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I agree that anything illegal is wrong and people who wish to come to America should do so via the legal process set up by our country.
I am writing this blog because I was sickened when I read a news account (Pa. teens charged in fatal beating of immigrant-Yahoo! News) of what to me seems the result of a growing hatred of illegal immigrants, especially those from Mexico. Here you have three teens who were filled with such hatred and disregard for the fact that, illegal or not, this is a human being that they beat Mr. Luis Ramirez and then kicked him in the head, causing his death. It's become "en vogue" to pass around derogatory stories in blogs and via e-mail and in conversation making jokes or complaining about all it is costing us to support those who are here illegally. Might it not be time to speak of the problem of illegal immigration more with concrete solutions and without ethnic slurs and outright hatred? One never knows who is listening and the mindset this talk may foster. Just a thought...
I was out trimming around the edges of my lawn and accidentally chopped off a stem from one of my balloon flower plants. I now have a little fence holding them up but at the time they were just sort of flopping over the edge of the grass. The little stem had some buds on it that look like small green balloons. They open up to show a multi-pointed bloom of several petals with yellow in the center. I felt so bad as the little stem obviously had had much potential, but there it was lying limp in the grass. What to do? Well, why not give it a chance to be all it could be? I brought it in the house and placed it in a sunny window in a small glass container with some water...and waited. What a nice surprise when the buds began to open, finally filling that little stem with several blossoms about half the size of the ones outside. They were delicate and perfect and I was so happy I didn't just gather up that stem with the grass trimmings and toss it in the yard waste bin. Potential...given a fair chance, don't we all have potential? The handicapped child, the sad-looking stray looking longingly out of a cage at the pound, the person who may have not been blessed with physical beauty, a person who has aged beyond their "prime," Each look less than promising. Given some attention and loving care, they can "blossom". It's what's inside that counts and, just like that sad little stem lying on the ground, "beauty" is there if given the chance to bloom.
T-shirt for those with high blood pressure:
Have you ever left your purse or wallet in your locked car, thinking it will be safe there while you run into a store, go for a walk in the park or a swim at the beach? I know I have. I'll usually put my purse down on the floor by the passenger side in the shadows or sometimes toss a throw or whatever I have handy over it. Well, seems this is NOT the thing to do according to an AARP article in their Bulletin. Thieves know the spots where this will often occur, have tools that can open your car without a key AND are leaving the wallets where they found them, removing only a credit card or two. Would you check your wallet, if you found it right where you left it, to make sure every credit card was still there? I know I wouldn't. Read the article at....
Fast Lane To Your Wallet
Tags: identity theft, credit cards
I never thought of bees being so important to our food supply. Interesting...
Bees' decline could lead to higher food prices- Farmers say decline of honeybees could lead to higher food prices
- Bee pollination is responsible for $15 billion annually in crop value
- Lack of bees may force elimination of certain Haagen-Dazs ice cream flavors
WASHINGTON (AP) -- Food prices could rise even more unless the mysterious decline in honey bees is solved, farmers and businessmen told lawmakers Thursday. "No bees, no crops," North Carolina grower Robert D. Edwards told a House Agriculture subcommittee. Edwards said he had to cut his cucumber acreage in half because of the lack of bees available to rent. About three-quarters of flowering plants rely on birds, bees and other pollinators to help them reproduce. Bee pollination is responsible for $15 billion annually in crop value. In 2006, beekeepers began reporting losing 30 percent to 90 percent of their hives. This phenomenon has become known as Colony Collapse Disorder. Scientists do not know how many bees have died; beekeepers have lost 36 percent of their managed colonies this year. It was 31 percent for 2007, said Edward B. Knipling, administrator of the Agriculture Department's Agricultural Research Service. "If there are no bees, there is no way for our nation's farmers to continue to grow the high quality, nutritious foods our country relies on," said Democratic Rep. Dennis Cardoza of California, chairman of the horticulture and organic agriculture panel. "This is a crisis we cannot afford to ignore." Food prices have gone up 83 percent in three years, according to the World Bank. Edward R. Flanagan, who raises blueberries in Milbridge, Maine, said he could be forced to increase prices tenfold or go out of business without the beekeeping industry. "Every one of those berries owes its existence to the crazy, neurotic dancing of a honey bee from flower to flower," he said. The cause behind the disorder remains unknown. Possible explanations include pesticides; a new parasite or pathogen; and the combination of immune-suppressing stresses such as poor nutrition, limited or contaminated water supplies and the need to move bees long distances for pollination. Ice cream maker Haagen-Dazs and natural personal care products company Burt's Bees have pledged money for research and begun efforts to help save the bees. The problem affects about 40 percent of Haagen-Dazs' 73 flavors, including banana split and chocolate peanut butter, because ingredients such as almonds, cherries and strawberries rely on honey bees for pollination. Katty Pien, brand director for Haagen-Dazs, said those ingredients could become too scarce or expensive if bees keep dying. It could force the company to discontinue some of its most popular flavors, Pien said. Haagen-Dazs has developed a new limited-time flavor, vanilla honey bee, and will use some of the proceeds for research on the disorder. Burt's Bees has introduced Colony Collapse Disorder Lip Balm to "soften your lips while saving honeybees." The House Appropriations Committee approved $780,000 on Thursday for research on the disorder and $10 million for bee research. The money awaits approval by the full House and Senate.
If you have a fear of heights, you may not want to see this. On the other hand, if you are the adventurous type and want to "go somewhere" you've never been before and "do something" you most likely never will have the opportunity to do, click on the link below. The video has a full-screen option which made it seem I was there (with accompanying nausea..).
El Caminito del Rey (The King's pathway) is a walkway, now fallen into disrepair, pinned along the steep walls of a narrow gorge in El Chorro, near ÃÂlora in Málaga, Spain. The walkway has gone many years without maintenance, and is in a highly deteriorated and dangerous state. It is only one meter in width, and over a 700-meter fall, and over time it has also lost its handrail. Some parts of the walkway have completely collapsed and have been replaced by a beam and a metallic wire on the wall. Many people have lost their lives on the walkway in recent years. After four people died in two accidents in 1999 and 2000, the local government closed the entrances. However, adventurous tourists still find their way into the walkway.
El Camino Del Rey
I thought I'd share something practical all of us who make online purchases can use. I found a great online coupon code site called RetailMeNot. I was making an online purchase and, as I usually do just before going through the check-out process, I Googled to find a code for free shipping or a discount. RetailMeNot came up and had a $5 off coupon for the site on which I was making a purchase which, at least, took off half the shipping charge. I use other coupon code sites but this one seems very comprehensive with listings for oodles of retail websites. They even sent me an e-mail afterward asking for my comments on my purchase experience with the coupon code they provided. Great personalized service, I thought. Here's a link to Visit Retail Me Not I hope you find it helpful. Janet
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