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Invasion of the Chinese tree killers: Asian beetle poses the biggest threat to woodlands since Dutch Elm Disease in the 1970s .
A Chinese beetle is threatening to wreak havoc on Britain's trees on a scale not seen since the devastation of Dutch Elm Disease 40 years ago.
If unchecked, the Asian long-horn beetle threatens to lay waste to millions of poplar and willow trees as well as maple, sycamore, elm, horse chestnut, apple, pear and cherry species.
Government scientists have discovered the beetle breeding in Britain for the first time. They now fear young beetles will soon mature into adults and spread around the country.
Experts say a nightmare scenario could happen from May – and they are now in a race against time to prevent the spread of the beetle before then.
They are inspecting every tree within a mile radius of the outbreak, in Paddock Wood, Kent, using binoculars to scan the bark for tell-tale holes less than an inch in diameter in which beetles lay eggs.
Any trees found to be infested will be chopped down and incinerated before the beetles reach maturity.
So far three trees have tested positive. Results are awaited on a further ten. A pesticide can be used in the early stages of infestation, but experts have chosen not to use it because it is a less certain method than burning trees.
The danger is from the beetle's larvae, which burrow for food through the living wood. Branches become brittle, then collapse, and eventually the tree dies.
Humans are not at risk, but the beetles should be handled carefully because they can nip skin. Woodland throughout the Home Counties and the South is most at risk from a wider outbreak.
But if it spreads unchecked then most of England and Wales and warmer coastal areas in Scotland could be affected. An alert has been issued by the Food and Environment Research Agency (FERA) and the Forestry Commission.
The outbreak is seen as the biggest threat to the country's native trees since Dutch Elm Disease arrived in the late Sixties and killed more than 25 million elm trees in the Seventies.
The Asian long-horn beetle, a native of China and Korea, is thought to have arrived in Britain as a stow-away passenger in cargo crates shipped in from the Far East.
It has been seen in the country occasionally before, but this is the first time it has been found to be breeding. Scientists discovered the Paddock Wood infestation last month during an annual check.
Researchers were alarmed by suspicious marks on a poplar. Samples were taken, and DNA sequencing confirmed the identity of the larvae.
Peter Scotting, a FERA plant health inspector, said: 'We have identified poplars and willows with infestation and are really concerned. Some of them are already dead, others don't look too bad. We are keeping a very close eye indeed. We need to act fast before this pest gets a grip.'
Checks have been stepped up at British ports to ensure packaging on ships carrying Chinese goods is properly treated and fumigated.
The beetle was regularly picked up on wood-packaged imports until 2005, when trade rules made it compulsory to treat wood material to kill infestations and checks were reduced.
New restrictions may be introduced after an EU review of import controls, which is under way. In China the beetle has killed millions of poplars. Thousands of trees have died in the US, where £460 million has been spent on eradication.
Outbreaks have also affected Italy, Belgium, Holland and Switzerland.
Under threat: The beetle threatens to lay waste to millions of poplar and willow trees as well as maple, sycamore, elm, horse chestnut, apple, pear and cherry species


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Fashion Week/McQueen R.I.P.8:10 AM
[Un] HAPPY FASHION WEEK
Alexander McQueen Dead at 40
Thursday February 11th, 2010
What a way to kick off Fashion Week, huh? As I stretch and sing good morning to the melting snow of yesterday's blizzard, and think of my most Fashionable All Black Everything, for tonight's backstage stint at the GQ Menswear Designer of the Year Fashion Show, the breaking news of 1 of the fashion industry's most respected designers has sent shock waves through NYC and Fashonistas everywhere.
Alexander McQueen, one of fashion's consummate inconoclasts and showmen, has committed suicide at age 40, a spokeswoman confirmed.
"Mr. McQueen has been found dead at his house this morning," she said, declining further comment.
A statement from PPR, parent of Gucci Group and the McQueen company, is expected shortly. Circumstances of his death were not revealed and a spokesman declined comment. McQueen's mother recently died and the designer was known to be extremely close to her, although it could not be learned whether this contributed to his death.
McQueen burst onto the London fashion scene with a mix of aggression, energy and creativity that reinvigorated the city's reputation and made his shows the hottest ticket in town.
For further coverage, check back with WWD.COM throughout the day.
VIEW Some of his great artistry in today's Pop Culture Artist, Department Store Chic and signature Haute Couture Runway.
Current McQueen poster Child and 1 of my current style icons, Lady Gaga in a scene from "Bad Romance"
Gaga, again, in another scene from the "Bad Romance" music video, featuring the Signature Couture Ballet shoe by McQueen
Gaga, once again, in a *Vintage House of McQueen red ensemble. Crown by House of GaGa
Our Sasha Fierce Loves rocking McQueen specialties. Seen here at the 2008 World Music Awards
MCQ for Target Stores
Like his designer comrades, Catherine Malandrino and John Galliano, Alexander McQeen was known for his over the top Couture runway pieces and shows

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These past few months, I've been learning more about how to accept life and it's balance. At age 17, I used my emotional logic to make the decision to not ingest any animal products. I thought it was wonderful that I could be healthy and not have to harm any animals in the process (I was also, most of the time, soy- and wheat-free to avoid the health disasters, as well as the unintentional murder from combines). Although, it turns out, I could not be healthy while avoiding animal foods. The food I was eating wasn't working for me, yet I ignored it, because I honestly felt that one could be healthy abstaining from animal foods.
I read a quote that really struck me, and was a major part of pushing me towards the idea of eating animals again(and wouldn't you know, I can't find it again! I read so many books about paleo/primal eating, I've forgotten which it was in.). It was a quote about how eating meat was an "adult knowledge". As a young adult going through the process of "growing up", I've learned it's not just about "getting older". I noticed that people talk to me differently than when I was a kid, others around you get older, and perhaps sicker, and you tend to experience loss more than as a child. My parents never used to talk to me about serious family issues, and now they do. Other family members used to hide their emotions from me, and I would view them as a sort of super hero, whereas as an adult, I've seen my grandmother cry more than I ever did my entire childhood. As you grow up, you see that life is a balance. There is bad for the good, and there is death for the life.
This past week, I lost my grandfather. I take comfort in the fact that I come from him, so he will always be a part of me, yet it isn't the same. The child in me yearns for the years past when he was healthy. His decline happened so rapidly, due to alcohol mostly, I feel that in my teen years, I didn't appreciate him as much as I did as a child, as I did as an adult now, watching him fade away. I was almost angry and upset with him when I was a teen because of his alcohol abuse, and it makes me sad now, but there's nothing I can do to change how it was. Although, perhaps I was so upset because I knew that if he kept drinking that way, he would only get sicker, and it would eventually take him?
Being an adult is strange because you have never been an adult before. Being an adult means you accept life for what it is. You cannot be nourished if something else does not die. Even something as "simple" as a plant, seems to cry out when it is being cut. You, yourself, cannot live forever. Your parents will not live forever. There will come a time when everyone you love will not be here any longer. But isn't that what makes life so special, and so precious? The life of an animal is indeed precious, but doesn't it become even more so when it's being used to nourish a family? After all, is a lioness thinking about the loss of a gazelle family, or the fact that if she doesn't catch one, her family might not survive? Death isn't pretty, but it is a part of our lives.
On the eve of my grandfather's passing, I was alone, outside, sitting by a bed of rocks in my own thoughts. My family was together, but I was very upset and wanted to be alone so I could think. I was having trouble focusing, due to my emotional instabilities, and so I began stacking cairns. The rock bed was more of a pebble bed, and trying to balance the teeny rocks really helped me focus. As I stacked, I had to be very careful to not make it topple over. It was interesting because although the rocks weren't necessarily all flat, they still stacked together and would stay until I(accidentally) knocked them down. I thought about life's balances; what goes up must come back down, as well as the other black-and-whites: life, death, good bad. It was comforting to build them and sort of focus my thoughts together, I really enjoyed it. I built about 5 stacks before I felt better and went inside to be with my family again.
Nobody ever said that growing up would be easy, but I never thought it would be so profound. I've experienced loss before, but being an adult and losing my grandfather was very different than my other losses. When I lost my maternal grandmother at age 17, it didn't really hit me until I was older. Now, I think back on that time and scold myself that I didn't do more to be close to her, or that I hardly cried when she died. It upset me, but I didn't feel the full effect of her death until I became an adult.
Maybe it's when you get older and start feeling the effects of age that you being to realize the balances of life. While death is inevitable, there are ways to live that make the journey there not as painful. My poor grandparents were in a lot of pain up until their deaths, mostly due to illnesses that can be prevented. It hurts to say that, but it is the truth. Most cases of diabetes can be avoided through diet, and it certainly isn't incredibly difficult to not be an alcoholic. And while it is very sad for me to have lost them this way, it is a motivator for me to live a healthy life. I don't want my children and grandchildren to watch me suffer when I'm older. I want to live a long, fulfilling life. My mother says she doesn't want to live to be 90 and not be able to see, or hear, or do anything on her own, but it doesn't have to be that way. There are people who are well and able into their 90s. There are people who's bodies don't break down at 60 and get worse as the years pass. My best friend's grandfather was diagnosed with cancer before my grandfather was and now his cancer is getting smaller, whereas my grandfather's took him. What is the difference? Her grandfather lives his life eating mostly whole and healthy foods. My grandfather drank excess amounts of alcohol each day, whereas hers didn't and doesn't.
There are ways to live a long and healthy life, and it takes the balance of life to help it happen. It takes growing up to realize these truths, then to utilize them. My life's mission is to create a healthy life, and to have healthy children, and to keep them healthy. I'm so relieved to have realized this adult knowledge of life, and now knowing how to use these nourishing food traditions to help me realize my dream.


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So out of habit I look in the classifieds on KSL all the time for toys or whatever for Ashton. I scored big this time. I found this huge set airplane set, with the airport, barn and bridge with the plane for $50. Just the airport alone is $50 at Target (we have to check out the trains every time we go to Target, Ashton asks as soon as we get in the parking lot) We set it up in the living room and added the stuff we already had, it has been so much fun.
Now all we need is a room big enough for this to stay up all the time. It doesn't get to stay in the living room forever.


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Apparently it wasn't enough to just make the playoffs for the Jellico Middle football team. Jellico Middle was ready to go further.
Campbell County senior wide receiver Shawn Marcum is just seven catches away from breaking the school record for most catches in a season.
There was a great turnout with more than 250 in attendance at the annual Campbell County Chamber of Commerce Pig Roast and Auction last Thursday night.
Several Campbell County High School art students took home awards from the Tennessee Valley Fair in Knoxville and the Louie Bluie Music and Arts Festival in Caryville last month.
Nearly 100 Campbell County residents were treated at a vision clinic sponsored by the Campbell County Lions Club and the Smoky Mountain Lions Charity on Oct. 7.
The Caryville city council voted on Oct. 9 to hire Billy Lowe as a full-time police officer for the town of Caryville.
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Chocolate Buttermilk Cake
Ingredients (Receta en español aquí)
175g unsalted butter
175g plain flour
250 g sugar
250 g sugar
225g high quality dark chocolate (70%)
70 g cocoa powder
70 g cocoa powder
2 tsp instant coffee
4 large eggs
240 ml buttermilk
1 tsp vanilla extract
1 tsp bicarbonate of soda
½ tsp baking powder
A pinch of salt (1/4 tsp)
A pinch of salt (1/4 tsp)
Preheat oven to 170°C (340°F) and grease and baseline a 9-10 inches cake pan.
In a large bowl stir together the flour, bicarbonate of soda, baking powder and salt. Sift and set aside.
Melt the butter in a saucepan set over a pot of lightly steaming water, over medium heat. Add the chocolate and stir until melted and smooth. Add the instant coffee to the mixture.
In another bowl, whisk together the eggs, vanilla extract and sugar. Pour into the chocolate mixture and mix until well combined.
Now it is very important to add the ingredients in this order to the chocolate-butter mixture:
- First add one third of the flour mixture to the chocolate mixture. Mix until combined.
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- Add another third of the flour mixture.
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Pour the mixture into the prepared cake pan and place it in the oven.
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Remove from the oven and let the cake cool in the pan for 10 minutes.
Then remove from the pan and cool completely on a wire rack.
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Saturday, March 7, 2009
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They are very tastefully done (nothing "down there" to worry about, however there are a couple shots of breastfeeding, again tasteful, but skip 'em if you don't feel comfortable) so ENJOY! I will of course narrate the story asap for you guys!
Also these pictures OFFICIALLY introduce our little "Clover" to the world!
Coming up next: reasons behind his awesome name, video of us introducing him to our closest friends and family, Mommy's version of the birth story, and Daddy's first blog with his version of the birth story!


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The fallout from the Ayanbadejo pro-gay marriage fiasco continues, as Yahoo! Sports recently put up an AP report on the gradually evolving acceptance of homosexuals in professional sports. It's a pretty standard AP article–a reasonable number of facts, some interviews, and very little analysis. I don't have much to say about the article itself, but boy oh boy do I have a thing or two to say to the sports fans who are commenting on the article. I've already talked about coaches, players and owners, so let's move on to fans. I'm glad to come to the defense of players who are negatively stereotyped as being stupid just because they're athletic. But it's harder to defend the fans when the vast majority of comments on a rather mild article about gay rights in sports are full of drooling stupidity and religious bigotry. Take Fredna, for instance:
Fredna • 1 day 21 hours ago
Regardless of how many athletes speak out for gay marriage, gay marriage is still wrong. And, no amount of web fluff pieces, renaming it 'gay rights', and marginalizing opponents by calling them 'homophobic' can change that.
Uh, sorry, but nobody's saying that athletes supporting gay marriage is what makes it right. That's really not the point. Making professional athletes the ultimate moral arbitrators is almost as dumb as making the Bible the ultimate moral arbitrator. Gay marriage is right for a simple reason. It's right because it's the only fair, humane thing to do. And actually, marginalizing the bigots is a quite effective tactic. People who think others are second class citizens should be marginalized. And laughed at. And made to wear funny hats, just for shits and giggles.
One chowder-headed theme that numerous fans mindlessly repeated like parrots at a cracker factory should be familiar to anyone who follows the issue:
wooded • 1 day 21 hours ago
Yeah "it's what they can do on Sundays to help us win that matters" you can use that same argument for having felons and pedophiles on your team
Anita • 3 days ago
Hey AP – Since you're wanting to push your queer agenda onto the sports page, how about a story about how Jerry Sandusky wanted to REDEFINE marriage in the Penn State showers?
Or even the GAY marriage we're sure he's receiving now in the State Penn Showers!
Tony • 2 days 16 hours ago
It used to be popular for the celebrities and pro sports figures to be recovering drug addicts, now they wannabee gays….. #$%$
A Yahoo! User • 3 days ago
Hey since the LibFa6 media wants to keep pushing their gay agenda, where it doesn't belong (on the sports page) why not do a story on how a famous GAY guy Jerry Sandusky wants to REDEFINE marriage to what NAMBLAcrats do to little boys in showers?
Well libfa6 media? Where's that story?
Take your GAY agenda and SHOVE IT. I'm sure there's plenty of room up there.
A Yahoo! User • 3 days ago
This world gets worse and worse day by day. The worse it gets, the more immune we become to immoral lifestyles, i.e. adultery, fornication, homosexuality, lying, stealing, killings etc. Just because we're immune to these things does not mean that they all of sudden change from being wrong to right.
You know what's just like two grown dudes who love each other? Stealing and killing and child abuse and drug addiction! They're exactly the same! My brain is made of rich chocolate pudding! It's food for the gremlin that lives in my butt!
And hey, Yahoo! User, if we were "immune" to those things then they'd do us no harm, so then they actually would be just fine. I believe the word you were looking for was "desensitized". And what you call being "desensitized" to homosexuality is what I call having enough of a brain not to hate someone just for living an unfamiliar lifestyle.
The story also led more than a few people into the seedy realms of their own personal fantasies…
Leagues Williams • 2 days 9 hours ago
I bet the locker room is going to feel odd now!!
Of Wolf and Man • 2 days 10 hours ago
Let's all take our pants off!
David • 1 day 20 hours ago
Are they also going to give him his own special shower and dressing room.?
A Yahoo! User • 3 days ago
Wonder how the center will feel when he knows the QB is gay? How sick!
A Yahoo! User • 1 day 20 hours ago
how you can enter in a locker room wit a #$%$they is looking at you like a predator
A Yahoo! User • 3 days ago
That is all we need: Some TE kissing a QB after a TD. Yuck!
I'm almost afraid to ask why Conservative Fantasy World always includes these constant, unending gay orgies. Even Freud wouldn't touch this.
If gays had even a fraction of the sex that conservatives imagine them having, they'd be the happiest people in the galaxy.
Anyways, let's move on to another comment…
Eddie • 1 day 21 hours ago
The word is SODOMITE….they need to say i m a SODOMITE. (it's men that sleep with men)
the WORLD has HI-JACK the word SODOMITE and change it to GAY (the is nothing GAY about a man sleeping with another man! Gay meaning bright, and aint nothing bright in that!
men playing in FECES does not resemble BRIGHTNESS!
resembles a DEBASE MIND!
Uh, okay, now we've stumbled into a really, really scary place. Eddie, get help. Seriously, dude. Seriously.
David • 1 day 20 hours ago
More articles on gays from Yahoo. They seem to be obsessed with the subject. Maybe they should come "out of the closet".
Only gay people would support gay people in these idiot's mind. So the next time they say "support the troops" they should join the fucking army.
A Yahoo! User • 3 days ago
The problem with gays is that is defines their whole lives. Keep your sexual preference to yourself. Get rid of the lame rainbow stickers and equal right bull.
Conservative thinking in a nutshell:
If someone is something unfamiliar to me, I'm to lazy to think anything else about them.
Therefore, there is nothing else about them.
Therefore, they define themselves entirely by a single superficial feature just like I do.
A Yahoo! User • 2 days 22 hours ago
WTF, is nothing sacred anymore?
Hell no! It's fucking awesome!
A Yahoo! User • 2 days 13 hours ago
Gay marriage has nothing to do with sports. It has to do with the Bible. If you don't believe in God, then we have to just agree to disagree. If you are a Christian, you CAN'T believe in gay marriage or the gay lifestyle for that matter. I'm not advocating for the hating of gays rather the gay lifestyle. This is NOT about hate, its about LOVE. We want to see these souls in the afterlife.
What makes you think they'd want to see you there? Heaven with the likes of you would be hell.
A Yahoo! User • 3 days ago
I am Sick n Tired of Gay Deviants in Everyday Life, The Last thing we need is to see these freaks prancing an sashaying in the NFL or NBA
I only want to see STRAIGHT men in tights slapping each others' asses!
A Yahoo! User • 3 days ago
Gay marriage will become legal in all 50 states, it is inevitable. The Roman empire fell because of debauchery such as gays, corruption, greed and other things, just as America is already and is headed toward, it will help bring down this once great country. 'Hell and destruction to the nation that forgets God'.
That is my opinion and I have a right to it, at least until the Liberals outlaw speaking out against gays.
Of course you have every right to open your mouth and let us all know what an idiot you are. There are a lot of countries that have left God behind (most of Western Europe, for instance), and they haven't been destroyed. Many of them allow buttsex too, but no Apocalypse. If you really buy into all this USA #1 crap, then why do you think America is so weak that it can't withstand the onslaught of buttsex? Or is Iceland really just that much tougher than we are?
alaskadad • 3 days ago
Grow up. Supporting gays will only get you laid in LA. Point is keep gay,abortions, and women's rights out of the NFL.
This guy really makes me want to hire a lesbian feminist to chuck an aborted fetus through the goal posts at a picture of Sarah Palin.
jaguar11 • 3 days ago
Their "rights" haven't been taken away. They never had the right to marry before.
Was this posted by an actual jaguar? I mean, like a big cat just pranced across the keyboard and this idiotic statement spewed out of it? So you can't give someone a right they didn't already have before? That doesn't even make fucking sense in Conservative Fantasy World.
Anita • 3 days ago
Hey AP – Since you're wanting to push your queer agenda onto the sports page, how about a story about how Jerry Sandusky wanted to REDEFINE marriage in the Penn State showers?
Or even the GAY marriage we're sure he's receiving now in the State Penn Showers!
Wanna make your argument more convincing in Conservative Fantasy World? Just add rape.
In fact, this Anita chick (whoever she is) seems to be responsible for some of the vilest, most bigoted, and most idiotic comments in the thread, such as this one:
Anita • 3 days ago
But why would you want to marry? You are entitled to Vancity bathhouse boy.
But why leave your boyfriend for a woman?
Sorry PROPAGANDIST libFa6, you can't REDEFINE the word.
Got it GAYboy!
Maybe she and Eddie from earlier should hook up. They could share a therapist.
Look, I'm not trying to make sports fans look bad. I'm a sports fan myself. But the fact that the overwhelming response to an article that said nothing more than "Sports is a little less hostile to gays now" has been "Shut up, faggot! Stop forcing your sweet, luscious dic– I mean, agenda down my throat!" is pretty depressing.
One common theme among the more, shall I say, self-aware bigots in the comments thread was, "This shouldn't be discussed on a sports website." They're trying to act like they're above the fray; they're so beyond the gay thing. They only deign to comment to let us all know that they think this conversation shouldn't exist. Let's call this silent bigotry. It's still bigotry, though, because if no one says anything about homophobia in sports then, of course, it will never go away (and they damn well know this).
Sure, if every article at Yahoo! Sports felt the need to bring up homophobia, I'd be pissed. I wouldn't want to read about it in every single god damn article, as that would be a completely disproportionate response and utterly inappropriate. But that's not happening. In fact, as a person who avidly follows a few sports websites, I can say with certainty that the topic is rarely brought up. But when it is, it should be. There is a time and a place for this conversation, as with any political conversation. Yeah, don't bring it up at the dinner table. But ignoring it completely would be even worse.


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This last year I was a religious education teacher for 6th graders at my parish. Our topic for the year was the Holy Bible. Near the beginning of the year we were looking at the book of Genesis and God's first commandment to Adam and Eve. Genesis 1:22 "and God blessed them, saying, "Be fertile, multiply, and fill the water of the seas; and let the birds multiply on the earth." One of the kids asked "What about overpopulation, there won't be enough to eat, there won't be enough room to live or food to eat. I told the kids that we must trust God at all times and I would get back with them the next week with facts to discuss the topic of "over-population".
Fact 1. There is an estimated 57,500,000 sq miles of Land Surface on planet earth. There are an estimated 7 Billion people on earth rounding up about 300 million of the current estimate to the nearest Billion. This means that there is 0.008214 sq miles/person on planet earth and if 1 sq mile = 27,878,400 sq feet then even with inflated population numbers there is still 229,001 sq ft per person on planet earth. To put this in physical terms that we can possibly relate to you could fit everyone in the world in the state of Texas and gave them equal room to live, even if all the rooms were connected everyone would still have 1070 sq ft per person. The world is far from over populated from a land perspective.
But what about food?
Fact 2. The following is from the Handbook on Population, Sassone, 1998 par. 203 "There appear to be no insurmountable resource and technology constraints at the global level that would stand in the way of increasing world food supplies by as much as required by the growth of effective demand." And, "…global food production has evolved to a stage where sufficient food is produced to meet the needs of every person on the planet."
According to the Food and Agriculture Organization, world food supplies exceed requirements in all world areas, amounting to a surplus approaching 50% in 1990 in the developed countries, and 17% in the developing regions. "Globally, food supplies have more than doubled in the last 40 years … between 1962 and 1991, average daily per caput food supplies increased more than 15% … at a global level, there is probably no obstacle to food production rising to meet demand," according to FAO documents prepared for the 1996 World Food Summit. The FAO also reported that less than a third as many people had less than 2100 calories per person per day in 1990-92 as had been the case in 1969-71.
At present, farmers use less than half of the world's arable land. The conversion of land to urban and built-up uses to accommodate a larger population will absorb less than 2% of the world's land, and "is not likely to seriously diminish the supply of land for agricultural production," according to Paul Waggoner, writing for the Council for Agricultural Science and Technology in 1994.
In Conclusion: Do we trust God and His commandments to us? Or do we do believe alarmists who raise false arguments to help support the supposed need for abortion and contraception. God has given us the Catholic Church, which has spoken with authority on these issues yet our world, and even some Catholic laity, prefers to chart their own course in life.
Dear Lord Jesus help us trust in You. Helps to live our lives in accordance with Your will and direction. Increase our trust in Your Catholic Church and its teaching. Amen


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Martyn Waghorn made it 17 goals for the season during Rangers' 4-0 win over Alloa Athletic.
Rangers hit back after their 2-1 defeat at Hibernian last week by thrashing Alloa Athletic 4-0 at Ibrox on Saturday afternoon.
Mark Warburton's men suffered their first league defeat of the season at Hibs, and had to show their title credentials by bouncing back against Alloa Athletic - and that's just what they did.
Martyn Waghorn put Rangers in front early on, and after James Tavernier hammered home another superb free kick, Waghorn scored his second volley of the day to make it 3-0 before half time.
Substitute Nicky Clark then came off the bench to add a fourth, and that's how it finished as Rangers coasted to a 4-0 victory at Ibrox.
It was a vital win for Rangers, and there is no surprise over who took most of the plaudits, with Waghorn stealing the show having scored twice.
His 16th and 17th goals of the season were met with approval from Rangers fans, who even joked that he is better than Celtic's Leigh Griffiths.
Other compared him to former Ibrox heroes, and their love for Waghorn was clear as some stated that he was becoming their favourite player following his summer move from Wigan Athletic.
Here is how Rangers fans reacted on Twitter to Waghorn's performance against Alloa Athletic on Saturday afternoon...
I watched both McCoist and Boyd and they missed far more than Waghorn. Waghorn is a far better all around footballer too.— Yacky (@hesaidnoto) November 8, 2015
Anyone else think Oduwa was disappointing yday? Thought Waghorn & McKay were our best players.— Lest We Forget (@54Beats44) November 8, 2015
Waghorn is top class, his 2 goals yesterday were something else.— David McClean (@DeErFc) November 8, 2015
Waghorn well in his way to becoming my favourite player— Lee m (@lee_marson86) November 7, 2015
I love all the summer signings but Waghorn is the man . The guy has been tremendous. Holt close behind though! Best £65k in a long time.— Kirsten :) (@Kirstenr93) November 7, 2015
Waghorn is getting better and better. His two goals were top class finishes, he has the makings of a top striker. What a find by Warbs.— Chic EBT Allan (@chic_allan) November 8, 2015
King waghorn > Griffiths— Ginto (@GrantMcLaughl1n) November 7, 2015
Waghorn is just too good— Dylan (@Dyl_RFC) November 7, 2015


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Lovely picture again. Have anything planned for Little Nel's birthday tomorrow?
What a very fun day and beautiful photos.
I'm following you back :-)
Hip Chick's Guide to PMS, Pregnancy and Babies
thanks DP!:)
M2kiddos: we had it last weekend. That's why i backed the quiche and all. :) you remember well. :)
Very wholesome kids.how come i don't seem to have time to let them play like that everyday? oh sigh..coz i'm working.:(
Carolyn, I don't do this everyday either, coz i too work. :) but I make it a point to take them out in the evenings at least twice a week. My children have no tuition classes, instead I give them time to play, read and of course go outdoors. I think this is a lot healthier for a child.
great pictures!!!!!!
Especially the "energy"ones!!
How I love the look of joy on Nel's face in that picture where she is looking up!
Thanks for linking up such a joyful post. Your photos are priceless, the skies look so beautiful and I love the one of the football and little legs.
I remember days like this as a kid too during the summer holidays which seems to stretch on and on, full of adventures and fun.
Have a lovely weekend,
thank you :) I enjoyed writing this post, because it was truly a beautiful day and I had to write about it.


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Leave People Alone!
Stop bothering people.
From government with petty rules and regulations to the bozo next door, someone is always interfering in your life.
The government enacts stupid and wasteful laws, rules and regulations to
— try to control you
— allow politicians to feed their ego with power over you
— enable incompetent bureaucrats to not do their job at your expense
The bozo who
— has to be loud
— is bumping into you on the street or blocking the sidewalk
— causing a problem for everybody else
Lets not forget rioters, demonstrators and protesters.
Unless someone is restricting your freedom, let them be free.
The facts no one wants to read.
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Monday, October 17, 2011
For Emmeline
who followed it around like a martyr
with flowers in your
hair, and a pencil in your hand.
Did she reach for the moonlight
as she blinked in the face
of two familiar deathrattle eyes?
And for all your odes and well-wrought verses
were you prepared to leave
hand in hand with that spectre
when he grasped your hands in his?
And did she sigh
as the moon chilled the sky
and whisper
"I'd like to stay here,
just a little bit longer,
just a little longer, is all"
But Emmeline, with flowers in your hair,
dead ears caught your gentle cries
and you departed, the flowers falling from your hair,
to join the immortalized.
(A rough draft. If anyone knows the literary character this alludes to, I will be in awe of you for the rest of your life.)
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I have no idea what literary character that alludes to, and so I feel like I've failed you.ReplyDelete
I will say, though, that I didn't have the greatest of days today and was not in what could be described as a fantastic mood. But it cheered me up greatly to see that you posted, and even more so to read this wonderful poem. Fantastic work.
Who is it?
I wasn't in a great mood today either, but seeing your compliments never fails to make me smile :) It was Emmeline Grangerford, a tiny, tiny character in Huck Finn that completely blew my mind away. She was dead in the present, she never had any lines, but her characterization and backstory was just perfect (she died at 15 from sickness, but before that she used to look in newspapers at the obituaries and write tributes to the dead).ReplyDelete
A bright spot in an otherwise tough to read novel, to be honest :/
Embarrassingly, I have not read Huck Finn. Well, I read like the first two or three chapters in the dead of night at my Great Aunt and Uncle's house in Norman, OK; but I've just never picked it up since then.ReplyDelete
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Thursday, August 27, 2009
Chaos is the Word
Chaos is actually anything but neat. Chaos has turned my bedroom into a chemistry lab where I combine beakers of human milk and Enfamil, and then try to get a tiny creature to eat it without throwing it back up onto my face. Chaos has made my spare bedroom into a late night dumping ground for tiny laundry soiled with pee, poop, vomit, or any combination therein. Chaos has turned my mother-in-law into a short order cook and wife and me into zombies at times. We couldn't be happier for chaos, but it is surely not neat.
I guess chaos might seem like a strong term to you - it implies lack of structure. Actually, we have structure. There is a recipe for our mayhem, and we follow it well. There have just been fires to stomp out every little while over the course of the first week. Here is a sample of one of our three hour cycles.
1:55 a.m: I wake Micah and take him to change his diaper prior to feeding. Rachel prepares bottles for supplemental feedings.
1:59 a.m: While having his lower half raised to clean his backside, Micah pees on his own shirt and face, necessitating change of clothes. Rachel comes into the room to see what is taking so long.
2:04 a.m: Micah begins nursing. I tell Rachel to wake me if she needs anything.
2:05 a.m: Rachel wakes me to tell me that Micah is farting a lot.
2:10 a.m: Rachel and I decide to nickname Micah. He will now be referred to as Fester, for his strong resemblance to Fester Adams.
2:20 a.m: I wake Malorie and take her to change her diaper prior to feeding.
2:22 a.m: Rachel comes to the changing table carrying a screaming Fester. He has burped up milk and needs to be changed prior to continuing his meal. She leaves with Malorie.
2:25 a.m: Malorie begins nursing by pursing her lips and arching her back to reject the boob as I give Fester his bottle.
2:30 a.m: Rachel and I nickname Malorie. She is now called Mal Pal, because it rhymes and it's tough to be creative at this hour. Mal Pal has now decided to take the milk, but not because we want her to, only because she wants it.
2:32 a.m: Mal Pal falls asleep nursing.
2:33 a.m: Mal Pal cries because Rachel used a wet cloth to wake her back up.
2:50 a.m: I ask Rachel if we can watch Sportscenter. I tell her Mal Pal might want an update on the National League wild card standings. Request denied.
2:52 a.m: Rachel begins bottle feeding Mal Pal. I can't take her because I can't get Fester to burp.
3:00 a.m: I decide Fester must not need to burp since he hasn't done so yet, and so I return him to his crib and take Mal Pal, who is now sleeping again. I reintroduce the idea of Sportscenter as Rachel begins to pump. Request denied.
3:03 a.m: Fester burps up milk all over his bassinet. Rachel now takes Malorie, who we will no longer call Mal Pal because we are tired and annoyed. We still call Micah Fester because it is a slightly demeaning nickname and he is causing us extra work. Tyson leaves the room in disgust.
3:10 a.m: Fester's in new clothes, bed linens are replaced and Malorie is finishing her bottle. All is right with the world, except I don't know who won the Dodgers-Rockies game.
3:15 a.m: Malorie and Micah are now back in the bassinet asleep. Rachel restarts the extraction. I write down feeding information into our log and then go to get a piece of cake from the fridge because if Rachel won't let me watch Sportscenter, I will punish her by getting fat. In addition to creativity, logic also apparently not my strong suit at this hour.
3:35 a.m: Rachel wraps up the pumping and goes to clean the materials. I take product to fridge and return to find Malorie fussing in crib.
3:45 a.m: We get Malorie settled and returned to bed. Tyson, somehow knowing the entire evolution is nearing an end, returns to the bedroom and promptly attempts to take my spot in the bed as I set the alarm for 4:55 a.m.
OK, so not every evolution goes quite this rough. But, not every evolution goes quite this well either. All I will say is that Rachel and I are tired, frustrated at times, and absolutely loving every minute of the chaos. It has already given us reason to laugh, cry and yell at each other - but it has also given us a stockpile of memories: First time holding both babies at once, first doctor visit, first bath, first family picture, gifts, baby songs and nicknames galore. Now we just have to figure out how to work the slow motion replay feature of life so we can marvel at it all. Never mind, no time for that... the alarm is going off.
As for Beards for Babies, the charity is still plugging along. On Monday I was informed that the total was up to $565 in online donations. Thanks for all the great support, and keep it coming to the deserving people at Wolfson's NICU. As for the Mal-stache of the day, we have my friend Jimmy and his son Ethan modeling the Yosimite Sam Mal-stache, common in parts of South Dakota, the Dominican Republic, and seedy 1980's movies. Lookin' good gents, lookin' good.
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Hi there ... I am not sure how I found you guys but I've been reading for a couple of weeks now. Love the blog !!!ReplyDelete
I know exactly how you feel about the chaos. I have almost 18 month old twins and remember vividly the days of no sleep and long middle of the night routines. The worry and all the rule following. A few months into it the middle of the night linen changes got less and less ... because we were too tired and realized they would not be harmed if we threw a changing pad thingy over the puke and laid em back down!!! Gross? or desperate?
In the beginning it is so scary because they are so tiny and fragile ... it gets so much easier the older / bigger they get. My first favorite milestone was when they could hold their own bottles.
Fun Times. Fun Times!!! It goes all too fast... I am glad you are enjoying this time amidst the chaos!!!
Thanks for sharing your journey ... sam
Chaos always reminds me of the Get Smart TV show in the 60's, although when I just googled it to see when it was on TV, I found out that the "Chaos" Agent 86 and Agent 99 were fighting against, was actually spelled KAOS. So, Malorie and Micah taught me something new tonight!ReplyDelete
I'm so happy to hear they're doing everything they're supposed to be doing at home. Who would've thought gaining an ounce could cause such joy! I never understood how, after taking a few ounces at a feeing, then producing gallons from both ends, the baby could still gain weight! But, somehow that's what happens. It's a miracle! :-)
Thanks so much for the update! They are such very precious blessings!! ( thanks for posting a picture of them in their "matching" outfits!)
This just made me laugh out loud and is 100% accurate. I thought it would NEVER end...but it did! Hang in there and as always, let me know if you need any help. :-)ReplyDelete
You guys look great too, babies are adorrrable!
It does get better, but remember to enjoy these days too. Some times I think I spent so much time just trying to survive that I forgot to enjoy those baby days. Our twins are nearly 6 now and those days seem so long ago.ReplyDelete
i'm sorry y'all but i laughed my ass of at this... at your chaos.ReplyDelete
sorry. it's funny to read.
please still love us.
Eventually, chaos will transform into "controlled chaos" or "organized chaos". I promise.ReplyDelete
It's hard to find moments to breathe, let alone enjoy it, but you will. And keep taking pictures, because you guys are probably so sleep deprived that you're going to need the reminders :)
- AnonymousAugust 30, 2009 at 5:16 PM
The twins look great, but I think poor Tyson needs a hug. He's the most forlorn beagle I've ever seen in my life. But if he thinks it's bad now, wait until the twins get big enough to pull his tail!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousAugust 31, 2009 at 12:56 AM
Hey Bill.ReplyDelete
I sent a package down for the babies.
By the way. Sucks to be you! Glad I get to sleep til noon at least once a week still. lol.


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Knocking around for a couple of seasons in the guise of shirts, dresses and jackets, this season it's all about the patchwork jean. A slouchy style makes the updated jean inherently cool and much easier to wear. Whether stitched together with different shades of denim or material a la Junya Watanabe will you be patching it up?
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How I wear: Patchwork Jeans
Comfy, cosy and casual, I was on a shoot when I jumped into get this pic taken. I love these Topshop jeans – boyfriend style with subtle patchwork and rips. With them I'm wearing Asos coat, my Claudie Pierlot jumper (again) and Topshop loafers finished off with my old Kurt Geiger bag worn as clutch.
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Thursday, April 7, 2011
Zoo Weekend 2011
So with Mawmaw in town for about two weeks, what better way to kick off the weekend than spending it at the zoo on Saturday? Gracie was sitting in front of us on the train ride, so Jessica called her name and snapped this cute picture when she turned around! Me & Pork Chop on the train ride. The kids (some of our cousins, friend, and Gracie) were playing games and somebody won this bandana that James became fascinated with! Jess & Jacob near one of the animal exhibits. She wanted a picture with the animal in it, and I almost cut them out of the picture because the animal kept moving! The nerve! Gracie has never had any interest in any sort of activity like this, but when she jumped at the chance to do it I jumped at the chance to snap a picture! Jess & James on the bouncy slide. The only problem? Going down it wasn't as easy as climbing up. Even the kids said they were "sticking" to the slide. We thought James was going to have whiplash, he was bouncing back and forth so much!
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This is but one of the only mid-week, you already are, for the weekend, will start to feel the excitement of the pulse through the veins to be known as neon in time to see her again. There is no question or doubt or anyone. Your movie is as epic and when all together and so familiar, yet wildly is original and thrilling. Expand the plot as an attractive, all snaps into place and can not be concerned about the outcome.
San Serac - Style
She came into this world of dreams you have extended only - and such a laugh living in the city under your feet wet if the streets run. She was beside herself with joy, yes, is beautiful and her look is best - but her fashion, her style foreign, are themselves beyond the glossy magazines and runways. This is a way of life. And to use as they now have two sparkling eyes meet when you touch her, yet somehow ancient and electrical vibration. Finally found the love you forever.
* 'Music Never Ends' by the legendary San Serac now to be available at Environ.
** Many thanks of the special to dear sister small, Jane, They Don't Call Them Lovers in High School, Leeland for beautiful images.


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{UAH} EU's new regulation plans to scrap imports of conflict minerals by 2021!
"The people back home wouldn't buy a ring if they knew it cost someone else their hand" –Maddy Brown (Blood Diamond, 2006).
The European Union are acting out of care and thinking of transparency for the industrial imports and mineral exporters. This is happening just a little month after the United States opened up their legislation for importing more from conflict zones. While the European Union plans to close the gate from areas and from sources that export Conflict minerals.
So the EU laws are becoming more stricter than the United States, even if the law they have enacted in the European Parliament and Council of the European Union, will be effective from 2021. So it is 4 years until it has giant effect and gives time to refinery and importers to change behavior. Something that is necessary, as well as the public have to grow concern of the affects of buying conflict minerals. Even as the conflict minerals still come into the market of Europe and into the refineries so the consumers doesn't know and cannot follow where their products who contain minerals comes from war-zones.
That the European Union takes this serious and acts upon this Nobel, and proves that they does not want to support militias and guerrillas that keeps control of mineral rich areas and their exports to supply weapons and continue warfare in for instance the African Great Lakes Region. Take a look!
Background of new rule:
"This Regulation, by controlling trade in minerals from conflict areas, is one of the ways of eliminating the financing of armed groups. The Union's foreign and development policy action also contributes to fighting local corruption, to the strengthening of borders and to providing training for local populations and their representatives in order to help them highlight abuses" (EU, P: 8, 2017).
Conflict Minerals from Great Lakes Region:
"The Commission and the High Representative of the Union for Foreign Affairs and Security Policy should regularly review their financial assistance to and political commitments with regard to conflict-affected and high-risk areas where tin, tantalum, tungsten and gold are mined, in particular in the African Great Lakes Region, in order to ensure policy coherence, and in order to incentivise and strengthen the respect for good governance, the rule of law and ethical mining" (EU, P: 16, 2017).
Trade of Minerals funds armed conflicts:
"Preventing the profits from the trade in minerals and metals being used to fund armed conflict through due diligence and transparency will promote good governance and sustainable economic development. Therefore, this Regulation incidentally covers areas falling within the Union policy in the field of development cooperation in addition to the predominant area covered which falls under the common commercial policy of the Union" (EU, P:17, 2017).
Important Article:
"Article 3: Compliance of Union importers with supply chain due diligence obligations
1. Union importers of minerals or metals shall comply with the supply chain due diligence obligations set out in this Regulation and shall keep documentation demonstrating their respective compliance with those obligations, including the results of the independent third-party audits" (EU, P: 23, 2017).
Date of Application:
"Articles 1(5), 3(1), 3(2), Articles 4 to 7, Articles 8(6), 8(7), 10(3), 11(1), 11(2), 11(3), 11(4), Articles 12 and 13, Article 16(3), and Article 17 shall apply from 1 January 2021"(EU, P: 51, 2017).
What the statements on the law:
"The Commission will consider making additional legislative proposals targeted at EU companies with products containing tin, tantalum, and tungsten and gold in their supply chain should it conclude that the aggregate efforts of the EU market on the responsible global supply chain of minerals are insufficient to leverage responsible supply behaviour in producer countries, or should it assess that the buy-in of downstream operators that have in place supply chain due diligence systems in line with the OECD guidance is insufficient" (…) "In the exercise of its empowerment to adopt delegated acts pursuant to Article 1(5), the Commission will take due account of the objectives of this Regulation, notably as set out in recitals (1), (7), (10) and (17). In doing so, the Commission will, in particular, consider the specific risks associated with the operation of upstream gold supply chains in conflict affected and high-risk areas and taking into account the position of Union micro and small enterprises importing gold in the EU" (…) "In response to the request of the European Parliament for specific guidelines, the Commission is willing to develop performance indicators specific to the responsible sourcing of conflict minerals. By means of such guidelines, relevant companies with more than 500 employees that are required to disclose non-financial information in conformity with Directive 2014/95/EU would be encouraged to disclose specific information in relation to products containing tin, tantalum, tungsten or gold" (EU, P: 57-58, 2017).
The European Union is doing something positive with this. That they show effort and care for the imports and what affects the export has locally, so if the minerals export is shady, the export will cease. So if the due diligence regulation works and the industry complies, the effect can be enormous. The consumer will also know that there are not supporting by third party purchase to pay for ammunition rebels, warlords or guerrillas in far away lands. This should all be seen as step of making a better world and honorable society. Where the money is where the mouth is! Peace.
Council of the European Union – 'Proposal for a Regulation of the European Parliament and of the Council setting up a Union system for supply chain due diligence self-certification of responsible importers of tin, tantalum and tungsten, their ores, and gold originating in conflict-affected and high-risk areas – Outcome of the European Parliament's first reading (Strasbourg, 13 to 16 March 2017) – (20.03.2017).
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Long Cove Farm
767 Leighton Point Road : Pembroke, ME 04666
Washington County, Maine
Farm Description
Long Cove Farm is a 150-acre salt-water farm located in Pembroke, Maine on the shores of Cobscook Bay. The property is beautiful with good soils, there is great market potential and with a bit of hard work Washington County can become more able to feed itself again and farmers being able to make a living here. Farmhouse built in the 1800's, could use a lot of love, but is livable. 2,200 feet of shorefront on Cobscook Bay.
Priced at: information herein is believed to be accurate, but not warranted and should be verified by the buyer. Property sold subject to Conservation Easement


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Saturday, September 12, 2009
Babies and Bellies
In the past 3 weeks I have had the honour of shooting 3 Maternity Sessions, its so exciting to see a baby growing in the womb and I was so thrilled when I finished uploading the images to see what we had created.
See for yourself!
Newborn Photography
What a perfect sweetheart, precious little Shaylee.
I knew the moment I laid eyes on her she would capture your heart, she is so sweet and did so well in her first Photography Session!
Welcome to the world Shaylee!
I know I have neglected the blog and despite promising myself as a new years resolution that I would keep up with it I fell off the bandwagon. In my defence, okay I don't have one, forgive?
I do really want to be committed to blogging so I might need a little help, if you notice no new posts just send a gentle reminder? The business has been growing over the summer and I am so happy to be meeting so many new fresh faces, and happily I would like to announce there are only 2 dates remaining for sessions this year.
If you might be interested in one the two dates are:
November 17, 2009.
December 9, 2009.
I wanted to update you with some of the weddings over the past summer and show you simply what a great summer we have had here at Amanda Lazarski Photography.
Here are some images I captured:
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What Do You See?
Detours in Life
Pentecost 16
We each are born and in that birthing, expectations are formed. Sometimes it is because members of a family all tend to follow the same career path. Sometimes it is because of specific gender roles within a culture. Often, though, it is merely the stereotype that makes everyone comfortable. The problem is that non e are based upon the individual or their talents.
Last year American Eagle Company released a commercial that seemed to celebrate men having a positive self-image. The male models were not the typical male model. Many would have shopped in the "husky" department and most seemed to go against the standard image types. The advertisement seemed to emulate recent similar ads focusing on women… with one very big difference. The American Eagle commercials were an April Fool's Day joke.
Stereotyping is a dangerous although sometimes comical practice. Comedians have relied on stereotypes for over a hundred years in telling a joke. While they may seem funny to many, the subjects of the stereotypes are often deeply hurt. Discrimination is not a laughing matter. To ignore the vaule of each of our individualities is to deprive a person of their very being.
Women are one of the oldest targets for such stereotyping and low expectations. Even though no one is ever born without a woman being intricately involved in the process, society has for centuries and eons failed to properly respect the potential of the average female of the species.
Barbara Askins was born in the late 1930's and subject to the expectations of the times. Women were supposed to get married, have children, and be content. Professions deemed acceptable for women were generally nursing and teaching. Born in the state of Tennessee, Barbara Askins complied with the stereotype for women of her time. She grew up married, and had children.
Then Barbara did something a bit out of the ordinary. Barbara created her own detour of life. She went back to school, earning both a bachelor's and a master's of science from the University of Alabama in Huntsville. Located in the mountainous beginnings of the Appalachian Mountains on the banks of the Tennessee River, Huntsville is home to the Marshall Space Flight Center. It was at Marshall that the Saturn V Rocket that propelled the USA into outer space was developed as a part of NASA. It is also at UAH that the National Oceanographic and Atmospheric Administration (NOAA) has advanced weather labs for studying severe weather.
As a physical chemist, Barbara Askins was in a great location to work, a location that did not try to conform her into an age-old stereotype. It was at Marshall Space Flight Center that Barbara did some groundbreaking work. Her invention is one that has benefitted most of our lives although we probably do not know it. Barbara Askins is the inventor of the autoradiograph, a process in which "images on developed photographic emulsions can be significantly intensified by making the image silver radioactive and exposing a second emulsion to this radiation."
If you have ever had an x-ray, and the doctor then told you something based upon that x-ray, then you should really thank Barbara Askins. Ever since 1978 when she received her patent, the ability to read an x-ray has been greatly enhanced – all because one woman decided to detour around the basic expectations for her living and create a new life for herself.
The value of any x-ray and the ability to see what is covered by skin is determined in a large part to the development of the x-ray film. Over exposure is seldom the problem; underexposure is quite common. With Barbara Askin's technique, over ninety-six percent of x-rays that were previously considered to be under-exposed were now readable. This prevented the need for additional x-rays and radiation exposure via the x-ray to patients. Her process has also been used in the restoration of old photographs.
Maybe you are not someone who does scrapbooking or collects old pictures. If you are reading this, however, odds are you are alive and either have or will need an x-ray at some point. You may not have heard of Barbara Askins but you have benefitted from her work. We all have. Her technique was originally designed to restore photographs taken by satellites and astronauts. We have a better understanding of our bodies, our world, and outer space because of her and her detour.
Bringing things into focus is a part of education and living. Time often changes our perspective and that can be a very good thing. When she was first tasked with trying to salvage a group of photographs and negatives, no one expected Barbara Askins to become an inventor. We all are inventors. We invent our lives each and every day. We need to use our living to bring into focus a brighter and clearer tomorrow. Together we can change the world. We just need to forget stereotypes and focus on making a better landscape of our lives, sometimes following or creating a detour in our life.


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Oh how I do so love this little boy.
{And oh how he loves to stick out that funny, little tongue of his!}
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Wednesday, November 17, 2010
Changing Education Paradigms
I saw this over at My Ordinary, Every Day, Happily Ever After. This was absolutely fascinating to watch and I completely agree with everything presented here. Our education system needs reform.
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Monday, November 15, 2010
Homeschool Week in Review | November 8 - 12
Okay, clearly I'm not very good at keeping up this weekly homeschool review thing. But I really want to do it and keep it current, so I'm going to just rededicate myself whenever I fall off the wagon (which will probably be fairly frequently . . . I'm just saying).
This week has been a great one. We've been finding more hands-on math activities. My visiting teacher brought me an old math facts cassette tape of songs that her mother gave to her. We listened to it for a bit, but the songs sort of drove me crazy. I liked the wipe-off practice book that it came with, though! We've also been playing card games that work on addition for Buddha and greater than/less than for Bugga. I'm a huge fan of the card games for math.
The Chief and I set a goal for Buddha to read all of the Magic Tree House books in order to earn a new bike, so he got right to it with the library editions we had lying about the house and has been reading out loud to me, following me around as I move from a load of laundry to a pile of dishes to a dirty diaper change. Whenever he comes across a word he doesn't know, he spells it out for me and I tell him what it is, how to pronounce it, and what it means. We're all about expanding vocabulary! On the 11th, he got his own Magic Tree House books (1-8) for his birthday. He was especially excited about owning Mummies in the Morning, Dinosaurs Before Dark, and Afternoon on the Amazon.
Our Astronomy this week was a trip to the Fleet Science Center to see the Hubble IMAX film for Buddha's birthday. It was a fun trip and a FABULOUS movie; absolutely fantastic. The boys loved it and I (of course) cried as I contemplated the vastness of the heavens that God so magnificently created! I felt so completely tiny as the narrator spoke in terms of light years and trillions of miles. My problems are so minute and inconsequential when considering the enormity of space, and yet I am more important to my Heavenly Father than a red giant or black hole that is 300 times the size of our entire galaxy and billions of light years away (or whatever), because I am His daughter. Oh it's so inspiring and daunting and motivating and overwhelming all at the same time! Space is just fascinating! Why wasn't I this fascinated when I learned about space in school?!!!
For U.S. History, we talked about Veteran's Day and remembered those who died, who have fought, and who do fight for the wonderful freedoms we retain today. We are truly blessed to live in the United States. We also watched our new William Bradford Hero Classic from Living Scriptures in preparation for the Thanksgiving holiday. I also finally figured out our public library's hold system and we took back our Halloween books, then simply marched in to the "holds" shelving area, picked up our 25 books about Thanksgiving, checked out and went on our merry way. This is such a HUGE relief for me to have figured this out! I have been absolutely loathing our local library because of a few very bad, bad experiences there. I was this close to just giving up on the library altogether, but now I can browse books online, put them on hold, and go pick them up quickly and easily without having to take on any of the crabby, unfriendly, kid-hating librarians at our library. YAY!
To work on writing this week, Buddha and I have been collaborating on a story. I write a few lines or a paragraph, then leave off in the middle of a sentence and he picks up where I left off, taking the story in an all new direction. It's a fun way to get Buddha excited about practicing his handwriting and I'm also able to get little grammar and punctuation lessons in the mix, like when I had to explain the difference between there, their, and they're so that he could pick the correct one for his sentence he was writing. Buddha loves any opportunity to flex his imagination and my contribution seems to serve as a springboard for him. We're going to keep up with this for a while, always working on the same story, then he has requested that we type it all up (I'll make my parts green and his orange so that he can know which parts he wrote) and have it bound. I love this idea! My six year old and I are writing a book together! COOL!
We also put up our Thanksgiving and Christmas decorations and our Christmas tree on Monday while listening to Christmas music on Pandora. Don't judge me. This particular sickness seems to be hereditary, passed on to me from my father's line. And really, you just can't argue with more Christmas spirit!
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Homeschool Week in Review | November 1 - 5
I honestly can't remember what we did this week. But I'm sure we had a good time doing it!
So in a post that is supposed to include review, instead I'll ask, How do you keep up with husband, kids, homeschool, house, AND blog? When do you get to put in your blogging time? Morning? Night? Nap time? I'd really LOVE to know as I can't seem to be able to get on to the computer to blog about all the fun things we're doing as a family and as a "school."
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Thursday, November 11, 2010
Buddha Turns Six!
Today was Buddha's sixth birthday and boy did we celebrate! And The Chief got to stay home and celebrate with us! Which was Mommy's favorite gift of the day. But back to Buddha . . . . :D First, he picked crepes for breakfast, then he went with his dad and brother to get a haircut, then we headed over to the Fleet Science Center as a family to watch the Hubble Imax movie (which was PHENOMENAL - if there is one playing near you, GO SEE IT!) and ended up walking out with memberships to the Fleet. I can't tell you how excited I am about that! Afterward, we again let Buddha pick what he wanted to eat for dinner and he chose IHOP. So, it was breakfast for breakfast and breakfast for dinner. Absolutely my kind of day! When we got home, our wonderful neighbors came over to sing, eat cake, and watch Buddha open presents. Our neighbor, Debbie, is so awesome! She made cakes for both of the boys last year and is doing it again this year! Since Buddha is on this crazy (and commendable) healthy eating kick, she made him a delicious carrot cake. She and her husband, Glen, also gave him $10 and a Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows poster. He was THRILLED! The rest of his gifts included a remote control walking dinosaur and dinosaur t-shirt from Grandma and Grandpa Bagel, a remote control monster truck, art and craft supplies, Magic Tree House books 1-8, and clothes.
What a fun birthday our Buddha had today. We are so proud of him. He is helpful and caring, smart and funny, disciplined and creative. He wants so much to be the boy his Heavenly Father wants him to be and we love him for that righteous desire and for many, many countless other reasons. This child that is ours is meant to be ours and we are so grateful to our Heavenly Father for sending him to us; we love him dearly.
My two favorite memories from today include The Chief's impromptu lecture on automobile engines and how they start, and a sweet moment at IHOP. First, let's talk shop. The Chief drew a picture for us (obliging my exclusively visual learning capacity) as he explained the process of combustion. He got through with his awesome lesson and decided to test Buddha, asking him which three elements were necessary for combustion to occur and the car to start. Buddha didn't even hesitate. He held up his fingers and said, "Okay! You need a spark, gas, and oxygen!" Oh how this boy NEVER ceases to amaze us with his ability to not only retain information, but actually comprehend it prior to retention! He is so fabulous.
And here now was the heart-melting moment of the day for me. At IHOP, the kids were given kids' menus from which to choose their dinner. On one side, they had all the meal options, on the other were games and activities for the kids to do with their crayons. One such activity was a paragraph with a bunch of blank lines for the child to fill in with whatever appropriate answer corresponded with the directions contained in the parentheses below the lines. Kind of like so (I can't get the parentheses to line up directly under the line, so just work with me here):
"Blah blah blah blah blah __________(your name) blah blah blah blah blah ___________(friend's name) blah blah blahddy blah . . . and so on . . . ."
Well, the second blank line asked Buddha for a friend's name and I glanced over to see that he was writing his little brother's name there. Stupid post-pregnancy hormones made it impossible for me not to tear up! I was definitely a goner with that. They fight so often, as little boys do, and every now and then I have to remind Buddha that his little brother will be his best friend all his life. This was that validation every mother needs to see once in a while; validation that their kids are on the right track. It was just SO CUTE!
Happy Birthday to our Buddha Boy and Happy Veteran's Day, too!
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Monday, November 1, 2010
A Bagel Halloween
I kid you not, at pretty much every Halloween since we began having children, they are sick. So here is the ONE Halloween picture that I got. They did go to a trunk or treat a week before Halloween, but the Pipster was only able to wear his cute little duck costume (thanks Todd and Erin!) for this picture and that was it.
Halloween this year was sort of a bust for us. But at least I got this cute picture, right?
Halloween this year was sort of a bust for us. But at least I got this cute picture, right?
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Homeschool Week in Review | October 25 - 29
Homeschool last week . . . . Yeeeeaaahhh . . . . Uhhhhh . . . . We did it. Yeah. We did it. Is that enough of a review? No? Darn. Okay then, Buddha continues working his way through his Singapore 1st grade math workbook. I think it was too easy for him up until last week. Now that he's being challenged, I'm not feeling so conflicted about the math curriculum I selected for him. However, I am determined to find more interactive games that can teach math facts and concepts in a fun way. We're getting too bogged down in workbooks.
Bugga is learning the sounds of the letters of the alphabet. And we maxed out our 40-book limit at the library with a collection of Halloween-related books that we are still thoroughly enjoying. We also took a field trip to the zoo to search for orange and black and creepy, crawly, slithering animals. The boys made a point of wearing orange shirts in honor of the pagan holiday. :D
Also, I thought I'd put in a little plug for these Kumon write-on cards we've got. We love them. The boys both practiced handwriting, letters and numbers, on these cards last week. They are great. (Sheesh! Someone should pay me for these free reviews! :D)
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It's Jasmine's first day at her new job, secretary and accounting at Queen's Consolidated. She meets up with a high school friend and they go over the job description. When she get's there, it's as easy as Felicity said! The first few days are the same, until a visitor shows up,Oliver Queen.
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- felicity
- jasmine
- oliver
- queen
- smoak
- vigilante
Helpmehelpyou12 Jan 03
Felicity, I love ya, but back off or else we gonna have to problems!
raynes_in_a_flash Jul 14, 2017
I would've been straight b I t c h if she said that to me like wth😒
I_AM_QUEEN_GEEK Jan 20, 2017
Barry Allen may be the fastest man alive, But Oliver Queen is the hottest.
WeFailedThisCity Nov 21, 2016
DIGGLE!!!! ...Sorry, went to local Fan Expo, Diggle, Damian, Harrison, and Iris where there
brutallyy Feb 16, 2017
Lol, this is felicity fault for doing it right in front of her now Jasmine has question😂
DoctorBekah Dec 08, 2015
I kind of imagined her as Emma Watson with long hair. Don't worry I'm 14 years old and I still watch HSM when I'm bored.