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Wednesday, August 31, 2011
Saving Money by Canning and Pickling
Over the weekend, during Hurricane Irene, I took some time to do something I've been meaning to do for a while- pickle peppers!
As many of you know, I planted a garden this year. I recently wrote an update on it here. One of my favorite foods is jalapeno peppers and I normally buy them at the store for around $3 a jar. If I have a coupon or they are on sale, I might get a better deal, but I go through about a jar a month. So, this year I planted two of my own jalapeno pepper plants and one banana pepper plant. I was amazed at how much these little plants grew and produced! They grew so easily and apparently the more you pick them, the more they grow! I placed them in a flower bed at the front of my house and as a bonus, they have added color and beauty to our yard. Had I known how well they grow I would have planted more and I certainly will next year.
So, the day before the hurricane hit, I had my son go out and pick all the peppers. He picked probably 25-30. I already had jars from the Ball jar company (they give out coupons each summer and I got them on sale at Harris Teeter). I had vinegar, water and sugar, which is all you need. I had never done this before so I looked up a video on Youtube to guide me through the process. Here it is below:
I followed all the steps, which I will list at the bottom of the post. It was easier than I thought and when I finished, I had a whole jar full of peppers! I was too thrilled. I have to wait a week before they are ready for eating, but I want to show you the finished product:
I can't wait to add these to some tacos! Another bonus is that each pepper has tons of seeds inside, so I look forward to saving some of them to plant next year. I only had two plants and will probably be able to pick enough peppers for at least one more jar, possibly two. I get excited thinking about how much I will save next year by planting more pepper plants, enough for at least 12 jars.
I chose to pickle these peppers, but you could can almost any fruit or veggie to preserve it to use later, so keep that in mind as well. Tomatoes are a great example of something you could can to use in recipes later on. The directions for canning are a little different from pickling and I think it's slightly more work to can veggies, but if you have a bountiful harvest, I think the effort is worth it.
If you aren't into peppers, here are some other veggies that pickle- cucumbers, zucchini, cabbage and carrots. I have heard you can pickle pretty much anything, provided you like the pickled flavor!
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Farmamed needed a new logo design and created a contest on 99designs.
A winner was selected from 85 designs submitted by 19 freelance designers.
Farmamed is an online drugstore, operating in the Netherlands.
We will go live soon, and we will start with selling over the counter medication (drugs) and other products that you can usually buy in drugstores (shampoo, face cream, vichy products, beauty products, sun protection, etc).
with some time farmamed will operate as a full service online drugstore. so, people can buy all kinds of drugs online (if they have a prescription from their doctor)
people living in the netherlands
We want a logo which tells our visitors what we are: an online drugstore (in the Netherlands).
the logo should give a feeling of "trust" and "strength." e.g. "Farmamed is the best, trusted and professional online drugstore in the netherlands."
The right dutch name for drugstore is: "apotheek"
"your online drugstore" = "uw online apotheek"
We would like a logo in several formats (eps, jpg, png) and if possible, an animated logo like flash and/or animated gif. this especilly fits when you design an drugstore logo with a green cross. The green cross could animate like a neon sign which you often see in France.
I do not want to set too many requirements because I'm trusting on the creative skills of the designers at 99designs!
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The Colorado Lottery announced a new Denver Broncos-themed $5 scratch game today. Prizes include Broncos season tickets and luxury box seats to the Raiders game Dec. 20 at Invesco Field. The top prize is $100,000.
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The Broncos scratch game includes a second-chance drawing, allowing players to register non-winning tickets online to win the following prizes: 50 pairs of season tickets for the 2010 Denver Broncos season, suite seats to the see the Oakland Raiders Dec. 20 in Denver, tickets for two to an away game during the 2010 season, including airfare, hotel, a $300 meal allowance and $1,000 in spending money.
The Broncos are one of 16 NFL franchises that have formed partnerships with a lottery since league owners voted to overturn rules prohibiting such affiliations on May 19, the Colorado Lottery said in a press release.


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Local elections that had been postponed for three years took place in early 2011. While tens of thousands of Nepali-speaking Bhutanese refugees who were displaced in the 1990s have been resettled in other countries in recent years, some 54,000 remained in camps in Nepal by year's end.
Britain helped to install the Wangchuck dynasty as Bhutan's ruling family in 1907, and a 1949 treaty allowed newly independent India to assume Britain's role in conducting the kingdom's foreign and defense policies. In 1971, Jigme Singye Wangchuck succeeded his father as king.
The government in the 1980s imposed restrictions on Nepali speakers, also known as Southern Bhutanese, to protect the culture of the ruling Ngalong Drukpa ethnic group. The newly formed Bhutanese People's Party (BPP) responded in 1990 with violent demonstrations, prompting a government crackdown. Tens of thousands of Southern Bhutanese fled or were expelled to Nepal in the early 1990s, and soldiers raped and beat many villagers and detained thousands as "antinationals."
The king launched a gradual transition to democracy in 1998. Political parties were legalized in June 2007, and elections for an upper house of Parliament were held in two rounds in December 2007 and January 2008. Elections for the lower house, the National Assembly, took place in March 2008. The Bhutan Peace and Prosperity Party (DPT) won 45 of the 47 seats, while the People's Democratic Party (PDP) took the remainder; voter turnout was nearly 80 percent. A new constitution promulgated in July provided for some fundamental rights, but it upheld the primacy of the monarchy, and did not adequately protect the rights of Nepali speakers.
Jigme Khesar Namgyel Wangchuck succeeded his father as king in November 2008, though he had been in power since the outgoing king's abdication in 2006. The monarchy remained highly popular with the public, and many Bhutanese expressed reservations about the shift toward democracy.
Local elections that had been postponed since late 2008 were finally held across the country in early 2011. Officials experienced difficulty recruiting qualified candidates to stand in the elections in a country with a small population, voter apathy, and high education requirements. All candidates were officially required to be nonpartisan and to prove that they had no party affiliations. Several candidates in the local elections ultimately were disqualified because they did not meet the age or professional requirements. Some polls took long to open due to logistical difficulties, and turnout was relatively low, reportedly due in part to the remoteness of certain areas of the country and to voter apathy and distrust that the polls would result in concrete change.
Bhutan is not an electoral democracy, though the 2008 and 2011 elections represented a significant step toward that status. However, monitors in both elections found problems with freedom of expression and association during the campaign. In 2008, European Union (EU) monitors noted that a rule requiring candidates to obtain a security clearance certificate may have been an obstacle for some Nepalese. Also in 2008, Human Rights Watch reported that many ethnic Nepalese residents were barred from voting because they were among the 13 percent of the population counted as non-nationals in the 2005 census. While similar complaints were lodged during the 2011 local elections, international monitors nonetheless deemed them to have been conducted successfully.
The constitution provides for a bicameral Parliament, with a 25-seat upper house, the nonpartisan National Council, and a 47-seat lower house, the National Assembly, both serving five-year terms. The king appoints 5 members of the National Council, and the remaining 20 are elected; the lower house is entirely elected, and the head of the majority party is nominated by the king to serve as prime minister. The cabinet is nominated by the king and approved by the National Assembly. The king remains the head of state and appoints members of the Supreme Court, the attorney general, and the heads of national commissions. He can return legislation with objections or amendments, but once it has been reconsidered and resubmitted, the king must sign it into law.
Political parties, previously illegal, were allowed to begin registering in 2007, though the Bhutan People's United Party was denied registration.
The government operates with limited transparency and accountability, but steps have been taken in recent years to improve both. The 2006 Anti-Corruption Act established whistleblower protections, and the Anti-Corruption Commission (ACC) is tasked with investigating and preventing graft. In 2011, the National Assembly passed an anticorruption law that strengthened and expanded the ACC's mandate. Bhutan was ranked 38 of 183 countries surveyed in Transparency International's 2011 Corruption Perceptions Index.
The authorities restrict freedom of expression, and a 1992 law prohibits criticism of the king and the political system. A 2006 media law led to the establishment of two independent radio stations, but it did not provide specific protections for journalists or guarantee freedom of information. The state-owned Kuensel and two independent weeklies, the Bhutan Times and the Daily Observer, generally publish progovernment articles but occasionally cover criticism of the government. In September 2011, Kuensel was warned by the government for printing an unlicensed version in a local language and ordered to cease publication of it. Earlier in the year, the government had allowed only one out of three applicants seeking to produce a new local-language newspaper to proceed. Applications for private television stations in Bhutan also were delayed in 2011, with the government saying it had not yet decided which applicants to allow. The internet is accessed by about 15 percent of Bhutan's population. The government monitors online content and blocks material that is seen as pornographic, but rarely blocks political content.
The constitution protects freedom of religion, and a 2007 election law bars any ordained religious figure or "religious personality" from voting or running for office. In 2010, the election commission maintained that even lay members of religious organizations would be prevented from voting, but in 2011, monks and other members of religious groups did participate heavily in the local elections. While Bhutanese of all faiths can worship relatively freely, the Drukpa Kagyupa school of Mahayana Buddhism is the official religion and reportedly receives various subsidies. The Christian minority is allegedly subject to harassment by the authorities, and permits for the construction of Hindu temples are apparently difficult to obtain. Few restrictions on academic freedom have been reported, though nongovernmental organizations (NGOs) claim that the teaching of Nepali and Sanskrit is banned. The government requires that Bhutanese wear traditional dress on certain occasions and at certain times.
The constitution guarantees freedom of assembly, but the government must approve the purpose of any protests. In recent years, security forces have arrested Southern Bhutanese refugees based in Nepal who entered Bhutan to demonstrate for the right to return home.
The constitution guarantees freedom of association, but only for groups "not harmful to the peace and unity of the country." NGOs that work on human rights, the refugee issue, or other sensitive matters are not legally allowed to operate. Under the 2007 Civil Society Organization Act, all new NGOs must register with the government. The government prohibits independent trade unions and strikes, though most of the country's workforce is engaged in subsistence agriculture.
An independent Judicial Service Council created in 2007 controls judicial appointments and promotions. However, critics have alleged that the judiciary is not fully independent. Until a new Supreme Court was finally seated in early 2010, the king served as the final arbiter of appeals. Arbitrary arrest, detention, and torture remain areas of concern, and dozens of political prisoners continue to serve lengthy sentences.
Prior to the mass expulsions of Nepali speakers in the early 1990s, the government had stripped thousands of their citizenship under a 1985 law that required both parents to be Bhutanese citizens. While the Office of the UN High Commissioner for Refugees (UNHCR) asserts that the overwhelming majority of refugees have proof of Bhutanese nationality, the government maintains that many left voluntarily or had been illegal immigrants. Some 55,000 refugees live in extremely poor conditions in Nepal and have been denied reentry to Bhutan, and the Bhutanese government continues to harshly criticize UNHCR. A resettlement effort aimed at transferring the refugees to third countries began in 2007. By the end of 2012, the refugee camps in Nepal are planned to be consolidated into just two. By the end of 2011, some 58,000 refugees had been resettled in third countries, mostly to the United States.
Women participate freely in social and economic life but continue to be underrepresented in government and politics, though they participated heavily in the 2011 elections. They also comprise nearly 50 percent of the workforce.


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Another Education Road Sign Screaming "Stop!"
This morning the National Center for Education Statistics released a new report, Mapping State Proficiency Standards Onto NAEP Scores: 2005 – 2007. What the results make clear (for about the billionth time) is that government control of education has put us on a road straight to failure. Still, many of those who insist on living in denial about constant government failure in education will yet again refuse to acknowledge reality, and will actually point to this report as a reason to go down many more miles of bad road.
According to the report, almost no state has set its "proficiency" levels on par with those of the National Assessment of Educational Progress (NAEP), the so‐called "Nation's Report Card." (Recall that under No Child Left Behind all children are supposed to be "proficient" in reading and math by 2014.) Most, in fact, have set "proficiency" at or below NAEP's "basic" level. Moreover, while some states that changed their standards between 2005 and 2007 appeared to make them a bit tougher, most did the opposite. Indeed, in eighth grade all seven states that changed their reading assessments lowered their expectations, as did nine of the twelve states that changed their math assessments.
Many education wonks will almost certainly argue that these results demonstrate clearly why we need national curricular standards, such as those being drafted by the Common Core State Standards Initiative. If there were a national definition of "proficiency," they'll argue, states couldn't call donkeys stallions. But not only does the existence of this new report refute their most basic assumption — obviously, we already have a national metric — the report once again screams what we already know: Politicians and bureaucrats will always do what's in their best interest — keep standards low and easy to meet — and will do so as long as politics, not parental choice, is how educators are supposed to be held accountable. National standards would only make this root problem worse, centralizing poisonous political control and taking influence even further from the people the schools are supposed to serve.
Rather than continuing to drive headlong toward national standards — the ultimate destination of the pothole ridden, deadly, government schooling road — we need to exit right now. We need to take education power away from government and give it to parents. Only if we do that will we end hopeless political control of schooling and get on a highway that actually takes us toward excellent education.


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WASHINGTON — I talked to Robin Williams once, about breasts.
In 1993, when he played a prim British nanny in "Mrs. Doubtfire," I went to interview him at his Pacific Heights house.
"It's great to be this blue-mouthed old lady hitting on somebody," he said, in his character's soft Scottish burr, "opening your blouse and saying, 'What about these? Behold my dirty pillows, my fun bags. Come nurse at the fountain of bliss.' "
He was 42 then, wearing his Popeye outfit, a blue-striped T-shirt and black baggy jeans. Surrounded by kids, a rabbit and an iguana, we talked about everything from John Belushi to his father, a stern Ford Motor Company executive.
As our interview ended, I was telling him about my friend Michael Kelly's idea for a 1-900 number, not one to call Asian beauties or Swedish babes, but where you'd have an amorous chat with a repressed Irish woman. Williams delightedly riffed on the caricature, playing the role of an older Irish woman answering the sex line in a brusque brogue, ordering a horny caller to go to the devil with his impure thoughts and disgusting desire.
I couldn't wait to play the tape for Kelly, who doubled over in laughter.
So when I think of Williams, I think of Kelly. And when I think of Kelly, I think of Hillary, because Michael was the first American reporter to die in the Iraq invasion, and Hillary Clinton was one of the 29 Democratic senators who voted to authorize that baloney war.
The woman who always does her homework, the woman who resigned as president of Wellesley College's Young Republicans over the Vietnam War, made that vote without even bothering to read the National Intelligence Estimate with its skimpy evidence.
It was obvious in real time that the Bush crew was arbitrarily switching countries, blaming 9/11 on Saddam so they'd get more vivid vengeance targets and a chance to shake up the Middle East chessboard, and that officials were shamelessly making up the threat as they went along. For me to believe that Hillary would be a good president, I would need to feel that she had learned something from that deadly, globe-shattering vote — a calculated attempt to be tough and show that, as a Democratic woman, she was not afraid to use power.
Yet, she's still at it.
With the diplomatic finesse of a wrecking ball, the former diplomat gave an interview to The Atlantic's Jeffrey Goldberg, a hawk, in a calculated attempt to be tough and show that, as a Democratic woman, she's not afraid to use power.
Channeling her pal John McCain, she took a cheap shot at President Obama when his approval rating on foreign policy had dropped to 36 percent, calling him a wimp just as he was preparing to order airstrikes against ISIS.
As one Democrat noted, citing the callous Clintonian principle that unpopular things make foolish investments: "If Obama was at 63 instead of 36, she'd be happy to be Robin to his Batman."
It's not that she's too old, despite nasty cracks on conservative websites like the Washington Free Beacon. It's that she's too old-think, thrusting herself forward as a hawk at a time when hawks — in the season of Elizabeth Warren and Rand Paul — aren't so cool. Americans are sick of the idea that we should plunge in and plant our flag in the ground and work out the details later. It's a complicated world, where you cross the border from Syria to Iraq and your allies are the enemy.
Hillary booed the president, who has been boosting her at the expense of his own vice president, and said that, as secretary of state, she had wanted to do more to help the Syrian rebels. She said that Obama's "failure" in Syria led to the rise of ISIS and sniped about Obama's slogan: "Great nations need organizing principles, and 'Don't do stupid stuff' is not an organizing principle."
Saying you can't live by slogans is rich, coming from someone whose husband's presidency was built on "It's the economy, stupid."
Besides, a Times article by Tim Arango and Eric Schmitt demonstrated that "at every turn" the rise of ISIS's self-styled caliph, Abu Bakr al-Baghdadi, had been shaped by the United States' involvement in Iraq — putting the ball of blame back in Hillary's court.
The neocon Weekly Standard gleefully printed her remarks with her byline under the headline: "Special Guest Editorial: Obama's Foreign Policy Failures."
David Axelrod tartly tweeted: "Just to clarify: 'Don't do stupid stuff' means stuff like occupying Iraq in the first place, which was a tragically bad decision."
Hillary may know that she seemed unseemly. She called Obama to assert that she wasn't attacking him, trying to avoid an awkward encounter when they both attend a Vernon Jordan party Wednesday night at the Martha's Vineyard golf course where the president has been relaxing while the world explodes.
After buoying Hillary, Obama is learning the truth of another unofficial slogan in politics: "The Clintons will be there when they need you."


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Things just keep getting weirder for Formula One's Eddie Irvine. Yesterday, he was almost eaten by a shark, but he fought it off with a spear.
Irvine was swimming near his home in the Bahamas when he was attacked. The former Ferrari, Jordan and Jaguar racer drove the shark away with a spear he was using to fish.
"I turned to face it—not easy to do—and hit it with my spear," Irvine told the British newspaper The Sun. "It turned away but came back as I reversed out of his territory."
Irvine, who was sentenced earlier this month to six months in jail for his part in a brawl in an Italian nightclub, escaped without injury and is recovering from the scare at his home.
Sadly, the video above does not show Irvine fighting off said shark. Footage of the attack would have been pretty amazing.


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NAPIERVILLE, Ill. -- Senior Alex Kramer (No. Andover, Mass./No. Andover) finished in 12th place in the mile run at the 2013 NCAA Division III Indoor Track and Field Championships at North Central College, missing out on a spot in the finals by less than a third of a second.
Running in the first heat of the day, Kramer and five other runners watched Bates College junior Tully Hannan run out to a large lead - stretching to nearly 50 meters at one point - over the first three laps. The field caught Hannan on the final lap, however. Wisconsin-Stevens Point junior Dan Sullivan won the heat with a time of 4:16.39, but the next five competitors were within 0.51 seconds of Sullivan. Kramer was the last of those within a half a second at 4:16.90.
The day's second heat proved to be much faster, however, as all six runners were faster than Sullivan's winning time in the first heat. After the top three finishers in each heat advanced to the finals, the next four fastest times were selected. Three came from the second heat, while Hannan earned the remaining berth in the finals at 4:16.58, just 0.32 seconds faster than Kramer.
Kramer will move on to the outdoor season at the end of March.


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One of Mick Jagger's earliest serious girlfriends, who dated him when he was a London student, saved a clump of the rock icon's hair. And now she's giving it away in the nicest way: an auction to help disfigured people, where the clippings brought in $6,000, Rolling Stone reports.
Chrissie Shrimpton, sister of the famed '60s-era model Jean Shrimpton, dated Jagger, now 69, in the early '60s, when he was attending the London School of Economics – and long before he became a global rock star.
She was 17 when their romance started and reportedly met him at a blues club as a teen.
Although their romance fizzled, she saved an envelope of his brunette locks and decided now was the time to pass them on to the charity Changing Faces.
Shrimpton had kept the hair all these years in an envelope that read: "Mick Jagger's hair after being washed and trimmed by Chris at Rose Hill Farm."
Bonhams, the auction house, conducted the bidding. The Stones are completing their "50 & Counting" tour this summer.
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Definitely more synchronicity in my life, more than ever before. They have escalated in the last 5 or 6 years, definitely escalated. Now, I don't know that I can attribute it to these events [UFO contact] in my life, but I do see it in my life.It's as though, in general my life is escalating somehow, moving forward in an invisible way, elevating internally and externally.I feel very deeply that something is in the works.
Friday, November 16, 2012
audio conversation with Nadine Lalich
9 comments:
- Bright Garlick said...
Hi Mike - Really enjoyed this conversation - you were very balanced in your approach and asked Nadine some tough questions that I thought she answered really well. I like the way you just get out of the way and let the person just share. You did that well in this chat.
I liked Nadine's level headed approach to the phenomenon and her reluctance to label it precisely as others have done. Of course I probably see things very different to both of you (as you know by now) and would probably fall into that small percentage that Nadine described. That for me is not because I have not encountered apparently cold ET's but because I have grown and changed my point of view over time. Also because I have done a lot deep spiritual work (I liked that part of the conversation too - life is spirituality, nothing is separate - life is a spiritual process). I find it difficult to see anything wrong with our alien friends - just our projections. All that being said I like your questioning approach and you undecidedness about the whole thing. But maybe one day you will have conscious encounters and feel less threatened or uncertain. Keep up the great work, Bright.
PS. I reckon you are fulfilling your 'mission'well !
- November 17, 2012 at 10:36 PM
This was one of the best audio conversation you've done.
I realized the scope of the work
done by Barbara Lamb.
- November 19, 2012 at 5:00 PM
- Chris R said...
Mike, I have no clue why but this audio conversation gave me the chills several times. In fact I was so spooked during her discription of the beings hand I had to take a break from listening. I think it possibly has to do with her even keel way if speaking-- she sounded very credible and as such made me listen much more vigorously.
As per usual amazing show! I am on the last legs of my dissertation and I have developed a habit of listening to your show whenever I write. Keep up the good work, and I look forward to the next interview.
-Chris R
- November 20, 2012 at 2:16 AM
- Mike Clelland! said...
Reply to Chris R:
Nadine calm clear voice is exactly what drew me to her. So yes, I feel the same way.
She is a very credible person sharing a very INCREDIBLE experience.
Mike C!
- November 20, 2012 at 9:45 AM
Very solid interview. Impressive lady. Clear recollections, balanced tone. And you did a great job creating space for her to tell her story, with just the right questions to keep the story rolling, like a minimalist conductor, but with enough to make it personal and warm.
Like Chris said - a little spooky even. But it seems like the speakers with the most 'oomph' tend to have this effect. Why shouldn't they, right? I could just about picture myself in that van with her, and it's enough to make me imagine, I would certainly soil my knickers.
Thanks for another gem.
- November 21, 2012 at 7:12 AM
- Red Pill Junkie said...
I too found this conversation incredibly rewarding. I look forward to hearing more about Nadine's experiences, but MORE importantly: her take on them.
I specially enjoyed the part where she mentioned that the 'others' told her about God --"God expands as we expand" "God expands through us as us"-- since I find those assertions incredibly resonant with my own personal musings, and my findings along my own spiritual path.
IMHO There's no better joy for a sentient being than feeling like a valuable instrument in God's plan.
- November 21, 2012 at 12:22 PM
- Bright Garlick said...
Mike when I spoke with the Teal'hia they explained 'we are god incarnate' and later during discussions with them and the Tall Aliens and in previous discussions about God with other races - a similar theme to what Nadine hinted at was suggested to me - albeit sometimes in a different way. Many races see all as god and when consciousness arises in a new life form, god expands, albeit into a new form of awareness. This is one reason why many of them have universal compassion.
The thoughts of Dadaji (and his miraculous actions and presence) http://dadaji.info/ , Time Freke http://www.youtube.com/user/timfreke / & http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JnSCLMgCI1Y , Genpo Roshi http://bigmind.org/ and many others, appear to echo these same sentiments. Realized human beings seem to echo the same thing. Which is one reason some humans can perform seemingly miraculous feats and why many aliens are capable of transforming reality.
I'm with RPJ on this one - this is perhaps the greatest joy there can be. We are the All, All is us. God and self are ONE.
This is the real gift that People from elsewhere have to offer us. Whether we are willing to listen is another question.
Thanks Mike !
- November 22, 2012 at 12:43 AM
- Lucretia Heart said...
~ Regarding her presentation on the video-- she mentions the mantis-like one as being more warm, dynamic, sensitive, and relate-able and says that its her favorite one to be with, even though its looks are perhaps more frightening. Very similar to my own feelings there regarding the mantids. http://spirals-end.livejournal.com/5780.html
~ Regarding "obsessions" that come about due to contact experiences. When it comes to moving-- husband and myself have always had compulsions, but we've actually remembered a couple of times, after being in Ohio, of being told outright to go back to Oregon. One might well wonder what difference it could possibly make...
~ Nadine's comments about sharing her experiences as "healing" resonates for me. As I've been step by step recording my memories on At Spiral's End, I've found that though it takes some effort to just get those memories out in full, it also takes me further along in accepting these intrusive realities as a part of my life.
~ What's strangest about this is that I recognize both her face and her voice. I've seen a lot of people on your site for your interviews and almost never seen or heard anyone that made me go, "Oh yeah! That person! I know that person!" I remembered her as gesturing with her hands a lot, and I could have sworn someone told me about a nickname or something of hers as "Cat" or "Kitty"??? Maybe I'm mixing it up with someone else, I don't know. Anyways, I haven't read her book or visited her website yet, so maybe I'll find something there. Just wanted to mention the familiarity up front. Also, if I have seen her, it wasn't as a child or in my youth, it was later-- my 30s onward. I found it interesting that she didn't really get into exploring her experiences until fairly recently (in the last decade) as well.
(Synch wink! the "prove you're not a robot" reads: 9 mcllnd)
- December 27, 2012 at 9:59 PM
- Lucretia Heart said...
~ About the other experiencers who write to her who say, "I can't tell my wife," or "I can't tell my children." Yeah, I'm thinking its not ethical NOT to tell people you live with that things could happen to you, or around you (because sometimes they DO take spouses, lovers, friends, etc.) And to not tell your children? I understand for young kids-- but older children are almost 100% guaranteed to be involved, and not to tell them is extremely wrong.
~ Nadine's way of trying to gather information as accurately as possible is EXACTLY how I approach my own experiences. I take notes of details as I go along as a habit for over 20 years now. It makes a difference in how much and how well I remember. I've definitely moved on from that stage, however. I don't get too much shock anymore when I come across similar or even identical information. But for a good 15 years or so I certainly did!
~ Regarding reactions to what aliens do to make people fall asleep: I've found a solution, but it takes some stamina. When the "heavy sleep" thing hits abruptly and I know its THEM, I have learned that if I put on fast-tempo dance music (on headphones) stand up and actively dance, I will NOT fall asleep. However, once, when I was in my early 20s with some friends and my husband and everyone fell asleep suddenly at only 6 pm. I got angry when the sleep wave hit, put on my headphones, and started dancing in place to fight it. 2 hours later, I was still at it when a taller grey walked up to our sliding glass door in back and looked in at me. I could see it thru the sheer drapes that covered the doors. The rec room where my friends and (then fiance) had all passed out ON THE FLOOR (no drinking going on, either) was a weird scene. I was scared to death, but defiant, and kept dancing and started yelling "I'm not going anywhere! Fuck you!" It turned around and left and nothing more happened that night. Usually they can sneak up on me to some extent, but when people just almost keeled over in exhaustion on the floor in early evening, I knew what was coming and was determined to stay awake. But, again, in my early 20s, I was often angry and defiant.
~ I've been having the "other than reproductive" experiences off and on since childhood, and I have yet to hit full menopause. I think that the purely "lab-rat" encounters fall off once you fully integrate the reality of the aliens (or whatever) into your life. I seemed to have more interactions (more contact and communication) with sympathetic types once I hit a certain place psychologically. Perhaps its coincidence, perhaps not. After menopause I'll have to get back to you on that aspect! I'm paying attention to this aspect of things for sure.
~ Again we see the pattern of wanting to become more self-sufficient and not being able to trust that the system we've grown up with will last too much further into the future. Seeking to get "off-grid" as much as possible as soon as possible.
~ Finally, the "feeling of mission" question! Yes! The sensation of preparing and moving towards and waiting for a "final conclusion"... yes, yes, yes! The idea that perhaps part of that mission could involve helping others deal with alien reality after some sort of massive and dramatic "great revealing" rings some bells for sure.
Thanks for another amazing interview!
- December 27, 2012 at 10:08 PM


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"By taking a few simple precautions students will dramatically increase their online security and reduce their chances of losing valuable information or becoming a victim of identity theft. They will be able to finish their education experience with their identity, finances and data intact," said Watkins.


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German drama "When We Leave (Die Fremde)" and American docu "Monica and David" scored the top awards for world narrative feature and doc feature, respectively, at the 2010 Tribeca Film Fest.
Filmmaker awards went to Kim Chapiron for "Dog Pound" (for narrative) and Clio Barnard for "The Arbor" (in the doc category), while "Monogamy," which has generated enough aud interest to prompt additional screenings, took the kudo for New York narrative.
Jury selections for the world categories, announced at a Thursday night ceremony, were drawn from a pool of 12 narratives and 12 docs from 20 countries. Some kudos come with cash prizes of varying amounts, along with original artworks contributed to the awards by a number of visual artists.
Writer-director Feo Aladag's "When We Leave," which receives $25,000 as part of the narrative feature award, centers on a woman who flees a bad marriage in Istanbul and takes her young son to live with her family in Berlin. A special jury mention in the category went to "Loose Cannons," helmer Ferzan Ozpetek's Italian dramedy about a man who comes out to his conservative family.
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Director and co-writer Chapiron also gets $25,000 for "Dog Pound," the French/Canadian movie (co-written with Jeremie Delon) about life in a juvenile detention center. Narrative feature acting awards went to actor Eric Elmosnino, who portrays Serge Gainbourg in popular French offering "Gainsbourg, Je t'aime… Moi non plus," and to actress Sibel Kekilli, who stars as the central character in "When We Leave."
Alexandra Codina's "Monica and David," which also scored $25,000, follows the marriage of two people with Down's Syndrome. Special mention in the world docu feature category went to Julia Bacha's "Budrus," about protesters against a wall planned to divide several Palestinian villages.
"Arbor" director Barnard won the filmmaker award, another $25,000 prize, for her genre-mixing look at a Brit housing project and the playwright who lived there.
New York narrative feature winner "Monogamy," from director Dana Adam Shapiro, centers on a photographer's new gig and its effects on his relationship with his fiancee, while docu winner "The Woodmans," directed by C. Scott Willis, focuses on a family of artists.
Narrative and docu feature winners in the New York category each net $10,000 cash plus $50,000 in post-production services.
A special jury mention also went to actress Melissa Leo for her perf in Travis Fine's "The Space Between."
In short film categories, winners of which get $5,000 and 5,000 of 35mm film stock, awards went to Bekhi Sibiya's narrative "Father Christmas Doesn't Come Here" and Travis Senger's docu "White Lines and The Fever: The Death of DJ Junebug." Special mentions went to Michael Creagh's narrative "The Crush" and Nancy Kapitanoff and Sharon Yamato's doc "Out of Infamy: Michi Nishiura Weglyn."
Student visionary kudo went to director Maggie Kiley's "Some Boys Don't Leave," with special mention going to Sara Zandieh's "The Pool Party."
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Grains all finished lower today led down by wheat.
Corn opened lower and after a two sided trade it found heavy selling into the close. Outside markets were a large influence today. Equities and crude oil were weaker going into the FOMC Minutes which came out just as the grain markets were closing. Basically the Fed kept the target rate at 0 - 0.25% and continued to say they would do whatever necessary to help the US economy if needed. The reaction to the Fed Minutes was very bearish for the US dollar which may give our markets a boost in the overnight session, however shortly after the decision Crude Oil dropped to the lows of the day.
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The Burke LeSage Story
Henry Ford kinda started it all, as far as land speed racing (LSR), when he cranked off 91.32 mph in 1903 (the speed of light in 1903 terms) on a frozen lake in Michigan.
Henry and his Ford were land speed racing's stage door for hot rodders, with gobs of mechanical talent, and in the process, stars like Alex Xydias and Ak Miller hit center stage in the '40s.
C.J. "Pappy" Hart, Creighton Hunter, and Frank Stillwell opened Santa Ana, the first legal dragstrip in 1950, causing the door to swing wide open to racers in every part of the country, where dry lake racers Joaquin Arnett and Dick Kraft appeared as drag racing's early names.
Sports car racing took off after the war and many a career was launched on the airport courses of Southern California, where road racers like Dan Gurney and Phil Hill became international driving legends. (Both were involved in land speed racing: Gurney at Bonneville and Hill at El Mirage.)
But when the trophies and cases of oil gave way to purses and corporate sponsors, many gifted drivers, who could have gone pro, were happy to remain at the amateur level, like Burke LeSage.
Burke LeSage of Joshua Tree, California (born 1935 in Tonopah, Nevada), attended Cantwell Catholic High School in Montebello, California, where he graduated. (There might have been something in the Holy Water because Cantwell had another future land speed racer, Jerry Kugel, who spent two years at Cantwell before heading to Whittier High.) Burke was raised in Montebello where hot rodder Jerry Eisert, legendary Indy Car builder and Bonneville racer, had his shop.
Just a float bowl of fuel away in Whittier where the hot rodder's hot rodder, Ak Miller, had his garage (Burke would later work at Miller's turbocharger facility as general manager). For a kid with just a hint of that fuel in his veins, it was enough spark to light his fire.
Rosie the Riveter
Rosie was a fictitious young woman who represented six million female factory workers during World War II, replacing the men in defense plants and factories when they went off to war, like Burke's mother, Mary. Mary went to work in a job shop running a drill press for Riley Brett.
Brett's shop was making parts for the P-38 fighter planes, but prior to that (in the mid-'20s), Brett was involved with early four-wheel-drive race cars for Harry Miller. In the shop sat the "Sampson Special", a Harry Miller V-16 Champ Car that competed at Indy in 1930-31, and in 1932 was driven by Louis Meyer. Being around race cars, race drivers, and mechanics who frequented the shop greatly influenced Mary's decision to allow her young son to race.
Burke drove a '40 Ford coupe to school with a mild Flathead, but because Cantwell offered no shop classes, Burke's only contact with the outside hot rod world was his neighbor Jim Lindsley (15 years his senior), a member of the SCTA Gear Grinders. But boy, what a neighbor. Lindsley, a future Dry Lakes Hall of Fame recipient, took an interest in the young hot rodder and mentored him into becoming an early competitor at the lakes at an age when most teenagers were still learning to parallel park.
Lindsley's home served as the office for the SCTA at the time. It was a busy place in 1949 with Wally Parks, Ak Miller, and Lindsley preparing for the first Bonneville meet.
Fifteen-year-old Burke was given the task of loading freshly painted red and white traffic cones on a truck to be used to mark the course. Meeting the editor of Hot Rod magazine was the beginning of a long relationship with the founder of the NHRA.
Burke hadn't even driven a car on the street when, at El Mirage, Lindsley told the lad to get behind the wheel of the push truck and get his Lakester/Streamliner up to 30 mph before he fired it.
Forget about being a paper-boy or a box-boy for a few extra coins while in school: Johnny Price, the World War II fighter pilot and LSR racer (who lost his eye during a combat mission), was the general manager of Weber Cams and got Burke his summer job while in school working for Harry Weber polishing camshafts. (Later, Burke would work for two other pioneering performance manufacturers, Grant Piston Rings in the late '60s and Weiand Automotive in the early '70s.)
The SCTA Gear Grinders met at a bar in Bell, California. Most of the members were 10 years older than Burke, half of whom were World War II veterans when he joined the club in 1951 at the age of 16. As he was under age, the club elected to move their meeting place. Burke was made president a year later, but he was still too young to buy beer! "Here I was," Burke begins, "a kid being president of an adult group!" Burke inherited a '34 Ford five-window coupe from his brother while at the same time SCTA decided to run coupes and sedans at the lakes in 1951.
Drivers today begin racing when their first grade teachers excuse them from class, but in Burke's day it was unheard of to be racing in competition at 16. When the new coupe class was instituted, Lindsley took the engine out of his Streamliner and put it in Burke's coupe. They ran the '34 in the new Coupe/Sedan class.
Plus, Burke fit the mold for a race car driver since the average height of a Formula 1 pilot is 5 feet, 9 inches, perfect for squeezing into a Grand Prix car. Burke, being 5 feet, 5 inches, could slither into a wind-slicing 200-mph-plus pencil with ease. In fact, Dreisbach Electromotive had developed a battery-powered Streamliner in 1983 called the DEMI X-1 with requirements that the driver be no taller than 5 feet, 7 1/2 inches. They tapped Burke on the helmet to become their man.
Sweet Spot
SCTA kept looking for another sweet spot to run after the military declared Muroc off limits when the war began. As far as the racers were concerned, Muroc was the crown jewel because of its expansive 12-mile length. But when the war began in 1941, the dry lake was closed to the general public by the military. That necessitated finding other locations to hold meets like nearby Rosamond and Harper (near Barstow, California). Eventually, and probably reluctantly, El Mirage dry lake, at 6.2 miles long, was settled on, and is used to this day.
Because of concerns for safety at El Mirage with such "poor conditions" as HRM editor Wally Parks wrote in an issue in 1952. SCTA decided instead of scrapping the last meet of 1951 they would try one more location, 75 miles north of El Mirage. Rather than running the normal two days for the last meet of the year, it was cut to one.
It took some tenacity on the part of the competitors to travel on the rutted dirt road just to get to the dry lake, which was only two-and-a-half miles long. "A Search for Safety," wrote Parks in an HRM feature story in January 1952: "The surface turned out to be semi-soft and speeds were somewhat impaired."
If the speeds were impaired it didn't slow the Lindsley-LeSage Class B coupe from placing First in the 1951 points standings. Just three months after receiving his California driver's license, Burke cranked off 107 mph in his coupe. And for that achievement high school student Burke and his '34 graced the pages of that feature story.
Burke underplays his accomplishment by saying, "Since there were no previous records all we had to do was beat the guy in the class and we got a record." Anyone who's competed at the lakes pooh-poohs that notion. One hundred and seven on a "semi-soft" surface plus a "strong headwind" (in Parks' words) was no small accomplishment.
After the meet Burke gave the '34 to Lindsley. The '34 would be the last race car Burke would own.
Good Day, Bad Day
What started out as a dream day in September 1954 at El Mirage for Burke turned into a nightmare. Burke simply planned to run his brother Joe's '29 roadster that day where he made two early morning runs in the 130-mph-and-change range, but his reputation as a driver led him to drive the iconic (built in 1949) Pierson Brothers' '34 Ford coupe.
The owner, George Bently, a truck driver, had an unexpected delivery to Fresno at the last minute and offered the ride to Burke who put the coupe in the 160-mph bracket twice that day. That would have been a memorable day, well done, had Burke packed up and gone home.
A heavy, basically stock-bodied and suspended '38 Buick coupe owned by two GG members who ran the Buick at Bonneville didn't like the way it handled. They were looking for a second opinion as to the problem. After rolling the Buick to the start line they couldn't find their substitute driver Don Hampton (maybe he had a sixth sense) and asked Burke to wheel it.
The big ill-handling '38 was so far removed from the swoopy "seasoned" coupe Burke had just climbed from, it should have given him pause. It had run 135 mph at Bonneville and the owners, while not addressing its handling issues, decided a GMC 6-71 blown Nailhead was the answer.
Course workers noted the Buick was creating a lot of dust on its run, indicating that it was probably sideways at the middle of the course. (A supercharger has little effect on engine performance at low rpm, but when it kicks in 3/4, look out!) When the rear wheels broke loose, the car turned violently sideways near the timing tower and began to roll. The war surplus cotton seatbelt broke, throwing Burke out onto the lakebed.
At nearby George Air Force Base, where he was rushed unconscious, Burke's clothes were so badly shredded they were ripped almost completely off his body. It was determined that his head injuries required extensive hospitalization and he was transported to Montebello. There he lay in a coma for 10 days. Burke still experiences health issues from those injuries.
Just a few weeks after his near-fatal crash, Burke went to Santa Ana Drag Strip to spectate, but his friend Tom Pollard, noticing the look in Burke's eye, offered his roadster saying: "The cowboy always gets on the bronco that threw him." "I made a 100-mph pass," Burke says. "I was back in the saddle again."
Here We Go Loop De Loop
Land speed racers don't have the luxury of finding a safe place to practice or test the handling limits of a race car at high speed, many of which take a mile (because of the tall gears) before they can be fired. It's pretty much unload at El Mirage or Bonneville during a race meet, run it through tech to certify it's safe, and push (or pull) it to the start line. When the starter waves you on, all the theory goes out the window.
Remember Johnny Thunder's lyrics? Well that was happening all too often with rear-engine roadsters as far as SCTA was concerned. Burke wheeled Gene Thurman's rear-engined '27 T at Bonneville in 1955 before losing it at 175 mph and kept spinning for a half-mile, which observers said "looked like a boomerang."
Bonneville Speedweek in 1957 saw Fred Larsen literally skidding on the salt with his skull when his rear-engine roadster went sunny-side down and backward. Larsen's helmet was knocked off during the crash, requiring 180 stitches on his head and face.
The salt-in-the-wound, you might say, for both Larsen and SCTA came during Bonneville Speedweek in 1959. Another veteran racer, Bob Summers (of the famed Summers Brothers), spun twice in his Class B Modified (rear engine) roadster at 205.95.
After a number of attempts at the record, Summers spun again at the three-mile marker. The roadster flipped and slid on its back through the light at 224.85. The car was repaired and Summers "soft peddled" the roadster to a new record of 225.0785 mph.
Rear engine roadsters were banned by SCTA after the 1959 Speedweek when the most competent of drivers couldn't keep the cars pointed straight until suspension technology caught up with the speeds.
Made to Order
The diversity of land speed racing is totally unique in motorsports since there are no two race cars alike. Ninety-nine percent are handbuilt in home shops or garages around the country. "Store bought" spec racing this is not. That's why this form of racing (since day one) attracts hot rodders whose innovative creations know no bounds.
Burke was made to order for the job, not only because of his size-he was a quick study as well. He had the reputation of being strapped into unfamiliar race cars that ran the gamut, keeping them and him in one piece, while bringing home a record. That reputation had owners seeking him out.
Career Path
It was only natural working at Weber Cams in high school and being an early SCTA competitor, for Burke to gravitate toward the speed equipment industry to make a living.
From 1954-63 he worked for U.S. Motors as a fleet service tech. From there, he was in the purchasing department at Grant Piston Ring Company. He made a major leap when he became the first paid employee for the fledging SEMA organization from 1966-70 as its executive secretary. Then in 1970, Burke went to work for Phil Weiand as his sales, advertising, and promotion manager. Three years later he went on to Ak Miller's Garage as his general manager.
Burke was recognized by SEMA in 2005 and inducted in the SEMA Hall of Fame, which is the highest honor the association can bestow on an individual.
Winding Down
Burke spun at 180 mph in 1990 and left behind the world of deafening headers and the smell of nitro for good. Splitting Whittier, Burke headed for the serenity of Santa Barbara as the proprietor of a 20x30-foot book and gift shop. Called EZ Duz It, his store was filled with the smell of free cookies, candies, and overstuffed chairs. Selling books was almost an afterthought.
He pulled the drag chute to a crawl, retiring in 1993 to the town of Joshua Tree. It's a community of artists, musicians, and retirees in the high desert, far from the madding crowds. "Burke volunteers driving a minister around town," Burke's retired school teacher wife, Jean, says, "who can no longer drive. And he keeps track of me," she laughs. Turnabout is fair play Jean, because keeping track of Burke during his racing and working years was damn near impossible.


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SANTA CLARA, Calif. - The 2002 fall sports season is just about to begin and tickets for Santa Clara University's men's soccer, women's soccer and volleyball are now on sale. Season, individual, group and team passes are now available at the university's box office, online by CLICKING HERE, or by calling 408-554-4660.
Buck Shaw Stadium will be the site where many of the top teams in the country will come to take on the highly regarded Bronco soccer programs. The women's team will begin its NCAA title defense against Stanford on August 30th, while the men will open its season on September 2nd against Notre Dame de Namur University.
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Pakistan was invaded on September 6, 1965. Why it was invaded? Because an Ahmadi General was on the point of locking several Indian army divisions in Jammu and Kashmir.
It was an amazing military feat. All these military operations were taking place in the disputed territory of Jammu and Kashmir and the "war" was only limited to the disputed territory.
Major General Akhtar Hussain Malik made a brilliant strike across Chamb-Jaurian sector. He out- manoeuvred the Indians. He captured Akhnoor and was approaching Tawai river. The enemy was dislodged and Indians were planning further withdrawal for they could not withstand the onslaught of General Akhtar Hussain Malik.
It was reported that the Indian Prime Minister Lal Bahdur Shastri directed Indian Air Force to get Gen Akhtar Hussain Mailk at any cost. He was making daring use of Helicopter directing his force.
Even an inveterate enemy of Ahmadis - Shorish Kashmiri paid a tribute in an urdu couplet,
Had Gen Akhtar Hussain Malik captured Jammu, The Kashmir Problem was automatically solved. The Indians would never been able to sustain their troops in landlocked Kashmir. And they would have to leave Kashmir.
Field Marshal Ayub, who was the President of Pakistan at that time, knew what this victory would mean: It would catapult Gen Akhtar Hussain Malik in public eye.
He wanted one of his cronies to take credit of this vital victory. He asked Gen Musa, the then Commander in Chief of Pakistan Army to take Gen Yahya by helicopter to Chamb-Jurian sector and ask Gen Akhtar Hussain Malik to hand over the command of the Operations.
Gen Malik: "Why changing horses in midstream"?
These are the orders of the boss. Gen Akhtar Hussain Malik handed over the command in utter disgust.
Gen Sarfraz Khan who commanded Lahore sector in 1965 in an article in Daily Jang Lahore September 6, 1984 said about this military victory snatched out of the hands of Gen Malik.
With what brilliant planning and bravery, Gen Akhtar Malik attacked Chamb, it can only be called a great victory. He was in position to capture Jurian as the enemy had been dislodged and they were to withdraw as further Pakistani advance was anticipated.
But it was not allowed to happen, a plan was already made to make Gen Yahya take credit of this victory.
The Indian Commander in Chef, General Chaudri, who was watching with dismay the crumbling defences of the Indian army in Chamb -Juraian sector, jumped upon the opportunity and launched an attack on Lahore.
The whole game was over. Pakistan was now involved in its own battle of life and death.
Here came the another hero of Pakistan army General Abdul Ali Malik.
Indian Commander in Chief Gen Chaudri made a bet with foreign Journalists and invited them to have cocktails with him in Lahore Gymkhana on September 8, made another brilliant move, he attacked Sialkot with hundreds of tanks.
India's plan was to make a direct thrust towards Wazirabad to capture commonly known GT Road and divide West Pakistan into two.
GOC Sialkot lost his nerves and ordered withdrawal to Sambrial. However, he had an Ahmadi Brigadier, Gen Abdul Ali. He told the GOC he would meet enemy right here at Chawinda and would not yield an inch of Pakistan soil. This Ahmadi had faith in Allah and the courage of his soldiers.
It was the most crucial battle of the whole war, where Indian tanks battled with Pakistan tanks. Gen Abdul Ali gave no quarter to the enemy, the tenacity and the bravery and superior skill in deployment of his tanks triumphed. Indian tanks fell back.
According to some reports, two thousands tanks on either side took part in it.
Battle of Chawinda is considered as the greatest tank battle after the battle of El Alameen fought by Field Marshal Montgomery with Field Marshal Rommel (the top German General).
This battle captured such a wide attention in Pakistan that Majlis Ulema Islam in book "Maa'rika Haq-o-ba'til" (the Battle of truth and falsehood), it carried an urdu couplet:
This is how two Ahmadi brothers - General Akhtar Hussain Malik and Gen Abdul Ali gave their best to the defence of Pakistan.
There are others, like Brigadier Iftikhar Janjua who distinguished in Rann of Katch, and Gen Iftikhar Janjua who distinguished in the Battle of Hilli in East Pakistan and scores of others Ahmadi Colonels and majors.
This bravery and selfless desire to defend the motherland was not confined to Army alone.
In a book, Air battle of Pakistan commissioned by then Air Marshal Nur Khan, there are references to Ahmadi Pilots. According to Air commodore (later Air Marshal) Abdur Rahim a dangerous Air mission was planned and volunteers were asked and it was clear that it is possible none of the pilots would be able to come back, among dozens of officers only five pilots volunteered and all of them were Ahmadis and all of them returned safely after the mission was accomplished.
This may sound astounding but events indicate that in every operation whether planning or combat in which there was a semblance of success, there was or were Ahmadis involved. Ahmadis performed their duties in a manner which make them feel humble and grateful to Allah for having afforded them this opportunity to serve Islam and Pakistan.


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It's been one wild week here at the Sweet Maria's warehouse. Somehow we found time to add a few delicious coffees. Here they are. Happy Holidays!
Java Sunda Pitaloka: with nutty tones, cherries and cocoa.
Brazil Mogiana WP Decaf: a surprisingly sweet cup with apricot and peach notes.
Kenya Nyeri Gaturiri PB: an intense, heavily fruited cup.


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Asked to describe Weldtite's Dirt Wash hand cleanser in a word and I'd use two: diet Swarfega. In its defence it's a very proficient hand cleanser for tackling most types of ground in grease and grime. However, describing it as a citrus product is a bit misleading. Sure, there's a nice citrus orange odour but ingredients are petrochemical derived and those with sensitive skin should either rely on Latex gloves and/or minimise their exposure times to avoid discomfort.
Opening the tub and you're greeted with a bright orange semi gel comprising of water, deodorised Kerosene with polymer grains and parabens commonly used in cosmetics and deodorants as a preserve/stabilizer to prevent solutions separating. Some studies show a link with cancers and reproductive health problems, so on this basis I'd avoid regular or prolonged exposure.
Application is pretty much identical to other industrial cleaners. Scoop a liberal helping into your hands using your fingers and massage enthusiastically into the affected areas for a couple of minutes, or until the grime begins to lift before rinsing clean using warm tap water. Our test sample worked wonders on less sophisticated oils, greases, ground in road grime and preserves such as Waxoyl but wasn't nearly so effective on more chemically complex Teflon/marine based pastes commonly applied to bottom brackets, headsets and other higher stressed component areas.
The 500ml tub represents good value for money, ample for the needs of most home mechanics. However, there are concerns over some of the chemical groups employed in this and many similar products. Used daily for a week, my hands felt noticeably drier, especially tackling particularly stubborn grime. While I'd be happy enough to use it infrequently, I would avoid prolonged exposure. Frequently fettlers should stick to the humble Latex examination gloves and a good moisturiser.
Cheap and relatively effective hand cleanser.
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Make and model: Weldtite Dirtwash citrus hand cleaner
Size tested: 500ml
Tell us what the product is for, and who it's aimed at. What do the manufacturers say about it? How does that compare to your own feelings about it?
Weldtite's Dirt Wash is basically an industrial hand cleaner in a similar vain to many others. However, only the scent could be considered citrus as the ingedients are derrived from petro-chemicals which can be quite harsh on the skin.
Tell us some more about the technical aspects of the product?
Semi gel consistency with polymer grains, aqua, deodorised kerosense and parabens commonly used as a stabliser in cosmetics. Use within six months of opening.
Reasonably effective at removing most traditional oils, ingrained dirt and greases.
Left my skin feeling very dry.
Tell us how the product performed overall when used for its designed purpose
As cheap and cheerful hand cleansers go, it's very effective at removing stubborn dirt and grime and leaves a slight tang of orange scent but regular fettlers and/or mechanics would be better served using Latex gloves as there are concerns about prolonged exposure to parabens.
Tell us what you particularly liked about the product
Effective and plentiful.
Tell us what you particularly disliked about the product
Left my hands feeling uncomfortably dry and have reservations about some of the ingredients.
Did you enjoy using the product? Not really, but it does work
Would you consider buying the product? Not for me
Would you recommend the product to a friend? For occasional use
About the tester
Age: 35 Height: 1m 81 Weight: 70 kilos
I usually ride: Rough Stuff Tourer Based around 4130 Univega mtb Frameset My best bike is: 1955 Holdsworth Road Path and several others including cross & traditional road
I've been riding for: Over 20 years I ride: Most days I would class myself as: Experienced
I regularly do the following types of riding: cyclo cross, commuting, touring, fixed/singlespeed, mtb,
Shaun Audane is a freelance writer/product tester with over twenty-eight years riding experience, the last twelve (120,000 miles) spent putting bikes and kit through their paces for a variety of publications. Previous generations of his family worked at manufacturing's sharp end, thus Shaun can weld, has a sound understanding of frame building practice and a preference for steel or titanium framesets.
Citing Richard Ballantine and an Au pair as his earliest cycling influences, he is presently writing a cycling book with particular focus upon women, families and disabled audiences (Having been a registered care manager and coached children at Herne Hill Velodrome in earlier careers)


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Outfit Details:
hat – H+M
glasses – Ray-Ban
Joie Vanity Jacket – c/o Joie (their new e-commerce launches in a few days!)
grey shawl collar sweater – Bobby's
Free People loose knit tunic – Bloomingdales (it was $11 on sale!)
black tank dress (underneath – H+M
Hansel from Basel tights – c/o Emerging Thoughts
Vance boots – c/o Blowfish
bag – c/o Coach
K ring – Fancy Sexy Me (at Artists + Fleas in Williamsburg)
nail polish – Estee Lauder Purple Passionlipstick – Bobbi Brown Sandwash Pink
Contrary to what the product placement suggests, this post is not sponsored by Starbucks. My fall and winter, however, might as well be – I use hot coffee and tea as hand (and stomach) warmers. My favorite part is seeing how they spell my name; I rarely offer the correct spelling, because it's more fun that way. When I was a kid, I used to get annoyed at people who constantly mispronounced my name, but now that I'm an older and more patient adult (this is actually a total lie), I don't mind. People call me Keeko, Cocoa, Kiko (pronounce kEYEko), sometimes even Kayla. I don't even notice, anymore. If you have an unusual name – and I know it's common in Japan, but not the in the states – you have to expect it. For the record, it's Keiko and it's pronounced Cake-oh. But you can call me Keeko, if you want. I can't hear you through your computer, anyway.
Just don't do it in front of my mom. She might cut you.


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Q: Running a pond heater is expensive. Do I have any other options?
Vicki – Pawtucket, RI
A: Yes, those pond heaters are expensive to run! But guess what? You don't need one in the first place!
Heaters are more frequently used in aquariums, particularly those that house warm-water fish like tetras or angelfish.
In your pond, the fish will overwinter just fine without a heater—even if temperatures drop below freezing. Pond fishes like koi and goldfish naturally go into wintertime hibernation when temperatures fall. They'll stop eating, their metabolisms will slow way down and they'll snooze through the winter without worrying about how warm their water is.
However, if you live in areas that experience freezing temperatures that cause your pond to ice over, you do need to worry about keeping a hole in the ice. The hole allows toxic gases like ammonia to escape while allowing oxygen in, and your fish will need that fresh O2.
So how do you create that hole? Not with a pond heater! Check out these much cheaper alternatives:
- De-Icer: A de-icer floats on the water surface and melts a hole in the ice. Unlike a heater that actually warms the entire pond, a de-icer simply melts an opening in the ice sheet, thereby allowing for gas exchange.
- Aerator: Rather than create a hole in the ice from above, an aerator like the PondAir™ (for smaller ponds) or Water Garden Aeration Kit (for larger ponds) circulates the water below the ice sheet. In areas with mild winters, that subsurface water movement will keep a hole in the ice—but when temps really dip, an aerator may not be enough to maintain a vent hole.
- De-Icer, Aerator Combo: An excellent and convenient option to consider is the PondAir™ & Thermo-Pond Combo. It combines both the Thermo-Pond de-icer and PondAir™ Aeration Kit, providing your water feature the one-two punch it needs to stay well-vented throughout the winter. Watch the video below for benefits and installation.
If you live in an area with temperatures that hover around the freezing mark, consider picking up a Thermo Cube®. It's a thermostatically controlled outlet that turns on when air temperatures drop below 35°F and turns off when air temps rise above 45°F.
So put that pond heater on Craigslist and invest in a de-icer, aerator and thermostatically controlled outlet. It'll save you money in the long run!
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This dataset shows Historical Electricity Installed Capacity for different countries or regions.
- US EIA Historical Statistics for 1980-2012
U.S. Energy Information Administration, International Energy Statistics, Go to EIA database, data accessed 5 August 2014.
Generator capacity represents the maximum output, commonly expressed in megawatts, that generating equipment can supply to system load, adjusted for ambient conditions.
Capacity Resources: Utility and Independent Power Producers owned generating capacity that is existing or in various stages of planning or construction, less inoperable capacity, plus planned capacity purchases from other resources, less planned capacity sales.
Capacity data consist of both utility and nonutility sources.
Nuclear electricity is the electricity generated by the use of the thermal energy released from the fission of nuclear fuel in a reactor.
Renewable energy represents the energy resources that are naturally replenishing but flow-limited. They are virtually inexhaustible in duration but limited in the amount of energy that is available per unit of time. Renewable energy resources include: hydro (conventional hydroelectric power), geothermal, solar, tidal action, ocean thermal, wave action, wind and biomass.
Conventional thermal electricity represents the electricity generated by an electric power plant using coal, petroleum, or gas as its source of energy.
Hydroelectric pumped storage represents the hydroelectricity that is generated during peak loads by using water previously pumped into an elevated storage reservoir during off-peak periods when excess generating capacity is available to do so. When additional generating capacity is needed, the water can be released from the reservoir through a conduit to turbine generators located in a power plant at a lower level. In the hydroelectric pumped storage calculation, we consider the pumped storage facility production minus the energy used for pumping.
Hydroelectricity represents the electricity generated by an electric power plant whose turbines are driven by falling water. It includes electric utility and industrial generation of hydroelectricity, unless otherwise specified. Generation is reported on a net basis, i. e., on the amount of electric energy generated after the electric energy consumed by station auxiliaries and the losses in the transformers that are considered integral parts of the station are deducted.
Hydroelectric capacity excludes hydroelectric pumped storage capacity, where separately reported.
Biomass represents the renewable energy resource constituted by the organic nonfossil material of biological origin. Biomass is wood and waste.
Electricity is a secondary energy source, because it comes from the conversion of primary energy sources, such as coal, nuclear or solar energy.


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