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Social Democrats

2012-02-10T15:46:00.002-06:00

My brother, Ron had mentioned to me that he thought we needed to revamp the Democratic Party and get it back to what it was before "...The Socialists moved in and took it over..." He mentioned that it happened in the George McGovern campaign. I knew that my Dad always felt that the McGovern people more or less destroyed the party, but I was quick to point out to Ron that the Socialists had become a part of the party long before the McGovern run in 1972. In fact, they were instrumental in getting John F. Kennedy elected in 1960. I was not too sure when this change had come to pass, but knew that Hubert Humphrey and Walter Mondale were among those elite Minnesota Democrats who had roots in the Socialist movement.

Anyway, so I decided to write a BLOG about the Socialist movement in America and how it has been integrated into the Democratic party.

Dan's Documentation

2011-08-16T07:29:00.008-05:00

I have been under a lot of pressure to provide some documentation for some of the claims I am making, so this BLOG will focus on a lot of links to various works by others showing how the World has been affected by the US and British Imperialists in the battle for control of the World's Oil Fields.

The story starts, Pre-WWI , when the Russian Czar made numerous treaties with Great Britain in an effort to divvy up the country now known as Iran. The original secret treaty was signed in 1907 and was called the "Convention of St Petersburg", which gave the Northern half of Persia to Russia and the Southern half to Britain, (which of course had all the oil fields). Persia's government was not even consulted. At that time there was not much of a government at all, and the British had little trouble maintaining control.

Anglo Persian began pumping oil in 1908 making Iran the first major area to have it's oil exploited by the Imperialists. Great Britain converted all it's ships to Oil and dominated WWI because their ships were so much faster and ranged further than the conventional coal fired ships of the day.

After the defeat of Germany in World War 1, Britain’s Lord Curzon declared that the Allies had “floated to victory upon a wave of oil.” (Everest, p. 31)

Anglo Persian eventually became British Petroleum and much of WWI was fought in Iran over Britain's claim to the oil fields they had established there.

BP became one of he world’s largest oil companies; it was founded solely on Middle Eastern oil. (Larry Everest, Oil, Power & Empire: Iraq and the U.S. Global Agenda, p. 30)

While promising independence to the Region's peoples, Britain, France and Russia were secretly negotiating to divide up the Middle East between them. This fact came to light when the Bolsheviks released all of the documents they found in the Czar's Foreign Ministry Archives, including the Treaty called the 1916 Sykes-Picot Agreement.

Once the Bolsheviks were in control in Russia, Britain launched a new offensive under the guise of fighting the spread of Communism, and in 1919, they imposed the Anglo-Persian Agreement, which gave them exclusive control of the government, including the transportation and communication, army and treasury. Beginning in 1921, the British supported a series of military coups, by Reza Khan, who eventually was established as Shah in 1926, operating as a Puppet of British Imperialism. This was the beginning of the Pahlavi Dynasty.

Enter the Good Old USA: Of course, sooner or later the United States had to become involved because of increased pressure applied by Standard Oil (now Exxon) and eventually a deal was worked out to share the spoils.

By 1928 the British were forced to give U.S. firms a cut of Iraqi oil, thanks to America’s rising global power and the leverage exerted by U.S. firms: Standard Oil (now Exxon) supplied half of Britain’s oil. Oil historian John Blair described the resulting “Red Line” agreement as “an outstanding example of a restricted combination for the control of a large portion of the world’s supply by a group of companies which together dominate the world market for this commodity.” (Everest, pp. 38-39)

Perhaps Dan would like to hear the same story from another perspective. At this point I will be quoting from The Encyclopedia Britannica . That source will probably bear a little more weight than the previous discourse. According to this source, the agreement included Afghanistan and Tibet.

Rise of Reza Khan

Until the beginning of World War I, Russia effectively ruled Iran, but, with the outbreak of hostilities, Russian troops withdrew from the north of the country, and Iranians convened the third Majles. Jubilation was short-lived, however, as the country quickly turned into a battlefield between British, German, Russian, and Turkish forces. The landed elite hoped to find in Germany a foil for the British and Russians, but change eventually was to come from the north.

Following the Russian Bolshevik Revolution in 1917, the new Soviet government unilaterally canceled the tsarist concessions in Iran, an action that created tremendous goodwill toward the new Soviet Union and, after the Central Powers were defeated, left Britain the sole Great Power in Iran.

During the reign of Reza Shah Pahlavi, Oil concessions were first granted in 1901, during the Qājār period, and the first commercially exploitable petroleum deposits were found in 1908. Reza Shah renegotiated a number of these concessions, despite the ire these agreements raised among the Iranian people. The concessions were to remain a violent point of contention in Iran for decades to come.

Reza Shah’s need to expand trade, his fear of Soviet control over Iran’s overland routes to Europe, and his apprehension at renewed Soviet and continued British presence in Iran drove him to expand trade with Nazi Germany in the 1930s. His refusal to abandon what he considered to be obligations to numerous Germans in Iran served as a pretext for an Anglo-Soviet invasion of his country in 1941. Intent on ensuring the safe passage of U.S. war matérial to the Soviet Union through Iran, the Allies forced Reza Shah to abdicate, placing his young son Mohammad Reza Shah Pahlavi on the throne.

Petroleum revenues were to fuel Iran’s economy for the next quarter of a century. There was no further talk of nationalization, as the shah firmly squelched subsequent political dissent within Iran. In 1957, with the aid of U.S. and Israeli intelligence services, the shah’s government formed a special branch to monitor domestic dissidents. The shah’s secret police—the Organization of National Security and Information, Sāzmān-e Amniyyat va Ettelaʿāt-e Keshvār, known by the acronym SAVAK—developed into an omnipresent force within Iranian society and became a symbol of the fear by which the Pahlavi regime was to dominate Iran.

Unfortunately, this source apparently has little to say about the Revolution that installed the Ayatollah Khomeini, or the taking of the 66 American hostages. On April 1, 1991 after the Shah had died in Cairo, following overwhelming support in a national referendum, Khomeini declared Iran an Islamic republic. That sort of ended Western influence over the oil in Iran.

Shock and Awe

2011-08-13T06:38:00.005-05:00

This Post is written primarily in response to those who believe it is not only our right but even our command from God to Judge others, in spite of the admonition Jesus made in the "Sermon on the Mount" in Chapter 7 of Matthew to "Judge not, Lest you be Judged".

A dossier released by "Iraqi Body Count", a project of the UK non-governmental non-violent and disarmament organization Oxford Research Group, attributed approximately 6,616 civilian deaths to the actions of US led forces during the "Invasion Phase", including the "Shock and Awe" bombing campaign on Baghdad. Of course, this finding was immediately dismissed by the US government as being erroneous, however their own attempts at enumerating civilian losses was obviously disinformation and misinformation. Many people do not know that the idea of Shock and Awe as a military concept was conceived much earlier, even possibly by the Germans in the Blitzkrieg, but the idea was adopted by the Bush White house and came largely into the public awareness in the wake of the US led attack on Baghdad in March of 2003. The doctrine was formally written by Harlan K. Ullman and James P. Wade in 1996 and is a product of the National Defense University of the United States. The authors used, as an example, the theoretical invasion of Iraq 20 years after Operation Desert Storm, and they even cited the use of misinformation and disinformation as an integral part of the doctrine.

It should be pretty obvious to anyone willing to take the time to read the information available with an open mind, that someone in the Bush White House had read this doctrine and brought it to the attention of George Bush in some meeting in the White House, (or even before his election), where it was subsequently determined to give it a whirl against Baghdad. They proceeded, against overwhelming opposition in Congress and the united Nations. The proposed Invasion of Iraq was strongly opposed by some traditional US allies, including the governments of France, Germany, New Zealand and Canada. Only four countries participated in the initial invasion: The United States, Great Britain, Australia, Poland and in addition, support was given by Iraqi Kurdistan. As a matter of fact, the president ordered the plans for the invasion to be drafted within two weeks of the 9-11 attacks.

It is my belief that George Bush has read the Sermon on the Mount, or had it read to him, many times. He has also had it explained to him in depth. I believe this because GW Bush was very vocal about his Christian Faith, unlike many of his predecessors, who preferred to keep their religion out of their Politics. One of the most controversial passages in this sermon is found in Matthew 7; vs 1-5:

1 JUDGE not, that ye be not judged. 2 For with what judgment ye judge, ye shall be judged: and with what measure ye mete, it shall be measured to you again. 3 And why beholdest thou the mote that is in thy brother's eye, but considerest not the beam that is in thine own eye? 4 Or how wilt thou say to thy brother, Let me pull out the mote out of thine eye; and, behold, a beam is in thine own eye? 5 Thou hypocrite, first cast out the beam out of thine own eye; and then shalt thou see clearly to cast out the mote out of thy brother's eye.

Now in this context of his background and raising, how is it possible that arguably the most powerful man in the world at that time, could make this determination to invade Iraq, on his own, with only the support and consideration of his very closest circle of advisors. By February of 2003, largely through a campaign of misinformation and disinformation, and in spite of a UN inspection of Iraqi facilities in response to UN Resolution 1441, GW Bush was able to convince Congress to pass a Joint Resolution to authorize use of US Armed Forces against Iraq. Although a large majority of Americans polled were in favor of an invasion, by this time, a large majority also favored diplomatic solutions.
In summary, the Bush Administration, made the determination to proceed with this pre-emptive invasion of Iraq, based on disinformation and misinformation by his closest circle of advisors, and against the wishes of the American people and world-wide public opinion. This plan was essentially put into place on the day of his inaugeration.

Not so Proud to be an American

2011-08-12T08:33:00.010-05:00

Why would I be "Proud to be an American"?? Because I was lucky enough to be born here?? As the title link of this Blog would suggest, Canadians are not "Proud to be Americans", per se, they might be proud to be Canadian, by the same misdirected logic that we use to be "Proud to be American". Maybe some are ashamed to be Americans for what the term suggests about them. Are Mexicans "Proud to be Americans"?? Their name for people from the good old USA is "Norte Americano". Do they exclude Canada in this description, or is it a general term that applies to "Those mostly white skinned pompous fat-headed, misguided people who live north of the Grand State of Mexico"?? And what about all those people who live South of Mexico. What do they think about being American. Are you "Proud to be an American" because they were the people who imported all those Black Africans into this country to work as Slave Labor on the plantations and in the big cities building all those "Proud to be an American" symbols, like the American Capitol Building in Washington, D.C. and the Washington Monument?? Are you "Proud to be an American" because you were descended from one of those Slave Laborers?? Are you "Proud to be an American" because you swam the Rio Grande River or came across in tiny boats from Cuba to find a better life in the "Land of the Free"?? Are you "Proud to be an American" because you are descended from one of the people who were here before the white skinned people came along and pushed them out of their homeland and forced them to live on Reservations in areas considered to be "no good for anything useful"??

Or, let's take it to another level. Are you "Proud to be a Minnesotan", because that is where you were born, or are you "Proud to be a Minnesotan" because your parents returned to Minnesota after living in California for a few years, to raise their kids in the same abject poverty they lived in before they left Minnesota for the easy money in California?? Or are you "Proud to be a Minnesotan" because your parents, who met and had all their children in Washington, returned to Minnesota while you were still in high school for the simpler life there?? Or are you "Proud to be a Minnesotan" because your Mother didn't want you, so you were adopted by a "Christian Family" in Minnesota out of the LSS Adoption clinic where you were born??

Dark Star and Pagan Pre-Cursors to Christianity

2009-01-12T17:22:00.003-06:00

Life events shared by Osiris, Dionysus and Jesus:

The following stories appear both in the Gospels and in the myths of many of the god-men:

Conception:
God was his father. This was believed to be literally true in the case of Osiris-Dionysus; their God came to earth and engaged in sexual intercourse with a human. The father of Jesus is God in the form of the Holy Spirit (Matthew 1:18).
A human woman, a virgin, was his mother.

Birth:
He was born in a cave or cowshed. Luke 2:7 mentions that Jesus was placed in a manger - an eating trough for animals. One early Christian tradition said that the manger was in a cave.
His birth was prophesized by a star in the heavens.

Ministry:
At a marriage ceremony, he performed the miracle of converting water into wine.
He was powerless to perform miracles in his home town.
His followers were born-again through baptism in water.
He rode triumphantly into a city on a donkey. Tradition records that the inhabitants waved palm leaves.
He had 12 disciples.
He was accused of licentious behavior.
Execution, resurrection, etc:
He was killed near the time of the Vernal Equinox, about MAR-21.
He died "as a sacrifice for the sins of the world." 1
He was hung on a tree, stake, or cross.
After death, he descended into hell.
On the third day after his death, he returned to life.
The cave where he was laid was visited by three of his female followers
He later ascended to heaven.

His titles:
God made flesh.
Savior of the world.
Son of God.

Beliefs about the God-man:
He is "God made man," and equal to the Father.
He will return in the last days.
He will judge the human race at that time.
Humans are separated from God by original sin. The god-man's sacrificial death reunites the believer with God and atones for the original sin.

All of the Pagan myths had been circulating for centuries before Jesus birth (circa 4 to 7 BCE). It is obvious that if any copying occurred, it was the followers of Jesus incorporating into his biography the myths and legends of Osiris-Dionysus, not vice-versa.

The Ten Commandments

2008-12-14T12:00:00.004-06:00

Previous to this Post I made a good start on my Ten Commandemnts to a healthy life. I have returned to this BLOG numerous times to add and re-write, however it is still not yet half done. I suppose all writings are a work in progress, but I am especially exemplary of this notion that since you really don't know exactly where something is going and you never cease to discover new things about something that intrigues you, nothing is ever etched in stone and needs to be returned to many times before any degree of perfection is reached.

This perception, of course is exactly opposite to what happened on Mount Sinai when Moses got the original Ten Commandments and when he returned for a second set after smashing the first set in his anger at discovering his Brother, Aaron had fashioned a Golden Calf for the poeple of Israel to worship in his absence.

In this case, God did in fact etch these commandments in stone "With his Own Finger", as it is reported. Jewish tradition says that these writings went completely through the stone so it could be read from either side, and miraculously not in backward form from the reverse side. The attached link shows, if it were necessary to make that observation, that these laws were meant to be the Primary ten Laws that should never be broken or changed. Jesus himself, although showing that they could easily be summed up with only two "New Commandments", namely 1) Love Your Lord your God with all your Heart and Soul and 2) Your Neighbor as Yourself, nevertheless, in Jesus' own words, "..Think not that I am come to destroy the law, or the prophets: I am not come to destroy, but to fulfil." The message is clear, "..Till heaven and earth pass, one jot or one tittle shall in no wise pass from the law, till all be fulfilled..." .

Now it has been recently suggested that I am attacking the Catholic Church, or as my Beloved Brother states, "..He feels no need to defend His Catholic Background". I want to make it perfectly clear that is not my intention, but only to point out an error of the entire "Christian Faith" that has existed since the 4th Century of the Common Era. In fact, a thorough reading of the Attached Document, that you may read in it's entirety for yourself by clicking on the Title of this BLOG, will I am sure convince you that the Catholic Church itself believes it has rewritten these Ten Commandments, and that if you perceive that the Scripture should be more infallible than Catholic Doctrine, you should not be following this Sunday Worship that they initiated, amongst other things they added, or changed from the original writing. They think the Protestants are pretty sily to be rejecting the Authority of the Catholic Church and still follow her teachings on The Sabbath.

And this covenant was meant to be forever. Exodus 31: 16 says" Wherefore the children of Israel shall keep the sabbath, to observe the sabbath throughout their generations, [for] a perpetual covenant." In case that message was not clear, it is repeated in Leviticus 16; 31 " It [shall be] a sabbath of rest unto you, and ye shall afflict your souls, by a statute for ever. " However, I also want to make it clear at this point that my primary focus on this article is not the change from Saturday to Sunday of the Holy Day that was celebrated by God's people even before the writing of the Ten Commandments. My primary purpose in this particular BLOG is to point out that the original reading of the Ten Commandments has been changed to where, the Second Commandment is dropped altogether and the Tenth was split into two parts to bring the total back to ten. I have spent many hours arguing this point to a lot of converted Christians, who have given their lives over to God, and they invariably make light of it, like it is no big deal to add or subtract important passages from Scripture. Let me make it clear that these words still exist pretty much in their original form in the various Catholic and Protestant Bibles. I like using the King James, simply because it is so familar to most readers, and seems to be of a sufficient rendering to make it possible for most astute students of the Word to muddle their way through it. This remains a huge Puzzle to me how someone so intent on insisting that every word of the Bible should be considered inerrant and infallible, the Exact Word of God, brought down to us these many generations unaltered and perfect; how that person could so readily accept someone's complete subversion of those words in their translations thereof.

Anyone making even a casual reading of these Ten Commandments found in Exodus chapter 20 and Deuteronomy Chapter 5, pretty much identical content, will immediately be struck by this fact, that the Second Commandment, concerning the making and worshipping of "Graven Images" has been completely removed from all modern day enumerations of those basic ten, and how the Tenth has been split in two for no reason whatsoever, except to bring the count back up to the preconceived value of Ten.

Well, I am confidant that this writing will elicit a very intense debate and I welcome your input, so feel free to add comments to your Heart's desire.

One Year Later

2008-12-12T10:28:00.006-06:00

I am just now discovering that it has been almost One Full Year since I last Published to this BLOG. In the meantime, I am wondering, Has anyone even taken the time to read a thing I have said from the beginning?? When we first started this project, we were all quite excited at the possiblities and practically everyone in the immediate family was contributing in some way, although many were having problems figuring out how to use this new-found medium.

Since much of what I share in the family e-mail is so controversial, and it seemed we were bombarding members of the Northup Family Group with hundreds of e-mails many did not care to read at all, and in fact were simply dropping from the Group, because they felt so strongly about getting so much "Junk" mail, we decided this new art form would be the answer to many of these problems.

As it turns out, this "Answer" has pretty much fallen by the wayside and we are still bombarding the Group with controversial posts. However, One principal difference exists in the Northup Family that was not there one year ago. This change can be visited by clicking on the title of this article. This will take you to a page where you to can sign up with Puzzle Pirates, where as many as 6000 People are simultaneously inter-acting in this Puzzle Game. Each Player is working on his own Puzzle, but each puzzle interacts with every other puzzle, so that there is an entire Puzzle Pirates economy going on. Some pirates build ships for other pirates to sail in Pilly or for transporting foraged or manufactured Goods On Merchant vessels. Others run Furnishers, Real Estate Offices, Tailor Shoppes, Blacksmith Shoppes or Weaveries, so the pirates may be well-dressed and own fancy Weapons or wander the streets in rags brawling with their fists or a fish for a bludgeon and sticks for swords. There are Inns where you can Sword-Fight, Rumble, Drink or play Poker, Hearts or Spades. One hot activity in the Inns is where people peddle their wares or Charts and Maps they have found or won on Pilly directly to the Bawdy, Brawling Public.

For whatever activity you are engaged, you may be paid Pieces Of Eight for your efforts, depending on your skill level. These POE may be traded at Market Value for Dubloons, which in turn may be used to buy various Pirate badges, and for delivery charges of other Commodities. The creators of Puzzle Pirates sell Douloons directly for cash, as well, if you need to have a shortcut to owning your own ship or mansion.

Puzzle Pirates has a requirement that you be 18 yrs of age to play, but it is known that there are a lot of younger children playing so an effort is made to keep the conversation clean, and to use a high degree of respect for your fellow Pirates. This is, for sure a Family Chat Room.

Some of us have been involved in this new Forum for much over One Year, in fact, this world-wide enterprise is presently celebrating it's fifth birthday. My sister, Diana (Oldrosy) got me started in January of this year, so I have a month to go before celebrating my First Anniversary as a Pirate Blaggard, named (of Course) TheGrabber. When I first started, I thought it was nothing short of Hopeless, but I have managed to aquire two ships, a Sloop and a Large Sloop, or Cutter. I also own an Apothecary Shoppe along with my Sister, OldRosy. We deliver Fruit, Gold and Gems foraged from uninhabited islands to Fruit Markets in the civilized world, trade various commodities and mix paint and potions in the Shoppe for sale to Pirates of every Ilk from around the world. Our closest Pirate friends are family, as always, including Nephews, Vyron, Dean and Kevin, my daughter Cheryl and her sons Levi and Francis, and many others. In addition, we have many newfound friends, who hail from Russia, Australia, South Africa, London, Sweden and Alberta, to name a few. It is fun to get on there and visit with these newfound friends. I most recently got to hear Lovely Lass, GreeceFeva and Star Hawk in their actual voices on another medium we use while on Pilly. This is an unrelated Chat Forum held on a common Server, Ventrilo, where you can plug in your headset and chat in RealTime Audio with those you are voyaging with, or just sit and chat like you share a common Living Room. So far, I have not gotten Annod, (Donna's Pirate) hooked up to Ventrilo. Hopefully when I am home for Christmas we will figure it out. Maybe we are due for a new computer for her for a Christmas present, and we will be able to chat better after the first of the year, when I head back out on the road.

For a quick summary of the year in my work-world, we quickly decided in 2008 that the PVSI enterprise needed to be put on hold until I retire in 2009, when I can devote full time to a struggling business. We lost a lot of money in about three years and really stressed all my retirement options to the point I am going to have to figure out a way to make a substantial side income. This at a time, when the entire US Economy is crashing to near Depression levels. My 401K is off over 50% on this year alone, and it was off over 20% in 2007. So I will not be able to rely on that at all, unless it makes a dramatic recovery before the middle of June, when I am planning to hang it up with the former Lucent Technologies, Now Alcatel-Lucent.

I started out right away in January 2007 in Ottawa, Illinois, building Cell Huts at Verizon's facility there, for the first time, taking my own work truck out of the State. It has been a hard year on this truck as it is now over 200,000 miles and off the company's Fleet Plan, so I willl not be able to get it serviced anymore. However, I have been told a new truck will be waiting for me when I get back to Minnesota. I presume they will be buying two, one for me and one for Scott Stangeland, who drives an identicle 2001 F-150 with nearly the same mileage. I worked essentially in Illinois until the Republican National Convention, which was held in St Paul, Minnesota, this year. After the 4th of July vacation, where many Knox and Northup relatives celebrated My Mother's 90th Birthday in our newly constructed PVSI Greenhouse, I stayed in Minnesota to help upgrade the att/Cingular UMTS network for the convention. After that project was over, I helped a little in the Switch installing an additional RNC and a few other modifications, before heading back to Illinois for a couple more months of MPCA Hot Slides. When that project neared completion, I was sent back to Minnesota and immediately from there to Phoenix, where I have been mostly working UMTS 2nd Carrier Overlays for att. We basically get one built per night, and most of this time I have had a helper, so it has been a relaxing time and not too stressful. All the builds are pretty much identical. We add 3 Radios, 3 Amplifiers, two Power cards, and a Channel card. What we are doing is providing a new channel in the 437 MB frequecy to add to the existing 412 MB Channel. Some of the sites get more T-1s and some of the out-door sites get Power Upgrades. We turn the site down, add the hardware, set Power on the new Radio Paths, and turn it back up for integration. I have a Call through Kit, consisting of two Test Phones and an Air Card for the Computer to test every possible configuration of the cell before turning it loose on the Public.

Some time this coming week, the actual date and time still to be resolved, I hit the road for three days back to Minnesota to finish out the year on Vacation. Since we are mid-Winter, I will stick to the boring Southern route. The weather coming this way was perfect and I took I70 out of Denver through Glenwood Canyon, for the first time and once into Utah, I took 191 South through Moab to Arizona . This took me past The Arches National Park and The Monuments, so I got a chance to use my new Senior National Parks Pass. I also visited Joshua Tree National Park the first week-end here. I took my partner up to Tonto Rim to see the Cliff Dwellings and the Tonto Natural Bridge North of Payson one week-end as well. So I have been making the most of my remaining year with Alcatel-Lucent in many sight-seeing activities.

The Ten Commandments for Good Health

2007-12-20T08:51:00.006-06:00

It has been on my mind for some time that everyone sort of skips over the really basic medical pricipals and instead they concentrate on the more subtle aspects of Good Health. As a result, many people have totally missed the fundamental prerequisites of a normal healthy body. Here I attempt to enumerate them and expand on their critical uses. I am shooting for a sort of "Ten Commandments to a normal Healthy Life".

Number One has to be "Thou Shalt stimulate your body".

1.) Good circulation is essential to many functions of the human body, and the simplest and most important way to increase circulation is through stimulation of the various body parts. Perhaps the most important organs to stimulate are the heart itself and the lungs. Getting them to work properly will increase circulation and it's healing oxygen to the rest of your body. The lungs, of course are most easily stimulated through deep breathing. Anytime you exert yourself, you automatically go into deep breathing. This is something of a given and a daily regimen of excercise will accomplish the goal, however, one should concentrate on filling the lungs completely full, as full as you can stretch them and exhaling completely to the point where you can not further deflate them. This guarantees that the deepest recesses of the lungs will be excercised and purged.

The heart needs a little more specific attention. We need 20 to 60 minutes of continuous excercise each day or at least three days per week, to raise the heart-rate to a Target Level and hold it there for a specified period of time. Each person must discover his/her own Target Heart Rate. To do this, you must first discover your normal Resting Heart Rate. Check your pulse first thing in the morning before you have exerted yourself significantly. Do this several days in a row to get a good average RHR. Secondly, we turn to a simple formula to determine the Low end of your THR. Start with 220 and subtract your age. Next subtract your RHR. If you are 35 years old with an RHR of 60, you will have 125. Multiply this number by 50% and add the RHR back into the result. What we are doing here is increasing our goal heart rate by 50%. The result in this case would be 123 beats per minute. Now if you do your excercise at a gym, you simply get on a machine that monitors your heart rate, watch the monitor until your minimum is reached and stay on for the specified period of time. Watch carefully to see that you do not exceed your maximum. Use the same formula to discover your Maximum Heart Rate with 85% instead of the 50% used for Minimum. In this example the MHR is 166 Beats Per Minute. If you want to do these excercises jogging around the neighborhood, buy yourself a heart rate monitor that you can strap on your wrist and take with you. You can easily start at a lower pace (50 to 60% for example), and work yourself up to the maximum (75 to 85%), once you get in better shape. One of the best ways to get a varied regimen is to join a gym and use their machines. Paying the monthly fees will keep you going on a regular basis, (Got to get your money's worth) and the machines can be easily adjusted to fit your goals and comfort zone. A simple Treadmill with adjustable elevation works very well. Adjust the elevation as steep as it will go and run the speed up as high as you can so you are exerting maximum effort. When you reach your MHR, quickly reduce elevation to zero and take a break while you puff away and watch your Heart Rate drop again to the Minimum and then gradually increase again. Try to get to where you can keep this up for an hour, or better yet, three separate machines for 20 minutes each. Then go sit in the sauna for an additional 20 minutes before showering down.

This type of excercise regimen will pretty well accomplish the goal of increasing your circulation to an acceptable level, which will positively affect the health of most of your organs, however some areas need a little more specific treatment.

When I was a young man, I was having painful urination and by consulting my Physician, I discovered I had Prostatitis. Naturally, he prescribed me the usual antibiotic of the day, but along with that, he recommendad stimulation of the prostate. He accomplished this in the one visit I had at his office by a method that was pretty uncomfortable to me, but showed me how to do that on my own at home, sitting on the side of the bath-tub. Without going into a great deal of explanation here, suffice it to say that a lot of homosexuals the world around and for many centuries have known the various gratifications of stimulating the prostate in this manner. Since this is sort of a controversial subject, many people avoid adding this to a regular Health Regimen. Unfortunately, as a result, many men suffer needlessly with prostatitis and eventual prostate cancer. It is not necessary to use such severe tactics to stimulate the prostate. Normal heterosexual activity will also stimulate the prostate to some extent and a healthy sexual appetite will keep the prostate healthy for many years. If it becomes too difficult to pursue normal sexual activities, even masturbation will accomplish the same result. Let me reiterate, it is FUNDAMENTAL to a normal healthy male body that he must find a way to stimulate his prostate until the day he dies.

The prostate is perhaps the most difficult area of the body to stimulate, however all organs need stimulation to increase circulation, if you expect that body part to remain healthy, and most areas are simpler to stimulate. Everyone realizes the medical value of a good shower every morning. Use this shower as an excuse to stimulate your skin. Every inch of your skin. When you apply shampoo, scrub your scalp vigorously with your fingertips. Scrubbing your scalp is far more beneficial than whatever shampoo you are using. Scrubbing your gums with the toothbrush is far more beneficial than whatever tooth-paste your Dentist recommends. Don't be misled. Getting the particles of food from between your teeth is secondary to gum and tooth health. The primary gain is from stimulation of the gums. Whatever toothpaste you choose almost invariaby contains sugar, which is the worst enemy your tooth enamel has. Your dentist wants you back on a regular basis. Don't expect him to be too helpful in getting you to where you don't need to go there. In like manner, shaving is a considerable stimulator of your face. Do so daily, and it would not be a bad idea to shave your entire head and everywhere hair grows. Remember, it is not the fact of having bald skin, it is the stimulation of the skin that is the goal. Using a whirl pool style bath tub is another way to stimulate your entire body while taking your daily bath. Using a vibrator style foot bath on a daily basis will make your feet much healthier and happy feet will make your entire life that much easier. Sit yourself right down on the side of the tub when you shower and work for a few minutes on your toes and feet. Scrub them and rub them and work on those callouses. Our ancestors needed callouses on their feet because they ran around bare foot. If you are going to cram your feet into uncomfortable shoes for the day, keep them as healthy as possible in the meantime. For the most part, wear loose-fitting comfortable shoes with only a thickened sole with minimal arch support. If you are working at something where your feet are at high risk, wear something that provides more protection, but as soon as possible, get those contraptions off your feet and allow them to breathe.

When Showering, Concentrate on stimulating your fatty tissue areas, as they have poor blood circulation and are prone to getting skin infections. If you are over-weight, you need to be especially careful to work hard on increasing your circulation daily or even several times a day, especially in the lower extremities. Slapping your skin is a simple method of increasing the circulation to that area. The skin turning red is an indication you have increased the blood flow to that area.

When you are through with your shower, we come to the Second Commandment.

2.) "Thou shalt wisely use alcohol as your primary medication." Especially after shaving, you have caused a number of miniscule cuts and abrasions on your skin. The simplest and most effective counter is a good healthy sousing with plain old pure and simple rubbing alcohol. Forget the lotions. They may help protect against further drying out in the few hours they remain on your skin, but the primary thing is to look for a good high alcohol content after-shave. Use a good scented version if you must, but don't forget that the primary advantage is gained by the application of alcohol as a deterrent to bacteria, fungus and yeast. These are your enemies, in general. Fight them with alcohol, where-ever they occur. If you are having trouble with soreness and irritation in your crotch area, under your breasts, or other areas where you skin rubs, the problem is being caused by bacteria. Getting it dry is nothing. Forget the lotion. Killing the bacteria is essential. It might make you grind your teeth to put straight alcohol on irritated skin, but you will clear up the source of the irritation. Do this on a regular basis and it will no longer be painful. If you have open sores from your daily work activities, a little alcohol and fresh air is what they need for quick healing. Use the bandaid while bleeding is of concern. As soon as possible, get rid of the bandages. Souse your feet and toes with alcohol to prevent the growth of fungus. Afterwards, take an old toothbrush and scrub Vicks Vaporub up under and around your nails to prevent fungus from growing there. Here again, the stimulation of the brush is primary to the medicinal value of the Vaporub.

Use the strongest mouth-wash you can buy. I recommend the original Listerine Antiseptic. It contains 16.9% alcohol. The Alcohol is listed as an inactive ingredient. Beleive me when I tell you, that is the one ingredient that is doing you any good, other than making your breath smell better. Here again, avoid anything with sugar. Also, do not make the mistake of using rubbing alcohol as a mouthwash or gargle. You will not make this mistake a second time.

When you feel a cold coming on, quickly getting to the alcohol may help you completely avoid it's side-effects. Imagine, no more congestion, no more sore throat, no more post nasal drip, all because of the prompt and wise use of alcohol on your mucous tissues. I keep a pint of brandy on hand at all times. My wife keeps an especially concentrated version of antiseptic, Dr. Tichenor's Antiseptic, which is 70% alcohol. The label recommends diluting with five parts water. I sometimes use it straight out of the bottle. This stuff tastes and works just like Listerine. Most tinctures use a basis of alcohol. The base is the main ingredient. Even the Bible recognizes the therapeutic value to your stomach of a daily dose of wine. They say the Redder, the Better. I say, it is again, primarily a low dosage of alcohol daily in your stomach that does the most good. If you daily wash your mouth out and gargle with brandy and swallow it after, you have probably accomplished your daily dose of internal alcohol. During Prohibition, it was well recognized that we needed to continue having alcohol for medical purposes and the only place you could buy it legally was from the Dentist. Unfortunately, with the Repeal of Prohibition, we lost sight of the fact that it is the strongest and the most abused drug known to Medical Science and should be treated as such, available only by prescription and through recognized, trained professionals.

3.) The Third Commandment needs little explanation, so it will be brief, but it is third because it is likely third in importance to a healthy lifestyle. When you are training a new puppy, it becomes pretty important to make sure he gets outside for a bathroom call on a pretty regular basis. Why would you think it is any less important for yourself?? It is imperative that you get yourself adjusted to a daily bowel movement. Most important is simple habit. Pick a time of the day that will always work for you and stick with it. This varies by person and life-style, and there will always be days you find it extremely awkward or incomvenient to stick with it, but you MUST figure out a way to accomplish this simple task on a daily basis. Truckers seem to suffer the most and the lesson is simple. Do not get behind the wheel until you have accomplished this daily task. There are literally thousands of supplements out there to assist you in your efforts, but I repeat, the MOST important aspect is HABIT. Make yourself sit there until you have results and go back there and sit at exactly the same time tomorrow and the next until it is ingrained habit and you will find life to be a lot easier, plus the health benefits are immeasurable. People with hemorrhoids are not practicing regular bowel movements, pure and simple. Naturally, the drug industry is interested in selling you lots of Preparation "H", so they are not going to spend much time explaining to you how you may prevent them from ever becoming a problem. Much of your good health depends on diet, and by rights, I should have made diet my number one commandment. A diet high in natural fiber will go a long way toward cleansing your colon and keeping it in working order. Do a little research and find something that suits you. If you want to die from Colon Cancer or have your colon removed by surgery and live out your life attached to a bag, ignore my advice, here. Otherwise, get to practicing daily regularity.

Now we come to Diet.

Many books have been written about Diet and Health and I could write a couple here myself, but it is fourth on my list and I am going to try to condense all there is to say into one simple Principal:

4.) Consume all foods in their fresh and natural state and in moderation. It is essential to avoid processed foods, primarily, and this is almost impossible in today's Society. Try to use your best judgement and a healthy dose of common sense. Why does the Food Industry put MSG into our food and why does the FDA allow it, and why do they require particular labeling to the use of MSG?? Obviously, everyone knows there are health concerns. The Food Companies continue to use it in practically all prepared foods, because, pure and simple it makes you enjoy your food and crave more of it. MSG is the single greatest contributing factor to obesity in this country and around the world. There may be other health concerns as well, but largely unproven.

Take the time to sit down and read the label off a box of prepared mashed potatoes. There are Flavor enhancers and artificial flavors and artificial coloring. Give me a break, people. It is potatoes. Have you ever went to the Grocer and asked for a bottle of Potato Extract?? Potatoes are WHITE. Why is it we feel we have to bleach our Flour, Rice and Sugar because we think they are too brown and we have to add color to our potatos because they are too white?? We are probably causing many problems with the bleach we are putting in our food aside from the fact that we are removing everything nutritional from the food. There is ZERO nutritional value to a bag of Sugar. If you visited a Sugar Plant in the Red RIver Valley and saw what they do to that stuff before they place it on our table, chances are you would never eat another spoonful. Pure White Sugar and High Fructose Corn Syrup are the two things in your diet YOU NEED TO AVOID, people. Forget about the ongoing debate of whether we should be sweetening with Plain old Sugar, from highly subsidized Cane or Beet (Sucrose) or from the much cheaper Corn, (Fructose). They are equally bad for you and are causing the same problems. Here again, sugar is added to EVERYTHING!! They add sugar to salt so the Iodine will stick. When a horse is craving minerals it will chew on trees or the sides of his stall. We call it cribbing, and the horse handler knows he better go get his horse some Mineral Salt. In fact, he will feed his horse mineral salt every day of the horse's life. You want the same protection that farmer is giving his horse, go eat some mineral salt. Throw that table salt out the door. There is nothing in it but iodine, because the FDA has decided we have to have the iodine. Go get yourself some Sea salt and you will get all the iodine you need, plus every other nutrient known to man, more than likely. What are we talking about here?? All salt is Sea Salt. That's how it happens. All the nutrients run down the rivers to the ocean where they are concentrated into Sea Salt. That is before the Food companies get ahold of it and take out everything that is any good. Here we come to the bottom line: Stop eating processed foods. Eat fresh and natural and forget the FDA's Minimal Daily Requirements. These rules were instigated in a day when it was hard to have fresh vegetables all over the country any time of the year. When was the last time you were unable to find an orange?? Of course, Vitamin "C" is probably the single most important vitamin. That does not mean you have to go out and buy a bottle of concentrated Rose Hips to get enough Vitamin "C". Just grab an orange once in a while and eat one. You do not have to eat thirty of them a day to get enough Vitamin "C". And the highest concentration of Vitamin "C" is in the skin, by the way. This is also true of the Appple, which many also peel because they are trying to get rid of the poisons they have been assaulted with. And the highest concentrations of nutritions are in the peel of the potato and other root vegetables. The most good from the Grain is gotten from the bran. We need to eat whole grain and the more roughage the better. Our Food industry is throwing away the best part of the food we eat and adding in whatever additives the FDA requires or will allow.

The best available alternative to eating processed foods is to go buy yourself five acres and build your house there. One or both of you quit your regular job. Get out there and till up a sizable garden patch and fertilize naturally, not so much with the nutirents it takes to make the plants grow, but with the nutrients your body needs. Do a study. There is a pretty good one available on the Northup Family Website on The Colloidal Minerals Page Plant a balanced diet of Vegetables and raise and prepare your own. This is a ton of work and may be pretty difficult for most to follow. It may be more practical to get used to reading labels and just buy fresh off the grocer's shelf and prepare your own using your own additives, which we will cover to a greater degree in the 5th Commandment.

From what you have read so far, you may be under the misconception that I am opposed to food supplements. On the contrary, I believe you should:

5.) Supplement your Diet extensively and wisely with everything your body needs, because you are not getting it out of the food available to you on your Grocer's shelves.

I'm going to post this as is, but expect to come back and add to it and modify it as I find the time. Remember, we are shooting for "The Ten Commandments for Good Health" here.

Here I am

2007-09-22T19:58:00.000-05:00

Yes, I got in. Just wishing I had more time to play with this.
I Had to try several pass words before I guessed what I had used originally.
S
omehow I am making a new Blog instead of a comment to yours, but I guess you can edit it, if you wish.
Just me, Di

North Dakota Geology

2007-02-04T17:30:00.000-06:00

Since I have been spending quite a bit of time in North Dakota, I figured it was about time I wrote something about North Dakota's Geology. Most people would consider the North Dakota Landscape to be pretty boring. Certainly, they do have the most boring Continental Divide I have ever seen. However, the terrain in North Dakota is some what varied. The Missouri River winds through there and cuts a very impressive swath, especially where the Garrison Dam was built that created Lake Sakakawea, which is the third largest man-made lake in the United States. North Dakota also boasts the Natural Devil's Lake or Spirit Lake as it is called by the Native Sioux. Devil's Lake has no outlet and the water level has fallen and risen drastically in recorded history, After dropping to Historic lows in 1941 the lake has gradually risen to where it reached it's maximum height after a wet cycle that began in 1993, when it rose 26.5 ft and flooded 140 square miles of primarily Agricultural land. In April of 2000, the surface elevation of Devil's Lake was 1446.3 feet. If the elevation had raised to 1447 feet it would have begun to overflow into the Stump Lakes, which empty into the Sheyenne River. Another 12 feet, and it would have overflowed directly into Sheyenne. It has already reached this point at least twice in 4000 years.

North Dakota's landscape North and East of the Missouri River is heavily marked by glaciation. It is my opinion that the latest Wisconsin Glacier got hung up on the Turtle Mountain area which straddles the border of Canada and North Central North Dakota. This LandSat Image shows the Turtle Mountain area in the upper right. The International Boundary is visible in the slight coloration difference across the center on the Reddish Oval Mass that is the Turtle Mountains. The faint straight line further South is a glitch of a dropped Scan Line in the Photo.

The result of this Stagnation of the Glacier caused the Central Plains of North Dakota to be Primarily of Till: (Compact glacial sediments that are non-layered.) This also results in the creation of many Pothole Lakes and Ponds. As the ice melts, it leaves large chunks sitting all over the place, gradually melting, as the weather goes through warming and cooling cycles. The weight of the ice depresses the land, so they end up dead lakes with no actual outlets. Nearer the edges of the glaciation, the deposits are of the OutWash Variety. This picture was taken near Valley City.

Another Geological Feature that you see in North Dakota is when the Glacier is still moving and had pushed up huge piles of the local terrain and gouging out valleys behind these piles. These are called Ice Thrust Masses and can be quite spectacular. There is a substantial Ice Thrust Mass to the South West of Devil's Lake, as well.

To the South and West of the Missouri River, the Terrain in North Dakota is considerably different, not being scoured by the glaciers, which seemed to stall at that point. Much of the Badlands area demonstrate's the Geological feature known as the Slump. A Slump is a sort of landslide where the mass slides down the slope, doing a sort of slow tumble, so you can see the same features down slope and slightly tilted from what is at the top still sitting level. These canyons were carved by the huge amounts of water running off the glaciers, especially during the time that the North Flowing Red River was blocked by the ice mass. The Little Missouri also flowed Northward into Canada, and the combined water that collected probably cut the channel in a very short period of time, eventually carving the two channels, the present day Missouri, flowing South and East into the Mississippi and the Little Missouri from Wyoming into the Missouri at Afore-mentioned Lake Sakakawea. Even the Yellowstone flowed into Canada before the Glaciers blocked the Northern flow. The Red, in the meantime, reverted to flowing Northerly after the glaciers, but it has flooded practically every spring since. The characteristic of this majr river to flow North has the natural consequence of blocking itself every Spring with melt ice. As the warmer temperatures in the South hits earlier, this ice break-up moves Northerly Down River and can form considerable blockage in that area still not open. It can only be imagined what would have happened in years that the Hudson's Bay end never completely thawed at the tail end of the glaciation period. The result was a huge Inland Sea, known as Lake Agassiz that stretched from the Southern border of North Dakota to beyond Lake Winnepeg in Canada and from Red Lake in Minnesota, to the East and to the West to Larimore in North Dakota, which is nearly to the Devil's Lake Basin. The difference in elevation from Larimore to Devil's Lake never gets higher than 1535 feet and nowhere falling below 1425, so it nearly included that huge basin as well. This huge lake brewed incredible storms that churned the Glacial Till on that landscape to a nearly level condition and later, as the Lake opened and closed each year, the ice break-up pushed up huge piles of Sand and Gravel around the Lake's perimeter in ever decreasing concentric rings, as the water level went down, especially on the South and East Sides. This is clearly evident in the area around Trail, Minnesota in the area known as the Sand Hills. The various "Beaches" surrounding the Ancient Lake Agassiz have been clearly defined and named. The listed number is fourteen.

There is a natural tendency of Flood Rivers to dike themselves. As the water overflows the normal banks, the sediment it carries, deposits most heavily close to the river, and as a result, all major flooding rivers have high banks as you approach the river. You might climb several hundred feet before going over the top and plunging down into the valley on either side of the river. This River Characteristic is especiaaly noticeable along the Missouri in Western and Southern North Dakota. The Red River Valley also has these characteristic shoreline natural dikes, but they are far from the present water level.

Crater Lake

2006-09-04T21:12:00.000-05:00

I finally made it to Crater Lake. Two years ago when I was in Roseburg it was snowed in. One other time, years ago, I was very close when I went to Portland via Hwy 97

My New Guitar

2006-08-30T22:51:00.000-05:00

My New Guitar

Canon in "D"

2006-08-30T22:40:00.000-05:00

Been a while since I BLOGged. Thought I would show you my new Guitar. Cyndi is getting married the 16th of September and wanted Josh to play her a tune. He found a good tune he liked, but needed someone to play chords behind him and I said I would give it a try, but I needed a guitar to practice on, since I am 'way out here in Albany, Oregon doing a few Installs for Eschelon Telcommunications. They wil fly me from Portland into Minneapolis on the 14th of September. My School has been set back to the 16th of Octber, but my new Computer is in the mail and they are already asking for my old one back.

2006-07-11T22:24:00.000-05:00

Lindsey at her induction to the Honor Society

Breanna

2006-06-13T12:34:00.001-05:00

These are some pictures of my babies.

Yuma, Arizona

2006-05-21T16:49:00.000-05:00

Of Course, as everyone knows, Yuma is famous for it's Sand Dunes, but few people realize, the city is actually mostly built on a huge Sand Dune. Located at the confluence of the Gila and the Colorado River, the native people have farmed this rich valley for centuries, however, as in most of the Arizona valleys, flooding is regular and sometimes severe. In many places, the Pueblos were located high above the valleys, even in the cliffs adjacent. It must have been quite a hike to the river to farm the crops. In the Yuma area, this has not been a problem, since the sand rises steeply out of the valley floor, and it was possible to live right above the Flood Plain.

This was naturally appealing to the White Settlers, as well, and indeed, there was never a problem getting water. Shallow wells provided all the irrigation water needed, and it was only necessary to build dikes high enough to keep out the floods. To be sure, at various times, the unpredictable Colorado River, following heavy Snow Melt flooded the entire valley, wiping out anyone in it's path. Since the building of the Imperial Dam 20 miles north, however, the river was tamed once and for all and Arizona Farmers are assured of a constant water supply, having carved out a deal with the water hungry Californians, whereby, they are still only using about half of their allottment.

The Imperial Dam Diversion provides water for eight different Water and Irrigation Districts. The Yuma Mesa actually receives water from three of these, so there is no shortage of water in Yuma at this time. To be sure, there are a few rock out-croppings within City Limits, but for the most part, The City sits on pure sand. Immediately off this huge mesa, the irrigation farming starts and runs for as far as the eye can see.

The Yuma Proving Ground

2006-05-21T16:25:00.000-05:00

This really is an Ol' War Horse. I counted around a hundred scars on it from getting hit with various calibers of machine gun fire on this Sherman Tank. Some are visible in the Photo.

2006-05-21T16:22:00.000-05:00

This is a Motorized Anti-Aircraft Gun. I don't know if you can tell, but it is Double Barrelled.

2006-05-21T16:19:00.000-05:00

This is not actually a Tank, but a Mobile Mortar Launcher.

2006-05-21T16:17:00.001-05:00

First time I ever saw a Tank Crossing Sign.

2006-05-21T16:17:00.000-05:00

This is the Helicopter at the Front Entrance to the Yuma Proving Grounds.

2006-05-14T16:36:00.000-05:00

Vincent's Angina Ulcer. (Trench Mouth of the Tonsil)

Trench Mouth and Hydrogen Peroxide

2006-05-14T16:26:00.000-05:00

You may be interested in the bottom line on the Trench Mouth Discussion. Trench Mouth is caused primarily by Staphylococcus Aureus. Poor Dental Hygiene is a contributing factor, and Soldiers suffered from it while in the trenches in World War I, hence the name. It can be very painful and does not heal well with simple Mouthwashes of alcohol base. One needs to rinse the mouth thoroughly several times a day with 3% Hydrogen Peroxide. Doctors and Dentists will usually prescribe Antibiotics, yet they use the Hydrogen Peroxide to sterilize their equipment. It is about the cheapest treatment you can find for all kinds of things that may ail you, including HIV/AIDS. I had been treating my current much milder case with E & J Brandy as a topical mouthwash, but it has not responded in four days. Tody, after a little research, I headed for Walgreen's. A Twenty Dollar Bill bought me a fresh bottle of E & J, 135 Softgels of Omega-3 Fish Oil; 1000 mg, 120 tablets of C1000 plus Rose-Hips, and a 16 ounce bottle of 3% Hydrogen Peroxide. A pretty cheap fix for a lot of what ails me, say I.

It should be noted that Doctors in America are resisting these cheap medical treatments and in so doing are causing the problem to get worse. I am pretty certain I got this current infection from the hot tub at the motel I am at. This pretty well tells you it is a resistant strain, like the last Ear Infection I got at a similar Hot Tub in West Fargo, North Dakota, some years ago. These resistant strains of Staphylococcus Aureus are caused by Doctors prescribing antibiotics.

2006-05-01T16:38:00.000-05:00

The Shrimp Fisherman Statue at Puerto Penasco.
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2006-05-01T16:37:00.000-05:00

The Harbor at Puerto Penasco and Condominiums.
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Donna's Brother, Steve, In Mexico

2006-05-01T16:36:00.000-05:00

Steve and Donna With Josh at Puerto Penasco.
Donna and I along with Josh, journeyed to Puerto Penasco, with a single sheet of paper containing address and telephone number information, to find Donna's brother, Steve, who has been here for seven years and no one had heard from him in over three.

I knocked on the first trailer door I could find to talk to a Mexican who might know where to find Steve. He took me to the local store, where Josh bought a bottle of Mexican Coke, for $2.00 minus 2 Pesos. The gal there tried the 'Phone number that we had been trying in the States with no luck. It got us right through to Steve, and I talked with him briefly, before heading up-town to meet with him. Most of the streets are dirt and there are no street signs, so there is no way we would have found him without the Telephone call. Ten minutes later, we were following his blue Neon to his humble abode in Puerto Pinasco, Sonora, Mexico.

He had brought two travel trailers with him to Mexico and built a sort of Kitchen/Dining area between them out of scraps of lumber, seven years ago. His girl-friend has a son who lives in one of the trailers. He has a third trailer in the yard that he rents out to another fellow...two dogs and a couple cats make up the rest of the family. He has to go outside and then into another lean-to shed to shower or go to the bathroom. He has still another little shed for his shop, but he keeps his tools in the trunk, because if he puts them in the shed, they will get stolen.

2006-04-16T21:26:00.000-05:00

And This One Was the Prettiest.

2006-04-16T21:24:00.000-05:00

This was the Biggest

Three Great Samples of Jasper Petrified Wood.

2006-04-16T21:16:00.000-05:00

Nearly Pure Jasper

Glacial Extension Since Time of Christ

2006-04-15T16:51:00.000-05:00

Chart Showing Glacial Extension around the world since the Time of Christ

This Chart was published on the QUATERNARY & ENVIRONMENTAL SCIENCES of Arizona Website. The obvious reference is to show the effects of Global Warming in the 20th Century and beyond. What I was the most struck by, was the fact that that period of time from about 100 years before Christ to 100 years after represent the most major period of Glacial Recession on the chart. Far more extreme to date than the present Period of Cars and Industry. My contention is that the World was visibly warmed by the Omnipotent presence of Our Saviour, and the reason we are seeing this happening again, is in preparation for His Second Coming. After all, Christ walked the face of the Earth in Sandals. You could hardly expect Him to want it cold here while He is around.

Indian Art and Furniture

2006-04-15T03:17:00.000-05:00

I didn't Know this, but Apparently, The Indians Even Made Furniture. Imagine Grinding Corn Meal all day without a Chair to sit in.

Inside the Tower

2006-04-15T03:13:00.000-05:00

The Entire Inside of the Tower is Decorated with Recreated Indian Artwork.

East Rim Road Observation Tower

2006-04-15T03:11:00.000-05:00

We Took the Rim Road East out of there, and at the Very Last View-Point, there is this Really Cool Observation Tower.

Donna in Tree on East Rim

2006-04-15T03:09:00.000-05:00

Here She is, Sitting in a Pretty Cool Tree. There were Places where there was a lot of Snow Left.

Donna out on the Edge

2006-04-15T03:07:00.000-05:00

She even got Brave after a whle, Seeing me climbing all over the Place.

Visiting Arizona

2006-04-15T03:06:00.000-05:00

Donna was Really Happy to finally get to see the Grand Canyon.
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Roe vs Wade; Revisited

2006-01-29T11:40:00.000-06:00

Lately, the newest topic of discussion on the Northup Family Yahoo Group, has been the issue of abortion, which has been hotly contested since The Supreme Court through Roe v. Wade in 1973 formally legalized abortion. This topic came back into the attention of the media following the Bush Administration's attempts to get a more Conservative Court through the appointment of two key Supreme Court justices. Also, in November, former President Jimmy Carter, interviewed by reporters about his upcoming book, "Our Enduring Values-America's Moral Crisis", stated: "I never have felt that any abortion should be committed - I think each abortion is the result of a series of errors...I've never been convinced, if you let me inject my Christianity into it, that Jesus Christ would approve abortion...I have always thought it was not in the mainstream of the American
public to be extremely liberal on many issues."

Of course, to add to the mix, Norma McCorvey, who was the "Jane Roe" in the Roe v. Wade suit, has changed her opinion on the matter, 23 years after she first brought suit against then Dallas County District Attorney Henry Wade, because he denied her the right to an abortion. Now, she is bringing a new suit against the current Dallas County District Attorney Bill Hill, asking that the previous decision be over-turned. The New Orleans-based 5th U.S. Circuit Court of Appeals agreed to hear McCorvey's arguments March 2, 2004. On Sept. 14, the 3 judge panel rejected the opportunity to re-open litigation, basing its ruling on procedural grounds.

I have always been opposed to abortion on a personal level, exactly as Jimmy Carter has outlined, however I have also always favored Roe v. Wade, based on an assumption it was saving a lot of young women from coming under the knife of illegal Abortion doctors in back alleys all over the country. Seems like many people have forgotten this aspect of the whole issue. It has been reduced to the simple analogy, "Choice versus Life". Nothing is ever this simple, unfortunately. Early on, I made the statement that I knew one gal, violently opposed to abortion on moral grounds, who paid for two abortions for her teen-age daughter.

My contention is and always has been that every case is unique and needs to be studied on a case by case basis. The High Court has consistently rejected all attempts by various venues attempting to circumvent Roe vs Wade. Essentially, what they accomplished in the 1973 decision was to prevent a single county or municipality from making any sort of law regarding abortion. This right they reserved for the highest court in the land. The Federal Government has spoken, "We hold this right to be self-evident..."

The Northup Family BLOGgers

2006-01-18T22:46:00.000-06:00

I like the BLOGs that bury links with access to the WEB.
Like this one HERE that takes you to a pic of Matt and Deb...
I mentioned in my latest Post to visit Ronnie's Poems ,
I said he'd soon reiterate and visit all your homes.
You also ought to go and visit Larry at his Spot.
He likes his Pics of daughters and he BLOGs around a lot.
Now Brandon is my Grandson and his Mom is Camelon.
She Loves her Boy and shows it when she puts his Pictures on.
April is my daughter, too and shares with us her Art.
And Beth is always ready for some Wisdom to impart.
There's lots of BLOGgers out there and they all have much to share.
Like Frank and Di and Jo and Faith or Vy and Lauri's Lair.

I really have to warn you all, The SPAMmers Love you, too.
You have to learn to block the posts that all the Robots do.

Success at last

2006-01-18T08:46:00.000-06:00

Some folks have said my site's obscure,
and hidden on the web.
so here's a link to clear the trail,
good going Matt and Deb.

Matt and Deb; Christmas 2005

2006-01-18T00:08:00.000-06:00

Matt and Deb announced they are getting married this Summer.

TheBlogger Welcomes you to Northup Family BLOG.

Worshipping Edgar Cayce

2006-01-16T17:29:00.000-06:00

Of late, The talk around the Northup Family Group E-Mail has centered around discussion of whether or not the celebrated Mystic, Edgar Cayce was an authentic Christian motivated by the Holy Spirit, or if Satan was using him to lead people astray. The most recent development was the claim by David Wilcock that he is the reincarnation of Edgar Cayce.

Mostly, the Christian leadership is claiming that anyone who believes in reincarnation can have no part with Christianity, but of course, Cayce himself wrestled with this apparent contradiction and read the Bible over at least once for every year of his life, in an effort to maintain a proper Biblical perspective. He came to the conclusion that Reincarnation in no way is contradictory to Bible Teaching, and was , in fact, right in line with his own beliefs on the subject.

Now, of late, many question the sincerity of anyone who can even consider the possibility that Edgar Cayce, or for that matter, David Wilcock, has a place in Christian Theology. It has been pointed out that Jesus Himself was a Mystic and did many things that were considered heretic by the Church Leaders of his own day. And, as a matter of fact, anyone today who would claim to be doing any of the same things that were done as a matter of course by Christ and His Apostles, and indeed by their followers in the early Christian Church, would be condemned by the Mainline Christian Churches, in spite of the fact that Christ Himself made the claim that: "Verily, verily, I say unto you, He that believeth on me, the works that I do shall he do also; and greater [works] than these shall he do; because I go unto my Father.", which can be found in the 14th Chapter of John, Verse 12. And yet, these same Christian Leaders of the day claim Jesus Christ to be worthy of our Worship as being actually God Incarnate, a one third part of a Trinity God.

One has only to look to the very words of our Lord and Saviour to know that he claimed no such high station for himself. In John, Chapter 5, Beginning with Vs 30: "I can of mine own self do nothing: as I hear, I judge: and my judgment is just; because I seek not mine own will, but the will of the Father which hath sent me. If I bear witness of myself, my witness is not true. There is another that beareth witness of me; and I know that the witness which he witnesseth of me is true." and again in Chapter 8, beginning with Vs 28: "Then said Jesus unto them, When ye have lifted up the Son of man, then shall ye know that I am [he], and [that] I do nothing of myself; but as my Father hath taught me, I speak these things. And he that sent me is with me: the Father hath not left me alone; for I do always those things that please him."

This does not sound to me like someone who is seeking his own Glory. Jesus gave all the Glory to The Father. I maintain that Edgar Cayce gave all the Glory to the Father, and he considered Jesus, the Christ to be "His Elder Brother". In fact, Paul, in the Letter to the Romans, made the following statement, beginning in Vs 16: "The Spirit itself beareth witness with our spirit, that we are the children of God: And if children, then heirs; heirs of God, and joint-heirs with Christ; if so be that we suffer with [him], that we may be also glorified together." And also in Galations: "And if ye [be] Christ's, then are ye Abraham's seed, and heirs according to the promise." This seems to maintain that we are also Heirs to the Jewish Promise of being God's Chosen People. It should be abundantly clear why Edgar Cayce would consider Jesus to be His Elder Brother. In fact, Cayce claims the Promise of Living a Christ Life is for all Believers. Jesus was the Man, Christ is the attainable Goal for all Christians.

Thanks Dad I joined

2006-01-09T13:10:00.000-06:00

Alrighty I figured out how to blog to this site!!

2005-11-07T19:26:00.000-06:00

Lindsey pushes cameron on a rope and tire swing at the petting zoo. Lindsey and Cameron are the first and second daughters respectfully of Larry northup son of Rick Northup

PVSI

2005-09-17T04:47:00.000-05:00

You Know, it just dawned on me, I have not yet written a BLOG about our new business up in Pleasant Valley. This is sort of a Spin-Off from my Brother, Ron Northup's Company, Wayne's Lawn Service. We are trying to get a similar business going in PV, and the name is Pleasant Valley Solutions, Inc. We are incorporated, but the Corporate Structure is still not fully set up. The only stock-holder to begin with was me (Rick Northup). I initially pledged $25,000.00 and an additional $25,000.00 to be our fledging company's first customer. In addition, Uncle Dean wants to jump in with $25,000.00 in cash.

Before Shot of PVSI Pond and Front Office Area

The plan being, that we would fix up the Home Place to be our Model Landscape Home. We are adding a Pond/Pool with waterfall and a sidewalk that runs from there to the front door of the house, bounded by various Landscape Features and gardens. There will be border gardens all around the house, and ornamental Trees and Shrubs planted over the North half of the property, including upgrading the present Orchard, North of the greenhouse.

The work was started in the middle of August, with Matthew Northup and Mark Binkley digging down along the foundation and installing Styro-foam for insulation and tearing off the Front Porch and the back entry in the process.

South End, After Back-Filling, Ready To Start Setting Landscape Blocks

Curt Binkley was contracted to finish the siding.
Diana Morkassel and her Spruce-Up Nursery has been hired as the primary Plant design specialist. She will supply all plant materials and act as sub-contractor for the planting process.

South End, With Landscape Blocks Partially Installed

East Side; Patio Area and on to the Pond

North East Corner; Landscape Timber Border Garden

Wayne's Lawn Service has been contracted as the primary construction Vendor with responsibility for the design and installation of the Pond and Landscape features, as well as prepping the PVSI Construction yard and burying all the Bargain Barn mess that was left after the fire.

Before Shot of PVSI Materials Area

Eventually, we expect Darien Northup to be our primary building construction General Contractor.
We also expect to involve David Samuelson as Architect, and as a secondary Construction General Contractor.
So far, there has been no interest shown by Cousin Gary Northup, who has a long history as Developer and General Contractor of homes and Commercial Building or by my brother-in-law, Tony Persinger, who also has been an Independent General Contractor in his own right.

My daughter, Cherly Ballek has fixed up their house in Bemidji and has it put up for sale. We are hoping proceeds from that eventual sale can be at least partially pumped back into this company to get us building houses.

Part of our philosophy is to put our people to work at a decent wage, with the prospect of investing a portion of what they earn back into the Company on a Stock Purchase Plan. If an employee is hired at $9.00/hr, he can invest up to $3.00/hr of that money into stock, whereby the company will equal that committment, in essence giving that employee a total value of $12.00/hour. Similar stock ownership plans will be put in place for the various Vendors. The vision is that all people who work for the Company will own a stake in the Company.

Predictions of Hurricane Katrina

2005-09-05T09:52:00.000-05:00

There has been considerable discussion of late about the "Surprise" that Hurricane Katrina was to the residents of the Mississippi, Alabama and Louisiana coast. There was no Surprise at all. They have been talking for years, that sooner or later this area would get a direct hit from a Category Five Hurricane. The only Surprise was that this hurricane weakened a little just before landfall and only hit as a Cat 4.

Path of Katrina crossing Florida, building strength in the Gulf and Striking just East of New Orleans

In September of 2001, the people of this country woke up for a few short months before they went back to sleep. The idea of a major Terrorist Attack on American Soil is now, as it was prior to 9-11, on the back burner.

In September of 2002, the article linked to on the top of this page came out. I, for one had never heard of it. I suppose the war in Afghanistan, and the looming threat of a similar attack on Iraq was taking up all the headlines, and no one was very interested in the possibility of any sort of natural disaster striking American Soil. We are a God-Fearing country, and God would not allow such a thing to happen.

Katrina Bearing Down on the Mississippi Delta

But, now it is September of 2005. The Anniversary of the Day the Terrorists came to America is looming large, and the disaster of Katrina is a week old today. The kibitzing and Politicizing has already started. So far, I have not heard anyone accuse President Bush of causing the Hurricane, but he has been accused by many of responding too slowly and the government at all levels has been accused of not being prepared for this. There is some truth to this accusation, but it is not the sole responsibility of the President or the Congress to act. This is a country Of the People, For the People, and By the People. It is time that We the People get concerned about some of the things that are going on. We bear the ultimate responsibility.

There are two primary reasons why the devastation was so bad in New Orleans by a mere Category 4 Hurricane. They are unrelated, except both were caused somewhat by a form of greed. It started over a hundred years ago when we started building dikes to keep the Mississippi from flooding.

This was essentially Land Greed.

The land that is in the most precarious location is the prime land, that people are willing to pay any price to have it. And they expect the government to step in and help them keep it safe. I have heard many complain that "The Welfare People" are expecting the Government to step in and help them because they are left homeless. The real problem is that the Wealthy Landowners on these lands are willing to pay any amount of Insurance money to guarantee the safety of their precarious mansions. And "We the People" are ultimately paying for it.

The Army Corps of Engineers has been ordered by the Federal Government to build the Dikes and Dams that are largely responsible for the condition the Mississippi Delta is in today. The other part of the equation, of course, is the huge Oil and Gas interests in the area.

This is Oil Greed.

Not only is the Gulf and the Delta covered with Oil Wells and their acompanying Pipe-Lines, most of the Oil coming in from the Middle East traverses these same waters. The canals dug by the Oil Companies into the marshes is the other primary reason this part of Louisiana is sinking into the sea and there is no longer a buffer region to calm the fury of the hurricanes, so they can hit New Orleans full force.

A city that was built by greed, ten feet below sea level and protected by 20 foot dikes that merely serve to hold the water for months after a thirty foot storm surge breaches those walls.

I urge you to click on the title of this BLOG and read the article in it's entirety, including listening to the radio clips. Remember that this dire warning was sounded in September of 2002, more than 3 years before Katrina formed in the Caribbean Sea.

More from the Didache

2005-07-21T21:19:00.000-05:00

Chapter 11. Concerning Teachers, Apostles, and Prophets.
Whosoever, therefore, comes and teaches you all these things that have been said before, receive him. But if the teacher himself turns and teaches another doctrine to the destruction of this, hear him not. But if he teaches so as to increase righteousness and the knowledge of the Lord, receive him as the Lord. But concerning the apostles and prophets, act according to the decree of the Gospel. Let every apostle who comes to you be received as the Lord. But he shall not remain more than one day; or two days, if there's a need. But if he remains three days, he is a false prophet. And when the apostle goes away, let him take nothing but bread until he lodges. If he asks for money, he is a false prophet. And every prophet who speaks in the Spirit you shall neither try nor judge; for every sin shall be forgiven, but this sin shall not be forgiven. But not every one who speaks in the Spirit is a prophet; but only if he holds the ways of the Lord. Therefore from their ways shall the false prophet and the prophet be known. And every prophet who orders a meal in the Spirit does not eat it, unless he is indeed a false prophet. And every prophet who teaches the truth, but does not do what he teaches, is a false prophet. And every prophet, proved true, working unto the mystery of the Church in the world, yet not teaching others to do what he himself does, shall not be judged among you, for with God he has his judgment; for so did also the ancient prophets. But whoever says in the Spirit, Give me money, or something else, you shall not listen to him. But if he tells you to give for others' sake who are in need, let no one judge him.

Apocrypha WebSite

2005-06-30T23:05:00.000-05:00

Earlier today, I mentioned the existence of the Teaching of the Twelve Apostles, Also called "The Didache". I have linked to this page on my Title, but would also like to remind the Reader of the primary subject matter that I was reporting on, found in Chapter 7: "And concerning baptism, baptize this way: Having first said all these things, baptize into the name of the Father, and of the Son, and of the Holy Spirit, in living water. But if you have no living water, baptize into other water; and if you cannot do so in cold water, do so in warm. But if you have neither, pour out water three times upon the head into the name of Father and Son and Holy Spirit. But before the baptism let the baptizer fast, and the baptized, and whoever else can; but you shall order the baptized to fast one or two days before. " I thought this was quite interesting, in that it supports the Catholic and Lutheran practice of sprinkling, to some extent.

Booing at a Special Olympics

2005-06-16T22:00:00.000-05:00

Dan said something today that has stuck with me and got me to thinking about some things. He said something about Triumph the Insult Comic Dog, covering the Jackson Trial. The quote is: "Criticizing the Jackson media is like booing at the special olympics." This sort of went "Clunk" with me when he said it, but I had to think about it a while and then I did a Search and found out the saying originated with Wanda Sykes on Jay Leno, who says, "You can't not like Bush - that's like booing at the special olympics."

There are all sorts of places you could use this statement. Of course, Dan simply thought it was amusing, and apparently, he is a big fan of Triumph, the Insult Comic Dog. I had never heard of him, but that is sort of irrevelent. Lately, I have noticed I am pretty quick to judge others when probably I am displaying my own faults by doing so. I was telling Donna how I figured out how to cut off those guys who always go flying by you when they know the two lanes are going to become one in 1/3 mile and they've driven that road a thousand times and all the people patiently waiting in line while about a hundred cars pass and squeeze in ahead of them. I said, I just sort of drift over and hog both lanes so no one can get ahead of me and they have to wait until it is their natural turn. Would you believe she actually took the side of the other guy and thought I was the rude one?? It is a sort of wake-up call. I have had enough people tell me lately I am a lousy driver that I have thought maybe I should take it to heart and quit driving. I thought my Dad stubbornly kept at it long after he should have been banned from the road, but in a way, I secretly admired his obstinate nature and see a good deal of my own personality reflected in the dark pools of his past existence. It was in 1981, I believe that I lost that one eye and the depth perception was immediately known to be a handi-cap. It took many months before I felt comfortable behind the wheel, and I was amazed that Lucent Technologies would want an old worn out One-Eye with bad teeth on the payroll. I have been back with them long enough to perceive that they still value me very highly, but maybe it is time I hang it up and go putter in the garden, which was my first love and my greatest passion. I turn 61 tomorrow. I thought for sure I would at least hang around for minimum pension, but now I am not so sure I will make it. I will at least finish the job I am presently responsible for and take the Alaska Cruise that I went into hock to be able to afford and see what lies ahead.

StoresOnline.com, eServices for the Small Business and Entrepreneur

2005-06-03T21:34:00.000-05:00

StoresOnline.com, eServices for the Small Business and Entrepreneur

You guys may be interested to find out that Di has finally got something going on her Spruce-Up Site. She is also the only one I know in the family who has sold something on E-Bay. I guess RawKneePee is all wrapped up in WLS, and I guess I am getting all wrapped up in PVSI, so it is not really surprising that we are not Blogging like we were in March. Maybe this will all come back to be a really big part of our lives before it is all over.

The Gospel of Saint Thomas

2005-04-30T21:25:00.000-05:00

I have been faithfully following Beth's Blogging right along and have been blessed by many of her posts. She and Ross have recently started a couple more. I was especially intrigued by the Forgotten Texts Blog-Site she started with the Gospel of Thomas, which you can easily get to through the Link I provided in the title of this Blog. I have known about this Gospel for many years along with some of the other Coptic texts and the Nag Hammadi Scrolls. Beth has recently discovered them and is devouring them with a Passion, much as I did 20 some odd years ago. It brings back memories. I have always thought of Thomas as the Alternative Gospel and it is interesting to note, that He apparently made it as far as India, where a different form of Christianity thrived until the Catholic Portuguese arrived and "straightened them out". Ron might remember when we made this discovery quite a long time ago. It is with a good deal of sadness that we note how the Catholic Church has managed to squelch and bury whatever religious aberrations they encountered in their conquering of the New World.

I urge you all to make at least an occasional trip to Ross and Beth's WebSites to stay abreast of the many good things they are bringing to light.

2005-04-19T23:21:00.000-05:00

What a blessing a cat is!

Please help me update my address book on Ringo

2005-04-16T19:27:00.000-05:00


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The Work of a Communications Technician

2005-04-08T20:57:00.000-05:00

When I am doing menial work, by mind races. I do a lot of that, it seems. Today, when my mind was racing, I thought up this Blog.

Some of you may not have any idea what a Communications Service Technician does in life. Some of you may not even care. For those who do, the following is a brief description of the kinds of work I am apt to be doing on a given day.

In general, our work starts with a new piece of equipment that needs to be bolted to the floor and cable racking brought to it. This is called iron-work, in the trade. Most bays nowadays are free-standing, that is to say, they are bolted to the concrete floor, usually with four bolts, one at each corner and all the supporting equipment is mounted one way or another to these line-ups of free-standing bays. Let's say this one is a Cisco Router. That is pretty common new equipment. This Bay will be seven feet tall and about two foot square. There may be as many as three routers in a bay, each approximately two foot by two foot. There will be anywhere from a half dozen to 20 cards in each router. The very top portion of the bay is usually a power panel for powering the routers in the bay. We practically always have to bring power in via a designated Power cable rack. Usually nowadays, there will be Fiber Optic. In most cases, that will come in ducts or at least a special fiber cable rack. Then, any copper cables, T-1s, for instance need to come on a Switchboard cable rack. If there is a modem for monitoring service, there will be a single Ethernet cable, Cad-6E with RJ-45 plugs on both ends. In many instances, you will have a single Switchboard Rack with raised horns, front and back for the Fiber and Power to come in separately from the Switchboard cable, but attached to the same rack.

Then we run whatever cable needs to be run. To get T-1s, we go to a Distribution Frame somewhere, usually on lower floors, so, typically, we may have to go across and down vertical racks several floors and then across again to where-ever they are. What we are installing right now, these cables are in the neighborhood of 300 feet long. Usually, we employ four people or more to run cable, as you need assistance to feed it around the tight spots.

Next, they need to be sewed to the rack every 9 inches on the vertical runs and not more then every 18" on horizontal runs, depending upon what type of containment system there is. The Fiber Optic also needs to go down to a Fiber Distribution Frame, also usually on a lower floor. When you sew fiber, each point of contact needs to be wrapped individually with protective sheet fiber before tying. This is like a heavy paper. There must be two layers, or a double wrap of this fiber. Fiber Optic cable also needs to be secured more consistently to protect it. (It's glass, after all.) The Power cable usually goes to a Power Distribution Frame nearby, so the runs are usually much shorter.

The power is always sewed and usually every 18" on the horizontal runs and 9" vertical. Needles to say, we do a lot of sewing. Sewing cable is done using one of several stitches, usually what we call a Kansas City Stitch is a running stitch, where you add cable under the same string and only tie it off when you are done running cable. Since we are only running a few cables anymore, quite commonly, we use another stitch, especially on Power and Fiber, called a Chicago Stitch. This is a single stitch on a single bundle of cable. For instance, if we are running four fiber Optic cables with 12 fibers per cable, all four cables can be placed under a single stitch. On these applications, I usually use a "Double Chicago Stitch", which holds them more securely. Clicking on the Title of this Blog will take you to a Communcations Service Technician, connecting major power in a Verizon Switch in Elgin, Illinois.

The cord we use for sewing is 9-ply waxed rayon, which is very strong and must be cut with a sharp knife or a good pair of scissors. Every Installer carries a belt pouch containing a Power Knife and a pair of scissors. Since I am right-handed, my pouch is always on my right hip and frequently goes with me on vacation, as it has become such a necessity to every day life for me. Since my right hand does the cutting, my left has to take over a lot of the knot tying, and I have become aware lately how that hand is actually my most dexterous. It is usually working blind, that is to say, when the right hand naturally goes for what can easily be seen, the left has to work with that part of the picture more likely out of sight, on the back side, etc. If you are still with me, you might read the Poem this observation has inspired.

After the cable is run and secured, they need to be tested for continuity and the fiber has to produce light at a sufficient level to pass the test we place on it. It is simply amazing to see the red light of a tiny penlight shining out the other end of a 300 foot fiber cable that you know is finer than a human hair inside the protective sheath. Power up the system...now you slide in whatever Circuit Packs are provided, then you plug in your preconnectorized cables and integrate the new system into the existing network, without causing any interruption in service. Then you clean up, and pack up and move on to the next job.

David'sMaternal Great Grand Parents

2005-03-30T17:26:00.000-06:00

I decided since David needed to know about his Great Grandfather on his Mother's Father's side, I might as well create a very extensive Blog to demonstrate it, however, the HTML was to complex for the BlogSite to handle, so I just created a link to it and loaded it on my regular Website. Enjoy, and make Comments here.

Rick

Distorted Reflections in the media mirror

2005-03-21T19:01:00.000-06:00

Hello Northup blogmates....Me and dad have been doing lot's of surfing the blog network and today I found an artical relating to one of the dicussions that me and dad were having. On this piticular day we were discussing the implications that John Kerry had used Bloggers to get Elected and if so what that meant to us as bloggers now involved. Anyhow click on the title above for the full artical posted on my site and enjoy.....

I have been very busy if you havn't been there lately, as well as adding a background sound file, I tweeked the cursor, footer, and have messed with the date archives as well as added popup comments. I will continue adding hot links in the sidebar to the various northup blog's and if you do not see your site drop me a comment. Also there are two search engines active and a list of link adds that pay me to post them so don't be shy about going to the links in the sidebar. Most of them are for free content that you can use in your own blog. And all are 100% adult proofed as in nothing for minors....

nuff said....

Larry
http://northrockhead.blogspot.com/2005/03/distorted-reflections-in-media-mirror.html

Northup/McClellan

2005-03-18T21:14:00.000-06:00

This is an old Photo of a bunch of Northup and Mc Clellan Cousins; See how many you can identify!!

TheBlogger Welcomes you to Northup Family BLOG.

SHUT UPand Listen

2005-03-15T18:49:00.000-06:00

Did I get your attention?? The purpose of this BLOG is Alternatives to the Usual. My Alternative today is about Carbs. Didn't you get the message yet about Carbs?? "But I Love Pasta!!", You say...No you don't...You love what goes on pasta. Just try this. Promise me you will just try. It can't hurt. One time, give it a shot. Go buy a pound of good red hamburger, your favorite meaty Sphaghetti sauce and a package of your favorite vegetables. Since we are talking Italian, here, I suggest you use Green Giant Italian Style Vegetables. Broccoli and Red Peppers in an Olive Oil and Garlic flavored sauce. Now forget the pasta, OK?? Brown the meat like you always do. I always start with a little olive oil in the pan, so it don't stick too bad and it gives it some extra flavor. I always buy the very best virgin olive oil. Pamper yourself here. Now stir in the vegetables, let it simmer just a bit and then add the Sauce. It's already cooked, just get it simmering again. Now this makes a couple good sized plates full plus about the same amount to put in the fridge and save for tomorrow. This is good stuff, Guys. Since you aren't getting any carbs with it, you can eat as much as you want and you won't get heart-burn...I promise. All the good stuff with none of the bad. (The Doctors will tell you just the opposite. Just ignore them...What do they know??)

Perry Gates Northup

2005-03-13T18:35:00.000-06:00

Have been in touch with Melissa Northup. She is descended from Perry Gates Northup. This is the same line we are from going back to David Northup, Sr., who was the younger brother of the Stephen Northup Jr. that most all the other Northups are descended from. Her Grandfather, Norris died in the 70s over a hundred years of age. He tore a barn down with nothing but a hammer at 98 years old. Norris was the 5th child of Perry Gates Northup, who had ten children in all. She still has to send me the information on the younger five.

Creating Thumbnails

2005-03-13T08:24:00.000-06:00

This is a Demonstration of Thumb-Nail Use in a Blog.

Click on Picture to see Full Size Pic!!

Go to Diana's Picture Puzzles to see more examples!!!

Greenhouse Flowers

2005-03-10T23:57:00.000-06:00

I am sitting here thinking about flowers which I've picked in the greenhouse. I have many vases all over the kitchen. They smell so wonderful I wish I could publish the fragrance. This page is on my server. You'll find a page for DianaM in the sidebar. Not all flowers, but there will be more there soon. I send at least monthly.
My Spruce Up blogspot will have frequent changes. It's easy to send a picture there any old blog.

<%;"> Back Up and Running in a Limited Fashion

2005-03-09T18:49:00.000-06:00

Seems like things are cooling off a little in the Blogosphere. Diana has gotten pretty active and Jo-Jo has almost quit altogether. My wife told me if I was going to talk about people's Blog, I should include her, so I did. Seems like RawKnee has finally posted another Post, albiet a rather Puny Post, if you'd Pardon the Pun. I hope he writes another Poem soon. I hope all you guys whose names I did not mention will not castigate me. I hate that.

Larry did not castigate me but Di did, so I had to add him in...Sorry 'bout that.

As for me, I have gotten a new hard drive to use for work and have rejuvenated the old one for personal use in the Motel, so I am alive and Kicking again and even down-loaded Hello so I can chat with my family and friends again.

Strait's of Megellan

2005-03-06T12:07:00.000-06:00

Strait's of Megellan
Taken during my first Naval cruise around the South American Continant

!! New Graphics Blog Page !!

2005-03-03T18:31:00.000-06:00

Hey everybody I have finnally gotten the Graphics loaded for the new blog page. So all you artist wanna be's or you artist lookers get on over and check it out!!!

you say you have a drawing you want to add? Great just request access to post it by emailing me .....

northuplarry@yahoo.com

see you there!!

James Knippel

2005-02-28T18:31:00.000-06:00

I had posted a blurb on Ron's Blog about your cousin, Jim Knippel. Frank asked a question on there in a Comment, which I answered in another Comment, but it strikes me, most will never navigate that deep into Ron's Page to see that Post at all, so I am going to Post another Blog here regarding him and that family. Clicking on the Title of this Blog will take you to the Genealogical Website of His Grand-Father.

Many of you probably know nothing about the Fleischman family at all. My Grandmother Knox, was a Fleischman. Her Father, Carl Ferdinand Charles Edward Fleischman must have been quite a character, from what I have heard. He met his wife, Martha Bertha Krueger in Wausau, Wisconsin, where the Knippels lived out their lives. James has since moved to California, but many of the other Knippels still live there. Charles was born aboard the ship that was bringing his parents to America, and Martha Bertha was born in Prussia. These are Mom's Grandparents, folks. Mom's Mother, Esther Clara Viola Fleischman was born in 1895, the 4th of 10 kids. She died in 1937, less than a year after Mom and Dad got married. Esther's youngest sister, Beatrice was born in 1901 and married Walter Knippel. Her baby, James was born in 1947 and married Kathleen Johnson. As I said, he has recently moved to Califonia. He will be sending me a good deal more information, or I may get it from his older brother, Ray, who still lives in Wausau.

2005-02-27T21:29:00.000-06:00

Gary's Mike Pulling the Girls on Sled in a Snowy Seattle
TheBlogger Welcomes you to Northup Family BLOG.

My Visit With Abbe in Pittsburg

2005-02-27T17:50:00.000-06:00

I got up this morning about seven, ate some oatmeal and headed for Pittsburg on Highway 30. You cross the Ohio River into West Virginia, the panhandle for just a couple miles and then you are in Pennsylvania. It is a scenic winding two lane drive most of the way with 45 to 50 MPH being about the maximum. Then you hit #22 and it goes to four lane divided the rest of the way. I picked up I79 and then I279 to I376 to where you exit for where Abbe is living. I got there about 9 AM but didn't know I had to go around the rear to find her doorbell. Finally got in and we were off to see the town.

She is a fantastic tour guide and navigator. I had to drive, as she has no car, so she had to keep pretty busy telling me what lane to be in, etc. She showed me Heinz Field where 3 Rivers Stadium used to be, the Mellon, Carnegie and Heinz buildings all over town...I was shocked and amazed to find out Del Monte had bought out much of the Heinz operation. Yes, that's right, folks. The Heinz Ketchup factory will now be cranking out Del Monte Catsup. Or some such similar scenario.

I should clear up a couple other things. 3 Rivers Stadium has been imploded, for those who didn't know after the Building of the New Heinz Stadium and on the other end of the complex, the new Pirates Home, PNC Park. I should also clear up the notion of there being three rivers. Actually, the Allegheny and the Monongahela Rivers come together here to form the Ohio. So it is two rivers becoming one.

She also showed me the very extensive UPMC (University of Pittsburg Medical Facility) where she works. It is one of the region's largest and they have many beautiful structures. The Medical Profession has sort of taken over the city since the Steel Mills are pretty much gone. You still see a few mills up and down the Ohio River, but in Pittsburg, they are mostly shut down, torn down, converted, or all of the above.

I saw a lot of varied bridges all over the City. We visited North Side, South Side, WareHouse District, The Jewish Quarter, Little Italy, Up-Town, Down-Town, Deutsch Town, Polish Town, etc, etc. Much of the City is getting pretty run-down with the loss of the Steel money, but a lot of it is getting renovated in various ways. It is a very amazing melting pot of various ethnic and economic diversity.

I crossed the river for my return to E. Liverpool, which meant I did not go back into West Virginia. When you cross the border from Pennsylvania into Ohio, you are immediately in E. Liverpool. There is pretty much solid city along the River, so I did not gain much in overall speed, although the highway was four lane most of the way, and a very interesting drive along the Ohio River.

Joey and Aurora Wedding Party

2005-02-26T23:06:00.000-06:00

TheBlogger Welcomes you to Northup Family BLOG.

The Greater Northup Family Bloggists of Note

2005-02-26T02:28:00.000-06:00

I suppose, in fairness, someone ought to point out
that in RawKnee's case, at least, some of his best
stuff is posted on someone else's Blog, namely mine,
at http://northupfamily.blogspot.com.

Now there are many others, Beth is doing almost daily
Inspirationals at:
http://trottfamilyblog.blogspot.com/
What she posted yesterday is worth reading for anyone
who considers himself a devout Christian.

Her sister, Jo is a devoted Bloggist, who faithully
visits all the blogs, posting amusing comments. Her
BLOG is: http://nesvold.blogspot.com/

Another sista, Faitha, is very devoted, but so far
has not figured it out. She is still fueling around
with it. But before she runs out of gas, I hope she
figures out how to fire up a whole line of very
thought provoking poetry. One of the most gifted but
unhallowed Poet-Writers in the family, capable of
making http://methinkssotoo.blogspot.com/ one of the
most visited BLOGs in the Annals of the Greater
Northup Family. Right now it is almost impossible to
find without one of these Handy, Dandy Links, Ron
speaks about.

Seems like all the Fowlers are very talented, and

Frankie, not to be out-done has started his own Ten

Mile Lake BLOG at: http://tenmile.blogspot.com/ He

does not say a lot, but he has deep thoughts. Almost

as deep as the waters of Ten Mile Lake he has a

passion for. Lots of peaceful pictures here.

In my own family of note, and one of the most Prolific Bloggers in the family, is my Rock Headed Son, Larry, who Blogs all over the place, but cheifly and of note, his own Blog at: http://northrockhead.blogspot.com/

Also, there is my Northernma Wife, Donna, Blogging around everyone's Sites, mostly trying to catch up with me, which would be impossible, to be sure. She has just learned how to put up her picture, so you can see her at: http://medonno.blogspot.com/

There are several who have joined my Team, but to my nowledge have done no posting. They include Sharon Haberman, Arlan Hanson, and Shari Bigalk. In addition, The Katy Kid has joined and has so far made Comments on other various Blogs.

And Last, but certainly not least, Chris and Kirk Haberman have a Sports Page, which, technically is not a BLOG, but it is very well worthwhile your visiting, especially if you are a Sports Fan. You can find daily postings here:

This BLOG will be posted on the Northup Family BLOG

aforeto mentioned for convenience of poking around at

various BLOGs of Note out there. As usual, for anyone who got to reading down this far, The Title of this BLOG is a link to the site where it all becomes possible for you too, to become a Blogger of Note. I love You Guys.

Rick

2005-02-25T20:30:00.000-06:00

Grampa and Baby Kendall
talk to sissy

Just before dad heads back to Ohio on sunday morning last weekend.

Randy

2005-02-24T09:23:00.000-06:00

No!!

Say it isn't So....

Arghh......

A New Blog place

2005-02-23T22:18:00.000-06:00

I've found a little solace,
I know you're going to Like.
I'm blogging in a new place,
It's just on down the Pike.

You're going to have to visit,
This is your only link.
I know you're going to find it,
You'll miss it if you blink.

Rawknee

My Brother The Blogger

2005-02-22T21:54:00.000-06:00

After only a mere 53 years, my Brother has become a Blogger.

It's a good thing, because with that Belly of his, he made a mighty poor excuse for a Logger.

One thing I have noticed in the relatively short period of time that I have been a Bloggin'

It really isn't too hard at all, except for the strain on your Noggin'

It's a good thing that we have finally come up with some pretty decent Blogs.

Because my experience up to this point was telling me that we were going to the Dogs.

Reading some of this boring stuff really had me Sawing Logs.

I felt like hacking into their Gears and breaking off their Cogs.

It seems like everyone was missing the whole point of joining someone's Team.

You need to take the time to Blog up someone else's Site, your existence to Redeem.

So now that Blogs are being Plugged up with other people's Poems,

And Lousy Non-Working Links are leading Blogger's to their Homes,

It seems like at least a few of us are Blogging in High Gear.

At least to my way of looking at it, that is how it would appear.

The rest of you need to go to your Dash-Boards and Activate your Members.

So the rest of us can go in there and Create and Dis-Member.

Beths blogging

2005-02-22T13:36:00.000-06:00

I fixed the links herein so check it out again if it didn't
work before. Check back daily for revisions as well.
Beth

I am atttempting to do what Uncle Rick has requested.
He has suggested that I put together a daily devotional blurb.
I liked the idea and so decided to give it a whirl.
It will get better I pray. This is the beginning
and things usually get better with time.
Come check it out and tell me what you think.
Leave a comment and tell me what you would
like to see or not see. I plan to make it deeper
and personalized a bit, as time allows.
Come be uplifted at:
The Trott Family Blog
Blessings from above I pray,
Beth

I'm a contemplative Blogger

2005-02-22T12:27:00.000-06:00

I set and contemplate, quiet and Serene,
Thinking of other Bloggers, staring at their Screen.
What is it you ask me, That motivates my Thought,
The thrill of Dessertation, the stirring of the Pot.
Blogging here Blogging there, it's rather Disjointed,
four solitary comments, by others not Annointed.
Pointed non-ingaugement, trusting in my Skills,
Then hollered at by Rickie, thus agitates my Quills.
I must reply, I must respond, in pensive Disregard,
But coming up with Blog-grade-stuff, I must admit is Hard.
So here, squabble, quibble, dissect it if you Must,
For this attempt has reached it's culmination, the end, a blogiversal Bust.

The Dullest BLOG

2005-02-20T18:03:00.000-06:00

The following is the most recent BLOG posted on the Dullest BLOG in the World Page:

"My knee had a slight itch. I reached out my hand and scratched the knee in question. The itch was relieved and I was able to continue with my activities."

There are presently 375 pages of responses to this single BLOG, which was posted on Sept 10, 2004. His last previous to that was on the 2st of August:

" There was an object occupying a space on my table. Using my hand I picked up the item from its place. Having considered my options for a moment I placed the object on a different area of the table. "

Before that, it was May 19th:

"I was standing quite near to a wall. I turned my attention towards it for a few moments. Having done this for several seconds I turned away from it and carried on doing something else."

I think he has found out if he posts very often, he will not get many hits. This way, people keep coming back to see what new little gems are there. Many people post over and over and some even use it for a sort of Chat Room. I was laughing until my sides ached this morning about 1 AM.

I have received a couple comments from people outside the family, but it is sort of cheating, because I went to theirs and posted something. So far, I have not done a search and found one of our BLOG pages, but I did a Search Yesterday and found the new link about the BLOG that I had added to my Northup Family Alternatives Site. I searched for NorthupFamily BLOG and that is what I found.

The Blogger Hit's the road

2005-02-20T07:36:00.000-06:00

Well dad has left the house on his way back to work in ohio and I am feeling disappointed. As soon as the van pulled out Cameron, (my daughter), cryed out "My gam-pa... I want to go with my gam-pa daddy. I want to hug my gam-pa" it just about broke my heart.

Clean the house
Do the dishes
Give the girls a bath
Start a load of laundry
Blog a letter...

oh the heck with house work I want to blog! We did have a good time and got to go see the new house and find out what has been done. They must have just poured the concrete floor in the garage. The siding and roofing was all done and most of the triming out under the eaves had been completed. it appeared that the electrician had finished most of his work and the ducting for the heating cooling had been almost finished as well. They haven't started tieing the rest of the trim boards to finish off the end walls or carpeting yet, which is probably a good thing as there is so much mud around the house. Nor had they started any of the final work upstairs which they won't untill the electrician and heat-cooling work is finished. The walls are still just 2 by 4 skeletons at this point upstairs while the down stairs is almost move in ready...kinda wierd. I also noticed that there is still some insulation to be done.... I wonder if it is going to be blown in or batting? There is going to be so much storage space in the house which is great! And I still have to figure out how I will handle getting a new garage put up and where. When we sold our house the new people said we should take down the pool and bring it with us so I will need to get started on that as well. so much to do..

took very few pictures more of a last minute thing but will post them when we have them. Anyhow dad it was great to have you down and look forward to our next get together. I am still hopeing to get down some time this spring after we have moved into the house. hmm this blog needs a photo but I suppose this will have to do.

ok back to work you all enjoy your Hog-wild weekend and have fun!

Changing Times For Lucent Tehnologies and all the Giants of the Industry

2005-02-18T00:15:00.000-06:00

Things are really changing around here. The title of this BLOG links to the INQIT Site, which, in turn has links to many of the top stories in Telecom that are progressing as we speak.

It looks like people are on the road forever. It is really strange the way they do things. On the one hand, it seems like they have no end of money to do whatever they want with it, and on the other they are getting tight as heck. It's sort of like having a Trust Fund, that let's you get your money out in a certain way. You have to learn how to ask for it and then, the sky is the limit. We had a guy here I am working with that wanted to go home for his kid's hockey tournament, so he asked for some "No Pay" days. He would have driven home on his own and they wouldn't have had to pay for any of it. They said, "No, we are not allowing any "No Pay" until your vacation is gone. So he took a week's vacation, they are paying him for that plus transfer money and four days to travel. They are footing the bill for the whole thing.

Another guy took the buy-out, went in to turn in his tools, pick up his severance pay and say, "Good-Bye!", they told him, "We got bad news...You're staying four more months. They need you in New York City." So he is there now. Today, they told him he is off roll on March 15. Go figure. They spent the money to send him out there and back in addition. It's crazy.

They are sending everybody who isn't either here or New York City to Portland, Ore. They are working 7 eights out there. Maybe I should tell them that's where I want to go. All I have to do is say the word, I am done in Ohio, and that is where I would go.
Some of the guys who have been sent on the road like that are going nuts. We'had about 8 of them in our Office, alone. I think they are intentionally going nuts to get out of going. They are calling it "Stress Related Disfunction" or something like that.

One guy, who I lived with, in his basement, before Donna and Josh came down and we bought the house in Coon Rapids, checked himself into the mental ward today. I imagine he has some freedom, since he checked himself in, but he has to stay in the hospital, supposedly, until they release him. He probably told them he is afraid he'll go "Postal" if he has to go to Portland. He has went postal before, so they would believe him in a flash, but he is trying to get 100% custody of his kids from his first marriage and this will but the Kabosh to that, for sure. In fact maybe their denial of that pushed him over the edge, along with the transfer. Who knows what goes on in someone's mind??

In another vein, The guy who has been my Supervisor down here says they are probably going to need him back in St Lewis and I may be working for the Supervisor whom I really was working for all along. He was just sent down here to help her out because she had so much going. She is just a young gal and really doesn't have the Moxy for some of what they are wanting her to do, but they are primarily trying to cut costs, so they are letting go the top paid people and keeping the ones with less experience.

In one sense, this is good news for me, as it will give us a great deal of control here as Installers. Since she doesn't know a thing about what we are doing, we will make the calls. What it amounts to, we will be doing the part of working Supervision, which is a direction they have wanted it to go. I have always been pretty much in that category, as they appreciate my experience and let me run things my way, but now about all I will be looking to Melissa for is to make sure they drop the materials at the next place. In fact, they might even give that to us, as well. I have to send her my time for the week, but she has no way of knowing how I am really spending my time, so she has to take my word for everything. I will order tools and supplies as needed and send her the bill. In fact, they may give me a credit card, and a cell phone. I have been racking up some bills already including 'Phone calls from the Motel, so I think I will ask her for a Cell, to "Cut Costs".

This is all a part of the way Lucent is doing business since the competition has gotten so fierce in the wake of the terrible decline post 9-11. All the little co-locaters we were installing have fallen by the wayside. Bigger companies are getting swallowed up by their little brothers, as you can see if you go to the INQIT Site I linked to in the Title Page, as I mentioned in my first paragraph.

Happy surfing all you Telecom BLOGgers.

2005-02-17T18:29:00.000-06:00

Jamie and Jo with Jack at Ame and Brian's Wedding
TheBlogger Welcomes you to Northup Family BLOG.

Faith is Blogging!! It Bloggles the Mind!!

2005-02-17T02:25:00.000-06:00

Hey, Guys, Have you heard?? Faith is the latest to join a long line of Northup Family Bloggers. Her site is Pretty Much In The Pink!! Of COurse, I already linked to her Photo Album, but since no one added any comments, I figured I'd Blog it to you again, secretly hidden on the page you are reading.

Northern Lights

2005-02-16T18:54:00.000-06:00

I wasn't going to but dad was so amazed at the sight of this jpg that I decided to write about it.
It makes a great background image for your desktop and reminds me so much of home in northern Minnesota. I remember spending many evenings staring at the dancing lights and stars beyond. There just isn't a better place in the world to see them or the stars that I have ever in my days seen. The air was so clear and un"blogged" by light from the busy cities. As well there was something clean about the air in minnesota that I have not found elsewhere. Growing up I spent a lot of time roaming the woods and there was a piticular night that this photo brings to mind where I had fallen asleep in the woods staring and listening to the sounds of the wind in the tree's and walking home through the woods I noticed the light in the sky giving me just enough to see the sparse deer trail befor me. I remember feeling at home and right with the world that evening. This picture just brings it all back.

2005-02-15T22:51:00.000-06:00

This is a Picture of the very Lovely Shayla Butler. (Cousin Linsky's Grand-Daughter)
TheBlogger Welcomes you to Northup Family BLOG.

Random Ramblings of a Tired Mind

2005-02-15T21:43:00.000-06:00

Tonight, Lia posted a Comment on Larry's BLOG. I went there and was a little surprised she had picked the same BLOG Format as me. It looks just like my page. I read quite a few of her Posts. She is a deep thinker, Colllege Working Gal from New York City, pondering her place in life and what it all means. Her latest Post was a one-liner, obviously wondering if the reason she wasn't getting responses is because her Blogs are too long. I assured her that was not the case. She seems a little lonely. Maybe she needs some reassurance from the Northup Family Group that she is appreciated. I especially encourage Frank to go to the Link I provided to her WEBsite in my title and read a little of what is there. Some day you may be reading this gal's stuff in a New York Times Best Seller. Better get acquainted today. She says she is doing two a day and she does her best work at three in the morning. I sense a certain Kinship with TheBlogger, Here.

In another Vein, as you may have noticed, Donna figured out how to post a BLOG. Haven't heard a word from Cyndi. She was asking all the questions yesterday, I guess she couldn't find the time today. Linsky figured out how to send pictures on "Hello". Larry sent one of Cameron to me and I sent it to Linsky and she sent one of Shayla to me. All in all a good night. Faith quit early because she had to go to bed so she could go to The Cities tomorrow, but I suspect it was really because Curt was beckoning slyly. Never did see RawKnee, but he had posted a comment to my last BLOG on the Upper Ohio.

Rick and Donna Dancing

2005-02-15T20:19:00.000-06:00

I decided to edit Donna's post, just to show her what can be done, once she figures out what to do with it. Since this is us dancing, it made me think of Billy's Wedding. I decided to link the Photo to Faith's Photo Album, even though this picture was not taken at Billy's Wedding. Faith's Photo Album is not so completely done as some of the others, so bear with me on this. I need to create separate pages for Billy and Amanda, at least and put Faith's Page under Judy. That has not been done yet. One step at a time. This is TheBlogger, editing Donna's Post.

Larry's Thought's

2005-02-15T19:25:00.000-06:00

Motivation will almost always beat mere talent.
-Norman R Augustine

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The Upper Ohio Valley

2005-02-14T23:07:00.000-06:00

I wanted to talk a little more about the Upper Ohio Valley, where I am presently working. The attached link shows you a few Photos of the Upper Ohio, chiefly Steubenville. The first one at the top of the page is the Veteran's Memorial Bridge at Steubenville. I thought it was astronomical. There are no less than three bridges crossing the Ohio at this point, but this one is the newest, built in 1990. There are photos here of the other two, as well.

We will be working in Steubenville in a few short weeks, when we are done in Wellsville and East Liverpool. I still haven't figured out the meaning of the East part, as it suggests there is a Liverpool to the West, but there isn't, and E. Liverpool is on the West side of the river. Another puzzling town I have not yet figured out is called Shadyside, and doesn't that suggest there must be a Sunnyside, as well?? Well, there isn't and naturally, following the Upper Ohio pattern, Shadyside seems to me to be on the sunny side of the River, being on the NorthWest side of the river and would catch the bright morning to noon sun, but maybe it is because in the hot afternoon, it would be the shady side.

Now, as many of you know from my Sunday Post, I went down the river on Saturday as far as Galiopolis and through on 141 to Northup, Ohio, where I visited the cemetary. I found out that things get a little better further South, but up here where I am at, this is poor man's country. I don't really know where main-stream USA is, but it is not the Upper Ohio River Valley. This place is poor. It would be cliche to say they are too poor to leave, but I know for a fact they are too poor to tear down their old run-down houses. As I said to Rick Friday, who works with me, if you went up and down the street and tried to figure out which one out of ten you ought to try and save, you would be hard-pressed to make that decision. They all gotta go.

This really tells you something about that Catholic Chaplain I was telling you about earlier who wanted to serve the parrish here and in Youngstown rather than retiring after 20 years in the Air Force to some nice place like Florida or Southern California, or even maybe Katy, Texas.

At any rate, I want you all to know, that I think I have figured out my purpose in life. It is to BLOG my very controversial opinions all over the Internet to whoever wants to chime in and give me their opposing opinions. Anything is fair game. When I do my observing, I am going to make some mental notes and when I come home to BLOG, I am going to tell it as I see it, and I will promise to read and respond to anything you post. I may choose to delete a few obnoxious remarks, like the one from the guy Argus, who thought Gary's picture was funny. I LOVE that picture of Cousin, Gary. BLOG You, Argus!!

I know there are people out there who agree with me, too. I think Bill Maher agrees with me pretty much. He is an unabashed Liberal. I think I am an Abashed Liberal. At any rate, if you agree with me, to Heck with all those others guys you think you might offend, tell me about it. I wanna hear it, even if they don't.

I'll tell you something said the younger blogger boy of foolish intent...but you might not want to here it.

Chatting online with family...

2005-02-14T20:13:00.000-06:00

You know Allison is a littl eperturbed with me as I have spent the past three days almost exclusivly online chatting blogging and getting blogged...

But I got to chat with dad about a lot of nonsense and started the whole blogging thing, which lead into a future visit and then april joined in and we chatted...she fixed my print problem and didn't know that she had. hmmm.....

any way the point is wether blogging is silly or just a new angle on chatting it works.

so blog That

The Infamous as he thinks he is.....NorthRockHead
blogger extrordinair

p.s. thought for the day......is chatting online better than chatting on the phone?

See More Pictures of Gary Northup and ConnieOn Their Recent Trip Around The USA

2005-02-13T19:27:00.000-06:00

A Good Shot of Cousin Gary
TheBlogger Welcomes you to Northup Family BLOG.

Allison and Girls From Larry's Online Photo Album

2005-02-13T15:21:00.000-06:00

Allison, Cameron and Kendall at South of the Border during our Tampa trip.
(That is the NC-SC border. Sorry bout that.)

That BLOG-Headed North Rock Head

2005-02-13T14:56:00.000-06:00

Well, Well, Well;

This is really taking off. I see now where Larry was readintg some e-mails and decided to give it a try. He went to my latest BLOG about all the Northups there are buried at the town of Northup, Ohio, and decided to start his own BLOG-Spot. As usual, in the Northup Family BLOG, you can go to the title of the day's BLOG and Instantly, you will be transferred over to another BLOG-Site. In this case, Larry's NorthRockHead BLOG-Spot.

The most fascinating thing about the whole issue is this...Larry was sitting there on the Computer, BLOG-ging, and along comes Allison to look over his shoulder! She gets a look at my BLOG and decides to get on there herself. So along with 17 other Comments, one of them is from her and she is inviting me to Virginia for a visit some week-end, probably, this next one coming. Maybe I'll get to meet my new grand-daughter.

Naturally, when I got done reading the 18 comments, I had to go to both RawKnee and Hard Rock's BLOGs to see what they had going and added in a couple comments of my own. I see where Ron has loaded some of his pictures to his BLOG, besides his Pansy face, and I hear he did it using this "Hello" and "Picasa" thingy. I got that, too and I am on here BLOG-ging away and all of a sudden I got a window open and here it is Larry hollering at me on the Yahoo Chat-Line, so we got the "Hello" open, added him to my list and we visited back and forth for half an hour until he had to change "The Girls" I hope he didn't change them into boys. I know there were times I was tempted to see if I couldn't change a couple of the girls. But not for the better, as they always were the best there is.

Northup, Ohio Cemetary

2005-02-12T20:13:00.000-06:00

Guys;

I had such a wonderful day. When I got up this morning it was gray and blustery with a skiff of new-fallen snow. I thought about just staying tucked in my cozy Motel and then decided it would truly be a waste. I headed out the door, then came back to get my new Atlas to make some decisions. 10 hours to Norfolk, Virginia. Could easily be done, but better to wait for a Friday afternoon so I could figure on getting in there and get a motel Friday and Saturday night, driving home on Sunday. Then too, I should really contact Larry and Alllison before going. Similar thoughts about Abbe and the Haberman boys. Actually, I could get to Pittsburg any afternoon after work, so why waste a week-end??

So off I did hie to Galiopolis down the mighty Ohio. A very scenic drive up and down the hills and around every bend of the river for 200 miles. By the time I got to Galiopolis the sun was coming out full and it was a balmy 55 degrees at the cemetary and dry enough to lie down and study the stones. The little town of Northup is about eight miles down the road past Galiopolis. I had a bit of trouble finding the cemetary. It is a good mile past town down a quiet lane that leads directly past to a farmhouse., and is used primarily as his drive way. No trouble at all finding the town.

It is a nice little quiet town on a busy Creek (or Run, as they are called in Southern Ohio). Too bad I forgot my camera. It would have been a really lovely shot in the bright afternoon sun.

I found quite a few Northups, but they were mostly children. The one adult that stood out was Hannah, wife of

George Vernon Northup . She was born Hannah Gilbert on July 4, 1809 and died Aug 3, 1888. Her stone was very large and quite legible. A lot of them were almost impossible to read without taking some bleach out there to clean off the fungus.

I have been wanting to visit the Northup Cemetary for a long time. Doug Northup, husband of Kari Dye is descended from this branch of Northups and also this branch of Gilberts. I have been in repeated contact with Kari over the years since I started doing Northup Genealogy.

Rick

RawKneeBLOG

2005-02-11T22:06:00.000-06:00

Guys;

I'm sure by now you all know that RawKneePee is a BLOGger, but did you know he has his own BLOG?? It's incredible. Everyone I know is BLOGging these days!!!

Once again, if you want to go to RawKnee's BLOG, Click on the Title of this BLOG.

I think somehow what we have to do is make all the people with their own BLOGs to get on the Team with all the others. I think that is how it works the best but I can't really figure out how it is done.

Beth's New BLOG

2005-02-11T16:22:00.000-06:00

Hey, Guys, Perhaps you've heard. Beth Trott has a new BLOG!!! If you click on the title of this Post, (Which reads, "Beth's New BLOG", for the computer illiterates on here), it will take you there in a jiffy. I hope you have patience with Beth as she is just getting started in this BLOGging business. This is her first day. (I have even heard there is a rumor out there that she may use this BLOG for a Daily Inspirational for the Northup Family so they can wake up each day refreshed and ready to hit the streets as a Prayer Warrior, Fully Armored for God.)

On the other hand, I have been at this for four days now and I even have a picture on my Profile of me and Ron BLOGgong together. Who else has that??

The Blogger What Got Fired

2005-02-10T18:27:00.000-06:00

Did you Guys hear about the Blogger who got fired for something he BLOGged on the company's BLOGsite, so he started his own BLOG?? He's sorta famous right now. BLOG Mark Jen and you can read all about it. Or, better yet, go to the Link I have provided. That's his personal BLOG now that Microsoft fired him. At the top of his Page, it says, "exMFST"

Testing a New Theory

2005-02-10T11:18:00.000-06:00

I am trying"BLOG This" at the top of the page there and seeing if I can start a new thread this way

East Liverpool

2005-02-09T18:13:00.000-06:00

Well, by the time I got out of the Motel in Cleveland, it was almost nine when I got to the Warehouse. It was perfect timing. The guy that is working with me was all done with his training and after speaking briefly with Melissa about some issues, we hit the cars and headed South. We stopped by Columbiana, (a little town ten miles or so from Salem, Ohio) to check out some issues with the job we had done there last May. Everything was good, so we continued to E. Liverpool. Got checked in and settled. I only have a regular dial-up, but I am connected at 48 KBPS, so that is not too bad. The rooms were disappointing after the Hampton Inn. We got smoking Queens and they were filled, so they couldn't change us. I was a little angry to be given a smoking room, but I will have to live with it until something else opens up. They don't have In-House Laundry, either, so I will have to find a laundromat soon. I am down a little on clean clothes after going all last week and into this one.

Still no answers to any of my BLOGs. I will invite the e-mail Group to peruse it soon and see if they want to join.

I am in Room # 29 of the AmeriHost Inn and Suites in East Liverpool, Ohio. The Phone Number here is 330-386-3800, if anyone wants to call.

Rick

All Done in Cleveland

2005-02-09T00:24:00.000-06:00

Tomorrow when I get up, I eat breakfast and check out of the motel I have been in since the last week of November. I start out in the Warehouse at Cleveland to finish a little bit of Training pertaining to Lucent Business Guideposts. (We have to take this annually to make sure we know what is a proper understanding of Lucent Ethics.)

When I am done with that, I head for E. Liverpool, just across the Ohio/West Virginia line. It is less than 40 miles from Pittsburg on U.S. 30. We took the van we will be using down there today and continued over to Columbus to get some tools calibrated.

I will post tomorrow with my new address and Telephone Number.

Rick

Waiting Patiently in Cleveland

2005-02-08T00:58:00.000-06:00

I have decided to add a second Thread to the BLOG, hoping someone will find something to add to. It gets sort of boring sitting in this Motel Room waiting for someone to find my BLOG and say something. I am hoping this will work sort of like a Chat Room, but more family oriented, and more variety to what you can do with it. If anyone has any bright ideas how to proceed, please enlighten me.

Rick

New Northup Family BLOG Site

2005-02-06T22:21:00.001-06:00

I have created this BLOG as an Alternative BLOG for the greater Northup Family to get together and share thoughts and ideas without plugging up the various e-mails. This has been started as an Alternative to the Northup Family Group on Yahoo, created by the same Author. I am TheBlogger, usually known as TheGrabber on Yahoo. This BLOG is open to the General Public, however I will require Users to maintain a certain amount of sensitivity to younger Northup Family Members. Thank You for your consideration. Please feel free to join our BLOG.