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Monday, March 19, 2012

I was delighted to serve recently as a guest preacher at Tree of Life Lutheran Church as part of their Lenten worship series. Instead of my typical sermon, I felt that the evening hour begged for a story...because story-telling is usually where I'm "at" around 7:15pm each night. Tree of Life Lutheran and Grace Lutheran Churches have been joining together this Lent with a "Prison Ministry" theme. I share with you here my contribution.

As the beloved Golden Girl, Estelle Getty, used to say, “Picture it…”

You’re in a prison cell. You have been there as long as you can remember, but all your life something has been nagging at you that there is more to life than these four walls. Three of them are solid stone; one is composed of bars from floor to ceiling. The floor is an earthen slab. The ceiling is no less than 20 feet above you. There is a window in one of the stone walls. There seems to be no door, or gate or any way out that you can perceive.

You don’t see a way to freedom, and yet, you feel compelled to find one, because you have this inherent sense that it is there.

You are not alone in your cell. You are sharing your imprisonment with two companions…Despair and Pride.

Pride usually stands with his back against the wall of bars, arms crossed, looking back into and around your cell, assessing the situation. Pride is convinced that if you guys focus on the problem long enough and work hard enough, you will come up with a way to bust out of this joint.

Despair, on the other hand, crouches on the floor up against the stone wall, holding his head in his hands. He offers running and unhelpful commentary, day and night, as he tries to convince you to accept your prison. This cell is all there is and all there will ever be. Despair tells you there is no way out.

But there is a way out.

You were born knowing this to be true and you are compelled to find The Way.

You try new ways every day.

Pride keeps insisting that freedom is found in hard work, so TODAY you decide to give that a try. It’s time to dig. Yes, dig. Don’t ask me how you found a shovel, but you did. And so you set to work. It is back-breaking labor, but you are focused. You know you can dig your way out of this cell if you just work hard and long enough.

With all this hard work, you begin to get hungry. It’s a good thing that someone drops off food in your cell at regular intervals. You get two different deliveries every day from vastly different “caterers”. You walk over to today’s delivery from your favorite caterer. You open the silk duffel, labeled “Sack of Lies”, and pull out a steaming to-go box and inhale its tantalizingly yummy contents. With each bite you hear a new message within your heart. It says things like,

“You can muscle your way out of this.”

“Freedom can be found in performance. Sacrifice everything to achieve excellence.”

“There is a different way out of every cell. You just have to find your way.”

The more lies you eat, the deeper you dig yourself into a hole. Unfortunately, your hole is getting too deep to handle and is beginning to collapse in on itself. You soon realize that if you keep up your digging, the whole foundation of your cell will become unstable and it may fall in on itself, taking you down with it. You hesitate. You already feel as though you are standing on shifting sand. All your work has gotten you nowhere.

So then, barely able to lift yourself out of the hole, you decide this escape route is not working. You become disheartened.

“Why isn’t my work amounting to anything?” You ask yourself.

You deserve some reprieve and an easier way out, you tell yourself.

You’ve always noticed that window in one of the stone walls. Unbelievably, there are no bars in the window – it is wide open…and certainly wide enough to climb through. This is your chance! Freedom is easier than you had originally thought. Now, if you could just reach the window….

It dawns on you then that Despair is crouched right below it. Despair is murmuring away, as usual. But just then, Pride pipes up. “Hey, if you climb onto the back of Despair, and I give you a boost, I bet between the two of us, we could get you up to that window.”

And that’s just what happens. And whoa! What a rush when the wind of that open window hits your face! The warmth of the sun delights your skin and you take in the landscape. You’ve never seen anything like it. It’s so beautiful, that part of you is almost convinced it is a hallucination.

Inside the sill of the window, you see, astonishingly, an iron handle. It is labeled “addiction”. It appears that you simply must grab a hold of it and you can pull yourself through. “Wow!” you think, as you begin to reach for your freedom…

Just then, without warning, Despair and Pride give you the last hoist. Your head and shoulders make it past the sill, when a voice from the hallway outside your cell startles you.

“Wait, friend! Stop! That isn’t the way out!”

Hanging half-way out the window, you look down and realize with a terrified gasp…you are HIGH.

The view had looked great from your cell, but your prison is farther off of the ground than you realized. With the assistance of Despair and Pride, this had looked like an easy escape plan.

If you don’t do something to stop the momentum of your helpers, you will find freedom, all right…but it will be temporary. After that, you’re going to hit rock bottom and it won’t end well.

You push back against Despair and Pride. Once your feet are back firmly on the shifting sand of your cell, you turn around to see who had called out to warn you.

It’s your second food delivery-guy for the day. He looks relieved as he hands a burlap bag through the bars to you. The bag is simply labeled, “Bread”.

You get this bag every day, but it has always seemed like such a mystery to you. In contrast to your overflowing sack of lies, which is delivered pretty much anytime you want it, as often as you want it, full of tasty morsels, ….your daily bread delivery appears kind of small and bland. Though you almost never go to it when you are hungry, a fresh bag is delivered every morning. Even stranger still, the first time you felt compelled to try a bite of the bread, you opened the bag to find it filled with….words. How am I supposed to be fed by WORDS, you wondered?

You had asked your delivery guy that very question once. He had reached into the bag, pulled out a slip of paper and read it, “You shall not live on bread alone, but on every word that comes from the mouth of God.”

He seemed to think he was being helpful, reading you such a crazy phrase. And yet, here the guy stood again before you. You start to ask him how it is that he seems to know the way out of your cell, but Pride interrupts.

Pride, clearly annoyed with the bread guy, has assumed his position again, arms-crossed, up against the bars. “Look, I really think we can figure this out. Maybe we just need to coordinate. There are plenty of other cells around here. If we work together with the other prisoners, maybe we could organize a break.“

You sigh, exhausted. You close your eyes, grab your forehead and begin to rub your temples.

You take a deep breath, look up at Pride and say, “Pride, I’m tired. ….I actually want to know what the Bread guy has to say for once.”

You turn to the bread guy, who is still standing there patiently. “How is it that you think you know how to get out of this cell?”

The bread guy, brightening and eager to answer says, “Because I used to be in a cell just like this.”

You find his response doubtful, but you press him further. “Alright then, how did you get out?”

“I knocked on the door and it was opened for me.”

You moan and roll your eyes, exasperated. This guy must be a real idiot. “There IS no door!”

Incredulously, the bread guy reaches through the bars and into the burlap bread bag, pulls out another slip of paper, and begins to read: “I am the door. If anyone enters through me, he will be saved and will go out and find pasture.”

Pride, incensed, begins coming toward you, yelling and trying to get your attention away from the bread guy, “Why do you listen to this nonsense? This guy is nothing but a self-congratulatory slave. Look at him! Is he free? He delivers the bread. He’s a servant for crying out loud!”

It is a good thing Pride got so riled up, because in a rare move, he stopped trying to devise a way to escape long enough to leave his well-worn perch of supervision up against the bars.

As he approaches you with his protests…out of the corner of your eye, you spy…hinges.

You push Pride out of the way, and there it is. The door. It had been there the whole time. You stare at it blinking, and say, “I must have been blind!”

Pride sees what you’re thinking, and is hurt. “C’mon…why take the weak and easy way? We can still figure this thing out! Take control…do it our own way.”

You struggle with Pride for a moment or two, but you wonder, with a sense of peace you’ve never before experienced… “Could it be that easy?”

You approach. You notice the door has a sign…almost as if to introduce itself, it reads, “I Am the Way.”

And then, raise your hand, close your fist, hold your breath, and knock.

The door swings open.

The Bread Guy, whose name you now learn is Joe, screams HALLELUIAH!! And claps you on the back. “I thought you’d never come out of there! But Jesus said to keep bringing you the daily bread and he would do the rest. Wow. I tell you what, this never gets old!"

"What never gets old? Being a servant? I have to ask, aren’t you a little bitter that even though you’re free, you’re still working in the prison like some sort of slave?"

Joe smiles and says, “Take a walk with me…”

As you begin down the hallway, you pass cell after cell of prisoners, digging, chiseling, climbing towards windows, begging, collaborating…none of them trying their door. Most of them, like you, have a cell-mate blocking it. They haven’t even seen it!!

"This is crazy!", you say. "Someone should tell these people there’s a door RIGHT THERE!!"

I know, says Joe. Why do you think so many of us use our freedom to help others find theirs?

C’mon, there’s someone I want you to meet. You’ll be surprised, I think, to discover that you recognize his voice. You’ve been hearing him for awhile now….he’s started this whole prison ministry thing years and years ago.

You walk through a maze of hallways in the prison, and then through a set of doors and out into the sunlight. You feel something wash over you which cannot quite describe, but you are at peace and strengthened all at once. You see him….the train of his robe fills the pastures before you.

He smiles broadly, looks into your eyes…and sighs. “I’m so very glad to see you! I’ve been waiting on you awhile. This is what I’m here for, you see, to free the captives from prison, and to release from the dungeon those who sit in darkness.”

Welcome to the Light my child. Come with me, let me show you what Life in freedom looks like.

Jesus wraps his arm around you and walks you into a whole new world.

Halleluiah! Amen. The End.

Copyright, 2012. Katie Pickard

Thursday, June 16, 2011

A Tribute to Theresa Desmond-Chiarello

First published in the monthly newsletter of St. Mark's UMC of Daleville, VA in the summer of 2010. Over at the Daily Fast Fuel, I've been writing and thinking about how service has affected my life. My musings have brought Terry to mind this week. Reprinted here to honor the memory of my dear friend.

It's been almost a year and I still think about you all the time.

I miss you, gal.

Terry died on July 4th, Independence Day. She was my friend. We usually caught up with each other one or two times a week. Sometimes we’d just chat about our days. Sometimes we’d share photos, she of her family, and me of mine. Terry was one of the first people to know I was pregnant. She fawned over my ultrasound photos and looked forward to meeting my new son. She prayed for my husband, Phillip, when she learned that his cancer had returned. I prayed for her when she struggled with health problems of her own. Sometimes she and I would talk over food. The last time I saw her, we shared a big bowl of watermelon. Sometimes we’d watch T.V. and try to guess “whodunit” on “Law and Order” or gab about the latest celebrity on “Oprah”. Other times we’d just talk…laughing about the silly things in life, sharing our individual struggles and challenges, and even pondering together God’s purpose for our lives. Terry was my dear friend and I’m still trying to adjust to the idea that she’s gone.

You might be surprised to learn that while Terry was such a dear friend, we never spoke on the phone – not even once. We never texted or emailed each other. She was not my “friend” on Facebook or Myspace. We never caught a movie together or went out to eat. I never had her over to my house, and she never had me over to hers.

I met Terry on December 24, 2009 as I was delivering Christmas gifts from St. Mark’s Youth Ministry to a rehab facility in Fincastle. Terry was a 50-year-old resident who had a tragic fall down a flight of stairs about a year and a half ago, and was paralyzed from the neck down, breathing only with the help of a ventilator. Though by the time I met her, Terry’s body was failing her in many ways, her mind was just fine. She had been a talented nurse before her accident. For reasons I think only God can explain, I felt drawn to get to know her.

What began as a simple visitation became a friendship with a closeness that seems to have defied the circumstances. Our first meeting was certainly fun, seeing as how it involved presents! However, the next three or four visits were rather uncomfortable. I often found Terry crying, missing her family, or enduring great pain and calling for a nurse. Then, as if those things weren’t challenging enough, there was the issue of reading her lips to communicate. The ventilator prevented most of the sound from coming out of her throat when she spoke. Not to mention that when Terry tried to speak for long periods of time it became difficult for her to breathe because of the phlegm that would build up in her ventilator. Early on, it wasn’t unusual for Terry to cut our visits quite short by telling me she was “tired and needed to rest” but, “oh, by the way, can you turn the T.V. up on your way out?”

Awkward situations and the fear that I was intruding in her world were tempting reasons for me to discontinue my visits to Terry. After all, I could hardly understand what she said to me anyway. Then somehow, slowly, something changed. I can’t put my finger on what. One day, Terry didn’t hint for me to leave so soon. I began to read her lips more effectively. She smiled as she told me about her life and her family. I think we shared a joke or two. And after a few more visits like that, occasionally an hour and a half or more would go by before I realized how long I’d been there. She began to ask me to wake her up if I came by to visit and found her sleeping. She didn’t want to miss our time together. She told me she loved me. And I discovered I had grown to love her too. Ultimately over time, when I visited Terry and we talked so easily together, it was as if the ventilator had disappeared and her body wasn’t broken and immobile. We were just two friends who cared deeply for each other, lost in a world of our own conversation.

I never dreamed when I delivered gifts to Terry back in December what a gift she would ultimately be to me. And in her death, Terry gives to me still. Through the process of mourning her death, it has occurred to me that hers is not the first friendship I’ve had of it’s kind. I can think of another friend who I seemed drawn to but with whom, given the circumstances, it seemed impossible to connect. I can’t call or spend time with Him like I can my other friends. But given time, persistence and faith, I have come to love my friend, Jesus. Just like with Terry, I found that Love crept up on me and surprised me with its power.

Spiritual skeptics often ask, “How can you believe in and love a God you can’t see or hear?” I don’t have an easy answer for that. Nor can I easily explain the gift Terry’s friendship was to my life. The only answer I can provide is this: Love often comes unbidden… and in unexpected places. It doesn’t follow worldly expectations. Love bears all things, believes all things, hopes all things, and endures all things. Love never fails… And God is Love. Praise be to God. Amen.

Monday, March 21, 2011

Reflections on God and Suffering from Cathy Benson...a woman who has seen both.

Today's post is from another voice gathered around the Firelight, guest contributor, Cathy Benson. Cathy is a writer for the Botetourt View in Daleville, Virginia, a United Methodist Youth Director at Fincastle UMC and my dear friend. Knowing a little bit about Cathy's story, I asked her to respond to the following question:

“If we believe we worship the One who can calm a storm with a word (Matthew 8:23-27), then how are we to respond when it seems He allows the storm to rage?”

I pray you will be blessed by her courage and the journey she shares with us today. Thank you, my friend.

* * *

I became a widow at 33. Bobby drove out of my life on a January Tuesday morning at 8:15 a.m. He was killed in a car crash at 1:20 p.m. I never saw him again. My boss was a preacher’s wife named Betty and her husband Gene went to the hospital to identify the remains. What a tough job a pastor can have on oh so many levels.

Gene came back to my living room and cried. We had a closed casket as I could not bear to remember Bobby as anything but how he was vibrantly alive. Gene helped with the funeral service as did our pastor Arthur and my father’s pastor Ron. All three knew Bobby well.

I told my three- year- old daughter Brittany that her Daddy had died and we wouldn’t see him anymore and I assured her that Jesus would fix him in heaven. She said “Why can’t Jesus just send us a new Daddy?” My son Brian was only 15 months old. Six months after Bobby died Brian asked me, “Who is that man in the picture?” What a travesty the bad times in life are for a child.

Faith got me through. I have been A Christian since I w as 14—40 years this summer! Life goes on. I remarried. I had two more kids and my husband George was a good father and step father as the four have grown up. I have every faith that Jesus did heal Bobby in heaven.

Yet we have to be careful as Christians. Bobby had been mistreated by church members when he was a child – his mother was not married to his father and he had a dark birth mark on his leg. The church ladies treated him as a dirty little boy during a bible school week at a country church. He didn’t believe in God for years after that. I think all of us should examine our “holier than though ways” whether that is dealing with the gay issue, the racial issue or other denominations within our own Christian religion. Too many people are spinning the hate of God rather than the love of God and it can have long term unintended results.

Bobby was baptized in the United Methodist Church two years before he died on a confession of faith. We were married for 11 years. We dated for 4 years prior, before I ever got Bobby inside a church and that was for our wedding. Thankfully, the Lord surrounded him with Christian friends in Texas and Virginia and our bout with infertility took me back to church with him kicking and screaming in tow. But the Lord had a plan for him and it was for him to be saved and a member of the Kingdom of God.

I will always be sad about his death and I will miss him until the day I die. I will always praise God for saving him. After Bobby’s death, I tried my best to fill in, as did George. It was not until this Christmas that my older two children, Bobby’s daughter and son said how rough it was not to have your own father. That George was good, but like Splenda—sweet-- but you can’t replace the taste of real sugar. I was sad, very sad but over the past couple of months have pondered a response.

Jesus said life would be hard. He never promised that following him would be easy—look what happened to the disciples, but his Word carried on. It has for over 2,000 years carried by many who suffered, but all who have His love. Jesus is the single most important character in religion or history. He was the love of God on Earth sacrificed for our sins. Jesus answered, "I am the way and the truth and the life. No one comes to the Father except through me.” John 14:6

I argue that the love of God will get us through anything and pray one day they will see that HE loves them unconditionally. He has always been there to love them for their missing earthly father and has guided them through a step father. No, they didn’t get the best start, but many have it far worse and in the end, if you believe that Jesus Christ offered Himself for all of us that no matter the disease, car crash or just old age, you too will be healed in the Kingdom of God. That is what the love of God does for us. It offers each of us a place in eternity with those we love who have gone on before and to wait for those we left behind. It offers each of us on earth a refuge from the bad days, a leg up on the worst day because of the promise of tomorrow—sheltered in love. Most importantly, one day I will join Bobby and all of my kin in heaven-- singing and praising the Holy name of God the Father, God the Son and the Holy Spirit. Eternity with God is the place to be and I have my eye on the prize! Amen


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This blog began in Nov., 2010, when I posted a century-old love note from Josef Gärtz, my paternal grandfather, to Lisi (Elisabetha) Ebner, my paternal grandmother, and follows their bold decision to strike out for America.

My mom and dad were writers too, recording their lives in diaries and letters from the 1920s-the 1990s. Historical, sweet, joyful, and sad, all that life promises-- and takes away--are recorded here as it happened. It's an ongoing saga of the 20th century. To start at the very beginning, please click HERE.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Watch your spelling!

Will Gartz writes this letter
In an earlier letter, after his family expressed concern they hadn't heard from Frank, he assured them he was writing at least every 4 days and suggested they start numbering the letters so that he'd be sure he received them all. His older brother Will, starts doing that numbering here. Will also tries to smooth Frank's ruffled feathers at the apparently sarcastic letter Will had sent regarding not hearing from the young soldier.

Will, ever the older brother, chastises Frank/Ebner for his spelling (which I had corrected in the transcription to eliminate confusion.)

Friday Feb. 19, 1943

Dear Frank:

We have just received your letter of Feb 16 and as you will note we’ll start numbering from now on, this being no. 1. Later letters will be designated by L-2, L-3, etc.

Now, as to the tone of my first or second letter, don’t take it so hard. We had no word from you and were getting worried, particularly since we hear you had written someone else. So I hope you’ll excuse its curtness since we were only wondering whether you had forgotten us. Since thenn we have been receiving your letters on schedule.

Don’t crowd yourself in the writing. So long that we hear from you at least once a week and know that you are alright. By the way, not to be critical though, watch your spelling for you will be tested for that in O.T. School examinations. For instance , “geting” for “getting” and “appreatiated” for “appreciated.” Another rule is “I before e escept after c as in “believe” and “receive.”

Talking about examinations, we have just taken our officers qualification examination with C.A.P. [Civil Air Patrol] Boy, what an exam--about 20 T and F questions and 40 questions in essay form -- all in 2 hours.

Mother and I are sending you five dollars apiece via the enclosed money order for ten dolars and hope you can use it to help replace your pen and anything else you might need. If you can’t get a pen, let us know and we’ll get one for you.

Have you had time to write Pastor Kaitschuk? [pastor of Bethel Lutheran Church, where they attended].

Oh, by the way, we are receiving your letters 2 days after you send them. How much time elapses in your receiving our mail and packages?

So long,

“By transcription for Mother:"
My Dear Ebner,

Here are but a few lines that are racing through my mind which is crowded with so many things that it would fill a book. How are the chances of getting a snapshot of you? Have you lost any weight? We did not receive your watch as yet, but we have arranged with Sam to have it repaired fro you. Your letters have made me very happy and I wish to think you for them.

God bless you wherever you may be and I pray that you may be alright every day.

Lots of love and kisses from us

Marian Kurz said...

Nothing says caring like a letter from home or to home. Do you think you will save your kids texts?

Linda Gartz said...

Definitely not! But these letters had actual news in them--not. "Hey the el's delayed." or LOL. Kinda sad all the history that will be lost.

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Oregon is one of the Pacific states of the United States. It contains a number of the nation’s most beautiful scenery and some of America’s richest soils and timberlands. It was the beaver, however, with Oregon’s streams teeming with the furry flat-tailed water rodents back in the early 19th century, that first gave rise to the state’s development, giving it the nickname the “Beaver State.” The fertile land of Willamette Valley is the source of a vast number of agricultural products. 95% of the US’ domestic hazelnuts is also produced in Oregon, and since the 1970s, wine production has also been a significant industry in the state. Farming, ranching and lumbering are also among the state’s other economic activities, as well as technology manufacturing.

The origin of the name Oregon is unknown. It is thought, however, to be derived from the French “ouragan,” which means “storm” or “hurricane.” The state joined the Union as the 33rd state on February 14, 1859. Salem is its capital while Portland is its largest city.

Oregon offers ideal conditions for outdoor activities with a myriad of beaches broken by rocky cliffs, snow-covered peaks, river valleys, canyons, streams, lakes, and thick forests. Mount Hood seems to be the most popular recreation area. John Day Fossil Beds National Monument allows visitors to view animal and plant fossils dating back more than 40 million years ago. Crater Lake National Park, the state’s only national park, surrounds Mount Mazama, an extinct volcano whose crater encloses one of the deepest, most beautiful lakes in the world.

Nez Perce National Historical Park showcases the rich history of the region. The fish ladders that aid salmon in swimming over the Bonneville Dam and Multnomah Falls are an interesting sight near Portland. The World Forestry Center in Portland exhibits a gallery of trees and other displays relating to the industry of forestry. Pine Mountain Observatory houses the three biggest telescopes in the Northwest.

Popular events in the Beaver State include the Pendleton Round-Up, a rodeo held each September. Ashland’s Shakespeare Festival, taking place annually from July until Labor Day, presents Shakespeare’s plays in an Elizabethan theater which is a replica of the original London Globe Theatre. The state fair is held in Salem early in September each year.

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Happy Friday and Happy 4th!
I’m down in New Orleans for the Essence Music Festival, on behalf of Covergirl (more on that later). I have a day full of street style stalking and concerts, so today’s Mail Bombs will be short and sweet. It seems a lot of you had questions about BET Awards style–we’ve got the answers!
First up, Malea writes, “Where did Adrienne Bailon get her dress?”
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Originally posted: March 29, 2007
Wabbit hunting

WabbitI have gotten several questions lately about rabbits chomping on garden plants. They chomp on mine too -– that’s why I have given up all hope of ajuga.

You should have seen me the other evening, coming home in a balmy twilight to see a big, fat rabbit among the bulb sprouts. I ran at him like a border collie. "Beat it, bunny! Scram! Go hop in front of a car!" He hopped off, but not with a great air of concern. The neighbors, chatting nearby, were amused.

Here’s what I have come to know about rabbits. Most of these things apply to animals in general.

The only thing that, in my experience, has a high probability of stopping rabbits is a physical barrier: chicken wire, two layers of staked-down deer netting, a tube of hardware cloth around a tree trunk. Growing plants in tall enough containers can keep them out of reach of rabbits.

There are many potions that some people claim are effective, both homemade concoctions and commercial products, even toxic things like mothballs. They all are supposed to deter animals by being nasty-tasting or nasty-smelling or both.

No potion or product applied to plants works reliably for me. But if they are to have any hope at all, you have to start using them very early in the spring. That’s to teach the rabbits, when they are young and first learning to browse, that your plants are nasty. Keep it up all season because there will be regular litters all year and therefore new rabbits to train. And reapply the gunk each time it rains.

If you keep using the same vile smell or taste, the rabbits will quickly learn that it doesn’t really mean the plant is not good to eat and they will start to ignore it. So you have to keep switching between potions to keep the animals off-guard.

For me, all of this has stopped being worth the bother.

You could, theoretically, try live-trapping rabbits and relocating them, but you are going to be hauling around a lot of rabbits. There always are new rabbits in the neighborhood. Some years there are even more rabbits; I expect it has to do with the weather, which affects the food supply. Now that we have driven away the predators that evolved to dine on rabbits, there is nothing to hold their population down except cars.

Are there rabbit-proof plants? Nope. There are some plants that most rabbits would prefer not to eat if something more inviting is handy, but the bottom line is that if an animal is hungry enough it will eat anything.

A dog might help, if it has free run of the yard and if it is a dog that likes chasing rabbits. Dog urine or the mere presence of a dog lying on the lawn won’t deter a rabbit. What I really want, though, is a coyote. Could I live-trap a coyote and import it to my neighborhood?

When a sense of futility overcomes me while regarding a rabbit-chewed plant, I try to take solace in all those years that Elmer Fudd and his shotgun failed to bag Bugs Bunny. Gardeners have been battling rabbits forever (remember Peter Rabbit?) and in the long run, our side always seems to lose.

I also try to bear in mind that the cottontails lived in my neighborhood for thousands of years before I did. It’s their turf. I can’t blame them for helping themselves to the tasty plants I now put before them. Any more than I would be able to blame that coyote…

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Rabbits eat plants. You are right about the barriers being the only sure way to do combat. But the rabbits and I are on good terms. They nibble down the asters and ratibida pinnata for a month or two then move on as they age and are not so tender.The plants then stay much shorter and fuller not flopping so in wind and rain. We leave some dandelions for bees and baby rabbits find such tasty leaving the bulbs alone,mostly. I have found that diversity and plenty seems to assure the creatures and ourselfs a bit of the garden.

By the way I have seen a hawk snatch a small rabbit from our backyard. Took mourning doves several times as well. A kesterl watches the garden but I have not seen what he catches.Seems they are learning to feed in the city.

Posted by: Gloria | Mar 29, 2007 11:48:16 PM

Those pesky wabbits! Up until a few years ago I had never spied one in my neighborhood. The other day I'm walking down the street and 3 large size bunnies were on the sidewalk nibbling a bagel. They didn't even bat an eyelash when I walked up to them. Wish I'd had my Squirrel-chasing JoJo with me at the time.

I planted a garden in Skokie and over the winter the rabbits ate the entire thing down to the ground, including a rather large Mugo Pine ( Ouch ! ).

As you stated nothing deters them unless you are deligent in applying it after it rains. This can get expensive.

I just came across a new product, Plantskydd, developed in Sweden in 1991 and it claims to repel deer, rabbits, etc. for " 6 months in the winter and 3-4 months in Summer ." Sounds too good to be true?! It is basically bloodmeal in a one hundred percent natural vegetable oil binder and it has the odor of a predator. My Skokie garden client is desperate and is ordering some. Their website is :

We'll keep you posted on its effectiveness.

Posted by: carolyn choi | Mar 30, 2007 8:50:29 AM

When I prune my barberries and roses in the spring, I save the prunings and place them directly on the emerging foliage of tulips, asters, lilies, phlox, and any other tasty morsels the rabbits enjoy. The sharp prickers seem to deter the bunnies from browsing.

Posted by: Pam | Mar 30, 2007 9:00:52 AM

My third try. Briefly, this is the rabbits world. It is not like they are trying to eat our house! Plant more Plants. Liquid Fence works great for me. Last year I had two pivotal experiences - First, a bunny born too late in the season survived by hanging out in my smaller garden and I have two cats! How could I not let that happen? Second, a customer at the garden center where I seasonally work proudly told me how she had found a rabbit nest in a container and called her neighbor "to take care of it while she was at work" . For goodness sake again isn't that ridiculous to anyone but me. Again Liquid Fence - only smells bad to humans for one day - them alot longer and in the heat of the summer hugely effective

Posted by: Barb | Mar 31, 2007 5:56:16 PM

i have a solution in my yard, charles. a rather large dsh cat who is very fond of wabbit.

Posted by: gayle | Jun 19, 2007 6:19:00 PM

I second Barb's comment about Liquid Fence. The same type of Liquid Fence works for rabbits and deer (both of which we have in abundance being surrounded by a US National Park.)

Here is the link:

Bunnys and Bambis all avoid my huge perennial gardens amd the 2 dozen plus roses.

Buy the Liquid Fence concentrate - the 40 ounces of concentrate make 5 gallons (just add water and spray but not using a sprayer attached to a hose.) 5 gallons will last me from April until the April/May of the next year.

If you buy the pre-mixed, it is $24,99 plus shipping (about $35.) If you buy the concentrate, it is $39.99 plus shipping and works out to be about $9 -9.50 a gallon (cheaper than replacing 5 or 7 plants.)

Start using it whenever - it is not too late to start. Spray it the first time. Repeat 1 week later. Spray once a month. Not exactly onerous.

Posted by: Ann | Jun 19, 2007 7:25:48 PM

By the way you DO NOT have to reapply Liquid Fence every time it rains.

I first started using it in late July of a growing season. Bunny and Bambis beat a hasty retreat.

Posted by: Ann | Jun 19, 2007 7:27:40 PM

Rabbits have had a great year in the northwest hills of Connecticut. I have found that human hair keeps them away from my garden. I collect a bag of hair clippings on my visits to her and it seems to do the trick. Go figure!

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Right now, the explosive courtroom drama in kansas where that sheriff's deputy took the stand to defend himself against charges he murdered his wife and then set their home on fire to cover up the crime. He claims she was depressed and took her own life. Abc's gio benitez is here with all those details for us, good morning, gio. Reporter: The prosecution argues brett seacat killed his wife two days after she handed him divorce papers. Now, at the center of this murder trial is what prosecutors call his odd behavior the day before his wife's death. This is the fiery home where vashti seacat died from a gunshot wound to the neck inside the burning house. A day before they saw him destroying hard drives and asking for a projector. Prosecutors found his old cell phones in the trash of his kansas office. Why did you melt the two hard drives as opposed to just tossing them in the trash? If you leave a hard drive in a trash, most identity thieves would not have any problem at all accessing that hard drive in some form or another. Reporter: The prosecution is arguing that he used a projector to forge his wife's suicide note, but the former police officer says he was using it for a fraud investigation. I was showing how a false social security card was made. I was going through the steps that I had been told about to see if they were actually applicable. Reporter: As for those discarded old cell phones, the 37-year-old says he was looking to protect his identity. Websites that said don't sell your old cell phone, said destroy them. Reporter: He argues his wife killed herself following depression he says was caused by a weight loss supplement called hcg. Do you know whether or not your sister was using that diet supplement? Yes. Reporter: But in court her friends testified that she did not seem depressed and was optimistic about starting a life away from brett seacat. In an interview with abc news her family says the young mother who filed for divorce two weeks before her death never wanted to hurt brett with those divorce papers. She was sad. She was hurting someone. She was sad that she would hurt anyone. As we all would even when I had a breakout, I'm sad for that person and I'm sad I'm having to hurt them. Reporter: Also at issue, the evidence. While prosecutors argue brett's pants had gasoline on them, yesterday a forensic expert testified that they were not properly sealed in the right kind of evidence bag, robin. Okay, gio. We'll bring in "gma" legal analyst dan abrams with pore on this. Were you surprised he took the stand at all? I'm always surprised when a defendant in this kind of case takes the stand but he's in a tough spot. It's not just because there's a lot of evidence against him. It's because it's the type of evidence that they have against him. Meaning it's the type of evidence that jurors can understand and relate to which is things that he said that were incriminating, things that he did that were incriminating. Why didn't he do other things? I mean, the note that was found in his pocket, this isn't dna and complicated stuff. Had did just sort of stuff that comes from the gut that makes you say, well, wait a second, what else could be the explanationy that's why I think he's taking the stand is to try to offer up other explanations. He did seem to have an answer to everything and did seem like he was trying to explain away anything that could give the impression that it was premeditated. That's right. I mean, look, the problem is while all of his answers make total sense, right, hard drive, want to get rid of it because you don't want identity thieves. Don't want to just leave your cell phones around, discard old cell phones, et cetera, the problem is this all happened right before his wife dies. You put that in conjunction with the other evidence in this case, that's the problem he's got. It's not just one isolated piece of evidence, it's all of the evidence together. He's back on the stand and going to face tougher questions today. Right, the cross-examination is going to be the key. Can he hold up, does his story stick together? All rign, thanks so much. Have a great week.

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Friday, September 11, 2009

9/11 Remembrance -- James Walsh -- Project 2996

Back when life was a lot more simple and my view of the world was a lot less clear, September 11th happened.

Then everything changed, for obvious reasons.

Eight years later I still don't have the words to describe what that day was like, how I felt then, or what it means now.

I do know I am not the same....

On the one year anniversary of that day, the university I then worked at asked employees to plant an American flag on the lawn of the Cathedral of Learning, one for each of the nearly 3,000 people who died that day.

I picked the flag bearing the name (taped upon the wooden dowel shaft) of James Walsh, from Scotch Plains, New Jersey, who died in the destruction of One World Trade Center. In the last 7 years, I've moved three times to two different states, hauling everything I own some 2,500 miles. James Walsh's flag has always gone with me; I see it every day on display in my home even now.

I picked James Walsh to honor today when I found out about Project 2996, which is dedicated to remembering the people who died that day.

Here is the touching tribute previously published in The Star-Ledger, found here.
When Kathleen Walsh Karlen adopted her son Connor from Korea -- a 2-year-old who found the transition from East to West sometimes unbearable -- it was his Uncle Jim who could calm Connor's emotional storms.

No one in the family was surprised. Jim Walsh was the fun uncle, the friend everyone wanted to hang with, the nice guy with the big heart who was never afraid to show it, said another sister, Carol Walsh Murphy.

"I'm sure everyone who was lost at the World Trade Center has somebody who says they are a great guy, but to call Jimmy great sells him short," Murphy said. "He was fun and funny, and at the same time, he taught us all how to be a little more loving."

James Walsh, 37, didn't make one last call to his family from the 104th floor of One World Trade Center, where he worked as a computer programmer for Cantor Fitzgerald, but his family said it didn't matter, "because he said 'I love you' every way possible, every day of the year."

He said it in the way he read books every night to his daughter, Caroline, who turned 2 the day the Twin Towers crashed to earth.

When news came that the Scotch Plains resident was missing, boys he knew in high school in Westfield and people who remembered him from King's College in Wilkes-Barre, Pa., called to help.

Sean McDonough, from Montgomery, Pa., recalled him in an e-mail: ". . . His friends in Pennsylvania and around the country have been warmed by his presence and will miss him terribly . . . He loved being a dad and through his relationship with Caroline, he showed me a way to be a better parent with my kids.

"We are left with the void of the thousands of people like Jim Walsh who died last week," McDonough added, "but I will tell everyone who listens about my friend Jim and how much he meant to me and my life."

In addition to his daughter, Mr. Walsh is survived by his wife, Kate; his parents, Frank and Mary Lou of Spring Lake; two brothers, Thomas of Westfield and Peter of Spring Lake; and two sisters, Kathleen Walsh Karlen of Woodbridge, Va., and Carol Walsh Murphy of Tampa, Fla.

Profile by Judy Peet published in THE STAR-LEDGER.
Really, there is nothing more I can add to what Ms. Peet wrote, except that...I will always make sure, wherever I live, James Walsh's flag will have a place in my home.

Here is a memorial page set up to remember him. Please visit and leave a kind message.

Later today, I'll be posting a second remembrance about Andrew Alameno, who also died in the World Trade Center.

UPDATE: If you get a chance, please visit Exblogitate for an excellent compilation of Allahpundit's eyewitness remembrances of that terrible day.

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Experts: Cyber Chief Needs To Be In White House

Diane Bartz writes for Reuters:

The cybersecurity chief named to battle Internet viruses and larger challenges facing the information technology networks used by U.S. companies and national defense should be based in the White House, experts told a congressional panel on Friday.

Cybersecurity is important enough to warrant a White House staffer with real authority and a real budget, said Larry Clinton, president of the Internet Security Alliance and one of those who made recommendations to the Obama team.

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I got the dv1394 grabbing working with a patch from

I grab with:

./ffmpeg -f dv1394 -i /dev/dv1394/0 -f avi -acodec copy -vcodec copy -y

FFmpeg version SVN-r8793, Copyright (c) 2000-2007 Fabrice Bellard, et al.
   configuration: --enable-gpl --enable-pthreads --enable-x11grab
--enable-dc1394 --enable-liba52 --enable-liba52bin --enable-libdts
--enable-libfaac --enable-libfaad --enable-libfaadbin --enable-libmp3lame
--enable-libogg --enable-libtheora --enable-libvorbis --enable-xvid
   libavutil version: 49.4.0
   libavcodec version: 51.40.4
   libavformat version: 51.12.1
   built on Apr 27 2007 00:03:12, gcc: 4.1.2 20060928 (prerelease) (Ubuntu

(I have ffmpeg globally installed also and that does not handle dv1394
grabbing, being an ubuntu package)

Now the problem is that the output has glitches every now and then; seems
like some frames are skipped and some parts are recorded twice (like
jumping half a second forward/back in the stream) and some frames are not
entirely correct - they contain parts from other frames.

dvgrab however works just fine, so it's not a hardware problem

My machine is fast enough to handle the processing (Core2Duo), ffmpeg was
using about 45% CPU with copying the streams, and about 80% with encoding
on the fly to mpeg4. So the framedropping shouldn't be caused by slow

I have also tried to pipe dvgrab output to ffmpeg, but never figured out
the right way to do it. I tried for instance

dvgrab --format dv1 - | ffmpeg -i - -acodec copy -sameq -y outfile.avi

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R is for...

by Alexandre 0 reviews

A game of chess and an alphabet word game.

Category: Full Metal Alchemist - Rating: PG-13 - Genres: Angst - Characters: Maes Hughes, Roy Mustang - Warnings: [!] - Published: 2007-06-26 - Updated: 2007-06-26 - 604 words

Title: R is for...
Anime: Fullmetal Alchemist
Pairings: Maes/Roy
Summary: A game of chess and an alphabet word game.

Disclaimer: I don't own FMA. Wish i really really did!!!

It was mid- afternoon, and since everyone had their day off, they all gathered in the Colonel's house ( for some unknown reason ), even Black Hayate. Roy had a spacious living room, and so it wasn't much of a problem accomodating the whole gang as they lounged around, Fuery looking idly out of the window, Felis and Riza scratching Black Hayate behind the ears on the couch, and Breda watching as Roy and Havoc playing chess.

No one really remembered who started it, but sooner or later, everyone was playing the alphabet game, even Havoc and Roy, though it meant that they must think even more other than chess. When they got to 'D', Roy had checkmated Havoc, and Havoc, who was determinedly not accepting defeat, had to restart again.

'E for elephant.'

Roy moved his pawn forwards and captured Havoc's pawn. 'Hey!!' Havoc protested.

'Er, Goat,' Breda quirked a brow at the chess board before whispering something to Havoc, who grinned and moved his knight backwards. Two moves later, Roy's bishop was captured.

By the time they had reached the 'R's, at least six games were exchanged between Roy and Havoc, with five wins to Roy and one win to Havoc. As he studied the board, Havoc realised that he was stuck. Either his knight would be taken, or his bishop.

Roy captured Havoc's knight with his queen. 'Reverse,' Havoc muttered in turn. While Havoc pondered, Roy went through some thinkig of his own. 'Regret,' he said, the word coming to him naturally. It was what he'd constantly been going through. Of things what he was feeling, most of them belonged in the 'R's.

Remorse. Regret. Remembrance.

As always, he never felt complete without Maes. It was as if a part of him has died with Maes, lost forever. In a way, it was true. He missed his friend's monkey antics and jokes, and him constantly reminding him to get married. 'Check,' Roy said as he moved his king forward, Havoc making a panicked, frustrated sound.

'Roy, you don't have to go so hard on me, must you?' Havoc muttered. '...Rebel.'

'There's no such thing like mercy and compassion in a war. Check mate.' Roy tipped Havoc's king over with his own.

'It's time we moved on to the 'S' now...' Havoc said for a change of subjects.

Roy got up from his seat as Havoc cleared the chessboard for another game, not appearing to hear. That's right, in a game, there are always bound to be sacrifices. He had to sacrifice his knight to checkmate Havoc, just like how Maes was sacrificed. He knew that there wasn't much he could do about it. Other than...

The word was loud and clear in the almost silent room, and everyone turned to look at Roy. He was staring at the window, oblivious to the reaction fo the others, and there was this fierce, ruthless look in his eyes that made Riza shudder when she looked at her superior. She had seen him once like this beforem and it had frightened her. She could only hope that he wasn't planning something stupid.

'...Roy?' Havoc prodded cautiously.

R for revenge. That was the last thing he could do for Maes.

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The Last Days Trailer, Los últimos días Trailer, Los últimos días Poster. David Pastor, Alex Pastor‘s The Last Days / Los últimos días (2013) movie trailer, movie poster stars Leticia Dolera, Marta Etura, Quim Gutiérrez, José Coronado, and Ivan Massagué.

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Bart Simpson could do much worse for his new teacher than Sofia Vergara’s Mrs. Berrera.

The bombshell “Modern Family” actress will guest star on an upcoming episode of Fox’s “The Simpsons”

She may return beyond the currently in-the-can midseason episode “Teenage Mutant Milk-Caused Hurdles”

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Rutina Wesley is in talks to join The CW’s hit show “Arrow” for a multi-episode arc

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Parker Young will have a significant role for the fourth season of this hit show.

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Other new Ripper Street denizens include Matthew Lewis (Harry Potter‘s Neville Longbottom), David Warner (The Omen) and Killian Scott (’71). Jonas Armstrong (Edge Of Tomorrow) will appear in a yet to be confirmed role. Lucy Cohu and Derek Riddell are reprising their roles from the first season.

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Sam Elliott will co-star opposite Ashton Kutcher and Danny Masterson in the Netflix multi-camera comedy series The Ranch…The Ranch is set on a Colorado spread, with Kutcher’s character returning home after a brief semi-pro football career to run the family business with his brother, played by Masterson.

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Gretchen Mol has booked an 8-episode arc on Amazon’s comedy Mozart In The Jungle…written by Roman Coppola, Jason Schwartzman and Alex Timbers, is all about sex, drugs and classical music and shows that what happens behind the curtains at the symphony can be just as captivating as what happens onstage. Mol…will play veteran labor lawyer Nina Robertson. The New York Symphony’s contract is up for negotiation and they need a real badass to fight for them, so they bring in Robertson, who’s just come off a big win for the NHL Players’ Union.

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Legendary stage and screen actress Ruby Dee, who won acclaim on stage, in film and television and became a notable figure in the U.S. civil rights movement, died peacefully at home, a friend of the family said on Thursday.
The actress, who was 91 years old, died on Wednesday night in New Rochelle, New York, surrounded by her family.

"She died of natural causes," said Arminda Thomas, who works for Dee's family. "She was blessed with old age."

The petite actress won an Oscar nomination in 2008 for her role in "American Gangster." After being nominated for six Emmys, she won the award in 1991 for her role in the TV movie "Decoration Day

Dee was married to actor Ossie Davis for 56 years until his death in 2005. The couple, who had three children, formed an exceptionally productive and enduring artistic and activist partnership. They performed together in 11 plays and five films and appeared together at some of the seminal events of the turbulent civil rights era.

The actress broke free from the racially stereotypical roles often given to black actresses when she began her career in the 1940s and continued to act into her 90s.

Dee and Davis were equally famous for their political activism, even as they paid a price for it in terms of their careers. They denounced Senator Joseph McCarthy's anti-Communist crusades of the 1950s and were blacklisted for a time. They also were investigated by FBI chief J. Edgar Hoover's agents. They counted civil rights leader Martin Luther King and black activist Malcolm X among their friends and took part in marches for racial equality in the South.

Dee and Davis were emcees of the landmark 1963 March on Washington where King gave his celebrated "I Have a Dream" speech yearning for a land where blacks "will not be judged by the color of their skin but by the content of their character." Dee addressed the hundreds of thousands of people thronging the grounds of the Lincoln Memorial for one of the most famous rights demonstrations in American history.

The couple were honored in 2004 at the Kennedy Center in Washington for their lifetime contributions to theater, TV and movies as well as their advocacy for equality. The Kennedy Center recognized them as "two of the most prolific and fearless artists in American culture," stating: "With courage and tenacity they have thrown open many a door previously shut tight to African American artists and planted the seed for the flowering of America's multicultural humanity."

Dee was born as Ruby Ann Wallace in Cleveland, the daughter of a train porter and a schoolteacher, and was raised in the Harlem section of New York City.

She attended Hunter College in New York, then joined the American Negro Theater in 1941 before making her way to Broadway. She also became the first black actress to perform lead roles at the American Shakespeare Festival in Stratford, Connecticut.

In 1946, she appeared on Broadway with Davis, who also became a director and playwright, in "Jeb," about a black soldier back from World War Two who confronts the white supremacist Ku Klux Klan.

Dee's films include "The Jackie Robinson Story" (1950) in which she co-starred with Robinson, portraying himself in the tale of major league baseball's first black player, as well as "A Raisin in the Sun" (1961) with Sidney Poitier and Spike Lee's movies "Do the Right Thing" (1989) and "Jungle Fever" (1991)

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An amazing talent. Brilliant in so many productions, especially A RAISIN IN THE SUN.

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Wow! She will certainly be missed! She and Ossie Davis were quite a team and I was always thrilled to see them.

 Posted:   Jun 20, 2014 - 12:04 PM
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I will always remember her as Mother Abigail from The Stand.

RIP Ruby.

 Posted:   Jun 25, 2014 - 8:17 AM
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Fans should see her fabulous performance as a slave in Anthony Mann's terrific period noir 'The Tall Target'. One of the great train films about an assassination attempt on Lincoln with Dick Powell as John Kennedy who tries to stop it!

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Fox and New Regency put up a trailer this weekend for 'In Time', the Andrew Niccol-directed futuristic science fiction thriller that takes place in a world where people who want to live beyond 25 have to purchase time. The protagonist's clock is about to run out when a rich guy tired of living gives away his time. Niccol used a similar plot driver in his 1997 directorial debut Gattaca, where Ethan Hawke got the chance to escape his dreary home planet and got a shot at space travel despite inferior genetics, when an elite athlete whose body is ruined (Jude Law) gives him his ticket off the planet. It worked well in that movie and In Time gives Justin Timberlake an opportunity to move from romantic comedies to action terrain in a movie career that so far has been a pleasant surprise. Amanda Seyfried, Olivia Wilde and Cillian Murphy also star in a film that opens October 28.

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Steve Sievert from the Houston Chronicle caught up with UFC president Dana White and asked him about the recent announcement by Spike TV that Noah Thomas would be fighting Marlon Sims on the live season finale of TUF 5 on June 3.

White said the following:

They’re not fighting on the finale. Not only are they not fighting in the finale, they’ll never fight in the UFC. Spike wanted that fight. It ain’t gonna happen. No (expletive) way is that fight going to happen. Those guys will never fight in the UFC – ever.

Kudos to the UFC for standing up to Spike. Sims and Thomas are going to fight, but let them do it somewhere else. By trying to book the match, Spike made White look hypocritical following his rant about the street fight between the two and then his decision to kick them off the show. White has also been critical of the Kimbo Slice vs. Ray Mercer matchup scheduled for the Cage Fury Fighting Championship promotion.

The good news with this announcement is that we might get to see a great third place match in the tournament on the live finale. For instance, let’s say Nate Diaz fights Joe Lauzon in the final (not a spoiler, I am just predicting), you could then have Gray Maynard fight Manny Gamburyan or whoever else makes it to the semis.

This is the second time in which the UFC and Spike have had some issues. The UFC originally wanted UFC 72 to be televised on Spike but Spike passed on it, based largely on the fact that they are promoting an upcoming Fight Night event as well as the live TUF 5 finale on June 23.

White has praised Spike in the past but I wonder how he feels about them right now?

UPDATE: I contacted Spike TV and they have confirmed that the Noah Thomas vs. Marlon Sims match has been cancelled.

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When Were the 1962 Fleer Baseball Decals Issued?

Thanks to some information recently provided by Ray from Cardboardgold4u, I am beginning to question whether the Fleer Baseball decals that are normally referred to as being from 1962 are actually from that year.  Based on decals that Ray has found of the Reds and the Senators, it appears that the decals with the red backs that are usually identified as being from 1962 may in fact be from 1960 or early 1961.

Lets start with how the sets are currently defined:

According to the SCD, the 1960 set has a blue background, as seen on these Reds and Senators decals:

Note the logo for the Senators and the fact that the Reds are referred to as the "Redlegs"

For 1961, the decals have a white background, and a blue back:

The "blue" back refers to the blue text for the Dubble Bubble ad.

Note the Reds decal has changed from Redlegs to Reds, and the Senators have a new logo since they were an expansion team in 1961 as the old Senators moved to Minnesota and became the Twins, which is why there is a Twins decal in the 1961 set.

So far, so good.   There were 16 teams in 1960 and there are 16 decals in the 1960 set.  In 1961 the AL expanded by 2 teams, and there are 18 decals in the 1961 set.

Where we run into an issue is the so called 1962 / Red Back set.  Here's why:

Why would the Reds have gone back to Redlegs in 1962?

Why are the Senators now back to the old logo of the team that moved to Minnesota

And finally, why has no collector ever come across a red back sticker of the Twins or Angels?  No Fleer collector I've spoken with has ever found a red back decal for these 2 expansion teams, and PSA has never graded a single example.  There only appear to be 16 decals with the red backs, so it certainly seems like this set would have been issued prior to the 1961 set given the lack of the expansion teams.

The SCD indicates there are 20 decals in the red back set, which would imply that there would also be decals for the Mets and Colt .45's that joined the league in 1962.  However, no Mets or Colt .45's Fleer decals exist, so this shows that the information in the SCD guide is most likely just a guess.

Since the SCD guessed there must be 20 decals in the set since there were 20 teams in 1962, I have a feeling they also guessed on the year.  The red backs are much more difficult to find that the blue backs which may have been why the SCD decided to identify them as 1962 since the 2nd series of the 1961-1962 Baseball Greats set is harder to find than the first series.

Another interesting thing to note is that the 1960 set has a number on the back (82846) and the red back set has a similar number (83450), perhaps something like a product code.   However, the 1961 set has no number, so that is another detail that doesn't seem to make sense that the red back set followed the blue back set.

The thing I can't figure out about the red backs is the promotion for 2 free decals with the purchase of 10 pieces of gum.  There is nothing on the decal explaining how to get the 2 decals (no address to mail the gum wrappers to to collect your decals), and I have not found any Fleer Baseball card wrappers that advertise sending in Dubble Bubble wrappers to claim the decals.

So, another possible explanation is that these were sold with Dubble Bubble gum, and did not come in Baseball card packs.  Perhaps there was a 10 pack of Dubble Bubble that came with 2 decals, or the decals were included in the gum display at the store, and if you bought 10 pieces you could get 2 free decals.  Or perhaps there was something on the Dubble Bubble gum wrapper or the Dubble Bubble comics about the promotion.  I have no information to back this up, but it would make sense given the different product # on the back of the decal and the fact that there seems to be no information on how one would go about getting their 2 Free decals by spending $.10 on Dubble Bubble.

Another possibility is that the red backs were initially prepared for the 1961 Baseball Great series based on the same design as the 1960 set, but were replaced after a small run once they were able to create decals for the Twins and Angels.

While we'll likely never get a definitive answer on when and how the red backs were issued, the Reds and Senators decals (and lack of Twins and Angels decals) show that it appears the red backs are almost certainly not from 1962.

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The Angels In Order said...

Awesome work. First thing I did was run to see if my Angels decal was a red back...nope it's a blue.


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According to the New York Post's Starr Report, Rachael Ray will tape an episode of her daytime talkshow "completely on ice." The chilly ep will air on Jan. 31 to coincide with the first day of February sweeps.

Rachael, who will enter the show via Zamboni, will also have her guests don ice skates as they cavort around New York's Bryant Park ice rink.

Ummm... what kind of cooking will Rachael do while on the ice? Perhaps she'll just dig a hole and do some old-fashioned ice fishing? I'm sure there's lots of interesting creatures living in the New York City sewer.

At 1/09/2008 10:21 AM , Anonymous Wendy said...

Hmmmm......I don't watch Rachel's show, but this one might be worth setting the TIVO.

At 1/10/2008 8:21 AM , Anonymous Jeff said...

I'd like to see that...what would RR prepare? Sushi-sicles? Ceviche stoup? (Back in the early days of TV in the 1950's, shows would escape to Florida--largely, these visits would be paid for by the state citrus commission or department of tourism--so an about face of sorts might be interesting.)

At 1/10/2008 8:36 AM , OpenID pdeluca said...

She's going to use the ice from the Zamboni to make delish shaved ice. Then she's going to demonstrate how to make yummo popsicles with an ice tray, some fruit juice, plastic wrap, and toothpicks.

At 1/10/2008 11:29 AM , Blogger Kathryn said...

What's the purpose of this? What does it have to do with food? Or anything else for that matter. I just think it's silly.

At 1/10/2008 12:28 PM , Blogger JordanBaker said...

Will there be actual sharks lined up in front of the zamboni for her to jump?

At 1/19/2008 10:08 AM , Anonymous Anonymous said...

Answers: Wendy, Air date is 1/31

Jeff, Something hot to warm you up.

pdeluca, Nothing made with that ice, it's dirty.

Kathryn, Exactly, a silly themed show for sweeps.

Jordan, I don't know how sharks would survive on an ice rink, but there were animals who can and were there.

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FA Cup final victory can do more for Manchester United than Champions League qualification, says Louis van Gaal

19 May

Manchester United boss Louis van Gaal believes lifting the FA Cup at Wembley will do more for his side than qualifying for the Champions League.

United finished fifth in the Barclays Premier League, meaning they lose their seat at European football’s top table next term, but Van Gaal thinks victory over Crystal Palace on Saturday will help galvanize his squad.

Arsenal’s Arsene Wenger has previously described finishing in the top four as the equivalent of a trophy, but the Dutchman thinks cup glory brings a different kind of excitement to players and fans.

United have not laid their hands on silverware since Sir Alex Ferguson’s retirement in 2013 and Van Gaal is eager to change that.

“Qualification is not a title…a title is the FA Cup, the championship,” he said.

“It is important for the players. They can look at and hold the cup, that’s an exciting moment and especially here in England because the FA Cup is a big title.

“Also for Manchester United it is a big title. I have read that the club’s last FA Cup was 2004 so that’s a long time ago.

“The fans are more concerned about the title than I because the title for the fans is fantastic. We want to give it (to them).”

Jose Mourinho continues to be linked with replacing Van Gaal (Reuters)

Van Gaal’s own future continues to be shrouded in doubt and it remains possible that his trip to Wembley will be his final match in charge.

Jose Mourinho remains strongly linked with a summer move to Old Trafford and it remains to be seen what effect a potential FA Cup triumph would have behind-the-scenes.

But he brushed aside the importance of the match on his position.

“I think the interest of the club is much more important and the interest of the fans is much more important than the manager,” he said.

“A club like Manchester United needs silverware. It is not good to speak about my interest. For the club it is important and it is very important for the players and, of course, for the manager and staff it is very important. But first place is the club.

“The most interesting point is that we are able to win something. We are very close but when you don’t win, you have nothing.

“First we have to win, then you can say it’s the first title after the period of Alex Ferguson.”

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