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Africa Travel, Backpacking & Gap Year Guide

Africa Travel, Backpacking & Gap Year Guide

Africa is a huge continent with 54 diverse countries. From vibrant South Africa, to the stunning beaches in Mozambique, the open plains of Kenya and Tanzania and the breathtaking wilderness of Botswana - Africa offers something to everyone. Get information, advice and inspiration for the best things to do if you would like to travel, go backpacking or take a gap year in Africa.

Activities & Things to Do in Africa

Find amazing ideas if you would like to travel or go backpacking in Africa.

Travel Africa

View our comprehensive Africa travel and backpacking guide with tips, ideas for the best things to see and do and information about itineraries, costs, how to save money, and more!

We aim to give you all the information you need to have an amazing experience in this amazing continent. You can also find affordable travel and backpacking ideas where you can be more than just your average traveller. You can also get recommendations for safety, advice on places to stay and tips how visit Africa on a budget.

Get inspired to visit Africa today.

  • Population: 1,050,000,000
  • Number of Countries in Africa: 54
  • Continent Area: 30,000,000 km2 (approx) making it the second largest continent in the world
  • Languages: Diverse range of local languages throughout the contient
  • Largest City in Africa: Cairo, Egypt - population 8,000,000

Top Reasons to Visit Africa

If you have never stepped foot on the African continent before you might have the wrong impression of Africa from images portrayed in the media. Not every country suffers from poverty, starvation and crime - there are thriving countries with strong economies and more and more countries are up and coming travel destinations. There are lots of world famous tourist sights and also lots of opportunities to go off the beaten track to discover the real Africa. Expect friendly people, exotic wildlife and some of the most stunning locations in the world.

How to Get to Africa

There are daily international flights to countries throughout the continent. Book in advance to secure the best deals.

Travelling & Backpacking in Africa

If you are thinking about your next big adventure book choose Africa where you will get to explore countries, learn about local cultures, visit world famous national parks and get up close to exotic wildlife like elephants, lions, leopards and rhinos. Africa has long been thought of as a destination for safaris, luxurious game lodges, honeymoons, idyllic beaches, and Maasai warriors. This continent incorporates all these elements, but it also offers much more.

You will get to get off the beaten track and enjoy one of the most incredible experiences of your life.  African organised travel is a very safe way to experience the highlights, meet new people from all over the world and get to learn about all the places you visit. We have some fantastic travel opportunities for all budgets perfect for singles, families, photography enthusiasts or people seeking to go overland in search of adventure and animals.

There are so many highlights in the continent, here are some of the top rated destinations you should add to your Africa travel itinerary:

  • Kruger National Park, South Africa (get up close to the big five wild animals)
  • Cape Town, South Africa (relaxed vibe and take a trip up Table Mountain)
  • Victoria Fall, Zambia & Zimbabwe (stunning waterfall and adventure sports)
  • Okavango Delta, Botswana (beautiful wetlands)
  • Fes, Morocco (incredible North African city complex)
  • Pyramids, Egypt (ancient mysterious structures)
  • Cape Coast, Ghana (busy town on the West coast)
  • Lake Turkana, Kenya (stunning lake in a beautiful country)
  • Cape of Good Hope, South Africa (the Southern most point of Africa)
  • Tsingy de Bemaraha National Park, Madagascar (amazing wildlife)v

Gap Year in Africa

Africa is one of the most popular gap year destinations in the world, expect a huge continent full of unique countries which all offer a different experience. If you are looking for the best things to do on a gap year in Africa our directory will help you book the ultimate experience.

Africa is a unique continent which can seem quite daunting when looking at options, but with One World 365 you can search amazing trips and programs. Not much in life compares to being in the wild and getting to see elephants and exotic animals like lions in their natural habitat. Programs are open to students, graduates and people seeking an exciting new challenge.

This continent is the second largest continent in the world with 54 countries and the landscape and scenery is diverse, from the vast Serengeti, the wilderness of the Kalahari or the lush rain forests of the Congo and Uganda. Taking a gap year in Africa is a fun way for you to do something different and see a different area of the world.

Start planning the experience of your life by booking a gap year to Africa!

Best Africa Gap Year Trips & Programs

Maybe you are are finishing your studies or possible want to travel and explore this continent. Not only is a gap year the most fantastic thing you can decide to do, it's actually a well respected choice that shows prospective employers and universities that you have developed some pretty important life skills. Visiting a completely new continent and finding your own two feet is good for you too; most people find that they come home more confident, outgoing and interesting people.

Visiting Africa on your gap year will be one of the most amazing things you will ever do, we help thousands of people plan structured trips every year and by viewing our website you can arrange a placement today. This is your chance to help local people, communities, the environment and wildlife by donating your time and effort. Lots of people choose to do join a structured program in Africa because there are few better ways to ingratiate yourself into the cultures and customs of a country.

Whether on your gap year you spend time soaking up the sights, helping underprivileged communities or wildlife - you will come home with some skills you never thought you would acquire, and plenty of new friends who you mightn't have expected to acquire either!

There are lots of immersion opportunities whee you can help local communities in Africa. The gap year programs we promote provide you with a unique opportunity explore rural areas, learn about important global issues and help out on worthwhile initiatives.

Keen to get paid on your gap year in Africa? There are a limited number of jobs in Africa to foreigners but there are still options for example working in travel, as a tour guide or finding a seasonal position. One option is to take a TEFL certification course and teach in Africa. There are also lots of intern programs in Africa perfect if you would like to gain work experience and boost a future career.

"Everything was absolutely fantastic - I loved every minute of it! I’m very happy, the living conditions were really good, probably better than I expected but I hadn't really known what to expect. Again I didn't really know what to expect but for the most part everything has been perfect! Duncan our project leader is fantastic, really helpful and goes out of his way to make sure we are all ok. I was really impressed by the hospital too - its a big relief to know that it's a good one. I felt like we were in very safe hands. Everything was wonderful. It was tempting to stay there forever!" - Laura, UK volunteered with The Leap Overseas

Top Things to Know

  • Booking a structured program take most of the hassle out of planning a trip
  • If you are going to work, volunteer or teach be aware a lot of programs are in rural areas which might be a shock to the system
  • Research all destinations before booking an experience to see if where you are going matches your interests
  • The risk of catching an illness, disease and getting bitten by mosquitoes is one of your top concerns. Problems like malaria and dengue fever are a common problem in lots of African countries so take precautions
  • Remember that a foreign country is designed for it's own people, not tourists and you will really enhanced your experience if you research the destination so you know what to expect so you shouldn't get any shocks on arrival
  • Learning a few local phrases might really improve your trip
  • The food in Africa can sometimes be an experience, try to be open to trying new things as some of the local treats are really tasty
  • Try to learn a few local phrases and chat to locals, this is really fun

If you need any help or advice planning your gap year to Africa contact us.

Africa Travel Tips

Money & Budget
Africa offers some of the best value for money in terms of travel, you can get great deals on accommodation, sightseeing and activities. Keep local currency and USA dollars - it will be always come in handy. Remember to always try to exchange foreign currency before departing a country, it can be difficult to exchange afterwards.v

Getting to Africa can be your biggest cost, be sure to book in advance to get the best deals.

You can find accommodation for all budgets. Some countries offer better standards than others but this really depends on your destination.

Health & Safety

  • Read vaccination requirements well in advance of departure, some countries will not allow you entry if you don't have the right jabs
  • Take a first aid kit, you never know when it will come in handy
  • If you are female and travelling solo it might be an idea to wear a wedding ring, this usually help keep away unwanted advances and attention from locals
  • Take a sink plug, you might be surprised how useful this is! Like cleaning clothes to washing your face
  • Always try to tell somewhere where you are going
  • Pack some rehydration sachets, also always take tissues and toilet roll
  • We don't recommend carrying all your money on you, or putting it in one place. Try to mix it up


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England & GB Hockey announce partnership with Merchant Gourmet

Men’s and women’s hockey teams look set to benefit from a three-year sponsorship deal following the announcement that England & GB Hockey have entered an arrangement with Merchant Gourmet.

Healthy eating in sport

The market-leading brand of pulses, grains and nuts is well-placed to act as a main sponsor with its focus on healthy eating combined with playing sport. The deal will see Merchant Gourmet supplying team members with nutrition-rich foods from its range of healthy snacks to energise their training, like participating in hockey drill videos, and competitive games.

Audience gain

The sponsorship complements the brand as partners of this summer’s Vitality Hockey Women’s World Cup in London. This 2018 event will also see the healthy eating promoter selling wholesome fare to hockey-loving audiences from all over the world.

Merchant Gourmet is also featuring the team’s captain, Alex Danson, in a campaign that highlights the importance of healthy eating and sport.

The right balance

As part of the sponsorship, Merchant Gourmet will also develop a series of menus and recipes that will ensure top hockey athletes eat a balanced and healthy diet to complement their rigorous training plans. The aim is simple. Whether you’re an elite hockey player who trains regularly on the pitch or via video drills like those available at https://www.sportplan.net/drills/Hockey/ or you’re an avid fan, you can benefit from adopting healthy and sensible eating choices. Top nutrition tips for hockey players are all part of a winning strategy.

A positive partnership

Team members at England & GB Hockey have historically been fans of the Merchant Gourmet brand, so the partnership is being viewed as a natural progression for the team, coaches and captain. It is hoped that the sponsorship deal will bring healthy eating and leading an active lifestyle to the forefront. It is well-documented that athletes at the top of their game require the very best in nutrition to ensure they can perform at the very highest level.

Eat like an athlete

We may not all be sporting heroes, but maintaining a healthy lifestyle with the right foods and proper exercise is something that we can all aim for in our quest for optimal health. Thankfully, there’s plenty of material online from the sporting elite on daily diets, nutrition tips and fitness secrets.

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scripture memory cards!

Every January we get a fresh start, if only in our minds. We make lists and dream dreams and aim high. Every year my top goal is to be more consistent in God's Word.

The past four years haven't been easy on me with three pregnancies + three seasons of sleepless nights and fussy newborns. But that fog is lifting! And it would be easy to continue giving myself the excuse that I have three little ones underfoot and at the end of the day I just don't have it in me to dig deep into the Bible and chew on those meaty chunks of scripture and let them nourish me and sustain me. Because I've been there. It's been true. There have been a lot of times in the past four years of pregnancy and new motherhood that I couldn't.

Of course, even then, God's Word was my strength and my portion but my time with Jesus looked differently. When you're averaging under 6 hours of sleep a night for months on end, you may not be able to study the Bible as academically and thoroughly as you'd like. And God knows you and your season and He is still there. There in the time you do get in His Word. There in the cries for help and quick prayers. There in the audio sermons while you're nursing all night. There in the attempts you do make to commune with Him. Motherhood and pregnancy aren't seasons where we're given an excuse to stop pursuing God, but they are seasons where God's grace is richer, if we'd just grab it.

Seeing Jesus in those long seasons of little sleep and physical exhaustion was probably more beautiful than when it's easy to catch his reflection. Because I knew I had nothing to give but HE WAS STILL THERE. And He is still here. He's seen me through.

This January, I know I'm going into a year where there will be no pregnancies or newborns. God can and probably will bring other trials my way, but for now, I know my time with Him needs to stretch. I'm ready, I'm alert, I'm willing. He wants me. So my goal has been not only more scripture in my days (a LOT more!) but more scripture memory.

Being the do-er I am, I searched Etsy and Pinterest for some scripture memory cards to help me on my quest. I wasn't thrilled. I found a few options that were out of my price range, and then I found a printable option (no shipping fees + print on whatever paper you'd like). But every.single.option I found lacked the meaty verses i was hoping to memorize. I was frustrated by the huge amount of scripture taken out of context, the verses split up, and the fluff! So I set out to make my own.

I spent the next week ferociously reading the New Testament. I nearly finished the entire New Testament in 7 days. I was hungry and I think you might be too. I found 70 verses that I knew I wanted to commit to memory. Can I memorize 70 verses in a year? Probably not, but these were the verses I wanted on my door posts and on my heart. These were the verses I wanted to chew on and be convicted of and delight in. So I made my own cards. Simple, modern, geometric, black and white (cheaper to print!), and chalk full of profound scripture.

If you'd like to order the PDF of my New Testament scripture memory cards, e-mail me @ emily.terreberry@gmail.com. The cost for the pdf is $8.

Print them at home or splurge on the super thick card stock. Cut them out and hang them up. Use them as a book mark for your Bible, or string up a garland of them. Basically, join me this year as I seek to get more of God's word in my heart and mind.

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Tax Relief

Qualifications For Tax Relief For the Elderly
  • Applications must be filed annually between January 1 through April 1
  • Must be 65 years old or older, or totally disabled on December 31 of the year preceding the taxable year
  • Total combined income cannot exceed $21,500
  • Total net worth cannot exceed $114,000
  • This is not a deferred tax; survivors will not be penalized nor will they incur taxes for past years reduction(s)
Qualifications For Tax Relief For Veterans
Tax relief for 100% services connected, totally and permanently disabled veterans or surviving spouses.
  • Disability of veteran must be 100% service-connected and permanent and total
  • Real property must be owned by veteran or veteran and spouse only
  • Mobile homes that are taxed as personal property rather than real property do not qualify for this tax relief
  • Real property must be veteran's primary residence (proof, such as resident state tax return, may be requested)
  • Spouse (if applicable) must also be identified
  • Deceased veteran (if applicable) must have died on or after January 1, 2011
  • Surviving spouse (if applicable) must not be remarried
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Review: Crossing the Ice

22552374Title: Crossing the Ice
Author: Jennifer Comeaux
308 pages, published August 2014
Genre: Contemporary Romance
Source: Kindle Unlimited

From Goodreads:

Falling hard never felt so good.

Pair skaters Courtney and Mark have one shot left at their Olympic dream. They vow not to let anything get in their way, especially not Josh and Stephanie, the wealthy and talented brother and sister team.

The heart doesn’t always listen to reason, though…

The more time Courtney spends with sweet, shy Josh, the harder she falls for him. But they are on opposite sides of the competition, and their futures are headed in opposite directions. Will their friendship blossom into more or are their paths too different to cross?

My review:

 I was so excited to discover this author!! I LOVE figure skating--I took lessons for years when I was younger. So I was thrilled to find multiple novels centered around the skating world.  This was the first one I read and I absolutely loved it. As a former skater and avid skating fan, it was clear that the author understands figure skating--the book was so accurate. If it wasn't it would've ruined it for me.  It was well written, and hooked me in the first chapter--I read the last half of the book in one sitting!

I absolutely loved Courtney and Josh as characters.  I couldn't stop rooting for them!  I'm excited to find out what happens next in the second book in the series, Losing the Ice.

Overall rating for "Crossing the Ice": 4.5 stars

Happy Reading!

  1. Thank you so much for the awesome review!! I hope you enjoy Losing the Ice! :)

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Friday, March 16, 2012

Dilly Beans Challenge Time!!

Greetings everyone!!  Happy Friday and welcome to another weekly installment of our Dilly Beans Challenges!  I'm absolutely loving all of the beautiful entries that you are all submitting.  It's wonderful to see all of Megan's amazing images used in such different ways!!  Today I'm using one of Dilly Bean's newest images, Amalia.  Really??  She is entirely too cute!!!
I printed her twice.  Once on really good quality white cardstock and again on PTI designer paper.  I then colored her with my Copics and then paper pieced her hair.  I've been in a big scrappy, vintagy, mixed media mood lately so I kind of went all over the place with the design on this.
I used many of my MFT Die-namics dies (stars, star border, letters), some resin flowers (obsessed...), Tim Holtz notebook ledger paper stamp, and lots of fun blue stitching!  I cut my stars using PTI felt (total swoon) to add more texture and dimension.  In order to add a bit more substance to my letters, I cut them out three times and adhered them together making them more like a chipboard embellishment.

I have had this (and a few other) rosette/award banner panels in my stash for a long time now.  They were on sale at Michael's last spring for under $1 so I grabbed a few knowing I'd do something with them.  I trimmed off the ribbon tails as they were too fussy.  I sponged the edges of the sheer ruffles with Hero Hues Latte Chalk Ink and added my image right on top.

My interior is simply covered with two matching layers of cardstock and designer papers stitched together with the same blue thread.  I feel like my creations simply are not complete until I've done at least a little bit of creating on the interior.

I do hope to see you over at the Dilly Beans Challenge Blog!!

Crafty Hugs!

Mette said...

Oh - this is really really super. Love the bright colours and super elements. Just great :).

Hugs, Mette

DonnaMundinger said...

I just can't stop looking at all the fab details on this, Meredith. Truly fabulous and I love her paper pieced hair. Too cute! xxD

Annette Allen said...

aww this is just too cute...Love that fun little image..

nwilliams6 said...

What a sweet card - I love that image and your coloring and paper-piecing just make it even better. I hope you stay in this vintage scrappy mixed media mood because I adore this card!!!

Ruby said...

Oh this is so fun! I love your colouring and the stars look great!


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Wow, very well done. The helicopters are a cool detail & look to be amazingly fine work.
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Very, very inspiring. I have one Polarstern in 1/400 enlarged from 1/500. After your build I think I need to move it into the priority list.
Thank you for sharing all the process.
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Looks real good . . . including those helicopters.
Well done Greg!
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I am curious about the workboat on the port side aft of the ships lifeboats - is it really supposed to be stern first in the davits? Would be very very unusual, but then, welcome to the world of research ships..
Superb build by the way, love the choppers - that I find daunting!!
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Thursday, October 25, 2012

The Shame of a Nation

I came across a news article that touted the United States as a "Food Stamp Nation".  I know that in recent years food stamp usage has soared, but a food stamp nation?  In America?  It couldn't be true!

I stared in disbelief as I read the article before me.  44 MILLION people in the United States accept food stamps.  Another 9.3 MILLION accept WIC.  What has this nation come to?

When I was growing up, accepting "Food Stamps" was shameful.  Men would rather dig ditches or shovel manure than see their family pay for food with government issued stamps.  And it wasn't just pride that kept these men from accepting charity, it was a matter of freedom and justice.  Free men don't stand in lines waiting for their daily bread, slaves do.  Free men don't depend on someone else's benevolence to provide for their family, slaves do.  Free men don't wait for others to direct their lives, slaves do.

This was once a nation of free men.  In fact, freedom was so coveted that men gave up their lands, their families, and their sacred honor just to secure it.  They fought to be beholden to no man.  They shunned charity and embraced their role as provider.

We are the descendants of nation builders.  The men and women whose blood fertilized this land built cities, traversed continents and founded institutions.  They bled, they fought and they persevered.  They left their nation a better place than they found it.  They were builders.

What is our legacy?  Ours is a legacy of destruction. We take, we plunder, we destroy.  The children of nation builders have become the children of destruction.  Not only can we not build a great nation, we can't even feed our own families.  Rather than caring for our families and those less fortunate, we allow the strong arm of the government to steal money from our neighbors, all the while bemoaning OUR victim status.

Shame on us!  Are we a country of free men or a country of slaves?  Free men get off their duffs and do the hard things.  Free men are willing to suffer in order to build something worth building.  Free men realize that the borrower is always slave to the lender.

The truth of the matter is it is not and never was the responsibility of the federal government to provide charity.  That responsibility rests squarely on the churches and citizens shoulders.  There is no denying that people do need help from time to time, however, they are best served by help administered with accountability.

We need to become a nation of builders once again.  Let's not leave a legacy of destruction for our children's children.

  1. Enola,

    I live in an area that is plagued by welfare abuse. I have a part-time drug dealer five houses up the street from my house that is collecting Social Security Disability. He also mows lawns for money, climbs ladders and power washes houses, fixes cars etc. This individual is very industrious. Too bad he's a bad guy.

    On the same token I had a neighbor and friend who was very dear to me. He passed away in March of this year. I did not mention him on this blog before. I called him "Power Chair Mike". Mike had polio as a child but he worked through it. Eventually he got real good at electronics, Got a real good job for many years working at a nuclear sterilizing lab (using radiation to clean medical instruments)
    The polio came back later in life and he had "post polio syndrome" He had to quite and go on Social Security Disability.
    Power Chair Mike did the best he could, retired, did the ham radio thing and he had in pockets of his power chair. In his pockets he carried one Smith and Wesson 686 .357 Mag pistol with a laser, two unopened beers, one pack of cigarettes and one cigarette hanging in his lips with beer in his hand. He we buzz around the corner and yell at me "what the BLANK do you want" in a heavy East Texas accent (that was his way of saying Hello) He smoked and drank to help keep the pain down. Mike was also on Loratabs, morphine, and oxyconten.

    In March, the lung cancer got him before the polio could stop his heart.

    Everyone is entitled to their own beliefs. As anti-welfare as I am their are some people in our society that I do not have a problem with my tax dollars going to their welfare.
    (one thing I learned from Power Chair Mike, Gang members don't like having red lasers pointed at their hearts, they run away. really, really fast)

    1. I'm sorry about the loss of your friend. He sounded like an interesting person.

    2. I have to agree with you, Cap'n Crunch-I have seen people that I didn't mind helping out-either directly or by tax-funded help, but those are rare. it's not unusual for me to get in line at the grocery store I normally go to and be the only one paying cash-some of those with the EBT card look like they could do with a lot less food..
      My family tends to make harsh judgements-it's genetic, I think. If a relative is viewed as being genuinely in distress, they'll help you-if you are judged to be a parasite/freeloader/slacker-sorry 'bout yer luck, Chuck-get your drinkin' money off someone else. Taking in a freeloader is a huge mistake (I've seen others make it-and learned from their mistake).One sort of funny way some of my relatives unload a freeloader is to ask them if they want to go to the mall food court....and leave them there-out of the house, and stayin' out. Their stuff is left by the curb. I got a cal from a alcoholic cousin who had been "evicted" this way. There are people I will help, and those I won't..

  2. Absolutely spot on. Well said. Well said indeed!

    We've lived off the land for four years solid since I was laid off from my job back in 2008. It was very rough at first, but we're still here, and doing better than ever. And we aren't on the government dole, either. That's one way to get dependent upon something you'll likely never get off of in this economy.

    To wit, no one I know who has gotten on foods tamps in the past 4 years, has gotten OFF of them. And as long as this economy stays the same, or worse, they never will. I refuse to live like that.

  3. I understand and agree with your post but I would like to point some things out. Our family is small, we only have 1 daughter (not by choice, infertility issues) and we have taken food stamps. We weren't raised on this and we aren't proud about it but let me tell you our situation.

    My husband works full time and goes to college full time, he's gone from 7 a.m. till 6 p.m. and then stays up till midnight studying. I worked a night shift for awhile and trying to stay up during the day with our baby but that didnt' go well. We live on about 1,200 dollars a month, $800 goes to rent/utilities. We have 1 vehicle, no cable, no cell phones or land line and we buy our clothes at thrift stores. I don't spend on make-up, nails or hair do and we don't do vacations, theme parks or any of the other entertainment crud out there. Frankly we don't have the time or money.

    Unlike you we don't live in a free state, we live in TX. This might come as a surprise due to TX reputation but this isn't the state or country I remember as a child. The community we live in has no jobs, rent is high and seems to go up if you have children. We plan on getting out of here once he graduates in May.

    We received only food stamps and they had been cut low due to my husband working, being married and having a child within wedlock. I know this sounds harsh but I never understood how bad the situation is until we took them. Let me say this, if you are responsible and work hard you will be penalized.

    The system is for women who don't marry and have children out of wedlock and won't work. They receive free education, phone service, healthcare, food, gas money and a debit card in which they can purchase tobacco/alcohol and to top that they don't have to be citizens.

    We have no plans of staying on food stamps and are getting off of them now. I do feel ashamed for taking them but what can one do. If we were to go off grid and live with our preschooler in a home without utilities the authorities would take her away. It happened recently in another part of the state, 6 children were removed.

    This isn't Idaho where people mind their own business and are spread out. You have to remember that most of us who are trying to get out of here and move to the redoubt states where we can make it, don't like the situation that we are in. I hear you and understand but not everyone on food stamps are the like the masses of takers who don't understand or care where the money if coming from.

    1. My hat is off to you! I may not always express myself very well, but I understand that there are times that people need a little extra help, unfortunately your case seems to be the exception and not the rule. My husband and I know what it is to be dirt poor. We understand that things can be nearly impossible, but the fact that you are ashamed of your situation speaks to me of hope! Needing help is uncomfortable. My point is that it is up to neighbors and the church to help people when they need it. We need to band together and care for our own.

      Thank you for doing what you are doing. I pray that things go well with you.

    2. Hi there Anon. Sorry for your difficulties. I truly mean that. I've been there. My monthly food budget is $40. I kid you not.

      I don't have a problem with people on food stamps per-se. I know the economy totally sucks eggs right now. Also, I'm not going to go full into it right now, but our taxes don't pay for food stamps. It's a common misconception. Your bond pays for food stamps. (That bond called your birth certificate that is printed on BOND PAPER, has numbers on it, and is publicly traded. Yea, that one. You are property that is traded on the commodities market. Don't take my word for it... go look it up.) That's a whole other ball of wax, but suffice it to say that you aren't robbing your neighbor by being on foodstamps. It's a great rallying point, especially for the more Conservative folks, that like to point out that you are stealing from your neighbor if you are on government services, but it's simply not the case.

      Your taxes go to pay the interest on the national debt. Nothing more, nothing less. The rest is generated by your bonds, and CAFR accounts. (An idea of how this works can be found here:

      So that's not why I'm against welfare. It doesn't cost me, or you a dime.

      The problem is that most people who get on them develop an 'entitlement' mindset. Particularly when, and because, that the lazy people are rewarded and the hard working people are punished for being hard working. Under that system, the harder you work, the more you are screwed.

      Whereas the welfare queen with 8 kids, gets everything paid for, and all her gutter rats wear Nike shoes, have all the food they want, and play XBOX 360 all day long, whilst you and yours don't get to choose either the T-bone or the sirloin for dinner, but instead are trying to figure out whether there is going to BE dinner tonight.

      Most folks don't understand how welfare all works, and it's a common misconception, so they aren't to be blamed really. No one's ever taken the time to explain it to them. Maybe I'll do an article on it whenever I get unburied from the half dozen articles that I'm currently behind in writing. :)

      All the best!

  4. I was going to post a long thing about food stamps but you know,I am glad we get food stamps in this country,I would rather be here getting them than be in a third world country starving.I get food stamps by the way and am disabled.As far as the economy it has to improve first before people can get off them.

  5. I believe 99% of Americans want to help someone who is down or going through a rough time. Count this Joe Nobody as one of them.

    I also don't like someone gaming the system and living off of the hard work of others.

    Isn't the real issue about how we as a society do one without the other? I think a lot of smart people have pondered that, and so far no good answers. The situation has devolved to where our leadership is willing to let all the cheats get by so as not to disallow one truely needy person. The fact that cheaters vote isn't lost on anyone in Washington or Austin either.

    Joe Nobody

    Joe Nobody

  6. Thank you Enola Gay for replying, I hope I didn't come off too harsh. I enjoy your blog and it encourages me that there are other like minded folks and I'm not just crazy.

    I wrote out of frustration with how things are now. The economy is so bad my husband's company has a hiring freeze, so they have him on full time but with no benefits or overtime and the company is at a standstill due to Obama's EPA regulations that is fixing to wreak havoc on the fiberglass industry. It just seems that everywhere we turn there is government standing in our way.

    As for churches and neighbors helping...well I hate to say it but most are too busy building mega-churches and paying their pastors 75K plus to worry about helping poor folks or widows and orphans. From what we hear, folks in the redoubt states care about each other and help out...the way it used to be here.

    My family has been in Texas for over 150 years and I never thought I'd be saying this but the time has come to leave and head north to states that provide freedom to live as we see fit, be around like minded folks and a limited government. So, Lord willing, we will find a place and hopefully convince our folks to come with us and prepare for the coming collapse. Take care and thanks for your posts.

    1. Anon, you spoke of moving north. If you read this, take a look at this. It may be something you'd be interested in:

      If it interests you go back and read the posts on that site since it started a month or so ago. If not, no harm done. But I hope it helps. :)

    2. Thank you Wild Cookery, I've just started reading and can't wait to share this with my husband. Take care.

  7. What has this nation come to? Really? This has become a nation whose government thinks its a great idea to reward companies that send millions of jobs overseas. I know, I'll go ask my buddies how grateful they are that their former employers outsourced their jobs and they have to use food stamps to feed their families. I cant wait to get on that gravy train, not. Your spewing the typical christian venom let's blame the victim and pining for a time that is long gone. wake up.

    1. Christian Venom? Really!!!!!!
      One can never go back. But what have we lost? We have lost ourselves in this governmental muck. And that is the problem governmental muck.
      But the question is why have not more done for themselves and family before things happen such as job loss, sickness etc. Now inflation has become a monkey on everyones back.
      No, when they had a job and were well enough off they lived from paycheck to paycheck with a lot of un-needful things.
      And don't say I have no room to talk. I have seen some bad times in my life. I didn't get free lunch at school so I drank water and belched and finished the day out. One instance of poor times Dad was in the hospital, no money coming in and my sister (12 years old) worked in the berries. Mom sent her to the corner store and she got some ballard bisquits and a bag of caramels. The candy was our dinner. The next day we had bisquits and water gravy. Dad got out of the hospital, we lost the house, but he got a job and we went on.
      Everyone needs to wake up and prep now for whenever. Prepping is your insurance against a lot of trouble ahead.
      Here is my Christian Venom:
      1Ti 5:8 But if any provide not for his own, and specially for those of his own house, he hath denied the faith, and is worse than an infidel.

    2. Since I have also posted comments here, and have a different perspective from this commenter, just wanted to point out that there are two Ellen's around here.

  8. I typically enjoy your blog, but posts like these really disappoint me. You call yourself a Christian but I don't think this is a very Christian point-of-view. You simply can't generalize about people who need government assistance. This country would be a better place if more people could feel compassion for others.

  9. Food Stamps, now SNAP, hides the hunger problem.

    Why is there a hunger problem? Because government at all levels over-regulates, and takes too much from, the people and the economy suffers for it.

    When the economy suffers the people suffer.

    I have been poor, comfortable, upper middle class, poor again and now hand to mouth, but making it. I have never expected somebody else to make my life "work."

    Food Stamps (SNAP) hides the Bread Lines that we had in the Great Depression. It is how the government continues to disguise just how much damage they have done (and continue doing) to the nation and economy.

    "But, what about the poor?"

    Oh, you mean the hungry, the naked, the sick and in prison?

    WE were assigned that task. Jesus was very clear. He wasn't talking about government. He was talking about individuals. He was talking to me. He was talking to you.

    It is not a collective deal. It is individual.

    If you see someone hungry, ill-clothed, sick, rotting in prison - - what are you going to DO about it? What am I going to DO about it?

    We have directly supported folks who need help. We do so now, even while we are hand-to-mouth.

    Jesus was very clear. Peter said, "but what about John? You want me to feed your sheep, but what about him?" Jesus said, "If I want him to live until I return, what is that to you? You, feed my sheep."

    Yes, the poor have the responsibility to WORK. Scripture also makes clear that if you don't work you don't eat (exception widows and orphans).

    Be involved with folks around you.
    Be involved with your church.
    If your church is not helping folks, perhaps you are in the wrong church.

    We were not told to hand off to government the responsiblity to care for those around us.

    Food Stamps (SNAP) simply hides OUR responsibility.

    1. Thank you! I agree wholeheartedly! I am not uncompassionate - quite the opposite. I just believe that it is OUR job to get our hands dirty - not the government. The government isn't compassionate - they are controlling. And, I believe that God will care for His children - he has a vested interest - the government certainly doesn't. I care that people have their souls ministered to, not just their bodies.

    2. In the very early days of my unemployment 4 years ago, we reached out to our friends, family and neighbors, and even local churches for help.

      The FIRST thing we were asked is, "Have you signed up for food stamps.?"

      When we said we didn't want to do that, almost EVERYONE rejected us out of hand. They said that if we wouldn't sign up for food stamps, then they couldn't help us. That, and I QUOTE, "It's the government's job to help people in need. I don't have the cash to help you, I'm in a rough spot myself."

      All but two of our relatives refused to help us. Those that did helped us enough to barely eke by, but they did to hesitantly and resentfully.

      My sister, who is the most religious of any in my family, and who also has the highest income, refused to help us outright, saying that we'd brought it upon ourselves by refusing to go on welfare.

      We went to the local food banks and the local churches.

      The food bank asked us if we'd applied for welfare. We said, no, we don't want to depend on the .gov. They said it was the govt's job to help people in need, and that if we refused to go on welfare they couldn't help us. They told us that they were sorry, but it was their policy, and they had to refer everyone who came to them for help to the state to get on welfare. They outright refused to help us. We walked out of there with NOTHING. Not even a bag of groceries.

      Then we went to my old family church. The local church I used to go to (Catholic) refused to help us, because, I kid you not, I married a woman who wasn't Catholic. So, according to them, it was ok for us to suffer because we weren't practicing Catholics and because my wife wasn't Catholic. Even though my family had supported that church since 1908. They told us to get on welfare.

      I haven't been back to that church since.

      And we wonder why there is a problem in America.

      It's OUR responsibility. Not the govt's, not the churches, even though they SHOULD do something, most will not.

      It's OUR job to help those in need no matter how much or how little we have.

      We still give to charity and help other people. Often it's our last dollar, but we give it gladly. Because it's OUR job. And somewhere out there, there is someone much less fortunate than we, that needs a bit of a hand.

      Welfare and Food Stamps should immediately cease to exist. Charity needs to go back to where it's always been. In the hearts and the minds of We the People.

      Maybe then, we'd actually get somewhere.

    3. Your "Catholic" church food banks policy and selfishness is not "Catholic" or wide spread. I"m Catholic and our food bank give to EVERYONE, no one asks if you go to church or what church or even if you are a Christian. Our little mission church in this mountain town collected and gave away carloads of groceries last year and the year before. Not one box went to a Catholic family, we delivered to those we knew had probably fallen through the cracks, even the family with little boys whose mother was at the bar EVERY night (in a town this size you do know) and quite a bit when to a family with one member who while we were there proceeded to tell us how much she doesn't like Catholics. It was okay with all of us, we didn't torment her by telling her that we were Catholic. Feeding the hungry was the objective, not judging or hurting.

      No Catholic church will keep you from entering the doors for Mass and attending council meetings. Register with the parish and go, if you are so inclined. Change is brought about from within. This is the same advice I would give those who experience their Protestant churches building mega churches instead of doing the Lord's work. Or just leave and find a church that exhibits what you think is what the Lord wants.

      You are right, taking care of each other is OUR responsibility. I am very upset though that you were shut our of help from those who are commanded to help you. For those who think their faith alone with get them into heaven, perhaps they should remember faith is more than saying some words. We must LIVE our faith.

      "Whatsoever you do to the least of my people, that you do unto Me."

  10. I wrote a response but it is WAY too big to post here as a comment, so I created a new post for it over at my blog. Read it or not as ye will.

    P.S. Not pimping my blog here or anything. It's just too darn big to fit as a comment, so the options were to either spam this blog with 4 posts in a row, or just provide a link. I chose the more polite, and less messy option.

    I also provided a pingback to this article so all of my readers, will now be able to read the original article here in it's entirely, which also will push some traffic to your blog as well. Win-win.

    All the best.

  11. The powers that be (tptb from here on out) have figured out a way to separate many people from God...they decided to become God! People now turn to their golden calf for help, instead of God.

    I've been poor and midde class, back and forth a few times over my 52 years. I grew up poor, had only third and fourth hand clothes (didn't mind one bit), and shoes were glued together many times. Food was minimal and I remember cookies being a special treat that occurred a couple times a year. I only had candy when Halloween came and neighbors that were better off then my parents, put it in our bags. I had a great childhood.

    Today many churches do devote funds to fantastical building projects. Get on the boards and help redirect the efforts to taking care of the poor! Along those lines, I can tell you that the more the government TAKES from me the harder it is for me to do God's bidding and help the poor.

    The poor in this country have nothing in common with the poor in third world nations. They have TV and even if they don't have cable/satellite, they turn it on and burn up electricity. No one is entitled to a hand out from the false god of government. If government would quit interfering with the economy by helping Wall Street and banks, if government would get out of the states businesses, if government would quit telling people that they can't help themselves and it's okay to continue to make poor choices, we'd have fewer poor.

    I'm not judging anyone who finds themselves in difficult times right now. I'm blaming the false god of government for creating this bad economy and for developing a culture of entitlement that buys them votes! I can only fall to my knees and pray that God has mercy on us for our sins and continue to hope and pray that our country turns away from the unconstitutional aspects we have sown and reaped.

    My prayers and blessings to all who are suffering.

    1. Revelation 18:4 "Come out of her My people." Many, perhaps most of, America's churches today are in an easy-believism stupor. Laodecia comes easily to mind - Revelation 3. There are many good people in this land. Not all attend organized religion but have a deep intimacy with the Shepherd and Guradian of their souls.

      We have to remember, those who are His faithful ones who pray to stay on the narrow path, endure to the end His saints "who keep My commandments and have the faith of Jesus." Revelation 14:12 that
      we must be imitators of Christ. Not prideful or greedy like the world. Change is only brought about from giving our selves to the Christ who died for our sins, rose again on the 3rd day and defeated death so we could live eternally. Sadly, many who profess Christ live like hell!! But the judgment is God's and His alone.

      America IS the weapon of mass destruction with all her corporate and political corruption at every level, top down. Churches, likewise, are in lock-step with "prosperity pastor's" preying and exploiting this financial upheavel we have - world-wide.

  12. Enola,

    You struck a nerve Enola. 23 responses and counting. Evan Joe Nobody chimed in (Im 2/3's into his latest book, and its blowing my mind)

    The really sad part is I have known a couple that are really excellant good hard working people. They had a baby (out of wedlock) and found out after looking into legally getting married that with their limited income, their child would have more formula and better medical help if they did not get married. In fact, they had to declare themselves "seperated" on paper in order to the "WIC" (women, infants, children I think it is) program in Texas.
    Now lets stop and think about this, on paper at least their is "No Father" living at home????

    I think something may be wrong here. If a young family with limited means has a father living at home, I think that family would be much, much better off.

    My mother said this recently in a conversation on this subject I had with her.

    "If we can afford to send $300 million dollars to the Muslim Brotherhood in Egypt and send $3 billion to Pakiston and (fight in endless wars overseas for someone elses oil and minerals too) Then maybe some of that money would be better spent on young, very low income (married familys) with children who need basic assistance"

    Something is terribly, terribly wrong with our system.

    On a side note: on some of the "Reply's" above, their are a few that said they are leaving Texas. I am ashamed of that, I appeal for them to stay. Maybe move to another part of the state. Down here in South Texas. The Eagle Ford shale is still booming, we can not enough hard workers down here. We are similar to the "American Redoubt" in culture.

    I will be attending a Gun Show tomorrow in Robstown, Texas. A good long drive from where I am at. The parking lot of the gunshow will be a "Sea of Pickup Trucks" Every South Texas good ole'boy hunter and redneck will be converging in this mass gathering of testosterone, gun powder and camo. The survivalist and prepper crowds are growing in number every month. There will be lots and lots of oil field workers spending wads of money tomorrow.

    We are blessed in Texas. We have oil, agriculture, ranching, manufacturing, and deep water port facilitys.

    (only problem is we are a hop, skip and a jump from Mexico) Thats a big one, but we can deal with that one)

  13. No offense to the captaincrunch who wrote the above post but I'm not ashamed of leaving TX. I don't know how long you have lived in this state but like I said before my family ties have been here since the Civil War and it grieves me to say that I'm needing to move.

    South TX is NOT like the redoubt states and just because you have a lot of "good ol' boys" means nothing when the hordes come sweeping through from Austin, San Antonio, Houston and Louisiana...not to mention all the illegals and you don't have the firepower or terrain to hunker down or fight back.

    Check out Joel Skousen's book or try finding a place in Tx that's more than 200 miles from a 100k+ populated city...very hard to find. Unless you want to live in West Tx...maybe but there you have Abilene, San Angelo, Lubbock, Odessa etc.

    The fact is TX is running out of water, being overrun by illegal aliens..oh and that oil, manufacturing, port facilities will dry up fast when the crash comes. So all that wad of money those oil workers are spending will disappear if the SHTF.

    Reports say that in 20 years Texas will be about 60% latino which means the state will go from red to blue and "californication" will creep in.

    Did you know that our military has trained the Mexican army only to have them go AWOL and join the drug you have machine guns, grenades, rocket launchers, because they do. Don't fool yourself,that problem you mentioned about Mexico will go from problem to disaster in the coming decades and no you "good ol boys" can't deal with that.

    I love TX and hate to leave but this is NOT the Texas my 75 yr old father or my 98 year old grandmother grew up in. It's become a land of yankees (who want to change the way we do things), illegal immigrants (who are sucking the life blood out of TX and want to reclaim it, La Raza..look it up) and native TX sheeple who refuse to see what's happening.

    I'm tired of it and I'm not ashamed to look somewhere else for prosperity and safety for my family just like my ancestors did when they came to TX on the backs of mules and horses or in wagons from their native states in the south...looking for a better future.

    1. Anon, I have been thinking along the same lines you have. Texas is my history for many years and generations, but the Texas of today would make my ancestors shriek in horror as to what has happened to it. There is a major change in Texas in my lifetime, and I am in my 60's. I keep looking for the old pioneer fortitude and hospitality, but I am not finding it. It scares me. Where do we go, and what do we do? Perhaps the ones of us that have the old Texican spirit and knowhow need to band together and circle the wagons. I really need to find myself the right answer for me. Time is getting so short. Glad to know I am not alone in this thinking....

  14. Wow, Anon. Your latest post make my top ten monthly comment list!

    I love your fire, foresight, and courage. Your post is spot on and very inspiring! :)

    I have friends in Abilene. Like you they have deep roots (but not as deep as yours, I think), and they pretty much refuse to leave. I've got the sinking feeling that I'll be mourning them sooner rather than later when the disruptions start. Oh, they'll hold out for a while. They're fierce and all excellent shots. But what can you do against a horde? Nothing, that's what?

    That's one of the reasons my wife and I decided to move to ID. We realized that no matter how good of a shot we were or how well stockpiled we were, it's a simple numbers game.

    My wife asked me what we'd do if a gang of 20 or so people tried to ransack our house in a disturbance. My answer was very simple: "Probably kill half."

    She didn't have to ask what would happen with the OTHER half. It was then that we realized that no matter how much we love our home (and this is my family place where I was born and raised and we love it here), we'll never be safe in a place we can't defend. Without a large group of people to watch your back, and without a safe place to hunker down into... it doesn't look good for some folks.

    The whole 'lone ranger' survivalist thing may be romantic in writing, but I wish those folks the best of luck. They're going to need it. Most likely, they'll be preying on other people once their essentials run out. Some will make it without having to resort to that. Most won't.

  15. Hey Anon (the one responding above to what I said about Texas,

    First let me say that If I offened you in any way, I apologize. I did not mean to come off sounding "patronizing" in by any means. The part that what I meant by 'ashamed" is that things were not working out for you and your family (that is happening all over the country) I wish things were different.

    You made some excellant points. The one about lack of water in Texas, hit the nail on the head, thats a tough one to argue.

    I still may evacuate to Idaho one day myself. I never rule anything out.

    We are going to have a collapse of some short, another August, 2008 collaspe, or a great depression. Maybe it will be a full on "Rawlsian Societal Meltdown" (I just coined that phrase)

    How well a society deals severe stress is based on the attitude and history of a people involved. Thats were I think "Texans and Texas" can not be underestimated.

    On the drug gang "Zeta's" most of ones we trained are dead or in jail. Most of the younger ones specailize in killing unarmed migrants. (I have freinds in Law Enforcement down here) I had to point that out.

    We have survived one war of independence, one civil war, several depressions and countless border incursions by Mexican bandits.

    Texas is still here, since 1836.

  16. captaincrunch

    No offense was given and I being a Texan understand the attitude you are talking about. Your are right, we have survived since 1836 but one must remember that in the 1860's Dallas, TX only had about 1500 residents not the millions the DFW area has now. Plus many of the wealth we have due to companies moving their HQ here would disappear in a collapse or if we secede. Don't think for a second that the US wouldn't fight to get us back due to our electric grid and oil industry.

    That was my point, it's a numbers game and even if there are many folks who still have the Texas spirit they will most likely be overrun by the hordes coming up 35 or across know what I mean. Imagine all those folks from Houston, Austin and San Antonio not to mention all the suburbs in between spilling out across south and west TX....not a pretty picture.

    As for the gangs, it's not just the Zeta's but others...many others coming from deep in south america. There are literally state parks in TX that have been banned from US citizens because it's too dangerous to go there. The problem is getting worse and I don't see it improving unless the gov't sends troops to defend our borders...when that will happen I'm not sure.

    I'm not saying ID is the perfect sanctuary, I'm just saying that it's worth looking at and seriously considering. Now don't get me wrong, we have thought about how if a lot of liberty minded folks go to the Northwest then will this put a bulls eye on ID and other redoubt states? (Let us not forget Ruby Ridge) I don't know the answer to that but I do know that ID has 1 FEMA camp and TX has 4-5 at least.

    From one Texan to another, I wish you the best of luck and pray God protects you in the coming years. Take care.

    1. Hey Anon,

      I have to admit you did give me some things to think about. I listen to "Radio Free Redoubt" every week. I think maybe Northern Idaho for myself, dont know yet? I wonder if they eat Barbacue and steak and do they have any Whataburgers???

      I know they gotta have microwavable TV dinners, everybody does??

      By the way, what state parks in Texas have banned people? I knew that happened in Arizona.

      Now I know the cities in Texas would meltdown in a "Rawlesian Collapse" The citizens of Austin, Texas will woreship "Buddha" or something and starve to death. All the big cities will meltdown. It all depends on how bad things get, how well the Govenor can maintain control or evan if they can contain the border. I do think at least most of the border regions will be held by a mix of forces ranging from state law enforcement, left over unemployed volunteer federal law enforcement (To be paid with MRE's) volunteer citizen milita's and troops from many bases in Texas that quite litteral have been laid off by the federal goverment and are seeking gainful employment (sounds like a nightmare)

      After thousands are shot attempting to cross the "Rio Grande River" I think word will get out to drug gangs etc, and they will stay on thier side of the border. I hope Govenor Perry has some plans somewhere for all this, just in case.

  17. Enola,
    You are spot on, once again. I recently read this:

    A Ford Dealer's Report

    From Tom Selkis' (Latham Ford) Facebook.........
    True story yesterday at the dealership.....

    "I'll try to make this as short and to the point as I can

    One of my salesmen here had a woman in his office yesterday wanting to lease a brand new Focus. As he was reviewing her credit app with her he noticed she was on social security disability. He said to her you don't look like your disabled and unable to work. She said well I'm really not, I could work if I wanted to but I make more now than I did when I was working and got hurt (non-disabling injury).
    She said the gov't sends her $1500.00 a month in 1 check, she gets $700.00 a month on an EBT card (food stamps), and $800.00 a month for rent. Oh yeah and 250 minutes free on her phone. That is just south of $3500.00 a month.
    When she was working she was taking home about $330.00 per week. Do the math and then ask yourself why the hell should she go back to work. If you multiply that by millions of people you start to realize the scope of the problem we face as a country. Once the socialist have 51% of the population in that same scenario we are finished.
    The question is when do we cross that threshold if we haven't already, and there are not enough people working to pay enough taxes to support the non-working people? Riots?? Be prepared to protect your homes.
    She didn't lease the Focus here because the dealer down the road beat our deal $by 10.00/month. Glad to know she is so frugal with her (our) hard earned money."

    Your article lines up precisely with the Bible. People who only read the New Testament and throw away the Old Testament do not understand the basic principles that Jesus taught, as they are ALL based on Old Testament teachings, early writings, and the beliefs of various sects of Jews during Jesus time.

    1. I have an admission to make.

      Hi, my name is Janos. And once upon a time ,I lived with a welfare recipient. :P

      Many years ago now when I lived in another state, I was dating and living with a woman who was on welfare.

      She received something like $535 per month in food stamps for her and her kid.

      That's an outrageous amount, and even with buying top notch and organic food, there was still plenty left over. But it was not possible to buy in bulk, or buy food for storage.

      We were living with other housemates, and had very little storage space. Only a few shelves in the pantry closet we could put food on.

      I did most of the cooking, and went with her when she did the shopping. (She'd always come home with stupid crap like boxed and frozen dinners that we had no space to store, otherwise. She wasn't the brightest thing in the world. That whole relationship revolved around her pretty eyes and huge... *ahem*. You get the idea.) ;)

      There was no way we could spend $535 per month on at the time on food. We had to really, really try to spend over $400. It was simply too much, and there was always a leftover balance on the card. So I had her call the welfare office and ask for a reduction of about $100 a month, naively thinking at the time, that it could be put to better use by a family who actually needed it.

      This is what she was told. That they COULD NOT reduce her monthly allotment. So she then asked what she was supposed to do with the extra balance that she couldn't spend? They told her to get creative. So she said OK, she'd buy some extra food and donate it to the food bank or people in need.

      They told her NO, you can't do that, it's against the law, and you could be put in jail.

      Wait... run that by me again? Yep. It's illegal to SHARE food purchased with food stamps with anyone outside of your 'household' in that state. Or it was at the time. So we could share it with housemates, but we could not donate food bought on food stamps to the local food bank to help people.

      It's the state. It's not SUPPOSED to make sense.

      And 'storing' extra food simply wasn't an option, as our housemates were really seriously anal to the nth degree about their 'space' and our 'space', and we had absolutely no place to put it. They wouldn't even let us store dry goods in the garage.

      So, we ended up having a household T-bone steak BBQ at the end of every month. When those half dozen T-bone steaks were bought with the food stamp card, the looks that she'd get at the checkout were absolutely priceless. Understandably so. But people didn't understand the reason behind it either.

      It was funny. The people we lived with refused to eat most of groceries that were bought on said food stamps, but didn't object to the once a month t-bone BBQ. I guess people's 'beliefs' only go so far, when t-bone steak is involved. ;)

  18. See that proves my point. The lady mentioned above was getting 700 a month for We are a family of 3 and only got $240 and that's it, we didn't qualify for anything else because my husband and I worked and only pull in about $1200 a month.

    Many say they don't mind helping those that are really in need but the truth is the system isn't there to help young families or abandoned women or even the elderly, it's there for those who can work but don't and for those who can't control their sexual drives or use contraception.

    Sorry if that sounds harsh but I've sat in the EBT office and watched the "I deserve this" attitude, the name brand clothing, $40 nail jobs, $60 hair highlights and $40,000 cars and they get everything because they refuse to marry the baby's daddy or work because why would they mess up their gravy train.

    1. Yes, this is absolutely it. Staying on the dole is thusly incentivized. And the people that TRULY need help, don't really get it.

      Back in 1999 when I was briefly unemployed, (and before I was dead set against it) I applied for food stamps. I was told my car was 'too new'. It was a 1994 Chevy pickup. I asked, "So wait, my CAR is TOO new?" Yep. I was told I had to sell my car. So I asked for clarification. "You want me to sell the ONLY reliable transportation that I have, that is in good repair, take a several THOUSAND dollar loss, on my vehicle, and then spend probably ALL of what I get for it on some POS beater car instead, so that I can qualify for $130 a month in food stamps?" Yep.

      I told them to shove it. And that's putting it lightly. I won't type what I actually said, but those with imaginations can probably figure it out. ;)

  19. captaincrunch

    Your post made me smile...I'm sure someone up there in ID knows how to BBQ, if not then that's just one more skill we can bring with us :).

    1. Hey Anon

      What about Whataburgers...Do they have any Whataburgers in the American Redoubt. I need my Whataburger Doublemeat with cheese and Jalepeno's at least once every few weeks.

  20. Hi Enola.
    I didn't read the comments but I just wanted to pop in real quick and say that I think there is something to be said for the folks that do spend a lot of years working hard & paying loads of taxes to actually get some of those taxes they paid back in the form of food stamps. We don't received food stamps ourselves but I can imagine not feeling terribly guilty about it if we ever temporarily did, because I would feel it was my husband's own money he'd paid via taxes all those years. I'm absolutely-positively not saying the system the way it is is anywhere near ideal- just sayin' I don't think food stamps are always all bad.

  21. What is so sad about the creeping welfare state and the attitude it has engendered in the past few generations is that it is like a freight train with no brakes and out of control. There is no government body or any person who will be elected President -or any governor - who can or will stop it. Only complete financial collapse will stop the runaway train. It has to hit an unmovable wall, crumble, and collapse before a return to "people helping themselves" will ever be the philosophy of our land again. It makes me weep and deeply weary in my 62 year old heart.

    We live in Alaska, and I praise God every day for leading me to my life here (I moved here from TX when it was STILL "Don't mess with TX"). We are fortunate to have seen the handwriting on the wall in the mid-1990's, and we moved from Anchorage to 5+ acres in a rural area- but one where we still have neighbors. We are so thankful to live in a faraway "redoubt" of the U.S., but I have to tell you that, even here, and especially in the biggest city of Anchorage, the "can do" spirit we found when we arrived 30 years ago has pretty much dissipated, even here in the last frontier. We have much to fear politically and economically and especially philosophically from all the liberals who have moved here and have convinced the formerly self-sufficient, pioneering types that welfare and food stamps and fraudulently going on "disability" is just fine.

    Even in ND and in ID where the economy is showing some gains due to oilfield jobs, etc., do you know what kind of people will move there? People from the "other" states, the people you are trying to get away from. This horrible, failing Marxism and "taught" slavery and robothood has spread to contagion.

    Don't be fooled by the term "American Redoubt". There are pockets of a redoubt in the Northwest and Far North, but they, too, are surrounded by the kinds of folks who have accepted the godless, Marxist propaganda that ALL public schools teach and are forced to teach by unionized teachers whose unions are Marxist in political philosophy. How I wish there really was a redoubt!

    But we keep going, because that's what is required. The ONLY thing I put any hope and change at all in is GOD and His promises. I cannot imagine living through these devastatingly changing times that so contradict everything I was taught and lived in my childhood without Him.

    God bless and be with all who know the truth of God and are trying your best to instill it in your children.

  22. Also, just saw an artilce by Marc Slavo who writes for entitled "Food Stamp Nation: What a Modern Day Breadline Looks Like " It ties to what Enola and others are commenting on here.

  23. Enola,

    Gun Show report.

    Sales seemed slow. People were more relaxed and less panicky than they were at the last gun show. The feeling is that Obama will lose so people are relaxing a little bit.

    Lots of stripped AR receivers, lots of upper receivers available. lots of 30 round P-Mags.

    One very interesting observation, very little ammo!!!!!

    The big ammo dealers were almost bone dry, I did find PMC 5.56 55 grain, brass cased (1000 rounds) for $389.00. That was a bit pricey.

    lots and lots of stuff available. I almost bought a Ruger 10/22 with a 20 inch barrel for $275.00 . Im a sucker for older Ruger 10/22's (pre-1986)

    I need optics real bad. What I have my eye on is EO Tech 552 sight with a 5X magnifier. The sight was $529.00 and the chinease magnifier was $140.00. Anybody have any opinions. Does Sir Knight have an opinion on the EO Tech 552 for the AR platform???

    As I predicted the gun show was a redneck festival. If there are any single women looking for husbands, go find a gun show and wear camo.

    You will be married in three months.....

  24. Davy Crockett vs. Welfare

    May I suggest everyone who is interested read it. It is quite eye opening and revealing. And gives an historical perspective that we do not see much these days.

  25. I worked with a fellow once, quite a long time ago now, who was an 'underperformer' to say the least. He did the absolute minimal amount of work necessary to avoid being fired. I asked him one time if he was worried about losing his job. He said “I don't care. If I get canned, I'll just go on welfare, and probably make more than I'm making at this crappy job.” Well he got his wish. Two weeks later they fired him for cause.

    When some family visited a few months ago, they were kind enough to take us out to eat (a rare treat for us), and at another table I overheard a conversation between two twenty-somethings pertaining to one of them talking about their job. They said almost the same thing that other guy did, years ago. “Nah, I'm not worried. If I get fired I'll just get on unemployment or food stamps.”

    What would those responses have been, I wonder, if there was no safety net, and starvation was a real possibility? How much more would people, especially the younger generations, strive to actually keep a job and be worth their salt?

    What if the conversation was “OMG, if I slack off, I'll lose my job, and then I won't be able to buy food!” How much more motivated would that jr. slacker be, I wonder?

    I every job I've ever had, I'm always the guy that shows up early, stays late and if on salary, works days and hours I don't have to. That's just the kind of work ethic I have. I don't stop until the job is done RIGHT, however long that may take. Period.

    Ye can ask my wife about this one. Last full time job I had, I was working 16+ hour days and being paid for 8. She hated it. I had almost zero life outside of work. But I did it because it needed done, and we needed to keep that job at the time, as she was pregnant.

    But, I still got canned. Eventually.

    They finally closed the entire branch I was working in, but I did survive FIVE RIFS. (Reductions in Force, aka mass firings.) Had I not been as dedicated, I'd have been canned in the first or second RIF, not the final one. It was my work ethic that allowed me to survive the first four RIFs when people with much more seniority than myself were being fired. In the end, since the whole branch was being closed, and there were no positions available at any of the other branches, I'd have been fired anyway. But it gave me an extra 6 months of employment, in an uber-crappy market that I'd not have had otherwise.

    Granted, the job market is less than ideal right now, but many people are lazy sots even in the best of times.


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I've been going through tons of journals and idea books - books where I just jot down something that comes to my mind.

Here's one from March 4, 2003 - during a conversation with Greg while I was on the road in Houston (I think). I was headed down to the coast and told him I hadn't looked at a map, which is a continual discussion between us. He thinks one should look at maps. I think one can just play it by ear.

Eventually I said, "I don't know where I'm going, but I'm going there at 70 mph."

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Years ago on a radio program someone shared that they read a chapter in Proverbs every day. Since there are 31 chapters and the longest month has 31 days it allows you to read through Proverbs on a regular basis. I use it as the launch pad for my personal worship time and branch out from there. On this blog I will try to share some of the insights I have in the Word. I will try to organize them in the archive by reference.

Monday, October 29, 2018

Foolish Contention

(Proverbs 29:9 KJV)  If a wise man contendeth with a foolish man, whether he rage or laugh, there is no rest.

We have a young mesquite tree in our yard.  The previous owner decided that he wanted a tree that would reach for the heavens instead of looking like the crooked little man from the crooked little house.  To reach that goal he attached ropes from various angles to make it stand up straight.  It isn’t working.  There are some things in life that are determined to defy your straight edge and bend to the forces around them.  Fools are like that.

Fools will even fool you.  They will look like they are listening.  They will repeat the great insights that you share with them.  They might even write it down.  In the end they go back to being fools.  It is easier that way and some people take the path of least resistance in everything.

So?  Say what you have to say.  It might be used by the Holy Spirit to wake someone up.  Usually they will just get back to business as usual as soon as you look the other way.  Perhaps it might be an opportunity to listen to your own wisdom and gain from it.

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Schwa (? ?; italics: ? ?) is a letter of the Cyrillic script, derived from the Latin letter schwa. It is currently used in Abkhaz, Bashkir, Dungan, Itelmen, Kalmyk, Kazakh, Kurdish, Uyghur and Tatar. It was also used in Azeri, Karakalpak, and Turkmen before those languages switched to the Latin alphabet. The Azeri and some other Latin-derived alphabets contain a letter of similar appearance (?/?).

In many Turkic languages such as Azeri, Bashkir, Kazakh, Uyghur and Tatar, as well as the Kalmyk and Khinalug languages, it represents the near-open front unrounded vowel /æ/, like the pronunciation of ⟨a⟩ in "cat". It is often transliterated as ⟨ä⟩; however, in Kazakh, it was transliterated as Á.

In Dungan, it represents the close-mid back unrounded vowel /?/.

In Kurdish it represents the schwa /?/ or the sound /?~a/.

In Abkhaz, it is a modifier letter, which represents labialization of the preceding consonant /?/. Digraphs with ⟨?⟩ are treated as letters and given separate positions in the Abkhaz alphabet. It is transliterated into Latin as a high ring ⟨?⟩.

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Illustration of the Jordan curve theorem. A Jordan curve (drawn in black) divides the plane into an "inside" region (light blue) and an "outside" region (pink).

In topology, a Jordan curve, sometimes called a plane simple closed curve, is a non-self-intersecting continuous loop in the plane.[1] The Jordan curve theorem asserts that every Jordan curve divides the plane into an "interior" region bounded by the curve and an "exterior" region containing all of the nearby and far away exterior points, so that every continuous path connecting a point of one region to a point of the other intersects with that loop somewhere. While the statement of this theorem seems to be intuitively obvious, it takes some ingenuity to prove it by elementary means. "Although the JCT is one of the best known topological theorems, there are many, even among professional mathematicians, who have never read a proof of it." (Tverberg (1980, Introduction)). More transparent proofs rely on the mathematical machinery of algebraic topology, and these lead to generalizations to higher-dimensional spaces.

The Jordan curve theorem is named after the mathematician Camille Jordan (1838-1922), who found its first proof. For decades, mathematicians generally thought that this proof was flawed and that the first rigorous proof was carried out by Oswald Veblen. However, this notion has been overturned by Thomas C. Hales and others.

Definitions and the statement of the Jordan theorem

A Jordan curve or a simple closed curve in the plane R2 is the image C of an injective continuous map of a circle into the plane, ?: S1 -> R2. A Jordan arc in the plane is the image of an injective continuous map of a closed and bounded interval [a, b] into the plane. It is a plane curve that is not necessarily smooth nor algebraic.

Alternatively, a Jordan curve is the image of a continuous map ?: [0,1] -> R2 such that ?(0) = ?(1) and the restriction of ? to [0,1) is injective. The first two conditions say that C is a continuous loop, whereas the last condition stipulates that C has no self-intersection points.

With these definitions, the Jordan curve theorem can be stated as follows:

Let C be a Jordan curve in the plane R2. Then its complement, R2 \ C, consists of exactly two connected components. One of these components is bounded (the interior) and the other is unbounded (the exterior), and the curve C is the boundary of each component.

In contrast, the complement of a Jordan arc in the plane is connected.

Proof and generalizations

The Jordan curve theorem was independently generalized to higher dimensions by H. Lebesgue and L.E.J. Brouwer in 1911, resulting in the Jordan-Brouwer separation theorem.

Let X be an n-dimensional topological sphere in the (n+1)-dimensional Euclidean space Rn+1 (n > 0), i.e. the image of an injective continuous mapping of the n-sphere Sn into Rn+1. Then the complement Y of X in Rn+1 consists of exactly two connected components. One of these components is bounded (the interior) and the other is unbounded (the exterior). The set X is their common boundary.

The proof uses homology theory. It is first established that, more generally, if X is homeomorphic to the k-sphere, then the reduced integral homology groups of Y = Rn+1 \ X are as follows:

This is proved by induction in k using the Mayer-Vietoris sequence. When n = k, the zeroth reduced homology of Y has rank 1, which means that Y has 2 connected components (which are, moreover, path connected), and with a bit of extra work, one shows that their common boundary is X. A further generalization was found by J. W. Alexander, who established the Alexander duality between the reduced homology of a compact subset X of Rn+1 and the reduced cohomology of its complement. If X is an n-dimensional compact connected submanifold of Rn+1 (or Sn+1) without boundary, its complement has 2 connected components.

There is a strengthening of the Jordan curve theorem, called the Jordan-Schönflies theorem, which states that the interior and the exterior planar regions determined by a Jordan curve in R2 are homeomorphic to the interior and exterior of the unit disk. In particular, for any point P in the interior region and a point A on the Jordan curve, there exists a Jordan arc connecting P with A and, with the exception of the endpoint A, completely lying in the interior region. An alternative and equivalent formulation of the Jordan-Schönflies theorem asserts that any Jordan curve φ: S1 -> R2, where S1 is viewed as the unit circle in the plane, can be extended to a homeomorphism ψ: R2 -> R2 of the plane. Unlike Lebesgue's and Brouwer's generalization of the Jordan curve theorem, this statement becomes false in higher dimensions: while the exterior of the unit ball in R3 is simply connected, because it retracts onto the unit sphere, the Alexander horned sphere is a subset of R3 homeomorphic to a sphere, but so twisted in space that the unbounded component of its complement in R3 is not simply connected, and hence not homeomorphic to the exterior of the unit ball.

History and further proofs

The statement of the Jordan curve theorem may seem obvious at first, but it is a rather difficult theorem to prove. Bernard Bolzano was the first to formulate a precise conjecture, observing that it was not a self-evident statement, but that it required a proof.[] It is easy to establish this result for polygons, but the problem came in generalizing it to all kinds of badly behaved curves, which include nowhere differentiable curves, such as the Koch snowflake and other fractal curves, or even a Jordan curve of positive area constructed by Osgood (1903).

The first proof of this theorem was given by Camille Jordan in his lectures on real analysis, and was published in his book Cours d'analyse de l'École Polytechnique.[2] There is some controversy about whether Jordan's proof was complete: the majority of commenters on it have claimed that the first complete proof was given later by Oswald Veblen, who said the following about Jordan's proof:

His proof, however, is unsatisfactory to many mathematicians. It assumes the theorem without proof in the important special case of a simple polygon, and of the argument from that point on, one must admit at least that all details are not given.[3]

However, Thomas C. Hales wrote:

Nearly every modern citation that I have found agrees that the first correct proof is due to Veblen... In view of the heavy criticism of Jordan's proof, I was surprised when I sat down to read his proof to find nothing objectionable about it. Since then, I have contacted a number of the authors who have criticized Jordan, and each case the author has admitted to having no direct knowledge of an error in Jordan's proof.[4]

Hales also pointed out that the special case of simple polygons is not only an easy exercise, but was not really used by Jordan anyway, and quoted Michael Reeken as saying:

Jordan's proof is essentially correct... Jordan's proof does not present the details in a satisfactory way. But the idea is right, and with some polishing the proof would be impeccable.[5]

Earlier, Jordan's proof and another early proof by Charles Jean de la Vallée Poussin had already been critically analyzed and completed by Schoenflies (1924).[6]

Due to the importance of the Jordan curve theorem in low-dimensional topology and complex analysis, it received much attention from prominent mathematicians of the first half of the 20th century. Various proofs of the theorem and its generalizations were constructed by J. W. Alexander, Louis Antoine, Ludwig Bieberbach, Luitzen Brouwer, Arnaud Denjoy, Friedrich Hartogs, Béla Kerékjártó, Alfred Pringsheim, and Arthur Moritz Schoenflies.

New elementary proofs of the Jordan curve theorem, as well as simplifications of the earlier proofs, continue to be carried out.

The root of the difficulty is explained in Tverberg (1980) as follows. It is relatively simple to prove that the Jordan curve theorem holds for every Jordan polygon (Lemma 1), and every Jordan curve can be approximated arbitrarily well by a Jordan polygon (Lemma 2). A Jordan polygon is a polygonal chain, the boundary of a bounded connected open set, call it the open polygon, and its closure, the closed polygon. Consider the diameter of the largest disk contained in the closed polygon. Evidently, is positive. Using a sequence of Jordan polygons (that converge to the given Jordan curve) we have a sequence presumably converging to a positive number, the diameter of the largest disk contained in the closed region bounded by the Jordan curve. However, we have to prove that the sequence does not converge to zero, using only the given Jordan curve, not the region presumably bounded by the curve. This is the point of Tverberg's Lemma 3. Roughly, the closed polygons should not thin to zero everywhere. Moreover, they should not thin to zero somewhere, which is the point of Tverberg's Lemma 4.

The first formal proof of the Jordan curve theorem was created by Hales (2007a) in the HOL Light system, in January 2005, and contained about 60,000 lines. Another rigorous 6,500-line formal proof was produced in 2005 by an international team of mathematicians using the Mizar system. Both the Mizar and the HOL Light proof rely on libraries of previously proved theorems, so these two sizes are not comparable. Nobuyuki Sakamoto and Keita Yokoyama (2007) showed that in reverse mathematics the Jordan curve theorem is equivalent to weak König's lemma over the system .

See also

  1. ^ Sulovský, Marek (2012). Depth, Crossings and Conflicts in Discrete Geometry. Logos Verlag Berlin GmbH. p. 7. ISBN 9783832531195.
  2. ^ Camille Jordan (1887)
  3. ^ Oswald Veblen (1905)
  4. ^ Hales (2007b)
  5. ^ Hales (2007b)
  6. ^ A. Schoenflies (1924). "Bemerkungen zu den Beweisen von C. Jordan und Ch. J. de la Vallée Poussin". Jahresber. Deutsch. Math.-Verein. 33: 157-160.

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Tamás Nádasdy of Nádasd and Fogarasföld
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Died(1562-06-02)2 June 1562 (approx. 64 years old)
Egervár, Kingdom of Hungary
Noble familyHouse of Nádasdy
Spouse(s)Orsolya Kanizsay de Kanizsa
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MotherOrsolya Therjék de Szenterzsébet

Baron Tamás Nádasdy de Nádasd et Fogarasföld (I), called the Great Palatine (1498-1562), Hungarian statesman, was the son of Ferenc I Nádasdy and his first wife Orsolya Therjék de Szenterzsébet. After Tamás's mother's death, his stepmother was Orsolya Véssey de Vésse.[] He was educated at Graz, Bologna and Rome.[1]

In 1521 he accompanied Thomas Cajetan (whom the pope had sent to Hungary to preach a crusade against the Turks) to Buda as his interpreter. In 1525 he became a member of the council of state and was sent by King Louis II to the diet of Speyer to ask for help in the imminent Turkish war. During his absence the Mohács catastrophe took place, and Nádasdy only returned to Hungary in time to escort the queen-widow from Komárom to Pozsony. He was sent to offer the Hungarian crown to the archduke Ferdinand, and on his coronation (3 November 1527) was made commandant of Buda.[1] In 1528 with the help of György Cseszneky, commander of Tata Nádasdy occupied Gy?r for Ferdinand.[] On the capture of Buda by Suleiman the Magnificent, Nádasdy went over to King John I. In 1530 he successfully defended Buda against the imperial troops. In 1533 his jealousy of the dominant influence of Lodovico Gritti caused him to desert John for Ferdinand, to whom he afterwards remained faithful.[1] In 1535 he married Orsolya Kanizsay de Kanizsa, the last member and heiress of the powerful and wealthy Kanizsay family.[] He was endowed with enormous estates by the emperor, and from 1537 onwards became Ferdinand's secret but most influential counsellor. Subsequently, as Ban of Croatia-Slavonia, he valiantly defended that border province against the Turks.[1]

He did his utmost to promote education, and the school which he founded at Újsziget, where he also set up a printing press, received a warm eulogy from Philip Melanchthon. In 1540 Nádasdy was appointed iudex curie regie; in 1547 he presided over the Diet of Nagyszombat, and finally, in 1559, was elected palatine by the diet of Pozsony (now Bratislava, Slovakia). In his declining years he aided the heroic Miklós Zrinyi against the Ottomans.[1]

  1. ^ a b c d e  One or more of the preceding sentences incorporates text from a publication now in the public domainChisholm, Hugh, ed. (1911). "Nádasdy, Tamás I.". Encyclopædia Britannica. 19 (11th ed.). Cambridge University Press. p. 148.
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Ferenc Újlaky
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Ferenc Révay
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Corn: Food and Fuel

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"It takes 400 pounds of corn to make 25 gallons of ethanol. This might be a weeks worth of fuel for a person commuting to work. It could be many months worth of food for that same person. You may say that you don't eat that much corn. Actually you do. Dr. Henry Schwarcz at McMasters University in Canada, studies nitrogen isotopes in human bone and teeth. The average north American diet effectively consists of 47% corn! This is because what you eat, eats corn. Beef, Chicken, Pork, Milk, Ice Cream, Butter, Cheese, Eggs, etc. The figure I have seen for beef is six to seven pounds of corn to make one pound of beef. About 30% of the American corn crop is now going to bio fuels. With the number of people in the world (seven billion by 2012), I don't think that this is sustainable."

This comment addresses what I think is the number one, increasing problem in the world: the exponential population growth. It's part of the reason I can't get too worked up over the unproven but heavily politicized theory of human-caused global warming. We're far more likely to run out of resources before climate change becomes a real problem; and by resources I mean food. Name a farming area that's growing, rather than shrinking. Well, other than the Amazon Basin, but even leaving aside the real concerns about the loss of wilderness area and its oxygen production, the Amazon Basin is big, but not big enough to feed the world.

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