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Like mushrooms after a rain, election posters sprout in front of polling stations. Kind of like the "reminder" to Republicans to vote since there's no Republican candidates on the slate. All the GOP partisans can vote on is one at large city alderman and several municipal improvement bonds, sidewalks revitalization, greeway, etcetera.
We picked every one of the (local, organic) berries for this pie by hand over the course of the summers of 2008 and 2009. The blueberries came from a school, and the strawberries and raspberries came from our CSA farm. All of our parents had a hand in this pie's creation, which made it really special. My dad and mom picked blueberries with us, my spouse's dad made the awesome crust from scratch, and my spouse's mom helped us to get the filling's flavor right.
We rolled out the dough and mixed up the filling and baked this pie on the Tuesday night before Thanksgiving. The next night, late at night, we were at a grocery chain store, people-watching. A woman picked up a boxed commercial pie and said to her shopping companion, "Wow! Awesome! This is two dollars! Why would *anyone* ever bother making things themselves at home?" And she laughed.
Eating locally helps us to do our part to reduce environmental pollution, as well as to increase local economic stability.
Picking all of the berries ourselves connects us quite literally with our food chain. Berry cultivation is not always easy to do; berries are delicate, and must be picked by hand. Our local CSA is good to us by providing berries, delegating the labor-intensive berry harvest to us. Otherwise, there'd be no way to make it cost-effective for shareholders.
Every berry you eat has been picked by a human hand. That fact is humbling in and of itself. It makes me even more humbled to spend hours each summer picking those berries myself; I can barely take the hot summer sun for an hour per week, yet billions of people worldwide cultivate, tend, and harvest all day, every day. So that others may eat. It is incredibly important to me that I remember this, and that I honor this process with gratitude and respect.
And with sweat. Because I am incredibly fortunate to be alive, and to have enough mobility in my body to pick fruit.
Each bite is a gift, a blessing. It is an homage to many hot hours under the sun, squatting, reaching, bending. It speaks to dirt, to prickers, to bugs, birds, swarming around as we worked and sweated and stained our hands with juice.
But I have a diabetic condition. I probably eat one piece of this pie per year, tops. Why do I bother? It's just pie.
So indeed, it's just a pie. It's made of grains, roots, bark, cane, and fruits. But it's so much more than that, for me, for the both of us.
I've been making this pie since 1995. It's a super-simple recipe, and the lattice technique couldn't be more straightforward, but the outcome is really wonderful. And then we all get to eat this pie together, for Thanksgiving.
I'm not for colonial imperialism, but I *am* for celebrating sustainable harvests, and families, and the sheer miracle of living. And with this, I rejoice.
The Good Shepherd and local scenes. One of the few windows to depict a motor car. Glass by M.F. Bell, 1976. In memory of George Ogg, d.1973.
Pic by Jenny.
Pro-lifers rally in Tempe, Phoenix to change the culture
By Ambria Hammel and Andrew Junker| Feb. 1, 2010 | The Catholic Sun
While a quarter of a million people marched on Washington, D.C., to commemorate Roe v. Wade Jan. 22, local pro-lifers gathered in Tempe and Phoenix to mark the infamous Supreme Court decision that legalized abortion in 1973.
Over two days, thousands listened to speakers who encouraged them to build a new culture of life through both spiritual and political means.
“Be maladjusted to the main currents of society,” Bishop Thomas J. Olmsted said, quoting Martin Luther King Jr. to hundreds of youth and young adults at a Jan. 22 rally at Arizona State University in Tempe.
The annual event includes music, speakers, a eucharistic procession up “A” Mountain, all night adoration and, in recent years, live drama. This year a diverse crowd of 500 turned out despite an imminent threat of rain.
“Be maladjusted to what is legal, but what is wrong. Be maladjusted to what is very popular, but false,” the bishop said. “Never let yourself adjust to whatever is destructive to any human being.”
Moments earlier, the crowd saw depictions of the raw emotion and complex problems that arise through abortion. No one portrayed in “The Vitae Monologues,” man or woman, young adult or first-time grandparent, was left unscarred by their abortion experience.
At one point, the drama focused on a couple’s abortion experience, related through intertwined monologues. An image of a clinic’s waiting room and later the operating table provided the backdrop.
“Little did I know that every baby, every child, every teen would mirror back to me the child I would never have. That was one of many things that those people at Planned Parenthood forgot to mention,” the main female character said. “Abortion can terminate a pregnancy, but it can never terminate your thoughts and your memories.”
“It was just so shocking,” Catherine Robb said about the performance. She attended the youth rally with several other teenagers from St. Benedict Parish.
After “The Vitae Monologues,” Bishop Olmsted gave the teens and young adults encouragement to remain countercultural.
“Don’t let intimidation or the media or common culture keep you silent about the things that really matter,” he said. “We will monologue and we will dialogue and we will kneel down and we will stand up to live and serve the Gospel of Life.”
The crowd then gathered outside ASU’s Memorial Union for a eucharistic procession led by Fr. John Muir, assistant director to the diocesan Office of Worship.
Some prayed the rosary along the muddy path up “A” Mountain. It rained while the group prayed for the unborn at the top of the mountain. Hundreds knelt in the wet gravel.
Junuee Castro said she prayed for all those who have been killed without having a chance to take their first breath on her way up the mountain. The St. Agnes young adult hoped that people left the rally with a desire to defend life.
“Our silence does not take us anywhere aside from selfishness and deprives us from what true liberty is in our soul,” Castro said.
The rally ended with all-night adoration at the All Saints Newman Center.
Four-and-a-half feet of snow in Flagstaff earlier that week did not deter students from marking the anniversary of Roe v. Wade at the Holy Trinity Newman Center at Northern Arizona University. Despite a cautionary weather alert, pro-life Masses, a rosary and 40 hours of Eucharistic adoration proceeded as scheduled Jan. 21-24.
Downtown Phoenix rally
Pro-life events continued on Jan. 24 with a Mass, march and rally all beginning at St. Francis Xavier Parish in Phoenix. A crowd more than 2,000 strong streamed out of the church and onto Central Avenue. They held placards declaring their support for life as they walked about a half-mile to Steele Indian School Park.
Organizer Melanie Pritchard said the crowd was the largest showing in morethan four years.
“I think people are more invested this year,” she said. “People are at a turning point in our culture and state. There’s been this new realization that we have to stand up and get out of our comfort zones so we can make a difference.”
Sen. Jon Kyl, Gov. Jan Brewer, State Treasurer Dean Martin and Rep. Trent Franks were just a few of the politicians who made brief speeches to the crowd.
Pritchard attributed the high political turnout to the fact that 2010 is shaping up to be a competitive election year. But she also said rally organizers made an effort to invite them so the crowd could hear about the state of pro-life legislation straight from the legislators.
Sen. Kyl focused on health care reform, which is currently stalled in Congress. The bill passed by the House of Representatives, he said, poses no problems on the pro-life front.
The Senate bill, on the other hand, would provide government subsidies to health care plans that provide abortion, and it restricts conscience clauses, Sen. Kyl said.
The recent election of Massachusetts Republican Scott Brown to the Senate calls into question whether any form of health reform will be passed. Brown opposes the bill, and his election means the Democrats have lost their 60-seat supermajority needed to end a Republican filibuster.
At one point during the rally, local pro-life leader and attorney John Jakubczyk used Brown’s election — dubbed the “miracle in Massachusetts” — to show the crowd that anything can happen when citizens get involved in the political process.
Though Brown supports abortion rights, the crowd erupted in cheers when Jakubczyk mentioned him, presumably because of his opposition to the Senate health care bill.
Gov. Brewer said that 2009 was a banner year for pro-life legislation in Arizona.
She signed into law a number of bills that prohibited partial-birth abortion, banned non-physicians from performing abortions, bolstered informed consent and parental consent for minors seeking abortions, and protected conscience clauses for health care workers.
Bishop Olmsted delivered the homily at the Mass preceding the rally. His preaching focused more on a spiritual method for combating a culture that supports abortion and euthanasia.
He encouraged churchgoers to celebrate the culture of life, to set aside Sundays for worship and family time and to look upon God’s gifts and others with a sense of reverence.
Catherine E. Hanley in Flagstaff contributed to this story.
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SOO LINE 2010 Rolls onto the Seneca Line in Rochester, MN to work Seneca Foods before the crew heads home for the weekend. Real awesome sight to see the last MILW painted engine on the CP roster in Rochester as the B24 local! SOO 2010 was the Rochester Local engine once before years back after the DM&E sale to CP.
Fresh Kodak 320TXP film
Moersch Tanol 1+1+100 (distilled water) 10min @ 20°C (N-30%) BTZS rotary tube
Linhof M 4x5” & Macro Sironar 210mm f5.6 @ f22, front swing.
There’s no date sign for this church but it’s the final resting place of a famous cleric who died in 1625, so it’s at least that old. Another church in the area with similar doors is dated 1500-20.
The wood is in poor condition but at least these doors can be photographed easily. The older and bigger wooden doors on the local cathedral are in much better condition and feature more elaborate carving but they’re behind protective glass.
The 4th annual Donadea Forest 10K took place on Saturday 15th October 2011. Donadea Forest Park is situated between Clane and Kilcock in County Kildare. The profits from the 10K race go to support a local charity each year with support also given to The Friends of the Forest community group and Donadea Running Club. This year’s chosen charity was Friends of Naas Hospital.
Donadea is located close to Prosperous, between Clane and Maynooth and has a beautiful forest park owned and managed by Coillte.
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Clearly unafraid are these three Fallow Deer who were the opposite side of the field to us at Norden.
They grazed for a while, had a wash then lay down for a few hours!
It was a pity that werent a tiny bit closer - even with my 300mm lens at full stretch it didnt bring them nearer!
A small excerpt from the British Deer Society:
These elegant deer have long been prized as ornamental species and their history is closely linked to that of deer parks. Fallow deer were first brought to Britain from the western Mediterranean during the Roman period, when they were kept within enclosures known as ‘vivaria’. Genetic analysis has shown that these Roman fallow deer went extinct in Britain following the collapse of the Roman Empire. It was not until the 11th century that fallow deer were reintroduced, this time from the eastern Mediterranean. Initially they were kept in parks as rare exotica but gradually their populations increased and they became an important source of venison for aristocratic tables. As the fashion for deer parks declined in the 15th century, many parks fell into disrepair and these medieval escapee deer are the foundation of the free-living population in Britain today.
Whilst non-native, fallow deer are considered naturalised and are locally abundant and increasing. They are widespread in England and Wales, but patchy in Scotland, inhabiting mature broadleaf woodland with under-storey, open coniferous woodland and open agricultural land. They prefer to graze grasses although they will take trees and dwarf shrub shoots in autumn and winter.
Population density and habitat influence both group size and the degree of sexual segregation. Groups of adult males and females, usually with young, remain apart for most of the year in large woodlands, only coming together to breed. Sexes freely mix in large herds throughout the year in open, agricultural environments.
Damage caused by browsing of tree shoots and agricultural crops puts fallow deer in conflict with farmers and foresters and their ability to reach very high densities can result in high local levels of damage. Conversely, many country and forest estates can gain substantial revenue from recreational stalking and/or venison production. Fallow deer are also farmed for their venison and are one of the most important ornamental park species in the UK. Regardless of context, fallow deer populations require careful management to maintain health and quality and ensure a sustainable balance with their environment.
Behaviour depends upon the environment and population density. In most populations bucks maintain a traditional, defended rutting stand. In others, a temporary rutting stand is maintained to attract sufficient does to herd them into a harem. In areas with very high buck densities a lek (a gathering of males engaging in competitive display to attract potential mates) may be formed. In lower density areas bucks may simply seek out receptive females. In common with other large species of deer, during conflict the bucks’ behaviour escalates from groaning and parallel walks to fighting. During the rut bucks groan tremendously and does with fawns give a short bark when alarmed.
After mating, adult does give birth to a single fawn in June or July after a gestation of 229 days. Bucks generally live for 8 – 10 years although they can live as long as 16 years.
Fallow deer are active throughout the 24-hour period but make use of open spaces during the hours of darkness in populations experiencing frequent disturbance. Peak activity is at dawn and dusk with most daytime hours spent ‘lying up’, where they lie down to ruminate between feeding bouts.
مهندسی فرآیند خودکار؟
بسته بندی منحصر به فرد؟
طراحی / بازاریابی؟
مقرون به صرفه؟
سالم؟
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automatizovaný proces inženýrství?
individuální balení?
design / marketing?
cenově dostupné?
zdravé?
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automated process engineering?
individualized packaging?
design/marketing?
affordable?
healthy?
Food and drinks are set out for customers of the "Sip N Shop" night at Quinton's Bar and Deli in Columbia, Mo. on Thursday, March 6, 2014. Local vendors put on the event to raise money for the Buddy Pack Program of the Food Bank for Central and Northeast Missouri, which helps low-income elementary school kids get a backpack filled with food for the weekend. (Jason Bredehoeft/KOMU)
Growing your own food isn't just about saving money, it's about so much more. I truly believe that as humans we posses an innate desire or need to take a hand-on role in the production of the food we consume. Whether through growing your own, foraging in the wild, hunting or even going to a local farm, knowing exactly where your food comes from provides a deep sense of appreciation for what you eat.
Blogging about Growing REAL food and WHY at Not Dabbling Today: wp.me/psbGE-297
we have a little shop, i would call it a curiosity shop, the owner always has weird and wonderful old things ...this wooden carved little seat caught my eye this time
Pride.be - Pride 2018 - Your Local Power
Feeling free and at home in your neighborhood, town or city. Be and show yourself in the streets. Holding hands with the person you love and smiling at each other in public. Our personal lives occur in the public space. Considering the approaching communal elections, everyone (youngsters, seniors, families, couples and all people - no matter what gender or orientation) asks the local politicians: How do you make a difference? What do you do to improve diversity in our everyday life? Where the rain makes way for the sun, we will walk proudly under the rainbow!
We will all be heading to the voting booths for the local elections on 14th of October. Deciding which circle to colour in is an important decision. A conscious decision can lead to a better living environment in your city or municipality.
And we're not just talking about the redesign of the local park, the policies in the municipal school, or the proper functioning of the local Public Centre for Social Welfare. Your local municipal or city administration can also make a real difference and turn the place where you live into a true rainbow bubble, if that's what you'd like, of course.
So it's no wonder that this year's Pride is focusing on the local elections. Belgian Pride is putting the municipalities and cities in the limelight in 2018, or better yet, at the end of the rainbow! We want the slogan 'Your Local Power!' to encourage municipal and city administrations to enact explicit, integrated local LGBTI+ policies.
Municipalities and cities can and must make the difference. They must accept responsibility for the well-being of all their residents. Flying the rainbow flag at the local government offices during the Pride period is a symbol of this. This is also a way that the municipality or city can show their solidarity with the LGBTI+ community. This symbolic gesture is not an infringement on neutrality. On the contrary, we can only actively work on ending all forms of discrimination once there is recognition for diversity and inclusion.
Policy-makers can make the lives of many citizens that much rosier by taking both small and large actions: by introducing a diversity charter in sports clubs, by making information on gender and sexuality available at the local libraries, by providing logistical and financial support to local associations, testimonials, and courses in the municipal education system, by holding a queer film festival in the local movie theatre or cultural centre, by holding LGBTI+ actions in community centres and youth centres, by providing information on what to do if you are the victim or witness of discrimination, by offering space for intimacy and (LGBTI+) sexuality in assisted-living centres, by training local police precincts and municipal officials, by including Equal Opportunity as an explicit competence within the city administration, etc.
The list of things that cities and municipalities can do is endless. Plus, many of these actions are very easy to implement. Sometimes, your local administration only needs a little boost, and you can give them that boost in the voting booth on 14th of October. A good local administration meets the needs and requirements of all residents. What does the LGBTI+ community in your city or municipality need?
You can already send the politicians a signal that is loud and clear on Saturday, the 19th of May. Make your wishes heard during the Belgian Pride.
We hope to see you there! Everyone is welcome!
( Chaque annee la Pride attire des dizaines de milliers de visiteurs vers la capitale et colore Bruxelles aux couleurs de l'arc-en-ciel. Il y a aussi le PrideVillage et le PridePodium autour de la Bourse.
Pride.be n'est pas seulement la plus grande fete de Bruxelles, mais c'est aussi un evenement avec un message politique. Avec cette manifestation, nous essayons d'obtenir plus d'egalite de droits pour tout le monde et surtout pour la communaute lesbigaytrans. )
This photograph is one of those taken by John Cooke in 1913 to illustrate the dreadful living conditions in Dublin.
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Vancouver's Farmers Markets aren't just a great source of tasty things to eat, they also present lots of photo ops... which is just what I needed to help get a grip on how my new E-3 works. October 18, 2008.
Joel launched his Living. Loving. Local. project with the #LLLSecret dinner at Beast Restaurant on Feb 28th. 5 chefs, 5 vintners, a lot of very happy guests!
First Course: Charcuterie from each of the 5 chefs served with 13th Street Cuvee Rose
Second Course: Wild Boar Face and Guinea Hen Tourtiere, House Ketchup, Pickled Elderberries, Shaved Fennel from Scott Vivian, Beast, served with Fielding Winery wine.
Third Course: "Chupe De Chorizo" - Latin-American stew, Smoked Wild Boar Chorizo Yukon golds & garbanzos simmered in coconut, fire roasted tomato & charred red pepper broth. "Mystery bird" lime dumplings & boar cracklin''; Side of Salsa de Fuego Sofrito
from Rossy Earle, Personal Chef, served with Lailey Vineyard 2008 Syrah
Fourth Course: Hand minced game sausage "en crepenette"; Guinea hen mouseline with smoked boar belly, braised cabbage and grain mustard from Jason Bangertner, Luma and Canteen (O&B) served with Ravine Vineyards
wine.
Fifth Course: Mead Braised Wild Boar Shoulder, Hush Puppies with Caramelized Onions, livers and crispy skin with black pepper thyme honey drizzle, Slow-cooked Southern Greens(with smoked wild boar bits), Buttermilk Mashed Sweet Potatoes
From Steve Wilson, Executive Chef at The Summit Golf and Country Club, served with Rosewood 2008 Chardonnay Reserve
Sixth Course: Wild Boar Carbonara: Smoked wild boar noodles w/ crackling crusted deep fried poached quail egg.
Southern Fried Quail over buttermilk biscuit with wild boar and smoked apple sausage gravy.
From Tom Davis, The Stockyards Smokehouse and Larder served with Rosehall Run wine.
Seventh Course: Doughnuts rolled in Wild Boar Bacon and Sugar and filled with Maple Curd.
From Rachelle Vivian, Pastry Chef at Beast Restaurant served with Karlo Estates Van Alstine 2008 (Port Style)
Local accession number: 13_05_000839
Title: Unidentified woman [back]
Statement of responsibility: W. Notman, Montreal, Notman & Campbell, 4 Park Street, Boston
Creator/Contributor: Notman, William (Photographer)
Genre: Photographs; Cartes de visite; Portraits
Date created: 1859-1870 (approximate)
Physical description: 1 photograph : print on card mount ; mount 11 x 7 cm (carte de visite format)
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Collection: Cartes de Visite Collection
Location: Boston Public Library, Print Department
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Street signs in Ploiesti with a vehicle registered locally in Prahova county allowing a large group to enter the zebra crossing. An Ikarus bus comes the other way.
PH registration for the local area - Prahova
A female farmer with local fruit on the way to Tumba–Lediima Reserve, Democratic Republic of Congo.
Photo by Ollivier Girard/CIFOR
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Last weekend I got to photograph an album cover and promotional photos for a local artist named Richard Smith. He's a very cool guy and was very easy to work with, and he isn't like other hiphop artists around here. I think this guy will go far in his music career.
This is a promotional photo I took for him. I'll post the album cover on a later date.
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