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The whole thing got me thinking about how songs affect my attitude at the moment I listen to them.
"Eye of the Tiger" really amps me up. Makes me wanna take up boxing or just go kick ass at something I want to be successful at.
"Remember the Name" by Fort Minor kinda has the same affect but really makes me do something athletic. (As athletic as I can, he he)
"Austin" by Blake Shelton makes me feel like I should make attempts to be more romantic with my wife.
"Playboys of the Southwestern World" by Blake Shelton really makes me think back about silly things I did with my friends in the past. "My Hometown" by Charlie Robison has the same affect. Great "MEMORY SONGS!!"
"Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis was incredibly popular when we went to Grand Cayman island so every single time I hear it I lose all focus and my mind goes back to the incredible time we had deep sea fishing there.
"Seven Spanish Angels" by Willie Nelson and Ray Charles may be the greatest love story song of all time and it makes me wonder just who all in the world is that important to me and how many people feel that way about me.
"Love Lock down" by Kanye West was the song they played at the end of the last Victorias Secret fashion show on CBS so, well, I pretty much lose focus when it comes on too.
"Old Silver" is a song by Radney Foster that is one of the greatest songs ever written. It makes me wanna live my life so that someone misses me when I am gone.
"Blue Jeans and a Rosary" by Kid Rock is another incredible love song that just makes me really think about my better half and all the quirks I have that she puts up with and all the things I love about her.
"Toes" by Zac Brown Band just makes me smile and wanna be on a beach with a no worries.
There's a ton more songs that have very distinct and direct affects on me the instant I hear them. But my thumbs hurt from typing on my BlackBerry, so...
I would love to hear some examples of how music affects you?
Got any??
Cody Heitschmidt
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Meet The Authors Brunch
During CIAA, I attended a Meet the Authors brunch. The joys of rubbing shoulders with fellow bloggers, aspiring authors, and published authors. This was such an inspirational crowd. Each of us represented a unique stage in this world of writing. Hence, one wrote their story but has yet to turn it into a book. Another was inspired by the efforts of the matriarch in their family now just seeking the perfect editor. Then there is the author turned youtuber which I have already subscribed to her show! Of course, the author that has graced many college campuses with the passion to educate females on knowing their worth. The author that just wants to give back! And have you met a person that has written and published their book in 30 DAYS?! So, this is to just name a few of the talents from Saturday.
Being surrounded by like-minded individuals on this journey was amazing. The joy of bouncing experiences and ideas around the table had no choice but to get our creative juices flowing. Not to mention, the menu and cocktails at the venue, Brio Coastal Bar & Kitchen were delightful.
I must say, this is surely a different season for me. In the past, my CIAA functions never consisted of networking events. It was more of a day party here, step-show there and the greek party on Thursday night was a MUST. Not to mention, I'd start the first day of the tournament waking up at 5 AM to attend the live Steve Harvey Morning Show. I'm sharing that to say, my focus is changing... I can see it. I feel it. I've always been geared towards networking. Yet, turning my hobby into a business or better yet just becoming more passionate about this journey has me ready for this shift.
(*) The Central Intercollegiate Athletic Association (CIAA) is a collegiate athletic conference, mostly consisting of historically black colleges and universities. CIAA institutions are affiliated at the Division II level of the National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA).
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I was very attracted to the black curve through the suit so wanted to include it in the card. I also loved the colours in the umbrella so tried to create that sort of texture. I was taught a technique about 8 years ago but the name of it escapes me . The minute I post it will come to me LOL. The technique uses a cotton ball soaked with dye inks and meths. These are then 'pounced' on shiny card. The meths makes the ink spread in the most divine way. Anyway, the sentiment is cut from this.
An Update: 'Polished Stone' is the Technique. Thanks Karren
The triangles, which were inspired by the shape of the neckline, introduce the orange and break up the hard edges.


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Orson Spencer
Orson Spencer (March 14, 1802 – October 15, 1855) was a prolific writer and prominent member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints. He served in several highly visible positions within the church and left an extensive legacy of theological writings. Orson Spencer is one of the examples William Mulder cites of highly educated people becoming Mormons during the time of Joseph Smith, Jr.[1]
Early life and educationWest Stockbridge, Berkshire County, Massachusetts, Spencer was generally esteemed a bright boy. At age twelve he contracted a fever that nearly killed him and left him with a permanent limp.[2] At age fifteen, the town sheriff was so struck by him that he offered to finance Spencer's education. That same year he entered Lenox Academy. In 1824, Spencer graduated with honors from Union College at Schenectady, New York.
In 1825 Spencer took a job as a school teacher in Washington, Wilkes County, Georgia.[3]
In 1827, Spencer joined the Baptist church and decided to become a pastor. He attended the Theological College at Hamilton, New York, and graduated as class valedictorian in 1829. Spencer served as pastor at three congregations throughout New England between 1829 and 1841.
Religious conversion
Spencer was introduced to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints by his brother Daniel and was baptized by the same in spring 1841, necessitating the discontinuation of Orson's Baptist ministry. During his time of investigating the faith, Spencer obtained as much information as he could about Solomon Spalding and other items that called into question the divine origin of the Book of Mormon, but he was still convinced of its truthfulness by reading it.[4].
News of Spencer's conversion reached many of his Baptist colleagues. Reverend William Crowell sent a letter inquiring about his conversion and the Mormon faith in general. Spencer's responses to this and other epistles were published and remain of interest to many Latter-day Saints today.[5]
Church service
Shortly after his conversion, Spencer and his family moved to Nauvoo, Illinois. Spencer served as the head of the University of Nauvoo. In April 1843 Spencer was sent on a mission to New Haven, Connecticut.[6]
Spencer was elected mayor of Nauvoo in 1845, but he appears to not have served due to the revocation of the city charter. He would have succeeded his brother Daniel Spencer in this office. Prior to this he served as an alderman of the city of Nauvoo. As such he also served as a member of Nauvoo's municipal court.[7] After the Nauvoo Charter was revoked, Spencer served as an alderman of the much smaller town of Nauvoo.[8]
Spencer served as president of the British Mission from early 1847 until the summer of 1848.[9] In 1848 he was replaced by Orson Pratt, who found that the mission had had much success under Spencer's administartion.[10]
Spencer was the president of one of the five Mormon pioneer companies in 1849.[11] This company consisted of about 100 wagons.[12] In 1850, when the Deseret News began publication in Salt Lake City, Spencer served as assistant editor under Willard Richards.[13]
In fall of 1852, Brigham Young commissioned Spencer to travel, together with Jacob Houtz, to Prussia. After reaching Berlin in late January 1853, he and his companion discovered that every step they took was observed by the Prussian secret police. After only one week, Spencer and Houtz were forced by the police to leave Berlin without having had any visible missionary success. They were the first Mormon missionaries to preach in Germany since Orson Hyde's visit in 1841.
Spencer served as an editor and writer on many newspapers from his conversion and was named the first chancellor of the University of Deseret in 1850. He died after contracting malaria while on a mission to the Cherokee nation.[14]
Spencer's first wife was Catharine Curtis. They had eight children. She died in 1846 in Iowa. While presiding over the British Mission, Spencer married Martha Knight. He later also married Ann Dibble, Margaret Miller, Jane T. Davis, and Mary Hill as plural wives.
In 1855, shortly after his death, Spencer's daughter Catherine Curtis Spencer (named after her mother) married Brigham Young, Jr.[15]
Spencer is the father of Aurelia Spencer Rogers, who in 1878 founded the Primary Association, the official organization of the LDS Church for children.
Also among his notable descendants is Spencer Ingley, who currently resides in Gainesville, Florida.
Works remembered
A collection of his letters entitled Spencer's Letters was among the items placed in the capstone of the Salt Lake Temple.[16]
- ↑ Mulder, William. "Mormonism and Literature" in Cracroft, Richard H. and Neal E. Lambert, ed. A Believing People: Literature of the Latter-day Saints. (Provo: Brigham Young University Press, 1974) p. 208
- ↑ Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint History, p. 1171–1172.
- ↑ Jenson, Andrew. LDS Biographical Encyclopedia. Vol. 1, p. 337
- ↑ Harris, Franklin S. Jr. The Book of Mormon: Messages and Evidences (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret Book, 1961) p. 175
- ↑ Crowel, Rev William & Spencer, Orson. Correspondance Between the Reverend W. Crowel, A.M. and O. Spencer, B.A.
- ↑ Smith, Joseph. with Roberts, B. H., ed., History of the Church Vol. 5, p. 120
- ↑ Smith, Joseph Fielding. Church History and Modern Revelation. (Salt Lake City, Utah: The Council of the Twelve Apostles of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, 1946) p. 185
- ↑ Roberts, B. H., ed., History of the Church Vol. 7, p. 401
- ↑ Church News, 1996-11-02.
- ↑ Roberts, B. H. A Comprehensive History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints: Century One. (Provo, Utah: Brigham Young University Press, 1965) p. 307–308
- ↑ Roberts. Comprehensive History. Vol. 3, p. 338
- ↑ Mormon Pioneer Database
- ↑ Jenson, Andrew. Encycopedic History of the Church of Jesus Christ of Latter Day Saints. (Salt Lake City, Utah: Deseret News Press, 1941) p. 187
- ↑ McCloud, Susan Evans. Brigham Young: A Personal Portrait. (American Fork, Utah: Covenant Communications, 1996) Chapter 13
- ↑ Jenson, Andrew. Latter-day Saints Biographical Encyclopedia. Vol. 1, p, 121.
- ↑ Church News, 1992-04-02.
- Spencer, Orson. (1853). The Prussian Mission of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-Day Saints. Report of Elder Orson Spencer, A.B., to President Brigham Young. Liverpool: S.W.Richards
- Encyclopedia of Latter-day Saint Church History, p. 1173-1174.
External links
- Utah History Encyclopedia
- Description of the correspondence between Orson Spencer and Rev. William Crowell at the BYU official website
- Davis Bitton: "Beguiled from Steadfastness". Notes to an Epistle of Orson Spencer to British Church members from Meridian magazine


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B7 Revision
Revision cards for B7- Biology across the ecosystem
- Created by: beckyplumm
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Heterotrophs- Rely on other living things for food.
e.g. eagle
Autotrophs- Produce their own food
eg. plants and algae
light energy
Carbon dioxide+water------------------> glucose+oxygen
-Glucose molecule is made up of carbon, hydrogen and oxygen, CARBOHYDRATE
-Photo.. happens in the chloroplast-contains green pigment called chlorophyll. Chlorophyll absorbs light and uses energy to kick-start photosynthesis.
Using glucose
Cell growth-
glucose is converted into other chemicals needed for cell growth.
Cellulose- used for strengthening and building cell walls
Extra glucose is converted into starch. It is insoluable so will not disturb the osmotic balance of cells.Starch can be converted back into glucose when it cannot be produced.Special organs to store it, can be stored in leaf cells.
Starch- insoluable- turned into ammino acids---> proteins etc.
Glucose molecules are broken down, releasing energy stored in molecules.
This energy is used to power chemical reactions in the cells.
Rate of photsynthesis
Can be affected by:
the amount of light- cannot photosythesise quickly if there is not enough light.
carbon dioxide levels- too low, cannot photosynthesise.
temperature- too hot it cannot photosynthesis, too cold it decreases the rate.
Food chains...
Autotrophs(producers)------> heterotrophs (herbivores)-----> hetero...(carnivores).
Pyramid of numbers- number of consumers on each trophic level
Pyramid of biomass- Shows the situation more clearly, shows the total biomass of each trophic level.
Parasites- one benefits and the other loses
eg. tapewom and humans
Mutualism- Both benefit from relationship
eg. Bacteria and tubeworm
Commensalism- One benefits but the other neither gains nor loses from relationship.
eg. sticky seed pods stuck to clothing.
Genetic modification
Bacterial cells-
no nucleus, one large chromosome in their cytoplasm .
most also have rings of DNA, which contain extra genes,these DNA rings are called plasmids.
Any cell can make a protein if it has the gene which codes for it.
Scientists can add a huan gene gto bacterial cells so that they can make the human protein.
Genetic modification
Genetic modification is changing the genes of an organism.
Bacterial cells can be changed by adding genes from other microorganisms, plants or animals.
Many drugs are proteins that can be made using genetically modified bacteria. eg. human insulin.
Pig insulin used to be used for this, but there were harmful side effects. The G.M bacteria on the other hand did not cause these efffects.
It has also been used to modify crops, as 10% are lost to disease etc. by using GM, they can be given the codes for proteins to protect them from common diseases, and mainly give them resistance to them.
Genetic modification
Genetic modification diagram.
How to tell which cells have been modified
1. Make a modified PLASMID that contains the human insulin gene and also a gene for antibiotic resistance.
2. Add the modified plasmid to a bacteria population.
3. Treat the population with the specific antibiotic.
4. The bacteria which survive MUST contain the plasmid, so will also make insulin.
5. Grow these bacteria and harvest the insulin.
Attach a second gene to the plasmid. (eg. from a jellyfish, which codes for a green florescent protein which is easy to spot.)
Technology behind genetic testing
1. Genetic tests are artificially made pieces of DNA called GENE PROBES. (Short piecec of single stranded DNA which has complimentary bases to the allele being tested for). So the probe will stick to this allele.
2. If the probe sticks to the person's DNA, they have the diseased allele.
To find out whether it has stuck:
UV- a fluorescent molecule is attached to the gene probe when it is made. These molecules glow under UV light.
Autoradiography- the gene probeis made from radioactive DNA bases. These blacken X-Ray film.
DNA finger printing
1. Extract DNA from tissue sample- cut DNA at particular base sequences.
2. Cut the DNA up into pieces- 'Restriction enzymes'
3. Separate the fragments out- gel electrophoresis.
4. Make the pieces visible- add gene probe (fluorescent)
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The complete resort of Cap d'Agde can accommodate around 180,000 tourists in peak season, and a large proportion of those are not necessarily naturists. The nudist area including the nude beach however does attract tens of thousands of nudists, naturists and swingers, and Cap d'Agde is rightly recognised as one of the largest naturist resorts (and official nude beaches) in the world.
The nude section of the beach at Cap d'Agde is around 2 km in length and is divided into three unofficial areas:
- the family nude beach
- the swingers beach
- the gay beach
The family nude beach
This is the largest part of the beach, easily accessed from your apartment, villa or hotel in the Village Naturiste or the main camping area. If you are planning to go to the family nude beach, be sure not to walk to the left side, which will take you close to the swingers beach: walk to the right instead, in the direction of Heliopolis/Port Nature.
For the most part the family section of the beach is perfectly safe for children during daytime; there have been reports that some sexual activities may occur from time to time in this area, but it will not be as open or explicit as it would be at the swingers beach. However at night most people would not recommend going to any part of the beach with children.
The swingers beach
If you enter the beach and walk to the left, you will eventually reach the swingers beach. This section starts just after the rescue post/police post, which you can find on top of the dunes. If you arrive on this beach early in the morning, it will be relatively quiet, because a lot of swingers have been partying all night and will still be sleeping. Later in the day however, you will be under no illusions.
Officially, sex is not allowed in public in Cap d'Agde - a law which also applies to the nude beach and even the swingers beach, so theoretically you can get arrested. Traditionally, sexual activities on the swingers beach mostly occurred in the evening, after the police post closed at 6:30 pm, but in the last few years, the police have tended to turn a blind eye to sexual activity at any time of the day, and it is commonplace.
The gay beach
Right after the swingers beach, you will find the gay beach, primarily (but not exclusively) frequented by gay men. Again, sexual activity is the norm here.
Cameras or recording devices are strictly forbidden anywhere in the naturist resort other than for purposes of filming your own immediate family and friends. Neither the police, nor most other naturists, will tolerate generic filming or photography, however innocent it may be.
After dark
Sexual activity and overtly sexual behaviour is common in many clubs and at private parties, and several hotels are for couples only, with sexual liberty encouraged.
Accommodation and facilities
The nudist area of Cap d'Agde is the equivalent of a small self-contained village, consisting of the marina, the campsite, holiday apartments, supermarkets, other shops, medical facilities, swimming pools, spa facilities, and a wide selection of restaurants, bars and clubs aimed both at family naturists and swingers.
The main accommodation areas are:
Heliopolis - Studios and apartments
Port Nature - Villas and apartments
Helio-Village - Villas
Port Ambonne - Apartments
Port Venus - Villas
Port Soleil - Apartments
Port Sauvage - Villas
Centre Hélio-Marin - Camping
Hotels in or close to the naturist area include: Hotel Eve, Le Jardin du Babylon, Le Jardin d'Eden, Natureva Spa, Oz'Inn and Riad.


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Top Ten Tuesday is hosted by The Broke and the Bookish.
In this list, I'll mix both personal resolutions and reading resolutions. I don't really have that many, as I don't really feel the whole "new year, new me" stuff, but I did come up with some. I usually prefer to make resolutions at the end of summer, before school begin, as I feel like that's more of a fresh start instead of the middle of the schoolyear. However, as I've mentioned, I did come with a few resolutions.
I'm going to start with my reading resolutions. As I've already made a post about this, which you can read here, I'm going to keep it brief.
My Goodreads challenge this year is set to 35 books. I hope, and think, that I'll pass that without much problem, but I don't want to put any pressure on myself.
I'm also doing a somewhat modified version of the Popsugar Reading Challenge, and you can find my page about that here. I'm doing this to remind myself to branch out and not just read the same thing.
I have a couple of books I have on my TBR for this year as well, that I really want to read. Those books are:
1. Bitterblue (#The Graceling Realm #3)
2. All I Know Now
3. Carry On
4. A Court of Mist and Fury
Those are all of my reading resolutions, so I'm moving onto my personal resolutions.
The first one is the one everyone has, to get healthy. I don't have any specific goals for this, I just want to be more conscious of what I eat, and stay active.
I also want to focus on being happier. I tend to overthink stuff and look at it negatively, and I want to change that. I'm going to focus on approaching things more positively and open-minded.
The last, and most important one for me, is to get into a university. I am currently in the process of getting answers, and can't really do anything but wait. I've actually got answers from everyone, but one. I'm applying through UCAS, and the University of Essex wants me in for an interview at the end of this month, so I am super excited, and nervous, for that.
So those are my resolutions for the new year! What are yours?


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Summer Style in DC10 Sep
As we enjoy the final days of summer, we would like to share with you a recent project from our very own Mr. Kyle Jiron. Bringing a unique approach to a historic city, he was able to capture the beauty of Washington D.C. in a way that even residents – who long ago grew acclimated and bored with the monuments – can appreciate. Continue reading
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Zsanett is a goddess why is there but a single video of her?
Can we expect more videos of Zsanett? She is a goddess, I could never tire of seeing her. She could walk around a park full clothed and I would still pay to see it.
Dear Zsanett Tormay
Your pictures have no peer,
they are the highlight of my year
Your beauty is ravishing,
your sets are dazzling,
What more can I say?
you're so lovely in every way!
Thank you, I've sent it to her!
How do you do it Arkisi? Put me in a room with a nude Zsanett (or even a clothed one), and I wouldn't be able to remember my own name, far less be capable of producing such lovely photos. You must be a man of iron willpower!
I felt almost this way at every photosession we made :)
Zsanett is a real heart-breaker. In some photos, she is the embodiment of the girl you want to be with - cute and trusting - kittenish and demure - and in others she just oozes sex - saucy and unashamed - and she does it sometimes by just a look in her face alone.
Zsanett is definitey in my top 10. She is physically perfect, and proof that women don't need huge breasts to be absolutely sexy and beautiful.


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Preparedness what is it? It is not easily defined or accomplished. The whole idea of preparedness is different for different people. You may think preparedness is what they televised on "Doomsday Preppers" or you may think it is what you read about in many of the books that are on the market today like the ones who have the word Survival or Prepare for...... in the titles. You may think it is keeping your tank as full as you can in your car in case of a hurricane evacuation. You may think it is keeping a few weeks food in your cupboards in case of a local disaster. Or maybe you think it is keeping some cash in your safe at home all the way up to keeping gold and silver coins in that same safe.
I could go on and on about different things that people feel is their preparedness and guess what - - they are all right! I'll bet you didn't expect me to say that! All those things are preparedness. They should be in your bag of tricks. But is that all that you should do? Is there more that is important for the future of your family?
One thing that I would like to leave with you is this: Life is a journey and you don't live it in a short time but one day at a time until you eventually go to your reward. Think of Preparedness the same way. You can't do it all in one day or one month or even a year. You should be adding to your preps until something happens and you start surviving because you did prepare. Then you should be less stressed when it counts because you acted on accumulating your preps when it wasn't such an emergency.
Now what would be the things that you feel you should be prepared for? Natural disasters? Man-made disasters? World War? Pandemic? Economic Collapse? Societal Collapse/Riots and Looting/Martial Law? Food Collapse from natural disasters and big agra manipulation?
Well, let's look at what is needed for all of these scenarios......
1. Clean Water- will always be needed for continuation of life for human beings.
2. Nutritious Foods- You can only survive for weeks without it.
3. Shelter- Whether it is the severe cold of winter, stifling heat of summer, or the rainy season humans need shelter to protect them from the elements.
4. Medical / First Aid- Most everyone will need some medical or first aid for everyday injuries and chronic illnesses. From bandaids to life preserving medications (like heart medicines and insulin).
5. Gardening Tools, seeds, and knowledge to grow your food if food is unavailable or dangerous to eat.
6. Security- Good locks, people on watch, guns, ammo, baseball bats, stun guns, pepper spray, sling shots, compound bows and arrows or anything else that you would feel would help you become safe and secure when there is rioting and looting going on. Also many of those items could be used for hunting for meat animals.
7. Cash, silver, gold, barter items, and precious stones. When banks are closed, atm's are down, and might not be able to be back on for the foreseeable future.
8. Communications- will be important to keep in touch with family, neighbors, and to know what is going on outside of your neighborhood or county.
9. Transportation- What if most vehicles are dead because of a CME or EMP, how would you travel?
10. Knowledge!- One of the most important and the least expensive to accomplish.....
I am sure there are many more items that you may be interested in preparing with but most of them will fall under these main groups such as Food (Cooking implements and methods), Shelter (Heating and cooling, lighting, etc.) I am sure you get my drift by now.
Now you must decide what you already have and what are the most important things for you to accomplish. Take inventory of what you have already. Most people have shelter, but is your home in a safe area? Are you capable of obtaining water in your location or is it city water only with no other water sources nearby?
Let's try to be logical and organized in what you are interested in preparing for. If you are only interested in preparing for natural disasters then you might need to have a bug out kit and vehicle which would assist you on your way out of the dangerous area. Bug out kits are containers such as a back pack which have the basics for survival in them.
Bug out kit possibilities - Back pack, knap sack or ruck sack, bottles of water, containers for heating water or food, food, first aid/medicine kit, shelter components such as paracord or bank line and tarps, cutting tools such as knife and saw, space blanket and/or wool blanket, firestarting equipment such as a lighter, matches, and cotton balls coated with petroleum jelly, flashlight, and batteries, small radio or walkie talkie, and at the very least clean dry change of socks and underpants and t shirt. If you usually don't wear walking shoes then keep a pair attached to your bag to change to. Keep your items small and as compact as possible to keep down bulk and weight.
Bug out Vehicle - This will depend on your specific vehicle, but if you have a van or suv you will be able to use your vehicle as a shelter for more people than a small compact car can. Whatever your vehicle is keep it tuned up, good tires, full tank, and store extra fluids in your car as well as jumper cables, and spare tire and jack, duct tape and some extra fuses would be helpful as well. Now keep a few rolled up blankets, a change of clothing, in winter keep extra warm clothes such as thermal underwear, knit wool caps, gloves, and coats in a small container or bag. Keep a small container with foods that heat or cold won't hurt but rotate them anyway. Instant Oatmeal, dry soup mixes, granola bars, hard candy, dry milk, instant coffee, tea bags, dry cocoa, crackers, a few cans of tuna, chicken, and complete pancake mix and some oil and brown sugar or syrup. There are many more items that is made in retort packaging now that are possibilities as well. There are hundreds of ideas for food for camping, hiking or bug out kits on You Tube, check them out. I would suggest you keep flashlights, cooking equipment such as a folding stove and Sterno or buddy burners so you can cook inside the car if you are stuck in a blizzard as well as a boy scout mess kit with a fork and spoon for each person. It will also help keep the car warm. A larger knife such as a machete, or larger hunting knife could come in handy for cutting wood for a campfire/cook fire.
Now if you are preparing to stay in your home because you don't have choice or it is just not possible to bug out because the roads are blocked or vehicles don't operate any longer then we will have to ways to survive long term at home. Let's say there was a Solar Flare or CME so you don't have electricity, electronics or cars operating. You will need water, food, ways to cook your food, and security at the very least.
Water - try to store as much water as you can in 2 liter soda bottles, fruit juice bottle, or other harder plastic bottles, do not use milk jugs or soft OJ bottles for water storage, add 4 drops per 2 liters of water to keep it clear and good. A good larger water filter system like a Berkey would be excellent for running rainwater through to make sure it is clean and pure. When the electricity first goes out the first thing you should do is to run the water out of your taps into any and all of your larger pots and containers. Then turn off your electricity at the panel to everything in your house. No longer use your toilets. Urinate in a bucket and pour it outside around trees or bushes. Use a separate bucket for your feces buy using sand, saw dust, kitty litter, or ashes. Each time it is used take enough of the previous list to cover it and then cover the bucket. When full you dig a hole in the ground away from your food plants or well if you have any and bury the contents of the bucket of feces and cover with earth. Clean bucket with some sand and start fresh again. It is important to keep feces and urine separated to keep odor down. Mixed they start putrefying quickly.
You may catch rainwater from your gutter system. Small children's pools are a good way to capture rain water as well. If you live in an apartment you can turn an umbrella open and upside down into a clean container such as a new Home Depot bucket and capture the water that way. A plastic liner in your pickup truck bed is another way to capture water. I think you could do all of these things and capture a lot of water in a short time. Why not buy a couple of new trash barrels to hold the water, after filling them after the rain stops put the lid on to keep bugs out of it. Filter the water through a sheet or pillow case or some tightly woven fabric and then run through your Berkey or homemade Berkey to make sure it is as clean as possible. If you will be storing the water for a longer time then add your 8 drops of bleach (plain unscented liquid bleach such as Clorox) per gallon to make it last longer in a drinkable condition. If you get water from a pond, lake or stream then filter it several times through fabric, sand and charcoal then boil the filtered water to kill any cysts, polyps, or viruses that may be in it.
Foods will be our next subject. Many people don't store food because of the expense of freeze dried foods, or dehydrated foods that you buy commercially. MRE's and the previously mentioned foods have their place in food storage but they are not required to have the beginnings of food storage. What do you eat on a regular basis? Do you eat pasta, meat and potatoes, or casseroles? Why not store the things you use to make these. Chicken and Rice Casserole is a good example, store the chicken in canned form, fairly inexpensive from the grocery store and then store the rice and cream of soup that you prefer for making it. You can buy dehydrated onions in the grocery or warehouse stores and you are pretty well set.
The same rice that hopefully you buy in bulk can be a side dish for serving with meat and gravy such as chicken, canned chunky soups, roast beef in gravy, etc. You can also make fried rice, or spanish rice or rice and beans.
Your pasta dishes are the same way, store your pasta of choice with pasta sauces like marinara, meat flavored spaghetti sauce or alfredo sauces. Pasta can be made in more ways than you can shake a stick at. Make cold macaroni salads with tuna, or make macaroni and cheese with canned ham or make noodles to serve with chicken and alfredo sauce.
There are lots of ways to use packaged potato dishes such as scalloped, augratin, or instant mashed potatoes and there is hash brown mixes as well.
There are quite a variety of meats, poultry and seafoods in cans which can be used in place of fresh meats for your food storage meals. Clams can be used in clam sauce for spaghetti, or make clam chowder, or clam fritters. Canned crab can make casseroles, soups, crab cakes, etc. Tuna comes in the plain variety or seasoned steaks for casseroles or main dish fish. Salmon now comes in the retort packaging and also in cans and you can also use Mackerel which makes a passable fish cake like a crab cake in style.
Chicken comes in can like tuna and super versatile to make almost anything you want except for roasted of course. Chicken salad, chicken casserole, sweet and sour chicken, chicken and gravy over stuffing, chicken pot pie, barbeque chicken sandwiches, etc.
You can buy Dak ham or other brands that are similar in 12 oz or l lb. cans. They can be used to slice for sandwiches, baked, casseroles, in salads, in mac and cheese, in bean soups, fried for breakfasts, etc.
Now we come to Spam and Treet which everyone knows is hated by most people but loved by quite a few. Spam now comes in all kinds of flavors such as bacon, smoked ham flavor, and they have turkey spam now for those who don't eat pork. Treet is similar but is just a spiced luncheon loaf but it can be used to flavor beans, casseroles, and egg omelets, quiches, and frittatas. Never buy more that one can of something that you aren't sure you like until you try it and see if your family will eat it. Don't tell them what it is, just say that it is smoked pork in the bean soup, or potato casserole. They probably will love it. Now slicing and frying may be another story, but try it and see.....
Lastly think about how you may buy beef. I have stocked some dried beef in jars to make creamed chip beef, I also have bought some roast beef in gravy in cans, Chunky soups such as Sirloin Burger and Vegetables makes a good topper for rice, noodles or mashed potatoes. Any of the Chunky Soups can be used like that including pot roast and potato soup.
You can stock the vegetables and fruits that you like that come canned for side dishes in your food storage. You are only limited by your imagination. There is also many dried fruits now a days that are sold on the grocery shelves such as cranberries, raisins, apples, apricots and even banana's.
My suggestion to make your food storage less expensive is to learn to can and can your own beef, chicken and pork. It is simple to do. The directions are on the net or buy a Ball Blue book to learn from. It basically takes a pressure canner, a beginner kit of tools and a few cases of jars and you are on your way. Vegetables are much better tasting if home canned as well.
You will need non electric can opener and a way to cook your foods as well. There are many ways to accomplish your cooking. Solar ovens are one possibilities as well as a rocket stove both of which can be homemade or bought commercially made. You can cook on a gas grill as long as your propane holds out, and you can cook over charcoal as long as your supply of charcoal holds out. You can build a small fire pit to cook over as well. As far as baking is concerned you can bake in a solar oven, or in a camp oven that you put on a wood stove or over your grill or campfire. Buddy burners are good for heating up quick meals on a hobo stove and can be used indoors because it is basically a large candle in a tuna can. If you are lucky enough to have a fireplace or wood stove you can cook on these in the winter.
I would like to remind everyone to use common sense and safety procedures with whatever method you chose. Remember open flames of any kind can start a wild fire that would get out of hand quickly and there won't be fire departments available to help. Also you could get burned and with no medical facilities that could be very painful and possibly fatal. Please buy fire extinguishers to keep by your open flames to stop anything from getting out of hand. Use silicone pot holders or leather pot holders to protect your hands. Also keep a bucket of water nearby to pour over the fire or to plunge your hand in if it gets burned. KEEP CHILDREN away from fire and open flames. Never leave candles or fires unattended!
That is about all I am going to put in this particular article. Remember try to build your supplies and food storage and water storage as you can afford it for the amount of time you think you might need it. I would suggest you start off with a one month supply of food and water and then add to your food storage until you build up to 3 months, after the 3 months supply is stored then I would suggest you go to some of the dehydrated vegetables, fruits and meals. Dehydrated eggs and milk are invaluable as well as having quantities of rice, beans of your choice, and instant mashed potato flakes in number 10 cans. Sit down make up your list of what you usually eat and find a way to turn it into food storage meals. Don't expect to have steaks, fried chicken, pork chops and salads unless you have chickens in your yard, hunt or grow steer for butchering or have a salad garden. But most foods are adaptable to food storage cooking. You tube is full of how to do it and many of my articles talk about it. I have links to many helpful sites on here as well.
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So a while back, I ran across a felt playhouse on http://homemadebyjill.blogspot.com, and fell in love!! I knew I wanted to make one for Jarvis. I bought the felt, and 4 months later... still hadn't done anything, hehe. However I finally got in gear, and many, many, many, MANY hours later- IT'S DONE!
*at least mostly, more produce, letters, play money, etc to be added later!*
It sits on top of two card tables, so they fold down easy and pack away pretty well. Everything is felt, so it won't fray.
Front of the house! Apples and bird velcro off, corn comes out of the husks,
carrots come out of the soil, and mailbox opens.
Side: Clothes clip on/off the line or are stored in the green basket.
Water and food are interchangeable in the dog bowl, and the bone comes off.
Produce stand: Produce velcros on/of or goes in crate and barrell, Price signs velcro on/off.
Other side: Flowers go in/out of the window box and have pipe cleaners in them for shape.
squirrel, beans, lettuce leaves, and apples velcro on/off.
He did this on his own, silly puppy. :)
Jarvis, the puppy, and the kitty all LOVE it! Obviously, most of the functions are above Jarvis' developmental level right now, but he loves crawling in and out and pulling everything off the sides. Puppy hangs out in there quite and bit, and kitty hides in there.
Just wanted to share :)
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Not a day goes by when I don't think about the pill. But then, I don't really have a choice, I'm on the mini pill - the one that has to be taken everysingleday, without a seven-day break each month.
But popping that little hormone-rich disc into my mouth like clockwork every 24hours couldn't feel any less of a chore. Instead when I take it, I'm overwhelmed with gratitude.
Grateful that I have access to free contraception. Grateful that every six months the only thing standing between me and another prescription is a blood pressure reading. Grateful that no-one, but myself, has the right to question my desire to remain childless.
Contraception is something women (and men) take for granted in the UK. But venture across the pond to the not-so bright lights of America and these fundamental rights are being threatened, even today.
On Monday, the US Supreme Court ruled that retail chain Hobby Lobby can refuse health coverage for employees' contraception on religious grounds.
According to the Religious Freedom Restoration Act of 1993, for-profit corporations may deny its employees the health coverage for contraceptives - to which the employees are otherwise entitled by federal law - based on the religious objections of the corporation's owners.
Monday's ruling was narrow. And the 5-4 decision, with all female justices dissenting, means that once again female reproductive rights are at the mercy of a small group of men.
Naturally, there's been outrage (see above) and Hillary Clinton has expressed her dismay at the "deeply disturbing" ruling.
"I find it deeply disturbing that we are going in that direction," Hillary said. "It is very troubling that a sales clerk at Hobby Lobby who needs contraception, which is pretty expensive, is not going to get that service through her employer's health-care plan because her employer doesn't think she should be using contraception."
How can the US, which is supposed to be "the land of the free", deny this simple act of freedom to women?
The introduction of the contraceptive pill in 1961 is heralded as a major stepping stone in the emancipation of women.
Like many of my peers, I first began taking contraception at 16. I'd recently started going out with my first boyfriend and my mum decided I should start taking the pill.
At first I was aghast: "Ergh. I don't want to have sex with him, mum."
But I soon learned that mum knows best, and changed my mind.
Since that fateful day, like most women in the UK, I've tried different forms of contraception.
My first pill, Microgynon, gave me teenage moodswings (to which my aforementioned mother and first boyfriend can testify), the implant gave me periods that lasted for six weeks at a time (horrendous), and now I'm on the mini pill, which is oestrogen-free and progestogen-only.
It's not easy to try out different contraceptives. It's time-consuming and messes with your body (some being hormonal, others invasive). But, as there's no one-size-fits-all answer to contraception, it's something that needs to be done.
In the UK, we're very lucky to have so many options available and free-of-charge. And, in my eyes, no side-effect outweighs the ultimate risk: becoming a mother when I'm neither willing or able.
This may be an unpopular opinion. Especially among those who have experienced the side-effects first hand, are unable to conceive or are happy mothers and I respect that.
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The TDA8360 is intended for simple PAL receivers (all PAL standards, including PAL-N and PAL-M are possible). The TDA8361 contains a PAL/NTSC decoder and has an A/V switch. For real multistandard applications the TDA8362 is available. In addition to the extra functions which are available in the TDA8361, the TDA8362 can handle signals with positive modulation and it supplies the signals which are required for the SECAM decoder TDA8395.
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A great quote from the legendary John Morris:
"The Picture Editor is the voyeurs' voyeur, the person who sees what the photographers themselves have seen but in the bloodless realm of the contact sheet... and now pixels on the screen. Picture Editors find the representative picture, the image that will be seen by others perhaps around the world. they are unwitting (or witting, as the case may be) tastemakers, the unnapointed guardians of morality, the talent brokers, the accomplices to celebrity. Most important - or disturbing - they are the fixers of 'reality and of 'history'.".......
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Trundling down the M4 at 6.30 a.m last Saturday, listening to Nik Kershaw belt out the words ...
"Wouldn't it be good to be in your shoes
Even if it was for just one day
And wouldn't it be good if we could wish ourselves away
Wouldn't it be good to be on your side
The grass is always greener over there
Wouldn't it be good if we could live without a care."
The words couldn't have been more apt.. as we were on our way to a place where the grass was most certainly greener, where the birds song louder and more colourful, where the air was pure.. and there was plenty of it!
Yes.. we were off to Devon.. Chagford to be precise..
Arriving at the ridiculously early hour of 8.30 a.m, we browsed the windows of the sleepy town.. and one in particular.. the window of the estate agent's to play out my favourite fantasy game of 'where shall we live ?'
It was good to leave the tarmac and sounds of urban life behind and swap it for verdant hills, moorland views and the sound of the cuckoo. Exchanging the nocturnal sounds of late night revellers weaving their way home past our house at 3.30 a.m for the sounds of the owls hooting and the fox shouting at the moon...
We have found the perfect bolt hole in this gorgeous part of the world .. gazing down from the hill above to our home for the weekend and the most genial hosts we could wish to meet.. with their rambling, welcoming home full of dogs, a cat, chickens, black sheep and a very rude .. though hilarious parrot..
Walks along the river Teign at Fingle Bridge.. a place that draws us back time after time for it's magnificent raw beauty...
Spring flowers abundant and showing off their new wardrobe of fresh petals..
A garden to wander around at our leisure with the prettiest vegetable plot I have ever seen ..
Just one of those fantasies.. this one with beautiful mullion windows..
To end a perfect day a perfect evening down at the village hall .. gyrating to a Rolling Stones tribute band.. with young and old alike having a good old knees up.
It was a real wrench to drag ourselves away after two days of rural therapy .. especially hard as the sun decided to come out on the morning of our departure...
Dear Chagford .. we will return again soon.. and maybe for good one day!
Tuesday, 19 April 2011
Head for the Hills ..
Trundling down the M4 at 6.30 a.m last Saturday, listening to Nik Kershaw belt out the words ...
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4 comments:
- Frances said...
Oh, I definitely see the charms of Chagford in these photos of yours! I wonder how folks do manage to live there...are they all self-employed, or did that all have fairy godmothers?
Thank you for the introduction to this beautiful spot.
Happy Easter!
- 23 April 2011 at 14:56
- Pomona said...
It looks beautiful - I do love Devon and have always dreamed of living there.
- 23 April 2011 at 18:56
- jen storer said...
I've made a note in my diary under Places I Am Going to Visit And Perhaps Will Not Come Back From... jxx
- 27 April 2011 at 06:25
- Jopsy said...
I work in Chagford, and live in a local lovely vllage-It is a lovely place to live/work..but you need to save the pennies! :)
- 30 May 2011 at 16:22


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Hi guys,
A while back, I posted about fireworks shows in Japan, or hanabi taikai (花火大会), but I usually go to Japan in December/January, so I never get to see them.
Since I visited Japan in August this year, I finally got to see a fireworks show. My wife's family lives in Kawasaki City, so we went to the local show at the banks of the Tamagawa River. We got there around sunset, and as you can see, it was very crowded already:
Soon the sun set, and the show began:
This video is part of the beginning. It was shot on my iPhone, so it's shaky, and I edited most of it out, because we were talking so much. Anyhow, as time went on, the show got bigger and more dramatic. There were fireworks shaped like smiley-faces, Doraemon (cartoon character) and so on. The fireworks were really gorgeous.
I grew up watching fireworks shows in Seattle for the 4th of July, but overall I thought this show was even bigger and better. After a hot, muggy day, the weather at night was really comfortable, as we sat on our picnic blankets and ate snacks. Plus, I got to see old friends in Japan I hadn't seen in a long time, and the kids had really grown up.
It was a great summer night.
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Matthew Hawtin Once Again, Again
Just in terms of its sheer volume, this mixed archive of chillout moods and grooves from the early to mid-1990s is an essential audio document. One of the features of this release is a digital-only, three-hour-plus continuous mix that includes tracks by Peter Namlook, Sun Electric, MLO, Theorem, and FUSE. Matthew Hawtin, who often served as somnolent counterpoint to the body-buzzing menace and mania of brother Richie's main-room DJ sets, does a splendid job of blending together largely static material that had an almost instant expiration date upon its initial release, and whose main function was to calm and de-electrify a battered nervous system.


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Lost Souls: Enchanted Paintings
2.0 • 10 Oct 2011
Hidden object adventure puzzle game.
Developer website: Big Fish Games
Lost Souls: Enchanted Paintings…After the police and FBI come up empty in their investigation, Bella turns to forces beyond our world to find her missing son in Lost Souls: Enchanted Paintings! A mysterious package with no return address appears on Bella's doorstep and now her entire world is about to be turned upside down! Use your Hidden Object Puzzle Adventure talents to explore this incredible game and save Bella's son!
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Energy Bringing China and Iran Closer TogetherEnergy Bringing China and Iran Closer Together
Iran is in the midst of a geopolitical transformation that has the potential to inflame the world's most volatile and unpredictable region. An integral part of this transformation is the nurturing of bilateral relations with countries sharing similar geopolitical interests and a strong resentment for perceived U.S. hegemony – China is such a country. Already China's second largest supplier of oil behind only Saudi Arabia, Iran is ideally positioned to play a central role in China's overall energy policy moving forward. Some energy observers predict that China will consume more oil than the U.S. and 75 percent of all new global oil production by 2015. Imports of crude reached 130 million tonnes in 2005, up from a record 122 million tonnes in 2004. Most experts agree that China's domestic oil and LNG supplies will be insufficient to meet its rising demand for energy in the very near future. As a result, Iran, one of the leading producers of oil and LNG in the world, has become a natural partner for China. The number of energy-related deals over the past year between Beijing and Tehran have been staggering. Taken separately; China and Iran are formidable regional powers. However, taken together, they become a regional and global force.
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Some Chinese farmers farm during the day and make guns in the evening. Their families and whole villages sometimes join in. Hualong County in Qinghai Province, Songtao County in Guizhou Province and Hepu County in Guangxi Province are the three major counties for the production of illegal guns. According to incomplete statistics, illegal guns from Qinghai showed up in more than 10 provinces. In these regions, the cost of a gun is only 200 to 300 yuan. Several transactions later, the sales price can be nearly 10,000 yuan.


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Thursday, January 27, 2011
Photo "reveal" and open for more discussion.
The woman, is in fact, selling orange juice. She has a shopping cart and a juice squeezer and oranges, and a trash bag at her feet. Five years ago this shopping cart/juicer phenomenon was almost unknown. I'm not sure when it first came up, maybe about three years ago. It's new, but has taken hold, and considering all the other stuff that's sold on the street (fried sopaipillas, fried egg rolls, etc), I feel like it's a pretty good addition to the street-food scene.
I have no way of knowing if that is her child or not. I had assumed it was, but a number of you wondered if the child was or was not hers. I also don't know if it's a boy or a girl, or why he/she is so warmly dressed. I was wearing a sundress and breaking out in a sweat. There is no second child in the carriage, and the child was pulling the newspaper out of the carriage sheet by sheet.
I had not noticed that the child was on the other side of that metal partition. We do not generally have a crippling fear of kidnapping here, so it didn't seem strange to me that the child was not closer to the woman selling juice.
People who work independently often wear aprons or what we call cotones, which are button-up smocks over their clothes. The guy who sells sandwiches outside of the Registro Civil near my house wears a white cotón every day, so her wearing an apron did not surprise me. Plus it could have pockets for her to easily keep change in without sticking her hands in and out of her pants pockets, which might get juicy.
The question was asked about whether this was her main job or a supplement. Again, I have no way of knowing this. Given the time of day and how hard it would be to safely store all of her items and drop off her child elsewhere before getting to work (very unusual are the jobs where you don't have to be at work before 10 or 12, including at the mall), I'd guess it's her main gig.
I was also surprised to see her costly items, and have never seen anyone use a pack and play on the street before. I also wondered who dropped her off in the morning, and if that person would come and pick her up later, or drop off more oranges. Does she work for herself, or is there a middle-man who takes care of the orange procurement, and other associated tasks. Does he/she take a cut? Does she make enough to live on? Does she have more kids elsewhere? Does the kid like orange juice? What will she do when he/she gets bigger? These are the main questions that ran through my mind.
And now if you'll accompany me, we can address the 64 million peso question (that's only $128,000 if you were wondering). The Peruvian question.
Is she Peruvian? Why do we care? Before answering this question, you have to know that in Chile, the word Peruvian (peruano) is heavy. It's loaded. Rather than being a simple description, like Irish or Belgian or Canadian, it comes off as an accusation. There is a history of strife between the two countries, based on land grabs and wars and treaties. But the Peruvian question is not based in history. It is based in the present.
Presently, there are many Peruvians who have come to Chile, specifically to Santiago. A bit of a "little Lima" (pequeña Lima) has developed on the north side of the cathedral at the Plaza de Armas. Snacks like Sublime (a chocolate bar) and drinks like InkaCola are sold at the many internet cafés and locutorios (telephone offices) that advertise low rates for calling Perú. Fresh food, from papas rellenas (stuffed potatoes) and chicken and rice and a thin pudding called mazamorra morada (made of purple corn) eaten as dessert are prepared off site, and sold in disposable containers which people tuck into, standing in groups, talking, smiling, laughing until long after dark. Late at night, when the street-eating is over, shuttle pull up and call out the names of various parts of the city that people might be going home to.
So what's the problem? The problem is that Chile is Chlie, and Peru is Peru. Chile has enjoyed a fairly strong economy for some time, and while Peru has a moneyed elite, much of which lives in Lima and sends their kids to school in the United States for a year, or for college (their school year coincides with the northern hemisphere's, unlike that in Chile, which is opposite, the year starting in March and ending in December), well, some of the rest of Peru has their sights set differently.
It's probably quite a bit like any country A with immigrant B situation. The people fron country A learn to have negative associations with immigrant B's culture (in this case, "too much noise, too much mess, music, ideas, etc."), and begin to blame immigrant B for economic hardship "they take all the jobs, they work harder than Chileans, they live 10 in a small apartment, there's no way I can compete!" And the unsettling feeling that the mother country is less yours than it was when there were fewer people from country B sending their kids to your kids' school, etc.
It is long and complicated. I am not a sociologist. But I am an immigrant here, and I think I (and many of my gringa commenters, friends, readers, etc.) are just vaguely assimmilating the idea that word Peruvian is (especially in English) taken to mean anything other than "a person from Peru." We resist anti-Peruvian sentiment, reject xenophobia. When we say that the woman is probably Peruvian (as I was originally going to say, before I opened the photo to comments instead), I mean: the law of averages dictates that she is from Peru, as I have bought juice on the street a number of times, and the person that sold it to me (for 500 pesos, about a dollar) was Peruvian in every case, or at least had a Peruvian accent, though I did not ask to see her national ID card.
There's so much more to say, statistics to give (I heard a dato recently that five years ago there were fewer than 150,000 immigrants in Chile, and now there are more than 300,000 (on Radio Futuro, don't have a print/web source at the moment). This Wikipedia article says that there are 85,000 Peruvians living in Santiago. Out of a population of about 6 million, for about 14%. For people used to living in a fairly monocultural place, it represents a change.
The important part for me here is the difference between saying what you know, and saying what you suspect. I don't know if it's her child. I don't know if she has another job. I don't know how much money she makes, or where she lives, or if she's from Peru. All I know is that I saw something curious on my way to a work meeting the other day, and I took a picture. What is true is what is evident. Everything else is conjecture. Thanks to the fine folks at MatadorNetwork for encouraging my thought process and a critical eye towards what I see and what I communicate.
Coming soon: much less heady and fun-to-read topics, silly pictures and other tomfoolery.
5 comments:
- Sarsparilla said...
I'd like not to be causing a bad atmosphere or dissent. I just don't want my list of interesting thoughtful chilean blogs to get any smaller!
I should state my own hand - half my family are peruvian, and I've never heard any anti-chileno sentiment from anyone in Peru. I have, however, heard anti-bolivian sentiments - but nothing on the scale I have seen online against peruvians, which in my experience seems to originate in chilean people's attitudes and sentiments.
Because of this social context, I value all the more highly those chilean blogs I read that strive not to reaffirm interpretations of peruvian people as poor or culturally impoverished, or stupid, when they are none of these things.
I know that a lot of south american attitudes to race are different from western attitudes. But I think western attitudes towards cultural tolerance are good ones, and something we can all try to export as expats in our host countries.
Thanks for a considered response. I hope I haven't caused a row.
- January 27, 2011 at 6:55 PM
Los peruanos estan obsesionados con chile, siempre quieren ganarnos en todo. Es algo asi como el sentimiento que nosotros les tenemos a los argentinos...
Para la parada militar, en las noticias peruanas hacen recuento de todos los tanques, aviones, etc que tiene chile, y siempre lo ven como una amenaza... ridiculo??
Yo no creo que los chilenos les tengamos tanto odio.. tampoco creo que sean estupidos o poco educados.. pero la verdad es que los inmigrantes peruanos que llegan a chile no son los que se fueron a estudiar al extranjero ni los mas educados.
Y la verdad es que si ya la gente odia a los flaites/borrachos chilenos utilizando los edificios del centro de baño... MAS molesta cuando no son chilenos....
Yo no tengo ningun resentimiento hacia los peruanos, si me apareciera un curriculum de un peruano en mi trabajo que tuviese mas aptitudes que un chileno, lo haria contratar altiro. Mi molestia es mas hacia TODOS los flaites, sean del pais que sean.
Los peruanos vendiendo juguito, me parecen bastante emprendedores... eso no existia en chile, y yo creo que en el verano les debe ir harto bien. al final todos tratamos de salir adelante como podemos... Pero por favor siempre cumpliendo con la ley y sin flaiterias. All I ask.
- January 28, 2011 at 10:45 PM
- Margaret said...
Great idea for stimulating conversation Eileen! You have a great eye for this kind of thing--keep it up!
- January 31, 2011 at 1:32 AM
I think my post is interesting because.. I have always seen this difference:
1) Ask a Peruvian.. Is Perú ready for a war with Chile?
a) No. El perú se esta arriesgando con el problema de La Haya y no ha pensado en las consecuencias.
b) SI. Los chilenos tienen mas armas pero no tienen el entrenamiento militar de los peruanos, chilenos de la "#$%%$# vengan nomas que los haremos mierda.
2) Ask a Chilean.. Is Chile ready for a war with Perú?
a)Y porqué nos vamos a guerra wn???????
b) Obvio.. los hacemos mierda....... pero pk vamos a guerra?
Truth is. Peru is always thinking about war with Chile... have you read cablegate? US is always telling peru.. chile "no esta ni ahi" with a war with u.. could ur goverment focus on serious issues-
US is always telling Chile.. Chile u are our ally! we will give u whatever u want if u fix ur copyright legislation.
It's peru that hates chile, not chile that hates peru..
- February 1, 2011 at 1:12 AM
and this is how it will really go in chile:
1) Right Wing Chileans - They think they're gonna be as rich as chileans with XXXX more sea. HAHA STUPID PERUVIANS.
2) Left Wing Chileans - Oh Well, Land Belongs To Everybody So They should use it.
3) Centre Chileans: Oh.. Theyve got more lsnd.. Ok... That sucks.
4) Pescadores in the Zone:
Lets do/make a Strike, we need to be compensated because of this loose of land.
5) Chileans all over the country: They need to be compensated for this goverment failure to keep the land.
ten days.......
6) Chileans all over the country:
Protests are going bad, flaites have taken over.
Lets stop them, it's not like ARICA is losing THAT much, whatever I dont care just stop the flaites.
7) Chile Goes Back To Normal.
8) Peru Is Wasting Millions of Their Giant Public Debt Trying to equal Chile Weapons.
- February 1, 2011 at 1:33 AM


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Howdy folks, been a rather long time since I posted anything but I have been pondering – Dangerous I know! – and have decided to post my thoughts and opinions on this… Weirdly I have something already on these lines on here and I even gave it the same title as I was going to call this one ergo this is a Part 2 of What Kind of Love. Pardon the overly dramatic title but it just felt far too much like a Movie title to resist.
So what is in my head that I need to get off my chest? Funny I should mention chest because it is that ol' beating heart that is the source of my considerations and mental wanderings. It is purely a question of love. I say a question, I feel I already have an answer but for the sake of science I shall go as far as to present both sides of the, for the sake of argument lets call it an, argument.
I feel there are two concepts of love. The all inclusive, all combined form of love where you may feel one part or so of the greater one thing. Then we have the segregated forms of love which is more based on the 'event' upon you use the term.
Let me elaborate and look at several examples with both forms. I love my family. I love my friends. I love my LEGO. I love steak. I love my guitars. So lets look at these with the latter concept.
I love my family. I love my friends. I love them all very much. Now don't get me wrong, I don't love all my family nor all my friends. But I do love many of them, and and extraordinary amount. However, with segregation of forms of love it would mean that I love my family and I love my friends differently. They are a definite full stop between them and not a comma. They are two different entities and thus are within my heart as separate entities in the same way I would catalogue my LEGO (Heads go here, wheels go here, what's that pesky hat doing in with the sharks?!) and so I would see them as different. Maybe react differently to them both in isolation and when combined. Possibly looking at it from a more personalised approach so that rather than blanket family as one kind of love have different ones depending on the person.
I love my LEGO. I love steak. So we have two things which people may argue aren't things you can love because they are precisely that. Things. Does this mean you cannot love a thing? What could you quantify as a love-able and non love-able thing? Are all none living things just unloved things? Can something be loved even though it does not feel the warmth of blood beat around its body? Personally, I say yes! "Things" can very much be loved. So again while they can be loved should they be separate like people? I love my LEGO. I am surrounded by it. Just within reach I have the Hulk, Scarlet Witch, Hulkbuster, Ultron, Iron Man, two Jawa's, R5-D4, a carpenter, Rock Star, Dinohunter, Punk Rocker, Lumberjack, Video Game Guy, Ultimate Spiderman, Carnage, and the LEGO Death Star! That is without the boxes near me, or the shelves dedicated to my collection. Why do I have so much?! Because I love it. It makes me feel happy and joyous and I look after it and care about it in a way that could only be described as love. What about steak? Well, have you ever eaten the stuff?! What else could you describe it as other than love?! I mean, come on!!
I love my guitars. I have kind of already touched on this with part 1 (which was never named as such as it was a one-shot!!) but my guitars are much more than things. My PRS especially. No way can you put that much feeling, emotion, joy and pain into something without you gaining a physical and emotional connection that can only be described as love. So should I love my guitar in a different way to say, my best friends? My family? My girlfriend? (jokes! I don't have one, but you get the idea!)
Personally. I say no. No I do not love things differently.
I love my family, I love my friends, I love my LEGO, I love steak and I love my guitars. All as one. Everything in my heart is in my heart. Not put into places. Does that make it chaotic? Does this mean that things are more fluid? Yeah, I think it does. If something manages to worm its way into my heart then I love it for whatever it is and with all of me. For me, breaking things into pieces means that they are less than the whole. How can you truly and purely love something, or someone, if you break things down into neat little packages? Now, this is where things might get a little messy so bare with me please. Does that mean I love everything the same way? Well, no. I might love steak but I'd never LOVE steak, if you get my meaning! But it is with the same passion as I love my friends or my guitars and I think that is the most important distinction between loving as a whole and loving as dissociate collectives. I think if you give the same kind of devotion and passion to all things you love then you love as a whole. If you love everything differently then you love separately.
Can both be separate? Can there be two -or possibly even more!- concepts of love? I think that yes, because people are different. People feel things differently and that is okay. Does it make me feel differently if someone loves me the opposite to me? Kind of. If I am giving myself but am not getting that in return it does hurt. And I know I love several people who are exactly like this. I get a different kind of love back. If that could be called love at all (another debate for another day I thing!). So should I stop loving them? Well, no! I love because I have a lot of it to give and I have a lot of tolerance for people and their differences.
Conveniently Gary Moore's (whose music I love!) I Love You More Than You'll Ever Know has come on my random playlist, and I think it is a good soundtrack to the concept of love. Does it truly matter as long as you love?
… For me, it is the beginning and the end of all things. "Without love we are bird with broken wings" – Morrie Schwartz


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