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Fantasy Camp Notes: Liriano, Big Unit progressing well
Here's some of the latest news from around spring training, and what it means from a fantasy point of view:
• Because the Red Sox and Athletics will open their season earlier than everyone else, with two games in Japan on March 25 and 26, they won't have as much time as everyone else to answer all of their questions before Opening Day. However, one of these questions is completely out of their control. Daisuke Matsuzaka may not be able to make the trip to his native Japan, the team's Web site reports. Why? His wife is pregnant and her due date is March 19, the same day the team is to leave for the trip. "It's one of those things you have to leave to nature, so I can't say one way or another right now," Dice-K said through a translator, "Of course, I'd like to go to Tokyo. I just hope that everyone can be happy." Dice-K is supposed to start the second regular season game in Tokyo, but Terry Francona now has to juggle several contingency plans, depending on when Baby-K arrives. If you end up drafting Matsuzaka, you may have to sit him out for Week 1 if the stork hasn't delivered before your lineups need to be set.
• The Arizona Republic reports that Randy Johnson threw 36 pitches during a simulated two-inning batting-practice session against hitters on Tuesday. He could make his first Cactus League appearance next week. "No setbacks or anything and my endurance is coming along, so we'll see how things go from there," Johnson said. "Obviously, the next step would be to pitch in a game. When? I don't know. But soon, hopefully."Johnson is a name that might slip through the cracks in your fantasy draft. As manager Bob Melvin will tell you, "(Randy) still has the stuff to be a dominating force." However, while you may want to take a gamble on Johnson, don't jump too quickly to grab him. Both Johnson and the Diamondbacks understand that his workload may be limited this season in order to get the most out of him. You're going to get 150 innings out of the Big Unit at most.
• It's all about control. Not of his pitches, but of his own body. For Francisco Liriano, so far, so good. As Amy K. Nelson of ESPN.com reports, Liriano faced three batters on Tuesday -- Jose Morales, Jon Knott and Brendan Harris -- and threw 40 pitches. As long as he feels healthy tomorrow, Liriano will be slated to make his first start either Thursday at the Twins' complex against the Orioles or Friday on the road against either the Red Sox or Blue Jays.Twins manager Ron Gardenhire told the Minneapolis Star Tribune he was happy to see that Liriano's throwing motion was more subdued than in the past. "We all know how violent he was," Gardenhire said. "It's just not normal when a pitcher's butt is facing the plate after he throws the ball.'' It's that violent motion that has Gardenhire worried that Liriano may reinjure himself somewhere down the line. The team is hoping Liriano, who is only 15 months removed from Tommy John surgery, can prove to himself he doesn't need to exert himself so much in order to have success. As we said, so far, so good -- but for how long? "When he gets out for his first game, you may see something totally different," Gardenhire said. "When the adrenaline starts flowing, you may see the guy just flying all over the place."
• Newsday reports that Ryan Church continues to make steady progress in his recovery from a concussion he suffered in a collision with teammate Marlon Anderson on Saturday. He is still probably a few days from getting back into the lineup, but at least he's back on his feet, and was seen carrying his own tray in the cafeteria. For those of you who have never had a serious concussion, that truly is a significant step.In other Mets news, Newsday also reported that Darryl Strawberry has joined the team as a full-time instructor for spring training as well as a community outreach spokesman during the season. "I'd give these kids the same advice I give to my own kids, about focus, choices and decisions," he said. "You really need to take care of yourself ... from the pressure and temptations of life." Strawberry, who hit well over a third of his career 335 home runs at Shea Stadium, could give a pointer or two to Church and the other lefties on the team, although Church, a career .340 hitter at Shea, might not need any help to succeed at his new home field.
All the talk of Lowry possibly suffering from some sort of mental block on the mound, including comparisons to Steve Blass and Rick Ankiel, has got the pitcher hot around the collar. "The Ankiel stuff -- that's asinine and a slap in the face for anybody that does know me," said Lowry. "Mentally, I feel I've been able to deal with anything." You still want to take a wait-and-see attitude with Lowry, but at least it appears there might be a light at the end of the tunnel.
• The Cardinals now have their entire roster under contract for this season after agreeing to terms with about 20 players, including Adam Wainwright, according to a report on the team's Web site. Wainwright will earn a 2008 salary of $448,000, which is more than the salary of all other Cardinals who are not eligible for salary arbitration. That all changes next season. Wainwright will be eligible for arbitration in 2009, barring some crazy set of circumstances in which he doesn't make the Opening Day roster. (He's supposed to be the staff's ace.) If you read between the lines, you can tell he wasn't entirely thrilled with the terms. "Sometimes players and management don't agree on numbers and you get renewed," Wainwright said. "That's part of the game. It's part of the process. I don't have any ill will toward (the organization) for it. I just don't necessarily agree with the number that we reached."
• Hank Blalock of the Texas Rangers was in a car accident on Monday. While he was sore and stiff and sat out yesterday's game against Arizona, there's thankfully nothing more serious to report, according to the Rangers' team Web site. Blalock, his wife and their 3-year-old son were rear-ended while stopped at an intersection, but all were OK. ''We got crushed hard,'' Blalock said Tuesday while sitting at his locker. ''I've been in car accidents before. We got hit hard.'' It sounds as if it certainly could have been a lot worse. Blalock is coming off shoulder surgery and already sat out three games to rest his shoulder before the incident. The team wants to get Blalock back into shape so he can play third base on a regular basis and not have to play exclusively as the team's designated hitter, as he did toward the end of last season.
• In other Rangers news, Jerry Crasnick of ESPN.com reports that Brandon McCarthy, who has had a tender right elbow, had a positive bullpen session that included some pitching advice from Nolan Ryan, the team's new president. "It's like Tiger Woods coming up to you on the range and telling you how to hit your sand wedge,'' McCarthy said. "The other day he was standing behind the catcher in the bullpen when I was throwing, and I said, 'I don't care who you are or what you've done in the game. It's so cool to have Nolan Ryan watching you.'" McCarthy is expected to start on Friday against the Brewers and hopes to show his new mentor what he's learned about throwing a more effective curveball. Unless Ryan also taught McCarthy how to throw a 100-mph fastball, we're still going to pass on the pitcher, who managed only 59 strikeouts in 102 innings last season.
• Shawn Hill of the Nationals will not need surgery to fix the radial nerve in his forearm, the Nationals' Web site reports. "It was good news in a sense that the nerve checked out fine; the MRI was clear," Hill said Tuesday. "We just have to figure out how to get it under control." Unfortunately, the bad news is that Hill has been experiencing tightness in the arm for more than a month, and the pain grew to a point that trips to see doctors were necessary. This likely means that Hill won't join the club of Washington residents who will be ready to go from day one. "I don't want to be too quick pulling the trigger, but this does not put him on schedule to be ready for Opening Day," manager Manny Acta said. Hill had two surgeries last season, and although he had a 3.42 ERA and 1.14 WHIP in 16 starts before getting hurt, the risk still appears to outweigh the reward.
AJ Mass is a fantasy football, baseball and college basketball analyst for ESPN.com. You can e-mail him here.


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And I said, "What shall I cry?"
All people are grass,
their constancy is like the flower of the field.
The grass withers, the flower fades,
when the breath of the Lord blows upon it;
surely the people are grass.
The grass withers, the flower fades;
but the word of our God will stand forever.
Isaiah 40.6-8
Luke 19:40
So much conspires to keep us silent:
Faith thought unfashionable
A crutch for the weak
Outmoded, obsolete,
Outrageous belief.
Far easier to worship the earth
Or each other
Or nothing at all
Rather than exalt the
Living God Everlasting.
His name no longer spoken
At school or work,
Acknowledged one hour a week
By some,
Forgotten by most.
Sing of His glory
In joy and gratitude
Even if lacking harmony,
We are not to be silenced
While we have tongues.
If we do not shout and cry out loud,
Nor spread branches at His feet,
If too worried what others might think,
The stones will cry out and will not stop,
As He, in deepest sorrow, weeps for us.

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Key Dreamer
Big bodied 16.1hh Tb Gelding Sired by Key to the Mint a wonderful Jumper and Training level event horse this amazing horse is fun to ride and loves to gallop and jump. He's a very special horse who has become a great eventing schoolmaster.
Royale's Jewel
Beautiful 16.2hh Selle Francaise mare. A wonderful horse that is very well schooled, quiet, athletic and fancy. Fun to ride and jump she has done a bit of everything from Dressage, A Circuit Hunter & Jumper, Fox Hunting, Hunter Trials and Eventing . Super Dressage and Eventing School Master this very kind mare is not only fancy she has a lovely disposition. Jewel is currently full leased.
Vent Nordique
Handsome and big bodied 16.2 Thoroughbred gelding that is a real ladies man, a very successful show jumper. A show jumping school master and great ride for intermediate to advance riders looking to get into the jumpers or eventing.
Big bodied 16.2hh Hanoverian mare. Marika has sucessfully competed in Silver/Gold Hunters and Pre-Training Eventing. She is very honest and loves to jump, perfect for the taller rider that wants to have some fun.
Charlie Brown
This super event pony is really fun to ride not to mention he is quick and loves to jump!!! He is the perfect pony to learn the ropes of show jumping and/or eventing
G.I Joe
Duncan is a fun, well schooled and athletic 14.1hh Thoroughbred x Welsh pony. With a successful show record competing in the A Hunters up to 1m Jumpers and in Eventing. He is the ultimate competitive show pony!
Rainbow Bright
Sprinkles is a lovely 13.2hh Welsh pony mare that is forward, fun to ride and loves to jump! She is a real sweet pony that will come trotting over when called out in the paddock she adores getting treats and attention as well as giving lunge line lessons to the little ones.
Tea Biscuit
Cute and safe small welsh hunter pony, she loves to jump and is great for teaching her riders how it's done. She is the perfect little hunter with a cute jump and auto changes, this pony is always in the ribbons!
Sweet Percheron X Thoroughbred gelding that has been a very successful event horse competing at Training level and always achieving great scores in dressage and will jump anything . He's a big boy but he's soft and light on his feet and loves to gallop cross country.
West Hills
Lovely 15.3hh Off track thoroughbred, a successful hunter turned lower level eventer and jumper. Darrien has smooth gaits, super jump, rarely hits rail and is always lots of fun to ride.
15hh Arabian gelding that is one of the sweetes and kindest horses you will ever meet. He has done everything from endurance, to the 1m jumpers and 2nd level dressage. He is very safe, quiet, reliable and a superb horse to learn from not to mention he has a very smooth canter great for helping riders achieve a better seat.
Big build medium Connemara X Welsh Pony. An adorable and fun pony to ride he schools 2nd level dressage and he enjoys jumping small fences and great in the xc field. Perfect short stirrup pony that is fun and safe.
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Northern Hat
Handsome and exciting prospect. Harry is owned by the Webster-Pless family and ridden and trained by Emily Bertrand. Harry is a 2005 Thoroughbred Sired by Harry the Hat (a son of Seattle Slew) out of Carakat a little TB mare who competed Advanced then went on to sucessfully compete at 5 NAYRC at the CCI * & CCI ** . Harry is a real character and is starting to develop into a very wonderful horse. He finished the 2015 season by winning the Open Preliminary Division at Lanes End Horse Trials.
Buckingham Place
Fun, quirky and very special thoroughbred gelding who competed to the 4**** level with Tara Zeigler. Buck didn't want to retire so Emily took him on as a horse to learn from and have fun on! He's far from being an easy ride and has a unique style but is also a very talented athlete that has so much to offer. .Emily showed him lightly in 2013 at the Preliminary level with good placing's and plans were for Emily to compete him at Intermediate but an unfortunate broken hand prevented her from finishing the season on him Hopes are now to compete him lightly mid season 2014 and just have fun schooling at home.
Royale's Conquest
Cosmo is a fancy 2009 Holsteiner X Thoroughbred by Costner(HOL) out of Scatterbrain(TB) bred by Bonnie Lamonte of Mouse House Farm in Nottingham, PA. Cosmo was purchased as a colt in April 2014, was gelded and started work undersaddle. He has all the right stuff to make a top event horse. He will need time to be brought along but we have big hopes for this lovely horse and plans are for him to start his eventing career in 2015.
Royale's Derby Hat
Derby is a 2010 Thoroughbred filly from Pennsylvania (unraced). Derby was purpose bred to be an event horse she is by the wonderful American stallion Harry the Hat (same sire as Northern Hat) Derby's Dam Nana's Nikki is a lovely mare with a fantastic jump. Derby is a lovely filly that is very correct with excellent conformaton, not to mention she is a very sweet, intelligent and kind. Derby is currently for sale. Would be perfect for a Jr rider to develop up the levels.
Royale's Registrar
This is the kindest young horse we have ever met. He is a fancy 2011 gelding bred at Castle Rock Farm in Unionville PA, Sired by Power By Far out of Hot Dot by Leemat. Fred has an incredible loving personality. He is very willing and intelligent . Fred was in race training but was unraced due to being too slow. He is a fancy boy who will be sure to score well in dressage and make a lovely event horse, although he has a way of going that most hunter riders would be jumping in line to have. He has a ground covering walk, lovely trot and big rocking horse canter. He will be ridden lightly though 2014 with plans to show him at small shows to gain experience in 2015.
Royale's Jack of Hearts
2012 3/4 Thoroughbred/ 1/4 Hanoverian colt Sired by War Drive out of our brood mare Grand Impression. Jack is a fun, kind and very bold colt. At only two days old and his first day outdoors while they were being led out the paddock for the first time Jack decided the great outdoors was just so much fun and he went galloping out to the xc field all on his own. Not a worry in the world - I think he may have been trying to tell us something!!
Royale's King of Hearts
2014 full Thoroughbred Colt Sired by Yellow Creek out of our very own Caledonia. King was huge when he was born, he was 1 week late and came out looking like he was a few weeks old. From day one he has been a very kind sweet horse that loves to jump! Regularly jumping the dressage ring when turned out in the riding area and he will casually hop over his paddock fence when it suits him. Never touching the top rails.
This beautiful thoroughbred mare is very sweet, athletic, and has an excellent temperment and conformation! She competed sucessfully up to Intermediate/CCI** including competing at the NAYRC in 2007 and Junior Olympics at CCI**. She has many accomplishments including being a sucessful broodmare with some stunning foals and is approved for breeding with the Oldenburg and American Warmblood Association. Her movement will rival any warmblood, with big expressive gaits and superb careful jump. Allie gave us a stunning and perfect cold by Yellow Creek in 2014 named King. She is currently in foal to the Oldenburg stallion Gatsby for a summer 2015 foal.
Grand Impression
Our lovely broodmare this well bred Hanoverian X Thoroughbred mare has great blood lines including Rio Grand and Bold Ruler. Kari is athletic, a great mover and has a kind disposition. She is an outstanding broodmare and gave us a beautiful colt named Jack in 2014. She is currently in foal to the ISH Stallion Formula One


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How I fell from grace
Sometimes we do things with the best of intentions, but they still go awry. I meant well, but I had no idea that I was being seduced by what I can only describe as a sexual predator. What made it worse was that, once I became aware of what was going on, I went along with it. Let me explain. My name is Frank Beddoes. I am a forty five year-old molecular engineer with a wife and three children....Read On
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After taking my virginity, my step brother takes me to dinner and exposes me to the waiter
Previously: As you know from the first six chapters, my stepbrother and I have been enjoying each other sexually and emotionally since Christmas Eve, 2013. Until my return home from the university for winter break in December 2014, our relationship involved everything except intercourse. In preparation for my return home, I went on birth control pills a couple of weeks ago. I had...Read On
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Frank is lost in the abyss as his life implodes.
I stood there staring at the divorce papers which had been delivered by a courier. The words blurred on the pages as I heard Susan laughing from the spare bedroom. Just a few short minutes ago everything was coming together for me. I had the love of a good woman, a second woman as a plaything and I was on the verge of finally being freed from a marriage that had died a long time ago. In the...Read On
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Todd gets the spanking he wished for.
Todd even surprised himself, but yes he had just asked Claire, "Please will you spank me." Claire and Todd live just a few houses apart in the Suburb, Claire in a house in a quiet road and Todd in a house in a Close opposite, just about 50 yards apart. They had been friends since he was ten and she was twelve, and when older were never boyfriend and girlfriend in that sense but a boy and...Read On
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She's falling in love with him. He'll never let her go.
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I Want Your Soppy Snatch
Waking up to you is the best thing. Your soft, naked skin brushing against mine. The way your eye lashes fan across your face, making you looking innocent. When we both know how untrue that really is. You're a Devil in an Angel's disguise. I can't help but want to see this devil at play. A small smile curls over my lips, leaning in I take one of your pert nipples in my mouth, and begin to...Read On
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Miss Spencer. I require your presence on Saturday at 2 pm on the 8th floor of the University Library in the Chemistry section. You are to take a seat at one of the study tables and keep yourself occupied playing with your delightful cunt. Dress appropriately to please. Under no circumstance are you to acknowledge my presence. That was how my week began; a typically terse email from...Read On
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Based on a real experience..
BEEP BEEP BEEP BEEP I awoke with an annoyed groan, leaning over to hit the "dismiss" button on my alarm clock. The luminescent green numbers shining through the darkness, heralding the start of my usual 7 am day. With a huff, I slipped back onto my pillow, willing myself not to surrender to the lure of more sleep. My mind started to drift a little, slowly becoming aware of my surroundings...Read On
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Ruth meets Matt, Jeanne has a wild evening, Maureen hears about a bar
At 6:25 the following evening Maureen drove into the parking lot of Jimmy's Steakhouse. I was waiting for her on the sidewalk holding a single long stemmed red rose. As soon as she was finished parking I walked over to her car, opened the door for her and held it while she stepped out. Once she was standing in the parking lot I handed her the rose, kissed her cheek and said, "For the...Read On
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A student shows just how interested in his lessons she is.
A busy Thursday had found me in the library café, with what must have been the tenth cup of coffee I'd consumed that day. I was struggling mightily to focus my attention on a depressingly thick stack of books and material for my classes. It was my own fault for electing to write a thesis this year, I thought to myself. At least they kept the place nicely heated. Even though the harsh...Read On
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After my niece arrived, I found a new way to get dirty with my friend's son.
"Hello," Annie said looking at Adam. "Hi," Adam replied and he looked at me. "He is my friend Rachel's son, Adam," I introduced them. "And she is my niece, Annie." Annie smiled looking at Adam and they shook hands. Annie had no idea that this young guy was fucking me hard a few minutes before her arrival. "I should leave now," Adam said getting up. "Yeah, let me get my keys," I...Read On
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Step-brother and step-sister find they don't really hate each other.
Ashley Adams entered her bedroom and went to the closet. She picked out some sleep clothes in preparation for her nightly shower. Exiting the closet she took a couple of steps toward the bathroom, then froze. She looked with disbelief at the wall of glass separating her bedroom from the backyard. The drapes that usually provided her privacy were gone. "Daaa... deee!" she hollered loudly...Read On
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This Trip We'll Surely Remember
The ship we're on is lightly rocking; I can feel it waving over the water. We've been on holiday for six days, and I can't wait to see where the rest of it goes. I can feel the warm rays of light dance across my skin; I'm barely covered by my sheet. The touch of my naughty man is what I feel next. He's waking me up the best possible way. His warm lips kissing along my inner thigh, feeling...Read On
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Yvonne meets the Minotaur who has his own plans for her.
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Would you help with lampshade decision - crossposted on Decoratin
I thought I was posting here, but had a window open to read that forum and accidently posted there instead.
I am having a terrible time picking new lampshades for these old lamps.
What a pretty lamp. I like the floral pattern. I looked at the choices. You won't believe this but I have one of those shades! Just bought it last month.
But I don't think it goes best with your lamp. I like #9 best. The shape and size seems to work with your lamp.
P.S. your blog always cracks me up - so funny.
Thanks Loretta, yours is a sentiment not shared by many. You must have that warped humor gene like me. ;)
I love the shade on your lamp, in fact, I love your lamp. I told dh if I can't find anything that makes the lamps look good, I want to get new lamps. I'd like to get the kind that you touch and they come on, I think. I don't know if they make those any more. I'm just tired of knocking stuff over at night when I am fumbling for a lamp switch.
I really like your blown glass vase beside your lamp too. Those colors are fantastic. For some reason, I want to run my fingers across it.
Yeah, I'm the one in the group who always has something funny to say. When I'm not smiling, people always ask me what's wrong, lol Life is too short for me not to enjoy myself.
They do still make touch lamps. Target has them on their website. But the ones I saw are not as 'dainty' as yours is. Your lamps remind me of my grandmom's. Everything in her house was so nice (and neat)
This lamp shade deal is my down fall. Loved that fancy beaded shade you showed on one of your posts. I also love your Blog.
The brown shade is wonderful.I agree it might not be the right shade for your roses lamp. I am afraid I am not much help at all other than the first shade on the shorter harp might be my choice.
Loretta I like your glass vase too.
I did see the perfect glass lamp shade somewhere but you would have to change out the lamp fittings to make it work then find the shades.
Also I have a lamp that came with a harp and large shade. Shade troubles big time. I took the harp out of it's brackets and used a shade that had that drop down center that screwed onto the base of the light bulb socket and was able to go with a totally different kind of shade and it worked perfectly for the lamp and space I wanted to put the lamp.
I think you can buy the things to make your lamp a touch lamp. I like those too.
Can you post a picture of the shade Chris? I thought about getting one of those shades with the ring around the light bulb.
Last night I took a harp from another lamp that is an inch shorter than the new one I bought, and it made a big difference in the look of the shades I have here, so I'll try to find yet another harp if I can't find a shade that doesn't need a harp.
Yeah, dainty, that's probably what I have against the lamp. I am soooo not a dainty person.
Emagineer, did I say something funny or tacky one the other board? I didn't mean to. No wonder I didn't get many responses. I wouldn't have posted my blog link there if I had known what board it was. I know that bothers a lot of people over there.
We just got home from a trip to town.Doing the Happy Dance bought tile and tile saw to do my bathroom counter.
This will not be much help as my lamp is nothing like yours.. This lamp did come with a great big shade on it and it was fine when I had the lamp on a table . But when I wanted to put it on top of my little deer cabinet the big shade would not fit.
Here is a link that might be useful:
Did you know that harps come in 5 1/2" sizes? Who knew. Check out this web site. Lots of cool stuff.
Here is a link that might be useful: Antique Lamps
Marti, I didn't take your response as tacky...it was a funny comment. There is a wide range/mixture of people on the forum, but I have seen many threads where a lot of support and ideas were great from all. Even asking about our little spaces. The photos posted are wonderful, full of ideas for small too. And a lot of very good decorators, so I do appreciate their input and hang around to see what's new.
Jeepers! This lamp is probably not worth this much effort. I went to BB&B today & bought a 7.5" harp and here is a lampshade from home on it. I have definitely decided (I think) that this shape doesn't work on this lamp, but it's all I have to look at right now. And of course this color doesn't work.
My question is this, is the shade too low on the lamp now? Would it look better with a little neck showing? Until I put this shade on here, I had decided that the Icabod neck was the problem. Or it could be I'm just sick of looking at it. I have decided to either paint the glass or glue fabric on that part - if I keep the lamps.
The picture is kind of big, so I copied the snapshot. You can click on it to enlarge if you want to.
Oh yeah, I told my mil today that I was looking for another lampshade for these lamps and she thinks she wants the old ones back to put on a little lamp in her living room! lol I can't see that either.
Ok Well I will tell you the crazy stuff I have done to lamp shades. PAINT!!! Yes I have painted them with latex. The one on the deer lamp is painted ans it also makes them nice to wash up when they get dirty.That shade was a yellow. When I bought them because I bought three of them for 99 cents each. I had two lamps to use them on and the yellowish color was ok. When I went cottage and most everything white the yellow did not work for me so I tried the paint on one. Inside and out. Worked great so did the other two. With not much to loose if it did not work out I had white paintbrush in hand loaded with paint from something else I was painting and just went for it.
Not saying you need to paint the shade white.
And certainly you must show a little neck. I about spit when I read that. Hehehehehe
AND another thing speaking of painting weird things. Another decorating board talked of painting cloth furniture with latex paint and I was horrified but their results were fantastic. Finally worked my courage up to try it on a chair I had that needed recovering so badly. I really did not want to spend the money and I do not know how to upholster. But I can paint and I did. Four coats later and my filthy looking pink chair is now white and it is great. Even the texture is not all that bad and smudges wipe right off. The secret is in the light sanding between coats of paint. Took four coats.
Went back to look at the larger picture and I like that shade. Paint it up to match that darker brown in the rose. I even think that apple barrel paint will work so you have lots of paint choices with out having to buy lots of paint.
Maybe add a little gimp around it too.
And I found this online so you probably can get them in the store. See link
Here is a link that might be useful: Touch lamp converter
I think that shade works on the lamp, partly because it is the right colour. It strikes me now that one problem with all the new ones is that they were too white or the wrong cream or too shiny. Shiny isn't working. This one now shows the right amount of neck too, in my opinion. I wouldn't go messing with cloth at the socket, if that's what you meant - fire hazard, besides not looking right I don't think.


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Peaches Geldof, drug addiction, and a very brief history of heroin
How the drug originally marketed as a cough medicine became one of the most addictive recreational habits of our times
Jenn Selby
Jenn Selby is People Editor for the Independent website
Wednesday 23 July 2014
Rarely have public sympathies towards an individual changed quite so dramatically as when heroin was ruled to be a "likey cause" of Peaches Geldof's death at her preliminary inquest in April.
This led many to question why a millionaire mother-of-two with a self-professed "perfect life" and every chance at a successful future had turned to the Class A drug - ordinarily associated with those who, under emotional and environmental strain, reject society's goals and institutionalised means of achieving them - in order to get by.
Some cited the inner sense of sadness that she continued to live with following the death of her mother, Paula Yates, in 2000. Some said that she became dependent, and had regularly attended rehabilitation appointments, unbeknown to her "straight, family man" husband, Thomas Cohen. Others, that in a particularly low moment, she'd rekindled her relationship with an old demon and simply misjudged the strength; her tolerance levels lowered after months of abstinence.
Following her full inquest, which took place on 23 July 2014, we now know that these initial reports were, in fact, correct.
Giving evidence in the Coroners Court in Gravesend, Kent her surviving husband,Thomas Cohen, described his late wife as an "addict" and confirmed that she had been on a two-year rehabilitation programme.
He said that she had weekly drugs tests that she reported to be clean. He told the coroner he now believes she lied about the results of her tests.
Citing a strength of 61 per cent purity (normal street grade heroin is around 32 per cent pure), the coroner Roger Hatch also concluded that Peaches' tolerance levels had significantly declined over time.
"Someone who stops or ceases to use heroin then resumes is less able to tolerate the levels they previously had," he said in summary.
Many reacted to the details of her final moments, like the capped syringe found hidden in a box of sweets by her body, with disbelief. But regardless of her position, Peaches was no different to any other addict: all of the above is entirely characteristic of anyone dependent on heroin.
Users have described an intense, pleasurable rush and an acute transcendent state of euphoria after the Class A substance, which occurs after diacetylmorphine – heroin's chemical name – is metabolised into morphine in the brain. That sense of escapism and dulling of physical and emotional pain goes some way to explaining why anyone would choose to experiment with the highly addictive drug in the first place.
"I cannot accurately convey the efficiency of heroin in neutralising pain," rehabilitation campaigner Russell Brand wrote in an article for The Spectator last year. He was writing following the death of his friend, Amy Winehouse, herself a heroin addict. "It transforms a tight white fist into a gentle brown wave, and from my first inhalation 15 years ago it fumigated my private hell."
Far from its 'one shot kills all' reputation, there are actually very few long-term biological complications caused by unadulterated heroin use, other than dependency and constipation. The trouble arises with the purity of the drug – estimated to be between 30% and 50% at street level in the UK – and the way it can be administered.
Intravenous use, for example, is riddled with risks. Contracting blood-borne pathogens like HIV, bacterial infections, abscesses and more could all affect those using and sharing needles. Meanwhile, the likelihood of overdose is significantly raised in those returning to heroin after a period of avoidance. Tolerance decreases over time, occasionally leading those relapsing to overestimate the amount needed to achieve the desired, previous effect. Fatalities are often caused by those combining Heroin with other depressant drugs, like alcohol or Valium.
And then there are the harrowing consequences of attempting to come off the drug – the agonising withdrawals, the sweating, the vomiting and hallucinations. Oh, and the loss of friends, family, careers, and the inability to care for anyone, or about anything, least of all yourself.
Needless to say, the latter has rightly transformed the reputation of heroin – one of the few street drugs still known by its initial brand name – from a terribly embarrassing chemical blunder first made by a German pharmaceutical company in the 1800s, to one of the most controversial narcotics in modern times.
So, as it slowly edges its way back into popular use, riding on a tidal wave of 90s revivalism, take a very brief look at its history, from over-the-counter cough medicine to illegal killer:
Heroin – the chemical name for which is diacetylmorphine – was originally synthesized by British chemist C.R.Alder Wright (pictured below) in 1874, by adding two acetyl groups to the molecule morphine, which is naturally found in the opium poppy.
Bayer, the German pharmaceutical company behind Alka-Seltzer and Aspirin, bought the rights to diacetylmorphine, marketing it under the name "Heroin" in 1895 because early testers said that it made them feel "heroisch" or "heroic".
By 1898, it was ready for mass marketing. It was originally sold as an over-the-counter cough suppressant that didn't have problematic side effects, like addiction (the irony) - while alternative treatments morphine and codeine did. This was before they realised that, when taken into the body, it actually converts into morphine, and is ferociously addictive. Thus defeating the object and defining what was to become a historically embarrassing moment for the company in later years.
In 1899, Bayer was producing over a ton of Heroin and exporting the drug to 23 countries, while free samples sent to doctors and studies appeared in medical journals. It was also around this time that early reports of addiction began to surface. The company wisely released Aspirin the same year, a non-addictive alternative that would go on to become one of the most popular and widely used pain relief drugs in the world.
US medicines containing heroin were available over the counter from 1907, after the American Medical Association gave it its stamp of approval.
In 1914, as dependency became a torrent and overdoses began to be reported with greater frequency, heroin was made illegal to obtain without a prescription from a doctor in the US. Bayer lost some of its trademark rights to heroin and Aspirin under the Treaty Of Versailles in 1919, after the German defeat in World War I.
In the early 1920s, a number of addicted users in New York supported themselves by collecting and selling scrap metal retrieved from industrial dumps. It was from this that the label "junkies" was born.The behavior of heroin addicts was soon, however, to cause a concern to the public and the authorities. In 1924, it became completely illegal, and doctors were told they could no longer prescribe the drug.
By this point, heroin had become popular among creative industries. Pictured below is famed actress Jeanne Eagels, who died of a Heroin overdose in 1929. Its outlawed use had pushed manufacturers underground, and the purity of the product illegal traders now used varied in quality, though were plentifully supplied by still functioning and legal chemical companies in western Europe.
In the UK, the Rolleston Committee Report in 1926 made heroin illegal and ruled that dealers were to be prosecuted, but doctors could prescribe diacetylmorphine to users when they were withdrawing from it, if it would cause harm or severe distress to the patient to go without it. This would be the law until 1959 when the number of diacetylmorphine addicts doubled every 16 months between 1959 and 1968.
The Brain Committee recommended that only selected, specially approved doctors at specialised centres were allowed to prescribe diacetylmorphine to users in 1964. The law was further restricted in 1968, and by the 1970s, the emphasis shifted to encouraging abstinence and the use of substitute methadone.
In the 1980s, the UK experienced a surge in heroin supply because of a sudden cheap influx from Pakistan (the main supplier had been – and is now – Afghanistan). Cues from popular culture – and a social downtown caused by the economic and industrial crisis in the late 1970s – created the perfect environment for the Trainspotting generation.
In the 1990s, heroin use was again popularized by the rise of grunge and Britpop, while the emergence of 'the waif' in fashion, of which Kate Moss is often cited as the originator, would give rise to the term 'heroin chic'.
Kate Moss and Johnny Depp, together in 1994
In 1994, the Swiss began to trial a diamorphine maintenance program for users who had failed multiple withdrawal programs. It aimed to maintain the health of the user, by discouraging the use of illicit street Heroin. It was deemed a success.
Today, the largest producer of opium, needed to create heroin is Afghanistan. This is closely followed by Mexico, who, it is it estimated, increased their rate of production sixfold between 2007 and 2011. Diacetylmorphine is a controlled, Class A substance in the UK, but continues to be used in palliative care for the treatment of acute pain, such as in severe physical trauma, post-surgical and chronic pain, as well as relieving sufferers of terminal illnesses.
Russell Brand pictured with Mitch Winehouse at a memorial for his daughter, Amy Winehouse, last year.
Key figures continue to campaign for greater sympathies and better treatment of heroin addicts as they attempt to rehabilitate themselves and re-enter society. Russell Brand's Give it Up Fund, run in conjunction with Comic Relief, aims to provide financial aid to help people remain free from substance abuse by setting up support groups. "It's integral that people entering a life of abstinence after the chaos of addiction have stability, support and a role to play in the wider community," he said.
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"We feel vindicated by this court ruling and the EEOC's dismissing the government's appeal," Harry Pape, CEO of Windmill International, said in a statement. "We have maintained from the very beginning that Windmill International Inc. acted in no improper way."
According to a release issued by Windmill International, the EEOC filed suit against the company after it terminated an employee — previously identified as Nancy Hajjar — who claimed she was fired because she had informed Windmill that she would need surgery.
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Michael worked for U.P.S for over 30 years and upon retirement received their highest award, the Circle of Honor. Michael and his wife moved to Lake Havasu City, AZ in 1997. He enjoyed his independent contract work with the Bureau of Land Management for 2 years, then settled back into retirement. He also enjoyed helping his wife with the Lake Havasu City Neighborhood Parks Foundation work, camping, boating, travel, and offroading.
Michael is survived by his loving wife, Lori; daughter Andrea Eppley and her husband Dr. Barry Eppley; sons Jason Bradley and his wife Jackie and Colin Atterson; grandsons Noah, Carter and Jack; granddaughters Maya and Hannah; brothers Bobby Bradley and his wife Regina, Ralph Bradley and his wife Phyllis, and Jim Bradley; sisters Betty Shiffbauer and her husband Al, and Shirley Civils and her husband Tom, Connie Compton and her husband Michael and Terri Pitcock, and her husband Gary.
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The District of Columbia school system, with help from the U.S. Army Corps of Engineers (Corps), has made considerable progress in fixing roofs, replacing windows, repairing bathrooms, and completing other maintenance work that has been neglected for years. The D.C. school system is now addressing the more complex task of modernizing--either through renovation or through new construction--virtually every public school in the city. In April 1998, the school system entered into an agreement with the Corps for engineering, procurement, and technical assistance. In December 2000, the D.C. Board of Education approved a facility master plan that would modernize 10 schools annually over 10 to 15 years at a cost of $1.3 billion. Historically significant buildings cannot be razed, however, and are costly to redesign. So far, construction costs are running significantly higher than estimated by the facility master plan. The scope of the work has been expanded to recognize community needs for some special facilities. In examining the Washington Gas Light Company's records of quality inspections for the work it managed for the school system, GAO found that 77 percent of all projects lacked evidence of quality inspections. The school system sought help from the Corps in fiscal year 1999 to comply with EPA requirements and spent $60.5 million on asbestos management and abatement activities.
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2: Improve the effectiveness, energy efficiency, and economics of water reuse and waste treatment technologies and practices. This will include developing technologies to minimize waste and reclaim water, protein, and/or energy to improve the economic and environmental sustainability of closed-containment systems.
• 2.1 Economic evaluation and life cycle assessment of land-based closed-containment systems for production of food-size Atlantic salmon and rainbow trout. • 2.2 Development of low-head and high-volume gas transfer processes to improve the energy efficiency of RAS. • 2.3 Improve technologies and practices that counter the effects of fish pathogens, and reduce the need for chemotherapeutic and antibiotic use within closed-containment production systems. • 2.4 Optimize cell age within MBR systems to maximize metals removal and protein content of waste mixed liquor suspended solids.
3: Conduct production trials of fish and feeds developed through ARS collaborations.
• 3.1 Compare the effects of grain versus fishmeal-based diets on rainbow trout performance and welfare, as well as water quality, water treatment process performance, and waste production rates in RAS operated at low flushing rates. • 3.2 Field test selected rainbow trout (NCCCWA, Leetown, WV) or Atlantic salmon (NCWMAC, Franklin, ME) germplasm resources for performance in intensive recirculating aquaculture systems.
1. Identify criteria to optimize the performance, health, welfare and consumer value of Atlantic salmon and other salmonids grown to food-size in intensive, land-based, closed-containment systems.
2. Improve the effectiveness, energy efficiency, and economics of water reuse and waste treatment technologies and practices. This will include developing technologies to minimize waste and reclaim water, protein, and/or energy to improve the economic and environmental sustainability of closed-containment systems.
3. Conduct production trials of fish and feeds developed through ARS collaborations.
The overall goal of this project has been to develop and improve technologies that enhance the sustainability and reduce the environmental impacts of the modern fish farming industry. Progress was made in several areas.
Selected strains of Atlantic salmon and arctic char were subjected to two photoperiod regimes influencing smoltification, and are being reared to market size to determine strain performance and the effect of photoperiod manipulation on growth and product quality. The findings of this study will be used to provide valuable information to producers intent on rearing either or both of these species in WRAS up to market size in fresh water.
Atlantic salmon are being raised to market size in freshwater WRAS operated at either high (20 mg/L) or low (10 mg/L) dissolved CO2 levels to obtain performance data that can be compared to similar data from saltwater net-pens, and to determine whether Atlantic salmon can perform as well in a relatively high CO2 environment. These findings will provide baseline data essential for designing land-based, closed-containment aquaculture facilities as an environmentally friendly alternative to coastal net-pens.
Rainbow trout were raised to market size in replicated WRAS while being fed either a traditional fishmeal based diet or novel, alternative protein diet formulated by USDA-ARS scientists. These findings provided trout performance data for both treatment groups and provided novel data on the effects of soy-based diets on WRAS water quality and unit process treatment efficiency.
A sidewall box airlift pump was developed to provide a new high water flow and low lift method of gas exchange just outside of the culture tank. A total of six different diffuser grids were tested within a pilot-scale 0.46 m square airlift pump. Water flow rates were measured, plus dissolved oxygen and carbon dioxide transfer rates and efficiencies. Providing an "angled-type" diffuser grid was found to increase water flow by approximately 60% over a 'flat' diffuser grid design. The "angled-type" diffuser grids were also found to transfer the most dissolved oxygen and dissolved carbon dioxide. The sidewall box airlift pump can be integrated into the design of much larger recirculating aquaculture systems to improve gas control, provide culture tank rotation, and reduce total power requirements and the carbon footprint of these systems.
The effects of swimming speed and dissolved oxygen on rainbow trout performance, health, and welfare were examined in a 6-month factorial study, and this study will be repeated using Atlantic salmon. The findings of these studies will assist in optimizing the environment of farmed fish reared in circular tanks in order to improve fish production while minimizing health and welfare concerns. These studies have been and will be carried out in partial collaboration with fish health researchers at Nofima in Sunndalsora, Norway.
5.Significant Activities that Support Special Target Populations
Technical support in aquaculture engineering, fish health and biosecurity has been provided to rainbow trout, Atlantic salmon, tilapia, and cobia producers across the Appalachian region. This work supports economic development in a region where many counties are rated as economically distressed and unemployment rates are greater than 10%. Across the Appalachian states of West Virginia, Kentucky, Virginia, Maryland, and Pennsylvania, there are many natural resources that appear to represent potential development opportunities.


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Good to know.
Thanks guys,
Your advice is much appreciated. I have ordered 'wild brews' for one of my holiday reads. I will in all likelihood add more apricots and also a jar of Pine honey to the 5 gallon experimental batch. I have the choice of pine, Thyme or 'standard' flower honey at the market in Turkey. I read about the potential for pineapple & passion fruit flavours from Brett C and thought that they would go well with a chilled highly carbonated Saison in a champagne glass. I think the pine honey will have the best chance of adding a layer of flavour out of the 3 possibles. Its all new to me and i am enjoying the mental workout!
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Simple sugars from honey or fruit won't give Brettanomyces anything to really consume. They will likely be out competed by your saison yeast. The interesting thing I've done recently is to bottle half a batch with plain priming sugar and the other half with 1/3 the priming sugar and then maltodextrine for the brett ferment in the bottle. It worked but you have to be careful how you do such experiments and use heavy champagne bottles.
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Thanks Smoking hole,
I have ordered a 1/2 KG of extra light spray malt, a dozen plastic champagne corks and cages as i have a few 3/4 champagne ltr bottles for use. Also ordered the brett itself(wlp645) from Hop&grape shop here in UK. I will take a hydro reading when i return home on the 2nd July and go from there. 11 gallons will be bottled and primed to about 2.5 to 3 vols using cane sugar on the 2nd(no brett) amd i will get experimental with the remaining 5 gallons in a glass carbuoy for later bottling.
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Currently fermenting at 19 degs. Hopefully the Saison Dupont is sleeping at this temp and the Brett C is awake and eating cherries. Budweiser eh? Gosh i miss it!
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