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GCabot
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Originally posted by Lamb Chopped:
Okay, can anyone explain why I have curly hair but it only begins just below ear level? It's basically straight above that point, but there's a major change just at the bottom of the ear. Hair length and layers vs. no layers makes no difference to where the curl starts, so it isn't the weight of the strands (or lack thereof).
I am frustrated because, well, it just looks weird. And because in its less-than-infinite wisdom it has decided to flip UPWARD at the end, like a toddler's line drawing of a girl's hair, so I basically look incompetent with a curling iron. But this is natural. (and no, it isn't hitting the shoulder and curling upward as a result--it doesn't even touch the shoulder at the mo).
Google is my fiend, not friend, on this one.
Grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr.
Perhaps you are part lamb?
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Jengie jon
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Lamb Chopped
Very topical at present. Basically weight,thickness and various other physical properties determines how it behaves but I suspect that you need someone with a physics degree to get further than that. .
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Wesley J
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As an avid listener to BBC Radio 4's Today programme, I'd like to look up the playlist of all the items treated on Tuesday, 24 June 2014.
For some reason or other, I don't seem to be able to find this. I know playlists are there for some of the older Today programmes, like early 2014. Can someone please kindly provide a link for 24/06/2014? This is as far as I've got.
Many thanks. ![[Confused]](confused.gif)
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Wesley J
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Thanks, Curiosity killed... - that's what I feared.
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Qoheleth.
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As a local employer, I'm visiting the 6th form college for a STEM (Science, Technology, Engineering & Maths) Day. We'll have carousel groups of about fifteen 16-17 year olds for 35-40 minutes, aiming to encourage them towards STEM courses and careers post-18.
We're presenting some good stuff drawn from our own industry (energy), but now need a simple 5 minute interactive element to challenge their thinking and balance out the programme. There's no time to do the typical STEM activities involving marshmallows and spaghetti, or whatever. I wondered if any shipmates might have an idea for something suitable? Quiz? Maths whiteboard challenge between two sides of the room?
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Curiosity killed ...
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You may have to set up free sign in accounts but there are resources at:
the British Science Association which has lots of ideas (including the marshmallows and spaghetti construction) but also quizzes and other materials;
ASE Association of Science Educators resource pages.
Hertfordshire Grid Science starter activities;
What topic are you covering? I'd probably come up with something more specific if I knew where you were heading.
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Qoheleth.
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Thanks, CK. We're majoring on combustion and energy conversion (power stations), but anything STEM related could work.
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Wesley J
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A culinary question, and one that has bugged me for ages:
I love raddishes, especially the red, apparently 'European' variety.
However, some of them appear to be pretty hot, and in a different way from let's say horseraddish (which is not a problem, as you expect that from horseraddish!). I sometimes wonder if this depends on the variety and perhaps the soil it is grown in? Is this the case? They're not just randomly hot sometimes, and sometimes not, are they?
Question 2: what could you use to soothe the impact? I've heard advice like 'drink milk', 'drink (cold) water', 'eat bread' - but have no clue as to what really is good practice. This just for the occasional over-the-top-hottity raddish.
Any thoughts? Thanks. ![[Smile]](smile.gif)
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Wesley J
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NB. I apologise for spelling 'radish' with a double-d. It is the red hot globe ones that made me do it. And it burns burns burns, like a globe of fire, a globe of fire. Honest, guv.
[ETA. Ravished by radishes: still can't spell.]
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lilBuddha
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Besides the variety, radishes that have grown too slowly tend to have more heat.
As to the heat, drink water and breathe deeply. Unlike chili oils, the isothiocyanate in radishes is water soluble. And as it is more volition, the heat is often experienced in the nose, so breathing deeply removes the gases.
Carbohydrates should also help. With chilis, they form a barrier inhibiting binding with pain receptors.
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Wesley J
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Brilliant! Thanks, lilBuddha! Another mystery of everyday life solved!
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Penny S
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Does anyone in the UK know a stockist of what used to be rice paper, now edible wafer paper, now that Dr Oetker has bought out Supercook, and discontinued it, concentrating on butterflies, flowers and cupcake cases with the stuff? I have found that Lakeland has it, but it is much more expensive than it used to be, for what it is, and would push the cost of macaroons and coconut pyramids sky high.
I've just used my last sheets with reckless abandon to wrap a sort of fudge that didn't quite work.
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Brenda Clough
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Whenever I can't find anything I always go search on line. Ebay, at minimum.
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Penny S
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There's a lot on line, and cheaper than Lakeland, but I do feel that it is an item that needs to be in shops.
Waitrose manages to stock edible gold leaf, which I would think has rather less call for it. (And having seen a lot of mining while I did my Earth Science degree, I don't think much of all the effort and lives going into the extraction of the stuff so it can be flushed away down the sewers.)
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Pomona
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How far does being ordained in the CoE mean they are considered ordained in the rest of the Anglican Communion, avoiding the Dead Horse where those are an issue (Sydney, not sure about elsewhere)? Eg can a priest ordained in the CoE get a job in TEC, Church in Wales etc without doing any extra training?
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L'organist
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Certinly interchangeable between Church in Wales and CofE; always used to be between Canada and CofE, similarly Church of Ireland.
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Ricardus
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I think the word you are looking for is 'licensed' rather than ordained. I don't think there is any doubt that an American Episcopalian would consider an Anglican priest to be a priest, but they might still require a licence to do priestly stuff in America.
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Oscar the Grouch
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Originally posted by Jade Constable:
How far does being ordained in the CoE mean they are considered ordained in the rest of the Anglican Communion, avoiding the Dead Horse where those are an issue (Sydney, not sure about elsewhere)? Eg can a priest ordained in the CoE get a job in TEC, Church in Wales etc without doing any extra training?
Short answer is yes. As long as they are in good standing with the "home" church, they will be able to get a job in another part of the Anglican communion. The Church Times often has adverts for jobs in places like Barbados or Bermuda. Clergy moving between England, US, Canada, New Zealand, Australia etc is pretty common. Where I am now, there are priests who were ordained in Canada, USA, South Africa and England. There may be more countries. One guy has come from the Philippines, but I'm not sure if he was ordained there or here in Canada.
And as I can personally testify, you don't need anything "extra" (other than a lot of help in getting accustomed to a different country).
In practice, all someone needs is a letter from their bishop, sent to the bishop of the diocese to which they are going.
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Lyda*Rose
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The priest that was vicar at my TEC church when I was little was an Anglican priest from Brazil. I believe he was educated and ordained in England.
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Ariel
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Originally posted by Penny S:
Does anyone in the UK know a stockist of what used to be rice paper, now edible wafer paper, now that Dr Oetker has bought out Supercook, and discontinued it, concentrating on butterflies, flowers and cupcake cases with the stuff?
You could get it from Amazon, but had you thought about making your own? There are recipes online if you wanted to try it.
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Penny S
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That's interesting - I'll look that up. But I abjure Amazon because of their tax practices.
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Ariel
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You need rice flour for it. The recipes I've seen suggest you also need a quilting hoop or embroidery hoop and some cheesecloth, you make a paste with some hot water, apply it thinly to the stretched-out cheesecloth and let it dry. It would take a bit of practice to get it right but if you can't get it easily in the shops, making your own might be an option.
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Penny S
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I couldn't find a recipe, but that is roughly what I expected, from making actual paper (I've got rid of the frame I had!). On-line is easier! (But just as expensive as Lakeland when postage taken into account.) But it doesn't answer the problem of it's withdrawal from the shops, for a basic ingredient.
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Penny S
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And a tax fiddle.
But thanks for the recipe.
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Jengie jon
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Maybe a Chinese supermarket would stock it.
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Penny S
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Unfortunately, there isn't one near here. I'm also thinking cake decorating shop, other than Lakeland or Hobbycraft. Lakeland's nearest, and I can go there on my trip to the local cherry farm.
And I have now found such a place, with lots of the stuff, cheaper than Lakeland, in the other direction, but where I can combine it with a trip to a large garden centre, the bigger Waitrose, the posher Lidl, two Edinburgh Woollen Mill sales and the Oxfam bookshop ( I really should abjure that.)
Hooray - and thanks all for the suggestions, which have kept me thinking about it until I tracked it down.
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Hugal and Honest Ron Bacardi both have the same Ship avatar; the Lamb of God with the pennant. The pennant looks like the St George's Cross to me - but is it? And if it is, why the St George's Cross?
I'm trying to figure out the symbolism of a stained glass window which shows the crucified Christ (i.e. Christ with nail marks in his hands and feet), carrying that same pennant whilst speaking to a woman.
I assume it's supposed to represent John 20 14-17 - Christ speaking to Mary Magdalene - but why is he carrying a large pennant?
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Lamb Chopped
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That flag commonly appears in pictures of Jesus risen from the dead and signifies the resurection, whether it appears in the hand of the human Jesus or with the lamb symbol. IMHO it has nothing to do with St. George--it is simply a reminder of the cross, and of victory.
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North East Quine
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Sorry, LC, I knew there was another Shipmate with that avatar, but couldn't think who!
So, without the pennant, if someone didn't notice the nail marks on the hands and feet in the stained glass picture, it could be Jesus talking to any woman. The pennant is there to draw attention to the fact that this story references the Resurrection, which in turn lets us identify the woman as Mary Magdalene?
That makes a lot of sense as, TBH, the lead edging to the pieces of stained glass make the nail marks harder to spot, in fact I can only see the nail marks in the feet because I know to look for them.
Thank you!
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Lamb Chopped
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No worries! There are a lot of us here with that avatar. Yes, I think it's mostly for ID purposes, as the holes ARE hard to see. Another tipoff is when you see the fullgrown Jesus either half-clothed or basically naked, but with this banner/shawl thingy (yes, I know there must be a proper liturgical name for ít! draped across hs middle, or even flowing through midair. I'm not sure whether that is supposed to display the risen Body or whether it's just the thought that he was probably buried naked, with winding cloths...
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In this stained glass window, Jesus is fully clothed, with a hood, full length robe, and a bit round his shoulders which looks like a cloak. The robe is pale blue/pale lilac and the visible bit of the cloak is pale pink. The effect is ethereal. Mary Magdalene (assuming that's who it is) is in deep blues and purples. The pennant is flying above their heads.
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Having looked at the stained glass windows in the local church I wondered if the colours were symbolic, red for humanity and blue for heavenly - so Mary is in red and has a blue cloak, starts human takes on heavenly aspect. Jesus wears blue as he comes from heaven and has a red cloak as he took on human form. That idea came from a discussion ages ago in Eccles I think. Does anyone know if this is right?
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Before the minor remodel of our local RC cathedral, Jesus looked like he was sailing a ship fully dressed in a cape and some sort of cloth; he now has his nether regions modestly covered and visible nail marks with no flag.
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Pomona
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Originally posted by Curiosity killed ...:
Having looked at the stained glass windows in the local church I wondered if the colours were symbolic, red for humanity and blue for heavenly - so Mary is in red and has a blue cloak, starts human takes on heavenly aspect. Jesus wears blue as he comes from heaven and has a red cloak as he took on human form. That idea came from a discussion ages ago in Eccles I think. Does anyone know if this is right?
Blue is associated with Heaven, certainly. I think red was used in Medieval art because it was a readily-available and strong colour rather than any symbolic use - though I'm happy to be proven wrong! So the use of red is more of a habit than anything else - lots of Catholic images of Mary have her in white and blue or just white, for instance.
I believe the Orthodox portray Mary wearing red and not blue, but I don't know the reason for this.
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Wesley J
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Another strange question - a hot lazy summer makes me find all sorts of weird observations... ![[Biased]](wink.gif)
Why are flies attracted to us? Is it purely for the salt we transpire? (This was put forward in a recent TV documentary about a rainforest area.)
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Does anyone out there on the decks carry an Epipen? I've just been prescribed one as a precaution when on the allotments following a reaction to a bee sting, and I'd like to find a belt pouch or something similar to carry it in - as we have hives (scratch scratch) I will only really need it out there, so something I can pick up and pop on my belt would be ideal. Something that would also hold my knife would be ideal! Does anyone already use something that might fit the bill?
Many thanks,
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so something I can pick up and pop on my belt would be ideal. Something that would also hold my knife would be ideal! [/QB]
Bugger...
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It seems like a small flashlight belt pouch might work. Check out this page and choose the link in the table for "CO142" to get to the section for pouches with multiple uses. Maybe that will give you some ideas.
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Another strange question - a hot lazy summer makes me find all sorts of weird observations...
Why are flies attracted to us? Is it purely for the salt we transpire? (This was put forward in a recent TV documentary about a rainforest area.)
Animals tend to produce dung which make flies happy as a food source.
They may be attracted to your breath.
Industrial mosquito killing machines burn propane to produce hot CO2 and water vapor as a lure.
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Originally posted by Sandemaniac:
Does anyone out there on the decks carry an Epipen? I've just been prescribed one as a precaution when on the allotments following a reaction to a bee sting, and I'd like to find a belt pouch or something similar to carry it in - as we have hives (scratch scratch) I will only really need it out there, so something I can pick up and pop on my belt would be ideal. Something that would also hold my knife would be ideal! Does anyone already use something that might fit the bill?
Many thanks,
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When I had the traditional epi-pen, I used a neoprene pencil case - narrow tube with a zipper. Now I carry Allerject and it is much simpler.
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Penny S
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If you have the sort of shop that has army surplus stuff, or camping stuff, try them. And I think I've seen things in garden centres for holding pruning knives that might answer.
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Brenda Clough
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I carry an epipen, but I have a gigantic handbag.
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What did we call the colour orange before the fruit orange was discovered?
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Firenze
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'Geoluhread' apparently - meaning yellow-red.
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