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The problem I have noticed with summer squash is letting it stay on the vine for too long of time which results in the fruit becoming overlarge and overmature. This produces a fruit large in size with a very watery flesh and little flavor. It is best to harvest your fruit when it is small,tender and sweet. This will lead the gardener to inspect the fruit every two to three days because rapid growth will result in an oversized squash in no time.If an oversized summer squash is found,which will have produced a hard skin,it would be better to throw it out. It has a tendency to reduce the energy in the plant which means less smaller fruit will be produced.
You should be planning to include some summer squash in your garden. If you start now you can still have some very excellent summer squash by late summer or early fall harvest. The types of summer squash are numerous ranging from zucchini,scallop, which is the old patty pan type,butter squash,to yellow crookneck with the curved neck and many other selections in between.
Squash blooms are very edible raw or cooked just cover them with batter and fry in oil to get a wonderful taste and flavorful treat. The male blossoms are the ones to use for this epicurean delight. Male blossoms should be used since they are more plentiful than the female ones unless you want to reduce squash production. The male blossoms have a stem that is thin and trim while the female is very thick with a bulge at the base of the petals where your squash is forming. However you do need to have a few male blossoms on the plant for additional pollination so don't pick all of them.
The summer squash can easily be removed from the vine with a good sharp knife or pruning shears. You should only plant several of the variety that is enjoyed by you and your family. The plants are way too prolific and this is what leads to oversized and fruit or you can canvass the neighborhood for takers before it is necessary to dispose of the over production. The young fruit is very immature and the skin is very thin so handle your crop very carefully.
Canning is not recommended for summer squash since the tender quality of the fruit will lead to a mushy texture during hot water boiling. In our family zucchini bread is very popular. Just cut the the Zucchini in half in a length wise fashion and remove any seeds. Then a carrot bread recipe can be used providing the zucchini as a sub for the carrots. You now have as end product a delectible zucchini bread.
Nutritional value is somewhat lower in this squash than its counterpart of winter squash. This is a direct result of its immaturity. Most of the nutritional value is contained in the peel of a summer squash so never peel a summer squash. This fruit is excellent steamed,fried,boiled or grilled and in Stir Fry mix with onions and all varieties of vegetables including tomatoes.
There is a recipe for edible summer squash blossoms at the website below .
About the Author
I have been a gardener for over 20 years. I have decided to publish what I have learned for both beginners and experienced gardeners. My web site is at http://www.gardenersgardening.com/edibleflowerschart-recipes.html
Honoring the rich Carolina tradition of great tasting BBQ food, Hubba Hubba Smokehouse's custom wood-fired pit based in Flat Rock, NC, brings a robust smoky flavor to all of their food. Their menu features great tasting freshly made sauces, classic sides, and special order desserts to be enjoyed in Hubba Hubba's smokehouse or in the comfort of your own home.
Hubba's sandwiches are generously proportioned and include pulled pork, pulled chicken, sliced brisket and sliders of any meat.
Their tantalising BBQ plates come with two sides & corn bread and include your choice of pulled pork, pulled chicken, and sliced brisket.
Hubba's Baby Back Ribs simply have to be tried, and are available in full and half racks/ If you only feel slightly hungry, take a chance and have a full rack as you will find that half a rack seems to dissapear fairly quickly!
Sides of Baked Beans, Potato Salad, and various tasty slaws, greens and fries. Their home-made corn bread is also highly recommended.
Diners at Hubba Hubba's SmokeHouse are invited to join them for Fish Tacos on Fridays and Saturdays, and can experience the intense and delightful flavours of smoked fish soft tacos with avocado slaw and salsa fresca as sides.
For mouthwatering pit smoked barbecue that has been cooked with the love and care that fans of BBQ adore, you would be doing yourself a great disservice by not stopping by Hubba's sometime and sampling some of the best BBQ that Carolina has to offer.
Visitors are advised to call ahead for seasonal hours, carry out, delivery and full-service catering information to avoid dissapointment.
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Visit Barbecue Party, for daily updated BBQ news feed, competition schedules, product reviews, helpful guides, hundreds of delicious BBQ recipes, restaurant reviews, BBQ franchise information as well as a BBQ store that stocks smokers and grills from dozens of popular manufacturers.
Curtain Rod Rings: Useful Helpful Delightful Things You Need To Know About
But then there are those things you wish you'd known about years ago because they're so useful-helpful-delightful. And that's the category for curtain rod rings.
Now, don't be mistaken - even though some of you will think so, curtain rod rings really don't fall into the I-don't-need-to-know-about-this-ever category. They're actually amazing, and for more reasons than you can hang a curtain on.
Why, you say, should I be interested in these, uh, ringy-thingys? Because, we say, your life will totally improve in useful-helpful-delightful little ways. Yes, curtain rod rings. Want proof? We've compiled a short list of uses for curtain rod rings, just enough to feed your own inspiration.
In the kitchen.
Recipe holder. Yes, you read that right. Clip that Recipe Card or magazine page to the curtain rod ring and hang the ring on a cabinet door knob… Pretty cool, huh?
How about hanging a Hand Towel the same way? You can have it right where you need it while cooking or baking, and remove it when guests arrive!
For fun, use a curtain rod ring to hold Cloth Napkins for diners – you can clip them to the tablecloth, chair, glass or whatever makes you smile!
In the bath.
Shower: on the curtain rod to hold extras: loofas, wash cloths, sponges, razors, etc.
How about a Don't-Knock-I'm-Busy sign on the door?
Of course there are always those little affirmation notecards - now you have an easier way to keep them in view: clip one to a curtain rod ring and hang it on anything around the mirror.
In the bedroom.
In the closet: curtain rings are perfect to hold scarves, necklaces - why, you can hang them right next to the outfits you love pairing them with!
In the closet: let's take that first tip a little farther: some people actually have matching lingerie for outfits - really, we're not joking - and a curtain ring would be a perfect way to keep them together. Easy to grab and no searching required.
Again in the closet: how about those trouser socks? Since they're so easy to lose in the sock drawer, why not hang them from a curtain ring in the closet?
Still in the closet (yes, we know it's not funny…): have an item that you just can't fit anywhere, like that belt with the gigantic buckle?
In the hallway.
Kids' mittens, hats, scarves - even the kids if they're light enough! (Just kidding, of course!)
What about that collection of green save-the-earth shopping bags you're always forgetting to take along? Need a place to keep them where you'll actually remember to grab them?
And, of course, those fab designer handbags - now you can hang them in the hallway closet on a curtain ring so they're at your fingertips when you're ready to switch bags.
In the car.
The great thing about curtain rod rings is they hang easily on small knobs – and most cars have an abundance of those.
Things you can hang from a curtain rod ring in the car: phone cords, travel tissue boxes, maps (almost things of the past), notes, grocery lists…
Other ideas.
Hang your curtain rod rings on chairs and clip balloons to them for birthday parties.
Don't forget the obvious: to hang curtains!
So now you know all about the double life of curtain rod rings - one of the true useful-helpful-delightful things you need to know about!
About the Author
Many people like to choose curtain rods and curtain rings to help them achieve privacy and feel safe. Additionally, numerous models of outdoor decor items like and tiki torches for your backyard.
DEMONSTRATION SPEECHES! *PART 1: Veronica teaches us how to make Struffoli*
The thought of one day owning my own house with a nice garden is a distant dream, much less thinking about growing my own fruit trees in my nice garden. For many people doing the gardening is either a chore or a relaxing light exercise to get involved with during the day. Growing a tree is a process that requires a lot of attention and patience. For those wanting to grow their own fruit tree for the first time will need to research more about the work involved with maintaining a healthy tree.
Choosing to grow fruit trees do take time to see them blossom and do require more attention. There are however, many different types of trees to choose from, which one is the right one is based purely on your own preferences to the kind of fruit tree you would like to grow. You will also have to consider the climate in this country, so if you are thinking of growing a fruit that requires plenty of sunlight and warmth then you are not going to be successful in growing this kind of fruit tree.
The best kinds of fruit trees to grow are things like apples, pears or any stoned fruits. Growing an apple tree would be a good start, as the British weather is perfect for growing good quality apples. To begin with, you will need to select the right sized apple to produce the taste that you desire. Consider what size tree will suit your garden, having a large tree grows and spread across a small garden will fill and cover the garden. The size of the tree is also dependent upon the rootstock.
The second most important thing to consider when growing an apple tree is the kind of apple you want to grow. Whether you prefer to grow dessert types or more acidic apples for cooking, these tend to be larger. This is all down to your own preference, there are different types of apples such as acidic, sweet, soft, hard, crisp and long lasting apples, and therefore it all depends on what you will be using the apples for.
You will need to make sure your garden has enough space to grow two trees, which means this will grow enough apples to feed a family of four. Apple trees are not self-contained and need another tree of a different variety to persuade it to bear fruits. Most apples need the pollen from other apples trees to grow so planting a crab apple tree will ensure that the pollination process will produce a good result for more apples.
You will also need to consider the drainage, as some apple trees grow better with specific soil types such as sandy loam rather than sandy clay. Apple trees also grow best with a lot of sunlight, but also develop during the winter periods, so you must make sure you have situated the apple tree in a bright spot where it will gain lots of sunlight.
With any fruit trees, you need to consider the maintenance and the length of time it will take to get the results you need. Purchasing disease resistant trees, this will make the maintenance of each tree relatively easy. You will also need to know the kind of soil you want to grow your tree on. If there is one thing that needs to be remembered is that you do not need a huge amount of space to grow and cultivate your own fruit tree. It is possible to grow one in the comfort of your own garden, as long as you have taken the right basic steps before beginning the planting process.
About the Author
Anna Stenning is an expert on growing fruit trees, having spent some time growing her own apple and plum tree.
Cooking With Jess - Grilled Chicken and Apple Panini
Three-part series initiated Sept. 4th, 2005 by the ‘Sunday Observer,’ Colombo
Freemason secret and today’s new finance den
By Wendell W. Solomons
In Moscow, officials who served President Boris Yeltsin were falling under the spotlight. During this process, a parliamentarian claimed that a key Yeltsin had aide served "the capital of the world’s freemasonry - London."
The weekly ‘Moscow News’ of August 10-16, 2005 front-paged the claim. It came in the Russian parliament from deputy Alexander Khinshtein (‘Khin-’ isn’t just an ordinary root word for Hebrew scholars but associates directly with a measure for liquids.)
About ‘freemasonry;’ in the historical Middle Ages, members of merchant guilds were often bound to secrecy for economic security.
The Freemasons, a widespread, secret society, originated as a guild of craftsmen in the 14th century. An Encarta encyclopaedia entry on Freemasonry suggests that global authority meandered to Britain during the succeeding three centuries. So the encyclopaedia supports Khinshtein’s claim of London as the centre of Freemasonry.
Taking the administration of President Boris Yeltsin, a Western cabal of monetarists carried out ‘reforms’ that precipitated the devaluation of Russia’s currency more than 250 times. In the wake of monetarist sabotage, home budgets shrank and pensioners were reduced to living on bread and milk.
During the USAid-contracted monetarist reforms, 3 metric tons of gold, a reserve of the Central Bank meant to support the currency, were trucked out into the night. The reserves represented some part of seven decades of the labour of Soviet citizens.
Item 1 -The rise of these fortunes was prefaced by the release upon Moscow of a New York crime syndicate, the Brighton Beach mafia, nominally Jewish-led. The American VIP delegated Russian affairs in those years was Vice President Al Gore (or more fully - Albert Armand Gore; he was named for Armand Hammer, an operator in gold and diamonds born in Odessa.) Gore's connection to New York and its Brighton Beach was illustrated to the world when his daughter married into the New York family of financier Jacob Schiff (a City of London mover-and-shaker with mention in the Encyclopaedia Judaica.)
Item 2 - In Vice President Al Gore's time again, Henry Kissinger introduced the American beauty Lynn Forester to Sir Evelyn de Rothschild, head of the famous London banking dynasty. Later, the US President himself did his bit for the beauty by providing for her wedding night with the 71-year-old Rothschild on the silken sheets of the White House.
Silk Road
We can study the build up of power in the hands of global movers-and-shakers by looking at a few images in history.
The formal opening of the transcontinental Silk Road is associated in the Far East with the name of Zhang Qian who opened up trade and diplomacy with areas that include India, Iran and Syria. Zhang also made contact with the Greek world. His travels began in 138 BC and upon his return, China's emperor made him Marquis of Bowang. Zhang next led another expedition with 300 men and gifts of gold and silk to dazzle rulers with China's riches
The fabric that moved across the Silk Road wasn’t only silk. We know that the caravans of Nabataean tribes (pre-Islamic Arabs hailing from the desert city of Petra,) carried Indian cotton textiles westwards circa 25 AD.
As traders moved these products along caravan routes, the rise of moneylenders extended.
Market Niche
At a particular stage, Buddhism (represented in the Bamien statues of Afghanistan) and Christianity became the predominant faiths on the Silk Road. These two faiths contained biddings such as that expressed in a text of the Old Testament -
DEU 4:19 When you look up to the sky and see the sun, the moon and the stars - all the heavenly array - do not be enticed into bowing down to them and worshiping things the LORD your God has apportioned to all the nations under heaven.
The text above spurns the idolatry of the tribe itself as ‘Chosen’ by a sky symbolism. Like Christianity, Buddhism was a cosmopolitan faith that differed from that of the tribe or clan.
Later, starting in the 7th Century, Islam had fanned out from the Middle East at a pace then unusual for history. Taking Spain on the one hand (in the West,) by 712 AD an Arab army crossed the Indus River and conquered the kingdom of Sind (in southern Pakistan).
In their early and respective phases of development, adherents of Buddhism, Christianity and Islam spurned money lending. The logic was: who would turn a quick penny on a neighbour? The spurning of usury contributed to the negative meaning attached to the English words 'usurious interest'.
The spurning of usury left a window of opportunity for those ethnic and social groups that allowed money lending. The spurning created a position of privilege for the latter. Ready money being Aladdin’s lamp, traditional money lending clans gained the opportunity to finance the business of Tom while squeezing out a less pliant Dick or Harry.
Through selection of obedient traders, over years and centuries the money lending clans evolved a mercantile class in trading cities. This explains how in the 19th Century radical thinkers came to despise burghers (townsmen) and began to use ‘bourgeois’ as a negative word. Webster’s dictionary helps says something about this transition-
Etymology [Fr < OFr burgeis < ML burgensis < burgus, borgus, town < OFr borc or Frank *burg, bourg]
Adjective of or characteristic of a bourgeois or the bourgeoisie; middle-class; also used variously to mean conventional, smug, materialistic, etc.
To restate, the change along trade routes expanded the arena of moneylenders who came dominantly from clans that professed Hinduism and Judaism. A change in the ethical situation allowed them to grow into major financial entities. During the course of picking and choosing pliant merchants, the financial houses made goods trading a ‘step-and-fetch-it’ department. The goods merchants fell into this subservient department because they were kept from accumulating finance capital independently by their faiths of Buddhism, Christianity and Islam.
Clash of moneylenders
After the 5th Century AD , the overland Silk Road that relied on bullocks, camels and horses for haulage, encountered trouble. Merchants began to find that using the Silk Road required overcoming difficult ethno-religious obstacles that included the sudden arrival of Islam.
As a result, the weight of merchandise trade gradually shifted to sea traffic where the Indian Ocean segment gained great importance. By then, technology development too had made ships (using trade winds) the more efficient means of hauling goods over long distances.
For contrasting the more southerly route that transited the Indian Ocean, we can call it the ‘Spice Route’.
If marked from China and Japan, the voyage under sail to Europe passed either-
A. Through the Red Sea and Egypt/Levant;
B. Through the Persian Gulf and inland into Mesopotamia via ports on the river Euphrates.
Both West Asian routes could carry tea, spices, silks and cottons to the Mediterranean and thus to Europe.
At this stage, moneylenders of West Asia, who professed Judaism mainly, had to face off a thrust of competition. Their competition in the Indian subcontinent included the forebears of Marathis, Marwaris and Chettiars.
Traditionally, fairs and markets had come to arise for safety close to temples. Particularly with the use of gold, silver and other metals for exchange, money dealers sought safe turf inside the temple to store their stock-in-trade that included noble metals in customers’ pawned belongings. As a service in return, money dealers would maintain the account books of the temple.
With a room allotted to them for meetings, we can in modern times still spot moneylenders such as the Chettiars controlling the revenue of Hindu temples and thereby controlling the income of Brahmin priests.
While taking on the appearance of philanthropy or cooperation, the influence of the Chettiars climbed upwards to South Indian rulers through the Brahmins who performed devotions for princes too. We must note in this connection that moneylending musn’t be associated purely with men of piety such as Brahmins; it would be difficult for pawnbrokers to avoid contact with thieves and bandits wanting to sell stolen valuables.
Finally, men such as the Chettiars sometimes occupied a more important position in the royal Court than would be expected of money lenders: they led rites of coronation. They could aspire to be the real power behind the throne by adding intelligence on neighbouring kingdoms gained through inter-Chettiar ties. If a prince became balky or independent, the moneylenders could, utilising the same intelligence assets, oust the prince by embroiling him in wars.
As traffic on the northern, overland Silk Road dwindled, Hindu money lending clans were left crying over revenue lost in Central and North Asia. They could hardly have overlooked the shift to the Spice Route that used ports in southern India, Lanka and Malaya for instance.
It is in this structure of power that we can better understand what the record openly tell us: that the monarchs of India’s south-east coast began to fight for control of seaports in the Indian Ocean area.
One part of this struggle for revenue from trade led to a succession of South Indian Chola and Pandyan monarchs invading the island of Lanka. Taking the island’s geography, the port of Hambantota gained its name because it received sampans (from the Cantonese for ‘boat’) that were simply wafted in by winds. The island’s own market place and hub status for goods, once led Chinese forces to occupy parts of the island in 1408 for 30 years.
Economic historian W I Siriweera writes, "the Cholas were aware of Arab competitors in the South-East Asian trade and tried to strike at the root of this competition by bringing the Malabar coast [south-west India] and Sri Lanka under their control. Rajaraja (985-1014), a Chola king, conquered Kerala and the Maldive islands, which got him involved in the lucrative trade with the Arabs on India’s Western Malabar coast."
King Rajaraja was among monarchs whose invasions in Sri Lanka destroyed the Anuradhapura kingdom. The ruin of reservoirs and canals (a strategic target of military sappers everywhere,) was one of the causes of the breakdown of the irrigated, rice-growing civilisation of Anuradhapura.
Merchants of the locality of Sri Vijaya in Malaya conducted an extensive trade with China and India. The Cholas led a great raid on them in 1025 and left the Sri Vijayan kingdom crippled.
Looked at through the perspective of power behind the throne, you might say that the attacks and devastation were caused by a clash over the Silk Route between Brahmin-allied Indian clans and West Asian finance capital clans.
With their hold on Europe’s trade as described in the next section, West Asian finance clans ended up controlling Arab merchants and Silk Route trade. Yet, here is a baseline quote brought up by history professor Lorna Dewaraja, (‘History of Ceylon’ , Vol. I, Part I, page 706,) where Al-Idrisi, a famed 12th Century Arab geographer, deals with a royal court in the island of Lanka:
"?Idrisi mentions a council of sixteen at the royal court, consisting of four Buddhists, four Muslims, four Christians and four Jews."
The Hindu Brahmins are the four priests missing from the above royal council. Their having gone missing suggests that Jewish clans could grasp the levers of trade finance to control Buddhist, Christian and Muslim traders in the Indian Ocean area
Finance Capital in the West
Due to the taboo of early Christianity on money lending, the West had entirely become the province of Jewish financial clans. In Europe, their money houses had coalesced and organised by the 13th Century.
No account of financial clan consolidation is complete without mentioning Venice. By 700 AD the city-state of Venice had developed into one of the world’s great trading centres. In a move that reflected the increasing importance and growing independence of the population from its ostensible rulers in Christian Constantinople, Venetians elected in 696 AD their own head.
A unique city, set among coastal lagoons, Venice benefited from its links by sea to the Orient and by land and the river to northern Italy and beyond. Venice traded in exotic goods, notably spices and silks, imported from the East.
Our account can take note of what William Shakespeare associated with ‘The Merchant of Venice.’ Yet, the financial cables of cities such as Venice extended deeper through ‘court factors’ (loan agents) who could (a) muster exotic gifts to enter royal courts and (b) provide intelligence gained from local and foreign commercial networks.
These court factors could (c) provide war mobilisation loans. Such loans represented an advantage to moneylenders because the general citizenry repaid them whether or not the monarch himself survived intrigue. So moneylenders such as those of Venice (or similar city-states such as Genoa) had made their way into a tempting insider position as court factors.
If they triggered discontent in neighbouring kingdoms in Europe, the two kingdoms would be forced into taking war loans from the court factors for mobilising their respective armies.
Collecting interest on state-guaranteed loans, finance capital grew richer by leaps and bounds. Popes were forced to think of doing something about the intrigue that was setting up fractions and seeding discord that hit European kingdoms and the Vatican itself.
Glove Changes of Colonialism
You would scarcely have heard about Pope Alexander VI. A search for information on this Pope of 1492-1503 reveals his suppression by a bad press. Here’s a quote from the Encarta Encyclopaedia -
"?the positive aspects of his reign remain overshadowed by corruption and ambition."
Alexander VI was a Pope who aroused wrath among the moneylenders. He decided to reduce their influence by cordoning them off from the pliant Muslim, Christian and other merchants they hand-grew in the field.
Pope Alexander VII chose the method of dividing the market into Portuguese and Spanish Catholic zones of influence as soon as he could. Just after a year after assuming office he issued an edict called the Bull[etin] of Demarcation.
In this edict, a line of demarcation ran due north and south about 483 km west of the Azores and Cape Verde Islands. Alexander VI placed all lands lying east of this line, including India, in the zone of influence of Catholic Portugal. Catholic Spain received all those to the west.
In consequence in Asia, following in the wake of Lorenzo de Almeida, Alfonso de Albuquerque could practice an ambitious scheme for the 16th Century. Aiming at complete control of all Indian Ocean traffic, he organised a chain of forts along coasts, the central ones being Goa in India (the viceroy capital), in Hormuz (at the entrance to the Persian Gulf), and in Malacca in Southeast Asia.
Between Indonesia and Africa, ships now carried silks, cottons and spices with Portuguese permission -- or faced peril. In time, Portugal went on to establish formal colonies and thereby wall off the influence of Venetian and kindred finance capital.
That story led to the colonisation, for example, of the sea-coast provinces of Sri Lanka, begun in 1505. In sequestering the island, Portuguese conquistadores spared Buddhist, Hindu and Muslim places of worship. They selected for attack Jewish leaders and ‘heretical’ Orthodox Christian leaders. As a result, the Portuguese erased these congregations in Sri Lanka but they remain in South India in Kerala. In the port city of Cochin, the Mattancheri synagogue sits next to the spice market (described on the Internet) and the South Indian Orthodox church is alive.
Counterattack
After money lending for East-West trade was dented by Pope Alexander VI, Mediterranean finance houses drifted outwards and reached northern and eastern Europe.
In the Netherlands, then a Spanish colony, Protestants had attacked hundreds of Catholic monasteries and churches during revolts. Circa 1590 Amsterdam began to figure as the refugee capital of Europe and in return for its generosity the city gained unrivalled access to the globe’s most profitable trading networks.
The wealth and the wide-ranging contacts of the Sephardic Jews from the Mediterranean made them welcome settlers. Their clans consolidated through the founding of the Bank of Amsterdam and then proceeded with plans to float a merchant company to hire sea navigators, sailors and troops to challenge the Portuguese in the Orient.
The year 1602 founded Dutch East India Company relieved Portugal of all its East Indian possessions. In most of present-day Indonesia and in the Malay Peninsula, Sri Lanka, the Malabar Coast of India and Japan, it eliminated the Portuguese.
The hands of the financiers remained hidden. In these far-reaching events of the 17th century the world at large was not privy to a return of finance houses into Oriental trade but just saw Dutch gloves replacing Portuguese ones in the colonies.
At the peak of its power in 1669, the Dutch East India Company had 150 merchant ships, 40 warships and 10,000 soldiers and its Batavia that resembled an individual republic was headquarted in Jakarta. However, increasing corruption and near bankruptcy led to the dissolution of the company in 1799. Its possessions and debts were taken over by the Dutch state.
The next horse deal for Oriental trade soon followed. The detachment of the finance houses based in Britain was to take over Oriental trade using the British East India Company. This company of dealers was originally provided with a charter for monopoly in trade in the East in 1600 by Queen Elizabeth I, daughter of Henry VIII.
Jewish clans had been banished from England in 1292 by Edward I but we found dislodged Mediterranean finance clans settling in Britain through their using the wastrel Henry VIII as a conduit for their entry. Later we see the power of the British royal family shrunk by Oliver Cromwell who gained finance enough to hire troops and drive the monarchy into a corner.
In our times the UK ‘Daily Mirror’ newspaper came out in October 2003 with a series of assertions by Paul Burrell who had served as Princess Diana’s butler. The newspaper claimed that Diana wrote a letter 10 months before she died saying there was a plot to kill her by tampering with the brakes of her car.
Paul Burrell mentioned another singularity. When he went public with what he had observed with Princess Diana at first hand, the Queen stepped forward to caution him about forces that he did not dream of.
After the British East India Company received Oriental trade, the finance clans went from strength to strength. They reinforced their position as the force (a) behind the British throne and (b) behind the commerce of the new and extensive British colonial system.
With that, at long last Pope Alexander VI’s edict of 1493 had been overturned and cosy times were assured for the clans behind the motto "Britannia rules the waves." On January 13th, 1909 Winston Churchill, son of Rothschild-clan asset Randolph Churchill, could confidently boast of England as 'the best country in the world for rich men.'
The man chosen for Africa’s gold and diamonds, Openheimer clan asset Cecil Rhodes, would also boast, "To be born British was to have drawn the winning ticket in the lottery of life."
An ad copywriter was later found in Chicago, USA. Edgar Rice Burroughs was to puff up genetic or natural British overlordship through writings on Tarzan.
President Roosevelt and decolonisation
After Alexander VI, the dissenter who arrived on the scene was U.S. President Franklin D. Roosevelt. He might not have been a political successor to Alexander VI had he and wife Eleanor not noticed the inside story as members of the elite.
When elite British bragging was challenged by World War II and British PM Churchill appealed for US supplies and assistance, Roosevelt asked him in return for decolonisation.
The Rothschild’s dynastial Churchill did not relish signing away colonies in front of his constituency. So when Britain’s merry new battleship ‘Prince of Wales’ set sail it was a well-kept secret that Churchill was on board. When this leaked into the news, the purpose of Churchill’s voyage was cited as a fishing trip with Franklin D. Roosevelt who arrived aboard US cruiser `Augusta’.
The outcome of the meeting at sea was the Atlantic Charter of August 14, 1941, which respected the rights of all peoples to self-determination.
World media was placated with the story that the two ships met in mid-Atlantic for wartime bravado but as soon as the war was over we know Britain was forced to adhere to the Charter and grant Independence to its colonies.
Anglo-American Neo-Commonwealth
Roosevelt’s elite dissidence confused finance capital no end. These consequences ensued.
(1) A post-Colonial strategy of protectionism attempted to block industrialisation in newly emergent nations. The strategy was applied through blinds such as the World Bank and IMF. The approach suffered obsolescence when manufacturing industry took off with a bang in several nations of Asia. Japan was followed by newly industrialised nations that were to include giant China and India.
(2) From 1976 finance capital embarked on another course to impoverish emergent nations by making them weak, dependent interest-payers. Monetarists economists were used to set in place a vanity trap through the World Bank and IMF that would cause a ‘war of each against the other.’ The social tension would block cooperation to-wards developing national resources.
Yet, that had the blowback effect of hitting synergy in the USA and UK. Key financier George Soros recorded his alarm on the drastic change in everyday US business ethics when news headlines exposed a spate of corporate crime. Corporate nihilism and sociopathy are also experienced in the UK, where the nation’s once proud auto-industry is being sold off, factory by factory, to foreign buyers. MG-Rover went in 2005, bought by Nanking Automobile, which flew in not only Chinese engineers but cooks too because it considered scrap meals unsuitable for the workforce.
Protectionist strategies (1) and (2) proved counterproductive and Anglo-American leaders rush from crisis to crisis today. A proto-fascism projected into the world, especially in the Asian theatre, has harmed whatever credibility that Anglo-American elites enjoyed in the world.
Left now to pursue Democrat Roosevelt’s 1941 classic dissent from the money aristocracy is a coalition being formed by Brazil, Canada, France, Germany and Russia. Russia expands the dissent through the Shanghai Cooperation Organisation formed with China and four Central Asian nations with India, Iran and Pakistan as observers. A defence pact of record, historic size with three million plus servicemen, it forced the US to dismantle its airforce bases in Central Asia’s Uzbekhistan.
China is in the process of converting its foreign currency reserves from US dollars into gold, which will form the base of account for petroleum and natural gas supplies from Russia. In year 2000 the European Union shifted to the euro as a currency to bypass the US dollar.
These events help reflect a picture of a coalition that could in time, check and bankrupt finance capital and its proto-fascism.
Surprise your guests with conversation starters that will delight your party. Bring out that first cold drink and the conversation starts. Best of all, you will be in charge and well versed on the subject, because you created the setting. "But how can I do this," you might ask yourself? Relax; directing the conversation can be as easy as subliminal eye movement.
Most parties begin by offering the guests something to drink. It doesn't matter whether is a cup of coffee, soda, spirits, cold beer or even a cold glass of water. Whether it is indoors or outdoors, the guest needs to know where they can place their refreshment without staining your furniture or leaving a syrup ring on your patio blocks. Your response is fast and effective. You hand them a drink coaster. This point is where your plan begins because this will not be any ordinary coaster. You have been planning for this and now you have your chance to see your expectations come to life. From the first guest to the last, the results are usually the same. A conversation now has its beginning. That little coaster is starting all the commotion and the conversation spreads throughout the crowd leaning toward more diverse conversations and the sociable chatter goes on.
You witness that it isn't the coaster itself that is starting this discussion, but what is on the coaster. You have chosen your party theme and had it engraved on the coasters. Just one look and the guests can't help but start talking about whatever subject is on the coaster. The image could be anything from pictures of sail boats to images of past presidents or even your wedding pictures. You can even coordinate your pictures to represent the current holidays. A great idea is to select several different pictures, one for each coaster.
As the guests begin to mingle, they ask one another "what is on your coaster" and the exchange begins to spread. Even those who are usually lost for words now have something to talk about with everyone. And just think; this was all your idea! Any old drab coaster will not be very impressive. I prefer to use cork coasters. They are light weight, slip resistant, absorbent and easy to clean. Let's not stop at the coaster itself. The picture and words will grab the attention.
The picture must clear and crisp. I find that laser engraved pictures can produce dramatic results. The image is burned into the cork surface and will not rub off or wear off and can be very detailed. Then the words come into play. Choose an attention getting phrase such as "The Way Things Were," or "Stupid is, Stupid Does," or even "Kevin and Alice - 30 years in love." Whatever phrase you choose, the wording should complement the picture.
In conclusion, the theme on your coaster must match the theme of your party. If you are having a fund raiser for Breast Cancer, you would choose the appropriate logos and sayings attributed to the cause. Religious gatherings are great; include biblical pictures or quote different Psalms. If you are having an outdoor barbeque, funny pictures of hotdogs or chips on the run might work. Once you start thinking, the possibilities are endless and rewarding.
The author's website has examples of just such coasters. Take a look at the true beauty of these coasters and let your mind start to wander.
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Hypertension Sufferer's Diet - What Are the Processed Foods to Avoid
Unknown to many, unprocessed, or natural foods already contain sodium chloride sufficient enough for our body’s needs, hence, obtaining salt through natural food is not a problem. It is with the intake of processed foods that our body gets to encounter sodium chloride content that causes high blood pressure problems.
Returning to natural diets is one of the effective solutions in treating or preventing high blood pressure attacks. Accordingly, natural foods would mean anything derived from natural food sources grown from the soil, from trees, or derived from animals without need to add sauces or coatings.
In purchasing food supplies from supermarkets, reading the labels of low-sodium foods can help us determine the processed foods to avoid. An example would be a low-sodium salad dressing that contains 2 milligrams (mg) of sodium and 32 mg of potassium.
If this were to be analyzed further regarding the balance of sodium to potassium content, or in determining its K-factor, the resulting proportion would be 1 mg of salt for every 16 mg of potassium. The prescribed ideal K-factor ratio is 1 mg salt for every 3 mg potassium.
Experts suggest that rather than buy foods with potassium chloride, check the labels for other substitutes like potassium gluconate and potassium bitartrate. Better yet, you can opt for natural or unprocessed foods and use salt substitutes like seasonings from spices and herbs.
Here are some of the processed foods to avoid and why they should be avoided:
1. Cooked cereals with added salt content.
2. Ready-to-eat cereals may have some moderation in sodium but are low in potassium content, hence, the addition of milk, increases the sodium level resulting to further disparity between their ratio. Occasionally, this type of food can be a part of a hypertension sufferer's diet but other low sodium, high potassium foods should be eaten in order to compensate.
3. Juice drinks that have minimal content as far real juice is concerned. Check the label for artificial flavors and colors as well as its sugary ingredients.
4. Processed meats use high proportions of salt in their preparation. Specifically, avoid processed beef foods like corned beef, beef burgundy, breakfast strips, frozen meatloaf, and frozen or canned sliced beef, Salisbury steak and chipped beef.
Processed pork to avoid includes cured bacon and ham, bacon bits, ham loaf, bacon bits, sweet and sour pork, ham steaks and sausages. Special preparations like frozen veal parmigiana should also be avoided. You should also consider excluding spreads, luncheon meats, franks, bologna, corned beef loaf, barbecue loaf, salami, mortadella, sandwich spreads, Vienna sausage and turkey ham.
5. Seafood are too high in sodium content although some may be eaten occasionally and with caution. Processed seafood however are best avoided since their preparation uses additional salt for processing.
Examples of these processed seafood are deviled crab, crab cakes, crab imperial, canned crab, fish fillets, fillet almondine, fish sticks, canned fish, lobster paste, Newburg lobster, oysters, mussels, clams, sardines and shrimps whether breaded or French fried.
6. Canned soups are definitely processed foods to avoid since most of them contain more than one gram of sodium chloride and less than the desirable level of potassium content. Do not be misled by such information as "no salt content" or "homemade"; such information does not relieve them of their high level of sodium ingredient.
7. Food flavorings with salt. Contain mostly salt blended with other ingredients.
As part of dietary measures that can prevent high blood pressure, it is recommended that the hypertension sufferer's diet should take into consideration these processed foods to avoid.
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About the Author
Alvin Hopkinson is a leading health researcher in the area of natural remedies and Weight Loss.
He had published many health articles online, is a platinum expert author in EzineArticles and writes for Health Central, which is a leading health authority website.
Using Indian Pottery To Enhance Native American Style Decor
Indian pottery, like that made by Tarahumara and Tigua Indians, is Hand Made using rough white, orange and brown clay found in the earth. The rough clay is not only very durable but is also what gives the pottery that popular rustic look.
The way of making this beautiful pottery has been passed down throughout the generations and is still made today as it has been for hundreds of years. If you are like me and love Indian pottery, you will definitely like holding a piece of this exquisite art in your hands, imagining the effort involved in crafting such beautiful pottery.
If you are interested in collecting Indian pottery, you will come across many kinds and might even discover some that you never knew existed. From rough style pieces of dark earth-tone pottery to intricately detailed art pieces, painted by the Tigua Indians, you will definitely not have a problem finding something you like.
The various types of pottery are thrilling for collectors because there is so much to choose from. The most exciting part of buying authentic American Indian pottery is the knowledge that it has always been part of Native American life. Recently, collecting pottery has become fashionable again due to the popularity of traditional Mata Ortiz pottery found in the northern state of Chihuahua, Mexico.
Many pieces of Indian pottery can be used both to cook with or to add as part of a collection. Many of the Tarahumara pots or ollas as they are called, are used to cook simple meals that consist mainly of beans and corn accompanied by hand-made tortillas. The pots are designed simply for use and come in different sizes and shapes that influence how the pot will be used. No matter which style of pottery you choose, whether for cooking or decorative purposes, you will certainly appreciate the hard work involved in making Indian pottery.
You will find the creation and decoration of these beautiful pots very intriguing. Made by hand, the potter uses the coil and pinch method without the use of a pottery wheel. Finding and grinding the clay to a fine powder is the first step in pottery making. Water is then stirred into the clay powder and brought to the necessary consistency. A piece is cut for the foundation of the pot and then clay coils are used to build up the sides.
The instruments the Tarahumaras use for smoothing and shaping the pot usually are just pieces of gourd, stone or wood. They then fire the pot in a shallow hole after it has dried in the sun. The fired pot is then painted with various items like a feather, the fingers or a cloth-wrapped stick and a variety of paints like red ochre, iron oxide or hematite.
Owning American Indian pottery, whether a rustic style Tarahumara pot, a brilliantly painted piece by the Tigua Indians, or elegant artwork like Mata Ortiz, is definitely a wonderful privilege and allows you to experience American Indian culture in the most authentic way.
You can buy southwest style Indian pottery online, and in pottery shops and many stores that sell southwestern decorating accessories. If you would like to be part of the exciting rebirth of Indian pottery collecting and bring Native American style to your decor, try decorating with original pieces of handmade Indian pottery.
About the Author
Craig Chambers is the director of Mission Del Rey and offers free information online about purchasing Indian pottery for Native American style decorating. For more information visit http://www.missiondelrey.com
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