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Streetart – Peeta @ Munich, Germany

Peeta @ Munich, Germany Location: Munich, Germany Artist: Peeta (Italy) For: Landmarks-Project Curated by: Rafael Gerlach (SatOne) Organized by: …

Streetart – Peeta @ Munich, Germany

Japanese-Americans | the Nisei in WWII, part one (1)

Pacific Paratrooper

Nisei soldiers

Smitty held the Nisei in very high regard and I would be remiss in neglecting to tell their story. Beside, one of these men might have been directly responsible for the safe return of my father. In reality, it would be near impossible to relate a story of the Pacific War without mentioning their service. Some of this unique intelligence force worked ‘behind the scene’ stateside U.S.A. or Australia, but many were up front and fighting at and behind enemy lines.

Smitty always had extreme appreciation for the courage, resilience and down-right crazy stunts they pulled off. They were capable of going behind the lines to acquire information or cut into the radio lines and all the while they remained quite aware that their own units might mistake them for the enemy when they returned. This did happen more than once.

Most everyone is aware of whom the…

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Dreams Growing in a Fertile Place

From Behind the Pen

Can dreams change, and can you still dream a new dream regardless of your age? My dreams in my twenties shifted when I reached my thirties, transformed when I entered my forties, and changed again when I saw the dawning of my fifties. When I entered my sixties I recalibrated my life lessons to a new place of reality and new dreams, at a different time, and with a changed me.
Aside from aging and the flow of the unexpected, I found myself shedding the old familiar. It began soaking in that I am now my parent’s generation and what I dreamt of through the decades, has changed dramatically and drastically. I don’t put undue pressure on myself like I used to because I don’t need to. I focus on the present, and the opportunities it offers. While there are new challenges, my tree of life isn’t finished. I still…

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How energy efficient are the cooking appliances in your kitchen

Darcy Hitchcock

This article was written for British households but the relative cost and energy consumption should be equivalent in other countries.

  • Electric oven: Typical cost per use: £0.27
  • Slow cooker: Typical cost per use: £0.26
  • Air fryer: Typical cost per use: £0.07
  • Microwave: Typical cost per use: £0.04
  • Hob (aka burners, hot plates): Typical cost per use: £0.01 to £0.02

Source: https://www.huffingtonpost.co.uk/entry/this-is-how-much-it-costs-to-run-each-cooking-device-in-your-kitchen_uk_642c3a62e4b0ba5d603c371a?ncid=APPLENEWS00001

Of course, these appliances perform different functions. You’re not going to cook the Thanksgiving turkey in a countertop air fryer or cookies in your slow cooker. But clearly you’re better to make a pot of soup on the stove than in the slow cooker and then reheat it in the microwave.

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With all these appliances, there are things you can do to minimize energy use. Here are a few tips.

Ovens: Keep the door closed, don’t preheat longer than necessary…

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Jolly Picnic Monday!!!

Filosofa's Word

Good Monday morning, dear friends!   Did you have a wonderful weekend and now I bet you can hardly wait to get back to work, back to the weekly routine!  Our weekend was quieter than usual, for daughter Chris was in Tennessee at a band competition.  Her band took 3rd place overall, and the drum corps, of which she is part, won 1st place, so she was pretty chuffed!  Goose and I, as usual, had a quieter-than-usual weekend, for Chris is the noisy one of our bunch!  Goose and I sometimes forget to even speak to each other for hours on end!  I did manage to watch Judgement at Nuremberg — all 3 hours and 10 minutes in one sitting and didn’t fall asleep a single time!  I’ve had that on my TBW list for years and finally can cross it off.  Well worth watching, if you haven’t seen it, and…

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