Ramp Fever

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Wild Geranium in front of ramp

I had heard about ramps from Foodie friends. Allium tricoccum are woodland plants native to the USA and are becoming scarce and increasingly difficult to find. One spring day, 5-6 years ago, I was out shooting woodland wild flowers when I realized I was standing in a huge patch of ramps, or what I thought might be ramps….they looked a lot like the photo I pulled up on my phone…and they smelled of onions. I had to know what my friends were nattering on about.

Ramps appear in spring with the other woodland wildflowers. As the other wildflowers they appear before the trees leaf out. I had a very short trip up north a week ago. My husband had a short gig and I went along to plant some wildflower seeds in open spaces, shoot some spring wildflowers and, hopefully, pick some ramps. You…

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Eugenics: Compulsory Sterilization in 50 American States – (Me: Sad tale of forced sterilization in the US)

For each state for which information is available (see below), there is a short account of the number of victims (based on a variety of data sources), the known period during which sterilizations occurred, the temporal pattern of sterilizations and rate of sterilization, the passage of law(s), groups indentified in the law, the prescribed process of the law, precipitating factors and processes that led up a state’s sterilization program, the groups targeted and victimized, other restrictions placed on those identified in the law or with disabilities in general, major proponents of state eugenic sterilization, “feeder institutions” and institutions where sterilizations were performed, and opposition to sterilization. A short bibliography is also provided. Source: Eugenics: Compulsory Sterilization in 50 American States

It is our responsibility to care for our nation|مسئولیت ما مراقبت از ملت ما است

A Voice from Iran

“84th story”

First published: Mar.28.2019

 

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The king of a small territory came across a huge conflict in the treasury. He had to come up with a plan or soon he would lose his power and wealth. He told his Minister: “I have a plan. Announce to the people that the government will buy their camels for 10 gold coins.”

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The Minister said: “We don’t need camels. The price of a camel is 5 coins; why should we pay more? And we can’t risk what is left of the money.”

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The king replied: “Just trust my idea and do it.”

The government announced the news and some people got very excited about the double profit and sold their camels to the government.

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The following week king said: “Now announce that we buy camels for 30 gold coins.”

The Minister didn’t like the king’s idea but he couldn’t argue.

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Many people…

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On Jamaican bees, and their keepers

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“Oh Bees,” she says. “I send greetings to your Queen. I wish to be her friend, and to prepare a safe home for her, and for you who are her daughters, and to tell you the news every day. May you carry messages from the land of the living to all souls who dwell in the land of shadows. Please tell me now whether you accept my offer.”

– Margaret Atwood

Yesterday was World Bee Day, so this is a postscript. As far as the Caribbean is concerned, please read my Global Voices colleague Janine Mendes-Franco’s very informative article about the challenges our bees face, especially in Trinidad,here.

Beekeeping has been steadily catching on in Jamaica for some years now. Honey is a valuable product and an amazing food resource, of course, with proven anti-bacterial and sleep-inducing properties and all kinds of other health claims that may or…

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Pledge to Stand up for Human Rights

Context, Thought, and Learning: ShiraDest Offers Project Do Better

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Regal

Google translation of first sentence: Another major point on the map of medieval Thailand. We made a half-day trip to this town, 45 kilometers from Sukhotai, to visit the UNESCO World Heritage Park and the famous pottery workshops. To get around, we rented from a local agency, through the hotel reception, a car with a driver from morning to afternoon.

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Si Satchanalai, 2017

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Un alt punct major pe harta Thailandei medievale. Am făcut o excursie de jumătate de zi în această localitate aflată la 45 kilometri de Sukhotai, pentru a vizita parcul istoric aflat în patrimoniul UNESCO și celebrele ateliere de olărit. Ca să ne deplasăm, am închiriat de la o agenție locală, prin recepția hotelului, o mașină cu șofer de dimineață până după-masă.

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Zona istorică ocupă un parc de întindere medie pe care îl poți parcurge pe jos, în două ore, fără grabă. În exteriorul parcului, la marginea orașului, mai este un alt templu important pe care îl recomand.

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Orașul Si Satchanalai este destul de izolat, fără posibilități de cazare, de aceea și parcul este mult mai liniștit decât alte obiective de turism de masă.

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Dacă ești interesat de frumusețea pură a templelor de la începuturile istoriei thailandeze, vei vedea un loc magic. În lumina dimineții, construcțiile păreau din…

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Eight Legged Freaks!

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Commonly called the ‘daddy long legs,” this is called the Harvestman, a group of creatures belonging to the Arachnid class.  Although they resemble much like a spider, they are actually not for two reasons.  They do not spin webs (they have no spinnerets) and they do not carry venom.  Though they cannot bite, they release a chemical secretion that is considered distasteful to a lot of predators.  Their second legs are the longest because they are actually antennas used to detect vibrations in the ground of oncoming predators.  Harvestmen are commonly found in the woods and sometimes appear in people’s home, but are not considered dangerous.  The actual spider that is considered correctly a ‘daddy long legs” spider is the long bodied cellar spider, known to vibrate its web violently to make it difficult for predators to detect.  They are known to also have a slim abdomen and long slender legs…

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Pamukale, Turska – Pamukkale, Turkey

Google translation of title and first sentence: Pamukkale, Turkey
The long avenue with a series of pillars, Plateia, represented a wide road paved by the Romans with huge travertine blocks in the 2nd century and was the backbone of everyday life in Hierapolis.

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Dugačka avenija s nizom stubova, Plateja, predstavljala je širok put koji su u II vijeku Rimljani popločali ogromnim blokovima od travertina i bila je okosnica svakodnevnog života Hijerapolisa. Hijerapolis je bio važan banjski grad, smješten dvadesetak kilometara sjeverno od Denizlija u sjeverozapadnoj Turskoj, koji je u II vijeku p.n.e. osnovao Eumen II , pergamski kralj, na mjestu gdje se mnogo vijekova ranije razvilo društvo. Hijerapolis (“Sveti grad”) svoj značaj stekao je zahvaljujući neobičnoj pojavi u donjem sloju tla na kom se nalazi: vodi bogatoj mineralnim solima kalcijum – bikarbonata. Voda te soli prikuplja prolazeći kroz sloj krečnjaka na putu ka površini i stvara termalna vrela koja, prema antičkim izvorima, imaju izuzetna ljekovita svojstva i upečatljiv izgled. Današnji turski naziv, Pamukkale, što znači “dvorac od pamuka”, dobili su zahvaljujući svojim bijelim stjenovitim tvorevinama. A one su i glavni razlog zbog kojeg je Pamukale toliko zanimljiv.

Spuštajući se niz blagu padinu visoravni…

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Flights of Fancy

Let’s give peace a chance…

The BUTHIDARS

Well, it’s 3.27 am on Thursday morning and I can’t get to sleep. My legs itch and while having a scritch I did check that it was still plural. I checked them twice in case like other asses I had forefeet. In the (almost) week since the last nurse signed me off to fend for myself I haven’t managed to lose a leg and that’s something I don’t think that any of them had faith in. To be honest I think they would have considered coming until my right leg was fully healed but as the last one left clutching her tin of chocolates , she did mumble something about them all having to go on diets. I’ve missed them this week and their mostly tender ministrations but it’s honestly no reflection on them if I say I won’t mind if I never have to see them again. Unfortunately that’s…

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