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Dear black,
I'm sorry because I'm not taking care of you
I'm sorry I didn't know you were suffering
I'm sorry I didn't know you were sick
I'm sorry I didn't know the food that we were giving wasn't good enough for male cat
I'm sorry I always say you were lazy
I didn't know if that time you were already sick
I'm sorry for my mistakes
I'm sorry for everything
I love you so much.
Having you since you were so small like a cute kitten till you grew up and being a tough and handsome black cat, it's such a pleasure and blessed for me and my family.
Thank you for all the prays you gave for me and my family.
I'm sorry for your bladder.
*crying hard*
I didn't know...
We went to Animal Medical Centre (24 hrs). It was my first time bringing my cat to the clinic. Since I was very young, all my cats either will be missing or already dead outside the house. Not in front of our eyes. So I would say this is our first time having this moment. :(
The doctor said next time please bring your cat early once you saw the symptoms. Now it's too late. Since the doctor can't do anything and just brief us about my cat's condition, we wouldn't be charged RM160. That is the charges for seeing doctor. Thanks doctor for waiving the charges.
I'm still sad. I am. I cried so hard at the centre. I did.
Black was a kind cat. He was our dearest handsome boy. He was our wolf in the house. Maybe doctor is right. It's time already. Tsk tsk. We bring black home and bury him at the same night.
Sleep tight black.
Angah sayang black..


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Last week on the 22th my father in law passed away at home. It had been such a long and difficult journey he had with many bouts of cancer that he fought each time, but this last battle was bigger than what he could fight. The months that had passed we knew we were on borrowed time and spent so much time at my inlaws, created new memories and kept reminiscing about old ones. The months that have passed were also difficult because as time wore on my father in law suffered greatly especially in the last three weeks. While it was hard to say goodbye I also know that now he is no longer in pain and suffering, but at peace now. I learned a lot this year and will continue to learn and hope that the lessons I learned I carry with me always. I realized greatly to love with all your heart and to not take for granted the moments in life, but to appreciate all that you have. The calling hours and funeral last week was a testament to the man my father in law was. There were so many that came to pay their final respects to a great man that led a great life. May he rest in peace.
Monday, April 28, 2014
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I've been completely inundated with AS exams recently, having just come out of my penultimate exam. Even though this has meant I've been less active with blogging, I've still managed to keep my projects ticking over!
Out of my 6 bird boxes, only one is occupied this year, with a pair of Great Tits. Sadly I don't have a camera fitted in this bird box, and as I didn't want to disturb them whist next building I thought it would be best to let them be, and not attempt to install a camera. However last year I managed to capture the story of Great Tit pair, from the initial nest box inspection right the way till the chicks fledged the nest - some images I captured are shown below. But the discovery of a Blackbird nest, in a dense hedge at the back of our garden, made up for the lack of bird box occupants! I quickly fitted a webcam to a branch overhanding the nest, allowing me to observe the action from my laptop with the help of a very long extension cable!
The Great Tit family...
And the Blue Tit family...
The Blackbird laid a total of 4 eggs before she began incubating. It was around 7 days into the incubation process - about half way through - when the nest sadly got predated. As I was using my laptop to monitor this camera I couldn't record 24/7 so I don't know what predated the nest, but my guesses include magpie, crows or brown rat. Here are a series of pictures documenting the short-lived story of the Blackbird nest!
In other news - three of my wildlife images have been displayed in my school biology building, including the modest blue tit, the timid mountain hare and the inquisitive grey seal. I've designed information pages to display alongside these images explaining how I captured the images and general information about the species featured. I'm hoping these displays will attract and inspire other pupils, especially the lower years, to read up about our natural world, and perhaps even to have a go at wildlife photography themselves!
Another exciting new project of mine is the possible introduction of meat-free Monday every half-term at my school. This is only an idea on the drawing board at the moment, but a trial was ran two weeks ago, with a vegetarian lunch and tuck shop. This idea was brought about with the help of Eco Club, addressing the issue of animal agriculture, and it's affect upon the environment - climate change, pollution, deforestation, species extinctions etc. A blog post will be coming shorty regarding this controversial issue. The trial seemed to go down as well as can be expected at an all boys school, with many positive comments being made by both students and teachers.
Thank you for reading. Sorry it's a short post but I don't have much time on my hands!


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X-File Hunter is an action/adventure game where you carry out your special missions as the national secret agent.
You are a national secret agent.
6 missions will be given to you at locations around the world.
Complete the missions!
- Destroy Iraq's nuclear weapons controlling computers that threaten world peace!
- Remove 4 bombs that the terrorists have installed inside the World Trade Center!
- Arrest the Chinese hacker that disturbs the defense system of the United States!
- Infiltrate the French Museum Louvre and take back the national treasure!
- Rescue 3 tourists that have been kidnapped by terrorists while traveling through the Amazon!
- Confidential files stolen from the headquarters are hidden in Antarctica. Take possession of the files!


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If you haven't already, mark your calendars to attend this Wednesday night's ANC meeting at Africare, 440 R Street NW. The meeting will commence at 6:30. Check out the meeting agenda here. Two agenda items that are particularly tantalizing to me are 1) a discussion of Queen of Sheba's "Stipulated Liquor License," which I assume is forthcoming (congrats!), and 2) a discussion regarding "Four Variances for Residential Recreation Space, Floor Area Ratio, Percentage of Lot Occupancy requirement and Rear Yard Requirement for 1124 Ninth Street NW."
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Not a bad ride. 44 miles at 16.6 average according to Strava. I like the 16.7 on Garmin more ha ha! But boy, riding the tandem cause Gina struggled last week after a month off the bike. She had family medical issues so riding was probably the last thing on her mind during that period. So today I chose the tandem so that she wouldn't fall behind and boy I felt it. I could tell her conditioning was not there. That can be a bad thing but then it can be a good thing cause I got a darn good workout ha ha! She did well on the flats but any little rise in the road brought out that drag feeling.
We did pull the first 26 miles or so. Jose offered to help after 24 but I refused knowing that sometimes it's easier to just stay at the front rather than trying to hold a wheel and close gaps on the tandem. But after a couple more miles I said go for it Jose! Man what a relief! The wind sure was strong today so when Jose got in the front it was a big difference. He pulled for about 3 miles and at the end of the 3 miles I could tell he was beat. That was good cause that meant a lot of the struggle I felt could have just been the wind ha ha!
But that break really helped so then we pulled the final 12 on the return. What a relief it was to have a tailwind!
Some posing! The first 2 pictures weren't good enough. Gina wanted pictures with the ocean in the background ha ha!


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First up, the Mobius strip with ants. In the finished version, the ants are red and the lattice of the Mobius strip has a pale greenish-grey. Beside it, I've put the proof of the black block only. And what can I say? I like the black-and-white better. I would be curious to see this piece with the red ants but no grey. Perhaps that would have the pop of the red but also the pop of the black and white. I assume that Escher himself probably did try the various combinations, but I have not seen such a version anywhere.
I know that Escher experimented with different color variants in his prints, because there are several different versions of this cool planetoid. This one with strong terra cotta I found posted on-line, and the colored version on display at the exhibit I saw in December was paler colors, I think a yellow and the greenish color. In one of my books there's a version with only one color, a yellowish beige, and then there's also the black and white version, which Escher published not just as a proof of the black block but as a final version in its own right. It's true that the two colors emphasize the interlocking pyramids that form this planetoid, especially when the colors are highly contrasting, as in this version. But the trade-off is that in emphasizing the geometry, the colors de-emphasize and dull all the other details. And the details here are really wonderful and, in my opinion, deserve to be the full and complete focus of the piece. Look closely and find the dimetrodon, all the dinosaurs, people dining on the terraces, and the mountain goat!
Finally, here's another piece with black plus two colors. Escher was obviously aiming for a depiction of depth, and infinity fading into the distance. Hence the faint beige-ish color covering over the farthest fish to help them appear to fade away. Nevertheless, when I saw the proof of the black block alone at the exhibit, I thought Escher's masterful carving did the job just fine without muddying things up with color. The black only version had all the infinite distant fish, but sharper, crisper, and cleaner. These funny fish-critters are excellent enough to stand (or fly) on their own without any extra color or shading. Unfortunately I can't find a picture of the black only to post here, so you don't know what you're missing!
I guess the moral of the story, if there has to be one, is that if Escher had one fault, it was the tendency to make his prints more complicated, more intricate and multi-stepped, than they needed to be. Often black and white is not merely enough, but is just perfect on its own.
[Pictures: Möbius Strip II (Red Ants), woodcut with three blocks, and proof of black block, by M.C. Escher, 1963 (Image from The Magic of M.C. Escher, Thames & Hudson);
Double Planetoid, woodcut, version with 3 blocks and version with one block, by Escher, 1949;
Depth, wood engraving and woodcut with three blocks by Escher, 1955 (Images from wikiart.org).]


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you've seen it here and there... and i wanted to play too. So when i saw the 'fiber edition" i knew it was the one for me.
1. first name: emily marie
2. favorite yarn: beaverslide dry goods
3. first thing you made with yarn: a cotton garter stitch dishcloth
4. favorite color: earth brown
5. which designer do you currently have a crush on: helloyarn (love her flickr stream)
6. your favorite handmade gift you received: a vintage red & white quilt
7. your dream project: a farm. dream big right?!
8. your favorite notion: bamboo knitting needles. can't do much with out that notion.
9. what will you make next: a wool cardigan, maybe like this one even.
10. what do love most about yarn: the variety
11. which one word describes your craft: peacefulness*
12. what is your main inspiration: the simply organic nature of knitting.
* i found this to be extremely challenging as all of my 'one word' descriptions were rather abstract feelings and i'm sorry, but white sandy beaches just didn't fit into my fiber/knitting love.
Monday, June 30, 2008
the game: fiber
you've seen it here and there... and i wanted to play too. So when i saw the 'fiber edition" i knew it was the one for me.
Monday, June 23, 2008
in nebraska there was a trailer
my dad purchased a 1949 Spartan Manor trailer from a fellow. So we went to help tow it back to Denver this past weekend. It's beautiful inside: birch wood everywhere. You can click on the picture to get to good ol flickr for more pictures of the inside. And if you'd like a little history on Spartan head here.


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Once you have selected your items, choose between in-store pickup or delivery. If you select In-Store Pickup, your order will be ready within 30-45 minutes. We offer FREE DELIVERY within a 3 mile radius. Orders are typically delivered within one hour.
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Order all your French Market Cafe deli favorites from home! We offer a wide range of fresh, made-to-order sandwiches, soups, and classic French entrees.
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have been greatly exaggerated.
Definitely been out of it lately. Nothing crazy, just not up to it. I've been reading blogs, though. More to come, soon.
Friday, March 15, 2013
Rumors of my death
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i'm still here too buddy. no probs. we all go a little quiet sometimes!ReplyDelete
your friend,
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I pop in to see you, Agirl. I'm around. The sad thing is there are all of these pictures I take with the thought of doing a post and then don't.Delete
Look who found a keyboard...ReplyDelete
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It was the keyboard or me. It charged and I had to beat on it and this is what came out.Delete
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And it shall come to pass afterward, that I will pour out my spirit upon all flesh; and your sons and your daughters shall prophesy, your old men shall dream dreams, your young men shall see visions: And also upon the servants and upon the handmaids in those days will I pour out my spirit.This is one of my favorite verses of scripture because it describes a wonderful outpouring of revelation that is to exist in the last days. This revelation is to be poured out on both young and old and without regard to gender or social class. It's a realization of Moses's wish that all of God's people should be prophets.
Joel 2:28-29
Would God that all the LORD'S people were prophets, and that the LORD would put his spirit upon them!These are supposed to be the last days. Where are our prophesying sons and daughters?
Numbers 11:29
Then it hit me. Throughout time, what have people done when confronted with prophets? At best, they ignore them, and at worst, they stone them.
At least in the western world, it is rare for someone to be subject to physical violence for prophesying. However, it leaves me wondering. Are we ignoring or metaphorically stoning our prophesying sons and daughters?
Prophets throughout time have called on people and institutions to repent. Are we stoning them because we don't like what they're saying? Are we persecuting and reviling them because they shine an uncomfortable light on our flaws? Do we feel safe in dismissing them because their only authority comes from the hard truth of their words and not from any high place in an institution?
But Jesus said unto them, A prophet is not without honor, but in his own country, and among his own kin, and in his own house.Who of our own kin, and in our own house are we dishonoring? What good fruits are we rejecting because they come from an unexpected tree?
Mark 6:4
Let us not be the people Jesus laments when he says:
O Jerusalem, Jerusalem, thou that killest the prophets, and stonest them which are sent unto thee, how often would I have gathered thy children together, even as a hen gathereth her chickens under her wings, and ye would not!
Matthew 23: 37
For if we stone our prophesying sons and daughters, this is the reward we will reap:
Behold, your house is left unto you desolate.
Matthew 23:38


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Shock Wave by John Sandford. Library Call Number: PS3569.A516S54 2011.
They're building a PyeMart in the
small river town of Butternut Falls, Minnesota and many people are unhappy
about it. Environmentalists say the
run-off from the parking lot and the building site will pollute the pristine
river, the local merchants see themselves being put out of business by the
megastore. So when a bomb goes off at the trailer of the construction site's
foreman, killing him, the Minnesota Bureau
of Criminal Apprehension calls in their ace investigator, Virgil Flowers,
canceling his vacation and telling him to find out who's responsible.
weeks earlier, a bomb had gone off at PyeMart's executive headquarters,
narrowly missing the company's Executive Board and killing a worker. No one can
figure out how the bomb was even placed in the penthouse meeting room.
Arriving in Butternut
Falls, Flowers has to contend with a lot of suspects, the high-powered
President of PyeMart, his Executive Secretary, unhelpful city officials and
residents, and some truly strange individuals. Before it's over he will lose
his boat and (perhaps worse) nearly his life.
In Sandford's books, sometimes you
know the bad guy, sometimes it's a mystery.
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Musings on writing, parenting, and other saintly pursuits.
"How dreary – to be – Somebody!
How public – like a Frog –
To tell one's name – the livelong June –
To an admiring Bog!"
Thursday, April 10, 2008
Robyn, Nick and....ELVIS?
Last night I was fortunate to be in attendance at a fantastic concert by Nick Lowe and Robyn Hitchcock. Both of these exquisitely quirky artists gave compelling performances, solo and on acoustic guitar, showcasing their brilliance as songwriters, guitarists, singers.
I laughed a lot, cried a little, sang along a great deal. As Nick's set seemed to be drawing to a close, though, I commented to my companion that, amazing as it was, the pace was a bit more sedate than I had expected. Little did I know that some more excitement was in store.
At the encore, they were joined onstage by none other than Elvis Costello! Imagine an auditorium full of people in, um, "late youth" jumping up and down and screaming their heads off. Elvis and Nick did a tune that E had written for N, "Indoor Fireworks." Then Robyn joined them to sing lead on two numbers: "If I Fell" by the Beatles, and the classic "Mystery Train" (Elvis even did a bit of an impersonation of the other Elvis on that one).
Photo blatantly stolen from--er--courtesy of this fine blogger.
A stellar evening. I wish you all could have been there!
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- Steve Talkowski said...
Hi Amy! Of course any fellow Costello lover can use my photos. :) It really was a fun evening, eh?
- Amy said...
Yes! Thanks for being generous with your pics.
- Holly A Hughes said...
Oh, yes, it was a GREAT concert! I'm glad you were singing along; I was too. Elvis was just the icing on the cake. Robyn was an excellent appetizer as well (I loved his absurdist monologues -- Nick's psychedelic younger brother indeed). But Nick was in rare form, despite that throat infection. Sedate, yes, but all the better to let the sly wit sparkle through. That new song he sang was devastating, don't you think?
- Amy said...
I couldn't agree more--I need to get Nick's album!


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Learning from colleagues
Certainly, the message underpinning the key skills presentation was the need to colleagues to work together, as best practice tended to suggest that key skills were best delivered in an integrated fashion. Subject tutors and key skills working together to ensure that our students saw the relevance and need for acquire those literacy and numeracy skills. We already do this highly effectively in some parts of the college and we need to look on how we can build this.
Indeed, building on what already works is an integral of community building. Hopefully, the 2007-08 academic year we see a focus on community building through a number of processes which will focus on developing notions of best practice, and how that can be shared, implemented and its impact then assessed. This will be both exciting and significant as it will give us opportunities to learn from one another.
I certainly learnt much from those colleagues who presented his or her Cert Ed seminars, and I thank them for that.
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- Jane said...
It is a pity that we do not have a more reliable measure of 'success' in teaching keyskills than the results from the national tests, because although passing these may be of value for some students,success at levels 1 and 2 is largely unrelated to whether or not the students have gained and learnt to apply the skills that they require for their vocation. The more emphasis we place on test results, the less we will be able to integrate keyskills in a meaningful way. Cramming for tests can produce excellent statistics, but it is not good education.
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The few family farms where this sense of community may remain are heavily subsidized by urban tax payers. So, the wholesome picture is not accurate.
On the other hand, if the fields were filled with animals grazing on open grass and wild to semi-wild lands, how beautiful that would be. Replacing rice, bean, wheat, corn, sorghum and other crops with vegetables would restore a balance to our diet and the land. It would reduce the rat population greatly (rats moved in with humans with the advent of grain-based agriculture) and many other pests who thrive in the managed rows of grains, with all their natural predators killed or chased to other places.
Range animals are healthier than animals trapped and crowded into feeding pens. They carry less fat in total, less saturated fat (grain feeding produces hydrogen which is trapped in body fat, hydrogenating it on the hoof, and expelled into the air as a potential contributor to warming). They carry fewer pathogens and antibiotics and their fatty acid profile is better for humans to consume. In the US, a return to range animals (range-fed chicken, cattle, pigs, goats, even fish) would restore the very environment Montagu Don loves. This change would produce a quantum leap in human health.
And, the dreaded interstate highway in the US has brought fresh vegetables and fruit to the hinterland where grain-based agriculture or just nothing-ness reduced the population to flour and flour-based products. The Navajo are dying of Type 2 diabetes on their far-removed reservations because they are fed so much flour from subsidized commercial farming.'


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Monday, January 30, 2012
Great Idea: Chalk Cloth Tablecloth
The super cute family from the 86'n it blog made a wonderfully simple chalk cloth tablecloth. Chalk cloth is a fun fabric that you can write on and it's CPSIA complaint which makes it perfect for this young family! Check out their blog to see how much fun they had curing the chalk cloth, ssssoooo cute!!
Chalk cloth, oilcloth and laminated cotton won't fray when cut so all you have to do is cut it, lay it on the table and serve up your next meal! This family has a slim table so the 47/48" wide fabric is really perfect for them.
Posted by Kelly McCants at 7:30 PM
Labels: chalk cloth, Great idea, tablecloth
2 comments:
- Connie said...
Oooh! I want to try this. I think even my adult friends would have fun sitting down to this table.
- January 30, 2012 at 10:51 PM
- Bunny @ 86n It said...
Thanks for the spotlight. We really love the tablecloth. Fun for adults and kids.
- February 5, 2012 at 1:34 PM
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Wednesday, November 12, 2008
Friday, November 7, 2008
Quran On Cotton Cloth
This picture was taken by Swamibu. I'm fascinated by the picture of Quran on cotton cloth. Ilike it so much because it has name of Allah and made of cotton cloth. It is gorgeous.I'm really moved by Quran on cottn cloth.I would like it to be bigger than this picture.
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In my country, there is a lot of kinds of food, but the most famous one is Kabsa. Everybody in my country like Kabsa.They are eat Kabsa almost every day. Kabsa has many kinds such as chickens, shrimp,meat,fish and all of these with rice.It is soft and salty.I'm crazy about it.
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Sunday, October 5, 2008
My Car Accident
When I was 12 , I stole my dad's car I was driving so fast. But I think I wasn't lucky at that time. Unfortunetly, it was raining that day, the car slipped and I hit 4 cars on my way. I got injured in many parts in my body. That accident was very bad for me and for my dad. After I graduated from high school, my dad baught me a new Lexus and he gave me very good advice
"be careful and don't drive so fast"
"be careful and don't drive so fast"
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Tuesday, September 23, 2008
My Vacation
I will have vacation soon.I want go to Paris with my friends. We will stay at Le Méridien Etoile.It is a good hotel.Evry thigs are not expensive in the hotel.It has many free services such as coffee,water,tea,and sometimes breakfast.We like the hotel because evry things are close to the hotel.
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"The Treehouse is a crèche centre you can drop your 0 – 5 yr old children in for an hour and a half while you have your own shopping time or get things done that need to get done. If required for a $5 fee sessions can be extended to 2 hours. The Treehouse is fun, educational environment for your child to help their growing minds and bodies."
Also included at Sylvia Park is a crazy nice parents room, which includes unisex changing area, NURSING BOOTHS! A bathroom stall big enough for you and your pram (stroller). I'm continuously blown away by all the resources for parents and children here. Another example is Plunket. They're an organization that monitors your child's development. They provide nutrition support, breast feeding support, car seat installments with a phone number to call 24/7. Even for non emergencies. It's amazing.
Saturday, September 7, 2013
Week one recap
Well we've been in Auckland for a week now! Steven started his new job on Monday (that's technically your Sunday yanks) and I started my new job of Stay At Home Mum. It's been great, my days are full of Isabelle. We are both (mostly me) very excited to have the option of staying in pajamas all day.
That photo was taken at 3 PM. Whatevs!
We have done quite a bit of exploring this week too. We've ventured to Sylvia Park Mall via the train. That place has EVERYTHING including a children's crèche. If you don't l know what a crèche is, lemme break it down for you...
We also visited a local park, it was actually a nature reserve with wetland, but really just a park. Once you're past the entrance gate dogs are allowed to be off leads. There were dogs running around, playing in the water, it was so cool. Also beautiful birds everywhere. At the end of the trail was the nicest play ground Isabelle has ever played on.
We are settling in nicely here in Auckland, trying to embrace all the local quirks like bringing our own bags when we go to a shop. We are very excited to get into a house eventually. We are staying in a furnished apartment right downtown in the CBD a block from Stevens work, and while its a beautiful apartment and right on the bay...it's SO LOUD past 8 PM. The courtyard behind our building is a hub of businesses and bars, so there's always music blaring and people shouting. It would be great if we were a bit younger, or child free.
All said and done, it's been a great first week. Bring on week 2.
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Arizona State University student Dalyn Gilbert hopes to be a man on a mission. To Mars.
He really enjoys learning about space, so what way better to learn to than a trip to Mars? The aerospace engineering student from Mesa has applied for the Mars One mission.
The group behind the venture hopes to have humans inhabit the Red Planet in 2023. Those selected will undergo eight years of training, according to the site.
In his application video, the 20-year-old said he's not afraid of anything and as a Valley resident can already drive through a dust storm.
Nice touch.
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Last Call to Be A Man! Enlist!
Our Military Recruiting Year ends Sunday, September 30.
Will Our Army Make Its Recruiting Quota for FY-2007?
As we've been saying for over two years, the best way for a healthy, heterosexual, pro-war young man to Support President Bush (top photo, Sept. 18) and Vice President Cheney (bottom photo, Sept. 14) is to gather up his own personal documents, including educational and medical/dental records, and report to his local military recruiting station ASAP.
This is the best opportunity ever for those previously rejected [for reasons other than non-heterosexuality], who are still interested in serving, to Be A Man! Enlist!
Recruiters and the Army are under such great pressure that they'll waive anything except "Don't Ask, Don't Tell."
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We know that our Army will miss its recruiting quota for FY-2007. If they were going to make it, they would already have enlisted Recruit No. 80,000 and gotten some great press for President Bush.
It is also possible that, having concluded this, military recruiters decided to stop enlisting anyone not meeting standards lest such a servicemember [e.g., PFC Steven D. Green] later contribute to strategic failure.
The real question is whether lazy, corporate media will ask our national civilian political leadership why they have yet to encourage real Americans to volunteer for military service in the Global War on Terrorism, even if they plan other careers later in life. We doubt it.


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Wednesday, January 27, 2010
The State of Sponsorship
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My team has had our paint contingency discount sponcership along with our home field sticker discount worked out for weeks. One of our guys knows someone at snap-on tools so it's only a matter of time until we get that one.
- January 27, 2010 at 3:59 PM
- Baca Loco said...
I know it is common practice to call discount programs sponsorship but that's not what actual paintball sponsorship has been in the past--though we're quickly headed that way for everybody--or nearly everybody.
If snap-on is a no go you might try the craftsmen guys at Sears.
- January 27, 2010 at 4:30 PM
- houdini said...
When times are tough like these and paintball related sponsors who shell out cash, paint and free gear are non-existant, it's time for teams to start looking at non-paintball related businesses as possible cash sponsors... if snap-on tools are willing to jump on board for Anon's team why not...
- January 27, 2010 at 8:21 PM
- Reiner Schafer said...
I have to wonder how much value non-paintball industry businesses will find in sponsoring paintball teams. Let's face it, it's a pretty specialized market with narrow spectatorship. Not saying there is no value in it, but it certainly wouldn't be worth big bucks.
- January 27, 2010 at 11:07 PM
What do you mean? I have a non-biding document right here that says sponcership in the title and it states we get to buy X cases at one price and if we shoot more than that we get an extra discount. You're telling me that's not sponcership? What next, those guns we got from planet for $650ea don't get as sponsorship? Sure we had to buy 3 more than we needed, but we sold them for cheap. It's good to be sponcered.
- January 28, 2010 at 12:51 PM
- Baca Loco said...
Oh, well in that case, my bad.
- January 28, 2010 at 3:39 PM
It's SPONSORSHIP you ham-fisted goon.
- January 28, 2010 at 3:47 PM
Yeah spelling isn't high on the Paintballers list of things to do.
- January 28, 2010 at 8:03 PM


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BELVIN, Josie M.: 2 p.m. in Groves Memorial Presbyterian Church, Glass; burial in church cemetery.
NEWBY, James W.: 2:30 p.m. in Sandy Mount Baptist Church, Smithfield; burial in Baptist Memorial Cemetery.
PINCKNEY, Matthew L. Sr.: 2 p.m. in United House of Prayer For All People, Hampton; burial in Hampton Memorial Gardens.


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Jessica Lessin is emerging as the Wall Street Journal's newest nemesis. Since leaving the powerful newspaper several weeks ago to set up her own media shop, Lessin is making it clear that she means business.
Lessin was one of the paper's best known and most widely followed bylines when she covered Apple from the San Francisco bureau. She worked tirelessly and built a following that most journalists would kill for.
As of today she has accumulated more than 671,000 followers on Facebook, which has become one of the truest measures of a working journalist's fame.
Earlier in July, Lessin had what TheWrap called a "doozy" of a hire, namely former Journal colleague Amir Efrati. He specialized in covering Google, another high-profile beat at the Journal, and other Internet subjects. More from TheWrap: http://www.thewrap.com/media/column-post/ex-wsj-tech-reporter-jessica-lessin-hires-wsjs-amir-efrati-…
Lessin has given scant details of her plans for a publication or a business and won't confirm whether she seeks world domination of Silicon Valley coverage (Quipping aside, don't put it past her).
The departure of Lessin was a big enough blow, but by hiring the well regarded Efrat, she is sounding a call to the Journal and other establishment media operations that she is quite willing and able to woo their talented journalists. More on Lessin and Efrati: http://jessicalessin.com
It would be a delicious irony if Lessin succeeded in recruiting journalists that the Journal wanted to hire. Talk about a Jessica and Goliath rivalry.
In a Tale of the Tape, the WSJ offers remarkable prestige, (relative) job security and ample resources.
In her favor, Lessin, can make available an exciting possibility of helping to build something significant.
I got to know her a little when she covered the Journal media beat in New York for a few years (I worked down the hall at MarketWatch, for the same corporate employer, Dow Jones).
She seldom made small talk and seemed to be on the phone with her sources 24/7. She knew what she was doing.
Lessin's exit is a sign of the times, in a way. Behemoths like the Journal may now face the reality of not being as attractive as they used to be.
Newspapers (and magazines) everywhere are cutting their staffs as a way to keep pace financially and the notion of job security has given way to the popular phrase "job insecurity."
True, Lessin looks like a pipsqueak today compared with the establishment in journalism. I don't know what she is gunning for as a business entity, but like I said, don't bet against her.
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Today, Crash Into Me, the debut novel by YA author Albert Borris hits the shelves. Normally as an author, when your book comes out, particularly your first one, you're telling everyone you can to help spread the word. But back in December, Albert Borris suffered a massive stroke which has left him currently unable to write or say words in the order he wants them to be in.
You can read more about Albert's story here on the blog of the Class of 2K9, of which Albert was co-president. This would be frustrating for anyone, of course, and must be terribly so for a writer and teen counselor like Albert.
Crash Into Me has gotten strong reviews in Kirkus and in the blogosphere (for example, at The Reading Tub), and the fellow authors in the Class of 2K9 have been helping spread the word. Now I am doing the same (here's a tweet of mine you can feel free to use/retweet/modify) ... and encourage you to join in, too.
For more information, click on any of the links above. And thanks!
Tuesday, July 07, 2009
Crash Into Me
Posted by Greg Pincus at 11:40 AM I'm reading: Crash Into Me
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- ReadingTub said...
Thanks for mentioning the review Greg. Have you had a chance to read it? It has a sense of poetry about it that I'm betting would really grab you!
The book is excellent. I frequently have to force myself to read YA so I can do readers' advisory, but in this case, no forcing was required.
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Contradictions contribute to stress? Does" identity" related differences influence our behaviors?
It was nice to observe me, the neighborhood, friends and spaces around to see complexity and confusion; find possibilities to convert problems as opportunities to make me less stressed.
Most of us in the digital age are numbered like in jails. We have passwords and identification numbers for most transactions including that on social media. Identity is in a crisis – some say. What do you feel?
Identity is a concept of own and others' affiliations on people. It's how "me" is seen, by self and others. The central idea is that any individual's sense of identity is determined in large part by the explorations and commitments that we make regarding certain personal and social traits. Since identity is a virtual thing, it is impossible to define it empirically. Hall suggests "Identity is a process and takes into account the reality of diverse and ever-changing social experience".
"Nothing of me is original. I am the combined effort of everyone I've known." – Chuck Palahniiuk. Let us check out if we ever looked at us in a serious way and to find a pattern to be aware of our own identity. "When we discover who we are, we will be free." – Ralph Ellison says. To discover who we are, we need to find who we are not.
The confusion creates a crisis, as individuals we position ourselves on a larger canvas – in professional, global scenario, at work or in social terms. We merge and synthesize to adapt to the changing environments. The crucible shuffles, shakes and forms new identities. We need to be aware of these contributing influences.
Unless this is known it is difficult to move from comfortable positions of identities to uncomfortable platforms as we evolve. We keep changing the cast that forms our identities as environments change. That makes us universal or global citizens in making progress and growth. Over thinking may not be the ideal solution. Finding the gray between the pure white and pure black of "right and wrong" is a fast forward option. Move on …
As we search for "STRESS RELIEF" pills, tranquilizers and other means, an alternative is to introspect and find internal peace, which is in our own hands.
"The ability to enjoy life begins with a simple ability to relax" – Kriyananda says. But that's the most difficult part! Remember in chasing material benefits – happiness is eluded not enhanced.
Gandhi Ji said – "Find the purpose; means will follow".
Check out who you are and who you want to be. Stephen Cowe recommended in his book "8th Habit" to conduct your own funeral and ask the question – is this identity that you would like to leave behind when dead?"
If not; let us pull out the bubble within us to see who we are – to find our own identity.


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From beneath warm blankets into a frosty morning,
sun just creeping above the treetops,
heavy mist lifting from the water of East Fork State Park,
we have come to see a bird.
A Glaucous Gull, Larus hyperboreus, a rare visitor to southwestern Ohio, from this species' high Arctic breeding grounds.
And he is here, feeding beside some others, Ring-billed and Bonaparte's Gulls, on a narrow slip of land.
The group watches, and waits in the 14-degree morning,
stamping cold feet and puffing warm breath into cold fingers.
Some birds are "lifers."
Others are once-in-a-lifetime.
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In September 1939, after the outbreak of World War II, the Zionist leader David Ben-Gurion defined his political stance in what became one of his most famous pronouncements and the motto of Palestine's pre-independence Jewish community for many years. Addressing the need to both support the British army and oppose Britain's perfidious White Paper--the policy of Neville Chamberlain's pro-appeasement government that less than four months earlier, on the eve of the Nazi onslaught, had severely restricted Jewish immigration to Palestine--Ben-Gurion, who would go on to become reborn Israel's first Prime Minister, declared: "We will fight [against] the White Paper as if there is no war, and fight the war as if there is no White Paper."
Today, as Hitler's clerical fascist (Islamist) admirers advance and plot and plan democracy's doom in the name of religion, while globalizing financial elites strive to dismantle social services, crush what remains of organized labor's power, and pauperize the middle and working classes under cover of fiscal reform, effectively waging a vicious class war that also threatens democracy's survival, there is an urgent need for a new, Ben-Gurion-like credo, one that truly progressive pundits and activists should have no problem embracing. Suggested text appears below.
We will resist and speak out against austerity (savage spending cuts in a depression) as if there is no war with radical (rightwing political) Islam and resist and speak out against engagement (appeasement of and attempted alignment with radical Islam) as if there is no austerity.
Shocking but true! It is possible to oppose both the Republicans' unprecedented, upward transfer of wealth and the Democratic administration's deadly downgrading of the war against Islamism--i.e. the narrowing of the definition of the Islamist enemy to include just Al Qaeda and its affiliates. It is possible, in spite of the way mainstream media outlets in the United States report and comment on--that is to say, slant--the news, to oppose both rightwing economic policies and appeasement of rightwing political Islam, to believe in both the need for a massive, job-creating stimulus, say, or national health insurance (Medicare with no minimum age requirement), and the importance of maintaining a strong national defense. Astonishingly, there was a time, before their respective parties were taken over by appeasers and austerians, when nearly all Democrats--and many Republicans--would have agreed with the preceding sentences and the above, proposed credo. (Seems like ancient history, that time, when Senators like "Scoop" Jackson and Jacob Javits were revered and influential.)
For that matter, it is possible to support the necessary use of force against an adversary such as Iran that, like Nazi Germany in the 1930s, cannot be appeased because it aims to overturn the status quo, and to oppose unnecessary foreign interventions--e.g. the Iraq and Vietnam wars--that bleed and drain and divide our nation and actually result in weakening, rather than safeguarding and strengthening, our national security.
Iran is the new Nazi Germany, Ahmadinejad is the new Hitler, Islamism is the new fascism.
And austerity is the new Hooverism.
What America desperately needed in 2008 was a new FDR. Instead, it elected a new Jimmy Carter.
Sadly, there is no cause for optimism. Voters in 2012 will have to chose between the lesser of two evils; but that does not mean that everyone with a magazine or newspaper column, or a TV or radio platform … or a lowly blog … has to follow a particular party line and stop thinking, writing and speaking out critically and logically about the most important issues of the day.
Endnotes: (1) The Zionist leader Ze'ev (Vladimir) Jabotinsky, regarded as a right-winger because of his opposition to socialism, believed in the basic welfare state model--including universal health care/national health insurance. (2) The preeminent American political scientist, Hans J. Morgenthau, considered the father of classical political realism, opposed the Vietnam War, branding it an unnecessary intervention and a fatally flawed attempt to extend the successful Cold War policy of containment--which he strongly supported in order to counter the Soviet threat to Western Europe--to a contested region of the Third World. In contrast with the leaders and ideologues of the New Left, Morgenthau never stooped to apologizing for, let alone supporting or even sympathizing with, Communist North Vietnam's totalitarian regime. He was a brilliant, dedicated analyst of--and advocate for--the U.S. national interest.
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China Labor Watch said it had found more than 10 children working at the factory of a China-based supplier for the technology giants Samsung Electronics and the Lenovo Group in an investigation in July and August.
The group, based in New York, also said its investigation had found more than 100 student workers who were not being paid overtime wages or a subsidy for working at night.
The supplier, HEG Technology, denied the accusations, and Samsung said it had found no children or students working on the Samsung production line at the factory, in Huizhou. A Lenovo spokeswoman said the company would look into the report.
In a statement, China Labor Watch said it shared evidence with Samsung last week and that Samsung had demanded that the supplier pay some students' wages. But it did not say whether Samsung had acted on the matter of child labor or whether it had provided the information to Lenovo.
In response, Samsung said it had proposed to China Labor Watch that they conduct a joint investigation "for more precise verification" of the accusations. Samsung also said it had informed the watchdog about its own investigation, adding, "We find it regrettable that CLW issued the allegations today without any mention of our statement."
HEG Technology said the company had never hired children, and that it had facial recognition systems to ensure workers were not under age.
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In Memory
I was amazed at how many VNA employees there were and really surprised at the number of volunteers. They have volunteers who will make a bear out of clothing that belonged to your loved one. I knew right away that Christine has a sweater set that she wore all the time. Two days ago, I finally found it when I was going through some of her things. The grief counselor tells me that these bears are really nice. What a wonderful thing it is that these volunteers do.
Our church also had a Memorial Service a few days later. We walked into church with candles as they were reading off the names of anyone who requested that their loved one be included and had passed away during the past year. This also was a very nice service. It's a wonderful thing for the families to be acknowledged in this way, even though it was difficult.
By the way, I lost my rock only a few days later the Memorial Service. I can imagine what Christine would have said about that!! I put my car keys in my pocket where the rock was and it must have fallen out when I took my keys out. However, the next day I was going through some of Christine's things and quess what! I found some rocks! So I figure these are even more personal. When Christine was 18 months old, we moved from Anchorage to Oklahoma City. We flew to Seattle and picked up our vehicle and then drove to Oklahoma. That is a long drive especially for a child. Everytime we stopped Christine picked up rocks. We finally had to limit the number of rocks she could pick up at each stop because these weren't always tiny rocks. By the time we got to Oklahoma City the entire floor in the back seat was covered with rocks.
So Thanksgiving is just a few days away. I am thankful that we had 32 wonderful years with Christine and that she is no longer suffering. Christine hadn't been home for Thanksgiving since she moved to California. Nevertheless, it will be hard. One day at at time.
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Evening roundup: Is Howard Stern fit to judge 'America's Got Talent'?
Howard Stern is joining Sharon Osbourne and Howie Mandel as a judge on NBC's "America's Got Talent," but the Parents Television Council has launched a campaign calling on the show's advertisers to pull out with Stern about to be in the mix, according to E! News, which also reports that representatives for Stern and NBC could not be reached for comment. The show airs Monday, May 14. Read more.
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In other news ... Sharon and rocker Ozzy Osbourne's son, Jack, has released a photo of his daughter, Pearl Clementine, who was born in April.
"The Dictator" star Sacha Baron Cohen apologized to E! host Ryan Seacrest on Seacrest's radio show this morning for spilling fake ashes on Seacrest before this year's Oscars ceremony, revealing that the prank was first intended for actor George Clooney.
"Lost" star Michael Fox was reportedly arrested on DUI charges Friday in Oregon, E! News reports.
In TV news ... Twenty-five-year old Emily Maynard, who won the final rose in an earlier season of "The Bachelor," will star as the latest bachelorette on the next installment of ABC's "The Bachelorette," which premieres May 14. US Weekly offers a sneak peek.
About Pop RadarBoston.com's entertainment staff brings you the latest celebrity news and pop culture updates, along with discussions on the day's hot topics. And you're invited to weigh in. Let's dish.
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Heat take on Hornets in hoops contest
Miami Heat vs New Orleans Hornets Odds
Earning a win and covering the posted spread will be the goals for Miami when they hit take on the Hornets on Friday in pro hoops betting action.
(Note: follow us on Twitter for line updates and injuries news). The Hornets are 25-47 so far on the season, and 36-36 ATS vs. the number. The Heat, meanwhile, are 56-15 and 37-34 ATS. OVER/UNDER bettors have seen New Orleans go 38-34 and the Heat go 36-35 on the totals.
View Miami vs New Orleans Odds and Stats.
Power Rankings / Prediction:
The Odds Shark Power Rankings have the Hornets at No. 25 and the Heat at No. 6 heading into this contest. Handicapping models run by the computers at Odds Shark project a 105-94 result in favor of the Heat.
How They Match Up:
Offensively, the game matches up New Orleans's No. 24-ranked offense (94.1 PPG) against a Heat defense that ranks No. 7 at 95.6 PPG. The Hornets have averaged 45.1% from the field per game, less than the Heat have managed so far this season (49.6% on average).
Defensively, the Heat feature the league's No. 5-rated defense on the road, giving up 95.1 points per game. New Orleans, meanwhile, comes in at No. 29 in the league in scoring at home.
Miami was a 101-97 loser in its last match on the road against the Bulls. They failed to cover the 6.5-point spread as favorites, while the total score of 198 sent OVER bettors to the payout window. LeBron James chucked in 32 points for Miami on Wednesday, but they still came up short in losing 101-97 at United Center.
Last time out for New Orleans, they were a 105-91 loser as they battled the Clippers at home. The Hornets failed to cover in the match as a 5.5-point underdog, while 196 combined points moved the game OVER for totals bettors. Eric Gordon scored 24 points in a failed effort to lead the Hornets to victory (they lost 105-91 to Los Angeles at New Orleans Arena on Wednesday).
Miami Heat Trends:
When playing on Friday are 7-3
Before playing San Antonio are 5-5
After playing Chicago are 9-1
After a loss are 8-2
New Orleans Hornets Trends:
When playing on Friday are 3-7
Before playing Cleveland are 8-2
After playing LA Clippers are 4-6
After a loss are 4-6
A few Heat at Hornets trends to consider:
Miami is 24-1 SU in its last 25 games
Miami is 13-1 SU in its last 14 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 4 of Miami's last 5 games on the road
The total has gone OVER in 7 of Miami's last 9 games when playing on the road against New Orleans
New Orleans is 5-0 SU in its last 5 games when playing at home against Miami
New Orleans is 5-0-1 ATS in its last 6 games when playing at home against Miami
The total has gone UNDER in 5 of New Orleans's last 6 games at home
The total has gone UNDER in 4 of New Orleans's last 5 games
Next up:
Miami at San Antonio, Sunday, March 31
New Orleans home to Cleveland, Sunday, March 31


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Why is it that your wife does not preach like other pastors' wives?My wife is a very wonderful woman. She believes in receiving her own call. She does not just want to hold microphone because her husband is a pastor.
On allegations he pays people to fake miracles
How much will I give to the president of a nation to come here? Even when they come, I don't get any financial gain but I incur cost because I want to ensure that they are well cared for. That is all; I even prefer to spend my time with the poor than to be with the presidents. If a president visits this place today, the whole of the day will be devoted to that visit, I would have lesser time for the poor people, who need my attention. God has been warning me over this trend so much that when some presidents said that they wanted to visit me, I said no. I said it would be better for me to visit them in their countries. Each time they visit this place, I receive query from God because of my time that should have been used to attend to the poor and the needy that are waiting for me. One soul is not superior to the other, why should I continue to receive query? Really out of three presidents that may visit, there will hardly be one that will show good example of the counsel that they received from me. If the needy are more receptive to God, it is better to give them more of my time.
On Jim Iyke
Oh please, don't drag me into that. All I can say is that if a person needs to see a doctor, he should be free to do so. I like the young man. He has been defending himself on the internet. Is he not enjoying a better life now? Are things not working for him?
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Costa Rica Adventure Tours
Welcome to our Costa Rica Adventure Tours and expeditions
Surfing in Jaco Beach Costa Rica
Most surf lessons for all age Jaco Beach is the place..The beach is very gradual due to have some consistency surf waves that are easy for beginners.
Sport Fishing from Jaco
Los Sueños Marina ( 7 minute drive from the Jaco Beach ) for more than 200 fishing boats in the harbor. Boats can be booked for day fishing trips ranging from 18 feet to 55 feet in length. You can take all kinds of deep-sea fish, depending on the season: sailing boat, marlin, roosterfish, tuna, mahi-mahi and Spanish mackerel are among the many types of fish that can be caught. Costa Rica Costa is one of the best sport fishing locations in the world.
ATV Tours and expeditions
1.2 to 4 hours ATV Tours are available on most tours will pick you up and take you to Jaco and where the journey begins. You can cross the beach or climb the mountain for a breathtaking view of the coast and the valley. Several routes are available and can help you make your decision and arrangements.
Best Costa Rica Adventure Tours, Canyoning, White Water Rafting, Mount
Cavaliers systematically go through the house to see if anyone wants to go for a walk. The horses are well trained and easy to ride. In the two-hour tour that takes you through the hills near Playa Jaco, culminating with a spectacular view of the bay of Jaco. Truly a memorable experience.
Shopping in Jaco Costa Rica
The town of Jaco is a surf town for Americans since 1960. Jaco's main street is lined with restaurants, souvenir shops, clothing stores and souvenir shops, as well as all commercial common. Start at the south end of town and walk north along the main street and find any type of store you want. But remember to bring local dollars or colones because most places do not accept credit cards.
Restaurants and Bars
There are over 100 restaurants in the metropolitan area of Jaco offers a wide range of options, including local and seafood dishes, pizzas three favorites are Claritas for more American food, seafood barbecue Bohio bar and a backyard for nothing. All three are in the backyard beach bar with the best view.
Costa Rica Adventure Tours Canopy, Zipline,
There are several canopy tours in the Jaco area. Canopy Tours zip lines are basically very sure it covers a distance of up in the trees. For more information on local canopy tours.
Here a List of Things to do
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Crocodile Man
One of the most memorable trips that can be taken is the crocodile man tour. After a bus ride of 20 minutes in a covered boat for a four-hour trip to a river leading to the sea will see native birds, wildlife and crocodiles, alligators many .. The highlight of the visit was when one of the guards fed a piece of raw chicken to a crocodile at least 10 feet long – just off the boat! This is a trip not to be missed
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Michelle Obama's Speech -- UCLA -- Two Weeks Ago
"In 2008, we are still a nation that is too divided. We live in isolation, and because of that isolation we fear one another. We don't know our neighbors. We don't talk. We believe that our pain is our own. We don't realize that the struggles and challenges of all us are the same. We are too isolated. And we are still a nation that is still too cynical. We look at it as 'them' and 'they' as opposed to us. We don't engage because we are still too cynical.
"Americans are in debt not because they live frivolously, but because someone got sick. And even with insurance, the deductibles and premiums are so high that people are still putting medication treatments on credit cards. And they can't get out from under. I could go on and on and on, but this is how we're living, people, in 2008. And things have gotten progressively worse. Throughout my lifetime, through Democratic and Republican administrations, it hasn't gotten better for regular folks.
"We have lost the understanding that in a democracy we have a mutual obligation to one another. That we cannot measure our greatness in this society by the strongest and richest of us. But we have to measure our greatness by the least of these. That we have to compromise and sacrifice for one another in order to get things done. That is why I am here. Because Barack Obama is the only person in this race who understands that. That before we can work on the problems we have to fix our souls. Our souls are broken in this nation.
"If we can't see ourselves in one another we will never make those sacrifices. So I am here right now because I am married to the only person in this race who has a chance of healing this nation.
"The first major decision he had to make in his life, after college, 'do I go to Wall Street and make money or do I work for the people?' Barack worked as a community organizer in some of the toughest neighborhoods on the south side of Chicago. Helping young mothers find their voice and their power. Folks who had a reason to be cynical because government had forgotten them long ago. There is no one else in this race who can claim that kind of commitment to the people on the ground. No one.
"Barack, as Oprah said, is one of the most brilliant men you will meet in our lifetime. Barack is more than ready. He'll be ready today. He'll be ready on day one. He'll be ready in a year from now. Five years from now. He is ready. That is not the question. The question is what are we ready for? Wait, wait, wait. Because we say we're ready for change, we say we're ready for change but see change is hard. Change will always be hard. And it doesn't happen from the top down. We do not get universal health care, we do not get better schools, because somebody else in the White House. We get change because folks from the grass roots up decide they are sick and tired of other people telling them how their lives will be. When they decide to roll up their sleeves and work. And Barack Obama will require you to work. He is going to demand that you shed your cynicism. That you put down your division. That you come out of your isolation. That you move out of your comfort zones. That you push yourselves to be better. And that you engage. Barack will never allow you to go back to your lives as usual; uninvolved, uninformed.
"We have young kids all over the world who are looking to this nation and they're trying to figure out who we are and what we want to become. We have a chance not just to make history, but we can change the world. We can change the world. Yes we can. Yes we can. Yes we can. Yes we can. Yes we can."
We wish to offend no one with the opinion that this speech is going to damage her husband's political future. It was not how she said it. It was what was said. You can read it for yourselves, and follow the link above to hear the audio. There is no mistaking what her intention is. It is clear to us, to Hugh, to Generalissimo Duane, to Hugh's listeners and guests that this smacks of fascism.
We knew he espoused the same socialist ideas that Senator Clinton did. Tax, tax, tax; spend, spend, spend all the while they grow the government's size in exponential leaps. Both are, in essence, preaching the religion of the state, wrapped in warm, caring, coddling liberalism. That sort of liberal ideology ceases to resemble a democracy, and looks more like the European socialism we read about daily.
But the speech above lacks the warm fuzziness of such socialism. It literally reeks of fascism. Empowered youth, with nary a clue about their government; how it works, how they can help make it work, or how to clean it up. Listening to the crowds cheer her is reminiscent of a Nazi rally, especially the end of it. Anyone who espouses that government can fix your soul is either extremely narcissistic, painfully naive, or simply unintelligent. There is but one who can fix a man's soul, and He is not of this Earth. (Yes, that is a philisophical belief we share. We are Catholic, and happily so.) But when goverment, or those who will be mouthpieces in a prospective administration, begin "preaching" that they can fix souls, it causes common sense people to become concerned.
We have been down such roads before. Maybe not to the extent we witnessed in Russia, China, Cuba, North Korea, or any other despotism around the globe. But in such societies, people are not empowered to make their lives better. They reside under the bootheel of those who did the espousing while the people tend to be the ones suffering.
If this is what Senator Barack Obama truly believes, if this is the message he has for America, then it is something we are not interested in. Nor is the majority of the nation. She is not talking about a democracy. She is literally giving us a vision of a "socialist utopia" that would make President Franklin Roosevelt jealous. She is not speaking of a respect for human life, freedom, and the rule of law. She is talking about a future where the government is king, and can fix any problem that arises. In such societies of the past, fixing "problems" has become bloody very quickly; be it direct violence, or later, being rounded up as a social agitator.
The American people have a right to speak up and decide their lives for themselves. It is not the government's job to do this. What she speaks of is not America. It would be her husband's twisted vision of America, and we will have no part of it.


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It's Fathering Sunday ; another opportunity to celebrate Fathers.
Hope you had a memorable and sweet Fathers Day.
Fathers love your children and go the extra mile for them.
Children appreciate and honour your fathers .
I made these Cakes for this Fathers Day weekend -
Cherry Cup cakes , Glacé Cherry Melba Cake and Coconut and Cinnamon Victoria Sandwich cake.
Cherry Cupcakes
Glacé Cherry Cake
Cinnamon and Dessicated Coconut Victoria Sandwich Cake


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Our Friends at Universal Music Canada are predicting huge things for Lana Del Rey (nee Elizabeth Grant). The 25 year-old New York native already has become a huge YouTube sensation with first Single, the somber Video Games already racking-up 11 million-plus views. She's already reached the Top Ten in the UK and even number one in Germany. Second Single Born to Die somewhat echoes the mood of that prior Single and its Video just surfaced today.
Before being re-branded Lana Del Rey on the advice of her Management, she was known simply as Lizzy Grant, achieving limited success. Now with the backing of Interscope Records/Universal Music and a gorgeous Nancy Sinatra-esque Makeover (including fuller lips), it appears Del Rey is ready for her spotlight and the Alt/Indie Scene is eating her up with a buzz about as feverish as that surrounding Amy Winehouse a few years back.


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One of the most useful features across both Google Home and the Amazon Echo series is getting a daily news briefing. Asking both devices to tell you what's going on for your day can include a customized look at news that matters to you from a variety of sources. As of today, there's a new option for getting a news update from your smart speaker, and it comes from a somewhat surprising source: former vice president Joe Biden. "Biden's Briefing" is essentially a short daily podcast featuring news and info curated by Biden -- the content itself is sourced from a wide variety of news publications, including Axios, Bloomberg, BuzzFeed, The Huffington Post, MSNBC, New York Review of Books, Politico, Slate, Vice and Wired.
How exactly the format will work isn't quite clear -- it sounds like Biden will be "curating" the content, but what's unclear is if the program will just replay stories from its sources or if Biden will be offering his own take. Judging from a few pictures the Biden's Briefing team shared, it looks like he'll be recording at least a bit of audio though. Either way, having a former VP dishing news he cares about from a bunch of big media sources is worth paying attention to. Sure, Biden could just share things on Twitter, but this will likely be a much less cluttered look at what Biden's interested in each day. Of course, that's provided you're interested in what he has to say -- time will tell just how partisan this feed is. If you're not a Google Home or Echo user, Biden's Briefing will also be available as a podcast on iTunes, Spotify and TuneIn as well.
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We got to meet Reese Waters after his performance at SCAD. He's a very funny comedian, he's got a laid back style that lets you easily access his material. Here's a picture of us with him.
Yeah, it's kind of blurry. But not as blurry as Josh had told me. The night he told me that that it was out-of-focus, I had a mental image of the international league of Bigfoots meeting: White, black, asian Bigfoots. Sort of like a Rainbow Coalition of Bigfoots.
So I took it upon myself to redraw it, so you can get a clearer picture of some sort. And I included EVERYONE, like Captain Planet and his buddy Jack Daniels.
Friday, March 27, 2009
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Variety reports that "Paramount Pictures has preemptively bought action-comedy pitch Honey Pot from scribe Liz Meriweather for the Montecito Co. to produce. Details of the storyline are being kept under wraps. Pic will feature two female leads and be set in the world of international espionage." Meriweather described the movie to The Hollywood Reporter as "an action comedy about what happens when a bunch of hot funny women get their Bourne on. It's like He's Just Not That Into You, except if he's not into you, you might have to kill him." The latter trade describes the story as "a wish-fulfillment plot line."
Jun 16, 2009
Tradecraft: Female-Driven Spy Comedy On The Way
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niglch wrote:Has anyone ever tried using methane (CH4)? I would venture to guess that it would be somewhat superior to propane due to chemical structure (all C-H bonds).
The heat content from combustion is about 1/2 that of Propane according to this table. Due to the low heat value, I believe the power would suck.


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Terry Francona Signs With The Sox For Three Plus Years...Colon Signs...
Finally, our oh so valuable manager who goes by the name of Terry Francona but is known to his players as Tito has signed a three year contract with his (and our) Boston Red Sox. This is from the Boston Globe...
"With two World Series titles behind him and a clubhouse full of players always ready to sing his praises, manager Terry Francona has reached an agreement on a three-year, $12 million contract extension with the Red Sox that takes him through the 2011 season.
The Sox have the option to add two more years, bringing the potential total value of the package to $20 million, or an average of $4 million a year. The two option years must be exercised together after the 2011 season. If the options are not exercised, Francona receives a $750,000 buyout, guaranteeing him an average payout of $4 million over the three years.
The $4 million mark is a significant one, placing Francona just behind Joe Torre of the Dodgers (a reported 3 years, $13 million) at the highest level of the managerial salary scale."
Peter here, and this is a contract that makes sense! Tito has led the Red Sox to two national championships in the last four years, a feat accomplished by only one other man. I couldn't be happier for him, and now he can set his mind, without any distractions, on the quest for yet another World Series trophy. Good job, Sox FO! GREAT job, Tito!!
In other news, the Sox have signed the up and down Bartolo Colon to a minor league contract. This is also from the Globe, and then I'll be back with something to say about Mr. Colon, who is NOT one of my favorite baseball players on the planet, not by a long shot...
"There were indications late last night that the Sox had offered Colon, who turns 35 May 24, a $1 million make-good contract pending a physical, a spectacular comedown from the $16 million he was paid last season by the Los Angeles Angels, where chronic arm problems long since had forced him to yield his status as staff ace. Colon won the American League Cy Young Award in 2005, then won a total of seven games in the next two seasons.
Like Curt Schilling, whose own shoulder problems are the reason the Sox were drawn to Colon as a possible add-on, Colon's mid-90s fastball is now mere memory. He has had a torn rotator cuff in his shoulder and an impingement in his elbow, opting to try rehabilitation over surgery."
Peter here. He's less than three years removed from a Cy Young award season, and he's a MESS! But I want to emphasise that this is a "no stress" signing for the Boston club. One million bucks will not break anyone's bank, and with Colon's shoulder and elbow problems, who knows what to expect from him. But there are only positives surrounding this signing...the Red Sox don't expect much, and they probably won't get much. But that's OK...there's only petty cash involved, and maybe he'll surprise Red Sox Nation and Red Sox International. Don't hold your breath, though. Please don't.
If you have time, click on the title of this post for the entire Terry Francona article. I wish you the very best of Mondays, and I hope your weekend was a wonderful one. It's nice to be back for yet another week, and we're all seven days closer to the umpire's loud cry of "Play Ball!" And I'm ready to play. Bigtime. As always, BE WELL. And thanks for stopping by...I'd love to read and respond to any and all of your comments.


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So, at 4:45 PM I thought that I should go home already and besides people would be rushing inside the station after 5. I went through the usual MRT thing procedure: buy card-inspection-insert card-get card-blah-blah. Good thing was, there wasn't so many people yet at the time because if was the opposite, hala na.
MRT, as usual, was jam-packed. People from offices, schools, everywhere! And since There was a too little space for some people to fit. Anyway, since there was little space and many people were going out at the same time, I had no choice but also to move (DUH! to him). So I moved towards the door there was this man who bumped me and my heavy things (seriously, what the hell, they were so F-ING heavy). Someone wearing yellow and about in his early 50's but I wasn't able to see his face.
I was close to the door and then he said stuff like, "scholar ka pa man din. Nakasalamin ka pa naman!" I purposely didn't want to hear what he was saying because he sounded like a drunk man who's wanting for attention. And then when we were already in Quezon Avenue, he even sat beside me and said the same things again and again and again. I never heard the end of it. Then, what pissed me off was that when we were about to go out of the train, he said "sige, scholar, lundag!"
Excuse me, mister. First of all, I'm no scholar and have you ever heard that not all people who wears glasses are scholars? S-T-E-R-E-O-T-Y-P-E much. (Thank God for blogs, I'm actually pouring my anger here) Mister, you were in the wrong train. You bumped me and my heavy things. You don't have to be so immature, childish and ill-mannered in public. And EXCUSE-MOI, I didn't do anything wrong with you to start with.
What did I do? NONE. Why?
Ang ganda ko kasi =)) Lumalabo nanaman :-" That was a joke though He's not worth my attention. He's a stranger. He doesn't know me, I don't know him. So what's the point? Who was he anyway? He doesn't really matter. Di tayo close, okay.
So, guys, what's up? :D
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While on the subject of what a counselor can and cannot do...
As you know, beginning with year 2007, the tax statements for the US were required to be signed by the bishop.
I am no longer the financial clerk for our ward, but I noticed on my tax statement for 2008 it was signed by the 2nd counselor with the word "for" and then the bishop's name underneath (I assume the bishop authorized it).
Probably none of you reading this work for the IRS, so you can't say what the government policy is, but does anyone know the church policy on whether it is OK for the 2nd counselor to do this?
What can or can't a counselor sign?
Use this forum to discuss issues that are not found in any of the other clerk and stake technology specialist forums.
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Matt says: Managing your love life is challenging at the best of times. When you're also undergoing cancer treatment it's important you have access to the support you need to continue making the most of this aspect of your life.
Relationships aren't for everyone of course, but whatever your experience it's worth knowing that advice is on hand to help deal with strong feelings or difficult situations. Here are my answers to some of your questions.
- I've met someone new, and I'm not sure if it's the right time to tell her I have cancer.
- My girlfriend's attitude towards our relationship is changing now that I have cancer. What can I do?
- My treatment means I can't see my girlfriend very often, and it's making me miserable. How can we keep our relationship strong while we're apart?
- I'm with someone who is also having cancer treatment. How will this affect us?
- I've just broken up with my boyfriend, right in the middle of treatment, and it feels like I can't cope.
- I'm single and living with cancer. I want to be in a relationship but I'm worried nobody will be interested.
- I've heard cancer treatment may affect my appearance. Now I keep thinking it means my boyfriend might go off me.
- Cancer is affecting my body in so many ways. Can it affect sex, too?
- Sex hurts since I've started treatment. What's going on?
- What about treatment and oral sex?
- I've been told to use contraception while I'm having cancer treatment. Why is that?
- My partner and I are hoping to have children. Will cancer and treatment change things?
- I've been getting to grips with my sexuality. How is cancer going to affect this?
Talking to others
- It's awkward to talk about sex. How do I raise the subject with my boyfriend and my care team?
- Suddenly my parents are really involved in my life again. How can I get some privacy?
- Who can help me with sex and relationship problems?
Other advice and support
Your care team is the best place to start. They may be able to help or tell you about additional services in your area. Find out more about where to get advice and support.
You can also contact CLIC Sargent and we'll put you through to someone who can help. Telephone: 0300 330 0803 or email us at email@example.com
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French blog that recently posted photos of alleged iPhone 5 parts is back with images of purported next generation dock connector that possesses smaller size with 9 golden pins on both sides of it. We have been hearing about Apple making the dock connector smaller on next generation iOS devices but this is the first time ever someone has actually posted photos of them online for all of us to see. that might have received these images from it's source in China calls them 'rather convincing'.
As you can see in the images, the new port is quite thin and features pins on both sides, that means you will be able to put the wire in your iPhone from either side without worrying about the direction. This two sided port will look familiar to those who own a Macbook, as it is quite similar to Macbook's power cable that is also two sided
.There are only 8 golden pins visible in the picture, then how could this be a 9-pin connector you might wonder. Well a guy from iFixit told MacRumors that this is because the metal frame counts as a grounding pin, and that makes the total number of pins 9. If we consider the code that was found in iOS 6 beta that featured a string referencing to a 9-pin connector, this leak by NoWhereElse starts looking legitimate, though nothing can be said with certainty at this point of time. "We have obtained new information about this connector. We have indeed learned that it is not equipped with 8 but 16 pins with distinct functions (8 pins on each side), noting that one side would currently have no specific function and might be saved for future use."


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Q--What happens when a picture that is entered in a photo contest loses?
Does the photographer file it away--or throw it away?
A--That depends on the photographer. Professionals keep all their photographs, whether they win or not.
You must remember that only a few entries can be winners. Sometimes the best photograph does not win, because in photo contests winners are selected by groups of three to five judges.


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The "new" Johnny Cash album, made up of sessions he recorded with producer Rick Rubin in the months leading up to his death 2003, is a thirty-two minute communion with the dead. These songs from the great beyond bring good and ill tidings. While nothing here ascends to the heights of the stomping "God's Gonna Cut You Down" from his last posthumous album, neither is there anything as painfully unnecessary as that album's cover of Rod McKuen's "Love's Been Good To Me". Like that last album, many of these songs, both in their performance and in our hearing of them, gain a poignancy by their proximity to death. The sepulchral "Aint No Grave" is the one of the latter-day Cash's finest moments and even the shop-worn "For The Good Times" gains an some urgency in this reading. The collection is a fine addition to The Man in Black's enormous catalog but knowing the wealth of material recorded before his death, listeners can be assured that the Rubin has by no means emptied the vault of Cash
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Q: Due to the fact there were no questions this month, I would like to look in detail at some of the deficiencies noted in the latest round (Round 4) of BMP compliance monitoring.
A: The report, "Voluntary Compliance with Forestry Best Management Practices in East Texas," noted two major deficiencies during the evaluation of 150 forestry sites from June 3, 1998 to August 31, 1999. The first area of deficiency was sedimentation from stream crossings. The second area of concern was erosion problems from skid trails and temporary roads. This month lets look at the problem with stream crossings in closer detail.
Stream crossings can potentially contribute a large portion of sediment to a stream, thereby impacting water quality. This is one reason why we should really work hard to install them properly. The best stream crossing is one that never occurred. How can this happen? During the planning stage of your harvest operation, use tools like aerial photographs, topographical maps, and soil surveys in combination with field reconnaissance to determine site conditions.
By using these tools and getting out on the ground, you may be able to spot some backside access to the timber. Sometimes it is worth paying an adjoining landowner a couple hundred dollars to gain access than it is to build a crossing. If that is not possible, and many times it isn't, then it becomes really important that you install your crossing properly so that you minimize the potential for sedimentation to occur.
There are a number of methods available to successfully cross streams and have little impact on water quality. You could try using a brush crossing or laying logs in the stream channel lengthwise. These types of crossings are very inexpensive and generally have a minimal impact on water quality as long as the material is removed promptly. Another alternative is temporary bridges like crossing mats or a bridge made of poles that can be loaded onto the truck later. When using culverts for permanent or temporary crossings, it is extremely important that they be properly sized. The culvert should be large enough to handle the stream's maximum flow. They should also be maintained and kept free of debris. There is a culvert size chart located on page 50 in the Texas Forestry Best Management Practices – "Bluebook."
Lastly, you should always cross streams at right angles and use of equipment in the streambed should be kept to an absolute minimum. It is also important that the approaches to the crossing be stabilized with appropriate structures. Stream crossings also require frequent inspections during operations to determine their functional and safe condition. When needed, corrective measures should be taken immediately to fully restore the crossing.
Next month if there are no questions we will look at how to improve on erosion problems from skid trails and temporary roads. If you do have a question regarding BMPs please contact me.
* This article was published in the February 2001 issue of the Texas Logger


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So apparently tomorrow is Christmas Eve. Tomorrow is also when I'm getting on a plane.
I haven't packed any clothes yet. I gathered all the gifts I'm bringing, and put all my favorite photos in little flip albums, and set both camera cases in the suitcase, but no clothes or other necessities.
I have to fly out of stupid Newark. I hate Newark. Or maybe I hate living way the eff out in Queens, an hour or more away from everything.
I'm going home for five days. I'm looking forward to seeing family and friends new and old, but overall I'm feeling distinctly meh about it. It's going to be more of a juggling act than relaxing visit.
Actually, I'm pretty meh about everything right now. Including me.
I guess I'll go throw some clothes into my bag now. Meh.


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This makes a lot. My grandmother used to make a similar soup and keep it in the refrigerator to snack on when we were kids 🙂
Bacon and Tomato Soup
12oz bacon, cut into small pieces
1 large onion, chopped
4 cloves garlic, sliced thin or minced
1/2 pound chicken breast, diced small (or sausage, ground beef, turkey, etc)
20oz canned diced tomatoes (or whole tomatoes, broken up)
20oz tomato sauce
3 cups chicken or beef broth (your preference), reserve 1 cup
2 large carrots, chopped fine or shredded
1/2 a large cabbage, chopped (about 6 cups)
2 bay leaf
1 heaping teaspoon dried Italian seasoning
1 teaspoon salt
1/2 teaspoon pepper
3 large eggs (optional)
Optional: bag of frozen green beans, peas, carrots, etc
Fry the bacon in a large pot until crisp. Add the chicken, onion, garlic and carrot and saute for 2-3 minutes.
Add everything except 1 cup of broth and the eggs(if using).
Bring to a simmer, cover and simmer for 30-45 minutes until the cabbage is cooked soft.
If you're using the eggs: blend the eggs with the reserved broth and stir into the lightly simmering soup. It will enrich and lightly thicken the soup.
Taste for seasoning and add more salt and pepper if desired.
*Optional: add 1tsp crushed pepper flakes, or use 1/2-1 cup of your favorite salsa in place of the same amount of diced tomatoes.


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Friday, April 6, 2012
Parlor Music
Keith playing Parlor Music from the 1800's. Elzick's Farewell, Dusty Rose, Kentucky Waltz. The first two are of Celtic origin, the last is all American. A perfect background for your historic restaurant atmosphere. Booking 706-923-0031
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On day 14 they all go into the hatcher! Pip, Zip, Pop!
There are 3 babies under the heat lamp and 2 eggs that haven't hatched....yet? This is very fun and exciting. Stay tuned for more hatching posts.... Jeanie also gave us some chicken eggs! :o)-
Nothing could possibly be cuter than all this. You are having the funnest time with poultry. Lucky kids to have parents like you!
i love your little quails!
I've never seen a baby quail, especially freshly hatched. So cute! I am loving all of the poultry and egg hatching fun you're having!
What happened to the eglu? Did that work very well? I went to your blog before coming here. Wow, you are quite the little farmer now, huh? Looks like fun.


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