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Canada: Hemp in Harmony
Some researchers believe hemp has many properties that make it perfect for sustainability.
Our Future Planet investigates.
Reasoned argument over the value of hemp can often be tricky to achieve, polarized between die hard hemp and cannabis enthusiasts and skeptics regarding the arguments as woolly shirted, hippy doctrine.
The reality, as usual, is nowhere near as aggressive. For a start, a few facts surrounding the material do seem to indicate its worth within a sustainable agenda.
It appears industrial hemp can provide many of the raw materials we need as a society to function. Myriad websites list the uses: hemp food, hemp oil, hemp plastics, hemp insulation, hemp concrete, hemp paper, and other hemp composites.
'Hemp is one of the fastest growing plants in the world, producing about ten tons of dry product per acre per year,' explains http://www.hemp.com/. This is a pretty crucial fact. In a climate facing water shortages and rising temperatures, speed of production for sustainable materials is going to become key.
There are some pretty ingenious things that can be done with this material. Green Butts is just one company looking to make capital from hemp's handy characteristics.
The firm makes sustainable cigarette filters, from a mixture of organic cotton and hemp. These can be combined with various seeds, so when users throw their cigarettes away not only will the butts naturally biodegrade, they will also grow into flowers if dropped on soil.
'The duration of the degradation process is cited as taking as long as 10 to 15 years,' explains Green Butts, describing breakdown times for cellulose acetate filters.
'It is estimated that 4.5 trillion cigarette butts become litter every year. In the 2006 International Coastal Cleanup, cigarettes and cigarette butts constituted 24.7 per cent of the total collected pieces of garbage, over twice as many as any other category.'
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To some that might seem a limited application given worldwide drives to limit smoking, but the Government of Canada appears to be another agency putting its money where its mouth is.
On April 6, Inky Mark, Member of Parliament for Dauphin Swan River-Marquette, on behalf of the Honourable Gerry Ritz, Minister of Agriculture and Agri-Food Canada and the Honourable Lynne Yelich, Minister of State for Western Economic Diversification, announced government support to help Plains Industrial Hemp Processing Ltd. strengthen economic opportunities in Gilbert Plains.
"This is one more way that our Government is investing in innovative projects that will open new market opportunities and boost the bottom line of our farmers," said Mark.
Under the project, Plains Industrial Hemp Processing Ltd. will build a hemp fibre processing plant. The facility will process up to 18,000 metric tonnes of hemp annually and generate new export markets for western Canadian value added agricultural products.
Federal funding of $3,375,000 is being provided through the Community Adjustment Fund (CAF) as part of Canada's Economic Action Plan, and $1,400,000 under the Agriculture and Agri Food Canada Agri Opportunities Program.
It's when cash sums and global governments become involved in projects like this that the wider implications for these kind of materials become apparent. 'Hemp can be used as a short term solution to the climate change challenge, simultaneously increasing soil carbon, locking carbon into raw materials and replacing unsustainable raw materials across several industries,' argues Hemp Global Solutions (HGS).
HGS offers funds and venture capital for hemp related businesses, aiming to drive investment into the material. 'The average UK resident creates emissions of around 11 tonnes of carbon annually, which equates to approximately one hectare of hemp grown in the UK,' continues HGS.
Combining this with the wider versatility of hemp's uses than conventional agroforestry suggests it could become a key provider of global material needs while creating a valuable 'carbon sink'.
It seems many potential uses fit effectively in with sustainability. Hemp Technology has, in March 2010, just launched Breathe.
Made from UK grown hemp and flax, 'Breathe offers a renewable and low carbon means of insulating lofts, walls and floors.' Hemp Technology claims. The firm points to a thermal conductivity of 0.039 W/mK, which it says performs better than many fibre products.
Other products from Hemp Technology include animal bedding, and in landscaping and erosion control systems. And there's also potential for the plant to offer solutions to hunger.
Manitoba Harvest Hemp Foods & Oils claims to be the largest vertically integrated hemp food manufacturer in the world. Its products include Hemp Milk. Protein Powders, Seed Oils and Butters.
Analysing the arguments
Much of the anti-hemp campaign seems to centre around fears of legalised hemp production leading to a blurring of the lines, between legal plant cultivation for material use and illegal cultivation for recreational drug usage.
This however seems a pity as, if even a third of the claimed uses for hemp really stack up, then it does have potential to contribute to a shift away from resource inefficient farming and materials use to something with a potentially more sustainable future.
As the needs for alternative solutions to existing practices grow more urgent, it will be interesting to see how global governments and communities react to the debate.
What are your views? Not sure? Read the resources below for more information. Add your comment below. We welcome your thoughts and proposals. Not a Planetary Citizen? Sign up to Our Future Planet today!
A RENEWAL OF COMMON SENSE: The Case for Hemp in 21st Century America
Hemp and Marijuana: Myths & Realities - by David P. West, Ph.D. for the North American Industrial Hemp Council
CRS Report for Congress: Hemp as an Agricultural Commodity
Source: http://www.ourfutureplanet.org/news/365-hemp-in-harmony-some-researchers...
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Avenues Guesthouse
Situated in the gateway to the Garden Route and above beautiful Mossel Bay, Avenues Guesthouse is a place of tranquillity. Enjoy the peacefulness without being too far from the scenic spots of Mossel Bay which are just minutes away: The Mossel Bay Golf Course, the St. Blaize Lighthouse, museums, hiking trails, beaches, shark cage diving, boat trips and whale watching - just naming a few. Restaurants and shopping malls are also nearby.
Avenues Guesthouse is the perfect location for trips to a huge bunch of attractions along the Garden Route and Little Karoo, and your hosts would love to help you with all your arrangements.
Avenues Guesthouse offers 3 comfortable and individually decorated rooms with extra-length queensize beds, one room with double bed, one twin room and a family unit with a double room (with extra-length queensize bed) and a twin room. All rooms have en-suite bathrooms and are equipped with DStv, hairdryer, safe, tea & coffee tray and soap and shower gel. Relax at our sparkling saltwater swimming pool or in our tranquil and neat courtyard with fountain. Enjoy our healthy and various breakfast with bottomless coffee which is served in our cosy dining room. We also offer off-street parking, free WIFI and credit card facilities. Your German and English speaking hosts Meike and Martin offer a personal and friendly service and look forward to welcome you here!
From Cape Town - On the R102 (Louis Fourie Avenue) take the left turn off to Mossel Bay, at the traffic light turn right into Marsh Street and follow the street down to town. At corner Marsh / Church Street (Kerk Straat) turn right and follow the street uphill. Pass the school on the left side and turn left into 21st Avenue. Follow the street almost to the end - Avenues Guesthouse is situated on the left side.
From George - Turn off from the N2, at the traffic lights turn right into R 102 (Louis Fourie Avenue) and pass the Langeberg Mall on the left side. After approx. 5,2 km take the left turnoff into town / to Marsh Street. Downtown at corner Marsh / Church Street (Kerk Straat) turn right into Church Street. Follow the street uphill to the top, pass the school on the left side and turn left into 21st Avenue. Follow the street almost to the end - Avenues Guesthouse is situated on the left side.
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Saturday, June 30, 2012
Potential Pineapple Vinegar
Wanting to squeeze every last cent of my impulsive pineapple purchase, I was reminded of this post from the Tipsy Baker. Using this recipe, I hope to have pineapple vinegar in as little as two weeks. Sans maggots, if everything goes smoothly. The potential vinegar is hanging out with a one gallon batch of potential s'mores beer.
If I see anything that resembles a maggot, the whole experiment is going into the compost bin. I'm still not recovered from plucking my potential Korean garlic bulbs from the garden two weeks ago. When I uprooted them and turned them around, what should have been roots turned out to be maggots or some other form of wriggly white cylinders. Blech. My Pam Pierce inspired dream of providing for all of our garlic needs were crushed, and the addition of maggots ensures that I won't try again for a long time.
Every night, the boy has been going out with one of his zillion head lamps (really, why does one person need more than one head lamp if he only has one head?) to go snail and slug hunting. Last night, he found 3 snails, 3 slugs, and 1 salamander. When he offered the salamander 1/2 a slug, the salamander bit it, but then decided that it tasted gross and left it there. Lazy, wasteful salamander. I guess I can't train salamanders either to go snail and slug hunting.
I think my squash and zucchini are actually shrinking! Too much water? Too cold? What is wrong? If I can't get a batch of summer squash, it doesn't bode well for an off-the-grid future. We'll have to trade beer and bread for our staples in the post apocalyptic society, but how will we grow the wheat?
Thursday, June 28, 2012
Impulse Buys
The pineapple and the puffball: our dinner tonight. Both were impulse buys, and it wasn't until I placed them side by side that I noticed their similarities. Can you tell I've been thinking about a hexagon baby blanket that I need to seam?
The pineapple jumped into my basket after I tried a sample. "Do you like pineapple? Here, try this." And I tried it. I gave the guy a nod, he asked when I planned on eating the pineapple, I told him tonight, and off I went with a 1-pound pineapple in my possession. It's so good and sweet that I am not even going to bake any of it into the yogurt cake I've been making over and over again with summer's fruit.
For the puffball, I think just frying it up with a little bit of butter is the best way to eat it so I don't dilute its earthy, nutty flavor. I have some English peas that need a good shuck, then maybe I'll make some focaccia or some other grain to go with tonight's dinner. Or maybe a puffball and pea pasta will be dinner. I think half the fun of buying unusual ingredients is planning on what to make!
For the most part, my garden looks the same as the last time I posted pictures. Living in the fog means that my summer vegetable harvest isn't quite the same as the days of my 100 degree summer childhood, but I can grow things like lettuce with ease. (OK, lettuce not as delicious as snap peas, but I'm trying to be positive here.) I think I spied one ripe sungold tomato today, so I'll cut it in half and share it with the boy for tonight's salad. My zucchini and yellow squash plants are the opposite of prolific, but I suppose I can start eating the blossoms. I have some goat cheese and cornmeal all ready to go.
The boy went snail and slug hunting in our garden last night and nabbed 5 critters munching on tender shoots. I've been going after the ivy in our yard (well, more like in our neighbor's yard, but ivy doesn't have a notion of property lines so I have to cut it back aggressively) to destroy more snail and slug habitat. If anyone knows how to train cats to kill slugs and snails, let me know. I still cannot figure out a way for my cats to earn their keep, although they keep me entertained as hat models.
Monday, June 18, 2012
Summer is here!
|My first produce of the summer: crookneck squash
Last weekend, we happened up on an urban farm tour given by the farmer herself, Willow Rosenthal. If you recognize her name, it may be because you've read Farm City, visited City Slicker Farms, own a copy of The Essential Urban Farmer, or have heard her speak about food and farming related issues.
The tour lit a fire under our butts because the house on tour has a similar microclimate to our own house, so the next day, the boy and I spent 7 hours building a retaining wall to terrace our hilly front yard. The result is a functional food garden! We carried over a ton of rocks (no exaggeration!) up the hill, severely chopped back some overgrown bushes and trees, and carved out a little space that we hope will provide us with snap peas, blue lake beans, broccoli, beets, carrots, salad greens, and radishes. We already had tomatoes, zucchini, crookneck squash, and limes growing with success, so we hope this will just add more food to the table. (Interesting fact about summer squashes: the first blooms are always male. I thought my squash was defective until I learned that!)
If this garden turns out well, we'll expand it out to other parts of the yard, but for now, our tiny 10' x 5' plot is keeping us busy.
If you have any interest in small footprint food gardens, check out The Essential Urban Farmer. There are ideas in there for maximizing your space that were new to us, and that made gardening in my little foggy microclimate seem entirely plausible. The North Berkeley house we visited had enough eggs and produce to provide weekly food boxes to 6 families.
|Eggs from spent grain fed chickens.
The boy is still brewing delicious beer, and I found a worthy home for the leftover (spent) grains. I posted on a community board to see if any neighbors with chickens would be interested in some grain. One person has 5 chickens who love the stuff, and she was nice enough to give me a dozen eggs and some sweet, juicy limes from her backyard! It's such a sweet deal, and no grain goes to waste. There's only so much spent grain muffins I can make and eat.
|Corn, pesto, and zucchini risotto
Last week's hot weather, hot for me being in the upper 80's, meant that I didn't want to spend much time in front of the stove top. This is when my pressure cooker really shines! I got on a risotto making kick because my pressure cooker makes the whole cooking process less than 15 minutes, and not only that, but most of that time my burner is set to simmer - a temperature low enough to melt, but not boil, butter. My first risotto was corn, pesto, and zucchini with a (not so) healthy mound of Parmesan. The pressure cooker is also a champ at making quick stocks for the risotto cooking liquid. I save all the veggies scraps, rough chop an onion, throw in a few peppercorns and a bay leaf into the pressure cooker and let it do its thing for 10 minutes.
|Mock paella risotto
The boy sat and watched me eat it during breakfast, eschewing the savory dish for his boring peanut butter Puffins with cashew milk. He's a little grossed out by my habit of eating leftover dinner for breakfast, and I'm a little grossed out by eating super sweet cereal first thing in the morning. At least we can agree on strong, black coffee.
Monday, June 4, 2012
A Potato Pancake As Big As Your Plate?
Yes, potato pancakes the size of your dinner plate do exist in the magical Czech Republic! If you can stomach the secondhand smoke, something living in no-smoking-indoors-and-near-doorways California did not prepare me for, the pub food in Prague is what all other pub food should be based upon: it's hearty, tasty, goes well with beer, and cheap! Adorning that giant potato pancake are two types of sweet and sour cabbage, and many slices of roast pork.
Although Pilsner Urquell is the dominant brand of beer there, not much of it passed my lips. Us travelers called it "pissy Urquell." Thankfully, there's a strong (and growing!) microbrew movement there, as evidenced by this technicolor beer sampler from the famous Pivovarsky Dum.
The green beer at 3 o'clock is stinging nettle beer. There's also a sour cherry, a banana, and a coffee beer here.
I also sampled many variations of svikova, larded beef with a sour cream sauce that is traditionally served with the densest potato dumplings I have ever had. Every restaurant seemed to outdo itself in the "who can make the densest potato dumpling?" category, but I am not a fan. I was served them a lot in Germany, and I also pushed them aside there. Oh, what I wouldn't have given for a serving of brown rice to sop up all that gravy instead of those blasted dumplings (again, exposing my CA roots).
|Showing off my Flaming June in Cesky Krumlov
|Chandelier made from human bones at the Sedlec Ossuary
|Hiking through the hop fields
I can see the appeal of traveling the world - discovering at least 20 new things each day is addicting, and it makes it very hard to slip back into everyday life. Traveling for an hour and having the language switch from French, to Flemish (basically, Dutch), to Czech was unbalanced, but exciting in an odd way. Too bad I kept on trying to speak Spanish to everyone. Apparently my brain categorizes all foreign language into my Spanish speaking compartment. But, I am happy to be home because of my cats, my dogs, and my washer and dryer.
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On average, there are more than 30 thousand new apps submitted to the iTunes App store alone each month and still more written for competing platforms such as Android and Windows. By mid 2016, around 130 billion apps had been downloaded from the Apple App store worldwide and approximately 65 billion apps had been downloaded from Google Play.
In the past, the market has been dominated by apps that are free to download and this appears likely to continue into the future. Generally, such apps make their profits through advertising, sponsorship, the possibility for in app purchases or paid extensions or upgrades. A significant share of users seem to be to upgrade to a paid version of an app. Some of the most popular apps around the world, that also happen to be free for the user, include; Google Maps, Facebook Mobile App, YouTube, Twitter and Google+. However, not all platforms are equal in terms of revenue opportunity for app developers. A 2015 survey of app developers and publishers revealed that average revenues per app were highest for those developed for the Windows Phone, with iOS apps generating approximately a third less in revenue, and Android apps less than half that of Windows.


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You read that right.
This week's self-care talk is about spooning.
I like a good cuddle in bed as much as the next chick, but I'm actually referring to a different kind of spoon here. I was talking a couple weeks ago with a good friend of mine who has also dealt with depression in her life, and she asked me if I'd heard of the Spoon Theory. I hadn't, but a quick Google search told me everything I needed to know, and DAMN, it hit the nail on the head. I'd been mulling it over in my mind ever since then, so when it came up on Jordan Younger's Balanced Blonde podcast last night I took it as a sign. Scrap the previous plans; this Friday's post is all about spoons!
If you haven't heard of the Spoon Theory, not to worry. It's basically a metaphor for what it's like to live with a disability or chronic illness of some sort. The idea is that each person starts the day off with a certain number of spoons (which represent how much energy a person has), and will lose a spoon (or two or three) for each activity they choose to spend their energy on throughout the day. It's a way of showing how people living with illness often have to strategically plan out their spoon spending every single day so as not to run out of energy and crash.
For healthy people (and those living without mental illness), spoon conserving is not usually something that one has to worry about in any given day. You've basically got an endless supply of spoons, and you get your spoons back at the end of the day while you're sleeping. You've got spoons to give here and spoons to throw away there, and it's wonderful! Really. However, for those living with illness, the conservation of spoons is a very real dilemma, and everyday tasks often cost more spoons than they would for healthy folks. For example, for a person really struggling with depression, even the seemingly simple task of getting dressed in the morning can cost two spoons. Making it out of the house could cost another three, making small talk at the office might be five spoons, and then before you know it, you're down to two spoons for the rest of the day.
Not only is the Spoon Theory helpful in explaining why those with chronic illness must be so careful about where they spend their energy, but it's a great metaphor for reminding ourselves of the very same thing. I woke up with an anxiety attack the other morning, and the simple act of putting on clothes, walking to the bus stop, and taking the bus into Tel Aviv would have completely wiped out all my spoons for the better part of the day. But, recognizing this and respecting myself enough to conserve my spoon supply gave me the firmness of mind that I needed to call my boss and explain my situation to her. She was understanding, I went back to bed for a bit, and I woke up feeling better. By that time, the cost of my commute had come down to only a spoon or two.
So, this weekend, let's work on being aware and respectful of our spoons. If something feels overwhelming or if you're feeling low on energy, ask yourself how many spoons you have left. Be okay with that number. Don't be afraid to say no when you need to.
Master the art of spooning: conserve your spoons!


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By Sally Carpenter
Last week I checked out "The Muppet Show Season One" from my hometown library. The discs have a feature that allows interesting trivia to pop up on the screen during the show. I've learned how some of the Muppet characters evolved over several episodes.
In episode 7, for the first time Kermit shows he has a temper. A different puppeteer operated Miss Piggy before Frank Oz took her over. Over several episodes Miss Piggy's voice became more feminine and her personality deepened. Fozzie began as just a bad comic but over time acquired more sympathetic traits.
I've also been listening to my Beatles Anthology records (yes, vinyl). A number of the cuts are early takes on the songs. Some of the tunes required dozens of takes-revisions if you will-before the song was perfect. It's fascinating to hear how a complex song began with just a few chords on the guitar and some lyrics.
I used this as an example of how revisions can help any work of art.
Many writers hate revisions. They write one draft of a piece and consider it finished. Granted, this is a big time saver. Writers who face tight deadlines may need to rush out a piece out just so they can move on to the next project.
A few authors can get away with this, but the majority of writers need to go back and refine their work. Very few works are ready to go from the outset.
I look at writing like crafting a jewel. Gemstones dug from the ground look like rocks. They must be cut and polished to achieve their beauty. Likewise, I see each revision as cutting another facet and adding another layer of polish until my work shines.
My first drafts are just to dump the information on the page. It's to get the ideas down so I can see what I have. I often don't have character names at this point. The first draft is largely dialogue with little description of setting, clothing or faces.
In the second draft I rearrange material, shift scenes around, name characters, look for repetition, and start to work on the dialogue. I also spot continuity errors. In one chapter of my WIP, my protagonist left his house riding his motorcycle and returned driving his car! I also found I needed to add more red herrings.
I'm in the third draft of my WIP. The characters are taking on more shape, so I'm smoothing out their dialogue. I'm adding description as well and making sure the plot makes sense.
What makes revisions fun in that in each pass, the story gets better and I see the improvement. The downside is that revisions are time consuming. I want to get my book on the market soon, but it's better to take my time and make sure it's the best story it can be instead of rushing out a book with errors.
So I'm off to work on my book some more. And mostly likely some more after that.


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Topic: Somehow I lost 999.97 SSD Gigabytes after botched win10 Install -Help-
To make an extremely long story short.
Tried to install win10 in an HP AIO (A6 APU 6GB RAM) failed several times, deleting and recreating default partitions every time. Then I read about an issue with AMD storage controllers and windows 10, so I installed the AMD recomended storage controller and tried to install again. And failed again.
So I put the SSD in another pc as a secondary drive and found out that the partitions created by the windows installer were not removable by other windows installs.
So I got myself some Gparted and deleted the stubborn partitions.
When I came back to try and repeat the install on another computer, fearing it would be an SSD issue. I found out the disk now had only 31MB of unallocated space.
Haven't been able to sort it out.
Fdisk reports the following
~$ sudo fdisk -lu
Disk /dev/sda: 31,8 MiB, 33348608 bytes, 65134 sectors
Disk model: Samsung SSD 860
Units: sectors of 1 * 512 = 512 bytes
Sector size (logical/physical): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
I/O size (minimum/optimal): 512 bytes / 512 bytes
Disklabel type: dos
Disk identifier: 0x07e39fc6
Also tried to get rid of the partition table by doing the following (per a forum post)
user@debian:~$ sudo dd if=/dev/zero of=/dev/sda-device count=63
63+0 records in
63+0 records out
32256 bytes (32 kB, 32 KiB) copied, 0,000108395 s, 298 MB/s
But no joy either.
Do you reckon there's anything left to do? Or have I killed the drive?
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Sunday food
Still getting to know the new camera.
A snack of ovenbaked marinated chicken wings, with fresh cucumber, grape tomatoes and aioli for dipping.
Chicken Tonight – creamy mushroom flavour, with added fresh mushrooms and broccoli, with mashed potatoes and orange mash (sweet potato and carrot).
A fruit platter, with oranges, apples, strawberries, bananas, prunes, chocolate and a bowl of custard. Yeah, that blue spoon sticking out of the custard is a measuring tablespoon. And yeah, that was instant custard, made from powder out of a box.
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The warm, morning light flooded from the lone window in my bedroom. I sat on the floor, for I typically find this the most comfortable position, with Legos strewn over the cream carpet in front of me. Even more Legos lay in the bins to my sides. Those did not matter though, I had what I needed in front of me. The spaceship that I would be constructing only required the pieces I had in front of me, for the most part.
"This one is cracked," a small girl with raven hair informed me. She held up a split, navy blue Lego. "I'll find a replacement."
She smiled to me. Her thin lips split to show two rows of beautiful white teeth. The pale girl began to rummage through the bins trying to find a suitable replacement. "Oh... Um, thanks!" I stammered.
I didn't recognize her but, oddly enough, she felt familiar. She seemed at home and perfectly fine in my presence. I wracked my mind trying to find an answer. Possible answers flooded my mind. Friend?
No, I would know her then.
Child of a parent's friend?
Odd, but wouldn't we be at least introduced?
"Found one!" the small girl sang out, "Look! It's even the exact same blue!" She held the Lego directly in front of my face. She once again smiled.
"Thank you. Um..." I was lost at a name for her.
"Jenny," she replied quickly.
"Thanks, Jenny," I appreciated the help, even if it was hardly called for. I began to think of how to ask who this girl was. I didn't want to be blunt or rude--
"No need to worry, I do not get offended easily." She looked up from her project of organizing the Legos by colored piles, "I can understand your confusion by me, but I'm family."
"Cousin?" This made sense to me because I had a very extensive family.
"No," she said thoughtfully, "I guess my position hasn't been decided but, I'm really trying to get a place!"
The early morning light, or should I say lack of life, filled my room as my 6:15 a.m. alarm blared for me to awake for school. I managed to stand up and move through my morning routine. I was at the bus stop by 6:45 and on the bus by 6:50. I sat alone so my mind wandered back to the small girl. It was odd, my dreams tended to be vague, and that was if I even remembered them. But this dream was so vivid, I could remember every word stated and every detail on that girl. Other parts were vague, as usual. I could not remember what room I was in, nor could I remember what I was building. I could only remember the one blue Lego and the girl.
The day passed fairly easily, even though in several cases I was caught in deep thought about the dream by a teacher. I arrived home and said nothing of my dream. I did what I normally did: played the Minecraft beta, checked Facebook, and possibly some more inappropriate things. I then crawled into bed at around 10:00 p.m. and soon fell asleep.
I awoke in my bed as the sun filtered my room with a haze of yellow light. Damn it! I overslept! I quickly flipped from my bed and went for my door. As I went I heard a small clank. I turned to see the small girl. Her back was to me.
"Why can't I be loved like you? What makes you so special?" she spat at me.
The girl had come back to me and seemed to be angry. I didn't know how to respond so I said something unintelligible under my breath. I don't even know what I said. It was a grasp at some sort of comforting statement or question lost, lost in the space between me and the girl.
"You don't even remember my name." As she said this my spine tightened. It did this because, it was true, "My name is Jenny. Jenny Colby." I tightened further at hearing my last name.
She turned to me, her cute appearance faded with a menacing look that caused me to falter over my words. As I stammered a smile touched her lips, "I guess I'll wait for you."
My body flew up as I woke up in my dark room. I checked the clock. It was 4:38 a.m. I sat in my bed for the remainder of the night as my mind filled with thoughts of this girl, no, Jenny. I could not forget her name ever again after being combined with my last name added to it.
I rose from bed at 6:00 knowing there is no point in trying to sleep. I finished my routine early enough to sit and eat an actual breakfast. My mom had been running through her morning routine. She walked into the kitchen and began to have a light conversation with me.
"What got you up so early this morning?" she asked casually.
"Dreams," was all I said in-between bites of eggs.
"Ooh!" she said excitedly. She got more involved in the conversation due to my usual lack of dreams. My mom enjoyed listening to dreams and trying to figure out what they mean. "Was it a nightmare?"
"Kind of, it was about a girl," I said thinking about how to word my explanation.
My mom snickered. "Did your girlfriend break up with you?" she questioned jokingly.
I glared at her. "No, it was about some girl named Jenny."
My mom's face went pale. She starred into my eyes. The talk had become serious. "Did she have black hair?"
I was shocked at my mom's knowledge of her hair color. Perhaps she was still messing with me. I looked into her eyes. No, she was being serious. Completely serious. "Yeah. How did you know?"
"Did she say anything? What did she do?" My mom had ignored my question all together.
"Well uh..." My mother swore quickly, something she rarely did, as I stumbled over my tongue. "She said she was family. And, and."
"And what?" my mom yelled at me.
I was taken aback by her harsh tone and thought of the dialogue passed between us. "She was trying to be family and, and, she would... She would wait for me!"
My mom pulled away. "I can't hide it from you. She came to you." I had no clue what she was talking about in the least. "That girl, Jenny, was going to be my child. I had a miscarriage during my first pregnancy. Soon afterwards, a girl began to visit me in my dreams. I gave her the name Jenny. Soon after the still birth I became pregnant with you."
I was stunned. I was so overwhelmed I couldn't speak. She continued on. "She was furious at me for this and after many days of threatening and screaming at me, she stopped visiting me all together. I was going to wait until your father got back from sea but, I know why she is visiting you."
I nodded. The only way I could communicate my hunger for the answer. My mom wiped a tear out of her eye. "I have hit menopause. She has given up on me. She has moved to you."
I was only thirteen then. Ten years have passed and many things have changed. I thought my mother was slightly crazy after that but I was young, and ignorant. I now think back with a bit of worry. I do not believe in such things but still, it is kind of eerie. Something is off about it.
I am the happiest man on Earth. My wife is now pregnant! She went to the hospital and we learned she, past all her fertility problems, managed to become pregnant. The thought that I will be a father soon is amazing. I never thought I would! We soon will go see what if the unborn baby is male or female. I cannot wait!
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Tuesday, March 5, 2013
A quick little show-and-tell
A quick little post, sharing a couple of the projects (aside from THE TOTE) that kept me busy last month.
First up. . .
a custom teapot trivet for a sweet customer. . .
back... love this embroidered linen fabric!
This teapot trivet was made from designer, new and reclaimed fabrics in a very specific palette that complemented my customer's beautiful teapot and living room. (She loved the trivet, btw!) Want one in your own colors, fabrics and prints? Don't forget that I have the tutorial and free pattern, here on my blog, just for you!
And (of course) baby onesies. . .
top onesies -- rough applique and machine stitching
bottom left -- rough applique and a handmade ruffle
bottom right -- acrylic paint and a singed flower
And they're GIRL onesies, too! These were so much fun to make for my lovely cousin's baby (due to arrive any day now. YAY!) There's also a tutorial on my blog for the singed flower I used on the bottom right onesie. You can find it HERE. I've thought about making some tutorials for the onesies I make, and with so many great tutorials already available on the web, I'm not sure there would really be a need. What do you think?
For my own little Monkey. . .
a travel diaper and wipes pouch!
This was one of those last-minute, created-only-because-of-sheer-necessity projects. One Sunday, I had dropped Donovan off at our church nursery, and the workers asked if I had a diaper bag to leave with them. Ummm. No, actually. *so embarrassing!*
The next Sunday rolls around, and while everyone's scrambling around, getting ready for Mass, I remembered that I still had no diaper bag to leave with Donovan in the nursery. I HAD to make something!! Of course, starting work on a make-do little pouch like this a mere two hours before Mass was not the best idea I've ever had, but I did finish on time, and the pouch has worked out perfectly. Donovan, however, made the saddest face in the whole universe when I dropped him off at the nursery that Sunday morning, and had the biggest, saddest, tear-filled eyes when I picked him up. Soooo. . . he hasn't been back. My mama-heart can't handle it! But at least I have a spiffy new diaper and wipes pouch I can tote with me wherever I go. :) Like the park. . .
non-nursery-going Monkey
That's it for my show-and-tell today. What have you been making? I'd love to see! Leave a link in the comments below if you'd like to share your latest project.
See you soon!
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I'm not sure your meaning projects in a generic way or if you are meaning sewing projects.ReplyDelete
Here is our latest addition to our Etsy shop...each one handcrafted.
I meant ALL projects! :) I love to see what you're creating... so inspiring!ReplyDelete
And your shave brushes -- AMAZING! I can see all the time and love that went into the one pictured. Gorgeous.
Olá venho convidá-la a visitar o meu blog para ver o trabalho que fiz inspirado no seu passo a passo,adorei fazer este individual para chá acho que ficou bonitinho,adoro todos os seus trabalhos obrigada.ReplyDelete
Parabéns o seu bebé é lindo,beijinhos..
These are such amazing projects! So inspiring!ReplyDelete
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If you walk into Nina's IGA expecting a one-size-fits-all suburban grocery, be ready to be surprised. Nina's is anything but average.
When I came to live in Hamilton, and visited IGA, I was fascinated by the products I found. Lentils and other pulses were clearly visible at eye level, not hidden away on a bottom shelf. Fetta cheese came in the biggest buckets I had ever seen, but it had also been decanted into smaller tubs just the right size for me. I spotted luscious home made fig jam, European style biscuits and breads, 'square' noodles, filo pastry, and puzzled over long stems of dried Mountain Tea. As well, all the standard Australian staples are stocked.
An eclectic mix of products from many countries at Nina's IGA products
Photograph by Craig Smith
Over 27 years, George and Nina Kiriakidis have shaped this little store to reflect their customers' wishes. They cater to the evolving tastes of locals, as well as to the desire of Hamilton's migrant families to continue to enjoy the foods of their homelands. They have seen off their only real Hamilton competition, Clancy's. By continually adapting and providing exceptional customer service, Nina's IGA offers a friendly alternative to the giant supermarket chains.
Nina's IGA, with a reminder of the devastation of the 2007 floods
Photograph by Craig Smith (2014)
George is first generation Greek Australian. His parents Constantine and Sofia Kiriakidis were from the town of Katerini, near Thessalonika, in Central Macedonia, Greece. When they decided to flee the instability of civil war, they were already married with a small son, Leo. The year was 1954.
'They knew nothing about Australia,' explains George. 'They thought it was the name of a village'.
What a surprise they must have had, landing in Sydney, travelling north and finding themselves at the Greta Migrant Centre. Greta is a coalmining town on the New England Highway, between Maitland and Singleton. The Migrant Centre was positioned to provide a ready source of migrant labourers to the mines and related industries of the Hunter.
The small family moved from the Migrant Centre to Newcastle, where they lived with a Polish family in Maryville for a few months. Constantine's father had given him a parting gift of the equivalent of 500 pounds. While some of it had been 'loaned' to a ship board friend in need, Constantine still had enough to buy a house in Tighes Hill. Once settled, they rented rooms out to other migrant families.
Constantine and Sofia intended to return home when the unrest had settled. That never happened. Instead, Constantine worked at BHP and they raised a family of four sons – Leo, George, Jordan and Chris.
(L-R) Leo, Jordan, George, with Chris between parents
Constantine and Sofia Kiriakidis
Photograph from the personal collection of George and Nina Kiriakidis
Sofia's father had been a teacher. George feels her education enabled her to adjust more readily to speaking English. Sociable and outgoing, mixing easily with his peers, George seems not to have been aware of any discrimination at school or growing up.
Like so many young Newcastle men of his time, George followed his father into BHP. He gained technical qualifications as a mechanical engineer.
George had encountered tragedy in his twenties, losing his fiancé, and then his best friend to cancer, and his godfather, all in a short space of time. He'd known Nina from when she was 16, and on their first meeting, felt an instant attraction to her.
Towards the end of a dozen years at BHP, George was finding the large organisation impersonal and became interested in giving business a try. With Nina, his first venture was a snow ski shop at Marketown in Newcastle West. So began their journey into the world of small business.
Already Nina had a maturity beyond her years. Her father Spiro Zambelis had died when she was just one year old, leaving her mother Eleni to bring up Nina and her older brother Dennis alone. Nina's parents had migrated to Australia in 1960 from the island of Ithaca, in the Ionian Sea off the coast of Greece. They settled in Hamilton.
Spiro Zambelis
Photograph from the personal collection of George and Nina Kiriakidis
Eleni Zambelis
Photograph from the personal collection of George and Nina Kiriakidis
Nina's mother did unskilled work to support her family, and spoke Greek with her children at home. Consequently Nina began school knowing very little English. This affected the confidence of a shy and sensitive little girl who already was taking on responsibilities beyond her years.
George remembers exactly when they bought the 'Cut Price' grocery store from the Watsons at 73 Beaumont Street, Hamilton – later to become Nina's IGA.
'7 February, 1987', he says.
George was 31, Nina still a teenager at 19.
George and Nina quickly realised that if their business was to succeed, they would have to do something different. Trading hours were being gradually deregulated in NSW, especially for smaller retailers. To stand out from the competition, George and Nina decided to open the shop from 8 am to 10 pm, 7 days a week. This was an enormous commitment. George's brothers Chris and Jordan became involved, and staff were employed to help cover the long shifts. George took responsibility for the business side, including purchasing, and Nina managed the floor.
Brothers Kiriakidis (L-R) Jordan, Leo, George, Chris in front (1972)
Personal collection of George and Nina Kiriakidis
With no prior experience in the grocery business, they learned by trial and error. 'Cut Price' had purchasing systems in place, and at first, George and Nina followed past practice.
In the 1990s, their confidence grew as they responded to customer needs, and developed a wider range of suppliers. Customers wrote down their specific requests in a book Nina kept on the counter.
The range of foods and flavours expanded from those of Greece to include Italy, Croatia, Cyprus, Lebanon and Egypt. There are jars of Ajvar, a hot roasted pepper spread favoured by Greeks; Cortas hummus from Lebanon; Minos giant beans from Greece; Franck Jubilana coffee from Croatia; Strianese tomato sauces from Italy; and long slender sprigs of dried oregano.
On Thursday, 28 December 1989 George and Nina were awaiting the arrival of the first child. Like many a firstborn, the babe was overdue. George was already in the office at the shop, and Nina was on her way. George remembers a man coming in and asking to use the toilet. The next thing he knew was the building shaking...Absolute chaos ensued as shelves broke and products tumbled in all directions onto the floor.
Is chaos the word?
Photograph from the personal collection of
George and Nina Kiriakidis
George and Nina Kiriakidis
Ceiling collapsed onto the dairy cabinet
Photograph from the personal collection of George and Nina Kiriakidis
George still wonders what happened to the man in their toilet.
George and Nina's daughter Sofia – named for George's mother and known as Sofie - was born in the Waratah Hospital. Nina was sent home promptly as a safety precaution. That afternoon, she was serving coffee at home to 30 well wishers.
Some Beaumont Street businesses remained closed for up to 3 months after the earthquake. George and Nina were one of the few business operators insured for loss of profits. Nina enjoyed an unexpected maternity leave with her new baby. Soon though, she was back at work, with Sofie never far from her side.
Once back on their feet after the earthquake, in 1991 George and Nina purchased the building in which Nina's operated.
The following year, interest rates soared. This was a time of financial pressures for many, and the Kiriakidis family was no exception.
George speaks of the great respect he has for their business.
'The business is our boss', he explains.
'We all work hard for it. We try to be complete within ourselves – efficient, clean, providing a great service'.
In 1992 their second daughter, Eleni, was born. Eleni was named for Nina's mother.
Nina gradually stopped going into the shop, as she struggled with her health and sense of well being. Certainly, the years of long hours at the shop took their toll. Nina's strong work ethic, her personal style and responsiveness to customers meant that, in George's words, 'Nina was three people'.
'I knew everyone, what they wanted', says Nina. 'If they smoked a particular brand of cigarettes, the pack would be on the counter waiting for them when they came through'.
Nina's warm, friendly style draws people to her. Perhaps it was inevitable that this sensitive young woman who loves quiet, creative pursuits would need time out from the constant exposure to people demanded by long hours of retail business. For George, interacting with others energises him; it is his lifeblood and he thrives on it.
In her 8th year, Eleni developed a cold that quickly became something much more sinister – meningococcal disease.
'Eleni was a bit of a tomboy', says Nina. 'She wasn't one to complain. I'd taken her to the doctor, and was sent home with a diagnosis of flu'.
Nina goes on to tell how she'd later taken Eleni to hospital, but no one seemed to be taking the case seriously. She'd begged staff to 'at least monitor Eleni's headaches'. When Eleni began screaming, they all watched in terror as lesions started appearing on her arms.
A lumbar puncture followed, and the doctor warned George and Nina that if Eleni survived, she would suffer brain damage. Their daughter slipped into a coma. She was administered massive doses of antibiotics. Two weeks passed before she came out of the coma.
Miraculously, Eleni made a full recovery. Today, she's the competent, businesslike manager of Nina's IGA and is planning her upcoming wedding.
Fate hadn't finished with Eleni.
George left home in the winter darkness at 5 am on Thursday 18 August, 2005. Securing the house, he left Nina and their two daughters sleeping peacefully.
He was driving to Sydney to pick up supplies for the business. Normally his brother Jordan did this run every three weeks; it was an unusually early start for George. After picking up a staff member, the two men were on their way.
Just before 7 am, near Strathfield, George's mobile phone rang. He didn't get to it in time, but saw that it was Eleni, now 13 and a high school student. He called her back.
'What are you doing up?' he asked.
'There's a man here and he wants some money'.
George couldn't work this out. Did Eleni need money for a school excursion?
A man came on the phone, speaking calmly and in a typical Australian accent.
'I've got your daughter. I want money'.
George sprang into action. He ended the call, phoned his brother Chris and sent him to check on Nina and the girls. Chris found Eleni gone.
The police were called, and a cordon quickly thrown up around all of Newcastle's exit points. Within three hours, Eleni was found, and safe.
It had been a shocking ordeal. Yet Eleni remained calm and acted with courage and common sense throughout. She'd been woken about 5.30 am by a young man who threatened her with a blood-filled syringe unless she gave him money. Taking two laptop computers, a handbag and car keys, he bundled Eleni out the window and into the family car. She'd had to show him how to operate the controls before the man drove them to various ATMs to try to withdraw cash using stolen credit cards.
The end came at a Bolton Point address, where the man had gone to either buy drugs or dispose of stolen goods. A woman saw the young girl sitting in the car, became suspicious and got her out on the pretext of a cup of tea. She then took Eleni to Argenton's Club Macquarie, where they contacted police.
In an interview with The Herald [1] George says:
'I knew she was a strong girl. I knew her personality and the way she deals with things. I am very proud of her'.
At the time, Eleni could not be named by the media for legal reasons. She told the same interviewer:
'I wasn't stressing or anything; I was helping him so he didn't get upset'.
When the perpetrator was finally brought to court, he was charged with aggravated break, enter and steal; kidnapping; and aggravated indecent assault. He was sentenced to over 11 years imprisonment.
These headlines shocked Novocastrians buying
their morning papers
their morning papers
The Kiriakidis family is Greek Orthodox. George and Nina make no secret of the pivotal part their personal spiritual practice plays in their lives. Whatever challenges life brings them, their faith is their anchor.
Altar in the Church of the Holy Apostles, Hamilton
Palm Sunday (2014)
Palm Sunday (2014)
What lies ahead for Nina's IGA?
Nina is back at the shop on a part time basis. Sofie has completed a Bachelor of Arts degree in film and cultural studies, and helps out. Eleni is making her mark as the next generation of food retailers, reflecting changing customer preferences for fresh, healthy food. She sees value in differentiating further by stocking more organic, vegan and locally produced products. She points to Over the Moon milk – 'real milk, non homogenised from Jersey cows, with visible cream on top' – just how it used to be.
Back to the future and Over the Moon
Stall holders from the Olive Tree and Farmers markets are beginning to seek more mainstream outlets like Nina's IGA for their boutique products. Soon, we can expect to find goat's milk, macaroons and luscious Sugar Jones handmade desserts - a work of art in themselves - on Nina's shelves.
Sugar Jones Desserts
Photograph by Eleni Kiriakidis
For George, who is working on replacing the extensive picket fence around his home, keeping an eye on the business and thinking about his next travel adventure, family is everything. He is fiercely protective. The picket fence might be an outward symbol of this. But the bastion that will keep this family safe whatever life throws at it in the future is not an external one. It is this family's faith, and their deep, visible commitment to one another.
(L-R) Sofie, Eleni, Nina and George Kiriakidis (2014)
My thanks to George, Nina, Sofie and Eleni Kiriakidis for sharing their story, and to Father Nicholas Skordilis for allowing photographs inside the Church of the Holy Apostles, Hamilton.
Palm Sunday in the Church of the Holy Apostles, Hamilton (2014)


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Top 5 raptors on the road
Today we present you top 5 real predators on the road. Every predator car has its own aggressive character and its own unique look. If you are interested to look at our list of roads kings you are welcome to see our ratings.
The first place takes Bugatti Veyron
Second place takes Dodge Ram
Third place takes Lamborghini Countach
Fourth place takes Ferrari GTO
Fifth place takes Hummer H1


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Yesterday, 6sqft brought you this modern subway map redesign by Tommi Moilanen. His version keeps the current map's basic structure, but infuses it with a bit of Massimo Vignelli's famous graphic style. Geographically and systemically accurate, Moilanen's map also uses thick and thin lines to represent express and local service; tints skipped stops a lighter shade; more clearly locates major transfer points and station names; and includes an easy-to-use legend. Though this all sounds great, some New Yorkers will not want to part with the subway map they've gotten so accustomed to — what about you?
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The Polar Bear Song Wednesday, 23:20 on BBC Two (Wales only)
Tom Rugg, a biology teacher from Chepstow, has written The Polar Bear Song to raise awareness of climate change among children. In an exclusive video diary for the Green Wales season, follow Tom to Hudson Bay in Canada to meet Polar Bears International and ask questions on climate change from his pupils. The organisation will use the song to raise awareness of the impact of global warming in the Arctic. See how the sea ice is decreasing and the bears go hungry. Can a song help to save the bears?
Warning – you may feel the urge to jab a sharp instrument repeatedly into your ears. A bucket may be handy too.
This is part of the BBC's Green Wales season, the promo video for which states: "Every day Wales is waking up to news of climate change…" It certainly is if it's got the BBC on in the morning.
Apparently the Welsh are much more susceptible to this stuff than the rest of us.
In other Green Wales news: Expert calls for a 'greener' Hajj


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Melodic Raw Hip Hop, experimental instrumentals with drums and bass lines that thump and vocals that will have dying to know whats next. True wholesome music.
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HIP HOP/RAP: Hip Hop, ELECTRONIC: Experimental
There is truly a strong hip-hop pulse beginning to bubble in Kansas. At the center of all the underground buzz is producer extraordinaire Jeremy Nesbitt (aka Nezbeat). With a rich and valuable foundation already built for him locally, Nez hits the world with his stellar debut album, From The Huge Silence. It''s now truly time to wake up and find out what the state of Kansas has to offer. Nez got his start beat making nearly a decade ago and quickly linked up with fellow KS native, I.D., to form Archetype. The duo released their debut disc, Freehand Formula, in 2002 with XLR8R magazine claiming the group the best the Kansas hip hop scene had to offer. In support of their debut album, Archetype rocked stages from coast to coast as a part of the widely acclaimed, Limited Liability Tour withDJ P, Approach, and Mac Lethal. From there, Nez being the workhorse that he is, continued to stay productive in the underground by releasing an extraordinary remix of Approach''s track Ultra Proteus on Coup d''Etat and exclusively producing an indie and internet classic with Mac Lethal (9 Situations). All the while, Nez still found time to perfect and finalize his debut record, From The Huge Silence. Praised by https://www.tradebit.com as one of the top ten albums to emerge from the Lawrence and Kansas City area in 2004, "From the Huge Silence" is jam packed with astounding combinations of styles and amazing collaborations from the likes of Murs, Approach, Mac Lethal, 2x Scribble Jam beatbox champion A-Train, and Deep Thinkers frontman, Brother Of Moses (Coup d''Grace records). In a bold attempt to "break the silence" of the Kansas hip-hop scene, Nez meshed contemporary hip-hop sounds with all ends of the musical spectrum including jazz, soul, and even indie rock on the standout track "Fade Away To Silence" featuring Lawrence, KS group, The Capsules and new Mush Records signee, Mad Awkward. Nezbeat has rocked stages with KRS One, The Pharcyde, Mobb Deep, Ming & Fs, Non Phixion, Mac Lethal, Approach, SoundsGood among countless others. Whether 4 years or 4 months old, the material featured on From The Huge Silence does more than showcase the maturing talent of the Kansas hip-hop scene...it solidifies a force to be reckoned with.
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Great white shark cage diving
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I lost my head in San Francisco
11 comments:
Stoppppp having so much funReplyDelete
Imagine me sitting here going through my morning Bloglovin reads while dreading all the amounts of studying I have on my plate today (I'm sitting for the bar exam in 2 weeks! eeek!)... So, I'm reading through your post, jealous -- wondering why everyone gets to explore San Fran while I have to sit in a 4 by 4 law library carrel and learn (or attempt to learn) about the Rule Against Perpetuities and Dead Man Statute's and then WHAM! My name?! Woooo!ReplyDelete
Again, the power of the blogosphere is reaching out to me before I even make my official entry into it. I felt the love and the support all the way from this little study hole in Little Rock, Arkansas. And then I realized that I will survive this test, that our blog will launch, and then I can officially get in on spreading the love, connecting with virtual strangers that will share my ups, my downs, and let me celebrate (or mourn) from afar the joys (or sorrows) in their own lives!
So thanks so much for sharing my little ole comment. A little choice on your part has truly rev'ed me up and given me a daily dose of motivation to survive this horrible exam so I can jump on the Blog-moible!
Launching 8.1.13
San Francisco will always have a place in my heart. <3ReplyDelete
We flew there from Texas to get married; I love it so much.
That last photo is beautiful!
Your life is fun. Plus, you're adorable. I am also applauding all your grown up things you are conquering lately. Hailing a cab all alone? AWESOME.ReplyDelete
Xo, Kelsey
It's been so long since I've been in SF and you're making me want to go again! The weekend sounds like it was so much fun :)ReplyDelete
Michelle @ Mishfish13
Is your big announcement later today that you're packing up and moving to Portland? Please say yes!ReplyDelete
heeeeeyyyyy you guysssss! ps. how did you manage to stay up until 5am? jeez. this gma can't hang like that.ReplyDelete
I think that other guy is Joe Mande-- he writes for Parks and Recreation! I am so jealous! John Mulaney is hilarious, I hope I have the chance to see him live sometime!! Looks like you had an awesome trip! :)ReplyDelete
Woohoo for being grown-up! It looks like you have an awesome weekend - thanks for the beautiful pics. I have always wanted to see San Francisco.ReplyDelete
OK even though i've never been to florida or california i can't shake the feeling that you just FIT in california. love this.ReplyDelete
Food after a hangover is always amazing, but that actually looks exceptionally good - inebriated or not!ReplyDelete
I've only visited SF once and I don't remember liking or hating it. I just remember seeing a homeless person for the first time fishing through a trashcan in Fisherman's Wharf... perhaps I should give it another shot? Lol.


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Monday, July 13, 2009
Best-laid plans
So then I talked to Nancy to see if she wanted to go biking along the brow of the mountain, but she was going to see Paul McCartney too, and wanted to know if I would babysit her dog overnight.
Went over to Mike and Ruth's and they were just packing up to go to Lake George for a paddle. Invited myself along. Loaded up my kayak on the truck and drove over to Lake George, about an hour's drive because it is on the South Mountain. Ruth and I had a lovely paddle on the lake, we saw a loon family of two parents and two chicks. The loons started calling loudly when they saw us approaching in the kayaks, but were not in a rush to get away so we got a good long look at them.
Later I went for a swim in the lake. It was quite windy so the water was rough but otherwise warm. My first swim of the year. In the evening after supper I drove home to keep Nancy's dog company, she's OK alone during the day but does not like to be alone at night.
I hear it was a great concert and everyone really enjoyed it. I saw McCartney and Wings in Toronto many years ago, it was a great show but I did not feel the need to spend hundreds of dollars to see him in concert this weekend.
It says something about the music scene here that this concert did not sell out. There were still tickets available at the gate when they opened. There is so much else going on in Nova Scotia music-wise, that even though this is the only concert McCartney will do in Canada on this tour, he was definitely not the only game in town. But I hear he delivered a great performance, as per usual.
5 comments:
- 20th Century Woman said...
I agree. What you did sounds a lot more fun. I wonder whether I will go swimming this summer. The Pacific is mighty cold, even here in Puget Sound.
- July 13, 2009 at 1:12 PM
- Annie said...
Oh yes, the cold north Pacific! Rather like the cold North Atlantic! I grew up in Ontario and spent most summers at a family cottage on a lake, I think swimming in lakes has thoroughly imprinted on me because I love swimming in lakes more than oceans. Even warm oceans. Not that I would turn up my nose at a warm ocean ;-).
- July 14, 2009 at 5:50 PM
What a lovely day you had tho what you did was not in you initial plans. Methinks your day was the best!
- July 15, 2009 at 10:33 AM
Saw where Paul was going to be on 'Letterman' last night so I taped it but haven't watched it yet. They were showing bits of their first TV appearance here in America on Ed Sullivan. Still remember watching that show myself. Wasn't a fan at that point and just didn't get why all the girls were going crazy over these Brits! But in the end of course, they won me over big time!
- July 16, 2009 at 12:38 PM
- Annie said...
Hi Alan, I'm sure that will be an interesting interview!
I don't know why those girls went so crazy either, maybe it's a crowd thing. I remember that I was completely sold on the Beatles the very first time I heard them on the radio, I bought their album as soon as I could, but I don't recall screaming over them ;-) Maybe if I'd been at the Ed Sullivan show...
- July 16, 2009 at 5:44 PM


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Common cancers in centenarians
Shamfa C. Joseph, Estevan Delcastilo, Marios Loukas, Steven Osiro
Office of the Dean of Research, School of Medicine, St. George's University, St. George, Grenada
Med Sci Monit 2014; 20:18-23
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Published: 2014-01-08
A Centenarian is a person who attains and lives beyond the age of 100. Four percent of centenarians die from cancer. It is therefore important to understand which cancers affect them in order to devise better methods to prevent and treat them. The aim of this study was to investigate the top cancers that affect centenarians.
Material and Methods: We identified 1385 cases with the Surveillance Epidemiology and End Result (SEER) database. Our study included centenarians age 100–115 years diagnosed with the 5 most common cancers between 1973 and 2007 in the United States. Observed survival (OS) was calculated for each cancer type. The Kaplan-Meier (KM) method was used to calculate OS at 1-month intervals for the first 40 months after diagnosis using SEER*Stat version 7.04. A log rank test was performed on KM survival output and a Cox proportional hazard model was used to calculate hazard ratios. All statistical analyses were performed with 95% confidence intervals with significance determined at P<0.05. Cox proportional hazard analysis was done using GraphPad Prism version 5.04.
Results: There were 879 (63.47%) females and 506 (36.53%) males. There were 1118 (80.72%) whites, 159 (11.48%) blacks, and 108 (7.80%) other. The top cancers were 405 (29.24%) breast, 267 (19.28%) colorectal, 254 (18.34%) prostate, 247 (17.83%) lung and bronchus, and 212 (15.31%) urinary and kidney cancer cases.
Conclusions: As the prevalence of centenarians increases, it is becoming increasingly important to become aware of the cancers that affect them in order to better manage them.
Keywords: Aging - pathology, Aged, 80 and over, Continental Population Groups, Epidemiological Monitoring, Kaplan-Meier Estimate, Neoplasms - epidemiology, Prevalence, Proportional Hazards Models, United States - epidemiology


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By now, you've doubtless heard about last weekend's Scientology shindig on Portland's Southwest Oak street.
A crowd (though maybe not so big a crowd as the allegedly photoshopped press release suggests) gathered in front of a stage that looked remarkably like Mickey Mouse's birthday party at Disneyland, in order to celebrate the grand opening of a new "Ideal Org"—which is essentially the Scientology equivalent of a megachurch, but without so much congregation.
But why Portland?
Newcomers and those with short, suppressive memories may not remember that Portland is something akin to a holy city for Scientologists. That's thanks to a two-month protest in 1985 of a Multnomah County circuit court jury finding the church guilty of defrauding a defector named Julie Christofferson Titchbourne. Scientologists from across the country turned the verdict into a referendum on religious freedom, and the court declared a mistrial.
The posters advertising last weekend's party make that connection clear—calling Portland "the first Scientology city" and showing a photo of 1985-vintage protesters attaching theses to the Multnomah County Courthouse, Martin Luther-style.
"Church members who had been in Portland would always feel an ecstatic sense of kinship," writes Lawrence Wright in his new book on the religion, Going Clear. And little wonder. As Wright explains:
As many as 12,000 Scientologists came from all over the world in May and June 1985 to protest the judgement in what they called the Battle of Portland. Day after day they marched around the Multnomah County courthouse, shouting "Religious freedom now!" and carrying banners reading WE SHALL OVERCOME! Chick Corea flew in from Japan to play a concert, along with other musicians affiliated with the church, including Al Jarreau, Stanley Clarke, and Edgar Winter. Stevie Wonder phoned in and sang "I Just Called to Say I Love You" as the crowd cheered.
One strategy in the Battle of Portland? Destroying copies of Willamette Week.
WW's cover story on May 30, 1985 was entitled "Scientology on Trial." It's very long, and has been excerpted by an anti-Scientology website, but the subtitle provides a pretty clear indication of where it's going: "Why a Portland jury awarded $39 million in damages against one of the world's most profitable cults."
The following week, Mark L. Zusman opened the paper with a letter from the editor. Here is that letter in full.
Seldom has Willamette Week been in the news as much as it has been over the past week. While the radio, television and daily-newspaper reporting on what occurred has all been accurate, some of it has been incomplete. For the record then:Last Wednesday, several phone calls were received at our office claiming that Scientologists were seen hauling off many copies of our paper. That week's issue of Willamette Week, which had as its lead story a piece called "Scientology on Trial," had been distributed to 360 racks and boxes in the metro area Wednesday morning. One newsstand clerk told us that a woman walked into the store, identified herself as a Scientologist and attempted to take about 75 copies of the paper. Another man called and said he confronted a fellow at the New Market Theater walking off with a stack of papers. The fellow said he was a Scientologist and "was under orders" to take the papers. Someone else called us to report that a white van with Texas license plates was seen driving up to the downtown branch of the Multnomah County Library. He said three men got out of the van, emptied a Willamette Week box that sits on 10th Avenue, and then drove away.That evening, we walked through downtown and found more than 25 boxes and racks that were completely empty. On the 11 o'clock KATU news, a spokesman for the Scientologists conceded that members of his organization were responsible. He apologized and promised to return the papers. That evening we ran an additional press run of 3,500 copies and spent the next day refilling the empty boxes. We have no evidence that the Scientologists have returned any newspapers.
Let this be a warning to you, Gizmodo: However many Scientologists are in Portland, they will wreck you.


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July 13, 1947 – March 1, 2019
It's with a sad heart that we would like to announce the passing of Barry George Coulson on March 1, 2019. Barry is survived by his wife Chris of 24 years and his son Christopher. He also leaves behind brother Wayne and family, brother Ron and family and sister Darlene and family.
The world will miss his larger that life personality, he truly was a Renaissance man.EA big thank you to the dedicated doctors and nurses of the BC Cancer Clinic and Royal Jubilee Hospital.
A Celebration of Life for Barry Coulson will be held on May 18, 2019, Alberni Athletic Hall 1 pm – 4 pm.


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Endpoint Vulnerability
Microsoft Edge Security Feature Bypass Vulnerability
A vulnerability exists in Microsoft Edge when the Edge Content Security Policy (CSP) fails to properly validate certain specially crafted documents. An attacker could use this vulnerability to trick a user into loading a web page with malicious content.
Affected Products
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Create your own unique wall hanging from recycled CDs. Bring your imagination and we will provide the rest.
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Located in the Orange Blossom Center, the South Trail Branch is an open, bright branch with lots of sunshine. The branch is located in a commercial center, adjacent to numerous multi-family housing units and is a popular spot for children and families.
The history of South Trail branch spans almost four decades. It began as the Ft. Gatlin branch at 105 Gatlin Avenue in 1965. The branch moved to the corner of Holden Avenue and South Orange Blossom Trail in 1981. The move across the street to the current site in the Orange Blossom Center took place in 1996.


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Ala Moana Beach Park, Honolulu
" Difficult times
have helped me to understand
better than before,
how infinitely rich and beautiful
life is in every way,
life is in every way,
and that so many things
that one goes worrying about
are of no importance
are of no importance
whatsoever. "
Isak Dinesen
"He that cannot forgive others,
breaks the bridge
over which he himself must pass
if he would ever reach heaven;
for everyone
has need to be forgiven"
George Herbert
"Let every man praise the bridge
that carries him over"
English Proverb
"The grave is but a covered bridge
Leading from light to light,
through a brief darkness!"
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
" The hardest thing in life
is to know which bridge to cross
and which to burn. "
David Russell
" The youth gets together his materials
to build a bridge to the moon,
or, perchance, a palace
or temple on the earth,
and, at length,
the middle-aged man concludes
to build a woodshed with them. "
Henry David Thoreau
" The biggest emotion
in creation
is the bridge to optimism. "
Brian May
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So much in our lives
could be viewed as a
transition from one thing
to another.
We go from mother's milk
to solid food.
We transition from home
to school.
We always seem to be
on our way somewhere
Perhaps that's why we love bridges.
They re cathedrals
of going
from one place
to another.
They represent delivery
and freedom;
" The river is wide
and I just can't get
Moon Bridges were built
as places of contemplation,
both OF their lovely shapes,
and as places
of View.
This one was built during the
days of the Depression
as a WPA project
to provide meaningful work
and beauty to Honolulu-
kinda what President Obama
wants to do now
with his jobs bill.
Let's enjoy
a contemplative moment
on our rush from Here
to There.
Glad YOU could stand here
with me for a few moments.
Thank You.
Here's a spray can-
please leave YOUR graffiti
on the 'Comments Wall.'
Warmly, cloudia
George Washington Bridge
by Daryl


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A thing that never occurred to me growing up was that someday, I'd be buying fruit underground and loving it. The thought most likely didn't cross my mind because I didn't live in a place with a subway system, but also because I didn't eat many fruits or vegetables on principle as a child.
Now, I eat them with relish (not the condiment, but the sentiment) and sometimes, if I'm going to get home after the local shops have closed, I'll pick up some fruit from the guys set up in the Metro on the way. The other day, I got the end-of-day price of 2€ for almost half a kilo of strawberries and they were really good. This batch wasn't as good, but for another 2€, I got a whole bunch of berries and I was happy.


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A feature on Aus-China co-productions, for Guardian Australia.
Category: Feature
True crime plunderers: the dark truth about Hounds of Love and Australia's new gorefest
A feature on Hounds of Love and Australian true-crime-ish films, for The Guardian.
Star Lords
We Talked to Director Crystal Moselle About The Boys of 'The Wolfpack', And How Their Family Has Responded to the Film
An interview with Crystal Moselle, on her documentary The Wolfpack, for Junkee.
With 'The Gift', Joel Edgerton Becomes One of Australia's Most Exciting New Filmmakers
An interview with Joel Edgerton, re. his directorial debut The Gift, for Junkee.
The Pixar Theory of Labor
Unpacking the value system beneath the Pixar canon, for The Awl.
Partisan director Ariel Kleiman's brave new worlds
A profile of the young Australian director Ariel Kleiman, for The Saturday Paper.