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Jed Mayfield Volume 5, Issue 12, December 2017
Growing seasons are
Northwest, tree, grass, and
extending across the
Inside This Issue: weed pollen is expected to be
continental U.S., thus worse than average and also
extending the pollen compared to other areas of the
season, which forecasters country due to the mild
predict could increase temperatures and ample
seasonal allergy suffering moisture.
Forecasters Predictions in 2022. Trees are commonly
for 2022 Allergy Season The lack of rain in the
the first and biggest pollen
……........... 1 producers in the spring. By
Southwest and much of the
arid West Coast will contribute
late spring and early summer,
Basics of Bone Broth to lower tree, grass, and weed
……........... 2
grass pollen will start to
pollen levels this season.
dominate, and, finally, toward
Collagen for Health the late summer and early fall,
Steady Spring rainfall will
..................... 2 weed pollen will take over for
cause lower than average tree
the rest of the season.
pollen levels in the Northeast,
Memorial Day
but the East Coast will
.................... 3 On rainy or windless days,
experience more average rates
pollen has a harder time
Mother's Day - History of grass and weed pollen
circulating, which reduces
and Origins throughout the summer.
allergy
.....................3
symptoms.
Pollen tends to
It Happened In May
………..…….4 travel more
with warm,
Federal Funds Rate Hike windy and dry
Expected in May and weather. Dry
Beyond conditions and
………..…….4 drought can
hinder grass
and weed
growth and
reduce certain
pollen levels.
accuweather.com/en/health-
For Americans living in the wellness/accuweather-2022-us-spring-
Southeast and the Pacific allergy-forecast/1153861
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Collagen
Basics of
for Health
Bone Broth
Diet choices can support
Collagen is a protein
healthy collagen production,
found in connective with a focus on foods like bone
tissue, skin, tendon, bone, broth which is made from
and cartilage. bones, skin, and ligaments of
animals, such as chicken skin
Collagen provides structural and pig knuckle. Additional
support to tissues and plays sources include seafood,
Bone broth differs from important roles in cellular particularly fish skin and
regular stock in that it processes, including tissue jellyfish along with amino acid
can require from 24 to 48 rich foods like poultry, fish,
repair, immune response,
hours to make rather
cellular communication and beans, and eggs.
than an hour or two. The
basic process includes: tissue maintenance.
For example, vitamin C is
Oven roasted bones. Connective tissue cells called necessary for collagen
Whole roasted chicken or fibroblasts produce and synthesis, so consuming plenty
turkey carcasses already maintain collagen. As people of vitamin C-rich foods can
qualify as oven roasted; grow older, their collagen help support healthy collagen
cleaned beef marrow, rib, becomes fragmented, and levels.
or knuckle bones, can be connective tissue cells called
roasted in a pan at 400°F fibroblasts becomes impaired, Collagen supplements may
for 30 minutes. slowing collagen production. help promote the health of the
skin and skeletal system and
Vigorous boil, 1 hour. While collagen loss and may help improve symptoms
Bones are covered in damage as you age are related to osteoarthritis.
water and boiled at least inevitable, certain dietary and They’re considered safe on
1 hour. Many processes their own but may contain
lifestyle factors can accelerate
call for a small amount of
this process. Cigarettes, other ingredients that aren’t
apple cider vinegar, in
alcohol, and diets high in appropriate for everyone.
proportion of 2 tsp
vinegar to 3 qt water. processed
foods and
Slow simmer. excess
Simmer broth between sugar, as
24 and 48 hours, adding well as
carrot, celery, or onion excessive
ends as well as herbs sun
like sage, garlic, exposure
rosemary, or lovage near can
the second half of accellerate
simmering. the effects
thekitchn.com/how-to-make-
of collagen loss in the natural
aging process. healthline.com/nutrition/collagen
bone-broth-cooking-lessons-
from-the-kitchn-215311 2
medical-bills n-increase-but-its-still-
Memorial Day not-enough/ Mother's Day –
History and Origins
The clearest precedent for later would criticize the
Upbeat allcommercialization
Mother’s Day is the early Season of the
Christian festival known as holiday and work to remove it
“Mothering Sunday.” from the calendar.
Memorial Day is observed This traditional
on the last Monday of celebration in UK and
May and occurs this year some parts of Europe fell
on May 30, 2022. on the fourth Sunday in
Lent, a time when
Originally known as
Decoration Day, many worshipers returned to
Americans after the Civil their “mother church”
War had begun hosting for a special service.
tributes to fallen soldiers by
decorating their graves and In time, this tradition
with flowers and flags. shifted to more of a
This practice was already
secular holiday when
common when Union children presented gifts and
flowers to their mothers, but The abolitionist and
General John A. Logan
called for an official was fading in popularity before suffragette Julia Ward Howe
nationwide day of merging with the American also promoted a mother
remembrance on May 30, Mother’s Day customs in the centered day in her 1870
1868, a date chosen “Mother’s Day Proclamation,”
1930s and 1940s.
because it wasn't the which asked mothers to unite
anniversary of a particular
Ann Reeves Jarvis of West in promoting world peace. She
battle.
Virginia was fostering campaigned in the early 1870’s
In the aftermath of World “Mothers’ Day Work Clubs” to for a “Mother’s Peace Day” to
War I, the holiday evolved teach local women how to be celebrated every June 2.
to commemorate fallen
properly care for their children
military personnel in all Additional promotors include
wars. prior to the Civil War, which
acted as a unifying force in the Juliet Calhoun Blakely was a
In 1968, Congress passed region after the war had temperance activist who
the Uniform Monday subsided. In 1868 Jarvis inspired a local Mother’s Day
Holiday Act, to create a organized “Mothers’ in Albion, Michigan in the
three-day weekend for Friendship Day,” at which 1870s along with Mary Towles
federal employees. This Sasseen and Frank Hering, who
established Memorial Day mothers gathered with former
Union and Confederate worked to organize a Mothers’
as the last Monday in May,
soldiers to promote Day in the late 19th and early
but the celebration did not
become an official federal reconciliation. Her efforts 20th centuries.
holiday until 1971. eventually led to the adoption
of Mother’s Day as a national 1 - history.com/topics/holidays/
countryliving.com/life/a5445/ mothers-day
history-of-memorial-day/ holiday in 1914, although she
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It Happened In … Federal Funds Rate Hike
Expected in May and Beyond
Federal Reserve officials may annual percentage yields
implement a half-point (APYs), so earnings on savings
federal funds rate increase at accounts, checking accounts,
their May 3-4 meeting, and certificates of deposit (CDs)
similar increases could follow and money market accounts
in order to bring inflation increase as well. Personal
under control. Based on loans, lines of credit and credit
May 4, 1494 – Christopher statements from Fed officials, cards, respond gradually to Fed
Columbus discovered the fed-funds futures market rate increases. New fixed-rate
Jamaica in the course of his has priced in a half-point rate
second voyage in search of hike for May,
the New World. three-quarters of a
point for June, and
May 7, 1992 – The 27th another half-point
Amendment to the U.S. in July.1
Constitution, forbiding
Congress from giving itself Higher funds rates
pay raises, was ratified. effectively increase
the cost of credit,
May 17, 1875 – Churchill making borrowing
Downs in Louisville opened money more expensive, and as
loans can see higher interest
the first Kentucky Derby a result the cost of doing
rates, but existing ones are
horse race. business rises for public and
immune to changes to the
private companies. Higher
federal funds rate. Variable
May 21, 1881 – The costs and less business could
rate loans respond to Fed rate
American Red Cross was lower revenues and earnings
changes as the interest rates
founded by Clara Barton. for public firms, potentially
they charge are based on
The organization today impacting their growth rate
benchmarks that reference the
provides volunteer disaster and their stock values.2
federal funds rate.
relief in the U.S. and abroad.
Community services include When the Fed increases rates,
For all investors, especially
collecting and distributing new bonds will soon be coming
those close to retirement,
donated blood, and teaching onto the market offering
rising rate environments need
health and safety classes. investors higher interest rate
to be handled with care.
payments. To reflect the
Managing debt exposure and
May 27, 1937 – The Golden higher overall rates, existing
striking the right asset
Gate Bridge opened in San bonds will decline in price to
allocation can help mitigate
Francisco, with a celebration make their comparatively
the impact of rising rates.
of 200,000 people strolling lower interest rate payments
across it. more appealing to investors. 2 1 - marketwatch.com/articles/interest-
rate-hikes-51650675267
http://www.historyplace.com/
specials/calendar/may.htm The federal funds rate is also a 2 - forbes.com/advisor/investing/fed-
benchmark for deposit account raises-interest-rates
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