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Vaughan Councillor Michael Di Biase's election expenses are under scrutiny again only five months after a judge cleared the city's former mayor of seven charges under the Municipal Elections Act, related to his 2006 election finances.
The city's compliance audit committee voted 2-1 Friday to launch the audit of Di Biase's 2010 expenses following an application by resident Carrie Liddy.
Another application to audit the election expenses of Councillor Rosanna DeFrancesca was unanimously rejected by the committee.
The search for the auditor will begin almost immediately with an appointment expected in the fall, said city spokeswoman Madeline Zito.


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Banana Appam
This is one of those traditional dishes that i have learnt from my Mother-in-law.A great cook herself , she has patiently taught me many dishes and the process is still ongoing:-) When i read about the challenge in Aipi's blog i knew i would make this. I cook this not only on festive days but also on those days when the bananas are crying for your attention:-)
All purpose flour 3/4 cup
Raw rice flour 1/4 cup
Jaggery(grated) 3/4 cup to 1 cup
Ripe banana's 2 small
Cardamom powder 1/4 tsp
oil for shallow frying
Combine both the flours together in a bowl.
Ina separate bowl add the jaggery with water to make a watery solution.
To this add the flour with the mashed banana and cardamom powder. Mix everything very evenly.
Heat the
appam pan
on a medium heat. Sprinkle some oil into each cup.
Now pour appam dough only 3/4 th of the cavity
Close with a lid and let it cook for 2 to 3 minutes
Turn each appam upside down and let it cook for another 1 minute
Hot delicious appam ready!!!!!!!!!!
These sweet appams are huffing and puffing(last minute entry!!!!!!!) their way to
Us Masala
to be a participant in their event
Veggie fruit a month -Ripe bananas
started by
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An Indian man who shocked hospital staff when he woke up on an autopsy table just before a post-mortem was about to begin has died, authorities said Wednesday.
Great joke, but you're not getting out of it that easily. They said you were dead, and you're going to do it. Quit putting it off!
And then there are the people who MIGHT have died, except for extraordinary and expensive medical care, but can't be bothered to change a fucking thing about their crappy diet once their life has been given back to them.
I don't get people.
I'm cranky today and my sense of humor is skewed to the bizarre. Maybe it is because of the Democratic debate last night. What a nightmare! Could someone PLEASE tell Bernie Sanders that he doesn't need to talk with BOTH FUCKING HANDS every time he gets the mic? God! I wanted to scream at him to stop waving his hands around wildly as if he was determined to fill up all the space. All those gyrations and punctuations with his hands did NOT make the weird little pervert seem bigger or smarter. There is absolutely nothing you can do to seem smarter when you are a crazy-looking old man spouting the same old socialist nonsense that has proven disastrous everywhere it has EVER been implemented. But -- FREE SHIT, FOLKS!!! Now that's a political promise that will always have them clapping for more, like seals for sardines. And then there was Hillary, with the pronounced (and might I suggest injected) cheeks, smiling constantly as she parroted every answer anyone else gave. "Yes, I would do that, too..." "I agree with..." "Me, too!" And if she wasn't trying to grab someone else's answer, she was inserting "I'll be the first woman president" in the oddest places. But I did have to hand it to her when she mentioned all her accomplishments. That took some balls.
Oh, and everything will be fabulous once we tax the living shit out of anyone who has more than the idiots at the bottom. And I use idiots in the nicest possible way.
So, it's all good.


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After a brief 2-month dormancy, your old pals CRETACEOUS are back from quasi-extinction, with not one but TWO epic shows in the next week and a half. Bay Area shred-rats, take note. YOU WILL BE IMPOLITELY DEVOURED.
This Saturday, October 24th, at Your Hauz, Oakland:
w/ ZOMBIE HOLOCAUST
and HEADLESS PEZ from Portland.
Followed by a very special show on All Hallow's Eve at Amnesia in SF, with female-fronted Black Sabbath tribute act BOB SAGGATH.
And speaking of parties...
Update: In a rare show of utter and complete lameness, both Pillager AND Zombie Holocaust have dropped off the bill for this Saturday's show at Your Hauz. We are currently looking for replacement bands, if anyone is interested you can contact me either via email or through the blog.
Updated update: Headless Pez had van problems and dropped off the show as well. Jesus Christ. Anyhow, some Bros stepped in to fill the bill, and the new lineup will be Cretaceous, Invection, Abrupt, You Die, and TV.


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Gentlemen, Lady.
Since my last post on this subject, His Imperial Majesty has largely (but not exclusively) emerged from hibernation, and larvae on some early-leafing trees have commenced feeding - only to stop again due to the onset of foul & abusive weather which appeared, predictably, the moment the entire Purple Empire was included in official Drought Zones.
I was very much under the belief that 2012 would only see a poor adult emergence, as a knock-on from a very poor egg lay last year. However, a fascinating German book (Gabriel Hermann, Searching for Butterflies in Winter. 2000. Books on Demand, GMBH, Nordestedt - in German with a rather poor computer-generated English translation) offers significant hope, stating (I paraphrase the translation):-
'Amazingly, according to the author's observations, ... it appears that flight seasons following winters with very low larval populations regularly see good emergences' (end of my paraphrase). He continues: 'A possible reason for this could be that tits quickly learn to find young caterpillars in winters with very high caterpillar density and thus cause very high losses.' He terms this 'tit learning effect'.
Now, losses of wild hibernating larvae during the previous two winters (to assumed tit predation) were ca 63%. This last winter, with a much smaller sample - as larvae were very scarce - only 25% were lost. So hopefully Herr Hermann's theory will redeem the 2012 season... .
Wednesday, April 18, 2012
Prospects for 2012
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He has been mocked as rich and out of touch, struggled to woo his own party, and left a trail of gaffes — but Mitt Romney still has a genuine shot to make Barack Obama a one-term president.
A cascade of new polls, uncertain economic data, and fresh concern that Europe's woes could cross the Atlantic point to the Republican's best chance of beating Obama in November — dismay about America's slow economic recovery.
Though Obama is ahead by a nose despite the slowest recovery in decades, the president has little breathing room should the economy slow this year, as it did in 2010 and 2011.
Voters seem to like Obama more and believe he cares more about the middle classes, according to early polls ahead of the November 6 election.
So, should the rebound maintain a pace that has created around a million jobs over five months, and if Obama navigates sudden crises at home and abroad, he looks well placed with his approval rating approaching 50 percent.
Yet polls suggest voters are not yet feeling the economic recovery, or Obama's strategy to create jobs — giving Romney a fungible, yet genuine opening.
A slowing of the pace of job creation to just 120,000 positions in March has fueled fears the recovery could be stalling. Europe's woes are again worrying US investors.
Major polls now show the Romney and Obama matchup largely within the margin of error.
In a Wall Street Journal/NBC poll this week, Obama led Romney by 49 percent to 43 percent. The New York Times/CBS survey had them pegged at 46 percent and a Quinnipiac University poll had the president up 46 to 42 percent.
Polls suggest Romney has started to unite his party after a divisive primary fight and reveal America is still a nation split down the political middle.
Obama clearly has cause for concern over the economy.
Only 38 percent of those asked in the Journal poll thought the economy would get better in the next year, and the president's economic approval rating was under water at 45 percent.
The Times poll had Obama's approval rating on the economy at 44 percent. Quinnipiac had voters preferring Romney to deal with the economy, create jobs and bring down a spike in gasoline prices.
Romney's campaign will try to widen that perception as it counters Obama's "vision" of an economy that is fair for all, not just the wealthy.
Thomas Baldino, a professor of politics at Wilkes University, Pennsylvania, believes that if the election were held now, Romney could win, as many Americans simply do not feel their financial situation improving.
He warned that a torrent of advertising expected from Romney and allied special interest groups could shred Obama's political message.
Romney has plenty to worry about too.
Though he leads Obama among white voters, he trails badly among the vital voting blocs of women and Hispanics — by margins that guarantee a loss if he cannot close the gap.
Romney has anchored his assaults against Obama on the economy under the slogan "Obama Isn't Working."
But if unemployment ticks down from the current 8.2 percent, Obama's advantages elsewhere may be decisive.
The superior Obama campaign machine will meanwhile seek to exploit Romney's reputation as a corporate raider who made a fortune, sometimes at the expense of other people's jobs.
Obama is implicitly also attacking Romney's wealth, campaigning for higher taxes on the rich as his surrogates demand his rival open his tax records for inspection.
Romney also starts from behind on the electoral map, which candidates mine for 270 electoral votes needed to be president.
Obama has more routes to victory, while Romney cannot afford to lose battlegrounds like Florida and Ohio and still hope to reach the White House.
And Romney must also conquer conventional wisdom, which doubts his skills as a candidate and chances of victory — a feeling that the Politico website reported Friday extends to members of his own Republican Party.


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Bobbie of Almost There has honored me with 'Your Blog is Fabulous' award. I wouldn't go that far, but I do appreciate the compliment.
I do like this award for the fact that a dog is in it. However, I am not a small dog person. I prefer medium to big dogs. My fav is black labs. Second would have to be golden's.
Anyway I have to list five addictions. My first thought was 'just five.' Okay, so here we go.
1. Animals.
2. Books.
3. Taking pictures.
4. Yard work.
5. Nature.
So there are just five of my addictions.
I am supposed to past the award onto five others. Bobbie though has been gracious enough to let me break this rule. But with any award that I may be given, I always have an open invitation for anyone to take the award for themself or to pass it onto someone else.
Thank you again Bobbie for this award. I am truly honored.


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Feeling PunyOctober 31, 2006 0 comments
I guess our weekend trip to Rim Rock left me with a cold. My head feels huge, my nose is sore from blowing it so much, and I can't stop coughing! Sure, I know, I should have my butt in bed resting instead of writing, but that's not possible at the moment. Having Asthma makes my cold ten times as bad. When I lay down in bed, I can't breath, and the only thing I do is cough. So, since I can't get to sleep, I figure I'm better off doing what I love best -- writing!
Many of you already know about my blog at MySpace. My blog there will keep you up-to-date with my latest writing news, and today, I have posted on that blog. If you head over to my blog at MySpace, when you leave here, you will find links to a couple of my newly published articles. In addition, you will also find links to my daily updates on "As the World Turns." As a matter of fact, I will post an excerpt from all my ATWT updates, along with a link to the entire update, each day on my blog at MySpace. So, if you watch ATWT, or if you like to be keep up-to-date with the soap opera, then visit my blog at MySpace every day for the link to that day's update. Not a fan of ATWT? No problem, you may still want to visit my blog at MySpace for links to articles I've published recently, special offers and freebies (when available), and a whole lot more!
That will do it for tonight. I hope the next time I blog I will be back to my normal self, because I hate being sick.
Never give up on your dreams -- work toward them,
Misti Sandefur, freelance writer/editor
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REVIEW: Leverage: "The Carnival Job"
Rating: 4 stars
Airdate: July 31, 2011, 9/8c on TNT
"The Carnival Job" has lots of twists and turns to keep everyone guessing and on their toes – both on the team and in the audience. Like last week, this episode begins with a legal issue – which may be the perfect hook for me! This week they get the legal issue more correct than they did last week. A company can claim anything you work on while at work belongs to them – in this case a computer chip - if you are employed under a work-for-hire contract. But the writers on this episode, M. Scott Veach and Paul Guyot, quickly shift our expectations about how the issue is going to play out when Connell (Erik Jensen), this week's mark, actually steals the computer chip at issue for himself.
The episode puts us a bit off kilter right at the outset by having Hardison (Aldis Hodge) run the interview with the client with Nate (Timothy Hutton) instead of Sophie (Gina Bellman). It makes sense, of course, because Jeffrey Thorne (John San Nicolas) is trying to retrieve the computer chip he designed. The team prefers to go after bad guys, so as the story unfolds and it appears Connell has a hard luck story himself, Sophie points out "That's not greed we're looking at, that's grief." Eliot says "I thought we were supposed to hate the guys that we take down?" Nate clarifies it's "Not a requirement. A Perk. Usually." As so often happens, Nate, Sophie, and Eliot find something in Connell's story to relate to.
Eliot ends up guarding Molly (Lea Zawada), Connell's daughter, as his cover. She turns out to be wise beyond her years, but also bitter and lonely because of her father's withdrawal after her mother's death. Christian Kane turns in a wonderful performance as Eliot is not quite sure what to make of her, but quickly forms a bond with her – no doubt seeing himself in her prickly exterior. For her part, Zawada does a terrific job hitting all the marks as hurt daughter, smart kid, and scared hostage.
As with every episode, there is a lot of humor in the episode. Sophie and Nate as over the top house designers/architects are hysterical. I love it when they play off each other, seemingly goading each other into increasingly outrageous behaviour. The other running gag in the episode is Hardison's new invention, the Parker 2000, which he made to help Parker (Beth Riesgraf) and even based it on her. Parker is convinced he made it to replace her.
The plot gets a little predictable when Molly gets kidnapped – at the Carnival – and the team suddenly switches teams to help Connell get his daughter back from the Russians who were supposed to buy the computer chip. And so it becomes "The Carnival Job." I pretty much pegged Daria (Anna Lieberman) the Eastern European nanny as being up to no good the second she suddenly appeared from seemingly nowhere.
What really saves this episode from a predictable ending, however, is the masterful direction of Frank Oz. I've long been a fan of his directing, so I was excited from the moment I saw his directing credit. The scene that focuses on Eliot talking to Molly and trying to get an idea of where she is, is fantastic as Oz just keeps the camera circling Eliot at high speed. It reflects Molly's terror and disorients us and reflects Eliot's desperate attempts to be looking everywhere at once for her.
I'm always happiest when we have a spectacular Eliot fight scene and the one in the hall of mirrors may be the best one yet. Again, hats off to Oz for this beautifully shot sequence – with mirror everywhere! And hats off to Kane for doing a good portion of the scene with his eyes closed! Maybe he was cheating, but they sure looked closed to me! It's a beautifully choreographed and executed fight. I'm also pretty sure Kane doesn't cheat the shot in which he bursts a balloon with his back to it by tossing a dart over his shoulder. But I would like to know how many takes it took!
We have a week's hiatus and then Leverage returns with two episodes.
Tune in to Leverage Sundays at 9/8c on TNT.


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It's quite simple , but I'll show you how I did it.HERE
These are the colors in my living room. I'll be saving the pinks for my other projects :)
While that was drying I measured the size of the photo I would need and printed it off. Then traced and cut my photo to fit into the inside lip of the frame.
I gave the flower dimension by putting dimensional foam tape between the layers.
LBH blog and see all the beautiful inspiration from the girls this month.
Just for fun.... here is Jarad and Kate in high school :)


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Who Put the PU in My Supper?
I'm at a restaurant yesterday, taking my mother out for some lunch, and just as we are seated at a table, a nearby woman uncaps her lotion bottle and begins lathering the pungent cream all over her hands.
She is a mere few feet away and the sickly sweet smell quickly roils over to invade my rather sensitive nostrils. I try to ignore it. It doesn't work. The woman spreads even more noxious slime across her raspy knuckles and the fumes waft over me in waves of excruciating reek. I literally begin to gag.
Now, I am pretty sensitive to strong odors. Specifically floral and other "sweet" smells. Not everyone is, I understand this. But, more than a few are. I am seconds away from reversing the natural digestion of my earlier breakfast. My plan is to aim it Lotion Lady's way.
Instead, I grab my menu and previously delivered beverage, and move to a booth a few dozen feet away. I gasp for fresh air, as my mother explains to the waitress why we moved. Lotion Lady and her husband are looking our way ... laughing.
Other than the laughing, this is an all too common scenario for me as I go out in public places. Mostly it occurs in restaurants, but even trips to the grocery store, mall, or Wal-Mart assault my senses with women laden in lotions, poured in perfume, or clouded with cologne.
Typically, it is one of three demographics who are walking miasma clouds; teenage girls, "desperate" housewives, or old women.
I think the teenagers bathe in the perfume to cover up the un-washed smell of themselves. Teen boys also do this with colognes, but it is far, far less noticeable to me. In the hot Florida weather everyone sweats, and no girl wants to smell like dirty socks. So they pour perfume on themselves to mask the stench. This only makes them reek in a different way.
Yuppie women, the desperate housewives, also seem to delight in making themselves into walking perfume counters. My theory on this is that the yuppie penchant for having aromatic candles burning in their houses, scented bath products, and designer perfumes, their sense of smell has been so overwhelmed that, instead of a moderate amount of scent, these nasal terrorists require massive quantities to be able to smell it.
Old women are in a simimalr position. Your sense of smell fades as you age (one of the reasons food seems to get blander, and spicy food tastes better, even if your heartburn tells you not to eat it). Therefore the older women use more product to be bale to smell it. This explains why scents popular with older women seem to come in huge bottles. They need the quantities it hold so they can get enough to smell it themselves.
Several years ago, I had severe respiratory problems. I'd miss weeks of work at time fighting off lung infections, double pneumonia, and excruciating asthma attacks. Just as the doctors would clear me safe to go back to work, I'd come down with another go-round of problems.
One doctor asked where I worked. I figured he wanted to make sure it wasn't with harmful chemicals or other toxic fumes. I described my open air phone center, with it's rows upon rows of low-walled cubicles. He nodded and asked me if there were many women who worked there. Around 80% were women, I answered. He asked how many did I see using lotions, spritzing perfumes, spraying desks with sanitizers, hair spraying their coiffures.
I paused ... most of them.
And that was my problem. I was breathing in all this chemical garbage for 9 hours a day. It aggravated my weakened lungs and immune system, setting off a chain reaction of bronchial inflammation, mass mucus generation, and other nasty reactions in my chest and throat. It also pushed my allergies to the limit.
Government has banned smoking in most public places, and I applaud that. But I sure wish some restrictions on the use of perfumes, lotions, and other scented products would be imposed.
How do you feel about strong scents in public places? Does it bother you? Do you get sick from them? Do you contribute to it with your own barrage of aromatic concoctions?
Blogger has a new Polling feature I have taken advantage of. Please take a moment to answer the poll to the right, in the sidebar. It's near the top, so you may have to scroll up.
Answers are anonymous, and no personal data is gathered by clicking on it (maybe your IP, though). I dunno if any cookies get transmitted.
The poll will up for a week, after which I'll revisit the numbers in a future blog post.
Until then, you got a spare clothespin on you?


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Physorg.com have an article about the results of trials conducted by the University of Connecticut on Hemp Seed oil.
UConn have found that Hemp Seed oil is a viable alternative to current biofuel crops. The beauty of hemp based raw material is that it can be grown in infertile ground, leaving arable land for food crops.
Further, Hemp seed oil is 97% convertible into biodeisel and is useable as fuel at lower temperatures than other food/seed based oils.
I would love to see the production of industrial hemp increased in Australia to develop Biodeisel products. Most Australian states have legalised Industrial Hemp, so we have an opportunity to create an environmentally friendly product that is an alternative to current fossil based fuels.
But that's not all...
This adds to the list of sustainable and healthy uses for Hemp and Hemp seed:
Hemp seed oil is very high in Omega-6 and 3 fatty acids. Apparently, the ratio of 3:1 respectively of those oils is perfect for humans.
About 30–35% of the weight of hempseed is an edible oil that contains about 80% as essential fatty acids (EFAs); i.e., linoleic acid, omega-6 (LA, 55%), alpha-linolenic acid, omega-3 (ALA, 22%), in addition to gamma-linolenic acid, omega-6 (GLA, 1–4%) and stearidonic acid, omega-3 (SDA, 0–2%).
The proportions of linoleic acid and alpha-linolenic acid in one tablespoon per day (15 ml) of hempseed oil easily provides human daily requirements for EFAs. Unlike flaxseed oil, hempseed oil can be used continuously without developing a deficiency or other imbalance of EFAs. This has been demonstrated in a clinical study, where the daily ingestion of flaxseed oil decreased the endogenous production of GLA.
Hemp seed oil is readily absorbed by the skin and has been shown to be effective in treating eczema and other skin conditions.
The hemp plant has a plethora of uses. These include using the processed plant to strengthen concrete and as a replacement for glass fibre in vehicle building (fibreglass). Other products produced from Hemp include cloth, paper and plastic.
Given the usefulness and renewability of Hemp, we as Australians are doing ourselves a disservice by not pushing for more hemp based industries in this country.


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The first card is with the Hopeful Thoughts set, which I LOVE! We also used the Two Step Bird Punch.
The next card is with one of Saleabration sets - Bliss. You can have this set when you spend £45 between now and the end of February. Or why not host a class and it could be yours when your class goes over £300. (plus all your other hostess benefits)
The last one is made using the Stampin'Around wheel using the Funky Forest stamp wheel. So simple but so lovely too!!
More tomorrow.........


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Florida Panthers to Host 'First Holiday Watch Party' at the BankAtlantic Center Tonightby Staff Writer / Florida Panthers
Fans are invited to watch their Cats on the Jumbo-tron as they take on the Ottawa Senators at 7:30 p.m.
SUNRISE, Fla. – The Florida Panthers announced today that this Thursday, the BankAtlantic Center will host the Florida Panthers Holiday Watch Party. Fans are encouraged to come watch the Cats take on the Ottawa Senators live from Ottawa on the BankAtlantic Center jumbo-tron. Doors open at 7 p.m. and the event will continue until the game is over.
"This is the first time we've ever opened up the building for a watch party," said Chad Johnson, Sr. VP of Sales & Marketing. "This is an opportunity for our fans to get together and watch the Panthers take on the Senators, but it is also an opportunity for them to get an inside look at the BankAtlantic Center and to talk to our sales reps about our Holiday Pack and other types of ticket packages."
Fans can purchase the new Florida Panthers Holiday Pack on site during the Watch Party. For as low as $88 fans can pick four games during the months of December and will also receive three free months of Panthers Insider magazine, an autographed Olli Jokinen puck and stocking and a free Panthers ticket for every victory.
Fans in attendance at the Watch Party will also be treated to a game-type atmosphere with a live National Anthem, PA Announcer, goal-scoring horns when the Cats score, and lots of cheering. The Watch Party will include free food, drinks and draft beer during the game.
During breaks in the action, Panthers fans will have the opportunity to win 12 different raffle prizes including concert tickets at the BankAtlantic Center, and lots of autographed memorabilia from your favorite Panthers players.
In addition, fans in attendance will have the opportunity to take locker room tours of the Panthers locker room. The tour will include the Cats weight room, and changing area where the Panthers get ready to take the ice for every home game.
Stanley C. Panther will also be making an appearance and the Cats Bouncehouse and Pantherland will be open all evening.
Fans can RSVP for the Florida Panthers Holiday Watch Party by calling 954-835-PUCK.


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Monday, February 16, 2009
Second Full Inspection
We opened up the bee hive yesterday to look to see how our airport bees have progressed. I first noticed that the top feeder was close to being empty. The remaining sugar water had turned to a thick sugar mixture with little water remaining. The greasy patty was 90% consumed so I will need to put another patty on top of the brood frames.
When removing the frames there had not been a visible increase in spaced used by the colony, still only about four frames front and back. I removed the first two outer frames from the left side, both were empty. The next frame in was started with honey storage on the top section of the frame. I pulled out the next three frames to find them packed with bees and a full structure of comb. The brood size was less than expected.
If you look closely on the picture below you can see white larve within the open cells in the center of the comb.
This is were my inexperience makes explanations murky. We were unable to find the queen within the main frames. What we did find was three queen brood cells, which have me concerned. Could this be a Supersedure!? For people who don't know what that is: "Supersedure- a natural or emergency replacement of an established queen by a daughter in the same hive." Should I be worried-it is mid February and my hive may not have a queen? Are there drone bees present all year round or only in the summer months? Below is a blown up picture of a queen cell.
If anyone has seen these patterns before and can make some sense of it for me, I would appreciate it.
~ Glenn
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Hi Jess - what a great blog and the photos are awesome. I would be concerned too since you have queen cells but I can't tell you how many times I've opened my hives and never, never see the queen. Looks like you have good brood, they're bringing in pollen - not sure what I would do in that situation. If you have a local beekeepers group, I would contact them and see if someone could come take a look. Good luck.ReplyDelete
Glenn, depending on the temperature there, if there is nectar flow on in your region, and how much brood you are seeing, if your bees are making supercedure cells, you should be concerned. We had a similar situation where there were supercedure cells in one of our hives this past summer and we ended up having a swarm, even though there is a very real difference between swarm cells and supercedure cells, evidently our bees did not get that memo. I'd check your hive again next week and if you have more brood, then you are looking at needing to plan for a swarm - if not, then your bees are trying to replace a failing or dead queen. I'd prep a swarm trap with lure and set it up next to your hive, just in case. JuliaReplyDelete
Oh, and it never hurts to add a super to your hive when you find swarm/supercedure cells, if your temps are moderate (i.e., there is little risk of freezing in your region). Usually, if fresh brood is present and your workers are trying to create a new queen it is an indication that they are feeling crowded, even if they haven't used all of the available space yet. Did you see drones when you checked your hive? If so, that is usually more of a sign of a hive getting ready to swarm versus a hive in trouble without a queen. Drones usually mean your hive is thriving enough to support non-workers. I'd add space and prep a swarm trap, just in case. JuliaReplyDelete
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Thank you for your input and suggestions. I was thinking of putting a super on the brood box. I am going to call the person I purchased the bees from to see if he can stop by and take a look.
Thank you again,
Wow, I am enthralled...it's wonderful to be able to be part of beekeeping without actually having bees. I'm unable to do it where I live, but I sure appreciate the insight I'm getting from your blog.ReplyDelete
Have you contacted these folks yet?
You probably have, just a suggestion. I don't know much, so don't be offended at my meager attempts to help.
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A new blog for your edification: ignoblus, for the moment
I came across ignoblus on newsvine, but couldn't quite get newsvine (just like I can't quite get LiveJournal). I liked his posts there, and so am glad he is now in my part of the world wide web. Read ignoblus on: double bind antisemitism, the Martin Amis affair, and hate speech on newsvine.


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Syracuse -- Gov. Andrew Cuomo on Wednesday challenged New York lawmakers to approve legislation to end abuse and better protect the one million disabled people who rely on state-funded care.
"We will not allow people in the care of New York to be abused. Period," Cuomo, a Democrat, said on the Syracuse University campus. "We want people treated as people."
Cuomo's proposal would create another state entity – the Justice Center for the Protection of People with Special Needs – to investigate, collect and prosecute abuse allegations at facilities using state money to provide homes, care or classes for the disabled and elderly.
The governor's call to revamp the system comes after a series of stories in The New York Times that highlighted cases of abuse among clients while state-funded staff avoided firings or punishment.
Four decades ago, that happened to Michael Kennedy, now of North Syracuse. In 1972, he said, he complained about abuse involving another disabled person in state care. The worker responsible for the abuse turned on Kennedy and left him in a shower, overnight, with running cold water and bucket of snow dumped on his body.
"I'm living proof that this stuff happened," Kennedy said as he introduced Cuomo. "And it does to this day."
Cuomo said he wished Kennedy's story was isolated or unique. But the state took 10,000 complaints last year about abuse or neglect involving people with special needs in the state system.
"The way we treat people is really the judgment of who we are," Cuomo said, calling on the Legislature to pass his plan within the next seven weeks, before this year's session ends.
As Cuomo spoke, the New York State Senate passed the bill 53-0. The Assembly has yet to take it up.
Under Cuomo's plan, the state would:
• Change the name of the state's Commission on Quality of Care – which already oversees abuse investigations – to the Justice Center and give it broader powers to investigate and prosecute alleged abuse.
• Make sexual activity among clients and staffers a crime.
• Create a 24-hour hotline to take reports of abuse. The system would allow anyone to make anonymous complaints.
• Create committees made up of Justice Center workers, family members and advocacy groups to follow up on complaints.
• Make contracted agencies taking state money comply with New York's Freedom of Information Law to release details about abuse or neglect investigations.
• Standardize criminal background checks among employees and potential employees in the six state agencies who now care for children and adults in state care.
• Standardize investigations and punishments for staff among the same agencies.


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Yesterday I suddenly felt like doing a NYE-mani; one with a lot of glitters and colour.
Fireworks on my nails, if you want ;-)
So, this is what I ended up with, and I must say, I quite like it.
The polishes I used are all China Glaze:
Medallion, Ginger, Dynasty, Mahoganie and Meteor Shower.
I wish you all a great 2011, filled with lots of love, health, and polish!


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How many books about Julia Child can a person thoroughly enjoy? Three, it turns out. Having read Noel Riley Fitch's biography, Appetite for Life, and Julia Child's and Alex Prud'homme's My Life in France, I wondered if Bob Spitz's Dearie: The Remarkable Life of Julia Child might prove to be too much of the same. It did not. Though time line events were familiar, behind-the-scenes anecdotes and interviews were new.
Because of this third book about Julia Child, I think I understand her thinking and principles and decisions a bit better. Spitz presents more of her hard edges than the other books do. Whether his presentation of her driven, angry, rebellious, and earthy sides is out of balance with the real Julia Child, I do not know. Spitz also reveals business sides of publishing, television, and celebrity. As usual, my favorite take-away was renewed admiration for Julia Child's belief in herself and her vision, as well as her exuberant taste buds and teaching passion.
The strength of Spitz's biography is the stories. I didn't want them to end. Conversations, negotiations, funny moments fascinated me. It is from many of these conversations that the book's title came; Dearie was how Julia Child often addressed people. The book's weakness, in my opinion, was a dearth of photos.


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This actually has nothing to do with my previous post on real estate and books, but as soon as I closed the window from composing that post, I popped over to Nonsuch Book and found mention of Nicole Krauss's new novel, Great House. It's set to release October 4th, and I'm bitter that I'll have to wait that long!
Check out the blurb:
A powerful, soaring novel about a stolen desk that contains the secrets, and becomes the obsession, of the lives it passes through. For twenty-five years, a solitary American novelist has been writing at the desk she inherited from a young poet who disappeared at the hands of Pinochet's secret police; one day a girl claiming to be his daughter arrives to take it away, sending her life reeling. Across the ocean in London, a man discovers a terrifying secret about his wife of almost fifty years. In Jerusalem, an antiques dealer is slowly reassembling his father's Budapest study, plundered by the Nazis in 1944.So. Unfair.
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July 15, 2016
Do sperm have a sense of smell, and what's it got to do with Lily of the Valley and sea urchins?
During pre-conception care, one of the things I discuss with couples is the "fertile window", and that there's a lot of chemical signalling going on between sperm and the egg.
In these discussions, essentially we're working to ensure that there will be several million healthy, active sperm waiting in the fallopian tubes before ovulation occurs, quietly communicating with the egg once it's released.
About ten years ago – or thereabouts – scientists discovered "smelling capabilities" (or rather, an odorant receptor on human sperm). You can read about that here.
Bourgeonal is the sperm-attracting chemical discussed in that article .
Bourgeonal smells floral, green and watery, and is highly reminiscent of Lily of the Valley. How delightful is that?!
A "scent trail" was thought to be laid by the egg for the sperm to follow.
Sperm have a long journey ahead in their quest for the egg cell or ovum, and just a few of the million sperm reach their destination. The ovum supports the sperm in their quest by transmitting "chemical signposts", known as attractants. Researchers first discovered this ingenious system in sea urchins and found out that attractants control the swimming movement of the sperm by altering their calcium balance. The attraction of the sperm to the egg is referred to as "chemotaxis". Read more here
Anyway, research continued and scientists concluded "the 'Lily of the Valley phenomenon' is a laboratory artefact: sperm do not have an olfactory signalling pathway."
*SIGH* it was just becoming exciting and delightful… no more Lily of the Valley.
Then researchers moved onto the hormone progesterone which is produced by the corpus luteum in the ovary, just after ovulation (egg release), and how progesterone activates sperm swimming behaviour.
Swimming! Sea Urchins! Sperm! Flowery smells! Eggs! Hormones!
What does all this mean for couples who are planning a pregnancy, or who have been trying for a while, without any luck?
Not much. Don't stress about bourgeonal or the complex interplay between progesterone and ion channels in sperm.
Natural medicine practitioners help couples understand that conception can be a simple, happy process.
We use low-tech methods to help you identify your fertile window, and to tweak any reversible factors which might affect sperm health and/or the natural ebb and flow of monthly cycles and ovulation.
Don't bother with Fertility Apps. Most of them miscalculate the fertility window.
Nutrition, lifestyle, mindset, exposure to certain chemicals, exercise and time (yes, good old fashioned time) all contribute to a couple's fertility.
The one thing which makes me sad and frustrated, is that for too long, the focus has been almost exclusively on the woman, her reproductive organs, and her menstrual cycle.
"Male factors" are just as important, but don't receive the attention they deserve.
As someone once said "it takes two to tango".
And I say "keep it natural" and uncomplicated.
(And don't use Lily of the Valley or any other perfume internally.)
Cautions and care: This blog is for information and education, and not for diagnosis or treatment. If you have concerns about your reproductive or sexual health, please see an appropriately qualified health professional, such as your family doctor.
Lily of the Valley: By H. Zell – Own work, CC BY-SA 3.0, https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=9592154
Sperm: By Mariana Ruiz Villarreal spermatozoa – "based on the one found on the book "Gray's anatomy" 36th edition, Williams & Warwick, 1980; and a diagram found of the review "Formation and organization of the mammalian sperm head" from Kiyotaka Toshimori and Chizuro Ito. (Chiba, Japan)., Public Domain" https://commons.wikimedia.org/w/index.php?curid=699220
March 5, 2014
Change and the Fertile Body
Planning for a baby, and want to maximise your chances of an easy, natural conception?
Already trying and it's just not happening?
My friend and peer Peter Kington has some wise, important guidance for you over here
I urge you to take a look, identify the elephant in your room, and change what needs to be changed.
November 21, 2009
Planning for a baby? Deep-nurture can start before your little one's a twinkle in your eyes
Mindfulness, nutrition, love, the energies of the universe… and our unborn children
An exploration of pre-conception care
There are so many sources of information for couples who wish to conceive, ranging from medical, to naturopathic, through to deeply spiritual, that we could spend a year researching them.
Interestingly, the traditions and science of Chinese Medicine do not have the profile they deserve in the pre-conception 'manuals'.
So here we go, with some information and guidance from an ancient health science which has always understood that our yet-to-be-conceived and unborn children are more precious than gold and jewels.
We know this, as the uterus has several names in Traditional Chinese Medicine – jade palace and infant palace being two lovely translations. The contributions of men – via the jade sword, also called the ancestral tendon – are similarly respected.
The invisible anatomy of the qi carrying channels or meridians – along which the acupuncture points are found – includes in women, a channel which links heart and uterus.
And so it must be! Acupuncturists understand this, and we are careful to help a woman recognise the relationship bewteen her emotions and state of mind, and her uterus and monthly cycles.
The ancient doctors of the East weren't bad geneticists either. Our medicine identifies and nurtures our most vital Essence – Jing. As well as receiving qi – the energy for life – from both parents and the universe, sperm and eggs are imbued with Jing which provides us with our birthright and genetic blueprint for life and health. A baby born with 'good' Jing will be free of genetically inherited disorders and will grow and thrive wonderfully, with a strong immune system, good digestion, and a vital and active mind and body. Stages of growth and development such as the first teeth, the blossoming of puberty, childbearing and then the slow decline towards old age are all directed by Jing. It's easy to see why Traditonal Chinese Medicine emphasises preparing both men and women for conception, and nurtures women until long after their babies have arrived. This is achieved through moderation in all things, excellent nutrition, and leading a calm life which in today's world, might be called 'work-life-balance'.
Some other things worth knowing:
– sperm take 90 days to form
– sperm counts, sperm quality and sperm motility are declining with each generation
– stress and overwork – both physical and mental – affect our ability to conceive
– waiting until a woman is well into her 30's before trying to conceive is at odds with our natural fertility – which is more abundant in our 20's
– life creates life … as long as there are men and women, and love in the world, babies can and will be conceived
Traditional Chinese Medicine has plenty to offer couples who wish to create a child – acupuncture and herbal medicines can make such a difference. So too, can invocations and enquiries to gods, goddesses and saints. Mindfully preparing our home environments with objects and symbols relating to male and female fertility will also enhance our pre-conceptual weeks and months.
This ancient sacred sculpture in Vietnam, embodies both male and female in an uncommon dual representation.
You might like to spend a little time searching for gods, goddesses or saints who appeal to you at this stage in your lives. Fertility and procreation have been so valued and revered in all cultures throughout history, you'll have no trouble finding the ones who are 'right' for you.
My friends and fellow healers at AromaCrystal Energy Therapies also have some fine contributions on this subject.
Staying safe
These pages and the information presented here are not a substitute for the one-on-one care and guidance of appropriately qualified and experienced health professionals. If you are wishing to conceive, or are already pregnant, you must not self-medicate with herbal or other 'natural' substances or supplements. Always seek assistance.
Infant image sourced at Wikipedia.
Phallus-breast representation in Vietnam – photo by Margi Macdonald
Content and ideas in this post © Margi Macdonald


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Thursday, 7 January 2010
BR1 - Italian Street Art
BR1 - "I made a deep research and I discovered that I am the only artist in the street art movement that deals entirely with this topic. Isn't it strange? In general, the woman is the best source of inspiration for artists, why Muslim women wouldn't be the same?" The Muslim women are represented in daily life situations, and each is drawn and colored freehand. They are taken from actual images from the media and put out on the street, creating a higher visibility like the image of the Western woman.
Posted by LSD London Street-Art Design at 14:10
Labels: BR1, Italy, street art, urban art
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This Lipari takes comfort to the next level! She's got air conditioning to keep you cool even in the hot Caribbean sun, and a very roomy, well ventilated interior so you never get stir-crazy. The main sail is battened with lazy jacks and a stack pack, and she has a swim ladder for easy boarding when swimming!
Please Note: she is only available for week-long charters
Cell Phone Rental: $20
Captains rate is $175/per day + provisions
Cooks rate is $150/per day + provisions
(If hiring captain or cook, please ensure s/he has a berth to sleep)
Sailo cancellation policy does not apply to this vessel
Charterer may cancel subject to the following charges;
Up to 90 days prior to commencement: $150 service charge.
89 to 46 days prior to commencement: refund, less $3000
Less than 45 days prior to commencement: 100% of charter cost.
On the day of the charter, a security deposit of $1,500 is due via Visa or Mastercard, in case of damages.
Insurance: $36/day up to maximum of $400
BVI Cruising Permit:
$2/per person per day Dec 1st - Apr 30th
$.075/per person per day May 1st - Nov 30th
National Parks Trust Mooring Permit
$25/week up to 4 people
$35/week up to 6 people
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I've worked hard to earn a reputation of knowledge and experience in the BVIs.See full profile
Usually this boat operates around Road Town, VG.
The BVI's have it all: pristine white beaches, turquoise waters, and countless fun destinations. For a true tropical paradise, hop on your yacht charter in the BVI's and sail to Cane Garden Bay on Tortola. With a sailboat charter in BVI, you can explore untouched natural wonders on Sandy Spit Island or choose one of our boat rentals for Virgin Gorda Baths. If you sail the islands in the winter, New Year's Eve on Jost Van Dyke is a must on your list of things to do in the British Virgin Islands!More about British Virgin Islands


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Ancestry (www.ancestry.co.uk) has a new collection which may be of interest if your ancestors worked in the railways and emigrated to Canada in the 20th century:
Canada, Canadian National Railway Immigrant Records, 1937-1960
Now available for UK research is the new second edition of the best selling Tracing Your Family History on the Internet: A Guide for Family Historians, whilst my new book British and Irish Newspapers is also now out. And please consider purchasing the great new version of Caledonia by The Libations at 79p via www.caledonia2014.com - all profits go to help fund Scottish foodbanks
The GENES Blog (GEnealogy News and EventS): Top stories concerning ancestral research in Britain, Ireland, and their diasporas, from Irish born Scottish based professional family historian, author and tutor Chris Paton. Feel free to quote from this blog, but please credit The GENES Blog if you do so. To contact me please email chrismpaton @ outlook.com.
Monday, 8 September 2014
Canadian National Railway Immigrant Records, 1937-1960
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My most cherished memory from this Disney vacation with my good friend Phil was riding Big Thunder Mountain Railroad. First off, they updated a lot of the elements of the attraction with faux explosives and flashing lights that I really enjoyed. Secondly, we managed to ride the railroad 6 times during the fireworks show! There were no lines for the ride and we got to see everything a bit closer from the peak of Thunder Mountain Railroad, a thrilling roller coaster!
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Thursday, June 27, 2013
Settlers of Catan:Traders & Barbarians
Wednesday, June 26, 2013
Mob Wars
Monday, June 24, 2013
W.I.P. Building Mob Wars
So having had a quite weekend at home, got to play some Catan games with the wife after she bough the Barbarian and Trades expansion. Besides that I got a good bit of work done on my Sarissa buildings for Mob Wars. The building I'm going to use as the bank is almost finished now finished. Along with some more roads and interior furniture.
Here's a photo of my masking madness in preparation for the white lines on my roads. I'm sure there is an easier way, still it was fun.
The result turned out ok, but I've come to the conclusion to spend the extra bit of coin when buying masking tape. The Tamiya stuff is so….. much better than the other brands I used.
Here's the bank so far, with some of the safety deposit boxes I started working on as well. Yet to start on the Vault door , but the scale works sweet, and should may for a great bank robbery scenario.
Slapped some paint on the bed I made which worked out rather welI I though, needs some better highlighting and a touch up which I just noticed. Cost and time input to make the bed versus the outcome is pretty darn good, about $2 of materials I say, and that's being generous.
Tuesday, June 18, 2013
Flames of War
So the lads played a huge game of Flames of War on Sunday, 4000pts a side on a 12 x 4 foot table. Russian vs Germans. I was only there for the start but snapped off some pic's.
It sure did look awesome, full table, everything painted, lots and lots and lots of tanks everywhere.
Wednesday, June 12, 2013
The Bed
Ive been playing with my Dremel and green stuff again, this time i was just mucking around with some off cuts, testing the different cutting tools that came with my Dremel. The bed frame just came about by accident. Then of course it was only looking like a bed frame, so out with the green stuff.
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
Noise Ninja
Why I had forgotten about this plugin is a mystery, because its stupidly simple and easy to use and the results are just awesome for a few click of the mouse. Now I only have a few thousand photos to go through again.
Time to do some painting I think.
Sunday, June 9, 2013
Mob Wars
Monday, June 3, 2013
D-day Ardmore Airshow
Yesterday a bunch of us went out to the Ardmore D-Day Airshow. A small local show on a beautiful day. Photographicly it was a bit of a challenging day, with patchy clouds and strong sun across from the flight path. With hardly any wind the day was very pleasant, with the exception of blinding one's self by staring in to the sun from time to time as I tracked the planes. It was well worth the $15 entry price and with not too many people there we had a nice space around us to shoot from.
My favorite plane was the Yak 3, of which I got this great shot of the vapor trial off the prop. Just a shame it wasn't a bit closer as I have to zoom in on the photo. Just goes to show I need a bigger lens …LOL


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Plaza Damas Boulevard, Outside Hartamas Shopping Centre, Kuala Lumpur. Between Subway & Pastryville. 10am-10pm.
C68, Concourse Level, Suria KLCC, Kuala Lumpur. Weekdays, 730am-10pm; weekends, 10am-10pm.
I absolutely love the quaint look of the first place....Croissant Delicatessen. The entrance is beautiful and warm and inviting, and I do like croissants...I prefer sandwiches with a croissant than with bread or bagels. :)ReplyDelete
Linda: oh yes, croissants do give a nice heft and an interesting extra dimension of flavour to sandwiches ... i'm glad you like the look of croissant delicatessen :)Delete
Ahh been wondering what happened to Stacks.ReplyDelete
SC: here's wishing stacks all the best at their next location, which i think will be in the suburbs :)Delete
In my opinion nothing beats a good sanger for lunch. :-)ReplyDelete
The Yum List: it's a convenient and satisfying option, true! :DDelete
Farewell to Stacks and hello to two newbies! LSC looks fun - who can resist sandwiches with funky labels!ReplyDelete
YouHadYourLunch: oh yes, brilliant copywriting on LSC's part! :DDelete
I'm back! Hehehe.
Wasabi croissant sounds cool to me. Would like to try that by it's own. :D
CK: welcome back! yay! :D ya, it might be fun to try a fresh wasabi croissant ... i think if the croissant is left over for a few hours, the flavour of wasabi vanishes :)Delete
Wowwww!!!! Those layers on the croissants looks awesome - they must taste really good! Had my share of those cold sandwiches in the UK - I do enjoy them but not really into sandwiches cold anymore. Would prefer the bread toasted.ReplyDelete
Suituapui: ya, toasties do add a comforting crunch ... and i agree, i prefer my sandwiches warm too, spilling over with lots of freshly assembled, diversely textured ingredients :DDelete
I think i'll like the croissant but too bad they were not too flaky and butteryReplyDelete
Ken: yeah, i think if you head there in the morning though, before noon, you might find them flakier, fluffier and more buttery :)Delete
Ooo...I would love anything between a croissant! As for sandwiches, I'm one of those fickle ones...great concept to come up with half a sandwich, then I can have another half with a different filling...yay! :DReplyDelete
Contact.ewew: now you've got me wondering what my ideal croissant sandwich might be ... probably something with egg in it! :D heh, yeah, variety is the spice of sandwiches! :DDelete
I could see that the croissant look very crispy.hehe...
Both sandwiches and croissants looking very fresh!
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Simulation Laboratory Neuroscience -
Bernstein Facility Simulation and Database Technology
The Simulation Laboratory (SimLab) Neuroscience combines experts from a range of scientific disciplines (neuroscience, neuroinformatics, physics, mathematics, and computer science) to support the Computational Neuroscience community in exploiting High-Performance Computing (HPC) for their research.
On the basis of its own research and development, the SimLab Neuroscience provides advanced support in the fields of data analysis, modeling, simulation, HPC methods and visualization. Current activities include
- Porting and optimizing neuroscientific codes for supercomputers
- Maintaining installations of widely used simulation and data processing tools
- Building models and databases of large-scale brain circuits
- Developing simulations, analysis and database methods for neuroscience
- Developing and organizing workshops, tutorials and courses
The SimLab Neuroscience is funded by the Helmholtz Association as part of the Helmholtz Portfolio Theme "Supercomputing and Modelling for the Human Brain", and the Jülich Aachen Research Alliance (JARA). As the "Bernstein Facility Simulation and Database Technology", the SimLab provides its expertise in simulation and database technologies to the national Bernstein Network Computational Neuroscience.


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Thursday, February 28, 2013
39 Facts: Step by Step
39 Facts & Figures about The 39 Steps
1. The 39 Steps was Peggy Ashcroft's second film
2. Robert Donat was affectionately known as the Monte Cristo man
3. One of the film's major motifs is the confining, sexually-frustrating institution of marriage.
4. North by Northwest (1959) is widely considered Hitchcock's "American Thirty-Nine Steps."
5. John Buchan's official title was First Baron Tweedsmuir of Elsfield, Oxfordshire
6. Hitchcock's film was remade twice both in the UK: The Thirty-Nine Steps (1959), d. Ralph Thomas and The Thirty-Nine Steps (1978), d. Don Sharp
7. The 1978 version starred Robert Powell as Hannay.
8. The 39 Steps is only one of Buchan's several works that feature the character Richard Hannay.
9. Madeleine Carroll from the Hitchcock film was the first in a notorious line of Hitchcock's female stars that later included Grace Kelly and Tippi Hedren.
10. At the old Wembley Stadium, 39 steps needed to be climbed to reach the Royal Box and collect a winner's trophy
11. The 1959 version of The 39 Steps has by far the most location filming of any of the three versions of the movie. Filming took place over a large portion of central Scotland albeit mostly in the Trossachs area.
12. The 39 Steps was Hitchcock's first film with a classic theme that he modelled repeatedly for the remainder of his career.
13. Trains are a major theme in Hitchcock's films: The Lady Vanishes, Strangers on a Train, Sabotage, North By Northwest and The 39 Steps.
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Touted as the latest cutting-edge therapy to turn the tide of battle against the AIDS pandemic, will RNA interference (RNAi) therapy succeed where protease inhibitor based drugs failed?
By: Ringo Bones
Growing up during the 1980's, one can't seem to ignore the doomsayer's predictions on how humanity will be wiped out by the relentless spread of HIV infection or AIDS. Since at the time the existing therapeutic regimen are next to useless compared to the drugs set to replace them in the coming years. In the 1990's came protease inhibitor based drugs that proved very promising – albeit very expensive – in saving the lives of AIDS sufferers in the early stages of the disease. Due to the high cost of the therapeutic regimen (Did it used to cost US$30,000 a year per patient?), only the extremely rich like NBA basketball star Magic Johnson can afford the expense. A decade or so later, the cost of the drugs came down dramatically that philanthropic institutions - like the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation could provide the same therapy to parts of Africa seriously affected by AIDS at a cost of less than a dollar a day for every patient.
Though somewhat still awaiting field trials, RNA interference or RNAi therapy is the latest cutting edge therapy that has the necessary fighting chance to cure AIDS. RNAi therapy has the capability of switching off the pathogen that causes disease. If successful, RNAi therapy could not only cure AIDS but also hepatitis-C infections and further research could make RNAi therapy as a cure for cancer.
RNAi therapy was pioneered by an Australian biotech company called BENITEC. On July 2007, BENITEC was about to start dosing patients in the first human trials of their RNAi therapy, which attacks HIV infections on three separate fronts. Dr John Rossi from the Beckman Research Institute, City of Hope, California, outlined BENITEC's RNA interference (RNAi) therapy – which he has collaborated on – and said that the first patient in the Phase I clinical trial will be dosed sometime by the end of July 2007.
Although the virus that causes HIV / AIDS can built up resistance to existing protease inhibitor based drugs alarmingly quickly, Dr John Rossi explained that attacking the virus on three separate fronts could enable the RNAi based drug to fend resistance for longer. It's easy for the AIDS virus to mutate around one thing but much more difficult if there are three factors to contend with. Also, the mutated viruses that he has observed so far are much weaker that their previous "generation" as observed by Dr Rossi. But later, the virus reverted back to its original sequence.
Dr Rossi explained that the RNAi based drug uses a lentivirus vector to deliver the genes that encode for the three different forms of RNA to battle the virus. RNAi in the form of short hairpin RNA (shRNA), that targets an exon in the transactivator or transcription (Tat) and Regulator of Virion (Rev) gene (ShI). A decoy for the HIV TAT – reactive element (TAR) and a ribozyme that targets the host cell CCR5 chemokine receptor (CCR5RZ).
The scientists at BENITEC are using two different techniques to introduce the DNA into the body. The first one is where they remove the patient's own bone marrow progenitor cells, genetically modifying them using the virus and then reinfuse them into the patient during a bone marrow transplant. BENITEC claims that – if successful – the new treatment could allow patients' bodies to produce HIV-resistant white blood cells indefinitely.
BENITEC and City of Hope are also using a similar approach, only with T cells instead of stem cells explained Rossi. He went on to explain that the anti-CCR5 ribozyme may prevent the virus from entering the cell but if it does get in and starts to produce RNA's, the drug will capture that RNA and also move the Tat away from the virus.
Not only does the drug attempt to knock back virus levels, Rossi said it also aims to destroy the lymphoma that develops in many HIV-positive patients. The trial itself will be treating five patients in this subgroup, with the results expected within a year.
From what I learned so far from virus physiology, using the "reproductive" phase of the pathogenic virus to "kill" it or render the virus impotent is a good way to tackle fast mutating RNA based viruses like HIV / AIDS. But a part of me that's been reading (and watching) far too many science fiction stories find this technology rife for abuse. Especially further on when the science behind RNA interference therapy can be made to make one's own immune system attack ones own body or make each and every cell in one's body into a bunch of malignant tumors. As with any scientific "tool", it's up to the global community to police its applications.
Thursday, January 3, 2008
RNAi Therapy: Hope or Hype?
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Andreas with others in the Intaglio studio."Many thanks for another great workshop which was very enjoyable and inspiring (we have started looking where we can buy some Mezzotint Rockers next time we are in London. We loved the range of marks and effects that can be achieved with drypoint and mezzotint. It was a pleasure to work the plate with just a few simple tools (and no chemicals) to great effect."
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And the local paper insists : Before we restore our city, we have to heal ourselves.
So light a candle, say a prayer, clutch the hand of the person next to you. And then sit with the pain. And sit with it. And sit with it some more. Invite it to truly crack open your heart and allow the poison of smallness to leak away.
Only then can we get to the other side. Only then can we look toward a unity of human spirit and resolve. Only then might it be possible for us to begin the work of uniting this city and this nation.


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Thursday, March 31, 2011
Recycled Thread Board
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I'm jealous, mine are in a huge pile in a drawer. Nice job :)ReplyDelete
Very cute thread board! I love how your bobbins fit too!ReplyDelete
I am really envious of this super large thread board - isn't it nice to see your supplies in one look?ReplyDelete
visiting via the weekend wrap up
That is a great idea. Way better then store bought I think.ReplyDelete
What a fantastic idea. I can use it for all my ribbons.ReplyDelete
Incredible job! What a wonderfully colorful way to organize your space.ReplyDelete
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awesome love it and its new use come visit me over at http://shopannies.blogspot.comReplyDelete
Oh, this is awesome! My threads are all shoved in a cardboard box....ReplyDelete
Clever idea! Turned out great :)ReplyDelete
awesome! wow. I love it.ReplyDelete
This is fantastic!!! I'd love for you to link up at Wow Me Wednesdays!ReplyDelete
I love the idea of putting the bobbin with the thread, GENIUSReplyDelete
That looks like one of those ugly calendar frames you see everywhere in December! I'll have to keep my eye out for one of those at our GW! I have a nice little plastic thread box right now, but I hate it, and it doesn't look pretty sitting out! Thanks for the inspiration!ReplyDelete


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Tank: Forever 21; Cardigan: Joe Fresh; Skirt: Forever 21; Earrings: Francesa's; Bracelet: Stella & Dot; Necklaces: Kenneth Cole/Von Maur; Watch: Vince Camuto; Boots: Wet Seal
Spring is here and so is the rain! Yesterday was soooooooo windy, I was half expecting to fly away like the potential nannies in Mary Poppins. Thankfully I didn't!


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The next morning we were up bright and early for our final flight to Detroit, which they had so kindly scheduled at 7am after we had landed at 11pm the night before. Let me tell you, that was tough. I was pretty miserable.
When we finally landed, we headed to the baggage claim office where we were informed our bags had not even made it onto the plane in Phoenix the day before. Southwest Airlines had just left them there at home. So now they were on their way to the Detroit airport, but not before they stopped in Tampa and Denver (??). Awesome. They wouldn't be getting into the city until almost 4pm. We had a carry-on sized suitcase with us, but we were really smart and filled it with all the essentials like star wars toys for C's son. No clothes for me and only a white t-shirt and gym shorts for Cliff. Oh and several pairs of men's white socks haha.
Normally, they deliver your bags to you when they arrive late, but if you are outside the radius of 80 miles, they overnight them to you by Fed-Ex. Since we had been through so much trouble and only had the clothes on our backs (no makeup, no toiletries, no nothing) the customer service rep promised us she would override the computer and approve our bags to be driven to East Lansing, which was about an hour and a half away. Yay! Small victories. I left that office content.
Next we headed to the rental car office. I had booked a car with a great deal and was quite proud of myself. That is, until we got there and they wouldn't let us rent the car because the driver name (his) didn't match a credit card. Which we didn't have….because it was stolen (see part 1). We walked away and I calmly called Hotwire to see what we could do. She said the only thing we could do is to cancel the booking (which is normally non-refundable) and re-book. When she quoted me the price to re-book, I lost it. It was almost $100 more than the first time. I started crying. I had held it together so well until that point. At that moment, I just couldn't keep a happy face anymore. I told her we would call back.
We went back up to the car rental desk (we hadn't even left the building) and asked what their cost would be. She quoted us $2 more than the first car rental I had booked. That was the moment I professed my love for the poor woman at the Hertz desk. I was so happy. I couldn't give her enough compliments.
We finally got into the car and on our way. On the way to East Lansing I stopped at an Ulta and told them I was meeting C's family for the first time (which was true, just not his parents like I'm sure they assumed) and I had no makeup or anything. I asked if someone could do it for me and I was in luck because the Too Faced rep was actually in the store. She did my full face and I bought some lipstick. It was actually pretty great makeup. When I get money I am going back to buy the mascara, which comes off in tubes instead of running down you face.
I am so glad we did that because we went directly to the Michigan State football building. I was wearing short yoga black pants, a faded black spaghetti strap tank (complete with a hole) and a black zip up (very thin) sweater. All various shades of black, which is totally fine for traveling. It's not so great for meeting all of your boyfriends old friends and the staff he had grown to love over the years. Or the head coach for the Michigan State football team. Bet many people don't meet him wearing an outfit like that.
I loved taking a tour of the facility. It's so neat to me to see an 'insider's view' of that kind of operation. We saw the gigantic weight room, the practice field, the trainer's room, the equipment room and the player's lounge, among other places. My favorite was definitely the equipment room. It was really cool to see hundreds of boxes of brand new Nike shoes all piled up, racks of helmets shelves upon shelves of pads. The trainer's was pretty cool too. A lot of the guys were in there getting massages (must be nice) and sitting in either the hot tub or the ice tub. Ice tub, now there's something you couldn't pay me to sit in! C was quite jealous when he saw the players lounge. I guess they didn't have multiple pool tables, gaming systems and 6 + giant flat screen TV's when he was on the team….
After the tour of the facility and meeting pretty much every person who was working that day (we even intruded on a defensive coaches strategy meeting) we headed out again. But not before they loaded me up with some pretty sweet Michigan State gear. I guess I am going to have to represent now J C was a little miffed because they only had girl's clothes. Too bad, so sad!
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22 August 2012
Downbelow Station
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Yeh, for me it was the same. The novel only became enjoyable near the end. I did enjoy some of the characters, but they were ofttimes overshadowed by the labored political intrigues. I guess it's a good book, but I can't quite appreciate the excellence others have bestowed upon it.ReplyDeleteReplies
That is probably an equally good one-word description: Laborious!Delete
I remember really liking Downbelow Station; it was the Cherryh novel that got me hooked on Cherryh. I'm curious to hear how you liked Cyteen. THAT was the one that I started several times before I got far enough to feel it was worth it. Cyteen's pretty near the top of my list now, but Cherryh's still got her faults, some of which you bring up here about Downbelow.ReplyDelete
I think she's got more talent as a prose artist than many of the other Hugo winners; but like you say, she also inexplicably uses frequent awkward constructions that force you to reread and still end up scratching your head.
And while you didn't rate the characters really high here, again I'm curious to see what you say about Cyteen, which probably lives or dies by whether you think she did a good job with the character depth.
Also, it took me a LONG time to make it all the way through Cyteen. I can think of only three sff novels that took me longer: Red Mars, The Once and Future King, Jonathan Strange and Mr. Norrell.Replies
A MAJOR reason I struggled with this one was the extremely short time I gave myself to finish it. As you say, one really needs to spend time reading and re-reading some sections and I didn't have that chance. Would I have liked it much more given more time? I'm not entirely sure, given some of my issues. Given that I'm enjoying Cyteen a lot more and I'm reading it A LOT slower, I'm thinking it's possible I would have taken more from Downbelow Station if I had read it slower.Delete
I had mixed feelings about the characters. I was reading so fast and there were so many characters that to be honest, I had a really hard time stringing the different plot lines together and the characters all kind of fell apart. I think that was my fault, however, there were some moments which I mentioned in the review that really left me scratching my head.
I hope that someday I have the energy to tackle this one again because boy, I just don't know how I should feel about it.
Regarding Cyteen: I've taken something like 3 weeks so far and I'm nowhere near finishing this week so I'm with you. I can't remember any book from any genre taking me this long to finish. Granted, I am reading multiple books simultaneously. Like. An. Idiot-King.
Thanks for your thoughts on this one. It was a real head scratch-er for me and I'm glad to hear from someone who liked it. It makes me feel more inclined to open it back up some day.
So this is one I seem to have liked a lot more than you did, despite the fact that I had some of the same problems with it as you. For example, very few of the characters are really all that memorable, and I liked very few of them.ReplyDelete
What Cherryh did really well, in my opinion, was creating a believable and interesting universe. I really read this more as a history book than a regular work of fiction. In that respect, the universe is the main character, and all the people and events are just parts of it. For me, that made it work really well.
I also liked the Downers quite a bit. If I remember correctly, their description was something like an upright gibbon. Long arms and legs, really furry, and bipedal. Their worldview and personalities were different enough to be alien without being ridiculous, something that made them feel very real to me.
As far as her writing, I didn't have the same problems with her grammar and style that you did. In fact, I didn't even remember that the book was written that way until you mentioned it.
Overall, while not as good as Cyteen, and some of her other works, I still really liked this one.Replies
I do hope that I'll give this another shot some day, especially after enjoying cyteen so much. I also hate that the biggest reason I didn't like this was external to the book itself...Delete
Hi Jeremy, I'm struggling through DS and thought I'd reread your review. I'm struggling with her grammar and punctuation as well. She did it in Cyteen too, in DS it's a lot worse. One of my biggest gripes is that she likes to begin sentences with "Of a sudden..." instead of "All of a sudden." And of course there's ellispses, commas, and semicolons. Oh my! And her prose is just leaden to me. I'm at page 150 and just dreading the next 300. I'm really counting on the last hundred pages to get this book above a single star rating. Well, I guess I just gave you the kernel of what my review will look like :-D While I didn't like Cyteen as much as you did, I definitely feel it's better in all aspects so far: characters, prose, plot.ReplyDelete
Phew! Finished it. It did pick up in Part IV. I'll have my review posted in a few days. I'm glad I read it, but I'm soooo glad I'm done.ReplyDelete
- AnonymousSeptember 9, 2016 at 2:03 AM
I also found the first reading to be slow and frustrating, but moments of brilliance kept pushing me to read on. After reading more books invthe Merchanter Universe and then coming back to Downbelow Station, I found it a completely different book, and found it suddenly riveting and emotional. It's the one book that ties all her other books together, the ultimate middle child of her catalog. But it's just like Cyteen in that you get way more out of it on each re-reading. Currently read it six times and it was like six different books. If you read this and hated it, but kinda also liked it, but weren;t sure why, that's normal. Give it another go. It will surprise you.ReplyDelete