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June 23, 2010
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March 04, 2009
Crochet Flower Hot Pad Pattern
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I've made something similar to this this in a square. I'm afraid to use it as a pot holder or hot pad... seems like it wouldn't be too stable. But I really like your idea of a wall decoration. I may "borrow" it. :)
I made this very pattern last year. It's a great pattern I loved it
Really unique and attractive. Who would have ever imagined using it as a wall decoration. Would look lovely on a wall in the kitchen.
My friends and I really liked this article. It was very descriptive and worked out just like you said. Have you been to Wacanai.com ( http://www.wacanai.com/intro ). They have a bunch of articles on there. You can link your webpage to it so it drives traffic to your website to. They also give you a list of articles that have something in common with yours so you can get some new ideas.
These are so neat! I've printed the free pattern and am looking forward to making some of these! They will be great in my Kitchen Swap gift basket I'm putting together!
Thanks for sharing these really neat hot pads! And I love what you plan on doing with them...what a neat idea, to use them as wall decor!
I did end up making one of these to put in a swap gift basket...will post a picture on my blog, of the one I made after the swap ends and my swap partner gets her basket of goodies...We have to mail them out the last day of May.
Thanks again for sharing this crochet pattern! It was fun and easy to make!

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The fight to save Meadowbank Stadium and its facilities will be highlighted in the city centre this Saturday.
Save Meadowbank campaigners will join with other campaign groups as part of the Canongate Community Project's "Edinburgh At Risk" day which includes films, workshops and discussions.
"Everyone is welcome to come along to see how campaigns such as ours are making a positive difference," said Save Meadowbank spokeman Kevin Connor. "This will be a good opportunity to see an excellent video about Meadowbank and read our latest newsletter."
Edinburgh At Risk (EAR) was founded last year. It is a non-political umbrealla organisation open to all who value the city's communities, culture, history and future. Campaigns involved so far include Save Our Old Town, Save Meadowbank, Orroco Pier (South Queensferry), Porty Greenkeepers and Save Glenogle Baths.
Conservation architect James Simpson OBE picked up the same theme in the Spring 2008 edition of ICOMOS newsletter when he wrote: "Edinburgh is at greater risk than it has been since the 1960s."
Event organiser Sally Richardson encourages people to attend what is sure to be an informative day. She said: "Have you got concerns about proposed developments and don't know what to do? Come along to find out what's going on in Edinburgh and its surrounding area. Meet others who have concerns and find what they are doing."
The event, at 8 St Mary's Street (just off the Royal Mile), is free and runs from 10:00 to 16:00 on Saturday 31 May.
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The fight to save Meadowbank Stadium and its facilities will be highlighted in the city centre this Saturday.


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"Don't Mass. Up New Hampshire!"
sign on a bridge above 1-93 North, somewhere in Northern New Hamphire
After northern New England got hit with a crapload of snow earlier this week, it was my duty to hit the road and get the hell out of the slushy, icy city for awhile. The destination was Cannon Mtn., located directly off I-93 in Franconia Notch, home to some of New England's nastiest weather, best skiing, and the starting point for several mountain climbs, including the well known Mt. Layafette/Mt. Lincoln route (the 4th and 7th highest peaks in New England, respectively). I don't remember exactly where the sign was, but it was somewhere in North Central NH, and it really grabbed my attention (mainly because there was nothing else to really pay attention to, except, you know, the road and everything). But it got me thinking: which of the northeastern states is the most hated by other surrounding states? I would put three into this catergory: Mass (home of the MassHoles), New York, and ofcourse, the immortal New Jersey. After about twenty minutes of driving and thinking, I came to this conclusion: In northern New England states (Maine, NH, Vermont), it would have to be Mass., simply because Mass is pretty close in proximity to these areas and is home to all-sorts of vices (pollution, crime, drugs, and ofcourse, lots of people) that potentially travel north. But I would also make the argument that at many New England universities, New Jersey gets more of a bad rap, simply because people from New Jersey flock to schools all over the Northeast (although MassHoles do the same, as do New Yorkers). And in these particular cases, I think the word hate is much too strong: whereas the sign I saw showed utter disdain for Mass., at schools around N.E., its more of a "Lets make New Jersey the butt of all jokes," thing. As for Southern New England, I really can't speak for who's the least admired of the three in the states of Conneticutt and Rhode Island, although I would think it wouldn't be Mass., since we don't we really go on vacation down there (why would we go to the Long Island Sound when we've got the Cape, and the Islands? Thanks but no thanks, Sea Shore Sate.)
Moving on…
The Token "Thing that Greg would find funny, but probably no one else who reads this blog would" Thing of the Week:
Trying to think of a better title for this catergory: at the moment, it doesn't really slide off the tongue, you know?
Anyway, most of you have probably seen the new McDonalds ads that are on TV these days: they show a young guy munching on a honey chicken wrap as people do deranged things around him: in one example, a guy is trying to dig out of his office through a wall. The guy with the wrap asks what he's doing, to which his co-worker says "I'm getting out, man. I saw it in a movie." (I assume he means "The Shawshank Redemption"). To this, the guy with the wrap turns around with a little smirk on his face, looks at his wrap, and says to no one in particular "Looks like somebody missed snack time." Okay, first of all, I've been really hungry before, and it usually doesn't lead to dementia. If I was really hungry at say, work, I would first go to a vending machine, and if that didn't do it, and it was an emgercency, I would sneak out to get a quick bite, maybe even at McDonalds. I can't remember the last time that I was so hungry that I just couldn't help myself from doing something super wierd, like digging a hole in the wall. Honestly, wouldn't all that work just make you hungrier?
But this is all beside the point. My idea for an ad that no else would find funny is the following: the same guy who's in all the ads is walking down the street, honey chicken wrap in hand. He comes around a corner, and there on the ground are four bodies in body bags. There's a bunch of cops and paramedics walking around, and cruisers and ambulances. The guy with the wrap, a little worried and a little curious, asks a bystander what happened.
"Some guy lost his mind," the bystander replies. "Brought his girlfriend out here on the road, took two other people hostage, and killed them all execution style in front of hundreds of people, and then took his own life. It was horrible. People were crying. Honestly, I myself am a little traumatized."
To which the guy with the wrap turns around with a little smirk on his face, looks down at his wrap and states, "Man, looks like somebody missed snack time."
Moving On…
The Weekly "Uh-oh, look out everybody, he's Pissed!" section of the blog:
As some of you have seen in my "Boogie Down Boston" sections of the blog, at times, I rant. Ahh, it feels so good to rant. Cause there's so much stuff that can be fixed, especially around Boston, and it drives me mad when problems aren't fixed for no logical reason. So to rant, is to vent. Its fun. You should try it sometime. If anyone pisses you off, bite your lip, and later on, in your bedroom, rip your friend to pieces in a "Rant Diary." (No, I do not practice this method of ranting).
Back to the point….
This doesn't warrant "Boogie Down Boston" recognition, but it deserves "Uh-oh, look out, he's Pissed!" recognition. Honestly, I'm not even pissed. I'm just a little perplexed. Sit down…I'll tell you about it.
I belong to a volunteer association know as YAVA (Young Alumni Volunteer Association). Honestly, I've signed up for some stuff, but haven't really voluteered yet. Well, I was able to sign up for a black-tie event to volunteer at: you guessed it, I'm going to be hanging out with "local celebrities" at an after-Oscars party at the State House, where'll I'll be, I don't know, doing something to help out. Anyway, being black-tie and everything, I had to get a tux. Figured I'd go to Men's Warehouse, since they're cheap and they already had my measurements from the summer (a wedding I attended). Anyway, for those of you who know the Boston area, there are two locations: the CambridgeSide Galleria, and the one in Medford, near Kappy's.
Lets step back a second: I didn't want to drive because there was snow and ice everywhere, and I didn't want to lose my parking spot in Allston, where it can be spotty at times. It was sunny and about 30 degrees: a perfect time, I decided, to take the T up to Wellington on the Orange Line, where the Medford store is located. One reason I was excited (yup, I was excited) was that for the first time in my life, I would get to see the Wellington T stop from the inside (driven past it many times, but never actually set foot in the place). Might seem stupid, but as a long time T-taker, I was curious. Well, about an hour and a half after leaving my apartment, there I was, at the Wellington T stop. And I have to say: it sucked.
Getting off the train, it was like any old stop: escalators taking you back up to ground level, some dude selling candy, weirdos walking around. But then I got outside, and realized, I was trapped on the wrong side of tracks (nothing to do with crime; just literally, on the wrong side of the tracks). There were a lot of buses, and people waiting for buses, and looking over my shoulder, I could see everything that I needed to get to, blocked by fences, train tracks, third rails, and vacant lots. I must have missed something: there must have been a way around this crap. I went back in to invesigate: nope, no luck.
Heading back out, I saw some guy waiting for a bus.
"Hey, how do I get to the other side of the tracks?" I asked.
"Ohh, you gotta go underneath that overpass, then take a right, climb the hill, and cross the bridge."
Umm…okay. Let's just say, it sounds easier than it was. First, I had to walk for awhile (the overpass was a little ways away). When I got down there, I realized that it was super, super sketchy to go under the overpass, considering there was a huge sign that read "No Pedestrians Beyond This Point." Well, I figured the guy had to know what he was talking about: I mean, he was a local (although he actually probably wasn't, since he was waiting for a bus to leave the T stop). So, I gave it a whirl: and once underneath, I realized, the sign was right, the guy was wrong. Lets just say, it was a bad idea, and I exited from where I came (Mom and Dad, please don't flip out). Safely out of the tunnel, I started walking towards, you guessed it, a hill, with mud and snow. Ohh by the way, did I mention, everything was solid ice, and there were cars and buses driving around at like 50 mph. Hey Gang: You can't afford to miss the Wellington T stop experience, located on the Orange Line in Medford!!!
Anyway, I found a little trail where I could climb the hill, got a good grip on the concrete wall, and scaled its ass (it helped that I'm from the city of Somerville, where you need to know how to climb chain link fences by the age of seven.) Once on top of the wall, I started to climb up the trail I had found: a swath of mud cut through the snow and ice, with only a few random bottles of mystery liquids in the way. Super cool! After making it to the guardrail, I flipped myself over, and there I was, on the utterly snow and ice covered sidewalk along side Route 16! Clinging to the fence, I was able to make it to safe ground, where it only took about seven minutes to cross the most complicated interesection in the world (if you think it sucks driving around here, imagine walking). But, eventually, I got to the Men's Warehouse. After about twenty minutes, I was set, with a sweet single button tux set for pick-up on Friday. The only problem: getting back to the T in one piece. Ofcourse it all worked out: I even grabbed a roast beef sandwhich on the way back. But the important lesson here: the Wellington T stop is probably the worst, most pedestrian unfriendly train stop in the country (I would say worse, but I'm sure there's some worse ones in, say, Calcutta).
Speaking of Roast Beef: That's another future project I want to tackle: compare all the famous roast beef places in Boston (Kelly's, Mike's and Nick's [ I know, Nick's isn't famous.]) I might have to throw Arby's in as a control (I took one of my friends who was from Vermont to Mike's one time, and he said "I don't know, I think it tastes just like Arby's" which at the time I took for blasphemy, but, having never been to an Arby's, I can't really say). My goal, if I do do this: Don't get fat.
The weekly "Hi Mom!" segment:
Well, I just actually said hi to Mom today. But yesterday, when I came home for a little, I was ripped for the first time ever about my blog:
"Oh, and hey, I don't want to read about you not walking somewhere because you only have sneakers! You have three pairs of boots here!"
So Mom, since you're probably reading this, I am taking the boots with the laces to my apartment, and I am sorry for not listening to you earlier as I should have and not taking to the boots to my place in November, just in case.
Some Valentine's Day leftovers: I wanted to blog about Valentine's Day, but couldn't get into the mood, no pun intended. But I did hear some cool facts on the radio which I'd like to re-hash:
A lot of people probably already know this, but the little heart candies, which some claim taste like chalk (although I enjoy them), are made by Necco, right outside of Boston in the city of Revere. That means Revere is known for things not involving hairspray, make-up, strip-clubs, and roast beef (again with the roast beef).
I also learned that the first Valentine's Day card, as well as the first birth control device, were created in Worchester. Which means Worchester is known for other things besides knife-fights, sleaze-bags, and being cold.
Hopefully no one from Revere or Worchester read this. If you did, I'm sorry: I couldn't help myself.
Well, I'm spent. That is officially my blog of the week. This may have to be the new format: sorry, but I have a lot of trouble writing on weeknights. Today and last Sunday, I feel/felt like a million bucks. Stuff I do post during the week will probably be shorter, save for special occasions. As for tonight, I may just make another post. So keep you're eyes open you crazy bastards (you're not crazy, and you're not bastards, I'm just saying….)
Until Next Time,


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|Mending the hole in the bucket
It does not matter where you start... if you sing out loud "There is a hole in the bucket... " everyone will join in with "Dear Liza, dear Liza!" "Coconut woman is calling out... and ... " Before you can go any further you will hear all join in " and everywhere you can hear her shout eh... " If you start singing, 'wid plenty rydthm and so sweetly... " before long you will hear " dey play this stilbahn... " If you star "Day O... Day O... " You know what you will hear.
Harry Belafonte was even suprised that before he started "Day O " in Japan when he visited... the people had gathered to sing his song to him. Then, he told us in the Melafestavalen in Oslo last week, he knew then that the power of song is immense. See, he went on, among all the arts music is with us everywhere. It is found wherever we are because we take it there. That includes in the bathroom and the bedroom.
A singing soul
But Harry Belafonte has another song in his soul that we were so lucky to listen to. And this song calls one to consciousness. He is a resilient activist and unabashed to speak out for the voiceless.. you will be left shattered by the images in his film "Sing your Song" especially so the last image. I will not say what it is. And again once you hear this song of championing for justice deeply in you, you will find you will join in singing it somehow... you will find your own lyrics, you will begin to do your own thing, you will start to Sing your Song if you had not began. If you had began it you will find that it has more and more verses and choruses and that you just have to keep on singing louder after hearing Harry Belafonte.
It was amazing to watch the film Sing your Song and listen to HB's live interview in Oslo's Melasfestivlen 2012. I am glad that a friend had a reservation for me. You see it was a very special thing to be there not because of fame or how shall I put it? It was something else that happened at Klingenberg Kino. It was the fact that I heard a song that Belafonte sings very deeply with his soul. It is the song of peace. The song of that peace which many of us know is not found by just smiling back but by speaking as he often repeated, 'Truth to Power'. This is the song I did not know that Belafonte sang so deeply with all his might and soul. It was very inspiring. The film, which am not reviewing here is a jolt for those who sit back and watch all the violence and injustice in the world going on.
We cried and laughed and went through deep soul searching with Harry Belafonte whose life story is an example of what it takes to be resilient. Growing from poverty of not just not having material things but also lack of voice and recognition for the many black people in the South and becoming the icon he is another sign that much can be achieved in this life. Let me say quickly that for me this interview was life defining. I can say and this not just because he is a UNICEF Ambassdor of goodwill that Harry Belafonte can change lives with his words. I will blog this story in bits but I will blog on for some time because I want to explain what I mean as well as share thoughts on Harry Belfonte's thoughts in Oslo. I warn you that am not referring to any notes or magazine. Only if I need a spelling or some data. I am doing this a week later and without notes to see how much of it I made mine and why. I am challenging myself.
So we were waiting and then the movie rolled on. Violence, poverty, blood and song. The first scene in the house where Belafonte in the house where he was born is pacing up and down and the title of the movie on his backs is a masterpiece as the rest of the documentary produced by Gina Belafonte is. The movie is fast and intense. I went through a whole range of emotions. Some of the things I heard are never to be forgotten. Smiles, tears, tough times, telephone calls. Joy in Afrika, the visits to Afrika and a place where am going to go deeper. Harry Belafonte and Afrika. I knew that he had sang with Miriam Makeba but I must say I was very impressed that this was the first question that the interviewer asked him. No notes, so what I remember is that he was asked what it was like to and how he came to sing with Makeba. The answer was beautiful. He said he heard hear and he knew at once that this was a voice from Afrika singing... and telling the African story from Afrika. My soul was smiling as I so love as many people do, Miriam Makeba. I know she sang in western capitals but Miriam was in touch with the soul of her continent all the time as is Harry Belafonte when it comes to Afrika. He is committed to championing justice and am glad the issue of so many black Africans in prisons today in America is so well analysed and taken to deeper levels. Modern day slavery. I have been shocked everytime I have switched on programs on TV and especially one National Geographic which for me was meant to always be about scenic and exotic travel. Lots of crime in one color. We went form Norway where the 22nd of July was a real alarm to realising that this unfortunately is the world. From Mississippi to New Guinea. I count myself lucky to have been in that hall and heard and seen for myself what Harry Belafonte is all about. A friend and I had watched Carmen Jones before when we saw he was coming. I had not seen this old movie and it is mindblowing. In Sing your Song, clips of movies with famous actor come in. He narrates some details relating to the movie that one would never have got to know.
The picture coming to my mind now is Nelson Mandela's. I did not write earlier how the flight to Afrika from Mississipi impressed me. The dignity and joy of the people on the roads dancing and singing is captured so well. These and many other scenes keep coming to mind. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. so close and so far.. in death. The scene where Harry Belafonte is asking where he had gone is heart rending. Seeing our Kenyan Tom Mboya almost made me stand up in the hall but on the way home always the puzzle of what we know about who assassinated this man Tom Mboya in Kenya in 1969. The decade sixties for those with strong convictions did not only swing, it stung. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr was assassinated at 6:01 p.m. on April 4, 1968, Tom Joseph Mboya was assassinated on July 5, 1969 in Nairobi at about 1 pm and J F Kennedy at 12.30 p.m. on November 22, 1963.
But we go back to Mandela and hear Belafonte saying that he would rather wake up listening to Tata's wisdom than looking at his accounts. And then the wonderful meeting where Madiba calls him "Harry Boy" and laughs asking if he remembers him... so wonderful. See... am carrying on...


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Around one in 14 New South Wales residents could be eligible to claim a share in more than $220 million of unclaimed money, the state government has announced.
The lost cash, which is being held in a NSW Office of State Revenue account, comes from old bank accounts where the owner cannot be tracked down, unclaimed share dividends, bill refunds, deceased estates and trust funds.
More than 530,000 separate cash deposits are also waiting to be collected.
NSW Finance Minister Dominic Perrottet said "one in 14 people" in New South Wales could be eligible to claim a share of the money.
"In 2016, one claimant was reunited with $428,000, but there are still lots of people out there who could be in line for a windfall to start the year," Minister Perrottet said.
Residents can check if they are owed a share by logging on to the department's website at www.osr.nsw.gov.au.


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Vital Essentials frozen raw dog food receives the Advisor's top rating of 5 stars.
The Vital Essentials product line includes 7 raw frozen dog foods.
Each recipe below includes its related AAFCO nutrient profile when available on the product's official webpage: Growth, Maintenance, All Life Stages, Supplemental or Unspecified.
Important: Because many websites do not reliably specify which Growth or All Life Stages recipes are safe for large breed puppies, we do not include that data in this report. Be sure to check actual packaging for that information.
The Vital Essentials raw frozen products are available in pet patties, mini pet patties, chubs and some are available as nibblets.
- Vital Essentials Fish Entree [A]
- Vital Essentials Beef Entree [A]
- Vital Essentials Duck Entree [A]
- Vital Essentials Rabbit Entree [A]
- Vital Essentials Chicken Entree [A]
- Vital Essentials Wild Boar Entree [A]
- Vital Essentials Turkey Entree (3 stars) [A]
Vital Essentials Beef Entree was selected to represent the other products in the line for this review.
Vital Essentials Beef Entree
Raw Dog Food
Estimated Dry Matter Nutrient Content
Ingredients: Beef, beef tripe, ground beef bone, beef liver, beef heart, beef kidney, beef blood, beef fat, herring oil, d-alpha tocopherol
Fiber (estimated dry matter content) = 7.7%
Red items indicate controversial ingredients
|Estimated Nutrient Content
|Guaranteed Analysis
|Dry Matter Basis
|Calorie Weighted Basis
The first ingredient in this dog food is beef. Beef is defined as "the clean flesh derived from slaughtered cattle" and includes skeletal muscle or the muscle tissues of the tongue, diaphragm, heart or esophagus.1
Beef is naturally rich in all ten essential amino acids required by a dog to sustain life.
The second ingredient is beef tripe. Tripe usually consists of the first three chambers of a cud-chewing animal's stomach. As unappetizing as it may seem to us humans, tripe is favored by dogs and sometimes even includes the stomach's contents, too.
The third ingredient is ground beef bone, an excellent source of natural calcium.
The fourth ingredient is beef liver. This is an organ meat sourced from a named animal and thus considered a beneficial component.
The fifth ingredient is beef heart. Although it doesn't sound very appetizing to us humans, heart tissue is pure muscle — all meat. It's naturally rich in quality protein, minerals and complex B vitamins, too.
The sixth ingredient is beef kidney, an organ meat low in fat and rich in protein and essential minerals.
The seventh ingredient is beef blood, which consists mostly of water. And although it doesn't sound very appetizing to humans, blood is naturally rich in protein (albumin), vitamins and minerals.
The eighth ingredient is beef fat. Beef fat (or tallow) is most likely obtained from rendering, a process similar to making soup in which the fat itself is skimmed from the surface of the liquid.
Although it may not sound very appetizing, beef fat is actually a quality ingredient.
The ninth ingredient is herring oil. Herring oil is naturally rich in the prized EPA and DHA type of omega-3 fatty acids. These two high quality fats boast the highest bio-availability to dogs and humans.
Depending on its level of freshness and purity, herring oil should be considered a commendable addition.
From here, the list goes on to include a number of other items.
But to be realistic, ingredients located this far down the list (other than nutritional supplements) are not likely to affect the overall rating of this product.
With one notable exception…
Except for the vitamin E, we find no added vitamins or minerals on the ingredients list. We would assume these essential nutrients are provided by the food ingredients in the recipe.
Vital Essentials Raw Frozen Dog Food
The Bottom Line
Judging by its ingredients alone, Vital Essentials raw frozen dog food looks like an above-average raw product.
But ingredient quality by itself cannot tell the whole story. We still need to estimate the product's meat content before determining a final rating.
The dashboard displays a dry matter protein reading of 56%, a fat level of 35% and estimated carbohydrates of about 2%.
As a group, the brand features an average protein content of 55% and a mean fat level of 32%. Together, these figures suggest a carbohydrate content of 5% for the overall product line.
And a fat-to-protein ratio of about 58%.
Above-average protein. Above-average fat. And below-average carbs when compared to a typical raw dog food.
Free of any plant-based protein boosters, this looks like the profile of a raw product containing an abundance of meat.
Bottom line?
Vital Essentials is a meat-based raw dog food using a generous amount of named meats and organs as its main sources of animal protein, thus earning the brand 5 stars.
Enthusiastically recommended.
Please note certain recipes are sometimes given a higher or lower rating based upon our estimate of their total meat content and (when appropriate) their fat-to-protein ratios.
Vital Essentials Dog Food
Recall History
The following list (if present) includes all dog food recalls since 2009 directly related to this product line. If there are no recalls listed in this section, we have not yet reported any events.
- Vital Essentials Dog Food Recall | April 2018 (4/16/2018)
- Vital Essentials Dog Food Recall | February 2018 (2/24/2018)
- Vital Essentials Dog Food Recall | January 2016 (1/15/2016)
- Vital Essentials Dog Food Recall of 2015 (7/7/2015)
You can view a complete list of all dog food recalls sorted by date. Or view the same list sorted alphabetically by brand.
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Special FDA Alert
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|Illustration depicting Huygens' landing on Titan. Credit: ESA
Conceiving and executing the Huygens mission took more than 20 years, from the proposal in 1982 through approval in 1988, launch in 1997, and arrival in 2005. The success of this scientific and technological tour-de force was due to the interest and perseverance of the proposing scientists and to the highly creative and ingenious solutions worked out by industry to build a device that pushed the frontiers of space exploration to new limits. None of this – a development time of 17 years, preceded by a long preparatory effort – would have been possible if ESA had not had a long-term space science plan.
Scientists, technologists, national funding agencies, space industry and international partners all relied very heavily on the existence of ESA's long-term plan to build confidence in the success of a project that took two decades to develop. Huygens is by no means an exception in the length of development for a space science mission, which typically take decades to return their final science. The Horizon 2000 plan, which included the Cassini-Huygens mission, was prepared in 1984. Horizon 2000 Plus was drawn up in 1994-1995. Cosmic Vision 2015-2025, created in 2005, is the logical continuation into the next decade of the ESA science planning cycle. Horizon 2000 replaced the previous a la carte style of mission selection by an appetising table d'hôte. At its inception, there was judicious provision for updating the programme with missions still to be chosen. The promise of Horizon 2000 was fulfilled when the astronomy missions Herschel and Planck set off into space in 2009. The second step in this decadal series is Horizon 2000 Plus, which includes the missions Gaia, BepiColombo and the European contribution to the James Webb Space Telescope.
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This Week's Weather Starting With A Messy Monday Commute
Here's Kevin Arnone's forecast for this week.
A northwest wind will keep our temps cold for the day on Monday.
Quick round of snow showers is likely during the overnight hours on Sunday and into the morning commute on Monday. No model has over 1/2 inch of snow for accumulation, so I would say a slippery commute is possible Monday morning with a coating of accumulation.
Day time highs are around the mid 40's this time of the year and we will surpass that on Tuesday as we will be flirting with 50 degrees! Also you will be enjoying a sunset at 7 p.m. by March 16th.
Both the GFS and EURO and Canada computer models are hinting at possible snowstorm for Wednesday into Thursday. It is still a few days away but models have been keeping this Low Pressure system around the same area past few days.
The top left picture is the EURO, top right is the GFS and bottom is the Canada.Green/blue shows QPF (amount of precipitation for 6 hour period).
Black lines are isobars which are lines of pressure.
The lines with a space in them are temp values, Light blue below 32, Blue is 32 and red is above 32.
There is no lock in this forecast just yet, a lot will change over the next few days. The forecast will completely depend on storm track and where the storm center goes over.
If the storm center moves directly over CT, it will start as rain then as colder air moves in during the back end of the storm it will end as snow.
If the storm center moves way inland, it will be all rain.
If the storm center pushes out to sea just a bit, it will be a mostly snow event.
I don't see any indications of this being a blockbuster snowstorm, but if this systems track moves out to sea just enough, 6+ inches isn't out of the questions for inland CT. Right now the models have different solutions, I hope by Monday night I will have a better understanding.
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As a blogger we are always shooting and creating content.. Thus content piles up.. Lots of it! So I thought I would take a little break from my vacation posts to bring you some content I shot about three weeks ago. I have to say it is a rare day when I wear a mini skirt..
..But lately I find myself in more than a few mini skirts over the last few weeks. Why not.. when the weather warms up, show off those assets.
I like the idea of proportion. Lots on top.. little on bottom and vice versa. Especially when then sun comes out. I like the idea of a little sexy in every look..
I also have been playing with big hoops in my ears. Actually big earrings in general. With all my piercings it's vital that the right earrings are worn. Something to off set the chaos of all the piercings.. Thin hoops.. Architectural shapes.. and don't forget that mixing metals is A okay!
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Hi Everyone,
Today I made one of my favorite pies.
Tollhouse Pie!!
This pie is so good and easier than cookies.
You can also heat it up and put ice cream on it.
This pie is great for summer or winter,
and is awesome for the holidays!!
Go here for the Recipe.
They are just as easy to make two as one, just double the recipe and put in two deep dish
pie shells. You will be glad you did after tasteing.
I hope you try this recipe.
Thank you for stopping by.
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The trail begins at the north end of the Grandview Point parking area, off of Arizona state route 64, 12 miles (19 km) east of Grand Canyon Village, Arizona. From the trail head, it makes a quick descent through the Kaibab Limestone and Toroweap Formation, making a couple of early switchbacks. Portions of this section of trail were reconstructed in the summer of 2005 after a couple of storms washed them out.
Very Steep
The Grandview Trail offers hikes to Coconino Saddle, 2.2 miles (round trip), and Horseshoe Mesa, 6.4 miles (round trip). Trail conditions are tougher than the Bright Angel and South Kaibab Trails. Unmaintained steep trail requires caution. Begins on canyon side of retaining wall at Grandview Point on Desert View Drive (12 miles east of village). For experienced desert hikers. Hiking boots recommended.
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Florrie chipped a tooth yesterday so it is off to the dentist. One advantage of staying in the US.
Thursday, February 5, 2015
Thursday, January 29, 2015
We have decided to stay in Vero for the season. Weather windows have been too short and we like it here.
Monday, January 19, 2015
Yanmar problems
Back at st. Augustine because the brand new yanmar manifold is defective. Arrrrggggg.
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Wednesday, January 14, 2015
Fog and more fog
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Tuesday, January 13, 2015
Still in St Augustine
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015
Navionics navigation app.
.Tried to put the old, paid for Navionics program from my old phone onto my new phone. The phone accepted it but won't run it. Navionics took 6 days to respond to several queries only to say they no longer support that app. No offer to supply a replacement. I tried one of their apps which uses "govt charts". You would think this was a NOAA chart so I uploaded all the NOAA charts I need and tried again with the new app. The "govt" charts show NO buoy numbers or the names of the bridges on the ICW. They show depth info only at the highest zooms, According to them: "The source category for this layer of detail is listed as government. Our chart sources are proprietary and we do not provide this information publicly." In other words, their chart reading app does not accept the free NOAA charts and you must buy their charts. If this isn't Bait and Switch, ... Needless to say I uninstalled their app and will be using another FREE app which does take both NOAA and Explorer charts. For the computer, I still prefer "OpenCPN" which does everything the high priced programs do and does it for FREE. It works on both the Mac and the Windows environments and, at least on windows, shows me AIS with a receiver.
Splashed in St. Augustine on Catamaran Harmony in 2015.
2015. We are in the water and the bilges are dry. Seals are working as are the engines. Did have some electrical issues so I cleaned off every connection to the 6 batteries and found that I needed to replace 3 of them. Boy batteries are heavy! Went to test out the system and the 110 was NOTHING. I couldn't figure out what I might have done to disrupt the 110 system while working on the 12v system. Spent about an hour tracking down everything and cleaning everything only to finally discover that the plug on shore had loosened and was not connected. AAAARRRGGGG! Talk about feeling stupid. The shifter for the starboard engine was really stiff for the transmission but not for the accelerator. Ordered a new cable only to find out that the problem was in the shifter itself. Cleaned the shifter itself and now it is working just fine.
The anchor chain has been completely replaced with new BBB (the best stuff). The windlass is working fine. AHHHHHH.
This is one of Florrie's drawings which I may have posted before but it is one of my favorites. We went to dinner at Vero Beach a couple of years ago and this is how we got back to the boat when it started to pour.


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Lauren – Nothing can stop her from creating
"Boston does mean a lot to me because the city was the dividing line between who I was and who I am now."
Meet Lauren, Boston artist who's creativity is constantly flowing.
Can you tell me about your background?
I was born and raised in Memphis, TN and lived there until I was 25. Attending the University of Memphis in that time and graduated with a BFA. Focusing in photography at the time but blended photographic transfers with painting for my thesis exhibition. I got accepted the MFA program at the School of the Museum of Fine Arts in Boston and never knew I'd end up in the north. I never knew how much I would love the northeast.
Can you share an unforgettable story happened during your live in Boston?
You know, I have a plethora of unforgettable stories that happened in Boston from the good, the bad, the ugly and the absolutely beautiful. The two years of grad school were two of the best years of my life. I not only made amazing, life-long friends but met such talented professors that I admire and have learned so much from.
Back to the unforgettable story…. The ones that pop into my head the most would involve hanging out at Revere Beach the whole summer with Bosnians, watching the sunrise and sunset almost every night from the 17th floor of an apartment balcony with the most perfect view of the beach and drinking I don't know how many bottles of Jack Daniels, playing poker and partying like there was no tomorrow and then jumping in the ocean in the early morning.
This was the summer that I also made a ton of amazing artwork in the steaming hot studio where I would have to grab bags of ice to store in the freezer just to have a cup of it by my side to constantly rub all over me to cool off. I'm sure that studio got well over 100 degrees.
You seem like you're full of stories. Do you have anything else to share with us?
Another unforgettable story would be how I was freaking out about 2 months before my thesis exhibition for SMFA and I wasn't feeling strongly about what I had just yet. Then I basically let it all out with no restrictions and made some of the best work I've ever made. One night I stayed up to see what I could manifest on a 120"x210" canvas. I had this whole room that we called a share space at the time (not sure if it's still used as a share space) but I took it over that night and worked on this mastodon sized painting for 15 hours straight. To this day, that painting that I titled "Fault Line" is the masterpiece of my lifetime.
I created that painting with having the New Madrid Fault line in mind, because it's well overdue and will cause my hometown, Memphis, to be a huge lake when it hits. Memphis will be no more and the New Madrid Earthquake will divide the US in half. It's 6x larger than the San Andreas fault. It's also important to know that there's 15 nuclear reactors along the New Madrid fault line- which means that when the earthquake strikes, we can expect a Fukushima times 15.
Who/what was inspired you to become the person you are today?
I would definitely say that my mom and dad were and still are inspirations for becoming who I am today. Growing up, the upstairs room was my dads studio and I would go in there a lot to see what he was working on. He's a painter as well and at the time used a lot of airbrush but these days works in mainly acrylic.
I would get to try all types of mediums at a young age and was fascinated at what you can create with it all. The possibilities are endless and you can go any direction you wish- there's so much freedom. A multitude of inspiration comes from other artists- Wangechi Mutu I constantly look at, Kara Walker, Gerhar Richter, Jackie Saccoccio is one of my absolute idols, Kehinde Wiley, among so many others.
Do you have any story funny, touching, or important to you that you'd like to share with us?
I do have one- While being in the MFA program, I met someone who I would consider a sister- I immediately clicked with her and she became one of my best friends- one of those friends that if you went a while without speaking, you just simply pick up where you left off without any bad feelings. She was battling brain cancer for years before I even met her and passed away in August. She had a rare, aggressive brain cancer but she was one of the toughest, bravest, most beautiful people I've ever known. I'll never forget Katherine Romero. I think about her every day!
What are your passions in life?
My passions are definitely on the broader spectrum. I have intense passions for painting, music, comedy shows, geology, cosmology, etc. I also have a passion and love for anything fulfilling to the senses.
What does Boston mean to you?
Boston does mean a lot to me because the city was the dividing line between who I was and who I am now. I grew stronger in so many ways: in my art practice, mentally, physically, emotionally. It's the city where I made some of my best paintings, made the closest friends, networked like crazy, partied heavily and just became more of who I am. Boston is my city of experimentation, research and figuring out what and why I do what I do. Even though I live in Brooklyn, NY now, I still miss Boston and can't wait to take a trip there soon.


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SOME of Eskom's former executives have opted to set the record straight after President Jacob Zuma blamed the utility's woes on apartheid, for the second time in as many months.
"We don't feel guilty about the energy issue," Zuma reportedly told the ANC faithful during the party's birthday bash in Cape Town last weekend. "It is not our problem of today, but a historic problem, one of apartheid, that we are resolving.
"After 1994, we had to provide energy to all, because people had the right to energy, and we suddenly realised we didn't have enough," Zuma said, before talking about the low price of electricity during the apartheid era and how it was always designed to serve a few if not to attract foreign investment. These were arguments he had also used at the end of last year as the Eskom crisis began to deepen.
True to the characteristic secrecy that defines its operations, the parastatal refused to provide the Financial Mail with copies of planning documents from the early 1990s to test Zuma's assertion. However, a number of the utility's strategy people from that period have opted to "let the real story be known".
"Crises of the magnitude we are witnessing today are not new," says Jac Messerschmidt, who served on Eskom's management board for much of his 32-year career before retiring in 1999.
In the wake of the 1973 oil crisis, Eskom (or Escom as it was known until 1987) lowered its prices and demand for electricity shot up as thousands of users — domestic and industrial alike — began to migrate to the cheaper form of energy. This forced a rush to build three power stations — Arnot, Kriel and Matla — which inevitably forced a sharp hike in electricity prices to part-fund the rapid expansion plans.
What Eskom did not quite appreciate, however, was its relatively unskilled workforce for the kind of plants it had brought on stream, some of which were poorly designed. By 1981, the utility was forced to embark on large-scale load-shedding as it tended to its operational disasters, says Messerschmidt.
This forced the strategists back to the drawing board. Eskom went on an enormous spending spree and commissioned five new stations to help meet demand.
But the economic consequences of the international sanctions imposed on the apartheid state became manifest only in the mid-1980s, says Brian Statham, who headed the planning unit before becoming an Eskom general manager prior to his leaving in 2007. This left them with surplus capacity and a new kind of crisis to deal with.
By the end of that decade, five stations had been mothballed (of which two would eventually be decommissioned, the other three coming back on stream in the early 2000s). A privatisation study was also called for by government in the late 1980s, which favoured selling off the utility. However, that plan came to naught due to the changing of the political guard that began with the unbanning of the ANC in 1990.
The trend across the world at that time was towards the liberalisation of energy markets, and though former president Nelson Mandela talked up nationalisation and people power upon his release from prison in 1990, the tune of the ANC began to change as the party's leaders toured the world, drumming up investment for the new SA.
"Essentially, the ANC government that began in 1994 opted to bring in independent power producers and Eskom was stopped in its tracks from developing further capacity," says Statham.
"But as the ANC government courted, and was courted by, potential foreign investors, at the same time as Eskom continued planning as though it had a monopoly over the country's power production, there was little happening in terms of new capacity projects being initiated."
The utility was also regarded by the new government as a relic from an era that had run its course. Any suggestions on the management's part to build more capacity or plan ahead into the 2000s was interpreted as a bid to maintain the status quo, while predictions of a looming energy shortage fell on deaf ears.
"In the late 1990s, Eskom's plans clearly predicted that we would have a shortage in capacity somewhere between 2006 and 2008 if we didn't address the issue of capacity then," recalls Statham. (They were not far off: Black Friday hit the mining sector in the third week of January 2008.) However, by 1998 the white paper on energy was in place and it had allocated all future capacity building plans to independent power producers, so Eskom's hands were tightly tied.
But the expected foreign direct investment to facilitate the liberalisation plans never materialised, at least not in the energy sector. SA was a new democracy without mature energy policies and regulations; there was a lot of uncertainty and people were reluctant to invest.
"The ownership structure of Eskom didn't help either," says Ian McRae, the CEO from 1985 to 1994, referring to the fact that the utility provided only a percentage of direct supply, with the rest coming from the extensive network of municipalities who buy in bulk from Eskom, which deterred potential independent power producers, in his view.
But the looming energy crisis was not abating. Shortly after he became minister of public enterprises in 2004, Alec Erwin admitted government had "got its timing wrong". He called on Eskom to begin plans for the construction of two new plants, Medupi and Kusile.
Three years later, then president Thabo Mbeki followed suit and said: "When Eskom said to government: 'We think we must invest more in terms of electricity generation' … we said not now, later. We were wrong. Eskom was right. We were wrong."
But, says Statham, by then a lot of the experienced Eskom hands had been retrenched. "And it was also a sellers' market at that time and with Eskom negotiating these two big projects in a crisis, my sense is they negotiated difficult deals," the fall-out from which we are living with today.
Source: http://www.financialmail.co.za/features/2015/01/15/eskom-switching-the-blame


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This week's featured artist is a delightful and talented fiber artist-Sandi from Ceder City, Utah. Her business is iKnitQuiltSew and for forty years her amazing creations have been a best-kept-secret, until she recently decided to take the plunge and share them with the world. She knits adorable baby booties, hats, headbands, rag dolls and teddy bears plus unique, original appliqued, handquilted quilts. She has an old fashioned, classic style due to the use of her great grandmother's patterns dating back to the late 1800's.
Here are a few of her amazing creations and you will find much more at her Etsy shop and blog. Enjoy!!
Sunday, May 23, 2010
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Sandi's bears are just the cutest, but all her stuff is terrific!ReplyDelete
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Those baby booties are adorable!ReplyDelete
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the bears....ah, they are my favorite! Great post!ReplyDelete
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I believe deeply that Ghanaians and Africans can make the necessary changes for development. Yes, there are obstacles. Yes, we have day-to-day responsibilities. Yes, times can be tough. But that's not the entire story. We also have stepping stones, passion, inspiring moments, and above all, we have EACH OTHER. In Ghana's case especially, having each other and keeping the peace is probably the biggest factor in how far we have come so far. Yet, if the events (revolutions) this year are any indication, our peace is not guaranteed, particularly when it is sitting on a minefield of inequalities. Enter Northern Ghana.
Northern Ghana has probably been exhausted on here, so I won't take that route. If you want to know what my thoughts are regarding why development in the region is in the best interest of ALL Ghanaians, click here. Instead, I'd like to send you a personal invitation to take a step in helping initiate sustainable change in Northern Ghana for Ghana: BarCamp Tamale. It's a FREE event supported by the likes of Google and Tamale-GTUG, and if you know anything about the BarCamp Ghana events, you'll know this is bound to be an intellectually stimulating and network enhancing event. Not to mention that the theme: "Championing local voices for development through technology and ICT" is very relevant. Many great initiatives have been borne through BarCamp including REACH Ghana, and it has featured young people like you and I who are finding their path, leading by example, and excelling at it. There's a ton of work to be done up North, so if you're looking for an avenue to contribute, this could be it.
No, it doesn't matter if you don't know the capital of the Northern Region (BTW, it's Tamale :) ). Or if you think the north is another country altogether. All that matters is that you're a Ghanaian/African/Global Citizen, and you care about our common future. That's all it takes. Ghana is regarded as a poor country (middle income title or not), and according to the last WB poverty assessment, 60% of those living in extreme poverty…take that in: SIXTY… are based in Northern Ghana. I found that out today, and it just left me dumbfounded. How come that statistic is not as propagated as all our other indices? Anyway. Experience they say is the best teacher. So this is an opportunity for you to see for yourself, get outside your comfort zone (aka Accra/Tema/Kumasi/Cape Coast) and experience a bit more of Ghana.
To my Northern GH peeps: Helping plan BarCamp Tamale, one thing stood out to me: our networks are so fragmented they border on being non-existent! Beyond knowing someone as your mother's brother's cousin's great uncle's favorite koko seller's niece, how else do we know each other? This is a great networking opportunity and honestly, it would be our own fault if we don't make good on it. We always say we have a lot more to offer than we are given credit for. Well guess what? It's time to show it! Kindly forward this on to all Northern Ghanaians you know – old, new, young, abroad, in-land, – everyone you think might benefit/be interested in this. If you can't make the event, please just forward the information on. If you'd like to be more involved, consider volunteering or sponsoring the event. If there's an entrepreneurial Northerner you'd like to nominate to be a speaker/panelist, kindly let me know (email@example.com) and I will forward you on to the right people. Anyway you choose to act on this, do it! It counts as a contribution!
Alora, quick recap on the event:
Date: Saturday November 26, 2011
Venue: Tamale Polytechnic
Time: 8am – 5pm
Fee: FREE
RSVP/Register: Via Facebook – https://www.facebook.com/event.php?eid=216108505126332
Via Eventbrite – https://barcamptamale11.eventbrite.com/?nomo=1
Also Stay Tuned : Facebook Page: https://www.facebook.com/BarcampTamale
Twitter: https://twitter.com/#!/barcamptamale
Downloadable Press Release: http://www.scribd.com/doc/72099868/Press-Release-Bar-Camp-Tamale-2011
We've come to a point in history where we have to spearhead our own solutions for development. Yes, we work in partnership with one another, but WE have to take the lead. This is Northern Ghana's opportunity to turn the wheel and make a change. How are YOU contributing?


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You know I love Chuck and I know you do to. Chuck returns September 20 with a shiny new season. I have missed them all but especially Chuck and Sarah, Casey and Morgan so I start a little early with what we know so far.
Updated September 16.
You should not be reading this if you don't like spoilers by the way.
Last season Chuck finally got together with Sarah (Hurray) which only increased my enjoyment even if Agent Shaw slipped in there between them in the beginning of the season before he turned to the dark side and joined the Ring. This season the writers promised not to put anyone between the two. "Fandom has showed it's a bad idea". That is not to say there wont be ups and downs in their relationship.
It was also the season when Morgan learned the truth, that Chuck was a spy. That episode when Chuck told him when they sat there bound together in the Dojo of the Castle (their secret lair underneath the Buy More) is one of the best Chuck moments ever. He is now in training under Casey's gentle guidance. Casey and Morgan was absolutely fantastic together in season 3 so expect sparkles here.
But it didn't stop there his sister Ellie also found out in the season finale. There she was in a CIA office in protective custody when her brother sneaks by and takes down her handler. That was pure enjoyment. Ellie is going to be Pregnant according to Ausiello (EW)
Captain Awesome won't be reviving his short-lived career as international superspy anytime soon. "Last season Awesome realized if there was one place in the world where he wasn't awesome, it was on spy missions," notes exec producer Chris Fedak. "He'd like to stay as far away from the spy world as he can." That's particularly true now that there's a mini Awesome on the way. "He is going to be way more into all of the rituals of pregnancy than even Ellie is," says fellow EP Josh Schwartz of the daddy-to-be.
Is it only I that think of Star Wars when John Casey told his daughter? She was running away from him at the time since he was only a weird man that took her up and carried her out to his car and drove away with her. Then stopped and said "You can trust me". I would be running too. But she stopped when he cried "I am your Father". I hear that Casey's daughter Alexa (Mekenna Melvin) is going to be a recurring star this season but I haven't seen her name on the cast on any of the first episodes yet. Morgan was clearly interested in her to Casey's disapproval. That probably means that Morgan will be involved in some bodily harm. Alexa is one person I am thrilled to learn to know better. We haven't seen so much of her before.
It's no accident that producers have shown us that Casey's daughter has some serious combat skills. "It's a spy show, so I think she's going to be on some missions," reports Adam Baldwin, who plays Alex's proud papa. (tvguide)
I hope you have seen the finale already. The sad thing is that Stephen Bartowski (Scott Bakula), Chuck and Ellie's father was shot by agent Shaw but before he died he built a Governor to prevent the Intersect from overloading. Shaw stole it but Chuck took it back before Morgan blew up the Buy More. Jeff and Lester are on the run since they believe they are responsible. Some fans have noticed that Stephen died in close proximity to a Ring base that experimented with cryogenic regeneration. So he might not be dead.
Talking about another undead that might upset some fans. Rumor says that Agent Daniel Shaw might be back. He is loaded with the Intersect too so he might be a real problem for Chuck.
General Beckman is now a Series Regular. Rumor says we will see her legs!
The Buy More was destroyed in the season finale. This season the Buy More is now owned and operated by the CIA, so it has the most badass employees ever — quite a change. Every week there will be a new kickass CIA operative green-shirt working at store with Team Bartowski, recast with someone awesome, but each going under the alias of "Greta," regardless of whether they're a man or a woman
I expect Chuck to take up his father's secret work, whatever that is and to search for his mother. He promised Ellie to stop being a spy after he stopped Shaw so he has to keep it a secret from her and probably even from Sarah at first. Morgan is the first one he is going to involve according to sources inside the show.
You can't have missed that Chuck is getting a mom Mary Elizabeth Bartowski. The mystery surrounding Chuck's mom is at the heart of the season, and there are going to be some shocking surprises in the first episode," previews Fedak. "By the end of the episode we are going to turn everything on its head with regard to who she is." Linda Hamilton will play Chucks mom. She disappeared from her children's lives when they were still young. Now she will appear throughout the season, leading Chuck to discover that her life was shrouded in secrets. She was a spy, a CIA agent … and that's just the beginning. Who is she today? One thing is certain: She's not the soccer mom who left her children so many years ago.
I am vibrant and thrilled about the new season. I will keep this post updated with news as they become available.
Episode Details
Chuck 4.01 – Chuck versus the Anniversary (NBC) September 20
It's a very different season this year in the sense that Chuck's retired from the CIA and he can't tell Ellie he's a spy, but he also has to find his mom, So he has to do it without using the CIA resources, so he finds himself in the season premiere not being able to tell Sarah what he's up to and not being able to tell Ellie what he's up to. All he has in the world now is Morgan, which is a terrible, terrible fate for anyone trying to accomplish something in life.
CHUCK BEGINS A SEARCH FOR HIS MOTHER, WHICH HE MUST KEEP A SECRET FROM THE CIA AND HIS SISTER — LINDA HAMILTON GUEST STARS AS MARY BARTOWSKI — DOLPH LUNDGREN, HARRY DEAN STANTON AND OLIVIA MUNN ALSO GUEST STAR — Chuck (Zachary Levi) and Morgan (Joshua Gomez) go on a rogue globe-spanning mission to find Chuck's mom. Meanwhile, Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) and Casey (Adam Baldwin) follow a trail to Russia as they investigate the mysterious Volkoff Industries and its operative, Marco (guest star Dolph Lundgren). Back at home, Ellie (Sarah Lancaster) delivers big news to her family. Bonita Friedericy also stars.
The premiere will guest star Dolph Lundgren as Marko and Harry Dean Stanton as Harry and Linda Hamilton as Mary Elizabeth Bartowski.
Olivia Munn will play Greta#1 an impossibly cool, smart, and pretty CIA agent who intimidates and schools Chuck and Morgan.
Dolph [will] try and 'break' Chuck in Season 4 premiere." Action star Dolph Lundgren will be hittin Chuck's up-coming season. This isn't the first time the actor has played a role on Chuck. In March's 'Chuck vs. the Final Exam,' rogue FSB agent Anatoli Zevlovski's alias was Ivan Drago — the name of Lundgren's Russian boxer in Rocky IV."
Chuck 4.02 – Chuck versus the Suitcase (NBC)
CHUCK AND SARAH TRAVEL TO FASHION WEEK IN MILAN TO RETRIEVE A HIGH-TECH SECRET WEAPON — KAROLINA KURKOVA, LOU FERRIGNO, AND ISAIAH MUSTAFA GUEST STAR — When Chuck (Zachary Levi) and Sarah (Yvonne Strahovski) go undercover in Milan, Chuck realizes the "Achilles' Heel" in their relationship, but must set personal issues aside for the mission. Meanwhile, Morgan (Joshua Gomez) recognizes a fatal flaw that compromises the new Buy More. Elsewhere, Casey struggles to put down roots in Burbank. Bonita Friedericy, Vik Sahay and Scott Krinsky also star.
Looks like the return of Lester and Jeff? Isaiah Mustafa is Greta#2. This episode will most likely involve a fight scene Yvonne Strahovski was shooting on a catwalk with supermodel Karolina Kurkova (I am guessing it is here since there was a casting call for a dangerous, sexy, and kick-ass supermodel for this episode), and it's definitely going to rank up there as one of the best girlfights evah on Chuck according to Kristin at E!
Lou Ferrigno, who was painted green to play the jade giant in the '70s and '80s series The Incredible Hulk, will play the bodyguard of an evil spy model (ex-Victoria's Secret Angel Karolina Kurkova).
Chuck 4.03 – Chuck versus the Cubic Z (NBC)
A prison transfer delivers old foes the Buy More, canceling Chuck and Sarah's romantic mission; Morgan gets a surprise from Big Mike
Stacy Keibler as Greta#3
Chuck 4.04 – Chuck versus the Coup d'Etat (NBC)
Nicole Richie returns as Heather Chandler, Sarah's high school nemesis (2 years ago, the reunion episode). According to a Chuck insider, a prison transfer goes awry and Heather, ends up being stowed away at Castle (a.k.a. the underground CIA base). But here's where things get really interesting: We have been told her arrival dovetails with some serious bumps in Chuck and Sarah's deepening relationship. And you better believe that Ms. Heather will use that rift to her advantage.
Stone Cold Steve Austin's Hugo Panzer is also making a comeback this episode.
We don't have a Greta in episode 4," says exec producer Chris Fedak. Adds fellow EP Josh Schwartz: "The Buy More is not in that episode. Chuck's away on a mission."
Armand Assante will be back as Alejandro Goya, the king premier of Costa-Gravas, but this time he's bringing his woman with him! Yep, look for Mrs. Goya; producers are hoping to find a major name to play the part.
TV Guide has just disclosed that actress Tia Texada will guest star as Hortencia aka Armand Assante's character's wife. Coming with a secret, she will be introduced when "Chuck and the gang visit the Premier's beautiful island in his native Costa Gravas."
Chuck 4.05 – Chuck versus The Couch Look (NBC)
Chuck 4.06 – Chuck versus The Aisle of Terror (NBC)
NBC has tapped the original Freddy Krueger—a.k.a. Robert Englund—to guest star in the Halloween episode. Englund will play Dr Stanley Wheelwright, an evil scientist who can make your waking life a nightmare.
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- Chuck 1.14 – Chuck vs The Honeymooners April 27, 2010
- Chuck 3.11 – Chuck vs the Final Exam Review March 29, 2010
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- Chuck 3.09 – Chuck vs the Beard a Recap Review with Photos March 15, 2010
- Chuck vs the Fake Name 3.08 a Review/Recap March 8, 2010
- Chuck 2.07 – Chuck vs The Mask (going on hiatus) February 10, 2008
- Chuck 3.06 – Chuck vs Nacho Sampler February 4, 2010
- Chuck 3.05 Chuck vs First Class January 29, 2010
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- New Chuck Season 3 promo December 15, 2009
- Chuck renewed! May 18, 2009
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Why do we supply millions for weapons and nothing to fix the leaks in the schools and have up to date books in the classroom? Or is that billions?
Before you start waving the flag at me, I helped defend that flag, and I vote, so I have a right to speak, and let me be clear, I will defend this country until I am dead and gone. It's almost Christmas, and why are children starving in this country and without medical assistance? Why are our veterans sleeping under bridges? You don't see it? Well open your eyes! When I lived in Cincinnati and worked for the utility I regularly saw men sleeping near the big transformers not a mile from the city center. Why, well any science student will tell you that the electricity running through the coils in the transformers produces heat. That is any science student who is still in school. Most homeless men know more about insulation than the typical student.
I know it looks hopeless sometimes, but if everyone who is sick and tired of what we have done to Christmas would just spend a few hours at the homeless center helping, or at the thrift store sorting clothing, the world would be a better place for a few minutes.
A week or so ago I spent time with others, from my church, at the thrift store. I'm not good for much, but I can sort bags of donated clothing, and for a few hours we laughed and talked while we made a small dent in the bags. It's wonderful to give, but then it takes warm bodies to get the things ready for the store, and listen, nobody is making a profit. The go back to feed the homeless, and a lot of the times the things are given away to the person in need. A little time there and the hope returns.
A country that treats its old people, homeless, and children the way we do needs to be looked at more closely. I don't know many lawmakers, but I wonder if they would be ashamed if they looked a homeless family in the eyes. I wonder if they have seen the people sleeping on the grates in DC? I know there are good people out there. You know what kind of a person or child you've raised when they are willing to feed the homeless or donate a goat before they think about gifts for themselves.
Well, it's my blog and I can rant if I want!
Get Up
Get Up
GET UP, you're thinking about the game anyway.
You're looking sideways at Janet Thompson's legs
Get Up
Walk back the aisle. Don't think about
the stares, the whispers, or the preacher.
Push open the double doors at the back of the sanctuary,
run down the limestone steps, across the flagstone walk,
past the parking lot full of shiny cars, and up the street.
Run to the corner where the old woman
sits on the grate, wipes the snot from her nose,
cracks the snow from her hair.
Walk up to her and beg her forgiveness,
rip your pocket off, and give her all the
money you have.
Just maybe then, you'll really know what
to pray for, and what the truth is.


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A pair of separate fires displaced a total of 30 Mount Vernon residents on Sunday.
A blaze that broke out around 4 p.m. in a two-story home on Vernon Avenue took several hours to contain. The 12 residents of the structure escaped safely, but several minor injuries to firefighters were reported.
Earlier Sunday, just a short distance away, a four-family structure on Haven Avenue was destroyed by a fire that left 18 homeless.
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My husband and I are both 24 and have been married for two years, he is also an otr trucker gone Monday trough Friday and home on the weekends.
I'm usually really excited to see him on the weekends and will try to plan a nice Friday evening or a chill weekend and he will want to spend as much time as possible with his friends.
He will invite them into our plans, or make new plans and won't tell me. Sometimes he's even sabotaged our plans and go be with his boys. He doesn't know how to have an argument and during one he'll get upset and go hang out with his friends and won't talk to me until after midnight, but he'll come home and want to have sex with me.
When I bring it up he gets upset and says that he shouldn't have to choose between me or his friends, he should be able to hang out with both of us the same. He tells me to make him a schedule for when I want to hang out with him.
He does whatever he wants whenever he wants with no regard to me and than he'll leave on Monday and be gone all week and I'm stick with my anger and loneliness.
I just don't know what to do anymore, I love him and want to support him but I feel like he doesn't support me, he doesn't understand how lonely I am and doesn't seem to care.
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Tuesday, 29 November 2011
ALBUM NUMBER 2 - let the recording commence!
I come with rather exciting news.
The recording of album number two beginneth TONIGHT!!!
I'll be recording it over the course of a few months, with a producer (the lovely Mr. Iain Berryman) and a variety of very cool engineers and live musicians, which I am very excited about.
I'll also be documenting the journey with a series of video blogs and blog posts here - so keep your eyes peeled. ;) (If all goes according to plan, the first video should appear tomorrow.)
- Also - over the next few months I will be posting photos and potential artwork/album designs here and on YouTube to see what you guys think. :)
I hope you are all well! :)
Holly xxxxx
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Great news indeed - I hereby pre-oder a copy. xxxx
- 29 November 2011 at 16:57
- xenonrush said...
Ooooo! Most exciting news since I won the lottery (don't get excited it was only £132). Have been missing the Holly music. Now you've got two pre-orders.
- 29 November 2011 at 17:07
- Kestrel said...
- 29 November 2011 at 17:57
Great, Holly! I echo the other comments here (and look forward to seeing some of the 'photos and potential artwork/album designs' too...) :) x
- 29 November 2011 at 18:22
Excellent news!
- 29 November 2011 at 18:55
- Tony said...
Exciting news indeed Holly! Please add me to the list of peeps awaiting a copy hot off the presses :)
Better news chez moi aussi....workmen have finished and b*******ed off, neighbours have gone elsewhere for while, all is peace and quiet....ahhh...nothing but the sounds of me crunching my bag of cheese and onion crisps and my rosewood clock ticking gently away.
Yayyyyy..**does the snoopy dance for you**
- 29 November 2011 at 19:06
- mercury said...
Great news, Holly! I'm queuing up with two copies.
- 29 November 2011 at 20:18
- David Ruben said...
Good new indeed. Of course I am going to clammor "me too" for the pre-orders, and now you need a second hand to count them all (may this rapidly rise to needing more modern tools such as a spreadsheet haha)
- 29 November 2011 at 22:53
- D.N.H. said...
Great news. I look forward to following the progress.
- 30 November 2011 at 00:45