vitamins

i saw an interesting programme on TV the other day, which taught me this: 

- in order to get the same amount of vitamin C from apples as one did on 1950, we'd have to eat 100 apples today! 

-  in order to get the same amount of vitamin A from oranges as one did on 1950, we'd have to eat 21 today!

- in general, our food (from meat to vegetables) has lost about 63% of their vitamin content since 1950.

ah, the joys of industrial farming...

dealing with radicalisation

here's how a group of mothers in Denmark are helping turn their Muslim kids away from radicalisation:

http://www.npr.org/sections/parallels/2016/05/08/476890795/to-stop-kids-from-radicalizing-moms-in-denmark-call-other-moms 

Irish weather

so there i was, fully prepared for rain and wind - although only a couple of days away from May, i knew there was never really a dry day in Ireland, but i certainly didn't expect hail and sleet! that said, the unseasonably cold weather in Europe last week should have been a hint - i had, after all, packed winter clothes, including gloves, a hat and a thick woolen scarf. still, there i was, at the Halfpenny bridge, taking pictures of my friend in the snow, and it was a surprise.