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| Broadcast Schedule | Channel Links | Important News |
| Today!!! Sunday, November 8, 2015 |
| 3 PM PST/6 PM EST |
| No Story Writing! We'll write again on December 6. |
| 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, November 15, 2015 |
| 3 PM PST/6 PM EST |
| No Story Writing! We'll write again on December 6. |
| 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) |
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| Channel Links |
| The pop-out chat link no longer uses the old style chat.
However, it is still a nice way to save on memory and be able to refresh
without losing both chat and video. 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. |
| Don't Forget the Time Change! |
| Don't forget to set your clocks back an hour next Sunday or you'll miss out on Storytime and the VacaChat Broadcast! |
| 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 ACTUALLY Happened |
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The 5th Anniversary International MOD Meet!!! |
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Click on the title above to see the entire Laughing Outside the Box 2015 series. |
| VacaChat Broadcast Changes |
| Look here for any changes to upcoming broadcasts. |
| On Sunday evening, September 20th, Vaca hopes to broadcast either a recording of his Skype visit with the MOD meet or a brief chat about the MOD meet. |
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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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I hope everybody had a happy first week of November. Hopefully
y'all survived the time change. It was touch and go there for a
while for me. I sometimes have difficulty giving up that hour in
the fall evenings.
We have actually been getting a little bit of rain here lately. Not a whole lot, but enough to give us some hope. I still have not had a chance to get out to Folsom Lake to do my hiking. I noticed this morning that the lake level has gone up by a quarter inch--the first actual rise so far since spring. Hopefully I can get out there later this upcoming week. One thing that really blew my mind today. It turns out that today is the 75th anniversary of a date which will live in civil engineering infamy. It was on this day in 1940 that the Tacoma Narrows Bridge in upstate Washington collapsed in dramatic fashion. I'm sure you have all seen the footage of it--the roadway of the bridge swaying violently from side to side in the moments leading up to the total collapse. As a student studying physics and engineering, I was forced to watch and analyze that footage dozens of times...it is the classic example of how resonant frequencies--if not adequately dampened--can cause a building or structure to fail utterly when certain conditions are met. The mind-blowing part was finding out that after all these years, we have been watching the footage of this catastrophe too fast!! It turns out that when the amateur film footage was copied and replicated by the news agencies, they transferred it at the frame rate (24fps) used in the film and professional news agencies, rather than what the camera shot at, which was 16fps! There were engineers at the site of the collapse that were measuring the frequency of the oscillation, and they clocked it at 12 cycles per minute. That means the period for one cycle of the sway would be five seconds. However, if you take a stopwatch to the film footage, it clocks in at around 3.2 seconds. Way too fast! So of course, now I need to find some footage and slow it down in my software--just so I can get an idea of what it actually looked like on that day--75 years ago to this day... Well, that is about it for me here. I've just been working on my web site and other promotional materials, while getting ready for the next project coming up. And then comes the holidays--it will be a true test of my willpower to see if I can stick with my diet throughout! Have a great week, everyone! |
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| Cheers, VacaDude | ||
| 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 we have photos of some "not-so-sweet" critters. |
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| Elsalynda | Elsalynda's latest column entitled Nature in the
city: As the Season Turns, is available online here: http://waltham.wickedlocal.com/article/20151105/NEWS/151107525 |
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| AnnSavage | On Oct. 27, I received three awards in the San Diego
Press Club Excellence in Journalism competition! I write for Ramona Home
Journal and Julian Journal, and was honored with two first-place awards
and one third-place award for my articles! Links to the articles: First-place stories: http://ramonajournal.com/years-of-daffodil-dedication-p6637-271.htm https://ramonajournal.com/doortodoor-solicitors-raise-concerns-p7315-271.htm Third-place story: http://ramonajournal.com/journalism-students-close-the-book-on-inaugural-class-p6975-275.htm |
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| Littleguys | We received this from Littleguys: For those of you that only know me via the internet, or have not seen me in years and years....I am the one in the turquoise blouse. http://www.nbcsandiego.com/news/local/Residents-Donate-Artifacts-for-Cedar-Fire-Monument-314003781.html | ||
| 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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| Jes | Jes has requested prayers. She has lost a close friend and is also facing some rather daunting medical tests and procedures. She is, of course, worried and stressed, and in need of all our prayers and healing vibes. | ||
| 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: (as of
10/25/2015)
Amazing what an injection in the right place can accomplish! My back
started really hurting over two years ago, to the point I couldn't
show my horses "in hand" when I would have to walk beside them, etc,
and it was painful to lean over to harness them. I was diagnosed
with sciatica, meaning the hole in the vertebrae where the sciatic
nerve leaves the spine to go to the left leg was filling up with
arthritis.
But the doctors wouldn't fix it in 2014 because the Stage Zero
Breast Cancer was more important. In 2015, cancer free, it was
time to fix the back. I did get that injection for the sciatica
last summer, and some relief, but that doctor told me something
no other doctor had told me. Half of the pain I was experiencing
as I walked, stood, etc was due to the sacroiliac joint where
the spine meets the left side of the pelvis. Got a shot, well,
three right in that joint Thursday and cannot believe how much
better it is to walk and stand. Why couldn't they do that two
years ago??? Not a magic wand, but so much better,
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| Elsalynda | Keep Elsalynda in your prayers as she struggles with health, computer and weather related issues. | ||
| GentleDoe | Latest update from GentleDoe (as of 11/1).
GentleDoe gives us much more information on her situation and
struggles. To read her entire post, click
here.
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| Shari in Memphis | UPDATE!!!
We heard from Shari recently. She is now on the VacaNews mailing list,
so we'll be able to keep in touch with her more easily. She tells us,
"Hi guys! Shari in Memphis is alive. I've been having tons of health
problems, so that's tons of doc appointments! I have moved to northern
Arkansas, for health reasons, and looking forward to hub moving up here
in a couple of years, when he retires. It's gorgeous in the country, and
I love that we were able to find a place on a stream. Lots of wild
animals around! I miss you all. Shari (no longer in Memphis) (Shari Sides on FB)" |
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| 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! (No recent updates) |
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| A Message From Zorro | StoryTime News | StoryTime Archive | Recipe of the Week |
| Hello there, Everbuddy! | ||
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Zorro the Mouse here. It has been pretty quiet around
here--less photograffin, and more workin. So I'm just
hanging around watching fun stuff on the Telly. It was
certainly fun watching all the Halloween movies around
that holiday. I have to say, I do enjoy a chance to get
skeered from time to time! It really gets my little
heart pumping. And I like the fact that I know it is
just a Hollywood kind of scary. That is exciting, but
still less dangerous than some other forms of skeery
that I know of. And of course, I'm talking about the
"run for your life because a big bird with sharp talons
is bearing down on you" kind of skeery.
Nope. I'll take a good ghost story or zombie movie any time! And of course, I like vampire movies--because most of those guys are distant cousins of mine. I like to see how the other half lives. Or more to wit--how they live on the other half of the World! Just looking forward to Thanksgiving coming up later in the month. This year should be interesting, because the Dude is on this diet his doctor put him on. Basically that means he has to eat smaller portions of the food. And I know what that means--more turkey for ME!!! Oh, and yummy yams! Ooo--just thinking of that made my tummy gurgle. I think I'll go see what is in the refrigerator, and maybe turn the football game on. The 49ers have been doing so badly that the coach has benched their quarterback and brought some new guy in. I think he was formerly with the janitorial staff. Or maybe it was the food truck. Anyway, I've never heard of him. So I guess I'll go see how he's doing on his first week in the big leagues! Have a great week, Everbuddy! |
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| Yours Most Whiskerly, Zorro |
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| Next StoryTime | Sunday, December 4 3:00 PM PST/6:00 PM EST |
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| 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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1 rotisserie chicken 2 pounds shrimp 2 pounds smoked sausage 3 sweet peppers 3 ribs celery 3 onions, divided 3 garlic cloves, minced 4 sticks butter, divided* 1½ cups unbleached flour 4 cups chicken broth or base 1 tablespoon Worcestershire sauce 2 teaspoons Creole or Cajun seasoning ½ teaspoon dried thyme 1 bag frozen okra Hot pepper sauce, to taste |
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Remove all chicken from the bones, tear into small pieces and set aside. Peel, tail and de-vein shrimp. Sauté in a 2 tablespoons butter and 1 clove (½ teaspoon minced) garlic. Set aside with chicken. Slice sausage about ¼-½-inch thick. Sauté in 2 tablespoons butter. Set aside with chicken and shrimp. Chop peppers, celery, two onions, and remaining garlic. Sauté in 4 tablespoons butter until tender. Set aside with meat. Now to make a good dark brown gumbo roux. Melt 3 sticks butter in a heavy bottomed skillet (cast iron is best) over medium to medium high heat. Slowly sprinkle in the flour a little at a time, stirring constantly. Continue to stir constantly. Do NOT walk away! If you burn it even the tiniest bit, it is unusable. You will notice the flour beginning to brown. The darker the roux, the darker the gravy. For gumbo, when the roux reaches a deep dark chocolate brown color it is done. Reduce heat, add one chopped onion and stir until onion is tender. Add broth, seasonings, meat and cooked veggies. Stir in okra. Cook on low heat for about 1 hour. Serve over hot rice, quinoa or barley. *You can substitute other fats (oil or lard) for some or all of the butter. |
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Preheat oven to 375°F. Unroll 1 can of rolls; press into a lightly
greased 9-x13-inch pan. Beat egg yolk, cream cheese, and next 3 ingredients at medium speed with an electric beater until blended; spread over dough in pan. Unroll remaining can of crescent rolls on a sheet of wax paper; press into a 9-x13-inch rectangle. Place over cream cheese mixture. Whisk egg white; brush over dough. Sprinkle with pecans. Bake 25 minutes. Sprinkle with powdered sugar, and cool in pan on a wire rack. Cut into squares. |
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| Owl Cams | Other Bird Cams | Other Nature Cams | Video Picks of the Week | Inspiration |
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CARRI Colorado Avian Research and Rehabilitation Institute |
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http://www.carriep.org/ http://www.carriep.org/nest-cams/ Update—October 22nd: The cam has been switched off. It appears that the adult Barn Owls have abandoned their owlets. The owlets have been taken into captivity to finish growing. They will be released back into the wild as the weather permits. This may be next spring. |
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Nicassio Owl Box |
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/nicasio-owl | |||
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HOP - MAGC Barn Owls | http://www.ustream.tv/channel/magc-owls | |||
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Owlceanside |
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/owlceanside | |||
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Felix Neck Owl Cam |
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/felix-neck-owl-cam | |||
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The Owl Cam | http://www.ustream.tv/owlchannel | |||
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Barn Owls in |
http://www.ustream.tv/channel/barn-owls-in-minden-nevada | |||
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Port of Stockton |
http://www.portofstockton.com/owl-cams | |||
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Hosted by Cornell Lab of Ornithology |
http://cams.allaboutbirds.org/channel/42/Barn_Owls/ First Owlet hatching: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MimLJZYHkXY&feature=youtu.be |
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OwlGuy Lake Okeechobee, Florida |
OwlGuy is now broadcasting again as Mrs. Barred Owl laid her first egg
of the season on January 18. http://www.ustream.tv/channel/owlguy |
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Savannah Bird Cam @ The Landings |
http://landingsbirdcam.com/
https://www.facebook.com/LandingsBirdCam?fref=nf |
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Athena Eastern Screech Owl Houston, Texas |
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http://www.ustream.tv/channel/mark-s-owl-cam http://www.facebook.com/groups/AthenaOwlcamFollowers/ |
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The Caring Owl in South Africa |
http://www.thecaringowl.co.za/ | |||
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PPO (Potted Plant Owl) |
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Alessondra’s Owl Cam |
http://ustream.tv/okcowlcam Three owlets: Java, Malaya and Caspian have all fledged. Old style chat link: http://www.ustream.tv/channel-room/10626225 |
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Rusty and Iris |
http://www.internationalowlcenter.org/ourowls/rustyandiris/livecams |
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Burrowing Owls |
http://wdfw.wa.gov/wildwatch/owlcam/video_burrowing2.html | |||
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Project Snow Storm | http://www.projectsnowstorm.org/ | |||
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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 |
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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Hummingbird University of Arizona |
Marmou (Marilyn) sent this from her new home town in Arizona. This
little lady built a nest on the end of a data cable for a future
wireless access point. http://www.pdc.arizona.edu/webcam/ENR2_HummingBird.aspx |
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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/ | |||
| 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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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 The puppies have all gone to their forever homes. |
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San Diego Zoo and Safari Park |
http://animals.sandiegozoo.org/ | |||
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Wild Earth Safari Cam | 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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Fascinating Information about the Jeweled City | ||||
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John has talked about the 1915 Panama Pacific International Exposition
(PPIE). Tzunamie found us this link: |
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| Mother Owl Takes On Snake—and Wins | |||||
| Ketaki sent this in. She says, "I saw it live when it happened and it was so fast. It's too bad she didn't kill it and feed to the owlets. They could have used the food, and the snake, a rat snake, is non-venomous. But she was intent on protection. They run it in slow motion at the end so you can see her, and the inset window shows the snake coming down from the top." | |||||
| http://news.nationalgeographic.com/2015/05/150514-owl-snake-video-animals-fight/ | |||||
| 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. | |||||
| Meet Zeus | |||||
| http://kittensdaily.com/meet-zeus-blind-owl-gorgeous-eyes/ | |||||
| Some Interesting Information About Someone We All Know Well | |||||
| http://www.imdb.com/name/nm1511369/ | |||||
| International Space Station Links | |||||
| During a recent
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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Klepto
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2qSLvkskXFA
The Start of the Blues
This is supposed to be the ONLY time Carson sang in public!
This show is at Kiel Opera House in St Louis in June, 1965 when Johnny Carson hosted the Tonight Show.
The Rat Pack were playing Vegas, but visited Carson for this wonderfully entertaining performance.
Frank Sinatra, Dean Martin, Sammy Davis Jr., Johnny Carson, and to top it off
Quincy Jones was conducting the Count Basie band, and he is visible in the background.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5rSBl10gqLo
The Genius
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5XeXbGTt0sg
Koko and Robin Williams
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=I9I_QvEXDv0
Please move the deer crossing sign
https://www.youtube.com/watch?t=67&v=bRV4d9LCawU
Follow up
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JB1yEcdomt0
Baby sloths get swaddled
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G-Zfozy7gGI
Airport Honor Flight Boogie
http://www.reshareworthy.com/old-man-boogies-at-airport/#VeYypoPWCTl2FPiw.99
Putting Up the Flag
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=iYHm-Zvzggs
Charlotte's Litter
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lRPVPPWEC1E
The Wisdom of Joe Friday and Bill Gannon
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FZo2hhvvlpw
The Incredible Power Of Concentration - Miyoko
Shida
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cW2YhHAot6I
The First Air Force One
https://www.youtube.com/watch_popup?v=ehwvZXVKmPU
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| Just for the Fun of It |
Fun Animations | Photo of the Week | Zorro's Word of the Week |
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Pinecone Mice Ornaments
https://blackcabbit.wordpress.com/2014/06/19/one-diy-christmas-ornament-a-month-06-pinecone-mice/
Snowy Owl Ornaments
http://www.allfreechristmascrafts.com/Felt-Christmas-Ornament-Crafts/Snowy-Owl-Ornaments
Teacup Mouse
http://www.funinthemaking.net/category/reuse-sweaters/
O is for Owlz
http://www.patchworkposse.com/free-pattern-o-is-for-owl-wall-hanging/
PomPom Owls
https://beacreativekitten.wordpress.com/2012/02/04/getting-creative-with-pom-poms-mice/
More Pinecone Owls
http://thecraftyclassroom.com/crafts/owl-crafts-for-kids/pine-cone-owl-craft/
Pinecone Owls
http://familycrafts.about.com/od/pineconecrafts/ss/Pine-Cone-Owl-Craft.htm
From the Dude
Here are a couple of shots that came out pretty well from this morning's photo session.
I think the one of the red-tailed hawk came out very nicely.
You can really see him looking down at me and checking me out! (Luckily I didn't look all that tasty...)
Sharoot's Caboose
Sharoot shares,
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This guy blocked another of our paths at Harris Neck National Wildlife Refuge.
I made Mr. Sharoot go first as we went WAY around him.
I think he was giving us the stink eye.
| Kyle's well known among his friends for his "triple
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What do you call a cow jumping over a barbed-wire fence?
An udder disaster! |
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"Oh, mamma," questioned the child, "Who's that?" He pointed to a
nun who was passing. "A Sister of Charity," was the answer.
"Which one," the boy persisted, "Faith or Hope?"
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What do you get when you cross a dog with a hen?
Pooched eggs |
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Who is larger, Mrs. Bigger or her baby?
Her baby is a little Bigger Why did the projector blush? It saw the filmstrip. |
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Tonight, as I was coming home, I came to a four way stop.
I was about to proceed across the intersection when I heard a siren. I waited for an ambulance to pass by in front of me on the cross street. Just about the time he entered the intersection, the car on the opposite side of the intersection from me became impatient and started out into the intersection right in front of the ambulance. Well the ambulance swerved violently just missing the impatient idiot who pulled out in front of him. But when the ambulance swerved their back door flew open, and a box dropped out on the street. Well I was the only one left in the intersection. Thinking the box might have been important I put my car in Park and walked out into the intersection to retrieve the box. I thought I might be able to get it to the ambulance somehow. It was kind of heavy. I had no idea what was inside. On the way back to my car I opened the box. My mouth must of dropped open in amazement. Inside the box was somebody’s big toe packed in ice. Oh my goodness! I thought!!! The guy who this belongs to must be in that ambulance that just went buy. Quick as a flash I formulated an action plan. What did I do then you might ask? Well I did what any responsible adult would do. I called a toe truck! |
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November 12 National Pizza with the Works Except Anchovies Day Chicken Soup for the Soul Day November 13 National Indian Pudding Day World Kindness Day November 14 Operation Room Nurse Day National Guacamole Day Loosen Up, Lighten Up Day National Pickle Day November 15 National Clean Out Your Refrigerator Day Use Less Stuff Day America Recycles Day National Philanthropy Day |
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MANQUÉ
Pronunciation: \mahng-KAY\
adjective
Definition of MANQUÉ
short of or frustrated in the fulfillment of one's aspirations or talents—used postpositively
EXAMPLES
Natalie is an actress manqué who moved to New York 10 years
ago and is still looking for her first big break.
"At the center of the author's examination is Alexander Popper, a fiction writer
manqué …
reluctant law-school graduate who winds up handling misdemeanor cases for the
Cook County Public Defender."
— The Austin (Texas) American-Statesman, 27 Nov. 2011
DID YOU KNOW?
The etymology of manqué is likely to vex left-handers. English speakers picked up manqué
directly from French more than two centuries ago, and it ultimately comes from Latin mancus,
meaning "having a crippled hand." But in between the Latin and French portions of this word's
history came the Italian word manco, which means both "lacking" and "left-handed." Lefties may
be further displeased to learn that manqué isn't the only English word with a history that links
left-handedness with something undesirable. For example, the word awkward comes from awke,
a Middle English word meaning both "turned the wrong way" and "left-handed." And the noun gawk
("a clumsy stupid person") probably comes from a gawk
that means "left-handed" in dialectal English.
Test Your Vocabulary:
Unscramble the letters to create an adjective that can mean "of, relating to, or situated to the left" or "evil":
NTIESSIR
The answer is …
SINISTER
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