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The YWCA's Tribute to Women of Influence (TWIN) event honors women who have made significant contributions to their fields, and recognizes those organizations that support such achievements. 2012 marks the 21th anniversary of TWIN. Leading up to this year's September 20th event at Pack Place & Diana Wortham Theatre, we will highlight each of our 20 incredible TWIN Honorees. If you would like more information about the TWIN event, or to reserve a ticket, please visit www.ywcaofasheville.org.
Yolanda is leader in the efforts to protect immigrant rights in Western North Carolina. She founded Pisgah Legal Services "Justice for All Project," which provides civil legal aid to low-income, usually non-English speaking immigrants and undocumented persons and families. Yolanda works with victims of domestic violence, parents who fear being separated from their children because of detention or deportation, and people who have been jailed because of their immigration status. Her work with battered immigrant women often has a dramatic, life-changing impact on their lives. And she helps with other basic needs such as housing, health care and income.
Yolanda has helped more than 220 people from 17 counties secure legal status and work authorization so they can move out of poverty. She is known far and wide in WNC as a resource for immigrants and receives call and visits from across the region. In 2011, Yolanda became one of less than ten immigrant advocates nationwide to earn partial accreditation.


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3 Gifts silent
1. Silent Night- one of my favorite Christmas carols
2. Sleeping- ok, so I don't actually know if I am silent- Maybe I talk in my sleep. I don't think I snore. I will have to ask my husband one day J
3. "Quiet times" The morning is a time I cherish so much. For one I have never been a morning person, so the fact that I am saying this is a miracle. But not only do I love the mornings, I love my time with the Lord the most.
Love the trees until their leaves fall off,
then encourage them to try again next year
3 gifts Golden
1. SUN! There is nothing better then a sunny day in Seattle AND during the fall.
2. Golden color of the fall leaves. Beauty abounds this time of season
3. Golden Tate!- I know, I know, silly right?! BUT he is helping the Seahawks win AND he is on my fantasy team and helping me win too :)
3 gifts Hard Eucharisteo
1. Grace
2. Grace
3. Undeserving Grace
Grace is like tall, blades of grasses.
Always bending. Never breaking.
Always bending. Never breaking.
Stretched through time to the Cross of Christ.
This grace is a free gift to you, to me.
3 gifts of laughter
1. Inside jokes- family or friends. This time of year the inside jokes come out and laughter never stops.
1. Inside jokes- family or friends. This time of year the inside jokes come out and laughter never stops.
2. Jace- How sweet the sound of children giggles.
3. Sense of Humor – One of my top qualities I look for in men is a sense of humor. Someone who can make me laugh without trying. Someone who is funny, likes to laugh and can make me smile even in the midst of trials.
A gift made, shared, passed on
1. My parents home-made with love, laughter and faith
2. The gift of sharing how God has answered prayers with a best friend
3. My grandma and moms wedding dress


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Tuesday, 2 April 2013
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16 comments:
- Anjas-Artefaktotum said...
Wonderful, I'm really fascinated of your fantastic surrealistic art works, love them both.
- Tuesday, 2 April 2013 at 22:45:00 BST
- Connie said...
You amaze me:)
Come check out our anniversary give-a-way :)
Your blogging sister, Connie :)
- Tuesday, 2 April 2013 at 22:52:00 BST
- sheila 77 said...
This is too, too amazing, your inventions are astonishing, strange, strange flutterbyes, mammals, fish and birds. Loud cheers!
- Tuesday, 2 April 2013 at 22:58:00 BST
- Grannie Annie said...
Aah another fabulous trip into the surreal and whimsical mind of Taluula...you are a wonder my dear and I can hardly wait until tomorrow just to see what you come up with next!
- Tuesday, 2 April 2013 at 23:21:00 BST
- Liz said...
WOW, so amazing, so surreal, so downright fantastic. I love your mind :)
- Tuesday, 2 April 2013 at 23:24:00 BST
- Lou Whoish said...
These are wonderful!
- Tuesday, 2 April 2013 at 23:38:00 BST
- Gayle Page-Robak said...
Love the way your mind works (smile). Excellent artwork!
- Wednesday, 3 April 2013 at 02:31:00 BST
- sbpoet said...
Oh, these are fabulous!
- Wednesday, 3 April 2013 at 03:20:00 BST
- Judy said...
So thats his name - Albert- saw him riding a rabbit across the front lawn this morning chasing my lady on her flamingo , I kid you not, Ann, I think we've both been having a few glasses of Pimms!!
Fantabulous surrealism!!
- Wednesday, 3 April 2013 at 03:28:00 BST
- Bill said...
Holy cow! I want that guy for a friend. He really knows how to travel. Fantastic!
- Wednesday, 3 April 2013 at 04:32:00 BST
Four different ways to travel! I'll take the couch pulled by butterflies and gold fish! This is amazingly clever and creative, surreal and fun. Thank you for introducing me to Mr. Pimm. Your art is so appealing and always inspiring.xx
- Wednesday, 3 April 2013 at 08:01:00 BST
- Junibears said...
Without being told, we know instantly these pictures are yours! They have your individual stamp of brilliance, even genius. I can't think of higher praise! xx
- Wednesday, 3 April 2013 at 10:02:00 BST
- Deborah said...
Oh, wow! Those are amazing! The flying white sofa tickles me, because we had a white leather sofa that looked just like that, and floated around the living room with all our cats on it when our house was flooded in a hurricane.
- Wednesday, 3 April 2013 at 11:49:00 BST
- mary.kg said...
Quelle imagination ! j'adore !
Et,quel plaisir de voyager sur ce merveilleux canapé !
Amicalement Mary.kg
- Wednesday, 3 April 2013 at 16:32:00 BST
- Electra said...
I would like to meet Mr. Pimm, but those snails creep me out. Great pieces, both of them, full of adventure!
- Thursday, 4 April 2013 at 16:42:00 BST
- indybev said...
Oh my, oh my. The first was wonderful, but the bonus was equally fantastic! I love Mr.Pimm's alternative mode of travel. Great work, Ann!
- Thursday, 4 April 2013 at 21:11:00 BST


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Stephens spent 19 years in mainstream media working her way up the ranks at Newsweek and Newsweek International magazines. Disillusioned with the way journalism was changing, she left to start up an early e-zine and then moved into the non-corporate realm as editor of ICView magazine, the magazine of Ithaca College in Ithaca, New York. Now associate director of the Park Center for Independent Media, she works with FAIR founder and media watcher Jeff Cohen.
Stephens was founding codirector of Iraqi Refugees Assistance Connection and was the U.S. spokesperson and senior strategist for the International Campaign for Freedom of Aung San Suu Kyi and Burma. She also spent many years as an organic farmer, growing almost all of her family's food. When she lived in the city she kept up her passion for growing things at the New York Botanical Garden. There she joined the team that started Bronx Green-Up, a community project that reclaimed abandoned, waste-strewn urban lots and turned them into green oases; BGU became a model for other such urban gardening projects around the country.
Now much of Stephens's energy goes toward fighting the corporate harms of fracking as a cofounder of the Coalition to Protect New York. She is also a member of other grassroots groups fighting to protect people and nature from the devastation wreaked by this relatively new and rampantly invasive practice of the Big Gas industry.
Stephens teaches multimedia journalism and citizen journalism, as well as creative writing, in various venues. She believes in using media and the arts for positive and sustainable social change. She holds an M.F.A. in playwriting from Goddard College and is a three-time graduate of Democracy School.
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South African director Yael Farber's thrilling production of Arthur Miller's The Crucible begins with a moment of hushed alchemy – a spell, a game, a dance. Or perhaps it's just soup in that steaming bowl? In fact, it probably is just soup. But these deeply religious, isolated communities make fertile ground for superstition.
Three and a half hours may sound like a long time, but Farber's virtuosic pacing ensures not a minute or moment goes to waste. From the initial quiet, Farber builds the tension, driving with a steady, ominous rhythm towards the hysterical conclusion of the first act.
Factionalism within the church and rampant paranoia among the congregation prove a toxic combination: for the superstitious, cries of witchcraft and the devil are terrifying; for the opportunistically self-seeking they are useful. Disparate agendas are subsumed into the general panic. To raise a voice of scepticism is to be singled out for suspicion; to name others is to afford yourself some degree of protection. As a result, accusations multiply until over 100 people are due to be hanged.
John Proctor, a god-fearing farmer, is racked with guilt following an extramarital affair with one of the accusers and initially feels too morally compromised to speak up. When he does, he comes up against a frustrating combination of blind piety and bureaucratic intransigence.
The hysteria and eventual heartbreak are complimented by an undercurrent of sensuality. Richard Hammaton's sound design rumbles ominously throughout and the air hangs heavy with woodsmoke. The performances are strongly physical: as John Proctor, Richard Armitage propels the production forward with a mighty, powerful goodness, and in their phony demonic throes the accusing girls writhe and contort their bodies into terrible shapes. The suggestion is that sex – and its repression by puritanical religion – is the real story here.
Farber's production reminds us of The Crucible's potency. Written in response to the Red scare of the 1940s and 50s, it is that rare thing, a play not just with a political message but with a political force. As long as it is fresh in the mind it will be difficult for society to descend into the self-eviscerating mania it describes with such articulate fury.


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This is paper I wrote for my course on Global Climate Change for Professor Bill Hewitt during the NYU Summer Intensive Certificate on Global Affairs. The question he posed to us was how to create a comprehensive solution to the changes happening to our climate. The assigned reading was Al Gore's "Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis," which I highly recommend to anyone with any interest in this topic!
Human Potential for Protecting the Earth (H.O.P.E.):
A Proposal for Solving Global Climate Change
Tackling a topic like global climate change is no easy task. As a matter of fact, it seems to just about the most difficult task this generation will ever face. Some may argue that conflicts in the Middle East, worldwide poverty or disparity of resources are the most difficult tasks we face globally. Rest assured each of these is undeniably linked with the way we treat our planet and its reaction to our abuse. In the following paper I plan to address the substantial issue of global climate change, revealing some of the problems for handling it and proposing a systematic road-map to solving it. I will introduce the problems in a three-fold manner, beginning with a lack of support by the general public, following with a fragmentation of efforts for progressive change and ending with weak policy and economic incentive. After addressing such upsetting problems, it is necessary to offer some optimistic and realistic solutions. These solutions will be proposed in a deductive manner, wherein each should follow logically behind its predecessor. The solutions will utilize avenues such as media resources, education, economic incentives and market instruments.
To begin we must first understand what global climate change actually is and what it entails. Global climate change is not synonymous with global warming, although they are closely connected. Global climate change is a sort of reaction to global warming; however, it is a reaction that then feeds positively back into the system which increases global warming. For example, global warming is causing the melting of the glaciers, a phenomenon of global climate change. Greater surface temperature is increasing the average temperature of the troposphere, inducing ice melt. However, when glaciers melt they flow into the ocean. This reduces the earth's albedo, because ice is a reflective for solar rays but water is an absorbent. This increased absorbency of solar heat further increases warming of the ocean and subsequently, global warming. This relationship is known as a positive feed-back loop and may be seen through many other examples between global warming and global climate change.
So now we must ask ourselves, what causes global warming if it seems to be the catalyst for such important global transformations? The answer is increased greenhouse gases, including carbon dioxide, methane, nitrous oxide, and "F-gases." Because carbon dioxide is the most prevalent of these emissions, and because of the limitations of this paper, I am choosing to focus solely on carbon dioxide throughout the remainder. Carbon dioxide also seems to be the most controversial topic, in that, the general public continues to be confused as to where this increase in carbon dioxide is coming from. Most people know that driving gas-guzzling cars and leaving your air conditioning running while you're away is bad for the environment, but the extent of awareness seems to stop there. Regardless of the plethora of information available from peer-reviewed scientists on the anthropogenic causes of increased atmospheric carbon dioxide, there still appears to be a debate as to if humans carry the weight of this burden. Why is this? The simple answer is money. Smart, informed people with money and with interest in keeping that money have waged campaigns in sustaining the voting public in a net of confusion about carbon emissions. As Al Gore states in his book, Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis, "Powerful industries affected by the proposed climate crisis solutions have used all the political tools at their disposal in opposition" (352). This, along with a broad complacency and contentment for "life as usual," is the reason that there has been an overall lack in support on behalf of society for facing the climate change issue.
The why of a movement against concern over global climate change has been addressed, and we've seen how its effects create confusion about the causes of climate change, the next step is to ask how. How were these denialists able to disseminate such a convincing argument for mistrusting science? The answer is a confederacy. The aligned interests shared by the leaders of conglomerates working in fossil-fuel dependent systems, extracting, producing or transporting it, have united forces. With the clear goal of preserving capital, they have been able to make swift and strategic moves countering global climate change awareness. This is precisely what the progressive side is lacking. Because the environmentalists are working through mediums which are inherently protracted, peer-reviewed papers and creating consensus amongst scientific opinion, they are consistently out-maneuvered by the coalition of oil connoisseurs. Both fortunately and unfortunately, the mechanisms that are in place slowing the scientific process down are necessary to extract the most accurate information possible. Therefore, this system cannot be dramatically altered. However, the fragmentation that continues to exist amid interest groups trying to remedy this inequality is also at fault. If one is to "Google" global climate change solutions, besides noting that the first link is strategically by Chevron, he or she will see a long dissociated list of organizations. And although diversity is important in just about any other arena, it hasn't worked well so far for progressives in global climate change. The fragmented environmental causes that operate in divorced realms of influence are no competition for the "well-oiled" machine that is industry interest.
A result of this fragmentation is an overall inability for environmental groups to sufficiently engage the public and successfully lobby policy makers for effective change. Legislation, if it even makes it through the jaws of Congress, is often watered down and ineffectual. In some cases, environmental legislation does more harm than good because there is the "feeling" that enough is being done, regardless of whether that is actually the case. Because policy makers are not one hundred percent behind it, environmental protection laws frequently offer little incentive for compliance and lack the regulation needed to induce significant change. It is for each of these key reasons, undoubtedly there are also others, that global climate change is not a priority in the United States of America. And rather than dwell on the depressing fact that our world is heating up, rising an estimated 1.8-4.0 degrees Celsius in the coming century according to the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate change, this generation must be charged with the responsibility of how we are going to change that statistic. For that purpose, I will now outline a systematic plan for combating global climate change in the coming decades.
A systematic plan must inherently have several components built into it. Aside from having a complete understanding of the issue, which is described above, it must take approaches that are clear-cut and progressively follow one another. My systematic road-map proceeds as follows: renovation in education and a revolution in media spurs a shift in public sentiment, which modifies personal responsibility and spurs policy change, ultimately resulting in economic incentives. Economic incentives will then loop back around and fuel more revolutionary media. My road-map aims to address all of these criteria and follow a logical, albeit unconventional, train of thought.
The first logical step to addressing global climate change is to use the medium that is generally the most accepting of it: the classroom. Although global climate change has been refuted by certain academics, the checks-and-balances system that the scientific evidence must go through lends itself to being widely recognized in the academic community. Therefore, let us begin there. Educating children and youth about the effects of global climate change, and what they can do to help prevent it, may percolate through the household and reach other family members. Hopefully, educating this demographic will also prevent them from making the same mistakes that have been committed before their generation. But beyond the obvious educational steps we can take in grammar schools, let us think of what approaches can be made more immediately to retroactively educate people that are old enough to vote and substantially direct their households. Strategically, the United States is in a unique position regarding education because of the recent economic recession it has faced. More young adults and mid-career professionals are deciding to return to universities across the country to continue their education. This is an excellent window for the progressive front of global climate change to disseminate accurate information and excite individuals about the opportunities that exist in promoting this cause. As mid-level professionals and college graduates realize the shift that is occurring towards energy to be more "green," they will begin to seek careers that allow them to apply environmentalist philosophies. Here we see direct economic incentives for individuals moving into an emerging market, renewable energies and carbon monitoring. I will touch on these further along in the paper.
Response towards global climate change must simultaneously be transformed in the media. This is a tricky scenario because although the media may direct the public's attention in specific directions, it is also manipulated by what people want to hear. This creates a closed cycle of influence where both mediums cause and affect each other simultaneously. The question then is how to pierce this positive feedback loop and inject through the media revolutionary ideas concerning global climate change. What it takes is the aptitude of a handful of individuals with some manifestation of power. This power can derive from stardom, affluence, intelligence or any number of other factors. In fact, processes like this one have already begun with individuals such as Al Gore and his publication "An Inconvenient Truth." Or take an ordinary and concerned citizen like Jody Williams, who after utilizing resources like email received the Nobel Peace Prize for her work on banning landmines. This example demonstrates that media does not only include the more commonly considered traditional forms, such as newspapers and broadcasts, but is now much more encompassing. Media manifests itself through international websites and blogs, through podcasts and independent radio. All of these channels must be utilized should the progressive movement against global climate change have any influence on public opinion. These are precisely the catalysts that must be used to tempt media coverage in order to draw attention to global climate change, there just needs to be more of them.
Another way of using the media to address the "life as usual" mentality practiced by the majority of North Americans is fundamentally different than the first. Historically, fear-mongering has been a tactic used by politicians to entice their population's support for activities from compliance to invasion. The truth of the matter is that it is a highly successful tool in achieving an ends, albeit not always ethical. However, desperate times call for desperate measures and perhaps ethicists will overlook the methodology in light of the greater good. Frankly, the world does have reason to be scared and they should be aware of that fact. The proposal in this section is to replicate the denialysts stance in creating fear about a lack of oil, but instead making it a fear over the drastic climate changes that are exponentially more eminent. This methodology uses media in order to uproot our next topic, public sentiment. If people are scared enough, they will start making the necessary changes to slow global warming, now.
A shift in public sentiment is an underlying requirement for all subsequent steps to follow. It is essentially the most necessary of all the steps. Media is only important because it can elicit this shift. As was noted above, it is only as influential as the public allows it to be. Public sentiment can be seen as the tube connecting two bulbs of an hourglass. At the top there is media and education, which fed through public sentiment, produces personal responsibility and policy change. So what does public sentiment entail? Is it just about being aware that global warming is occurring or does it include something more? Peace Corps volunteers are stewards to preventing global warming. They focus on issues that directly contribute to global climate change, such as preventing "slash and burn" farming techniques and using green manures instead of chemical fertilizers. But volunteers are trained not to just teach how to plant green manures, they are trained to teach why they are important. Because if a farmer in southern Paraguay does not understand why she is planting green manures, she will probably not continue to do it long after the volunteer is gone. Comprehending the "why" is crucial in producing a shift in mind-set that induces habitual action. And habitual action is absolutely necessary in solving the global climate crisis.
North Americans consume too much. They waste too much and they do it cheaply. This must change. According to the interactive graphic provided by the Financial Times, the United States has only recently taken backseat to China in the main producer of carbon emissions, with an astounding 5.862 million metric tons of carbon dioxide in 2009. Personal responsibility is an important contributor to reducing greenhouse gases and slowing global warming. The average American added 23.5 tons of carbon dioxide to the atmosphere in 2007. There are an estimated 310,232,863 of us. That makes for a whole lot of carbon. We have the "largest and most technologically powerful economy in the world, with a per capita GDP of $46,400" and continue to be seen throughout the world as a dominant power. The change must begin with us. If Americans helped reduce the 13.1% that transportation currently contributes to greenhouse gas emissions by purchasing electric cars, markets would adjust to the increase in demand by decreasing the price. This will contribute to an even further reduction in the transport footprint. The same will happen with renewable energy sources, such as household solar photovoltaic panels. There have been significant movements in North America for eating products grown locally and reducing the emissions that are produced by transporting goods nationally and internationally. An even larger contributor to greenhouse gas emissions is the production and processing of meat. Not only does the methane gas produced in the ruminant stomachs of cattle and sheep contribute to total emissions, but the decomposition cattle waste also emits significant amounts into the atmosphere. In addition to this, the area needed to raise cattle depletes natural carbon dioxide sinks and puts pressure on land use so that farmers and other industries further contribute to deforestation. In 2009, 26.9 billion pounds of beef was consumed in the United States. Changing eating habits and consuming less or no beef at all will decrease supplier's quota and greatly reduce greenhouse gas contributions. A shift in public sentiment will change society's reaction to these digressions and informally enforce a public "code of conduct" regarding individual's personal responsibility towards the environment. It is precisely what has happened with littering, and now there are laws against it.
This moves into the next topic of public sentiment eventually changing policy. In international law there exists law that is known as "customary law." This is law that has not necessarily been codified but nonetheless exists because it is universally accepted and abided by. Although customary principles may apply to certain changes necessary for modifying global climate change, such as not leaving your lights on when you're not home, it will certainly not address them all. Which is why policy change is required for enforcing gross crimes against environment, both nationally and abroad. One can rest assured that sufficient public sentiment towards reducing global warming does not yet exist in the United States. This is exemplified through the delay of legislation such as the American Climate and Energy Security Act, more commonly known as Waxman and Markey bill, in the United States Senate. However, regionally public attention is growing and in places such as California, pressures from interests groups and environmental lobbyists have produced change in public policy. A good example of this would be the California Assembly Bill 32 (AB32) which establishes the "first-in-the-world comprehensive program of regulatory and market mechanisms to achieve real, quantifiable, cost-effective reductions of greenhouse gases." Serious progressive coalitions aligned, pooling resources from The Sierra Club to the Environmental Defense Fund, in order to rally support for this bill. This is an excellent example of the results of a unification of efforts that is aforementioned in this paper. The bottom line is that without their constituents behind them, legislatures will rarely have the fortitude to stand up and vote for environmental legislation, even if they know it is the right thing to do. This further reinforces the importance of public opinion on policy activity.
So in what ways can policy activity produce economic incentives to create a "Green Revolution?" The easiest concept to begin with is "Cap-and-Trade." Cap-and-Trade is "an approach to limiting greenhouse gas emissions that sets a maximum level (a cap) for a region or nation that requires participating emitters to obtain permits to pollute. Companies or governmental jurisdictions with extra pollution permits can sell or trade them to parties whose permits are insufficient to cover their full emissions." Cap-and-Trade is the most efficient way to get money into the hands of entrepreneurs that have shown expertise in the development of green technologies. These entrepreneurs will then use that capital in continuing to create innovative developments for even greener solutions. Cap-and-Trade policy, such as that advocated in the Waxman and Markey legislation, is supremely more economical than creating a tax solution for emissions because it avoids funds being tied up in bureaucratic channels and delivers them straight to the source of innovation. As a matter of fact, whereas some Californians were concerned that environmental policy was going to have negative effect on the local economy there, researchers are saying just the opposite. "The Air Resources Board's Nichols says that research shows California is ready to weather this transition. 'This is the direction that our economy is moving in anyway, in the direction of more cleantech and more clean energy related jobs,' she says." Cap-and-Trade is in direct response to other "inherently inefficient and cumbersome ways to control pollution," which failed "to deliver many of the environmental benefits promised." These are most likely understood as weakly enforced taxes on toxin over-producers, which are seen by some as a hindrance to the divinity of deregulated market forces. This paper advocates a balance between the two, supporting market driven concepts such as Cap-and-Trade, but with strong regulatory capabilities made possible through legislation.
In conclusion, the "Green Revolution" has not yet taken place because of idleness in public support, fragmentation of progressive efforts and insufficient policy and economic incentive. Moving into the next decade, environmentalists and activists alike must focus on increasing education and radicalizing media concerning global climate change. They must do this in order to awake public sentiment and thereby entice personal responsibility and policy change. Finally, this policy change must be directed at laws which produce serious economic incentives such as "Cap and Trade." Through the successful use of each of these avenues, we may rest assured that there is hope for the future of our global community.
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Gore, Al. Our Choice: A Plan to Solve the Climate Crisis. Emmaus: Rodale, Inc., 2009.
Grabosky, Peter, and Neil Gunningham. "Smart regulation: designing environmental policy." New York: Oxford University Press Inc., 2004.
"The Nobel Peace Prize 1997." Nobelprize.org. http://nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/peace/laureates/1997. 1 Aug. 2010.
Peterson, Molly. "Air regulators' latest AB32 study predicts little overall impact on state's economy." KPCC. 25 March 2010.
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Thanks to those who recommended the Mama Calm for treating anxiety. I had my first taste of it yesterday. It was very lovely to drink it in a hot tea form..... and I slept much better even after a rather harrowing evening (baby didn't get a proper afternoon nap and was pretty hysterical).
For anyone else interested, I bought my six week supply on Amazon for $15 including shipping.
Monday, September 29, 2008
Mama is Calm
Posted by Katie Jones at 10:24 AM
Labels: praise, recommendation
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I wish I could go back in time and tell myself about it! I have a cup every evening (and sometimes during a harrowing afternoon of chaotic homeschooling). I am so glad that it helped you, Katie!
Aunt Cari
- October 1, 2008 at 11:12 AM
- Katie Jones said...
Yes, thank you for telling me about it!
- October 1, 2008 at 2:59 PM
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Brussels, 05 Mar 2004
The European Affairs Mission of the French Ministry for Research and New Technology is organising an information day on the Sixth Framework Programme (FP6), to be held on15 March in Paris.
The event will give participants the opportunity to meet representatives of the National Contact Points (NCP), who will offer advice on the various aspects of FP6.
For further information, please visit:
http://www.eurosfaire.prd.fr/ji/index-ji 150304p.html


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Dealspwn reports: "Project Aces' recent teaser site has been updated to display "here comes the third Strike." "
Hopefully, its a step back in the right direction.
Can't wait to see it.
"With luck, it will blend Assault Horizon's visceral gameplay with the series' Sci-Fi Strangereal setting."
Booo..... Just forget about AH entirely and go back to the Strangereal formula.
Oh dear God. *tears roll* I've been waiting for a proper return to Ace Combat since 2006. Anyone who knows me on this site knows I've been pining for a /proper/ continuation of the Belkan War since AC0. With PS4 being the defacto NG platform this time around my dreams might have finally come true. Now only if Cellius weren't a dream either. Day one.


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okay, my third post came way too long after i posted the second one. i even promised myself to post more. wow self, you're a very talkshit person. 🤦🏼♀ but anyways, good day to anyone who reads this. take note: 'anyone'. but since no one knows that this account exists other than me, then it's better to talk like no one's listening. heh.
too many things happened from the past months of not posting anything here. about life, about 'love', about family and friends. i'm pretty happy that good things have took place in those months. though i've been thinking, what if none of them ever happened? what if i still think of death as often as i used to? would it all be the same? me, and anyone that's in my space?
chester bennington, linkin park's lead vocal, has died yesterday (july 20, 2017). i'm not a fan of lp, but i do listen to their songs a lot. specially 'numb', 'new divide', and others. he died by hanging himself in his own home and ever since i heard the news, i couldn't stop thinking about my own demons. what if one day, the void that is still living in my chest would grow bigger and i ended up taking my own life as well?
honestly, it's still hard waking up every morning knowing that the heaviness of your feelings is still there. it's hard to display a 'i'm fine' exterior when all you wanted to do is plaster a 'i'm fucking tired of everything' self to everyone. why is this so hard?
and the most hurtful thing is, i don't know the reason why it hurts. i think i lost the battle already, but i won't stop unless i found a reason to go on. unless the thin thread that separates being alive and dying is still there then i'm rejecting all these though. i'll try to live another day, or many more days to come and seek for a better world of my own that is filled with serenity.
chester, i love you so much and i hope you already found your light.
and to everyone who's fighting a battle, hold on. talk to someone about it. it'll all be fine one day. this, i'm certain.


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Toilet cisterns -- or tanks, as they're called in the U.S. -- provide water that powers a flush in a toilet. Also, as opposed to the U.S. style of tanks, many cisterns utilise a device called a siphon valve to start the flow of water into the bowl. You can fit a toilet cistern to the back of your bowl to replace an old or cracked cistern.
Use a bathroom cleaner and rag to clean off the rear area of the toilet bowl where the toilet cistern will be installed.
Apply a light coat of silicone grease to the inlet at the back of the toilet bowl. This will help create a tight seal between the cistern and the bowl.
Lift up the cistern and align it so that the handle is on the front. Slowly lower the cistern over the back of the toilet tank. The gasket on the bottom of the cistern fits into the hole at the rear of the bowl.
Insert the cistern bolts through the bottom of the cistern so that they poke through the cistern and emerge at the bowl. There may be two, three or four bolts.
Thread the nuts onto the bottom of the cistern bolts. Tighten with a wrench.
Wrap the inlet on the cistern with plumber's tape. Do the same thing for the outlet on the water supply valve nearby. Connect a water supply hose to the water supply valve. Connect the other end to the inlet on the toilet cistern.
Turn the handle on the water supply valve to the left. The toilet cistern will begin filling. Flush the toilet and check for leaks. Tighten the cistern bolts, if needed. Place the lid on top of the cistern.


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- Calendar
- News
- Sandbach School 2016 2017 GCSE Results
- Google Expeditions
- School calendar Information
- Important information regarding funding changes
- Cheshire East Schools' Funding
- Sandbach Whole School Photo 2017
- The Angel and the Child Review
- School Open (01/03/18)
- Open Events in June!
- Allotment Update
- Commemoration Speaker 2016
- Fund raising news for The New Hope Centre, Kenya
- Sandbach Somme Service
- Scouts Shine
- Year 13 Students Support Cancer Charity
- Non-uniform Day Tuesday 15th November
- Sandbach Museum Opening Keeps History Alive
- Sam Booth Makes Cheshire U16 Debut
- Year 9 Social Media Video
- New Nantwich & Madeley Bus Routes for September 2016
- Record Breaking GCSE Results
- A Level Results 2016
- History Students Uncover School's Hidden Past
- Alfie becomes National Champion
- Head Boy Will, Welcomes the Year 7 Students
- Student's memory mural moves local care home residents
- Zak Swims For Cheshire
- PTI Awards for Three Departments
- Non-uniform day, Tuesday 4th April
- Recruitment Evening 3rd May 2017
- The Overnight Channel Swim for New Hope
- Teacher training recruitment evening - 27th June 2017
- SMA Trust Charity Concert
- IMPORTANT UPDATE: School will Re-Open Tomorrow Friday 12th May
- Duke of Edinburgh Award Celebrations
- Sandbach Day of Dance - Saturday 9th September
- Extra Curricular
- Show My Homework
- Main & Sixth Form Prospectus
- Newsletters
- Term Dates
- Sixth Form Prospectus
Sandbach Museum Opening Keeps History Alive
The grand opening of Sandbach School's Museum took place this week after nearly a year in the making. The museum's inspiration originally came from Tom Wade and Will Murphy, History students at Sandbach School's Sixth Form. Their dedication caught the interest of Fiona Bruce MP who attended the inauguration and officially opened it to all students at the school.
The Museum was only able to come about thanks to the enthusiasm of students at the school and the commitment of its alumni, the Old Sandbachians. Tom and Will had previously set up a 'pop-up' museum and its success attracted plenty of attention from the local community. A more permanent museum that could continue to inspire future generations at the school seemed like a natural 'next step'.
It wasn't a hard sell; the idea was soon being backed by numerous local businesses and old Sandbachians. There was a real interest from our community for preserving our history and being able to have the museum set within the grounds of the historic Sandbach chapel, itself steeped in history, seemed more than apt.
Now, on permanent display, are a rich display of the School's vast and varied history including cricket blazers, blueprints and trophies stretching back to the 1830s. Other highlights include a 'Headmaster's Award' given for literature to F. Lunt who later fought and died in WW1, and exercise books on display dating back to the 1880s.
Fiona Bruce MP marked the museum's inauguration by highlighting how important it was for a community to have resources like this to preserve local knowledge and history. She then honoured the school by opening the museum and thanked everyone who had worked so hard to help make Sandbach Museum a reality.


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(This month's post is from a special guest: Anne Rudig, head of Communications for The Episcopal Church)
Out with the old! In with the new! Happy New Year!
Wait a second – not so fast...
At least, that's what comes to mind after polling some in our tribe regarding our just-launched updated website:
"Gothic? Dark? Traditional? Fine. I am not an Episcopalian because I want to be "hip" and "21st century" and I still consider myself young. I like some tradition. I like cathedrals. If I wanted "Buddy Christ", I'd likely find a non-denominational mega church. The Episcopal church stands for a lot of "modern" thinking. I also enjoy and support that."
I have been responding to comments related to the new site that launched on December 28. One thing that strikes me is that a few of us want to be new, without also remembering the rest of our identity, which is very old. We weren't born yesterday, and people actually like that about us. Especially in uncertain times, they find great comfort in our prayers, worship, music, and even our worn wooden pews:
They are well worn, but polished. There is something about it that is used and old, but well maintained…You can tell people have held onto them over time, and the wood has been smoothed by age. I think it's a good image of this church. It's been shaped by people over time, and yet it's timeless and substantial.
That quote is from research done with both current members and newcomers to The Episcopal Church. We heard that people love our church because it is steeped, but not mired, in tradition. Young people said that they want to "touch an ancient tradition, while asking a lot of questions." The design of the new website evolved directly from this research.
I know that there can be no resurrection without death. It's healthy to let go of some of our old "stuff." In fact, we must. But we have an authentic and unique story to share, and it involves the old colliding with the new. The stained glass motif of the new site allows us to showcase our contemporary church within an ancient framework. I think that's a good metaphor for us. That's where the drama lies, where the sparks of creative energy can fly. Not always comfortable, but more dynamic and relevant than any other church.
Happy New Year everyone!


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When it comes to friends I don't have many. I like to think this is because when I make friends it's for life. These two are bestest, maybe not forever but at least for the night. While Cherry could make a BFF with anything in the 'adult isle' at the market, Pear, at least this Pear might have a more difficult time. You see, this Pear has a slight aftertaste of soap, so finding it a friend that would enhances its good traits and that would remove it soapish after taste wasn't easy. Ok, so it wasn't hard, but it was a dirty, difficult job. The first time I tried to match Pear up I was thinking I would enhance it with something complimentary-something pear-esk. Well, all I could find was pear flavored was Sobe Life Water. While it is a great beverage on its own-light and refreshing- key word light, it let Pear be just as soapy as it could. My first instinct was to toss Pear, run to the store and try something else. Instead Pear went into the freezer, knowing someday the day would come that I would be that desperate; today is that day. Today was also one of the many days I went to the market without a purpose-hints the reason for the pervious sentence. After walking around aimlessly like a lost puppy, I came home with Cherry, otherwise known as Black Cherry diet soda. Because I love bubbles it did not take me too long to put these two together. And so these two met and have been BFFs all night-it might not be a forever relationship but it's a solid one for the time being.
BFFs forever- or at least tonight.


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by Abbey Groft
This news article was about sending text messages to parents when children were to miss class or miss an assignment. The statistics from the article stated that this strategy reduced course failure by 39% and increased class attendance by 17%. Because the parents were getting involved in their child's education, the children are more likely to want to do better. The message consists of what that child missed and a link to log online for more information.They were able to do this by building software that communicated with the teacher's electronic grade book. For a parent to receive one of these texts it is just a fraction of a cent per text message. However, the author feels that the text message is a solution, but that it is a huge piece of the puzzle. This technology will help improve school performance in the future.
This strategy will affect young children and their families in a positive way. For example, having text messages sent out to the parents about their child's academic standing will help to keep the parents involved. The article states, "students succeed when parents get involved." Therefore, children are going to be more likely to have academic success. This will also help the children because it will help to keep them motivated to do assignments and go to school so that their parents do not have to get text messages.
This will influence Early Childhood Education because this could create a new system in which teachers communicate assignment or news to parents. Children come home with folders and paper or news can get lost in translation, so having a text message sent to the parents could be more beneficial. This strategy will also help to keep young children on track and motivated to work hard especially later in their education. For example, when children get older they may tend to lose the motivation to do well in school, so having this system start out while they are younger could really help.
Today's guest blogger is Abbey Groft
"I am a junior at Towson University in the Early Childhood Education program pursuing my dream of becoming a teacher. Growing up I always knew that teaching was the job for me, so being able to live my dream out would be so fulfilling. I enjoy helping people out and making an impact in peoples lives."


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Harley-Davidson race team director, Dick O'Brien dug out Brelsford's old XR and freshened it up, put Springsteen on it . . . and Jay went out and won the race in 1983. Harley first. Then Ducati, Ducati, etc . . . Way to go Springer ! I always thought Springsteen was under-rated as a road racer. If he could have concentrated on road racing, like he did in dirt track - the possibilities for victories with his skill as a road racer were definite. Jay Springsteen, one of the best motorcycle racers to ever throw his leg over a race bike. I'm glad he went with Harley.
. . . then in 1987 - Scott Parker said, "Let me give it a try !"
Parker scored a podium finish in his very first road race in 1987. That's him No.114 on the Harley-Davidson. His 3rd place (behind the two Ducatis of coarse) was a very respectable finish for a first-timer. His efforts stayed with the Grand Nationals - becoming the all time winner in the history of the sport.


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Congratulations! You have made it! You are on your way to having the future you have always imagined. You have worked hard, poured your heart and soul, sweat and tears and much of your time to becoming the college-ready individual you are today – you rock!
By now you have probably noticed the constant questions "What are you going to be when you're older?", "What college are you going to?", or "What is your major going to be?". And by now you might be feeling the weight of your entire future sitting right on your nerve-wracked shoulders.
Worry not my friend, I have been in your shoes, in fact (believe it or not) almost every 'adult' has to face the "who will I become" and "how do I get there" questions. To help guide you to making the best decision for your future, I have created a list of important factors to consider when you are making this life changing decision:
Discover your passion
For many of you this may be easy, you are an artist, an athlete, a musician or an entrepreneur. If that is the case then this should be an easy task for you. Think about your passion; really reflect on what you have done well in your life. Then consider how you can use your talents in a way that will contribute to the beautiful world we live in. I don't mean the easy answers: becoming a sculptor, a famous singer or an amazing athlete (while these are fantastic goals, you need to consider the first step you must to take before you get there!). What I mean is, what kind of regular, every day job can you get that relates to what you are most passionate about?
For instance, if you are a talented athlete, you may want to start your career by becoming a promoter of fitness and health! Or use your natural abilities to help others by becoming a paramedic or nurse. There are so many options, it just takes a little self-exploration!
(Now, if you don't feel as though you have a certain 'talent' or 'passion' that's okay. You are not alone…but not to fear! Just focus on your interests; because you are definitely talented. Your time in college is going to be especially adventurous as you will use your journey to discover your passion and refine your skills!)
Research career paths
Once you have started to discover how your interests, passions and talents play a role in your future career, it's time to sit at your phone/tablet (because let's be real, nobody uses computers anymore), and take deeper dive into what kind of career paths you can take. Take a look at websites like Statistics Canada , or read related blogs and watch videos from experts in the field.
When you are reading about all of the cool, interesting jobs you can get, keep some things in mind: your values. Keep reading to find out why your values are so critical to making the right college decision.
Understand your values
What is important to you? I mean really, what matters most to you? What makes you feel the most comfortable and the most happy in this world? If you aren't sure, or haven't thought of it before, that's normal! Many people begin to discover those things about themselves as they experience new things in life. But take a minute now and think of three important aspects of your life that you feel you cannot live without.
Have you got your list? Great! Now high five yourself for being self-aware and a forward thinker. There are many different values that you could have listed; health, family, honesty, wealth, success, etc. Your list will tell you what is going to help make you get up in the morning and what will make you the happiest in the future. So consider how each of those values will be affected by the college journey you choose to take.
Visit the surrounding city
One of the most important things to consider when choosing a college is the surrounding city that you will spend some of the most important years of your life.
Are you looking to live close to family? Do you want to live in a loud and lively city? Or a small quiet town? These are important questions to ask yourself as they will have a big impact on your overall college experience.
Check out the cities that surround your prospective colleges. Stay a night or two, meet locals and check out the downtown area! Doing so will help make your decision easier. Go with your gut and follow what feels right for you.
Reach out to the colleges
You are going to have a lot of questions about how to apply, student job opportunities, athletics, due dates, and more. Reach out to the college! Call recruitment, message them on social media, or send them an email. They want you there as much as you want to be there so don't hesitate to ask for help.
If you aren't comfortable calling the college and speaking to a staff member, you can always talk to a peer contact here at SLC (you may have already followed one of our pages to get to this blog). We are students helping students get the answers they need to make the best decision for them!
You are ready and prepared for the next huge step in your life. Take it! And if you need help, don't hesitate to reach out! This is your life – only you can make it happen.
– Jess, SLC Life Creator and SLC Alumni


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There is a time to embrace, not often enough. For those who forget to touch, forget to express at all, the loss is great, and time is burnt to the ground.
They say a minimum of 5 hugs a day is best. Woe to those who lack the daily quota... lives too busy and too helter skelter for a moment to comfort, to create love in the circle of arms, mine around you.
There is a time to embrace for the last time, to hold the memories here, and count each one's kindness and value. The time that is the last, when I didn't know it would be the last... so here's a hug for October, and one for the colder rainy days of November.
The expressions and moments that held me together, the comforts of walking arm in arm to keep warm; all taken for granted and perhaps none full of honesty now. What time is there other than now, other than here and the moment to come, even if yesterday lingers, like residue that can't be washed off.
Even if a hug is so far away and not stored in a box-- preserved as though the future will leave it intact; Yet my heart longs deep and silently for it, asking just once more for when the time will arrive, most likely uninvited and full of a place to let go and breathe love between us.
September 28, 2012
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Click the jump for more about why I love Wall-E.
I remember watching Wall-E in theaters and falling instantly in love with the film. To me it is the most well rounded piece of media art I've witnessed. The details in the animation are phenomenal even if the animation style is simplistic (humans are blob-like, robots are simple shapes, etc). The writing is unparalleled. It just has everything.
When Wall-E came out on DVD I rented it and watched the entire movie 5 times in a row. I watched it twice in a row and then watched the different commentary that accompanied the film. I watch it every time I see that it is on TV, and since I now own the DVD I can watch it whenever I want. There was a period of time where I hadn't seen it for like 5 months and when I watched it again I told Stef I couldn't believe how unbelievably good the movie was.
My favorite scene takes place when Wall-E and Eve have the plant and are trying to send the ship back to Earth. The Captain has decided humanity needs to do something for itself for a change as he declares "Nothing. That's all we've ever done." He then tricks the autopilot into thinking he has the plant and a dramatic yet funny series of events unfold.
I love it because at this point you see what humanity has become. We've become so attached to technology and so dependent on consumerism that we've de-evolved into permanent babies. At this point humanity decides to take it's first steps and control it's own destiny. Ironically, none of this would have been possible without the aid of technology.
I could go on and on all day about Wall-E, but I'll stop for now so that I can prepare my discussion about the next movie: Chicago.


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Sunday, November 25, 2007
Suncatcher 2007 Geocoin
You can pre order one HERE.
12 Days of Caching 2007 Geocoin
You can pre order one HERE.
Friday, November 23, 2007
Let It Snow Geocoin
Hogwild Stuff wrote;
This well may be the most amazing Christmas Coin made to date. It spins! It is a Sun Catcher! It will hang on a tree . . . in your window. (It comes with a suction cup.) LoriDarlin worked and reworked this design along with Mama Cache to make this into what is a perfect Christmas Coin. There will be two finishes: Black Nickel and Gold, both imitation hard enamel. The coin is 2 inches tall.
You can pre order one HERE.
Wednesday, November 21, 2007
Black Widow Geocoin
Castle Coins and Pins wrote;
Feel the sting of the BLACK WIDOW Geocoin. She's here in 3-D, imitation hard enamel with a bonus!! There are 25 LE Gold and GLITTER editions that will be thrown in randomly. The Red "hour glass shape" of this edition is filled with red translucent enamel however I did 25 of these in red glitter. I have mixed them all together so one of yours might be one of the 25 LIMITED EDITIONS!. Minted in Gold (175 Regular, 25 Glitter) and Nickel (175 Regular, 25 Glitter). She is a 1.5" x 3mm die cut, TRACKABLE with unique icons.
You can get them HERE.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
jAY miLLS 2007 Personal Geocoin
Castle Coins and Pins wrote;
You've seen his avatar and maybe seen the drawing. Now (Jim) jAY miLLS has his first personal geocoin. Below is the inspiration Jim wrote up himself to explain the meaning and dedication of his caching name and new geocoin.
You can get them HERE.
New Year's 2008 Geocoin
You can reserve one HERE.
Kid's Geocoin Version 2
Geocoin Store wrote;
A Geocoin made with the kids in mind. A fun and playful design with lots of color and great use of metal too (check out the slide!). A bit of an homage to our earlier Kid's Geocoin which was well received, we're very please to bring this great quality and well designed coin to the collecting public.
You can get one HERE.
The Queen of Caching Geocoin
The long awaited succesor to the King of Cache - the Queen has arrived! In the same playing card style as the King, this great looking and hefty cache is a fun addition to your collection and what's a King without a Queen anyway?
You can get one HERE.
Monday, November 19, 2007
Cache of the Day Geocoins
This coin is great for anyone who loves to fish. for a limited time when you buy the full set you will also get the Pin FREE. The pin will be sale after the preorders have shipped.
You can get them HERE.
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Deadliest Cache Geocoin
Castman coins and pins wrote;
Here is the Deadliest Cache Geocoin "Northwestern" Edition Antique Nickel. Incredible 3-D art work in this 1.75" x 3.5 mm coin. Trackable with unique Icons. I asked Paula to design me a really cool looking crabby coin and she overachieved again. You'll have a blask looking at all of the incredible details in this piece of art. The Laser engraving reads: The Planet Earth, 196,950,711 square miles of treacherous mountians, barren deserts and violent seas and home to the deadliest cache, The Ammo Crab. Kinda sounds familiar, eh?
You can get them HERE.
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Friday, November 16, 2007
Commerce County Geocoins
Douglas, WY, the Converse County seat, is located along the banks of the North Platte River on the Oregon Trail. ConverseCounty & Douglas lay claim to the world famous Jackalope that resulted from the cross breeding of a Jack Rabbit and an Antelope. The attractions in Converse County include:
Medicine BowNational Forest, AyersNaturalBridge, LaramiePeak and the Glenrock Palentology Museum.
You can get one HERE.
Autism Awareness Geocoin
Finish: Gold Soft Enamel / Black Nickel Imitation hard
Tracking: www.geocaching.com
Icon: Unique
Price: $9.25 Black Nickel / $8.75 Gold
You can get them HERE.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
The Ultimate Waypoint Geocoins
TNT Geocoins wrote;
This Christian themed geocoin is the second in this series. The message in these coins speaks for itself. It is trackable on Geocaching.com and has a custom icon. This will make a great Christmas gift for almost anyone on your list. Note: The text is in Translucent Red and the baby Jesus is in 3-D metal. Enameled only for the halo and the star on back.
You can get one HERE.
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Geoswag Geocoins
- Skunked! Geocoin
- Geocaching Zone Canada/AK/HI Geocoin
- Not Another Micro! Desert Camo Geocoin
You can get them HERE.
Sunday, November 11, 2007
C & P New Presale Geocoins
- Screw Geocoin 2007
- Whtwolfden Geocoin
- Naughty and Nice Holiday Geocoin
- The Travel Penguin Geocoin, Happy Holidays
You can see photos or purchase them HERE.
Friday, November 9, 2007
Wonderful Discoveries Geocoin
My wife Stephanie finally decided to take a shot at making her first geocoin. The coin idea came about from the wonderful things that you often discover while searching for a geocache. I am sure that most of you can relate to searching for a cache and stumbling upon something in nature that distracted you from your initial intent. This coin features translucent enamels for most of the coin except the bison cache, eye and the insects. The front of the coin as an epoxy layer over the magnifying glass to give it that realistic look. This coin is available in 3 regular editions with different eye colors and different cache container colors or in the four coin LE set that includes the LE "fall" version of this geocoin.
You can get them HERE.
Lady Luck Geocoins
Midnight Cacher FTF Geocoin
Hogwild Stuff wrote;
Midnight Cacher FTF Coin
Most every cacher has been sitting at home late in the evening, pajama's on, ready to go to bed and decide to check e-mail one more time . . . . Staring you in the face is a brand new just published cache that is within striking distance. Off you go still in your night clothes, hoping that you will be the FIRST!
You can get them HERE.
Tuesday, November 6, 2007
CoinPal Geocoins
This is the highly anticipated follow up to the 2006 Geocredit Card Geocoins, This coin is available in 3 different colors all featuring soft enamel colors with raised letters and numbers just like a real credit card.
You can get them HERE.
P-38 Lightning Geocoin
The third in this great series the P-38 is an icon of vintage Air Power and on of the most beloved aircraft of aviation history. A must have for any geocoin collections or vintage air fan! This is the coin and pins set. If you buy the set of four coins the wings pin modeled after the 3d wing from the back of these great coins will be sent to you FREE just for buying the set.
You can get them HERE.
Saturday, November 3, 2007
The Snowboarding Geocoin (Utah Micro 2007)
Lord of the Cache - Earth Antique Silver
- 1.5 inches diameter; 3 mm thickness- available in 5 different versions- first coin of a 4-coin series- elvish runes on the frontside
You can get them HERE.
Cammo Ammo Cans Geocoin
Geocoinstore wrote;
A sweet set of Camouflage Ammo Cans. 2 inches wide, these are big - just like those 50mm cans we love. Reminiscent of the Ammo Can coin we produced for the Geocoin Club in 2005, this is the first ammo can design we have done since and we love it! There are five fun cammo schemes including a night caching version.
You can get them HERE.
Mother Nature Watches Us CITO Geocoin
Geocoinstore wrote;
A spectacular new design by Mr Chris Mackey reminds us all of our bond with Mother Nature. She gives us a place to play our sport, we give back with CITO and other volunteer efforts to give back to the parks and lands that we love to explore.
You can get them HERE.
Friday, November 2, 2007
Veterans Day Unknown Solider Geocoin
Two Tone LE - Our popular Unknown soldier is back with a two tone gold on silver finish. Only 225 of these Geocoins were minted.
For each of these two tone Geocoins sold, Oakcoins will donate $2.00 to Fisher House.
Size: 1.75", 3.5mm thick, Trackable at geocaching.com and has its own icon.
You can get them HERE.
During World War I, Red Flanders poppies carpeted the battle fields. The little red flowers sprang up in bomb craters, around trenches and often marked soldiers' graves. Today the red poppy remains a symbol of war and its heroes. Many remember their lost friends and family members by wearing a paper red poppy pinned to their lapel on November 11th, Veterans Day.Oakcoins will be donating $1.00/coin to the Fisher House Foundation.There are 2 different versions, the Gold Poppy and Silver LE. Some are bundled together with a Red Poppy pin.Size: 1", 2.5mm thickTrackable at geocaching.com and has its own icon.You have the Geocoin, now get the Pin!
You can get them HERE.
Veterans Day American Flag Geocoin
Veterans Day American Flag Geocoin Antique Gold LE
This is a customer inspired Geocoin design. The American Flag Geocoin.
Oakcoins will be donating $1.00/coin to the Fisher House Foundation.
Size: 1.75", 3.5mm thick, Trackable at geocaching.com and has its own icon.
You can get them HERE.


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24 June 2018
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TIPS improves survival in patients with Budd-Chiari syndrome
A study in this months issue of Gastroenterology examines long-term results of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt for Budd-Chiari Syndrome.
Budd-Chiari syndrome is a rare and life-threatening disorder secondary to hepatic venous outflow obstruction.
Small series of Budd-Chiari syndrome patients indicate that transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt may be useful.
The influence of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt (TIPS) on patient survival, and factors that predict the outcome of transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt in Budd-Chiari syndrome patients remain unknown.
Dr Juan Carlos GarciaPagán and colleagues from Spain followed 124 consecutive Budd-Chiari syndrome patients treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt.
The patients were observed in 6 European centers between 1993 and 2006 until death, orthotopic liver transplantation, or last clinical evaluation.
The researchers found that prior to treatment with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt, Budd-Chiari syndrome patients had a high Model of End Stage Liver Disease and high Rotterdam Budd-Chiari syndrome prognostic index indicating severity of liver dysfunction.
However, 1- and 5-year orthotopic liver transplantation-free survival were 88% and 78%, respectively.
The team found that in the high-risk patients, 5-year orthotopic liver transplantation-free survival was much better than that estimated by the Rotterdam Budd-Chiari syndrome index.
In the whole population, bilirubin, age, and international normalized ratio for prothrombin time independently predicted 1-year orthotopic liver transplantation-free survival.
A prognostic score with a good discriminative capacity was developed from these variables.
The team noted that 7 out of 8 patients with a score over 7 died or underwent transplantation vs 5 out of 114 patients with a score less than 7.
Dr GarciaPagán's team concluded, Long-term outcome for patients with severe Budd-Chiari syndrome treated with transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt is excellent even in high-risk patients, suggesting that transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt may improve survival.
We identified a small subgroup of Budd-Chiari syndrome patients with poor prognosis despite transjugular intrahepatic portosystemic shunt who might benefit from early orthotopic liver transplantation.
Gastroenterology 2008: 135(3): 808-15
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Why do you think they Ally themselves with organizations
that are out to undermine the Catholic Church ?
CIWC is ORGANIZING TODAY !!!
Catholic Church under attack again.
The event below.
... Catholic, Brigid Kelly is "so proud and so excited" with regard to the broad coalition her campaign built in the 2016 election campaign:
-Equality Cincinnati/Homosexuality advocate http://www.opensecrets.org/pacs/lookup2.php?strID=C00442897&cycle=2010
You will have to listen to the podcast below to hear Brigid claim her endorsements.
- and Oh, by the way Brigid Kelly, who will be speaking at the "Gay Friendly" Catholic
St. Monica St. George Parish in Cincinnati, Ohio, TODAY
was also endorsed by Planned Parenthood.
Please read below.
Reporting about what some Liberal-Progressive-Democrats
are up to in our Diocese
does not make us happy.
We are reporting this finding to
His Excellency: Bishop Binzer and Archbishop Schnurr.
Some may say we are all wet and may think we are
more or less Radical Conservatives.
Below you will also notice that another group participating
is called the Woman's City Club.
Please note this verbiage is from their site:
In the spring or summer, we hold a public rally or demonstration in support of women's physical and financial health and family planning. We have joined with Women Helping Women, the Rape Crisis Center,
Planned Parenthood and other agencies to support the services these agencies offer women.
Woman's City Club also endorsed this pro-choice rally.
Cincinnati Interfaith Worker Center
is a Catholic Archdiocese of Cincinnati
Funded Organization
Why do you think they Ally themselves with organizations
that are out to undermine the Catholic Church ?
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House District 31
Age: 32
Residence: Norwood
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Psalm 33:4, Pro 3:3, Isa 55:11
To be faithful is to be reliable, steadfast, loyal, devoted, unwavering, worthy of trust, consistent with truth, uncompromising and is to be full of faith. A faithful person is someone who walks consistently with God in humble service. Someone who is true to his or her word, promises and vows. One who is loyal and steady in allegiance or affection.
Faithfulness is one of the characters of God and is an attribute of him. He is faithful in discharging every aspect of the covenant he made and to his promises and vows. It is part of God's faithfulness that made him to send Jesus Christ to us. And Jesus Christ was faithful from cradle to the cross to the one who appointed him. Even when the feature is bleak and circumstances are impossible and hopeless, one can always count on God's faithfulness. Jeremiah could say of the Lord in Lam 3:23 "Great is your faithfulness." When the Israelites were faced with the desolation of Jerusalem because of the nation's sin. Faithfulness is also a gift of the Holy Spirit and a part of the fruit of the Holy Spirit. If faithfulness is a character of God, and of Jesus Christ and a gift of the Holy Spirit, then it must be a characteristic of man. It is a quality God wants to reproduce in us through the salvation that comes in Christ. God expects us to be faithful in all things.
Faithfulness in using God's talents and gifts received from Him to serve others as faithful stewards of God in various forms. It is to be a hallmark of a true Christian.
God's faithfulness as supported in the Bible:
- Ps 33:4 - "For the word of the LORD is right and true; he is faithful in all he does."
- Ps 86:15 - "But you, Lord, are a compassionate and gracious God, slow to anger, abounding in love and faithfulness."
- Ps 91:4b - "His faithfulness will be your shield and rampart."
- 1 Cor 1:9 - "God is faithful, who has called you into fellowship with his Son, Jesus Christ our Lord."
- 1 Cor 10:13b - "And God is faithful; he will not let you be tempted beyond what you can bear. But when you are tempted, he will also provide a way out so that you can endure it."
- 1 Thess 5:24 - "The one who calls you is faithful, and he will do it."
- 2 Thess3:3 -But the Lord is faithful, and he will strengthen you and protect you from the evil one."
- 1 Jn 1:9 - "If we confess our sins, he is faithful and just and will forgive us our sins and purify us from all unrighteousness."
- 2 Tim 2:13-"If we are faithless, he remains faithful, for he cannot disown himself."
- Gal 5:22-"But the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, forbearance, kindness, goodness, faithfulness, gentleness and self-control."
We can see faithfulness being demonstrated by God the Father, God the son and faithfulness as part of the fruit of the Holy Spirit. God demonstrated faithfulness in many places in the Bible. In Gen 12:1-3 The Lord had said to Abram, "Go from your country, your people and your father's household to the land I will show you. I will make you into a great nation, and I will bless you; I will bless those who bless you, and whoever curses you I will curse and all people on earth will be blessed through you and God fulfilled these promises." In Gen 18:10, a child was promised and God fulfilled it by blessing Abraham and Sarah with Isaac, Gen 21:1-3."
You are admonished to embrace faithfulness. Prov 3:3 "Let love and faithfulness never leave you; bind them around your neck, write them on your neck, write them on the tablet of your heart. "God wants us to be faithful and he even said in 1Sam2:35a "I will raise up for myself a faithful priest, who will do according to what is in my heart and mind." Jesus encourages us to be faithful by using the parable of the bags of money in Matt 25:21 and 23 where the two of the three servants that were faithful were rewarded. He told the Pharisees in Matt 23:23 that justice, mercy and faithfulness are more important matters of the law they should have practiced and He said in Rev 2:10b "be thou faithful unto death and I will give thee a crown of life."
Brethren, if Abraham, Daniel and Moses being human were faithful during their time, we should be too. Abraham did as God instructed him and it was credited to him as righteousness by God.
Gen 15:6 "Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness." Abraham is known as father of faith. He was faithful enough for willingly wanted to sacrifice Isaac in obedience to God's command. Gen 22:8-10.
Gen 15:6 "Abram believed the LORD, and he credited it to him as righteousness." Abraham is known as father of faith. He was faithful enough for willingly wanted to sacrifice Isaac in obedience to God's command. Gen 22:8-10.
Heb 3:5 "Moses was faithful as a servant in all God's house bearing witness to what would be spoken by God in the future." The LORD said of him in Num12:7b-8" he is faithful in all my house. With him I speak face to face, clearly and not in riddles; he sees the form of the LORD."
Daniel remained faithful in trying situations that might have caused him to lose faith and bend from his beliefs. In defiance to King Darius command that nobody should pray to other God except his gods, Daniel knew the penalty and still went ahead to pray to his God. Dan 6:10 "Now when Daniel learned that the decree had been published, he went home to his upstairs room where the windows opened towards Jerusalem. Three times a day he got down on his knees and prayed, giving thanks to his God, just as he had done before." He did not argue when he was to be thrown into the lion's den as penalty for praying. Contrary to expectation Daniel was not hurt and when the king called out to know whether he was dead or alive. Daniel answered Dan 6:21-22 "May the king live forever! My God sent his angel, and he shut the mouths of the lions .They have not hurt me, because I was found innocent in his sight." Hence the king issued a decree that in every part of his kingdom people must fear and reverence the God of Daniel and also wrote to all the nations and peoples of every language in all the earth about the living God of Daniel. Daniel's case should be an inspiration to us.
Brethren it is possible to be faithful in all things .How?
- Stay in fellowship with God. - 1 Jn 1:3.
- Be consistently righteous. - Hos10:12.
- Walk by faith and not by sight.-2 Cor 5:7.
- Align yourself with people of faith and walk with wise men. – Pro 13:20.
- Be fervent in spirit. – Rom 12:11.
- Be disciplined. – Pro 3:11-12.
- Be hot for God. – Rev 3:16.
- Be not moved by evil tidings, but trust in God and fix your heart on him. – Ps 112:7.
- Feed yourself with the word. - 2 Tim 2:15.
- Walk in obedience to God's commands. - Deut 5:33.
Brethren, all round faithfulness is expected from you. Faithfulness to God and to man. Faithfulness in your ministry and in using the spiritual gifts given to you, in paying your tithe, offerings, vows and promises, in your relationship with others, marriage, in handling resources in your care, in your place of work and in discharging your duty.
Benefits of Faithfulness:
- The LORD preserves the faithful. – Ps 31:23.
- The faithful shall flourish and abound with blessings. – Pro 28:20.
- More responsibilities shall be given to the faithful. – Matt 25:21.
- The faithful will have favour and a good name in the sight of God and man. – Pro 3:4.
- A crown of life will be given to those who are faithful unto death. – Rev 2:10.
Heavenly Father, you are faithful in everything and you sent Jesus to us as an example that as human we too can be faithful. LORD, I pray that the grace to be faithful in all things and to the end grant unto me in Jesus' name. Amen.


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Tom McGough is President of Conagra Brands' Operating Segments. Conagra Brands' Operating Segments make and sell leading branded food to retail and foodservice channels. Tom began his role in 2013 for Conagra Brands, formerly known as ConAgra Foods.
As a 20-year veteran of the branded food business, Tom began his packaged foods career at H.J. Heinz in 1990. He joined Conagra Brands in 2007 and was named President, Grocery Products, Conagra Brands in 2011. Grocery Products is Consumer Foods' largest area of business, including many leading shelf-stable and refrigerated brands. He holds an M.B.A. from Duke University's Fuqua School of Business and a bachelor's degree from the Georgia Institute of Technology.


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Thursday, May 13, 2010
I'm Lazy!
There I said it! I think I am the laziest person I know. I would rather sleep all weekend then do just about anything else. I LOVE TO SLEEP. I always feel bad on Sunday night that I slept away the weekend, but at the time it feels so wonderful. I should clean more, exercise a little, do fun things with my husband and my daughter, take the dogs to the dog park.....But I sleep. I'm also very overweight. The two are most probably connected, but I chose to ignore the obvious. So, I have landed myself in a catch-22. Being overweight is exhausting. Try going down to the store and picking enough bags of flour to equal 60 pounds, strap it on your body for a day and see how tired you are at the end of the day. Now, try exercising with said flour strapped to your body. Yeah...that's my life. I don't know exactly how I let it get so out of control. Well....I DO know how. I LOVE carbs! LOVE LOVE LOVE carbs. I could live on pasta and bread for the rest of my life and be perfectly content, and fat. At some point I really need to think about changing the cycle. But it's Thursday and I have my eye on a sleep filled weekend. I'll think about exercising again another day.
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Firms in the services sector are set to face a flurry of special audit notices — from not only the service tax authorities but also the Comptroller and Auditor General of India (CAG) — after the finance ministry changed rules recently to override a few court rulings preventing such audits, especially by the CAG on private-sector service providers.
A weaker provision for CAG audit struck down by judiciary has now been replaced with a stronger one backed by an enabling provision introduced as part of the Finance Act, 2014.
The change is the latest instance of the apex auditor's ambit being widened, its treading more decisively into private companies' books, citing implications for the exchequer.
The Service Tax (Third amendment) Rules, 2014, give statutory backing for the CAG to audit private entities for service tax compliance, overriding a Delhi High Court order that struck down CAG's move to audit a private service provider as well as the service tax rule that the auditor had relied on.
The change in rules get force from an amendment to service tax law — the Finance Act 1994 — introduced this July by finance minister Arun Jaitley. This amendment to the Act bolstered government's rule-making powers relating to submission of records by service providers and more importantly, how they shall be 'verified'.
Using this power, finance ministry' December 5 amendments to service tax rule section 5 A(2), has brought back CAG audit on private sector service providers. The high court had in August struck down CAG's audit proposal on Travelite India, saying it did not have the force of law. The Finance Act, 2014, had received President's ascent only in August.
"The recent amendment seeks to extend powers of collection of documents from assessees for conduct of special audit by a nominated chartered accountant and cost accountant, which was not provided for in the Rules," said Saloni Roy, senior director, Deloitte in India.
CAG's constitutional role is primarily to oversee and vet the accounts of the Centre, state governments and union territories, with the purpose being to ensure prudence in their spending and revenue management. It also has powers to scrutinise the disbursal of funds to states by the Centre from the divisible pool. But, with the changes in the funding pattern of government schemes and enhanced roles of the private sector in projects where the government has direct stakes, the top auditor's ambit is becoming larger. Alerady, it is auditing private telecom and oil & gas companies as well as public-private partnerships as these entities use public resources on a revenue-sharing basis or under other systems like licence fees. The auditor is seeking changes in the CAG's Duties, Power and Conditions of Service Act, 1971, to enable the makeover.
In Travelite India case, the high court favoured the company because only service tax rules had provided for a special audit by the commissioner or the CAG and that too only when returns are not filed or tax is evaded, not in every case in a routine manner. Now, the special audit norm is back as means for verification of service taxes paid based on self assessment.
In another case this year involving ACL Education Centre, the Allahabad High Court said there was no inconsistency between the law and the rules and that CAG audit provision was not ultra vires. However, the Gujarat High Court, which reviewed the decisions of both the Delhi and Allahabad High Courts, granted interim stay on CAG's proposal for a special audit on Sadbhav Engineering.
"The amendment to service tax rules seems to have been specifically triggered by the recent Gujarat High Court decision which stayed the proposal of the CAG to audit a private party under service tax. It would mean multiple audits for service providers from various empowered authorities," said Prashant Raizada, Partner, BDO India LLP.
The amended rules not only give statutory backing for the CAG audit of service providers, but also make it compulsory for businesses to share their cost audit reports with the accountants nominated by the CAG or the Commissioner.
Cost audit reports consist of sensitive operational details, including of power consumption and manpower, that give a sense of a business' efficiency and hence are kept closely guarded. The government has been relaxing cost audit requirement for industries over the last decade as it is not in sync with a competitive free-market economy. But this remnant of the control raj is again gaining currency from a tax perspective, especially in service tax and in cases of excise duty demand on car sales at a discount.


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Scallops, Cauliflower Cream, Balsamic Reduction
This is just one of the fabulous dishes we had at our dinner party. Caramelized scallops are served over a heavenly cauliflower puree with cream, finished with a swirl of balsamic reduction.
Pat's inspiration for this dish came from Chef Reddington of Redd Restaurant, Napa Valley.
The cauliflower florettes are sauteed with capers, slivered almonds, and golden raisins. A delicious combination of flavors and textures.
She chose Treana 2005 Central Coast 50% Marsanne 50% Viognier from the Mer Soleil Vineyard to pair with this dish. Excellent!
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Went with Daniel in his honours project for his Johora singaporeansis project again, this time at BTNR. It was really filled with life! But had limited shots due to low batt and my failing old camera condition.
Pink-headed Reed Snake, Calamaria schlegel. It is non-venomous and said to be a mimic of the venomous Blue Malayan Coral Snake.
A fallen log in our way. The heartwood is blood red in color, looks just like blood... ID anyone?
Lots of forest fishing spider standing on the stream surface waiting for small preys to ambush on.
Cryptocoryne timahensis, a hydrid species aquatic plant found in Singapore. Surprisinginly, it is said to be sterile and found only here so its extremely rare. More on this website.


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In 1886, however, it was enacted that no such extraordinary charge shall be levied on any such grounds so newly cultivated in future; the capital value of the existing charges was assessed, and the payment of interest thereon was made a rent charge on the land payable in priority to all other charges until its redemption, and recoverable in the same way as ordinary rent charge and exempt from all rates, charges and assessments: the charge was redeemable at the capital value, and, saving existing contracts, it was as between landlord and tenant payable by the landlord, any agreement to the contrary notwithstanding; and it is not subject to the Tithe Act of 1891.
In 1707 the islands were granted to the earl of Morton in mortgage, redeemable by the Crown on payment of 30,000, and subject to an annual feu-duty of 50o; but in 1766 his estates were sold to Sir Lawrence Dundas, ancestor of the earls of Zetland.
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His chief financial expedient was to debase, or rather ruin, the currency by issuing copper tokens redeemable in better times; but it was no fault of his that Charles XII., during his absence, flung upon the market too enormous an amount of this copper money for Gertz to deal with.
The edict of Moulins (1566) maintained it, as one of the exceptions to the inalienability of the crown-lands; only it was then decided that daughters of France should be appanaged in money, or that if, in default of coin, lands were assigned to them, these lands should be redeemable by the crown in perpetuity.


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Utilization of Marginal Lands for Urban Developmentby Philip C. Rutledge, Partner; Mueser, Rutledge, Wentworth and Johnston, Consulting Engrs., New York City, NY,
Serial Information: Journal of the Soil Mechanics and Foundations Division, 1970, Vol. 96, Issue 1, Pg. 1-22
Document Type: Journal Paper
The problems and costs of creating useful land from marginal wetlands around cities are becoming increasingly important to planners and engineers. Such lands are below water or occasionally flooded, are underlaid by soft and highly compressible organic alluvium, and frequently are covered by garbage and solid refuse. Making usable land requires fill to raise the grade above flooding. The major problem is excessive settlements under the load of this fill. Precompression by surcharge loading, possibly with sand drains, is required to minimize future settlements and make land acceptable for light buildings, streets, and municipal services. Heavier buildings require pile foundations extending through all compressible soils and pile-supported waterfront structures may be required. In 1967, costs for land development range from $30,000 to $150,000 per acre and additional costs of foundations for nine-story buildings range from $9.00 to $17.00 per sq. ft. Waterfront developments with deep water perimeters may cost upward of $300,00 per acre. Data are provided for estimating design requirements and site development costs on a comparable basis.
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Eagles in the hood
December 5, 2011 § 1 Comment
Last Monday morning I spotted an eagle landing on the island across the way from our neighbors' house. I grabbed the camera and headed out to see if I could get some shots of her/him. I was really fortunate because by the time I came around the side of the Tharps' house, the two adults and an adolescent were perched in trees in their yard. The adolescent took off immediately. But the two adults held their ground (their perch?) for several minutes before flying over to the island.
Harvest Moon
September 12, 2011 § 1 Comment
We had the good fortune to watch the Harvest Moon rise from the porch of one of our neighbors this evening. Her house is hard by the Sheepscot River with a beautiful view of Crow Island and the osprey's nest atop a pole at the foot of the Crow Island dock. Our neighbors–Carol, Rich, and Kristen–joined us to celebrate this once-a-year event. While we waited for the moon to rise, the parent osprey brought a fish to the nest and then decided to carry it to a nearby tree to enjoy for itself.
For those not in the know, the Harvest Moon is the full moon nearest to the autumnal equinox. Because this full moon rises so close to sunset, farmers could extend their workday during the all-important harvest period, thus the name. A beautiful sight to behold. I'm sure my photography does not do it justice, but I tried.
Winter in Five Islands
December 5, 2010 § 1 Comment
Katy and I had a great, although way too short, trip to Five Islands. The house was in good shape, with only slight evidence that a mouse had been nosing around in our stuff. We met with Bob on Friday morning and firmed up the plans for the construction, which starts Monday. More on that in the next post.
Five Islands is quiet in December, but not completely dormant, much to my surprise. The few full-time residents in the village have their Christmas lights up and it's very cheery. During the day, the local lobstermen's trucks fill the parking lot at the pound, evidence that the hard work of bringing in the catch continues, just further out at sea apparently. On Friday morning, Katy and I saw only two lobstermen out on Five Islands' little harbor. The main catch is out in the deep ocean this time of year. Heidi, who runs the little gourmet farm stand, was open on Saturday, selling wreaths and other lovely stuff. I think next weekend will be her last until spring. Carroll was at work in his boatyard and there were some construction projects going on around the village. Practically bustling.
If there was ever any doubt that Five Islands would be just as beautiful in winter as in summer, let me assure you that it is every bit as stunning (see above). When we woke up on Saturday morning it was snowing. A perfect Maine winter morning (thankfully, the snow didn't stick since we had to get back to Manchester for our 4:30 flight). Our neighbors, the Tharps (who we have yet to meet), live on the water side of Lewis Road. Since they have decamped for Florida for the winter, we strolled down to the water's edge to soak up the view. Here's Katy on their dock (thanks Tharps).
We had time for a stroll around Old Schoolhouse Road before cleaning up and heading out. First we stopped at the pound, all shut up tight for the winter.
The view from the dock doesn't change much. Same old lobster boats.
Same little islands.
Same rocky coast line.
Same lighthouse.
We passed by what used to be a little store selling antiques (I think. We never actually went in before they shut down). I'm thinking this could be an ideal location for Robert's restaurant. It's right across from the cemetery and a little down from the Georgetown Community Center, very central.
We met a local dog out in front of the boat yard that's run by our old friend Carroll (no, he still doesn't recognize me even though I've introduced myself several times and he once witnessed my and Robert's humiliation as a lobsterman had to tow us back to shore after our maiden Maine voyage on our sailboat, a long story for another day). Anyway, this dog had a jaunty orange bandanna and was keen to accompany us on our walk.
A guy working on one of our neighbors' houses knew the dog, Grey, and assured us that he has a home. We soon realized that all the local hounds were sporting the same bandanna, the better to avoid getting shot by a hunter apparently. Aaaa, the joys, and perils, of country living.
Oh, and we spotted our mailbox. How did we buy a house and not know we have a mailbox and where it's located? Search me. There it is in the middle of the line up, #35.
On the way up 127, we stopped to snap a picture of the boathouse along the side of the road at the Back River.
I'll write a separate post about the work we started on the house. It involved a sledge hammer and flying debris, very exciting.
There were a few dining highlights to mention. We flew into Manchester, NH, on Thursday and drove the 2 hours up to Five Islands. On the way, we stopped in Wells, ME, for a spot of lunch at Billy's Chowder House. We both agree: 2 thumbs up. I had the Half & Half Platter, that's half fried clams and half fried oysters along with fries and cole slaw (light!). I started with the house specialty, the clam chowder, of course. It was all delicious. And the view out over the marshes of Wells is fabulous.
On Friday evening, we went up to Bath for dinner at Solo Bistro. This is becoming one of my favorite restaurants in the area. I had the miso marinated black cod and Katy had the lobster risotto. Again, 2 thumbs way up. Especially good was the pumpkin tart with a homemade marshmallow brule. On the way back to Manchester on Saturday, we had time to squeeze in one more tasty meal at Duck Fat in Portland. This place works magic with the panini machine and the french fryer. I had the bacon, tomato, and goat cheese panini and Katy had the turkey, cheese, and cranberry jelly panini. One more time, 2 thumbs up!
Stay tuned for more details on the transformation of 35 Lewis Road. And keep those name suggestions coming!