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Penny LeGate Update: Back to Africa

Posted: March 9, 2012 in journalism

This post was written before the tragic death this week of Marah Williams (Penny LeGate’s 19 year-old daughter). At a celebration of Marah’s life Saturday afternoon, Penny remembered Marah as a “shooting star”. Penny’s words were eloquent and remarkable. Our heartfelt thoughts and prayers go out to Penny, Mike and Marah’s sister, Molly. A memorial scholarship will soon be set up in Marah Williams’ name. More details to come.

I remember the warm smile that spread across Penny’s face when she talked about how special it was that Marah could share in her recent trip to Ethiopia. At that moment it wasn’t a repurposed journalist advocating for the poor as much as it was a grateful mom just sharing her heart. Penny LeGate has a 1000 watt smile. I suspect a lot of that power she shared with Marah.

So here is that post. Read it again. Think of our good friend, Penny and how she must be hurting. Now consider how you can come alongside her when she may need you the most…

Penny LeGate gets excited just thinking about the moment when the bandages come off.

The Seattle TV journalist is leaving today for a month-long trip to Ethiopia, following Pasco, Washington ophthalmologist Dr. Jim Guzek and his effort to restore sight to cataracts patients living in extreme poverty. LeGate says Dr Guzek will be the only surgeon on-site with a small support staff in the remote area of Dembi Dolo in western Ethiopia near the Sudan border. LeGate will also be visiting Ethiopia’s Omo River Valley.

The 57-year old re-purposed journalist will be in Africa for a month gathering video of people whose lives she says are “pretty much unchanged for generations.” This is Dr. Guzek’s fourth trip to Ethiopia, the land with more blindness per capita than any nation on earth. LeGate hopes to air the video soon after her return to Seattle.

“I can’t wait for that moment when these people are finally able to see for the first time in years. It’s a dramatic moment.” LeGate’s especially excited for this trip because she’ll be bringing along her (then) 18 year-old daughter, Marah. “It’s so cool Marah will get to see all this.” She says, “Imagine watching that moment when someone’s giving the gift of sight. I can’t wait.”

The people getting the surgery will finally have a measure of independence. But LeGate says just as important is the liberation that the blind’s caregivers receive after the surgery.

She says the Omo River Valley is, “right out of National Geographic.” LeGate, who’s worked at Seattle Channel since she left KIRO 7 TV in 2010, says, “You’ll recognize this tribe, the Mursi, by the plates they wear in their lips.” Tri Cities Rotary is paying her way.

Dr Guzek’s cataracts work is supported by the Tropical Health Alliance Foundation an organization founded by Dr. Larry Thomas from California.

On April 16th, a 22-minute documentary LeGate produced entitled, “Women to Women” will air on The Seattle Channel’s “Community Stories”. LeGate’s work can often be seen on the Seattle Channel.

Penny traveled to Uganda for that project. The doc follows a group of women, some from Seattle, who travel to Africa to share their skills with women there. LeGate says the project was especially difficult because it was just her video and no narration. “It’s a little scary.”

  1. Margo says:

    Penny words can say all that I feel at the loss of your daughter. My friend Mark loss his son, 20, the same way on Aug 5,2012 he would have been leaving for Art school on thethe 25th and turning 21yo Aug 27. Now we are picking up pieces having a memorial on the 26th. It is so VERY sad and such a waste of bright shining star!!! Our. prays and grief we are sharing with you.

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Ranking Trump’s Appointments: Who Is Worst? – posted 12/18/2016 and published in the Concord Monitor on 1/1/2017

Some commentators have remarked upon the “fox in the chicken coop” quality of President-elect Trump’s appointments. A number of the new appointees are opposed to the mission of the agency to which they have been appointed. Too often it seems like Trump went for the worst imaginable choice.

The question arises: who is the worst appointee? Clearly, there is robust competition.

To properly assess things in a Trumpian way, I suggest using the 10 scale. This was the scale Trump previously used when ranking women on their looks. Think back to that interview when Trump said, “I view a person who’s flat-chested as very hard to be a 10.” Since turnabout is fair play, I think the 10 scale works in this context.

At 10, we have supremely qualified, knowledgeable and vastly experienced. At 1, we have abysmally ignorant, inexperienced and totally unqualified. There are quite a few contestants for this Celebrity Appointee competition. Let the games begin!

As our nation’s chief law enforcement officer and an early pick, let’s begin with the selection of Alabama Senator Jefferson Beauregard Sessions III for Attorney General. Accusations of racism have long dogged his career. In 1986, a Senate committee rejected Sessions for a federal judgeship. His former colleagues testified he used the n-word and joked about the Ku Klux Klan, saying he thought they were “okay, until he learned that they smoked marijuana.” Sessions denies the racism accusations.

He is hardcore anti-immigrant, a climate change denier, and a military hawk. He was one of the first members of Congress to endorse Trump and Trump sometimes rewards loyalty. I rate him a solid 3. Loyalty has its virtues. If you are Black, Latino or a woman, you need to look for friends elsewhere.

Next up: Lt. General Mike Flynn, Trump’s choice for National Security Advisor.He has tweeted that “Fear of Muslims is RATIONAL”. In July, he falsely claimed that Hillary Clinton wore a hijab in solidarity with Islamic terrorists. In October, he retweeted a false claim that the UN was attempting to create a one world church that prohibited Christianity. He has actively called for the imprisonment of Hillary Clinton and he led chants of “lock her up” at the Republican National Convention.

Flynn had retweeted the fake news story about Hillary Clinton’s involvement in sex crimes with minors. After that crazy guy, looking for sex crimes, shot up a Washington pizza place, Flynn and his son both deleted the tweet. Flynn’s son got dismissed but Flynn Sr. stays on. Flynn is buddy-buddy with Vladimir Putin. Seriously, with Flynn, you have to wonder: is there is a screw loose? And I am not even mentioning the anti-semitic tweet. Without equivocation, I give Flynn a 1.5. Who needs Dr. Strangelove?

And let us not forget Stephen Bannon, Trump’s choice for chief strategist. Bannon was head of Breitbart News, a far right conservative site that has provided a haven for white nationalists. Let’s not mince words: white nationalist equals Nazis, Klan and assorted white supremacists.

Bannon denies that he personally is a racist and an anti-semite. Does that make me feel better? As we saw a couple weeks ago at the Washington conference, these folks are Sieg Heiling in their private rooms. Bannon gets a 1. Being a comrade of racists and anti-semites while denying your own racism is not reassuring. Step aside Darth Vader and Dick Cheney.

Moving on to government agencies, I need to mention Secretary of State nominee Rex Tillerson. Tillerson has been ExxonMobil CEO. While much media attention has focused on his ties to Putin (Tillerson was awarded Russia’s Order of Friendship in 2013), the deeper story is what his nomination means for climate change. Tillerson is at the heart of fossil fuel extraction. Will he recommend pulling out of the Paris Agreement? Or will he go forward with pipelines like Keystone XL?

Tillerson has acknowledged that burning fossil fuels does contribute to higher temperatures but he has been part of the oil industry effort to manufacture doubt about climate change. Because he is not a right wing nutcase but a savvy businessman, I rate him a 4, which is generous. Like Trump, he is all about the money.

Also, in the world of agencies, there is the nominee for Labor Secretary, Andrew Puzder. As CEO of fast food chains Carl’s Jr. and Hardee’s, he has a reputation for exploiting his workers. He opposes raising the minimum wage. He has also opposed Obama’s attempts to update overtime pay rules so that more low wage workers will get time-and-a-half for working over 40 hours a week.

Puzder is a devotee of Ayn Rand. He and his wife donated $332,000 to Trump’s campaign. He is a 2 and a likely winner of the Marie Antionette “Let Them Eat Cake” award.

Then there is Dr. Ben Carson, the nominee for the Department of Housing and Urban Development (HUD). It is hard to know what to make of this pick. When his name was floated, Carson said he felt unqualified to run a federal agency. He was a brain surgeon with no relevant experience.

During the campaign, Trump said horrible things about Carson. He said Carson had an incurable pathological temper. He likened Carson’s pathology to the sickness of a child molester. But, I guess bygones are bygones and Trump needed a token African American (his African American!) among his cabinet of billionaires and generals.

I guess Carson has lived in a house in an inner city neighborhood so that gives him housing experience. I give him a 1. Experience counts. Carson takes the Alfred E. Neuman “What, Me Worry?” award.

And finally there is the nominee for the head of the Environmental Protection Agency, Scott Pruitt. Pruitt has been Attorney General of Oklahoma. He is known for his close ties to the oil and gas industry. According to a 2014 article in the New York Times, since 2010, Pruitt had received $215, 574 from energy industry donors.

Former Republican Congressman Bob Englis, a conservative environmentalist, had this to say about Pruitt:

“It really is a crazy thought to have somebody who disputes the science of climate change heading up the EPA. It’s like having the president of Delta Airlines be somebody who doesn’t believe it’s possible for humans to fly. It doesn’t work.”

As Oklahoma Attorney General, Pruitt sued the EPA at least 13 times in 5 years. In 2014 he sent a letter to the EPA saying that federal regulators were grossly overestimating the amount of air pollution caused by energy companies drilling new natural gas wells in the state. Devon Energy, one of Oklahoma’s biggest oil and gas companies authored the letter. Pruitt copied it onto government stationery with a few word changes. It is no wonder the oil and gas companies love him.

Christine Todd Whitman, George W. Bush’s EPA chief, went on record about Pruitt:

“I don’t recall ever having seen an appointment of someone who is so disdainful of the agency and the science behind what the agency does.”

The Truitt nomination was particularly jarring because it came the day after Trump met with Al Gore. I have to rate Pruitt a .5. Apparently the word “pollution” is not in his vocabulary.

There are so many others I am going to have to pass on. Tom Price, Betsey Devos, Wilbur Ross, General Mattis, John Bolton and Rick Perry – sorry about that. They deserve grades too.

I know others will disagree and there is plenty of room for argument but I have to go with Scott Pruitt as the worst appointee. Let’s face it: it is not everyday that the polluters’ best friend, someone described as ” an existential threat to the planet” can become head of EPA.

Time will tell who is the true winner of this contest but we already know who will be the real loser – the American people.

  1. paul2eaglin
    December 19, 2016 at 1:07 am

    Of all the appointments, the most momentous and threatening will be Mick Mulvaney at OMB, if he gets confirmed. Trump will be turning over to a Freedom Caucus member the budget and regulatory management powers. Mulvaney will influence budget and creation of and demise of regulations. The Freedom Caucus must be as happy as the Ku Klux Klan and the White Nationalists who stiff-armed saluted as they shouted their Hail Trump slogans a few weeks ago.
    Paul Eaglin

  2. Matt P.
    December 19, 2016 at 4:27 pm

    Whoa with all the talk of the clan. Ridiculous!! I will certainly be on the lookout for all the white hooded people that supposedly will be out in force. Come on with this doom and gloom. Let’s work side by side not at opposite ends. We are all better then this, and you are smarter then this. Hand in hand not face to face…

    • December 20, 2016 at 12:04 pm

      Hi Matt – Happy Holidays! I hope all is well with you and the whole family. I guess I respectfully disagree with your take. I think you missed the point of what I was arguing. I am not expecting the Klan to be arriving en masse in NH. I was writing about the so-called white nationalist movement and Trump’s movement. As a Jew, they make me extremely uncomfortable. I think Trump has played to them. The white nationalists were big Trump supporters. I don’t see this as normal. I see Trump as a quasi-fascist, not a typical Republican. Since Trump’s election, there has been an uptick in hate crimes all across the country. That is no accident. Maybe it will turn out that he is no different than other Republicans who mostly are just concerned about making money. I don’t know. I think Trump’s racism toward Muslims and Mexicans during the campaign was unprecedented. He has been appealing to the worst in people. I do not think my concern about this is ridiculous. I think too many white people have a blind eye to racism and anti-semitism.

      • Matt P.
        December 20, 2016 at 4:44 pm

        Happy Hanukkah to you and your family. Thank you for the reply. We may come the the NE for a visit in April. Would love to get together then!!

      • December 21, 2016 at 8:18 pm

        Great! We would love that. Happy holidays back at you.

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The Glossies: Why AOL TW Must Die

Simon Dumenco

Yeah yeah yeah: Everybody and his brother already knows that the union of AOL and Time Warner was the worst merger in the history of the known universe, and that the marriage was doomed pretty much from the moment the delusional couple stumbled into the, uh, corporate honeymoon suite. (Insert joke here about the shareholders being the only ones who got screwed.) All the reasons are, in retrospect, excruciatingly obvious, beginning with the fact that the bride (AOL) pretended that she was way wealthier and more established (not to mention prettier) than she really was.

The groom (Time Warner) is right to be pissed off, the reasoning goes, because his true love—who once seemed to glow with youthful charisma and boundless promise—turned out to be a two-faced floozy who’d led on previous suitors (advertisers, partners, auditors) with overpromises and more than a bit of not-so-artful dissembling.

But beyond that unfortunate reality, there’s another reason that the marriage is doomed. It’s not polite to discuss it, but if you were able to have this couple over to your house for a dinner party, you and all your guests would later be unable to stop yourselves from speaking the truth: The bride is STUPID!

Not just sorta dumb. I’m talking intellectually impaired. Feebleminded. Ox-headed.

Oh, she was such a beautiful bride—until she opened her mouth!

I’ve been thinking about the future of this marriage because of AOL TW’s recent decision to make some of its big-name magazines available only through AOL, which has involved killing their free-access Web sites. People, Entertainment Weekly, In Style, and Teen People have already made the transition to AOL-only sites, and others will follow.

Never mind that “content” (especially magazine-centric content) as an online magnet is an idea whose time came and went ages ago. In a way, it’s hard to blame AOL for this boneheaded move simply because it doesn’t have a lot of cards in hand, and it had to offer some reasons to justify charging $21.95 a month.

No, the bigger problem is that the juxtaposition of AOL’s content with Time Inc.’s content makes AOL seem downright learning-disabled.

I’ve had an AOL account for a decade, but I seldom use anything other than AOL e-mail. But lately I’ve been signing on and poking around. And I’ve been utterly appalled. Starting with a welcome screen that throws a few headlines your way and sells you stuff (like digital cameras and computers), the editorial standards throughout AOL are far below those of just about any mass-market magazine. The packaging is uniformly witless, bordering on tone deaf.

An AOL Careers & Work channel hotlink reads, “Resume Do’s and Don’ts: Learn these tips before sending your resume.” (Is this meant for future AOL layoffees, perhaps?) A Sexual Health channel promo reads, “Exploring Orgasm: Researchers have figured out why sex feels so good to guys.” (Even the pervs in the chat rooms don’t need that explained.) An AOL Health channel hotlink reads, simply, “Socialize! Be friendly. Loners get health problems.”

I am not kidding. It really said that. It really, truly said, “Be friendly.”

And I’m not being uncharitable here; I didn’t pick the worst packaging throughout AOL to make a point. These bits are entirely, numbingly representative of the tone and overall level of sophistication of AOL’s editorial voice.

If you should chance upon a link to a Time Inc. magazine’s content, though, it’s like vaulting out of grade school right into college. There’s a common fallacy that many Time Inc. titles are lowest-common-denominator pubs because they’re mass-market. The culture and sensibility of these LCD titles, the thinking goes, should mesh quite comfortably with AOL because AOL is nothing if not LCD. But mass-market does not automatically equal stupid.

Regular readers of this column know that I’ve slammed a good number of Time Inc. titles. But my criticism of, say, In Style was never about it being too LCD in its approach and voice. In Style is actually a cleverly packaged, cunningly constructed media product that speaks to its LCD audience with remarkable finesse. My quarrel with In Style isn’t about its I.Q., but that it deploys its editorial intelligence to aid and abet the worst impulses of the celebrity-industrial complex.

As Time Inc.’s magazines have gotten hipper and edgier and smarter and more self-aware, AOL has stayed dumb. Fifth-grade reading-level dumb. (No offense to fifth graders.) AOL still seems to think that mass = stoopit.

From the earliest days of the merger, the Time Inc. folks I know have been rejecting AOL’s sensibility like a bad kidney. Segregating the online content of Time Inc.’s titles into the AOL ghetto isn’t going to do anything but reduce audience exposure to Time Inc.’s remarkable brands and enduringly compelling content. To bring AOL up to Time Inc.’s standards is going to require more than a bit of content-grafting; it’s going to require a wholesale reeducation program that neither bride nor groom seems enthused about embarking on.

The tragedy of this marriage only compounds itself. AOL’s response to me, I suppose, would be something along the lines of “Be friendly.” Instead, I’ll be blunt: The bride is not only a cheap whore, but there’s quite possibly no chance of the groom ever having an intelligent conversation with her.

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Rest in Peace, Baby Mary Diana

Last week in Chicago, a man found a newborn baby girl lying on the ground outside his apartment. Her umbilical cord was still attached and she was barely alive after suffering blunt force trauma. She died shortly thereafter, and police later discovered that she had been thrown from a ninth story window by her mother.

My friend Aaron Damiani is the pastor of Immanuel Anglican Church, which meets across the street from the place where the man found the little girl. Immanuel stepped up and held a memorial service for her, which Aaron led.

If your heart aches over our world’s callous disregard for the lives of children — both inside and outside of the womb — please read his brief, but powerful comments from the service and be comforted.

I would like to speak plainly about the life and death of Mary Diana. She was born to the world this very week. Shortly after her birth she was badly injured, and then she was abandoned in a grassy area outside of 850 W Eastwood, just yards from where we sit today.

A resident of the building discovered her on Wednesday just before midnight. He gently swaddled her in his own clothes and brought her to Weiss Memorial Hospital. She was given immediate medical attention.

There was a chaplain on site who gave her the name Mary. She baptized baby Mary and was with her to the end. Mary passed soon after. Another resident from the Eastwood building gave her the middle name of Diana. Mary Diana, a beautiful name for a beautiful child.

What happened to Mary Diana was not OK.  It was evil and cruel.

    • As a newborn baby, Mary Diana was a gift – to us, to Uptown and to Chicago. And she should have been received as a gift.
    • Mary Diana should have been protected, not abused.
    • She should have been nurtured, not abandoned.
    • She should have been loved, not discarded.
    • Mary Diana was supposed to grow into maturity and make a loving contribution to the world. We won’t know what that contribution would have been.

Let us speak plainly. Death came too soon to Mary Diana, because death was her enemy. But her death was precious in the sight of God. And though death was her enemy, Jesus Christ is her hero and champion.  Let me tell you why.

Jesus Christ went before Mary Diana.

He went before her through his birth.

      1. Though He was the delight of heaven and the Son of God, Jesus Christ entered history and became a vulnerable baby, just like Mary Diana.
      2. His small life was in danger from Herod, who slaughtered many babies, who tried to slaughter Him. Jesus’ parents had to flee, and hide him to keep him alive.
      3. He did that out of personal, tender love for Mary Diana.

Jesus Christ went before Mary Diana in death.

      1. He took blows, blunt force trauma.
      2. He was stripped naked, and He was abandoned by people He loved, people He needed.
      3. Death was His enemy too, and He faced it with courage and love for Mary Diana.

Jesus Christ went before Mary Diana in resurrection.

      1. Jesus Christ was raised to indestructible life.  Not in a sentimental or even mystical way; His body was raised to new life. The evidence of history shows that He fed, taught, and encouraged over 500 people after His resurrection.
      2. Jesus Christ turned death against itself.
      3. He is alive — alive for Mary Diana, and when she breathed her last, His arms of love were wide open to her.

Death was Mary Diana’s enemy.

Jesus Christ is Mary Diana’s hero. He conquered death on her behalf. Christ has died, Christ is risen, Christ will come again.

Because this is true of Jesus, through Him we can know God’s protection, love, and security. Though we are surrounded by tragedy, we can have a secure hope. Though we face death ourselves, we can have confidence because a hero has gone before us.

Let us speak plainly.  Mary Diana does not belong to death, she belongs to Jesus Christ.

In the name of the Father, the Son and the Holy Spirit, Amen.

One thing we can all do to honor Mary Diana and her Lord Jesus is to stop now and pray for all the children whose lives are devalued by those whose hearts are calloused. We can start by praying “Father, forgive them, for they know not what they do” (Luke 23:34).

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  1. Graeme Phillips #

    Make no mistake, I think abortion and infanticide are the worst forms of murder, as they are carried out against completely defenceless beings. In principle, I am indifferent on the issue of capital punishment, but if any act is worthy of a capital sentence, abortion and infanticide come top of the list. If the state of Illinois agrees in this instance, I would struggle to find a moral objection (not likely though, as most metro trendies will probably treat her as a cause celèbre of the pro-choice movement).

    Assuming (this is a big if) this mother was in a desperate situation and knew she could not care for the child, I can’t help but feel that a baby drop box along the lines of that run by the South Korean pastor Lee Jong-rak Lee ( is at worst a lesser evil.

    Ultimately, an evil act like this stems from disregard of God’s word. Psalm 127:3: – “Lo, children are an heritage of the Lord: and the fruit of the womb is his reward”.

    November 14, 2015

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    There's no game with better gun play so that's a good thing that it's the same.

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    I suppose.

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    I don't know. Rainbow Six: Siege is damn close.

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    OK hold you horses. I'm not trying to say destiny 2's gunplay isn't good, but no game with better gunplay? That's quite the statement.

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    It's a statement I will stand by.

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Windows Vista SP2 is released to Download center

Finally Vista SP2 has been released to the general public for download. While the update is mostly a roll up of existing individual updates, there are a few SP2 only updates (blu-ray write support, exfat 2 support… to name a few).
Here is a link to get to the Vista SP2 download center.
Microsoft claims there are over 700 bug fixes and updates in SP2.
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Baked Eggplant And Mushroom Soup – Virtual Vegan Potlock Entry November 2013

16 Nov

Baked soup

This I my 3rd time in the VVP and I’m so pleased that it is getting bigger and bigger. I choose a different category every time and this time it is soup time for me.

I have found a very quick way to make soups – by baking the ingredients! Usually my baked soups is some variation of a tomato soup  (see this blog post for a recipe), but for this VVP I wanted to do something new.

I went to the supermarket and was scounting for ingredients for the soup and ended up going for eggplant, mushroom and onion – a soup combination I had never tried – or heard of before. I told one of my friends about my VVP entry and she was sceptic – that is until she tried it. She loved it!…. And I hope you will too.

For 4 people you will need:

1 eggplant

500 grams of mushrooms

2 big onions

2 cloves of garlic

½ chili

Sesame seeds for the topping

Fresh herbs for serving – mint, parsley, coriander (cilantro)

Turn the oven to 200 degrees (400 Fahrenheit). Cut the eggplant, onion, mushrooms, garlic and chili into smaller pieces, add to a baking dish and season with salt and pepper.  Leave 2 cm eggplant, ½ onion and 1-mushrooms for the crunchy toppings.

Bake the veggie for 25 min. While they get ready, you can do the toppings. Cut the topping “leftovers” into very small pieces and fry in sunflower with sesame seeds until crisp.

When the veggies in the oven is golden, blend them together with about 500 ml. water and add to a saucepan.

Serve hot with the toppings and some green herbs such as mint, parsley or coriander.

Press the forward button and go to the next vegan blogger in the Virtual Vegan Potlock.

Quick and delicious spinach dish – use it as a starter or with pasta

31 Aug

This dish is very easy to make. 10-15 mins – and you are ready to eat – and it tastes fantastic. I was inspired to do it on  a holiday in Poland. I thought the tha Polish cuisine wasn’t much more than meat and cabbage. But was I wrong! I was very surprised to find many vegetarian options on the menus, and if you order a salad you will get a huge portion.

You only need very few ingredients to make the dish and you can use it on it’s own as a starter or for pasta.

200 g fresh spinach
1 big onion, chopped
2 cloves of garlic, finely chopped
100 g mushrooms, sliced
1 tablespoon sundried tomatoes (in oil), chopped
½ teaspoon nutmeg
Thin sliced parmesan, thinly sliced (optional)
Fresh pasta (optional)
Sunflower oil

Fry onion and garlic for about 3 mins. Add mushrooms and fry at high heat for 5-7 mins until the mushrooms are golden. Add the spinach and turn down heat to medium heat. After about 5 mins the spinach will have reduced a lot – add the sundried tomatoes and fry for a few minutes more. Add salt, pepper and nutmeg to taste.

When I serve the dish as a starter I plate up with a food ring to make a nice round shape. If you eat cheese place thinly sliced parmesan and maybe serve with some good bread.

If you use the dish for pasta grate the parmesan on the hot dish.

Need some energy?

14 Aug

Today I came home a bit tired from some good busy days at the office. I decided to make a juice that would give me some energy.

If you need some energy late in the energy – or before doing a workout or a run – this is the juice you want! The beets help with circulation and the other ingredients will energize and alkalize our whole body.

For 2 pints of juice:

3 beets

1 organic lemon

1 courgette

1 yellow bell pepper

1 cm ginger

Just juice everything whole if possible with your juicer – if not cut into smaller pieces.

Quick juicy summer dish – that can be made on the barbecue!

27 Jul

Here’s a VERY quick summer dish. It takes 15 min to make, is very cheap, satisfying and healthy – even alkaline too.

Take 2 washed ‘little gem lettuces’ (baby romaine) and half them and add sunflower oil to the cut side and season with salt. Grill on the cut side.

Slice spring onion in half and grill as well on the cut side. I also grilled some radishes.

Grill some thin slices of spelt bread – put some olive oil on the hot bread and add tomatoes, salt and peber.

Easy Cheezy Chili Pizza Snails – My Virtual Vegan Potlock May 2013 Entry

11 May

Yes I know – a Pizza Snail doesn’t sound that appetizing – nor very Vegan. But I wanted a title that would catch your attention – Did I succeed?

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With more than 150 participants in the Potlock this time I want to make sure to make an impact and get some more followers, so I can succeed with my vision: TO HELP 1.000.000 PEOPLE AROUND THE WORLD GET HEALTHIER. Sounds good? You are actually helping me just by reading this blog post (so thank you) – if you decide you like what your read, you can be apart of the MIND YOUR FOODS revolution by following and sharing it – Thank you in advance 🙂

….. And now what you came here for: a recipe for a vegan appetizer!

Normally I’m all for making everything from scratch – I grow my own veg and sprouts, bake bread without yeast, make dressings and sauces, soak and cook beans etc. But sometimes you just need something delicious and fairly quick. If you make sure to get good organic ready-made stuff and you only take the easy way out once in a while you will be alright, because stress is actually more bad for you than a lot of fast food 🙂

I write that my recipe is fairly quick, because some might think that a quick dish takes 5 min and other people think a quick dish takes 1 hour to make. The only “time consuming” thing in this appetizer is the vegan cheeze – that takes about 10-15 mins to make – and you can make it in advance. It keeps in the fridge for 3-4 days and makes a very good sandwich spread as well. Do the dishes while the snails are in the oven and you will have a clean kitchen and food ready in 40 mins (The macadamia nuts needs to soak in water for 3-4 hours – if your have a VITAMIX you can make it without soaking). You can make this into normal pizzas as a main dish as well.

What you need from the supermarket for making appetizers for 4 people:
2 wholewheat, spelt or rye tortillas – sprouted if you can get them where you live
200 ml of your favorite tomato pizza or pasta sauce – I use a spicy version
2 large onions – finely sliced rings
Sunflower oil – I only cook with sunflower, grape seed and coconut oil as they can be heated to high temperatures without being toxic and loosing their healthy qualities.

Cherry tomatoes – halved
A bag of mixed lettuce

Quick basil dressing

2 handfuls of fresh basil
Lemon juice (of half a lemon)
50 ml. olive oil

For the vegan cheeze (This recipe will make you enough for about 4-6 regular pizzas):

100 grams macadamia nuts – or cashews (Soaked in water for minimum 3 hours)
500 ml. water
Juice of half a lemon
1 garlic clove
2 tablespoons of tapioca starch/flour – If you can’t get it where you live – use potato starch or arrowroot
1 teaspoon of salt
2 tablespoons of sunflower oil
1 very finely chopped chili pepper (optional – you could also make a plain cheeze or use another herb)

Set the oven to 220 degrees (430 F).

I start out by making the vegan cheeze. Blend all the ingredients except the chili. It needs to be very smooth. Put the mix in a saucepan and heat up on high heat and turn down to medium after a few minutes. You need to stir all the time to stop the cheeze from burning to the pan. It might start to part and look a bit weird – but just keep stirring and after about 5 mins your cheeze is ready. It should look like yoghurt. Set aside while making the rest.

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Spread out the tomato sauce on the tortillas – all the way to the edges. Cover the pizza with onion and drizzle with sunflower oil. Bake in the oven for 5-7 mins (If you are making this as a normal pizza for a main course add the chili to the cheeze and spread the cheeze on to the pizzas and bake for approx. 15 mins until the tortilla is crisp and the cheeze is golden).

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Prepare the dressing while baking.

Blend 2 handfuls of fresh basil with juice of half a lemon, some salt, some pepper and 50 ml. olive oil.

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Take out the pizzas – take care when handling it. Roll the pizzas and cut in 1 inch slices. Place back on the backing tray in groups of 3 – put against each other to keep the tortillas rolled up. Heat up the cheeze again to make it easier to handle – stir in the chili. Spread over the snails and bake for another 10-15 mins until the cheeze is golden brown.

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Plate up with a handful of lettuce, the dressing  and a few cherry tomatoes – Voila!

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(Did you manage in 40 mins?)

Here’s a few pics of the regular pizzas (and of me eating all the snails!)

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Thank you very much for making your way through the Virtual Vegan Potluck. I hope you have enjoyed my post and will enjoy all the other blog posts as well.

Hit the GO BACK button to read My Kitchen Apothecary’s entry – or GO FORWARD into the beverages category to read Veggie4Ayear’s entry.

My Juicy Vegan Potluck Entry: Sprouted chickpea and sprouted sunflower seed burgers with sweet potato fries

1 Nov

Thank you very much for finding your way to my blog – I hope you will like my recipe for sprouted burgers. It is a vegan alkaline dish, that is very versatile and you can change it to your liking and to match what you have in your pantry. Furthermore you will get a quick introduction to sprouting and also learn how to make tahini and linseed egg substitute.

The recipe is for 2-3 people – with enough burgers to use for lunch the next couple of days. Ideas for lunches could be wraps with cucumber, lettuce, tomatoes and some sweet chili dressing. You can also use them sliced in a sandwich with pesto and lettuce.

Excluding the sprouting time the burgers take about an hour to make. You can make the sweet potato fries and some salad while the burger mix rests in the fridge.

If you don’t have time to spouted the chickpeas and seeds – dont worry – you can use canned chickpeas and unsprouted sunflower seeds, but you will raise the nutritional value a great deal by using sprouts.

Fresh organic sprouts are the perfect food. It is highly alkaline and will energize you body. And then its cheap and very easy to do. You can use almost all kinds of seeds, beans and legumes. I will only give you a short introduction here, but until I do a more detailed blog about sprouting use the internet – it’s has a lot of info about this, so google away 🙂 You are of course also very welcome to write to me for sprouting advice 🙂

You can sprout in a glass with a mesh or cheese cloth over or you can buy sprouter box, sprouting bag, an automatic sprouter etc.

Most beans and peas need an overnight soaking before you put them in your glass or sprouter and rising and drain twice a day until the sprouts have grown. The glass should be place upside down so the water will run out. Depending on the seed or bean this takes 3-5 days. I only sprouted the sunflower seeds for 1½ day before putting the sprouts in the fridge to slow down sprouting. For the chickpeas I used a little different method – I actually soaked them for the whole 2½ days – changing the water and giving them a rinse 2 times a day.

For the burgers:

250 grams of dried organic chickpeas – To raise nutritional value sprout for 2-3 days

100 grams of sunflower seeds – sprout for 2-3 days

2 gloves of garlic

2 large onions

a small handful of sundried tomatoes

3 teaspoons of salt (Use only unrefined salt like himalaya salt, sea salt etc.)

2 teaspoons of hot paprika

1 teaspoons of mild paprika

2 teaspoons of dried thyme

2-3 teaspoons of tahini – Storebought or homemade.This is very easy to make: Grind sesame seeds in coffee grinder, then blend with himalaya salt, sesame oil and sunflower oil. Tahini can be use in a lot of different recipes and it is very good as a spread on a piece of bread or a crispbread.

2 teaspoons of linseed (flaxseed) “eggs” – Grind linseed and stir in water to make and egg substitute. You can use this in a lot of recipes instead of eggs.

200-300 ml of water

1 teaspoon of baking soda

200 grams of breadcrumbs, spelt wholewheat flour and oats – I used about equal parts of each

Proces the chickpeas and seeds first in a food processor, then add the rest of the ingredients except the last 2 things on the ingredients list (Baking soda and the flours). Add the water little by little – the food processor should be able to proces, but the mix should not get watery.

Combine the mix in a bowl with the rest of the ingredients and leave to rest in the fridge for about 30 mins – you can leave it longer.

Take a small handful of the burger mix and flatten it. I like my burgers fried in a pan in sunflower oil – fry for about 6-7 minutes on each side at medium heat. You can also bake them in the oven for 20 minutes at 220C/425F.

For the sweet potato fries – Turn the oven to 220 C/425F

4 sweet potatoes – peeled and cut into fries – about ½cm thick

Sunflower oil

Salt (himalaya or seasalt)

In a freezer bag add oil, salt, pepper and half the sweet potatoes and shake and “massage” the fries to cover in oil – repeat with the rest of the potatoes. Place on a tray and bake for about 20 minutes – the turn on the grill in the oven at bake for about 5 minutes more. The fries should be brown and crispy – but not black 🙂

Serve everything with tomato salad and cucumber – ENJOY!

I hope you will try the recipe and make your own version.

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Juicy spicy lentils – a delicious, quick and very healthy dish!

4 Sep

Just wanted to share tonights dinner with you – spicy lentils. I used in pitta bread with salat. It would also be good in a tortilla or just on it’s own. It is very quick to make – and needless to say – very healthy.

150g beluga lentils (small, round, black lentils)
3 big red onions
6 tomatoes
6 sundried tomatoes
4 cloves of garlic
Half a fresh chili (or to taste)
1/2 teaspoon cinnamon
1/2 teaspoon cumin

Wash the lentils and boil for 20 min

Chop all the vegetables except one onion and fry for 5 mins in sunflower oil. Add the spices and fry for another 5 min. Blend.

Finely chop the last onion and fry in sunflower oil for 5-10 min.

Add the tomato mix to the pan and add the drain lentils. Fry everything for 10 mins – add a little water if it looks too dry. Taste – and bon appetit! 🙂


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DiverseCity 2015 – ASEAN Jazz Festival 2015

First off, please pardon my lack of updates on my website, especially in the blog section. However, I do update my Twitter and Facebook a lot more, so do please check my FB page when you can, for more recent updates.

Secondly, I’d like to talk about the festival I just performed at with my band, WVC – the ASEAN Jazz & Percussion Festival. It was one of the the festivals under the month-long DiverseCity Arts Festival 2015 (www.diversecity.my), held at one of Desa Sri Hartamas’ longest running F&B outlets, SOULed OUT. Of course, the music portion for this festival was curated by one of Malaysia’s most respected musician/pianist/composer/arranger, and the head-of-state for jazz in this country, Michael Veerapen. Naturally, as a jazz musician at heart, the ASEAN Jazz and Percussion Festival (as well as the No Black Tie and Alexis Sessions) would be his pet projects for this festival.

I remember having this conversation with Michael over teh-tarik about him wanting to put up a city-wide, month-long festival that would encompass the entire arts community in KL – dance, music, comedy, theatre, etc. Goes without saying, it would have been a MAJOR undertaking. And guess what? He did it! Despite facing a major setback in sponsorship cut, he managed to save a big part of the Festival – the Pub Festival, Alexis & No Black Tie Sessions, and of course the Jazz & Percussion Festival. I would’ve loved to see the KL Pops Symphony concert though.

Having worked with Michael for quite a while now, I am very well aware of his style of doing things. With no exception, this festival stays true to Michael’s quality of work, and I’m quite sure the other bands would testify to that too. He managed to put together a really great show together – from the artiste line-up to the technical part of the team (sound, lights, backline, etc). You want to know how easy it was for us for WVC? We went up for soundcheck, and it only took us 20 minutes to finish it! Everything was so smooth, the sound mix, EQs and monitoring were all done so well in such a short period of time.  As far as WVC was concerned, the sound mixing was good enough that we could almost make full use of our dynamic range that we have in our tunes, comfortably.

The festival itself, was a blast, for both the audience and the performers, from what I have observed. Overall, there were all the necessary elements a festival of this kind needed – food, drinks, a relaxing open air ambience, great sound, and awesome emcee in the form of Malaysian’s jazz mamma, Junji Delfino, (who also managed to sing a few tunes, standing in for Dasha Logan) and of course, a really good programming of performances. Practically every detail was taken care of, down to the screen projectors that were placed so systematically so that people at different parts of the restaurant could watch the show. The programming of the performers were also done with great thought, and each band put up one hell of a show (including us, of course!). It was a real JAZZ festival, at least in my books! Even though the acts that were invited to play all had their own strong musical identities, we all had one thing in common – JAZZ. Enough said. All the bands that played were amazing – The Steve Nanda Group (with Patrick Terbrack on sax, WeiLi Cheah on keys and Daniel Foong on bass), Singaporean group The Steve McQueens (with my buddy Fabian Lim on sax, Joshua Wan on keys, Eugenia Yip on vocals, Aaron James Lee on drums, and Jase Sng on bass), and of course Koh Mr. Saxman and the Sounds of Siam (Uhh, I won’t even bother trying to list out their band members Thai names). I had such a great time watching and listening all of them play. I’m also glad to call them my friends, as well, as I do know all of them personally.

I’ve mentioned it on FB and all that, but I’ll say it right here again: The ASEAN Jazz Festival was one of the best jazz festivals I’ve played in KL, or in Malaysia, in a very long time. I’ve played in many festivals before whether with WVC or other bands, but this tops the list of one of the best, if not the best.

Congratulations, Michael Veerapen and his team, for putting up such a wonderful and successful event, and also inviting WVC to be part of it! I personally hope this will be able to continue and grow in the following years to come.

GIG ALERT: Johor Bahru Jazz Festival 2015 (26 – 28 Feb 2015)

If you didn’t know already, Johor Bahru (south of West Malaysia) will be having its inaugural jazz festival this weekend, from the 26th Feb until 1 March 2015 .

Check out the poster for details and links to tickets:

JB Jazz Fest 2015

This festival is organized by the same group of people that organized the annual JB Arts Festival (10 years and running!).

As you can see, there will be some notable artistes, both local and overseas, who will be performing there. I’m proud to say that I will be part of the David Gomes Jazz Ensemble & Junji Delfino, and will be performing on the opening day of the festival, 26th February. We’ve got an awesome line-up of musicians: David Gomes (vocals & piano), Junji Delfino (vocals), Patrick Terbrack (tenor sax), Eddie Wen (trumpet), Hanafie Imam (bass), Shawn Kelley (drums), and of course, yours truly on alto sax.

I’m looking forward to this festival, and it will be an awesome hang with some friends, and also loads of fun music to play. If you’re around the hood, we hope to see you there. If not, make a trip down over the weekend and join us for a weekend of fun.


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Upon returning to California, Les and Norm both returned to work and focused on business, but neither of them could forget about their incredible Alaskan adventure. They reminisced and made loose plans for another journey. But a few weeks after getting home, Norm complained of stomach pain. Only a few short weeks later, he was hospitalized, and then suddenly, tragically, passed away from cancer. Les was devastated. After giving the eulogy at the service, he, along with Norm’s family and friends, buried his great friend. And that is when things dramatically changed for Les Davidson.

Les came back to work, gave every single employee a raise, and told them he would be in the office less from now on. “I realized there was more to life than money,” he says now, looking back. He started putting his attention into things that could have a greater impact on the world around him. From bringing a smile to a child to raising money for veterans or others who have cancer, Les’ life took on new meaning as he dove into the world of exhibition car shows. 1999 was the first car show that saw money come to a multitude of charities including McDonald’s House, Make a Wish, Folds of Honor, and others. What he initially thought of to be a hobby eventually turned into a business capable of giving back in big ways.

“The Classic” was born at the University of California Riverside in 2001 and soon moved to Pismo Beach, California due to the rapid growth. The first California AutoFest happened in 2003 in Fontana, California drawing over 100,000 spectators and 5,000 cars. He played his hand at two country music festivals, both called The Wagon Wheel Festival, in Lake Elsinore at Storm Stadium. All of these shows have raised in total millions of dollars for a variety of charities, including $250,000 to Loma Linda Veterans Hospital in one lump sum. The Classic continues to grow, the California AutoFest will make its return in 2018.

When Les looks back, he still goes back to the beginning: Norm Foster. It is because of Norm’s inspiring outlook on life and endlessly positive attitude that any of this has even been possible. Les even named his corporate office building the Norm Foster Building and remembers him daily. “I”ll forever be in debt to him,” he says of Norm now, “I wish he was around to see all of this. I know he would absolutely love all of it.”

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Auto Likes

Are a great way to interact with accounts who might be potential followers and is a great way for your to explore your potential audience. I will show you how to take the existing twitter microservice we have and extend it to stream a filter of tweets that track keywords, then like that tweet. If you have no idea what I am talking about then perhaps you should start here when we began this project.

Extending twitter.js

Open up the node script we created in the last tutorial, twitter.js and inside we are going to add the code needed to track tweets that meet a certain filter requirement. However it is important that we stream it so we get fresh content coming in.

var filter = T.stream('statuses/filter',{track: ['#30days30sites','#100DaysOfCode','#301DaysOfCode','#Webapp','#laravel','#vuejs']});
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In the example above I am tracking all tweets in real-time that contain #30days30sites, #100DaysOfCode, #301DaysOfCode, #Webapp, #laravel and #vuejs. Then whenever the ‘tweet’ event fires I create a favorite (same thing as a like) and grabs the tweet id. Of course in your example you are going to want to change what you track. These 6 lines of code do wonders for me, there is something special about random people liking your tweets, also many people come and visit my profile after seeing I liked something on theirs. SInce launching this app I have definitely noticed an uptick in the amount of accounts that follow me.

In the future I plan on extending this to incorporate AI algorithms to parse what exactly was said and retweet or respond depending on the context or the tweet. Perhaps when I have the time I will do a livestream of the event. If there is anything you would like to see me do leave it in a comment below.

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Being able to speak on my very first panel and be able to travel as an influencer for a music festival was all so much to take in at once! I literally have always wanted to be sponsored on a trip out of the country to enjoy a vacation, be able to influence, and network with amazing people. I may not be a Revolve girl, but it was close enough and that is what matters. I was able to effortlessly attract an experience that I have always wanted. I want to say thank you to Hilton Hotels and Soul Beach Music Festival! The trip was worth so much to me!

Not only did I get sponsored to travel, I was apart of my very first panel and speaking engagement.

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I could have cried after that panel. I thought that I wasn’t qualified to speak amongst women who have so much experience as a philanthropist but as you will see in my vlog (click here to watch) I was received so well by the audience and even the panelist. The dope thing beside it being my first panel, I was able to prove to myself that I can always join in on any topic and be able to give my perspective and state of mind. I am so used to only speaking on topics like spirituality, love, self-healing, beauty, etc and never once did I think that I’d be able to wing such an important topic and discussion.

But that is life for you, always showing you something.

I enjoyed myself in Aruba and hopefully, my trip will inspire you to get up, travel the world, and #JetSetWithPurpose I have said enough, go watch my vlog!

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Mandel Family

First ever family session for the Mandel's! So much love, laughter, and a few promises of "treats" went down (treats are almost always involved when photographing little ones!). I especially love the photos of Jenny and Simon together...don't they look like newlyweds?! Loved meeting you all!

KC England Photography is located in Spokane, WA and serves family, senior, and wedding clients.


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Abiquiu Postcards
I decided to see if I can make some nice postcards, don't ask why. I took 6 of my favorite Abiquiu, NM shots. I wanted a siiliar format for all of them. I took Museo Portfolio Rag 300GM (matt) and had them cut into 6x4 then set to work. As some may know Abiquiu was the home of Georgia O'Keefe and Ansel Adams was there a lot. It's an artist colony. Now that I did it I'm not sure what to do with them.

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Everyday is a Winding Road

On the road again, I just couldn’t wait to get on the road again. I was on the road again, this time in Toronto running the Scotiabank Toronto Waterfront Marathon. I did this little beauty last year for my debut marathon at this level. It didn’t go according to plan, but like most things in life…you’ve got to learn from them. I thought back to the life lesson Walter Sobchak gave to The Dude, “You have got to buck up, man. You cannot bring this negative energy to the tournament.” So I went into the weekend with a very calm and comfortable state of mind! I knew that my training was spot on because of excellent coaching (thanks, Steve Boyd) and my body was ready to go.

I will not bore you with the ritualistic eating or amazing stories of me doing homework and watching shows that was my Saturday before the race. We will jump right into the race.

Race Day

 We all get on busses at 7:15am (SHARP) so Cliff is happy and when Cliff is happy, we are all happy. The busses took us to the Toronto City Hall where we relaxed in the city bunker. That was kind of neat. At about 8:30 we all travel over to the start line to do our final strides and feel the energy of the crowd and other runners!

For us, there is only the trying. The rest is not our business. – T.S. Elliot

 As always in the Canada Running Series races, there is a good buzz in the air and the volunteers and organizers are very helpful and friendly! Despite the cool conditions that day, fans were out in full force cheering us fools on! I want to thank you all for your courtesy. I want to thank you all for watching us bleed!

The awesome thing about this race for me and the other guys that were shooting for a sub 2:20 marathon is that we had a pacer, Andrew Nixon. There was a group of 8 runners, including a half-marathon runner, that was scheduled to run through 21.1km in 69:30. We had all gathered the day before and talked about our game plan and individual race credentials. I was for the dude that brought the thinnest list of accolades, but that’s how she goes sometimes.

The pack was very tight for the first half of the race. With a tight pack there is an increased risk of a traffic accident at a bottle station (Bottle stations are set up every 5 or so km of personally prepared drinks).  Two guys collided at the 3rd bottle station and one of them hit the pavement HARD. I didn’t think he was going to get up and continue, but damn, Christian got up, shook it off and continued the race! We stayed as a pack right until the half way point then people started to do their own thing. Some fellas picked up the pace, some dropped off. My goal was just to stick to pace until 25km and reevaluate things after that. Folks, things get a little foggy after 25km so Imma hit the high notes!

I rolled though 30km in 1:39:38 (pleased with pace at this point) listening to a band playing Lukey by Great Big Sea. It was the kind of thing a person needs to keep the engine going at the start of the hardest part of a marathon. I started to look down at my watch to see what the average pace was. I was still rolling through at 3:19, so it was all good. THEN the winds hit on our way back to the city. The stretch from 35-40km was a tough one. The winds were coming from the NW and had the right amount of sting to add on a few seconds per km. At times like this, you have to just think back to all the hard workouts and remember all those early morning and late evening runs, all the work that has gone into this race and just remember to keep your legs turning and using those arms to power you through. I kept remembering back to last year’s race and how rough it was. Those tough memories kept me focused and my spirits positive because I was nowhere as beaten up as I felt last year.

I crossed the line in 2:21:40. That was a 5 minute PB from the same race a year before. I was encouraged that I chopped off that kind of time and excited to see what else these legs have in them on more favourable weather conditions.

What does the future hold?

I am going to take some down time and recover from this marathon and then start the build for a spring marathon. I am not sure which one, but it will be sometime in the early spring.

I would like to thank you all for your support over the 2014 season. It has seen a lot of ups and downs but it is great to have a support network around when the times (on and off the road) are a little rough!

I’m off to get my stretch on at yoga. Namaste Y’all!

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The Entertainers

Beach Music has long been a tradition in The South, and The Entertainers are proud to have shared in that tradition for over 30 years.

The Entertainers were founded In 1980 and scored their first regional smash hit with “Living For The Summer” that same year. This song helped propel the group to the forefront of beach music, which led to their playing the finest clubs along the grand strand of Myrtle Beach, corporate conventions, weddings and festivals from Washington, DC to Naples, Florida.

While staying true to their R&B and Beach Music roots, the group also satisfies the most diverse audiences by playing selections from the latest Top 40, Classic Rock & Roll and Country music. The group’s years of performing experience and recording prowess culminated in the release of their latest album entitled, “The Inside Story”. This record, which contains the #1 Beach Music hit, “Thank Goodness She Cheated” and Classic Beach and Soul hits, will surely lead you to the dance floor with a smile on your face.

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Fire crews respond to chlorine leak at Hefner Water Treatment Plant

OKLAHOMA CITY – Fire crews have responded to a chlorine leak at the Hefner Water Treatment Plant.

The leak was reported around 9 p.m. on Monday at the plant in the 3800 block of W. Hefner Road in northwest Oklahoma City.

A Hazardous Materials Task Force was sent to investigate the scene and, a little over an hour later, the leak was stopped.

Officials said the liquid chlorine made it to the sanitary sewer lines in surrounding areas and that they are monitoring the air in manholes in the Summerfield Addition.

No evacuations are necessary at this time however, if you smell chlorine, you are asked to call 911 with your location.

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Object of Desire

Kinetic Mobiles Copenhagen

Regular price €375.00
Object of Desire

We are happy to introduce our first mobile made entirely from solid golden brass in the webshop.

The Object of Desire is now available in the size 55 x 60 cm.

This handmade stabile is made entirely from solid golden brass.

Lead time on this item is currently: 4 weeks + shipping

As we make all our mobiles by hand in our Copenhagen studio, a bit of lead time will apply. The lead time varies on the different models, and you are always welcome to get in contact if you need your mobile faster than the listed lead time will allow – then we will try our best to make it happen faster.

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At a recent industry conference, Amazon Web Services featured a wall covered in the logos of some of the world’s hottest startups. Kit Check is very proud to have been included with such best-of-breed brands as Buzzfeed, Airbnb, Pinterest, and many others who have used AWS as their back-end development platform. Photo courtesy of Amazon Web Services Kit Check started … Read More

Using Machine Learning to Make the Invisible Visible

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Machine learning, artificial intelligence, pattern recognition. Sounds like the plot of some new dystopian Hollywood movie, doesn’t it? Image copyright Twentieth Century Fox Artificial intelligence enables machines to carry out tasks that we would consider smart Machine learning is a subset of AI where we feed the machine lots of data and the machine learns for itself Pattern recognition is … Read More

What to see at ASHP mid-year 2017

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ASHP Mid-Year kicks off on Sunday. As the biggest hospital pharmacy event of the year, it is always a great opportunity to learn about the latest trends and technologies and catch up with old friends. As usual, we have lots of new innovations and success stories to share so be sure to work these key activities into your itinerary.

Challenges Hospital Pharmacies Face When Dealing With Recalls

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During a recent deployment of Kit Check, the pharmacy staff and Kit Check deployment manager were surprised when the system alerted them to the presence of a recalled drug before they were even done with the implementation. This particular recall was issued months before the Kit Check implementation which means whatever processes the hospital had in place for dealing with recalls had failed. As I reflected on this incident, I began to fully appreciate the monumental challenge hospital pharmacies face when it comes to recalls.

Extending expiration dates on shortage drugs often fails to have an impact

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When a drug shortage is so severe the FDA sometimes issues guidance allowing pharmacies to extend the expiration date for the affected medications. The theory is that by extending the expiration dates of these products, more inventory is kept in the supply chain reducing the impact of the shortage. In reality, however, many of these drugs still get thrown away at or prior to the original manufacturer’s dating.

Airplane Engines, Hospital Pharmacies, and Controlled Substance Diversion Prevention

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Health Connect Partners Fall 17 (#hcpchicago) just wrapped up in Chicago and, wow, was it a great show. While interacting with all of the pharmacy thought leaders in attendance, the topic that kept coming up was the issue of controlled substance compliance. The stage could not have been more ideally set for the unveiling of our latest product, Bluesight for Controlled Substances.

Launching Our Latest Product at HCP Fall 17

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HCP Fall 17 is next week in Chicago. While I always enjoy HCP, this year’s event will be particularly meaningful for me. Not only is the event taking place in my hometown, Kit Check is launching an exciting new product to help hospitals get a better handle on controlled substance monitoring from dock to doc.

Three Trends in Diversion Prevention, Detection, and Response from IHFDA

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Two weeks ago I had the pleasure of attending the International Health Facility Diversion Association (IHFDA) Conference in St. Louis. This 2nd annual gathering brought together practitioners, vendors and experts to share best practices around preventing, detecting and responding to diversion in hospitals. For those of you who weren’t able to make the event, here are three themes that resonated throughout the conference’s presentations and discussions.

Three steps to make your next pharmacy automation budget proposal resonate with Finance

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A major value proposition of most automation solutions is staff efficiency gains. Typically, pharmacy leaders work with their sales rep to quantify efficiency in terms of dollar savings to include in the ROI model of their proposal. When the proposal reaches Finance, however, it inevitably gets picked apart. The problem… in most cases no headcount is actually being eliminated and Finance will argue (perhaps fairly) that, as such, the ROI model is inaccurate.

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Archive for May, 2015

Learning Perspective at Soccer

Posted: 26th May 2015 by kkeerybi in Uncategorized

Tonight I took my youngest daughter to soccer practice, parking myself in a lawn chair on the edge of the field as soccer parents tend to do.  As I watched the kids play, I talked to a fellow soccer mom.  We talked about the light and fun stuff:  summer plans, funny things our kids were […]

Summer Dreaming

Posted: 17th May 2015 by kkeerybi in Uncategorized

It’s the May long weekend here – a celebration marking the life of Queen Victoria, and a benchmark that proclaims,  especially in the school world, that it is almost summer.  We still have over a month left of school, but next week countdowns will be on, plans to wrap up learning projects will be underway, […]

And Now It’s Personal #MakeSchoolDifferent

Posted: 3rd May 2015 by kkeerybi in Uncategorized

Just when you think you are doing well – reflecting and learning, maintaining transparency to be accountable to your learning – someone comes along and calls you out.  Just last week I posted a blog called Make School Different, in response to a challenge issued to me by Aviva Dunsiger (@avivaloca).  You can see that […]

When Good Things Happen

Posted: 1st May 2015 by kkeerybi in Uncategorized

Education is some serious business. All that thinking, working, disciplining. Lining up, quieting down, handing in. Sometimes it is all a lot of WORK. And then, some days come along where all sorts of good stuff happens.  Education is a collaborative business. I think on those good stuff days, we should be working extra hard […]


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KKings Prevail

This is a simple cooler from last night, playing online at $1-2 no limit.

I had played a session earlier in the day and was down $85.  Now I’m pretty early into another session get A-A on the button.

The player UTG makes a min-raise to $4 and another player re-raises to $9.50.  I make it $21.75 total and the re-raiser calls.

On a flop of Q-8-6 with two diamonds, there is a betting flurry and quickly all the money is in the middle, for a total pot of $392.  It occurs to me that the villain likely has a premium pair to be betting this way, and it’s either K-K or Q-Q.  He would be foolish to shove it all in so readily with J-J or lower.  If it’s K-K, I’m thrilled and will give myself a “you da’ man!” pat the back.  If it’s Q-Q, this post would be all about learning when and how to fold A-A on the flop, which I can never seem to do.  I also consider, very very briefly, the possibility of a lower set and a flush draw.

I have a nano-second of euphoria upon seeing the villain’s K-K, lasting until another K hits on the turn card.  My back remains unpatted.

Maybe this blog is helping though, as I resolve NOT to tilt, do a few breathing exercises, and grind on.

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Month-to-date online results:  + $1,091

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Pilot Point

Back to school title surounded by device like smartphone, tablet

These Schools Open MONDAY!

If you have school-age kids and have been s-o busy that you barely having enough time to find clothes that match for work, a l-o-n-g list of schools open their doors Monday for the 2018/2019 year! Argyle Arlington Birdville Burleson Carroll Carrollton/Farmers Branch Castleberry Dallas DeSoto Eagle...
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A Kevin and Bean Glossary

Point for Cake

Posted in Bean, Money, Point for Cake, Ralph by Aaron Burr on March 9, 2007

A once-recurring bit titled “The Burning Question” featured staffers (usually Ralph and Money) debating a pointless topic while Bean would keep score of who was winning the contest. One such debate, ‘Which is better, cake or pie?’ lead to the catch phrases “point for cake” meaning something good and “point for pie” meaning something bad. Soon after the bit ran, a caller claimed that the phrases were being used on the set of The Shield and that guest star Glenn Close started using them herself.


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knitting · shawls · Well Read Mom · Yarn Along

A New Beginning

I started this little blog over 4 years ago. And then we got kind of busy…and we moved…and… know how it goes. But I would love to talk about my knitting some more, and have made a commitment to myself that this year I am going to work on knitting through my stash as well as really developing my knitting skills. I am not going to be hard core and say I can not BUY any yarn this year, but I would love to knit more of what I have in my yarn stash.

 I am a fearless, intermediate knitter. But I have not mastered socks, I don’t do fair isle, or cables and intarsia kind of eludes me. Lace and sweaters and shawls have been my loves…but after knitting for over 16 years, I think it’s time to bump up my skill set.

I just purchased Vogue® Knitting The Ultimate Knitting Book: Completely Revised & Updated.

My plan is to learn a lot of new things by working through this book. Eventually, I would love to design a few items of my own. That’s my dream. I have this issue with math though…and spatial thinking…I almost flunked geometry in high school, I kid you not. I console myself with the fact that I have so many other highly developed superpowers that it crowded out spatial thinking and math. BUT…there’s got to be a place for me– the literature loving, poetry reading, math challenged girl–in the world of knitting and patterns..

I am hoping YOU will be inspired to pick up your two sticks and yarn to knit something beautiful. This doesn’t have to be complicated, yes? There is beauty in simplicity.

Literature is also one of my loves. I will be sharing what I am reading and knitting both!

Right now, for Well Read Mom, I just finished reading Strangers and Sojourners (Children of the Last Days) (v. 1) by Catholic author, Michael D. O’Brien. It is such a powerful book. So many images of faith and heartache, wondering and arriving, destruction and rebirth. I highly recommend it!

So, what are you reading and knitting? I’m going to share next time what I made with that beautiful Madelinetosh up there in that picture…a gorgeous yarn for a perfect shawl.  Also, Ginny Sheller over at Small Things, is hosting her monthly Yarn Along, which I plan on participating in this coming month.

After having moved to Georgia, I kind of lost my knitting gumption. It’s hard to knit with hot, swollen fingers. But, I am picking up my needles again, and pushing past the heat factor!

Here’s to learning some new things!

knitting · Well Read Mom · Yarn Along

Oh my goodness, it’s been a year?

 It HAS been a year since I posted here!

I could have titled this, “Oh my goodness, it’s been a year!!” and it would have been just as applicable as an exclamation as a question. Yes, it has been quite the year, with four family members having surgery, some pretty darn serious, and with several hospital stays beyond the surgeries. Yikes.  All is ok now….and one of many blessings in all of that….knitting time. Knitting time runs neck in neck with reading time, and I’ll be sharing a bit of both. Linking up with Ginny’s Yarn Along:

I have also read so many books in the last year. Currently, I am reading through Pride and Prejudice again, as a group of us have joined the, and we are reading P&P for this month. That is off schedule for the year list they put out, but we joined half way through, and decided to start with P&P. I can’t recommend Well Read Mom enough. What a fun group to get motivated to read the good stuff. I couldn’t find my copy of Pride and Prejudice,  so I splurged and bought a very long annotated one. This is like a tome, but I love it! On the left side, there’s the text of the book and on the right there are notes with great insights into the story, the time period, and the dress etc. There are so many pictures of the styles, period furniture, and estates! I could see using this for school, there is such a wealth of historical knowledge in this version.

I love this sweater, and more importantly, Lily does as well. The pattern is “Tiny Tea Leaves” cardigan from Madelinetosh. The yarn is made right here in Michigan, “Shepherd’s Worsted Wool” If you saw the Winter Olympics, you saw the sorta overdone sweaters the athletes wore walking into the opening ceremony? The design was Ralph Lauren…yeah, whatever..but the YARN was Shepherd’s Wool.  I loved the pattern and really love the yarn. I was much happier with the final product of this cardigan than last year’s yarn disaster. The yarn has little specks of burgundy and orange, which sounds strange, but it adds a lot of depth and warmth to the yarn color. I was a little hesitant to knit such a bright pink sweater, but am so glad I listened to Lily. “Mama! I HAVE to have a sweater in this yarn!” The girl knows what she likes! She’s not complained once of it being scratchy, and I loved the feel of it as I knit. Here are my Ravelry notes if you want to take a peek…

Last Fall, I finished a really fun knit. I actually knit a cowl for myself out of the same Shepherd’s Wool. I rarely do that…knitting the same yarn twice…but I have a bit of an allegiance now with that particular one. Here’s the Gothic Lace Cowl…it’s free from Tin Can Knits, look under their patterns and then scarves and cowls. For some reason the link wasn’t working if I linked directly to the page.

I loved knitting this pattern, seriously loved it. I didn’t think I loved to knit lace until I knit this cowl.  I got the buttons at a little local yarn shop near me.

IMG_0708We covered a lot of ground, two fun projects and a great new endeavor in reading terrific literature. Hope to back into the blogging loop! I’m also blogging over at my other WordPress site with stories about our home education adventures at:

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30 Years and Counting

When I was diagnosed with cancer, my friends were very supportive and ran/walked with and for me. Their support helped me fight my fight. By participating in the Race, I not only help with the financial support but with the mental support I show for others. During my treatment, every night before bed, I visualized Buzz Lightyear keeping the tumor intact and zapping any cancer cells that try to escape.


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Chicken kara-age, tomato and shallot salad with sesame vinaigrette and rice with carrots and peas

So I’ve been getting bento inspiration from all over … But I must give credit where it is due. I first fell in love with the idea of bento this January, when I spotted “The Just Bento Cookbook” at a bookstore in Santa Cruz.

I was making my annual New Year’s pilgrimage to the coast and contemplating ways to bring new joys into 2011. And there it was, this book that I just couldn’t put down.

Since then, co-workers have gifted me books on bento, and I’ve found so many amazing bento-makers on the Web. It has been a pleasure cooking, learning and eating my way down this road.

So thank you, Makiko Itoh, for the inspiration. This bento’s for you!

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  1. Hi there, Koreanhapa! I found you through Sherimiya’s twitter update, and I am also a Korean mother of two girls living in Toronto Canada! I just discovered bentos last September since my girls were having lunch at school, and am loving it as well. Anyways, I am also a huge DWTS fan, and found the link to Hines Ward on your site! I will definitely be rooting for him as I have a ton of friends with bi-racial kids. I do agree that Koreans are so prejudiced. Funny thing, too, I was also on Justbento.com and have yet to pick up the book. I am totally guilty of making lunches that do smile back at you – can’t help it! But will get the book soon. Happy bentoing, and hope we keep in touch! : )

    • Hi Tammy. Thank you so much for sharing. I hope to be making bentos for children one day like you! For now, I must be content sharing lunchtime joys with coworkers and friends. I have great respect for what Hines Ward is doing and feel honored that I can support his work in this tiny way. Koreans seem to have a love-hate relationship with hapas sometimes. I hope that will change in the future. And, of course, there are many Koreans who are truly accepting, and I feel lucky to have them in my life. Look forward to reading your blog! 😉 (That’s a “hapa smile.”)

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Smith, Edythe Winnifred

Edythe  Passed away Sunday April 13 2014 at Souris Health Center at the age of 91. Edythe was born October 26 1922 in Treherne  Manitoba  to Ernest  and Edythe Harness.  While still a baby the family moved to Brandon where she grew up and  after graduating high school she spent a few years living and working  in Winnipeg.

Returning to Brandon she met and in 1948 married the Late Ronald Smith of Souris. Together then spent the next 18 years farming and raising their three children in the Riverview district.

After moving to Souris in 1966 Edythe went to work at the Souris Motor Inn and remained there for the next 25 years.

After retiring she kept busy by involving herself in the lives of her children and grandchildren. Although her main passion was bingo and having coffee with  friends.

Edythe was predeceased by her husband Ron as well as her parents and three brothers Vernon, Hank and Lloyd Harness.

She is survived by three children Linda (Graham) Corlett  Morden, Don (Kathy) Souris and Greg (Susan) Calgary.  Grandchildren Chris, Jackie, Asten, Cailin, Justin and Steven.  Also six Great grandchildren.

Also left to mourn is her special niece Gail (Russ) Perry Blind Bay BC and sister- in- law Janet Harness Brandon.

The family would like to express their gratitude to Dr. Cram and the staff of the Souris Health Center for the excellent care. kindness and patience towards Edythe in her final years. Also thank you to the homecare workers who’s  visits she looked forward to.

Funeral services were held April 17, 2014 with Rev. Mark Murray officiating.Internment in Souris Glenwood Cemetery.

Donations may be made to a charity of your choice.

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  1. Sincere thoughts and prayers to the family.I always thought a lot of your mom. She used to put up with our mischief . Take care from Laura.

  2. Don and family,
    I am sorry to hear of the passing of your mom. I remember helping shingle her roof and she invited us into the back yard for refreshments as it was a hot day. She was so grateful and gracious. She loved you, Don, and she always spoke with pride about her grandchildren. I am sorry for your loss.

  3. So sorry for your loss Greg & Susan
    It was so wonderful to see Edythe at Steve & Brit’s wedding in September such a beautiful day. Great memories to cherish. . Love to all of your family. See when you get back .

  4. It was my good fortune to have received Christmas cards and Letters over the years. She always wrote about her family and how proud she was of all of you. I will miss

  5. I only met Edith a couple of times thru Linda and Graham, however the conversations always ended with a glint in her eye. Best regards to Linda and her siblings. Rest in peace Edith.

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