In Search of Wisdom: Finding Some, Retaining Little.

Tyler TX Airshow July 2011

Just some older photos from an airshow I attended last year. I intended to post 16 photos but for some reason #'s 13, 14 & 15 had a glitch. The ones that would not post include two of an American B-25 Mitchell bomber and a F-16 Fighting Falcon jet. I posted the XL- …

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Once In A Blue Moon

Caught these moon photos of the highly touted Supermoon of Saturday May 5th. I'm not the best photographer but I do have fun playing with my camera. All photos taken with a Nikon D5000 with a 300mm lens attached. Suggestions for improving photos are welcome. Sometimes it takes s …

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Saudi Arabia May Seek Nuclear Weapons, Prince Says - NYTimes.com

DUBAI, United Arab Emirates (AP) — A Saudi prince, in a remark designed to send chills through the Obama administration and its allies, suggested that the kingdom might consider producing nuclear weapons if it found itself between atomic arsenals in Iran and Israel.

Israeli and Arab Children Suffer from Trauma - SOS Children's Villages Helps Orphans

SOS Children's Villages is the world's largest charity focused on providing loving homes for orphaned and abandoned children.

Should Christians Go To Doctors For Healing?

There are many Christians who believe that seeking medical attention from doctors shows a lack of faith in God, and believe that God will only heal the faithful through miracles and faith-healing.

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My Bone Marrow Transplant

This article, and any associated comments from interested viners, is intended to describe the day to day medical treatment officially called a Hematopoietic Stem Cell Transplant aka Myeloablative Allogeneic Transplant as it is described in my hospital paperwork,&nb …

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Chemotherapy: Round One. There is Hope.

I am writing this article as I lay in a hospital bed, having just begun the second round of chemotherapy required for the treatment of my Leukemia (AML) diagnosis.

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Five Foto Friday Fotos

The first pic is a recent pic of the early morning Sun. I thought it was a good one. The second is our shed that was damaged during a tornado on Dec 23, 2010. I had not even finished building it before the tornado hit.

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Foto-Friday: My P.O.V. That Was

This was my P.O.V. or Personal Owned Vehicle, a 2002 Toyota Corolla. While heading home after my shift at work, a guy in a Lexus pulled out in front of me.

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Turtle Soup on Foto-Friday Anyone?

  Caught these photos of a large snapping-turtle while it was hunting fish in the discharge channel from our wastewater treatment plant. With his head and tail included, he is about 2ft long and about 1ft wide.

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Who's DNA Do I Have Now?

I recently learned that bone-marrow transplant recipients get the DNA of their donor, without losing their own DNA. Weird huh? Apparently, the DNA in the bone-marrow changes to the DNA of the donor while everything else stays the same.

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My Introduction to Acute Myeloid Leukemia (AML)

It all started out just being tired. Fatigue they called it. It got so bad that I had to start mowing my lawn in sections instead of just doing it and getting it over with like I usually did. But then there was the weight-loss too.

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Foto-Friday Fugitive Alert

  Attention Viners! We have lost our bananas and we need help getting them back. It has been reported that the Banana Bandit has escaped from his halfway-house-home and has resumed his criminal career by making off with our entire supply of bananas.

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Newsvine Photographers June Challenge - Music: Since I Can't Play It, I Just Listen To It.

  OK, I'll admit I took the lazy way out. I have been very busy and yes, a bit stumped for a project for a music theme challenge. I do not own any musical instruments, nor do I play any.

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House Republicans push through teacher furlough, pay cut bill | Texas Legislature News - News for Dallas, Texas - The Dallas Morning News

I've been watching them spend billions on new school building projects all over the state for years. I think there are three being built in my city alone, all at the same time.

Foto-Friday Follies

The pics in this article were taken last Friday, the Foto-Friday I missed. The wife and I took a couple of the kids and their kids (our grandkids:) out for a day on the lake.

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How Safe Is Your Drinking Water?

This article is for you, the consumer. As a water treatment operator with more than 20 years experience in the field, my primary job, duty and commitment is the protection of your health and safety in regard to my 'job' of providing a safe and reliable drinki …

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First Foto-Fridays

  Being new to the Newsvine Photographers group, please excuse me for not really knowing what the goals of Foto-Friday are. Sure, I get the concept of posting a photo and at least a summary to go with it. But I don't yet know the rules, if there are any.

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A Glowing Wastewater Plant

Was talking to a poster the other day and mentioned an idea for capturing some good pics of a glowing wastewater-plant/facility.

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Meet Spooky, the Once Homeless Cat

This is Spooky, the once homeless cat who found a home with a bunch of employees at a water treatment plant. He was young and wild at first but daily feedings of tuna tamed his wild side and now he acts more like a door greeter.

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Moon Photo Practice

I have been playing with shutter-speed settings on the new camera (Nikon D5000 DSLR) and practicing on the moon.

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