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March 29, 2015
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Important News |
| Broadcast Schedule |
| Today!!! Sunday, March 29, 2015 |
| 3 PM PST/6 PM PST |
| No Story Writing We'll write again on April 12 (delayed a week due to Easter) |
| 6 PM PST/9 PM EST |
| No VacaChat Broadcast.
The chatroom will be open at 6:00 PM PST (9:00 PM EST; 8:00 PM CST) |
| Upcoming!!! Sunday, April 5, 2015 |
| 3 PM PST/6 PM PST |
| No Story Writing We'll write again on April 12 (delayed a week due to Easter) |
| 6 PM PST/9 PM EST |
| No VacaChat Broadcast.
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| The pop-out chat link still uses the old style chat.
If you do not like the changes Ustream has made to chat, use the pop-out
link. The easiest way to do this is to open the pop-out chat in a browser window. Log in. (Type a period in the chat line—hit enter. This will open the login screen.) Size this chat window to equal about 1/3 of your desktop space. Then open a new window or tab (Ctrl-T or Ctrl-N in most browsers) and use it to open the pop-out video. If you opened a new tab, you can then click on the tab and drag it to an open space on your desktop. Size it to about 2/3 of your desktop space beside the chat. Now you have both open and can refresh one without disturbing the other. You can resize either without resizing the other. I hope this helps. |
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| Our Furred, Feathered, and Scaled Babies |
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featuring all our animal family members. Send them to
vacachatb@gmail.com. Make sure
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| The 5th Anniversary International MOD Meet!!! http://www.modmeet.com/ |
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| February's story writing and broadcast will be delayed until February 8 due to the Super Bowl (and Puppy Bowl) on February 1. |
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| Hello Vriends, | ||
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I can't remember if last week I was still sick or not--these
last few weeks have been a mess because of this bronchial thing
I had. But for the most part I am back to normal, with just a
bit of persistent cough. Mostly have my strength back.
What I don't have anymore is a 3D printer. I had to ship the da Vinci back this week, so now I have printing withdrawals! However--not to fear. In about a week I should be getting a new one for another loaner period, because I was a runner-up in the latest XYZprinting contest! So this time I will be getting the bigger brother to the da Vinci--this one has a 3D scanner built into it. This is a set of lasers that let you put an object in the thing, and it will scan it and create a digital 3D file of its shape. Frankly, I'm not sure how useful this will be for me, but I look forward to testing it out to see what it can (or can't) do. So today I am doing a little woodworking on the acetone vapor chamber. At some point today I may get to the point where I need to cut the glass for the unit's windows. This is a bit exciting for me, because it will mark the first time in my life I have ever cut glass. I watched my Dad do it dozens of times, but for some reason I have always been intimidated by the process. But hopefully--today--I'm going to break through that barrier! (Maybe using the term "break" is tempting fate a bit...I should rephrase that.) Next week is Easter, so we will not be having a VacaChat on that day, but we will have the next one on April 12th. That is, unless I am in prison. If that is the case, then I am not sure they are going to allow me to broadcast. (Sorry, I have an IRS deadline coming up tomorrow that I am a tad freaked out about.) Well, I've got about a zillion things to try to get done today, so I'd better get back to it. Have a great week! |
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| Chatter News |
| Ketaki | Ketaki sent us a fun story and several pictures. It's a little long to be included here, so her story has it's own page. You can see it HERE. | ||
| Jes63 | New Pictures of Jes and Bailey. | ||
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| Sharoot | Sharoot's featured pictures can be found
at the end of each newsletter, under Photos of the
Week. She says that since they are located at the end, then "Sharoot's
the Caboose!" Today Sharoot shares pictures of a recent trip to a BIG backyard. She also shares more about her Harris's Sparrow that visited a few months ago. You can read about that here. |
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| ChatterChopz | ChatterChopz and DotRot are proud to announce the completion and publication of a book all about CC! It's entitled Unexpected Lessons From My Daughter: The Blessings of Parenting a Special Needs Child. If you want to read it, it is available in both Paperback and Kindle formats. It's got dozens of photos of CC, from birth to present. You can view it or purchase it here: http://goo.gl/RjCFT3 (At present, Amazon has discounted the paperback version by over $4!) If you DO read the book, please leave a review at Amazon. The more reviews I get, the more likely Amazon is to promote the book. | ||
| Elsalynda | Elsalynda's latest column entitled Nature in the
City: From Waltham to Crystal River and Back, is available online here: http://waltham.wickedlocal.com/article/20150325/NEWS/150329656 Make sure you check out the photo of a rare Bohemian Waxwing in Waltham accompanying the article!!! Elsa also tells us that she has had a poem selected for publication. She says she is very excited to be a part of this book and feels like a poet in good company, with known authors. Her poem on Great Horned Owls has a page with a beautiful photo opposite. Her writing group helped her with this piece. The book, Secrets of Wisdom by Joyce Gerrish, is now available at Amazon. |
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| We'd love to include more news of VacaChatters. If you have something you'd like to share (something about you or your family) or if you know of exciting news about another chatter that they're just too shy to share, please send it to us! (We won’t run it without that chatter’s permission, however.) | |||
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| ChocoMare |
Ruthrings sent us this news yesterday: "I
don't know which of you have Susan [ChocoMare]on Facebook, but you may
know her husband was diagnosed with Lewy Body Dementia several months
ago. I would guess he's only in his 50s. She went home from work
Thursday and he was coughing terribly and so confused he could hardly
open the door. They finally went to the ER and it's downhill from there.
. low sodium, dehydration, then seizures, then ICU, and now comfort
treatment only and Hospice!!! I feel so bad for her!!! Please pray for a
peaceful conclusion for both David and Susan." And then we received this news today: "David died overnight, but this is what Susan posted on Facebook a few minutes earlier. Wow! I don't know why God hasn't released his body yet....but perhaps there is just one here in this ICU who needs to see that we, who are in the Lord, do not grieve as those who have no hope. We grieve with THE Hope, The Blessed Assurance that one day, when our tent is folded, we will see Him face to face. And just maybe they'll ask, "How...tell me how you have joy despite the tears?" And I can smile thru those years and say "May I introduce you to my Lord?" |
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| VacaDude and is family | Condolences go out to VacaDude and his family on the death of his brother-in-law, Duke after a long struggle following a stroke. Keep them all in your prayers as they continue to deal with the details of Duke's life and death. | ||
| KSBorn | KSBorn was in regression for lymphoma and breast cancer. It has since returned and she's going for Chemo now. She and her doctors are attacking it vigorously and she needs our prayers. She needs our prayers for healing, for the Lord to guide her doctors, and for the peace and strength as she undergoes the treatment. | ||
| VacaDude and his cousin, Kevin | UPDATE: WONDERFUL NEWS!!!!! "Our family got some news this last week from my cousin Kevin, and it was wonderful: the latest tests show that he is in full remission!! So I'd like to thank you all for your thoughts and prayers; it meant a lot to me and to Kevin. If you could extend a few of those prayers to his mother Irene, I would really appreciate it. In a cruel twist of fate, Kevin's mom was diagnosed with lymphoma--very similar to Kevin's--that was located in her abdomen. Last I heard, she was responding well to the chemo. Apparently it made for some lively chemo treatment sessions--mother and son in together! They have always been a fun family, and I really hope Irene pulls through as well." | ||
| TheDaddyBird, | Well, I'm sure most of you have been
following TheDaddyBird's saga via the emailed updates. For those who
haven't, here it is in a nutshell. He went in for the routine hip
replacement, which went remarkably well. He had a massive heart attack
in recovery and the next morning had a triple bypass. His recovery has
gone amazingly well. Everyone at the hospital has been thrilled with his
progress.
It was planned that he would move to rehab yesterday but they still
need a sign-off from the orthopedist. He was not in the hospital
yesterday or today so the discharge has been delayed until Monday.
It has nothing to do with Pat's condition. He's doing great. It's
just a matter of paperwork and coordination between all the various
departments.
He's up and walking with no problems (unless he overdoes it) and can get in and out of the bed by himself. He's gotten a great night's sleep the last two nights so he was much more chipper today. He's coughing easier today, as well.
The doctors are all thrilled (and amazed) with his progress. He's
again proven to be a walking miracle.
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| Marilyn Crabb | UPDATE:
Hi! I survived six months of chemotherapy. I'll have my breast
tumor and left axillary nodes removed on Friday, Feb. 13. Radiation will
be next. Please pray that the surgeon does a good job and all my cancer
is removed! My screen name was/is MarilynLA on UStream. (Marilyn from Los Angeles) |
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| Littleguys | UPDATE:
The latest news from Littleguys:
I have been limping a lot over the past two years. Pinched
nerve. Over a year ago, I put my foot down and insisted we
find out why. Not the joints. X-ray, then MRI showed that
the discs that I slipped years ago, one is flat and the
other bulging, plus I have the "not unexpected" arthritis in
the vertebrae where the nerves come out of the spinal column
and go down the leg. Taking care of it all got delayed.
The doctors wanted to treat the Breast Cancer first, even if
it were only Stage Zero since, as they put it, cancer can
kill and pinched nerves won't. Caused weight gain, since I
can't walk as much as I used to...LOL
Anyway, finally got to go back to the doctor about my back. Three options. First one, surgery, no one wants. Second is to inject something, I think it was a type of cortisone. Third option, I start tonight, taking a pill every night that is supposed to calm down the excited / inflamed, screaming nerves.
Keep your fingers crossed, and prayers coming. I really
need to be able to get out and walk more to get rid of this
weight, and show my horses in halter classes.
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| Caboval | Joey has gone to the Rainbow Bridge. Please keep Caboval in your prayers. | ||
| Elsalynda | Keep Elsalynda in your prayers as she struggles with health, computer and weather related issues. | ||
| GentleDoe | Please pray for me, my house, Section 8 assistance &
a resolution to this situation. My sister has POA for my father now. My
mother had it until my sister had him sign it over to her prior to her
taking him out of the assistive living home & into her home. (She now
owns half her home & dad the other half.) Dad had my home & my parent's
home put in his name alone, now my sister has POA. She has threatened to
put mom in a home & she wants me out of both the house I rented from my
father & my parent's house. I need a house to be able to keep my birds. While my birds are usually quiet, if anything disturbs them they can be quite loud. My 5 birds & 2 bunnies are the only family I have other than my human family. My mother & I have not been able to see or speak to my father since August of last year, 2014. My mother wakes up calling for my father. This is taking its toll on my mother's already fragile health. My health is also struggling but I cannot allow it to be known because I am the only one to stay & care for my mother. My mother would not last long in a home with little if ay visitation. Thank you all of the Vacafamily and Vriends for the prayers. Hope to get to check in for a few minutes, I've just recently got the internet again. |
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| Shari in Memphis | Has anyone gotten any updates from Shari? | ||
| Thank you for your prayers and good thoughts for owl our wonderful VacaFamily members! If you have any prayer requests, updates or news of answered prayers, please let us know. Email us with the information so it can be included in the next newsletter. | |||
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Check out VacaDude's blog! Don't forget to send VacaDude your comments to let him know how much you appreciate him, his time & his talent! |
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| A
Message from Zorro |
StoryTime News |
StoryTime Archives |
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| Recipe of the Week |
| A Message from Zorro |
| Hello there, Everbuddy! | ||
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Zorro the mouse here. We are taking it easy here in
Vacaville today. It has been quite warm, so we appear to
have skipped over Spring and we're moving straight into
Summer. (It is supposed to get into the mid 80s today.
That makes it pretty toasty out in the garage!)
The 3D printer is gone, and the Dude did not make a single thing for me to wear! I was kinda hoping for a football helmet. Well, he has promised that there will be some things for yours truly in the next loaner period. Boy, there had better be! I want my plastic cheese serving tray, and sunglasses, and some swords and helmets and stuff. Gee, I sure hope the Dude gets some extra filament this time--he's going to need it! He said he might even try to scan me, if that works. That means I would sit in the machine and the lasers would come on and make a 3D model of me! That way, the Dude could make a helmet and stuff to go on my head, and he would be sure that it would fit. It sounds a little skeery--I hope it doesn't hurt! There was also a plan to make something for Patrick so that his mouth could move better. You see, the only puffin that Folkmanis made was one for children, so the Dude has a hard time getting his hand up in there. Of course, I don't understand any of that--Patrick is a puffin! He is perfectly capable of talking on his own, just like I am! But anyway, a little plastic contraption might make it easier for him to speak. (I think he speaks a bit too much as it is, but nobody asked me...) Well, off to do all the Sunday things. Cheerio to you all! |
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| Yours Most Whiskerly, Zorro |
| StoryTime News |
| Next StoryTime | Coming Soon!
Sunday, April 12 3:00 PM PST/6:00 PM EST |
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| Title | Zorro as the Easter Bunny?? | ||
| Invitation | We need story writers! Please consider dropping in and checking out the fun we have writing the stories. Honestly, it's not at all difficult to join in and you'll surely be glad you did. | ||
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If anyone wants to request a recipe or a recipe category, just email me.
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Preheat oven to 350°F. Butter and flour 3 (8 inch) round cake pans and
set aside. Alternately, you can make 2 thicker cakes. In a medium bowl, combine the flour and baking powder. Set aside. In the bowl of your mixer, beat butter, peanut butter and both sugars on medium speed for 2 minutes, until light and fluffy. Scrape down the sides of the bowl, then add eggs, one at a time, mixing well after each. Beat in vanilla extract. With the mixer on medium low, beat in flour and milk alternately, starting and ending with the flour mixture. Scrape down the sides of the bowl and give the batter a good stir from the bottom with a rubber spatula. Spread batter evenly in prepared pans and bake for about 25-30 minutes or until top springs back when lightly touched in the center. Remove from oven and let cool in the pans for 5 minutes before removing to wire rack to cool completely. Prepare frosting: In the bowl you your mixer, beat butter, Kool-Aid mix, and grape jelly until smooth. With the mixer on low, slowly add powdered sugar, a little bit at a time, until just mixed in. Add warm water food coloring and slowly increase mixer speed to high. Beat for one minute, until smooth and fluffy. Stack and frost cake. If desired, chill after frosting, until firm, then top with peanut butter and jelly for garnish. |
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| Owl Cams |
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Other Nature Cams | Video Picks of the Week | Inspiration | ||||||
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| Owl Cams |
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| Puffins | |||||
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Shetland Islands Puffins | http://www.shetland.org/puffincam/ | |||
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Sea Island, Maine |
http://explore.org/live-cams/player/puffin-burrow-cam | |||
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Sea Island, Maine |
http://explore.org/live-cams/player/puffin-loafing-ledge-cam These pages also contain links to numerous other nature cams. |
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Southwest Florida Eagles
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi6DdvVbbi8 | ||
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Black Eagle |
http://www.africam.com/wildlife/black_eagle_webcam | |||
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Decorah Eagles |
http://www.ustream.tv/decoraheagles | |||
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Berry College Eagle Cam |
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/berry-eagle-cam | |||
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http://www.pixcontroller.com/eagles/index.htm | ||||
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PA Falcon Cam |
http://www.pacast.com/players/falcon.asp | |||
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Commerce Tower Peregrines |
http://mdc.mo.gov/discover-nature/wildlife-cameras/peregrine-falcon-web-camera Cam not live now but should be returning soon. |
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Pitt Peregrine Falcon |
http://www.aviary.org/PF-NestCam1 | |||
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Gulf Tower Peregrine Falcon |
http://www.aviary.org/PF-NestCam2 | |||
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Emily
Falcon Cam |
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/emily-falcon-cam | |||
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RFalconCam |
http://rfalconcam.com/rfc-main/ | |||
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Watch the Birdie |
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/Watch-the-Birdie | |||
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Disco |
https://www.youtube.com/user/MsJumpinJude/videos | |||
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California Condor San Diego Zoo Safari Park San Diego, California |
http://zoo.sandiegozoo.org/cams/condor-cam | |||
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KC Zoo Penguin Cam |
http://www.kansascityzoo.org/penguincam |
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Whidbey Island Back Porch other assorted birds |
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/katersch | |||
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Hellgate Ospreys |
http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/27/Hellgate_Ospreys/ | |||
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Ostrich Chicks |
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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/ostrich-egg-cam-live | ||
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Streaming Bird Cams |
http://www.beakspeak.com/ | |||
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San Diego Zoo Pandas |
www.sandiegozoo.org (click
on live cams)
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http://www.ustream.tv/sandiegozoo. Zoo's
blogs: http://blognew.sandiegozoo.org/category/animals-and-plants/giant-pandas/ |
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Giant Panda Cam |
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/webcams/giant-panda.cfm | |||
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Kansas City Polar Bears |
http://www.kctv5.com/category/244581/nikita-berlin-polar-bear-cam | |||
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Brown Bears and Salmon |
http://explore.org/#!/live-cams/player/brown-bear-salmon-cam-brooks-falls (lots of other cams at this site, as well) |
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Black Bears |
http://www.bear.org/website/live-cameras/live-cameras/holly-bears-den-cam-live.html | |||
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Golden Paw-Prints Classic Golden Retrievers Oshkosh, Wisconsin |
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/golden-retriever-puppy-cam All the pups have gone to their forever homes. Camera is shut down until the next litter is born. |
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San Diego Zoo and Safari Park |
http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/ | |||
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The Pet Collective |
http://www.thepetcollective.tv/livestreams/ | |||
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Critter Chat Cams |
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Friends of Felines Rescue
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www.ustream.tv/ffrc | |||
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Little House |
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CC's Page of Links (scheduled for updating) |
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| Help in Identifying Birds | |||||
| Try www.whatbird.com It's helps identify lots of birds. | |||||
 Secrets
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| Meet Zeus | |||||
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| Some Interesting Information About Someone We All Know Well | |||||
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broadcast the Dude talked about the websites where one can view the
spacestation and the view that the astronauts have. Here are the links: This one has the map, but no chat. http://eol.jsc.nasa.gov/HDEV/ This site has a chat room. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/iss-hdev-payload |
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from windbeneathwing. Swimming owl caught on video http://www.foxnews.com/science/2014/12/05/swimming-owl-caught-on-video/ |
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| Video Picks of the Week |
Tom Hanks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1ZWLWxpBv5g
Gamarjobat
So bad, yet so good
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xVG7dfH5DL0
Kitten Stuck In the Middle
(This looks just like, Scruffy, the little feral kitten that we've been socializing. He thinks he's a dog.)
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=go43XeW6Wg4&feature=youtu.be
Most Stubborn Cat Ever
https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/5sy1MDHZ27M?rel=0&%3bshowinfo=0
Russian Circus Cats
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ODKNlhVW_GU
Cyril
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=75X7G-38xBk
| Inspiration or Things to Make You Think |
Bruno Mars - Count On Me
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=h9O5_Q-oLrs
Emma, the Pig
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HIrFgDSKQQ
Never Leave the Playground
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=eICg4CMd2jU
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e_YdPNgByOE
Typewriter Artist
https://www.youtube.com/embed/svzPm8lT36o?feature=player_detailpage
Video Tricks
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E2lNz1LqYyQ
Best Coin Ever Spent
This video brings tears to my eyes every
time I watch it. The sheer exuberence of the children experiencing the joy of
music is just so incredible.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5wee-CSVtbY
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Fun Animations and Pictures |
Photos of the Week |
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Zorro's Word of the Week | ||||||
| Just for the Fun of It |
Kyle's Jokes of the Week |
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Flaky Owl Cookies
http://www.pillsbury.com/recipes/ominous-flaky-owls/650e0089-4288-4c3a-8404-6dfc6256feb7
Choco-Owls
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/choco-owls
Printable Owl Craft
http://kidsactivitiesblog.com/50548/printable-owl-craft
Peanut Butter Owl Cookies
http://www.tasteofhome.com/recipes/peanut-butter-owl-cookies
Rice Cake Owl Snacks
http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2012/08/rice-cake-owl-snack.html
Embroidery Hoop Owl
http://www.repeatcrafterme.com/2014/09/embroidery-hoop-owl.html
| Fun Animations and Pictures |
(Limbo-er and Limbo-est to follow in the next two weeks)
| Photos of the Week |
From the Dude
I thought you might enjoy this photo of the conjunction from the other night.
Sharoot's Caboose
Sharoot shares,
"This week we went to Brick Pond Park again because it seems to
have all the cool things that our yard doesn't. Here's a photo of the park."
"This second picture features "Ole Rusty" the patriarch of the park, about 12 - 14 feet long.
He generally gives most everyone the stink eye… (I'm glad our yard doesn't have any of these!)"
This third picture is of Mama Red Shouldered Hawk sitting on her eggs.
Sometimes Daddy is nearby but we didn't see him today.
| Kyle's well known among his friends for his "triple
groaner" riddles and jokes. Now he shares them with VacaFamily. Enjoy! |
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Did you hear about the psychic midget that robbed a bank?
Now there’s a small medium at large. |
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| My wife told me to stop impersonating a flamingo. I had to put my foot down. | ||
| Two atoms are walking down the street, one says to
the other: “I think I just lost an electron.” “Are you sure?” “I’m positive.” |
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| Two young men came upon a great trout brook. They
stayed all day enjoying the fishing. At the end of the day, knowing that
they would be graduating from college soon, they vowed they would return
in 20 years. Twenty years later, they walked into the woods and before
long came upon a brook. One of the men said to the other, “This is the
place!” The other disagreed, but the first man said, ‘I recognize the
clover growing on the other side.” To which the other replied, “Silly,
you can't tell a brook by its clover.” |
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Why do sharks live in salt water?
Because pepper makes them sneeze! |
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| Zorro's Word of the Week |
PALINODE
Pronunciation: \PAL-uh-nohd\
noun
Definition of PALINODE
1: an ode or song recanting or retracting something in an
earlier poem
2: a formal retraction
EXAMPLES
Oscar Wilde wrote this famous palinode in an introduction to an essay:
"Not that I agree with everything that I have said in this essay.
There is much
with which I entirely disagree."
"My Life Among the
Deathworks is a monumental palinode, designed
to unwrite
the book that made [Philip] Rieff's name."
— Adam Kirsch, New York Sun, March 7, 2007
DID YOU KNOW?
Does singing someone's praises in a palinode pay off? It did in the case of Stesichorus,
a Greek poet of the 6th century B.C. According to Plato, old Stesichorus was struck
blind after writing a poem insulting Helen of Troy, but his sight was restored after
he wrote an apologetic palinode. That poet was only too glad to apply the Greek word
palinoidia (a compound of palin, meaning "back" or "again," and aeidein, meaning
"to sing"). So were 16th-century English poets, who borrowed and modified
the Greek term to refer to odes of their own.
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