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June 7, 2015
More graphics and buttons, courtesy of VacaDude, coming soon!
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| Broadcast Schedule |
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Important News |
| Broadcast Schedule |
| Today!!! Sunday, June 7, 2015 |
| 3 PM PST/6 PM PST |
| Story Writing! Join us to write a new story! |
| 6 PM PST/9 PM EST |
| VacaChat Broadcast.
Plan on joining in on all the fun and hilarity. |
| Upcoming!!! Sunday, June 14, 2015 |
| 3 PM PST/6 PM PST |
| No Story Writing We'll write again on July 5 |
| 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) |
| Channel Links |
| Channel Links |
| 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. |
| VacaChannel |
| http://www.ustream.tv/channel/vacadude |
| Pop-Out |
| If you want to view the chat or video in pop-out screens, use the links below. Some find that this places less stress on their computer and/or its memory. |
| Video: http://www.ustream.tv/channel-popup/vacadude |
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| If you use the pop-out links, it is recommended that you open two browser windows. That way, if one needs to be refreshed, the other is not affected. |
| Important News |
| Our Furred, Feathered, and Scaled Babies |
| We will soon have a new feature on the VacaNews
website. Send us pictures of you and your pets. We'll have a page
featuring all our animal family members. Send them to
vacachatb@gmail.com. Make sure
you include your chat name and your pet's name. You can also include
your real name and location if you want to. I've only gotten photos from a few people. (The new page will be posted soon—just waiting on some graphics from TheDude.) Surely more chatters have pets that they'd like to show to the world! |
| It's REALLY Gonna Happen |
| The 5th Anniversary International MOD Meet!!! It has been confirmed! Carlos and Donna will be attending. http://www.modmeet.com/ |
| VacaChat Broadcast Changes |
| 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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| A Note from the Dude | Chatter News |
Prayer Requests |
Vaca Blog |
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| Hello Vriends, | ||
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Happy Sunday to you all, and I hope you all had a good week.
Been pretty bizzy around here--I am in the final days with my
second loaner printer, so I am madly scrambling to finish all of
the printing I need to get done in the coming days--until I can
make my selection and buy a printer for my very own. Officially
I think I am supposed to ship it back on Monday, but I'm hoping
to kind of slop it over for a couple of days. (Shhh! Don't tell
XYZprinting that!) :)
So as I write this, the printer is over there chirping away happily printing half of a phaser. Actually, it is a Photon Grenade Launcher. What?!? Yeah, that's right. You see, I'm a big Sci-Fi geek, and I love my Star Wars and Star Trek. And in the original series of Trek, they had hand phasers as their weapon of choice. Now their ship, the Enterprise, had phasers it could fire at its enemies, but also something they called "photon torpedoes." Which left me to wonder, if they had figured a way to use photons (light) as an explosive, how come there were never any photon hand grenades? Now fast forward to 2015. In addition to being a fan of Sci-Fi, I also love strobe lights. (Must be the Disco king in me.) And it just so happens that I have come into the possession of about a dozen strobe circuits that were intended to be used in Kodak film cameras, but when film went away, the cameras went away. So I bought a bunch of flash units from a surplus company that was selling them for about a dollar a piece. Now it is just bare circuit board, transformers, strobe tube, etc. So one of the projects I did when I had the first loaner printer was the creation of a box to put the strobe circuit into. Well, it worked fine, but it was...just a box. Very boring. So suddenly it hit me--what if I designed an enclosure that looked somewhat like the hand phaser, but instead housed a strobe board? Then every time I pull the trigger, it flashes. Then it would be the one weapon they SHOULD have had on Star Trek--the Photon Grenade Launcher! I picture it as acting like a hand-held mortar launcher. You set the distance and hold it up, and with a bright flash it launches its grenade, allowing you to take out that nasty bunch of Klingons or Borg who are shooting at you. Or you can just use it to take out the old tree stump in the backyard. Or you could use it to create light paintings with a camera on long exposure... (wink wink) Anyway, I'll show you what I mean in the chat tonight. I believe this part should have finished printing by then. I hope so, else it will be a very noisy chat! Speaking of which, I have some things to prepare for tonight's broadcast, so I'll have to close this up and get bizzy! Hope to see you then! |
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| Cheers, VacaDude | ||
| Chatter News |
| 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 her visit to the Magnolia Plantation and Gardens in Charleston, SC. She has also shared more about her Harris's Sparrow that visited a few months ago. You can read about that here. |
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| Elsalynda | Elsalynda's latest column entitled Nature in the
City: Close to Home, Far and Wide, Large and Small, is available online here: http://waltham.wickedlocal.com/article/20150603/NEWS/150609862 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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| Ketaki | Ketaki shares this wonderful story with us: | ||
| Hi All, I am grinning from ear to ear. While making my coffee, I looked out the window, per usual, and saw a hummer, hunkered down, clinging for all it was worth to my feeder's perch. I watched for a few moments, got distracted by the blustery wind stirring up dust devils, watching the seed feeders at 45° angle being blown sideways... I looked back at the feeder, and hummer was still there. Another male flew in and tried to "attack" this clearly unhappy hummer, so I went out to see what was up. It was a cold nite, last nite for migrating, tired hummers. It was in the barely 40's, with the rain and wind, felt like in the 30's. I wasn't surprised that this hummer looked clearly exhausted, as they are still migrating in. I gently picked him up, he huddled into my palm. I stayed in the sun for a few moments thinking he'd want to fly, but no. He liked where he was. I brought him into the house, checked him out, wings were drooped, no glisten to his eyes. By this time he rested his beak on my thumb, and just sat there, very quietly. So I snuck in a few photos. One handed, I got the hummer food out from fridge, warmed a small portion in microwave to room temperature, found an eyedropper, and gave him a drop. Oh, my, he was so hungry. I watched as he drank, drop after drop off my skin, placing each drop either on the end of his beak or on my skin where he rested his beak. I was enjoying watching his little tongue sipping at the food droplets. Then took a couple more pix. I eventually got tired of putting drops on my thumb and offered the sugar water straight from the dropper. He drank and drank and drank. I finally said, ok. you are sated for now, just rest. I finished making my coffee, making several trips to my chair, carrying the dropper, coffee (now approaching thermal equilibrium with the room), turned on the PC, all while he was sitting in the palm of my hand. Eventually, he started perking up and moved to the edge of my hand and pooped. That made me happy, from that motion, I got the sense he was a juvie. He still looked small to me, his beak wasn't as long as the pix I looked at on line. Offering him some more to drink, every 5 minutes or so, figuring he would stop when he was full. He seemed to love the warmth from my hand, perked up some more, re-arranged himself to the edge of my palm again, and pooped. He probably drank at least 3/4 ml of food, in total. I was beginning to think he would burst! After about an hour of tending him and reading about re-habbing hummers, he fluttered his wings! He was good to go. He looked around, very perky, head up, he moved to edge of my palm, then hopped to my shirt, so I had to quickly cover him with other hand. He came back to my palm, fluttered again, so I carried him back outside, back into the sun. He hopped back on my shirt, buzz-fluttered his wings, and off he went up into the trees!  Bye bye, little one, you made my heart soar! Be well! I'm still smiling from ear to ear! Happy for this little one! He's made my whole day! |
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| Jes (and Miss Bailey | Miss Bailey is on the web. She was featured on Jes' favorite bookstore's weekly page! Jes says, "Eric Blem just spoke at the store last week for his new book "Legend". It's the oldest family owned bookstore in the U.S. I go weekly to visit and they have treats for the furkids. Dudek always loved to visit and would dash behind the counter looking for his treat." | ||
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| Wolfgirl | Yesterday, our Wolfgirl graduated with a BA in Ecology and a minor in Psychology. Congratulations! | ||
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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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| KSBorn |
KSBorn has sent us an update. She writes, "I’m still in the midst of
chemo and hormone blocker every day. In 2008 I had breast cancer and it
returned July 2014 same breast cancer in my lung now and 2 lymph nodes
positive. I’m getting ready to have a surgery to get a port. I will
probably be on chemo for life. I have numerous tests monthly. Thank you so much for the prayers and please continue." |
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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: Littleguys', aka Carlynne's, recovery has gone well. She sends her apologies for missing VacaChat but Ustream won't allow her to chat...or even see chat. She gets to post in MollyMovieNight on Fridays in Ustream, but that uses the Social Stream part of Ustream. And occasionally she posts in the Social Stream part of VacaChat, just to say hi. So we may not see her, but she does think of us. | ||
| Elsalynda | Keep Elsalynda in your prayers as she struggles with health, computer and weather related issues. | ||
| GentleDoe | We received this from GentleDoe this week. VacaFamily, The May 19th hearing for mom's guardianship/conservator ship was canceled to give my sister's attorney time to deal with the removal of both parents by DSS. I'm filing for guardianship/conservator ship of both parents. In the meantime I am trying to get mom at least placed back with me. We are MD residents and a cousin took mom from MD and brought her to my sister's in SC. Within 3 days of my mother being with my sister both parents were removed when I contacted the sheriff's department for a welfare check for my mother. SC DSS (Dept. of Social Services) is looking to put both parents in a nursing home. I'm trying to at least get mom placed with me until guardianship/conservator ship is decided. Both parents are very upset with nursing home prospect. I've told both my lawyer and DSS my parents' are very upset and my concern that with them being alone in a nursing home that it will be detrimental to both their physical and mental health. If they are placed in homes in SC I will not be able to see them. Even if I could stay in SC there is no affordable transportation (only taxi service). Please pray that I will be able to get guardianship/conservator ship for both parents. Also, pray that I can get a 508 job that I can work at remotely so I can be with my parents. Please pray that I can also get my house. Right now my birds are being boarded and I need a house for my birds, parents and myself to live in. I can afford living expenses on my current income if I had my house as the mortgage is paid. Legal expenses are high and will need an ADA lawyer to fight DSS and SC discrimination. I still have much to do and little transportation or help getting it done. Please continue to pray for me, my parents and my birds/pets. Will try to update you as I am able. Love you all, GentleDoe |
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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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| 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. Tonight is VacaChat -- yay!!! It
looks as though a lot of people were off doing fun
things this weekend, so we didn't have enough people for
writing the StoryTime. So tonight we will have a
PoetryTime--haven't had a chance to do that for a while!
It will give me a chance to brush up on my Iambic
Pentameter. I'm not sure what that is, but I am certain
it will be delicious if garnished with a bit of
gorgonzola.
I was hoping to say that I could Skype the PoetryTime in tonight from my new bachelor pad, but I haven't been able to move in yet. The Dude still has hopes of using it for his acetone vapor thingies. Well, he was having trouble with the air conditioning inside the chamber--er, apartment. So I couldn't really use it without the fan working anyway. It gets really hot in that garage--especially this week! It has been getting rather toasty here this week. Kind of reminds me of old Mexico. Only there we tended to avoid drinking the water...but here, there is no water to avoid! Oh, and Happy Chocolate Ice Cream Day!!! I don't know if it is officially that, but I saw it on Facebook this morning, and that is official enough for me, I tell ya! Just so happens there is a container of Rocky Road in the freezer, and if you'll excuse me--I hear it calling to me. See you guys tonight! |
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| Yours Most Whiskerly, Zorro |
| StoryTime News |
| Next StoryTime | TODAY!!!
Sunday, June 7 3:00 PM PST/6:00 PM EST |
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| Title | TBA | ||
| 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.
Today we share two recipes just made to be served together.
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Greek Marinated Chicken |
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1 cup plain yogurt
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To make the marinade, combine the yogurt, olive
oil, minced garlic, oregano, salt, and some freshly cracked pepper in a
bowl. Use a fine holed cheese grater or a zester to scrape the thin
layer of yellow zest from the lemon skin into the bowl. Also add the
juice from half of the lemon (about 1-2 tablespoons). Stir until the
ingredients are well combined. Roughly chop a big handful, or about ¼
bunch, of parsley and stir it into the marinade. |
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Lemony Cucumber Couscous Salad |
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1½-2 cups Israeli couscous |
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Bring a medium pot of water to a rolling boil. Add
the couscous and continue to let it boil for 5-7 minutes, or until the
couscous is tender. Drain the couscous in a colander or wire mesh sieve
(if the holes in the colander are too big). Rinse briefly with cool
water to cool off the couscous, then allow to drain while you prepare
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| Owl Cams |
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Other Nature Cams | Video Picks of the Week | Inspiration | ||||||
| Other Bird Cams |
| 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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| Eagles | |||||
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Southwest Florida Eagles
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https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mi6DdvVbbi8 | |||
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Black Eagle |
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http://www.africam.com/wildlife/black_eagle_webcam We have a new chick!!! |
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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/ | |||
| Talking Birds | |||||
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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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| Pandas | |||||
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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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Twin Pandas at |
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Giant Panda Cam |
http://nationalzoo.si.edu/animals/webcams/giant-panda.cfm | |||
| Bears | |||||
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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 We've got NINE beautiful puppies! |
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San Diego Zoo and Safari Park |
http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/ | |||
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Wild Earth Safari Cam |
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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/wildearth-safaris | ||
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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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| Other Sites of Interest | |||||
| This Bird Song Collection Will Get You In Tune With Nature | |||||
| http://www.ba-bamail.com/content.aspx?emailid=15112 | |||||
| Help in Identifying Birds | |||||
| Try www.whatbird.com It's helps identify lots of birds. | |||||
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Secrets
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| Meet Zeus | |||||
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| Some Interesting Information About Someone We All Know Well | |||||
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| International Space Station Links | |||||
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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 |
Freaky Flowers
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_hwDdE0Gu4E
Jack!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3wNK1Jt4JLg&app=desktop
Nat Geo Wild
https://www.youtube.com/embed/Hodomt6bBOw
Are Crows the Ultimate
Problem Solvers?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AVaITA7eBZE
The Burrowing Owl's Cozy
Home
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=P4u5p1FgMPk
Squeak!
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5Tdokh1KYuQ
| Inspiration or Things to Make You Think |
One Decision
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=XNDWN8KDVSM
Saved
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=OMUi6H22918
Burrowing Owls
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gp_aQdBPQmY&feature=em-uploademail
The Backwards Brain Bicycle
http://viewpure.com/MFzDaBzBlL0?ref=bkmk
Magic of the Snowy Owl
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ilShUkPwk4U
http://www.pbs.org/wnet/nature/magic-of-the-snowy-owl-full-episode/7963/
Finding The Speed Of Light With Peeps
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=HwREvdUWSKE
Bengal Tigers In Her Garden
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8pGTgkcP-RU
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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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Cheesy Meaty Owls
http://www.tablespoon.com/recipes/owl-meat-cheese-tray/c9a49b90-255d-4cba-b4e5-5679a89aff19
Felt Fabric Owl
http://www.jandofabrics.com/newsletters/its-a-hoot-felt-fabric-owls/
Lil' Hoot
http://inspirationlaboratories.com/owl-craft-and-play-scenes-virtual-book-club-for-kids/
Lavender Owl Sachets
http://www.gingermelondolls.blogspot.ca/2014/02/free-pattern-little-lark-lavender-sachet.html
Felt Owl Pencil Holder
http://www.jandofabrics.com/newsletters/felt-owl-pencil-holder-craft-and-fabric/
Easy Little Owl
http://mydiychat.com/diy-crafts/diy-sewing-crafts/easy-little-owl-craft-tutorial
| Fun Animations and Pictures |
(even lazier and laziest will follow)
(lazier and laziest will follow)
| Photos of the Week |
From the Dude
One of the Dude's bee photos
"I've been trying for three days, and that was from this morning.
I learned a bit about bees in the process--they don't like to hover in the sun
(probably overheat), but they will do it more in the early morning.
So I went out this morning so when the sun was shining, but the air was still cool.
Then they were a bit more likely to hover over the flowers."
Sharoot's Caboose
Sharoot shares,
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Egret Clutch
Great Blue Heron Baby
Great Egret with 1 day old and newly hatched chicks
Alligator Sunbathing
| 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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What do you get when you put overweight sheep in a steam
cabinet?
Wool sweaters
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Comic Sans, Times New Roman and Ariel walk into a bar.
Bartender says, “We don’t serve your type here.” |
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| It’s always hard to explain puns to kleptomaniacs because they’re always taking things literally. | |||
| Over breakfast one morning, a woman said to her
husband, "I bet you don't know what day this is." "Of course I do," he
indignantly answered, going out the door on his way the office. At 10
AM, the doorbell rang, and when the woman opened the door, she was
handed a box containing a dozen long-stemmed red roses. At 1 PM, a
foil-wrapped, two pound box of her favorite chocolates arrived. Later, a
boutique delivered a designer dress. The woman couldn’t wait for her
husband to come home. "First the flowers, then the candy, and then the
dress!" she exclaimed. "I've never spent a more wonderful Groundhog Day
in my whole life!' |
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Realizing that I had put on a pound or two, I lamented to my
husband, "I'm fat."
And right on cue he said what all good husbands must: "You're not fat." To support his position, he added, "Just look around you at others, and you will see that you are not fat." But our daughter, a high schooler, saw through it: "Mom, he's grading you on the curve!" |
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| Upcoming Holidaze! | |||
| June 7 National Chocolate Ice Cream Day Daniel Boon Day VCR Day June 8 Name Your Poison Day Oceans Day Upsy Daisy Day Best Friends Day June 9 Donald Duck Day National Strawberry Rhubarb Pie Day Gin Day June 10 National Iced Tea Day Herb & Spice Day |
June 11 National Hug Holiday King Kamehameha Day Corn on the Cob Day John Quincy Adams’ Birthday (1767) June 12 Loving Day Red Rose Day Machine Day George H. W. Bush’s Birthday (1924) June 13 National Juggling Day National Kitchen Klutzes of America Day National Peanut Butter Cookie Day Sewing Machine Day (also September 10) |
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| Zorro's Word of the Week |
FATIDIC
Pronunciation: \fay-TID-ik\
noun
Definition of FATIDIC
of or relating to prophecy
EXAMPLES
I hope the dream I had last night about losing my wedding
ring doesn't prove fatidic.
"Shakespeare strews his plays with portents; Pushkin probes his life for fatidic
dates;
but no writer can have been more fascinated by patterns in time than Nabokov."
— Brian Boyd, Stalking Nabokov: Selected Essays, 2011
DID YOU KNOW?
As you might guess, fatidic is a relative of the word fate. The Latin word for fate is fatum,
which literally means "what has been spoken." Fatum, in turn, comes from fari, meaning "to speak."
In the eyes of the ancients, your fate was out of your hands—what happened was up to gods and demigods.
Predicting your fate was a job for oracles and prophets. Fatidic is fatum combined with dicere, meaning
to say." That makes fatidic a relative of the word predict as well; the
-dict of predict also comes from Latin
dicere.
Name That Synonym: Fill in the blanks to create a synonym of fatidic: v _ t _ c
_ na _.
The answer is …
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