Newness of Life

Where Is JoTigerlily?

Just writing this in haste, in case any of my NV friends are wondering if I dropped off the edge of the world or something.

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Directory of Twittering Viners

This is a living directory, so please add a comment if you know of anyone I have missed or if you spot any mistakes, or if you would just like to be added into the list yourself. Thank you kindly. Aaron Ross Powell twitters here NEW! Adam Hobson twitters here

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New Code of Honor Goes Live

We are happy to announce the new Code of Honor. After much consideration and valuable feedback provided by the Newsvine community, the revised Code of Honor offers a set of rules that we hope will foster and shape Newsvine in the days, weeks and months to come.

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Book Review: The Dragon and the Raven, Or The Days of King Alfred

By G. A. Henty Review #5 for the reading challenge. Yes, another Henty book. These can be hard to put down once you get caught up in the plot. This book was no exception.

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Groundhog Day, from Eugene, Oregon

The sun is not expected to shine here today. Rain and snow are predicted for overnight and this morning. The news from Eugene at present has to do with the weather and how it is affecting traffic and transportation.

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Book Review: Roman Hostage

By Vivian Schurfranz Review #4 of the reading challenge. Can you guess which time period we have been covering of late at our house? This historical fiction takes place during the time that Valens was Emperor of Constantinople.

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Movie Review: Roundup Ready Nation

Roundup Ready Nation is a documentary that provides one mother's view of how corporate greed and public apathy are allowing genetically modified plants and animals to impact America's health.

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Tips for Moving, Anyone?

Oh the joy! Moving is one of my least favorite things to do.Not that I haven't done it--repeatedly--throughout my life.

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Book Review: Swords, Spears, and Sandals - The Story of the Roman Legions

By Richard Suskind Review #3 for the reading challenge. "Within the history of Rome's rise to power and control of all of the known world, the author also tells the story of 'Caligates,' the typical Roman fighting man."

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Book Review: Beric the Briton

Review #2, for the reading challenge. Classic historical fiction by G. A. Henty. I often choose Henty's books for a family read-aloud time. At this point the "family" consists mainly of my 14-year-old son, and usually my husband, both of whom found this book fascinating.

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Homemade "Tea" Helps Fight Headcolds

While I've been sitting here clearing my throat, applying tissues, coughing, etc., I realized that it was time for another cup of "tea." Then I began to think that I'm probably not the only one trying to get through a cold this time of year.

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The Ottoman Empire and its Legacy in Modern Times.

Precis: Those who would understand the Middle East today must begin with the Ottoman Empire. Its strengths and weaknesses are perhaps our best guide to the problems and possibilities at present.

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Bibles for America

I would like to get the word out that there is an organization that will provide a free New Testament study Bible to anyone in the US who requests one. There are *no* strings attached to this offer. The non-profit is called, fittingly, Bibles for America.

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Let's Talk Tags

Alright, so there's been some confusion and drama and at least one confused old man stymied by the concept of tagging on newsvine. We have, apparently, several factions here and a few key disagreements about how tagging should work.

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Ways to Think About Generating Articles: Localizing

In an article titled Fast Forward to MSNBC, Oldfogey mentioned the need to "make sure I keep my ears, my eyes and my mind open to possible new material for Newsvine".

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Confidential FDA Report - Crisis In Food and Drug Safety

Anyone who has been paying attention to the Bush Administration appointees knows that cronyism, industry control of key regulatory agencies, cutbacks in funding and reduction of oversight have severely compromised the systems established to protect the public interests.

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Feeding Pets Like One of the Family

This article marks a lifetime first for me. It was done by request and my thanks to MinnieApolis for being the one to herald in the honor. If the article is a favorite you know where the credit goes!

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How Many People Does It Take to Change a Headlight?

Well, let's see. I'm the hopelessly non-mechanical person who kept reminding my husband about the burned-out headlight. (1) My husband had to get the old bulb out so he could match it up at the auto parts store. (2)

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Putting My Money where my mouth is. My View of Iraq from the inside.

As many know I am currently serving in Iraq as a soldier in the U.S. Army. I had a choice last year to serve my second tour in Iraq or to get out while I could. And as many might have guessed my mind was made up before I was ever even asked.

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My Husband, My Hero!

You could say it was a little thing. We don't live in the nicest of neighborhoods. Car windows have been broken out on more than one occasion and things stolen. Well, yesterday morning, just after 3:00 a.m., I woke up to a loud shout: "Hey, you kids! Get away from that car!"

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A Conservative Christian in the Newsvine Court

I was writing a response to a question from Phaedrus, one of my good Newsvine friends, on another thread today. My response had to do with how to avoid getting too angry at ideological foes during our online debates.

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A Newsvine Education?

I have to admit it. I've been learning a lot during my limited time on the Vine. I joined as a mostly fundamentalist Christian. Yes, a conservative (with occasional liberal leanings). This has not changed.

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A Tribute to My Dad

My dad was a veteran of WWII, as were most men of his generation. He served in the Navy from 1942 - 1946. Then he was in the Coast Guard from 1947 - 1957. I am the youngest of his 4 children, and the only one not born in a military hospital.

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Newsvine Community Group - Standards Revision

Alright, so this is the largest group on newsvine and while the content has gradually improved over the past year from incessant whining from myself in others in the group talk I think it's time we had a discussion as to what kind of content, exactly, we want to see in this group …

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Recent Votes

  • Something Very Cute and Non Controversial

    Lets take a moment to step out of the political malestrom and just enjoy some very cute pictures of animals on a white background. No muss, no fuss, no blue or red.

  • The Dog Lady

    In the 80s I was trying to be a musician, and ended up working construction during the day. A friend got me a job as clean-up boy in a house in DC near Chevy Chase. I also did small construction jobs that a novice could do.

  • British holidaymaker discovers lost underwater 'city'

    Michael Le Quesne, 16, was swimming off a popular beach in Montenegro with his parents and his ten-year-old sister Teodora when he spotted an odd looking 'stone' at a depth of around two metres. It turned out to be a large, submerged building which may have been the centrepiece  …

  • Dog dies after being set on fire -

    Managers of an apartment complex say someone lit their dog on fire and they think it was meant as retaliation. The dog died one week after the incident.

  • 11-year-old Schoolgirl Had a Baby ... on Her Wedding Day

    11-year-old Kordeza Zhelyazkova gave birth "on her wedding day" in October 2009.

About JoTigerlily

Articles Posted: 16
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Member Since: 9/2007Last Seen: 11/02/2009

I'm a homeschooling mom who is still learning about a lot of things.

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