This past week a TV segment aired as part of the Palm Beach broadcasting networks showed two examples of two-headed animals -- a rat snake and a turtle, both active with two functional heads.
The TV show narrator said that they were born in captivity, which raises some concern about the people who have been documented with 'extra' heads or extremities or internal organs. None of those such people are recorded in historical documents as captives, although some hint is given with the continuity of the term 'Siamese twins'.
Sunday, September 28, 2008
Saturday, September 27, 2008
critter talk
The NetZero website this date features yet another article describing a "greening disease" that affects citrus crops -- first in FL and now recently in CA. Human populations that [now] move from CA to FL and back (typically from northern CA) have adopted a mental-mindset of limestone carriers (see composition of corn tortillas) that to some extent is a match with sub-tropical hermit crab behavior, such crabs carrying univalve seashells within which they hide or carry minerals to their fellow crabs and which resemble tiny pyramid carriers. Hermit crabs are found in southern CA, FL and elsewhere within the Atlantic seaboard regions.
Alas, and with alarm was noted a live earwig casting on the sidewalk here at Kingswood condo complex in Stuart, FL. Earwigs have pincer-type tail extensions and appear to be a type of augmented beetle. Earwigs are common in the northwest PA mountains near the oracle-bead chronicle artifact site in Degolia, PA. Although the San Francisco peninsula in CA is a location that supports a living historical palm-tree preserved as a near-microscopic baby-palm-tree image within the Degolia oracle-bead, no earwigs were observed during an almost 30-year time period within that region. Salamanders, centipedes and spiders typical of the McKean County, PA, locale were settled in near the oracle-shown tree, but no earwigs were visible or detected.
If earwigs begin "hitching a ride" to CA, will Chowchillans visit more grief upon the upper Appalachian populations maintaining properties in FL?
Alas, and with alarm was noted a live earwig casting on the sidewalk here at Kingswood condo complex in Stuart, FL. Earwigs have pincer-type tail extensions and appear to be a type of augmented beetle. Earwigs are common in the northwest PA mountains near the oracle-bead chronicle artifact site in Degolia, PA. Although the San Francisco peninsula in CA is a location that supports a living historical palm-tree preserved as a near-microscopic baby-palm-tree image within the Degolia oracle-bead, no earwigs were observed during an almost 30-year time period within that region. Salamanders, centipedes and spiders typical of the McKean County, PA, locale were settled in near the oracle-shown tree, but no earwigs were visible or detected.
If earwigs begin "hitching a ride" to CA, will Chowchillans visit more grief upon the upper Appalachian populations maintaining properties in FL?
Wednesday, September 24, 2008
the future is masts
Directly south of Kingswood condo complex proper in Stuart, FL, yet lies a narrow wasteland of hurricane-pummeled ground between the buildings' back yard area and the flow of water from the retaining pond sloughing toward the St. Lucie River.
Large whitish-tan denuded tree trunks stand tall among scrub brush, leaf litter, and small remnants of condo furnishings strewn about during the hurricane-force tropical storms of past years. The metal frame of a microwave/air-conditioner template lies crushed and flattened among leafy sprouts and sand. Not unusually, the small cul-de-sac setting near the wasted appliance sports a grounded tree trunk and occasional metal/plastic beverage container cast-offs. Having removed a renovation-compound bucket holding a fishing line with slightly rusting hook (said bucket labeled with the line-drawing of a small child bent over contained liquid), then later tossing a token mushroom exhibit to the pair of mergansers diving in the sluggish water, the following article was observed using the Internet.
At www.bradfordtoday.com, clicking along to www.wesb.com, is the article titled 'Chain saws, generator stolen from store', "...21 Husqvarna...from Canfield's Lawn and Garden...in Shinglehouse..." (PA). Because demanding work from hurricane survivors is tres gauche (so say the French), it would not be surprising if some sudden crew leapt forth one dewy southern FL morning to cut and take the potential sailboat wood, making a heck of a lot of noise as well.
Large whitish-tan denuded tree trunks stand tall among scrub brush, leaf litter, and small remnants of condo furnishings strewn about during the hurricane-force tropical storms of past years. The metal frame of a microwave/air-conditioner template lies crushed and flattened among leafy sprouts and sand. Not unusually, the small cul-de-sac setting near the wasted appliance sports a grounded tree trunk and occasional metal/plastic beverage container cast-offs. Having removed a renovation-compound bucket holding a fishing line with slightly rusting hook (said bucket labeled with the line-drawing of a small child bent over contained liquid), then later tossing a token mushroom exhibit to the pair of mergansers diving in the sluggish water, the following article was observed using the Internet.
At www.bradfordtoday.com, clicking along to www.wesb.com, is the article titled 'Chain saws, generator stolen from store', "...21 Husqvarna...from Canfield's Lawn and Garden...in Shinglehouse..." (PA). Because demanding work from hurricane survivors is tres gauche (so say the French), it would not be surprising if some sudden crew leapt forth one dewy southern FL morning to cut and take the potential sailboat wood, making a heck of a lot of noise as well.
Tuesday, September 23, 2008
wicked warm
A different, more slender rope, nicely knotted, now binds the front flashguard beneath the bumper on the Lincoln-Mercury Grand Marquis parked outside its owner's condo in Kingswood complex, Stuart, FL
Hilarity -- pro and con
San Francisco, CA, is hosting the Oracle computer-software company annual conference (see http://www.topix.net/, San Francisco, CA). Other links with the descriptive entry at Topix describe Oracle's "acquisition" of BEA software applications.
From an archaelogical point-of-view, this entire business enterprise domain has become hilarious. Influence-network telephone reply-demand calls in the past elicited from me the possibility that a special computer program can be set up to contain and analyze all the data collected and inputted during a formal archaelogical investigation of an oracle-bead chronicle (artifact) and limestone roadside-rest/monument site in Degolia, PA.
That the verbal articulation that a computer program will be helpful to the investigation has mushroomed into a multi-national 'firm' busy expanding ("elasticity") their operations into any software domain possible using computer electronics -- to the extent that annual conferences are scheduled and big-time employee payrolls are maintained, as well as company performance citations.
The Oracle company in no way addresses the intent to have archaeological data-input from the Degolia site professionally aggregated and collated, just as the 'Balco' company also did not address intent to interpret oracle-bead content-imagery (such as uses of idols in the jungle and also the purposes of ball-handling activities) and distribute educational materials, nor did the 'Enron' company set-up in any slight way comprehend the intent to interview people who reside very close to the Degolia site (someone named 'Ron Knott' as example).
These huge companies have been set up using a few telephone reply-demand calls and the words and phrases elicited during such replies demanded, without any comprehension whatsoever about the archaeological purpose intended. The hilarity does not include the fact that many tonnages of food energy were expended and wasted, often using animals/plants that have been killed to fuel the corporate undertakings. Complaints to police about the influence-networking were completely disregarded among business-domain investors, "movers and shakers".
From an archaelogical point-of-view, this entire business enterprise domain has become hilarious. Influence-network telephone reply-demand calls in the past elicited from me the possibility that a special computer program can be set up to contain and analyze all the data collected and inputted during a formal archaelogical investigation of an oracle-bead chronicle (artifact) and limestone roadside-rest/monument site in Degolia, PA.
That the verbal articulation that a computer program will be helpful to the investigation has mushroomed into a multi-national 'firm' busy expanding ("elasticity") their operations into any software domain possible using computer electronics -- to the extent that annual conferences are scheduled and big-time employee payrolls are maintained, as well as company performance citations.
The Oracle company in no way addresses the intent to have archaeological data-input from the Degolia site professionally aggregated and collated, just as the 'Balco' company also did not address intent to interpret oracle-bead content-imagery (such as uses of idols in the jungle and also the purposes of ball-handling activities) and distribute educational materials, nor did the 'Enron' company set-up in any slight way comprehend the intent to interview people who reside very close to the Degolia site (someone named 'Ron Knott' as example).
These huge companies have been set up using a few telephone reply-demand calls and the words and phrases elicited during such replies demanded, without any comprehension whatsoever about the archaeological purpose intended. The hilarity does not include the fact that many tonnages of food energy were expended and wasted, often using animals/plants that have been killed to fuel the corporate undertakings. Complaints to police about the influence-networking were completely disregarded among business-domain investors, "movers and shakers".
Monday, September 22, 2008
Just an ordinary Sunday in Kingswood
Sunday was hot and sunny, and an abundance of small acorns littered the asphalt pavement near parked cars of the elderly, as dropped from a less-than-mighty oak tree.
Therefore, the second sweep-up of the year was made so as to prevent sudden slippage on the round nuts while walking to cars, pool and/or trash receptacles. The inner waxed bag from a cereal box was used to contain the scattered acorns and was filled to the top.
The loud 'crack' of a small gun signaled the approach of small children toward the swimming pool enclosure as the sweep-up was almost finished, as scrub-jay birds shrieked and a squirrel chattered from the oak tree and nearby bushes.
Later, after nighttime darkness cooled the city of Stuart, FL, all around, the waxed bag of acorns was toted to the far exit/entrance from/to Kingswood Terrace Road and the contents poured into a grassy area near the retaining pond and slough leading to the St. Lucie River (much to the relief of fauna all around, including bee representatives injured during pesticide applications). Some confusion was evident among housed human inhabitants since the tote-bag was a 'Walgreen's' printed plastic bag (said store walkably about a half-dozen blocks away, some shelves stocked with boxed cereals), the historically-touted acorns were poured from a standard waxed cereal bag, and the fresh-water slough was only a few steps away (flowing slowly into the river).
Will giant wild pigs again forage south of Kingswood condo complex or will aquatic birds savor a welcome change of fare?
Therefore, the second sweep-up of the year was made so as to prevent sudden slippage on the round nuts while walking to cars, pool and/or trash receptacles. The inner waxed bag from a cereal box was used to contain the scattered acorns and was filled to the top.
The loud 'crack' of a small gun signaled the approach of small children toward the swimming pool enclosure as the sweep-up was almost finished, as scrub-jay birds shrieked and a squirrel chattered from the oak tree and nearby bushes.
Later, after nighttime darkness cooled the city of Stuart, FL, all around, the waxed bag of acorns was toted to the far exit/entrance from/to Kingswood Terrace Road and the contents poured into a grassy area near the retaining pond and slough leading to the St. Lucie River (much to the relief of fauna all around, including bee representatives injured during pesticide applications). Some confusion was evident among housed human inhabitants since the tote-bag was a 'Walgreen's' printed plastic bag (said store walkably about a half-dozen blocks away, some shelves stocked with boxed cereals), the historically-touted acorns were poured from a standard waxed cereal bag, and the fresh-water slough was only a few steps away (flowing slowly into the river).
Will giant wild pigs again forage south of Kingswood condo complex or will aquatic birds savor a welcome change of fare?
Sunday, September 21, 2008
Logic of a certain sort
o September 11 this month was remarkable for the Mailer-Daemon warnings received after forwarding some past e-mails to the Bradford Landmark Society in Bradford, PA, with regard to the Degolia oracle-bead site and misinterpretation of explanations about the site.
o The A1A Discount Beverage strip-mall store, owned by a "native of Lebanon", was reported in the Palm Beach Post newspaper dated 9/16/2008 as the scene where an "intruder had pointed a gun at family members, including...the seven-month-old child...". Robert Martin, 35, of Lake Worth was killed and is named as a robbery suspect within the journalism.
As previously noted, a call had been made in 2006 to a Palm Beach television station's toll-free telephone line describing the lack of sidewalk entryways to plazas along SE Ocean Boulevard here in Martin County's north Stuart, FL, riverside area. Staff members took information about the hazardous situation; then, a telephone call was received from a SC area-code number (as if the entire Eastern Conference was needed to resolve the situation) and social pressure has been exerted since that time in this post-hurricanes region. Truly, the Palm Beach county TV station was listed in the local Martin County/St. Lucie County telephone directory or those broadcasters would not have been contacted as one of the nearest TV stations to Stuart.
o The A1A Discount Beverage strip-mall store, owned by a "native of Lebanon", was reported in the Palm Beach Post newspaper dated 9/16/2008 as the scene where an "intruder had pointed a gun at family members, including...the seven-month-old child...". Robert Martin, 35, of Lake Worth was killed and is named as a robbery suspect within the journalism.
As previously noted, a call had been made in 2006 to a Palm Beach television station's toll-free telephone line describing the lack of sidewalk entryways to plazas along SE Ocean Boulevard here in Martin County's north Stuart, FL, riverside area. Staff members took information about the hazardous situation; then, a telephone call was received from a SC area-code number (as if the entire Eastern Conference was needed to resolve the situation) and social pressure has been exerted since that time in this post-hurricanes region. Truly, the Palm Beach county TV station was listed in the local Martin County/St. Lucie County telephone directory or those broadcasters would not have been contacted as one of the nearest TV stations to Stuart.
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