Old Bayonet

Introduction Some 15,000 years ago Ireland was completely covered in ice. The large sheets of ice and deep rugged glaciers would have made any chance of life impossible. As the ice started to melt, various lakes formed and vegetation and plant life started to return. As the ice continued to melt, more rivers and lakes started to form and as the weight of the ice shifted, the land started to rise. Some 10,000 years ago and up to around 5000 BC, when the warm conditions began to stabilise, Ireland was introduced to an immigration of animals and new plant life. Trees especially flourished including the juniper, willow, Scots pine, elm, ash, alder and oak. There would have been many wild...

Mother died in Yr 2002 in her sleep in her house (as she wanted it to be) one early April Morning after having been served a cup of Vegetable Soup, by her Caregiver, while sitting upright in her bed and made to lie down again. Shortly thereafter, she must have simply dosed off to death - probably, just a few seconds before she could have even seen me visit her that morning. As I was shocked to see her expressionless face while I quickly embraced her tightly in my arms, I still heard her gasp her last breath-of-life. She was 84 yrs old. Mother lived a very much "challenged life". This is her story. As a growing-up bright young provincial girl making good grades in her Elementary and...

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Treasure Hunters Hoping to Salvage $3-$5 Billion from WWII WreckageA Portland-based shipwreck hunter has found what he believes
to be a ship torpedoed during World War II by a German U-boat off Cape Cod in Massachusetts. Greg Brooks and his partners filed a claim on the wreck in the US District Court in Portland, Maine, saying that he and his crew intend to  begin the salvage within a few weeks.<br><br> In the court documents, the ship is identified at the Port Nicholson, a British merchant ship sunk in 1942. When it sank, it was thought to be carrying only auto parts and military supplies. Although Brooks used only recovered auto parts to secure salvage rights, he...

Goat meat, the healthy red meat with reports from ROWENA LAWAGEY and IRENE CABINTA www.nordis.net Photo by Brenda S. Dacpano BAGUIO CITY — In a 3-day training on goat slaughtering and goat meat processing for livestock workers of CAR, project officer, Edwin Dicksen said, “Goat meat is a better and healthier choice than other meat because it is lean, low in [...] Cutting and slicing are two things we always do in our kitchens. Often times, we are impressed in how beautiful and fast professional chefs cut tomatoes, onions, and other fruits, meats and vegetables in their cooking shows. And sometimes we tend to mimic their style either to get fancy or just to make our work a little...