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Marbled hatchetfish (Carnegiella strigata) are from the Amazon River. They are small fish that reach an adult size of less than 2 inches (5 cm) in length. The common name of hatchetfish is due to the unusual shape of this fish. They belong to the family Gasteropelecidae. There are other species of hatchetfish and these have the same body shape as the marbled hatchetfish, but they have different markings and coloration. Their behavior and requirements are similar to the marbled hatchetfish.
Hatchetfish are peaceful fish and can be kept in a community tank. They don't like a lot of light and so you should have lots of plants in your tank. You should provide some floating plants too, such as hornwort. They swim mostly at the top level of the aquarium. They should be kept in a tightly covered aquarium because hatchetfish will often fly right out of the tank. In their natural environment they use their ability to jump out of the water to escape their predators. In the aquarium this is likely to land them onto the floor.
Like all fish from the Amazon, they prefer soft, slightly acidic water, and a water temperature between 76-82 degrees Fahrenheit or 20-25 degrees Celsius. They are shoaling fish and so you need to keep them in groups of 6-8. They don't survive long as solitary individuals.
They will eat flakes, frozen, freeze-dried, and live foods. They are omnivores, eating both meaty and plant based foods. In their natural habitat they typically feed on small insects and insect larvae.
Breeding Hatchetfish and Care of Fry They are egglaying fish that will sometimes breed in the aquarium. The males are more colorful with more markings on them than the females. Spawning usually occurs among the plants.
The eggs will adhere to the plants and hatch in a little over a day. About 4-5 days later the fry will be free-swimming and must be fed. They are very small and so at first you should feed them infusoria or liquid commercial fry food for egglayers.
Once they are a little older you should feed them newly hatched brine shrimp. If you find hatching your own brine shrimp to be too cumbersome you can buy instant baby brine shrimp manufactured by Ocean Nutrition. Once the fry are old enough they can also be fed powdered fry food and/or crushed flakes.
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Can anyone suggest a tool/method to simulate various scenarios when using WSUS? Or am I asking the impossible? I'm curious to know if I deploy X number of patches over slow links is there any way of determining when all of the machines on the other end of the wire will be updated?
Virtual machines in a test environment that allows you to implement rate-limiting (to simulate various link speeds) is the best solution. But, as Andrew noted, there are considerable costs associated with this.
Another approach might be to simply break out your pencil and perform some back-of-the-napkin calculations. What's the link speed, how large is the set of patches, can they be multicast, how many machines on the remote end, and so on. Once you've considered these variables you might decide that it's simpler to deliver a single set of patches to a second WSUS server on the far end and move on with life.
Not knowing anything about how your network is engineered makes this a difficult question to answer concisely.
If you're concerned about bandwidth and remote WSUS servers isn't an option, then you can also tune your BITS settings in a GPO for those sites; the clients may get the patches slower but better than not at all.
You know what the obvious answer to this is - virtual machines.
However I think your question is a bit more complicated than that, right?
Can you define what is a slow link? Are we talking dial-up?
Do you have a bunch of mobile users, and you want to know when they would all be updated? But you don't know when they will connect and over what speed links?
Apart from doing a dry run, which is very costly in time, there isn't an easy way to model this. Perhaps it would be better for management to insist that these machines connect for a certain period within which patches can be deployed?
Why have Virtual Machines become the knee-jerk reaction to administration problems?
VMs are not magic pixie dust to sprinkle over your problems.
You should figure out how long it takes to download a certain sized file over the link. Nice round numbers are convenient, let's make it 1GB.
Make a guess.
In this case your deployment of WSUS is interesting, usually WSUS is deployed on the local end of a slow link. There are really only two reasons to deploy WSUS: management and bandwidth. Putting WSUS on the distant end of a link is really no different (bandwidth wise) from downloading all your patches from Microsoft. Every client has to access the same slow link.
Have you considered deploying another WSUS server at the local end of your link?
If this is a branch office, and you do not want/cannot deploy a WSUS server. Consider doing patches starting Friday evening and letting them roll throughout the weekend.

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The folks at ABC have given us a look at "Once Upon a Time's" new character, Rapunzel. Hypable shared the latest on Alexandra Metz, the actress playing the long-tressed fairy tale character on Feb. 11.
We have known for some time that Metz would be playing Rapunzel. Now finally we get to see her in costume with a dapper Prince Charming. Both are seen in Rapunzel's tower.
Showrunners Adam Horowitz and Edward Kitsis have promised that "Once's" version of Rapunzel will not follow the recent Disney version, "Tangled." That's not to say there won't be some typical Kitsis/Horowitz twists thrown in for good measure. As a matter of fact, Kitsis told TV Guide, "We went a little darker and freakier. A little more horror story in the vein of [the 2004 movie] The Grudge."
Spoilers have also made us aware that in addition to Charming visiting Rapunzel in the tower, a second visitor will pay a call. This one will be a mysterious hooded figure. There's no telling who that might be.
With the arrival of the Wicked Witch, all bets are off. She will no doubt have ties to our Fairy Tale friends but to who is unclear. It could be Rapunzel.
Other new characters arriving over the course of the second half of season 3 on "Once Upon a Time" include a young Prince Leopold as played by Eric Lange, young Cora, a role being reprised by Rose McGowan and Rebecca Mader as the Wicked Witch. We also know Lumiere is coming soon but no word on the actor playing the French candelabra.
"Once Upon a Time" season 3, returns Sunday, March 9 with episode 12 "New York City Serenade" at 8 p.m. ET on ABC.
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Smartphones dominate our lives, and just when you thought there could be nothing else to consume your time, along comes the smart-watch. Long gone are the days when a watch would simply tell you the time. Companies like Microsoft, Apple, Samsung, and Google are set to invade your wrist within the next few months with their new smartwatches, but what's the point? Let's take a look at why smartwatches are still a dumb idea.
They're not smart by themselves
If you have been following popular tech blogs over the last few months you will be fully aware that the major players in the smartphone world are planning to launch smart-watches, but the kicker is that these watches are not smart at all, at least not by themselves because they all need to be connected to your smartphone to do anything.
Apple's offering which has been dubbed the 'iWatch' will apparently try to elevate the smart-watch by combining FitBit and Jawbone like health functionality (even more likely now that Nike have cancelled the Nike Fuel, and have joined the Apple ranks) and will be able to display text messages, emails, calendar entries, voice mail information, and missed calls when it is connected to your iPhone.
All of these features sound great in theory, but as of yet, no manufacturer has found a perfect balance between form, and function. Samsung have been struggling with this with their new Gear Fit smart-watch. I have one on right now, and while it works pretty well for the most part it still has issues and is nowhere near worth the $199 price tag. Again like the rumored Apple iWatch, the Gear Fit is pretty worthless when it is not connected to your $600 smartphone
The problem is that the Gear Fit it is not quite a health tracker, and is not quite a fully fledged smart-watch, and honestly it is just a pretty standard (albeit beautiful) watch without your phone. Yes the Gear fit works, but it does not do any one thing particularly well, and this is the issue that Apple with face with the iWatch, that Google will face with their Google Now offering, and LG will face with their device. Right now manufacturers just aren't sure what a smart-watch should be, or what it should do, so we are seeing devices that are just a hodge podge of features that don't work well together.
By themselves smartwatches are just like any watch on the market today, they will be able to tell the time and maybe count steps walked, but that is it, unless you connect it to your phone. Smart-watches might be able to add features such as pedometers that can track how much you are walking, heart rate monitors, GPS, MP3 players, the ability to control the MP3 player on your phone, add infinitely customizable watch faces and themes to make it stand out from the crowd, but the fact remains that until smartwatches can perform all of these functions without having to be connected via Bluetooth to a phone, they simply cannot be considered worthwhile, especially when they cost so much money.
Small screen sizes
The idea of a 'James Bond' watch sounds amazing, but just how practical can they really be? Reading emails, writing text messages and even using calendars on smartphones is easy because the size of their screens allow you see, and input information quickly; however, smartwatches will not have this luxury simply because wearing a three-and-a-half-inch display on your wrist would make you look hideous.
Being a watch the device has to be small enough to wear on your wrist, which means reading emails from your wrist would be excruciatingly difficult, simply because the text would be so small. Having such a small screen to read messages would also be time consuming because you would have to constantly scroll down the page to read the message. Another thing to consider is that if you receive an email or text message that needed an immediate response, you would have to pull your smartphone out anyway because typing on such a small screen would be impossible.
The Gear Fit was released before some of these issues were really thought about. The orientation of the screen was an issue when it came to reading messages, and while Samsung have released a patch to alleviate some of the orientation issues, functionality is still poor, so poor in fact that I do not even have the ability to read email turned on. I do have the ability to read small text messages turned on, and it works, but not very well simply because of the endless scrolling. Screen sizes will really limit just how good these devices can be. In a pinch they work okay, and yes you get to read your messages, but replying with a meaningful response is not going to happen unless you pull out the smartphone from your pocket, which defeats the whole point of having a smart-watch.
Granted, the ability to see if you have a new message, email, phone call or upcoming appointment on your watch is a grand idea, but not being able to do anything about them without grabbing a phone out from your pocket makes the smart-watch obsolete.
Calling, Dick Tracy
In the future (perhaps the near future) when smartwatches are able function independently, without needing to be connected to a smartphone I can see them really being a useful addition to every day life, but until that point in time, they are nothing more than a overpriced smartphone accessory, a gimmick, or fashion statement.
The idea of being able to place a call straight from your watch just like, Dick Tracy and having the ability to compose emails or text messages via voice without having to grab your smartphone sounds marvelous, unfortunately the first batch of smartwatches from the likes of Google, Apple, Microsoft, and Samsung will not be able to do this independently. Even smartwatches that are on the market right now from the likes of Pebble and Sony are struggling to gain traction, simply because there is no real need for them.
I have no doubt that one day smartwatches will be common place. As technology evolves and our dependence on being connected to everything all the time grows, smartwatches will become the go to device for business professionals, technology guru's, and even socialites who just want to stay in touch, but right now smartwatches are just not that smart, and are not worth the rather large initial outlay. Having taken the plunge into the smart-watch world myself, I would say hold off on jumping in, wait a few years for kinks to be ironed out, for battery life to be improved, and for true smartphone independence to be implemented. Once these issues have been addressed, we will truly be able to call devices smart-watches.


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Kelsey Grammer Tattoos Fourth Wife's Name on Hip (PHOTOS)
Kelsey Grammer got his first tattoo on Saturday night.
The "Frasier" star, along with his wife Kayte Walsh, went to Insight Studios in Chicago, where he was inked with Walsh's first name in half-an-inch blue letters (below), just above his waistline.
When Grammer walked in, a woman at the tattoo parlor, who was clearly not familiar with his work asked for some ID.
He reportedly took it in stride, and was pleasant to everyone at Insight Studios.
After getting his wife's name tattooed, Grammar, who plays a fictional Chicago mayor in the Starz show "Boss," paid $60 for his new ink.
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It's just Link.
I like how the picture seems simple, but it's still complex in a way. (:
Good job. I like his hair and the graceful way his ear curves.
Other than this looking just a little bit blurry this is really cute great work =]
He's got that "Yes, and what do you want?" expression about him, which is fitting considering he can't say no to helping people in the games! Very Cool!
I like it! It's got an intresting style to it! And it's Link, which automatically gets a A+ in my book.
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From the Bendigo Advertiser
Reported by Luke West
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THE Bendigo Gold will not renew its licence at the end of the season, bringing to an end Bendigo's VFL involvement.
REACTION: Bendigo Gold coach Aussie Jones says decision to call time the right move
REACTION: Executive chairman says financial tightrope wears down the Gold
FROM THE HEART: A player's perspective of the decision
EDITORIAL: Gold's demise hurts our city
COMMENT: Disappointing day but decision was inevitable
PICTURES: A look back at the players who proudly supported the blue and gold
The Gold's playing group and staff were told at the QEO tonight of the board's decision to call it quits at the end of the season.
Wednesday night's announcement comes less than a year after the Gold's successful survival campaign late in the 2013 season when the club put its future on the line seeking more support.
"We've been going through the planning with what's involved with the licence renewal at the end of the year, but the one thing we've come to as a board is we can't see VFL football is sustainable longer-term in the town," Gold chairman Tim Dickson said.
"One of the reasons is the VFL is becoming much more competitive. An average club ran on three quaters of a million dollars a few years ago. That's probably up near around one million dollars now, so it's moving forward fairly quickly."
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From Bendigo Advertiser
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AT first glance a four-day break plus a star-studded Essendon team adds up to a lot of trouble for the Bendigo Gold.
Everything points towards a tough day for the Gold in the Good Friday clash at the QEO.
Gold coach Aussie Jones disagrees, saying the David versus Goliath nature of the contest brings out the best in his squad.
"The challenging week we've had coming off a short break has actually brought the team together,'' Jones said.
"They know they have their backs against the wall, but they relish the challenge and enjoy trying to prove people wrong.
"Everyone knows the Gold will have a dip. The challenge for us this week is to maintain it."
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THE Bendigo Gold were beaten by fellow VFL stand-alone team Frankston in their final practice match at Strathfieldsaye on Saturday.
The Gold were forced to play catch-up football after the Dolphins - who used four more players - made the stronger start on the way to a 16.7 (103) to 9.8 (62) win.
"We started poorly and just weren't switched on like we needed to be early," Gold coach Aussie Jones said.
"We can't afford to turn up to games without that ultimate attitude to compete and we just didn't have that early and Frankston got the jump on us.
"But we got better and in the back half of the second quarter and the third quarter we dominated them.
From Bendigo Advertiser
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THE Bendigo Gold will hope the saying 'be careful what you wish for' doesn't ring true after the VFL fixture was released on Tuesday.
The Gold got the home draw it wanted, with five bumper clashes against AFL clubs' standalone teams.
But Bendigo will also face a challenging away fixture.
The positives include QEO clashes against Geelong in round one, Essendon on Good Friday evening and Footscray on Anzac Day night.
Richmond on a Saturday night and Collingwood to kick-off the final round are other highlights.
THE Bendigo Gold's coffers should be boosted by a dream home draw for the 2014 Victorian Football League season.
The Gold will play many AFL clubs' VFL teams in Bendigo next season.
Bumper night games against Essendon on Good Friday and the Footscray Bulldogs on Anzac Day are highlights.
Bendigo will kick-off its season underlights at the QEO on Friday, April 4 against Geelong.
The match will be a measuring stick for the Gold's pre-season improvement under second-year coach Aussie Jones.
From the Bendigo Advertiser
Reported by Travis King
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BENDIGO Gold chairman Tim Dickson has declared a new era for the club after announcing its Victorian Football League survival on Friday.
Dickson revealed the Gold has succeeded in its survival campaign at the club's business luncheon.
The Gold has met its targets of 500 members for next season and increased sponsorship.
The club has also negotiated with council to use Epsom-Huntly Recreation Reserve to run a commercial venture on an interim basis.
"This process that our club has been through will produce a new era for our club," Dickson told the luncheon.
Comment thread here: http://www.vflfooty.com/node/8619
BENDIGO Gold star Alik Magin has been rewarded for his consistent season by winning the VFL Coaches Player of the Year award.
The award was announced at last night's J.J. Liston Trophy vote count in Melbourne.
After each game coaches awarded votes to opposition players and Magin topped the poll on 32 votes.
Gold team-mate Daniel Toman was runner-up on 26.
Magin had played eight games for the Gold Coast Suns and won the Gold's best and fairest award this year.
IF tonight proves to be the last game for the Bendigo Gold, the end has come with the biggest loss in Bendigo's 16-year VFL history.
The Gold – fighting for survival beyond this season – were tonight taught a football lesson by the powerful Geelong, which won by 201 points at the Queen Elizabeth Oval, 35.17 (227) to 3.8 (26).
While the effort of the Gold couldn't be questioned, they simply had no answer to a brutal and clinical performance from the top-of-the-ladder Cats.
Geelong kicked 10 goals in the first quarter, six in the second, 11 in the third and eight in the last.
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THE Bendigo Gold slumped to a 129-point defeat at the hands of the Casey Scorpions on Saturday.
The Melbourne-aligned Scorpions tore the Gold apart, winning 23.11 (149) to 2.8 (20)
"It was a combination of a young, inexperienced group being outmuscled and outplayed mixed with some genuine fatigue,'' Bendigo Gold coach Aussie Jones said.
"Even some of our more experienced players are starting to feel the bite of 17 or 18 VFL games compared to a season at local level."
Casey somewhat arrogantly won the toss and kicked into a five-goal breeze.
It mattered little as the Scorpions kicked five goals to one.
THE future of the Bendigo Gold Football Club looks brighter just one day into its survival campaign.
The Gold announced on Monday that the club needed 500 new members, a marked lift in sponsorship and access to a facility capable of running as a commercial venture to ensure its survival.
In developments yesterday:
n the City Of Greater Bendigo confirmed its support for Gold, with the Epsom-Huntly Recreation Reserve social rooms a possible facility for the club;
- a Bendigo Advertiser poll attracted 448 votes, 63.7 per cent in favour of Gold;
- Gold coach Aussie Jones reaffirmed his commitment to the club; and
- Gold skipper Steven Stroobants detailed how important the Gold pathway was for young footballers.
Bendigo Gold chairman Tim Dickson was elated with the response yesterday, but warned the club's battle was a marathon, not a sprint.
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Flashback to the past, the good ole days here at work. We're close here, like brothers, but even that takes hard work. In this case, hard fun. Every now and then, we schedule a total shut down of the shop and operations. We loosely call theses, "Shop Days". It's a time when we head out to some kind of adventure or another. This time, it was gym day.
We were graciously hosted by McKinley HS, the alma mater of more than a few in my family's clan of 14 aunties and uncles. Being the townies we are, there have been more than our share passing through the Tiger halls.
After a good half day of indoor whiffle ball, basketball, and dodgeball, we were pooped, but was so much fun. Aside from a few bruised egos, we survived the first ever gym day.
Then a good 1 hour 20 minutes of sitting behind the slowest drivers on Earth, we dined at Romy's Kahuku Shrimp. This stuff is so simple, yet sooo sooo good! There must be some kind of secret besides butter, garlic, and shoyu, as mine never really turns out the same at home....
A literal couple days later, my brother and I flew out to Japan on a private charter. Ha ha, I wish. This is just the view from the ghetto seats as we have early entry privileges because of all our miles. Nice to be able to settle in without tons of people pushing and pushing us.
Japan was all business, as we conducted training with the staff of Yamano Music Co, our distributor in Japan. After two day's workshops and various meetings with division leaders, I was moved to see such a large company and so many people in support of what we do!
Towards the end of the sessions, we welcomed our newest artist, Ian Shiroma. He's a Hawaii boy, living in Nagoya. My brother provided the hula and I stood by and giggled, ha ha.
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Watch One Man Sing 'Rainbow Connection' as Almost Every Muppet
Originally posted 03/26/2014 08:50PM
Brock Baker contains multitudes. Multitudes of Muppets.
Baker, who calls himself "The Man of a Kajillion Voices," has created a video of himself singing "Rainbow Connection" in the voice of nearly every Muppet, to commemorate the release of Muppets Most Wanted.
Kermit and Miss Piggy's Wedding: The Inside Details
Originally posted 03/25/2014 09:30AM
The groom was a little shell-shocked, while the bride was thrilled that every eye was on her. Even so, after an often-bumpy 40-year courtship, Miss Piggy and Kermit the Frog were finally standing together at the altar.
Celebrate the Muppets Most Wanted Premiere with the Best of the Swedish Chef
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There's certainly been buzz around the spotting of Olivia Palermo's engagement ring. Since her engagement and her nuptials, which happened just three weeks ago, the public hasn't been able to get a glance of the ring, but finally, they have! The yellow square-cut diamond looks elegant and timeless, and has certainly brought to life a trend for the bride-to-be.
The 28-year-old fashion star married German model Johannes Huebl in a ceremony in front of their family and two friends at a quiet park in Bedford, New York, last week. They had a six and a half year relationship before marrying
Writing on her official website OliviaPalermo.com, she explained:
"We really wanted to keep this beautiful day very private and special to us and enjoyed the whole day with our family and two friends. Bedford is such an amazing and romantic countryside."
"I wanted the makeup to be light and fresh and more focused about the lashes while keeping the eyes clean. my hair was in an uncontrived Pony Tail, one of my favorite personal looks."
Olivia looked effortlessly stunning as she personified bridal bliss while wearing three elegant pieces all by wedding designer favorite, Carolina Herrera. The fashion guru created the look for her special day by styling a simple cream cashmere sweater with scattered ostrich feathers and chic white shorts with a full tulle skirt overlay that cinched at the waist in layers of satin and silk and featured a high slit in the front with floral details along the hem. Her hair and makeup were kept easy and sophisticated as her hair was pulled back and up in her signature centered-part pony-tail and natural-looking makeup provided a soft romantic touch complimenting the simplicity of the day itself.
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Warmer than forecasted temperatures and a steady breeze caused most of the snow and ice on tree branches along Highway 2, east of Stevens Pass, to release, allowing the Washington State Department of Transportation to reopen the highway yesterday afternoon.
But after nearly 70 hours of closure, and crews working day and night to restore power and clear roadways as a result of the storm, the financial burden is proving to be very high.
ChelanCounty Commissioner, Doug England, told KOZI that Chelan CountyPUD is estimating costs of more than $2 million.
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Joan Rivers walked off the set of a CNN interview which aired Saturday, after becoming incensed at anchor Fredricka Whitfield's "negative" line of questioning. Joan, 81, was appearing to promote her latest book "Diary of a Mad Diva." But Rivers became increasingly uncomfortable with Whitfield's barrage of what she felt was a negative line of questioning, and finally had enough and walked off the set.
The interview, which was taped earlier this week, started out friendly, with Whitfield extolling Joan Rivers' multifaceted career as a standup comic, talk show host, movie star, and now host of E!'s "Fashion Police." But when the anchor called Rivers' fashion critiques very mean, and brought up the fact that she appears on the cover of her new book wearing fur, the octogenarian cut her off, according to the Daily News on July 5.
Joan said repeatedly that it's not mean, and that she tells the truth. Rivers compared her on-air comments to what people say to each other when they're watching at home.
Rivers went on to explain that when she makes harsh comments about celebrities' outfits, it's not meant as a personal attack. It is not about the person, but about the clothing.
Whitfield grilled the comedian about her take-no-prisoners brand of humor, and wanted to know if Rivers ever worried about her jokes offending people. In typical Joan style, she responded that if you can crack a joke to make something in life easier, and funny, then do it. "Life is very tough," she said.
"I'm sure I say the same things that all your viewers say to their friends sitting next to them on the couch,...We're one of the few shows that says 'that's an ugly dress.'...These ladies make $28 million a picture. You really think that Nicki Minaj cares I didn't like her dress?"
However, when Whitfield went on to attack Rivers about the fact that she dons a fur coat on the cover of her new book, the interview took a decidedly nasty turn. The interviewer pointed out that the fur coat may draw criticism from animal rights activists.
That's when Joan erupted saying the whole interview was becoming defensive. She then quizzed Whitfield on whether she was wearing leather shoes. When the anchor replied yes, Rivers told her to shut up!
Whitfield countered that she could wear leather shoes since she's not an animal rights activist, unlike the comedian. "I don't want to hear this nonsense," Rivers fired back, adding, "Come to me with a paper belt, and I'll talk to you."
As Whitfield tried to regain some control of the interview, while still continuing with the same line of questioning, Rivers had obviously had enough. Joan announced that she was going.
Rivers chastised Whitfield, saying all she had done in the chat fest was negative. The legendary comedian defended herself saying she's made people laugh for 50 years, and the fur she wore was killed 15 years ago and that she works for animal rights.
Whitfield later stated that she thought perhaps Rivers walking out of the interview was a stunt. But off camera, Joan apparently kept her microphone on as she continued to talk, and dropped some rather unflattering four-letter words.
Rivers' appearance on the network to promote her new book, which just hit store shelves on July 1, followed closely on the heels of her last pseudo-scandal. Earlier in the week she made comments to a reporter in which she described President Obama as gay, and First Lady Michelle Obama as transgender, according to The Hollywood Reporter.
Rivers hammered Whitfield that she is not the one to interview a person who does humor. After storming off set, she clarified through her publicist to THR that she does not do, and has never done, PR stunts.
Never one to shy away from controversy, Joan may very well have arrived at that point in her life where she no longer feels the need to hold her tongue, God forbid. The ground-breaking comedian has endured being blackballed by one of the giants of the entertainment industry.
Johnny Carson banned her from "The Tonight Show" after Rivers ventured out on her own to start her own late night talk show. She had been acting as Carson's regular fill-in. However shrewd Joan saw the writing on the wall, and knew she'd never inherit his seat when he retired, which was still many years off.
Joan noted that the CNN interviewer was a news reporter and not an entertainment reporter. The comedian pointed out that Whitfield did not seem to understand they were discussing a comedy book and not the transcripts from the Nuremberg Trial.
After airing the segment, the CNN anchor admitted she thought that Joan Rivers' exit was a joke, until she didn't return to the interview. Before exiting, Joan borrowed from Winston Churchill, saying, "if you can make one person laugh, even for a minute, it's like giving them a little vacation."


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Lafayette's Carter Rufe
June 8, 2012
EASTON, Pa. - Lafayette's Carter Rufe was named to the 2012 Division I PING All-Region Northeast Team announced by the Golf Coaches Association of America recently. The senior had three top ten finishes this past spring, including a third place mark at the Patriot League Championship.
Rufe was the lone Patriot League golfer on the regional teams, which included 155 selections. The accolades come after completing his career with his second First Team All-Patriot League selection. During the spring season, Rufe won the Lafayette Spring Invitational for the second consecutive year and took medalist honors at the Lehigh Valley Cup. His lowest round of the campaign came in the final round of the Lafayette Spring Invitational as he carded a 66 on the final 18 holes to force a playoff and claim the individual title with a birdie on the first hole. Rufe averaged 74.5 strokes per round in the spring.
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Cristian Zuzunaga has an eye for pixels. The Barcelona-born designer/artist is recognized for his prismatic graphic interiors and fashion accessories. Trained as a type designer, Zuzunaga creates captivating imagery from digital geometric shapes then transfers them onto textile fabrics for cushions, couches and scarves.
Zuzunaga manifests urban living into every collection, drawing inspiration from modern architecture and culture. His recent curtain collaboration with Danish textile company Kvadrat was a testament to this creativity and vision. The unique collection featured overlapping shapes in prints and weaves that revealed skylines and cityscapes at a distance.
More recently, Zuzunaga expanded his scarves collection to include snoods and shoes. Inspired by the concept of transformation, the Alchemy collection boasts rich textiles derived from photographs of urban landscapes. For the Bitmap series, Zuzunaga compressed prints into arrays of square bits which were then transformed into pale pink and royal blue knit snoods, black-and-white espadrilles and 100% Modal scarves with self fringed hems. The complementing Pixel series features landscape images broken down to reveal hundreds of hidden colourful pixels, resulting in the chromatic square patterns on the Giant Flow scarf made of 100% silk chiffon.
Zuzunaga's infectious ethos and love for intense hues is a recipe for design success. We look forward to forthcoming collections and collaborations from the London and Barcelona-based designer.


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Handcrafted items are increasing in popularity in Park City and around the country. Etsy, a well-known website specializing in handmade and vintage items, reported 525.6 million dollars in sales in 2011, a 70 percent increase in growth since 2010.
"We're seeing this really cool resurgence of handmade products in the states," said Bryon Friedman, founder of Soul Poles, a Park City company producing handcrafted, bamboo ski poles. Even among Park City's high-end designer boutiques, Olive and Tweed, a store committed to sourcing unique and handmade items, has managed to thrive on Main Street. Somer Gardiner, the store's owner, says she even has a hard time keeping up with the demand for her hand-crocheted hats.
Many of today's handmade artisans were among those laid off during the recession and may have never pursued their craft otherwise. "When I got laid off I saw an amazing opportunity to just dive in," said Ashley Kitchen, a Park City resident and owner of Knitched, an Etsy shop, "I've seen that especially in Park City there is a new culture growing of handmade things. Instead of being unemployed, people went out and followed their dreams.
Though the source of this growing trend is up for debate, fans report many benefits of buying handmade. For one, handmade items are often more durable than their manufactured counterparts. Kitchen, for example knits hats, belts and gloves. Unlike manufactured knitwear, Kitchen's hats are created with one continuous piece of yarn; manufactured hats made from multiple pieces of yarn often fall apart quickly with stray ends of yarn fraying.
Friedman says his bamboo ski poles are actually stronger than traditional metal poles: "we had a third party lab test our bamboo versus a bunch of alloys from low grade to super high grade. On average, ours were about 20-35 percent stronger than aluminum poles in a break test."
Aesthetics also drive consumers to seek out handmade items. Olive and Tweed's Gardiner says she finds that handmade artists tend to pay more attention to detail. Park City resident, Lauren O'Malley, owns the Etsy shop, AllAroundArts, where she sells sculptures and wall art created from metal. She says she often sees manufactured metal cutouts at craft fairs and finds them "too clean." She says, "when I look at artwork that is produced, it's exactly the same, it doesn't really appeal to me." Instead, O'Malley opts for a more weathered, textured look. She adds texture to metal sheets by wrapping them in a wet blankets then allowing them to rust she sometimes leaves sheets buried under the snow in her yard all winter. Her welding technique also creates rougher, textured edges.
Friedman also thinks the handmade aesthetic improves his natural-looking ski poles. "How are you going to have a machine that makes this? It has to have that handmade touch it's part of our brand's DNA." As every pole is handcrafted, Friedman emphasizes that a great detail of attention and care is taken in the creation of every pole bamboo stalks with flaws are immediately discarded.
Buying handmade products also allows for a greater degree of customization. Friedman , Kitchen, and O'Malley all encourage customers to customize their products. Kitchen says she tried to focus her shop on customization. In addition to knitting, Kitchen also designs and creates dresses. She says she often creates dresses for bridal parties, pointing out that it can be easier for her to make dresses that fit each bridesmaid than it is to purchase manufactured dresses. Kitchen even will attend cocktail parties to take measurements for an entire bridal party, which she says is a "unique experience, especially for the bride." O'Malley encourages customers to submit photos for her to create metal cutouts she is especially interested in creating cutouts of petroglyphs. Friedman's poles are also customizable customers can add a special engraving to poles and Cole Sport has even commissioned a custom line of poles with racing stripes added to the poles with a torch.
With more attention to detail, more durability and more customization, often comes a higher price tag. Accounting for the time spent creating something handmade and keeping prices competitive with cheaper, manufactured items is one of the most challenging aspects of selling handmade items. "A lot of artists want top dollar," says Gardiner, "I try to keep things price-accessible." Kitchen says it takes can take her six to eight hours to create one hat, not to mention design time, (Kitchen designs all of her own patterns) and time spent on marketing efforts or administration. O'Malley says, "What takes time is deciding what to do and setting it up."
Friedman, on the other hand, hasn't felt too much pressure to compete with larger manufacturers since starting his company a year and a half ago. He says that the unique and environmentally-friendly process he uses to create poles puts him in stark contrast to other manufacturers. "The person who has the conscious mind to purchase a piece of bamboo - versus a piece of steel, or aluminum, or carbon fiber that's who we want to be in business with, those are our fans," he said, "If someone doesn't get it, they don't get it."
Locals interested in purchasing handmade gifts this season can search on Etsy and even narrow results by location. O'Malley and Kitchen both have shops on Etsy and encourage Park City residents to reach out local to local. Olive and Tweed also features several local jewelry artists as well as a myriad of products from artisans around the world. Freidman also encourages locals to visit Soul Poles shop to make and customize your own set of poles.
Where to buy products mentioned in this article:
AllAroundArts - Metal sculptures and wall art created by Lauren O'Malley. Buy online: www.etsy.com/shop/AllAroundArts.
Knitched - Knitwear and custom clothing created by Ashley Kitchen. Locals should use promotion code "PARKCITY" to receive free shipping. Buy online: www.etsy.com/shop/knitched.
Olive and Tweed -Handmade and unique items with a "vintage and urban appeal." Visit the shop: 608 Main St. Buy online: www.oliveandtweed.storenvy.com.
Soul Poles - Buy online: www.soulpoles.com. Call to arrange custom workshops: 1.888.612.SOUL. Workshop located at: 6440 Business Park Loop Rd..


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John Peterson finished inside the top five in each of the four events in the Web.com Tour Finals and finishes first on that four-tournament money list.
Brendan Steele survived a five-pack of bogeys to collect 13 points during round one of the Barrcuda Championship, signing for a 4-under-par 37-31=68.
Brooks Koepka has withdrawn from this week's WGC-Bridgestone Invitational due to an ankle injury. He was 5-over through 13 at the time of the WD.
Martin Laird sliced through Montrêux Golf and Country Club with a 7-under-par 32-33=65 during the opening round of the Barracuda Championship, giving himself the early lead with 15 points.
William McGirt bombarded Firestone Country Club with a bogey-free, 6-under-par 31-33=64 during the first round of the World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.
Colt Knost torched Montrêux Golf and Country Club with a 6-under-par 34-32=66 to bag 13 points during the opening round of the Barracuda Championship.
Daniel Berger hit just one shot today at the WGC-Bridgestone Invitational before calling it quits, citing a shoulder injury.
Boosted by a hole-in-one at the 210-yard 2nd, Lucas Bjerregaard fired a 5-under-par 32-34=66 to take a one-shot lead over Bernd Wiesberger, Thongchai Jaidee, Adrian Otaegui and Thomas Pieters after the opening round of the 100th Open de France.
Shane Lowry makes his way back to Firestone Country Club in attempt to defend his throne at this week's World Golf Championships-Bridgestone Invitational.
Joey Garber was one of four open qualifiers for this week's Barracuda Championship, signing for a 6-under-par 32-34=66 at Hidden Valley Country Club in Reno, Nevada to punch his ticket.
J.J. Henry turns his attention to Montrêux Golf and Country Club ahead of this week's Barracuda Championship, arriving as the defending champion and tournament's career money leader.
Sponsor invite Jon Rahm conjured up a 1-under-par 35-35=70 in the final round of the Quicken Loans National to wrap his tournament and pro debut on 13-under 271, good for a two-way T3, four swings shy of fellow sponsor invite and champion Billy Hurley III. UPDATE: Rahm's T3 gets him into the Barracuda so he doesn't have to burn a sponsor exemption.


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- This short article, available through FEAP, provides information for family members, friends, and co-workers on how to provide support for anyone dealing with a critical incident.
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Everybody knows dogs don't have souls. Nor do atheists. Now that the Rapture is back on for October 21, what could be more humane than having an earthbound atheist adopt your pet after Jesus has ushered you into heaven? (h/t Adam H. Becker)
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Just as Ari Stillman predicted here on Sunday, Harold Camping found the error in his prediction and has determined that the proper date for Judgement Day is October 21, 2011. The AP reports one of Camping's studio technicians has said, "I thought he would show some more human decency in admitting he made a...
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by Ari Stillman Christianity has mastered the art of being wrong. After all, it began as a reaction to the unfulfilled Jewish prophecy of the coming of the messiah. Its various traditions and uproots are rife with prophecies that have failed to come true. Given this 2000-year history of failed predictions, Christian leaders and theologians...
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Author(s): Kilsby CG, Jones PD, Burton A, Ford AC, Fowler HJ, Harpham C, James P, Smith A, Wilby RL
Abstract: This paper describes the development of a weather generator for use in climate impact assessments of agricultural and water system management. The generator produces internally consistent series of meteorological variables including: rainfall, temperature, humidity, wind, sunshine, as well as derivation of potential evapotranspiration. The system produces series at a daily time resolution, using two stochastic models in series: first, for rainfall which produces an output series which is then used for a second model generating the other variables dependent on rainfall. The series are intended for single sites defined nationally across the UK at a 5km resolution, but can be generated to be representative across small catchments (<1000 km2). Scenarios can be generated for the control period (1961-1990) based on observed data, as well as for the UK Climate Impacts Programme (UKCIP02) scenarios for three time slices (2020's, 2050's and 2080's). Future scenarios are generated by fitting the models to observations which have been perturbed by application of change factors derived from the UKCIP02 mean projected changes in that variable. These change factors are readily updated, as new scenarios become available, and with suitable calibration data the approach could be extended to any geographical region.
Keywords: weather generator, stochastic, rainfall model, climate change, climate scenario
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College Hockey:St. Norbert's Coghlin named D-III coach of the year
Tim Coghlin, head coach of the Division III national champion St. Norbert Green Knights, has been named the AHCA D-III coach of the year.
Coghlin also won the award in 2008 when St. Norbert won their first national championship.
This season, St. Norbert went 25-4-1 and defeated Adrian in the D-III title game on March 26.
Coghlin also won a D-III title as a player in 1989 when he captained Wisconsin-Stevens Point to the crown and then was an assistant coach with Stevens Point when the Pointers won again in 1993.
Coghlin will be formally presented with the Edward Jeremiah Award at the annual AHCA banquet on April 30 in Naples, Fla.
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Hope4kids traveled to Uganda and set up mini spas in the bush for widows. The women soaked their feet in a basin of soapy water while munching on donuts and sipping tea. They were given manicures and foot massages by hand and with portable foot spas. Their beauty treatment included lipstick, new scarves, nail art, clothing and purses. After sharing the love of Christ with these women we sent them home with saucepans, rice, soap, garden seeds and other practical items. Our goal was to pamper them for an afternoon and let them know God has not forgotten them.
Good morning from Amsterdam. Most of the final team should be home by now. Some of us took advantage of being out of the country and took side trips or delays.
I've posted the final photos of the trip. what a month this has been. Thank you to all who participated by either going, sending or praying for our teams. These teams did so much toward education, helping the orphans and widows, building homes, improving our hospital, participating in studies and loving the people of Uganda. Watch for exciting things in the future.
Thanks for coming along.Rachelp.s. Did I mention our daughter, Lisa and granddaughter, Jordan were on the final trip? And that three of Tom's kids, Natalie, Stephan and Nick were there too? It's a great way to have a family reunion. You might see some pictures of them in the photo album-it seemed like Jordan appeared in MANY photos!):
The last two days of shopping can compete with any holiday shopping. I, along with Sam and Kathee, have been struggling to by almost 3 million Shillings in textbooks and supplies. I think I have spent 16 hours in two days in downtown Tororo looking for just the right books and the right price, which we did.
I want to formally say to those that have invested in aiding the dreams of students and teacher alike in their pursuit for a better educational system here in Uganda . . . thank you. You have made a difference for all.
A little girl told Pastor Mary the other day that she found promise and hope in her education. The same promise and hope that would come from a child of America, Great Britain, France, or China.
As we finished purchasing the last of the textbooks and supplies, a journalist from one of the local newspapers sat down with Kathee, Joseph Wanjala, and I to interview us about our work in the schools here in the area of Tororo. He wanted to know why we were here and why we were doing what we were doing. I shared with him that a student in my classroom in America or in Wanjala's classroom in Uganda should have the same opportunity to receive a first-class education. I went further to say that I hoped that one day these same two students could work side by side together in the same office.
The journalist asked what I would focus on after textbooks.
Accountability! Parents holding administrators accountable for inspiring their staff and students to soar; administrators holding their staff accountable for using the new textbooks supplied and always looking for a new way to make learning possible for all students; teachers holding their students responsible for using the resources at hand and helping students discover their own learning as a means of a safer, stronger future; And finally, all citizens holding their government accountable for funding all levels of education in their amazing country.
Additionally, I asked that the government and administration see a school as not a watered down daycare, but as a place of justice and equality, where classrooms maintain enrollement around 40 students, clean water is supplied, every child has adequate nutrienance, and teachers have the tools to do what they do bestteach.
Everyone I came across here have been very grateful for the service and friendship of Americans. They welcome us back into their country and homes anytime.
In final, I bring home price lists for pre-school, elementary, and secondary national, standard textbooks. With the support of friends, churches, and/or businesses, we will continue to shop, build, and press the government of Uganda to allow their youth a competitive chance to compete at a global level in the world.
It's been a great trip. In this past month we've seen over 100 Americans arrive in three back-to-back teams. I'll give the final wrap up and more pictures after we return to the States.
The team spent the day wrapping things up, tying up loose ends and meeting with people.
Pastor Bob and Pastor Galen spent the day teaching and preaching in the villages. Team members went with Pastor Galen to paint a village church built by Southside church in Spokane. Then they stopped by Pastor Justis's church and were greeted with great celebration of balloons, dancing and cheering.
Kiki and his team visited the schools playing, teaching and singing with the kids. The team made wish lists for the schools and is hoping to solicit funds and materials in the states to raise the standards of some of the schools.
Natalie wrapped up her study of child resiliency. I asked one of the children, "If your friend received a gift of a ball would you be happy for him?" "Yes. I would rejoice because maybe God would give one to me too."What are some of the things a child worries about? Not having anything to eat. And either themselves or a family member dying of sickness.
I may not be able to post any more after today as we will busy Saturday and will be leaving Sunday morning to begin our travel home.
Please pray for our team as we journey toward our loved ones.
After one week of visiting various schools around Uganda, I am seeing simliar problems from top to bottom. There is little to no funding.
A Ugandan man in a sharp suit told me today that Uganda is all backwards. He stated that his people and government have refused to make the changes necessary to help the sick, poor, and the uneducated. It was obvious to me that he was very frustrated.
I still believe in my heart that education is essential for Ugandan's and Africans to that matter to climb from the pits of starvation and poverty. With the little donations that I was given by friends in Arizona, California, and Washington, I was able to begin placing the rungs that lead to a stronger tomorrow.
Through Hope 4 Kids International and the help of about 3.8 million shilling ($2300), I was able to purchase curriculum at True Vine Schools for three pre-school teachers, offer 250 sheets of poster board, add one teachers addition and 10 textbooks for grades P1-P4 (like 1st grade – 4th grade) in math, science, social studies, and English, and allow the director of Hereigns Secondary and Limino Secondary to purchase various curriculum, which they do not have at this time, for their advanced students.
I have noticed that schools in Uganda are like churches in America . . . you can find them at about every corner. There are so many children here. They are everywhere. And, they must go to school.
I pray that this sponsorship for these students is just the beginning. I pray that others will reach into their pockets and assist programs like Hope 4 Kids and Invisible children paved the way for a smarter, brighter, safer future. I also pray that the Ugandan government will look for ways to answer the cries of its teachers and students.
Case in point, at Limino Secondary, the headmaster, Peter, has been described as a radical thinker. Why is that? Well, his 1260 students, which is the largest in his district, leads the district in performance. The school has a staff of 32 teacher with only 12 paid by the government. The other 20 teachers are paid by donations from parents. In fact, most of the classrooms were built by the parents. This school is one of the few in the area that I have seen with this level of pride in its community.
Like the sharp dressed man I am frustrated, but i lean on the words of Bono for strength: "You cannot help them all, but the ones you can, you must."
So I must….
Once again we had a great day. The team at the government office finished their work. I'm still trying to track down pictures of their work there.
Kelly Kiki took a group to schools where they met hundreds of children. Stevie was able to teach a group of kindergarten children songs such as Itsy bitsy spider. Using the chalk board she showed the Hungry caterpillar, using the story of the cocoon to share the story of Jesus. Our teenage girls taught older kids to do the Hokey Pokey. The team is doing a great job of getting out there to find the needs in these schools. There are no textbooks for the kids. The teacher may have a textbook and he/she reads to the kids and they write the information in their notebooks. With most classrooms holding over 100 kids it's very difficult with no textbooks.
The medical team has everything organized and shelves are being built to hold supplies. We're looking into getting metal bedside tables made for patients.
A group of us went to the jungle for lunch and visited one of our widows, Kina, who had accepted Christ in April. She was so excited to see us and we gave her some gifts. Kiki painted her nails much to the delight of Kina and all who watched. She loved her lipstick and the teenage girls squealed with delight for their grandmother. Kina's son Akware spoke to all of us: "We have a saying here. Friendship begins along the road but it really starts at home." Meaning that you can meet people along the way but that friendships solidify once you go to their home.
Natalie's team continued interviewing kids for her study. Every kid has a heartbreaking story to tell. We're hoping this study will help us as we continue to work with these kids, counseling them and training them to be productive citizens overcoming the abuse and sorrow.
Natalie, Jordan, Lisa and I went with Jessica to the True Vine girl's dormitory. We had bags of clothing donated by our twelve-year-old friend, Mandy Cassarro. It was so much fun as Jessica and the school matron tried the clothes on the girls and to see how proud they were of their new clothes from America.
Please persevere in your prayers for this great team.
Happy 4th of July! We are celebrating here today too. We started the day singing the Star Spangled Banner and appreciating that we live in such a great country where we are free to think and do and create. We have great access to medical help. We have good roads, an abundance of money and many many blessings everyday. Most of all we are free to worship as we please.
Natalie and her team began her study yesterday of Resiliency In Uganda Africa. The team interviewed children for resiliency, coping and adjust to negative life events. They are also collecting data on self esteem, optimism and behavioral problems.One of the questions is "how do you feel when bad things happen?"One response was, "Good. Because I know Jesus will make it better."Another question: "What do you do when you feel bad?""I open my Bible and exchange positive messages with my friends and we look forward to tomorrow.""Have you been abused?""Yes. But I've forgiven them."
Another team went to mud the widow, Margret's home. They had such a great time and experienced a lot of laughter as they mixed mud and literally dove right in! Kerry was their adjusting the widows in between mudding. The Ugandans had as much fun as the Americans and many friendships developed. They ended the day singing and praying together.
The painters continue to work on the government building. They've painted six offices and the hallways. They will be replacing widows today. The talk around town is Mzungus are helping to erase the embarrassment of the government by painting offices that have not been painted in years!! They were even on the news. One of the government leaders said, "Many groups have come and SAID they were going to help. You are the first group who actually has helped!"
Tom brought some of the top leaders of the community to True Vine yesterday who were to show what we have been doing there. They were so impressed with the hospital and were shown the ultra sound machine and actually see it used on a pregnant woman and were able to see her baby. They were amazed as they toured the campus as they thought True Vine was just a church!
Mel went to the farm and saw what he calls "a first rate pig operation."
Kelly led a team visiting schools and will be giving me a report and pictures tonight.
Pastor Galen has been teaching Christian leaders-pastors, teachers, leaders. It's been going really well and the leaders are eating it up. When he talked about women and said, "Jesus was always lifting the status of women" the women all stood and cheered.
Another team went with Pastor Ruth to the bush for another widow's tea party! Thirty-five widows showed up! What a great time we had! Lisa, Jordan and Mathew entertained the children who came to watch. They had bubbles, jump ropes, puppets, beach balls, a parachute and candy.
Continue to keep this team in your prayers as we partner with our Ugandan friends.
This morning I was given the very sad news that my baby Rachel died yesterday and they had already buried her. Rachel was one of the set of triplets born last \november when we were here. I saw them when they were four hours old! They were delivered in the mud hut by their father at 4AM. The village was in an uproar about the miracle that had taken place. They were soooo tiny and the little girl who was the third to be born immediately captured my heart. I held her and said, You are my baby! Later the mother named her Rachel because as she told me, You said, 'She's my baby.'
We have kept an eye on these triplets and their mother, Jane since November by providing food, formula (the mother has never been able to produce milk). In April we put all three in the hospital with pneumonia. Last week when we checked on them the boys seemed to be growing but baby Rachel was still so tiny. She cried a lot and sucked on her fingers as though she were hungry. Jane told us she had run out of formula so we rushed to get some and planned to check on them again today. As we gathered gifts, etc for the triplets we were told the news of baby Rachel.
We arrived at her home to comfort the mother who ended up comforting me. As soon as I stepped from the van she hugged me and pointed to a small mound with a cross made of two sticks. "Rachel. Your baby has gone. She is there." I knelt next to the small grave and wept for baby Rachel. For the baby who suffered and struggled to survive. I thought of our time together in April and how she cooed and talked to me. She was so beautiful. I cried for her mother who had eight other children before the triplets and how she gets discouraged and wanted to run away before we started helping her. I looked up at her and saw how tired she looked-way too tired for a 32-year-old woman to look. Her husband has another wife and family in Kenya and is often away. I wondered how alone she must feel.
This is a hard life here in Uganda. There are many baby Rachels who don't make it to their first birthday. There are many mama Janes who need our love and encouragement and need to know that God has not forgotten them. It's the Jane's and babies and orphans and widows who keep calling our hearts back to Uganda.
Please pray for this family as we strive to find creative ways for them to become self-sufficient.
There was a lot happening elsewhere today with the rest of the team. The medical team spent the day in the clinic working with nurses and sorting medical supplies.
A team went to the bush to build a mud house for a widow with five children. Her house was so deteriorated we knew it would collapse any day. Tomorrow the team will do the mudding so be watching the pictures for that.
Another team went as goodwill ambassadors to the local offices of the president. The offices were in great need of paint and has broken windows so we decided to give them a fresh coat of paint as well as replace the windows. People working in the offices are so amazed that the Americans would come to do this for free!!!
Kiki led a team to visit schools and found many needs in education which he will be addressing here and at home.
There were a lot of kids around the site and we found groups sitting in the grass being read to while others played football and games.
A team arrived at Smile Africa and bought necklaces and clothing from the widows there. We also present a widow with everything she needs to start her own manicure/nail business. And all those extra purses you donated? Three widows are selling them as their new businesses. While we were there a designer arrived and bought from them and she will in turn sell them in her shop. Slowly we are seeing women empowered with their own businesses and we hope to see much more in the future!
The new team arrives! Stephan, Tom, Jenn and I went to Nairobi to meet the new team. We were so excited as this team consists of two more of Tom's children, Natalie and Nick as well as Robert's and my daughter, Lisa and granddaughter Jordan. This is the third and final team for this stretch in Uganda. We had such a great time with the first two groups we know that this one will be fabulous too!
We had the most awesome safari seeing up close lions, hyenas, giraffes and baboons. The videos we were able to capture are incredible! We saw lions hunting water buffalo and gazelles and although some of the guys were hoping for a kill the rest of us were not.
We arrived in Tororo last night and are anxious to get into the work of the week ahead.More tomorrow!
p.s. I heard the Sea Side group spent the night in mud huts! They had a camp fire and sang and laughed and it was a big hit. I hope to receive more pictures and a further update on that once I return home.
Please pray for their safe return to their Huntington Beach homes.
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