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April 2013 Volume 13, Issue 157
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RECIPE: Buttermilk Scones
OKRA (Lady Fingers) --
Take two pieces of okra and remove
cut both ends of each piece. Also,
put a small cut in the middle and
put these two okra pieces in glass of
water.
Cover the glass and keep it at room
temperature during night. Early next
morning, before breakfast simply
remove the two okra pieces and
drink that water. Keep doing it on
daily basis. Within two weeks, you
will see remarkable results in reduc-
tion of your blood SUGAR.
A lady was on insulin for a few years
but after taking the okra every
morning for a few months, she has
stopped insulin but continues to
take the okra every day. But, she
chop the okra into fine pieces in the
night, adds water and drinks it all up
the next morning.
Please, try it. It will not do you any
harm even if it does not do much
good to you, but you have to keep
taking it for a few months before
you see the results, as most cases
might be chronic.
ENCOURAGEMENTS
Ingredients:
3 cups ....... Flour
1/3 cup ..... Sugar
1 tsp ......... Salt (I use less)
2-1/2 tsp ... Baking powder (I use heaping teaspoons)
1/2 tsp ...... Baking soda
3/4 cup (1-1/2 sticks) Unsalted
butter 1 cup ........ Buttermilk
1/2 cup ..... Currants (optional)
1 tbsp ....... Heavy cream, for
brushing
Directions:
1. Pre-heat oven to 400 degrees
F. Combine the flour, sugar,
salt, baking powder and baking soda in a large bowl. Add
butter and mix with your
fingertips to a coarse meal.
Add buttermilk and mix just until combined. Add currants,
if desired.
2. Transfer dough to a floured
board and divide into 2 parts.
Roll each to 3/4 inch thick rounds. Cut each round into 8
wedges and place sl ightly
separated on a greased baking
sheet. (I use parchment paper)
3. Brush the tops with the cream
and bake for 15 minutes, or
until lightly browned.
4. Serve warm, split in half with
butter and your favorite
preserves forms. .
“There’s life after stroke”
Templeton Newsletter
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Published every month, if possible. Contributions are always welcome. The articles should be in, not later than day 25th day of every month.
Disclaimer: The views expressed in Stroke Recoverer’s Review newsletter: articles, submissions and spotlights are those of the authors and do not necessarily represent the views of Templeton Stroke Recovery or the editor of Stroke Recoverer’s Review. Editor reserves the right at any time to make changes as it deems necessary. It is the purpose of this periodical to share a variety of viewpoints mostly from stroke
survivors.
April 2013 Contributors: Loy Lai
Ollie Stogrin
Karel Ley Helen Singh Donna Fourchalk Jim Walmsley Werner Stephan Jose Suganob
Production of SRR:
Jose Suganob
Email: suganobj@gmail.com
Printing Pick-up Person:
Recipe..Buttermilk Scones 2
Encouragements 2
Last Month’s Happening 3
Jim i-joke..Welsh Cake Recipe 4
Jose Notes..Volunteers 5
Propaganda & Advertising 6
From: Donna Fourchalk Westcoast Railway Heritage Park
Squamish, BC
Okra or
April was here! And
I guess, I had a
late April Fool’s Day
pulled on me by the
windows?
I was going to surprise Jose &
write this article early before
May rolled around and send it
to him, then he wouldn't have
to bug me to send my news
in to him. So, he could finish
his monthly newsletter. The
surprise was on me, a late
April Fool’s Day! I wrote it,
sent it and Jose didn’t get it.
It vanished from my computer.
So much for my computer
skills.
In April, we had a very success-
ful Easter camp, otherwise now
known as BLAST.
Olga is back after spending 6
weeks in Australia. We haven’t
seen her but we know she is
back. She said she missed us,
and I though she was filing for
Australian citizenship. Ahhh!
She was away for so long.
Our volunteer, Helena has
returned from Peru. She would
highly recommend Peru for a
vacation. She loved the food
and the people. Shaz, our co-
ordinator, came back from
Toronto. I have a hard time
keeping tract of everyone. They
keep coming and going, so, so
often…
Templeton group had a outing,
20 of us, went to VCC Down-
town for lunch. Our members
really enjoyed going there. The
culinary students are trained to
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LAST MONTH’S HAPPENING —by Ollie Stogrin, Templeton Stroke Recovery
“There’s life after stroke”
be chefs, bakers, cooks...always
very pleasant young people,
waiting on customers, like us, and
first-class service, too.
Our Key baked a very GOOD
lemon cake for us. Diann S. arrives
with yummy cookies. Lordy, Are
we well-fed?
I wish to thank the members who
write and send articles for this
newsletter; Loy from Templeton,
Werner from North Shore, Jim and
Karel from Delta Branch, they con-
tribute regularly. I, also, wish to
thank, those of you, who contribute
a couple times a year. Your articles
are very much appreciated. We
love to see your names and events
on the newsletter. WHOOPS! I,
almost forgot about our members
going bowling. We do this a couple
times a year (Photos on our website:
Templetonstrokerecovery.com click, Photos
or Photo gallery) It’s fun, good exer-
cise and very social.
Now, we are into May and our
members will be going to the
Coquitlam Branch Annual Lunch-
eon on Friday, May 10th. It was
always a pleasure to go to visit the
Coquitlam branch group, as they
have the annual luncheon and
entertainment. Also, it is always a
nice outing for our members.
June is coming up soon and again
Templeton is having the walkathon
known as the Strides for Stroke
and information day for our area.
Last year was the Templeton’s
Strides and we were so pleased
with the attendance. I hope, this
year, it will even be better. That
takes of June…
We have our Templeton annual
picnic at Trout Lake in the last
Thursday of July, which, also, is
well attended.
August is our summer break?
Holiday time for our members
and volunteers, as we close for
the month of August.
Scary? As it will be Christmas before
we know it. Time seems to vanish
Now, all we wish for is a sunny
summer.
Things are getting back to almost
normal at Templeton Park Pool
building, as we’re so lucky to be
able to get to Norah Davis Garden
for the month that Templeton
Park Pool was closed to annual
maintenance. —Ollie Stogrin
Templeton Stroke Recovery
PLEASE, GOD poem by Helen Singh
Please, God, don’t let me die old
I want my mind alert and clear My body parts all working
All systems a go
I want to be free to do as I want
And not have anyone boss me
around
No offspring threatening to me A do-I-have-all-my-marbles test
Or a facility where I don’t want to
be
I want to, one day
Sit down on a chair
Sigh a deep sigh of a day well-spent
Close my eyes and never wake
up
That’s how I want to go
And if I can’t have that
Please, God
Let me die young —by Helen Singh
Templeton Stroke Recovery
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From: Donna Fourchalk,
Westcoast Railway Heritage Park, Squamish, BC
Ingredients:
2 cups ....... All-purpose flour
1/2 tsp ...... Salt
3 tsp ......... Baking powder 2 .............. Eggs, beaten
3/4 cup ..... White sugar
1/2 cup ..... Currants
1/2 cup ..... Hard butter 1/4 cup ..... Milk, approx
(if necessary)
Directions:
1.Mix dry ingredients and cut in
butter as for pastry (can be
done in food processor).
2.Add beaten eggs to make a
soft dough. Add currants and a
little milk if necessary to make
a soft dough.
3.Turn out on a floured board
and knead briefly. Pat to 3/8”
and cut with 2” cookie cutter.
Heat griddle or frying pan to
about 3500
4.Turn over when cakes are
golden brown on the bottom -
about 10-12 minutes per side.
5.These freeze very well.
STOP CHURCH GOSSIP. jokeonly
Mildred, the church gos-
sip, and self-appointed
monitor of the church’s
morals, kept sticking her
nose into other people’s business.
Several members did not approve
of her extra-curricular activities,
but feared her enough to main-
tain their silence.
She made a mistake, however,
when she accused Frank, a new
member, of being an alcoholic
after she saw his old pickup in
front of the town’s only bar one
afternoon.
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HandyDART
She emphatically told Frank (and
several others) that everyone
seeing it there would know what
he was doing!
He didn’t explain, defend, or
deny. He said nothing…
Later that evening, Frank quietly
parked his old pickup in front of
Mi ld red ’s house , wa lked
home...And, left it there all night.
...(You gotta love Frank)
—i-joke submitted by Jim Walmsley
Stroke survivor
Delta Branch-SRABC
A WOMAN’S POEM jokeonly
He didn’t like the casserole,
and he didn’t like my cake.
He said my biscuits were too hard
not like his mother used to make
I didn’t make the coffee right,
he didn’t like my stew,
I didn’t fold his pants,
the way his mother used to do.
I pondered for an answer.
I was looking for a clue.
Then I turned around
and smacked the shit out of him
Like his mother used to do.
DID YOU KNOW?
Did you know that peanuts have
profound effect on the testicles
and sexual libido?
Peanuts were banned as a food
for males by the church during
the middle ages. Most people
don’t realize that arginine, the
main component of Viagra,
comes from peanuts.
JIMY I-JOKES WELSH CAKES Recipe- Donna Fourchalk
DID YOU KNOW?
How can you keep your eyes
from tearing when cutting onions?
Suggestions range from wearing
protective goggles while chopping,
to placing a fan behind you to
blow away the onion’s tear-
producing vapors, to rubbing your
hands with vinegar before you
start slicing. The National Onion
Association, however, advises
chilling onions in the freezer for 30
minutes prior to slicing them. The
association also suggests cutting
off the top portion and peeling off
the outer layers. The idea is to
leave the root end intact, because
it has the highest concentrations
of the sulfur compounds that
cause your eyes to tear.
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NAOMI’S ROAD Italian Cultural Centre
–Il Centro: We (Key,
Helen, our friend
Margaret and I) went
Tuesday, April 23 at 7pm to see the “Naomi’s
Road.”
“Naomi’s Road” depicts the
dramatic journey of 9-year-
old Naomi and her Japanese-
Canadian family from Vancouver
to an internment camp in the
interior of BC. Vancouver
Opera School presented the
production of Naomi’s Road is
moving and dramatic work
set during WWII. This sensi-
tive and compelling story was
told through from Vancouver
Opera School’s four talented
singers, accompanied by a
pianist. --JoseSuganob
VOLUNTEERS... poem by Duncan Holmes JOSE’s NOTES
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of Delta Stroke Recovery:
We don’t ask why they do it,
Though reasons are unclear;
What’s behind their motivation,
To become a volunteer?
We accept the love, the kindness,
The smiles, the gentle touch;
Words of warmth, encouragement.
Things that mean so much.
Never mind the weather,
The rain, the bitter cold;
Their choice, to keep on giving.
Another hand to hold.
It seems they are untiring,
Together, or just one;
Their only goal, we’ve seen it,
A job to do? It’s done!
Caring is the word behind,
These angels, caring friends;
A life of little miracles,
Gifts that never end.
No need to ask the reason,
They make their mission clear;
Love is the life they’ve chosen,
Praise be the volunteer!
—Karel Ley
Delta Branch-SRABC
DID YOU KNOW?
One of the several words salt
has added to our language is
salary. It comes from the Latin
word salarium which means “salt
money” and refers to that part
of a Roman soldier’s pay that
was made in salt or used to buy
salt—a life-preserving commodity.
This is also the origin of the
phase “worth one’s salt.”
“There’s life after stroke”
JJ’s Restaurant…(VCC Downtown)
On Thursday, April 18, 2013, the
Templeton group went to JJ’s
Restaurant inside Vancouver
Community College Down-
town campus.
Whether you’re in the mood for a
gourmet meal at bargain price
or craving a cup of coffee-to-go,
Vancouver Community College
has a wide variety of on-campus
services available for students,
staff, faculty and the general
public. Many facilities are run by
VCC students who are learning
very important , practical skills for
industries like culinary arts,
hospitality management and
hair design.
Culinary arts program’s instruc-
tors and its students run the
JJ’s Restaurant and offer gourmet
cuisine at a fraction of the cost
of other fine dining restaurant.
JJ’s is open Monday to Friday
from 11:30am to 1pm and
5:30pm to 7pm. To make a
reservation, call 604-443-8479.
--Jose Suganob
Templeton Stroke Recovery
PROPAGANDA & ADVERTISING—Werner Stephan, North Shore Stroke Recovery Center - West Vancouver Group
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The techniques
used in propaganda
and in advertising
are rather similar
and the goal is the
same: to influence one’s
mind to vote a certain way or
to buy a certain item.
Do you remember the Gulf
war? A popular joke in those
days about then US President
Bush visiting a school and
promising to answer any
questions from the kids was
considered political propa-
ganda. You can’t remember
the joke? Let me refresh your
memory: Little Bobby raises
his hand and said that he two
questions:
1. Why did we attack Iraq?
2. Isn’t that called an aggres-
sion?
Before the president can
answer, the recess bell rings
and the kids file out. When
they return, President Bush
again promises to answer any
questions.
Little Johnny raises his hand
and said that he had only two
questions:
1. Why did the recess bell
ring 20 minutes early?
2. Where is Bobby?
That is political propaganda.
Like all forms of propaganda,
it is aimed at influencing the
attitude of a person with
selective information or even
lies. Another is strokes:
except for medical literature,
most information does not
emphasize the fact that all
strokes are different: the pub-
lished information leaves the
impression of disability and
mental impairment.
Advertising is another form of
propaganda. Take, for example,
a condo: “Selective” truth is
a favorite tool of advertisers.
Don’t mention the inconvenient
location or the lack of views and
parking, but do emphasizes the
large closets. Or take groceries:
one item is cheap (the loss-
leader), all the others are very
expensive.
A bargaining group
did not like an
imposed contract.
Before voting by
members of the
ratification commit-
tee, they published the
following:
(it did not mention why the con-
tract should be rejected or was
imposed).
The advertising industry uses
certain techniques to motivate
a target audience to a desired
response such as buying the
product. The following techniques
are used in other persuasive
messages such as political propa-
ganda:
Repetition - makes a product or
service familiar to people.
Slogan - identifies a product or
service with an idea.
Snob Appeal - associates a product
or service with a lifestyle.
Testimonial - someone well
known endorses the product.
Sex Appeal - the product or service
c l a i m s t o e n h a n c e y o u r
attractiveness.
Bandwagon - uses peer pressure.
(Everybody else is using it)
These are just some examples.
There are many more techniques
used to design advertis ing
campaigns.
This advertisement was published
as: NO COMPETITION
Rather a catching picture, isn’t it?
Which one of the techniques is
used with the above picture
showing the fast and agile
cheetah (the advertised car) and
the comparatively slower dogs
(a l l t he o the r ca rs )? Snob
appeal? Did it motivate you to
buy such an expensive car? If did
not succeed, relax!! I am glad to
note that not all forms of propa-
ganda or advertisement work
successfully all the time
—by Werner Stephan
Stroke survivor, West Vancouver Group North Shore Stroke Recovery Center
“There’s life after stroke”
The Audi S4 Quattro. Nothing to prove.