tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-64426408531527161102024-03-26T10:59:13.034-07:00jlopezmbUnknownnoreply@blogger.comBlogger176125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442640853152716110.post-42422208113407018922019-10-27T15:30:00.001-07:002021-11-30T13:02:21.896-08:00Apple Fritter Recipe by Barbara Tuemp<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Here is the Apple Fritter recipe by Barbara Tuemp<br />
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Recipe: <br />
1/2 cup sugar<br />
1 cup salted butter<br />
1/4 cup milk powder (or 2 cups whole milk - but take this volume out of the 1 litre lukewarm water )<br />
2 1/2 Tbsp salt<br />
1 Tbsp instant dry yeast ( you can also use regular yeast)\<br />
2 eggs (optional)<br />
12 cups All-Purpose Unbleached flour ( do not use cake flour )<br />
1 liter lukewarm water<br />
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Mix to dough consistency, knead 5 min.,let rise til double, punch down<br />
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Cut into 350 g pieces, do not handle, and let rise again to double<br />
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Peel, core and slice apples (cultivars: Empire or Spartan or combo ), about 2 per 350 g piece, and put in light lemon water to prevent browning.<br />
<br /></span><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Barbara also said that Red Delicious apples are good to use for apple fritters. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">But I protested that I have read so many times red delicious becomes mushy!</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Barbara said those are the red delicious you get in the supermarkets already coated with sheen. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Red delicious after the first frost in the orchard are good for apple fritters and for keeping (storage) Barbara does not use Granny Smiths because they burn. </span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">Back to the recipe</span></div><div style="background-color: white; color: #222222;"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;">
Chop apples and 1/4tsp cinnamon into dough pieces, place on tray and let rise again.<br />
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Heat oil (canola or peanut or any oil with a high smoking point) to 365 degrees. Do not use olive oil.<br />
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Scoop about 1 cup of apple mix into oil, turn over. When evenly brown, take out and place on draining screen.<br />
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When cool enough to handle cover with icing and drain again.<br />
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Icing: Icing sugar mixed with hot water to gravy consistency.<br />
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If you have any questions for Barbara regarding the recipe, please email me at telljosephlopez2@gmail.com and I will relay both question and answer.</span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span></div><div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on"><span style="background-color: white; color: #222222; font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: large;">If you want the audio file of my radio interview with Barbara, I can send it to you by WeTransfer. Please e-mail me your e-mail address. No charge.</span><span style="font-family: georgia; font-size: large;"><br /></span>
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<a href="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1iBwHoXaBqI/W1pqLtf3QdI/AAAAAAAACQ0/mrsIGnpJlNoyqgeL81LXbegb-0jM_Ae1ACLcBGAs/s1600/A%2BHealthy%2BDiet%2BSupports%2BYour%2BHearing.png" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="335" data-original-width="640" src="https://4.bp.blogspot.com/-1iBwHoXaBqI/W1pqLtf3QdI/AAAAAAAACQ0/mrsIGnpJlNoyqgeL81LXbegb-0jM_Ae1ACLcBGAs/s1600/A%2BHealthy%2BDiet%2BSupports%2BYour%2BHearing.png" /></a></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">From
physique and brain power to overall staying prowess, we know what we eat is a
linchpin to our health. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>You are
what you eat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">What
most people don’t realize is that our diet has also a say in our hearing.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">What
You Eat</span></b></div>
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<br /></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As
reported by the American Academy of Audiology (1), a University of Florida
Gainesville research by C. Spankovich and C. G. Le Prell found “a significant
relationship between dietary nutrient intake and susceptibility to acquired
hearing loss is emerging.” </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">A
review of literature by Spankovich and Le Prell indicates (2): </span></div>
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<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Vitamin A increased dietary intake were associated with decreased
prevalence of hearing impairment in older individuals</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Vitamin B Folic Acid slowed progression of age-related hearing loss at
low frequencies</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">There is a positive relationship between Vitamin C intake and hearing
sensitivity </span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Increased intake of vitamin E has been linked to better hearing in a
cross-sectional analysis</span></li>
<li><span style="font-family: "symbol"; font-size: 14.0pt;"><span style="mso-list: Ignore;">·<span style="font: 7.0pt "Times New Roman";">
</span></span></span><span dir="LTR"></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Cross-sectional data suggests a positive relationship between Magnesium
intake and hearing sensitivity.</span></li>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
must be pointed out that there are other studies which failed to detect a
statistically significant relationship for the above findings.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In addition, other analyses suggest beneficial
effects are higher for adults 60 years and older.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Diametrically
opposite to vitamins and minerals, higher carbohydrate intake, fat intake, and
cholesterol intake are correlated with negative hearing outcomes. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A number of studies concluded “there is an
increased risk for hearing loss in adults with higher glycemic index (an index
of carbohydrate quality) and glycemic load (an index of both quality and
quantity), as well as higher total carbohydrate intake.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Participants
in the Spankovich and Le Prell cross-sectional analyses (2), whose diets were
aligned with US Dietary Guidelines for Americans, had better hearing at higher
frequencies (3, 4, 6, and 8 kHz) – see <a href="https://www.choosemyplate.gov/dietary-guidelines"><i>2015-2020 Dietary Guidelinesfor Americans</i></a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This site
with the moniker My Plate has food and beverage selection </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">tips
that reflect one’s personal preferences, values, traditions, culture, and
budget. Parameters incorporated are age, gender, height and current
weight.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The info in My Plate is nothing
new except an emphasis on variation of proteins and vegetables.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Don’t stick to a few. <span style="mso-font-kerning: 18.0pt;">Eating salmon and blueberries most of the time is dicey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span>Each food or beverage item has
something to contribute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Spankovich
and Le Prell concluded “</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">healthy eating strategies may benefit patients
with respect to preserved higher frequency thresholds, although the
correlations presented in the study do not establish causal relationships.”</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">The earlier you start
on eating healthy the better – at the benefits accrue over time with
significant effects realized after a considerable period of consistency in
dietary consumption.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This means better
hearing inspite of aging.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">How Much You Eat</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">But it is not just what we eat that counts; it is
also how much we ingest (3).</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Several investigations show with age; our bodies
produce more free radicals leading to aging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Free radicals are suspected to play a role in age-associated decline of our
delicate hearing mechanism. Most adults register some degree of hearing loss
after 60 years or more.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">A study conducted at the University of
Wisconsin-Madison associated the <i>amount</i> of food we eat and our lifespan.
Researchers found an enzyme called Sirt3 produced by the body has a </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">strong mechanistic link </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">mitigating
the aging effect of free radicals.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If we
eat less than our “normal” daily volume of calories, the body increases its
levels of Sirt3 that combat free radical damage.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Eating less mean most likely more Sirt3 enzymes,
slowing aging.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Consequently, eating less
might mean you’ll hear better - longer.</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Why You Eat</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Ultimately what matters is why we eat.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Do we eat to survive?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">To enjoy the “small” pleasures of life?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Or to be healthy?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">If health matters most - including being able
to hear as we grow older - we will look at what is on our plate with more
planning from the mind, rather than our taste buds.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Which leads us to another question - does the
sense of hearing affect our taste?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Stay
tuned!</span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Advisory</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Check with your physician and nutritionist before
adding any supplements or customizing your diet.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">If you think you may have hearing loss, have a
full hearing evaluation from a </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; text-decoration: none;">hearing healthcare
professional</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">An all-expense paid trip!
A book character named after you!
These were the prizes WestBow Press gave to the reader who most
successfully promoted the newest installment of their Women of Faith fiction
series. Details and publicity
suggestions to help readers promote Alaska Twilight, a suspense novel by
Colleen Coble, were made available at the author’s web site
(www.colleencoble.com). <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Creative? In book
publishing, yes—but in the television business, it is a well-known strategy.
Coble´s publicist adapted another medium´s campaign. Instead of a TV
appearance, she offered volunteer publicists a novelty: the opportunity to
appear as a character in a Christian novel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Creative publicity strategies are approaches that differ from
or add a new twist to popular or traditional promotional campaigns. You can
come up with new ways to publicize your books too. You do not have to inherit a
bent for creativity. If you think you
are not the creative type, perhaps the following steps can help. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Would you
like a cup of tea?<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Some say creativity is completely spontaneous, with no rules
or guidelines. Others say it is a matter of focus. I say creativity is like the
process of brewing tea. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> White, Green,
Oolong or Black?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">What tea do you prefer to drink? Why? There are lists that
rank the oxidation of tea leaves from zero to maximum. Your criteria for
choosing tea might be different, but the key is: do you know what you like
about that tea? Do you know your book?
Have you explored the pages to catch topics or themes that may be used
as marketing tools? Little details lead
to big ideas. What angles can you explore in your product? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Good tea undergoes steeping. Creativity requires a period of
incubation. Let the quest for ideas brew
in your mind. You do not have to think
about your creative issue 24/7. In fact, performing unrelated tasks can help.
As you shop, go for a walk, or do other things, be on the lookout for ideas to
inform your product marketing. Jot down your
thoughts.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Expect periods of mental blankness. Do not be frustrated. In due time, there will be a creative flash
or a gradual insight.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Straining<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Bear this in mind, the mesh of deadlines, budget, marketing
goals and cultural norms has a way of reshaping and reforming creativity to
make your ruminations more pragmatic and successful. Welcome them!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Blending Additives<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Lemon, sugar, milk, honey, herbs, fruit jams or tapioca? There are no set rules on what you can add to
enhance the flavor of your tea. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Incentive programs bring in customers. It helps to see what others are doing – radio
programs, supermarket handouts, video stores, dry cleaners, or pizza
shops. Look at other cultures and
industries. Go into the Web. Creativity begets creativity, and the Web has
plenty of examples that you can tailor to your publicity plans.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">How about tea and ginger or cinnamon? Perhaps you can pair up your book with
another item; a Bible and a devotional in one package might sell better than
just the devotional alone. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> Serving Tea<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It is delightful to behold a tea tray with a variety of finger
foods: scones, sweets or petite sandwiches.
In book publicity, you do not need just one big idea. You can have several creative campaigns. For example, if possible offer a selection of
authors on a particular subject. A book
on prayer by one author might appeal to one reader, but not to another. Each book might require its own creative
tweak.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<b><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Coffee
Please<o:p></o:p></span></b><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Not everyone drinks tea.
You will have critics of your creative publicity strategies. That is the nature of doing something
different, not necessarily new. Do not
expect success immediately. Not all concepts
will work. The C in creativity stands
for courage. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Remember, though, that in the end reading the book is the
final incentive. No matter how creative
you are in publicizing the book, in offering ¨talk value¨, it is the ¨reading
value¨, which will generate long-term sales. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Note:</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "Georgia",serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">This article was published in the Interlit Magazine on September
2006. Interlit is an international
quarterly print magazine distributed globally to publishers and printing corporations. Interlit was published by Cook Communications Ministries
International based in Colorado Springs, Colorado USA<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442640853152716110.post-83740515367695339252017-12-29T13:17:00.001-08:002017-12-29T13:23:09.518-08:00TAIWAN’S PINEAPPLE PASTRY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">I never seen or heard of it until my friend from Taiwan,
James shared the Chia Te (or Jiande) Pastry cakes.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The Chia Te pastry cakes are really square
bars filled with a fruit paste – similar to the shape and appearance of Fig
Newton Bars.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Except the Chia Te bars
completely enclosed the filling and is individually beautifully wrapped – then
encased in gift boxes which you carry in glossy tote bags.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">You get the picture of the attention and care
given?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Chia Te's Bakery (or Jiade Bakery) was established
in Taipei in 1975 and is known for its pineapple pastry. Why pineapple? Did you know that Taiwan was the third
largest exporter of pineapples in the world in the 60s and early 70s. (As of 2010, the top three pineapple growers
are Brazil, Costa Rica and the Philippines).
Then the online revolution came along and now the island country is an
electronics/IT hotbed.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Pineapple became a surplus setting the motion for
local chefs to concoct ways on how to make use of the tropical fruit. Hence, the birth and evolution of the
pineapple cake also known as pineapple pastry, pineapple shortbread, pineapple
tart, or “</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "ms gothic"; font-size: 14.0pt;">鳳梨酥</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">
fèng lĺ su”. <o:p></o:p></span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">I think the more accurate terminology is pineapple
squares or fruit squares.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Chia Te offers a variety of pastry and delicacies,
including pineapple pastry, cranberry pineapple pastry, egg yolk pineapple
pastry (my fave), wife cake (see http://www.scmp.com/article/999237/wife-cakes
Wife cakes</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">), milk cake, sun cake and nougat.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The company's cranberry pineapple cake has been
selected one of "Taipei's Top Ten Gifts" - a must for tourists</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">What makes the pastry worth writing about? The delicious crust is made from butter, and the cream
they use is high-quality import from New Zealand. The filling for the pineapple flavor is
really a well-experimented trial and error version of a blend of pineapple and
winter melon. Pure pineapple filling is
too tart and fibrous – although the inclusion of winter melon is considered a degradation
of quality by some local bakers.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">Fortunately, their web site www.chiate88.com in
Chinese has an English translation feature. </span><span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">If you are
in Taipei, visit the Bakery at: </span></span><br />
<span style="font-weight: normal;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">No. 88, Section 5, Nanjing East Rd, Taipei 105, Taiwan </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Tel:</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">+886 2 8787 8186</span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">For reviews
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;"><a href="https://www.tripadvisor.ca/ShowUserReviews-g293913-d2367323-r163141113-Chia_Te_Bakery-Taipei.html">BestPineapple Tarts in Taiwan, and possibly the world</a></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">There are
other bakery brands worth trying as well see:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<a href="http://city543.com/taipei/2014/04/02/pineapple-cakes/" style="font-family: Georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt; font-weight: normal;">The Who’s Who of Taiwan’s Pineapple Cake Industry</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I met Mary C Brown who looked like in
her 80s at St. James Anglican Church in downtown Vancouver last September 3<sup>rd</sup>
Sunday after the service. Originally
from England, Mary has been with the church since 1960.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">During tea and coffee time with Costco
croissants at the Rectory, Mary mentioned she brings Cereal Cookies to the
church occasionally. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">She gladly shared the recipe. October 15<sup>th</sup> Sunday, I
rendezvoused with her at the church and she gave me a tin of the Cereal Cookies. The cookies were, as Mary warned,
crumbly. The cookies were good and
healthy to eat in a cookie sort of way with all those cereals. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>“I often make double the quantity, as they are so good, and
keep well. I cook on two shelves. This quantity makes about 40 cookies. I
sometimes add dried fruit, ginger, or chocolate chips.<o:p></o:p></i></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><i>I do not know who Molly is, but was given the recipe by a
hospice volunteer, and it is always greeted with acclaim. It tends to be rather
crumbly, so I either leave out some of the dry content, or add slightly more
oil. I have found that I have to adjust different ovens to find the right heat.”</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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lined ungreased cookie sheets. Bake at 325 - 350 degrees for 15 minutes. Turn off
oven and let sit for 4 minutes.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A recipe with a similar name Homemade Cookie Cereal - but
different from the above in most ingredients can be viewed at <a href="https://thestayathomechef.com/homemade-cookie-cereal/">The Stay at Home Chef</a>’s web site. This site has a video on how to make the
Cookie Cereal. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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in milk, just like breakfast cereals in milk.
<i>Now why didn’t I think of that?</i><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0303 E Cordova St, Vancouver, BC V6A 1L4, Canada49.2824721 -123.0972662000000423.7604376 -164.40586020000003 74.8045066 -81.788672200000036tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442640853152716110.post-89065315247846083702017-09-20T21:44:00.000-07:002017-09-20T21:49:30.770-07:00BLACKBERRY COMPOTE AND BLACKBERRY TEA at the Riverview TreeFest<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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an Annual Treefest to bring attention to their mission to preserve and protect
the Lands and Trees of the Riverview Hospital complex.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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created western Canada’s first botanical garden and arboretum on the Essondale Hospital
grounds, now called Riverview Hospital.
Located in Coquitlam British Columbia, the Arboretum is a collection of
specimens from all over the world.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;">September 10th 2017 was the 24th year of the
Treefest. An on-going tradition was to
serve blackberry tea and blackberry compote on cake – the berries being
harvested from Finnie’s Garden within Riverview.</span><br />
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then add 12 cups of fresh blackberries to give
texture to final compote<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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types of berries but I haven’t tried.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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with Blackberry Compote - topped with a swirl of whipped cream (CAD$3.50). Verdict? Good with the Berries Blend Herbal Tea
(CAD$0.50).</span><br />
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tea store simply called T’s – see their web site <a href="http://www.onceuponatealeaf.com/">www.onceuponatealeaf.com</a>. This year there was no pure blackberry tea so
she had to settle with a blend which contains the blackberry essence together
with bilberry, elderberry and more. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One morning I had it on waffles – not a good pairing as I
thought it would be because the waffles did not defuse the tartness of the
compote. Took some compote with me to a bakery – saw the cheesecake but decided on the French Crullers. Better, </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Next time I will try the Blackberry Compote with vanilla ice cream,
grilled pork, baked salmon, perhaps pancakes, French Toast, oatmeal, cheesecake,
banana-blueberry bread or even low-fat sour cream. Any other pairing ideas?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com02601 Lougheed Hwy, Coquitlam, BC V3C 4J2, Canada49.2505581 -122.8062893999999723.7285236 -164.11488339999997 74.7725926 -81.497695399999969tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442640853152716110.post-76135579925890864282017-07-30T13:57:00.000-07:002017-07-30T14:54:55.759-07:00Scone Queen Reigns in Vancouver<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It
was at a Bakers’ Market in South Vancouver that I had tons of choices when it
comes to wheat and sometimes gluten free belly.
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">So
I bought several items to go. And among
five purchases, one stood out, the scones from the Scone Queen. The scones were exceptional. I will explain below. So I decided it was time six months later to
educe my adoration for Scone Queen’s scones.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Scone Queen is Tara Lee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tara
told me that she </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">grew up eating scones her Poh Poh (maternal
grandmother) made. At age six, she would
watch and “help” grandma work on the dough. Tara said, “I have a strong association
between scones and comfort, which is one of the reasons I love them so much.
That, and the fact that they taste so good, especially with lots of butter,
jam, and sometimes clotted or whipped cream.”<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Tara’s
grandmother migrated in the 1930s from a small village in </span><strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Méixiàn</span></strong><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"> (or </span><em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Moiyan</span></em><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">) China to Cape Town, South
Africa to marry Tara’s grandfather. Tara
recounts, “Poh Poh ran a general store in Cape Town to help support her brood
of five children. At first, Poh Poh was
incredibly lonely due to being cut off from friends and family in China, but
eventually made new friends with the extremely tight knit Hakka Chinese
community, as well as the neighbors. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">One of them was a Scottish woman who
taught Tara’s grandma how to make scones. The concept of baking was very
foreign to Tara’s grandmother, so Poh Poh had to ask for a lot of clarification
for instructions that the Scottish woman thought were obvious. Eventually, she
caught on, and scones became one of her favorite things to make. Poh Poh made
plain, raisin, blueberry, cheese, cheese and chive.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Apartheid
South Africa was unbearable. Tara’s
grandparents and kids (including Tara’s mom) migrated to Canada in 1967. So in a nutshell, that is how a Scottish
lady’s scone recipe from South Africa arrived in Canada. At 102 years old, Tara’s Poh Poh is well
today but no longer bakes.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">I
asked Tara:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">J: What
are the ups and downs of learning and baking scones?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">T: Scones
seem relatively simple to make, but, actually can turn out badly if you're not
careful. The key is not to play with the dough too much, which will make them
hard and heavy. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Your touch needs to be fairly light, and you must not overwork
them. You also have to make sure the butter is cold, and that the chunks of
butter in the dough aren't too big, or too small. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Finally, you want to add
enough liquid (milk) so that the dough stays together, but you don't want it to
be too wet either. It's basically all about balance.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">J: What
really makes a good scone?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">T: A
good scone should be light and flaky, with a fairly delicate texture. It should
hold together fairly well versus breaking apart when you cut or break them
open. It should also be buttery and not overly dry. In other words, it should
not taste or feel like a hockey puck.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">J: How
different are your scones from the ones you can buy in other bakeries?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">T: When
people buy my scones, the scones have always been made only a few hours before,
so they are very fresh. Many bakeries make big batches, whereas I make very
small-scale lots. Scone quality tends to go down the larger the scale. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">J: Have
you created invented your own variety of scone?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">T: My
scones use my grandmother's recipe, as learned from the Scottish woman in South
Africa. The various types I make are based on flavor combos I have had
elsewhere, as well as flavor combinations that I personally like. For example,
cardamom is one of my favorite spices, so I use it in one of my scone types.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">J: How
long did it take you to master the craft?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">T: I
have been making scones my whole life, so I cannot say exactly how long it has
taken me. I suppose that I have become especially good at making them over the
last few years, after my grandmother stopped and other family members had to
take over making them.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">J: How
did you come up with the business name Scone Queen?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">T: I associate
scones with England, elegant afternoon tea, and the Queen. I wanted to draw
upon this association, as well as indicate that I believe that I am a queen or
expert at making them (I say modestly).<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">J: How
many kinds of scones can you bake? What are they?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">T: I
have tried all sorts of flavor combos, but I am currently making:<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Aged
Cheddar and Chive, Aged Cheddar and Apple, Cardamom and Currant, White
Chocolate and Dried Sour Cherry. In the
future, I might play around with making and selling other flavor combos, like
goat cheese and pear, or feta and spinach. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">J: What
are the most popular scones with men, with women, with children? Why?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">T: Children
tend to like the sweet scones, most especially the white chocolate and dried
sour cherry. Some men, who have less of a sweet tooth, really like the ones
with cheddar. I have made ones with onion and bacon, and those were popular
with the men. Women often like the cardamom and currant, especially with tea. Overall,
though, the aged cheddar and chive are by far the crowd favorite, irrespective
of age or gender.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">As
for moi, I had to try all four scones Tara mentioned earlier. First, what makes </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tara’s
scones outstanding is the dough: buttery, a bit crumbly but still holds, and
certainly not bready or dense as the ones in bakeries. Now I know what she means when she said you
have to hand knead the dough with care and getting the right feel. It shows. The top and bottom are golden crusty. </span><span class="bod"><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The inside is supple with the flavorings scattered
all over. Certainly not like a hockey
puck.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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White Chocolate and Dried Sour Cherry scones were an excellent balance of sweet
and sour. Do not spread butter or
anything else. By itself, this is one of
the best scones I ever had. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Aged Cheddar
and Chive (image below) was fragrant, colorful with bits of yellow cheese and dark green
chive specks. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Personally, I prefer the
pair of Aged Cheddar and Apple (image below) which was very applely. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">Cardamom and Currant (image below) work well together like a
good marriage – the potent domination of the cardamom is subdued by the sweet
slight acidity of the currant. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">According
to a great blog </span><a href="http://www.savvyeat.com/" style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">www.savvyeat.com</a><span style="font-family: georgia, serif; font-size: 14pt;">, to
freeze scones well “Fold a paper towel so that it fits the bottom of a plastic
container. Place the scones on top, and then add the lid.” You can
keep it in the freezer up to three months.
I find the best way to warm it up is to let the scone thaw, split it in
half horizontal wise, place it in a pan on stove top in low heat, cover with a
peaking lid, for a few minutes. Touch
for warmth. Flip for a couple of
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">To order
Scone Queen’s scones, e-mail Tara at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;"><a href="mailto:sconequeenyvr@gmail.com" target="_blank">sconequeenyvr@gmail.com</a></span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">. Each scone costs $2.50. I had to pick up mine from Tara’s Vancouver
home. She sells in some special events
markets. To find out which markets,
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This article was originally published by the International Association of Business Communicators - see <a href="http://www.iabc.com/cwb/archive/2004/1104/global.htm">http://www.iabc.com/cwb/archive/2004/1104/global.htm</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: large; line-height: 107%;">Did</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> you know an Intranet could actually be more global than
the Internet? The interactions within an
intranet are more intense and frequent, and anonymity is replaced with
specificity-your real name, job title
and location. Company management often believes that a unified employee
communication intranet site will foster a community, a shared corporate culture
and a universal standard. </span></div>
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(identified here as belonging to Company A and Company B) reveals that today's
reality may fall short.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Rather than building a global corporate culture, intranets are
really exporting the headquarters' corporate culture.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Today, the majority of intranets are touting the messages and
values of the Internet. headquarters' country and culture. Two of the world's
multinational giants, Company A and Company B, both based in the U.S., have
intranets that use American metaphors and jargon. Global standards and
guidelines for corporate writing are based on American spelling and word usage.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A recent article on Company A's intranet page featured an
engineer who had completely transitioned from a man to a woman. The article was
published online as part of Gay Pride Month. There were references to Company
A's Gay, Lesbian, Bisexual and Transgender Employees Association. This may be
regular news fodder in some countries, but is certainly a novelty in other
locations where Company A operates. The global reaction? Zilch, nada.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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better to keep your opinions to yourself. Or perhaps it just doesn't faze most
people nowadays who have access to internet's
more sizzling offerings.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A strong tolerance of ambiguity for other cultural
and social values so long as these actions are localized somewhere else (not in
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Fascination with other cultural ways and
practices, even when these practices are considered social taboos elsewhere<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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not directly affect the professional, personal life or patriotic feelings of
the employee.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Go ahead, be daring in your intranet communications (with the
consent of the subject; after all an intranet is not a public news medium).
Practice an informal way of dealing with hierarchy and showcase egalitarianism.
You can hardly go wrong. If you do, corrections can be made in a second, and
this is globally acceptable.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">One way to internationalize the intranet is to create a
regular discussion forum on cross-cultural issues, and eventually, this forum
will affect the editorial and chat guidelines.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I recently interviewed a Company B employee and asked him to describe
the intranet community he is involved in. He emphasized the heavy usage of
real-time online chats and e-mails. One of the company's requirements for usage
is that the individual posting a message must be able to write in English, not
fluently, but cogently. To do so, Company B offers English language classes on
its sites. Online discourse is divided based on English fluency, resulting in
inequitable participation.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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a virtual office information exchange (be it one-on-one or a group effort) that
resolves technical issues. What is paramount to Company B's intranet
consultations is arriving at a solution and ultimately the preservation of the
individual and team's relevance within the organization.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">An intranet can create an online community similar to that of
a real office: The whole staff will bond and be looking out for the interests
of others. As one intranet user remarked, "It's all business communications.
Community? I guess it depends on your definition." If you adopt the
philosophy that an intranet is a business communication tool with
human-interest stories, then you will be on your way to intranet success.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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presentations and checks and balances. Use standardizations to overcome
differences in data format and wording.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The presentation of information is a major concern with global
intranets. Let's start with the issue of names. In Mexico, the maternal name is placed last
and one's paternal last name is positioned in the middle. Hence, Anita Charisma
Bermudez of Mexico will actually be listed as Anita Bermudez Charisma in the
Philippines. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My Chinese colleague signs his name as Wang Hua. Initially, Iwas calling him Wang. It turns that out his first name was Hua. So
should a letter be addressed to Mr. Wang or Mr. Hua? Companies should clearly
present this information on their online systems, perhaps by suggesting the
correct means of address.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">An English colleague of mine had a perplexing time proving his
birth date to his U.S. counterpart. The U.S. is based on month/day/year system
while European convention is day/month/year.
His British documentation
indicates 05/04/64, which didn't match the date he had typed in his U.S.
online form, 04/05/64.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sometimes, the exactness of numerical data can be
disorienting. Certain countries use dots instead of commas or commas instead of
dots. So 31.000 in Brazil is actually 31,000 in the U.S., and 31,000 in South
Africa actually means 31.000 in the U.S. Keep these differences in mind when
relaying information through your global intranet.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Spell check is a useful global tool to ensure consistency by
providing you with the options to 'ignore' or 'replace all.' But proceed with
caution. Remember Mr. Wang? Well, as a final edit, he decided to spell check an
e-mail letter addressed to Trish. He mistakenly replaced all mentions of Trish
with the correct spelling Trash and sent the message on its way. This may seem
obvious (and funny) to a fluent speaker, but maybe not by someone learning a
new language. Fortunately, Trish was professional about the obvious oversight
and did not give Mr. Wang a problem.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Also, keep in mind that there are three forbidden words in a
global intranet: "yesterday,'' "today" and "tomorrow."
I think you know why. Company A instructs anyone in its intranet universe to
use Pacific Standard Time. You guessed right, Company A is based in California.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The examples listed here are but the tip of the iceberg. We
have not even touched on word choice, use of humor, formalities, gender
differences, imperative vs. polite tones, idioms and slang, etc.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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dissemination, complexities can be shared and overcome. One can also invest in
native-language interfaces and online help desks.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Joseph Lopez is an international strategic planner and communications consultant. His e-mail is writetojosephlopez@yahoo.com</span></div>
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This article was originally published by the International Association of Business Communicators -see <a href="http://www.iabc.com/cwb/archive/2005/0305/international.htm">http://www.iabc.com/cwb/archive/2005/0305/international.htm</a><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: large;">Linda</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">, an American living abroad in a country with limited
merchandise, orders online for books, contact lenses and smoked ham. Her Dutch
husband buys from www.amazon.com and www.ebay.com because U.S.-based retail web
sites offer a wide range of goods at a cheaper price than their adopted
country, including lower import duties and lower shipping costs from U.S.-based
cargo carriers. </span><br />
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surprise her family back in Lima on special occasions with gifts, including
birthday cakes. But to do so from the U.S. requires planning, packaging and
time, and cakes are out of the question. Thanks to www.tortasperu.com.pe, a
network of housewives in seven Peruvian cities, Lourdes' relatives can receive
fresh, high-quality cakes in a timely manner.
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Welcome to the burgeoning field of marketing tangible goods
internationally through the Internet. Already, global e-commerce is used to
find information, software, financial advice, ticketless travel and music,
which can be downloaded directly to the customer's computer. Is the Internet really a viable
business-to-consumer (B2C) marketplace for non-downloadable consumer goods? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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percent of Internet users globally either have shopped online or plan to do so
within the next six months. Exactly how much of this shopping is domestic or
cross-border is unclear. However, a ComScore Networks study shows that 10 to 15
percent of e-commerce sales by U.S. retailers are to customers outside of the
U.S.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">At 32 percent, the United States has the highest percentage of
Internet users who shop online. South Korea, France and Norway are other
nations with a significant number of online shoppers. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">According to Internet audience measurement service comScore
Media Metrix, the top-selling product categories, excluding travel, are
computer hardware (US$2.3 billion), office supplies (US$1.5 billion), apparel
and accessories (US$1.3 billion), consumer electronics (US$716 million), home
and garden (US$442 million), music (US$193 million), furniture and appliances
(US$179 million), and toys (US$114 million). <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">These figures indicate potentially significant cross-border
revenues. Yet according to CyberSource, an e-commerce payment services
corporation, 41 percent of U.S. merchants do not accept overseas orders,
primarily because of fraud risks and the logistical complexity of filling
international orders. Interestingly, a 2003 VeriSign survey indicates that
almost half of fraud attempts come from the United States (47.8 percent), with
the rest made up of small percentages from various other countries.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Merchants are not the only ones concerned about international
Internet orders. There are two major concerns for any overseas buyer, whether
they are in the United States or the United Arab Emirates: <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Security of Card Transactions <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A 2002 annual report by TNS found that the biggest impediment
to cross-border e-commerce is concern about security. Almost one-third of
Internet users who have not shopped online stated that they were uneasy about
giving credit card details online. It is therefore crucial that merchants
inform online shoppers of security measures in place and the availability of
other online payment methods such as WorldPay (www.worldpay.com) and PayPal
(www.paypal.com). <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Postal pilferage and theft are rampant in many countries. In
addition, FedEx, DHL or UPS have rates that make shipping any product very
expensive. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">In many North American neighborhoods with a high concentration
of immigrants, there are shipping companies that reliably deliver packages to
towns and villages, and include local and foreign customs duties in their
charges. Marketing and promotional partnerships with these cargo companies
might prove lucrative. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The cases of Linda and Lourdes indicate that entrepreneurs on
both sides of a border can benefit from international e-commerce, despite
challenges like potential fraud attempts and logistics. However, from a U.S.-based standpoint, who do
we target, with fewer risks, and how? <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Linda is one of millions of Americans living overseas who
still carries a credit or debit card from a U.S. bank. While one is living in a
country where there is a dearth of U.S. products or where those products, if
available, are incredibly expensive, there will always be a strong need to
order online overseas. In some cities, organizations of expatriates have
created their own web sites. One way for them to generate organizational
funding is through paid links on these sites. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Low U.S. shipping costs are also an attractive selling point
for those far from home. Promotions like Amazon.com's new offer of unlimited
two-day shipping for an annual US$79 family membership will surely make the
online market more competitive. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">First-generation immigrants often have very strong ties to
their home countries, which means connecting not only through letters but also
through gifts. Advertising in multilingual media will help convert newcomers
into customers. Marketing and public relations work best when targeting select
groups. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On the other side of the coin, online merchants could also
consider appealing to home-country relatives who surf U.S.-based retail sites
and who might then send requests to their relatives living in the U.S.
Advertising in home-country media would also support outreach in the U.S. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">E-ready countries <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Economist's Economist Intelligence Unit has developed an
e-readiness ranking to indicate how conducive a country's business environment
is to Internet-based commercial opportunities. E-ready leaders in this ranking
are the U.S., Canada, Western Europe, Japan and Australia. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There are, however, many other countries ranked highly in The Economist’s
measurements, including Brazil and Venezuela in Latin America, South Korea and
Taiwan in East Asia, and Algeria, Egypt and South Africa on the African
continent. In many of these countries, people study English as the language of
commerce. This means they also surf English-language web sites. Advertising and
web sites that target this sector should be visual, detailed and descriptive,
and should use simple English, especially in payment instructions. These sites
should also explain concepts like 1-800 numbers, which might not be familiar to
an international audience. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Is the Internet a viable B2C marketplace for non-downloadable
consumer goods?<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Provided businesses carefully select a region to market to,
partner with local representatives and distributors, and exercise caution when
accepting orders from countries with a high risk of fraud, the answer is yes. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Joseph Lopez is an international strategic planner and
communications consultant. His e-mail is writetojosephlopez@yahoo.com<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442640853152716110.post-28357894757937628972017-05-04T18:30:00.000-07:002017-08-27T20:46:15.613-07:00SUPERB PORK RIBS in Hedley British Columbia<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">When I stayed at Hedley Inn in Hedley, the Inn Manager Judy
Turner was very hospitable.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">She invited
me to several meals she prepared including dinner on May 4</span><sup style="font-family: Georgia, serif;">th</sup><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">, 2017.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">It was one of the best "barbecued" pork
ribs.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">It really was not barbequed.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">Rather it was marinated in a Bar-B-Que sauce
plus other ingredients and baked in the oven.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">It did have one very unique element – see below in bold</span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Pork Ribs – a butcher told me back ribs have more
meat than side ribs – hence pricier<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Honey<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">½ onion sliced<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Bull’s Eye BBQ Sauce Honey Garlic Flavor<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 107%;"><b>Sweet
Chili Sauce for Chicken </b>(available in Asian stores)<b><o:p></o:p></b></span></div>
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</span></span><!--[endif]--><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A little bit of brown sugar - about ½ teaspoon to
taste<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Mix all of the above and marinate for several hours or
overnight in the refrigerator (best)<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Boil the mix - then slow cook in a crockpot or bake in </span><br />
<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">oven at
325 °F until done.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For the Sides: steamed rice and cole slaw. Surprisingly this was an outstanding trio.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Judy Turner’s cole slaw is a toss of shredded
green cabbage, purple cabbage, julienned carrots, and store-bought cole slaw
dressing.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Hedley, BC V0X 1K0, Canada49.357177000000007 -120.0765440000000123.835142500000007 -161.385138 74.879211500000011 -78.767950000000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442640853152716110.post-65084709443290763692017-05-01T20:13:00.000-07:002017-08-29T19:38:57.677-07:00HEDLEY BRITISH COLUMBIA<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">For a 5 day early summer holiday, I wanted to go out of
Vancouver BC – not too far but not too near.
Vancouver Island beckons and surrounding isles but the ferry rates are
inhibiting. You pay for the car and you
pay for the people in the car. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Whistler, Hope, Chilliwack, Flood, Merritt, Pemberton,
Littleton, even the Osoyoos and the famed Naramata winery bench have been
explored every inch. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Then I remembered passing by a small town that looked
interesting then – as I was driving from Keremeos back to Vancouver. I said to myself then that I would return and
see more of the place someday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So Hedley BC it was.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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around 400) in southern </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">British Columbia</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">, </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Canada</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">, named after </span><a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Robert_R._Hedley&action=edit&redlink=1" title="Robert R. Hedley (page does not exist)"><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Robert R. Hedley</span></a><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">, a mining smelter
manager. It is so quiet you hardly see a
soul walking on the dusty streets. Hedley
was big in the early 1900s as gold was discovered in the area.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Spend at least an hour in the <a href="https://sites.google.com/site/hedleyheritagemuseum/">Hedley Heritage Museum</a>
or read the town’s history in its web site </span><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">. </span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Viewing the Mascot Gold MInes at the Hedley Heritage Museum</td></tr>
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<span style="background-color: white; color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">At the museum’s deck is a telescope aimed at
the Mascot Gold Мines built on a steep mountainside. More details about the mines are in the <a href="http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/histoires_de_chez_nous-community_memories/pm_v2.php?id=story_line&lg=English&fl=0&ex=00000834&sl=9272&pos=1">Community Memories</a>.</span><br />
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you are in the mood for tea and a pie – the Museum’s charming café is the place
to be – if it is open.</span><br />
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good thing about Hedley is that it has an affordable hotel – the <a href="http://www.hedleyinn.ca/">Hedley Inn</a>.
</span><span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">How
about CAD$45 for a single room occupancy, albeit small, and shared
bathroom. However, with a kitchen and a
lounge to read – which can be all yours outside of the busy July – August summer
months - it is a deal. <o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Tanya has been serving at Hitching Post for years - and she does lunch by herself</td></tr>
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<span style="background: white; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Across
Hedley Inn’s entrance side is the destination hit </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"><a href="http://hitchingpostrestaurant.ca/">HitchingPost Restaurant</a></span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">. People from surrounding towns drive for the
menu. The Hitching Post building was one
of the first, erected in 1903 as a mining supply store. At that time, with the gold rush, Hedley was
a boomtown. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">When you go inside the restaurant look up at the tin pressed
ceiling. I did not see any horses
hitched at the Hitching Post. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I invited Hedley
Inn’s manager Judy Turner for lunch. We
had Seafood Spaghetti with scallops and prawns, which was doused with a very
heavy tomato cream sauce. The serving
was huge and came with a slab of garlic bread - CAD$16.50 for a large order. The Greek Pizza with red onions, peppers,
olives, feta & fresh tomatoes had definitely an almost burnt crust - CAD$14.00
for a 10 inch. Judy’s love - the Calamari
deep fried battered squid topped with chopped red onion and parsley - served
with Tzatziki - was crunchy and appetizing at CAD$10.00.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Across Hedley Inn’s porch side which still has signs of a
former café now turned into a suite for rent is the small but convenient and
reasonably priced Hedley Country Market store. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The nearest grocery outlets are about 20 km in either direction of
Highway 3. There is no public
transit. </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The Country Store has
everything you need to prepare a meal or indulge in some late night libation on
the porch. It must be the only place in
BC where you can drink alcohol publicly off the street.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Just off Highway 3, the other eatery in town is Nickelplate,
which only serves breakfast and lunch.
Although during the summer, they open for dinner on Mondays and Tuesdays
when the Hitching Post is closed.
Nickelplate shuts the door on Wednesdays. The eatery has an interior that is a C in
ambience. Sanford Tanaka is the very friendly
host and server. The meals are alright
and average in portions. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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antiquish stuff including a 1929 Plymouth.
They all belong to Rod Moncrieff (tel 250 502 7191) who has a door that
leads to the Black Light Art and Gallery.
Ask him to play the video about the now shuttered Mascot Mines </span><a href="https://www.facebook.com/rmoncrieff"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">https://www.facebook.com/rmoncrieff</span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;"> or
Rodney Collins Moncrieff.</span></span><br />
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It can be burning hot from May to September. The <a href="http://www.virtualmuseum.ca/sgc-cms/histoires_de_chez_nous-community_memories/pm_v2.php?id=story_line&lg=English&fl=0&ex=00000834&sl=9268&pos=1">20 Mile Creek</a> can be relaxing – I only did
0.5 of a mile along a swift creek. But
before you do so or after, go up the Hospital Hill – a very very low hill where
you can see the expanse of the town of Hedley engulfed on both sides by
mountains - the <span style="background: white;">Similkameen
Valley</span><o:p></o:p></span><br />
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but the web site with a good history of the town is still active.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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minute drive truly deserves its reputation for beef jerky. I love their bacon and ham. Stock some for the drive home. </span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Right next to Doug's Homestead is the oddly named one story
house-size West Hedley Mall. It is no
mall. It is actually a second-hand shop
of all sorts of stuff: books, lamps, clothes, curios, etc. run by a gentleman
with a cute dog.<o:p></o:p></span></span><br />
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<span style="color: #444444;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">If you want to buy beef direct from a rancher, drive 30
minutes to <a href="http://www.cliftonranch.com/">Clifton Ranch</a> – at the outskirt of Keremeos. Call ahead Brad and Dianne (Anne) Clinton to find out what is available. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">Tel 250 499 5180 e-mail: </span><a href="mailto:dclifton@nethop.net"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">dclifton@nethop.net</span></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;"> </span></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt; line-height: 107%;">I have two articles regarding Keremeos – see <a href="http://jlopezmb.blogspot.ca/2015/09/an-honest-sale-and-watermelon.html">An Honest Sale and a Watermelon</a> and <a href="https://www.blogger.com/blogger.g?blogID=6442640853152716110#editor/target=post;postID=572654412818963039;onPublishedMenu=allposts;onClosedMenu=allposts;postNum=1;src=link">K-Cafe</a>.</span></span><br />
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Hedley, BC V0X 1K0, Canada49.357177000000007 -120.0765440000000123.835142500000007 -161.385138 74.879211500000011 -78.767950000000013tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442640853152716110.post-56497581610799410262017-02-12T17:59:00.000-08:002017-02-12T18:05:21.655-08:00FRIENDLINESS AT EVERY TURN<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">The people I met in my holiday at the Sunshine Coast, British Columbia, Canada have been very friendly. I was asking a gas attendant where I can get
cheap but good breakfast – he said Tim Hortons and at that point a man came in
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">After leaving home at 11 am to ensure me and my car would have
a slot, I boarded the 1 pm ferry boat at Horseshoe Bay to sail to Langdale
terminal 45 minutes away. From Langdale,
I drove for around an hour the length of the Sunshine Coast Highway to the very
end Earl’s Cove where I had to board another ferry to Saltery Bay, 30 minutes
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">It was a dark December 5:30ish when we disembarked and I was
hungry. Thankful I had data. I was able to find online an interesting
sounding place to eat, <a href="https://www.facebook.com/Skeeterjacksoutback/">Skeeters Jacks</a>, which turned out to be popular among the
locals. Tonight was the first of my
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Vanessa was the welcoming server who served the last beef ribs special for the night.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">It was good.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">But the tempting selection of cheesecakes and
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">When I left Vancouver at around 1 pm, my ultimate destination
was literally the end of the road, the end or beginning of Highway 101 (also called Sunshine Coast Highway) which is tiny <a href="http://www.lundbc.ca/">Lund</a>, British Columbia.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><br />
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boardwalk to Boardwork. I had to ask the
guidance of the receptionist at the Historic Lund Hotel.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Fish and Chips in Marpole and downtown Vancouver. The couple decided to sell Pickwick’s and move
up northwest. During summer their new place
is as busy as Mong Kok!<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Boardwalk’s Fish and Chips has the most golden, crispy
delightful crust coating fresh fish fillets (halibut, pacific cod or salmon). Dipped in their fabulous tartar sauce, the
marriage is bliss in your palette. <o:p></o:p></span><br />
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Inlet in 1926 but I do not know when it was actually built. They were built for a logging camp for the
loggers to stay in. Once here they were homes until about 1982. The one we have is the only surviving one and
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</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As
proof, you can see the aerial picture of all 5 bunkhouses in Lund inside the
restaurant of the <a href="http://lundhotel.com/">Historic Lund Hotel</a> and still spot the original Boardwalk. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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you dip at the end of Highway 101 facing the small harbor, you will see a marker
of Highway 101. Locals claim it is part of the same 101 road in the US that eventually connects with the <a href="http://brilliantmaps.com/pan-american-highway/">Pan-American Highway</a> which either ends in <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Quellón on Chiloé Island, Chile or </span>down <span style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; background-position: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-size: initial;">Ushuaia, Argentina</span> (which claims to be the
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true. Highway 101 is strictly within
Canada, within the Sunshine Coast, and does not connect with US Route 101. US Route 101 does not even reach close to the
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Somewhat
of an explanation see <a href="http://southernconeguidebooks.blogspot.ca/2013/08/a-coastal-road-trip-from-canada-to-chile.html">A Coastal Road Trip, From Canada to Chile?</a> which basically debunks Lund’s claim as the end or start, or being part of the
imaginary Pacific Coastal Highway. Except
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most famous frequent visitor is singer Michael Buble who built a home facing the harbour for his
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0Lund, BC, Canada49.9817127 -124.7590953999999849.9612907 -124.79943589999998 50.002134700000006 -124.71875489999998tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442640853152716110.post-50232082952860180782017-02-11T17:30:00.000-08:002017-02-25T18:25:12.994-08:00MANIFEST EMILY<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Townsite who kindly showed me the exteriors of his house and the garden at the
back.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">I asked him for a recommendation
for a breakfast place.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">He uttered “Magpie’s”
which is in Cranberry, a suburb adjacent to Townsite.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">It was a quick 10-minute drive.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">My Magpie’s Not-So-Big Breakfast ~ Cad$ 10.00 consisted of 1 large egg, hashbrowns, 1 slice of toast, 1 pork sausage,
1 bacon slice and 1 slice Canadian back bacon. If you double everything, for
an additional Cad$ 4.00, it’s called Magpie’s Big Breakfast. The diner claims to make everything from
scratch, though I think the hashbrowns and bread were too perfect in shape –
the kind you get from a supplier. It was
alright which included a tiny paper tub sampler of their in-house made
blackberry jam. When it’s that small –
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was now functioning as the cashier talked with a couple about the overnight
snow now all over. Emily said, “We need
to manifest the snow.” Manifest the
snow? Never heard of that before. So curious me asked Emily did she really say “manifest”? As in “reveal” the snow? "Show" the snow? What did she mean? She laughed and explained she often listens
to self-help radio programs where often the advise is to <a href="https://blogs.psychcentral.com/relationships/2014/04/3-steps-to-emotionally-resonate-and-manifest-your-dreams-and-aspirations/">self-manifest</a> as in to
see the inner self and accept who you are.
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slowing down effects in commute, the need to shovel the sidewalk, etc. etc.
and go on with day to day life. Let us
manifest ("accept") the snow. Let us manifest the idiosyncrasies
of life.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Note: Magpie's Diner used to be located inside the Rodmay Heritage Hotel in Powell River's Townsite</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The <a href="http://www.powellrivertownsite.com/">Powell River Historic Townsite</a> is a marvelous step back in
time, a Hollywood set of small town North America in the 1910s. Except it’s alive with real residents
today. Boys and men shoveling snow. Mill workers reporting for work at the paper
mill, the reason why the Townsite was built 107 years ago. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The buildings and houses for several blocks
still stand albeit with remodeled interiors, although the first physician Dr.
Henderson’s house is being rehabilitated and is open to the public. Make sure you look at the sloping down
kitchen sink counter – what a practical design to keep the area dry</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">!</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I was in the Townsite at least three times. On the second visit, I was taking pictures
outside the 1929 </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Federal Building. The brick structure housed the Post Office,
Customs and Excise and the Canadian Telegraph operations until 1974. Now it is a brewery, aptly called the
Townsite Brewery. You can sample and buy
their bottles inside. Their Perfect Storm
brew is something to “brew” for!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">A lady postal carrier was passing
by and asked if I am looking for a good place to eat. Pleasantly surprised at her friendliness, and
it was lunchtime, I asked stupidly, “Can you tell I am a tourist?”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">On my third visit, I saw her
again and thanked her for recommending the café inside the 1931 former Bank of
Montreal. By the time you read this, a
yoga studio has replaced the eatery in the spacious (the size of a basketball
court) huge glass windows, high-ceilinged cavity with shiny hardwood floors cased
in by brick walls.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">We had a lovely chat and Sharlene
gave more suggestions on what to see in the Townsite. She told me there is a lady who works for the
Rodmay Hotel (first built in 1911 as Powell River Hotel) who may be willing to tour
me inside. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Sharlene was all-smiles, and
unobtrusively helpful. The world needs
more people like her.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Thank you Sharlene and hope we
reconnect when you get a chance to visit Vancouver.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">I have driven through the hotel the day before, right next to
the Paper Mill but I was not impressed.
Powell River Townsite is chockful of historic buildings and houses but
the <a href="http://www.rodmayheritagehotel.com/">Rodmay Heritage Hotel</a> looked run-down and I had no interest to walk in. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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suggested earlier in the day to ask for a tour from a female staff who lives in
the hotel. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">There is limited street parking alongside the hotel’s façade. To reach the hotel lobby, you have to walk up
a series of steps to a locked glass double door! So you have to park at the back of the
building. The way in is through the back
entrance door next to the liquor store.
There were pictures of the old hotel on the walls of the narrow
hallway. Further in led to a dark space,
which turned out to be the lobby. The
liquor store has a window counter to the hallway so I decided to chat a bit
with the male cashier. A short while
later, a staff-looking (by her attire) woman coming from the lobby passed by. I
asked her if she works for the hotel (“Yes”) and if she knows of a lady
employee who lives in the hotel who can give me a tour. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">“Well, I don’t live in the hotel, but I can give you a tour”,
said Irene Moss who later gave her name.
Irene, as House Manager, is the longest still-serving staff among a
handful. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Irene showed me around the dimly lit lobby with a well-adorned Christmas
tree near the fireplace. There was
one lady in an office working on a computer behind the unmanned reception
counter. On one side was the entrance to
a Café with 1960’s diner booths (not open to the public yet), and then another
door to the Pub (occasionally rented out but otherwise closed). </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Irene showed me the kitchen where we met the
new owner of the hotel, a 60ish gentleman from China, who was prepping the
staff Christmas dinner for the evening. </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The whole place was empty and quiet. Very quiet.
And this was noontime.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">As we climbed the grandish wooden double staircase, I asked,
“Are there any guests?” The response,
“None at the moment.” <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The rooms had mismatched bed covers which felt polyesterish. It was clean but more like staying in
someone’s guest room. At about CAD$60 a
night for two during winter (goes up to CAD$75 in summer), with your own
bathroom, this is the best bargain in the whole of Canada. That is if you do not mind the sight of a
mill with smoke stacks outside your window, and possibly hear occasionally the
passing of logging trucks, or the dull whir of machinery. </span></div>
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In 1917, the hotel was sold to Rod and May MacIntyre hence the name
Rodmay.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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rooms for now and added that in the past it was the brothel section.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">So for the finale, Irene led me back down the lobby to an
Executive Suite next to the front entrance, with its own living room and kitchen. This time the bedroom has that Marriott flair.
Table lamps were Tiffany-ish. One can
luxuriate in a freestanding bathtub.
Again, windows facing the mill, but the curtains with a sheer layer does
ensure privacy. CAD$125.00 per night for
two.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">Next time I am in Powell River, I will stay in Rodmay Hotel,
for a piece of history. Thank you Irene!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442640853152716110.post-25105847148528490192017-02-08T19:55:00.000-08:002017-02-25T20:02:52.337-08:00A SURPRISE IN EGMONT<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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morning at 7 am I needed to write a short document and e-mail it before end of
business day. But my plan was to leave
my hostel in Sechelt early by 8 am to drive an hour north to Earl’s Cove and
hike to nearby Skookumchuck Rapids, which will take most of daylight. In December, it goes dark by 4:30ish pm. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">The hostel did not have any terminals, and writing 300 words
on my android was possible but very inconvenient if not impractical. The only public library in the Sunshine Coast
in Sechelt will not open till 11 am. By
that time, half the day’s daylight is gone. What to do?
I weighed the alternatives. Take my
chances and drive up hoping I will encounter a community centre with a computer
connection and terminals though I saw nothing online. Alternatively, if a dead end, return by 1 pm to
the Sechelt Public Library cutting my excursion significantly. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt; line-height: 107%;">At the village of Egmont, just a few miles ways from Earls
Cove Ferry, and past the road that goes to the Rapids, I went inside Bathgate
General Store and Marina (tel 604 883 2222) and asked a young man what they
have for breakfast if any. Luke said he could make a sandwich for me. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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use for 20 minutes or so. To my
surprise, he said, “Why don’t you use the computer in the anteroom before you
enter the store?” And there it was a monitor
with a hard drive, internet connection and printer – at no charge! I did not notice it on my way in. The computer was installed and made available
for local fishermen to check the daily weather and tides.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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IPL address was not recognized. My
e-mail was asking verification by phone but there was no service in Egmont –
too remote from a Bell Mobility cellular tower.
Fortunately, my e-mail gave me the option of asking for my Android’s
serial details, which did not require any Wi-Fi. I was in!<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Stayed there for an hour and accomplished my mission.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Thank you Luke!</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">BTW the ham sandwich (fresh bun) with cheese
and lettuce (so crisp), extra mayo, was one of the best I ever had at CAD$5.00
including tax!</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Luke advised me on the
tidal times at the Skookumchuck Rapids.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">
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Skookumchuck Rapids. Posted next to the cashier is the daily Tide Schedule posted – or you can call <a href="http://www.secheltvisitorcentre.com/visitor-centre">Sechelt VisitorCentre</a> if you have cell phone service.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442640853152716110.post-51541977774809199772017-02-08T19:16:00.000-08:002017-04-08T19:34:29.815-07:00HALF MOON BAY KINDNESS LEADS TO SCONES<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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street signage along the Sunshine Coast Highway or Highway 101. So I drove in to the hamlet of Half Moon Bay half
an hour northwest of Sechelt BC. The
General Store was still closed at around 8:30 am but the Half Moon Bay Café next
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to inquire what was bakingly so nostril-good.
Aileen said her blueberry scones should be ready soon. They were chockful of fresh blueberries with
that home-made vibe rather than abakery. $3.25 each.</span></div>
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Her Amaretto Globes with an
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history inside which was a regular 2016 convenience store. It was selling ultra-pricey Christopher
Norman chocolates handcrafted (they use the term “artisanal”) within the hamlet
of Half Moon Bay. At almost CAD$6 each
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found myself with a few days free and I had nothing planned.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">With just an ordinary school-size backpack of
basics and an extra set of clothing, I took the 30 minute cab to the port of Manila
on a balmy afternoon, walked in from one passenger shipping company to the next,
asking if there was a sailing the very same day anywhere.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">By the third time, I lucked out - a departure
was scheduled for the islands of Romblon.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">Within an hour, I was on board.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">And
to my surprise, I had the whole four-bunk bed (two on each side) cabin by
myself at P600.00 or US$30.00 at that time.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">
</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">I saw other similar cabins later
that night with full occupancy.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">The lady
clerk at the Ticketing Office was nice to me.</span></div>
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the Queen left Pier 10 promptly at 5 pm. As I stood on the highest deck, right beside
the bridge, I felt like a boy filled with delight in riding a big boat. Westward towards the mouth of Manila Bay, we cruised. The fiery golden Manila Bay sunset gave a
spectacular show. The breeze became
stronger and for almost an hour, it was heavenly. As we came closer to the shores of Southern
Bataan meeting the promontory point of Cavite, there was an ominous blackness
in the distance. The gap between the two
lands end looked like an entrance to a black hole. Within 10 minutes, it was total
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headed to the ship’s cafeteria where dinner was an excellent barbecued
chicken. But Mary the Queen was rocking giving
you that uncomfortable seasickness. I returned
to my cabin with very clean sheets.
After doing my toiletries, I lay down, luxuriously solitary, and found
myself being rocked, more like being rolled left and right, to sleep. I dozed off giddy with what tomorrow might
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around 3 a.m. I awoke, too excited to go on slumbering. Walking to the stern, it was still pitch
black but there appears to be a cluster of lights in the horizon. The gentle punches of the wind on my face were
pleasurable. I found out it was a
turbulent night with the weather but in my deep REM, I slept through it
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of three major islands Tablas, Sibuyan and Romblon. Mary the Queen will call on the center island
Romblon first where the capital with the same name is, and then Sibuyan
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an hour later, we berthed at Romblon Bay.
Two-thirds of the passengers disembarked and cargo unloaded: vegetables,
boxes, cabinets, sofas, a car and a van.
There was not much to see further beyond the dock because it was still
dark. Including layover time, I had two
hours or so more to go before my destination: the port of Cajidiocan in the
island of Sibuyan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">As
dawn rose on our starboard side, <a href="http://www.pinoymountaineer.com/2008/03/mt-guiting-guiting-2058.html">Mt. Guiting-Guiting</a> loomed in the horizon seemingly
hiding King Kong. Sibuyan has that
Pacific look. Am I hearing Bali Hai?<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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which from a distance, looked clean and had that South Pacific look. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">The beauty of Sibuyan is its rawness and virginity,
untouched by manufacturing – just agriculture.
I hired a motorbike with a late teenish driver to do the 90 kilometer or
so coastal circle road called S</span><span lang="EN-US" style="background: white; color: #252525; font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">ibuyan
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">With no helmets, the exhilaration of a bike
ride was more intense with the streaming wind on my hair. We went through pastoral sights of verdant rice
fields, postcard coves, beaches and placid rivers. The whole island is amazingly clean. No trash nor plastic litter anywhere. And those tiny villages hold some
architectural surprises. Blue-painted cottages
with thatched roofs and flowery gardens, imperial trimmed brushes of what the residents
call Malacañang Grass alongside luxuriant columns of banana plants – Sibuyan is
beguiling.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">To
my surprise, there is a growing German community who live long-term in the island. A number of them live in a gate compound
facing the sea. No wonder some of the passengers in Mary the Queen had a German
accent. They did not quite look like
backpackers. See <a href="http://www.islandgirltraveller.com/friendly-germans-open-their-doors-for-visitors">Friendly Germans Open Their Doors</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Sibuyan I stayed overnight with a high school teacher who was renting out a
room in her house. What she did not tell me is she had another sideline - she
would show movies in her living room television to her neighbors for a
fee. It was one of those guns and chase
films and it lasted close to midnight.
With a flimsy wall and loud speakers, it was certainly a late night for
me. The following day the teacher did
connect me with a local businessman who had a private boat that will make the
hour trip to the capital of Romblon in Romblon Island. The boat was also taking the owners’ kids to
school for the week. It was a small
vessel and there were five other passengers.
On the way, the waves became bigger and I wanted to throw up. The teen daughter and son of the owner were
sitting in the bow in front of the standing shelter. How did they manage? They did look alright once we got in Romblon
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">It
is in Romblon Island where the famous marbles are quarried. I did buy a few pieces: a mortar and pestle,
and a cheese board. I wonder where are
they now? Romblon Island seems much more
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Biniray Festival celebrating the miraculous Senor Santo Nino de Romblon - in Romblon Island</td></tr>
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spartan hotel, I was invited by a group of three, a college professor and her
students to join them on a boat trip to one of the smaller islands. </span></div>
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the island, I talked with a man in his twenties who said boredom was a main
problem. Other than fishing, without
electricity there was nothing to do. I
guess white sand, crystal-clear water and panoramic sunsets do not give bliss
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ship to the Port of Batangas overnight instead of Manila. No private cabins this time but a huge room
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at night. With their headlights, it was
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Batangas City the next morning, we were met by public buses, no AC, to make the
two-hour trip back to Manila. After an
enjoyable trip, the bus ride was such a downer.
The heat and humidity made me pine for Sibuyan.<o:p></o:p></span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14.0pt;">Good Blogs re Romblon </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 14pt;">see </span><br />
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<a href="http://www.lakwatsero.com/destinations/travel-guide-romblon-island/">Travel Guide to Romblon</a><br />
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<a href="http://www.lakwatseradeprimera.com/sibuyan-island-conquering-mt-guiting-guiting/">Hiking Mt. Guiting-Guiting</a><br />
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For a number of Americans, nth-generation and recent arrivals , Martin Luther King Jr. Day is viewed as a holiday celebrated mainly by Black Americans with the added bonus of everyone getting a day off.<br />
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But if it wasn’t for Martin Luther King Jr. and other civil rights activists, supporters and the victims of segregationist policies in the 1950s and 60s, who woke up the country from inaction, the United States of America would be an entirely different place to live in today. <br />
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Largely due to the African-American Civil Rights Movement, the Civil Rights Act was legislated in1964 banning discrimination based on “race, color, religion, or national origin.” A year later, the Immigration and Nationality Services Act of 1965, dramatically opened the doors for non-European immigrants. These noble Acts also exist in some fashion in Canada, New Zealand, Australia, and the UK, but ask a number of immigrants from these countries who have re-migrated to the United States, or people who left the U.S. and migrated to these countries, and you would hear “yes in paper but not in practice.”<br />
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Comparatively, today America has less societal and personal world view barriers on race, a non-American accent, foreign education, religion, gender, disability, and sexual orientation primarily because of the precedence of the African-American Civil Rights Movement. If the Movement was not as resolute and leading, there would have been no Governor Arnold Schwarzenegger of California, nor today a Governor Piyush "Bobby" Jindal of Louisiana. There will be no medical doctors and nurses with accents in hospitals. There will be very few women managers or positions for the disabled. There will be little tolerance for Hispanic media or Spanish Spoken Here signs. But the most telling of them all will be in the eyes. There will be unmitigated stares of “why are you here?” as you enter schools, restaurants, bars, and golf clubs. The list can go on forever.<br />
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It is not hard to imagine what an America without a civil rights movement past would be like. All you have to do is drive north to Canada. Although Canada has been open to immigration and asserts itself as a “multicultural country with two official languages”, at day-to-day living, the evidence of professional disfranchisement for most immigrants are numerous and hardly debated. Thousands of skilled individuals have been unable to practice their vocation especially those in the medical, engineering, and accounting fields because of onerous certification rules, lengthy licensing requirements, fashioned scarcity of internships especially for foreign medical school graduates, lack of Canadian work experience – a Catch 22 situation , and as some studies indicate having a non-European sounding last name - less chances for being called to a job interview even though the person’s credentials are at par with a European-surnamed resume. <br />
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America by relative measures is still a country that gives most people a chance, but it came with a price. Rosa Parks, Emmett Till, James Chaney, Michael Schwerner, Andrew Goodman, to name a few, who have challenged and/or been victims of discrimination, opened the door to fairness for many Americans. The Union is struggling but the foundation for equality and decency remains strong, thanks in part to the vision of that man who stood at the Lincoln Memorial, and declaimed “I have a dream” for “all of God's children, black men and white men, Jews and Gentiles, Protestants and Catholics.” Well Martin Luther King Jr. (pause), many would say America is not there yet but the nation has made a few steps forward. Just take a walk a mile away to a big white house at Pennsylvania Avenue.<br />
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If ever Americans, new and long-standing, need to celebrate, and really celebrate a day of gratitude and indebtedness, it is more so today. Martin Luther King Jr. dreamt for everyone, not just Black Americans.</div>
Unknownnoreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6442640853152716110.post-27755539565045507102016-12-24T16:16:00.000-08:002016-12-24T10:50:58.353-08:00CHRISTMAS MYTHS<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
The following article was published in the Philippine Canadian Inquirer Vol. 12 No.95 Christmas 2013 issue December 20, 2013 page 26<br />
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did my family knew. For years we were celebrating our mother’s birthday on the
wrong date. It was off by almost a month. The need for a birth
certificate unraveled the mistake.</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">And
perhaps for almost 2016 years, give or take a few hundred years from Anno
Domini 1, we were probably celebrating the birth of Jesus Christ on the wrong
date and still do.</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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25<sup>th</sup>?</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">According
to several scholarly studies, the Bible itself in its gospels Matthew and Luke
gives enough data to indicate the birth of Christ was certainly not in December
or any winter month. The weather in Israel according to meteorologists
has basically remained unchanged since AD 1 or BC 1. Based on the
biblical account that shepherds were out in the fields at night with their
sheep - the months suitable to do so would generally be from April to
September. In fact there was just snow in Israel on December 2013.</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">In
addition, the Roman census - the reason why Joseph and Mary had to go from
Nazareth to Bethlehem, would most likely have been decreed to take place in
September or early October, right after harvest so as not to disrupt an
agrarian economy, and when the weather was still agreeable to be outdoors both day
and night. Why would Joseph and a near–term Mary travel about 4 days on
foot (for the man) in a chilly December? Unless God created a miraculous
change in weather patterns that year and had divinely led emperor Caesar
Augustus to go against the reasonable grain of thought. If this was the
case, the Bible was certainly quiet about it.</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Christmas
was not officially celebrated until the fifth century when according to some
historians the Church of Rome ordered Christ’s birth to be observed December 25<sup>th</sup>
from then on to replace the pagan old Roman feast of the birth of Sol.</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">A
number of experts think Jesus was most likely born in September. </span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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Three Kings?</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
Bible never said there were three, nor were they designated as kings. There
was certainly more than one. The number three could have been
ascribed to the three gifts cited: gold, frankincense and myrrh. </span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Simply
wise men or magi, not royalty. The supposedly three names: Caspar,
Melchior, and Balthazar - are man-made coinage. The kingship could have
been inferred from the Old Testament book of Psalms chapter 72 verse 10 (NIV):</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><i><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">May the kings of Tarshish and of distant shores<br />
bring tribute to him.<br />
May the kings of Sheba and Seba<br />
present him gifts</span></i></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">But why
call them magi or wise men in the gospels?</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Furthermore,
the magi were certainly not in the manger or on the actual birthday of
Jesus. The Bible narrates: <i>On coming to the house, they saw the child
with his mother Mary, and they bowed down and worshiped him. </i> (Matthew
2:11 NIV) A child - not a baby. A house - not in a manger.</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Modern
Day Symbolic Acts of Celebration</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
Christmas tree, Santa Claus or St. Nicholas, the wreath, stockings,
amongst others do not have any biblical foundation. One of the
symbolical acts closest to what happened during the birth of Christ is the
Philippine parol </span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">– a paper lantern in the form of a star hanging outside the
house to signify the Star of Bethlehem. </span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">The
Star of Bethlehem itself has been subjected to numerous scientific investigations
leading some researchers to theorize that a planetary conjunction, among other
solar phenomena (that did occur during the window of years Jesus could have
been born), was the “star” seen by the magi.</span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;">Another
rite of Christmas, Handel’s Messiah popularly performed with a sing-along, was meant for Easter and Lent, to celebrate Christ's Resurrection and Victory Over Death. The oratorio
premiered on April 13, 1742 in Dublin, Ireland. </span></b><b><span style="color: #555555; font-family: "times new roman" , "serif"; font-size: 12pt;"><o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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likelihood the Savior was born on a balmy pleasant late September or early October evening. No need to
dream of a White Christmas.</span></b></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">I was so hungry after picking up my Nissan Note
2016 rental.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">The helpful Enterprise guy Riley suggested
<a href="http://jamcafes.com/">Jams Café</a> a few blocks south -</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">but </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">there was a long line.</span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;"> </span><span style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt;">So I decided to head on to Sooke, exited early,
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A guy in a gas station recommended <a href="http://www.floydsdiner.ca/">Floyd’s Diner</a> at
10-721 Station Avenue (in Langford tel # 778 440 1200 - there’s one in downtown
Victoria too). It was quite difficult to
find because the right exit is somewhat hidden by a building, not well-marked,
and came just a few meters right after a major turn off. Brunch
was good but not the best at – CAD$16.60
for fried chicken with waffles.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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Metchosin<o:p></o:p></span></b></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Then finally off to Sooke but not quite as I
perchanced 10 minutes later an intriguing name Metchosin. Made a south detour and entered mostly a
farming area. An interesting old school
house is now a <a href="http://metchosinmuseum.ca/">museum</a> - open only during the summer
weekends.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">For a village, Metchosin has a nice restaurant <a href="http://www.mychosencafe.com/">MyChosen Café</a> (a play on the name Metchosin) which has a
café, a pizza joint, and a coffee corner with sweets called Sugar Shack - all
in one big cottage. A server at the café
suggested I take a hike at Witty’s Lagoon.
A lovely 20-minute hike, past Witty’s Lagoon the trail ends in Witty’s Beach
lined with stinking decaying long rubbery seaweeds. Across the
San Juan de Fuca Straight, you do get a sight of the Olympic Mountains in
Washington State. The name Metchosin is
the anglicized version of the native term "Smets-Schosen", which
means "place of stinking fish".
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If you find yourself in Metchosin on a Saturday,
and you have a cooler, drop by the Stillmeadow Farm which in partnership with <a href="http://www.parrybaysheepfarm.com/">ParryBay Sheep Farm</a> sells meat (pork, roaster chicken, lamb, sausages, bacon,
sometimes eggs) Tel: 1-250-478-9628, 12 N – 3pm Stillmeadow
Rd. To get here you make a right on
Witty’s Beach Road which is off Metchosin road that leads to Witty’s Lagoon. See MapQuest.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Metchosin also boasts of its <a href="http://gallopinggoosesausage.com/">Galloping Goose Sausages</a>. You can buy it in their factory or in other
outlets (call </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">250-474-5788)</span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">. Open Tues, Wed, Thurs 8 am – 12 N or call the house 250 474 0667
(ask for Mark) for other days/hours so someone can meet you at </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">4484
Lindholm Road.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">So finally I made my way to Sooke. After paying my camping fee of $25 a night
at <a href="http://www.sunnyshoresresort.com/">Sooke Sunny Shores Campground</a>, a grandmotherly Sophie with a charming
inflection from Poland said there are cabins for a CAD $100 a night for 2
people with kitchen. The campground
toilets needed more cleaning but tolerable. </span></div>
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to snooze, so on a grey overcast dusk I went to <a href="http://www.sookenewsmirror.com/community/369996361.html">Whiffin Spit</a>. </span><span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Now
I know why it’s called a Spit. A sand
deposition that is narrow and elongated facing a body of water on both sides
like a tongue spitting out. </span><br />
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sure you get a full tank at Sooke or Lake Cowichan.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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de Fuca Highway) from Sooke to Port Renfrew (71 km) is one of the most scenic drives
in British Columbia. Another one is
Highway 7 or Lougheed Highway between Mission and Harrison Hot Springs –
rambling through farms and side sweeping the Harrison River and parts of Fraser
River. Route 14 hugs the coast with a view most of the time of the Strait of
Juan de Fuca, and in the far off horizon the Olympic Mountains in Washington
State. <o:p></o:p></span></div>
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road. I would do five this day. See <a href="http://www.explorevancouverisland.com/Travel_Map_Sooke_To_Port_Renfrew_BC.htm">Travel Map from Sooke to Port Renfrew.</a><o:p></o:p></span></div>
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called Jawz, a gentle fellow - suggested I see the Sheringham Point Lighthouse
just a mile away from Shirley Delicious.
This was a short picturesque walk facing postcard-pretty lighthouse. There is something transfixing about
lighthouses. </span><br />
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named after local pioneer James French who loved this area. A parking
lot precedes a well-mowed grassy picnic table area and the pebbly beach is just
right there. </span><br />
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preparing their gear. This is the location
of the zero marker for the 47 km <a href="http://www.juandefucamarinetrail.com/">Juan De Fuca Marine Trail</a> which goes through <a href="http://handsomedans.ca/mystic-beach/">Mystic Beach</a>. I of
course will just venture the 2.5 kilometer trek to Mystic Beach and back. This part of the trail has a shaky fun
suspension bridge, swaying, bouncing as it hangs high above the Pete Wolf Creek
(more like a river). You can look down
through the steel mesh with holes enough to swallow ladies shoe heels. Goose
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taking my time. But it was a good up and down workout on sometimes muddy
footpath. The reward was Mystic Beach - another
good water view – how can it not be? If
you veer left once you hit the sandy (yes sand!) beach, you will see a swing
hanging from a tree cantilevered around 50 feet high up a cliff. A short slab of timber tied in the middle wasn’t
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Weekend. During March and April, you may
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the suspension bridge all to myself. I
got back to my car at almost 5 pm. Back
to Route 14, and this time it was a more forested highway with occasional glimpses
of the water as I drove straight through to Port Renfrew and listening
repeatedly reflectively to <a href="https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TZ0pXUb5jVU">Kristin Chenoweth’s <i>For Good</i></a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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pie at an extra CAD$ 10.00 at the Port Renfrew Hotel to celebrate Canadian
Thanksgiving the following day?
Overpriced. I asked the server if
there was a room available - and the hefty manager told the server there was none
– but based on the way the server looked
at me – it wasn’t true. The parking lot
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they had plenty left because earlier in a restaurant the guy who had the only
unit taken told me that every other wooden cabin was unoccupied. Yet the Resorts Lady said no vacancy. To make sure, you better book online at <a href="http://www.trailhead-resort.com/"><span style="color: windowtext;">http://www.trailhead-resort.com/</span></a>
as this is the cheapest place in Port
Renfrew you can find short of camping.
The huts can only accommodate a max of 12 people. There doesn’t seem to be an Airbnb
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groups), the camp’s shower facilities were soily, cramped and unkempt for
CAD$2.00 – unlimited hot water though. Showers
close at 7 pm and won’t open till 10 am the following day! I saw a microwave near the office. It was $20.00 my tent/car site without a view. Unless you are on a very tight budget or
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it. But I was there from 8 am till 11 am
past. The juxtaposition of an actual forest
sublime quiet with tall trees and the coast-pounding sea with its salty air was a
reeling divergence. Botanical Beach was surprisingly
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forest, the sound of undulating waves, the intertwine of tall cedar and spruce
trees standing amidst modules of bush, boardwalks to rock pathways, branches
twisting curving at every angle while a look on the other side is the
Pacific - made me linger. Then there was
Noah’s Ark – my own anointed name to a lovely island. It is actually a long boat-like rocky outpost
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This can make
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Tomi’s was open. Burger at Cad$ 16.00 –
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selection – somewhat like a dimly lit drab 7-11. Get the picture? Thankfully, it has a microwave for public
use. I got pre-packaged two "Double Double Cheese Beef Burgers" (named Quality Classics from HQ Fine Foods in Edmonton Alberta) at CAD$ 5.98. It
tasted like McDs. Satisfying and at
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Heritage Circle Route. Took a detour to
the Avatar Grove to see Canada’s gnarliest tree but the road became severely
potholed after crossing the magnificent Gordon River bridge so I had to turn
around. You can see salmon returning to
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Lake – lovely name for a meh meh lake, and began the lookout for old big Harris
Creek Spruce tree after passing by Lizard Lake Forest Service Campground. I saw the small signage. </span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">The Spruce Tree is covered with
moss and a huge base fenced all around </span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-size: 12pt; text-align: left;">so you can’t touch it. It is just on the banks of the swift Harris Creek.</span></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">I did not
drive to the Red Creek Fir, the world’s largest Douglas Fir because the logging
road I was told was not maintained. For
directions, maps and other tree wonders
such as the Big Lonely Doug and the San Juan Sitka Spruce, Canada’s
largest, see the <a href="https://www.ancientforestalliance.org/">Ancient Forest Alliance website</a> or call
its Admin Director Joan Varley at 250 896 4007
or e-mail her at <a href="mailto:Joan@ancientforestalliance.org"><span style="color: windowtext;">Joan@ancientforestalliance.org</span></a>. A good blog is <a href="http://vancouverislandbigtrees.blogspot.ca/">Vancouver Island Big Trees</a>.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">Then it was non-stop to the town of <b>Lake Cowichan</b> which has one of the best
campgrounds I’ve ever been.
Well-maintained, right next to the lake and the showers/toilets are very
clean, all part of the off-season $20.00 a night tenting rate. I was ecstatic. See <a href="http://www.town.lakecowichan.bc.ca/camping.shtml"><span style="color: windowtext;">Lakeview Park Campsite</span><o:p></o:p></a></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">A good place to have a meal even breakfast is the
Country Grocer supermarket complete with a sit-down area (tel: 250 749 6335 at
83 Cowichan Lake Road, 7 am – 8:45 pm).
I had a grilled Monte Cristo Sandwich with a creamy pea soup for
CAD$9.45 (including tax).</span><br />
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">The following day I drove back to return the
rental car and took the bus back to Swartz Bay for the ferry to Tsawwassen in the
mainland. It was a great 4-day holiday.<o:p></o:p></span></div>
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<span lang="EN-US" style="font-family: "georgia" , serif; font-size: 12pt; line-height: 115%;">If you need pictures of any specific area, I will
be happy to provide. Just e-mail me at
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travelled across the Pacific as expatriates.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Lately, the current has reversed.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>More Japanese and other Asian managers are coming to the United States –
an indication of reversing roles and perhaps reversing economic status. </span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">However, unlike the Americans who had a history as
liberators during World War II, the Japanese are coming to the United States
arousing America’s lingering fears of expansionism.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This view of the Japanese coupled with a
culture more diametric to the Americans or the Europeans – major foreign
investors as well in the U.S. – has contributed to the image problem of the
largely successful Japanese companies.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Where Silence Is …</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">“In Asia, eloquence is silver and silence is gold,”
according to Ben Okamoto, New York bureau editor for The Yomiuri Shimbun,
Japan’s leading newspaper.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>“However in
America, silence gets you nowhere and eloquence will get things done.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Kunio Ito, Public Affairs<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Director of the Japanese External Trade Organization (JETRO) calls it
modesty.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In practice, modesty is letting
one’s actions speak for themselves.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In
Japan, one assumes that those who are involved in and those who are observing
company activities will understand their purpose.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>There is no need to announce much less
advertise the events with press releases and other<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>media presentations.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the United States where “silence is to be
filled.” the company must make more pronounced and repeated efforts to inform
the public and other interest groups what they are doing.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In spreading the word, there is nothing as
“one too many.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>are two
messages a number of Japanese companies want more Americans to know about: the
establishment of local manufacturing operations<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>and Japanese participation in local communities.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Made in the U.S.A.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">When<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Toyota
established a new factory in Kentucky, the primary concern of the company,
according to Akikazu Kida, Toyota’s Public Relations Manager, was that some
might think of it as another economic invasion from<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Japan.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>To allay this apprehension, Toyota decided to take a more proactive step
by initiating a media campaign to inform the public that a good number of
Toyota’s vehicles would be made by Americans for Americans.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">With<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>consumer goods,
there seems to be a need to stamp “Made in the USA” on an essentially Japanese
product to assuage nationalistic fervor.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>However, <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in higher levels of
business where there is no need to directly interface with the American public,
Japanese companies are expected to be totally Japanese in their<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>dealings with American businessmen, according
to Mike Masayuma, Deputy General Manager of the trading firm, Mitsubishi
International<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Corporation.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Outside investors are not only looking<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>for seed money but the Japanese style of
management.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>example, Masuyama believes the Japanese have a
more caring and attentive approach in terms of customer service.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">According to Ito, the “Made In the USA” drive is part
manufacturing strategy to locate production near the customers and part an
effort to please American consumers and politicians.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One concern, even after moving production to
the United States, is the way the American people perceive Japanese
companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>They don’t think of Honda as
just a motor company but as a Japanese company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>He comments, “always Japan”. <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
label <i style="mso-bidi-font-style: normal;">Japan</i> is on Honda and other
Japanese companies.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If Sony buys
Columbia Pictures, it’s Japan invading Hollywood.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>If an Australian company buys a film company,
it’s just company A buying company B.”</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Mr. Satoru Maruyama, Chief Representative of OKI-America, a
telecommunications firm, said there are two sides to Japan-bashing, the
emotional side as espoused by the politicians, and the business side seeking to
protect their own interests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another
high-ranking Japanese manager thinks that Japan-bashing is an expression of
frustration and jealousy in the face of America’s diminishing economic
power.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>When asked about allegations of
unfair trade practices, he commented that the Japanese government has been
removing trade restrictions for the past five years.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even before that, trade barriers were not so
much a matter of policies and regulations, but more of cultural
preferences.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It takes longer to change
Japanese consumer attitudes toward foreign products.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As to assertions of Japanese companies
dumping products in the United States (i.e. the selling of goods below
production and marketing costs) he stated that this would lead one to think
Japanese companies are willing to sell at a loss which is the wrong way to run
a business.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">To counter Japan-bashing, aside from shifting production to
the United States, an increasing number of Japanese companies in the U.S. are
working to be better corporate citizens in the American perspective, either
through charitable donations, local community involvement, or both.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Fujitsu, a computer and communications firm,
sponsors a college basketball tournament and has established a scholarship fund
for minority scientists. Toyota has a series of national ads portraying its
community involvement with the theme “Investing in the Individual.” One ad depicts
an employee who volunteers her time to the Special Olympics for disabled athletes.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Another features a child with a computer<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>in a local daycare/community centre supported
by Toyota.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Most Japanese companies are finding out that solely donating
money can lead to suspicions of self-serving interests.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This is precisely the reaction met by one
corporation when it gave a significant donation to the research department of a
leading university.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Financial
contributions used for the local community, where there are no clear-cut
returns, accompanied by genuine participation, are received with more bonhomie.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The efforts in active community involvement seem to be
working in reducing anti-Japanese sentiment.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>This was confirmed by a JETRO survey of a number of American officials
and local community representatives.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The
reason for<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>such anti-Japanese sentiment,
Ito explains, is partly due to the fact that there is still something unknown
about the Japanese by the Americans.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Unlike European countries where the people and culture came first, in
the case of Japan it’s the products which preceded the people and their
culture.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Americans know about the
products but they don’t<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>know the people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This unknown quantity is something they fear.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">This “faceless” Japan, according to Hironobu Shibuya,
president of the public relations firm Dentsu<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>Burston-Marsteller – NY, is compounded by Japanese reticence and failure
to mingle with the local community.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>“Though, the same can be said for Americans living in Japan who usually
stick to their own clubs.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>One Japanese
manager<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>said that they prefer living in
the same neighborhood because their wives and children speak little
English.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And knowing that they will be
reassigned in three or four years, there is really no point in making serious
efforts to acculturate to American society.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Within The Company</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Though studies have shown that the language difference is
one major problem in a Japanese company in the United States, the situation is
not easily solved with translation when connotations are different.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Ito cites the word “parallel.” <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In English, it could mean you’re heading in
the same direction.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In Japanese,
parallel implies you will never meet.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>The Japanese might think he is communicating with his American
colleagues but they are arriving at different conclusions.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Even the question “why?” can upset some
Japanese because when it is raised in response to an instruction, it would
imply hesitancy to follow procedures.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>When raised in response to an explanation, it would be an impolite
implication that the explainer was not clear.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">One problem language differences has affected is the
question of career development.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According
to Jil Galloway, Personnel Manager at Mitsubishi International, “working for a
Japanese firm is in a sense different from an American firm because there are
always two levels of personnel, the Japanese manager and the American
staff.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>At some level above you, there’s <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>always a Japanese staff.”<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Would fluency in Japanese be
advantageous?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Masuyama said that in
trading or banking firms where the mandate comes from Tokyo, it would help to
be bilingual.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However, one need not
necessarily know Japanese to be promoted in manufacturing firms where
day-to-day decision making is mostly done locally.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Another issue Japanese managers must address is the
assumption that every employee knows his duties and responsibilities.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This assumption<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>succeeds<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>in Japan but it fails in the United States because of the differences in
hiring systems.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>According to Ito,
Japanese companies hire college recruits en masse every year for lifetime
employment whether business is up or down.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>They undergo a rigorous training program for several months.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Because these recruits work in groups, one can
assume each member has the same level of knowledge.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>This<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>team work is one explanation why there are no individual job
descriptions in Japanese companies; and since the group’s objectives are
paramount rather than individual success, the individual appraisals are
relegated to an informal basis.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Performance<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>appraisals of the question and answer form
common in the United States are unfamiliar to the Japanese manager, according
to Galloway.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>In the United States
employment is on as needed basis and turnover is higher.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As a result, such extensive group training is
neither possible nor worthwhile.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">It would seem the American employee faces more obstacles
working for a Japanese company.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>However,
in a recent study, the major concerns expressed by American<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>employees working for a Japanese company,
other than language problems, are the same as those working for America’s
Fortune 500.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The employees want to be
more of a team, to be respected for what <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>they do; they want to be heard <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>and be given a chance to contribute.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 12.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Japanese companies are instituting more measures within the
company to promote greater communication feedback and to overcome language and cultural
barriers.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For one, cultural orientation
programs are being held for both Japanese and American employees.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Improved employee and community relations
could answer some of the unknowns and mollify the fears and mistrust.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>Most importantly, they could confirm common
human dimensions bestowing upon the Japanese managers, and ultimately the
companies, a less apprehensive image.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">There is something enjoining in facing the sea on a near
dark evening and talking to a friend.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>And that is what transpired in Whiffen Spit in the village of
Sooke.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>On my way back to the
campgrounds, I was in the mood for a light snack.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>So when I saw Route 14 Diner, I thought I
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Inside it was almost filled with one empty table.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A doe-eyed smiling lady came over with the
menu.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I decided on a crab cake plate.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>– for
two small 3 inch crab cakes average tasting plus a small side of carrot/cabbage
shreds, I paid CAD$16.00 plus tax and tip.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;">
</span>It was nicely plated in a white long rectangular but Not a sure
thing!<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I asked the server a suggestion on a breakfast place on the
way to Port Renfrew.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>She blurted out
Shirley Delicious.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Shirley Delicious?</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Yes it’s in the community <span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">or hamlet</span> of Shirley along Route 14 (also dubbed
West Coast Road) where you can hardly see any house or people.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span></span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">I was intrigued.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The next morning, I got there close to 8 am.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>It was an A-shaped frame and Julia (who had a
very light European accent – turns out she was Dutch) asked if I wanted
coffee.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>A few seconds later, a bubbly
slim man named Phil came out.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>His accent
was harder to pinpoint – and as it turned out – as often the case - with an
inflection from South Africa.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Shirley Delicious had an unusual brunch menu in addition to
the standard sausages, eggs and bacon.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>I
had two flat pancake-like corn frittata which was served warm - topped with a
salsa of cubed tomatoes and feta cheese - noticeably tad too cold – just direct
from the refrigerator?<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>CAD$ 9.00.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>For dessert, a gluten free Double Chocolate Cranberry
& Walnut Torte – CAD $6.50 - <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>quite
hard to bite after being in the cooler overnight – but holds promise.</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">The siren’s call was the selection of baked sweets, a number
of which are gluten free.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>As I was
planning to go on several hikes later that day, I stocked up with Pumpkin
Cinnamon Shortbread CAD$4.00 (satisfyingly dense), Salt Caramel Cheesecake with
a douse of caramel syrup CAD$4.00 (okay), a Peach Berry Pie (a bumbleberry mix)
CAD$5.25– (tart and sweet), a cheese-ham squarish croissant CAD$4.50 – fresh
from the oven – how can you go wrong but otherwise ordinary.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>The star was the Cinnamon Twist stick.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>With a core of sugar cinnamon syrup this is a
must (twice) at CAD$3.50.</span><br />
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<a href="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YwMI4iR8zWo/WA13vXq4CnI/AAAAAAAAB50/LKpFdIjFvj49maKwlWRGE8nXB5ZE1131ACLcB/s1600/IMG_1880.JPG" imageanchor="1" style="clear: right; float: right; margin-bottom: 1em; margin-left: 1em;"><img border="0" height="200" src="https://2.bp.blogspot.com/-YwMI4iR8zWo/WA13vXq4CnI/AAAAAAAAB50/LKpFdIjFvj49maKwlWRGE8nXB5ZE1131ACLcB/s200/IMG_1880.JPG" width="133" /></a><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Reasonable prices, good friendly service, Shirley Delicious
is a welcome pause in the journey.<span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span><span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>And just a mile away is a panoramic short hike
to the Sheringham Lighthouse. </span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;"><span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif";">Ad</span>dress: 2794 Sheringham Point Road corner Route 14</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Shirley BC</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Tel: <span style="mso-spacerun: yes;"> </span>778 528 2888</span></div>
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">Open every day 8 am till 5 pm except Christmas.</span><br />
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<span style="font-family: "georgia" , "serif"; font-size: 13.0pt; line-height: 115%;">BTW here is a good blog on what <a href="http://vancouverislandbeyondvictoria.com/?p=2972">Vancouver Island Beyond Victoria</a> has to offer including Shirley Delicious.</span></div>
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