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I seldom show. Yesterday I did despite ambivalence galore.
It was a small show, advertised as a schooling show. Although I knew it would be small and low pressure, I felt pressure as I prepared.
I worried because I did not have the proper attire. I worried because I want to be seen as someone competent and with something special in the relationships with my horses. I worried because I anticipate being harshly judged. I worried because I did not know how things would go in a setting where I expected to have more control than I usually expect.
I took my two Morgans. They were ambivalent about loading in the trailer. Well, that is not true. They were ambivalent about staying in the trailer -- they both loaded fine!
I was uncertain which horse I would ride in which division of classes. They both qualify for "green horse" division having been shown less than two years. Last year was Rusty's first horse show. Saturday was Kacee's first. Although I quickly regretted my decision, I rode Kacee in the green horse division, and Rusty in the adult division. Why did I regret it? Rusty acted more like a green horse than Kacee. That should not have been any surprise however I was thinking about last year's show and how calm and responsive Rusty was ... then. I forgot about feeling of right now!
After about ten minutes there, I really connected with my intention to consider this experience some enjoyable time with my horses. And that is what it was. Yes, I had moments of "oy vey", but they were few, shallow, and short lived. The show staff and the judge, people I know from other venues, were casual, friendly, and supportive. So were the other competitors, and that is hardly the right word for the other folks there showing.
What I learned is that I let my horses make a lot of choices in general, and when it came time for me to make some choices, they were remarkably able to come through with what I asked. Rusty was not able to maintain what I asked -- such as coming off my inside leg/outside rein at walk, trot, or canter and staying where we got to (I am not a rider who will hold my horse someplace -- I want him to find it and choose it). He really surprised me when he responded to my request to come upright around a corner in the canter where he was leaning way into the curve. He came upright in a heart beat -- what a different feeling to make that turn with that balance! So now I know I can ask that of him.
My learning comes in unusual ways. I suppose if I worked regularly with a teacher who coached me in these things, I might find them quicker and the disconnected ways of traveling might last a shorter time. But indeed we do find them, and once I have experienced a more fluid feeling as we travel, I will look for it, ask for it, find it. I know my horses can give it to me.
Kacee delighted me thoroughly with her cantering! New mindset? New saddle? New rider mindset? Who knows. But it was a controlled and sitable canter, and she got the correct lead right away in both directions.
There is so little I understand about these things. I mean, why exactly would I be so surprised by her good performance? *sigh*
So, during the course of the show, I mounted and dismounted over and over as I traded horses, taking off the half chaps, putting them back on. I rode Kacee in dressage saddle and Rusty in western saddle. I had planned to change into riding britches for the dressage saddle but never had time as the classes were back to back, alternating between green horse and adult classes: pleasure, equitation, trail.
I am glad I went.
I imagine if I were more focused in my "training" and/or more willing to use force (harsher bit and spurs for example) to get a certain consistency in performance I would have horses that 'looked' better on the outside (I am comparing to the performance of the other horses and riders there). I feel pretty darned good that my horses looked fine and more important to me, they felt pretty darned good on the inside. It felt good as well that I held true to my principles and rode on a slack rein all the time unless I needed to take the slack out to get a response to a request.


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This major news feature was published in the Sunday Times on 9th November 1980. It was an exclusive story that I sold to the paper, having been given advance access to the manuscript of Boris Komarov's book 'The Destruction of Nature in the Soviet Union', which was published five days after this article's appearance by Pluto Press in London.
It was an important story and very shocking at the time. Pollution was considered a very western phenomenon and this was the first indication that were serious similar problems in the Soviet bloc. It was my first major feature for the paper, at the age of 30 – a kind of coming of age. The Sunday Times was under the editorship of Harold Evans at that point, with offices in Gray's Inn Road. It was a great paper at that time.
Illustration: Peter Brookes
The Poisoning of Mother Russia
The Destruction of Nature in the Soviet Union is a passionate indictment of the Soviet authorities for allowing the country's air, land, water and wildlife t be despoiled, while claiming that serious environmental damage is a capitalist phenomenon. JOHN MAY reports.
'A FEW YEARS ago an English film was shown on our screens in which a lunatic general hunted deer with ground - to - ground missiles •quipped with heat-seeking warheads. Soviet zoologists and ornithologists commented ironically after seeing it that the English director and script-writer must have really enjoyed making their little fantasy, which ridicules the manic militarist.
"Among the divisions quartered in the Baikal area, however, hunting for deer in this manner has heen a long and serious practice (in contrast to the pure fantasy of our Englishmen). Our rocket officers reasoned quite soberly that they could find no better targets for training troops to shoot ground-to-ground heat-seeking missiles at than wild boar and deer on the run. Startled by the sound of a shot, the animals dash across the wooded hills, and the accurate rockets overtake them wherever they go. Everything is quite logical, everyone sane. . . ."
This is one of the more vivid examples of the environmental vandalism, which, according to Boris Komarov, is rife in the Soviet Union. Constitutionally, the state guarantees environmental protection—as well as human rights. In reality, says Komarov, the leading Soviet planning agencies connive at the widespread destruction of nature, and at covering up the disastrous effects of their policies. His assertions include :
* Mining, logging, dumping and erosion have laid waste about 10 per cent of the habitable land—an area the size of Western Europe.
*Largely because of air pollution, the incidence of lung cancer doubled between the late Sixties and the late Seventies. Each year, 5 to 6 per cent more children are born with genetic defects. One city in the Urals set up a special workers' brigade to clear dirt and soot from the rooftops every three months— otherwise, the roofs would collapse.
*Newspapers and television stress how Western capitalists are polluting the world, butsay nothing about pollution in Russia. " Showcase examples " of good ecological management are used to deceive both Soviet citizens and foreign visitors.
Satellite picture of the Cheliabinsk plant. In the intervening years, the full story of the accident have come to light. Source: Global Security
*Soviet authorities covered up an explosion of nuclear wastes in 1958—a claim made four years ago by Dr Zhores Medvedev, a Russian biologist now living in London. Komarov says the explosion happened near the city of Cheliabinsk, in the industrial Urals, and that all crops, animals and homes in the area were destroyed; the population was evacuated for a radius of at least 200 kilometers. "It was only chance that the radioactive cloud did not reach Sverdlovsk a city north of
Cheliabinsk but passed over a comparatively sparsely populated region. The number of victims remains a secret to this day."
* The small Sea of Azov, adjoining the Black Sea, has become " a latrine." with levels of oil pollution reaching 100 times the officially permitted maximum concentrations. It was once the most productive body of water in the world, yielding three times as much fish as the Black Sea, the Caspian, and the Baltic put together. The current yearly catch of about 3,000 tons is one ninetieth of what was taken in the postwar period.
*The poaching of wild animals and birds—encouraged by the scarcity of fresh meat in the shops—is virtually uncontrolled. Wildlife reserves are routinely plundered, especially by top-ranking officials and the military. " Eagles, hobbies, kites and
other birds of prey are wiped out from military helicopters just for practice." In 1976, a commander of the Strategic Missile Forces was prosecuted for shooting I5 polar bears from a helicopter, using an automatic rifle in a special turret.
*Chemical effluents are destroying the unique eco-system of Lake Baikal in central Siberia—the deepest lake in the world, and the largest volume of freshwater. The damage will be increased by the construction of a secret industrial complex— including lead and zinc mines— on the Kholodnaia River, to the north of the lake.
"LAKE BAIKAL has inspired both poets and chroniclers of amazing phenomena. "Baikal," wrote the Soviet historian Leonid Leonov, is not only a priceless basin of living water but also a part our souls." And the Guinncss Book of Records gives it a double entry—for depth (6,365 feet) and capacity (5,520 cubic miles). The story of its pollution shows in detail how Soviet agencies collude in the destruction of natural resources, while paying lip-service to environmental principles. Baikal is 25 million years old, but Komarov claims that chemical wastes have brought it to "the brink of irreversible change " in a single decade.
The public first learned of the plan to build two paper and pulp combines on the lake shores through a disquieting essay in the magazine October in 1963. The writer said that the plant— construction of which had already begun – was threatening to poison the lake and ruin the surrounding forests. In fact, says Komarov, scientific experts had been opposing the Baikal scheme since its proposal in the late Fifties, but the State Planning Committee had pressed on regardless. Neither Siberian nor Moscow scientists — let alone ordinary citizens — had been allowed up see details of the project. The real pressure to build the plant had come from the Ministry of Defence, which cited the "strategic interests d the country." The Ministry wanted a domestic supply of durable cord for bomber tyres, then being imported from Canada and Sweden. Only two sites could provide the huge quantities of clean water needed for the manufacturing process: Baikal and Lake Ladoga. But Ladoga, near Leningrad, was already surrounded by industry and the chief source of drinking water for the city.
To allay the widespread concern that followed the October article, it was announced that the most sophisticated and costly treatment facilities in the world would be built at the Baikal combines. A special commission, set up by the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences in Moscow, confirmed in 1966 that the measures to protect the lake were effective, and, on the whole, adequate.
Komarov reveals, however, that the published report was a whitewash. In fact it was the fourth report produced by the commission; the three previous versions had been rejected because they failed to approve of the combine. He quotes a first-hand account from a member of the commission:
'We submitted our report to the vice-president of the Academy of Sciences, A. P. Vinogradov. He took a look at our conclusions and immediately sent the report back to us. "You maintain that the Baikal combines will prove fatal to the lake. Rut how can this be ? The government decides to build, and you say "impossible…" Take your report and do some work on it." That is hen the real arm-twisting began. Elementary arithmetic showed that, even after treatment, effluents containing dissolved matter each year would clump more than 30,000 tons of sodium sulfides and chlorides, toxic lignin, foul-smelling mercaptan compounds, and the like into Baikal. The concentration of mineral compounds in the waste waters after purification would be 30 to 40 times higher than the normal Baikal levels. . . . There was, it seemed, no way out. Neither the Presidium of the Academy of Sciences nor Vinogradov could object to our work. But no means were spared. To oppose our commission the Presidium created its own commission, consisting of chemists. At its head put Zhavoronkov, an academician, secretary of the chemistry department, a government man who knew what the Presidium needed. "
At one subsequent meeting, says the commission member, " one old academician began to scream at us: ' But why are we going on so about this Baikal? Pollute it if we have to. Now we have nuclear energy, and if later we have to, we cam easily make a big pit and fill it with water, and that's it. We'll make Baikal again '."
Two more versions of the commission's report were rejected. In a fourth report, the authors dropped their categorical conclusion that " construction would be ruinous for the lake." There were conditions, however: a pipeline should be built to dispose of waste waters over a ridge into the Irkut river; a national park should be created; and there should be extensive restricted zones around the lake where no wood pulp would be processed. Komarov claims that at his time of writing, in 1977, almost all of these conditions were still in "the discussion and design stage."
Meanwhile Lake Baikal had suffered a decade of defilement. A second report of the Academy of Sciences reported in 1975-6 that the combine should be shut down and re-equipped for environmentally safe production.
The report pointed out that a tiny crustacean—epishura —formed the first link in a food chain that supported all the fauna of the lake, including whitefish, cod, grayling and seals. The ephishura lived only in Lake Baikal, dying even if kept in pure Baikal water in a laboratory test tube.
Ephisura are not only an irreplaceable food. They also act as a potent biological filter, helping to extract about 250,000 tons of calcium a year from the waters of the rivers flowing into the lake. They are responsible for the unique purity of the Baikal water, and for its saturation with oxygen even in winter.
Epishura die in the (supposedly purified) effluents from the paper and pulp combine, even when these effluents are diluted 20, 60 and 100 times. The crustacean is becoming extinct for several square kilometers around the plant.
Algae are flourishing in the southern part of the lake—something previously thought impossible—and fish are becoming infested with worms. There are constant breakdowns in the combine's purification equipment, and at these times the sewage entering the lake is hundreds of times more toxic than usual.
" Pollution has even begun to interfere with the operations of the combine itself," writes Komarov. " It now extracts water that it has polluted itself and is unable to do the job it was built for—produce a specially durable cord for tyres. However, this no longer bothers anyone—since 1964, before the BPPC had been completed, such cord has been made from petroleum."
So, asks Komarov: " Why are we slowly but surely destroying the most precious body of water on the planet? " His answer: to produce about 160,000 tons of ordinary cord—a small proportion of the nation's needs; 3,000 tons of coarse packaging paper —the kind used to wrap nails; 100,000 tons of nutrient yeast for feeding pigs; and a little turpentine and oil, used in paints
The great mass of Soviet citizens remain ignorant of the pollution of Lake Baikal, thanks to three government resolutions restricting information about it since the alarm of 1963. The latest of these, in 1975, covered not only information about Baikal but any ecological information in the mass press throughout the country.
" Major ecological problems began with Baikal, but unfortunately they will not end with the lake," writes Komarov. " During these years ' the blue orb of Siberia' has become a symbol of hundreds of Russian lakes and rivers being ruined by pollution, a symbol of the smoke-filled sky suffocating forests and people, a symbol of perishing nature."
Boris Komarov, whoever he is, dearly has had access to much restricted information, and understands thee political factors behind environmental decisions. His British publishers, Pluto Press, believe he is " a high official in close touch with the scientific and political establishment," and that he is still living in the Soviet Union.
Harry Rothman, a senior lecturer at the technology policy unit of the University of Aston, who wrote the foreword to the British edition of Komarov's book, describes him as " an 'insider' who believes that the causes of the Soviet ecological crisis are due to fundamental weaknesses in the socio-economic structures o£ the Soviet Union."
Zhores Medvedcv, the dissident biologist whose claim of a covered-up nuclear disaster is confirmed in the book, says Komarnv is " very well-informed," particularly about chemical contamination. He believes that Komarov probably worked in the chemical industry, and " writes from personal experience." He thinks it unlikely that Komarov is a high-ranking official, hecause he does not quote from official documents.
Komarov's book was first published, in Russian, by Possev-Verlag, an emigre firm based in Frankfurt.
Photo of Ze'ev Wolfson on Jan 26th 2007 by David Rabkin.
All these years later, thanks to the wonders of the Internet, have today discovered who Boris Komarov is: Ze'ev Wolfson
Ze'ev Wolfson was born in 1944 in the USSR. He received a Ph.D degree in Enviromental Policy from Moscow State University in 1978. The work The Destruction of Nature in the Soviet Union (under pseudonym Boris Komarov) was published in 1979 in the West in eight editions in seven languages. The book was awarded the Gambrinus European Award (Italy) for best book on ecology in 1983. After the Chernobyl disaster he focused his interests on the consequences of developing of nuclear technology, and chemical and biological weapons in the former Soviet Union and in Russia. The author has published numerous articles on these subjects. In September 2000 his work "Syrian-FSU Military Cooperation" was published in NATIV. From 1987 he was affiliated with the Mayrock Center for Russian, Eurasian and Eastern European Research of the Hebrew University as a researcher and editor of the Environmental Policy Review and from 1998 as editor of CIS Environmental and Disarmament Yearbook.
Source: Ariel Center for Policy Research
Read the Foreword by Yurii Shcherbak (Ukraine's Former Minister of the Environment, leader of Ukraine's "Green Movementg" and currently Ukraine's Ambassador to Israel) to Boris Komarov's 'The Geography of Survival Ecology in the Post-Soviet Era' [Published by M.E. Sharpe Inc in 1994]. Available on Google Books.
Wednesday, June 30, 2010
Greenpeace and WWF present 125,000 signatures to UNESCO to save world's oldest, deepest and largest lake
UNESCO today received a petition of signed by 125,000 people around the world protesting against the re-opening of a paper and pulp mill on the shores of Lake Baikal, a World Heritage site in the Russian Federation.
The petition was presented to UNESCO Assistant Director-General for Culture, Francesco Bandarin, by Greenpeace and the World Wide Fund for Nature (WWF), who agreed to bring it to the attention of the World Heritage Committee, when it meets in Brasilia from 25 July to 3 August.
"The World Heritage Committee will discuss the Baikal issue at its meeting in Brasilia, and will offer recommendations and support to Russia to define the most appropriate solutions," Mr Bandarin said.
"We have had, in the past, proof of the Russian Government's commitment to the conservation of World Heritage sites," he added. "We are confident that the authorities will understand that Lake Baikal requires decisions that will effectively protect its conservation."
Greenpeace Russia campaign director Ivan Blokov urged UNESCO "to do everything within it's power to protect Lake Baikal from the catastrophic consequences that would inevitably result from the re-opening of the Baikalsk Paper and Pulp Mill (BPPM) on its shores". "The 125,000 signatures on the petition we have presented to UNESCO today provide ample testimony to the concern of people the world over about this unique site," he said.
Lake Baikal is the deepest, oldest and largest lake in the world, containing 20% of the planet's unfrozen fresh water. Over 25 million years it has developed an extraordinarily rich biodioversity, including a freshwater seal, and is often referred to as the 'Galapagos of Russia'. It was inscribed on UNESCO's World heritage List in 1996.
Source: UNESCO News

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Corinne Olympios
And It Feels So Fake!!!
Corinne Olympios and DeMario Jackson hooked up again — literally — and DeMario said something during the encounter that registered in a big way on our BS detector.
The "Bachelor in Paradise" stars were leaving Nightingale Wednesday night in L.A. where Corinne and DeMario were ALL OVER each other. She hugged, climbed and kissed him.
Listen closely as DeMario says, "My PR is gonna hate this in the morning."
As you know … Corinne claimed she had no recollection of a sexual encounter she had with DeMario during 'BiP' filming, and that triggered a sexual assault investigation. Warner Bros. concluded she was lucid the entire time.


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Coronary artery disease sufferers with flabby waists are more likely to die than those with fat elsewhere, a study has found.
US-based researchers said that people with the condition who also have a bit of a beer belly or muffin top have twice the risk of dying than those whose fat sits in places other than around their middle.
The team from the Mayo Clinic analysed the waist-to-hip ratio and waist circumference of nearly 16,000 people. Patients with a normal Body Mass Index (BMI) sporting slight midriff flab were also found to be at risk.
The researchers found that carrying fat around the belly was potentially as dangerous as smoking a pack of cigarettes per day or having very high cholesterol.
Previous studies have shown that patients with a higher BMI and chronic diseases such as coronary artery disease have better survival odds than normal-weight individuals.
However, the latest findings go against this "obesity paradox", researchers said.
Lead study author Thais Coutinho said: "We suspected that the obesity paradox was happening because BMI is not a good measure of body fatness and gives no insight into the distribution of fat.
"BMI is just a measure of weight in proportion to height. What seems to be more important is how the fat is distributed on the body."
Coronary artery disease patients who have normal BMIs should be urged to lose weight by their doctors if they have a large waist circumference or a high waist-to-hip ratio, the authors claimed.
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Foreign Secretary's remarks at Illegal Wildlife Trade reception
In a speech at the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade the Foreign Secretary called for action to save some of the world's most remarkable species.
Your Royal Highness, My Lords, Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome to the National History Museum for the launch of the London Conference on the Illegal Wildlife Trade.
I am sure I speak for all of us in thanking His Royal Highness the Duke of Cambridge not only for being with us, but also for his efforts over many years as one of the leading champions of wildlife conservation.
This is a cause that the Royal Family has supported over several generations. There is no stronger signal of the importance the people of the United Kingdom as a whole attach to protecting Wildlife, your Royal Highness, than your participation in our conference, and I thank you for it.
I also pay tribute to United Wildlife and to the many other civil society organisations represented here tonight - for their indispensable work around the world, and for the advice and support they have given us in preparing for this important moment.
I believe that tonight we are on the brink of a crucial global turning point in the struggle against wildlife trafficking.
We all know that we are at the eleventh hour, perhaps even at a quarter to midnight, in the race to prevent the illegal wildlife trade from obliterating some of the most remarkable species in the world; including tigers, elephants, rhinos and orang-utans.
Many of us feel passionately strongly about this. It would be an utter tragedy if in our lifetimes these species were lost altogether because of human ignorance and greed.
With our power as human beings comes the responsibility to respect other life and to conserve our environment.
We can all imagine how history would judge us, and what future generations would say or feel about us, if we did not act now to protect some of the greatest creatures that share the planet with us.
Because this is an entirely man-made problem, we have it in our power to find the solutions.
We already have the knowledge, the resources, and the expertise we need to confront and overcome the illegal wildlife trade. And we are now adding to these foundations the crucial missing ingredient of political will:
In the last six months alone, China has crushed nearly 7 tons of ivory and smugglers' cargo has been seized in Uganda and Togo.
The United States has put up a $1 million reward to bring down a major trafficking network.
Kenya has toughened penalties for poachers.
Botswana has held a pioneering Elephant Summit.
Germany and Gabon brought many of the world's nations together at the United Nations General Assembly this year to call for new action.
And the Security Council itself has started to crack down on the illegal wildlife trade's criminal bosses.
Nowhere is that leadership more strongly felt and needed than in Africa.
I am delighted that the Presidents of Botswana, Chad, Gabon and Tanzania are here, and congratulate them on their inspiring personal commitment to this cause.
With all this in place, our conference tomorrow must be ambitious.
We have brought together 41 countries, and 11 international organisations.
We must agree new steps to clamp down on illegal wildlife trafficking, to bring perpetrators to justice, to reduce the demand for endangered species that fuels death and destruction, and to invest in sustainable alternatives to poaching.
On the table are proposals for more audits of seized stockpiles and more illegal ivory destructions, so that criminals learn that illegal products will never turn a profit for them, no matter how long they wait.
I hope we will all sign up to concerted action to strengthen law enforcement and the capacity of criminal justice systems; including stronger border controls and much more cooperation so that we clamp down on trafficking.
We need to show a zero tolerance approach to corruption, and a pledge for all governments to have no commercial links whatsoever to endangered species products; and I hope we will signal new support to develop sustainable livelihoods and help to fund the crucial African Elephant Action Plan.
If we do all these things, and we are as I speak on the edge of some very important agreements, then I believe we can and will create the turning point that I spoke of earlier.
So this Conference is not the end of our work, it is a very important beginning of turning the tide.
If we all commit ourselves to this task, we will be able to look back years from now and know that when these animals were on the path to extinction, we intervened decisively to save them, for the benefit of our own and future generations.
I intend to support that effort for the long term, and thank you all for coming tonight and for the part that I know that you will play in saving the world's most iconic animals, for their future and for the future of all humanity.


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Fantasy Mosaics 13: Unexpected VisitorThis time, the Penguin family is expecting a guest! Their great uncle Aaron is coming over to inspect the house and impart some wisdom! Help them solve this new batch of colorful mosaic puzzles and decorate their home to welcome uncle Aaron! Enjoy your visit to the Penguin's home. You'll get along nicely with uncle Aaron who also loves challenging puzzles based on logic and numbers!
- Multi-color mosaic puzzles
- Decorate the Penguin's home
- Enjoy stunning background art
- Loads of new logic puzzles
- Play Fantasy Mosaics 12: Parallel Universes


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|My good friend, Nelson, at Yonki Dam. He drove us from Lae up to Goroka and back.
I'm sitting here, at home, lounging away over a glass of some California wine, the cheap sort, mind, and reflecting on that trip to the Highlands recently. Such a beautiful country this, what with the right climate and all. No wonder the Americans find it hard to leave, with so many settling here for good.
Some of the spectacles would include the Yonki Dam, a South Korean masterpiece in engineering.
Other spectacles include markets which are good to visit and the things sold there are always affordable as compared to markets in the coastal areas.
Goroka township, at the time of my visit, appeared lay back somewhat, the only areas of activity being the market place and the sports fields.
In all, it was a beautiful country to visit.
Keep an eye out for more on GOROKA EXCELS at Soaba's Storyboard.
Keep an eye out for more on GOROKA EXCELS at Soaba's Storyboard.


text: ... 8 months. I've done the conservative treatment approach and it hasn't helped. I talked to my neurosurgeon and I've decided to have a microdiscectomy two weeks from today on March 4th. I'm just very worried about having general anesthesia. Some of it has to do with my having mitral valve prolapse. It causes me to have palpitations. I also take a low dose ( 10 mg) of Lisinorpril for hypertension and 10mg of simvastatin for cholesterol. Is general anesthesia pretty safe? Does it feel like you're falling asleep? My neurosurgen said that most of the anesthesia will be given to me through IV with a little through gas. Will they give me propofol? Also, will I have to be on a ventilator? From what I understand, if you're on smaller doses of propfol you will probably breathe on your own while bigger doses will require a ventilator. I'm guessing when I had my wisdom teeth out I was given a smaller dose. Thanks,


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In a move that will likely appease local councils opposed to permanent concrete skateparks, this modular skatepark design allows urban obstacles to be added to existing structures on a temporary basis. Based in Rotterdam in the Netherlands, the Jira Jira Collective created nine mobile pieces that can be arranged to create a truly portable skatepark for boarding enthusiasts. It also addresses concerns permanent facilities can raise.
Conceived by Dario Goldbach and Martijn Hartwig as a design project for Willem de Koonig Academy, the skatepark design enables pieces to be attached to things like trash cans and billboards. They were also decorated by Vincent Blok and Leon Karssen.
This is one way different cultures and lifestyles can co-exist in the same shared, recreational space.
Temporary Modular Skateparks
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Temporary Public Parkcycle
Jira Jira Collective's Skatepark Design is Mobile and Portable
- By: Alyson WyersSep 30, 2015
References: jirajira.nl & springwise
References: jirajira.nl & springwise


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The loss of more than 1000 jobs from Western Australia's public sector follows a national pattern of Liberal government job cuts, according to Prime Minister Julia Gillard.
Jobs are set to be lost in West Australian schools, hospitals and police stations, as Premier Colin Barnett announced that voluntary and involuntary redundancies could save up $2 billion in the next four years.
Plunging resources royalties, a reduced GST share and rising state debt has prompted the re-elected Liberal government to slash government advertising and spending on consultants, followed by Thursday's job cuts.
Speaking in Perth, Ms Gillard said she felt for the families of those affected.
"I'm very concerned about what that means for those working people and their families," Ms Gillard said.
"It follows a pattern right around the country where state Liberal governments have cut jobs.
"We take a different approach. We want to see jobs around our nation. We will continue to focus on economic growth and jobs."
Department heads have been ordered to find at least 1000 voluntary redundancies in the next financial year, while legislation will be brought in before Christmas to allow WA public sector employees to be sacked for the first time.
The job cuts will cost $100 million, as redundancy packages are beefed up, but will save more than $75 million a year, and up to $2 billion by 2016/17, according to Treasurer Troy Buswell.
Mr Barnett said he expected some of those job losses would come in health, education and policing, but did not expect a big impact on front line services.
"There will be some people that decide they wish to leave the profession, there will be some teachers that want to leave - but the focus will be on administrative areas, not the front line services," Mr Barnett said.
But Opposition Leader Mark McGowan said the announcement was hypocritical after Barnett staffers were given pay rises of up to 52 per cent after the March 9 election.
"This premier is setting the worst example I have ever seen," Mr McGowan said.
Toni Walkington, branch secretary of WA's public sector union, said reduction in service quality was inevitable.
"Front line services such as child protection, offender management and crime prevention will be further run down," Ms Walkington said.


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Peregrine spent the month of March on the hard at the Charleston City Boatyard. I did a little work, they did a little work and we launched in time for the CORA Spring Offshore Race, where kicked off the season with an excellent performance. I attribute our finish to a combination of the great work that City Boatyard did on the bottom paint and great crew work with several new people on the boat. The dolphins were out in force and the weather was made to order for us blowing 10-15 with 4 ft seas offshore.
Last fall I had several nervous moments when my 1980's vintage depth sounder started telling me it was 1' deep while we were in a shipping channel. Charleston harbor has more than its fair share of shallow water. While we were out of the water I decided install some new instrumentation, but I'm operating on a budget so I couldn't afford a tear out - upgrade. This post discusses the process of integrating our new Airmax (Garmin) DST 800 sender with the existing instruments.
Here are some pictures of the process of removing the old sender through hull. It was a less painful process than I anticipated and the new unit fit smoothly into place without any drilling or filling. At the yards recommendation the new unit was bedded with 5200. I was pleasantly surprised that the whole thing stayed dry after we launched.
The DST800 I selected was the NMEA 0183 version, I wanted it to be compatible with OpenCPN, which I run on my laptop.
There were two objectives to my project. First, that the sender signals would be available at the navigators desk for the plotter, PC and recording log. Second, that I would have access to the depth and speed information at the helm using the existing displays if possible to reduce costs.
My existing NMEA 0183 setup consists of a Garmin 76 GPS, a VHF radio with AIS and a laptop running OpenCPN.
The layout for the new system will add the DST800 feeding the PC. The next piece of the puzzle is to expand our display options so we can see the output from the DST800 on deck, etc.


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Notes from the December 17, 2011 Occupy Duluth General Assembly
Attendance: 21 people (including a woman from Occupy Port Wing – yay!)
Facilitator: Joel K
Note Taker: Adam R
1. Relationship With the Labor Movement: At our last General Assembly we wrote a brief statement saying that we hope that we can continue to work with the Duluth labor movement on issues where we have agreement, despite their statement disassociating themselves from us due to our disagreement over the Polymet mine. The Labor World newspaper has been sent out statement, but the next issue doesn't come out until Jan. 11.
2. Occupy UMD: A successful event was held at the Univ. of MN-Duluth this past Thursday. Several speakers from Occupy Duluth spoke to an audience of a few dozen people. A lot of folks filtered through the event, which was held at the Kirby Student Lounge, during the course of the evening. Kudos to Occupy UMD!
3. County Board Meeting in Ely: The St. Louis County Board is considering passing a resolution in support of non-ferrous mining. We had a lot of people at a public hearing at the County Courthouse in Duluth this past Tuesday. This NEXT Tuesday there is going to be another hearing in Ely. The hearing starts at 9:30am and will run most of the day. A couple of car caravans will be going to this from Duluth. One is headed up at Anna C. and will be leaving Duluth between 6 and 6:30am. You can contact her at annagcook [at] gmail.com, but please do so at least 36 hours before the event. Another one is being organized by Jesse P and Vern S. You can contact Vern at (218) 591-5722 or Jesse at jp0260245 [at] gmail.com. It was also suggested that folks bring some signs, so that if there are any breaks during the hearing a picket can be held outside the Courthouse.
4. Duluth Planning Commission: The Duluth Planning Commission is considering some re-zoning proposals for downtown Duluth. There is some friction between some of the business interests and community activists over maintaining both a working and a living environment downtown. There is going to be a Planning Commission meeting in January to discuss the matter. For more info, or to get involved, contact Henry B at (218) 213-1256.
5. Home Foreclosures: The Foreclosure Working Group, which has renamed itself "Project Save Our Homes", outlined its updated plan for how to hopefully save the homes of two women in the Twin Ports facing foreclosure. One of the women, "AnnaJoe", is facing a sheriff's sale on Jan. 19. Starting immediately we will be launching a petition drive to save her home. Between now and Jan. 5 we plan on collecting as many signatures as possible, and then send them, along with a letter from our attorney, to the holder of her mortgage. There is some hope that the holder of her mortgage may be amenable to re-negotiating the terms of her mortgage, so we're hoping with a show of community support, we can make that a reality. Folks interested in petitioning in her neighborhood should gather at 1pm on Sunday (Dec. 18) at the bike shop at the corner of 7th Ave. E. & 8th St. If you want a petition emailed to you to circulate, email Donna H at howard.donna.e [at] gmail.com.
The group is also planning on holding a broadly endorsed community teach-in on foreclosures tentatively scheduled for Feb. 2 that will be titled "SAVE OUR HOMES: Stopping Foreclosures in the Northland". It'll consist of a panel of people facing foreclosure, as well as legal and activist voices. A working group is working on nailing down the details. To help with getting endorsement, lining up speakers, logistics, publicity, etc. contact Adam R at wainosunrise [at] yahoo.com
The next meeting of Project Save Our Homes will be on Jan. 5 at 7pm at the UCC Peace Church.
6. Internet & Facebook: It was reported that Occupy Duluth's facebook pages keep getting hacked into, and the content on them erased. After a wide ranging discussion on what to do about this it was decided to create two facebook groups – one that only a select few administrators can post notices to, and another that would be a private discussion group that only people known to the group could join. It was also decided to encourage Dennis L to develop a proposal for a new website. In the meantime, folks are urged to look for announcements on the Occupy Twin Ports facebook fan page and the www.occupyduluth.org website.
7. Camp Phone: The group voted to give Jesse P. $50 to cover another month for the group's camp phone.
8. Homeless Survey: Loaves & Fishes and CHUM are planning on doing a teach-in in the first week of January, after which they want teams to go out and try to locate homeless people who are sleeping outside. The goal is to get a sense of how many people are sleeping outside this winter, and to try to help them. More info will be announced on this project in the future. For more info contact Joel K at duluthcatholicworker [at] gmail.com
9. Next Meeting: Our next General Assembly will be on Wednesday, Dec. 21 at 7pm at the Duluth City Hall (with a back-up location being the skywalk where it meets the DECC if the City Hall proves unavailable). Folks are urged to come up with ideas for future meeting venues to be discussed at this next meeting.
-Occupy Duluth's petty cash has been transferred from Drake to Scot B.
-Tyler N announced that he will be looking at some possible office space for the group on Monday, and will have more to report at the next meeting.
-Jesse P announced that the "storage space" is on the verge of being ready to be opened up. Contact him if you can help fix it up and get it ready.
– Jennifer C announced her wish to jump start doing food service again, and to perhaps set up a food truck or cart that could be used to provide free food to folks in the community. She'd like there to be a team to work on this; if you're interested you can contact her at JLC3892 [at] gmail.com.
-Justin A announced that there will be an animal rights group starting up at UMD next semester. He also asked for and received reimbursement for printing costs associated with last week's Occupy UMD event.
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A study completed by Sheffield University in England recently answered the question, "What came first, the chicken, or the egg?" Scientists identified a protein in egg formation called ovocledidin-17 that can only be formed in a chicken's ovaries. Therefore, they concluded that you can't get a chicken egg unless the chicken is there first to produce it.
While the study came to the correct conclusion, it begs the question: why are we researching the obvious? Genesis 1 already gives us the answer to whether the chicken or the egg comes first. The Lord created living animals and the animals were commanded to reproduce. It's what we see going on around us. Obviously, the Bible is correct and far ahead of science. But isn't it silly for scientists to ignore common sense just because common sense agrees with the scriptures?
Friday, July 16, 2010
Did the chicken really come first?
Labels: bible, creation, evolution, evolutionism, genesis, old testament
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It figures that scientists would waste time and effort in research for which the Bible already provides the answers. Of course, the results of this scientific study are going to be unpopular, because if you have to have a fully formed adult chicken before you can get a chicken egg, how would evolution occur? Go right ahead and see if you can get a chicken or even an egg to evolve fully formed. It can't be done.ReplyDelete
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Mafia world of Slotfather
There is always some curiosity in us that if we like anything we start searching about that one in our area of interest. In the same way I am very much in searching and trying the slot machine which may either online or offline. I am in the habit of going through both one but most of the time I prefer to go through online. I was watching a movie which I liked the most and went for the search of any game which would be based on that one. The contest which I generally went for the play is the Slotfather. I liked the graphics such a way that wasting any moment I downloaded the full which was free and was surprised to see that it also offers the facility of 3D also.
After the release of this one in 2009 it had been the most popular by its free spins and its promotional bonus. The concept of this one is somehow same as the movie was subjected. There are animated icons of the characteristics of the mafia world which is headed by the main or can say the wild icon of the contest. This is comprised by the 30 paylines and five reels in which you can bet starting from one to the max of 30 per line. As have seen in most of the play the only thing which you will have to do is make the perfect matching of the symbols in the active slots which will reward you certain credits and the free spins.
For activating the round of bonus you will have to make the match three symbol concurrently which is the logo of the entitled one. There are many symbols which are used in this one such the things which is being used by the head of the group such as cigars, rings, revolver, wines and many more. While going through this you will be in dilemma that you are playing from whose side either you are in for the mafia or against them. Overall, it is very adventurous one.


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Anything that I wrote is based on my experience and opinion. Nothing against anyone, any races or et cetera. As a human being, a person needs to be reminded many times until it sticks in the brain. Same goes to me, same goes to you and same goes to everybody. A person with shallow, narrow, immature minded will always think negatively thus it will drain out positive people out of their life. Choose your attitude before you continue reading…
I was born as Malay, raised in Malay cultures, live in Malay society, speak in Malay language, learnt Malay sensitivities and inherit Malay traditions but I cannot say that I am purely hundred percent Malay. My grandma from my father's side is Chinese, my grandpa from my mother's side is full of mixtures, originatively, my great-great grandpa was from Arab, moved and married a Pinoy, moved and married an Indonesian, moved again and married a Malay. Kudos grandpas, you've made a great history for me to write!
I cannot tell much about my father's side because they inherit unsocial type of attitudes especially my grandma. She never told me about her biological parents. Maybe because she cannot remember who they are. For your better understanding, my grandma whom I called "nenek" was adopted by a Malay family since she was born. Reason because during that time, the Japanese were killing all the Chinese during their invasion of Tanah Melayu. But a curiosity snapped into my head once. I asked nenek why she have Chinese features? Suddenly her face turned red and the face masam already. My auntie which I called "Uda" scolded me and told me never to say or asked that type of question or issue again. A seven years old child is naïve and will ask anything that come across his mind right? Blocking a child's mind by scolding is a very unhealthy way to teach them. Choose a positive way to teach or prevent them from asking anything that you feel uncomfortable during that time. Always remember that.
As for my mother's side, they origin is a one loooooooooooooooooooooooong story to tell. I chose to skip about that at this moment and I will share it some other time perhaps. My mom's family is a total different attitude from my dad's side. They are more socialize and friendly type of people. My late grandpa whom I called "atuk" was a village chief. Atuk brought himself acceptable to any person that he met. He knows how to talk, he knows how to mingle, he knows how to tackle things and basically he knows most of the things that can capture person's heart. Al-Fatihah to the late YM Raja Abdullah Bin YM Raja Hitam.
As I grew up with two different atmospheres, I learnt something most valuable in life. I watched, I discovered, I changed, I moved, I planned and I keep on going to attain my dream. And as I am walking to the future, I heard someone said "Melayu Malas". Whoooooo, bikin panas I said to myself. I stopped, took one step back, listened, think and I acted.
I stopped because the statement was very interesting, I took one step back because I want to see clearly without doubt who is talking, I listened because I don't want uncertainty with lack of information flooded in my mind, I've done the thinking because I am digesting 5 Ws and 1 H so that I know what are the root causes and lastly, I acted because if it is true, I don't want to be one of them and if it is not, I will prove them wrong.
Anyhow, the statement is seems to be a right statement isn't it? I have the laziness syndrome in me and I bet it also have inside all of you. The issue is how we manage our laziness inside us. I will do some comparisons not to show who is good and who is not, but to open up a possibility for us to improve ourselves. From my experiences, I met a lot of people who lost their hope not to others but to themselves. The first person that I met is me, myself. I lost hope for myself few times, I gave up and doing nothing for several times, I stop and lost faith for myself once. Those days are behind me. I've changed, I moved and I took action.
I am lucky because I have so many multiracial friends in Malaysia. I have worked with few ministers, politicians, chief ministers, doctors, lawyers and many more that I cannot put it all here. I have mingled with many people from the highest ranking person in our country to the homeless people who lives on the street. Maybe due to that, my eyes are wide open and my mind stored a lot of information for me to share. There were few occasions that a Malay guy age around 40s always telling other people who were talking with him by saying "Ala yang kaya dan yang berniaga semua Cina. Kita tak ada apa". Until one day I had enough and I interrupted the conversation by saying "Betul jugak tu pakcik. Tapi kalau dah Melayu sendiri tak nak berniaga dan kalau berniaga pun dengki sesame sendiri susah jugak. Kebanyakkan orang-orang kita ni pandai cakap je kan pakcik? Kerja buat pon sambil lewa. Pelik kan pakcik?" The man mumbled and another person laughing for a reason that I don't know.
In reality, did you ever counter the same situation as mine? Did it happen few times in your life? Let us go back and see why the uncle said such avowal to other people. From my opinions, maybe we, Malays are now feel so secured for what we have; the comfort zone. How many of us who are struggling very hard to improve or to change for a better life? How many? Do not look at other people. Look at YOU, YOURSELF instead. If you are working in a big, a medium or a small company, what did you have achieved all these years? Did you really put all your efforts in your daily tasks? Or you just accomplish what you should do because at the end of the month you will earn your salary anyway? If you own a business in example, a company, did you manage the resources well? Did all your plans work? How did you accommodate your subordinates or your employees? Are they satisfied with your management? What are your contributions towards your surroundings? These are the examples of most of us forget to accomplish. These are the factor questions that somehow help a person or an organization success. I'm not saying that we did not do it but it is not completed yet.
There are no differences between Malay, Chinese, Indians and other races, we are still human and we breathe the same air. The only thing that makes us different from another is what we have done. Meaning, if you are willing to sacrifice your bedtime, sacrifice your ego, sacrifice your "shame" and put all your best effort in whatever you do, no matter what race you were born, YOU WILL BE A SUCCESSFUL PERSON! We might have very good plans but most of us failed to execute the plans and gave up easily.
I love my race, I love my religion, I love my family, I love my friends and most of all I love my country very much. If we do not have a PEACEFUL country, do not dreams to love your friends, do not dreams to love your family, do not dream to love your religion and do not ever dream about to love your own race. Can you see that we are all related and we complement each other? The "Peaceful Chains" in Malaysia is the good relationship between each and every race in the country. Malay, Chinese, Indians, Iban, Kadazan, Orang Asli and many more are the key of the "Peaceful Chains" in our beloved country.
If after reading this article and you still hear the same phrase as the uncle said "Ala yang kaya dan yang berniaga semua Cina. Kita tak ada apa", meaning the other races are executing their plans well, they are not easily give up, they are working hard to achieve their target and they are managing their laziness superbly. Thus, it's a good challenge for the Malays to wake up or to come out from our comfort zone and run towards the others so that some day we will hear other people from a different country say "Wow! The Malaysians are all successful people and the best part is they live happily in a multi-racial country!"
The conclusions and the lessons from this article are:
- We have to encounter pro and cons in our life so we can learn from it.
- Start to appreciate one and another.
- No matter what race we are born, remember that we are no different from others and we complement each other.
- Put all the effort in whatever you do.
- Do not give up easily.
- Learn to share and help each other.
- Stop arguing and pointing mistakes to other people.
- Honor the "Peaceful Chains".


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Today I am so thankful for the Circadian Rhythm.
The Circadian Rhythm is a body response that regulates a series of basal actions, including the sleep cycle. Despite my three years of a science degree, I don't remember a whole lot about the Circadian Rhythm, but I know that part of it is the body's "internal clock."
And I am so thankful.
I've been working a lot of evenings recently, and I had a night shift Wednesday that I haven't fully recovered from. I've also been working every day, many hours a day. Plus I'm entering the last weekend of a course that I'm taking, which is really stressing me out because I haven't had the chance to do all my work yet. I still have a few things to study and 15 pages of a paper to write! I am really paranoid about the paper, but I'm also exhausted.
I'm trying to fight the Circadian Rhythm - I have been trying to do so since I got off work at midnight on Tuesday and then when I stayed up all night to work on Wednesday. But I'm so tired. I'm so tired, and I have to work tomorrow morning.
I crave sleep.
Thank you, Circadian Rhythm, for reminding me that sleep is good.


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I AM ME: Pathways for trans & gender diverse young people and families
Tasmanian communities supporting trans and gender diverse young people and their families: A forum on pathways (social, medical, educational, legal, etc) for community members, allies, educators, medical and health practitioners, and students.
Registration: 9:15 am followed by acknowledgements, international guest speakers from gendered intelligence speaking about their partnership with The Tavistock Center (UK); work in schools, and art based projects exploring science and gender. The Australian and Tasmanian contexts: research, acts and guidelines. The day will end with a panel discussion which involves service providers and community members as well as a Q&A. CATERED EVENT (morning tea/light lunch)
gendered intelligence, London, UK
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Young Person from North West Tasmania
Panel: Jason Westwater / Claire House (TBC), Louise Owen / Sexual Health (TBC), Jane Cooper / GP North West Tasmania (TBC) Gender Help for Parents (Rep) Transgender Tasmania (Rep) Don Pitcher / Working It Out Direct Support.
Key learning objective: The centrality of collaboration between service providers and community members to ensure best practices and minimisation of harm in supporting trans young people and their families.
Learning outcomes include:
*Insights and awareness about international best practices.
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*An awareness of the Tasmanian Anti-Discrimination Act and the stated inclusion of sexuality, gender and bodies as protected attributes.
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Tuesday, August 2, 2011
Bah What's This Stretchy Goo? It's Making My Nonsense More dVerse For You!
Gasconade stuffed glee
Cantankerous flowing slimy continuous dripping goo
Auspicious dealings claimed mind's eye bewildering true
Ebullient blossoming tree
Perspicacious grasped trapping through keen awareness avoiding plight
Rancorous escalating hate
Opuscule untempered fate
Penultimate sworn in never ending vulgar and serious gut curdling fright
Sworn justified levant
Sesquipedalian upon actions notice underlying hope in simple avoidance and stance
Belief sparked coruscant
Saxicolous after fruitful escape extinguishing perpetual fear in over shoulder glance
Idiosyncratic weaving attached forever barren of saturated worth
Glued dread pertinacious
Sanctimonious ripples tread past created present scorched earth
Dues boughten contumacious
Circumlocution faked direction
Encumbered self's injection
Callipygians wiggle no longer shirks granted leave and persistent absolve
Cynosure trampled below time's amassed catering in discoveries resolve
Pusillanimous gleams heightened in wailing references trespass
Pecksniffian worries rebound in haunted, twisted, jabbing glass
Sockdolager burdens bear
Gasconade withered despair
Look that damn stretch armstrong got his goo on me and now instead of short easy words for you to see. He brought back the big long words, stretching my stuff out confusing even the birds. A line stretch here, a line shorten there, damn it's just everywhere. But at least he made it fun to confuse and maybe even abuse. So how is this for a dVerse little write? Did I make you pop a vein after my big word and stretching fright? Just remember to blame that stretch armstong guy, if you strain your eye. As he popped his goo on my grass and that is all from my little rhyming ass.
Later all, have a nice fall.
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pecsniffian sockdolager, can your words get any bigger, go figure had to hunt a peck the dictionary net to try to find these meaningful word constructs that so boggle my mind, but stretch is the man, though bust him and it will be over more than your hand, nasty stuff too that goo but dont boohoo, i see you soo-oon.ReplyDelete
you stumped me with much gooReplyDelete
the stretched words were too much
but if you had fun, its okay blah
like Brian, see you soon ~
i think i like that stretch armstrong guy.ReplyDelete
Well, an agelast would never make it hereReplyDelete
as one must be able to let out a cheer!
Since you, Cat are an apolaustic bezonian
and I know you get a little frisson when I come to comment
It's just fun to footle here a moment
and enjoy your gallimaufry
katzenjammers are a thing of the past
and now I must absquatulate!
I'm sure if I created fake ones they'd be very largeReplyDelete
Too big to fit on a barge
Admit I had to use a dictionary for one or two
As they just looked like goo
Yeah it really is nasty crap
If it seeps out and his arm can no longer stretch or flap
hahaha blame the stretch guy for that
Not the poor old cat
But stumping you was quite fun
Here under my rhyming and big word sun
Haha guess that makes one
That likes his big word stretchy fun
Damn you got some of the stretchy goo too
I had to look up all but one word given by you
That wasn't nice
Making me roll the dictionary dice
But can't say I disagree
As a fool or scoundrel I can be
And I can cause such glee
Absquatulate sounds way more serious than I just have to flee..lol
But that was such a fun gasconade retort
Didn't even peculate any words from my court..haha
Yeah, that goo can be so brummagemReplyDelete
and it's as worthless as cerumen
Spellchecker thinks all of these words are corrigendum!
Guess we showed it who's smart and who's dumb!
Now I'm ready to go back to nice small words like cute and dear.
But I'll keep my dictionary handy, have no fear!
hahaha really is quite funnyReplyDelete
How some of these words are long and runny
Yet they can be said simply as earwax
Yes spellchecker sure wasn't lax
It had quite the fit with this post
All kinds of your wrong crap showed up at my coast
Oh I have no fear
I trust you've got a big word or two still saved for a cheer..haha
Yeah, this post is becoming a shrine for epealotry!ReplyDelete
And I'm sure after I'm gone, I'll have an esprit d'escalier!
Ha! You were first, but I'm much worseReplyDelete
Took too long over at dVerse
Finally came up for air
From my writing demon's lair
These here words are really big
What happened to what rhymes with fig?
I'll need to bring my dictionary
Or else my comment will be really scary
But we're on vacay and I have time
To decipher each and every line
Doesn't seem like such a curse
To be linking up over at dVerse.
So I will read and chew the fat
As I ponder all the face it facts :)
Enjoy your day and enjoy your pen
May not be first, but I'll be back again!
Not that much worse thoughReplyDelete
Closer than last time at like 50 or so..haha
Yeah had time to find the big stuff
Instead of the usual fig fluff
Since on vacation from work
And didn't have to write as I lurk
Bah scary doesn't bother me
Sometimes it's even fun to see
I always enjoy lounging about
And of course giving the Face it Facts a shout
Damn didn't even see Betsy's sneaky little bitReplyDelete
With her oh so esprit d'escalier errr ummm wit
Yep stole that one from you
Knew you had in your back pocket a big word or two..haha
The more I read you the more I think (I am so glad I am not inside his mind) LOLOLReplyDelete
I do not know where you get all this from but, it's bloody clever!
Looking for my Roget's Thesauras now.
hahaha yes it can be a scary placeReplyDelete
Making others glad they can't show their face
I found them here and there
Just about everywhere
As I started this one
Of course from a while back I knew a ton
Good luck tracking them down
Hope it's not too much work before going over to dVerse town..haha
goodness pat - have mercy on a poor german lady...you crack me up with your word combinations...i just think my english is not that bad and then i come here and get lost like in a labyrinth...ha...but i will take the challenge and win the word-battle...smilesReplyDelete
Excellent write Pat, I love those supercalifragicexpealadocious(sic) words. Even with the extended terms, the piece had some good flow and as usual the rhymes ruled the roost. Been in a bit of a dump these past few days, the two pieces from you today added a little fun, so thanks, much appreciationReplyDelete
haha didn't mean to make you get lostReplyDelete
But at least it was at a fun cost
Oh you think you can win do you
We'll see when the battle comes due..haha
Glad you could get out of the dump
Especailly if there are rats there that might leg hump...lol
Yeah I was tempted to use superblahblahblah in it
But I'll save that for another movie fit
I have a sneaking suspicion that you wrote Don McLean's "On the Amazon." I love the words you play, the words you rhyme, the sounds you say, the sounds in time.ReplyDelete
Phew..had to reach for the dictionary then! I'm amazed that you still managed to let it flow..very creative, Pat. P.S thanks for your comments on mine, you're a star! yes, you are! lol :)ReplyDelete
haha never heard of that until nowReplyDelete
Maybe I go back in time and write it somehow
Could get royalities or whatever from each sell..haha
Glad the words and sounds work so well
Yep let it flow
With big words in the know
Yeah nothing was fun
Enjoyed the something of that one..lol
Pat... You are a Freakin Riot man! You hit all my zany bones and trigger my blastometer into warp speed fun time.. You get me cryin.ReplyDelete
On the second read i noticed some bubbling subtext tooo. Perhaps sub conscious leaking... it just added to the ride.
Pat Your writing is Bloomimg Joyful!
A freakin riot you sayReplyDelete
That works quite well in describing my bay
blastometer you have too
That's quite interesting, is it new..lol
Yeah I saw the subtext I threw in
Figured what the heck as not using it be a sin
Joyful I can be too
A loon as well, sad but true
Thy words slayest me everytimeReplyDelete
I grab a sit to read thy rhyme.
The folks above thou tore apart
Without exception thou had me part.
My nose's bleeding, I hate thee Pat
Of all these words my plea's 'What!'
I think I need to see my Doctor now
For I'm sick with words 'O, holy cow!'
..you're silly.. LOL..;P
You have to respect a gentleman who knows how to articulate, regulate, extricate, excogitate, disseminate and promulgate lines such as these!ReplyDelete
confused...abused....both :)ReplyDelete
LOL! My dictionary is getting worn out. ")ReplyDelete
Thy rhymes are appreciated in returnReplyDelete
As thou can handle the rhyming burn
hahaha oh I love the hate
Bring in on mate
Don't send me the Dr. bill
Or the garbage can it will fill..lol
Yes silly I can be
Here ar bush number three
Yes I can do all those things
And still fit ass into my word strings
Aren't I swell
With the words I tell
hahaha a double team
Of confused and abused makes me gleam
hahaha didn't mean to do that
At least now it's looks very well used at your mat..haha
Mr. Pat Hat you are a rhyming maniac,when reading your poetic post, it is clear that you rhyme the most, with you straight prose will never suffice, the words you pen must fit like a vise.ReplyDelete
A maniac and a loonReplyDelete
Damn I sound like a bad cartoon....lol
Yep rhyming is my vice
And the cat likes to eat mice
They suffice once in a blue moon
The rest of the time I'm just a rhyming loon
- AnonymousAugust 3, 2011 at 2:35 AM
That is the most impressive display of cat spit that I've ever seen. The existentialist twist at the end is a real mind bend. Grin ...ReplyDelete
after reading those fancy sounding wordsReplyDelete
many of them, I never heard
what shall I say
mesmerized with your awesome display...
I missed it a lot !!
Sanctimonious ripples tread past created present scorched earthReplyDelete
I've seen them all over Blogland! lol
Well Pat, this certainly sent me to the dictionary.ReplyDelete
We live and learn still. Thanks, James.
The cat can drool tooReplyDelete
Maybe that's where the spit came from between me and you..haha
haha made me go to the dictionary on that one
Adding the mind bend was also kind of fun
Mesmerized you say
By my loony display
And you miss me too
How nice of you
hahahaha oh yes there are alot of those
But in blogland that's just how it goes
Yep can always learn a bit no matter how young or old
Of course that some don't like to be told..haha
You really have a knack for the jocoseriousReplyDelete
No joke! I'm really serious!
But it isn't at all miasma
and that's the end of my stanza!
That's what happen when you have cats!ReplyDelete
Rhyming the same thing yet different words for itReplyDelete
That's an interesting rhyming fit
You weren't joking either you say
Oh don't tell me that, I'll have to go make to loony play
Glad it's not miasma too
As that be some nasty smelling poo
I created a monster with your big words
Making me take time from hunting birds
To search for them all
With each big word call..haha
I guess so
The big words just flow
Just returning the favor thereReplyDelete
as your post needed it's own dictionary here!
Still, you didn't say 'strat'
And that's a Face It Fact! :)
hahaha I just wanted to extend the big words out to youReplyDelete
As out they flew
Never wanted them back to cause me work
I just want to lruk..lol
Strat and fact work too
Damn aren't I good, but that I knew..lol
Nothing less than an interesting mind boggle! Much enjoyed! ~ RoseReplyDelete
A mind boggleReplyDelete
That will make ones eyes goggle
Yeah that was a bit off
But don't scoff..haha
wooooaaaaa.... cant you use some easy words while writing a post ;)ReplyDelete
I had to google a lot of worlds in this post ;)
hahaha easy and meReplyDelete
Can go together usually
But sometimes I tend to me a pain
Wanting to make some pop the big word vein
Your words are an interesting jumbleReplyDelete
though some of them I cannot mumble.
Though I don't have my dictionary handy,
I find your poem quite dandy!
Oh yes the big words just popped outReplyDelete
So I slapped them together and gave a shout
I can mumble some either I will admit
But their fun to try and spit out when ones having a fit..haha


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For whatever reason, many black or dark skinned people around the world want to become whiter. This is possible, in fact people do it all the time, especially in Hollywood.
Check out the photo above, which shows the amazing transformation of one black actress, Tina McGee from Boy Meets World.
If you want to see more before and after photos, take a look at this article about black women in Hollywood who bleach their skin. It shows before and after photos of some really famous pop stars and actors who have obviously undergone skin whitening treatments.
Some of these celebrities include Beyonce, Rihanna, Nicki Minaj, Tempest Bledsoe from The Cosby Show, Michael Jackson, Samy Sosa, (baseball player), and many others.
These treatments are becoming more and more popular around the world, but it's not a new thing, people have been bleaching and lightening their skin for thousands of years.
The skin bleaching in Hollywood is so popular because studies have shown that a certain percentage of people, white or not, feel more comfortable watching a show or buying an album that is done by a lighter skinned person.
Is It Racist To Assume That Whiter Skin Is Better?
Perhaps it is a little racist, but even other black people tend to be a little less comfortable when looking at a man or woman with a very dark skin tone.
You can't change society, and the sub-conscious prejudices or preferences they have grown up with. The same thing is true for overweight people, gay people, or unattractive people. Studies show that they are treated in different ways.
For example, even as children, a baby will look at any ugly woman, and a beautiful woman, and if asked which one is mean, they will say the ugly one.
That's not to say that a really dark skin color makes you mean, or that it's a bad thing at all, but when people do show these racist traits in large numbers, it's important to take that into account, and it is actually possible to change a little.
Actually, you can change a lot, from totally black, to totally white, if you want to go that far. The most famous case of a celebrity using skin whitening products is Michael Jackson.
In his case, he was using a hydroquinone containing cream, prescribed to him by a doctor because he had a condition known as hypo-pigmentation, or vitiligo.
How To Bleach Your Skin Safely
It is quite important to bleach your skin safely, if you do decide that you want to undergo a skin whitening treatment.
Some people will be doing it because they have spots on their skin like birthmarks, freckles, scars, etc, but whatever the reason, you don't want to mess it up.
The chemical I mentioned before, hydroquinone, is not considered safe for long term use, and neither are many other chemicals found in different products sold by different companies around the world.
For example, there were a couple of bleaching creams from some very disreputable brands from Asia and Africa that used mercury as an active ingredient.
Obviously, this is a terribly poisonous chemical, and so you must know what any product contains before you put it on your skin.
You should probably only trust a brand made in America, (or other western countries), because they have very strict rules and regulations on what you're allowed to sell to people without a prescription.
Tonique Skin Care is such a brand, the company is based in Baltimore MA, and they've been in business for many years without any bad side effects reported from their many customers.
Click on the link and visit the site, their products contain arbutin, glycolic acid and sepiwhite FSH, which are all well known, safe and effective, over the counter ingredients which really work.
If you want to find out more, check out their Facebook page Skin Whitening Tips, the link to that is in the photo at the top of the sidebar, or send a message to the helpful support team at firstname.lastname@example.com before you buy.
For black people, or very dark skinned people, you will probably have to apply the cream evenly to your entire body to get even results. Again, ask the support team on the site to give you information on how to get the best results for your individual skin.


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This week I made a trip to IKEA for some home bits and ideas and it reminded me that I made a change to an IKEA item that hadn't made it's way to the blog yet. A wallpapered wardrobe. When we moved into our current home, we weren't sure how long we would be here. We have moved a few times in the last few years as we are renting, and this always poses a dilemma when choosing furniture. We have a few items of furniture that sit in the garage as they have fitted in previous homes but not in this one and we are never sure whether to get rid of them or whether they may fit a future home! I've been thinking of ways to use wallpaper in the home without actually papering the walls and this is my first use.
With this last move we needed to buy a wardrobe. We chose this plain white TRYSIL wardrobe from IKEA:
Being simple it suits any interior without standing out too much. This meant that in future it would fit in another room if needs be. I have been gradually making changes to the furniture in our bedroom. You can see the IKEA bedside drawers that I hacked here.
I have used blue and pink as colours in this room. I made curtains from a dustsheet and dyed them with chalkpaint to create a sunset sky effect.
The other items I have DIYed in this room include the IKEA MOPPE drawers with chalk paint and mirror screws for mini handles. Mini suitcase to jewellery case, scarf hooks, and the bedroom bookshelves.
So back to the wardrobe, while the bedroom is small, the wardrobe felt like it was large for the room, and the space between the end of the bed and the wardrobe was tight. Despite being white, it was brighter in tone than the wall behind which is painted in some version of magnolia. Instead of blending in and being an unobtrusive white, it stood out like a white elephant!
I found some wallpaper in B&Q that I loved that has swallows and butterflies and uses lovely tones of pink and blue, I was wondering whether there was a temporary way to put it on a wall.
Instead I decided to try some on the wardrobe that faces the bed, we spend the most time in the room facing that way rather than the wall. Here's how it turned out.
I cut two lengths that matched in design and using spray mount, stuck them to the doors. I decide to put the strips in the centre of the door instead of completely covering the doors. It is difficult to get a photo of the full length of the wardrobe but you can see the idea here.
The result of this change? It gives a visual depth to the space, where once I felt like I had to squeeze through the gap between the wardrobe and the bed, the addition of a pattern makes the white of the wardrobe fall back and become less intrusive to the room. The pattern that becomes the foreground is sparse enough that the white of the paper and of the wardrobe makes the background move backwards. It's visual trickery magic!
While I could claim that this was my intention all along and that I am that good a decorator, this papering of the doors being the visual trick was a happy accident!
Have you made any small changes to your decor that have had more than the intended initial effect and provided a pleasant surprise? I'd love to know, comment below!
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Before entering Africa Hall, one passes through a large, timber patio-deck, where welcome drinks and snacks can be be served on arrival, or tea & coffee served during the conference refreshment breaks. Lunches under umbrellas can also be served in this picturesque patio area, which overlooks the stunning panoramic view of the scenic Lowveld.
Tis venue is a gemstone-of-the-bushveld tucked away in charming natural surroundings and yet, despite its relaxed splendour and magnificence, Africa Hall is of a unique character, and is equipped, sophisticated and designed in such a fashion that will out-rival and out-class all other city-based, concrete-jungle establishments. In addition to all above, the Casambo Team will of course ensure prompt, efficient and super-friendly service – and strive in every manner possible, to ensure that the conference or function runs like clockwork, that special requirements are met, and that everybody is truly well satisfied and impressed.


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By Far this is my favorite thing to make during the holidays, easy, delicious, and fun to make with the kids.
Easy Peanut Butter Pie.
1 c. creamy peanut butter
1 (8 oz.) pkg. cream cheese
2 c. confectionery sugar
1 lg. (12 oz.) Cool Whip
1 graham cracker pie shell
Mix peanut butter, confectionery sugar, cream cheese until smooth. Mix in Cool Whip and blend. Pour in pie shell and drizzle with chocolate syrup. Refrigerate until cool.
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- Bedrooms: 2
- Sleeps: 6
- Bathrooms: 2
Master - Queen
Bedroom 2 - Queen
2 Futons in Living Area
- Full Kitchen
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- No Pets Allowed
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- Day Spas and Salons
The perfect beach cottage. So close to the beach, you can hear the waves from the deck. Architect Guy Bartoli designed the beach cottage to blend into the natural environment with a minimal disturbance to trees and vegetation. Its octagon shape and windows on all sides provides a spacious open feeling to this unique house.
This 2nd row house is located on a quiet cul de sac, next to a shaded beach walkway – no streets to cross to get to the beach – the perfect location. It has just been newly renovated with 2 bedrooms, 2 baths, and will sleeps 6. The kitchen has all new appliances, a butcher block center Island, and granite countertops. Vaulted ceilings throughout, the living room has two full futon couches and a flat screen TV with a BluRay player. The master bedroom has a queen bed and a private bathroom with a Japanese soaking tub and separate shower. The second bedroom also has a queen bed and a separate bathroom. This adorable house also offers a gas grill that is located near the basketball court.
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