The most exciting new tech gadgets of 2020 are designed for the future, not today
- Some of the year's major new tech products, from the 5G
iPhone 12to foldable phones and new consoles from Sonyand Microsoft, are based on technologies that aren't quite useful yet — but will be in a few years.
- Today's widely delayed 5G networks, for example, aren't much faster than 4G LTE networks.
- 5G was positioned as being the biggest upgrade in
Apple's iPhone 12 lineup.
- Foldable phones like the
Microsoft Surface Duoand Samsung Galaxy Z Fold 2are still likely too expensive to justify the benefits they offer for most people.
- And next-generation gaming consoles rely on technology that most TVs don't support right now.
- Taken together, these technologies are more significant for the foundation they lay for the years to come rather than their immediate usefulness.
The technology industry is synonymous with change and forward-looking products. But in 2020, that approach may have been taken a bit too literally.
Technologies that have long been buzzwords or distant concepts — such as 5G, augmented reality, and foldable screens — are now playing a bigger role than ever in new products from Apple, Samsung, and Microsoft.
The problem? Those technologies aren't quite ready for prime time, sometimes resulting in products that either feel half-baked or don't justify an immediate upgrade, despite the hype.
Still, the products themselves are important because they provide the foundation for more refined devices and technologies that are likely to come. Or they "future proof" certain product lines. Apple's iPhone 12 lineup, for example, is built to still support the latest and greatest technology a few years from now when it is indeed ready for the masses.
In other words: the most headline-grabbing gadgets of 2020 — from the 5G iPhone 12 to foldable phones like Microsoft's Surface Duo and next-generation gaming consoles — are more about setting the stage for the future than offering improvements that are immediately useful today.
5G needs to catch to the promise of Apple's new iPhones
Let's start with Apple's iPhone 12, which the tech giant unveiled earlier this month. 5G was positioned as being the biggest upgrade to come to Apple's new smartphone lineup, with CEO Tim Cook calling it "the beginning of a new era for iPhone."
The iPhone 12 is far from being the first 5G smartphone — Android device makers like Samsung, Google, and Motorola all announced multiple 5G phones before Apple did.
But the fact that the network is becoming standard on the latest iPhones does mean that millions of additional people will now have phones that are compatible with the new network. Those people are also probably expecting to see a big jump in network performance after unboxing their new iPhones.
That won't be the case. 5G networks that are available broadly across the country today from major carriers offer speeds that are only incrementally faster than what you would experience with a 4G LTE connection. Both Verizon and AT&T have also acknowledged that early 5G networks will be comparable to fast 4G LTE networks.
In my experience using an iPhone 12 on Verizon's 5G network in Queens, New York, average upload and download speeds on 5G only slightly outpaced those of 4G LTE. PCMag's Fastest Mobile Networks Test from September also highlights the conundrum with today's 5G networks: Networks are either about the same as 4G LTE, or they're exceptionally fast but difficult to find.
That's partially because super-speedy networks that deliver significantly higher performance than 4G LTE operate at a limited range. That's why they're only found in small and dense areas, like specific streets in downtown areas of certain cities or stadiums.
As such, it's not wise to upgrade to the latest iPhone specifically because of 5G. Still, building 5G into the latest iPhone will allow it to remain relevant for years to come. Those spending between $700 and $1,100 on a new iPhone probably want a device that will last for at least three years.
And by then, 5G networks are likely to be far more developed and widespread than they are today. Adding 5G to the iPhone 12, even if 5G compatibility alone doesn't justify an upgrade in 2020, prevents this year's iPhones from feeling wholly irrelevant by 2022.
5G network support isn't the only forward-looking technology found on Apple's latest iPhones. The iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max are also Apple's first iPhones to come with a LiDAR scanner — which stands for Light Detection and Ranging — allowing them to measure depth much more accurately.
The sensor gives augmented reality applications a big boost in performance since it enables the iPhone to more accurately detect nearby surfaces, and also offers some photography-oriented benefits.
Apple CEO Tim Cook has been vocal about the potential he sees for augmented reality, and the iPhone 12 Pro and 12 Pro Max represent the first iPhones to come with dedicated hardware for AR.
Still, there hasn't been a breakout AR app since Pokemon Go launched in 2016, so augmented reality performance probably isn't a selling point for most people today. But Apple is rumored to be working on a dedicated headset for AR, and building LiDAR into its new Pro iPhones could serve as an important step along the way.
Foldable phones still aren't worth the high price for most people
Smartphones are evolving in other ways beyond the cellular networks they connect to and their sensors. Companies like Samsung, Motorola, and, most recently, Microsoft have developed mobile devices with foldable designs that enable them to either double as both a tablet and a smartphone or become more compact by folding in half.
Samsung launched its first foldable phones last year, while Microsoft in September debuted the Surface Duo, which consists of two screens connected by a flexible hinge. The Duo is Microsoft's first major reentry into the smartphone market, a launch that had been anticipated ever since the company revealed the foldable device back in October 2019.
It's encouraging to see some of the world's largest and most influential technology companies thinking about what's next for the smartphone. After all, mobile phones haven't changed much in terms of design since the original iPhone launched in 2007.
Yes, they've become exceptionally powerful and sleek since then, but their general shape is the same: a slab of glass packed with processors, sensors, and cameras. Microsoft, Samsung, and others are looking to change that.
But currently available foldable phones still feel like early steps in that direction in some ways. For most people, they likely don't justify the premium you must pay to get the benefits of a device that can function as both a phone and a tablet.
That's especially true for the $1,400 Microsoft Surface Duo, which received lukewarm reviews in early September largely because its software didn't feel polished enough and it fell short of the camera quality you'd expect from a phone of that price.
Samsung's Galaxy Z Fold 2 showcases the best of what a foldable phone can be in 2020, but it comes at the exceptionally high price of $2,000. It's also Samsung's fourth foldable phone — launching after the ill-fated original Galaxy Fold, the appropriately named Galaxy Z Flip, and the 5G version of that modern take on the flip phone.
The tech needed to support the game-changing visuals of next-gen consoles is only available on new, expensive TVs
The pattern of launching gadgets with technologies that are slightly ahead of their time isn't specific to the smartphone market. Next-generation consoles from Microsoft and Sony promise to deliver gameplay with stunning visuals at a significantly higher frame rate, resulting in buttery smooth performance.
But you'll need a TV that supports 4K resolutions and 120Hz refresh rates to experience those gains, as my colleague Ben Gilbert noted, and such TVs are still relatively new to the market. Sony, for example, just announced its "Ready for PS5" TVs in June.
They'll also need to include an HDMI 2.1 port to facilitate gameplay that takes advantage of all the upgrades the PlayStation 5 and Xbox Series X have to offer, a rarity on today's TVs. The specification for HDMI 2.1 wasn't even finalized until 2017. Usually, it takes several years for devices that adopt new standards to appear on the market, as CNET notes.
Not to mention, TVs that check all of these boxes are wildly expensive, costing more than $1,000, much more than the consoles themselves.
2020 introduced a few leaps forward for the consumer technology industry that only come once or twice every decade or so — the launch of next-generation gaming consoles, the evolution of cellular networks, and a rethinking of the world's most popular personal computer: the smartphone.
Just don't expect to see the benefits of these advancements right away. Rather, they underscore the investments made by tech companies and carriers that we'll experience over the long term.
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Collaborative Teacher Leadership: How Teachers Can Foster Equitable Schools
reviewed by Jane Nicolet - June 26, 2006
Title: Collaborative Teacher Leadership: How Teachers Can Foster Equitable Schools
Author(s): Martin L. Krovetz and Gilberto Arriaza
Publisher: Corwin Press, Thousand Oaks
ISBN: 141290501X, Pages: 194, Year: 2006
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The College of Education at San Jose State University (SJSU) and the Oak Grove and Campbell School Districts in California joined to create a university-school partnership. From a variety of discussion opportunities among stakeholders, the decision surfaced to focus all collaborative, professional learning opportunities on teacher leadership. A cohort of teachers from the two California districts was formed in the fall of 1997 and eventually identified as the Masters in Collaborative Leadership program (MACL). This book reflects the fruit of their labor and is borne of the passion and experiences of its originators and the teacher leaders who collaborated within the partnership.
The text provides content and pedagogical concepts from both the teacher cohort and the authors. Its consistent theme centers on the belief that there is a very real connection between teacher collaborative leadership and enhanced student learning.
Basic assumptions guide the context of the work:
Every person can be a leader either formally or informally.
Adult resiliency must be fostered for student resiliency to be attained and sustained.
The improvement of the public school institution is the core of a strengthened democratic society.
Maximizing student learning must be the focus of all school leadership.
School and district leadership must purposely and coherently focus on student learning in a sustained effort.
Schools need culturally responsive teacher-leaders to do whatever is needed to provide a level learning field for all students, regardless of the inequities with which many enter.
Authentic stories of learning and leadership need to be told through the voices of those who lived the stories.
The organization of the text is clear and practical. Following the format of Wiggins and McTighes (2000) Understanding by design, each chapter opens with Enduring Understandings and closes with Essential Questions. The additional Reflective Questions within each chapter encourage readers to ponder ideas from the many teacher-leader stories, while making their own personal and professional connections. Resource areas contain tools, research, and references to assist readers in thinking more deeply about the chapters focal points, in applying ideas, and even in beginning a new, related project of their own. A major strength of this text lies in the fact that its ideas and perspectives are grounded in the research and practice of those who have experimented with and successfully experienced the context of collaborative teacher leadership. The teacher voices are authentic, their insights are provocative, and their focus on student learning is unwavering.
The first chapter sets the tone of the work. The authors call for a new kind of leadership and use their partnership cohort to promote it. Collaborative leaders, learners, and teachers are designated as those who must coalesce to create leadership dense schools and districts. They are charged to do the important work of coherently reaching toward the same vision and improved student learning, while discovering that they are blurring boundaries and forging new connections between leading, learning and teaching. Their schools are leadership dense organizations (Krovetz & Arriaza, 2006, p. 3 as cited in Lieberman & Miller, 1999, p.46).
The lens Krovetz and Arriaza use for reshaping school culture is resiliency:
When schools and school districts focus time and resources on building the teaching and leadership capacity of all adults, decisions and daily practice can be based on consistently asking if what is proposed and/or what is practiced will actually address . . . resiliency for the students and adults in the school. Collaborative Teacher Leadership is about fostering such schools (2006, p. 18).
The authors are quick to point to the importance of a principals belief in capacity building through shared leadership as a direct correlative to the quality of student learning. From that leaders perspective come the opportunities and resources for collaborative teacher leadership. In turn, authentic, legitimized teacher leadership powers ongoing, quality student learning.
The book contains seven chapters; each could be a stand-alone useful resource advocating collaboration, leadership, and equitable schools. Distributed Leadership, capacity building, advocacy and its impact on stakeholders within a culture of collaboration, and the intricacies of followership and leadership are all concepts the authors give voice to through teacher leader stories. Perusing the table of contents will give a reader all he or she needs to direct a specific query. As a practitioner, I find the chapter section called Applying the Concepts in Your Workplace particularly rich with its indicated reading, research, discussion, and activity options.
Chapters 4 and 5 may be of particular use to those beginning or nurturing school-university partnerships focusing on equity opportunity and student learning. Chapter 4, The Role of Inquiry, leads one to consider how to establish and then nurture collaborative action research within the public school realm. It offers excellent ideas for both novices and veterans of partnership models, reminding all how to establish protocols aiding collaborative communication, school-based, focused professional development, and research agendas. A cycle of pragmatic steps moving the inquiry process from individual initiative to organization involvement and dissemination is also provided. The authors and teacher leaders provide important reminders: This cycle is always anchored on the schools focus and vision (p. 86). And, the one we love to hate: Often those who resist have something important to tell us (p. 89). Chapter 5, Building Equity in Diverse Classrooms, focuses on thought and action, characterizing schools as democratic learning places that perpetuate equity. Teachers as culturally responsive leaders who help to foster student resiliency in their schools is a common, recurrent theme. Teacher voices detail three issues: distributing teachers work to target student needs, personalizing the teaching/learning process, and supporting a culture of critical conversations pinpointing student achievement and equity outcomes.
Krovetz and Arriaza want their audience to leave this work with five key ideas:
Students learn best in schools where everyone is focused as a team on maximizing the learning of all students.
In this time of high-stakes testing and accountability, principals cannot lead this effort alone. Leadership needs to be redefined with building teacher leadership capacity at the center.
This redefinition has to be skillful and purposeful. Too often teachers accept the responsibility to lead without the institutional authority or professional skills, get frustrated by the lack of impact of their work, and go back to private practice in their classrooms.
Partnership carefully chosen can be a valuable component in helping to build these skills and habits of mind and heart.
You can lead and engage others to lead in this effort! (pp. 168-69).
The last bit of advice in this information-rich work is an excellent reminder of both the texts messages and the passion of its many contributors:
If you read this book and say, I get it! and continue professional reading suggested in this book, start a study group at your school, use the teacher narratives and Reflective and Essential Questions to guide discussions, work to start or strengthen collaborative leadership at your school, distribute leadership by sharing responsibilities and roles among administrators and teachers, purposefully build leadership capacity on evidence-based decision making, and focus skillful, purposeful leadership and resources on maximizing the learning of all students, there is a good chance that your time and effort will result in improved student learning (p. 168).
Krovetz, M. L., & Arriaza, G. (2006). Collaborative teacher leadership: How teachers can foster equitable schools. Thousand Oaks, CA: Corwin Press.
Lieberman, A., & Miller, L. (1999). Teachers: Transforming their work and their world. New York: Teachers College Press and Alexandria, VA: ASCD.
Wiggins, G., & McTighe, J (2000) Understanding by design. New York: Prentice Hall.

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Palo Alto County Engineer Walter Davis-Oeth was on hand to present secondary road projects to the Palo Alto County Board Of Supervisors during their regular meeting Tuesday. April 11.
According to Davis-Oeth, the Iowa Department of Transportation (DOT) will be replacing the overhead flashing light at the intersection of U.S. Highway 18 and Gowrie Street at Ruthven with a stop sign that has flashing lights around the perimeter and a solar panel on top.
"The DOT is replacing the overhead flashing lights at intersections within the area. The one at Ruthven is the one in Palo Alto County," Davis-Oeth said. "They do everything from taking down to putting up the new signs so there is no cost to the county. It will more than likely happen late summer or early fall."
Money is the driving factor behind this replacement. Currently the DOT pays for the electricity to operate the overhead flashing lights.
In other Secondary Road business, Davis-Oeth brought up the agreement the county has with the County Conservation Board to put gravel in the drive of Sportsman's Park.
"According to the Resolution, if we decide to, we can submit a bill to the county conservation for those services," Davis-Oeth began. "In the past the work has not been billed out. Mary has said she has not paid for this before. I have some issues in doing this work mainly because I believe she has a budget and should be able to budget for a load of rock each year when she knows she is going to need it."
"We do provide the services for this, which we do at a fairly cheap rate, but it does take time away from my guys and what they are supposed to be doing," Davis-Oeth continued. "They are separate budgets and this comes up once or twice a year especially when they know they will be needing rock. I don't think it should be coming out of secondary roads budget."
"Part of it, I know we worked with them when they built the West Bend road, they gave us the fill, which was a tremendous amount," Supervisor Ron Graettinger commented. "I think what they have done for us in the past, we should work back and forth."
"How close do we need to keep track of stuff moving between county entities?" Supervisor Craig Merrill questioned.
"If it is paid for out of secondary roads fund, it is supposed to go toward secondary roads and engineer's expenses," Davis-Oeth replied. "This is one that is probably a grey area. If it was anyone besides County Conservation we would be sending a bill."
With further discussion, the Supervisors unanimously decided not to charge the County Conservation Board for a load of rock this year and discuss sending a bill next year.
In final Secondary Roads business, Davis-Oeth presented the Five Year Secondary Road Construction Program for 2018 through 2022. The program was approved four to one with Linus Solberg, Supervisor voting nay. Along with the five-year program, unanimous approval was given to approve the Palo Alto County Budget for the Iowa DOT.
Planning and Zoning Administrator Joe Neary was on hand to present three hog confinements for approval for conditional use permits.
Jay Clasing requested permits for a building in Silver Lake Township Section 7, which passed the Master Matrix and good neighbor policy and in Highland Township Section 22, which has a waiver signed by the resident that is closer than one half mile distance. Both locations received unanimous approval for conditional use permits.
The third hog confinement is in Booth Township, Section 11 for an additional building on the existing site. The project passed the master matrix but does not meet the good neighbor policy. Approval was not received for a conditional use permit due to not meeting the good neighbor policy.
The Supervisors approved the hiring of a part time jailer. Penny Hoffman will start at $15.26 per hour until certified.
In final business, the continued annexation hearing for Drainage District 13 is postponed to a date to be continued and on a conference call with the Pocahontas Supervisors, it was determined and agreed by both boards that a contractor be contacted for pricing to repair concrete tile in Joint Drainage District 63-Branch L.


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Mitt Romney on Friday announced that he is running for US Senate to represent the state of Utah. He is a formidable candidate with a good chance of winning the Republican nomination and, achieving that, a great chance of winning the general election. Strangely, however, he is not being told to “move on” with his life, unlike another recent failed presidential candidate.
The parallels between Romney and Hillary Clinton are actually pretty striking. Both were born in 1947. Both ran for president twice, losing party nominations the first time around and winning them the second time but losing in a close general election. Both had significant government service prior to seeking the presidency (she as a senator, he as a governor), and both have close family ties to politics (she’s the wife of a president; he’s the son of a governor and 1968 presidential candidate). Both are well-educated, highly intelligent, articulate, and financially successful. Both have been portrayed as possible national saviors from Donald Trump’s worst excesses, but also as somewhat flawed in this mission, having courted his favor earlier in their careers.
Only Clinton, however, has been the target of a multi-year, bipartisan effort to get her to leave politics. Recently, Vanity Fair compiled a video of its editors encouraging Clinton to leave politics and try something new, such as knitting. John McCain(!) urged Clinton to move on from her 2016 loss, saying that “the hardest thing to do is to just shut up.” A letter published last year in the Des Moines Register urged Clinton to “proudly leave arrogance and entitlement behind” and retire. Just this week, Joanna Rice wrote a piece at Politico explaining why Hillary Clinton needs to move on.
At least so far, Mitt Romney has not received similar advice from the world of political journalism. Coverage has been largely positive about his Senate run, although it’s obviously early. Even though he didn’t have a job or notable hobby (except boxing) to turn to after his 2012 presidential loss, he was not extensively told to leave politics. And now that he’s seeking political office again, his party is largely with him.
Why the difference? To be sure, their personal styles are different. Romney may just be better able than Clinton to convince journalists, political actors, and other observers that he deserves more time in public office. There are partisan differences as well. Romney’s 2012 nomination, despite coming after an unusually tumultuous contest in a large field of candidates, ended relatively quickly after the early primaries and caucuses, and his party rallied behind him. Hillary Clinton’s nomination remained divisive and controversial even after the Democratic National Committee certified it, with Bernie Sanders and his supporters (and others in the party) suggesting some sort of corrupt deal to make her the nominee.
All that said, it’s really hard to rule out sexism here as a causal factor. Those who doubt this might note, as FiveThirtyEight recently did, that political journalists and observers have been calling for years for Nancy Pelosi to step down as the Democrats’ House leader but have not issued such calls for the resignation of Mitch McConnell or Paul Ryan, who are both less popular and less successful as legislative leaders.
They might note that Ruth Bader Ginsburg has been repeatedly urged to retire from the Supreme Court while Stephen Breyer, who is close to her in age, ideology, and length of service, has not.
They might observe, as John Anderson did last year, that other recent failed presidential aspirants — including John Kerry, John Edwards, Al Gore, and even Richard Nixon — went on to write books or otherwise weigh in on politics long after their losses without receiving the same kind of pushback Clinton has faced.
The political science research on this question is somewhat mixed. This study by Regina Lawrence and Melody Rose found that in her 2008 presidential campaign, Clinton faced an unusually high level of “exit talk,” or pressure to leave the race, and suggested that sex might be the causal variable. An earlier study by Kim Fridkin Kahn and Edie Goldenberg found that female Senate candidates faced more coverage of their viability, and less of their issue positions, than their male counterparts faced, and the viability discussion tended to be more negative for women.
However, recent research by Danny Hayes and Jennifer Lawless suggests that the adverse media coverage faced by female politicians is more accurately attributed to partisanship, ideology, and incumbency. (Thanks to Christina Wolbrecht for some suggestions here.)
So we’ll see how Romney is covered as a candidate and, if he’s successful, as a senator. Chances are, though, he’ll be welcome on the national stage for years to come without being told to take up knitting.

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How to cook green soup of sorrel for a family dinner
Hot first courses have always been one of the main components of the menu in Russia. The soup, which was prepared from a different set of vegetables in meat broth, or simply on the water, enjoyed particular success.
Soups are popular today, but many of those who like this culinary brand can not understand what is the difference between soup and borsch? First of all, the fact that the latter certainly included beets, which were not supposed to be put in the first courses.
Now he still saves us from avitaminosis in early spring and diversifies the table at the height of summer. In addition, some types of green cabarets are quite low-calorie, so they are perfect for those who, as summer heat approaches, think about how to lose a few kilograms that have accumulated over the winter.
Over the years, many different recipes have been invented for this tasty dish — from simple to exquisite. We offer you to meet some of them.
Cooking soup is best in the oven, and not in a simple pot, but in a cast-iron pot. The procedure for cooking soup from sorrel is as follows:
- Peel potatoes, boil whole and cool, then cut into cubes.
- Broth strain.
- Chop vegetables, add butter / margarine and a little broth, stew for 5-7 minutes.
- Put potato cubes in a pot, pour broth, bring to a boil and turn off the oven in two minutes.
Before serving, salt, sprinkle with dill and put sour cream.
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Classic sorrel soup includes:
- kilogram of beef or veal (bone with pulp) — can be defrosted, but better than steam;
- four medium sized potato tubers;
- one small carrot;
- one medium onion;
- three boiled chicken eggs;
- three bundles of sorrel (those who like sour, you can and more);
- bunch of green onions;
- bunch of parsley;
- a bunch of fresh dill;
- two leaves of laurel;
- one hundred grams of sour cream;
- salt and black pepper (peas or ground) — to taste.
Cooking time — 30 minutes (not counting the cooking of meat).
Calories per 100 grams — 40.
Green soup with sorrel, meat and egg are prepared in the following order:
- Rinse the meat under a stream, put it in a saucepan and add water, after boiling, reduce the heat and cook for about an hour until it becomes soft; salt 5-10 minutes before it is fully cooked.
- Leaving the pan on the fire, remove the meat, cut into pieces and sprinkle with chopped green onions, which are pre-salted slightly, so that the juice appears. If green was not at hand, it is possible to apply onions, cut into half rings, sprinkle with salt and slightly mashed.
- Cook the onions and carrots. The first cut into cubes, the second — straws. Put everything in a pot of boiling broth. Boil for about 15 minutes.
- Potatoes are boiled quickly, in 7-10 minutes: they must be cut and dipped in broth after onions and carrots. The last is laurel, as well as salt and pepper.
- While the vegetables are boiling, you need to prepare a “sourness”: rinse under a cold stream, remove petioles and cut across the leaves. Put everything in the broth, when the potatoes are cooked, wait until it boils, and turn off the heat.
- Dill and parsley can be put in a pan with sorrel, or you can simply chop crumble and sprinkle the ready-to-eat dish spilled on the plates.
- Crushed boiled eggs and sour cream are also added to already spilled soup.
Ready — welcome to the table.
The specified volume of products is designed for six servings, but if this is too much for you, it is very easy to reduce it.
The next version of the dish — soup of sorrel in chicken broth with celery and egg. Along with this tasty and healthy dish spring warmth and lively solar energy flow into the body. Try it — see for yourself!
- three liters of chicken broth;
- a thick bundle of sorrel (so that it cannot be wrapped around the fingers of one hand);
- three large potatoes;
- four hard-boiled chicken eggs;
- medium sized bulbs;
- one large carrot;
- a pair of celery stalks — preferably young;
- small bunches of green onions and parsley;
- one pinch of black pepper;
- salt — as much as you like.
Food will be ready in 30-40 minutes.
100 grams of food contains 50 kcal.
- We begin, naturally, with chicken — giblets, washed and boiled. If the bird is fat, it is better to drain the first broth, pouring fresh water, the soup will not be so nourishing, and the meat will become softer. Part of the chicken, crumbled into pieces, later add to the soup, from the rest you can cook the second dish.
- While the chicken is boiling, prepare a set of vegetables: peel potatoes, carrots and onions; if the celery is not very young, remove the hard veins from the bottom up, carefully picking them up with a knife.
- Wash peeled vegetables under running water. Potatoes and carrots, you must cut into cubes, celery — across the stem, fold the leaves of sorrel «pile» and cut first along, then across. Too small chop is not worth it.
- Remove the finished chicken from the pan and put the potatoes there. When the broth boils, you need to remove the foam and add the remaining vegetables — let them boil for another ten minutes.
- The final touch: finely chop the greens and eggs, pour into the saucepan, mix well and remove from the fire in exactly three minutes.
- Immediately after that, salt and pepper. By adding salt and pepper only after readiness, we thus preserve the natural taste of the dish, avoiding “overrun”.
If desired, you can add sour cream to the plate, but without it, the soup will be a combination.
Sorrel is in perfect harmony with young nettle. Both of these plants are a real source of vitamin C, which is so necessary for our body after a long, cold winter. Using a slow cooker, it is very easy to cook a tasty first of them.
It will require:
- 4 pieces of chicken wings;
- 1 bundle of sorrel and nettle (greens must be young and fresh);
- a pair of small tubers of potatoes;
- one medium carrot;
- onion turnip — a small head;
- green onion feather — 30 g;
- one chicken egg;
- one and a half liters of water;
- sour cream, spices, salt — to taste.
All cooking will take no more than an hour.
100 gr. ready meals — 45 kcal.
The process of making sorrel soup with nettle in spring in a slow cooker:
- With the wings to remove the skin, wash and separate the meat from the bones.
- Peel carrots, grate; peeled onion head cut into cubes.
- Put the meat and vegetables in a slow cooker, add water, add spices and salt.
- Set the cooking mode for half an hour.
- After half an hour, put potatoes into cubes in a slow cooker and, without changing the regimen, cook another 10 minutes.
- Oxal and nettle leaves cut across thin strips.
- As soon as the potatoes are cooked, add all the greens and continue cooking for another 5 minutes.
- Beat the egg with a whisk in a bowl and, having heard the sound signal, pour it into the soup with a neat stream and stir it quickly at the same time so that the flakes do not form.
- After a couple of minutes, turn off the slow cooker — a light and tasty vitamin soup is ready. If desired, the meat can be eliminated from the recipe, and a raw egg can be replaced with boiled meat, finely chopped. When serving, put a spoonful of sour cream on each plate.
Such a variety of tastes can give us such an unpretentious grass, like sorrel, growing literally in every garden and not requiring special care and attention. With a simple and appetizing first course «with green sourness,» even a not too experienced housewife will always be able to pamper herself and her home.

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MADE IN THE USA: Child Labor & Tobacco
http://www.hrw.org/news/2014/05/14/us-child-workers-danger-tobacco-farms Child labor is common on tobacco farms in the United States, where children are expo......
RICHMOND, Va. — You may have to be at least 18 to buy cigarettes in the U.S., but children as young as 7 are working long hours in fields harvesting nicotine- and pesticide-laced tobacco leaves under sometimes hazardous and sweltering conditions, according to a report released Wednesday by an international rights group. Ed Reinke, File | AP Photo FILE - Farm workers make their way across a field shrouded in fog as they hoe weeds from a burley tobacco crop near Warsaw, Ky., early in this Thursday, July 10, 2008 file photo. You may have to be at least 18 to buy cigarettes in the U.S., but children as young as 7 are...more »
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Philip Morris International Inc. (PMI) (NYSE/Euronext Paris: PM) welcomes today’s release of the Human Rights Watch (HRW) report, ‘Tobacco’s Hidden Children,’ which sheds light on child labor and other labor abuses on tobacco farms in Virginia, North Carolina, Kentucky and Tennessee. “This report uncovers serious child labor abuses that should not occur on any farm, anywhere....Stockhouse 2014-05-14
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US children working in domestic tobacco fields regularly suffer from breathing problems, nausea and other ailments, an international rights group said in a report yesterday, urging the industry to develop tougher protections for its youngest workers. Human Rights Watch, which documented working conditions for children in four US states, said it found many children on tobacco...Taipei Times 2014-05-14
Child labour refers to the employment of children at regular and sustained labour. This practice is considered exploitative by many international organizations and is illegal in many countries. Child labour was employed to varying extents through most of history, but entered public dispute with the advent of universal schooling, with changes in working conditions during the industrial revolution, and with the emergence of the concepts of workers' and children's rights.
In many developed countries, it is considered inappropriate or exploitative if a child below a certain age works (excluding household chores, in a family shop, or school-related work). An employer is usually not permitted to hire a child below a certain minimum age. This minimum age depends on the country and the type of work involved. States ratifying the Minimum Age Convention adopted by the International Labor Organization in 1973, have adopted minimum ages varying from 14 to 16. Child labor laws in the United States set the minimum age to work in an establishment without restrictions and without parents' consent at age 16, except for the agricultural industry where children as young as 12 years of age can work in the fields for an unlimited number of non-school hours. See Children's Act for Responsible Employment (CARE Act).


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To see the results of that long-ago event, area residents need travel no further than Southern Illinois’ majestic Shawnee National Forest, where Japanese Stiltgrass has taken up residence with a vengeance. The invasive plant carpets acres of the forest, crowding out other native plants, changing soil conditions and worsening fire hazards during dry years.
Researchers at Southern Illinois University Carbondale have been working on the issue for years and played host to a summit that featured their colleagues from around the country. The results of the summit, in August 2010, are now contained in a recently Internet-published white paper paid for by a grant from the Illinois Department of Natural Resources. The paper summarizes the many presentations, discussions and research presented at the summit and will serve as a valuable resource for land managers struggling to stem the Japanese Stiltgrass tide.
David Gibson, professor of plant biology at SIU Carbondale, said the University worked with the River to River Cooperative Weed Management Area to organize the summit. The CWMA works in counties south of Interstate 64 to combat invasive plants and educate the public on the threat they pose.
About 75 people, including representatives from the U.S. Forest Service, the state Department of Natural Resources and other agencies, attended the two-day event, which included presentations and field trips, Gibson said. Then recently, doctoral student Karla L. Gage reviewed the taped presentations and images and put together the summary. The full paper can be found at OpenSIUC at http://opensiuc.lib.siu.edu/pb_reports/3/ and the River to River CWMA website at http://www.rtrcwma.org/stiltgrass/.
Japanese Stiltgrass first was discovered in the United States in 1919 as it grew along a streambed near a warehouse in Knoxville. An annual, it rises new from seed each year, growing long, thickly tangled branches several feet long.
“People figured it had been used as a packing material, like straw,” said Gage, a doctoral student in plant ecology from Selmer, Tenn., who summarized the summit and wrote the paper. “No one knows for sure how it got here.”
One thing for sure, however, is that once it gets somewhere, it’s hard to get rid of. The plant creates numerous tiny and sticky seeds, both in flowers and inside its branches, ensuring that the seeds not only spread by dispersing but also end up in the soil. Once in the soil, the seeds last about five years.
“So even if you go and clear out the plant one year it will keep coming back for several years after,” Gibson said.
The plant crowds out native species and there is some evidence that chemicals secreted by its roots negatively affect the nutrient cycle and the ability for other seeds to germinate, possibly hurting forest regeneration following fire events.
And fire is another problem where the plant is concerned.
“It can climb trees,” Gibson said. “The problem is that, although fire is generally a good thing in forest, when this plant dries out during the winter season it can provide a fire ladder leading up into the trees, where it can lead to crown fires.”
Gibson said the summarizing and disseminating the event will help land managers all over the country deal more effectively with Japanese Stiltgrass issues.
“A lot of the people who deal with this problem don’t do research; it’s not their job. So they need to know what the research is saying,” Gibson said. “As researchers, we ask basic questions about the biology and ecology of the plant, what it’s doing to the environment, how it’s dispersing. Other research might be applied, such as testing herbicides and other control methods.
“The hope is land managers can actually take that information and apply it to their situation,” he said. “So it’s an important communication between researchers and managers.”
Christopher Evans, coordinator of the River to River CWMA, works with agencies, organizations and individuals to manage invasive plants. He said SIU Carbondale’s help is critical to getting the message out.
“The University provided a great venue and staff support for the Stiltgrass Summit. Also, the Department of Plant Biology and Center for Ecology both participated by sponsoring and helping plan the summit,” Evans said.
“SIU Carbondale’s assistance helped attract the large attendance and great speakers that made this summit a success.”
Evans said the white paper would be an important tool for land managers who battle the Japanese Stiltgrass problem throughout the area.
“Accurate, up-to-date information on the biology, impacts and control is needed if we want to make the best decisions on spending time and resources toward management of invasive species,” he said.
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3 Hours Jungle Trekking
The first choice stage with limited time, family brings children or physical conditions that are not possible.
We have the choice to make it all possible to go on an adventure in Gunung NATIONAL PARK. The guide will show some species of animal, bird and medicinal plants that you will see in the jungle.
And we will doing jungle trekking After breakfast at 9:00 am our guides from Trekking Orangutan Sumatra will greet you at the hotel where you are staying
What to bring: Towels, water of bottles, shoes, toilet paper, bag with according to the size needed.
Meeting Point : Our Office – Perumahan Bukit Lawang, Jalan Orangutan, Bukit Lawang, North Sumatera, ID 20774
Not include airport pick up service, our airport pick up service at IDR 650.000 /oneway, maximum 5 person.
If you are interested, make a combation with a traditional tube rafting back to Bukit Lawang, you have to pay extra €10/pax
For other tours and more activites like Rafting, Tubing, visiting Elephant Camp in Tangkahan or explore the Bat Cave, please have a look at more activities.
Policy : Joined group departure ( Non Private ) minimum 3 person traveler suggested to apply to the date which is has confirmed participant. Program as mentioned (can be modification). Additional charge will apply for the service not mentioned above.
Note : What if you only one or two person, not 3 person ? Don’t worry, you can join with our guest, we’ll find you friends for your trek.


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Numerous studies on the effects of alcohol consumption in seniors indicate that moderate drinking by seniors can have a positive impact on general health. However, there is also a concern that heavy drinking can have adverse effects, and that alcohol abuse is often missed in the senior population. The guidelines for alcohol consumption in seniors are not the same as for the younger population and are impacted by several factors, such as physical changes caused by age, medications, and chronic conditions.
In general, for healthy senior adults moderate drinking is considered to be one-half to one ounce of pure alcohol per day (for men up to two ounces), which to one 12-ounce beer, 8 ounces of malt liquor, 5 ounces of wine, or 1.5 ounces of distilled spirits. These amounts may be lower for women and may decrease the older a person gets due to age-related physical changes that significantly affect the way an older person metabolizes alcohol. Compared to complete abstinence, this moderate intake has shown to increase bone density in women, protect against cognitive decline and dementias, and protect the vascular system. There are also lower morbidity rates in moderate drinkers as compared to abstainers and heavy drinkers.
For seniors who are dealing with illnesses or chronic conditions, or who may be taking medications, even over-the-counter medications, however, any amount of alcohol could, cause serious health issues or death. Considering these factors, it is important for seniors to be aware of their alcohol consumption, and for them and those around them to be able to identify when alcohol consumption has crossed into alcohol abuse.
Identifying Alcohol Abuse
The rate of alcoholism in the elderly is greatly underestimated for several reasons. The symptoms, for starters, are different in seniors than in younger people. For example, the American Psychiatric Association Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders (DSM-IV) criteria for alcoholism includes “Failure to fulfill major role obligations at work, school, or home.” Criteria such as this may not apply to retired seniors who may have no or little role obligations.
Typical warning signs, such as fatigue, irritability, insomnia, chronic pain, or impotence can also be attributed to any number of physical maladies common in seniors. Hospital personnel may miss identification of alcohol problems in seniors due to a number of factors, such as being focused only on the senior’s current medical complaint, taking less accurate histories on alcohol use (as compared to younger patients), or being uncomfortable with questioning or trying to change a senior’s established habits.
Often, the senior’s family hesitate to address the senior’s drinking, believing that the person should be left alone to enjoy the final years of his or her life. Unfortunately, the negative consequences and effects on the senior’s quality of life warrant intervention. The rate at which alcohol problems are missed within the health services setting means that identifying alcohol problems in seniors relies heavily on family members, friends, caregivers, and other members of the senior’s community. The following guidelines can help these individuals identify potential alcohol abuse.
Identify at-risk individuals
Family, friends, and caregivers should be particularly mindful of seniors who have suffered significant losses, such as the loss of a spouse or friends, loss of income or social network due to retirement, or loss of mobility and health. Seniors who have a past history of substance abuse are also high-risk candidates for late-onset alcoholism. Depression and other mood and psychiatric disorders can additionally contribute to a senior’s risk of dependence on alcohol.
Note physical changes
Physical symptoms of alcohol abuse include the following:
- sleep difficulties/changes
- cognitive impairment
- slurred speech
- poor hygiene
- difficulty concentrating
- restlessness and agitation
- frequent falls and unexplained bruising
- changes in eating habits
- unexplained chronic pain complaints
- unexplained stomach upset, vomiting or nausea
- blurred vision and dry mouth
Note emotional or social changes
Seniors who are abusing alcohol may become increasingly isolated; lose interest in friends, family, and activities that they previously enjoyed; or be irritable, depressed, or sad. Family, friends and caregivers may also notice the senior is drinking while taking prescription drugs and against the advice of doctors. They may notice a large number of empty beer or wine bottles in the trash, or that the senior is drinking with every meal or secretively drinking.
Addressing Alcohol Abuse
Family, friends, caregivers, and other community members who suspect a senior may have a problem with alcohol should talk with a professional who is experienced working with older adults, such as a doctor, counselor, social worker, or the senior’s pastor or minister. These professionals can offer guidance on how to address their concerns with the senior. There are also many organizations, such as Alcoholics Anonymous, that can provide assistance on specific strategies for speaking with the senior regarding his or her alcohol use.
How In-Home Care Can Help
Families who live far from their senior loved ones may want to consider having a caregiver visit with and aid the senior. Caregivers can provide companionship and interaction, which can relieve symptoms of depression, and be a valuable resource, letting the family know if there are changes in the senior’s behavior or physical characteristics. They can also help remind the senior when medications are due and read prescription labels to help seniors avoid alcohol interactions. For more information on how in-home care can help, visit ComfortKeepers.com.
Resources for Seniors, Family, and Caregivers
The Substance Abuse and Mental Health Services Administration (SAMHSA) has a number of free guides and brochures for download:
- Aging, Medicines, and Alcohol brochure (http://store.samhsa.gov/product/Aging-Medicines-and-Alcohol/SMA12-3619)
- As You Age brochure (http://store.samhsa.gov/product/As-You-Age/AVD189)
The National Institute on Aging has a free downloadable guide, Older Adults and Alcohol (http://www.nia.nih.gov/health/publication/older-adults-and-alcohol), as well as an Alcohol Use In Older People website (http://www.nia.nih.gov/health/publication/alcohol-use-older-people).
- Centers for Disease Control and Prevention. (2013). Alcohol and public health: Frequently asked questions. Retrieved from http://www.cdc.gov/alcohol/faqs.htm#standDrink.
- Ganry, O., Baudoin, C. & Fardellone, P. (2000). Effect of Alcohol Intake on Bone Mineral Density in Elderly Women: The EPIDOS Study. American Journal of Epidemiology, 151(8), 773-780.
- Gronbaek, M., Deis, A. Becker, U., Ole Hein, H., Schnohr, P., Jensen, G., et al. (1998). Alcohol and mortality: Is there a U-shaped relation in elderly people? Age and Ageing, 27, 739-744.
- Kim, J.W., Lee, D.Y., Lee, B.C., Jung, M.H., Kim, H., Sung, Y, et al. (2012). Alcohol and Cognition in the Elderly: A Review. Psychiatry Investig., 9(1), 8-16. English. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.4306/pi.2012.9.1.8.
- U.S. Department of Health and Human Services. (2000). Substance abuse among older adults: A guide for social service providers. (DHHS Publication No. (SMS) 00-3393). Rockville, MD: Levin, S.M. & Kruger, J.D. (Eds.).
- Mcinnes, E. & Powell, J. (1994). Drug and alcohol referrals: Are elderly substance abuse diagnoses and referrals being missed? BMJ, 308, 444. Retrieved from http://dx.doi.org/10.1136/bmj.308.6926.444
- O’Connell, H., Chin, A., Cunningham, C. & Lawlor, B. (2003). Alcohol use disorders in elderly people—redefining an age old problem in old age. BMJ, 327, 664-667.
- Peters, R., Peters, J., Warner, J., Beckett, N. & Bulpitt, C. (2008). Alcohol, dementia and cognitive decline in the elderly: A systematic review. Age and Ageing, 37, 505-512.
- Rapuri, P.B., Gallagher, J.C., Balhorn, K.E. & Ryschon, K.L. (2000). Alcohol intake and bone metabolism in elderly women. Am J Clin Nutr, 72, 1206-1213.
- Wadd, S. & Forrester, D. (July 2011). Alcohol problems in old age. Generations Review. Retrieved from http://www.britishgerontology.org/DB/gr-editions-2/generations-review/alcohol-problems-in-old-age.html.

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Eli Lilly & co.
In the summertime of 2022, simply because the hoopla surrounding the diabetes and weight reduction medication Ozempic and Wegovy was rising, medical doctors had been stunned to see medical trial outcomes of an analogous treatment made by pharmaceutical large Eli Lilly. Tirzepatide, marketed as Mounjaro for diabetes, confirmed even increased ranges of weight reduction: Members had misplaced about 21% of their physique weight, which was unprecedented.
The drug is already permitted as an injectable prescription medication for individuals with Kind 2 diabetes. Now, the corporate is looking for approval from the Meals and Drug Administration for tirzepatide for continual weight administration in individuals who have weight problems or are chubby with weight-related circumstances, however do not have diabetes.
On Thursday, the corporate launched new knowledge to help its goal of fast-track approval, together with topline outcomes from one other examine, known as SURMOUNT-2, which exhibits weight lack of as much as 15.7% amongst individuals with Kind 2 diabetes and weight problems. With these new outcomes, the corporate now has all it wants to finish its submission to the FDA, with the potential for approval by the top of this yr.
“We’re very happy with the end result of the examine,” says Jeff Emmick, vice chairman of product improvement at Eli Lilly and Firm. Emmick says the complete outcomes will likely be offered at an American Diabetes Affiliation assembly in June. He factors to the significance of each medical trials, and the importance of surpassing the 20% loss in physique weight. “Once we noticed one thing better than 20% for the primary time, that is very thrilling,” Emmick says.
Within the SURMOUNT-1 examine, individuals who took the very best dose of tirzepatide, most of whom had a BMI of about 30 or increased however did not have diabetes, misplaced about 21% of their physique weight throughout the 72 week examine. As researchers level out, for individuals who have bariatric surgical procedure, typical weight reduction is about 25% to 30% of their weight, one or two years after the surgical procedure. Within the tirzepatide examine, 36% of individuals taking the very best dose misplaced 25% or extra of their physique weight.
“These medicines are the opening to an entire new period of treating metabolic illness,” says Dr. Louis Aronne, an weight problems specialist at Weill Cornell Medication, one of many co-authors of the SURMOUNT-1 examine. “They’re lastly within the vary of bariatric surgical procedure,” Aronne says, noting that it may give individuals a substitute for the surgical procedure, with doubtlessly few unintended effects. Aronne has been learning weight reduction medication for a few years and is a advisor for Eli Lilly.
The drugs come at a time when weight problems is probably the most prevalent continual situation, affecting an estimated 650 million adults globally, and the rising recognition that many individuals usually are not capable of lose vital quantities of weight by means of weight-reduction plan and train alone.
Tirzepatide is just like semaglutide, which is marketed as Wegovy (for weight administration) and Ozempic (for diabetes). They each comprise GLP-1, or glucagon-like peptide-1, which mimics the GLP-1 satiety hormone in our our bodies. Tirzepatide additionally contains one other intestine hormone, which may amplify the impact.
Entry to those drugs is an enormous problem.
The common retail value of Mounjara is at the moment about $1,180 per thirty days, in accordance with Good Rx for individuals who pay out of pocket, and although Eli Lilly has not launched any details about how the sister-version of Mounjara will likely be priced if it is permitted for continual weight administration, the fee is more likely to be out of attain for many individuals. As NPR has reported, when sufferers cannot afford to remain on weight problems drugs, they’re more likely to achieve a lot of the burden again.
Given what’s occurred with the spotty insurance coverage protection of Wegovy, clinicians who deal with weight problems anticipate related challenges. Dr. Beverly Tchang, an endocrinologist who treats sufferers with weight problems, and an advisor to Ro, says clinicians in her discipline are anticipating FDA approval and could be comfortable to see one other drug choice. “However most of us are nervous about what entry goes to seem like,” Tchang says.
There are additionally considerations about provide points, given the shortages seen with GLP-1 medication, Wegovy and Ozempic. Eli Lilly says its working to broaden its manufacturing capability, to ramp up in anticipation of approval.
As with all treatment, tirzepatide has some unintended effects. Some individuals expertise nausea, diarrhea, constipation, and vomiting. “These are by far the most typical,” Aronne says. He says a small variety of sufferers cannot tolerate the unintended effects, however it appears that evidently many individuals are interested by making an attempt the drug.
New survey outcomes from the Weight problems Motion Coalition and Ro, an organization that provides GLP-1 drugs by means of its weight reduction program, present that greater than half of individuals with weight problems stated they’d be prepared to take drugs for the remainder of their lives with a view to preserve a wholesome physique weight. The survey discovered that greater than 40% say they’d take a brand new job with a view to entry protection for weight problems remedy, and about 1 in 2 individuals would keep at a job they hate to retain insurance coverage protection for weight problems.

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Two years ago many allotment sites in Chester were in decline and the number of tenants was falling. Now there is a waiting list for nearly every site. JO HENWOOD looks at why more people are growing their own.
EVERYTHING is coming up roses at allotment sites across Chester. People are on waiting lists to get a full or a half-plot in one of 14 allotment colonies in the city. Young people, families, schools and voluntary groups are all going back to nature to grown their own fruit and vegetables.
Traditionally the domain of the retired man, allotments have allegedly been around since 100BC and during the manorial enclosures of the reign of Queen Elizabeth I, commoners were allocated or ‘allotted’ plots of land to compensate for the common land they were no longer entitled to.
More recently, allotments became popular with city dwellers during the world wars when fresh produce was in short supply.
During the Second World War parks, playing fields and village greens were dug up as part of the Government’s Dig for Victory campaign.
The recent upsurge in interest in allotments seems to be inspired by people’s fear of chemical pesticides and genetic engineering.
Climate change has also prompted people to question the amount of ‘food miles’ they clock up, with produce being flown across the world to satisfy more sophisticated tastes.
Harry Kingham, chairman of the Hoole Allotments and Gardeners Association, said: ‘We have about 200 plots at the colony in Hoole and two years ago about half of them were taken. Now we are full and there is a waiting list.’ for plots and half-plots.
‘People are getting in to growing and eating their own vegetables
Harry is not typical of the flat cap brigade as portrayed by the likes of Jack Duckworth in Coronation Street. Not for him is the chance to sneak off to his shed to avoid the wife and snatch a sneaky puff on his pipe.
Harry is single, 34 and cycles to his allotment from his city centre home.
‘Traditionally people think of the retired man sneaking off to his allotment for a bit of time to himself,’ said Harry. ‘Nowadays, you are more likely to find women and young families working the plots.
‘In the Second World War of course, all the plots were full as people needed to grow their own to feed their families.
‘People now are trying to grow as organically as they can and reduce pollution caused by air and road miles used to transport food.’
Working an allotment not only benefits the planet but has a positive effect on people’s well-being, according to Harry.
‘There is a real sense of community at the allotments. I’ve met and made a lot of friends and being physically close to the earth is great. There’s also the benefit of being outdoors and keeping fit.’
Harry and the committee at Hoole are keen to attract the interest of local businesses to support these burgeoning colonies.
‘We want to develop the area to make it even more accessible for all sorts of people.
‘Our ultimate aim is to build toilets and an indoor space so that schools and large groups can meet undercover. We would also like to make the colony more accessible for wheelchair users.’
The colony has gone part way to development by opening a shop, or ‘trading hut’ as it is known, on the site.
‘We have a trading hut that is open every Saturday and Sunday morning and Wednesday afternoons,’ said Harry. ‘It is run by volunteers and we sell all sorts of horticultural and gardening products. The hut is open to anyone, not just plot holders, and we do sell supplies very cheaply.’
Allotments use is not restricted to families and school groups, charities and volunteers are taking up plots.
Hoole Primary School took on a plot two years ago and use it regularly to support work across the curriculum.
Deputy headteacher Sian Thomas said: ‘We go up to the allotment every Friday afternoon with a group of children. We have a greenhouse at school where we plant the seeds and when they are ready we take them up to the allotment to plant. We’ve just planted runner beans, onions, rhubarb and carrots and we have blackcurrant bushes and gooseberries, so quite a nice mixture.
‘We have a little shed up there where we talk to the children about seeds and how they grow and they have an input into what we are going to plant.
‘We’re doing a potato experiment at the moment with the British Potato Association to see what the yield is from seed potatoes which will help the children with numeracy. Looking at how plants grow supports science but there are also elements of PSCHE (Physical, Social, Citizenship and Health Education) by learning to work with other people and geography as we learn about where different plants grow in the world.
It really is cross curricular.’
The children recently saw the fruits of their labours when school cook Sue Stokes cooked some of the vegetables that they had grown.
‘We also take the left overs from the school kitchens up to the allotment to compost,’ added Sian.
Dial House, Chester’s Disability Rights Centre, has its own plot at Cheyney Road. Jill Foley, community liaison and catering manager said: ‘We grow fruit and veg to use in our café. We are trying to encourage people to eat healthily and get their five a day.
‘We were a bit late planting last year but did get some veg from the plot. This year we’ve got potatoes, runner beans, leeks, garlic, carrots and parsnips. We’ve also got fruit bushes and we make pies and puddings from them.’
The plot is funded by the Healthy Living Network which also funds plots for Vision Support and Canal Street. Dial House also receives help from volunteers at MBNA on a regular basis.
Newton Primary School has recently taken a plot at Kingsway Allotments which has 35 plots (including half-plots).
Simon Brown of the Kingsway Allotment Association said: ‘We are looking to develop a wildlife area on the colony and have put in a bid for lottery funding.
‘There is one plot which is badly drained so we have created a pond. The money would let us create raised beds and introduce all sorts of wildlife like frogs, pond life and plants to attract insects.
‘We would also like to construct a mini poly-tunnel which members could share and a small garage or shed to store shared equipment.’
Simon thinks some of the recent success is due to the coverage that the media has given to allotment use such as BBC Radio 2’s Jeremy Vine Show which has it’s own allotment in the Rhondda Valley and BBC 4’s Gardener’s Question Time.
Even London’s flagship store Harrods has launched a bespoke gardening service with a team who will design, build and tend plots across the country.
Simon, 53, has had an allotment at Kingsway for eight years. He grows his own vegetables, including potatoes and French beans, for his family, partner Diana and her three teenage children.
‘Being on the allotment encourages people to co-operate with each other,’ said Simon. ‘Someone will grow some seedlings and if they’ve got too many will give them to whoever wants them.’
‘This is really good news for the city and shows that allotments are a popular part of the facilities that the council has to offer its residents. Not only does it mean that all of the sites are fully utilised, but all of the tenants cultivating plots are improving their health and that of their families by growing and eating fresh food.’
Find your allotment
There are allotment colonies at the following Chester sites in Chester: Handbridge Beeston View; Blacon; Boughton Heath; Brook Lane; Farndon Gatesheath; Hoole Kingsway; Linden Grove; Saughall Road; Sealand Cottage; Whipcord Lane; Whitchurch Road.
The colonies are owned and managed by Chester City Council. Some sites have Voluntary Associations working with tenants to improve facilities.

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