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Saturday, December 22, 2007
This blog
My computer won't let me attach images; the pertinent windows won't open. It's super-frustrating because I want to feature more than just words. I store images on my zip drive, visit computers at work or the public library and patch the drafts and the images there. I'd love to get a new computer but that's not feasible.
My family responsibilities take up a lot of time, so I can't get to the above locations as much as I'd like.
So in lieu of real insect news, here's a solstice-season whine.
On the more positive side: a bunch of cool projects are going on, and though they might well be a bit dated by the time I blog them I promise I will share the details with all.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Summer's Hunt
It's cold now, the insects are gone. I can only anticipate more hunts next year and recall this setting of past strivings; the epic struggles between a determined human hunter and a host of highly-evolved flying insects.
Man Eating Bugs, the impressive 'picture-book' by Menzel and D'Alusio that illustrates worldwide entomophagy, includes dragonfly hunting on the exotic island of Bali. The people there call them 'sky prawns,' which is significant. I knew I'd have to go get some, and that the hunt would be hard work. I once read about a simple way to catch dragonflies – pluck them while they rest on branch-tips over little streams at night. But I've never found them that way. It would be either stalk/charge/swing-the-net or nothing.
This made the hunt the most labor-intensive I've executed. Some would say more laborious than the prey is worth but if I started listening to the voice of reason I might be tempted to give up on entomophagy altogether, and hat would be a crying shame.
The Indonesian method was similar, but craftier. The hunter [generally kids] would visit the ponds and paddies frequented by dragonflies. The tool of choice: a considerable length of reed, the end of which coated in sticky tree sap. This would be held out like a perch and yet flicked at the right moment, taking an insect while on the wing.
My technique: Iaido-style. The haft is held down and to my left, across the body, double-handed. Having sighted my target, I approach stiffly, one footfall at a time. I would keep my eyes locked (not always as easy, especially when another target would interpose) until the moment to swing the net. Once I learned to swing just above the insect's resting position I could sometimes see it rise into the net's apeture, but at least as often I saw it sail away over or beyond the net. My average was not very impressive but I improved.
The documentation: minimal, merely these words and images. I've been obliged to work alone so there's no one to hold a camera. I took these pictures so I'm not in them. I probably looked so ridiculous out there that only motion picture [a la Youtube] would have done it justice.
The results: not too bad.
I haven't done much to identify them; this bothers me a little, since, given how little is known about which insect species are edible and which aren't, it would be useful to have a lock on what I plan to eat or to serve to the public. But I've spoken with an expert or two, and there seems to be no records of any toxic in dragonflies North America. So that's reassuring.
I did get some large grasshoppers along the way. They're much easier to identify, by and large, when it comes to that: they're Dissosteira carolina and they're not easy to catch. In fact before I developed my own technique I looked really silly chasing them across the field as I missed getting them again and again. Once I got my method on, though, things were slightly different: I caught them once in every 5 tries instead of once in every 12, and though I still looked ridiculous it wasn't quite as bad.
There were other good moments out in the field; birds, deer. Once I surprised a young black racer and managed both to get him in the net and then out again in my hands before he could foul the material with his very nasty-smelling cloacal emissions. After admiring him I let him go. After all, this is not a reptile-eating endeavor I'm running here, and I have no interest in taking an animal from the wild as a pet.
The eating: dragonflies taste a bit like burned toast, but the texture is unique.
It's no surprise that cooking the dragonflies robs them of some of their delicate perfection. They look pretty good on the plate, but nothing compared to freshly-frozen.
What will I do with these insects now that I've got them? They're available for the contest in Richmond, or for some special order from a customer. And I'll probably experiment with a preparation or two as well.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
More on the way [and one more gig coming up]
It's been a long while since I've posted, and I can offer only poor excuses like my day-job and family responsibilities. But I haven't abandoned the noble cause, nor the desire to communicate through this humble blog. Please know that I'm working on a couple of posts and they'll be out soon.
Also, this coming Tuesday, 11/20, I'll be a featured guest at the meeting of New England branch of the Explorer's Club. It's scheduled for 8pm at the Blacksmith House, 56 Brattle Street in Harvard Square. The public is welcome, and there's a suggested voluntary donation of $10.
Perhaps, gentle readers, I'll meet one of you there.
Monday, November 5, 2007
Food for Thought: An impressive success
The most labor-intensive prep was 'filleting' the Giant Water Bugs. We [I got a lot of help from the staff and students at the Genesis Center) did 175 of them. I thought a good deal about what the professional crab-pickers did with those world-famous Chesapeake Bay Blue Crabs.
This is the empty square. The Six-and-five-eighths ounces of empty weight is equivalent to 188g.
Later, filled with the meat of the 175 insects, the one-pound-and-three ounces equaled 540g. Close perusal will reveal two kinds of tissue; the darker and more-square pieces are from the thorax of the animals, and might just correspond to pectoral muscle(?). The lighter-colored stuff is more connective rather than central. If that makes any sense. Seeing the inside of the insect would be helpful; I'll try to get some good macro shots of that this winter.
Here are the shells. The weight was 2 pounds and 11 oz. I don't have the metric equivalent but it doesn't really matter since this mound does not represent all 175 of the insects; some were discarded and could not be retrieved. I tried to boil the shells so as to get a stock but they proved far too salty to work with.
And Here Is The Finished Product!:
[Photo by David Winthrop]
The first name we gave it -- we being myself and Chef Branden Lewis of the Genesis Center, who was wonderful to collaborate with -- was Sour Candy Canape. This name reflected the fact that the bug's meat is reminiscent of sour candy, especially for example Jolly Rancher. But this first name morphed into WaterBugaMelon, since Branden wanted to be more clear about the fact that the dish contained insect protein material.
Traditionally, some people salt their watermelon in the summer. The saltiness-yet-fruitiness of the meat paired well with the fruits. The cocktail umbrella is for decoration only.
Then there were the crickets, which were good also although the planned dish didn't quite get off the ground. The intention was to 'honey-roast' them and serve with popcorn. We were to call it "Popcrick," and maybe next October we'll get it nailed down. Here they are on the roasting pan
and yeah, they were tasty; the sugar didn't overwhelm the nuttiness of the crickets themselves. But we had some problems with the popcorn maker, and in the end I'll need a real honey roaster, which I've seen at carnivals and suchlife venues but I haven't found something affordable that could fit the need.
I was too busy that evening to take pictures of the diners, but I may be able to track down some images one of these days. My tables were quite busy, though, and the even raised my company profile here in Providence, as well as started me off with a really nice collaboration with The Genesis Center, which is a great place.
I'll be serving the bugs at the next Food For Thought in October 2008.
Wednesday, September 26, 2007
FOOD FOR THOUGHT (and some other subjects)
I plan to have some pictures of the event: as it happens I've got three events before it coming up: Syracuse in a few days -- the 29th -- and then Central Square, Cambridge, on the 13th, and then Oak Knoll Audubon Center's Spooktacular on the 20th.
Tuesday, August 7, 2007
A Contest in Richmond
On August 1st I was invited to participate in the first annual Broad Appétit, a festival hosted by Richmond's Downtown Neighborhood Association. On Sunday, May 18, 2008, from noon until 5 p.m., West Broad Street will feature Richmond's finest chefs, a bug chef cook-off, specialty food vendors and visual artists. There will be food demonstrations and competitions, a mini-Farmers' Market, children's activities, street performers, music and more. The event will be heavily promoted through print material and advertisements in print and on the radio.
The slightly longer story is this: David George Gordon (whom I saw give his bug cooking presentation way back in 2002 here in Providence, and who, it must be admitted, has been a sort of model for my efforts) has competed against the redoubtable Zack Lemann in the past, and Zack was approached for this event so that the pair could duke it out once more. But AH!, Zack has a engagement set for that weekend that cannot be shifted. Thus the mind reaches for some replacement, so that the contest aspect of the thing can be realized. My name is broached, and deemed acceptable to all parties.
Naturally the news has thrown me into excited nervousness, and it's taken me a week of thinking about it to be ready to "blog it." I need to start planning. More updates on that progress to come.
Wednesday, August 1, 2007
Chapulines On The Menu!!
Today I dropped off a half-pound of the tiny chapulines at TWO popular restaurants here in Providence. I won't say which ones just yet, other than one of them is a Mexican place and one serves hipsters and artist-types. In a little while I'll ask them if I can include their names in this blog; what matters for the moment is that these adventurous people had taken samples from me and decided that it was time to play with a new ingredient.
In fact I'd made one or two previous small-scale sales before these, from that larger order I'd picked up last month. I know that there are other restaurants out there also willing to take the plunge, and I'll be selling frozen/chilled insects at a few of my up-coming events.
Thus the whole thing grows....
What Gourmet Insect Food Looks Like
And there are precedents models out there. Zack Lemann (last name is pronounced as 'Lemon,' by the way) is one of those few well-known insect chefs around. He's out of New Orleans and is currently orchestrating a venue at which regular insect-cooking demonstrations will be taking place. This is pretty amazing stuff. These are some of his culinary creations.
First is f-ANT-assticcrackers. The key ingredient is "Hormigas Culonas," the Leaf-Cutter Ant Queens. These were harvested in Colombia.
The Grasshopper Gumbo. These are lubber grasshoppers; they're quite large, and there's a big question about them.
Odonate Hors D'Ouerves. These are tempura-fried dragonflies on mushroom slices.
The Split Pea Whole Hopper Soup
Recently I was able to glean a few things from a chef at a party thrown by an Entomological Society. By and large this was a regular summer shindig: there were the traditional expected foods --
Grilled chicken; salmon; hamburgers and hot dogs. A token ear of corn.
And there was a variety of cooked insects:
One might say that these were "grilled," but in my slowly growing sense of clue regarding cooking I'd guess they were more steamed on the grill. While no liquid had been added, the convection from the coals never got through the foil, which means that no grilling was going on.
And how were these insects? Not so good. Too damp. The Giant Hissing Cockroaches were easily the worst, in fact they were inedible as a result of the whole 'juices trapped in the bug's body' reality. Really roasting them would likely be better, the more so after either ventilating the insect or even removing the gut.
The worst part was that the insects were basically wasted, because few people wanted to try them. I had quite a bit, but it looked hopeless.
Then in stepped Steven, who's a real chef. He was curious about insect cookery, and he showed me the best way to fry insects.
Here he is, keeping close watch over the crickets.
And a shot of the silkworm pupae that followed:
Worth noting: the netted-scoop-tool to the left of the pan is known as a 'spider.' That's amusing.
This was the first chance I've had to learn and prepare for the future. Making insects into haute cuisine makes me wish I had some real training.
Monday, July 23, 2007
A matter of taste
One kind of answer deals with the details – dry-toasted cricket tastes like sunflower seeds; katydid like toasted avocado; palm grub like bacon soup with a chewy, sweet finish. Weaver ant pupae have practically no flavor, while the meat of the giant water bug is, astonishingly, like a salty, fruity, flowery Jolly Rancher. People are usually amazed by it.
The other kind of answer is more theoretical and conceptual: often, insects taste the way that people expect them to. After all, they're absolutely outside the norm for us and it's considered freakish to eat them. If insects were delicious then we'd all know it and we'd eat them, since we like delicious food. Whereas if insects are perceived [however incorrectly] as dirty, disgusting, disease-bearing vermin, the chances that they'll be deemed delicious are pretty low.
Last March David Letterman had an exotic foods expert on the show; the occasion was a banquet at The Explorers Club. There was a long table set up with a slew of weird foods – giant hissing cockroaches were visible, but the short segment did not include that tasting. Letterman tried boiled ostrich egg, eyeballs, rattlesnake, and a bunch of other stuff. Both along the way and at the end he proclaimed them all horrible. Given that these foods were part of a lavish banquet given every year at a prestigious institution, the culinary preparations would not be in doubt. Rather, it's likelier that Letterman (and, by extension, a lot of people) tried the food expecting it to be awful and this created its own outcome.
This is part of the challenge that I face. In my experience it's not very often that those people who are willing to try an insect find it delicious. Three possible reasons for that occur to me: 1, that the insects are simply not good-tasting; 2, my cooking skills are not very good; or 3, the afore-mentioned culturally-based predilection toward the rejection of bugs as food.
On the other hand, the most frequent response I get from a taster at one of my events is, "Gee, that's really not so bad." This is actually encouraging, and part of me thinks that I should be quite satisfied with that reaction. I'm not. The goal must be to have people amazed at how truly tasty the insects are. I fault my cooking skills, or lack thereof, and I've resolved to partner with chefs so that I can bring my abilities to the next level, and do the insect ingredients justice, at last.
Friday, July 20, 2007
It's not super-stardom, but...
Wednesday, July 18, 2007
Basics 3: Other resources [online]
The ultimate source of information online regarding the edibility of insects. Includes: entomology; nutrition; general research; cultural aspects; societal reactions; etc, etc.
Further articles and content from The Food Insects Newsletter (FINL)
LOTS of good info, but no images. From what I've gathered, this is one of the earlier websites created. It was gone for a while, but it's back. Wrought by one Aletheia Price, who was 17 at the time. Includes recipes. I believe that a good deal of the same content can be found at
Hailing from the Seattle Area, David George Gordon is the most renowned entomophagist in the country. He's written a slew of books on various kinds of "bugs," including a cookbook; the site includes one or two of the recipes therewithin.
Representing the good people at B.A.B.E.S., the Bay Area Bug Eating Society (which may or may not be currently active). The site's creator is Scott Bowers, who has traveled to various parts of the world in order to eat their insects. Includes recipes.
Various images of people eating insects.
From the University of Kentucky
Other insect recipes
Raising mealworms and crickets
[Highly Helpful] General Insect stuff:
This last one is a really cool project to gather a lot of information centered on the insect hobbyist, including a lot of good insect-rearing help.
A Colony Attacked
This might not seem a dramatic image. It was the site of a great catastrophe, at least from the perspective of the carpenter ant colony that lived there. I am what befell that colony.
I'd first turned over the log on impulse, and replaced it carefully when I found a seething mass of large, winged black ants. I returned the next day and a few times after that over the next four or five days. The ants were members of the genus Camponotus, a.k.a. carpenter ants. I've known for some time that people have eaten these ants here and there; supposedly lumberjacks in 19th Century Maine ate them to avoid scurvy.
I'd envisioned a "clean kill," meaning a labor-efficient harvest wherein I could harvest the insects only. It didn't work out that way, mostly because the ants had no interest in being harvested and therefore tried to run away very quickly. And it's true that that seething business rattled me; I knew that the ants couldn't hurt me, it was just that as I was scrambling to collect as many as I could, this is what I ended up with:
A whole lot of wood bits, dead leaves, and some soil, with a good deal of ant-made sawdust. It required a good deal of processing. I would've liked to document this process, but the sad truth about both this blog and much of my work in entomophagy is that I do a lot of it alone so there's no one to hold the camera.
I had about six or sevent containers from my various raids; some had this litter from the forest floor; in others it was mostly sawdust from inside the log. I found that sifting the mix in large bowls worked quite well, reminiscent of the old-fashioned wheat-from-chaff technique. All of this in order to get to the prize: the pupae.
Of course I'd collected a heck of a lot of ants too, and I was most interested in them also, despite my slight concerns about Wolbachia -- an endosymbiont that wouldn't do me much good if it was in my system. Here's the ants with a few bits of wood [toward the end of the sifting].
And here they are again -- the queen (one of many; methinks the colony, having done well for itself, was about to send a whole raft of winged alates into the the world); some drones; and the necessary workers.
I find the ants quite beautiful, dead or alive. And working on prepping them as food emphasized what I'd felt when I was collecting them at that log -- a touch of guilt.
I thought of the colony as a society or a machine consisting of living parts, each of which pursues its function for the greater good of the whole. This conception is on my mind quite a lot, and it's something that I'm pretty sure I wouldn't find in hunting magazines (if I read them, that is). A "real" hunter, as represented in such publications, respects his or her mission and goal; respects the quarry and the landscape too; honors the kill, but doesn't succumb to any feelings of guilt about having to kill. After all, hunting is simply the involvement of the meat-consumer in the process of getting the meat, and therefore the hunter is more authentic than someone who simply lets others do the killing, and merely picks up the wrapped and sanitized Styrofoam tray in the supermarket. There's a lot to be said about that perspective.
I appreciate the times when I feel this way, which I sometimes do. Other times, though, I have other feelings. When I was collecting cicadas off the trees in New Jersey in 2004 I thought a lot about the fact that these insects had been underground for 17 years, all in order to emerge and mate and die. All of that time in preparation for procreation -- arguably, the prime evolutionary function and purpose of every organism. And here I was, getting in the way of that. Granted, it's not much of a stretch to say that I was acting like any other predator. The mass emergence strategy of these multiple billions of cicadas was an evolutionary response to my actions as much as it was to the actions of birds, snakes, skunks, raccoons, bats, etc. The cicadas are a temporary banquet. "Go ahead," the vast numbers seem to say. "Eat all you want. We'll make more anyway. All of your efforts cannot make much of a dent in our overall numbers." How generous. Yet I remember the mixed feelings as I scooped up dozens of handfuls of live adult, newly-winged cicadas and the just-emerging nymphs into the large ziploc bags that went straight into the large icy cooler.
And so it was with these ants. A nation is attacked by something with greater technology. I don't really need to kill the ants, since I have lots of other foods that I could eat. But I'm trying to make a point here with entomophagy. It's just like other kinds of hunting, right?
Another kind of hunting these days has been for dragonflies (and the odd grasshopper along the way). It's the opposite of 'anting;' for one thing, it requires stalking and netting the individual insect, and so it would seem to be less labor-efficient. Given the way that I've executed this ant project, though, it's a toss-up.
Wednesday, July 11, 2007
Basics Part 2: Tasters
Here's the scene at the Newark Museum's BugMania2. I was serving at the far tent.
This is Sarah, who really did enjoy her insects. I'm pretty sure that her grimace came from the fact that the cicada (barely visible between her teeth) was a little chewier than she'd expected.
One might ask whether images like this are good for the cause, given what an ordeal it looks like for her. But this may just be the face of someone readjusting her ideas about food, and getting used to a new concept -- after all, the vast majority of participants have never before deliberately eaten an insect -- one that, a week before or even 30 minutes before, seemed repulsive. So that's great progress then.
Besides, this blog is about what it's like to operate an edible insect company; therefore I'm not interested in pretending as though there won't be difficulties along the way. I'll blog the good and the not-so-perfect, like the resistance that inevitably comes..... Though Sarah was a great sport.
Visting with students in the Boston area.
Both Mom and Son tasted the crickets and/or cicadas; that day there were several kids -- and some adults -- who asked for seconds. I'm pretty sure he was one of them.
I never got this guy's name, but just look at that facial expression! He knew how to enjoy a good bug.
And once more: the look of YUM.
Tuesday, July 10, 2007
Basics Part 1: Presentations of the Past [and upcoming]
But before I go into detail about those bugs I'll focus on the people part of all this. These are the educational programs [and other notable business-related activities] I've done thus far. My website doesn't yet feature the entire list -- I'll put that on the list of things to do...
10/6: Peabody Museum of Natural History - Yale University; New Haven CT
3/7: ESA [Entomological Society of America] Eastern Branch Conf.; New Haven CT
3/17: AS220 Gallery; Providence RI
3/20: ESA [Entomological Society of America] Eastern Branch Conf.; Harrisburg PA
7/31: EcoTarium; Worcester MA
9/10: Dennison-Pequotsepos Nature Center; Mystic CT
10/9 Roger Williams Museum of Natural History; Providence RI
11/9: Menunkatuck Audubon; Guilford CT
9/15: Centers for Nature Education at Baltimore Woods; Marcellus NY
9/16: Helmer Nature Center; Rochester NY
10/7: Powder Mill Ledges Audubon Refuge; Smithfield RI
10/31: La Laiterie; Providence RI
11/17: Community MusicWorks; Providence RI
11/25: Jamestown Philomena Library; Jamestown RI
11/26: EcoTarium; Worcester MA
2/21: Radio Show Interview, WNRI; Woonsocket RI
3/10: Portsmouth Public Library; Portsmouth RI
3/15: Shipment, Tonight Show with Jay Leno; Burbank CA
3/17: Peace Valley Nature Center; Doylestown PA
3/18: ESA [Entomological Society of America] Eastern Branch Conf.; Harrisburg PA
4/17: NY Entomological Society; New York, NY
5/24: Cranston-Calvert Elementary School; Newport RI
5/24: Broad Meadow Brook Audubon; Worcester MA
6/09: Newark Museum; Newark NJ
6/25: Shipment, meeting of the Washington Entomological Society; Washington D.C.
8/01: Radio Show Interview, WNRI; Woonsocket RI
8/05: Farmer's Market; Mystic CT
8/12: NOFA Conference; Amherst MA
9/6: Powder Mill Ledges Audubon Refuge; Smithfield RI
9/29: Centers for Nature Education at Baltimore Woods; Marcellus NY
10/13: Central Square Festival; Cambridge MA
I bolded the last few listings because at this point they're coming up.
Sunday, July 8, 2007
ANOTHER new edible insect in the mail! The Big Ants
I'd contacted a member of http://www.bugguide.net/, a pretty cool group that posts images of North American insects and other arthropods; identifies the species, collates geographical information, etc, etc. My contact lives in Texas and had posted images of leaf-cutter ants – specifically the alates, meaning the winged reproductives that some types of colony-living insects send out at specific times. In this case that would be, more or less, in the second half of May.
These ants [in the genus Atta] are cherished delicacies in Colombia and other places between there and the U.S. Were it not for concerns about slowing down these posts with lots of extra text I'd cite some intriguing stuff about the Spaniards, when they arrived in what became Colombia, scorning the local caviar, as it was thought of, only to attempt seizing control of the ant colonies once they got a taste for the insects. This decision provoked an uprising from the natives. Those interested in reading this for themselves can find it here.
Though at first that Texas connection wrote that -- had missed the brief emergence-time of those winged queen ants, word later came that -- had been successful after all! Very exciting news.
At length the large box arrived [note my foot for scale, and that I've cleverly obscured the sender's address on the shipping document]
inside was a Styrofoam cooler,
and inside that was OVER TWO POUNDS of ants.
They're beautiful, impressive insects.
The real question, though: how do they taste? The morning after I got them I laid a few down on a hot iron skillet. I tried both winged and wing-free individuals; unlike those of the cicadas, these wings really did get in the way. The flavor is very nice; surprisingly mild.
I've tried these ants before – pre-packaged [and quite expensive.] The flavor is very intense, almost harsh. I've heard that fresh off the vendor's cart in Colombia they're heavenly (and, again, quite expensive). The ants are still enjoyed today, and are called "hormigas culonas," or 'big-bottom ants' due to their impressive abdomens.
Given that I've greatly enjoyed these ants in other settings, I'm pretty certain that I can make them taste even better.
This item is just the kind of thing that those few discerning customers ask for; the ones who want more from life than the standard crickets and mealworms. When this happens I'm ready.
Also worth mentioning: I've seen one or two websites centered on the harvest and preparation of these ants in Colombia. Not altogether surprisingly, these sites are in Spanish, which I cannot translate. So getting some help with that would be great...
On the other side of the plate are the mopani worms; they shall have their own substantial post at some point.... Boy, would I love to get a source of those!!
As for the Texan ants: my source mentioned having some ideas for, hopefully, an even bigger harvest next Spring.
The Support of Paper
Inside were two offerings: a wonderful book on insects and their varied environments around the world...
Check out the 'warrior-mantid' pose. Many kinds of mantids go through this display -- you might call it a bluff except that they're quite capable of doing some damage with their raptorial fore-limbs. It's not hard to find accounts of mantids killing and eating birds and other surprisingly large prey.
The other contents of the package: within the large envelope, the entire first incarnation of The Food Insects Newsletter, clearly the best repository of information on entomophagy. The Newsletter was founded in 1988 by Gene DeFoliart at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. After 22 issues [3 per year] it was taken over by Florence Dunkel at the University of Montana, where another 12 issues were published. This second phase of the FINL seems to have ended as of July 1999, though that may well change at some point.
I've long been fond of the Newsletter's logo. It gave me inspiration for my own company's graphic...
Within the sphere of those who know about or have some curiosity about entomophagy (which we know has never been a particularly popular subject) this publication is quite well known. People have asked me about the FINL at several of the events that I've run, and when the subject of entomophagy comes up on the ENTOMO-L listserv, for example, the Newsletter is always mentioned. It's a real shame that this resource is not currently available.
Friday, July 6, 2007
The Tale of Nick
In mid-April 2005 I posted a classified ad on a site devoted to insect-collecting. I'd been lurking there for some time, uninterested in their discussions of cherished pinned specimens, etc. This was the ad:
Wanted!! Edible Insects! Educator seeks reliable, safe sources of processed edible insects from around the world. Will arrange permits, etc with you [not difficult]. Orders between 1 and 2 kilos desired, though this is negotiable. The insect products should be dried or canned. NO PRESERVED SPECIMENS, as they are not edible. NO LIVE SPECIMENS.
That's what brought Nick into the picture. My non-partnership with Nick Kugbeadzor of Accra, Ghana was like other things in life.
At least some of what I'm going to say from here on out may seem a little ridiculous, at least in the light of 20/20 hindsight.
Eventually other things became clear to me. For example, shipping only one or two kilos would be very expensive, and I didn't know the first thing about the permits I'd alluded to. In the bigger picture, it hadn't occurred to me that maybe there were good reasons why no one else had been importing mopane from Africa.
I remember it seeming like magic; in fact it was a form of seduction. He was enthusiastic and optimistic; he was playing me like a $2 fiddle, and I completely failed to see it. But I take some comfort in the fact that a huge number of people are routinely swindled out of their hard-earned money, and many of them lose far more than I did. So a little contextualization helps.
I'm not telling how much I sent. This is because everyone would have his or her own reaction as to what constitutes a lot of money. Some would be awestruck that I had sent so much while others would think it a small loss. It was neither; but it was a considerable sum from my point of view, and that's the key variable.
[[[UPDATE (of sorts)]]]
It's now late November, 2008, and perhaps I'm committing a breach of blog etiquette by messing with chronology but I can explain. I'm just now replacing this entry, having removed it at Nick's request, which was many months ago. He said that the post would damage his reputation (HA!) and that if I removed it he would make things right between us. Sounded good to me, so I complied.
A longer version of this entry – which might well be complete with an excerpt of our IM exchanges – will hopefully find a home in the book I plan to get published.
Tuesday, July 3, 2007
Next Bug: cicadas
Some species live only one year; the periodic cicadas are better known due to their staggering emergences. A predator-response strategy has led the species to stay beneath ground for either 13 or 17 years (depending on the particular species) and then come up more or less at the same time. This allows a range of creatures to eat as many as they want and still allow a good percentage of the insects a chance to reproduce.
And here's a single one:
In 2004 the "famous" Brood X emerged in many states on the Eastern Seaboard; I drove down to Princeton, NJ; slept in my car on campus during Memorial Day weekend; and harvested eight or nine pounds of cicadas from a few massive beech trees on the Princeton campus. I've been serving them -- sauteed or dry-toasted -- to the public ever since. A few images of that event are on my website.
Though the bowl design features "pasta," we should note that insects are basically the protein source of a meal.
Cicadas are found worldwide and are a very popular food. Heck, Aristotle wrote that the last earth-bound stage, before the animal breaks through its thin brown shell, that's the tastiest. He loved them.


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Outer Banks Angling:
Walk don't Whine
By ROB ALDERMAN
Spring seems to be coming in true fashion, which is something we really haven't seen in recent years. The temps have been as you would expect during a normal mid-Atlantic spring. Daily highs have consistently hit the mid-60s and this has led to some phenomenal fishing -- especially in the red drum category.
The inshore boats have done very well chasing the schools of drum and sight-casting for them from the Hook to Hatteras Inlet. There have also been some decent bites at Cape Point from time to time.
Puppy drum have been caught from Coquina Beach to Ocracoke from shore, boat, and kayak.
Blow toads have made an appearance as far north as Avalon pier and can be found on Hatteras and Ocracoke, along with sea mullet and bluefish.
But, the good spring bite is not what I want to focus on in this column.
Last week, after a couple good days of fishing, Cape Point was closed to off-road vehicle access for a pair of courting American oystercatchers. These birds do not need this level of protection, since they are not federally protected and are only a bird of concern in the state of North Carolina, and on a good day you will see quite a few of these in backwaters of the sound.
Nevertheless, current National Park Service policy gives these birds a lot of protection that can and usually does affect some type of access within the park. When Cape Point closes to ORVs, folks who really want to fish have to walk around the closures.
Anyone that knows me or has followed me knows I do not support this stuff in any manner. I do believe in protecting resources, but not with rules that far exceed anything in any other national park in the U.S.
Every time these closures are announced, many people hit the web and social media to denounce them. Some simply state their distaste for these actions, while others claim that this has destroyed their fishing and that they will not or cannot take a walk to get to the fish.
You will see comments from folks who say they are too old for hiking, have too many young children to handle it, or suffer from some type of ailment that prohibits them from making a ¾-mile, 10-minute walk. They ask how they are supposed to lug all the gear for the family out to the Point or they will just flat out say that these resource closures have ruined their fishing, so they no longer do it.
Unless you suffer from severe ailments, have lost the use of your legs, are very old or have a newborn baby, then I have only one thing to say to you: Grow up!
I have walked to Cape Point and seen many a child or elderly person or someone I know has a disability walking out there. I still see all the people I learned to drum fish from and whom I have the utmost respect for as fishermen taking this walk. Ninety-nine percent of the Outer Banks' top anglers make this walk regularly.
Neither these comments nor my decision to walk means that I support the Park Service policy on resource closures. Others who are walking also disagree with the regulations. Walking simply means that we love to fish Cape Point and other areas and that we will not allow the adversity to stop us from enjoying our passion.
If you allow adversity to prevent you from enjoying something you love, then you never truly loved it the way you thought or proclaimed you did.
Nothing in life that is rewarding is easy. The same goes for fishing Cape Hatteras and Ocracoke in this day and age.
If you don't support the NPS policy, you can still fish. You just have to work harder. On any given night, you might see 50 to 80 people of all ages who have taken a walk to try and catch fish.
I feel sorry for those who do have legitimate reasons not to walk. And I feel like if they could make the walk, they would -- especially if fishing is a true passion for them.
So, you have a couple young children – good. A 5-year-old can carry a couple plastic sand spikes with no problem, and the 8-year-old can lug the soft cooler with bait. So, you are older and some parts don't work as well as they once did. In that case, you can pop a squat on the sand and take a break.
In the winter of 2011, I managed to snap my left Achilles tendon twice in a 90-day period. That injury was devastating and my leg has never been right since. My left leg is one third the size of my right leg, my balance is impaired, and my right leg has developed issues from carrying more of my weight.
Now my right foot has developed plantar fasciitis, which is very painful. It can bring a grown man to tears to just get out of bed in the morning. The doctor is trying to help my right foot, but that may take some time. For the time being, he told me not to walk barefoot, not to wear flip flops, and not to walk in the sand.
Are you kidding me? I live at the beach, and you want me to stop all of this? Forget it. My pain and discomfort are the price I am willing to pay for my passion.
So, I took a walk to Cape Point last Friday night and it hurt like hell, but I pushed with all I had for five hours.
And guess what? Although the conditions were prime and all the top drum hunters were there, not one drum was caught. By the time I got back to my truck around 12:30 a.m., I just wanted to lie down and die from the pain.
I had to tell myself the same thing I told myself on the walk out to Cape Point, the entire time I was out fishing, and on the walk back -- I think I can. The same story of "the little engine that could" about how to challenge adversity, which is read to children, I used as a 40-year-old man just trying to go fishing.
And I will continue to use it so that I can continue to enjoy my passion.
My wife looked at me on our drive home and asked if the pain was worth it, given the fact that no fish were caught.
I looked her dead in the face and said, "You are damn right it was. This is what I live for."
So, I mean no disrespect to those who cannot make the walk. I mean no disrespect to all the native islanders who have had their way of life changed.
I just don't want young people to see grown-ups crying like babies over how they can't or won't fish because of a little hardship. This is not the message to send to our youth -- or our visitors.
I don't know how long Cape Point will be accessible to those on foot, but I do know it's open now to those willing to put in a little work and it is always rewarding -- no matter if 100 fish get caught or none at all.
Go fishing and play hard.
(Rob Alderman has lived on the Outer Banks for more than 13 years and has worked in the recreational fishing industry the entire time. A former variety fishing TV show host, beach fishing guide, tackle shop and pier employee, Rob currently owns and operates Outer Banks Kayak Fishing. He is on the Pro-Staff of Bending Branches LLC, Wilderness Systems Kayaks, Release Reels, Yakattack and is an ambassador for Ugly Stik. You can follow his adventures at
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I may or may not be procrastinating on vacuuming right now...
Anyway. D has struggled with math since he moved in here. He has problems with some of the basics, things like borrowing, dividing, etc.
When he first moved in, we of course had ZERO experience parenting an 11 year old...and at this point in time we don't have much more, but maybe in the future we'll get more practice. :D Anyway, we always made sure he did his homework, but never actually looked at it. Then when I went to the quarterly parent-teacher conferences after the first quarter last year, it turned out he had an F in math! There was at least 1 test where he got like a 25%! So we freaked out, started grading his homework when he was done, and then had him re-do all the ones he got wrong. We also assigned him extra math homework, again grading it when he was done and having him fix any problems he missed. His teacher would email me when their tests would be, and we would drill him on the test material beforehand and make sure he understood what would be on the test.
Along the way we became sort of math tutors. We spent a LOT of time working with him, re-teaching him the basics that he ought to know already as well as teaching him the things he ought to be learning in class.
Well, this year it has been the same song, second verse. Tons of fighting because he thinks we don't understand how to do a problem such as 3X-5 = 2X + 5, lots and lots of time spent going over and over the same things with him, reteaching him the stuff he apparently forgot over the summer (for the record, I am a HUGE FAN of the idea of year-round schooling).
Well come to find out, last year's math teacher recommended that D be placed in the Pre-Algebra class, as opposed to to the normal 7th grade math class! So they moved him up?!?! When I talked to him about trying to get his class changed, he TOTALLY freaked out. I asked him why he wanted to be in that class and he said "Why would I tell YOU?" in the snottiest, meanest voice possible, and "Oh I know, you ALWAYS try to do EVERYTHING that YOU think is best" when I tried to explain that I want what's best for him but he needs to tell me what he thinks. Then he proceeded to plug his ears for a record 10 minutes while I sat there silently, not saying anything. Oh man, he was pissed!
I think part of the problem is that it makes him feel good to be in the "smart kids" math class. And I get that, I really do. But at the same time, if you flunk the "smart kids" class then you are really not so smart, are you?? And there is nothing wrong with not being a math genius. Some people are good at math, some people are good at drawing, some people are good at making scrambled eggs.
So anyway, we kind of made a deal with him where we said dude, you need to only be getting 1 or 2 problems wrong on your homework (as opposed to half of the problems wrong, like they have been). And that on his next test he needs to get an A or a B. So hubby and I are going to try to take a less-active role. Not that we won't be here if he has questions, but we aren't going to be looking over his shoulder to make sure he's doing it correctly.
On the positive side, his last test which was last week he got a B+ on, but that was after we had spent a lot of time with him working on the material. We'll see how the next one goes.
I don't like it, but more and more I'm learning that you just have to let kids fail sometimes. And who knows, maybe he will rise to the challenge and pay a little bit better attention in class and be able to stay in this class! :)


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Of Muzzle Loaders, Poets & the Art of Riding
by Stefanie Reinhold
"Lettin' the cat outta the bag is a whole lot easier than puttin' it back."
(old Cowboy saying...)
For those of you, who don't know or care what a muzzle loader is, who have never interacted with this mechanical wonder or cannot imagine what this may have to do with the Art of Riding, please bear with me...
It had been decades that I had picked up a gun for any purpose–always aimed at non-living objects–and I was quite curious and delighted when I was generously invited to partake in the adventure of target-shooting with a muzzle loader. A muzzle loader, even to gun-novices like me, is a thing of beauty, with all visible parts immediately suggesting the intended purpose. With clear lines, smooth wood and dark metal, it is a hand-crafted machine that invites the user to participate in a process, much like the old locomotives. It is a long, unwieldy and heavy instrument. Think 18th century Colonialists, Civil War and "Last of the Mohicans". Nothing quick and easy about shooting with this one.
Not only does one have to pour lead to create heavy 50 caliber bullets, but also carry little patches of linen and a box of grease, in addition to several little gadgets and the powder, of course. In the right combination and sequence, the powder and bullet, wrapped in the little greased linen patch, wind up in the barrel of the heavy gun, loaded through the muzzle one by one. I applaud Daniel Day-Lewis in "Last of the Mohicans" for picking up fallen enemies' guns to pursue the evil-doers, there would never have been time to bring them to justice, had he tried to reload the gun!
In my twenties, I used to shoot cans with a small caliber rifle a stable hand kept around. There were plenty of bullets in the thing and loading it is not even part of my memory of shooting... It was just loud and fun. The muzzle loader, I expected, would be louder and less fun. This gun from slower times, however, is different and I was unprepared to have a somewhat poetic experience.
"A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably." (Horace, Roman solder-poet)
This quote by Horace, Roman pre AD soldier-poet and author of "Carpe Diem - Seize the Day"–the quote most often found in corporate offices–used to adorn my desk, when I was a nerdy teenager. It best describes the muzzle loader experience. The instant you press the trigger, you feel the 'swoosh' of this large bullet traveling through the long barrel in a split second. With a loud bang, of course. You then see the non-negotiable impact of your action in the cardboard target. In combination with the extensive preparation, it becomes a very conscious and artful process.
The art of riding–I am particularly thinking of dressage, whether cowboy or classical– is also the art of precision and deliberation. 'Rush it and ruin it' should be the motto here. Once you utter the word or pull the trigger, it better be what you meant to convey. There is no 'taking it back' in mid-air.
Masters of all schools, for example Otto Lörke, Dr. Reiner Klimke, Nuno Oliveira, or Buck Brannaman, to name a few, show how it is done with lightness and precision.
Value preparation and intent
Learn to love the process, not the goal
Say what you mean (your word, your aid, your muzzle loader... all should ideally be precision instruments)
Be responsible for the outcome (may it be the target you hit, or the impact of your word or aid).
Once all that is said and done, I'll stick to another piece of advice good Horace. Once my intent is set, my preparation was thorough and I acted to the best of my ability, I will "Leave the rest to the Gods" (Horace).
Hope you feel inspired to try shooting a muzzle loader at some point! I can only recommend it [see above DISCLAIMER].
Thank you and enjoy your horse!
Stefanie Reinhold
ctfd. Masterson Method™Practitioner (MMCP) & Instructor
ctfd. Equine Massage Practitioner, WMSEM
*) Please note: Equine massage and bodywork is a non-invasive, gentle wellness modality aimed at enhancing performance in the healthy horse and never replaces proper veterinary care. If in doubt regarding the physical health of your horse please consult your veterinarian.


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The Intown Doula crew were elated to serve Drs. Rachel Patzer and Justin Schrager with their second pregnancy and birth, a VBAC. Rachel was told that she had only a 13% chance of achieving her goal, but anyone who's met Rachel must know that that just sounded like a challenge to her! ;) Read Owen Michael's triumphant VBAC birth story here. We are so honored to be able to share it with you.
Almost two years ago I was pregnant with my daughter, Lillian. With an emergency medicine doctor as a husband, I felt pretty cavalier about planning for the birth. I had no qualms about entrusting the doctors and medical system with what was one of the most important events of my life. I ended up skipping my prenatal education class, and I came in with no birth plan. I didn't even THINK about hiring a doula, or writing a birth plan. All I had overheard was all of my husband's medical friends criticizing the people who come in with 5+ page birth plans and examples of doulas who would interfere with medical care and the end result was some kind of problem with the baby. I was totally relaxed (or so I thought!).
At 39 weeks+ 3 days I had to be induced due to gestational diabetes. This was the standard of care for gestational diabetes, and my baby was measuring 2 weeks ahead and I was really worried about the ability of a large baby to fit through my pelvis. The induction was awful to endure - my body was not ready (0 cm dilated), and the induction methods were painful (Cervadil, then foley balloon). After 14+ hours of labor, I couldn't take it anymore and wanted an epidural. I did make it to 10 cm after about 24 hours, and then I pushed for 2 hours. I was on oxygen and the baby's heart rate was dropping then rising again for more than an hour during this pushing phase. Despite crowning, my sweet girl's head apparently would not fit through my pelvis and the doctor called for a c-section. I remember feeling so stunned at this point. The finish line was in view and I was so close! Though I know the c-section was ultimately a good idea (she had swallowed meconium, came out blue with an Apgar of 1, and had to be intubated, but then was fine), I couldn't help but wonder if there was something else I could have done differently that would have led to a more natural (vaginal) birth. The recovery from the c-section was miserable and I felt deeply disappointed in myself. I suffered from post-partum depression for several months and felt like no one understood my loss since I had a healthy baby girl.
Fast forward to present day - I had a much better pregnancy this time and no gestational diabetes (yay!!). My doctor from my first birth had told me specifically NOT to attempt a vaginal birth with my second child because my pelvis was just too small. But I didn't think this was likely and I knew I wanted a VBAC and I wanted to do things differently this time. First, I had to convince my husband this was the way to go. His work life is filled with emergencies that are rare in every day life but common in the emergency room, and he has seen VBACs and home births go horribly wrong, and he did not want to take a chance with his own family. I had to present it to him with facts – a VBAC is safer than a major abdominal surgery. The risk of uterine rupture is <1%. He was supportive if the doctors were supportive, and they were, although the doctors said I had a 13% chance of a successful VBAC (based on a risk calculator) since I had made it to 10 cm last time and she didn't fit out of my pelvis. But because I was young and healthy, they said "go for it!".
This time I was going to be better prepared. I interviewed doulas, I read Ima May's Guide to Natural Childbirth, I trained myself in hynobirthing, and I convinced my husband to do a private (in-home) childbirth education class. And I came up with a birth plan! I really wanted to try to have a natural birth with no epidural this time, because I was convinced that any intervention I had would lead to more interventions and ultimately a c-section. With the help of my Intown Doulas (MMT and Richee were my team), I came up with a super short and simple birth plan (primarily instructing the medical staff that I was attempting a natural VBAC and to please not offer medications or interventions unless medical necessary). I only hoped that I would not have to be induced this time…during our prenatal education, we learned that it was not mandatory to have cervical exams at my weekly checkups in the last month of pregnancy. It didn't matter whether I was dilated or effaced, since these can change in a matter of hours and knowing I was at 0cm would probably only stress me out!
From week 20, I had Braxton Hicks contractions and these steadily picked up the last month of pregnancy. At 40 weeks + 3 days, I had a doctor's appointment and I requested my first cervical check. I prayed I was not at 0 cm…and I was 2cm dilated and 50% effaced (-2 station)! I asked my Dr to strip my membranes (after reading a LOT of articles in the medical literature on the risks/benefits), primarily because I wanted to do everything I could do avoid a scheduled induction with pitocin. Within an hour of the appointment, I started having regular but not painful contractions (this was at about 1pm in the afternoon). I went for a 3.5 mile walk, and contractions continued throughout the afternoon and evening. They felt similar to the Braxton-Hicks contractions I had been having the entire pregnancy, but I timed them and they were consistently 5-7 minutes apart. I thought "this is it!". I phoned my brother, who was the designated person to watch our daughter while we were in the hospital, and told him I thought that I would go into labor soon. He wondered if he should come over right then, and I said "No, it will be some time still. It will probably be more like 3am!".
That night was the NCAA basketball championship and I just hung out bouncing on the birthing ball and cheering for my Alma Mater (On Wisconsin!). I went to bed around midnight and slept for about 3 hours. Then I woke up at exactly 2:59 AM to three painful contractions in a row. I was in labor!! I called MMT, who was my on-call doula that night, and gave her the heads up, and my husband called my brother to have him come over. My plan was to try to labor at home as long as possible, but my contractions were 2-3 minutes apart and I kept nearly fainting at the end of each contraction (I have low blood pressure to begin with and am a fainter!) and my teeth were chattering like crazy, so we left for the hospital after only an hour of home labor.
I got to the hospital at 4:30am and was at 6cm (90% effaced and still -2 station) and I thought it would be quick!! MMT arrived at the hospital around 6am, just after we moved from triage to our hospital room. At 9am, they checked me again and I was STILL at 6cm (though station was 0). For the next few hours MMT and my super supportive husband helped me through the painful contractions. I walked up and down the hospital hallways, I tried different positions (the "Captain Morgan" was the worst!) and kept playing my hypnobirthing tracks and breathing through the contractions. I ate Cliff "shot blocks" for energy – they really helped! At about 11:00 am I was at 8 cm. I was thinking "this is taking FOREVER!!" and multiple times I thought (and said out loud) "I can't do this anymore." MMT kept saying "Yes you can! You are doing it!". I said multiple times I wanted an epidural, but I had warned my husband and doulas that I would do this, but that they were not allowed to get me one. I knew this, but it still felt good to think about!
At 1pm I asked the doctor's to break my water to help move things along because my contractions were slowing down and I wasn't making as much progress. They broke my water, but then my contractions got SUPER strong and more painful. I kept having double and even a couple of triple contractions, and just could not catch a break from the pain. They checked me at some point in the afternoon again and told me I was at 9cm, but apparently I was STILL at 8cm (the docs told me they fibbed to me later since they didn't think I could mentally handle this!). After hours (around 4pm), I decided I was seriously going to give up. When the doctor came in to check on me to say that my contractions were slowing down and that I may want to consider Pitocin, I asked her for an epidural. She said okay, but I needed to have a bag of IV fluid first since I was dehyrdated at this point. I went back to the bed to lie down, feeling utterly defeated. I had given in! About 25 minutes later, the team of anesthesiologists rolled their cart in and at that moment I felt the urge to push! I couldn't believe the timing – I thought "Oh wow, I ALMOST just got an epidural!". Turns out that EVERYONE but me knew that this was just a mental ploy to move me forward. They don't give epidurals this late in the game! But this mental trick did it for me. They checked me again and I was at 9.5 cm – still had an anterior and posterior cervical lip around the baby's head. But the doctor helped the first 10 minutes of pushing to manually dilate me (ouch! Yes, this was the most painful part!).
Once I figured out how to push and where to push, I rocked the pushing! Finally, something I can do to get this baby out! I did not believe the baby was actually going to come out until MMT told me that they were calling the pediatric team to come in and she explained that meant the baby was close! Really? No c-section?? YES!! I pushed for 49 minutes and out came my whopping 8 lb 10 oz baby Owen Michael! Incredibly, I felt no pain, just utter elation at the amazing feeling of my own baby being delivered vaginally. He was instantly placed on me – skin to skin- and started nursing like a champ within just a few minutes. Dad cut the cord, and then we named him – Owen Michael. I got to hold him skin-to-skin for more than an hour before they took him briefly from me to get weight/height, etc.
I cannot describe how empowered I felt after this. Even more than a month later, I am so incredibly proud of myself. I did it! I followed my birth plan and the medical staff did too. They were amazingly supportive. Both my husband and I were surprised but so thrilled that all the hospital staff were super supportive of my birth plan. No one ever offered me pain medication (it was me that asked the doctor for that epidural), and even when I did ask, they wanted so badly for me to have the birth I planned that they pretended to get me an epidural! My husband and I have a new respect for all the women championing natural births, and the medical staff who are so supportive.


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The recent death of a 10-year-old disabled foster child at an Anne Arundel County group home was just the latest in a series of problems at LifeLine, the state contractor that has been paid millions in taxpayer funds to care for "medically fragile" individuals, a two-month investigation by The Baltimore Sun has found.
Even before Damaud Martin's death on July 2, LifeLine had struggled for years to provide around-the-clock care for its residents — adults and foster children often confined to a bed or wheelchair by paralysis, cerebral palsy and other disabilities. Its founder, Randall Martin Jr., is imprisoned for felony arson, the state disciplined the company for inadequate care after the death of three adult residents, and it is burdened by tax liens and other debts.
Maryland regulators were unaware of many of LifeLine's problems, including police reports alleging neglect, The Sun's investigation showed — raising concerns about state oversight of these group homes. The state has awarded LifeLine $18 million in contracts since 2010 to care for children, despite reports that warned of financial difficulties and inspections that highlighted shortcomings in care.


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The Esoteric Meaning of the Ten Avataras : - 5.
Then comes the Vamana (the Dwarf) Avatara.
The animal nature is completely gone now.
The person is completely human.
But he is greatly limited.
He is a dwarf.
His capacities are greatly limited.
He got himself lodged in such narrow limits that he goes to a king and begs of him three foot-measures of land.
Vamana's assumption of the universal form suggests to us that the same man is capable Of transcending all limitations and realising his unity with Brahmam.
Next we have the Parasurama Avatara where we have the Man.
Now bestiality is completely shed; and humanity has supervened.
We get three object-lessons from Parasurama's life.
Sri Swami Chidananda
To be continued ...


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A TEENAGER who tragically lost her dad when she was just 13 will mark the fourth anniversary of his passing with a sponsored run in his name.
Southport College student Becki McShane is currently training for the gruelling 10 mile run, from her Crossens home to Ormskirk, to raise money for the British Heart Foundation.
The teenager's dad Sean – a well-known taxi driver for Kwik Cars – died suddenly four years ago from heart disease.
And now his daughter is setting out to raise money to help others with similar conditions.
She said: "I was really close to my dad, everyone said I was 'daddy's little girl'.
"We used to go camping together and I never stop thinking about him.
"It was such a shock when he died, we thought it was a heart attack but the coroner told us he had coronary heart disease.
"I just felt I'd reached an age now where I wanted to do something in his name to help other people that were in the same situation."
The former Christ The King pupil says her family are right behind her and have helped each other through the shock of losing Sean.
Becki, who is hoping to raise £200 for the charity, said: "They're all very supportive, it was a very hard time.
"They're proud of what I'm doing, as is my boyfriend Dave.
"My teachers at school have also said they will collect money for me in the staff room which was really nice."
The teenager has been training three times a week at the gym as well as building up distance runs as she prepares for the May 16 challenge.
And she said: "I'm not a big runner so it's quite a challenge for me, but I'm determined to do it.On the morning of the run I'm going to go to the church in Marshside where dad's funeral was held.
"I know during the run I'll be hoping he's proud of me and it will be a very special occasion."
To sponsor Becki, visit www.justgiving.com/Rebecca-McShane


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Glucosamine is one of the most used types of health nutrition these days.
A lot of people who are suffering from arthritic, are using glucosamine (or glucosamin as it's also called) on a daily basis.
The benefits of using glucosamin, is that it's supposed to reduce arthritic pain and stiffness, or joint pain after a sports injury.
Glucosamine is what you would call an amino sugar, and an important precursor in the biochemical synthesis of glycosylated proteins and lipid.
Please note that this product is a dietary supplement and is not a pharmaceutical drug, so there are not the same restrictions on it as with a true pharmaceutical drug. This also means that the side effects (if any), should be a lot lower than with a real drug.
Read more about glucosamin here at – http://www.perlcritic.org/glucosamin-og-slidgigt/
Why does glucosamine work?
In people with osteoarthritis, the amount of glucosamine in their joints, are significantly less than in a healthy person. Thus, the joints cannot be rebuilt as quickly as they are destroyed by arthritis.
If you take a dietary supplement with glucosamine, you can increase the reconstruction process and thus reduce the symptoms of the disease. However, it should be said that while taking a supplement of glucosamin, the cartilage will still be destroyed by the osteoarthritis, but more slowly than before. Therefore, it makes a a lot of sense that arthritis patients, should be taking a daily supplement of glucosamin.
If the disease is to progressed, there won't be much cartilage to rebuild, and therefore the effect of a dietary supplement like glucosamine will not be particularly high. But in people with mild to moderate osteoarthritis, there are many who have had a great deal of benefit from glucosamine.
Where can you buy Glucosamine?
As it's a normal dietary supplement, it can be brought many places, such as your local drugstore, health store or online webshops such as med24 A/S. It's a pretty cheap product where you can get the needed amount for less than half a dollar a day.
Is glucosamine something for me?
If you are a young healthy person, without any joint problems, then it would very likely be a waste of money to take a supplement such as glucosamine. But if you are having problems with your joins due to sports injuries or osteoarthritis, then it's very likely this product will also benefit you.
A lot of people who have begun using glucosaine, have after a while reported, that the are no longer using painkillers for their joint soreness, or at least have lowered the number of painkillers they normally use.
There are also people who have been using it for a while, and haven't noticed any changes at all. This is also one of the reasons, why some studies show a good effect on people with arthritis, which other studies failed to prove any effect at all.
But since it's a realative cheap product, and completely safe too, there shouldn't be any reasons why you shouldn't give it a try, if you are one of the people with prolonged joint pains.
Glucosamine is a normally a product you take in the form of pills. Usually 1-3 pills per day depending on which brand you have selected.
I have not tried the product myself, so I can't recommend it from my own experiences, but my brother in law, took it for a while after several months of joint pain after a sports injury, and he said there was a big difference once he started taking glucosamin. My aunt is suffering from osteoarthritis, and for the last year she have been on glucosamine. While it didn't remove all the pain, it did remove enough for her to decrease the daily amount of painkillers with almost 70%. I haven't yet talked to anyone who have been taking it for joint pains and not seen any positiv effect.