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We climbed up all week long. We talked about things that needed to be talked about. We persevered. We ran races, put out fires, sang loudly, screamed, chased each other, and had a dance party.
As I mentioned yesterday, I got a new camera and couldn't promise not to take 5000 pictures today. I managed to get in a shocking 250 only, and a lot of them are just testing out the settings, but there are some pretty spectacular shots from this, the last day of Summit.
Here is a shot of Isaac, Chris and Sherri's youngest, chilling with Josh and Jordanne for the morning.
Here are just a sampling of the scenic shots I grabbed of the waterfront today.
Check out the tableaus that Natalie and Bailey were working on with the Drama group. They were freeze-framing The Three Little Pigs.
Here's MEEEEE! I handed the camera over, and I hardly make it in here, so I thought I'd self promote a LITTLE bit.
Lunch was spy themed. Many kids were sitting at all kinds of different tables other than where they should have been, so I was quite confused. The best though, was the cabin that had the boys wrapped in bags and towels, and one ate by moving from place to place all over the dining hall. Epic. It was no surprise these boys won the dress up challenge today.
Here are our Junior Lifeguards, all finished their training and glad to be done! They looked like they had a lot of fun throughout the week, though.
This afternoon, about 65 of our 99 Summit Campers signed up to do an island swim. Waterfront Director Aunt Lynn took three heats of kids out to the island on the pontoon boat, dropped them off, and then with 10 kayakers, the e-boat, and Lynn and I on the Pontoon Boat, we had an excellently guarded selection of kids who swam the just over 400m back to the swimming dock.
Tonight's dinner was banquet night, and look how snazzy Madelyn and Isaac look!!
Speaking of kids, Vernon and Sarah showed up a day early for Fam Camp (which starts tomorrow!! How many of you are stoked!?), and they were quickly surrounded by a throng of girls oohing and aahing at how cute Wyatt is…… and Paul got his fill of little babies, which is good, since his youngest is here, at Summit.
As if today wasn't full enough of being on boats and in water, it was time for one last waterfront staff photo. They all got on paddle boards and paddled out to the Jesus Saves rock. Lynn put her paddle board onto the pontoon boat and drove me out there to take some pictures. We anchored, and I took some shots.
Lastly, we had a Kahquah Dance Party for part of the last Underground tonight, and let me tell you, I couldn't stay long enough to take more than a few pictures. Picture this……. 100 kids, all their leaders, some support staff…… jumping, dancing, grooving…. in the lower level of the lodge… when it was quite warm all day today. It was STINKY and HOT down there. I left quickly.
Aunt Shelley, our awesome craft leader this week, gave me all her pictures from the past two weeks. Here are the cabin shots from this week. Thanks Shelley!
And as the sun sets on our last week of Kids' Camp and we switch gears to Family Camp, we want to thank you all so much for your support, for sending us your kids, for praying for us, for partnering with us, and for keeping us on our toes. We wouldn't be here without you.
Please keep following through Family Camp if you feel so inclined. In theory, the blog won't be quite so involved, but I'm looking forward to continuing to keep all of you who want to know what's going on informed. Also, if you're interested, I believe there's still some space here during Week 2 and 3, so if you're not already planning to attend, we'd love to have you!
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A free concert for the benefit of street children will be held on April 26, 7:00 PM at the University of the Philippines Diliman Film Center. This musical celebration is organized by the non-stock, non-profit, Christian organization Onesimo Foundation.
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Onesimo operates ten shelters (therapeutic communities) and drop-in centers in Metro Manila slum areas: at Quezon City's Payatas, Frisco, Philcoa (2), Mendez, and F.Carlos; Malabon's Letre and Manila's Tondo and Quiapo (2). Onesimo has been registered since 1996 as a non-profit organization. It benefits from tax exemption and is licensed as a social institute by the Department of Social Welfare (DSWD).
Onesimo was founded by the couple Christian and Christine Schneider who came as missionaries from Servants Switzerland. The Schneiders speak Filipino as fluently as any native speaker. They lived in the slums for nine years and encountered street children who are suffering from poverty, physical abuse, and substance abuse. According to the couple, the children "have practically no chance to live with dignity, purpose and social respect. But … they have a claim on such a life. In order for them to experience the Christian faith, Onesimo seeks to encourage their self-confidence and initiative without alienating them from their surroundings." It is for this reason that Onesimo remains in slum communities.
Why the name Onesimo? According to the Schneiders, Onesimus is the name of a young slave who became a friend of Paul. Onesimo Foundation wants children to be delivered from the kind of slavery that exists in slum areas. The couple have since returned to Switzerland with their own children and turned over the management of Onesimo in Manila to Filipinos. From Basel, the couple coordinates volunteer work in Europe with the leadership team in Manila, and they oversee the communication between investors and contacts in Manila, such as the managing committee, the supervisor, and sponsored children.
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First base is generally viewed as the deepest position in fantasy baseball, though you can make the argument that's no longer the case. There are ample good options, but once you get past the first few names are there any guarantees? There's potential, but the names start to become a bit more interchangeable (especially once you get past the Top 8). Who are the players to target? Where is the upside after the top few names? Let's take a look:
1. Paul Goldschmidt – Arizona Diamondbacks
2. Miguel Cabrera – Detroit Tigers
3. Anthony Rizzo – Chicago Cubs
4. Freddie Freeman – Atlanta Braves
5. Jose Abreu – Chicago White Sox
6. Joey Votto – Cincinnati Reds
7. Chris Davis – Baltimore Orioles
8. Edwin Encarnacion – Cleveland Indians
9. Matt Carpenter – St. Louis Cardinals
10. Wil Myers – San Diego Padres
11. Daniel Murphy – Washington Nationals
12. Hanley Ramirez – Boston Red Sox
13. Carlos Santana – Cleveland Indians
14. Brandon Belt – San Francisco Giants
15. C.J. Cron – Los Angeles Angels
- The biggest complaint will likely be slotting Jose Abreu as a Top 5 option. While there were struggles during 2016 he still finished the year hitting .293 with 25 HR and 100 RBI and an 18.4% HR/FB in the second half (14 HR over the final two months) while improving his strikeout rate (20.3% to 15.2%) shows just how good he can be. He needs to find consistency, but there's a lot to like. We previously took an in-depth look at him, which you can read by clicking here.
- Matt Carpenter appears primed to open the season as the St. Louis Cardinals' starter at 1B, though his bat will be more valuable at 2B (he'll also have eligibility at 3B). He proved last season that the power was for real, with 21 HR (along with 36 doubles and 6 triples), and we all know his ability to hit for a strong average. The versatility and upside makes him one of the better players to own.
- It was a fantastic season for Daniel Murphy, but does anyone believe that he can maintain a .347 average (he benefited from a .348 BABIP)? How about his 25 HR pace (he regressed to 9 HR in the second half)? Don't pay for last season's numbers, but that doesn't mean don't buy.
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Near the midway point of The Ides of March, George Clooney's handsome new movie about a fictional battle for the Democratic presidential nomination, I found myself trying to imagine the version of the film that's playing in the mirror universe where Republicans dominate Hollywood and the movie industry specializes in catering to conservatism's fantasies and fears.
Here's what I came up with: It's a week before the hotly contested Florida primary and a beautiful tea partier named Michelle Taggart (played by, I dunno, Anne Hathaway) is locked in a battle with the bland establishment Republican Britt Cromney. Taggart is campaigning on a flat tax, free-market Medicare reform, and a "drill baby drill" plan to exploit America's energy reserves. She's also a devout evangelical Christian who answers a debate question by eloquently comparing abortion to the Holocaust and antebellum slavery. Naturally, she's also the candidate the Democratic party fears the most in the general election, which is why they're plotting to use ACORN-abetted voter fraud to tip the primary to the more moderate and therefore beatable Cromney.
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Take this story, reverse all the ideological elements, and you have the basic plot architecture of The Ides of March. Instead of a stalwart young Reaganite, its press-secretary hero, Stephen Myers (Ryan Gosling), is a "Hope and Change"–type progressive who proves his talents as a media macher by schmoozing New York Times reporters over drinks. And instead of a tea-party dream candidate, Myers's boss is the purest liberal fantasy: a square-jawed ex-military Pennsylvania governor named Mike Morris (played by Clooney himself, naturally), who's pro-choice, pro–gay marriage, anti–death penalty, and anti-war; who monologues stirringly in defense of his atheism ("my religion is the Constitution of the United States!"), and who's campaigning on a platform of Solyndra-style green energy and mandatory national service.
Naturally, the prospect of facing a godless anti-fossil-fuel liberal in the general election so terrifies the Republicans that they unleash a version of Rush Limbaugh's "Operation Chaos" in the Ohio primary, hoping to deliver the state to Morris's Arkansas rival instead. Meanwhile, Morris turns out to have a potentially fatal weakness that only our hero knows about, which sets in motion a series of double- and triple-crosses that forces the young man to either turn Machiavellian or give up on progressive politics entirely.
As a story, The Ides of March is bunkum masquerading as sophistication, with a script that aspires to be a kind of David Mamet–Aaron Sorkin hybrid but lacks the requisite razzle-dazzle. The cast is great — Philip Seymour Hoffman and Paul Giamatti play dueling campaign managers, Marisa Tomei the insinuating Times reporter, Evan Rachel Wood a "here comes trouble" intern — but the characters never transcend their archetypes, and the dialogue belabors and simplifies and plods, without a trace of wit to leaven its self-importance.
As a window into the liberal psyche, though, the movie makes for illuminating viewing. The Ides's script comes from Farragut North, a 2008 play by a veteran of the Howard Dean campaign, but the story weaves together elements from just about every Democratic psychodrama of the last 20 years: Dean versus Kerry, Hillary versus Barack, the John Edwards imbroglio, the Bill and Monica nightmare. And its central theme is the excuse that liberals always make for political failure: that politics is a nasty business, that Republicans are inherently better at nastiness and scheming, and that there just aren't enough Democrats willing "to get down in the mud with the [expletive] elephants," as Giamatti's campaign guru snarls.
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On Sunday, Oct. 29, the Salem Parks and Recreation Department and the Eyes for Olivia Foundation co-sponsored the second annual Trail of Treats and Halloween Costume Contest which took place on the nature trail and in the band shell at Waterworth Memorial Park. The temperature was a chilly 42 degrees and the rain began around 2:30 p.m. but that didn't stop several hundred participants from enjoying a very fun, family-friendly event.
We would like to thank Morris Financial Group Inc. and Nate Mullins in particular for donating close to $200 in gift cards to the winners in the costume contest. Special thanks to our judges Ashley Paulsen, art teacher at Buckeye and Reilly; Allison Kovachik, special education teacher at Buckeye; Angie Henderson, paraprofessional teacher at Reilly and Southeast); Officer Mike Garber and K-9 Simon from the Salem Police Department; and Firefighter Mike Bryan from the Salem City Fire Department for volunteering your time to help make this a fun day for the kids. It is very much appreciated.
Thirty-three local businesses, clubs, organizations, churches and families set up some fantastic displays along the nature trail. This year we gave an award to the best "candy distributor" display which was awarded to the Salem Regional Medical Center's Speech Therapy Department. They went "overboard" with their 10-foot wide pirate ship. Others who were there to pass out candy from some very creative tables were the Salem Police Department (officer Richard Miller), Miss Vicki's Gift Baskets, Little Caesars Pizza, Beltempo Insurance, Girl Scouts of Northeast Ohio, the Christina Huffman family, Salem Radiologists, Salem Rotary Club, Cashland, Metro PCP, Bridgett Cutlip State Farm, Brookdale Senior Living/Salem, Coaches Burger Bar, Pizza Hut, Salem High School Band, Famous Hair, Salem Community Center, Pizza Joe's, Ventra Plastics, Jackson Auto Supply/NAPA, Salem Senior Housing, True Heroes Under God (THUGs) from Emanuel Lutheran Church, Eyes for Olivia Foundation, Schroedel, Scullin & Bestic LLC, Hannah E. Mullins School of Practical Nursing, Salem Kiwanis Club, Drayer Physical Therapy Institute, Salem Fun Factory, Downtown Salem Partnership, Great Clips, Salem Sewer and Drain, Burchfield Historical Museum and Greenford Christian Church. I hope you are all as excited about next year as we are!
We would also like to thank J.D. Creer and the Salem News for the outstanding coverage and pictures along with Gregg Warner, Mike Hoffman and THUG's for helping those in need while setting up their displays.
We would also like to thank the Salem Community Center for offering the use of the CenterPlex had we needed to move indoor (which was a strong possibility).
Last, but not least, we want to thank all those families who, in spite of the cool and wet conditions, came and participated in our event. We hope you enjoyed it as much as we did and look forward to seeing you again next year. Happy holidays from the Salem Parks Department and the Eyes for Olivia Foundation!
Salem Parks and Recreation Department
KIM and MIKE HOFFMAN,
Eyes for Olivia Foundation


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I think essentially we are either drawn to trousers (or pants as they call them here in Australia and I believe in USA too!) or a dress/skirt .... I used to wear trousers all the time but now I find I am increasingly drawn to skirts and dresses far more - especially the dress - just one 'thought' of what to wear, a few accessories and you're done!
As I said yesterday today you have the (ahem!) pleasure of seeing deux photographs of 'what I wore in the shop' ...... Outfit one which I wore today is the trouser plus top the other is a dress with a T shirt underneath (which seems to be my most common 'go-to' outfit looking back over this experiment of listing what I wore each day to the shop!)
Trousers in outfit one are from Country Road (Australian make), with white vest underneath from A Cote (French make but bought in UK) and grey fine cotton V neck top (purchased in Australia - first outing today - Vanessa Bruno, in sale in fantastic shop called Cactus Jam) - suede boots as before and favourite necklace from Elk (Australian company).... Coat dress worn day before (above) from Veronika Maine (purchased in Australia but I believe NZ company) with striped T shirt underneath from Primark (UK) - my fav. charcoal grey leggings and the little flat bargain satin shoes bought in Oz (make - Lily and Lulu) oh and black horn bracelet from Schon (Oz company too - made in Sydney I believe)......
Tomorrow is my last day in the lovely shop Peony - I have really enjoyed my three weeks plus one day and the time has flown - last photograph of 'shop outfit' tomorrow and then I have a decision - to carry on blogging or not??? (To blog or not to blog that is the question.....) Originally I decided to have a go at doing a blog during the caretaking of the business but I am enjoying writing and being 'part of the blogging family' so much that I think I will probably carry on (minus the photos of what I wore each day - will most probably revert to jeans most days anyway after all this!)
Until tomorrow .....
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Thursday, September 17, 2009
Trousers or Dresses/Skirts ?
Posted by Semi Expat at Thursday, September 17, 2009
Labels: Dresses
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It would be nice to see you continue blogging, and occasional photos of your outfits might inspire you to carry on being creative.ReplyDelete
I'm usually more drawn to trousers but should probably pay more attention to skirts, especially as I struggle to get the former to fit well.
Mmmm me too really - have only the one pair of tailored trousers in my wardrobe and some comfy linen drawstrings (BODEN!!) but they (the linens) don't really have to 'fit' so don't count.... Think one day I will have to splash out on a v. expensive trouser (or at least try on some in shop and wait for the sale!) to see if the fit is better!ReplyDelete
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The following entry muses one of Hilmi's continuous obsessions with his physical look – SHORT. It was originally published in http://www.dannyhussainy.blogspot.com on March 7, 2005. Hmm, he is one hell of a funny short man. Watch out, tall people.
My SHORT Tale
I am short.
With only five-feet-and-three-inch tall, I am always subject to various situations of belittlement, embarrassment, and to certain extent, humiliation.
I still keep my application form for the position of a MAS steward
I keep refusing my friend's invitation to a modeling agency
I hate being in the middle of the standing crowd during any concerts at KLCC
I don't ask my students to stand up when answering my questions
I avoid being paired with any giraffe-like guys for class presentations
I don't usually walk side by side with my six-feet-tall friends
Adding to these insults and ridicules, I am always doomed to various unpleasant real-life associations.
Shortcomings are not welcome in any college projects
Shortsightedness is the sign of much dreaded aging
Shortcut scheme to rich and success is a disaster
Short-circuit is the curse for all KLians
Okay tall people, you can have a laugh now. I know, laughter is the best medicine. So keep laughing. Ha Ha Ha. Hi Hi Hi. Hu Hu Hu. Are you done? Okay now, short people, I have loads of good news for you. Take a look at these facts.
The SMSers use all sorts of short forms to save their fingers
The similes are used by bloggers to shortly show their feelings
The people's names are shortened as terms of endearments
The telegram is composed of as shortest sentences as possible
The shortcut road is used by smart drivers to minimise the hassles
The effective minutes of the meetings must be concise and short
The short-listed candidates for an interview are a lucky bunch
The shorthand is an essential skill for students and reporters
Moreover, in Malay cultures, the fact that someone is short can be a blessing.
The marriage will last longer if short men marry tall ladies
The kancil, in Malay classic bed-time stories, was intelligent and short
The old Malay folks used to say, "kecil-kecil cili padi…"
Besides, many successful individuals are mostly from the short community.
The linguistic lecturer I adore so much was very brilliant, and short too
The CEO of my company is very transparent, and short too
The Japanese are very genius, and short too
The hobbit who got that ring was cute, and short too
The America's Most Gorgeous Male Model is very handsome, and short too
(maybe their shortnesses make them strive more to compensate their shortcomings, uk?)
Linguistically, the English language is very happy to permit all sorts of amusing short forms.
WHO, CALL, ME, etc. – the products of acronyms
Enthuse, televise, liaise etc. – the products of backformations
Brunch, smog, motel, etc. – the products of blends
Math, bike, fax, etc. – the products of abbreviations
Burp, buzz, hiss, etc. – the products of onomatopoeia
(it is funny to realize that the terms 'abbreviations' and 'onomatopoeia' are two such long words for their short counterparts, isn't it?)
So, all the shorties around the world, being short is not that bad, uh?
*the roundest applause*
Thank you.
From a short lecturer.


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Our world is changing at an extremely rapid pace. Everywhere you go you would be hard-pressed to not find someone with an iPhone in their hand. Six years ago the iPhone was still in development.
The posted video helps us as educators put into perspective how different our future will be based upon today's statistics. How do we prepare our students for this world? How do we keep the classroom relevant to the future market? These are questions we must consider as we attempt to meet the needs of our students. Certainly this affects how we integrate technology in the classroom.


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2017 has seen a boom of babies, especially for celebrities. Beyonce, Serena, Amal, Ciara, Irina Shayk have all given birth this year. With more celebrity pregnancy news being announced, this year is poised to more epic with celebrities bumping along the year. Here is a list of 10 celebrities rocking baby bumps in 2017;
1. Kate Middleton
Kate Middleton, the duchess of Cambridge is pregnant with baby number three. Kate who has been diagnosed with hyperemesis gravidarum for the third time is said to be three months pregnant and might be due in March.
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Yea if you haven't noticed already, I'm MIA. Taking a hiatus from the humor blog here to explore some other avenues of expression including: photos, writing for a music blog, and, most importantly, actually having a life outside of the internet. Crazy right?
I'll be back eventually, but don't wait up. You can contact me via email if you really really miss me, but if it ever comes to that you should probably take a good look at where you life is at. Jk.
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For more than twenty years I've been wandering the woods and waterways of Saratoga County, New York, looking closely, listening carefully. We are blessed in this county with an amazing amount of wilderness right at hand. With this blog I will share a year of adventuring here, seeking out what wonders await in my own Madagascar close to home.
Sunday, March 24, 2013
Out in the Snow, In Spite of Myself
I was in such a funk about all this snow that JUST WON'T GO that I didn't want to go outdoors at all until it just disappeared. But then I learned that a whole bunch of expert birders -- leaders of Audubon chapters from all over the state -- were hiking at Moreau Lake State Park on Saturday, and I was invited to join them. Well, I couldn't pass up that chance! I can't really bird by myself, because I have such poor eyesight, but I do love to tag along with folks who know what they're looking at through their binoculars.
I'm sure that when they planned this hike at Moreau, the Audubon folks were hoping for open water. But not only did we have a lake that was frozen solid, we also had freezing temperatures and a biting wind. So most of the birds in the park were hunkered down, and of course there were no waterfowl at all on the frozen lake. One Turkey Vulture came soaring by, and I think someone in our group saw a Red-tailed Hawk, and another heard, but couldn't see, some Black-capped Chickadees, but that was just about all the avian life that showed itself this day at Moreau. It turned out to be a lucky day for the birders, though, when a report came through of a flock of Bohemian Waxwings feeding on crabapple trees in nearby Queensbury. So off went most of the folks in this group to feast their eyes on a rare winter visitor and, for many, a lifetime bird they're not likely to see again.
Sunday: Exploring the Denton Wildlife Sanctuary
My friend Sue Pierce serves on the board of the local Audubon chapter, and when members of that chapter asked her to lead a nature walk this coming May at the Denton Wildlife Sanctuary near Fort Miller in Washington County, she asked me if I could co-lead this walk with her. Of course I could. Except neither one of us knows this preserve very well. I've been there once and Sue not at all, so on Sunday we went there together to become acquainted with the lay of the land and try to get some idea of what might be growing there come spring. (Yes. Come, Spring. Please do. We're tired of all this snow.)
The first thing we noticed about the land was the presence of large deposits of shale, very black and flaky and containing minerals that are certain to influence the kinds of plants that grow here. My homework now is to consult with experts who can tell me what those minerals are and what plants thrive on them.
Of course, we didn't expect to find any plants newly growing today, but we did enjoy the beauty and color of mosses and lichens that grace the forest all winter long. I love the contrasting textures and colors of Broom Moss and Cladonia lichens.
I believe that this moss, with its beautiful fern-like structure, is one of the Hypnum mosses, possibly Brocade Moss.
This Tree Moss (Climacium americanum) is one that is easy to remember the name of, since it looks like tiny trees.
Well, here's a promise of flowers to come, the wintering-over leaf of Hepatica.
The dark thready branches of Frullania liverwort are evident on tree trunks all winter long, but we were struck by the vivid orange of the bark of this tree, and wondered if the color might be because of a fungal growth.
As for animal life in evidence today, we did hear a Barred Owl calling again and again as we started out, although it fell silent as we proceeded along the trails. Then Sue, with her excellent eyesight, espied these Snow Fleas crawling and hopping all over the surface of the snow.
They're not really fleas, although they do hop, using a springlike appendage under their abdomens. They don't bite like fleas, either, but suck up nutrients through a kind of sipping apparatus on their bellies. In fact, they're not even insects, despite having six legs. Because they are so uniquely equipped with parts no other insect has (their springtails, for example), some entomologists think they might belong in a class all their own. Whatever they are, I think they are really cute.
Here's another bug we saw today. (Well, Sue saw it and pointed it out to me. At maybe a third of an inch, it remained invisible to me until it landed on the snow.) I think it might be a male Winter Cranefly, which was taking advantage of a day above freezing to fly about, hoping to capture the attention of some willing female hiding down in the leaf litter.
Uh oh. This creature won't be flying around anymore. We couldn't figure out how this Turkey met its end, since we didn't find any animal's tracks in the snow around it, other than deer prints. Perhaps it was shot, either in the air or while perched in a tree, and fell to earth here, minus its head.
Poor Turkey, we're sorry you died, but what a chance this was to really get a good look at the beautiful iridescence of your feathers.
We walked for a couple of hours along the well-marked trails of the Denton preserve, moving through upland woods and lowland swamps and along a valley watered by running streams. We look forward to returning in warmer days, to see which plants will flourish in each habitat. Skunk Cabbage was certainly flourishing along this little stream, where Sue is trying to peer into a spathe to see if the spadix within is flowering with pollen.
We passed two open swamps with standing snags of dead trees, which provide perfect nesting areas for creatures of many kinds. It was here we heard the calls of Red-winged Blackbirds, the males already in residence, competing to acquire and defend good nesting sites before the females arrive in warmer weather.
In one of these swamps, I was struck by these mounds of some kind of grass or sedge, like green-haired gnomes poking up from the snow. I don't recall seeing this particular plant, so different in appearance from the Tussock Sedge more commonly seen in such swamps.
Sue had been alerted by one of her Audubon friends to look for a scrubby little pine tree that her friend could not identify. He said it had short needles that gave the little tree a spruce-like appearance. We found a tree that met this description, only about four feet high, with bundles of two needles that were about two inches long and slightly spread, creating an acute angle between the needles in each bundle.
Sue had brought a tree guide along, and we decided that our little tree fit the description of Jack Pine contained in her book. If our analysis is correct, our little tree was quite a find, since Jack Pine is listed as Rare in New York State. We searched the open sandy area where we found this tree, and could not find another.
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- Carolyn H said...
A couple of non-human killers for your turkey come to mind. Raccoons will often eat just the head and then drink the blood. Also, birds of prey can kill a turkey but can't carry it off. They eat the head or take the head with them because they can carry that off. Looks like a nice turkey, too, so I doubt a hunter would have left it.
- March 25, 2013 at 11:15 AM
- Jacqueline Donnelly said...
Thanks, Carolyn, for these suggestions regarding who killed the turkey. I never would have thought of these, but they sure make more sense than a hunter abandoning his kill.
- March 27, 2013 at 7:51 PM
- suep said...
yes I was asking around about what might have happened with that bird,
and it was probably a predator --
although I don't recall having seen any tracks around the carcass...?
Well thanks Carolyn I learned something new about raccoons.
Wonder how one could take down such a big bird (ambush?)
There are plenty of owls and hawks around-- in fact we heard that barred owl along the trail.
And if it WAS a hunter, they were doubly bad, since 1.) it is not turkey season, and 2.) that property is designated as a wildlife sanctuary.
- March 27, 2013 at 9:26 PM


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Local Fire Departments March in Annual Parade
Many local fire departments took part in the 2016 Orange County Volunteer Firemen's Association parade on Sept. 24 in Monroe. The Vails Gate Fire Department, seen here, was represented at the parade. The Vails Gate Fire Department won best overall.
For more photos and coverage see the Friday, Sept. 30 editions of The Sentinel and Orange County Post.


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Steinbrenner: Business and Baseball
Posted by Mary Caraccioli | Filed under Sports Business
By RONALD BLUM AP Sports Writer NEW YORK (AP) – George Steinbrenner, who rebuilt the New York Yankees into a sports empire with a mix of bluster and big bucks that polarized fans all across America, died Tuesday. He had just celebrated his 80th birthday July 4. Steinbrenner had a heart attack, was taken to St. Joseph's Hospital in Tampa, Fla., and died at about 6:30 a.m, a person close to the owner told The Associated Press. The person spoke on condition of anonymity because the team had not disclosed those details.
His death was the second in three days to rock the Yankees. Bob Sheppard, the team's revered public address announcer from 1951-07, died Sunday at 99.
For more than 30 years, Steinbrenner lived up to his billing as "the Boss," a nickname he earned and clearly enjoyed as he ruled with an iron fist. While he lived in Tampa he was a staple on the front pages of New York newspapers. "He was an incredible and charitable man," his family said in a statement. "He was a visionary and a giant in the world of sports. He took a great but struggling franchise and turned it into a champion again."
Steinbrenner's mansion, on a leafy street in an older neighborhood of south Tampa, was quiet Tuesday morning. Private security guards milled around on the empty circular driveway inside the iron gates. A police officer took up a position outside the gates to turn away reporters and keep traffic moving along the narrow street. News vehicles lined the other side of the street. Steinbrenner was known for feuds, clashing with Yankees great Yogi Berra and hiring manager Billy Martin five times while repeatedly fighting with him. But as his health declined, Steinbrenner let sons Hal and Hank run more of the family business. Steinbrenner was in fragile health for years, resulting in fewer public appearances and pronouncements. Yet dressed in his trademark navy blue blazer and white turtleneck, he was the model of success: The Yankees won seven World Series championships, 11 American League pennants and 16 AL East titles after his reign began in 1973. "Few people have had a bigger impact on New York over the past four decades than George Steinbrenner," Mayor Michael Bloomberg said in a statement. "George had a deep love for New York, and his steely determination to succeed combined with his deep respect and appreciation for talent and hard work made him a quintessential New Yorker."
He appeared at the new Yankee Stadium just four times: for the 2009 opener, the first two games of last year's World Series and this year's homer opener, when captain Derek Jeter and manager Joe Girardi went to his suite and personally delivered his seventh World Series ring. "He was very emotional," said Hal Steinbrenner, his father's successor as managing general partner. Till the end, Steinbrenner demanded championships. He barbed Joe Torre during the 2007 AL playoffs, then let the popular manager leave after another loss in the opening round. The team responded last year by winning another title.
Steinbrenner had fainted at a memorial service for NFL star Otto Graham in 2003, appeared weak in 2006 at the groundbreaking for the new Yankee Stadium and later became ill while watching his granddaughter in a college play. In recent times, Steinbrenner let sons Hal and Hank run more of the family business. Still, the former Big Ten football coach took umbrage when others questioned his fitness. "No, I did not have a stroke. I am not ill. I work out daily," Steinbrenner said in 2006. "I'd like to see people who are saying that to come down here and do the workout that I do."
When Steinbrenner headed a group that bought the team on Jan. 3, 1973, he promised absentee ownership. But it didn't turn out that way. Steinbrenner not only clashed with Berra for more than a decade but paid to dig up dirt on Dave Winfield, deriding the future Hall of Famer as "Mr. May" in 1985 after poor performances. Berra's wife, Carmen, said Tuesday her husband was at a golf event in Pennsylvania and was expected to comment later in the day. While he liked to appear stern, Steinbrenner could poke fun at himself. He hosted "Saturday Night Live," clowned with Martin in a commercial and chuckled at his impersonation on "Seinfeld." He gave millions to charity, often with one stipulation, that no one be told who made the donation.
The Yankees paid off for him, too, with their value increasing more than 100-fold from the $8.7 million net price his group paid in January 1973. He freely spent his money, shelling out huge amounts for Jeter, Reggie Jackson, Alex Rodriguez, Torre and others in hopes of yet another title. "Winning is the most important thing in my life, after breathing," Steinbrenner was fond of saying. "Breathing first, winning next." All along, he envisioned himself as a true Yankee Doodle Dandy. It was fitting: George Michael Steinbrenner III was born on the Fourth of July, in 1930. Added up, he joined the likes of Al Davis, Charlie O. Finley, Bill Veeck, George Halas, Jack Kent Cooke and Jerry Jones as the most recognized team owners in history.
Steinbrenner's sporting interests extended beyond baseball. He was an assistant football coach at Northwestern and Purdue in the 1950s and was part of the group that bought the Cleveland Pipers of the American Basketball League in the 1960s. He was a vice president of the U.S. Olympic Committee from 1989-96 and entered six horses in the Kentucky Derby, failing to win with Steve's Friend (1977), Eternal Prince (1985), Diligence (1996), Concerto (1997), Blue Burner (2002) and the 2005 favorite, Bellamy Road. To many, though, the Yankees and Steinbrenner were synonymous. His fans applauded his win-at-all-costs style. His detractors blamed him for spiraling salaries and wrecking baseball's competitive balance. Steinbrenner never managed a game, as Ted Turner once did when he owned the Atlanta Braves, but he controlled everything else. When he thought the club's parking lot was too crowded, Steinbrenner stood on the pavement – albeit behind a van, out of sight – and had a guard personally check every driver's credential.
Steinbrenner made no apologies for bombast and behavior, even when it cost him dearly. He served two long suspensions: He was banned for 2½ years for paying self-described gambler Howie Spira to dig up negative information about Winfield, and for 15 months following a guilty plea in federal court for conspiring to make illegal campaign contributions during the Watergate era. "I haven't always done a good job, and I haven't always been successful," Steinbrenner said in 2005. "But I know that I have tried."
Steinbrenner negotiated a landmark $486 million, 12-year cable television contract with the Madison Square Garden Network in 1988 and launched the Yankees' own YES Network for the 2002 season. All that cash, the Yankees later became the first team with a $200 million payroll, provoked anger and envy among other owners. After the 1982 season, Baltimore owner Edward Bennett Williams said Steinbrenner hoarded outfielders "like nuclear weapons." When Steinbrenner bought the Yankees, he insisted he was too busy with his family's shipbuilding business to take an active role in running the club. As his partners soon found out, that wasn't quite the case. "There is nothing quite so limited as being a limited partner of George Steinbrenner's," one of them, John McMullen, said later. Overall, he changed managers nearly two dozen times and got rid of more than a dozen general managers.
When a Yankees' public relations man went home to Ohio for the Christmas holiday, then returned in a hurry for a news conference to announce David Cone's re-signing, Steinbrenner fired him. After Steinbrenner fired Berra as manager 16 games into the 1985 season, the Hall of Famer vowed he wouldn't go to back to Yankee Stadium for a game until Steinbrenner apologized 14 years later. On one pressure-filled night in 1982, reliever Goose Gossage let loose and called Steinbrenner "the fat man." And in 1978, Martin said of Jackson and Steinbrenner: "The two of them deserve each other – one's a born liar, the other's convicted."
There was no denying the results, however. When Steinbrenner bought the Yankees, they had gone eight seasons without finishing in first place, their longest drought since Babe Ruth & Co. won the team's first pennant in 1921. Under Steinbrenner, the Yankees reached the World Series on 10 occasions and won three straight championships from 1998-2000. Those titles started a run in which the Yankees won the AL East crown every season through 2006. "We've disagreed on more things than we agreed upon, but it never affected our personal relationship," commissioner Bud Selig said in 2005. "George has been a very charismatic, controversial owner. But look, he did what he set out to do – he restored the New York Yankees franchise." Former AL president Gene Budig sometimes was on the wrong end of Steinbrenner's barbs. After he left office, Budig maintained a friendship with him and even advocated Steinbrenner getting into the Hall of Fame. Steinbrenner liked to quote military figures and saw games as an extension of war. No surprise that in the tunnel leading from the Yankees' clubhouse to the field, he had a sign posted with a saying from Gen. Douglas MacArthur: "There is no substitute for victory." Steinbrenner also had a soft side. He sometimes read about high school athletes who had been injured and sent them money to go to college. He paid for the medical school expenses of Ron Karnaugh after the swimmer's father died during the opening ceremony at the 1992 Barcelona Olympics. Steinbrenner kept older friends from his football days on the payroll, had a way of rehiring those he had once fired and liked to give second chances to people who had fallen from favor, such as Darryl Strawberry and Dwight Gooden. "I'm really 95 percent Mr. Rogers," Steinbrenner said as he approached his 75th birthday, "and only 5 percent Oscar the Grouch." Steinbrenner's beneficence extended beyond sports. He pledged $1 million to a Florida orchestra in 1995 and mandated that $265,000 go to a pops series. "I like Tchaikovsky as much as the next guy," he said, "but in this area I think people would rather hear pops concerts, and good ones." While Steinbrenner grew up in the Cleveland area as a Yankees fan, his first passion was football. He fondly recalled watching the Browns on cold winter days and many believe the NFL's must-win-today mentality shaped how he approached all sports.
Steinbrenner was raised in a strict, no-nonsense household headed by his father, Henry. The youngest of three children, Steinbrenner attended Culver Military Academy in Ohio. At Williams College, he was a track man and specialized in hurdles. After that, he enlisted in the Air Force. Steinbrenner always was partial to the military and at Yankee Stadium, men and women in uniform were admitted free. Following his discharge, he enrolled at Ohio State, pursuing a master's degree in physical education. It was his intention to go into coaching, but after working at a high school in Columbus and at Purdue and Northwestern, he turned to the business world. Steinbrenner married Elizabeth Zieg in 1956 and they had four children. In 1963, Steinbrenner purchased Kinsman Transit Co., a fleet of lake ore carriers, from his family and built a thriving company. Four years later, Steinbrenner and associates took over American Shipbuilding and revitalized the company, helping annual revenues triple. It was in Cleveland that Steinbrenner met veteran baseball executive Gabe Paul and became involved with the group that bought the Yankees. With 13 partners, Steinbrenner purchased the team from CBS Inc. He clearly liked the status it gave him. "When you're a shipbuilder, nobody pays any attention to you," he said. "But when you own the New York Yankees … they do, and I love it." Steinbrenner quickly worked to reshape the team he loved as a boy. With that, the Bronx Zoo days began. It was while he was under suspension that the Yankees ushered in baseball's new free-agent era by signing Catfish Hunter to a $3.75 million contract. Even though he was officially barred from participating in the daily operation of the team, no one believed that Steinbrenner was not involved in that deal. Hunter was the first player to cash in on baseball's new economic structure and no owner plunged into the marketplace more than Steinbrenner. He saw it as an opportunity to assemble quality players and was one of the biggest buyers. For the first five years of the free agency, Steinbrenner signed 10 players at an approximate cost of $38 million. Steinbrenner's $18.2 million, 10-year deal with Winfield was the richest free agent contract in history.
During those days, Yankee Stadium underwent a $100 million facelift and reopened in 1976. That year, the Yankees won the AL pennant, but got swept in the World Series by Cincinnati's Big Red Machine. The Yankees surged back to win the World Series championship in 1977 and 1978, and won AL pennants in 1980 and 1981. While the Yankees' roster continually changed, so did the team's front office. Managers were hired and fired at a dizzying pace, with Martin often in the middle. The one constant, for most of Steinbrenner's time, was winning. Steinbrenner once was asked his formula for success. He said: "Work as hard as you ask others to. Strive for what you believe is right, no matter the odds. Learn that mistakes can be the best teacher." Steinbrenner is survived by his wife, Joan, four children and 12 grandchildren. (Copyright 2010 by The Associated Press. All Rights Reserved.)
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Ashley Doll is a super sexy pool player, so when they say rack them up, she gets her rack out for us to enjoy!
Category: jean shorts
Naughty Ashley Doll gets a little goofy in the garden playing around with her hat, work shirt, and short shorts and the garden hose. Let's just say that I would love to plant my seed in her fertile garden!
Hot ass babe Ashley Doll shows off her in short shorts and a kiss shirt – no, not a Gene Simmons Kiss shirt, just some lips almost as sexy as hers!


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My love for Red Velvet Cake runs deep. ♥ There is something about the flavor I can't resist, and of course the color. Those bright red cake layers with white creamy frosting in between. It's literally dessert heaven, and perfect for the Christmas holiday!
This Red Velvet Cake is a classic and a surprisingly very simple cake recipe. Most importantly, it tastes AMAZING. It is moist, delicious and so wonderful.
I'm already on the count down to Valentine's Day to make it again.
Seriously. 😀
Red Velvet Cake with Cream Cheese Frosting
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Serves 12
Classic red velvet cake with layers of cream cheese frosting.
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Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
25 min
Prep Time
20 min
Cook Time
25 min
- 1 ½ cups sugar
- 1/2 cup shortening
- 2 large eggs
- 1 cup buttermilk
- 2 cups all-purpose flour
- 1 teaspoon salt
- 1 teaspoon baking soda
- 1 Tablespoon unsweetened Cocoa powder
- 1 teaspoon vanilla extract
- 2 (1 oz.) bottles red food coloring
- 8 ounces cream cheese, room temperature
- 1 cup butter, room temperature
- 1 teaspoon vanilla
- 6 cups powdered sugar
- Preheat oven to 350° F. Grease and flour two 9-inch round cake pans.
- Cream together sugar and shortening. Add eggs, beat well. Sift flour, salt, baking soda & cocoa. Add alternately the buttermilk & flour mixture to the creamed mixture. Mix until just combined. Blend in vanilla and food coloring.
- Divide batter evenly among the two prepared cake pans.
- Bake 25 to 30 minutes or until tooth-picks inserted in center of cakes comes out clean. Cool cakes in pans for 10 minutes, then remove from pans and set onto cooling racks. Cool completely before frosting.
- Sift powdered sugar and set aside.
- Beat cream cheese and butter on high until creamy. Add vanilla.
- Then, add powdered sugar in batches. Scrape down the sides in between each addition.
- Place one cake layer onto a cake stand or large plate. Frost top with 1/3 of the frosting. Place second layer on top and frost top and all sides of cake. Serve and enjoy!
- Store cake covered in refrigerator for up to 3 days.
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Why there is such a difference? Statistic service counts the movement of goods and services abroad and from abroad, and the NBU counts currency inflow and outflow of foreign economic contracts. So, different kind of schemes shows it very well that the currency just does not come to Ukraine. But everyone pretends not to notice this.
But if there was only problem of currency outflow alone, it could be solved. There is another essential problem, with far more harmful outcomes. According to the Customs service data, in the period from January to August of 2015, Ukrainian export constituted only $ 24.8 billion. It is too little. In fact, it is $ 13 billion (or for 34%) lesser than the same index for 2014. Ukrainian export declines. It means outflow of GDP, currency gain, and thus the currency deficit is assured. Contrariwise, we need to increase the export for these billions. This might really provide the GDP growth and solve the problems of the country's currency market.
According to the Customs service data, during the eight months of 2015 Ukraine mostly has sold on export corn (8.7% of total Ukrainian export), sunflower oil (7.8% of export), and semifinished steel products (with index of 6.9%).
For the eight months of 2015, export to Russia declined for 58%, or $ 4.3 billion. There is purposeful Russian policy to close its markets for the Ukrainian goods. Russia in fact wages a trade war against Ukraine, and tends to reduce our export.
In order to defend from Russian "trade aggression", Ukraine reoriented to other markets, and that are markets of Asia, not Europe. So, the most corn we trade to China, Egypt is the second, and Spain is only the third. What about sunflower oil, the main purchasers are India, China, and Iran. Semifinished steel products mostly came to Egypt, Turkey, and Italy.
Asian countries now provide the most sales for Ukrainian export. For us, it is important to improve relations especially with those countries. Namely Asian economies allow Ukraine at least to partially compensate the loss of the Russian market.
Strange situation: Ukraine has signed the Association Agreement with the EU, but sells the most products to China and India. A paradox, I would say.


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I'm depressed.
Not "the bakery didn't make enough Nutella cupcakes" depressed but actually, truly, clinically depressed.
On top of that, I'm depressed that my depression isn't all that interesting to write about.
Why can't depression at least give me good material? I might not be so bitter (hell, who are we kidding? I would still be bitter) about my depression if I could churn out a book like Running With Scissors or Prozac Nation or The Bell Jar (I know that story doesn't exactly end well). As it is, now I'm depressed with extra layers of frustration and disappointment at my inability to write a bestseller.
Unfortunately (on so many levels), my mental state isn't quirky or kooky. I don't dress cats up like Downton Abbey characters so we can have tea parties (I don't even watch Downton Abbey but it seemed like a good tea party reference). I haven't transformed my garage into an art studio where I listen to psychedelic music while attempting to create Jackson Pollack-like masterpieces as I drink daiquiris in a thrift store prom dress.
Truth be told, I can't even drink daiquiris (in a prom dress or regular clothes, for that matter) because of debilitating erosive gastritis. When I add alcohol to erosive gastritis, I want to stab everything and everybody in the house, including myself, partly so I can redirect the pain to another part of my body and partly to punish myself for ingesting a substance that I knew would make me feel like my stomach was lined with burning embers.
See, sometimes I think that a momentous occasion or an especially delightful cocktail will negate alcohol's effect on my erosive gastritis. I am quickly reminded that it does not right around the time my stomach does an Amanar Vault using my intestines as a springboard. (The Amanar Vault begins with a round-off flip onto the springboard, a back handspring onto the vault, and concludes with a two-and-a-half twisting back somersault. I googled it.) So I can't even be one of those depressed writers who drinks to dull the pain (I know alcoholism + depression = bad news. It's just that depressed alcoholic writers have raised it to an art form). Another failure. But I digress.
My depression is more like hating everyone and everything, including myself, and wondering how I will function for one more moment, while also questioning every single thing about myself and everything I've ever done and said, including how I've been able to fool so many people into believing that I'm a) normal and b) not a total piece of crap (it was a real struggle to not write "piece of shit" so I'd like some credit for that) who doesn't deserve the time of day. I also call into question things I might potentially do and say in the future. In other words, it's simply oodles of fun.
I always thought that the silver lining of being depressed would be staying in bed for two weeks without anyone demanding that I get up and do housework (having a justifiable excuse for not doing housework is always something I'm on the lookout for). I imagined myself in very distinguished striped pajamas with a pretentious monogram, enveloped in a bright white overly fluffy down comforter, propped on an exaggerated pile of pillows, surrounded by books and tissues and a journal.
I would burn the midnight hours with an endless stream of movies and marathons of TV shows. And at the end of the two weeks I'd have a masterpiece ready for publication which would slingshot me right out of my depression and onto the book-signing circuit.
Except that silver lining doesn't exist for me (and, I imagine, millions of other people). For starters, I have a big dopey dog whose utter lack of opposable thumbs and good judgment means that I have to take her out on a regular basis which also means I can't stay in bed for more than several hours straight. And lying in bed for several hours straight makes my back hurt. Another failure.
Being depressed also makes me feel like I want to eat anything and everything because, after all, I'm depressed and I deserve it and I want it and I don't care what anyone or society says. At the same time, being depressed makes me so nauseated that I feel like I could vomit every time I open my mouth. Let me tell you, compulsively eating Nutella while fighting a gag reflex is not easy. It's quite the conundrum.
As is trying to figure out how to function. Because, like so many people, I don't just have depression. No, no, no. There's anxiety, and phobias, and, well, you know. You probably know only too well. It's a veritable nightmare. If you don't know, well, God bless. Enjoy that whole not knowing thing.
In the meantime, I'll be curled up under a blanket eating Nutella until it's time to take the dog out. Damn her lack of opposable thumbs.
P.S. I re-read this and realized it's nowhere near as funny as I wanted this to be. Sorry about that. But it's not quite as much of a downer as the last time I wrote about depression.


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Chemokine receptor gene crucial in the control of Tuberculosis, Gladstone/UCSF researchers find
Controlling a tuberculosis infection requires precise interactions between a
number of different immune cells. Researchers are showing for the first time
that the absence of the gene for CCR2, a receptor on white blood cells known to
be important for cell migration, can have fatal consequences in this setting.
The study is a joint collaboration between the Gladstone Institute of
Cardiovascular Disease and the UCSF Division of Infectious Diseases.
When proteins known as chemokines bind to white cells they initiate a cascade
of events that results in the accumulation of specific groups of cells at the
site of infection or inflammation. This failed to happen in the lungs of CCR2
deficient mice after infection with Mycobacterium tuberculosis, and they
quickly succumbed. At autopsy, the mice had 100 times more bacteria in their
lungs than the normal mice that had the receptor.
"It was unexpected that CCR2 would be so important in resistance to TB," said
lead author Wendy Peters, PhD, a postdoctoral fellow in the laboratory of
Israel F. Charo, MD-PhD, at Gladstone. Dr. Charo is a senior investigator at
Gladstone and UCSF professor of medicine.
Published in the July 3rd issue of the Proceedings of the National Academy of
Sciences USA, the discovery also provides a possible explanation for why some
people are more susceptible to tuberculosis than others, said co-author Joel D.
Ernst, MD, UCSF professor of medicine in the division of infectious diseases.
In 90 percent of people infected, the immune system permanently controls the
bacterium. But not in the remaining 10 percent, who go on to suffer the ravages
of the disease. Some of these people could have a variant of the CCR2 gene that'
s not as effective, Ernst speculated. Roughly one-third of the world's
population is infected with tuberculosis.
"What this study shows is that a failure of recruiting the crucial cells can
lead to disease, and CCR2 is necessary for this to happen," Ernst said.
The study also sends a message to pharmaceutical companies who are trying to
find a drug that blocks CCR2. Two years ago Gladstone scientists found that
mice that lacked CCR2 were protected from developing atherosclerotic plaques.
The current finding sounds the alert "that drugs that block CCR2, may
predispose patients to tuberculosis," said Charo, whose laboratory initially
discovered CCR2.
Other co-authors of this study include Holly M. Scott, graduate student, and
JoAnne L. Flynn, PhD, associate professor, both of the University of Pittsburgh
School of Medicine department of molecular genetics and biochemistry; and Henry
F. Chambers, MD, UCSF professor of medicine at San Francisco General Hospital
Medical Center.
This study was funded by grants from the National Institutes of Health and the
Sandler Family Foundation.
The Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease is one of three research
institutes that comprise The J. David Gladstone Institutes, a private
biomedical research institution affiliated with UCSF. The institution is named
for a prominent real estate developer who died in 1971. His will created a
testamentary trust that reflects his long-standing personal interest in medical
education and research.


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Before Swift retired to Ireland, Mr. Pope, Dr. Arbuthnot, Mr. Gay, Mr.
Parnell, Mr. Jervas, and Swift formed themselves into a society called
the Scriblerus Club. They wrote a good many things in conjunction, and,
according to Goldsmith, Gay was usually the amanuensis. The connection
between these wits advanced the fame and interest of them all. They
submitted their several productions to the review of their friends, and
readily adopted alterations dictated by taste and judgment, unmixed with
envy, or any sinister motive.
When the members of the Scriblerus Club were in town, they were
generally together, and often made excursions into the country. They
generally preferred walking to riding, and all agreed once to walk down
to Lord Burlington's about twelve miles from town. It was Swift's custom
in whatever company he might visit to travel, to endeavor to procure the
best bed for himself. To secure that, on the present occasion, Swift,
who was an excellent walker, proposed, as they were leaving town, that
each should make the best of his way. Dr. Parnell, guessing the Dean's
intentions, pretended to agree; but as his friend was out of sight, he
took a horse, and arrived at his Lordship's by another way, before
Swift. Having acquainted his noble host with the other's design, he
begged of him to disappoint it. It was resolved that Swift should be
kept out of the house. Swift had never had the small-pox, and was, as
all his friends knew, very much afraid of catching that distemper. A
servant was despatched to meet him as he was approaching the gate, and
to tell him that the small-pox was raging in the house, that it would be
unsafe for him to enter the doors, but that there was a field-bed in the
summer house in the garden, at his service. Thither the Dean was under
the necessity of betaking himself. He was forced to be content with a
cold supper, whilst his friends, whom he had tried to outstrip, were
feasting in the house. At last after they thought they had sufficiently
punished his too eager desire for his own accommodation, they requested
his lordship to admit him into the company. The Dean was obliged to
promise he would not afterwards, when with his friends, attempt to
secure the best bed to himself. Swift was often the butt of their
waggery, which he bore with great good humor, knowing well, that though
they laughed at his singularities, they esteemed his virtues, admired
his wit, and venerated his wisdom.
Many were the frolics of the Scriblerus Club. They often evinced the
truth of an observation made by the poet, dulce est desipere in
The time for wits to play the fool, is when they are met together, to
relax from the severity of mental exertion. Their follies have a degree
of extravagance much beyond the phlegmatic merriment of sober dulness,
and can be relished by those only, who having wit themselves, can trace
the extravagance to the real source.
This society carefully abstained from their frolics before the stupid
and ignorant, knowing that on no occasion ought a wise man to guard his
words and actions more than when in the company of fools.
How long the Scriblerus Club lasted is not exactly ascertained, or
whether it existed during the intimacy between Swift and Addison,
previous to the Doctor's connection with the Tory ministry.
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- "Morv is disguised as one of Nym's fuel technicians. He is undercover so he will not be using his real name, you will have to find him. You can identify yourself to him with the codephrase I'm here to clean the antimatter condenser. Be discrete. We don't usually send pilots to interact with intelligence officers, but in this case you may be best equipped to handle whatever Nym has planned."
- ―Oberhaur
Morv was a male Rodian agent of the Galactic Empire who lived during the time of the Galactic Civil War. Sometime following the Battle of Yavin in 0 BBY, Morv worked undercover for the Feeorin pirate Nym as a fuel technician on the planet Lok.[1]
Behind the scenesEdit
Morv was a non-player character in Jump to Lightspeed, the 2004 expansion pack for the 2003 video game Star Wars Galaxies: An Empire Divided, a massively multiplayer online role-playing game developed by Sony Online Entertainment and published by LucasArts, prior to its closure on December 15, 2011.[1][2]
- Star Wars Galaxies: Jump to Lightspeed (First appearance)
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- ↑ Important Information About Star Wars Galaxies. Sony Online Entertainment (2011-06-24). Archived from the original on November 24, 2011. Retrieved on July 25, 2015.
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When a child is young and has a tummy ache the mother will rub the child's belly to try to make it feel better. This, in a sense, is a type of very basic massage for the stomach. Most people wouldn't think of going to see a massage therapist to help with conditions regarding gastrointestinal concerns, but massage therapy can actually help and it works very similar to the child with a tummy ache.
With growing sedentary workplaces, poor nutrition, and stress in people's lives it makes sense that gastrointestinal issues such as constipation are getting more common, but massage therapy can help. Massage, in general, achieves relaxation and abdominal massages can help with digestion through the intestines with gentle kneading done in a clockwise pattern – this way it is always in the same direction that the large intestine runs.
Along with massage therapy, it is important to remember to exercise and to eat properly by taking in enough water, fruits, vegetables, and fibre and limiting your fat intake during the day. For home-care, try applying a cool pack to the stomach. This will force your body heat to focus on your intestines and allow for more movement in your digestive system.