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That [the Navy] is where I met my husband, Taylor.
[Barbara]: We're all interested. Tell me how it happened.
Well, he said to me. Well, first I went down there and he was working down there [96th Street and the North River or the Hudson River]. And so he said, "You know the war's about over. We think that it'll be over in a day or two." He said, "I'll be working here a little while. Then," he said, "I'm going to go to Philadelphia. If you feel like you want to leave this job and go to Philadelphia, I'll see if I can get you a job down there."
[Barbara]: Now were you dating? Was it romance?
Oh, yes. He liked me right away. He asked me if I would go out with him and, you know, he was an attractive man and in uniform he was superb! [Sighs.]
[Barbara]: I'm sure.
So, when he. . . .
[Barbara]: He wasn't a captain? When he died he was. At that point. . . .
No, he was just second lieutenant. Then first lieutenant. That's the way it is in the Navy. He was first lieutenant at that time. So then he still stayed in the service for a while. He should never have left. If he'd have never left, I'd have a good pension. But he couldn't wait to get out.
[Barbara]: Now he was still in the Navy in Philadelphia.
Oh, yeah.
[Barbara]: And you did go. You told me before that you decided to go and find, to take the job in Philly.
In Philly, yeah. Well, I mean, all these were interwoven. I went from New York to Philadelphia and when I got down there, you know he asked me. . . . He lived in 5101 Springfield Avenue. That's the house we eventually bought, but I lived in 5103 Springfield Avenue, the house right next door. See? And he still stayed in that boarding house. That's what that was in those days. And I used to come to the boarding house to get my meals, but I would go home to 5103 at night, see?
Then, we got. . . . Well, we went around, we went together for nearly four years before we were married. Yeah. So I mention the fact he had married before [Birdie Elizabeth Weyler, 1906; she remarried in 1943], you know, after Kathryn and Paul. Well, he divorced that wife. Then he was unmarried for a while. Then he married my girlfriend [ca. 1919]. Elsa Wood was her name. They only were married, I think it was a year and a half. She had died in childbirth [ca. 1921]. I know that my family don't know anything about this.
[Barbara] Well, Wally told me that. He knew that.
Well, anyway, she died in childbirth. And then we got engaged in a spell of time. I mean it wasn't right on top of it.
[Barbara] You knew, did you know, you knew him married to your friend Elsa?
Yeah. I knew, yeah, but I didn't have anything to do with it.
[Barbara] Yeah, I know.
See, I went to see. I got this notice she was going with him. And then I got this notice that they were married and that they had this baby. I sent her a pair of little baby shoes as a gift. I always loved to give shoes to new babies. And so the shoes arrived the day she died, if you can imagine that. And the baby died, too. She was buried with the baby in her arms.
That was from Philadelphia, but this was before I lived there. I didn't go there until he kept coming to see me, you know. It was a space of time, of course. Nothing was happening right then. He was very lonesome. He would write to me. The writing was thick and fast. He used to write long, long letters. In later years, you couldn't get him to write a letter to save his soul. You know, when we got married, he just didn't want to write. But at any rate, we got along very well together.
People in the boarding house never knew Elsa at all. That was her name: Elsa Wood. She was a lovely girl. When I did get married to my husband, why he always, he had nothing but the highest praise to say for her. Well I knew her because I worked with her when I was in the Navy. It was only when I got notice that the baby had died and that she had died and that the shoes arrived and I never knew what he did with them, but he must have given them to someone.
[Barbara]: Let's get closer to wedding time and dates, so that, just so our kids will know.
In 19. . . . We were married in 19. . . .
[Barbara]: Well, '25.
1925, I guess it was. July 26, 1925.
[Barbara]: Well, I know that because this week we celebrated that, didn't we?
Yeah, that's right.
[Barbara]: That was two days after Dad's birthday or before?
That's right.
[Barbara]: And your sister's birthday was the same time.
Yeah, my sister's [Ella] was the 27th and my husband's was the 23d. They all came in there together.
Well, when the time came, as I went with Daddy for four years, and we had a lot of fun together after so long, after the mourning period was over. The lady of the house, Mrs. Armor, her name was, she was very congenial, very understanding, the lady of the boarding house. After so long a time, we got married. We considered it was sufficient time after she died, four years.
[Barbara]: Now where did you get married?
We got married in Weymouth Baptist Church in Philadelphia.
[Barbara]: Oh. OK. Well, Dad was a Southern Baptist.
He was a Southern Baptist and I was an Episcopalian. You know, he wanted to be married by the Baptist church. Well, that was better that it happened that way.
[Barbara]: What did you wear?
I wore a white dress and a white veil.
[Barbara]: You don't have pictures?
No. He would not let me get pictures. He did not believe in white, I guess because of his background.
[Barbara]: Maybe.
At any rate, we were very happy. When we were married, we went to Downingtown [PA], a little resort that was used by young people. Oh, what would you say? I can't think of what you would call it. Well, anyway it was a young people's camp, like. We spent two weeks there. That was where we went on our wedding trip with a whole lot of other young people. We were old enough that they didn't realize that we were just bride and groom. We had a very nice time.partial transcription of Virginia's life story as told to Barbara Duncan (Wally's wife) in the summer of 1987, courtesy of Barbara Duncan
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- Do you recall stories of Grandpa's first wife? What was her full name/maiden name? Can you tell the story of their circumstances and what led to the divorce?
- Did Grandma ever meet her?
- Where were Kathryn and Paul during this time? Did Grandma know them? What did they think of Elsa?
- I cannot locate a Weymouth Baptist Church in Philadelphia. Does anyone have more information on it? A marriage license?
- Can you confirm the dates that I've placed in brackets in this transcription? Can you add month and day? Where does your information come from?
- I know there's a photo of Grandpa in his uniform somewhere. I've seen it, but I'd appreciate some direction from, perhaps, Virginia or Colin, as to where I might find it. Thanks.


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The trailer for The Apprentice UK has been released leading up to the season premiere of the ninth season and there are some zingers in it. But, to be honest, that's all. The host Lord Sugar, which is the most amazing name by the way, and the contestants aren't featured. The trailer is quite clever with Lord Sugar and the contestants zapping back and forth but all we see is a tour of an empty office with word art floating through ultimately filling the space. For instance, one of the contestants addresses the host casually saying, "Ahhh … man." And his response is, "No, I'm not man. … I'm Lord Sugar." It's pretty amazing.
Here are some other salty lines from Lord Sugar:
"You're all a bloody waste of space."
"You shut up … you shut up … and you talk."
"Shut up. You told me you could do things you lot. You can't."
"You're fired."
"You're fired."
"You're fired."
Alright, we've heard his side. If you watch the trailer below you can hear from the contestants themselves. We figure it's only fair to give them a chance to speak up!
If you would like to Lord Sugar in action, here's a clip of some of his funnier moments like when he asks one of the more chiseled male contestants, "Have you had any handsome attacks today?"
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When we think about living off the grid or go camping, usually these are less than luxurious accommodations as water and electricity supply is hard to come by in areas that aren't as developed. However Bratislava-based Nice Architects have come up with a concept called the Ecocapsule that will make living off the grid a somewhat comfortable and stylish experience.
The idea behind the Ecocapsule is that it is self-sustaining. This is thanks to the fact that the pod powers itself by solar and wind energy, meaning that you could live pretty much anywhere in the world and still have access to energy sources courtesy of mother nature. The architects have imagined it will feature a 750W wind turbine and a 2.6 square-meter array of solar cells.
Both of these systems will help to charge a 9,744Wh battery that ensures that even if sunlight is low or if there is not enough wind, the capsule will remain powered at least for sometime. It also comes with a rainwater collection system that helps filter it to make the water clean and drinkable.
The Ecocapsule itself will measure 4.5 meters in length, 2.4 meters in width, and 2.5 meters in height. As you can see from the photos, it looks pretty stylish and almost luxurious thanks to its clean and minimalist design. While it is currently a concept, Nice Architects are planning on unveiling a prototype unit at the Pioneers festival in Vienna come 28th of May, with the actual capsule going up for sale later this year.
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Monday, April 7, 2014
Why Eccentrics Matter
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- helen tilston said...
Good Morning Lisa
I compliment you on your creativity and thinking out of the box. This video is excellent and leaves much to ponder
Have a glorious week
- April 7, 2014 at 2:39 AM
- WendyMcLeodMacKnight said...
Love this Lisa! I have always loved an eccentric! My favourite moment during the recent oscars was Liza, just doing her wonderful Liza thing! Wonderful way to start a Monday!
- April 7, 2014 at 2:40 AM
- A Bookish Way of Life said...
Love, love, love! That awesome and so inspirational!! Thank you!!
- April 7, 2014 at 6:30 AM
- donna baker said...
I have been called an eccentric and I must admit at the time I wasn't sure if it was a complement or not. Guess it is better than cra cra.
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WOW! I was mesmerized. Great message and wonderful portrayal.
- April 7, 2014 at 10:44 PM
Just *wonderful* - thank you for lifting my morning!!
- April 8, 2014 at 2:04 AM
- Emily said...
You continue to amaze me Lisa!
- April 8, 2014 at 4:21 AM
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Lisa - you ROCK!
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thank you for morning inspiration and joy--enjoy your blog.
- April 8, 2014 at 6:19 AM
- QPDollNicole said...
LOVE LOVE LOVE this - it put a big smile on my face. Thank you!!
- April 8, 2014 at 7:30 AM
- Lisa Thomson said...
Nicely done, Lisa! I love it!! When I read the email subject I thought it said We Eccentrics Matter...and I thought, oh ya! Lisa knows I'm weird. :) Then on a double take I saw Why Eccentrics Matter.
I want to learn how to make a show like that!!
- April 8, 2014 at 9:39 AM
- Unknown said...
I was SO disappointed to see another video ~ many times these will not come up on my computer and there was no transcription provided.
- April 8, 2014 at 9:47 AM
- Lisa Borgnes Giramonti said...
Rebecca: Here's the link to the video on YouTube:
- April 8, 2014 at 10:32 AM
- meribe said...
When is your book coming out, Lisa?
- April 8, 2014 at 4:15 PM
- Unknown said...
Hahahahaaaa! That's so awesome! What a great way to pay tribute to all us eccentrics! Hooray!
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- Pamela Terry and Edward said...
How appropriate that you posted this on my birthday.
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- Jane the Booklady said...
I love the video, it brought back a teenage phrase I haven't used in a while... "It's REALLY cool!" Jane xx
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Hi Lisa!
Have you seen this?
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I loved this! Do you mind sharing what app you used to create the video? This looks interesting for editing travel videos :)
thank you!
- April 19, 2014 at 9:00 PM
Great film, well done. I'm new to your blog, and a little bit obsessed by the Bloomsbury Group at the moment, love eccentricity in all its forms, so your content is right up my street. Look forward to reading more.
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Love this little video Lisa and your underlying drawings!
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Supersonic Jets Are Back! Maybe!
The Whales are Organizing. And, I mean, who can blame them? With luck they are summoning a dread lord of the deep, sea or space, don't care which, to bring the end of all things.
The one and only time you could doubt climate change. It was the first time we'd done a big ol' survey of worldwide climate data. And even then warming trend was obvious. But, hey, it's the first time this sort of thing was done. The prudent course of action at that stage is to note the irregularity, but not to panic about it yet, and to keep an eye on climate data going forward to see if it was a blip or a problem. Spoiler alert: fifty years of climate surveys have confirmed it's a catastrophic problem.
Juice Jacking. Not, strictly speaking, new, but worth keeping in mind for those of us who spend too much time in airports.


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Title: Leon's Way
Author: Sunniva Dee
Genre: New Adult
Release Date: December 19, 2014
I'm Leon, number one object of Deepsilver's rumor mill. Owner of student hotspot, Smother.
Since I was sixteen, the world has been mine. I do everything--
My way.
Every co-ed in town clenches her thighs over me, but most don't fit the bill. See, I like my girls broken. Once I detect my shade of don't-give-a-fuck damaged, I fight hard, I fight dirty, and I don't give up until--
I conquer.
Drunk fathers and frequent beatings don't merit attention, but when my despicable dad starts the process of croaking, I'm forced to remember. Thus, the downward spiral begins: my latest broken-girl turns the tables on me and splits. My hot-as-hell employee, Arriane, throws me the curve ball of a lifetime. And suddenly--
I'm out of control.
But at the center of my chaos, she exists. Always close, always sweet, and so beautifully fucking… wholesome. She represents everything I've shied from in a woman. Still--
I crave her.
I'm Leon, and I don't deny my cravings. Just—this girl is not surrendering. So here I am, fighting harder. Fighting dirtier. And goddammit all, I will--
I am the devil. What did she ever do to deserve this? She's my employee and an innocent bystander who's nothing like my usual contenders.
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They say sequels are always worse than the original…but clearly "they" have never been on an adventure-version-2.0-type sequel of a running/hiking adventure…because THOSE are always fun, original or version 2.0…
Back in the summer of 2014, Eric and I decided to finally tackle an adventure from our bucket list–running and/or hiking every mile of trail in Letchworth State Park. As kids and young adults, we'd both spent a lot of time in the park. We both wanted to see more, together. Getting to experience it all with friends almost 4 years ago was an incredible, exhausting and fulfilling week.
It is astounding to me how many people from the WNY area don't know about or have never been to Letchworth. I'm going to pause here and say that this park is incredible–there is really something for everyone here–plenty of amazing spots that you can drive to and avoid getting dirty (for my not-so-outdoorsy peeps!), plenty of really easy hikes (for my friends with small kids), and a ton of challenging trails (for all the crazies I know), too! And the views…oh man the views…one of the best parts about visiting the Grand Canyon of the East is all the great look-out points. For more info on trails and my take on each of them, you can visit this blog. Or you can just look at these stunning images Eric has captured!
This year, as we discussed summer shenanigans, Eric expressed interest in a second attempt at the Run 'Em All/Hike 'Em All Challenge for a project he wants to work on…and so I hastily booked a campsite for our "home base" and planned out this year's adventure.
Looking at it, the schedule seems daunting. But Eric pointed out that we had plenty of time, last go-round, to hang at camp eating and drinking. We made it work then. We'll be fine this time, too.
Sooooo…We'll be in Letchworth from August 6 thru August 13. Our plan for the week is below…everything is obviously subject to change (based on weather/how we're feeling). None of these runs/hikes will be fast…we'll be stopping for pictures and video and just enjoying some time in nature. But we LOVE company and if anyone wants to explore with us, we'd love to have you. Book a campsite (they're already filling up a ton! so do it fast!) and join us for Version 2.0. I guarantee you it'll be a ton of fun!!!
|Monday, August 6
|Hike Trails 10 and 10a (roughly 6 miles)**Weather dependent we will do this in the AM or else after we check in and set up camp**
|Check in to camp (site 101) and situate for the week 🙂
|Tuesday, August 7
|Trail 1–7 miles one-way (depending we can drop car at end or hike back to starting spot for a total of 14 miles)
Start time: 8 AM
|Trails 13 to 11 to 14–6.5 miles
Start time: 5 PM
|Wednesday, August 8
|Trails 4 and 5–4 miles
Start time: 8 AM
Start time: 10:30
|Trails 17 and 15–6 miles
Start time: 6 PM
|Thursday, August 9
|Trails 7 to 6 to 6A–14 miles
Start time: 9 AM
|Friday, August 10
|Trails 18, 19, 19a and 20–14.5 miles
Start time: 8 AM
|Saturday, August 11
|Trails 9 to 8 to 8a back to 8 and 9–9 miles
Start time: 8 AM
|Sunday, August 12
|Check out of camp
Hike 5.5 miles on the FLT to Lean-To #1
Start time: 10 AM
Lunch at the Lean-To
|Hike 8.5 miles to Lean-To #2
Start time: Whenever we finish lunch and feel like it hahaha
|Monday, August 13
|Hike 8.5 miles to Lean-To #1
Start time: hopefully not as early as last time (thanks, coyotes)
|Hike 5.5 miles to cars. Celebrate the past days of amazing running, hiking, friendship and trail love!


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As many as 36 million adults in the U.S. suffer from some form of chronic jaw pain. What's more, many of these may also experience other painful conditions like arthritis or chronic fatigue in other parts of their body.
Chronic jaw pain is actually a group of difficult to define disorders collectively referred to as temporomandibular joint disorders (TMJD or also TMD). TMD not only refers to pain symptoms of the temporomandibular (jaw) joints but also of the jaw muscles and surrounding connective tissue. Most physicians and dentists agree TMD arises from a complex range of conditions involving inheritable factors, gender (many sufferers are women of childbearing age), environment and behavior.
A recent survey of approximately 1,500 TMD patients found that nearly two-thirds of them also suffered from three or more related health problems like fibromyalgia, chronic fatigue syndrome, rheumatoid arthritis, headaches, depression and problems sleeping. The understanding of TMD's connection with these other conditions is in its early stages of research, but there's avid interest among healthcare providers to learn more and possibly devise new treatments for TMD in coordination with these other related conditions.
In the meantime, TMD patients continue to respond best with the traditional approach to treatment, including physical therapy, thermal (hot or cold) compresses to the area of pain, medication and modifying the diet with more easier to chew foods. In extreme cases, jaw surgery may be recommended; however, success with this approach has been mixed, so it's advisable to get a second opinion before choosing to undergo a surgical procedure.
Hopefully, further study about TMD and its connection with other conditions may yield newer treatments to ease the pain and discomfort of all these conditions, including TMD. You can stay up to date on these and other developments for coping with the discomfort of TMD at www.tmj.org and through your healthcare provider team.
If you would like more information on TMD, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Chronic Jaw Pain and Associated Conditions."
A blow to the face can result in a variety of injuries to your jaws and the temporomandibular joints (TMJs) that join the lower jaw to the skull. Only a thorough examination can determine the type and extent of the injury, and how to treat it.
The pain you feel in your jaw may indicate a direct injury, usually near the joint. This could mean the joint head (condyle) has dislocated, or moved out of the joint space. It could also mean you've fractured your lower jaw, most commonly just below the head of the joint.
Jaw pain can also indicate structures near the jaw and joint have been damaged and the jaw is indirectly affected. In some cases a damaged tooth may be radiating pain signals through the jaw (along similar nerve paths). More likely, trauma to soft tissue near the jaw joint has swelled with inflammation, putting pressure on the joint and temporarily stopping the condyle from seating fully in the joint space.
Any of these injuries can also cause painful muscle spasms, a defensive reaction from the body that causes muscles on either side of the jaw to limit movement preventing further damage (a natural splint, if you will). Thus, the pain may be compounded by a diminished range of motion when you try to chew or speak.
It's important, therefore, to determine the exact cause of pain and limited movement before commencing treatment. Spasms and inflammation are usually treated with muscle relaxant drugs and anti-inflammatory pain relievers. In the case of a dislocation, gentle manipulation can ease the condyle back into the joint space. A fracture would require more extensive treatment, including repositioning broken bone and immobilizing the jaw from movement to allow healing. In the most severe cases, surgical treatment may be necessary to internally immobilize the joint.
If you sustain an injury that results in jaw swelling and pain, you should see us without delay. The sooner we can diagnose and begin the proper treatment for your injury, the less likely you'll encounter long-term problems and the sooner you'll be pain and swelling free.
If you would like more information on the causes and treatment of jaw pain, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Jaw Pain."
After ruling out other causes for your jaw pain, your doctor or dentist has made a diagnosis: a temporomandibular joint disorder (TMD). With TMD, your pain symptoms and other dysfunctions are due to a problem associated with the temporomandibular joint (TMJ) that connects your lower jaw (mandible) to your upper skull (cranium).
There are a number of treatment options, but most can be classified as either aggressive or conservative. Aggressive treatments are more interventional and target problems with the teeth such as bite problems or jaw relationships as they relate to the bite, which are thought to be underlying causes for TMD. Such treatments include orthodontics to realign teeth, crown or bridgework, or surgical treatment to the jaw or joint itself. These treatments are controversial and irreversible — with no guarantee of symptom relief.
It's thought by many to be appropriate, then, to start with more conservative treatments. Many of these are based on treating the TMJ — which is a joint, a moveable bony structure connected by muscles and tendons — with an orthopedic approach, using treatments similar to those used for other joint problems.
Here, then, are some of those conservative therapies that may relieve your TMD pain and other symptoms.
Physical Therapy. Commonly used to treat pain and dysfunction in other joints, physical therapies like manual manipulation, massage, alternating hot and cold packs or exercises can be used to relax, stretch or retrain the muscles that operate the TMJ while reducing pain and inflammation.
Medications. Medications may be incorporated into the treatment plan to relieve pain, reduce inflammation or relax tense muscles. Besides prescription drugs, over-the-counter anti-inflammatory drugs (such as ibuprofen or acetaminophen) are also commonly used.
Bite Appliances. If night-time teeth grinding or clenching habits are a primary cause for the TMD, you may benefit from wearing an occlusal bite guard while you sleep, designed to specifically fit your upper teeth. Because the lower teeth can't grip the guard's smooth plastic surface when biting down, they'll more likely produce less force. This gives the jaw muscles a chance to relax during sleep.
Diet changes. Changing to softer foods, which don't require strenuous chewing, and eliminating the chewing gum habit will further help reduce stress on the TMJs and also give your muscles a chance to relax and heal.
If you would like more information on TMD and treatment options, please contact us or schedule an appointment for a consultation. You can also learn more about this topic by reading the Dear Doctor magazine article "Seeking Relief from TMD."


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Imagine This: Your life smells (nothing like Chanel No.5, but) of bleach and Glade as a cleaner of spas, country clubs and ginormous homes of the well-to-do. You do not have an easy life. Not with your children and their constant needs. And a 'partner' who hasn't proposed for nineteen years who's so much of a lazy slob, all he does for full-time is rant at you.
Life couldn't get any worse than this when the people around your estate are mostly crack-heads, teenagers who get knocked up and become dropouts. Could this be the future of your kids?
Then when the death of a Professor who was always keen on you as her cleaner, catapults your children into the life of highly-esteemed schools where all the mums arrive in Land Rovers, organize tea meetings in their plush homes after the school drop-off so the new mums could get acquainted with the system of things (and hierarchy of things), have mani-pedi dates with one another discussing which tutor is shipped from where helping their child's math, you are both enamoured and frightened.
How are you going to pay the bills now that the children want to go on rugby tours in South Africa? Or put much effort into organizing bake sales with all the mums who know nothing about running shifts to scrub other people's toilets? How can you cope with a partner who cannot wait for you to arrive so he could berate you for all the wrong choices you've made in your life (excluding running off with him, of course)?
And what do you do about the Head Teacher who's showing such interest in you you can hardly focus when you are doing someone's toilet?
Maia Exteleku's life summed for your delight.
I loved, loved this book! So in my review you know I'd be urging you to grab a duster and do your own cleaning so you could take (mini) breaks and sit cross-legged with this book in your lap?
Beautiful story-line! Girl's day job is cleaning. Girl doesn't really dream of life more than that, but she'd like that the council tax people would take it easier on her. Girl has always dreamt of going back to school for a degree to better her life, but if only the man who has never proposed to her for nineteen years would give her a little encouragement rather than take up all her savings to hit the pubs when he's grumpy (which is always). If only Girl could get her life together and give her children the good life they deserve, she'd be more than accomplished. Except on the way to giving children a good life, children want horses, bitchy mums cannot wait to downgrade her, Head Teachers cannot help but flirt and neighbours cannot help but envy what she has (which is nothing!). Brilliant. A star to the story-line.── ★
I adored the main character, Maia. She's so relatable. She has this whiplash, direct tone laced with humour that gives the reader no chance to indulge in annoying constant bemoaning of her troubles. You would love her for trying to make the school run when she's so late to scrubbing off someone's floors. You would also love her for being about the only mum who doesn't have the luxury to mani-pedi yet isn't envious of all the others. You would also love her for being committed to succeeding in a life that keeps slamming her on her bottom with mountains of debt (so she could imitate a late aunt with a Spanish accent to tell off the creditors). A star to her!── ★★
The development of the supporting cast made this book worth-reading too. You would love Sandy, the neighbour next-door who cannot always wait to rub it in our lead's face how much she's trying to be prim and proper when cleaning other people's shit is all she does. You would want to kick the gonads, of Colin, the 'partner' who only cares about his beers and West Ham. You would find Jennifer, one of the school mums, utterly annoying for wanting to be such a bitch every time to our lead for her chosen profession. There's also Clover, one of the nicer mums, whose foul-mouth causes her children to take after her. Venetia, who is always going on about the necessity to pick out colleges for your nine year-olds and teaching them foreign languages so they could easily get into Oxford even if they wouldn't encounter anyone in their lives who spoke Mandarin. A star to all these and more.── ★★★
In every chapter there's a cliff-hanger, something to keep you flicking the pages. I was hooked. Lots of OMG moments thrown in there as well. There's also so much you could giggle at as an extra to make this book a kicking read.── ★★★★
I did love this book. But the first opening pages (twenty) were not that engaging and were shaky for me. However, after I got past the shaky bit I read all the others in a day!
So my rating: 4.5 stars/ 5 (4.5/5)
Too much for a debut, Kerry Fisher's book is available on Amazon. I do hope you get it as well as her latest, The Island Escape which also sounds equally fab!
I recommend this book to anyone who loves chick-lit leads with not-so-glamorous lives and jobs. Anyone who wants a book into the life of an immigrant should also run off with this book. Anyone who wants to get on with something from a debut author they'd love to stick with through all other bestsellers in the future.
My work not done here. Off to post my review on Goodreads.


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It's good to stay young at heart. It's good to keep a youthful outlook on life. It's good to keep your sense of humor where everybody else is losing their temper.
It's also good, however, to admit when you've had enough and cannot accomplish things at which you excelled 20 years ago.
Women realize this. We know when it's time to make a change. Hoop skirts and corsets went out of style ages ago. Now it's business suits for the professional woman and sweat suits for their time away from work. We don't wear our hair in pigtails, chew bubble gum or take disco lessons any more. We have matured with the times.
I believe the entire male species is one large college fraternity, refusing to grow up. A successful businessman can be very proper from 9 to 5 and, magically, transform into an 18-year-old prankster at 5:01. Is this good? It's good for them. Keeps them young.
What about the women who have to live with them after hours and on the weekends? Is it causing us to age faster than nature intended? Possibly, but we have no visible proof. Just because your husband brings home a stray puppy from the golf course does not mean you have grounds to commit him - even though he promises to take care of the pet himself, which you know will last two days.
Do you have chills up and down your spine when you hear the words, "Don't worry, honey, I'll fix the washer myself. It'll be just like new." A new what? Racing engine for the Indy 500?
I remember the last time Jay said he'd fix something, bless his heart. We had a leaky kitchen sink. It continued to leak until the pipes split and he put a car jack under them to keep them from falling down. Even then, it took another couple of weeks for him to call a plumber. That was only after he had exhausted every other option in order to keep from spending money.
Then there's the time he decided to paint the den ceiling himself because he could do just as good a job as a professional painter. He also informed me that he didn't need to cover up any of the furniture because he was so good, he would never spill a drop. Care to guess how that came out?
What's a female to do? Put them on restriction for a month? Take the golf clubs away? Threaten to throw out their favorite pair of underwear?
Take your pick. Just remember that, if you put them on restriction, you might be punishing yourself.
The underwear is a better bet.
(Pat Fickle is a Martinez resident.)


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'More than 3.2 million women and men participated in the Women's March across the country, and this is the response?' – Larsen
Washington, DC, January 24, 2017
In House floor speech, Congressman blasts H.R. 7 and global gag rule as tone deaf attacks on women's reproductive rights
Rep. Rick Larsen (WA-02) today took to the floor of the U.S. House of Representatives to urge his colleagues to oppose H.R. 7 – a bill that would tighten restrictions on women's access to reproductive healthcare. H.R. 7 continues Congressional Republicans' efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act with no plan to replace it, and comes one day after President Trump reinstated the "global gag rule" which undermines women's reproductive healthcare outside the U.S.
"Madam Speaker, I rise today in opposition to H.R. 7, the latest attack on women's reproductive rights. Today's bill comes on the coattails of the new administration yesterday reinstating the "global gag rule" which limits women's reproductive healthcare outside the U.S. And all of this, after 3.2 million women and men across the country participated in the Women's March last Saturday. The march sent a clear message: that this administration should not undermine women's rights and women's healthcare. And this is the response? To undermine women's reproductive healthcare? Well, Madam Speaker, the people of our country are watching. They are showing up. They are paying attention. And they will not back down in the face of attempts to move the country backwards. I urge my colleagues to oppose H.R. 7. Thank you, I yield back."
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Last week, Larsen was joined by more than 174 Members of Congress in urging then President-elect to reject policies that would harm women, repeal the Affordable Care Act and defund Planned Parenthood. Larsen also held a seven-stop Affordable Care Act Tour of Washington's 2nd Congressional District – a series of events to hear from constituents, hospital administrators, healthcare providers, insurers, patient advocacy organizations and members of the faith community about how Congressional Republicans' efforts to repeal the Affordable Care Act with no plan to replace it will affect Washingtonians.


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Now that Openreach has been surgically removed from BT, it's hoped that the UK's broadband infrastructure will end up better and cheaper. Today it's announced that it might be taking one step towards making things nicer for everyone, because its considering increasing previously announced goals regarding the rollout of FTTP broadband.
FTTP (aka Fibre to the Premises) is when the fibre connection goes straight into your house, rather than that green box half a mile down the road. The company has announced it will be holding a consultation about expanding upon the FTTP rollout promised to us by BT.
Those goals are currently set to add broadband with at least 100 Mbps to 12 million homes and businesses by the end of 2020. The only problem with it is that under those plans, only two million homes would receive 'full' fibre connectivity. The other 10 million would be stuck with Fibre to the Cabinet (FTTC), which relies on regular old copper wires to complete the final stages of the internet journey.
Openreach CEO Clive Selley believes that "with the right conditions" FTTP connections could be installed into 10 million homes and businesses by the mid-20s.
The consultation is due to begin this summer, weighing up the pros and cons of an increased rollout and trying to figure out where they're going to get the money to fund it. The funding is the most important thing, naturally, and its probably going to be up to the likes of the government and internet providers to sort that out.
A second consultation will also be happening in the near future, focussing on increasing speeds in rural areas and improving the connection on long copper wire connections. These plans are to ensure everyone in the country gets access to broadband speeds of 10Mbps or higher. [TechRadar]


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Jugneeta Sudan
'Life Flows On', a film about dementia and elderly care, revolves around the lives of three patients. Much of the film is shot in Mussorie (Uttarakhand) and it stars Indian actors Tom Alter, Satyabrat Rout, Ganjendra Verma, British actor Allegra Dunn, Norwegian actor Astri Ghosh and French actor Michael Dieter. Directed by Vishaal Nityanand, the film had its world premiere at the Jagran Film Festival in Mumbai earlier this month.
Besides the delicate issue that the film highlights, it's Astri Ghosh's role in the film that caught my attention. Astri is a writer/translator based in Goa. Her Indo-Norwegian background makes her a versatile global citizen. She has translated/written over 15 books as an outcome of her extensive work at the Henrik Ibsen Study Centre at Oslo University, language-teaching assignments at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs, Norway and translations of eminent Urdu/Hindi/ Norwegian texts. She also curates the annual Jazz Festival in Delhi, led by Soli Sorabjee. Lately, she has turned to acting, and her repertoire has expanded to include meaningful cinema, the kind we are talking about here. The role in the film was both creative and emotionally painful for Astri whose mother was an Alzheimer's patient. She says that most of the other actors also had personal stories linked to dementia.
The film evocatively portrays the psychological and emotional journey of Emma (Allegra Dunn) whose mother (Astri Ghosh) is progressively degenerating, with the onset of Alzheimer's disease, after the death of her husband (Tom Alter). The latter appears in a few initial scenes as an environmentalist working in Mussorie. It is after his passing away and the worsening condition of the mother that Emma tries to find a support system at the health services in her town. The complete absence of any facility compels her to head to Delhi, where the doctor offers counselling. There is nothing much he can do other than delineate coping mechanisms, progress of the disease and some prescriptions. In the background, a nameless, homeless lunatic (Ganjendra Verma) affected by dementia is shown walking the streets in front of Emma's house. He is ridiculed and one day a lorry picks him up against all his struggles and stows him away to a distant landfill, so that nobody may feel bothered by his presence. Days later, he is found dead and frozen on a rubbish heap. Simultaneously, Emma's multiple trips culminate in a no-show as the doctor who was treating her mother has become a dementia patient himself.
In his interviews, the film maker Vishal N said that his aim was to draw attention to the deplorable infrastructure and support system for the terminally-ill and elderly in India. If the well-to-do in India have no access to dignified medical structure, what of the man on the street? A comparison with the western world then surfaces in the thought process. There is no doubt that they have a better support system in place and the weak and differently-challenged people lead a more dignified life. Their emotional needs of companionship with others of their ilk, participation in weekly stimulating activities, and care facilities ensure that they lead more satisfactory lives. The question then arises – with philosophy of spirituality and dharma in India and other countries in the East, why do the old and disabled lead such miserable undignified lives?
After a long meditation, yours truly has arrived at a hypothesis. It's the karma philosophy – the cause and effect principle – the bedrock of the collective Indian consciousness that makes people treat the widows, disabled and diseased, in the most abhorrent manner. The fact that these so-called unfortunate people have got what they deserved, a divine nemesis, makes others around them shameful and belittled to own them. "These people are cursed and suffering is their destiny" – is the most pernicious paradigm that people live with. Every deplorable condition and facility (or lack of it) then originates from this mentality. People shrug their shoulders and wash themselves of every guilt in the book of mankind with the quality of 'PITY'.
On similar lines, a recently published book 'The Book of Light' edited by Jerry Pinto is a compilation of true stories of people who live with differently-challenged relatives. The narrative abounds with accounts of hard struggles with loved-ones. The book came about as a follow-up exercise from Jerry's book 'Em and the Big Hoom' (a personal story about his mother who had bipolar disorder). Can we say that the plight of these numerous families would be a different story if the society as a whole thought differently?
Michael Foucault's thesis which resulted in his book 'Madness and Civilization – History of insanity in the age of reason' highlights the control of power structures in societies. Religion, the state and societal control make living a jail, where people are constantly monitored based on beliefs and constructs. Madness therefore, has been viewed through various societal belief–systems in different periods of history.
The book outlines that madness was a part of neighbourhoods in the medieval age. Lunatics roamed the streets and people enjoyed light empathetic moments with them and also vested them with some divine epiphanies. At the turn of the 17th century, tales of darkness, evil, witches, visitations by demons drove fear into the minds of the able people and they drove the mad off their streets. They confined them or put them into ships which endlessly sailed the waterways around lands, till the mad died locked in underwater cabins.
With the dawn of modernism was born an umbrella terminology 'mental case'. The state put in place asylums, psychiatric wards, cabinets of medicines, team of doctors and research students to monitor the so-called ill. Foucault terms this arrangement as another form of imprisonment from the prison to a psychiatric ward. At the end, he brings in the idea of 'art and madness.' Van Gogh, Antonin Artaud, Gerard de Nerval are examples of mad artists who created praiseworthy artistic works. His central argument rests on the idea that modern medicine fails to listen to the voice of the unreason. Neither medicine nor psycho-analysis offers a chance of understanding unreason. To do this, we need to look to the work of 'mad' authors such as Nietzsche, Nerval and Artaud. Unreason exists below the surface of modern society, only occasionally breaking through in such works.
Ship of fools, confinement, pariah treatment, psychiatric wards, fear, neglect and shame are not the answer. These societal perceptions only worsen the situation. The story of madness exists, in some form, in every household. The solution, maybe, lies in answering the question – "How do you define normal?"A well-reasoned and holistic treatment of the subject will restore the dignity of the differently-abled people.
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What's A-Parent is a series highlighting those who get real about the hardships that come with raising kids.These often untold stories help show parents they are not alone in their struggle, and are doing an amazing job.
Motherhood is a challenge. Period. But many moms are sometimes hesitant to speak out about just how difficult it can be for fear of being deemed anything less than the "ultimate mom."
Thankfully, there are a number of mothers who aren't afraid to get real. Very real. And they are taking to social media to share their honest and uncensored thoughts to let other tired, stressed moms out there know that what they are going through may be tough, but they're not alone.
We've covered many of these mothers' stories, but to get one big dose of "real talk," check out these six moms who tell it like it is. They offer fresh perspectives that every mom and mom-to-be should read.
1. Mel Watts
Mel Watts wrote a frank Facebook post about what the first nine months after having a baby are like. She wrote, "In the last 9 months I have never slept so little in my life. In the last 9 months I have suffered my worst anxiety I have ever experienced. Having a new baby is exhausting and life just doesn't stop. The bills still need to be paid, groceries still need to be purchased and the pressure you put on yourself is overwhelming."
Watts told the stressed out moms to relax, that they are only human and that they have already survived "the first 9 months of poop, spew and crappy sleep."
2. Revie Jane Schulz
New mom and personal trainer Revie Jane Schulz got candid about struggling to accept her post-baby body in an Instagram post. She opened up about being proud of her daughter, but not always being confident with the way she looked.
"I've found myself several times looking down at my belly. I caught myself feeling sad when clutching the loose skin that was once tight, unmarked and toned," she wrote on Facebook. "I tried to embrace and remind myself what it was all for but am left feeling so self conscious. I kept telling myself 'you knew it wouldn't be back to normal straight away, give it time,' but it was still a shock and I do get upset about it. And that is perfectly okay."
She concluded that it does get easier, and that when she feels down, she can look at her daughter, whom she created.
3. Storm-Manea Ellyatt
A lot of moms only post positive stuff on social media, but Storm-Manea Ellyatt opened up about how frustrating parenting can be in a Facebook letter.
She said, "It feels like a sick joke you never quite understood until this moment. All those cute bonds ads, miniature Nike shoes, adorable baby shower gifts, baby spam on Instagram, squad dates with your mom posse and those god damn laceylaners lied to me. Not once did I see an ad with a mom locked in her cupboard crying in her leaked, stained PJs from three days ago, covered in sweat and vomit, praying to every god imaginable for the strength and patience to go back to the shitshow that is now their life. The once calm, poised, patient goddess, who could sling cocktails, swear with sailors and dance uninhibited until tomorrow afternoon, can [barely] hold a conversation, hold her eyes open or the tears back from this new found 'bliss.'"
In closing, she saluted all of the parents who "dust themselves off" and do it again.
4. Erin Joy Farias
It is often parents who teach their children things, but one mom isn't afraid to admit her kid taught her something valuable. Erin Joy Farias, a mother from Michigan, admitted that she learned an important lesson from her son for allowing him to pick out the glasses he wanted.
She wrote on Facebook, "I became another person contributing to the problem of gender stereotypes when I essentially made my son choose green glasses. When his new purple glasses arrived and I presented them to my sweet boy (seconds before I took this photo), he squealed with the purest joy. His smile radiated confidence. I'm sorry for trying to persuade you to not love what you love, Hendrick. Your smile is enough."
5. Amanda Bacon
Mom-of-two Amanda Bacon recently shared a photo of herself wearing a mesh diaper, and it quickly went viral. She thought the photo was funny, raw, and stunning.
She wrote on Facebook, "Having a baby is a beautiful experience, and the realities of postpartum life aren't spoken enough about. And definitely not photographed enough. Some people probably find this uncomfortable, but why? I seriously don't get it! It's probably because this part isn't talked about. We all should try and educate, empower and embrace every aspect of childbirth, including moments like this. "
6. Ryshell Castleberry
Mom Ryshell Castleberry wrote a Facebook post on stay-at-mothers not having a "job." She framed the post as a conversation between a husband and a psychologist. To highlight all of the work that stay-at-home moms do, she then added the mom's part.
She wrote, "I work as a wife of the home, 24 hours a day ... I am a mother, I am a woman, I am a daughter, I'm the alarm clock, I'm the cook, I'm the maid, I am the master, I'm the bartender, I'm the babysitter, I'm a nurse, I am a manual worker, I'm a security officer, I'm the advisor, I am the comforter, I don't have a vacation, I don't have a license for disease. I don't have a day off, I work day and night, I'm on duty all the time, I do not receive salary and ... Even so, I often hear the phrase: 'But what do you do all day?' "
She dedicated the post to "all the women who give their lives for the welfare of their families."


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Happy Holidays! – Lethbridge Dog DaycareDecember 23, 2011
It has been a whirlwind week filled with cards, gifts, yummies to eat and so much holiday cheer. The dogs seem to sense everyone's excitement and have been running around burning off all the extra calories we've been eating. Too bad I can't say the same for myself. ;) We'd like to thank all of you for all your generousity! We always really feel the love this time of year. Merry Christmas everyone!
We took a whole bunch of photos the other day and ideally I'd pair them with some clever dialogue… but then you wouldn't see them until next week. So without further ado…Comments Off


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Amazonia - Vitrine
Lucy + Jorge Orta, 2011
Materials: Steel structure, copper tube, tap, laminated Lambda photograph, 4 OrtaWater bottles, 1 float, 2 flasks, aluminum cup
Dimensions: 45 x 89 x 24cm
In the work of Lucy + Jorge Orta, vitrines are focal points drawing our attention to a specific subject or issue. They usually find a photographic reference and a series of metaphorical objects inside or suspended from the structures. Inside this vitrine, a photograph taken during the artists' expedition to the Peruvian Amazon in 2009 is enlarged and fragmented. The pierced water gourds, containers, floats and the glass bottles coming the water purification projects at the Venice Biennale in 2005 and the Museum Boijmans Van Beuningen Rotterdam in 2006 make reference to the artists longstanding research focus on the subject of water.


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The obvious question is what is causing the cyclicality?
Stock Market 10-Year Rolling Returns vs. Price-to-Earnings (P/E) Ratio Graph
Dow Rolling 10-Year Returns vs. P/E
Above is a graph (click to expand) of the 10-year total return of the DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average) compared to the normalized P/E ratio. If there is a chart that I find even more fascinating than the 10-year rolling returns chart, it's this one. Each point on the rolling return graph represents the average annual return earned by an investor who bought the Dow at that year-end and sold 10 years later, reinvesting dividends in the interim. For example, the first point on the graph shows that an investor who bought at year-end 1901, reinvested dividends annually, and sold at year-end 1911 earned 7.9% per year.
The dotted line is the normalized price/earnings ratio (NPE) at the time of purchase. The NPE in 1901 was 15.6. This is calculated as the Dow price divided by the average earnings from 1896 through 1906. The earnings in the years prior to 1929 have been estimated. (Note: For a more detailed discussion of NPE, see About Normalized P/E Ratios.)
Normalized Price-to-Earnings Ratio and Returns for the Next 10 Years
It certainly appears that the 10-year return graph is very close to a mirror image of the normalized price-to-earnings graph. That is, when NPE goes up, returns tend to go down -- and vice versa. To the extent that is true, the message would be that the normalized P/E ratio (NPE) at time of purchase is the major determinant of 10-year returns. More specifically, Dow history shows high initial NPEs are associated with below average future returns; low initial NPEs are associated with above average future returns.
For example, the highest NPE (32.8) was in 1928, and so was the lowest 10-year return. That 10-year return, -1.3%, was the only negative 10-year return in our database -- so far. You might be interested to know that the third highest NPE (28.0) was in 1999. It doesn't show on the chart since the jury is still out; we won't know how buying in 1999 worked out until the end of 2009.
(Note: For a look at the impact of P/E independent of time, see Initial P/E vs 10-Year Returns. To see the impact in dollars, see the dollar impact of p/e ratios on 10-year market returns.)
Stock Market 20-Year Rolling Returns vs. P/E Ratio Graph
Dow Rolling 20-Year Returns vs P/E
Above is the same chart as before (click to expand), but for rolling 20-year returns -- just to show that the first one isn't a fluke. I'm not including the 5 and 50-year charts. However, they convey the same basic message.
Using Valuation (P/E) to "Predict" Future Returns
This post provides visual evidence of the impact of valuation (specifically, price/earnings ratio) on future stock market performance. The Extraordinary Impact of P/E Ratios provides a different graphic representation of this same phenomenon, and also provides a method for quantifying the impact of multiple expansion/contraction.
Combined, the above posts provide compelling motivation to investigate ways to use valuation to forecast future stock market performance and results. The relationships displayed here are fundamental to the methodology I use to project stock market returns for the next 10 years.
Note: The above charts are based on DJIA (Dow Jones Industrial Average) data from my Stock Market Analysis Model. Results would be essentially the same if we used S&P 500 data.
Related PostsInitial P/E Ratio vs 10-Year Stock Market Returns, and Initial P/E Ratio vs 20-Year Stock Market Returns: for a different look at the historical relationship between P/E and future returns.
Projecting Stock Market Returns: Taking advantage of the relationship between P/E and future returns to project returns for the next 10 years.
How Much Will a $10,000 Stock Market Investment Grow to in 10 Years?: looks at the variability in the size of the ending portfolios resulting from the varying 10-year returns above.
What Will a $10,000 Stock Market Investment be Worth in 20 Years?: similar, but for 20 years.
Stock Market 10-Year Rolling Returns Analysis of the 10-year returns.
Stock Market 20-Year Rolling Returns Analysis of the 20-year returns.
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Hi guys,
I've been tossing up whether to give WWOOFING a shot- it sounds amazing! Can anyone share their experience??
Tegan :)
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What is WWOOFING?????
try googleing it:)
I've been looking at maybe doing it next year for a while,
so I'd love to hear other people's experiences too!
Looks interesting.....hhmmm.....maybe I will look into it as well!!
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This malt has been a real challenge. I've tried to make it 10 times varying the process each time. My goal has been to make a malt that tastes like Honey malt. So far I've come close but not close enough. I wanted to re-do this one as well because a few people had asked me and I was wondering myself, what the difference was between Brumalt and a dark Munich or Aromatic malt. I don't have much information on Brumalt in the textbooks that I have so I've been doing this mostly by trial and error. I've been measuring my results with store bought malts (Honey and melanoidin) comparing pH, colour, extract and flavour.
As you may know Honey malt is made by the Gambrinus malting company right here in my home province of British Columbia Canada so I had to ask if they would give me any information on how it's made. They wouldn't of course, the recipe is a closely guarded secret but they were nice enough to give me a tour of the plant which you can see here. Like the name says it tastes like honey but it's a dark honey flavour and has an almost wine-like fermented quality to it.
The first thing I noticed when comparing malts is that store bought melanoidin and Honey malt have a lower pH than Aromatic malt or a Munich of a similar Lovibond. So what causes this low pH if it's not the colour?
According to the descriptions I've read, after a 6 day germination the green brumalt is piled up and covered with a tarpaulin or if it's made in a box system all ventillation is cut off and the malt heats up to as much as 50C due to respiration, usually within 24 hours. (Munich is only allowed to reach 25 C). Once enough carbon dioxide builds up the malt stops growing and cools down but the enzymes continue to develop which create a malt with a lot of "low molecular weight sugars and amino acids" (Kunze 2004 p.180) In Malts and Malting, Briggs states that this phase lasts 30-40 hours (Briggs 1998 p. 714) Kunze states 36 hours.
A few more details in Brewing and Malting include a moisture content of 48% and an increase in temperature during the last 36 hours of germination to 40-50C. Sometimes heat was added "…with a low flame" Kunze also states "Melanoidin malt… contributes, by virtue of it's low pH to flavour stability…" (Kunze 2004 p. 180)
In Jean DeClercks A Textbook of Brewing he describes the practice of "Thickening the Piece" "…used for the preparation of malts with a rich aroma. It simply consists of making the piece into a thick heap on the last two days of flooring. The temperature rises to 50C and enzymatic activity becomes very intense. Pre-formed sugars are formed in large amounts and there is considerable proteolysis." (DeClerck 1957 p.177) Something else jumped out at me in the DeClerck text when he described an investigation carried out by Luers and Gottschneider on the effects of different proportions of CO2 on malting. With 20% CO2 in the air during germination the presence of ethanol was detected. (DeClerck 1957 p 175) Is this why I'm detecting a wine-like fermented flavour and aroma from Honey malt?
A while ago I made an acid malt by placing green malt into a sealed ziploc bag keeping it warm at 35-40C for 36 hours. The ideal environment to promote the growth of Lactobacillus bacteria which is naturally present on the husks, is at 37C in an anaerobic environment. So it makes sense that some amount of acidification is happening during this couching phase of the brumalt process.
In order to mimic these natural occurrences on a small scale I had to enclose the malt in a ziploc bag to seal out the oxygen. I then added some heat to keep the temperature at 37C This worked well and I was able to get a malt with the pH at the same level as Honey malt after 16 hours at 37C before raising the temperature to 50C to stew. But I wanted to see if I could make it in a way that was closer to the descriptions. I tried it once in a small cooler loosely covered and the temperature rose to 42C due to respiration, but it took three days and I was concerned that the malt would overgrow. When this happens the malt will taste bitter and sprouty. I then bagged the grain for a period to acidify it just like before but this time it didn't work. After kilning the pH was not lower, I thought that perhaps the hot couching may have killed off the bacteria.
PH is also affected by colour of course, generally speaking the darker the malt the lower the pH, but a characteristic of Honey malt is that it lacks the roasted or toasty flavours you would get from a dark malt due to the lower curing temperature. The colour comes from the melanoidins developed during stewing. When you add a stewing phase at 50C 122F proteolytic enzymes break down the proteins into sugars and amino acids which when combined with heat in a moist environment create melanoidins which give you malty flavours and colour. You can control the amount of colour by varying the time your malt spends at this stewing phase. After experimenting I found that 8 hours at 50C will give me a colour around 25-30 L, similar to Honey malt. Of course that will vary with the barley used and the amount of protein in the grain. Roasted malts on the other hand which are created when the malt is dry and at a higher temperature will give you more roasted flavours, sort of like the formation of toast vs. bread crust.
One test that I've been using to compare malts is meant to measure the soluble sugar and extract potential (sort of). It's not a scientific test and not very consistent but since it's just comparative it does give some insight as to how a malt is made. I've been using this test because it's quick. A measured amount of grain (1.6 oz) is weighed and crushed and mixed with 250 mL of boiling water. The use of boiling water was meant to inactivate the enzymes but since the temperature of the water drops as it's added to the sample some of the enzymes survive and end up converting some of the starches.The sample is allowed to settle and cool and then is measured with a refractometer.
In a true cold water extract test the water is mixed with a solution of ammonia to inactivate the enzymes. Cold water extracts are used to measure the amount of soluble sugars or "pre-formed sugars" there are, which tells you how well modified a malt is, the higher the number the more thorough the modification.
The results that I've gotten just using boiling water are quite telling. Honey malt gets a very high brix number similar to a pale malt that I made. My Brumalt was a close second, Munich scored lower and caramel malt scores very low. So since this test is actually showing us the diastatic power or even the extract potential it would lead me to believe that honey malt is kilned at lower temperature than Munich. Keeping the kilning temperature below 50C until the moisture content is below 10% will not destroy as many enzymes.
In a true hot water extract test the malt is mashed according to a very specific schedule and what you find out is the potential extract of a malt. I tried my own version of this test as well with small 50g samples comparing Honey malt, Munich 30L, Aromatic, Melanoidin and my own. Although my test was crudely done Honey malt still came out on top with the highest brix reading, mine was still second.
Here are some of the things I've tried with these these test batches:
Germination temperatures, 1. warm throughout, 2. warm during the last 3 days and 3. warm for the last day only. Warm germination temperatures during the final phase of germination promote the development of proteolytic enzymes, the enzymes which act on proteins. From what I've read the longer the germination the more enzymes will develop and to have a long germination the temperature must be kept at 13C or 55F. The warmer the germination the faster the grain grows. What seems to work best (for my barley) is 6 days at 13 then a day at 22C.
Couching, I've tried a few different lengths of time to get a lower pH and determined that with my barley, 16 hours at 37C with a shorter rest at 50C for 8 hrs, both in a sealed ziploc bag and low kilning temperatures gives me the same pH and colour.
High kilning- raising the temperature to 60C while there is still 25-30% moisture. Usually done with Munich malt for maltier flavour and for colour, this will lower the diastatic power of the malt. I don't seem to be having any problems achieving colour with kilning temperatures below 50C, the amount of colour is dependant of the length of time it spends stewing at 50C. This could be an indicator of a high level of protein in my barley. So I settled on using low kilning temperatures to maintain the enzymatic power as much as possible. As well I've also tried different curing temperatures and I've found to minimize the roasty character the curing temperature must be kept below 200F. The biggest changes in colour and pH occur during the curing phase, a half hour can make a huge difference.
What I've achieved so far is a sweet malt, not roasty and with the same pH and colour as Honey malt. It's very unique and I'll be using it whenever a recipe calls for melanoidin malt but it has more of a tart flavour and is missing the deep honey-like and almost vinous flavour characteristic in Honey malt. I am not going to give up trying to figure out this malt but there are a lot of variables at every stage. Along with my procedure, the variety of barley and it's protein content could be affecting my results as well as the scale at which it's produced. As well since bacteria seem to be involved it's flavour characteristics could be due to the local environment in which it is malted or where the barley was grown which is literally 1000 km away. Unfortunately I have to put this malt on hold since I've used almost all of the barley I grew last year. This is the schedule that comes closest so far:
This will give you a sweet yet sour malt (low pH) that's around 30L and maintains it's diastatic power.
Steep until 48%
Germinate at least 6 days at 13C, acrospires at 3/4 then 24 at room temp. 22C (acrospires on average are now the full length of grain)
Couch (lactic acidification phase) in a zip-loc bag sealed for 16 hours at 37C
ramp up temp to 50C (proteolysis phase) and hold for 8-10 hours for about a 30L colour, Add more time for more colour 16-18 hrs = around 60L
Kiln at 40-45C for 24 hours or until moisture is below 10%
1 hour at 175F 79C
1 hour at 185F 85C
3 hours at 190C 88C


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Visiting Artist
The Department of Art was honored to host visiting artist John Armstrong this month. John worked with Professor James Bailey and students to demonstrate techniques and discuss printmaking processes. Here are some pictures of John's visit:
Professor James Bailey and Visiting Artist John Armstrong stand beside the press John built in the 70's.
Artist John Armstrong standing among the prints he produced during his week-long visit.
Professor James Bailey, John Armstrong and Print Graduate Student Stephanie Johnsen.
Exhibition Info:
Mary Ann Papanek-Miller, former Professor and Chair of The Department of Art at The University of Montana, and current Professor and Chair of the Department of Art Media and Design at DePaul University in Chicago, Illinois will be exhibiting new works at The Missoula Art Museum. The exhibition titled, " A Snowman cares for our Memory of Water" will run from March 6 to June 14. Mary Ann Papanek-Miller will give a gallery talk on March 6 during the opening reception from 5-8pm. The work in this exhibition utilizes line and a variety of mixed media processes with a strong vocabulary of painting. A deep spiritual attitude is revealed in this work as Papanek- Miller studies the philosophical nature of time and the conflict of popular culture clashing with a concern for the earth.
Papanek-Miller incorporates the technique of isolating an object, often a mass produced toy or phenomena, creating a drawing or other visual record, and subsequently creating compositions by arranging and layering those images. Through this layering, new meanings and associations emerge. There a dialogue begins between the viewers and the different, sometimes disparate symbols layered and juxtaposed.
Arguably because of television and, increasingly the computer screen, the audience has been conditioned to accept the moving image as a way of consuming visual imagery. The layering in Papanek-Miller's works lead the viewer and encourage him or her not to think of the activities in an isolated sense but as a process and as an interrelated experience. Her process urges us not to just look, but to slow down and go beyond, to contemplate a deeper experience of seeing, and, recognize the lessons we know and can draw from art.
Through layering and exploring symbol interrelationships, Papanek-Miller incorporates the familiar in a ritual of re-examination and re-contextualizing. She makes use of a limited palette and values, and graphic lines are bounced off muted colors. The foundation she works upon is a surface that has been weathered and nature itself has left what she calls an "environmental imprint."
Papanek-Miller incorporates reflections from childhood stories, songs, and rhymes which reveal a deep concern for the environment. Her extensive toy collection is the basis for her environmental concerns. She states, "I continue to be attracted to toys as social barometers and cultural souvenirs. I believe that toys are beautiful and magical objects and that they bridge our many cultures and age groups as 'contemporary amulets' and 'time devices' serving as truthful conceptual tools."
Archie Bray Day:
The University of Montana Dept of Art Jim and Jane Dew Visiting Artist fund and the Starving Sculpture and Ceramics Students are pleased to host its annual Archie Bray Day on Tuesday, Mar 3 from 10am to 6pm in the Ceramics lab in the Art Annex. Each year, three of the current resident artists from the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena are invited to demonstrate their skills in ceramic art for students and the general public. Approximately 10 residents work and study at the Archie Bray Foundation in Helena and have been juried in from over 100 applicants from around the world. This year the University of Montana will host Kevin Snipes, Renee Audette and Jeremy Hatch. Demonstrations will take place from approximately 10am to 1pm, and 2-5pm. Slide lectures of the artists work will be shown from 5-6pm. Archie Bray Days are free and open to the public. For more information call Beth Lo 243-6476 or 243-5893.
About the Artists:
Kevin Snipes received his MFA from the University of Florida in 2003. Creator of quirky vessels embellished with brightly colored cartoony figures, Snipes has been receiving accolades from galleries across the country. Snipes has also been an artist in residence at the Cleveland Institute of the Arts and the Worcester Center for Crafts in Massachusetts.
Jeremy Hatch is a ceramicist and sculptor who holds a BFA from Emily Carr Institute and an MFA at the New York State College of Ceramics at Alfred University. He has attended residencies and exhibited his work throughout Canada and the United States. Jeremy currently employs a ceramic process of slip-casting porcelain to produce large unglazed sculptural installations. He has expanded his material investigations to incorporate rubber, plastic and fiberglass into his ceramic work. Hatch was the recipient of British Columbia's 2005 Visual Arts Development Awards.
Renee Audette discovered her love of figurative ceramics as an art student at the University of Wyoming where she received her BFA in 2000. She completed her MFA, in 2005, at the University of Florida where she studied under Nan Smith, Linda Arbuckle and Matt Long. After graduating, Renee lived and worked in Gainesville FL as a studio artist and part-time professor at Santa Fe Community College. Renee exhibits her work both nationally and internationally and was featured as an emerging talent in the May 2007 edition of Ceramics Monthly magazine. Her sculptures explore the ironic stereotypes of girlhood innocence and naiveté by creating a voyeuristic dream-world based on memory and fantasy, where everything is not as perfect as it first appears.
Alumni News:
Former Department of Art BFA student Brian Kakas was recently awarded the silver award at the 5th World Ceramic Biennale 2009 Korea in Incheon! Congratulations to Brian! Here are some pictures of his work:
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Already one of the leading Republican critics of businessman Donald Trump, U.S. Rep. Carlos Curbelo, R-Fla., did not rule out voting for former U.S. Sec. of State Hillary Clinton over the GOP frontrunner in November.
CBS Miami reported that Curbelo ruled out voting for Trump and has told some Democrats he might vote for Clinton.
"I think both Donald Trump and Mrs. Clinton are flawed candidates, if you look at the polls the majority of Americans have negative views on both of them," Curbelo told CBS Miami "So I am going to wait and see what happens on our side, but I have already said I will not support Mr. Trump, that is not a political decision that is a moral decision."
Curbelo has been sharply critical of Trump, musing last year that he could be a plant from the Democrats and criticizing the GOP frontrunner's stance on immigration. Earlier this month, Curbelo was one of only five House Republicans to vote against joining a constitutional challenge to President Barack Obama's executive orders on immigration.
First elected in 2014 in a swing district, Curbelo is expected to face a tough battle for a second term in November, especially as the district has grown friendlier to Democrats following the latest round of redistricting. Former U.S. Rep. Joe Garcia, D-Fla., who Curbelo beat in 2014, and former Miami Dade Democratic Party Chairwoman Annette Taddeo are currently running for the Democratic nod.
The Democratic Congressional Campaign Committee (DCCC) insisted Curbelo was moving to the left to win over voters in the district.
"If Carlos Curbelo thinks that floating the idea of supporting a Democrat will make South Floridians forget his tenure in Congress spent acquiescing to Speaker Ryan and anti-immigrant House Republicans, then he will be in for a huge surprise," said Jermaine House, a spokesman for the DCCC, on Friday. "Nobody knows who the real Carlos Curbelo is anymore, but voters will remember that they can't count on him to take a stand."
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like most cooks - and those of you who make dinner (almost) every night but still don't quite consider yourselves cooks - i am always on the lookout for both good sides and something different. bonus if the dish has five ingredients or less and takes less than thirty minutes to put together. these beans fit the bill perfectly. nothing fancy, or fussy, white beans dressed simply with tomatoes, onion, garlic, and rosemary. they went well with our pizza and i don't doubt they'll make an appearance again some night when jason's out of town and i'm on my own for dinner.
italian white beans
adapted from kitchenist
20 minutes, serves 2 as a side or 1 as a main
1/2 small red onion, finely diced
1 garlic clove, minced
1 sprig rosemary, leaves stripped and minced
pinch of coarse salt
1 tablespoon olive oil
1 tablespoon tomato paste
30 ounces canned cannellini beans, drained and rinsed
- combine the onion, garlic, and rosemary together. add a pinch of coarse salt and mix until the mixture becomes a paste.
- coat the bottom of a saute pan with olive oil and saute the onion mixture over medium heat. cook until the onion is translucent, about 5 minutes.
- add the tomato paste and and beans. depending on how dry the mixture is, add a tablespoon or two of water. cook until the beans are hot through and coated with sauce, about 5 minutes.