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HC Deb 12 July 1965 vol 716 cc18-9W
63. Mr. Philip Noel-Baker

asked the Secretary of State for the Home Department what estimate he has made of the number who would be killed and wounded, and of the area of total destruction, if a 50 kiloton nuclear bomb were exploded above the market place in Derby; and what would be the corresponding estimated figures if a similar bomb were exploded on the ground.

Sir F. Soskice

In accordance with the guidance contained in the Home Office Manual of Civil Defence: Vol. I, Pamphlet No. I, Nuclear Weapons, the area of total destruction from such a weapon, exploded in the air, would extend to about three-quarters of a mile from ground zero. In the case of a ground explosion, the area of total destruction would be about one-third less. The number of casualties would, in either case, depend on a variety of factors which prevent a quantitative assessment.

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Tuesday, February 10, 2015

Time to Plant Tomatoes and Peppers!

 It's that time in Texas, folks.  This year, I planted my spring tomatoes and peppers two weeks ago.  I usually start them sometime around the first of the year, but I'm running behind this year. (Go figure!)  My set up is very basic.  I use old shop shelving units with bed slats for shelves to allow for circulation and two old shop lights with one "cool" bulb and one "warm" bulb.  This year, I have a heat mat, but in years past, I've just used a space heater on the bottom shelf of my set up and hung old shower curtain liners from shower curtain hooks around the top of my shelving unit to hold heat in.  I also run the ceiling fan in our spare bedroom to keep mold and mildew at bay.

So far, I've planted:
  • Pantano Romanesco tomatoes
  • Super Sioux tomatoes (new for us this year)
  • Marmande tomatoes
  • Jalapeno peppers
  • Bullnose bell peppers
  • Purple Tomatillos
I also make my own seed starting mix.  I start with a good, organic potting soil.  I like Ladybug Brand Vortex Potting Soil.  To that, I add some compost, earthworm castings, green sand, and lava sand.  I mix about 5 parts potting soil, 3 parts compost, and 1 part everything else.  I water with warm water to help raise the soil temperature and to aid in soil germination.  I water the soil with a very weak liquid fertilizer and then drop my seeds on top of the wet soil.  Cover with a bit of planting mix and spritz with warm water in a squirt bottle.  Until the seeds germinate, I spritz with warm water once a day.  For the cups on the heat mat, I spritzed twice a day.


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Sunday, January 19, 2014

Heights and Depths

Levels of Life

By Julian Barnes

“You put together two things that have not been put together before. And the world is changed.” That is how the book begins. And the three essays in Barnes’s Levels of Life is a demonstration of how magic can be created by the juxtaposition of seemingly unrelated things.
The first one The Sin of Height is about ballooning in the 19th century - specifically about the pioneer Felix Tournachon (Nadar) who combines his twin passions of ballooning and photography to attempt aerial photography, an attempt that ultimately leads a century later to the Apollo 8 mission’s photograph of the earth from space. While describing Nadar’s experiments and successes, Barnes also points out his touching devotion to his ailing wife. The topic of  love, which is again, in some way a joining of two unrelated beings, is the subject in Barnes’s next essay On the Level.
On the Level is about an imaginary love affair between Sarah Bernhardt, the legendary French actress and the English adventurer and soldier Fred Burnaby. Both are extremely unconventional, bohemian. They fall for each other. And it leads Fred to propose the unthinkable - an actual marriage. He is of course, refused. Sarah Bernhardt explains, “I am constantly in search of new sensations, new emotions….My heart desires more excitement than anyone…any one person… can give.” Fred is heartbroken in a way he has never experienced before; and though he does marry, he carries the hurt until his death in a battle at Khartoum. As Barnes observes in the beginning, “Every love story is a grief story. If not at first, then later. If not for one, then for the other. Sometimes for both.”
And that observation brings us to the third and best essay of all - The Loss of Depth. A deeply personal essay, Barnes writes about his losing his wife after 30 years of marriage. He is grief stricken and he explores the experience of his own grief in the months and years after the death. It proves to be a powerful and incredibly moving exposition on the nature of grief and mourning. For someone who does not believe in an afterlife (“I believe dead is dead.”), there is little to console, little to hope for - “It’s just the universe doing its stuff.” Barnes writes about his anger at friends who skirt the issue of his wife’s death, who are uncomfortable talking about her or his grief with him. He writes about the note his wife left him, a note that in some way consoles him - “The thing is - nature is so exact, it hurts exactly as much as it is worth, so in a way one relishes the pain, I think. If it didn’t matter, it wouldn’t matter.” He writes about contemplating suicide, about planning for it. And about how he gets that thought out of his mind - the awareness that if he was dead, she was even more dead - since she now lived most vividly in his memory. He writes about time not being a great healer - “ Grief is the negative image of love; and if there can be an accumulation of love over the years, then why not of grief?” He writes about the consolation of pain, about almost relishing it - “ Pain shows that you have not forgotten; pain enhances the flavour of memory; pain is a proof of love.” And then “the final tormenting, unanswerable question: what is ‘success’ in mourning? Does it lie in remembering or in forgetting? A staying still or moving on? Or some combination of both?”
The Loss of Depth is gut-wrenching. For anyone who has ever experienced this kind of mind-numbing grief, this is a must read. As it is for anyone who hasn’t. As Barnes himself puts it so succinctly - “Early in life, the world divides crudely into those who have had sex and those who haven’t. Later, into those who have known love, and those who haven’t. Later still - at least, if we are lucky (or, on the other hand, unlucky) - it divides into those who have endured grief, and those who haven’t. These divisions are absolute; they are tropics we cross”

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Friday, January 13, 2017

Slides, Celebs, and Likes

Been in the Bahamas for more than a week now, having left the farm just a day before the Great Snowstorm of 2017 hit to cover the place with eight inches of the white stuff. Vera and our four-legged friends all managed okay, though I felt more than a little guilty not being around to help deal with it all.

Quite a contrast down here, weather-wise, as you might imagine, with temps in the mid-to-upper 70s, the cloudless skies baby blue, and the water an even darker, more brilliant shade of blue. It’s been busy, but I did manage to goof around on the water slides on two separate occasions already, including daring to plunge down “The Abyss.” It only lasts a few seconds, but it’s still long enough for all manner of existential doubt to overwhelm a dude before splash landing at the bottom.

The PokerStars Championship Bahamas festival is now heading into its home stretch, with the High Roller and Main Event both ending tomorrow. The poker’s been fun to follow, as I was on the $100K Super High Roller to start, then the Main Event, and now the $25K HR.

That first event saw the actor-comedian Kevin Hart take part, livening things up quite a lot for the first day-and-a-half before he finally busted a second time. Aaron Paul of Breaking Bad fame then played in the Main, so there was a lot of star-gazing going on between those two.

Speaking of poker-playing actors, Jennifer Tilly is here, too, and in fact took runner-up in a $5K turbo event this week, one where the final table included David Peters, Benjamin Pollak, and Mustapha Kanit.

I’d met her before but finally had a chance to talk with her a bit more this week. She’s a great follow on Twitter by the way -- @Jtillathekilla2 -- and one of the things we talked about were the folks we follow on there.

I also confessed to her that I never have gotten in the habit of favoriting tweets. I’ll retweet ones I like occasionally, but I just never got around to start “liking” them. For example, I liked one she sent a few days ago sagely observing: “Poker tournaments are like life: We're all gonna die, just some of us last longer than others.” But I just had to tell her I liked it as I didn’t “like” it on Twitter. (She assured me that was fine.)

(That reminded me of something similar I’ve been known to utter around poker tournaments.)

Vera kids me about not “liking” tweets. I’ll tweet something and get a bunch of likes, then mention it to her. “And how does that make you feel?” she asks with a grin.

“I like it,” I reply.

One more day of poker tomorrow and then back home to the horses where the snow has already melted. There’s a pic to the left from the day after that I tweeted before. It’s totally okay if you didn’t favorite it.

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Sunday, April 15, 2012

LAC performance

Hey All,

With the LAC on at the moment, its a prime time to do some extra development on features that need some finishing before being fully useful. That has been going on, and now the AutoMove feature allows the changing of the length of the fade. Currently the mapping to change the length is set to right click, that needs to be changed as we can only cycle up in length. Current options for beat lengths are 2, 4, 8, 16, and 32.

Also fixed was the "Master Beat Indicator", (the moving widget here). It now just syncs to JACK tempo, and will display which of the beats between 1 and 4 we're on. Since the AutoMove function is triggered on a downbeat (every 4th beat) the tempo indicator shows when the AutoMove fade will come into effect.

The current git head (master branch) is the exact version of Luppp that I used for the performance at the LAC Sound Night yesterday. Many thanks to Luigi Verona for his droning series which was the basis for the piece.

Greetings from the LAC, -Harry

Wednesday, April 11, 2012

Luppp : Scopes and Sends

New features have arrived in the devel branch:
-Interaction with the sends & return widgets
-Scope that displays the master output_W channel

Various code improvements have also been pushed along the way, be it that the headphones volume dial now goes up when you move up, or that that post-fade send now adhere's to the Mute status of the track.

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Mussoorie – Nainital – Corbett (9 nights and 10 days)

Leisure, adventure and religious tourism play a prominent role in Uttarakhand's economy, with the Corbett National Park and Tiger Reserve and the nearby hill-stations of Nainital – set in a valley containing a pear-shaped lake, Mussoorie - the Queen of the Hills, Almora, Kausani, Bhimtal and Ranikhet being amongst the most frequented destinations of India. The state also contains numerous peaks of interest to mountaineers.

Day 01 :

Arrive Delhi – The Capital city and the political hub of India. The city's importance lies not just in its past glory as the seat of empires and magnificent monuments, but also in the rich and diverse cultures. On arrival you will be met, assisted and transferred to the hotel. Later proceed for a full day combined tour of The Old & The New Delhi. The Old Delhi tour includes visits to The Jama Masjid, the largest mosque in India, the massive Red Fort, Chandni Chowk (moonlight square ) and The Raj Ghat - the cremation site of Mahatma Gandhi. Thereafter proceed for sightseeing of New Delhi, visit the Qutub Minar - a 72 meter high monument, and Humayun's Tomb built in mid 16th century. Also visit the Lotus Temple, drive past India Gate, the Raj Bhavan, Safdarjung's Tomb and the Parliament. Overnight stay in Delhi.

Day 02 :

This morning, after breakfast, drive to Mussoorie (290kms/6hrs). Mussoorie with its green hills & varied flora & fauna, is a fascinating hill resort and a fabulous honeymoon spot. Commanding a wonderful view of extensive Himalyan snow ranges to the northeast and glittering views of the Valley, the town presents a fairyland atmosphere to the tourists. Arrive and transfer to hotel. Overnight stay in Mussoorie.

Day 03 :

Today, after breakfast, proceed for a half-day tour of the city, visiting Kempty Falls located about 15 km from Mussoorie, is a popular tourist destination. Thereafter visit Dhanaulti approx 28 kms away, this spot is a quiet forest area converted into two Eco parks by the government. Also visit Gun Hill, which has splendid views of the city and ice capped Himalaya. Evening at leisure. Overnight stay in Mussoorie.

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This morning, after breakfast, drive to Nainital (225kms / 5hrs) set amidst the towering peaks of Kumaon Hills, is one of the most popular hill stations of India and also known as Lake District of Uttarakhand. It is famous for its pear-shaped lake, Naini after which it is named. Arrive and transfer to hotel. Overnight stay in Nainital

Day 05 :

Today, after breakfast proceed for half-day city tour of Nainital which includes visit to Nanda Devi Temple - this 1000 year old temple dedicated to Nanda Devi, the patron goddess of the Chand Dynasty, is actually situated within the antechamber of a Shiva Temple. Built in the typical Kumaoni architectural style of stone temples, the Nanda Devi temple is a magnificent monument that has a stone amalaka or crown which is encircled by a wooden roof. Thereafter proceed to China Peak, the highest point in the region offering scenic views of the entire region and the Nainital Zoo where you will find some high-altitude species that are native to the region. Evening enjoy boating in the Naini Lake. Overnight stay in Nainital.

Day 06 :

This morning after breakfast, drive to Ranikhet (106kms / 3.5hrs), picturesque location surrounded by hills in northern India. History has it that the name means queen’s meadow. Ranikhet is all about famous lush beauty and reserve forest with wide varieties of Flora in the likes of Pine, Oak and Deodar trees. Arrive and transfer to hotel. Later proceed to Kausani (75kms / 2hrs), also known as ‘Switzerland of India’ a picturesque hill station famous for its scenic splendor and its spectacular 300 km-wide panoramic view of the Himalayas. Drive back to Nainital (115kms / 3.5hrs). Overnight stay in Nainital.

Day 07 :

Today after breakfast, leave for Corbett National Park (250kms / 6hrs), named after the famous hunter and conservationist Jim Corbett, is the oldest national park in India. Corbett has been a haunt for tourists and wildlife lovers for a long time. The Jim Corbett National Park is a haven for the adventure seekers and wildlife adventure lovers alike. Corbett National Park comprises 520.8 km² area of hills, riverine belts, marshy depressions, grass lands and large lake. Arrive and transfer to hotel. Overnight stay in Corbett.

Day 08 :

Early morning proceed for a game drive to the national park to enjoy animal sighting. Over 585 species of resident and migratory birds have been sighted. The Royal Bengal tiger is the highlight of this park, although plentiful, is not easily spotted due to the abundance of camouflage in the reserve. Thick jungle, the Ramganga river, and plentiful prey make this reserve an ideal habitat for tigers who are opportunistic feeders and prey upon a range of animals. Leopards are found in hilly areas but may also venture into the low land jungles. Smaller felines in the park include the jungle cat, fishing cat and leopard cat. Other mammals include four kinds of deer (barking, sambar, hog, Black buck and chital), Sloth and Himalayan Black bears, Indian Grey Mongoose, otters, yellow-throated martens, ghoral (goat-antelopes), Indian pangolins, and langur and rhesus monkeys. Overnight stay in Corbett.

Day 09 :

This day after breakfast, drive to Delhi (254kms / 5hrs). Arrive and transfer to hotel. Overnight stay in Delhi

Day 10 :

This day, you will be transferred to the airport to board flight for your onward destination. And with this ends a wonderful and “Classic Kumaon”.


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**S&C** Autumn Ponch - DC

-Poudre- [Eva] - T - 03 -

Sometimes so much going through my mind at the same time, its hard to stay still to one pattern and the same thing happens  with clothing. There is so much possibilities, so many directions one can go when choosing styles and accessory. I do prefer for the simple side  and even when my colors might seem outrageous at moments. They work together and that is how i love it. The simple things match and sometimes you don't even have to do much to reach that point  were you say , that is what i was looking for. This orange color Autumn poncho is a perfect example of clothing piece used in a color explosion and this poncho is one of the many items that can be obtained  from the Designer Circle stores collaboration. After all, these color combination only enhance the skin even more and its much more easier with a skin, that is simple in make up  and still beautiful like the Poudre collection.

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Skin: -Poudre- [Eva] - T - 03 -

Top: **S&C** Autumn Ponch - DC

Pants: **GizzA** Oriental Pants [Zebra]

Lashes:*GA* Mesh Lashes Mysteria

Boots: Leverocci  - OTK Boots_Creme

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Joyce Lapp Wins Jack Potter Glacier National Park Stewardship Award

November 22, 2012 Headwaters Montana is very pleased to announce the first recipient of its Jack Potter Glacier National Park Stewardship Award. Joyce Lapp, a botanist who retired in May 2012 after more than 30 years working in Glacier is this year's recipient.

The award was established in 2011 to encourage Glacier Park employees and the public at large to protect Glacier's stunning natural resources. The award is named for Jack Potter who served for 41 years in Glacier, ending his career as Chief of Science and Natural Resources.

Lapp far exceeded her duties as Glacier botanist, a job that focused in large part on the restoration of native plants in conjunction with the reconstruction of the Going-to-the-Sun Road.

Joyce is a true leader. She not only established the Park’s native plant nursery that so many local people know about in the Flathead Valley particularly, through the extensive volunteer program. She brought in youth from across the region - including kids from the Blackfeet and Flathead reservations - to work together and learn how to restore the land.

Headwaters Montana had three very strong candidates for this award. In truth there is a backlog of people - both citizens and employees of the Park - who we could recognize for their outstanding efforts to protect Glacier.

This year’s award citation notes that Joyce established the Park’s native plant nursery, as well as the Peace Park Garden in Waterton-Lakes National Park. She made sure that protocols were put in place for inspecting soils imported into the Park to prevent the spread of weeds, and incorporated education as a standard part of the plant restoration program. She led in establishing native plant greenhouses in Columbia Falls and Browning for student training, as well as developed a school curriculum called STARS (Students Taking Action for Restoration and Stewardship).

Throughout her career, Joyce had far-ranging influence on the science of restoration, from collection and propagation of plant materials to planting, monitoring, and doing outreach to other Park resource managers, other agencies, and park visitors on the science and the art of restoration.

The programs Joyce developed have been fully established and continue to run successfully, demonstrating that her legacy will continue to benefit Glacier Park.

We thank Joyce on her outstanding efforts to protect Glacier Park and congratulate her on her winning the first Jack Potter Glacier National Park Stewardship award.

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Clearance Finds Under $50 @ Nine West

Clockwise from top: Enricos, $39.99-$49.99; Haydin, $29.99; Hamptonesk, $29.99-$39.99; Goto, $34.99; Ladidah, $49.99. Check out the rest of their huge clearance section for more.

(BTW- Purchases over $50 ship free, and code NWFALLV08 knocks $10 off a purchase $65 or more.)

Ditto Does 80's Style Plus

Gossip frontwoman Beth Ditto has signed on to join the growing army of celebrity designers with their own label or capsule collection, thanks to a collaboration with Brit plus-size retailer Evans.
If you're remotely aware of this lady, you'll know that she's majorly into glam rock and 80's style, and she daringly rocks ensembles with a confidence that would blow any catwalk model right off the runway. Most of Ditto's own clothing is custom made by designers. She's always been outspoken about how places like Topshop don't cater to women her size, so her offerings will be the fruit of a personal crusade, and will be inspired by her own 80's aesthetic.
So I guess maybe for once, girls like me will be the ones sighing "I wish they made that in my size"?

Ruche: Sorta Like Anthropologie Lite

I happened upon a little online shop today that struck me as something Anthropologie shoppers might dig. It's called Ruche (say: roosh), tagline "a modern boutique with a vintage touch."

Unlike Anthropologie they aren't charging a 4,000% markup on wispy garments cobbled together by third world children. They have some really adorable dresses, most of which hit around the $30 range.

The pieces featured here range from $7.99 to $44.99. It's not a huge selection (think 20-40 products per category) but it's a quality over quantity thing for sure. Oh! And fans of organic fabrics will find more than just t-shirts to tickle their fancy.

Just FYI, Ruche is based out of California and owned by a cute young chick named Mai. Always gotta give entrepreneurial ladies props.

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Steve Madden Sale Finds is taking an automatic 30% off their clearance items right now. These are my top picks:Dionnne (also in brown) - $62.99
Innka (also in black) - $55.99

Calvin Klein: Too Slutty for TV Again

On the heels of last year's naked Eva Mendes commercial - which made TV network execs' balls hurt at just the thought of airing it - they've created another for-internet-only commercial.

I have to ask, in the 2 girls and a guy shots, wtf is the girl on the edge of the couch getting out of that situation? She's pretty much just balanced there squashing her own boobs. Looks like fun!

This Week's Private Sale Boutiques

I'm a big fan of these members only sale sites, but not every virtual sale boutique they open is "cool." Here are this week's great labels:

Tuesday, Jan. 27 - Vix (Swimwear) @
Wednesday, Jan. 28 - Kova & T @
Thursday, Jan. 29 - What Comes Around Goes Around (Vintage styles) @
Friday, Jan. 30 - Charlotte Ronson @

Most of these sales last only a day or two, so act fast. Check the site for the exact start time of each sale - they vary, and you want to get in before it's picked over.

P.S. Go ahead and email if you need an invite to any of these sites.

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Lancome Rocks with "Pink Irreverence"

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I never thought a gloss with this much glitter could win my heart, let alone in a traffic-halting hot pink. In the last few years, I've laid all the makeup weight on my eyes and left my lips lightly glossed (following that cardinal rule most sane women abide by - that you can do major eyes or do major lips, but to do both leaves you looking like a drunk hooker.) However, it's hard to not be mesmerized by Lancome's new La Laque Fever ($26.) It's a mega-shine, mega-sparkle, mega-hued gloss in an angular case, with a flat edged, pointed tip applicator that allows for a defined cupid's bow. They seem to have thought of everything!

The good: It stays on for hours. Even when the sheen of the gloss dulls, the color remains true, and the glitter isn't lost with the goo. It's really about as glam as it gets - Hedwig herself would be stocking up.
The bad: This ain't no slap-and-go gloss - you'd better carry a mirror if you plan to reapply. With a product this intense, anything but precision will leave you with a psychedelic 'stache or a neo-kinderwhore smear.

The Electric Pink pictured above is just one of several luxuriously punked-out products in the "Pink Irreverence" Spring 09 Color Collection by makeup artist Aaron De Mey, Lancome's International Creative Director.

[Image: Lancome]

Just a head's up: The color fever gloss in this collection called Piha Black (above, layered over red lipstick) sold out like crazy on it's first release, so if you want to try it, jump on it now. It's a sheer, glittery black created as a topcoat to dramatize an existing lipstick shade - or it can be worn alone for a more avant garde look.

P.S. - Want this tee? Send your email address to with a photo of you and your favorite Lancome product. One winner (chosen by staff) will get this super cute American Apparel shirt and their photo featured on Hearts Like Stars. (T-shirt available in size small only.)

Urban Decay Launches Fab New Shades for Spring

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This weekend some of my trusted product junkies/testers and I had a blast messing with the newest rockstar-ready shades from Urban Decay.

Having never quite gotten over my childhood David Bowie crush, I'm a big fan of Heavy Metal eyeliner. Check out the site for 4 new shades. ($18 each)
The good: The mica particles stay put, and they're dispersed enough that you end up avoiding the trannyliciousness that glitter makeup can sometimes induce. Pressed along the upper lash line and/or layered over a liquid liner, it's a killer accent.
The bad: Removal can be a bit irritating if you're not careful (like if you've come home from a night of other reckless behaviors and have little in the way of patience.) And as with all glitter, once you wash it it's free to travel your face like a pair of Blake Lively's jeans.

24/7 Glide-On Eyeliner also comes in 4 new shades, and is true to it's name. ($16 each)
The good: It's soft and smooth and metallic and won't budge unless you want it to.
The bad: Zip.

Their new product in 12 shades is a Cream Eyeshadow that comes in a small tube and is applied with a lip gloss style wand. My advice? Blend with a finger for the best effect. ($17 each)
The good: It does metallic far more convincingly than a powder shadow, and it doesn't settle in the crease. Plus, it feels cool on your lids.
The bad: It's not really a "bad"- but just be careful not to use eye makeup remover immediately beforehand, or it'll chunk up.

Honorable Mention: Check out the packaging on their lipstick (the latest shade is a version of their famous Midnight Cowboy champagne color.) All their lipsticks have a dagger jutting out of the bottom that you tug to release the tube. Slightly impractical? Yes. But it deserves a bad-ass award for creativity. And by the way -despite the glitter in the formula, the new shade really goes on smooth.

Just for the fuckofit - some more pics from our fun shoot with model Erin R.:

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Sneak Peek! McQueen for Target

Okay, come to find out, some of the Alexander McQueen Go! International stuff looks like shit. And I'm not super pleased with the Hot Topic-esque choices of neon pink and cobalt blue as the "pops of color" amid the grey and black. But there are some fantastic pieces (t-shirt, vest, jumpsuit, jacket, dress) in the collection that I will stab you for even looking at in a size 6 before I get there. (Just warning you.) Here they are (via Nylon Magazine, where you can see everything):

P.S. - Way to pick a model who looks like a dude. (Androgyny is a fine thing, but this lady is falling on the other side of the line.) Target's website still has no official press release posted as to the date it's coming out, nor do I know the prices of these pieces, but I'll keep you posted.

King McQueen and a Rather Dull YSL

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Pre-fall from Alexander McQueen featured long silhouettes with volume placed at the extremities in the form of fishtail skirts, layered jackets and bell sleeves.

I'd love for the stained-glass print (center) to overtake the tired tattoo as the lazy labelwhore's look du jour. (Haven't we had our fill of Ed Hardy yet? I mean, when the skanks on Rock of Love are fans, you need to take a step back and reconsider your choices.)

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Meanwhile, Yves Saint Laurent gave us this elegant (but been-there-done-that) Grecian gown and a sick asymmetric leather bomber. Beyond that, there wasn't much that was flattering or innovative. The highwater pleated pants, plain shift dresses and torso-widening woven details did nothing for me.

Clinique Launches Spring 2009 Collection "First Blush"

I had the opportunity to try out the spring 2009 collection from Clinique this past week, "First Blush". Highlights include flower-themed eyeshadow duos in ethereal neutrals, high-shine glosses with just a whisper of color, and the standout innovation I adore - Quick Blush.

I have to admit, I'm a child and I played with the products before reading the details, so I had no idea how to use Quick Blush and ended up sticking my finger in the cap (where the blush is.) Here's how it actually works:

With a twist the brush picks up just enough blush from the cap to add a nice flush to your cheeks. Equally impressive is the quality of the super-soft retractable brush, which alone is worth the price of the product. I'll probably clean it and continue to use it even after the blush runs out. Reduce, reuse, recycle, ladies!

The eyeshadow packaging is super cute, and Clinique just has a knack for creating universally flattering shades. Of course I could show you pics of the gorgeous model with artist-applied eyeshadow they sent me, but I wanted y'all to see how they look on a real chick who applied them in about 30 seconds:

[Fresh Bloom Eye Shadow ($16.50 each, from left): Tiger Lily, Apple Blossom, Maple Blossom, Cherry Blossom; Lash Doubling Mascara ($14, all photos); Long Last Glosswear SPF 15 in First Blush (1,2) and Honey Shimmer (3,4), $14 each; Quick Blush in Hurry Honey (1,3) and In-a-Rush Blush (2,4) $21.50.]

"First Blush" will be available at Clinique locations nationwide in February 2009, and online at

P.S. My faves? The Quick Blush in Hurry Honey and the shadow in Tiger Lily.

Vivienne Westwood Forgot Her Meds

Granted most guys on earth dress like shit anyway, but I look to the runways to steer them towards improvement, not further peril. Let me share with you some choice looks from the completely disjointed and bizarre men's Pre-Fall 2009 collection by older-than-fuck fashion rockstar Vivienne Westwood. God love her for pioneering decades of fearless visual bitchslap style, and having that vision years before she got her first rubber sweater over Johnny Rotten's greasy head. But I'm not going to lie - after this shambling shitshow (with like a handful of straight up suits mixed in?), she might wanna stick to womenswear.
Then again what do I know, maybe I just don't understand her genius and she's trying to appeal to these untapped niche markets:

Ex 90's Club Kids
Dave Matthew's Band roadies
John Cougar Mellencamp
Black dudes who really want to get beat up
Psychedelic... chicken... warriors?

[All photos by Davide Maestri via WWD]

Will Topshop NYC Ever Open?

The NYC Topshop flagship was supposed to open in September 2008...then November 2008...on Jan. 5 it was leaked that the opening would be March 26, 2009 at 9 p.m. The next day it was reported a fire broke out in the store. Causing further delays? Who knows.

What's the real holdup, I wonder? Money problems? Perfecting the in-store Kate Moss shrine? Seems top secret, whatever it is. Their website offers no info on the new location.

I don't know where to begin - I'm literally shaking with excitement about all the sick sale items this Brit store ASOS (yes they ship to the US) has up for grabs! I'll just let these pictures speak 5,584,879 words to your face:

L to R from top: Polka dot dress - $35.51; Religion asymmetric mini dress - $35.51; Religion grecian tulip dress - $40.35; Religion cut out shoulder dress - $40.35; Bellanina wool bandeau dress - $56.49; Religion razor blade detail dress - $64. 56; Miss Milne beaded 20's dress - $61.33; Miss Milne ruffle neck chiffon dress - $80. 70; Chandelier lace dress - $56.49; Miss Milne lightening dress - $80.70; Lipsy strappy body con dress - $56.49.

Katie Holmes for Miu Miu

Check her new campaign shot by Mert Alas and Marcus Piggott. She's looking better than she has since the start of her Scientology imprisonment, don't you think? Can't say the same for the dress - c'mon Prada! What is that, a stained janitor's rag with accordion pleats?

Designers Love Obama

From left: Zac Posen, Diane Von Furstenberg, Donna Karan, Juicy Couture, Tory Burch.
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Women's Wear Daily posted a slideshow today featuring the designer items created for sale at Barack Obama's inauguration. The proceeds from their sale will support the costs of the inauguration. You can get them at through February.

I think the only one I would wear (to the gym) is Donna Karan's, although the article mentions a Rachel Roy t-shirt not shown that says "I (heart) my president" which I might also consider (for the gym.)


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Friday, August 23, 2013

MAY 22 - On Saturday Lynn helped our new neighbor, John Miller, work on water troughs on the low range pasture, cleaning out the spring boxes so there would be more flow into the troughs.

Lynn and I put up an electric wire along both sides of the fence between Dottie and Sprout. Even though the fence between them is 6 feet tall, they try to fight each other, rearing up and trying to strike and bite over the fence. The hot wire will keep them more civilized!

Emily helped me clean house and Sunday evening we had our family all together for dinner—Michael and Carolyn and kids, and Andrea and kids. This was a group birthday celebration for all of Michael’s family (birthdays in April) and for Lynn and Andrea (birthdays May 17 and 21).

Today Andrea and I rode for nearly 5 hours on Sprout and Ed, checking the fence around the middle range pasture, fixing some broken wires where the elk went through, and shutting gates. There were a few places where new posts are needed, and those will have to wait until we have more help.

MAY 28 – On Thursday we had a little rain, and new snow on the mountains. I put new front shoes on Ed; her feet are getting long (stumbling) and the shoes are worn out. Then Andrea and I rode to check more fences and fix a range gate, and went through the road pasture on the upper place where Michael and Carolyn’s cattle are grazing. One of their calves (Popsicle—the one that Carolyn and Andrea rescued in January when it was stuck on it’s back and freezing to death) was lame with a swollen front leg. It looked like a rattlesnake bite. We’ve seen a lot of snakes already this spring. After we fixed the gate and checked several water troughs we hurried home so Andrea could go to town and pick up the kids; it was their last day of school and they got out early.

Our new neighbor, John Miller, put his cows out on the low range pasture that afternoon and took them to Baker Creek. They are pasture cattle and have never been on the range before, so they tried to go back home. They were all ganged up along the fence the next morning—hungry and thirsty. Andrea and I rode Sprout and Ed and moved them back to Baker Creek, where they all drank and then went to grazing. We left them spread out over that area and continued our ride up into the middle range to check a few more water troughs to see which ones need worked on.

Saturday we rode with John to show him the middle range and where all the troughs are located. He was delayed awhile because one of his neighbor’s cows had come into his place that morning and had a broken leg—and the neighbor asked him to butcher the cow and hang it in a friend’s cooler. While we waited for John to ride over here, we got our horses ready and picked more than 100 ticks off the two of them. Riding through the sagebrush this spring we’ve gotten a lot of ticks, on ourselves and our horses. We keep picking them off the horses every time we ride.

We showed John the middle range and troughs that need fixed, closed another gate that had been left open all winter, and showed him the collapsed braces where we need to build a new gate between the high range and middle range. He was hoping he could remember the names and locations of all the troughs, so I told him I would make him a map of all the range pastures.

Sunday afternoon we took Sam and Dani for their first ride this summer on 27-year-old Veggie and Ed.

Andrea rode Breezy and I rode 26-year-old Rubbie. I trimmed Veggie’s and Rubbie’s feet just before we rode. Then we made a short ride over the low range and got back just ahead of a thunderstorm. We got the horses put away before it started raining hard.

Today I made enlarged copies of an old topography map of our area, so I can make the range map for John, drawing in the fences, gates, troughs and other important landmarks. This afternoon we vaccinated some of the horses with their annual boosters for West Nile Virus, encephalomyelitis, tetanus, influenza and rhinopneumonitis.

JUNE 4 – Wednesday Lynn, Andrea and one of Emily’s friends made a new gate in the middle range/low range fence. The old gate in the corner of the low range pasture was eliminated when the neighboring rancher put his property fence on line, moving it up the slope several hundred feet. This created a major obstacle for moving range cattle from pasture to pasture, so we built a new gate farther back along the range fence, on grade with the new fence corner, so the cattle can travel around that corner without having to climb straight up the steep mountainside.

Sprout was dull and lethargic for a few days after her vaccination, probably running a low-grade fever. Ed showed no ill effects from her shots, possibly because I’ve been giving her a small dose of “bute” every day to alleviate lameness from her old hock injury and her front foot soreness that has been getting worse the last couple of years. The “bute” is a good anti-inflammatory, similar to aspirin or ibuprofen and it probably minimized any fever or discomfort she might have had from vaccination.

Michael worked for a couple days hauling more dirt away from the back side of Andrea’s house, making more room for vehicles, and backsloping the hill so it won’t topple down or be dangerous for the children to fall down it. He hauled the dirt to our barnyard to cover the big rocks he put as a base in the lane to prevent trucks and tractors getting stuck during wet weather. Now there’s a good rock base but a smooth surface so we don’t keep stumbling over the big rocks!

On Friday we took Sam and Dani for another short ride on Veggie and Ed, and I put front shoes on Rubbie when we got home. That night it got cold again, down to 30 degrees, and froze our tomato plants in the back of the jeep. We’ll have to get some more from our neighbor’s greenhouse!

Saturday Andrea and I rode to check more of the range and then gave Sam and Dani a ride on Veg and Ed when we got home, and Emily rode Sprout—now that Sprout has settled down and become more dependable again. She no longer tries to buck.

Yesterday Andrea, Carolyn, young Heather and I helped John Miller and his family, and our other neighbor Alfonzo gather the cows off the low range and move them to the middle pasture.

Today Carolyn and Heather brought their two old horses, Molly (age 30) and Chance (in his late 20’s) down to Andrea’s house to let them graze around her place to eat down the grass and weeds. They’ve run out of pasture around their barnyard, and those old horses do better eating grass with their bad teeth than eating hay. Young Heather will be coming down each morning to feed them their “mash” of moistened pellets (easy to chew) and change the fly mask on Chance. The face flies bother him a lot, so the fly mask keeps them away from his eyes and he’s a lot more comfortable.

Lynn and I used a step-ladder in Dottie’s pen to trim the elm tree branches while I had her tied in the calving pen for a tying lesson. The branches have grown a lot this summer and are hanging down to where she can reach them. She’s been eating the leaves and branches and they’re not very good for her.

This afternoon we vaccinated Dottie and Willow. This evening just before we went to bed I looked out the window and noticed that Dottie was uncomfortable, alternately picking up all four feet, treading in place. I went out there, brought her out of her pen so she could eat a little grass (to distract her during her first experience with a rectal thermometer) and took her temperature. She was uncomfortable and trembling in pain, and kept her tail clamped down, but I kept rubbing alongside it—a place horse’s like to be rubbed because that’s hard place to reach for itching. Eventually she relaxed and lifted her tail so I could slip the thermometer into her rectum.

Her temperature was 102.4 degrees, which was definitely above normal (a horse’s normal temperature ranges from 99 to 100.5 degrees). She was probably having a reaction to the vaccination. I gave her an injection of Banamine to ease the fever and discomfort. When I put her back in her pen I turned on the yard light that illuminates that pen and the calving pen, so I could watch her during the night, checking on her periodically from the house windows.

JUNE 10 – The day after we vaccinated the fillies Dottie seemed ok (after the Banamine that night) and her temperature was normal. Nick and young Heather came down to our place early that morning and helped us get our cows and calves in from the field and sort off the calves. We vaccinated the cows, vaccinated and tagged the yearling heifers, then branded and vaccinated the calves. It was nice having the grandkids helping; they are a lot stronger than we are! We also vaccinated the three yearling bulls we’ve been feeding for Michael here in our corral.

Dani and Charlie came down to watch the branding. Afterward, they all had lunch at our house. Then the little kids went back to Andrea’s house to help Heather feed the old horses, and Dani went with Heather for the rest of the afternoon—to watch her working with some of the young horses she’s training. This summer she is training several horses again for various people.

Dottie seemed a little dull again by afternoon so I took her temperature and it was very high—105.5 degrees. So I gave her another injection of Banamine. Then Andrea and I rode Ed and Sprout for several hours to check the cows on the middle range. I gave Dottie a partial dose of Banamine just before we went to bed that night (even though her temp had come back down to normal) so I wouldn’t have to get up in the middle of the night to give her another dose. The next day she seemed ok and her temperature stayed normal.

On Thursday the little kids had another riding lesson with their big cousin. Emily and a friend put up a fake electric fence (baling twine) along Andrea’s driveway, so the 2 old horses could graze it and mow down the grass on the edge that we can’t cut for hay. Andrea and I rode and checked the range cows; some are too high (eating the short grass at the higher elevation before it has a chance to grow) and some of John’s cows are grouped too much in a canyon in the lower part where there isn’t enough water for that many cows. So on Friday we moved those cows to better grass and spread them out in a couple of draws where there is plenty of water. It will take them awhile to learn how to use the range.

I’ve been giving Dottie tying lessons the last several mornings and she’s learning to be more patient instead of pawing at the fence, and yesterday I trimmed her feet.
Michael and Carolyn branded and vaccinated their calves yesterday and took their herd up to the 320 acre mountain pasture. Four of their cows haven’t calved yet, so they will brand and vaccinate those calves later this summer.

Lynn made a new pipe to go through the culvert under the road (our old one disappeared) so we can pump water for the cows on the hill pasture. Emily and her friend Noah helped Lynn take water troughs and the pump and hoses up to the culvert under the road by heifer hill, and helped him pump. Today we moved our cows from the field below the lane and took them to the hill pasture, then Andrea and I continued riding up to the middle range. We found too many cows in the first canyon, without water. So we gathered them out of the brush and moved them to the 2nd and 3rd draws. It was stormy that evening, but Michael came down and put new shoes on Sprout. He was just finishing when Carolyn came down on her 4-wheeler to tell him that Heather had discovered a young calf hiding in the sagebrush by their upper corral. He was bawling and very hungry. Heather grabbed him and got him into the corral.

Apparently one of the pregnant cows calved a few days before the branding, and didn’t have her calf with her when they gathered the group to take to the corral. Like a deer, cows hide their babies (to be safe from predators while mama goes to graze) and come back to the hiding place to nurse the baby, until he’s several days old and more mobile. This young calf had been without his mama for 36 hours; she’d been taken with the herd up to the 320-acre mountain pasture.

So Michael quickly finished shoeing Sprout and went to help Carolyn and Heather take the calf back to its mama before dark. He drove their little truck up the mountain, with Carolyn and Heather holding onto the calf in the back of the truck. The cow was bawling at the gate, and baby answered her. When they let him out of the truck he ran to her and started nursing, just as a hailstorm hit. It was a downpour, and made the jeep track so slippery that Michael was barely able to drive back along the jeep track without getting stuck or sliding off the mountain.

JUNE 20 – Michael got all of Heather’s trainees shod, reshod Breezy for me and put new shoes on Ed’s hind feet before he went back to North Dakota to his truck-driving job. Heather started working with Dottie every day when she comes down to feed the old horses their pellet “mush” and change Chance’s fly mask. It took a couple days of persistent work to get Dottie over her saddle phobia. When we bought Dottie last fall she’d been halter trained (to lead and tie) and her former owner said that she’d been saddled (but not ridden yet). Something must have happened that scared her during saddling, because she was very skittish about having the saddle put on her from the left (traditional) side, but had no fear of it being put on from the other side.

She kept jumping and spinning away from the lightweight training saddle as Heather tried to desensitize her with it (and nearly work out Heather’s arm with all the repetition, trying to show her it wasn’t going to hurt her). Heather finally put her in a corner where she couldn’t move away from it, and Dottie eventually resigned herself to having it swung up onto her back.

Heather works with Dottie in the mornings while she’s here taking care of Molly and Chance, then spends the rest of the day working with the other horses she’s training. She works them in her round corral, and in the new arena (not fenced yet, but created with dirt that Michael hauled in and smoothed/leveled). As they progress she takes them out on the range, leading them from another horse, or riding one and leading another, then switches and rides the other one on the way home.

A week ago Andrea and I made a long ride in the rain to check cows, fences and fix another gate. The cows were spread out better in the cool weather and we didn’t have to move any that day. We spent more time checking fences and gates.

But when we got to the 3rd canyon our horses started snorting and didn’t want to cross the little creek. I made it across with Ed, and Andrea was just starting to take Sprout along the sidehill to the upper crossing when Sprout spooked at something and whirled around and tried to bolt out of there. It’s a good thing she’s very strong and agile and had brand-new shoes on, with good traction (toe and heel calks) or she would have fallen down on that steep, slippery hill and rolled to the bottom.
Andrea got her stopped and finally got her across on the lower crossing where it wasn’t so steep. We saw a lone black critter lying in the sagebrush along the trail ahead of us, and it looked dead. As we got closer we saw that it was indeed dead—one of John’s bulls. We found out later that the bull died in the creek the day before. John and his boys brought their team of draft horses out there to pull the body up the bank and out of the creek area. Our horses were spooking when they smelled the trail left from dragging the dead bull.

On Friday Andrea made a fast ride on Breezy to check the cows. Heather started longeing Dottie with the saddle on, getting her used to its feel and sound, and flopping stirrups.

Then she spent a couple days playing with a tarp, letting Dottie walk on it, paw it, and get used to it being put over her back, over her head, etc. She’s not a bit afraid of new things, so we realize that her saddle phobia must have been caused by something that really scared her when she was being saddled. Sammy and Dani “helped” her work with Dottie a couple days, playing with the tarp and longeing Dottie with it draped over her.

Then Heather got on Dottie for the first time and I led her around the pen, to get her used to the feeling of someone on her back. She’s coming along nicely in her training.

The little kids are also enjoying their occasional lessons up at Heather’s arena, riding Gus, Captain and some of the other horses. Heather enjoys teaching young kids and young horses.

On Sunday afternoon Andrea and I rode through the highest part of the middle range and found that lots of cows already using that area, eating the short grass (hardly any grass left up there). We spent an hour patching a big hole in the fence where a huge fir tree blew down over it, wiping out several posts. We used a lot of baling twine (which I always carry in pommel bags on my saddle) and tied a bunch of big branches together to make a barrier that the cows can’t go through—to keep them from going into the high range pasture too soon.

On Tuesday Andrea rode Sprout out on the range to check cows by herself, and ended up chasing a huge mob of cows down out of the high country. They are out of feed up there and wanting to go into the high pasture.

Yesterday was windy and stormy so we skipped Dottie’s lesson. Heather (riding a young mare she trained, named Lacey) rode with Andrea and me to chase more of the high cows down to better grass.

We rode up into the 320 pasture on our way, and a thunderstorm hit—so we waited it out for nearly an hour in the canyon as the lightning cracked all around us. Heather’s dogs were trying to hide under the horses. Lacey and Ed didn’t mind the dogs but Sprout didn’t like them and acted like she would kick them, so we made sure the dogs stayed away from her.

The pelting rain turned to hail and we would have been thoroughly soaked if we hadn’t been wearing chinks (to protect our legs) and good coats. When the worst of the lightning had passed, we continued on, and gathered a bunch of cows out of the high country and took them down to better grass. It was a bit challenging on the slippery wet hillsides, but it didn’t start raining again until we were done chasing the cows and started home again. Lynn had started a fire in our wood stove and it felt really good to come into a warm house and hang our wet coats by the stove to dry.

Today Andrea and I rode Sprout and Ed again and moved some of John’s cows that were grouped in the lower end of Baker Creek with too many for the water supply, and spread them out over the middle area of that range, where there’s a lot more grass--and access to several water troughs.

Friday, August 2, 2013

APRIL 30 – We had a few more cold nights, down to 14 degrees. Then it warmed up a little. Michael helped Lynn take the post pounder off our smallest tractor, and put the blade on it, to start cleaning ditches. Andrea and I hadn’t taken time to work with the fillies for awhile, or ride Sprout, so on Thursday we caught and brushed the fillies, and then rode Ed and Sprout on a fast ride about 5 miles up the creek and back. We hurried home so Andrea could get to town on time to take the little girls to dance practice after school, and Charlie to the computer place where he is learning to fix computers.
Friday afternoon Dani came down to see her favorite cow, Maggie, and calf.

Andrea and I worked with the fillies again, and rode Ed and Sprout—a fast ride over to Beachy’s place (a 12 mile round trip). We were thinking Sprout was finally starting to behave again, until a group of horses came galloping up alongside the fence to greet us. Sprout spun and bolted (since Andrea wouldn’t let her buck), and Andrea had to pull her around really sharply to halt her. She behaved better on the way home.

When we got back, we checked on the cows and calves and discovered that one of the youngest calves (Maggeruete’s calf) was very sick with scours. He had been fine that morning, but by 6 p.m. was squirting watery diarrhea. He was very weak and staggery, not nursing his mother. We brought the pair in from the field and put them in one of the pens by the barn, and gave the calf 1 ½ quarts of warm water and electrolytes (with a liquid oral antibiotic and kaolin/pectin mixed in) via nasogastric tube.

We gave him more fluids/medication by tube in the middle of the night (at 1a.m.). Andrea and Dani came from their house, and Dani held the flashlight for us. She wanted to help: “I don’t want the calf to die, Grandma.”

He seemed a little better by morning and was nursing his mother, so we skipped the 7 a.m. tubing, which was a mistake. By late morning he was squirting colored water and was very weak again. We realized he needed fluid more frequently to keep from becoming dehydrated; this was a much more serious case than we’ve had for many years. We started tubing him every 4 hours through the days and nights.

Sunday morning was windy and raining, so we took the pair across the creek to the sick barn for shelter (we never put sick calves in our calving barn). The calf was barely able to walk, but he made it. We started giving him extra Keopectate by mouth (about 4 ounces by dose syringe) in between the every-4-hour tubings of fluid, to try to slow down the diarrhea. His gum color was still good, with good capillary refill time, so we knew he didn’t need IV fluids; the frequent oral tubings were keeping him hydrated.

That morning our neighbor Alfonzo started burning brush piles along the creek on the old Gooch place. The weather was windy and the fire got away from him and burned up some of the trees along the creek. He got worried and sped down the creek in his pickup, and brought back several of the Amish men and their water pump, and they spent the rest of the day helping him contain the fire.
Michael helped Lynn clean the old straw and manure out of our calving barn, so it will be clean for next year. During this stormy weather we’re glad we have the secondary barn for shelter.

Maggeruete’s calf is protected from the wind and rain. He’s finally doing better. I went to give him one of his doses of keopectate yesterday afternoon and he was actually nursing his mother. After we tubed him in the evening I gave him a dose of probiotics, a paste containing some of the “gut bugs” he needs—in case the antibiotics have killed off the natural flora in his digestive tract. He was doing so much better that we didn’t get up in the night to tube him, just gave him a dose early this morning and again at noon and at chore time this evening. When I checked on him tonight before bedtime, I decided that he has finally “graduated” and no longer needs fluids. He’s nursing regularly and his bowel movements have firmed up. He’s feeling strong and sassy again and can probably go back out to the field soon.

MAY 7 – Maggeruete’s calf is happy to be back out in the field again with all his buddies. After the prolonged diarrhea he lost all the hair off his hind end, and looks a little funny with all that wrinkled bare skin, so now his nickname is Elephant Boy.

Last Wednesday Michael and Carolyn moved their cows and new babies to the field above the upper corral, so they won’t have access to the creek. Where they’ve been crossing the creek from the Wild Meadow to Gopher Meadow, there is risk for calves being swept away and drowning, now that warmer days resulted in high water from snow melting on the mountain. That morning they also found a freshly-killed deer along the road, mostly eaten. It looks like a wolf kill.

Michael helped Lynn check a couple ditches on the Gooch place that serve some of our fields. Both ditches need new headgates. The next day he used our backhoe and helped Lynn fix one of our ditch outlets. Yesterday he used the backhoe to fix the two Gooch ditches and put in the new headgates. We need to get all our fields irrigated while we have adequate water in the creek.

Lynn and I sent to see the spring dance program at the school. Sammy and Dani were in several dances; both girls are really good at clogging.

On Sunday Andrea and I rode Ed and Sprout, shutting a few more range gates and going around our 320 pasture fence to see where it needs repairs after winter elk damage. The gate between the middle and high range pasture is non-functional; the brace on one end is completely flat. We’ll have to set new posts.

Yesterday while Michael was working on ditches (after feeding their cows that morning), Carolyn checked their cows again in the late afternoon and found another one had calved—with twins. She was mothering one twin but abandoned the first one before he’d had a chance to nurse. He was cold, hungry and very weak. Carolyn brought him home on the 4-wheeler. He was too weak and lethargic to nurse a bottle, so Michael tubed him with substitute colostrum as soon as he got home. They made a place for him in a corner of their basement.

Today Michael and Carolyn took their stock trailer to Helena to pick up young Heather’s horses and some of her things to bring home from college, so Lynn and I went up to their place this morning after chores to get clued in on what to feed the calf. They had to tube him again late last night, but he did suck part of a bottle at 5 a.m. He drank ¾ of a quart when Carolyn fed him just before they left for Helena.

Andrea and I rode today and shut more range gates, and patched a hole in the fence between the low range and middle range where bikers made a new little “bicycle gate” but failed to hook the fence wires back up again.

Lynn helped Alfonzo pull some brush out of the creek that was obstructing water flow into one of the ditches. Then Lynn and I went up at 4 pm to feed the calf, but he was very lethargic and didn’t want much milk—and had a high fever. So we gave him an injection of antibiotics. By the time Michael and Carolyn got home at 10:30 this evening the calf was feeling better and nursed a full feeding of milk replacer.

MAY 17 – Last week Lynn hauled another load of big round bales to the upper place for Michael and Carolyn’s cows. Nick drove home from Iowa (William Penn University) and got here Thursday afternoon. He and Michael took a few little bales up for their horses—for Lynn to feed them when we did their chores again. We were the “battery backup” for all the chores last weekend, with everyone gone.

Thursday afternoon Charlie sang a solo in his school program, and then Andrea and kids drove to Utah for Sam’s national dance competition that weekend, and her group got 2nd place!

Lynn fed all their pets while they were gone. Friday morning Michael and Nick brought the calf down here for me to take care of. Michael, Carolyn and Nick drove to Helena to spend 2 days for young Heather’s graduation from Carroll College.

We fixed a place in our barn for the calf, where he could go in and out—to the grassy pen in front of the barn. He gets a bottle 3 times a day—early morning before chores, at 2 pm in the afternoon, and last thing at night before bedtime. Lynn fed him a few times for me.

Young Heather graduated with honors on Saturday. She was one of 10 graduating seniors (out of 288 graduates) with a 4.00 grade for all 4 years. On Sunday Michael, Carolyn and Nick packed the rest of her things and came home that evening. We kept the calf here one more night. When I fed him just before bedtime, he was so determined to follow me afterward (wanting more milk) that he shimmied under the metal gate and came running after me. I had to lock him in the barn to make sure he didn’t escape again. Michael and kids came down the next morning with their trailer to take him back home. It was nice to see young Heather and give her a hug, and a graduation gift.

That afternoon Andrea and I rode Ed and Sprout to check more range fences.

We try to ride every day to put more miles on Sprout and get her settled into working attitude. She was doing pretty well (hadn’t tried to buck for several days) until yesterday when we made a short fast ride in the rain. By the time we came home it had stopped raining. We were trotting past another horse in a field, and when Sprout heard that horse whinny she blew up and started bucking. Andrea got her under control and made her gallop around a bit before we continued home. That crazy mare needs a lot more (and harder) rides to become more dependable.

Yesterday evening at chores I checked the cows and calves when I was re-filling one of their water troughs and noticed that Mary Mary Conskentrary’s calf was dull and had diarrhea. Lynn and I brought the pair in from the field, to one of the side pens where we could catch the calf and give her oral neomycin sulfate solution. They we hurried to town to the annual Spring Concert at the High School. Charlie’s 5th grade band group played several pieces (and Charlie had a trombone solo), and Emily’s high school choir sang several songs (and Em had a short solo). We are proud of both kids. Em has been too shy to sing a solo before now, and Charlie just started playing trombone in mid-January. We are glad they both enjoy music.

This morning it is actually raining. It’s been a dry spring, so any rain is much appreciated. We put Mary Mary and her calf into the sick barn where the calf can stay warm and dry. She seems a little better and stronger today.


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Thieves Guilds

Numerous thieves’ guilds operate throughout Rassilon, though most are confined to the major towns. Eachguild claims ownership of all nefarious activities within its territory and is quick to punish freelancers.

In most instances the guilds operate in secret, ruled over by a shadowy guildmaster (or mistress). Only in Freetown do the guilds operate openly, and then only because Lord Blackhand allows it.

Despite being, literally, dens of thieves, each guild has its own by-laws, which members are expected to follow for the good of the guild. Most guilds avoid robbing any-one in the slums, not only because the wretches who dwell in such areas have little to steal, but also because they rely on the populace to act as their eyes and ears. In return, the guilds hand out a little of their gains to ease the suffering of the locals.

Guilds use a secret language, known as Fingerspeak, a form of sign language used to impart basic information, such as the ease of cutting a mark’s purse, warnings about watch activities, and so on. It’s little use for holding a conversation, however. Every guild has its own unique sign, so members can recognize each other with-out alerting passersby.

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A book for every darling, this Christmas.

F. Scott Fitzgerald's
This Side of Paradise, Flappers and Philosophers, Tender is the Night,
The Pleasures and the Damned & The Last Tycoon

White's Classics
Alice in Wonderland, Treasure Island, Jane Eyre, Great Expectations,
Pride and Prejudice, Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde, Wuthering Heights & Sherlock Holmes

E. H. Gombrich's A Little History of the World

Cyril Wong's Satori Blues

Troy Chin's The Resident Tourist (Part 4)

Antoine de Saint-Exupéry's The Little Prince
(pop-up edition)

Paula Rego's Nursery Rhymes

Hywel Davis' Fashion Designers' Sketchbooks

Orla Kiely's Pattern

Nguan's Shibuya

Singapore Shophouses

Milk (Issue No. 4)

We have something for every darling, this Christmas.
So, Santa baby, won't you hurry down the chimney tonight?

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A reminder in the storm

Here [Genesis 15:3-16] was another sign of God’s covenant promise. Abraham was told his descendants would be pilgrims in a land not their own for 400 years. They had quite a storm to ride out, like the disciples on the sea (Matt 14:22-36), like the pilgrims of our nation did (Thanksgiving time). Many of the pilgrims died, but God also prospered them on the other side of the storm, as He did Israel. Whatever storm you are in now, take this cup as God’s way for you to look to Christ. He has provided a sacrifice to atone for your sin. He will keep you in His hand, whatever storm He sends you through here.

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  1. Thanks Steve for publishing your "snippets" from your prayers and exhortations from past Lord's Days. I so appreciate your sermonettes at the Lord's Table and your prepared prayers (and your sermons too!).

    I read recently that today there are alive over 30 million descendants from the Mayflower Pilgrims. We marvel (and rightly so) that Jacob's 70 became 3 to 5 million 400 years later at the Exodus. Yet we overlook the fact that in less than 400 years this group of 100 that was reduced to fifty during its first year in the New World, God has multiplied far more. Truly we have received a bountiful inheritance from a small group of faithful Reformers who simply desired to be but "stepping stones" in God's sovereign work to reveal His Kingdom to the nations.


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The cure to sleeplessness (Intro)

Let me start by introducing you to my 2 lovely kids (uhm I mean dogs).
This is Shaki.He's the photogenic one out of the two. He LOVES dogs and people. Pretty hyperactive, very friendly, but he can growl if you give him a huge bone and try to take it back. His favourite activity would be walks to the park and visiting Toki. He's currently attempting to learn how to walk off-leash like PIppa.

This is Pippa (also known as Si Ndut or The Rouuuuuund One). She loves people and she likes to be the dominating Queen over other dogs (and ppl). She may look less pretty at first, but the more you know her, the more you'll fall in love with her. Why? Cos this girl LOVES to sleep (and eat).
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and sleeping
and offcourse... Sleeping <3

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Friday, October 14, 2011

Fall Flower Girl

Beautiful! Our grand-daughter Grace is the prettiest flower in the picture! The simple things are the most enjoyed. Little Grace loved roaming around the farm picking a basket of flowers for her mommy.
When the grandchildren spend time with us they love helping with the 'chores'. It is not a chore for them to follow Na-Ma and feed the chickens, water the flowers, dig in the dirt...it's a memory.

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Saturday, 20 November 2010

So today I made pretzels! The nice doughy German kind that you can never get here except when the German market pitches up for Christmas. I found the recipe online, at bittersweetbaker, and made a few dinky changes to suit me.

To make the Dough you need:
1.5 cups warm water
1tbsp sugar
2.5 tsp salt
2.25 tsp instant yeast
22oz plain (all purpose) flour
4tbsp butter, melted (which means you measure it then you melt it)
vegetable oil

Combine water, sugar, salt and yeast in a bowl and stir slowly until dissolved. You may have to squish little clumps of yeast which form. Then add the flour and melted butter and mix until it comes together. Turn out onto a lightly floured surface and knead for about 5 minutes until the dough is smooth. Then transfer into a lightly oiled bowl and cover with cling film (plastic wrap). Leave it somewhere warm for 50-55 min, until its about doubled in size.

Preheat the oven to 220 C (or 450 F) and put 5 cups of water on to boil. Divide the dough into 8 pieces and roll each one into a 24-inch (60cm) snake. Curl the ends round to make a circle
Then cross the ends over and tuck them round to make that classic knot shape
Lay them out on trays lined with NON STICK or GREASED BAKING PAPER. Not greaseproof paper like me. Greaseproof paper is not non-stick. It is about un-non-stick as you can get, apparently.

Anyway, by now your oven should be hot and your water boiling. Add 1/3 cup bicarbonate of soda/sodium bicarbonate/baking soda to the water. It looks awesome.
Then place each pretzel in, one at a time, for 30 seconds each. This is the part that's going to make them nice and hard on the outside!
Although at the moment they'll just be weird and slimy. My dough cracked because I'm rubbish at rolling dough snakes. Don't be like me. Or do, because the cracks wind up looking kind of cool, as you will see later on.
Next mix up 1 egg yolk and 1tbsp water and brush it all over the tops of your boiled pretzels, for colour and shine. If you like crunchy salt crystals, sprinkle over some kosher salt at this point. Beware making them too salty though - you may wish to cut down on the salt in the dough.
Then put the trays in the preheated oven for 12-14 minutes, turning half way through. Also swap them top to bottom, so that one lot don't brown too much and the other not enough.

Cool them for at least five minutes so as not to burn your poor fingers, then eat warm, or save them for later. Good with butter and cheese or ham. I've never tried them with anything sweet, but given the recent trend of salty chocolate (weirdos) then I suppose they might be good with chocolate spread or dipped in melted.

And DON'T forget to use NON STICK PAPER unless you want to go without the bottom layer of crust, which is just as yummy as the top layer.

*EDIT*: Hi guys. I have corrected the amount of salt in the recipe and made things slightly clearer about the salt crystals you typically see on these pretzels.
Also, I was at the German Christmas Market the other day and bought an authentic German pretzel and found the flavour to be a bit different from these. Will have to make another batch and do some comparisons to see how I can make this recipe more like the real German ones!

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Richard D. James aka Aphex Twin returned last year after a break of 13 years with a cracking new album “Syro”. Less than 6 months later he follows this up with a horse of a totally different colour. Here we find this incredibly creative artist concentrating more on texture, ambience and mood. Similar in many ways to Selected Ambient Works 85-92, here he is  exploring an entirely different avenue to that of Syro.

As the title suggests he has built an array of contraptions that allow him to control instrumental sounds on a computer. From the outset one is struck by the exploratory nature of the pieces as various percussive sounds clatter and stumble together. At one point I was expecting Tom Waits to commence singing and was slightly disappointed when he didn’t. As an EP some of the tracks are very short, one piano piece being only 9 seconds.

The piano features a great deal on these tracks and many different sounds are produced plucking, striking and generally vibrating the strings. Of most interest are the more beat heavy tracks but these to my mind lack the magic associated with classic Aphex Twin masterpieces. They do however have a great depth of texture and are a pleasure to listen to.

In a recent interview Richard D. James has declared that Syro was an exercise in cleaning out the cupboards. Putting an end to his previous work and preparing the way for something new. This EP may give us some indication of where he intends to go but I can’t help feeling that much of it reflects someone who just had to get this out of their system. Hopefully now, having explored, investigated and released this, he will now go on to produce something new to match the quality of Syro and Windowlicker.

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January 31, 2011

When many people think of membrane fusion, they often think of endocytosis and vesicle trafficking. Membrane fusion is a fascinating and dynamic process that is involved in so many processes in the cell, including nuclear envelope formation.

The nuclear envelope is composed of an inner and outer membrane that surrounds DNA and associated proteins. The nuclear envelope contains nuclear pores, which are channels that serve as sites of exchange between the nucleus and cytoplasm of the cell. The double membrane nature of the nucleus presents challenges in nuclear envelope and pore assembly that are overcome by membrane fusion events. A recent paper describes inner/outer membrane fusion during nuclear pore assembly and identifies an intermediate step in the process. By using cold temperatures that slow down nuclear pore formation in frog egg extracts, Fichtman and colleagues were able to clarify when and how fusion occurs between the inner and outer membranes. Specifically, the cold temperature treatment blocks inner/outer membrane fusion while allowing only the nuclear side of the pore to assemble. Images above show nuclear pore formation at room temperature (left set of images) and a cold temperature (right set of images). At room temperature, the nuclear membrane (green) and nuclear pores (red) form around chromatin (blue in merged images) after 15 minutes from the start of nuclear assembly. At cold temperatures, nuclear pores form more slowly and don’t appear on the nuclear envelope until 60 minutes.

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Twilight Times Books / 232 pages / (September 1, 2004)

ISBN: 1931201420

Science fiction, fantasy, and horror fans who spend any amount of time on the web should be well-versed in the chronicles of Steve Lazarowitz. Story by story and column after column he has paid his dues and made the climb from struggling writer to author. (Perhaps still struggling, but that is the nature of his chosen vocation.) Finally, that hard work has paid off, as the first of two short story collections hits the market.

At last, readers can fill up on Lazarowitz without jumping from site to site. Here it is, laid out before you: a smorgasbord of Steve. And, as befits a truly noteworthy buffet, there is a little bit of everything for you to sample. So, spread that napkin on your lap, keep an eye on the dessert table, and tuck in.

If you’d like to start out with something light, there are a few whimsical, teasing selections. “Brand Awareness” is a short-short that will bring a smile to your face or maybe a groan to your lips. If you can get through the playful “Alchemy 101” without once flashing on a mental image of Mickey Mouse in a wizard robe, you are a stronger person than me. But, if you prefer a bit more darkness in your humour, you will want to go straight to “Brimstone and Nitro.” The afterlife may not be quite what some people are expecting…

Ready for some SF? Discover “The Fate of the Ambrose Colony” and you might want to reconsider signing up for that NASA mission. You might also want to take that money you’ve been stashing away for a time machine after you learn the fate of one “Time Diver.” Like many of Lazarowitz’ protagonists, Mr. Tanner is a testament to the fact that justice maybe a bit tardy, but it almost always arrives. On the same path of paying the piper, squirm at the horrifying truth in “Alien College,” one of the most compelling offerings in Dream Sequence.

As our hero Michael admits, “there is no such thing as a free lunch.”

Now that you’re all warmed up, go straight for the horror. Take a moment during your reading of “Life and Death in the EDMC” to experience the nightmarish setting and the air of hopelessness. Again, justice will not be denied. Neither will a little thing like death, as you’ll see in “Tales from Beyond.” At the rate Lazarowitz is churning out fiction, you might wonder if that is a bit of autobiography, many years premature.

But don’t leave before you try one of the fantasy selections. “The Challenge” even provides a touch of the risqué with its tale of magic and deception. And, in “The Devil’s Dawn,” treachery appears again — more rough and testosterone-charged, but a blend of magic and deception all the same.

All that and there are still stories I didn’t have time to trot out for you. Hard to believe all those pieces came from the mind of one man? You have just scratched the surface; Lazarowitz is a man of the genres and there is so much more to come.

Better start reading now if you entertain any hope of keeping up with this flexible and fruitful storyteller.


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Wednesday, May 8, 2013

Hindi TV Serial - Savitri - Savitri making her way, does some fighting for the first time ..

So the serial takes some new twists and turns. First of all, during her quest to get the arms of Rahukaal, she encounters Nagraj and pisachs near a forest. And then during the fighting, she gets the help of a lady who looks just like her mother-in-law, but who is dressed very differently and with a very different set of powers. Savitri is confused by this, but this lady is helping her in the fight against the Nagaraj and the others, along with Vikrant who is also helping her. At the temple to the Devi, she encounters the spirit of a baba who gives her a sword and tells her that she should do her duty to help the pisachs who need delivery from their curse. And then you see a major transformation in Savitri, who, wearing a sword, decides to take a new route. She starts a major fight against all the demons around her, with Nagaraj not believing what he is seeing. And then Savitri tells the Nagaraj that his power is gone, he is the one who is the curse on the demons all around him, and then she cuts off his head. And soon after, the pisachs all vanish, apparently with the curse on them having gone. She gets a ring from the old man which gives her the visions of the past, of Veer, of Damayanti, and whatever happened earlier where Rahukaal had killed Veer, and then Damayanti had killed Rahukaal and cut his bodies into different parts.
In the meantime, the lady who looked like her mother-in-law tells her that she is very confident of the abilities of Savitri, and goes off. She has already told Savitri that she is not related to her in any way, her face being similar to that of her mother-in-law is totally coincidental, and the reason that she is helping Savitri is because this will be the only way that her son, Rahu Kaal, would get his whole body back. And then she goes back to Rahu Kaal and Gulika, who are very upset to see her there, since her helping Savitri is to help get the body of Rahu Kaal back. She seems upset over what has been happening, and particularly blaming Gulika for whatever has happened to Rahukaal.
Now, when the hands are with Savitri, Gulika comes there and asks for the hands. Savitri refuses and tells Gulika that unless Rahukaal come there, she will destroy the hands. Gulika does not like this, but goes from there and then Rahukaal comes there. He also threatens her that bad things will happen to Satya unless the hands are given to him, but she tells him that unless Satya comes there, the hands are gone. And she has a sword which she tries to use on Rahukaal, but he tells her that he does not have a body (destroyed by her in the past) and hence the sword cannot hurt him. She first has to bring the parts of his body, put them together, and then only she can destroy it again.
Satya is brought back, but Rahukaal tells her that this is in a form controlled by him; is this Satya or somebody like him, or what ?

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Saturday, July 4, 2015

Happy 4th of July!

 We had a fun 4th of July!  We took the kids to Concord Mills Mall and they had a great time.  We went to Bass Pro Shop at fish-feeding time.  Rayna volunteered to help the guy feed the fish and got to throw a worm into the tank.  It was a fun day!