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Chat - Thursday December 1, 2011; IWS Calendar Available Now!!!
Topic Started: Dec 1 2011, 04:47 AM (579 Views)
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:candle: Today is World Aids Day :candle:

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Today, seventy million people are infected with a virus that 30 years ago no one had heard of.

In June 1981, the Centers for Disease Control in Atlanta, Georgia issued a landmark report about five young gay men in Los Angeles who had died from a mysterious condition that had destroyed their immune systems.

Within two years, Aids (Acquired Immune Deficiency Syndrome) was changing the world. Any disease with the capacity to infect and kill millions will have a profound effect, but this modern ‘plague’ was different. It was an odd, horrible disease; a collection of separate illnesses. Chest infections, typically Pneumocystis pneumonia (PCP) were a common indicator, as was Kaposi’s Sarcoma, a rare form of skin cancer. But most sufferers were swamped by a tide of common, usually trivial bacterial, viral and fungal infections that overwhelmed their weakened bodies.

The advent of Aids would forever alter the way we think and talk about sex and sexuality; it would bring previously taboo subjects out into the open. It involved issues of race and celebrity, wealth and poverty, highlighting as never before the inequalities between the rich West and the developing world.

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My rock stars.

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Topa, thank you! :Hugs: What a timely and wonderful exhibit: "A Song For The Horse Nation". The article about it was dated just a few days ago, and synchronous with when the ruling I posted about was made. The exhibit and the ruling both in Washinton, DC, and representing two such completely opposite realities. <3 <:3
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Just finished making this....so simple. I made the pinecones with the suet too :D

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Feed the Birds - Vegan Suet

In a pot on LOW melt together

1/2 cup vegetable shortening with 1/2 cup peanut butter*

Mix in 2 - 3 cups of cornmeal and stir until well incorporated.

Add in 1 cup of birdseed and 1/2 cup mixed dried fruit (raisins, dates etc)

Stir well to combine.** Transfer into a wax paper lined pan and pat down well.

Place in freezer for 2 to 3 hours. Remove from pan and cut into squares to fit your suet holder.

*use all natural, no sugar, non-hydrogenated peanut butter

** Before removing from pot take pine cones and dredge them in the mixture. These can be hung with twine for the birds to enjoy too.

Watch video: Feed the Birds (2:19 )
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Here's some cute puffins for you to find today :D

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I see that the answer is there on this one too ;)
Oh well, you can still try to spot them all :ok:
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Penny - The other day I was going loonie, today my eyes are puffy so can't see all the Puffins rofl rofl rofl

Topa - Your Yeled Rock Stars are adorable <3 ^(")^

I JUST ORDERED MY 2012 CALENDAR :**: :**: :**: :**:
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Carole I'm sure you are being very careful with your poor broken nose but it must be so awkward :Hugs: Are you sleeping on your back?

How long is it going to take before it heals itself? Maybe some glucosamine will help :unsure:
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Penny, your Veggie Suet looks fantastic! I saved the recipe from last year and made it a couple of times. The Birds gobbled it up but where we are now I'd be making it constantly to keep them all fed!  :lol: As it is our Bird Seed budget is topping out. There's a nearby town's Farmers' Market on Thursdays that sells the Suet Balls at a really good price so have resorted to those. Don't like the non-vegan aspect but at least the Birds don't mind. And I'm too worn down right now to make enough of it myself to keep up with the Birds. :(
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FRED BROUGHT ETHEL A  ><'> AT SOONER LAKE....

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Dec 1 2011, 11:38 AM
Carole I'm sure you are being very careful with your poor broken nose but it must be so awkward :Hugs: Are you sleeping on your back?

How long is it going to take before it heals itself? Maybe some glucosamine will help :unsure:
Carole, I have a thought on the healing of your nose bones. I had it from very good sources years ago that Swiss Mountain Climbers used Cabbage in all forms for healing broken bones. It has certain nutrients that help heal bones. I applied that info when I broke a bone in my foot some years ago. After X-Rays and follow up my doctor said I "healed like a teenager". :P I ate Cole Slaw, steamed Cabbage, and any other form I could every day, because I had a trip planned six weeks from then to come to England; the one I met Ed on. My foot healed so fast and I credit the Cabbage Cure. :)^
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Dec 1 2011, 11:38 AM
Carole I'm sure you are being very careful with your poor broken nose but it must be so awkward :Hugs: Are you sleeping on your back?

How long is it going to take before it heals itself? Maybe some glucosamine will help :unsure:
Not really having any problem sleeping as I take an Advil PM, I sleep on my side I think rofl because I wake up on my tummy or back.

Silly me never asked the doctor how long it takes to heal, will check that out but I am guessing about 4 - 6 weeks. :(
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Kris - Thanks for the cabbage tip, I happen to love it, raw or cooked. :Yum: Will buy one tomorrow and start munching. Sending big cyber hugs to you and Ed. :Hugs: (((GH)))
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Glad your birdies liked the suet Kris :)^

I kept some extra for the little squirrel who lives in the spruce tree in front of our house. I don't want him to raid the suet holder and pine cones before the birdies realize they are there :P

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Po is turning into a Kung Fu panda  :lol:

Poor Lun Lun she can never eat a meal in peace :blink:

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Kung-Fu Panda rofl he is soooo cute <3 and yes poor Lun Lun.  :wacko:

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