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Where To Buy Guitar Strings?
There are many technical factors which can influence your guitar string selection. The properties of the sound and response of a given string can have a strong impact on both the player and the instrument. The relative hardness of the string's component materials in conjunction with an array of treatments the strings undergo during the manufacturing process can combine to create different degrees of sustain, timbre (warmth vs brightness), playability and longevity.
Historically, strings were made of wound gut materials with the lower bass strings wound with various metals. There are several manufacturers still making strings in the historic methods today as well as many synthetic strings designed to replicate the sound and feel of traditional gut strings.
Today, there are three primary guitar string categories: classical guitar strings (nylon, fluorocarbon and other synthetics with bass strings wound with various metals), acoustic guitar strings (steel, bronze, phosphor bronze, nickel, etc.) and electric guitar strings (steel, nickel and other metals chosen for electromagnetic properties) .
Raj Musicals has one of the biggest showrooms in New Delhi offering all types of musical instruments of various world famous brands like Yamaha, Roland, Fender, Ibanez, Casio, Marshall, Zoom, Boss, Givson, gb&a, Premier, D'addrio etc.
Find all types ofguitar strings here – Acoustic Guitar Strings, Electric Guitar Strings, Bass Guitar Strings and Classical Guitar strings. They have their own well equipped workshop and a perfectly orchestrated team of skilled professionals to design and develop unique professional instruments.
Raj Musicals are professional manufacturer and exporter of musical instruments. Visit their website at www.rajmusicals.com. They have a long list of satisfied customers, which includes nowaday's world-famous musicians.

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Sunday, July 15, 2012
skin like a geisha
Tatcha is a new skin care line, deeply rooted in the ancient Eastern beauty secrets of the luminous geisha. They generously sent me some divine samples of their luxurious beauty products. When I say "luxurious" I mean it...we are talking facial blotting papers laced with actual gold, moisturizers made from silk, crushed pearl and other products made from natural rice bran, red algae and green tea. Talk about a sumptuous experience.
TATCHA rediscovered the coveted daily regimes of the geisha in a 200 year-old ancient manuscript, written in the twilight of Japan's Edo Period. Traveling back to the City of 2000 Temples (Kyoto), TATCHA has worked with teams of scientists, scholars and geisha themselves to decipher the rituals and ingredients from this text. What we uncovered is the very foundation of Eastern skincare and beauty.
They offer the opportunity to purchase a sample sized travel kit of their products so you can try their skin care ritual at an affordable price. Also - their blotting papers are a great price, $12 - a perfect stocking stuffer or gift for your bridesmaides!! I'm pretty sure my beauty bag will always have their blotting papers in it - I am sold! (oh...and I should mention that they provide THREE FREE samples with every order!!)
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I'm starting to compile reviewers of different genres / formats and just have these for flash fiction / short stories so far. Some do not say they accept unsolicited enquiries but they publish reviews so certainly worth asking them
- http://www.booktrust.org.uk/books-and-reading/short-stories/reviews
- http://contemporarylit.about.com/od/shortfiction/Short_Fiction_Short_Stories.htm
- http://mymalevolentmaelstrom.com/flash-fiction-reviews
- http://www.thebookbag.co.uk/reviews/index.php
- http://thenewshortreview.wordpress.com reviews collections of short stories
- http://www.readingwoman.com/shortstories.html
If you know of any more, please let me know.
Click here to return to the main Reviewers page (for general / mixed genre reviewers) or
- click here for reviewers of children's books
- click here for crime reviewers
- click here for fantasy, horror, sci-fi genres reviewers
- click here for historical reviewers
- click here for non-fiction reviewers
- click here for reviewers of poetry
- …pages for reviewers of other genres to follow


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Does mercury come out of fillings?
Just sitting in your mouth, 272 micrograms of mercury will be released daily.
Americans, on average, have 8 mercury amalgam fillings. According to the Journal of
Dental Research (about 1983), chewing gum will increase that amount by 15,000%.
Second: How Much Mercury is toxic?
I asked this question to my professor (in forensic toxicology), "What is the safe exposure
to mercury because the EPA has one standard, OSHA another and the dental association
has quite another stance."
"Well Doctor," he said with a smirk, "Nerve cells are especially susceptible to
destruction. One atom of mercury can kill one cell. You tell me the safe level."


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Edeka Elbers meets the needs of people with coeliac disease: the shop is well-stocked with gluten-free products. Gluten-free products by Schär are part of the Edeka Elbers range. The clear labelling and detailed list of ingredients make everyday shopping easier for people with gluten intolerance. The Edeka Elbers motto is "shop with confidence".


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Give the classic peaches and cream milkshake an exciting twist by adding candied pecans and caramel sauce. This looks so good, you won't guess that it's a cinch to make. It only takes 20 minutes to whip up two of these creamy but refreshing drinks.
The ingredients that you'll need are caramel, brown sugar, butter, vanilla, heavy cream, candied pecans, pecans, white sugar, half and half, vanilla ice cream and sliced peaches. You can use milk in lieu of half and half but it wouldn't be as rich. If there's caramel leftover, you can store in an airtight container in the fridge for up to four weeks.


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Memorial day is May 29th. Here's your quick guide to the Memorial Day weekend in Memphis. There's plenty to do in the 901 during this unofficial beginning to summer! Just make sure to take a moment to remember those who have died for our freedoms.
Is there anything more American than baseball? Take in some games over the course of Memorial Day weekend. Each game will be held at AutoZone Park with Saturday's and Sunday's game concluding with a fireworks show.
Saturday, May 27 vs. Iowa Cubs at 6:35 p.m. (post-game fireworks and $2 beer specials
Sunday, May 28 vs. Iowa Cubs at 6:35 p.m. (post-game fireworks; free ice cream for the first 2,500 kids)
Monday, May 29 vs. Iowa Cubs at 12:05 p.m.
Celebrate all things Memphis with plenty of live music, local vendors, delicious food and drinks, plus an air show and fireworks.
Air Show – Set up a blanket and prepared to be wowed with an air show over the Mississippi River beginning at 6:00 pm.
Fireworks – Stick around for the close of 901Fest for a spectacular Memphis-themed fireworks show.
Knockerball – Free for all ages and available from 4-8 pm. In addition, Zorb ball will be available for children.
Memphis-themed mural – A 45' bus will be parked in Tom Lee Park and we're letting you help us paint a Memphis-themed mural on it!
Art to Grow – Dixon Gallery & Gardens will have their Art to Grow van onsite with hands-on art activities for children from 3-6 pm.
Water on Wheels from the UofM – Walk inside the WOW and learn more about our watery world that looks like a blue marble from space. The exhibits are colorful and interactive, designed to enlighten and motivate visitors AND learn more about the important Memphis Aquifer. Check out more here: http://www.memphis.edu/wateronwheels/about/index.php
Cornhole – Grab a beer and some friends to toss the bags around next to the river.
901Fest is Saturday, May 27, 2017 from 3 p.m. to 10 p.m. at Tom Lee Park. Get tickets HERE.
Summer Symphony at the Live Garden
The Memphis Botanic Garden hosts the annual Summer Symphony in the gardens featuring the Memphis Symphony Orchestra. The 2017 Summer Symphony is Saturday, May 27. Doors open at 5:30 p.m. and the show begins at 7:30 p.m. (The rain date is Sunday, May 28.)
Tickets are $1500 for an eight-top VIP table, $187.50 for a pair of VIP tickets, or $75 per person for access to the VIP lawn and lounge. Or, you can sit on the lawn for $20 for adults or $10 for kids 12 and under. Ticket prices go up $5 on the day of the event.
Sprock n' Roll will be offering private rides to veterans for $300, which is a $95 discount. You can choose the Midtown or Downtown. route. Advanced reservations are required and you must call 901-500-7101 or visit their website to book. Use coupon code: STRIPES and a military ID will be required when checking in at the bike.
See all the events going on at the Memphis Zoo over the holiday weekend:
Zoom Through the Zoo
Beastly Bargain Sale
Macy's Zoo Brew
BirdFest Memphis
Animals in Action
The grounds of Elmwood are open every day of the year, including Memorial Day when they will be open from 8 am until 4:30 pm. Visitors are welcome to stop by the Cottage for lemonade and cookies until late afternoon. They will also pass out small American flags for placement at the grave sites of your choosing. At 10:30am, they are offering a special tour of Elmwood Cemetery. It lasts 90 minutes and costs $15. This family-friendly tour will take visitors to Confederates Rest, No Man's Land, and to many beautiful monuments.
And don't forget the most important…
Tiger Bookstore's Memorial Day Week Sale!
Hundreds of items will be marked down 30%-70%, including already marked down merchandise! Sale runs Monday, May 22- Saturday May 26. We will be closed Memorial Day Monday.
Remember to hold your loved ones, drive safely, drink responsibly, and have fun this Memorial Day holiday!


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Melon Jelly
from Felix Weber
- Bavaria, Germany
serves 4
Drain the marinated fruit (saving the juice) and fill each half
of the melon with the fruit pieces.
Bring the water to the boil, add the saved marinade juice and the
agar flakes.Simmer for 7-10 minutes,until the flakes have completely
Add the sweeteners to taste and pour this liquid mix into each
half melon.
Chill in fridge until the 'jelly' has set.
Carefully cut each half melon into 2 and serve with your favourite
ice cream or custard.
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Customers could pay steep price for Ontario's hydro plan, auditor warns
Ontario's Auditor General warns electricity customers could face much higher electricity costs as a result of government's Fair Hydro Plan.
Ontario's Auditor General warns electricity customers could face much higher electricity costs as a result of government's Fair Hydro Plan.
Environment and Climate Change Minister Chris Ballard unveiled the program Wednesday through the new Green Ontario Fund launched with $377 million in revenues from the province's cap-and-trade program.
Brady Yauch: Ratepayers will fork over these millions for a conservation program that won't save any energy
La Presse reported that Ontario would pay 6.12 cents per kilowatt hour, but Ontario Energy Minister Glenn Thibeault's office denied there is a deal between the provinces.
Smart home technology is what you need.
The price of electricity grew significantly faster in Ontario than everywhere else in Canada over the past decade, according to a study to be published Thursday.
Ontario energy prices have skyrocketed significantly higher and faster than the rest of the country over the last nine years, with Torontonians paying twice the national average, according to a report from the right-leaning Fraser Institute.
There are structural problems in the electricity system that the Wynne Liberals created, and if I become Premier, I am committed to getting it right. I will fix one of the most egregious problems th...
Paul Kahnert says long term systemic problems at the utility are exposing the public to great danger
Ontario wasted $1 billion worth of clean electricity in 2016, according to the province's professional engineers.
Demand-side management experts suggest time of use rates would have more influence on residential customers if the Ontario peak electricity price was higher
Hydro bills in Ontario are set to drop July 1 as the remainder of cuts promised by the Liberal government come into effect.
The province has brought forward legislation for its promised hydro bill reduction, but other provincial party representatives aren't lining up behind it.
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Once a year, we send Bobbledy Club members a book with a few prompts and invite them to bring their full creative powers to the task of writing and illustrating their own books.
This year's prompt book looked like this:
This time around, we added a twist by including a sheet of Robbi-drawn stickers for kids to use as inspiration for their own stories and drawings.
We sent out both of the above. We waited and waited while kids made their books. Then, suddenly, packages started arriving in the mail, padded envelopes, Priority Mail dispatches, even the carefully wrapped parcel or two.
The fun part was reading them and seeing all the amazing stories and ideas and images that flow so freely from the minds of kids. It's a tap of eternal inspiration and imagination, and we're so lucky to get to drink from that firehose.
The hard part was picking just one of the dozens of great books kids sent our way. But we hemmed and hawed and hemmed some more and finally came to the conclusion that the one true winner of this year's contest was, for the first time, the product of more than one kid. Please join me in congratulating Eleanor, Isabel and Will Bolas on their triumph of sibling collaboration, Peacock and Duck Save Friendship!
I would give you the setup, but the kids do it so well themselves.
From there, things get exciting a hurry. There are various hijinks, threats, and mishap.
There are moments of hilarious pathos.
There is a truly epic "backstory," which allows us to identify with and cultivate sympathy for the evil robotic overlord antagonist.
There is justice, but also mercy.
And in the final estimation, there is the happy ending that one hopes for in books about friendship.
Here are the author/illustrator triumvirate as drawn in their own inimitable style.
And here they are, drawn by Robbi (Eleanor, Isabel, and Will, left to right).
I have it on great authority that the arrival of the package was met with great joy in the Bolas household. Eleanor was overheard saying "it's like a dream! I keep thinking I'm going to wake up!" And with good reason. It is not just everyday that one's first published book arrives in the mail. I had to wait until I was 35 for it to happen.
Over the course of that first exciting evening, the book was read repeatedly by various configurations of Bolases to various other configurations of Bolases.
The next morning, books were taken to school to be shared and gifted to respective classrooms. One of Eleanor's classmates was so enthusiastic, that he plans to write fan fiction to continue the story with the same characters.
Take a close look. These are the faces of tomorrow's literary landscape. If you are literally searching for your wallet at this moment in hopes of obtaining your very own copy of Peacock and Duck Save Friendship, I will do you the courtesy of providing the link that will expedite this transaction.
But we must take a moment to acknowledge all of the other incredible kids who shared their amazing work with us. Here is just a little glimpse of each book we received.
I think you'll soon see why our decision was so very difficult.
As far as we can tell, Peacock and Duck Save Friendship has been enthusiastically received by kids who entered the contest but did not win.
Here, for example, are Aurora and Leila, enjoying their own book while seeing what Eleanor, Isabel, and Will came up with.
And here is Joseph, whose mom reports the following:
Joseph came in, took off his backpack, tore open the red and purple envelope and settled in to read for his twenty minutes of homework. I felt as if the steam from the book, hot of the press, was still rising from the book, it was so freshly read this afternoon.
Joseph said " I didn't like the book, I LOVED IT! They wrote a great story! The robot slipped on a banana peel like oooooooo!"
And there you have it. Perhaps the only thing better than seeing the excitement that results from seeing one's book published is seeing the support and excitement other kids can feel for their fellow young authors — even when they themselves don't win.


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Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes
Welcome to my blog! I am a stamp addict who has become obsessed with Mixed Media techniques and learning new techniques! I'm trying to learn how to draw and paint using books and social media. I love creating cards and mixed media projects for others and my family. I blog to keep a record of my progress.
Thursday, 29 September 2016
Africa part four ...
Simon Says Stamps Wednesday Challenge Anything Goes
6 comments:
- rachel said...
love this Lion Karen and the colours nd leaves are beautiful too - fabulous x
- 29 September 2016 at 21:29
- Virginia Lu said...
Love the textures and layering! So glad that you join the fun over Simon Says Stamp Wednesday" Anything Goes" Challenge! Awesome details and design! Super work!
- 30 September 2016 at 07:16
- Véronique said...
Beautiful cards. Thanks for joining us at the challenge of Inky Chicks. DT Veronique
- 2 October 2016 at 15:49
- Maryvonne COUSSE said...
Beautiful card !
Thanks for joining us at SCRAPY LAND Challenges blog and good luck !
Maryvonne DT Member
- 5 October 2016 at 01:17
- Sharon said...
A beautiful card and I Love the gorgeous vibrant colours.
Thank you for sharing this with us at Fussy and Fancy.
Hugs Sharon. x
- 5 October 2016 at 22:22
- Helen Haines said...
Such a clever card. Thank you for joining as at the Pencil Case Challenge. Helen DT
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This Friday (Oct. 7) was Yom Kippur, the Jewish holiday referred to as the Day of Atonement. "Two and a Half Men" star and Kabbalah devotee Ashton Kutcher apparently used the day to express his regret for his reported infidelities.
Star Magazine has exclusive pictures featuring Kutcher and wife Demi Moore on a camping trip in Santa Barbara, Calif. The pictures mark the first time the couple has been photographed together in three months.
Moore appears extremely agitated that a nearby camper was snapping photos, as several of the pictures feature her aggressively approaching the cameraperson. According to reports, Moore confronted the photographer, screaming "[p]lease don't take photos of me or my family. Please don't expose this." The photographer observed that "once she knew she had been photographed, she whistled at Ashton and gestured for him to hurry into the tent."
Moore and Kutcher have both been recently spotted wearing their red string bracelets on their left wrist, representing their commitment to Kabbalah; reports indicate that Moore and Kutcher are turning to the offshoot of Judaism to council them through this difficult time.


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Everyone's talking these days about 'superfood'. There are dozens of superfoods being discovered or rediscovered. And I can say with a reasonable degree of medical certainty that the majority of them are crap. Food you eat in small quantities from time to time won't influence your overall health that much.
But there is one food that truly will make you stronger and healthier if you eat it every day, day in and day out. Quinoa is a pseudograin that substitutes for rice, or even bread and pasta if you want it to. Quinoa has twice the protein of brown rice ounce for ounce, and is full of fiber and other good things.
Quinoa comes from South America where the aboriginal indians used to call it, 'the mother grain'. It is the best source of plant protein. All 8 essential amino acids are in there in proper proportion. Quinoa is the egg of the plant kingdom.
So my advice to you, gentle reader, is to stop eating starchy grain like rice, bread, and glutenous pasta and replace all that starch with quinoa and pasta or bread made from quinoa flour. Given enough time, you will see results in your overall health. And that's a good thing.


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– Physical security solutions including roll over protections systems and window reinforcement.
– Maintenance Repairs and Operations services including aircraft on ground (AOG) emergency and scheduled part replacement.
– Logistical and operational management including physical asset management.
– Assisting Government institutions to project, implement and adhere to National and International policy initiatives.
– Procurement and MRO (Maintenance Repair & Operations) services through General Service Agreements.
– Project work including the construction and maintenance of educational and health facilities.
– Remote location life-cycle support including last mile connectivity and operational control services.
– Forward operating / supply bases providing a range of technical and non-technical services.
– The supply of structural steel and fabricated products, including a range of security fencing.
– Procurement and MRO (Maintenance Repair and Operations) Services.
– Transportation supply.
– Vehicle fleet management and safety services.
– HSEQ auditing and training.
– Manpower / Technical service provision.
– UAV mapping and inspection services.
– CSR program implementation and management.
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To match the theme, I decided to do a slideshow comprised of pictures of professional athletes and myself I've met over the past few months. I've been blessed with the opportunity to possibly play professional football and that is really heavy on my mind right now as the draft is this week. I've had the honor to meet several professional athletes, not just football players. It was truly an amazing experience every time I came across these guys. They are at a place in their lives where I am striving to be. So for this essay, these are my people.
The photos in this essay capture athletes categorized by their significance. The first two photos feature athletes who graduated or attended the University of Michigan. The next five photos are of guys who played or currently play a Michigan sport like myself. The next two photos are of people I consider legendary. The final photo represents the athlete who had a personality that was similar to mine.
Michael Phelps:
I took this picture when I was in New Orleans during the Super Bowl. I was hesitant to ask for a photo because I'd heard that he could be a jerk at times but once someone said that I was another Michigan man and was excited to take a picture with me. He even told me he was a fan. That made me feel great! As far as the picture itself, it's like the background is all one color and we just pop out. I thought this lighting was nice.
Derek Jeter:
I took this picture when I was in New York for a day. He was awesome. It was funny talking to him about people from the University and he was like "yea I know them" or "is so and so still there". He was cool.
Barry Sanders:
I took this picture at a signing I did at a sports store. He is truly a legend and he was cool to be around. I know we were talking about lines in class and the lines in the background all point to us to make us the center of the picture.
Deion Sanders:
This man was a clown. He was dressed as his new character "Leon Sandcastle". This picture was just fun because this man is a legend but he's just having so much fun after all these years.
Calvin Johnson:
Megatron. I ran into him at the Final Four in Atlanta and it was cool how he's such a big name but he was still out having fun. He also told me he was a fan. I think that's the greatest feeling every when someone of whom you're a fan tells you they're your fan.
Justin Verlander:
I took this picture after I threw the opening pitch at the Tiger's game. The guy who was giving us a tour said he might not want to take pictures but he stopped to take a picture with us and talk with us. It was pretty cool.
Prince Fielder:
I also took this picture after the Tiger's game. He took the time to take a picture with me and talk to me. He said he watched football and was a Michigan fan as well.
Ray Lewis:
I took this picture during the NFL Combine activities. It was cool meeting him. He had an amazing football career and I was able to meet him now that he's retired. I've always been a Ray Lewis fan. He's so cool.
Jim Brown:
This man is truly a legend and he's done so much other than football. He was in good shape and still moving around. I want to be able to stay healthy and do other things once I'm retired from the NFL if I make it.
Chad "Ochocinco" Johnson:
I added an Instagram filter on this photo but other than that, there are no other effects. He was so coo and down to earth. I felt like I was talking to myself.


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VW Jetta ad: Joyful or junk?
If you're a fan of dancing, Gene Kelly, or Donald O'Connor, you should love Volkswagen's new Jetta commercial. Right?
Maybe not.
Singin' in the Rain, starring Kelly and O'Connor, is one of my favorite movies. And when I saw both men start dancing in the Jetta commercial, a smile came to my face. But then my brain kind of interrupted and wiped that smile away.
Take a look at the commercial if you haven't seen it yet.
This ad is an example of a great idea gone bad. Maybe they should've started with people watching footage of Kelly and O'Connor dancing. And then showed those same people getting in the car and reenacting the scene in the back seat.
See, the problem is that VW is touting Jetta's spacious rear legroom. But, if they show us a doctored video, those of us watching don't have reason to trust their claims. Show actual people dancing and we're more likely to believe.
Another problem is, again, that VW is touting Jetta's spacious rear legroom. Is legroom high up on the priority list of most Jetta buyers? I find that hard to believe. From my experience, I see most Jetta owners as in their teens and twenties.
Does this audience care about legroom? Do they even know who Gene Kelly and Donald O'Connor are?
I doubt it. And that's why this commercial doesn't work.
What do you think?
If you're a fan of Kelly and O'Connor, check out GeekGirlDiva's post for the video of their original performance. Also, I want to use this space to give props to the students at Penn State. In their THON (46-hour dance marathon) this weekend, they raised more than $9.5 million to help kids with cancer. Congratulations!! THON is an amazing student-run event that makes me proud to be a Penn Stater. Go State!


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I have read on so many blogs about taking your kids to the Dollar Store and letting them shop for other members of the family for special occasions. It sounds like such a good idea and puts the emphasis on others, so I thought we would give it a try for Tyler's birthday this year. I gave the boys each $5 to spend at Dollar Tree. It was funny to see what each of them picked out. They had so much fun. We will definitely be doing this again!
Warren's present... A plastic skeleton, Pepsi, hand sanitizer, Big League Chew and a drawing.
Ben's present: 2 flashlights (man, he knows his dad), hand sanitizer, candles for how old he is, and 2 of his favorite candy bars- Hershey's with almonds.


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Black-Footed Ferret
Black-footed ferret (Mustela nigripes)
Principal Biologist(s)
Dustin Long
Project Location
Vermejo Park Ranch, NM; Bad River Ranches, SD
Conservation Problem
The near extinction of black-footed ferrets was a direct result of the range-wide decline of their primary prey item—prairie dogs (Cynomys spp.). Prairie dog conservation remains the primary challenge in black-footed ferret recovery. The range-wide loss of prairie dogs, and by extension the black-footed ferret, is attributable to:
- Non-native disease—sylvatic plague (Yersinia pestis)
- Loss of habitat and habitat fragmentation
- Human persecution
Conservation Status
The black-footed ferret is federally listed as endangered.
- The black-footed ferret was first listed as endangered throughout its historic range in 1967 under the Endangered Species Preservation Act—the predecessor to the more robust Endangered Species Act (ESA). Once the ESA was passed in 1973, the species was moved to that list where it remains today.
- The black-footed ferret was listed as an endangered species under the New Mexico Wildlife Conservation Act in 1975, but was removed from this list in 1988 after survey efforts indicated that the species was likely extirpated in the state. Today the species is categorized as a protected furbearer, although no legal harvest has been allowed since the 1960's.
- In South Dakota the black-footed ferret is a Species of Greatest Conservation Need and is designated as a state listed endangered species.
Project Goals & Objectives
Turner Endangered Species Fund's (TESF) longstanding goal has been to work with state and federal agencies and other partners in meeting downlisting criteria for the species. The most recent (2013) black-footed ferret recovery plan which includes downlisting and delisting criteria can be found here:
To achieve downlisting or delisting goals, the very specific habitat requirements of ferrets must be met: develop and protect large disease-free prairie dog complexes.
Project Background
Extant black-footed ferret populations, both captive and wild, can all be traced to seven founders captured in Meeteetse, WY and brought into captivity from 1985-1987. Today, the black-footed ferret remains one of the rarest mammals on the planet with an estimated wild population of less than 300 individuals.
TESF's efforts to assist the U.S. Fish and Wildlife Service in the recovery of black-footed ferrets began in 1998 with the construction of an outdoor preconditioning facility at Vermejo Park Ranch in New Mexico. Naïve, cage reared ferrets were placed into the outdoor pens where they were exposed to as wild an environment as possible, while still being safely maintained in captivity. Ferrets in the outdoor pens lived in black-tailed prairie dog (C. ludovicianus) burrows and were routinely exposed to live prairie dog prey, as they honed their natural predatory instincts and prepared for life in the wild. Female ferrets were bred and soon thereafter whelped and weaned kits in the pens all the while also being exposed to real prairie dog burrows and live prey. Ferrets that were preconditioned or born in outdoor pens and exposed to live prey have been documented to have higher post-release survival rates than those that have not. From 1999-2006 TESF preconditioned 393 ferrets at Vermejo.
From 2005-2007 at Vermejo Park Ranch and 2009-2011 at Bad River Ranches, TESF took the next step in preconditioning ferrets and initiated wild pre-conditioning projects at those ranches. At Vermejo, female ferrets and their kits were released onto a 1,000-acre prairie dog colony enclosed by electric netting which served to keep terrestrial predators–coyotes (Canis latrans) and badgers (Taxidea taxus)–away from the ferrets as they adjusted to life in the wild. At Bad River the same procedures were followed without the use of electric netting. After a one to three months wild pre-conditioning period, the ferrets were captured and transported to permanent release sites. At Vermejo, 48%, and at Bad River 45 % of the ferrets released were recaptured and sent for permanent release elsewhere.
In 2008 TESF began permanent ferret releases on the black-tailed prairie dogs at Vermejo. In 2009 TESF documented the first wild reproduction of ferrets in New Mexico in over 75 years. Over a 5-year period of annual releases, the ferret population at Vermejo fluctuated in response to spring precipitation amounts and the effects the precipitation had on prairie dog populations. The ferret population on the black-tails at Vermejo fluctuated from a high of less than 20 ferrets in 2011 to a low of two ferrets (both males) in 2013.
2012 marked the first year that TESF began ferret releases on the Gunnison's prairie dogs (C. gunnisoni), which occupy the high elevation mountain meadows of Vermejo. Historical records and preliminary data suggest ferrets should survive better on this species of prairie dog than on black-tails provided sylvatic plague can be managed.


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3 Hear this word that Yahweh has spoken against you, O people of Israel, against the whole clan that I brought up from the land of Egypt:[a] 2 "You only have I chosen[b] of all the clans of the earth. Therefore I will punish you for all your iniquities. 3 Do two walk together unless they have met? 4 Does a lion roar in the forest when he has no prey?[c] Does a fierce, young lion cry out from his den unless he has caught something? 5 Does a bird fall into a trapping net on the earth when there is no snare for it? Does a trapping net spring up from the ground unless it has certainly caught something? 6 Or is a horn blown in a city and people are not afraid? Or does a disaster occur in the city and Yahweh has not done it? 7 Surely my Lord does not do anything unless he has revealed his secret to his servants the prophets. 8 A lion has roared! Who is not afraid? My Lord Yahweh has spoken, who will not prophesy? 9 Proclaim to the citadel fortresses in Ashdod and the citadel fortresses in the land of Egypt and say: "Gather on the mountains of Samaria and see the great panic in her midst and the oppression in her midst!" 10 "They do not know how to do right," declares Yahweh,[d] "those who store up violence and destruction in their citadel fortresses." 11 Therefore, thus says my Lord Yahweh, "A foe shall surround the land and bring down your strongholds, and your citadel fortresses shall be plundered." 12 Thus says Yahweh, "Just as the shepherd rescues two legs or a piece of an ear from the mouth of the lion, so shall the people[e] of Israel who dwell in Samaria, with the corner of a couch and the damask of a bed." 13 "Listen and testify against the house of Jacob," declares[f] my Lord Yahweh, the God of hosts. 14 "For on the day I punish Israel for its transgression,[g] I will also punish the altars of Bethel and the horns of the altar will be cut off and fall to the ground. 15 I will ruin the winter house as well as the summer house, and the houses of ivory will perish and the great houses shall come to an end," declares[h] Yahweh.
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MonaVie and Houston Rockets
I received an interesting email the other day:
Bill (I've changed his name) wrote:
"I'm skeptical specifically because all the web info I see is from the many,
many, MonoVie distributor sites, and not the teams themselves.
I went to the Rockets partner page, and MonaVie is nowhere to be found. I emailed Jason Krohll, the Rockets Sr Director of premium sales and services. He
just sent this back to me:
We do have a partnership with Mona Vie thru our building, Toyota Center. MonaVie is the energy drink we serve here for all Toyota Center events including Rockets games.
Hope this helps,
This is pretty clear to me that they only have a vending partnership for the Toyota Center, which is not the same thing as the Houston Rockets basketball team."
To back up Bill's point, I decided to look into the claim. I noticed that MonaVie had an official announcement of the partnership where it read:
"MonaVie EMV web banners will also be featured on www.rockets.com, and the healthy energy drink will have a presence at several community events."
However an inspection of The Houston Rocket's Partner Page and Bill's quote from Jason Krohll seems to show that MonaVie is misrepresenting something here. It's surprising to me that they'd really be misrepresenting this because it's fairly easy to buy a partnership with the Rockets. Is it possible that MonaVie's check bounced?
Originally posted 2010-05-02 07:08:51. Republished by Blog Post PromoterThe above article is intended to be accurate at the time of its original posting. MonaVie may change its pricing, product, or other policies at any time without notice.
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Steve D Says:
May 2nd, 2010 at 10:31 pm
It's a partnership they are serving the Drink at all the Rockets games and the other events there ……Your reaching for thin air again
Vogel Says:
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:05 am
"MonaVie EMV web banners will also be featured on http://www.rockets.com, and the healthy energy drink will have a presence at several community events.â€
Do you see a Monavie banner on http://www.rockets.com Steve? Thin air?
MonaVie Scam Says:
May 3rd, 2010 at 7:10 am
It doesn't seem much of a partnership when your "partner" doesn't acknowledge you exist. Where are the banners on Rockets.com as Monavie announced?
It's worth noting that Rockets.com doesn't even exist… it's a redirect to NBA's Houston Rockets website. While this isn't unusual for sports teams, it is very odd that a company would put a press release with it in it.
Just Me Again Says:
May 4th, 2010 at 9:10 am
Yet another idiotic assumption. The check bounce comment is even more idiotic. Now run along and find something that someone actually cares about, maybe the kids Tylenol recalls, or other recalls of dangerous off the shelf meds that drug companies ship even when they know about the dangers and mold and strange pieces of crap in the bottles, but hope nobody notices. Do something about that.
And Mr Scam, once again who died and made you the all mighty mister knowledge of sponsorship. Obviously you don't know the deal and as always, you make assumptions.
Those that don't have a clue simply assume and you lot are master assumers.
MonaVie Scam Says:
May 4th, 2010 at 9:52 am
Well Monavie is welcome to come and explain the details of the sponsorship. I'm just pointing out that once again MonaVie seems to be posting misinformation. If all you can offer is a "there must be some explanation" I'm going to go with Occam's Razor and propose the simplest explanation.
Bob Firestone Says:
July 4th, 2010 at 10:25 am
It sounds like claiming a partnership with google because you are buying PPC ads.
MonaVie Scam Says:
July 4th, 2010 at 11:42 am
I do not buy any PPC ads from Google at this time. I don't claim any partnership with Google. You could probably ask 99.9999% of Google employees and they would admit to knowing nothing about this site.
The "partnership" with showing Google advertising is something that hundreds of millions of people can set up in an hour or less. Anyone claiming that partnership validates their business is missing some common sense.
Rockinwithmonavie Says:
July 5th, 2010 at 10:33 pm
I am amazed at how some people are so negative about something they obviously know very little about, misery loves company, I guess.
If you just break it down in simple terms, Monavie is a blend of 19 fruits that are very very good for you, so by drinking 4oz a day, you get the equivalent of 13 serving of fruit. That's it!! Don't over think it. Don't be afraid of it!! lol, it's not a scam unless you consider fruit a scam. As far as the energy drink goes, we finally have an energy drink available to the masses that is good for us instead of horrible..
Guess what if you share these products you might even get some referral bonuses from the company. Stop being so smart it's holding you back and Lord help you!! Stop being so negative.
MonaVie Scam Says:
July 6th, 2010 at 8:09 am
Ugh, it's really bad when people who know very little about something claim that others know very little about it. For example, Drinking MonaVie is Not Equal to Eating 13 Fruits. It's not over thinking it, to actually think about it right in first place.
Fruit is not a scam… it's the high price of MonaVie for something that doesn't seem close to fruit that is the scam.
Before calling someone negative, perhaps you should Open Your Mind About MonaVie.
Anonymous Aussie Says:
July 6th, 2010 at 5:03 pm
Rockinwithmonavie – when you enter a discussion, perhaps you should try to get an understanding of where precisely the discussion's at and what arguments people have presented before making comments such as yours which have already discussed in detail – not to mention debunked.
Why don't you post some FACTS to support the statements you make in future instead of posting the same useless comments distributors such as yourself make about the product – which is EVIDENCED to be lacking in nutrition.
People don't need to call on the help of the Lord in making a sound decision about Monavie's product and opportunity – particularly given there are an abundance of FACTS available that confirm both the product and opportunity are a complete farce.
Rockinwithmonavie Says:
July 7th, 2010 at 8:54 am
Bibliography – 7 Clinical Studies for Wellmune®
1. Cox D. Effect of Wellmune WGP® Gluco Polysaccharide given per os (PO) on the Immune System of
Healthy Human Volunteers. 2005. Biothera Inc. Eagan, MN 55121.
2. Cox D. Final Report on the Evaluation of the Efficacy of Wellmune WGP® Glucopolysaccharide for
Prevention of Experimental Rhinovirus Infection (common cold) in Human Volunteers. 2005. Biopolymer
Engineering, Inc. Eagan, MN 55121.
3. D udney C. Cytokine ELISA Analysis of Serum Samples from Human Volunteers Treated with
Wellmune WGP® Beta Glucan. 2006. Biotherapharma, Eagan, MN 55121.
4. F eldman S, Schwartz H, Kalman D. Mayers A, Kohrman H, Clemens R, Krieger D. Randomized
Phase II Clinical Trials of Wellmune WGP® for Immune Support During Cold and Flu Season. Research
Paper Published in The Journal of Applied Research. 2009;9:1&2. Abstract Published and
Presented in Experimental Biology, 2008 Annual Meeting, San Diego.
5. H arger-Domitrovich S, Domitrovich J, Ruby B. Effects of an Immunomodulating Supplement on Upper
Respiratory Tract Infection Symptoms in Wildland Firefighters:2001:Board #165 May 29 3:30
PM- 5:00PM. Medicine & Science in Sports & Exercise: Volume 40(5) Supplement 1 May 2008
pS353. Abstract Published and Presented at the American College of Sports Medicine, May 2008.
6. T albott S, Talbott J. Effect of Beta 1,3/1,6 Glucan on Upper Respiratory Tract Infection Symptoms
and Mood State in Marathon Athletes. Research Paper Published in Journal of Sports Science and
Medicine. 2009 8;509-15. Abstract Published and Presented at American College of Nutrition
Annual Meeting, Sept 2007 as WGP® 3-6 Supplement Reduces Immune Suppression and Improves
Mood State in Stressed Subjects. Journal of the American College of Nutrition. 2007 Oct 26; 5.
7. T albott S, Talbott J. Beta 1,3/1,6 Glucan Decreases Upper Respiratory Tract Infection symptoms and
Improves Psychological Well-Being in Moderate to Highly-Stressed Subjects. 2007. 1GLH Nutrition,
Inc. Draper, UT 84020. Research Paper Publication Pending in Agrofood Industry Hi Tech. Abstract
Published and Presented at American College of Nutrition Annual Meeting, Sept 2007 as WGP®
3-6 Supplement Reduces Immune Suppression and Improves Mood State in Stressed Subjects. Journal
of the American College of Nutrition. 2007 Oct 26;5.
Vogel Says:
July 7th, 2010 at 9:01 am
Oh jeez…another brain-dead idiot distributor who can't fathom how to make a compelling relevant comment. State a fact or state an opinion but don't just post bibliographies. This does nothing to advance the discussion.
mysterious Says:
July 7th, 2010 at 12:31 pm
oh dear god, im an ibo who does not bother with th company anymore because i found the light. the right one that gets me out of the love empty hollow place of empty ness where i was misserible and now i am happy not thinking about lying to my friends and a future of no friends because they would hate me for ruining their lives. but vogel is right, thoes bibliographies dont show anything, just that you coppied stuff from a book, and still do now show proof from sites that matter. i think it seems like a waste of typying because it got you knowwheres and maybe it was a copy and paste job, who knows.
Rasheed Says:
August 26th, 2010 at 10:55 pm
How does your posting of a bibliography on Wellmune have ANYTHING to do with MonaVie and Houston Rockets?
And have you VERIFIED those sources? I can post a bibliography with a ton of numbers and names that don't exist and say that my fingernails cure cancer. Dr. Oblong says it himself on page 434 of his book "Rasheed's Fingernail-The Cure for Cancer"
Just because a website has sources does not mean the sources are valid.
At times comments might be disabled or moderated to a time more suiting with my schedule.
Next: Dr. Jonny Bowden and MonaVie


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I'm going about this out of order. At the writers workshop I attended a few weeks ago, the presenter, Silas House, started out by talking about beginnings. If you read my previous post, you'll see I mused first on characterization. And I am only now talking about beginnings. It's my blog; I do what I want. My thoughts aren't always well organized, okay?
I attended the writers workshop in hopes I could improve my own writing, and I heard some really good tips that will help me on my quest to publish a novel. This post is going to be mostly ideas I stole straight from Silas's lecture on the topic of writing good beginnings. When writing a book, a great beginning needs three things: mystery, a love story and trouble. Stories all need to start out with a thesis or central question. The story is answering that question. This sets up the tension that drives the story.
They mystery is the element of suspense that drives the reader to read more. Now, I don't mean the book has to start out "It was a dark and stormy night..." or be about solving a crime. But it is crucial to start with some suspense, some unanswered question that needs resolving, otherwise the story isn't going to be very interesting.
Good beginnings also need a love story. Now, this doesn't have to be a romance novel--a love story is really any emotional relationship between the characters. There are so many different kinds of love and so many different kinds of relationships. It can be a story about friends, or even a hate story about enemies. In my current work in progress, the story starts out with a relationship between father and daughter as its love story.
To write a good beginning, the characters need to start out in trouble, and the rest of the book can be about getting them out of trouble trouble. No body wants to read about happy people; that's boring. Start the story with trouble when the characters are unhappy, and end the book as soon as they become happy.
A few more keys to a good beginning: start out with either action or a strong voice, drop the reader in the middle of the action as near to the end as possible. It's important to have a balance of information and avoid an info dump. Instead weave the back story throughout the work. The beginning of the work is like making a promise to the reader. It sets the stage as to what to who work will be like.


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ISLAMABAD, Sep 28 (APP): Minister for Defence Production Rana Tanveer Hussain, who is currently in Baku, Azerbaijan to attend a defence exhibition 'ADEX-2016,' Wednesday held a meeting with Turkish Minister for National Defence Fikri Isik.
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Vintage Photos
However a trip this past summer to Grandma's house in Colombia and I found some gems:
I love how very Mad Men (Did everyone catch the finale? So good!) my grandparents look in this shot:
Since I have two sisters I was so excited to see this shot of grandma and all of her sisters:
Lastly a big family shot where my mom is the little baby sitting on my great grandma's lap towards the left side of the picture:
I'm now obsessed with finding even more. I found a couple more of my grandparents on my dad's side. Now I just need to figure out how to sneak them out of my parents house without them noticing. :)
I also found a bunch of great options to purchase vintage photos on ebay.
This one is a favorite:
The shop that had the majority of my favorites came from Shades of Grey.
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NEW YORK (Reuters) - The Boy Scouts of America completed distribution on Wednesday of an unprecedented survey aimed at gauging how the scouting community feels about the group's long-standing ban on openly gay members, a spokesman said.
Following an initial round of surveys sent to 1.1 million scouts and their families, the organization on Wednesday sent an additional 325,000 questionnaires to alumni and former scouts, said BSA spokesman Deron Smith.
The results of the survey will be presented to about 1,400 members of the Boy Scout national council at an annual meeting in May. Council members will vote on whether to end the gay ban.
The Boy Scouts, one of America's largest youth organizations, is caught between growing pressure from two opposing forces in a heated debate over the gay ban.
On one side are some of the largest churches. More than 70 percent of Boy Scout troops are sponsored by a faith-based organizations, and the majority of those churches believe homosexuality is inconsistent with the teachings of their faith.
On the other side are gay rights groups, major corporate sponsors like AT&T and Merck & Co, and President Barack Obama, who last month encouraged the youth group to end the gay ban.
"This is essentially corporate impact research," said Patrick Boyle, whose 1994 book "Scout's Honor" was among the first to examine sexual abuse in the Boy Scouts of America.
"The Boy Scouts are thinking about a change to their product that could profoundly change the perception of the brand, and they want to know what the consequences are going to be."
"No matter what the decision, they can now at least go to the church leaders on one side and the corporate sponsors (who oppose the gay ban) and say they asked and that this is what the folks on the ground, who are the real backbone of the organization, think," Boyle said.
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Man, Fire, Food 2012
Roger Mooking has a fascination with fire. The chef enjoys finding inventive ways to cook with fire, which is exactly what he does in this series that takes him on a journey across the U.S. He visits pit-masters, chefs and home cooks who use fire to create complex, flavorful dishes. The people Mooking visits don't simply turn on a stove and start cooking; their methods include cooking over an open fire in a rustic chuck wagon and smoking meats in a former airplane that a mechanic has transformed into a smoker.
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Release: 2012-10-16
Status: Returning Series
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It's official: Deena Nicole Cortese is joining the cast of Jersey Shore.
Lest you be worried she won't be able to hang with the rest of the crew, know that she's a long-time friend of none other than Snooki Polizzi. Enough said.
According to MTV, Cortese describes herself as "class in a glass and party in a body."
"I bring a lot of energy to the house," Cortese told the Associated Press. "All I want to do is play games and have a good time."
She's in luck, as that's pretty much the job description.
If her Facebook page is any indication, she will bring the drama, and then some. I predict some major showdowns between Cortese and JWoww as they fight for the badass title.
Though she's currently filming with the cast, we won't actually see her on the show until Season 3.
Speaking of out, Angelina Pivarnick won't be returning, thankfully. It's just way too painful to watch the cast pick on her. Not without reason, because she's as annoying as hell, but still it seems the humane thing to let her go ... again.
I think some new blood is just what Jersey Shore needs to take the drama to even more insane heights ... if that's even possible.
Are you excited about the new Jersey Shore girl? Any bets on which guido she'll hook up with first?
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Six distinguished officers of the court have been shortlisted by the Judiciary Service Commission to interview for the position of Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court. We profile them here...
Smokin Wanjala, 56, was born in Machakos in 1960 and is a judge of the Supreme Court. Appointed in 2011, he was part of the seven judge bench that heard the presidential election petition of 2013. He was seen as a close confidant of retired Chief Justice Willy Mutunga. A scholar who has over 15 years teaching experience at the University of Nairobi Law School, Dr. Wanjala has in the past served as a director at the defunct Kenya Anti-Corruption Commission where he served under rtd. Justice Aaron Ringera and was in charge of research. He is one of four remaining judges on the Supreme Court bench following the retirement of CJ Mutunga, DCJ Rawal and Justice Tunoi. He holds a Ph. D from the University of Ghent, Belgium, a Masters degree in Law from Columbia University and an LL. B from University of Nairobi.
Nzamba Kitonga was born in 1956 and is aged, 60 years. This would make him CJ for a full term of 10 years. A past chairman of the Law Society of Kenya (elected in 1997), he has also served as the Judge President of the COMESA court. He is best remembered as the chairman of the Committee of Experts that steered the process of delivering the Constitution of Kenya 2010. He previously served as a Commissioner on the Goldenberg Commission chaired by (rtd) Justice SEO Bosire. He is a past chairman of the East African Law Society and a past recipient of the Jurist of the Year award from the International Commission of Jurists (2010).
Justice Mbogoli Msagha was born in 1953 (aged 63) in the then Coast province of Kenya. He is the Principal Judge of the High Court of Kenya. Appointed judge at the young age of 34 years in 1987, he has served on the bench for close to 30 years. He has presided over landmark cases such as the Mwai Kibaki petition against the election of President Moi in 1997 and the suit challenging the laying off of 1800 workers from Kenya Airways in 1990. He has sometimes in the past been accused of avoiding making hard decisions when issuing rulings and judgements.
Justice Alnashir Visram who is in his mid-sixties sits in the Court of Appeal. He is famously remembered as having been appointed to be the next Chief Justice to replace the retiring Evans Gicheru in 2011 by President Mwai Kibaki. But the ensuing uproar raised by coalition partner Raila Odinga over the manner of the appointment led to the withdrawal of this appointment and the JSC was tasked to vet candidates for the post. Willy Mutunga emerged the choice candidate and became the CJ. Visram is an Ismaili Muslim who has served as the CEO of the Aga Khan Fund in Kenya and as High Court judge for many years having been appointed to the bench in 2001.
Interviewing for the post of CJ for a second time, Visram is likely to face the same problems he faced last time when he failed to explain decisions and rulings he made in past political cases. http://www.standardmedia.co.ke/business/article/2000034450/visram-s-past-judicial-rulings-haunt-his-bid-for-cj-post
Justice Roselyn Nambuye, 64, is a judge of the Court of Appeal. The resilient Justice who has twice fought forced retirement, first by the Ringera Commission's so-called radical surgery in 2003 and secondly by the Sharad Rao vetting board in 2012 is seeking a Supreme Court seat for the second time. She became the third woman in the country appointed judge of the High Court in 1991. She is married to rtd Justice Daniel Aganyanya who served on the Court of Appeal. In 2011 she was appointed to the Court of Appeal after she unsuccessfully applied for the position of Deputy Chief Justice. In a race against Martha Koome, Mary Kasango, Hannah Okwengu, Mary Ang'awa and Joseph Nyamu, all justices, and lawyers Nancy Baraza and Gladys Shollei, she lost out to Nancy Baraza. Justice Nambuye has spoken frankly about how her inability to have children led to the breakdown of her first marriage and how she and her second husband have raised numerous step children and adopted many orphans whom they have educated and nurtured. A crusader for gender inclusivity in the judiciary, she delights at more women being appointed to the bench.
Justice David Kenani Maraga, 64, is the Presiding Judge of the Court of Appeal in Kisumu. He was appointed to the High Court in October2003 and to the Court of Appeal in 2011. A holder of both an LL.B and an LL.M from the University of Nairobi, he also chairs the Judiciary Committee on Elections tasked with overseeing election petition hearings that may arise after the 2017 elections within the prescribed period in the constitution. He successfully underwent the vetting board fending off accusations of tribalism and bribery seeking and was unanimously endorsed to continue to serve in 2012. An avowed Seventh Day Adventist, he startled the board proceedings when he invoked God's name loudly and went on to swear that he had never taken a bribe in his life.
This is the second time the position of Chief Justice is being contested through a vetting process. In 2011, the candidates who sought to make the inaugural Chief Justice and President of the Supreme Court included.
1. Willy Mutunga
2. International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda Judge Lee Muthoga
3. Justice Alnashir Visram JJA (Court of Appeal)
4. Justice Joseph Nyamu JJA
5. Justice Riaga (RSC) Omollo JJA
6. Justice Samuel (SEO) Bosire JJA
7. Justice Paul Kihara J (High Court)
8. Justice Msagha Mbogoli
9. Justice Mary Ang'awa
10. Justice Kalpana Rawal
CJ Mutunga is now retired as is Kalpana Rawal who was later to become Deputy Chief Justice and only left the bench after a bitter judicial fight ended at the Supreme Court. Visram is a candidate once again.
Justices Joseph Nyamu, Riaga Omollo, Samuel Bosire and Mary Ang'awa were found unfit to serve by the Sharad Rao led vetting committee of the judiciary and have since exited. Justice Kihara is now the President of the Court of Appeal.


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Saturday, July 30, 2011
A Few Projects & Pickins
So is playing with old hardware and wood! This new wall photo holder/shelf piece evolved from trying to use up some of my hoarded junk that is badly in need of reduction.
The vintage coin purse necklaces are pretty simple and I'm no jewelry maker, so I hope they will be bought by gals with a vision for adding cool stuff to make them wonderful.
Here's just a few of my fresh pickins (not much time for that these days).....I am MAD about this bird cage....
.......and the iron fence parts!!
~I hate being MIA in blogland! I miss you all, and the fact that I don't get to comment on all of your amazingly interesting and fabulously creative blogs drives me nuts! (I still haven't got my computer fixed yet....or is it just Blogspot that is so messed up?.... so I can't always see your pics!)
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- Barbara Jean said...
The little coin purse necklaces are new to me. I think they are cute just the way they are. =)
Love your "Mom" shelf. I have some of that junk, I mean those treasures, around too. Now just to get something done with them.
Great finds! love the cage, but also love that little cabinet with the door, and those iron pieces. My finds were great, but not that great!
barbara jean
- July 30, 2011 at 9:50 PM
- Donna Gelineau said...
What great finds, that birdhouse is gorgeous!
I am a new follower.
- July 30, 2011 at 10:29 PM
- Tricia @ Vintage No. 35 said...
Love your ideas! I especially love the chalkboard on the suitcase.
- July 30, 2011 at 11:11 PM
- Karen S. said...
Black board paint? Who knew...I'm going to have to get me some of that! Very cool stuff! Thanks!
- July 31, 2011 at 8:26 AM
- The Cranky Queen said...
Nancy, I love the coin purse necklaces. I think they will sell well...I too miss seeing your posts more often...visit me sometimes over at the palace. Stay Trashy, Tiffany
- July 31, 2011 at 10:02 AM
- A Wild Thing@Sweet Repose said...
Can you imagine the poor lil' bird behind those iron bars...but I love it too...great stuff, luv the purses...AND EVERYTHING...but I think blogger is getting too big for it's britches, things just are easy on it anymore. Once they started running verbal ads on the playlist, I knew it was gonna get ugly!!!
Not only that I read today that anywhere on your blog or website that you post pictures of yourself, companies are doing facial profiling to find you anytime, anywhere, for whatever...it's a scary world out there today!
Stay cool friend!
- August 1, 2011 at 9:57 PM
- Sea Witch said...
The coin purses are so steam punky..they will go fast. Crazy about your chalkboard painted luggage. What a clever way to announce a new menu, weekend plans or a sketch a quick chalk picture. Miss your blog too kiddo, but everyone is busy these days. Stay cool Sea Witch
- August 2, 2011 at 7:22 AM
I just found your blog the other day and I LOVE IT! I looked at the older post until 3 in the morning! You have such unique ideas and displays.
I am new to the computer world and do not know how to be a follower? But I will certainly be checking in on a regular basis.
Blessings,Becky R
- August 2, 2011 at 7:58 PM
- Kim Hanauer said...
Hi Nancy!
Thank you so much for your sweet comment on my blog. I love your style too! Don`t you love creating with those little coin purses? Funny how creative people think alike!
Can`t wait to meet you in Sept!
have a Blessed day~
- August 4, 2011 at 9:13 AM
- Kim Hanauer said...
YAY! Blogger let me leave you a comment! Can`t wait to see your creations!
- August 4, 2011 at 9:14 AM
- Rockie said...
It is refreshing always to see discarded and old objects turned into beautiful and interesting pieces of art. You do such stellar work on your creations. I have one of my mom's old change purse that is a it worn but I treasure it and now maybe I can try to make something as nice as you did.
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Onions are a biennial plant, meaning it normally takes two years for the plant to go from seed to seed. Onion seeds are produced on a seed stalk following the blooming period. This process is called bolting. Weather plays an important factor in this process. Onions require a period of cold weather to initiate a dormancy period, then resume growth and begin to bolt when the weather warms.
Onion bolting is a common problem in the vegetable garden. Flower and seed stalks grow from the center of the onion. Once the onion has sent up the central stalk, the plant begins to focus its energy on producing and spreading seed. Once bolting begins, there is no stopping the process. You can cut off the flower stalk, but the onion bulb will not continue to grow.
Weather is the trigger that sets off the blooming process in onions. Temperatures between 40 and 45 degrees Fahrenheit are usually necessary to start the bolting process. Cold weather in the spring followed by a hot summer may cause onions to bolt prematurely. Fluctuating weather patterns that go from cold to hot to cold again may also cause onions to bloom prematurely. Crops seeded or transplanted in the fall may be more susceptible to bolting in the spring if the weather is warm during the fall and cold during the winter. They may produce a large bulb, but the onion may weigh as much as 50 percent less than one that has not bolted.
Harvest and Storage
Onions are still edible once they have bolted, but are prone to spoilage. Harvest any onions that have begun to form stalks. Cut off the flower stalks and leaves and use as soon as possible. The seed stalk that has penetrated the onion bulb will be hard and green immediately after harvest, but will quickly begin to soften and decay. The decay will spread throughout the onion bulb, making it unsuitable for storing.
The best way to prevent onions from blooming is to plant the right variety at the right time of year for your area. Onions are classified as short day, intermediate day and long day, referring to the length of daylight hours necessary for the onions to grow and produce bulbs. Planting the wrong variety at the wrong time may result in crop failure. According to Texas A&M University, long day onions are recommended for U.S. Department of Agriculture Plant Hardiness Zones 1 through 4, and are best planted in April and May. In USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 5, plant long or intermediate day onions from March 15 to April 15. In USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 6, plant intermediate or short day onions from March 1 to April 1 and from February 15 to March 15 in USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 7. In USDA Plant Hardiness Zone 8, plant short day onions from January 15 to February 15 and from January 1 to January 15 in USDA Plant Hardiness Zones 9 through 11.


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Here's a list of the books I read last month:
Thirteen Reasons Why- Jay Asher- I really don't know what to make of this book. Don't get me wrong. It's a well written, well told story. I have absolutely no qualms with it. It just left me— and appropriately so— with an odd feeling I'm not entirely enjoying which, interestingly enough, makes me love it that much more because I love a book that can make me feel something so deeply. I think this is an important book that every teenager should read and discuss. If I were still teaching, this book would immediately become part of my curriculum.
Grounding Quinn- Stephanie Campbell- I read this book after Jolene Perry recommended the hell out of it on her blog. I'm glad I listened to her because it was a very good book and I really enjoyed it. I liked the attitude, the snark of the main character. I liked the voice of the entire novel. I liked that the MC bought Ben and Jerry's Phish Food because that's my favorite. I liked that the MC is far from perfect. There was so much to like in this book and the cover is absolutely gorgeous. However, sometimes I thought the time jumps from one chapter/scene to the next were jarring or hard to follow. And I really didn't care for Ben calling Quinn "baby" all the time but that's just me being me. Still, a very worthwhile read.
Paper Towns- John Green- Proof that I do sometimes love books because I found this book to be frakking amazing. It made me laugh, it made me almost cry. I couldn't read this book fast enough because it was that awesome. Another book for my curriculum.
Harry Potter and the Deathly Hallows- J.K. Rowling- You know I love it. Still this did not prevent and sister and me from mocking it mercilessly one evening. Nothing is more entertaining than B's Hagrid voice.
Switched- Amanda Hocking- I wanted to read this book to see what people were talking about. It wasn't the worst thing I've read but neither did it do a whole lot for me. I found it interesting that Entertainment Weekly reviewed this book in one of their recent issues and complained of misspelled words, misused words and something else (I don't remember what the something else was) but still gave the book a grade of B. Maybe I'm way overly picky where grammar is concerned but I wouldn't give a book with overly blatant grammar issues a B.
Looking For Alaska- John Green- John Green, you are amazing. I would seriously devote an entire semester to your novels.
Will Grayson, Will Grayson- John Green and David Levithan- This book caught my attention with the quote on the cover. It's from the New York Times Book Review and says "funny, rude and original." That's definitely my kind of book. So I picked it up and read it. And loved it. This book is made of awesome, covered in awesome sauce, topping with whipped cream and cherries— wait, I don't like cherries. It's topped with whipped cream and giant peanut butter cups. With freshly baked brownies and chocolate chip cookies.
Forever- Maggie Stiefvater- A lovely book and a fitting end to a lovely series. I adore Stiefvater's writing style. It's really very intelligent and classy.
250 Things You Should Know About Being A Writer- Chuck Wendig- The title really says it all. I love this guy's sense of humor and his writing style so this e-book was a no brainer for me. I especially loved that he told people to watch Gilmore Girls as an example of awesome dialogue.
Sweet As The Devil- Susan Johnson- A nice historical bodice ripping romance to close out my month. I don't read a ton of romance novels but she is the one romance author I actually seek out.


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Video 1 of 2: Jousting, falconry and more marks Grantham school's 100th birthday celebrations
To mark their 100th year, Huntingtower Community Primary School went back even further in history, and treated their students, parents and staff to an unforgettable Knights of Middle England day.
In a perfect demonstration of their slogan that Huntingtower is a school where learning comes to life, the event gave students in Year 1 and 2 the opportunity to present all the hard work they've been doing researching the Battle of Hastings.
Each class created their own castles and presented this dressed in medieval finery. While they took on royal roles, the older pupils acted as the peasants and also had the chance to try on armour and ask the knights questions concerning life in Middle England.
Then in memorable assemblies Huntingtower's youngsters enjoyed the experience of having birds of prey fly right over their heads during falconry displays.
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Do You Know That Kind Of Organisms Are Living Inside Your Mattress? Are They Harmful?
Washing the face and fixing the bed after waking up are the 2 most practiced routines who are habit to almost every single living person. The fact that you will be surprised of is that in our mattresses and pillows live around 1.5 million mites and with this habit we are only helping them in their breeding.
First, let me explain what is really representing these mites and how they can make harm to our health.
Dust mites are actually tiny, microscopic organisms that live in our bed, pillows and linens. They feed on our dead skin cells and sweat and that actually quickly multiplies them. Also they discharge their feces very quickly, up to 20 times a day. Scientists clarify that in one average home bed there are 1.5 million mites present. So, if 1.5 million mites are currently in your bed, they each individually are excreting 20 times a day it is normally that the result will be frightening. Their drop is dangerous for the human health. It contains proteins which can be inhaled or can come in contact with our skin and the level of antibodies will rise rapidly. When the number of our antibodies is increased, our body starts to release histamine and then the real problem is knocking on the door.
Histamine causes swollen redness who is usually associated with allergies. The following symptoms are:
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- Itching
- Coughing
- Sneezing
- Fever
- Nose problems
There are people who are very sensitive to these dust mites and they can get red bumps on the skin which are itching a lot.
It is very important to know how to get rid of them in order to improve the overall health. For our luck this solution is very easy and simple!
After getting out of bed do not make it immediately instead, open the window, ventilate the room and leave the door open to create draft and go to bathroom for starting your day. The mites cannot stand sunlight and fresh air so this will prevent their growth and their multiply. Also, change the covers on pillows and sheets every two weeks. Brush your mattress once a month with saline solution or baking soda.
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The AJA Ion Mill is a 22cm diameter Kaufman RF-ICP gridded ion source producing a collimated Argon ion beam which provides uniform etching of samples up to 6 inch diameter. The sample holder is water cooled at 20 degrees C. and has motorized tilt (0-180 degrees), and continuous sample rotation up to 25 RPM. The system is Cryo Pumped with a base pressure in the 10-8 torr range.
Etching a wide range of Materials at rates which are related to their sputter yield. The wafer tilt and rotation feature is typically used to control the etch wall angle.
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The system is set with 4 different beam energies: 400V, 600V, 800V, and 1000V.
Ion milling is often very useful for etching of materials which are difficult to RIE. Magnetic,Super conducting, Metal Oxides, Metal Nitrides, Piezoelectric, Noble Metals ( Au, Pd etc).
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