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1 If thou dost turn back, O Israel, An affirmation of Jehovah, unto Me turn back, And if thou dost turn aside Thine abominations from My face, Then thou dost not bemoan. | 1 "If you will return, O Israel, return to me," declares the LORD. "If you put your detestable idols out of my sight and no longer go astray, |
2 And thou hast sworn -- Jehovah liveth, In truth, in judgment, and in righteousness, And blessed themselves in Him have nations, And in Him they boast themselves. | 2 and if in a truthful, just and righteous way you swear, 'As surely as the LORD lives,' then the nations will be blessed by him and in him they will glory." |
3 For thus said Jehovah, To the man of Judah, and to Jerusalem: Till for yourselves tillage, And do not sow unto the thorns. | 3 This is what the LORD says to the men of Judah and to Jerusalem: "Break up your unplowed ground and do not sow among thorns. |
4 Be circumcised to Jehovah, And turn aside the foreskins of your heart, O man of Judah, and ye inhabitants of Jerusalem, Lest My fury go out as fire, and hath burned, And there is none quenching, Because of the evil of your doings. | 4 Circumcise yourselves to the LORD, circumcise your hearts, you men of Judah and people of Jerusalem, or my wrath will break out and burn like fire because of the evil you have done-- burn with no one to quench it. |
5 Declare in Judah, and in Jerusalem sound, And say ye, `Blow a trumpet in the land,' Call ye fully, and say ye: `Be gathered, and we go in to the fenced city.' | 5 "Announce in Judah and proclaim in Jerusalem and say: 'Sound the trumpet throughout the land!' Cry aloud and say: 'Gather together! Let us flee to the fortified cities!' |
6 Lift up an ensign Zionward, Strengthen yourselves, stand not still, For evil I am bringing in from the north, And a great destruction. | 6 Raise the signal to go to Zion! Flee for safety without delay! For I am bringing disaster from the north, even terrible destruction." |
7 Gone up hath a lion from his thicket, And a destroyer of nations hath journeyed, He hath come forth from his place To make thy land become a desolation, Thy cities are laid waste, without inhabitant. | 7 A lion has come out of his lair; a destroyer of nations has set out. He has left his place to lay waste your land. Your towns will lie in ruins without inhabitant. |
8 For this, gird on sackcloth, lament and howl, For the fierce anger of Jehovah hath not turned back from us. | 8 So put on sackcloth, lament and wail, for the fierce anger of the LORD has not turned away from us. |
9 And it hath come to pass, in that day, An affirmation of Jehovah: `Perish doth the heart of the king, And the heart of the princes, And astonished have been the priests, And the prophets do wonder.' | 9 "In that day," declares the LORD, "the king and the officials will lose heart, the priests will be horrified, and the prophets will be appalled." |
10 And I say, `Ah, Lord Jehovah, Surely thou hast entirely forgotten this people and Jerusalem, saying, Peace is for you, And struck hath a sword unto the soul!' | 10 Then I said, "Ah, Sovereign LORD, how completely you have deceived this people and Jerusalem by saying, 'You will have peace,' when the sword is at our throats." |
11 At that time it is said of this people, And of Jerusalem: `A dry wind of high places in the wilderness,' The way of the daughter of My people, (Not for winnowing, nor for cleansing,) | 11 At that time this people and Jerusalem will be told, "A scorching wind from the barren heights in the desert blows toward my people, but not to winnow or cleanse; |
12 A full wind from these doth come for Me, Now, also, I speak judgments with them. | 12 a wind too strong for that comes from me. Now I pronounce my judgments against them." |
13 Lo, as clouds he cometh up, And as a hurricane his chariots, Lighter than eagles have been his horses, Wo to us, for we have been spoiled. | 13 Look! He advances like the clouds, his chariots come like a whirlwind, his horses are swifter than eagles. Woe to us! We are ruined! |
14 Wash from evil thy heart, O Jerusalem, That thou mayest be saved, Till when dost thou lodge in thy heart Thoughts of thy strength? | 14 O Jerusalem, wash the evil from your heart and be saved. How long will you harbor wicked thoughts? |
15 For a voice is declaring from Dan, And sounding sorrow from mount Ephraim. | 15 A voice is announcing from Dan, proclaiming disaster from the hills of Ephraim. |
16 Make ye mention to the nations, Lo, sound ye to Jerusalem: `Besiegers are coming from the land afar off, And they give forth against cities of Judah their voice. | 16 "Tell this to the nations, proclaim it to Jerusalem: 'A besieging army is coming from a distant land, raising a war cry against the cities of Judah. |
17 As the keepers of a field They have been against her round about, For with Me she hath been rebellious, An affirmation of Jehovah.' | 17 They surround her like men guarding a field, because she has rebelled against me,' " declares the LORD. |
18 Thy way and thy doings have done these to thee, This [is] thy vexation, for [it is] bitter, For it hath struck unto thy heart. | 18 "Your own conduct and actions have brought this upon you. This is your punishment. How bitter it is! How it pierces to the heart!" |
19 My bowels, my bowels! I am pained [at] the walls of my heart, Make a noise for me doth My heart, I am not silent, For the voice of a trumpet I have heard, O my soul -- a shout of battle! | 19 Oh, my anguish, my anguish! I writhe in pain. Oh, the agony of my heart! My heart pounds within me, I cannot keep silent. For I have heard the sound of the trumpet; I have heard the battle cry. |
20 Destruction on destruction is proclaimed, For spoiled hath been all the land, Suddenly spoiled have been my tents, In a moment -- my curtains. | 20 Disaster follows disaster; the whole land lies in ruins. In an instant my tents are destroyed, my shelter in a moment. |
21 Till when do I see an ensign? Do I hear the voice of a trumpet? | 21 How long must I see the battle standard and hear the sound of the trumpet? |
22 For my people [are] foolish, me they have not known, Foolish sons [are] they, yea, they [are] not intelligent, Wise [are] they to do evil, And to do good they have not known. | 22 "My people are fools; they do not know me. They are senseless children; they have no understanding. They are skilled in doing evil; they know not how to do good." |
23 I looked [to] the land, and lo, waste and void, And unto the heavens, and their light is not. | 23 I looked at the earth, and it was formless and empty; and at the heavens, and their light was gone. |
24 I have looked [to] the mountains, And lo, they are trembling. And all the hills moved themselves lightly. | 24 I looked at the mountains, and they were quaking; all the hills were swaying. |
25 I have looked, and lo, man is not, And all fowls of the heavens have fled. | 25 I looked, and there were no people; every bird in the sky had flown away. |
26 I have looked, and lo, The fruitful place [is] a wilderness, And all its cities have been broken down, Because of Jehovah, Because of the fierceness of His anger. | 26 I looked, and the fruitful land was a desert; all its towns lay in ruins before the LORD, before his fierce anger. |
27 For thus said Jehovah: All the land is a desolation, but a completion I make not. | 27 This is what the LORD says: "The whole land will be ruined, though I will not destroy it completely. |
28 For this doth the land mourn, And black have been the heavens above, because I have spoken -- I have purposed, And I have not repented, Nor do I turn back from it. | 28 Therefore the earth will mourn and the heavens above grow dark, because I have spoken and will not relent, I have decided and will not turn back." |
29 From the voice of the horseman, And of him shooting with the bow, all the city is fleeing, They have come into thickets, And on cliffs they have gone up, All the city is forsaken, And there is no one dwelling in them. | 29 At the sound of horsemen and archers every town takes to flight. Some go into the thickets; some climb up among the rocks. All the towns are deserted; no one lives in them. |
30 And thou, O spoiled one, what dost thou? For thou puttest on scarlet, For thou adornest thyself [with] ornaments of gold. For thou rendest with pain thine eyes, In vain thou dost make thyself fair, Kicked against thee have doting ones, Thy life they do seek. | 30 What are you doing, O devastated one? Why dress yourself in scarlet and put on jewels of gold? Why shade your eyes with paint? You adorn yourself in vain. Your lovers despise you; they seek your life. |
31 For a voice as of a sick woman I have heard, Distress, as of one bringing forth a first-born, The voice of the daughter of Zion, She bewaileth herself, she spreadeth out her hands, `Wo to me now, for weary is my soul of slayers!' | 31 I hear a cry as of a woman in labor, a groan as of one bearing her first child-- the cry of the Daughter of Zion gasping for breath, stretching out her hands and saying, "Alas! I am fainting; my life is given over to murderers." |
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U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service (FWS) biologists attribute the steep decline in rufa red knot populations to climate and environmental changes. Climate change adversely affects the shorebirds? food supply, migration timing, and breeding habitat in the Arctic. Rufa red knots feed on horseshoe crab eggs in the Delaware Bay during their spring stopover, but due to heavy commercial harvest of horseshoe crabs, the birds are struggling to gain enough weight to complete the long migration. Sea level rise, shoreline projects, and commercial development are also destroying rufa red knot habitat, which hinders its breeding success.
FWS is accepting public comments until November 29, 2013, and will publish a separate rule identifying critical habitat for the rufa red knot before the end of 2013. Public comments can be submitted electronically at www.regulations.gov or mailed to Public Comments Processing, Attn: FWS-R5-ES-2013-0097; Division of Policy and Directives Management; U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service; 4401 N. Fairfax Drive, Suite 222; Arlington, Virginia 22203.
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It's a rare school kid these days who can catch her supper in the creek during recess or earn cold hard cash hauling pails of water from the well to the classroom.
But that was the reality for tens of thousands of Montana children who were educated in country schools.
"It was an idyllic situation. I loved it," said Mary Anne Fowells, who attended Rock Springs School southwest of Plentywood in the late 1950s.
Fowells and her older brother walked a mile to the one-room schoolhouse and a mile home every day, stopping to hunt turtles and minnows in the creek or to play in the snow.
About 14 students in grades one through eight went to the school, which had living quarters for the teacher in the basement and, in later years, running water and electricity.
"To this day, there is still that sense of connection," Fowells said. "When I see one of the kids from school — these are lifelong friends."
Hundreds of one-room schoolhouses once dotted the hills and prairies of Eastern Montana, paid for and built by neighbors who understood the value of education.
"When they homesteaded in small communities, the first thing that went up was a school," said Shirley Barrick, who started her teaching career at a country school and retired a few years ago as the Fergus County superintendent of schools.
"That school became the social point. It was where they had any community gathering."
A homesteader often donated a plot of land for the schoolhouse, and his neighbors pitched in to buy building supplies and put up the structure. Many of the buildings followed the same pattern.
Students hung their coats and left their overshoes in a cloakroom just inside the front door. Their desks faced the blackboard and their backs a wall of windows that looked out over the countryside.
A wood stove provided heat in the winter — the buildings had no insulation — and one or two outhouses sat nearby. Some schools had belfries with bells that clanged at the start of the day and after recess.
"That was a real privilege if you got to ring the bell," said Stark Ickes, who attended Bighorn School in Treasure County in the mid-1960s.
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Carpenters who pieced together the floor in one building didn't lay all the boards flush, so students lost their pencils down the cracks. The teacher kept a box of extras on her desk.
When the box was empty, she pried up the floorboards, and students fished out the lost pencils to refill the box.
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The teachers were young women just out of school, and plenty of them married a local farmer or rancher within a year or two and resigned their positions.
They had to be multitaskers who could keep a dozen kids from age 6 to age 14 engaged.
Rural students benefited from lots of one-on-one time with their instructors, and they tended to learn ahead of their town counterparts because they paid attention during lessons for their older classmates.
"When I came to town, I was so far ahead of these kids," said Carson Schaff, who attended 79 School south of Ryegate in the 1950s and 1960s. "The smaller the school, the better the education."
The number of country schools in Montana peaked around 1940, according to a report published in 1959 by the state's Department of Public Instruction. At the time of the report, 12,000 children were attending 900 rural schools across the state.
By the time Mary Susan Fishbaugh studied one-room schools in 1999, only 85 were left. Fishbaugh is the dean of the education program at Montana State University Billings.
"We are second only to Nebraska in the number of small one-room schoolhouses operating," she said.
Education moved to town for a number of reasons.
Technological advances allowed farmers and ranchers to work larger and larger parcels of land. That put more space between families and reduced the number of kids in an area.
Meanwhile, transportation improved, making it easier to get to town, and families began having fewer children.
Communities were forced to close their schools when enrollment dried up, and ownership of the buildings reverted to the landowners who had donated the property decades earlier. Sometimes neighbors saved a schoolhouse by turning it into a community hall, and some were sold to individuals who made them into homes.
But hundreds of them became calving sheds or grain bins or were left to wither away in the elements, taken over by birds and mice and rattlesnakes.
"It's really a crime for somebody not to put a roof on it and put siding on it," said Albert Walikonis as he surveyed an abandoned schoolhouse near his ranch in Sheridan County.
Walikonis can see Thornwood School, where he was educated in the late 1930s, from the front steps of the home where he was born and raised and still lives.
"Think of the commitments people made," he said, shaking his head. "People did this because of love, love of the land."


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I would like to know what kind of flower I can plant in a shaded area that will stay colorful for the whole season and does not need a lot of maintenance.. I am putting it in a brick planter attached to my office building. |
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We had a fine group of men that came out to my house. They were very considerate and answered all of my questions. They were very hard working and easy to talk to.
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Seattle – Oct. 23, 2001 - Consumers who failed to receive promised services from two Washington fitness clubs can receive refunds under an agreement filed today in King County Superior Court, Attorney General Christine Gregoire announced.
ASSURANCE OF DISCONTINUANCE AND ORDER OF APPROVAL (Gold's)
ASSURANCE OF DISCONTINUANCE AND ORDER OF APPROVAL (24Hour Fitness)
In documents filed with the court, 24 Hour Fitness agreed to refund money to consumers who purchased memberships in two unfinished facilities in downtown Seattle and Lynnwood. Meanwhile, the owner of the now-closed Gold's Gym franchise in Bellevue agreed to make refunds to that club's members.
The Attorney General's Office claimed the two businesses violated the Health Studio Services Act, which was passed in response to widespread consumer abuses.
According to state attorneys, 24 Hour Fitness did not complete construction of the facilities within 12 months after the start of membership "pre-sales," as required under state law.
An investigation conducted by the Attorney General's Consumer Protection Division determined that 24 Hour Fitness and its parent company, Fitness Holdings, Inc., sold more than 5,000 memberships – valued at $250 each – to the two unfinished clubs. Membership sales began in January 2000, but one of the facilities fully opened in July 2001, seven months beyond the required opening date. The other opened earlier this month, eight months beyond its required opening.
Under terms of the agreement with 24 Hour Fitness, the company will notify consumers who purchased advance memberships of their right to restitution, and will pay the restitution to consumers who request it. It also agreed to deposit pre-opening membership fees into a trust account or to purchase a construction bond when pre-selling memberships in facilities under construction.
In addition, 24 Hour Fitness will pay $29,000 in costs and fees and file a report with the Attorney General's Office at the conclusion of its restitution program.
In the other case, members of the Gold's Gym Bellevue franchise were left high and dry on March 9, 2001, when the club closed and failed to reopen or refund membership fees, as required by state law.
The owner of the Bellevue franchise has agreed to make refunds to consumers who were not given pro-rated refunds or memberships in alternative facilities within 10 miles of the closed club.
Members will be notified by Gold's of their right to obtain refunds, which will be made over the next six months. Gold's will also file a report with the Attorney General's Office detailing the results of its refund program.
"Not only will we review these reports to ensure these companies live up to the terms of these agreements, we intend to closely monitor consumer complaints in the future to make sure people get what they pay for, " said Gregoire.


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This summer, Tobey Maguire trades in his slinky ''Spider-Man'' suit for a set of racing silks to star as real-life jockey Red Pollard in the Gary Ross-directed ''Seabiscuit.'' Adapted from Laura Hillenbrand's best-selling book about the thoroughbred champion, the $86 million movie, opening July 25, is clearly designed more for Oscar voters than popcorn munchers. But in a season filled with second-rate sequels and oversize comic-book heroes, Universal's Depression-era drama could end up being that rarest of pleasures: a serious summer flick that rakes it in at the box office. Which would make 28-year-old Maguire, once again, the summer superhero.
Maguire's new status as a bankable Hollywood star doesn't surprise Ross, who directed him in 1998's ''Pleasantville'' and compares him to Hoffman and Pacino. Ross wrote the part of ''Seabiscuit'''s troubled jockey Pollard specifically for Maguire. ''It was flattering to think that he was writing with me in mind,'' says the actor. ''Gary knows me well, and I think he wrote it to my strengths.'' Which would be? ''Well, you know, being...resilient, a tough survivor, having his guard up a bit but being capable of being open as well.'' Ross concurs: ''He embodies all the contradictions that are inherent in Red Pollard, a prizefighter who carried a worn-out copy of Shakespeare in his pocket. Tobey is a gentle soul who is unbelievably tough.''


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There was a man on Regis and Kelly this am discussing alternative weed control. First he said use boiling water, then a stronger one is vinegar,salt, water and dish soap. He said you can stop weed seeds from sprouting by spreading corn meal on the ground. I did a search and only found corn meal used as a fertilizer.
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- Posted by dan_staley 5b/S 2b AHS 6-7 (My Page) on Mon, Apr 19, 10 at 14:40
Many, many hits on the Search function on this site, as well as FAQ, many threads with...erm....interesting information, only you can decide whether these opinions are operational or not. Dan |
- Posted by dchall_san_antonio 8 San Antonio (My Page) on Mon, Apr 19, 10 at 15:48
He was talking about corn gluten meal, although our Gardenweb friend, Nandina, has some evidence that ordinary corn meal has similar preemergent properties. |
- Posted by organicdan z5b Nova Scotia (My Page) on Mon, Apr 19, 10 at 16:57
There are two types of cornmeal: the grocery type, and the horticultural type. From what I just read, cornmeal has fungicidal properties. I might now be a little leary of using it in my garden if it will harm the beneficial fungi. Definitely need to look further. There are recipes for a cornmeal tea used as a foliar fungal spray; roses being one example. I have used cornmeal off the grocery shelf as a bug killer. They eat it and it swells internally to block the digestive system. |
"I have used cornmeal off the grocery shelf as a bug killer. They eat it and it swells internally to block the digestive system." That does not happen to them any more then it does to you. If it did then the grain weevils would not be around to harass us today. |
- Posted by organicdan z5b Nova Scotia (My Page) on Tue, Apr 20, 10 at 8:20
Dah, grain weevils can digest the cornmeal. I know the cornmeal works on cutworms and other larvae. The best control of weeds is still mulch and crop rotation. |
- Posted by organicislandfarmer 9 (My Page) on Tue, Apr 20, 10 at 10:19
cornmeal mixed with bacon grease and borax actually does a great job on roaches and ants! but its the borax that does the dirty work! |
To organic dan: Yes, using the GW search engine will give you all the past posts on cornmeal uses. Lots of interesting chatter. However, as you study you will note that cornmeal basically controls three families of fungus none of which you want on your property. Let me assure you that cornmeal is a safe product to use on lawns and gardens and will not affect beneficial fungus. The one caution I always post, when applying cornmeal on veggie gardens is to use the grocery store bought type as this has been tested for aflatoxins which are injurious to humans. Repeat...use grocery store cornmeal on edible plants. To datura-07: I have trialed cornmeal in many ways over the years. Cornmeal and corn gluten will somewhat inhibit weed growth if it is spread early before the weeds sprout. I would give both about a 35% success rate. Give it a try if you wish. But, the best weed control method is down on the knees working under and pulling weeds. I use a linoleum knife for this job as it makes quick work of weeding, a project we all love to hate. |
- Posted by organic_meryl (My Page) on Tue, Apr 20, 10 at 22:47
I live in central Florida and have been using an organic corn gluten meal blend with great success ( my neighbors are resodding after this last Florida winter). When applied before weeds germinate it is a pre emergent but after that it fertilizes both weeds and turf. Check out the university of Iowa's website where the discovery of corn gluten meals weed killing effects were first studied. You only need to use it once in the early spring as a preemergent and then in the fall as a fertilizer. The weed suppression effects of the corn gluten meal are said to be cumulative over time but I can tell you after one season of use, my problem crabgrass area is non existent at this point. I am thrilled about my results thus far. |
- Posted by tsugajunkie 5a SE_WI (My Page) on Wed, Apr 21, 10 at 22:52
Per Dr. Christians at Iowa State the effects of CGM are not cumulative. It breaks down in 5-6 weeks. Application on turf is 10-20 lbs per 1000 sq. ft. Best results come if it is watered in well and then allowed to dry. tj |
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The Tangent Function - Concept
In right triangle trigonometry (for acute angles only), the tangent is defined as the ratio of the opposite side to the adjacent side. The unit circle definition is tan(theta)=y/x or tan(theta)=sin(theta)/cos(theta). The tangent function is negative whenever sine or cosine, but not both, are negative: the second and fourth quadrants. Tangent is also equal to the slope of the terminal side.
We talked about the sine and cosine functions. Now we want to talk about the tangent function. Tangent function was defined in right triangle trigonometry this way. Tangent theta equals the side opposite theta divided by the side adjacent to theta. So this is theta. Tangent theta is this length divided by this length or y over x. But this definition only works for acute angles, angles between 0 and 90 degrees, because it's only defined this way on right triangles. So we need to find an extension of this definition that works for all angles. Like we have for the sine and cosine.
And that brings us to the unit circle. This is the unit circle definition of tangent. Remember, if I have an angle theta that's drawn in standard position so that its initial side is drawn the positive of x axis and its terminal side crosses the circle at point p. The tangent of theta is defined to be y over x where y and x are these coordinates. So the second coordinate divided by the first coordinate, that's the tangent of theta.
Let's practice with this. This problem asks me to find the tangent of theta for each of these. Well, the tangent of theta here, is going to be the y coordinate divided by the x coordinate. So negative three fifths over negative four fifths. Well that's three quarters. Tangent theta equals three quarters. Here, what's the tangent of theta? We have the 2 coordinates x and y, tangent theta is the y coordinate 12 over 13 divided by the x coordinate -5 over 13. This is going to give me 12 over -5 but -12 over 5. So the tangent theta is -12 over 5. Again this is the unit circle definition of tangent. y over x where y and x are the coordinates of point p.


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SecondGradeSquad.com / to welcome your students... Tools vs. toys and other bts ideas. Chrysanthemum. Treasure hunt/recipe for success. I remember several of my "first days of school" very vividly.
When I think back to my own school days, I remember walking into a new classroom, smelling of fresh paint and floor polish. The walls were bright and colorful. When I saw my name on the carefully organized desks and workbooks, I knew I was where I belonged. I was always excited to start school. Meeting a new teacher. CAFE book. Get to Know You Necklace. I have a feeling you are going to like this one based on the response from the Ready Confetti activity.
Again, this is not my original idea. I saw it, spruced it up and I now present it to you to enjoy. 1st day picture frame. Math folder replacement. Name Patterns. I love doing this patterning activity at the beginning of the year....it helps some students learn the letter names in their names...and it is OH, SO COLORFUL!
I use a 6 x 6 inch grid and write the students' names with a black marker. Then we color each letter of their name a different color (one letter at a time)..they love looking at their patterns and comparing them to others with the same/different amount of letters in their names. Time Filler Idea: "Guess Who?" Cards. What do you do when there are five minutes left in class?
One of my favorite quick activities is "Guess Who?" Cards. Give each student a recipe card and have her write about ten facts about herself. Back to School. I know most of us would love to prolong our summer vacations, but let's get real.
Back to school is just a few short weeks away. If you're like me (and I know you are), you are a planner.


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{Weekend in Review} Petting fish, Packing, & Prepping
After eating way too much delicious pie on Thursday I needed a low key weekend. And, though we got a LOT done, we didn't DO much at all. I'm actually really looking forward to see all the fun {Weekend in Review} posts, Instagram pics, and tweets that are linked up this week. Someone out there had to have done something for St. Patty's Day weekend!
Friday I went with some friends and my little guy to the Portland Aquarium in Milwaukie, Or. I didn't go in with any expectations at all because I hadn't really heard much about it. And, in all honesty, I have mixed feelings about the experience.
The good:
- Hanging out with my friends and the kids while they were oohing and ahhing over the fish and sea-life was pretty awesome. My son was entranced. He loved every moment.
- The staff was awesome. One guy in particular was so good with my son and comfortable in his job. He was holding a giant snake and I didn't feel like fleeing… so, that is a bonus. I'd like to teach my son to be interested (safely) in things that creep me out. I was thankful there was someone there explaining about the snake and introducing it in a safe way to my son.
The not-so-good:
- The price was fairly expensive in my opinion. My son was free (he is under the age that starts charging), but my ticket was $10 for a five room facility with two of its exhibits down. I also bought $5 dollars of fish feed… at the time I thought it was way too pricey for the amount given, but I had some left over still after visiting all the rooms, so I feel like that was probably pretty reasonable. And, the kids LOVED feeding the fish.
- I was glad that they had hand washing sinks in several of the rooms. The floor was dirty. And, go figure, the place smelled like fish. I was in severe need of several hand washings.
- I didn't find this out until after visiting…. but, the owner of the Portland Aquarium has been in some pretty nasty legal issues lately. They are not involving the Portland Aquarium, but rather a similar facility in Boise. While I love the idea of my son and other children learning about wild-life. I feel like it should be in a completely legal, safe, and good-for-the-animal kind of way.
Did we have a good time? Yes. Will we go back? I'm not sure. I do hope that the staff gets the wonderful attention they deserve though. They were very good.
Well, I certainly didn't mean for this post to turn into a review of an aquarium… but, that was the most interesting thing that happened this weekend! Saturday I was able to meet up with a friend to talk about life and the upcoming Pacific Northwest Blogger meet-up. I'm excited that details will be released soon! I talked more than any human should find possible. Talking to a toddler all day has done some wicked things to my social skills.
The rest of the weekend was spent working (writing) and prepping for my upcoming adventure back home to see family. Just me and the kiddo are going to brave flights to LA and on to Texas. Then a drive up to Oklahoma. We'll be visiting friends and family in both TX and OK. Not sure how we'll do it… but, I'm super excited about it!
Oh, and we can't forget that we did a low key St. Patty's Day celebration. We wore green, ate cabbage, and drank a bottle of beer.
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Stuart Little 2
Stuart Little 2 | |
Theatrical release poster
Directed by | Rob Minkoff |
Produced by | Douglas Wick Lucy Fisher |
Screenplay by | Bruce Joel Rubin |
Story by | Douglas Wick Bruce Joel Rubin |
Based on | Stuart Little by E. B. White |
Starring | Michael J. Fox Melanie Griffith Nathan Lane Geena Davis Hugh Laurie Jonathan Lipnicki James Woods Steve Zahn |
Music by | Alan Silvestri |
Cinematography | Steven Poster |
Edited by | Priscilla Nedd-Friendly |
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Red Wagon Entertainment
Franklin/Waterman Productions |
Distributed by | Columbia Pictures |
Release dates
Running time
77 minutes |
Country | United States |
Language | English |
Budget | $120 million[1] |
Box office | $169,956,806[1] |
Stuart Little 2 is a 2002 American live action film, directed by Rob Minkoff and starring Geena Davis, Hugh Laurie and Jonathan Lipnicki and the voices of Michael J. Fox, Nathan Lane, Melanie Griffith, James Woods and Steve Zahn. The film is a sequel to the 1999 film and includes characters from the children's book by E. B. White. The movie was released to theaters on July 19, 2002.
The film was followed by the third and final film, a direct-to-video sequel entitled Stuart Little 3: Call of the Wild in 2006.
Three years after the first film, Stuart questions his ability after a grueling soccer match alongside George, who kicked him with a soccer ball. He becomes even more downhearted after George's model airplane gets broken in an accident because of him. However, Stuart's father, Frederick Little, tells him that for every Little, there is a "silver lining", a good thing that comes out of an apparently bad situation.
On his way home from school, Stuart saves a canary named Margalo who is being pursued by a falcon rendered very similarly to a Peregrine Falcon (but sans "mustache" and hooded look), and they become friends. But Margalo is manipulated by Falcon to case and steal from households. When he tells her to find and take an object of value, or lose the sanctuary he promised her, she can't seem to concentrate on her assignment, as she is beginning to fall in love with Stuart. Falcon eventually loses patience and threatens to eat Stuart if Margalo doesn't give him the ring. Worried for his safety, she takes Eleanor Little's wedding ring.
When the Littles see that the ring is missing, they think it has fallen down the sink drain. Stuart offers to be lowered down the drain on a string to get it, but can't quite find it. When the string breaks Margalo saves him, and Stuart's thanks to Margalo only makes her feel even more guilty, so she decides to leave. When Stuart can't find her, he assumes she has been kidnapped—and that Falcon is somehow involved. He leaves on a quest to rescue her with the household's reluctant cat Snowbell, but not before setting up a plan with George. Stuart travels with Snowbell in his miniature car, but his car overheats and breaks down.
Stuart and Snowbell enlist the help of Monty (Snowbell's old friend from the first movie), who tells them that Falcon's headquarters is at the disused observation deck of the nearby Pishkin Building. They attach a balloon to a popcorn box to get Stuart to the top, where he finds out that Margalo is Falcon's slave, and was forced to take the ring. He tries to save her, but Falcon captures him, and drops him on to the street, but is accidentally saved by a passing garbage truck. Falcon then shuts Margalo inside a paint can as punishment for rebelling against him. Meanwhile, Snowbell makes his way to the top of the building while the Falcon is absent and frees Margalo, who tearfully tells Snowbell that Falcon killed Stuart. Distraught and outraged, Snowbell vows revenge.
On a garbage barge where he has ended up, Stuart blames himself for everything, and has almost lost all hope. Suddenly, he finds George's broken plane, fixes it up, and flies to save Margalo. Falcon returns and almost pushes Snowbell in the paint can off the building, but Margalo defies him by taking the ring and fleeing. Falcon gives chase, but Stuart catches up in the plane and saves Margalo while trying to evade the Falcon. The Littles, who have discovered his absence and whereabouts follow him by taxi as he begins an aerial adventure through the park, with Margalo at his side. They lose Falcon, but he catches up and makes an attempt to kill Stuart, when he detaches the plane's upper wing, damaging the main one and causing it to enter a steep nose dive, which fails when Stuart recovers from the dive, narrowly missing the Littles. Unable to run from Falcon, he lets Margalo off. He turns and flies the damaged plane in a kamikaze run while Falcon goes into an attack dive. He uses Mrs. Little's ring to temporarily blind him, and jumps out using a bandana as a parachute. The kamikaze attack works and Falcon is struck head on and defeated. Stuart falls when his parachute is sliced apart by the propeller of the shattered plane, and then is rescued by Margalo. Although Falcon survives the attack, he is injured and falls out of the sky, and lands in a garbage can next to Monty, who mocks him.
Stuart is congratulated by his family, and Margalo, who gives Mrs. Little her ring back, and Snowbell reunites with them as well. Soon after, Margalo says goodbye to her friends and leaves with the other birds to migrate south for the winter. Before flying away, she turns around and says "Little High little low" to which the Littles reply with "Little Hey, little hoe." which is the family's greeting. Stuart says the "silver lining" is that she'll be back in the spring, and Martha says her first words: "Bye bye, birdie", which the family then celebrates and then head inside to the comfort of their home.
- Geena Davis as Eleanor Little
- Hugh Laurie as Frederick Little
- Jonathan Lipnicki as George Little
- Anna and Ashley Hoelck as Martha Little
- Marc John Jefferies as Will
- Jim Doughan as the football coach
- Brad Garrett as Rob, the plumber
- Amelia Marshall as Rita, Will's mom
- Michael J. Fox as Stuart Little
- Melanie Griffith as Margalo, Falcon's slave and Stuart's love interest
- Nathan Lane as Snowbell
- James Woods as Falcon, Margalo's boss
- Steve Zahn as Monty
The film received positive reviews. Rotten Tomatoes has reported that 81% of 122 critics gave the film a positive review,[2] indicating that Stuart Little 2 did surprisingly better in critical response than its predecessor. The site's consensus reads: "Stuart Little 2 is a sweet, visually impressive sequel that provides wholesome entertainment for kids."[2] On Metacritic, the film has a score of 66 out of 100, indicating "generally favorable" reviews.[3]
The soundtrack, Music from and Inspired by Stuart Little 2, was released by Epic Records on July 16, 2002. The final two tracks are score cues composed by Alan Silvestri.[4]
- "I'm Alive" by Celine Dion − 3:28
- "Put a Little Love in Your Heart" by Mary Mary − 3:09
- "Top of the World" by Mandy Moore − 3:22
- "Another Small Adventure" by Chantal Kreviazuk − 2:57
- "One" by Nathan Lane − 2:18
- "What I Like About You" by The Romantics − 2:56
- "Hold On to the Good Things" by Shawn Colvin − 3:30
- "Count on Me" by Billy Gilman − 3:42
- "Smile" by Vitamin C − 3:58
- "Alone Again (Naturally)" by Gilbert O'Sullivan − 3:38
- "Born to Be Wild" by Steppenwolf − 3:30
- "Little Angel of Mine" by No Secrets − 3:47
- "Falcon Finito" by Alan Silvestri − 6:51
- "Silver Lining" by Alan Silvestri − 4:21
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Stuart Little 2 (2002) was released on the PlayStation, Game Boy Advance, Windows 2000, Windows ME, Windows XP, Windows Little, and 32-bit and/or 64-bit personal computers.
Awards and nominations[edit]
Year | Awards | Category | Nominee | Result |
2002 | BAFTA Children's Award | Best Feature Film | Douglas Wick Lucy Fisher Rob Minkoff Bruce Joel Rubin |
Nominated |
2003 | Golden Trailer Award | Best Animation/Family Film | Nominated | |
Visual Effects Society Award | Best Character Animation in an Animated Motion Picture | Tony Bancroft David Schaub Eric Armstrong Sean Mullen |
Won | |
Best Visual Effects Photography in a Motion Picture | Earl Wiggins Mark Vargo Tom Houghton Anna Foerster |
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Young Artist Award | Best Family Feature Film | Rob Minkoff | Nominated |
- ^ a b "Stuart Little 2 (2002)". Box Office Mojo. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
- ^ a b "Stuart Little 2". Rotten Tomatoes. Retrieved 2012-10-01.
- ^ http://www.metacritic.com/movie/stuart-little-2
- ^ "Stuart Little 2 - Original Soundtrack". AllMusic. Retrieved April 22, 2014.
External links[edit]
- Official website
- Stuart Little 2 at the Internet Movie Database
- Stuart Little 2 at AllMovie
- Stuart Little 2 at the TCM Movie Database
- 2002 films
- English-language films
- American films
- American comedy films
- 2000s comedy films
- Films featuring anthropomorphic mice
- Films featuring anthropomorphic characters
- Films about cats
- Films about birds
- Films directed by Rob Minkoff
- Columbia Pictures films
- Film scores by Alan Silvestri
- Stuart Little (franchise)


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Name: joe Status: other Grade: 9-12 Location: CA Country: N/A Date: 6/4/2005
Why is it that on cold days, or early in the morning or late in the afternoon when I look up towards the sky I see little white dots moving all around, the best way to describe them would be tiny molecules about the thickness of an arm hair or smaller. I see a lot of them and moving in all different directions and when I blow out air in front of me I can see how they react. I thought about capturing this on my cam. but they won't show up, Is there any one out there that see this also and wonders what they are? air molecules, particles or somethings else because when I told my girlfriend she though that I'm crazy or that there's something wrong with my vision. I could swear that these things are real and they are not dust but tiny white/semi-clear dots moving in all direction and reacting to the wind. Is it posible for us to see these particles with our eyes?
Several observations:
The time of day/night that you observe these particles I think has to do with the intensity of incident light. If the light is bright enough, the effect is "washed out".
I believe that these "dots" are natural sloughing off of cells within the eye. In that case you would not capture them with a video cam. The cells move around depending upon the movement of your eye, which changes the flow of fluid within the eye. Yes, these are real, but if they cause you concern, you should have an ophthalmologist "check them out". I don't think they are serious and I think many people experience the same observation (i.e. I have).
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1. Ratcheting Pole Pruner
This tool has both a ratcheting bypass lopper blade and an aggressive curved saw blade mounted on the end of a telescoping fiberglass handle. The bypass loping blade can cut 1 1/2-in.-dia. limbs, the manufacturer says. The drive mechanism is a double pulley and lever with a nylon cord and wood handle. The pole extends to 12 ft. To use the lopper, you hook its jaw around a limb and pull on the handle until the lopper blade stops cutting. Then you release pressure and allow the spring-return ratchet mechanism to click forward one notch. You repeat the process until you have cut through the branch. It costs about $70 at home centers, hardware stores and garden centers. Contact Union Tools, 500 Dublin Ave., P.O. Box 1930, Columbus, OH 43216.


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Despite fears that the meltdown of Benjamin Waisbren's operation might be a watershed moment for the end of the hedge fund dreams of Hollywood, the dream apparently lives on. Like some effin horror movie villian who gets killed at the end of each film but always returns for the sequel. Can someone please name the next one of these funds "Jason VoorheesCapital LP?"
An established Hollywood producer and technology entrepreneur has decided to launch a film hedge fund. Mark DiSalle is launching Colosseum Pictures L.P next month. The fund is organized to invest in full-length motion pictures and take advantage of DiSalle's successful entertainment and business experience. Some of DiSalle's past successes include legendary film cult hits like "Bloodsport," "Kickboxer," and the "Perfect Weapon," as well as founding the software security company BioPassword.
Colosseum Pictures L.P.'s primary objective is to finance the creation of successful full-length films while retaining ownership of all of the motion pictures' rights in order to maximize the long and short term revenues of these films. The philosophy of the fund is to make independent low–risk, high-profit movies with terms that favor the investors. DiSalle tells us "With the new tech wave of digital download and the rapid increase in film revenues, there has never existed a more opportunistic time to create content. Additionally, low budget concept movies will achieve the highest return on investment."
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3 Responses to "Ethiopia TV report shows Ethiopian soldiers talking about the tragic incident..VIDEO"
Point your curser at 3:32 where you will see the hole that the soldier claims was pierced by a bullet. If he was wearing that jacket, how is it that the bullet did not wound him. The man lies. Either he is wearing a jacket of a killed soldier and instructed by the Woyane to show that he was shot at or he is bullet-proof. I do not know what the Woyane are trying to prove other than exposing their utter stupidity. This proves that the Woyane planned and executed this sordid act to earn the sympathy of their Special Interest financiers with a sinister plan to defame Eritrea and hinder its mining industry. Unfortunately, innocent people are killed just to protect the Woyane and chase investors from operating in the Danakil. The Woyane have been provven to be LIARS AND MURDERERS.
@DMB, It's not about either Woyane lies or not but It's about the fact the incident indeed happened and the Eritrean Government is to be blamed. So Isayas has to do something to convince the westerners that he didn't do it and should be full co-operative otherwise just get yelling Woyane!!!!! is nothing to save u from to be blamed cuz of ur isolation from African Union and United nations makes u and Eritrean in general already have a black name. So plz Mr. president need to think wise b4 its getting late. They put an eye on u already thus they will not let u go easy this time that's all I can say ..remember Saddam Hosen and Moamer Al Gazafi Cheers!
weyane killed them all. TPLF simply means Totally Poisonous Low-life Facists


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More specifically, Yearwood is the child of a banker and a third-grade teacher from Monticello, Georgia, and the music she grew up loving wasn't always created by country deities. "At five or six years old, I remember watching the Sonny and Cher show, and I wanted to be Cher soooo bad. I even wanted her belly button. I would wear a towel over my head so I'd look like I had really long hair. And I knew all the words to 'Gypsies, Tramps and Thieves.'" She began playing guitar at age fourteen and concentrated on music-business courses while attending Belmont College in Nashville. An internship she landed through Belmont soon led to gigs as a demo singer, and as her reputation grew, the jobs got better. She sang backup on Garth Brooks's 1990 blockbuster No Fences, and after she got a chance to make her own long-player, a self-titled offering, the following year, Brooks selected her to open his concert tour.
Unsurprisingly, success followed, and Yearwood took advantage of it by pushing into musical areas that were frequently off the country path. On 1992's "Walkaway Joe" (from the album Hearts in Armor), she duetted with ex-Eagle Don Henley, another girlhood fave, and won a Grammy two years later for a version of "I Fall to Pieces" that paired her with R&B specialist Aaron Neville. (Her other Grammy for Best Country Vocal Collaboration honored the goopy "In Another's Eyes," sung with Brooks.) In 1998 she even appeared in concert opposite opera icon Luciano Pavarotti, and her contribution to the Eddie Murphy-Martin Lawrence film Life was produced by R. Kelly, who believes he can fly.
These excursions never alienated Yearwood's country audience, who rewarded her with ten number-one C&W singles during the '90s. But she still saw Woman as a risk -- which was precisely the way she wanted it. As co-producer, she chose Garth Fundis, with whom she's worked in the past, but only after assuring herself that the two of them wouldn't "get stuck in old routines." Then she lined up a new group of musicians, including a couple of guys from her road band who'd never appeared on any of her records, and "a kind of greasy drummer" (Greg Morrow) capable of creating a groove "that was more rugged, not as slick as some of the things I've done." Then, to cap things off, she arranged for cameo appearances by Browne (he contributes harmony vocals to the Bruce Springsteen cover "Sad Eyes") and Harris (her dulcet tones turn up on "Too Bad You're No Good"), and imported Dan Dugmore, a multi-instrumentalist who appeared on discs by Ronstadt and Taylor back in the day. "Whenever we'd be ready to do a session, the first thing we'd do is ask, 'Is Dan available?'" she says.
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While she was making Woman, Yearwood kept MCA, her record company, at bay, fearing that executives there would be less than thrilled that radio-friendliness wasn't her first priority. But her worries were misplaced. "They've been really supportive," she says. "I think if I was a brand-new artist, they would have been more nervous. But since I've been around a long time and I have a track record, they thought, 'We can market this as something really special, and people will be interested.' Because I do have a fan base that's interested in what I do."
Of course, the MCA suits knew they had another factor working in their favor: curiosity. You see, Yearwood had just gotten a divorce from her husband of nearly seven years, Robert Reynolds, a bass player for the Mavericks who was interviewed previously in these pages ("The Mavericks Ride Again," August 31, 1994). Hence, odds were good that Yearwood's fans would pick up the disc in the hope that the songs she'd chosen would open a window onto this shattered relationship. In this regard, Yearwood doesn't disappoint. "Some Days" sports the couplet "If you see dark skies in my green eyes/It's just that I can't find no cover/These ghosts that haunt me/They get me when they want me," while the aforementioned "Too Bad You're No Good" declares, "You smile like an angel, lie like a rug/You wouldn't change if you could 'cause it's in your blood." And that's not to mention the defiant "I'm Still Alive," a Matraca Berg-Al Anderson composition that finds Yearwood crooning, "Guess I fooled everybody/Said I'd love you 'til the day that I die/Even if you didn't love me/Sorry, baby, I guess I lied."
Yearwood is good-humored about the speculation over such sentiments. "I knew when I made this album and chose these songs that people would probably read more into the lyrics than was really there -- like 'Is this line about her?' And that's fine; I didn't shy away from anything because of that. And to be honest with you, I always choose songs that I have a strong gut reaction to. That doesn't mean that they're all autobiographical, but they do have to somehow move me. And these did.
"At the same time, though, if you listen back to my albums, they're all pretty much depressing," she adds, chuckling. "I don't really gravitate toward the really light and happy and fluffy songs. I've always drifted toward the dramatic, even when I'm blissfully happy. Music is the place to express yourself, and it's a great place, too, because you don't have to explain anything. I don't have to say, 'This song is about me and this song isn't.' It's up to individual interpretation."