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there she goes~ there she goes~~

There used to be a tapestry

Of nature's verdant artistry

A hill where trees and wildlife grew

But now it's gone from scenic view

Replaced by station and a shed

Both, painted blue and garish red

Like bleeding wounds upon the earth

Replacing years of ancient birth

No treetops where a breeze can sigh

In tender leafy lullaby

That cast their shadows down below

In summer’s rain and winter’s snow

No fingered roots to run down deep

Entwining willows that would weep

Embracing those of elm and spruce

And those with fruits once ripe with juice

No lovely blossoms, pink and white

Emitting fragrance day and night

Where bees paid visit in the spring

With busy wings that seemed to sing

No place for birds to stop and perch

On nesting-trees, like oak and birch

Where butterflies were wont to rest

While on relentless nectar quest

No more birds of brilliant hue

That flashed their colors as they flew

No place for squirrels to race around

On branch and trunk, down to the ground

The grove is gone and can't return

Tall trees and bushes - flower and fern

And soon all spots of earthly class

Will be replaced by steel and glass

If I could only have my way

Such spots would be designed to stay

So in the future you could see

Nature as it used to be

7/16/92           Phyllis DeWitt VanVleck

Left - Daughter's photo
Right - Mother's photo

Today's theme was chosen by both of us.

We will begin posting twice a week, on Monday and Thursday.

A burst if fresh fall color that will soon engulf the entirety of this beautiful maple tree…

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Cuando veo cosas como estas estaria bueno q los árboles cobraran vida como en el señor de los anillos y q les peguen un par de ramazos bien puestos para q cuando se miren donde les pegaron vean el tatuaje q les dejó el arbol.

Птиче перо на фона на пейзаж.

A strange book,

What he's reading.

Think it's weird,

You try believing.

Can of Beans and Walking Stick may be buddies,

But what about old Silly Putty?

Ask fortuneteller,

Get your reading.

Maybe she's a stationary seller,

The judicial branch will be proceeding.

Mint Chocolate Chip is a sweet delight,

While Cricket dances to the beat of an off beat drummer,

Spoon does not bite,

And Dirty Sock plays in midsummer.

Conch Shell gazed out the door,

In perfect time to witness the Peloponnesian War.

I actually woke up late on that day, as late as noon where the sun was shone upon my ASS, HAHAS! I was suppose to meet Kian Wee in school at 1pm, to register online for NS and medical checkup appointment. However I arrived school at 2pm, Ops! I kept him waiting too long.

We managed to registered our medical appointment date on the 28th of November 2008, and had my appointment paper printed. It will be troublesome for me, as I have to go back to my family doctor sometime this week to retrieve my medical history, especially on my skin problem to prove to the medical officer during the medical checkup.

After that, we went to Popeyes Chicken & Biscuits to have a very late meal. We took bus 171 to Doby Ghuat bus stop, and from there alight and took bus 111 to Raffles Ave bus stop. We had to walk some distance to SG Flyers Landmark, where Popeyes is located.

I ordered a 2 piece chicken meal, upsizing the fries and drinks, and having an additional regular whip potato mash. Kian Wee ordered also a 2 piece chicken meal, upsizing the fries and drink too. However later after we finished our meal, he disgusted by ordering an ADDITIONAL LARGE WHIP POTATO MASH, OHH F*** HIM (LOL just kidding!). He even suggested to have coffee at Robert's Coffee, which is located beside Popeyes, I was like F*** man, don't you ever felt too full? LOLS!

We took an approximate 1.6 kilometre walk, starting from SG Flyers to Marine Square Shopping Mall. We went pass parts of the F1 track, and across the highway's asile and sides, and along with the roadside and traffic lights too. I would said it is indeed a nice way after a heavy meal.

Health tip: Do long, and very slow walks after you had a super and ridiculous heavy meal like ours, HAHA!

Walked around some of the shops in Marine Square Shopping Mall, before we head home in our different ways. I notice some really nice clothes shop for guys over at he Mall.

Fashion Tip: Check out the POA (People of Asia) retail shop at Marina Square branch, where they provide a black and white casual and yet formal with stylish and yet simplist design fashion wear, Awesome right?! :D

THE END!

Last night, Hubby and I crawled into bed and had gotten properly snuggled in when we heard a magnificent THUD!  It sounded like it had come from overhead, only none of our children were home, so no one was upstairs.  Hubby got up to check out the noise and I heard him open the front door.  He came to get me a few minutes later.  Lo!  The branch had fallen.  In fact, it could not have fallen more perfectly.  It didn't hit the roof or the window, although it may have brushed the front step.  Thankfully, no one was around to be under it when it fell.

Here it is:

Here you can see how close it was to the house:

Here it seems obvious what was holding the branch up in the tree:

Uno de los ejemplos de uso de este tipo de tareas es cuando, tras trabajar en alguna corrección o mejora del proyecto en el que estamos colaborando, decidimos que ha llegado el momento (tras las pertinentes pruebas) de incluirlo en el proyecto actualmente en desarrollo.

Veamos cómo hacerlo haciendo uso de Eclipse.

Una vez que hemos finalizado con una ramificación del proyecto debemos unirlo al proyecto raíz o Trunk. Para ello seguiremos los siguientes pasos:

1. Aplica un commit para que el branch en el servidor tenga el mismo contenido que nuestra copia local.

2. Cambiamos nuestra copia local (workspace) al trunk seleccionando Team > Switch to Branch/Tag sobre la carpeta del proyecto.
   

3. Solicitamos realizar el merge con Team > Merge sobre la carpeta del proyecto

Obsérvese en la figura de arriba lo siguiente

1. En el apdo. From elegimos la revisión en la que fue creado el branch y su ruta (la del branch)
2. En el apdo. To elegimos la última versión del trunk (normalmente es HEAD pero en función de lo que hagamos podría interesar utilizar una versión previa; p.e. si alguien, mientras que nosotros terminamos, se nos adelanta y aplica sus cambios sobre el proyecto)
3. Pulsamos el botón Merge para actualizar nuestra copia local con las diferencias entre las versiones From y To

Para finalizar el proceso sólo queda

1. Comprobamos en la vista Team Synchronize que no hay conflictos
2. Aplicamos un commit no olvidando poner un comentario en el que se indique que estamos haciendo un merge (en caso de problemas o dudas siempre viene bien un comentario para saber de dónde viene cada cosa y por qué)

There used to be a tapestry

Of nature's verdant artistry

A hill where trees and wildlife grew

But now it's gone from scenic view

Replaced by station and a shed

Both, painted blue and garish red

Like bleeding wounds upon the earth

Replacing years of ancient birth

No treetops where a breeze can sigh

In tender leafy lullaby

That cast their shadows down below

In summer=s rain and winter=s snow

No fingered roots to run down deep

Entwining willows that would weep

Embracing those of elm and spruce

And those with fruits once ripe with juice

No lovely blossoms, pink and white

Emitting fragrance day and night

Where bees paid visit in the spring

With busy wings that seemed to sing

No place for birds to stop and perch

On nesting-trees, like oak and birch

Where butterflies were wont to rest

While on relentless nectar quest

No more birds of brilliant hue

That flashed their colors as they flew

No place for squirrels to race around

On branch and trunk, down to the ground

The grove is gone and can't return

Tall trees and bushes - flower and fern

And soon all spots of earthly class

Will be replaced by steel and glass

If I could only have my way

Such spots would be designed to stay

So in the future you could see

Nature as it used to be

7/16/92           Phyllis DeWitt VanVleck

According to China Aid Association (CAA), Pastor Bike and his wife returned to Beijing on September 21 after being kidnapped and detained by Chinese police during the Olympics.

CAA says they rented an apartment, but on September 22, the couple’s water and electricity were cut off by the Public Security Bureau (PSB) office of Chaoyang District of Beijing. Officials told Pastor Bike he was not welcome in the city. Pastor Bike’s landlord was also threatened and told to stop renting to the couple.

In a report from CAA obtained by ASSIST News the organization says that Pastor Bike tried to sue the PSB, but the local court and prosecutor office refused to take up his case because of a "lack of eyewitness."

On the morning of September 26, Pastor Bike went to the PSB office of Chaoyang district, Beijing to file a complaint against the PSB branch office in Qibahe township. The three officers on Pastor Bike's complaint were: Qibahe Township PSB Office Director Mr. Yuan Hongwei, PSB officers Mr. Peng Cheng and Mr. Yang Bin.

CAA said an officer in charge of Religious Affairs from Domestic Security Protection Squad named Bai Tao called several officers from the Religious Affairs Bureau and the city government.

"The officials came to Bike and told him he is now allowed to operate his house church in his living area. They told him his rental apartment will not be disturbed again, " CAA said.

"Pastor Bike thanked them and invited them to attend the third anniversary of the founding of the Chinese House Church Alliance scheduled for October 20."

Pastor Bike wishes to thank all who have been praying for him and his family.

CAA explained this unique victory for Zhang's house church is a welcomed and encouraging sign for our brothers and sisters in China.

China Aid Association would like to personally thank those who have contributed to Pastor Bike's victory through their prayers, support and faithfulness to walk with those who are persecuted.

Report from the Christian Telegraph

तेरी हँसी और हया के लिए मेरी आँखों में
जानम आज तलक उतना ही प्यार है
वही तड़प है, दिल उतना ही बेक़रार है

तुमसे मिलके पतझड़ में बहार खिल जाती है
तुम बाँहों में हो तो मुझे क़रार है
मुझ को आज भी तुम्हारा इन्तज़ार है

नज़रों के वह सिलसिले ख़ामोशी की आड़ में
उनसे आज भी मुझ को इक़रार है
वही तड़प है, दिल उतना ही बेक़रार है

गुलाबी फूल फिर मुस्कुराने लगे शाख़ों में
इनमें रंग तेरा ही मेरे यार है
मुझ को आज भी तुम्हारा इन्तज़ार है

Hi Maggie!!, originally uploaded by Jeanette's Ozpix.

Having a birds'-eye-view, can be handy when you're in for swooping any passer-by. It's that time of year for us - SPRING!! And the maggies (and other birds) are nesting, which make the magpies pretty volatile!!

You need to wear a hard hat and sunglasses on the back of your head!! They like to get ya from behind... when you've passed by!!

BTW, this is an Australian Magpie!!

There's not much to say about this one. An image along the lines of this isn't something you'd think about when it comes to neighborhoods. I guess I thought it was necessary to get a picture of it...and somewhat change the perspective.

I'm wearing it with tights:) 350L, Hope you enjoy them!

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My family runs a distributor company. We generally provide Biodiesel delivery to all kinds of people, including agricultural. Mr. Nathan Branch whom runs Florida Hot Shot Services has shady and quite unethical business practices. We dropped a load of 300 gals of fuel to Nathan, he gave us a check - everything cashed out fine and he liked the fuel.

We dropped off another load of 300 gals the next week, he gave us a check, everything seemed like normal. Nathan called us on Sept. 15 and asks if we can drop another load of at least 200 gals off to him, but he wanted to give us a check on Monday and ask us to hold it until Friday. Well in God We Trust, everyone else needs to pay cash LOL :-).

We declined his somewhat shady offer at the time, and asked him to call us back when he had the funds available. No biggie right? We tried to call him in earnest a few times after this call. Nobody ever answered! Well no wonder why...Well this asshole put a stop payment on the check for the 2nd load for the amount of $1080.00. WHAT THE FUCK?????? He kept the fuel, NEVER EVER called us to say something was wrong....so why?

I personally called this sorry ass redneck and left a message for him that I was going to sue him for the thousand dollars and we would be speaking with the police to let them know a bad check had been written for that amount.

Suddenly, surprise! He called me...he stated that he never called us on Sept. 15th which is fucking hysterical since he called my cell phone and I have data proof of this call. Then, he tells us the fuel was bad...so I asked why did you call and ask for more? He said he never did. LOLOL!

After a few calls of screaming obscenities & threats - suddenly he calls back and says.....I only used about 30 gallons and you can come get the rest....Hmmmm funny - If the fuel was bad, why did you use 30 gallons of it? We have run this fuel in our own personal diesel truck without any problems at all. I smelled bullshit for miles with this excuse.

Seems to me, he didn't have any money. He stopped the check right after we declined to hold his next check. Coinscidence or UFO involvement? Hmmmm....

So to all you  people whom are thinking about using Mr. Nathan Branch or Florida Hot Shot Services -- PLEASE DO YOUR SELF A FAVOR AND FIND ANOTHER HOT SHOT SERVICE!!

It has become disappointing to see the decline in American society which dictates scumbags like this being dishonest and down right unethical.

I took this shot with the leaves directly between my lens and the sun - as you can see, the sunlight glow is coming through the leaves. The exposure I used left me with a pale, pale blue, almost white sky. I desaturated the image a bit, leaving the background completely white.

I liked the simplicity of the resulting image - almost an Eastern, Zen feel. I may try removing the color completely from this one... see what happens.

There's nothing wrong with experimenting in photography. In fact, it's pretty much a requirement and another viewfinder life lesson.

Canon EOS 5D
Canon EF 17-40mm f/4L USM

JAKARTA, September 18 (Compass Direct News) – A Public Order official’s colleagues kicked Charles Hutahaean, chairman of the Indonesian Christian Students’ Movement (GMKI) in Jakarta, in the stomach last week and threatened to kill other GMKI staff members.

The Public Order official, Crisman Siregar, threatened to stab Hutahaean with a bayonet in the confrontation between him and his colleagues and the GMKI leader on Sept. 9. Previously Siregar had warned Hutahaean to “be careful with your life.”

Volunteer Public Order officials normally mediate local conflicts, among other community functions, but in this case have sided with a private company in a land dispute with GMKI. Land granted to the church was sold to a business venture, the Kencana Indotama Persada (KIP) Co., without the consent of GMKI, and construction workers have already partly demolished an old GMKI office building on the site.

GMKI now shares a newer office building with its parent ministry, the Alliance of Indonesian Churches (PGI). When KIP construction workers built a wall separating the new building from the old, GMKI students demolished it, sparking two violent attacks by Public Order officials on Aug. 26 and 28.

As GMKI staff members on Sept. 9 gathered to discuss these issues, two carloads of Public Order officials drove up and parked outside. Six men entered the premises and began tearing down banners erected inside the GMKI fence. The banners, which faced onto a busy road, protested the sale of the disputed land and accused Public Order officials of “masterminding” the August attacks.

When Hutahaen and other staff members tried to stop them, Siregar drew out a bayonet and threatened to stab the pastor. Following Siregar’s lead, the other officials threatened to kill GMKI members. They also kicked desks and chairs in the office building, causing minor damage.

GMKI staff members immediately reported the incident to the police, who arrived shortly after the attackers had left. Police officers, however, said it would be difficult to press charges since Siregar had not actually used the bayonet.

It was two weeks earlier, following the attacks on GMKI’s office, that Siregar had warned Hutahaean to “be careful with your life.” (See Compass Direct News, “Land Dispute Leads to Attacks on Christian Hub in Indonesia,” September 3.)

Compass sources said Public Order officials would likely benefit financially from protecting KIP’s business interests.

Mysterious Appropriation

The disputed property is a large piece of land originally granted by the Dutch colonial government to the Vereneging Christian School (VCS) Foundation. The VCS then gave the land to the Christian School Association, which in turn passed it on to a branch of its own association, the Christian Education Foundation (YBPK).

Although occupied by many Christian ministries and associations, including the Christian University of Indonesia and the Indonesia Bible Institute, sources said the land belonged to YBPK.

Under the terms of the land grant, the land could not legally be sold to business entities, according to GMKI lawyer Nikson Lalu. In August 2006, however, a board member of YBPK, acting independently of the board, sold a small plot of land to KIP. An old office belonging to GMKI was still standing on the plot of land, adjacent to a newer building shared by GMKI and PGI.

Compass sources noted that a gas station and business offices had replaced other ministry offices on the granted land. It was not clear, however, how the businesses had appropriated the land from YBPK.

Report from Compass Direct News