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Vol. 13, Issue 157 “Dedicated to Excellence” April 2013

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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”

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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: [email protected]

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


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


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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.”


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


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


The Audi S4 Quattro. Nothing to prove.

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