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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 15, 2014 15:31:45 GMT -5
I could tell by their reaction that you chose to reveal your wretched vile black soul with a one-liner nasty comment. To disparage someone on Valentine's Day with a group that meets one hour per week continues your unsurpassed cruelty. Bad mouthing another person in that manner just shows what a true jerk you are. Yet, there is kindness shown to the harlots that call out to you on the street. One twisted mind. They know people well enough to know you are lying. Who are you referring to? I can't find any posting here that would fit.
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 15, 2014 15:33:19 GMT -5
Singles Awareness Day Good afternoon my friends It's been mostly cloudy today with a few brief snowfalls. The temp is a relatively toasty 29F but is slated for single digits again tonight. <<sigh>>
Sochi Olympics: The US men's hockey team has beaten the Russians in an 8-round shootout 3-2. T.J.Oshie, who was chosen for the U.S. men's hockey team with just such a situation in mind, scored 4 goals in O.T. including the winning goal. The St. Louis Blues forward, talking about his thought process before the winning shot, said. "Had to go back to the same move a couple times, but I was glad it ended when it did. I was running out of moves there." International rules allow the same player to take multiple shots after the first three rounds of a shootout, and US coach Dan Bylsma leaned on Oshie's array of slick shots and change-of-pace approaches to the net (Oshie scored on the Americans' first shot before taking the last five in a row, going 4 for 6). If you didn't watch the game this a.m., I highly recommend you watch the re-run later today. It was a grrrrreat game.
Thought for Today: "The art of progress is to preserve order amid change and to preserve change amid order." --Alfred North Whitehead (1861-1947) British mathematician and philosopher,
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Feb 15, 2014 17:54:03 GMT -5
Flying reindeer: It is better you do not know. I had to vent. When I do that, I usually type it then delete before printing. Yesterday, I posted.
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 16, 2014 13:03:08 GMT -5
Flying reindeer: It is better you do not know. I had to vent. When I do that, I usually type it then delete before printing. Yesterday, I posted. Understood. I originally started my Thoughts and Meanderings thread back on MSN to give me a place to do exactly that. I started that same thread here on the old v4.5 board a year ago, but it's now lost back in the past. I do have it on two other proboards but it's become more of a another chat threads, but I still use them to vent my feelings.
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 16, 2014 13:04:35 GMT -5
World Whale Day Good afternoon my friends. We had some more snow yesterday and it's in the forecast for today. It seems llike this is a never-ending forecast. Only a month to go until spring. I wonder if there will be a forecast of snow for that day too?
Sochi Olympics: Today started with hockey - Russia vs Slovakia which Russia won, but since then it's been non-stop ice dancing short program. There's one group to go and the last team to skate will be Charlie White and Meryl Davis, the US World Champs. So if you haven't been watching, turn it on to catch the end. . .More than 200 illegal miners were reported trapped in an abandoned gold shaft in a suburb just east of Johannesburg, South Africa. Emergency services were communicating with a group of about 30 miners trapped below the surface by fallen boulders at the old mine site in Benoni. Werner Vermaak of ER24 emergency services said, cv "It's an abandoned mine shaft in the middle of the public veld (open fields) ... it was not a blocked-off area," he said, adding that no injuries or casualties had been reported so far. The lure of gold is still strong so that illegal miners often live underground in dangerous conditions. There are even underground battles between rival groups. .
Thought for Today: "At 18 our convictions are hills from which we look; At 45 they are caves in which we hide." --F. Scott Fitzgerald (1896-1940) American author
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Post by whocanibe on Feb 17, 2014 1:49:02 GMT -5
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 17, 2014 13:22:19 GMT -5
My Way Day Good afternoon my friends We managed to escape more snow and so we are experiencing another sunny day. But - it's only 19F and so the cold goes on.
Sochi Olympics: Today the gold medal in figure skating's ice dancing will be decided. Hopefully, America's Davis and White will continue their domination. Earlier, the US women's hockey team won their semi-final game vs. Sweden (6-1) and await the winner of Canada vs. Switzerland. The US has medaled at every Winter Games since women's hockey was added in 1998, reaching the championship game in every Olympics except in 2006 when it lost to Sweden in the semi-finals game. Canada is the 3-time defending championship and the only loss on by the Americans at Sochi. Not since the inaugural tournament in Nagano have the Americans beaten Canada, losing in the championship game in 2002 and '10 and again in the preliminary round of the Sochi Games on Wednesday. So here we go again - maybe 3rd time's a charm?
UPDATE: Most of those trapped minters in South Africa are refusing to be rescued, fearing arrest because of their illegal mining activities. Initially, the rescuers removed the large boulder that was blocking the mine shaft and the 11 miners who surfaced were arrested. “They have sent down one of the miners to try and negotiate with the others to try and get them to come up,” said Werner Vermaak, a communications manager for ER24 a private, national, emergency medical care service that has staff on standby at the mine. Illegal mining for South Africa's gold and platinum is common but penalties if caught include fines and even prison time. Now that those miners are no longer trapped by the boulder, why should they come to the surface only to be arrested? Sounds like a stand-off to me.
A UN report says there is "abundant evidence" of crimes against humanity in North Korea, revealing a portrait of a brutal state "that does not have any parallel in the contemporary world," North Korean leaders employ murder, torture, slavery, sexual violence, mass starvation and other abuses as tools to prop up the state and terrorize "the population into submission," the United Nations Commission of Inquiry on Human Rights in North Korea said in its report. Unfortunately, there's not much the world can do aout it outside of going to war.
Thought for Today: "What you cannot enforce, do not command." [info][add][mail]--Sophocles (b.c. 496-406) Greek tragic dramatist
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 18, 2014 16:57:11 GMT -5
National Justice for Animals Week Good afternoon my friends. And winter continues, maybe somewhat warmer (temps in the 20s) and no new snow. On the other hand, there's another storm on its way. <<sigh>>
Sochi Olympics: American and 3-time defending Winter X Games champion David Wise who overcame bad weather conditions to win the first Olympic ski halfpipe race and doing it on his first run. That run held up as the weather grew worse and worse at Rosa Khutor Extreme Park..And then there is speed skating and the Dutch. In the longest individual speedskating event at the Winter Olympics, Jorrit Bergsma of the Netherlands set a new Olympic record and took home a gold medal in the 10,000-meter race. And two of his compatriots, Sven Kramer and Bob de Jong, won the silver and bronze medals for the Netherlands' 4th sweep of medals in speed skating. I guess that the story "Hans Brinker and the Silver Stakes" is more realistic than we knew. . .What is going on in Ukraine? Yesterday nine died in a street battle that left the capital's square aflame over opposition to their president's policies favoring Russia over the European Union (EU). Thousands of demonstrators have packed Kiev's Independence Square since November when Pres. Yapukovych vetoed a trade deal with the EU in favor of dealing with Russia. And the US Embassy "advises all citizens to maintain a low profile and to remain indoors tonight/" I've been reading items about western Ukraine's protest of the governments turning oward Russia fro several months. Each time it seems to get a little more violent. And now this. What I would fear if I were a Ukrainians, is the government's request for Russian aid in quelling the opposition. .
Thought for Today: "The point of living and of being an optimist, is to be foolish enough to believe the best is yet to come." --Peter Ustinov (1921-2004) English actor and author
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 19, 2014 11:47:18 GMT -5
International Tug-of-War Day Good afternoon my friends So far we've had no rain or snow or sleet etc. and the temp has reached into the 30s. But it's still overcast and subject to change at any minute. And its only a month until spring!! Sochi Olympics: Finland has eliminated the Russians in hockey!! For the 3rd straight Olympics Russia has not won any medal in the sport that they dominated for years - the "amateur" Red Army team. So now Sweden (#1 seed), who beat Slovenia, will meet in one semifinal game. The US will play the Czech Republic in their quarter final game at noon (NBCSN) with Canada playing Latvia (MSNBC) at the same time. I can hardly wait to watch it. But for the next two hours I'll be watching the women's figure skating short program. A great day for the Olympics.
Oh, BTW, Ted Ligety won the giant slalom , becoming the first American man to win two Olympic gold medals in Alpine skiing. Hi's first gold came in the combined at the 2006 Turin Games as a 21-year-old -- before he had ever won a World Cup race. The only other American to win two Olympic golds in Alpine skiing was Andrea Mead Lawrence, who took both the women's slalom and giant slalom at the 1952 Oslo Games!
UPDATE: In the Ukraine protests in Kiev's Independence Square there have been 25 killed, 241 injured so far. Naturally, Ukrainian Pres. Viktor Yanukovych is blaming opposition leaders for the deadly violence. The violence was the worst in nearly three months of anti-government protests that have paralyzed Ukraine's capital in a struggle over the identity of a nation divided in loyalties between Russia (government) and the West (opposition), and the worst in the country's post-Soviet history.
Some pics from NY's Finger Lakes region:
February Chill A beautiful but chilly day on Seneca Lake near Lake Shore Landing in Romulus. Photo by Diane W. Dersch
Lady Cardinal Pretty female cardinal in a Farmington backyard on Friday afternoon. Photo by Mike Sargent
Sunset Shine A strange sunset as seen at 6:26 pm on the border of Enfield and Ithaca. Sunset is getting later! Photo by Helene Schmidt
Thought for Today: "Facts are stubborn things; and whatever may be our wishes, our inclinations, or the dictates of our passion, they cannot alter the state of facts and evidence." --John Adams (1735-1826), Founding Father and 2nd US President in "Argument in Defense of the Soldiers in the Boston Massacre Trials," December 1770
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Post by wyouser on Feb 19, 2014 17:20:27 GMT -5
Anybody out there have a remedy for the bad mood that comes with doing ones taxes? What a horrible waste of an otherwise tolerable day...Grrrrrrrrrr!!!i
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 21, 2014 17:35:39 GMT -5
Anybody out there have a remedy for the bad mood that comes with doing ones taxes? What a horrible waste of an otherwise tolerable day...Grrrrrrrrrr!!!i 'Fraid not.
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 21, 2014 17:36:26 GMT -5
International Mother Language Day Good afternoon my friends. Today it was almost springlike = sunny with temps in the 40s!! I love it!!
Sochi Olympics: The 18-year-old American, Mikaela Shiffrin made Alpine skiing history as the youngest ever winner of an Olympic slalom gold medal The Vail, Co. native completed a full set of slalom honors -- Olympic and world championship gold medals and a season-long World Cup discipline title -- before her 19th birthday next month. Russia won Olympic gold in the 5,000-meter short track relay Friday, giving the short track star a record-tying eighth career medal and the Americans came in second. That ended the US medal drought in this Olympic speedskating. The long track team failed in 12 tries and we had been shutout in the first seven short track events. China came in third. BUT the US is leading all nations in the medal count with 27 medals earned - 9 gold, 7 silver and 11bronze equaling 27. Russia is second with 26 and Canada has 24. . Finally, Canada did it again. Yesterday, the women's hockey team beat the US for the gold medal, today it beat the men in the semi-final game to meet Sweden in the gold medal game. The US will play Finland for the bronze medal.
.Warning - Be prepared for higher prices on your fruits and veggies this year. A federal agency said California farmers hit hard by a withering drought will receive no irrigation water this year from a sprawling system of rivers, canals and reservoirs across the parched state. A third of the country's fruits and vegetables are produced in California's midsection, which only received 20% of their normal water allowance last year, so they are already hurting. But all the water has to be preserved for people's use, the drought has become that severe. Maybe instead of more oil pipelines going across states, we should pipe water from one area of the country to another. And if wishes were horses, beggars would ride. .
Thought for Today: "An intellectual snob is someone who can listen to the William Tell Overture and not think of The Lone Ranger." --Dan Rather (b. 1931) television news anchor for CBS
Corydalis. [Lat. Corydalis] in memory of Sparkle It's TGIF - Yaaaay!!
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 22, 2014 16:36:47 GMT -5
International Tongue Twister Day Good afternoon my friends It's another nice day here with temps in the low 40s. I wish that this would last until spring, but no such luck. The next spate of Arctic cold is on its way. Sochi Olympics: .Well, the men's hockey team came to an inglorious end, losing to Finland 5-0 in the bronze medal game. That does it for me until the closing ceremonies tomorrow. Then it will be two years until the next Summer Olympics in Brazil.
UPDATE: In Ukraine, it has been a day of dramatic and fast-paced developments that saw the Parliament vote to remove Pres. Yanukovych from office and call for new elections.in spring. Also, former Ukrainian Prime Minister Yulia Tymoshenko was released from prison. The vote came a day after Yanukovych signed a peace deal with the opposition intended to end days of bloody protests and fueling speculation he might heed calls for him to step down. However, speaking from Kharkly, a pro-Russian stronghold in eastern Ukraine, he took to the air and insisted he would not resign or leave the country. So what will Russia do? And if they try to use force to return Yanukovych to power, what well we do?
Pres. Obama will bestow the Medal of Honor on 24 vets denied them due to their ethnicity or color of their skin. Many of their fellow soldiers received this medal long ago, for doing similar things in similar places at similar times. But not these 24 men. Unfortunately, 21 of the new Medal of Honor recipients -- with last names including Garcia and Weinstein and Negron -- aren't alive to receive the award. All three of those still living received the Army's Distinguished Service Cross, so their heroics didn't go completely unrecognized.
Thought for Today: "Talent hits a target no one else can hit; Genius hits a target no one else can see." --Arthur Schopenhauer (1788-1860) German philosopher,
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Feb 22, 2014 21:21:56 GMT -5
New day, worse news. As usual, DH hits me with a news report before I get my coat off with obviously you didn't see this. I just said I have to have 5 minutes as I'd had a heavy gym workout and just got in. This pales my pitiful complaints. Here it is: Casper Star Tribune Wright man shot to death at home A shooting Wednesday evening at a home in Wright left a 48-year-old man dead, and authorities say a 15-year-old boy pulled the trigger. According to a media release issued Thursday by the Campbell County Sheriff's Department, authorities were called to 215 Nelson St. at 6:45 p.m. They found the man lying outside. Sheriff's deputies performed CPR until paramedics arrived and took the victim to the local hospital. He was dead on arrival. A teenage boy who lived at the house shot the man, authorities said. The media release did not specify the relationship between the two. Deputies are investigating the circumstances that led to the shooting, according to the release. The victim's body was taken to Rapid City, S.D., for an autopsy. The Campbell County District Attorney's Office did not return a request Thursday for a phone interview. ---------------------- Sam was the go-between myself and my brother in a property dispute. His untimely death has affected two families as well as a tangled mess of businesses and property in several states. To make matters worse, I had to ask a neighbor to track my brother down because he does not get any news. I am sure his cold response was in disbelief and shock.
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 23, 2014 12:43:56 GMT -5
New day, worse news. As usual, DH hits me with a news report before I get my coat off with obviously you didn't see this. I just said I have to have 5 minutes as I'd had a heavy gym workout and just got in. This pales my pitiful complaints. Here it is: Casper Star Tribune Wright man shot to death at home A shooting Wednesday evening at a home in Wright left a 48-year-old man dead, and authorities say a 15-year-old boy pulled the trigger. According to a media release issued Thursday by the Campbell County Sheriff's Department, authorities were called to 215 Nelson St. at 6:45 p.m. They found the man lying outside. Sheriff's deputies performed CPR until paramedics arrived and took the victim to the local hospital. He was dead on arrival. A teenage boy who lived at the house shot the man, authorities said. The media release did not specify the relationship between the two. Deputies are investigating the circumstances that led to the shooting, according to the release. The victim's body was taken to Rapid City, S.D., for an autopsy. The Campbell County District Attorney's Office did not return a request Thursday for a phone interview. ---------------------- Sam was the go-between myself and my brother in a property dispute. His untimely death has affected two families as well as a tangled mess of businesses and property in several states. To make matters worse, I had to ask a neighbor to track my brother down because he does not get any news. I am sure his cold response was in disbelief and shock. Artemis, are you saying that you know the man who was shot and killed?
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 23, 2014 12:45:03 GMT -5
Curling Is Cool Day Good afternoon my friends. I can't believe it - another sunny day but there's still snow on the ground, albeit less than it was. A little over three weeks to the spring equinox, BUT we can have snow up until mid-April, so now celebrating just yet.
Sochi Olympics: The costliest Olympics ever are closing tonight with a spectacular show and Russia, surprise surprise, tops the medals table..The men's 4-man bobsled was one of the last set of medals to be won with Russia taking the gold, Latvia the silver and the US the bronze. With a 3-0 victory over Sweden in the men's hockey final, Canada claimed the last gold from the 98 medal events (Sweden silver, Finland bronze). See you in four years (2018) in South Korea's Pyeongchang. . ..UPDATE: In Ukraine, it looks like its parliament has taken control of the government, especially since the military has recognized it s the one in charge. Pres. Yanukovych, who fled to Donetsk, a city in eastern Ukraine, maintains that parliament's decisions are illegal, but has not made any apparent effort to stop them. Unfortunately,Ukraine is deeply divided between eastern regions that are largely pro-Russian and western areas that long for closer ties with the European Union. It was Prers. Yanukovych's shelving of an agreement with the EU in November set off the protests, that quickly expanded into grievances concerning corruption, human rights abuses and calls for Yanukovych's resignation. As of now, no one is sure just where Yanukovych is. He tried to take an airplane to Russia, but was stopped. Since then he has disappeared. So is he imprisoned or secretly fleeing to Russia by land?
Thought for Today: "Nothing travels faster than the speed of light with the possible exception of bad news, which obeys its own special laws. " --Douglas Adams (1952-2001) English humorist & science fiction novelist
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Feb 23, 2014 14:36:51 GMT -5
New day, worse news. As usual, DH hits me with a news report before I get my coat off with obviously you didn't see this. I just said I have to have 5 minutes as I'd had a heavy gym workout and just got in. This pales my pitiful complaints. Here it is: Casper Star Tribune Wright man shot to death at home A shooting Wednesday evening at a home in Wright left a 48-year-old man dead, and authorities say a 15-year-old boy pulled the trigger. According to a media release issued Thursday by the Campbell County Sheriff's Department, authorities were called to 215 Nelson St. at 6:45 p.m. They found the man lying outside. Sheriff's deputies performed CPR until paramedics arrived and took the victim to the local hospital. He was dead on arrival. A teenage boy who lived at the house shot the man, authorities said. The media release did not specify the relationship between the two. Deputies are investigating the circumstances that led to the shooting, according to the release. The victim's body was taken to Rapid City, S.D., for an autopsy. The Campbell County District Attorney's Office did not return a request Thursday for a phone interview. ---------------------- Sam was the go-between myself and my brother in a property dispute. His untimely death has affected two families as well as a tangled mess of businesses and property in several states. To make matters worse, I had to ask a neighbor to track my brother down because he does not get any news. I am sure his cold response was in disbelief and shock. Artemis, are you saying that you know the man who was shot and killed?
Yes. I knew him. He was a very accomplished business man with a lot of irons in the fire so to speak. He had been diagnosed with ALS about a year ago and was in the process of liquidating his holdings. There was a possibility he had the brain issue that football players gets. I am sure his poor track record was more during the alcoholic time. The last time we talked in November, he had said his bank accounts had been emptied by family while in treatment for the disease. I just realized that this thread will probably come up if someone searches for the name. This is so hard to get my mind around. Thanks for asking.
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 23, 2014 17:51:26 GMT -5
Artemis, whether it's ALS or CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) they are both degenerative, although I don't think CTE has the same physical disabling symptoms.
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 24, 2014 13:25:22 GMT -5
World Bartender Day Good afternoon my friends The temps have dropped into the 20s and the forecast is for snow. Neither of these appeal to me, but I'd rather have them than the polar vortex they say is on its way. Cheers - McDonald's is contemplating extending the hours of its breakfast menu. It has long thought of serving breakfast throughout the day as it faces heightened competition and slumping sales. Of course, having competitors like Tim Horton's already serving breakfast until 5 p.m. doesn't mean anything in their calculations, right? I, for one, would welcome the change.
The US Supreme Court has declined to decide whether poker is a contest of skill or is instead a game of chance covered by a federal law directed at illegal gambling and three laws restricting gun ownership. (two laws banning ownership of guns by 18-21 year olds and a law against selling to out-of-state customers). With the first, a federal appeals court had ruled that whatever else the anti-gambling law included, anything that's illegal under state law remains so. In the case under consideration New York statutes, the appeals court said, cover poker - so the Supreme Court's refusal means that the appeals court ruling stands. The court also declined to wade into the politically volatile issue of gun control by leaving intact three court rulings rejecting challenges to federal and state laws, which is a loss for gun rights advocates, including the National Rifle Association, which was behind two of the challenges.
Thought for Today: "I have long since come to believe that people never mean half of what they say, and that it is best to disregard their talk and judge only their actions." Dorothy Day (1897-1980) American editor & reformer
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Feb 24, 2014 14:40:22 GMT -5
Artemis, whether it's ALS or CTE (chronic traumatic encephalopathy) they are both degenerative, although I don't think CTE has the same physical disabling symptoms.
CTE had escaped my vocabulary but he suspected he had it from all the years of stock car racing, snow mobile wrecks, demolition derbies. I doubt I will find out if that was the issue from the autopsy. I hope blessings and comfort go to all concerned with this untimely death. Thanks again.
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 26, 2014 15:43:52 GMT -5
World Pistachio Day Good afternoon my friends It'sa partly sunny today but COLD!! 13°F with 22 mph winds. It could have been worse if it had snowed - BLIZZARD!! Wichita State defeated the Bradley Braves, 69-49 in the Missouri Valley Conference, becoming the first squad in college basketball history to win thirty straight games in the regular season. And unlike most NCAA teams, this group can shoot (the core of VanVleet, Early, and Baker make 35% or more of their threes, and the team overall is scoring .98 points per zone possession). So if Syracuse fans are looking forward to March Madness, be careful what you wish for - it's not the Shockers of Wichita.
My computer almost ate my daily bulletin, but luckily I saved as I went along. All I lost was my last item about the federal judge in Texas ruling on the constitutionality of the state's anti same-sex marriage law. He against it.
Thought for Today: " Ultimately, the only power to which man should aspire is that which he exercises over himself. --Elie Wiesel (b. 1928) Romanian-born Jewish-American professor, author and political activist.
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Post by the flying reindeer on Feb 27, 2014 13:42:43 GMT -5
Polar Bear Day Good afternoon my friends. It's gotten colder with temp of 19°F and snow forecasted for the next 24 hours. On the other hand, it's only three weeks left to the vernal equinox.
UPDATE: Russia is reportedly shelter the former Ukraine president, while launching a massive military exercise involving 150,000 troops and scrambling jets to patrol its border. At the same time, pro-Russian gunmen stormed offices of Ukraine's strategic region, deepening the crisis for the new Ukrainian government even as it was being formed. Ukraine's new prime minister said the country's future lies in the European Union but with friendly relations with Russia. Oleksandr Turchynov, who stepped in as acting president after Yanukovych's flight, condemned the takeover of government buildings in Crimea as a "crime against the government of Ukraine." He warned that any move by Russian troops off of their base in Crimea "will be considered a military aggression.".Meanwhile, Ukraine's currency, the hryvnia, dropped further to a new record low of 11.25 to the U.S. dollar, a sign of the country's financial distress. One of the new government's first tasks will be to seek rescue loans from the European Union and the International Monetary Fund. The finance ministry has pegged the country's needs at $35 billion dollars for this year and next to pay salaries and debts and cover the large budget deficit. Things are looking increasingly ominous. I hope it doesn't come down to actual fighting between Russia and Ukraine.
Way off on a sheep ranch in Western Australia comes the oldest slice of Earth we know. Scientists in Nature Geoscience say they have dated an ancient crystal called a zircon to about 4.4 billion years, making it the earliest confirmed piece of the planet's crust. This crystal is a translucent red, Valley said, but glows blue when bombarded with electrons. At 400 micrometers long, its biggest dimension is just a tad larger than a house dust mite, or about four human hairs. "What we've learned is that the Earth cooled much more quickly that people had thought," John Valley, lead study author and professor in the Department of Geoscience at the University of Wisconsin-Madison. said. And so, in the midst of chaotic human life, scientific study keeps on with ever interesting facts about the ancient history of our earth.
Thought for Today: "Being happy doesn't mean that everything is perfect. It means that you've decided to look beyond the imperfections." --Anonymous
Snapdragon [Lat. Antirrhinum] in memory of Sparkle Have a thankful Thursday
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Post by Icelandic Woman on Feb 28, 2014 12:55:41 GMT -5
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Rest in Peace, Peg
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Post by the flying reindeer on Mar 1, 2014 12:42:05 GMT -5
National Cheerleading Week Good afternoon my friends. We're having a slight relief from the real cold weather today with temps approaching 40°F, but tomorrow the arctic cold will be back. BTW Yesterday was the start of Mardi Gras, ending with "Fat" Tuesday on March 4th. So it looks like Ester will be later this year.
UPDATE: The Russian Parliament's upper house has unanimously voted yes to Putin's request to use military force in Ukraine to supposedly save the lives or Russians citizens and military personnel in Crimea (home to a major Russian naval base at Sevastopol). Crimea is an autonomous republic of Ukraine with an ethnic Russian majority. It's the last large bastion of opposition to Ukraine's new political leadership after President Viktor Yanukovych's ouster.Ukraine's government suspects Moscow of fomenting separatist tensions in the autonomous region -- and it has accused Russia of having already sent troops into its territory after about 300 gunmen wearing Russian Special Forces uniforms attempted to take over the Sevastopol unit of the Ukrainian Coast Guard.. I hope the world's nightmare isn't provoked by all this Russian military blustering - NATO vs. Russia armed warfare.
First it was forest fires and drought in California - now rain torments the state. It's not that they don't need rain (worse drought in 100 years) but not this way. It has come down at more than an inch an hour at times and landing on bone-dry hills scorched by recent wildfires where there is nothing to hold the rain-soaked earth in place. And so they have - mudslides!! The walls of water have spewed mud and debris onto quiet residential streets to become thick, brown creeks. More could hit before Saturday is up, the National Weather Service says. It has placed Los Angeles and Ventura counties under a flash flood watch.The more I read about the rest of the country, the happier I am that I live in upper New York state!! .
Thought for Today: "Truth indeed rather alleviates than hurts, and will always bear up against falsehood, as oil does above water." --Miguel de Cervantes (1547-1616) Spanish adventurer, author, & poet
Yellow corcus in memory of Sparkle Have a stimulating Saturday
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Post by the flying reindeer on Mar 2, 2014 12:56:11 GMT -5
Namesake Day Good afternoon my friends Another overcast day and cold. At least it hasn't started to snow again. Thank heaven for small favors! UPDATE: Secretary of State John Kerry denounced the Russian movement of troops into Ukraine Sunday as “an act of aggression” and accused Pres. Putin of “possibly trying to annex Crimea.” “He's going to lose on the international stage, Russia is going to lose, the Russian people are going to lose, and he's going to lose all of the glow that came out of the Olympics, his $60 billion extravaganza,” Ukraine has mobilized its military forces after Putin declared Russia had a right to invade. It's hard to believe that Russia would behave this way in the 21st century. Haven't we spent the years since World War II trying to establish other ways of doing things without the use of military aggression? Unfortunately, we have not always acted positively ourselves. Let's not forget what we fabricated in order to invade Iraq.
Winter in New York:
Ice Shelf The ice shelf at Sodus Point along the Lake Ontario shore line as seen on Friday. Photo by Chris Trine
The Old Lighthouse The old lighthouse at Sodus Point on Friday afternoon with the recent snows still fresh and fluffy. Ice along the lake shore could be seen at quite the distance off shore. Photo by Chris Trine
Canvasback and Redhead The open water along the Canandaigua City Pier was busy with many birds. Sometimes confused for each other, these two show the difference on Friday along the Canandaigua City Pier. Photo by Mike Sargent
New Friends? An afternoon along Canandaigua City Pier. One appears to be a Common Goldeneye, while the other is a Merganzer? Photo by Mike Sargent
Thought for Today: "Some are kissing mothers and some are scolding mothers, but it is love just the same." --Pearl Buck (1892-1973) Nobel Prize-winning American novelist
Crimson cloud bearded amoena iris Have a sympathetic Sunday
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Post by the flying reindeer on Mar 3, 2014 16:44:02 GMT -5
National Anthem Day Good afternoon my friends. Brrrrr! The Arctic cold has returned in full force with single digit temps. The sun is doing its best to fool us, but we know it's all a sham - no warmth out there!
And this cold winter weather with its weekly snowstorms continues. March has hardly started and the wave of arctic air pushing eastward has prompted National Weather Service warnings, watches, and advisories. Snow is threatening to add to the already record-high accumulations in cities across the US and the winter-weary Washington, DC area is awaiting a dangerous tenth of an inch of ice, topped by 8 to 12 inches of snow. The federal government offices are closed for the day. And it's leaving single digit temps in its wake. And there's nothing anyone can do about it except hunker down and wait for spring (which will probably bring on its own problems).
I must admit that I watched the Oscars last night, including the red carpet pre-show. I enjoy seeing the gowns that all the ladies are wearing. I thought that they were a rather subdued lot last night and some downright frumpy!! As far as the Oscar winners are concerned, the only surprise for me was the director of Bravity winning best director and best picture going to 12 Years a Salve. Usually, the best director Oscar and Best Picture are the same.
Thought for Today: "We have to dare to be ourselves, however frightening or strange that self may prove to be" --May Sarton (1912-1995) American poet, novelist and memoirist
Hydrangea serrata Bluebird [Lat. Hydrangea serrata `Bluebird´] in memory of Sparkle Have a mad Monday
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Post by Artemis Windsong on Mar 3, 2014 17:27:42 GMT -5
Wham, bam, sok em, Bat Man says to Microsoft XP abandonment.
Nanoo, Nanoo, Nanoo, we got a new computer to side step this betrayal of your customers.
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