tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-43322813116861665042024-03-06T00:40:18.762-05:00dembi djIn all of life, no matter how far or long or hard you search, you will find no one who loves you more than I do, because I love you without condition, with the love of God.dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.comBlogger17125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-36281268484818798562009-03-05T07:11:00.004-05:002009-03-05T08:26:23.995-05:00Do Something!I am a procrastinator. I want to think everything through in my head so I know each detail before I begin a project, chore, job, etc. I get anxious and have actual physical reactions to the thought of beginning a new task. It is debilitating, and I'm so tired of it. My dad, God rest his soul, used to tell me, "Honey, do something! Even if it's wrong, do SOMETHING!"<br /><br />He was right (of course). The key for me to limit my procrastination is to trick myself. I tell myself I really don't plan on completing ______________ (whatever the task is) I'm just giving it five minutes, or fifteen minutes- whatever my schedule will allow. Then, if I set a timer I feel myself calming down, as if I really mean I'll only work on it for fifteen minutes because, "Look, I set the timer! See, only fifteen minutes, I promise"<br /><br />Then, I do only fifteen minutes. Later that day, as time permits, I may opt to tackle another fifteen minutes. You'd be surprised what can be accomplished in fifteen minutes of concentrated effort! Yes, my daddy was right- Even if it's wrong, do SOMETHING!dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-88349893564984988782008-09-23T16:39:00.004-04:002008-09-23T16:50:40.803-04:00My Pearl!<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwYfgPlsdF_JS7d_xtYuTRaslxOqO8AsBuFW95J1gP1GZ-Ij17DKikdgMsHDQpNNmqHucO3Xf3mHoMYvN_OvPMQWt-oIHZwwGneuMzMgDByYjkTbB17YBOttRwgi2gnfKXMjjhi-qmGU/s1600-h/BlackBerry-Pearl-Red.gif"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhxwYfgPlsdF_JS7d_xtYuTRaslxOqO8AsBuFW95J1gP1GZ-Ij17DKikdgMsHDQpNNmqHucO3Xf3mHoMYvN_OvPMQWt-oIHZwwGneuMzMgDByYjkTbB17YBOttRwgi2gnfKXMjjhi-qmGU/s320/BlackBerry-Pearl-Red.gif" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5249321871450240018" border="0" /></a><br />I LOOOOOOVEEE my Pearl.<br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/DONNAJ%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot.jpg" alt="" /><br /><br /><br />We are talking Blackberry Pearl. I have an 8100 with no data plan. There are times I wish I could use google maps when I'm on the road, but not for $30 per month extra-what AT&T charges for the Blackberry data plan in the Detroit area.<br /><br />I use Outlook on my laptop, sync it with my phone. I put the "Today" style theme and get tasks and appointments in an "agenda" format through the calendar or I can look them up separately. I use alarms and reminders constantly. I can "mark complete" a task from the reminder that pops up.<br /><br />My radio/cd player on my jeep doesn't work, so I download iTunes podcasts and music, make playlists and update my phone with the recently released Blackberry media sync.<br /><br />The voice dialer is a frustration for me- it rarely works, and the 1.3 mp camera takes blue-grey looking photos which can be ghastly when taking pics of family.<br /><br />I looked at the Curve and a few others. I love the Pearl's keyboard and smart dialing, rather than having to find the little grain-of-rice sized keys.<br /><br />Today I am looking for a heavy duty battery and a charger because I use my Pearl so much and I really don't plan on changing phones.<br /><br />Nope, folks, when that sad day comes and I have the funeral for my Pearl, her replacement- a new Pearl- will be with me.<br /><br />God bless you!dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-18409847861497310872008-06-17T12:55:00.004-04:002008-06-17T13:05:03.755-04:00Best Answer!<div class="qa-container"><div id="yan-question">I only check my yahoo account once in a great while, so today I discovered that my one Yahoo answer got "Best Answer"! The question is a hard one, but, five months later, I stand behind my answer.<br /><br /> <div id="profile-BKwEcWBaaa" class="profile vcard"> <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=AoG_M0IkFfqKPd_8.tOs1Jnd7BR.;_ylv=3?show=BKwEcWBaaa" class="avatar"> <img class="photo" alt="Jenga!" src="http://l.yimg.com/img.avatars.yahoo.com/users/1MyvtCcwZAAEBHMKcQcDTCA==.medium.jpg" id="yav-0" width="48" /> </a> <span class="user"> <a class="url" href="http://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=Ap1MXoA5xPUFxOUla2LHjIbd7BR.;_ylv=3?show=BKwEcWBaaa"><span class="fn" title="Jenga!">Jenga!</span></a></span> Resolved Question<br /><br /><br /></div> <div class="qa-container"><span style="font-size:180%;">How can we truly love one another if we are taught that the things others do are wrong?</span></div> </div></div><div id="QphYA1q4UnKpQe6Kxi9x" class="answer best"><div class="qa-container"> <h2><span>Best Answer</span> - Chosen by Asker</h2> <div class="content"><br /> <div id="QphYA1q4UnKpQe6Kxi9x" class="answer best"> <div id="profile-6lFiX43raa" class="profile vcard"> <a href="http://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=AljmSlorn3.IXldquq4QtNrd7BR.;_ylv=3?show=6lFiX43raa" class="avatar"> <img class="photo" alt="dembidj" src="http://l.yimg.com/img.avatars.yahoo.com/users/1mTDI_BclAAEBTUOaXJToEsrOGcjjiA==.medium.jpg" id="yav-1" width="48" /> </a> <span class="user"> <span class="by">by </span> <a class="url" href="http://answers.yahoo.com/my/profile;_ylt=AjtgMSl8yR5qwWbAXUj.7G_d7BR.;_ylv=3?show=6lFiX43raa"><span class="fn" title="dembidj">dembidj</span></a></span></div></div>First, loving means accepting the person; loving someone does not mean you are a doormat or are to allow yourself to be used. <br /><br />That said, recognizing the difference between who a person is and what a person does can be difficult, and takes practice and patience.<br /><br />We can love people first by recognizing that we are loved, no matter what we do. Then, we can love others without loving everything they do. We can have the boldness to let them know they are doing wrong, and the self-respect to not let them act out around us.<br /><br />That's how I am able to love people, not their actions.</div> <h3 class="reference">Source(s):</h3> <div class="reference">The Bible.</div> <div class="utils-container"> <div id="answer-tools-6lFiX43raa" class="answer-util disabled"> <ul><li style="cursor: pointer;" class="rate-up" title="Sorry, you must be Level 2 to rate"><span>2 <span>Rating: Good Answer</span></span></li></ul> </div> </div> <dl class="answer-rating"><dt>Asker's Rating:</dt><dd><img src="http://l.yimg.com/h/01158/images/all/rating-5.gif" alt="5 out of 5" /></dd><dt class="desc">Asker's Comment:</dt><dd class="desc">Thank you!!!</dd></dl> </div> </div>dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-7287256401664662502008-05-23T22:13:00.001-04:002008-05-23T22:14:39.695-04:00Puerto Rico- No Vote? Continues...Wow! I've never actually had anyone read my comments and answer me- and so quickly! Thank you! It makes me feel like I matter- I suppose like the Puerto Rican people- we all want to be heard.<br /><br />After reading your article again and the ITN one I have tempered my position.<br /><br />I see your point about the military service being a public service and concede that that may be the motivation to volunteer, and I can surely see how, once signed up, they would like a say regarding whether or not to go to war. But I don't believe it is largely patriotic, since most PR's are proud of their identity as PR's and don't want to consider themselves as Americans. I haven't researched this, but didn't the PR people fight congress to get a base closed not too long ago?<br /><br />You say the US Congress can legally decide PR's fate- with about 60% of the population choosing Commonwealth status what would you have Congress do?<br /><br />Personally I would have them become a state. They would be Americans, pay taxes, vote, just like the rest of us Baring statehood I wish they were Independent. Then we would no longer be fiscally responsible for them.<br /><br />Perhaps I'm more reacting to what I read as divisive because the way the Detroit News reports is often divisive and inflammatory. Biased- a better word than divisive, perhaps. <br /><br />In any case, what I took away from the your articles is that I was supposed to feel sorry for the poor PRs who can't really vote in an election and are kept, like stepchildren from becoming full participants in statehood. I have difficulty with that because I feel like the big sister that has been working to support her younger siblings who are perhaps old enough to have their own jobs, but continue to rely on Big Sister to support them, contributing only their opinions on how the house should be run.<br /><br />Perhaps inflammatory is a good thing- I'm thinking you are more of a catalyst for change than an arsonist.dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-85958345482776674732008-05-23T22:00:00.005-04:002008-05-23T22:13:21.783-04:00Puerto Rico- No Vote? Part Two-----Original Message-----<br />From: INDIRA LAKSHMANAN, BLOOMBERG/ NEWSROOM:<br />Sent: Friday, May 23, 2008 11:07 AM<br />To: dembidj<br />Subject: Re:Puerto Rico- No Vote?<br /><br />Dear Reader: The story does accurately reflect the feelings of a wide cross-section of Puerto Ricans interviewed -- whether you or I agree with them or not, those are their opinions. Indeed they do not pay federal taxes, but like the District of Columbia, they do not have a voting representative in US Congress either, and they do not get equal federal funding and benefits as the 50 states. The 1967, 93 and 98 plebescites were non-binding -- effectively, opinion polls insofar as only US Congress can legally decide PR's fate. While military service is certainly voluntary, many Americans, including Puerto Ricans, consider it a patriotic form of public service, and would like to have a say in how US military operations are conducted. I do not consider the article inflammatory or divisive in any way, but thank you for your feedback. You can find a slightly longer version of the story on www.iht.com, the webpage of the International Herald Tribune. Thank you for reading Bloomberg News.dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-24561143722663974882008-05-23T11:09:00.004-04:002008-05-23T22:09:36.299-04:00Puerto Rico- No Vote? Part OneTo: <a href="mailto:ilakshmanan@bloomberg.net">ilakshmanan@bloomberg.net</a><br /><br /><br />I just read your article in <a href="http://www.bloomberg.com/apps/news?pid=newsarchive&sid=ao0mP6ntt_H8">Bloomberg</a>. I had previously read the<br />"edited" job the <a href="http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=2008805230307">Detroit News</a> did of it. While the Bloomberg version<br />is better, I think it is still unnecessarily inflammatory.<br /><br />The Detroit News made no mention of the 1967, 1993, and 1998 votes to<br />remain a Commonwealth, rather than accept the title and<br />responsibilities of Statehood, or the uncertainties and<br />responsibilities of independence. While the Bloomberg article does<br />mention the three major votes, you play them down, as if it were an<br />opinion poll rather than them voting to decide to maintain<br />Commonwealth status and fewer responsibilities.<br /><a href="javascript:void(0)" tabindex="10" onclick="return false;"><span>Publish Post</span></a><br />I think they have it pretty good! Our founding fathers had Taxation<br />without Representation. The Puerto Rican people have representation<br />without taxation- While they pay Social Security and Medicare- which<br />they are eligible for to receive benefits for- they don't pay Federal<br />Income taxes. The receive all the status and protection being a<br />commonwealth affords them, but fewer responsibilities.<br /><br />You mention that Puerto Rico has sent "more active-duty forces to Iraq<br />and Afghanistan than all U.S. states except Nevada" as sort of a<br />footnote to show how they've been mistreated by not being able to vote<br />for President. You forgot to mention that it is a volunteer service.<br />That no one is asking, or requiring them to serve. I imagine, with the<br />lower per-capita income, service is a way off the island for many<br />young people.<br /><br />Besides that, they have an opportunity, as this year's primaries are<br />proving, to change history. Our President is chosen by delegates, not<br />Popular vote. They have delegates and have a vote in the primaries.<br />It seems that education on the election process might help, but I<br />won't recommend it, because the cost for it would come out of Federal<br />tax dollars and that would be irresponsible.<br /><br />There is a struggle in Puerto Rico between parties that want<br />statehood- full-sharing of the rights and responsibilities of American<br />citizenship, and other parties that want less responsibility and to<br />continue the status quo; "Commonwealth." It seems the status quo is<br />winning and whining<br /><br /><br />Report, please. Be responsible and stop generating hate and<br />divisivness. There is enough to go around, already.<br /><br />Thank you.<br /><br />--<br />Expect Miracles,<br />dembi dj<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-44199778004195069262008-05-07T12:27:00.007-04:002008-05-10T09:53:39.469-04:00Now Playing:I'm sitting here listening to Brother Malcomb's "Rag Doll Blues" and thinking, "How thankful I am for my Blackberry!" <p>Let me backup and clarify. Six months ago my husband wanted some kind of mp3 player so he could listen to audio files in his truck. When I got a new cell phone/PDA (my beloved red Pearl) I gave him my old PDA and bought an FM transmitter for him so he could listen over the truck radio. He can sync the windows-based PDA with his computer, load it up with files, and play games- he has no interest in the "Org" features of the PDA, so it works beautifully. </p><p>Then, as I was lurking on Howard's Forums (<a href="http://www.howardforums.com/">http://www.howardforums.com/</a>) I stumbled on a reference to playing mp3s on your Blackberry. I was so excited! I bought a 2Gig micro card, installed it, surfed the web for free music, spent hours selecting Gospel, blues, guitar, piano, bluegrass, classical, and folk music, studied how to load the files onto my Pearl. Then, I ran out of time to learn how to play more than one song at a time. </p><p>In other words, I would select a song, play it, then go back to the menu, and find another song to play. Too slow. It's ok with podcasts, because I may be in the mood for one type of podcast, then another, but for music-I just wanted it to play. </p><p>Well, here I sit in Rochester, Minnesota, visiting my friend in her workplace, with plenty of time to read "Help", "Shuffle songs in a media folder", the title of the help section tha told me all I had to do was go to the folder I wanted to play, press the menu key and click "Shuffle"! </p><p>Now i am enjoying my favorite kinds of music in no particular order. </p><p>Now playing: "Lost my Keys" by Cleanheadphil Speat. </p><p>--<br />Expect Miracles,<br />dembidj<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~</p>dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-26860127131542663532008-04-28T08:23:00.006-04:002008-04-28T12:08:34.247-04:00How long before they act?<p class="MsoNormal">In an article in <span class="timestamp">Monday, April 28, 2008</span>'s Detroit News, entitled <span style="font-family:Arial;"><a href="http://www.detnews.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20080428/METRO/804280367/1409/METRO&source=nletter-news">"<span style=";font-family:";" >Jobs expected to migrate with workers to suburbs"</span></a></span> the author, Mike Wilkinson does an excellent job in describing the migration of jobs and residents from the factories and urban center of Detroit into the suburbs. He references SEMCOG (Southeast Michigan Council of Governments) that about 35,000 jobs and roughly 185,000 people would be moving out of <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Detroit</st1:place></st1:city>, into the suburbs between now and 2035.<br /><br />That's 35,000 jobs and roughly 185,000 taxpaying citizens lost for <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Detroit</st1:place></st1:city>. My question is, "How long before <span style="font-weight: bold;">RESIDENTS AND LEADERS </span>stop <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">acknowledging </span>that something must be done and begin <span style="font-style: italic; font-weight: bold;">taking action</span> to MAKE <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Detroit</st1:place></st1:city> lovely again?"<br /><br />When I married and moved up here in 1999 I wanted to buy a home in the city; become an urban pioneer. There were really beautiful brick homes just south of Eight Mile Rd. that were for sale for $30,000-$40,000 less than a comparable house between Eight and Nine Mile. Then the houses increased $10,000 for each <st1:street st="on"><st1:address st="on">Mile Road</st1:address></st1:street> you went north<span style="font-size:85%;">.<a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4332281311686166504&postID=2686012713154266353#_ftn1" name="_ftnref1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";" >[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span> But my husband, a <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Warren</st1:city></st1:place> native, refused to buy south of Ten Mile.<br /></p><br /><o:p></o:p>I couldn't understand this, so I purposefully took jobs that put me in the city of Detroit to get a sense of why my 6'4" husband was reluctant to go anywhere but Greektown or Eastern Market. <span style=""> </span>I couldn't believe what I saw, but the words decay, neglect, vandalism, and apathy come to mind. Did you know some of the 2,000 buildings that were burned out in the race riots of 1967 are still standing there, burnt out windows and doorways gaping open like dead, black eyes. This is 2008, folks!<span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4332281311686166504&postID=2686012713154266353#_ftn2" name="_ftnref2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";" >[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a></span><o:p></o:p><br /><br />Why? Why can't they grow past it, and into the 21st century?<br /><br />In an article entitled: <a href="http://www.chicagotribune.com/news/specials/chi-051016detroitfranklin-story,0,1346777.story?page=1">”A gulf of our own”</a> by <span class="story-byline">Stephen Franklin, in the</span> October 16, 2005 Chicago Tribune, Mr. Franklin used <st1:city st="on">Detroit</st1:city> as a warning to <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Chicago</st1:city></st1:place> residents of what their future could be if they don't take care. A warning, an admonition- how the mighty have fallen!<br /><p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;"><br />"But <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Detroit</st1:city></st1:place>'s well-known despair is more than a terribly troubling situation. In the factory-driven Midwest, <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Detroit</st1:place></st1:city> is a warning sign. It has been four decades since the last good era in <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Detroit</st1:place></st1:city>, back before the race riots of the late 1960s and the hollowing out of the city following the Rust Belt recession of the 1970s and 1980s.<br /><br />If they cannot reinvent themselves, or just stay afloat, what is to become of Midwest cities like <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Detroit</st1:city></st1:place> in the future, when the full force of globalization rears up?"<br /><br />and:<span style=""> </span>"The issue was raised anew in the wake of Hurricane Katrina, which re-exposed the underclass of <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">New Orleans</st1:city></st1:place>. But the average family income last year in <st1:city st="on">New Orleans</st1:city> was higher than in <st1:city st="on">Detroit</st1:city>, <st1:city st="on">Milwaukee</st1:city>, <st1:city st="on">St. Louis</st1:city> and <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Cleveland</st1:place></st1:city>.<br /><br /><st1:city st="on">Chicago</st1:city> has fared better than these troubled <st1:place st="on">Midwest</st1:place> cities. But <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:city> cannot afford to ignore the region's hollowing out.<br /><br />The <st1:placename st="on">Windy</st1:placename> <st1:placetype st="on">City</st1:placetype> is the Midwest's commercial capital, and its fortunes remain tied to the <st1:place st="on">Midwest</st1:place>'s farms and factories. Not long ago, <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Chicago</st1:place></st1:city> seemed on the way to becoming a global city insulated from its regional woes. But <st1:city st="on">Chicago</st1:city> has yet to escape the <st1:place st="on">Midwest</st1:place>'s embrace."<br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></p> <p class="MsoNormal">Like the "<st1:place st="on">Midwest</st1:place>" is a guy you are embarrassed to be seen with in high school. Man!<br /><br />Mr. Franklin believes <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Detroit</st1:city></st1:place>’s problem is: </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">"A matter of race" "No other <st1:city st="on">Midwest city</st1:city> has stumbled as badly as <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Detroit</st1:city></st1:place>. From 1.8 million people in 1950, the city's population has collapsed to less than 900,000, with its black middle class and working class now fleeing too.<br /><br />One out of three <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Detroit</st1:place></st1:city> residents is poor, making it the major city with the highest concentration of poverty. Nearly half of its youngsters below 17 years old live in poverty-stricken households, federal statistics show. Its jobless rate in August was 14.2 percent." </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><span style=""> </span>He goes on to say, </p> <p class="MsoNormal" style="margin-left: 0.5in;">“Then there is the matter of race. More than eight out of 10 <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Detroit</st1:city></st1:place> residents are black, making it the major American city with the largest black population, but only one of seven suburbanites is black.”<span style=""> </span></p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p></p> <p class="MsoNormal">The migration out of Detroit is by whites AND blacks. It seems to me that blaming the suburbs for the loss of jobs and businesses has become a mantra for Detroiters.<span style=""> </span>I ask, why or how can <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Detroit</st1:place></st1:city> expect businesses to open stores in neighborhoods where their shops are vandalized and their employees fear for their lives?<span style=""> </span> One store owner said to me, "The people in this neighborhood act like animals. They steal my supplies, damage my property without regard, dump the garbage from their car on the ground, three feet from a garbage can, and shoot at each other in my parking lot. Why should I care about keeping my place clean? For them?" </p> <p class="MsoNormal"><o:p> </o:p>Most of all, I believe <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">the citizens of Detroit</st1:place></st1:city> have forgotten the "Golden Rule"- "Do unto others as you would have them do to you." I realize there are economic issues- I'm talking about keeping your yard clean and looking out for your neighbor, or reporting someone stealing a lawn mower or copper pipes from your neighbor's home without trying to stop them, I'm not talking about hiring a landscaper or spending billions to rebuild.<br /><br />I would still love to move to Detroit, and become a part of the solution, but I would have to see property taxes lowered and see that the people who live there have decided they want to live in a better place by working to make their own homes better, and respecting the property of others rather than just complaining about how someone should be doing it for them. These are the things that I believe will stop the migration out of <st1:place st="on"><st1:city st="on">Detroit</st1:city></st1:place>, and bring jobs and people back in. How long before they act?<a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4332281311686166504&postID=2686012713154266353#_ftn3" name="_ftnref3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><!--[endif]--></span></span></a><br /><!--[if !supportLineBreakNewLine]--><br /><!--[endif]--></p> <div style=""><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><br /> <hr align="left" width="33%" style="font-size:78%;"> <!--[endif]--> <div style="" id="ftn1"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><span style="font-size:85%;"><a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4332281311686166504&postID=2686012713154266353#_ftnref1" name="_ftn1" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";" >[1]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> </span>For example, for $57,000 I found a three bedroom, 1 1/2 bath brick home with a two car garage and a full basement south of Eight Mile. A similar home (one car garage, three bedroom, horrible basement) between Eight Mile and Eight and 1/2 Mile was selling for $87,000, between Nine and Ten Mile Roads, it went for $97,000, and between Ten and Eleven it was $107,000.<span style=""> </span>Of course all those values have dropped $20 - 40 thousand today, but you see the pattern. </p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn2"> <p class="MsoFootnoteText"><a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4332281311686166504&postID=2686012713154266353#_ftnref2" name="_ftn2" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><!--[if !supportFootnotes]--><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" >[2]</span></span><!--[endif]--></span></span></a> (I couldn't remember when the riots were so I looked it up in Wickipedia and found that <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Detroit</st1:place></st1:city> has lived through two riots: Detroit Race riot 1943, July 1967 12th street riot, both race-related. Wickpedia also lists the 1975 - <a href="http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Livernois-Fenkell_riot" title="Livernois-Fenkell riot">Livernois-Fenkell riot</a>, which was considered an incident, not a riot by Detroiters.)<span style=""> </span>But, apparently <st1:city st="on"><st1:place st="on">Detroit</st1:place></st1:city> only recovered from the 1943 riot.<br /><a style="" href="http://www.blogger.com/post-edit.g?blogID=4332281311686166504&postID=2686012713154266353#_ftnref3" name="_ftn3" title=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=""><span class="MsoFootnoteReference"><span style=";font-family:";font-size:10;" ></span></span></span></span></a><br /></p> </div> <div style="" id="ftn3"> </div> </div>dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-63316659059947844842008-04-11T17:54:00.000-04:002008-04-11T17:58:30.029-04:00How to Blog<p class="blogContent"><span style="font-size:130%;"><span style="font-size:100%;"><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;"> OK. I've written in myspace, I have blogged in facebook, on another site, and in blogger. I want to learn how to be able to blog once and have it go everywhere. </span><br /><br /><span style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;">You are welcome to take the journey with me.</span></span><br /><br /></span> </p><p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">In my quest to find blog peace the first place I looked was "help"<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Myspace help isn't any. At all.<span style=""> </span>Blog isn't in the help section, and if you go to the blog page the help there goes to the main help page.<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Google's Blogger had more help.<span style=""> </span><o:p><br /></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vaGVscC5ibG9nZ2VyLmNvbS9iaW4vYW5zd2VyLnB5P2Fuc3dlcj00MjY2Mg==">http://help.blogger.com/bin/answer.py?answer=42662</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><span style=""></span>It </span><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p></o:p>taught me how to change my site feedings… didn't know sites were hungry, didgya?<o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Ok- one hour later… and you wonder why I don't blog more often… my head hurts and the room is spinning.<span style=""> </span>I now have a membership with feedburner,<span style=""> </span>and have tried to explore the website of <a href="http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vYmxvZ2dpbmcubml0ZWNydXpyLm5ldC8yMDA3LzA3L3doYXQtaXMtbXktYmxvZy1zaXRlLWZlZWQuaHRtbA==">http://blogging.nitecruzr.net/2007/07/what-is-my-blog-site-feed.html</a><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">"The Real Blogger Status" and am no more full of understanding than before I began.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">I thought I was going to get some help with new Google blogger videos on yourtube, but they only show a video of how to set up a blog.<span style=""> </span><o:p></o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;"><o:p> </o:p></span></p> <p style="font-family: Arial,Helvetica,sans-serif;" class="MsoNormal"><span style="font-size: 11pt;">Still questing! Stay Tuned!<o:p></o:p></span></p>dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-88071447213435916662008-02-02T13:39:00.000-05:002008-02-02T21:17:43.181-05:00Illegal ImmigrationFirst, in the interest of full disclosure, my mother's grandparents immigrated from Germany, my paternal grandmother's father was French Canadian, her mother's people came from England around the time of the Mayflower. My dad's father's family immigrated from England- I think our branch of the family tree came over in the mid-1800's.<br /><br />All of the immigrants in my lineage were legal immigrants. My son-in-law isn't a citizen, but he's here legally, and works legally, and studies legally, and married my daughter for love. Two of my husband's nieces have immigrant spouses. My husband's grandma only spoke Polish. I believe in controlled immigration.<br /><br />Illegal immigration is, well, illegal. This issue is such a sore point with all Americans, regardless of political affiliation. I was reading comments on a Youtube video on immigration: <a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7WJeqxuOfQ">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=n7WJeqxuOfQ</a><br /><br />In the video Roy Beck was speaking about controlling LEGAL immigration back in the 1990s. People who watched the video on Youtube had opinions, many of them varying widely. In one coment motelife said :<br /><br /><br /><strong><em><span style="font-size:85%;">people complain that the us govt can't help every poor country to raise their economic status, but the fact is that being the world's only superpower left, that sort of is what the rest of the world expects of you.</span></em></strong><br /><br /><br /><br />I totally agree that that helping every poor country is what the rest of the world expects us to do, but I think it's time for the rest of the world to pony up. If everyone helped each other there would be fewer people trying to immigrate because they'd like, or be able to survive in their home country. We cannot by sheer "wanna" make everything right in the world. Others have to wanna, too, beginning with the country that needs the help.<br /><br /><br />Some posters were commenting that opposition to imigration is racist-based- that if you weren't white you wouldn't have a problem with illegal immigration. I think that's a baseless argument, but in evaluating my stand on the topic I came up with this:<br /><br /><br />I believe that we were never intended to be white bread and mayonaise. When our founding fathers came here everyone was equal for the first few years, then they got stupid. It is a disgrace. But the problems we face with ILLEGAL Immigration today have nothing to do with race, but the law and participating as a full memeber of the society that keeps the American dream available. Personally I hope all Americans are a lovely tan color in the near future!<br /><br /><br /><br /><br /><a name="uCwkAkK0o3E"></a>dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-24162628467724776202008-01-15T15:00:00.000-05:002008-02-02T21:25:07.651-05:00Road Trip!!<a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGa92STVTvhfQYh87P-MNdMxKkDJI80Rin80BRRo3xWEwxrPysznMkHlNEfIvRlQGocG4Gl-hQ3ZoQCzuyoKC87sV61J1E-Fk7_M60JLfh6S7BpW8p_SOFpGbTc6EphzCvIJj3Cg9wSnM/s1600-h/DSC00437.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5162573862287768754" style="FLOAT: left; MARGIN: 0px 10px 10px 0px; CURSOR: hand" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhGa92STVTvhfQYh87P-MNdMxKkDJI80Rin80BRRo3xWEwxrPysznMkHlNEfIvRlQGocG4Gl-hQ3ZoQCzuyoKC87sV61J1E-Fk7_M60JLfh6S7BpW8p_SOFpGbTc6EphzCvIJj3Cg9wSnM/s320/DSC00437.JPG" border="0" /></a><br /><div>Aw what a pleasure a road trip can be! Decent weather, clear highway and great company was the foundation for a wonderful trip this week to Georgia.<br />Debi drove the entire way, bless her heart! She is pretty sturdy for a girl, not too prissy, at all! And what an inspiration to me. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxfqgrgOcj3cG9n__UKC7hPojXgwWap4cm5f0WR-Th4XRxpDwsma-OCRv81nuGBR4ozKVWh-sIZ1rHsVmUPcGTO2eWo68s8g6tcTjWMhuFpP6_nqqHU2ZNP6lmta01Np5t3gxo0zcaoI/s1600-h/DSC00471.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjNxfqgrgOcj3cG9n__UKC7hPojXgwWap4cm5f0WR-Th4XRxpDwsma-OCRv81nuGBR4ozKVWh-sIZ1rHsVmUPcGTO2eWo68s8g6tcTjWMhuFpP6_nqqHU2ZNP6lmta01Np5t3gxo0zcaoI/s320/DSC00471.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfgVAj_J5LYG3xuv8Kw_ayqB_w6t3JT3IQUsGrwZI6r9BnrhhTjlfC1SxbBjKCxeEoNhphiJoO0gAMRh8jGH4wpQ_-xCXoV6w74pS_aIJIWBfUDTzsPkt6v8fVIRGYP8SYQ9dRKjxCHI/s1600-h/DSC00470.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhHfgVAj_J5LYG3xuv8Kw_ayqB_w6t3JT3IQUsGrwZI6r9BnrhhTjlfC1SxbBjKCxeEoNhphiJoO0gAMRh8jGH4wpQ_-xCXoV6w74pS_aIJIWBfUDTzsPkt6v8fVIRGYP8SYQ9dRKjxCHI/s320/DSC00470.JPG" border="0" /></a>Sarah is as feisty as she looks, an what a wonderful, loving heart for God she has. </div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>Tessa is a wonderful pre-teen, unpoluted with most of today's teen obnoxiousness. She is sweet, and outspoken if she has an opinion, quiet if she doesn't. <a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQBiV8PUBfsqt44odYaN6EYtSk-BK4U6KpLWM0sT-P8R7YbQAH3rK6HZaqASAVRFgO55MCtWnICC2UkWDpkcNOqgZA1UHF7-wd-hy5fAzeWfcSf-mUWg1mAciQHyh6EgbYpTnhH8oJrk/s1600-h/DSC00473.JPG"><img id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_" style="CLEAR: both; FLOAT: right; MARGIN: 0px 0px 10px 10px" alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhjQBiV8PUBfsqt44odYaN6EYtSk-BK4U6KpLWM0sT-P8R7YbQAH3rK6HZaqASAVRFgO55MCtWnICC2UkWDpkcNOqgZA1UHF7-wd-hy5fAzeWfcSf-mUWg1mAciQHyh6EgbYpTnhH8oJrk/s320/DSC00473.JPG" border="0" /></a></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div></div><br /><div>It was a wonderful journey!<br /><br /></div><br /><div style="CLEAR: both; TEXT-ALIGN: right" align="left"><a href="http://picasa.google.com/blogger/" target="ext"><img style="BORDER-RIGHT: 0px; PADDING-RIGHT: 0px; BORDER-TOP: 0px; PADDING-LEFT: 0px; BACKGROUND: 0% 50%; PADDING-BOTTOM: 0px; BORDER-LEFT: 0px; PADDING-TOP: 0px; BORDER-BOTTOM: 0px; -moz-background-clip: initial; -moz-background-origin: initial; -moz-background-inline-policy: initial" alt="Posted by Picasa" src="http://photos1.blogger.com/pbp.gif" align="middle" border="0" /></a></div>dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-8052969481463619542007-11-13T10:39:00.000-05:002007-11-13T10:42:55.657-05:00<a onblur="try {parent.deselectBloggerImageGracefully();} catch(e) {}" href="http://bp0.blogger.com/__cvz7UypJj0/RznFllI3L-I/AAAAAAAAAh0/MF7N4IGOZWU/s1600-h/Typewriter+Girlclean.JPG"><img style="margin: 0pt 10px 10px 0pt; float: left; cursor: pointer;" src="http://bp0.blogger.com/__cvz7UypJj0/RznFllI3L-I/AAAAAAAAAh0/MF7N4IGOZWU/s320/Typewriter+Girlclean.JPG" alt="" id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5132350499780505570" border="0" /></a><br /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/DONNAJ%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-10.jpg" alt="" /><img src="file:///C:/DOCUME%7E1/DONNAJ%7E1/LOCALS%7E1/Temp/moz-screenshot-10.jpg" alt="" />This photo will become my avatar. It represents the "glamorous writing world!" she said with tongue in cheek!dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-71791185341673080322007-11-11T14:24:00.000-05:002007-11-11T14:29:54.224-05:00Urine Test wow............What a concept!to "Rep.SanderLevin@housemail.house.gov" <Rep.SanderLevin@housemail.house.gov>,<br /> Senator Debbie Stabenow <senator@stabenow.senate.gov>,<br /> comments@whitehouse.gov,<br />date Nov 11, 2007 2:14 PM<br />subject Urine Test wow............What a concept!<br />----------------------------------------------<br /> <br />I received this email from a friend. I have no idea who the author<br />is, but I believe they are onto something.<br />Please read their idea, then my comments follow. Seriously, it will<br />only take two minutes, I timed it.<br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /> Like a lot of folks in this state, I have a job. I work, they pay<br />me. I pay my taxes and the government distributes my taxes as it sees<br />fit. In order to get that paycheck, I am required to pass a random<br />urine test with which I have no problem. What I Do have a problem<br />with is the distribution of my taxes to people who Don't have to pass<br />a urine test. Shouldn't one have to pass a urine test to get a<br />welfare check because I have to pass one to earn it for them?<br /><br />Please understand, I have no problem with helping people get back on<br />their feet. I Do, on the other hand, have a problem with helping<br />someone sitting on their bottoms, doing drugs, while I work. . . . Can<br />you imagine how much money the state would save if people had to pass<br />a urine test to get a public assistance check ?<br /><br />~~~~~~~~~~~~~~<br /> OK, now I realize that welfare is meant to help folks<br />who absolutely have no other options. At a job, if someone cherishes<br />their right to privacy and wishes to refuse a drug test they may.<br />They have the option of looking for another job, or going on welfare,<br />A welfare recipient doesn't have those options; they are already on<br />welfare and presumably wouldn't be if there were any way around it. I<br />say, let's give them options. They either receive welfare and pass<br />drug tests, or get a job.<br /><br />I am morally opposed to recreational drug use- which is what we are<br />talking about. There is no need for this type of drug use, except for<br />the need the addiction to the drug, itself, causes. The welfare money<br />that drug users receive, which should be used for food, or searching<br />for employment, thereby boosting the economy in their sphere of<br />influence, when used for drugs, enslaves the welfare recipient,<br />addicting them to the chemicals, limits the flow of the money to<br />illegal drug trafficking, and condemns the user to a life of poverty,<br />and welfare where they have no other options. Please, let's give them<br />drug tests and give them options.<br /><br />Yours,<br />djdembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-55016031539463437012007-09-28T22:10:00.000-04:002007-09-28T22:12:05.959-04:00Malaria, Mosquitoes, and Solutions- are ya listenin'?The other day I listened to President Bush address the UN. One of the topics was Malaria and Mosquitoes. <br />http://www.un.org/apps/news/story.asp?NewsID=23955&Cr=general&Cr1=debate<br /><br />As he spoke I saw in my mind's eyes the mosquito fogging trucks that would flood our neighborhood with a stinky grey cloud in the evenings in downtown Houston, Texas in the 1960's. Mosquitoes were a plague to us as children who played in the ditches looking for crawdads, swung on the tire swing- you had to dump the water before you could swing or your butt would get wet- and thought the little plastic pool in the backyard was a heavenly oasis. We were thankful we were being poisoned, but I thought there must be a better way! <br /><br />I don't know why I didn't remember more, but when I heard President Bush that's as far as my memory went. I knew a possible solution, I just didn't remember it. Fast forward to today. I read a blog on www.fireandknowledge.org about the failure of pesticides and comments about spraying and the cloud immediately filled my lungs, again. Then a suggestion by Joshua Sowin to the effect that there ought to be a better way that spraying made me remember Dunks.<br /><br />Two years ago I product tested an item for a garden club I belong to. Summit Chemical Company produces a wonderful larvacide, Mosquito Dunks which can be safely used- even in livestock water supplies, to kill mosquitoes in the larval stage.<br />http://www.summitchemical.com/Mosquito-Facts.aspx <br /><br />"Now," I thought, "This might help fight Malaria!" <br /><br />On August 16, 2007 the UN Radio News had a report of a program to distribute mosquito nets with insecticide on them.<br />http://www.un.org/radio/news/html/12477.html It is evident solutions are being sought.<br /><br />I sent this in an email to all of them- Summit, the UN, and the White House, in the hopes of helping connect people in search of a solution with people who have a solution with people who have the mechanism to get this product in the right hands. <br /><br />If the UN will contract with Summit, perhaps the US could ship it to areas it is needed with Aide shipments or military supplies.. <br /><br />If we realize that pointing a finger at someone else just points three fingers back at ourselves we might start working together, looking for real solutions that will be less harmful to the environment.<br /><br />-- <br />Live Love,<br />dembidjdembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-67499490119778846032007-08-27T00:47:00.000-04:002007-08-27T00:48:43.269-04:00In Memorium- Rev. John Shroyerhttp://www.ourchurch.com/view/?pageID=352655dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-56372540665603202412007-08-27T00:40:00.000-04:002007-08-27T00:44:00.721-04:00Those darn illeagals!My apologies to the author- I received this in an email, but it got me so irritated I had to post it.<br />Yes, I have to change at least one account, now.<br /><br />A conversation between a Customer and Bank of America Bank: This is the Bank of America, can I help you?<br /> <div>Customer: Yes, I want to cancel my account. I don't want to do business with you any longer.<br /></div> <div>Bank: Why?<br /></div> <div>Customer: You're giving credit to illegal immigrants and I don't think it's right. I'm taking my business elsewhere.<br /></div> <div>Bank: Well, Mr. Customer, we don't want to see you do that, but we can't stop you. I'll help you close the account. What is your account number?</div> <div> </div> <div>Customer: (gives account number)<br /></div> <div>Bank: For security purposes and for your protection,can you please give me the last four digits of your social security number?<br /></div> <div>Customer: No.<br /></div> <div>Bank: Mr. Customer, I need to verify your information, but in order to help you, I'll need verification of who you are.<br /></div> <div>Customer: Why should I give you my social security number? The reason I'm closing my account is that your bank is issuing credit cards to illegal immigrants who don't have social security numbers. You are targeting that audience and want their business. Let's say I'm an illegal immigrant and you've given me a credit card. I have a question about it and call for assistance. You wouldn't be asking me for a Social Security number, would you?<br /></div> <div>Bank: No sir, I wouldn't.<br /></div> <div>Customer: Why not?<br /></div> <div>Bank: Because you would have pressed '2' to speak in Spanish. We don't ask for that information when calling in on the Spanish line. </div> <div> </div> **CHECK THIS OUT ON SNOPES!!!!! IT'S TRUE!!!!!! Snopes says Wells Fargo Bank is giving illegals Mortgages, too.<br />** <a href="http://www.snopes.com/politics/immigration/bankofamerica.asp" target="_blank" onclick="return top.js.OpenExtLink(window,event,this)">http://www.snopes.com/politics<wbr>/immigration/bankofamerica.asp</a>dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-4332281311686166504.post-75134473287620813722007-08-01T12:14:00.000-04:002007-08-01T12:14:56.485-04:00Laundry Day and Hormone confusion<a href="http://www.seventhgeneration.com/making_difference/newsletter_article.php?article=571&issue=102">The Non-Toxic Times Newsletter - Seventh Generation </a><br /><br />Seventh Generation published an article regarding NPEs (nonylphenol ethoxylates) Surfactants that "mimic the hormone estrogen". These chemicals are commonly found in laundry detergent and household cleaners. The problem comes in twos- as we are exposed to the chemicals in our homes, and as our waste water enters the environment. Apparently their mimicry of estrogen causes "cellular confusion" in trout that are exposed to it- the boys' bodies get confused and they become part girls- not so good if you are a fisherman and expect a nice crop of fertilized fish eggs. Wonder what it does to menopausal women? HRT, anyone?dembi djhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/12493803148006089053noreply@blogger.com0