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Hot band alert! Please put the 4 piece Icelandic band Kaleo on your radar if they are not already. Fusing the worlds of rock, pop and folk seamlessly, Kaleo are poised to become huge. They played their first ever show in New York on July 15, 2015 and both the audience and myself loved what we heard. Even if you didn't like their music, there is visual eye candy for days. Lead singer Jökull Júlíusson has that perfect strand of hair that falls in his face, amazing biceps and a voice that makes him sound like he's been performing for decades. Just check out the video below if you don't believe me. He also is an expert whistler, though you won't hear it in the video below.
The video you are about to see is Kaleo's soon to be hit, "I Walk On Water." The song starts off really slow and mellow, but don't get discouraged if you don't get instant gratification. After a minute or two, the song picks up steam and you will see exactly why you need this band in your life.
I spoke with the band after the show (see below) and I told them about my trip to Iceland from a few years ago, and we discussed how beautiful their country is. If you have not been, I highly recommend it. They told me that they recently filmed a video inside a volcano (which will be out in the coming months) in Iceland, but for the time being, they have relocated to Austin, Texas. Look for their debut album to come out in late 2015 or early 2016. Thanks again for a great show Kaleo! Looking forward to hearing and seeing more great things to come!
Kaleo are: Jökull Júlíusson – Vocals and guitar (white shirt), Davíð Antonsson – Percussion and vocals (blue shirt), Daníel Ægir Kristjánsson – Bass (red shirt), Rubin Pollock – Guitar (far right, grey shirt)

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by Frank Hennemann & Thorsten Seifert (August 2000)
(by positioning the mouse pointer over the pictures you will get more infos about the pictures)
About the island
Sri Lanka is an island just 50 km off the eastern coast of southern India. It became independent from Britain as the Commonwealth of Ceylon in 1948. and in 1972 became a republic within the Commonwealth. The capital Colombo is situated on the west coast and has about 1,7 million inhabitants. Sri Lanka is situated between 5°55' to 9°55' N and 79°42' to 81°52' E, about 700 kilometres north of the equator, and covers an area of 65.610 qkm (which is about the size of the German state of Bayern). The total population is about 21 millions. with a population density of about 320 people per qkm.
Wide areas are covered by hilly land, with a highland (up to 2500 m high) in the central region of the island. The highest mountain peaks are Pidurutalagala (2524 m) near Nuwara Eliya and the adjacent Sri Pada (Adam's Peak, 2243 m). The spring of Sri Lankas's longest river, the Mahaweli Ganga, is the foot of Sri Pada. The mountains raise up steeply close to the southern coast where the climate is tropical and humid, still with great parts covered in rain forest. Sri Lanka's northern portion is much more plain with a warm and rather dry climate, the vegetation being dominated by dry bushland and savannahs.
The substantial diversity in it's appearance is much influenced by the monsoon, which reaches the island from southwest during the summer months. When the clouds raise up the southern mountain slopes, they loose most of their humidity, which results in the vegetation zones described.
During our stay we made close encounter with the monsoon in Nuwara Eliya where we had daily rain and clouds were hanging low. A second, yet less strong monsoon reaches the island from northeast during the winter months.
Great parts of the central highland are nowadays used for growing tea (almost 240.000 hectars) which is one of Sri Lanka's main export products. The primary rain forests which orginally covered this area has been mostly deforested with dispersed areas of primary forest only found at high altitudes.
After a 10-hour flight from Frankfurt we arrived at Colombo early in the morning. There we were picked up by our driver, who should also be our driver and guide for our entire time in Sri Lanka. It took us a 4-hour drive to reach our destiny, the Hunas Falls Hotel, which is situated about 25 km north of the town Kandy (500 m), in the heart of the Central Highlands. Our accomodation was offroad in the Elkaduwa mountains, admidst tea and cinnamon plantations and not far from the rushing Hunas Falls at an altitude of approximately 1000 m. To reach our hotel we had to take a narrow, winding and badly maintained road. But the service was excellent and the comfortable, clean rooms offered an exquisite view over the nearby mountains and valleys.
Every drive to Kandy took us 45 minutes because of the miserable road conditions, but the gorgeous landscape made it always appear rather short!
Hunas Falls
During the day we already explored the area of the Hunas Falls and looked out for feeding marks on possible food-plants in orderf to be well prepared for our first search during the night.
At sunset we set out to our previously discovered collecting site, equiped with torches, spare batteries and plastic boxes. The first evening we were heading for the opulent vegetation alongside the narrow street, which leads from our hotel to Elkaduwa (800 m).
But collecting prooved to be more difficult than expected - several times we were disturbed by the dogs of plantation workers living along the street and annoying leechs were hindering a continuos colleting. Every now and then we had to stop collecting, to pick of numerous of these small, brown blood-suckers, which tried to get to the feet and legs even through the smallest gaps in our shoes.
Collecting along the street was not really productive, we only found could 4 specimens of Sceptrophasma humilis (Westwood, 1859) and a female of Ramulus humberti (Saussure, 1862) during two hours of intensive searching. Consequently, we decided to make a small turnoff and return to our hotel. With surprise we discovered that prospecting the cultivated hedges and forest edges along the plantations and the properties of plantation workers (900-1000 m) were much more productive. So, it was clear where we would collect in the coming nights.
Here we found several adults and nymphs of three distinct species on cultivated Acalypha (Euphorbiaceae) and red-flowered hibiscus (Hibiscus rosa-sinensis or H. mutabilis, Malvaceae). Exclusively on the hibiscus we found adults of the bizarre Prisomera spinicollis (Gray, 1835), a very characteristic species for Central Sri Lanka. On Acalypha we found numerous Cuniculina cunicula (Westwood, 1859) in all stages of developement and a few adults of Ramulus pseudoporus (Westwood, 1859, = R. lobulatus Brunner v. W., 1907).
On two isolated shrubs with very long leaves (maybe Ixora sp., Rubiaceae) we found five adult females of Paraprisomera coronata (Brunner v. Wattenwyl, 1907).
Above our hotel (1100 m), at the edge of the rain forest we discovered several adult specimens of Paramenexenus ceylonicus (Saussure, 1868) on dispersed bramble groves (Rubus sp., Rosaceae).
Eggs were collected from all five species, which we took back to Germany for breeding purposes.
Kandy (Central Province) is with 150.000 habitants Sri Lanka's second biggest town. It is situated some 115 km northeast of Colombo with admist hilly land and the caracteristic Knockle's Range to it's east. Kandy lies at an altitude of 500 m with a rather cool climate and is on three sides bordered by the river Mahaweli Ganga.
There we visited one of our drivers friends who lives near Gampola where he intended to open up his own restaurant. After some cool drinks and a few explanations we drove to the property of his father just beside Mahaweli Ganga close to Gelioya (500 m).
He told us that he has seen phasmids on numerous occasions there. He even knew Walkin-Leaves (Phyllium bioculatum Gray, 1832), but said they were quite rare in this area and sometimes found on Guava trees. Though not successful in finding Phyllium, we encountered some Sceptrophasma humilis (Westwood, 1859) and subadult nymphs of Nescicroa sparaxes (Westwood, 1859) on low-growing vegetation alongside a narrow field path about 50 m away from the river.
After finishing our nocturnal collecting we returned to the house of our hospitable guide, where we spent a comfy evening with Old Arrack and beer.
Nuwara Eliya
The "town of light" is Sri Lankas highest situated and most english-looking health resort. It lies in a plateau at an altitude of 1889 m and is surrounded by tea and vegetable plantations. The avarage temperature is 16 °C, while maximum rainfall occurs during June and July. Most of the surrounding of Nuwara Eliya ist deforested with plantations and scattered Eucalyptus grandis (Myrtaceae) trees dominating the scenery.
After 3 days it became clear to us why the British felt so comfortable here and built the magnificent, old english-style Grand Hotel. A fine drizzle day-in day-out, thick fog and astonishingly low temperatures. In Kandapola (1900 m), just a few kilometers north of Nuwara Eliya we visited yet another friend of our driver, one of the resident vegetable gardeners. His mother and one of his employees reported to have seen phasmids (called "wanda") in adjacent pine and eucalyptus forests regularely.
So, after sunset we set out for these adjacent pine forests, protected with caps and cagoule accompanied by that employee. A heavy storm and downpour complicated collecting, but at least we were not attacked by leeches. After some time of searching we discovered adult males and females of Lopaphus srilankensis montanus (Hennemann, 2002) and a couple of Parasipyloidea seiferti (Hennemann, 2002). Both species were not described back then, which however was not astonishing in such a poorly prospected area. It seemed that they were feeding on low-growing, small-leaved shrubs which were scattered on the forest floor (similar to Hypericum). After collecting we enjoyed a delicious dinner - Srilankan style and cooked by our driver!
Horton Plains
While staying at Nuwara Eliya we visited the Horton Plains National Park, an absolutely unique and rainy high altitude plateau at about 2000 m some kilometres south of Nuwara Eliya. It is characterised by a cool, stormy and humid climate and is home to a great number of very rare and partially endemic animal species - like deers, leopards, bears and different monkeys. The extensive plateau is dominated by open grasslands and dense dwarft-forests with swamps and clear rivers but in the south abruptly ends at the so-called "World's End", an almost vertical scarp some 600 metres deep.
After exploring great parts of the Park for several hours, we left - deeply impressed by this one-of-a-kind natural paradise - to drive back to Nuwara Eliya. We could find countless feeding marks on various plants, but unfortunately night-collecting was impossible due to several reasons. Certainly, extensive collecting in such a unique and very poorly prospected area would reveal numerous new species of phasmids. For instance, the Horton Plains are home to two tiny, highly specialized and endemic Miniphasma-species (Subfamily Pachymorphinae), which are amongst the smallest Phasmatodea known.
The material collected on this trip was studied in the following publication:
HENNEMANN, F. H. (2002): Notes on the Phasmatodea of Sri Lanka (Orthoptera). Mitteilungen der Münchner Entomologischen Gesellschaft, 92: 37-78.


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Writer, comedian and activist Mark Thomas appeared on BBC Radio 4's Front Row to discuss his latest show Bravo Figaro!. The programme is now available to listen on iPlayer.
Originally developed for the Deloitte Ignite festival in 2011, the show is a touching and personal account of Mark's relationship with his father Colin.
Mark, a libertarian, atheist and punk addict, frequently clashed with his father, a self-employed builder and Methodist lay preacher with a love of opera. However, when Colin was diagnosed with progressive supranuclear palsy (PSP), Mark developed a new appreciation for his father's passion.
Bravo Figaro! tells of how Mark used opera to reach out to his father when other forms of communication were closed down by the effects of his father's illness. Subtitled 'How to put on an opera in a bungalow in Bournemouth', the show explores complex family dynamics and the power of music.
The show came into being when Mark was featured on Radio 4's Saturday Live Inheritance Tracks, a programme in which guests choose tracks that remind them of their family. Mark chose an aria from the Barber of Seville. That year's director of the Deloitte Ignite Festival, filmmaker and musician Mike Figgis, was listening, and subsequently approached Mark to suggest collaborating on a project for the festival. In return, a group of Royal Opera singers performed for Mark's father in his living room in Bournemouth.
Read a piece in the Evening Standard about the story behind Bravo Figaro!.
The show will debuts tonight (3 August) at the Traverse Theatre as part of the Edinburgh Fringe Festival. It opens at the Royal Opera House in the Linbury Studio Theatre on 29 November.


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Tech Scientists Testing New Method of Sequestering Carbon Dioxide, Sept. 9, 2008
By Thomas Guengerich
SOCORRO, N.M., Sept. 9, 2008 – New Mexico Tech researchers are conducting a large-scale experiment near Aztec, N.M. that will have a dramatic impact on future outlook on greenhouses gases, fossil fuels and the oil and gas industry.
Tech researchers are leading a team sequestering carbon dioxide into coal beds, while simultaneously recovering natural gas. The total funding of the three phases is about $90 million in grants from the U.S. Department of Energy and more than $30 million from other sources. Tech scientists are leading the project, with more than 20 partners, including other universities, national labs and industrial subcontractors.
The San Juan Basin project is part of Phase II of a three-phase project. The goal of the San Juan Basin injection project is to inject 35,000 tons of carbon dioxide during a six-month demonstration near Navajo City, N.M. Phase III will involve a four-year injection project in Utah, sequestering up to 2.9 million tons of CO2 with a maximum rate of 1 million tons per year.
"Our purpose isn't to make judgments about global warming," said senior scientist Reid Grigg. "Our purpose is to engineer projects to sequester CO2. I believe what we are doing is sound engineering and sound science. If we inject CO2, we want to do it under sound scientific and sound engineering principles."
The six-month injection project in the San Juan Basin is a precursor to a larger project near Price, Utah, with goal of injecting about 2.9 million tons of carbon dioxide to be injected into a geologic feature called the Farnham Dome.
"We need to do all sorts of things to solve the energy crisis," he said. "To solve global warming, we need to look at carbon dioxide and we need to show that this can be done."
Grigg, an engineer at New Mexico Tech, said the decade-long project is examining methods of sequestering CO2 into geological formations. The San Juan Basin coalbed methane site is one of three injection sites being used in Phase II.
In many coal deposits, methane or natural gas, is trapped within carbon deposits. When carbon dioxide is injected into the coal bed, the gas is absorbed by the coal, forcing methane out, Grigg said. Many coal beds in the United States are saturated with natural gas, but much of the gas is not extracted because methane is "stuck" in the coal. CO2 shares the same tendency to bind to coal. Laboratory tests show that coal preferentially absorbs CO2 over methane, with two molecules of carbon dioxide displacing one molecule of methane, Grigg said.
Until recently, the cost of injecting CO2 was more than the value of the produced methane. Recent price increases make the process cost-effective, Grigg said."Just two years ago, the cost of injection was more than the price for methane," Grigg said. "With the price of methane going up and people wanting to get rid of CO2, this process looks like a good sink to store CO2."
At the San Juan Basin, there are three 20-foot layers of coal each separated by about 20 feet of rock at depths between 2,800 to 3,000 feet, Grigg said. One well was drilled, completed into the three coal zones where CO2 is presently being injecting into each layer, Grigg said.
As the San Juan Basin project proceeds, scientists are using pressure gauges, tiltmeters that record minute surface movement, tracers, seismic methods, and compositional sensors to track the movement of CO2, Grigg said.
"We have all kinds of nifty gadgets," Grigg said. "One device was sensitive enough that we recorded the big earthquake in China on May 12."
The project started with drilling the injection well in early May, with injection commencing on July 30. As the project proceeds, the rate of injection has been increasing, while project scientists track the surface pressure to ensure subsurface pressures do not exceed recommended levels.
Tech scientists at the Petroleum Research Recovery Center have been studying processes of injecting carbon dioxide into geological formations since the late 1970s, Grigg said. For the first 20 years, the studies concentrated on the industrial use of injected CO2 for enhanced oil recovery. In the late 1990s, the focus started to shift toward sequestration of CO2, using the same techniques. The long-term goal is to discover if carbon-dioxide can effectively be sequestered in geological formations. In cases like the San Juan Basin, the process is made more cost effective by the fact that the extracted natural gas is marketable.
Currently, researchers are using naturally-occurring carbon dioxide. Ultimately, Grigg said the process could be used to sequester manmade carbon dioxide – mostly from power plant emissions. Presently the largest problem is the cost of separating CO2 from other gases.
"We have a couple of methods of separating carbon dioxide from power plant emissions that work well," he said. "The problem is that they cost a lot."
Typically, power plant emissions are 85 percent nitrogen and 15 percent carbon dioxide. Scientists have devised methods to separate the two chemicals, but there is no market for nitrogen.
Grigg said the cost of separation is roughly 30 percent of the cost of power generation. In other words, for every 10 power plants, the industry would need three more power plants to produce enough energy to separate carbon dioxide from nitrogen.
New Mexico Institute of Mining and Technology is the lead organization of the U.S. Department of Energy's Southwest Regional Partnership for Carbon Sequestration. The partnership includes the states of Colorado, New Mexico and Utah, as well as portions of Arizona, Kansas, Texas, Oklahoma, and Wyoming. The Southwest partnership is one of seven regional groups.


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From the San Francisco Giants to the Atlanta Braves to the Washington Nationals to the ... San Rafael Pacifics?
"I climbed the ladder to the bottom rung," Mike Shapiro said, "and I'm so happy. I love doing this."
California's only professional independent team is preparing for its inaugural season in the North American Baseball League, and its home is an unlikely one, a 6-decade-old, 750-seat facility called Albert Park in downtown San Rafael.
Shapiro, the Giants' former general counsel who has beefed up his pro sports resume since leaving the team in 1993, is the Pacifics' president, general manager and chief organizer.
The Pacifics plan to play in a 10-team league, including six teams from Texas. Other sites are Yuma, Ariz.; Edmonton, Alberta; and Maui - yes, Maui. The season is 88 games and opens in May, and Shapiro hired a couple of former big-leaguers to run the team.
The manager is ex-Dodgers outfielder Mike Marshall, the pitching coach ex-Giant Mike LaCoss.
"We're going to surprise some people with the level of ball," Marshall said. "We're not affiliated with a major-league team, so we're not dealing with a high draft pick who's on a pitch count to be groomed for the next level. If we find a big hitter, we're going to put him in the middle of the lineup and ask him to hit home runs and bring people to the games."
Independent ball has been a part of Marshall's life - as a player, manager and executive - from when he was a Schaumburg (Ill.) Flyer in 1999 to stops in Albany, N.Y.; Fort Worth and El Paso, Texas; Yuma; and, most recently, the now defunct Chico Outlaws, who won the 2010 NABL title.
The Pacifics have three players under contract and could add a few more from a tryout at Oakland's Laney College on Jan. 22. More than 60 candidates braved the rain and cold to prove they're pro ballplayers - or perhaps guys with trouble throwing across the diamond.
Because the opener isn't until May, the Pacifics could add players dropped from big-league-affiliated farm teams.
"It's about finding a diamond in the rough," Shapiro said.
Giants reliever Sergio Romo pitched for Marshall on the 2007 Yuma Scorpions, an independent winter-ball team. And remember the name Jason Stevenson. After five years out of baseball, the lefty went 8-0 with a 1.68 ERA in nine starts for Marshall's 2011 Chico team before the Giants bought him in late August and inserted him in their Triple-A Fresno rotation.
Stevenson finished the season in the Eastern League playoffs with Double-A Richmond, and now, at 30, he'll report to the Giants' minor-league camp next month.
"We're little ol' San Rafael, but the same could happen with us," said Marshall, whose wife, Mary, is one of four full-timers in the Pacifics' front office. She's the assistant GM and is selling corporate sponsorships and ticket packages.
One obstacle: a lawsuit filed by a neighborhood group seeking to shut down the plan and asking for an environmental impact report. The case goes to a judge on Feb. 28. Concessions made so far by the team, according to Shapiro, include settling on a one-year lease instead of three-year, free parking (so customers wouldn't try to park elsewhere in the neighborhood), and ending music and beer/wine sales at 9 p.m.
If the Pacifics get their way, they'll play in the NABL's smallest stadium, "probably the smallest facility in professional sports," said Shapiro, who plans to add seating to Albert Park. "But it's charming and wonderful."
Tickets will range from $10 for the grandstand behind the plate to $20 alongside the dugouts.
Despite the tiny park and significant expenses, particularly with travel, Shapiro sees it as a profitable venture. The league cuts costs in a variety of ways. The home team not only supplies batting practice balls, it also pays for the visiting team's hotels, bus rides and clubhouse meals, potentially a much cheaper option considering the local club's capacity for trade-outs.
Shapiro, who lives in nearby Corte Madera, teamed with owner Brian Clark of Dublin, who obtained exclusive independent-ball rights to the Bay Area. Shapiro said his group is looking to control at least four Bay Area teams, initially eyeing Dublin and Sonoma County.
"I want after every game for a family of four to walk out and say, 'I had fun and I'm going to tell my friends and, oh, by the way, who won the game?' " Shapiro said. "Everything is about fan experience, good food and entertainment."
Marshall would add winning to the list. Raised in the Dodgers' organization, he played on L.A.'s 1988 team, which upset the A's in the World Series. He appeared in five postseasons, but Giants fans might remember him for his 10th-inning, game-winning homer at Candlestick Park in April 1987.
Rounding the bases, Marshall repeatedly pointed at Giants manager Roger Craig, who had intentionally walked Pedro Guerrero a third time to face Marshall. With the next pitch, Scott Garrelts threw over Alex Treviño's head, prompting both benches to empty onto the field in standard Giants-Dodgers fashion.
Marshall apologized after the game.
"Not my proudest moment," Marshall says now.
In a more recent on-field spat, he fought with Yuma third baseman Tony Phillips in August. The same Phillips, 52, who played on that '88 A's team that Marshall's Dodgers beat. The Yuma team's manager? Jose Canseco. Marshall speaks of a series of events leading up to the fracas and "a lot of verbal abuse by Tony Phillips and unprofessionalism by Jose Canseco."
Shapiro, who teaches a sports management class at USF, worked for the Giants under Bob Lurie's ownership and helped introduce Giants Vision, a predecessor to the current cable network. He was senior counsel for the Braves, negotiating the transition of Olympic Stadium into Turner Field. He helped oversee the Nationals' move from Montreal to Washington, and worked as a liaison between Nike and Tiger Woods.
The Pacifics are altogether different.
"This is enormously more difficult than major-league baseball, which has all the resources and subgroups. Here, I wear all the hats," said Shapiro, who also delegates. "My wife will do concessions, and my kids will sell popcorn and take tickets."
John Shea is a San Francisco Chronicle staff writer. email@example.com


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A Journal - commencing 19 May 75
May 19 [1775]. I arrived
in Town from
Charlestown at 1 oClo.
after having seated & left my Mamma, Aunts & Sisters
with Canterbury at Taunton on Acco't of the distrest
Situation of Boston.
21 [May 1775]. A Party of
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I just joined this group today. I have been looking for a "safe" place to discuss/share my skeptizism (sp?) in god.Specifically, how to deal with my family who are either evangelical christians (my wife and two children-one adult one teenager), or church-going catholics (my sibilings, mother, cousins). I am finding it increasingly difficult to attend service on Sundays (to appease my wife)-and suffer the endless praising,singing, and ridiculous sermons. It is getting more and more difficult to sit through-and "communion day" is the worst, as you sit there alone singled out as the only one not partaking in this ritual (I dread Sundays, to be honest). I hope you all can give me some guidance, or at least some sympathy! Thanks
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Ted, You're absolutely right about the sincerely wrong preachers. That reminded me of a particular sermon where a minister happened to have a neighbor/friend who was gay. so one day when this gay man came to cry on the shoulder of the minister after breaking up with his partner, he broke down sobbing and asked "what's wrong with me,it's not my fault I am like this".Well the minister told him "yes it is your fault!" (can you imagine how confused this poor fellow must have been?) Well the point of the story was that this fellow eventually started attending church and told this minister (so the story goes) that he was seeing a woman. The point being that "jesus" cured him.What I took away was a poor confused gay man seeking some kind of acceptance or approval from some group. I doubt if his relationship with the woman developed into anything serious.And maybe the minister made the whole thing up,who knows? Anyways, he was quite pleased with himself for the "advice" he gave.
Ryan-thanks for the heads up-I don't have a problem with anyone's politics or beliefs as long as they are rational and can have a civil discussion. I don't quite get the intolerance thing, it kind of goes against what being a liberal is all about IMO.
So glad to have you here. We are here to listen to you and help out any way we can.
Thanks, it feels like home.
Welcome :)
As an outsider to the US, and brought up in a largely secular environment/country, I constantly feel sorry for so many Americans who have been are forced down the path of religion. :(
Sounds like you are ready for a change and it seems you are taking the first steps? The only words of encouragement I would give at this point, is imagine you are old and grey and looking in the mirror, back at your life and the things you have done.........the only person in life that casts judgement is first and foremost.....ourself! That's who you must please first, or esle we run the risk of living a lie!!
On a lighter note......a little story for you:)..........many years ago my previous partner was Catholic and one Sunday she badgered me into going to church, arhh the things you do for love!!!...this was before my hard nosed atheism had developed. Anyway as soon as I crossed the church threshold, she started acting strange.....dabbing water on her head, kneeling in the pews and praying........."who is this person I was thinking".....anyway the priest started coming down the aisle from the back of the church.....and that's when I got up, I couldn't take it anymore......I walked past him smiling and out the door...................I had lasted less than one minute in catholic mass...he, he :). The reason I have shared this, is to show a comparative. That as someone brought up secular I couldn't swallow one church service as an adult...........so, I take my hat of to you for week after week of sitting there, suffering in silence. I think you have done your 'whack' as they say............say hello to freedom & thinking for yourself....its great!!! :)
Hi, well thanks for the support. i was raised a Catholic, so i am well acquainted with the church.Frankly, I find catholic services much more bearable than evangelical ones which come off as down right creepy at times (waay over the top "Jesus is lord" stuff) -if you couldn't handle a catholic service, I would love to see your expression at an evangelical one!
Yep.....your probably right.....I would probably run screaming from an Evangelical one!!
However I am older now and in someways more measured....so I could no doubt discipline myself to sit through it.........a sort of self challenge........always good to see what others are doing and all that. :)
Once again welcome. :)
I was in a similar situation, but not identical to yours. My wife was a believer in the Seventh Day Adventist Church. Though she was hardly a model Christian, she did firmly believe the dogma. When I met her, I was pretty much a Deist. About 5 years in, I finally came to the conclusion there was no god. When I finally told her I was an atheist, she didn't understand, but she stuck with me though making me attend a few more Saturday services.
What I realized later is that my confession to her had sparked an internal debate for her. She always had harbored some doubts, but disregarded them as the devils doing. Knowing I was an atheist allowed her to open up to me and discuss things frankly and objectively. It took a couple more years, but she came around as well and is a straight up atheist too.
I'm not saying you should do the same thing. I don't know your wife or situation well enough to make any such recommendations. I'm just suggesting that for most believers in modern society, there is some level of cognitive dissonance that is ignored, and only exposed when someone close to them gives them the reason.
You have to do what is best for you and your family. You have to decide how long this conflict can go on and how it affects your collective happiness. Some people can do it and just keep up a front forever. Others fall into a deep depression and feelings of isolation because they feel they can't identify with anyone around them. Its very much like living inside the closet.
if you haven't already, definitely check out www.recoveringfromreligion.org
I would offer you good luck, but I don't believe that either. So hang in there.
Hi Jason, well you are right, I don't know how long the conflict can go on, I just hope that my wife can accept me as i am for now, and not force the church issue too much.Thanks for your support.
Since I came out very firmly as an atheist, I haven't even been asked to church. Not even when my mother was singing in the xmas eve service. It's awesome. Totally worth putting my foot down.
I don't have a wife and kids, and I know that is different.
I hope you can find some resolution. I can only imagine that "required" church going will lead to extreme resentment.
Hi dr kellie, you are probably right, there is a little resentment, but also a little guilt as my wife simply doesn't want to be alone at the services. she points out that there are others there who's spouses are not believers, but they attend nonetheless to support the other. I know the obvious question is "why support something you don't believe in?", but since i feel that my wife "needs" her religion, I just think I should be there for her.but yes, it is a little complicated.Thanks for the feedback.
Hey, Mark, and dr kellie! I'm lucky in that my wife goes to church to be with her parents so no problem me being out of that loop. What I wanted to comment on is your statement that your wife "needs" her religion. I think this is a point that those not in our situation can't grasp.
When we've been married a long time and have a very strong love and devotion to our spouse we naturally get to know them very well. We understand their psychological makeup as much, sometimes more, than their sometimes silly habits or thoughts on one or the other subject. Having gone through the hell--and it is hell--of loosing our faith entirely we know the trauma it can cause. I don't know about you but I had the most incredible fear for a couple months I was like a guy walking around with pins sticking in me all over. I never have been given to fear but buddy I learned it well then. It's not something I would wish on anyone, and I know that many, many former religious people have to go through that time to get out the other side.
I do want my wife to wake up to rational reality but I am loathe to push her into such an experience. I think many people arrive at a kind of agnostic atheism over years of turning loose of one after the other of the myths of their religion. To me it's not as important that someone cut loose entirely from some kind of nugget belief in a deity than it is they recognize the validity of truth.
I will not make the same mistake I made going the other way in christianity when I badgered her for failing to "live up" to certain standards and in the process very nearly destroyed her mental state and our marriage. I was not nasty or condescending but merely pushed myself to live a high standard and constantly coaxed and encouraged her to do as I did. Now I am not only ashamed of what I did to her back then but I also understand that while it is important that I hide nothing about who I am or what I think I must and will never insist she follow me.
I've learned how to be a much better person and to respect her more now than I ever did when I was on the other side. And I find that my attitudes are more acceptable and on occasion we have little conversations that open small doors into this atheist world.
Just the other day we were driving somewhere and I was telling her why I wanted to be involved in Recovering From Religion and how some people wind up loosing their entire lives, family, work, etc. I shared with her a story of some who experienced that. She said she couldn't quite understand why a wife would reject her husband just on those grounds. She said something like, "I don't have a problem with any of it, I just don't want to hear it!" Ha. She does hear it because I am not silent in general and on occasion I share stuff, like I did, but she picks things up as I go along. Long story short, yes, at the moment she needs the "crutch of belief" for her sanity. I understand that. And I understand that if I am a good husband and love her, something she has no doubt about, who and what I am will matter and she will quietly tag along even without realizing.
To some it might seem to be a bad thing to hang on and not just cut all the chords. Religion, to some, is so detestable that they cannot stand to be near it at all. It drives me nuts sometimes, sure, but a man once said a very wise thing (in spite of himself, he was my men's sunday school teacher), he said, "you must decide what hills to die on and the rest just let it go." Indeed. I am not willing to kill something that has been a part of myself and my wife for 35 years over religious disagreements. I'll let it go, for now, and let time work the way time tends to do.
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There's no doubt about the fact that our mothers are very important and we wouldn't be here today without them. Mother's Day is a wonderful time to sit and reflect on the ways that our moms sacrificed their time, sweat and tears to make sure that we were fed, dressed and sufficiently stimulated. Mom might have been the household chef and was either really good at her position or was able to make the smoke detector go off on a regular basis. Regardless of our mothers' skills, they always tried and did their best. That is why Mother's day is so important to recognize their efforts and to celebrate their unconditional love.
This past Mother's day should set as a reminder that the women in our lives are important and were crucial to help shape our lives. Take Mom or Grandmother out to breakfast and pick her brain for favorite stories and what it was like for her when she was your age. You may be surprised to learn she had very similar situations and can learn from how she overcame her obstacles.
This year, take the time to reflect on some funny or heartwarming stories involving Mom and collect these from other family members as well. It might even be nice to see these stories typed out with some digitally scanned old photos in a website-created photobook. It's nice to see the effort in preparation and it's definitely "the thought that counts".
When you are finished collecting favorite mother's day stories, and the photo book is complete, you can begin a new chapter with recent photographs with Mom and the rest of the family. Try to capture candid moments so the memory is more permanent in the photograph.
Mother's day may have come and gone, but that doesn't mean it's not necessary to take time out of our busy lives to make sure the moms in our lives know how much they are appreciated and loved.
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Polish-Jewish RelationsJewish attitudes regarding Poles and Poles regarding Jews have been shaped by a complex and long history. Many Holocaust survivors have negative attitudes toward the Poles based on their experiences in the 1930's and 1940's.
While for a thousand years Poles and Jews lived in close physical proximity and became economically inter-dependent they remained highly separate groups: separated by culture, by religion and by national identity.
The Holocaust made matters even more complicated. Polish Jews accounted for over half of all the victims of the Holocaust and the death camps were established on Polish soil. Yet Poles were themselves victims of German barbarity; after the Jews and the Roma (Gypsies) the Poles were the most tormented national group. Millions of Poles were murdered by the Nazis during WWII.
The Poles were also witnesses to the destruction of the Jews. Most were passive witness who did nothing to aid their neighbors nor did they assist the Germans in destroying them. But by remaining passive (it is arguable) they took on a kind of bystander guilt and complicity.
A minority of Poles co-operated with the Germans by turning in Jews who were in hiding to get rewards of money or goods. A different minority became the so-called Righteous Gentiles who risked their own lives to save Jews. A majority of the Righteous Gentiles honored at Yad Vashem are Poles.
Jewish Holocaust survivors grew up in Poland in the 1920's and 1930's and survived in Poland of the 1940's. Their memories in the present are based on what were current events back then. Their experience of Poland ended when they left the country; and most either never returned after WWII or left after the massacre of 42 Jews in Kielce by a Polish mob in 1946. Poland was a very anti-Semitic society in the years just before and after WWII.
During the War Jews were appalled by the lack of aid they received from their neighbors and what they took to be avariciousness as some Poles usurped Jewish property now suddenly become available. The small number of Poles who preyed on Jews by turning them in for rewards made every Pole a risk to Jewish confidence. Jewish partisans were attacked and killed by Polish right wing nationalist groups who instead of making common cause against the Germans regarded the Jews as their enemies also.
It is hard to know how many Poles had sympathy for their Jewish neighbors but were paralyzed into inaction by fear. Yet incidents described above were frequent enough that it was a common Jewish perception of Polish attitudes that they were either indifferent to Jewish suffering or positively glad that the Jews were being removed.
Historically, Jewish identity in the Diaspora was based on insularity. Insularity from the majority of the population ensured Jewish perpetuity and continuity. Religious strictures meant that Jews could not eat the same foods that other people ate and many Jews did not dress the way that Poles dressed.
The Poles for their part were passionately devoted to the Catholic religion which taught them that the Jews were responsible for the crucifixion of Jesus. Many Jews feared having stones flung at them or worse at Easter.
Differences and insularity led to mutual suspicion and stereotyping. Typically, the Jews were regarded as sharp dealing in business and comical in their affectations. The Poles were regarded as ignorant and overly fond of vodka.
Poland has been enormously important to the Jews. Large numbers of Jews had settled in Poland because they found relative freedom from anti-Semitism and economic restrictions. Before WWII Poland was the center of the European Jewish world. Yet, by the 20th century for complex reasons of nationalism and economic competition Polish anti-Semitism had become harsh and pervasive in public life.
Two political parties represented divergent alternatives. The Polish Socialist Party of Jozef Pilsudski adopted a policy of pluralistic and inclusive nationalism. The National Democratic Party of Roman Dmowski (known as Endecja) advocated a policy of "integral nationalism;" this meant it favored a monolithic state populated by those of ethnic Polish descent and of the Roman Catholic religion.
Following WWI when the newly constituted Polish state emerged from the Versailles peace conference there began a period of civil conflict. The resulting bloodshed led to pogroms against Jews. Prior to this time anti-Jewish violence had been rare in Poland. Jews were identified with the Communists.
During Pilsudski's rule anti-Semitism moderated somewhat. However, in the 4 years between his death in 1935 and the beginning of WWII there was an increasing tide of anti-Semitism in national life.
During the 1930's when Poland was hit by massive unemployment as a result of the worldwide depression anti-Semitism became rampant. National policy was such that jobless Jews were excluded from welfare benefits. The Endecja party promoted a national boycott of Jewish merchants that so radical as to advocate the confiscation of Jewish businesses.
At the universities Jewish enrollment was restricted and Jews had to sit in a segregated area of the classroom. The restrictions were so inclusive that while in 1921 Jews made up 24.6% of the student population by 1938 their share was down to only 8%. There was physical violence as well. Right-wing students assaulted their Jewish associates with canes and razors.
In the late 1930's the Polish government became increasingly concerned with the "Jewish Question." The favored solution was mass Jewish emigration. Under the guise of animal rights there was a national movement to forbid the Jewish ritual slaughter or koshering of animals. It has been pointed out that anti-Semitism is not the same thing as mass murder. Polish anti-Semitism never envisioned wholesale murder.
In the post-War period Communism made the Polish-Jewish attitudes and even more murky. Communism in Poland needed to use the past to show that the present regime was the progressive outcome of historical necessity. Nazi barbarity was opposed to Socialist humanitarianism. The Communist used the Jewish victims of the Holocaust by erasing their Jewish identity. Auschwitz was portrayed as a monument to internationalism.
Polish nationalists opposed to the 4 decades of Communist rule identified their oppressors as being of Jewish origin. Some Communist leaders had been of Jewish background but the stereotype belied statistics. And the Communist leaders of Jewish heritage had rejected their Jewish identity. Then in 1968 the Communist government expelled the majority of the Jews who had remained in Poland, some 20,000 people.
Today there are signs in Poland of a interest in learning about and preserving the artifacts of Jewish culture. There is a Jewish festival in Cracow. One can tour Jewish museums and sites. Poles have preserved and catalogued the graves in Jewish cemeteries. Yet there are also Poles who fight to put up crosses at Auschwitz and express anti-Semitic untruths.
Gilbert, The Holocaust; Steinlauf, Bondage to the Dead.
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A recently resigned Lee County commissioner entered a plea of guilty Thursday to federal charges.
Tammara "Tammy" Ann Hall, 53, of Cape Coral, pleaded guilty to one count of wire fraud before U.S. Magistrate Judge Douglas Frazier. The plea was part of an agreement made with federal prosectors.
"She pleaded guilty to the information that we had filed," Assistant United States Attorney Jeffrey Michelland, who is handling the case, said Friday.
Hall faces a maximum penalty of up to 20 years in federal prison, along with a fine of not more than $250,000 and not more than three years of supervised release, according to court documents.
On Thursday, an unsecured appearance bond of $50,000 was set.
"There was not a risk of flight," Michelland said. "She came voluntarily to court."
Fact Box
As of 11 a.m. Friday, the Governor's Office had received information from 26 applicants:
*Mr. Chris Berardi
*Mr. Paul Chandler
*Mr. Robert Chilmonik
*Mr. Joe Coviello
*Mr. Andy Coy
*Mr. Charles Dailey
*Mr. Charles Dauray
*Mr. Richard Diamond
*Mr. John Ebling
*Mr. Arnold Gibbs
*Ms. Alana Goodwin
*Mr. Brian Hamman
*Mr. James Humphrey
*Mr. Ronald Inge
*Mr. James Ink
*Ms. Debbie Jackow
*Ms. Debbie Jordan
*Mr. Philip Kinsey Jr
*Mr. Keith McGovern
*Ms. Paige Rausch
*Mrs. Carmen Salome
*Mr. David Sanchez
*Mr. Raliegh Scott
*Mr. Donald Stilwell
*Mr. Aaron Troyer
*Ms. Janet Watermeier
Hall was ordered by the court to turn over her passport and a firearm that she had in her home.
"She's able to travel throughout Florida," he said.
A sentencing date had not been set Friday.
Michelland noted that the sentencing is likely about three months out.
"Probation has to do a pre-sentence investigation report, where they do their own investigation," he said, adding that investigators conduct interviews with the prosecution, defense and defendant.
"It lays out her background, the nature of the offense, the facts and circumstances of the offense," Michelland said.
The report will ultimately recommend a guideline range for sentencing, which the judge considers.
Pre-sentence investigation reports are typically completed within 60 days.
Attorney Eric Padron is representing Hall.
He nor Hall returned messages seeking comment Friday.
On Sept. 23, Hall submitted her resignation from the Lee County Board of County Commissioners - the same day that the U.S. Attorney's Office for the Middle District of Florida announced that she faced charges and had entered into a deal. Hall had been the District 4 commissioner since November 2004.
According to court documents, she was running for re-election as a Lee County commissioner in the 2010 election. From November 2009 to November 2010, she diverted and embezzled about $33,756 of donor contributions to the Tammy Hall campaign fund and used the money for personal expenditures.
Hall spent the money on mortgage payments to Bank of America and to cover American Express purchases made at Nordstrom, Saks Fifth Avenue, Mark Loren Designs and Club Monaco.
Hall completed state campaign fund reports and failed to disclose that she had diverted campaign contributions to pay for personal expenses, the documents state. She falsely represented the nature of the expenditures or omitted certain campaign contribution checks from the state campaign reports.
Hall transferred funds from the campaign bank account to her personal account, wrote checks from the campaign account and deposited them into her personal account, and deposited certain donor campaign contributions directly into her personal account.
According to the documents, FBI agents interviewed Hall in February 2012. She made deceptive statements, where she claimed that she never took money from her campaign account to support her personal lifestyle. She said all of the money she took was reimbursement for campaign expenses.
Gov. Rick Scott is charged with filling the vacancy left behind by Hall's resignation.
As of Friday, his office had received 26 applications for the District 4 seat.
"There is no timeline for an appointment to be made," spokesman John Tupps previously said.
Among the pool of applicants are Andy Coy, Brian Hamman, Debbie Jordan and Don Stilwell - all four intend to campaign for the seat in the November 2014 election. Two remaining announced candidates for the seat, Josh McGrail and Larry Murphy, had not applied for the governor's appointment as of Friday.


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Friday, June 5, 2009
There Goes "Old Notre Dame"
In October 1964, Barry Goldwater's running mate, Congressman William E. Miller of New York, visited Notre Dame. Miller, the first Notre Dame graduate (class of 1935) to run for national office on a major party ticket, attended a home football game, virtually next to university president Rev. Theodore M. Hesburgh, C.S.C. Apart from a perfunctory handshake, Father Hesburgh showed little interest in his guest. In fact, Congressman Miller had not been invited by the university, but by a friend and fellow alumnus.
After the game, Miller was invited to speak on a platform (erected for an earlier rock band performance) in front of Sorin Hall. Father Hesburgh's introduced Miller to a crowd of a few hundred along these lines: "Men of Notre Dame (there were no women in those days), you should always listen to people with respect, even when you do not agree with them. I give you Congressman William Miller."
Contrast that chilly reception -- of an orthodox, pro-life Catholic Notre Dame graduate -- to the recent jubilation surrounding the arrival of the proudly pro-abortion leader of the international culture of death who was granted an honorary degree by Notre Dame at its commencement on May 17. The look on the face of university president John Jenkins, C.S.C. as he hugged President Barack Obama was totally bereft of the dark and distant disapproval evident in Father Hesburgh's stern gaze of some 45 years before.
Fr. Jenkins was simply giddy with exultation. His introduction sounded like a cause for canonization. Jenkins was impressed, he insisted, that Obama had deigned to accept his invitation: "Obama has come to Notre Dame, though he knows well that we are fully supportive of Church teaching on the sanctity of human life, and we oppose his policies on abortion and embryonic stem cell research. Others might have avoided this venue for that reason. But President Obama is not someone who stops talking to those who differ with him."
Sorry, Father John. Obama is not even someone who stops to talk to those who differ with him. Thousands of peaceful pro-life demonstrators lined every major route to campus that day, and Obama was forced to enter the campus by a nondescript back road, with police cars blocking every residential cross street for over a mile. No way would this fearless lover of conversation even have to see the demonstrators "who differ with him." Nor did he see the thousands praying at the other end of campus, or the dozens of graduates who held their own (very crowded) pro-life graduation ceremonies at the Grotto.
Obama didn't have to worry inside the hall, either. Not one official discouraging word was heard. The message? Even if Obama doesn't stop the killing, Notre Dame will still cheer him on. Meanwhile, Fr. Jenkins, knowing his place, never mentioned Obama's support of abortion, partial-birth abortion, infanticide, contraception, worldwide abortion-on-demand, or any other of those pesky little issues that might make "The One" feel unwelcome. No, we save the cold shoulder for the likes of our own pro-life graduates, like Bill Miller.
Barack's Bernardin
As usual, Obama played the crowd like a very pliant fiddle. With a keen eye for the ideological fault line, he zeroed in on a leader of a bygone Catholic era, Chicago Archbishop Joseph Cardinal Bernardin. Now there was Obama's kind of Catholic! Heterodox to the core, Bernardin was "congenial and gentle in his persuasion" – but, Barack, he didn't seem to persuade you. In fact, didn't Bernardin preside over the most disastrous period in the history of the American Catholic Church? You know, when homosexual abuse prospered under the guise of "the spirit of Vatican II," when Bernardin's bishops covered up for criminals, defied Pope Paul VI, and allowed their cohorts to defile the liturgy? And where were Bernardin's brigade when their priests deep-sixed Humanae Vitae? Were they all too busy partying with his friend next door, Archbishop Weakland?
Nor did Obama forget Father Hesburgh, who in the 1960s decided that to be a "great university," Notre Dame had to shed its parochial Catholic character so it could qualify for major funding from the federal government. Great Job, Father Ted! Today, Notre Dame prospers without its Catholic character, but it would collapse without that generous government funding, which public records indicate now runs around $57 million dollars a year. This is the Notre Dame Obama praises: the one that depends not on Catholic truth, but on federal money, for its very survival. Obama's got Notre Dame right where he wants it.
Not since John F. Kennedy traded his faith for political gain has an American president so brazenly manipulated the Catholic Church. Meanwhile, Fr. Jenkins is pleased to play Obama's lapdog, confident that the money and prestige will keep on flowing. He knows where his bread is buttered – and it's not the Bread of Life.
Obama's "Patriotic Catholic Church"
Obama's Notre Dame marks an important "coming out" of what we might come to call the National Patriotic American Catholic Church (NPACC). NPACC is modeled on the official "Catholic" church in communist China, which receives government support while the underground Catholic Church that is loyal to Rome is mercilessly persecuted. NPACC and the USCCB ardently support the entire left-wing Democrat agenda, while soft-pedaling abortion and never complaining about taxpayer-funded contraception. Through Notre Dame and various other "Catholic" universities and institutions, NPACC receives billions of taxpayer dollars annually. Even those bishops who condemned Obama's appearance at Notre Dame have a hard time dealing with Obama's pro-abortion Catholic colleagues – they too realize how much money is at stake. But Notre Dame might be a turning point. NPACC has been around for decades, but has enjoyed a relatively "peaceful coexistence" with the Church of Rome for most of that time. In future years, Obama's Notre Dame visit might well be seen as marking the end of that era.
Jenkins's Comfort Zone
Brushing abortion aside, Fr. Jenkins applauded Obama's leadership on other issues that apparently unite him with NPACC Catholics. Such as? "Extending health care coverage … improving education… promoting renewable energy … [the] fight against poverty, to reform immigration" … in other words, more left-wing USCCB mush to placate the Democrats who happen to be in charge of handing out all that government money.
And what about the graduates? For Jenkins, what is the greatest challenge confronting the Class of 2009? Is it living the Gospel in a hostile world? Preaching Christ Crucified to itching ears? Saving souls? Repentance and sacrifice? Prayer and fasting,? Selfless service to the cause of truth? Teaching the fullness of the Faith in the face of mockery and contempt?
Sorry, folks -- none of the above. No, Fr. Jenkins told the crowd that "easing the hateful divisions between human beings is the supreme challenge of this age."
The Oxford English Dictionary defines "to ease" thus: "to render more comfortable, to relieve from pain." Apparently, the task of Notre Dame-NPACC Catholics is to make our relationship with our sworn enemies – with abortionists, for instance – more "comfortable." Hence, Father Jenkins's goal was to make Obama as comfortable as possible at Notre Dame. Well, the unborn are human beings too. What about relieving their pain? Or healing the 'hateful division" between them and their abortionist?
In the end, Father Jenkins knows that a university cannot serve two masters. As Donoso Cortes puts it, "liberalism can survive only in that brief moment that man decides, 'Christ – or Barabbas!'"
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Hello! :)
- June 20, 2009 at 9:40 AM
- DannyBoy said...
Why do the bishops feel we need government health care? The Catholic Church used to have many hospitals, and no one was turned away. Also, the early Church took care of everyone who needed food and care, even if they weren't Christian. When the needy came to them the apostles and early bishops didn't say, "The Roman government needs to provide for them."
As a Church, Catholics, led by the bishops, need to say, "As Christians, it is our responsibility to take care of those in need, not to defer the problem to a big, uncaring entity. It is our responsibility to show our love of neighbor by taking care of them in their time of need."
I think we need a truly Catholic response to the health care problem, because it is our Catholic responsibility, and if the government has control of health care it will be a lot of things that Catholics and other Christians don't want, like a provider of birth control and abortion and assisted suicide.
- September 10, 2009 at 8:19 AM


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Q: Can I overwinter my tropical water lilies?
Jill – Kingsport, TN
A: Unlike other aquatic plants that will happily overwinter in the deeper regions of your pond, tropical water lilies need special care.
Here are six steps to follow when putting your blooming beauties to bed for the season.
1. Slow the Growth: First, when the air temperatures start to cool (like right about now …), slow down or stop fertilizing the lilies to slow the plant's growth. This allows the plant to naturally slow its metabolic processes and more easily transition into winter. If you abruptly stop fertilizing and remove the plant from the pond, you could shock the lily and damage it.
2. Deadhead and Remove Foliage: Next, using your Coralife® Aqua Gloves™ and Pond Scissors and Pliers, snip off all lily pads and blooms from the lily tuber once your pond's water temperatures start to dip below 60 degrees Fahrenheit. Besides looking unsightly, the spent flowers and foliage will start to wilt and should be removed to reduce waste material.
3. Remove and Rinse: Once you've cleaned up the plant, gently remove the lily tuber from pond and rinse it off in a bucket or with your garden hose. Trim off any straggling foliage with your pond scissors.
4a. Bury Tuber in Moist Sand: To keep the tuber moist and healthy during the winter, fill a sealable container with moist (but not too wet!) sand and bury it, covering it lightly with sand. Moist sand will hold moisture to keep tuber from completely drying—but if the sand is too wet, the tuber may rot.
4b. Submerge Tuber, Place Under Grow Light: Another overwintering option is to fill a container with distilled water and place the tuber under a grow light in a room that's a comfortable 70 degrees Fahrenheit. The lily will continue to grow slowly through the winter months.
5. Safely Store and Inspect Often: If you choose the sand-storage option, store the container in a cool, dark place like a basement—but make sure it's not too warm or too cold. If it's too warm, the tuber may start to grow or rot; if it's too cold, the tuber may freeze. Check on the tuber often to make sure the sand is still moist and the tuber is not rotting.
6. Replant in the Spring: Once pond water temperatures return to 70 degrees Fahrenheit in the spring, haul your container to the pond, pull out the tuber and replant it in the pond. Don't forget to add a dose of fertilizer to jump-start the growing season!
Pond Talk: What do you do with your tropical water lilies in the wintertime?
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Is there anybody out there who's trying to avoid political news until election day? I feel like the the character Luke in one of my favorite songs, The Band's "The Weight." The tired narrator of the song's story tells Miss Moses that there's nothing she can say to Luke — that old Luke is "just waiting on the judgment day." Come to think of it, I'm feeling a lot like that tired narrator too. (Click here for more on "The Weight.") Let's take a musical break with the piece I posted below over the new year's weekend earlier this year.
One of my favorite CDs of the past ten years is Shawn Colvin's "Cover Girl." Colvin established herself commercially with "Steady On" and "Fat City," discs full of beautiful, flawlessly performed material that she had mostly written herself or with John Leventhal. Then she released "Cover Girl," a set of her covers of obscure pop material that displayed her brilliant interpretive skills.
The disc is imperfect, to say the least. Some of the songs were recorded live in intimate settings, others were studio productions, and the disk accordingly lacks a unifying feel. One or two of the studio cuts are dead weight. It was as though she couldn't quite find her groove, or as though her label lacked confidence in the commercial potential of the live cuts, which are breathtaking.
Among the songs that Colvin memorably brings to life on "Cover Girl" is Jimmy Webb's "If These Walls Could Speak." Webb is a winner of numerous Grammy awards, is a member of the National Songwriters Hall of Fame and a member of the Nashville Songwriters Hall of Fame. He first achieved fame as a songwriter in the '60s as the composer of the shlock epic "MacArthur Park" as well as of several hits for the Fifth Dimension and, perhaps most notably, Glen Campbell.
"By the Time I Get to Phoenix" and "Wichita Lineman" were of course the songs that launched Webb's partnership with Campbell. It was a partnership that remained productive in the '70s and '80s as Campbell and Webb continued to work together (work documented on the wonderful Raven compilation "Reunited with Jimmy Webb: 1974-1988"), although without the chart success of their earlier hits. Among the peaks of their later work is Webb's haunting "The Moon Is a Harsh Mistress," also covered by Joe Cocker, Judy Collins, Linda Ronstadt and Nanci Griffith.
In any event, one of the revelations of "Cover Girl" for those of us who had forgotten about Webb was "If These Walls Could Speak," which Colvin picked up from Webb's work with Campbell. The lyrics seem to flow directly from the incredibly poignant melody: "If these old walls, if these old walls could speak/What a tale they have to tell, hard headed people raisin' hell/A couple in love livin' week to week/Rooms full of laughter, if these old walls could speak."
One of the best book reviews the Wall Street Journal has ever run is a review by Webb of a compendium of song lyrics. In the review, Webb notes the difficulty of placing words to music. In a well-written song, the words seem magically to flow right out of the melody. Webb powerfully testifies to the difficulty involved in creating this magic. Below is an excerpt of the review, which ran in the Journal in February 2001 under the heading "Singing the praises of song."
Despite the controversy over the Grammy nomination of "The Marshall Mathers LP," a recording that has outraged gay- and women's-rights groups because of its sociopathic bent, many influential critics continue to praise Eminem's skills as a rhymer and songwriter. Along comes Reading Lyrics (Pantheon, 706 pages, $39.50), an anthology of songs, to give the lie to the emperor's new groove.
Don't expect to find Lennon and McCartney here. The editors cut this enormous field down to a manageable size by focusing on lyrics written between 1900 and 1975, especially those created for the theater and cinema. "Though a collection of lyrics that excludes, say, Bob Dylan or Hank Williams is obviously one that is far from complete," the editors explain, "their stories are not the stories we can tell here." Rock 'n' roll, folk and contemporary pop lyrics are passed over without prejudice.
Not unexpectedly, the titans are well-represented: Berlin, Porter, Hart, Gershwin, Hammerstein II, as well as Noel Coward and Frank Loesser. In the second echelon are Gus Kahn, E.Y. Harburg, Dorothy Fields, Johnny Mercer, Sammy Cahn, Alan Jay Lerner and Stephen Sondheim, among others. There are also lesser heroes whose names are virtually unknown to the general public.
Many of these lyricists are Jewish. Some are black. A few are gay. Eight are women. All share a certain meticulous touch, a finesse in their choice of what is right or wrong, moving or mawkish, ill-tempered or bittersweet, that sets their work apart, placing it high in the rarefied firmament of true art.
From the gemstone biographical details that introduce each songwriter we learn that Cecil Mack's "That's Why They Call Me Shine" (1924), an anti-prejudice benchmark, was a hit four times with the California Ramblers, Bing Crosby, Louis Armstrong and, surprisingly, Frankie Laine; Jack Lawrence wrote "Linda," the well-known standard, to celebrate the birth of Linda Eastman McCartney; Haven Gillespie wrote "the most recorded song in American history," "Santa Claus Is Comin' to Town"; and Noble Sissle, who wrote "I'm Just Wild About Harry," was also the first black DJ.
We also discover the identities of the authors of some of our most enduring examples of Amerimusicana. Lyricist Marilyn Bergman has written eloquently about "the invisible songwriter," and here a lyric's fame is often disproportionate to the dismal obscurity of the writer. "Without a Song" was written by Edward Eliscu, a "jack of all trades around the Broadway theatre." Eric Maschwitz, a longtime executive with the BBC, wrote "These Foolish Things." Irving Kahal, who died before the age of 40, did not live to see the success of his "I'll Be Seeing You" in 1944…
The anonymity of so many of these authors may be due in part to an attitude pervasive among laymen. Gene Lees, who wrote "Quiet Nights of Quiet Stars" (included here), described it this way: "The tone of voice conveys unmistakably that melody writing is a strange and wonderful gift while just about anybody can toss off a lyric. After all it's only words." As a writer of both, I find that improvising a tune is a joyful, natural and even enthralling experience compared with the trench warfare of painstakingly constructing an original, useful lyric. It's even harder to come up with lyrics for a melody that is already in existence (as most of these were), especially if it has been written by a composer like Jerome Kern, who reportedly disdained to have a single note changed. Each successful lyric of this kind is nothing less than a small miracle, and here are more than 1,000 of them between two covers!
My own personal favorites are the funny ones: Cole Porter's oh-so-naughty "Brush Up Your Shakespeare" ("If she says your behavior is heinous, Kick her right in the Coriolanus"); Mort Dixon's wacky, if politically askew, "Nagasaki" ("Where the men chew tobaccy and the women wicky wacky woo"); and Stephen Sondheim's jauntily perverse "I Never Do Anything Twice" ("As I said to the abbot, 'I'll get in the habit, but not in the habit. You've my highest regard. And I know that it's hard. Still, no matter the vice, I never do anything twice'"). All are reminders that sex is sexier when it's sophisticated, piquant and cheerful.
This is not a book to be read quickly. The wise reader will want to savor lines like Yip Harburg's "when I can't fondle the hand I'm fond of I fondle the hand at hand" ("When I'm Not Near the Girl I Love," 1946). In a more poignant vein, "Lost in the Stars" (Maxwell Anderson, 1944), "The Ballad of the Sad Young Men" (Fran Landesman, 1959) and "Lush Life" (Billy Strayhorn, 1938) deserve special attention for their depiction of the stoic cynicism that accompanies disillusionment…
Scholars and trivia hounds will no doubt find this volume to be an invaluable reference. For younger readers, it will serve as an introduction to a world of fascinating imagery and emotion, much of which existed long before they were born but still throbs with rhythm and passion. For others of us, Reading Lyrics will be a companion, like an old friend often consulted for inspiration and solace.
There are good lyrics here from the '60s and '70s, including "The Way We Were" (Alan and Marilyn Bergman, 1973), "What Kind of Fool Am I?" (Lesley Bricusse, 1961), "People" (Bob Merrill, 1963) and "Misty" (Johnny Burke, 1962). But as this year's Grammy nominations demonstrate, we have regressed at light speed through the Platinum, Gold, Silver and Bronze Ages of lyric writing and are well on our way back to the Primeval.
Yet we can still find a reminder of the grace, charm and warmth of which talented men and women of good will are capable in Reading Lyrics. This wondrous and magical concoction is hatred-free and highly recommended.
Who could ask for anything more?
UPDATE: Fans of The Band know that "The Weight" begins in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, with the tired narrator looking for a place to lay his head. Helping me to make this post relevant to current events, a reader writes:
In case you missed it, Nazareth makes the election news today. Reuters reports: "Vice President Dick Cheney, campaigning in Nazareth, Pennsylvania, directly addressed the bin Laden tape and said it was 'no ordinary time for America.
'We've all seen in the last day or two the tape of Osama bin Laden now. It's a reminder that we are engaged in a global war on terror,' he said." (P.S. Most of us never heard of Nazareth, Pennsylvania except in that Band classic.)
The reader forwards the link to the quoted Reuters story from today's news: "Deadlocked Bush and Kerry hit swing states hard."


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So I have this wedding shower to go to tomorrow so I had an excuse to redo my nails today!
I saw a colour sample on Pinterest (so addicted) and thought I'd go for it. I'm taking a different approach to posting and thinking of revamping the blog in a big style way so let me know if you like it!
I have some french tip guides on order from Ebay but I really wanted to do some simple striping and I just couldn't be patient. For this mani I used OPI San Tan.Tonio, Misa Dirty Sexy Money, and China Glaze Lemon Fizz.
So to start off I put on the OPI and then a coat of Sally Hansen Mega Shine (like Seche but CHEAPER!), then waited...and waited....and got impatient...then had to redo my thumb...and waited... till finally it was really really dry. Then I took my pre-cut strips of tape and stuck them a couple of times to my hand first so it wouldn't be too sticky, then applied them to the middle of my nails.
I think next time I'll put the lightest colour as the base since I noticed that its hard to get it even (and really it would need a couple of coats to turn out best) when you have to rip the tape before the colour dries. Live and learn :)
Saturday, July 7, 2012
Stripe You Later Nails Did
Posted by Niki* at 7:14 PM
Labels: China Glaze, Misa, nail art, nail polish, nails, nails did, OPI, Sally Hansen, tutorial, wedding
2 comments:
- Akuma Kanji said...
Ai ai ai, manicures like this one are always so tempting! Amazingly enough it is always more complicated that just drawing a flower! XD I really love how it came out and it reminds me that I don't do a stripes manicure for ages! :P
- July 8, 2012 at 4:17 AM
Loved the tutorial. I've always had an issue with polish coming off when I use tape. I'm thinking of giving a stripe/tape manicure another go after reading this. :-) Nice color combo btw.
- July 10, 2012 at 2:51 AM
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Thursday, July 8, 2010
True Tree Climbing
"Two miles north of here in the fertile Red River valley is a farm that has never been sold.
The first white settler in this section reared his family on the land which has been handed
down from one generation to the next since those early years, to where the present owner
is an 82 year old widow with one daughter, who in turn has no children, indicating the end
of the 'hand-me-down' line."
Wow! I thought, land that had never been sold! Let's see. Kentucky became a state in 1792. Before that it was a county of Virginia, and before that it was ruled by the British Empire. When do I start counting? The story went own to tell that it was more than 500 acres, much of in river bottom land and rolling pasture.
This article had been past around our Ewen family "get-to-gathers" for several years before I had a chance to read it. According to the family records, Timothy Ewen was one of the first white setters in this section of the country. The story was that this elder Ewen came from England to North Carolina, from there to Virginia and then on into what is now Kentucky.
What caught my eye in this article was the following:
"Encircled with three strands of barbed wire, the final resting place is protected by towering white pine trees, some as high as 80 feet, and a nest of black wasps that demonstrated their dislike for us on a recent visit." This family grave yard was supposed to be about a hundred yards form the house, high on the banks of Red River.
Could this be true? A family graveyard where my great-great-great grandfather would be buried! I was determined to find out.
Being roughly 11 years old at the time, I did not have a lot of options. I was able to convince my uncle Charlie to drive me from our Winchester, KY home, to where this land was thought to be located. He had just purchased a 1957 Chevy, and he was more than willing to take me for a spin. We had a rough idea where Red River was, and there was supposed to be a Ewen branch of the Red River. We had a copy of the newspaper article and so off we went into the mountains of Powell County. After some time we found a branch of the Red River at the base of a high ridge with a row of very tall pine trees! That had to be it I thought. We stopped the car, moved across the creek, and climbed up the side of the ridge to the line of pine trees. Just on the inside of the ridge several headstones could be seen. What a deal! Moving back brush and some vines the first headstone read, John Riley Ewen!
This was my first cemetery as a genealogist! I did not know enough to record all my findings, but I soon learned. Standing there before the headstones, I felt proud. I wanted to thank these folks for surviving, for plowing the land, and building the homes, and having children!
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What a wonderful story of your first encounter with your ancestors and at such a young age. I look forward to reading more of your family history.ReplyDelete
Terri @ The Ties That Bind (blog)
Oh, my, what a wonderful story this is!! Thank you so much for sharing it! I look forward to reading more on your blog, and since one of my brick walls is a Kentucky Jones' ancestor, my prayer is that somehow, that brick wall comes down through your website! Great story!ReplyDelete
Brick walls are always fun. If you have a thick skull and are a little stubborn (or a lot stubborn like me)you can usually get through or around the brickwall. I had to laugh one day when I came to realize that a very early Welsh family member was named Ednowain Bendew which in the Welsh means "thick-headed". Some writers have interpreted Bendew as meaning "stupid", but I like much better the idea of stubborn.ReplyDelete


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Shore scores twice, Panthers snap Pittsburgh's 13-game home winning streak 5-1NHL.com @NHLdotcom
PITTSBURGH, Pa. - Drew Shore scored twice for the first multi-goal game of his career and the Florida Panthers ended Pittsburgh's club-record 13-game home winning streak with a 5-1 win on Monday night.
Jonathan Huberdeau, Dmitry Kulikov and Shawn Matthias also scored for the Panthers, who beat Pittsburgh for the second time in three meetings this season.
Scott Clemmensen stopped 35 shots in his first start in three weeks as Florida ended a two-game losing streak.
Matt Niskanen scored the only goal for the Penguins as Pittsburgh lost at home for the first time since Nov. 13. Marc-Andre Fleury made 23 saves but lost for only the fourth time in his past 37 starts at Consol Energy Center.
Pittsburgh defenceman Paul Martin played 20 minutes in his return from a broken leg, clearing the way for him to play for Team USA in the Olympics. Forwards James Neal, Chuck Kobasew and Jason Megna also returned from injuries as the Penguins ??? already with a comfortable 13-point cushion in the Metropolitan Division ??? continue to get healthy with the Olympic break looming.
The injury problems haven't stopped Pittsburgh from leading the Eastern Conference. The same can't be said for the Panthers, who are slogging near the bottom of the Atlantic Division.
For a night at least, Florida was able to turn the tables behind Clemmensen, a resurgent penalty kill that has gone a franchise-record 10 games without allowing a goal and some unlikely offensive contributions.
The Penguins haven't just been unbeatable at home over the past two months, they've been dominant in the process. Pittsburgh entered the night having trailed in barely 12 per cent of the time since the winning streak began.
A significant chunk came in last week's 4-3 comeback victory over Washington, a game in which the Penguins rallied from a goal down three times.
A scheduling quirk gave Pittsburgh nearly a week off, and while the downtime gave the Penguins a needed breather, they didn't exactly look fresh.
A rare breakdown by the league's top power-play unit gave Shore the chance to stake Florida to an early lead.
Clemmensen stopped Evgeni Malkin's shot, then passed to Shore to spark a two-on-one that ended with Shore flicking a wrist shot over Fleury's shoulder 15:46 into the first period.
The Panthers had three opportunities in the second to double their lead only to let three straight power plays go to waste before Shore struck again.
Huberdeau stripped a Penguin behind the Pittsburgh net, slid the puck to Jesse Winchester, who found a streaking Shore down the slot. The wrist shot caromed off Fleury's shoulder and into the net to make it 2-0 at 13:34 of the second.
The score capped a 20-minute stretch where Shore increased his career goal total by 50 per cent. The 22-year-old came in with four goals in 54 games, including just one this season.
Kulikov pushed the Florida lead to 3-0 by taking a long bounce off the end boards then beating Fleury just 1:17 into the third.
Niskanen's seventh goal of the season 5:11 into the period briefly gave the Penguins some energy, but it faded when Huberdeau and Matthias scored 12 seconds apart to send the Panthers to the upset.
NOTES: Pittsburgh went 0 for 3 on the power play. ... The Panthers have killed 31 straight penalties. ... Florida is 10-0-1 when leading after two periods. ... Pittsburgh hosts Montreal on Wednesday. ... The Panthers play at Buffalo on Tuesday.


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All right Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close-up...
Edit: Damn, Richard called my bluff!
I better get to typing....
All right Mr. De Mille, I'm ready for my close-up...
Edit: Damn, Richard called my bluff!
I better get to typing....
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dwf - the most important man in framebuilding atmo.
That's it, that's all we get? A picture of Don hugging his tool?
Eric Doswell, aka Edoz
Summoner of Crickets
In Before the Lock
You are a hero to most.
Can you please share with us how you went from jumping out of planes honorably at the service of the United States of America to becoming a Master Craftsman?
Thank You,
I'm interested in your framebuilding as well. How much framebuilding do you do as opposed to the tooling side of your business?
Eric Doswell, aka Edoz
Summoner of Crickets
In Before the Lock
give us a little time line of yr manufacturing.
i assume you started building frames and then expanded into tooling.
what brought you into the tooling side?
When is the Anvil three axis adjustable front derailleur braze on boss jig going to be in the mail to me?
I demand to know
My Anvil Forky brazio jigio is a nice tool, thank you Don
Cheers Dazza
The rock star is dying. And it's a small tragedy. Rock stars have blogs now. I have no use for that kind of rock star.
Nick Cave
The usual Facebook page
Darrell Llewellyn McCulloch
let's hear about the artic thing, too
and vee dubs and whisky
a thanksgiving tale, uncle donny!
Steve Hampsten
"Tighten the wingnuts!"
I'll try to compress a lifetime into a paragraph or two. I worked in machine shops as a kid (Dads, etc.) I began learning to weld at a very young age; I think I was 12 when I started to actually get paid to do it, as I recall it was welding angle clips on boiler tubes with 7014. No matter but it gave me a taste for it and I liked having $$ in my pocket so the rest of my school years I always had a job. Sometimes two. I was heavy into bikes, motorcycles, cars and all things mechanical from about the 3rd grade on. It's just the environment I was raised in. I hated machining, I thought it was boring, and nobody wanted to be that kid that smelled like coolant all the time but with welding you could set the world on fire. From 16 years old on, I lived on my own, had a full time job, a place to live, and somehow managed to finish High School.
I had a bad temper and worse judgement; my Dad always said I could get in a fight just looking at somebody across the street. I started bouncing around from one scrape with the law to the next, and one day I found myself in Cleburne, Texas standing in front of a military recruiting center. Smartest thing I ever did was breaking the cycle I kept finding myself in. I loved the Army, I loved my job, and was good at it; it was like boy scouts for men with merit badges for blowing shit up. When I got out, I was recruited to work on DOS jobs in US Embassies, first in Mexico City, then Chad. Good times. From there, I was recruited to work in the US Antarctic Program which I did for the next 9 or so years. During that time I moved out of construction management and into operations and then upper management and when I left I was the Sr. Area Manager for all three US Antarctic Stations (McMurdo, South Pole, and Palmer)
Around 1998/99 I traded what I felt was a corporate straight jacket for something that didn't fit so tight, went to UBI where Ron Sutphin & Jim Kish changed my life, started Anvil Bikeworks, and the rest is history.
I didn't choose to do what I do today, it chose me. I love it until I hate it and then I love it some more.
Wake up Justin, the opera is over.
The tooling took over my business in 2004...actually before that, but I quit taking orders in 2004. I always though building frames and building tools would be a good mix but it's more like oil & water. In 2004 I finally faced up to the fact that all I could do was piss everybody off by being late with both bikes and tools. I can tell you it was a hard decision to quit building. Like I said before, I never started Anvil to be a tool builder, it's just the way it shook out. My first bike show I displayed at I took my fixtures to use as backdrops. My frames could just as well have been made out of glass, everybody looked right through them and all the questions were about the tools. I sold my first frame fixture that day.
Crap, what was Antarctica like? Besides cold. I've always wanted to see it in person.
Eric Doswell, aka Edoz
Summoner of Crickets
In Before the Lock
The Antarctic Cycling & Drinking Club circa early 90's (I'm in the middle, green jacket, blue pants):
Airing it out in McMurdo!
Pancake ice on the way to Palmer Station after the Drake Passage
Hero shot at South Pole. We were digging out arches and the dome this year:
Hero shot my first year on the ice/McMurdo building the water plant and fire hydrant system (hot water!)
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don- it's a not so secret secret that you're still making the occassional bike. so spill- rumor has it these things are for people not comfortable enough with their own sexuality to wear Lycra bib shorts, but might want to smethimg crazy like ride the colorado trail unsupported.
where do you see bike design going in the next few years? what the fuck is the modern mountain bike? and given fxture sales, what's the state of the handmade bicycle industry? and last one, what's the best 1915 for shooting cans or other threats to my personal safety?
hey DWF it's saturday night and you have been under the hot lights for at least two hours.
how has your life changed so far atmo.
Dinner is ready, so I'll finish this up later!