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1. Cynthia Ann BEANE was born in New Albany, Floyd Co., IN. She was the daughter
of 2. Walter Maxwell BEANE and 3. Lois Velleda DREHER. She married Johnnie Lee HENRY in Covington, Alleghany Co., VA, son of Joseph Wright HENRY and Betty Louise Rotge. Hewas born in San Antonio, Bexar Co, TX.
2. Walter Maxwell BEANE was born in Waiteville, Monroe County, WV. He was the
son of 4. John Monroe BEAN and 5. Mary Elizabeth FAUDREE. He married Lois Velleda DREHERin Presidio of San Francisco, San Francisco, CA.
3. Lois Velleda DREHER was born in Georgetown, Floyd Co., IN. She was the daughterof 6. Henry Condar DREHER Jr. and 7. Irene Caroline BANET.
4. John Monroe BEAN was born on 15 Dec 1866 in Cincinatti, Ohio. He died on 10 Apr 1954 in
Waiteville, Monroe Co., WV. He was the son of 8. William McHarvey BEAN and 9. Margaret SmithPARKINS. He married Mary Elizabeth FAUDREE on 01 Dec 1935 in Allegheny County, Virginia.
5. Mary Elizabeth FAUDREE was born 03 Jun 1897 in Monroe County, West Virginia. She died 01 Jan 1975 in Allegheny County, Virginia.
She was the daughter of Stephen Ledford FAUDREE andElizabeth CARNEFIX.
8. William McHarvey BEAN was born on 26 Aug 1832 in Dropping Lick, Near Zenith, Monroe Co, VA.He died on 14 May 1890 in Gap Mills, Monroe Co, WV. He was the son of 16. William M. BEAN and
17. Rachel WISEMAN. He married Margaret Smith PERKINS on 26 Aug 1852 in Monroe County,
9. Margaret Smith PERKINS was born 03 Mar 1826 in Greenbrier County, Virginia. She died 11 Jun1891 in Monroe County, West Virginia. She was the daughter of 18. Samuel PARKINS and 19.
Elizabeth TUCKWILLER.
18. Samuel PARKINS was born on 21 Apr 1778 in Virginia. He died on 19 Jan 1854 in Fort Springs,Greenbrier, Virginia. He was the son of 36. James PARKINS and 37. Elizabeth BONDERANT. He
married Elizabeth TUCKWILLER on 15 Sep 1812 in Greenbrier County, Virginia.
19. Elizabeth TUCKWILLER was born 08 Nov 1779 in Greenbrier County, Virginia. She died 28 Jul 1867in Greenbrier County, Virginia. She was the daughter of 38. John TUCKWILLER and 39. Catherine
36. James PERKINS was born on 21 Nov 1741. He died on 25 Mar 1825 in Greenbrier County, Virginia.He was the son of 72. John PERKINS and 73. Mary UNKNOWN. He married Elizabeth BONDERANT
in 1768 in Washington.
37. Elizabeth BONDERANT. She died 1832. Beyond this point, the information is sketchy at best, and various and sundry researchers have claimed different forbears. Perhaps one day we will find the proof we are seeking!


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Slavery was a cancer. The confederacy's very reason for being was to insure that cancer survived, and spread. All other efforts to make more of the Confederacy—to separate it from its purpose—are blatant attempts at deception, and exercises in denial. Whenever we seek to placate the South by catering to its precious Confederacy, we keep the cancer alive.
Now is the time for a resolution declaring the enslavement of African-Americans a Crime Against Humanity. Such a resolution is completely overdue.
Time to revive the spirit of the 60's—not just the 1960's, when African-Americans rose up to realize their finest hour—but even the 1860's, when Abraham Lincoln threw down the gauntlet—issued the Emancipation Proclamation—and drove this nation to make a hard right turn.
Time to end all pretenses that the ante bellum South was anything more than a renegade province that waged a 200-year reign of terror against a defenseless and innocent people.
Time to admit that the confederacy was nothing more than a last ditch attempt to save slavery—to defend to the death the most vile system devised by man.
Time to condemn slavery once and for all, and to condemn those who loved it.
Just as
Today, we can end all doubt as to where we, as a united nation, stand. No senator or representative will do it for us. If they would, then they would have done it 150 years ago, or some other time between then and now. Most have neither the will to brave those political winds, nor the vision to see what is an absolute and just imperative if this nation is to move forward as one.
You join me in offering this transformative resolution to the American People. Let Congress join us. We can do it. It is time.
The system of slavery inflicted upon the African-American people, primarily practiced in the southern states of
All parties in support of said system, e.g., the Confederacy, et al, shall be deemed complicit in these crimes and unworthy of any and all further recognition except that recognition be wholly within the confines of its association with slavery, and the object of this resolution.
Signatories to this Resolution include:
Larry R. Carter, et al

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Thank God for the Archbishop of Canterbury
Now there is something I truthfully never ever expected to hear come from my lips!
But they get it. They understand the two TOTALLY CRUCIAL changes that have to be made to our financial system in order to avoid another full-scale global financial meltdown and all that might come with it (including conflict, which is why I expect they are so concerned).
At least I think they get it.
The separation of traditional 'high street' banking from the casino divisions is a no brainer, and I'm sure they understand that. It deals with the concept of 'moral hazard' - a phrase used and understood by both money men and priests. No bank should be too big to fail and no society, national or global, should have any truck with that notion.
The Transaction Tax or "Tobin Tax" is equally crucial but this is the bit I'm worried about. I've heard the Archbishop refer to the money it raises and how that would be used. No, no, no. If you think its objective is to raise revenue, you are wrong and you will lose the arguement for imposing it.
That's why I despair every time some moron in the media refers to it as the "Robin Hood" tax. Of course any cash raised is handy, but that's not the point. The point of a transaction tax is to control and curb the excesses of the financial markets.
The spivs and gamblers are dedicated to gambling with their plastic chip money as fast, efficiently and on as large a scale as possible. They are locked in a spiral of greed and ambition. To that end, their latest toys are the data warehouses where their computers use complicated algorithms to trade with each other at speeds up to 400,000+ transactions a second. Listen to this BBC World Service programme about High Frequency Trading (25mins) made over TWO years ago about the stuff they are up to already.
The concept of responsible share ownership counted in nanoseconds does not fly, and unless we move very quickly to impose a transaction tax across Europe and anywhere else that will accept it, they will bring their global financial house of cards down around our heads in less than a heartbeat.
So it's very important to realise that a transaction tax is our only scalable defence against future financial meltdown. What sums it might or might not raise is irrelevant.
The idea of taking money from the rich goes down well in public debate and in the tabloid newspapers but it is a trap. It you use that card you ignore the realities of trickle down economics - it doesn't matter if a rich man can buy yet another super yacht because that feeds the families of the 500 dockyard workers who built it and the companies who supply all the parts and services - and you play into the hands of the financial elite who take the moral high ground and point to the "politics of envy".
(There is a certainly case for stopping them parking their money in the Cayman Islands, or any other offshore tax havens - but that's a less crucial issue. That can come later.)
So, not a "Robin Hood" tax. A "Tobin Tax". Please!
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"They rose up like men. We saw them. Like men they stood.
We shouldn't have been anywhere near that place. Like most farmland outside Lotus, Georgia, this here one had plenty scary warning signs. The threats hung from wire mesh fences with wooden stakes every fifty or so feet. But when we saw a crawl space that some animal had dug—a coyote maybe, or a coon dog—we couldn't resist. Just kids we were. The grass was shoulder high for her and waist high for me so, looking out for snakes, we crawled through it on our bellies. The reward was worth the harm grass juice and clouds of gnats did to our eyes, because there right in front of us, about fifty yards off, they stood like men. Their raised hooves crashing and striking, their manes tossing back from wild white eyes. They bit each other like dogs but when they stood, reared up on their hind legs, their forelegs around the withers of the other, we held our breath in wonder. One was rust-colored, the other deep black, both sunny with sweat. The neighs were not as frightening as the silence following a kick of hind legs into the lifted lips of the opponent. Nearby, colts and mares, indifferent, nibbled grass or looked away. Then it stopped. The rust-colored one dropped his head and pawed the ground while the winner loped off in an arc, nudging the mares before him."
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The Toyota Avensis is a large family car built in Derbyshire, United Kingdom by Japanese carmaker Toyota since 1997. It is the direct successor to the Carina E and is available as a four-door saloon, five-door liftback and estate. A large MPV called the Toyota Avensis Verso (Toyota Ipsum in Japan and previously the Toyota Picnic in other markets) is built in Japan on a separate platform. The Avensis is the basis for the youth-oriented Scion tC, which is produced for the US market.
The Toyota Avensis was introduced in 1997, to create a more modern name when compared with the reliable, but dull Toyota Carina E/Toyota Corona. Like its predecessor the Avensis was reliable, and proved a sales success for Toyota Europe. Over the years, the Toyota Avensis has advanced in size, technology, power, and economy to challenge its worldwide-known rivals, like the Mazda6, Ford Mondeo, Volkswagen Passat, Opel/Vauxhall Insignia, Citroën C5 and Peugeot 508.


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Thank you for posting this, I have been following them for a while on Twitter, was wondering how good their predictions are.
They issued the same warning last week, a major earthquake was supposed to hit the same area by the 21st, that didn't happen, and I see they are issuing another warning. I guess if you constantly scream warnings out eventually you'll be right!
I don't understand enough about earthquakes to say whether it's all bunk or not. I don't think anyone can predict when or where or how strong earthquakes are going to be, but maybe I'm wrong.
Let's hope a member with more knowledge of earthquakes can comment on this, and let's hope they are wrong!
Originally posted by VforVendettea
Unless Frankie reports it, I'm not convinced it will happen and he cancelled the last one.
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No,dude,your house is not going to explode.


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Tuesday, January 15, 2008
I really like these Superbots by BAM POP!. A perfect gift for your super sweet robot lover for this Valentine's Day.
You can see all work by BAM POP! at their flickr account here
And here about all the things going on in BAM POP! world here
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"You know you're a cancer patient or caregiver when:....
- your supply of isopropyl alcohol is not found in a bottle in your medicine cabinet but rather in the form of many many alcohol pads"
I just wanted to share this with you. I now know that I love the smell of isopropyl alcohol because it reminds me of you.
I miss you, sweetheart. And I love love love you.


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Blacktyde Rising
Maester Tilion Swann
House Blacktyde's Maester
Abilities & Specialties
Agility: 2
Animal Handling: 3
Athletics: 2
Awareness: 3 (2B Empathy)
Cunning: 3 (1B Memory)
Deception: 3 (2B Bluff)
Endurance: 3
Fighting: 2
Healing: 4 (1B Diagnosis, 1B Treat Injury)
Language: 3 (Old Tongue 1)
Knowledge: 5 (2B Education, 1B Research)
Marksmanship: 2
Persuasion: 4 (2B Convince, 1B Charm)
Status: 3 (1B Reputation)
Stealth: 2
Survival: 2
Thievery: 2
Warfare: 2
Will: 4 (1B Dedication, 1B Coordinate)
Master of Ravens: You may dispatch Ravens to bear messages.
Evaluation: You may test Cunning to learn about objects.
Flaw – Marksmanship: Unsteady, -1D to all Marksmanship tests.
Flaw – Athletics: Sedentary, -1D to all Athletics tests.
Combat & Intrigue Vitals
Combat Defence: 6
Health: 9
Movement: 4 Move / Sprint 16 [Base] | 4 Move / Sprint 15 [Armored]
Intrigue Defence: 9
Composure: 12
Born to subsistent farmers before the War of the Ninepenny Kings, Tilion impressed a local Maester at an early age and found employment as his servant. For several years he learned how to read and write, but more importantly, he watched Maester Redwynne counsel and administer. He learned the importance of subtle language and binding oaths.
Maester Thodas arranged for Tilion to attend the Citadel in Old Town. Tilion studied shoulder to shoulder with men who would speak directly to Kings, princes, and emissaries of foreign lands. The men who would become the seneschals and stewards of the most powerful houses in Westeros. So many attended the Citadel for the love of knowledge, but Tilion sought knowledge as a means.
Upon leaving the Citadel at the age of 22, Tilion found a position with House Blacktyde. He labored trying to gain notice and favor with the Blacktyde's, proving his loyalty over and over. Eventually he took over as Master of the Ravens and became privvy to Lord Blacktyde's political ambitions. Wanting to see his learning used to build a dynasty, Tilion dedicated himself to the fortunes of House Blacktyde.
The glory of House Blacktyde begins, in Tilion's opinion, with restoring law and order to the lands and the rebuilding of the castle burned in the Great Betrayal leading to Blacktyde swearing fealty to the Baratheon's and House Tyrell.


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Have a stunning week! (-leaving town but shall link up to blogosphere).
After pondering the video series & documentary, I realized again what a blast it's been. Few things are as fun & engaging as meeting geek-folks who love their lives & what they do (and want to share it). I've learned tons on video tech & style from great peeps (join us for happy hour this Thursday!).
And I've got a burnin' drive to make these things happen by March!
– vlog more on favorite parts of the project, the people interviewed etc; post more personal reflections via video;
– get up to speed on Final Cut (Andy's a big resource on Final Cut trends & tips) — as to post clips from couple interviews more steadily (weekly!);
– diversify media e.g. podcast w/ Audacity, post photos, etc


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Duck is not something our family eats often.
But when we do, it's a treat.
4-5 lbs whole duck
2-3 garlic cloves, crushed
1 tsp ground cumin
1 tbsp paprika
1/4 tsp cayenne
2/3 cup sweet chili sauce (found in Asian food store)
3 tbsps finely chopped pineapple (fresh or canned)
3 tbsps balsamic vinegar
Rinse duck in cold water and salt the cavity. Toss in the crushed garlic and tie the legs together with kitchen string. Score through the fat on the breast side and pierce other fatty areas with a fork. Mix cumin, paprika and cayenne together and rub over the outside of the bird. Refrigerate a few hours.
Set the duck on the rack of a broiler pan, breast side up to start. Using a broiler pan is essential as alot of fat will drip down into the bottom part of the pan. Put the duck in the oven at 350 F for 1 hour.
Remove from oven and pour out the fat. Save the fat, don't throw it away! You'll see why later.
Turn the duck, breast side down, and return to the oven for 30 minutes.
Mix chili sauce, pineapple and balsamic together.
Again, remove duck from oven, pour out even more fat, brush or spoon the glaze all over the duck and put it back into the oven, breast side up, for 45 minutes.
Looking good now!
Ok....last time....glaze again, and again breast side up for 30-45 minutes.
Let it rest 15 minutes before carving.
Now, about that duck fat. I was able to save about 1 1/4 cups.
I poured it into an ice cube tray and froze them for later use, like this:
Duck Fat Roasted Potatoes
1 1/2 lbs potatoes, cubed
1/4 cup duck fat
salt to taste
Toss together and roast at 425 F 30 minutes, toss and 30 minutes more.
I read somewhere that duck fat is one of the healthiest animal fats. Now I'm no expert on that, but I do know what tastes good. And these Duck Fat Roasted Potatoes taste good!
Other uses for duck fat....roasted vegetables, sautéed mushrooms, yorkshire pudding.
I started this blog so my daughters could find all of our family favourite recipes in one place. It has actually grown into more than just the family favourites but also other recipes we've tried out in our kitchen. I don't like to fill up the post with alot of chatter. Sometimes there's a little story to tell, but usually I like to get right to the point. So this is for them, but hope you find some recipes that you like as well. I'll be sharing a lot of recipes, and along the way you'll find some crafty things and maybe some helpful hints too!
Tuesday, April 12, 2016
Sweet Chili and Pineapple Glazed Duck with Duck Fat Roasted Potatoes
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N.K. Newsletter
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North Korea
NORTH KOREA NEWSLETTER NO. 72 (September 17, 2009)
South and North Koreas Sign Wage Accord on Joint Park
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea agreed to a 5 percent wage hike at a joint industrial park on Sept. 16, the Unification Ministry in Seoul said, in the latest sign of inter-Korean projects returning to normal.
North Korea earlier demanded a 400 percent raise in monthly wages for its workers at the South Korean-run park in Kaesong, just north of the border.
South Korea's management office in Kaesong "signed an agreement on a 5 percent wage increase" with its North Korean counterpart, ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung said in a brief statement.
The North voluntarily withdrew its earlier demand last week in a striking shift from its unyielding attitude in four rounds of negotiations from April to July. The demand called for monthly wages be raised to US$300 from the average $70-80, apparently in retaliation against Seoul's hard-line policy toward Pyongyang.
The Kaesong park opened in late 2004 as an outcome of the first inter-Korean summit four years earlier. It houses 114 mostly small-sized South Korean firms producing clothing, electronic equipment, kitchenware and other labor-intensive goods with about 40,000 North Korean workers.
The venture is seen as a much-needed source of dollar income for the North, which is currently under U.N. sanctions for its May nuclear test that bans cash flows to the country.
The 5 percent rate hike will increase the minimum wage to about $58 from the current $55.
Separately, North Korea was conducting a door-to-door survey on South Korean businesses at the joint park, said ministry spokeswoman Lee Jong-joo.
North Korea asserted that the two-day survey that continues until Sept. 17 was to examine the firms' output and "listen to their complaints and difficulties regarding tax and accounting," Lee said. Such on-site surveys have been done sporadically, she added.
The agreement came after a new chill hit inter-Korean relations this week with the deaths of six South Koreans who were swept away by North Korean dam water discharged without notice in the predawn hours of Sept. 6. Seoul has concluded that the North's unannounced release of dam water contravened international customary law, which states a country's use of its own territory should not infringe on other countries' rights and interests.
First Joint University of Two Koreas Built in Pyongyang
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- North Korea held a ceremony on Sept. 16 marking the completion of a science university jointly built with donations from the South, the North's media reported.
The North's Korea Central News Agency reported the ceremony was held at the campus of the Pyongyang University of Science and Technology in the North Korean capital city after seven years of construction.
Jon Kuk-man, North Korea's vice minister of education, and other education officials attended the event. The South Korean delegation participating in the ceremony included an aide to President Lee Myung-bak. The rest were people from a religious foundation.
The university was built with donations collected over the years from the South to help train young North Koreans in advanced technology and boost inter-Korean reconciliation. But it is still unclear when the school will open, with South Korea withholding faculty exchanges and shipments of computers amid the diplomatic stalemate over the North's nuclear drive.
Construction started in 2002 on 1 million square meters of land in the North Korean capital. The campus currently has 17 buildings housing the school headquarters, lecture halls, a dormitory, a research and development center, and so on.
The university will start with 150 students majoring in information-communications engineering; agricultural, life and food engineering; and industrial management, according to South Korean promoters of the university.
Kim Chin-kyung was named founding president of the university during the ceremony. Kim, a South Korean-born American citizen, concurrently serves as president of the Yanbian University of Science and Technology in the Korean autonomous prefecture of Yanbian, northeastern China. Some 100 foreign sponsors of the university from such countries as the U.S., Canada, China and Australia were also present at the ceremony.
The 20-member South Korean delegation led by Kwak Seon-hee, head of the Seoul-based Northeast Asia Foundation for Education and Culture, was to return on Sept. 17, wrapping up a three-day visit to the North. It marked the first non-humanitarian North Korea trip by South Korean civilians since the North carried out its second nuclear test in May. South Korea has so far permitted only relief workers to visit North Korea amid high tension on the Korean Peninsula.
Koreas Exchange Lists of Surviving Relatives for Family Reunions
SEOUL (Yonhap) -- South and North Korea exchanged the results of their search for families separated by the border on Sept. 15, ahead of their upcoming reunions that are the first to be held in nearly two years.
A new round of family reunions, agreed upon at the inter-Korean talks last month, will be held at the scenic Mt. Kumgang resort on the North's east coast from Sept. 26 to Oct. 1, shortly before the traditional Korean holiday of Chuseok. The humanitarian project was suspended in late 2007 as Pyongyang boycotted inter-Korean dialogue.
"South and North Korea exchanged the results of their search to locate the relatives and find out whether they are alive," Unification Ministry spokesman Chun Hae-sung said in a press briefing.
In the list of 200 applicants exchanged Sept. 1, the South located surviving relatives for 159 North Koreans, totaling 1,388 relatives, said the Red Cross office in Seoul, which arranges the reunions with its North Korean counterpart. The North located 709 relatives for 143 South Korean applicants, it said. The final lists of 100 people will be exchanged on Sept. 17.
About 600,000 people in the South are believed to have relatives in the North, from whom they have been separated since the 1950-53 Korean War. Applicants here are first selected through a computer lottery, and the final list is determined according to age and those with surviving immediate family members.
The upcoming reunions, as customary, are expected to include South Korean prisoners of war or fishermen who were allegedly forced to stay in the North after their boats strayed over the maritime border in the Cold War era. The number of such applicants for this round was not yet known.
Pyongyang officially denies holding any South Koreans against their will, but has usually included several of them in previous reunions.
Family reunions, arranged by Red Cross offices on both sides, were launched in 2000 as an outcome of the historic first inter-Korean summit that year. North Korea agreed to resume the event at Red Cross talks last month in one of the latest signs that it is shifting toward a reconciliatory stance with the South.
South Korea, meanwhile, was demanding an apology over a deadly flood unleashed by the North on Sept. 6. North Korea has said that rising water levels at a dam caused an "emergency" that forced it to discharge the water. The floodwaters killed six people who were camping along riverbanks in the South.


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It would be worrying for 10% of any group of people to believe an anonymously written, two thousand year old book over the evidence provided by modern science, but the news that one tenth of first year medics reject evolutionary theory is utterly astounding.
It may be true that current scientific understanding doesn't offer a fully comprehensive explanation for the diversity and origin of species, but micro-evolution has been clearly demonstrated and can easily be applied on a macro scale.
Those individuals pointing to gaps in the fossil record as evidence of the literal truth of the Bible are clutching at straws to preserve an outdated world view, and might like to follow the advice given to the unions and band together with another organisation for survival. May we suggest the Flat Earth movement?
30 April 2008
A preservation of favoured ideas
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- Anonymous said...
In my view, the human mind is only capable of understanding a certain amount of fact or fiction. Most of our understandings on everything to do with religion/science/art/literature come from what we have seen/read or from something someone else has told us.
With regards to the evolution vs creationism debate, each one of us as human beings have our own views of how the world was created. As with opinions on art/literature/music/politics this view of how the world was created is based on what what we ourselves have experienced or believe either through our religion or through scientific research stating true cases for either creation or evolution.
It's puzzling as to why it so important that medics must fully believe in one scientific theory of how the world's creatures came to exist on the planet and reject any personal beliefs they have themselves. Surely everyone is entitled to have their own opinion on theories such as evolution?
I wonder what would happen if the same idea was applied to every other subject taught at University. Would we all then have to take each scientific or literary theory taught at University as fact and reject all personal beliefs in favour of something written in a textbook?
While it may be 'worrying' for some people that 10% of medics don't believe in evolution, it is not apparent that these students are affecting others in any way shape or form by believing instead in creationism.
Creationism today also encompasses so many different types and styles and ways of belief in God and how the world was created.
Regarding Christian Creationism, while all Christians do believe there is a God who created the Earth, there is still intense theological debate on the words written in the Bible and how the life forms on earth were created.
It is up to each and every one of us to decide on our beliefs and not let them be enforced upon us by a department of a university just because the theory is (or isn't) taught as part of the curriculum.
- 1/5/08 02:05
- Ryan Alexander said...
I have to say that i was deeply unhappy regarding comments made by the editor towards their thoughts on 10% of medics not believing in evolution. Glasgow is trying to develop a multi-cultural city and university. Bigotted views expressed by the editor are not welcome in my opinion. what the editor was pretty much expressing was that all medics should be atheists and not have a belief system that doesnt revolve around a religion or faith. of course a percentage of students of any branch of the university will have believes and its only natural to think the same belongs to medics. does the editor feel that people who follow a faith in this manner are stupid. That believing in a god who created the world makes them less capable of being taught and having a career in medicine, i dont think so. Also it is not just christainity that teaches creationism, many other faiths teach this so maybe the editor should do some more research before preaching such half baked nonsense in a newspaper!
- 3/5/08 18:18
- Anonymous said...
Believing in evolution is surely more important when working in medicine than any other discipline.
Evolution is most clearly displayed on a microscopic level. Surely the example of MRSA is proof enough of an organism that is more successful, in this case resistant to antibiotics, passing on its genetic code and later generations being more successful.
If a medic believes that all creatures were created by god 4,000 years ago and than no genetic mutation occurs this is would surely interfere with better understanding of disease and is thus a "worrying" sign.
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The next morning we had a mini breakfast of tea and fruit in our hotel room, then loaded up ourselves and our laptops into the big honkin' rental car, and ventured south.
After a brief stop at a McDonald's to check our e-mail (and grab a not-so-delicious breakfast), we continued south into the Huon River Valley. It was almost like driving through the Berkshires, but with eucalyptus trees. Rolling green fields, cows and sheep everywhere, tons of apple orchards, and a wide, calm river meandering through it all. Very idyllic.
We stopped in the small town of Franklin, where Mark had arranged to meet with Rod, the owner of Petty Sessions Cafe (a former courthouse cum restaurant right on the banks of the Huon River). We sipped our cappuccinos and flat blacks and long whites while Mark and Rod discussed tourism in the area, etc. Apparently Peter Neilson (Mark and Rod's mutual friend) and Rod have plans to bring some sort of ancient Egyptian flat boats to the region for leisurely cruises along the river.
I'm not sure why, but we didn't eat at Petty Sessions. It had what looked to be a great menu and fantastic photographs on the wall (apparently the place is also a local art gallery). But we left there and stopped at a little cafe further down the road for some lunch. From there, we headed toward Hartz Mountain, which Rod had told us had some great hikes ... and he was right.
The hike was at the top of the mountain through marshy bogs. There was an information building telling us about the local wildlife (mainly frogs, including the fairly recently discovered ping-pong frog, whose croak sounds like a ping-pong ball bouncing on a table ... wish I had hear it!). A wooden walkway led away from the building. I expected this walkway to lead us to the trail. Turns out the wooden walkway was the trail. The Australian Forest Service, or whoever is responsible for this, did an amazing job. The boardwalk, which was wide enough for one person (making for tricky passing), wounds its way above the bog so that we didn't destroy any plants or wildlife. If Catherine had had the Australian Forest Service, she and Heathcliff wouldn't have had nearly as much trouble getting to see one another. Anyway, although we didn't see any frogs, we did see what I proclaimed (and just confirmed) was a bandicoot. Very cute little rodent right on the side of the trail, completely oblivious to us. We also saw tons of cube-shaped poo; almost looked like little Whitman's chocolates. Apparently, these are from the nocturnal wombats.
The boardwalk led us to two tarns (which I just now found out means "a small steep-banked mountain lake or pool" -- thank you, Merriam-Webster's). The water was so clear and fresh and COLD. Mark and I both drank from the lakes, as they were rain/spring fed and at the top of the mountain, so no cattle or anything above polluting it (or at least we hoped that was the case, and three weeks on, no sickness, so I think we are safe). The views weren't Rocky Mountain spectacular, but beautiful nonetheless. Again, more like the Berkshires. A valley off to one side with a river running through it and endless mountains off to the other side, with only the occasional signs of forestry (which is a huge industry in Tasmania).
Afterward, we bought a couple apples from one of the orchards and then decided to warm up with a proper Devonshire Tea, a new experience for Mark and I and one we would like to repeat. YUM! The scones and clotted cream and jam provided the perfect ending to our time in Huon Valley.
Back in Hobart, we ate at a pizza place near our hotel. Again, not exactly the fresh seafood I was STILL hoping for, but not bad. And then another early night for us as we had a long day ahead of us the next day.
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Healthy by Dead Prez, Great song!I've been wanting to keep these topics fresh in people's minds.
On March 26th, 2014 Obama signed a bill that had a rider attached to it that supposedly makes the Monsanto Corporation and other similar biotech companies untouchable by Litigation in the United States. This bill was written by Senator Roy Blunt who is the Senator that has received the most (over the table) monetary campaign contributions from the Monsanto Corp.
If you are not familiar with the battle that is currently going on between grassroots activists and GMO producing biotech companies you can learn a lot more here: http://www.nongmoproject.org/learn-more/
There are many people all over the world participating in the movement to ban genetically modified seeds, not only for their effects on the human body but also for the impact that this kind of farming has on the land and the ecosystem that it is part of. I am not going to focus on exactly these damages because there are people a lot smarter than me talking about it all over and with a little bit of research I'm sure you'll find what you need, instead I want to keep the conversation going by asking some questions and raising some of my own opinons and ideas. -----
First of all, I don't believe that there is anything inherently wrong with genetic experimentation for scientific purposes or in biotechnology. I don't think that the problem is that Barack Obama is evil or that the illuminati is using GMO seeds to sacrifice the the human race for our reptilian overlords. Even if any of those things are true, that's not really what I'm talking about at the moment.
Also, I don't believe that this is a "Monsanto" problem or a "GMO" problem at the core.
I think that at the core, this is just one symptom of the current socioeconomic ideology we live under. Profit over People. This is the basic unspoken-mantra on the current neoliberal global order, for more info on what "Neoliberalism" means and how it came about, check out this great article: http://www.corpwatch.org/article.php?id=376
If you really want to get deeper into it, I recommend also checking out Noam Chomsky's book "Profit over People."
So I see the problem like this: the current trend is for large companies to grow larger and become more profitable, often times there are "side effects" (aka effects) to this unbridled growth and the questionable ways that it is achieved. In the GMO case, the growth comes from spraying down huge areas with pesticides in order to increase crop yield, manipulating government policy and public perception to minimize awareness of any issues or friction with environmental protections (why they pour so much money into battling the movement for something as straightforward as even labeling GMO's on food packages) and obtaining ownership of seed rights so that other seeds can not be used for agriculture. Side effects include rampant obesity among our population with ever increasing illnesses, a world with quickly depleting ecosystems (ie Bees) and the monopolization of something that everyone needs and not everyone has access to: FOOD!
Now you can scour the internet and find a million arguments and potential problems and whatnot, so I'm not going to bother. I simply want to post what I think the solution, or part of it, is.
If we want to see how these problems are caused and how to attain solutions, we need to zoom out a bit.
The earth is very much a living, breathing organism that is composed of many parts, just like we are. Just like we have toes and skin and a heart the Earth has trees and rivers and Monsanto's. In order to maintain a healthy body, we need to make all of our parts healthy. We need to view the organism as a whole, and not separate parts that can be manipulated however we want. Just like you can't and wouldn't sacrifice all of the muscles in your legs to have really tone abs, it is impossible to sacrifice the balance of one part of Earth in order to increase another part, not in any long term sustainable way.
So if we want a lot of corn and soybeans, growing and consuming them in a way that is destructive to the environment that it came from will never be sustainable. Just like if you want to have a healthy body, you can't sacrifice sleep every day so that you have more time to go to the gym. The thing is, all of these natural processes are connected, just like every being on this planet is connected. The entire universe is based on this idea of cosmic balance otherwise the moon would have flown off orbit billions of years ago. Just like the planets stay in their orbits based on the path of the sun and all other cosmic bodies. You simply cannot take out one part and expect the balance to be the same. It's like we are billions of organisms that are playing tug of war and we reached a point where everything is balanced and we are all supported by the strength of eachother pulling. Just like in tug of war, if one side lets go, all the sides fall down.
All too often though, we think of our problems, our bodies, and our planet in terms of 2 dimensions. Feeling sad? You must be depressed. Here's a happy pill. Now your happy! No more sad! Problem solved?
Because the atmosphere that we contain inside of ourselves is just like the earth's. We are always getting messages from nature as well as from inside of ourselves. Cut down too many trees in the right place and you start the process of desertification (the Sahara Dessert didn't even exist until around 2000 years ago!). If you eat a bunch of acidic, greasy processed food that is tough for your body to digest properly, your going to have heart burn and fart all day (farts have totally existed for more than 2000 years btw). Now if one observes the cycles of nature in and outside of ourselves we can see where and why these problems arise. There is no pill to reverse the effects of Mcdonalds if that's what you eat everyday and every cell in your body is composed of Big Macs.
I've even had a Dakotah Medicine man explain to me that by watching the cycle of which plants sprout in abundance every year, he knows what kind of illnesses will be prevalent based on the counterbalance of the medicinal properties of those plants.
So when he sees a lot of a certain plant pop up that is known to help with liver functionality, he checks medical records of the area months later and sees a direct a rise in liver disease that season! Good thing is that since this knowledge is passed down to him, he has already cultivated the medicine from that plant. Now, these are ancient practices that indigenous people around the world have only been doing for thousands and thousands of years, so I can understand how a VERY rational person would much prefer to take the statistics from a study done by a pharmaceutical company within the last five years about it's own product that it is marketing. I have a special place in my heart for these VERY rational people.
What we need is holistic and sustainable thinking from our leaders as well as the common citizen of the world. I think that every day more people are adapting to this kind of world view and starting to see that balance. I've seen more community gardens pop up than ever before, more and more of my friends and family members are adapting vegetarian, vegan and organic lifestyles. Everyone from OG hip hop heads like the guys from Dead Prez and Styles P (who owns a Juice shop in NY and promotes healthy living on the daily) to the white-affluent college students that are normally known for their disengagement with things other than keg stands are starting to adapt to these "new ways" of living.
The rise of farmer's markets, community gardens, and activism organizations are all signs of increasing localization. Localization is good for communities because it encourages inward growth and outward development. It brings people closer together, brings fresher produce to our tables, and keeps the currency and energy circulating among the people shaking hands and exchanging broccoli.
What we have in most of America today is almost a completely delocalized economy that is based on giant mega corporations selling products created by other mega corporations and being transported around by even more mega corporations. Now, I don't think that there is anything inherently wrong with a corporation, but with the middle class dwindling, the pay gap between CEO and employee larger than ever, and an unbelievably high use of oil to transport all of these bastardized chemical filled products, it's not hard to see why we may need a bit more localization to ever reach sustainability.
Alright so you ready for the cherry on top?
If the earth is like a body, and our bodies and minds completely connected just as we are to the earth, as we adopt better practices of living we strengthen the whole cycle. If the food that you put inside of you strengthens the earth, strengthens your body and in turn strengthens your mind then every part of the cycle gets better. When you put love into the soil and the food you cultivate and consume, it is magnified and brought back to you. So we all get happier, healthier, stronger, wiser, we live longer, we have more free time, we have more nature, more trees are breathing out more oxygen and we return to a more balanced state of life and of mind.
So you feeling sad? Want a happy Pill? Plant a Garden!


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Republicans: Do Not Vote For That Wimpy Liberal McCain
All right-thinking Americans must realize the awful painful truth: The Republican Party has sold us down the river. John Pinko McCain? Puhlease!
It's bad enough we've had to listen to a bunch of navel-gazing moonbats whining about "global warming." Now on top of that we have Tree-Coddling McCain agreeing with them.
He's also in favor of stem cell research. No! Each and every one of those little stem cells is God's own creation, and Atheist McCain wants to use them for [gasp] scientific research?!?! Lord have mercy! Nobody benefits from stem cell research except those lowlifes who have already been born; and they don't count. It says so in the Bible.
And as we all know, there's a campaign finance reform bill with McCain's name stamped on it. (There's also a cosponsor of the bill; some Jew I think.) Campaign finance reform??? What kind of communist filth is that? Hey, if a billionaire wants to purchase an election, that's his God-given right as an American.
Last but not least, McCain is soft on immigration. We have millions of icky dark-skinned foreigners ruining this great nation, and what's that spineless McCain going to do about it? Nothing!
What a disgrace to his country! We have names for people like that, and I'm gonna come right out and call him that. John McCain is a [sputtering] [choking] …John McCain is a…he's a F#$%&!# Democrat!!!
Some conservatives are staying optimistic that McCain won't wussify the Republican Party Platform too drastically. My fellow Biblewipe, Ken Blackwell of the Family Research Council, said: "I don't think you are going to see any radical departures or inflammatory demands for change in one direction or another."
Let's hope to God he's right.
If not, then Myron Ebell, my fellow tree-hater from the Competitive Enterprise Institute, has some good advice: "If McCain pushes on each one of these issues — campaign finance, immigration, or global warming and energy issues — he's likely to keep a lot of people at home on Election Day."
Bravo! Hear that, Conservatives? John Flagburning McCain is NOT one of us! Let's all boycott this farce and stay home on election day.
cross-posted at Bring It On!
Labels: Ken Blackwell Family Research Council, Myron Ebell Competitive Enterprise Institute


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Dear Kyle Busch,
With all due respect, since you don't seem to know it's worth repeating; if the sign say 45 mph it is based on the road conditions and not on the skill or acumen of the driver even if he is famous!
|photo from virginia pilot
This car is not a toy as you seem to think and even stated to the officer who gave you a speeding ticket-OMG!. You were driving it down a two lane highway that was near a subdivision, by a popular lake where there is a church and a day care. That means, people use this road for bicycle riding, bus stops, farm equipment, to go about their every day lives. What were you thinking?
Driving 128 mph in a 45mph zone shows a pathetic lack of judgment, and your wife was in the car? What in heavens name were you thinking? Do you know how lucky you were you didn't kill someone- or yourselves?
You do not even want to know the extent of trauma that a vehicular death causes, besides the death alone, what happens to the family. But I do; as the mother of two victims of vehicular deaths.
You need to be punished, to be taught a lesson. I sincerely I hope you learn from this mistake. If you think your skills are too good to have an accident, that you're too popular, if you think you're too rich or a class above regular justice then the rest of us who break the law, then you're going to hurt someone someday. You are no different, when you get behind the wheel of a car there's always a chance, there's always a chance. Jerk!
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Audiovisual documents, such as films, radio and television programmes, are our common heritage and contain the primary records of the 20th and 21st centuries. They help to maintain the cultural identity of a people; but countless documentary treasures have disappeared since the invention of image and sound technologies that permit the peoples of the world to better share their experiences, creativity and knowledge.
All of the world's audiovisual heritage is endangered. Nowhere can it be said to be preserved, but through initiatives such as the World Day for Audiovisual Heritage and the Memory of the World Programme, the precious work of preservation professionals is given impetus to manage a range of technical, political, social, financial and other factors that threaten the safeguarding of our heritage.
It was in this context, that the General Conference in 2005 approved the commemoration of a World Day for Audiovisual Heritage as a mechanism to raise general awareness of the need for urgent measures to be taken and to acknowledge the importance of audiovisual documents as an integral part of national identity.
2015 Theme: Archives at Risk: Protecting the World's Identities
"We have 10 to 15 years left to transfer available audiovisual recordings to digital media and prevent their loss. We need to join forces to change the situation – for it is of the utmost importance that this recent history be understood and shared not only for issues of identity and affiliation but also for a clearer grasp of relationships and challenges in contemporary societies."
Irina Bokova
Director-General of UNESCO


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Tuesday, February 17, 2009
Here we go -
Well, our cereal feedings are getting easier - day by day - they are finally figuring out that - HEY! THIS STUFF IS GOOD! And that they actually need to OPEN their mouths and refrain from pushing it back out to enjoy all those filling benefits - hee, hee...
I'm sad to report that little Dane had a bout with something, nobody knows or can diagnose what.... if that's not frustrating? I love this - I bring all the babies into the ped for their 6 month check up - this is a 2 hour sweat fest for those of you who have never corralled 4 babies into an 8x10 room before. THANK GOODNESS they were all so great for us while we were there (thanks mom for helping me out!) - those walls close in in a hurry when they all decide to let 'er rip! (nice double word usage there... is that legal?) Anyhow, poor Dane is screaming all night long, not eating well AT ALL, and I'm literally watching him lose weight - he lost like 1/2 a pound in one week and I am a wreck about it. These little babes go from so healthy to SO SICK, SO FAST it's just scary.
They check him out and it's not an ear infection, which they initially thought. They assure me that teething won't do that... sooooo... "Just watch him for a couple days and then we'll bring him back in. We're not sure what it could be." Love the peds - don't love the "just haul them back in" mentality.
DID YOU MISS THE FACT THAT I HAVE 6 KIDS!?!?!? "Just" coming back in is a MAJOR production in my life - I need at least 2 people, preferably 3, at the cottage to watch the other babies and big boys - unless I am lucky enough not to find any and bring them all with me.
Now there's a good time =)
Anyhow, I called twice over the course of the next couple days and thankfully Dane is now on the mend. But so skinny!! It's just weird - he was always our little porker and now I think that Summer looks bigger than him! We are just praying that nobody else catches that bug... or whatever it was. Ugh.
All in all a lot to be grateful for - our first "sickness" since bringing the babies home. I CHALK IT UP TO ALL THAT GERM-X!!! Say what you want, being a germ-phobe can't hurt the health of our family...
And on the mama T front - yep - surgery on March 9th. I don't have time to drag you all through my months of appointments, second opinions, third opinions, etc. - but it was quite the ride!! In the end I just have to say LISTEN TO YOUR GUT AND GET THAT NEXT OPINION IF YOU NEED TO!!!
With three different surgeons I got three COMPLETELY different surgery options to fix the same exact hernia!! I was blown away. I am not well versed on our medical community and how it all goes down, and being an outsider I was floored. Here were the three opinions, in order in which I received them:
#1- Open cut from rib cage to below belly button to insert mesh and contain massive umbilical hernia. Out of the question to bring ab muscles back together, can not just "fix" abs (my question - wanted to fix the root of the problem!). No laproscopy.
#2- I have three options: laproscopy to insert mesh over hernia, open cut ribs to belly button to insert mesh only, or open cut (same enormous vertical cut) to insert mesh and then bring abdominal walls back together over top... OK. Not possible to use low horizontal incision.
#3- Horizontal cut near c-section scar to insert mesh and fix abs over top.
HUH!?!??! Thank GOODNESS the second surgeon INSISTED that I get the third opinion - I really wasn't going to because I felt like I was making a mountain out of a molehill... I knew in my heart that I wanted to actually FIX my abs not just cover up the problem. We are not talking about some small hernia, folks. This puppy is HUGE and is getting worse by the week - I am going to take pics and post them - I swear. Freak you out it may - but heck! I'd be interested in what having quads can do to those abs!!
So, I called 4 days before I was going in with surgeon #2 with some reservations and last minute questions and he really did INSIST that I call surgeon #3 - I felt like a fool doing so at the time but now I couldn't be happier!!! Both docs will actually be in the surgery, #2 does mesh #3 fixes abs... interesting how it all plays out.
March 9th it is - overnight stay, what? Ugh - I hope all will be well on the homefront with mommy laid up for a while but docs encouraged me to get it fixed ASAP and my weight limit will still include holding babies since they are still pretty small... thank goodness!!
Pray for daddy? Perhaps....
3 comments:
- Dana said...
So glad you have had only one flu season victim! Our house has been like the plague--and you wouldn't think it would be as bad in Louisiana with such mild "winters." Although I am anxious for new pics, just glad to hear that everyone is doing well. Solids is such a big step! GOOD LUCK with the surgery. I'm sure it will be a load off to have it behind you...
Dana M.
- February 17, 2009 at 7:07 PM
- Moni Graf said...
I'll be thinking and praying for you on March 9th. Good luck!
Also, I know I asked a couple of posts ago...but would you send me your email? It's probably something you would not be interested in, but I wanted to inform you about it anyway. I promise I'm not a stalker. Hee hee!
My email is firstname.lastname@example.com.
- February 17, 2009 at 9:57 PM
- Kara said...
Hope all the kids continue to remain healthy. My house has been full of flu bugs from one twin to the other to the baby. Now just trying to get rid of all the ear infections...YUCK!!
Will be sending positive thoughts and prayers your way for your surgery and for your hubby holding down the home front!!
- February 18, 2009 at 6:56 PM