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The Komodo dragon (Varanus komodoensis) is a species of lizard that inhabits the islands of Komodo, Rinca, Flores, and Gili Motang in Indonesia. A member of the monitor lizard family (Varanidae), it is the largest living species of lizard, growing to an average length of 2 to 3 metres (6.6 to 9.8 ft) and weighing around 70 kilograms (150 lb). Their unusual size is attributed to island gigantism, since there are no other carnivorous animals to fill the niche on the islands where they live, and also to the Komodo dragon's low metabolic rate. As a result of their size, these lizards dominate the ecosystems in which they live. Although Komodo dragons eat mostly carrion, they will also hunt and ambush prey including invertebrates, birds, and mammals.
Mating begins between May and August, and the eggs are laid in September. About twenty eggs are deposited in abandoned megapode nests and incubated for seven to eight months, hatching in April, when insects are most plentiful. Young Komodo dragons are vulnerable and therefore dwell in trees, safe from predators and cannibalistic adults. They take around three to five years to mature, and may live as long as fifty years. They are among the rare vertebrates capable of parthenogenesis, in which females may lay viable eggs if males are absent.
Komodo Dragon
Varanus komodoensis
Kingdom: Animalia
Phylum: Chordata
Class: Reptilia
Order: Squamata
Family: Varanidae
Genus: Varanus
Species: V. komodoensis
Komodo dragons were discovered by Western scientists in 1910. Their large size and fearsome reputation make them popular zoo exhibits. In the wild their range has contracted due to human activities and they are listed as vulnerable by the IUCN. They are protected under Indonesian law, and a national park, Komodo National Park, was founded to aid protection efforts.
Population and Location
Komodo dragons are the world's largest lizards. They can be found on only four islands – Komodo, Rinca, Gili Motang and Nusa Kode – in Komodo National Park, and a handful of small areas of northern and western Flores, just outside the Park. Less than 2500 of these giant lizards inhabit the Park's dramatic landscape, and they do not exist anywhere else on earth. Komodo dragons, which were discovered by western science in 1910, are thought to have once lived over a much larger area. Growing pressure from human activities has reduced their habitats to the small refuges found today. Due to their extremely limited range, the Komodo dragon is considered to be endangered and in need of protection.
A member of the monitor family, the Komodo dragon is one of the oldest living lizards, thought to have originated 50 million years ago in either Asia or Australia. There are varying theories as to how it found its way to the Indonesian archipelago. Some scientists believe that dragons crossed from Australia to Southeast Asia around 15 million years ago, when the two continents collided, forming the highlands of New Guinea. Periods of low sea level would have allowed the dragons' ancestors to migrate westward. Komodo dragons are thought to have differentiated from their Varanus ancestors around four million years ago, extending their range into the eastern islands of Indonesia. Changing sea levels associated with ice ages could have isolated them in their present location.
Komodo dragons owe their outsize proportions to the fact that there are no other large predators to compete with in the isolated area in which they occur. The phenomenon is known as island gigantism. The largest recorded specimen was an impressive 3.13 meters (10 feet 2 inches) in length; large dragons usually weigh up to 90 kg (198 pounds). The largest Komodo dragon ever measured weighed 165.9 kilograms (365 pounds), including undigested food. Female Komodo dragons rarely grow over 2.5 meters (7 feet 6 inches) in length. Scientists believe that Komodo dragons can live up to 50 years, maybe longer.
Female Komodo dragons start mating when they are seven years old, males when they are eight. The mating season is generally from July to August, although mating behaviors have been observed during other months as well, usually during the dry season. Females lay 15 to 30 eggs at a time. The average number of eggs is about 18 per clutch, with one clutch per year. The dragons often lay their eggs in a burrow, sometimes using the ready-made mounds of the megapode (scrub fowl) as added protection. The female digs several false tunnels so that predators cannot easily find her eggs. The eggs incubate for eight to nine months, though the mother only guards them for a total of about three months. The eggs are about the size of swan eggs and have soft and leathery shells. They usually hatch in March or April.
On average, a newborn dragon is just 30.4 cm in length, though this can vary from 28 cm to 55 cm. The average weight is just 80.3 grams. Young dragons look very similar to small monitor lizards. They have yellow spots and dark markings on their bodies that eventually disappear as they grow older. Young dragons that are up to two years of age spend most of their time in trees to protect themselves from being eaten by larger dragons or other predators such as wild boar. The markings make excellent camouflage against tree trunks and leaves, for young dragons must fend for themselves after they are born. Young dragons usually eat other small lizards, eggs, rats, snakes, and insects that live in trees, stumps and logs.
Komodo dragons can see well (around 300 metres in daylight) and have reasonably good hearing too, but they rely mostly on smell. They use their tongue to detect scents and smells by picking up chemical particles in the air and ground, and then putting them in their Jacobson's organ, a kind of "super nose" located on the roof of their mouth. Dragons can detect specific scents up to five kilometers away. However, they can smell up to 11km away depending on the direction of the wind.
Diet & Hunting
Komodo dragons are carnivorous and not very particular about their meat. The adults mainly prey on deer and wild boar and sometimes other Komodo dragons. If they can, they will hunt water buffalo, palm civets, rats, and birds. They will also eat domestic animals like dogs, chickens and goats. Occasionally they will eat snakes, sea turtle eggs and monkeys. Komodo dragons prefer to eat animals that are already dead (carrion). They reject all plant matter, strictly eating meat in any form. When roused, Komodo dragons can run up to 18 km/h for short bursts, though usually they run at a slower pace of 8-10km/h. Dragons can swim at least 500 metres, but become sluggish in the water because their body temperature cools down.
When hunting, Komodo dragons usually attack sleeping animals or wait in ambush. If they cannot kill prey immediately, they will try to bite the animal on the leg or on the throat. Later, they will follow and wait for the animal to weaken and die before they eat it. Komodo dragon's saliva is not poisonous, but it is highly septic. There are over 60 types of bacteria in the dragon's saliva and at least one of them can cause septicemia. After being bitten, the prey can take a day to a couple of weeks to die from blood poisoning.
Dragons have small, sharp, curved teeth for grasping and ripping – they can eat up to 80 percent of their own body weight at one time. Researchers have witnessed a 42 kg dragon eat a 30 kg boar in just 17 minutes. Dragons eat almost everything, leaving behind only 8-13% of the carcass. Dragons eat whenever there is an opportunity – if there is no prey, they will scavenge and they usually eat or kill about once a month. They can, however, go without eating for several weeks.
The droppings of a Komodo dragon are white due to the presence of uric acid. All reptiles and birds have this in their droppings as well. Their droppings usually contain no water since the dragon's body will try and conserve all water in their body, especially during the dry season when water is scarce. Dragons need to drink water, but not often. They drink a lot when it is available, but this is very little in the dry season from April to November. Dragons can get 70% of their water requirement from their prey.
People and dragons
Komodo dragons have no natural predators, but deer poachers are their biggest threat. Timor deer are an essential part of the dragon's diet and the prey/predator balance is critical for the Komodo dragon to survive. Dragons are thought to have attacked at least ten people and eaten one in the 1970's. The Komodo dragons are no longer fed as it was felt that they were relying too heavily on humans and diverging from their natural patterns of behaviour.
Habitat/Place to See Komodo Dragons
Komodo is one of the 17,508 islands that make up the Republic of Indonesia. The island has a surface area of 390 km² and over 2000 inhabitants. The inhabitants of the island are descendants of former convicts who were exiled to the island and who have mixed themselves with the Bugis from Sulawesi. The population are primarily adherents of Islam but there are also Christian and Hindu minorities.
Komodo is part of the Lesser Sunda chain of islands and forms part of the Komodo National Park. Particularly notable here is the native Komodo dragon. In addition, the island is a popular destination for diving. Administratively, it is part of the East Nusa Tenggara province.
Rincah, also known as Rinca, is a small island near Komodo island, East Nusa Tenggara, Indonesia. The island is famous for komodo dragons, giant lizards that can measure up to three meters (ten feet) long. Rincah is also populated with many other species such as wild pigs, buffalos and many birds.
Being less known and less visited than Komodo it is an excellent place to see the Komodo Dragon in its natural environment with fewer people to disturb them. Day trips can be arranged from Labuanbajo on Flores by small boat. Visitors should check in at the park headquarters.
The island's area is 198 km2.
In June 2008, five scuba divers (three British, one French and one Swedish) were found on the Southern coast of Rincah after having been missing for 2 days. The group had drifted 20 miles (32 km) from where their dive boat abandoned them. They survived on shellfish and oysters.
Gili Motang is a small island in Eastern Indonesia. It is part of the Lesser Sunda Islands chain, which together with the Greater Sunda Islands to the west make up the Sunda Islands.
The island, volcanic in origin, is approximately 30 km² (12 mi²) in area.
Home to a small population of about 100 Komodo Dragons, Gili Motang is part of Komodo National Park. In 1991 as part of the national park, Gili Motang was accepted as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.
Source: www.gokomodo.org


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One of the reasons Leeland moved away was because of the ghosts. Pakeha ghosts to be precise. Less pakeha, less ghosts – went the plan.
White seduction, golden maps and hemisphere migration had sacrificed his ancestral tongue. He got an English one instead – complete with Kiwi twang and mumble. It had served him well. It also meant pakeha ghosts took a liking to him. Leeland often wondered if he had known his mother tongue, would Chinese ghosts speak to him too.
Leeland felt the Maori spirits stirring. That wasn't a special thing about him, everyone could feel them, coudn't they?
Especially today. Waitangi Day. Day where the pakeha got prickly, and the 'others' were confused and vulnerable to pakeha angst in the media. Day where Papatuanuku tugged at her children up through the soles of their feet and gripped the crowns on their heads.
Leeland, like many men, excepting his father, didn't cry much. Not because he refused to, but because feelings that rode with tears, didn't make it up far enough from his chest to his eyelids.
The karanga was like a magnet that made all his tears feel like they would spill not just out his eyes, but out of his skin. He could feel all the passed before, running their fingers and breath all over the tiny hairs on his body as they were called onto the marae by the haunting, realm-crossing call.
Maori ghosts didn't talk to him, they didn't need to. Their stories were ready on the lips of their descendents, written in tears on so many parchments, and all online now too. It was in the soil, and chanted by trees, rivers, lakes and mountains if you knew how to listen.
It was the pakeha ghosts that had so much to say. Their descendents that had silenced their song, sought to erase it. The tales, ordeals, sacrifices and crimes of their migration journeys and new settlements barely six generations back. Time doesn't mean much for ghosts. And they found Leeland's tongue. Made him sing their mournful ballads, and listen to their stories.
At first it terrified Leeland. Then he was angry.
Leeland couldn't speak to his own living grandmothers as they had different languages in their mouths and ears. Yet these pakehas ghosts, demanding in passing, as in life, followed him around until they'd spoken and sung enough to move on. Everyone needs an audience.
So he watched. Used this ghostly gleaned knowledge to supplement in living conversations. Ghosts spoke with their bodies, or the shapes and whisps of their bodies. Spoke emotion like that. Leeland tried to stitch the holes in the living pakehas with his words. The pakehas were hurting, dead and alive. So like school yard bullies, played it out on the backs of Maori. And Maori, dead and alive, continued to struggle.
Against the battering rams of Westminster Law, privatised prisons, poisonous health care and lobotomising, heart-dehydrating curriculum, the people of the land continued. And the earth sung to them quietly in caress, balm to wounded souls. Leeland knew the land would never stop singing to her children. And those songs made him weep.
You had to pick a side.
You couldn't live with your eyes and ears open, and not realise what's going on. But once you picked that side, you realised it wasn't about sides. It was about remembering. The memories that live through bodies, and words, and actions, and refuse to be erased or re-written.
And the bully stomped on and threw its toys.
There aren't really sides to understanding. Being quite short seemed to help Leeland. Easier to not get caught in tall poppies heads being chopped off.
Standing underneath the rhetoric, propoganda, denial and hot-air, to see where it's all leading.
For wounds to heal, the thorn must be removed; not ignored and 'moved on from'. Common sense really. Unfortunately commonsense was not so common these days.
In time Leeland realised it was merely a price for living on this contested lands. Though he wasn't a pakeha, to Maori maybe they were all colonial settlers. White, yellow, red, black, rainbow, off-white. So he tried to pay his part, taxes and rent perhaps. Someone had too. The price was too great and could never be repaid, but maybe the act of trying spoke in volumes.
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A Kashmiri man convicted in a 2001 attack on India's Parliament that left 14 people dead was hanged Saturday after a final mercy plea was rejected, a senior Indian Home Ministry official said.
Home Secretary R.K. Singh told reporters that Mohammed Afzal Guru was executed early Saturday morning at New Delhi's Tihar prison.
"It was the law taking its course," Singh said.
Guru was given a Muslim burial in the prison compound, Press Trust of India news agency reported. His family in the India's Jammu-Kashmir state has demanded that his body be handed over, but that seems unlikely given the highly sensitive nature of the execution.
Guru had been on death row since first being convicted in 2002. Subsequent appeals in higher courts were also rejected, and India's Supreme Court set an execution date for October 2006. But his execution was delayed after his wife filed a mercy petition with India's president. That petition, the last step in the judicial process, was turned down earlier this week.
Several rights groups across India and political groups in Indian Kashmir have said that Guru did not get a fair trial.
"Serious questions have been raised about the fairness of Afzal Guru's trial," Shashikumar Velath, Amnesty International India's programs director, said in a statement. "He did not receive legal representation of his choice or a lawyer with adequate experience at the trial stage. These concerns were not addressed."
Protests broke out Saturday in at least four parts of Indian Kashmir, including the northwestern town of Sopore, which was Guru's home. Scores of protesters chanting slogans including "We want freedom" and "Down with India" defied a curfew and clashed with police and paramilitary troops, who opened fire. Four protesters sustained bullet wounds and one of them was in critical condition, a senior police officer said on customary condition of anonymity.
Thousands of police and paramilitary troops fanned out across the state preparing for more protests and violence following the announcement of the execution. A curfew was also imposed in most parts of Indian Kashmir, and cable television channels were cut off in the region.
About 30 Kashmiri students and anti-death penalty activists clashed with Indian police and right-wing Hindu groups in New Delhi. Most of the protesters were detained by the police.
Police in Indian Kashmir on Saturday also detained several leaders of the All Parties Hurriyat Conference, an umbrella organization of separatist political and religious groups, a police officer said on condition of anonymity because he wasn't authorized to speak to reporters.
The group called for four days mourning in the disputed region and called Guru's hanging "an attack on the collective conscience of the Kashmiri people."
"We appeal to the people to rise in one voice and protest this aggressive act so that it's known to everyone that even if the heads of Kashmiris are cut, they'll never bow under any circumstances," the group said in a statement.
The statement said that Indian Kashmir's chief cleric, Mirwaiz Umar Farooq, who also heads the separatist alliance, was detained in New Delhi and not allowed to travel to Srinagar, the main city of Indian Kashmir. Another top separatist leader, Syed Ali Geelani, was also detained in the Indian capital, according to news reports.
When Guru's death sentence was handed down by India's Supreme Court it sparked protests in Kashmir, and the state government has warned that his execution could destabilize the volatile Himalayan region.
Anti-India sentiment runs deep in Muslim-majority Kashmir, which is divided between Hindu-dominated India and Muslim-majority Pakistan but is claimed by both nations.
There were a few small protests against the execution in different parts of Pakistan on Saturday, none larger than about 100 people. Jamaat-ud-Dawa, believed to be a front for the anti-India militant group Lashkar-e-Taiba, organized a rally of about 100 people in the southern port city of Karachi and another roughly half that size in the capital, Islamabad. About 100 people protested in the main city of Pakistan-held Kashmir, Muzaffarabad. The protesters held banners and chanted slogans condemning India.
Since 1989, an armed uprising in Indian-controlled Kashmir and an ensuing crackdown have killed an estimated 68,000 people, mostly civilians.
The secrecy in which Guru's execution was carried out was similar to the execution in November of Mohammed Ajmal Kasab, the lone surviving gunman of the 2008 Mumbai attacks. Kasab was also buried in the western Indian prison where he was hanged.
On Dec. 13, 2001, five gunmen entered the compound of India's Parliament and opened fire. A gunbattle with security officers ensued and 14 people, including the gunmen, were killed. India blamed the Pakistan-based militant groups Lashkar-e-Taiba and Jaish-e-Mohammed.
The attack led to heightened tensions between India and its neighbor and archrival Pakistan and brought the neighbors to the brink of war, but tensions eased after intense diplomatic pressure from the international community and a promise by then-Pakistani President Gen. Pervez Musharraf to clamp down on the militants.
Guru confessed in TV interviews that he helped plot the attack, but later denied any involvement and said he was tortured into confessing.
Government prosecutors said that Guru was a member of Jaish-e-Mohammed, a charge Guru denied.
Guru's family said it had not been told that he was about to be executed.
"Indian government has yet again functioned like a fascist state and hanged him secretly," said Yasin Guru, a relative who lives in the family's compound in Sopore. "They did not have the courtesy to inform his family."
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Title: Ankerre Jukurrpa (Feathers)
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Raymond Walters Japanangka was born in Alice Springs in November 1975.
His grandfather's country is Ngarleyekwerlang of Yuelumu (Mt Allan) and his grandmother's country is Alhalkerre Atnangkerre (a Boundary Bore of Utopia). Both his grandparents come from the Anmatyerre language group. He also has extended family members from the Arrente, Western Aranda, Alywarre, Warlpiri and Kaytetye language groups. Raymond feels that art allows him to share the richness of Anmatyerre Traditional Cultural and Customary Law which has been passed down through ceremonies and everyday interactive learning by Grandparents and extended family members.
Raymond is proudly linked to some of the most amazing Anmatyerre artists, such as Jack Cook Ngal, Kudditji Kngwarreye, Emily Kame Kngwarreye, Minnie Pwerle, Margaret Scobie, Maureen Hudson, Gloria Petyarre, Barbara Weir, Kathleen Petyarre, and Clifford Possum Tjapaltjarri. These artists have showcased the Aboriginal culture to the world through exhibitions and featuring in highly sought-after collections, continuing the world's longest art tradition.
Raymond has been living in Victoria with his wife and children for the past few years. He is currently undertaking a Master's Degree in Public Health at Deakin University's Institute of Koori Education. He is passionate about contributing to making strong and sustainable change to the lives of his family and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. This opportunity to study has given Raymond a deeper insight and understanding into health on many levels and he aims to inspire other Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples through the way he conducts himself and by sharing and passing on his knowledge.


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Royal Smile Cocktail.
The Juice of 1/4 Lemon. (1/2 oz Lemon Juice)
1/4 Grenadine. (1/2 oz Homeade Grenadine)
1/2 Applejack or Calvados. (1 oz Calvados Groult Reserve)
1/4 Dry Gin. (1/2 oz Krogstad Aquavit*)
Shake well and strain into cocktail glass.
Oh my goodness, how did that Aquavit get into this cocktail?
Thinking about Calvados, flavors, and cocktails, the anise-caraway medley of the Krogstad Aquavit lept to mind. And after making it with Aquavit, I didn't even bother making it again with Gin. I think Gin just functions as filler in this cocktail, anyway, stretching the more expensive Calvados with neutral flavors.
Aquavit, however, combines very nicely with the vegetal aspects of the Calvados, and the Krogstad, with its strong Anise adds even more to the drink than a traditional aquavit would.
I really liked my variation on the Royal Smile. Give it a try and let me know if I'm crazy.
*The Krogstad Aquavit used in this cocktail was sent to me as a promotional gift by House Spirits, its producer.
This post is one in a series documenting my ongoing effort to make all of the cocktails in the Savoy Cocktail Book, starting at the first, Abbey, and ending at the last, Zed.


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ABC News provided a dramatic example of the media's willingness to whitewash anti-gay bigotry. A November 28 "original report" on the ABC News website titled "Evangelicals to Bush: Payback Time" -- based on a segment that aired on the November 23 edition of ABC's World News Tonight -- asserted that Gary Cass, executive director of the Center for Reclaiming America, a grassroots Christian political organization affiliated with Coral Ridge Ministries, "wants a U.S. Supreme Court that will outlaw abortion and gay marriage." As apparent support for its assertion, ABC News offered a quote from Cass that reveals his real agenda, which is in fact far broader than ABC News's characterization: "Do you want to take your children to a National League baseball game for instance and have homosexuals showing affection to one another? I don't want my kids to see that." This quote also aired during the World News Tonight broadcast.
From the November 28 article on the ABC News website:
"Values" voters delivered for the president, and the president must now deliver for them -- especially in the courts, said Gary Cass, head of a grassroots political organization affiliated with Coral Ridge, called the Center for Reclaiming America.
"It's about the next 40 years and how the courts are going to affect the world in which my children and grandchildren are going to be raised in," he said.
Cass wants a U.S. Supreme Court that will outlaw abortion and gay marriage. "Do you want to take your children to a National League baseball game for instance and have homosexuals showing affection to one another? I don't want my kids to see that," he said.
What does a ban on gay marriage have to do with gays and lesbians "showing affection" at a ball game? Nothing. But you wouldn't know that from ABC News, which would have its audience believe that all Cass and his fellow conservatives want is to prevent gays and lesbians from getting married. Cass himself reveals that he wants much more.
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I mentioned the Coronado Mary Janes by Keen in a previous post, and I found another pair of Keen Mary Janes that I like even more.
These Sienna Mary Janes are SO comfy. I can wear them all day (no socks!) with no discomfort from rubbing, and the soles are very supportive. Plus they are super cute. I got them at super sale (around $35) so make sure you look around when purchasing.
I hope Keen makes more vegan shoes. I wish they made some of their boots in vegan leather. (Ahem, Keen, are you listening?)


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While many 12 year olds are focusing on studies, sports and high school activities, Trinidadian Jeromy Rodriguez is a reigning Junior Soca Monarch, President/Founder of the Anti-Bullying Association of Trinidad and Tobago. Tonight on Onstage he spoke on a few things with Winford Williams. Here he discussed how he came about starting his Anti-Bullying Association and his campaigns in Jamaica and T&T, his music career and his experiences in the Soca Monarch competitions, his inspirations and aspirations for the future. Very good interview here, great to see the youths living their dreams and Jeromy is not only doing that, but helping people along the way. You can find his Facebook page here and his Anti-Bullying Association page here. Check out the video below and share your thoughts in the comments section.
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Once or twice a year the driver can take their truck to school and get to meet the teacher and class. All communicaton goes through the teacher.
We make every effort to assign drivers within thirty days subject to class availability. Please note that requests made after second semester maybe be assigned for the next school year.
Be sure to look at the Available Teachers List and if you see one you want let us know.
If you can't find a class we will send you some brochures to take to your local school.
Always ask your teacher how they would prefer to be contacted. Many prefer E-Mails or letters but some can receive phone calls. Remember, most teachers don't have a phone in their class so calls may hinder the classroom operations.
First make sure you read the rules and guidelines. Then contact your assigned teacher and discuss their style of teaching and how they want you to communicate with the class. Many want their driver to write letters and post cards as well as using emails. They want the written communicatio because it incourages the students to write you back and imporve their writing skills. You and your teacher are a team so work together to accomplish the goal of encouraging kids and teaching them about the wonderful world of trucking.
Beginning the Trucker Buddy program is easy and pain free. Here are the steps to starting.
1. Once a match is made we will send you the teachers contact information. Contact them but be patient. They are busy with classroom activities and might be a few days before they can meet. The main goal is to be a teaching tool to help them make better students. Find out what their goal is and how you can help.
2. You can communicate with the teacher in many ways. Find what works best with your teacher and their class.
Pick up post cards along your route. It takes a few minutes to fill out a post card while you waiting to be unloaded or fulfilling your hours of service. One postcard can generate an instant geography, math, current events, science, social study lesson and it gives the students a subject to write you back.
Use our iPhone and Android App. It's free and allows you to send the teacher pictures with the location on a map. The class can also follow you around the country if you company will allow it.
Email is always a good option. Some schools have a very good spam protector so make sure the teacher has approved you.
Skype and Face Time works well at certain schools.
Other drivers do the above and add activities to the program like locating and sending rocks from the Rocky Mountains or cotton from the south. Some buy a stuffed animal and have it ride with them as the class mascot taking pictures along the way.
If you would like to talk to a current Trucker Buddy driver please let us know and we can give you contact information.
Ask if the school will allow you to bring your truck to the school at a future date. Some schools are located in a place where you can't get the truck and trailer in but probably could bob-tail into the school.
What you write about depends on where you are, and what you are doing. Don't be afraid of telling the students about your everyday life. You may think hauling freight ordinary, but to children, its a whole new world. They will naturally be curious about what you haul, where you go, what sights you see, and how much time and money it costs to travel across the country. You can open up the world to the students in a new, exciting, way through your letters.
Once you find out what the students are studying and when, you can help the teacher find learning materials as you write. For example, if your class is learning about the Rocky Mountains, and you have a run going through Colorado, try getting a tourist brochure of the Rockies, or a pamphlet from the National Park Service.
Be sure to remember the age group of your assigned class and write accordingly. How you correspond with second graders will be very different from how you correspond with eighth graders. If you have trouble determining what is appropriate, ask the teacher for help.
The rules and guidelines are in place to not only to protect the children but to protect you as well. Following these rules keeps anyone from accusing you of inappropriate behavior and protects your good name. These also protect the children and our program from harm.
Remember, if you never have contact with the students except when the teacher is present then you and the students will be safe. If you break the rules you will be asked to leave the program.
Student safety is VERY important to Trucker Buddy and will be strickly enforced.
We encourage you to visit your class but you need to first get permission from your teacher and your company for their instructions and regulations. Make sure you adhere to all Trucker Buddy Guidelines. As a matter of courtesy and safety, never visit your assigned school unexpectedly. Children are NEVER allowed to ride in the truck and all activities must be supervised by the teacher. This is a protection for the students as well a protection for you too.
Do not allow the students to climb on the fith wheel or on the tires as they could fall and hurt themselves. Always help the students up into the cab or in the trailer to protect them from a fall. Inappropriate touching of the students while helping them into the truck is NEVER allowed and will mean instant elimination from the program and could cause you to be prosecuted. Always make sure your teacher or another administrator is with you while helping the students.
Teach safety like blind spots, stopping distances, seat belts and turning radiuses. Show them that the truck is your business and it's how you make a living for you and your family.
Be sure to bath and shave (for men) and where clean clothes. Wearing your company uniform if you have one always makes a good impression.
This is your opportunity to put a face behind the wheel of your truck so make the most of it.
We recommend that you write a personal letter or email to the teacher, then wait for a response. If your class is not responding then contact us and we will help find the reason and and locate another class if we can't resolve the problem.
Teachers are busy especially at certain times of the year so be patient with them.
No. Trucker Buddy is funded through the generous contributions of our sponsors and individuals. Trucker Buddy drivers give their time which is their greatest contribution.
If you would like to make a personal tax deductable donation go to the following link Donation.
All foul language, questionable jokes, and racial, political, or religious remarks are unacceptable. Teachers review all letters to and from the children prior to distribution, so use good judgment and common sense. Remember, children are impressionable and aren't accustomed to adult language or conversation. If you think for a moment it may not be appropriate, don't write it.
Many of the students [in the Trucker Buddy program] struggle with academics. However, they work hard and achieve success because they are fascinated by the trucking industry.
~ Mrs. B.


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Hope all of you are having a Happy Thanksgiving and are having plenty to eat. My daughter, Kim is here this week and is helping in the kitchen which I think is just great!!!
I spent most of last week up in Shipshewana at the Dear Jane retreat. Here is the fat quarter boat at Lollys. This is one of the sample quilts hanging in Lollys store located in the Davis Mercantile building in Shipshewana. The quilt is called Eldon, and the pattern is by Edyta Sitar.
Shipshewana is like a wonderland after night. Most of the buildings are decorated.
This is Rebecca Haarer's store on Morton Street.
These are just some of the quilts for sale at Rebecca's.
I think this is my favorite show and tell quilt. This was made by Prue and the blocks are from the book When The Cold Wind Blows. She used by fabrics by Kaffe Fassett, and it was striking.
These are the 3 inch blocks that I made for our swap at the retreat.
Happy Thanksgiving everyone!! Hope we all can find some time to stitch this weekend.


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Monday, June 6, 2011
Illustration Friday - Shadow
149 comments:
- Anne Huskey-Lockard said...
Oh Bella!!!
It is soooo wonderful! Love that white kiwi, and of course, the little frog.
The tree frogs have been out in force after the rains here...it is a symphony at night!
Beautiful....as always. ♥
- June 6, 2011 at 4:54 PM
- ruth said...
Ohhhh, this is just the sweetest thing.
- June 6, 2011 at 5:46 PM
- Dear Fireflies said...
Oooooh, of all the cutey, softy, adorably, woolydooly, kiwiydoogly!!! I want one too!!!!!!!! :D
I LOVE your sleepy duet, Miss Bells, makes me want to doze off a bit. Seriously though, that little albino kiwi looks like a chick gone wrong in the shells...but SOOO adorable! oxx
- June 6, 2011 at 6:16 PM
- Kathi said...
Awwwww.... so precious. The Kiwi and your drawing!
- June 6, 2011 at 6:22 PM
- rachel awes said...
theodore knows
the sweetest
place to be.
so do i..
right here
w/you, bella.
- June 6, 2011 at 6:30 PM
- pretty day said...
This is really cute! So sweet!
- June 6, 2011 at 6:59 PM
- Afsaneh said...
So wonderful! Little frogie found a lovely place to rest!
It's so wonderful to know about this rare bird!
By the way, I'm always late for IF too :)) Totally understand the situation ;)
- June 6, 2011 at 7:02 PM
- martinealison said...
Simplement adorables ces deux petites boules de plumes!! ..."On a toujours besoin de quelqu'un dans la vie"... la preuve ici en image... avec cette ravissante et délicate petite grenouille.
Gros bisous.
- June 6, 2011 at 7:08 PM
- steveroni said...
OFFICER! I want to report a
"Sleep-on-the-job Peep."
"That's right...
a 'Sleep-Peep'!
Name? Bella!
No, not 'Stella' like a 'Star'.
BELLA--like a 'ding-dong'..."
OH! Bella, forgive me! Just could not hold myself back. HAHAHAHA!
(...and I am there-almost-dried, fried frog under that kiwi-shape shade tree.)
This posting is outSTANDING!! And I just LOVE the illustrations
and the white kiwi babe...who might kiss the nearby frog???
You have a beautifully creative mind, Bella-Girl. And a gift of rare talent to match. Thank you SO much...
- June 6, 2011 at 7:47 PM
- k.h.whitaker said...
soooo cute, love this Bella! The IF police, hehehe, you are so funny. Don't feel bad I'm still working on Safari... it may now become Safari shadows
- June 6, 2011 at 8:00 PM
- Draffin Bears said...
Hi Bella,
Oh this is so sweet, love your illustration of the white kiwi and the little green frog.
This kiwi is very rare and the first to be born in captivity.
He is not actually albino but the rare offspring of a North Island brown kiwi, from Little Barrier Island. ( LBI we can see from our place) way out to sea.
Happy week
- June 6, 2011 at 8:43 PM
- Valerie said...
the baby kiwi is absolutely adorable, and so is your drawing, bella!
- June 6, 2011 at 9:23 PM
- Ces Adorio said...
I don't know why, but this girl looks like an urchin, she must be an urchin, she warms my heart. Look at that stray strand of hair. Such endearing details. This is so lovable. I just love everything you do. You always manage to up or match you last act. So wonderful. AAAAAAAAAAAAAWWWWWWWWWWW!!! THIS IS SO CUUUUUUUUTE!!! Tsup! Tsup! Tsup!!!
I love her feet and I like to bite her legs. Hahahahah!
- June 6, 2011 at 11:58 PM
- Arija said...
You never cease to amaze me. Lucky Theodore to have such a dense tree to shelter under.
Such an adorable Kiwi baby, such a relaxed sleep . . .
Oh so lovely my dear . . .
- June 7, 2011 at 12:57 AM
- Katrin said...
Wonderful illustration. So soft and warm and fluffy. I love it.
- June 7, 2011 at 2:00 AM
- Owl Eng said...
Cool! love the tenderness portrayed in their sleep and how comfort the froggy is under the shadow. Really beautiful
- June 7, 2011 at 2:42 AM
- Unknown said...
IF police here. Your busted.
- June 7, 2011 at 3:47 AM
- Carrie said...
I love frogs!, we hardly ever see any and he is gorgeous. Kiwi's have a charm too of course and are obviously great of shading under - I didn't know that lol.
- June 7, 2011 at 4:39 AM
- Linda Hensley said...
Just darling. Glad you could do two words in one. I especially like the frog in the shadow :)
- June 7, 2011 at 6:14 AM
- Janine said...
Dear Bella,
thank you so much, for your dear comment. Your friendship means so much to me. You are one of the reasons I love blogging and won´t left it. Your latest painting is so admirable. And the detail with little froggy is sooooo sweet.
I wish you a great spring day
- June 7, 2011 at 7:48 AM
- MrBibleHead said...
Nothing like a lazy summer day in the shade of the kiwi tree.:o) Your characters are so sweet! Love the detail! I always loved kiwi birds. What God didn't give them in wings... he sure compensated with cuteness :o) I know what you mean about falling asleep... it must have been the suggestive power of the IF word. The IF police were here looking for you yesterday... I sent them to New Zealand :o)
- June 7, 2011 at 11:54 AM
- João Maria Ludugero said...
Gostei demais do seu blog. Maravilhoso!!!
Esplêndido, iluminado, lindo, lindo!
Também venho aqui te convidar a visitar meu blog de poesias.
Se gostar e quiser me adicionar, vou gostar de ter por lá seus coments.
Grande abraço,
João, poeta.
Já estou te seguindo, de tanto que gostei de seu espaço tão encantador!!! Voltarei de certo. Até logo mais!!!
- June 7, 2011 at 12:05 PM
- Unknown said...
I love this, I love how fluffy you made the kiwi look! The frog is adorable too!
- June 7, 2011 at 12:49 PM
- Brooke Boynton-Hughes said...
- June 7, 2011 at 12:56 PM
- Cindy said...
we didn't notice you were asleep because we were too! so wonderful!
- June 7, 2011 at 2:37 PM
- laughingwolf said...
just: AWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWWW
- June 7, 2011 at 3:39 PM
- Captain Dumbass said...
Gooey with cuteness.
- June 7, 2011 at 8:17 PM
- Lori ann said...
i LOVE this.
it's the cutest thing ever. i'm going back to look at it again. and bookmark it so i can forever!
- June 7, 2011 at 11:59 PM
- Maria Bogade said...
Beautiful, Bella! The white Kiwi is just adorable!
- June 8, 2011 at 12:59 AM
- Deepa Gopal said...
So very cute Bella...you always have a different & unique vision:))
- June 8, 2011 at 1:51 AM
- Eric Barclay said...
These are brilliant.
- June 8, 2011 at 6:08 AM
- Pia Drent said...
Very very nice!
- June 8, 2011 at 8:37 AM
- voz said...
I LOVE that fancy new kiwi-chap. I watched the stupid video so many times I melted from the cute. I wanted him too, but I wasn't as proactive as you. I just whined and longed and pined and melted.
I like knowing your kiwi also has some cute friends and cares so much about Theodore's relative moisture level.
- June 8, 2011 at 10:45 AM
- aimee said...
that's the limit! i'm calling the IF police stat. no falling asleep on the job.
- June 8, 2011 at 10:47 AM
- psychopooch said...
Very sweet Kiwi illustration. And the little frog is pretty darn cute too!
- June 8, 2011 at 2:20 PM
- Indigene said...
Bella, I love the textures, it like you can actually touch and feel it! It screams your sweetness! :)
- June 8, 2011 at 4:04 PM
- Ann Marie DiVecchia said...
I love the texture detail in your kiwi illustration and the sweet protective gesture. Froggy and the little fuzzy character seem very content to be under her wing...winglessness??
Endearing at any rate!
It's always a pleasure to stop by your blog, Bella!
- June 8, 2011 at 9:07 PM
- Amanda Dilworth said...
Wow, your illustration of the white kiwi may even be more cute than the real thing! :) So cute and tender, makes me feel all warm and fuzzy:)
- June 9, 2011 at 3:33 AM
- Barbara said...
So adorable. I just knew that "tree" was alive. :) I was worried about the frog until I saw the next drawing.
And the kiwi is sweet as it can be.
You are such a ball of talent, Bella, and your sense of humor is a delight.
- June 9, 2011 at 3:58 AM
- Alicia said...
I love the idea as much as the beautiful illustration.
- June 9, 2011 at 8:35 AM
- Richard Ewing said...
I like the enlargement and cropping of the frog, very simple yet gives lots of room for pondering.
- June 9, 2011 at 4:39 PM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Did I ever tell you that Echidnas make me think of eating Icescream? No probably not, because if I had told you that I would have been lying!
Actually echidna's make me think of eating Taro roots - raw - now if you have eaten raw taro you know what I am thinking off....
But seriously :) How delicate this is, even the spikes are delicate, and I feel all fuzzy wuzzy, even with the frog (I am allergic to them if I eat too many I break out in a rash)
Heh, heh, I love how you have zoomed in to show us the frog and then zoomed out to show us en situ, both so delightful and lightful.
I came yesterday and wrote something equally magnificently funny but google ate my gaggahha!
- June 9, 2011 at 8:35 PM
It is officially weekend. I hope you have a lovely weekend and enjoy whatever it is you may do. Yay!!!
- June 10, 2011 at 3:05 PM
Oops why am I anonymous?
- June 10, 2011 at 3:10 PM
That's me. I don't know why I keep being anonymous.
- June 10, 2011 at 3:15 PM
sometimes you touch sweet
and it makes my eyes leak, and my heart smile..
Thank you..
- June 10, 2011 at 7:31 PM
- Shirley said...
OH, a darling, darling, darling KIWI, and sweet little kiwi girl!! How delightfully tender, Bella! My word, you just know how to put magic in your work..you do!
OH my again! I've missed dear Ces' birthday!! Hope all is wonderful in your world..big hugs!
- June 10, 2011 at 7:32 PM
- tera said...
Making my way back to "reality" after a long couple of "hosptial" weeks...I new there was a reason I wanted to come here first! Awww! So cute. Love little froggies and he is no exception! :)
- June 10, 2011 at 10:00 PM
- tera said...
The kiwi is pretty awesomely cute, as well! ;)
- June 10, 2011 at 10:00 PM
- Vanessa Brantley Newton said...
OOOOH Girly! Your secret is safe with me Mama! How deliciously fabulous and what a wonderful start to a story. You are brilliant! Oh yeah, excuse my stinky breathe and horrible hair. I just crawled out from under my creative rock to see what you have been up too. I 'm finally here in Charlotte, NC and loving it! It was one of the best moves I could have made. But I feel like your perfect little frog cause it's hot as heck down here he he he he he he! It's Africa hot girl. We all need to stay out of the sun for a bit. I love it here though. I have missed you so much and thanks so much for sending the sunshine over to my blog. When I had breaks in-between family and work I would run over to see if there was message from you or Ces or Anne and or Eric and a host of others. I was having some rough days and your bright wit and hilarious humor got me through it. Thanks so much for being a friend. You know that I love you. I really do. You are the best. Okay enough with sweet stuff. Got to git busy once again.
Sending you the warmest hugs from Charlotte.
Love you
- June 11, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- Lisa M Griffin said...
Adorable! Both illustrations. ANd I have always wanted to see an actual kiwi... and I am not talking the fruit. Thanks for sharing.
- June 11, 2011 at 5:37 PM
- Nicky Linzey said...
If it's possible, your work is becoming more and more beautiful Bella!
- June 12, 2011 at 2:16 AM
- yoborobo said...
BELLA! Can you hear the "OMG THIS IS SO FREEKIN CUTE" squeal coming from Merryland? You had me at the frog, sista. :) xoxo! Pam
- June 12, 2011 at 5:17 AM
- Curious Art said...
Utterly charming, & I enjoyed that little red herring "tree" intro!
It's awfully hot & sunny around here these days... I'm off to look for an enormous white kiwi.
- June 12, 2011 at 7:00 AM
- Rabbit Town said...
Well....needless to say...I LOVE BOTH!!!! I must have that kiwi too Bella! How ever do you come up wth this stuff!?!? Heh, the only thing I'd tell the IF police is that you're too good and putting the rest of us to shame :p Well, me anyway! Love your work as always!
- June 12, 2011 at 9:17 AM
- Tammie Lee said...
ah! I love what inspired you, so cute, both your art and the wee critter. I love the detail of the frog too, a piece in and of itself.
- June 12, 2011 at 12:09 PM
- Mônica said...
Bella, your work is so lovely and unique! I can't tell which is more beautiful: that real all white kiwi baby bird or your magical interpretation!
- June 12, 2011 at 1:29 PM
- Ted Blackman said...
Aren't you clever with your tree becomes kiwi, surprise. Things are not as they seem in Bella-land.
A frog named Theodore. People called me Theodore a lot growing up, but it's not really my name. I'm just plain old Ted. If I ever meet up with that Theodore frog I'm going to ask him if people call him Ted sometimes.
- June 12, 2011 at 8:33 PM
- gma said...
Wowwwww!!! What a cute kiwi and girl. I also love the frog. Big hug!!
- June 12, 2011 at 11:53 PM
- SonatasWelt said...
Dear Bella,
your illustration is so wonderful and cute!!! I see this sweet bird the first time in my life. Thank you for it.
- June 13, 2011 at 1:27 AM
- Brian Lue Sang said...
That thing is soooooooo cuuuuuute!!!Aaaaaaah!!
Your piece is wonderful, Bella. I absolutely LOVE how you cropped it for that first pic to have that priceless reveal!
- June 13, 2011 at 2:20 AM
- Emily said...
Just so you know Theodore stole my heart and the bunnies want to know when I can have it back ;)
- June 13, 2011 at 8:33 AM
- Isabelle said...
Bella this is just adorable!! How did I miss this illustration? I dont know.. but happy to have stopped by, this is just too adorable.
- June 13, 2011 at 1:25 PM
- Rubin Pingk said...
Awwwwww that is adorable. I love the texture of your kiwis and kiwannabees.
As usual, there is a soft, earnest charm to it.
Love it. Bravicimo.
- June 13, 2011 at 3:01 PM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Haha I just read Amalia's comment, wooldooly! well she took the wrods right out of my mouse! Just a reminder that the IF thought police do really exist, as well as the googlemafia and the yahooumob, so beware!
I'm just off to google little old ladies :)
Now I saw a book with your work somewhere in Ceslande are we getting a big suprise I hope!
Or it could have been a bellaimpersonator :)
- June 13, 2011 at 6:13 PM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Oh I hate to say this, but thank you so much for your kind comments on my work!
( I try never to visist a blog and thank that person for their comments on my blog - but in your case I make an exception :) )
- June 13, 2011 at 6:28 PM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Oh and Linda's blog as well :)
- June 13, 2011 at 6:30 PM
- lyptis said...
Eeep cute, you should draw more animals!:)
- June 13, 2011 at 8:00 PM
- last name johnson said...
aw.. you should write a book.. a really great adventure story. then i can look at it and marvel all the time. ah! right when i thought things can not get any more adorable they do! you are amazing at grabbing my attention.
- June 13, 2011 at 10:05 PM
- Karen said...
Oh... this is quite wonderful!
- June 14, 2011 at 12:37 AM
- Tammie Lee said...
ms. Bella,
thank you for your visit, your comments touched my heart, inspired a smile and made my day. xo
- June 14, 2011 at 8:47 PM
- Krista said...
Well, I thought I commented on this darling piece, but I must have thought I'd come back later with something brilliant to say! That little froggie just melts my heart! And the sleeping girl in the kiwi coat-- scoop me off the floor!
- June 15, 2011 at 4:39 AM
- Francisco Martins said...
Oh my God! Bela, that kiwi is so cuteeee!!! but your illustration is even cuter :D love it, it's so sweer!!
By the way, I read what you said about Ces in your previous post... I don't know her that well, but I really like her too! she is a hell of a woman, and what an artist! She is a very likable person... I suspect that it is impossible not to like her.:D
Big hug to you, hope you are well!
- June 15, 2011 at 8:16 AM
- Valerie Lorimer said...
So lovely, Bella....as always!
- June 15, 2011 at 8:17 AM
- Francisco Martins said...
Ups, I misspelled your name! Sorry, it's just that My Sister's name Is Bela with just one L.
- June 15, 2011 at 8:18 AM
- Ces Adorio said...
Bella!!!WhaddyameanyouareaKodakinstamaticcamera?!!!Pffft! Your illustrations are so refreshing. They are full of mirth and touches everyone who views them from my very masculine son and husband to my CIO to the sheriff's deputies. You turn men into "aahhwing" beings! When macho men express themselves like gushing HS girls and be not ashamed to do so, that is a mark of a great artist. Your process is perfect for you! I love your art! Tsup!
- June 15, 2011 at 6:29 PM
- Ces Adorio said...
Oh thank you Francisco. You are so sweet! Tsup! I made a shortcut to Bella's letter so I can read it when I am feeling down. It is a perfect picker-upper! Thank you again, sweetest dearest sisterfriend!!!Tsup!
- June 15, 2011 at 6:32 PM
- Ces Adorio said...
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- June 15, 2011 at 6:35 PM
- Ces Adorio said...
Oops, sorry, deleting that last comment. meant to email that to you. Tsup!
- June 15, 2011 at 6:35 PM
- Ana M.F. said...
I love you work, it's so delicate and soft :)
and that kiwi is probably one of the cutest birds I've ever seen. Thanks for sharing ♥
- June 17, 2011 at 12:48 AM
- Vanessa Brantley Newton said...
Hey Darling,
I rolled out from under my rock all funky and itchy just to say hey..... how are you? I feel like screaming I have been so dang gone busy. I am happy to be, but I could use a little bit of break. I had to come by and see my froggie prince and the chick-a-dees. They do my heart good. North Carolina is wonderful and I think I will love it even more after I kill all the bugs and spiders and stuff. Girl the spiders are something else out here!
Thanks so much for stopping by and leaving me some joy and peace and hilarious humor. I need is so much these days. I miss you so much. I really do girly. How are the sweet girls? Happy to be out of school I'm sure. Hopefully I will be back to blogging soon. As soon as I catch my breathe. It's been a lot going on.
Miss you so very much today and everyday.
Hugs and kiss and best wishes
- June 17, 2011 at 1:07 PM
- Liz Urso said...
love this illustration. i just love kiwis. i don't know if that sounds right! hehe but this is really sweet.i love your art!
- June 19, 2011 at 4:39 PM
- Ann Pilicer said...
Oh! my comment got lost! :( I love love this. How beautiful! once again even when you fall asleep! oh, never stop! Just amazing! AH!
- June 20, 2011 at 10:07 AM
- Ces Adorio said...
Hello! I miss visiting your blog! :(
- June 21, 2011 at 3:39 PM
- Ellen Byrne said...
oh, how utterly DARLING!!!
- June 21, 2011 at 7:21 PM
- Vicki Smith said...
This is ever so sweet!!!!
- June 22, 2011 at 7:36 AM
- Shirley said...
Large boxes..YAY! The girls' chinese school teacher made a house (complete with window, shades, a chimney and roaring fireplace) out of a large box. It was incredible. I thank you for your lovely visit, Bella..you just know how to make one's day! Hope your summer is starting out smashingly!! Big hugs xoxo
- June 22, 2011 at 8:23 AM
- justdoodleit said...
freakin'-fluffy-fantasticness :)
- June 23, 2011 at 2:55 AM
- Angela Matteson said...
Awwww, little Theodore is so precious under his furry tree. You captured the cuteness of that rare kiwi beautifully!
- June 23, 2011 at 8:44 AM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Hello Bella, 'pitlice'? You have me cracking up. I think that you should do all my writing for me. Thank you for reading my latin :) I think that you have the same sense of humour as me - but yours is worserer in a good way :)
ahh I see 'worserer' isn't in the dictionary - yet. :)
- June 23, 2011 at 8:08 PM
- Ces Adorio said...
I saw your comment at Andrew's and I left this comment: Oh I forgot to mention this. Yes, there are head lice (pediculosis capitis), pit and body lice (pediculosis humanus) and pubic lice (pediculosis pubis). The lice jump and the most active ones are the body lice. I have seen them jump from the patients to the beds! The last one, pediculosis pubis or crab lice have hooks! I have an illustration of pediculosis pubis. I may dig it up and re-post it.
- June 24, 2011 at 8:41 AM
- Ted Blackman said...
Hey, waitaminute... you said all you had was a spaceship drawing for last week's IF word... well.. where is it? I've scanned all your Doodlespot posts for the last 23 years and still couldn't find it. Hmmmmmm.
- June 24, 2011 at 8:52 PM
- Unknown said...
thanking the heavens I came over here!!!!!! 2 surprises for me...
New Zealand is my homeland.and I DID NOT know they had a baby white kiwi!!! Sooooo..ooo cute!.. And I LOVE your little kiwi and friend :)
The sweetest little frog.... IS this an ETCHING????? I am so mad for etchings.. if it isn't how did you capture the look so perfectly??
- June 25, 2011 at 5:42 AM
- Unknown said...
haha.. in my excitement.. I didn't even see the wee frog in the first one!!! so I guess that answers my own question.. it's just a close-up of your fab skills with a sepia ink pen ? LOVE xxxx
- June 25, 2011 at 5:47 AM
- Andrew Finnie said...
just checking 95 :)
- June 25, 2011 at 2:19 PM
- Ces Adorio said...
Hello, I just came here to say hello.
- June 25, 2011 at 3:22 PM
- Ces Adorio said...
...and to wish you uninterrupted power.
- June 25, 2011 at 3:23 PM
- Ces Adorio said...
Oh I forgot to tell you. I varnished two very old oil paintings today and they look great, as if I painted them yesterday.
- June 25, 2011 at 3:24 PM
- Ces Adorio said...
I hope you are having a wonderful Saturday.
- June 25, 2011 at 3:24 PM
- Ces Adorio said...
I have a new canvas on my easel...
- June 25, 2011 at 3:25 PM
- Indigene said...
I love coming here to view your happiness, it makes me smile, even when I don't want to! Beautiful illustration, dear one.
- June 26, 2011 at 10:17 PM
- Vanessa Brantley Newton said...
Bella Sinclair, You are the bestest in the whole wide world!!!! Really and truly you are! Thanks so much for stopping by to visit. Gosh it's means the world to me. I'm trying so hard to get out from under this rock. I have some time today to try to do that. I thought I would start by coming over here! Hope that you and the girls are having fun this summer. I can't believe it's going to be July in a couple of hours.
Sending you a cool fresh breeze from the freezer and come refreshing lemonade to go with it.
Love you SO MUCH!
- June 27, 2011 at 5:17 AM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Dear Bella, you made me laugh yesterday thankyou :) It's a funny expression ass. It's like don't put the ass behind the cart, or you can take an ass to water but you can't make it drink, or I am having disturbing images here
see you when I get back!!!!
- June 27, 2011 at 10:42 PM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Oh I forgot to say you have only had 13,567 views of your profile. That's terrible, you must feel very bad :)
- June 27, 2011 at 10:43 PM
- Cheryl Lynn Pastor Romance Author said...
Fabulous, fabulous, fabulous! How have you been? I've been away for awhile but I'm trying to get back to the things and the people I love, and that includes you, my dear.
Hope everything is going well for you!
- June 29, 2011 at 6:57 PM
- Amy C said...
oh oh oh awwwwwwwww, only you could mix fluffy and slimy and get utter cuteness and dizzying sweetness.
- June 30, 2011 at 10:21 AM
- Unknown said...
Very cute!!! hello hello my long lost friend! Or...is it I that am the long lost friend! Guess what?? I got two kittens last weekend and this weekend is our first week Annipurrsary! I am in kitten Nirvana because they take little kitten naps with me and sleep right by my ear and purrrrr in my ear! It's Divine....simply divine! I am finally back to posting because now that I have moved from California to Utah and gotten settled I have a camera and make proper blog posts... I mean what good is a tatting blog without pictures (yes there are people that do that and it drives me batty!) so now I have the problem solved and I can blog again! ...sigh...
~TattingChic ♥
- July 3, 2011 at 5:38 PM
- aimee said...
just swinging by to say hola and happy 4th!
- July 4, 2011 at 2:16 PM
- steveroni said...
HEY there, Bella. I have been to our friend C.P.Adorio, and decided to stop a visit with you a minute on this wonderful Anniversary of our Independence.
I loved again viewing and appreciating your art (you call it 'illos') and "Shadows". The best is my wish for you and your family and friends on this day, Dear Bella.
Maybe after 200 comments, you'll do another, ah, ummm..."ILLO"!!!
- July 4, 2011 at 2:28 PM
- Ces Adorio said...
Aaaaahhhhh! I just want to make sure your blog is still here. Okay, just kidding. Ugh, another Monday. Gotta run. Later. Enjoy whatever it is you are doing!!! Tsup!
- July 5, 2011 at 5:14 AM
- Ted Blackman said...
The longer we wait the more impressive your next post has to be, you know. ....but no pressure.
- July 5, 2011 at 2:08 PM
- Rubin Pingk said...
Okay Bella,
You've got some 'splaining to do.
Where is all the incredibly potent saccharin adorable whimsy? I need my fix!
- July 5, 2011 at 8:17 PM
- linda sarah said...
This is so adorable! I have missed dropping by your doodlespot. It's always a place that makes me grin and giggle and feel very happy. Thank you! Big, fat hugs, linda xx
- July 6, 2011 at 3:47 AM
- Ces Adorio said...
Sigh*** I feel like a blog orphan. My word verification says noright. I suppose, I have no right.
- July 8, 2011 at 8:05 AM
- steveroni said...
Dilemma for Ces: Does noright mean No right! or....NO! RIGHT!
At lease that's MY dilemma sometimes--grin!
Bella, Bella, it is really comfortable to be on your blog again (and again?--grin!) posting a comment. At the same time I get to peruse your work over and over, always 'seeing' something different. Some little meaningful curly-Q etc.!
You are SO appreciated, Bella!
- July 8, 2011 at 8:18 AM
- Shirley said...
I have missed you, Bella..how are you? Hope you and your little ones are enjoying the heck out of summer! Big hugs to you!
- July 8, 2011 at 9:04 PM
- BT said...
Well I've just had the most wondrous time catching up on your lovely blog. I loved your letter to Ces and of course all your illustrations. Well done for the amount you raised for the Japanese - just brilliant. Isn't that white kiwi just beautiful and I love your little 'shadow' frog. ~hugs~ from Ireland.
- July 9, 2011 at 7:31 PM
- Ted Blackman said...
That frog's still sittin' there..... under the kiwi......
You must be working on something absolutely Sistine Chapel-esque for your next post. I am beside myself with bated breath. It's gonna be great, isn't it?
heh heh heh...
Fact is, I attempted cute and adorable this time around, and I'm just jealous of you, because you make it seem so easy, when it isn't.
- July 12, 2011 at 7:11 PM
- Andrew Finnie said...
okay did you hear the one about the two blondes who walked into the building?
- July 13, 2011 at 7:39 PM
- Faruffa said...
Ohhhh Bella you're a great great artist, I admire and love your talent and your sensitivity!!!
- July 15, 2011 at 9:02 AM
- Vanessa Brantley Newton said...
Hey Sweet Pea!
I miss you! I have the same look on my face as this cute little froggie. The.. "Where are you look?" Hope that you and the girls are enjoying the summer. I wish I could come and visit, alas work has me it in it's mighty creative grip. I miss you so much I really do. It's been a long, long while and I hope that you are well. I am getting settled in here slowly , but surly. Don't know how long I will be here in this apartment for the most part it's home. I was thinking of you today and just wanted to come by and see my friend. Love you and miss you much!
- July 19, 2011 at 4:04 AM
- yoon see said...
Hello Bella,
I trust that you are doing great with your art project.
Thank you for always sharing your most beautiful creations around with us.
So intrigue, so fascinated, so refined. Also loving the concept behind!
- July 19, 2011 at 7:16 AM
- Ces Adorio said...
- July 20, 2011 at 1:48 PM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Okay, so there's these two drunks down at the railway station, right? And at the other end of the platform is a solitary bloke standing in the shadows, and one of the drunks says to the other drunk, "see that bloke, that's Omar Shariffe", and the other drunk says, "Can't be, what's Omar Shariffe doing standing aon a railway platform in the middle of the nught waiting for a train?" And the first drunk says' Well, how would I know?" And the second drunk says "No, it's not Omar Shariffe, I can see from here he doesn't even habe a moustache!" And the first drunk says, ":Wannta make a bet?" and the sec....
hope you are well, the joke is not funny, but it is funnier without the punch line :)
my word is Ovhiyyk which suggeste to me that you are posting your blog from Russia
- July 20, 2011 at 9:16 PM
- Arti said...
Hopping by from deepa's blog! This is amazing! Amazingly beautiful creations here, Kudos! Really enjoyed my visit here :)
- July 21, 2011 at 1:30 AM
- Rabbit Town said...
Hi Bella, how are you doing? haven't seen you around the blog world lately. Hope you are well!
- July 22, 2011 at 6:55 AM
- Valerie Lorimer said...
Lovely, Bella!
- July 22, 2011 at 7:02 AM
- Ces Adorio said...
Good morning :) Hehehhe!
- July 23, 2011 at 7:30 AM
- martinealison said...
Plein de bisous, un peu chaque jour, pour remplir ton été... J'ai découvert des publications (tant de retard....) superbes!
Je te laisse un commentaire, ici pour te souhaiter les meilleures choses pour tes projets.
- July 23, 2011 at 8:08 AM
- Karin Bartimole said...
dear bella, it's been a long while since i've come to visit, and i see i've missed some lovely posts. your birthday tribute to ces is beautiful, and i just love that you 'have' this adorable kiwi and friends!! happy summer to you, xoxo karin
- July 23, 2011 at 4:57 PM
- Johanna Urban said...
Hello Bella!
Beautilful illustration! Love the kiwi, absolutley adorable!
Long time no see, hopes you are doing well and having a great summer with your girls ;P
Have a wonderful sunday!
Take care,
- July 24, 2011 at 3:27 AM
- Draffin Bears said...
Dear Bella,
Have been thinking of you dear friend, glad that you have lots of fun things going on for the summer, the books sounds fabulous and I look forward to hearing more, in due course. I loved seeing the sweet illustrations and getting a sneak peak.
Have a wonderful summer with your dear girls and take care.
Sending hugs from NZ
- July 24, 2011 at 3:37 AM
- Indigene said...
I'm so happy you're having a wonderful summer...time with the girls and a great book project! It's time for a loves fest, which you absolutely deserve! Missing you and your fabulous fun posts! :) :) :)
- July 25, 2011 at 2:00 AM
- Andrew Finnie said...
yahhooo yowza and wahoo :) I am jumping up and down too - and it's not just cause I hit my hammer with my thumb! Oh that's just wonderferociouscolamatically grande news Bella. Ahh can't wait as w e say in the south :0 see ya!
- July 25, 2011 at 9:06 PM
- Cindy said...
i'm excited about the book! enjoy your summer!
- July 26, 2011 at 1:40 PM
- Indigene Theresa said...
I wanted to let you know that you're an amazing artist! I've given you some love, appreciation and an award. Please come and check it out at:
- July 30, 2011 at 5:37 AM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Hello Bella, great that you are still busy, looking forward to your project being finished, please don't answer this, just letting you know we are with bated breath....
okay... why did the toilet roll down the hill....
a: to get to the bottom of things :)
I always ask the kids I see to tell me a joke before they leave - this is the funniest one :)
- August 4, 2011 at 10:14 PM
- Andrew Finnie said...
Hullo Bella, hope you are working hard and I know you are being brilliant. :) No need to answer this, looking forward to seeing your work.
Okay, there's three men in a pub: an Australian, An Irishman and an American. And the Australian says to the Irishman....
- August 8, 2011 at 11:04 PM
- AtelierBrigitte said...
This is lovely! So sweet.
- August 18, 2011 at 12:10 PM
- Andrew Finnie said...
heyhopeyouarewell :)
so two blokes walk into a bar... you think at least one of them would have seen it
some elephints
- August 18, 2011 at 7:08 PM
- Lisa M Griffin said...
just lovely... such a sweetness to it and then that great "pop" of color in the frog. TFS.
- August 19, 2011 at 8:31 AM
- Kathie Brown said...
Oh My, what a cutie! I can understand why you just had to have him! Love the illustrations as usual. I hope you are enjoying your summer off. Mine has been so busy that I have not done much blog visiting but plenty of blog posting! Starting to calm down for awhile but about to get crazy again soon. I always love to stop by here for a smile. Good luck with your book!
- August 24, 2011 at 11:44 AM
- Andrew Finnie said...
So... two men walk into a bar.... you'd think at least one of them would have seen it....
:) just saying hello and hope you are weell... don't reply! Just keep working! see you oh I will drop buy when I find a worse joke than that --- ah there goes one now... hold on....
- September 5, 2011 at 7:18 PM
- Ces Adorio said...
Bella Sinclair, you are so beautiful!!! I love you! TSUP!
- September 6, 2011 at 1:27 AM
- Ces Adorio said...
Aaaww! You should know by now that I am just joking about that. You know I won't. I love you! Tsup!
- September 8, 2011 at 5:50 PM
- Rubin Pingk said...
- September 26, 2011 at 9:41 AM
- Raluca said...
What a incredible illustration you made Bella!And the little white kiwi is soooo ireal cute!
We share the world with some adorable creatures!
- September 29, 2011 at 9:59 AM
- Shirley said...
Peep! How are you dear Bella? Hope Fall finds you and yours well..miss you but know that we'll be here when you return. : )
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A prominent research center which has made strides in studying brain injuries in professional football players has asked a final favor of Junior Seau.
According to Pro Football Talk, Boston University's Center for Traumatic Encephalopathy wants to examine Seau's brain for signs of degenerative disease.
But Seau's sister told NBC San Diego that they have not made up their mind on whether or not they will donate his brain to the facility.
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"I am not going to comment on the pastors comment right now there has been no decision whether it be the brain or the service – as of right now, nothing has been decided," she said.
Seau, 43, was found dead inside his home Wednesday from an apparent self-inflicted gunshot wound, according to Oceanside police officials.
The untimely death of the former San Diego Charger and NFL Pro Bowler reminds many sports fans of former NFL player Dave Duerson, who shot himself in a similar manner on February 17, 2011.
Duerson sent his family a text message requesting that his brain be studied to determine whether the impacts he experienced on the field contributed to his depression.
Researchers at Boston University's Center for Traumatic Encephalopathy determined that Duerson did, in fact, show signs of Chronic Traumatic Encephalopathy, a progressive degenerative disease of the brain found in people with a history of repetitive brain trauma.
The disease causes memory loss, confusion, impaired judgment, impulse control problems, aggression and eventually progressive dementia, according to the researchers.
Regardless of whether Seau's time on the field had any connection to his mental health, experts and supporters are talking about the risks of the kinds of impacts he experienced as a high school, college and professional football player whose career in the NFL spanned 19 years.
The discussion comes at a time when lawsuits against the NFL are piling up, with former players accusing the league of not doing enough to detect concussions and brain injuries. PFT estimates there are about 1,500 plaintiffs in cases like these.
However that's not to say the NFL is standing by while its players get injured.
A group of UCSD researchers recently received a grant from the NFL to look into some more preventative techniques for detecting brain images. They came up with a system called Magnetoencephalography, or MEG.
The technique looks for Mild Traumatic Brain Injury. Other CT and MRI scans miss about 90 percent of Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries, which aren't as severe as concussions, but still can cause life-long damage. Although Seau reportedly never experienced a concussion during his career, his wife Gina told the Associated Press he did. In any case, it's possible that he experienced Mild Traumatic Brain Injuries, said Mingxiong Huang, UCSD Radiology professor.
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"The [MEG] information can be used as guidance for sending the patient to specific therapy, depending on which region of the brain is damaged," said Huang, who is also the Associate Director of the MEG Center at UCSD.
Each MEG system costs about $2 million, so there are only about 20 in medical centers around the country. But it's non-invasive, Huang said, so providing the imaging for high school, college and professional football players could dramatically change the long-term health of football players.
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What scandal? Gabrielle Union is still on a high from her engagement to fiance Dwyane Wade. The 41-year-old actress was all smiles as she braved her first interview since news surfaced that her NBA player beau fathered a child while the couple was on a break.
Though Union made no mention of the incident, she did reveal how Wade, 31, proposed to her during the holidays — and how sons Zaire, 11, and Zion, 6, helped their famous dad. (Wade was married to the boy's mom Siohvaughn Wade from 2002 to 2010.)
"I was completely surprised. Him and the boys planned it completely, as a family," Union told Kelly Ripa and Michael Strahan on Live with Kelly and Michael on Jan. 7. "We were just gonna spend the day together, having a little quality time, went to brunch, I'm clueless."
After grabbing a bite to eat, the group then headed home, and the boys proceeded to announce they wanted to do a presentation. "They like to do skits and songs and stuff, so we turn around, and they're like, 'Okay, we're ready!' and I turn back around and all the boys were holding up signs that said, 'Will you marry us?'"
But Union wasn't buying it.
"The thing is, they ask me all the time, so I'm thinking, 'well this is embarrassing, now they've made signs,'" she explained. "I turn to D like, 'ugh, they just made some signs,' and he's down on one knee — and he's like, 'Will you marry us?' And I was like, 'Oh, you're serious!'"
Union and the Miami Heat guard announced their engagement on Dec. 20 in an Instagram photo. "Sooooo this happened…#Yessss," the Think Like a Man Too actress wrote, along with a photo of her stunning Jason of Beverly Hills diamond ring. Ten days later, Wade confirmed he fathered a child, born a month ago, while the two were on a break.
"I had a time, a part in our break, in our pain and our hurt, a blessing came out of it in my life, having a son that was born healthy," he said during a press conference, via Sun Sentinel. "So I'm moving on."
Indeed, Union seems to be as well. The star went on to gush about Wade's two boys and how excited they were to hear that she said 'yes' to their dad's sweet proposal.
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