tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-62766519057441921652024-03-06T00:55:44.846-06:00MAKING GOOD MONDAYSA PERSONAL BLOG - POETRY & PROSE - NEWS, THOUGHTS, IMAGERY.Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comBlogger521125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-49270703421210133682016-03-21T10:12:00.000-05:002016-03-21T10:12:03.459-05:00An unexpected journey to a "holy place"<b>Much of </b><a href="http://twitter.com/GeeCarol"><b>my online reading and writing</b> is now confined to <i>Twitter</i></a> via <i>Hootsuite</i>. Today I happened across an <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/behind-barbed-wire-remembering-americas-largest-internment-camp?cid=sm_tw_msnbc">MSNBC tweet regarding</a> Japanese <a href="http://www.msnbc.com/msnbc/behind-barbed-wire-remembering-americas-largest-internment-camp?cid=sm_tw_msnbc">internment camps</a>. <br />
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<a href="https://www.bing.com/news/search?q=Heart+Mountain+Japanese+Internment+Camp&qpvt=heart+mountain+japanese+internment+camp&FORM=NWRFSH"><b>It began a web surfing</b></a> experience that I share here. <br />
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<li>Next, I found a fabulous <a href="http://media.oregonlive.com/pacific-northwest-news/photo/heart-mountain-photos-cd9398dc729c4aff.jpg">photo collection</a> of 2000 black and white images taken by internees at Heart Mountain, George and Frank Hirahara. </li>
<li>The collection was eventually donated to <a href="http://content.libraries.wsu.edu/cdm/search">Washington State University.</a></li>
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<b>We visited the Heart Mountain</b> site in August of 1997. I took pictures as my sister, Donna, guided us through what remained of the camp. </div>
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<b>The Heart Mountain camp site</b> was preserved and much improved over the years.</div>
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<b>In 2011 it became</b> the <a href="http://www.heartmountain.org/">Heart Mountain Interpretive Center</a>. You are invited to t<a href="http://www.heartmountain.org/virtualtour.html">ake the virtual tour</a>.</div>
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Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-55276436300391957872015-10-18T07:07:00.000-05:002015-10-18T07:07:04.699-05:00Check out a few more of my active Twitter List links here <@GeeCarol> Having pretty much retired from blogging, I am now <a href="https://twitter.com/GeeCarol">concentrating on Twitter</a>. I like its short form, its immediacy and its rich possibilities. <br />
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Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-23233562725298610752013-01-17T07:30:00.000-06:002013-02-11T10:13:45.793-06:00Focus on the kids - [Post date: 01/17/13 ]<br />
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<b>It is important that we not get lost in the politics of hate.</b> A month ago, twenty little kids and six caring adults were killed by a madman in New Town, Connecticut.<br />
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<b>If I can remember to respect</b> the right of <i>The Far Right</i> to be misguided, I will be able to hold on to my own peace of mind.<br />
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<b>In the work of changing our culture</b>, we cannot go very far wrong if we remember the kids from Connecticut.<br />
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<b>My Other Blogs:</b> My news and political blog is <a href="http://carol-sandy1.blogspot.com/">South by Southwest</a>. Follow me at <a href="http://twitter.com/GeeCarol">Twitter</a>. And <a href="http://www.netvibes.com/carolgee#My_Websites">Carol Gee - Online Universe</a> is the home page for all my websites.Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-24040286622494511252012-07-30T08:51:00.001-05:002013-02-11T09:59:50.367-06:00Who would have predicted?<div class="zemanta-img" style="display: block; float: right; margin: 1em; width: 160px;">
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When the Chinese space program achieved a historic rendezvous in space last fall, love poets were inspired to write, reports <a href="http://www.space.com/13482-china-space-docking-love-poetry.html">Clara Moscowitx at Space.com</a>. To illustrate . . . <br />
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Several different Chinese newspapers and commentators have described the Tiangong 1 ("Heavenly Palace") and Shenzhou 8 ("Divine Vessel") spacecraft, which <a href="http://www.space.com/13477-china-space-docking-success-shenzhou8-tiangong1.html">linked up in orbit today</a> for the first time, as "lovers" making a "kiss in space," state newspaper Xinhua reported. <br />
"Tiangong, my lover, for the arrival of this moment -- wait for me. I'm coming," reads a poem called "Lovers' Talk," published in Tianfu Zaobao, a Sichuan-based daily,<a href="http://news.xinhuanet.com/english2010/china/2011-11/02/c_131226329.htm">according to Xinhua</a>.</blockquote>
To me this symbolizes how an ancient civilization has achieved a significant degree of integration between art and science. It reminds me of something I wrote back in 2006 called, “<a href="http://secondmondays.blogspot.com/2006/12/sweet-dreams-in-space.html">Sweet Dreams in Space</a>,” a poem celebrating the importance of connections between between earthly beings and those floating in space. <br />
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Today's docking experiment was pronounced a "complete success" by <a href="http://www.space.com/13100-china-space-program-nasa-space-race.html">Chinese space agency</a> leaders. It will be followed by a second docking between the same two spacecraft, and then dockings between<a href="http://www.space.com/13123-photos-china-launches-space-lab-tiangong-1.html">Tiangong 1</a> and Shenzhou 9 and 10, set to launch in 2012. <br />
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Sweet dreams to all of you. <br />
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Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-49224844533363386522012-07-29T08:00:00.001-05:002013-01-14T11:08:47.046-06:00From the mountain top–I see peace<div class="zemanta-img" style="display: block; float: right; margin: 1em; width: 310px;">
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English: Satellite picture of the Mount Olympus, the highest mountain of Greece. Português: Imagem de satélite do Monte Olímpo, a maior montanha da Grécia. Original caption — Mythical home of Zeus, the Mount Olympus is the highest peak in Greece, at 9,570 feet (2,917 meters). In this winter view, Olympus is the only peak with a dusting of snow, recalling its name in classical Greek, which means “the luminous one.” (Photo credit: <a href="http://commons.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:126910main_image_feature_402_mountolympus.jpg">Wikipedia</a>)</div>
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<b>Every four years the world joins together</b>, in a manner of speaking on <a class="zem_slink" href="http://maps.google.com/maps?ll=40.0855555556,22.3586111111&spn=0.1,0.1&q=40.0855555556,22.3586111111%20(Mount%20Olympus)&t=h" rel="geolocation" title="Mount Olympus">Mount Olympus</a>, to hold the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.olympic.org/" rel="homepage" title="Olympic Games">Olympic</a> <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Athletics_%28U.S.%29" rel="wikipedia" title="Athletics (U.S.)">athletic competitions</a>. <br />
<b>Summer and Winter</b>, from host country to the next host country, individual and team athletes travel to compete for glory and medals. The world pauses for a few days. There is a grand opening pageant. Athletes feel pride as they march together for their nations. And the games begin. <br />
<b>People come to cheer</b> in person or they come to their TV sets. Even non sports fans get engaged. We root for our own countries or for the little guy, the underdog, the country come out of nowhere to beat the best.<br />
<b>For a little while we are more at peace</b> than normally.<br />
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Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-42647981373250147882012-07-28T08:53:00.001-05:002012-07-28T08:53:01.680-05:00Japanese Fish In Space This Year<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><strong>According to <em>Space,com</em></strong> The next astronauts to travel to the International Space Station (ISS) <a href="http://www.space.com/16781-space-fish-experiment-station-astronauts.html">will be taking</a> a few little buddies along. The story begins:</p><blockquote class="posterous_medium_quote"><p>When the next Russian-built Soyuz capsule launches to the International Space Station in October, it will deliver three new crewmembers to the orbiting outpost. But the trio of spaceflyers will be sharing their ride with some special cargo: 32 small fish for a science experiment at the space lab.</p></blockquote><p><strong>The medaka fish</strong> are native to southeast Asia, and have been the subjects of lab study in Japan for a very long time. In fact they are analagous, in many ways, to the labratory mice and rats we study here in the United States. Scientists can extrapolate animal results to humans due to the wealth of knowledge they have acquired over the years. </p><p><strong>So these little guys</strong> will have an important job to do, in addition to entertaining the astronauts and cosmonauts aboard the ISS..</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://behindtheselinks.posterous.com/japanese-fish-in-space-this-year">Behind These Links</a> </p> </div>Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-15805505519709335682012-07-22T19:04:00.000-05:002012-07-23T05:50:27.061-05:00IFTTT- Neat<b>It is always fun to discover a new and useful application.</b><br />
Today's recommendation is <u><i>if this then that</i></u> or <a href="http://ifttt.com/">IFTTT</a>. It is a fine way to create auto liking within the world wide web. For example, with it this Make Good Mondays post will automatically be sent to my Evernote notebooks for archiving.<br />
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<b>That little dot</b> at the edge of the earth thrills a lot of us, folks who are in the space business, or are mere “space junkies” like me. It was <a href="http://www.space.com/15852-spacex-dragon-space-station-flyby.html">a historic event</a> according to the story:<br />
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The unmanned vehicle, called <a href="http://www.space.com/15813-spacex-dragon-capsule-skywatching-tips.html">Dragon</a>, is built by Space Exploration Technologies Corp. (SpaceX), and is the first commercial spacecraft ever launched toward the space station. During the rendezvous, the spacecraft approached within 1.6 miles (2.5 km) of the outpost. Dragon <a href="http://www.space.com/15805-spacex-private-capsule-launches-space-station.html">launched to orbit</a> from Cape Canaveral, Fla., early Tuesday (May 22) atop a SpaceX Falcon 9 rocket and is due to arrive at the station on Friday (May 25).</blockquote>
<b>This vehicle</b> is <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/05/18/us-usa-spaceship-idUSBRE84H0XM20120518?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews">a milestone</a>, the first commercial cargo carrier to make it to the International Space Station (ISS). And that is a very big deal for several reasons. <br />
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<li>We are in an era of very <a href="http://www.space.com/12916-obama-nasa-space-launch-system-budget.html">tight budgetary times</a> for the space program. </li>
<li>NASA can no longer carry the entire financial load of the U.S. space program. In order to progress <a href="http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/47480539/ns/technology_and_science-space/#.T741xbWwUo4">beyond low earth orbit</a>, part of it needed to be spun off to the private sector.</li>
<li>If Congress has been willing to attack the social safety net, <a href="http://www.space.com/12913-nasa-planetary-science-congress.html">legislators will surely disagree</a> on space spending levels.</li>
<li>For far too long, the United States has lacked its own way to transport items to the station, though we have <a href="http://www.space.com/12901-nasa-remembers-september-11-space-cooperation.html">excellent international cooperation</a> within the ISS effort.</li>
<li><a href="http://www.space.com/15848-space-agencies-international-cooperation.html">International cooperation</a> is essential to the success of big space projects, just as public –private partnerships have become essential.</li>
<li>ISS is the premier scientific research platform for a whole host of <a href="http://www.space.com/12939-international-space-station-cubesat-satellite-launches.html">space related projects</a>. </li>
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<b>You may also</b> want to visit the site to view <a href="http://www.space.com/15703-space-station-robot-cargo-ships-photos.html">a photo series</a> featuring the Space Station’s robotic fleet, of which Dragon is the latest. <i>Space.com</i> also lists the <a href="http://www.space.com/15739-top-promising-private-spacecraft.html">five most promising</a> of the private spaceships.Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-47019737360748528882012-05-14T09:08:00.000-05:002013-02-11T09:43:15.294-06:00For “Foodies”– you might not be aware that . . .<b>There is progress but big challenges remain </b>as we “<a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Foodie">Foodies</a>” work to keep ourselves fed. Natural food sources are often in short supply. The people who grow our food sometimes need help to stay in business, particularly as they compete with the large industrial farmers and growers. In much of the world water and energy are in such short supply that people go hungry. Sometimes people even go hungry on purpose. Meanwhile we Americans continue to waste food. Following are a few pertinent news items you may find interesting.<br />
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<b>Salmon runs are being restored.</b> In the wilderness of Washington state's Olympic National Park, hydraulic hammers chip away at the Glines Canyon Dam in <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/04/28/us-usa-river-washington-idUSBRE83R0DX20120428?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews">the largest dam-removal project</a> in U.S. history. According to a recent <i>Reuters</i> article,<br />
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. . . slowly removing the once-imposing 210-foot-tall (64-metre) structure, whose construction in 1927 on the Elwha River blocked one of the world's most prolific salmon runs.<br />
Nine miles downstream, workers last month removed the 108-foot-tall (33-metre) Elwha Dam, built in 1913, allowing the river channel there to flow freely for the first time in nearly a century.<br />
The two dams . . . blocked migratory routes of salmon and steelhead trout to some 70 miles of tributary habitat, in the process robbing Native Americans of income by halting a treaty-guaranteed reservation fishery.<br />
. . . Supporters of the dam's destruction say the benefits to the environment of tearing it down outweigh the loss of its aging power-generating station.<br />
The removal of the two dams - ordered by a 1992 law signed by then-President George H.W. Bush - is aimed at restoring the natural habitat of more than 300,000 salmon. </blockquote>
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<b>Earlier this year the U.S. Department of Agriculture provided much needed help</b> to local food producers. In February, the <a href="http://www.reuters.com/article/2012/02/03/us-food-farming-usda-idUSTRE81217T20120203?feedType=RSS&feedName=domesticNews">USDA awarded $40 million</a> in grants to boost local farm/food projects. <i>Reuters</i> reported that, <br />
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Recipients included Living Water Farms, a 3-year old family company located in Strawn, Illinois, two hours south of Chicago, which produces hydroponic greens for restaurants and grocers; Agriberry, a family-owned berry and fresh fruit operation near Mechanicsville, Virginia; and Green Mountain Organic Creamery of North Ferrisburgh, Vt., which markets certified organic, bottled pasteurized milk, butter, ice cream and other dairy products.</blockquote>
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<b>In 30 years the world will have to support 9 billion people.</b> Last week scientists from 15 countries were calling for a better political response to the provision of <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/topic.cfm?id=water">water</a> and energy to meet the challenge of feeding all those people in the future. According to a May 10 <i><a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?id=scientists-urge-action-on-worlds-bi">Reuters article</a></i>,<br />
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For the first time, the scientists argue that looming shortages in water and energy supplies should be treated as a single issue. <br />
"Major stresses on availability of energy and water are already being felt in many countries and regions and more are foreseeable," the joint statement said. <br />
. . . "Without considering water and energy together, inefficiencies will occur, increasing shortages of both," the statement warns. Politicians should pursue policies that integrate the two and emphasize the need for conservation, efficiency and cooperation across national borders.</blockquote>
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<b>Palestinian prisoners </b><a href="http://www.aljazeera.com/news/middleeast/2012/05/2012513232959609755.html"><b>on a hunger strike</b></a><b> are making a difference.</b> To quote <i>Al Jazeera</i>, <br />
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An agreement that would end the hunger strike of some 2,000 Palestinian prisoners in Israeli jails has been reached in Cairo, pending approval by a strikers' committee, a senior Palestinian official told Al Jazeera.<br />
. . . Israel's prisons service says that 1,550 Palestinian prisoners are currently refusing food. Palestinian activists however say that as many as 2,500 of the 4,600 Palestinians held in Israeli prisons are currently on hunger strike.<br />
The inmates launched their hunger strike on April 17 to demand improved conditions in Israeli custody. They have also challenged Israel's policy of administrative detention.</blockquote>
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<b>In the meantime we Americans are wasting far too much food.</b> In “<a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=wasted-food-no-more-12-05-13">Wasted Food No More</a>,” David Biello reports for <i>Scientific American</i> that methane is a big contributor to an over abundance of greenhouse gasses. But we also know that it can also be utilized as a source of power. To quote, <br />
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Massachusetts may ban big institutions from discarding food in the trash in a bid to cut down on the methane from landfills. . . And Americans are . . . , <a href="http://www.scientificamerican.com/podcast/episode.cfm?id=give-thanks-for-methods-to-cut-back-11-11-27">wasting some 222 million metric tons of food</a> a year. That's a quarter of our food.</blockquote>
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<b>For Foodies in the classic sense of the word</b>, here’s a great website to visit: <a href="http://www.notyourordinaryrecipes.com/"><i>Not Your Ordinary Recipes</i></a><i>. </i>Enjoy!Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-33681533122772333872012-05-10T13:10:00.000-05:002013-02-11T09:42:37.817-06:00Redirecting<div style="background-attachment: initial; background-clip: initial; background-color: white; background-image: initial; background-origin: initial; font-family: Arial, Helvetica, sans-serif; font-size: 13px; margin-bottom: 8px; margin-left: 8px; margin-right: 8px; margin-top: 8px;">
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Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-27797594382715529022012-05-03T09:00:00.001-05:002012-05-03T09:00:14.216-05:00Nugget’s gone . . .<p><b>Under the Lilac Blooms</b></p> <p><b></b></p> <p>Golden, he was - and joyful.</p> <p>Soft he was, and ever so playful.</p> <p>Ready companion almost to the last.</p> <p> </p> <p>Nugget, he was, the lighter Golden.</p> <p>Comanche’s bubba was emboldened</p> <p>By Curiosity. Sadly, so soon he passed . . .</p> <p> </p> <p>Away, under the verdant lilac blooms.</p> <p>Now, rest in Peace in your mountain tomb’s</p> <p>Sleeping place, up there under the soft grass.</p> <p>By Carol. 5/3/12</p> <p>In honor of my friend, Nugget.</p> <p><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTpOJro-V3-9lky8apu6OlPhhnITdjVA1yUvh1zVOI79TjZEqD9RHXN7x1RfsZavoaNh_Td-HTI7lF30yXDDLFbCdoFHJspbq-YwMMbBq3NqHXq3WhJXh3JuGyzcPKv7pvyxgUbddoHZA2/s1600-h/clip_image002%25255B3%25255D.jpg"><img style="background-image: none; border-bottom: 0px; border-left: 0px; padding-left: 0px; padding-right: 0px; display: inline; border-top: 0px; border-right: 0px; padding-top: 0px" title="clip_image002" border="0" alt="clip_image002" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhTQVw-goQdChd-sCFTu_KKVB8Q4rE8Dxj_cxWbf2wOaqk4D_9_ULfq6cK4dDwjUQMfupy3P3hl9q2wo1Ft8UKhO3uE0E1O7G29bC1wNw2G_CQtuoOeasD2N8Km2eLb2LrtHy4vCtH74k3A/?imgmax=800" width="100" height="121" /></a></p> Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-86672368213122613922012-03-27T18:00:00.003-05:002013-02-11T09:39:30.624-06:00Spring comes so early now that our climate is warmer.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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My photo of our dark red Iris blooms does not do justice to how spectacular they actually look. They are just dreamy for being just plain old Iris plants.<br />
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This crash is another in a series of space craft failures. A Russian commission will investigate the incident to determine the cause before another attempt at any rocket launches. And in the U.S. there will be additional pressure on our commercial efforts to fly a cargo supply vessel as soon as possible. The shuttle program is over; there will be no more of those launches. Therefore, launching our own crew members into low earth orbit is somewhat further away. Until then, we remain dependent on the Russians.</div>
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Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-70536962868986333432011-08-24T12:22:00.003-05:002011-08-24T12:40:52.065-05:00There is no doubt that global warming is my reality[8/24/11] - There is no doubt in my mind that <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Global_warming" rel="wikipedia" title="Global warming">global warming</a> is a scientific reality.<br />
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There is little doubt that it has been caused by humankind, more specifically excess <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Greenhouse_gas" rel="wikipedia" title="Greenhouse gas">greenhouse gases</a>.<br />
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I have experienced the warmest summer ever, here in north central Texas. It has been so difficult that we have had to change our routine behavior to accommodate outdoor activities during the coolest (relatively) parts of the day.<br />
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We go to the grocery store early. My husband plays golf at the crack of dawn. Our pet Corgi goes out only when necessary, and for the shortest possible time. I do not use the oven with which to cook. And we use the dishwasher after we have retired for the evening.<br />
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My relatives in Wyoming got almost all of the cool wet weather that Texas did not. Their gardens suffered because the growing season started so late.<br />
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It is my topsy-turvy world now. I will be ever so glad for the arrival of fall.<br />
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From my regular contributor, Jon:<br />
<b>Just Amazing!</b><br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110604/ap_on_re_us/us_twin_friars_die">NY-born twin friars die on same day at age 92</a> - <i>Yahoo! News</i> (6/5/11).<br /> <a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/time/20110613/hl_time/httpnewsfeedtimecom20110613studymansbestfriendisalsoamindreaderxidrssfullhealthsciyahoo">Study: Man's Best Friend Is Also a Mind Reader</a> - <i>Yahoo! News</i> (6/13/11).<br />
<b>Speaking of Excess . . . </b><br /><a href="http://travel.yahoo.com/p-interests-40253439">What Does a $500 Million Golf Course Look Like?</a> - <i>Yahoo! Travel</i> (6/19/11).<br /><a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ac/20110625/us_ac/8696821_the_american_police_state_is_the_new_normal">The American Police State is the 'New Normal'</a> - <i>Yahoo! News</i> (6/26/11).<br />
<b>Texas tidbits:</b><br /><a href="http://swampland.time.com/2011/06/27/the-cracks-in-rick-perrys-job-growth-record/?artId=51079?contType=article?chn=us">The Cracks in Rick Perry’s Job-Growth Record</a> - <i>Swampland at Time</i> (6/27/11).<br /> <a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/07/12/3217429/texas-debt-growing-at-faster-rate.html?storylink=addthis">Texas debt growing at faster rate than Federal government's </a>- <i>Ft. Worth Star-Telegram</i> (7/13/11) <br /> <br />
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<br />And from Diane of Nevada:<br /> <a href="http://www.naturalnews.com/033010_Oak_Park_Julie_Bass.html">Growing vegetables in your yard against the law?</a> - <i>Natural News Alert </i>(6/17/11)<i>.</i>Thanks, as always. <br />
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<a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/05/27/3110435/texas-gov-rick-perry-says-he-will.html?storylink=addthis" target="_blank">Texas Governor Rick Perry says he will consider running for president</a> (5/27/11), is from the <span style="font-style: italic;">Fort Worth Star-Telegram.</span><br />
<a href="http://realestate.yahoo.com/promo/a-texas-log-cabin-for-4-million.html" target="_blank">A Texas Log Cabin for $4 Million</a> is from <span style="font-style: italic;">Yahoo! Real Estate</span> (4/25/11).<br />
<a href="http://www.texastribune.org/texas-redistricting/redistricting/guest-column-dont-mess-with-my-district/?utm_source=texastribune.org&utm_medium=rss&utm_campaign=Tribune+Feed%3A+Main+Feed" target="_blank">Guest column from the <span style="font-style: italic;">Texas Tribune</span>: Don't mess with my district</a>, (4/25/11).<br />
<a href="http://www.star-telegram.com/2011/04/23/3021125/pier-1-and-radioshack-whose-on.html" target="_blank">Pier 1 and Radio Shack: Which is on better footing for the future?</a> (4/23/11) is from the <span style="font-style: italic;">Fort Worth Star-Telegram</span>.<br />
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<a href="http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20110527/ap_on_sc/us_blackbeard_s_ship" target="_blank">Blackbeard's anchor is recovered off the North Carolina coast</a> (5/27/11), is from <span style="font-style: italic;">Yahoo! News</span>. <br />
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Activist Post</span>: <a href="http://www.activistpost.com/2011/05/10-indications-united-states-is.html" target="_blank">10 Indications the United States Is a Dictatorship</a>, (5/10/11).<br />
<a href="http://www.foreignpolicy.com/articles/2011/05/04/war_dog?page=0%2C0&sms_ss=email&at_xt=4dc30c2a85614216%2C0" target="_blank">War Dog</a> - A Photo Essay by Rebecca Frankel, from <span style="font-style: italic;">Foreign Policy Magazine</span> (5/4/11).<br />
<a href="http://us.mg201.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.partner=sbc&.gx=1&.rand=c5rqm38henonj" target="_blank">Officials: A popular cop in Alaska is an illegal immigrant</a> (4/23/11) is from <span style="font-style: italic;">Yahoo! News</span>.<br />
<a href="http://us.mg201.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.partner=sbc&.gx=1&.rand=c5rqm38henonj" target="_blank">Poll: Americans strongly oppose some deficit proposals</a> (4/20/11) is from the <span style="font-style: italic;">Washington Post</span>.<span style="font-style: italic;"></span><br />
<a href="http://us.mg201.mail.yahoo.com/dc/launch?.partner=sbc&.gx=1&.rand=c5rqm38henonj" target="_blank">The super rich see their federal taxes drop dramatically</a> (4/18/11), from <span style="font-style: italic;">Yahoo! News</span>.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Family - </span>Her parents were Molly and Roy. It was Molly's second marriage. Her first husband, George, died leaving her to raise their son Leonard. Molly and Roy's first child was a son named Norval. Lavina was thus, the baby of the family. <br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Lavina and Norval</span> were both "redheads," a seemingly remarkable trait for those who knew them. Other traits they shared included a lively sense of humor, sociability, willingness to work and adaptability. Because I loved my mom dearly, I also adored my Uncle Norval, as they were so much alike.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">My mom's rural upbringing</span> was relatively conventional </span><span style="font-size: small;">for a western farm kid. </span><span style="font-size: small;">She learned to do housework at her mom's side. The men and boys worked in the fields. They all spent time "neighboring" with those nearby, sharing work, visiting, having fun, marking passages. . . and moving farther west. My grandfather sometimes was able to make a living, sometimes not. When things got too bad, he found another place to farm and the family came along. Mom graduat</span><span style="font-size: small;">ed very young from a central Wyoming high school. She moved west again with her parents and married in her early twenties.</span><span style="font-size: small;"> I was her firstborn, arriving in 1937. Eventually Mom had five children 13 years apart -- one boy and four girls. Our upbringing was also mostly rural or small town. I moved to Texas to go to college, married and started my own family.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">After Mom and Dad's kids</span> had all left home, they also moved to Texas to be nearer to our four children. Over time they had nine grandchildren and several great-grandchildren. Each of her kids and grand kids always got a birthday card with a dollar or two dollar bill in it. And we all came to her house for Easter dinner and egg hunts. Thanksgiving and Christmas were with us while they lived in Texas. Mom was the best cook and gardener I ever knew. Home made bread and fancy Christmas candies were her specialties, along with the fresh vegetables and fruit from her ever present garden. Art work and needlework were her passions, however. She painted, sewed, crocheted, did embroidery and made quilts. Handwork was her constant companion. From before I was born until she made her last quilt shortly before passing away at the age of 93, she was making beautiful things.<br />
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<span style="font-weight: bold;">Mom was also a dedicated diarist </span>who left us all histories of her life, travels and activities. My own writing was inspired by my mom's, even to the point of trying my hand at poetry when I was in my 50's. I wrote several poems for or about my mom, who was a faithful member of the Lutheran Church. I composed the following piece when Mom was 84 and added to it when she was 87.<br />
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</span></div><div style="font-weight: bold; text-decoration: underline;"><span style="font-size: small;">A Sign from the Lord</span></div><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">12/18/99 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">“He’s not through with me yet,” says this indomitable lady.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">A bushel of yarn, passed on from one who is now dead,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Was the banner the maker of colorful warm things saw ahead.<br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">2/28/03 </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">They moved once again to his hometown, the man and the red-haired lady.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">“It must be a sign from the Lord.” But then the heart-broken daughter fled.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Calling on faith in the Lord, she turned to quilts and her old crochet thread.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">Time passed for the couple. The lady learned how to cope, the man took ill.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Many folks prayed to the Lord. There were fears it might be his deathbed.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">But he rallied, vowed to come home. The indomitable lady was overspread.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">“I don’t think I can do it by myself,” says the lady, now fragile herself.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Her changed mate and his many medical needs must have spelled dread.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">He wants to come home. “He’s not through with me yet,” she must have said.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">“Nothing’s broken this time, at least,” says the lady of her confused mate.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">He fell, “a crisis.” She alone cannot get him up; he’s just out of his sick-bed.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">She adjusts ONCE AGAIN, as he needs his own place to lay down his head.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">“He’s not through with me yet.” Will the lady to see a sign from the Lord?</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">She wants far-flung kids to be in on the plan; they delay decisions instead. </span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">No offspring live in town, so for now, kids get Helpers to act in their stead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;">So the far-flung wait and keep in close touch. For this tough little lady,</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">Partner roles have reversed. She will now have to decide for this hard head.</span><br />
<span style="font-size: small;">So as in the past, she’ll wait for her sign from the Lord to give the go-ahead.</span><br />
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<span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"><span style="font-weight: bold;">Two more poems </span>(in pdf) conclude today's post honoring Mom's birthday:</span></span><br />
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<ul><li><span style="font-size: small;">"<a href="https://www.evernote.com/shard/s17/res/df97e650-b399-4b17-883c-8ab5f3f3d339/EVERYONE+OUGHT+TO+HAVE+A+PRINCESS+TIME.pdf">Everyone ought to have a Princess time</a>" was composed in 1999 whild Mom and Dad still lived in Texas. Not long after that the folks moved back to Wyoming to the small town where my dad was born and where they met and married in the mid Thirties. Mom became a widow there, and it is where they both now rest in peace side by side.</span><span style="font-size: small;"><span style="font-size: 12pt;"></span></span></li>
<li><span style="font-size: small;">"<a href="https://www.evernote.com/shard/s17/res/efc50b3a-9d9c-4552-a3cb-11ee5e0e49f0/Ninety.pdf">Honoring your years</a>" was written in honor of Mom's 90th birthday. My Wyoming sisters gave her a big party at the assisted living facility in central Wyoming, where she spent several happy years. The celebration included a "card shower" with dozens and dozens of greetings from Lavina's friends and relatives from far and wide.</span> </li>
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<b>Writing about books</b> is not the primary focus of my blogging. For that I recommended, in a post in October of 2009, a literary blogger who maintains the <a href="http://carol-sandy1.blogspot.com/2009/10/maud-newton-blog.html">Maud Newton: Blog</a>. Here is one of her posts <a href="http://maudnewton.com/blog/?p=9525">about a reading of one of her essay</a>s in a published collection titled <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Love-Four-Letter-Word-Breakups-Relationships/dp/0452295505%3FSubscriptionId%3D0SBFH8FHMR8PSPMHY202%26tag%3Dfictionaut-20%26linkCode%3Dxm2%26camp%3D2025%26creative%3D165953%26creativeASIN%3D0452295505">Love Is a Four Letter Word</a>. Newton is a great writer and a reviewer of books of all kinds.</div>
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<b>Since I learned to read</b> I have consumed and cherished good books. As a reader I joined the popular website, <a href="http://www.goodreads.com/profile/Carol_Gee">GoodReads</a>. Over the years I have written a few reviews myself, nothing to compare, of course. And I have written about authors as well, not formal reviews, but with a focus of what they had written that interested me. As a blogger, my posts are generally about national politics and world affairs. In that vein the first such piece, written on July 19, 2005 was <a href="http://www.amazon.com/World-Flat-History-Twenty-first-Century/dp/0374292884">about the book</a>, <a href="http://carol-sandy1.blogspot.com/2005/07/friedmans-flat-world.html">The World Is Flat</a>, by Thomas Friedman. Luckily ". . . cliff notes" was in the post title. It landed my post in position #10 of 104,000 in the <a class="zem_slink" href="http://google.com/" rel="homepage" title="Google">Google search</a>. I was surprised and pleased by the popularity of my post, and have been writing about good books ever since.</div>
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<b>My first formal book review</b> was written on November 9, 2007. I was offered a review copy by the publisher of <a href="http://carol-sandy1.blogspot.com/2007/11/david-baldacci-at-it-again.html">Stone Cold</a>, written by David Baldacci. (Here is <i>Amazon's</i> current info <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Stone-Cold-David-Baldacci/dp/0446615641">about the book</a>). I have no idea how they found me, except that I have long blogged about the Middle East, national security and national intelligence subjects. Stone Cold is a novel touching on those themes. Being an anxious-to-please first time reviewer, my review was timely to the date of publication and, for a few days it remained in the top 20 of a <i>Google</i> search. It has since disappeared from the first few pages in a current search.</div>
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<b>What seems to make terrorists tick</b> has always been an area of fascination for me. After having watched a great C-SPAN feature on the subject I wrote a whole series of posts. I concluding it March 18, 2008, with a post on <a href="http://carol-sandy1.blogspot.com/2008/03/sageman-and-leaderless-jihad-wrap-up.html">Leaderless Jihad</a>. Forensic psychiatrist Marc Sageman was the author of the book about Middle Eastern terrorists on which he presented so brilliantly on TV. (This is the current info from <i>Amazon</i> <a href="http://carol-sandy1.blogspot.com/2008/03/sageman-and-leaderless-jihad-wrap-up.html">about the book</a>). Today my post remains at #17 of 5300 in a <i>Google</i> search.</div>
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<b>Nonfiction is the literary form I prefer</b>, and I remain fascinated by political biography and autobiography. One of my (s)heroes is the first female Secretary of State, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Madeleine_Albright" rel="wikipedia" title="Madeleine Albright">Madelaine Albright</a>. She served under President Bill Clinton, another of my heroes. Her memoir is entitled <a href="http://carol-sandy1.blogspot.com/2009/01/thursday-digest.html">Madam Secretary</a>, and I wrote at length about her fine book in a post on January 8, 2009. (Here is <i>Amazon</i>'s info <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Madam-Secretary-Memoir-Madeleine-Albright/dp/0786868430">about the book</a>). Today, I often refer to her memoir when I want to find out about the background of the Camp David peace negotiations that happened just before President George W. Bush's inauguration. I started blogging in March of 2005 in an oppositional reaction to the aggressive invasion of Iraq by the Bush administration.</div>
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<b>The author of my most recent book review </b>written on August 31, 2010, also had a negative reaction to the war in Iraq. <a href="http://carol-sandy1.blogspot.com/2010/08/pick-up-this-book-and.html">Barefoot In Baghdad</a>, was written by Minal Omar, an American Muslim woman born in Saudi Arabia who came to the U.S. at the age of 6 months. Here is more <a href="http://www.amazon.com/Barefoot-Baghdad-Story-Identity-My-Means/dp/1402237219">about the book</a>, a memoir that tells of her living and working in Iraq on behalf of women during the early years of the war. It is now #56 of 103,000 in <i>Google</i> search. I highly recommend this book, by the way. Omar has returned to the United States. We are on the way out of Iraq and the Middle East peace process is still stalled. According to the well-respected Palestinian negotiator, <a class="zem_slink" href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Saeb_Erekat" rel="wikipedia" title="Saeb Erekat">Saeb Erakat</a>, Camp David still has a bearing. However, Erakat recently stated that <a class="zem_slink" href="http://www.whitehouse.gov/" rel="homepage" title="Barack Obama">President Obama's</a> midterm election losses will not affect the current peace process.</div>
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<b>My review was another case of being sent a review copy</b> by a publisher, who somehow found out my areas of interest and my contact information. I seem to be on a number of types of Email lists. I get news releases from publicists who want my readers to know about expert speakers who are out and about. I still get a significant number of offers of books to be mailed to me for review. I do not accept any books about which I am uninterested. And I must confess that I do not always get reviews written about the books I receive. Some I cannot finish out of boredom, some I find to be pretty inadequate and not worth the effort to write even a negative review. It has been an interesting side benefit of blogging and one with which I always try to operate in good faith, even if imperfectly.</div>
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Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-49180254098098000462010-11-05T07:40:00.001-05:002011-07-13T13:16:24.942-05:00Simplify your life this holiday season - Start with some basics.<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><img src="http://posterous.com/getfile/files.posterous.com/temp-2010-11-05/wJafEjwCglamElfiAcmiharECcJxkdtIEyzrahCvlzaHeDoaoiykIGpiBydC/rainbow.jpg.scaled500.jpg" width="360" height="543"/> </p> <p>It is now November. Haiti is in the middle of a hurricane today. Let us hope that their rainbow comes soon. </p> <p>For us here in the United States the elections are over. For Republicans it is the rainbow. For me as a Democrat I guess the storm is over.</p> <p>And, for all of us, the <span style="text-decoration: underline;">Next Big Thing</span> will be Thanksgiving.</p> <p>The <em>Family Circle Magazine</em> published some helpful ideas for learning to simplify your life, saying that "it can be easier than you think."</p> <p>Four general simplification processes are key:</p> <ol> <li><strong>Conquer the clutter around the house. </strong>Coming into the season of giving, start by giving away items you no longer need. The author suggests that you start small with short periods of this activity, enlist the support of friends when you get stuck and give yourself a deadline and a reward for finishing. </li> <li><strong>Overcome your work overload. </strong>Unless you practice stress management*, you could be on the way to burnout. Perfectionism, over-achiever tendencies and inadequate time management leave us exhausted and vulnerable to illness. The author suggests focusing on what bugs you at work and at home, fixing what you can and letting go of the rest. Delegation can improve your situation and so can a healthy support network.</li> <li><strong>Free yourself from mental clutter. </strong>Remembering to think positively, giving yourself credit where it is due and writing things down can be helpful, says the author.</li> <li><strong>Learn how to say "no." </strong>Some of us were conditioned to please others. We do not want to appear to be selfish, we automatically say "yes" to demands or requests. Here are some tactics the author suggests: Learn to say, "Let me get back to you." Or become less available. We all have had to learn how to express our own needs. But it takes application and practice.</li> </ol> <p>*Things you can do to handle stress: Talk it out. Work it off. Watch what you eat. Don't depend on drugs or alcohol. Get plenty of rest. Take a break. Do something for others. Make a change. Accept the things you can't change. Don't try to be perfect. Be a good problem solver.</p> <p>Next in this series: "Simplify your life this holiday season - You are what you eat."</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://makegoodmondays.posterous.com/simplify-your-life-this-holiday-season-start">Make Good Mondays</a> </p> </div>Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-63181705170259632422010-09-26T09:47:00.001-05:002011-07-13T15:27:32.335-05:00DRMSTREAM posts "When You Grow Up Deaf." Check it out here.<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><strong><a href="http://drmstream.com/2010/09/when-you-grow-up-deaf/?utm_source=feedburner&utm_medium=feed&utm_campaign=Feed:+drmstream+(drm)">"When You Grow Up Deaf"</a></strong> is a powerful poem published at the website, <em>DRMSTREAM</em>. Here are a couple of excerpts:</p> <p> </p> <blockquote>When you grow up deaf there are so many things you don’t know. <p> </p> The sound of rain on the roof. <p> </p> <div>**********</div> <div>When you grow up deaf you worry that you’ll never really know the world, that every moment your back is turned some thing irre place able will pass you by. When you close your eyes, silence. <p> </p> </div> </blockquote> <div class="bookmarkify" style="font-size: 10px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"><a name="bookmarkify" style="font-size: 10px; vertical-align: baseline; background-color: transparent; padding: 0px; margin: 0px;"></a></div> <p> </p> <p>The piece includes an evocative photo illustration. Click the link above and enjoy.</p> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://makegoodmondays.posterous.com/drmstream-posts-when-you-grow-up-deaf-check-i">Make Good Mondays</a> </p> </div>Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-56622338737522131662010-09-22T15:05:00.001-05:002013-02-07T04:46:15.383-06:00Tweet writers shine again.<div class="posterous_autopost">
"Feeling grateful that high school Student Council prepared me to be governed by overambitious weirdos." (9/18/10) <a href="http://twitter.com/pourmecoffee/status/24874549270">By PourMeCoffee</a><br />
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<a href="http://twitter.com/jdickerson/status/24844575826">John Dickerson wrote</a> this,"Sometimes the theories to explain Obama start to sound like refrigerator magnet poetry." (Sept. 18th).<br />
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<a href="http://twitter.com/Cirincione/status/24508174649">Joseph Cirincione reports</a>: "Just got off a call with 40+ NGOs, all working very hard to ensure a strong, bipartisan vote for New START this week." (Sept. 14th)<br />
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"And Obama offered up his familiar Slurpee riff: Dems digging economy out of a ditch while Republicans watch, just "sipping a Slurpee," was written by my favorite White House reporter, <a href="http://twitter.com/markknoller/status/24904801932">Mark Knoller on Sept. 18th</a>.<br />
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<a href="http://twitter.com/ProPublica/status/23938782582">ProPublica tweeted</a> on Sept. 18th, "Watchdogs: Gov’t Spent $196 Keeping Secrets For Every $1 Spent Declassifying Documents, <span style="color: #634047; font-family: Lucida Grande, sans-serif; line-height: 16px;"><a class="tweet-url web" href="http://bit.ly/c5paFE" rel="nofollow" style="color: #088253; margin: 0px; padding: 0px; text-decoration: none;" target="_blank">http://bit.ly/c5paFE</a></span>"<br />
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<a href="http://twitter.com/KatrinaNation/status/18033260467">Katrina [vanden Heuvel]</a>, Editor of Nation Magazine says, "Happiness= having purposeful life & meaningful work," July 8th.<br />
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<a href="http://twitter.com/jdickerson/status/14709355226">John Dickerson, again</a> (May 25th): "With this oil leak, the entire country is on the line and BP is tech help."<br />
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Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6276651905744192165.post-64739941827516211712010-09-21T10:33:00.001-05:002011-07-13T15:42:57.926-05:00Links to the latest news about the Shuttle Discovery --<div class='posterous_autopost'><p><a href="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/space-shuttle-discovery-final-rollout-100920.html" target="_blank">Space <strong class="highlighted0" style="background-color: inherit;">Shuttle</strong> Discovery Takes One Last Trip to Launch Pad</a> ...The space <strong class="highlighted0" style="background-color: inherit;">shuttle</strong> Discovery began its last journey to the launch pad Monday, six weeks before the spacecraft is due to lift off on its final mission to space. Sept. 21, 2010</p> <p><a href="http://blogs.discovermagazine.com/80beats/2010/09/20/gallery-boeing-joins-start-up-companies-in-the-private-space-race/" target="_blank">Gallery: Boeing Joins Start-up Companies in the Private Space Race | 80beats</a> ...the space <strong class="highlighted0" style="background-color: inherit;">shuttle</strong> program, selecting a backup crew in case it needs to make a rescue mission for the last scheduled flight in February. While the space shuttle close draws nearer, the race to replace it gets stronger. Now Boeing has entered the fray, unveiling the design of a spacecraft it will build for the task of taking astronauts t... Sept. 20, 2010</p> <p><a href="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/final-space-shuttle-crew-selected-100914.html" target="_blank">NASA Selects Astronaut Crew for Possible Extra Shuttle Flight</a>...ever space <strong class="highlighted0" style="background-color: inherit;">shuttle</strong> mission next summer, should Congress approve the extra flight. <a href="http://www.google.com/reader/view/feed/http%3A%2F%2Fwww.space.com%2Fsyn%2Fspace.xml?hl=en" target="_blank">SPACE.com</a> Sep 16, 2010</p> <p><a href="http://www.space.com/missionlaunches/space-shuttle-discovery-photos-100910.html" target="_blank">Rare Shuttle Rollover Photo Op Evokes Sadness, Pride</a> ...parked Space Shuttle Discovery outside its hangar for several hours to allow employees to take pictures. Sep 13, 2010</p> <p> </p> <p>Hat tip to <em>Space.com</em> and <em>Google Reader</em> for these links.</p> <div class="posterous_quote_citation">via <a href="http://www.scribefire.com/">ScribeFire</a></div> <p style="font-size: 10px;"> <a href="http://posterous.com">Posted via email</a> from <a href="http://behindtheselinks.posterous.com/links-to-the-latest-news-about-the-shuttle-di">Behind These Links</a> </p> </div>Carol Geehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/01477201611599486930noreply@blogger.com