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What's a summer without a BBQ, and why not spice it up a bring something new to the table. Grilled Mango with Jalapenos. To keep the dish savoury Aaron McCargo used cayenne, lime and jalapenos, while grilling the mango balances it all as it brings their natural sugars out and leaves them tender and sweet 1.
Mango is a beautiful, sweet, soft fruit perfect for the summer. It has a wide range of health benefits. Here are few of many benefits mango has to offer;
Anti-oxidants are a powerful health benefit, recent studies have shown extracts of mango (mangiferin) to protect against breast cancer, colon cancer, and HIV. Reactive oxygen species, or ROS, which are free radical produced in normal energy production can be reduced by mangoes 2. The cells in your tissues can stay healthier for longer and may even reduce the risk of abnormal cell growth, seen in illnesses such as cancer. Mango can protect the integrity of red and white blood cells, enhance oxygen delivery, improve immunity, and overall health3.
Mango contains a high amount of Vitamin A which is known to be essential for eye health. Eating this fruit can maintain better vision and even be able to see better in near darkness4.
Carotenoids are very beneficial for skin health, keeping the skin hydrated and plump with a healthy glow. Mangoes contain high amounts carotenoids, which is why they have a vibrant colour5.
This amazing recipe by Aaron McCargo will be a hit at your next summer BBQ! It takes a total of 20 minutes, 15 minutes prep time and 5 minutes of cooking time. This will make about 6-8 servings.
All you need is:
- 3 mangoes
- Kosher salt and freshly ground black pepper
- Cayenne pepper, to taste
- Extra-virgin olive oil, for drizzling
- 1 lime, halved
- 1/2 cup Mexican crema (or 1/3 cup sour cream mixed with 2 tablespoons milk)
- Thinly sliced jalapeno peppers and fresh cilantro, for topping
Then all you simply do is:
Preheat a grill to medium. Peel the mangoes and cut the flesh from the pit in large flat slices; lay on a baking sheet. Season the mango slices with salt, black pepper and cayenne and drizzle with olive oil. Turn the slices over and repeat.
Grill the mango slices, turning once, until well marked, 2 to 3 minutes total. Transfer to a platter and squeeze the lime juice on top. Drizzle with the crema and top with jalapenos and cilantro6.
Recipe courtesy of Aaron McCargo, Jr. for Food Network Magazine.
Photograph by Yunhee Kim
1 Food Network. Fresh, Healthy Summer Recipes. [online] Available at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/grilling/healthy/photos/fresh-healthy-summer-recipes [Accessed 18 Jan. 2018].
2 Ma, X., Wu, H., Liu, L., Yao, Q., Wang, S., Zhan, R., Xing, S. and Zhou, Y. (2011). Polyphenolic compounds and antioxidant properties in mango fruits. Scientia Horticulturae, 129(1), pp.102-107.
3 Pardo-Andreu, G., Dorta, D., Delgado, R., Cavalheiro, R., Santos, A., Vercesi, A. and Curti, C. (2006). Vimang (Mangifera indica L. extract) induces permeability transition in isolated mitochondria, closely reproducing the effect of mangiferin, Vimang's main component. Chemico-Biological Interactions, 159(2), pp.141-148.
4 Perusek, L. and Maeda, T. (2013). Vitamin A Derivatives as Treatment Options for Retinal Degenerative Diseases. Nutrients, 5(7), pp.2646-2666.
5 Sogi, D., Siddiq, M. and Dolan, K. (2015). Total phenolics, carotenoids and antioxidant properties of Tommy Atkin mango cubes as affected by drying techniques. LWT – Food Science and Technology, 62(1), pp.564-568.
6 McCargo, A. Grilled Mango With Jalapenos. [online] Food Network. Available at: http://www.foodnetwork.com/recipes/aaron-mccargo-jr/grilled-mango-with-jalapenos-recipe-1973193 [Accessed 18 Jan. 2018].


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During the Eid holidays me and some of my family friends went to Julai'a resorts area. i have visited several places in Kuwait for photography and for holidays joy. spent some enjoyable time with my friends, in beach.. parks, gardens etc. in julaia there is a beach area, this is one of my favorite beach in Kuwait. i am not sure how long it will exists because if some Kuwaiti buy or rent the beach front, it will end up. its quite far from the Kuwait city area but most of the cases i prefer to visit this beach with my family & friends. that is because there is no so crowd and also calm and quite atmosphere.
the specialty and the attractive side of this beach is a large seascape view with sugar sand and crystal clear water lets say blue water and shallow depth sea around 200 m we can just walk in to the water. of course there is no rock to hurt our legs and we can see through the water. its quiet awesome here. the visitors coming here for mostly for sunbath or tanning..
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This place is just close to seashell resort in Julai'a.. i think just besides seashell. while we passing through the car we can never believe a beach like this existing here.in my experience i have visited here more than fifteen times with family and friends. one and only problem for bachelors, i have seen a board nearby here ""Bachelors are not Allowed.", but some of them already breaking the rules :P.. if somebody planning to visit here, do at day time, or keep a nice lantern with the other equipments, because, at night here will be so dark. there is no street lights or any.
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Nicely enjoyed that day also ..same like all the Julai'a trip... it gives happiness and refreshments for the crowded mind...
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I am so sorry and sad to share this with my readers, the beach seashore, is highly polluted with plastic bags and bottles. and there is no control of throwing these kind of stuffs.Also there is lots of broken glass bottle pieces,
so have to take care walk without shoes.[I know one group called K's Path .. i believe one day the will do their beach clean up service here.. no more expectations for the expat peoples.]. so its my kind request to the readers, please don't dispose your things after your enjoyment.. because you have to come again.. :D


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About The Super Stinker
This excerpt from Bud Davidson's pirep says it all. Read the full Pilot Report.
"Super Stinker is the last in a long and distinguished line of excitable, three-dimensional skunks. It started with the original S-1 Pitts, the best known of which was Betty Skelton's 'Lil Stinker. The S-1's birth date was 1945. Then there was the first certified unlimited aerobatic biplane, the S-2. The prototype was named Big Stinker and it went into serial production as the S-2A with a 200 hp Lycoming and constant speed prop in 1971. Now, 23 years later, Curtis, with the help of some of the same friends that helped forge the Pitts Special into the aerobatic weapon it is, now has an entirely new airplane flying.
And you can take it from us, Super Stinker is some kind of hoss.
From the outside it would be easy to say Super Stinker, officially known in Pittsdom as the Model 11-260, is nothing but a scaled up S-1S with a 260 hp Aztec engine bolted to the front. Or is it a scaled down S-2B with the front pit removed?
Actually, it is none of the above. It is an entirely new airplane and it takes only a casual perusal of the airframe to see that. Starting with a clean sheet of paper, Curtis did a complete finite-element analysis aimed at letting the airplane safely survive the unlimited aerobatic category, where "G" limits are routinely ignored. His goals were strength and light weight coupled with several new innovations aimed at making the biplane competitive in a monoplane world. This included a new symmetrical aileron design, hinged well back, to give the roll performance all the new akro birds feature.
In terms of size it is closer to the single-hole airplanes than the two seaters. The upper span is 18 ft, which makes the span less than a foot longer than the S-1S/T series, but two feet shorter than the two-holers. The fuselage length is where the difference is most noticeable. It is nearly two feet longer than the little airplanes and just a foot shorter than the big ones.
The long, long nose puts the IO-540 well ahead of the firewall, so there is plenty of room behind it for any of the accessory variations seen with the different models of that engine. With the heavier engine that far ahead, it stands to reason the pilot would have be well behind. And he is. The resulting fuselage lines completely eliminate the stubby, pot-bellied bumble bee appearance so associated with Pitts Specials. It's a long, lanky dude and is pretty darned sexy looking."
So if that is not a great intro to the Super Stinker…
If you haven't already read Budd's pirep on the Aviat S1-11, here is an excerpt from that…
"It's no secret I have a thing for Pitts Specials. It's also no secret that at different times I have professional ties to Aviat. Yes, I have predisposed opinions, but I dare anyone to step out of that airplane and not have similar thoughts to mine: This is one very serious airplane. Kirby Chambliss summed it up after flying it when he reportedly said, it flew as if it was a monoplane with an extra wing. Coming from a confirmed monoplane pilot and National Champion, that's saying a lot.
But, let's not get too far into the aerobatic accolades before recognizing several other aspects of the airplane that may well be more important than the fact that it is of unlimited competition caliber. First of all, the airplane is the only unlimited type airplane we know of that can be scratch-built from a set of plans. What this means to the homebuilder is that costs can be kept to an absolute minimum while the final result is of world class quality. By utilizing Aviat-built components, the project can be moved a long a lot faster, but that's not necessary for the budget-minded builder. Also, the builder doesn't have to be an acro-nut. He can just want a simple, great flying airplane that he can say he built himself.
In the cost control department we find big variables like the engine itself. The version I flew and which lit my gotta-have-it wick was powered by a high end, Monte Barrett custom IO-540 with 10.5:1 compression and a bunch of other custom do-dads that pumped it up to more than 305 hp on the dyno. And it felt like it. Talk about a stump-puller! But with an airplane this light (1090 pounds empty), you don't need that much engine. In fact, when I flew the Super Stinker in 1994, when it first came out, it was powered with an stock 0-540 reportedly putting out around 230-240 hp and it was still a killer machine."
There is something about a biplane.
I got my pilots license back in 2001 to come fly aerobatics. As a boy my first memories of aviation are Rhinebeck Aerodrome. I was 6 or 7 and all I kept thinking was, "It would be so cool to fly". From that point on it was a dream and like many dreams nothing more than a dream, until late Fall of 2000. But that is a completely different story…
So in 2004 the planets aligned and God smiled on me again. Somehow, with a whopping 200 hours in a 152, I am in the market for an aerobatic airplane. I toiled for a very long time over the type and what I should start with. From an Aerobat, Citabria, Christian Eagle, Yak 52 or 55, one seater, two seater, buy, build, finish a project.
Then in the summer of 2004 I get a ride in a Christian Eagle. Before this flight, flying these machines was described to me as; sitting on top of a needle point, trying to keep yourself from falling off. When I got out of the Eagle the mythose in that description had completely evaporated. I loved the control, the precision, the look of the upper wing above you, the view through the cabanes in front of you, the I struts out to either side, sitting under the canopy, what an awesome airplane.
Now my quest to build or buy really heated up and I almost bought an Eagle project, but as I investigated the Eagle I realized my fat ass needed all of an IO540. I am 6 foot 240 lbs. That is when I fell in love with the S2B. I remember putting one up as my desktop the fall of 04. A classic red and white sunburst going by knife edge much like the picture above. Then I stumbled on Budd's pireps. While he is not a fan of the S2B it didn't matter. I needed the 540 so an A was not an option but I hung on every word about the Pitts. I was like a crack head looking for everything I could find on the net about them. Ultimately you read a lot of stories about the legendary landing characteristics of the Pitts. Could this many people be wrong? I have to go fly one, I cant just buy it, not that kind of investment. So I found the Embry Riddle flying club down in Spruce Creek. Rent S2B time for 100 bucks an hour, WET! and 45 for the instructor. That is another great story. A week, 8 days flying the S2B. But that was it. From th moment I strapped that B on and took to the skies I was at home. Flying was completely different. I was never so comfortable in the air.
After I bought my B I fell in love with the Biplane.
A Ride in an Extra
I love my B, they are such great airplanes and there is just something about fireing up that 540 and ripping down a runway; 15 mins later, after throwing yourself all over the sky, you literally drop down right over the airport, like an elevator going to the bottom floor and land. Hop out and will be grinning from ear to ear the rest of the day. No matter what happens the rest of the day.
So a great friend of mine, gets me a ride in an Extra. The gentleman with the extra wanted to fly the Pitts so we decided to trade rides. I was amazed at how easy and even more responsive and sensitive, the Extra was. I needed some of that but I didn't want to give up the biplane…
Alas the Super Stinker. It is time to build. And not just build a Super Stinker, but build a muscle bound Super Stinker taking advantage of all the advances the past 15 years have uncovered. This Super Stinker, Super Stinker X is gonna rock. ( Fingers crossed. ;p )
It Flies Like an Extra with Two Wings
An enormous thank you to Dan and Ann Salcedo. I can now uncross my fingers!! Dan's SS is awesome! Not only watching that thing climb and pull like a Sukoi, it flies with the flick of the wrist or the precision of your thumb and forefinger. It is truly a beast. And it climbs like a scalded beast. When I pushed the throttle to the stop, the 300+ horse Angle Valve really does give you the sensation of being pulled back in your seat. It is a really cool feeling. I pushed the nose down and stood her up on her wheels and she started really pulling down the runway. Not having any idea what the stick pressures would be once unpinned from the tar, I let her fly off herself. For all the beast that she was getting to this point she lept gently into the air. Once off the runway I gently tightened my grip as if I were about to pull up on the rains of this stallion and she instantly did what I did. I squeezed my hand a little too tight and ever so slightly the stick moved slightly to the right and the right wing obliged and dipped ever so slightly. I responded with a quick centering of stick or leveling of the wings and gave her a pull for a positive rate of climb. She responded with ease and we were off.
I was at 4k feet in no time. Not wanting to pound Dan's engine I ran her at 25 squared. "So what the heck am I going to do? OK lets roll it", I thought to myself. Level flight, 160 mph, Thwap! I push the stick hard to the left. Whoosh, everything is a blurr and around it goes. I stop it with the normal pitts bobble or snap and the plane bobbles and the tail fish tails as I over rudder the catch. Wow, I think, just stop the stick and the plane responds, like a mono plane, like the Extra.
I am now smiling ear to ear; I dive to 180 MPH, pull vertical, throw the stick over to the left, Whoosh, around we go. I lost count after 4 verticale rolls. Dan says he see's five. I am sure I saw at least that while it was climbing. Then it must have hung in the sky for 2 or 3 more. Amazed I couldn't resist letting her back up a couple. Again, not wanting to beat up Dan's plane, I cut the throttle after she floated down two turns. When I pulled the power I was expecting her to drop like a pendulum, fiercely, through the horizon like the B, but the nose just fell to the horizon and waited for me to do something. Taken by surprise, I now waited for her to start spinning like the B. But no, it just hung there waiting for me to tell it what to do. Later I was mentioning this to Dan and he said, "Yeah, she'll just hang on." So I pushed her over and cranked her into a double left roll on the down line and pulled level. Now I am really smiling ear to ear. Phawp, I backhand the stick to the right and slap the air. Whoosh the august NJ haze and afternoon buildups go spinning around with the ground, just like it did in the Extra. OMG, almost giggling I am thinking to myself, it's true. She flies like a mono plane with two wings. It's not all hype. It's bad ass and I need to get mine done.
I did a few more rolls another Torque Roll, cmon I had to do that twice, a loop, rolling turn, some more basic acro and decided it was probably wise to let the neighbors below off the hook and get out of there. So I found the airport and headed back. As I entered the pattern I said the astronaut prayer, "Lord please don't let me F@#k this up." I pulled the power and set up a nice circling approach from the downwind. As the runway came up she settled in like the B. Eyes ahead, using my peripheral vision I watch the sides of the 70 foot runway and eased her onto the tar. "Wow, that was the nicest landing I have ever had flying a Pitts", I thought as I rolled out and taxied in. No exaggeration. What a monster machine, a pleasure to fly, a pleasure to watch and an all out screamer. I really need to get mine done. Now fingers are crossed I can find the cash for my motor! Then we are off to the races!
Thanks again Ann and Dan!!!
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Hi Rob
I did build some S1-11B wings.Your Steve Wolf wings are very beautiful.Are you going to use the aluminum cove as on the original plans,or plywood.
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Hi, I'm an author/writer and student of user experience/human-centered design. My "real" design "work" is posted at Miss Erika's Web Works. Check out my books at The Party of Your Life.
I created this blog to store and display my finger drawings. I work on these in the wee hours, usually between 4 and 8 am, when I can't sleep. During these hours, always under the influence of sleeping pills that aren't working, I draw little creatures and post them on Facebook. The next day I don't always remember what I've posted.
Sometimes the topics are kind of dark, and sometimes the creatures engage in a bit of debauchery. When I'm drawing I'm so tired and spaced out that all sorts of scenarios cross my mind, many from bad 70s tv shows and movies. Sometimes I feel a little political. Sometimes I want to see what my friends will respond to. Sometimes I need to comment on a current event or celebrity. Sometimes I'm in a deep PMS funk and hate everybody. Sometimes I don't know what the story is but I can't stop drawing. Since I don't hold back on subject matter, it seemed like a good idea to have separate blogs for my drawings and my coursework since potential clients might see my drawings and think I'm nuts. So, that's why this blog exists.
Here's a small sample of my drawings.
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The parochial church council (PCC) is the executive committee of a Church of England parish. It consists of the clergy and churchwardens of the parish, who are ex-officio members, together with representatives of the laity, who are elected annually at the Annual Parochial Church Meeting. Legally the council is responsible for the church's financial affairs, maintaining the church building and for promoting the mission of the church.
The current PCC members for St. Margaret's Church, are listed below.
|Richard Stainer
|Amanda Jane Selvey
|Amanda is the only churchwarden for St. Margaret's at present, as well as church treasurer. She took over as churchwarden in 2004 and as treasurer in 2007. She is also part of the benefice ministry team and has a certificate in lay worship ministry. She set up and ran a benefice Sunday Club for children for many years and is currently involved in planning and leading the word and worship services, which take place monthly in Blisworth, as well as leading occasional services in Alderton. In addition, she is the deanery synod representative for the parish.
|Linda Dards
|Linda is the longest serving member of the PCC, having joined more years ago than she can remember. She is secretary and electoral roll officer. Linda is also one of the people responsible for the delicious refreshments on offer after services (and many other occasions), for which St. Margaret's and Alderton generally is so renowned! She and her husband Paul also edit and publish GRASS, the monthly benefice newsletter. Linda is also known for her now legendary 'Alderton Antiques' white elephant stall at our annual fundraising event, the Art Festival.
|Doris Knights
|Doris joined the PCC several years ago now. She is the street church co-ordinator for the Grand Union Benefice and organises the volunteers when the benefice team is on duty three times a year, as well as the donations of food and drink. She always helps out at Mount Pleasant Baptist Church on those occasions and collects and delivers clothing and bedding to them in between times for the homeless and other socially excluded people in Northampton. She is also known for the delicious home-made soup she provides for village events and street church.
|Anna Brooks
|Anna co-ordinates the exhibition and sale of paintings at our annual Art Festival and is the person who liaises with the artists as well as dealing with all the paperwork and finances. She also acts as treasurer for this event, which is the main fundraising event for St. Margaret's Church. She is not a regular churchgoer, but believes it is important to continue to have a church in a small community like ours and is therefore willing to do her bit to keep it open. Anna has the unenviable task of compiling the rotas for church cleaning & flowers and churchyard maintenance, so if you would like to volunteer to help with either (or both) she would love to hear from you!
|Margaret Hall Townley
|Margaret was co-opted onto the PCC in 2016 for the sole purpose of co-ordinating efforts to restore an oaken effigy of a medieval knight, which is located in the church. The effigy is of Sir William de Combemartyn and is in desperate need of conservation and repair. Margaret has been liaising with historians and conservation experts in order to establish the history of the monument and exactly what work will be required and has embarked on a comprehensive programme of fundraising events to raise the funds that will be required to undertake this work.
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Jay Electronica appeared as a guest on Mac Miller's "Suplexes Inside of Complexes and Duplexes," but in a recent interview with MTV News, Miller revealed that he had different plans for Jay Elec.
Apparently, Miller originally wanted the Roc Nation emcee on "Eggs Aisle," a track that appears from Miller's Live From Space album. "'Eggs Aisle' is a beat that [producer E-Dan] sent over and I loved it off top, made the song real quickly," said Mac. "Initially I was gonna get Jay Electronica on that record."
Miller continued, "I think what happened was 'Someone Like You' and 'Eggs Aisle' had a similar soundscape to them," he said. "They had similar synths in there, so it was one or the another for us when we were cutting tracks."
"When I sent him 'Suplexes' he was like, 'This is the one,' which was dope to me because it was a sensei/grasshopper moment when Jay Electronica picks my beat over E.Dan's," said Mac, laughing. "So ['Eggs Aisle'] got pushed to the side, but something like this is great to get its life back."
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Tuesday, June 5, 2012
may pages
27 comments:
- Becca said...
Oh my! I saw your thumbnail and fell in love with this journal page! When I got here and read your post I cried. I am so very sorry for your loss. Your dream is beautiful, sad, yet comforting and what a gift to be able to express your thoughts in this artistic way. Hugs to you.
- June 5, 2012 at 11:44 AM
Beautiful way to celebrate the love you have for your brother Cat. I honor your sadness and your ability to share with us. xox
- June 5, 2012 at 11:50 AM
- Blue Sky Dreaming said...
These journal pages are tender and lovely as is your perfect dream. I lost my sister and have had over the years a few perfect dreams. I'm so glad your heart is at ease.
- June 5, 2012 at 11:52 AM
- WrightStuff said...
It must be such a tough time for you, but it sounds like your subsconscious is helping you cope - as well as being able to express yourself through the beautiful pages of your journal.
Warmest wishes
- June 5, 2012 at 12:48 PM
- Margaret said...
What a beautiful interpretation of your dream, how wonderful you can express these feelings in your art. Your work is so gentle and calm Cat, such a pleasure of you to share it with us. Mx
- June 5, 2012 at 2:58 PM
- Sharmon Davidson said...
A lovely tribute to your brother, Cat. the images speak of beauty and loss, and they touch my heart... Love to always, xo
- June 5, 2012 at 3:52 PM
- Tina said...
Love your pages - they are beautiful. That´s a beautiful dream about your brother too.
- June 5, 2012 at 4:15 PM
- Deb L. said...
Holding you, as ever, in my thoughts and heart..xo
- June 5, 2012 at 8:32 PM
- Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...
I knew I would be late getting here this week, but I finally made it. I've always felt sad when you talked about your brother. My grandmother's brother killed himself on his wife's grave on the one year anniversary of her death, so suicide is something I learned about at an early age. I always think of you when I read about suicide. I'm SO glad this is such a positive and uplifting post. It sounds like you have truly come to terms with his death. I'm thrilled for you.
- June 5, 2012 at 9:07 PM
- audrey said...
Sweet Cat,
It is a gift that you are able to transfer your feelings onto the pages of your journal. These pages are beautiful and meaningful. I think our dreams give us a way to stay in touch with our loved ones who have gone before us. Your post is very meaningful to me today (June 6). It is my dear brother, Patrick's, birthday. How I would love him to visit me in a dream tonight. ♥ I am sorry, Cat, that you lost your brother. Brothers are special people. Their memory is carved in our hearts.
♥ audrey
- June 6, 2012 at 12:57 AM
- lynne h said...
ah, cat... no words, but a big heart smile...
i love that you do a spread for each month. there's something very lovely in that... (as opposed to daily offerings)
- June 6, 2012 at 1:19 AM
- Mostly Turquoise said...
Hi Caterina,
Thanks for sharing your story, by word and by your lovely work. And I was so gladly surprised by the birdsong on your blog, even here on SXM it brings back feelings of summer and spring. Great!
- June 6, 2012 at 8:08 AM
- The Sparkly Fairy said...
I am sorry to hear such sad news about your brother, its must be hard for you. I wanted to tell you how much I love this page x
- June 6, 2012 at 9:12 AM
- Rella said...
Dearest, it's been a while since we 'chatted' and here I am quite suddenly..which we both know is NOT an accident........to greet you with love and friendship knowing the healing all too well that is a journey we have shared. I hope you are well............happy..............and doing what brings you joy, my friend. xo Rella
- June 6, 2012 at 1:44 PM
- ~*~Patty S said...
oh my dear Cat
your post and pages touch my heart to the core
and have me shedding happy tears for I feel sure it was more than a dream...
I feel sure your brother 'visited you' to let you know Love Never Dies and that all is well and that you will meet again one day
you shared this so beautifully as you always do with your gentle heart...words and creativity
thank you for sharing these gifts
hugs to you dear one...all ways!
- June 6, 2012 at 2:37 PM
- Harnett-Hargrove said...
I feel a deep resonance with this ethereal piece. Perhaps it is the human condition shinning thru, I am supposing so. -J
- June 6, 2012 at 6:23 PM
- winnsangels said...
Sweet, beautiful Cat ~ thank you so very much for sharing these May pages and the story beneath the surface. The pages are wonderful, as always. I especially love the dragonfly, how you present the wings.
Angels blessings Cat. xo
- June 6, 2012 at 7:19 PM
- nancy neva gagliano said...
art's essence
tenderly shared
- June 7, 2012 at 8:45 AM
- Patti Edmon Artist said...
Cat - thank you so much for sharing the story that makes these pages even more magnificent. You are a brave, wise woman. xo
- June 7, 2012 at 10:17 AM
- sharon said...
I am at a loss for words Cat. You have translated your story so well onto paper....it is truly a beautiful spread, and I am so sorry for the story behind it...but I have told you so many times before how I always see the serenity behind your pieces.
- June 7, 2012 at 10:37 AM
- Unknown said...
Hi Cat... what a blessing that dream was...for us all.
I love that your brother brushed death aside, like death doesn't truly exist.
I believe him! I always knew it was true!
I am happy to see the physical loss of your brother manifest into the spiritual...some where I listened to someone tell me it takes about 3 years for our beloved to revisit us...I have experienced this too.
I am happy you shared your brother's message and your journal.
Most beautiful.
Big Love♥♥♥
- June 7, 2012 at 10:36 PM
- Jacky said...
This journal spread is so beautiful Cat ... the dragonfly for masculine transformation. Such love in this page.
Those beautiful fabric wings, and that hazy, glowing moon. All very special.
I am glad you are feeling more peace this year.
Sending love and a warm hug.
Jacky xox
- June 8, 2012 at 7:50 PM
- Debrina said...
Hi Cat - thanks for making blog contact over at my blog :-) I've come to return the favour and let you know that I'm trying to make a concerted effort to catch up over here in blogosphere. I am so glad you record your dreams and derive meaning from them! I do too, and they can be powerful guides. I have been keeping dream journals of one sort or another for over 20 years and they never fail to inform and illuminate my daily existence. You are a kindred spirit and I am glad you had this healing dream. I had a similar dream when my best friend died after a mountaineering accident. He was my soul brother.
- June 9, 2012 at 1:00 AM
- Unknown said...
Thanks so much for sharing your healing dream. Your commemorative artwork is perfect!
- June 9, 2012 at 10:41 AM
- Carole said...
beautiful journal :( sad story xx
- June 9, 2012 at 3:41 PM
- Carole said...
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- June 9, 2012 at 3:42 PM
- taranova said...
Ah cat... your pages are so ethereal & poignant... i'm sure he smiles as he reads them xoxo
- June 15, 2012 at 8:03 AM


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Once in college, I took a weekend road trip to Wichita. Friends and I drove seventeen hours each way and back. Thanks to a few super chugs of coffee, managed to stay awake both driving and during the Monday morning class.
But I can't do those marathon trips anymore –even when flying to China. I mean, you can't stop anywhere over the way to get up, stretch your legs and use the "sparkling restrooms" at the local gas station. So I break up my flight as most airlines will pay for a hotel stay if your connecting flight is the next day. Just follow the instructions of the airline representative and they should set you up in a room with hot showers, chain locked fire exits and beds as soft as concrete.
So, what did I do after I surgically removed my socks and waited for the next flight? I took a mini tour of the city.
I got up at the crack of dawn to watch the PMS levels rise on a extra humid day, the air quality projecting to hit unhealthy levels.
I took a 6 am train to the inner belly of the city. Beijing has six ring roads, the seventh being built, being close to one thousand kilometers in length. My airport hotel was near the fifth ring road, my destination the second. Yeah, Beijing is huge.
Anyway, as many passengers slept, this artist sketched many of the snoozing commuters on his sketch pad.
When I got off the train, part of the city was still asleep.
I took got off at the Lama Temple Station to see the Beijing Temple of Confucius. It's is surrounded by HuTongs (old quaint neighborhoods).
It's similar to Chicago's Old Town where a lot of traditional houses have been transformed into pricey boutiques and coffee shops.
I face timed my brother in law with my cup of free wifi.
The Confucius temple was beautiful and humbling, telling the history of education and the imperial exam in China. Cheating has been plaguing the Chinese educational system for years, way before the days of cell phones and high tech cheating schemes.
But my favorite thing was this gnarly old tree…one so famous, it actually has a name. Chu Jian Bai or Touch Evil Cypress.
The name comes from a Ming dynasty story about how the tree knocked off a hat of a notoriously corrupt official who walked by. Such a different twist that the story of the tree of Knowledge of Good and Evil in the Garden of Eden.
This wasn't the corrupt official, just some guy who wanted to know the correct pronunciation of two words he had scratched on a scrap piece of paper (eavesdropping and finance, go figure). It looks like he's already been hit in the head a few times.
On the way back to the airport, more commuters. Guys doing what guys do best.
The second leg of my flight was delayed, I arrived in the City South of the Clouds with my head still in a fog, only to have to be at school a few hours later. And that was only after being attacked by mosquitoes that feasted on my eyelids, swelling the left side of my face into a sun bleached baseball mit.
So the next morning, I stumble to my new school and in the office was a student I knew from a previous school. He didn't apply himself there– much to his parent's chagrin and my frustration–but over the last six months, had been pouring himself into studies, wanting to be accepted at my new school, really wanting it. I thought of the Temple of Confucius, the desire of this kid, the butterflies in his stomach as he waited to take his entrance exam. His eyes got wide as he saw me, a smile forming on the corners of his lips.
If I was a gnarly tree, I wouldn't knock his hat off.


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The pinnacle of understanding symmetry can be achieved with a gorgeous art project! Here is the step by step tutorial on how to make symmetry name art with your class. Perfect for use with fourth grade, students use their names the basis for creating symmetrical designs using paper, pencil, sharpies and crayons or colored pencils.
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The solar energy sector has been increasing steadily for a while now, but 2016 is shaping up to be a year of considerable solar milestones. According to the recent U.S. Solar Market Insight report, "With more than 1.1 million residential solar installations nationwide and a contracted utility-scale pipeline over 20 GW, the industry is on pace to nearly double in size in 2016."
With residential and commercial solar farms popping up nationwide, it's no secret that the industry is now growing at an exponential rate. Federal and state solar tax breaks are also increasing, as a means of further expanding the use of solar energy in the U.S.
Solar in the Sunshine State
According to the SEIA (Solar Energy Industries Association), "Florida, 'the sunshine state,' ranks third in the nation for rooftop solar potential, but all the way down at 14th for cumulative solar capacity installed." With so much sunshine, shouldn't they rank higher?
Although SEIA states that, "more than half of all U.S. states have some type of renewable energy standard or goal in place," Florida does not. A renewable energy standard (RES) is simply a requirement that a certain amount of energy that is used and/or sold by utility companies must generated from renewable energy sources, such as wind and solar.
In addition, the Sunshine State doesn't allow not allow power purchase agreements (PPAs), one of the two main ways that solar energy is financed. With a PPA model, customers are able to purchase power at a lower rate than they would if they purchased it through a local utility company, and there is no additional cost to the consumer.
The second most popular solar financing model is called a solar lease. In this model, the customer pays for the solar energy system over time vs. paying directly for the power generated. There are ways for the customer to avoid paying any upfront costs in this scenario as well.
Support for Solar
Most recently, Florida voters spoke loud and clear in a vote to approve a significant solar tax break for Florida businesses. The tax break currently exists for residential property owners, but is now applicable to businesses as a way of encouraging them to utilize solar energy.
As a result of the voting, which took place at the end of August 2016, there will be a new amendment added to the Florida Constitution. The amendment, which received 72.62% of the vote, will allow Florida businesses property tax exemption for solar energy and other renewable energy forms installed on business and industrial property for a full 20 years.
An additional bill must pass in 2017 in order to put the amendment into play, and the results of the November general elections will also affect the future of solar in Florida and nationwide.
Eligibility and the Future
There are specific rules around business eligibility for the solar tax credit, including equipment that uses solar energy for generating electricity and heating water, in addition to indoor lighting powered by very specific solar energy systems, which are outlined in more detail in the Guide to Federal Tax Incentives for Solar Energy.
Environmental and business tax relief groups are hopeful that the passing of this amendment with increase the frequency of talks about the issue of climate change. These groups are also optimistic that the new amendment will push legislators towards working to decrease the state's dependency on fossil fuels in the future.
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Wildlife Walk: Community fight back against airport plans to concrete former greenbelt
Article published: Thursday, November 1st 2012
Locals and activists will take part in a Wildlife Walk in protest against the development of former greenbelt land on this Saturday 3rd November, as part of the Stop Expansion at Manchester Airport (SEMA) campaign.
In August this year, Manchester Airport Group (MAG) submitted a planning application to build on the former greenbelt of Hale.
As part of an Airport City 'masterplan' for the area, MAG developments propose to build a 'World Logistics Hub', comprising of warehouse and office buildings in 51.7 hectares of a 116 hectares Airport City Enterprise Zone (EZ). In addition, they hope to include 1,473 car parking spaces, 134 bike parking spaces and a re-landscaped green zone.
Locals have expressed worry over increases in noise and light pollution, traffic congestion and Co₂ emissions that the World Logistics Hub could bring to the now re-classified area.
With the proposed project infringing on both a Site of Special Scientific Interest and a Site of Biological Importance, there are fears that irreversible damage will be done to the area's biodiversity.
MAG have vowed a commitment to sustainability and the environment, "The neighbouring area of Wythenshawe will be directly linked through the creation of substantial new green spaces"
But local Hasty Lane residents are sceptical of this commitment. One resident spoke out, "You cannot replace 400 year old ancient woodlands by planting some new trees down the road. That's not how biodiversity works."
Liberal Democrat Councillor Mary Di Mauro echoed these concerns, commenting that a more appropriate Brownfield site could have been chosen for the expansion.
Residents, along with MPs, have also argued that there have been flaws in the consultation process to take the land around Sunbank Lane out of the greenbelt, which was approved in July 2012.
Hale Barn Conservatives have noted issues with the consultation and pledged support for residents, "The wider implications of the full Core Strategy…will have serious implications affecting congestion, aircraft noise and property values, and the lack of proactive consultation to date is therefore of great concern."
MAG have proposed that the World Logistics Hub will benefit the locality in terms of employment opportunities, with 1800 new jobs anticipated over a 15 year period.
But yet again, doubts have been cast on what at first appears to be a benefit to the area. The Campaign to Protect Rural England (CPRE) Lancashire, in a report have found that rather than job opportunities, the development will largely relocate jobs from elsewhere: "This effect, known 'abstraction' means that jobs are not created but relocated."
A campaigner against the expansion expressed concerns over MAG's real incentives: "It's well known that land around airports is a potential goldmine for development opportunities, this has nothing to do with need, redeveloping areas for the good of the people living in them, or creating jobs for the people who need them, yet again human interests and the protection of our environment are forgotten in an endless hunt for profit."
The walk will take protestors through the green lands and forest of Sunbank. The SEMA campaign explains, "Our route will take us through the green space earmarked for destruction, with opportunities to hear from local people and see local wildlife in its threatened habitat."
Katy Tolman
To attend the walk and support the SEMA group, meet at 2pm at Hasty Lane, near Manchester Airport, WA15 8UT. More information can be found at http://stopmanchesterairport.
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If the CPRE oppose the airport's expansion then I am for it.
The CPRE are the biggest group of affluent nimbys in the UK.Comment by pete on November 3, 2012 at 6:58 pm
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pete i a m no fan of cpre but take a look at the 55 page dossier on manchester city planners website and
the corruption and lies spun by mag and their paymasters in the council is astonishing
in this instance this development mustnt go ahead
22nov turn up and listen to the £100,000 a year councillors decide who owns themComment by iain on November 21, 2012 at 6:41 pm
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The Final Goal Is The Ultimate Love
We are all One. There really is only One of us. Are we not all One and basically the same? Do we all not seek and desire the same thing? Is it not true love — the ultimate love — that we all wish for? That love comes in many different shapes and forms, but is love not love? That is the ultimate goal we all seek inside, whether we realize it or not. It is really the only goal; it is the ultimate goal; it is the final goal; it is the beginning goal; it is the end goal. There really is only love, for we are that embodied love; we are the universe experiencing itself. It is sometimes difficult to grasp and accept this reality, but it is the truth. You can create that love and bliss, or you can create misery and pain; it's up to you. Every choice and moment matters.
Because we are One, there is also that contrast: without darkness, there is no light, and vice-versa. But the right balance is intended. Would you not want more love and light in your life, however? We had that cycle of darkness; is it not now time for the light's turn? It's the never-ending story; it's the same story, recycled and evolving endlessly, for it is the will of the Source. It is the play and story we choose as actors and actresses in this game of life and creation we participate in. But what's the whole point to it all? Is it not for the love? Is it not to be happy and really enjoy ourselves? If it wasn't for that, what reason would there be for our suffering?
You can choose the positive life or the negative life. In a way they are the same, but in another way of course they are not; they are stark opposites, constraints of duality and variety. We need the love. That's all that really matters. Love is all there is. Many would like to disagree, but if you look deep within for the truth, matters will become crystal clear in all the fog and confusion. The love is the goal. There really is no other goal; it all stems from the One Logos, if you will. With this truth in your heart and mind, your purpose will become very clear and even obvious. You will know your mission. This is why we live; this is why we persevere.
Believe in yourself and have faith in the good fight. You are the main star in your role and movie. Don't let the fears stop you from the true love. And now that you know what really matters, go out and get it! Get your love; find your soulmate; be with your twin flame. Be free! Be happy! Be in love! Negativity and fear only exists to make us stronger and to make the love stronger and more perfect, as well. Without darkness, there would be no light, for there are some necessary discomforts. You were always free and you are always free. The potential inside you for that divine love is always in you. You are that love; you are that light.
The old days are in the past and the new arrives today. Everyday is a gift from The One. There's only One way — One road — One path — One consciousness — that we're all heading towards. Never give up the noble quest to your highest hopes and dreams. It is the reason why we are alive.


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What Joan Rivers' Life Can Teach Us About The Power Of Pets
Groundbreaking comedian Joan Rivers has died, and many are reflecting on the loss of an indelible woman. Deemed a "raspy loudmouth" by The New York Times and known for her controversial quips, she demonstrated a softer side in her dedication to her pets.
Her beloved rescue dogs Sam and Teegan were featured regularly on her Twitter account, and Rivers told Chicago Now that all of her previous dogs have also been rescues.
Rivers' soft spot for dogs stems from one of the darker periods in her life when her husband Edgar Rosenberg committed suicide in 1987. The notoriously vibrant, biting, and witty comedian fell into a depression that she felt she couldn't shake off and in a moment of despair, Rivers seriously considered ending her own life.
Her saving grace was her dog, Spike. Rivers described in an interview with The Daily Beast how Spike's love gave her a reason to carry on:
What saved me was my dog jumped into my lap. I thought, "No one will take care of him." It wasn't a friendly dog-only to me. I adored this dog ... I was sitting in this big empty house in Bel Air, with a phone with five extensions which we no longer needed. I had the gun in my lap, and the dog sat on the gun. I lecture on suicide because things turn around. I tell people this is a horrible, awful dark moment, but it will change and you must know it's going to change and you push forward. I look back and think, "Life is great, life goes on. It changes."
Rivers often touted her love for her four-legged friends, telling Chicago Now that "dogs are easier to love than people; they're certainly more dependable ... Once they love you, that's it. A true friend in life is a dog."
Rivers was considered controversial by PETA for owning and wearing fur. She responded openly and frankly to criticism, telling protestors in one instance that the furs she was wearing which "would have been lying in a cellar" had now "gotten to go to the opera." Rivers added that she agreed with the organization's message. "I have four rescue animals, so we all do what we do in our own way."
Following her death, PETA's senior vice president Dan Mathews published a statement on The Huffington Post which lauded River's compassion for animals. "Despite her penchant for wearing fur, Joan always appreciated PETA's efforts," stated Mathews. "We'll all miss Joan terribly, but her legacy will live on in many meaningful ways."
Rivers also supported such causes as Guide Dogs of America and Lucy Pet Foundation.
Rivers' powerful relationship with her animals is one that will not soon be forgotten.
"When you have a dog in your life there's no such thing as an empty apartment," Rivers once told Brian Fischler in an interview. "I just don't get people that don't have a pet in their life."


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Dear friends,
It's my pleasure to let you discover a Dutch trumpet player: Andre Heuvelman.
He has a real sensibility and explore life through his breath. Being young, André wanted to be normal, not handicapped by his shorter left arm. He wanted to play the trumpet, but doctors told him he should wear a brace to support the heavy instrument. "No way!", he said, he wanted to be normal. Instead he went wind-surfing, making his arm so strong he could do without the brace. Windsurfing made him the great musician he now is, simply by not being afraid of the water and the wind.
But I don't want to present him has a handicapped but as a GREAT musician. That's why I'm very happy to let you listen to his story (from the beginning until mn 4) but above all to his art from mn 4 to the end of this video.


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It's salsa time! The weather is warming up as fast as the grill is and we're going to need many cool, refreshing side dishes to go with our grilled meats over the coming spring and summer months. So here's one to get started. It's quick, healthy and packed with flavor. Can't go wrong with that.
- 1 20 oz. can or about 2 cups Pineapple Chunks
- 1 Lime
- 1 Avocado
- 2 bunches of Scallions
- 3 tbsp fresh Cilantro
- 1 Red Bell Pepper
- 1 Jalapeño
- Salt
Here's what I did:
If using canned pineapple, drain the chunks, reserving the juice for a cocktail (vodka & pineapple works well). Chop the scallions (white and green parts), red pepper and jalapeño. Add the vegetables to a serving bowl with the pineapple. Top with chopped cilantro and avocado.
Season with a pinch or two of salt, then add the juice of one lime. Gently toss. Allow the flavors to meld together in the refrigerator until you are ready to serve.
Serve with chips as an appetizer or on top of spicy grilled chicken or shrimp. This is also good with fish tacos.


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As a Midwest native for the past decade, Ms. Hishaw has worked extensively in the area of environmental education, civil rights, and agricultural policy. After obtaining a Bachelor's degree in Biology from Tuskegee University, and a Juris Doctorate and Legal Master's Degree in Agricultural Law from the University of Arkansas-Fayetteville, Ms. Hishaw's work experience in environmental and agricultural advocacy has varied. Ms. Hishaw's dedication to public service is reflected in the 2006 establishment of the Youth Conservation Corps (YCC) program, an inner-city environmental education program in Kansas City, Missouri, geared towards educating young Black males about ecology and conservation. The program was later adopted by a neighborhood association and the City of Kansas City Green Block Initiative.
As an Environmental Planner, Hishaw had the opportunity to enforce policy on a grassroots level, in working with federal, state and local municipalities to ensure compliance of the Clean Water Act provisions in low income communities. Furthermore, her work in civil rights within the federal sector to providing legal assistance to Black and Native American farmers during the settlement phase of two discrimination class action suits, influenced her current efforts in establishing a legal non-profit for Socially Disadvantaged Farmers in the Southeast. Ms. Hishaw is licensed in Wyoming.
Notably, Ms. Hishaw's extensive law review and American Bar Association includes her latest Co-Authored article, How Socially Disadvantaged Farmer Initiatives Have Not Resolved USDAs History of Discrimination and Recommendations From Front Line Agricultural Workers, Tuskegee University-Production Agricultural Workers Policy Journal (Fall 2013 Edition).


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I can write anything I want, but I can't write everything I want. At the age of 61 where a short story can take as much as three months, my time is limited. Here is part of a story I am shelving and thought you might enjoy the opening paragraphs.
Faydra: A Tale From the Fractured World,
by Alan Loewen
I'm going to tell you how I met Faydra, but I really should start at the beginning. I'll follow the advice the King of Hearts gave the White Rabbit: 'Begin at the beginning and go on till you come to the end: Then stop.'
Those of us born on what we arrogantly call Earth Prime all remember where we were when the Fracture occurred a good decade ago. Those of us who survived it of course.
I sat in the kitchen of the home I had been born twenty two years previously, freshly graduated from Penn State, and waiting for the job offers to just come rolling in. I had just hung up the phone after speaking to my parents who called me with last minute house sitting instructions before they boarded their cruise ship and I had just made myself the perfect sandwich for my lunch: minced bologna, real mayonnaise, a layer of sweet bread and butter pickles, and a few leaves of lettuce. And then the lights went out literally and figuratively.
I miss that sandwich so much.
When I came to, I lay on the kitchen floor looking over at Hypatia, my Sheltie, licking her lips, her breath smelling of minced bologna, real mayonnaise...well, you get the picture.
I had no idea why I blacked out and still feeling a little queasy in the stomach, I felt no hurry in getting up. I thought that I would just lay still for awhile and then see about maybe getting to a phone, crawling if I had to, and getting an ambulance to come take a look at me. The Biglerville Fire Department only had to travel one mile to get to my house, close enough that on days when the wind didn't blow I could easily hear the siren calling volunteer firefighters and EMTs to some fire or medical emergency.
I'm convinced the shock of passing out is why I didn't hear the screaming right away. I lay on the floor considering it, confusing it at first for the Biglerville fire siren, but the siren never paused for breath.
Somebody somewhere was having a hard time and after a few moments I thought I better look into it because the screaming just went on and on.
Carefully, I got up on my hands and knees and when my gut stopped flip-flopping, I crawled to the dining room picture window and took a peek outside.
The human mind has some very elaborate mechanisms for protection, so I could not take in all that I saw right away.
My mind first registered my next door neighbor, Miss Pitzer standing on her lawn with a push mower beside her. Facing away from me, I could not see the reason for her pointing in the direction of her house and screaming until my mind decided to do the great reveal.
Miss Pitzer's house wasn't there. In it's place, stretching as far as I could see stood a forest with trees that would have made the California Redwoods look like twigs.
Standing behind the picture window I craned my head up to see if I could see the treetops, but no go on that plan. Just one of those trees would have met the world's demand for toothpicks for millennia.
I rubbed my eyes a couple of times, and then made the decision to stand. After a while, with the help of the window ledge, I made it to my feet and after a few moments started feeling better. Tentative steps seemed to work so I went to the back door and with Hypatia at my heels, opened the back door into madness.
Miss Pitzer ignored me as I went to stand next to her. Not knowing what to say to her, I just stared at what must have been a primal wood that would have made Paul Bunyan drool.
The sharpness of the division between her lawn and the wood looked like it had been made with a cookie cutter. Not knowing what had happened to Miss Pitzer's house or how a wood with giant trees had taken its place, I thought a phone call to 911 would be in order.
And my cell phone would not connect.
Of course it took seven years of suffering and fighting and trying to keep one's sanity before we ever learned what had happened. When life reached some form of stability, that's when we discovered the huge crater eighteen miles in circumference beneath the France-Switzerland border near Geneva where the Large Hadron Collider once lay.
The eggheads think a power surge made the universe go flip flop and about twenty three parallel earths became fractured and got all messed up like a jigsaw puzzle.
Now I know you know all this, but I'm telling the story and I'll get to Faydra eventually. Just let me tell the story my own way.
All I know now is that a forest from some parallel earth ended up as my neighbor and on some other planet in some other universe, Miss Pitzer's house and her yappy Pekingese sits without Miss Pizer in residence.
I miss my parents.
I miss my minced bologna sandwiches.
The shame that I did not help my next door neighbor is sometimes overwhelming, but does it help if I say I had a bad case of shock? Especially after the sun set and that big spiral galaxy filled up half the night sky and the truth hit hard that we weren't in the world that we knew anymore. I never saw Miss Pitzer ever again. I never even knew when she stopped screaming. I just hope she's okay.
Of course, we were lucky. Biglerville found itself surrounded by three other chunks of real estate from three other parallel earths: the primal wood, New Rome (that's what we call it) where Romans discovered the New World but never grew beyond the Iron Age, and finally, Faydra's world that we still call Disneyland to this day. Of course, I wasn't going to meet Faydra for another eight years, but like I said, this is my story to tell. I'll tell it the way I want.
Anyway, after my fellow small town residents and I endured the initial shock of being plunged back to the 19th century and its lack of electricity and Internet and video games and television and all the other toys that kept us busy, the only joy we had was to discover a world where basically peaceful red pandas lived and walked like human beings.
So New Rome gave us goverment and leadership, Biglerville still had working farmlands and orchards, and once we learned the red pandas weren't murderous, they kept us sane with their inquisitive friendship.
Unfortunately, some of the parallel Earths that bordered New Rome and Disneyland weren't very friendly, but unlike the Iron Age Romans and the peaceful red pandas, we of Earth Prime were fortunate. We had guns.
New Rome had to deal with a bordering Earth that would have made H.P. Lovecraft giddy with joy, but the monsters there were not like their literary or cinema cousins. When you shot them, they obediently lay down and assumed room temperature.
Connecting to Disneyland was another world of humans that bore some philosophical crossbreeding between Ayn Rand and Kim Jong-un, but as they had not fought a war in their world for centuries, they could not put up to much of a fight. The pandas just stood aside and let us play target practice. Once we removed the old guard, New Rome stepped in to teach them their version of a Roman Republic and that world seems to be doing better.
It took the better part of seven years for the Fractured World to reach a form of stability, seven years of a lot of wars and a lot of death. The number of suicides from Internet deprivation alone almost wiped out an entire generation.
Ecologically, it will be hundreds of millennia before our new Fractured Earth reaches some form of natural homoeostasis, but until then, we do the best we can. So far, a decade after the Fracture, we've catalogued about twenty-three different versions of Earth.
So here we are, a decade after the Fracture and I'm working for Knouse Foods on a plan to expand the orchards into Disneyland when there's a knock on the door.
And here is where I finally get around to telling you about Faydra.


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Bethel girl is fire poster winner
The contest is a sponsored by the Office of State Fire Marshal, the
Connecticut Fire Marshals Association
, the Connecticut Fire Chiefs Association, the
Connecticut Board of Education
, and the
Connecticut FAIR Plan
, an insurance provider.
County winners were awarded a $200 savings bond, and their work will be exhibited at the state Capitol later this year.
The state winner will be announced at a luncheon in Cromwell in late March.


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Quick Facts:
Location: Olympic Coast
Land Agency: Olympic National Park
Roundtrip: 9.4 miles
Elevation Gain: 400 feet
Notes: National Park entry fee; dogs prohibited; coastal section can be difficult during high tides.
Green Trails Map: Olympic Coast 99S
Contact: Olympic National Park
Access: From Port Angeles, follow US 101 west for 5 miles to SR 112. Continue on SR 112 for 46 miles to Seiku. Travel west on SR 112 for 2.5 miles beyond Seiku and turn left onto the Hoko-Ozette Road. Follow this paved road for 21 miles to trailhead at Ozette Ranger Station.
Good to Know: Kid-friendly, snow-free winter hike, backpacking opportunities (permit required), exceptional wildlife viewing, historic, Practice Leave No Trace Principles, One of the 100 Classic Hikes of Washington
Sea stacks, sea otters, sea lions, and ocean scenery for as far as you can see, the 9.4 mile Ozette Triangle is one of the finest hikes on the Olympic Coast. An easily accessible loop hike, it's the perfect introduction to America's wildest coastline south of Alaska.
From Lake Ozette, one of the largest natural bodies of water in Washington, the loop begins its 3.3 mile journey to the sea. Cross the lazy and brackish Ozette River on an arched bridge soon coming to a junction. Veer right and via good trail and cedar-planked boardwalks, traverse lush maritime forests drenched in sea mist. Towering ferns line the elevated path. Pass through Ahlstrom's Prairie, an early homestead site, since reclaimed by the dense greenery that thrives in this water-logged climate.
Raucous gulls and the sound of crashing surf announce that the ocean is near. Now gently descend to the wild beaches of Cape Alava. Turn south and follow the shoreline for 3.1 adventurous miles. Look out to off-shore islands. Gaze the ocean waters for seals, whales, and scores of pelagic birds. Look in tidal pools for semi-submerged starfish tenaciously clinging to barnacle-encrusted walls. Look for oystercatchers cruising down the aisles of this open fish market. Look up in the towering trees hugging the shoreline for perched eagles.
Search for Makah petroglyphs etched into the Wedding Rocks, a cluster of shore hugging boulders about half way down the coast. Respect these historic and sacred artifacts; they predate European settlement in the Northwest. If the tide is low continue along the surf. If it is high use the steep but short trails (signed) that bound over the rough headlands. A little more than 3.0 miles from Cape Alava, you'll arrive at Sand Point. Over two glorious miles of some of the finest sandy beaches in all of Washington extend from this point. Explore at will or return to Lake Ozette via another 3.0 mile long boardwalk trail. It's all through expansive cedar bogs and under a dense canopy of majestic Sitka spruce. As the sound of the crashing surf slowly fades in the distance, the Ozette Triangle will long continue to chime in your mind.
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Legal Ethics: The Law of Professional Responsibility
This course is an examination of some of the ethical problems encountered in practice, as well as a general introduction to the American civil and criminal procedure contexts in which those ethical problems are resolved. Topics include: an attorney's duties of competence to and communication with clients, representing conflicting interests, attorney-client privilege, preserving client confidentiality, ethical issues in the context of class action and other aggregate settlements, the role of the judge and jury (including judicial and jury misconduct), and court and bar sanctions for misconduct. Final examination.
Catalog Number: LITARB 802E
Course History
Summer 2017
Title: Legal Ethics: The Law of Professional Responsibility
Faculty: Dana, David A. (courses | profile)
Section: 1 Credits: 2.0
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Honda Micro Commuter EV Prototype Has 37-Mile Range, Seating for Three
Honda has revealed the latest prototype of its Micro Commuter electric vehicle. We first saw the tiny EV at last year's Tokyo auto show when it was named the Small Sports EV Concept.
This latest version, however, has shed some of the concept car's funky styling and appears more production ready. Honda says the Micro Commuter Prototype rides on a new Variable Design Platform, in which big items like the lithium-ion battery and motor are stuffed below and at the rear end of the car to maximize passenger and cargo room. The initial specs include a power rating of 20 hp and a maximum speed of about 50 mph. Range is limited to 37 miles, and the battery will need three hours of charge time to reach maximum capacity. Exterior dimensions are 98.4 x 49.2 x 56.9 inches. For comparison, the 2013 Honda Fit's entire wheelbase is 98.4 inches long. The 2013 Fit is 66.7 inches wide and 60.0 inches tall.
Those numbers only emphasize the micro EV's purpose as a city car. Honda says the cabin will accommodate one driver up front and the back can either fit two children or one adult thanks to a reconfigurable seating system. The Micro Commuter Prototype will also be packed with technology including a tablet device that acts as an energy monitor, back-up camera display, audio, and navigation system. The prototype has roof-mounted solar cells to recharge the tablet's battery. No word if the head-up display from last year's concept has made it to this latest prototype. It's too soon to say if Honda will push this to production. We should know more after the automaker tests vehicles like the prototype pictured above, starting in 2013.
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Wednesday, January 11, 2017
Little hands and feet
It feels like Jackson is growing so fast already. I take lots of pictures but I like to record his first days other ways too. My mom got us this handrprint ornament kit for Christmas.
My friend Tina likes to poke fun at my LWH otherwise known as Little Wrinkly Hands. For some reason, my hands look unusually wrinkly. Looks like Jackson inherited them from me.
My dear friends Peggy and Walt in Las Vegas sent us a hand and foot print frame. It turned out really nice. When I stare at the impressions they start to look 3D to me.
These aren't the final photos but I couldn't wait to put it together!
Someday I'll look back and wonder how he was ever so small.
Tuesday, January 10, 2017
Jackson Fox - One Month Old!
Jackson got geared up in his fox outfit for his one month photo. It sure doesn't feel like a month has gone by already.
Note that the typefaces I used in this are Action Jackson and Foxy!
Monday, January 9, 2017
New Year inspiration
I wasn't planning on doing any New Year's decorating since I'll be moving this month but I couldn't resist these inspirational pennants. Perfect for the New Year!
Sunday, January 8, 2017
Soooo big!
Jackson has become a very smiley baby. I got this chart to track his growth and look how happy he is about getting bigger!
Saturday, January 7, 2017
Back to the grind
The pugbushkas are sad that the holidays are over.
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Friday, January 6, 2017
2017 Planner
After so many years of buying new planners and even trying to make my own, you can see I really am happy with the year planners that I get from May Designs. I keep coming back to them year after year. They are cute and they have just the right calendar layout and extra pages for lists.
This year I went with a strawberry design! Now that it is here I can finally continue on with 2017.
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Thursday, January 5, 2017
Best nine of 2016
I had to smile when I saw what my top nine Instagram posts for 2016 were. Obviously the anticipation and arrival of Jackson Fox were the highlights of the year!
At least the pugs made it into two shots.
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Wrapper: Nicaraguan
Binder: Nicaraguan
Filler: Nicaraguan
Vitola: Half Churchill (4 3/4 x 48)
Brand: Dunbarton Tobacco and Trust
Factory: Fabrica de Tabacos Joya de Nicaragua S.A.
CigarNoise Price Range: $8-$10
Production: Regular
Source: Small Batch Cigar from IPCPR 2017
Dunbarton Todos Las Dias Review – First Thoughts
Todos Las Dias is the anticipated powerhouse cigar from Steve Saka, a man known for making full-bodied and full strength cigars. If you're curious about the name Todos Las Dias and why it's correctly incorrect, check out his press release.
This wrappers is dark, oily, toothy, and as seamless as they come. The foot, though, is where this cigar makes me do a double take! I've literally been smelling this cigar for the last half hour to make sure I'm not going crazy. Faint traces of molasses, vanilla, and cedar swirl together around a unique barbecue sauce sensation. We're talking about the potent aromas of home-made hickory barbecue sauce with an extra dose of liquid smoke – something I've never experienced in before with this much intensity.
Dunbarton Todos Las Dias Review – First Third
Cream, Coffee, Dark Chocolate, Cedar, Pepper, Caramel Popcorn
Snip the cap, toast and roast the foot, let 'er rest, take a puff: My first few moments with Todos Las Dias are not at all what I expected. Balanced flavors of creamy coffee, dark chocolate, mild cedar, and pepper coat my palate before ending in a very rich, satisfying finish that reminds me of a Mocha Latte. Pepper strikes quick and often but always succumbs to the creamy texture of this smoke that lingers between puffs.
Chewy sensations of caramel popcorn enter around the one-inch mark. Hot damn! I'm usually not a full-bodied or full throttle kind of guy, but this cigar brings more than just muscle to the table. The interplay of finesse, balance, and strength exhibited in Todos Las Dias already exceeds my expectations.
Dunbarton Todos Las Dias Review – Second Third
Chocolate Graham Crackers, Pepper, Earth, Leather, Brown Sugar
Dropping the ash, our second third opens up with noticeably dryer impressions of chocolate graham crackers, mild pepper, subtle earth, and leather. The rich, creamy texture that was so iconic in the first third has left us for now, but I suspect it will return as the ash builds.
Moments later, delightful hints of brown sugar round out the flavor profile. A little backstory: I review cigars first thing in the morning before eating or drinking anything except water. And, with those parameters, I was a little hesitant to review this cigar thinking that it would put me on my ass. As it turns out, this feels more like a guilty pleasure than a cigar review.
The mechanics of Todos Las Dias don't shine as much as the flavor profile, but everything still appears to be above average. Aesthetically speaking, the char line is as crisp as one can expect from a cigar. And the burn line corrected itself even if it has tried to get out of hand at the beginning of each segment. The draw is the one area that I wish I could improve upon, requiring slightly more resistance than I prefer.
Dunbarton Todos Las Dias Review – Last Third
Dark Chocolate, Cherries, Cedar, Coffee, Sweet Cream, Walnut, Toasted Graham Cracker, Caramel
Dropping the ash again, I'm met with dark chocolate, subtle cherries, vibrant cedar, mild coffee, and home-made sweet cream. I just thought it couldn't get any better than the first third, but now we've got a party!
Walnut, toasted graham cracker, and bold cherry notes surge about halfway through this segment and I'm sure that it reads like something you could order at the Marble Slab. And it's not without merit, given the richness of this blend, but I wouldn't peg Todos Las Dias as an overly sweet cigar.
Burning down further, soft caramel notes develop much later in the lifecycle of a cigar than I would've thought possible. The nicotine rush finally settles in, and it's only at the end of the experience that I can feel the effects of such a strong cigar.
Long story short: If Steve Saka blends a half (or short) Churchill vitola, you owe it to yourself to take it for a spin!
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Innovation in Artificial Intelligence/Robotics Scholarship 2019
Eligibility: High school seniors and college freshmen, sophomores, juniors
Scholarship Award: USD $1,000 awarded to students exploring the concept of how Artificial Intelligence may affect humanity, society, culture, or a project conceptualizing this idea.
Application Requirements:
• Resume
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Personal statement discussing one of the following:
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text: Carver Elementary School is named after George Washington Carver. Carver is an inspiration to us all because of his ability to defy the odds and follow his dreams. Carver was born into slavery but went on to become one of the most prominent scientists and inventors of his time. He also became a teacher!