This may sound like a rhetorical question, but do you have children who are picky eaters? As most kids, and even many adults, are picky eaters, perhaps the better question is, how do you deal with them?
When my sons were younger and just beginning to eat solid foods, they were very receptive to new foods. They loved eating everything. But as they transitioned from infants to toddlers, they became more reluctant to try new foods.
As parents, it's often easier to give in and give up, but this only limits your children's exposure to new foods and increases the chances that they'll continue to be picky eaters into adulthood. So, how do you fight that battle and not lose your mind in the process, and make mealtimes as stress-free as possible, for you and them?
I must admit, I was a picky eater when I was a child, and perhaps it's hereditary. So, I understand what my kids are going through. I've come a long way over the years, but I'm still not the most adventurous eater. And sometimes I get into the habit of – if I don't like it, I don't make it.
It's important to remember, that as a parent, it's not your fault if you have children who are picky eaters. It's natural, and most children go through it. And children can be picky eaters in very different ways.
My oldest son will try almost anything, as long as it's a fruit, and to a lesser extent, a vegetable. But when I try to introduce new sources of protein to him, that's when things get challenging. He has his two or three favorite sources of protein, and he has no interest in trying others.
My youngest son, however, is the exact opposite. He has no problem trying new types of protein but introducing new fruit or vegetables to him feels like a game that can't be won. Keep in mind that I raised both of them the same way and did nothing different. And as you can imagine, this can make meal planning a bit nightmarish.
First off, it's important to relax your expectations a little. This is a long-term process that's measured in years, not days, weeks, or even months. All you can do as a parent is implement tools that will help your kids become more receptive to trying new foods. But it's important to remember that they might not ever become totally receptive to the idea.
Each child and each person has different taste receptors and their own unique personalities. Therefore, your main goal should be to remove as much stress as possible from meal time and create an environment where they're more willing to try new foods. And of course, to provide as well-balanced and nutritious meals as you can.
Don't stress or worry about each individual day. Children may not eat much one day and eat a ton the next. So, look at the whole week when gauging their nutritional intake. Did they get the nutrients they needed for that week? Did they meet their goals or fall short? Get a sense of their average food intake, rather than the day-to-day. This will help eliminate some of the stress.
Many of you were probably raised on bribes and punishment. No dessert until your plate is cleaned. If you eat everything on your plate, you can have some ice cream. If you don't, (insert punishment here). But this only makes the situation worse.
We now know that this doesn't work.
As an adult, think about how you would react if someone said these things to you. What message would that send to you? You'd likely think, wow, there must be something really wrong with this food if you're trying to bribe or punish me.
When you have to bribe your children or punish them as a means to trying new foods, you're telling them that they probably won't like it. When what you really want is to make trying new foods a non-issue. You each have your role to play in this.
Your role is to determine what you're eating at meal time. Where you're eating. And when you're eating. That's it.
Imagine one food that you cannot stand. For me, it's clams. I'm repelled by everything having to do with clams, and just typing the word makes me gag a little.
If I was sitting at a table with a big plate of clams in front of me – just clams – and someone was telling me, you must eat all your clams, I'd be more than a little put-off. And furthermore, what if that person is telling me I'll be punished if I don't? Yikes! Think about the stress that creates.
Meal time should never create stress or apprehension. Your children should never feel hesitant about sitting down to a meal. So, as an adult, just consider how you would feel if roles were reversed … if you were stuck in front of a plate full of clams with no chance of escape.
Now imagine that same food that you still don't like, only this time it's sitting next to a bunch of foods you do really like. For me, my plate is now filled with broccoli, brown rice, some fruit, and just a small amount of clams.
I'm not overwhelmed any more. Don't get me wrong, I'm still not happy about those clams being there, but at least there are other foods on my plate that I enjoy. Maybe I'll work up the nerve to try a clam (which I never actually have done), or maybe I'll just push them around my plate a little in an effort to make it look like I've considered trying them. Either way, it's my decision, and I still enjoy the rest of my meal.
Your kids are going to feel the same way.
There's no stress in the second scenario. No arguing, no yelling or pouting. You expose them to the new food, but ultimately they decide if they want to try it. And you do it in a way that's less intimidating – a small portion and surrounded by other foods you know they like.
It's also important to manage your expectations. Acceptance of a new food may not be what you want. It may not be enjoyment. It could simply be picking up a piece of broccoli, sniffing it, licking it, and setting it back down. But that counts. That's progress.
It may take months for that to happen. You might have to expose your kids to a new food 20 or 30 times before they even pick it up, sniff it, and lick it. But progress is all we're after.
It's important to note that exposure to new foods should be appropriately spread out, not 30 straight meals with clams. (Oh no, there's that gag reflex again.) Exposure can also mean having a certain food on the table but not on your child's plate. Progress is moving that food from the table, to their plate, and hopefully beyond.
Exposure can also include food prep. Get your children involved in the process of preparing meals at home. It's a great way to get them more comfortable around certain foods. And becoming more comfortable is half the battle.
You also don't want to introduce more than one new food to your children at a time. If you were to put three new foods onto your children's plates, your chances of them accepting any of them will go down. As a rule of thumb, aim for one new food per meal at most.
Remember that you don't want to stress out your children or overwhelm them. Again, using a bit of empathy, imagine how you'd feel with a plate full of new foods that you weren't really sure about.
Let's say your kids love chicken nuggets at their favorite fast food restaurant. But you want to transition them into eating grilled chicken instead. Making that leap is going to be a tough sell, so you begin the chaining process with baked chicken nuggets at home, thereby at least avoiding the trans fats.
Once you've introduced baked chicken nuggets successfully, perhaps you try making your own chicken nuggets with better ingredients and the taste is only slightly different. And then from there you introduce grilled chicken, or maybe even grilled fish.
You move your kids slowing up the chain, getting more and more nutritious as you go. This limits their food anxieties and introduces new foods to them without their realizing it.
This is the best tip I can give you. Meal times are meant to be enjoyable for all and certainly low-stress. Remember your role – you decide what, where, and when and your children are responsible for eating the food you put in front of them.
Don't reward. Don't punish. And don't even praise them when they try new foods. Stay neutral. Develop the mindset that all food is equal and let them decide for themselves. And remember, it's a journey, and often not a perfect one. Stay focused on slow and steady progress, and you'll get to a point where you're expanding your children's food preferences and increasing their nutritional intake.
What strategies do you use to introduce new foods to your picky eaters? Are they different from what your parents tried? Let me know in the comment section below. And don't forget to check out my podcast on How to Combat Picky Eating Without Losing Your Mind and my short video on 3 Tips to End Picky Eating Battles.


IP 104: If You're a Pirate, I'll Kill Ya!
This one is a fun podcast for the books, that is very unorthodox.
Since Alex was throwing up upon the time of this recording, Joe was clubbing, Scott was out of state, and Evan was at a barbecue, this show is a little messed up.
Tony takes up the mantle of hosting with Nabeshin, and guests Gregory Blaney and Primebuster join them for a long fun ride!
Greg's audio is a little messed up and get's fixed around 1/4th of the way through the show.
Weeks include complaining about sticky situations, college, school, going back to school, and being Scottish.
Video games: more Sleeping Dogs, Kerble Space Games, Alan Wake, and other good stuff.
Break song is called Canned Heat, by Jamiroquai. Given to us by Nabeshin.
News is pretty dead this week. TWEWY and Wipeout stuff, plus Persona and Guild Wars.
Greg threatens to murder his brother, which was so funny, I had to leave it in.
During new releases Prime learns that Nabeshin is black and then disconnects.
Irrational Passions is going to PAX Prime this August 31st through September 2nd! Got anything you want us to see there? Wanna meet us there? Let us know ASAP!
Send us emails at Alex/Evan/Scott/Joseph/Tony/Artist@IrrationalPassions.com or general mail to our mail sack: MailSack@irrationalpassions.com.
Follow us @ALFighter27 (Alex), @stickerglue (Evan), @aceshigh291 (Joseph), @TonyHorvath (Tony), @Nabeshin186 (Nabeshin) and please follow the show @IrrationalPod.
IP 103: Red Bul Gives You Buffalo Wings... Again!
In case you didn't know, because of audio difficulties, episode 102 was lost to the ether, so we are just skipping it and releasing 103.
Harold from Cross Border Gaming joins us! He was one of our lovely callers to the live-show, and is an all-around good guy!
We update everyone on how Tony lost his audio for last week, and Scott's audacity just gave up.
There are so many crazy things happening this week, but more specifically: Get hype for PAX Prime, ExtraLife, and InDisFest!
Video games this week are kind of overwhelming. Sleeping Dogs, Audition, Papo and Yo, Darksiders 2, Rock Band, and soooo much more.
News this week is some OnLive info and a breakdown of Sony's Gamescom conference.
We make up for lost emails, shoutout to JakeG!
We are SO SORRY THAT THIS EPISODE TOOK SO LONG TO COME OUT.
There were lost podcast files, lost people, dead people, so here is half of one episode.
REMINDER: This is only part one (the good part) of the show. That's just weekly what's up and video games.
This week its everyone but Joe, because he is a jerk. He also had a birthday party.
This week (which is actually weeks ago), Tony quits his job, Nabeshin talks Otakan, and everyone hates the New York Trip. Except for the part with Rob.
Video games include Scott teaching us so much about fish.
Kingdom Hearts, that's really all the matters.
Kingdom Hearts 3D Spoilercast Forthcoming.
Alex takes a few minutes to keep you up to date on what's happening with the podcast and when they're coming out.
Irrational Passions is going to PAX Prime this August/September! Got anything you want us to see there? Wanna meet us there? Let us know ASAP!
Yes, episode 100 has come and gone, and holy crap was it a doozy. As we did do this show live, you can watch the video of it anytime over at Justin.tv/IrrationalPassions, which I would highly suggest for this particular show. The audio quality on the video is a little less than the actual mp3 file, but those are the consents you make when streaming on the internet. Anyway: to the breakdown!
We are all in the same room for the first time ever! Exciting, right?
BE WARNED: This episode is unedited, so awkward silences and explicit things are galore in here!
We kick things off by talking up a storm about ourselves and Evan's crappy adventures.
We talk about Maryland, Joe being little, and other things. Nabeshin hates Alex guys.
Video games include a whole-lotta Spelunky, some Theatrerhythm, and more good stuff!
In news we run down a few unimportant headlines and take a call from Plankfan!
After the second break and tons of pizza, we talk to Rob, who then becomes an obsession, and then we talk to him for real.
That's the show, and don't you forget it!
Happy 100 episodes, and thank you all so much for listening! We couldn't have done it without you!
Send us emails at Alex/Evan/Scott/Joseph/Tony@IrrationalPassions.com or general mail to our mail sack: MailSack@irrationalpassions.com.
Our guests: @Asophia (Lady Alex, of Roommates), @usfhbomb (Harold Price, host of Cross Border Gaming), @Plankfan, (Host of the Undeadcast), @DeckardTroll, (Our fantastic producer and host of the Undeadcast), and @Gamecrashers, our friend, and host of Gamercrashers Podcast!


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TTA's Recent Session by Writer & Director – Kiran Yadnyopavit Becomes a Hit Amongst Students
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Pune, August 2018: Times & Trends Academy (TTA) is an institute that believes in offering learning experience through all possible various media. One of the most successful ways of imparting education has been conducting guest lectures by experts from the industry. The recent session at TTA was conducted by Marathi Film & Television writer – Mr. Kiran Yadnyopavit.
Mr. Kiran has also been a director and an actor for various movies. He had been recently much appreciated for his work as a writer in the Marathi movie 'Natsamrat' starring Nana Patekar. He directed 'Taryanche Bait' that released in 2011. This movie got fabulous audience appreciation and swept many awards. He also worked as a writer for the movie 'Deool Band' that won good audience response.
Mr. Kiran's session at TTA was on script writing. It was a full-packed auditorium with young enthusiasts from the institute. The session started with showcasing of a movie that Mr. Kiran directed called 'Salaam.' After the movie, he explained the nuances of filmmaking to the audience, and the session concluded after a 'question and answer' session. Students did raise many questions, all of which were answered well by Mr. Kiran. He said, "To become a good writer, one needs to read a lot. You cannot just start writing. One needs to read more to know different styles of writing. One must also learn to understand what mistakes a particular writer has made and learn from them so that those mistakes can be avoided." Mr. Kiran shared his 20-year-old experience in the industry and informed the audience about how he started his career in theatre. The audience looked quite captivated by his story.
The session was also attended by faculties and management of Times & Trends Academy. Mr. Amit Agrawal, Founder & Chairman, Times & Trends Academy, was quoted saying, "We are really privileged to have such an eminent personality from the film and television industry to Times & Trends Academy. Our goal is to offer different exciting learning opportunities and also help them understand different career avenues available. Today's session was very motivating for our students. I hope, students too, earn names in the industry like Mr. Kiran has."
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PRICKLY PEAR AND THE COLUMBIAN EXCHANGE
Bangkok, 23 January, 2015
One of the most far-reaching effects of Christopher Columbus's discovery of the Americas was the so-called Columbian Exchange, the exchange of plants and animals (and bacteria and viruses) between the Americas and the rest of the world. This map shows some of the major crops and livestock which made the journey in either direction between the Americas and Europe.
We see, for instance, that the tomato crossed to Europe from the Americas, along with the turkey and corn (and possibly syphilis), while the cow, the horse, and the onion, went the other way, along with smallpox, measles, typhus, and a whole series of other diseases (the diseases nearly wiping out the Amerindian populations).
But I want to focus on a plant which normally doesn't get mentioned in discussions of the Columbian Exchange: the prickly pear, a plant whose history is very much centered on Mexico. Here, we have an exemplar standing guard, as it were, at the site of Teotihuacan.
In fact, the prickly pear is so centered on Mexico that it graces the Mexican flag as part of the latter's central emblem (for those with "mature" eyesight like mine, it's what the eagle is grasping with its talons at the same time as it grasps that snake in its beak).
Maybe the prickly pear's low profile in Columbian Exchange discussions is because it's such a nasty, spiny plant, which really doesn't endear itself to anyone.
Or maybe because it's not much of a commercial crop; the Food and Agricultural Organization, which collects global statistics on some 160 crops, collects no statistics on the prickly pear, for instance.
Whatever the reason, I wish to right this injustice and pay tribute to the prickly pear and its role in the great Columbian Exchange. It may perhaps have played a modest economic role, but it helped to fill many an empty stomach, and it sure as hell has played an important ecological role, sometimes wreaking havoc in the ecosystems into which it was thoughtlessly thrust.
I first met our prickly friend in the country of my birth, Eritrea. Here, you see a specimen in front of the delightful little train which runs from Asmara down to the seaport of Masawa on the Red Sea.
I have a vivid memory of taking that train to go down to the coast for a holiday on the beach.
It was the Italians who, as colonial masters
introduced the prickly pear (please note the plant waving at us from behind the colonial troops and their Italian officer). The Italian colonialists brought it from the mother country, of course, where it grows in profusion in the more arid southern regions of the country. We have here an example gracing the ruins of Agrigento in Sicily.
But southern Italy was just a later stop on the prickly pear's journey out of Mexico. It must surely have reached Italy from Spain, which was the first port of call for many of the biological journeys out of the Americas. Here we have a Spanish prickly pear, nudging its way into a photo of Sagunto castle in the province of Valencia.
In truth, I have chosen pictures which show off the prickly pear to advantage, but normally the plant is much more unprepossessing. This photo of a ragged, messy patch of prickly pear in a village of Ethiopia is much more typical of how the plant presents itself
especially when its population levels begin to explode out of control in some foreign ecosystem which has no natural biological defenses against it. The Global Invasive Species Database lists several countries where the prickly pear is now considered an invasive species. Eritrea is one of them, along with the neighboring countries of Ethiopia and Somalia – the Italians, who colonized all three countries had little idea of the damage they were wreaking. But South Africa also considers it an invasive species (here is a picture of prickly pear invading the Kruger national park).
And Australia had a catastrophic invasion. The prickly pear was initially introduced as an ornamental plant for gardens. Then some bright spark thought of using the plant as natural fencing (sensibly enough, cattle and other animals desist from pushing through breaks of prickly pear because of the nasty spines, and they don't eat them for the same reason) and to start a cochineal dye industry (the little beasties from which the dye is extracted munch the prickly pear's pads). But the prickly pear went crazy. It eventually converted some 260,000 square kilometers of farmland (which for those readers, who like me don't think in square kilometers, is more or less equivalent to a square 500 km by 500 km) into an impenetrable green jungle. Farmers were driven off their land by this "green hell" and their abandoned homes were crushed under the cactus growth.
The authorities finally managed to get the plague under control in the 1920s by introducing a South American moth, the Cactoblastis cactorum, whose larvae feast on prickly pear. This led to a crash in prickly pear populations, and while the plant has not been eradicated from Australia it has been brought under control (the Australians were lucky, by the way; there is always a risk in this kind of biological control that the agent will find another native plant much more to its liking and wipe that out instead, or once it's dealt with the original pest will turn its hungry eye on to something else and become an invasive species in its own right).
Why did some Spaniard ever bring the prickly pear back to Europe in the first place? Because, as far as I can tell, he thought he could brighten up a Spanish garden somewhere. But it cannot have been because of the beauty of the plant itself. More likely it was the flowers, for indeed the web is full of pictures of the flower of the prickly pear. Here are a few of the more pleasing examples.
At some point, though, people, especially the poor with bellies to fill, began to also focus on the fruit, the "figs" of the prickly pear
These had been enjoyed by the Mesoamericans for millennia before Hernan Cortes and his conquistadores arrived and have been enjoyed by the Mexicans ever since.
I add here a close-up of the fruit
first because it's a nice photo, but second because the sharp-eyed reader will notice the hair-thin spines which nestle lovingly around the crown of the fruit. Their scientific name is glochids. They are the nastiest little buggers imaginable. They come off easily and lodge under the skin of the unwary picker, where they cause exquisite and unending agony as the said picker tries and tries and tries again to extract them, always in vain. Bloody little bastards … Readers may have gathered from this little burst of ill humour that I have personally experienced this exceedingly painful trial. It was in Eritrea as a matter of fact, where as a young and foolish lad I tried picking the fruit. I then ran to my Mummy to get the horrible little things out, which she eventually did after much wailing on my part and cross admonitions on her part for me to keep still. I had tried picking the fruit because my mother had earlier bought some, perhaps from a lady like this
and I had liked them – a little too many seeds perhaps but nicely fresh and sweet.
Personally, while I like the taste, that early brush with glochids has always made me wary of the fruit. The pain in the hands was bad enough but the thought of those things getting stuck in your tongue or gums because the fruit was badly cleaned is dreadful. And the thought of them getting stuck in your throat is simply too horrible to contemplate.
But others around the world consume the fruit without a second thought, especially around the Mediterranean rim. Here, we have some cheerful young lads selling the fruit in Egypt
While here we have a more solemn Moroccan doing the same
And here a smiling Sicilian ditto
As readers can imagine, over the centuries people in the countries where the prickly pear was introduced eventually got around to putting the fruit into alcoholic drinks – at least in those countries where such drinks are tolerated. Thus, we have a prickly pear-flavoured liqueur called "Ficodi" in Sicily, we have a prickly-pear flavored herbal liqueur called "bajtra" in Malta (another country, by the way, where the prickly pear has been declared an invasive species), out in the lonelier reaches of the Atlantic, on the island of St. Helena (where Napoleon Bonaparte was banished), the potent "Tungi Spirit" is produced with the fruit, while prickly pear fruit is the main ingredient of a popular Christmas beverage in the British Virgin Islands called "Miss Blyden". Looking at how all these various drinks are made, I think I would plump for Miss Blyden: prickly pear steeped in rum and sweetened with sugar. Mmm, sounds good …Yohoho, and a bottle of Miss Blyden, is what I say.
But actually, these drinks are all derivative, if I can put it that way: you just plunk prickly pear fruit in an alcoholic medium; it could actually be any fruit that is plunked. The Mesoamericans, on the other hand, came up millennia ago with colonche, an alcoholic drink using just the juice of the prickly pear fruit, fermenting it over a number of days. I have read that it is a sweet, fizzy, red beverage. Here's a photo of a glass of colonche, together with the fruit from which it is derived.
I regret to say that I did not try the drink while I was in Mexico. However, I have asked my son to try it and report back. If the feedback is good, we can discuss about getting into the business of exporting it!
What I will not promote, through export or otherwise, is the eating of the pads (that is to say the fleshy leaves) of the prickly pear. They eat them in Mexico – and in New Mexico too (and perhaps some of the other southwestern States of the US). The original peoples of Mexico were eating them when Cortes burst in on the scene, and it's still quite popular. I saw them sold in the supermarket around the corner from where we were staying in Mexico City and took a photo, but I prefer this more sympathetic photo of a Mexican lady on the street selling them.
I mentioned in an earlier post that I had tried the pads, cooked and with melted cheese, in a taco. I also tried them, with cheese but without the taco. It didn't change the taste much.
I'm all for trying things once (with the exception of insects). But not necessarily more than once. Pads of the prickly pear fall into the latter category.
But who knows? As the Mediterranean countries slowly go down the economic drain, and more generally as we 99 percenters slowly get poorer, perhaps we will join our Mesoamerican friends and start eating prickly pear pads – as the poor of the Mediterranean lands turned to the fruits of the prickly pear some three hundred years ago to fill their empty stomachs.
Columbian exchange: http://globerove.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/03/Columbian-Exchange.jpg (in http://www.slideshare.net/mobile/cbgobble/columbian-v-triangle)
Prickly pear in Teotihuacan: https://farm1.staticflickr.com/214/444712763_0a91a8353e.jpg (in https://www.flickr.com/photos/eternal_sunshine_of_the_spotless_mind/444712763/
Mexican flag: http://www.freepressers.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/10/mexican-flag-640.jpg (in http://www.worldtribune.com/worldtribune/WTARC/2011/k1302_10_21.asp)
Prickly pear: https://seekraz.files.wordpress.com/2012/10/prickly-pear-cacti-in-tucson-desert.jpg (in https://seekraz.wordpress.com/tag/prickly-pear-cactus/)
Prickly pear by Asmara-Masawa railway: https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8633/16089064905_44b9e68e48_b.jpg (in https://www.flickr.com/photos/dave-hill/16089064905/)
Italian colonial masters: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/it/6/6c/Ascari_penne_di_falco.jpg (in http://it.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Regio_corpo_truppe_coloniali_d'Eritrea)
Prickly pear in Sicily: https://c1.staticflickr.com/9/8299/7826141194_33f0e36a8d_b.jpg (in https://www.flickr.com/photos/mari-mora/7826141194/)
Prickly pear in Spain: https://themostbeautifulplacesineurope.files.wordpress.com/2013/07/dsc_0048.jpg (in https://themostbeautifulplacesineurope.wordpress.com/tag/castle/)
Prickly pear in Ethiopian village: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/-YutF1G9Qjbo/Up44cIZUf_I/AAAAAAAAMPA/fydBOTfLCNY/s1600/00041775.jpg (in http://jhodgesagame.blogspot.com)
Prickly pear in Kruger National Park: http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/news/images/20120611_opuntia_stricta_impacts_fig1.jpg (in http://academic.sun.ac.za/cib/news/20120611_opuntia_stricta_impacts.htm)
Prickly pear in Australia – the green hell: http://chinchillalibrary.chinchilla.org.au/Images/Local%20History/johnty%20turner's.jpg (in http://chinchillalibrary.chinchilla.org.au/HTML/HeritagePricklyPear.html)
Prickly pear in flower-1: http://www.fotothing.com/photos/4aa/4aa38f6709881bcb9b0dc2f7bce87dea.jpg (in http://www.fotothing.com/AzViper/photo/4aa38f6709881bcb9b0dc2f7bce87dea/)
Prickly pear in flower-2: http://photosbygarth.com/travels/DesertGardens4-23-11/prickly_pear_cactus_flowers_0887.jpg (in http://photosbygarth.com/wordpress/)
Prickly pear in flower-3: http://www.summitpost.org/prickly-pear-cactus-flower/294673
Prickly pear fruit-1: http://2.bp.blogspot.com/-_NFH_ZhWJCU/T1kjB-HTOWI/AAAAAAAAA84/rBf30_8f5qg/s1600/5.jpg (in http://docsfitnesstips.blogspot.com/2012/03/prickley-pear.html)
Mexicans selling prickly pear fruit:
http://i.gonoma.net/i/destinations/1106/zacatecas-images/prickly.jpg (in http://gonomad.com/destinations-xxx/3205-zacatecas-mexico-rsquo-s-overlooked-colonial-gem)
Prickly pear fruit-2: http://cdn.c.photoshelter.com/img-get/I0000O2m8f8jI.vU/s/600/600/PPCA-021548.jpg (in http://rolfnussbaumer.photoshelter.com/image/I0000O2m8f8jI.vU)
Ethiopian lady selling prickly pear: http://jamminglobal.com/2012/05/ethiopia-part-6-historical-axum-and-mountainous-twisties.html
Prickly pear seller Egypt: http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/Media/NewsMedia/2013/7/16/2013-635095893366005272-600_resized.jpg (http://weekly.ahram.org.eg/News/3357/25/The-fruit-beneath-the-thorns.aspx)
Prickly pear seller Morocco: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/b/b1/Prickly_pear_seller.jpg (in http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Opuntia_ficus-indica)
Prickly pear seller Italy: http://www.fotografieitalia.it/foto/3126/3126-08-20-44-1557.jpg (in http://www.fotografieitalia.it/foto.cfm?idfoto=65383&idfotografo=3126&crono=1)
Colonche: http://173.236.14.43/fotos/nota/2014/9/18/4d68094af571428.jpg (in http://www.am.com.mx/aguascalientes/especiales/espiritus-de-la-republica-144117.html)
Seller of cactus pads: http://holeinthedonut.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/06/Nopal_Cactus_Seller_Mercado_Hidalgo_Guanajuato.jpg (in http://holeinthedonut.com/2010/06/01/mexico-food-nopal-cactus/)
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CHOCOLATE EASTER EGGS
Beijing, 31 March 2013
On this Easter Sunday, the newspapers (the English-speaking ones at least) have been afroth with articles about various Easter traditions. One of these is of course the Easter egg. I was particularly struck by an article on the BBC site about an Indian restaurant in the UK having made a series of chocolate Easter eggs with a mix of chocolate and three hideously hot chilli peppers: a ghost chilli, a scotch bonnet and a habanera chilli.
The makers boasted that the resulting chocolate registered 1 million on the Scoville scale of hotness. I have written a previous post on the use of hot spices; the readers of that post can imagine my horror when I read this article. But as I read and mentally shook my head, my mind drifted back to one of my earliest memories. I am a small child, back in Africa, it is Easter Sunday, we are in the garden. I am tugging desperately on my mother's hand, I want to follow my older brother and sisters who are running through the garden looking for Easter eggs hidden by my parents. I guess she wanted to guide me to where they had hidden my eggs. I suppose she eventually was able to drag me in the right direction and I "found" the eggs, but that part didn't imprint itself in my memory.
We weren't looking for chocolate eggs. We were looking for real eggs, boiled hard and painted by us children. This was the family tradition; we children painted a couple of eggs each, and then our parents hid them for us to find. A trawl through the internet shows that the painting of Easter eggs is not a dead art.
although I think the following pictures give a better idea of what our eggs no doubt looked like and how they were painted.
Once we left Africa, we no longer had a garden in which to hide the eggs. Anyway, I think we adopted the new ways of doing things and bought chocolate eggs. One could buy very fancy chocolate eggs
along with fancy chocolate rabbits
But our Easter eggs tended to be the more modest-sized ones wrapped in coloured silver paper. My mother would pile them up on a plate at the centre of the table and we would nibble on them during Easter and for days (and days …) thereafter.
I have to say, I'm not terribly, terribly fond of chocolate. I've never eaten very much of it. I don't eat it at Easter any more. Apart from dutifully accepting chocolate sweets when someone hands them around, I sometimes eat a bar of chocolate with hazelnuts; I like the nut and chocolate combination.
And from time to time, when I'm in France and have baguettes at hand I will eat a piece of chocolate and baguette.
It's really delicious, by the way. When my French grandmother was feeling somewhat flush, she would buy a bar of chocolate and give it to us grandchildren with bread at teatime. Mm-mm, good!
Luckily, my wife is also not a great eater of chocolate, although she is definitely fonder of chocolate cake than I am. When we go to a restaurant and chocolate cake is on the menu she will sometimes crack and order it.
She also often ate the Italian equivalent of chocolate and baguette when she was young: Nutella spread on a piece of bread. Like my grandmother, her mother would serve it as a snack at teatime.
About 15-20 years ago, we began to notice growing chatter in the media about going back to the fundamentals. We were told we should move closer to the way the Mesoamericans consumed chocolate before the Spaniards arrived, as a whipped-up drink of water, chocolate, spices and vanilla:
We didn't necessarily have to go the whole way, we were informed, but we could eat chocolate without all the things Europeans had added over the centuries: sugar, milk, nuts and who knows what else. We read that it was much better for you that way. It has delicate tastes which linger on the tongue. It also contains chemicals which make you happy, which are good for the heart, which give you more sex drive. Well! After listening to a lot of this kind of hype we noticed one day in a shop in Vienna some very smartly packaged "modern" chocolate produced by Lindt, the luxury Swiss chocolate and confectionery company.
On an impulse, we bought a bar. After some debate, we decided not to go for the 100% pure chocolate, but rather to start with a 70% mix. We took this precious material back home, we opened it reverentially, and tried it.
I have to say, it was no great shakes. We didn't feel our mouths being overcome by delicately intoxicating tastes, we didn't feel any happier, we didn't … Maybe our tickers worked better but we couldn't tell. For those interested readers there is another BBC article reviewing the state of play on the topic.
I think we'll just eat our chocolate the way we always have. Perhaps the Europeans were on to something when they added all those other things.
Chocolate and chilies: http://img.thesun.co.uk/multimedia/archive/01701/28_03_2013_1701553a.jpg
Painted Easter eggs: http://www.wallcoo.com/holiday/2007_easter_wallpaper_1280x1024/images/%5Bwallcoo.com%5D_Easter_wallpaper_1280x1024_1280Easter013.jpg
Children painting eggs-1: http://3.bp.blogspot.com/_d7Dqr_RDyks/Sb7jFCSi81I/AAAAAAAACfA/MDonvPeRcjg/s400/2009-03-16%20Egg%20Painting.jpg
Children painting eggs-2: http://www.momdademmaandkenny.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/wpid1919-03-28-2010-Egg-Painting-and-the-Maloneys-Emma-and-Kenny-0431-D700-100328.jpg
Chocolate Easter egg-fancy: http://www.motleyhealth.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/04/Chocolate-Easter-Egg.jpg
Chocolate rabbit: http://4.bp.blogspot.com/_mv60VL07p2s/S7IfXJxv3SI/AAAAAAAACaM/rk8X4Wg9lYg/s1600/080304_JTorres_Bunny_sitt.jpg
Chocolate Easter eggs-typical: http://www.theramblingepicure.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/04/Easter-Eggs-choc.jpg
Chocolate bar with hazelnuts: http://us.123rf.com/400wm/400/400/ivonnewierink/ivonnewierink1001/ivonnewierink100100240/6245932-barre-de-chocolat-avec-noisettes-isole-sur-blanc.jpg
Baguette with chocolate: http://a142.idata.over-blog.com/600×449/2/90/63/97/Autrefois-./Chocolat/Le-Bon-Chocolat–13-.JPG
Chocolate cake: http://culinaria.tudo-gratis.com/wp-content/uploads/2009/11/bolo-do-lino.jpg
Nutella on bread: http://s017.radikal.ru/i430/1110/d7/444c78d56338.jpg
Mesoamerican-pic: http://www.athenapub.com/nuttal1x.GIF
Lindt excellence: http://1.bp.blogspot.com/-6PGNUwin05M/TaZARK7Vj6I/AAAAAAAAAXo/JtIkvQUGiSs/s1600/chocolate.jpg
Cocoa pods: http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/e/e0/Cocoa_Pods.JPG/400px-Cocoa_Pods.JPG
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Conspiracy Theories and other Bollocks
Don't say I didn't warn you
Is there anything more entertaining and invigorating than a good conspiracy theory. Generally they are inventive and full of narrative and drama. Unfortunately, like all the best stories, they are simply not true; most of them anyway. To my mind a great conspiracy theory should come in two distinct flavours: The implausible, but possible, and the implausible and impossible. Or to put it another way, conceivable bollocks and just plain unadulterated and unmitigated, bollocks. In the first category I would place 'The faked Moon landings' and in the second, I would slot the stuff of nightmare, such as: 'The world's leaders are shape shifting aliens'. Clearly, there is a huge gap in believability between these particular examples. So, let's take a deeper look and drink deep from the imponderable and fecund well of madness. But before we begin, before continuing, suspend your sane world view and place your tinfoil hat, firmly but jauntily on your head. Arrrrrrrrrrrrrrrse.
World Leaders are Reptiles
This is hardly news. I think most folk acknowledge that successful politicians are reptiles in speech and deed, if not actually in the flesh. Although, the Australian Prime Minister, Tony Abbott, is particularly reptilian looking and I'm sure there is a video of him on You-Tube licking insects off a wall. I've digressed. This particular conspiracy owes much to an ex English league footballer, turned football commentator, turned bona fide certifiable loony. Sometime in the early 1990s David Icke (for it is he) started to wear turquoise and began to warn the world about alien reptilian world leaders- I blame the series 'V'; remember? Key leaders, come reptiles, include Queen Elizabeth II and Barack Obama. Both are actually blood sucking aliens from the Alpha Dragonis system. What is strange about this 'theory' is its popularity. Icke, may well be mad, but he belongs to a very dangerous class of madman- he is plausible. Not only is Icke articulate but he is clearly a man of some intelligence. He also looks, superficially at least, normal and does not fit neatly into the 'swivel eyed', odd looking, category of nutter. Consequently, he has attracted a large following which has evolved into a cult. In the US, 4% of people polled believed in David Icke's theory. Frankly, I find this statistic highly disturbing. However, if you would like to learn more and perhaps sign up, here is the site: http://www.davidicke.com/
Moon Landings Faked
This nonsense is particularly persistent considering the wealth of evidence to the contrary. This conspiracy gained traction in the mid 1970s and advanced the view that the six manned landings between 1969 and 1972 were a complete fabrication by NASA in evil collaboration with the US Administration. Because this sort of scenario is perhaps possible it has gained credence amongst the 'Conspiracy Community'. When I mean possible, I mean that if a powerful US Government Agency wanted to implement such a deception it is within the bounds of their power to do so. Furthermore, it does not violate any rational precepts and thus is consistent with what we know about nature and its workings. Contrast this with the previous example, which not only requires a suspension, of reality, but also a number of known, and often irrefutable, scientific principles.
The evidence centres on flag waving in an airless atmosphere and anomalous lighting effects and shadows. Often there is an assumption that physical properties on the Moon should be directly comparable to those experienced on Earth. This clearly is not the case. Moon gravity is considerably less and there is an absolute absence of a gaseous atmosphere. Apart from this I will travel no further into specifics. But here are a few points to ponder.
It has been estimated that up to 400,000 people were employed, in some capacity, in the Apollo Moon project, although it is admitted that many employees were in subsidiary projects and may not have been involved in critical areas of research (need to know). That said, it would require a colossal undertaking to make sure that those in the 'know' remained quiet in the event of a faked Moon landing. No leaks? No negative testimony? It should be noted that those who promulgate this conspiracy theory are never NASA or ex-NASA employees (or are they?).
You would have expected that the old Soviet Russians would have jumped on any sniff of impropriety concerning the Moon landings. But not an iota of criticism. And this is during a time when Soviet propaganda would have relished a conspiracy such as this. But the Russians said nothing because the Russians believed the Moon landings actually occurred.
Here is something else to consider. I suspect the Americans were very lucky to achieve what they did, considering the technology of the time. The margin for success must have been slim. It is be noted also, that no one has returned to the Moon since 1972. This reflects the enormous cost in sending a small capsule with three souls out on a complex and extended Moon mission. At today's money the total cost of the Apollo programme is in the order of 100 billion dollars. This explains why the Americans never went back and why contrary to predictions, there is no 'Moon Station'. Perhaps the money would have been better spent elsewhere? I'll leave you to judge.
For a good exposition of the arguments for and against the Moon landings, I suggest you look at the following resources.
There are many disparate elements which drive belief in the 'unbelievable' and consequently it is difficult to identify all the motivating strands. It is interesting to note, that folk who believe in one conspiracy theory have a tendency to believe in others also. Why this is the case is best left to professional psychologists. The following provides an entirely rational and sound reason for belief in conspiracy: Governments, can and do, lie to their people and suppress information. And I'm not just talking about the usual suspects such as North Korea and the ilk, I'm talking about all governments, regardless of their level of 'enlightenment'. Therefore, citizens are critical and suspicious of government inspired initiatives and the information they release, or don't release, for that matter.
The internet is a vast repository of information instantly available at the click of a mouse. But herein lies the problem. Not all information is equal. There is a lot of information out there of uneven quality and veracity. Knowledge on the computer screen has an authority which is often not deserved. Some folk like to be told what to think and have an inclination to accept 'computer' information without engaging their critical faculty.
The internet is great at uniting like minded souls. There are millions of folk, 'out there', who will oblige and reinforce any madcap idea you have, regardless of intrinsic merit. Remember, there are a lot of nutters out there and most of them are online. Personally, I don't believe much of the stuff I read on the net. As for the voices in my head- well, that is another matter..........
Kath Lissenden 14 May 2015 at 17:04
4% of American believe avi Ick, to be honest I am surprised that figure is so low, the word "Americans" in that sentence tells you all you need to know. America is a nation of swivel eyed loons.They believe anything up to and including, Barrack Obama is a born again Christian and not a Muslim, and that the Kennedys had Marylin Monroe assassinated., they even believe there are little green men at area 51. And worst of all they believe their own press that the world revolves around them and them alone. We think our politicians are bad , try American politicians, the world is not safe as long as Europe shackles it's self to the US foreign policy, because America wants everyone to believe in their particular brand of Hegemony and will stop at nothing till that happens, including starting a nuclear war. I recently read a piece by one of Reagan's advisors to that effect.
David Ick looks normal and sane when put next to an American Administration.
Flaxen Saxon 14 May 2015 at 18:41
Indeed Kath. The world is a mad and dangerous place.
Dioclese 14 May 2015 at 17:42
And don't forget that the General Election was a huge fraud put together by the Zionist masters of the Tory Party. FFS! People actually believe this shit...
Lefties are flailing around for excuses for Labour's poor showing. Labour lost because they are not in tune with the electorate. Labour's brand of Socialism is outdated and if they want to ever form a government again they will have to shift to the 'right'. Also, I think the English were not too enamoured by the possibility of a compact with the SNP. A case of the Scottish tail wagging the English ferret (surely some mistake!),
I agree with you both completely.
An let's not forget that ol' Chukka - the leading candidate to succeed Milipede according to himself - says we lost because we didn't move far enough to the left. The Unions agree with him.
And what's the first thing they do when the Tories get elected? Refuse a perfectly reasonable pay offer and hold a national train strike. These people should be removed from the gene pool IMHO
I am a huge advocate of euthanasia and not always voluntary in all cases, plus putting the contraceptive pill in the water especially in London and the Midlands.
Here's a take on conspiracies from my mate Chas C :
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17757917/Conspiracies%20%28unplugged%29.mp3
Personally I preferred the electric version :
https://dl.dropboxusercontent.com/u/17757917/Conspiracies.mp3
Kent Sommer 22 May 2015 at 19:26
I feel that most conspiracy theories are not so foreign to us. Through their movies and the endless documentation of their new conspiracy theories, we have a sense of intimate familiarity with them, and we are naturally curious about them.
Fair point Kent. We are curious and they give insight into our psychology. I suspect they have taken over from old, overblown folk tales. Some still need the element of strangeness and unworldly drama in their lives and 'conspiracy theories' neatly fit the bill, especially for the hard of thinking. I do believe the real world provides enough enigma, strangeness and wonder to fulfill the role. If only we could be bothered to look.
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Wilhelminenthal ist ein Ortsteil der Stadt Jarmen im Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. Bis zum Zusammenschluss mit Jarmen 2004 war Wilhelminenthal Ortsteil der Gemeinde Plötz. Wilhelminenthal liegt etwa fünf Kilometer südlich von Jarmen und eineinhalb Kilometer nördlich von Plötz.

Wilhelminenthal wurde erstmals 1825 schriftlich erwähnt und bestand zunächst aus drei Tagelöhnerkaten. Der Gutsbesitzer Wichard Wilhelm von Heyden (1782–1836) soll das Vorwerk nach seiner Frau Wilhelmine von Gloeden (1789–1820) benannt haben. 1862 hatte Wilhelminenthal vier Feuerstellen und 70 Einwohner.

Von 1897 bis zum Ende des Zweiten Weltkrieges befand sich in Wilhelminenthal eine Haltestelle der Demminer Kleinbahnen Ost. Nachdem die 750-mm-Kleinbahnstrecke von Demmin nach Jarmen abgebaut und als Reparationsleistung in die Sowjetunion transportiert worden war, bestand von 1949 bis 1958 eine 600-mm-Kleinbahnstrecke zwischen Schmarsow und Jarmen. 1943 wurden drei Zweifamilienhäuser als Behelfsheime für in Stettin ausgebombte Menschen errichtet. In den Jahren 1948 und 1949 entstanden sechs Neubauernhäuser.

Die 1960 in Wilhelminenthal gegründete LPG Typ I wurde 1964 der Plötzer LPG angeschlossen. Im Ort befand sich ein Rinderstall mit zuletzt 120 Milchkühen, der 1988 vom VEG Neu Plötz übernommen wurde. 1996 hatte Wilhelminenthal 39 Einwohner, 1999 waren es 54.

Literatur
 Karina Albrecht, Marion Boldt: Plötz 1249–1999. Geschichte(n) einer vorpommerschen Gemeinde. hansefrau e.V., Plötz 2000, S. 85–87.

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Ort im Landkreis Vorpommern-Greifswald
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Longer, lower and wider, with an extended wheelbase, the new Sorento builds on the success of the outgoing model, delivering a premium look and feel, with more space and numerous innovative features. The exterior styling of the new Sorento was led by Kia's Namyang design studio in Korea, with significant levels of input from the brand's Frankfurt, Germany and Irvine, California design studios.
The front of new Sorento features a larger, more upright 'tiger-nose' grille, with a distinctive three-dimensional diamond pattern, and long, swept-back headlamps. The lower roofline, higher beltline and more muscular, rounded shoulders at the rear give the car a dramatic appearance. The sleeker look is enhanced by an increase in length (+95 mm to 4,780 mm) and a 15 mm reduction in height (down to 1,685 mm), while the 80 mm longer wheelbase (now 2,780 mm) ensures more passenger space in all three seat rows.


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'2.9 mn kids in India without vaccination against measles'
New York: Nearly 2.9 million children in India still remain without vaccination against measles, which continues to take the lives of nearly 90,000 people per year worldwide, according to a new report by leading health organisations.
In 2016, an estimated 90,000 people died from measles, an 84 per cent drop from more than 550,000 deaths in 2000.
This marks the first time global measles deaths have fallen below 100,000 per year, said the report by the World Health Organisation, United Nations Children's Fund, Centers for Disease Control and Prevention and Gavi-The Vaccine Alliance.
"Measles elimination will only be reached if measles vaccines reach every child, everywhere," Jean-Marie Okwo-Bele, Director at the World Health Organisation, said in a statement on Thursday.
Since 2000, an estimated 5.5 billion doses of measles-containing vaccines have been provided to children through routine immunisation services and mass vaccination campaigns, saving an estimated 20.4 million lives.
However, the world is still far from reaching regional measles elimination goals as 20.8 million children are still missing their first measles vaccine dose, the report said.
More than half of these unvaccinated children live in six countries, namely Nigeria (3.3 million), India (2.9 million), Pakistan (2.0 million), Indonesia (1.2 million), Ethiopia (0.9 million), and Democratic Republic of the Congo (0.7 million).
"However we cannot afford to be complacent (as) too many children are still missing out on lifesaving vaccines. To reach these children and set ourselves on a realistic road to measles elimination we need to dramatically improve routine immunisation backed by strong health systems," noted Seth Berkley, CEO of Gavi, the Vaccine Alliance.
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Ronnie (Sherman) is a 28-year-old loner who lives with his possessive mother (Kirkland), and who broods over his miserable experience after he is rejected from the military for being mentally unstable. When he begins creating alt-right vlogs where he rails against those he considers his enemies, he receives a huge amount of support from the online extremist community, which enables his increasingly erratic behaviour until it inspires him to do something terrible…
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Абра́мово — городище и курганные могильники, обнаруженные около деревни Абрамово Верхнедвинского района Витебской области. Городище и могильники входят в список историко-культурных ценностей Республики Беларусь.

Городище

Городище находится в 2,3 км на юго-запад (по другим данным, на юго-восток) от деревни на возвышении в лесу, в урочище Городец. В 1966 году К. П. Шутом были исследованы 150 м² (по другим данным, 120 м²) в южной части площадки, а также учёный провёл прорезку валов (был обнаружен их однородный состав из жёлтого песка). В 1979 году городище исследовал В. И. Шадыро.

Представляет собой площадку округлой, овальной формы диаметром 37—38 м и высотой 5—6 м. Глубина культурного пласта составляет 0,8—1,2 м. Оборонительную систему составляли три кольцевых вала высотой до 2,5 м и рвами глубиной до 2,5 м (или до 3 м). Вход находился на севере, для чего рвы были разомкнуты. Помимо обгорелых брёвен оборонительных сооружений, археологами обнаружены остатки наземных строений столбовой конструкции. В число находок также вошли фрагменты домниц, каменные зернотёрки, железные наконечники стрел, шила, несколько костяных вещей. Посуда была представлена в основном лепной банковидной формы, также были найдены фрагменты посуды с сетковидным орнаментом. Также найдена посуда со штриховкой. Соотношение останков домашних животных к диким составило 66,6 %. Всего было найдено 46 костей 6 особей, из которых половину составили кони, а другую часть крупный рогатый скот. Из диких животных половина костей принадлежала лосю, вторая дикому кабану. Городище принадлежало днепро-двинской культуре, в связи с чем археологи датируют его I—IV веками (по другой версии, V веком до н. э. — IV веком н. э.).

Курганные могильники

Курганный могильник-1
Данный курганный могильник расположен в 0,5 км на север от городища. Могильник состоит из 32 насыпей диаметром 5—7 м высотой около 1 м. Объект был обнаружен в 1966 году К. П. Шутом. В 1974—1975 годах З. М. Сергеева исследовала 4 кургана. В качестве погребального обряда было использовано трупосожжение на горизонте. При исследовании были найдены фрагменты гончарной посуды IX—X веков. Могильник принадлежал кривичам.

Курганный могильник-2
Данный курганный могильник расположен в 0,6 на запад от деревни, рядом с шоссе Полоцк — Освея. Могильник состоит из более чем 40 насыпей диаметром 3—4 м высотой 0,5—1 м. Объект был обнаружен в 1966 году К. П. Шутом. В 1974—1975 годах З. М. Сергеева исследовала 9 курганов. В качестве погребального обряда было использовано трупоположение в подкурганных ямах головой на запад. Наряду с одиночными встречаются и парные захоронения. При исследовании были найдены гончарная посуда (как с линейным орнаментом, так и неорнаментированная), браслетовидные височные кольца с завязанными концами, витые и широкосерединные перстни, посеребрённые и позолочённые бусины, бронзовые спиральные пронизи. Принадлежавший кривичам могильник датируется XI—XII веками.

Материалы раскопок памятников в 1985 году хранились в Институте истории БССР и Институте археологии СССР.

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Justice for Vallen — The mishandling of a 3-year-old's murder case by the police
By Sonam Peldon — ON Dec 27, 2022
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Kimberly Stovall uploaded a TikTok video on November 27, 2022, seeking justice for her deceased 3-year-old son, Vallen Alijah Soliveres, whose murder case remained unresolved for months. On July 18, 2022, Vallen passed away shortly after a court-mandated visit with his father Miles Soliveres in Illinois, Chicago.
Miles initially informed Kimberly that Vallen had choked on cereal and was hospitalized. But she later learned that was not true as the medical reports showed no indication of choking, and Vallen had instead passed away due to brain injury. Suspiciously, Miles and his partner disappeared after Vallen's death.
"When I went into the hospital, [Vallen's] chin was missing, he had a bruise on his head and a nice little scar on his eye," said Kimberly.
Two days after Vallen's death, his father Miles Soliveres attempted to take his own life
As Kimberly and Miles were separated, Vallen lived with his mother and only went to his father's place on court-mandated visitation days. According to Kimberly, Vallen used to come home with bruises after most visits with Miles and would act differently. This had been going on for a year.
When Kimberly voiced her concerns to the judge overseeing their custodial matters, the judge allegedly dismissed Miles' behavior as "boys will be boys" and allowed him to retain his visitation rights. But after further insistence from Kimberly, the judge appointed a guardian ad litem (a lawyer who works in the best interest of the child) to investigate the case.
However, the lawyer dropped the case after Miles refused to pay her half of the retainer as previously agreed. A month or two later, Vallen was hospitalized in critical condition during one of his visits to Miles' place. He had a brain injury and went into cardiac arrest. Just a few hours later, Vallen – who was a healthy boy before the incident – passed away.
When Kimberly reached the hospital, Miles and his partner had already left the scene. Two days later, he attempted suicide by jumping into a lake but was unsuccessful. That was the last time anyone heard from the couple who have disappeared since then. The police and investigators have been unable to locate or contact them.
The investigators updated Kimberly on the progress of the case after her TikTok video gained national attention
In what seems to be a botched investigation, the police not only let the suspects slip but also refused to follow up and update the case. The investigators claimed that they needed to wait a year for Vallen's autopsy result to arrive to proceed with the case.
"My problem is that now it is almost December and the officers and the investigators are telling me, 'Oh, we have no update'. All I am asking is, can anybody get the word out because this shouldn't have happened to him or any other child," said Kimberly in her first video.
After the video gained millions of views, the investigators finally updated Kimberly on Vallen's case on December 9, 2022. The autopsy showed that Vallen had died of unnatural causes and had sustained injuries such as subconjunctival hemorrhage (bleeding from the eye) and bruises on the head.
Considering that four months have passed since the crime, the investigation appears to be in its early stage. For instance, the investigators have just begun to question all the family members and people who knew Vallen and Miles. As for Kimberly, she is currently searching for a lawyer to represent the case.
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Evil Dead: A Fistful of Boomstick è il terzo videogioco basato sulla serie di film La casa. Pubblicato nel 2003 per PlayStation 2 e Xbox, è il sequel di Evil Dead: Hail to the King.

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Ash Williams racconta la sua storia ad un uomo asiatico tramite una serie di flashback.

Dearborn, Michigan: l'ultima notte
Questo episodio si ambienta 12 anni dopo il finale di Hail to the King, nella città di Dearborn. Jenny è morta da poco in un incidente stradale, e Ash passa il suo tempo ad ubriacarsi in un bar. L'umanità nel frattempo ha saputo dell'esistenza del Necronomicon, ma ne ignora la vera natura; infatti il prof. Alex Eldridge (ex-studente del prof. Knowby), che ha scritto un libro su delle origini parecchio diverse del Necronomicon, ne è considerato il maggior esperto. Trisha Pettywood, giornalista che conduce un programma di cui Eldridge è ospite, fa riferimento alle dichiarazioni di un uomo del posto (Ash) secondo cui il Necronomicon avrebbe il potere di resuscitare i morti e aprire portali spazio-temporali, voci che il professore definisce "le tristi e depravate farneticazioni di un pazzo". Trisha ha in qualche modo ottenuto le registrazioni del prof. Knowby, e le riproduce dal vivo come "chicca" per i telespettatori. Ash assiste impotente alla scena da un bar, guardando la televisione. Ancora una volta, la malvagia entità viene liberata e possiede il barista, e Ash è costretto a finirlo subito. Intanto la città viene assediata dai Deadites. Ash si dirige verso gli studi della stazione televisiva KLA2, dove si sta tenendo la trasmissione. Riesce a salvare sia Trisha che il prof. Eldridge. I tre cercano gli appunti di Knowby alla ricerca di un modo per rimandare indietro i Deadite, ma gli appunti sono cifrati, probabilmente perché il professore temeva troppo il potere del Necronomicon. Eldridge riesce comunque a decifrarne una parte, che accenna la pietra evocatrice di Kandaria, il cui potere può controllare e distruggere i Deadite. Intuisce anche che la pietra si trovi al museo locale, dato che il fondatore, Nathaniel Payne, era ossessionato dal collezionismo di artefatti dell'occulto. All'interno del museo, una guardia ancora umana dice ad Ash che Nathaniel Payne aveva fatto costruire un tempio sotto il museo, da sempre creduto per sacrifici umani, e che un giorno andò giù nel tempio e non tornò indietro. All'interno del tempio, dietro un quadro di Payne, trova un dispositivo grazie al quale rintraccia quattro gemme, che gli permettono di entrare nelle stanze private dell'uomo. Qui viene attaccato da Payne stesso, trasformato dall'entità in un mostro di fuoco. Sconfitto, Eldridge ruba la pietra di Kandaria, rivelando di aver sempre saputo dei suoi poteri e di quelli del Necronomicon, e vuole usarli per avere il controllo del mondo. Grazie al potere della pietra, apre un vortice temporale, seguito subito dopo da Ash.

Dearborn, Michigan: 1695 circa
Ash e Eldridge finiscono nella Dearborn dell'epoca coloniale, intorno alla fine del XVII secolo. Eldridge gli scaglia contro un gruppo di Deadite, che vengono sconfitti facilmente, ma lui riesce a scappare. Gli abitanti della cittadina scambiano Ash per il fabbro, il quale è quasi identico a lui, e si scoprirà essere un suo antenato. Ma Eldridge rapisce il fabbro, e Ash è costretto a salvarlo per garantire la propria esistenza. Lo scienziato fugge attraverso un nuovo vortice temporale.

Dearborn, Michigan: 1893 circa
I due stavolta finiscono nella Dearborn di fine XIX secolo, nel pieno della guerra civile. Per combattere Eldridge e i suoi Deadite, Ash convince il capo dell'Unione (un altro suo antenato) e quello della Confederazione a cessare il fuoco e a combattere il nemico comune. Sconfitti tutti i Deadite, Ash affronta Eldridge, trasformatosi in un enorme creatura simile ad un drago. Sconfitto lo scienziato, Ash, riesce ad aprire un vortice temporale e a tornare alla sua epoca.

Evil Dearborn
Tornato nella sua epoca, Ash scopre che in sua assenza la città è stata conquistata dai Deadite, guidati dalla loro regina, in possesso della pietra di Kandaria (che Ash aveva dimenticato nel XIX secolo). Dopo aver liberato i prigionieri, Ash affronta e sconfigge la regina dei Deadite, che riacquista forma umana e si rivela essere Trisha.

Epilogo
Ash tenta di usare la pietra di Kandaria per riportare la città alle sue condizioni originali, ma per sbaglio apre un altro vortice temporale e finisce nella Cina del Medioevo, più precisamente durante l'attacco dei Mongoli guidati da Gengis Khan (1211-1218). Ash viene catturato e racconta la sua storia ad una guardia (quella del prologo), che comunque non capisce niente di ciò che dice. I cinesi decidono di usare la pietra di Kandaria per uccidere Gengis Khan, ma il piano viene interrotto dal ritorno dell'entità, che possiede la guardia di Ash e alcuni samurai nelle vicinanze. Liberatosi, Ash uccide la guardia e ingaggia battaglia contro i samurai, mentre il gioco finisce in una dissolvenza.

Accoglienza
Le critiche sono state miste. GameRankings e Metacritic hanno votato rispettivamente 63.37% e 55/100 la versione PlayStation 2, 61.71% e 58/100 quella Xbox.

Curiosità
La stazione televisiva KLA2 è un riferimento al film Ultimatum alla Terra; la pronuncia è infatti "Klaatu", come quella del nome del protagonista del film.

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