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"The buildings should have easily withstood the thermal stress caused by pools of burning jet fuel." – Kevin Ryan
Friday, November 12, 2004
(911Truth.org news service — updated 11/13, 11/14)
An executive at Underwriters Laboratories (UL), the company that certified the steel used in the construction of the World Trade Center, has questioned the common theory that fuel fires caused the Twin Towers to collapse.
In a letter dated Thursday (11/11, complete text below), UL executive Kevin Ryan called on Frank Gayle, director of the government team that has spent two years studying how the trade center was built and why it fell, to "do what you can to quickly eliminate the confusion regarding the ability of jet fuel fires to soften or melt structural steel."
Kevin Ryan is Site Manager at Environmental Health Laboratories (EHL) in South Bend, Indiana. This is a division of UL, the product-compliance and testing giant. Because UL certified the WTC steel for its ability to withstand fires, the steel's performance on September 11 is obviously of concern to the company.
While Ryan's letter does not constitute an official statement from Underwriters Laboratories, it suggests incipient disagreements between UL and NIST about the true cause of the WTC collapses.
Gayle is deputy chief of the Metallurgy Division at the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and head of the "NIST and the WTC" team. A draft of the government agency's final report on the WTC collapses is due in January.
Ryan copied the letter… Continue reading
Paul M. Baker Manager
Media Relations Underwriters Laboratories, Inc.
Northbrook, Ill., USA
(847) 272-8800 ext. 41001
Cell: (847) 602-2828
UL Letter text:
On Nov. 11, 2004, a letter from Kevin Ryan, a former employee of Underwriters Laboratories Inc., addressed to the National Institute of Standards & Technology (NIST), was posted on a Web site called the 9-11 Visibility Project (www.septembereleventh.org). In the letter, Mr. Ryan speculated on the causes of the collapse of the World Trade Center towers.
Mr. Ryan wrote the letter without UL's knowledge or authorization. Mr. Ryan was neither qualified nor authorized to speak on UL's behalf regarding this issue. The opinions he expressed in the letter are his own and do not reflect those of Underwriters Laboratories Inc.
UL's Fire Protection Division has assisted NIST in its investigations regarding the collapse of the WTC towers. However, Mr. Ryan was not involved in that work and was not associated in any way with UL's Fire Protection Division, which conducted testing at NIST's request. Rather, Mr. Ryan was employed in UL's water testing business, Environmental Health Laboratory, in South Bend, Indiana.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc. fully supports NIST's ongoing efforts to investigate the WTC tragedy. We regret any confusion that Mr. Ryan's letter has caused 9/11 survivors, victims' families and their friends.
To: Paul.M.Baker(@)us.ul.com
From: W. David Kubiak
Subject: Re: UL's statement regarding Kevin Ryan
Date sent: Wed, 17 Nov 2004 15:21:10 -0500
Dear Mr. Baker,
Thank you for the letter, but I notice that neither it or… Continue reading
Re: Spitzer Complaint, Ryan & 911Truth.org news
Dear Readers of 911Truth.org,
What can you do? News on "Justice for 9/11," the Omissions Hearings, the Kevin Ryan story, and developments at 911Truth.org:
Justice for 9/11
Last week the "Justice for 9/11″ Coalition filed a restated and amended Citizen's Complaint and Petition with the Attorney General of New York State, Eliot Spitzer, citing probable cause to convene a grand jury on unsolved crimes surrounding the events of September 11, 2001. (See press release. )
The Citizens' Complaint and Petition is unprecedented. Unlike a few other states, New York law does not provide a formal procedure for it. We are trying to invent a new legal wheel, and we need your help.
Nine highly regarded complainants from among September 11 family members, first responders and New York citizens have signed on, and many others are carefully considering whether to join them.
We are inviting friendly support statements from other groups, in the style of amicus briefs, and looking for new coalition members. And we ask everyone to please sign the electronic Petition of Solidarity at the "Justice" site, and get your friends on board!
This work is by no means finished, despite the weeks of hard work by a team advised by legal counsel Carolyn Betts. We aren't pretending that we've covered every aspect of possible 9/11 crimes in the present version of the Complaint and Petition. As we've told Spitzer's office, this is a living document, of, for and by citizens, and… Continue reading
By JOHN DOBBERSTEIN Tribune Staff Writer
SOUTH BEND — The laboratory director from a South Bend firm has been fired for attempting to cast doubt on the federal investigation into what caused the World Trade Center's twin towers to collapse on Sept. 11, 2001.
Kevin R. Ryan was terminated Tuesday from his job at Environmental Health Laboratories Inc., a subsidiary of Underwriters Laboratories Inc., the consumer-product safety testing giant.
On Nov. 11, Ryan wrote a letter to the National Institute of Standards and Technology — the agency probing the collapse — challenging the common theory that burning jet fuel weakened the steel supports holding up the 110-story skyscrapers.
Underwriters Laboratories Inc., according to Ryan, "was the company that certified the steel components used in the construction of the WTC buildings."
Ryan wrote that last year, while "requesting information," UL's chief executive officer and fire protection business manager disagreed about key issues surrounding the collapse, "except for one thing — that the samples we certified met all requirements."
UL vehemently denied last week that it ever certified the materials.
The National Institute of Standards and Technology is conducting a $16 million, two-year investigation of the collapse of the twin towers. The agency expects to issue a draft report in January, and UL has played a limited role in the investigation.
Ryan wrote that the institute's preliminary reports suggest the WTC's supports were probably… Continue reading
By Kevin Ryan
June 9th 2005
Have you ever found yourself caught between several hundred million people and their most cherished lies? After writing a letter to a government scientist, pleading with him to clarify a report of his work, I found myself in just that situation. The letter was circulated on the internet and for a brief time I became a reluctant celebrity. Of course I stand behind what I wrote, although it was originally intended as a personal message, not an open letter. Since many have asked for clarification, here is my message to all.
To me, the report in question represents a decision point, not just for the US, but for humanity as a whole. We're at a point where we must decide if we will live consciously, or literally give up our entire reality for a thin veneer of lies. In the US these lies include cheap propaganda that passes for journalism, police-state measures that promise security, and mountains of debt that paint a picture of wealth. Additionally we've adopted many implicit self-deceptions, like the idea that we'll always enjoy a limitless share of the world's resources, no matter where these are located or who might disagree.
All people lie to themselves. It's one of the most important things we have yet to accept about our own nature. We lie to ourselves to justify our past actions, to protect our self-image, and to promote ourselves relative to others. This lying is at the root of many of our problems (e.g.…Continue reading
By Jim Dwyer
New York Times
September 2, 2006
Faced with an angry minority of people who believe the Sept. 11 attacks were part of a shadowy and sprawling plot run by Americans, separate reports were published this week by the State Department and a federal science agency insisting that the catastrophes were caused by hijackers who used commercial airliners as weapons.
The official narrative of the attacks has been attacked as little more than a cover story by an assortment of radio hosts, academics, amateur filmmakers and others who have spread their arguments on the Internet and cable television in America and abroad. As a motive, they suggest that the Bush administration wanted to use the attacks to justify military action in the Middle East.
Most elaborately, they propose that the collapse of the World Trade Center was actually caused by explosive charges secretly planted in the buildings, rather than by the destructive force of the airliners that thundered into the towers and set them ablaze.
The government reports and officials say the demolition argument is utterly implausible on a number of grounds. Indeed, few proponents of the explosives theory are willing to venture explanations of how daunting logistical problems would be overcome, such as planting thousands of pounds of explosives in busy office towers.
Nevertheless, federal officials say they moved to affirm the conventional history of the day because of the persistence of what they call "alternative theories." On Wednesday, the National Institute of Standards and Technology issued a seven-page study based on its earlier 10,000-page report on how and why the trade center collapsed.…Continue reading
Backers hail 9/11 theorist's speech
By Michael Riley
Denver Post Staff Writer
The standing ovation has finally died down, and Steven E. Jones, a soft-spoken physics professor, finds himself pinned against the stage by some of the enthusiastic fans who packed a University of Denver auditorium over the weekend to see him.
A man with a "Got truth?" T-shirt offers Jones a careful explanation for why the planes that crashed into the World Trade Center were operated by remote control. Another quizzes him about the size of the footprint of the Pentagon crash – too small, he says, for the Boeing 757 that "officially" smashed into it on Sept. 11, 2001.
"Can I just shake your hand?" a woman in a baggy red sweater asks Jones. "You're doing such important work."
If anything, Jones appears embarrassed by all the attention. Quiet and self-effacing, he's an unlikely hero for 9/11 conspiracy theorists of every stripe, but that's exactly what he's become.
A physicist whose background includes work on nuclear fusion, Jones was put on leave by Brigham Young University in September after publishing a paper saying that the twin towers couldn't have collapsed solely as a result of the planes that rammed the upper floors on Sept. 11. The paper theorizes that explosives planted inside the building must have been involved and that the buildings' collapse was essentially a controlled demolition.
Though Jones doesn't specify who he believes planted the charges, he concedes it would have had to be "an inside job" and likely would have included either very powerful figures on the American scene or entities inside the government.…Continue reading
Panelists raise doubts over 9/11
Speakers at CU say government deceiving citizens
By John Aguilar
Monday, October 30, 2006
The idea was to turn the concept of a conspiracy theory on its head.
A panel of scientists and scholars, gathered in a classroom Sunday afternoon at the University of Colorado at Boulder, suggested to several hundred vocal supporters that the true conspiratorial types when it comes to the terrorist attacks of Sept. 11, 2001, are the federal government and the mainstream media.
"They pounded a script into our heads that we now know is backed by zero evidence," said Kevin Barrett, a professor of Islamic studies at the University of Wisconsin at Madison.
Barrett was one of a trio of speakers who came to CU to lay out their case that the World Trade Center towers didn't collapse as a result of jet fuel melting and softening of the buildings' steel structure, but rather from a deliberate demolition effort perpetrated by the United States government to justify its invasion of Afghanistan and Iraq and assert its power around the world.
"Three thousand lives were lost at the World Trade Center as a means to global domination," Barrett said.
He characterized the 9/11 attacks as a "false flag operation" carried out by the United States with the intention of stirring up the passions and buying the allegiance of its people.
"A false flag operation is a contrived event — shocking and spectacular — used to achieve political ends, start wars and justify suppression," he said.…Continue reading
On Friday, November 24 at 4:00 pm and Saturday, November 25 at 3:30 am and at 10:00 pm
9/11 and American Empire: Intellectuals Speak Out
David Ray Griffin, Peter Dale Scott, Peter Phillips, Kevin Ryan, Ray McGovern
Description: Editors and contributors to the book, "9/11 and American Empire," assess the Bush administration's responsibility for the attacks on 9/11, arguing that key administration officials either purposefully ignored the threats leading up to the attacks or were complicit in the planning them. The panelists say that the administration has used the attacks to enact long established plans to expand American empire. The participants are: David Ray Griffin (co-editor/contributor), Peter Dale Scott (co-editor/contributor), Peter Phillips (contributor) and Kevin Ryan (contributor). Former CIA analyst Ray McGovern moderates the discussion. The event was hosted by Berkeley, California-based Pacifica radio station KPFA (www.kpfa.org).
Author Bio: David Ray Griffin, professor emeritus of philosophy and theology at the Claremont School of Theology, is the author of "The New Pearl Harbor" and "The 9/11 Commission Report: Omissions and Distortions." Peter Dale Scott, former Canadian diplomat and former professor of English at the University of California, Berkeley, is the author of "Deep Politics and the Death of JFK" and "Drugs, Oil, and War." Peter Phillips, professor of sociology at Sonoma State University and director of the Project Censored media research program, is most recently the co-editor of "Censored 2007: The Top 25 Censored Stories" and "Impeach the President: The Case Against Bush and Cheney." Kevin Ryan is a former site manager with Environmental Health Laboratories.…Continue reading
Garcia's avoidance of the demolition scenario may also explain his resorting to what Ryan calls "creative guesswork" in attempting to explain the collapse of WTC 7. Whatever the best explanation is for the still-unsatisfactorily explained collapse of WTC 7, Garcia does not advance our understanding in his three-part bit of speculation.
Another Opportunity to Understand Our Predicament
Over the years we've heard from a few educated people who claim to understand and support the latest story given by the US government for the unprecedented destruction of the WTC buildings. Unfortunately, those folks usually turn out to either work for the Bush Administration directly, like FEMA and NIST, or are in some other way profiting from the War on Terror. Some people accept what these Bush scientists say because they have PhDs in scientific fields, or because certain media sources promote the official myths. In a way, the curious behavior of these scientists and media sources allows us to better see the predicament we… Continue reading
What is the Goal in the 9/11 Truth Community? Debates, or Justice?
Steven E. Jones
December 22, 2006 (updated Jan. 9, 2007)
Consider this statement made a few weeks ago by Dr. Frank Legge, Kevin Ryan,
Victoria Ashley and other (previous) members of Scholars for 9/11 Truth:
"Further, on the Scholars' web site, positions are being promoted which
are disputed by the scientists specializing in physical sciences from Scholars
For 9/11 Truth. Attempts to correct this situation have failed. As of this
date the web site continues to promote assertions which are unsupported by
the evidence (ray-beams from space caused the demolitions, mini-nukes were
used in the WTC towers, real commercial jets did not hit the WTC towers, etc.).
We feel that the promotion of these ideas functions to distract from and discredit
much of the other basic strong material challenging the official story of
9/11 which already exists – the stand down, the war games, the insider trading,
the many strong points of evidence on the demolitions, etc."
How do we determine if ray-beams from space or mini-nuclear bombs were responsible
for bringing down the WTC Towers? How do we know whether jets actually hit the
While it is admittedly exciting to come up with fascinating new theories about
9/11, if we wish to bring the perpetrators of the horrific 9/11 crimes to justice,
we have to exert discretion and discipline by ferreting out those ideas repudiated
by the physical evidence. We should consider these ideas, yes, but… Continue reading
Message from Kevin
By all accounts, the unprecedented events of September 11th, 2001 "changed everything". It is therefore critical that conscientious Americans, as well as all good people around the world, understand these events in detail. Unfortunately the official reports, including The 9/11 Commission Report and the NIST WTC Report, written by those working under the direction of the Bush Administration, fall far short of providing the explanations needed.
Both the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) and my former employer, Underwriters Laboratories (UL), seem to have taken the stance that the public does not have a right to know what fire resistance tests were performed on the steel component assemblies used to build the World Trade Center (WTC) towers. But since NIST's latest story for collapse of the WTC towers depends on the fire-induced failure of these steel components, there is little information that could be more important at this time.
When I worked there, top management at UL made clear to me that UL performed these required tests. They have since stated that there is "no evidence" that any firm tested the steel. Being tax-exempt, due to their status as a public safety-testing organization, UL should be held accountable for being honest and open with the public about the history of their testing.
To help ensure this accountability, I've filed a lawsuit against UL for wrongful termination. My attorneys and I hope to gain more information about UL's role in the testing of the WTC steel assemblies, and any other involvement UL has had with the WTC towers or the NIST investigation.…Continue reading
Outraged truth community demands answers from Guy Smith, immediate retractions and apologies urged, savage agenda driven yellow journalism an insult to the truth
Paul Joseph Watson
Prison Planet
Monday, February 19, 2007
UPDATE: Audio – Paul Joseph Watson & Dylan Avery Debate Guy Smith on the 9/11 BBC Hit Piece
The BBC's Conspiracy Files documentary about 9/11 was a tissue of lies, bias and emotional manipulation from beginning to end. Producer Guy Smith should be ashamed of himself for inflicting this travesty of yellow journalism upon the 9/11 truth movement and he is assured to encounter a vociferous and outraged response in its aftermath.
You can watch the one hour show via Google Video.
Separated into two categories below are a number of questions intended to highlight Guy Smith's production for what it was – a deliberate hit piece on the 9/11 truth movement structured around fallacy, lying by omission and overwhelming bias.…Continue reading
by Kevin Ryan
Global Research
March 13, 2007
When Matthew Rothschild, editor of the online magazine The Progressive, wrote an article called "Enough of the 9/11 Conspiracies, Already", we all knew he was not talking about the conspiracy theory that the US government sells us to justify the expanding 9/11 Wars.[1] To the contrary, in writing that article Mr. Rothschild was selling that same theory himself. What he actually meant was that people should not question the US government's story of terror because credentialed experts have been found to support it. But the fact is that the experts found to support the official conspiracy theory of 9/11 are predominantly those who profit from doing so. That's not to say that all of these people were "part of the conspiracy". But they are, whether consciously or not, a part of the cover-up. And that, of course, is the greater crime.
The Bush Administration employed a number of such credentialed experts to give us multiple explanations for the unprecedented destruction of three tall steel-framed buildings at the World Trade Center (WTC). Unfortunately, all of those explanations have proven to be false, and this fact reminds us that academic credentials don't necessarily make a person more capable, or more likely, to tell the truth.
Exactly how they could find so many experts on the fire-induced collapse of tall buildings is not immediately clear, considering such an event had never happened before. But it did help that the questions were quickly framed as being… Continue reading
9/11 Family Members File Petition with NIST
Posted 4/11/07 at GeorgeWashingtonBlogspot.com
Bill Doyle and Bob McIlvaine today filed a petition with the National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) seeking correction of inaccurate factual statements and analysis in NIST's reports on the destruction of the Twin Towers.
Mr. Doyle is the representative of the largest group of 9/11 families, the Coalition of 9/11 Families*, and lost his own son Joey in the collapse of the twin towers.
Mr. McIlvaine, an outspoken 9/11 truth activist, lost his son Bobby when the World Trade Centers were destroyed.
Another prominent 9/11 family member supports the petition, but decided for personal reasons not to sign.
Also signing the petition are:
The petition can be read here . It is very strong and solid, and well worth a read.
If you are not sure why the 9/11 families needed to file a petition, I invite you to read this 9/11 Fact Sheet .
The family members' petition was mainly drafted by attorney James… Continue reading


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By GWEN SISSON
Audiences will remember Sue Keller from the first Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Music Festival.
Keller will be one of four entertainers at the Fifth Annual Festival, set for March 25-26 in the Mitchell Memorial Library on the Mississippi State University campus.
She will join Jim Hession in a concert set for 7:30 p.m. Friday at Bettersworth Auditorium in Lee Hall at MSU.
Keller will share her ŌĆ£Talk at the PianoŌĆØ with audiences at 11 a.m. Saturday in the Charles Templeton Music Museum on the fourth floor of the Mitchell Memorial Library.
Lyle Tate, one of the organizers for this yearŌĆÖs festival, said Keller is a dynamic, exciting performer, as well as a genuinely nice person, and organizers are looking forward to her performance.
Tate said KellerŌĆÖs appearances on the ragtime music stage have ranged from the grand opening of Faneuil Hall Marketplace in Boston Harbor to the fabled Mikado nightclub in Tokyo, across the continent of Australia, and even to the Great Wall of China.
Festival organizers said Keller was excited to return to the Templeton Festival this year.
ŌĆ£Everyone involved is so friendly, and the festival is so well-run,ŌĆØ Keller said in an interview with Festival organizers. ŌĆ£IŌĆÖm looking forward to having lots of fun again this year!ŌĆØ
Keller began her love of Ragtime music in 1974, after graduating from DePauw University with a degree in music and theatre. Festival organizers said she has since been recognized as one of the worldŌĆÖs top ragtime pianists.
She recently retired from her seven-year position of artistic director for the Scott Joplin Festival and this year was recognized by the Joplin Festival board for her achievement in ragtime performance and research.
Keller said just before the first Templeton festival, she and her husband met Chip Templeton and Steven Cunetto at the West Coast Ragtime Festival in Sacramento, Calif.
She said Templeton and Cunetto spoke about hosting a ragtime festival in Mississippi to compliment the Charles Templeton Sr. music collection. That first year, Keller said the audience was fairly sparse, but appreciative. ┬Ā
ŌĆ£The most interesting part for me was the fact that the library ran the event,ŌĆØ Keller said.┬ĀŌĆ£Also, the sheet music collection is really something. The museum is certainly special. What a collection.┬ĀReally spectacular.ŌĆØ
Stephen Cunetto, director of the Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival, said that while it is a ragtime and jazz festival, audiences will experience a variety of music genres as part of the weekendŌĆÖs events.
ŌĆ£I would also point out that while the name implies that the festival is only about ragtime and jazz it truly is not,ŌĆØ Cunetto said. ŌĆ£I think the name probably scares some people off.┬Ā We have a wonderful mix of performers who were all classically trained that specialize in many genres and they typically play a┬Āvariety of music during the concerts.ŌĆØ
Keller will be one of those performers who will share a variety of musical styles with Festival audiences.┬Ā
ŌĆ£This year, IŌĆÖve brought back lots of tunes that I havenŌĆÖt played in a while, and also, some new things just for the festival,ŌĆØ Keller said. ŌĆ£I play all kinds of music that have nothing to do with ragtime.ŌĆØ
And as part of her ŌĆ£living roomŌĆØ event, Keller plans a variety of music.
ŌĆ£When I do my ŌĆśmeet and greet,ŌĆÖ IŌĆÖm pulling out all of the stops,ŌĆØ Keller said. ŌĆ£IŌĆÖve been fascinated by Antonio Carlos Jobim and Brazilian music for the last several years, I dabble a bit in classical, IŌĆÖve written a few interesting tunes (mostly new Christmas stuff), and IŌĆÖll get to do all of it right then.ŌĆØ
Ragtime performer, Fredrick Hodges has agreed to play two tunes with Keller as part of her Friday night set. ┬Ā
ŌĆ£That will be a lot of fun for us, as well as the audience,ŌĆØ Keller said.
Tickets for the 2011 Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival are available for daily events, evening concerts and for the entire festival by visiting http://library.msstate.edu/ragtime/festival/tkts/index.html or by contacting festival planning committee member Lyle Tate at firstname.lastname@example.com or 325-2559.
For more information about the Charles Templeton Ragtime Jazz Festival, go to http://www.library.msstate.edu/templeton/festival.

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Devastating floods in Australia. Crippling snow storms along the eastern seaboard of the United States and in Europe. Torrential rains in South America and heavier than usual rain in California. Do these severe weather conditions have a common origin? The answer is yes and no: Two different conditions are driving these unusually strong weather patterns.
The first condition is called La Niña. It begins in the Pacific Ocean but it can impact weather patterns around the world. La Niña brings unusually cold ocean temperatures in the central Pacific around the equator. Among other things, this cooler ocean water typically results in drier than normal conditions in the U.S. Southwest, Central Plains and Southeast. The Pacific Northwest tends to be wetter than normal. La Niña also usually brings heavier rain in South America, the tropics and parts of Australia.
Deadly Force of La Niña
The current La Niña is particularly strong and fierce. According to Bill Patzert, a climatologist at NASA's Jet Propulsion Laboratory, "This is one of the strongest La Niña events in the past 50 years. Impacts include heavy rains and flooding, which has damaged crops and flooded mines in Australia and Asia. It also has resulted in flooding in northern South America and drought conditions in Argentina." These impacts were anticipated months ago. But not as strong as we are seeing.
The current La Niña's toll on Australia and South America has been devastating. In the state of Queensland, Australia, the Associated Press reports that relentless flooding has left 26 people dead and more than 30,000 homes and businesses flooded. They also report that in Brazil, authorities say mudslides and flooding have killed more than 500 people in mountain towns north of Rio. At the end of 2010, CNN reported that in Columbia, South America, more than 300 people died due to torrential rains that have engulfed the country for several months.
Arctic Oscillation
A second factor driving the weather is a condition called the Arctic Oscillation. At certain times an Arctic Oscillation causes cold air from near the North Pole to reach far into the lower latitudes. This has been the case since November 2010. This oscillation seems to overpower the effects of La Niña in some regions, particularly the United States. Some climatologists think the Arctic Oscillation has caused the big snow storms and rain in areas - like California – that are normally dry during La Niña.
"When an Arctic Oscillation (AO) gets this strong," says Patzert, "It definitely overwhelms the effects of La Niña in the mid latitudes of the northern hemisphere." This helps explain the heavy snow in Europe and the U.S. eastern seaboard. But the AO only lasts a few weeks, so La Niña impacts could kick in for most of the winter. Stay tuned! La Niña could set her sights on the United States in the coming weeks.
La Niña tends to last approximately 9 to 12 months, but it can sometimes last more than one year. NASA and other agencies track La Niña and other long-term weather trends with satellites, buoys and research ships. You can learn more about studying these trends on http://sealevel.jpl.nasa.gov/ and http://www.cpc.ncep.noaa.gov/products/analysis_monitoring/enso_advisory/index.shtml .


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Finally healthy, UH's Ray back on the hill
By Sam Khan Jr. | February 17, 2012 | Updated: February 17, 2012 6:38pm
Photo By Nick de la Torre/Chronicle
UH starting pitcher Jared Ray is fully healed after missing the entire 2010 season and most of 2011 with arm injuries.
Photo By Michael Paulsen/Houston Chronicle
University of Houston starting pitcher Jared Ray held UAB hitless for the first four innings.
Photo By Thomas B. Shea/For the Houston Chronicle
5/6/2011: Starting pitcher Jared Ray #31 of the Houston Cougars pitches in the first inning against the Rice Owls at Cougar Field in Houston, Texas. Rice won 8 to 2 giving Rice head coach Wayne Graham his 900th win. Thomas B. Shea : For the Chronicle.
Photo By Bob Levey/For The Chronicle
UH Pitcher Jared Ray will bolster a pitching staff that hopes to help the Cougars defend their Conference USA tournament championship this season.
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Last season: 27-32
Projected 2012 finish: Fifth in Conference USA.
Key returners: SS Chase Jensen, RHP Jared Ray, RHP Mo Wiley, LHP Jordan Lewis, C John Cannon, CF Landon Appling.
Early-season games to watch: vs. Delaware (Friday-Sunday), vs. Texas State (Feb. 24-26), vs. Rice (Feb. 28), vs. Arkansas (March 3).
The Houston Cougars were on the doorstep of the NCAA Tournament — and Jared Ray felt awful.
His right arm was in pain. He didn't know if he was healthy. But in the second inning of the Conference USA championship game against Rice on May 28, 2011, the 6-3 righthander reached back and let the ball go with everything he had, trying to gauge what his stuff would be like.
The pain became worse. He felt a pop. He looked back at the radar gun reading after the pitch.
It flashed 86 mph. For a guy whose fastball reaches the mid-90s when he is healthy, it was bad news. Trying to battle back from three arm surgeries had taken its toll on the once-rising young star.
Playing through pain
"It hurt so bad," Ray said. "I was like, 'Oh God, that's all I've got.' So I thought, 'This might be the last game I ever pitch. So I might as well make the most of it.' "
Ray went out and pitched the gutsiest game of his college career, throwing 120 pitches over eight innings, allowing one earned run and striking out four to give the Cougars a chance to win the league title. They didn't pull out the win, falling 4-3 to Rice, but Ray gave them all he had.
The fifth-year senior will take the ball as the Cougars' opening-night starter when they host Delaware at 6:30 p.m. Friday at Cougar Field. It will mark the first time since Ray was a sophomore that he can say he's fully healthy, and that gives the Cougars a big weapon on Friday nights.
Despite the pain and pop, the injury was merely tendinitis. That diagnosis was a relief to Ray, who has undergone three surgeries on his right arm since the end of his sophomore season.
His first was on his rotator cuff and labrum, the second to remove scar tissue. Both caused him to miss what would have been his junior year in 2010. Then in September, 2010, he was scheduled to have capsular release surgery on his shoulder, but Dr. James Andrews discovered that he had a full SLAP tear (superior labrum from anterior to posterior). That meant he would miss most of the 2011 season.
Long road back
Ray fought to return to the mound in April. Head coach Todd Whitting and pitching coach Jack Cressend eased Ray back into the rotation with low pitch counts that gradually rose, but Ray found recovery after each outing to be long and hard.
"Honestly, when I started my very first start, I felt great," Ray said. "But each time I threw, I felt worse and worse. Going into that (Rice) game, I honestly couldn't tell you whether I was healthy or not."
That's the past. Ray is focused on the future, which is now pain- and worry-free.
"Last year he wasn't 100 percent, yet he still took the ball and tried to pitch us to the NCAA Tournament," Cressend said. "It showed us a lot of heart and guts to do that, and so that's why you feel good about giving the guy the ball on Friday nights when he's healthy."


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Mumbai, Sep 3 (IANS) Konkona Sen Sharma and stage fright don't go together. But when the actress heard that she had to dance with the nimble-footed Madhuri Dixit in 'Aaja Nachle', she nearly ran away.
'It was scary,' laughed Konkona.
Directed by Pradeep Sarkar of 'Parineeta' fame, the film revolves around an ageing actress, played by Madhuri, and how she gets friendly with a young actress while working in a play and shares her secrets with her.
'Sharing acting space with Madhuri didn't make me that nervous. I knew I could manage to hold my own in that department. But one has to be totally crazy to even attempt to match dance steps with Madhuri. I thought I'd faint when I had to dance with her,' Konkona told IANS.
'Fortunately, our choreographer Vaibhavi Merchant gave me steps that didn't make me look foolish in front of Madhuri. In fact, the film requires unequal dancing between Madhuri and the rest of us in the cast,' she added.
Konkona's last release 'Metro' earned her rave reviews and she is still basking in the glory.
'I just loved meeting Anurag Basu for the narration. He kept getting all the characters' names confused. It was hilarious but I liked his honesty, passion...and maturity.'
She recalled an incident on the first day of 'Metro' shoot, when her mother's (Aparna Sen's) hairdresser, who was supposed to join her, disappeared.
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> In reply to Jaden22 @ 2014-07-02 04:34 from I8R2 - click to readI will be honest about the phone I have 2 right now they are the worst phone I have ever had it takes like 30 mins to try to call someone it just freezes up all the time the first one was like that so I thought maybe it was just that phone so I got another one and its the same from 1 to 10 I would give it -10
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> In reply to Jaden22 @ 2014-07-02 04:34 from I8R2 - click to readI'm not sure about staight talk but I called net 10 before I purchased and they told me it would work ... that's a pre-paid service as well....
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> In reply to Jaden22 @ 2014-07-02 04:34 from I8R2 - click to readI'm not sure about staight talk but I called net 10 before I purchased and they told me it would work ... that's a pre-paid service as well....
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I'm thinking about getting this phone tomorrow and turning it into a straight talk phone. Is it a good phone and would it work with a straight talk SIM card?
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How do you take a screenshot on this phone? This is a very important question and I would love to know the answer because I had an Iphone and I used it more than my camera. So please reply.
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does this verizon phone have a simcard slot according to the google phone specifications? please help..
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I have this phone, I want to know why I am not able to play some of the files online. It just says unable to play, does anyone know what I have to do to it so that it can play media files online?
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AN ANTI-LASER - which absorbs light rather than emitting it - has been built for the first time.
A laser shines by producing a cascade of photons that bounce around inside a light-amplifying material before exiting from one or both ends. In 2010, Douglas Stone at Yale University and colleagues devised a way to reverse the process, with a material that absorbs rather than amplifies light.
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Meanwhile, manufacturers spend a bundle researching buyers' color preferences. Their offerings have come a long way since Ford Motor Co. founder Henry Ford said, "Any customer can have a car painted any color that he wants so long as it is black."
Now, Ford's color choices, which include Lime Green Squeeze and Passion Orange, sound more like smoothie flavors than descriptions of 5,000-pound machines. Ditto for Honda's blackberry, dark cherry and mocha.
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Black cars sell better in cold climates and white in hot climates. The exceptions are models often used for livery, such as Cadillacs, where black rules.
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More than age of the buyer, said Killen, the type of vehicle affects color choice.
"People tend to want color on a smaller scale," she said. "Not everyone wants a big, bright yellow pickup."
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Lebanon-based political parties and groups loyal to Syrian President Bashar Assad, including the Syrian Social Nationalist Party and the Baath Party, said they would hold a sit-in outside the U.S. Embassy in at 5 p.m. in protest at "the U.S. aggression on Syria."
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Nelson Mandela's African National Congress (ANC) suffered only small losses and stays in power. The opposition made some gains but remains weak. Nevertheless, things will not remain the same, says DW's Claus Stäcker.
Jacob Zuma has survived the elections relatively unscathed. The president of South Africa and of the African National Congress (ANC) suffered only slight losses, with unofficial results putting him above the magic 60 percent mark - that's no less than Nelson Mandela achieved in South Africa's first free elections in 1994.
From a western perspective, the electorate should have punished Zuma and his party more clearly. The mood in the country has worsened to such an extent in the last few years that there were pre-election predictions that the Mandela party could fall back to close on 50 percent. Now the result looks like a triumph for Zuma. However, Mandela's popularity as president was rated around 80 percent whereas Zuma's sank to a low of just 58 percent.
Votes for the ANC, not Zuma
It is clear that the electorate makes a clear distinction between the ANC alliance - which includes the union federation COSATU and the South African Communist Party (SACP) - and its highest representative. They vote for the ANC not because of Zuma but despite Zuma. The fear is too great that the powerful, white-dominated economy could turn back the pages of history, together with the pro-business, white-dominated opposition Democratic Alliance (DA).
They are using their votes to defend post-apartheid democracy, the improved chances for black South Africans, the social and economic advances that have been made. That all weighs heavier for them than the corruption and abuse of power committed by the Zuma camp.
It was above all in the structurally weak, rural regions that the ANC achieved dream results. Zuma is still benefiting from the liberation struggle and the Mandela legacy. The ANC has now successfully played this trump card in an election for the fifth time since the end of apartheid, thereby avoiding a political earthquake.
Nevertheless, things have changed. The liberal DA with its tireless leader Helen Zille and young, sharp-tongued, black leader of the opposition in parliament, Lindiwe Mazibuko, at its head, increased its share of the vote to 22 percent. There is additional potential in an alliance with respected, black ANC critics, something that so far has failed to materialize. One reason is that the DA is widely seen as a party for a white or, at best, high earning clientele. Critics do not believe it can rule the country better without endangering the achievements of the past 20 years.
Danger from the left
The biggest threat for the ANC is to be found on the left of the political spectrum. The would-be revolutionary with his red beret and Louis Vuitton shoes, Julius Malema, won 6 percent in his first election as leader of the Economic Freedom Fighters (EFF). It is mainly radical young South Africans who support his leftwing populist calls for a more just distribution of the country's wealth. Other young voters - the so-called 'born free' generation born after the end of apartheid - are generally more apolitical, still undecided or already disillusioned.
What is lacking is an attractive, inclusive and credible alternative to the ANC. Experts say this alternative should preferably be leftwing, close to the unions, with a social democratic flavor. Some union branches have already cut their ties to the ANC. Should the gap between workers' representatives and the ruling party widen in the next five years under Zuma, the formation of a powerful new party cannot be ruled out.
If that does not happen, then South Africa will continue much as before. Despite Zuma, the country will continue to function - because the ANC does not do everything wrong, because South Africa has a strong, self-confident, heterogenous civil society as well as a sovereign, independent legal system, a vocal media landscape, and a solid, diversified economy. But the power of the ANC will continue to erode. At a slower rate if there is less of a headwind. Faster if the social storms intensify. At some point the Mandela credit will be exhausted. The ANC will not rule "until Jesus comes back," as Zuma once proclaimed. All liberation movements, be they in Africa, India or Mexico have come to realize that, sooner or later.
Claus Stäcker is the head of DW's Africa service.


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Looks like you were INundated with In's
Please add DrRangeRover (Brian) with 1 or 2 kids, all days and meals, no bike, .
He is Trauma qualified, so I'll ask him to bring his little black bag... Not that we need it....
it's all your fault jim. i don't really want to start this thread this early. hard to focus on my other projects. i have 2 old bikes not running and 1 being farkelized.
that's awesome brian and the kids are coming. we never know, and it seems every year there are 3 or 4 getting hurt and taken to the er.
we have a FEW FIRST RESPONDERS who are coming. if you are or have medical/rescue accreditation and want to volunteer - we appreciate if you post up.
good to see more noobs and fresh faces signing up.
folks, please see page 1 on how to sign up. sorry my bad.
joel (nsfw) - ktm 640e/ thurs - sunday/3 dinners
bill (slugdad) - wr250/thurs-sun/all meals - will bring firewood
ersin (fyyff) - ktm990/fri-sun/2 dinners - will lead a int. group ride, take pictures and videos, help in the clean up
i personally like to know everyone on a first name/nickname basis; that's just me. knowing what bike you're riding gives us an idea what's your interest and kind of ride you like or which group you'll fit in. those riding big bikes may prefer riding with similar sized bikes, considering the skill levels are the same. easier for us volunteers and your new acquaintances to identify you or who is who once the helmet is on. just like the old west, you recognize the rider by his horse.
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Are David Price's days with the Rays numbered?
Mar 2, 2013, 12:00 AM EDT
In a column posted at ESPN yesterday, Jayson Stark goes over some future possibilities for Rays ace and defending AL Cy Young award winner David Price. The lefty will earn just north of $10 million this season and has two more years of arbitration left in which his price tag figures to dramatically increase relative to the Rays' smallish payroll. The Rays could try to sign him to a long-term contract extension, buying out those years in the process, but they may not be able to afford a player whose peers — Felix Hernandez, Cole Hamels, Matt Cain — have received paydays in the $125-175 million range.
The Rays currently have only $14 million committed for the 2014 season, $7.5 million of which will go to third baseman Evan Longoria, but they will have to deal with potentially eight other arbitration-eligible players and seven more can become free agents. Assuming they continue to operate with a payroll in the $50-60 million range, fitting Price in will affect the Rays' ability to fill in other areas of the roster.
Andrew Friedman realizes that. From Stark:
"As I said at the time we signed Evan," Friedman says, "we could sign another player to the same contract. The question is: If our resources don't increase, then it's going to be really difficult to compete. And at the end of the day, that's what's most important, is our ability to compete. We could easily afford another [contract] like it. The problem is the other 23 guys and what you have left to spend on them."
The 27-year-old Price went 20-5 with a 2.56 ERA in taking home AL Cy Young honors last year and figures to be in the running for the foreseeable future. The Rays' ability to retain his services will continue to be a hot topic as long as his future remains in question.
- theaxmancometh - Mar 2, 2013 at 12:40 AM
No way the Rays keep him long term. He would have to give one heck of a hometown discount. If he keeps up his current production he will command a $200m contract in 2 years when he's a free agent. My guess is the Rangers acquire him in a trade next offseason.
- beefytrout - Mar 2, 2013 at 12:59 AM
Rangers fans can certainly hope!
- dan1111 - Mar 2, 2013 at 3:33 AM
I also doubt that the Rays can afford a long-term contract, but the idea that they have to trade him away because of his arbitration salary seems absurd to me.
"Fitting Price in will affect the Rays' ability to fill in other areas of the roster"–huh? There is no way they would get more value by paying Price's salary to other players. Even in his final arbitration years, they will still be paying far below market for one of baseball's best starters.
As long as the Rays are contending, they're not going to trade Price to dump his salary. If they do make a trade, it will be because someone else gives up way too much for him.
- paperlions - Mar 2, 2013 at 10:51 AM
If he is making $10M this year, and has another year like last year…he should get at least $15M next year and $20M the year after. Even at $15M, which is a good deal, that represents 25-30% of the Rays total payroll….and they have a LOT of young players whose salaries will be going up over the next 2 years. He is leaving anyway, the best value they can get for him is to max out trade return, which will decrease every year.
- 18thstreet - Mar 2, 2013 at 1:47 PM
Where does the idea of a hometown discount come from? Is David Price from Tampa?
I loathe this phrase.
- brewcrewfan54 - Mar 2, 2013 at 1:44 AM
Other than Longoria, every players' days with the Rays are numbered.
- historiophiliac - Mar 2, 2013 at 11:47 AM
Existentially, that's true of every player on every team.
- tuberippin - Mar 2, 2013 at 3:59 AM
- madtownthrowdown - Mar 2, 2013 at 7:59 AM
We may not be the brightest down here in Florida. But what i'm thinking they are trying to say is "Build us a new stadium, and we'll sign David Price." Unfortunately The Ol' Fesh just showed us what will really happen. Sign some guys then shell them out and go back to the old ways.
- gotampabay52 - Mar 2, 2013 at 8:40 AM
Hey Bolts Bucs and Rays are all on the move up. Trade Price for bunch of talent. One pitcher aint going to helps us going forward. Hey he better come back this year like last year
- deadeyedesign23 - Mar 2, 2013 at 11:25 AM
"We could easily afford another [contract] like it. The problem is the other 23 guys and what you have left to spend on them."
So you can't afford another contract like it then. Or so you say at least. I think we all know the owners of the Rays are still making money hand over fist.
- djjackson81 - Mar 2, 2013 at 1:02 PM
What is good for the Rays is whenever they do ship him out he will bring back three or four top tier prospects moving forward for them. Rays will win the lottery trading Price. He is that valuable.
- raysfan1 - Mar 2, 2013 at 4:42 PM
18th–He's from Murfreesboro, TN. Would you prefer "current major league team loyalty discount?"
- randomdigits - Mar 2, 2013 at 9:21 PM
Well good thing their share of the national TV contract jumps up by 25 million starting in 2014.
They could just hand the difference to Price and have his current salary left to play with without reducing profits.
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The new blog is still pretty sparse looking, but it is up and running. You can now find me at
Monday, February 16, 2015
Sunday, February 1, 2015
It's Over
It's over, sounds so dramatic!
I have been mostly silent on the blog this year. I have gone from having big plans for the blog, to being done with blogging.
I was set on being done, but instead am creating a new blog.
There is a good story, and a lot more work to be done before I am up and running, so please stay tuned.
Sunday, January 25, 2015
Weekly Meal Plan #17
This weeks meal plan is all about keeping it simple!
Sunday Lunch - Turkey Sandwiches and Potato Salad
Sunday Dinner - Chicken and Veggie Alfredo (from the freezer section)
Monday - Chicken Fajitas, Chips and Salsa
Tuesday - Roasted Chicken Legs and Mashed Potatoes
Wednesday - Soup and Grilled Cheese
Thursday - Leftovers
Friday - Pizza
Saturday - Chili and Rice
Monday, January 12, 2015
Jewelry Organization
I have been trying to come up with a good way to organize and store my jewelry for a really long time! I have been through so many different jewelry boxes, in all shapes and sizes, but nothing was working for me.
My Dilemmas
- I was trying to store my jewelry in our master bedroom.
- Our bathroom is tiny, so I shower in our bathroom, throw on some clothes, and then head downstairs to do my hair and makeup in the bigger bathroom.
- Once I am downstairs, I never make it back upstairs.
- I usually end up taking my earrings and bracelets off at some point in the afternoon or early evening, so they end up scattered throughout the downstairs.
My Jewelry Storage Requirements
- Must to be able to hang up all of my necklaces
- Must to be able to store all jewelry in one place
- Must to be closed storage, not out in the open
- Must be in the downstairs bathroom
I was putting some things away in the down stairs bathroom the other day, and I realized that I had a lot of wasted space in the cabinets. It just kind of hit me, that with a little bit of rearranging, I had the perfect spot.
I picked out a shelf and then got to work. I knew I wanted something to hang my necklaces across the back of the cabinet. My first thought was to cut a piece of scrap wood and then add some type of hooks or nails. I waited a few days and realized that I could make it even simpler. I grabbed a piece foam core board that I had on hand and then covered it in a piece of scrap fabric from my stash using duck tape.
Once my board was all cute, I add clear pushpins across the back. I put the board in the cabinet and then put all of my jewelry in.
I had plenty of room to hang all of my necklaces. I added a few ceramic egg crates that I already had for earrings, and then a small jewelry box that I already had for bracelets. I just placed my watches on the shelf and then added a small tray for a few more earrings that didn't quite fit in the egg crates. The little white elephant (Roll Tide) hold my wedding rings when I am not wearing them.
I have been using this system since the first of the year, and it is working beautifully! I no longer have to hunt for wear I last put my gold hoops or my watch.
I should have taken the time to repaint the inside of this cabinet, but I just didn't have it in me. I did clean out and organize the rest of the cabinet, so it really is a WIN!
Where to you store your jewelry?
Friday, January 2, 2015
Five on Friday
Happy First Friday of 2015! I trust you all had a very HAPPY NEW YEAR!
1. Asher and I celebrated 17 years of marriage on New Year's Eve. I love that we always have a special date night each and every year. There is no other way I would rather ring in the new year. This year my in-laws kept the kids overnight, so we had a nice Japanese dinner out and then went to a late movie. It was a nice treat.
2. I am looking forward to a new year of blogging. Last year during the month of Oct. I posted for (almost) 30 days in a row on one particular subject. I learned that with a little bit of planning and structure, I can post pretty often. I am not looking to post everyday, but I am going to start planning ahead a little bit more.
I plan to use my new Erin Condren Monthly calendar that I received as a Christmas gift as a dedicated blog planner. I am already enjoying have my blog editorial calendar being separate from my regular Life Planner. (See my side bar if you are a new Erin Condren customer. You can use my referral link to receive a discount on your first purchase, and I will receive a credit at no extra expense to you.)
3. My friend Alana took a blogging break over the last several months, but has just recently launched her new blog, 31 Grace Lane, in Dec. I am really excited to see that she is back. She has such a sweet heart.
4. This is my project today. Christmas is still currently all over my house, but it must come down today.
5. Be sure to check out the round up of my Top 10 Posts from 2014.
Have a great weekend!
Monday, December 29, 2014
Top 10 Posts of 2014
It's been a great year, and I am looking for to many great things for 2015!
I thought I would take a look back, and highlight my Top 10 Posts from 2014.
1. Plum Paper Planner Review - I was not surprised at all, that this was my top viewed post this year. Check out the review, but the coupon code is no longer valid.
I thoroughly enjoyed my planner last year. They have also added some new optional add-ons this year that look very useful.
I had a credit for EC, so I am using the Erin Condren Life Planner for 2015. I'm sure there will be a review in the near future.
2. The Office Nook Reveal - This was a fun little reveal. We have done some major rearranging, and this area is completely different. I'm still not finished, but it will make an appearance on the blog early in 2015.
3. New Dining Room Table - Made from Oak Flooring - I am so glad that our table made the top 3. This was my personal favorite project from last year. It is still my favorite piece of furniture. My husband did such a great job building this for me.
4. Let's Gather - A Thanksgiving Mantlescape - This was a fun project I put together for a Bloghop that Amanda, from Cultivate Create hosted.
31 Days of Simple Painted Projects - I shared 31 Days of Simple Painted Projects during the month of October.
6. Dining Room/Homeschool Room Lightened Up - We use our Dining Room everyday during school. I decided that it would work better for us if I lighted it up. The room is still a work in progress, but we are enjoying the new color.
7. Refresh Sad, Plastic Pots with Wood Stain
8. Home Sweet Home - Free Printable (Available in 2 colors)
9. 7 Things About Me
10. Breakfast Room Updates
Thank you to all of you that come here each each week and take the time to read and comment. Anything particular you would like to see here in the new year?
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Sunday, December 28, 2014
Our December 2014 Recap
The whole month of December seems to have just whizzed by this year. I have only logged a few posts this month, so I want to recap a few things.
Earlier this month, I had a fun girl's trip to Disney World!
I got a new camera lens for Christmas. Asher gave it to me early so that I could play with it and actually use it for Christmas. I was playing with it one night, and this was as serious as I could get Henry to be.
Cade got a new race track at a Christmas Party, and spent a lot of time in deep concentration. His face was cracking me up!
Henry's preschool class at church sang 2 Christmas songs to the entire congregation. They were all so cute. Henry sang all the words, but was very serious about it.
We had Christmas with Asher's extended family the Saturday before Christmas. Henry got a new Color Wonder puzzle. He went from this excited face to really bummed that there was not a gray or black marker in the set. How was he going to color the minion's goggles or gloves without a gray or black marker?
Cade was excited to get another Lego set to put together.
I painted a few Family Christmas Canvases. One for us, and a couple to give as gifts to a few of my friends. (These were the ONLY crafty thing I did this Christmas.)
We spent Christmas Eve driving around looking at Christmas lights. The boys had fun, but were ready to get home and go to bed. I took a quick picture of them in front of the tree right before they went to bed.
We woke up Christmas morning and piled on our bed to read the Christmas story before we opened any gifts. This is one thing we have done every single year since Cade was a baby.
I didn't get many pictures, but we spent the rest of the day at our house with both of our families. It was a wonderful Christmas.
The day after Christmas we spent the day in the woods at a shooting range, riding 4 wheelers, and and fishing! It was the perfect way to spend the day as a family.
Saturday, December 27, 2014
Christmas Home Tour 2014
I sure wasn't expecting to get my 2014 Christmas Home Tour up AFTER Christmas, but I just couldn't seem to get my junk together and get it done. I'm still going to post it because I really enjoy looking back at our home each year.
I did one tiny new Christmas painting, and we have a new to us tree, but everything else is the same Christmas decor that we use every year.
I hope you enjoy our very simple 2014 Christmas Home Tour.
Living Room
Den - We did have lights on our tree, but 2 sections went out the day before I took these pictures, so I didn't turn them on. We did finally fix them on Christmas Eve.
Dining Room (See Full Post HERE.)
And this is the Christmas card I made, but never had printed or mailed out!
I hope you all had a wonderful Christmas!
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Kim Zolciak Tweets Her Love for Sweetie Hughes
It looks like whatever fight caused Kim Zolciak to fire her longtime friend and assistant Sweetie Hughes is officially over!
After exchanging a few sweet tweets over the past few weeks, Kim once again tweeted Sweetie while she was watching her and her parents set up Kroy's romantic evening on Real Housewives of Atlanta.
Kim wrote, "Love you @sweetieHughes I'm dying laughing over here!!!!!!!! We are a mess!!"
Sweetie then tweeted her former boss back, writing, "@Kimzolciak lol luv ya 2. Yes we are! And we don't even show da half of it."
Honestly, we're just happy to see that these two have patched things up once and for all. It's obvious that they really care for each other and they're so fun to watch!


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Retail Food Prices Up 4 Percent In Second Quarter
WASHINGTON, D.C., July 12, 2007 – Retail food prices at the supermarket increased slightly in the second quarter of 2007, according to the latest American Farm Bureau Federation Marketbasket Survey. The informal survey shows the total cost of 16 basic grocery items in the second quarter of 2007 was $42.95, up about 4 percent or $1.61 from the first quarter of 2007.
Of the 16 items surveyed, 14 increased, one decreased and one stayed the same in average price compared to the 2007 first-quarter survey. Compared to one year ago, the overall cost for the marketbasket items showed an increase of about 8 percent.
Regular whole milk showed the largest quarter-to-quarter price increase, up 34 cents to $3.46 per gallon. Sirloin tip roast increased 27 cents to $3.99 per pound; pork chops increased 22 cents to $3.63 per pound; ground chuck increased 20 cents per pound to $2.85.
Other items that increased in price: whole fryers, up 17 cents to $1.28 per pound; apples, up 15 cents to $1.45 per pound; vegetable oil and bread, both up 9 cents to $2.66 for a 32-oz. bottle and $1.58 for a 20-ounce loaf, respectively; mayonnaise, up 8 cents to $3.43 for a 32-oz. jar; and regular eggs, up 5 cents to $1.56 per dozen. Volunteer shoppers recorded nominal price increases for: cheddar cheese, up 3 cents to $3.72 per pound; flour, up 2 cents to $1.92 for a 5-pound bag; toasted oat cereal and corn oil, up 1 cent each to $2.86 for a 10-oz. box and $2.78 for a 32-oz. bottle, respectively.
Russet potatoes dropped 12 cents to $2.34 for a 5-pound bag. Bacon stayed the same at $3.44 per pound.
"Consumers have no doubt noticed their food dollar stretched a little tighter lately," said AFBF Economist Jim Sartwelle. "As energy costs have increased, it has become more expensive to process, package, and transport food items for retail sale. In addition, soaring demand overseas for U.S. dairy and meat products has reduced quantities available at home, resulting in retail price increases at the grocery store. "
As retail grocery prices have gradually increased, the share of the average food dollar that America's farm and ranch families receive has dropped over time.
"In the mid-1970s, farmers received about one-third of consumer retail food expenditures on average. That figure has decreased steadily over time and is now just 22 percent, according to Agriculture Department statistics," Sartwelle said.
Using that percentage across-the-board, the farmer's share of this quarter's $42.95 marketbasket total would be $9.45.
AFBF, the nation's largest general farm organization, conducts its informal quarterly marketbasket survey as a tool to reflect retail food price trends. According to USDA statistics, Americans spend just under 10 percent of their disposable income on food annually, the lowest average of any country in the world. A total of 82 volunteer shoppers in 32 states participated in the latest survey, conducted during May.
Sidebar: Tracking Milk and Egg Trends
Although milk and eggs have been included in the AFBF quarterly marketbasket since the survey was initiated in 1989, volunteer shoppers recently began tracking retail prices for different types of these staples.
For the second quarter of 2007, shoppers found the average price for a half-gallon of regular whole milk to be $2.22. The average price for one gallon of regular whole milk was $3.46. Comparing per-quart prices, the retail price for whole milk sold in gallon containers was 28 percent lower compared to half-gallon containers, a typical volume discount long employed by retailers.
The average price for a half-gallon of rBST-free milk was $3.01, 36 percent higher than a half-gallon of regular milk. The average price for a half-gallon of organic milk was $3.65, 64 percent higher than a half-gallon of regular milk.
For the second quarter of 2007, the average price for one dozen regular eggs was $1.56. The average price for "cage-free" eggs was 85 percent higher at $2.89 per dozen.
"Consumer tastes shift with time, and America's farmers and ranchers have shown a remarkable ability to adapt and produce different foods that meet those preferences," said AFBF Economist Jim Sartwelle. "Some consumers prefer these specialty products and are willing to pay the higher prices needed to cover the increased costs associated with production practices such as 'cage-free' eggs and organic milk," he said.
Regarding milk, "Opponents of rBST have had limited success at discouraging its use and getting processors and retailers to demand that farmers not use the product," said Henry I. Miller, a physician and fellow at Stanford University's Hoover Institution. "This trend is largely responsible for the much higher retail prices recorded for so-called 'rBST-free' milk," he said. Miller also noted the retail premium for niche milks goes disproportionately to processors, rather than to farmers. He headed the Food and Drug Administration's Office of Biotechnology from 1989 to 1993.
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