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Sunday, February 17, 2013
My assignment today is to blog about the last time I experienced an all or nothing attitude regarding food or exercise. Hmmm. That hasn't happened since I joined spark. Actually it was just before I gave up on everything. Well, everything Diet related. When I was in the Navy (long long ago in a far away Galaxy) I was always on the fat boys list. Even though I was a girl. In order to reenlist I had to lose weight to pass the physical. It was really quite horrible. I became so depressed yet I didn't know I was in a depression. It came time for me to reenlist for the last time. I had just short of 15 years in. My senior chief (E-8) asked me when I wanted to reenlist. I said I was thinking about it. He said what's to think about. I said..I am fat and I don't think I can do it one more time. I have nothing left. I went out to my office and called my boy friend and said how would you feel about being with someone who is not in the Navy. He said just fine. I hung up and told my Senior Chief I was not reenlisting. He was in shock. What are you going to do?
Well my immediate thought was I am not qualified to do anything! Wow! I just spent 14 plus years in the Navy they spent how many gazillion dollars training me and I know nothing! LOL! Arrgh!! I thought for a minute and went out to Tech Control right over to the order wire with the transmitter site and asked if the boss was doing any hiring. They came back and said bring your resume out and he will talk to you. A month later I was out of there and into a new life. But that new life had no restrictions in regard to my weight.
I would try (as they say trying is dying) to diet, a few times I would try exercising. That never lasted very long. I would lose a few lbs and they gain a bunch back. I just had no faith in myself.
I was alone, no support system. It's kind of funny that expression. I remember I was looking to move from San Diego up to North County. Encinitas, Ocean Side, somewhere closer to work (this was just after I found out from my Counselor that I was suffering from anxiety.) In the course of talking about my "problems" I had stated that I would be on my way to work in the morning rush hour and as soon as I hit Encinitas I would stop off at a fast food place because I was so very very hungry. Doc looked at me and said what I was really experiencing was anxiety. I said you mean I really wasn't hungry ? He said noooo, that was anxiety. Then he proceeded to tell me what to do and had me set up an appointment with a different counselor who really could relate to patients better. Okaaayyy. But talking with my new therapist he explained that Doc was one of the best clinicians (being able to determine what the best meds you should be on) there was. He really did a good job for me pill wise, finding out what I had all this anxiety about. It turned out to be all the traffic I had to maneuver during rush hours. Once that was determined I immediately put my condo on the market and looked for a new place.
So as I was saying before I really did digress. I was alone and had no support system. I had set up an appointment to meet with some ladies that were looking for a roommate. During the interview one of their questions was wanting to know what sort of support system I had. I thought what the frick are they wanting here. So I gave them some baloney and needless to say did not move in with them. However, it did get me to thinking about where I was in my life and that for nearly 30 years I had been in a self imposed exile. Why! Trying to leave a home town and getting on with my life....Wow! I was really hard on myself. Looking back I was one miserable woman. I am so glad I am not that sad and lonely woman today.
I admit that way back when if I was not perfect on a "diet" I would give it up and stop at any grocery store and buy and buy and buy some more. Then of course I would go home and eat it. I make mistakes all the time. I make bad choices. But I will not let those choices make me feel bad about myself.
It's all part of the one step back and two steps forward thing. It can only get better. I have had some success here at sparkpeople and I still say they are the experts and I know nothing. That attitude has gotten me pretty far. Spark on!
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Spark on indeed, Susie! I don't know how much respect I can muster for any organization that defines its employees' worth on their weight, with that being the central determining force
. It just doesn't ring true, to put it mildly. What a remarkable (and courageous) odyssey you've had! I salute you!
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Thanks for sharing. I can totally relate to the self imposed exile. I don't know why we think we are a one man island? Humans are meant to be social, maybe we are missing a gene?LOL
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Good question Lee! About a year after I got out of the Navy found him cheating on me. That was the last close relationship I ever had. That was many moons ago. Sad to say I just have never been able to seriously put myself out there. Damn trust issues! Lol I can laugh about it today at least.
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Loved reading your story. Thank you for sharing a piece of your life with us.
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great success story. what happened to boyfriend in the navy.lol
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A 59-year-old man was arrested Tuesday after he was allegedly caught performing a sex act outside a business, twice in two days in Cherokee County.
Mr. Paul Lamar Phillips, of Canton, was charged with two counts of indecent exposure, according to the Cherokee County Sheriff's Office.
"The Cherokee Sheriff's Office has received two reports of a white male masturbating in his vehicle at local businesses in the Hickory Flat area," the sheriff's spokesman Lt. Jay Baker said.
The first alleged incident happened around 9 a.m. Monday at the Kroger on Hickory Flat Highway, Lt. Baker said. The second happened around 1:30 p.m. Tuesday at the CVS on Hickory Flat Highway, he said.
"In both instances the suspect was reportedly in a gold or tan minivan," Lt. Baker said.
Deputies flooded the area and located a gold Kia minivan in the area. It was pulled over at the entrance to the Kroger on Hickory Flat Highway.
The victim in Tuesday's alleged incident positively identified the driver of the vehicle as the man she witnessed at the CVS.
Mr. Phillips was out on bond for a 2013 Burglar. He is currently in the Cherokee County Adult Detention Center with no bond.
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Senior Klara Vyskocilova (forefront) and freshman Ipek Birol will lead the Wave into action on Sunday against UAB.
March 9, 2013
New Orleans - Tulane's 48th-ranked women's tennis team will put its new Top-50 ranking to the test this Sunday at 9 a.m. when the Green Wave hosts Conference USA rival UAB at the City Park Pepsi Center. There is no charge for admission.
Tulane (6-5) is coming off its biggest upset victory since the program returned in 2008-09 following a 4-3 road win at No. 38 Georgia State last week. The Green Wave is 4-1 at home this season and has won its last three straight contests on its home courts. Tulane is also 3-1 in C-USA matches this season.
UAB comes to the Crescent City with an 8-3 overall mark, including a 1-0 conference record. The Blazers are only 1-2 in road matches this season, but are coming off consecutive wins over Emory University and Southern Miss.
"We are happy to be playing at home again for our incredible fans," Tulane head coach Terri Sisk said. "With UAB being a conference match, we need to make sure we are playing very focused and disciplined tennis."
The Blazers will mark the first of two straight home matches for the Green Wave. Following Sunday's match, TU returns to action on Wednesday, March 13 against Illinois State at 2 p.m.
The Green Wave women's tennis team will play all of its home matches this spring at the City Park Pepsi Center. The City Park/Pepsi Tennis Center features 16 hard and 10 clay courts, a clubhouse with a pro shop, restrooms, showers and a meeting room. The facility is located off Marconi Blvd. between I-610 and Harrison Avenue. For more information on City Park Pepsi Center, please visit http://www.neworleanscitypark.com/tennis.html.


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Elon Musk's SpaceX launches first commercial spacecraft
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Space travel just got a lot more interesting with the launch of the first privately funded commercial spacecraft, the SpaceX Dragon capsule. The spacecraft is carrying 453.6 kilograms of science experiments and other supplies to the International Space Station, which is operated jointly by the US, Russia, Europe and Japan. An unmanned Falcon rocket took off from Cape Canaveral in Florida yesterday. Despite a problem with one of the nine first-stage engines, the rocket placed the SpaceX Dragon capsule successfully into its intended orbit.
NASA has a $1.6 billion contract with SpaceX for 12 resupply missions and is relying on private business to keep the space station running now that the shuttle fleet has been officially retired. Unlike other supply spacecraft, SpaceX craft are reusable and can return supplies back to Earth. The company intends to convert the unmanned Dragon capsules into manned vessels to carry astronauts to the space station in three years time.
Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX) is owned by PayPal co-founder Elon Musk, who named the capsules Dragon after Puff the Magic Dragon to get back at critics who, only a decade before, told him the idea of a private spacecraft was a fantasy not worth pursuing. The rocket name Falcon comes from the Millennium Falcon from Star Wars.
The story of Elon Musk is fascinating in itself. An entrepreneur, engineer and inventor, Musk also co-founded Tesla Motors, a company that builds revolutionary electric cars, and SolarCity, one of the largest suppliers of solar energy in the US. I didn't know much about him before I wrote this article, but he's an amazing guy. Read the Wikipedia entry on Elon Musk here.
Are we getting ever closer to a privately funded mission to Mars? Given that the US government appears to have few real plans or the political will to launch a manned mission, perhaps Musk and SpaceX are our only sensible hope?
In 2006, before Musk had won the contract with NASA to resupply the international space station, he discussed space travel costs on his SpaceX website and outlined his ambitions for space and the human race.
"The very purpose of SpaceX is to lower the cost and increase the reliability of spaceflight by a factor of ten or more (relative to current US pricing) and everyone at our company is hell bent on making that happen. Humanity needs to become a true space-faring civilization, where spaceflight is affordable by normal citizens and extending life to another planet is realistic, and the fundamental barriers to making that happen are cost and reliability."
In a more recent article in Bloomberg, Musk stated that he was on target to get a spacecraft to the red planet in 10 to 15 years, perhaps with him on board. "I would like to die on Mars," he added. "Just not on impact."
If you've watched Iron Man 2, Elon Musk had a small cameo. The SpaceX factory was also used as a filming location. Jon Favreau, director of the Iron Man movies, told Time Magazine that Musk was the inspiration for Favreau's film depiction of genius billionaire Tony Stark.
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V. Stiviano has been enjoying her fifteen minutes of fame since the Donald Sterling scandal broke. It wouldn't be too far fetched for a reality TV show like "Basketball Wives" to pick up the disgraced side piece. TMZ asked Shaunie O'Neal about the possibility of V. Stiviano coming to her reality series on Wednesday and this is what went down.
Stiviano isn't exactly a basketball wife. Matter of fact, right now she's fighting rumors that she is nothing more than an escort or a prostitute. After the Barbara Walters interview where Donald Sterling's mistress insists she was nothing more than a personal assistant, her credibility has sunk to an all-time low. With her fifteen minutes of fame coming to a close soon, Stiviano would surely benefit from a stint on a popular reality TV show. Odds are that she wouldn't turn it down either.
Now cut to Shaunie O'Neal, executive producer of the "Basketball Wives" franchise. When asked by TMZ if she would have V. Stiviano on "Basketball Wives" she laughed out loud. Then she must have thought about the ratings because she got real elusive. After admitting that she hadn't asked Kobe Bryant's wife Vanessa to become a cast member on her VH1 series, she didn't say no when asked if Stiviano might ever join.
Now Stiviano is far from a housewife but that wouldn't stop her from being cast. Draya Michele isn't a wife either (yet.) Sundy Carter isn't either and she is relevant to the show only because she has a child with married NBA baller Larry Hughes. Many spent the last season of "Basketball Wives LA" questioning Sundy's right to criticize anyone considering she is just the "other woman."
In that case, V. Stiviano would fit in perfectly. She already lives in Los Angeles and might fit in with Jackie Christie and Sundy Carter quite nicely. All three of them can be quite delusional and Stiviano's thirst for attention pretty much guarantees she will pull stunts simply for ratings.
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Postmodernism: Style and Subversion 1970-90
Modernism left a lot to be desired with its strict, form-follows-function aesthetic.
Postmodernism, however, permitted designers and architects to look beyond the Bauhaus, mixing and matching pop and high cultural references, embracing contradiction, complexity and consumer culture as never before.
Jane Pavitt, the head of the history of design department at the Royal College of Art, London, has co-organised the Victoria and Albert Museum's (V&A) exploration of the way designers and architects reacted against the strictures of modernism, and its consequences.
Postmodernism "quickly became a toxic word", said Pavitt. The anger it aroused from the late 1970s among orthodox modernists has not gone away, she added, "particularly in architecture". Denise Scott Brown, the architect and theorist who, along with her husband Robert Venturi, were akin to godparents of architectural postmodernism, has contributed a chapter in the exhibition's accompanying publication on how postmodernism became a pejorative term for some.
Venturi and Scott Brown's eloquently expressed enthusiasm for the vernacular of US urban sprawl, and most famously the Las Vegas strip, and the virtues of architectural symbolism and decoration, was unforgivable in the eyes of the purists, particularly when it resulted in a building such as the former AT&T (now Sony) building in New York designed by Philip Johnson that resembled a Chippendale bookcase in the sky.
A PoMo classic, Hans Hollein's quirky take on the classical order of columns The Presence of the Past, which adorned the façade of the Strada Novissima at the 1980 Venice Biennale of Architecture Venice, is being rebuilt for the show.
The show maps how in New York, Berlin, Paris, London and Milan designers mixed and matched, distressed and deconstructed clothes, furniture, pop videos and magazine graphics.
Hotspots on the Soviet side of the Iron Curtain are included. "In Prague in the 80s young designers made short-run products, the opposite of state-organised mass production," said Pavitt, while in Moscow the self-styled "paper architects", such as Brodsky and Utkin, created designs for visionary buildings that were a thinly disguised critique of what was being built during what proved to be late communism. Back in the West, the Italian company Alessi was commissioning up-and-coming architects and designers, including Philippe Starck and Michael Graves, to design lemon squeezers and coffee pots.
"We are interested in how the market for high-end design grew and changed. Who was selling it? How many were in circulation?" Some limited editions were very limited indeed, surprising even Pavitt.
When she asked the US designer Howard Meister how many Nothing Continues to Happen side chairs were made in 1980, she discovered there were just three.
The Metropolitan Museum of Art has one example of the painted hardwood furniture that looks like distressed concrete, another is in private hands, but the V&A has been able to acquire the third.
"It's a good time to buy postmodern design," said Pavitt. "A lot has flowed back on the market with good provenance," often from the original owners.
Less than 10% of the curators' wish list could be found in the museum's stores when they started researching the show.
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The last thing a Denver 911 dispatcher heard on a domestic disturbance call was a single gunshot ringing out. It was the sound of 44-year-old Kristine Kirk, a married mother of three young children, being gunned down, allegedly by her husband. Denver police are now investigating why their response did not come in time to save Kirk from her crazed husband.
According to a report today from NBC News, Kirk spent approximately 13 minutes on her 911 outcall, pleading frantically that police intervene on her behalf. Kirk told the 911 dispatcher that her husband, Richard Kirk, 47, had opened his locked gun locker and was "talking about the end of the world," and that he wanted Kirk "to shoot him." When she didn't, he allegedly shot her, point blank in the head.
Denver police arrived Monday night at the family's home at 2112 S. St. Paul Street, near the University of Denver, and found Kirk dead. Richard Kirk was arrested on first-degree murder charges. According to NBC, he admitted to killing his wife. Police also said that Kristine reported that her husband was "hallucinating" after "eating a marijuana cookie."
The Denver Channel discussed the possible role that Richard's post smoking may have played in the murder, saying that both Kristine and her husband had been either smoking pot or eating it before the incident occurred. The medical examiner said the woman died from a gunshot wounded to the head. The killing was ruled a homicide.
The Denver Police Department issued a statement, saying they have partnered with the state's Combined Communications Center and have "initiated an investigation into the emergency call and police response to the homicide at 2112 S. St. Paul Street. Any time a person dies while communicating with Denver's emergency services we examine the circumstances to ensure that the incident was handled properly and we look for areas to improve upon."
Sonny Jackson, a Denver Police Department spokesperson, told The Denver Post that police "were almost there." Jackson said police "are looking at marijuana as a possible part of the investigation." Jackson did confirm that all three of the couple's children were in the home at the time of the shooting.
Tuesday morning, neighbors watched detectives streaming in and out of the home with boxes of evidence. The Kirk family was active in their community, with the young boys involved in soccer and hockey with other kids in the neighborhood. Police said that they had never been called to the residence before, and that there was no prior history of any domestic complaints.
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All by our lonesomeMike & Julie
12/10/2010, Tenacitita
Amazing. We are by ourselves in Tenacitita. Past years have seen as many as 40 boats here in the two weeks or so before Christmas. Where is everyone? The lagoon anchorage in Bara de Navidad only had 6 boats in it yesterday. Rumor has it that the anchorage in La Crux is pack full so maybe folks are hanging there for the holidays. Over the past few years we have seen a change in the favored areas for cruisers to hang out in.
12/15/2010 | Les
HI Mike and Julie We are off Cuba right now entering the Old Bajama channel. Brings back memories! Have a great Chrismas. Will be in Ft. Lauderdale on Sat. Later Les
TenacatitaMike & Julie
12/10/2010, Chamela
We left Chamela on Thursday the 9th of December to make the 29 mile passage to Tenacatita. Mike and I have a running game when we are making a passage and that's to guess how many boats are in the anchorage we are going to. Usually we have a pretty good guesses. This time we were way off! We have been in Tenacatita with as many as 45 boats and we heard last week that there were about 14 boats here, as we turned the corner we were amazed there are 2 boats here!! So we got a great spot up by "good dog beach" and we are probably going to stay here for a week or until the food and beer run out.
Dolphins off the bow of Slacker
Finally we get to relaxMike & Julie
12/06/2010, Chamela
We left Punta de Mita at 0130 in the morning on Sunday for the overnight passage down to Chamela. Part of the trip involves rounding the infamous Cabo Corrientes. The cape of currents can be a downright nasty place as we have learned in the past however this time its was not too bad. About 20 miles of really confused seas but without the big wind that is usually present. We got into Chamela about 1800 (6 pm) and after a quick dinner fell asleep. Now that we are in what is called the "Mexican Riviera" we are done with overnight passages until we begin the trip North back to Mazatlan in February. We will be here in Chamela for a few days and them move down to Tenacitita then Barra de Navidad for Christmas.
Still MovingMike & Julie
12/03/2010, Punta de Mita
We left San Blas about 0645 yesterday (Thursday) for the 55 mile trip down to Punta de Mita. Punta de Mita is located at the North entrance of Bandares Bay. Where is Bandares bay you may ask? Most people know it as Puerto Vallarta. The bay is huge stretching 25 miles across and 20 miles deep. We have spent quite a bit of time here over the years so we will bypass Puerto Vallarta on our trip south and possibly stop back on our way North. The plan is to leave here about midnight for the 100 mile trip South to Chamela.
12/04/2010 | MJ @ SolMate Santiago
Julie and Mike,
The annual SolMate Christmas posada will be at our place on the 18th. Can you adjust your cruising plans accordingly?
Hope to see you soon.
Hanging outMike & Julie
11/30/2010, San Blas
Still here in Matenchen Bay just outside of San Blas. 72 deg this morning and calm. We will probably leave early tomorrow morning for Punta de Mita which is at the entrance to Banaras Bay (Puerto Vallarta).
12/01/2010 | Mom and Dad
Glad to hear you are OK, we had Thanksgiving with the Porters and Mark and Tricia. Friday with the entire Dunne family, kids and grandkids. Keep Safe Love Mom and DAd
Overnight to San BlasMike & Julie
11/30/2010, San Blas
We left Stone Island Monday morning at 0830 after waiting a couple of days for some wind. After about 6 hours of motoring the wind filled in and we had a great 140 mile sail to Matachen Bay here in San Blas. We plan on staying a day or so and then continuing on to Tenacitita.
11/30/2010 | DebMills
Hope your journey on to Tenacititia is blissful!! Have a great time you guys!!!
12/01/2010 | Les
Hi Mike and Julie. good to hear that you guys are on the move again. Travel safe and talk to you soon.
Overnight to San BlasMike & Julie
11/30/2010, San Blas
We left Stone Island Monday morning at 0830 after waiting a couple of days for some wind. After about 6 hours of motoring the wind filled in and we had a great 140 mile sail to Matachen Bay here in San Blas. We plan on staying a day or so and then continuing on to Tenacitita.
Overnight to San BlasMike & Julie
11/30/2010, San Blas
We left Stone Island Monday morning at 0830 after waiting a couple of days for some wind. After about 6 hours of motoring the wind filled in and we had a great 140 mile sail to Matachen Bay here in San Blas. We plan on staying a day or so and then continuing on to Tenacitita.
Slight delayMike & Julie
11/26/2010, Stone Island
Yesterdays (Friday) was spent walking on the beach. Not a forced march but a nice leisurely stroll of about 3 hours. At the end of the walk we stoped at Benji's pizza and had their special garlic shrimp and bacon pizza. Yum! You cant get anything like it in the States. We originally planed on leaving today but the favorable winds that have been blowing offshore have shut down. If we were a power boat the weather would be perfect however we try to be a sailboat when conditions allow. As it stands right now we will leave Monday to catch the start of a 15 knot North wind that should take us all the way to Barra de Navidad. That's the plan however as you know plans are written in the sand at low tide.
Finally out of the slipMike & Julie
11/26/2010, Stone Island
Just like it says "finally out of the slip" We left yesterday (Thursday) about 9:00 am for the long journey, well 11 miles to Stone Island. Stone is located just south of the breakwater that forms the old harbor of Mazatlan. The trip was shaping up to be a boring two hours when we sailed into a huge pod of dolphins. When I say huge I mean HUGE. Best guess, 500. No kidding. We got the anchor down about 11:30 and launched the dingy for a trip to the beach. After a long walk on the beach followed by a couple of beers at one of the palapa restaurants we headed back to the boat for a wonderful sunset and Thanksgiving steak, baked potatoes and salad. We really do have a lot to be thankful for. The plan is to head out tomorrow morning (Saturday) for Barra de Navidad which is just north of Manzanillo.
Venados baseball game11/18/2010
Once again we are off to the Baseball game. The Mazatlan Venados (deer) vs the Mexicali Aguilas (eagles)
Venados baseball game11/18/2010
Reserved seats are $8.00 and a cold beer is $1.60. As usual the game is slow to start with the stands fairly empty until about the 4th inning. Most Mexicans work later hours than Americans so the stands really don't fill up until about 8:30.
Venados baseball game11/18/2010
While we do enjoy rooting for the home team the real fun at a Mexican baseball game is people watching. Most notably, the food vendors. Unlike a San Diego Padres game where a well dressed water/waitress show up at your seat, takes your order and transmits it over a wireless device to be delivered by a runner shortly later. No, in Mexico all the food comes to you in boxes slung over the shoulders of kids. Empanadas, fruit cups, pizza, tacos, ceviche, sausages and of course peanuts, popcorn and cotton candy. The sausages vendors wear the nicest hats and our friend Joe from Pacific Jade just had to have his picture taken wearing one.
Venados baseball game11/18/2010
The other things I like about the baseball games are the sponsors. Doesn't this make you want to buy a cold Pacifico? Ignore the chicken, he just wanted his picture taken.
Vensados baseball game11/18/2010
Or a new fire extinguisher?
Stocking up for the trip south11/17/2010
All of this-
Stocking up for the trip south11/17/2010
Fits in here.
Welcome Back Cruisers11/07/2010
We had the first annual (we hope) Welcome Back Cruisers Pool and Taco Party this Saturday. Elvira the Office Manager/ Queen of Marina Mazatlan decided that we should have a party so she got permission from her condo to use the pool and patio for the afternoon.
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I was recently presented with an interesting question. A reader wanted to know why her husband would unfriend her on Facebook. I had to take a moment to process this. It's actually much more complex than it initially sounds. This could range from being a simple non-issue to being a true problem. With the limited details I have let me give you the best possible explanation for this act from both the positive and negative view points.
Let's look at the negative possibilities first because realistically that is most likely what is running through your head.
Why would a man unfriend his wife on Facebook?
That could be a means to filter you out of his communications and interactions with other people. Generally speaking the presence of a wife on your social network shuts down a lot of the outside chatter you're going to have with those of the opposite sex. If this man's motives are not in the right place then this is either a means to engage with new people going forward or to hide something that may have been already happening.
Then we have the positive side of the coin. Depending upon the type of online interactions you have this may be a means of keeping people out of your business. Also, I'm assuming you live with your husband. You wake up together, go about your business and end the day together. There's nothing wrong with allowing a degree of space between you. Marriage doesn't make you Siamese twins. I personally keep my love off the Internets so I get this type of view-point.
In the end, the unfriending clearly has a motive behind it. Discovering if it's sinister or protective is on you to find out by discussing it with your partner. Clearly you were friends on FB prior so ask what your husband's view of Facebook is now that you are married. Stop and think on his activity and behavior during the course of your relationship. Has he given you reason to be suspicious of him or has he always been a private person? There's definitely reason to check the status of things. I want to believe that if you guys are married that your relationship is in a good place. My of today's top mainstream Hip Hop artists speak frequently of "side chicks" and this mentality worries many ladies, but please remember, social media doesn't end relationships. Social media simply magnifies what is already there.


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Types of Rock Art: Petroglyphs and Pictographs
Petroglyphs on sandstone at Newspaper Rock in southwestern Utah. Image by Jeremy Edwards © iStockphoto.com.
What is "Rock Art"?
Long before writing was developed, people recorded events, ideas, plans, and feelings by marking them on a
. Sometimes they carved into the stone. Sometimes they scratched off a surface coating. Sometimes they painted on the rocks. The method that they used was typically determined by the availability of a "paint," the hardness of the rocks, and the availability of tools that could be used to produce their message.
All of these markings are referred to as "Rock Art." People worldwide have been producing rock art for thousands of years. Some of their messages, produced thousands of years ago, can still be seen today. The oldest are usually found in rock shelters and caves where they are protected from the elements. However, in arid climates some examples of rock art have persisted for ten to fifteen thousand years, depending upon how the art was produced, the direction that it faces and the type of rock used as a "canvas."
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. A brief description of each is given below.
What is a Petroglyph?
A petroglyph is an image that is carved into a rock. This "carving" can produce a visible indentation in the rock or it can simply be the scratching away of a weathered surface to reveal unweathered material of a different color below.
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The big horn sheep carved into an orange-brown
in the right column is a petroglyph. The artist scratched the surface of the rock with a tool. This work produced an indentation in the rock and also exposed an unweathered material of lighter color below.
The petroglyphs on "Newspaper Rock," shown at the top of this page, were made by scraping away the thin black coating known as "desert varnish" from the surface of the rock. Both types of petroglyphs are common, but the ones carved into the rock have a better chance to persist through time.
What is a Pictograph?
A pictograph is a drawing or painting that is created on a rock. Because they are merely a surface coating, pictographs tend to be less durable than petroglyphs. The ones that survive are most often found in caves, rock shelters and areas with dry climates.
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A variety of pigments have been used to make pictographs. Examples of these pigments include: pieces of charcoal from a campfire; blood from hunted or sacrificed animals; and mineral materials such as chalk,
Who Are the Artists?
Ancient petroglyphs do not have "signatures" because they were produced before written words were invented. So, they cannot be attributed to a specific person. However, petroglyphs can sometimes be attributed to a specific group of people who inhabited or passed through the area where the petroglyphs occur.
The third image from the top of the right column is a rock with a large number of petroglyphs. This rock is in Petrified Forest National Park, Arizona, USA in a location where it can be easily seen by anyone who passes by. The images may have been made at different times because they exhibit different degrees of weathering. Some may have been made by some of the early people to inhabit this area, others could have been made by people who passed through hundreds of years later, or they could have been made recently.
Rock art is very difficult to date. However, some experts can estimate how fast paints fade or how much time has passed since a carving was made into a rock. These methods can be used to place an approximate date on a pictograph or a petroglyph. These tests are infrequently used because they require the work of an expert who has access to specialized equipment and methods of testing.
Rock Art or Vandalism?
Ancient carvings and paintings on rocks are searched for, considered to be historical treasures, and carefully protected. Modern carvings and paintings on rocks are viewed in an entirely different light. If they are produced on government land or private property without permission, they will be considered an act of vandalism. Once defaced, the rocks can be difficult or impossible to restored to their natural condition. So, if you want to produce some "rock art" be sure you own the property where the rock is located and be sure that the property is not subject to regulations that would prohibit changing the appearance of the rocks!
Graffiti: Modern "Rock Art"?
Today, many people still have a desire to paint on a wall for communication and personal expression. They produce an art form known as "graffiti" on buildings, walls, railroad cars, trucks and any flat surface they can utilize. Although many types of graffiti are very similar to "rock art" in format and style, producing it is usually defacement of property and vandalism.
Even though some graffiti artists have become famous for their work, they do not enjoy the same freedom of expression that was enjoyed by ancient artists!
Producing graffiti on public or private property is a crime. Some cities spend millions of dollars per year to remove graffiti. If you want to become a graffiti artist, use your own property as a "canvas" or get permission from a property owner who will enjoy your work. Before you start painting, find out if the format of your work and the content of your message are allowed to be displayed where the building is located.
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Swam at Lake Highland Prep (Fla.)
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As of February 22, 2013, USCIS has receipted filings on behalf of 36,625 beneficiaries toward the 33,000 H-2B cap amount for First Half of FY-2013. This count includes 38,064 approved and 1,561 pending petitions. For the Second Half of the FY 2013 Fiscal Year, USCIS has receipted filings on behalf of 10,941 beneficiaries toward the 33,000 H-2B cap amount. This count includes 7,696 approved and 3,245 pending petitions. SOURCE
USCIS places a statutory numerical limit, or "cap," on the total number aliens that it would issue a visa or otherwise provide H-2B status to (including through a change of status) during a fiscal year. Currently, the H-2B cap set by Congress is 66,000 per fiscal year, with 33,000 allocated for employment beginning in the 1st half of the fiscal year (October 1 – March 31) and 33,000 allocated for employment beginning in the 2nd half of the fiscal year (April 1 – September 30). USCIS will accept filings in excess of the cap because of denials or withdrawn petitions and because employers may in the end employ fewer H-2B beneficiaries than shown in their petitions.


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On Sunday night's "Revenge," fans got one shock after another as Emily's quest for revenge against the Graysons took another turn. Once character met an abrupt and bloody end and another was kidnapped just yards from her front door. And the takeaway form episode 3x20 that Hollywood Life posted on April 28 was that David Clarke might still be alive!
It started with Conrad reminding Aiden that he needed to take care of Pascal. If he didn't Conrad would let Pascal know where to find Aiden which would put Aiden in peril.
Elsewhere, Victoria tells Pascal that she now realizes Emily's wedding to Daniel and the subsequent shooting were designed to bring Victoria down. Pascal promises he won't let Emily hurt Victoria again and he proposes marriage. Victoria accepts. Queue the love birds chirping in the background.
Aiden reported in to Emily and Nolan what Conrad's plans are. They decided they needed to deal with Pascal themselves. When Pascal stepped out of his car in the city, a van pulled up behind him. Aiden grabbed him and tossed him into the vehicle. Aiden marches a hooded Pascal into an interrogation room where Emily is waiting. She introduces herself as Agent Rebecca Stone of Homeland Security and demands he tell her everything. He requests a lawyer but under the Patriot Act, she doesn't have to provide one. She takes his phone and has Nolan pull all the files and info off it. They realize the audio files Pascal was blackmailing Conrad with were fakes. They have no evidence against Conrad but realize Conrad doesn't know that.
Emily returned to the room where Pascal was being held. She threatened to go after Margaux if he didn't help her nab the Graysons. He agreed to help get Conrad but not Victoria. Emily agreed. Pascal cannot tell Victoria or Emily will kill him. He will wear a wire at the MyClone launch party and get Conrad to talk.
Conrad visits Victoria after hearing about her engagement. He suggests that Pascal may be marrying her just to keep her from testifying against him if they are ever caught with regards to the David Clarke affair.
When Pascal returns, he is distant and aloof. He tells Victoria that they will be leaving the country tomorrow. Though he didn't mention meeting Emily, Victoria finds the calling card she gave Pascal. She calls it and hears the voicemail message for Rebecca Stone. She believes Pascal was working with Homeland Security and tells Daniel about it. He tells Conrad. They both want to protect themselves. Daniel also convinces Margaux that she should get her father to put his decision to pass down leadership of his company to her in writing before he changes his mind.
Charlotte received an anonymous letter from a creep addressed to Charlotte Clarke. She asked her mom about it but Victoria dismissed it as being from some sicko. Charlotte thought the handwriting looked remarkably like David Clarke's, which she'd seen in a journal that Amanda once showed her. When she asked Victoria if David could still be alive, Victoria shot her down.
Not sure what to believe, Charlotte visited Jack. She had found more letters on the same paper and in the same handwriting in her mother's vanity. Jack agreed it couldn't be David Clarke but said he might be able to help. After asking Nolan to dig up some info, Jack takes Charlotte to a secluded cabin where he believed the sender of the letters lived. No one was home so they let themselves in and looked around. There was a huge collection of information on David Clarke which confirmed to Jack that it was probably some nut case messing with Charlotte. Before they left, Jack pocketed a ring that caught his eye. Neither of them discovered the man who'd been hiding in a back room.
Charlotte was still concerned as they talked back at the bar. Charlotte said she was going for a walk. Jack looked at the initials on the ring, "DC" and wondered what it meant. The man from the cabin was watching the two of them from outside The Stowaway.
Emily and Nolan crash Javier's launch party for MyClone. Aiden informs them via an earpiece that Pascal is wired and ready to get Conrad talking.
Victoria tries to get Pascal to leave the party and fly to Europe now. She senses something is wrong and wants to protect him but he won't go. They will leave in the morning, he says. She kisses him goodbye and Emily says she is happy to see that Victoria is finally getting what she deserves.
During Pascal's speech, he announces to the world that Margaux will secede him in running his empire. Then, she and Daniel introduced MyClone and the next must-have in technology. Javier gives the audience a preview but the application sends out some totally inappropriate responses. Nolan 'modified' the program as payback for Javier's betrayal. Javier was more than peeved and went to Daniel. Daniel didn't care. He said he and Margaux owned the company and didn't need Javier anymore. He was fired.
Pascal sidles up to Conrad and says they have to talk. Conrad says he was just leaving but if Pascal wants to walk and talk, that's okay with him. Pascal keeps trying to steer the conversation back to their pasts but Conrad, who is on to him, keeps sidestepping the topic. Nolan, Emily and Aiden start to follow when they realize Pascal isn't going in the direction he's supposed to be. Pascal and Conrad get on the elevators and head to the roof where Conrad has a helicopter waiting. Victoria, sensing trouble, was also in on the chase though she was considerably behind the others.
Conrad offers to give Pascal a ride back to the Hamptons. Pascal kept talking about wanting to clear his conscience and not wanting his past to haunt him. Just as Emily arrived on the roof, she saw Conrad push Pascal into the helicopter's propeller! With Pascal gone, Conrad is safe once again. Emily ducked and made her way off the roof without being seen by Conrad or presumably Vitoria who showed up seconds later.
Seeing Conrad covered in blood, she looks to Pascal mutilated body on the roof and shrieks. She runs to him and throws herself on top of him, sobbing. When the police arrive, she is stunned they won't do anything. The pilot corroborates Conrad's story that it was an accident.
Margaux is in shock. Daniel tries to comfort her. The phone keeps ringing and she gets angry that people won't give her a minute to process the loss. Daniel says the calls aren't for condolences. She is the new CEO. He tells her not to worry; he'll handle everything. What a good friend! Not!
Emily is even stunned by what she witnessed Conrad do. Aiden interprets it as meaning they were getting too close to something. Emily says she thinks she has a new plan.
Daniel visits Victoria who is sitting in her bedroom, still wearing the blood stained dress. She wants to know if Daniel told Conrad that Pascal had been dealing with the Feds. He acts like that's ridiculous but she knows he's lying. After he leaves, she calls the calling card number again. This time it is out of service. She knew something was going on.
In the closing scene, Charlotte is walking along the beach, making her way toward Grayson Manor, A hooded figure in dark clothes steps out of the shadows and grabs her off. She is flailing and fighting as he drags her off before the scene goes dark.
What is Emily's new plan? Just who does Victoria think was behind Pascal's involvement with the Feds and what will she do about it? Is the dark figure really David Clarke or someone with a sick interest in him?
Suggested Links
- 'Revenge' episode 3x20 'Revolution' has Emily taking on a new identity but why?
- 'Revenge' season 3 finale spoilers from Emily VanCamp, Gabriel Mann, writers
- 'Revenge' everyone has a new 'Allegiance' and Victoria finds out who Emily is
- 'Revenge' episode 3x19 'Allegiance' synopsis, promo and sneak peek videos
- 'Revenge' season 3 finale 'Execution' spoilers: Who dies that makes Emily cry?


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Bee Crafts Kids Can Make
Bee Crafts, Bee Projects, Bee Unit Study Ideas for Homeschool, Preschools, and Daycares
Bee Bookmark Craft with Benjamin Franklin Quote and Writing Activity
This bookmark is a great way to inspire children to do their best. The pattern includes both a back an front panel that fold together.
You can make this craft into a learning activity by having your children write things they want to accomplish on the inside of their bookmarks.
Patterns for this craft are available to members.
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Bee Printable Game Cards
Use these bee-themed printable cards to review site words, math facts, and other facts.
Help children develope their concentration and memory skills by playing a match game with the cards.
Use the cards to write facts about bees to play a game usng the printable bee game board below.
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Collecting Nectar Printable Bee Game Board
This game board is made from four sheets of card stock taped together with another sheet for the center of the board.
Have your children make up questions about bees and write them on the bee cards (above).
Use a hole punch to punch out at least thirty yellow circles to use as pollen. Place some "pollen" on the center of each flower. You can place more than one pollen circle on some of the flowers.
Use bee pictures as the playing pieces. Give each child a bee pattern and tell him or her to color it and draw a face on it.
To play children place their bees on any of the flowers of the game board. Then they take turns rolling a die and moving that many spaces forward or backward on the game board trying to land on a flower with pollen. If a player answers a question correctly, he or she gets to keep the pollen, if the flower the player landed on still had one. The child with the most pollen pieces at the end of the game wins.
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Queen Bee Crown Craft
What you will need:
Yellow Paper
Tape or Glue
Magic Markers
Plastic Gems
How to Make the Queen Bee Crown:
1. Before class cut out long strips of yellow paper to make the band twice as wide as you want the band to be. Make sure it is long enough to fit around your child's head. Fold the band in half.
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2. Cut out triangle shapes to fit inside the band.
3. Glue the triangle shapes inside the folded band and then glue the crown into a circle shape.
4. To finish glue on gems or draw them on with magic markers.
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Will, Luke and Cole demonstrate how to make the paper crowns. Watch on Danielle's Place Youtube Channel.
Find more kid-tested crafts on our Kid-tested Craft Page.
Bee Paper Bag Puppet Craft
What you will need:
White Card Stock (Heavy Paper)
Black Markers or Crayons
White Paper
Colored Pencils
How to Make the Paper Bag Puppet Bee:
1. Fold back the corners of the bottom of the bag as shown in the picture and glue them down.
2. Use a marker or a black crayon to draw on the bee's stripes.
3. Fold a black Chenille stem in half and wind the ends around a pencil to make coils. Glue and tape the antennas to the back of the bag.
4. Cut legs from black paper and glue them to the bag.
5. Draw eyes and wings on white cardstock, cut them out, and glue them to the paper bag. (Patterns for the wings, legs, flower, and eyes are available to members.)
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Bee Paper Plate Craft for Kids
What you will need:
Six-inch Paper Plates (Lunch size)
Tissue Paper or White Plastic Grocery Bag
Yellow, Black and Pink Patio Paint
Low Temp Mini Glue Gun or Tacky Glue
How to Make the Bee Paper Plate Craft:
1. To make the bee's head fold a 6-inch paper plate in half and then unfold it. Punch holes on the fold line for the antennae. Insert a Chenille stem into one hole and then up through the other. Bend down the ends.
2. Fold the paper plate in half again. Fold back the pointed ends, and then fold them forward.
3. Open up the folded plate a little and push folded sides into the center of the paper plate. Glue the sides together. (See Diagram.) (A pattern for this craft is available to members.)
4. Cut a slit in the back of the head. Overlap the paper plate in the back and glue it together to make a dart. This will make the mouth open slightly. Crease the front, bottom of the paper plate to make the mouth. (See diagram.)
5. To make the bee's body fold a 6-inch paper plate in half. Glue the head to the body.
6. Cut wing shapes from tissue paper or a white plastic bag. Scrunch up the end that connects to the body and glue them under the head. (A pattern for the wings is available to members.)
7. Cut Chenille stems in half, fold them into leg shapes and then glue them to the body as shown in the picture. You can punch holes in the body paper plate and insert the legs into the holes and tape them to the inside of the body.
8. To finish cut the eyes from the pattern (or draw them) and glue them to the head.
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Bee Craft - Bent Spoon Bee Pocket Buddy Craft for Kids
What you will need:
Cheap Plastic Yellow Spoons
Black Sharpie Permanent Marker
Low Temp Mini Glue Gun or Two-sided tape, and Elmer's Tacky Glue
Utility Lighter with Long Handle
Black Chenille Stems or Pipe Cleaners
How to Make the Bent Spoon Bee Pocket Buddy Craft:
1. Hold a plastic spoon in your left hand (if you are right-handed) so that it is parallel to the table with the concave side facing down (The picture to the right shows a fork, but it is the same technique.)
2. Hold the lighter with your right hand underneath the spoon near the top of the handle where the head of the spoon meets the handle. *Do not hold the lighter too close to the fork because it could catch fire. You only want to heat it up. (This part of the craft is for adults only. Children should not use lighters.) When the spoon starts to melt and bend remove the lighter and bend the head spoon down so that it meets the handle. Hold it in place for about ten seconds until the plastic hardens.
3. To make the bee's body draw stripes on the spoon with a permanent marker as shown in the picture above.
4. To make the wings of the bee cut heart shapes from the paper doily or just regular paper and glue them to the inside of the spoon.
5. Glue a one-inch black pom pom to cover the bend in the spoon for the bee's head.
6. To finish glue on wiggles eyes and black pipe cleaners for the antennae.
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Examine a Beehive and Make a Beehive and Bee Picture
If possible, bring in an abandoned beehive for the students to examine. Provide magnifying glasses so they can get an up close look!
What you will need:
Old Beehives if available, or Pictures from the Web
Dark Colored Paper
Black and Brown Marker (We used the Black and Sharpie Bronze Metallic Fine Point Permanent Markers.)
Yellow and White Acrylic Paint - Use Opaque Paint
One-inch paint brush
Bubble Wrap with the Small Bubbles
How to Make the Beehive and Thumbprint Bee Picture:
1. Cut a piece of bubble wrap the shape of a beehive.
3. Turn the bubble wrap over to the bumpy side and paint over the area using a large paint brush and yellow paint.
4. Turn the painted side of the bubble wrap over and press it down on a piece of colored construction paper.
5. When the paint is dry trace around the edge of the hive with a dark marker.
6. Draw a tree branch at the top of the beehive using markers or crayons.
7. To make the bees dip your pointer finger in yellow paint and press your it down on the paper around the beehive. Clean off your finger and dip just your finger tip in white paint. Press it down near the yellow fingerprints to make the wings. When the paint is dry outline the bee's wings and draw in stripes with a dark marker.
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Bee with Pollen in Pollen Sacs Printable Picture
Female bees collect pollen that will be used to make honey. They collect the pollen by combing off any pollen that has stuck to their antennae and hairs on their face. The pollen is then transferred to pollen sacs on the bee's hind legs.
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You may also print out the image for your children to use with their homeschool projects or reports about bees. Please leave the daniellesplace.com and copyright on the image.
Bee Shape Book Craft for Kids
What you will need:
Yellow Card Stock (Heavy Paper)
White Printer Paper
Black Crayons or Markers
Black Chenille Stems (Pipe cleaners)
Small Foam Hearts or Hearts Cut from Pink Construction Paper
How to Make the Bee Shape Book Craft:
1. Draw a bee body shape and head shape on yellow card stock. Do not draw the head and body attached. Cut out the body shape and use it as a template to draw another matching body shape from the yellow card stock. Use the same shape as a template to make the pages of your book. Cut all the body shapes out and staple them together with a yellow body shape on the top and bottom. (A Pattern for this book is available to members on the "God's Masterpiece" Sunday School Lesson Page.)
2. Cut out the head shape and glue it to the front of the bee as shown in the picture above.
3. Draw wing shapes on white printer paper, cut them out and glue them to the back of the book.
4. Fold half a chenille stem in half and tape it to the back of the head. Glue heart shapes to the ends of the chenille stems.
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Bee Shape Book Craft for Kids
This craft comes from the Bug Buddies Studies a series of twelve lap books lessons. See below for more crafts and activities from this study.
This book can be used for many purposes. Children can write facts about bees, write words that start with the letter "B", write a short story about a bee, etc.
What you will need:
Printer Paper
Black and Yellow Paper
Tape or Glue
How to Make a Bee Shape Book Craft:
1. Draw six circles, one each 5 1/2" on black paper, 5 1/4" on yellow paper, 4 1/2" on black paper, 4 1/4" on yellow paper, 3 1/2" on black paper, and one 3 3/8" for the head on yellow paper. Cut out six legs and two antennae from black construction paper. Draw wings on white paper and cut them out. Draw a face on the smallest circle.
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2. Place all the circles, except the head, one on top of the other, starting with the biggest black circle. Place each smaller pattern on top of the larger pattern. Align all the circles so that they are even at the top and staple them at the top.
3. Glue the legs onto the black body pieces as shown and the antennae to the head. Glue the head onto the body covering the staple as shown. Glue the wings to the back of the book.
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Free Bee Candy Dish Craft for Kids
This craft is great to use at a party with a bug or bee theme. Place sweet honey candy, Honey Nut Cheerios, or Honey Comb Cereal in the bowl.
What you will need:
7 3/8" Plastic or Paper Bowls
Card Stock (Thick Paper)
Black Paint
How to Make a Bee Candy Dish:
1. Print out the pattern onto white card stock. Color the bees face, and cut out the patterns.
2. Paint the paper or plastic bowl or use one that is already black or yellow. Glue the antennae to the head and the head onto one side of the bowl. Glue on the legs and feet. Cut a stinger from black construction paper and glue it to the bowl.
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Foam Bee Pin Craft for Kids
What you will need:
Yellow, white, and black craft Foam-Sheets
Straight pins
How to Make a Foam Bee Pin Craft:
1. Cut 1/4" x 6" strips from the black and yellow craft foam sheets. Place one strip on top of the other and roll them together. Glue them together as you go. Use straight pins to hold the strips in place as you roll. Stick the straight pins through the layers from the sides to hold them together until they dry or use a low temp. hot melt glue gun.
2. Once the glue on the body is dry, glue a black pompom to the side of the circle where the strips end. Glue on googly eyes and chenille stems for the antennae.
3. Cut two wing shapes from white craft foam and glue them to the back of the body.
4. To finish stick a self-sticking pin back to the back of the bee.
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More Bee Crafts and Activities from Bug Buddies Study
This Christian-based set of studies introduces children to variety of amazing insects. Each lesson emphasizes a Biblical concept relating it to a specific insect, and encourages children to dig deeper and learn more about insects. They are child-directed, designed to get them questioning and digging for the answers, and encourages them to use their creativity. These studies do not throw out a lot of facts which your child is expected to memorize. Children learn through investigation, hands-on activities, games, repetition, and creating. Children can create file folder books for each study to help them remember and categorize what they have learned. Children will enjoy looking back at what they have learned, and sharing it with others.
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Craft Spoon Bee Refrigerator Magnet Craft for Kids
What you will need:
Sharpie Fine Point Permanent Markers
How to Make a Craft Spoon Bee:
1. Paint a craft spoon yellow and let it dry.
2. Cut a pipe cleaner about two inches long and fold it in half. Glue it onto the back of the craft spoon with a low temperature glue gun.
3. Glue tiny black pompoms on to the ends of the antennae, or just fold the ends down.
4. Wind pipe cleaners around the craft spoon to make the body.
5. Cut heart-shaped wings from craft foam and glue it to the back of the bee.
6. To finish draw a face on the bee with a permanent marker and glue on wiggle eyes.
7. To finish glue a magnet to the back of the bee.
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Other Bee Crafts from "God's Masterpiece" Sunday School Lesson on The Resource Room
Bee Balloon Decoration Craft for Kids
What you will need:
Two Large Yellow Balloons
Yellow and Black Tissue Paper
Paper Glue (rubber cement)
Black Permanent Marker
Black Pipe Cleaner
Small Black Pompoms
Black Heavy Duty Tthread
How to Make a Bee Balloon:
1. Blow up the two yellow balloons, one half the size of the other. Glue them together using rubber cement pressing the two rounded ends together. To glue together paint the rubber cement on each of the balloons and let dry for a few seconds and then press together.
2. Cut a strip of black tissue paper about 4" wide and tape around the center of the body. Cut two large circles of black tissue paper. Use a plate to trace around. Cut into the circles and cut out the center. Place one circle around the neck of the bee like a collar. Cut off any extra tissue paper and tape the tissue paper down. Do the same at the bottom of the bee.
3. Crinkle up a sheet of yellow tissue paper bringing the long side of the tissue paper together to form wings. Tape at the center. Cut the wings to the right size. Tape them to the back of the bee at the neck area.
4. Fold a black pipe cleaner in half, glue a pompom to each end of the pipe cleaner, and wrap it around the knot on the top of the bees head.
5. Draw on eyes and a mouth with a black permanent marker.
6. Tie a piece of thread to the top of the head to hang the bee.
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Beehive Piñata or Decoration
This beehive can be used as a piñata or just a decoration. If you want to use it as a decoration you don't have to do the paper mache. Just tape the tissue paper to a white balloon.
What you will need: News print paper (the stuff used in packaging), white craft glue, (Elmer's Glue works well), Large round balloon, Petroleum jelly, Paint, white tissue paper, tape, strong nylon string, yellow paper, scissors, heavy duty thread.
How to make a beehive piñata:
1. To prepare: Rip up news print paper to about 1" by 3" strips.
2. Blow up the balloon to the size you want the beehive to be. Smear petroleum jelly all over the balloon and place it in a bowl that has also been smeared with petroleum jelly. The bowl should be big enough to fit only about 1/4 of the balloon in. The bowl will hold the balloon in place and keep it from rolling around while you work.
3. Cover your work area with old newspapers or a plastic drop cloth.
4. Prepare the glue mixture in a medium size bowl. To start mix 1/4 cup glue with 1/2 cup water.
5. Soak some of your paper strips in the glue mixture for a minute or two. Remove one strip at a time pulling the strips between your fingers to get rid of any excess glue and place them on the balloon to form the beehive. (It is important not to use too much glue or it will take too long to dry). Cover the whole balloon with one layer of newspapers overlapping them slightly so that there are no holes. When you have finished the first layer place the balloon with the bowl in a warm place to dry overnight. Repeat this process. Wind your nylon string around the balloon a couple of times ending with both ends of the string at the top of the balloon. You may have to tape the string in place. Cover the entire balloon again a few times. When all the layers have dried thoroughly, remove the balloon from the bowl and punch a hole in it so that the air is released. Remove the balloon carefully.
6. Cut 2" strips of white tissue paper. Starting in the middle of the beehive tape the tissue paper around the hive. Add new layers overlapping slightly as you work your way to the top and bottom of the hive.
7. Fill the beehive with candy. For a special effect, wrap each piece of candy with yellow Handi-wrap twisting the ends to make them look like bee wings.
8. Cover a long broom handle with brown twisted tissue paper. Twist some extra pieces of brown tissue paper to make some extra branches. Glue the branches to the broom handle. Cut out leaves from green tissue paper and glue them to the end of the branches.
9. Print out the Bee Pattern onto bright yellow paper. Cut out the bees and glue them to the beehive. Hang some bees from thread. Glue two bees together so that you can see the bee from both sides.
10. Use as a piñata or hang the beehive in a flag post near your door.
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Pompom Bee Craft for Kids
What you will need:
Black and Yellow Yarn
Poster board or card board from a cereal box
Yellow felt or Foam-Sheets
Pom Pom Maker - (Optional)
You can buy plastic pom pom makers in several different designs.
The Clover Small Pom Pom Maker allows you to wind one half of the donut shape at a time so you don't have to poke the yarn through hole, but it does take some maneuvering. You can see a video on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=d2Ma-hgQIDU.
The Susan Bates Easy Wrap Pom Pom Maker is a little easier to use because the two sides of the pom pom are wrapped separately. Wrapping only one half of the circle saves a lot of time because you don't have to poke the yarn through the hole in the center of the donut shape. You can see a demonstration using this pom pom maker on YouTube here: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HaSqTUgFHi4.
SUSAN BATES has another pompom maker that is just plastic circles with a ridge in the middle. They are used the same way as the directions above.
How to Make a Pom Pom Bee:
How to Make Your Own Pom Poms Without a Pom Pom Maker:
1. Draw two three-inch circles onto card board (Card board from cereal boxes work well.) or the size you would like your pom poms. Then draws circles inside the two circles. The bigger the inside circle the thicker your pom poms will come out.
2. Cut out the inside circles to make donut shapes.
3. Place the two donut shapes together and wind long pieces of yarn through the holes in the donut shapes and around the outside until you have fill up the hole with yarn. To keep the yarn ends secure just wind the yarn around the ends until the ends are covered by the yarn. Add new lengths of yarn the same way.
Cover the entire donut shape with yellow yarn and then cover the yellow yarn with black yarn. Alternate the colors until you fill in the hole.
4. When you have the hole filled up with yarn cut around the outside edge of the donut shape with sharp scissors all the way down to the card board.
5. Separate the two donut shapes and insert a piece of yarn between the shapes. Tie the yarn pulling it as tight as you can.
6. Cut the card board shapes and pull them away from the pom pom. Trim any pieces of yarn that are sticking out too far. Trim the ball to be a little pointy at one end. This is the bees tail where his stinger is located.
7. To save time you can cut the donut shapes so that they aren't complete circles. In this way you will just slip the yarn through the cut slit instead of inserting the yarn through the hole. See this YouTube video for a demonstration of this technique.
8. Make the bee's head in the same manner using yellow yarn except use a two-inch donut instead of a 3-inch donut. I added a little bit of black, but it isn't necessary.
6. When the head is finished hot melt glue it onto the body. Glue on eyes and pipe cleaner antennae. Glue on a nose and mouth if desired.
7. See how many other creatures you can make using pompoms in this manner.
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Good Books About Bees
Read "The Bee Tree" by Patricia Polacco
A little girl, tired of reading, wants to go outside and play. Her grandfather uses the opportunity to teach his granddaughter the importance of reading by taking her on a hunt for a bee tree.
The little girl learns that just as there is sweetness in honey, there is sweetness inside a book too. Her grandfather says, "Adventure, knowledge, and wisdom don't come easily. You have to pursue them. Just like we ran after the bees to find their tree, so you must also chase these things through the pages of a book!
The Bible has many verses about the advantages of gaining wisdom and knowledge. You can use this book to open a discussion about the important of studying God's Word and relate it to the sweetness of honey.
"Know also that wisdom is sweet to your soul; if you , there is a future hope for you, and your hope will not be cut off." Proverbs 24:14
"More to be desired are they than gold, yea, than much fine gold: sweeter also than honey and the honeycomb." Ps. 19:10
Bee Games and Activities
"Beeline" Game (Learn the Names of Common Flowers)
You will need different kinds of flowers cut from paper (use clip art) or artificial silk flowers. You can use more than one of each kind of flower. Before the game review with the children what each type of flower is called. Place the flowers all over the room. Have the children buzz around the room acting like bees. When you call out the name of a flower the bees look for that type of flower, grab it up, and make a "beeline" to the hive (finish line). The first child to make it to the hive with the right kind of flower wins. (Learning moment. After a bee locates nectar and fills itself up with it, he takes off in a straight line back to the hive or makes a "beeline" to the hive.)
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Carry Nectar Back to the Hive Relay Game
Talk about how bees and other insects have a special mouth called a proboscis that is very long and helps them to get down into the cup of the flower and suck out the sweet nectar. Demonstrate how this is done by using a straw and a pitcher of Kool-Aid. Set the children up into teams with a pitcher of Kool-Aid for each team. Give each child a straw. When you blow a whistle the first person on each teams runs up to the pitcher and drinks as much as he can until you blow the whistle again. When the child taps the next person in line he runs up to the pitcher and starts to drink until the whistle is blown again. Continue until every child has had a turn or one pitcher is empty.
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Secret Smells
Tell the students that bees recognize each other by using their sense of smell. Try this out by playing a game of secret smells. Spray or dip cotton balls in the following scents making two of each: perfume, lemon juice, liquid spices, vinegar, or any other smell that is easily recognizable. Place these cotton balls in a plastic bag. Give one to each child making sure that another child has the match. Have them go around the room using their noses to find their secret partner. If you have a small group or a younger group, just make one of each scent and set them on a table. Have the children try to guess what the scent is.
Taste Different Kinds of Honey
Talk about how honey made from different kinds of flowers make different tasting honey.
Listen to "Flight of the Bumble Bee"
Have your children listen to The Flight of the Bumblebee from Tsar Saltan.
Have them pretend to be bummblebees while the song plays.


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Flash Journal, 4-6: The Too Much Festival
Craft-less Martin-Gousset; Soupart vu all over again
By Paul Ben-Itzak
Copyright 2007 The Dance Insider
PARIS -- I have to admit that I'm not totally sold on the concept of Tere O'Connor's supposed non-conceptual "Nothing Festival," coming to New York's Dance Theater Workshop April 18 - 28. In particular, I don't like the lumping in of "music" with the other extra-curricular elements ('story,' 'no outside source') O'Connor has proscribed for the commissioned artists, who include Douglas Dunn (does he really need to prove any more that he can create from 'nothing'?), Susan Rethorst, and Walter Dundervill. Long-time post post-modern trends notwithstanding, music has always been integral to the creation and performance of dance. Still, I applaud the underlying politics of O'Connor's assignment, in a contemporary context in which script, technology, film, and props seem to have surpassed their valid role as inducements to movement inspiration to become simply props, as young choreographers dazzled by the other arts neglect their own craft. Take, for example, Nasser Martin-Gousset's recent riff on Joseph L. Mankiewicz's 1963 film "Cleopatra," seen Tuesday at the Theatre de la Ville, one of several producers who abetted this senseless affront on the senses.
Martin-Gousset makes a convincing argument that every dance presenter in the world should adopt if not a 'nothing,' at least a 'nothing but' (music and dance) aesthetic for at least a year, just to clean the system out, with a moratorium on, first and foremost, using text, film, and technology as sources of inspiration or mechanization. Quoted in the program notes, he announces his fascination with the film's romance, the real-life romance between its stars Elizabeth Taylor and Richard Burton, the connections between our times and ancient times -- in effect, he sees a terrain in which he can put all his 'obsessions' into play. Unfortunately, only one that he cites -- integrating a fascist march into the show -- has any connection to a movement theme and even that, contrary to his boast in the program notes, is little more than a spastic group movement to hyper rock 'n' roll music played live on stage. Add to this the usual homo-erotic (okay, that has a place in a story in this setting, but surely one can do better than a semi-naked fat fop flopping his privates and masturbating against a wooden sentry), a clothed woman chasing around the stripped-naked sentry, performers hurtling themselves against a wall, the same fat fop rolling on the floor with a snake in a Cleopatra wig and you have one colossal waste of good money and my time, on which I won't squander any more of yours.
Isabella Soupart, whose "In the Wind of Time," opened March 30 at the Theatre de la Bastille, is more humble and simple than Martin-Gousset and, to be fair, while Soupart started as a dancer she also has real training and experience in the seventh art. So she's not a choreographer who's been distracted by other arts, but rather an authentic practitioner in film and dance. And even though as such, she had more license to feature less dance in her show, the dance here is clearly defined and cleanly executed by her cast, particularly the febrile Nicole Oliver and the energetic Charles Francois. Where 'Wind' gets winded is in its lack of originality in a theme that addresses the fleeting nature of relationships in the intentionally superficial setting of a film festival.
It starts with Francois addressing us in the manner of a darling film director addressing questions at a festival press conference. His charisma and facile articulation, as when maneuvering sideways between two poles of a metal structure while at the same time dishing out flip responses to the usual questions, makes for a sensational beginning, and for charged entrances whenever he returns to the stage, almost crawling across it like a quadraped with B-Boy facility. The problem is we've seen this before -- from the same actor/dancer, in a piece by the same choreographer, in the same town and in the same season, in Soupart's section of Joji Inc.'s program last winter at the Theatre les Abbesses. One time -- ca va. Two times, in four months, it's no longer a new idea and suggests a limited palate -- as does Soupart's closing this piece with music from the same film (Godard's "Contempt") from which she extracted dialogue for the last piece.
When you're running out of ideas, perhaps it is best to start again from nothing.
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Tokyo - Ebisu, 2010, 5 min
Tomonari Nishikawa, Binghamton, NY
Films in Competition, Short Film
JR (Japan Railway Company) Yamanote Line is one of the Japan's busiest lines, consisting of 29 stations and running as a loop. The film shows the views from the platforms of 10 stations in Yamanote Line, from Tokyo Station to Ebisu Station clockwise. The in-camera visual effects and the layered soundtrack may exaggerate the sense of the actual happenings at the locations. The film also exhibits the shooting and recording methods.
Directed by Tomonari Nishikawa (Binghamton, NY)
Tuesday, March 27 8:15pm
Opening Night Screening
A selection of short films, featuring innovative new works in animation, documentary, experimental and independent cinema.