A New Guide to ISLAM

I've just come across a book that reveals the whole "politically incorrect" truth about Islam's violent teachings, bloody history, backward culture and morally depraved founder. It's aptly named The Politically Incorrect Guide to ISLAM. It's by Robert Spencer, an Islamic expert and published by Regnery Publishing. It is a real "page turner" that's hard to put down as Spencer dares to tell the unvarnished truth about Islam. And as the old saying goes, "Being warned is being forearmed" is very true in this case.

The mainstream media and numerous political leaders have tried to softpedal this religion in whose name promotes a type of violent speech and allows despicable terrorist acts to take place. They represent a common attitude: "True Islam -- as opposed to the extremist version -- promotes peace, justice, freedom and tolerance" but this has allowed public complacency to exist. The problem with this argument is that it is false and therefore dangerous since it blinds us to the true nature of the enemy we face.

Exposing myth after myth of the "Islam means Peace" establishment, the author tackles all the hot-button issues regarding this religion of hate and the Crusades, including:

• How the roots of Islamic terrorism and violence are found in the Koran
  
• How the Koran sanctions prepubescent marriage, domestic abuse, honour killings and slavery.
• Mohammad: the Perfect Man? That's how Muslims regard him. There are details about his character and his career of bloody conquest that make him a dangerous role model.
• The stifling effect Islam has had on science and free inquiry, accounting for its failure to prosper...and hence of its murderous envy of the West.
• How the much-ballyhooed (and grossly exaggerated) "Golden Age" of Islamic culture was largely inspired by subjugated non-Muslims.
• The ghastly lure of Islam's X-Rated Paradise for suicide bombers and jihad terrorists.
• How Mohammad lied and broke treaties as a matter of course, ordered and rejoiced in the assassinations of his critics. Supposed messages from Allah through Gabriel now seem delusional.
• How Islamic law institutionalizes oppression of Christians, Jews and other non-Muslims in Islamic societies. Try even repairing your church in one of these god-forsaken countries.
• How the Koran and Islamic law treat women as nothing more than possessions of men. If a woman accuses a man of raping her she needs four men as witnesses first or she's the one thrown in jail!
  
• How the Crusades were not an unprovoked aggression by Europe against Islam but a delayed response to centuries of Muslim aggression; like attacking France and swallowing up Spain.

• The way I see it..... the western media and leaders who think non-Muslims can "win hearts and minds" among Islamic jihadists are naive and smacks of appeasement which will actually encourage further terrorism from these Islamic scum.
  

ESPECIALLY FOR WOMEN

Praise of a Good Woman

Proverbs 31
10 Who can find a virtuous woman?
For her price is far above rubies.

11 The heart of her husband doth safely trust in her,
so that he shall have no need of spoil.

12 She will do him  good and not evil
all the days of her life.

26 She openeth her mouth with wisdom;
and in her tongue is the law of kindness.

27 She looketh well to the ways of her household,
and eateth not the bread of idleness.

28 Her children arise up, and call her blessed;
her husband also, and he praiseth her.

29 Many daughters have done virtuously,
but thou excellest them  all.

30 Favor is deceitful, and beauty is vain:
but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

31 Give her of the fruit of her hands;
and let her own works reveal her
 
As Christian women  we are all aware of the above Scripture.
And we all desire to walk in the above perfection, no matter how  PAINFUL....

HOWEVER.... Life is not always, a bunch of sweet smelling roses.
And we walk around day after day wearing a mask of what or who, we are suppose to be. .
Mechanically we talk, laugh and perform  at the right times, and none are aware of the gnawing grief behind the facade.


 Is this you I am  talking about?
At times, it has been me.

I have just returned from  a wonderful Ladies Retreat..  
A special time, a time preserved under the Heavens.
A time of leaving our homes and families behind so that we could take time to re-freshen our weary souls.

The teaching focus was on WOUNDS !
The Emotional, Mental and Spiritual WOUNDS of life. 
As humans we all respond to kindness and understanding. 
Sharing, talking and listening to each other, are all inspirational gifts of healing. Knowing someone understands and cares takes away the isolation of suffering in silence.

Our leader, an American lass gave her own testimony.  It touched all present in various ways.
She spoke of  applying the Armour of God (Ephesians 6:10-18) each morning in preparation for the daily assault from  satan, to ward off, his fiery darts.
 I used to do this.   And will begin again!
You know, " we wrestle not against flesh and blood, but against principalities and powers in high places." Ephesians 2:12

Everyone has a story, you the reader, have yours.  Don't suffer alone. Find a counsellor and talk about it.
Jesus is the lover of your soul He cares.... just turn to Him  in prayer. He is that close.

Together we share,  Vickie,  Crystal Mary, Daniella (my daughter)    

CLICK ON THE BOOK AND READ SOME....

Plans for the Week

This week on Tuesday we begjn our study on the country of Kenya and its wildlife. We have plenty of books to read, the culture and music to learn about, crafts to make, and the animals of the this wonderful country. Take a Peek at our Reading list of books located in our right side bar.We will taking off on Monday in observance of Memorial Day. We will be remembering my Father in law and Mother

Week in Review for May 24 to May 28, 2010

Week 32I cannot believe that we have just a month or so to go in our homeschool year. It seems like time flew by as fast as some of the insects we learned about this week.Our theme this week was Bugs and Insects and we have plenty of them: from decorations, books, science and crafts. We were able to pack in much information as well as crafts!This week we learned the what an insect is and the

What my child is reading for May 24 to 28, 2010

This week the boys had fun reading our selection of books on Bugs and Insects. What boy wouldn't? We had a wide assortment of story books on Insects and made some new favorites to add to our family library.

My youngest son was delighted to add a new author that he likes to his list of favorite books. Bob Barner writes some delightful children books and we plan on looking for more is his books

Other stuff I've been wearing

So I realize there was a huge gap in between blogs, and it was all due to a really bad break I had on my photographed hand. I still took pictures, but they're only with 2 fingers. I still like to show what I've been wearing, even if I didn't follow through with clean up and it's only half a hand!

RBL Coral was huge on my lemming list for the longest time, but after putting it on I was disappointed. Yes, it is the most true coral shade I've come across, but it's so freakin' bright on my fingers! I have a couple other shades in my stash (OPI My Chihuahua bites and something from Forever 21) that are close to dupes and only a fraction of the price, so this really isn't a must have. I kind of regret dropping the cash on such a not-unique color. And it didn't even hold up, I had chipping within 18 hours.

Much like Coral, Butter LONDON Artful Dodger was has been on my lemming list a long time. A looooong time! I put in an order as a belated b-day present for myself, along with a few other shades. Unlike Coral, however, this one far exceeded my hopes. I fell in love with this the instant I put it on. It's the most perfect turquoise cream ever. It applied beautifully and wore like iron for 4 days.

I took a quick bottle comparison picture just to show the color. Artful Dodger is bluer than China Glaze Flyin High but greener than Essie Shelter Island.

Butter LONDON Fash Pack was the only BL shade I waivered on. There weren't a lot of swatches around for me to check out, and I couldn't tell if it would look good or terrible on me. At the last second I added it too my order and I'm SO glad I did. As if the perfect greigy color wasn't enough, there's a hidden pure gold shimmer to it that adds amazing depth. This also applied perfectly and wore like iron for 4 entire days before I removed it.


The gold shimmer:

Butter LONDON doesn't seem to get a whole lot of love on the NP blogs, but it's really highly ranked for me. They put out amazingly unique shades with cute names and they recently changed their formula. The change includes a bigger bottle and change to the brush. You can now easily remove the top square cap to reveal a round top to grab.


Let's compare the new Tramp Stamp to the old bottle of Portabello Pink.

The new bottle has a sticker telling you that the top portion is removable, the old bottle is pretty much impossible to remove (unless you get all Hulk on it, which I was unable to do...)



Overall, I do think that Butter LONDON is worth the money, but I recommend ordering from beauty.com. I did so, and I received a free bottle of Portabello Pink, free shipping and $10 off my entire order. Even though the free NP isn't my type, I can use the bottle for a franken and I still got a much better deal compared to the Butter LONDON website.

"The Very Hungry Caterpillar" and making our own for play

This week we began our study on Bugs and Insects. We have a great selection of books and my youngest was drawn to one that looked similar to the book "The grouchy Ladybug" that we read last June.


We read "The Very Hungry Caterpillar" by Eric Carle. In this story, an egg on a leaf hatches on a Sunday and out pops a tiny and very hungry caterpillar. After searching for some food, on Monday to

StrangeBeautiful Volume 4 part 3

Let's start with the most strange of the bunch. A very wrong color choice of a cheap foundation. This color I'm not really getting. It reminds me of caramel popcorn (yum!) but I'm not really sure that's something I want to wear on my nails. I might be liking it in the fall or winter but it's too warm for spring and summer. This was 2 coats.


This is the grey, which I couldn't figure out the name of. It's a pretty standard gray with a slightly brown undertone to it. Not strange at all for the nail polish world! I love any shade of gray, I think this lighter one will tide me over until the next RBL sale when I plan to order the two awesome grays there. This was 2 coats.


An orange turban in a 15th Century Florentine portrait titled Matteo Olivier. This color is amazing. It's the most unique orange I've ever come across. It's slightly burnt but still has a crisp feel to it and it's bold without being neon and in your face like the standard neon oranges that pop up in the summer. I'm making this my official summer pedi color! This was 3 coats.


Overall this collection is really awesome. I can see myself wearing 7 out of the 8 colors over and over again, and maybe I'll eventually warm up to the last one. I'm so glad I splurged on this now, it's so perfect for summer!

StrangeBeautiful Volume 4 part 2

The poem Lapis Lazuli by William Butler Yeats, aka the blue. I had a hard time getting this to photograph well. It looked fantastic on my nails, all super richly-blue and smooth and shiny, but my camera lightened up the shade and made it look dull and kind of icky. Trust me, in real life, this one is a stunner. As if the color wasn't awesome enough, I did this swatch with 1 coat. Also for reference, this is deeper and richer than OPI Ogre the Top Blue.



Pink color of Rose champagne, the pink. I'm completely smitten with this shade. It's so elegant! I've said it before, but I'm not in to pink polishes. They're a dime a dozen from every nail polish designer out there and it's tough to find a shade that's unique enough to love, but this is one of them. I can actually see myself wanting to wear this more than once. This was with 2 coats and also dried super shiny with no top coat.



Aged Chartreuse, the ugly-but-loveable green. I adore ugly greens. With the new shades from OPI Shrek being so popular I hope this becomes a trend. Maybe Chanel will come out with Avacado, Under Ripe Banana and their own Rich Chartreuse as a mini ugly green collection? I can only hope! When I start applying this I was unimpressed with it's sheerness, but it turned out to be a buildable jelly and only took 3 coats to be opaque yet squishy. Is there anything more lovable than a jelly ugly green? I think not.



And to top it all off, the color reminded me of my favorite guilt-free snack... pickles!

LIVER KINDNESS TO BETTER HEALTH

Be kind to your liver and give it a rest. An overworked liver means poor health and high cholesterol

TRY THIS FOR A FEW DAYS OR A WEEK AT A TIME.

Consume at least four glasses of pure apple juice a day. Apple juice is a wonderful liver cleanser.

Avoid, animal fat and red meat. Dairy products, fried foods, margarine, soft drinks and commercial oils (canola, corn and sunflower).  Leaven bread.     (Use virgin olive oil.)


Drink eight to 10 glasses of water a day. With water flowing constantly through your kidneys and liver, it will flush out accumulating toxins. You don’t wash your car or clothes with coffee or soda. So also, water washes your insides best.


Consume lots of nuts, fresh fruits and vegetables. Always eat fruit BEFORE meals to cleanse. Raw food provides live enzymes. These are not found in cooked foods, and are critical in the cleansing process.


Wondering what to eat?


Breakfast: Fresh fruit, oatmeal made with water, pecans, soy milk and sweetened with honey.


Lunch: Fresh fruit, Salad vegetables (Tomato, lettuce, avocado, onion, cucumber, corn, asparagus, raw mushrooms,) with grilled fish.


Supper: Home made vegetable soup with vegetables, lentils and or dried cooked beans. Small amount rice or pasta added, Stir in spoonful olive oil when cooked.


Flat bread. Self raising flower mixed with water. Pour into hot frypan and cook both sides. God wants us to take care of our bodies and our health. He tells us:


“Don’t you realise that all of you together are the temple of God, and that the spirit of God lives in you. God will destroy anyone who destroys this temple. For Gods temple is Holy, and you are that temple.” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17

What is an insect?

That was the question we tackled on Tuesday. We have been reading books this week on Insects and wanted to know what an insect is? We looked at our DK First Animal Encyclopedia to find out.

Here is what we learned:



After reading some of our other books, we discovered there are more insects in the world than any other animal. They are invertebrates which means that they have no backbone. They

StrangeBeautiful Volume 4 part 1

I've been so intrigued with StrangeBeautiful for months. The idea of having a nail polish "wardrobe" but wowed and bugged me. While a majority of the colors in their first few collections were, for me, ranging from to-die-for-beautiful to pretty-enough-to-lem, they still had a few ick-I-would-never-wear-that-EVER shades thrown in the mix. But from the looks of Volume 4 they fixed that last problem, I'm totally digging every shade!

I'm hoping to get all of these swatched this week, but here's a first look in to the collection:

Here's the teal shade. I ordered these from Lucky Scent and although the names are listed, I'm still not 100% sure which name goes to which shade. I'm pretty sure this one is called Verdigris, which according to Google is "a common name for a green pigment obtained through the application of acetic acid to copper plates," and according to Google Images looked pretty close to this picture. But anyways. I love this teal. This definitely falls under to-die-for-beautiful. This color is the reason why I typically don't do swatches, because I wanted to wear it for the next 4 days rather than just 14 minutes. It applied flawlessly, was opaque in 2 coats, and I was extremely impressed with how it dried. I did not use a top coat for the swatches, but it dried to a high gloss shine and a full 10 minutes after the swatch did not dent when I ran in to a door. All of that without SV, amazing!


And here's the greige. This name I could not figure out. Greiges have been my thing lately, they're subtle like a neutral from a distance but up close they're surprisingly edgy. This shade sets itself apart from others in my stash with a slightly muddy-browny quality to it. Greige was another 2 coat flawless application, but it dried with just a hint of a jelly finish. Love it!


This was just a quick shot taken of the entire collection. I haven't found anything close to any of these colors in my collection, but I'm still going to do some comparison pictures just to give an idea of how they look next to their cousins (like that olive green and RBL No More War, they're very different!). If you have a request, shout it out in the comments and I promise to swatch them!

Can You Pass The Love Test?

A LOVE LAB?

In 1986, Dr. John Gottman joined the University of Washington Department of Psychology and started the Family Research Laboratory


This received funding from the National Institute of Mental Health throughout it’s operation. The physiology laboratory, often referred to as the “Love Lab,” was where couples were screened, interviewed, and observed.


The Lab used video, heart rate monitors, and measures of pulse amplitude, jitteriness and skin conductivity. This information was coded using the Specific Affect Coding System (SPAFF) and techniques of math modelling to assess relationships and predict their pathways. The Lab combined a video data bank of hundreds of couples interacting at different time points in their relationship.

The data surveyed could evaluate whether or not couples had the love combination to sucessfully remain in a relationship together.

WATCH THE VIDEO BELOW TO UNDERSTAND THIS FURTHER.

The Love Lab

WELCOME TO THE NEST

Greetings To:                                                                                                         

Sabine and
Gorges....
What an honour to have
you here.
Stay a while.
Add your bit.
And we shall all benefit.
Bless you both.

Our Bug and Insect Decor

Since the beginning of the month my youngest has been looking forward to help decorate our calendar and bulletin board with bugs and insect decorations.


During the first week in May, we decorated our calendar with bees, butterflies, caterpillars, ladybugs, and grasshoppers. The snail at the bottom is a mollusk and is neither a insect or bug. I explained that to my preschooler but he wanted a

Book Sharing Monday: Bug Safari

This week we begin our study on bugs and insects and the boys picked out a book they have been wanting to read for sometime.Bug Safari by Bob Barner is a story told by point of view of a young boy. The boy follows a group of black ants marching through the jungle to find out where they are going. After crawling through rocks and mud, passing flowers humming with honeybees, the boy notices the

In God's Classroom

All night long I was given a Scripture; it wouldn’t leave me it kept on pounding.   At last I got up and wrote it down, He was telling me something.

“Don’t you realise that all of you together are the Temple of God and that the spirit of God, lives in you. God will destroy anyone who destroys this Temple. For Gods Temple is Holy.” 1 Corinthians 3:16-17.

The day before I’d been given the opportunity to help someone. This person is a new Christian. She had lost her job and the debts were piling up, so she had gone on a drinking spree. After bringing her home, feeding her, giving coffee and allowing her ramblings for 3 hours I decided she was appropriate to go home. Depositing her back at her car, she laughingly informed me, she was going for more drinks….

I went to bed angry. I was angry at her.

So God dealt with me. AFTER ALL…Who was I, to judge ….   If God gave up on me that quickly each time I failed, where would I be to-day…… I never stop learning and growing in Him.
I am to love the unlovable…as Jesus did. I am to forgive the unforgivable…as Jesus did. Just as He loves me when I am unlovable!   And He forgives me, when I am unforgivable.

We are to be kind without judgement.
And sometimes that's not easy.

Plans for the week

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Week in Review for May 10 - 22, 2010

Weeks 30-31This is the first time we combined two weeks into a week in review. We only covered about 2 to 3 days of homeschooling last week due to bad weather, so we combined this week and last week into this post.We finished planting the new flowers and plants in our patio garden and then the heavy rains came. Hubby and I spent most of last week setting up a water pump to prevent flooding in our

What My Child is Reading May 16 - 21, 2010

This week the boys have enjoyed their selection of books. We started a Dinosaur unit study last week but had to postpone it until this week due to flooding in our area.We had a great selection of books and had to narrow our choices from the many books that we saw at our library. We already have many Dinosaur books in our own family library so the boys and I decided to read the ones we have not

FIFTIES 'SEPIA CHILD'

Aged 4

A very shy country child, I attended a two teacher, twenty pupil school.

The building was a sturdy timber highset, built in the late 1800 era.

My mother did very well as a single parent, working to making sure all of her 5 children completed their schooling. This was no mean feat on a ‘woman’s’ wage.
I dreamed of being a dancer, although I knew it was an impossibility.
In High School I poured over Ballet books with a dreamy mind, and dotted on the likes of Dame Margot Fonteyn.... I was that lithe dancer on stage with the magic legs performing ‘Swan Lake’.

                                                         Aged 16
Passing the Intermediate Certificate in High school was all that was required in my time to attain a promising career. To be a doctor or lawyer meant 2 extra years and a pass in the Leaving Certificate. Since my chances as a dancer were extinct, my next choice was Hairdressing.
This was not to be either as my demurer nature simply did not suit.
So my mother decided I should follow the family tradition of Nursing.

                  Training at the 'Royal' (behind) aged 17                                               

Hospital Training was Nursing School and a Tutor Sister with Regimental Education.
A cap completely covered the hair. The uniform fell to mid calf length.
Stockings were worn and the back seams checked to be straight.
A petticoat underneath was a must (and Sister always checked).
Feet were clad in plain brown mid-heeled leather lace ups, well shone.
Discipline……. You had no opinion and NEVER answered back!
Eyes were kept down, and hands remained behind your back whenever spoken to by a superior.


It was a fitting choice and has stood me in good stead.
Years later I attended Uni and gained my Degrees.
My Primary Alma Mater is The Australian Catholic University.

                                                               
                                                         
Proverbs 3: 5 “Trust in the Lord with all your heart. And don’t rely on your own understanding.”

WELCOME TO THE NEST

Greetings to : The old Geezer   

                     and  

                     Berowne

Thank you for joining, its a pleasure to have you here.                            

"Dinosaurs!" Book and fun grouping activity!

This week we resumed our Dinosaur unit study. We read a wonderful book on Dinosaurs and how they are classified.Dinosaurs by Gail Gibbons is a book for that introduces young children to Dinosaurs. It explains what the word Dinosaur means and the time period when dinosaurs lived. Readers learn how fossils are formed and when they were first discovered. Since fossils were discovered,

Dinosaur A to Z and a craft

My youngest son loves ABC books so we knew we have to find one on Dinosaurs. Luckily, we found one to read this week!Dinosaur A to Z: For kids who really love dinosaurs by Simon Mugford is a book that introduces young readers to twenty six Dinosaurs that begin with each letter of the alphabet. Each page in the book shows the letter and the Dinosaur that represents it with a description,

Devils Marbles (Karlu Karlu)

 

Known by the Aboriginals as Karlu Karlu, these granite boulders are an impressive sight.
Located in outback Australia driving from Tennant Creek to Alice Springs they are scattered across a wide shallow valley. 
They balance precariously on the top of one another in seemingless disarrangement.

My husband Ray appears to hold them up between him (don't be fooled)....LOL

It's difficult to see, but he's wearing a veiled hat to keep the annoying bush flies at bay.

Caravans park overnight for tourists to capture the landscapes at sunrise and sunset.

 

The environment at Devils Marbles provides shelter to a diverse range of wild life. 

The boulders are a secure breeding ground for the Fairy Martins and Zebra finches as well as many breeds of lizards. 

 

Here's two cheeky little fellows.

Psalms 84:1 "How lovely is they dwelling place.

Oh Lord of Heavens Armies."

Malcolm in the Middle?

It looks like an Emissions Trading Scheme (ETS) might go down with Goldman Sachs. Goldman-Sachs is the main financial power behind carbon trading...worldwide. Did Kevin Rudd and Penny Wong decide to deep-freeze their own ETS because Goldman Sachs was caught manipulating a housing subprime-mortgage-based scheme and charged with fraud? The new "no-nonsense" boss of the previously slack Security and Exchange Commission, Mary Schapiro, has started a lawsuit against them. Their GREED was legendary.

Goldman owns 10% of Al Gore's Chicago carbon exchange. Al Gore's partners in his Generation Investment Management hedge fund in London are all former Goldman Sachs executives. Then there is Liberal Party member, Malcolm Turnbull, the man who almost delivered the ETS to Australia, by cutting a deal with K. Rudd (sounds like "CRUD") without his party's support. He is Goldman Sachs' main man in Australia. David Mapley, a former executive director of the local Basis Yield Alpha Fund, said the Australian Securities & Investments Commission (ASIC) should closely examine the role of Goldman Sachs/JB Were (Australia) in marketing the mortgage-related investment product that ultimately led to the Fund's demise in August 2007. What was Malcolm doing at the time and what part, if any, did he play in the selling process that caused a lot of Australian investors to get caught out?

In "The Great American Bubble Machine" published in the July, 2009 edition of Rolling Stone magazine, author Matt Taibbi characterised Goldman Sachs as a "great vampire Creature (like in the Alien movie) wrapped around the face of humanity, relentlessly jamming its feeding funnel into anything that smells like money." Their formula is relatively simple: G-S positions itself in the middle of a speculative bubble, selling investments they know are crap. I was amazed to find out that they've been pulling this same stunt over and over since the 1920's! Now they are preparing to do it again, creating what may be the biggest and most audacious bubble yet. The new game in town is carbon credits...a groundbreaking new commodities bubble, disguised as an "environmental save-the-world plan" called cap-and-trade.

President Obama has been convinced by Gore and his fellow Eco-fascists to go along with this Cap-and-Tax idea and has stated that people can "expect energy prices to skyrocket under my cap-and-trade plan!" The huge donations by G-S to his campaign fund saw him pay-back G-S with bale-out money to save their bacon. So this new commodities-market in selling Air will be kind to G-S with a one delicious new wrinkle: If the plan gets past by Congress the price raises will be government mandated. Goldman Sachs won't even have to rig the game. It will be rigged in advance!

The way I see it.....the ETS was always going to be a scam, an attempt to create a new global derivatives bubble on a trade in thin air (carbon dioxide), to replace the bubbles in real estate, investment funds and stocks that have been imploding lately. However, due to the uprising Tea Party movement, with the white-hot rage being directed to Washington/Wall Street by a fed up public, the regulatory authorities have been forced to crack down on the fraud and deceit that characterises the entire derivatives-based financial system....and "Goldman-Sucks" has finally been caught out. If Goldman goes down, it will take down its entire worldwide derivatives scam with it. I wonder if Malcolm will be in the middle of the fall out.

GOD'S BOXES

 I have in my hand 2 boxes, which God gave for me to hold.
He said,  "put all your sorrows in the black box,
and all your joys in the gold."

I heeded His words, and in the 2 boxes,
both my joys and sorrows I stored.
But though the gold became heavier each day, the black was as light as before.

With curiosity I opened the black,
I wanted to find out why.
And I saw in the base of the box, a hole,
where my sorrows had fallen by.

I showed the hole to God and mused?
"I wonder where my sorrows can be?"
He smiled a gentle smile and said.
"My child, they are all here with me!"

I asked God,
"why did you give me the boxes,
why the gold and the black with a hole?"

God answered,
"My child, the gold is for you to count your blessings,
and the black.............is for you, to let go."
Anon. 

Book Sharing Monday: Shadow of the Dinosaurs

This week we continue our unit study on Dinosaurs. We went to the library recently and my youngest son picked out this book for our reading list. He loved the cover because it features a dachshund on it that looks like my younger brother's dog Olive.Shadows of the Dinosaur written and illustrated by Dennis Nolan is a story begins when a young boy's dog named Shadow finds a bone buried in the

Australia Bans the Flu Vaccine!

It looks like we're in for another shocking round of flu vaccine debacles this winter, starting off with seasonal flu vaccinations being banned in Australia for all children 5 years old and under. The unique suspension comes after 23 children in Western Australia were admitted to hospitals with strong convulsions after receiving flu injections. At least one toddler in Queensland died, less than 12 hours after receiving the flu shot. Her twin also suffered from vomiting and high fever, but has reportedly recovered.

Another 40 convulsion cases had been detected in the last month in children making that more than 250 adverse reactions nationwide, raising serious questions about the safety of vaccinating children in that age group. And yet, year after year there are studies showing that flu vaccines DO NOT provide any benefit no matter what age group you are in!

Two years ago a study in the British Medical Journal concluded that the effectiveness of annual flu shots has been exaggerated and that in reality they have little or no effect on influenza campaign objectives, including reducing the number of hospital stays, time off work and death from influenza and its complications. WAKE UP PEOPLE!

Naturally, some "flu experts" have cautioned that these reactions might prove to be illusory and caused by other factors. Right...as usual they want you to believe that the Law of Cause and Effect is disabled when it comes to vaccines. Peter Collignon, Professor of Infectious Diseases at the Australian National University doesn't think so. He went on record stating that recent clinical trails uncovered issues with the swine flu vaccine - adverse effects that are identical to those suffered by the children who reacted to the seasonal vaccine - but that the results of this trial were completely ignored.

On the one hand, the Australian Health Department had the good sense to suspend all seasonal flu shots in children under five, but on the other, they're now recommending all children get the H1N1 vaccine instead, claiming that IT is completely safe! This completely ignores the other glaring fact that the amount of Mercury used as a preservative in each shot is only safe in a person who weighs 550 pounds (250 kilograms) and the smaller you are the more toxic it is. We are talking brain and nervous system TOXIC!

This makes no sense, considering the fact that it was a clinical trial for swine flu vaccine that showed that a substantial number of children experienced adverse reactions. So exactly WHEN will the mental-midgets running the health department take these clinical study results into account? Talk about running in circles, claiming everything is safe no matter what the clinical results show!

The way I see it.....the Australian government had millions of left over swine flu shots from their Swine Flu Epidemic fiasco and most likely had them surreptitiously combined with the seasonal flu vaccine, thinking they could reduce their deteriorating stockpile while getting "more bang for their buck". It certainly blew up in their faces! Folks...I hope you and your children don't fall for this dangerous nonsense.

Footnote: I have found the vitamin D is more important then a flu shot to avoid flu. There's convincing evidence that vitamin D deficiency predisposes you and your child to catching the flu, and children who are so deficient may also be at higher risk of dying from the flu. Sunshine is still the best way to get your vitamin D dose but taking vitamin D3 supplements or using a safe tanning bed are ideal a back ups.

AUSTRALIAN WALK-ABOUT

I realise not a lot is known about Australia (Oz).
So let's go walk-about together.

The wide, brown land: A Country, Island and Continent.

Australia is the sixth largest country in the world.
It's about the same size as the 48 mainland states of the USA and 50 per cent larger than Europe, but has the lowest population density in the world - only two people per square kilometre.
Beach paradise,  Australia’s coastline stretches almost 50,000 kilometres and is linked by over 10,000 beaches, more than any other country in the world. More than 85 per cent of Australians live within 50 kilometres of the coast, making it an integral part of our laid-back lifestyle. 

Australia produces 95 per cent of the world's precious opals and 99 per cent of its black opals. The world’s opal capital is the quirky underground City of Coober Pedy in South Australia. The world’s largest opal, weighing 5.27 kilograms, was found here in 1990. 

Kalgoorlie in Western Australia is Australia's largest producer of gold. It also embraces the world's largest political electorate, covering a mammoth 2.2 million square kilometres.

Australia's 85.7 million sheep (mostly merinos) produce most of the world's wool. With 25.4 million head of cattle, Australia is also the world's largest exporter of beef.

Queensland’s Great Barrier Reef is home to the world’s largest oyster, weighing up to 3 kilograms, while the world’s longest earthworm, stretching up to 4 metres, is found in Gippsland in Victoria. 

The world’s longest piece of straight railway track stretches 478 kilometres across South Australia’s vast, treeless Nullarbor Plain. Australia’s longest stretch of straight road - 148 kilometres – is on the Eyre Highway in Western Australia. It’s just a tiny portion of the 2,700 kilometre sealed road that takes travellers from Perth to Adelaide. The world's longest continuous fence – the dingo fence – was built to keep sheep safe from Australia's native dog and runs for 5,531 kilometres through central Queensland and South Australia.

Today Australia is home to a wealth of wildlife not found anywhere else in the world. We have around 800 species of birds, half of which are unique to this country. Our marine environments contain more than 4,000 fish varieties and tens of thousands of species of invertebrates, plants and micro-organisms. About 80 per cent of Australia's southern marine species are found nowhere else in the world.
Australia also supports at least 25,000 species of plants, compared to 17,500 in Europe. There are over 12,000 species in Western Australia alone!

We are predominately a Christian country and were originally known as,
The Great South Land of The Holy Spirit in 1606.

WELCOME TO THE NEST

Greetings and Welcome to:                         
Chatty Crone        Lara Harris                    Terra
Mary Russell         Marsh Mpressions         Mike Golch
It is a pleasure to have you here. Thank you for Following.

Changes in our remaining schedule

We had to make some changes in our schedule of theme unit studies this month as we had to spend much our time this week making efforts against the flooding in our area. Hubby and I have been busy the last two days setting up a water pump to prevent our home from flooding.

The boys and I have done three days devoted to our Dinosaur unit study that we decided to finish it next week. The boys have

SACRED "Underground" SUNDAY

FARAWAY.......In an underground City called Coober Pedy people worship in a different world.
 This City sits on the edge of The Stuart Ranges in the State of South Australia.

OPALS MINING abounds here and for that reason care needs to be taken.

Beautiful Opals of all different colours and size may be found.

The name Coober Pedy is Aboriginal and means "white man in hole."  

Which is applicable when you realise 80% of the townfolk live in hand cutout dwellings underground.

Temperatures of extreme heat in summer and penetrating cold in winter, makes life beneath the surface more bearable.. 

This is the outside visable entrance to one of the churches.

The interior of two (2) of the churches show how they have been hewn out of the rock.

Whither shall I go from thy spirit? or whither shall I flee from thy presence?
If I ascend into heaven, thou art there: if I make my bed in hell, behold, thou art there.
If I take the wings of the morning, and dwell in the uttermost parts of the sea; even there shall thy hand lead me, and thy right hand shall hold me" (Psalms 139:7-10).

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Going to Church on Sunday....