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Aftermath of a bike crash – very graphic content!
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In case you think riding is easy, and you feel invincible, and in case you like to drink with friends, and ride home fast later, do yourself a favour. Take the time to think about this video, and how you would cope if this happened to you.


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I'm watching my little brother sleep, he's not much older than Trayvon was… everyday my heart catches when he's out and about, I know he's only a phone call or text away. I know that if he loses his temper over a missed bus, a side glance, a setback that it could be his last. I have the same fear for myself, if I wear the wrong outfit, don't mumble kind words (sorry any words) to someone who gives me the chills I could meet that same fate. He's much more "reasonable" about this than I am and for the life of me I don't know why, I guess because when you have faith (God, karma etc) that if, in your realm, you are just – you reap the fruits of your justice, your "justness" gives you peace…
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Been so long, head's been in too many places! Technology has been failing me, but… I'm just passing through for passing's sake. Leaving a moment of positivity, until next time.
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So, trippin on life as per usual… flips through Fate playbook. It's corny to say, but lately there's been too many coincidences, being matchy-matchy counts for a lot especially when you're incommunicado! *flips faster* Fuck!! Cant find anything!! Let's be frank, this woman really wants those "long proverbial walks on the beach". Seriously.
Yes!! But to actually be THAT happy aka upfront isn't cool, I guess… My light is shining, imploding and exploding way too brightly, the moths are getting burned by this flame! I'm attracting instead of detracting. Gosh, the nerve – watch dismissal done with eloquent verve!


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Fast-forward to 2013 and #TeamAmelie was born. At the time I had just landed my first permanent teaching gig when I first found out I was pregnant. I can remember sitting in the parking lot of the school before going into the interview and calling DH crying because I didn't think I could go in because I was afraid I'd throw up everywhere.
See, I have heard of the horror stories of starting back into a classroom part way through the year because you can't make it your own. The students refer back to their previous teacher (your replacement, but as far as their concerned their teacher), they are set in their routines, rolling with the replacement's expectations. How could I break this in February? Also, how was I going to stay home and live the pace of a newborn/toddler after living the pace of a 10,000 person per game hockey career & the life of a university student for the last 10 years? Thus it donned on me…I'm going to go back to the classroom after 6 months off and DH can stay home with #TeamAmelie. I'm not leaving her with a stranger at daycare, I know DH will text me throughout the day, and worse case scenario they both end up at my inlaws and my mother in law saves the day.
So many people told me I was crazy, that I'd change my mind once I had the baby, why would I want to get back to work- there's only misery there. You name it, I heard it. I didn't let that sway me though. I loved my job, my sense of accomplishment at the end of the day and I needed to feel like I did something each day. Don't get me wrong, I did A LOT with #TeamAmelie and I wouldn't have traded that time for the world, but I also knew where I belonged and that was in the classroom. I ran into who at the time I would call an acquaintance at the mall one day and we got chatting about being off on leave and the adjustment blah blah blah and then she asked me "so you'll go back to work in a year and then what?" I stopped her right there in her tracks and announced that I would be going back to work in the fall and DH was going to try his hand at parenting. For the first time ever, she was the first person who agreed and applauded me for my decision. I could have hugged her right there in the mall! She too confessed to me that she didn't think she could stay home for the full year because so too is a busy body and is passionate for her career. I instantly felt a connection: someone who understood my desire for a career and for being a parent. I don't think I could have a full appreciation for either one without the other, but I had to be honest with myself and the world if I was going to make it work.
Fast-forward again- #TeamOlivier is born two years and four days after #TeamAmelie and I still had the same feeling as I did the first time. I worked right up to the bitter end, but this time I decided that I was going to get back into the classroom before the end of the school year. Yes, just 4 months after #TeamOlivier was born, I will be heading back to my place of passion & comfort. Like a script written two years ago, people questioned my decision, my sanity and at times if I was a real person. Although our intentions are a little bit different this time (ie. we will get the whole summer off together in what otherwise would have only been 2 non-consecutive weeks), I still feel as determined and passionate about my job.
Having two kids is a whole new ball game, especially at the ages they are, so balancing the home/work scale is going to take some adjustment for everyone. When I go back in just under two weeks I will be returning just half days, to try & meet a healthy balance of career vs home woman.
I understand there are financial constraints to sharing the parental leave, and that not every father is given the opportunity to stay at home with his children; however, I think we need to be honest with ourselves and our partners to find the right balance between all of our desires whether they be at home or at work.
What would you or did you do with having children and your career? Were you as definitive as I was in knowing where your passion lied and what you wanted? I'd love to hear from you.
Sunshine & happiness today and forever.
Stephanie :)


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As the global demand for passenger airplanes increases, aerospace manufacturers should invest in ERP software systems to improve their construction and delivery processes. In the air travel industry there is no margin of error, so precision during production is vital.
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New Procedures for Guardians and Conservators - John McHenry
How Changes to the Guardian/Conservator Laws and Supreme Court Rules will Affect You In order to provide additional oversight to protect against the abuse of protected adults, the legislature and the Courts have made changes in how guardians and conservators make their reports to the court. For accountings due on or after January 2, 2012, 45 days in advance of the due date the Courts will provide to the Guardians and Conservators an informational packet. The packet will include a page on the changes to your responsibilities as guardian and/or conservator as well as forms required for your annual report such as the annual report on condition of ward, an updated inventory, the annual accounting, certificates of proof of possession, a personal and financial information form, a notice of right to object, a notice to interested parties, an affidavit of mailing the annual report, the application for approval of your accounting and/or fees and an affidavit of mailing the application for approval of accounting. NOTE, for annual reports due in years to come, you will only receive notice of the reports due and therefore you will need to keep copies of the forms or access them from the Supreme Court website http://www.supremecourt.ne.gov/forms/county/guardian-conservators.shtml You are required to use the court forms for your annual accounting/reports. Use of any other reports or deviations from the form of the required documents will be rejected and you will be sent a corrective action notice and be required to file again at your expense. Changes in your responsibilities as guardian and/or conservator are as follows:


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Non-Review Review
I'm just taking to time to thank all of the people on here who raved about this. I'm incredibly sad that I waited until the end of my spring break to read this one because it is going to suck trying to fit the next two books now that classes have started back.
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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
Got Yarn
I am so excited. So, I was online as usual and had this great idea. Recycled yarn! Okay so it's not that new. I got to thinking and decided to go to my local thrift store to see what I could find. Well there wasn't much of a selection but I did find a few sweaters in great condition in colors that I liked. I bought them for $2 each. Ran home. Washed them. Ripped them apart. This was quite a tedious process but it's getting easier. Wound them on my yarn baller. End result: A ton of great cotton for $2!!! Now I had "the Bug" it happens to me every time I start a new project. Out I went the next day to another store. Found more great yarn, Angora, wool, more cotton. Ran home & continued the process. I have learned that there are some sweaters that are easier to disassemble but all yielded lots of great yarn. Now I have to figure out what I am going to make with my new found yarn. Oh the possibilities are endless.
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Re: Enterprise Home Screen v2.0 not workingBillie Hecox Oct 21, 2015 6:30 AM (in response to Federico Bortolomiol)1 of 1 people found this helpful
Is your TC55 an GMS(Google Mobile Services) version?
Re: Enterprise Home Screen v2.0 not workingFederico Bortolomiol Oct 21, 2015 8:12 AM (in response to Billie Hecox)
Yes, thank you for you interesting but i solved myself enabling Enterprise Mode. In EHS doc is not clear that Enterprise Mode must be enabled in order to EHS working properly.
Here is the link with information about Enterprise Mode.


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Christopher P. "Chris" Cleaver, 25, of Zelienople, died Saturday, Dec. 29, 2007, following an automobile accident in Marion Township, Beaver County. Born Jan. 4, 1982, in Ellwood City, he was a son of Dawn Polito of Butler and Paul C. Cleaver of Zelienople. Chris was employed at Hughes Wheel & Axle, Zelienople. He enjoyed bicycling and hiking.
In addition to his parents, he is survived by his wife, Crystal (Bubb) Cleaver, whom he married Sept. 30, 2006; his daughter, Arika Cleaver; three brothers, Ryan Cleaver of Evans City, Cameron Cleaver and Collin Cleaver, both of Zelienople; maternal grandmother, Donna Coates of Zelienople, and paternal grandfather, James B. Cleaver of Butler.
He was preceded in death by his paternal grandmother, Zelda Cleaver, and his maternal grandfather, Melvin "Jerry" Coates.
Friends will be received from 6 to 8 p.m. Wednesday in the BOYLAN FUNERAL HOME INC., 324 E. Grandview Ave., Zelienople, where a memorial service will follow at 8 p.m.
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Two more months again.
As school has ended and spring has rolled into summer, I've been delighted to meet new people in person and online who are working through food allergies, EoE, or other immune-related nutrition issues. And I wish that I could be even more engaged than ever!
But. I'm officially deciding to take a break from the blog, at least for the summer.
I've put off the decision for awhile now, but a few things are quite apparent:
I plan to continue on Twitter, Pinterest, and Instagram as I'm able, though, and to gather ideas from all of the wonderful online groups and families. And I hope to come back strong with ideas for thriving with EoE!
Meanwhile, I'll spend the summer teaching my girls how to cook on their own, especially letting them use ingredients that I can't anymore, and enjoying as many simple recipes as I can.
I'm still not organized or business-like enough with the blog to have an e-mail sign-up, or a newsletter, or another way to keep in touch. But, if you're interested in hearing from me directly when I return, please do comment below or find me at my work site (nicolevanhoey.weebly.com) to stay in touch.
If you're finding me here anew because of a recent EoE group I joined, please explore what is here already, and do come back in the fall to find more news and posts! I'm on a steep learning curve (again), but I'm certain that I'll make it to another decent-or-better plateau and have recipes to share.
Oh my. It's been nearly 2 months since I've posted here, and just as long since I've felt capable of engaging else where in food world, too.
When I started this blog, it wasn't for emotional support or outreach; it was because I felt like we had enough of a grasp on vegan+meat allergy eating that we could collect and share our successes. Mostly I wanted a record of what we tried and what worked for my girls, and blogging was (and is) a convenient platform for that.
Now, though, we're starting over and I don't have successes in my pocket, or even logical places to start recipes yet. I don't want this space to turn into a sad, venting place, but I definitely don't have the spare time to blog on non-recipe topics yet, either (all of that "extra" time after work goes straight into finding, and I hope soon making, safe food again!).
I suspect this rock-and-a-hard-place situation will ease up eventually. For now, though, this is just another placeholder post while I brainstorm ways to get back to kitchen happy again soon. On that note, here's a collage of my successes just since the holiday: proof that I am not starving and that I am making things in the oven that are mostly edible! One day, when these recipes are tested and stick with me, they'll end up here.
Until then, happy baking with whatever your safe ingredients are. :-)
After 15 years of marriage, I'm still not used to people who ask me if I'm Dutch...or people who are astounded (shocked! disbelieving!) when I say that I'm Italian. My heritage is something that shaped me enormously: I grew up in an Italian American community where every Friday was homemade pizza night and every Sunday had red sauce on something. Cheese was everywhere, and the two most important dinners I learned to make before heading off into the world were gnocchi for holidays and lasagna...just because it's hard to get right. Being Italian is just BEING. There is no other way.
But, fast forward into parenthood and a child who ends up hospitalized after simply inhaling cheese. That was quite a change for us, but it did open up our culinary world so very much. With things like baked ziti literally off the table, I turned to my mom's other recipes: mostly Eastern European or plain old American classics. Also, naturally, pasta very often without the cheese on top. It worked.
Dairy-free Italian was surprisingly doable (though a little bit sad), but wheat-free Italian has been tricky. So, back to the drawing board. For me, that means historical research, lots of recipe explorations, and some epic kitchen fails. I don't have free-from Italian completely figured out, but I have made enough strides to see the possibilities ahead.
This post won't give you any allergy-safe Italian recipes, but I hope that it gets you started thinking about ways to "eat Italian" without cheese or wheat...or to get you started exploring your own favorite type of food. Maybe there's something in that culinary history that can bring new favorites for you to love.
Eating Italian, not Italian American
First consider Italian American meals against the traditional Italian versions. You might be surprised to see that Italians rely much less on cheese and gravy dishes than we do in the states.
Eating by Region, Historically or Today
Also consider that we what think of as Italian really reflects only a tiny portion of actual Italian regions and foods. Italy was not well-collected as a country until the mid-1800s, and each region can seem like a country unto itself: northeastern areas mirroring Eastern European influences; northwestern, French and Swiss. And of course the regions of the "south" (really, most of the bottom two thirds of the country!) with a bigger emphasis on farming, fishing, and shepherding.
So, here's just a tiny sampling of Italian standards that don't rely on milk/cheese, eggs, peanuts, tree nuts, or seeds:
And another sampling that also excludes wheat for breads and pastas:
These dairy-free, wheat-free Italian options don't necessarily take me back to fond childhood memories, but they certainly satisfy as an adult with a passion to reclaim a heritage despite allergy challenges!
Having these options doesn't mean I've given up on pasta entirely, though. After giving lentil, rice, and bean pastas a few tries, I've settled on Le Veneziane corn pasta made in Italy. It cooks as close to durum wheat pasta as I can find, and it takes up sauces and broth well, too. It's available on Amazon, ItalianHarvest, and Vitacost websites, and the easy access is a nice bonus. For now, though, the cost of these small packages will keep pasta in the once-in-awhile dinner category.... Which leaves me plenty of room to explore new ideas.
I've grouched a lot lately, in person and on media, about not eating. Of course, I'm not starving. And I'm not at risk of anaphylaxis if I goof up and eat something I shouldn't. In fact, I'm amazingly fortunate in that I can whip up dinner for everyone while I'm working from home with a lovely variety of fresh foods available every day.
I guess what I'm really grouching about is the loss of so many recipes we'd built over a decade and the relative normalcy that they brought us. Now I'm asea in the kitchen again, with recipe gains in bits and spurts… And a distinct lack of fun, for now.
But dinners and lunches still have to happen and that's still on me. In the spirit of just getting things done then, here are five 5-minute (seriously) meals to feed your family on your busiest days. All are free from the traditional top 8, most are free from seeds and soy, and some are completely vegan /meat free.
Masarepa (right) is precooked corn flour. Sort of like premade dried pasta.
My deli wraps (left) come with a side of upside-down Eeyore and pepperjack.
Deli wraps
Truly, lunch on the go at its most basic. Inspired in part by the bologna-ketchup rolls of my youth (don't judge). Layer one piece of deli-style meat (kudos if you made it at home), one piece of cheese/cheese-type product, one pile of greens (I'm a fan of spinach leaves here). Repeat for thicker or neater wraps (I add another piece of meat on top for the protein and to rein in the leaves). Roll as if it had a tortilla around it. Slice it, or just start eating. Bonus points if you actually rolled this out on a board or plate, too.
Arepas to slice and stuff or scoop
Not a bun, not a tortilla. Technically requiring a specific (but very low cost!) ingredient. Mix 1 cup masarepa flour (order it here, for example) with 1 cup water. Let it sit while you turn on the broiler or toaster oven. Pull off chunks of the thickened dough, roll into balls, smoosh flat. Bake as many as you want to make under the broiler for a few minutes on both sides. If you have more than 5 minutes, go ahead and turn off the broiler and keep the patties in the oven with the door closed to make sure the insides get fully cooked and sliceable. Possibilities here are endless: slice and toast and slather; pile salsa or leftovers on top and use it like a taco shell (or slice it genteelly, if you prefer); just walk away from the kitchen with it in your hand on the go.
Quickest tomato broth gravy
I love days when the house smells like long-simmering tomato gravy. It takes me right back to happy childhood memories. Sometimes that just won't happen, but the meal I can pull off for everyone still requires some kind of sauce. This is my latest answer. Mix 1 can/box/whatever of tomatoes with a really good splash or two of vegetable broth (maybe 1/2 cup? hard to say….). Add a spoonful (really, a dinner-size spoonful, so maybe a Tablespoon) of cornstarch (or tapioca or arrowroot if you can't use corn). Whisk is together in a pan over medium-high heat until it gets bubbling. Simmer it for as many minutes as you have available. Add whatever flavors you like (we vary between traditional Italian and a Tex-Mex version). Toss the cooked meat or beans or other protein in if it's available. Toss in veggies if you want. Really, just throw anything you want to have flavored into the pot, then eat it. Maybe pour it over the arepas if you've really got your timing down!
Stir-fried veggies mix
This one is a much less sarcastic approach to fast homecooked meals. We've been enjoying our Washington Green Grocer deliveries so much. It's a small source of joy in another otherwise-crazy food year. All of the fresh veggies means that we rarely rely on frozen steamed options, which are healthy and easy, but sometimes not as flavorful. If you have fresh veggies, greens, and roots on hand, try this quick stir-fry. Add some protein and you have yourself a (possibly vegan) meal. Coarsely chop (in the interest of time, go ahead, tear it instead if you have to) greens---we like baby bok choy, green onions, leeks, Also some carrots, maybe celery if we have it. I've shaved in turnips, tossed in teeny dices of eggplant (so the kids won't notice). Anything goes. My favorite seasoning right now is a mix of Green Goddess, ginger, orange peel, and basil at the end. But chili powder and cumin with a bit of cocoa and paprika would be nice, too, perhaps. Gotta try a lot of flavors to make the same food every day taste different, right?
One-bowl salmon saute
An indulgent but easy lunch/dinner meal that I miss a lot is chicken salad made from leftover rotisserie shreds. Mix in a little mustard, mayo (if you can), dill, thyme, etc, and you have a *great* sandwich started. I never understood tuna salad, frankly, when you could have this instead. Now that I've found pouch salmon, though (check the no-metal box and the healthy-fats box), I'm gradually missing my chicken salad a bit less. Because the pouch salmon is already cooked, you really don't even have to do this in a saute pan, if you're that short on time. I like to mix in a small skillet some olive oil, the salmon, something crunchy like onions or celery, some carrots and/or peppers, and maybe a few dark greens to wilt. Sometimes I just toss in leftover veggies from stir fry night, actually. Mix it all together to warm, and add in whatever seasonings you like. Since this can't be a sandwich in my world, but I often require something crunchy to make a meal worthwhile, I like to crush rice crackers or even rice cereal into the salmon mixture. You can eat it with a spoon as is, or you can add it to something else that's safe for you, like leftover rice, or corn pasta, or a gluten-free tortilla. Either way, it checks off the protein/carb/veggie boxes for at least one meal. And it's pretty tasty.
And a bonus (like a baker's dozen, but not-quite-halved):
Rice paper rolls
This is my youngest daughter's new favorite recipe. She's become my sous chef of sorts, which I love. We saw a Craftsy video that showed viewers how to roll lettuce and stuffing into round rice paper. Egg rolls without the egg?! Spring rolls without the wheat?! I'm in. I ordered these papers, which are unbelievably affordable, and which store well. With some of the WGG Bibb lettuce, some leftover salmon one day and pork another, and a bunch of veggies on hand, we got started. I used my tea kettle to heat water, poured the water into a bowl, and ran the rice paper through the water until it was pliable and see through. On a dinner-sized plate, we layered the rice paper, some lettuce leaves, and a pile of veggies and meat/fish in the middle of it all. Then we rolled, tucked, and rolled some more. Remarkably easy. And delicious. And surprisingly filling. We ate them at room temp one day dipped in a vinaigrette, after refrigeration another day dipped in BBQ sauce. New favorite, indeed. They're packable, portable, not too messy, all around great. And if you have leftovers in your fridge, they only take as long as it takes you to boil water and spoon in the filling. Enjoy! 😊
This year is shaping up to be a high-alert year for our family. Every time we think a return to "normal" is around the corner, another crisis or emotional shocker hits us. Everyone has times like that, for sure...those days or weeks that keep you from your usual (even if hectic) life. When life just becomes getting through the moments instead of enjoying most of them.
So. Another post not directly about food today, with my apologies. In fact, this is a post (with that paragraph above saved in the archives) from my draft folder that dates back to almost this time of year in 2016! At that point, both sides of our family had gone through some traumatic events, and I was just scheduled for open heart surgery. Not necessarily an upbeat spring.
Unfortunately, it looks like I'm facing another open heart surgery much sooner than anyone hoped. That means I've had a fair share of "garden of Gethsemane" moments this Lent. And I'm still walking around the house eating things (like almonds and cherries and broccoli)---not meals---for lunch or even dinner some days. So, apparently I still have some physical challenges, and (I hope) mental growth, ahead.
Lenten Lessons
In 2016, I treated surgery and other people's trauma as problems that I could help solve. Problems are like puzzles, and I love solving those; finding answers and solutions when people are in need is one way I help. And sometimes, it works beautifully. For example, treating my daughters' allergies as puzzles in the kitchen led to an entirely new approach in the kitchen and a new hobby for me, not to mention fun family time with my kids.
In 2018, I've already learned this Lent that some problems are not for me to solve. Or are not solve-able. Instead I'm finding that standing by someone through a problem or trauma, and letting people stand with me in mine, is also a gift. A challenging one for me, for sure---to not fix things, and to let others in when I'm not 100%. But I have started finding joy in connections, and sometimes in the simplicity of accepting imperfect solutions. At the beginning of the year, I had grand plans: to work nearly full time, to put pen to paper with my recipes so the kids would have a safe cookbook, to be that great role model, to be normal (in my world that means "not a patient"). Now, I'm facing another health upheaval that reminds me: I'm not perfect or "fixed"; the trick isn't to find joy by having no problems but to find and share the joy in the problems. If I'm going all religious here, I'd say it's to be transfigured by our problems into a source of joy despite them.
Also in 2018, and related to that no-problems goal, I felt like I had a happy balance in my life: work, fun, family...peace, creativity, activity. I like calm, and home. But I've had a few weeks of crazy unscheduled stuff. And it's been terrifically fun, experiences I would never have wanted to miss. I'm not a risk taker; I seem to be passing that trait or habit on to at least one of my kids, too. Risks in my world are simple things, like travel and lifting, and it's hard to see the point of taking them when the prep work is so great. But shaking up my calm balance can be so rewarding. Lent lesson #2, I suppose---those connections with others are what it's all about, even when they're scary or outside my comfort zone.
Plane travel, preschooler wrestling, baby carrying. Simple things that stress my brain more than they should.
Building Meals Back Up From Basics
I had the chance to metro into the city (instead of drive in) and visit an old friend this week. He happens to have been dealing with food-related problems (including but not only celiac) for more than a decade...much longer than trendy foods have been available. We met at a cafe, both got drinks, and both pulled out our own meals. He's the first person who didn't start off asking me whether X food is okay for 20 minutes. And it was refreshing to just sit and catch up with a friend who didn't mind my beef jerky while we swapped stories and pictures of kids. Riding a metro train back home gave me plenty of time to pore over not just his advice but also his experiences, going through this seemingly alone years ago. We're not alone, though it's hard to remember to put ourselves out there to share and connect.
I also started keeping a notebook in my kitchen this year. At first, the goal was to write out the recipes I make so that I can get them posted here, printed into books, sold online, and on and on. I think I'm again being reminded of how small I am and how large and unneeded those goals are right now, though. At this point, I need to simply put what works each day in that book. From there, eventually, I'll get to build up new creations. Right now I just need to stay nourished without losing the joy. This week, that book has things like "snacks: dried cherries, slivered almonds, roasted edamame mix" but also more elaborate entries like "dinner success: halved poblanos stuffed with meatball mix of 93/7, sprinkles of potato starch, garlic, parsley, seasoned salt, sage; drizzled in olive oil and vegetable broth. combined with parboiled brown rice." Because we have to start somewhere, right?
So, here's to another week of making it work, of hoping that each day I can do something to help someone, and myself, find joy. Even through troubles, not after they're gone.
And maybe I'll actually have recipes and research, from that little kitchen notebook, by April. ;-)
It's been a whole week since I started this post (basically, since I wrote the title and then closed the laptop lid). But what full week! Somehow, Ash Wednesday (aka this year, the crazy day that ended in much peace), first Friday in Lent (and the first first Friday I remembered to stay meatless for that night's dinner in years), and a long President's Day weekend at home (with a tradition of indoor ice skating planned) seemed busy enough.
But why stop there? Life threw in a new car (!), travel planning (aka food prep logistics) for me, viruses almost all around that gave us movie days instead of skating and swimming days, and reconnecting time with old friends. Plus a cardio check up (results pending), new job offers, and more.
But Lenten fasting is still on my mind. After removing so much food this year already for EoE, I opted for the first time ever to not give up a food for 40 days. Frankly, there's no particular food that's a crutch/vice right now that doesn't also fill a nutritional need these days. It's weird not to have an answer to the wholy (ha!) Catholic question: "What food did you give up this year?" But it's a bit freeing, too. It allows me to widen my gaze, expand my efforts this Lent. Because Lent's not just about giving up a food.
Our priest for the first Sunday in Lent (so, two days ago) is one of my favorite homilists. He happens to be the priest who counseled me and annointed me before my surgery, too, so I have a soft spot for him all around. He is wise beyond his years, humble and caring, and thoughtful and kind and funny. His homily this week was no different: he emphasized the triad of Lenten efforts that aims to bring us all closer to God (however we define God): fasting, alms, and prayer. This year, I'm trying to hold all three, not just fasting, closer to me each day.
Fasting is not just about giving up a single food...or meat on Fridays...etc. That's good, but not the only way. Instead, says Father Rampino, fasting is about choosing not to have something that is ours "by right"---much as Jesus in the desert chose not to have things he could have by right---all of the kingdoms, stones into bread, etc. Fasting, then, is also about giving up something we consider natural but can go without to fill our life in other ways: can we limit our news, our tech time, our favorite comfort? Can we fill those hours with prayer, peacefulness, giving to others, sharing outside our comfort zones instead? This year, I'm fasting from foods more by necessity---choosing to go without instead of using multiple medications to maintain a normal diet. Thinking more broadly about fasting, I'd like to stick to a once-daily media check and have replaced some "by right" choice apps with new ones. My favorite:
The Jesuit's Loyola Press Three Minute Retreat, an old favorite, is back on my new phone now. It's a much calmer and thought-provoking default app than Pinterest, Twitter, FaceBook. If priest's messages aren't for you, they have more choices! Speaking From the Heart is a sister (pardon the pun) podcast and blog, for example.
Giving for me has often revolved around food, so I am again challenged to rethink my charitable acts. I'm seeing a theme. :)
I'm still giving foods to show love and sometimes for support of others, but on a much smaller scale. I mourned that change for some time, but I do see that it's given me time to try new ways of reaching others. Again well outside my homebody comfort zone, but already fulfilling in surprising ways: new friendships, progress toward tangible gifts for friends and strangers alike (in particular efforts to really commit to sending handmade knits to children and groups in need), and more.
I hope this Lent to renew an old favorite of mine that I had to give up because of metal allergies: making and donating rosaries and other prayer beads. It's up to me to come to peace with my limitations and make something for others with materials I can use---not to make the most beautiful item, but to make something meaningful and useful that can help others in journeys that are undoubtedly harder than mine.
It's easy to get into prayer ruts, for just about any person, any religion. I tend to slide out of my daily rosary every winter when the days get shorter and the outdoor walks end. Every Lent, I bring back my rosary walk, though (ideally sooner than in years past!).
This week's homily reminded us that other things are simply things---niceties; prayer is what we all need. And prayer should strengthen us and others, not just be words to say. This year, I'd like to take my devotions a step further and talk about them more with others. Regardless of established religion, many people have strong faith and devotional practices. This year, because I've reached outside my comfort zone already, I have already found new prayer experiences in surprising places. To enhance my prayer life and hopefully use it toward positive efforts and relationships, I'm introducing two new daily reading experiences to my 40 days, one of which came directly from those surprising places:
1) 40 Ways for 40 Days: A daily text message, with a link to meditations, is a brand new effort from our diocese, which is under the direction of a new Bishop. Bishop Burbidge seems caring, funny, and willing to meet people where they are (so, on tech). He's started a new podcast (!) and initiated this outreach based on messages of Pope Francis, too. It's a great feeling when the text ping isn't a new work deadline but instead is a message of how to encourage love or how to bring more Christ-like mindfulness and awareness to yourself and your actions.
2) 40 Graces for Forgiveness is a thought-provoking, meditative book that's also already calling me to actions that I hope will become past-Lent habits. In addition to daily Scripture and prose, the passages naturally promote journaling, or other reflective comforts, to slow down our days and widen our gaze on the world---our needs, those of others, and more. I had been lucky enough to randomly meet the author, Maria Keffler, at a meeting for our kids' school music program. We both showed up with knitting. :) It turns out that we have a shared love of music, and that we are both writers. Plus, she has an awesome sense of humor! Stop back by the blog after Easter, and you can find my full review of 40 Graces. So far, I'm having a hard time sticking to one passage a day!
So, I may have added enough Lenten goals to fill a 40-hour day, 40 times over. But if I keep to even some of them, I'll have learned a lot and hopefully helped a lot. It's not the successful checking off of each item every day that counts; it's the meaning behind it, and the love in the effort, and the getting back up and doing it every day despite "failures" the day before.
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An apothecary is a person or a place. Either one implies healing and relates to pharmacy in its truest sense, as a source of treatment and advice.
This blog is my way of uniting my pharmacy training with my efforts to provide a healthy and safe lifestyle for my family. In true apothecary form, I research and prescribe alternative ingredients that work just right in each specific recipe, and I would like to share the results with anyone who needs help making their own family's kitchen allergy safe and heart healthy.
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On the other hand FRBRoo offers a plethora of benefits due to the object oriented methodology and the event-centric aspects of CIDOC-CRM.
First of all CRM focuses on semantics. Because of its object oriented formalism, CRM defines relationships between things, creating this way a semantics-based network.FRBRoo is a formal ontology intended to capture and represent the underlying semantics of bibliographic information.Thanks to its formal structure, implicit information can be extracted and modeled and semantically related information can be retrieved by users. In bibliographic sources there is hidden information that cannot be represented with current metadata schemes in a structured way so that it can be accessible by the users. With FRBRoo this information can be extracted and represented thanks to a structure where insinuated things such as processes are made explicit. This way they can be "comprehended" by machines and retrieved by users.
CRM has a hierarchical structure which provides an optimal range of generalization / specialization relations above the point of individual institutional terminological descriptions (Oldman, 2014). With multiple hierarchical relationships between classes, a very rich structure can be expressed in a simple way and can guarantee the uniqueness of properties by making them more specific. Multiple hierarchical relationships between properties help to capture different abstractions of relationships. Hierarchical relationships help us to specify whenever we can and to generalize when we cannot specify.
CRM is designed with evolution and extension in mind. It does not provide a specific set of fields as most metadata schemas do, but it provides an extensible semantic framework that describes more general entities and the relationships between them, aiming to encompass the widest possible range of information and to enable interoperability between disciplines .Thus, except for cultural heritage documentation, the key concepts and the methodology of CRM can be applied to represent information coming from various scientific environments.FRBRoo is is an ontology specialized in library material but it can be also used in combination with CIDOC-CRM as a basis to describe the whole cultural heritage information. Any class or property declared in CIDOC CRM can be reused in any project involving an implementation of FRBROO, whenever deemed helpful. FRBRoo, similarly to CIDOC CRM, is exhaustive which permits us to describe information at a high level of detail. It can be extended or simplified depending on the needs of the organization.
CRM is a model for the explicit, thorough and accurate representation of historical knowledge. History is made up of events and CRM is event-centric. It centers descriptions not around things, as most "flat" documentation schemes do, but around the events that connect people, material and immaterial things in space-time.Thanks to its event-centric aspects CRM and consequently FRBRoo-give an historical dimension since the full historical context of artifacts is captured. This gives the possibility to search for the cultural background of an object.-connect historical and biographical information with bibliographical information .It can connect for example authors with biographical information, bibliographies about them etc).-model accurate information about life histories and scientific observations about the worldLast but not least, thanks to the event-centric aspects the two ontologies can offer precise and well-organized structuring of cultural metadata.(Doerr, Kritsotaki, 2006)
CRM clearly distinguishes the concept of the activity from the concept of the product which is related to this activity. Natural language does not distinguish the types of activities from the types of products and people use to confuse the use of words that signify an activity and those who signify a product. People, though, understand the meaning because of the context but computers are not able to do that so modeling information in order to be understandable by computers has to be clear and well structured. One of the most important advantages of CIDOC CRM , that FRBRoo inherits, is that it distinguishes the "production" as activity from the production with the meaning of "product", the "creation" as activity from the "creation" with the meaning of "work" etc.
CRM explicitly describes the discourse on relations between identifiers and the identified. The ambiguity in the relationship between the identified and the identifier (appellation) that are used to refer to entities are a part of the historical reality to be described by the ontology. CRM distinguishes the nodes representing a real item from the nodes representing only the names of an item. This is a powerful feature when we want to integrate information assets. The activity of Identifier assignment serves to register the date and the actor which is quite important in case of reassignment of identifiers.


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Implementation of Ecosystem services and of the Green Economy for the economic and social development in the region of Matam, Senegal
Initiative timeframe: 2011/2015
Total initiative costs
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- Grants € 1,890,343.0
Dati finanziari aggiornati al 30.11.2015
Department of Matam and Kanel (Region of Matam, Senegal)
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The project aims at promoting the economic development of the region of Matam, Senegal, through the introduction of some applications of renewable energy, particularly solar, thermal and photovoltaic. The project activities are implemented along three main axes: i) stimulation of the productive sector by encouraging the creation of micro-enterprises in the field of agriculture, production and services that would use renewable energy applications to increase or improve their production; ii) promotion of rural electrification through renewable energies, by developing eco-systemic services to the benefit of villages, public and community structure; iii) sustainability of the intervention by improving the offer of the technical and specialized training in the area. The project intervenes in favor of: the female population, the young population (under 20 years), the rural active one, the economic interest groups (GIE) active in the areas of project and based in the departments of Matam and Kanel and the 3 professional technical training centers (Matam, Waoundé, Ourssogui). The project started in March 2012 will end in May 2015 and counts among local counterparts the NGO Sahel 3000 and the Senegalese Institute of Agricultural Research (ISRA) and among the associates to the project the Union Rural des Mutuelles d'Epargne et de Crédit du Sénégal (URMECS). In addition, the project is part of a larger program that consists of two integrated projects (this project led by ACRA and a project led by Green Cross) and connected to Sustain campaign promoted by ENEA (Institutional Partner of the project) and the Italian Ministry of Education. read more close
Main outcome
Contribute to the fight against poverty and to economic and social development through the dissemination and use of renewable energies in the Departments of Matam and Kanel (Matam Region-Senegal).
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|Solar energy
|MAE - Direzione Generale per la Cooperazione allo Sviluppo
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600 people including students and teachers of 3 CFTP (Training Centers), of which 60% are women; 360 family of 90 members (including 45 women) of six micro-pilot enterprises; 700 family members of about twenty new micro production; 400 family of about 100 farmers; 12,000 people served by drinking water (8 villages of about 1,500 inhabitants each); 5,000 students who will have electric light in schools; 20,000 people made aware on the issue of environmental protection and the use of renewable energies.Beneficiaries of which females 60.0%
The instability of the Sahel region, radiating from Mali following the coup d'état of March 2012 and the offensive of the Tuareg and the Islamists in December 2012, made it necessary, in February 2013, to evacuate expatriate personnel for reasons of security to the capital and makes it impossible for them to organize long-term missions in the area of intervention of the project (by order of the Italian Embassy in Senegal).
Delay in the implementation of some project activities especially on the second year of the project and the need to review some of the activities
Actions taken
Request for a two-month extension to the first year of the project in order to allow an adequate course of the activities. Revision with the representative of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs of some project activities. Reshaping of activities and strengthening of the local team structuring deeply functions
During the first year of the project, the expert of microenterprise of ACRA and the technical partner ENEA, analyzed the Solar Cooling component scheduled for the third year of the project. This technology, according to the technical note of ENEA, has not proved to be suitable and appropriate to the local context of Matam; given the high technological sophistication and know-how necessary for its operation and maintenance it appeared that the technical skills currently available in the area would not have been sufficient. In addition, the deeper economic analysis that could be implemented once the project was underway demonstrated that the demand for storage in a cold room was less than expected as the production (mainly vegetables) is mostly for self-consumption and it quickly finds its way into local markets.
Although the solar cooling activity was scheduled for the third year this consideration has also had implications for the design and development of the social enterprise (other project activity) which should, according to the project document, manage that facility.
Actions taken
Two amendements to integrate these elements were presented and approved for the second and third of the project. They included the identification and sector of activity (solar) and the reorganization of the structure of the social enterprise, that was redefined as a group of local solar technicians.
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It's almost sixteen years ago that Microsoft succeeded in bringing a standard operating system to market which could easily be installed and configured by non-technical consumers on x86 based personal computers. The success of Windows 95 was primarily related to the intuitive user interface but the plug and play features and the ability to download and install applications by simply clicking next, next and finish made this platform easily adopted by many users worldwide. Hardware vendors focused on the development of the required drivers for their devices, making operating system and hardware independent. Personal Computers became relatively cheap for the simple reason that there was a lot of competition between hardware vendors. Even nowadays, personal computers are cheaper as they were in 1995 where almost everything else in the world became more expensive.
Another result of the success of Windows 95 is that software vendors introduced substantial amounts of applications for this platform with the upcoming internet as a distribution channel. For the first time, users with limited technical knowledge were in control of the capabilities of the device. Terms as freeware and shareware were introduced and this kind of software was (and still is) widely exploited. Microsoft emphasized on the intuitive user interface with the start button on the left bottom and running multiple programs at the same time (playing the Rolling Stones Song 'Start me Up' with the introduction of Windows 95 to the world).
Nevertheless were the automated installation capabilities also making Windows a vulnerable object for malicious software, introducing the terms spyware and malware as well. Microsoft also heavily depended on the responsibility of hardware vendor in developing drivers without compromising the stability of the platform in general. Innumerable times users got confronted with the BSOD (Blue Screen of Death) which is in fact a stop error and was mainly caused by bugs in third party hardware drivers, making them lose valuable work time. One year later Microsoft introduced Windows NT4 which adopted the interface of Windows 95 to offer users the same familiar user interface both at home and at work. Windows NT4 also introduced the administrators group on the workstation platform to limit the rights and permissions for standard users and NTFS became the preferred file system from a security perspective. This wasn't really appreciated by end-users but the result was that Windows NT4 was, compared to Windows 95, a far more stable platform which made Windows NT4 the preferred operating system on professional workstations.
In fact, the intuitive user interface of Windows based workstations showed quite some similarities with the user interface of Mac Workstations. At that time i worked as an infrastructure engineer for a company which was specialized in the development of multimedia content for both the commercial and the educational market. In this company, Mac OS was traditionally the standard operating system for development workstations which was at that time already neither required from a functional perspective nor advisable from a cost perspective. The main reason was that at that time, Adobe products were the de facto standard for the graphical industry and were primarily written for Mac OS which made Apple preferred from a performance perspective.
The fact that Apple's Mac OS is developed solely for Apple devices made them in control in the development of the devices, the (limited amount of) device drivers and the operating system which was beneficial for stability. The relatively high costs involved with Mac workstations made them in most cases not preferred as a standard operating system for a wide range of users, but the user friendly interface and the stability of the system made them appreciated by many.
Trends in the Mobile Device Market
The same pattern is currently followed in the mobile operating system market. The acclaimed intuitive user interface of the iPhone was highly appreciated by consumers and the market share of Apple in the mobile device market became quickly substantial. As a result of the success of the iPhone, software vendors started developing massive amounts of applications for this platform, with the AppStore as a distribution channel. Apparently, an intuitive user interface and the ability to install applications by end users with limited technical experience are keys for success in this market. The only problem is….. they're a little expensive for the regular consumer.
So the user interface of Windows Mobile shows obviously quite some similarities with the acclaimed iPhone interface and is available on devices of multiple vendors. Windows Mobile is currently available on HTC and Samsung devices and Nokia even adopted Windows Mobile as there standard operating system for mobile devices. So Symbian OS is the first to disappear from the arena. The problem is that there's currently no market place similar to Apple's AppStore and that there are a few new kids on the block.
An Operating System with a quite loyal user group has recently been extended by a vast amount of new young users who highly utilize the advantages of a specific application which is the reason they bought the device in the first place. This Operating System is RIM's Blackberry OS and the application is called PING. The amount of available applications for this OS is limited and it is only available on Blackberry Devices. The loyalty of Blackberry users and the dependence on Ping to call your friends allows RIM to keep a consistent share in the mobile market.
Google introduced Android which is currently available on devices of 37 different manufacturers with an interface which also shows suspiciously much similarity with the iPhone interface and it has a marketplace. So in my opinion, Android is holds all the requirements to be the new Windows 95 and apparently Microsoft is not happy with that for several reasons on which I will elaborate more in my next post.
to be continued….


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Dallas, TX (JusticeNewsFlash.com)–Chuck King also known as the, 72, was tragically killed Thursday night while riding his motorcycle. The Dallas Morning News states King had been knocked off his Harley Davidson motorcycle and into the path of an oncoming semi-truck on LBJ Freeway in Garland, Texas.
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Google got to where it is by buying out all their significant competitors by around 2007. Yahoo and Bing remain because they were the only competing SEs Google couldn't afford to buy.
Around 2006/2007 there was a webmasters group action in the US against Google, protesting that Google was not giving new sites much chance in the SERPs, and was instead favouring older established sites, whatever the quality of the info on them. The judge found that the webmasters' case was valid, and instructed Google to do something about the problem, and make it easier for new sites to go forward. What they agreed with the judge was confidential.
What the world saw was that it became a lot easier to set up a site and make money from it for a few years after that.
In many cases sites exploited the blindness of the spiders - they served poor content intended to drive visitors into clicking on ads and used feeds to fill the sites with low quality content. And the web filled up with poor quality sites.
A rational conclusion, looking at what has happened, is that there was a set of time limits agreed with that judge. Google has implemented their updates to cut out a lot of the poor quality sites which they themselves allowed to prosper for a while. And now, since the Panda and Penguin updates, we are back to the pre-2007 situation, where G is favouring established sites in the SERPs, loving sites with lots of pages, pics and video, and ignoring small sites which are unattractive, even if they have really good information. It only looks like G search is getting better because they made their own results poor for so many years.
Google maintains its position as the leading search engine by spending money to make itself the default search engine in most of the web browsers available. They pay computer suppliers to supply machines where the IE is doctored to use Google by default, and Chrome is pre-installed as an alternative. They fund Mozilla, which is independent, but supplies Firefox with Google search as the default. It is very hard for competitors to fight that tactic - Google will spend over $10 billion dollars this year to promote their search in these and other ways.
The other search engines in the past lacked the Google vision of how to monetize free search, which is why they sold out to Google when they got an offer. Now Google are showing their business acumen by buying up other sources of traffic, like YouTube, to try and control traffic streams directly.
Google's turnover is massive - they turn over more cash than big multinationals that actually make physical products, like Unilever, or nations, like Croatia. The hassle is that they are now so big that they think they can rule the web - but the quality of their search will not improve unless they can see a profit from making improvements. And the search quality is no better, in my eyes, than it was ten years ago.
Google has shown a callous approach when it cleaned up its act with the Panda and Penguin updates - it cut down sites that people depended on for a living, and forced them back into day jobs.
Perhaps those sites did deserve to be dropped down the SERPs. The point is that those people did not realise they were depending on Google. Now that the situation has been made clear, the obvious conclusion is that people should be advised to reduce their dependency on Google traffic.
Google - they give things away for free, but they are not a charity. And they are now so big, they could apply to be the 52nd US state ...
According to Search Engine Land, Bing "quietly updated" its webmaster guidelines yesterday to include a warning of demotion or de-listing for keyword stuffing.
The only surprising thing about this piece of "news" is that Bing didn't do it years ago.
While I was there, I found it interesting to also have a look at Bing's guidelines to remind myself of what they say they do want. No great surprises there. However, I noticed that they recommend you build your content around keyword research.
http://www.bing.com/webmaster/help/w...lines-30fba23aBuild based on keyword research shows you what users are actually looking for
This surprised me a bit, although I don't know how long that guideline has been there. Much of what I've seen reported in the SEO communities over the last few months consists of cries of despair that keyword research is dead. Despite that, the SEO crowd continue to look for useful ways to benefit from keyword research and have been trying to create effective new tool kits. The withdrawal of the AdWords Keyword Research Tool in August 2013 left a big gap for many, and even though it was replaced by Planner, a lot of SEOs considered Planner to be inadequate for their purposes.
I used to be a big fan of keyword research - I was even a fully paid-up WordTracker member for years. However, I don't do much at all these days and certainly not in the same ways as I used to. How about you? Are you still doing keyword research? Have you found any effective ways of doing it? Any useful tools?
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Recently, those people offering expensive coaching on "how to drive traffic from anywhere but G" have been advocating the building of such sites to their clients, for the purpose of giving them something to practice with.
Please read that sentence until it makes sense, I can't see a way to express the concept neatly.
Consequently, it is possible that YahBing is experiencing a small explosion of low-content sites, as people have become aware that it can still be worth the effort to create something easy to build.
And while I'm here - I didn't finish this sentence yesterday -
Kay (27 February 2014)
My sites rank better on Bing and Yahoo than Google but the vast bulk of traffic still comes from G.
Genuinely, I don't think so for search engine like bing has enough grip in most areas to go after it particularly. If you are going to go after search visitors, search engines should still be the concern with Yahoo/ Bing visitors being an extra reward, rather than a primary concentrate of your time and effort.


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We invite you to join the following fishing trip on the Ostrovnaya river. The upper reaches of the Ostrovnaya river are situated on the borders of the Nalychevo Park, which is famous for its unique and virgin nature. The Ostrovnaya river flows into the Pacific Ocean. The mountain relief determines rapid flow of the river up to the fishing camp. Then, the river is characterized by lowland flow. Several species of salmon inhabit the Ostrovnaya river: pink salmon, king salmon, red salmon, rainbow trout. The most widely spread species are: chum salmon, silver salmon, bull trout, kunja. Besides a wide variety of fish the valley of the river is interesting for its rich fauna.
Departure: September 01st – September 08 th
Day 1. Arrive in Petropavlovsk. Meet with the guide who will accompany you to the river, check the equipment and discuss the trip. Accommodation in a city hotel.
Day 2. This very day you will be transferred to the starting of the fishing route by helicopter (about 35 minutes). Start fishing. Accommodation in the lodge, 2 floor put up lodge, which is considered for 6 -10 pax. The lodge is situated on the beautiful hill with wonderful view on the right side of the river.
Day 3-6. Fishing on the Ostrovnaya river from the stationary. Overnight in the lodge. You may spin from the boat or from the river shore.
Day 7. We set the camp off, and return to PKC. Accommodation at the hotel.
Day 8. Visiting souvenir shops and local market. Drive to the airport for your departure home.
Group size is max 10 people.
Included: double accommodation, visa invitation and registration, full board en route, bed & breakfast in the city, double accommodation, fishing & camping equipment, licenses, transfers (bus, helicopter), motor boat, bath-house, guides, interpreter and cook services, visa support. You will be also equipped by life jackets.
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Indian death metal group Dhwesha released their debut album Sthoopa earlier this year. It's a fantastic release with a great cavernous sound, and vocalist/guitarist Ajay Nagaraj took the time to answer questions for Swirls of Noise
Sthoopa is your debut release and it's a great release of cavernous, exciting death metal, very impressed with it. How pleased are you with the way it turned out?
A: Greetings from Dhwesha! We are extremely happy with the way it's turned out be. We have given our best as musicians during the writing and recording process. The final production is very close to what we had in mind before we started recording. We wanted to keep it as organic as possible and think we have managed to do that.
Can you tell us about the history of Dhwesha to date?
A: Dhwesha was formed in the summer of 2008 by Somesha(guitars) and Ajay(vocals) as a two piece band. We were inspired by the death metal of the early 90s and wanted to create music on the same lines. We had a basic recording of 4 songs under our belt which eventually ended up on our 6 songs demo tape Yuddhabhumi. It took us almost three years to complete our line-up with a very few lineup changes. Tushar (drums) joined us in 2011 and we have been playing live ever since.
The interplay between the rhythm and lead guitars on Sthoopa is at times outstanding, and for me one of the most impressive things about the album. What do you think gives Ajay and Somesha that great chemistry?
A: We think it's one of the factors that make our sound unique. We have always given importance in structuring the song well. The Interplays add to the atmosphere and helps in setting the mood of a song in accordance with the lyrical theme. Also, creating a massive wall of sound which grabs the attention of the listener where it's necessary for them to get the point we are trying to convey through the song lyrically and musically. We have had a good understanding when it comes to this from the very beginning. However, all the guitar parts were written and recorded by Somesha alone on the album. The lyrical theme and the mood set by the instruments have gone hand in hand during the writing process.
Do you have a favourite song from the release?
A: It's difficult to choose one song. Each song stands out in its own right. But if we have to choose one song as a band, it would be Kapala Haara. That's because it's comparatively fresh, more intense and has a lot of variations and it's great to play live.
The lyrics and song titles are all in your native language, what can you tell us about the themes behind the lyrics?
It revolves mostly around South Indian history and warfare, Indian mythology, Ancient Rituals, Witchcraft, Horror and Magick. One of our songs 'Hoy! Sala' is about how the Hoysala empire got its name which according to the legend talks of a sage who was meditating with his disciple Sala, a lion attacked the sage and he called on his apprentice to strike (Hoy!) the lion. 'Ugra Narasimha' is based on a story from ancient Hindu scriptures, of Hiranyakashipu, an 'asura' (Demon) who seeks Immortality and during his attempt to kill his son Prahlada for opposing him in his thirst for power, is decapitated by Narasimha (half-human half-lion avatar of Vishnu). These are stories a lot of people in our country are familiar with and as children grew up hearing/reading about. Magick and rituals have always been practiced in parts of India since the ancient times of which some are documented. The song 'Sabhe' on the album is a generalized take on this subject about a coven of witches congregating in a forest around a ritual fire.
Who would you say are the band's biggest influences? You can hear a wide range of sounds on the album.
A: Our biggest influence is Bolt thrower. However, a lot of bands have influenced us over the years. Morbid Angel, Early Amorphis, Caducity, Benediction, Dissection, Candlemass, Demigod, Vader, Grave, Dismember, Early Sentenced, Early Katatonia to name a few. We are also influenced by a lot of hard rock bands of the 80s.
The Indian metal scene seems to have been picking up speed in recent years with more bands coming to our attention. Is this a new thing with bands starting, or has it been a strong scene for a while and is only now reaching us thanks to the internet?
A: Internet has certainly played its role in helping bands reach places. There have always been a million bands starting out here. But most of them have short lived. Only a handful of bands have stuck on for years and are now touring internationally. However, the underground scene is getting stronger by the day. With fests like Trendslaughter Fest happening from the past four years, it's given us an opportunity to see a lot of underground bands from around the globe and in turn helped us spread the word of the underground scene/music through them. However, there are a lot of promising bands that are coming up, especially from the city of Kolkata.
How are the live shows in the area when it comes to crowds and energy?
A: It's quite impressive really. You can expect roughly around 200 odd people at the local club shows that happen here. Its quite packed and the energy level is high. We have enjoyed all the shows that we have played till date. The response has been great.
What other Indian metal bands would you recommend to readers?
A: We would recommend Dying Embrace(Primitive Doom/Death), Kryptos(Thrash),Bevar sea(Stoner doom), Shepherd(sludge) all hailing from Bangalore. Necrodeity(Death metal),Armament(Thrash) from Kolkata.
What does the immediate future have for Dhwesha now that Sthoopa has been released?
A: We are concentrating more on promoting the album throughout India at the moment. We have a show coming up in December called the Dark days of December in Bangalore. We'll be playing alongside black thrash metal legends Manzer(France) and other great bands from Bangladesh, Srilanka and India. Then we play a show in Mumbai early Jan. We are also looking forward in playing South East Asia the moment we get an opportunity.
And finally is there anything else that you want to add?
A:Our gratitude to Swirlsofnoise for this interview. Thanks for the support. Salutes from Dhwesha!