[My] Life in Wisconsin

404 error; and; Oh much more-




Hope your Easter was a Hoppy one...



Hi All;
Hope your Easter holiday was 'wunnaful'.
Those of us in Wisconsin- (and probably other states as well), know all too well that this 'program' does not work.


The program is simply called "SPRING"
>You locate the folder (stored somewhere since time immemorial); and check off your personal options.
>You select "Install"... (or "Run").

And THIS is what you get...





INSTALLING "SPRING" ...




███████████████░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░░  44% DONE.


... "

Install delayed....please wait.

Please try again...

404 error: Season file not found.

Season file "Spring" cannot be located.
The season file you are looking for might have been removed, had its name changed, or is temporarily unavailable.


You repeat ALL steps above...

INSTALLATION FAILED.
P
lease wait.

Please try again...


Please try again...
 

Please try again...
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Finally you give up.   You have to... or go crazy waiting.
hehehe-
(and
Thank You, Duane).


Wait-  "Go crazy waiting"??? 


This is what our first week of "Spring" looked like...


Snowstorm Gabriel

The ONLY cute thing about it was that it was called "Snowstorm Gabe"
(Sassy Gabriel)! hehehe
Mr. Snowstorm Gabriel broke all weather records for April for Green Bay.
(I believe those records date back to the 1880's or so).


Now about the "Give up" part...
 
That would be much unlike 'Life in Flintville'. 
(Go ahead, reread previous 1177 entries if you really need verification of that)....
I'll wait. (Really I will).
I will say in advance that I have threatened to many times, but you all would not allow it. (Thank you).


Neither did Greg and Casey ever 'give up' last week-
-after my day of 3 separate hospital appointments,
that I'd come home to this - - - - -



What I came home to
As you can tell by all the reflections in the picture, my basement is flooded.
I assure you that I do not wax the concrete in full or in part.

As you can also tell, I tried plunging it down the teeny tiny drain that I'd fashioned out of the old big one that had once upon a time held a sump pump.  (Belatedly, my fractured back told me that I should not have done that).
Not even those 2 times that did; and had no bubbles, no gurgle, no nothing, happen.
Hmmm  ~on 2nd thought maybe I should have left that old sump pump in... hehehe




Now, these are what Officer Randy would call... 
... "EVIDENCE!"

Boot tracks in basement
 hehehe


Once again, with thanks not only to Greg and Casey, but to Mr. Tim and Ms. Kelli too;
who borrowed out their own sump pump for us to use in the meanwhile.


After the water was all gone, the heat was turned on high, as was the fan-
It dried quickly, thank the powers that be...
The drain had to be covered/plugged.
Simply because THIS is where the damned water was coming from!
(And that is NOT how drains are s'posed'ta work)...

"Work"?    (Unfortunately, around here, that'd have to be Greg's forte)-
I heard a few cuss thoughts that emitted as mumbles from this lovely young man.
I asked if I could help with anything.
He asked to be left alone.
* Now that reminded me SO much of my dad when he was concentrating on something; ...
...(So, 'left alone' Greg was too)! hehehe


Greg and Casey working on the sump pit



Drain filled



Pit drained; covered w/new cement

Looks very nice, all capped off! AND, we all slept quite well that night!

Good work Greg! 
(And to Thank You SO much TOO)!



Then came Friday-
OR- "Good" Friday as it is for Christians all over the globe...




This next picture was taken that very next morning.
"Good" Friday, remember?

coming through the cracks now
Ruh-roh... (And, ixnay the "good" factor please).

The water that had been waiting to fill up my basement swimming pool via the teeny weenie drain, was NOW coming up through every single seam in the poured cement flooring.


By noon, we had THIS to contend with-


Backed up again-


It is still a work in progress. But I assure you all that MUCH progress has already been made.

There is a new sump pump down there, very crudely installed as of yet- but it works, and THAT is the most important thing at this point in time.


As for my back, I am thinking that I will opt for an implanted pain device that delivers morphine (or whatever), 24/7, to my spinal column. This eliminates much of the need to be taking all these effing pills all the time.
Hopefully it will also eliminate the need for my shower chair, and maybe I will be able to even do some other stuff?

Admittedly, I do not know enough about it yet, but you can bet that I will find out! hehehe

The device itself is the size of a hockey puck and would be surgically implanted at the top of my butt cheek.  (Hmmm.... Now THAT should take some getting used to)!
Makes me wonder too, why they don't make it in the shape of a hand that would also deliver a little pinch every now and then?! hehehe  
(Hey, I might be a bit disabled, but I ain't dead)!

Hope all is well with everyone, and that I might leave you with a smile on your face?

My love to all !

XOXO
Me

PS
Happy 50th Birthday to my Sweet Sister "Snotball"!
(Be happy it's your birthday in human years-
 - Because in doggie years you'd be dead)!    
HAHAHA!!!!    (Love ya)!     

  

Walker's Wisconsin. (Not mine).



Good Afternoon All;
I am (kind of) sitting here with Casey as we read up and wish we didn't have to learn ANY more than we already do about this crap and lie s(h)ituation going on in our beloved state.


1.

New State Law gives nice deal to Brookfield.
(Maybe that’s what Prosser and Walker discussed the day after the election)? 

No wait, this bill was written before the election but….

Hmmmm.
Subject: gee, wasn't it Brookfield that just delivered an election to Prosser...?

Oh, yes people, WE THE PEOPLE MUST READ IT...

http://legis.wisconsin.gov/2011/data/SB-21.pdf

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A few of their own "supporter~sent" own comments:

A.
And what about all his unqualified campaign workers/supporters getting cushy government jobs? 
Wonder if their bargaining rights are intact!

B.
The abuse of power is so blatant!  Scary! 
Is it because he thinks we are so stupid.... or because he is???


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2. 

Sent: Thursday, April 21, 2011 8:37 PM
Subject: hi all..

We just got the greatest news that we have collected enough signatures for calling for a recall election for our state senator, Bob Cowles.

We needed near 16,000 signatures in sixty days and have more than that now.  We feel excited to have made such progress in so little time.  What a great group of people we have met and worked with in Shawano and Green Bay.

Our neighbors in the Clintonville area have also gotten the signatures they needed for the recall of their Senator, Luther Olsen.!

Maybe now Walker and his crew will begin to think twice about ruining our schools, cutting aids to counties and reducing healthcare for our vulnerable folks and seniors.

Thanks to all for your support!
{K & J} 



PS
The 1st is a note from my sister-
PLEASE read the pdf formatted link she sent
; should you wish to face a few truths...

The second is also from herself- For those of you who might think she has NO experience in dealing with these matters.
Intelligence and compassion run very high -on her side of the family. hehehe.


Funny too, re: my comments section below:
(Later) you will find out more about our 'wunnaful Wisconsin' republic. 
Sorry to have to ruin your weekends with it all...


Will be back later-
Casey and I have to run to town for a while; a few home repairs that are driving me crazy to even LIVE with.

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Private PS to Polly;
I did receive your beautiful letter- and appreciate ALL of your own efforts on my behalf.  I promise to reply soon- (much easier just doing these short notes for now filled with a whole lot of copy/paste stuff).
We will talk on Sunday if not before...
All my love. Always.
XOXO
Me


Flintville Lives- (And for today yet, has no snow)!




Good Morning All;
I am already running late- so how about more pictures than words?
Maybe you should write your own captions- Or not...







Pussy-willows and "Lake Flintville"
Looking east, out of my living room window. ->



looking south- past the pussy~willows and the sweet smelling  hyacinths

Out my kitchen window-
decorated with a few hyacinths and Pussy Willows




Clouds- Over the Oneida Clinic

At the clinic- Angry skies...
Yes, we got quite a big storm- ALL SNOW! ugh
Lots more coming our way tomorrow too



9-volt

(Use your imagination)! hehehe



I did get 6 new holes in my back last week-

Cement/concrete? injections

It was awful- (and still is).


Just for me???

I think this truck is where they got the stuff for those cement injections...



When we were through, we filled up with gas.

No Way! Not the carwash... Oh, please, not the carwash...

Punks face tells the whole story about what she thinks of the car-wash in the back.


Punks anticipation fromm the back seat made Casey and I slide our  chairs ALL the Way forward... hehehe

And yes, the car needed one badly-

Punk doesn't mind the bubbles,

Car wash


Or the waxes-

PSYCH! ~Through the car wash...

But she thinks very little of the water when it sprays off the car.
(Yes, she lived through it).

Kind of the same as I lived through my injections.
It is still godawful- They knew it was inoperable, but thought maybe they would help a bit anyway.

I also have a new PCP- Only 5 miles away- (Too bad the Pain Doctor is still way on the other side of town).  As is the hospital I had to go to, to have my 2nd bone scan. (GOD AS MY WITNESS I WILL NEVER HAVE ANOTHER either)!  I had to lie flat on my back on that table-
This 10 minute test took over an hour and a half; I think the technician wanted to cry for me.

Anyway, late I will be, for a recheck on my back- So I must fly for now-
More pics later- I think. hehehe

Hope all is well with everyone. My love to all.

XOXO
Me


Gov. Scott Walker Reportedly Planning Financial Martial Law In Wisconsin


http://blogs.forbes.com/rickungar/2011/04/16/gov-scott-walker-reportedly-planning-financial-martial-law-in-wisconsin/
- Rick Ungar - The Policy Page - Forbes

Is the key word above "reportedly"...
... Or could we be so fortunate as to add a key word to be 'RECALL"

Be very aware....

XOXO
Me

* new FV blog soon...

PETITION- -Progressive Change Campaign Committee-

http://act.boldprogressives.org/survey/survey_obamamedicare/?source=auto-e&referring_akid=a6664362.568057.F--z1C


President Obama,
If you cut Medicare and Medicaid, do NOT ask for my help in 2012.


Hi All;

Please do the arrow click above, and take a moment to ask President Obama to show us thew bones in HIS back.
Please sign the survey above-

This petition reads, verbatim, as follows...

"President Obama:
If you cut Medicare and Medicaid benefits for me, my parents, my grandparents, or families like mine, don't ask for a penny of my money or an hour of my time in 2012.

I'm going to focus on electing bold progressive candidates -- not Democrats who help Republicans make harmful cuts to key programs."


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Short. Sweet. And to the point. Wouldn't you agree?

As is stated, there ARE more bold progressives...

  ...  We will just have to find them, shake them off, dust them off, and kick their backsides in the correct direction.

As always, included also is a place for your own words.
..

 
164%
 

82,427 people have taken action—164% of our goal of 50,000!



Thank you ALL;
Have a good one!

XOXO
Me


PS
Oh- My own personal comment? I could have written a book. hehehe
But mine came directly from these two of my 2008 blogs:
<http://flintville.multiply.com/journal/item/689/Please._Copy._Paste._Share._Email._Vote.>

and

<http://flintville.multiply.com/journal/item/681/Independent-
_An_Open_Letter_to_Senator_John_McCain...>


 

On WISCONSIN!!!!
















VOTE TODAY
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We do NOT need anymore of what has transpired since last November.


Hi All;
I plan on trying to get dressed and heading to the polls very shortly.
From my wheelchair to that voting booth will be a trial of mammoth proportions for me.

If I can do it. So can YOU!


There are some of you who do not realize exactly what importance your vote holds today- (Far too many also, who do not even realize that there IS an election)!

At any rate, please take a moment to consider these few points.
Hopefully all of the enclosed links will work for you...

XOXO
Anne

PS
Special thanks to Laurie, Kris, and all who helped me put this together.

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1.
Remember Patrick Lucey, former governor?
Please read this as he has changed his own vote, AND he has also resigned as Co-Chairman of David Prosser's own campaign...
(Very very smart man)...


MILWAUKEE (AP) -- Former Gov. Patrick Lucey is withdrawing his support for Justice David Prosser for Supreme Court and is throwing it to Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg.

Statement from Patrick J. Lucey
March 31, 2011


“As a former Governor who appointed to Wisconsin's Supreme Court two quite different but equally principled Justices – Shirley Abrahamson and Roland Day – and who has over the years endorsed several more Justices, I have followed with increasing dismay and now alarm the campaign of Justice David Prosser, whom I endorsed at the outset of his campaign and in whose campaign I serve as the Honorary Co-Chairman."

“I can no longer in good conscience lend my name and support to Justice Prosser's candidacy. Too much has come to light that Justice Prosser has lost that most crucial of characteristics for a Supreme Court Justice – as for any judge – even-handed impartiality. Along with that failing has come a disturbing distemper and lack of civility that does not bode well for the High Court in the face of demands that are sure to be placed on it in these times of great political and legal volatility."

“At the very same time that my confidence in Justice Prosser has waned, I admire and have continued to be impressed with Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg. She has adhered throughout the campaign to even-handedness and non-partisanship and has exhibited both promising judicial temperament and good grace even in the heat of a fierce campaign."

For these reasons I have today resigned as Honorary Co-Chairman of Justice Prosser's campaign, and I endorse Assistant Attorney General JoAnne Kloppenburg for the Wisconsin Supreme Court on April 5, 2011.




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2.
Walker; (& his Buddy'$ young son)...
Walker administration questioned about hiring of lobbyist's son
CLICK HERE, or simply do your own search.
http://www.thenorthwestern.com/article/20110404/OSH0101/110404169/Walker-administration-questioned-about-hiring-lobbyist-s-son

Tue Apr 05, 2011 at 01:53 AM EDT
Walker hires uneducated, inexperienced, 2 time drunk driver, son of lobbyist for $80k+ job


One thought posted in that story... "Walker gets his undies all bunched up about those damn educated teachers making $35k and yet he gives this two time drunk dropout a job paying $81,500!?!?  Walker is a criminal."
******** I am thinking I quite HEARTILY agree with those words...


For more on THAT story: CLICK HERE:
   or simply do your own search.
http://www.dailykos.com/story/2011/04/04/963311/-Scott-Walkers-administration-gave-a-state-job-and-a-26-raise-to-the-son-of-a-major-supporter

From JS Online:
"Wisconsin Republicans claim that their state is broke,
and have used that claim to justify stripping state workers of their collective bargaining rights. And yet, even though they claim to be broke, Scott Walker's administration just gave a state job, and a 26% raise, to the son of a major supporter who has no college degree, no relevant experience, and two drunk driving convictions." 
http://www.jsonline.com/watchdog/noquarter/119159584.html



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3. Wisconsin SUPREME COURT JUSTICE
Tuesday, April 5, 2011 6:07 AM
From:
Dear Anne;

VOTE JOANNE KLOPPENBURG TODAY


Today is Election Day for the State Supreme Court. Polls are open from 7 a.m. to 8 p.m. Many progressives don't know about today's election or how it's our first chance to fight back against Governor Walker, so please forward this email widely.

Click here to find your polling place:


Find your polling place

Dear Wisconsin MoveOn member,

Today is Election Day. We want to make sure you, and all your friends, are planning to get out and vote for JoAnne Kloppenburg for Wisconsin Supreme Court today.

In an off-year election like this one, turnout will make the difference, but many of your friends and family may not even realize there's an election. 

Progressives in Wisconsin are incredibly energized. MoveOn members helped collect more than 22,000 signatures to force a recall vote of State Senator Dan Kapanke in record time, and recall petitions for seven other Republican senators are doing really well.



Much of the fight over Governor Walker's anti-worker laws will likely end up in court, and electing Kloppenburg would tip the balance of the Supreme Court toward progressives. So it's up to all of us to make sure that all our progressive friends, family, and co-workers in Wisconsin know they need to go and vote for JoAnne Kloppenburg TODAY. 

Please forward this email far and wide.
Thanks for all you do.
Daniel, Eli, Milan, Carrie, and the rest of the team



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4. SOLIDARITY

Brothers and Sisters,

The day is TODAY and the time is NOW
. If you haven’t already, please be sure to vote for working family candidates including JoAnne Kloppenburg. Wisconsin has stood united against political attacks by Scott Walker’s cronies for months. We cannot let another Walker ally, David Prosser, be voted into office.

Prosser has voted with Walker 95% of the time. He is not on the side of Wisconsin’s union members and Wisconsin’s middle class. Prosser is simply another rubber stamp, ready to do Scott Walker’s bidding.





JoAnne Kloppenburg is the best candidate for Wisconsin Supreme Court.
She will bring the needed impartiality, level-headed judgment and judicial demeanor that our courts deserve. Be sure to spread the word at work and around your neighborhood that today is the day to vote.


It is crucial that everyone take the time to go to the polls today.
In November, many of us were silent and we are now paying the price.


Thankfully, today we have the opportunity to change the shape of Wisconsin’s future for the better.

Vote and help rock the vote for working families by clicking here for a list of times, ways and location to spread the word.

We have been united in the streets for months and we now must be united at the ballot box! Click here for a list of GOTV activities.

In Solidarity,

Phil Neuenfeldt, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO President
Stephanie Bloomingdale, Wisconsin State AFL-CIO Secretary-Treasurer


To find out more about the AFL-CIO, please visit our website at www.aflcio.org.



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5.  Healthcare
Save for adding to it, to change any part of healthcare plan is a death knell for too many Americans; -
 - including my daughter and myself.
This is exactly what most, if not ALL Republicans, GOP,  and Tea Party people, wish to do...



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6.  This YouTube WILL make up your mind-
(As if there could be any questions remaining)?

This is one of the best ads I've seen.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1g7DALO8uP0

Most people will not see it unless it's distributed person to person. So please send it to your contacts, post it on your Facebook page, do whatever you can to make it go viral.

 

I've been told more than $2 million has been spent this week alone attacking JoAnne, so we need everyone to help spread this. 

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The Cotters- and Buddys Troubles




Politics, wisconsin, walker, etc...




Feel free to borrow any of these.
hehehe

XoXo
Me

From Madison, WISCONSIN ---Say "YAY" (Just "IN")...



Judge again blocks implementation of (Wisconsin) collective bargaining law #politics #news
Judge again blocks implementation of (Wisconsin) collective ...‎ - democraticunderground.com


Judge Sumi said " There should be no further implementation of the law"
That the previous restraining order "has been ignored" or was "misunderstood"
(Yeah, right).

More later... I'm sure.
hehehe

XOXO
Me

Ketch~upping... Pre- Snowstorm Francesca-


Monday Morning. Now...

Sure has been a long time since I have blogged about anything even remotely "Flintville" hehehe
Didja miss me?


The Channel 11 picture  to the right was actually taken about 2 or 3 weeks ago already-




Do you remember Casey having that horrible allergic reaction to the meds they gave her in Minnesota last January?


Full Body Hives- Ankles missing.???????Caset reacts to Ferrilcet
"Anaphylaxis" I think they'd called it...



I even had a little allergy of my own
I've been feeling pretty rough too, even without my fractures, and the rest of it.

Now, toss in a little something that I'm allergic to too; and I've got Casey beat!



Left calf, ankle and foot- Allergy- water retention.
By a longshot!
Pretty damned gross, eh?


Nice temps earlier in the month and this beautiful weather gave me a chance to even 'wander' a bit outside -
Picture this: Me out there, with the camera around my neck- and of course, those two canes.  Quite a funny juggling act- (And I can't even juggle). 
hehehe

Not to mention that Punk kept bringing me her Frisbee- time and time again. oh- Oh! OH!
She was thrilled for those few days of respite from the cold! As was I.
hehehe

There is even a wee bit of green showing up...
 ... It always amazes me- especially after a long Winter-


Survival of the fittest!
A little snow left- and a little bit of "life" too.



Chives 2011  hehehe
More life here! These will be this years and next winters chives!
(Hey, "I" see green, even if you don't)!  hehehe


I have a silly question for anyone that might know-
(God knows I surely don't).

Rocks, as gravel

Why does gravel always appear to be tinted 'blue-ish' after Winter?




I also found a few 'candies' laying around in the grass-

M $ M's
It's all those brown M & M's that I refuse to eat.
  ~Punk seems tothem though!!   hehehe


She even had to sniff all over to find more...

Checking out the lawns
... and very begrudgingly came back to me after I'd called her-


Then, from somewhere the snowplow had left it, she magically found her Frisbee!

Frisbee, FUN, Finally!

I threw it more than a few times !
(In the meantime she ran a mile or so)!

But then... "O0pS"

Frisbee stuck
And that was it for that Frisbee-
Odd, but once it's near to her poo-poo piles, I seem to lose interest in it. hehehe

Darn fine thing Casey had just brought her a new one-

LOVE my new one!
   hehehe



We had to walk almost to J & J's driveway to find snowbanks for her to play on-

-and in.



"Peek~a~boo!" Punk
!!!hehehe!!!  ...."BUSTED!"
 ~ She HAD been "hiding" on me...


Then off she went, to look for a few lost/forgotten squash...
No luck with that-
(What I didn't freeze, the deer got a long time ago).


Punk "Ice cream headache"
But plenty of snow left there for an ice cream headache -


Would Sputty come outside with us?   He did- finally.
See, it's ONLY on HIS terms.

Once out, then he does not want to come back in.
When he does this, I let him sit.
Or hunt- or go poo in the fields- (or whatever it is that cats do outside)-

Like sitting in the sun I suppose...

Sputtys favorite sunshine place

OR...

Sput- Struttin'.........Sput, watching for something
    He checks all around the house-  ..............Then sits in the blue gravel


If he refuses, still, to come in with us, he has to wait until Punk gets fed her supper- (She always has to go potty and poo first).

Then, even after all that waiting, that cat still follows her around, and ONLY comes in when she does.
(This, no matter how high/low the temperature is/not).



"Sheesh! Are you coming? Or what?!? ~MO-O-O-O-O-M!, Hurry UP! - Cuz it's way past the time for me to eat, and I'm just 'STARVING'" !!!  (Yeah right Punk, I can tell).
OK OK-
Then, It's FINALLY time for supper... hehehe




Sputty hiding-
I took this shot a LONG time ago-
Still one of my favorites though.

Sput has taken to moving the heat register cover so that it doesn't blow on me when I am sewing. He adjusts it so it blows on him in his box!!!! Grrr...
And that, my friends, is the definition of "cattitude".


I have been having horrid days/weeks with my back.
The last 2 shots I received did nothing to help.
The h/a last night and this morning added nothing either.

While searching around the net, I found THIS picture- It is the same as MY own brace; which needs replacing.
But I'll be damned if I'm shelling out $780.00 for it




My brace SpinoMed
I found one on eBay though.
hehehe


Tonight though. -When I do go to sleep. I shall sleep in the utmost of comfort!


My new pillow. Thank you Casey!!
Thank you Casey-So very, very much!

Not only for this beautiful pillow, but for EVERYTHING you have done, and continue to do for me.


Tonight, she drove ALL the way out here just to feed Punkin her supper.

She knew I hadn't slept a wink last night, & so I wouldn't have to wake up...

(I did anyway).  And it was a darned good thing I did.  Casey had to help me out of my own darn bed! 
Oh well. There are always worse things.

Hope all is well in your little corner of the world.
Been trying to keep up with everyone's news and all- I have found that to be a most impossible thing to do!
I shall keep trying though...
My love to all!

XOXO
Me

PS:
Tomorrow (maybe)...
The entry about Snowstorm Francesca.  Here's the link-
Tomorrow the pictures.   hehehe

F/B

News: Facebook Stalker


Archive for category Facebook Applications

Facebook Places is a Stalkers Dream Feature


Not only can you find out what your friends are doing, now you can find out where they are! You heard me right. Facebook announced today their new Places feature that will allow you to “Checkin” to different places all around the world.

This is kind of exciting, but kind of scary too, what do you think? Are you more scared or more excited to use the new Places feature?

The feature should be released tomorrow starting with users in the USA and then rolling out to all users soon after. Information can currently be found on their developer documentation as well as in a video of their live announcement.

Images Source: Business Insider

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I don’t know if this line in their policies was recent due to the Stalker Check and Fan Check applications, but Facebook has a line in it’s policies now that would forbid such an application.

I don’t know if this line in their policies was recent due to the Stalker Check and Fan Check applications, but Facebook has a line in it’s policies now that would forbid such an application.

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Why the “Stalker Check” and “Fan Check” Facebook Applications Disappeared


I don’t know if this line in their policies was recent due to the Stalker Check and Fan Check applications, but Facebook has a line in it’s policies now that would forbid such an application.
 Facebook features. For example:
  • You must not notify a user that someone has removed the user as a friend.
  • You must not track visits to a user’s profile, or estimate the number of such visits, whether aggregated anonymously or identified individually.

Source: http://developers.facebook.com/policy/#policies

  • You must not notify a user that someone has removed the user as a friend.
  • You must not track visits to a user’s profile, or estimate the number of such visits, whether aggregated anonymously or identified individually.


Source: http://developers.facebook.com/policy/#policies

Do you think this is a good thing?

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LAKE SUPERIOR FACTS

Rating:★★★★★
Category:Other

Just a little something to keep you occupied while I do a few other things...


LAKE SUPERIOR FACTS

  • Lake Superior contains ten percent of all the fresh water on the planet Earth.

  • It covers 82,000 square kilometers or 31,700 square miles.

  • The average depth is 147 meters or 483 feet.

  • There have been about 350 shipwrecks recorded in Lake Superior.

  • Lake Superior is, by surface area, the largest lake in the world.

  • A Jesuit priest in 1668 named it Lac Tracy, but that name was never officially adopted.

  • It contains as much water as all the other Great Lakes combined, plus three extra Lake Eries .

  • There is a small outflow from the lake at St. Marys River (Sault Ste Marie) into Lake Huron, but it takes almost two centuries for the water to be completely replaced.

  • There is enough water in Lake Superior to cover all of North and South America with water a foot deep.

  • Lake Superior was formed during the last glacial retreat, making it one of the earth's youngest major features at only about 10,000 years old.

  • The deepest point in the lake is 405 meters or 1,333 feet.

  • There are 78 different species of fish that call the big lake home.

  • The maximum wave ever recorded on Lake Superior was 9.45 meters or 31 feet high.

  • If you stretched the shoreline of Lake Superior out to a straight line, it would be long enough to reach from Duluth to the Bahamas.

  • Over 300 streams and rivers empty into Lake Superior with the largest source being the Nipigon River.

  • The average underwater visibility of Lake Superior is about 8 meters (or 27 feet), making it the cleanest and clearest of the Great Lakes. Underwater visibility in some spots reaches 30 meters.

  • In the summer, the sun sets more than 35 minutes later on the western shore of Lake Superior than at its southeastern edge.

  • Some of the world's oldest rocks, formed about 2.7 billion years ago, can be found on the Ontario shore of Lake Superior.

  • It very rarely freezes over completely, and then usually just for a few hours.  Complete freezing occurred in 1962, 1979, 2003 and 2009.


Lake Superior
???   ~Maybe~  If you click on the picture, it *might* be made larger for you.
(I made this pic open to the public).

I am in love with our Great Lakes- Having been 'drawn' to them since I was a young child.
Receiving this email from my aunt is truly a gift to me.

XOXO
Me


PS
Time now to feed my little puppy-hehehe
(And yes, Sweet Lady Pamela, I shall be back to post a "Life" blog)... 




What is happening now seems much like the 60’s, but without the drugs & the good music... TOO true! hehehe *I saw this in the comment section of the AFL/CIO blog... I will try to be posting a new "Life in" blog soon. (Pictures are already uploaded to Flickr). But 1st though; there is a HUGE Snowstorm on the way, (and I have a 'pain' appt at 8:30 way out on the other side of town). figures--- "Sneet" first, until 3pm; then all hell's gonna break loose. *%!X*?%$# Oh well. ~And, oh yeah, Happy 'Spring' to you too. XOXO, Me