Published by the members of the World Wide Web Circle of Friends for the members of the World Wide Web Circle of Friends about the members of the World Wide Web Circle of Friends. We are everyday people doing extraordinary things on an International Scale on the web! We have different life experiences, different cultures, different ideas and some of us even speak different languages but by learning to see what we have in common, we can more easily overlook any differences. "We are family" and we care and love to share!
days until Reunion 2008 in
BigSisPat's Journal
Prayers Answered
Until next time, BigSisPat & Max
The Formation of the RCMP
Are you interested in reading about Canada? The most comprehensive and authoritative source on all things Canadian can be found on
The Canadian Encyclopedia site .
Sharon from Paradise Island, aka Vancouver Island, BC, Canada
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June Birthday & anniversary celebrations:
Birthdays
Pat Piercy July 4, BC, Canada
Jami Erikson July 9,Maryland, USA
Lois Hinson July 10, NC, USA
Mary Jo Thibodeau July 10, Saskatchewan, Canada
Lena St Pierre July 17, Ontario, Canada Chelsea Malin Jul 20, Missouri, USA
Norma Wilcox July 24, Alberta, Canada
Becky Lewis July 21, Maryland, USA
Jan Brine July 28, Australia
Damas Dukundane July 30
Anniversaries
HAPPY HAPPY BIRTHDAY AND/OR ANNIVERSARY TO EVERYONE CELEBRATING!! We look forward to hearing all about your special day.
If you are not listed in the calendar please be sure to emailBigSisPat BC Canada.
For celebration notifications emailJami from Maryland.
Welshgog WelshGoG aka Owen from Wales
One Man's Kingdom?
At one time in history, men of wealth or power (or possibly vision), were keen to make their mark upon the world to leave something behind them to remind the world who they were!
One such man came to a small valley in Wales, where minerals could be dug from the earth, and sold for profit elsewhere; and land could be bought quite cheaply upon which to build a home and his industries. Labourers could be recruited locally; building materials quarried from his land; and a local river harnessed to power his machines.
So this man bought land and employed people to dig stone from it to build a home for him, he opened a mine, and a quarry and employed more people to work in them. He established a mill at the side of his river and employed more folk to work there too. His mine and quarries were high on the mountainside; so the man devised and had built a system by which the coal and minerals could be brought down to his valley, from where they could more easily be transported. He decided that his workers should live nearer to his works and his mill, so decided that he would have built for them cottages - which he would rent to them. Now the man needed a shop, from which his workers could buy food, clothing and furniture, and an Inn, from which his workers could buy ale or spirits. Soon this man had his own little kingdom - in his own little valley.
You can see this man's kingdom in the picture above; his home is the large white building on the left, his mill is the large building on the right. The terrace of cottages the man built for his workers is partly obscured, but can be seen to the right of his home; while the Inn and shop that he built are close to, and on the left of his mill in the picture.
Eventually, our man noticed that profits from the sale of his coal and minerals and the products of his mill were decreasing; so unfortunately he couldn't offer his workers an increase of pay; but, as they lived in his cottages, and bought food from his shop and ale from his inn, they didn't actually need money! He would give them instead tokens, which they could redeem for food and goods - anywhere within his kingdom; and in this way, our man could regain some of this lost money!!
However, each year, profits seemed to decline; while the cost of maintaining the cottages and of buying and transporting food and ale seemed to rise - so he was forced, unfortunately, to charge more tokens as rent and for the food that he sold. Would you believe it - his workers eventually started to leave his kingdom; they claimed that they were starving, that their children were ill from lack of nourishment - they were even prepared to take their indebtedness to him with them!!
After a few more years this man found that he could no longer get people to take employment with him, his mine and quarry closed for lack of men to work them. His mill lasted a while longer, but eventually suffered the same fate. His family grew up and moved away - eager to make their own mark upon the world and his kingdom gradually dwindled away.
What mark you ask did this man leave upon his world?
Well his fine home now provides shelter for elderly and infirm people who would struggle to look after themselves; though it no longer bears his name.
The workers cottages that he had built; were renovated and modernized (saved from ruin really), and each was sold for many times the annual profit of the man's kingdom.
His inn and shop were demolished when the building became unsafe.
His mill, now no-longer powered by a water-wheel, is currently being used by a company who manufacture plastic pellets.
Of his mine little remains - indeed only the smoke stack for boilers that once existed to make steam for winding engines.
This mine has been lost for so long now that few even remember its name; though many can tell of the hardship that workers there endured. Limbs and lives this mine claimed in its day; when a tired miner grew careless at the end of a long shift, or when cost cutting left insufficient shoring in an area still worked.
Pictured above are the man's quarry, and the spoil heaps from his mine. Below are pictures which show all that is left of his devices for moving coal and minerals down into his valley.
Nature has now reclaimed much of this man's kingdom, as you can see.
Frogs and small fish live in the pool where his mine once stood; wild birds nest in the quarry where minerals once were extracted; trees, grass and shrubs grow in abundance over all of his works.
The owner? His name is remembered, though usually spoken with distaste, or contempt!
Please take a moment to visit Owen's Space
Be sure to check out all the wonderful craft ideas in the WWWCOF Craft Site and let us get this group active and crafting. Any ideas, please send them to Aussie Jan .
WWWCOF Kraft Corner
Inspirational
We don't have to be perfect today.
In this issue ...
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Challenge yourself to get to know a WWWCOF member that you don't already know. You can start by emailing any of the members who have contributed to this week's issue to say hello from your corner of the globe.
Member of the Month
Our member of the month for June Chrissie from the UK
Chrissie has put so much effort into changing her attitude on life. It took a lot of work on her part and we are all so proud of how far she has come. I for one love the new upbeat Chrissie!
Congratulations
Chrissie !
Nominations are now being accepted for July's member of the month.
This award is not intended to be a comparison of member to member; each member's time and contributions are valuable and we acknowledge with pride that every member does what they can do.
The "winner" is the member who has received the most votes from the membership and nominations for Member of the Month for June closes June 30th so be sure to cast your ballot HERE
Every member of the WWWCOF gives their best of their time and abilities; each one deserves this award!
Our Furry Friends/ Family Members Charlie and Sunshine
The reason a dog has so many friends is that he wags his tail instead of
his tongue.
-Anonymous
Remember:
Your pets are your most loyal family members, giving unconditional Love. So Don't forget to give them a big hug today.
I am looking for more stories about your PET ....... please submit to me so I may feature them in the newsletter Pet Column. email your stories to me, Jami from Maryland
And here is a request from BigSisPat: BigSisPat
Argentina Report
Hello everyone,
I returned from my holiday in
SALTA - one of the strong places on the list as an optional visit during Reunion 2008, and this is the second part.
We visited and got visits from several members of Leo's numerous family.
(Editors Note: Click on pictures to see larger view.
One day we visited the Museum of High Mountain Arqueology, which is the resting place of the discovery of "The children of Llullaillaco", The mummies of three Inca children found frozen in the peaks of a volcano of 6.700 meters above sea level, in 1999, together with several objects designed for their afterlife. Studies found them to be over 500 years old, during the height of the Inca reign, not long before the Spanish arrived on the continent. Unfortunately, we were not allowed to take photos.
Leo went with our group to San Antonio de los Cobres, a typical village in the Andes Altiplano at some 4.000 m.s.l.. Too high for me to go and return in the same day! The village lives off the copper and other minerals that are mined there and the from tourism. The group had taken several boxes of day to day elements that the people who live up there do not get so easily, and they took part in an interview with the village authorities and a show.
Meanwhile I went for a walk in a central park, and came across these two delightful animals, this tiny pony and llama. There was also a crafters market where I could buy some souvenirs.
The following day Leo and I both joined the group on a day shopping trip to Humahuaca, Tilcara and Purmamarca, where there were stalls after stalls of hand produced wares. Well worth a visit! Or even a stay.
On our flight home is was total cloud cover all the way. The curious thing was that looking out of the window on leaving Salta, we could clearly see the mountain peaks above the clouds, looking exactly like islands! Oh, was I sorry I had packed the camera in the main luggage! Would have made an excellent entry for our photo contest "SKY", not that I would really like to win a contest I am organizing!!
REUNION ARGENTINA OCTOBER 2008
With three months to go before
Reunion 2008, Sharon has made positive moves to be here. Who else is going to be brave enough to come?? Those of us in the host country, are still waiting to know how many have confirmed their flight, especially if we want to take full advantage of group bookings and possible discounts once here.
If it wasn't for last minute nothing would ever get done!!! Please let us know real soon
Who are we going to add to this group for reunion 2008
The inscription form to take part in this unforgettable event can be found here: Inscription Form Look forward to getting lots of them!!
Our planet awareness site,
Planet Kryzys has many interesting stories of different aspects of a planet under Crisis. Do please take a moment to visit it.
A new Nature Photo contest has started and as fitting with our Planet awareness site, it is of course nature based, and the theme this time is Nature's SKY. You have plenty of time to watch out for those sunsets, cloud formations, rainbows, storms, night skies etc etc
Photos sent in just have to be members' own or members 'family and friends. Look forward to seeing what you all come up with.
The Circle's Computer help site has had some new articles added recently sent in by Pat.
Alphalist There are an incredible number of useful articles there to help you get the best from your computer or put things right that aren't working too well. Perhaps you also know of some trick we could all use, so send it in and get it added.
Recipe Corner
Members Favourites
All that will be left is a smile!
Our Recipe book has close on 2,000, not counting the many others in various links World Recipes There are several "cookbooks" in there, General, Regional/seasonal, Mexican, Oriental, and within those, recipes set out in many categories. If your recipe isn't in there I"ll be happy to add it for you. It has its very own search engine, so you can find things according to ingredient, origin, category etc.
This one comes from SALTA, and is made from a fruit Alcayota or cayote, that grows in warm dry climates such as Salta and other western/ northwestern part of Argentina. It is similar in appearance on the outside as a watermelon but inside it is white and fibrey with large black seeds. I was given one that weighted 5 kilos :
Cayote Jam
Cayote is a large fruit from the melon/ watermelon/ pumpkin family , white and fibrey, subtropical and comes from the nortrhern area of Argentina. etc I am sorry, I do not know what it is called in English.
The best way to peal the fruit is leave it in a hot oven for a few minutes, then hit it with a rolling pin to loosen the peal. The secret in the fruit being fibery is to take it apart with your hands, not cut it up with a knife. We got 174 kilo of seeds alone from ours and ended up scraping it with a spoon as it was hard on figure-nails!. Then weigh the fruit to calculate how much sugar to use
Place the taken apart fruit in a large pan with the sugar and NO WATER AT ALL. Stir and cover and leave till the next day or overnight, when you will see that it has shed it juice, bring to the boil and simmer slowly adding the cloves. The jam is ready when it is transparent and a rich golden colour.
Does anyone have a recipe of something produced from their corner of the globe?? We would love to add it to our unique cookbook!
The extensive kitchen help section has also grown! And there are tips and hints on just about everything from Alcohols in cooking to "Why didn’t I think of that" type tips:
Cookery Tips Again if you have anything you would like added, or if you want info on anything that isn't there, just let us know.
If you read this page write to me anyway.
Daphne
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The best gift
you can give Anyone is Prayer
Ruth wwwcof: Please comtinue to pray for God to heal Ruth and for her to be back on her road to a healthy path. Bless you Ruth.
Helen Bradley: Is still very sick please keep Helen in prayer for God's healing touch. Helen also has Pulmonary Fibrosis.
Bea Barnett wwwcof: Bea is finally getting better from this, it has been almost 2 years healing from hip surgery. The wound is closing from the inside, although now Bea's migraines are getting worse. Please continue to keep Bea in prayer. She has had a rough way to go.
Pat Broatch wwwcof: Please keep Pat in prayer for God to give her strength and heal her from this illness she has.
Maxine wwwcof: Please keep Mary Jo, Maxine's daughter in prayer for healing, strength, and faith. Maxine is not in the best of health herself. Please keep this family in your prayers daily.
Wanda wwwcof: Please keep Wanda in prayer for relief from her Fibromyalgia pain.
Marie Linder wwwcof: Please keep Mom in prayer for relief from her Fibromyalgia pain.
Sue Romans: (Char's Cousin) Please pray for Sue She is in constant pain. We found out she also has fibromyalgia. Please pray for God's Mercy to be upon Sue and lift this from her.
Muire : ( 28 year old Mommy with Brain Cancer) Muire has been allowed to start her chemo back up. She should go back to Duke in
a few more weeks for another MRI to make sure that the cancer hasn't
re-grown. Hopefully it will be good news. Her chemo treatments should
be over around October, as long as there is no re-growth. We must keep
Muire in constant prayer as well as her daughter and husband.
Kathleen: Please keep Kathleen and her husband Jodie in prayer for SALVATION as Kathleen battles Cancer through out her body.
Cindy Hogan: (32 yrs old) Cervical Cancer
Pami Defraia wwwcof: (Breast Cancer) Please continue to keep Pami in prayer for complete healing of all Cancer.
Lonnie England: ( Char's Cousin) Lonnie will be having surgery soon. Praise God her other breast is fine. Please continue to keep Lonnie in your prayers.
Irene wwwcof: Irene has Chronic Lymphocyte Leukemia (CLL) She was diagnosed in 2002 and is in stage 1. She has to have a knee replacement soon. Please keep Irene in prayer for healing of her knee and for God to send a cure for CLL.
Susan: (Haley's Nana) Please continue to keep Susan in prayer for God to make a way for healing her Parkinson's.
John (Charla's Husband) Please keep John in prayer for continued attendance in church. John still has bronchitis. Please pray for his healing.
Jim Jones: Please keep him in Prayer for relief of pain.
Billie wwwcof: PRAISE GOD! Miss Hazel, Billie's Mother, came through her surgery. She had to have some blood but is now home and making her own sandwich! Thank you for all your prayers.
Reanna: My father-in-law Jan was diagnosed with colon cancer.
He had an MRI and yesterday learned that the cancer is actually
Grade 3, rather than Grade 4 and is curable. It also has not spread
since his surgery. They are going to treat him according to Yale
protocol. They are the leaders for treating this kind of cancer.
Please continue to pray for Jan, as God is hearing our prayers.
Edith Matovu wwwcof: . Please keep Edith in prayer as God knows her needs as well as her country Uganda.
Emma wwwcof: Please keep Emma's son in prayer for guidance.
Daphne wwwcof: Please continue to keep Daphne and the wwwcof reunion in your prayers. May this be a good turn out and many meet for the first time.
May God provide that many shall go.
UNSPOKEN prayer requests. You don't have to do anything but give the name and through prayer God will do the rest. Please send any you may have to me and we will certainly pray for you. Joyce, Steve, Scott, Carl, Dawn, Derek, Alan, Kirk, Kevin, Anthony, Charla Karen, Tim, Jonna, Andrew
Let's Remember to pray for our Government Leaders and Global Warming. Also all that have lost homes and family in the tragedies of earthquakes, volcanoes, flood's, and whatever comes their way.
Please keep "ALL MILITARY EVERYWHERE" in prayer for safety and, an End to this War.
Gunner Edgar Stannard
We want to say, "THANK YOU IN MEMORY" of Gunner Edgar Stannard, for his devotion, as well as memory to all who have and are serving their country. May God Bless their Families.
Please take a moment after you read this and say a prayer for all military and their families everywhere.
This is a photo of Sharon's (Greene) Stannard's Father. So many times when we hear about our Military and what they are doing to keep us free, we tend to forget the enlisted ones before them. Even though those wars have been fought and won we would not have won without these kind and giving men and women. They gave their lives to the devotion of freedom for their people.
Jamie Landon:
( FlMaries Grand Daughter) Home from Iraq Still in service.
Robert Fleming:
(Peachy & Garnett's Grandson.) In Africa
Robin Smith: (Christine Mills requests) In Iraq
Nick Bradley Iraq
Erick Landry Iraq combat engineer.
ALLOW GOD TO BE YOUR PILOT
REMEMBER HE FORGIVES ALL
We have many prayer requests that go beyond our circle. Although, as we pray and we add these, our
"Circle of Prayer" becomes larger.
Do you know someone who doesn't know JESUS?
How about introducing them?
Please visit Charla's Prayer Request Page to Pray for Others.
Please email Charla , from Florida, USA with any Praises, Requests and/or UPDATES Thank you.
Pray for Others
The best gift anyone can give to another is to pray for him or her. We live in a sinful world where bad things happen to people and people are tempted to sin. Praying for another person not only helps that person find God in the midst of trouble, but also helps us recognize the blessings that God gives us daily!
1 Timothy 2:1,2
How often do we think to pray for others, whether or not they request our prayers? Bible prayers are filled with requests and thanksgiving for people other than the one offering the prayer.
God answers knee mail
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