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Smallest ever baby born in Germany… and survives

March 4th, 2010 Inge No comments

baby-feet I read the following story in different German newspapers:

Goettingen, Germany – A baby weighing just 275 grams has been born in Germany and survived, the lowest weight for a viable birth of a boy ever recorded, doctors said Thursday. Doctors normally assume that survival is impossible at birth weights below 350 grams.

The little boy was born in June last year in the 25th week of pregnancy, said Stefan Weller, a spokesman for the University of Goettingen Hospital. He spent six months in intensive care and was finally discharged in December after growing to 3.7 kilograms.

Weller said doctors had checked every available record worldwide of premature births and found no viable birth at a lower weight.

English version found at: http://www.earthtimes.org/articles/show/312505,smallest-ever-baby-born-in-germany-and-survives.html#ixzz0hDwIdApm

In The Netherlands, abortion is legal until 24 weeks of pregnancy. So the difference between ‘a person whose life is worth it to be saved’ and ‘a bunch of cells which can be aborted’ is just one week in this case. Am I the only person who thinks this is mind-boggling?

Link to the image: sfkids.org

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Real Dutch Pancake Recipe

February 23rd, 2010 Inge 1 comment

dsc00966 I saw on Twitter that today marks the “International Pancake Day”. At least according to IHOP. I don’t need to go to IHOP to get the best pancakes in the world, since I rely on my trusty Dutch recipe:

Ingredients:

  • one cup of buckwheat flour
  • one cup of self rising flour
  • 3 or 4 medium sized eggs
  • a dash of salt
  • about 2 teaspoons of vanilla sugar
  • milk
  • shortening (for baking)

Directions:

Sift the dry ingredients in a deep bowl. Add milk until you get a nice smooth batter which shouldn’t be too thick. It’s best to add most of the milk, and add a bit later to get the right viscosity.

Add the eggs one by one. And then a bit more of the milk to finish it. The batter should have about the same viscosity as syrup, not too liquid, but most certainly not too thick. Dutch pancakes are thin, like crepes.

Take a pan and bake the pancakes on both sides until golden brown. The Dutch have a variety of toppings. You can add molasses, sugar, jelly, cheese, champignon ragout, anything you like.

Since it’s Lent right now, I didn’t make bacon pancakes. But if you want to try that, you need to put a thin slice of bacon in the pan before pouring a soup spoon full of batter in the pan before baking golden brown on both sides. Bacon pancakes taste best with molasses.

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Lentil Soup: Comic Book style

February 23rd, 2010 Inge No comments

I made lentil soup for the first time during Lent this year. I posted a recipe earlier, but since it’s one of my favourites, I couldn’t resist doing the comic book version this year:

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The Frogfather

February 13th, 2010 Inge No comments


With a hat tip to Fr. James Tucker.

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LOST Season 6 has started!

February 4th, 2010 Inge No comments

I’m so excited about the last season of ABC’s hit television series LOST. The past couple of weeks I’ve been busy catching up and I have to say I liked season 5 best so far. And after seeing LA X yesterday and today, I have to say… WOW! I really didn’t see that coming. I do have some questions, though, but I will wait asking them, as the questions itself would spoil it for people who haven’t watched the newest episodes yet. In the mean time I found this youtube clip which compares Flight 815 v. 1.0 with v. 2.0 and it stops just in time to prevent people getting spoiled.

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Funny: LOST and Found T-Shirt

January 21st, 2010 Inge No comments

I’m currently catching up on the tv series “LOST”. It’s pretty interesting and I’m completely intrigued by it. Today I saw this picture featured on Slashfilm.com and thought it’s hilarious. And thanks to Glennz you can now have a t-shirt with the picture on it.

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Comment from the designer: “Some guy called Desmond told me about a missing plane he once saw on the side of a milk carton. He disappeared, but I recently had a message on my phone telling me it was time to print this concept. Whoever it was didn’t leave their name but it came from 4 8 15 16 23 42.” :haha:

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A Letter To Pat Robertson

January 20th, 2010 Inge No comments

Miniatures depicting scenes from the Egyptian Book of the Dead (9)A few days ago Pat Robertson caused an uproar among his fellow Christians by claiming that the devastating earthquake that happened in Haiti last week was their own fault because they are cursed because they made a pact with the devil.

“They were under the heel of the French, you know Napoleon the third and whatever. And they got together and swore a pact to the devil. They said ‘We will serve you if you will get us free from the prince.’ True story. And so the devil said, ‘Ok it’s a deal.’ And they kicked the French out. The Haitians revolted and got something themselves free. But ever since they have been cursed by one thing after another,”

Source: CBS News

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Sketch for a parish flyer

January 17th, 2010 Inge No comments

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I just finished making this sketch for a lecture my parish priest has organised. Someone’s coming over on February 9 to talk about “Believing in Merriness” about Marcel Pagnol (1895-1974) I wonder what emotion the flyer is summoning.

If you have thoughts, please comment below.

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What A Friend We Have In Jesus – Bluegrass Edition

January 14th, 2010 Inge No comments

With a hat tip to Fr. Tim Finnigan. :pope:

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Beyond Heartbreaking

January 13th, 2010 Inge No comments

haitiquake Yesterday, before I went to sleep my eye fell on a post in my twitter feed. It said “According to USGS a 7.0 earthquake hit Haiti“. I never witnessed a real earthquake, so I don’t know what being in an earthquake is. The biggest ones we get are around 3.5 and they are quite rare. They are a result of gas mining and nothing like the big ones people in the Americas have to endure.

I retweeted the tweet and asked my friends on Facebook for prayers. I said a prayer myself and went to bed. I don’t have a TV so I haven’t seen any footage of the Haiti quake. But I get really sad when I hear that the death toll is rising above 100,000 victims.  I can’t help looking up and ask the age-old question: Why?

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