dear everyone

This is about people...most of you in fact. You know who you are. I mean Im so serious about people reading this its even going on Myspace...

Its about people and other peoples boyfriends. Lets start with subject one.

So people dont really like her boyfriend...yeah we got it. I know you all think she deserves better...but ok its GREAT to say that she deserves better. I mean no harm there. HOWEVER suggesting that she leaves her boyfriend and even encouraging it is rediculous. She has heard our suggestions...now she can decide for herself. She is a big girl.

Ok and subject two.

People dont like her boyfriend either because...well a number of reasons...like he changed her or all of a sudden she has gone mega religious.

Well ok

Here is what KILLS me about you guys.

You say "how can you trust and love someone so much when you dont even really know them?" Thats basically what you say right? I mean the pics are old and it could totally be some old dude effing around right?

So far everyone who says this believes in God...someone you dont know and there is no real proof of his existence except some other dude told you and wrote a book on him...

sounds a little contradictory to me....

Not saying she is right or that you guys are wrong...I just think its an INCREDIBLY stupid reason to leave people behind. I mean what if this is all just bullshit? The last thing someone needs is to hurt all by themselves. If anything everyone should be giving her MORE support even if you do think it is bullshit.

Now Im not trying to preach to anyone...just saying. I mean Im pretty vocal about not believing in God yet none of you rub it in my face? Why are you smearing their faces in your beliefs?

SOMEONE PLEASE HELP ME UNDERSTAND!!!!

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the neverending story

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Dear World

Hi there blogger community. Its been a while. A looong while.

In a nutshell, nothing has been going on. Work that eats at my soul. Pictures of everyone else getting together. Well that blows.

Lets see, gas going up to $4? Well eff so much for getting a car.

Although in greater news, DMV WEDNESDAY!!!

Maybe I should start blogging again. =]

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Oh dear Where did Friday go

Apologies my friends, weve had a mishap.  Our Bobcat got bogged in the mud. Since the flood weve had a few nights of rain and the ground we normally can work/drive on had taken all the wet it could handle. So my mate drove into a scrubby area to remove an old motor and when he went to turn the bobcat she dug into the ground and the mud just swallowed half of each of the four wheels.

Well we tried for three hours to get it out with a 2 ton car jack and lots of timber, then we had the guy at the back of our place with his tractor to give us a hand. They have trotters and their own training track. But the tractor was only two wheel drive with a small motor and it didnt even budge the bobcat. eventually we got the thing out and finished the work but by then Friday was a gone chicken.

So here I go with the new WEEKEND Issue... Please Enjoy:



Upscale, Democratize, and Internationalize Aquaponics

(Event is in the planning stage; more details coming soon!)

Sweet Water Organics announces it’s very first winter workshop. Here’s your chance to discuss sustainable agriculture with some of the best and brightest creative minds. Participating organizations include:

University of Wisconsin’s School of Fresh Water Science

Columbia University School of Architecture and Urban Design

Stirling University and Aquaponics UK

The Aquaponics Source, organizer of AquaponicsCommunity.com

Milwaukee Department of Community Development

What: Winter Workshop One

When: Friday, January 21 - Sunday January 23

THE REST OF THE DETAILS INSIDE...

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Kaiser Permanente to "Walk the Walk" with Hawaii island school garden network

Community to come together on Martin Luther King, Jr. "day of service" to promote healthy living.

Wednesday, January 12, 2011 11:40 AM HST

Kaiser Permanente Hawaii physicians and clinic staff will set aside their sterile medical garb, equipment and working environment and, instead, get down and dirty working in the dirt - volunteering in Hawaii Island school gardens to celebrate the 25th Annual Martin Luther King, Jr. "Day of Service" on Monday, Jan. 17. In doing so, they hope to practice....

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Start Your Aquaponics Greenhouse Now! (WITH VIDEO)....

 

Life, the universe and everything

Taking students out of the classroom to do ‘real’ research and pairing their teachers with those working in the field is getting children enthused about science’s possibilities

It is Tuesday morning and a double-free for a group of Year 12s. But instead of lounging around the common room or catching up in the library, 30 maths, ICT and science pupils have given up their free time to look at satellite images of the River Mersey.
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Wisconsin Aquaculture Conference Planned for March
Wisconsin Ag Connection - 01/14/2011

Fish Farmers from Wisconsin and around the midwest will be meeting this winter for the 16th Annual Wisconsin Aquaculture Conference. The March 11-12 event will be held at the Country Springs Hotel & Waterpark in Pewaukee.

The conference will feature aquaponics, marketing, pond management, aeration, fish processing, economics, species breakout groups and more. Several out of state speakers are attending, including Dr. Gary Jensen, Dan Deisenroth, Dr. Robert Kim and and Henry Clifford....

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Hands-on agriculture at KI school

PAULA THOMPSON

14 Jan, 2011 03:00 AM

KANGAROO Island High School students are getting a hands-on agricultural experience through KI Community Educations Parndana campus.Agriculture teacher Trevor Bolwell said there was a working farm adjacent to the school where students were taught a broad range of subjects related to the industry.
"The kids are involved with prime lamb production and run a feed-lot, so they have to go through and work out rations," he said.
They also learn about aquaponics through a barramundi growing-out facility.
Attached to the facility is a recycling system where the waste water is transported to trays with various seedlings including herbs, spinach, beans and lettuce.

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‘Living Food BankTM’ to Provide Fresh Fish and Vegetables in Haiti
The Living Food Bank, developed by Nelson and Pade, Inc, produces fresh fish and vegetables..MORE
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VIDEO: GrowHaus in Denver Colorado - The Urban Conversion and Aquaponics...VIDEO...
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From Squidoo: My aquaponic organic garden
Could Aquaponics gardening make our wishes (at least some of them) come true? Dont we all wish to have organic food for ourselves and our family members to eat healthy and without any preservatives? Wouldnt you like to have the opportunity to go to your backyard and pickup your organic fruit and vegetables for your daily use without thinking about how much it would cost you? If the answer is yes then your wish could come true very soon. ...

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Good morning, aquapons,
 If you havent dropped by to visit our Aquaponic Gardening community lately, you might want to.  It is a bustling place with over 800 members now!
 And you now have a new option for following our activity - Hootsuite! Hootsuite is a very popular social media aggregator for monitoring Facebook, Twitter, etc. all in one place.  Now you can add our community to what you follow, and make updates directly from your Hootsuite desktop.  Just click here for simple instructions to get started.
 Hope you are having a wonderful weekend.
 Sylvia
 (Hey if youre not a member...Why Not....Editor)

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( Im sure I had this shop in the Digest several months ago.....)
FARM: shop - East Londons radical experiment in food growing and community building

David Hawkins
FARM: shop in Dalston is a revolutionary new take on urban food self-sufficiency: a cafe and community hub with its own rooftop chicken coop, pigs and floating garden
    FARM: shop is a place where people can interact with farming

Just along from the new Dalston Junction train station, opposite East London standard issue billboards and a fried-chicken shack, stands the pleasing facade of a freshly revived shopfront. Yet this isnt the usual tedium of homogenized gentrification

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Afnans Aquaponics - Nothing in Particular - General Update
One Tilapia missing. It was eight, today only seven left. Need to investigate what happen, I dont think cats will take fish in water. Previous batch survive and none was missing.(VIDEO)

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 HOW TO START YOUR OWN BUSINESS -
Your business can be a daunting task, because most of the work requires special skills and tones of money to invest. While you can acquire the necessary skills, money is not easy to solve the problem. However, there is a business that requires investment, and the minimum is repaid in less than a year. It called Aquaponics agriculture or Aquaponic can change your life and well.
Aquaponics includes the cultivation of vegetables with water from the aquarium. You just have to wait for the fish tank in a square, about a month to supply enough water organic nutrients for plants, so the spread....(MORE)
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Shop Growfresh Organics and More online
on Jan 15 in News | ShareThis

Growfresh Organics and More is proud to bring online Arkansas’ first and only hydroponics and aquaponics e-commerce site. Arkansas was once a pioneer in bringing aquaponics sytems into school systems in Arkansas, Oklahoma, Missouri, and Kansas. We are glad to now bring information and products for these fantastic systems to the retail market online and in the store at 2600 South Zero Street in Fort Smith. If you are just now learning about hydroponics and aquaponics or if you are a seasoned veteran, we...MORE

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Well I caught up.... Sorry again for the delayed report, but thats farming I guess. If it can go wrong....
See you soon, Take Care....
A U S S I E

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Dear readers

I checked my stats and am upset.

Id like to say hello to the French readers out there. Turns out a good portion of my audience is French!!!  You guys have a beautiful country and language by the way.  No chance that Im being overly nice either!

So here is to the French.  Thanks guys!

Now even more interesting is that most people got here via Google search engine.  Well I guess it isnt a surprise seeing as Blogger itself is a Google tool.  The top two things that bring people here?

"zebra brown white stripes"
"portal cake ingredient list"

hahaha.  Now I had the actual ingredients and how to for an edible version of the portal cake.  In fact, there is a hard way from scratch and an easy way from instant cake stuff (like the box cake mix.)

But what truly gets me going...the fact that over 75% of you are using Internet Explorer.





This disgusts me.





Most of you are also on Windows which is understandable but IE????

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The Calling

Has anyone ever sat back and wondered if they should listen to their heart even if it seems stupid?  How about those tug-o-wars between what you have and what you want?

Call me a green witch, call me what youd like.  One this is for sure...I feel out of place in suburban areas...in cities....

I know many people think Im foolish.  I have never lived in snow or far from "civilization" but my heart tells me that is where home is...and you wont really feel "at home" till you are there.

There is something about flower covered hills and tall trees that calls to me.  It tells me to leave the place I have known for so long.  It isnt like my family would be new to it.  Spyro spent a good portion of his life outside and Luna actually "grew up" roaming the hills of Placerville.  Besides, its not like dearest loving Adam goes outside anyway.  

Adam.  I hate to admit it but he is currently a brick wall in that sort of sense.  He absolutely hates the idea of moving out there.  I know living in the wilderness is hard work and some things can be more expensive.  All he seems to care about is internet and house work.  Newsflash buddy...housework is everywhere and city internet is slowed by all the people using it thus, to get a good speed, you pay more.  Just checking prices, I found satellite internet that is just as fast as cable/Stand alone DSL for the same price.  Bad weather knocks out city/suburban internet as well.

I know some people like the fact that they have everything close by.  Here in suburbia, you have neighbors close by and parks.  You have paved roads and stores all within 5 miles.  Here, your trash is picked up every week along with recycled items.  Everything is taken care of for you and, as long as youre willing to do some converting, you will have no problems.

...I am not one to convert....

I constantly feel like Im being torn between everything.  Here...here is where school, family, friends, and work are all conveniently locate.  There is...home.  I feel homesick yet I feel like I have never actually been home.

Now dont get me wrong.  Suburban life can be great for some people and I know a ton of people that love city living.  However I am not one of them.  Id rather make ends meet and live in the country than be comfortably living in the city.  If you are a social butterfly and love for most things to fall into place, urban and suburban areas are for you!  I dont like things to always fall into place.  I like my constants (boyfriend, dogs, things that are for sure) plus the unpredictability of life.  I hate day by day constants like it being rainy or sunny...or just simply waking up with nothing better to look at than my neighbors house.  Dont get me wrong, I have some nice neighbors but...their house and trees look the same every day with few changes in wildlife (birds) and so on.

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That Crazy Feeling

Funny story. After the worst day ever, I found peace. I had been looking for peace for some time. I found it...it was there all along.

I figured a nice hose shower would be great after having sewage spilled on me today. The cold water seemed to flush away all the stress...all the worries. And then I found it. The lone goose that flew across the star filled sky. The grass that gently danced in the wind. Peace...there you were hiding in the chaos. Just I was so wound up that I couldnt find what was right in front of me.

Peace. Its always there but not so clear. In fact, the reason why I...or maybe most people cannot find it is because were too wound up. But is that really a bad thing? Would I have found peace if I didnt have such a bad day? Would we recognize good if we didnt have bad? How about happy if we didnt have sad?

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