Teacher’s Union Endorses Candidates for Board of Ed
The Montgomery County Education Association, which is the teacher’s union representing the County’s more than 12,000 classroom teachers, guidance counselors, speech pathologists, media specialists, and other non-supervisory certified educators has announced the three candidates it recommends for the 2016 Board of Education election which will be held in November.
The MCEA has thrown its support behind the two incumbents in the two races of concern to Germantown-area residents. The MCEA is recommending District 2 incumbent Board Member Rebecca Smondrowski and At-Large Board Member Phil Kaufman for re-election.
This year there are three seats up for election, two district seats — including the District 2 seat which includes the southern portion of Germantown. That seat currently held by Rebecca Smondrowski — an At-Large seat, currently held by Phil Kauffman and the District 4 which represents Silver Spring and Takoma Park. The District 4 seat is currently held by Chris Barclay, who is not running for reelection. In the District 4 race, the MCEA is recommending Shebra Evans over Anjali Phukan. Evans narrowly lost to Jill Ortman-Fouse of Silver Spring for an At-Large Board seat in 2014.
In the District 2 race, Smondrowski is running against Brandon Rippeon. Rippeon, of Darnestown, was a 2012 Republican candidate for U.S. House to represent the 6th Congressional District of Maryland. Rippeon was defeated by incumbent Roscoe Bartlett in the Republican primary in April 2012.


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Walk date – 25th January 2021
Distance – 6.3 miles
Weather – dry with sunny spells, very windy
Ordinarily this is a fairly gentle and easy walk over a couple of grass covered fells above Haweswater. There are no rock walls, crags, or any other potential hazards to deal with along the route and probably the most troublesome thing any walker would have to deal with would be the Captain Whelter Bog after a period of heavy rain. Walking in snowy/icy conditions is always a tougher proposition than summer walking and with that in mind we decided on the Selside Pike to Branstree walk today. They provide enough height to still offer some snow walking with no very steep climbs over rocks and crags layered with snow and ice. We had planned to return via Branstree’s north ridge in order to enjoy the surrounding scenery on the return leg, and because that route comes to an end a hundred yards or so from the lay-by parking on the Haweswater road there’s not much road walking to be done. We abandoned that idea because we had had more than enough of the incessant and very strong west wind by the time we reached the summit of Branstree.
Mardale – Mardale Banks – Old Corpse Road – Selside End – Selside Pike – Artlecrag Pike – Branstree – Gatescarth Pass – Mardale
The view across Haweswater from the lay-by. There’s a slight breeze and lot of big cloud around but brief patches of sunlight appear now and again.
A look towards Mardale Head as we climb Mardale Banks. Less than a dozen cars today in the parking area at the end of the road.
Much higher now, just below the old peat huts, and where this neat little pyramid shaped cairn stands on a rocky plinth. We’re at the point where the views of Haweswater and its surrounding fells begin to disappear so I took a couple more before we went any further.
On the left is the promontory known as The Rigg, from which the Rough Crag/Long Stile route goes up to High Street. On the right, across Riggindale, is Kidsty PIke.
Harter Fell and Mardale Ill Bell on the skyline.
Looking across Haweswater from the first peat hut …..
….. and the same again, just a little further up, from the second peat hut.
We reach the flatter path above Mardale Banks and pause for a breather. Haweswater has all but disappeared from view but its a good place for a close up view of the Rough Crag/Long Stile ridge route. The slight breeze has now become rather stronger and more annoying.
The craggy face of Harter Fell dominates the head of Mardale, to its right is the north-east ridge of Mardale Ill Bell and between them is Smallwater Beck and the Nan Bield Pass.
Heading for Selside End along the corpse road. The path was very icy in places but was easily circumvented. The wind is becoming increasingly annoying and is blowing the soft powdery snow all over the place. Spindrift starts hitting our faces, not a pleasant experience.
A look back along our route when we reached the wooden post marking the path up Selside End. We got the coffee out and had a short break here, more for a respite from the wind than anything else, but it was pleasant enough to have our backs to the wind and our faces to the sun for ten minutes.
As we climb the long and gradual slope of Selside End the wind comes at us directly from the west, its speed gradually builds, constantly knocking us off balance, and its a battle to make progress. If its so strong at this level we can only imagine what it must be like on High Street, Kidsty Pike and High Raise over yonder.
High Raise, Low Raise and Whelter Crags from Selside End.
The Haweswater skyline. A lovely view of the fells around Mardale. A little further on a lone walker came by us. He did say something as he passed by but neither of us had the slightest idea what he said, his words were just drowned out by the noise of the wind.
A little diversion over to Low Blake Dodd for this view into sunny Swindale and …..
….. the view across Dodd Bottom towards the heavily iced Forces Falls.
A short climb from Low Blake Dodd brings us alongside this tarn, frozen solid today. An extensive bank of heavy cloud obliterates views of the north Pennines.
Wind speed reading on Selside Pike. The forecast mentioned 15-25 mph at 850 metres which would at least have been somewhat more tolerable. Specks of spindrift still visible on the meter.
Selside Pike’s summit shelter, frozen snow inside and out and not much use today.
View back to Selside Pike. We’re using the lower path beside the fence line to cross over to Artle Crag and lots of deep drifts to contend with along the way.
This is the other only shot I took as we crossed from Selside Pike to Artlecrag Pike. We took the lower path from Captain Whelter Bog rather than cross the higher, and more exposed, ground of the nameless hill at 673 m. High Howes is our unofficial name for it. Even so it was a very rough crossing, the path had obviously been extremely muddy previously but was now frozen hard, badly rutted and very uneven. Add in the icy patches, the snow and the strength of the wind and it was more a case of enduring rather than enjoying. It was at this point we seriously considered calling it a day and making our way back over to Mardale Banks. However that would have meant walking straight into the wind and the spindrift, not a pleasant thought given how very unpleasant it was just being sideways on to it. It would also have involved a pathless descent over rough ground full of deep drifts and crossing a couple of deep and icy gills so, everything considered, we just carried on towards Artle Crag.
Constantly being punctured by spindrift and buffeted every which way made it hard going and tiring but we eventually got there. Still taking a battering by the wind I took a look back at our route – from Selside Pike, on the left, across the path by the fence line on the nameless hill and then the climb up to this point. In the summer its a very pleasant ramble over uncomplicated ground.
A further short climb takes us up to the two cairns on Artlecrag Pike where I took a look back .Selside Pike is on the left of the shot.
We staggered across to the circular trig point on Branstree only staying long enough to take a shot of it.
Crossing from the trig circle to the wall with a look across to Harter Fell and the fabulous cloud formations behind it.
Crossing the stile and following the wall over Selside Brow leads down into Mosedale. We follow the fence line down to the right and make our way down to Gatescarth Pass. We’re still being assailed by spindrift and consequently our faces turn redder after every onslaught.
Still taking a battering as we descend Branstree. There is no shelter at all across its wide open slopes.
Some of the wonderful cloudscapes taking place above Harter Fell. At least it took our minds off the battering we were getting.
Extra care needed down here where the gradient becomes more pronounced. Across the way we can see the path from the Gatescarth Pass leading up Harter Fell.
The gradient becomes easier as we approach Gatescarth Pass …..
….. and when we reach it we put the microspikes on. The surface is gravelly/stony and water from nearby becks does tend to flow over parts of it from time to time so we know it’s likely to be very icy further down.
Kidsty Pike misses out when a splash of sunlight lands on Rough Crag during the descent.
We get a change of view further down when Haweswater comes back into view.
The wind, and the ice, let go of us as we reached the cross wall back there so we could at last hear each other speak. We haven’t had anything to eat since breakfast so we had a late lunch perched on one of the large flat stones to be found beside the path, just above the parking area. Nobody around in the car park and only eleven cars parked up. Out of the wind and with a view along Haweswater we tucked in to the soup and sandwiches.
With the fuel tanks re-filled all we had to do was take to the road alongside Haweswater and have a steady, and wind free, walk back to the car.
From the road a look back at the north-east ridge of Mardale Ill Bell …..
….. and a look ahead along Haweswater. Sunset is still a couple of hours away but the clouds behind and to the left of us have joined forces and that looks to be the end of the sunny spells for today. It would be nice to say otherwise but this wasn’t the most enjoyable walk we’ve ever done thanks to the strength of the wind which made everything much harder than it should have been. Having said that it didn’t rain, sleet or snow, there were some decent sunny spells and the views were as lovely as ever, so not too bad a day all things considered.

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Fire damages home in Auburn
Third floor suffers heavy damage
An investigation is underway in Auburn after a fire damaged a home on Court Street Sunday evening.
Auburn Fire Capt. Don Flannigan says crews arrived just after 5 p.m. to find flames shooting out from the third floor at 340 Court St.
Flannigan says at least four people live in the home, and all of them got out safely.
The third floor was heavily damaged, but the first and second floor will eventually be habitable, according to Flannigan.
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SYDNEY - Global media baron Rupert Murdoch on Tuesday accused the government of his native Australia of "disgraceful and racist" language over a crackdown on visas for skilled migrants.
Even before the Philippines got its first-ever investment grade rating last week, analysts had been warning about unusually heavy inflows of foreign capital into local financial markets that later could, despite their obvious benefits to the economy, lead to higher prices that Filipino consumers will be paying for goods and services.
MANILA, Philippines (UPDATE) -- The Bureau of Customs, admitting that oil smuggling persists, said it is studying a proposal to limit the number of ports through which petroleum imports will be allowed to enter the country.
MANILA -- The Philippines' annual inflation rate likely held steady in March, a Reuters poll has found, as lower fuel costs and stable food prices helped offset higher costs of electricity reinforcing expectations interest rates will remain on hold for now.
MANILA -- The Western Union Co. has won the Product Excellence in Prepaid Award for its prepaid card launches in Philippines and in India during the Banking and Payments Asia Trailblazer Awards held last month.
MANILA - Melco Crown (Philippines) Resorts Corp. is likely to start a roadshow on Wednesday for its $400 million follow-on stock offering, Thomson Reuters IFR reported.
MANILA - The Philippine central bank plans to release more rules as early as this month aimed at liberalizing access to foreign exchange from banks and allow for more outflows to dampen the peso's rapid appreciation.
MANILA, Philippines - Listed agribusiness company Calata Corp. on Tuesday said it signed a deal with an Argentina-based firm to exclusively distribute the latter's farm products in the Philippines.
MANILA -- The Philippine Stock Exchange's current bull run is expected to last for at least three more years, longer than previous cycles the country has seen, following the credit rating upgrade.
SAGA, Japan - A municipal library run by the operator of the Tsutaya movie rental and bookshop chain opened Monday in Takeo, Saga Prefecture, featuring a Starbucks cafe, in what is believed to be the first public-private partnership of its kind.

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I’ve been super busy juggling projects and getting prepared for Off the Canvas LIVE! that takes place next week on May 8th. It’s been awhile since I’ve blogged, but my neighbors sweet boy is turning the “big 1” and asked if I would create something special for the big day…. My good old standby, fabric collaged overalls with vintage inspired hot air balloons and clouds. Love them!!
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No. 4 Chemics bounce back strong to earn split with Oilers
After host Midland High struggled to get a big hit in a 4-0 opening loss to Mount Pleasant, the Chemics came up with several in the nightcap, beating the Oilers 10-1 to earn a split in a key Saginaw Valley League softball doubleheader on Friday.
Midland, which is ranked fourth in Division 1, goes to 10-2 overall, 8-2 in the league, while the Oilers are 11-3, 7-1.
Mount Pleasant got on the board early in the opener when Annie Noch’s single with two outs and a 1-2 count brought home Lauren MacGregor in the top of the second inning.
Then in the third, MacGregor knocked in Oaklie Mogg with a double to extend the Oilers’ lead to 2-0.
From there, the Chemics had several chances to come back, getting four straight leadoff hitters on base and leaving eight runners on base in the third through sixth innings.
Midland’s best chance came in the fifth, when Catherine Kelly led off with a walk, and Tara Gross reached on an error two batters later. Allison Gray then ripped an 0-1 pitch down the rightfield line, but the ball landed foul, and Gray struck out on the next pitch.
After Maya Kipfmiller singled to load the bases with two outs, Oilers’ pitcher Mogg got a called third strike on the inside corner against Julia Gross to end the threat.
“The girls battled hard,” said Midland coach Robin Allen. “We had a lot of baserunners — we just couldn’t get that timely hit.”
Mount Pleasant added two more runs in the seventh when Hannah Carson’s single knocked in Natalie Kea, and Ellyn Ecker scored on an error. Mogg nearly drove in another run with a long flyball, but rightfielder Zoe Manary made a leaping catch to end the inning.
Mogg retired the side in order in the bottom of the seventh to finish off a complete-game shutout. The freshman allowed three hits and four walks, striking out six.
“Oaklie (Mogg) threw really well,” said Mount Pleasant coach Ted McIntyre. “I was really happy with Oaklie and really happy with how the defense played for the most part. One inning, we (helped Midland) out (with errors), but for the most we played pretty well.”
Kipfmiller pitched a complete game for Midland, allowing four runs — three earned — on eight hits and one walk with nine strikeouts.
“I thought she pitched well,” Allen said of his junior pitcher. “Her hip was hurting a little bit, but she was able to pitch through it.”
“We (were) facing a pretty good ballclub and a pretty good pitcher, and I think we hit the ball pretty well,” said McIntyre.
At the plate for the Chemics, Kipfmiller went 2-for-4, while Kelly was 1-for-1 with two walks.
MacGregor went 2-for-3 with two doubles, a run scored, and a run batted in to lead the Oilers, while Noch was 2-for-3 with an RBI, and Jordan Hyames went 1-for-2 with a double.
In game two, the Chemics busted out in a big way, taking a 4-0 lead in the first inning. Julia Gross, Nicole Miiller, and Manary had consecutive RBIs in the inning.
The Chemics then added two runs in the second, one in the fourth, and three in the sixth. Midland had 10 hits in the nightcap, after totaling just three in the opener.
Julia Gross was 3-for-4 with a double, four RBIs and two runs scored, while Gray went 3-for-3 and scored three runs.
“It was two (very) different games,” Allen said. “We got people on base (in game two) and scored them. In the first game, we got people on base but couldn’t score. It’s just what happens sometimes.”
Kipfmiller and Jillian Elmer each had a double for the Chemics, and Kipfmiller also drew two walks.
“I think we were a little more patient at the plate (in game two),” Allen added. “Also, we were way out in front of everything in the first game. We squared (the ball) up more in the second.”
In the circle, Manary held the Oilers to one earned run on seven hits and two walks in picking up the complete-game win.
“She kept the ball down and let our defense do the work,” Allen said of Manary. “We played a pretty good defensive game. When she keeps it down in the zone, she’s pretty effective.”
The split keeps Midland, with two SVL losses, within striking distance of the Oilers and Bay City Western, who each have one loss in the league.
“We’re still in the race, but now we’re going to need some help,” Allen said. “It’d be nice if Mount Pleasant and Bay City Western could split (when they play Thursday). We’ll just keep playing hard and hopefully finish out strong.”
The Chemics play today at the Dow High Charger Classic at Optimist Park, beginning with a 10 a.m. game against Ogemaw Heights.


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The Firm moves into new offices in Fairfax, VA, setting the stage for future growth.
Jen Marenberg becomes a shareholder of The Wolf Group, P.C. Mishkin Santa is appointed Secretary of the Society of Tax and Estate Planners (STEP) Mid-Atlantic region. The Firm is engaged as “of counsel” equivalent to provide international/expatriate tax support to dozens of CPA and [...]
Mishkin Santa becomes a shareholder of The Wolf Group, P.C. Mishkin Santa visits, and gives more than a dozen presentations speaks at, NEXIA International firms across Australia.
The Firm launches its blog, Cross-Border Tax Matters, to share insights on the international tax implications of popular (e.g., sports, celebrity) news stories and on new developments in the tax world. Len Wolf authors a chapter in “The Diplomatic Handbook” published by the American [...]
Mishkin Santa joins the firm as International Tax Director. The Wolf Group is invited to present at the United Nations headquarters on International Organization tax matters and establishes an office presence in New York City.
The Firm is invited to present to the Florida Institute of CPAs/Florida Bar Association combined International Tax Conference in Miami, Florida, attended by 2,000 delegates from around the world.
Jen Marenberg joins the firm as a senior expatriate tax consultant. Her role in the Firm grows over the years, and she becomes an income partner 4 years later.
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Photodynamic therapy (PDT) employing methyl δ-aminolevulinic acid (Me-ALA), as a precursor of the photosensitizer protoporphyrin IX (PpIX), is used for the treatment of non melanoma cutaneous cancer (NMCC). However, one of the problems of PDT is the apparition of resistant cell populations. The aim of this study was to isolate and characterize squamous carcinoma cells SCC-13 resistant to PDT with Me-ALA. The SCC-13 parental population was submitted to successive cycles of Me-ALA-PDT and 10 resistant populations were finally obtained. In parental and resistant cells there were analyzed the cell morphology (toluidine blue), the intracellular PpIX content (flow cytometry) and its localization (fluorescence microscopy), the capacity of closing wounds (scratch wound assay), the expression of cell-cell adhesion proteins (E-cadherin and β-catenin), cell-substrate adhesion proteins (β1-integrin, vinculin and phospho-FAK), cytoskeleton proteins (α-tubulin and F-actin) and the inhibitor of apoptosis protein survivin, in the activated form as phospho-survivin (indirect immunofluorescence and Western blot). The results obtained indicate that resistant cells showed a more fibroblastic morphology, few differences in intracellular content of the photosensitizer, higher capacity of closing wounds, higher number of stress fibers, more expression of cell-substrate adhesion proteins and higher expression of phospho-survivin than parental cells. These distinctive features of the resistant cells can provide decisive information to enhance the efficacy of Me-ALA applications in clinic dermatology. J. Cell. Biochem. 112: 2266–2278, 2011. © 2011 Wiley-Liss, Inc.
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Pink’s Hot Dogs on La Brea Avenue was a favorite stop for former Los Angeles City Councilman Tom LaBonge, who frequently visited the stand for a bite to eat and the unique atmosphere at an iconic business in the City of Angels.
Now, Pink’s Hot Dogs and LaBonge, who passed away on Jan. 7, will be linked forever after the Hollywood Chamber of Commerce announced that Pink’s will receive the inaugural Tom LaBonge Community Spirit Award at the chamber’s annual Installation Gala at 6 p.m. on Thursday, March 18. The award was created to acknowledge a chamber member who has shared their spirit for the community and embodies values for which LaBonge stood, including family, community and dedication. The affable former councilman for the 4th District, who left office in 2015, was known to many as “Mr. Los Angeles” for his tireless love for the city.
“It was a wonderful surprise. The award is fabulous,” said Richard Pink, who operates the stand with his wife, Gloria, and sister, Beverly Pink-Wolfe. “To be associated with Tom LaBonge and the first award to recognize his spirit in L.A. is wonderful. We are so proud to be associated with Tom LaBonge and the chamber.”
Before it was announced this week that Pink’s Hot Dogs will receive the award, Pink decided to create a special hot dog in tribute to LaBonge that will be on the permanent menu beginning at noon on March 12. The Mr. Los Angeles Tom LaBonge Hot Dog is a Polish sausage topped with sauteed onions and mushrooms, bacon and nacho cheese. The hot dog is $8.95 and all proceeds from its sale from March 12-14 will be donated to the Tom LaBonge Griffith Park Memorial Fund.
Pink said the hot dog honors one of Los Angeles’s greatest cheerleaders. LaBonge usually stopped by the stand twice a week, he added.
“Tom represented the hope and the opportunity and the pride of our city,” Pink said. “We had to represent him with a hot dog because of all the good he did for Los Angeles, and I needed something that was as big as his personality. To me, Tom was always the big dog at Pink’s.”
LaBonge joins a long list of celebrities and famous visitors to have a hot dog at Pink’s named after them, including Marlon Brando, Gustavo Dudamel, Emeril Legasse, Martha Stewart, Giada De Laurentiis, Carl Reiner, Patt Morrison and Huell Howser.
Pink’s Hot Dogs is located at 709 N. La Brea Ave. For information, call (323)931-4223, or visit pinkshollywood.com.
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Smoakland’s STAY IN YOUR LANE… emerges as a standout album, with Anthony Battaglia and Harrison Hays delivering a distinctive mix of tracks that boldly distinguish themselves within the eclectic world of electronic music.
Boasting a fusion of electronic elements with an undercurrent of West Coast sounds, Smoakland has crafted an album that reflects their growth and the eclectic experiences gathered along their artistic journey. Their evolution from the compelling live set of their Electric Forest debut to their “Liquid Smoak” tour has led to this moment—a creative output that is as much about musical innovation as it is about personal expression. STAY IN YOUR LANE… is more than just music; it’s an artistic declaration, a sonic exploration that redefines what it means to make a mark in today’s electronic music scene.
While each track on the album offers a unique journey, the overarching theme remains unwavering: the courage to be oneself in the face of skepticism. This message strikes a chord with the festival-goers and daydreamers alike—those who can go by the beat of their own drum.
The duo’s rise from their memorable Electric Forest debut to dominating the Beatport Dubstep charts has been nothing short of a spectacle. And now, as they embark on a comprehensive headline tour, Smoakland’s story continues to inspire. It’s a reminder that in the chase of musical dreams, sometimes the boldest move is to simply remain true to your course.
With “STAY IN YOUR LANE…”, Smoakland has not only set a high bar for electronic albums but also for the artists behind the music, who navigate their careers with grace and passion. It’s a celebration of resilience, evolution, and, above all, the sweet, harmonious freedom of doing your own thing your own way.


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After twenty-five years of 'sex, drugs, bad behaviour and haute cuisine', chef and novelist Anthony Bourdain decided to tell all. From his first oyster in the Gironde to his lowly position as a dishwasher in a honky-tonk fish restaurant in Provincetown; from the kitchen of the Rainbow Room atop the Rockefeller Center to drug dealers in the East Village, from Tokyo to Paris and back to New York again, Bourdain's tales of the kitchen are as passionate as they are unpredictable, as shocking as they are funny.
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My family and I are very fond of coffee cherries, so our family is known as the Coffee Cherry Family among relatives and friends. Tasting fresh coffee cherries during the coffee cherry harvest season and making different coffee bean varieties by self-processing is one of my hobbies. Even though I have some coffee cherry trees in my house, I have to visit coffee farms to fulfill my hobby. Let me share with you some of my experiences with coffee cherries.
When did human romance start with coffee cherry?
There are dark green, yellow, orange, pink, purple, and deep red shining beautiful fruits. Anyone did not know; there are multiple treasures of energy hidden inside. We should be thankful to the Ethiopian goat-herder Kaldi, who observed the energized effects when he noticed his goats nibbling on a bush. Their movements are full of energy. He took the cherries to a monk who disapproved of their use and threw the coffee cherries into the fire. From which an enticing aroma swirled. The goat-herder quickly raked the roasted beans from the embers, ground them up, and dissolved them in hot water, yielding the first cup of coffee in the world. The tree later became famous around the world as the Coffee Cherry Tree.
Reality of coffee cherry
Coffee is known worldwide as a caffeinated black drink that stimulates your brain and limbs, making you feel good, and you can’t sleep. But have you ever tried to figure it out?. What makes a black drink? Don’t worry, I’ll tell you, they make it from coffee cherries.
If we look at the name of coffee beans, it seems like a vegetable’s name. But no, it’s just the name of the cherry fruit seed. The reason for calling them “coffee beans” is, when we extract them from coffee cherries, they resemble beans. Because of their resemblance, we call them coffee beans. Their name confuses some guys, and they consider them a vegetable.
The coffee cherry plant is a fruit tree in the original. Botany experts estimated that there are from 25 to 100 species of coffee plants in the world. The harvest of coffee cherry occurs from September to March in the regions North of the Equator and from April to August in the Equator’s south.
The coffee cherry fruits are similar in appearance to berries. They start dark green, gradually they turn yellow, orange, pink, and light purple, and as they ripe, they turn deep red.
When the cherries have ripened and turn deep red, we pick them and remove the skin and the pulp from over the stones. Then we peel the seeds, and coffee beans come out from the inside. When we roast these coffee beans, their pleasant aroma perfumes our brain. Then we prepare the famous coffee drink by grinding and brewing the roasted beans of the same coffee cherries.
Coffee cherry products
Nature did not create anything in the world without a purpose. It is a different matter that we do not know the purpose of its creation. Something has more interests than others. The coffee cherry tree is one of the few objects with more benefits in every part of it, comparing it with other items made by Nature in today’s world.
Producers make products from the following parts of the coffee tree in today’s world:
- Coffee pulp
- Husks, cascara, dried coffee cherries
- Green unroasted beans
- Silver skin
- Spent coffee grounds
Producers are producing many products from different parts of the coffee cherry tree in several world regions. They use:
- Leaves of the coffee tree for the production of beverages.
- Coffee tree Flowers for the production of drinks and coffee blossom tea.
- The coffee cherry pulp for jam, juice, concentrate, jelly, coffee pulp flour for bread, cookies, muffins, squares, brownies, pasta, sauces, beverages, spirits, and ethanol.
- Husks, cascara, dried coffee cherries for the production of drinks (tea), spirits, qishr (mixture with spices), and dietary fiber source
- Unroasted green coffee beans for the production of nutritional supplements
- Silver skin of coffee beans for the production of dietary fiber source, bakery products (bread, biscuits), beverages (tea), and smoke flavor additive
- Spent coffee grounds in producing bakery products, dietary fiber source, defatted Coffea Arabica seed powder (coffee flour) for savory and sweet recipes, bakery, confectionery, snacks, and ready-to-eat products
- Parchment of coffee seeds in producing food preservatives and antioxidants
Relationship with the human
The question that may come to your mind is, if coffee cherry is a fruit, then why does the world drink a nasty black beverage made from its roasted seeds instead of eating this fruit? Most of my friends ask me this question when I go to the cafe to drink coffee. Don’t worry; I have an answer that has much logic in it.
Because of our human nature, we are eager to eat sweet and delicious things. Among fruits, we also like sweet and delicious fruits like mango, banana, apple, etc. That is why the only fruit that comes to the supermarket to sell is sweet and delicious.
Nature has blessed us with great blessings in the form of fruits, but not all fruits are necessarily sweet and delicious. Grapefruit, olives, crab apples, sand-cherries, etc. some examples of sour and bitter fruits. Though people dislike the taste, their benefits are so great; they must use them not alone but mixed with different things.
Coffee cherry fruit is also one of those fruits whose upper skin is a bit bitter, and human nature does not incline towards it.
The second reason for not using it as a fruit is that the pulp under the bitter-skin, though sweet, but small. That is why we probably do not like to make our tongue bitter for such a small amount of pulp. However, if you want to taste fresh cherries, you must go to a cherry farm and fulfill your passion.
I am often used to visiting the coffee cherry farms often during the coffee cherry harvesting seasons and taste fresh coffee cherries. I enjoy the taste of coffee cherries so much that it tastes delightful, but I could not continue eating it for long. Maybe my throat was not so familiar with the fresh taste of coffee cherries.
Maybe when you taste fresh cherries, you enjoy it more than I. And maybe you make it your habit to eat fresh coffee cherries, but my advice is to take care of your throat and health before making it your practice to eat fresh coffee cherries.
Relation with animals
Humans have not been able to make it a habit to eat fresh coffee cherries, but this is normal in animals. You may have heard of the notorious Kopi Luwak, made by picking coffee cherry beans from the Asian Palm Civet waste. Monkey Coffee and Elephant Dung Coffee are also among the ill-famed coffees. And so and now the name of Human Kopi Luwak is even being heard. But let alone, I think we’re getting off track. Let’s get back on the point.
The coffee cherry is not popular among humans as fruit: Maybe the farmers may not profit from selling it. So they sell its seeds instead of selling it as a fruit in supermarkets. Only by selling its beans, they can earn more profit.
But as we guys tell the benefits and uses of fresh fruit and pulp of coffee cherries, I think very soon coffee cherry sales will be at the top in the supermarket. Then you must be saying to me, “Hey! why didn’t you tell me its benefits before? I remained unaware of it for so long”.
Caffeine is the axis of love
I think the reason for too much human romance with coffee cherry is not its flavor, pulp, or sweetness, but the stimulating effects inside it in the form of caffeine. Caffeine is the defense system of the plant against insects. What ironic, the same caffeine that has its immune system makes it more attractive to humans?
The coffee cherry is actually the fruit that seeds and coffee beans come from. When ripe, they can be red, yellow, or orange, depending on the varietal. If you pick a ripe one and pop it in your mouth, in my opinion it tastes like honeysuckle! The flesh of a ripe coffee cherry is always sweet and delicious. However, each coffee cherry is small and doesn’t yield much edible fruitJason Smith Roastmaster with Just Love Coffee Cafe
Coffee cherry taste
When I first bit the coffee cherry, I felt that this fruit consists mostly of skin and stone. Its skin was a little bitter and rough; the pulp was sticking to its seed-cover, like the pulp of plum. I liked the flavor of the fresh coffee cherry fruit. I can’t say that it tasted like ripe apples, pomegranates, berries, or cherries, but it tasted like peaches mixed with sweet and fresh mangoes or both at the same time.
The biggest problem I get when I try to eat coffee cherry is that it has very little pulp. Probably a factor as to why they’re so poorly pulp may decrease my passion for eating it, but I don’t let that happen. Here are some successful recipes I share with my friends to maintain their romance with coffee cherries. I share those ways with you too. These recipes will also benefit you a lot if you also love coffee cherries as much as I do. I think your love for coffee cherry is a little more than mine.
I don’t even let loose the leaves of the coffee cherry trees in my house; I take care of them by drying them. Make coffee cherry leaves tea from the dried leaves of these trees. Some of my friends come to my house very often. A gossip goes on with them. Coffee Leaves tea goes on. Most of my friends visit my home to drink this tea.
When coffee cherry trees bloom, mostly they are white; they wither after a few hours. I don’t let the coffee cherry blossoms go to waste, but I take care of them by drying them and making coffee flower tea from them. This tea is also highly flavorful and energetic. I send this tea as a gift to my friends who live abroad; they gladly accept and never tire of praising.
When a coffee cherry tree bears fruit, it first turns dark green, then gradually it turns yellow, malt, pink and purple. But when it turns deep red, I think it’s fully ripe and ready for picking. I have a basket for picking coffee cherries in my house. I like to pick coffee cherries by wearing the basket around my neck. Then I separate their pulp and seeds with a hand crank machine and dry them both separately.
I store coffee cherry seeds with their shells. These seeds are useful for brewing coffee all year round. When I have to brew coffee, I peel the coffee cherry seeds and roast them. How to roast coffee beans considerably affects the taste of the coffee. It is also essential to roast because I once tried to grind them without roasting. My grinder couldn’t crush them; instead, they broke my grinder’s blades, so I had to repair it. I don’t want you to break your grinder’s knives, so always grind before roasting.
I used to roast them until they turned dark brown. I separate their silver skin by shaking them in a colander, so their silver skin goes down by itself. Then I grind these roasted seeds and brew a tasty cup of coffee with a pleasant flavor.
The dried green seeds of coffee cherries are so hard you can’t chew them. Once I have tried to chew them, but they are going to break my teeth. That’s why I’m telling you not to try to grit your teeth by chewing a coffee bean without roasting them.
In the beginning, when I used to process coffee cherries at home, I used to take out the seeds and throw away the skin and pulp. But now it is not like that. We prepare juices from the fresh pulp, country shakes, and a variety of foods. And the skins and pulp that more than our use, we use to preserve it by drying. We use this dried skin and pulp to make the tea known in the world as “cascara”. Whenever my excellent old friends come to visit me, I offer them this home-made cascara. He who drinks it once asks for it again.
What are the benefits of cascara?
As cascara as an antioxidant food, it has many health benefits; some of them are as follows:
- Cascara is the world’s fourth antioxidant superfood.
- People use cascara as an herbal medicine for many ailments.
- Cascara, in particular, has been used for centuries as an anti-constipation medicine.
- Cascara has also been used to treat gallstones, liver diseases, and cancer.
- According to some researchers, they can use cascara medically to promote brain-derived neurotrophic factor (BDNF).
- Cascara helps with brain health, memory, and focus and also helps repair synapses.
- As cascara tastes a bit bitter, people do not use it in foods, but they use it to enhance recipes’ tastes when they extract its bitterness.
What is the difference between coffee and cascara?
Following are the differences between cascara and coffee:
- People use coffee as a beverage while they use cascara as herbal medicine.
- Coffee is a beverage; people drink to enjoy and improve their mood. In contrast, they use cascara to get rid of diseases.
- Coffee is a beverage that people treat to their guests. It is also served as a treat in hotels, restaurants, and cafes at various parties, family functions, weddings, and other parties. On the other hand, cascara is an herbal tea that people mostly use in homes. They refrain from serving it to guests.
- The physical difference between cascara and coffee is that: They make a coffee drink by extracting the coffee fruit seeds from the inside. Then they go through different stages; on the other hand, they make cascara by drying the pulp and skin separated from the stones.
- Caffeine inside cascara is 75% less than coffee. Coffee is famous worldwide; on the other hand, cascara is less popular and less used than coffee.
Coffee cherry processing in a commercial way
The cup of coffee you are enjoying is a cup of coffee that has taken you several steps to reach you from the seed. I will inform you of all the processes in 17 stages.
- Planting the coffee cherries
- Picking the coffee cherries
- Milling the beans of the coffee herries
- Drying the beans of the coffee cherries
- Parchment removal of the coffee cherry beans
- Polishing the coffee cherry beans
- Cleaning and sorting the coffee cherry beans
- Tasting the coffee cherry beans
- Grading the coffee cherry beans
- Decaffeination of the coffee cherry beans
- Aging the coffee cherry beans
- Storing the coffee cherry beans
- Exporting the beans of the coffee cherries
- Roasting the coffee cherry beans
- Grinding the coffee cherry beans
- Brewing the coffee
The first process is to plant coffee. This process takes place in coffee gardens. The coffee tree begins to bear fruit 3 to 4 years after its birth. Ordinary coffee cherry trees bear fruit once a year, but some varieties also bear fruit twice a year. When the coffee cherries turn dark red, bright, and shiny, it means that they are ready to pick. In most countries, people pick coffee cherries by hand, but in countries where the ground is flat and wide, they harvest coffee cherries with machines.
After harvesting the coffee cherries, the processing begins. In the process, first of all, the coffee cherries have to be dried to prevent spoilage. There are three ways to dry:
- They dry coffee cherries, including skin and pulp.
- They remove pulp and skin from the top of the coffee beans by machines and dry them.
- They left some pulp with the seeds; then, they dry the seeds. They peeled off the seed parchment, and the coffee cherry beans are dried. After drying, coffee cherry beans are cleaned, polished, tested, and graded.
Some producers extract caffeine from coffee cherry beans. Coffee beans are now ready to be exported. Coffee beans are stored and aged either exporting or importing countries. The process of roasting and grinding coffee beans begins in importing countries. The final step is brewing the coffee, which takes place in coffee shops, cafes, restaurants, and even in your home, then it is served to you in a cup to drink.
Is cascara used to make syrup?
Yes, cascara also brews excellent drinks that taste different depending on the types of coffee cherry fruit and the land in which the coffee cherry trees are grown and brewing.
Is the coffee bean a bean?
Coffee beans are not beans, but they call them beans because they resemble beans. Coffee beans are the seeds that are present inside the coffee cherry fruit. They are extracted from the coffee cherry fruit and then processed to make ready for a coffee beverage.
Is the coffee bean a fruit?
Coffee is not a fruit in itself, but it is part of a digestible fruit that you can eat; its name is coffee cherry. The seeds that come out from the inside of the coffee cherry are coffee beans. The seeds pass through a process to make coffee.
Is coffee fruit?
Coffee is not a fruit but a beverage made by coffee beans available inside the seeds of coffee cherry fruits. After removing the pulp and the skin over the seeds of coffee fruit and passing them through a process, coffee beans become ready for brewing coffee.
What do coffee cherries taste like?
The coffee cherry tree has many species, depending on the region, the land, and the type of fruit. And the taste depends on the kind of coffee tree, the area, and the land. When these coffee trees grow on the ground of different world countries, their fruit tastes different accordingly. That is to say, the taste of coffee cherries depends on the type of coffee trees and the type of soil on which the coffee trees grow. And the taste of coffee beans, which come out from coffee cherries, also depends on the kind of coffee cherry fruit.
As the type of coffee tree, The taste of coffee cherries or coffee beans vary according to the kinds of soils and tree species in different countries of the world
The better the type of coffee cherry tree, the better the taste of the coffee cherry fruit on it, and the better the quality of the coffee cherry fruit, the better the taste of the coffee beans that come out of it
and do it on the taste of other products that are made by coffee cherry fruits.
Can you eat coffee cherry fruit?
Coffee is not a fruit in itself, but a beverage made by passing the seeds of fruit through different stages. The name of this fruit is coffee cherry fruit. And of your question, if coffee cherries can be eaten or not, the answer is yes. Why not! Just as we eat other fruits, we can eat coffee cherries, because it is as tasty and digestive as any other fruit.
What is coffee cherry powder?
When the coffee cherry husk or cascara is well-ground, it is also called coffee cherry powder or coffee cherry flour. This coffee cherry powder is mixed with plain water and used as a tea and mixed with milk. Further, they use it as a flavor in various foods.
What are coffee beans made of?
Coffee beans are the seeds inside the coffee cherry fruit. The coffee producers extract them from inside the coffee cherry fruit and pass them through different stages to make coffee beans. And the skin and pulp on top of the seeds are dried to make coffee cherry tea.
Difference between the taste of coffee cherries, coffee cherry tea, and coffee beans?
One is the taste of coffee cherry tea, and the other is the taste of coffee cherry fruit. These two flavors are different from each other. Just as they are different from each other, they are also different from the coffee bean’s taste. The taste of coffee cherry fruit is exactly like the taste of fruit like mango, guava, or pomegranate. In contrast, coffee cherry tea tastes like you are drinking a decoction of dried fruit, like rich, dark, and somewhat bitter but utterly different from coffee beans’ taste.
What is a coffee cherry tree?
The coffee cherry tree is about the size of a guava, pomegranate, peach, or plum tree. Its leaves are a little smaller than mango leaves in length, and its fruit looks like clusters of grapes on the tree.
What is coffee leaf tea?
The tea made from the leaves of the coffee tree is called coffee leaf tea. People have long been using the leaves of the coffee tree for making tea in various countries, especially in Java, Ethiopia, Jamaica, South Sudan, and now in Pakistan, India, and more.
What is a coffee cherry tea?
Producers make coffee cherry tea from the coffee cherry husk. When you take the seeds out of the coffee cherry fruit, some pulp remains with the skin. When the skin and pulp are dried, it is also called coffee cherry tea or cascara.
How is coffee cherry tea (cascara) flavor?
Cascara is another name for coffee cherry tea. And this is a herbal tea that tastes great like cider, hibiscus, or orange zest. It tastes lively, somewhat sweet, and refreshing.
Does coffee fruit contain caffeine?
Yes, different quantity of caffeine is available in the other parts of the coffee cherry tree, which I’ve described below
- Coffee cherry tree leaves: 100 grams of coffee tree leaves contain 1 gram of caffeine.
- Coffee cherry tree flowers: 100 grams of dried coffee cherry tree flowers contain about 1 gram of caffeine.
- Coffee cherry fruit: Caffeine available in coffee cherry fruits are 1.3% of the total fruit
- Coffee beans: 100 grams of dry coffee beans contain about 4 grams of caffeine.
- Cascara:100 grams of dried cascara contains about one gram of caffeine.
How much caffeine is available in one liter of coffee?
The standard method’s coffee contains 400 to 800 mg of caffeine per liter. Otherwise, the amount of caffeine in coffee depends on water, milk, cream, and coffee powder in making one liter of coffee. It is crucial to increase the amount of water, milk, and cream will decrease caffeine in one liter of coffee. In contrast, if you increase the amount of coffee powder compared with water, milk, cream, and sugar, the amount of caffeine in one liter will increase.
How much caffeine is available in one liter of cascara?
One liter of cascara tea, prepared in a standard way, contains 111.4 mg of caffeine. If the method is not standardized, the amount of caffeine in one liter depends on cascara powder. As you increase the amount of cascara powder in a liter of water, so will the amount of caffeine.
What is the difference between the ratio of caffeine in coffee and cascara?
The amount of caffeine in a liter of standardly prepared cascara is the 25th of the caffeine in a liter of standardly ready coffee. The difference in this ratio depends on the quantity of milk, cream, sugar, water, and coffee or cascara powder?


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A National Youth Forum on “Drug Prevention and Youth Development” was held on Tuesday 03rd September, 2019 in Phnom Penh.
The event, a collaboration between Good Neighbours Cambodia (GNC) with the government ministries of National Authority for Combating Drug (NACD), Ministry of Education, Youth and Sport (MoEYS) and Ministry of Labour and Vocational Training Affair (MoL), saw the launch of a drug survey report done voluntarily by young people.
Two hundred and five youths and adults gathered for the launch to look at possible intervention from government and stakeholders, and to motivate young people to continue their learning at higher education or through vocational skills training.
The youth representative from Snuol district, Kratie province, Ms. Phat Sophors reported that the availability of drugs in her community has a profound effect on how safe she feels and her learning capability. She is afraid of going to school and travelling to any places within her neighbourhood.
H.E Thong Sokunthea, deputy secretary-general of the National Authority for Combating Drugs (NACD) commented that grassroots youths conducting a survey on drug issues was a ground breaking initiative. He went on to promise that he will increase the intervention by cooperating with all government ministries and stakeholders to prevent and fight against the use of drugs.
The Country Director of GNC, Jaekyun Rho, found the survey findings remarkable. He talked of the work GNC does to promote children’s rights and child protection and called for compulsory action from the relevant government intuitions and stakeholders.
He stated that fighting against drugs is the responsibility of everyone, and that people, especially children and youth at grassroots level, need to be protected and safe, so that they can enjoy living and learning for personal growth without fear.
He added that he was satisfied with the good collaboration of the government to promote children’s rights with particularly emphasis on preventing and fighting against drugs.

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Talented Nigerian singer, Akinbiyi Abiola Ahmed professionally known as Bella Shmurda has saluted seasoned Nigerian rapper, Olamide and dancer, Poco Lee for giving him a chance to be recognised.
In an interview with CNN, Bella Shmurda also recounted how he had to learn how to drive in order to help his mum who ran a rental company at the time.
Speaking on how he shot into the limelight, Bella said gave accolades to Olamide, who promoted him on social media and recorded a song with him in 2020 which was his first big song.
On his style of music, the singer said that he represents the streets and fans should continue to expect the best from him.
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How to Take Care of Your Engine to Minimize Maintenance Costs
Caring For Your Cars Clutch Are you about to go somewhere by in the future? If yes, how are you about to go there, drive there or just require a flight? I have seen a misconception among a lot of people that driving cost less than having a flight, this is in some situations but most of that time period flying will cost you less. Uneven Wear -- There can be many causes of uneven tire wear. Tires that dont wear evenly cannot grip the path properly. Worn shocks and brakes are two big explanations why tires may not wear evenly. Also, improper tire inflation, worn suspension parts or alignment as well as balance issues can weigh in. If the wearing is slight, fix the mechanical problems and rotate your tires. If wearing is a lot more pronounced, you will need to go tire shopping. The pressure of ones tyres keeps you safe on the highway. If tyres are under-inflated the vehicle uses more fuel and is also less equipped to handle well, if tyres are over-inflated the grip on the highway surface suffers. It is advisable to check tyre pressure regularly, ideally once a week and once a month as a minimum. You should also confirm the pressure of your respective spare tyre too. The correct tyre pressure will likely be shown in your cars manual, in fact it is worth doing as you will save up to 10% on fuel when your tyres are in the best level. A clogged O.F. means that your engine can be prevented from receiving the oil it needs for cheap insurance for new drivers lubrication. Because a deficiency of lubrication can quickly cause expensive damage, this kind of circumstance would be problematic. For this reason, oil filter manufacturers design their product using a bypass valve. It is a preventative measure. Most ATFs can tolerate temperatures as much as 195 degrees Fahrenheit without suffering significant degradation. Under normal driving conditions, the temperature surrounding your tranny should stay well below this marker. As long as it will, the ATF can last 50,000 or more miles while not having to be replaced.


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Investigating the value of companion cropping systems of chickpea and cereals for improved crop and fallow water use efficiency.
Grains growers in Australia have successfully implement retained stubble farming systems to reduce evaporative water loss on their farm systems, with cereal stubble retaining water at close to double that of grain legume stubbles over the fallow periods.
This project will evaluate the value that different companion cropping scenarios of chickpea and cereals can play in overcoming the poor fallow efficiency of stand alone grain legume stubbles in accumulating stored soil water in the summer dominated rainfall regions of central Queensland and south western Queensland.
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About 15 months ago I planted my first pie cherry tree – a dwarf Montmorency Cherry. I love pie cherries. I’m not much of a sweet cherry eater (don’t be a hater!) but I love cooking with cherries and sour cherries are the only ones to cook with.
I thought perhaps it would take a couple years for my tree to really produce cherries, but I lucked out to a relatively large crop for a new tree – several pounds.
Pie-in-a-jar is the treat I made for my family today, to celebrate our first Montmorency crop.
Cherry Pie in a Jar
3 Cups Fresh pitted sour cherries
2/3 C Sugar
1/4 C Corn Starch
1/4 C Water
1/4 tsp almond extract
Pit your cherries and place in a heavy saucepan. Add sugar. While it heats, whisk together water and cornstarch to make a slurry and set aside. Bring to a bubbling boil and when at a full rolling boil, dribble in your corn starch slurry while stirring. Mixture will thicken immediately. Remove from heat, add almond and set aside to cool.
Pastry – I used a cornmeal sour cream pastry, but you could also use a basic butter:
2 C Flour
1 tsp salt
1 tsp Sugar
1/2 C Cornmeal
1 C Chilled Butter
1/3 C Sour Cream
1/2 C water
Whisk together half cup water and 1/3 C sour cream and put ice into it to chill – set aside. Combine flour, salt, sugar and cornmeal in a cuisinart and pulse. Add chilled butter, sliced into small pieces. Pulse until mixture resembles a coarse meal (smallish pebbles – smaller than peas). Then, with Cuisinart running, drizzle in your ice water / sour cream mixture until pastry pulls together. Flatten to a disc, wrap in plastic and place in fridge to rest at least an hour, or up to a day.
1/2 C Flour
1/2 C Oats
1/3 C Brown Sugar
1/2 C Melted Butter
1 tsp salt
Combine dry ingredients. Pour melted butter into ingredients and mix with your fingertips until mixture is crumbly and not dry.
To assemble pies: Roll out your pastry. Using the lid of the small Mason jar (or I used the beautiful Bonne Maman jars) cut a small circle and press into the bottom of the jar. Don’t grease the jar. Cut a strip about 6″ x 3″ and slide into the side of the jar, pressing in. Spoon in 1/4 C or so of filling (to your taste) and top with a spoonful of crumb topping. Continue until jars are finished. This recipe makes 5 – 6 small jars.
Bake at 375 for 25 – 30 minutes.
Without a pitter – forever. With a pitter – 10 minutes!
Pastry ready in the jars

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The BMW Abu Dhabi prepared an exclusive version of the M135i called Performance Special Edition. The vehicle has metallic tint in gray Mineral, combined with red and orange details, and a checkered flag abroad.
The Jaguar XK should take the line further in 2014. According to news site published by Autocar, the British manufacturer will focus on the development of new cars such as the newly announced XE , its new entry model.
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Nov 12 2019
Attn friends! I've opened a real studio and store! By now, you've gotten to know me so you know that I like to do many things at once (this website is a fine example of that). Over the past year, I've grown my painting hobby into a real business and I needed more space to create. Another dream of mine has been to curate a boutique. I got to thinking and thought – why not do both in the same space?
All photos in this post were taken by the lovely and talented Amy Lynn Straub!
Want to visit the store? Follow me on Instagram (@ponnopozz) to see my planned schedule for the week, which I will share in stories. Want to set up a time to come by? Just email me or send me a DM.
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With the man who makes all my dreams come true :)
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My Peanuts collaboration with Lilla Barn is available at the shop!
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Nail art by Legs (@lady.legs)
A plant gift from my favorites, Ozzy and Juan at Plant Shop Chicago (4601 N. Elston, Chicago)
Emily, from Orange Beautiful / Show of Hands is a super huge inspiration to me!
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Meet The Maker - Rachel Adam
Posted on 20 Sep 08:00
This week on the blog we talk to Rachel Adam, creator of Ethica Jewellery and @rachel_ethicajewellery. Rachel has turned natural horse hoof trimmings into something precious with the addition of recycled silver in this covetable collection.
Who inspires you the most?
My horse, Monica, is my main inspiration for this collection of work; from the surroundings in the stables looking for texture, shape and colour whilst also using horse hoof in the jewellery. The aim is to capture horsemanship and organic patterns in the designs.
The most inspiring jewellery designer to me is Emily Nixon. Her designs are inspired by delicate sea patterns and structures, although a very different theme to my work I admire the textures and shapes she creates with metal
What was the inspiration for this collection?
I have had my horse Monica for just over a year now, roughly the same time I began this collection of work. I believe the work mimics the journey we have gone through; it has taken a long time for Monica to settle in and to build trust between us, to learn everything about her personality. It was much the same with the jewellery collection, I had to understand, experiment, and test the material to push it to its potential. It is important to me that my work is as ethical as possible, another reason for using hoof material, however, all metals used have been recycled as well.
What jewellery making techniques have you used to create this collection?
Reticulation is one of the most prominent in this collection, it produces softer, textured surfaces on the metal that complement the hoof material. I have developed new techniques to work with the hoof material such as being able to make the hoof malleable to bend to any shape I desire. Using intricate saw piercing combined with reticulation and granulation on sheet metal can create pieces that appear to have been casted.
Casting is another technique used in this collection for ring designs. The idea behind these rings is to create a seamless ring from silver to hoof showing the materials in harmony together.
Please can you tell us a bit about your creative process?
I love to paint and draw my inspiration prior to designing on making anything. This is the first step to me understanding my theme in depth before moving on. It often allows me to discover shapes and textures I would like to explore further. Next, I will begin drawing design ideas and looking at materials and techniques I would like to use. I like to work with a sketchbook to capture what might inspire future designs.
What is your favourite piece that you’ve made?
This is my favourite piece (shown above) because the organic textures of the silver compliment the hoof so well. This statement necklace will encourage people to ask questions and open their minds to new and ethical materials for jewellery making.
How will you develop your work further for future collections?
I want to discover new natural materials for jewellery making and alter how precious jewellery is viewed. To me the hoof is precious because it is my horse’s hoof, however it is also a beautiful material to work with. [I want to] Increase general knowledge about ethical jewellery.
Who would be your dream person to make for?
Charlotte Dujardin is my dream person to make for, she is my idol in dressage and an inspiration to watch in the arena.
Rachel's 'Signature Collection' is available view and purchase from our New Designers Exhibition. Featuring alongside the talented works of Amy Findlay, Chen Yihan, Itziar Olaberria, Liz Crow, Lorraine Murphy and Nina Letts.
The New Designers exhibition is available to view in store and online until October 22nd.


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Montana Child Care Providers Are Getting Much-Needed Support
Missoula, MT (KGVO-AM News) - On February 21, 2024, Governor Greg Gianforte and Department of Public Health and Human Services Director Charlie Brereton announced increased support for families’ child care costs through the Best Beginnings Child Care Scholarship Program (BBCCS).
According to Gianforte, the DPHHS Early Childhood and Family Support Division offers the BBCCS to qualified low-income families whose child receives care from a licensed or registered center, group or family child care home, or Family, Friend, and Neighbor provider.
“Montana’s early childhood providers support hardworking families, strengthen our economy, and build a brighter future for our state,” said Gianforte. “This is a crucial investment in our child care system to ensure providers and families have the support they need to get the services they require.”
Starting March 1, the increased subsidy rate allows all licensed and registered child care providers who accept BBCCS to receive the rate increase for eligible clients the program serves. The new child care rates can be viewed here.
With the increased rate, an additional 15 percent premium will be added for providers operating in areas identified as high-growth counties, which include Flathead, Gallatin, Missoula, Ravalli, Yellowstone, and Lewis and Clark counties.
“Ensuring Montana families have access to high-quality child care is a major component to their overall prosperity,” said Brereton. “While all participating child care providers and families across Montana will benefit from our rate increases, those living in high growth areas will receive an additional boost to ensure that child care provider doors stay open and access to services increases. We’re looking forward to monitoring and measuring the impact of these rate increases over time.”
Brereton said the increased rates will help child care providers better cover costs associated with the care they provide, while also stabilizing the child care workforce and providing families with improved access to child care.
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About VARIBOX IBCs
On this page, you will find more about VARIBOX IBCs. We at VARIBOX, a brand of Berry, believe in a future where chemicals and detergents are safely packed without creating waste. Therefore, we want to supply our customers in Europe with the most sustainable and reusable packaging with a minimum lifetime of 5 years.
We believe in a future where chemicals and detergents are safely packed without creating waste.
We want to supply the most sustainable and reusable packaging with a minimum lifetime of 5 years for the distribution and handling of chemicals and detergents in Europe.
By designing our new packaging on the principles of the circular economy, our packaging will be fully reusable and recyclable in the future.
Through innovation, continuous development, and automation, we strive to be more efficient with new raw materials and our Rotomoulding process.
We produce packaging for chemicals in the safest and most ergonomic way to protect people and the environment.
We provide packaging for chemical distribution that excels in safety, reusability, and sustainability.
Packaging chemicals made safer!
The ultimate goal of VARIBOX is to create a working environment where safety is the number one priority. With this in mind, we produce, in the safest way, our VARIBOX IBCs in Montoir, France, and Deventer, the Netherlands. Our IBCs like the VARIBOX Single Containment, VARIBOX Full Containment, and VARIBOX Compact Containment are truly reusable containers that provide long-lasting services to you and your customers.
Inspired by new materials and technology discovered in the sixties, a group of entrepreneurs founded our company in 1966 and named it Fusion-Rubbermaid. This was the starting point for the Rotomoulding process, exploring exciting new possibilities of polyethylene plastics. In these years factories started Rotomoulding in The Netherlands, France, Germany, and the United Kingdom, companies that years later merged into the one organization we are today.
Our Rotomolding process
The rotomolded IBCs from VARIBOX are the evolution of more than 50 years of experience in designing and manufacturing rotomolded chemical containers. Our continuous thrive for innovation has resulted in the development of products that have been awarded numerous prices for innovative packaging. After our first award-winning product was introduced in 1958, many others followed, like Multibox, Varitainer, Chemtainer, Palletank, Varicube, Bonbonne, CKMB, MultiWay, iCon, and now VARIBOX. All are manufactured with the rotomolding process.
More about us, meet our team
Meet our VARIBOX team. With two different production locations, one in
Montoir, France, and one in Deventer, the Netherlands, we have a strong European footprint. In the safest way, we produce our VARIBOX Single containment in Montoir, France, and the VARIBOX FC, VARIBOX CC, and Drumtainer in Deventer, the Netherlands.
With all our colleagues we support you to create a safe working environment with chemicals.
VARIBOX containers are built to be the safest containers for the packaging of chemicals and detergents. Many chemical distributors and detergents suppliers across Europe rely on the VARIBOX to work in the safest possible way. The unique safety features will protect suppliers and users during daily use, connecting, disconnecting, and handling.
The VARIBOX IBCs are truly reusable IBCs, the perfect solution to your chemical transportation and storage needs. Through its unique design and heavy-duty construction, the VARIBOX has a lifetime of up to 10 years! The containers are designed for complete emptying. This minimizes waste and enables safe transport, trip after trip, year after year.
Building on more than 50 years of experience, we develop and produce VARIBOX IBCs with our Rotomolding process. We provide packaging for chemical distribution that excels in safety, reusability, and sustainability. Today, the UN and DIBt approved IBCs are available with the fully integrated connectivity solution VARIBOX Connect.
VARIBOX stands for a healthy and sustainable future. Everything we do, including designing and running our operations, is aimed at a sustainable and healthy future. We work hard to meet our VARIBOX environmental responsibilities and help our customers to achieve their environmental responsibilities. VARIBOX aims to contribute to every stage of the distribution and storage process of chemical products.
Want to know more about VARIBOX IBCs?
Please get in contact. We are glad to show you all the benefits of our VARIBOX Intermediate Bulk Containers. Can’t wait to see what you can do with the VARIBOX IBCs? Have a look at our stories to see how the containers are being used for different applications in many different markets.

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The rapidly evolving world of technology is constantly opening new possibilities for investors. Decades ago the average person had absolutely no idea how to invest or acquire financial information of any kind.
Today, information is everywhere and you can learn to do pretty much everything online. This is a great time to invest and learn. No one can deny that the start is incredibly difficult for new investors, especially with limited funding.
In the near future, there will be an application for every possible detail
A trending application named Robinhood has recently started offering cryptocurrency trading to its customers. The application founders shared their desire to start providing tradition banking services and savings accounts. Now Robinhood is an app which has attracted a very large millennial user base due their zero-fee policy. The application provides its users with an easy interface, quick service and reliable maintenance.
The young company faced rejection when they sought funding 75 times and is now estimated to be worth $5.6 billion. It has over 4 million people registered on the platform and users in 16 states can trade Bitcoin and Ethereum along with equity investments. The platform will aim to offer to most financial services, while also keeping the lowest possible price.
It’s good to see applications with a positive approach to cryptocurrency being accepted into the established financial structure. However, such a move might not sit so well with many crypto investors. Some banks like Liechtenstein’s Bank Frick, have accepted cryptocurrency into their product portfolios.
This however, still doesn’t change the fact that most crypto users are very sceptical towards the banking system in general. Banks will inevitably adopt the use of cryptocurrencies, but the general user base’s opinion about banking, will hardly change.
As always when connecting cryptocurrencies and banks, security is one of the key issues. Bank Frick stated that it will only work together with well-known and established brokers and exchanges like Bitstamp and Bitcoin Suisse. Wallets are stored in different safe locations. The“multisignature” solution generates a level of trust. When transferring funds where at least three dedicated persons are required to be present.
The mistrust between banks and crypto users will prove to be a big challenge. With the right set of rules and innovative policies many banks will be able to reap the benefits of using cryptocurrencies.
Evolution is knocking on the banks’ doors.
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Gilman was a member of the Camden Town group, who were dedicated to the painting of modern life, particularly ordinary urban scenes. As well as street scenes, these included interiors, a subject already popular around the turn of the century.This work is earlier than the more gritty city views and shows a more demure scene, perhaps. Nevertheless, the blank expression on the woman’s face injects an air of melancholy that seems more modern than comparable Edwardian interiors.
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