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Cholesterol, Vitamin D & Sunshine

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For a lot of years here on the Blog I have told folks that I don’t honestly believe that there is bad cholesterol.  And some have asked why.  Well it’s simple really, as if one does the research he or she would soon find that cholesterol is a major player in keeping us healthy.  Thing is this.  Cholesterol is like anything else in life, to much of a good thing can cause a bit of trouble, sometimes.    So here is my answer.  Where do you think what some call Vitamin D comes from?  Most don’t know, or even care. Some say the sun, which in one way is correct.  Thing what most don’t know and most physicians won’t or don’t tell you, is that to get vitamin D into your system, you need sunshine, as sunshine turns cholesterol into the vitamin D that you need.  So let me say that one more time. Cholesterol is very necessary stuff. It’s converted into Vitamin D by sunlight,  so…. Lack of sunlight prevents the formation of Vitamin D.

Now here is the thing.  Folks now head out to the store to buy up Vitamin D3, is this a good thing?  Well for most parts no as most over the counter items like vitamins are man made and not good for ya.  What I would do, would be to buy organic Coconut Oil and take a table spoon a day, broken down to three times a day, or a bit at every meal.  That’s all you need and not only will the coconut oil help turn the cholesterol into the D you need, it will also fix a whole and I mean a whole mess of other problems, that you might have.  Also a lot of things you don’t know you have, I will guarantee that.   Thing is though, if you don’t get outside and get sunshine, you will gather up to much Cholesterol, simple as that and that is the problem we are having today, to much. to much isn’t good no matter what it is. So to fix this problem you need what?  Sunshine my friends, lots and lots of sunshine.  Don’t be fooled, the sun is good for you, wont hurt you, even if you are fair skin. In fact, there is enough evidence out there today to say that the sun stops skin cancer an most other cancers as well.  Think on this, we are part of the earth, the earth needs sun to survive, or should say everything on the earth.  So why would the sun cause us harm?  It won’t, unless you lay in it for to long or look directly at it, so come this spring, or even now, head on outside, soak up some sunshine and get healthy.  As I say, don’t rely on others to fix your problems.  You are your own healer, you were given that, so use it.  Have a good day and as always.  My Opinion Only

 

 

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Good Article Relating To Ones Health

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This Article written by a lady, explains a lot when it comes to treating cancer and a lot of other diseases for that matter.  Worth the read.

 

Chemotherapy and/or radiation – – or surgery?

 

Please bear with me through this important illustration. Is a headache caused by a deficiency of aspirin? The answer, of course, is NO! Then why do we take aspirin for a headache? What does aspirin do? Headache is NOT a disease. It is a symptom. It just means that you have a pain or ache in your head. Aspirin covers up or decreases the symptom (which is the headache) without addressing the real CAUSE of the headache itself.

Headaches are caused by a number of conditions including tension, stress, lack of drinking enough water, eating the wrong foods, caffeine-withdrawal, to name a few. Addressing THESE CAUSES is the answer to eliminating headache.

By the same reasoning, is Cancer CAUSED by a deficiency of chemotherapy or a deficiency of radiation? Of course not!

Do chemotherapy and radiation both actually CAUSE CANCER? Absolutely, yes they both do, as is well-documented in  medical literature.

Then if chemotherapy and radiation ACTUALLY CAUSE CANCER why are they used to TREAT cancer? Because doctors are not taught the real causes of cancer. In fact, they are taught that no one knows the cause of cancer.

But the cause of cancer IS KNOWN! You can even read about it in the newspapers. The Harvard School of Public Health admits that at least 65% of ALL cancers could be prevented by a change in diet and lifestyle. Actually, the figure is closer to 99% in my opinion, but still that’s a great admission on their part. So there we have the cause: the wrong diet and lifestyle.

So what do we do to get well? It’s NOT difficult to figure out. We GET WELL by CHANGING our diet and lifestyle!!

We all develop cancerous cells in our body every day. If our immune system is working properly, the immune cells will destroy the cancer cells. However, if the immune system is NOT working properly, the cancer cells will build up and we will have a tumor, either of microscopic size or one that is palpable (it can be felt) or one that shows up on some diagnostic test.

So if cancer is a result of the immune system NOT working properly, how do we rebuild the immune system so it WILL work properly? We rebuilt it naturally.

Chemotherapy and radiation DESTROY the immune system, the ONLY system in our body that gets us well and keeps us well from EVERY disease! Chemotherapy and radiation also destroy cells indiscriminately. Chemotherapy is poison and kills cells by poisoning them. It is a chemical and, of course, is unable to tell a cancer cell from a non-cancer cell. That’s why a person’s hair falls out and they get so sick and vomit, because the chemotherapy kills cells indiscriminately. The explanation the doctor gives to justify using chemotherapy is that the chemotherapy tends to kill the cells that are the fastest growing or the fast-dividing cells, thus it will kill MORE cancer cells than normal cells. And this is true. But it kills so MANY normal cells, particularly the immune cells, that the patient often dies from the TREATMENT rather than from the cancer!

Radiation burns out the cancer. It burns everything in its pathway. It also, like chemotherapy, kills cells absolutely indiscriminately and it destroys the immune system.

When the immune system is so severely damaged by chemotherapy or radiation, it can no longer restrain the spread of cancer. It is common after these methods of treatment to find that soon the cancer has returned and spread everywhere!

So how about cutting out the cancer! Does that get rid of it? Here’s another illustration. If you have the chicken pox, would you go to a surgeon and ask him or her to surgically remove all of the chicken pox marks in your skin so you would then be well from the chicken pox? Of course not. You would still have the chicken pox even if you no longer could see the outward manifestations of the disease, because chicken pox is a systemic disease, not a local disease. It affects your whole body.

The same thing is true of cancer. Cancer is NOT a local disease. It is a systemic disease. I developed breast cancer, but it was NOT caused by having too many breasts! Cutting the breast off doesn’t solve the problem, because ALL the factors that allowed the cancer to develop initially are still in your body.

Even if you have the cancer cut out or an organ removed, you still have left in your body ALL of the factors that allowed cancer to develop in the first place. Unless you CHANGE all of those factors, the cancer WILL return either in the same organ or in another organ or you will develop another type of disease. And if you CUT OUT the mass or tumor, what are you going to use to follow your progress in rebuilding your immune system? I’m not suggesting that you shouldn’t have it removed, that decision is up to you. I’m just proposing that you evaluate ALL the options before your proceed.

How about removing the lymph nodes? The lymph nodes are part of your immune system. If they have cancer in them, that means they are doing their job! They are the little guards at the gate whose job it is to keep the cancer from spreading. When the lymph nodes are removed, then the barriers to the spread of cancer are decreased and the cancer can spread more rapidly.

Q. Is the tendency to cancer inherited? Does cancer run in families?

Here’s another illustration. If you see a very obese woman walking down the street with her two young children, one on each side, and the two young children are also very obese, is the children’s obesity inherited? No it isn’t. The mother feeds herself and she feeds the children the same way. If those children AND their mother change their diet appropriately and begin exercising regularly, there is a 99.9% chance they will become thin and fit.

Parents TEACH their children how to eat and how to handle stress, either directly or by example. They teach them good ways to eat and handle stress or they teach them bad ways to eat and bad ways to handle stress. This is the way that disease, including cancer, is handed down from generation to generation – not in the genes (except in very rare cases) but in the ways we are taught to eat and to handle (or NOT handle) life’s stresses.

 

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Port Loring’s Weather, News & Ice Fishing Times

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Good morning.  A bit cool out there this morning.  Temperatures were 2 below 0 f this morning.  Daytime temperature is going to reach 11 °f  through out the day and then it will drop to -8 °f  tonight note I said minus 8.  So extra blanket time on the old bed tonight.  Barometer is rising and at the moment sitting at 29.85 in Hg.   Winds are from North and calm.   Snow accumulations over night, 2 inches and light.  Highway 522 is snow covered with icy spots.  it has been plowed though so if one takes it easy no problem with traveling.  The moon will rise at 2:10 PM and set at  4:21 AM.  It will be overhead at 9:39 PM and underfoot at 9:13 AM.  Moon phase today is Solunar Table Moon Phase is 83% percent waxing gibbous83%  Waxing  Gibbous.  The sun got out of bed at 6:51 AM before I did and will set at  6:10 PM, giving us here in Port Loring 11 hrs. 19 mins. of daylight.  For the folks that want to head out to their ice huts this morning to do some fishing, the best times will be from 9:00 AM till 11:00 AM then again from 2:00 PM till 4:00 PM.  Dress warm.

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We have had our share of snow in the past month that is for sure.  Yesterday I walked down to the shell station to get some gas, as after looking at my driveway decided on cleaning it.  Today I am sure glad I did, as yesterday it was major heavy wet snow.  Took all my snowblower could do to clean it out.  If I would have left it till today I am afraid it would have been one huge block of ice.  So my vibes were right on once again. Saying that, one has to remember we are given these feelings through out ones life for a reason. Reason being they save us a lot of grief.  Most choose not to feel them and act on them.  Today most choose to listen to others, like lawyers, doctors, powers that be and the media and not rely on themselves.  To bad too.  My Opinion Only.  Well tea time here and got to check the old wood furnace.  I suspect it is asking for more.  Have a great day my friends and dress warm if going outside today.  The sun will shine a bit later.

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In The News Canada Ranks 10th in Health Care

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I see in the news today that Canada ranks ten out of 17 in health care.  I am thinking it is much lower than that.  But even still that sure isn’t being on top of the list.  Their remedy to the problem is this.

In order for Canada to improve its health ranking — and by extension its health-care system — the report recommends the country adopt a health-care model that focuses on primary care practices such as preventing and managing chronic diseases.

Not sure about you, but if you look back through my many many posts, you will see that I have been saying this for years. Cancer and other diseases should be treated with nutrition and prevention, not with the conventional meds and treatments of today, that make the rich richer and the sick sicker.  I also believe that natural fixes should be more explored and brought to being.  Reason being is simple my friends, we are all connected, humans, animals, and nature.  All these along with our true Mother which is earth.  The energy around us that no one seems to feel, is what we are, nothing more.  Source is energy, energy is us. That is where it all started for us and that is where we will all end up. Thing is, the answers are right there in front of us, just most refuse to feel or see them.  Source is there waiting, why not tap into it.

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Weather, News & Ice Fishing Times For Port Loring Ontario

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Good morning.  Looks like a bit of weather is upon us here in Port Loring.  Winds out there this morning are coming in from the North West at around 15 MPH.  Gust are near 25 MPH.  There is a winter storm warning up for our area this morning but with the temperatures sitting at 34 degrees it is a mixed bag of weather out there.  Rain, snow, sleet you name it.  Don’t think we will get to much in accumulations of snow unless the temperature starts to drop which it will do later on this evening.  So it will be a wait and see.  Barometer is falling and at the moment sitting at 28.91 in Hg.  Highway 522 is snow covered.  The moon will rise today at        1:04 PM and then set at 3:42 AM.  It will be overhead at 8:48 PM &  underfoot at 8:22 AM.  Moon Phase today is Solunar Table Moon Phase is 75% percent waxing gibbous  75%  Waxing  Gibbous.  The sun did rise this morning behind some clouds at 6:53 AM and will set at  6:08 PM, giving us 11 hrs. 15 mins. of daylight here in Port Loring this morning.  For the ones still wanting to go ice fishing today the best times will be from 8:00 AM till 10:00 AM then again from 1:00 PM till 2:00 PM.  One should take care if out there on the ice today with things blowing around.

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Heavy snow, sometimes accompanied by lightning and thunder in a few locales, occurred throughout the night. The snow will continue for much of the day in most areas. A further 5 to 10 centimetres of snow are expected today bringing the total snowfall amounts to between 15 and 25 cm by this evening.  Now in saying all this, one should take into consideration that 25 cm is only 9 inches old scale.  For one I believe this metric was only brought into our country to deceive folks and if you sit back do some thinking on the subject you will see what my meaning is.  Take a look at the gas, speed limits, wind speeds, temperatures you name it. The truth is right there, one just has to look.  My Opinion Only.  Have a great day and stay safe.

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Weather Warning For Port Loring & District 03:12 PM

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Just checked my old weather station and see  a flag has come up.  Tells us here in Port Loring that a possible storm could be heading our way.  Could get  25 cm of snow before the system pushes east and tapers late Saturday. “Blowing snow will be an issue this storm, with wind gusts up to 80 km/h likely. 

I suggest that if you are driving later on to take extra caution on the roads,  as conditions start to deteriorate.

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Port Loring, Weather, News & Ice Fishing Times

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Good morning.  Well another day is upon us.  A bit cloudy this morning but should see some sun a bit later on. Temperature is going to reach 32 °f for a high today and then drop to 18 °f this evening.  Barometer is steady sitting at 29.94 in Hg.   Winds are from the South West coming in at around 4 MPH.  Highway 522 is bare and wet.  No problem traveling today.  The moon will rise at        12:03 PM and then set at  2:58 AM. It will be overhead at  7:56 PM & underfoot at 7:31 AM.  Moon Phase today is Solunar Table Moon Phase is 66% percent waxing gibbous  66% Waxing Gibbous. The sun rose this morning behind some clouds at 6:54 AM & will set at  6:07 PM, giving us here in Port Loring         11 hrs. 13 mins. of daylight.  For those that want to go ice fishing today the best time will be from 12:00 PM till 2″00 PM should be a pretty fair day.

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Nothing to report.  Have a great day.

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News, Weather & Ice Fishing Times For Port Loring Ontario

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So how you all doing this morning?  Good I hope.  Didn’t get the storm we were suppose to last night and that is OK by me.  Still got to clean out the old driveway some but thinking I can do it by hand./ Give me some exercise.  A bit cloudy this morning but should see some sunshine later on.  Temperature is going to reach 30 °f through out the day and then drop to 21 °f   later on tonight.  Barometer is holding steady and sitting at 29.73 in Hg.  Winds are coming in at 3 MPH from the North East.  The moon will rise at 11:10 AM & set at  2:08 AM.  It will be overhead at  7:05 PM & underfoot at  6:40 AM.  Moon Phase today is Solunar Table Moon Phase is 56% percent waxing gibbous  56% Waxing Gibbous.   The sun rose this morning at 6:56 AM and will set at  6:06 PM, giving us here in Port Loring 11 hrs. 10 mins. of daylight.  Days are steadily getting longer.  For those wanting to go ice fishing and would like to know the best times to be out there.  The old weather stick says the best will be from 11:00 AM till 1:00 PM.  Highway is partly snow covered with some icy sections.

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Well first day of March. Amazing how fast this winter moved along.  Myself spring can’t come soon enough as I sure have missed the front porch sittin’   We didn’t get the weather that could have come our way last night but we did have around five inches or so of new snow.  For the folks that were wondering if I was putting out a new book this spring the answer is no.  I decided on getting some rest this winter.  That was the plan.  Then the urge hit to write, so for the past few days now been steadily doing up stories for my newspaper columns.   So looks like I will have lots of new stories for another book come next spring.  Not sure of what I will call it yet but will keep you up to date as time goes by.  Have a great day my friends and stay safe.

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Port Loring & District, Weather, News & Ice Fishing Times

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Good morning.  Well cloudy day here this morning. A bit more snow is on the way for later on today. should start around noon or so.  Temperatures this morning at the moment is sitting at 18°f.   Not to bad.  Temperature is going to reach 28 °f throughout the day then drop to 16 °f tonight.  Barometer is sitting at the moment at 30.24 and falling slowly.   Highway 522 is pretty well bare so traveling is pretty good but that could change later on today with some more snow heading our way.  Have to wait and see how things turn out.  Winds this morning are from the west and calm.   The moon  will rise at 10:23 AM and then set at 1:14 AM.  It will be overhead at 6:15 PM and underfoot at 5:51 AM.  Moon Phase today is   50%  Solunar Table Moon Phase is 50% percent first quarter
First Quarter.  The sun rose this morning at  6:58 AM and will set at  6:04 PM, giving us here in Port Loring, 11 hrs. 06 mins of daylight.  For those that want to do some ice fishing the old weather stick says the best times to be out there will be from 10:AM till 2 PM.

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I was talking to Doris, nice lady who heads up Trash and Treasures here in town and she says it is chocked full of items for the coming year.  I have to say that them volunteers that keep the place going sure does a fine job. Not only a fine job, but the work they do there, is simply amazing.  Everything that is sold from that store goes directly to our Fire Department here in town, which over the years has helped immensely.  I can honestly say that it it wasn’t for them, we would be lacking in a lot of items, including some Fire Trucks.  Great folks and if your by there come summer, please drop by and say hello, and let them know how much you appreciate all their hard work.  Have a great day my friends.

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News, Weather & Ice Fishing Times For Port Loring Ontario

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Good Morning.  Well not a bad morning out there.  Woke up to temperatures of 8 Degrees f.  Sun is shining so great lookin’ day lies ahead.  Temperature is going to reach 26 °f through out the day and then drop to 7 °f later on this evening.  Winds are from the North this morning and calm.  Barometer is rising and at the moment sitting at 30.59 in Hg.  Highway 522 is pretty well bare, might be a few spots one should take care with.  The moon will rise at 9:44 AM and then Set at 12:16 AM.  It will be overhead at 5:27 PM & underfoot at 5:03 AM. Moon Phase today is  Solunar Table Moon Phase is 37% percent waxing crescent  37%  Waxing  Crescent.  The sun rose this morning at 7:00 AM and will set at 6:03 PM, giving us here in Port Loring 11 hrs. 03 mins. of daylight.  For the folks that is heading out  ice fishing today the old weather stick says the best times will be from      9:00 AM till 11:00 AM.

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Quiet.  Actually it is quite peaceful, folks are sittin’ back and taking life easy.  Can’t say I blame them neither, as won’t be long before the busy season.   Lookin’ forward to them warmer temperatures though.  I have noticed this year that we have had a lot more snow mobiles enjoying the trails around our home.  The Shell station in town is busy as all get out, pumping gas and on the weekends if going by, you will see an endless row of machines waiting to be filled with fuel.  Good to see them out and about,  as means folks aren’t staying cooped up in their homes and out doing what they enjoy.  Last year there wasn’t as many, thinking the media had folks minds messed up, thinking things were so bad out there financially wise that they stayed home.  Not a good thing and folks have to rely on their own way of thinking and doing things and not be swayed by others.  My way of lookin at things.  Well tea time here so you all have a great day.

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News, Weather & Ice Fishing Times For Port Loring

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So how you all doing here this morning?  A touch cool out there down to just 2 above 0 old scale this morning. Sun is shinning though to that helps a bit.  Temperature is going to reach 21 °f through out the day then it will drop to   -6 °f later on tonight.  So one might have to put an extra blanket on the old bed tonight.   But one more week then things will start to warm up some.  Barometer this morning is rising, good sign.  At the moment it is sitting at 30.50 in Hg.  Winds are from the North East and calm.  The moon today rose at 8:40 AM and will set at 11:17 PM. IT will be Overhead: at 3:54 PM & Underfoot: at 3:32 AM.  Moon Phase today is Solunar Table Moon Phase is 20% percent waxing crescent
20%  Waxing Crescent.  The sun rose this morning, wanting to be seen at 7:03 AM
and will set at 6:00 PM, giving us here in Port Loring, 10 hrs. 57 mins. of daylight. Highway 522 is bare to center bare with some icy sections here and there. But for most parts it is good.  For the folks wanting to do some ice fishing, the best times to be out there today will be from 4:00 PM till 6:00 PM.

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Still quiet around town.  Took me most the morning yesterday to clean out the driveway. But my old sears snow blower made it all pretty easy.  Good old machine, bought it used around fifteen years ago and still runs like a top.  It sure throws snow let me tell ya. Nothing like the ones of today.  Today I am thinking I will just take it easy, maybe write up a story or two for my column in the Nugget.  Enjoy a coffee or two and let the day unfold in front of me. Rough life huh?   So have a great day and will say hello here tomorrow morning.

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Port Loring Weather, News & Ice Fishing Times

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Good morning. Well woke up to lots of snow this morning.  For sure will need some help of my old snow blower today to clean out my driveway.  I would say we had a good foot and a half or better of new stuff.  But don’t despair it won’t last to long as spring is just around the corner.  Remember though this is a leap year meaning we get an extra day in February.Temperature is going to reach    23 °f through out the day then dip to 8 °f  later on tonight.  Barometer is rising, good sign, sitting at the moment at 29.76 in Hg.  Winds are from the North coming in at around 7 MPH with gusts a touch higher.  Highway522 is snow covered with icy patches underneath, so one should take extra care for a bit till the old sun makes her appearance.  The moon today will rise at 8:14 AM & then set at 10:15 PM. It will be overhead at Overhead at 3:10 PM and underfoot  2:49 AM.  Moon phase today is Solunar Table Moon Phase is 13% percent waxing crescent  13%  Waxing Crescent. The sun rose this morning at 7:05 AM and will set at 5:59 PM, giving us here in Port Loring 10 hrs. 54 mins. of daylight.  For the folks that want to do some ice fishing times once they get dug out the old weather sticks says the best time to be out there today will be from 3:00 PM till 6:00 PM.

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Other than a lot of snow not much happening around town.  For myself I guess my driveway will be my main objective for this morning. I did manage to drag my old snow blower from the outside shed last night and my wife and I put it in my main shop where it is warm. So if things go well it will start nice and easy and make my snow cleaning a lot easier. First though an nice warm cup of tea is in order, do some chattin’ to the wife, have a bite to eat and then……well, will see what the day brings forward.  Will see some sunshine here in Port Loring Shortly.  Have a great day.

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Education Of Yesteryear

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You know today folks say that for us that only got an eight grade education, it merely meant we had no education at all.  I say that isn’t so.   For most parts us who had only an eighth grade education from way back when that it  would stand up to most of those being taught in todays schools and then some.  Take a look and when you see an old timer walking down the street, maybe just maybe, you might have a different view on his learnings of years past.

 

8th Grade Final Exam:
– 1895

Grammar (Time, one hour)
1. Give nine rules for the use of capital letters.
2. Name the parts of speech and define those that have no modifications
3. Define verse, stanza and paragraph
4. What are the principal parts of a verb? Give principal parts of ‘lie,”play,’ and ‘run.’
5. Define case; illustrate each case..
6 What is punctuation? Give rules for principal marks of punctuation.
7 – 10. Write a composition of about 150 words and show therein that you understand the practical use of the rules of grammar.

Arithmetic (Time,1 hour 15 minutes)
1. Name and define the Fundamental Rules of Arithmetic.
2. A wagon box is 2 ft. Deep, 10 feet long, and 3 ft. Wide. How many bushels of wheat will it hold?
3. If a load of wheat weighs 3,942 lbs., what is it worth at 50cts/bushel, deducting 1,050 lbs. For tare?
4. District No 33 has a valuation of $35,000. What is the necessary levy to carry on a school seven months at $50 per month, and have $104 for incidentals?
5. Find the cost of 6,720 lbs. Coal at $6..00 per ton.
6. Find the interest of $512.60 for 8 months and 18 days at 7 percent.
7. What is the cost of 40 boards 12 inches wide and 16 ft.. Long at $20 per metre?
8.. Find bank discount on $300 for 90 days (no grace) at 10 percent.
9. What is the cost of a square farm at $15 per acre, the distance of which is 640 rods?
10. Write a Bank Check, a Promissory Note, and a Receipt

U.S. History (Time, 45 minutes)
1. Give the epochs into which U.S. History is divided
2. Give an account of the discovery of America by Columbus
3. Relate the causes and results of the Revolutionary War.
4. Show the territorial growth of the United States
5. Tell what you can of the history of Kansas
6. Describe three of the most prominent battles of the Rebellion.
7. Who were the following: Morse, Whitney, Fulton , Bell , Lincoln , Penn, and Howe?
8. Name events connected with the following dates: 1607, 1620, 1800, 1849, 1865.

Orthography (Time, one hour)
[Do we even know what this is??]
1. What is meant by the following: alphabet, phonetic, orthography, etymology, syllabication
2. What are elementary sounds? How classified?
3. What are the following, and give examples of each: trigraph, subvocals, diphthong, cognate letters, linguals
4. Give four substitutes for caret ‘u.’ (HUH?)
5. Give two rules for spelling words with final ‘e.’ Name two exceptions under each rule.
6. Give two uses of silent letters in spelling. Illustrate each.
7. Define the following prefixes and use in connection with a word: bi, dis-mis, pre, semi, post, non, inter, mono, sup.
8. Mark diacritically and divide into syllables the following, and name the sign that indicates the sound: card, ball, mercy, sir, odd, cell, rise, blood, fare, last..
9. Use the following correctly in sentences: cite, site, sight, fane, fain, feign, vane , vain, vein, raze, raise, rays.
10. Write 10 words frequently mispronounced and indicate pronunciation by use of diacritical marks
and by syllabication.

Geography (Time, one hour)
1 What is climate? Upon what does climate depend?
2. How do you account for the extremes of climate in Kansas ?
3. Of what use are rivers? Of what use is the ocean?
4. Describe the mountains of North America
5. Name and describe the following: Monrovia , Odessa , Denver , Manitoba , Hecla , Yukon , St. Helena, Juan Fernandez, Aspinwall and Orinoco
6. Name and locate the principal trade centers of the U..S. Name all the republics of Europe and give the capital of each.
8. Why is the Atlantic Coast colder than the Pacific in the same latitude?
9. Describe the process by which the water of the ocean returns to the sources of rivers.
10. Describe the movements of the earth. Give the inclination of the earth.

Notice that the exam took FIVE HOURS to complete.

Gives the saying “he only had an 8th grade education” a whole new meaning, doesn’t it?!

                                      NO, I don’t have the answers!

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  Good morning.  Well a bit cloudy but temperature wise dong pretty good here this morning.  When I woke up it was reading 26 degrees.  Daytime temperature is going to reach 31 °f  then drop to 20 °f later on tonight.  Might get a bit of snow today too, so take care out there when traveling. Right at the moment  Highway 522 this morning is bare and dry.  Barometer is sitting at 29.65 in Hg an falling.  Winds are from the West and calm.  The moon today  rose at 7:50 AM & will set at 5:13 PM. It will be Overhead at  2:27 PM & Underfoot at 2:05 AM.  Moon Phase today is Solunar Table Moon Phase is 7% percent waxing crescent  7% Waxing Crescent.  The sun rose this morning beating me out of bed at 7:07 AM and will set at  5:57 PM, giving us here in Port Loring 10 hrs. 50 mins. of daylight today.  For the folks wanting to do some ice fishing, the old weather stick says the best times to be out there today will be from 2:30 PM till 4:30 PM.

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Not much to report here this morning other than a friend here on the Blog was asking what all the construction was going on up around Wolf River.  Al Dare got back to me and said they were putting in a new bridge. So that explains what is happening.  Thanks Al for the information.  Well guess I will go, got to throw another log in the old  furnace, still burning wood in this neck of the woods.  Then thinking on a nice hot cup of tea and after that see what the day brings my way. Have a great day my friends.

 

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Port Loring, Weather, News & Ice Fishing Times

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So how you all doing this morning?   Good I hope.  Nice sunny morning out there. Sun is shinning and days are getting longer along with some warmer weather on the way.  Daytime temperature is going to reach 32 °f and then drop  to 11 °f later on tonight.  Barometer is rising and sitting at the moment at 30.38 in Hg.   Winds are calm coming in from the North East.   Highway 522 is bare and dry.  The moon today will rise at 6:12 AM 7 then set at 4:53 PM.  Moon Phase today is Solunar Table Moon Phase is 2% percent waning crescent  2%  Waning  Crescent.  The sun rose this morning at 7:14 AM and it will set at  5:52 PM, giving us here in Port Loring 10 hrs. 38 mins. of daylight. The old weather stick says that the best time to be out there fishing will be from 11:30 AM till 1:30 PM then again from 5:00 PM till 6:00 PM.

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Nothing much to report.  For those that don’t have to work today being Family Day.  Enjoy your day but in saying that, why not make Families Day an every day thing.  That’s what life is all about.  Have a great day my friends.

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Port Loring News, Weather & Ice Fishing Times

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Good morning.  Nice lookin’ day out there.  Sun is showing itself which makes a feller wanting to get out there an soak a bit in.  Temperature is going to reach 23 °f today then drop to 15 °f later on tonight.  Barometer is rising slowly sitting at 30.30 in Hg.  Winds are from the North and calm.  Highway 522 is bare and dry.   The moon will rise at 4:54 AM and set at 3:50 PM. It will be Overhead at 10:20 AM & Underfoot at 10:45 PM.  Moon Phase today is Solunar Table Moon Phase is 5% percent waning crescent5% Waning Crescent.  The sun got out of bed at 6:34 AM and will set at  5:41 PM, giving us here in Port Loring 11 hrs. 07 mins. of daylight.  The old weather stick says that the best time to be out there fishing today will be 11L00 AM till 1:00 PM and then again later on from 4:00 PM till 5:00PM.

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Well Family Day weekend is upon us.  Not sure what that is all about LOL as every day is family day for my wife and I.  Some get the day off I suspect but for most folks they are back to work come Monday.   I have to tell ya I enjoy a good holiday weekend but if one is going to put a holiday into effect why not make it for every one.  What I think they should have done is called it Valentines Day Weekend and every one got a day off,  Just some passing thought by someone, I won’t say who, that figured it would be a remembrance of him.  Anyways for those that do have the day off, enjoy the nice weather, get outside and soak in some of that sunshine.  Have a great day.

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Touch Of Humor

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A touch of humor for a lovely Saturday. KInda’ puts a tear in ones eye.

Susie Lee done fell in love;
She planned to marry Joe.
She was so happy ’bout it all
She told her Pappy so.

Pappy told her, “Susie gal,
You’ll have to find another.
I’d just as soon yo’ Ma don’t know,
But Joe is yo’ half brother.”

So Susie put aside her Joe
And planned to marry Will.
But after telling Pappy this,
He said, “There’s trouble still…

You cain’t marry Will, my gal,
And please don’t tell your Mother,
But Will and Joe and several mo’
I know is yo’ half brother.”

But Mama knew and said, “My child,
Just do what makes you happy.
Marry Will or marry Joe,
You ain’t no kin to Pappy!”

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Weather, News & Ice Fishing Times For Port Loring Ontario

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Good morning.  Nice morning.  Not to cold.  Woke up to temperatures of 24 degrees. Temperature is going to reach 28 °f through out the day then drop to 14 °f later on tonight. Barometer is holding steady at 30.00 in Hg.  Winds are from the North and calm.  The moon will rise at 5:04 AM & set at 2:35 PM.  It will be Overhead at 9:48 AM & Underfoot at 10:14 PM.  Moon Phase today is Solunar Table Moon Phase is 11% percent waning crescent11%  Waning  Crescent.  The sun rose this morning at 7:17 AM and will set at  5:49 PM, giving us here in Port Loring,         10 hrs. 32 mins. of daylight today.  The old weather stick says the best time to be out there fishing today will be from 10 AM Till 11:45 PM.  Then again from 2:30 PM till 4:00 PM.  Highway 522 is bare and dry.

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Well still quiet around town, seems that is the thing for most of our winter here.  But that is OK as folks need time for their families and making plans for the coming summer.  I am thinking it will be a good year for businesses, along with some nice weather thrown in for good measure.  Folks are buying items for their homes an cottages, cars are selling with food on top of the list.  Good food too, mostly organic which is a great happening for Canada.  Especially if you figure we are the pill popping country of the world. Sure will make me happy to see an end to that and it will happen, time is all that is needed.  Folks are waking up to what is right and not being fooled anymore.   On another note my data taken from the old weather station says warmer weather is on the way for the coming week up into the high 30s, might even get into the 40s.  Also warmer weather will bring with it some more snow, not a huge amount but should see a few inches mid week.  So you all have a great weekend. Get outside and soak in some of that sun when she shows herself and breath in some of that good northern air.  It’s what our bodies need so desperately.

Gardening

Natural Bug Spray Safe & Easily Made

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With Spring closing in on us, I know there are a lot of folks just itchin to get outside in their gardens.  Myself included.  I like winter as nature does, a time of rest but I like the warmer weather better.  Last year I had a lot of folks ask me about a natural bug spray.  Here is a very good recipe that I am sure will help your plants stand up to them pesky pests along with a few that like the indoors also.  Take a look

You can make your own organic bug spray from kitchen leftovers! Simply save your onion skins, peels and ends then refrigerate in an empty margarine-sized tub or ziplock bag until the container is full. Once you have enough, place the onion pieces in a pail and fill with warm water. Soak for a few days, up to a week. You can keep this on the patio in the sun to steep but this is optional. After one week, strain the onion bits out and store the onion water in spray bottles.

Bury the onion bits around plants that are prone to aphids, spiders and other pests. Just spray both house and garden plants with the water to fight aphids and pests. You can also mix your garlic trimmings in with the onion pieces, bugs hate garlic too!