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Wednesday, December 26, 2012

Ho, Ho .......

...... Humbug.

This post is for all of you who are more than relieved that Christmas Day is done.  Over.  Finished.  For 364 more days.

I hope that you experienced what I usually experience:  the actual day that I dread goes a lot smoother than I expect.  The days leading up to it and all of the stress in those days seem to build and build ...... until the day actually arrives.
And then I find that it's over sooner than I expected.
I survived another "big day" ...... and it actually was easier than I anticipated.

December is hard.
There's no doubt about it.  This month is full of all kinds of land mines.  And that's for basically anyone.
Add a widowed person into the mix and you've got 31 days of potential nuclear carnage.
And then there's the extra oh-so-lucky "club" members who's "death day" just happens to fall somewhere in this month.
We'd prefer to just sleep through the holidays, thank you very much.

But here it is, December 26th ...... we made it through another difficult day.
Even though some of us are a little pissed that the Mayans were wrong and we're still here.

We cried our fair share of tears.  And then some.
Our hearts ached for who wasn't there.
But we're still here.
We survived.

And though you may not believe this, and don't like hearing it from "non-members" ...... you are stronger than you think you are.  You can't help it ...... it just happens.  You survive another day ...... you wake up stronger the next.  You may not feel that strength, but it's there. It grows quietly and slowly.  So slowly that it's imperceptible.  Until one day, further down the road.  On that day you'll glance behind you ...... and see how far you've come.  You'll be surprised by the distance.
And you'll be surprised at the number of people behind you ...... who watch you with hope.

Until that day, just breathe and keep putting one foot in front of the other.  And know that the days leading up to the "hard days" ...... are usually worse than that day itself.

You've just made it through a pretty difficult one.  So get some rest.
You deserve it.
And you'll need it ...... because we have another one next week.

Two holidays in one week.
Ho, ho ...... humbug.

  1. Janine, :) Thank you for the Christmas note, not so thrilled about the New Year reminder... how did I forget New Years ah yes I wanted to forget it.

  2. Janine _ thanks for putting a smile on my face.
    Really _ i went to a movie last night and then came home and cried for an hour,
    This is my third Christmas.
    My love died November 2nd 2010.
    Yesterday - it felt like yesterday. Not exactly but raw and sad and the only solution was bed, curled into bed and stayed there at ten p.m.
    first thing I did this morning was take down half of my Christmas decorations.
    Now I feel a bit better,

    YOu are out there on the road ahead. I trust your map.
    I am on the road, just a ways behind.
    One day I hope to catch up.

  3. I feel you on this and truly feel every statement you made. This one line "And you'll be surprised at the number of people behind you ...... who watch you with hope" brings tears to my eyes. I never thought of this and have just put myself in their place for the first time!! (watching me grow and transform). It's always great to read things and let myself see things from a different perspective!! So interesting. Thank you!!

  4. I'm among the "luckiest" -- my husband died on Christmas Eve 2010. But opposed to watching out for land mines, this year I waited for them armed for battle. How is there life without pain? Besides, better to meet the "enemy" head on. And I felt all the stronger for it. Wasn't so bad after all.

  5. This is my first year alone. My husband died four month ago. I liked reading this because I felt guilty for feeling so sad, lonely, crappy, and feeling that people don't give a darn about me. And now I know that most poeple who have not lost a spouse they loved have NOT A CLUE about how hard it is. I am just so disgusted at the lack of empathy from my friends. And they are good people. They just ran along with their familied and nere a few bothered to see how I was doing on Christmas. I have no kids, no family, just a father in law with dementia. And when asked what I was doing for Christmas, I said I was spending four day with my father in law wih dementia. Thier reply was "Oh, that will be nice." I felt like screaming. And by nature I am usually a very gentle person...but my husbands death made me sooooooooo sad and helpless.

  6. I happened upon this blog searching for advice on how a widow can start dating again. I can't read enough! It is so comforting to hear that others still cry at Christmas. That the grief process is so universal. That I'm not alone. After 4 years my friends and even my family don't talk about how I must still miss my husband of 36 years. Why wouldn't I? He was part of every event for all those years and part of me. I'm proud of myself, though. I put one foot in front of the other everyday. I keep moving forward and yes, I too curl up in bed on occasion and don't want to face the world. I wonder if that ever stops?

  7. Janine, I always love your blogs. They really resonate with me.

    My husband died on December 31st, 2010. I know that my grief is no worse than anyone else's but it drives me crazy that the whole world celebrates the day I lost him. It's the biggest party day of the year for everyone but me. That's a really tough way to spend the anniversary of his death. Watching everyone else party through my tears.

    But like you, I put one foot in front of the other every day and, at this point, I do think I'm an inspiration for those who are following along behind me in this journey. They see the progress I've made over the last two years and I'm optimistic that it gives them hope for their own future.

    I have enough widows and widowers in my family that I think most of my family gets it, but I've actually gotten more support from friends who have never been in my shoes. Odd but true. I'll take the support wherever I can get it!

  8. My "date" is January 3, 2007. We called Hospice Christmas Eve day; they did the intake on Christmas day. December is so very hard for me. A little easier each year, but still hard. It helps that I'm building new traditions, mostly around my son and daughter-in-law and her family. I think that's one of the things that get me through each year - making new memories and traditions to carry me forward.

    Remembering the old traditions still makes me sad, though. I miss those days.

  9. Janine, great post!!!! I am so happy that my third Christmas as a widow is in the record books. Truly, as you have pointed out, I am stronger than the first two Christmas's, but not by much. Most of my anger and disappointment circles around my family who continues to think I should have stopped crying after year one! That makes me crazy. But, alas, like others responders pointed out, these family members have not a clue.

    Every year, I wish at least one of them would get a visit from the ghost of "Christmas future" so they could potentially feel my pain and know the depth of my loss for both myself and my children. What a wake up call!

    The ignorance, indifference, and sometimes disrepect that surrounds those that have lost spouses and children, just sucks!


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Firearms Terms and Acronyms

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AAMOF - as a matter of fact

A.R.M.S. = Atlantic Research Marketing Systems

ACOG = Advanced Combat Optical Gunsights (Trijicon)

AFAIAA - as far as i am aware

AFAIK - as far as i know

AG - Attorney General

AK - Avtomat Kalashnikova and other variants.

AOW - any other weapon

AP - armor piercing

AR - AR15 style rifle

ATF - Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms (see BATFE)

AW - Assault Weapon

AWB - Assault Weapon Ban

Ball - ball ammo - see FMJ

BATFE - Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms

BF - boyfriend

BM = Bushmaster (

BOB - bug out bag

BOF - Bureau of Firearms (part of the DOJ)

BOHICA - bend over, here it comes again

Brady Bunch - not the TV show

BRD = Black Rifle Disease

BUG - back up gun

C&R - curio & relic

CCW - Concealed Carry Weapons permit

CMMG = ??? AR Manuf. (

CMP - Civilian Marksmanship Program

CMT = Continental Machine and Tool Co (maker of Stag and supplier to many others)

CWS - Cold War Shooters

DD = Daniel Defense

DOJ - California Department of Justice

DFTT – Don’t Feed The Troll

DPMS = ??? AR Manuf (

DPMS = Defense Procurement Manufacturing Services

DROS - dealer's record of sale - sometimes used to refer to the 10 day waiting period (e.g., "I just DROS'ed it," etc..) (PC 12073)

EBR - evil black rifle

EDC - every day carry

FA - full auto

FCG - fire control group - see HTS

FFL – Federal Firearms License (a dealer)

FMJ - full metal jacket ammo

FN/FNH = Fabrique Nationale (

FNG - f-ing new guy (don't use this - it's offensive)

FS - for sale

FT - for trade

FUBAR- f'd up beyond all recognition

FUD - fear, uncertainty, doubt - bad info with explicitly bad intent (not a synonym for 'wrong')

GF - girlfriend

GPU: Gas Piston Upper

GT - Golden Tiger (ammo for AKs)

HP - hollow point ammo

HSC - handgun safety certificate

HTS / HST - hammer, sear, & trigger

IANAL- i am not a lawyer

IBTL - in before the lock

IIRC- if i remember correctly

KAC = Knight's Armament Company

LE = Law Enforcement

LEO = Law Enforcement Officer

LMT = Lewis Machine and Tool (

LRT = LaRue Tactical

LTC = License to Carry

Mag – box magazine; ammunition feeding device (sometimes incorrectly referred to as a “clip"). See comparison picture.

MBG - Minute of Bad Guy. Approximately 20 inches at 100 yards.

MMG - Monster Man Grip

MI = Midwest Industries

MOA - Minute of Arc, Minute of Angle. Approximately 1 inch at 100 yards.

NFA – National Firearms Act of 1934 (in 26 USC 53 and following)

OAL - office of administrative law

PITA – Pain In The @--

POS – Piece Of S---

POST = Peace Officer Standards and Training

PRI = Precision Reflex Inc.

RKBA - right to keep and bear arms

Romy "G" - a type of AK

RRA = Rock River Arms (

SA - semi auto

SBR - short barreled rifle

SBS – Short Barreled Shotgun

SHTF - shi1 hits the fan

SNAFU - situation normal, all f'd up

SP - soft point ammo

SPR - special police rifle, special purpose rifle

SPF - sold, pending funds

SWS = Superior Weapons Systems (

TAN - the "Thread About Nothing"

TPF - ten percent firearms

WTB - want to buy

WTS - want to sell

YHM = Yankee Hill Machine

YMMV - your mileage may vary

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Site Recording

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To be able to monitor the quality and condition of RIGS it is essential to document the site efficiently. To this end UKRIGS have developed two tools to add this process:

  • GeoConservation a database for geological site recording
  • Site Assessment Form - a standardised series of criteria for site designation

GeoConservation has been developed by Staffordshire Ecological Record and Hereford & Worcester Earth Heritage Trust. It is based in Microsoft Access for Windows98 and above.

Site Assessment

The Site Assessment forms were developed by John Reynolds of UKRIGS & Staffordshire RIGS Group. They are available for download here:

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supervised vs. operator

If we have tag "operator", why "supervisor" is needed? "operator=" already means that the object is managed, controlled, maintained. --Surly 05:26, 18 August 2010 (BST)

Let me give some examples:
  • A lollipop crossing is not operated by a company or corporation (it is on a public road). The supervisors (crossing guards) are often volunteers who are spending their free time to make the crossing safer for children.
  • Railway level crossings are operated by the operator of the railway, but I don't know of any other way to distinguish level crossings with automatic and manual gates.
  • A parking lot may be operated by a theme park, but may be unguarded.
  • On the one hand, a public, natural beach (i.e. operated by nobody) may have a coast guard paid by the government or by the municipality. On the other hand, a private beach may be operated by a hotel resort, but may have no life guard.
  • A toilet operated by a company may have no cleaners who are present all the time. --Head 08:30, 18 August 2010 (BST)
Good! It's useful tag. --Surly 15:21, 18 August 2010 (BST)

This page was created rather recently. Is it proposal? If no, why you document a tag without proposal? I have not seen this tag widely adopted. --Surly 05:34, 18 August 2010 (BST)

I've made it a proposal. --Head 10:24, 18 August 2010 (BST)

Implied supervision

If the place has opening_hours and is set supervised=yes, it is implied that it is supervised while it is open.

This is not generally corrected. There are beach resorts (leisure=beach_resort) that have extended opening time (e.g. till late in the night), but the lifeguard service is limited to daily time or even short. --FabC 07:53, 18 August 2011 (BST)

I would suggest to set service_hours=* for the supervised periods. Lulu-Ann
I like the Lulu-Ann idea, but I would change "service:hours" to "supervision:hours" in order to be clear that the time is related to the supervisor's activities and not to any other service offered by the site (example service:bicycle:rental=yes). --FabC 09:29, 19 August 2011 (BST)
I would like to have the service_hours on the node of the supervisers tower if for the supervision and on the node of the bicycle rental shed for the bicycle rental and on the node of the chapel for the church service. Let's not invent a new tag for each service item that might appear only to have it on the same object. Remember each offline routing device would need to know all tags to show the service hours! Lulu-Ann
You misunderstood the sentence. In the case which you described, you would tag it as e.g. opening_hours=08:00-23:00, supervised=08:00-18:00. I have amended the examples for clarification. --Head (talk) 18:50, 18 March 2014 (UTC)


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East Kootenays

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The East Kootenays is a region in south-eastern British Columbia, generally taken to include the valley of the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers south of Golden to the USA border Canada. The valley is bordered to the east by the Rocky Mountains and to the west by the Purcell Mountains.

Cities and Towns[edit]

  • Fernie - renowned for great skiing and close enough to Calgary to be a weekend destination.
  • Cranbrook - anchoring the south end of the East Kootenays and the largest city in this region with all the facilities travelers could need.
  • Invermere - a small community on the north end of Lake Windermere, popular as a summer and weekend destination when its population may increase dramatically with visitors from neighboring Alberta.
  • Sparwood
  • Kimberley - the Barvarian-styled town just north of Cranbrook, a former mining town and excellent ski destination.

Other destinations[edit]

The East Kootenay valley is generally wider, drier and has greater extremes of temperatures than the West Kootenays, with which it is often compared. The valley is only a few hours drive from Calgary and other points in southern Alberta, and many people from those areas own property and/or visit during the summer for boating, fishing and golf and in the winter for skiing.

From Canal Flats, about 30 minutes north of Cranbrook, the Kootenay River enters the valley from the Rockies and flows south; the Columbia River starts its journey north from its headwaters in Columbia Lake.

Early in the 1900s, there was a plan to join the Columbia and Kootenay Rivers at Canal Flats, how that community got its name. Perhaps fortunately, that project did not succeed. Traces of the attempted canal are still visible.

Get in[edit]

The most common and convenient way into this area is by private vehicle. There is little in the way of scheduled public transportation.

Tour buses are numerous, bringing visitors to places like Radium Hot Springs.

Cranbrook has an airport with a limited number of scheduled airline connections, mainly Jazz Air and Pacific Coastal.

The smaller communities have landing strips for private airplanes.

The valley is accessed from the north at Golden from the Trans Canada Highway Rte 1, from the east through Kootenay National Park to Radium Hot Springs or, in the south, from southern Alberta on Rte 3 via Fernie. Highway 3 is the only east/west route in the south and links this valley to the West Kootenays starting at Creston, an hour west of Cranbrook.

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Pushkin (Пу́шкин) [1] is a town to the south of Saint Petersburg, Russia.

Formerly known as Tsarskoye Selo (Царское Село), the "Czar's Village", Pushkin is known for its numerous imperial parks and palaces.

Get in[edit]

Local trains run from St. Petersburg's Vitebskiy station (not the main hall, but the smaller hall for local trains to the right and around the corner as you face the main hall) to the Detskoe Selo station in Pushkin. A round-trip train ticket costs 72 Rubles, and trains run at 15-20 minute intervals starting at 6:00am until midnight except:

Corner of the Amber Room inside Catherine's Palace

- Leaving St. Petersburg, there is no train service between 10:00am and 12:00 noon on weekdays. The trains during that interval only operate on weekends and holidays; trains outside that interval run 7 days per week. Note that ALL LOCAL TRAINS leaving the Vitebskiy Station stop at Detskoe Selo and Pavlovsk; this makes it a bit easier for non-Russian speakers, since you don't have to worry about which train to board even though different trains go to different terminus stations.

- Returning from Pushkin toward St. Petersburg, there is a gap in service between 12:30pm and 2:30pm weekdays, although trains do operate during that interval on weekends and holidays.

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Catherine Palace facade

Catherine Palace [2]: entry fee is 350 Rubles for foreigners. If you are not with a tour group, the palace is only open to individuals during limited hours: 12:00 to 2:00pm and 4:00pm to 5:00pm. However, if there is a dearth of tour groups during the appointed hours for groups (i.e. 10:00am - noon and 2:00pm to 4:00pm), the palace does allow individuals enter during those times. This is more likely to happen in the off-season, such as deep winter, and not at all likely in the summer. To get there, take bus 371 or 382 from the Detskoye Selo train station.

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The Catherine Palace has a rather expensive cafe inside near the cloak rooms.

A clean, reasonably-priced restaurant called "Italian Pizza" with a variety of good food - from pizza to hamburgers to salads to sushi - is located in the square in front of the train station. Facing the station, it is in the building to one's left; enter through the basement stairs. Open 11:00am until after midnight.

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Calidris alpina

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Calidris alpina is a member of the Scolopacidae - Sandpipers, Snipes, and relatives family.

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I’m You, Unless You’re a Witch, Then I’m Not You

Jason Pitzl-Waters —  October 5, 2010 — 28 Comments

Committing one of the classic blunders in politics (right up there with starting a land war in Asia), embattled Tea Party candidate Christine O’Donnell repeats the “dabbling” charges against her in a brand new campaign ad.

“…if you’re Christine O’Donnell, you turn to an advertising guru called Fred Davis, a veteran of many past Republican races, and you get him to make you a 30-second TV advert. The new slot has O’Donnell speaking to camera with a large, homely smile on her face. “I’m not a witch,” she says, which as an opening line to a political advert is pretty grabby. “I’m nothing you’ve heard. I’m you.” A tinkling piano plays in the background and the lighting is soft and welcoming. It has the feel of one of those washing-up liquid ads from the 1970s.”

Since O’Donnell’s  “dabbling” comment came to light it has virtually dominated all coverage of her campaign, including a high-profile SNL skit. But is beginning a new campaign ad with “I’m not a witch, I’m nothing you’ve heard. I’m you” really a good idea? If she’s positioning herself afresh as an everywoman candidate, is starting off by excluding what “you” means going just cause her more trouble? After all, Delaware Pagans and their allies aren’t too thrilled with her already.

No matter how Democrats treat the issue, it seems unlikely that Wiccans will turn out for O’Donnell at the polls. “Her inability to separate anything non-Christian from Satanic is going to be an issue not just with her potential pagan constituents but with any other non-Christians or Christians of a flavor that does not match hers,” said Michael Smith, the Wiccan IT analyst who hosted the meet-and-greet the governor visited. “A couple of my local politician friends say she’s losing the Wiccan vote,” said [Ivo] Dominguez. “Well, I said she never had the pagan vote for the most part to begin with.”

Distancing herself from witchcraft isn’t too shocking, but I wonder what Tea Party-aligned and conservative Pagans will make of this new direction for O’Donnell.

“If this witchcraft admission affects her or not depends on how she handles it. I would like her to come out and explain what happened, not denigrate witchcraft, and then move on. If it was some guy who wanted to get into her pants, that’s what I think happened, she should say so. Ideally she would talk about the difference between Paganism and 1980?s and 90?s style Plagans. I doubt that will happen. A mage can dream, right?”

According to recent polls O’Donnell  is trailing badly, so a risky ad might just work in her favor. It’s also likely that the stream of mockery against her could backfire, and she could end up ahead. Several pundits have noted that it isn’t outside the realm of possibility for her to win. If that happens, we’ll suddenly be confronted with several new questions about O’Donnell, questions that could affect modern Pagans in Delaware and across the country. Questions like: Is she a believer in Satanic Ritual Abuse? There’s growing suspicion that she might be, but there’s no way we’ll be able to separate fact from fiction in the media circus that has developed since “dabble-gate” and the other kooky things she’s said that has been leaked to the press. The feeding frenzy of media around Pagans may be over in this story, but this may not be the last time we’ll have to confront O’Donnell’s legacy.

Jason Pitzl-Waters

  • This was exactly what I thought of when I heard about these ads. It made me giggle.

    • Well she did turn me into a newt.

      …..I got better…

      • Crystal7431

        That's not her nose. It's a false one.

  • She's a duck.

    • natrand01

      "Build a bridge out of her?!" (See its contagious!)

      • Ursyl

        At the other end of the state?

  • W.I.T.C.H. stands for the "Women's International Terrorist Conspiracy from Hell."

    • Crystal7431

      It depends on who I'm talking to at the time as to which I admit to being ; )

  • Don

    Why are we assuming her "witch" has anything to do with actual paganism? It clearly doesn't.

    • Very good point.

    • Karlsefni

      Because the pagan echo chamber demands it.

  • Who me?

  • Incredibly well said, Cara — on both points!

  • "I'm not a crook" coincidence I think not. pretty happy this woman is not a witch.

  • Karlsefni

    We do it explicitly to piss Wiccans off.

  • Raven

    "… Compassionate & Humane" perhaps?

  • Crystal7431

    Lame ad, almost as lame as Erin Lale's kitty cat govt. power abuse ad.

    • Karlsefni

      • Crystal7431

        Dude, get it right. It's AMURRIKKA. Lol!

  • Karlsefni

    This isn't fear of pagans, darling. It's mockery of them, because honestly there's a lot to make fun of.

    • Karlsefni

      Addendum: and when pagans get butthurt it's a ratings fest, see Livejournal.

  • Isaac's last name is spelled "Bonewits."

  • Well, there's no accounting for taste, as they say.

  • Baurch Dreamstalker

    To be a hypocrite I'd have to announce one set of beliefs whilst acting otherwise.

  • love…

  • "She can actually use primitive projectile weapons …"

    this, especially.

    • Nick_Ritter

      I have a picture of my wife hurling a spear. One of my very favorites.


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A Dream of the Country

Richard Bell's Wild West Yorkshire nature diary, Wednesday, 2nd January, 2008

rocketfarmI DREAM of living in the countryside - OK, in reality I do live at the edge of the countryside but as it’s on the fringe it seems that it's always under pressure so for me it never has that idyllic sense of timelessness that goes with my notion of countryside. But in my dream this morning the sprawling city of Wakefield was transformed back into a small market town something like Holt in Norfolk or Cockermouth in Cumbria and my route home from an art workshop at the cathedral wasn’t via the wide Calder Valley with its brand new office blocks and car showrooms but through a quiet moorland valley like Borrowdale in miniature.

Well, I can dream but this morning we’re heading away from town to the farm shop out in the fields at Emley and we soon find ourselves in countryside again – pastures, small woods, stone-built farms; good walking country, the stuff of dreams.

Fresh Start

I usually make an attempt at a fresh start for the new year but this year has been exceptional; not only have I dusted every book and shelf in the studio, I’ve also sorted every last bit of paper* that has been lying around on the desktops and pinboard for months. But I must call that it; I mustn’t start opening drawers, cupboards and loft hatches and trying to sort them out too!

Fly me to the Moon

fruitAmongst my books I found a couple of old sketchbooks which I moved to the attic where I'm collecting all my sketchbooks together. I drew the rocket (left), which has obvious Heath Robinson influence, as one of props for a Christmas production I was designing the scenery for. At that time, in the mid-1970s when I’d just left art college, I lived in a flat where my single room doubled as bedroom and study. I loved to have it stuffed with books and with all sorts of bits and pieces, including a 6ft x 4ft notice-board which filled the wall above the bed which I used to display my work in progress. I felt I wanted to be surrounded by all my projects and interests. My den.

Now I appreciate the calm, clear uncluttered space. My head is stuffed with so many bits and pieces that I don’t need to have them jostling for my attention all around me as well.

*Oh no I haven't; there's still one stubborn bit of paper on the pinboard, a form for a free listing in an artists' directory that I need to fill in!


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January 22, 2013

Cellini Set to Report to Prison

A 78-year-old former Illinois powerbroker is due to report to prison to start serving a year-long sentence for corruption.

January 19, 2013

Obama to Use Family Bible for Presidential Swearing In

When Barack Obama is sworn in as president during the private Sunday ceremony, he will bring some of his wife’s family history to that ritual, namely the Bible from wife Michelle's family — the Robinsons.

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Friday, January 20, 2012

For the last year, or maybe more, I've been a member of TAFA (Textile and Fibre Art List) which was the brain child of Rachel Biel of Rayela Art.  It's been a really great resource for finding the very best textile artists from across the world.
Earlier in 2011 Rachel realised that the site (a very nice Blogger site) was getting rather too big, because there were over 400 artists listed.  So she set about talking to lots of people, and the members, to decide what to do about it.  The upshot is that she organised "Cloud" Funding and raised enough money to pay for a beautiful new site which is truly impressive.
As part of the site, Rachel has asked for a Members Forum so that we can talk to each other which should be a real asset to the group and I for one am looking forward to this development.
Please take a look at the list and have a good exploration of the profiles and products that this world wide community produce.  You'll not only be rewarded by seeing some of the very best textile artists in the world, but you will be amazed at the depth of skill there is in the group.

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2013 Virginia Wind Festival

2013 Wind Festival

Thank you to THMS, our sponsors, exhibitors, teams, coaches, judges, and volunteers- you made this event a great success! We hope you will all join us again next year!!

Even though the weather was not favorable, we had lots of activities going on and the attendance was great. The KidWind Challenge teams were innovative and winners got cash prizes! If you would like to see pictures and stories from the event, please visit our Facebook page. We’ve received encouraging feedback and suggestions for improvement next year. Take this survey to tell us how we did!

The Virginia Center for Wind Energy will host the Virginia Wind Festival on March 16th, 2013 at Thomas Harrison Middle School in Harrisonburg. The Festival will be an informal, fun day with lots of wind activities for kids and opportunities for the community to learn more about wind energy in Virginia and the region.

The goal of the Festival is to inform Virginia residents about the possibilities of wind energy, with a focus on the following:

  • what wind turbines are and how they work
  • there are different scales of wind energy suitable for a range of uses
  • the Virginia Center for Wind Energy is a resource for credible wind energy information
  • anyone can help to advance the development of wind energy in Virginia
  • learning about wind energy is fun!

The VA Center for Wind Energy is offering a wide range of exciting wind energy activities and opportunities for all ages!

Hot Air Balloon

Hot Air Balloon on-site from 9-11am!

Valley Ballooning, based out of Edinburg VA, will be at the wind festival and explain how wind currents affect travel by hot air balloon. Hot air ballooning can provide a unique way to witness the beauty of nature that no other form of aviation can offer. Hot air ballooning wouldn’t be possible without the energy in the wind; come see the hot air balloon and learn how they travel!

Kid Wind

2013 KidWind Challenge from 10am-4pm!

The 2013 KidWind Challenge will be featured during the Festival. This competition is a great example of how Science, Technology, Engineering, and Math (STEM) education can be applied to real world issues, such as wind energy generation.

Teams of students from across the state will:

  • construct wind turbines with the goal of generating the most power
  • learn about the advantages and challenges of wind energy
  • present their designs to a panel of judges who will award a score based on the students’ design process, quality of construction, and knowledge of wind energy.

Would you like to be a Judge or register a team for the KidWind Challenge? Contact Remy Pangle at panglerm@jmu.edu, 540-568-8768. Learn more about the KidWind Challenge.

The GUS BUS will be onsite from 11am-1pm!

The Reading Road Show is a mobile literacy program that provides an opportunity for children and their families to share story time and participate in a book exchange program. The Gus Bus is the Reading Road Show’s mobile literacy vehicle.

Don’t miss out! The Gus Bus will be at the Wind Festival and will highlight kids' books about wind energy.

  • Meteorological Tower Raising- So you think you want a wind turbine? The first step is understanding your wind resource - Come see a real meteorological tower being raised and talk with Center experts on how to site a turbine on your property.
  • Small Wind Turbine Showcase- Which turbine is right for you? We will have examples of three small wind systems for residential use including:
    • AIR Breeze (30W)
    • Bergey-XL 1 (1KW)
    • SkyStream 3.7 (2.4KW)

The specifications and requirements for each turbine will be covered, including the costs of each. Questions will be welcomed!

Tower Raising Turbine Turbine 3

  • Dabney S. Lancaster Community College
  • Women of Wind Energy- VA Chapter
  • Valley 25x’25
  • DIY Renewable Energy & Electric Vehicle Association
  • Roger Beale’s Renewable Energy System (hybrid wind/solar)
  • Blue Ridge Community College
  • Alstom
  • Sierra Club- VA Chapter
  • Virginia Center for Wind Energy

Would you like to be an exhibitor at this year’s Virginia Wind Festival? Contact Deanna Zimmerman at zimmerdl@jmu.edu or 540-568-8768 for more information.

  • What Can Wind Energy Do for Me? -Deanna Zimmerman, VCWE
    • A discussion of the potential for wind energy at your home and the steps to achieve renewable energy electricity generation.
  • Community Impacts of Wind Energy - Dr. Jonathan Miles, VCWE
    • A presentation of the most common issues with wind energy at various scales including wildlife, property values, sound, and much more.
  • Offshore Wind in Virginia - Dane Zammit, VCWE
    • An overview of the potential for offshore wind in Virginia as well as a discussion of details of upcoming projects.
  • What Can You Do for Wind Energy? -Eileen Levandoski, Sierra Club
    • This workshop, co-led with Sierra Club, will address the many ways that you can help to progress renewable energy development in Virginia such as writing to your legislators and conserving energy.

Kid's Activities

  • Face painting
  • Make your own kite and/or pinwheel
  • Make a wind sock
  • Make a wind vane/anemometer
  • Blade design challenge
  • Wind energy pledge poster
  • Guess the Wind Speed!
  • Kite Flying
  • Windy Photo Ops

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In the Sky with Emma Sky

Emma Sky has become a very unlikely heroine in the Iraq War. An avowed pacifist, she nevertheless has become a fixture alongside Generals Raymond Odierno and David Petraeus. A woman of particularly small build, she seems to be quite an amusing walking beside General Odierno. (If Gen. Odierno is Shrek, according to comedian Stephen Colbert, Emma Sky must be Princess Fiona. Before Princess Fiona turned into a green thing, I need to make that clear).

She's become somewhat of an unlikely celebrity in Iraq. I was part of the afternoon crew, flying a mission in Northern Iraq to pick up a general, after the morning crew had dropped him off for a meeting. The morning crew had passed along some details of their mission.

"We flew the general and Emma Sky!", said one warrant officer, with some noticeable excitement.

Another warrant officer asked, "Wait, you mean the Emma Sky? From that book, The Gamble?"

He turned to me and said, "Sir, have you read that book?" I sheepishly nodded an affirmative. (I only hang out with cultured people.)

It surprised me that she was well known not only among the ranks of senior policymakers in Iraq, but also among many of the troops who usually spent most of their day talking about airspace coordination measures.

The warrant officer continued, "Yeah, they accidentally put her in the 'hurricane seat'", referring to the rearmost right passenger seat of the Black Hawk. When the cabin doors were open, which they usually were in the summertime, owing to the lack of air conditioning in the aircraft, the winds would buffet whoever was flying in that particular seat.

The warrant officer noted that the day's ride was not the best one she'd experienced. I felt sorry that she had such a horrible flight--the hurricane seat isn't where you put a VIP, to be certain. Fortunately, there was a little e-mail correspondence back and forth between us, and I was relieved to learn that reports of her discomfort were greatly exaggerated. (Still, don't put VIPs in the hurricane seat. Seriously.)

With that said, the New York Times ran a great story about Dr. Sky today. I find it amazing that a pacifist has become an important player in military policy. I'll also never forget her words when referring to the quality of character found in the US military, when contrasted with much of American society: "America does not deserve its military".

Paul said...

I read the article and was quite impressed by Ms. Sky. I also came away from the article very impressed with Gen. Odierno. I don’t think you’ll find too many business executives who would be comfortable having an outspoken critic hanging around them all the time telling them things that they should have thought about but didn’t. In that regard, he’s a VERY unusual leader.

Anonymous said...

Ms Emma Sky has still not answered questions in Britain about why she defended a £1.9 million project in
Palestine that - in her own words
- was 'non-existent'. She's not a
'Doctor' either - but is a bully.

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robert rottermann robert at redcor.ch
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On 11.11.2013 14:55, Encolpe Degoute wrote:
> Le 10/11/2013 21:35, robert rottermann a écrit :
>> Hi there,
>> I did install wing5 rc2 on two ubuntu 13.1 boxes.
>> On both I could not debug zope/plone anymore.
>> reverting to rc1 fixed the problem (at least on the one I tried)
salut Encolpe
I use the product in included in the Wing distribution

> Do you use my egg or the product included in the Wing distribution ?
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Wednesday, October 16, 2013

Home Days

The blog has been silent. Which means our hands have been busy! We arrived home to find our garden overflowing with produce again. And believe it or not, these pictures were taken after local friends and family picked an abundance for their use. What a blessing! Almost every day we load up the canner and add to our freezer with more produce for the winter months.

Watermelon anyone?!

We use the butternut squash interchangeably with pumpkin in all those delicious fall recipes. Welcome pumpkin pie, custard, pancakes, muffins, bars, and lattes!

We've also been working on school full force, as its much easier to accomplish bookwork when we're not bouncing down the road in the bus!

Has anyone else noticed that these gorgeous fall days find you looking for any and all outdoor work to accomplish?!

And a bit of fall cleaning.

The men of the family have been working long days to complete several sandblasting jobs in between weekends of music ministry. Perhaps one day we'll get pictures of them in action, too.

"Teach me Your way, O Lord:
I will walk in Your truth.
Unite my hear to fear Your name."
Psalm 86:11

Amanda said...

Wow! I can't believe how busy you guys are! I thought we had a full schedule! Love your gardens by the way... We have a big garden, but nowhere near that big! :)

Aubrey said...

Wondered where y'all had went... see now!

Anonymous said...

It would be interesting to see the men in action. What a blessing it is to see men giving each other a helping hand through sweet fellowshipping.

Davey w

Lexi said...

That's so kewl! I want some of that Watermelon and squash! Alaythia and Charissa look like they r having fun with school! Hannah looks like she's having fun cleaning lol! Glad to see u all r having fun!
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Saturday, May 30, 2015

Sunday challenge Bout-Rimés

Today I thought we’d try a little game that’s called Bout-Rimés (from French and means rhymed ends. The game itself is attributed to the French Poet Dulot, and though the poet himself is mostly forgotten the game has since attracted many famous poets.

In the English speaking world the Rosetti’s used this game in their literary salon, and especially Christina was very skilled in this.

Consider for instance the following sonnet made by Christina:

Methinks the ills of life I fain would shun;
But then I must shun life, which is a blank.
Even in my childhood oft my spirit sank,
Thinking of all that had still to be done.
Among my many friends there is not one
Like her with whom I sat upon the bank
Willow-o'ershadowed, from whose lips I drank
A love more pure than streams that sing and run.
But many times that joy has cost a sigh;
And many times I in my heart have sought
For the old comfort and not found it yet.
Surely in that calm day when I shall die
The painful thought will be a blessed thought
And I shall sorrow that I must forget.

Who would have guessed that she had not selected the end words herself?

So for today’s challenge I want you all to play with end-rhymes. I have chosen 14 rhymes that could give a Shakespearean sonnet, and for those of you who want to do go strictly with iambs, that’s OK, but experiments with meter is encouraged (though I might stick to pentameter myself)

Also use of homophones to replace the given ones, as well as composed words are allowed. I am kind enough to allow small modifications to slanted rhymes. But the order of the end-words can not be changed.
And this is in no way a competition...he he. No way...
So here are the words I have picked for you, there will be bonus point for anyone recognizing the poem I have used to for these words.

caught, him, got, dim, shade, goes, glade, flows, lies, stone, dies, tone, lawn, gone

I look forward to a lot of variations from you dear friends.

Outlawyer said...

Hi Bjorn--I took a peek in advance --a fun challenge--though not sure what mine, if I get it posted--means! Ha. Thanks. k.

brudberg said...

Ha.. I look forward to this.. A little bit like a puzzle ;-)

hedgewitch said...

Like Karin, I took a look earlier and am also working on something inscrutable. ;_) I have had to do a bit of modification, so hopefully you will not chastise me too roughly when its finally done.

Kerry O'Connor said...

I knew Hedge would be all over this challenge and I find such an iconic game hard to resist too.

Thanks, Bjorn.

De said...

Loved the wordplay challenge of well as the "encouragement" to go untraditional with the meter. ;)

Sanaa Rizvi said...

Hello everyone,

I must admit this was quite a challenge! :D Sharing my poem "Samurai", hope you all like it :D

Thank you Bjorn for this wonderful opportunity :D

Lots of love,

brudberg said...

Time to go to bed.. I like what I've seen so far.. But I can understand that this was a true challenge,

Lolamouse said...

I love these parlour games! I, like others, peeked earlier so I could work on this one. What fun!

Gail said...

Alas, I'm not familiar with form.
I shall try. Thank you, Bjorn.

Hannah said...

This was easier once I got started! Thank you, Bjorn and happy weekend to everyone. :)

Rosemary Nissen-Wade said...

I actually loved this, as I'd been wanting some bones to hang some flesh on. But the shape of that flesh raises questions... Very little use of my rational mind in this one, lol!

brudberg said...

Very nice reading so far... I have no real guess on the poem yet... I can give another hint, it's not a sonnet, and I have picked out some words from a poem with more lines.

Fireblossom said...

It's "The Death Of A Toad." Very clever, Bjorn!

brudberg said...

Ha.. yes totally correct :-)

Mary said...

Actually I loved this prompt, Bjorn, and could not resist. I did not link here at Toads (only at Poetry Pantry) because of time issues & knowing today I couldn't respond to everyone, but did write a poem for it. If anyone visits, however, I WILL follow your link back and comment your poem as well! Have a good Sunday!

Bekkie Sanchez said...

Haven't written this yet but I'm in this week! I can't wait!!!! Thanks for the inspiration Toads!

Sherry Blue Sky said...

Wow, this is a most intriguing prompt. I am slowly digging my way through the Pantry, but I might give this one a try. I will get around to you all, though at a snail's pace, which seems to be my optimum speed these days.

brudberg said...

It's bedtime here now.. but I really like the variations.. and yes the poem I picked the end-rhymes from was the death of a toad by Richard Wilbur.. well spotted Shay..

I will catch up with you tomorrow... this was fun.

Margaret said...

Wow... almost a month since I've written a poem and I select this HARD challenge. Ha. Well, I took use of your slant rhymes and such. Good to flex my poetic muscles - weak as they are :)

rhymeswithbug said...

Whew! And when I reread the list I realized that I substituted shone for stone. Oppps
Maybe I'll try another

Bekkie Sanchez said...

I finished and posted just now. I see you guys moved on? That's fast writing how do you work is each one weekly? I left the message below on my take on pw. I hope I did okay I just did the rhyme game part of the challenge.

"My first time writing with Real Toads in some time. I saw you have a challenge everyday? I had no idea what poem those words were from sorry!

I used to drop in very sporadically from Magpie Tales and I'd like to drop in more often. I loved this challenge and hope I understood and wasn't too late for it. Let me have it if not."

I hope you guys still visit my take I'm just getting started here and I'm from Mag I recognize some of you. I have your blog listed on pw and have actually stopped in many times but only wrote a handful. Look forward to a little more often. I don't use Google+ comments. Bekkie

Jinksy said...

Very, very late for this one, but I couldn't resist having a go. Thanks for such an interesting challenge. ♥


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Politics Is Not A Science

The fact that Barack Obama was elected President is a pretty clear indicator that Politics is not scientific. That is, with all due respect to the President, his resume was the thinnest in memory, with no real substance to support his claims that he should lead the country. Nevertheless, Barack Obama won, defeating first a powerful Democratic party rival with an impressive political resume and efficient campaign machine, then a Republican opponent with far greater experience on most of the issues important to voters. In the 2008 election, however, style won over substance, although it may be fairly argued that neither party's nominee made an effective case on the merits of their qualifications.

The election of 2008 was hardly unprecedented. Bill Clinton beat the first President Bush on pure style and media spin, just as the first President Bush beat Michael Dukakis on rhetoric and style in 1988. While Reagan beat Carter with arguments supported by evidence, his most effective tactics used style - we still remember and ask if we are better than four years ago. This goes back at least to JFK's victory over Nixon in 1960, effective use of media and style to win over the public.

This brings up the question on 2012. Many Republicans have assumed that Obama would follow the path of Jimmy Carter and implode, opening the door to the 'Next Reagan'. A closer look at the matter indicates such optimism may be unfounded. First off, Carter recovered from most of his mistakes, and Obama has learned how to move beyond his blunders; the plain fact is that wit ha compliant media Obama's blunders have a political half-life of only a few weeks at most, far too short to damage his re-election chances significantly unless he either commits a major mistake immediately before the election, or makes so many mistakes that the weight of their total overwhelms him. It could happen, but it would be foolish to expect it to be so.

The second problem is the missing New Reagan. By the time the GOP Convention finished in 1976, many Republicans knew that if Gerald Ford lost, Governor Reagan would have the de facto lead for the 1980 race. Reagan was tested by other would-be nominees, but he was clearly the leading man from the start. Putting it bluntly, the GOP has no such candidate now. Look at 2008; John McCain frankly took the nomination by default, because no one really showed up to make a strong case. Conservatives got excited about Fred Thompson, but to be blunt Mister Thompson lacked the stamina and energy to sustain a serious campaign. Mitt Romney and Mike Huckabee were too thin and brittle to be successful, showing no ability to attract supporters outside a limited spectrum. John McCain got the nomination for the same reason that John Kerry won the Democratic Party nomination in 2004; he was believed to be the most "electable" in a field of uninspiring contenders.

Who, frankly, inspires the nation from the Right? Those with strong followings, like Sarah Palin, tend to attract support from a tight range of political opinion, lacking the means to attract and win over the undecided and doubters. Others do their jobs well, Like John Boehner, but have no evident charisma to build a national following. Worse, the national party has two serious problems - they are out of touch with grassroots Republicans, supporting senior Republicans even when they do not represent the party's ideals (one notes that the GOP has refused to condemn Governor Sanford's adultery and malfeasance, even after his confession) and sometimes even opposing fresh contenders in the party who have broad support and represent reason for hope. And second, the national GOP has siloed, with factions standing off against each other in petty feuds, preventing unity on critical issues and campaigns. The matter has become serious enough, that many who oppose the Democrats and President Obama, do so without declaring support for the Republicans who might run for reform. The simple fact is that right now the voting public has little confidence in the Republican Party to be any better than the Democrats. And until that changes, President Obama and the Democrats have little to fear from the next election or two.

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"THROUGH THE EYES OF A POET'S HEART" will be moving to its new digs starting August 5, 2011.
In conjunction with these pages which will be run simultaneously until Sept 1st.

All the old feature will move there, with added material and media to make for a more entertaining and comprehensive blog. I hope you will join me there.

Thursday, August 4, 2011

Un-billowed and furled
color splashed and swirled
across the nylon stitching
it stretches. This wretched
contraption missed the boat
and sits afloat my shipping table.
Have I a reason to be prone
to such treason as to let this parcel,
a morsel of sailing finery, sit unshipped?
Destination: Down under and his boat
sits asunder. Without the means
to make it go, this damn boat will
go real slow. I’m glad to regale ya,

Tuesday, August 2, 2011

No one knows.
And the best kept secret remains as such.
How much is it worth to know things
that your heart can confirm,
but you can not communicate,
this declaration of fact lies hidden.
Distance spanned and water
under the bridge between then and now.
How do you live a life with this burden?
She couldn't know; you gave no indications,
your stagnation and debilitating fear
brought you here with nary a lead.
But indeed, you have known.
You will carry it until you'll have grown
feeble and cold, just an infarction from
the chill's permanence; it hides in residence.
Do you declare to the world and hope the rooftops
can handle your exuberance, your happy dance long buried?
This poetic prompt brings you to wonder
that if under this guise you can reprise
what your heart conceals; the real feel of its mystery,
your history until now untold and you let the story unfold.
The question is posed; "Did you have a high school crush?"
Touching secrets with probing fingers, the memory lingers.
You held the best vantage point in the room to see all before you,
a chance at a glance always revealed her lilting smile
and her warm Serbian eyes; your soul cries
at the top of it's lungs, but your unsung song
has kept her anonymity. Though your proximity was close,
you chose to let fear dictate, sealing your fate.
Never a clue did you expose. You chose to fade,
finding comfort in invisibility. Indignantly you proclaim,
"What purpose would this knowledge serve?"
You have held your nerve and your secret this long.
It can't be wrong to release your burden and breathe again.
She couldn't know.
Unseen for thirty-two years, no one knows.
You wonder if your existence evaded her detection then.
You are certain that it does now.
Unseen for thirty-two years, she couldn't know.
You are prompted to think of her and how you felt.
Your memories melt flowing onto this page as you engage your feelings.
A poem gets written of your smitten past, and at last you come clean.
I mean, really, it's not as if this poem will ever be seen.

POET'S NOTE - A response to a poetic nudge five years ago that I saw as ridiculous and unnecessary. But for some reason I relented and presented what lay hidden, fondly. Time and distance can surprise and sometimes re-introduce warm Serbian eyes and lilting smiles. She didn't know. Those memories stay with you. Writers feed on their marrow. Histories come full circle..


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23 drug overdoses reported in Trumbull County in 2 days

Local health officials believe the overdoses stemmed from a batch of drugs recently seen in the Cleveland area

Pharmacies are dispensing naloxone over the counter.

WARREN, Ohio (WKBN) – There have been 23 overdoses in Trumbull County in the last 48 hours, according to the county’s Mental Health and Recovery Board.

As alarming as that may sound, agencies in Trumbull County have been prepared for this for weeks now.

All 23 people who overdosed were successfully revived with naloxone, an opioid-reversal drug, according to Randee Shoenberger of the Trumbull County Combined Health District.

“Because of Project DAWN [Deaths Avoided With Naloxone] and naloxone being in the hands of many of the police departments and EMTs, the people were saved. They were taken to local hospitals, they were offered to get into detox, treatment, and other programs that can help them,” said April Caraway, executive director of the Trumbull County Mental Health and Recovery Board.

Seven of them were female and 17 were male. Their ages ranged from 20 to 63 years old.

About a month ago, a string of deadly overdoses took hold of the Cleveland area. Caraway then issued an alert for local agencies to brace themselves — they knew these powerful drugs would soon be in the area.

“Every time Cleveland, or Akron, or Toledo has a bunch of overdoses, we know that that drug is coming our way. It just always seems to come from the highway system and into our communities,” she said.

Video: Where do these drugs come from?

Caraway said addicts are mixing fentanyl and heroin with drugs like cocaine for more of a stimulant, thinking it will prevent an overdose.

“It’s just not true. That’s a speedball. It’s been around for a long time and it’s very deadly.”

In order to stop this epidemic, local health officials are reminding people that it can start at home.

“Clean out [your] medicine cabinets. If you have leftover Vicodin, Percocets, we have drop boxes all over the county, disposal sites. Get rid of it because that’s how our kids are starting. They’re starting with pills that they’re finding at home,” Caraway said.

Drop boxes in Trumbull County:

  • Bazetta Township Police Department
  • Brookfield Police Department
  • Champion Police Department
  • Hubbard Police Department
  • Hubbard Township Police Department
  • Kinsman Police Department
  • Liberty Township Administration Building
  • Lordstown Police Department
  • Newton Falls Police Station/Administration Building
  • Trumbull County Sheriff’s Office
  • Vienna Police Department
  • Weathersfield Township Police Department

Those wanting help with addiction can contact the Coleman Access Center, which assesses and screens clients and then makes a referral to a program as appropriate. The Coleman Access Center is located at 552 North Park Ave. in Warren. For more information, call 330-392-1100.

WKBN has a list of local resources for those struggling with a heroin addiction. You can also read more stories about the crisis here.

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Two Die in Hit and Run

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TRUCKSVILLE -- Friends and family are turning to Facebook to mourn the loss of two people who died over the weekend in a hit and run crash in Luzerne County. Two men are in custody as the investigation continues.

This is Daniel Antonini of Wilkes-Barre at his arraignment in Trucksville.  He's charged with tampering with evidence in a deadly hit and run crash. That evidence is a car belonging to this man, Walter Raven of Jenkins Township. He was arraigned on unrelated drug charges.

Police say the hit and run happened along route 315 near Pittston.  Robin Walsh and Donnie Pizano, both of Plains Township, were on a motorcycle that collided with a car. Walsh and Pizano died. Police say the car took off.

It was just hours later when police say they found Raven and Antonini power-washing a car that matched witness descriptions and surveillance images of the vehicle involved in the crash.

According to court papers, Antonini told police the car was Raven's and that he asked Antonini to help him powerwash it after the crash. Court papers reveal Antonini saw blood and broken glass all over the car before he started washing it.

Newswatch 16 spoke with a few people who work at the County courthouse and they confirm that Robin Walsh worked in the Clerk of Courts Office. They didn't want to speak on camera but said they were shocked and sad to hear that something like this happened to such a nice woman.

Friends of Robin Walsh and Donnie Pizano are remembering them on Facebook.  Several people posted on Donnie Pizano's Facebook page.

One wrote, 'So sorry for your loss! I am a long time best friend of Robin! We lost a wonderful person! So horrible! I know they are angels on heaven'!

State police have impounded the car suspected of being involved in the crash and will search it for evidence. Walter Raven and Daniel Antonini remain locked up.


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Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Prayers Worked

The prayers from everyone worked. Hope is a candidate for surgery and will be having her first of three surgeries next week. It has not been scheduled, but it will be after Tuesday...Dr. Smith wants her stronger before the surgery and a little bigger as well.

Some other good news:

She has gained 2 ounces - she is now 5 pounds 14 ounces
She has both kidneys...although her left one is pretty small and they don't know whether or not it is functioning
She has inter-atrial communication, although they will need to fix the restrictive ASD during her first surgery
She does not have any neurological problems that they could find through the ultrasound they did on her head

Hope is still considered a much higher risk for the surgery than most babies with HLHS, but we are still hopeful that she is one tough cookie and will pull through and show everyone what a fighter she really is! God has been there for us throughout this whole journey and we believe that He will be there with the surgeons, cardiologists, nurses, anesthesiologists as our journey continues.

Hope will also be moving tomorrow to PICU (Pediatric Intensive Care Unit) tomorrow. This is where she will be staying before and after surgery and they want the nurses to get to know her and for her to know all of them. I am pretty excited because she will be in her own room rather than sharing a room with other little babies like in NICU (where she is now). Her brothers still have little colds (stuffy noses), so they have not been able to go and see her since she was born. We don't want even the slight possibility of her getting sick, but I would love them to be able to see her before the surgery.

We want to thank everyone again for everything that you have done for our family. We have great support from our family which has made this journey so much easier. Marilyn and my mom have been AWESOME taking care of the boys so that Jerry and I can spend as much time as possible with Hope. I actually got to hold her a few times today and it was the most precious feeling in the entire world. When I got home last night (the first time in almost a week) it was really hard coming home without a new baby. Being able to hold her today gave me a little feeling of how precious her life is and I can't wait to hold her again tomorrow.

The thoughtful gifts from everyone is appreciated more than we can say. Thank you seems so small when we feel so grateful for everything everyone has done for our family. I wish there were a better way to express how much we appreciate everything and if we don't tell you enough how much we appreciate everything...please know that our hearts are full of love and gratitude for everything.

Love always,

The Wodzisz Family

  1. Oh my goodness I am so HAPPY to hear the great news! Hope is beautiful!!! She is one strong little mama, I wonder where she gets that from!!!
    Try to get some rest, I know these next few days are going to be more hectic than your would like so take some time to sleep and eat as best as you can. We tend to neglect ourselves with so much going on.
    Tell your husband I said Congrats!! Can't forget about him, I know he is going through so much as well.
    Sending hugs and prayers your way!!! Please give Hope a little kiss for me....

  2. That's amazing news!! I'm so incredibly happy for you and Hope! I'll continue praying for nothing, but good news! Emily

  3. May God continue to hold you and your family in his loving arms. He brought you this baby for a reason.

  4. I'm SOOO happy for you, your famiy. We are tell to learn about life from our CHD babies -- they are fighters!! The key is to remain in positive state of mind throughout it all. I'm keeping on praying that little Hope surgery will go well. Enjoy her every moment until then, every day is VERY precious. May God continues His protection over Hope's life.

  5. I am so happy to hear to great news! I am glad you did not have to go through the process of getting a second opinion and possibly moving her.

    Hope sure looks like a very strong (and beautiful) baby! She sure must have impressed her docs!

    You guys be sure and get some rest whenever you can. It is going to be a long road.

    I love your blog. I wish there was something like this available when Sarah was younger. What a beautiful tribute.

    My annual accounting show is next week, so I will stop in next Wednesday after my day of "fun". It will drive me nuts having to sit through the day knowing I get to see you guys.

    Until then, your Toledo family will be praying for baby Hope and her wonderful family.
    Love you, Beth


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