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A little bit of Heaven
By Cathy Truen
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Good Afternoon Bloggers!
Seems like forever since I last posted, I though I would never get all my stuff over in my new scrap room, The more I carried over the more I found
. Last night I finally sat down to work on my Grandchildren s Easter cards, I did them in 4 different colors with my favorite coloring technique Primacolor coloring pencils
Then I went looking for my Easter sayings...
I could n't find the one I needed to go a crossed the bottom of the card
I believe I loaned it out a while back
I have that sometimers disease, sometimes I remember, and some times I DON'T
Oh well it will show up someday. Well time to say
take care all and have a wonderful day/night
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Dear Lord!
Every single evening
As I'm lying here in bed,
This tiny little Prayer
Keeps running through my head:
God bless all my family
Wherever they may be,
Keep them warm
And safe from harm
For they're so close to me.
And God, there is one more thing
I wish that you could do;
Hope you don't mind me asking,
Please bless my computer too.
Now I know that it's unusual
To Bless a motherboard,
But listen just a second
While I explain it to you, Lord
You see, that little metal box
Holds more than odds and ends;
Inside those small compartments
Rest so many of my friends.
I know so much about them
By the kindness that they give,
And this little scrap of metal
Takes me in to where they live.
By faith is how I know them
Much the same as you.
We share in what life brings us
And from that our friendships grew..
Please take an extra minute
From your duties up above,
To bless those in my address book
That's filled with so much love.
Wherever else this prayer may reach
To each and every friend,
Bless each e-mail inbox
And each person who hits 'send'.
When you update your Heavenly list
On your own Great CD-ROM,
Bless everyone who says this prayer
Sent up to GOD.
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I made this mantle clock is made entirely from scratch using chipboard and a clock kit. All flowers were white paper flowers that I dyed with Antique Li...
3 years ago
Carla's Scraps
Please read: My Tutorials
I recently had a request for my Pansy Tutorial and low and behold the pictures are gone!!! Apparently, they are gone on some of my other tutorials and p...
3 years ago
Enjoying the Journey
Happy Sunday to you all!!! It has been a long time since I have popped in or actually crafted. But I spent last night cleaning this craft room up and tryin...
3 years ago
Tropical Dreams
Maui Vacation-Day 6 & 7
Maui Trip Report Day 6-April 29, 2014 We had nothing planned for these last 2 days… Another overcast & rainy morning, but that didn't bother us…went down...
3 years ago
Cuttlebug Challenges
Scrapbook Books sales at Bargain Basement Price, Teresa Collins stampmaker
Hi Everyone, I am selling these books at bargain basement price. They are in Excellent condition from Pet Free, Smoke Free. Teresa Collins stampmaker brand...
3 years ago
Cindy Haffner's Corner
[image: 007] Card I made at my Stenciled class from OCC. I loved taking this class, was AWESOME!!! [image: Picture0] Thanks for stopping by!! ...
3 years ago
fresh & fun
Odds & Ends and tools
This will be my last post selling items. If I am holding items for you and you don't find anything else on this or other lists, please contact me. I will s...
3 years ago
Coastal Creations
Bella's Birthday
Can you believe it's 2014... Wow where does the time go? Not only that, it's Thursday so that means it's time for Mo's and it's the first Thursday of the...
3 years ago
Creations on Paper
12 Tags of Christmas 2013 - Tag 12
Ho, Ho, Ho, Merry Christmas to ALL!!! Like everyone else, I was busy with holiday TO-DOs. As promised, my last tag here. Yes, a Santa owl tag. It's the ...
3 years ago
Watermelon Sugar
Updated For Sale page
Hello everyone, I have listed many Papertrey Ink stamp sets, as well as some Impression Obsession Cover-a-Card background stamps on my For Sale page.
3 years ago
Stampin' With Markie's Mom
Estanterías Baratas Madrid Un Artículo Que No Puede Faltar
Las estanterías baratas Madrid, son fáciles de encontrar, solo es cuestión de dedicar un determinado tiempo para obtener las opciones más simples y fácile...
3 years ago
lovin life & scrappin it
A break
I have stepped down from all my design teams for a bit Not enough hours in the day :( Crafting will have to take a back seat for a while Hopefully find time ...
3 years ago
My Time, My Creations, My Stampendence
State Your Case
Today we wrap up our August Release! Gosh it is just so bitter sweet. I am moving on in other directions, and doing what I need to for my family. It is lik...
3 years ago
May-Bentes hobby
Heisann bare et lite kort fra min side , jeg har ikke sluttet å lage altså. men det jeg lager blir nå lagt inn til Joruns hobbyhjørne. ha en fin dag:-)
4 years ago
The Paper Landscaper
Color Throwdown #248
Hi there! Today Broni is hosting our *Color Throwdown challenge* and she picked these awesome colors..... ...oh how I love Cool Caribbean. One of my all-...
4 years ago
Passion For Crafts
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4 years ago
Jennifer's Sweet Designs
Better late then never... Here are some of my FAVORITE pictures from my trip to Norway
Finally getting around to posting pictures from my last trip to Norway (September 2012). Before you ask... Yes... I was there for another concert or tw...
4 years ago
All Pink Girl
Kanban Lavender Rose kit
First i would like to say a huge thank you to every one for the fanastic surport of my first kanban kit and hopefully many more lolxxx thanks to every...
4 years ago
Phindy's Place Challenge Blog
Winners - #114 - Button It
Here are the winners of our Button It challenge: The random winner of a $5 gift certificate to Phindy's store is *ANITA A.* The Design Team has chosen thi...
4 years ago
Live, Laugh, Love with LunarLana
Nuts About You!
Good morning! Sorry for not posting for a long time! I have been taking advantage of my summer vacation and getting some big projects done around this hous...
4 years ago
Linda's Stampin Loft
New Toys . . .
Taking a break from all the sweltering heat this week and hankering to get a couple cards done with some of my new toys. . . hope you enjoy this one. ...
4 years ago
Phoenix Crafts
My New Blog
Hi, As you have probably guessed by now, I've not made any cards for a while. I've been very busy moving house, job hunting etc I have started a new blog o...
5 years ago
Kerttulin Paja
Ja tässä kortissa ei sitten ole enää sitäkään vähää koristuksia kuin edellisessä :) Leimakuva on yksinkertaisesti niin iso ettei tilaa jää jos ei kasvata ...
5 years ago
Colour Create Challenge Blog
Challenge 96 Winner
Apologies for the late announcement of the winner for Challenge 96. The lucky person that has won the beautiful meteal embellishments from Kort Hobby is.....
5 years ago
As spring begins to sprout in many parts of the world - let's honour Mother Nature by showing off the beauty of what we find in the garden. Pick your favor...
5 years ago
Elisabeth`s kort og sånn
Snart påske...
Hei hei Fra jul til påske.. nei det har ikke vært så mye oppdatering fra meg.. Men nå har kreativiteten kommet litt tilbake;) For noen år siden fikk jeg et...
5 years ago
Mindless Creativity
Color Throwdown Challenge #181
Today we have a super girly palette that Lynn chose over at the Color Throwdown! I LOVE girly cards, so these colors just sang to me ♥ I really wanted a f...
5 years ago
Stamp Act
My NEW Blog!!!
Hello! I have moved my blog HERE!!! I'm still fixing it up but I have really needed to move for quite some time. When I started my blog, I didn't know that...
5 years ago
Distressed stamper
Finally a creation..........
Lately I just have NOT been inspired to make cards!! I just don't have the space and eveyone gives me a hard time when I drag it all out! SO I have moved o...
5 years ago
Sukkersött tar en pause.
På grunn av sykdom vil det være en lengre pause i Sukkersött Utfordringsblogg. Nærmere innformasjon fra Nancy finner du HER. Med vennlig hilsen Sukkers...
5 years ago
Artfully Ila
Merry Merry Merry Christmas!!!!!
5 years ago
Bah! Humbug!
**Special Prize Draw Winners**
*It's TIME!* *Drum roll! Fanfare! Applause!* YES ... the moment has finally arrived to announce the lucky winner of our *Bah! Humbug! Special Prize Draw 2...
5 years ago
My Paper Adventures
December Release ODBD Blog Hop!!
Welcome to the Our Daily Bread designs December Release Blog Hop! If you got here from the fabulous Dawn's Blog, you are in the right place! If not, you ...
5 years ago
Recent Cards
I've been caught up in the undertow. The waves of everyday have swept me back out to the constant sea of DOING. Doing this, doing that. And every once in a...
5 years ago
Carol's sweet creations!
My Creative Time DT.
Welcome Home! Our new Babies, Mimi and Momo!!! My little Mimi. and my big boy Momo! Hi everyone! I made this scrapbook layout to be entered at My Crea...
5 years ago
Madgesty - Love to Create
Well I just wanted to let you all know that the cupcake decoration classes are going really well and the ideas keep flowing. I have now completed two...
5 years ago
Created From Paper
Fresh Vintage Blog Hop - 3D Wrapped Flower
Welcome to the Sizzix Fresh Vintage Blog Hop! I am always so honored when Eileen Hull asks me to participate on these hops, and this round is probably the...
5 years ago
paper askew studio
Just wanted to pop in and share something creative. This is my new ruffled cake favor set. Fun, whimsical and everyone will love taking a slice home with t...
6 years ago
Your a wonderful reason to celebrate!!
good morning to you, hope that you are bright and cheery, me i am good, tired but good, I had a wonderful convo with the gorgeous Maddy last night, oh did ...
6 years ago
Stamp a Little Love Baby!
OCL Blog Hop!
Hello everyone! Welcome to the OCL Sneak Peek Blog Hop! You should have arrived from Amber Hillman's blog. If you didn't arrive from Amber's blog, click...
6 years ago
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Til lykke
Mens jeg venter på at "papir-ånden" skal komme tilbake til meg, kan jeg jo vise en rosa utgave av kortet i innlegget nedenfor. Jeg har nok gått litt tom f...
6 years ago
simple dreams
Hopping in with some Easter Treats in Sizzix Popcorn Boxes
I just wanted to "hop" in and wish you all a very Happy Easter! This year the Easter bunny decided to create a couple of little treat boxes using the Sizzi...
6 years ago
Elisabeth Bell's April Digi Blog Hop!!
Welcome to the our April digital blog hop!! If you have arrived here from Janiel's Blog you are in the correct place. Otherwise please start at the beginni...
6 years ago
Copic Buzz
Sandra´s Förmchenshop
Fantasievolles Basteln mit Giessformen Polystyrolformen werden sehr gerne für den Gastronomie- und Lebensmittelbereich benutzt. Marzipan, Keksmasse. Eis, Bu...
6 years ago
Happy Monday, everyone! Hope you had a fabulous weekend. Mine was so busy that I hardly had a chance to rest. My favorite part was going to see A Christma...
6 years ago
Three Clovers Designs
Magnolia-Licious' March Blog Hop!
Stamps: #405 Wilma with Rose (I don't see her in the store at the moment so email Diana if you want to order one.) Paper: old old old stuff (lol) by Deluxe...
7 years ago
Tina´s Kreativblog
Neuer Blog !!!
Hallo ihr Lieben , so ich habs getan und bin ab sofort bei Blogger zu finden und zwar hier: Tina´s Kreativblog Ich hoffe wir sehen uns alle wieder auf mein...
7 years ago
Patterned Paper
Whiff Of Joy, Happy Mail Collection
Gistermiddag lag er ineens zomaar een envelop vanuit Zwitserland op de mat, gevuld met het allernieuwste rubber van Whiff Of Joy.... ! Jullie zullen ongetw...
7 years ago
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liten gaveeske
Jeg fant en utrolig flott blogg med massevis av spennende idéer. Den talentfulle damen heter Diana Gibbs og her er den flotte tutorialen jeg har hentet idé...
7 years ago
to blog or not to blog...
Just to say - I am still here
Oh dear... Poor poor blog... What happened to all those hopes and dreams of 'blogdom' that I had... Inspirational 'how to's....' Links to all those wond...
7 years ago
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Sweet 'n Sassy New Release
Hi & hello! I am so bummed that family circumstances have prevented me from stamping lately. I still wanted to give a shout out to the Sweet 'n Sassy Stamp...
7 years ago
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Predicting the future is always a dubious endeavor. If I could really do it, I might have a slightly different job. Nonetheless, it is worth considering where we were not long ago and where we might be in the future.
First, where have we come? Remarkably, the last 20 years has seen relatively incremental technological changes. Slightly better breathing machines and the use of a few important new medications such as inhaled nitric oxide. The most important "low tech" approach has been the use of human milk for our small or sick babies. We have learned that none of our technology can beat the incredible value of human milk for infants and that this is especially true for premature ones. We have challenges as I've noted before, but overall we are thrilled to see an era in which we are able to support mother's breastfeeding or providing their milk for their baby that they have expressed with a pump. We offer EVERY baby in the NICU at Texas Children's Hospital or the Pavilion for Women donor milk if there is not enough of their own mothers milk available to meet their needs. This is a major change in thought in the NICU world, but is based on very solid scientific evidence.
For the future, I do not think we are headed towards some sort of "artificial womb" in which we can raise fetuses to full term from the start or even from the beginning of the second trimester. Over the last 10-15 years, we have improved our care of very small infants, such as those born at 23 and 24 weeks gestation. But we still have a long way to go with these infants and have not really lowered the gestational age of survival much in recent years and I see little likelihood that will happen.
What I believe will happen is that we will continue to focus on improving the short and long-term outcomes of babies who are born prematurely or with other major health problems. This is happening now, using "high tech" approaches or a mix of high and low tech approaches. For example, one high tech approach is new forms of breathing machines for babies (called mechanical ventilators) that breathe with the baby's breathing rhythm, decreasing the damage that have historically been associated with ventilation.
Neonatologists work with a wide range of other groups in caring for infants. This includes communicating with pediatricians to help us with the care of healthy or slightly ill newborns. It also includes working with nurses and others who assist us around the clock in every aspect of neonatal care. I do not see any shortening of pediatric specialty training in the near future. As with all pediatric specialists, the challenge of increasing student loan debt will continue to weigh on our trainees and new doctors. We need to work on decreasing that debt burden and ensuring that we train enough of all pediatric specialists.
Neonatologists by tradition are all "generalists" in the field. There is no formalized sub-specialty training in areas such as neonatal pulmonary, nutritional, or endocrine/metabolic diseases. In general, infants who need specialized care in these areas are managed together by consulting with the appropriate pediatric specialty service. In the future, I believe these relationships will become more formalized and hopefully regionalized. That is, a baby who has severe chronic lung disease anywhere in our region can be sent to Texas Children's Hospital where we will have a multidisciplinary team of experts in this problem to manage them.
Finally, I think that we have made huge strides in developing neonatology as a family-centered specialty. Our physicians work closely with families in caring for babies and developing care plans and overall plans for our neonatology program. This trend will undoubtedly increase and we will see parents taking an increasing role in taking care of their infants, even while still in the NICU. This change is critical so we can improve the transition from NICU to home and do our best to keep our babies at home after their initial hospitalization.

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This just came to us via Borzou Daragahi of the Financial Times. The title declares it: "Shafiq Passing Out Checks to Folool (regime loyalists) in Naga Hammadi"
It does show Ahmed Shafiq drinking tea with a group of men who sure do look like a rural folool mafia squad. Everybody exchanges pleasantries and Shafiq gives a mini speech warning that, "the country is standing on the edge of a cliff."
Then Shafiq asks for a pen and writes a check to "Sheikh Ibrahim"–the local big fish.
The audio is terrible and Shafiq is often incomprehensible anyway so it's hard to make out much of what's being said–which means it's hard to decide whether anything truly sinister is happening.
Anybody with better audio who wants to try to transcribe, please send it here so we can post it.
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July 22, 2009
By Christopher Tassava
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A firebomb tossed at the Santa Barbara County sheriff's foot patrol substation in Isla Vista has caused minor damage.
There were people inside the building when the firebomb was thrown at the building on Sunday at 11:39 p.m. but no one was hurt.
A sheriff's news release describes the damage as very minor.
Two weeks ago, two Molotov cocktails were thrown the substation, causing minor damage to stucco, an Operation Medicine Cabinet drop box for unwanted prescription drugs and an unoccupied squad car.
Investigators say it isn't known if the two attacks are related.
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Truly be myself!
I grew up in Taipei Taiwan, and am a college student now. As a student of foreign language, I'm really open-minded and willing to know about other culture all the time. I would like to visit many places and see all the different culture and lifestyles out there.
I actually am very diverse in personality that I can be laid back and serious or active and fun(especially after drinking some beer!! I love it!!)!!
I love travelling, meeting new people, drinking, concerts, music and swimming.
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I guess it would be the experience that I'm now living alone in Tunisia for my arabic studies. Living in africa is totally a surprising experience and a lot of fun!
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Constructing an identity in the blogosphere while reflecting on learning and teaching and technology...
Sunday, October 25, 2009
I love my new job
There is a lot of pleasure to be had in my new job as Professional Learning Officer for VITTA. I have been there for a bit over 2 months now and it's really been a steep learning curve for me. The job has a lot of variety: writing a course for a new 13 week Certificate in Emerging Technologies to be offered next year (more details when they are available), editing Infonet, the quarterly Journal of VITTA, planning teacher professional development that we will be offering for teachers next year, preparing for the amazing 3 day conference we will be holding in November, and even giving the odd presentation to groups of teachers. Last week I presented to a group of teachers from the Victorian Association for Gifted and Talented Children on Opening the Doors to Contemporary Learning which was very well received. VITTA is working with VAGTC to set up a community for teachers who have high ability students in their classes, and so many teachers do. The community is on the edulists site as so many special interest groups of teachers are, and I hope many teachers from this group will also join twitter. Marie and Penny are already on, and Cath has just joined. I love these communities starting and teachers being on a journey of discovery.
In my presentation I defined twitter as one of the ways of contemporary learning: "a community of like minded educators sharing what they're learning in real time on a daily basis", and it felt great to be able to say this with confidence from my own experience, in contrast to the stereotypical view of twitter in the media. I don't know where I would be without twitter. I am looking forward to giving more presentations as and when the opportunity arises, and contributing to the learning of teachers. It is a joy to work in a small office of such great colleagues and I especially like working part time. With the rest of my time I am, of course, keeping up with my organic vegie garden, making compost, growing herbs and tending to my chooks and worm farm. Who would have ever thought that life could change so much and that something I thought was a negative, giving up full time work in the classroom, could turn out so positive? It just goes to show you never really know what is around the corner.
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What an inspiring story and wonderful turn of events, Jo. It's great that you're happy in your new job and life, especially the balance. It's also great that you are teaching others what you truly live by and believe in. I just don't understand how you do everything you say part-time! Thankyou for all your support.ReplyDelete
before I read your content, I thought the job you mean is the picture after the title :-).. Well, it's good for you, bro.ReplyDelete
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Pyramide International has announced the addition of Critics Week title Snow to its line-up for the upcoming Cannes Film Festival. The film is directed by Aida Bejic and focuses on residents of a small village whose lives are disrupted by visiting businessmen just before a storm hits. Also on the slate of films in selection are Nuri Bilge Ceylan's Three Monkeys in official competition and
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> > after a lot of testing I have made a nice configuration. I
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> > I just have one problem, I need atleast 1 IP-adress outside my range
> > so I have 2 nameservers in different ip ranges. (which is need to
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> and there is very good reason for this, the servers need to be in
> different physical and topological locations. See RFC2182. If you
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> and as a backup for your other services.
> If you must completely disregard this, you'll either need a bridging
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Monday, March 31, 2008
Trouble in Geothermia:
Staufen, in the Black Forest, was proud of its innovative geothermal power plan that was supposed to provide environmentally-friendly heating.
But only two weeks after contractors drilled down 460ft to extract heat from below the earth, large cracks have appeared in buildings as the town centre subsided about a third of an inch.
That's not how Tim Flannery imagined things: "All of this would require a new city in the desert - let's call it Geothermia. What might it look like? I imagine a solar collector towering over a low-rise city, providing shade and conserving soil moisture. Perhaps the infrastructure would be underground. Geothermia would be a city not of thousands but of hundreds of thousands - a place with its own critical mass." Too much critical mass, as it turns out:
Michael Benitz, mayor of Staufen, said: "Will the earth continue to sink or is it going to stop? If it stops now, then we will have got away lightly. But if it continues, it could turn out to be quite bad."
A similar experiment triggered a series of earthquakes near Basel in Switzerland last year.
Safer to live in the charming hamlet of Atomica.
(Via Liam B.)
Jeremy Bruno considers Earth Hour:
I don't think people are drones or idiots, but I do believe that we are misguided and give far too much credit to the changing public face of environmentalism to ploys like Earth Hour. The rise in the price of fuel, the crashing large-home market and a looming recession are far more likely to reduce energy consumption in this country.
Way to look on the bright side, pal. This must be what Al Gore is talking about when he says: "We can solve the climate crisis." Meanwhile, sing along with Earth Hour the band:
On Saturday night we were heading to the Jack Johnson gig, I told my sister it was earth hour between 8-9pm ... She said "I've never heard of them. I hope they're good"
Kevin Rudd, April 2005, on emerging nations:
And our view is that if we have such strong economic relationships with the emerging economies of China and Japan, that frankly we should be in there as well. Remember, our whole future is going to be shaped by this region with the emerging economies of India, China, Japan and others.
He thinks Japan is an emerging economy? Does Rudd imagine all those adorable little Toyota Priuses are made by third-world artisans carving nickel metal hydride battery packs from driftwood? No wonder he believes it so easy for Australian manufacturers to build hybrids. Someone must have wised him up, because lately Kevin isn't so hot for Japan:
Japanese officials are incensed that the Mandarin-speaking Mr Rudd appears to be favouring Beijing, but has virtually ignored Japan since taking office four months ago …
Oh, well. China probably makes cleaner cars anyway.
(Via Chris P.)
L. Ling-chi Wang urges restraint when the Olympic torch visits San Francisco:
Even if the protesters succeed in using the Olympics to score political points, they will be setting a precedent and run the risk of turning this honored event into a special-issues sideshow - where promoters of every pet issue will seize the opportunity for exposure of their cause. Interest in the goals and spirit of the Olympics will fade, and the international community will be the poorer for it.
Ling-chi Wang is a professor emeritus of ethnic studies at UC Berkeley.
(Via Joseph L.)
FIA president Max Mosley, whose organisation last year fined Formula One team McLaren $100 million, is no stranger to handing over large sums himself. For Nazi-style sex romps! In other F1 news, previous FIA president Jean-Marie Balestre has died at 86:
He studied law in Paris followed by a stint as a journalist on a number of leftwing publications. Once the second world war started he told of becoming involved in the organisation of an anti-German "action group" in Paris.
He subsequently served in the resistance, he said, and when, in the late 1970s, photographs began to circulate of Balestre wearing a German uniform, he took unsuccessful legal action to suppress their publication. By way of explanation he claimed that he was a double agent.
According to British reports, Mosley - similarly fond of German costumes - is a quintuple agent.
Stephen Stratford sends news of Earth Hour's triumph in New Zealand:
Transpower spokeswoman Rebecca Wilson said power consumption on Saturday night during Earth Hour was 335 megawatts compared to an average of 328 megawatts for the previous two Saturdays.
According to Earth Hour spokesman Charlie Stevens: "Earth Hour wasn't ever going to be about the (electricity) results." That's not what they were saying prior to Earth Hour, which evidently was more about free ads for a novelty night in Melbourne restaurants.
Beclowned enters the US presidential race, courtesy of Dean Barnett:
Without leaving you in any further suspense as to how the brouhaha ended, suffice to say McCain's critics beclowned themselves in the extreme. Turns out Admiral Ziemer's 1996 speech borrowed from a speech that McCain gave in 1995.
(Via Grant H.)
Sunday, March 30, 2008
Surrounded by a sandstorm, an Australian soldier in Iraq takes the opportunity to dance like Peter Garrett. His irreverence towards our minister for the environment - and his far superior rhythmic sense - may make pacifist Pete angry.
The clip is part of a sandtastic YouTube series depicting our dancing Diggers. Morale in Iraq is obviously high. As for angry Pete, that photograph was taken in 1995 at a protest against French nuclear testing - which Garrett apparently believed was something to do with Sydney police. I wonder if millionaire Pete ever apologised to the cop he was screeching at.
Nukes are quietly - also safely and cleanly - making a comeback:
After a hiatus of nearly three decades, nuclear energy is booming. Seventeen power companies in the U.S. are making plans to build more than 30 nuclear plants.
Support for nukes within the US has grown from 49 per cent to 64 per cent since 1983. Electricite de France is looking to up-nuke the UK:
EDF ... has said it wants to build at least four nuclear plants in the United Kingdom.
Five nuclear plants are currently under construction in China, India and Iran; they could be followed by plants in Bulgaria, Morocco, Vietnam, Egypt and South Africa:
Thirty other nuclear plants are currently being built in 12 countries ...
Australia should join this exciting global trend.
"At 8:30 last night I was on a bus heading up Oxford Street, Paddington and happened to go by Clover Moore's electoral office," reports citizen journalist macho man. "No Earth Hour for Clover. The lighting box hanging from the awning was on as was the decorative lighting in the window. Doesn't Clover care about our planet?"
Given that Clover spent Earth Hour in a brightly-lit Sky News studio, we can only conclude that she doesn't. She's probably a creationist.
Further to an earlier post on political losers turned winners:
Taxpayers are paying failed Labor candidate Mike Bailey $12,500 a month to provide "strategic advice" to State Government minister Tony Kelly.
Mr Bailey, a weatherman also employed to read weekend weather on Channel Nine, was handed the four-day-a-week, taxpayer-funded job after he failed to beat Joe Hockey in the seat of North Sydney at last November's federal election.
Shortly after the election, Bailey campaigner Kirk McKenzie wrote:
Perhaps you think [Bailey] was on a promise. Nope - and the Federal ALP was not even promising to fund his campaign. He was to rely for funds on the Party's local branch and the support of his friend, Tony Kelly, Labor's NSW Minister for Lands ...
What will Bailey get out of this? Probably nothing - except great respect for his commitment, and hundreds of new friends.
And $750 every working day. For advice.
The Sydney Morning Herald and the Age were busted last year after claiming their before/after Earth Hour shots were taken on the same night - when they'd been taken two nights apart, to exaggerate the Hour's miraculous effect. The Age is at it again this year:
Did you see the front page of The Age this morning? It has two pictures of the Melbourne CBD with 'before' and 'after' labels. And it's quite a noticeable difference. Read the fine print below though and you see that the 'before' photo was actually taken on THURSDAY night – not at say, 7:30pm last night.
At least now they admit their scam, although only in small print. Reader G.B.H. spots something else about Fairfax's coverage:
Perhaps it is worth noting that Earth Hour had its greatest impact in Queensland - where there is no Fairfax newspaper. Time for The Age to do the decent thing ...
UPDATE. Reader Allan J. suspects Fairfax-style picture tricks in Queensland's Sunday Mail:
You'll notice in the "before" photo, the leaves at the top of the picture are much brighter. Plus some of the buildings have identical lights lit yet there is a massive difference in the overall brightness.
It's never a good idea to take on a retired Marine:
The elderly man was walking with a grocery bag in each arm when the boy approached him with a large knife, [Santa Rosa police Sgt. Steve] Bair said.
The boy said, "Old man, give me your wallet or I'll cut you," Bair said. The man told the boy he was a former Marine who fought in three wars and had been threatened with knives and bayonets, Bair said.
The man then put his bags on the ground and told the boy that if he stepped closer he would be sorry. When the boy stepped closer, the man kicked him in the groin, knocking him to the sidewalk, Bair said. The ex-Marine picked up his grocery bags and walked home, leaving the boy doubled over, Bair said.
He's 84 years old.
UPDATE. A correction: not a Marine. Our oldtimer served with the 101st Airborne.
Saturday, March 29, 2008
Earth Hour's finest moment:
Organizers of the Singapore Grand Prix have chosen Earth Hour to debut megawatt-using streetlights that will be used to illuminate F1's first night race later this year.
The lights (300 times more powerful than normal street lights) are being tested today when much of the world is turning their lights off for one hour to symbolically bring attention to the growing environmental crisis.
UPDATE. Earth Hour sadness:
It's sad, how the streetlights didn't go out, and how my family kept the lights on even though I tried to convince them. I get tired easily, never keeping up an argument. They turned them off at 8:30, and we ate dinner like that. We could have at least had dinner earlier. Well, I burst, and of course, went to do that in my room, where it could actually have a good dark comparison. Then I started to listen to a song that got me thinking about the situation I was in. I had turned on the waterworks and didn't even know why until I actually thought about it.
I knew, because it was out of disappointment to my family and the city, so it was not dark for Earth Hour. It was very disappointing. And then, it was how I could not help, them, us. I felt helpless… I still am helpless. I also saw failure in myself, constantly.
But according to someone who doesn't believe in measurement, the night was a triumph:
Earth Hour spokesman Charlie Stevens branded the night a success, regardless of the result on meter boards.
"We are really happy with the result, but Earth Hour wasn't ever going to be about the (electricity) results."
No. It's about a little emo girl, crying in her room.
UPDATE II. In related news ...
Doomsday cult members leave cave hideout
These graphs - from the National Electricity Market Management Company - seem to indicate an increased Australian power demand (green line) during Earth Hour (commencing at 20:00 in the second sections):
• Victoria
• Tasmania
(Via Ceni)
UPDATE. An engineer checks the data:
I have just looked at Qld, NSW, and Vic. Qld dropped the most power during Earth Hour, and it appears to be greater than normal. On average the drop is around 250 MW, in this case it is 400 MW… While Qld appears to have done well, NSW's power usage actually went up for the first half-hour (7,777 MW to 7,862 MW), before dropping 112 MW… Vic remained more or less constant, with a drop of only 90 MW during the hour.
UPDATE I.5. Further from our engineer:
Based on the past, NSW should have dropped around 560 to 580 MW in that hour, and Vic should have been around 220-300 MW. Neither state even made average. It happens I guess (history shows some very big and very small numbers), but it will make those with the Green streak feel a little uneasy. I think the extreme ones will get quite a bit upset.
One of the things that jumps out to me, at least, is that the base load power is huge. Qld and Vic need 4.5 to 5 GW of power everyday, and NSW needs at least 6.5 GW. Imagine trying to replace that with solar and wind!
And in Canada: "Earth Hour had practically zero effect on the electricity demand in the Province of Ontario. While electricity use was barely below forecast, it was actually up slightly from the previous hour!"
UPDATE II. South Carlton before ...
... during ...
... and 40 minutes after Earth Hour. Spot the difference!
(Pics by Andrew R.)


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IONA — The Highland Village Museum, the only living history museum for Gaelic language and heritage in North America, will open for the season Sunday.
"This is fourth year for the costumed first-person animation and storytelling," said learning and media specialist Katherine MacLeod. "The animators are really comfortable with their roles. It is working out well, which can be seen by the feedback we've received from our visitors."
The Highland Village recently received a TripAdvisor certificate of excellence award. It honours hospitality excellence and is given only to establishments that consistently achieve outstanding traveler reviews on TripAdvisor, the world's largest travel site.
This year there are some new enhancements to the living history program for children.
"We are going to have a busy June with school visits," said head animator Debi MacNeil. "We are also working at the possibility of a living history program for adults and families."
June 21, from 11 a.m. to 4 p.m., kicks off the season with Cash's Carding Mill Day.
The operational carding mill at the Highland Village dates back to 1883 and contains the machinery rural Cape Breton residents used to process their wool for clothing and other uses. Along with sheep shearing, Carding Mill Day features demonstrations of other activities that put the wool to use after the carding process, such as a natural dye workshop, spinning and weaving.
Staff welcomed visiting cruise ship passengers to the village in recent weeks, even though they weren't open. They also conducted a living history program with some visiting students from Colombia.
"We are pleased that visitors from all over the world have taken the time to write to Tripadvisor about their positive experience with us." said Highland Village Society chair Susan Cameron. "This will give our staff an extra spring in their step as they tell the story of Gaelic settlement in Nova Scotia this season."
The Highland Village employs 37 dedicated full and part-time people, making it a major employer in central Cape Breton. The site welcomed 18,600 visitors last year.
The village will be open seven days a week from 10 a.m. to 5 p.m.
For those visitors who want to explore their family story of Gaelic immigration and settlement in the New World, the village is able to assist them by sharing its own research and library with visitors. They can also visit the Roots Cape Breton Genealogy & Family History Centre located at the Village.
"Our staff is working hard to improve and grow the site every year," said director Rodney Chaisson. "If you haven't been to the village in a few years, we invite you to visit and see all the exciting improvements."
The Highland Village Museum/An Clachan Gàidhealach is a living history museum and folk-life centre located in Iona, Cape Breton Island, overlooking the Bras d'Or Lakes. The Highland Village is a part of the Nova Scotia Museum operated in partnership with the Nova Scotia Highland Village Society.


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"Donnie Jones is an excellent coach, a phenomenal recruiter and a great person," UCF athletic director Keith Tribble said in a statement. "We are thrilled to welcome Donnie and his family to Orlando and the UCF Athletics community. Donnie has a vision for this program that includes attracting top-notch student-athletes and competing for championships. He is the right coach to lead UCF men's basketball to the next level."
Jones went 55-41 in three seasons at Marshall, including a 24-10 mark this season. The Thundering Herd played in the CollegeInsider.com Tournament this postseason.
"I want to thank Coach Jones for his service and we appreciate what he has accomplished in his time here at Marshall," Thundering Herd athletic director Mike Hamrick said in a statement. Hamrick said the search for Jones' replacement would begin immediately.
Jones was an assistant coach at Marshall before following Billy Donovan to Florida in 1996. He returned to Marshall as head coach in 2007 after the Gators won back-to-back national titles.
He replaces Kirk Speraw, who was fired after 17 years at UCF. The Knights are coming off a disappointing 15-17 season and haven't made the NCAA tournament since 2005.
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Humidity level determined by 'Duke point' method
By Al Batt
, For the Birds
Wednesday, July 16, 2014 2:44 PM
A sandhill crane and its colt find a rest area in Steele County. The colt looks golden in the sun. AL BATT/BLUFF COUNTRY READER
The dew point indicates the amount of moisture in the air. It's the temperature at which the water vapor in air condenses into liquid at the same rate at which it evaporates. When the dew point equals the air temperature, dew forms on solid surfaces. Relative humidity is the amount of moisture in the air compared to what the air can hold at that temperature. When the air can't hold all the moisture, it condenses as dew.
I grew up paying attention to the humidity. I don't enjoy days with high humidity. When the humidity hits a certain point, I start singing Warren Zevon's song, "Poor, poor, pitiful me."
Because I grew up with it as a measurement of discomfort, humidity has more relevance to me than does the dew point.
I have a terrific neighbor named Duke Tukua. When I want to know the humidity, I use the Duke point.
I point at Duke. If he appears to be wilting, I know that the humidity is high.
Fitz-Reading Gardens
I visited Fitz-Reading Gardens in Rockford, Iowa. I added Iowa because there are at least eight cities in the U.S. named Rockford. They are in Iowa, Minnesota, Illinois, Michigan, Ohio, Alabama, Tennessee and Washington.
Fitz-Reading Gardens is one of my favorite places. Every year, Stan Fitz exceeds the seed limit in his gardens. He not only has a green thumb, he could get blood out of a tulip.
Stan replaced lawn with gardens. He should have a TV show called, "Lawn Order."
Church, baseball and birding
I spoke at the UCC Church in New Ulm. A lovely place of worship and fellowship. The church was prayer-conditioned.
Not long after, I watched a baseball game. A shortstop kicked a ground ball.
That's what happens when you watch too much soccer.
A Baltimore oriole flew overhead. I pointed it out to an uninterested couple seated next to me.
They looked up. I think they were hoping to see a Baltimore Oreo. Chocolate on the outside and vanilla on the inside.
Echoes from Loafers' Club
It's a great day for the race.
What race?
The human race.
News from Hartland
Man hit on head with can of soda says he was lucky that it was a soft drink.
If not for venetian blinds, it'd be curtains for all of us.
City sends "Get Well Soon" cards to everyone who is delinquent in paying their water bills.
Cafe chronicles
The cafe bragged that none of its food smelled like feet.
It wasn't idle boasting.
He was a small man whose belt had reached retirement height. He had been swallowed by his shirt. He told me that he'd stayed home to ripen on the vine.
He watered his garden because he was more dependable than Mother Nature. He said his grandfather had taken Carter's Little Liver Pills all of his life. When he died, they had to beat his liver to death with a stick.
He ordered a pie. The pie was two-feet long. The rhubarb had been tall this year.
No worries
I've been feeding the mosquitoes. They're hungry and numerous this year.
Beth Knudson of Hartland told me that all the mosquitoes would die soon because there isn't enough blood to go around.
Building fences
I was building a fence. Good fences make good neighbors. If only good fences made good fences.
That was how I estivated, digging postholes and stretching wire. The fences were built not only to keep in the free-range cattle, but also to keep the pigs from running hog wild.
My dog kept me company. She helped by watching.
I took a break from my duties to watch county employees install a culvert.
My dog thought humans bury the strangest things.
Every June, I do a Breeding Bird Survey (BBS) for the U.S. Department of the Interior. I've been doing this for many years. My route has changed through the years. Roadwork, flooded roads, tornadoes, new houses, pastures gone and wetlands drained. Building sites eliminated, hayfields replaced with row crops and lofty wind turbines erected. Fewer pastures and hayfields mean fewer meadowlarks.
This year's BBS, like every BBS, was a thrill to do. It gave me a chance to feed the mosquitoes. I could easily do a mosquito census, too.
Wild roses, sweet clover, goat's beard (looking like an oversized dandelion) and campion bloomed, as did red clover. I used to bale grasses that grew wild. It was commonly called "wild hay," but if there was enough red clover in it, I referred to it as "red top hay."
I started at 5:02 a.m., attempting to bloom along with those plants. I watched a great horned owl fly up from the road and perch on a utility pole where it was immediately harassed by four crows.
I spotted a young crow with blue eyes. Crows have blue eyes when they hatch, but their eyes turn black with age.
I saw deer galore and a fox walking down the road to her kits. There's nothing much cuter than baby foxes. There were many cottontail rabbits and meadow voles. The voles are the potato chips of prairies. They are food to many predators.
A young groundhog scurried under my car. I didn't want to run over the youngster, so I yelled at it. It remained beneath my vehicle. I whistled loudly and it found safety in the road ditch.
I saw a wild turkey with seven poults. I watched two gray catbirds chase a blue jay from a cottonwood tree. Catbirds typically build nests on horizontal branches hidden at the center of dense shrubs, small trees or vines.
Blue jays are known to eat the eggs of other birds. In a study of blue jays, only one percent had evidence of eggs in their stomachs. Most of their diet was composed of insects and nuts.
I made a stop near what used to be an elk farm. It was always a favorite stop for me when the ungulates resided there, but they are gone.
Each of my 50 stops in Freeborn, Mower and Steele counties consists of three minutes of looking and listening. I count any bird that I see or hear.
I looked out into a field that once fed elk. There was a pair of sandhill cranes and their colt. The colt looked golden in the sun.
What a fine day that was.
Jumping ducks
I watched baby wood ducks jump from their nest cavity as their mother encouraged their leaps. I reckoned the jump was about 35 feet.
I remembered a time in my boyhood when our gravel roads were closed to school buses because of winter weather. I needed to walk three-and-a-half miles to the nearest paved road to board a bus to school.
I didn't complain. The ducklings had a tougher journey.
Nature notes
"Blue jays look identical. How can they tell who is a male or female?"
Birds can see in light frequencies, including ultraviolet, which we cannot. This light is used to communicate species and gender. I've read that a male blue jay has a pattern on his wing that's lacking on a female.
"What can I do for an injured bird?"
If it's a raptor or vulture, contact the Raptor Center located at the University of Minnesota in St. Paul at (612) 624-4745. For any other injured birds or mammals, call the Wildlife Rehabilitation Center in Roseville at (651) 486-9453.
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James Gunn Responds to Edgar Wright's Exit From 'Ant-Man'
Another Marvel director weighs in on Edgar Wright's sudden departure from upcoming movie "Ant-Man". This time around, "Guardians of the Galaxy" helmer James Gunn takes it to Facebook to share his thoughts on the matter.
"Sometimes you have friends in a relationship," he begins his post. "You love each of them dearly as individuals and think they're amazing people. When they talk to you about their troubles, you do everything you can to support them, to keep them together, because if you love them both so much doesn't it make sense they should love each other?"
"But little by little you realize, at heart, they aren't meant to be together - not because there's anything wrong with either of them, but they just don't have personalities that mesh in a comfortable way. They don't make each other happy. Although it's sad to see them split, when they do, you're surprisingly relieved, and excited to see where their lives take them next."
"It's easy to try to make one party 'right' and another party 'wrong' when a breakup happens, but it often isn't that simple. Or perhaps it's even more simple than that - not everyone belongs in a relationship together. It doesn't mean they're not wonderful people," he adds.
"And that's true of both Edgar Wright and Marvel. One of them isn't a person, but I think you get what I mean," he finally concludes.
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The One Before
June 9, 2015
novel | pb | 134 pgs
5.5" x 8.5"
"Saer, sometimes cited as the most important Argentine writer of the post-Borges generation, exhibits an elastic yet controlled style that parallels the interwoven, unpredictable world of his characters."
—Words Without Borders
The One Before is a triptych of sorts, consisting of a series of short pieces—called "Arguments"—and two longer stories—"Half-Erased" and "The One Before"—all of which revolve around the ideas of exile and memory.
Many of the characters who populate Juan José Saer's other novels appear here, including Tomatis, Ángel Leto, and Washington Noriega (who appear in La Grande, Scars, and The Sixty-Five Years of Washington, all of which are available from Open Letter). Saer's typical themes are on display in this collection as well, as is his idiosyncratic blend of philosophical ruminations and precise storytelling.
From the story of the two characters who decide to bury a message in a bottle that simply says "MESSAGE," to Pigeon Garay's attempt to avoid the rising tides and escape Argentina for Europe, The One Before evocatively introduces readers to Saer's world and gives the already indoctrinated new material about their favorite characters. (Read an Excerpt)
Translated from the Spanish by Roanne Kantor
About the Author: Juan José Saer was the leading Argentinian writer of the post-Borges generation. The author of numerous novels and short-story collections (including Scars and La Grande), Saer was awarded Spain's prestigious Nadal Prize in 1987 for The Event.
"Saer is one of the best writers of today in any language."
—Ricardo Piglia


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The Animas-La Plata (ALP) Project in Durango, CO necessitated the installation and calibration of a new USGS streamgage downstream from the Durango Pumping Plant and upstream of the reservoir outflow from Ridges Basin Dam to the Animas River. ALP is an off-stream reservoir at Ridges Basin, southwest of Durango, Colorado that will store about 120,000 acre-feet (total capacity) of water pumped from the Animas River. The Durango Pumping Plant has a capacity of 280 cubic feet per second. It will lift water 511 feet to fill Ridges Basin. The USGS selected the cross-section below the footbridge behind the Bikis Water Consultants (BWC) office at the RiverGate Lofts for its new (2008) streamgage location. The view from this webcam is live from the BWC office and shows the footbridge and streamgage location.
The Animas River streamflow at this gage is linked below. Please feel free to use this camera to monitor spring runoff, to watch fly-fisherman take advantage of a gold-medal fishery or to observe rafters and kayakers surf the Animas River.
Real Time Flow - USGS 09362520 ANIMAS RIVER BLW DURANGO PUMP PLANT NR DURANGO, CO
Durango Herald Weather
U.S. Bureau of Reclamation Animas-La Plata Project


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