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2008 was a bountiful year in our garden. But not without its challenges: in the second year of a severe drought and with our house still under construction, the garden needed lots more time and attention than we could give it. I dream of the day when we're no longer hustling to get an indoor shower built before cold weather, for instance, at the height of the fall harvest. Despite these stumbling blocks, the rich riverbottom soil and warm mountain valley sunshine and a little well water helped the garden thrive. The earth is so generous and bountiful, even in times of drought and distraction!
Basil: We grew Genovese (some of which I am hugging in the photo below). We made lots of pesto.
Bok Choy: We planted China Choy in the fall. It was one of the heartiest greens in the cold winter months, grown under floating row cover once frosty weather set in.
Broccoli: Our spring broccoli crop produced through July or so, and we planted Waltham broccoli in our fall garden.
Brussels Sprouts: Rubine (a red Brussels Sprout!) and Catskill varieties planted in the fall garden.
Cabbage: We grew a few heads from our spring planting and were much more ambitious in the fall -- we planted more than 70 cabbage plants. The varieties we planted in the fall were: Early Jersey Wakefield, Filderkraut, January King, and a Chinese Cabbage called Wong Bok. I made lots of sauerkraut.
Carrots: Meridas planted in the spring; Scarlet Nantes in the Fall, both interplanted with radishes.
Cauliflower: Spurred by the success of our few spring cauliflower plants, we grew Cassius and Early Snowball in our fall garden.
Celery: This is the first year I've ever grown Celery -- our spring plantings did great, producing celery that was a whole different animal from the pale storebought kind. The celery kept well in the garden -- with heavy mulching we were able to harvest fresh celery at Thanksgiving (after single digit nights). We'll plant celery again next spring.
Chard: We grew the fabulous "5 Color Silverbeet" in the spring followed by Rhubarb, Orange Fantasia, and Golden in the fall. We found chard to be incredibly cold hardy, particularly with a little season-extending help from floating row cover.
Collards: Our spring-planted collards are still producing in December...we're going to see if they will overwinter as collards have in past gardens of mine.
Cucumbers: We planted Japanese Long and Chinese Yellow in the spring...the Chinese Yellow plants had a burst of productivity and then died from unknown causes. The Japanese Longs were extremely productive and bore cukes well into September -- many of these became brined and refrigerator-pickled cucumbers.
Eggplant: We grew Turkish Orange eggplant with very unimpressive results. The flea beetles were on the scene early on, and the plants never really thrived. We did harvest a few eggplant, but all in all I would say it wasn't worth the garden space.
Garlic: In July we harvested 7 varieties--a total of about 33 pounds of garlic (some of which is pictured at left).
All of these originally came from Filaree Farm, though some are second generation (saved from our crop last year). I really like the flavor of German Brown. Thanks to MF for teaching us about tying up garlic, and to the folks at Filaree Farm for their extraordinary expertise in all things garlic-related.
In October we planted the garlic for next summer's harvest: Nootka Rose Silverskin, Chesnok Red Purple Stripe, Burgundy Creole, Idaho Silver, Pescadero Red Creole, Georgian Crystal Porcelain, Native Creole, Spanish Roja, Siberian Marbled Purple Stripe, Polish Hardneck, Inchelium Red, Killarney Red, and Silverwhite Silverskin.
All together in the Fall of 2008, we planted about 1500 garlic cloves for 2009 harvest.
Gourds: We grew Cucuzzi Italian Edible, which was worth growing just for the visual effect in the garden. The beautiful plants with their velvety soft leaves grew up and out, covering our 8-foot high trellises and reaching up to the sky. The flower is a delicate white bloom, and the plants flowered well into October. The fruit is a crazy, huge, long green thing which never failed to elicit startled comments from garden visitors (including my sister Mary, pictured at left). The foliage, flower, and fruit made Cucuzzi a great garden ornamental, and the young gourds were tasty eaten like summer squash.
Kale: Dino and Green planted in the spring; Dino and Red Russian planted in the fall. All were hearty and prolific as kale usually is.
Lambsquarters: Cultivar Magenta Spreen (above) and lots and lots of wild volunteers.
Leeks: We planted Giant Musselburgh and Varna in the fall garden.
Lettuces: Spring plantings produced through July or so; fall starts of Winter Density, Winterwunder, Italienscher Looseleaf, and Territorial's Wild Garden Mix produced great salads from September through December. Winter Density was the most cold-hearty, thriving under row cover.
Melon: Tigger produced a paltry and not very flavorful crop. We will take the advice of old-time farmers around here and not waste too much time on melons in the future.
Okra: Fife Creek produced the most beautiful and tender okra; we grew several other varieties as well. All were prolific and great for pickling and frying.
Onions: Over the summer, we did a trial of storage onion sets that I bought from Patryk Battle at the FBFC Farmers Market, and were so impressed with how they did that we planted Walla Walla, Long Red Florence, and Hi-Ball in the fall garden from seed that we started in cell packs, and also bought transplants from groworganic.com -- Red Torpedo, Red Crimson, Stockton Yellow, Solano White, and more Walla Walla. Of these 5 varieties, we planted a total of 250 sets in October. Our fall plantings also included French Red Shallots and White Multiplier Onions (perennial onions) from Southern Exposure Seed Exchange.
Parsley: We grew lots of Italian Flat Leaf.
Sorrel: I bought one plant from Barry and the FBFC farmer's market produced plenty for cooking and pestos this summer, and has grown to enormous proportions. It is a perennial, so let's hope that next year it expands its reach even more and we'll have sorrel to share.
- Cream Sausage-a very pale yellow roma-shaped funny looking, great tasting tomato
- Orange Banana - a pretty orange roma-shaped tomato with amazing flavor. This was by far the heaviest producer of the tomatoes we planted, and seemed to producing longer despite blight.
- Golden Sunray - a very yummy yellow slicer
- Emerald Evergreen-looks like high art when sliced, and so sweet! I love this tomato. It kept producing into October and was probably the most beautiful tomato we grew for serving sliced.
- Persimmon-a perfect delicate, small orange tomato--really looks like a persimmon
- Belize Pink Heart-it's so pretty that I can't leave it out. An excellent gift tomato, and a very good slicer.
- Pruden's Purple - the biggest, most buxom, bodacious, voluptuous sandwich tomato we grew
- And of course the all-time favorite: "Goldies" - those amazing dark orange cherry tomatoes known in the seed catalog world as Sungold Cherry. KT describes the Goldies as "a dessert tomato" and that's how sweet they are. They are my mom's favorite thing about our garden, and I would grow them just for her if for no other reason
Including the tomatoes we picked green at the end of the season to ripen on our windowsill throughout the month of October, we were eating fresh tomatoes through November 1.
Winter Squash: We grew Waltham Butternut and a surprise pumpkin.
Nettles, puffball mushrooms, meadow mushrooms (pictured above), wild lambsquarters, dandelions, black walnuts, sumac, blackberries, autumn olives, and crabapples.


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The season 3 premiere of Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots began with a bang – literally! The hour-long episode packed in new romances, affairs, violence, tons of alcohol, and of course a single gunshot. Although mystery still looms even from last season, Tyler Perry left The Haves and the Have Nots fans on the edge of their seats, with even more questions still yet to be answered.
But first, I'd suggest that you take the time to read Tyler Perry's The Haves and the Have Nots 2015 Spoilers: Season 3 Premiere Sneak Peak (VIDEO); it'll get you in the mood for "The Power Dance."
Now for the good stuff!
The episode starts off where last season left off: with the gunshot. Startled out of his sleep by the sound, Wyatt Cryer gets up, checks his room, and then ventures out into the other rooms of the house hoping to figure out the origin of the noise. After finding both Katheryn and Amanda Cryer sleeping peacefully in bed, he goes downstairs and discovers the door is cracked. He doesn't find anything mysterious, other than his father, Jim Cryer's, cellphone lying on the ground, so he picks it up and goes back inside. He goes to his father's office, but realizes he's not in the house at all. Remember, Wyatt doesn't know that his dad was kidnapped by Candice Young's goons at the end of season 2 of The Haves and the Have Nots.
Wyatt, still battling an alcohol and drug addiction, decides to relax on the couch with some liquor. After breaking his dad's pass code to his phone, he discovers text conversations between Jim and Candice and Jim and Celine, one of their maids. Assuming the worst, Wyatt gets upset and continues to drink heavily.
Meanwhile, Hanna Young was throwing a party for her son and one of Wyatt's drunken driving victims, Benny Young, who is now home from the hospital after making a full recovery. Michael, whose granddaughter, the second victim of Wyatt's actions and the fatality that landed him in that huge mess last season, was also in attendance at the party. After a few drinks, both Michael and Hanna are getting a bit flirty with each other, which Benny happens to notice and does not like at all. After Michael leaves, Benny tells Hanna that he doesn't like Michael, but she brushes him off and keeps enjoying the party.
Also in attendance was Candice, who still won't talk to her mother. Benny approaches her and asks her to try to reconcile and to persuade her that it'll be safer if she stayed at their house for the night, but she wasn't hearing it. She was too busy trying to figure out how to make Jim pay! She told Benny about "someone" was kidnapped by Jim's goons and they tried to kill the person, which is why the Cryers are such terrible people. However, Benny informs her that Katheryn Cryer was the one who moved him to the hospital that is responsible for his recovery, much to Candice's surprise.
The episode then switches to David Harrington and Maggie Day, who were about to commit adultery! However, David is too faithful of a man to sleep with Maggie; he have a little bit of alcohol in his system simply to kiss her.
Finally, we get to see a now kidnapped Judge Jim Cryer in the basement. He's telling Candice's friend, War that they won't get away with this because he's a judge and whatnot….he must have forgotten who Candice is. She doesn't care! She's probably happy that he's a local celebrity; gives her more street cred! She wanted him to see how she felt when he did this exact same thing to her. Besides, they have him in a basement in the hood. Ain't nobody trying to think about finding a judge in the hood! We'll see how he gets out of this one!
Back at the party, Hanna and Michael are in the house. By this point, Michael is super drunk, so Hanna lets him sleep it off in her bed. Again, Benny doesn't like it. He also takes the opportunity to talk to his mother about talking to Candice, but she brushes that one off too.
Then Byron, the cop that Jim hired to keep tabs on Hanna, shows up at the party. Hanna doesn't hesitate to confront him about him deceiving her. He admits to her that yes, he was hired by Jim to keep watch over her, but he wound up catching feelings and wanted to make things right. Hanna wasn't trying to hear that; she tells an obviously hurt and disappointed Byron to leave, and he does.
Back at the hotel, David and Maggie are still attempting to get this affair rolling. But before things go to far, David stops the whole charade and explains to Maggie how, although Veronica has her crazy moments, he loves her very much and couldn't do this her.
Although everyone breathes a sign of relief that David didn't go through with it, things are about to boil over at the Harrington house!
While David was fighting temptation at the hotel, Veronica Harrington was getting more and more angry because David wasn't returning her calls. She was getting ready to go to find David when she smelled none other than the infamous Quincy, who somehow got into her house again! Quincy grabbed Veronica by the neck and began to attempt to rape her. However, gangstress Veronica started calling out names of his family members – family members she would kill if he didn't stop messing with her. He let her go, but assured her that they would see each other again.
The Haves and the Have Nots then focuses back on Candice, who has decided to stay with Benny and Hanna – or so she says. She goes into the bedroom as if she's going to go to bed, but instead piles up a bunch of blankets and pillows to make it look like she's in bed and then sneaks out of the window.
The episode ends at the hotel. David and Maggie are still in the hotel room when Veronica, still a bit shaken up by the run-in with Quincy, shows up. David is still explaining to Maggie his feelings for is wife and how this is all wrong, Veronica is at David's room, knocking on the door. She calls his phone one more time and hears it ringing inside the room. She then calls concierge and tells them that she accidentally locked herself out and needs assistance.
There, my friends, is the end of the season premiere of The Haves and the Have Nots!
Now, I'm sure everyone is still wondering:
- What will happen to Jim?
- Will Hanna give Byron or Michael a chance?
- Is Benny right for keeping a close eye on Michael?
- What will Veronica see when she enters the hotel room?
- Who got shot?!
What did you guys think about the episode? Do you think you know who got shot?
Tune in next week for The Haves and the Have Nots on OWN at 9/8c to see what happens next! And don't forget to stop by again next week for another recap!
Join us tomorrow on Gossip & Gab for our The Haves and the Have Nots 2015 Recap! Bookmark us or friend us on Facebook or Twitter for all our latest updates.
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Thursday, November 08, 2007
Overpass Art
New Interstate 20 overpass
It takes about a year to complete a new highway overpass, including this new one that is in front of Audrey and David's old employers.
Recently Texas has been incorporating these cement reliefs, each one different, each one reflecting an aspect of the area where the overpass is built. I think it is a splendid idea and certainly more interesting than plain gray cement.
Wonder how many of these there are in the state now, and wonder what each one depicts? For now, my favorite is ours! :)
3 comments:
- Bev said...
Yes, this is an inspired idea! I bet wet cement is actually an ideal art material for making these reliefs, and the result is very sharp and clear. I like the way they have made natural things out of the ultimate utilitarian industrial material. This way the drivers get some pleasure and interest as they drive along and some artist somewhere has got the pleasure of doing it. Everyone's happy!
- Bobbie said...
I love this idea, and have seen a few of them but this is the prettiest so far. Tyler has a rose (rose city) made of cement block. The yellow truck looks like a toy in the second photo.
- Lisa Sarsfield said...
Wow, I have followed you here from the 2 things blog. I am seriously impressed. I couldn't possibly pick a favorite. You have the eyes of a camera so to speak. Seeing things as photographs instead of just things and you have obviously mastered your camera. I will be back to have a nosey through the archives later too! Can I be cheeky and ask where you got the calender style layout?
Thankyou for sharing your talent with us:)


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A Hopi father lined up all of his little sons and stood in front of them.
He then asked, "Who pushed the outhouse over the cliff?"
Nobody answered him.
He then asked again, "Who pushed the outhouse over the cliff?" ...again nobody answered.
The Hopi father said, "I'll tell you a story of George and George's father. George chopped down the cherry tree. George told the truth, Big George didn't punish George."
So the father asked again, "Who pushed the outhouse over the cliff?"
The littlest son replied, "I pushed the outhouse over the cliff."
The Hopi father then punishes his son. When he is done, the little kid asks, "George told the truth and didn't get punished. I tell the truth, I get punished. Why, father?"
The Hopi father replied, "Big George was not in the cherry tree when it got chopped down!!!"
Wednesday, January 5, 2011
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I like that Canada, the U.K., Australia and New Zealand have Easter Monday. Here in the U.S.A. it's not a holiday. I'm getting my Easter fun posts sorted and hope to have a cohesive way to store them here for my memories. Hope you all had a wonderful weekend. Hope all of you who have an extra holiday today will enjoy it to the full!
Here is how our festivities started on Friday…
We decided to hide eggs for our adult kids to find.
The hunt began…
It didn't take long for them to find all the eggs. There were 6 large plastic eggs with each of their names on them and one large golden egg. Then there were several little plastic eggs filled with candy for them to find, too. The large eggs had cold hard cash in them. The golden egg had cash, too. Our new daughter in love found the golden egg straight away!
For dinner on Friday we enjoyed a Raclette meal together. Our whole little family all together. We don't take these times for granted since Dan and Jamie live 6 hours away from us with a mountain range between us!
It was a wonderful start to a full and beautiful weekend despite some of us falling into tissue mode because of the head colds going around!
Hope the drip drip drip hasn't caught up to you! Happy Monday everyone!


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I had been using a VLF machine for some time and had found no gold, only lead from bullets and some rusted iron. I was really struggling with the VLF's inability to distinguish between hot mineralised ground and an authentic target, and was building up one Popeye-like arm from constant fruitless digging.
After watching the SDC 2300 videos and finds for a few months, then finally treated myself to an extra special Christmas present. A quick familiarisation session in the bush, (the suburban electro-magnetic interference causes the SDC to howl like a Banshee!) then I headed off to my local goldfield feeling pretty confident.
I was able to spend four full days of detecting, finally finding my first piece of gold on day one.
The four days findings proceeded as follows:
Day One – two nuggets
Day Two – three nuggets
Day Three – five nuggets
Day Four – five nuggets
Although they were not big nuggets, it all adds up. I found the SDC easy to set up and use, wasn't tiresome even by the end of the day, and cut through the hot mineralised ground like butter that the VLF machine could not handle.
This is my first pulse induction detector, and I believe the results reflect the ease of use and potential of this machine.
My current tally is 27 nuggets, all from South Australia, and cannot wait to try the SDC in Victoria or Western Australia.
I would highly recommend the use of headphones, either the Koss supplied unit or your favourite headphones coupled to an audio adaptor lead from Phase Technical (http://phasetechnical.com.au/).


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My mom and I canned salsa this past Sunday, courtesy of my garden. As we have not canned for some time, it was a bit of a 3-ring circus, but what fun! I cannot begin to describe the excitement and satisfaction one feels at the end, when the jars announce they are properly sealed with a cute lil 'ping!' We have bread-and-butter pickles as our next canning project.
The ingredients all ready to go (the Corona is optional):
The salsa must be cooked prior to canning:
Our equipment, sterilized and ready for surgery:
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Oh my gosh, you guys! I have been waiting for a new Project Runway Season!! It's finally here– tonight! Season six. I have it set to record!
(On LIFETIME now– at 10pm, and the All Star Challenge is at 8pm. You can see seven designers from past seasons!)
So what better way to celebrate then to look as Ms. Klum's beauty timeline? Comment below as to which is your favorite.
Which is your favorite look?
My favorite look is one that was not on Project Runway's timeline, and that was from 2008, when she had rounded bangs and face framing layers. Her blonde was a perfect mix of beige and buttercream, without being too yellow or too white. See below.


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Blizzard's mostly annual proprietary convention is coming next month, and they have just released the schedule. Of course, these schedules can sometimes give you a good clue to where their various games are going and if there's something exciting to anticipate.
There are several "What's Next" panels, which frequently imply expansions, though I've learned to take that with a grain of salt after being very confident in a new Diablo III expansion for previous Blizzcons. Also, the World of Warcraft "What's Next" panel specifically refers to World of Warcraft: Legion, and given that the company has made it clear that they're going to focus on really ensuring that Legion has legs, I honestly think even hinting at the expansion to follow Legion would not be met by a good response - something that they're aware of.
So let's break it down by franchise.
Hearthstone gets updates at a pretty good rate and is a huge cash cow for Blizzard. We just got a new adventure, so I'd expect to hear about a new expansion this time around. No hints as to what that will be so far, as far as I know.
Heroes of the Storm:
Heroes just added new maps (which I haven't actually played yet) and new characters. Much like Hearthstone, though, additions to the game come at a pretty regular pace, rather than big bursts. So I'd expect them to announce a couple of new heroes and possibly a map, as well as new skins of course.
Diablo's 20th anniversary is coming up. Diablo III is also very much ready for a new expansion, or perhaps we're ready for Diablo IV. I don't see a ton of Diablo panels, though, so I'll remain skeptical.
Starcraft has a "Foundations for the Future" panel. Obviously the grand Starcraft II trilogy has come to a conclusion (and frankly, the plot really seems tied up in a definitive way) so I am curious about what their plan for the future of the franchise is. Granted, the original Starcraft persisted as a popular multiplayer game basically until Starcraft II came out (and may even still be played) so I would bet that Blizzard's focus is going to be on tending to the multiplayer side of things.
Like Heroes of the Storm and Hearthstone, Overwatch is a game that gets frequent updates, and so I wouldn't expect to see a huge thing like an expansion or sequel yet. Instead I'd expect to maybe hear about new game modes, maps, and characters that will filter in over time.
Legion just came out a month and a half ago, and they're also making it clear that they're going to stick with this expansion for the long haul (fingers crossed they succeed at that) and so the idea of hearing about the next expansion is basically a 0% probability. In fact, I'm not even sure that we're going to hear about the second raid tier, as I imagine that the Nighthold raid won't even be open yet at that point, given that we'll be getting Trial of Valor in between Emerald Nightmare and Nighthold. 7.1 will probably come out some time before the end of the year, but not necessarily before Blizzcon. Still, if they wanted to reassure players, announcing content to follow the release of Nighthold would be very welcome.


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"Things were not looking good and Vernon rubbed the scratchiness of his unshaven chin in distress. Difficult though these disadvantages were, these things he could cope with. It was the demon under the bed that unnerved him. The sprite that had dogged his footsteps through life at every turn had now come of age. The sprite had metamorphosed into a life-choking monster. That demon was Rejection."
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"Poverty is not necessarily an issue to solve; it is an opportunity to serve. As we go through each day, our heart's cry should be, Lord, where would you have me give, serve, and invest myself to bring hope to the poor?"It wasn't always easy for me to understand this.
~Orphan Justice author, Johnny Carr
Poverty has always felt so big -
What could I ever do about it?
Then I began to read blogs,
People who went to some of the poorest areas of the world,
Met some of the poorest people -
And with all those faces?
Poverty started to seem less like a big issue
And more like individuals -
Individuals who desperately needed hope.
God began to show me that it wasn't about the big issue,
But the individual person.
He began to put child sponsorship on my heart.
When I finally decided to sponsor a child through Compassion, -
Began to write letters,
Build a relationship -
I saw that this was an opportunity for me to serve.
I wasn't going to solve the issue of poverty,
Not even for one person,
But I could serve
And I could offer hope
And I could make a difference.
The really funny thing, though?
From the first letter I received,
I could tell that I wasn't only serving
But also being served.
It's blog month over here,
Blogging for Compassion,
Trying to get 3,160 children sponsored this month.
Honestly, the ability to make a difference,
The ability to develop a relationship with a child,
To teach,
To learn,
Is one of the greatest gifts God has given me.
Please consider joining us in releasing children from poverty
In Jesus' Name.
Sorry I don't have any Reasons today -
I've been counting, but it's been slow going
Between my little accident this week,
And homework starting to pile up (especially when the prior two excuses are factored in).
If anyone else would like to share?
Counting 10,000 Reasons to worship Him:
(Sylvia's already made it to - past - 10,000! So amazing to think of who He is like this!)

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I just wanted to talk about something that's been bothering me so I wanted to discuss it on this forum because I want to hear others opinions on it. I've been watching videos on youtube which are about woman who are talking about why they are single. Some of these reasons are solely because they don't want to be mistreated by men. On the comments of the videos there are woman bashing men and saying all they want is sex. Which isn't true for all men. Whatever race some one is including if they are a man or woman can just want some one for sex. I've also come across this video about interaccial relationships and the comments were from black woman who were saying that they don't date black men because they don't want to be mistreated. I've been watching the rest of this persons videos and they had one about catching feelings for a sexual partner. Some of the comments were about a woman saying how she only wanted this man for sex and confused it for love but chose to keep it to herself. But when men do this or use a woman for sex he gets put down. Both sexes get put down on this issue; however, they seem to bash the opposite sex and call them derogatory terms. So why is it okay for a woman to call a man a "f-boy" when they can do the same thing. Is it because they get called "hoes" etc. which causes them to be turned away from men? These same men who talk about woman having sexual freedom as in not being disrespected refer to their woman as "pussy". Same with woman referring to their men as "dick". Both ways I think those words are basically referring to some one as a sex toy or an object. I've also seen videos of men calling woman hoes for sleeping around when they do the same thing which is watched by mostly men. (Same thing with woman making videos and mostly woman watching). Both sexes seem completely oblivious of what they are saying about each other and ignore the fact that it goes both ways. Why can't we just come to an agreement and accept that every body no matter their race/sex/gender can be an a-hole? Discuss.
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I only slept for a few hours last night...and it's starting to catch up to me. I was up and down like a yo-yo most of the night...my legs felt like they were on "fire". Happens every Sunday night when I work a double shift. And I was soooo busy...the people just kept coming and coming and I was working the floor alone. And they were all parties of 5 or more!!!! I was so happy to get out of there!!!!
John went to the hospital this morning for a test on his bladder. He's been dealing with cancer for about 18 months or more...and today was a day to celebrate!!! NO cancer and NO tumors. Now, instead of going every 3-4 months for testing, he won't go back for 6 months. I'm keeping my fingers crossed!!!! It certainly was a big relief!!!
Here's a quick peek at the Dazzelaire yarn I was telling you about. Although vintage..the colors look amazing together. Variegated cream, grey and rust tones. This is a picture of the hat before I finished it up...for a small child. I just have to add the pom-pom.
Tomorrow is 1 cent listing day on eBay. Hoping to get a few things listed. I found some neat books on doll houses--instructions and plans. They SHOULD bring a descent price...if they sell!!!
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Hockey talk, NHL trades, UFA's, potential moves for the Leafs, Canadiens, Canucks, Red Wings, etc. Players on the trading block, predictions on standings, player's point totals, goals, etc. and some rants. Heavy on the Leafs
Monday, July 6, 2009
Leafs sign Beauchemin
So now you figure he's got to make some moves. Look at the glut of defense he has:
Tomas Kaberle - could be traded, but only if the return is substantial
Mike Komisarek - not going anywhere
Francois Beauchemin - not going anywhere
Luke Schenn - not going anywhere
Ian White - could be traded
Mike VanRyn - could be traded
Garnett Exelby - could be flipped but I hear they were big on him, hence the Kubina trade
Jeff Finger - could be demoted, maybe traded but not likely
Jonas Frogren - could be demoted/traded
Anton Stralman - could start the year off in the minors
Phil Oreskovich - will probably start off in the minors.
So there's 11 NHL worthy d-men.
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The most logical candidate to be traded is Kaberle of couse, given his high trade value, but I see Burke holding on him. Van Ryn will be traded to a team seeking depth and Finger sent to the minors.
If I was Burke, I'd trade Kaberle right now. I have a bad feeling about all this. I see Kabs refusing once again a trade at the deadline, and the bolting to Detroit as a UFA. Lidstrom will probably be retired in 2 years, and they'll be seeking a top puck-mover.
- July 8, 2009 at 11:43 AM
- Chris said...
I kinda like Van Ryn if he can stay healthy, and we'll sure need his shot if Kabs goes. Finger to the minors though? I dunno, he was a good shot blocker and did a lot of hitting last year, I think he stays up.
I disagree about Kabs, I think he stays in Toronto if our future looks bright at UFA time and he's still here. He loves this team despite being constantly talked about in trades.
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The stochastic looks oversold on the Weekly and bearish on shorter time frames. We are at the yearly lows now of 23.45 and the higher probability trade is to go short here, but it's not a very good set-up at this point, warren buffet notwithstanding.
Elliot waves shows we are in Wave 5 of a downward motive which is the completion of a larger Wave 3 down. If these are correct, the support of 23.45 will break this week or next.
Friday, July 24, 2009
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of wave 3.
seems like the counts are solid... but when wave 5 is done..... Only the shadow knows...
Thanks, I see the abc pattern from the longer term uptrend. The fact is that there is no way to know WTF this market is going to do. I've missed this last bull move form May, have no mojo. I'm fully hedged and mostly cash. Fuck it.ReplyDelete
Going golfing until this mess is resolved.
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About:it revolves around the different characters of a sub urban city where every one are the literal deaf in their day to day life and how they overcome their deafness and go mad to create the chaos, in fact a comic chaos, so called the Shor!!
Performances:The movie is an U-turn for Tusshar Kapoor(the vowel utterer of Golmaal fame),yes he is serious for the first time and his seriousness delivers a good effect!!The other actors like Nikhil Dwivedi,Sendhil Ramamurthy,Radhika Apte etc.are all the show stoppers of the movie!!
On the whole:Directors Raj Nidimoru and Krishna DK has given their best to give a good movie!!Let u know they were the winners of the best director at New York Indian Film Festival,New York.Story plot is well defined though it take much time to get into the nerves but once it is held u"ll stuck to your seat!!Seems these days the trend of good low budget movies is in the air,,and let it be continue!!
Plus:interesting story line with a different feel!!
Minuses:though short movie it takes much time to get serious about what its trying to portray!!Quite unfinished ending!!
Rating:3/5 and a thumbs up for all the actors.
Music:fav picks;Saibbo (by Shreya and Tochi)


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Danny Welbeck was left "devastated" after falling ill before tonight's Champions League clash against Bayern Munich to leave Arsenal with just six players on the bench.
Welbeck had initially been named in Arsene Wenger's starting line-up to face Bayern at Emirates Stadium, but was forced to withdraw during the warm-up as he failed to recover from illness.
His place is taken by Olivier Giroud, who suffered with thigh pain during Saturday's 3-1 defeat at Liverpool, but Alex Iwobi's absence through illness meant the Gunners only had six players to call on from the bench.
Welbeck took to Twitter to deny reports that he had suffered a potential setback as he works towards full fitness following a long-term layoff due to a knee injury.
Welbeck wrote: "No injury, no tweak, just ill at the wrong moment. Devastated I couldn't play tonight."
No injury, no tweak, just ill at the wrong moment. Devastated I couldn't play tonight.— Danny Welbeck (@DannyWelbeck) March 7, 2017
Wenger's problems were not confined to the pitch, as hundreds of supporters gathered to demand the Arsenal board withdraw their offer of a new contract for the manager.
Around 300 fans had convened outside what was once the East Stand at their former ground Highbury an hour before kick-off, they were then set to march to the Emirates ahead of the game.


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My predictions for the Apple event were 1) it would be cool, 2) I wouldn't be able to afford it, and 3) I would be trying not to want it with all my might.
100% accurate, me.
But as much as I want a new iPod Touch, what is exciting (and even almost affordable!) for me was the new AppleTV. And all I've seen is grousing about it, or at best some half hearted "at least it's cheap now" comments.
Movie fans grumble about not being able to purchase, and the HD not comparing with BlueRay. Legitimate points, certainly. But I don't think the AppleTV is really going after the home theater movie market. It's the AppleTV, not the AppleHomeTheater.
The AppleTV is going after cable.
Around here, basic cable costs ~$50/month. That's too expensive, and so we don't have it, and consequently we don't watch. Don't bother mentioning broadcast, the reception is pretty useless. There are shows we would watch, if we had TV, but we don't, and we don't care enough about them to drop money on buying the season on DVD.
But that $50 a month is also fifty $0.99 TV show rentals. And I don't know anyone that follows that many different shows in a month. And I imagine those people who do already have cable. But for me and mine, who might watch fifty TV shows in a year, this is exciting.
This, my friends, is the possibility of à la carte cable.
(I want to take this moment to note that the iTunes store has the last season of Doctor Who, and I think they're the complete BBC versions, not the shortened ones that are shown here. That noise you just heard was my whole household cheering.)
Imagine the future possibilities. We have TV show rentals. What if you could purchase season packages for sports? Or subscribe to a news or weather service. I do the latter already with the Wii, but it's a little awkward. And you can always stream things you own from your computer. Imagine if the Food Network started putting shows on iTunes? The idea makes me positively giddy.
I don't think that streaming will ever be able to compete with the idea of the high definition home theater. But it can take on cable. And I think it can win.


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You know it's time to cut the husband off when:
a) he starts talking with an Irish accent...and we've never been to Ireland...nor is there any Irish in his gene pool
b)he asks "how'd the baby get in the living room?" when he had put her there 2 minutes earlier. At this point I took up 100% of the kid duties
c) something to do with pirouetting across the kitchen floor and talking about pickles....neither of these things are remotely normal.Yup, time to hide the whiskey.
This was way more fun in days gone by when we had friends to have a good time with. Although, I am finding tormenting him highly amusing.
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last night, a group of us went to bar tartine....to have bar tartine food.
this was a bit of a unique experience for me as when i typically have been inside this space, it is because hapa was doing a popup. it was during one of the hapa pop ups that vinny enabled victor and i to have a peek at the very impressive bar tartine pantry. i remember when taking a look at all of the house-created dried spices and such...my nerd self was rather enthralled with the amount of potential possibilities that could be explored with that pantry as a foundation and was also impressed by the amount of work that went into creating it.
sometimes when i am visiting someone's house, i see the books on the shelves, determine that the library isn't there as part of the interior design, and think "now this...this is someone that reads."....when i examined the containers on the shelves of that back room pantry, i thought ...."now this....this is someone that cooks."
while i am fortunate to know quite a few cooks that cook because they love cooking, food, and making people feel happily nourished....i'm also finding that i run across people whose main motivations for participating in restaurants is not cooking, food, or making people happy.
it is always lovely to be able to see something like that pantry and be able to appreciate the amount of sheer effort that went into creating it.
the first time i had nick balla's food was actually at sfmoma. he plated a dish at one of the meatpaper events on the sfmoma rooftop. it was around the time when he just taken over the kitchen at bar tartine. i still remember it and i bet if you dig through this blog and my pics on flickr...you'll find that it was one of the dishes i enjoyed quite a bit. the sfmoma rooftop isn't exactly the most ideal space for someone to make a hot dish...but he managed it somehow. it was a hearty braised porky stew with dried cherries, sauerkraut, and mushrooms.... coupled with some of tartine's famous bread. it was the smell of the grilled bread that brought me to his section that evening. i remember smiling as i was eavesdropping on a couple of people ahead of me in line....when they were quizzing him about who he was. it is always fascinating to me how a chef will respond when folks have no idea of their background. i remember him being well-humored about it. when i exchanged my ticket for a plate, i remember asking him if this was representative of what he planned for bar tartine. he indicated that it was the general direction.
to be clear, while i know vinny (i can't help but smile any and every time i think of vinny....he's one of those renaissance men that is also keenly aware of what is happening around him...i'm smiling right now)....i don't know anyone that cooks at bar tartine. vinny recommended that for my first visit to bar tartine to try balla's food....that i should come with people in order to try a range of dishes at once. it was very serendipitous that a group of us had met up to have dinner. also, i should point out that there were a couple of cooks in the group. the reason why i point this out is that it has been my experience that when there are cooks in the group....there is a tendency towards ordering almost everything (or close to it) on a menu....unless there are multiple noshing stops planned for the evening.
well, we ordered a hella lot of food.
now, about twenty four hours later....there are still some flavors that i'm still thinking about. my top faves were the chicken liver dumplings with the broth and egg (which should surprise no one that eats with me regularly....and was delighted when it was sent out to the table), the fried potato bread, the steak tartare with bread, and the kefir/ice cream(?) with the espresso...aka their take on an affogato. if i were to go back by myself, it is likely i'd order the fried potato bread and the chicken liver dumplings (if it is still on the menu)...as that is usually the maximum amount of food i eat at dinner. i found myself rubbing my belly quite a bit toward the end of the evening last night....almost silently apologizing to my stomach for the amount of food i was eating. i think the folks at the table found this to be very amusing. my initial impressions that day i had at sfmoma remain the same.....tasty, hearty, and comforting. the food being paradoxically familiar and not familiar at the same time...in a very good way.


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I love my new stampin up set 'kimono kids', the greeting 'one good friend is worth a thousand relatives' makes me smile.
I find colouring quite therapeutic... I used melon mambo, tempting turquoise, old olive, blush blossom & black markers. The fine end of the marker is great for the find detail.
I stamped in black staz-on onto stampin' up water colour paper which I later cut out & adhered with stampin' dimensionals.
The card stock colours are melon mambo, tempting turquoise, whisper white & basic black. I've used the elegant bouquet embossing folder on the whisper white and put the tempting turquoise through the crimper.


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Of course I took a camera, this time I used my Canon 450D at it was light and small, I also decided to use a prime lens for the same reason, my Canon 50mm f1.8 fitted the bill as the 450 has a cropped sensor 50mm becomes approximately 70-90mm, I'm not sure exactly. Because I wanted to remove any background images most on my images were taken with an aperture of f1.8, f2.8 and a couple of f4.0.
Yoda says let the force be with you!
But some ones giving her the evil eye!
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A suspected Boko Haram suicide bomber has blown himself up killing at least seven people, Tuesday at a cattle market in the rural town of Garkida, in Adamawa state, police said.
Witnesses put the figure higher, saying up to 10 had been killed in the busy market when the blast stuck at shortly before 2 p.m.
"The suicide bomber killed six people in Garkida market," said Osman Abubakar, a spokesman for Adamawa police.
It is the second suicide attack in northern Nigeria in less than a week.
Thousands have been killed in Boko Haram's six-year insurgency that at its height saw the militant Islamists control an area the size of Belgium, but the group has been pushed from most of the territory it controlled in the past few weeks.
On Saturday, at least nine people were killed in Yobe state when a woman blew herself up at a bus station.
Although no-one has yet claimed responsibility, the militant group Boko Haram is suspected to be behind the attack.
The bomb went off at about 12:15 GMT in the village of Garkida in Adamawa state.
A BBC correspondent in Abuja said locals at the entrance to the market were suspicious before the blast and tried to prevent the bomber going in when he detonated explosives strapped to his body.
The attacks come as the Islamist insurgents are under increased pressure from the Nigerian military, our correspondent adds.
Officials say most of the militants camps in the vast Sambisa forest have been destroyed and many of the jihadists killed while some are on the run.
But observers believe many of the fighters are still alive and capable of regrouping and rearming to continue their attacks.
In January at least 19 people were killed and several injured by a bomb strapped to a girl reported to be aged about 10 in north-eastern Nigeria.


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– A cup of self-raising flour
– Warm/cold water
– Pinch of salt and pepper
– An onion
– A wok of oil (pre-heated)
Prep Time: 15 Minutes
1-Firstly take the cup of self raising flour and mix it with warm/cold water until the consistency is runny but not too runny.
2-Then add the salt and pepper
3-cut the onion into rings dip the onions into the mixture deep fry them until crispy and brown
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Dearest Jordan,
I too perused Pixie Market's website today! I often think about our visit to their L.A. location. While I did take note that Lily Kitty was delightful and very well priced, I ended up bookmarking this skirt instead.
It is begging for my grandmother's sheer secretary top with bows trailing down the front, and pale pink, perforated, patent leather peep toe heels! There will be far too many p's and approximately ten bows involved in this ensemble. It will be nauseatingly wonderful.
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Today was the BIG day! We have been waiting for this day for a long time! Jace and Sophie started Kindergarten! They were so excited!
Our biking crew! We need 2 bike locks for at school! Our one just doesn't fit all 5!
By her cubby.
By his cubby.
At his table...
At her table...
And then there were none at home...
I'm not going to lie. I have really had a hard time sending these two off to kindergarten this year. I was nervous sending Bells to 1st grade for the whole day. I was nervous about T, just because he doesn't love school. I was nervous for Kaley because I vividly remember 4th grade. I remember how mean some girls could be, I remember how I started liking boys (who are we kidding, it started WAY before 4th grade), I remember feeling so big every day. I just know that she will remember, really remember things from now.
The whole thing pretty much makes me sick. I keep telling myself that it's going to be ok, but really I feel like I am talking myself out off the edge every day. :) I know that my kids are all thriving in school, and they do really well. I just am a mom that actually enjoys my kids. We had a super awesome summer. I like spending time with them. I like talking to them. I like having their chaos around. It is usually pretty crazy around here, but I love it. It is hard for me to put them in someone else's hands for the day at school, but I know that I couldn't actually do homeschool.
So it will be a little rough for me this first little while of kindergarten for these 2, but it will be ok. I felt so sad as I left them at school. I cried the whole way home. It is hard to believe that they are big enough to be doing kindergarten. Preschool didn't seem so hard. They were with Miss Lacie, their second mother, just 2 doors down. It was only a couple days a week. Kindergarten every day scares me. I'm glad that it isn't whole day. But then I get panicked already for 1st grade. It is hard too since they are the youngest. They just BARELY turned 5. They are babies! It's just hard for me to let the strings out a little.
So I've been doing YW stuff and blogging and catching up on computer stuff I've been behind on all summer. Watching the clock and waiting.... I can't wait to hear all about their first day and all the adventures! And I'll try not to let them see me cry. :) Geeze, this mother stuff is hard!


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New Orleans, LA 9/4/05 -- Aerial view of houses in New Orleans swamped by floodwaters after Hurricane Katrina. Photo by: Liz Roll, FEMA
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First, most media outlets and federal officials have reported that 80% of New Orleans is under water. That's an area the size of Manhattan, the Bronx and Brooklyn combined. Most of the major routes for delivering aid and conducting rescues are under water or significantly damaged. And let's not forget that the Katrina disaster area is equivalent to having all of New Jersey, Delaware, Connecticut, Maryland and one of half of Pennsylvania, New York and Virginia (about 90,000 sq. mi. in all) declared disaster areas. As such, some resources moved close to the anticipated disaster area ahead of the storm have been damaged or lost, and some of those who might otherwise pitch in to help, are picking up the pieces in their own communities.
It is difficult to say how prepared the residents of New Orleans and other coastal areas in the path of Katrina were. However, it is likely that many were not sufficiently prepared. I do not know what level of outreach has been provided over the years to educate the residents in coastal Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana, but I suspect that more could have been done. But that is true of most areas across the country.
For example, many areas of New Jersey and New York City are at risk for serious damage associated with a flood surge and winds from a significant hurricane. Yet most residents and commuters are not aware of the hurricane evacuation plans developed for their area. Many do not know what areas are outside the predicted danger zones or where the established hurricane evacuation shelter serving their area is.
One article, published by the Civil Engineering Magazine in 2003, "The Creeping Storm" by Greg Brouwer provides a useful overview of the history of actions taken over the last 40 years to protect New Orleans. Following Hurricane Betsy in 1965, Congress passed the Flood Control Act, which appropriated funds to increase the height of the levees around the northern side of the city. The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers established a design criteria for the improved levees which is equivalent to a level needed to withstand a fast moving Category 3 hurricane (the Saffir-Simpson scale used to categorize hurricanes did not exist at the time the criteria were set).
As a result of the 1965 legislation, the system of levees forming a ring around the northern half of the New Orleans to protect it from surging waters in Lake Pontchartrain were set to be completed within the next decade. According to Brouwer, construction of a similar system around the southern half of the city would probably take several more years.
Yet nearly 40 years after beginning these projects, the Corps was reassessing whether the current height of the levees is sufficient. The levee system was designed for a fast-moving Category 3 storm, based on rudimentary models available in the 1960s. Brouwer states that larger storms or a slow-moving Category 3 storm could potentially overtop the levees, leaving New Orleans under 20 feet of water. Exacerbating the problem is the fact that the coastline has been subsiding over the last 40 years, and protective coastal marsh that would absorb some of the impact of a hurricane is only half as wide as it was when the levees were designed. According to Brouwer, experts said a flood likely with a Category 4 or 5 hurricane would probably shut down the city's power plants and water and sewage treatment plants and could even take out its drainage system. The American Red Cross estimated that between 25,000 and 100,000 people would die in this scenario. Today, the answer is painfully clear: the levee height was not sufficient.
Even when risks are known, the pace of bureaucratic action is slow and halting. In his article, Brouwer reports, according to Al Naomi, the Corps Project Manager: "Any concerted effort to protect the city from a storm of Category 4 or 5 will probably take 30 years to complete." According to Brouwer's article, the feasibility study alone would have cost as much as $8 million. Even though Congress had authorized the feasibility study, funding had not yet been appropriated. When funds were made available, the study would take about six years to complete. Beyond the studies, there would be many more steps to complete designs and begin, much less complete construction.
The political will and public interest to commit the time and money to such projects before a disaster are often lacking, even when the risks are great. Is it an election year? Does the project have popular support? These are the considerations that often drive decisions; not need, not risk, not who's at risk, their annual income or skin color. This lack of interest until disaster hits is seen over and over again--close to home and farther away.
Funding to repair aging dams in New Jersey was largely eliminated until five dams breached during heavy flooding a year or so ago causing significant impact to residents downstream. After the fact, funding was immediately restored. Hundreds of millions of dollars were appropriated for protection of the New York/New Jersey transit system; yet little of it was spent prior to the bombings in London. There are similar examples across the country where important projects, that may save lives, languish.
Has the response fallen short of what was needed? Have people suffered unimaginable losses? Have people died waiting to be rescued? Absolutely! Is it helpful to the victims to spin the disaster to make a political point, to wrangle over what party is at fault? Is it helpful to cry racism? Absolutely not!
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What can we do when it seems that God has failed us? When our loved ones are afflicted and die long before their time? When God could easily heal a faithful servant and doesn't? Even when he allows them to commit suicide? When we these kinds of things happening, we feel betrayed and wonder whether we can really trust this God.
It might surprise you to learn that even the Saints of Israel had a problem with God. The Psalmist complained that God had betrayed the covenant He had made with David:
- But you [God] have rejected, you have spurned, you have been very angry with your anointed one [David]. You have renounced the covenant with your servant and have defiled his crown in the dust. You have broken through all his walls and reduced his strongholds to ruins… O Lord, where is your former great love, which in your faithfulness you swore to David? (Psalm 89:38-40)
Another Psalmist complained that it was useless to serve God, seeing that the unrighteous thrived better than the righteous:
- Surely in vain have I kept my heart pure; in vain have I washed my hands in innocence. (Psalm 73:13)
Of course, Job, after losing everything, had his own complaints against God:
- "Although I am blameless, I have no concern for myself; I despise my own life. It is all the same; that is why I say, 'He [God] destroys both the blameless and the wicked.' When a scourge brings sudden death, he [God] mocks the despair of the innocent. When a land falls into the hands of the wicked, he [God] blindfolds its judges. If it is not he, then who is it?" (Job 9:21-24)
From the narrow vantage point of his experience, it seemed that God acts unjustly in every way:
- All was well with me, but he [God] shattered me; he seized me by the neck and crushed me. He has made me his target; his archers surround me. Without pity, he [God] pierces my kidneys and spills my gall on the ground. Again and again he bursts upon me; he rushes at me like a warrior…yet my hands have been free of violence and my prayer is pure. (Job 16:12-17)
From Job's limited perspective, he was sure that he didn't deserve the way that God had treated him. Instead, he was sure that God was guilty of unfaithfulness. However, Job placed too much trust in his own thinking. This became clear to him after God had revealed Himself and asked Job a long series of questions that Job couldn't even begin to answer.
Job got the point. If he couldn't answer one of these easy questions, how could he bring charges against God! Consequently, Job repented:
- "I am unworthy ("vile" NKJV)--how can I reply to you? I put my hand over my mouth. I spoke once, but I have no answer--twice, but I will say no more." (Job 40:4-5)
- "You [God] asked, 'Who is this that obscures my counsel without knowledge?' Surely I spoke of things I did not understand, things too wonderful for me to know…My ears had heard of you but now my eyes have seen you. Therefore I despise myself and repent in dust and ashes." (Job 42:3-6)
The Psalmist had placed too much trust in his understanding, in the limited spectrum of life that he was able to observe. However, God had given him a revelation that changed all that:
- But when I thought how to understand this [the flourishing of the unrighteous], it seemed to me a wearisome task, until I went into the sanctuary of God; then I discerned their end. (Psalm 73:16-17)
God had enabled the Psalmist to see the big picture, and he was mightily blessed:
- When my soul was embittered, when I was pricked in heart, I was brutish and ignorant; I was like a beast toward you. Nevertheless, I am continually with you; you hold my right hand. You guide me with your counsel, and afterward you will receive me to glory. Whom have I in heaven but you? And there is nothing on earth that I desire besides you. My flesh and my heart may fail, but God is the strength of my heart and my portion forever. (Psalm 73:21-26)
However, the Psalmist of Psalm 89, who had accused God of renouncing His covenant with David, didn't receive an answer, at least as far as we know. After unloading on God, he nevertheless concludes the Psalm:
- Lord, where is your
steadfast love of old, which by your faithfulness you swore to David?...
Blessed be the LORD forever! Amen and Amen. (Psalm 89:49, 52)
Although sorely disappointed, the Psalmist's only hope remained with the Lord. He therefore blessed Him, refusing to place his trust in his own understanding.
Discouragement is the lot of God's servants. There are going to be times when His ways do not make any sense to us. However, the wise servant will not place too much trust in what he sees and understands. Perhaps we trust too much in our wisdom, and perhaps our trust in misplaced. Perhaps we just need to reaffirm our trust in a God who alone is our hope, knowing that there will be times when understanding will surely fail us.


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'War for the Planet of the Apes' Trailer: Witness the End of Mankind
Posted on Tuesday, May 16th, 2017 by Hoai-Tran Bui
The final trailer for War for the Planet of the Apes will bring about "the end" — but for whom?
We find Caesar (Andy Serkis) broken, physically and emotionally, by the toll of war, as the fate of apes and humanity hangs in the balance. But as the war escalates to its final act, led on the human side by Woody Harrelson and what looks like a primate who has betrayed his kind, Caesar finds hope in a silent, lost child who he takes under his wing.


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Every two years eight members of the 24-member National Science Board (NSB) step down, and the President appoints their replacements.
The nomination process is starting now for the cohort that would serve from 2016-2022. The NSB is the advisory board for the National Science Foundation, though its most public presence is probably in the release of the Science and Engineering Indicators publication in even-numbered years.
The NSB released a call for nominations earlier this week. Basically nominees should have the depth and breadth of experience in science and/or engineering research and research administration you would expect for the board of directors of a top private company. The Board has listed a number of field-specific and cross-cutting issues it expects to address, so candidates with a background in one or more of those should give thought to a nomination. The nomination package (letter of recommendation, biography and CV without publications) must be submitted by October 30.


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As I sit here and ponder.
As I wait in wonder.
About a man that's traveled.
So far from home im baffled.
He's so far from the ones he loves
But yet so close to home.
He has many who surround him.
Many who believe in him.
But this is not his home.
His home is something much greater.
His definition is not painted in words.
What is home?
Is it a four walled sculpture?
Or is it a picture?
Is it a smell?
Or is it a color?
Is it a place on a map
Or a place we turn our backs?
Is it a sanctuary
Or is it a cemetery?
Spelled with an
H. O. M. And an E.
Home is something you can loose.
Home is something you can find.
Home is something we all have.
Home is something we can all take for granted.
While it's a geographical location
It's also moving at all times.
While it's a four or more side structure
It also has no boundaries.
While it can hold a million people
It also can hold one or none.
While it's a sound complex that's always there
It can be also no heard no where.
While it's a place to be filled up with love
You can also be torn down in hatred
While it's a place of comfort and safety
It is also a place of danger.
We define it as a place or a building where we resign.
Usually obtaining things we love.
Humans, things, nouns.
While we define the home it has its own definition that you and I should know.
Spelled with a
H. O. M. And an E.
Is love.
It's anger.
Is joy.
It's disfunction.
It's peace and quiet.
Its a loud raging voice.
It's a person.
It's a lonely person.
It's a dog or cat.
Or it's a snake in the garden.
It's a safe haven
Or it's a place that some get raped.
Or murdered
Or jumped
Or persecuted
Or stabbed
Or not heard
Or hated
Or misunderstood.
It's kindness
It's hate.
It's one thing and it's another.
For some it's great.
For some it's not.
For that man it was everything.
For me it's the same.


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|The Boys Are Next
So here's some more information before crazy gets crazier! Oh- this just in- Crazy just got crazier! Now the HPV is recommended by the FDA for boys too! To protect them from cervical cancer. Wow! Last time I checked boys didn't have a cervix
October 7, 2011
HPV vaccine cocktail targets not only HPV
By Cynthia A. Janak
For over four years now I have been researching how this vaccine works. I have wondered why did they use the ingredients that they did and what repercussions that they could have on the body. The other reason is that I wanted to find out WHY THESE VACCINES CAUSE SO MUCH HARM!I have also discovered that it is not necessarily the HPV VLP recombinant DNA as being the culprit in this cocktail because between the carrier solution and the vaccine there is only approx. 3.0% difference. I am now more prone to believe that it is the carrier solution with the adjuvant as being the real perpetrator in this vaccine cocktail of harm.
The ingredients of this cocktail are what cause the enhanced immune response. This is typical of any vaccine. What I did not understand over four years ago was why so many adverse reactions were being reported because of these HPV vaccines. I now have a better understanding of the process and what the vaccine cocktail has the potential to do.
In the Gardasil® vaccine we have the ingredients AAHS (MAA — amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate(1)) as the adjuvant and in the carrier solution 9.56 mg of sodium chloride, 0.78 mg of L-histidine, 50 mcg of polysorbate 80, 35 mcg of sodium borate. (1,2)
The AAHS (amorphous aluminum hydroxyphosphate sulfate) also referenced as MAA (Merck's Aluminum Adjuvant) targets a strong Th2 response. (3,4) In this adjuvant we have Aluminum which we know is a neurotoxin. The Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry (10) states that Aluminum Hydroxide injections lead to motor deficits and motor neuron degeneration. (11)
This adjuvant also contains hydroxy. It is not disclosed by Merck whether this is a Hydroxyl or Hydroxyl radical. If this is indeed the Hydroxyl radical then there is also a problem as this free radical can cause damage to oxidative cells particularly red blood cells. (5, 6) This tells me that there is a possibility that the reports I have received from moms about anemia could be because of this.
The last part of this adjuvant cocktail is the sulfate. It is not disclosed on the Physicians Product Insert that people with a sulfur allergy should not receive this vaccine. (7) It is well known that people with an allergy to any type of sulfate have the potential to be at risk for an adverse event that could result in an anaphylactic response which could be life threatening. (8)
There are different types of aluminum adjuvants. "The two most common aluminum salts employed as adjuvants are the phosphate and hydroxide forms. The salts themselves have been well characterized with aluminum hydroxide (Alhydrogel®) usually found in a crystalline state (4, 5), whereas aluminum phosphate exists in an amorphous form (5, 6)." (9)
One thing I always wondered about was if this vaccine cocktail had the potential to cause a cytokine storm. Here is a quote: "suggested mechanism of action is by a direct stimulation of the immune system through enhanced cytokine production. Aluminum salt adjuvants are known to primarily stimulate a humoral response. More specifically, it is believed that this class of adjuvants does so by stimulation of the production of Th2 cytokines." (9)
Let's look at the aluminum phosphate and aluminum hydroxide.
I found several MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheet)'s on aluminum phosphate and to my surprise this is what I found.
The New Jersey government has this listed in their "Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet." (16) Reactivity: Aluminum Phosphate reacts violently with STRONG BASES (such as SODIUM HYDROXIDE and POTASSIUM HYDROXIDE) and STRONG ACIDS (such as HYDROCHLORIC,SULFURIC and NITRIC). FIRST AID AND DECONTAMINATION: Remove the person from exposure. Flush eyes with large amounts of water for at least 15 minutes. Remove contact lenses if worn. Immediate medical attention is necessary. Remove contaminated clothing and wash contaminated skin with soap and water. Begin artificial respiration if breathing has stopped and CPR if necessary. Transfer to a medical facility
This one comes from Science Lab. (17) Aluminum Phosphate: Synonym:Phosphoric Acid, Aluminum salt; Aluminum orthophosphate, Chemical Name: Aluminum Phosphate
Section 11: Toxicological Information: Special Remarks on other Toxic Effects on Humans: Acute Potential Health Effects: Skin: May cause skin irritation. No sensitizing effects known. Eyes: Causes eye irritation
Inhalation: Causes respiratory tract and mucous membrane irritation. Ingestion: Causes gastrointestinal tract irritation. May affect behavior. Chronic Potential Health Effects: no information found. The toxicological properties of this substance have not been fully investigated.There was just so much on this I had to add just one more from SPI Pharma, Inc. (18) This is choice. I know you will love this. Repeated Dose Effects:Chronic overexposure to aluminum can result in lung damage and has been associated with asthma-like syndrome. Accumulation of aluminum in the body may result in neurological damage, anemia and bone softening.There you have it. ACCUMULATION OF ALUMINUM MAY RESULT IN NEUROLOGICAL DAMAGE.
Aluminum Hydroxide is the next ingredient of the cocktail I want to look at. This comes from The Free Dictionary, Medical section. (19) Adverse reactions: CNS: malaise (with prolonged use), neurotoxicity, encephalopathy, GI: constipation, anorexia (with prolonged use), intestinal obstruction, Metabolic: hypophosphatemia (with prolonged use) [Hypophosphatemia is a low level of phosphorus in the blood.],Musculoskeletal: osteomalacia [Osteomalacia is softening of the bones due to a lack of vitamin D or a problem with the body's ability to break down and use this vitamin.] and chronic phosphate deficiency with bone pain, malaise, muscle weakness (with prolonged use), Other: aluminum toxicity
I am beginning to really like Science Lab. (20) This is what they have to say about Aluminum Hydroxide. Special Remarks on other Toxic Effects on Humans: Acute Potential Health Effects: May cause mild skin, eye and upper respiratory tract irritation. Ingestion: May cause gastrointestinal tract irritation: May affect bones (osteomalacia), metabolism, blood, behavior (muscle contraction, spasticity, change in motor activity), liver.
Don't you just love that word potential (Acute Potential Health Effects). That is enough of that. You get the idea about the aluminum adjuvant. This AAHS/MAA has the real potential to be a chemical cocktail and I feel the composition should be revealed by Merck due to what I have shown here.
Going back to the Th2 response, according to the Merck Manual the Th2 response promotes "IgE production and development of allergic disorders." (12) People with allergies or a family history of same could have elevated levels of IgE (13) and histamine (4, 14) receptors.
This vaccine cocktail has L-histidine which is the precursor of histamine in the body. This quote from a study pretty much addresses my concerns of whether the histamine could be a trigger mechanism in this vaccine cocktail. "Histamine is one of the molecules involved in pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases. T cell mediated regulation and suppression of autoreactive T cells seems to be ineffective in controlling the enhanced immune reaction in patients where the discrimination between self and non-self is changed." (14) What they mean by self and non-self I believe is your normal cells and the toxins, pathogens, viruses, etc. that do not belong in the body.
The new vaccines like the HPV's are said to promote an enhanced immune response to produce high titers (levels) of anti-bodies. This would then be a distinct possibility as to all the young people with new auto-immune diseases diagnosed.
Polysorbate 80 is also in this vaccine cocktail. Many people say that the Polysorbate 80 can cause infertility. From what I have found this has not been studied much as to an injection. I have seen several studies where it was ingested and did not cause much of a problem. What I did see was low weight gain and growth in mice. But that is not the real story behind Polysorbate 80.
Polysorbate 80 could very well be the reason for the drop in blood pressure that is being experienced in the young people. The National Toxicology Program by the Department of Health and Human Services has information about testing for Toxicity Effects. CAS Registry Number: 9005-65-6 Toxicity Effects. Here are some of the results on Polysorbate 80 (Tween 80).
LABORATORY ANIMALS: Acute Exposure: Commercial iv amiodarone and polysorbate 80 caused a 60% drop in mean blood pressure and left ventricular maximum dP/dT for at least 30 minutes in dogs... polysorbate 80 is not an inert substance, but is a potent cardiac depressant.
LABORATORY ANIMALS: Acute Exposure: Tween 80 (2.4 ug/mL perfusion fluid) showed a coronary vasodilatory effect and increased the cardiac output in isolated guinea pig and rabbit hearts,
LABORATORY ANIMALS: Chronic Exposure or Carcinogenicity:Whereas only 10% of the rats given iv injections of 106 Walker tumor cells developed metastatic tumors, animals given, with the 1 mL cell suspension,Tween 80 (1%) showed 40% incidence of metastasis
LABORATORY ANIMALS: Chronic Exposure or Carcinogenicity: /In/ 2 yr feed studies, there was equivocal evidence of /carcinogenicity/ polysorbate 80 in male F344/N rats
This makes me wonder about all the young people who have died from unknown causes. I now wonder how Merck could not put on their reports to the FDA about carcinogenicity of their vaccine cocktail. I would think that this would need to be included and not omitted.
With all I have so far I want to go back and address the IgE again. This I took from the Merck Manual and reported it in an earlier article.
"Type I: Type I reactions (immediate hypersensitivity) are IgE-mediated. Antigen binds to IgE (which is bound to tissue mast cells and blood basophils), triggering release of preformed mediators (eg, histamine,proteases, chemotactic factors) and synthesis of other mediators (eg, prostaglandins, leukotrienes, platelet-activating factor, cytokines). These mediators cause VASODILATION, increased capillary permeability, mucus hypersecretion, smooth muscle spasm, and tissue infiltration with eosinophils, type 2 helper T cells (TH2), and other inflammatory cells. Type I reactions underlie atopic disorders (eg, allergic asthma, rhinitis, conjunctivitis) and latex and some food allergies."
When allergen binds to IgE-sensitized mast cells and basophils, histamine is released from their intracellular granules. Mast cells are widely distributed but are most concentrated in skin, lungs, and GI mucosa; histamine facilitates inflammation and is the primary mediator of clinical atopy. Physical disruption of tissue and various substances (eg, tissue irritants, opioids, surface-active agents, complement components C3a and C5a) can trigger histamine release directly, independent of IgE."
Histamine causes the following:
- Local VASODILATION (causing erythema)
What has amazed me is that I have found studies about fertility but they were only about ingestion and not injection. Here is an interesting study about sodium chloride and chicken eggs. "Egg fertility was significantly depressed by .48% and numerically reduced by .36%. ... and that daily sodium intakes in the range of 320 to 420 mg may reduce fertility in broiler breeders." (15) Several references were made that refined sodium chloride was toxic but I could not find any scientific research to back up the claims but it does make you wonder what if it is true.
Let us address the last ingredient, sodium borate. The CDC surprised me on this one and that they have it listed under NIOSH Pocket Guide to Chemical Hazards. Physical Description: White, odorless, crystalline solid. [herbicide]and Incompatibilities & Reactivities: Zirconium, strong acids, metallic salts.Now would not aluminum salts be reactive with Sodium Borate? But yet we are going to inject both together in a vaccine. What is wrong with this picture?
We know that sodium borate has other names and that is borax, sodium tetraborate, or disodium tetraborate. I know people do not like Wikipedia but there are times it does come in handy. "Sodium borate is used in biochemical and chemical laboratories to make buffers. Sufficient exposure to borax dust can cause respiratory and skin irritation. Ingestion may cause gastrointestinal distress including nausea, persistent vomiting, abdominal pain, and diarrhea. Effects on the vascular system and brain include headaches and lethargy, but are less frequent."
According to the European Chemicals Agency they had a lot to say about disodium tetraborate. "Pursuant to Annex V of Commission Regulation (EC) No 790/20095 as of 1 December 2010 disodium tetraborate, anhydrous (and the two hydrates, pentahydrate and decahydrate) will be listed in Table 3.2 (the list of harmonised classification and labelling of hazardous substances from Annex I to Directive 67/548/EEC) of Annex VI, part 3, of Regulation (EC) No 1272/20086 as toxic for reproduction category 27, R60-61 (May impair fertility. May cause harm to the unborn child).Therefore, this classification of the substance in Commission Regulation (EC) No 790/2009 shows that the substance meets the criteria for classification as toxic for reproduction in accordance with Article 57 (c) of REACH." (This corresponds to a classification Repr. 1B; H360-FD (May damage fertility. May damage the unborn child) in Annex VI, part 3, Table 3.1 of Regulation (EC) No 1272/2008 (list of harmonised classification and labeling of hazardous substances).
Maybe this is why so many young women are having irregular menses, no menses and/or are being diagnosed with premature ovarian failure. I wonder if this chemical vaccine cocktail could cause PCOS (polycystic ovarian syndrome). This has also been reported on my groups many times.
Let me simplify this. What we have is a chemical cocktail that has the very, very real possibility of causing vasodilation, orthostatic hypotension (decrease in blood pressure, more specifically systolic blood pressure, during change from a supine to an erect position), mental deficiencies, auto-immune diseases, anemia, retard growth, infertility in men and women, etc. It can also damage an unborn child. I believe that this vaccine cocktail should be referenced as toxic because the ingredients in the adjuvant and the carrier solution independently have the potential to cause harm. You put all these toxic chemicals together and now you could have a real vaccine toxic cocktailthat could cause heart problems and infertility besides all the other side effects is could cause.
I can't make this stuff up people. When I found it all and put it all together with the articles that I have written in the last month all I could do is shake my head and wonder. How the heck can they say that this vaccine is safe?
To me this vaccine looks like a chemical soup that was not made to immunize but to sterilize the youth of the world.
Stop sending vaccines to Africa. Send them food and clean water. I think that would have a more lasting impression when they do not go hungry.
(1) Clinical Review of Biologics License Application Supplement for Human Papillomavirus Quadrivalent (Types 6, 11, 16, 18) Vaccine, Recombinant (Gardasil®) to extend indication for prevention of vaginal and vulvar cancers related to HPV types 16 and 18. Dated September 11, 2008
(2) Clinical Review of Biologics License Application for Human Papillomavirus, 6, 11, 16, 18 L1 Virus Like Particle Vaccine (S. cerevisiae), (STN 125126 GARDASIL), manufactured by Merck, Inc.
(3) Effect of Alternative Aluminum Adjuvants on the Absorption and Immunogenicity of HPV16 L1 VLPs in Micehttp://www.landesbioscience.com/journals/vaccines/CaulfieldHV3-4.pdf
(4) Aluminum Vaccine Adjuvants: Are they Safe? pp.2630-2637 (8) Authors: L. Tomljenovic, C. A. Shaw, Current Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 18 Issue 17, ISSN: 0929-8673,http://vaccinexchange.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/tomljenovic_shaw-cmc-published2.pdf
(5) Hydroxy is adj, (Chemistry / Elements & Compounds) (of a chemical compound) containing one or more hydroxyl groups, [hydro- + oxy(gen)]
(6) http://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC88911/?tool=pmcentrez — ...in the gaseous phase. H2O2 acts as an oxidant by producing hydroxyl free radicals (•OH) which attack essential cell components, including lipids, proteins, and DNA. It has been proposed that exposed sulfhydryl groups and double bonds are particularly targeted (38).
(7) Physicians Package Insert,http://www.fda.gov/downloads/BiologicsBloodVaccines/Vaccines/ApprovedProducts/UCM111263.pdf
(8) Canterbury District Health Board
(9) Effects of Adsorption to Aluminum Salt Adjuvants on the Structure and Stability of Model Protein Antigens, January 31, 2005, doi: 10.1074/jbc.M500687200 April 8, 2005 The Journal of Biological Chemistry, 280, 13406-13414.
(10) Aluminum Hydroxide injections lead to motor deficits and motor neuron degeneration. Journal of Inorganic Biochemistry
Volume 103, Issue 11, November 2009, Pages 1555-1562
The Eighth Keele Meeting on Aluminium , doi:10.1016/j.jinorgbio.2009.05.019Christopher A. Shawa, b, c, Corresponding Author Contact Information, E-mail The Corresponding Author, Michael S. Petrikc
(11) Aluminum Vaccine Adjuvants: Are they Safe? pp.2630-2637 (8) Authors: L. Tomljenovic, C. A. Shaw, Current Medicinal Chemistry, Volume 18 Issue 17, ISSN: 0929-8673,http://vaccinexchange.files.wordpress.com/2011/05/tomljenovic_shaw-cmc-published2.pdf
(12) Merck Manual
(13) Autism Spectrum Disorders and Allergy: Observation from a Pediatric Allergy/immunology Clinic, Harumi Jyonouchi , Posted: 06/15/2010; Expert Rev Clin Immunol. 2010;6(3):397-411. © 2010 Expert Reviews Ltd.http://www.medscape.com/viewarticle/721702
(14) Possible role of histamine in pathogenesis of autoimmune diseases: Implications for immunotherapy with histamine-2 receptor antagonists,Medical Hypotheses, Volume 39, Issue 4, Pages 349-355, H. Nielsen, J. Hammer
(15) Sodium Chloride for Broiler Breeders, Poult Sci 1983. 62:480-482. doi:10.3382/ps.0620480, © 1983 Poultry Science Association
(16) Right to Know Hazardous Substance Fact Sheet Common Name:ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, Synonyms: Aluminum Monophosphate, CAS No: 7784-30-7, Molecular Formula: AlPO4, RTK Substance No: 0062, Description: Solid, corrosive chemical which may be in a liquid or gel form
(17) Sciencelab.com, Inc. Product Name: Aluminum Phosphate, Catalog Codes: SLA4810, CAS#: 7784-30-7, RTECS: TB6450000, TSCA: TSCA 8(b) inventory: Aluminum Phosphate, CI#: Not available., Synonym: Phosphoric Acid, Aluminum salt; Aluminum orthophosphate, Chemical Name: Aluminum Phosphate
(18) SPI Pharma, Inc., Material Name: ALUMINUM PHOSPHATE, Chemical Name: Inorganic Salt
(19) The Free Dictionary, Aluminum Hydroxide
(20) Science Lab, Aluminum Hydroxide, Synonym: Aluminum Hydroxide Powder Reagent; Aluminum Trihyroxide, Chemical Name: Aluminum Hydroxide Powder, Chemical Formula: Al(OH0)3
© Cynthia A. Janak