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I somehow fell a bit behind in my RJ a day. So here are 6 items to now give you 28 RJ's in 28 days. First up is the 1993 Upper Deck Sheet to commemorate 25 years of Padres baseball. I'm not sure if it was a stadium giveaway or not. RJ, Graig Nettles, Steve Garvey, Dick Williams & Nate Colbert are shown. I'm not really sure why Nettles was represented over Tony Gwynn but maybe they didn't want to list any active players.
Next up is a 1976/1978 Wiffle Ball disc. Here's the thing regarding the year….it says 1976 on the disc but in listings there is no 1976 Wiffle Ball set but there is a 1978 set. So I'm not really sure what to list it as. Unlike the other '76 discs that are 3 3/8″ around, this one is a much smaller 2 3/8″ and instead of a pink front it is yellow.
Speaking of the "other '76 discs" here is a 1976 Crane Disc. For the most part it's the same as the other '76 discs….except it actually says Crane on the top of the front instead of having 4 stars. The Crane Potato Chip is no longer around. The quick research I did shows that they were bought out by Borden Foods in 1988. Borden Foods was then shut down in 2001.
Another out of business company is Burger Chef. The last one closed down in 1996 but they still gave us this awesome 1977 Burger Chef Disc with the "Where Wolf" character on the back. Apparently at their peak they were 2nd to McDonalds and are actually the creators of the first kids meal.
This card was a part of the 2003 Padres Carl's Jr. stadium giveaway set. Fans voted on the All-Time team earlier in the season and then they made this set to giveaway to fans on August 10th, 2003. The others in the set were…Manager Bruce Bochy, SP Kevin Brown & Gaylord Perry, RP Trevor Hoffman, C Benito Santiago, 1B Steve Garvey, 2B Roberto Alomar, SS Ozzie Smith, 3B Ken Caminiti, OF Dave Winfield, Steve Finley & Tony Gwynn.
Lastly we have a deck of RJ Playing cards. I honestly don't know when these were made nor do I know what the story is behind them. But it's a full on playing deck of cards. I remember getting these at a card show at the Scottish Rite Center in Mission Valley back in the 80's though. Man those shows were fun to go to, but I haven't been to one since probably middle school.


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text: My mother is 82. In Sept. of 2007, she had a pacemaker and a difibulator put in. The surgery was successful. She had the procedure because of atrial fibulation. In the spring of 2008, she has had bouts of diarrhea, (no cramping) and right middle back pain. It was occasional,now it is constant. She has had in 2008, a colonoscopy, endoscopy, nuclear bone scan, 4 epidurals for pain management (did not relieve pain at all). All tests were negative. She just had a pelvic/vaginal ultrasound and there is fluid in her pelvic region. Her primary dr. said this is odd for a woman her age. She is on medication for high blood pressure, cholesterol and coumadin. She was told to take Fibercon daily and Immodium for the diarrhea. I am taking her for a pelvic exam at the end of the month. Any thoughts on what these symptoms could mean as a whole" Severe right middle back pain, diarrhea, fluid in pelvic region and she has lost 30 pounds. She also feels full after eating a small meal. Thanks for your response. Happy Holidays and Happy New year.Reply Follow This Thread Stop Following This Thread Flag this Discussion


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The American Revolution - To my American readers, Happy Independence Day! To visitors from the rest of the world, I hope you take a moment to explore one of the most significant revolutions in history.
Designed to complement PBS' "Liberty!" series, the site features 16 essays on some of the complex political and social issues of the period. The H-Net site (hosted by Michigan State University) produces excellent history resources and the American Revolution theme is no exception.
The series is now available on DVD. I enjoyed this series and if you have't watched it yet I think you would too. If I could just find the time to read 1776 by David McCullough...
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The American Revolution ended two centuries of British rule for most of the North American colonies and created the modern United States of America. The Revolutionary era was both exhilarating and disturbing---a time of progress for some, dislocation for others. In the wake of the Revolution came events as varied as the drafting and ratification of the Constitution of the United States of America and the rebellions of slaves who saw the contrast between slavery and proclamations of liberty. The television series Liberty! offers us a chance to learn about the Revolution and to reflect on the Revolutionary legacy. The Revolution website offers a chance to join in national discussions of American revolutionary origins.


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mercoledì 10 agosto 2016
Il tema: COMPLEANNO
Lo sponsor: Little Miss Muffet
Immagine: Little Miss Muffet "Kiki with Cupcake"
Carte: Simple Stories
Fustelle: Die-namics "Layered Rose" e "Rolled Daisy", Memory Box "Primula Blooms", Sizzix "Branch w/leaves", Spellbinders "Classic Oval"
orsetta: Raw Sienna, Saddle Brown, Mustard, Vanilla, Ivory
vestito: Pesto, Herb Green, Pear Green, Lime Green
Midnight Blue, Capri Blue, Pastel Blue
cupcake: Burgundy, Crimson, Ruby, Lipstick
Herb Green, Pear Green, Mustard Green
Canary, Lemon, Soft Lime
background: Midnight Blue, Cloud Blue, Pastel Blue
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Word Art Wednesday (242-243 ATG)
Creative Fingers (#114 ATG)
Stamping Sensations /Agosto: ATG)
613 avenue Create (#188 ATG)
Trough The Craftroom (9 Agosto: ATG)
Crafting with an Attitude (#18 ATG)
Crafty Ribbons (#163 ATG con Nastro)
Allsorts (#375 Pois/Righe)
Crafting Sentiments Designs (Usa Fustelle)
Creatalicious (#96 ATG/option Mare-Spiaggia)
Polkadoodles (Week 30 ATG)
Pixie's Crafty Workshop (Week 241 ATG)
Grazie per le vostre graditissime visite e non dimenticate di andare a curiosare nei blog delle mie compagne DT!
A prestissimo,
22 commenti:
Stunning projectRispondiElimina
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Oh wow this is amazing. Now if it had Earl Grey teabags it would be perfect. Take care. Hugs JackieRispondiElimina
What a clever idea Ileana! So pretty and also practical as well.RispondiElimina
Great to see you in the Snippets Playground!
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Fabulous creation and a great idea, love the image and the papers.RispondiElimina
Thank you for joining our Spots and Stripes challenge this week at Allsorts.
Pretty box and love the design. Thanks for joining us at Crafty Ribbons. Carol S. DTRispondiElimina
This is one fabulous tea box - I love your creativity! Thanks so much for joining us this time at the Creative Fingers Challenge, Elizabeth (DT)RispondiElimina
Lovely display for our current challenge, lovely colours and thanks for sharing...RispondiElimina
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This is fabulous, such a sweet image - it would make a great gift.RispondiElimina
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Thank you for sharing your lovely creation over at Allsorts "Spots and Stripes" Challenge;-))mRispondiElimina
I just love tea boxes and this one is awfully cute! The image is perfectly colored and your paper choices are spot on! Very nicely executed! Thanks for leaving this on the front porch at 613 Avenue Create. We enjoyed finding it there!RispondiElimina
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I love this idea and the way you have used that gorgeous image to decorate it. Your colouring is awesome.RispondiElimina
Glad you dropped it onto the front porch at 613 Avenue Create.
Hugs Sheryl DT member xx
Wow, this is fantastic. Great idea and beautifully decorated, your colouring is amazing. Thanks for joining us in our 'Anything Goes' challenge at Polkadoodles,RispondiElimina
Katrina x
Really cute image and love the idea fantastic. Thank you for joining as at the Polkadoodles Crafting Challenge. Helen DTRispondiElimina
This is so cute and your coloring is wonderful! Thanks for joining our 'use a die' challenge this week at Crafty Sentiments Challenge blog. Please join us again next week and good luck! Julie, DT memberRispondiElimina
What a lovely project and such pretty colours too.Love your colouring on this sweet little bear.Thanks for joining us at Craft Your Passion.Hope to see you again next week.RispondiElimina
Lisa x
Darling tea holder, and such beautiful, festive colors perfect for a birthday celebration, Ileana! Such sweetness! Hugs, deRispondiElimina
A beautifully made tea box! What a gorgeous gift! Thanks for sharing it with us at Stamping Sensations.RispondiElimina
che bella idea la scatoletta! proprio carina. thank you for sharing it with us at TTCRD and good luck, Theresa DT xxRispondiElimina
Fab project Thanks for joining us in our Anything Goes challenge at Polkadoodles hugs Aly xxxRispondiElimina
Lovely tea-bag box with such a cute image and beautiful embellishments. Great gift! xRispondiElimina
A wonderful project!RispondiElimina
Thank you soo much for taking part in our " anything goes with optional at the sea / beach" challenge over at Creatalicious & good luck in the draw.
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Hi everyone. It's your friend, Ellie. I promise a long blog tomorrow with all of the updates. Thank you for all your prayers... I think they are working.
171 comments:
- Jeannie KartisApril 11, 2016 at 2:10 AM
♡♡♡♡ !ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 2:33 AM
I've been stalking this web site waiting for an update. I pray continually for your road to recovery! So very grateful to see a short post!ReplyDelete
Love and prayers,
I am so glad to read this! I was so scared to click onto the link in case it was terrible news.ReplyDelete
Thanks God.
I've been in touch with Stephen A getting updates.
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 3:28 AM
Happy to know you are a little better !!...claudiagReplyDelete
Dear sweet Ellie, I have been in a similar situation for the last 5 months in San Francisco and there have been days where hope was impossible to find, faith impossible to feel and my heart, so easy to find gratitude even in the dark times, impossible to see. And I laughed when I heard your prayer at Notre Dame.'I've said that prayer many times. I think God is fine with a " fuck" here and there for emphasis. I keep mentioning, in my prayers, that i'm SO done with the concept of God only gives us what we can handle". ENOUGH! Anyway I too am sending prayers and many blessings your way. I hope someone has outright asked you to please do what you can to please choose life. We all need you hear and miracles happen once we start to tell God we WANT to live. Choose life even in your worst moments. Pray, pray, pray. You are so special and though I don't know you personally we are a lot alike... Especially put love of Paris. I have booke my annual flight for September though I had to cancel last year, and I am CHOOSING that I will be better. My plan is to get myself out of the direction of " I hope I make it" to " I'm going to make it and be in my beloved Paris this fall". I wish you Godspeed and please know that you are thought of and loved by many. Stay strong and pray. It seems as though many are doing the same. God bless.ReplyDelete
Ps. Can you be taken to hear the organ practice at St. Sulpice? That's where I love to hang. Much love, MichelleReplies
God bless you Michelle (with a "fuck" here and there)! Such women as you and Ellie give us strengthDelete
So happy to see a post from you! Continued prayers for your healing.xoxoReplyDelete
Hurray! I have missed hearing your "voice". I am so happy for you for any improvement. We will wait (maybe not patiently) but we will wait for you. Sending good wishes and love!ReplyDelete
Stay strong, Ellie!!ReplyDelete
Ellie I am so incredibly happy to see your blog. Thank you my friend. Holding you close to my heart. LindaReplyDelete
Love and hugs -- and ongoing prayers for you dear Elli :)ReplyDelete
I have never left a comment before - but have to say I am blown away. You're still here! It's a freaking miracle. I am so happy for you and your family. Goodness gracious woman you have some tenacity. Well done!ReplyDelete
Never commented before but just had to. What wonderful news - you're still here! I'm so happy for you and your family. Goodness gracious woman you have some tenacity! Keep going Ellie.ReplyDelete
Wooo HOoo!!! So glad to see a post from YOU!! xoxoxoxoxxooxoReplyDelete
So, so, so, happy. Now there are tears. I was praying so hard for you last night . . . for you and your family. I want you to have a lot more time together and I want you to feel as good as possible.ReplyDelete
Good to 'hear' from you (saw your message on IG too). Looking forward to the blogpost tomorrow. Stay strong.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 5:49 AM
thank you, thank you, thank you, Suz from VancouverReplyDelete
Thank goodness. I'm so happy to see this and I will continue to pray for you.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 5:54 AM
We love you!
God bless you!
Leso in Sweden
And I won't stop praying until you are completely healed.ReplyDelete
Can't wait to read your words tomorrow I've missed them terribly. Have also missed your culinary consult as I made clam chowder this weekend and had trouble finding input that didn't involve someone trying to prove what an insiders take on New England they have. Pretending to be a New Englander is my thing, damn it.ReplyDelete
Ellie, you have so many blog "friends" who miss you and pray for you. Looking forward to your update. We have all been most worried.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 6:38 AM
Oh wonderful!!! This post has me smiling and has set the tone for the day. You have come to mind often for prayer. I want to see our prayers answered for a full recovery. I believe in miracles. Why not what do you have to loose but the awful ALS. Anonymous CherryReplyDelete
Yay, go Ellie! Great way to start the week this morning, by seeing your post!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 6:49 AM
You have NO idea how happy I am to read this post, Ellie. Love you to bits, beautiful !!!!ReplyDelete
I am happy to read this. Looking forward to the news tomorrow!! joaoReplyDelete
So glad! You're in my thoughts and prayers daily!!! Please update us. xoxoReplyDelete
Thank God, what a relief. Thank you for posting. I've been thinking about you and praying for your strength and recovery.ReplyDelete
JOY JOY JOY....relief.....LoVe.....made my day!!!!!!! xoxoxoxox please get your rest, I checked here every day ~ReplyDelete
So glad to hear it!!!!! Amazing! xxooReplyDelete
sooo good to hear !!! Carolyn From VancouverReplyDelete
Fabulous!!! You keep getting better, and we will keep praying and toasting to your health!ReplyDelete
Oh, Ellie! Seeing this post from you, YOU OF ALL PEOPLE, makes me so happy! (Reminds me of La Contessa but caps are required here.)I have been checking daily, sometimes more than once or twice. I haven't been appointed to speak for everyone, but I am comfortable in doing so. WE have ALL been worried and anxious for you. Peace and blessings on your road to better health. Much love coming your way.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 7:53 AM
What a fighter you are!!!! Love and courage from Sweden!!!!/ HilleviReplyDelete
We love you kiddo. Bon Courage. xoReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 8:24 AM
I'm so happy. We all love you. Big kiss darling. LeniceReplyDelete
Oh my God! Praise the Lord, Ellie!!! I have been checking your blog every day looking for updates! The old adage "No news is good news" fought with my fear of 'not knowing'!! I hate that black hole!! Anyway, thanks for letting us know and take your time getting better....just an occasional high-five is all we need right now!ReplyDelete
I have been checking here and instagram constantly hoping for some news about you. Soo many of us are praying for you to improve. Glad to see you in your wheelchair! xoxox JudiReplyDelete
That is the best news possible !!! So glad to see you writing, even these three little sentences are beautiful. Can't wait to hear more. Prayers will keep coming loaded with love.ReplyDelete
Good for you, Ellie!
Thank you for your post......big prayer from Souther Californis ....!ReplyDelete
Love you sexy sassy girl!!ReplyDelete
OMG...I am so happy to see this post, dear Ellie. You are thought of often with hope that you are improving. Bless you and all who care for you, pray for you and love you. SallyReplyDelete
Looking forward to your blog. Have been praying hard!!!! You've got this Ellie!ReplyDelete
To hear you sounding "chipper".... what good news of the day.....ReplyDelete
Looking forward to next entry.... Bless you, bless you....
SOOOO< HAPPY TO HEAR THIS!!!!ReplyDelete
Thank God! Looking forward to it...but don't wear yourself out!ReplyDelete
We will keep on praying Ellie and you keep fighting!!!ReplyDelete
Thank heavens!! I breathed a sigh of relief today when I opened your post! I know there were hundreds and hundreds of other readers doing the same thing. Can't wait to read tomorrow post . . . welcome back!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 10:20 AM
Ellie, this is terrific news! We'll keep the prayers coming! <3ReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 10:46 AM
Oh Hurray! I(and I am quite sure many more) go to your blog everyday, sometimes more than once, waiting for those few words you just wrote. We are here and sending our healing thoughts and love every moment of every day.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 10:57 AM
Thank you for letting us all know that the good thoughts are working and you are able to respond! I have been so anxious to know how you are. With love, C.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 11:22 AM
So glad to hear from you! I've been thinking of you constantly!ReplyDelete
Oh, Ellie, Honey, it is so good to hear from you! I've been checking here daily, holding my breath, hoping Heather would update us, your people. But, it is so much more wonderful for news to come from you! Keep up the brave fight, lovely girl, we need your wisdom, taste and snark back! Sending you warmth, love and sunshine.......ReplyDelete
Thank God! Can't wait!ReplyDelete
Couldn't stop thinking and praying for you:)
Dear Ellie,ReplyDelete
So happy to hear from you. You have been in my thoughts often & I've prayed you would get your strength back. Please take all the time you need to get well & thanks for checking in with us.
Barb (Canada)
Thank God! We miss you!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 11:54 AM
ELLIE!! So glad to hear from you. What a fighter! I hope you are feeling better and i hope your family and pets are doing good. Still praying.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 11:56 AM
So happy to hear your voice - really worried about you girl! XOReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 1:18 PM
So happy to hear from you. R xxReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 1:33 PM
We miss you! And are worried sick about you.ReplyDelete
Beautiful Ellie...sending much love and heartfelt prayers to you and your family. IT is heartwarming to see your new post! hugs to you!ReplyDelete
Ellie, I prayed for you today, and I stopped praying for myself a year ago. I hope that the photo means you are better. I hope also that the feelings of loneliness have passed. If love and prayers and good wishes could cure, you would be doing cartwheels right now.ReplyDelete
Thank God for that!!! Have been logging on daily to see if there were any updates....i only wish you the very best. I don't know you but have been following your blog for a number of years now - you have great mental strength and i know you can make it.ReplyDelete
Cannot wait to hear some positive news.
Wishing you all the best
Wonderful news!! Been checking every day. xo MarianneReplyDelete
Thinking of you often Ellie, sending love and prayers..ReplyDelete
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This is great news!ReplyDelete
I just read The Vintage Contessa's blog post this afternoon and she is doing something really wonderful...I hope all your readers will pop over and participate.
Look forward to reading your post tomorrow...stay strong Ellie there are lots of us praying for you to get well.
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 3:57 PM
Glad to hear you are still with us!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 3:57 PM
OMG! Such joy to hear from you! I'm sure I speak for all of your readers when I say how worried we've all been. Keep fighting and we'll keep praying! much love!ReplyDelete
God bless, Ellie! It's so good to hear from you. If prayers are helping, count me in!! I'm looking forward to tomorrow's post brave girl! Hope hope hope you're feeling a little better. B xxReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 4:43 PM
So sorry to read of this recent turn of events. I've been thinking of you often and am very encouraged to see that you will be able to give an update. As I've taken care of a family member with ALS, I've seen how important the emotional aspect can be, and it's so crucial to be in an atmosphere that is loving, supportive and attentive. Glad to know you're back in Paris. Bon courage...ReplyDelete
Oh I can't wait!!!!ReplyDelete
Thank you from all your readers! I've been praying for you and checking for updates. So happy to read that you are doing better,ReplyDelete
Thank you from all your readers! I've been praying for you and checking for updates. So happy to read that you are doing better,ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 5:20 PM
Ellie, This post has made my day! Looking forward to tomorrow's post!!ReplyDelete
Renee in Northern California
STILL praying HARD!!!!! And thankful to hear the prayers are working!!!! May God bless you all and give you strength AND patience to deal with the devilish "inferno" your VERY MUCH LOVED sister is giving you!!! You are loved, SHE is ADORED, and we are all, I AM SURE(!!!) checking and hoping on updates of any kind! PLEASE, Ellie, we miss you!!! I MISS YOU :-(!!!! I need somebody to delight me, shake me and make me laugh until I cry, like you only know how!! Love, GloriaReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 6:01 PM
Hallelujah!!! Such fantastic news!!! I am SO RELIEVED to hear from you and SO GRATEFUL that you're #StillAlive (good grief) and improving!!! Thank you, God. XOXO / NancyReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 6:16 PM
Ellie, I'm so glad to hear from you -- I've been thinking of you several times a day, Sending you and your loved ones lots of love and energyReplyDelete
Sabrina in Port Townsend
So thrilled that you are better our prayers are answeredReplyDelete
Love from Naperville il
That big whooshing sound you here? It's the sound of people all over the world, breathing a big sigh of relief....ReplyDelete
That big whooshing sound you hear? It's the sound of people all over the world, breathing a big sigh of relief....ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 7:21 PM
The best news I've heard today! Much love, you have been on our hearts! ~BrendaReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 7:27 PM
Dear Ellie So looking forward to it.RReplyDelete
Good to hear. I need an Ellie fix. Hugs and healing being sent your way.ReplyDelete
We are all cheering for you. 💕ReplyDelete
Wonderful to see your post Ellie. Healing prayers and thoughts continuing.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 9:21 PM
wonderful! thinking of you all the time. well wishes showered upon you and your family.ReplyDelete
God! My heart skipped a beat when I saw there was a post... Half scared to death... About what news it may have!!! But what the hell..I'm misty eyed Ellie to hear from you. You don't know me Ellie but I am sooooo happy to have you back... Waiting for a long post tomReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 11, 2016 at 11:43 PM
Wonderful news, can't wait for your long blog. All of the prayers from your faithful followersReplyDelete
around the world have worked. Yipee.
Hooray! So happy to see this. You are missed!ReplyDelete
Hooray! So happy to read this! You are missed!ReplyDelete
I am so glad you're still here! I'm smiling and I hopeReplyDelete
You are too!!!
Thats just GREAT!!! :-0ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 12, 2016 at 12:23 AM
It's great to hear from you. :)ReplyDelete
Keep going Ellie <3ReplyDelete
Thinking of you every day. So good to hear from you!ReplyDelete
I'm so happy to hear from you. We are l so very worried. This is the best news I've had since Heather wrote a few weeks ago.ReplyDelete
Very glad to hear this. Can't wait for more.ReplyDelete
Phew! Been checking everyday since the last post. So happy to hear you are well or better.ReplyDelete
Hi Ellie, I'm not an habitual prayer , but you have certainly been in my daily thoughts. I do think we all have a guardian angel who takes care of us, and it seems yours thankfully has been doing their job properly. Keep up the good fight, stay strong and you'll get there. I'll even send my guardian angel to help out . I always read your posts, but don't very often post a comment, but your few words today touched me. To use your humorous sayings ' I might even say a prayer for you,' Take care from ... a blogging friend in France.ReplyDelete
we all miss you and of course hope that our prayers are workingReplyDelete
I have been so worried about you!! Come on people let's break the Internet with #stillalive. Let people know Ellie is a force to be reckoned with!!ReplyDelete
You are a rock star!ReplyDelete
God bless you. It is so wonderful to read you. Looking forward to the post.ReplyDelete
Wonderful news. I am anxious to read tomorrow's post. XOXOReplyDelete
Best news!ReplyDelete
Love from Pitsburgh,
YAY!!!!!!!!! We love you Ellie! We'll keep praying! xoxo Janet in Macon, GA.ReplyDelete
I think about you often. I can hardly wait for the update.ReplyDelete
Keep your head up Ellie. #StillPrayingReplyDelete
I am SO glad to hear from you! I have been thinking of you daily and praying for you!ReplyDelete
So happy to see this and your instagram photo...thinking of you and yours constantly. xReplyDelete
Praise God!!ReplyDelete
Sending love, peace and prayers. And write on!ReplyDelete
Prayers are being heard and answered. Please more newsReplyDelete
Sending you much peace and love.xobReplyDelete
Hang in there my friend! I know you are the best match ALS has ever met! I'm betting on you! xoReplyDelete
Yes!!! Love and continued prayers for you and your family...ReplyDelete
xo xo Loreen
- AnonymousApril 12, 2016 at 6:45 AM
so glad to hear; have been keeping you in thoughts and prayers this makes me happy :)ReplyDelete
Bless you, save your strength for you. We will patiently await word from you when the time is right. The picture said a thousand words. We love you and appreciate all that you share and give to our worlds.ReplyDelete
Wonderful! I have so missed you. Have been praying and praying for you. Much love to all of you.ReplyDelete
best news....EVER!! bless your sweet heart!ReplyDelete
The best news I have received in a while! Continue to get well. I am looking forward to your "long blog" tomorrow. Hugs, hugs and more hugs from Olivia.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 12, 2016 at 7:47 AM
Wonderful to hear that. Looking forward to the update. Ellen R.ReplyDelete
❤🙏❤ You have a wonderful soul Ellie...keep up the fight!ReplyDelete
Thanks for making me stronger ❤
Hugs from Monika
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Thank God! I pray for you and your family every day. Peace. cherylReplyDelete
You've been on my heart. Bravo! xoxo MaryReplyDelete
Happy to hear that you are still hear! Looking forward to reading your post. Take care.ReplyDelete
It is wonderful to hear from you Ellie, and happy to hear all of our prayers are working. You are a trouper, keep hanging in there!ReplyDelete
Praise the Lord, when I saw your post this morning I cried and they were happy tears. I continue to pray for strength, and comfort and love. Love JillReplyDelete
- CristineApril 12, 2016 at 9:03 AM
So, so happy to see this post! I am sending lots of positive vibes from the bay area. You, Ellie, are a goddess.ReplyDelete
So happy to hear from you and yes we are all praying for health and happiness at this time in your life.ReplyDelete
Such good news, Ellie.ReplyDelete
Amazing grace, Ellie. So good to hear from you. xo, ArdithReplyDelete
Dear Ellie,ReplyDelete
So relieved to hear it. I was wondering about you yesterday and pretty concerned.
I hope to meet you one day when I get to Paris and you are living a miracle.
Oh the joy! Many many kisses!ReplyDelete
Sending healing thoughts your way.ReplyDelete
So glad some of our prayers are working..... so missing your witticisms and truthisms even if not always politically correct. Hugs to you and your family who I am so happy are by your side...ReplyDelete
oh ellie!ReplyDelete
have been waiting for these words.
the white light of the universe is always ALL around you dear heart! and our love
- urbaniteApril 12, 2016 at 1:52 PM
Best news ever! Thanks for the update!❤❤ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 12, 2016 at 3:08 PM
Thank GodReplyDelete
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- AnonymousApril 12, 2016 at 3:47 PM
- tracy gaviganApril 12, 2016 at 4:45 PM
Hi Ellie, Just here, waiting for you blog post. God Bless your day.ReplyDelete
Tracy (from Nashville)
I'm lifting you up in my prayers, Ellie. Your fighting spirit amazes me. You should be so proud that you're teaching Gracie the best possible life lesson and that is to never give up.ReplyDelete
God bless you and your family.
Thank God!!!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 12, 2016 at 6:24 PM
Hello, Ellie...this is a new friend in Philadelphia, Alix. I have been reading and loving your posts for a short while. I await tomorrow's post. I wish you good things...ReplyDelete
Love your blog love the real shit you write and I look foreword to all you give to us .....I'm in awe everyday waiting to read what you are wanting to share...so inameried with your ability to articulate YOU and stay YOU ....and I have never met you...I lost my best friend Renee Little I just had to say her name she would love that....when you blog to us strangers not all of us have the courage or even strength to share ...we are out there ...lots of us...keep writing ...keep telling your story...I will always try my very best to represent for my most beloved girlfriend Renee Little of Washington state my name is Nellie Ann and I am well wishing u Ellie with all that I a am. So much love at you all NellieReplyDelete
God bless you and your family for all of your strength and courage in the face of this insidious illness. I hope you are finding some joy amidst the agony. Best wishes for improving health.ReplyDelete
- Theresa Santoro: Give Your Family Roots and Wings / www.thefineartofparenting.comApril 12, 2016 at 10:49 PM
Thank God. Sending good thoughts your way each and every day.ReplyDelete
Oh Thank God! We are all praying!!! Keep it up!!!!! XXOOXX!!!!ReplyDelete
Great News! More prayers headed your way :)ReplyDelete
Lighting candles for you in Houston! I'm also drinking tequila for you, because I believe a girl should cover her bases. Sending you much blogosphere love. xoxoReplyDelete
Ellie, so anxious to see your next post and to hear you are doing well. Hugs! LReplyDelete
I was scared to open the link, and then I saw your happy news, Ellie. Prayer is a powerful thing as is sheer will and determination. Combine the two and.....well look at Ellie go! So glad you are turning a corner. Lots of prayers answered for sure. Bless you, Ellie.ReplyDelete
Jackie C.
Been thinking of you and so glad to hear from you xxxReplyDelete
Have been holding my breath!!!! Sending warm spring sun and sweet garden scents to you......ReplyDelete
Be well..
Best news- you have been on my mind every day. I have been sending lots of positive healing prayers and vibes your way. Be patient, because they are coming all the way from San Francisco- there must be some lag time ;) Lots of love to you today and every day.ReplyDelete
Dear Ellie,ReplyDelete
I wish I had found this earlier but I thought I would show it to you nonetheless. I don't know if it will help, but I hope it does.
I read all of it and it sounds so promising.
I know that they don't admit people with advanced ALS only because they can't provide all the necessary assistance. However, I strongly believe you should read about it and try to contact them.
I think about you everyday, you really inspire me.❤ Don't give up.
Hi Ellie, That's wonderful news! I'm happy you are being well cared for. Many blessings for you Ellie! xxReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 13, 2016 at 10:32 PM
Thank God.xxoo Nancy from TexasReplyDelete
Hi, still waiting for your promised long blog - maybe because your silence is worrying xxReplyDelete
thank you , for the information , very useful , successful greetingsReplyDelete
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Ellie you have shared yourself with us so honestly and openly through the years and touched us with your vulnerablity, humor, wit and talent. Many of us have fallen in love with you. This tribe that cares and prays and follows along with your journey is something very special.You "run with the wolves" my Dear and we run with you. Thank you for the gift of You!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousApril 14, 2016 at 3:36 PM
JUST THRILLED TO HEAR FROM YOU, ELLIE. BLESSINGS TO ALL OF YOU FOR FIGHTING SO HARD. ROSEMARYReplyDelete
brilliant.....well said.....and I completely agree. I wish I could write that well.......You are so loved.ReplyDelete
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Sofitel Abidjan Hôtel Ivoire unveiled in West Africa
Africa's West Coast recently witnessed the unveiling of luxury French hotelier Sofitel's new flagship hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast.
Located in the wealthy Cocody district and blending French luxury with African culture, Sofitel Abidjan Hôtel Ivoire is a legendary oasis in perpetual motion.
Overlooking the Ebrie lagoon and the Plateau, this five-star hotel rises majestically over an idyllic setting of water and flora.
Geared towards a business clientele, the luxury 209-room hotel was built by architect Moshe Mayer in 1963, and beautifully revamped in 2011. The hotel reopened under the Sofitel name in February 2014.
The Ivory Coast boasts some of West Africa's best natural attractions, such as the Parc National de Taï's vast patch of rainforest and endless beaches along the Atlantic coast. Lonely Planet describe it as a land rich in tradition due to a diverse tribal mix that includes Dan, Lobi, Baoulé and Senoufo peoples.
Today, the luxury African hotel offers 209 guestrooms, including two presidential suites and 40 junior suites. Each one is inspired by Ivory Coast culture combined with a French touch, and with warm tones that give a special charm to every room.
The hotel's lobby is more than just a reception – it's a space that is alive with a combination of materials, colours and styles that plunges you into the heart of Abidjan. The entire ground floor has been transformed to create and optimize interconnected living spaces. The feeling of fluidity and light are ubiquitous.
The luxury hotel also features two restaurants. The panoramic Toit d'Abidjan offers a 180° view of Abidjan and the Ebrie Lagoon. And at La Gourmandise, the poetry of Africa meets the flavours of French cuisine, at the heart of the hotel.
Next year, Sofitel intend to introduce a luxury spa, a further 217 rooms including 31 serviced apartments, a Millésime club, casino and more restaurants and bars – so watch this space.
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Rick Simpson is a medical marijuana activist who has been providing people with information about the healing powers of Hemp Oil medications for nearly a decade now. Rick cured himself of a metastatic skin cancer back in 2003, and has since then devoted his life to spreading the truth of hemp oil. He has met an absurd amount of opposition and lack of support from Canadian authorities, as well as pharmaceutical companies, government agencies for health, and UN offices.
Despite these facts, Rick Simpson continues to successfully treat in excess of 5,000 patients thus far (free of charge), and believes that all forms of disease and conditions are treatable.
He states that it is common to have all types of cancer and diseases cured with the use of high quality hemp oil as a treatment.
Rick has treated patients will all types of conditions including, but not limited to, cancer, AIDS, arthritis, multiple sclerosis, diabetes, leukemia, Crohn's disease, depression, osteoporosis, psoriasis, insomnia, glaucoma, asthma, burns, migraines, regulation of body weight, chronic pain, and mutated cells (polyps, warts, tumors).
The documentary "Run From The Cure" was made by Christian Laurette in 2008 and shares Rick Simpson's story. The movie features interviews with people who were cured by Rick's oil, but were refused from testifying on Rick's behalf in the Supreme Court of Canada in his 2007 trial. This video documentary does a great job explaining the medicinal benefits of hash oil.
"I want people to know how to heal themselves."
Rick Simpson has proven many times over that the oral ingestion of hemp oil seeks out, and destroys cancer cells in the body, however when the oil is administered topically directly onto the effected area, it controls and even cures various types of skin conditions such as melanomas; it has also been shown to shrink malignant tumours more effectively than any other pharmaceutically designed medecine available today.
This is an extremely safe medication compared to the hundreds of drugs being approved every year without any safety studies being presented to conclude their legitimacy, many patients experience horrible side effects from these illegitimate 'approved' drugs which often includes death.
FACT: Not one single person has ever died from the use of cannabis in it's entire 10,000+ years of recorded usage. And yet it remains illegal? What type of insane system are we truly living in here?
The people of this world seriously need to start questioning these politicians and legislators as to why they are so insistent on making it illegal for people to be able to cure themselves of diseases such as cancer and autism; we seriously need to begin demanding that these political leaders explain to us why they are supporting the prohibition of this highly medicinal substance which cures and treats literally hundreds of diseases. We must begin demanding that these politicians and legislators preventing people from curing themselves of diseases be committed for a psychiatric evaluation because they are clearly stark raving insane and they are clearly unfit to be in any position of authority or legislative power.
Rick Simpson's Hash Oil Recipe:
Start with one ounce of dried herb. One ounce will typically produce 3-4 grams of oil, although the amount of oil produced per ounce will vary strain to strain. A pound of dried material will yield about two ounces of high quality oil.
VERY IMPORTANT: These instructions are directly summarized from Rick Simpson's website. Exercise caution when boiling solvent off [or use the solvent-free option], the flames are extremely flammable. You MUST avoid smoking, sparks, stove-tops, and hot heating elements. Set up a fan to blow fumes away from the pot, and always ensure the area is well ventilated during the entire process. Although the preparation process itself is not detrimentally toxic, one must still exercise caution when dealing with heat and utilize the appropriate safety equipment.
1. Place the completely dry material in a plastic bucket.
2. Dampen the material with a solvent. Many solvents can be used, but solvent-free products are also available. You can use pure naphtha, ether, butane, 99% isopropyl alcohol, or even water. Two gallons of solvent is required to extract the THC from one pound, and 500 ml is enough for an ounce.
3. Crush the plant material using a stick of clean, untreated wood or something similar. Although the material will be damp, it will still be relatively easy to crush because it's so dry.
4. Continue to crush the material with the stick, add solvent until the plant material is completely covered and soaked. Keep stirring the mixture for about three minutes. As you do this, the THC separates into the solvent.
5. Pour the solvent oil into another bucket, use a thin cloth or a pillowcase as a filter to catch the plant material. At this stage you have successfully stripped the cannabis plant of about 80% of its THC, isolating it in the liquid solution inside the bucket.
6. Second wash: again add solvent to the cannabis plant mixture and work for another three minutes to extract the remaining THC.
7. Pour this solvent oil mix into the bucket again containing the first mix that was previously poured out. Remember to use the filter to catch the dry product.
8. You can now discard the twice washed plant material as it's now virtually useless.
9. Pour the solvent oil mixture through a coffee filter into a clean container, this purifies the product even further.
10. Boil the solvent off: a rice cooker will boil the solvent off nicely, and will hold over a half gallon of solvent mixture.
CAUTION: Avoid stove-tops, red hot elements, sparks, cigarettes, fires and open flames as the fumes are extremely flammable.
REMEMBER: You're aiming for a low, gentle and slowly generating simmering heat source (Rice Cookers are perfect). We're not aiming for a nuclear infused volcanic inferno that'll blow up half the universe here guys so please be careful.
11. Add solvent to a rice cooker until it is about ¾ full and turn on HIGH heat. Make sure you are in a well-ventilated area and set up a fan to carry the solvent fumes away. Continue to add mixture to cooker as solvent evaporates until you have added it all to the cooker.
12. As the level in the rice cooker decreases for the last time, add a few drops of water (about 10 drops of water for a pound of dry material). This will help to release the solvent residue, and protect the oil from too much heat.
13. When there is about one inch of solvent-water mixture in the rice cooker, put on your oven mitts and pick the unit up and swirl the contents until the solvent has finished boiling off.
14. When the solvent has been boiled off, turn the cooker to LOW heat. At no point should the oil ever reach over 290˚ F or 140˚ C.
15. Keep your oven mitts on and remove the pot containing the oil from the rice cooker. Gently pour the oil into a stainless steel container
16. Place the stainless steel container in a dehydrator, or put it on a gentle heating device such as a coffee warmer. It may take a few hours but the water and volatile terpenes will be evaporated from the oil. When there is no longer any surface activity on the oil, it is ready for use.
17. Suck the oil up in a plastic syringe, or in any other container you see fit. A syringe will make the oil easy to dispense. When the oil cools completely it will have the consistency of thick grease.
Rick Simpson states that hemp oil rejuvenates vital organs, and that it is not uncommon for people to report the oil makes them feel 20 to 30 years younger only a short while after beginning treatment.
In a message from Rick on his website, he proclaims, "Once the public becomes aware of the fact that properly made hemp medicine can cure or control practically any medical condition, who is going to stand up against the use of hemp?"
"We are at the dawn of a new age in medicine and a new day for mankind. Not only can hemp save the world, it can eliminate a great deal of human suffering and can even put an end to starvation. So what are we waiting for?"


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I would love to Pin your "when we grow up" shot. It's an AMAZING idea!!! Is that ok??
Beautiful! <3
Thank you thank you!!! Linked it back to you of course!!! You are super inspiring. Thanks for sharing your talent and following your dreams!
I teach Kindergarten, this is such a cute idea!! I would loveto do this!!
What a fantastic idea. I've taught for fifteen years, and would love to do this as a keepsake. Can you please tell me where you found the chalkboard that looked like a quote box or did you add it to the picture you took? If you don't mind sharing I would certainly appreciate it.
Absolutely love your work. You have a fabulous eye!
Beautiful! I am so glad you did not make them change their answers. I'm sure many 10 year olds are not thinking seriously (adult-style) of a career. Wonderful! can I "steal" your idea for the 2012-2013 school year? 🙂
You have beautiful work! I would love to do this idea for my class next year. Did you create a template in photoshop to get the square layout or did you use a different program? Thanks for creating! Smiles
Would love to "borrow" your "When I Grow Up" idea for our school auction coming up in October. My 4th graders would love to see themselves framed. Can I ask how large the finished product was? Thanks:-)
LOVE! May I recreate for my 3rd graders!? I think it's so important to teach them to think ahead about education for life and making positive goals rather than what many schools do and have them dream of 'passing a test'. Beautiful pictures!
Brilliant! Absolutely, what I have been looking for. May I recreate for our 5th graders page? Simple yet self explanatory.
I love your "When we grow up" project and am going to try it with my 5th graders!
Did you use an actual chalkboard cut out like that, or chalkboard paper/paint on cardboard?
This is such a great idea, and I'm attempting it recreate it for my son's 3rd grade class. I found how to make your own blackboard speech bubble's as a project online, but it sounds like you just photoshopped the speech bubbles on the photos rather than having the kids actually hold it up for the picture? either way, it is a wonderful idea.. I'm sure mine wont come out as great as yours but I will try!


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To stay as accurate as possible, we'll start off with the weather overseas.
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Top right: NAO Forecast
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Bottom right: EPO Forecast
A quick refresher on the PNA and NAO...
The Pacific North American index involves what the atmosphere does in the northeast Pacific and the western coast of North America. When we see a stormy pattern in place over these regions, we call such a pattern a negative PNA, due to the below normal height anomalies in this region. In a similar sense, when high pressure dominates that same region, we call that a positive PNA. A negative PNA will bend the jet stream to give the storms to the Plains and the Deep South regions, frequently initiating high pressure system formations over the Central US. A Positive PNA will bring about an opposite response to high pressure (HP) over the West, and will have the stormy pattern evolve over the East US.
The North Atlantic Oscillation involves the presence of a high pressure system over Greenland (negative NAO) or the presence of a low pressure system over Greenland (positive NAO). In the negative NAO, the jet stream will buckle into the Northeast to allow storms and cold to thrive in that region. The positive NAO denies this region any of these benefits.
Glancing over this four-panel forecast, we find that the PNA is expected to stay positive throughout the entire forecast period. This will allow for high pressure to reside in the West, which would usually give way to a cold period in the Central and East US. However, on the next panel, the positive NAO projection tells us this ridge will be allowed to bleed east into those aforementioned areas, keeping most of the country warmer than normal.
The positive WPO and EPO, both Pacific teleconnections, are good for cold weather prospects in the Central and East US, but until that positive NAO ends, we're likely stuck with a warm period.
Wait... so you're predicting some good cold shots, but also a warm period for the same timeframe?
The idea I'm getting right now is that the next 10-15 days of December are looking predominantly warm. However, in between those warm spells, some cold air outbreaks (not intense, but still noticeable) may be expected. This is a pretty turbulent forecast period, since I'm experiencing a good deal of uncertainty.
* For those of you who have been following on Facebook and were confused by my analog postings last night, please disregard those postings and go with this article as your guide to my expectations.
To summarize:
- A cold spell may be expected in a December 12-16 period.
- Warmth will then follow in December 16-20th, roughly.
- Around December 19-23 and beyond, the risk of below-normal temperatures may return, but uncertainty is high.
- The overall pattern remains generally unfavorable for sustained cold weather.


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Four Movements in the History of Socially Engaged Buddhism and Their Central Contributions
by Donald Rothberg and Alan Senauke
What is socially engaged Buddhism? It is Dharma practice that flows from the understanding of the complete yet complicated interdependence of all life. It is the practice of the Bodhisattva vow to save all beings. It is to know that the liberation of ourselves and the liberation of others are inseparable. It is to transform ourselves as we transform all our relationships and our larger society. It is work at times from the inside out and at times from the outside in, depending on the needs and conditions. It is to see the world through the eye of Dharma and to respond empathically and actively with compassion.
The history of socially engaged Buddhism provides those of us following such a path with many resources. In the limited space of this essay, we want to explore brief histories of four key movements and some of their leaders (of course, we might easily have focused on other movements and exemplary figures), identifying how each movement develops a core intention that can deeply inform our engaged practice
We have chosen first to look at the Indian movement of the Untouchables against systemic oppression based on caste, led in the first half of the 20th century by Dr. Ambedkar and continuing to this day. We then explore the Sarvodaya movement in Sri Lanka, founded by Dr. Ariyaratne and guided by a Gandhian vision of intertwining personal and community development based on shared work and practice. Thirdly, we focus on the Vietnamese Buddhist movement during the war and the work of Thich Nhat Hanh, Chan Khong, and others to widen the scope of Buddhist practice, developing a deeply influential understanding of nondual social action and conflict transformation. Finally, we move to North America to examine the work of the Buddhist Peace Fellowship (BPF), growing from Robert Aitken Roshi's broad notion of decentralized and self-regulated Buddhist communities into a variety of organizational forms.
Dr. Ambedkar and the Movement of Untouchables in India: Responding to Institutionalized Oppression
Bhimrao R. Ambedkar was born in 1891 in Central India, what is now Maharastra. Though his family came from the Hindu untouchable Mahar caste—subject to intense economic and social discrimination—Ambedkar's father, a non-commissioned officer in the Indian colonial army, found places for his children at the government school. But the reality of discrimination meant that Mahar children were ignored by their teachers, and literally compelled to sit outside the classroom. Ambedkar later reflected:
My poor untouchable brothers live in a condition worse then the slaves. Slaves were at least touched by their lords. Our very touch has been deemed a sin. Not even a British government has been able to do anything for us. Formerly we could not even enter the temples.
Ambedkar was brilliant student, and in 1907, he was among the first untouchable youth to enter the University of Bombay, later receiving a fellowship to study Political Science at Columbia University. By the time he re-established himself in India, he had PhD's from Columbia and the London School of Economics, and had been admitted to the British Bar. But Ambedkar was once again confronted with discrimination; upper caste lawyers and clerks would not meet with him. However, his reputation among the Untouchables (or Dalits) was growing quickly.
Ambedkar's original public focus was on improving the position of Untouchables within and in opposition to the constraints of the British colonial system. Over time, however, he came to see that the entrenched Hindu caste system, an almost insurmountable social and economic obstacle for Dalits, was not about to disappear quickly, despite pious intentions and legal reform. So he began to study systematically the various world religions, seeking a spiritual path that would lead to social equality, and attempting to understand the religious roots of institutional oppression. At a 1935 Mahar rally he said: "I say to you, abandon Hinduism and adopt any other religion which gives you equality of status and treatment."
As India moved towards independence, Ambedkar was often highly critical of Gandhi and the Congress Party. Yet despite his controversial views, he was an exemplary jurist and scholar. At independence in 1947, the Congress-led government invited him to serve as the nation's first law minister and later was charged to write India's new Constitution.
By 1947, he had also seriously turned his attention to Buddhism as an egalitarian faith, native to India. Researching early Buddhism, Ambedkar found that the rigorous dialogue, process, and democratic basis of sangha life provided a solid grounding for this new constitution. Still, on presenting this constitution he wrote:
Democracy's life is based on the liberty, equality and fraternity; there is a total lack of equality in India. We have equality in politics, but inequality reigns in the sphere of society and economics. How can a people be divided into thousands of castes and sub-castes be a nation? The way to grow strong and united is to remove all such barriers.
In 1956, Ambedkar publicly converted to Buddhism, receiving the traditional Three Refuges and Five Precepts from a senior Buddhist monk. Then Ambedkar himself turned and offered the refuges and precepts to the nearly 400,000 Dalits in attendance. However, only six weeks following this historic conversion, he passed away, three days after he had completed his abiding work, The Buddha and His Dhamma.
His untimely death left a void of leadership among the Dalits that took years to fill. Ambedkar reframed traditional Buddhism—emphasizing its social teachings, and the understanding of karma as moral opportunity rather than fate —in ways that would clearly resonate with and uplift the oppressed and dispossessed. Much like Martin Luther King, Jr. and other civil rights leaders, and like many now working to connect Buddhist practice and attention to various forms of oppression—linked with race, ethnicity, class, gender, and sexual orientation—Ambedkar saw the inseparability of spirituality and social liberation.
Ambedkar's contemporary legacy can be seen among millions of ex-Untouchables and hundreds of communities and organizations, some highly political and some religious. TBMSG (Trailokya Bauddha Mahasangha Sahayaka Gana) represents an impressive non-sectarian network of Buddhist communities across India, in which dharma and social service are closely entwined. TBMSG provides grassroots, indigenously-led meditation retreats and Buddhist training for thousands of Dalits, many of them living in urban slums. Meditation and practice inform TBMSG's social work—childcare, schools, literacy projects and the development of libraries, medical programs, and training for self-sufficiency and livelihood. After nearly thirty years, a new generation of Dalit leaders is emerging in TBMSG, building new and confident Dharma communities in India for the first time since Buddhism's decline there nearly a thousand years ago. And there have also been initial connections between Dalits and Buddhist People of Color in the United States, sharing some of their experiences and ways of practicing.
Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne and Buddhist-Based Community Development
If Ambedkar's vision was about linking spirituality to a movement for the rights of a downtrodden people, then Dr. A.T. Ariyaratne and the Sarvodaya movement point to the importance of what we might call community development.
Dr. Ariyaratne, or Ari, as he is familiarly known, was born in November 1931 in Galle, Sri Lanka. His middle-class family was devoted to education and Buddhism, and the young Ariyaratne advanced through school quickly. In 1956, he was hired as a science teacher at the prestigious Nalanda College. In that first year, on his own, he surveyed the Rodiya communities of Untouchables living in terrible poverty. The following year Ariyaratne visited rural Gandhian communities across India, meeting and traveling with Gandhi's famed disciple, Vinoba Bhave. Vinoba had formed a nonviolent social movement based on giving (particularly land), for which he used the Gandhian term, Sarvodaya, or "the welfare of all." This social-spiritual vision deeply influenced Ariyaratne.
Returning to Sri Lanka, he reflected on how these principles might guide a form of communal action that he called shramadana, "a gift of labor." In December 1958, Ariyaratne, along with a group of Nalanda students and teachers, organized the first shramadana work camp in the Rodiya village of Kanatoluwa. With the villagers themselves, they surveyed the area, assessed resources, discussed what needed to be done, and clarified the spiritual principles supporting the project. After the first project's success, requests for shramadana camps soon came in from numerous impoverished villages. As these camps developed, they created new local infrastructures, based on the empowerment of all involved. Dr. Ariyaratne was finding that his amalgam of Buddhist and Gandhian principles and practices was working very well, as they were building roads, clinics, and schools in cooperation with local peoples. Their motto was: "We build the road and the road builds us."
From these seeds, an organization— Sarvodaya—grew to become the largest grassroots development network in Sri Lanka. Today, this network comprises some 15,000 villages and 34 Sarvodaya district offices.
In their work, Dr. Ariyaratne and his partners in Sarvodaya reframe the teaching of the Four Noble Truths, giving it a social interpretation designed to resolve community problems, asking: "What is the problem? What are the roots of the problem? What is the solution? How do we get there?"
The first truth, the truth of suffering and unsatisfactoriness, translates as the fact of a village in trouble. The scholar George Bond writes, "This concrete form of suffering becomes the focus of mundane awakening. Villagers should recognize the problems in their environment such as poverty, disease, oppression, and disunity." Understanding the second truth, the origin of suffering, is to see the role of factors like greed, hatred, and selfishness. The third truth is that the villagers' suffering can cease. The means to solve the problem lies in the fourth truth, the Eightfold Path. This truth encompasses all the shared abilities, wisdom, and efforts of the community, organized for its own liberation. Dr. Ariyaratne writes: "The struggle for external liberation is the struggle of internal liberation from greed, hatred, and ignorance, at the same time."
Sarvodaya has also played a vital peacemaking role in the context of the violent civil war in Sri Lanka that erupted starting in 1983. It has carried out the difficult and dangerous work of creating connections across Buddhist Sinhalese and Hindu Tamil lines, creating a peace movement based on such connections, although the risks have been great. At the first BPF Summer Institute in 1991, Ari told us how Sinahalese nationalists come into his home office with guns drawn, ready to kill him. His response was to say: "Well, you can do that if you wish to, but please explain to me how that is going to be a resolution to the suffering you've experienced." They left without harming him or anyone else.
More than 100,000 young people are involved in Shanthi Sena, the nonviolent peace brigade, responding to inter-religious and inter-communal strife. They have organized huge peace gatherings in the last 10 years; in 2002, some 650,000 people met and meditated together in support of the recently enacted peace accords and ceasefire. Sarvodaya has also played a huge and highly-praised role in the wake of the December 2004 tsunami. Tens of thousands of volunteers brought material, psychological, and spiritual help to devastated villages, and are continuing to support their rebuilding.
The work of Dr. Ariyaratne and Sarvodaya has had a significant impact on many Western engaged Buddhists, in part through Ari's regular visits to BPF and sanghas in North America. Joanna Macy, to give another example, spent a year with Sarvodaya in 1979-1980, which deeply impacted her own highly influential work in developing groups, organizations, and communities able to open to and transform the pain of the world, and in articulating social interpretations of many of the core Buddhist teachings and practices.
Thich Nhat Hanh and the Vietnamese Buddhist Movement: Non-Dual Conflict Transformation in the Midst of War
There is a long history of an engaged approach to Buddhism in Vietnam that goes back over 1000 years, often connected with the defense of the country and the people, and offering many examples of engagement as a place of practice, liberation, and social change. Hence, when a new wave of engaged Buddhism emerged in the 1930s, in large part aiming to end French colonialism (France had invaded Vietnam in 1858), there was considerable historical resonance.
According to Thich Minh Duc, there were three broad phases of the engaged movement in Vietnam. The first, starting in the 1930s, was called "Buddhism for Everybody" (Nhan Gian Phat Giao); the intention was to bring Buddhist teachings and practices out of the monasteries, to help guide daily life. The second, starting in the 1950s in the midst of war, was called "Buddhism Goes into the World" (Phat Giao Nhap). This was expressed especially through service—to meet the basic needs of the people, particularly refugees, for shelter, food, education, and medical care. The third phase, "Getting Involved" (Da'n Than), started after the crackdown on Buddhism in 1963, and involved explicit activism, intended especially to stop the war and the persecution of Buddhists.
Thich Nhat Hanh, born in 1926, participated in all three phases. After entering the Tu Hieu monastery in Hue at 17, he soon rebelled against the limited monastic curriculum, and moved to Saigon where he could connect traditional Buddhism with the exploration of contemporary literature and philosophy. In the 1950s and early 1960s, he founded or co-founded several communities and centers of Buddhist studies and activism, the School of Youth for Social Service, and the Tiep Hien Order, for practitioners of engaged Buddhism. He also was very involved in speaking and acting against the war. After his 1966 Western speaking tour (during which he met Thomas Merton and Martin Luther King, Jr., influencing significantly King's decision to speak out on Vietnam in 1967), he was forced to begin his life in exile, advised by Buddhist leaders in Vietnam not to return, for fear of assassination or imprisonment.
In the years since then, he and a number of collaborators, particularly Chan Khong, have articulated a highly influential interpretation of engaged Buddhism, particularly centered on a non-dual approach to transforming conflicts. While there were significant aspects of the Buddhist movement that reflected an often dualistic anti-French and anti-American nationalism, the non-dual approach was central, especially through 1966.
We can formulate six basic elements of such non-dual conflict transformation:
Pointing to the Dualistic System of Conflict: The leaders of the Buddhist movement identified the roots of the war in the struggle between apparent polar opposites (Communists versus Capitalists), that reflected the projections of the superpowers onto Vietnam. Their intention was to transform this oppressive system of conflict, which they saw as the source of immense suffering.
Not Taking Sides: Their strategy was to avoid taking sides between the two extremes, thus pointing beyond the dualistic conflict. They did not posit either of the sides as the "enemy" or "oppressor." According to Thich Nhat Hanh,
The Vietnam War was, first and foremost, an ideological struggle. To ensure our people's survival, we had to overcome both communist and anticommunist fanaticism and maintain the strictest neutrality. Buddhists tried their best to speak for all the people and not take sides, but we were condemned as "pro-communist neutralists."
Grounding in the Ethics of Non-Harming: Their commitment to the ethics of non-harming, of nonviolence, which was generally followed in the Buddhist movement, expressed the basic Buddhist ethical precepts, their refusal to take sides in a violent conflict, and a strategy for peacemaking through ending the cycles of violence.
Responding to Suffering: Their focus was in large part to respond to suffering—of the people, of the war, and of the two sides. Thich Nhat Hanh comments: "We were able to understand the suffering of both sides, the Communists and the anti-Communists. We tried to be open to both . . . to be one with them."
Not Taking Sides Does Not Mean Not Responding: Through their actions, they showed that not taking sides in a dualistic conflict does not at all necessarily mean standing aside or not acting. Those in the Buddhist movement rebuilt homes and schools, dispensed medical care and set up clinics, helped with refugees, and demonstrated to end the conflict.
The Aim is Reconciliation, Not Victory: Their long-term intention was not the defeat of one of the two sides (taken as an "enemy"), but reconciliation. Such efforts required considerable patience and the "long view." Thich Minh Duc comments, "We did not think that by demonstrating we'd turn things around immediately. Rather, we had to look to the long-term process of practice (tu). Tu means to transform bad to good—today one inch, tomorrow another inch. . . . For one hundred years, we were controlled by the French. We knew that it would take years to untie the knot."
Robert Aitken Roshi and Buddhist Peace Fellowship: Developing a Network of Decentralized Spiritual Communities
BPF was born in 1977 on the back porch of Robert Aitken's Maui Zendo. This informal circle of practitioners was appalled by another American proxy war in Central America, and by the flourishing arms race. Originally, their idea was to organize a chapter of the nonviolent Fellowship of Reconciliation (FOR). But FOR, which has separate fellowships for different faiths, suggested they start a "Buddhist Peace Fellowship." Co-founders Nelson Foster, Robert and Anne Aitken, and other local Zen friends were soon joined by other Western Buddhists drawn to social engagement, including Gary Snyder, Joanna Macy, Jack Kornfield, Tai Unno, Al Bloom, Ryo Imamura, and others.
In the early years the BPF was a loose ecumenical network, linked by friendship and common purpose, with members clustered especially in Hawaii and the San Francisco Bay Area. Within three years the network had grown to several hundred members, moved its office to Berkeley, hired a part-time coordinator, formed the first chapters, and organized several conferences and meetings. The newsletter, edited by Nelson Foster, then Fred Eppsteiner, and then Arnie Kotler, became more professional in appearance. In time, under Susan Moon's astute editing, Turning Wheel was born, documenting a growing engaged Buddhist movement.
By the time BPF began, Robert Aitken had been an activist for decades, speaking out on labor issues, nuclear disarmament, and opposition to war. For some years he was a tax resistor. Aitken also had a long background in Buddhist practice, which had its origin in his three years in an internment camp in Japan during World War II. By chance the well-known teacher and translator R.H. Blyth was interned in the same camp, and in the course of their captivity, Aitken received a vivid introduction to Zen, haiku, and literature in general. After the war, he took up Zen practice with Nyogen Senzaki in Los Angeles, studying in Japan in the early 1950s. In 1959 Robert and Anne Aitken founded what was to become the Diamond Sangha in their home in Honolulu, which continues to be Koko-An Zendo.
Aitken Roshi's study of anarchist writing—Proudhon, Kropotkin, Landauer, Emma Goldman, and many others—reinforced his belief in personal autonomy, decentralization, and spiritual community. These are principles which are also the essence of Buddhist sangha:
The traditional Sangha serves as a model for enterprise in this vision. A like-minded group of five can be a Sangha. It can grow to a modest size, split into autonomous groups and then network. As autonomous lay Buddhist associations, these little communities will not be Sanghas in the classical sense, but will be inheritors of the name and of many of the original intentions. They will also be inheritors of the Base Community movements in Latin America and the Philippines—Catholic networks that are inspired by traditional religion and also by l9th century anarchism.
Unlike the visions of Ambedkar, Ariyaratne, and Thich Nhat Hanh, Aitken's intention for BPF was not the creation of a new mass organization or religious order, but a web of like-minded Buddhist activists. So there were, and are, local BPF chapters functioning with great autonomy, bound by their mutual practice. This is a small step in the direction of what Aitken Roshi calls Buddhist Anarchism, which itself is a small step towards the healthy remaking of society. Aitken Roshi frequently cites the old Wobbly (Industrial Workers of the World) motto: "Build the new within the shell of the old."
Aside from addressing the pressing realities of U.S. militarism and the encroachment of an all-devouring corporate capitalism, BPF early on was drawn to matters of religious freedom and human rights in Asia. In the first BPF newsletters, one reads about the plight of Tibet, religious suppression in Vietnam, and the oppression of tribal Buddhists in Bangladesh. And just as we are still wrestling with the depredations of militarism and global capitalism, it is interesting to see we have many of the same international concerns today as thirty years ago.
BPF has grown from that initial vision as straight and true as we could manage. The network of decentralized communities remains, and BPF's Buddhist Alliance for Social Engagement (BASE) program, founded by Diana Winston and named to reflect affinity with the Catholic base community movement, has organized or facilitated over 30 6-month trainings for small, autonomous groups of practitioners. BPF's many other projects have included working in prisons, organizing youth, investigating race and diversity, and seeding social activism in countless Buddhist centers and sanghas in America. Its mission is limitless, like the bodhisattva vows themselves:
• To make clear public witness to Buddhist practice and interdependence as a
way of peace and protection for all beings;
• To raise peace, environmental, feminist, and social justice concerns among
North American Buddhists;
• To bring a Buddhist perspective of non-duality to contemporary social action and environmental movements;
• To encourage the practice of nonviolence based on the rich resources of traditional Buddhist and Western spiritual teachings; and
• To offer avenues for dialogue and exchange among the diverse North American and world sanghas.
Donald Rothberg, a member of the Spirit Rock Teachers Council and the faculty of Saybrook Graduate School, is the author of The Engaged Spiritual Life: A Buddhist Approach to Transforming Ourselves and the World. He directs "The Path of Engagement," a two-year Spirit Rock training program in socially engaged Buddhism.
Alan Senauke is vice-abbot of Berkeley Zen Center, senior advisor to Buddhist Peace Fellowship, and founder of the Clear View Project providing Buddhist-based resources for relief and social change. In his spare time, Alan is a father, musician, writer, and activist.
This essay is based on a presentation by Alan and Donald at the May 2008 Path of Engagement retreat at Spirit Rock.
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State Common Law Carbon Dioxide Liability Claims: Premonitions of Preemption (and Dismissal)
[author: J. Wylie Donald]
Left open by the Supreme Court's decision in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, 131 S. Ct. 2527 (2011),was the question of whether state law nuisance claims for the emission of carbon dioxide were viable in the face of the Clean Air Act. That question continued to be answered in the negative with the decision of the Western District of Pennsylvania last month in Bell v. Cheswick Generating Station, GenOn Power Midwest, L.P.(W.D. Penn. Oct. 12, 2012) (attached), which was appealed to the Third Circuit the Friday before Thanksgiving.1
In Bell, plaintiffs, neighbors to defendant's coal-fired electricity generating plant, filed suit alleging:
that the [defendant's] atmospheric emissions fall upon their properties and leave a film of
either black dust (i.e., unburned coal particulate/unburned coal combustion byproduct) or white
powder (i.e., fly ash). According to the Plaintiffs, those discharges require them to constantly
clean their properties, preclude them from full use and enjoyment of their land, and "make
[them] prisoners in their own homes." Order at 2.
Plaintiffs further alleged that defendant did not use best available technology and was damaging the plaintiffs' properties, an outcome not permitted by defendant's Permit to Operate. Id.at 3. As to legal theories, plaintiffs alleged nuisance, negligence and recklessness, trespass and strict liability. Id.
Defendant moved to dismiss, asserting, among other things, that the claims were preempted by the Clean Air Act. Id. at 5. The court agreed.
Plaintiffs had attempted to distance themselves from their complaint, which had criticized defendants for failing to comply with their Clean Air Act permit and sought injunctive relief. They asserted in their papers that "[t]he Defendant is allowed to emit whatever millions of pounds of emissions the [EPA] has decided for Defendant but Defendant is not allowed by those emissions granted [to] it by the [EPA] to damage private property." Id. at 8.
The court was not buying: "A review of the Complaint reveals that the allegations of Plaintiffs, as pleaded, assert various permit violations and seek a judicial examination of matters governed by the regulating administrative bodies. … Thus, the Court reads the Plaintiffs' Complaint, including its common law claims, as necessarily speaking to and attacking emission standards." Id. at 10.
The court specifically noted that the Supreme Court, in American Electric Power Co. v. Connecticut, had held that "the Clean Air Act preempted federal common law nuisance claims as a means to curb emissions from power plants." Id. at 12 (citing 131 S. Ct. at 2540). It also noted, however, that the Court had not ruled on state law nuisance claims. Those claims would depend "on the preemptive effect of the federal Act." Id. (citing 131 S. Ct. at 2540).
Did the Clean Air Act preempt state law nuisance claims? The court had little doubt and turned for authority to the Fourth Circuit's decision in N. Carolina, ex rel. Cooper v. Tennessee Valley Auth., 615 F.3d 291 (4th Cir. 2010), cert. dismissed, 132 S. Ct. 46
(2011)). In finding that "public nuisance claims were preempted because they threaten to scuttle the comprehensive regulatory and permitting regime that has developed over several decades," Order at 12-13, the Fourth Circuit held:
A field of state law, here public nuisance law, would be preempted if a scheme of federal regulation is so pervasive as to make reasonable the inference that Congress left no room for the States to supplement it. Here, of course, the role envisioned for the states has been made clear. Where Congress has chosen to grant states an extensive role in the Clean Air Act's regulatory regime through the SIP and permitting process, field and conflict preemption principles caution at a minimum against according states a wholly different role and allowing state nuisance law to contradict joint federal-state rules so meticulously drafted. Id. at 13, quoting Cooper. 615 F.3d at 303 (citations, quotation marks and alterations in original omitted).
Accordingly, because the "specific controls, equipment, and processes to which the Cheswick Generating Station is subject to are implemented and enforced by [state and federal regulators] Plaintiff's Complaint, as pled, would necessarily require this Court [the WesternDistrict]to engraft or alter those standards, and judicial interference in this regulatory realm is neither warranted nor permitted. To conclude otherwise would require an impermissible determination regarding the reasonableness of an otherwise government regulated activity." Id. at 14. Thus, plaintiffs' claims were pre-empted.
Plaintiffs had one slim hope. The Clean Air Act contains a "savings clause", which provides "[n]othing in this section shall restrict any right which any person (or class of persons) may have under any statute or common law to seek enforcement of any emission standard or limitation or to seek any other relief (including relief against the Administrator or a State agency)." 42 U.S.C. § 7604(e). This too had been considered in Cooper and rejected. Order at 14, citing15 F.3d at 303-04. Further, the Supreme Court had spoken on savings clauses as well: "As we have said, a federal statute's saving clause cannot in reason be construed as allowing a common law right, the continued existence of which would be absolutely inconsistent with the provisions of the act." Id. at 14, quoting AT&T Mobility LLC v. Concepcion, 131 S. Ct. 1740, 1748 (2011). Thus, the court found that "Based on the extensive and comprehensive regulations promulgated by the administrative bodies which govern air emissions from electrical generation facilities, the Court finds and rules that to permit the common law claims would be inconsistent with the dictates of the Clean Air Act." Id. at 15.
Accordingly, notwithstanding the suggestion by the Supreme Court in American Electric Power that state law nuisance claims for carbon dioxide liability might be viable, if the Western District's analysis is correct and applicable to carbon dioxide, such claims will not survive for very long.
1Comer v. Murphy Oil USA, Inc., 839 F. Supp. 2d 849, 865 (S.D. Miss. 2012), also relied on American Electric Power and found state law nuisance claims displaced by the Clean Air Act. That court had first found that plaintiffs' claims failed due to res judicata and estoppel, and half a dozen other reasons, and its analysis of the displacement and preemption issue is not extensive.See Dismissed Means Dismissed: Comer v. Murphy Oil, the First Climate Change Liability Damages Suit, Is Tossed Again.
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