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Tree of Light, canvas print from my original painting
This abstract tree giclee print on canvas is made from my beautiful original painting "Tree of Light". An elegant and stately tree describes a stained glass like image with saturated prismatic colors and a subtle landscape in the background.
16x24 inches (approx. 41x61 cm)
20x30 inches (approx. 51x76 cm)
24x36 inches (approx. 61x91 cm)
32x48 inches (approx. 81x122 cm)
Printed with rich, vivid archival pigment inks on a thick poly-cotton canvas. The image is mirror wrapped around 1.5" deep kiln-dried wooden stretcher bars and stapled on the back.
The canvas is varnished with glossy varnish to enhance the colors and protect the printed surface. The printed canvas is smooth to the touch.
Ready to hang with pre-attached hanging wire.
This giclée print is custom ordered from my printers global facilities. Please allow approximately 3-4 weeks for production time. Thank you.
My copyright watermark will not be on your print. © Sally Trace, all rights reserved.
COVID 19 Ordering and Shipping InfoOriginal Paintings can ship to the US 48 States at this time. Please note that there may be delays with shipment times. Giclee prints can be printed in the US, Canada, the UK and Europe but please be aware that there can be significant delays with some printers and also with shipping transit and delivery times. Please write with any questions. Thank you for your patronage and your patience during this challenging time.
- When you purchase paintings or prints here on www.sallytrace.com, you are buying directly from me, the artist Sally Trace.
- Pennsylvania, USA residents will pay 6% sales tax.
- For my international buyers: VAT, GST, Local Taxes, Duty, Customs or any other import fees imposed by the buyers country are not included and will be the responsibility of the buyer upon delivery. This does not usually affect Giclee Prints since they are printed within the Canada, the UK and the EU. See more about international shipping below.
- You may always write me with any questions. Thank you very much.
Original paintings will be shipped by me from Pennsylvania, USA. I take great care with wrapping and packaging my paintings for safe shipment. Domestic shipments will be shipped via FedEx Ground/Home Delivery and will require a street address, or by USPS Priority for smaller paintings. Signature upon delivery is included for originals. All original paintings are insured for their full value.
Giclee prints are currently being created and shipped to you by my printers international facilities in the USA, Europe and the UK.
- ***Please note that Original Paintings are currently shipping to the US 48 states only. I am very eager to resume my normal international trade and will do so as soon as it appears to be safe and reliable. Please Contact Me if I can be of assistance.
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Original paintings can be returned to me in Pennsylvania, USA. Please contact me within 7 days of receipt and return ship within 14 days. Please use the original packaging and insure the shipment for it's full value. The buyer is responsible for original and return shipping and insurance costs. Any loss in value due to damage during return shipping will be the responsibility of the buyer. Returns of original paintings will be subject to a 20% restocking fee.
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Prints of my art on paper both framed and unframed, canvas, acrylic and metal, and merchandise like pillows, tote bags, phone cases etc. are available in my Fine Art America Print Store. This is a separate website with international fulfillment centers, a generous return policy and many more international destinations than I can offer here on my website. You will be purchasing directly from my printer.
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The Emory Transplant Center is one of just a handful of institutions around the world performing islet transplants as a type 1 diabetes treatment. Emory is currently the only islet cell transplant program in Georgia, with 19 patients receiving islet transplants to date.
Islet cell transplant is still in the research phase awaiting Food and Drug Administration (FDA) approval so the surgery will no longer be experimental. Read a story in the Atlanta Journal Constitution featuring two Emory patients who have been diabetes free for a decade now thanks to islet transplant at Emory.
Learn About Islet Transplants
What Are Islets?
Islets are insulin-producing cell clusters found in the pancreas, which is a six- to ten-inch organ that lies behind the stomach. Each islet cluster is about the size of a grain of salt and contains a few thousand cells. A healthy pancreas has approximately a million islet clusters.
Glucose is the fuel that provides energy to cells. Insulin allows glucose from the bloodstream to enter cells. Without insulin, cells are deprived of fuel, and they begin to starve. As the cells starve, the level of glucose in the bloodstream rises to dangerous levels.
In type 1 diabetes, islets in the pancreas are destroyed by the body's immune system. Without islets, the body cannot produce insulin. People with type 1 diabetes require several injections of insulin each day. They must follow a strict diet and monitor their blood glucose carefully. Sometimes, even the most diligent patients cannot completely control their blood sugar levels. Diabetes that is very difficult to control is called brittle diabetes.
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Islet transplantation can restore insulin production by replacing the islets that have been destroyed. When insulin production is restored, blood glucose levels stabilize, and the health risks associated with low and high blood sugars are greatly reduced.
What Is an Islet Transplant?
The islet cell transplant process begins when islets for transplantation from a donated pancreas become available. During the islet transplantation procedure, the islets are infused into a blood vessel that leads to the liver. The islets from the pancreas are also separated from other cells through a highly complex process called "islet isolation." The islets are then infused and lodged into the liver of the recipient, where they are able to detect the level of glucose in the blood and produce the correct amount of insulin. Recent advances in islet isolation have resulted in sustained insulin independence in people with type 1 diabetes, which may make islet transplantation more common in the foreseeable future.

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Jim Taylor has an appropriate surname. It would fit even better if it were spelled "t-a-i-l-o-r." Taylor's sartorial skills, however, are applied to steel rather than cloth. No one has a better reputation for making crosscut saws that fit the man doing the sawing.
"Jim has changed the tooth-and-raker patterns to where he can fit an athlete to a saw," said Arden Cogar Jr., who used his Taylor-made crosscut saw to take second place in the single buck while winning the U.S. STIHL® TIMBERSPORTS® Series Championship last summer. "Jim knows that when I ask for a saw, it needs a certain characteristic."
Taylor never planned to be a saw-maker. He was simply trying to fill a personal need when he made his first crosscut saw. Now, at age 65, it's all he does.
"I was a timber-faller," Taylor said. "I started competing in the sport and I couldn't get the saw that I wanted. The New Zealanders would come over here and win everything, but they wouldn't sell them to you because they were winning."
Taylor, who lives in Redding, Calif., made his first crosscut saw in 1978. Two years later, he was making them full time.
"The last three years I've been really busy," he said. "I'm not high-production. I just want to make a living, and I enjoy it."
The benefit of that expertise has a price: Taylor's saws cost an average of $1,500. "The most I charge is $1,600," he said.
He makes them from band-saw steel ordered by the roll from Sweden.
Over the years Taylor has experimented with the tooth-and-raker patterns to learn what works best, not only for the person doing the sawing, but also for the type of wood being cut.
"Back when these competitions began, we used the old factory-made saw that was used in the logging business," Taylor said. "They were tooth-and-raker saws like we have now, but they were made for the logging industry, made to work with, so the teeth were much farther apart.
"The Australians and New Zealanders started coming over here to compete and they brought their M-tooth saws. It was superior to all the logging saws. Back in the late 1960s and early 1970s, everybody had to have an M-tooth saw to win.
"Later on, guys like myself and J.P. Mercier – Mike Slingerland's grandfather – started making a different tooth-and-raker pattern. It literally made the M-tooth obsolete. So it's kind of funny how that all changed around."
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"We're experimenting with the raker height, different tooth patterns, the distance between the rakers and the teeth, the distance between the tip of this cutter to the tip of that raker," Taylor said.
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The director and writer/star of Forgetting Sarah Marshall reteam for the irreverent comedy The Five-Year Engagement. Beginning where most romantic comedies end, the new film from director Nicholas Stoller, producer Judd Apatow (Knocked Up, The 40-Year-Old Virgin) and Rodney Rothman (Get Him to the Greek) looks at what happens when an engaged couple, Jason Segel and Emily Blunt, keeps getting tripped up on the long walk down the aisle. The film was written by Segel and Stoller.


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More than 900 students are eligible to participate in the ceremony, which will begin at 10:30 a.m. Saturday, May 21, in the College's brand-new athletic center, nicknamed Roos House. The live web video feed will be available via www.canton.edu.
SUNY Canton President Joseph L. Kennedy praised the College's Information Services Department for making the live streaming broadcast possible.
"Friends and family and even graduates can watch the video feed if they are unable to attend the ceremony," Kennedy said. "It is a continuation of the phenomenal work that our faculty and staff members do annually in preparation for the event."
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SA close to signing up to Gonski: Premier
South Australia is close to signing on to the federal government's schools funding scheme, with Premier Jay Weatherill throwing his support behind the Gonski model.
But the Labor leader is yet to commit his state to the plan, as negotiations continue.
"We have to sign up once we're sure that it's a good deal for South Australia," Mr Weatherill told ABC radio on Tuesday, adding that he hopes to meet a June 30 deadline.
He declined to outline his concerns, but said he was "absolutely" satisfied that SA would receive more money under the funding model.
"One thing that's absolutely clear about the Gonski reforms is it's an extraordinary additional injection of extra resources into the education system."
NSW is so far the only jurisdiction to sign on to the commonwealth proposal, which would give schools an extra $14.5 billion in total over the next six years, plus indexation.
Federal Labor and the coalition continue to squabble about the projections on which future funding levels are based.
Opposition education spokesman Christopher Pyne points to the mid-year economic outlook, which he says fixes school funding growth at 5.6 per cent per year beyond the current financial year.
That's more than the federal government's guaranteed indexation of 4.7 per cent under its reform.
Education Minister Peter Garrett pointed to budget papers showing that funding growth had dipped as low as to 3 per cent.
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Finance software company Intuit is looking to buy payment service Check Inc. for a little than $350 million, according to reports.
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Intuit has been on a little bit of a spending spree, previously picking up DocStoc, a document service, tax-return app GoodApril and small-business scheduling service FullSlate earlier this year. Check has been making money -- apparently $20 million this year, up from $15 million last year.
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The sellers of the 5,480-square-foot property, built for the family of grocery magnate Joe Weingarten on a 4.7-acre lot, are asking $2.25 million.
Located at 4000 S. MacGregor Way, the house was designed by architect Joseph Finger as the biggest house in Riverside Terrace, according to the Houston Architectural Guide, which describes the property as a "French manorial-style suburban chateau."
The structure is sound, but needs "a complete restoration," said Kelly Paul, of Better Homes and Gardens Real Estate Gary Greene – Bay Area, who has the listing.
The sellers, Tim and Dwight Lavinghousez, are brothers whose parents have died. The house has been in the family for decades.
The family's patriarch, George Lavinghousez, once owned more than 300 commercial and residential properties throughout the Houston area, Paul said.
The brothers are listing an adjacent property at 3932 S. MacGregor Way, which is 1.5 acres.
Paul said the house does not have any historical designations that would prevent it from being torn down. The minimum lot size in the area is around 22,000-square feet, so perhaps a dozen new homes could be built on the two lots.
Paul hopes a buyer restores the old house, which has 4 bedrooms and 3.5 bathrooms.
"If you look through the dilapidated house, you see the beautiful architecture," she said.
The house is located in one of Houston's most historic neighborhoods. Riverside was featured in the documentary "This Is Our Home It Is Not For Sale," which traces the integration of the neighborhood that was once known as the "Jewish River Oaks."
The property has been sought after for years, said Houston Realtor Robert Searcy, referring to both builders who want to redevelop the site and preservationists who may like to restore it.
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The Mega Millions jackpot, at an estimated $350 million Tuesday night, will be drawn again Friday after no ticket matched the six winning numbers.
The five white balls were 11, 17, 50, 52 and 74, with 14 as the Mega Ball.
Four tickets matched the five white balls to win $1 million each. Those tickets were sold in California, Florida, Georgia and New York.
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An estimated $382 million prize will be offered Friday night, the sixth-largest Mega Millions in history.
The top prize for Wednesday night's Powerball drawing is $307 million, the first time both Powerball and Mega Millions topped $300 million.
The odds of winning a jackpot remain abysmal at one in 258.9 million for Mega Millions and one in 292.2 million for Powerball.
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`Day-trading` seminars, promissory notes, viatical investments make ranking
WASHINGTON (May 24, 1999) – State securities regulators today released a list of the Top 10 Scams they are combating, adding pricey day-trading seminars, supposedly high-yielding promissory notes and investments in viatical settlements (interests in the life insurance policies of supposedly terminally ill people) to the second-annual rankings.
"Today we have an ideal climate for fraud," warns Peter C. Hildreth, New Hampshire's Director of Securities Regulation and President of the North American Securities Administrators Association (NASAA), which released the list of scams. "Millions of new investors, many of whom expect unrealistically high returns, are looking for places to put their money. At the same time we're living through an Internet-driven technology revolution that is a boon to investors and con artists alike."
Securities fraud costs Americans billions of dollars each year, state securities regulators estimate.
The list of scams also includes Internet fraud, affinity group fraud, investment seminars, Ponzi and pyramid schemes, illegal franchise offerings and entertainment scams.
State and national securities cops are doing their best to protect investors, but given their limited resources, investors must do their share to prevent fraud," Hildreth said. "By the time the regulators are notified, the investor's money is usually gone and is rarely recovered. As always, investors are the first line of defense against fraud. The best weapons investors have to protect themselves and their money are skepticism and common sense," said Hildreth.
Here is a list of the Top Ten Scams, ranked roughly in order of seriousness or prevalence:
1. Internet fraud. Con artists are using the Internet to "pump and dump" small stocks, peddle bogus offshore "prime bank" notes and perpetrate fraudulent pyramid schemes. About half of the states have programs to monitor the Internet for fraud and they regularly team up with other regulators for Internet "Surf Days." The Internet is like a big city, with good neighborhoods and bad neighborhoods and investors need to be careful about taking advice from strangers. Never invest based on a "tip" on the Internet without doing independent research. You never know who's offering you the "help."
2. Investment seminars. Investors should be very wary about expensive seminars where self-anointed gurus imply you can get rich quick. Some people do get rich but usually they're the ones running the seminar, making money from admission fees, and selling their books and audiotapes. Seminars are marketed through newspaper, radio and TV ads and "infomercials" on cable television. Recently promoters have begun offering seminars and courses promising to turn investors into successful stock "day traders." Day trading, more akin to gambling than investing, is inappropriate for the vast majority of investors.
3. Affinity group fraud. Members of closely knit religious, political or ethnic groups are targeted by con artists of the same religion, ethnicity or political orientation. The crooks seek to take advantage of our natural trust of people who are like us. Targeted media advertising is used to identify potential victims, often with offers of employment or financial advice. California's Asian communities, for example, have been victimized by scammers promoting bogus foreign exchange investments. Typically promoters steal the money and no investments are made.
4. Abusive sales practices. State and other securities regulators report progress in the fight against "microcap" stock fraud by suspending, barring and criminally prosecuting brokers who specialize in the manipulation of low-priced securities. Nevertheless investors need to be on guard and should hang up on aggressive cold callers.
5. Telemarketing fraud. New "boiler rooms" (high-pressure telephone sales operations), open all the time, selling illegal or fraudulent investments. Promoters try to capitalize on the headlines—from fears over the Year 2000 problem to the Asian currency crisis or breakthroughs in computers or biotechnology. One way vulnerable investors can protect themselves is to use their telephone answering machine to screen their calls and not even answer solicitations by cold-calling salespeople.
6. Promissory notes. A growing area of fraud, these notes are supposedly "insured" and backed by real assets. In fact, they are backed only by an often worthless promise to repay. They offer high interest rates to investors who may be struggling to get by on income from money market funds or certificates of deposits. These "investments" are often sold by life insurance agents, lured by high commissions, who may know nothing about the promoters of the investments beyond what they're told. The agents also may not realize they have to be licensed as securities brokers with state securities regulators to sell these notes. In most cases, the notes also must be registered with regulators. Multi-state investigations have revealed that a number of the promoters of these notes have had problems with regulators in the past. Some notes are issued on behalf of companies that don't even exist. Even if the companies are legitimate, investors should realize that the reason these notes are being offered directly to small investors is because banks and venture capitalists have declined to invest in the companies.
7. Viatical investment scams. One of the hottest new investment products and one of the riskiest, viatical contracts are interests in the death benefits of terminally ill patients such as AIDS and cancer victims. The insured gets a percentage of the death benefit in cash, supposedly to improve the quality of their lives in the last days. Investors get a share of the death benefit when the insured later dies, after a fee is paid to the viatical investment broker. Because of uncertainties in predicting when even a terminally ill person is going to die, these investments must be considered extremely speculative.
8. Entertainment fraud. Con artists zero in on investors hoping to hit it big by buying a piece of the next "Titanic." Besides movies, investment vehicles include cable television shows, video games and other entertainment products.
9. Ponzi/pyramid schemes. Always in style, these swindles promise high rates of return to investors, but the only people who really make a killing are the promoters who set them in motion, at the expense and out of funds from later investors, who end up losing their money when the house of cards inevitably collapses.
10. Illegal franchise offerings. States have taken actions relating to inadequate disclosure and fraud involving franchise investments, often marketed at business opportunity and franchise trade shows where promoters target people attracted by the prospect of owning their own business.
Before making an investment or doing business with a stock broker or investment or franchise promoter, call your state securities regulator to find out if they are properly registered or have a disciplinary history. When checking out a stock broker, ask for their CRD record, which gives their employment and disciplinary history. To find your state regulator, visit the NASAA website at www.nasaa.org or call 202/ 737-0900.


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{ Life [is] a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.}
~Charles Lindbergh
Thursday, July 31, 2008
And I Quote...
{ Life [is] a culmination of the past, an awareness of the present, an indication of a future beyond knowledge, the quality that gives a touch of divinity to matter.}
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Half over, the Best Yet to Come
My week has been full of visiting.....friends and family. The weather has been up and down....windy, cool, thunder storms and hot sunshine. Amazing! This morning I drove out to the campground and had coffee with two brothers, three nieces and my parents. We sat in the sun and enjoyed the moment.
Tomorrow starts a new month and the second half of summer. I anticipate many wonderful days, taking advantage of every drop of sunshine and heat.
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Tuesday, July 29, 2008
It's been a wonderful two days!! It always is when my Best Friend is close for a visit. We cahtter on and on....I think it's been that way for 35 years.....can you imagine if we had an actual word count for that many years?? Yikes, it would be a crazy amount! We just added a substantial amount the past couple of days.My wish is that we'll lo0ok back some day when we're old and gray...ok, well more old and gray...sitting out on the front porch in rocking chairs, knitting scarves and sipping tea...and wearing the best pair of red high-heels we can find...tee-hee.
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Sunday, July 27, 2008
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Saturday, July 26, 2008
Land of Dinosaurs
The Mighty Peace
W.A.C. Bennett Dam
Dinosaur Lake
Peace River Dam
I drove out to Hudson's Hope to visit and have a picnic with Hubby, who is working close by. It was a very hot day, just perfect for a picnic and the gorgeous scenery that surrounds the town. This is what Tourist Info says about this pretty, little town:
Ranching, cereal grain and forage crops are the economic mainstays of this town over looking the Peace River. Residents are fond of telling visitors they live in the land of dinosaurs and dams. Dudley Dinosaur is the town mascot. Be sure to stop in at the museum to discover fossils from the area. Displayed is an 11,600 year old mammoth tusk.
Boaters, paddlers and fishers will find too little time to enjoy all the wilderness spots.
Be sure to tour the WAC Bennett Dam and The Peace Canyon Dam just a few minutes up the road.
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Wednesday, July 23, 2008
Wordless Wednesday
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It hasn't rained here in a long while and what rain we did get was either just a sprinkle or nothing much to mention. For that reason, I have tried to keep up with watering both plants and lawn, although the lawn is so dry it smells like hay. This morning i thought I'd better sprinkle the lawn for a while but the oscillating sprinkler doesn't oscillate anymore and is stuck in one position, making it rather useless. So off I go to buy a new one...uh ya, rather a difficult task to find one now. I finally did find a few different ones left at Canadian Tire and though I wasn't impressed with the price, I had very little choice in the matter. So, I bought one that is much like a spray handle attachment, with various spray settings, but is set on a platform on the grass. I'm trying it out right now and it works great!! The settings are circular, oval, 1/2 circle, rectangular and square and has a sleeve that snaps the hose on and off the unit....far quicker. I'm relieved I actually found a sprinkler at all!!With much of the summer still ahead of us, it amazes me that the stores haven't restocked their shelves. Instead all the Back-to-School supplies are now out.
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Tuesday, July 22, 2008
I've Been Trumped
Ok....it did take me a few seasons, but last one finally won me over....it "Trumped" the rest by far. So, what is it I'm talking about....Donald Trump! To be more precise, "Apprentice". I loved watching the Celebrities Season....something about pitting one famous person against the other....I don't know....call me shallow :P
Soooo, when I was walking past the 2/$10 DVD Bin at Walmart and spotted Season 1 of "The Apprentice", I could not resist. Ah-ha...this is where Omarosa debuted in her role of "Bitch"....and came back for more on the last season.I can now see why she got that reputation...with a capital "B"!!!
Now I'm looking forward to the next "The Celebrity Apprentice". On Rachael Ray show this aft, Ivanka made an appearance and she said that one is already in the works....yay!!
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You Are a Strawberry
You are friendly, outgoing, and well liked by many people.
You are popular, but there's nothing you ordinary or average about you.
You a very interesting person, and you have many facets to your personality.
Sometimes you feel very conflicted. Your different sides of your personality pull at you.
You are a very sensual and passionate person. You are fiery... you can't help it.
In general, you keep your passionate side under wraps. You are only wild in private.
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Mail Blues
I opened the mail just a bit ago and couldn't resist opening one addressed to Hubby that was blue stationary from the Sheriff's Office, cuz my heart was cranking up to pound it's way out of my chest.....you know that feeling of panic, cuz what good can come with something from the Sheriff's office?? Actually...I don't know...I've never had one before, but it sounds and looks scary anyhow. As it turns out it's a Jury Summons for Criminal Court. Relief flooded me that it wasn't some notice about some illegal act. I know....I watch all too much TV...you know, the kind where you find something out about Hubby that is SO ludicrous and out of character for the man you know....but alas, he has an evil side to him we'd never seen?? Not that serving as a Jurist pays the bills and that I'm overly thrilled about it, but I can handle that. So my heart slowed to a normal rhythm and life has not turned upside down. I must remember that Hollywood is fiction.
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Sunday, July 20, 2008
Eight Foot slither
Have you ever reached into you washing machine and felt something move? This lady did and look what crawled out of the pipes and into her washing machine!! Yikes!!
GORHAM, Maine - A woman got the shock of her life when she found an 8-foot snake mixed in with clothes in her washing machine. The snake, identified as a reticulated python, somehow got into the water pipes of Mara Ranger's 1800s-era farmhouse and slithered into the machine.Read all about the rescue on MSNBC
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Tale of Wee Fish
I joined my Mom and drove out to Cameron Lake, where two sibs and their families are camping this weekend. It was rather cool, with a chilly wind coming off the lake, but that didn't stop the girls from going fishing. So, this is really the Tale of the Wee Fish.
Just a Wee one to leave it's family at such an early age. The girls squealed in pleasure at catching Wee Fish, but then compassion flooded their hearts, as all females have, and they wanted to release Wee Fish back to swim to it's family. But alas, it was brutally snagged on the hook and even Daddy could not remove the hook to save Wee Fish. With many shed tears, the girls resigned to Wee Fish's demise. Daddy solemnly proclaimed that Wee Fish be served as a snack. It was a sorrowful moment, but as fickle as we females can sometimes be.....laughter could once again be heard from the girls.....and off they went to catch more fish. The End!
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Saturday, July 19, 2008
All "Dressed" Up
I found a great runner for the dresser and finished the decor by adding candles and stuff that all have a little story behind them. I rather like how it all turned out. Our bedroom is a step closer to how I envision it to be.
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Friday, July 18, 2008
The Mighty Peace
Hubby made a quick trip home, but is headed back to work and camp. This is a view of the Peace River Valley the highway to Hudson Hope winds and twists down to. Hubby is working nearby...what a view!! Notice the Northern Rockies in the background.The Peace River is the only river to cross through the Rocky Mountains from west to east.
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A Laugh a day keeps life in Perspective...
I subscribe to Todays Clean Laugh and found this tickled my funny bone. Besides the Oil and Lumber Industry here in the BC North, Farming is huge!! I can just picture this....hahaha....my Dad owned a Farmall Tractor when I was growing up and we had many a ride on it. Dad would hook up to a trailer loaded with potatoes and take us along to the potato chip factory...it was fun and we got to munch of fresh chips on the way home :P You had to crank it in front to get the thing started...can you imagine??!!
*Reasons Why Farm Trucks Are Never Stolen*
* They have a range of about 20 miles before they overheat, break down or run out of gas.
* Only the owner knows how to operate the door to get in or out.
* It is difficult to drive fast with all the fence tools, grease rags, ropes, chains, buckets, boots and loose papers in the cab.
* It takes too long to start and the smoke coming up through the rusted-out floorboard clouds your vision.
* The Border Collie on the toolbox looks mean.
* They're too easy to spot. The description might go something like this: The driver's side door is red, the passenger side door is green, the right front fender is yellow, etc.
* The large round bale in the back makes it hard to see if you're being chased. You could use the mirrors if they weren't cracked and covered with duct tape.
* Top speed is only about 45 mph.
* Who wants a truck that needs a year's worth of maintenance, u-joints, $3,000 in bodywork, taillights and a windshield.
* It's hard to commit a crime with everyone waving at you.
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Thursday, July 17, 2008
Summer Project
Sooooo, my hubby left on Tuesday for camp....meaning he is staying out in the Tullies, working and traveling in to camp to sleep and eat. Anyhow, I got this inspiration. I have decided to paint our bedroom a soft shade of warm gray. As you can see, that color is in the bed-set I have. One step towards this was to drag this old chest-of-drawers out of hiding in the walk-in closet and give it a couple coats of matte black paint. My girlfriend did that with a couple old dressers and I thought that was a brilliant way to freshen up furniture until we can buy new.
It took a lot more work than I anticipated....yikes!! I had to drill holes to put knobs on it....it didn't have any before, but I have broken SO many finger nails pulling those darn drawers out.
Stay tuned for more changes :)
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Monday, July 14, 2008
So, here we are on Monday already and tomorrow marks the halfway mark in July. So, my question is....have your kids done everything they can possibly think of already? Are they bored? And, are you ready to send them off to Brat Camp yet??
I'll be the first to admit that I'm ever so grateful that I am through that stage in life and can sit with our son, D-I-L and laugh at their misery...I know, I know....I have a warped sense of humor *grins evilly*
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Sunday, July 13, 2008
Hockey:The embodiment of Canadian Values
I seem to glean so much from reading around the Blogosphere. So, no surprise that I stumbled across this article over at Bill's Stuff.
It's not often we hear Canada's virtues being extolled, so to read these kind words made my Patriotic heart go pitty-patter :)
"Here is Dave Burwick's top-10 list of irreplaceable Canadiana that he'll have to find a way to smuggle past customs:
1 Tim's: What more can I say? It's 110% Canadian (even if it's owned by Americans now). Real coffee for real people, started by a real hockey player.
2 The sheer beauty and diverse geography of the country. From St. John's to Vancouver, with a long stopover in Banff.
3 Sweeter ketchup -- and sweeter Diet Pepsi.
4 Terminal one at Pearson International Airport in Toronto: Nothing's more civilized.
5 The National Anthem: How can you beat the lyrics, "The true north strong and free"?
6 Hockey Night in Canada: One of the last communal TV events left anywhere.
7 Eating a peameal sandwich every Saturday at 7 a. m. during my son's hockey practice. That ritual became Pavlovian.
8 Raising a family right in the middle of the city, and knowing they're safe.
9 Surviving a minus-30-degree day in downtown Winnipeg, and how it made me feel more alive.
10 CBC's coverage of international news. You just can't get that in the U. S."
Take the time to read the whole article....it makes for a very interesting read.
I. Am. Canadian.
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Saturday, July 12, 2008
Max vs. Maxine
Men's Answer to Maxine
Ok, you know how much I love Maxine...Her Royal Crabbiness just cracks me up. Well, when I came across Max on Celebrating Women Blog, I couldn't resist to snag it. Hope this makes you chuckle today :)
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Friday, July 11, 2008
Green words of Truth?
I just came across this article. It's interesting to see how everyone seems to be climbing on board the "Green" wagon.I believe that God created this earth and then told man-kind to care for it. I just wonder if this is what God had in mind??
From the back cover:
"This Green-Letter edition of the Bible will highlight scriptures in green ink that teach about God's care for creation and how God interacts with creation, in an effort to bring greater awareness to how this message is woven throughout the Old and New Testaments.
Essays from leading conservationists and theologians on how to read the Bible through a "green lens" as well as a green topical index and Green Bible trail guide for personal study will be paired with teachings throughout the ages to show people how caring for God's creation is not only a calling, but a lifestyle."
Do you think think businesses and marketing agencies are using this new trend toward going "Green" to take advantage of squeezing money from every possible pocket, (which is of course the whole idea behind marketing)? The spiel on the back even goes so far as to say that the book "shows people how caring for God's creation is not only a calling, but a lifestyle"?
Selling a Green God?
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No, I'm not in Kansas...I did however have quite the road trip. We left on Tuesday aft to drive to the Lower Mainland to deal with more Government paperwork for Hubby's Mom's pension, etc....why does it have to be SO darn confusing, complicated and screwed up??? Never mind answering that...it's the Government, that's why :P
It's a long trip, taking 14 hours of driving to get there, passing thru Williams Lake, where I always wave and say hi to fellow Blogger friend, Ms. L {Hiiiiii....Byyyeeee}
Towards Cache Creek the elevation gets pretty high and the rain that was coming down suddenly grew thick and slushy...what???!!!...snow in July?? Bazaar!!
On the way back home our tires started to bounce and vibrate, causing hubby to think the tires needed to be balanced(ok, don't laugh....I really don't know much about these things :P) It was getting worse so we stopped to have it checked out. Horrors....the rubber on three tires was separating from the steel walls!! Yikes, not funny! But, we have low-profile sport tires, which are hard to find....what to do in a small town?? While Hubby got on the phone to see if the Dealership in the Lower Mainland had some they could over-night to us, the mechanic called the local Kal-Tire and wonder of wonders....they "happened" to have 4 almost brand new ones they couldn't get rid of....so we bought four new tires for a small fraction of a brand new set...We were feeling very blessed by that time. We got home just before 11:00pm....but we were home to sleep in our own bed *blissful sigh*
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A Few Facts
My sister had this posted on her blog, and although she didn't tag me .. I thought it would be fun to do anyway. Each has to be answered with just one word .. can you do it?
So here goes mine ...
1. Where is your cell phone? purse
2. Your significant other? work
3. Your hair? dyed
4. Your mother? retired
5. Your father? retired
6. Your favorite thing? hugs
7. Your dream last night? didn't
8 Your favorite drink? coffee
9. Your dream/goal? travel
10. The room you're in? diningroom
11. Your hobby? scrapbooking
12. Your fear? heights
13. Where do you want to be in 6 years? richer
14. What you're not? thin
15. Muffins? yum
16. One of your wish list items? diamonds
17. Where you grew up? Ontario
18. The last thing you did? laundry
19. What are you wearing? t-shirt
20. Favorite gadget? computer
21. Your pets? none
22. Your computer? Dell
23. Your mood? low
24. Missing someone? sisters
25. Your car? Focus
26. Something you're not wearing? watch
27. Favorite store? Jewelry
28. Like someone? yep
29. Your favorite color? purple
30. When is the last time you laughed? yesterday
31. Last time you cried? today
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Monday, July 7, 2008
Updated pics
Our son, daughter-in-law and two kids went to Tumbler Ridge, BC camping in their new 5th-wheel this past weekend. I nabbed a few pics to post on here. Tumbler Ridge is pretty close to Fort St. John and and is nestled up close to the Mountains as well.
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Sunday, February 17, 2008
Lasagna Soup for lunch and a Tofu and Broccoli dish for dinner...
Normally we don't do anything special for lunch - typically leftovers or something that doesn't require a recipe. However, we had a guest come by today and I decided to warm us up with one of our favorite soups - the ever delicious Lasagna Soup! Now, it is pretty rare that we repeat recipes, but I make an exception for this soup quite often as it is probably one of Jeff's (and my) favorites out of all the other soups we've made.
There was no way I was going to sneak the tofu in this Tofu and Broccoli in Peanut Sauce dish I made for dinner tonight without someone knowing, but it didn't matter as Jeff didn't protest at all! I know... I can hear some of you gasping - I think he may be finally willing to admit that his taste buds have changed!
Anyway, let's move on to the recipe. Even though the recipe doesn't call for it, we decided to wrap the tofu in a few layers of paper towels and weigh it down to remove some of the excess water. This may be an extra step, but we just find the tofu holds together a little better in a stir-fry environment and browns a little easier. I've read that you can freeze tofu to improve the texture and make it more "meaty", but I haven't found the need to go that far yet.
The pressed tofu is cubed and tossed in a hot skillet, along with a couple green onions, until it turns golden. Garlic, follow by broccoli florets and crisp red bell pepper slices, are tossed in, with a couple shot of water being added to quickly steam the broccoli. Once the broccoli is bright green and crisp-tender, a nutty sauce composed of creamy natural peanut butter, hoisin sauce, cider vinegar and a couple dashes of cayenne pepper sauce is stirred in. The dark mixture thickened quickly as it hit the hot skillet and immediately started to cling to the veggies and tofu. To round out the dish, crisp bean sprouts, fresh cilantro and crunchy chopped peanuts are sprinkled on top to serve. Even though the tofu is not marinated before hand, the flavors from the distinctive peanut sauce had enough punch to overtake the blandness with an enticing flare.
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I've found that freezing tofu doesn't get it as "meaty" as you'd expect.. I get better results by baking it for a little bit. It removes some of the water content and helps it feel less spongy.ReplyDelete
Tofu and broccoli with peanut butter sauce is one of my absolute fave dishes ... one that I eat all the time! It's nice to see I'm not alone. I'm going to have to try your recipe out.ReplyDelete
I still have to make this soup every two or three weeks. Since I discovered it on your blog it's one of our fav also.ReplyDelete
- Anonymous2/18/2008 10:01:00 AM
Thanks for mentioning the lasagna soup. I've started reading you blog since you originally posted it, so I would have missed it if you haven't mentioned it. Since the weather took another nasty turn overnight, it sounds especially good.ReplyDelete
I can't get anyone at my house to eat tofu. :-( But the Tofu Broccoli dish sounds really good!
I am going to need to make the lasagna soup... looks so good.ReplyDelete
I tagged you - not sure if you have the time to participate :)
Lauren - Thanks for the tofu info!ReplyDelete
Bananahead - Thanks!
Helene - We just can't get enough of it!
Sue - I hope you get a chance to try it... the soup is so worth it!
Josie - Thanks for the tag. I'll try to get around to it, but we have been so busy this week!


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My dear friend and writer bud Diane lost her husband this summer. They were soul mates finding each other after several starter marriages went bust. Two amazing people each in their own right who found sweetness and LIFE and spent 20 years side-by-side. They rode his Harley, got tattoos, water skied, and made a home for children and grandchildren. Then cancer came along and the last couple of years were tough. We (the Chats) joined Diane and Wally's family and friends at his memorial service and witnessed a man who was and is so loved. Then Mary, another of our writer buds, offered to make Diane and her family teddy bears out of pieces of Wally's clothing.
Diane lined up Harley, Corona, and Marine Corp tee shirts alongside a rugby shirt, a few Hawaiian prints, and even some plaid golf shorts and asked the kids and grandkids to chose whichever item of clothing they were drawn to, the one connected with a memory. Then, Mary got to work.
See, Mary makes bears.
Bears and puppy dogs and other critters.
She makes them so you'll have something from your loved one to hold.
This isn't all Mary does–she makes sanitary pads for young girls in Africa who will miss school because there aren't disposable feminine products available, or they can't afford them anyway. She makes quilts for sick babies. She's that kind of gal.
Here's Wally's Hawaiian print on a bear with a navy blue bow.
Here's Wally's rugby shirt turned puppy dog for a grandson–with a collar piece to boot.
Here's another dog sporting plaid from Wally's golf shorts.
She has seven more to make. Each adult child and each grandchild will have a bear or a dog to remember their dad/paps by. They get to hold a piece of him. They will no doubt be comforted in the days and years to come–all because Mary offered to make a bear.
Mary is like that–thoughtful, empathic, generous.
Perhaps you've lost someone you love.
Perhaps you've held onto articles of clothing, a favorite jacket or vest, something that links you to your loved one. Most likely your keepsakes, like so many of mine, are stored in chests, in the back of closets and boxes we keep under the bed.
Why not take these beloved items and do something with them?
Turn your missing into something tangible you get to touch.
Diane stood, amazed, when she saw her bears. The exhaustion lifted from her brow and the sorrow in her eyes gave way to light. It was as if she were giving a piece of Wally to the family they both so love. The plaid, the Hawaiian blue palm trees, the rugby blue and red are all parts of what made Wally who he is and how he will be cherished.
When we take our loss and so something with it–write a poem, tell a story, wear their dog tags as a necklace, make a bear–we make something new in us. They live on in this transformation, "reincarnation," if you will.
We take our sorrow and turn it into something that offers comfort and connection.
Wally is now a bear–and a dog–and he'll be tucked in at night, taken on vacation and get to play tea party with his granddaughters, and if you ask me, that's exactly where he'd like to be.
If you'd like a bear, shoot me an email at email@example.com and I'll get you in touch with Mary


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Home > News & Events > Wayland Press Release Archives > 2013 News Releases > August 2013 > Hukill named Chief Financial Officer
Hukill named Chief Financial Officer
August 2, 2013
PLAINVIEW -- Wayland Baptist University administrators announced that Lezlie Hukill
has been named the Chief Financial Officer, a position she has filled on an interim
basis since March.
"Serving as Wayland's Chief Financial Officer is both an honor and a privilege," Hukill said.
A 1989 graduate of the University of Texas, Hukill holds a degree in business administration and has been a certified public accountant since 1991. She joined Wayland in July of 2010 as the university controller, a position that oversees the day-to-day operations of the business office. She also served as supervisor for financial aid, human resources and the university store. Hukill was also employed by Wayland from 1994-2000.
In March, Hukill took over the duties of the Chief Financial Officer on an interim
basis, following the suspension of CFO Jim Smith. Smith was dismissed from the position
in April.
Executive Vice President and Provost Dr. Bobby Hall said in an email to Wayland employees that Hukill's experience, knowledge and training will be an asset to the university.
"Mrs. Hukill has served capably as interim CFO since early March," Hall said. "I am confident that her leadership will result in new and innovative approaches in her areas of responsibility."
The announcement was made as Wayland entered into its annual audit, a busy time of year for the personnel in the business office. Hukill said she is looking forward to the challenge of filling the position on a permanent basis.
"Many positive things are happening in the life of Wayland Baptist University, and I am excited about serving in this new capacity," she said. "I am appreciative of the opportunity to serve in this role and of the confidence placed in me by the Board of Trustees and WBU administration."
Upon graduating from UT in 1989, Hukill worked at Price Waterhouse in Austin before accepting a position with Williams, Meriwether, Smith and Company CPAs in Plainview in 1990. In 1994, she accepted her first position at Wayland as Director of Financial Services. During that time, she supervised the business office staff and operations for the Plainview campus as well as Wayland's external campuses. In 1998, she was promoted to Executive Assistant of Finance and Administrative Services where she worked with the Vice President of Finance. From July to December of 2000, Hukill was Interim Vice President of Finance and Administrative Services. She was offered the VP position, but chose to leave Wayland to spend more time raising her three young daughters. In 2003, Hukill worked independently as a CPA for several local agencies until rejoining Wayland as controller in 2010.
Hukill is married to Plainview attorney Kregg Hukill.


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Cell-based protein purification systems
Cell-based protein purification systems offer advantages over conventional protein purification approaches which rely mostly on chromatographic methods to stepwise enrich for a desired protein of interest. We are developing approaches by which cells are engineered to produce their own affinity matrix to selectively sequester a desired recombinant protein. This allows for the expression and affinity purification of desired proteins in a single host, thereby obviating the need for external chromatographic purification.
Faculty contact: Tillman U. Gerngross


text: [Established in 2007, the Sustainability Research Centre conducts transdisciplinary research on regional environmental change and helps regions transition towards sustainability. The Centre is located within USC's Faculty of Arts, Business and Law, and has academic members from the Faculty of Science, Health, Education and Engineering. We are committed to educating the next generation of sustainability scholars and leaders: the Centre's researchers include almost 50 higher degree by research students, who help to lead the teaching of USC's undergraduate major and minor in sustainability.]


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This is for those who may have entertained, however vaguely, the delicious dream of going to Taiji to raise some hell. I realized this dream. Will you?
My dream was more than just going to Taiji to raise some hell, but exactly what kind of hell I was going to raise. I had devised a technique to communicate with bottlenose dolphins, and I wanted to go and tell the Taiji bottlenose dolphins to never, ever, enter The Cove. It wasn't a proven technique, and I wanted to test it in Taiji, and save some dolphins while at it. Other activists go to Taiji to document the massacre for the world to see. And thanks to their work, I too had been motivated to come. But I didn't want to document any massacre. I wanted to prevent the massacre from happening, so that there would be no massacre to document.
I cannot reveal my actions blow by blow. Suffice to say that during those two weeks of my being there at Taiji, not a single dolphin died. It should be on their record that during those two weeks in November of that year, not a single dolphin was captured or killed. I would have stayed longer, but one day, when I was parking the rental car at a restaurant in Katsuura, the nearby town with the hotels, an unmarked car pulled up and blocked it, and, as in Shimonoseki, two men came out, and one talked to me in English. His opening line was, "Mr. Marr, I would like you to follow us back to your hotel please, which we believe is the Blue Horizon?" Not a question. There, in the cafeteria, they interrogated me for close to two hours, after which they politely asked me to basically get out of town by sundown. It was heart-breaking to have to leave, but I would rather leave prematurely than not be able to leave at all, so that I could go back another day.
This article is not to tell you what to do in Taiji, but to show you Taiji itself, so that you can figure out what to do yourself.
Taiji is a small town of 3500 in 6 square kilometers in the Wakayama prefecture on the "groin" of Japan, and best accessed by car from Osaka. The coastal route is recommended, because if you had taken the inland route, you would have missed at least the sight of the two coastal whaling harpoon boats in dry dock which you otherwise most likely would never see.
Upon approaching Taiji, you will see signs of welcome, although in Taiji itself, a rental car with Tokyo plates is considered alien.
Note that there are just two roads going in and out of Taiji that connect to the highway.
Just before you turn off the highway (R42) into Taiji, you will see a beautiful bay with pearl cultivation in evidence.
As soon as you turn into the Taiji road, the first thing you will see is the sculpture of a Humpback whale and her calf. The Humpback whale has been extirpated in these parts. This reminds me of the California state flag, yes, the one with the Grizzly bear, the only Grizzly bear left in California, or the Bald eagle driven to extinction in the U.S. Even today, Japan wants to hunt Humpback whales in the Antarctic.
And you will see signs advertising "Swim with dolphins" programs.
Within a couple of hundred yards from the Humpback whale statue and to your left you will see the "World Dolphin Resort", which is no resort for dolphins. More like a prison.
These pens are the permanent home of the captive dolphins.
Within this dolphin prison, dolphins are "trained" to do meaningless things for the entertainment of humans.
Right across the road on the right hand side you will see Dolphin Base, which is the company that provides the World Dolphin Resort with their captive dolphins, which they capture right here in Taiji.
And they ship dolphins to aquariums which would accept wild-caught dolphins, like this one in China.
About a half mile down the road you will come across the Taiji Whale Museum complex.
Externally, it is classy and almost enchanting.
It glorifies a decommissioned whale-killing marine-machine, behind the bronze statue of a pre-industrial whaler.
Even their art is anthropocentric and domineering over the dolphin.
The Taiji Whale Museum should really be called the Taiji Whaling Museum,
with its arsenal of anti-whale weapons, anything from medieval hand-thrown harpoons and canoes, which in this case was targeting the also extirpated right whale,
to multiple-harpoon launchers,
to explosive warheads so heavy they don't even need to be sharp to penetrate the bodies of the whales,
to the awesome remains of the victims, in this case, an Orca,
to dioramic depictions of pre-industrial whaling
and post-industrial whaling,
and, surprise! Whale meat for sale!
Smoked or barbecued, what's your pleasure?
And how about some hi-mercury dolphin stew?
And where did the dolphin meat come come?
Another couple of hundred yards, and you will arrive at - The Cove.
In red: "Falling Rock! No Entry." The only rock that might fall could only be a meteorite.
Since I ignored the "No Entry" order, I might as well check out all angles.
Since this bay is visible from the road, it serves as the holding bay.
The slaughter takes place in the adjacent bay, which is hidden from the road, and from the world.
Blatantly, they have blocked off the access path to the killing bay.
They would herd the dolphins into the killing bay, and cordon them off with boats and nets. Dolphin Base divers would go into the water and pick and choose a few young females for aquariums and "swim with" programs, while the rest are slaughtered.
Due to international outcry, they have taken to killing the dolphins under a tarp, but nothing can hide the blood.
Where not even babies are spared.
And they committed hara kiri
not on themselves, the cowards, but on the dolphins, the sadists!
The skiffs moved the dolphins like so many sacks of potatoes, around the protruding breakwater
into the picturesque Taiji Harbor, dead center of which being
the fishermen's coop and the butchery
where they have installed canvass curtains to conceal their atrocity.
In Taiji, there are only 27 dolphin killers and only 13 dolphin-killing boats,
and they arrogantly hold the whole world hostage.
A dolphin-killing boat can be distinguished from the common fishing boats by the existence of the flared sounding rods, which are tipped into the water and hammered as a means of driving dolphins.
And here is its vulnerable underbelly, if you know what I mean. ;)
Another map of Taiji, and you won't believe what it says.
Would you believe "Taiji Wildlife Protection Area"?
Meanwhile, restaurants abound with a broad range of whale and dolphin cuisines, while a boat that could be used for whale and dolphin watching sits idle.
And meanwhile, Anthony Marr sat in the moonlight, communicating with the dolphins.
Most photos by Anthony Marr, some from SSCS.
Anthony Marr, founder and president
Heal Our Planet Earth (HOPE)


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The Central Connecticut softball team swept day two of the Hampton Tournament with a 9-3 victory over the Siena Saints and an 11-2 win over Maryland Eastern Shore on Saturday in Hampton, VA. Sophomore Kat Malcolm scored a team-high three runs against Siena and belted a three-run homer in the win against UMES. The double header improves the Blue Devils' season record to 7-4.
"Overall, our team played well today," Head Coach Jeff Franquet said. "We split our games yesterday and it was great to come out and get both wins today. On the mound, Laura and Nicole performed well and Kat was espeically explosive at the plate with seven hits and a home run."
Game 1 vs. Siena
Sophomore Laura Messina earns the win against Siena for the Blue Devils. She held the Saints scoreless through the first three innings and posted four strikeouts, two earned runs and six hits. Her reason record improves to 4-2.
It was Siena (0-6) who struck first in the top of the fourth. The Saints loaded the bases and brought two runs across the plate to put the Blue Devils down 2-0.
Central kicked off the bottom of the fourth inning with a single by Malcolm. Senior Nicole Springer reached base following Malcolm's hit and freshman Brittany Ernst entered the game as a pinch runner. Senior Kelsey Barlow singled up the middle to drive Malcolm home and advance Ernst to third, bringing the score to 2-1, Saints.
Junior Tessa Brown earned an RBI of her own on a shot to third base, plating Ernst to tie the game 2-2. With the bases loaded and two outs, Central attempted to take the lead by pinch hitting freshman Hannah Cooper, who boasts one homerun and seven RBI in nine games this season. Cooper grounded out to first base however, and the inning ended with three stranded on base and the score tied 2-2.
In the top of the fifth, the Saints responded with a double to right center field to bring a walked batter across home plate and regain the lead 3-2.
Central opened the bottom of the fifth with one out and a single by Malcolm. Springer was hit by a pitch to put two Blue Devils on base. Barlow reached base on a Saint error to bring Malcolm across the plate and tie the game 3-3. Springer scored on a single from Brown to give Central its first lead of the game 4-3.
Following a pitcher change by Siena, freshman Evie Rentzel smacked a single to second base, plating Barlow for her sixth RBI of the season. Freshman pinch runner Gianna Sandstrom advanced to third on the hit. Rentzel advanced to second on a passed ball and Sandstrom crossed the plate, extending the lead to 6-3.
A sacrifice bunt from freshman Eileen Purcell allowed Rentzel to score, totaling five runs in the inning. The Blue Devils headed into the sixth inning up 7-3.
Central loaded the bases in the bottom of the sixth and a Saint error brought sophomore pinch runner Alyssa McCoart and Malcolm across the plate. The run was Malcolm's third of the game in four at bats and the Blue Devils increased their lead over Siena to 9-3.
The Saints were able to score once more in the top of the seventh inning to make the final score 9-4, Central.
Game 2 vs. Maryland Eastern Shore
Springer started the game in the pitcher's circle against the Hawks (4-9). She pitched a solid five innings before the game was called after the bottom of the fifth on a mercy rule. Springer totaled three strikeouts and allowed only two runs and one hit. Her season record improves to 2-0 with the win.
The Blue Devils kicked off scoring in the bottom of the first inning. Malcolm hit her fourth single of the day and stole second, her third steal of the day. An error by UMES allowed Malcolm to cross home plate and put Central on the board 1-0.
In the bottom of the second, Rentzel opened up the inning with a triple, her second of the season. She scored in the next at bat on a Barlow single to put the Blue Devils up 2-0. Central plated two more runs when Malcolm smacked a single down the right field line and advanced to second on the throw. The play sent both Bruno and Barlow across home plate, advancing the score to 4-0.
Central went on a two-out rally in the bottom of the fourth plating four runs to expand the Blue Devil lead to 8-0. Malcolm blasted a homer to bring in walked batters Bruno and senior Stephanie Chotkevys for three RBI to put Central up 7-0. With the bases cleared, Emery entered the game to run the bases after Springer hit a single to right field. Emery eventually scored on a single to left field from Brown. The teams went into the top of the fifth 8-0, Central.
Two Hawk runners reached the bases in the top of the fifth on Blue Devil errors and eventually crossed home plate narrowing Central's lead to 8-2.
Malcolm earned another RBI on a single that drove in Chotkevys in the bottom of the fifth. Springer approached the plate and launched a double to right field to drive Malcolm and Bruno home, to set the final score to 11-2.
The Blue Devils return to action Wednesday, March 13 for a double header against the Hartford Hawks in Hartford, CT. The first game is set to begin at 2:30 p.m.


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Wednesday, March 9, 2011
Science Experiment FAIL
2 comments:
- Kimberly said...
LMAO! I had the volume up on my computer and when you both screamed I jumped a foot and it scared the bejabbers out of my assistant!
- March 9, 2011 at 12:25 PM
- melanie said...
I thought it was adorable when she fell out of her shoe, but the end is awesome! (I jumped too!)
- March 9, 2011 at 2:36 PM
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Springdale Christian Church catches fire
No injuries reported, firefighters say
A church caught fire early Thursday afternoon in Springdale.
Authorities said fire crews were able to put out the blaze at Springdale Christian Church before anyone was hurt.
The fire left the loading dock destroyed, and the damage to the building is estimated at $2,500, but it's what's inside the church that's leaving residents worried.
"We were open last Monday, but we had to close early because we were out of food," said Bobby Chambers, who works at Springdale Christian Church.
Chambers, who leads the church's food pantry, said the water that kept the building from crumbling had left food soaking.
"There's no ifs and buts about it. (People) come in hungry, and they need food. They leave with food," Chambers said.
Fire crews had to knock out power, and Chambers said the church's freezers stocked with meat are melting.
In addition, Chambers said the water is still pooled on the floor, and the smell of smoke lingers.
The Springdale Fire Department said the fire probably started in the back of the church from a cigarette igniting loading dock materials.


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Men's Ultimate Frisbee
Welcome to the Braineater world.
The Claremont Colleges' 5-C Ultimate Frisbee team, the Braineaters, was founded in 1979 at Pitzer College with the team name stemming from a 1950's B-movie title. Made up primarily of Pitzer students, the Brains played their first games against teams such as Oxy and Redlands. Founded on the principals of good spirit and fair play, the early teams were led by people such as Jeff Landesman and Howie Wein. Throughout the 80's the team expanded across the 5 colleges, steadily bringing in more and more Pomona and Harvey Mudd students. The late 80's and early 90's saw the Brains establish themselves as the strongest small school Ultimate team in SoCal. In 2006, the Braineaters had a breakout season, following surprising success at the Trouble in Vegas tournament. They went on to finish forth at regionals, losing in the game-to-go-to-nationals against UCSB. With only 1 bid in 2007, the Brains finished a respectable 3rd at regionals, and after winning their section in 2008, saw dissapointing losses to Arizona and UCSB at regionals to again finish 4th.
The Men's Ultimate Frisbee team practices on Alumnae Field (Scripps College) three days a week while in season.
For more information, please visit the Men's Ultimate Frisbee Home-page or contact any of the leaders below.
Alex Cloud, PO '15: firstname.lastname@example.com
Chris Brown, HMC '15: email@example.com
Nathan Hall, HMC ' 15: email@example.com
Sam Schumer, PO '15: firstname.lastname@example.com


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MESALAMINE (me SAL a meen) is used to treat the pain and inflammation caused by ulcerative colitis.
Take this medicine by mouth with a glass of water. Do not cut, crush, or chew the tablets or capsules. Some products should be taken with food. Ask your health care provider how to take this medicine, and follow the directions on the prescription label. Take your doses at regular intervals. Do not take your medicine more often than directed. Do not stop taking this medicine except on the advice of your doctor or health care professional.
Talk to your pediatrician regarding the use of this medicine in children. Special care may be needed.
Side effects that you should report to your doctor or health care professional as soon as possible:
allergic reactions like skin rash, itching or hives, swelling of the face, lips, or tongue
bloody diarrhea
chest pain
difficulty breathing, wheezing
pain or difficulty passing urine
unusually weak or tired
yellowing of the eyes or skin
Side effects that usually do not require medical attention (report to your doctor or health care professional if they continue or are bothersome):
nausea, vomiting
stomach gas
stomach pain or cramps
mercaptopurine, 6-MP
nonsteroidal antiinflammatory drugs
If you miss a dose, take it as soon as you can. If it is almost time for your next dose, take only that dose. Do not take double or extra doses.
Keep out of the reach of children.
Store at room temperature between 20 and 25 degrees C (68 and 77 degrees F). Throw away any unused medicine after the expiration date.
They need to know if you have any of these conditions:
heart disease
kidney disease
liver disease
pyloric stenosis
sun sensitivity
an unusual or allergic reaction to mesalamine, salicylates, other medicines, foods, dyes, or preservatives
pregnant or trying to get pregnant
Tell your doctor or health care professional if your symptoms do not start to get better after several days. There is usually an improvement in 3 to 21 days. You may need about 6 weeks of treatment to get good results.
Do not change the brand of this medicine that you are taking without talking to your doctor or health care professional. All brands do not have the same dose.
You may notice the empty shell from this medicine in your stool. If this happens frequently, you should contact your doctor or health care professional.