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Wednesday, 6 May 2009

Irazola Screwdriver Sets - Roll Your Tools Up

Screwdrivers sets take up so much space in the tool bag, you always end  up carrying far too many just because you don't want to find that the one you really need, you left back at the garage.

What if you could remove all the handles, this would take up a lot less space. Well, Irazola (part of the Bahco group) have also though of this idea and have produced a 13 piece VDE insulated screwdriver set, which when rolled up, is only 200mm (8") in length and 75mm (3")
 across. The kit comprises of 5 flat heads, 3 pozi heads, 3 Philips heads, a neon tester and a quick release interchangeable handle, all secured in a nylon roll mat.

Fitting the screwdrivers into the handle is simple, choose the required driver and  push until you here a click, done. To remove the driver, simply twist the lock nut and remove the driver.

All the screwdrivers in this set are tested to 1000 volts and are indivually VDE stamped.

The handle itself is confortable to use and has plenty of grip due to the rubberised finish on the lower part of the handle.

Overall, this is a lightweight yet strong screwdriver kit and as there is only one handle, is considerably small and easy to carry arround.

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Top 10 Most Peaceful Countries in The World

Take a look at the below list of Top 10 Most Peaceful Countries in The World in 2017. Just imagined if you lived in one of the most peaceful countries in the world. Would you consider that to be a luxury? The Global Peace Index lists reports on all 162 countries on just how peaceful each country is. The UN agencies and World Bank also contribute useful information. If you are curious about what makes a country so peaceful, then it is the absence of war, no violence, very low military spending, levels of policing, no tolerance for organized crime, and the application of democratic government.

Sometimes these countries experience massive immigrations, taking in people from war-torn countries, those who are seeking peace. Some of these most peaceful countries have quite diverse population because they open their doors to people from all across the globe, especially to those who are living in not so peaceful places on Earth.

List of Top 10 Most Peaceful Countries in The World 2017

10. Bhutan Buddhist Kingdom-

Bhutan Buddhist Kingdom Top Peaceful Countries 2017

This is a peaceful kingdom which lies the Himalayas, India, and China. Buddhism is dominant in this country. Cultural links are tied with Tibet and the Indian subcontinent. Today, the country faces challenges in increasing urbanization. It is home to rare species like the Old World monkey. A beautiful and yes, peace place to live.

9. Singapore-

Things are very orderly here. Visitors enjoy astonishing city landscapes. The government is taking seriously green initiatives for energy, water conservation and the environment. Locals are friendly and welcoming to internationals. There are many safe urban areas to live, work, and have recreational activities.

8. Australia-

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In this country you will experience its pleasant climate and the average life expectancy here is 82 years old. The wildlife is amazing and you will see natural scenic views of landscapes. Australians are really friendly people.

7. Ireland-

The landscapes in Ireland are absolutely breathtaking. The people are really friendly and most of them have a sense of humor. This is where some of the best golf courses in the world can be found. Ireland is an island in the North Atlantic. It is the Irish culture that shares many great features with Great Britain, English language, sports like football, rugby, horse racing, and golf.

6. Norway-

You will really be surprised to learn that this country has an extremely low prison population. Health and happiness is favored above all in Norway. The Norwegian law states people are free to roam the landscape and you can camp or trek anywhere you like. It is known to be one of the most beautiful and peaceful countries in the world.

5. Belgium-

This is home to many old towns, castles, and museums as well as rainy days. This is where you can find some of the best chocolate and beer in he world. Paris is located nearby and you can pay a visit in about an hour when taking a high speed train. Belgium has a landscape made up of sand dunes, fertile land, waterways, sandy plains, forested hills, rocky caves, and plateaus.

4. Czech Republic-

This is a small European country. Austria, Germany, Slovakia and Poland share their borders with this small country. The economy of this country is based on tourism. Prague is the capital city and it is also one of the most visited cities in Europe. The crime rates in the country is very low that tourists never have to worry about worry about violence or robbery. Emergency services are ensured and in place to protect the safety of the foreigners.

3. Japan-

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In this country, you will find there is peace keeping in the society. Violent crime and homicide are very low in Japan. Cordial relationships with the neighboring countries are in place. The very friendly Japanese welcome internationals. Their culture, heritage and history are rich and interesting. They have a booming economy and an awesome transportation system. They have an amazingly speedy rail system that travels at a speed faster than a jet at 350 mph. The Japanese call them bullet trains.

2. Finland-

Finland Top Popular Peaceful Countries 2018

If you plan to move to this country, then it is hoped that you like long and dark cold winters. You will not find corruption here. The people do not have class distinction. Gender equality is well respected here. If you are a family with kids, then you must know that it is this country that has the best education system in the world. There is a very low rate of ADHD in both adults and children in this country. Sometimes, some things really sound too good to be true, but in fact, they are very realistic.

1. Iceland-

Iceland Top 10 Most Popular Peaceful Countries 2018

This is a most beautiful country on Earth as well as the most peaceful one. If you lived in a place that experiences a 2 degrees C temperature then you may not want to butt heads either. The country has a population with 100% literacy rate and they are a very educated population which are quite tolerant towards minorities. What is really surprising and gives hope to the rest of the world, is that murders here are almost non-existent with only 1.8 per 100,000 population a year. In this country it is left for one to wonder about the dramatic natural scenery as well as the Northern Lights shows that color the sky almost 8 months out of a year. Iceland is a country that welcomes people from any place on the globe.

If you looking to relocate to a better place where there is more peace and serenity, then you may want to explore one of these countries. You can request a travel guide for each country and you can learn more about them. Booking your travel plans online is easy and simple and you can get travel directions when you arrive in the country you are interested in touring. Planning your travel destination ahead of time will ensure you have a safe and comfortable trip there, save you time, and money too. Relocation services may be able to assist with moving if you plan a long term stay.

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03 November 2016

Where's the Hope?: Innovation in Education

Focus talk given on 6th October 2016
—Jan Rosenberg

My journey as a teacher began in 1978, when I was a reading tutor in a public school in Hartford, Ct. All of my students came from one of the poorest housing projects in an economically challenged city. Two years later I moved to Maynard MA. From then until my retirement in 2009, I worked in the field of special education within public middle and high schools in high socio-economic status communities. Since retirement I have been a long-term substitute teacher, and an ESL tutor in Lowell. I also taught two summer sessions of the reading program at the Boston Arts Academy, remediating reading skills with rising tenth and eleventh graders.

At the outset I would like to state my core beliefs. First, robust public education, while a challenging project, is essential to democracy. Strong teachers’ unions support, rather than harm, quality education. Teaching again has to be made viable as a profession and as an entrée into the middle class. Finally, I believe that the underlying inequities of our society have to be addressed. Generally speaking, poor students have less opportunity for a high quality education that those living in high SES communities. It has been over fifty years since the War on Poverty and Civil Rights Movement, and yet, according to a recent article in the Christian Science Monitor, “school segregation has become even worse in recent decades. A report by the US Government Accountability Office earlier this year found that the percentage of public schools with high concentrations of poor and black and Hispanic students has nearly doubled since 2000.”

In my view the two most significant and large-scale drivers of change in education over the last two decades have been the No Child Left Behind Act of 2001, and the voucher/charter school/corporate reform movements. NCLB demanded greater accountability via yearly tests of student achievement in the areas of reading and math as determined by each state. If the required improvements were not made each year, schools, were punished with decreased funding, and ultimately, by state takeover. Because absolute, not relative improvement was sought, schools were labeled as failing even if improvements in performance had been made. Having had students enter high school with minimal reading, writing, or math skills, I can say that I strongly believe in accountability around student learning. However, as a full participant during those years, my observation was that the testing regime contributed to increased anxiety for both teachers and students, impacted negatively the amount of time devoted to learning, and increased “teaching to the test”. On the other hand, I observed a principal-led initiative around writing responses to open-ended questions that was easily actionable, and which made a significant difference both in school culture and in the student performance of that school on the NAEP (National Assessment of Educational Progress), which is a yearly assessment given to a random group of students that predated NCLB. By 2015 so much criticism of No Child Left Behind had accumulated from across the political spectrum, that Congress took away the national features and replaced it with the Every Student Succeeds Act, passed in December 2015. ESSA limits the role of the federal government, but continues to require annual testing between third and eighth grades.

The second driver of change has been the voucher/charter school/corporate reform movement. While its history is very long and complex, it has roots both as a parent-led movement to increase options and successful educational experiences for their children, and as a libertarian free-market economy belief in a profit-based education system in which resources are controlled by private entities rather than locally-based and publicly elected school boards. Therein lies the problem! This cause has been taken up by the Koch Brothers and their related network as well as other billionaires, like the Walton family. Public schools and teachers are to them, examples of how regulation does not work. While we have many excellent charter schools in Massachusetts, we also have Question #2 on our November ballots. If approved, this would lift the cap on charter schools, and divert, over time, greater amounts of money from the public schools, as well as removing local decision- making from the school districts with regard to any new charters.  So, what else is wrong with this picture? More charters essentially leave the problem of inequity in access to quality education untouched. Charter schools can choose their students in a way that leaves out the neediest. In addition, national experience with charter schools indicate that without greater oversight and transparency, charters are vulnerable to corruption and fraud. Finally, the effectiveness of charters has not been demonstrated in a consistent manner.

So what has happened to educators as a result of these two large drivers of change? Working conditions have deteriorated, and it has become more difficult to not only recruit, but to hold on to excellent teacher candidates who might have entered the field. Schools and teachers have been told to do more with less AND score higher on tests. Teachers have been demonized; there has been a very active campaign to eliminate tenure and procedural safeguards for teachers in conflict with their administrators. In fact, there has been an active campaign to deprofessionalize teaching, placing inadequately trained people into classrooms. Emphasis has shifted from qualitative to quantitative evaluation systems, with punitive rather than collaborative consequences, akin to the punitive responses to insufficient growth on NCLB scores. Inadequate resources for the support of students with learning needs and mental health issues continue to be the norm rather than the exception. At the same time teachers have been confronted by increasingly complex students with learning needs, mental health issues, and language challenges in their classrooms. Corporate reformers are also pushing online monitoring of student performance and universal data collection, as well as personalized teaching via digital device – another way to eliminate teachers!

So where’s the hope in education? I see hope in a number of corners. As a special educator, I see hope in the growing research base on addressing dyslexia, specifically when and how. There is no need, if we choose to make resources available, for students to suffer through k-12 without knowing how to read. Similarly, I see growing improvements and sophistication in how to work with students on the autism spectrum, including how to transition such students to the worlds of work and higher education. I also see great hope in the Massachusetts initiative to create trauma-sensitive schools, which has the potential to impact a large number of students. Yet another source of hope for education includes such programs as CARE for teachers, or Cultivating Awareness and Resilience for Educators. It is a unique program “designed to help teachers reduce stress and enliven their teaching by promoting awareness, presence, compassion, reflection, and inspiration- the inner resources they need to help students flourish socially, emotionally, and academically”. Hope also lies in the many teacher-led initiatives to improve the quality of curriculum, pedagogy, and delivery of services, about which one rarely hears.

Ultimately, hope lies in an informed citizenry, committed teachers who are respected and well-paid, and in the students themselves, who are very much worth fighting for.


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Once Upon A Dream…

To make up for your Sleeping Beauty ruined childhood, I wanted to share this with you: Once Upon a Dream, from Disney's Sleeping Beauty, both the original song from the movie (although it's a stupid way of falling in love, it's still a lovely movie scene), and Emily Osment's version from 2008. Enjoy! :D

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Thursday, November 24, 2011

Unpublished Post

Dear friends,

It's been  five months since I started sharing my thoughts. I've met a lot of friends who are always here to listen in every words I shared. Friends who are ready to give support and those who encouraged me to continue even if I knew for myself  that I don't have enough knowledge in writing. Because of you, I've learned a lot of things, but most of all in facing reality of  life.

Saying goodbye is not forever, farewell doesn't mean I will not coming back. Sometimes we need to focus on other things that matters most and more time is needed. Saying goodbye saddens me now, but like what I've said it's not the end of everything, I will be leaving but my heart  will remain, yes.. to you my friend to all of you. I am stranger here before, through sharing we became friends. I cherished every moments I've spent here, I may not be around all the time but I will always support you and stay connected, no matter what..

My sincerely thanks to all of you, who believes in me and never leave me through ups and downs. To all my friends and those who keep coming back just to read my post and never get tired to share comments,  thank you so much guys. I will not mention names because you are all number one for me. God bless us all..

Yeheey!! my farewell letter was not published because I just can't leave you guys,, that's why

 I must say this words now,
 YOU did not hold my hand, but
 YOU made me change my mind.
YOU didn't allow me to publish my post.
Maybe there's a reason
why YOU told me not to
 But whatever is that reason,
I'm so thankful to YOU, because
I'm still here sharing and
inspiring others too

Let's do the sharing again!:)

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  1. ate..where are you going? have been silent to my questions on my mail..hmp hmp..anyway ate I'll always be waiting for your return..stay safe always..or I should say whatever it may be..I know it will make you happy ;)

  2. @Sie, waaaahhhhhh..:( I am not leaving nga po..Lols.. That's why it was unpublished post na. Hmmm, you will miss then if I will di ba?? Lols.. Thanks a lot sis, you are one of my dearest friend who hold me here, thank you so much !:)

    Wala man po ako na receive mail,kelan po??? Send it again please.. Thanks a lot my dear sis..:)

    Have a wonderful day!:)

  3. I'm SO happy that you're not leaving! I remember I read your post mentioning a bit about it. I would have been sad if you left but God's willing, you're still with us. Thank you so much, dear Ros. I feel so light-hearted cos you make me happy today! Looking forward for more happy days here. :)

  4. ah ok..I'm just a little fuzzy..late night sleep last night again as always questions on your LDR and you just said good evening po..hmp hmp..anyway it's ok if you don't want to tell.

    bye ;)

  5. @Balqis, I am so thankful to you my friend:) I owe it to you, remember? Looking forward for long lasting friendship to all of you guys!:)

    Thanks for always being around:) Have a blessed day!:)

  6. @Sie, hmmmmm... alright, I'm going to tell you about it,SOON..:))

    Thank you my sis, sleep again.. puyat ka ulit mamaya hmmmmm? Have a great day!:)

  7. nice. yup, i guess blogging connected u with ur friends am i right? if it is,then we are facing the same issue here. keep up writing. i will keep updated with ur progress :)

  8. Hope everything is okay.

    Also, thanks for stopping by my blog. If, by chance, you are one of the two people who followed me yesterday, can you stop by and comment to let me know? My GFC box isn't working right, so I can't see new followers anymore, and I always try to follow back. Thanks!

  9. What happened Ate Dang? Reading this post saddens me too... I hope you will change you my mind! You are loved by many here...

  10. I had to read the end before the beginning! I was thinking oh no, why?
    You can't leave us sorry, that's the way it is, cause we would miss you and you would miss us.
    Take care, have a great day! And let's share many more posts and moments together!

  11. Such emotively great post you have! So lovely - searching heart for some true friendly feelings to share!
    Got touched! At first, I was wondering how I could manage to enjoy your post, since my class was just going to start. Now I felt in spite of being busy friendly heart can find the way out to be in touch with friend's lovely post! I will keep trying to manage time to visit your post though my busy days are teasing me.
    Sorry for late arrival, friend Sagittarian! :)

  12. How have you been, Just wanted to hope everything is well with you and i love reading your Blog. Thankyou Anna

  13. I hope your doing well my friend.Anna

  14. @Inspector Saahab,

    Thank you for your nice sharing, it's true I am connected here with my friends and I am proud to say I love them and they became part of my everyday life here through blogging.:) Happy to know that we are facing the same issue, happy to hear from you Inspector:)

    Thank you so much! Have a blessed and wonderful day/evening sir:)

  15. @Lisa @ Two Bears Farm,

    Hi there!:) Thanks for taking time to visit my blog and share comment:)It's really a great pleasure for me.:) You're right I'm one of the two who followed you before:)

    Have a wonderful day ahead!:)

  16. @Prime,

    Hi kuya!:) You;re right I've changed my mind that's why am still here, right? And if I did, hmmm you're gonna miss me!! hahaha;;joke..:)

    Have a nice day Prime!:)

  17. @MarieHarmony,

    Hi Marie:) Thanks a lot for your nice word, it's true I'm going to miss all of you guys if I did, am thankful because somebody hold my mind that's why I decided to stay and share and be with you guys, you're part of my everyday life since I started blogging:)

    Thank you so much Marie..:) Have a blessed day.:)

  18. @Suresh Shrestha,

    Hi Suresh:)Hmmmmm, you touch my heart with your comment, oh..I'm so thankful to you and to all my friends here.:) Your comment brought too much happiness for me and I'm so flattered, thanks a lot my friend.:)Hope to hear from you again and again..lols..:)

    Have a wonderful and a blessed one too!:)

  19. @Anna Bee,

    hi Anna:)Thank you so much for dropping by and happy to hear that you liked reading my post.:) It's a great honor for me, thank you so much:)

    Hope to see you always Anna!:) Have a nice and blessed day!:)

  20. Hi Sagittarian, we all love your blogs so always be with us with your wonderful blogs !!!

  21. @Shahin,

    Thank you so much for your heart- warming comment.:)

    Thank you so much my friend:)A wonderful day for you:)

  22. Hi Sagittarian,

    I'm glad you changed your mind. Rest if you must but don't leave.

  23. Hi Ed,

    Thanks for your encouraging comment, I feel great because of my friends here.:) Have a wonderful day!:)

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Tour Daufuskie premiers Native Gullah Tour with Sallie Ann Robinson

Sallie Ann Robinson, a sixth generation native of Daufuskie Island, is joining forces with Tour Daufuskie to debut the Sallie Ann Native Gullah Tour. This is the FIRST TIME EVER weekly-offered Gullah tour led by a native professional guide on Daufuskie.

Robinson is known as an authority of Gullah culture and cuisine, having been a featured favorite in programs such as QVC, The Food Network, and The Travel Channel. As a child, she was a student of the famous author Pat Conroy and is remembered in his critically-acclaimed novel “The Water is Wide”. Sallie Ann’s historical and cultural knowledge of Daufuskie Island is unparalleled, and her tour will unearth Gullah stories and give insight to growing up on this bridgeless island.

Sallie Ann with Pat Conroy, author of Daufuskie-inspired novel “The Water is Wide”

Robinson is the author of two Gullah cookbooks, “Gullah home cooking the Daufuskie Way” and “Cooking the Gullah Way, Morning, Noon, and Night”

The Sallie Ann Native Gullah Tour is offered four times a week; Tuesdays and Saturdays at 9am and 2pm. The debut tour is Saturday Nov 5 at 2pm. Tour duration is 2.5 hours and the cost is $55 per person. These intimate tours have limited spaces available and reservations are required. To book a tour call Tour Daufuskie at (843)842-9449 or email at


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Thursday, 30 August 2007

GAZETTE issue 2 by Joe Dever

Incorporating the Ugley Imelda Gazette
Issue No. 2

Gunfire & Greed at Gold Creek
The campaign kicked off in fine style with a memorable showdown between the rival posses drawn up along the banks of Gold Creek. This lazy, lucrative little stream bisected the battlefield from north to south, with US Marshal Mike, Bob Johnson’s Rebels, and Shami-leaves-no-Marks’ Apache injuns moving in from the east bank, and Jake Fargo’s Cowboys, Lt. Norman House’s Fed-(exs), and Windy Valdez’s Meh-hi-coes approaching from the west.
Sneaky Shami launched into an immediate attack against neighbouring Rob Johnson’s Rebs. Plucky Rob yee-hawed against them, a brave defense which soon transformed into what must be the most disastrous opening action of any campaign, ever seen anywhere, ever !
Rob’s man O’Reilly opened up on a charging Apache with his shotgun, mistimed the shot, and managed to hit his own man, Winklebottom, in the back. Man down. They’re still winkling the lead out of his bottom to this day. Rob Johnson added insult to injury when he opened up on the redskin menace and managed to plug fellow Reb Steven the Heathen with a slug from his six-gun. And then, to cap it all, poor old bow-legged Billy who was riding pillion aboard Steven’s nag, fell off said horse and broke his neck. Own man down –
yet again! Shami and his youngbloods could hardly believe their luck. Their sneaky attack had turned into Rebel mass suicide!

"Oh bother!"

Meanwhile, across the creek, Windy Valdez, full o’ beans as per usual, paused his advance upon the gold just long enough to take a pot shot at the neighbouring Feds. A lucky lump o’ lead clipped trooper Jacob Skinton. First man down for the Billy Yanks.

Separated at birth?

Marshal Mike’s boy, Jed, shot and missed his rebel target, as did Marshal Shirley Knott, but Mike’s man Bob got a sure bead on O’Reilly and brought him down, once again, with his trusty repeater. This was the breaking point for ol’ Rob Johnson. After one round of play he was heading for the hills, and to further add to his woes, his horseman -Steven the Heathen - fell into the hands of Kay-way-ke and was dragged off for future ransoming. Oh dear.
It must have come as some consolation for beleaguered Steve when 1
Winklebottom and Bow-legged Billy were spared Boot Hill by good throws on the resolution table. Even O’Reilly, who had been shot twice, returned to play hardened by his wounds. Tough or what!

up the creek and not a paddle in sight.....

meanwhile, the Apaches, the Cowboys, and the US Marshals' boys all had the creek gold in their sights and were breaking cover to go get themselves some. Injum was first to reach for a box of glitter but only to be taken down by rifle-toting Charlie Plain. Jake Fargo and two of his boys – Dwight Wright and Eli Cutter – made their move and immediately attracted fire from the advancing Marshals. A near miss down by the creek sent Jake hightailing it back to the cover of the trees. Water from the splash of the slug, as it hit the river wincingly close to Jake’s wedding tackle, ended up drenching the front of his brand new 501’s. A few joshing wags among the ranks of the rival combatants quickly claimed that the damp denim resulted from a splash on the inside out, rather than from the outside in. Jake vigorously denies any involuntary incontinence, stating that he chose to saunter nonchalantly back to the tree line in order to fetch some extra ammo from his saddlebag. Whatever the truth, a new nickname was born – Jake ‘Wetpants’ Fargo. The US Marshal’s moved up to exploit Jakes retreat and Jed let loose into the treeline with his sawn-off shootin’ iron. Fortunately for the cowboys, the buck stopped short and they were able to return the compliment with a volley of bigger caliber slugs. Matt Polk critical-ed Jed, and Dwight and Eli dragged the gold back to the tree line under covering fire. Meanwhile, Istel the injun was making a play for some gold in the central zone, but ended up being taken down in fine style by Valdez himself. Mike’s marshals moved in on the stash
in the creek om front of them, as did Valdez and his tortilla-chomping cronies. No sooner had Deputy Tom got his nicotine-stained fingers on the box o’ gold, than he was hit by fire from Lt Norman House. Further damage was inflicted on the Marshal’s posse when ol’ wetpants let loose with his Winchester and downed Charley Shotgun. With Rob Johnson licking his wounds somewhere up in the hills, and Shami-leaves-no-Marks heading the same way after taking heavy casualties courtesy of Rob and Valdez, the creek was cleared of gold by Valdez, Jake, Marshal Mike and Lt House, who each got away with one box apiece. Subsequently valdez discovere to his flatulent horror, that his box was fool of fool's gold. Which was a bummer (paarp). But not as much of a bummer as the booby trap surprise awaiting Marshal Mike’s boy when he flipped the lid on his stash box. The damn thing blew up in his face. Miraculously, he got the throw and got away with little more than a pair of singed eyebrows and an instant Congo tan-job.

Top gun went toValdez- the Methane eh-hi-can with 2 kills.

top stash went to Shami-leaves-no-Marks ($50),

and the winner of the Boot Hill Billy award (by a very long chalk) went to Rob Johnson... or R.I.P. Johnson, as some of his perforated personnel have since taken to calling him.

Massacre NARROWLY averted at Westboro Church

Fought out amidst a torrential downpour, this classic Wild West encounter between the Good (Lt.House, Jake Fargo, Marshal Mike), the Bad (Valdez, Shami L-N-M, Rob Johnson), and the Ugly (innocent bystanders – particularly that blonde bint in the blue dress!) resulted in some pretty heavy bloodletting, particularly for Marshal Mike’s boys and Shami’s howlin’ heathens. Twelve innocent bystanders were holed up, Alamo-like, in the Westboro Church. The baddies were gunnin’ to drop ‘em all; the goodies were determined to stop ‘em.
The Good, the Bad, and the Vertically Challenged

The opening move saw all six posses running to take up positions under cover of the sheeting rain. Lt. House’s Feds approached the church directly from the east, with Jake’s boys covering their right flank and Mike’s Marshals covering the left.
From the west came Rob Johnson’s Rebs down the centre turnpike, with several of their number sporting splints and bandages - mementoes from their previous encounter at Gold Creek.
To Rob’s left came a-creeping El Windy and his burrito bandits, and to his right we could hear the hooping war howls of Shami’s apaches. Although, due to the rain, it sounded more like a chorus of war gargles rather than war cries.
Lt House made a beeline for the church and managed to gain entry through one of the back windows. Inside, the skittish church folk mistook the splintering of window frames and the cracking of glass for an all-out attack, and three of their congregation hightailed it out of the front door quicker than you could say: "That’s not a good idea!" Immediately they came under the control of Valdez and his gang of mariachi monkeys, and Rob Johnson’s rag-tag rebels.
Confident that he could approach the church with impunity, due to the reduced visibility, and reduced range effect of the torrential rain, Windy Valdez tempted fate by skirting along the edge of Jake Fargo’s field of fire. But it was no ordinary riflemen that had their repeaters trained on his every move. These were ‘Dice King’ Dever’s Winchester-toting, rain-lovin’, damp-panted sharpshooters. The time had come at last for Valdez to moisten his britches.
Three repeaters, max range 18, 1D6 reduction due to rain, Valdez at 17". Jake needed to throw a 1 for the bullet to have any chance of hitting. He fired, threw a 1, then threw a 4 (hit), then a six (wound). Valdez was winged. One wound deducted; one wound left.
Eli Cutter fired, threw a 1 – the bullet makes the range. Then a 5 follows – bullet hits. Beads of 90 proof tequila sweat break out all along Valdez’s upper lip. This could get critical. Eli threw a 2 and Valdez let one go that nearly took out poor ol’ Concho who’s standing directly downwind.
Meanwhile, the Rebs and the Marshal’s boys are closing upon each other at the ring of craggy rocks just south of the church. Bowlegged Billy takes down Fred Newbie. Shami and his brother braves gallop towards the rocks, but Charlie has got the drop on them. Up he pops and lets loose with one barrel of his sawn-off. Carnage ensues. Two injuns bite the decidedly damp dust, along with their horse.

It’s ‘Gulpsville’ time for Shami-l-n-Marks

Preacher man, bible in hand, fans his sixgun with several chapters of the Old Testament and drops an injun guerrilla dead in his moccasins. Costly encounter for Shami and his braves – he is wishing he’d never bothered with that silly bloody rain-dance before dawn today. Things are starting to go decidedly papoose-shaped for our red-skinned brethren.
No sooner has Valdez got a grip on his gaseous emissions, than Fed trooper Bill Bascom lets him have it with his rifle. The slug creases his forehead and drops him unconscious to the water-logged turf. Strike one Top Gun.
After the Apache bloodletting at the craggy rocks, the injuns get a taste of vengeance when Hoo (not to be confused with his Blackfoot Cousins – Watt, Wye, or Wen) knifes Charley Shotgun in the boulders. That’s gotta hurt. Much watering of eyes ensues in Marshal Mike’s encampment.
Losing Valdez did not seem to dampen the Mexican posse’s spirits unduly. Would-be head honcho, Lobo, and a couple of his cactus lovin’ cronies, made a dash for the three innocent bystanders – who all just so happened to be busty young women with a penchant for swarthy Chihuahuas. In the heave of a surgically enhanced bosom, the Mexicans have transformed these lithe lovelies into a trio of soiled doves.
"We don’t want to shoot the women…" says Lobo [quote], "… not yet!"

Marshal Mike’s about to head for the hills

Carnage continued amidst the craggies while Lobo and his boys did the dosey-doe with those dippy dumb doves. Bob, one of Marshal Mike’s boys, got shot by an arrow at point blank range, and Shami himself took down the Preacher with his knife. Things started out bad and rapidly got a whole lot worse. Youngblood Dakaya stabbed Sheriff Shirley Knott in the face with his skinning knife, blinding him permanently in the left eye. Winklebottom, who was still walking a bit funny after his close encounter of the buckshot kind, turned the tables and shot-gunned Herb, taking him down in grand style.
By now the craggies, and the adjacent ruined hut, were awash with blood. But that did not seem to deter the combatants from wreaking yet more mayhem and murder. Deputy Dawg grappled with O’Reilly and succeeded in slashing his throat. "It’s just a scratch" gurgled the hardened Reb, as blood frothed alarmingly out of the side of his neck. "Dun worse than that m’self, shavin’" Now that’s hard!

Bloodbath in the Craggies

The fight came to a head in the craggies and Marshal Mike was eventually forced to head for the hills, leaving a trail of blood soaked bodies (mainly those of his own men, it has to be noted) in his wake. Federal Charlie Plain was wounded in the head by a long range rifle shot from Concho, who had hidden himself behind the trunk of a lonesome pine. Spurred on by the sight of blue-bellied Charlie dropping to the mud, Lobo and a couple of his buddies made a rush for the church, using the soiled doves as human shields. "No place is sacred!" screamed Lobo, as he and his murdering Mexican machismos unleashed a hail of lead into one of the church’s front windows. Jake detailed three of his cowboys to leave the firing line and go aid Lt House’s hard pressed Yankees at the church. Forgetting past animosities, Jake’s boys sprinted through the pouring rain to grapple with Lobo, and another Mexican, at the north wall of the church. No sooner had they whipped out their (impressively long) blades, than they were joined by Matt Polk and one of Lt. House’s trooper boys. Outnumbered now 2 to 1, the gregarious Lobo and his partner in crime were forced to retreat from the church, despite their tenacious grip on the bustles of the soiled doves, right up to the bitter end.
As night began to fall, the two sides pulled off undercover of the rain and the encroaching darkness. The final shot went to Mr Eastwood, a new Federal infantry recruit, who took down Chino at long range with his rifle. It had been a wet and bloody encounter which had finally ended in a draw. But at the close of this rainy day, there were plenty of scores yet to be settled for losses sustained and grievous wounds inflicted.

Infamy ratings at end of Game 2
Shami-leaves-no-Marks: 94
Lt Norman House: 88
Windy Valdez: 68
Rob Johnson: 59
Marshal Mike: 53
Jake Fargo: 50

Judge Roy Bean once killed a Mexican official in a dispute over a girl in California. The Mexican official’s friend hanged Bean, but before he died he was cut down by the contested damsel. Ever after, Bean was unable to turn his head due to the injury.
The first gold strike in the Old West was made by Jose Ortiz in 1832 south of Santa Fe, New Mexico, in what would quickly become the boom town of Delores.

Billy the Kid was born in New York City on September 17, 1859.

Established in 1827, Fort Leavenworth, Kansas is the oldest military post in continuous operation west of the Mississippi

The oldest human skeleton ever found in the Western Hemisphere was discovered in 1953 near Midland, Texas . It was first believed that the skeleton, the remains of a 30-year-old woman, was 10,000 years old. However, the latest estimates are that it is much older.

The term "red light district" came from the Red Light Bordello in Dodge City, Kansas. The front door of the building was made of red glass and produced a red glow to the outside world when lit at night. The name carried over to refer to the town's brothel district.

Buffalo bones, which were strewn across the Great Plains after the mass buffalo hunts of 1870-1883, were bought by Eastern firms for the production of fertilizer and bone china. "Bone pickers" earned eight dollars a ton for the bones.

Clay Allison was described in a physician’s report as "maniacal with a personality where emotional or physical excitement produces paroxysmal of a mixed character."

Estimates of how many people lived in North America before the arrival of the European explorers vary from 8.4 million to 112 million. This population was divided into about 240 tribal groupings speaking an estimated 300 different languages.

Around 1541, the present state of Texas was called Tejas, a Spanish version of the Caddo word meaning "allies."

Wyatt Earp was indicted for horse theft in Van Buren, Arkansas on May 8, 1871. He escaped trial by jumping bail and fleeing to Kansas.

Rumor has it that the tradition of spreading saw dust on the floors of bars and saloons started in Deadwood, South Dakota due to the amount of gold dust that would fall on the floor. The saw dust was used to hide the fallen gold dust and was swept up at the end of the night.

After serving more than twenty years in prison, Cole Younger got a job selling tombstones, worked for a while in a Wild West show with Frank James, and died quietly in 1916 in Lee’s Summit, Missouri where he was known as an elderly churchgoer.

Harry Longabaugh became known as "the Sundance Kid" because he served a jail term for horse stealing in Sundance, Wyoming .

Mike Fink was a keel boatman along the Ohio and Mississippi Rivers and an expert marksman. However, he loved his drink and was a known brawler. One of his favorite games was to shoot a mug of brew from the top of some fellow's head. However, on one night in 1823, he had drank so much that it didn't matter how good were his shooting skills. This time he missed and killed the guy who was wearing the mug on his head. In no time, the dead man's friends retaliated by killing Fink. For whatever reasons, his legend was being told for decades along with the likes of Paul Bunyan and Pecos Bill.

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Wyatt Earp was neither the town marshal nor the sheriff in Tombstone, Arizona at the time of the shoot-out at the O.K. Corral. His brother Virgil was the town marshal, who had temporarily deputized Wyatt, Morgan and Doc Holliday prior to the gunfight.

The Oregon Trail, from Independence, Missouri to Fort Vancouver, Washington measured 2,020 miles. An estimated 350,000 emigrants took the Oregon Trail but one out of seventeen would not survive the trip. The most common cause of death was cholera.

On December 21, 1876, Clay Allison shot and killed Deputy Sheriff Charles Faber at the Olympic Dance Hall in Las Animas, Colorado. If it weren’t for Allison purposely stomping on the feet of other dancers, the law probably would never have been called.

The Colt Peacemaker, the weapon that became known as "the gun that won the West" was a .45-caliber manufactured by Colt’s Fire Arms Manufacturing Company in Hartford, Connecticut in 1873. At the time it sold for $17.00.

Glossary of American Mountain Men Terms,
Words & Expressions

Part One
The shortest and straightest line between two points. This term was in use long before the invention of aircraft.
A large, padded packsaddle designed to handle awkward, heavy loads. Very likely the first type of packsaddle, Unlike the sawbuck, panniers cannot be handled with this saddle.
A saddle pad, often made of hair.
An early camp food made by skewering alternate pieces of lean meat and fat on a sharpened stick and roasting over a low fire. When it was possible to get them, pieces of potato or vegetable, were intermixed with the fat and the meat. This method of cooking was much used by many tribes of Indians, as well as the Mountain Men.
A large, pointed dagger used mostly by river men.
See "Airline"
French for "nourishment of the land'. All the free trappers and many engages were required to live "aux aliments du pays", surviving by using the provisions of nature.
A French word meaning "scout". This word was used by both voyageurs and mountain men.
Bullet. (the actual projectile.)
Said of a courageous person.
To skin an animal. To scalp a man. a squirrel by shooting the tree bark from under him.
The .50 caliber Sharps rifle used by the buffalo hunter.
A fallen tree used for fleshing hides. This was also called a graining beam or a fleshing beam.
A type of trap in which the fall acts as a lid over a pen, thereby catching the animal alive.
See "Airline".
A lamp made by filling a tin cup with bear or other animal fat, then inserting a twisted rag or piece of cotton rope to act as a wick.
An unexpected cold storm in late spring.
A term used by voyageurs for a new man who had yet to travel the Missouri past the Platte River. As with many voyageur terms, this was later adopted by some Mountain Men with much the same meaning.
Buffalo dung pats used as fuel.
A despised human scavenger who hunted for, and sold, the bones of dead animals, mostly buffalo.
The leader of a party of mountain men. The word comes from the French "bourgeois", used by the voyageurs.
See "Bossloper".
A trapper or hunter
The real treat of the mountain man. A buffalo gut containing chyme, which was cut into lengths about 24 inches long and roasted before a fire until crisp and sizzling.
A person of Indian and White blood. A half-breed.
A keelboat crew.
Tanned deerskin from which much of the clothing of the Indian and mountain man was made. If Indian tanned, buckskin was usually a very light dolor, often almost white. Darker color was usually obtained by smoking the skin over an open fire.
A boat made of raw buffalo skins, much used by traders. This boat differed from the Bull Boat in that it was larger and had a normal boat shape.
Buffalo manure, dried and used as fuel.
The fluid found in the stomach of the buffalo. Used by both mountain men and Indians to quench thirst.
An Indian dance used to insure success on a buffalo hunt.
See "Big Fifty".
A natural saltlick used by buffalo and other game animals. Usually a very good place to find game.
Any wide-open feeding area used by buffalo.
The skin of the buffalo, tanned with the hair on. Used by traders, Indians, and mountain men as ground covers, robes and blankets,
The depression made by buffalo rolling and dusting themselves. The same wallows were used year after year often becoming quite deep.
A large, gray wolf found around buffalo herds. Young buffalo calves were the natural food of this animal.
The Blackfoot Indians.
A derisive term used to mean any company official who tended to think that he was more important than he actually was.
A bowl-shaped boat having a willow frame-work covered with green hide. Easy and quick to make; but very difficult to handle.
Buffalo jerky.

A safe place, often hidden, for storage of food and other supplies.
To put or store something in a safe place.
To go into partnership.
A form of Mexican trousers often worn by traders.
A 35- to 40-foot long canoe propelled by fourteen men, (voyageur)
A 25-foot long canoe propelled by eight men. (Voyageur)
See "Carrot"
A bundle of tobacco, wrapped in linen, then whip-wrapped with cords thus forming a crescent-shaped bundle. An early method of packaging and selling tobacco.
A horse. Also a tribe of Indians in Oregon.
To make fun of someone. To rub someone the wrong way.
To haggle over prices or trade goods.
A thicket of scrub oak and other brush.
A party leader. (Voyageur)
See "Coon".
A warm wind, usually in the spring. This is a common term in the Northwest.
The hammer of a rifle or pistol.
He is a coward. Someone who seeks shelter when the going gets tough.
The nipple on a percussion rifle or pistol.
A raccoon. Also a friendly name early mountain men called each other.
To show bravery and receive honor by touching an enemy, usually with a special stick used for that purpose only. In some tribes, touching a living enemy had more honor than touching a dead enemy. Touching a man had more honor than touching a woman. The first to touch received more honor than the second or third. Credit was seldom if ever, given after the third. When feathers were awarded for coup, they were sometimes depending on the tribe, cut or painted to indicate the type and amount of honor they represented. Oddly enough, killing the enemy did not count for coup the first to touch took the honor, be he the killer or not. When used by the mountain man, the expression "I'll count coup on him" usually meant "I'll kill him", after which, the taking of the dead man's scalp was normal.
A woods runner or hunter an early French trapper, (Voyageur)
A messenger, A term used mostly by traders.
A very cold day.
Any river which is filled with sand bars reefs, or actual bends.
A man who can brag and is willing to back his talk with his fists or other means.
To walk or ride back and forth across an area looking for evidence of a man or animal passing
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Thursday, June 30, 2011

Canada Day Cookies and a Busy Day

Today was a Crazy, Crazy.Crazy, Crazy, Day.
I went to the bank twice today.
They were giving out yummy Canada Day cookies.
 And lemonade :)  But that's not why I was there twice ;)
Onto My Day:
I received a phone call from the hospital today to get my MUGA scan at noon. But the lady asked me to come at 11:45 to check in. I guess there must have been a cancellation.
I had such a busy day planned, but thought, the sooner I get it done the sooner I can start my medication. Plus she told me it would take about an hour.

So I worked this morning. Then went to my appointment.
As I sat there for 1/2 hour (yes I am a very patient person). I finally found a nurse and asked her how much longer as no one has even taken me for the injection
She checked and told me my appointment is at 1:00. I showed her the paper I wrote the time on.
Well the person that phoned me was on lunch and they couldn't find my paper work.
Any other day it would have been fine, as I brought a book to read. But today I had just to much to do.
So I left. She did offer to validate my parking though :)

Then I had to get an oil change. We are going to Winnipeg this weekend and I always get a jeep check up before we take a longer trip.
Went back home to pick up Kristy and we went to the bank (this was the second time, first time was to pick up coin tubes for her quarters). We also went to Michael's, she wanted to go,really she did.
They have changed the checkouts and have more $1.50 choices. It reminded me of JoAnns. Not that we have one, but I have been in one before.

When we came home there was a man walking up my front steps, he turned around and told us he needed to get some bolts, and proceeded to walk into my house. He looked kinda familiar to me.
The look on Kristy's face was priceless.
It turned out that he was the repair guy from the Brick, he came to fix my dad's chair. Heather let him in. LOL.

I just feel like a chicken with my head cut off today.
Now I am trying to get as much book work done before we head off to Winnipeg on Saturday.
Can you guess why we are going there?

Thankful Thursday:
That I had enough energy to do everything I needed to.
My girls sense of humour.
Pizza...even though I didn't eat it (as I don't care for it) but it fed my family
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What are you Thankful for today ?

  1. I want a Canada cookie, Please. My Canadian flag is out flying at the front door for tomorrow. I guess I should make some maple leaf cookies, right? Don't think it will happen though.
    Have a safe trip to Winnipeg. Have many good memories from there--it was where I had my first nursing job, a few years ago. Loved living there too. Met the first love of my life there-but it didn't work out.
    Sorry to hear your MUGA scan didn't work out.

  2. Hi Tracy, have a safe and blessed trip. Way to go on making lemonade out of those lemons today, awesome. I am thankful for all of the awesome and amazing things that GOD has done it my life thus far and what he promises to do in the future, be safe and blessed my friend. ~Shen

  3. thankful that you haven't lost your mind! LOL and you are my friend. enough said be careful and going to see brittney spears right? LOL
    big hugs,pea

  4. I'm a big fan of cookies and I can be bribed very easily with them. So far, I haven't come across a good cookie recipie. Do you know of one??? The cookies in the picture look srumptious. Your bank seems very kind, can I join them too, they have COOKIIIIIIIIIIES!! Yum :D

  5. happy canada day! that cookie looks great!

  6. Wow you did have a busy day! HOpe you have fun on your trip.

  7. Happy Canada Day! Hmm why would you go to Winnipeg? Vacation?

  8. Happy Canada Day, it's today, Friday, right? Those cookies look delicious! Doctors can be such a pain in butt. I'm glad you got everything else done! I dont know what is in Winnepeg, but every time I hear it I think of Winnebago, so are you buying a new RV/camper? Hahahahaha!

  9. Mmmm, those cookies look delicious! I would've been quite annoyed at the doctor's appointment! You don't like pizza??? Have a safe and enjoyable weekend!

  10. Sounds like a crazy busy day. Hope you have a great weekend!

  11. Craziness for sure!! I'm so surprised you could remember the details to recount your hectic day! I'm not familiar with a MUGA shot, must be something regional. But, of course, I could just be out of the loop...happens frequently to me these days. LOL! Wow, I'd probably be returning to the bank twice just for the cookies-they look so tasty!! Hope you get to relax this weekend in Winnipeg...don't know why you are going unless it's to visit universities for one of your kids:)

  12. Ughughugh on the long wait! Happy Canada day! I am thankful that my classroom is DONE and I can now enjoy the holidays! (wish it was WARMER)!

  13. Those cookies look delish - and wait a minute - you had lemonade and didn't alert me!?!!

Leave me some love and I will return it right back to you :)


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Wednesday, June 17, 2015

1998 Elway scans 15-21

No wasting time here, as usual straight to the pics.

Some shiny parallels.  Brilliants was an excellent set for Fleer.

Pacific and its many sets was always one of my favorites to open packs/bust boxes. I also was fond of the Fleer Emotion/EX cards.

See ya next week when we close out the first half of the 1998 Elways' that I own.

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Egypt and the Bible

The Bible stories concerning the relationship of God’s people with Egypt have been subject to much ridicule. Critics regard Biblical stories, such as the accounts of Joseph and the Exodus, as mythology.

The pyramids of Giza.

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The stones of archaeology were silent witnesses to the dramas of the past, and it was only after 1799, when the Rosetta Stone was discovered, that the ancient records could be deciphered. It took Jean-François Champollion 20 years to decipher the ancient hieroglyphics from the Rosetta Stone. The Stone was unique in that three languages were inscribed upon it, each telling the same story. The science of archaeology is thus a fledgling science, and most of its treasures have only been subject to scrutiny in the last century.

Today it is possible to not only read hieroglyphics, but also the ancientcuneiform writings. Astoundingly, the ancient relics have succeeded in silencing many of the Biblical critics. The harmony between Scripture and archaeological findings has shed new light upon the debate.

Concerning the story of Joseph, it is known that the Semitic Hyksos overthrew the Egyptian dynasties from the year 1780 BC to 1545 BC, a period of just over a quarter of a century. During this time, it would have been possible for a Semite to reach the position of prestige occupied by Joseph. In recent times, frescoes have been found in Egyptian tombs depicting fat and thin cows, and inscriptions have been found referring to seven lean and seven opulent years, making this Biblical story more than just a myth. One of the most exciting stories in Scripture, however, is the Exodus.

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According to Biblical chronology, Moses was born in 1530 BC, during the reign of Tutmoses I, who ruled from 1532 to 1508 BC. Tutmoses I was the third pharaoh of the 18th dynasty. The first pharoah was Amoses 1570 to 1553 BC, followed by Amenhotep 1553 to 1532 BC, who was the father of Tutmoses I. This is the pharaoh who issued the decree that all the sons born to the Israelites were to be thrown into the river, but that girls were permitted to live (Exodus 1:22).

Aaron, the brother of Moses, was born in 1533 BC, prior to the reign of Tutmoses I, and he had thus escaped the vicious decree. According to Biblical chronology, Moses fled Egypt 40 years after his birth in 1490 BC (Remember, we have to calculate backwards, as we are dealing with the time before Christ). Exodus 2:15 tells us about Pharaoh’s reaction:

“When Pharaoh heard of this, he tried to kill Moses, but Moses fled from Pharaoh, and went to live in Midian” (NIV).

It was here, in Midian of Sinai, that the Lord revealed Himself to Moses. Two pharaohs reigned simultaneously during the exile of Moses. Tutmoses I, who issued the decree to kill the newborn sons of the Israelites, was the father of Hatshepsut, the princess who is the most likely candidate for having found Moses in the Nile. It is probable that Moses grew up as a foster child in the house of Pharaoh. Tutmoses I had no sons, and, upon his death in 1508 BC, Moses could have become the pharaoh, but he declined. Acts 7:20 tells us, “Moses was educated in all the wisdom of the Egyptians, and was powerful in speech and action.”

In Hebrews 11:24, we are told, “By faith Moses, when he had grown up, refused to be known as the son of Pharaoh’s daughter.”

tutmoses 3

After Moses’ refusal, Tutmoses II (the husband of Hatshepsut) became pharaoh, but he only ruled from 1508 to 1504 BC, a period of just four years. Again, Moses could have become pharaoh, but again he refused. Hatshepsut herself became the next pharaoh. Her mortuary temple is at Deir el Bahri, and she ruled Egypt from 1504 to 1482 BC; a total of 22 years. The illegitimate son of Hatshepsut’s husband became co-regent together with her. He was Tutmoses III, who was favored by the Egyptian priesthood.

The story of Hatshepsut is a sad story. In 1488, six years prior to her death, all official records of Hatshepsut ceased. Her royal wall paintings on the walls of her mortuary temple at Deir el Bahri were defaced, and her statues were destroyed. To this day, only a few small busts have been found. Such drastic action was only taken if pharaohs were disloyal to Egyptian deities. It is probable that Hatshepsut adopted the Hebrew religion in 1488, when Egyptian documentation about her ceased. Moses at this time was already in exile, having fled before the wrath of Tutmoses III, who enjoyed the support of the Egyptian priesthood.

hatshepsut temple

Moses heard about the death of Hatshepsut while he was in exile, and her death is recorded in his writings. Exodus 2:23 states, “During that long period, the king of Egypt died.” The sole ruler in Egypt was now Tutmoses III, and with Hatshepsut out of the way, and the protection she probably afforded the Israelites no longer available, Tutmoses suppressed them in a most cruel fashion.

“The Israelites groaned in their slavery and cried out, and their cry for help because of their slavery went up to God. God heard their groanings and…looked on the Israelites and was concerned about them” (Exodus 2:23-25).

The return of Moses and his fear for Pharaoh is now understandable, particularly since the same pharaoh that induced him to flee became the sole ruler in Egypt.

Tutmoses III was one of the greatest pharaohs in history. He was known as the Napoleon of Egypt. He ruled until 1450 BC, which, according to the chronology in 1 Kings 6:1, is the year of the Exodus. According to the Bible, the Exodus took place on March 17, 1450 BC. The precise dates of the Passover and the Exodus are recorded in the Scriptures. The Bible tells us that the pharaoh then ruling (Tutmoses III) followed the Israelites through the Red Sea, and that he was killed in the process. The biography of Tutmoses III, written by Amenemhab says, “Lo, the king completed his lifetime of many years, splendid in valour, in might and triumph: from year 1 to 54.”

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1504 to 1450, a reign of 54 years, brings us precisely to the date of the Exodus. Amenemhab mentions the month and the day of his death:

“The last day of the third month of the second season… He mounted to heaven, he joined the sun: the divine limbs mingled with him who begot him.”

According to the Egyptologist James Breasted, this translates to March 17, 1450 BC. A mummy of Tutmoses III in the Cairo museum was analyzed by two Egyptologists, Harris and Weeks, in 1973 and found to be a mummy of a young man, whereas Tutmoses III must have been at least 80.

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Egyptians had a way of disguising their embarrassments. The pharaoh was probably never recovered from the Red Sea, and to hide this fact, a fake mummy was put in his place. There is more circumstantial evidence from the 18th dynasty to support this argument. Tutmoses III co-reigned with his son, Amenhotep II (after the death of Hatshepsut), and Amenhotep II was not in Egypt at the time of the Exodus, but in Syro-Palestine suppressing an uprising with most of the Egyptian army. According to Egyptian writings, he returned in June 1450 BC, when he apparently defaced many Egyptian monuments. This act needs an explanation. The Bible tells us that all the first-born in Egypt died in the last plague. On returning to Egypt, he would have found not only the Israelites gone, but he would have also found his father dead, and his first-born son killed in the plague. One can now understand the emotion felt by Amenhotep that caused such a violent outburst.

The next pharaoh to rule was Tutmoses IV, who was the second born son of Amenhotep II. According to succession rights, the first-born should have become pharaoh, but he died. To explain this apparent anomaly, there is an inscription on the Sphinx telling the story of how the second-born son became pharaoh in the place of the first-born. Apparently, Tutmoses IV was resting between the legs of the Sphinx when he heard a voice telling him to clear the sand from between the legs, and the Sphinx would see to it that he, rather than the first-born, would be the next pharaoh. An unlikely story, and another demonstration of attempts to cloud the issue, so that the embarrassment should not be made public to the descendants.

Monotheistic worship in Egypt did not die with the death of Hatshepsut. During the Amarna Period of the 18th dynasty, monotheism again surfaced in Egypt. The pharaoh after Tutmoses IV was Amenhotep III. This son of Tutmoses IV was still an idolater, but during the reign of his son (Amenhotep IV), the religion of Egypt shifted from the worship of Amun to that of Aten. Atenism was the worship of the one Creator God. The symbol of the sun and its rays was used to described Aten’s care for mankind. The sun was not worshiped in Atenism, but served merely as a symbol. There is good evidence that Atenism has its basis in the Hebrew religion.

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The Exodus must have left its mark upon the Egyptian people, and many adhered to the God of the Hebrews, rather than to the Egyptian deities. The essence of the Egyptian religion was that of sun worship, but numerous gods played secondary roles in their belief system. Amenhotep IV changed his name to Akhenaten, >symbolizing the change from Amun worship to Aten worship (Amenhotep means “Amun is pleased”). Further evidence of Akhenaten’s break with the old religion is that he shifted his capital from Luxor to a new capital Akhetaten. In a song written by Akhenaten to his god, there are 17 verses corresponding with Psalm 104.

Under Akhenatan’s influence, Egyptian culture experienced a period of realism. In statues of pharaohs and their families, pharaohs were no longer depicted as larger than life, but statues of Akhenaten and his family portray him with all his defects, and his wife and children are portrayed in a loving bonding relationship with the pharaoh. His wife was the famous Nefertiti, whose name means “maiden of joy.” They had six daughters, of which one was engaged to a young man by the name of Tutankaten. The daughter’s name was Ankensenpaaten. Note that the names end in “aten,” portraying their mode of worship. Upon the death of Akhenaten, Tutankaten was to become the next pharaoh. However, his change of name to Tutankamun indicates that his pharaohship was subject to the change of his religion. The greatest archaeological finds concern this pharaoh, and tell the story of a short but splendid reign.

Was it worth giving up the truth for the sake of earthly glory? The defacing of the statues associated with the reign of Akhenaten again demonstrates the hatred and rivalry between idolatry and the worship of the Creator God.


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I've had a few strange haircuts throughout my days, and I've been known to give a lot of my friends a hard time who have had the same haircut since they were 7 years old. Thats OK, they give me a hard time as well, for either trying to attract attention, or trying to wear the hairstyle of kids 10 years younger than I. Truth is, I tend to get bored with a look pretty quickly and change it up from time to time. When I was 11, I wanted to get a mohawk. My mom said I wasnt allowed to until I was 18. I think she thought I'd forget she said that 7 years later. I'll let the pics tell the rest.

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OK, this one doesn't really count. I was 4 years old, and my mom still got to decide how I'd wear my hair.

I still didnt have much of a sense of style here, but I started this kick where I wanted to grow it long. That didnt last.

I ended up moving to Michigan, where everyone had these "feathered" haircuts. Check the collar out.

That was a little too plain, so I ended up shaving some MC Hammer-esque lines in to the sides, to spruce it up. From here on, things got interesting.

The mullet comes of age. I have to defend myself by stating that it is clearly obvious this is more hip than the redneck mullet.

I ended up shaving the sides one summer in a half-hearted mohawk attempt.

Finally, the cut grew into what I wanted, the Duran Duran cut. Totally 80's.

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Then I cut the top shorter and grew out the bangs.

Then came the mohawk mom said I could get 7 years earlier. Check out the Taco Bell uniform.

I grew up, went to college, and cut it all off.

Then started to grow it back out. I had this cut on and off for years.

Then I decided I eventually wanted to grow it real long, and this was that awkward in-between stage.

By this time, it had grown to the length I liked it.....

.....but most of the time I wore it up in a ponytail.
I wanted to go real long, but this is as long as it went, no matter what I tried.

I knew the long hair was on its way out, so I decided to something crazy with it while I had the chance. I only ever wore it like this about 3 times - too much hassle.

I cut it back to the "flip" surfer style for a job interview.

I got the job, then cut the hair real short and bleached it.

I let it grow in, and found that I liked the "blonde tips" look better, and ended up just getting the tips re-bleached for about a year.

Then I bleached it again, this time in white, not blonde.

Again, I let it grow to the half/half look.

I finally let it grow out, and tried pathetically to grow a goatee.

For 3 years I wore it mostly conservative while working in my office. Then when I quit work and went to Burningman, I shaved another mohawk.

I had to cut the mohawk off the very next month to appear in a TV show. I had a pathetic half-mohawk-combover. Then I tried growing it long again with the intention of having shoulder-lenght dreadlocks.

And thus is the (not quite yet finished) chronology of a haircut.

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Travels Without Miranda, #4: Bailey and Windy Peak, Colorado

How I came to Colorado with a friend to represent Canada at an environmental youth summit is a rather long story featuring a famous anthropologist. Suffice it to say that it was the opportunity of a lifetime, one I had been told I would have to miss because there was no way I could come up with the necessary funds for the flight in the time I had. Readers of this blog should know by now that the best way to get me to do something is to tell me I can’t. 🙂

This trip happened the fall after I finished high school; I was seventeen. I squirreled away the prize monies I’d won upon graduation, including the $300 award for creative writing that I had no doubt would be mine, and worked all summer. It had been a very difficult September and this trip couldn’t have come at a better time. It was to be the first major life-changing trip of my life.

the Farmer's Union outside of Bailey, where we spent the first half of our Colorado adventure (http://nfu.org/about/education/education-center)

the Farmer's Union outside of Bailey, where we spent the first half of our Colorado adventure (http://nfu.org/about/education/education-center)

The five day adventure featured many challenges to surmount, one of which was standing before a crowd of thirty, including my hero, and talking about my accomplishments in the environmental field.

I was so scared; others had surely done bigger and greater things than I had. My accomplishments would seem insignificant when compared to that of the others. Surely, I had nothing to teach and I would be ridiculed for thinking that I had made any difference at all. To my surprise, the response to my speech was positive and I saw my hero glow with pride. She made it clear to me that I had something to give to the world and that I could be an inspiration.

Windy Peak outdoor school, a day's hike from the Farmer's Union, where we spent the second half of our trip

Windy Peak outdoor school, a day's hike from the Farmer's Union, where we spent the second half of our trip

Had that moment fallen flat, I might never have had the courage or self-assurance to blog about my life on the road, much less to publish my ebook Sorting It Out.

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Travels Without Miranda, #3: Flying from Las Vegas, Nevada, to the Grand Canyon, Arizona

My first morning in Las Vegas had me being driven down the Strip to McCarran airport in a stretch limo.

There, I climbed into a tiny helicopter that took me over the Mojave desert, within view of Mead Lake and the Hoover dam, all the way to the Grand Canyon. We landed within it and were given time to explore and enjoy a champagne brunch.

Let’s just say this was a more luxe experience than I normally go for. I was until then a backpacker, a camper, a youth hosteler, not someone who stays at a nice hotel and drinks fancy drinks by a pool lined with palm trees! And I most certainly was a frugal traveler, not one who would do such extravagant things as take a half-day helicopter ride from Las Vegas to the Grand Canyon. Nope!

I’m not sure what came over me during my planning of my southwest road trip. I’ll plead mental exhaustion, what with the stress of having lost my dad earlier that year. I needed to be pampered and catered-to, to do things just for fun to reawaken my zest for life. I didn’t know if I’d ever come back to that part of the US and I was so close to the Grand Canyon. The helicopter jaunt sounded like the perfect way to see the Canyon with the time I had available to me. It just about broke my budget, but it is now one of my most cherished memories.

Rather than taking photos during this jaunt, I made full use of the video setting on my camera, so the following images are stills from my movies, explaining the poor quality. Unfortunately, the second half of my Grand Canyon recordings have been lost due to reshuffling between several computers. I have managed to save a picture of me at the bottom of the canyon, proof enough that I was there even if someone did tell me that the image seems to be photoshopped. 😀

Sometimes you end up in a place where you get the chance to experience an incredible adventure. Do it and @%@$ the budget. I applied this lesson when I decided to hike the Chilkoot Pass at a time when I financially had no business doing so.

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Nov 30, 2009 -

Travels Without Miranda, #2: Alcatraz Island, California

Alcatraz Island is breathtakingly beautiful in a barren and desolate sort of way, architecturally graceful ruins blending in perfectly with scrub grasses, trees, and various flowers. Birds abound and, in fact, most of the island is white with guano. It is a stark, foreboding place, but truly beautiful. Some might think me crazy to find that place so pretty, but it is if you like ruins that blend in so thoroughly with their natural surroundings that you could not possibly imagine one without the other, then Alcatraz is the place for you.

I spent a sunny day touring the ill-famed Rock. Even though it houses one of the most notorious US jails and was the site of native protests, today the island is a peaceful bird sanctuary that belies the supposed horrors that went on between the crumbling walls of the prison.

The architectural details of the place are striking, showing an aesthetic that belies the purpose of the building. Add the surprising mint green and baby pink colour scheme and Alcatraz does not even remotely look as you would expect it would.

As it turns out, the prison’s reputation was not entirely warranted. I learned there that inmates actually tried to get transferred to Alcatraz as it was a more comfortable prison with some of the best food in the penal system. This is not to say that some of the stories that have come out of Alcatraz are not true; it was a brutal place housing hardened criminals, but there was a softer side to the Rock.

I had expected that I would return from my day on Alcatraz completed drained rather than refreshed, and instead learned that I should never assume anything, a lesson I applied during a humbling visit of the town of Banff.

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