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Many of my friends have asked for this, so here it is...my before/current photo. I'll be sure to post more when I hit my goal. Hopefully, this will keep them happy for a little while :)
Friday, March 21, 2014
6-month Progress Report
Today marks the 6 month anniversary on my #weightlossjourney to a #betterme. I'm so proud of how far I've come, even if I still have a long way to go.
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As far as our garden plants are concerned, some winter weather is frightful. Some is just fine. And sometimes it's what we do, or don't do, that makes the difference. Here are tips from experts at The Morton Arboretum to help your yard and garden weather the winter:
Cheer for snow. The fluffy white stuff is a great insulator, protecting plants both from harsh cold and from risky midwinter warm spells that might make them start growing too early.
Let it melt. Even when a heavy snow load bends branches, trees and shrubs usually will spring back on their own if you wait and let the snow melt naturally. Brushing off snow can break branches made brittle by the cold.
Tie them up. A few kinds of evergreens that have multiple upright stems may be damaged if their stems are bent too far by snow. These include arborvitaes and some upright varieties of juniper and yew. Protect them before it snows by bundling the stems together and tying them gently with soft fabric or twine.
Watch out for ice storms. A heavy coating of ice is more likely to break branches than a load of snow. But as with snow, it's best to let the ice melt naturally; if you try to remove it, you're likely to do more damage.
Go easy. The road salt and other chemicals we use to melt ice are harmful to plants and can dry them out. The damage is most obvious in spring and early summer in browned leaves on evergreen shrubs and groundcovers next to walks and driveways. Far more damage is done underground where we can't see it: Deicer chemicals from melting snow soak into the soil, where they can disrupt water uptake by plants and interfere with their growth. To minimize the damage, use salt and other ice-melting chemicals as sparingly as you can. When you shovel snow that may contain salt, try to put it where the salty meltwater will run into a storm sewer, rather than soaking into the soil where it can harm your plants' roots.
Plan ahead to protect your plants. Note where you see salt damage this winter so you can protect plants next winter or relocate them in spring. You can search for trees that have some salt tolerance using the Northern Illinois Tree Selector, or consult the Plant Clinic for advice on choosing shrubs.
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WARNING: Relatives of the artist are advised that images of Emily Kame Kngwarreye and other Aboriginal people who might be deceased appear in this exhibition and website.
The story of Big Yam Dreaming 1995
Watch the story of Big Yam Dreaming, including footage of the artist painting the work as well as the army of museum professionals required to prepare this work for travel.
The three-by-eight metre canvas must be unstretched and rolled onto a specially designed bobbin which fits into a custom-made crate to travel. Then it is re-stretched before being mounted on the wall. Each time this monumental canvas is moved it requires over a dozen people to unroll, re-stretch and install.
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Emily completed this epic work in only two days, the same time it took assistants to prime the canvas black. She sat cross-legged on the three-by-eight metre canvas spread flat on the ground and painted her way to the edges, 'knitting' one section onto another without preliminary sketching, scaling or reworking.
Japanese viewers remarked on the calligraphic character of the brushstrokes that stop and start in a measured yet organic style. The drawn surface lays bare the bones — the skeleton that underlies much of her art — and can be likened to the veins, sinews and contours seen in the body of the land from above. The network of white lines traces the patterns of the arterial roots of the finger yam, Anooralya. The lines bear a resemblance to the arterial roots of the yam below the ground, which mirror the crazed pattern of cracked earth above, caused by tubers when they ripen and expand. People locate the food by digging down through the cracks.
The power and energy of this work evokes the rich vitality of the earth infused with ancestral connections, celebrating the Yam from Emily's major Dreaming cycle — a big painting for Emily's biggest story.


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Plot Summary:"A horror-stricken and superstitious community is terrorized by a serial killer intent on hunting down couples in Canyon City. Plagued by a 10-year old legendary story of the mysterious murder of Devon Anderson, this community still harbors curiosity when the current victims and the evidence surrounding their murders appears to be very similar to what happened to Devon and the parents accused of murdering him."
I could find nothing about this newly released slasher movie, thanks to its awful UK title of SAWED but this surprisingly good little movie is actually Devons Ghost: Legend of the Bloody Boy.
The film starts out well if you can get past the fact that the majority of the sound was created in ADR, and despite the terrible dialogue, high drama and moments of cliché it was fun for its entire run.
I was pissing myself when all of the characters were suddenly capable of Kung Fu but thats when I realized that the two actors I recognized were former power rangers.
The characters have the strangest names I have ever heard (they may as well be power rangers with names such as Symphony, Genesis and Freedom) and some of the acting is a little questionable, but the film is a lot of silly B-movie fun nonetheless.
Unashamedly cliché, Sawed is teen slash trash at its silly brutal best. The killers weapon of choice is so simple yet effective, and the blood flows freely in this one kids. Despite some dodgy editing and dud moments of acting, the choreography and effects make up for it.


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There are some issues in the current RDF spec[1] with alternate parseTypes (currently used by DAML and CWM). The first is that alternate parseTypes, while allowed by the text of the specification, are not allowed by the grammar which constrains them to either Resource or Literal. Also, while the text of the spec says: With RDF 1.0 other values must be treated as identical to 'Literal'. It does not state that the value of the parseType must be passed along with the literal, which seems essential for proper processing by an application. Finally, it would be nice if parseTypes were namespace qualified, as DAML (daml:collection) and CWM (log:Quote) seem to have done. However, the semantics of these QNames is unclear, as DAML seems to state the name must be daml:collection regardless of the prefix for the DAML namespace in the document. [1] http://www.w3.org/TR/1999/REC-rdf-syntax-19990222 -- [ Aaron Swartz | email@example.com | http://www.aaronsw.com ]Received on Monday, 11 June 2001 23:58:21 UTC
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Hundreds of runners set a new record as they celebrated the first birthday of the popular Horsham parkrun on Saturday morning (September 5).
Paul Sinton-Hewitt CBE, who founded parkrun 11 years ago, was among the record 380 runners who took to the 5km course around Horsham Park.
Joggers of all ages took part in the race, with many bringing their dogs to join in the celebrations.
On the day, awards were handed out to the top runners as well as the volunteers that have helped to make the event such a success.
Harry Wilcox and Karen Broomer were named the top male and female runners for Horsham parkrun's first year, volunteers of the year were Christian Liberman and Yan Yip and the overall parkrunner of the year was Sarah Mitchelson.
Personal bests were achieved by 86 people on the day, while 44 people ran parkrun for the first time.
The event was due to be a 'naked' run with runners predicting their times beforehand and then running tech free to see who could get closest to their estimation.
More than 100 runners joined in with Rob Shapland getting to within 1.2 seconds of his 24.56 estimate.
After the run, Mr Sinton-Hewitt told fellow runners he enjoys visiting Horsham parkrun due to the 'friendly and welcoming' people and 'wonderful' course.
He signed copies of the new book 'parkrun: A Celebration' and also signed Bolt the parkrun elephant from Horsham's Elephantastic trail.
The book was created and curated by a volunteer team of photography, design and journalism professionals, and was shortlisted for the British Sports Illustrated Book of the Year Award.
Horsham is one of 348 parkruns across the UK, which were encouraged to submit an invitation to Sinton-Hewitt setting out the reasons why he should visit them for his landmark run.
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Chrysler will perform a free update to some Ram 1500 and 2500 pickup trucks to resolve a handful of problems stemming from programming bugs.
The customer satisfaction campaign is not an officially mandated recall. It affects the vehicle's remote access, tire-pressure monitor system (TPMS), and some starting issues.
In the first issue, Chrysler has determined that there's a glitch in the software programming of this device that receives radio signals from the remote keyfob and translates them into vehicle commands and provides TPMS info.
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Trekking With AIDS, Part 3 -- a Special Report
|On Wednesday, June 28, 2000 -- the twelfth anniversary of her HIV diagnosis -- Dawn Averitt (center) and her companions Scott Averitt (left) and Brad Bridge (right) walked home to Georgia, having hiked the whole of the Appalachian Trail over the preceding year.
The sky was gray and lowering, and a steady drizzle fell, making the trail slick. The air was fetid and close, and the humidity was high, making clothes cling and sweatbands useless. A swarm of bees materialized out of nowhere and stung virtually every member of the party. And none of this mattered -- because after twelve months of determined effort, Dawn Averitt was completing the last few miles of the Appalachian Trail. On Wednesday, June 28, 2000 -- the twelfth anniversary of her HIV diagnosis -- Dawn walked home to Georgia, having hiked the whole of the Appalachian Trail over the preceding year. She may not be the first person living with HIV to complete the Trail, but she is the first to dedicate her arduous journey to raising awareness that HIV infection need not be a barrier to achieving one's life goals. As Averitt says, "No one with HIV should allow the virus to thwart their ambitions, to fog their future, to derail their dreams." This is the message that Averitt sought to convey over the course of her 2,167-mile odyssey -- because, as she says, "it is as effective an antidote to hopelessness and despair as the most powerful drug regimen available today."
Dawn Averitt has been bucking the odds for more than a decade now -- ever since she learned that she had been infected with HIV by a man who took callous advantage of her when she was just 19 years old. She was told at the time that she would be lucky to live two years. Averitt defied those odds, and she defied the advice of her family physician, who counseled her to tell no one that she is HIV-positive. Instead, Averitt told the whole world -- in both words and deeds. She founded a national service organization for women with AIDS, and she became a passionate, compassionate, clear-headed, warm-hearted spokesperson for all people living with HIV.
This past year Averitt celebrated her thirtieth year of life -- and her eleventh year of living with HIV -- by hiking the entire Appalachian Trail, from Maine to Georgia. For her, this trek fulfilled a lifelong dream, one that had its origins in the day-long hikes that she, her brothers, and her parents took on the stretch of the Trail that passed near her childhood home. But Averitt's determination to follow her dream down the green spine of the Eastern Seaboard was something else as well -- it was vibrant, vital, valiant, visible proof that people with HIV need not set aside their aims and ambitions.
|Dawn's Appalachian odyssey began on June 11, 1999, atop Mount Katahdin in north-central Maine. Katahdin, at 5,268 feet, is the highest peak in the state -- and the northern terminus of the trail, which runs 2,167 miles down the green spine of the eastern United States.
In this, too, the odds were against her. Nearly 3,000 people try to hike the whole of the Appalachian Trail each year . . . but less than 10% of these intrepid souls actually achieve their goal. Few of them have to be as scrupulous as Averitt has had to be about purifying all of the water they drink, and not one of them had to manage, despite the rigors of life on the Trail, to adhere to a highly complex five-drug anti-HIV regimen, as Averitt had to, day in and day out.
But then Averitt has been defying the odds for a long time now, on and off the Trail. As she reported in previous installments of her Trail diary -- published in Vol. 5, Nos. 3, and 4 of HIV Newsline -- life in the wilderness wasn't easy. First there was the record-setting heat wave, then the clouds of voracious black flies, then the misstep that resulted in a badly turned ankle . . . 3,000 feet up a mountain in northern Maine. But Averitt is apparently made of equal parts grit and gumption: after a detour through the emergency room of a local hospital, she and her party returned to the Trail -- and they marched steadily southward until a mixture of snow and ice, driven by 50-mile-an-hour, tree-toppling winds, caught them in the Shenandoahs of northern Virginia.
When a pine tree fell so close to Averitt that it left her with splinters in her face, she and her team abandoned the Trail for ten weeks. But as soon as spring arrived, they picked up where they left off. And on the early afternoon of June 28th, she reached Springer Mountain, the southern terminus of the Trail. After a decade of counseling other HIV-positive individuals to realize their dreams, Averitt had lived out one of hers. And, who knows? Her family may even be able to persuade her to rest up for a week or two, before she sets out on her next great adventure -- whatever it may be.
|Dawn's 12-month trek ended at Springer Mountain, Georgia, where a bronze plaque set into a granite boulder marks the end of the trail.
-- The Editors
Trekking with AIDS: An Appalachian Trail Diary
By Dawn Averitt
Founder, Women's Information Service and Exchange
We walked our final miles as I was sure we would: under the dark clouds and through the intermittent downpours that had been our more or less constant companions during our last weeks on the Appalachian Trail. But we also walked those final miles as I hoped we would: accompanied by some of our staunchest supporters -- friends and family who chose to share our triumph despite Mother Nature's best efforts to spoil a glorious day.
As we climbed the mountain that we had openly longed for and quietly pondered for so many months, we struggled for words and fought back tears of joy and awe. For each of us -- for me, for my brother Scott, for our friend Brad Bridge -- it was a day of enormous significance and accomplishment. (I suspect that Guinness, my six-year-old Lab-Cocker mix, who accompanied me every step of the way, shared our feelings, but as usual he kept his own counsel.) It wasn't just that we had finished the Trail -- although walking more than 2,000 miles in one year is an indisputable accomplishment -- but that we had finished it together, as we had planned from the start.
For me, June 28th had additional significance: it was the twelfth anniversary of my HIV diagnosis. On this same day in 1988, at age 19, I sat in my doctor's office, with my mother holding one of my hands and my father holding the other, while our kindly -- and obviously distraught -- family physician told us the impossible but inescapable results of my elisa test. Back then, no one imagined that I would live two years, let alone 12. And no one imagined that I could do anything significant with my life, let alone conquer the Appalachian Trail -- an accomplishment usually reserved for young, hale, trail-hardened men.
And yet, 12 years after the stunning news that shattered and then reshaped my life, I was actually completing a lifelong goal -- and clasping life to me.
At the top of Springer Mountain we lit a candle in honor of friends and family -- those who walked the last miles with us and those who walked those miles with us in spirit. We also lit a candle for all the benevolent strangers who shared our journey -- passing us on the Trail, bedding down near us in one of the lean-to shelters along the way, shuttling us back and forth from resupply points to the trail head, or simply following our progress, and offering words of encouragement and support, via our Web site, www.trekkingwithaids.com. And, finally, we lit a candle for the world of people who are living with HIV. Some of them are close friends, all of them are important, and we carried every one in our hearts throughout this incredible journey. Then, after a moment of silence, we let out a great cheer -- making the mountain ring, making our presence known, making the day complete.
There are so many people who touched our lives in the past year -- often in ways they never fully appreciated. For those who followed our progress, who cheered us on with e-mail messages or supportive thoughts, there are no words that really express our gratitude. You should know that there were days when we dragged our tired, blistered, homesick bodies into some small-town post office to find our resupply box had been sweetened by print-outs of e-mails, reminding us how incredibly fortunate we were to be together, to be hiking the Appalachian Trail, to be alive. We have had the experience of a lifetime.
|Twelve months, 2,167 miles, and one roll of duct tape: If these boots could talk, what a story they would tell . . . .
We have learned about ourselves and each other. We have forged bonds, made friends, found the good in people's hearts. We have discovered happiness and meaning in the smallest of things. We have walked through time, and towns, and travail, and tears. And we finished in triumph. We found all this, and so much more, along the Appalachian Trail. As the sage observed, it is the journey itself, not the goal, that is the destination.
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Shaun wrote: I have a brother who is a psychiatrist and also gay. He didn't
want to be
gay-struggled with all his might to cure himself and hid it from his family
for many years. He underwent psychotherapy and drug therapy and was ( and
still ) is on antidepressants as a result of the struggle with his
sexuality. A few years ago he decided to "come out", (much to the
consternation of our parents) and be openly gay. He is not overjoyed with
his choice, but he is at peace within himself.
Don P: It's nice that he is not suffering anymore
I can assure you that being gay is not something he chose to do and he was
unable to find a "cure". What gave him this predisposition? He does not
know-and he is a practicing psychiatrist. I would say science doesn't know
either. What we do know is that it seems much more fundamental than those
who say its simply a "preference", like a taste for chocolate ice cream, or
a "lifestyle choice".
Shaun: Frankly, I struggle with the rather clear OT injunction against
homosexuality. Before I was aware of my brother's struggle, I used to
blithely think that gays should just simply stop being gay. It might be
tough, like breaking the smoking habit, but it was doable. In the light of
what I know now, I no longer think so.
Don P: I know it may make things easier to see the scripture as changed in
order to allow acceptance. Remember that acceptance does not necessarily
disregard sin. One first admits to a sin then asks for guidance and
forgiveness from God. It may not be right away as with any prayer, but
eventually, if one believes, God will guide you. But if one does not admit
that it is a sin then it will never change and God may not be so forgiving.
If I murder someone, even by accident, God will not forgive me if I don't
ask for it or I just deny that it is a sin. I never said that every gay
should just stop nor be punished legally in some way. What I said was that
it is a sin and that we should encourage them to stop by leading them to
God. Some may give up and think this won't help but lose of faith does not
wash away sin. Regardless of the sin we must point errors out to our
brothers. We must accept them as sinners and forgive them for their actions.
But again we must encourage them to seek God's help, even if it takes a
lifetime to overcome.
Shaun: I think that Don and likeminded persons should get to know a variety
persons who are actually gay, before he makes pronouncements on this issue.
Those who take the time to know people who are gay are usually not so quick
to conclude that this is a simple matter of telling gays that they should
stop sinning.
Don P: Actually I've known at least 50 gays in my lifetime, including some
family members. I grew up in Oakland CA, just a stones throw from their
Valhalla. I never said that anyone would stop sinning just because one
points it out. But does this absolve our responsibility to care for our
brothers? If you truly care for someone, as you would your kids, you point
out their errors and explain the right way. Even someone 80 years old would
tell his 60 year old child what they did wrong. This does not mean we
should hate them, thereby sinning ourselves. When Christ said to be
tolerant, he did not mean to ignore sin, but rather be forgiving and
supportive. Everyone sins and as brothers we need to care enough to say
what's wrong. Help to lead them in the right direction. IF they cannot stop
sinning then we can only pray that God will forgive them. But even when they
don't give up, we still have a responsibility to encourage change. IF your
mother or father were an alcoholic would you not encourage them to stop? If
they didn't stop would you give up trying to help?
I'll let you guys have the last word.
Thanks for your time and perspectives on this matter.
Don Perrett
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We are deploying ProIV (V8) functions on Windows 7 tablets using OpenClient on Google Chrome. The tablets are connecting wirelessly. During the day some of our users are experiencing the "white screen of death". I.e. they will go to the tablet and touch say a field on the function and Chrome will go white. Sometimes they can refresh Chrome and get the session back but many times the refresh does nothing. To prove that it wasn't a disconnection we tried running Chrome via a Citrix connection to our server farm and today a user still got the "white screen of death". If the connection was down they would have got a Citrix error instead.
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Protecting Boxwoods From Winter Damage
At Lauren's Garden Service we get this question a lot! How can we protect our boxwoods from winter damage? Some say to wrap the shrubs in burlap- is this helpful? Boxwoods add a unique, formal, elegant look to a garden. They are slow growers so if they become damaged they are expensive to replace. The variety of boxwood Buxus sempervirens 'Suffruiticosa' is very susceptible to disease. Some clients don't like their stinky foliage smell. It can be frustrating to have a landscape FULL of boxwood hedges and have some of those plants die off. Because of the expense to replace the dead shrubs and the slow growing nature of boxwoods, I have avoided them a lot. What I've run into in the past are clients with old boxwoods that have grown too large for their location and have not been maintained by regular pruning. When I have tried to revive them it takes so many years to recover from a restorative pruning and sometimes it is unsuccessful. I've been worried about ruining old specimens. In some applications boxwoods can be a great choice (deer! shade!) and can be relatively low maintenance. They'll still need some knowledge and care for success prior to planting and for winter care. The main questions I receive are about protecting boxwoods through the winter. This is an appropriate question because boxwoods, despite being called American and English, are actually from Eurasia where winters are mild.
Lets take a look at the factors that effect winter damage in boxwoods.
1.Previous Plant Stress
If a boxwood shrub is already experiencing stress it will be more susceptible to winter damage. Some examples include poor drainage causing too much moisture in the root zone of the shrub. Inadequate watering during shrub establishment can allow the plants to dry out. Planting the shrub too low and covering the base of the shrub with mulch will also cause plant stress. The wrong pH (boxwoods like alkaline soil) can add to plant stress. Has the shrub been planted in its appropriate location concerning soil and sun exposure? Is it a windy location? Has it been planted properly, fertilized properly, watered enough? Often once damage is seen it is too late to correct the issue.
2.Temperature Fluctuation
Boxwoods originate from locations with milder winters. Cooler temperatures than the plants are used to are one. What is more concerning is temperature fluctuation from warm to very cold and the other way around. When we have larger temperature fluctuations then a boxwood is more susceptible to winter burn or boxwood decline as it adds to the stress of the shrub.
3. Snow and Ice
Large amounts of snow and ice will damage many shrubs and trees. Boxwoods can be protected with burlap and twine or plastic wildlife netting. A small amount of snow can actually insulate the boxwoods from cold temps. Tying the shrubs together will help ensure that the larger amounts of snow will slide off of the shrub rather than crushing the branches.
Top 3 Boxwood Problems
- Winter Burn: Boxwoods are susceptible to winter burn because many of the species originate from areas that have milder winters. Winter burn is noticed as yellow, brown dead leaves on the outside of the bush. Often winter burn can be successfully pruned out the following spring and the shrub will be just fine. The cause is when the leaves dry out and the ground is frozen so there isn't any water accessible to the plant and the winter winds come. The best way to avoid this is the water the boxwoods appropriately throughout the year, including in the winter when the ground is not frozen. You can also apply a thicker layer of mulch under your boxwoods (just be careful not to cover the base stem of the plant with mulch) to help keep the soil moist. Your boxwoods will tolerate some winter burn from time to time. When the shrubs receive winter burn for several years in a row then the shrubs may not recover. You can spray the leaves with an antidessicant which coats the leaves with a waxy substance to help keep water in the plant. You can use Vapor Guard or Wilt Stop. Water boxwoods well and apply before temps decrease to 40 degrees regularly.
- Boxwood Decline- This disease is common in the so-called English boxwood Buxus sempervirens 'suffruticosa'. Once you have this in your garden it is common for it to spread to other boxwoods of the same variety. The soil also becomes infected so likely another boxwood put in the same location would succumb to the same disease. The best solution for boxwood decline is to replace the shrubs with species that are not susceptible. Justin Brouwers is a nice variety to replace suffruiticosa.
- Breakage- It is common for branches of boxwood shrubs to break under the pressure of a large snow. The traditional solution is to wrap the boxwood in burlap and twine. A more cost and time effective solution would be to wrap the boxwoods in plastic wildlife netting and twine.
Boxwood Solutions
Wrap in burlap or plastic wildlife netting to protect from breakage in a heavy snow.
Be sure to water appropriately the rest of the year and when the ground thaws and temps warm up to avoid winter burn. Consider using an antidessicant.
Use proper planting techniques to ensure boxwoods are not planted too deeply or covered at the base with mulch.
Apply mulch around the shrubs in the fall to help insulated moisture throughout the winter.
Apply lime to alkalize the soil around boxwood shrubs. Apply 1 inch of compost around the shrubs once a year.
When selecting plants for your garden be sure to select appropriate varieties of boxwood for your location. Plant plants in areas protected from winter wind and bright winter sun. Wintergreen is a nice cold hardy selection.
Here is a list of hardy boxwood varieties from an article in Rodale's Organic Life called "Avoid the Boxwood Blight with Hardy Varieties" found here.
Small-Leaved Boxwood
Buxus microphylla
- Grace Hendrick Phillips: very dwarf; 1 × 2 foot; zones 6–8
- Compacta (Kingsville Dwarf): the smallest of them all, tiny leaves, dense, very slow; 1 × 1.5 foot; zones 6–8
Japanese Boxwood
Buxus microphylla var. japonica
- Green Beauty: deep green, responds well to pruning, a good substitute for English box; 3 × 3 feet; zones 6–8
- Morris Dwarf: slow, formal hedge for sun; 1 × 1 foot; zones 6–8
- Morris Midget: very dwarf, small leaves, sun tolerant; 1 x 1 foot; zones 6–8
- Wintergreen: cold-hardy, good for hedge, fast-growing; 4 × 4 feet; zones 5–8
Common or American Boxwood
Buxus sempervirens
- B. sempervirens: called American boxwood, tall, tried and true species; 5 × 4 feet; zones 5–8
- Dee Runk: upright fast growth; 8 x 2 feet; zones 6–8
- Elegantissima: best variegated gray-green and cream, disease-resistant; 3 × 2.5 feet; zones 6–8
- Fastigiata: bluish-green upright growth for hedge; 8 × 3 feet; zones 6–8
- Graham Blandy: most narrow columnar, better in cold climates, may need tying or pruning; 7 × 1 feet; zones 5–6
- Jensen: similar to English; 2 × 2 feet; zones 6–8
- Newport Blue: globular, quite blue-green foliage; 4 × 3 feet; zones 6–8
- Pyramidalis: upright cone; 8 × 4 feet; zones 6–8
- Rotundifolia: fast growing, largest leaves, shade tolerant; 5 × 4 feet; zone 6
- Vardar Valley: disease-resistant, bluish new growth, hardy; 1 × 3 feet; zones 5–8
- Wanford Page: long-lasting chartreuse new growth then leaves mottled green and yellow, dwarf; 2 × 1.5 feet; zones 6–8
Korean Boxwood
Buxus sinica var. insularis (B. microphylla var. koreana)
- Justin Brouwers: sun to shade, natural globe; 2 × 2 feet; zones 6–8
- Nana: spreading dwarf with narrow leaves, chartreuse in spring, slow; 1 × 3 feet; zones 6–8
Hybrid Boxwood
Buxus hybrids
- Glencoe: selected at Chicago Botanic Garden, container plant, edging, hardy; 4 × 5 feet; zones 4–8
- Green Mound: sun to shade, globular, hardy; 2 × 2 feet; zones 4–8
- Green Mountain: upright, conical, hardy; 4 × 3 feet; zones 4–8
- Green Velvet: lime green spring growth, mounding, hardy, 2 × 2.5 feet; zones 4–8
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James Blackmon tied his career high of 18 points last night as Kentucky routed Alabama 76-52 in a game probably destined for a highlight film.
Blackmon's star shone bright on a night when UK had a galaxy of heroes. They included:
Kenny Walker, who led the Wildcats with 24 points.
Roger Harden and Ed Davender, who combined for 17 assists. UK had 22 as a team.
Winston Bennett and Cedric Jenkins, who combined to dim Alabama's star, Buck Johnson. The Southeastern Conference's leading scorer (23 points per game) was held to 10.
It added up to Kentucky's 12th victory in 14 games. UK also gained a share of first place in the SEC at 3-1. Florida, which lost at Mississippi 79-67 last night, and Auburn are also 3-1.
Alabama, which suffered its worst defeat since being humbled 101-74 by Kentucky in 1971, fell to 9-4 and 2-2.
"That's as good as we've played in quite some time," UK coach Eddie Sutton said. "The only thing to criticize was our free-throw shooting (14 of 22) and the defensive boards. We again gave up too many offensive rebounds."
It hardly mattered on a night when the Wildcats took Alabama's best player out of the game.
Johnson, who had 62 points in the Tide's last two games, didn't score a field goal until 13:50 remained in the second half. By that time, UK had an 11-point lead (45-34).
When Johnson finally hit double figures with a post-up shot at the 6:56 mark, Kentucky was ahead 59-42 and cruising toward a big finish.
"It seemed like I was surrounded," Johnson said. "There was a guy in front of me, in back of me and on the side. It made me kind of skeptical to shoot."
As expected, Bennett drew the assignment to guard Johnson, a 6-foot-7 leaper. Johnson missed two shots in the opening two minutes (a layup off a lob in traffic and a semi-hook from the baseline) and really never got untracked. Johnson missed all five of his first-half shots en route to a 2-for-11 night.
Johnson had no better success against Jenkins in the second half.
"The best way to stop Buck Johnson is the same way teams try to stop Kenny Walker," Sutton said. "Deny him the ball. Don't let him catch it. If you let him catch it low, you're asking for problems."
When Johnson did catch it, he had to pass it back out.
"Our guards helped out really well," said UK assistant Doug Barnes. "We didn't let him put it on the floor."
The Wildcats wound up a wire-to-wire performance with three straight baskets in the final 90 seconds that had to be seen to be believed.
The first was a gem from beginning to end. It began with Blackmon, whose floor game could easily be termed a career-best, saving a rebound of a Johnson miss at the baseline. As he began to throw the ball to Leroy Byrd, an Alabama player darted into the passing lane. Blackmon adjusted in midair and lofted the ball over the defender to Byrd.
Byrd passed to Harden, who had lapped the field and had an uncontested layup for the taking.
Instead, Harden flipped the ball over his shoulder to Walker, who slammed it home to the delight of the 23,345 in attendance.
"I thought the fans would enjoy a dunk a little better," Harden said. "I got an assist." Harden had nine.
The dunk put UK ahead 71-51 with 1:26 remaining.
Twenty seconds later, Byrd made it 73-51 when he lost an Alabama player with a behind-the-back dribble and baby-stepped to a layup.
Freshman Irving Thomas put the exclamation point on UK's victory with his second basket of the season. After taking a half-court bounce pass from Harden, Thomas rose for a dunk, got fouled and somehow got an awkward shot to ricochet high off the backboard and fall through.
"I'm surprised no one asked about Irv's shot," a smiling Sutton said to reporters afterward. "He was going to dunk it and it slipped out of his hand.
"That's the kind of night we had. We're not that much better than Alabama."
Tide guard Jim Farmer agreed.
"Usually it looks bad when we come here," Farmer said, "but we match up really well this year."
Then, Farmer added, "They've still got to come to Tuscaloosa."
Alabama's fate was set in the first half when the Tide shot just 37.5 percent (nine of 24).
"You can't do a whole lot shooting 37 percent," Mark Gottfried said.
Alabama improved only slightly in the second half and finished the game at 39.2 percent.
"Our defense was outstanding," Sutton said. "We also didn't turn the ball over (seven in the game) and we had a great shooting night (56.4 percent)."
Blackmon was the hottest, softening Alabama's zone with 9-for-11 shooting.
When UK reeled off eight straight points midway through the second half to extend its lead to 19 (57-38), Blackmon hit back-to-back jumpers to fuel the rush.
"It's a spectacular feeling," Blackmon said. "First of all because the team won. But I feel good, too."
Those who expected a Walker-Johnson showdown were probably disappointed with the first half.
Kentucky went out to a 29-22 lead in the first 20 minutes despite only six points from Walker, none in the final 14:05.
Alabama, however, managed to hang tough without much of a contribution by Johnson, who departed the half with 9:48 remaining. Johnson left with almost as many fouls (three) as points (four).
Walker's early scoring helped Kentucky take a lead it did not relinguish.
Walker hit three baskets in a two-minute span that shot the Wildcats out to a 11-6 lead in the first six minutes. His third basket, a turnaround in the lane, gave Kentucky the early five-point bulge and drew Johnson's second foul.
Johnson drew his third after UK's lead grew to 17-8, the largest margin the Wildcats enjoyed in the half. Johnson was called for pushing off for a lob.
Bennett, who also picked up three fouls in the half, hit a bank shot off the fast break to give UK its 17-8 lead. Johnson's third foul followed on Alabama's trip downcourt.
With 6:46 remaining, Kentucky again led by nine (23-14). Walker had a breakaway attempt and an angle on Alabama's Terry Coner to the basket. Instead of shooting or slamming home the ball, Walker flipped it to the trailer, Davender, who laid it in.
Alabama remained within striking distance as Gottfried hit back-to-back perimeter shots to conclude a 6-0 run that cut UK's lead to 23-20.
UK helped Alabama stay close by missing the front end of three one-and- ones.
Another reason for UK fans to rest uneasy at halftime came with 3:46 left in the half. Sixth man Richard Madison collided with Bennett on a rebound and slumped to the floor.
After about a minute, Madison limped off the floor. Madison returned at the 14:37 mark of the second half.
The third miss - by Blackmon - followed a controversial charging call on Alabama reserve guard Craig Dudley on the fast break.
Blackmon set the halftime score by leaping high to tip in Davender's shot at the buzzer.


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"3 blinds for £99" etc – The myth
Unscrupulous and dishonest firms can use this type of banner advert to snare gullible potential buyers. In many cases this is merely a device to gain entry to a house to sell blinds at the prices they really want to get. And the real prices are much higher than Charisma for an equivalent product. (See case studies, McConnachie, Menzies and Greer below.) So how do they get away with it? Well their salesman carries a choice (usually three fabrics) of the shabbiest quality and least attractive colours and announces that this is their "Special Deal" range. The choices have been carefully selected by the proprietors to be virtually un-saleable.
And if anyone is daft enough to say they will buy the awful blinds, these companies will then tell you about the add-ons for delivery, fitting, for making the vertical blinds so that they part in the middle.
Case Study 1 – Shades
Mrs McConnachie of Dalmellington, saw a "Shades" advert "3 for £99". She needed four blinds not three, so anticipated spending £150, and asked for a Shades Representative to call. She didn't like the look of the "3 for £99" material, in fact she called it "rubbish".
The Shades Representative then showed her acceptable material and measured her windows i.e 3 at 70″ x 33″ and one at 70″ x 44″
Total price £280. (Quotation no. 383178 – 17th May 2008)
Our price for the same material £229.
Case Study 2 – Shades
Mrs Dickie of Kilwinning, saw a Shades advert "Special Anniversary Offer"…" 4 for £99″ As she needed exactly 4 blinds, she asked a Shades Representative to call anticipating spending £99 for the 4 blinds she needed.
Window sizes – 78″ x 59″, 70″ x 58″, 37″ x 60″, 37″ x 57″ – the Shades Representative said that these sizes were outwith the offer and gave her a quote:-
Total price £276 (quotation no. 386331 9th June 2008)
Our price for similar material – – £230
Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008
"3 for £99" bad news for those who mislead the public.
From May 26 2008, many existing laws (including most of the "Trade Descriptions Act") have been replaced by the Consumer Protection from Unfair Trading Regulations 2008.
The new regulations ban traders from engaging in unfair practices, such as misleading advertising.
Many traders advertising "3 blinds for £99" have been proven to be deliberately misleading, and thus fall foul of the Regulations. They engage in a practice known to the Regulator as "bait and switch."But it is only if members of the public notify the Regulator (in this case the Regulator is your local Trading Standards Office) that they have been misled, that the regulations are likely to be enforced.
If you reply (or have replied) to an advertisement on TV or press stating "3 vertical blinds for £99" or something similar, here is what you should expect:-
STANDARD EXPECTATION:- 3 vertical blinds of any size you need, made from non-transparent material, white or cream in colour, with the slats parting in the middle, delivered to your house, and all fully fitted, for the total price of £99.
Any deviation from this MUST be covered by a warning in the advert.
94% of the vertical blinds sold for domestic use are white or cream.
You therefore have every right to expect these colours to be available.
Almost every vertical blind sold for domestic use has slats which part in the middle.
You therefore have every right to expect this feature to be included in the price.
"Fitness for stated purpose". Window blinds have two purposes (a) to provide protection from ultra-violet light so as to prevent fading of furniture and flooring (b) to provide privacy. See-through fabrics do neither.
You have every right to expect fabric which provides this protection.
It is customary for blind prices to include delivery and fitting.
You have every right to expect these to be included in the price of £99.
So, if you have a salesman call as a result of a "3 for £99" advertisement on TV or elsewhere and when he visits your home, and you are not offered the "STANDARD EXPECTATION" above, report the matter to your local Trading Standards Office immediately.Contact numbers are given under.
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- U.S. and EM expected to produce the strongest 2018 earnings growth. Earnings for both the S&P 500 and MSCI EM Index may approach 20% this year, well above the low-teens pace developed international markets are expected to produce based on FactSet consensus estimates. The earnings outlook continues to support our preference for the U.S. and EM over developed international equities in our tactical asset allocation recommendations.
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- Jobless claims fell. Further evidence of a tight labor market was provided by this week's jobless claims report, as applications for unemployment benefits fell 9,000 to a seasonally adjusted 233k, versus expectations of 230k. With the unemployment rate (4.1%) and underemployment rate (8.0%) both at cycle lows, and the solid pace of jobs gains this year near 200K per month, all signs continue to point to a healthy and gradually tightening labor market.
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The Sterling City Council approved a project Tuesday, Sept. 26, that will give the city a better idea of what the rates for water and sewer services need to be to address maintenance and improvements on both systems.
The proposed 2018 budget for the city of Sterling includes a flat $5 increase on monthly water and sewer bills for 3/4-inch equivalent taps. But City Manager Don Saling explained that the second consecutive year of rate hikes are merely a stepping stone to higher rates. The increase will allow them to continue to make improvements, such as water line replacements to prevent the rash of line breaks that prompted a mandatory outdoor watering ban temporarily over the summer. But there are also even larger projects looming.
"In probably two years, we'll have to build a new waste water treatment plant. That plant's projected at about $30 million at this point," he said. "We're starting to build the money so that two years from now instead of hitting the homeowners and all the users with a $30 a month increase or $40 a month increase, it's still going to be tough but it will be a little bit more palatable."
The council took action on two items related to the rate study Tuesday night. The first was a grant from the Colorado Department of Local Affairs for $25,000 to offset half of the cost for the study; the city applied for the grant in February, after an initial request for proposals on the study resulted in just one bid that was $47,000 over budget. The resolution to accept the grant passed unanimously, with council member Bob McCarty absent.
The council also voted to accept a bid from Professional Engineering Consultants (PEC) in the amount of $48,850 to conduct the study. In the latest round of bidding, the city received three bids; the Fort Collins-based PEC came in well under the other two bids, which both topped $80,000. Council member Dave Appelhans noted that the bid was much less than the original proposal, and Saling acknowledged that the price difference did raise some questions. "We were a little concerned but in talking to them they understand the project," he said. "We're comfortable with the company."
The resolution to accept PEC's bid acknowledges that the city may require additional services from wastewater engineers Mott MacDonald in the amount of $5,160.
Saling said he hopes that the study will result in recommendations to base sewer rates on water usage.


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First, I know it has been months since I wrote, so I will update you a little on what has been going on with me. Like I wrote in March, I did have my right shoulder surgery as planned. It was rough. I now can fully say to my patients that come in after that surgery that I have felt your pain and can sympathize. I did end up having a SLAP tear (labral tear) in my shoulder that Dr. Veazey said was a lot larger than they had expected and had been there a long time. He did not end up repairing the rotator cuff tear because it was not completely torn. He did do a bicep tenodesis (taking my long head of my biceps tendon and reattaching it to the front of the humerus with a screw), and he also tightened down the capsule in my shoulder and shaved off some of the acromion (bone at the roof of the shoulder). Needless to say, I'm glad to have that behind me, but I am still hurting almost daily. I can say that my shoulder feels better in many ways like not feeling like it is stuck and needs to pop. However, the catching and popping in the back of my shoulder that I have had for at least 7 years now has not resolved and almost feels just as bad. I love Dr. Veazey and fully trust his judgement. I went back to see him recently for another follow-up, and he said he has thought long and hard about my shoulder and my scoliosis issues on that side (with my rib hump and winging scapula). He said that I am just a really tough case when it comes to that shoulder. I am just prone to having shoulder pain and problems. He stated he was surprised that I had not had more problems in the past and that it was only because I stay in good shape that it has done this well until now. He basically stated that they can give me injections when needed and that I can continue to treat myself for pain at my clinic, but that he expects me to have another major shoulder surgery in the next 15-20 years. Yikes. That stinks. As for now, I will just suck it up and carry on. If you see what time this post is being done, you will know that I am writing you in the middle of the night. You know if it is not one body part hurting it is another. On Sunday afternoon, I got up like I have a million times from our couch while talking to Chris, and I caught my foot on the large wooden leg of our leather ottoman. Needless to say it really hurt and Chris and I heard my toes pop out loud. I limped into the kitchen to walk it off and felt better that night. The last few days I have been walking fine and didn't really notice too much pain, but tonight a little after midnight I woke up to a serious, throbbing pain in my left middle toe. I went into the bathroom to check it out and I can't hardly move that toe or put any pressure on it. That is so weird because it is like a delayed pain. I think maybe though I still have some neuropathy in my fingers and toes from my second chemo, so I don't always feels things fully. That was about 2 hours ago, and I can't seem to go back to bed. I guess I will call my doctor in the morning to see if she'll order an x-ray to see if I fractured it. Great that is all I need right now is to have another body part that is injured. It never ends! Please pray that this pain goes away because it even hurts when I walk. As far as my follow ups with my oncologist go, I went to one in May and it went well. I am still going every 3 months, but I'm feeling pretty good these days minus the joint problems - LOL. Please continue to pray for good health for me and my family.
I've had a lot on my mind lately, so I feel like I just need to get some stuff off my chest. First and foremost, our little sweetie, Brenley Shay, just turned 5 years old this past Tuesday. We had the best party for her yesterday to celebrate at a place called Cheer Texas. We had a wonderful turnout from our friends and family, and it just made Chris and I realize how wonderful and blessed our family truly is. We have a lot of people who really care about us and our little princess. With this being said, I have a lot to be thankful for. As most of you know from reading my blog, I was diagnosed with stage 2 breast cancer almost 2 years ago now. Brenley had just turned 3 years old a few months before this. These past two years have been the most scary and out of control times of my life. I have never had to rely on others for so much and especially on God. It was good for me. If you know me at all, I put up a tough and strong face when I really don't want people to know I'm weak and afraid at times. The truth is that I am not as organized and on top of things as I let on. I am very insecure at times. I also think that I let my mouth get the best of me. I heard a sermon at church this past Sunday that got to me. Chris and I decided to visit Hillside Christian church because my sister texted me (yes during church - LOL) and said Francesca Battistelli, the Christian singer we hear on Air One a lot, was doing a surprise visit to their church to lead the praise worship time. Christian stations are almost always on in both our cars, and Bren loves to sing so she belts these songs out sometimes in our car. We told her that Francesca was going to be there, and she got excited. We sang several songs first with the praise worship leader, and then Francesca lead a few songs. Then came a moment I will never forget. I looked in the row in front of me while singing, and Brenley was standing a little bit in the aisle so she could see Francesca. The chorus of the songs says something to the effect of lifting your hands high to praise you God, and Bren so sweet and innocent began lifting her hand up. She held it so high and so proud in the air. She was so into that song and that moment. The tears just began streaming from my face. I know she is just 5 years old, but she knows God and she loves him so much. Chris and I pray a lot that God will mold her and shape her into a beautiful tool for him and that she will do something great for his kingdom. In that moment, I decided as I prayed to God that I was giving her up to him because she was HIS child first and no matter if this means he sends her far away some day to spread his word I will trust his will for her life. It was such a peaceful and glorious moment to see her praising God at 5 years old. Children are so pure and wonderfully made in his image, and I know God put us in that service at that very time to show us a little glimpse of how much he loves his children. Tommy, their preacher, then spoke a great sermon about our words and our hearts. He said that they have been studying Proverbs and how they had talked a few sermons back about how our words can affect others and reflect what is in our hearts. So then today he spoke about several scriptures that talk about our hearts and how we can filter what we say most of the time but if our hearts aren't pure then we are just putting up a front or a façade to make ourselves look better than we are. This is what I do sometimes. Don't get me wrong, I don't always hold my tongue. I say things sometimes too quickly and don't think before I speak and I hurt people's feelings. For this I am truly sorry. I say things at times, like Tommy said, about other people because I think it makes me feel better about myself and look better to others. I should never let my insecurities come at the price of talking bad about others. For this I humbly apologize. I have a new mission, I am going to work on my heart. I not only need to let go of some things in my life like anger and control issues, but I need and want God to shape my heart, like I prayed for Brenley today, to reflect him more. I want to be a better Christian so I can be a better daughter, a better sister, a better friend, a better wife, and a more importantly a better mother to Brenley. I thank God so much for each and every day I get to spend time with Bren, help raise her, and to see her grow into a beautiful, Christian girl. I pray often that God will give me good health for many years to come so I can continue to see glimpses of him in little moments like today and so I can continue to serve him and bring others to Christ. This is what life is all about people.
Well continuing on the subject of being a Christian, I have one other thing on my heart. I had a conversation with a great friend of mind one day at the coffee shop. It has been weighing on my mind a lot since then. We were talking about our spiritual walks and how certain sins in our lives just seem to have a grip on you. You want to give them up completely, but you don't know exactly how you would feel if you did. It controls you. It gives you a feeling of contentment and happiness. We all have this sin or this idol in our lives. It may be popularity, money, material things, nice cars, nice houses, or any sin that takes your focus off God. My friend told me that he or she (don't want to be specific here) was struggling with something and that she or he was falling into this trap of sin. He or she had almost justified having this sin in his or her life because God accepts sinners and accepts us as who we are. I asked this person one serious question and it was this. I told her or him that it's true we are all sinners and that we all struggle with things in our lives. The next thing I said was this, "If you knew there was one sin in your life that God said if you didn't give up you wouldn't make it to heaven, would you give up that one sin?" She or he thought about it and then said they didn't know for sure. I thought wow, really??? I know that after going through what I have in the last few years and with death knocking at my door, I would give up anything to be eternally with our God in heaven. I wouldn't hold onto anything to sacrifice living an eternity in hell. I knew two things in that moment. I need to examine my own life to decide what these idols or sins are that I haven't given to God. The second is that I need to pray more for my friends and push them to give it all up to God and be better Christians. If you are my friends, please hold me accountable to Christ and for what he teaches us in the Bible. Don't let me settle for being a mediocre Christian but push me to be an ALL-IN Christian even if that means hurting my feelings some times. I need to be put in my place sometimes and believe me when I say God has done this for me many times in the last few years through moments of humiliation. Let's all strive to be better people and better servants for Christ every day. Live for every day and remember that you don't know when God will call you home, but when he does how rewarding it will be to hear, "well done my good and faithful servant".
This Bible verse came to mind in 2 Timothy 4:
"1In the presence of God and of Christ
Jesus, who will judge the living and the dead, and in view of his appearing and
his kingdom, I give you this charge: 2Preach the word; be prepared in
season and out of season; correct, rebuke and encourage—with great patience and
careful instruction. 3For the time will come when people
will not put up with sound doctrine. Instead, to suit their own desires, they
will gather around them a great number of teachers to say what their itching
ears want to hear. 4They will turn their ears away from the truth and turn aside to myths. 5But you, keep your head in all situations, endure hardship, do the work of an evangelist, discharge all the duties of your ministry.
6For I am already being poured out like a drink offering, and the time for my departure is near. 7I have fought the good fight, I have finished the race, I have kept the faith. 8Now there is in store for me the crown of righteousness, which the Lord, the righteous Judge, will award to me on that day—and not only to me, but also to all who have longed for his appearing."
Wow, I long for that day but until then I am going to strive to fight the good fight. Let's put our toughest game faces on in a world that wants to mock Christians and lets stand for what we know is right. Lets not settle for what the world tries to convince us is acceptable, but lets stand for God's truth and what he calls us to be daily (not just on Sundays and Wednesdays). Lets all strive to know him better each and every day through reading our Bibles and living as if he might call us home at any moment. We are not invincible. We are, in reality, actively dying. I'm sorry if this has gotten long, but think of this one thing. If you think about your funeral day, what will people say about you? Will your life you lived here on Earth reflect Christ or will you just see yourself in that mirror?
Ok. The last topic at hand that Chris and I have really struggled with in the last 6 months or so is the possibility of adoption. I didn't really advertise this information to everyone because it was a tough time for us, but a few months ago we thought that we were going to be the proud new parents of a baby girl. We had been told about a sweet, young Christian lady who was pregnant with a baby girl, and was unselfishly going to place her for adoption for many reasons. Some of the most important of these reasons being that she wanted her child to be raised with a mother and a father in her life, in a strong Christian home, and because she felt like she couldn't provide for this baby like she wanted to at this point in her life. We developed a great connection with this birthmother, and we thought for about a month or so that she was for sure going to pick us to raise this baby. To our dismay and after lots of prayer on both our parts, the birthmother chose another Christian couple. It was really hard for us, but we couldn't fault the mom. She had to go with her heart and with God was leading her to do even if that wasn't what we had wanted to hear. I think it was really hard on me because as a mother and wife I've struggled with the fact that I got cancer and then had to have a hysterectomy. I wanted to have another baby with my husband and to be able to give Brenley a sibling, but I can't and that kills me some days. It was weird because I just knew when God put this situation in our laps, that he had something good in store for us. Then, when it didn't happen I guess Chris and I were a little dumbfounded. We didn't know what to think about that. Looking back after giving it a little time, we know that if for not other reason but to help this birthmother get through that really hard time in her life and to support her when she needed it, it was all worth it. That sweet baby went to a loving, Christian home even if it wasn't our home, so God's hand was in that decision for sure. We still feel that God has a plan for us, and that maybe he placed this in our lives to let us see that he may still want this for us and that he can always make anything happen if it is his will. We truly want his will for our lives, but we ask for prayers for this. We love Brenley so much but we also know that we have a lot more love to give and a good, Christian home to provide another child if God wants us to. Please pray that if God wants us to adopt a child that the right doors will open and he will place something in our paths. We are just giving it up to him fully. Thanks for the prayers and please feel free to contact me privately any time I can pray for you. What a blessing and privilege it is to pray for one another. Until next time my friends, love and blessings. Shay
7/25/2013 22:58:24
Shayla... thank you for your blog post this am. Sometimes I get so caught up in all the little things that happen each day that I forget to focus on why we're here, and you helped me to regain that perspective this morning. I too have a precious 5 yr old little girl, along with three others, and it can be very easy to let those little things that happen each day steal my joy and I end up not being the loving, Godly parent I want to be, but an easily annoyed, fed up parent. When describing your daughter at church it reminded me so much of my own... she too has a huge heart for the Lord and I pray, pray that doesn't change. I'm so glad your oncologist appt went well... and hope your pain gets better in your shoulder and toe!
Cheryl Weatherly
7/26/2013 12:05:54
Shayla, it is so God that you updated your blog. Just a few days ago I was thinking about you and searching to find a way to let you know I think about the presence of cancer in your life and that it really never goes away. There is so much activity around the major discoveries and treatments, but then the daily life of living with your diagnosis comes to the light and often your "public" sort of drifts away. My mother had a very good friend who went on your journey and the everyday support meant so much to her. Mom went and had coffee with her on just everyday week mornings. Many times the elephant in the room was not mentioned but my mom's friend knew she could voice her concerns if needed. I want you to know I think of you often and of those daily concerns of living when it appears you have returned to "normal", but it is just actually a new normal with that spectre always there. You have the Lord walking this journey with you, and I know your loving family and friends walk beside you, but I want you to know you are not off my prayer list. I admire your strength but know you have times of doubt and fear. God knows and gives you the wisdom to deal with each day, but I know you already know that. Your mom talked to me about your disappointment with the adoption. I trust that your prayers will be answered. My mother always told me that even when we can't see around the corner, God knows what waits for us there. Love you.
In marriage, life is so urgly without children, December 2010 I got married with my lovely husband. But no issue (children), I was so peace off because my husband did not show up even an atom of love to me anymore. On one faithful I was searching through the internet and I came across many testimonies, they were testified of this Great and Powerful Dr. utimate work he has done for them. Within me I summon courage to contact him through an E-mail I saw on the testimonies. As contacted him He told me no problem that every mountain in me that stand as an obstacle shall be crushed. Surprisingly, within a week I met this Dr. utimate, My hubby that has abandoned me for long come to me, so amazing I said this shouldn't be through after then we come together. And as you can see now am Six Month Pregnant. I will tell the whole world about this great Dr. utimate. And anybody that needs his help can get him through his mailing address of firstname.lastname@example.com. or tell: +2347031362391
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To the remnant, those who are not asleep on watch… It is time to get back into the fray… To all the rest, go back to sleep… —Editor
II Corinthians 2:11 (NASB)
… so that no advantage would be taken of us by satan, for we are not ignorant of his schemes…
Romans 11:8 (NLT)
… As the Scriptures say, "God has put them into a deep sleep. To this day he has shut their eyes so they do not see, and closed their ears so they do not hear."
Reposted from www.jimstonefreelance.com… a snapshot of a portion of his page taken 4 April 2013…
Santa Claus and false flag ops… —Editor
April 3 2013,
I will have my computer issues solved soon
Most likely I will be fully back online on April 4th. But because I am still mostly knocked offline, I am going to post an article written by Russ Clarke, editor of my most popular article (300,000,000 plus reads) Tainted Nightmare
The following presentation on 911 truth is written in such a way that it will allow you to baby step those who remain unaware through the topic, and afterward, if they actually look at what is here, the light WILL be on.
It's Time to Put This 9/11 Conspiracy Thing to Rest Once and For All
Russ Clarke, 04/03/2013
There is a lot of hearsay and folklore surrounding this event which may or may not be true. So we're going to need to sift through some news-clips, firsthand testimony and whatever else that can provide credible information on this important topic. There comes a point that you learn too much and you can't revert back to ignorance. In a way it's very much like when you first realized that Santa Claus is really a fiction. At that point there is really no amount of logic that can resurrect your belief in Santa again. So when did you quit believing in Santa Claus?
As kids we believed in Santa Claus. Our parents were the gatekeepers of information and, though benign, our environment during that formative time was a controlled one. We were taught to believe in Santa Claus. Initially we accepted all the information that we received at face value. However, as time progressed, we gained bits and pieces of information that led to a cognitive dissonance which, in turn, led us to question our image of Santa Claus. These "bits and pieces" led to questions such as "How could Santa Claus fit through my chimney" or "How does Santa Claus leave gifts in millions of homes during a single night"? Armed with all these bits and pieces of information, we began to get a different picture that caused all the previous illogic that we had learned to come crashing down. This finally led to an epiphany that Santa Claus really isn't anything like what we had first thought!
There are other things in life that we have always taken for granted as "fact" that later prove to be only an illusion as well. It's only a matter of getting more information. As in the case of the Santa Claus myth, it is only a matter of time as new evidence unfolds that we are forced to rethink our view on what the truth is.
Please watch this first video linked here. It's only one minute. You've read this far into my article so please take just one small minute and watch this first video. You're going to be impressed. This is a local news video of a witness named Kenny Johannemann testifying to explosions that happened in the basement of one of the WTC towers. While he is testifying you still see both of the twin towers burning behind him in the background. This was live footage and it's only ONE minute long. Go ahead and watch this here:
The explosions in the basement were separate independent events which had nothing to do with where the airplanes hit some 80 to 100 floors above. Those explosions were from charges that were set up to weaken the structure preparatory to pulling the tower.
You say, "wait, this doesn't fit anything I know, maybe there is some other explanation for those explosions in the basement." True. This is just one piece of evidence, but it's a piece of evidence that raises a lot of questions. You didn't see this on TV either. Does that prick your interest?
The government has promoted a "theory" that maybe the fuel from the jet trickled down the elevator shafts into the basement and subsequently exploded. Could this be? Let's continue and look at other evidence. Barry Jennings was another witness that got stuck in Building Seven during 9/11. Remember, Building Seven was NEVER hit by a jet. In Barry's case an explosion blew out a stair well below him leaving him hanging and stranded for hours until the fire department got him out. Both the twin towers went down during the time he was stranded. Building Seven, a tall building in it's own right (47 stories tall), came down at around 5:20 (later that day). Fortunately, he was saved. Watch his account here:
Again, the explosions he talked about were from charges that were set up to weaken the structure preparatory to pulling down this building. You say, "Hold On! Building Seven housed the FBI and the CIA offices, so who would have access to set up explosives in there? There has got to be another explanation." True, but realize that building seven was never hit by a jet. Still, this is just one more piece of evidence which raises even more questions. Again, you didn't see Barry's testimony on TV.
William Rodriguez, head janitor at the towers, was meeting with some people in basement level #1 (the highest of several basement levels) when an explosion from below pushed everyone upwards, causing ceiling tiles to fall and walls to crack. Just as William started to express to others what he thought that explosion might be, an airplane hit and shook the building from above. His story begins at 9:31 here:
Now, let's look for other different kinds of evidence. Steve Jones, a physicist, obtained WTC dust samples from the collapsed WTC towers from people who lived nearby. He analyzed it and found that the dust contained residues of explosives. Steve Jones first became famous when he became known as the "voice of reason" during the Pons / Fleischman "Cold Fusion" debacle of 1989, if you remember that. For a Nuclear Physicist, like Steve Jones, analyzing dust samples for explosive residues is a relatively simple task. It may be similar to asking a PhD mathematician to do arithmetic. He reported his detailed findings here in Boston:
In this lecture, you recall, he offered other scientists to take parts of his samples in order to analyze the "red chips" that he had recently discovered. That was December 2007. These specks have now, in fact, been confirmed to be unexploded "nanostructured super-thermite" particles. That confirmation is not just a smoking gun, it is the gun. See the article here:
The actual scientific paper in its entirety can be found here in PDF form. Be sure to click the "download" link here:
If you get into the actual paper, you learn that the explosives may actually have been sprayed into position like paint or insulation!
Steve Jones' findings may not fit the stories that you have heard in the news but it does lend support to what Johannemann, Jennings and Rodriguez testified that they saw. You say, "The news media isn't going to shoot itself in the foot by making something up." So how do we rectify all the contradictions that we were told in the news? Could Steve Jones and these witnesses be glory-seeking kooks trying to make a name for themselves?
Well, then take a look at this:
Here is a BBC report announcing the collapse of the Solomon Building (the official name for Building Seven). There is only one problem. The reporter standing at the scene and announcing this didn't realize that, in fact, you could still see Building Seven still standing off to the right. It actually collapsed within about 20 minutes after that live report. Watch it here:
How did the BBC know in advance that Building Seven would collapse? The fact that it was announced in advance is strong support that the flow of information on this tragedy was being controlled (but in a more sinister way than how information about Santa Claus was controlled in your life).
Were the people at the BBC the only people privy to this information? Probably not. Larry Silverstein was the leaseholder of Building Seven. In a 2002 PBS documentary he talked about how he discussed the Building Seven situation with the fire department and he suggested to the fire department that they pull it. He then stated that the fire department made that decision to "pull it" and then, as he put it, "we watched the building collapse". Well, there is one problem with his testimony that you may want to consider. It takes at least a week to rig a building like that with explosives before you pull it. So are buildings constructed with built-in explosives just in case they need to be blown up in a hurry? Building Seven went down that same day. Whoops! Watch Larry's testimony from the PBS documentary here in this short clip:
Incidentally, luckily for Larry, he insured his property in the nick of time just six months before September 11th! It was a sweet deal. So who orchestrated this terrorist event anyway? They had to get past the FBI and CIA and prepare at least three buildings for demolition as well as direct the activities of men with box cutters (if they even existed). It's clear from the evidence presented here so far that at least some of the media was in on this. What else could explain the BBC blunder? They had to control the information to those of us who might not like the idea that a few thousand people had to be killed in order to fulfill some kind of agenda. So what's in it for these people that were "in the know?"
Aaron Russo was a famous movie producer (Remember "The Rose" and "Trading Places" starring Eddie Murphy?) who became best friends with one of the Rockefeller family members. This is the same Rockefeller family that is a large shareholder of the Federal Reserve Bank — a private company that loans money to our government and contributes to our huge national debt. You see the name "Federal Reserve" at the top the dollar bill. Yes, we're talking about that Bank! Anyway, the upshot of this friendship was that in the year 2000 (11 months before 9/11) Aaron Russo learned from his Rockefeller buddy that there was going to be an "event". He was told that out of this event the U.S. would go into Afghanistan and look for Bin Laden in Caves and then the U.S. would go into Iraq. His fascinating testimony about this "event" and how it fits into their agenda starts at 26:45 here in this interview (If you have the time watch the whole thing – chances are you have never seen an interview quite like this one):
Another thing. In February 2009 a 44 story Chinese skyscraper caught fire and thoroughly burned into a crinkling cinder. However it did not collapse. By comparison WTC Building Seven had a few small fires and was never hit by a plane. It did collapse. See that article here:
Now see this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=hZEvA8BCoBw
Amazingly, all this evidence is only the tip of the iceberg. Each of these are separate independent pieces of evidence from unconnected sources. When taken together they paint a clear picture.
You are a juror in a court of law. What would be your verdict? Remember, the word "conspiracy" is not in the dictionary to describe a fiction.
Related posts…
Yet another zionist false flag???
Words about a false flag event before it happened…
Recycling global warming lies…
Cognitive Dissonance… a barrier to learning new truth
The conspirator behind all conspirators… satan
Matthew 7:24 (NIV)
… Therefore everyone who hears these words of mine and puts them into practice is like a wise man who built his house on the rock…


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Jim Floyd Jones (1933-2009) was born in Cedar City, Utah. He was a long time resident of Cedar City and Springdale, Utah. Jones was a painter of broadly realistic Southern Utah landscapes. He resided in Rockville, Utah until his death on December 5, 2009.
His work conveys a powerful sense of grandeur in a tonalist abstracted sense. He was one of the most significant talents in the Utah artistic community. Some of his work is owned and exhibited by the Springville Museum of Art.
Biography adapted from Artists of Utah.
Jim Floyd Jones (1933- 2009 ), of Cedar City and Springdale, Utah, was a broadly realistic painter of southern Utah landscapes. His work conveys a powerful sense of grandeur in a tonalist abstracted sense. He was one of the most significant talents in the Utah artists community and resided in Rockville, Utah until his death on December 5, 2009.
Early in life, Jones sketches of scenes from newspaper comics showed artistic promise. Recognizing his talent, his parents saved enough to send him to the Art Center in Los Angeles. In the years following, Jones spent winters in Mexico, painting beach scenes and churches, and returning to Utah during the summer.
His upbringing in red rock country instilled an innate appreciate of the southern Utah landscape and, throughout his career, Jones painted nearly 1,400 works -- most of which portrayed scenes of the Grand Canyon and Zion National Park. Many of his works were showcased in public schools, private businesses and LDS temples.
During the last 25 years of his life, Jones painted landscapes exclusively. The view into Zions National Park from his home, situated on a bluff across from the Virgin River in Rockville, provided Jones with plenty of subject matter for his paintings. Jones left both his home and last 14 paintings to Southern Utah University to help fund construction of the university's new museum of art.
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"Showing At Local Galleries." The Deseret News, July 25, 1999.
"Showing At Local Galleries." The Deseret News, July 30, 2000.
"Master painter of Southwest leaves house, works to SUU." The Salt Lake Tribune, December 8, 2009
Dunbier, Lonnie Pierson, ed. The Artists Bluebook. Scottsdale, AZ: Askart.com, 2003.
Olpin, Robert S., William C. Seifrit, and Vern G. Swanson. Artists of Utah. Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith Publisher, 1999.
Southwest Art. Master Index 1971-1993. Boulder, CO: Southwest Art, 1993.
Swanson, Vern G., Robert S. Olpin, and William C. Seifrit. Utah Paintings and Sculpture. Salt Lake City, UT: Gibbs Smith Publishers, 1991.