continue discovering new colleges and courses that may interest you. For me, my college list would change almost every week!
What advice would you give future applicants?
I would only advise them to be more aware and gather the right information about what tests need to be given and whether they are accepted by your colleges. I would also advise them to work on their essays in an organized manner, knowing what the next step is.
What major/s are you considering?
I'm undecided, but I'd like to major in either Psychology, Economics or International Relations.
What are your plans for summer?
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Artist Tom Campbell has just started a 2 month project using Filament 14 as his base. He is an Irish artist who is resident in Oxford to spend time with his brother who is being supported currently by the charity Mind.
"The Dog Project will be a collaboration between artist Myself and Mind a charity that works with people who have mental health issues.
The idea behind the dog project is to make many papier-mâché dogs that will be decorated with newspaper and ink ,upon completion of a large number of dogs they will be taken on the street 'for a walk'"
These dogs are likely to be auctioned at the end of the project to raise valuable money towards the work that Mind does.
This project is a re-run of a similar project facilitated by Tom in Ireland where over one hundred dogs were made, See dogmation below...
"During the facilitation I will be using my temporary studio in Magdalen Road Studios,if you are interested in helping make a dog feel free to contact me."
Many hands make many dogs.
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The picture that you see above is a painting of the Danish attack at Battle of Dybbøl, part of the Second Schleswig War between Denmark, Prussia and Austria in 1864, painted by Vilhelm Rosenstand.
It is a painting, a battle - indeed a war which until about two weeks ago I knew absolutely nothing about. And it's only been in thanks to the masterful series '1864' which has been shown on the last few weekends on BBC4 that I've learnt of it. (If you want to watch it, and you seriously should - it's amazing, then the (Danish) trailer is here):
Now I consider myself to know hopefully a thing or two about history having done it for my degree. But this, to my embarrassment this has passed me by. And it got me thinking about something which in the trade is known as historiography-
Historiography -
"The study of the way history has been and is written – the history of historical writing" - Furay and Salevouris
To me historiography means the study of what is remembered, what is forgotten and how things are re-remembered. What's is genuinely fascinating about studying history is how events which on the surface seem frozen into place are actually take on a fluid appearance as the decades roll on by. The First World War was originally the study of the generals, the battlefronts, of poetry. Now, it is the history of the people. Every family from up and down the country sharing their memories of their loved ones, creating a dense tapestry of thousands of intertwined stories. Why the change?
Here's the ramble...
So, why is the Schleswig wars never mentioned? Why is the First World War all the more important at a centenary and not as important either before or after that point? Why is the British Second World War always mentioned? (On another note why is it's Britain's war, and not the British Empire?)
Why is Second World War remembered so frequently when the wars of Korea, the Falklands or the Gulf that also had saw Britain play an integral role so infrequently mentioned?
I don't have the deciding answers to these questions but it does provide an incredible insight into what is and isn't remembered when you can start to remember the stuff that isn't remembered.
And in the future?
However, with the sheer scale of the web, more and more people are able to access information, share memories and record the world around them at such an unprecedented rate how we remember everything is becoming ever more impressive and complicated. Would a historian in the future be able to get a greater insight into 2015 by reading our tweets? Or would it just give a narrow opinion a step away from the wider majority? What if everything online wasn't accessible - would there be a huge void in understanding the world in which we lived.
As I say in the title, this is a ramble. But something which I hope to re-visit when I've spent some more time thinking about it.
If you can offer any advice, suggestions about why history is understood the way it is in 2015 then add your comments below.


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How to Start a Successful Morning Routine
If your morning automatically fast-forwards to you sitting with a rushed cup of coffee on your way to work, this article is for you! If you're looking to build onto your already amazing morning routine, you'll also learn how to squeeze more time for yourself in your day!
You know you should have a morning routine. Everything you've read about starting self-care and starting the day off on the right foot says you should have a morning routine. But where do you even start? What exactly is the perfect morning routine?
We've all been at this point! Not only do you feel completely trapped by your time constraints, but you may not think that your schedule can support a morning routine. I used to say these few things all of the time before I found the true value in it.
I know you may have said these to yourself about starting a morning routine:
"I'm too busy!"
Your schedule may be jam packed, but is it because your day may be weighted too heavily in the morning?
For these schedule-hogs, write down how much time they eat up each morning. This will help you determine if they can be shifted to another time or can be divvied up through out the week. Asking for help and delegating are a huge part of starting a successful routine.
Sometimes, we can feel guilty for saying no to things or take on more because we feel the need to prove ourselves, but that's the farthest from the truth! When you write down your schedule, make sure to include everything.
If you're not sure, or fear you'll forget something, keep the list on-going for a week to get a true result. If your mornings are weighted differently or have fluctuating tasks, plan your routine for the most jam-packed morning.
When you set yourself up for success with your own schedule, you'll be surprised at how quickly your morning routine will settle into place.
"I'm already juggling so much, I can't focus on anything else!"
Listing out what you feel is the most burdensome in the morning can be a lifesaver! If you're feeling overwhelmed with what's on your plate, list out your current schedule from most time-consuming to least time-consuming.
When your list is in place, see what you can shuffle around or break into smaller pieces. Breaking tasks down into smaller bits can let you shuffle your schedule around more as well as see what you can delegate out. Sometimes, you can even cut tasks out completely that aren't needed anymore!
This is also a good time to start asking yourself if you truly need all of these tasks and to-do's right smack-dab in your morning. Are they improving your life or are you just putting your nose to the grindstone because that's "just how it's always been?" When you're looking at your list, ask yourself: "Does this help me or hinder me?" "Am I doing this because it's something I enjoy or will help me achieve a goal?"
Don't feel obligated to keep on a set path if it doesn't align with your current goals, they're always changing and evolving, just like you are!
"My schedule is always changing, I can't really plan anything!"
I have been here SO MANY TIMES! And I can hear myself saying this over and over again in the past. Getting yourself into the mentality of "just try it" can really help you begin that shift from "I can't" to reality.
When you "just try it," you can invest without signing on the dotted line. This is so helpful when you have an ever-changing schedule due to work, school, family, or anything else that is out of your control. With setting up your perfect routine, tell yourself you'll try it for two days this week.
Let yourself be successful by not setting yourself up to fail. Once you've accomplished two days in the first week, try three for the next. Let yourself try it out in bite-sized pieces so you're not letting yourself down when someone else's schedule doesn't work with yours!
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Using Building Blocks
In my own journey and following other's success stories, there are quite a few building blocks that you can use to construct your perfect morning routine. You can do all of them or you can pick and choose, whichever can fit in your schedule!
I am passionate about working with people who don't have "normal" schedules because that's all I've ever known. Accomplishing any planning or any set routines can be tough, but it is so super-sweet when you make it work for you. Using the building block method let's you customize what works in your day and on your schedule. Plug in what you feel will work for you, rotate them, do what you want with what you see fit.
Your morning routine should set the mood for the rest of the day. How many times have you wished your day could just start over? If you start building a morning routine you actually enjoy, think of how many days you can save yourself that question!
With these few building blocks, you can do all of them, some of them, or maybe start yourself out with one and add more later. Don't feel obligated to add all of them and set yourself up for self-sabotage. Start small and make progress, not perfection!
Calm Before the Storm
Staying in bed for a few minutes after your alarm can be exactly what your mood needs to start the day. If you're like me, I hate being bombarded with tasks right out of bed. The solution? Lie in bed for a little bit, take this time to be mindful of yourself.
How are you feeling today? Are you sore? Happy? What's your mantra for the day? Ask these questions to yourself in these quiet moments before the day really starts. If you're prone to dozing back off in the morning, set another alarm to safe-guard from oversleeping!
Tip: Set an alarm for yourself that isn't a fire-alarm or something obnoxious. No one wants to start their day with an airhorn. There's a lot of great "build-up" alarms that are fantastic for waking up to. These alarms start out soft and get a little louder as it continues. Perfect for those who are deep sleepers!
This is my go-to and really, what started me on my journey towards my current morning routine! Even when I couldn't find the time to do anything else, I would read an article while I was waking up. I'd have my cup of coffee and paged through a few blogs to get my day started off with positivity.
If you're working towards big goals, reading positive affirmations in the morning will help you connect back to your why. Little pick me ups when the journey gets tough!
If you're even more pressed for time, I have been really digging an audiobook chapter in the morning while I get ready. I fire-up my wireless speaker and have it run while I get ready for the day.
Audiobooks are amazing to start the day with and can be a lot more calming than turning the television on. If you haven't had a chance to check one out, Audible is a great place to start and it gives you access to literally every book under the sun.
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As of right now, I've been listening to The Self Care Solution which focuses on the energy aspect of self-care and to really make the most of your time during the day. A must listen/read for a deeper understanding of self care.
For the first 30 minutes of your morning, staying unplugged can get your mood uplifted. Who wants to be bombarded with news or Facebook right in the morning, anyways?
This one is tough but start small and work your way down. Unplug for 5 minutes, 10 minutes, so on and set yourself up for success each week.
Low Impact Work Out
I can't stress enough how much yin-yoga has helped start me on a path to being physically healthier. Focusing on your breath, as well as stretching can really do wonders for the start of your day.
Pressed for time? Squeeze in even just a 10-minute session for yourself while you're getting dressed. I can't count how many times I've had to do a few forward folds in the shower because I was pressed for time. Yikes!
There are plenty of other low impact routines out there, but just getting a few minutes in each day can really set you up for success and even boost your serotonin along the way! Who doesn't want a pick-me-up of happiness in their day?
Easy Breakfast
Prepping your meals the night before is a huge help when you're pressed for time in the morning. For me, my breakfast meals are kept simple due to a heavily weighted morning schedule. If you're like this too, a simple breakfast may be up your alley.
Two to three ingredients without any extra prep is perfect for those jam-packed mornings. Even if you're not a big breakfast par-taker, just something to let you sit before you rush off is a great tool to keep your mornings under control.
If eggs and toast aren't your thing, melba chips and hummus are great for sensitive morning-stomachs with some green tea to give you some pep!
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These are just a few building blocks to get your morning routine up to what you need and working with your own schedule.
I can't stress enough how just a little progress can lead to big, positive impacts! Taking little bites at a time will lead you closer to attaining your perfect, customized morning routine.
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"One wonders if there are any frontiers or limits to this celebration of diversity. Is one meant to jump and cheer in the name of anti-racism if we elect a Muslim Prime Minister or if our greatest cathedrals become mosques?"
Travels in Cultural Nihilism has been woefully underpublicized for reasons that will emerge as this review unfolds. The book came out in March but I hadn't heard of it until I read about it in the Salisbury Review (SR) at the beginning of this month.
Stephen Pax Leonard is a young, Oxford-based social anthropologist, specialising in the indigenous peoples of the Arctic. Three things follow. First, he visits Sweden regularly and has been able to observe the insidious tightening of its "spiral of silence and self-censorship", the account of which provides the centre of gravity of the book. Secondly, he wonders if "Travels" might prove to be his academic swansong on account of its polemic against supranational orthodoxies. Third, Leonard remarks drily that by recording the languages and customs of Arctic peoples, he is a professional celebrant of diversity, albeit in the opposite sense to the spurious one contemplated by the forces of globalization.
The book consists of twelve loosely connected essays, two on the Swedish dystopia, one on European federalism, one on Russia and Eastern Europe and two on the Jihadi agenda. The remaining six are more generic, ranging across globalization, group think, oikophobia and competitive victimhood. This sounds like well-trodden ground but Leonard's research has been thorough and he has unearthed a treasury of hair-raising facts. Just to whet your appetite, here are ten that were news to me (with page references).
In 2015, Nicky Morgan launched a policy to force teachers to report children who disapprove of homosexuality to the police (97). A German couple were imprisoned for 10 months for voicing concerns about the refugee crisis on Facebook (87). Notts Plod has officially classified wolf-whistling as a hate-crime (84). Halal meat is now the only meat option in most Oxford colleges (53). At the end of 2015, mobs of Arab and Pakistani men waving flags and shouting Allahu Akbar were filmed piling up on the Macedonian and Hungarian borders (117).
Up to a dozen illegal night flights per night between Turkey and Cologne took place between 1am and 6am in August 2016 to ferry refugees (125). A totalising surveillance system, originating in Iraq and using Cessna planes, was used over Baltimore for six months before anyone knew and has still not been officially admitted (175). President Nicolas Sarkozy made a speech in 2008 promising compulsory miscegenation (188). Since the break-up of the Soviet Union, 25,000 Russian Orthodox Churches have been built, mostly with oligarch money (207). The US-South Korea Free Trade Agreement was completed in just 13 months (240).
The most focused and certainly the most revelatory essays are the fifth and sixth, "The Swedish Topos" and "Totalitarian Air Waves", in which Sweden is showcased as the crucible for cultural nihilism.
The Sverigedemokaterna party (or SD) is the only Swedish party to oppose unlimited immigration and for this reason it is strangely invisible, even though it polls close to 20%. Its placards are defaced or torn down. Postmen refuse to deliver its literature and newspapers refuse to carry its adverts. Candidates have bricks thrown through their windows . The party election hut was burnt down. Its HQ is now in an unmarked garage. Three influential Danish political parties have urged the Council of Europe to send observers to Sweden to monitor violations of democracy. Electoral ballots are not even properly secret – you have to choose a different strip of paper depending on your preferred candidate; the only way to dissimulate (or try to) is to grab a handful.
The non-negotiable norms are in Sweden egalitarianism, the tryggher (sense of security) provided by the welfare system and gender equality. SD, when they are mentioned at all, are portrayed as "norm-violators", simultaneously "nationalist" and "unSwedish". The doublethink ramifies. SD is seen as "evil" because it is the only party seen not to be supporting the victim group. But Elderly Swedes whose benefits will be shrunk to subsidise new arrivals (60% of welfare benefits in Sweden are paid to immigrants) are ineligible as victims because they are ethnic Swedes. To the extent that rape is still reported, the perpetrator's ethnicity is soft-pedalled as "newly arrived Swede". Official policy is to eliminate future conflict by removing the concept of nationhood altogether, though Sweden takes conspicuous pride in setting a compassionate example to the world.
Even though Sweden's neighbours al l share its Jantelagen mentality to some degree, they can spot advanced collective psychosis when they see it. Norway warned last year that in the event that civil order breaks down in Sweden, it will defy the Geneva Convention and close the border to stop the contagion from spreading (see Zerohedge 24 Feb 2016).
Swedish talk radio consists of little else than stories in which minorities are discriminated against. There are frequent plays, all of which encourage a sense of self-loathing and collective guilt. Playwrights and authors with foreign backgrounds are invited on to talk about their emotions and the racism they have experienced. Brian Eassty, reviewing the book in the SR, says that station P1 (like Radio 4) sounds like a never-ending edition of Woman's Hour. As PJW is wont to say, let that sink in.
In 2013, the Government allowed police to access IP addresses to identify when online hate-crimes occurred and granted the Swedish Media Council SEK 1 million for initiatives to combat online xenophobia, sexism and other perceived intolerance.
Edward Snowden revealed that Sweden is a key partner to the US in mass internet surveillance, and the Swedish FRA (signal surveillance) law permits comprehensive snooping. The Swedish state keeps a record of everything said in telephone conversations, surfed on the web or written on the internet. The entire population is tapped all the time without judicial approval. By law, every telephone and Internet operator in Sweden has to have a cable linked to the Government's server. Every piece of communication is examined using 250,000 search criteria.
The Snowden links also reveal that Sweden spied on Russian leaders and shared the data with the US. Leaked documents show that Sweden is a key NSA collaborator because 80% of Russia's internet traffic passes through Sweden. Sweden had a bilateral agreement with the NSA long before the FRA law was introduced, in consequence of which the NSA gave Sweden access to Xkeyscore, the turbocharged electronic trawler, which can assemble lists of people who frequent forums like this one.
Like Douglas Murray, Leonard, reports from a selection of countries, but (apart for a solitary Inuit) we don't get to hear anyone else's voice, which makes the authorial tone sound more declamatory than maybe it needs to be. Unlike Murray, Leonard devotes his final chapter to a broad-brush survival strategy entailing a new "cultural grammar" (he's an anthropologist) which sounds like it has already been instinctively deployed by Nigel Farage and Jacob Rees-Mogg. He doesn't address the surely necessary overhaul of the benefits and civil liberties legislation but in a book of such ambitious scope, that shouldn't be seen as a fault.
These essays are not organised systematically, as the author admits, and show some signs of having been written in haste. This means that there are more dots he could have joined up. For instance, although he mentions Gramsci, he doesn't ram home the Swedish polity's obvious debt to the Frankfurt School. The confusing of gender roles, teaching homosexuality to children, mobilization of women as revolutionaries against men, large-scale immigration to abolish nationhood, dependency on the state for employments or benefits, control and infantilization of the media: the Swedish experiment ticks every box.
Other material to which I cannot do justice here but which the book will enable you to explore online are the Eastern counter-narratives (Putin, Orbán, Patriarch Kirill of Moscow), the Al Qaeda manual, "Management of Savagery" by Abu Bakr Naji and plenty of YouTube clips of radical clerics, telling it like it is. Maybe one day, muttonheads like Amber Rudd will pay attention, but let's not hold our breath.
I have no hesitation in recommending this book. You will get an exceptional amount of bang for your buck. Stephen Pax Leonard is an erudite and impassioned writer and a man to watch.
Available from Amazon here.


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