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Post by the flying reindeer on May 4, 2014 13:45:17 GMT -5
Thanks for the kind words, Artemis.
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 4, 2014 13:46:04 GMT -5
Nurse's Week Good afternoon my friends. The day has definitely improved since I first got up. Then it was mostly cloudy but not it's blue skies and sunshine. Just what you would expect from May, except maybe warmer, like the high 50s or lower 60s! But I guess you can't have everything..
A Norwegian Cruise ship bound for Manhattan, NY has become stuck in the Hudson River due to a malfunctioning thruster that is part of its steering system. It had to wait for a change in the tide in order for a tug tow to Pier 88 on West 48th Street. The company's website states that the Breakaway is "the largest cruise ship ever to home port year-round in New York City." At least this time the breakdown didn't happen at sea and cause a lot passenger discomfort, but it strongly reinforces my belief in never going on a cruise ship for anywhere. At least if your car breaks down, you're probably not going to sink!!
Did anyone watch the Kentucky Derby yesterday? I did and my pick (plus millions of others') won - California Chrome. I don't usually like to pick the betting favorite but I couldn't resist the possible "rags-to-riches" story. He's the product of an $8,000 mare and a $2,400 stallion who has earned more than $1 million prior to the derby. His trainer, Art Sherman, is 77-years-old and the oldest trainer to win the Kentucky Derby. California Chrome's owners, Steve Coburn and Perry Martin, are no Kentucky blue bloods, who only own one horse. They're a couple of working stiffs who live near Reno, Nevada, where a trainer called them "dumb asses" for getting into the racing game, inspiring the duo to put the letters DAP on their silks, which stands for Dumb Ass Partners. "We're going to go down in history," Coburn predicted. And so California Chrome became the first California-bred to wear the garland of red roses in 52 years. Way to go, CC!! Now on to Pimlico in Maryland on May 17th for the Preakness.
Thought for Today: "It is the first duty of a hypothesis to be intelligible." --Thomas Henry Huxley (1825-1895) English biologist and advocate of Darwin's natural selection theory
Red dahlia in memory of Sparkle Have a stupendous Sunday
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Post by Artemis Windsong on May 4, 2014 18:45:46 GMT -5
Crunch, crunch. I am snacking on edamame nuts as I replenish my nut snack containers. All of a sudden the sinuses start burning then the mouth and tongue. They are WASABI. Hot, hot. I look at the package and the price sticker is over the wasabi label.
This takes a few minutes of recovery while I wonder how many calories one of the fire nuts burns off me. The containers are now mixed up and I don't know which ones contain the edamame nuts. I will not eat them while driving.
Then that stupid little snack container is sometimes hard to open.
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 5, 2014 13:49:53 GMT -5
National Wildflower Week Good afternoon my friends It maybe somewhat chilly, but I don't care - the sun is shining in a nice blue sky and so it's a lovely day in May. And everything is so fresh and new. I love this time of the year.
EARLY SPRING IN THE FINGER LAKES ] May's First Sunset Light The sun sets on the hilly east side of Cayuga Lake to close out the first day of May. Photo by Judy Scott.
Blue Watching Friday morning in Mertensia Park in Farmington, this Bluebird was keeping an eye on me as I went by the area where the nesting box is. Photo by Mike Sargent.
Signs of Spring Return of the rose breasted grosbeak in Clifton Springs is a sure sign that Spring has arrived. Photo by Shelly Lannon.
Baltimore Oriole I was thrilled Sunday morning when a flock of these beauties blew into my back yard in Clifton Springs. Photo by Shelly Lannon.
Just a Sparrow Sunday morning we had many birds visiting our Farmington backyard, but my favorite image was this simple sparrow resting on a branch of our apple tree. Photo by Mike Sargent.
The US Supreme Court ruled in a 5-4 decision that the content of the prayers is not significant as long as they do not denigrate non-Christians or proselytize. Justice Anthony Kennedy, writing for the majority, said the prayers are ceremonial and in keeping with the nation's traditions. The ruling by the court's conservative majority was a victory for the town of Greece, NY, just outside of Rochester. In 1983, the court upheld an opening prayer in the Nebraska legislature and said that prayer is part of the nation's fabric, not a violation of the First Amendment. Monday's ruling was consistent with the earlier one. For once I agree with the conservative majority. Any principle can be taken too far and this is one of those.
Watch out everyone, El Nino is coming. A spike in Pacific Ocean sea temperatures and the rapid movement of warm water eastwards have increased concerns that an El Nino weather pattern this year could be one of the strongest in several decades. El Nino affects wind patterns and can trigger both floods and drought in different parts of the globe, curbing food supply. Just what we need on top of everything else that's going on with our weather. NOT!!
Thought for Today: "Far from idleness being the root of all evil, it is rather the only true good.” --Soren Kierkegaard (1813-1855) Danish philosopher and theologian, generally recognized as the first existentialist philosopher.
Deliciously different tall bearded iris I hope your Monday is mellow.
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 6, 2014 14:21:14 GMT -5
National Nurses Week Good afternoon my friends. Another coolish day but with sunshine nd blue skies. I'm getting spoiled with this fine weather that I hop keeps up for the foreseeable future!
As if we didn't already know, a new federal scientific study states that America the beautiful is turning into America the stormy, sneezy and dangerous. Climate change's assorted harms "are expected to become increasingly disruptive across the nation throughout this century and beyond," the National Climate Assessment emphasized. Warming and its all-too-wild weather are changing daily lives, even using the phrase "climate disruption" as another way of saying global warming. It goes on to warn that if the nation and world do not change the way we use energy, "we're still on the pathway to more damage and danger of the type that are described in great detail in the rest of this report," said study co-author Henry Jacoby, co-director of the Joint Program on the Science and Policy of Global Change at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology. Unfortunately, not much of the world seems to be paying any attention to the future we are probably facing - and the US can't do it all alone. I'm not sure what it would take to make the rest of the world take notice and resolved to do something about "global disruption".
Today the US Supreme Court has let stand a lower court of appeal decision stating that a strict New Jersey state law that requires people wanting to carry a handgun outside the home to demonstrate a "justifiable need." and that it is consistent with the Second Amendment. This is a defeat for the NRA which argued that the 2nd Amendment guarantees "the right to carry weapons for the purpose of self-defense -- not just for self-defense within the home, but for self-defense -- period." The Brady Center to Prevent Gun Violence welcomed Monday's decision, saying that "the corporate gun lobby has launched a nationwide legal assault in which they have tried -- and failed -- to deprive Americans of the gun laws they want and need to make their families and communities safe from gun violence, and keep guns out of the hands of criminals. "Courts across the country have overwhelmingly refused to expand the Second Amendment into a broad right for virtually anyone to carry any gun anywhere." At least one part of our government is still free of the NRA and it's like.
Thought for Today: "A word, once sent abroad, flies irrevocably." --Horace (65 BC-8 BC) ancient Roman poet. Magnolias in memory of Sparkle Happy Tuesday evryone
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 8, 2014 14:07:53 GMT -5
World Red Cross / Red Crescent Day Good afternoon my friends. Today started out as cloudy but the sun has come out of higing and the temp has reached 61F - Spring is here and glowing!!
A Missouri woman captured a incredible photo of a phenomenon that has been dubbed a "firenado" while she was driving down a country road near the town of Chillicothe last weekend. "This had to be the coolest/scariest thing I've ever seen," Janae Copelin wrote on her Instagram page. "A farmer burning off his field and as we stopped so I could take a picture the wind whipped up this fire twister." According to The Weather Channel, sights like this are more common than you might think: Firewhirls turn and burn. They are rapidly spinning vortices that form when air superheated by an intense wildfire rises rapidly, consolidating low-level spin from winds converging into the fire like a spinning ice skater, pulling its arms inward. The typical firewhirl can grow to about 100 feet tall, but is very narrow, on the order of a couple of feet wide. Whatever it may be, it is definitely scary. I hate fire.
Are you as tired of hearing/speculations about the NFL draft that begins tonight as I am. I've had it with all the pontifications by various analysts aver who may go where and why or why not. I remember the days when there was only one draft guru - Mel Kiper (Sp?) but now they seem endless. The only draft picks I'm interested in are the ones by the Buffalo Bills and New York Giants, none of which have figured in any of the endless hours of talk by the so-called experts.
Thought for Today: "With love and patience, nothing is impossible." --Daisaku Ikeda (b.1928) Japanese peace activist and leader of the Buddhist organization Soka Gakkai International,
Raphanus sativus in memory of Sparkle Happy Thursday everyone
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 9, 2014 20:51:11 GMT -5
No daily message today. Last night at 7:30 I got a call from my regular doctor. She had gotten the test results of my Wednesday blood work and it indicated a serious drop in my kidney functioning. It might be approaching the necessity of dialysis. I've been anxious ever since and I can't concentrate on anything else. Wish me luck.
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Post by NastyWoman on May 10, 2014 1:29:33 GMT -5
Wishing you lots of luck and strength Reindeer
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Post by Jaguar on May 10, 2014 4:04:39 GMT -5
Wishing you & hoping & sending healing Peg.
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 10, 2014 13:25:43 GMT -5
Thanks, Joss and SL. The doctor eliminated one of my meds that is known to affect the kidneys and cut the diuretic I take in half. She's hoping to see the kidneys recover to their pre-hospital functioning. I have to go back for more blood work Monday. <<sigh>>
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 10, 2014 13:27:45 GMT -5
National Family Week Good afternoon my friends Today is mostly cloudy but warm, but not as bad as yesterday when the emp reached the mid-80s!! I was really so NOT ready for that. So far today is cooler but more comfortable.
OMG Spanish tax inspectors checking the contents of a safety deposit box discovered a painting believed to be by Dutch master Vincent Van Gogh that went missing almost 40 years ago. The painting was entitled "Cypress, Sky and Country" in English translation from Spanish and dated 1889. It had last been on view in the Kunsthistorisches Museum in the Austrian capital Vienna. The painting was found during an operation to seize the contents of some 542 safety boxes from tax offenders who owed around 319 million euros ($438.83 million), Wow, a lost Van Gogh, if authentic, will be worth millions. I wonder whose safety deposit box it was in and why? Spain's Cultural Ministry is trying to confirm its authenticity.
Just Friends, Really! As the pair of Mallard ducks casually paddled by on a pond in South Bristol, this young deer found them intriguing. Photo by Nancy Jacobs.
The Sentry A great blue heron sits at the end of a dock on Sodus Bay in search of some fish for his first meal of the day. Photo by Chris Trine.
Thought for Today: "To live is to think." --Marcus Tullius Cicero (106 BC-43 BC) ancient Roman lawyer, writer, scholar, orator and statesman,
Delta blues tall bearded iris Have a scintillating Saturday everyone
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 11, 2014 13:02:35 GMT -5
Mother's Day Good afternoon my friends. It's a lovely day with the sun shining in a blue sky, fresh green color everywhere and the tulips are in bloom!! Definitely a Happy Mother's Day.
Police are upgrading their crisis negotiation arsenal and adding texting to their repertoire. With 6 billion text messages exchanged daily in the US alone, law enforcement officers are increasingly being called upon to defuse violent, unpredictable situations through the typed word. Experts say it's happened enough in the last five years to warrant new, specialized training. But there are drawbacks to this. Besides adrenaline rendering negotiators all thumbs on a miniature keypad, many of the typical skills officers employ to get people talking don't always translate, things like emotional labeling — telling someone "I hear sadness" or "You sound angry." "We're losing those verbal cues that we want to listen to to help us decide where this person is — if they're manic at the time, if they're in a state of depression," Red Bank, Tenn. Police Chief Tim Christol said. "Words are only 7 percent of communication." But the negatives, including the potential to be misunderstood and absence of emotion and real-time give-and-take, outweigh the benefits, he said. Just another tool for law enforcement to use in negotiations and one especially more familiar with the younger generation.
They're at it again out in Utah - seeking to directly challenge federal control of swathes of territory in the US West. Activists drove dozens of all-terrain vehicles into Recapture Canyon, protected land in Utah that is home to Native American artifacts and where such journeys are banned. They want the canyon trails reopened to recreational vehicles, so dozens of people, some of them armed with guns, set off down a closed-off trail that winds through the red rock desert. The canyon in the Four Corners region of Utah is home to the ruins of ancient dwellings and other cultural resources of Ancestral Puebloans. The Bureau of Land Management closed the area in 2007 after an illegally constructed trail was found and some artifact sites were damaged. So who's in the right? I don't know. BUT it is the business of all Americans to see that unique areas and artifacts of the past are preserved for all of us and future generations to see and appreciate.
Any Led Zeppelin fans out there? The British band that fused blues, R&B and rock 'n' roll for a new hard rock sound in the 1970s and disbanded in 1980? Well, it outstanding guitarist, Jimmie Page, has just been honored by the Berklee College of Music in Boston with an honorary doctorate degree. Anyone who heard him play cannot doubt that the degree was well deserved.\
Thought for Today: "Few things are harder to put up with than the annoyance of a good example." --Mark Twain (1835-1910) in Pudd'nhead Wilson (1894) Tulip in memory of Sparkle Happy Sunday everyone
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 12, 2014 14:16:42 GMT -5
Children's Book Week Good afternoon my friends Another warm day, slightly overcast and humid but not uncomfortable. I'm really enjoy May 2014 except there are no more lilac bushes here. The trailer park management in their infinite wisdom destroyed them all (6 mature bushes).
Health officials have confirmed a second case of a mysterious virus, MERS, or Middle East Respiratory Syndrome, that has sickened hundreds in the Middle East. It is a respiratory illness that begins with flu-like fever and cough but can lead to shortness of breath, pneumonia and death. A third of those who develop symptoms die from it. Most cases have been in Saudi Arabia or the Middle East, but earlier this month a first U.S. case was diagnosed in a man who traveled from Saudi Arabia to Indiana. This is the only details about the newest case. Let's hope that we don't have any more cases here in the states. We have enough problems of our own.
So they want to remake the map of France. France's administrative regions — Normandy, Alsace, Burgundy, Brittany, etc. — have long been part of the identity of citizens of this diverse country. Now, merging some of them is seen as a logical way to save money on bureaucracy, and the French support it — as long as it's someone else's turf. The recent proposal of France's new prime minister to cut the number of regions in half by 2017 is somewhat like erasing the state lines between Texas and Oklahoma. I can hear the howls of anguish now - NIMBY!!
. Thought for Today: "Life is like an onion: you peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep/" --Carl Sandburg (1878-1967) American historian, poet and novelist,
Denali dwarf bearded iris I hope you're having a mesmerizing Monday
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 13, 2014 18:16:17 GMT -5
National Salad Month Good afternoon my friends. It's a warm and humid day but the sun is shining and the skies are blue, so I'm happy.
What is Alec Baldwin's problem? He's had another run-in with the NYPD which seems to be a recurring problem. This time he was riding his bicycle the wrong way on 5th Avenue. As usual, when he was stopped, he gave the cops a hard time, was handcuffed (he had no ID on him) and taken to the station where he was ticketed for his riding the wrong way and for disorderly conduct. I think he really needs to attend some anger management classes. In a city the size of New York, you can't expect to go your own way with no regard for anyone else's inconvenience. What may seem like a small offence could be a rather major upset in the city.
R.I.P. Malik Bendjelloul, the acclaimed Swedish film director behind the Oscar-winning music documentary Searching for Sugar Man has died at age 36 in Stockholm, Sweden but the cause has not been released. Searching for Sugar Man detailed the life and career of American singer Sixto Rodriguez, won the Oscar for best documentary in 2013..
Thought for Today: "Wise men talk because they have something to say; fools, because they have to say something." --Plato (427 BC-347 BC) ancient Greek philosopher
Dogroses in memory of Sparkle Happy Tuesday everybody
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 14, 2014 18:02:33 GMT -5
Donate a Day's Wages to Charity Day Good afternoon my friends Today is fair with the sun shining brightly, somewhat humid and temps nearing 80, but with the fan going, I'm enjoying it. It's difficult to feel too down when the day is so fine.
OMG have you read about the coal mine disaster in Turkey where a blast has killed 247 and hundreds of miners are missing? Nearly 450 other miners had been rescued, the mining company said, but the fate of an unknown number of others was still unclear Wednesday. In recent years, inspections at the mine have uncovered multiple safety infractions, but no fines were ever issued. An opposition lawmaker’s proposal to investigate previous deaths at the site was defeated in Turkey's parliament just last month. In contrast, we haven't had a major mine disaster in some time because of safer tunnels and safety precautions. Our last one was in West Virginia in 2010 and three executives of the company are now serving time after admitting to conspiring to violate federal mining laws. Mining will never be a safe field, but it doesn't have to be as dangerous as it is in Turkey and elsewhere in the world. All it takes is a willingness of the government to enact safety laws and then enforce them!!
Today s the 150th anniversary of Arlington National Cemetery, formed from Gen. Robert E. Loo's plantation home that was confiscated during the Civil War. Army Pvt. William Christman, a civil war soldier, was the first to be buried at Arlington and today's graveside remembrance was held to mark the start of the cemetery's 150th anniversary commemoration, which will continue through June 16. Over that century-and-a-half, more than 400,000 active duty service members, veterans and their families have been buried there, along with presidents, astronauts, Supreme Court justices and other notable Americans. The initial property belonged to George Washington's extended family and then to Robert E. Lee, who left it at the start of the Civil War. Federal troops used it as an encampment, and the federal government purchased 200 acres in 1864 and established a cemetery. More than 600 acres now, Arlington is mostly known for dignified rows of white marble headstones that sweep down an expansive, rolling tree-lined slope where the hallowed ground almost touches the Potomac River.
Thought for Today: "Yesterday is but today's memory, tomorrow is today's dream." --Kahlil Gibran (1883-1931) Lebanese born American philosophical essayist, novelist and poet.
Devil's lake tall bearded iris I hope you're having a welcoming Wednesday
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 15, 2014 12:07:13 GMT -5
Peace Officer Memorial Day Good afternoon my friends. Another warm and humid day with the sun is shining but according to the forecast we are in for rain and thunder and lightning later on. Rain in moderate amounts is a good thing.
The times they are a-changing and that includes the Vatican. A rabbi and a Muslim leader will join Pope Francis on his upcoming trip to the Holy Land, the first time an official papal delegation has included members of other faiths. The two are longtime friends of the Pope from his days as archbishop of Buenos Aires - Rabbi Abraham Skorka and Omar Abboud, a leader of Argentina's Islamic community. It is Pope Francis's way of showing the so-called normality of friends from other faiths. I must say that I find this a refreshing attitude coming from the Catholic Church which has always seemed to me to be more exclusive than inclusive. Good for Pope Francis.
Once again California is in flames as crews battle nine blazes in the San Diego area while thousands flee. At least 400 acres have burned in the city of Carlsbad since Wednesday, although the blaze there is about 60% contained. So far, it has caused an estimated $22.5 million in damages after burning at least four homes and an apartment complex, officials said. Elsewhere in the county, a wildfire in San Marcos grew from 450 acres to 700 acres overnight after the local Cal State university was evacuated. A blaze in the northeast section of Camp Pendleton has burned more than 6,000 acres and was about 20 percent contained early Thursday. And would you believe that the fire season isn't supposed to begin until October By then the way things are going, will there be a California as we know it left?
Thought for Today: "The easiest kind of relationship is with ten thousand people, the hardest is with one." --Joan Baez (b.1941) American singer and song writer,
Margeritas and daisies in memory of Sparkle Have a tasty Thursday everyone
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 18, 2014 14:09:05 GMT -5
Visit Your Relatives Day Good afternoon my friends The cool down is still in effect but at least the sun is out. Today has become the annual spring clean up the yard day. It's amazing how much trash the winter has left!!
OMG my coffee is in danger from a devastating disease in Central America!! At issue is a fungus called coffee rust that has caused more than $1 billion in damage across Latin America. The fungus is especially deadly to Arabica coffee, the bean that makes up most high-end, specialty coffees and is already affecting the price of some of those coffees in the states. The US Agency for International Development is expected to announce a $5 million partnership with Texas A&M University's World Coffee Research center to try to eliminate the fungus. The rust, called roya in Spanish, is a fungus that is highly contagious due to airborne fungal spores. It affects different varieties, but the Arabica beans are especially susceptible. Rainy weather worsens the problem. "We don't see an end in sight anytime soon," said Leonardo Lombardini of Texas A&M's World Coffee Research.
Is anyone surprised that Godzilla debuted as the second-largest opener of the year with $93.2 million, according to studio estimates, with Captain America: The Winter Solider in first place with $95 million in April. After 60 years the big dragon with the radioactive breath scores once again. It trumped last weekend's No. 1 hit, Universal Pictures raunchy comedy Neighbors, which was pushed down to No. 2. Rounding out the top three is The Amazing Spider-Man 2 with $16.8 million. So far it's earned a total of $172 million domestically. Rounding out the weekend is Disney's feel-good sports drama Million Dollar Arm, starring Jon Hamm, at $11 million. Has anyone seen any of these or planning to do so I know that I won't be. I do wish that the movie industry still produced a majority of movies for adult pleasure and not the violence-saturated trash for the teenage boy.
Thought for Today: "To give up the task of reforming society is to give up one's responsibility as a free man." --Alan Paton (1903-1988) South African writer and educator,
Devil's playground intermediate bearded iris Hace a serene Sunday everyone
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 20, 2014 12:52:41 GMT -5
Weights and Measures Day Good afternoon my friends. The sun is shining, the world's is a lively fresh green but the temp is only in the low 60s. And it's a cold feeling 60!!
What is going on over at General Motors? Another recall?? The automaker recalled another 2.4 million cars and trucks Tuesday, with 1.3 million being popular late-model crossover vehicles, along with 1.1 million older cars. The 2009 to 2014 crossover SUVs being recalled -- Buick Enclave, Chevrolet Traverse, GMS Acadia and Saturn Outlook -- have a problem that can cause the front seat belt to separate from the car during a crash. GM said it is a serious enough problem that it is ordering dealers not to sell new or used models of the vehicles until repairs are made. GM did not immediately provide details if anyone was injured or killed by that problem. But it said there were no injuries associated with the other recalls announced Tuesday, although there were 18 accidents associated with a problem with the automatic transmissions in Chevy Malibu and Pontiac G6 being recalled. The latest recall pushes the number of vehicles it has recalled this year to more than 15 million worldwide.
Should Shakespeare come with a warning label? Once again the newest generation has to listen to the same nonsense but with the current fears of their generation. Literature that has lasted for 400 years doesn't need any kind of warning label. Now they are debating whether faculty should be obligated to place "trigger warnings" on their syllabi before assigning content that might trigger a traumatic episode in one of their students. For instance, in Titus Andronicus, Shakespeare references grotesque rape and mutilation, including multiple acts of murder, torture and cannibalism. But generations of students have been introduced to the play without any consequences. I'm sure that our latest college generation will be able to handled this also. And leave Shakespeare alone.
Thought for Today: "Mistakes are the portals of discovery." --James Joyce (1882-1941) Nobel Prize-winning Irish novelist,
Thistle [Lat. Carduus nutans] in memory of Sparkle Happy Tuesday everyone
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Post by the flying reindeer on May 21, 2014 11:52:04 GMT -5
National Memo Day Good afternoon my friends It's still cool with a mild breeze and only an occasional glimpse of the sun. I hope it gets somewhat warmer soon.
Yesterday's GOP primary victories in Kentucky and Georgia represent something much more than wins for the "Republican establishment" over Tea Party insurgents. - they signal a significant shift in thinking among Republican voters that winning in November matters more than ideological purity. Brad Dayspring of the National Republican Senatorial Committee argues that the primaries should test which Republican candidates have the stronger organizations and the better campaigns -- and thus make the better general-election candidates. And thus the Tea Party fades into the background and the Democrats may have a real fight on their hands in November.
Archaeologists have found a treasure trove of ancient artifacts at a dig in the southern Lebanese city of Sidon, including a 4-foot-high statue of a Phoenician priest dating back more than 2,500 years. The statue was found at Sidon's Freres College site, which has been under excavation for the past 16 years in cooperation with the British Museum. The statue had been repurposed during the Roman era and was found lying on its front beneath a marble pavement.
Archaeologists also unearthed a bronze representation of the Phoenician goddess Tanit and Roman-era figurines of the goddess Osiris. They found three previously unknown rooms of a public building from the third millennium B.C., plus 20 graves associated with adults as well as infants from the second millennium B.C. "Nothing comparable has been found in Lebanon since the early 1960s," Lebanon's Daily Star quoted the excavation's leader, Claude Doumit Serhal, as saying. The priest portrayed in the statue is wearing a pleated kilt, and in his left fist he holds an object that experts suggest could be a scroll or a handkerchief. Fascinating.
Thought for Today: "Individuality is freedom lived." John Dos Passos (1896-1970) American novelist and war correspondent,
Devil's riot tall bearded iris Happy Wednesday everyone
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