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Ben-Hur: A Tale of Christ is one of the most influential novels in American history, largely because of its religious themes that offer a parallel story to supplement an understanding of the life of Christ. Published in 1880, Ben-Hur was hailed by such figures as Ulysses S Grant, William Jennings Bryan, Jefferson Davis, and James Garfield, with the latter finding it so insightful that he appointed the author, Lew Wallace, Minister to the Ottoman Empire.
Most of the public recognition for Ben-Hur comes from the recent 2016 adaption and the excellent 1959 adaptation with Charleton Heston that is widely considered one of the greatest films of all time. It shares the Academy Award record of eleven with Titanic and Lord of the Rings: The Return of the King. While these films capture the iconic chariot race that is the pinnacle of the story and are faithful to the Christian themes of redemption, they largely miss one of the central arguments of the novel.
Throughout the story, Wallace explores the concept of Jesus' role as a heavenly Savior, rather than an earthly king, and the spiritual ramifications of the distinction. The protagonist, Judah Ben-Hur, initially expects that God's promised Messiah will be a military warlord to lead the Jews to free themselves from Roman rule and then dominate the world. Only after a series hardships and misadventures that culminate in witnessing the crucifixion, does he realize that this is not what Jesus was sent to do.
Ben-Hur is contrasted with his childhood friend Messala, who returns from Rome and ridicules the overzealous and backwards spiritualism of the Jews. Ben-Hur defends his people's faith in the face of the relativism of Roman intellectualism and the two former friends are irreconcilably divided. Messala champions cynicism and military glory while Ben-Hur believes that life should be devoted to God. Messala declares
"Who are the wise men of our day? Not they who exhaust their years quarrelling about dead things; about Baals, Joves, and Jehovahs; about philosophies and religions. Give me one great name, O Judah; I care not where you go to find it … Pluto take me if it belong not to a man who wrought his fame out of the material furnished him by the present!"
This interaction embitters Ben-Hur and he vows to go to Rome himself and train to be a soldier so that he can lead his people in rebellion to overthrow Rome.
Oblivious to the irony of his mantra, Ben-Hur is so marred by his interaction with the cruel Messala so as to believe that his pious traditions can only defeat Messala's relativism through military force, thus adopting the very attitude he despises in Messala.
At the end of the book, after Ben-Hur has defeated Messala in the chariot-race and Messala is penniless, friendless, and crippled, Messala sends a message to him requesting a refund of the money he lost wagering on the race. This is Ben-Hur's chance to redeem his former friend and to show mercy to a man who had repeatedly betrayed him and persecuted his family. Instead Ben-Hur harshly responds:
"Tell him [Messala] in my strength I rejoice in his beggary and dishonor; tell him I think the affliction of body which he has from my hand is the curse of our Lord God of Israel upon him more for than death for his crimes against the helpless."
This brutal response is in line with the pragmatic consequentialism that Ben-Hur learned through his constant struggles. He believes that God's justice will be severely dealt in this world to those who deserve it.
Even towards the end of the novel, he is still convinced that force and power are expressions of justice. Ben-Hur has two primary mentor characters in the story, the Magi Balthasar, who was in attendance at Christ's birth, and the wheelchair-bound merchant Simonides, whose body was broken by Roman torture. Simonides and Ben-Hur predicted a king who would use his divine power to exert political influence over men. For them:
"The king implied a kingdom; he was to be a warrior glorious as David, a ruler wise and magnificent as Solomon; the kingdom was to be a power against which Rome was to dash itself to pieces. There would be colossal war, and the agonies of death and birth – then peace, meaning, of course, Judean dominion forever"
Balthasar offered a contrary view and claimed that the kingdom of God would be "On the earth, yet not of it – not for men, but for their souls – a dominion, nevertheless, of unimaginable glory." Instead of leading with armies, this ruler would lead with love.
"The power there is in Love had not yet occurred to any man; much less had one come saying directly that for government and its objects – peace and order – Love is better and mightier than Force."
This type of leader was unheard of for Ben-Hur and, while he trusts Balthasar's wisdom and considers the value of such a king, he prepares the way for a political leader, one who will demonstrate the righteousness of his cause with blood. After defeating Messala and reclaiming his fortune, Ben-Hur begins covertly assembling an army of "Galileans." He arms "legions" and trains them in the desert to be ready to follow the Messiah into battle.
There is also the side-plot of Ben-Hur falling in love with the beautiful Iras, the daughter of Balthasar who dreams of sitting as Ben-Hur's queen. She betrays him when it becomes clear that Jesus is not the worldly power and ticket to political power they anticipated. In a scene reminiscent of Messala's earlier ridicule of Jewish beliefs, Iras taunts Ben-Hur saying
"I saw your dreaming Caesar make his entry into Jerusalem. Instead of a Sesostris returning in triumph or a Caesar helmed and sworded – ha, ha, ha! – I saw a man with a woman's face and hair, riding an ass's colt, and in tears. The king! The Son of God! The Redeemer of the world! Ha, ha, ha! Has he broken Rome to pieces? Where has he seated his capital? And his palace – he raised the dead; and to such a one, what is it to raise a golden house?"
The expectation that Jesus would be a political and worldly leader echoes the story of the devil offering these things to Jesus. Matthew 4:1-11 is the narrative of Jesus fasting in the wilderness and being tempted by Satan. The devil offers Jesus "all the kingdoms of the world, and the glory of them" if he will simply worship him. Under the Roman concept of morality, the one Messala and Iras believe and Ben-Hur adopts out of pragmatic necessity, such a compromise would be acceptable. It would be an unstoppable pursuit of glory and an expression of justice. By this relativistic logic, if Jesus' cause was righteous he would prove it by defeating the immoral Romans and imposing his values on the world. Jesus rejects this earthly power, and remains the spiritual Messiah described by Balthasar.
Historically, many Jews were unable to accept this separation of political and spiritual power. In the novel, Wallace references the Jewish Revolt that happened thirty years after Christ's death, when the discontented Jews rose up against Rome only to be slaughtered by the legions and have their temple destroyed. They again rebelled in 132 AD, following Simon Bar-Kokhba, a man they believed to be the Messiah. That rebellion resulted in their defeat and diaspora.
The latter part of the book chronicles the Passion narrative from Ben-Hur's perspective as a loyal disciple outraged that Jesus is being murdered. After realizing that this is his last chance to save the Messiah he had waited so long for, he goes to rally his Galilean legions to free Jesus and begin the long-awaited rebellion. But his trust in military power fails as all his men, who were days before willing to die for Jesus, turn on him and are found among the crowds chanting for his death.
Watching Jesus' death, Ben-Hur is finally forced to accept that the Messiah's salvation is spiritual, not material. Only when he hears Jesus reassure the other criminal on the neighboring cross that "verily I say unto thee, To-day shalt thou be with me in Paradise!" does he confirm that Jesus rules over a heavenly realm.
This is the central lesson of the story: that Christian ethics are based in an authority higher than the material world we reside in. Ben-Hur inherits this belief system from his Jewish upbringing, but he is incapable of following it for most of the story. He is almost so totally consumed by his desire to overthrow Rome that he was willing to use their own philosophy to defeat them. In his sufferings, Ben-Hur grapples with the incongruities between earthly injustice and the universal truth of God's justice. Ben-Hur is able to come to a final realization only through a direct witness of the power of Jesus Christ. Christians for over a century have found encouragement in this sweeping story, and its theological message of the spiritual authority of God's power is as relevant today as it was when first written.
Enjoyed this analysis so much! Our multi-generational family watches Ben-Hur together every couple of years, and its message is timeless.


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Smoking has impacted our world on many levels such as public health, our safety and intensifying poverty. So why won't everyone just stop smoking already, right?
With so much damage, it has lead us to believe that the solution to many of the issue from individuals through to world issues is by simple 'stop smoking'. It is of course easy for people to say who don't smoke but there is an alternative to aid those who are quitting and it's called vaping!
Now, that we have advancements like vaporizing and electronic cigarettes, what would our world look like without smoking?
Our goal at VapeFuse is to help 1 million people by 2018 to get rid of TAR from their lives by making the switch from smoking to vaporizing.
In this article we take a look at how smoking damages the world and how we can change it if everyone stopped smoking and started vaping instead. (And what a wonderful world it would be!)
How Vaping Can Change Public Health if People Stop Smoking.
The stats regarding the impact of smoking has on a person's overall health are staggering.
- More than 1 billion people smoke
- Over 5 million people die each year tobacco-related deaths; 1 person dies every 6 seconds
- Secondhand smoke kills 600,000 people worldwide every year
- A surprising number of smokers die from tobacco-related strokes and heart attacks, not cancer
Noted author and Stanford professor Robert Proctor stated in his book the Golden Holocaust: Origins of the Cigarette Catastrophe and the Case for Abolition
|"'Low-tar cigarettes?', 'Light cigarettes?', 'Better filters?' Forget it. They don't work. Today's cigarettes are deadlier than those made 60 years ago, gram for gram."
His book is so controversial that the tobacco industries tried to stop its production!
Health Conditions Cause by Smoking
Among heart disease and strokes, there are many conditions that smoking can cause which most people still remain unaware of today.
Tobacco is a major factor in a large amount of cases regarding,
- blindness,
- baldness,
- bladder cancer,
- cataracts,
- ankle fractures,
- early onset menopause,
- ectopic pregnancy,
- spontaneous abortion,
- erectile dysfunction.
Secondhand smoke is a silent killer. Secondhand smoke from cigarettes can cause serious cardiovascular and respiratory diseases, including coronary heart disease and lung cancer.
600,000 people die early due to secondhand smoke exposure and 28% of those are children.
If people switched from smoking to vaping it may lead to a healthier society.
Currently, there are no damaging health facts against vaping, in fact quite the opposite actually. Important studies that prove vaping is without a doubt safer than smoking:
- E-cigarettes are 95% safer than smoking – Public Health England
- E-Cigarettes Admit Far Less Aldehydes Than Tobacco Cigarettes – Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos
- Vapor is Virtually as Safe as Air Itself – MatTek Corporation
- Nicotine Via Vaping is as Harmful to Health as Caffeine is – Royal Society for Public Health
- There is No Second-Hand Smoke With E-Cigarettes – UK's Actions on Smoking & Health
- Vaporizers Improve Health of Former Smokers – Alberta School of Public Health
- E-Cigarettes Are Not Harmful to Your Arteries – Onassis Cardiac Surgery Center
- E-Cigarettes Do Not Affect Heart Health – Dr. Konstantinos Farsalinos
- Vaporizers Do Not Impact Lung Health – The Taylor & Francis Group
- Secondhand Tobacco Smoke is More Harmful Than First-hand E-cigarette Vapor Exposure – The Taylor & Francis Group
Read more> What Recent Studies Are Uncovering About Vaping v.s. Smoking.
How Vaping can Lead to Less Crime if People Stop Smoking?
The illicit tobacco trade occurs when smokers are looking to save money on cigarettes by avoiding taxes.
These cigarettes are often non-mainstream brands in minimal packaging. They are often associated with organized crimes and terrorists groups. And the money generated from the illegal tobacco trade allows these criminals more funding for other crime activity such as drug smuggling, sex trafficking, and gun running.
It is estimated that 1 in every 10 cigarettes and tobacco products consumed globally is illicit.
If people stop smoking and switched to vaping it may decrease the illegal tobacco trade.
People who vape but still seek a nicotine hit can switch to e-liquids which is a popular substitute or to other materials and herbs to reduce their need for tobacco.
How Vaping can Increase Your Safety if People Stop Smoking?
There is another health risk associated with smoking such as house fires.
About 300,000 or 10 percent of all fire deaths worldwide were caused by smoking and the estimated total cost of these fires was 27 billion USD.
If people stop smoking and switched to vaping it may lead to less risk of fires. There are no statistics on vaping-related fires (and death toll).
Vaporizers and e-cigarettes are like any other device that uses batteries such as your remote, child's toy or even your mobile.
If you use them properly by following instructions, maintenance, charge them correctly, and not overwork them (use while unit is too hot), it will greatly decrease the chance of combustion and fire.
A lot of them have an auto shut off mechanisms which makes sure you don't leave them on for too long. And if you drop them you don't risk fire because heated elements are generally not exposed and not as flammable as open fire such as in cigarettes.
Can Vaping Improve Poverty if People Stop Smoking ?
Smoking impacts our economy simply through advertising and media. Tobacco companies have targeted lower income earners for many many years.
Author John Madeley stated in his 1999 novel "Big Business Poor People",
|"Tobacco companies convince the poor to smoke more, and to spend money they might have used for food or health care on cigarettes instead."
Tobacco and Poverty
In December 2004 the World Health Organization conducted a study regarding tobacco, they found that Tobacco is undeniably linked to poverty. They reveal that the poorest households in some countries as much as 10%-15% of their spendings is on tobacco which leaves less to spend on food, education and health.
They also reveal that it,
|" In addition to its direct health effects, tobacco leads to malnutrition, increased health care costs and premature death. "
And finally with money being spent on tobacco and health care, it means less is spent on education and therefore lowering their literacy rate.
If people stop smoking and switched to vaping it means they can spend less on tobacco as well as the habit as a whole.
There is currently no studies on vaping impacting poverty but, let's take a look a few other aspects.
Vaping and e-cigarettes come in a variety of devices, ranging from low to very high prices, also, ads for these devices are still very uncommon as most countries are still deciding their final position on vaporizer and e-cigarettes in general.
These devices are reusable, so a person only needs to purchase the raw material, aka tobacco to vape it rather than a cigarette box. Vaping also allows you to get more out of your herbs through convection/conduction, so you won't need to use or buy as much.
Finally, you can mix your tobacco with other herbs for therapeutic purposes, to either help wean yourself off tobacco or save money.
These facts can allow for some logical assumptions, such as vaping caters to people from all financial classes as the user decide how much money they want to spend on their vaping device, their material mix and how much they need.
How Can Vaping Save The Environment & Society?
Tobacco believe it or not plays a factor in our current world hunger crisis.
John Madeley in his book, Big Business, Poor People described in detail the impact tobacco production has on the environment
- The land that has been destroyed or degraded to grow tobacco has effects on nearby farms. As forests, for example, are cleared to make way for tobacco plantations, then the soil protection it provides is lost and is more likely to be washed away in heavy rains. This can lead to soil degradation and failing yields.
- A lot of wood is also needed to cure tobacco leaves.
- Tobacco uses up more water, and has more pesticides applied to it, further affecting water supplies. These water supplies are further depleted by the tobacco industry recommending the planting of quick growing, but water-thirsty eucalyptus trees.
- Child labor is often needed in tobacco farms.
This is not including the packing materials that go along with a pack of cigarettes. Nor does this cover smoking accessories such as plastic lighters which use fuel.
This small amounts which are used by billions adds up creating a substantial impact on the environment.
Vaping and the Environment
If people stop smoking and switched to vaping it may lead to less land used for cultivating tobacco and reduced child labour.
Currently there is no data on whether or not vaping has an impact on the environment and society. However, we know that e-cigarettes and vaporizers do not use wasteful products such as filters, fuel for ignition, or foil packing.
We would like to think that with a lowered demand for tobacco there would be less plantations and cutting down of trees meaning survival of our forests and less pollution impacting farmlands.
As far as data shows there are no children used for labour in the production of e-cigarettes or vaporizers.
The Smokeless World
A world where people stop smoking and a world without cigarettes would mostly surely be a world with less deaths, illnesses and diseases.
A world where people are living is not only healthier, but the environment itself is cleaner.
The air fresher, the soil richer, the surrounding plants fuller, and the nearby water is pure.
Food production could really flourish feeding some of the millions that go hunger each day.
A smoke-free world would really only negatively affect the tobacco companies and ultimately the entire industry.


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Stepping into a big new job is always stressful. Sarah Palin, Barack Obama and Matt Cassel are all trying to fill some big shoes, but who is the most ready? Good question!
Since this blog is focused squarely on politics, sports and (my favorite) nonsense, who better positioned to answer the question than Full Contact? Answer – nobody! Now, on with the show!
As you likely know Sarah Palin is the GOP's VP nominee, Barack Obama is the Democrat's Presidential Nominee and Matt Cassel is filling in for wonder boy QB Tom Brady beginning this Sunday.
Sarah Palin – Hockey Mom, Mayor of a small town in Alaska, Served on Alaska's Oil & Gas Conservation Commission, Two Years as Governor of Alaska
Barack Obama – The dreaded position of community organizer, one time media darling (prior to Palin), seven years in the Illinois State Senate, Liked the job so much he became a US Senator serving since 2004
Matt Cassel – Starting high school quarterback, back up quarterback at highly regarded USC to two Heisman Trophy Winner that he cheered on, 39 or so pro passes to date with no NFL starts prior to taking over for an injured Brady in game one this season.
The Debate
When looking at all three the question is who's past will best prepare them for the challenges each will face. Let's start with Palin. Does her time as a small town Alaska Mayor or a Gas Commissioner really prep her in any way shape or form for the VP spot? Answer, no. But that's not all that's on her resume. She's got a whole two years (that's over 24 months) as governor of one of our sparest states. Does that make her worthy of VP consideration? These days, yes. But the first duty of the VP is to be up to the challenge of replacing the president.
Given that her running mate is 72 years young, a survivor of multiple cancers and five years of torture at the hands of America's enemies, I believe it's very fair game to ask if she's ready for the top job. So, for the purposes of this comparison, we'll grade her heavily on that factor and spend our time prayer for John McCain's continued well being.
What about Barack Obama? After picking Palin, John McCain doesn't seem so bothered by his limited political experience anymore. And it is limited indeed. Obama has been like a rocket rising through the Democrat ranks surging past people like Hillary Clinton and Joe Biden on the way to the nomination. Setting aside his time as a community organizer, which the GOP convention praised (McCain in fact implored people to become community organizers) and mostly denigrated (Palin), Obama has liked the title senator. He's been a state senator for seven years in a very big and influential state and then he moved up to the US Senate four years ago. Does that qualify him to be president?
Interesting question and always one that I found odd. Jack Kennedy seemed to do fine with about the same level of experience. For that matter, George Bush who hasn't done all that well, didn't carry a huge resume into the White House either and yet there didn't seem to be the same obsession with his readiness on the GOP side. Maybe they realize how that worked out and have learned from it??
The reality is that Barack Obama is about as ready as anyone to be president. Not only is there his time in the state and US Senate, but the proof is in the pudding. The man has been at the head of one of the largest and most complicated yet successful campaigns of all time. If all of that doesn't add up to a readiness to be president, than I don't know where the line should be.
Matt Cassel, as mentioned above, hasn't started a game since high school. Think about that, the keys to the Patriot's kingdom are being turned over to a guy who did NOT make the first team in college. It's a strange world. In addition to cheerleading the guys in front of him for four years at powerhouse USC, Cassel has spent the last three seasons prior to this one cheering on and learning from Tom Brady and Belichick's NFL coaching staff. So, unlike both Obama and Palin, Cassel has actually had on the job training since 2005.
And as I said above, the proof is in the pudding. Last weekend, when Brady went down, Cassel stepped in and delivered. The Pats, with Cassel at the controls, started the year off as they usually do, with a win.
Cassel. And this wasn't even close. When you add it up, Cassel's got three years of on the job training and has already showed he could step up when called upon. As he transitions to the starting role, Cassel will have Bill Belichick in his corner all the way. Something tells me that Belichick will make sure he's ready.
Here's hoping Sarah Palin and Barack Obama have a Bill Belichick in their corner too…


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TV Movie - 102 min - Sci-Fi - Two US Navy divers discover the Nautilus trapped underwater, with Captain Nemo in suspended animation inside for the last century. Once Nemo is revived, the government makes a deal with him to refit his ship with a few modern technologies in exchange for his helping to defeat Professor Cunningham, a mad genius threatening to destroy Washington with a missile from his own submarine unless he is paid a billion dollars. Later, Nemo continues and completes his search for the sunken city of Atlantis, delayed 100 years by his long time in stasis.Directors: Alex March, Paul Stader
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Stars: Alex Cord, Mariette Hartley, Ted Cassidy |------------------------Planet Earth (1974)
TV Movie - 74 min - Sci-Fi A man awakens from suspended animation and finds himself in the 22nd century, where he finds that women rule the world and that men are slaves called Dinks. He is captured and sold as a slave, but escapes and hooks up with a male rebel movement.
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TV Movie - 100 min - Sci-Fi In the near future, a group of scientists living in a space ship wake up from a hibernation state and come back to an apocalyptic Earth.--------------------------Battlestar Galactica (1978)
148 min - Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi After the destruction of the twelve human colonies, the last major fighter carrier leads a makeshift refugee fleet in a search for Earth.Directors: Richard A. Colla, Alan J. Levi (uncredited)
Writer: Glen A. Larson
Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene |-------------Mission Galactica: The Cylon Attack (1979)
TV Movie - G 108 min - Action | Adventure | Sci-Fi Running low on fuel, the Battlestar Galactica receives the help of the supposedly lost Battlestar Pegasus which is taking the offensive with the Cylons.
Directors: Christian I. Nyby II, Vince Edwards
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Stars: Richard Hatch, Dirk Benedict, Lorne Greene |Conquest of the Earth (1981)
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The following is a blog – a personal perspective – on visiting Dimock, PA and seeing for the first time gas drilling's impact on that area. After taking the last couple of weekends to travel around PA to see this sort of thing for myself I know how scary and powerful it can be. This blog is well done and I wanted to share it with all of you. Thanks for the link Anne!
Visiting Dimock, Seeing Gas Drilling's Ugly Side Firsthand
- Kate Sinding
- Senior Attorney, New York City
- Posted April 15, 2010 in Curbing Pollution
Like so many who have been following controversial gas drilling issues in the Northeast's Marcellus Shale region (the geological formation that stretches from West Virginia to upstate New York), I have been hearing and reading about, and seeing images of, Dimock, PA for the past roughly year-and-a-half. For those not in the know, Dimock has become the unfortunate poster child for all that can go wrong when industrial gas drilling in the Marcellus isn't adequately regulated and companies make mistakes. Residents have experienced the wide array of adverse effects associated with shale gas production – many of them, it should be noted, inherent in the activity even under the best of circumstances. These impacts include: exploding water wells, contaminated water supplies necessitating daily fresh water deliveries (complete with home invasion in order to accept the regular deliveries), rural landscapes utterly transformed into industrial zones, constant diesel fumes, 24-hour-a-day traffic and noise that literally shakes the walls of homes.
I finally had the opportunity to visit Dimock in person earlier this week. This is the first of a series of posts that I'll file giving some of my impressions. I'm doing this not because I have something new or unique to offer, but because the experience so affected me. And the people who invited me into their homes deserve to have their stories told. I have been working on the Marcellus Shale gas drilling issue for about two-and-a-half years, but as much as I have read, listened to stories, seen photos and video footage and talked about the potential adverse impacts, nothing can compare to seeing, hearing and smelling them live….Only when you're standing in the front yard of someone's dream home – which was once surrounded only by their residential neighbors and farms – and see, hear, smell and feel the vibrations of the incessant truck traffic that passes at all hours of the day and night can you truly understand how transformative it is when gas production arrives in a community. Only when you hear the constant industrial noise from every direction as new well pads are cleared, well bores drilled and then fracked – noise that likewise exists around the clock – can you comprehend how those whose lives have already been turned upside down by drilling gone wrong can never escape the constant auditory reminders. And only when you stand in the backyard of a family who moved to the beautiful Dimock countryside after their last home burned to the ground and see the well pads to both their immediate left and right does it become clear that – even if everything had gone "right" – this family now lives in an industrial zone….
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Tuesday, September 15, 2009
The Mazahua women wear a combination of costumes which vary largely depending on the region or municipality that they live in.
There seems to be two things that are costants in the costume the "reuedo" or petticoat and the belt. The petticoat is worn show slightly from the bottom of the dress or apron , which ever is longer. The belt is worn under the garments to hold the skirt up and to add strength as they work in the fields or grind corn. Recently I have documented over 40 villages which will soon appear on the website. www.mexicantextiles.com .
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- Jen O said...
As as a college professor who teaches ethnic apparel in the Los Angeles region, there is much interest in Mexican apparel and textiles among my student population.
I would include your website in my list of required reading and research sites, were it not for the marring of every image with a logo pasted across the center.
Is there a reason for this?
How can any image be studied or used in research when it is so difficult to see the 'whole' through the wording on every image?
If this were truly a museum, as you state, then your ID would at least be posted at the BOTTOM the images, rather than across the mid section. Neither the MET or any other museum posts logos such as this.
If you want to elevate your collection to certain academic and research status, the logos have 'got to go'!
- Matt & Jenna Dickson said...
In the 1980's, my dad went to Mexico and came back with embroidered dresses for my mom, myself, and my grandmothers. I have kept these dresses for sentimental reasons until recently. I had them in my garage sale, thinking that they were out of style and not worth much. A gentleman from Mexico came by and told me that one of the dresses is quite valuable. He said that it is a maternity dress that tells a story through the embroidery, indicating twins for the mother-to-be. Do you have any knowledge of this "story-telling"? If I sent you a photo, would you be able to identify the region/culture, and give any details about the story?
Thanks in advance for any information you can give.
- Mexican Indigenous textiles said...
Hi Jen - The reason for the marking of my research a lot to do with Mexico being a third largest pirate country in the world, I have found my hard gained images on other Mexican sites pretending they are from that site. This also includes videos. In addition NO mexican has ever lifted a finger to help me. When I am asked for permission I always give it. Can you imagine working 9 years to save the heritage of Mexico without the least bit of interest from the Mexicans?
- Sara said...
Hi Author
I follow your blog for a long time and must tell you that your posts always prove to be of a high value and quality for readers. Keep it up.
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J7: The July 7th Truth Campaign March 2008 Update
Greetings from J7: The July 7th Truth Campaign,
In the slightly tardy J7 March 2008 update: Details of two new articles on the J7 site covering the results of the 7/7 investigation, including details of the recent conviction of Khalid Khaliq and the launch of the FREE KHALID KHALIQ campaign; the overturning of the 'Bradford 5' convictions; a J7 petition update; and further expressions of J7 support and solidarity with other campaigns and activist groups.
J7 are pleased to announce the publication of two new articles covering the results of nearly three years of the police 7/7 investigation, the arrests made and the charges brought. The official Home Office narrative claimed that the four alleged suicide bombers acted alone in the financing and execution of the attacks, yet seven people have been arrested in connection with the events of 7/7. Of these, charges have been brought against three people. With the trials starting in early April of the alleged 7/7 co-conspirators that the Home Office report claims didn't exist, now is the time to get informed:
In July 2005 Khalid Khaliq came forward to voluntarily to assist with the 7/7 investigation. Nearly three years later, on Tuesday March 11th 2008 Khaliq, 34, was sentenced to sixteen months in prison for possession of information that is freely available from an American website set up by the US Ministry of Justice. Khaliq stated in court that the disc "had been brought to his home by "others", whom he refused to identify." Furthermore, it appears Khaliq had not even viewed the material on the disc. The court heard how the CD had originally been produced in the Iqra learning centre and it is common knowledge that CD and DVD production, along with other IT issues at the Iqra, were undertaken not by a Muslim but instead by a jobbing former Hells Angel and "IT man", Martin Gilbertson. Full details in another new article, Justice Defiled - the conviction of Khalid Khaliq, on the J7 blog:
The convictions of four Bradford University students, Awaab Iqbal, Aitzaz Zafar, Usman Ahmed Malik, and Akbar Butt and a London schoolboy, Mohammed Irfan Raja have been overturned in a landmark appeal court ruling. The accused, described 'impartially' by the judge as "intoxicated" by radical Islamist propaganda originally received sentences ranging from 27 months to three years for what lawyer Imran Khan called "thought crime". Within weeks this ruling was overturned and the accused were freed. The Crown Prosecution Service is not challenging the appeal court actions of the Lord Chief Justice claiming it did "not see any necessity to clarify a point of law". For further details please see the J7 People's Inquiry Forum thread:
The J7 RELEASE THE EVIDENCE Petition has raced past 2,000 signature mark, exceeding signatories to the official Downing Street web site petition for a Public Inquiry by a factor of four. The petition has already been signed by some notable individuals and organisations including the Patrick Finucane Centre and representatives from the Omagh Support & Self Help Group. If you've already signed the J7 Petition, thank you. If you haven't signed the J7 Petition yet please do so here:
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J7: The July 7th Truth Campaign March 2008 Update
J7: The July 7th Truth Campaign have issued their March 2008 update.
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Unfair Dealing - State Sponsored Terror, Canadian RCMP Style
Operation Crevice style
fertiliser Ammonium Nitrate plots aren't just the exclusive domain of the UK intelligence services, Canada apparently has them too. Legend has it that Canadian Royal Mounted Police, the Mounties, always get their man. When this is how they play the game, that hardly comes as a surprise.
Unfair Dealing: The Toronto Homegrown Terror Threat
Summer 2006 - Canadian law enforcement round up 18 young Muslims, and arrest them on terrorism charges...
Were they a legitimate threat? Or were the Canadian people fooled?
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For more information, see Captive in Canada - Website dedicated to Shareef Abdel Haleem & Toronto 18. A full length Windows Media version of the film can be downloaded here. Kudos to David Weingarten.
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The 39th president has been testing our endangered patience by delivering homilettes on any mainstream media outlet that will have him (which is all of them), hawking his newest book, Our Endangered Values: America's Moral Crisis – this week's number one New York Times bestseller. In the Left's latest, lamest appeal to the "values voters" who tipped the 2004 election, Jimmy Carter tells them an unpleasant truth: they are all bloodthirsty, hard-hearted, racist, sexist, bastards who are destroying the world and making Baby Jesus cry.
In his tome, Carter blames all the world's ills on the rise of "fundamentalism." Appearing on CNBC's "Tim Russert Show" on Saturday, November 5, Carter reminisced that he saw such fundamentalism "when the Ayatollah Khomeini rejected any kind of reasonable interpretation of the Koran and took American hostages" – and now it's spreading among Christian conservatives. Carter defines fundamentalists as "authoritarian males who consider themselves to be superior to others" and "have an overwhelming commitment to subjugate women." They believe "they are right and that anyone who contradicts them is ignorant and possibly evil…They are often angry and sometimes resort to verbal or even physical abuse against those who interfere with the implementation of their agenda." They tend "to demagogue emotional issues" and view "efforts to resolve differences as signs of weakness." [1] When challenged whether he actually meant Christians were little Ayatollahs, Carter affirmed, "all of those things are compatible [with Christian fundamentalism], yes." He explained to Russert that the sway of fundamentalism in the South derives "from more ancient times, 30, 40, 50 years ago," – ancient? – "from racism, when whites dominated blacks."
The man from Plains makes clear in his book that "fundamentalists" aren't merely knuckle-dragging yokels who believe in a flat earth: "neocons" are also "fundamentalists" [2] Opponents of the Kyoto Treaty are "fundamentalists." [3] Even justifying violence against judges is attributable to fundamentalist "intimidation of the judiciary." [4] Thus, Jimmy Carter continues his long history of insufferable, grating moralizing; demonizing his opponents; and rewriting the history of his failed presidency.
Carter slanders his own country with the relish of a banished head of state, claiming after 9/11, "the U.S. government overreacted by detaining more than twelve hundred innocent men." [5] The neocons "decided to violate" the Geneva Conventions, because they consider enemy combatants "subhuman." [6] Carter intimates America tortures children, based on erroneous statements of Amnesty International and the International Committee of the Red Cross, lying, "It has been confirmed by U.S. officials that many have been physically abused." [7] On the contrary, in July Lt. Gen. Randall "Mark" Schmidt and Brig. Gen. John Furlow testified before the Senated Armed Services Committee that "No torture occurred" at Gitmo. However, the 20th hijacker did suffer the indignity of wearing a thong and bra on his head, and having his sister and mother called whores. (Maybe they, too, had lust in their hearts.) Furthermore, the overblown pranks at Abu Ghraib were investigated by the armed forces themselves, before media exposure. Yet Carter insisted on a softball episode of "Hardball" with his former speechwriter, Chris Matthews, that American troops "continue to torture prisoners around the world in secret prisons."
Turning to Iraq, he claims Bush administration officials made "false and distorted claims after 9/11, they misled the U.S. Congress and the American public into believing that Saddam Hussein had somehow been responsible for the dastardly attack." [8] He charges Dick Cheney with "repeatedly making false statements, such as, 'Instead of losing thousands of lives, we might lose tens of thousands or even hundreds of thousands of lives in a single day of war.'" [9] Despite the fact that his statement is self-evidently true, Carter told Russert this was a fib because, "The Vice President, Cheney, and others – Paul Wolfowitz and others I need not name – long before George W. Bush was elected president, were determined to go to war with Iraq," a canard he repeats in his book. [10] Our pre-emptive war strategy, he writes, troubled Israel (!). Besides, "policies based upon violence always result in a cycle of escalated violence." [11]
In tortured prose that defies logic, Carter writes, "there are two basic facts to be remembered: the war was unjust and unnecessary, and our armed forces in Iraq deserve extraordinary gratitude and admiration for their special courage and effectiveness."
Carter demonstrates he has the same grasp on the War on Terror as he did the Cold War as he pens the only sentence in the book that is underlined: "The fact is that, unlike during other times of national threat or crisis, the United States of America is not at war." [12]
In the last chapter, he lays all his cards on the table: "[T]he greatest challenge we face [in this millennium] is the growing chasm between the rich and poor people on earth." Among his solutions: "getting to know the poor." [13] You may think America is compassionate and philanthropic, but "we are, in fact, the stingiest of all industrialized nations." [14] This, to him, presents a far more troubling problem than a cadre of thugs dedicated to imposing a medieval religio-political philosophy upon the entire world, while spilling as much American, Western, and "infidel" blood as possible.
The former president is hardly alone. During Carter's book tour, Al Gore (who backed Carter's 1994 trip to North Korea) told Australian newspaper The Age, "I don't want to diminish the threat of terrorism at all…but on a long-term global basis, global warming is the most serious problem we are facing." The trouble is not that we are not at war; the trouble is James Earl Carter Jr., Albert Gore Jr., and the American Left have been AWOL from it, as they were during the Cold War. This means the War on Terror, like the waning days of the Cold War, will have to be won without their help – indeed, with their virulent resistance.
When asked by Russert how to respond to Iraq, the apostle of racial tolerance said in effect, "Let Ay-rabs kill Ay-rabs." Carter replied, "I think a preemptory or immediate withdrawal from Iraq would be a mistake." However, if we'd promise to eventually pull out of Iraq (um, we have), and "share" oil revenues, "I believe the violence in Iraq would immediately drop off." When Russert, with uncharacteristic gentleness, pointed out there would be still be an "insurgency" in Iraq, Carter shrugged, "Yes, but the insurgency then would be against their own fellow citizens. It wouldn't be against people who support America in Iraq, and against Americans."
Proffering solutions would interfere with his book's purpose: blaming all the world's troubles (fundamentally) on George W. Bush. North Korea has built nuclear weapons, because Bush branded them the "Axis of Evil." [15] China, too, reacted to Bush's repeal of the "no first use" nuclear policy (although China threatened to nuke Los Angeles during the Clinton administration). [16] John Bolton "announced falsely that Cuba's pharmaceutical industry was involved in the production of biological weapons of mass destruction"; hence, Bush's policies have led to "a predictable and commensurate crackdown on protesting voices in Cuba." [17] Bush's muted praise for missile defense is hypocritical and will trigger a new arms race. [18] He claims letting a gun control measure lapse made Uzis and AK-47s legal, although it certainly did not. [19] In crime, he laments, "our nation's almost total focus is on punishment, not rehabilitation. This is a characteristic of fundamentalism." [20]
America is not alone in its "fundamentalism." Israel also "entices leaders in neighboring Iran, Syria, Egypt, and other Arab nations to join the nuclear weapon community." [21]
Although nearly all media coverage has focused on one-half of chapter eight – in which Carter allegedly makes the stunning revelation (for a leftist) that the Democrats are too closely associated with unrestricted abortion – he never writes anything of the sort, instead spending the seven pages of his book putatively dedicated to "abortion" by advancing government welfare programs, contraceptive sex education, U.S. funding of international "family planning," and embryonic stem cell research, [22] all the while claiming pro-life voters "do not extend their concern to the baby who is born." [23] In his rambling diatribe, Carter disconnectedly weaves from topic-to-topic, in the process endorsing the International Criminal Court, the Kyoto Protocol, the International Covenant on the Rights of the Child, the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, the ABM Treaty, the Comprehensive Nuclear Test Ban Treaty, the IAEA, and Mutually Assured Destruction.
All this from the man who allowed Russians to invade Afghanistan, Islamists to overthrow the Shah and hold Americans hostage for more than a year, attempted to prevent Operation Desert Storm, and hit the snooze alarm on dealing with North Korea's nuclear program until it was too late.
Carter's antagonists aren't just Bush, neocons, and Israeli Jews. Naturally, Christian leaders get taken to the woodshed, as well. Carter recounts how he harangued Pope John Paul II, who so effectively rallied Eastern Europe against Communism that even Jimmy Carter couldn't stop him. Carter writes, "I disagreed with him on his perpetuation of the subservience of women." Misogyny should be a tough charge to hang on a man who spent his pontificate celebrating Mother Theresa and contemplating the glories of an ancient Jewish woman in the Rosary. Carter continues, "there was more harshness when we turned to the subject of 'liberation theology.'" [24] "Liberation theology" is Marxism with a Christian veneer, and the late pontiff strongly condemned it. His successor, Benedict XVI, has written this heresy "constitutes a fundamental threat to the faith of the Church." As one critic notes, "In traditional Christianity, the ennobling of human nature takes place because of Christ's Incarnation; in Marxism, the State takes His place." Carter's approval may stem from his love of theologian Reinhold Niebuhr, a spokesman for "religious socialism" who later founded Americans for Democratic Action. Carter writes Jesus came to "bring good news to the poor," but as president he reached "a surprising and somewhat reluctant conclusion…government officeholders and not church members were more likely to assume responsibility and be able to fulfill the benevolent missions." [25] Forget that this is a complete blurring of the roles of Church and State, which he allegedly opposes. In Carter's conception, the State replaces the Church; the State takes over the functions of God. Such an admission can't come as much of a shock from a man who also admires anti-Christian Communist poet Langston Hughes.
It's not just Roman Catholics: Carter claims he left the conservative Southern Baptist Convention because it, in effect, replaced Jesus Christ by adopting a statement of faith and imposing it with a "strictness" that "has exceeded that in Roman Catholicism." [26] Baptist statements of faith are hardly new; one was passed in 1963, when Jimmuh was a faithful little deacon.
Worse, Southern Baptists also "keep women in their place," and this, Carter charges, is responsible for…female genital mutilation! "Women are greatly abused in many countries in the world, and the alleviation of their plight is made less likely by the mandated subservience of women by Christian fundamentalists." [27] Refuse to elect a female pope, or maintain traditional sexual roles, and you might as well cut off an infant's labia.
Carter's entire book is one long slander of his perceived enemies, religious and secular, effected by casting them as backwoods morons guilty of the most lurid crimes imaginable, the worst being incorrigibly refusing to listen to their betters. It is, in other words, the Left's typical reaction to conservatives, people of faith, and average Americans generally. If you want to read a book that actually has a grasp of American values, read Zell Miller's A Deficit of Decency. Buy Our Endangered Values only if you wish to read the venomous ravings of a bitter, discredited man with a Messianic complex lashing out at the mainstream of the country he failed.
Later this week Ben Johnson will discuss the (many) ways Jimmy Carter whitewashes his presidential failures in his new book – and how he continued to undermine his successors fight for freedom.
1. pp. 34-35
2. p. 101. This would come as news to Leo Strauss, et. al.
3. p. 174
4. p. 96
5. p. 118
6. pp. 126, 129
7. pp. 119-120
8. p.150
9. p. 151
10. p. 152
11. p. 125
12. p. 157
13. p . 179
14. p. 187
15. pp. 109-110
16. pp. 140-141
17. p. 97, p. 104
18. p. 138
19. p. 11
20. p. 79
21. p. 144
22. pp. 71-78
23. p. 73
24. p. 55
25. p. 57
26. pp. 41-42
27. pp. 90, 93
This article originally appeared on Tuesday, November 15, 2005, on FrontPage Magazine.


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Kerry's Birthday Adventure is nearly over, and that's because I managed my way through another night of nearly eight hundred word writing to bring this second scene to an end. I didn't think that was going to happen, but it did.
Now, there isn't much to say at this point about the writing: it was just writing, you know? You wanna know the payoff, which is something I've promised for a while. Well, here it comes, just like the blog title says.
All excerpts from The Foundation Chronicles, Book Two: B For Bewitching, copyright 2015, 2016 by Cassidy Frazee)
They entered Salem Green, one of the numerous walkways found around downtown Salem, and they quickly found themselves in a small lot behind the restaurant where they would dine this evening. The moment she was certain they were alone Annie pulled Kerry to a stop before drawing him off to the side next to some trees. After a short kiss she reached inside her purse and pulled out a small, gift wrapped box. "Happy birthday, my love."
"I wondered when you were going to spring this on me." After removing his backpack and setting it down he turned the box over slowly in his hands. "Quite a difference from last year."
"Yes, but just as important." Annie leaned against Kerry resting her chin on the hand she's clamped over his left shoulder. "Last year when I gave you the Espinoza, it was to allow you to become a better flier and, in time, an excellent racer. I wanted you to feel the sky and become comfortable being there. This, however—" She nodded towards the box. "It's going to help you next year."
"Really? Well—" He began to carefully unwrap the package. "Let's see then." In about thirty seconds he had the paper off and handed it to Annie to fold and place in his backpack. The uncovered box was slightly smaller than his mobile and completely unadorned. Upon sliding off the top he discovered a small silver clam shell case inside. He popped it open—
Inside was a compass.
Kerry lifted the small device from the case, snapped the case closed, and began examining his present closely. The compass itself sat at one end of a Plexiglas baseplate that curved around half the ring dial, and extended a few centimeters to where he noticed the rulers, an orienting arrow, and a small magnifying lens. He moved it about, watching the arrow slowly align on magnetic north no matter which way he turned.
"I've spoken with Penny and Alex about what they did on The Polar Express." Annie moved around so she was facing Kerry. "I know how you navigate: maps and a compass and visual flight rules, nothing more. And as the navigator of your team you need know that the course you're setting is correct." She nodded towards his hands. "I was told by Alex that's one of the best you can get: it's what she used during their flight. It will adjust for magnetic variances, it glows in the dark so you can navigate at night, and best of all, that one is global: you can use it in both the northern and southern hemispheres." She chuckled. "I don't know if we'll ever need that function, but I figured it was good to have because you never know where we might travel."
I'm certain there are a few people reading this going, "Are you kidding? That's Kerry's present?" No, really: that's what she bought him. I'll even show it too you, because I do know what it looks like.
While that is the current 2016 version, the 2013 version is nearly identical–I know, I've looked. But there's a little more that goes with this gift . . .
"That's really nice." He was rather impressed with his new toy, and he not only flashed upon an image of him using it to plot a course on a map, but he also considered the notion that one day in the future he may be somewhere in the southern hemisphere using this navigation aid. "Thank you." He pulled Annie close and kissed her with great tenderness. "This is a beautiful present, Darling. I'm going to start working with this over the summer."
"I as much figured." She tapped the hand that held the case. "There's more."
He pushed away slightly in surprise. "There is?"
"Yes." Annie chuckled slightly upon the utterance of his question. "Open the case and look inside the lid."
Kerry did as instructed and saw what he missed when he opened the case the first time: the inscription inside the lid—
Tova shte vi otvede obratno kŭm men. Lyubovta, Annie.
He read it three times, hoping his nascent Bulgarian would be sufficient, but the only words he recognized were the last two. "I know the last part says 'Love, Annie', but I don't recognize the rest."
She moved next to her soul mate and pointed at the inscription. "It says, 'This will bring you back to me'." Annie turned and kissed Kerry with as much tenderness as he'd done with her moments before. "And it will. No matter where you are, when you want to reach me, you will."
Kerry closed his eyes and heard her words in his mind once more, then a second and third time. Only then did he slowly open his eyes, though he couldn't see for they were filled with tears. "Oh, Darling—"
Annie touched his cheek. "What is it, my love?"
"The gift." He sniffed back the tears. "It's just a compass, but the feeling you placed within—" He hugged the love of his life tightly. "What did I ever do to deserve you?"
She placed his face between her hands and, while gazing into his eyes, spoke to him in tones of hushed reverence. "You were born."
I ran that last line of the except–"You were born"–over and over for the last week, and most of the time when I played out the last part of this scene I'd begin crying. It's touching because Kerry understands what Annie's saying to him with such a simply gift: no matter where you are, you'll always find your way to me. And since the inscription's in Bulgarian, no one else–save someone who speaks Bulgarian–will know what Annie had inscribed.
It's for them and them alone.
Now, something I want to touch upon, so bear with me . . .
The idea of a compass really came to me about a year and a half ago, though I have to admit I didn't start doing my research on this until about a week back. It seems like a cheap-ass gift–what did Annie spend? About €50? Yeah, about that. Considerably less than what she spent on Kerry's broom.
I've said several times in the past that they give gifts based upon feeling, not cost. The most Kerry's spent on Annie so far was a few hundred Pounds on the earrings, and mention will be made in the next scene about them.
As for this gift . . . I have a little something to show.
A few nights back–Monday the 25th around 10:30 to be accurate–I was chatting with my friend Tanya, who is the person who created the original Annie upon whom my Annie is closely modeled. We were chatting about the story–which we tend to do–and I brought up the matter of Kerry's gift. And here's what was said:
Cassidy Frazee
That will get mentioned, but he's getting his present from Annie.
Does she end up giving him the same thing or is it something else?
Cassidy Frazee
She gave him his broom for his twelfth birthday. This year, because he's doing the Polar Express the next school year, she's giving him an engraved compass.
They give gifts that mean something. 🙂
Not just because??
Maybe Kerry could use some chap stick
all that wind can't be good on the lips
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She'll have written on the back, "This will bring you back to me. Love, Annie."
that's adorable
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It's what Annie would do.
Of course I hadn't decided on the exact type of compass the other night, and once I picked the Plexiglas one engraving something on the back would have been out of the question, which is why it's now inside the case lid. But that's beside the point: what's important is Tanya's last statement: "Awe. That's adorable." Only the Real Annie(tm) would understand the meaning behind the gift, and get that it's not a matter of being cheap, it's a matter of being on point. This will allow him to navigate across hundreds of kilometers of wilderness in the middle of winter with the intention of returning to the school. Which they consider home, because we know, home is where the love lay.
Home is where Annie waits.
So, the gift is Real Annie(tm) approved, and that's all I need to hear.
And you can bet a certain kid is gonna spend a lot of time zipping around England and Wales over the summer making sure he can find his way home when it matters the most.


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When Swedish divers found an 18th century shipwreck at the bottom of the Baltic Sea in July, they uncovered 30 bottles of 230-year-old bubbly. Wine connoisseur Ella Gruessner Cromwell-Morgan sampled the find, which she described as sweet, fizzy and "fabulous." The golden ambrosia's bouquet had strong notes of tobacco, as well as "grapes and white fruits, oak and mead." It's likely these bottles could be antique Veuve Clicquot, a premium brand of French champagne and part of a consignment sent by King Louis XVI to the Russian imperial court. If confirmed, the bottles would be not only the oldest drinkable champagne in the world but among the priciest as well. Cromwell-Morgan estimates each bottle could fetch anywhere from $69,000 to more than $100,000. Fabulous indeed.
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Here are answers to some of the most common questions we receive about garden plants. You will find concise information on general gardening techniques as well as plant selection and care. For detailed information on specific plant pests and problems refer to our Common Garden Pests and Problems page.
Do you have additional gardening questions? Please contact us. Here's how.
How do I create a meadow garden?
With a trend towards establishing more naturalized landscapes, planting a meadow garden is becoming popular amongst gardeners who have learned to appreciate the array of colors, textures and simple beauty. In Nature, wildflower meadows are not created overnight. Much hard work and patience is needed to grow a meadow garden in your yard which will flower year after year. Here's how to do it.
To begin, you must select the proper site; initially, think small! Frequently, meadow gardening is discussed in terms of acres, but for most home gardeners, this is impractical. An area ranging from 100 to 2000 square feet is a good, manageable size. The site should have full sun, be well drained and have good soil structure. Soil structure, is very important for the formation of deep roots, which help plants survive the long dry summers.
When you begin the process of selecting plants for the meadow, acquire a good list of Missouri native wildflowers and grasses. The Missouri Department of Conservation's list also includes Midwest seed sources. Consider height, bloom period and color of each selection. In nature, meadows are comprised mostly of grasses which function to prevent soil erosion, invasion of weeds and stabilize the wildflower population from blowing over in the wind. They also provide a nice contrasting background for the wildflower's color.
Up to 2000 square feet, limit your choices to a total of six to eight different kinds of wildflower and grass plants. Approximately 60% of the mix should be grasses and 40% wildflowers. You will need a little less than a quarter of a pound of seed per 1000 square feet.
Prepare the site for seeding, by clearing existing vegetation. The best time to start the process is in the fall. Till over the entire area to a depth of four-to-six inches. In early spring, newly emerging weeds should be tilled-in approximately every two weeks up until planting time, late March or early April. You can use a broad spectrum herbicide to clear out the weeds. However, a well-tilled soil is extremely important for good seed germination and plant establishment. Do not skip this step!
Once the site is prepared and smoothed over, you are ready to plant. Planting time is very important. The ideal time is: after the ground has thawed and before the spring rains, when the weather is cool. Seed can be broadcast by hand. Because the seeds are very small, it is a good idea to mix seed with sawdust or sand so the seed can be spread evenly. Cover the seed with a light layer of soil by shallow raking with the back of the rake. Place a board over seed, and step on it to firm the soil, ensuring good soil to seed contact.
Weeds can be a problem in the first year because wildflower plants initially spend more time growing roots than leaves. Uncontrolled weeds can choke-out the wildflowers. Old fashion hand pulling is one remedy. This means hard work to stay ahead. If you prefer this method, be sure that you recognize which is a weed and which is a wildflower. Grow some of your selections in pots so you recognize the seedlings. If the weeds do get out of control, you can mow the area at a height of 6 to 8 inches, two-to-three times during the summer.
The site should begin to resemble a meadow by the second year. After the second year, and every three-to-four years after the flowers have set seed, the meadow should be mowed to 6 to 8 inches high and the loose vegetation composted. Natural meadows are renewed by burning; which will either require a permit or may be prohibited altogether, depending upon where you live. Burning kills woody plants, weakens weed seeds and breaks down the organic material, preventing self sown seeds from reaching the soil surface to germinate.
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William was my 5x Great Grandfather and more information is here.
In the Name of God Amen I William Seager the Elder of Highway
in the County of Wilts Yeoman being in an ill State but of sound and perfect Mind, Memory and Understanding
for which I bless God do this the nineteenth Day of February in the Year of our Lord One thousand seven hundred and eighty
make and publish this my last Will and Testrament as follows First and principally I resign my Soul into the Hands
of Almighty God for Forgiveness of my Sins and my Body I committ to the Earth to be decently buried at the
Discretion of my Executors herein after named And as to my Worldly Estate I give devise and dispose of the same as follows (that is
to say) I give and bequeath to my Grandson William Howell (Son of Robert Howell and Elizabeth his Wife) the Sum of Forty
Pounds of lawful Money of Great Britain to be paid to him at his Age of one and twenty Years Item I give and bequeath to my
Daughter Mary Howell ( Wife of William Howell) the Sum of Five Pounds of the like lawful Money Item I give and bequeath
unto my Sons William Seager and John Seager the Sum of One Hundred Pounds of like Money Upon this special Trust
and Confidence in them reposed that my said Trustees and the Survivor of them his Executors or Administrators do and shall pay
and apply the Interest thereof and such Part of the Principal from time to time as they in their Discretion shall think fit and
see necessary unto my said Daughter Elizabeth Howell (Wife of Robert Howell) to and for her own sole Use and Benefit
seperate and apart from her present or any future Husband and not to be subject to any the Debts Controul or Incumberances of her
said present or any future Husband but her Receipts alone whether sole or Covert to be from time to time good and sufficient
Discharge for the same And in Case it shall happen that the whole of the said Sum of One hundred Pounds shall not be expended
and paid to my said Daughter in her lifetime Then upon Trust that they my said Trustees or the Survivor of them
his Executors or Administrators do and shall pay apply and dispose of the Residue thereof as shall be remaining in their or any
or either of their Hands at the time of the Decease of my said Daughter unto such of her Children as shall happen to be then
living to be equally divided between them Share and Share alike (my said Grandson William Howell excepted who is otherwise
before provided for by this my Will) And all the rest Residue and remainder of my Estate both real and personal Goods Chattles
and Effects whatsoever wheresoever and of what Nature kind or Quality soever after payment of my Funeral Expenses Debts
and Legacies I give devise and bequeath the same and every part and parcel thereof to my Sons William Seager and John
Seager To Hold to them their Heirs Exxecutors Administrators and Assigns for ever as Tenants in common and not as joint
Tenants And I do hereby nominate and appoint my said Sons William Seager and John Seager Executors jointly of this my
Will and revoking all other Wills by me at any Time heretofore made do declare this only to be my last Will and Testament
In Witness whereof I have hereunto set my Hand and Seal the Day and year first above written.
Wm Seager
Signed sealed and delivered and by the said Testator published and
declared as and for his last Will and Testament in the presence of us who have
hereunto subscribed our Names as Witnesses in his Presence and in the presence
of each other.
John Howell
Thomas Neate
Thomas Coleman
At Chippenham on the 30th day of November 1782
the joint Executors were duly sworn before me
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Main Material : sterling silver |
Other Materials : freshwater pearls |
Length (mm) : 190 |
One of a Kind : No |
Hallmarked : Yes |
Finish : oxidised
Elegant, contemporary and fashionable, this bracelet is a must-have!
The clasp on this piece has been designed to be a feature so when worn it remains on top of the wrist in full view due to the weight of the pearls. Made of oxidised sterling silver, there are 11 beautiful creamy-white baroque shape cultured freshwater pearls individually knotted accounting for approximately 9cm of the total 19cm length. The clasp is approximately 15 x 15mm in size at its longest points and is set with a 3mm round faceted white topaz.
Designed and handmade by Mandana Oskoui.


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Historical Fiction Book Reviewer
Monday, January 9, 2012
Smart Sweets by Katie Kimball
Here's a Recipe Book you won't want to do without when you take goodies to your friends. Healthy and tips to keep you coming back for all of the requests you are going to get for re-makes!
An eBook so you can take it with you! How simple is that?


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From Surly Field to the Armory, there were too many big concerts announced this week
We told you about the Basilica Block Party. We told you about the Memory Lanes Block Party. But what about the many, many, many—and I do mean many—other big shows announced this week?
First off, we've got two bookings for the summer music series at Surly Festival Field. On August 9, Texas blues-rock guitarist Gary Clark Jr., who's set to release a new, politically charged album This Land in a week, returns to Surly. And on August 17 another Texan, rootsy feller Shakey Graves, will co-headline with Philly rockers Dr. Dog. Both shows go on sale Friday at 10 a.m. via good ol' etix.com.
And the Armory is filling up its schedule as well. There's a not-so-unlikely double bill of Jason Isbell and the 400 Unit along with Father John Misty on June 14. The next day, Coheed and Cambria and Mastodon will bring "The Unheavenly Skye Tour" to town. Tickets for both shows also go on sale Friday at 10 a.m., via Ticketmaster
And you know the Xcel Energy Center? Where they play the hockey? Well, if you're a Chainsmokers fan, you're not going to want to miss this opportunity to hang out with thousands of other Chainsmokers fans there on October 5, because that's when the Chainsmokers' World War Joy (hey don't blame me, I just cut and pasted it) tour comes to town, with openers 5 Seconds of Summer. And you'll never guess when those go on sale. That's right, Friday at 10 a.m., via Ticketmaster.
OK, I think that's everything for now. Nobody announce any more big shows till Monday at least.


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It was another enjoyable half term with lots of things happening.
In English, the children have loved studying Macbeth. From hotseating to writing newspaper reports, we have analysed how the plot and characters developed. I have been impressed at the children's enthusiasm.
In maths, we continued to strive for excellence in our arithmetic and in addition the main topics covered were geometry, shape and angles.
Electricity was the theme in science, and the children have enjoyed investigating circuits and switches as well as finding and fixing faults.
We have continued our active learning including skipping and running regularly. In PE Y5 enjoyed their swimming sessions and the children have also participated in dance and games lessons.
Our trip to Young Voices was well attended and the children really enjoyed the experience, behaving extremely well throughout.