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CANOEING THIS LAST WEEKNED:

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GO JEN

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Jen!! WHERES YOU BOAT!?

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Zack is in there somewhere!

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2008-05-22T09:41:00.000-04:00

DO THE SUPER DOG SWIMMING IN CT, RIVER

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DO THE SUPER DOG

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SLEEPY DAD!!!

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Jen @ Barton Cove

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CANOEING with our NEW CANOE!!!! GRAPHITE/CARBON FIBER BABY!!!!

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20 acre NOMADS: Our Tent site #2

2008-04-14T13:56:00.000-04:00

TV Watching--The Top Environmental Hazard for Children

Unregulated viewing the top-rated environmental hazard By Todd Huffman The Register-Guard (Oregon), March 30, 2008 Straight to the Source
When parents think about their children's exposure to environmental risks, they might think of lead, pesticides or grass pollens. In fact, the greatest environmental exposure for most children is television. They spend more time watching television than in any other wakeful activity, and it affects their health and well-being in significant ways.
For too long parents and even pediatricians have asked: "Is television good or bad?" Television is inherently neither; it's time to move beyond such black or white thinking.
Television is a tool. Whether it is good or bad for children depends on what they watch and how they watch it.
Used carefully for children older than 2, TV need not have untoward effects at all. According to recent studies, it even can exert a positive influence.
By and large, however, it is not being used carefully. By and large, parents are clueless about the content and consequences of the media-saturated world their children inhabit.
Content is the critical factor in the effects of TV on children. Watching "Sesame Street" or the Discovery Channel is not the same as watching "Grey's Anatomy" or "Desperate Housewives." Yet, 95 percent of American children watch programs that are produced for more mature audiences.
This trend is a cause for concern when you consider that children, who use media to learn about culture, typically lack the knowledge and experience to recognize what is unrealistic.
The media are a powerful teacher of children and adolescents. The media cut across virtually every concern that parents and pediatricians have about young people: sex, violence, homicide, suicide, obesity, eating disorders, school problems and drug use.
Children and adolescents are permitted to view an average of 30 hours of television each week, largely without adults paying attention to the developmental fitness of the programming. Given this exposure, it should not seem remarkable that today's children and adolescents are more overweight, inattentive, violent and sexual than any previous generation.
American teens, especially, are adrift in one of the most crude, brutal, and explicitly sexualized popular cultures in the history of the world. Through television, music videos and the Internet, teens have unprecedented access to an astounding array of both real and virtual sexual experiences. Because schools and parents are not always eager to tackle the subject adequately, the media arguably have become the leading sex educator in America today.
That's not good news.
The sexual content in much of the media is frequent, glamorized and free of consequences. "Everyone does it" on television and in the movies, or so it seems, yet the need for birth control, the risks of pregnancy or sexually transmitted infections and the need for responsibility are rarely discussed.
Too often, children and teens are permitted to view late-evening programming that is hypersexualized to such a degree that many adults feel uncomfortable watching. Too often, shows targeting adolescents seem like "Happy Days With Hormones," with sexual intercourse appearing a normal and casual activity even for teens.
In these ways, the media function as a kind of sexual "super peer," providing role models of attractive adults and older adolescents engaging in risky behavior - and putting additional pressure on young people to have sex at earlier and earlier ages.
A growing number of studies are revealing that exposure to sexual content in television, movies, music and magazines accelerates white adolescents' sexual activity and increases their risk of engaging in early sexual intercourse. White teens who watched the most sexual content doubled their risk of initiating intercourse the following year, or of significantly advancing in sexual activity other than intercourse.
Black teens, by contrast, appear to be more influenced by perceptions of their parents' expectations and their friends' sexual behavior than by what they see and hear in the media.
Teenagers who start having sexual intercourse early are at a greater risk of pregnancy and sexually transmitted infections. Both male and female adolescents who are younger at first intercourse are less likely to use a contraceptive method.
This situation is a national concern, considering that despite recent declines, the teenage pregnancy rate in the United States is still three to 10 times as high as the rates in other industrialized countries. Among those countries, only in the United States are schools limited to promoting abstinence alone until marriage and required to discuss the exaggerated failure rates of contraception.
Look no further than the Centers for Disease Control study released on March 11, which estimated that one in four young women between the ages of 14 and 19 in the United States - or 3.2 million teenage girls - is infected with at least one of the most common sexually transmitted diseases. Reducing sex education into a two-word slogan - "no sex" - clearly has not been an effective advertising campaign for American parents and schools.
The corruption of childhood is now pretty much a fact of modern life. The adult world - through films, music, fashion, magazines and newspapers - has elected to share with young people its various sexual obsessions, rather than shielding them from them. While the age of consent has remained the same, the age of knowledge has been hurtling downward.
While hypersexualized media content is by no means certain to convert an otherwise innocent child into a sexually reckless adolescent, just as every pack of cigarettes smoked increases by some small amount the likelihood of lung cancer, every media portrait of sex as fun and risk-free increases by some small amount the likelihood of early sexual experimentation.
Apologists argue that today's parents are simply overwhelmed in their battle with thousands of competing media images and ideas over which they have little direct control, and that the responsibility for healthier media lies with the producers of media.
While the major television networks need to recognize that with their free use of the airwaves comes a certain responsibility to public health, parents still hold a large measure of control over the media habits of their children.
It's time parents retook that remote.

2008-04-10T12:21:00.000-04:00

FIBER WORKSHOP!

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OUR NEW JACK LOOM & ASHFORD SPINNING WHEEL

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JEN AND DO, HAVING FUN SEARCHING FOR POOPSICLES!

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Snoring I am sure!

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MISHKA!

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HOW many dogs are there? Count em!

Vladik, Luna, Mishka, Boris, Buster, Do and Kashi

in the corner!

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JEN JAMMIN ON THE VIOLIN :)

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2007-12-19T15:54:00.000-05:00

Unpacking Groceries :)

2007-12-19T15:48:00.000-05:00

Ah yes, GREETINGS and happy winter solstice to ALL! Some may not know that I have been out of work for a bit with some spinal issues...we were not able to maintain the driveway from snowfall so I would like to share with you my wifes solution...enjoy the pics:

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ENJOY THE NEW PICS!

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ZEKE, Vladik and Mishka testing out the trails
on our property. Good pic JEN!

2007-08-13T10:19:00.000-04:00

PLEASE NOTICE the new "Library Link" in the side column. Jen and I have started an online book catalogue of the books we have read and maintain in our home library.

THIS IS A GREAT WAY TO GET AWAY FROM YOUR TV!! Browse some of our books, browse any reviews and you might just find yourself curled up in a chair someplace, with a cup of hot chocolate reading away some great fantasy adventure or reading the latest political satire!

Please Enjoy! Zeke and Jen

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SLEEPY PUPPY

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PUPPY PICS!

2007-05-31T10:33:00.000-04:00

Luna "Drugged"

2007-05-31T10:31:00.000-04:00

NEW PICS: Luna & Boris Playing

2007-05-29T15:07:00.000-04:00

This is BORIS...our new addition to the sled team. He is 12wks old, Male, and a black.white pie-ball (moo cow spots). He is 1/2 brother to Vladik (same Mom) and cousins to Mishka. He is a spunky wonder pup and is getting along GREAT with all the others. He has made quick friends especially with LUNA and OKSANA!

2007-05-25T14:30:00.001-04:00

KASHTANKA EXPEDITION SIBERIANS BLOG:

http://kashtankasiberians.blogspot.com/

2007-05-25T14:15:00.000-04:00

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NEWS NEWS NEWS!

"KASHTANKA EXPEDITION SIBERIANS"

Jen and I decided it would be worth a try to start a part time business guiding people into the New England woods and trails with sled dog teams. As many people know I (Zeke) have been running a sled dog team for multiple years now and the requests for weekend long sled dog adventures has grown. As I have a small sled dog kennel already Jen and I are going to try and maintain a Part-Time business running sled dog adventures in New England and beyond in the winter months.

What does this mean? Basically nothing new. As I have been running these type of paid adventures on/off through the winters there isnt much different other then registering as a "offical" business and of course getting proper Insurance coverage. We will be running the trips only in the winter months, day long to weekend long trips to start with, and for a competative price. We hope you all keep track of our attempt and wish us luck!

2007-05-15T16:46:00.000-04:00

La Push Beach...for Alex

2007-05-14T15:52:00.000-04:00

That is about it for the best of the pictures. CLICK ON ANY PICTURE to see it FULL SIZE! If you look closely you can see some pretty interesting "attributes" of the MALE ELK. HAHAHAHA!! Good picture taking JEN!!!!

We had a great time and are both WICKED tired. Spending 2 days on the other side of the country was asking for some major Jet Lag. It was 150% worth it. I (zeke) got to see some birds I have never seen before, we both got to see Elk and Deer REALLY upclose, the views were wonderful and experiencing North Americas Rainforest was just breathtaking. We hope to return sometime soon!

Enjoy, Z &J

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Some more...

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A few more pics :)

2007-05-14T15:18:00.000-04:00

A few more pics (Jen and I at "La Push" and Hoh Rain Forest)

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MORE pics (Rainforest & Elk)

2007-05-14T15:08:00.000-04:00

Trip to "Olympic State Park" in Washington State...here are a few pics

2007-05-09T15:30:00.000-04:00

HEY ALL! BEEN AWHILE!

Sorry about that. Been real busy with everything going on. Jen and I have been cutting trails all over the property (in preparation for winter training), getting out small organic garden started, and lots and LOTS of general house work. I have some pictures I will bring in that show some of the trails I have cut and other changes at the house. I hope everyone is doing ok...TALK SOON!

2007-02-06T09:11:00.000-05:00

THIS is a great article about your nutrition (from the New York Times) It talks about REAL food vs. pre-processed foods with "injected" nutrients etc. Its a long article although I encourage anyone who cares about their health to read it!

http://www.nytimes.com/2007/01/28/magazine/28nutritionism.t.html?ex=1327640400&en=7c85a1c254546157&ei=5088&partner=rssnyt&emc=rss

2007-02-05T15:39:00.000-05:00

DO YOU CARE ABOUT YOUR HEALTH!? You should watch this following video (free on google video) about the health effects etc concerning Genetically Modified Foods. This is something that you should REALY consider when buying your foods!

http://video.google.com/videoplay?docid=1005653980897954362&q=Food+safety+duration%3Along+is%3Afree

ALSO check out the Organic Consumers Association & the Cornucopia Inst. Good Information!

http://www.organicconsumers.org/
http://cornucopia.org/pasture/index.php

ENJOY!

2007-02-02T09:20:00.000-05:00

MAP TO OUR HOUSE: If you are looking for directions to our house...here is a map that you can download and print on 11x17 page. This map is basic but relavent for anyone coming from I-91, I-89, or I-93 ENJOY:

2007-01-31T14:19:00.000-05:00

ZEKE'S "COMMERCIAL" for PEAK ORGANIC BEER...Ahhh what a refreshing beer on a cold New England night!

2007-01-31T14:16:00.000-05:00

Our House at Night:

2007-01-31T14:11:00.000-05:00

BUSTER BEAR! It was pointed out to me that we have NO new pics of Buster on the blog...so here are a few :) Welcome Buster!!!!

2007-01-22T09:53:00.000-05:00

MORE PUPPY PICS:

2007-01-22T09:45:00.000-05:00

NEW PUPPY: Oksana (anna) just came to us from a family that could not keep up with her or care for her. She got in too alot of trouble and her previuos owners thought she would be better with us in a working team :)

She is a black and white siberians husky female, she is about 11months old and is crazy for playtime! Here are some pics :)

2007-01-22T09:40:00.000-05:00

NEW VEHICLES:

We just got two new vehicles to replace our older and failing ones. Jen got a 2007 Toyota Yaris hatchback that is blue and I got a 2007 Toyota Tacoma Access cab truck that is silver. See pics

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CANT FORGET DOO DOO! ASLEEP ON HER CHAIR! *giggle

2006-12-05T13:10:00.000-05:00

CUTE DOG PICS

2006-12-05T13:06:00.000-05:00

The view from the second floor in the barn...ooo oooo you can see the tractor!
Things are finally finishing up...the contractors should be cleaned up and gone TODAY! YIPPEEEEEEEEEEEEEE

2006-12-05T13:02:00.000-05:00

The Barn: UPDATES (L) Downstairs (R) Upstairs