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Woman spends $500 on surgery for pet goldfish that choked on pebble The Brisbane Bird and Exotics Veterinary Services in Australia shared the story of Conquer the goldfish

CDC: Please do not kiss your chickens Uptick in salmonella Cristina_2/SXC (CNN), SEPTEMBER 16, 2016 -----

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Pig who jumped from truck to save its life finds new home POOLESVILLE, Md., Sept. 14, 2016 (UPI) -- A daring piglet who jumped out of a moving truck in Pennsylvania to save its own life found a new home at a Maryland animal sanctuary. Poplar Spring Animal Sanctuary shared a photo of Charlotte the piglet who was found wounded on the side of a road. "A very kind family saw her lying motionless between the white line of the road and the gravel shoulder," the sanctuary wrote. "On their way to pick up school supplies, they turned around and came back to try to help, while other cars and trucks just whizzed by." Charlotte was taken into Adams County SPCA with wounds on her head, legs and chest as well as a temperature of 107. She initially could not eat or drink on her own, but has recovered as her wounds continue to heal at Poplar Spring. "She is just starting to run and play," Poplar Spring director Terry Cummings told The Dodo. Poplar Spring staff expressed excitement about providing a new home for Charlotte and hope she can get along with another new rescue named Oreo or "Reo" for short. "We hope that soon she and Reo can be playmates, when he is well and home from the hospital," they wrote. "Welcome, Charlotte, you will have a wonderful life here!" SEE FACEBOOK PICTURE; http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/09/14/Pig-who-jumped-from-truck-to-save-its-life-finds-new-home/2131473869030/?spt=sec&or=on

The stuffed peppers we ate on Sunday were good.

Hunt For Bigfoot Set for September 16-17 In Tionesta Thursday, September 8, 2016 @ 12:09 AM TIONESTA, Pa. (EYT)

Veterinarian helps free elk stuck in tire swing Elk with a tire swing wrapped around its antlers. CBS Denver PINE, Ariz., SEPTEMBER 6, 2016(CBS) ------ An elk with a tire swing wrapped around its antlers luckily turned up at the right house for help, CBS Denver reported. Butler shot video of the tire swing tangled in the elk

About 2 weeks ago while camping cooked 14 pounds of bacon and about 4 pounds of sauage links. In all the years camping with 3 other parties of family friends and cooking bacon for breakfast, think at least 1 pig has made the sacrifice to full fill the need.

Best ways to enjoy bacon on International Bacon Day Published September 02, 2016 (iStock) Americans love bacon. The average American eats nearly 18 pounds per year, according to Bacon Today. That

Deep-fried Jello-O wins best food at Texas State Fair Big Tex Choice Awards Fried Jell-O captured the hearts, and stomachs, of judges at the pre-awards food ceremony for the State Fair of Texas. (State Fair of Texas) FOX NEWS, AUGUST 30, 2016 ------- When it comes to America

FLOWER WINES ----- (Golden Rod Wine) Flowers contain no acid and very little tannin, their only contribution to a wine is in bouquet and flavour. The flowers should be gathered if possible on a warm sunny day, or certainly during the middle of a dry day when the florets are wide open. Only the petals or tiny flowers heads should be used; the green calixes impart a bitter flavour to the wine and should be discarded together with any stem, leaf or stalk. In the absence of fresh flowers some winemakers have used dried flowers which are available from herbalists. As the essence of flowers becomes very concentrated when they are dried, it is only necessary to use a small packet of dried flowers to flavour a gallon of wine. The method is the same for all flower wines. Boiling water is poured on to the flower petals and the mashing vessel is carefully covered. Each day the flowers should be stirred so that they become thoroughly macerated and are not allowed to rise and become dry. After three days the liquid is strained on to some chopped sultanas or raisins and sugar, citric acid, nutrient and tannin. Fermenting yeast is added and the must is fermented in the usual way. A week later the wine is strained again and the raisins are pressed and fermentation is continued until completion. The wine is then racked, stored for three months, then racked again and three months later bottled. This wine is usually ready in about a year after making. The basic ingredients are as follows. The quantities of flowers to use are given subsequently: 8 oz. chopped raisins or sultanas 3 Ib. sugar 1/2 teaspoonful grape tannin or 1/2 cup cold strong tea 1 gallon water Rind and juice of 2 lemons and an orange or alternatively 3 oz, citric acid Nutrient General-purpose yeast The flowers are: Agrimony, 1 medium sized bunch Broom, 2 quarts of broom flowers Carnation, 2 quarts of 'white' pinks Clover, 2 quarts of purpIe claver heads Coltsfoot, 2 quarts coltsfoot flowers (similar to dandelions) Cowslip, 2 quarts flowers Dandelion, 2 quarts dandelion heads Elderflower, 1 pint elderflower florets, pressed down Geranium Leaf, 2 quarts of leaves (PeIargonium quercifolium variety only) >>>>> Golden Rod, 2 handfuls of blossoms <<<<<< Hawthorn Blossom, 2 quarts of fresh hawthorn flowers (sometimes called May Blossom) Marigold, 2 quarts of marigold heads Primrose, 2 quarts fresh primroses Oak Leaf, 2 quarts oak leaves, gathered as soon as the oak leaf is fully developed. (N.B. Omit tannin or cold strong tea) Rose petal, 2 quarts dark red rose petals Walnut Leaf, 1 large handful of walnut leaves. (N.B. Omit tannin or cold strong tra) The author has tasted nearly all of these wines and made many of them. The best two are undoubtedly elderflower and rose-petal and both of these wines are well worth making. Hawthorn blossom has a magnificent bouquet comparable with rose-petal and elderflower and is a delicious wine if you can but gather the blossom. The geranium leaf has a most distinctive bouquet and flavour, which is extremely pleasant, although this little-leafed pelargonium is by no means common. Cowslip, coltsfoot and dandelion wines take longer to mature and are quite pleasant although not as good as those already mentioned. The remainder make drinkable wine although not distinguished, nor indeed worth repeating. It would be unwise to go beyond this range of flowers, which have all been safely tested over many years. Flowers that spring from bulbs are generally poisonous and you should not make bluebell wine, tulip wine, daffodil wine and so on. This is also true of the privet flower. Hi BT - the flower information that I have does not care much for Goldenrod flower wine? You must have had better success than this author. I have never made this wine but I guess that the honey bees really enjoy them and a goldenrod honey is sometimes used to make mead. Cheers all the best with your wine making. DAW http://www.winesathome.co.uk/forum/showthread.php?1267-Goldenrod-Wine

Goldenrod From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia Jump to: navigation, search For other uses, see Goldenrod (disambiguation). Goldenrod Solidago Solidago virgaurea var. leiocarpa Scientific classification Kingdom: Plantae (unranked): Angiosperms (unranked): Eudicots (unranked): Asterids Order: Asterales Family: Asteraceae Subfamily: Asteroideae Tribe: Astereae Genus: Solidago L. 1753 not Mill. 1754 Synonyms[1] Actipsis Rafinesque Aster Linnaeus subg. Solidago (Linnaeus) Kuntze Leioligo Rafinesque Solidago, commonly called goldenrods, is a genus of about 100[1] to 120[2] species of flowering plants in the aster family, Asteraceae. Most are herbaceous perennial species found in open areas such as meadows, prairies, and savannas. They are mostly native to North America, including Mexico; a few species are native to South America and Eurasia.[1] Some American species have also been introduced into Europe and other parts of the world. Description[edit] European goldenrod is pollinated by Bombus cryptarum Solidago species are perennials growing from woody caudices or rhizomes. Their stems ranges from decumbent (crawling) to ascending or erect, with a range of heights going from 5 cm to over a meter. Most species are unbranched, but some do display branching in the upper part of the plant. Both leaves and stems vary from glabrous (hairless) to various forms of pubescence (strigose, strigillose, hispid, stipitate-glandular or villous). In some species, the basal leaves are shed before flowering. The leaf margins are most commonly entire, but often display heavier serration. Some leaves may display trinerved venation rather than the pinnate venation usual across Asteraceae.[1] The flower heads are usually of the radiate type (typical daisy flower heads with distinct ray and disc florets) but sometimes discoid (with only disc florets of mixed, sterile, male and bisexual types). Only ray florets are female, others are male, hermaphroditic or entire sterile. Head involucres are campanulate to cylindric or attenuate. Floret corollas are usually yellow, but white in the ray florets of a few species (such as Solidago bicolor); they are typically hairless. Heads usually include between 2 and 35 disc florets, but in some species this may go up to 60. Filaments are inserted closer to the base of the corolla than its middle. Numerous heads are usually grouped in complex compound inflorescences where heads are arranged in multiple racemes, panicles, corymbs, or secund arrays (with florets all on the same side).[1] Solidago cypselae are narrowly obconic to cylindrical in shape, and they are sometimes somewhat compressed. They have eight to 10 ribs usually and are hairless or moderately hispid. The Pappus is very big with barbellate bristles.[1] Goldenrod and visiting Cerceris wasp The many goldenrod species can be difficult to distinguish, due to their similar bright, golden-yellow flower heads that bloom in late summer. Propagation is by wind-disseminated seeds or by spreading underground rhizomes which can form colonies of vegetative clones of a single plant. They are mostly short-day plants and bloom in late summer and early fall. Some species produce abundant nectar when moisture is plentiful, or when the weather is warm and sunny. Use and cultivation[edit]Young goldenrod leaves are edible.[3] Native Americans used the seeds of some species for food.[4]Herbal teas are sometimes made with goldenrod.[5] Goldenrod (Solidago canadensis) essential oil Goldenrod is often unfairly blamed for causing hay fever in humans. The pollen causing these allergy problems is mainly produced by ragweed (Ambrosia sp.), blooming at the same time as the goldenrod but wind-pollinated. Goldenrod pollen is too heavy and sticky to be blown far from the flowers, and is thus mainly pollinated by insects.[6] Frequent handling of goldenrod and other flowers, however, can cause allergic reactions, sometimes irritating enough to force florists to change occupation.[7] Goldenrods are attractive sources of nectar for bees, flies, wasps, and butterflies. Honey from goldenrods often is dark and strong due to admixtures of other nectars. However, when honey flow is strong, a light (often water clear), spicy-tasting monofloral honey is produced. While the bees are ripening the honey produced from goldenrods, it has a rank odor and taste, but finished honey is much milder. Goldenrods are, in some places, held as a sign of good luck or good fortune.[8] They are considered weeds by many in North America, but they are prized as garden plants in Europe, where British gardeners adopted goldenrod long before Americans did as garden subjects. Goldenrod only began to gain some acceptance in American gardening (other than wildflower gardening) during the 1980s. They have become invasive species in other parts of the world, including China; Solidago canadensis, which was introduced as a garden plant in Central Europe, has become common in the wild, and in Germany is considered an invasive species that displaces native vegetation from its natural habitat. Goldenrod species are used as a food source by the larvae of many Lepidoptera species. The invading larva may induce the plant to form a bulbous tissue mass called a gall around it, upon which the larva then feeds. Various parasitoid wasps find these galls and lay eggs in the larvae, penetrating the bulb with their ovipositors. Woodpeckers are known to peck open the galls and eat the insects in the center.[9] Cultivated species[edit]Cultivated goldenrods include S. bicolor, S. caesia, S. canadensis, S. cutleri, S. riddellii, S. rigida, S. shortii, and S. virgaurea.[10] A number of cultivars have been selected, including several of hybrid origin. A putative hybrid with aster, known as

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Lawsuit filed in New York over handling of dachshund's $100,000 trust fund The lawsuit, filed by the New York woman who inherited her friend's dachshund after the friend died, asks for financial records for Winnie Pooh's trust and back pay for his care. Photo by Africa Studio/Shutterstock NEW YORK, July 29 , 2016(UPI) -------- The caretaker for a New York dachshund is suing the executor of the dog's late owner's estate over a $100,000 trust fund meant for the canine. Virginia Hanlon, who inherited stewardship of dachshund Winnie Pooh when Patricia Bowers died in 2010, said her late friend designated $100,000 of her estate for the care of the dog, which is now 7 years old. However, she said she has received only a few $10 checks for Winnie Pooh's care, despite the dog incurring about $6,000 in annual expenses. Hanlon blames Harriet Harkavy, the executor of Bowers' estate, for being stingy with Winnie Pooh's money. She said the dog required $5,775 emergency orthopedic surgery last year and a reimbursement check from Harkavy initially bounced. "The unavailability of funds, however brief, causes me great concern," Hanlon said in court papers. She said she was eventually reimbursed with a check that cleared. Hanlon said she believes Harkovy is trying to win points with her social circle by saving the money to be donated to the Animal Medical Center in Sutton Place after Winnie Pooh's death. "What a coup that would have been for Ms. Harkavy," Hanlon wrote in a court filing. "She would have been feted and lauded amongst her Sutton Place friends for advancing the payment for the sake of the charity." The lawsuit is seeking financial records for Winnie Pooh's trust and back pay for the canine's care. Harkavy told the New York Post that Hanlon has "gotten everything she should by law and by the terms of the trust." http://www.upi.com/Odd_News/2016/07/29/Lawsuit-filed-in-New-York-over-handling-of-dachshunds-100000-trust-fund/8401469816258/?spt=sec&or=on

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Was to fair Monday afternoon, good looking garden.

Bigfoot hunters set their sights on Wisconsin The crew from "Finding Bigfoot," including will be in Wisconsin in July. (Photo: Contributed photo) WAUSAU, Wis., JULY 7, 2016 ------

Running of the wiener dogs Swift, short-legged wiener dogs race for the top spot in the 2016 Wienerschnitzel Wiener Nationals in San Diego. Rough Cut - subtitled SEE VIDEO; http://www.msn.com/en-us/video/animals/running-of-the-wiener-dogs/vi-AAhE4Y5?ocid=HPCDHP

Keep paper bags on hand and you can save money on not having to buy toys for them.

Clarion County Recipe of the Day: Milky Way Mountain Pie Saturday, June 25, 2016 @ 12:06 AM A sweet & irresistible campsite dessert! Milky Way Mountain Pie Ingredients 1 tablespoon butter, softened 2 slices white bread 1 tablespoon graham cracker crumbs 1 fun-size Milky Way candy bar, chopped 2 tablespoons miniature marshmallows Directions ~Spread butter over bread slices; place one slice in a greased sandwich iron, buttered side down. Top with cracker crumbs, chopped candy, marshmallows, and remaining bread slice, buttered side up. Close iron. ~Cook over a hot campfire until golden brown, turning occasionally, 5 to 7 minutes. ~Makes one serving. http://www.exploreclarion.com/2016/06/25/clarion-county-recipe-of-the-day-milky-way-mountain-pie/

Forget the scissors! Here's the easiest way to open clamshell packaging TODAY HOME, JUNE 20, 2016 ------ Sometimes the only thing that stands between you and a product your purchased is that pesky, annoying, impossible plastic clamshell packaging. SEE VIDEO; http://www.today.com/home/forget-scissors-here-s-easiest-way-open-clamshell-packaging-t99421

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6 myths about cast iron pans busted Shutterstock TODAY FOOD, JUNE 15, 2016 ------ Cast iron pans are inexpensive and one of the best searing powerhouses you can own. Whip it out for your indoor meat-cooking needs, like a steak or roasted chicken with vegetables. It's also perfect for anything that would benefit from a crust, like cornbread, potato hashes, or a pan pizza. But there are a lot of myths out there about how to properly care for your cast-iron pan. We turned to J. Kenji L

Coolspring General Store fighting to keep its doors open After a financially hard spring, the Coolspring General Store owner Daryl Adams is fighting to keep a piece of history alive. OLIVER TOWNSHIP, JUNE 7, 2016 -------- Since 1906, a Jefferson County general store has been located off Route 36 on Coolspring Road. Now after a financially hard spring, Coolspring General Store owner Daryl Adams is fighting to keep a piece of history alive. "We always had a number that once we hit that number, we were going to say that's enough," Adams said. "Well we went through that twice." Adams said he bought the store four years ago, knowing it was a losing proposition. But the true old fashioned store was something he couldn't walk away from. "I like these old fashioned stores," customer Scott Lewis said. "They're just so nifty." The store also served as the Coolspring Post Office for 159 years. Against protest from the community, it was closed on July 1, 2015 by the U.S. Postal Service. "I want people to know about this place," Adams said. "I want people to know that this part of American history could close and never come back. If they're OK with that, I'm OK with that. If they're not okay with it, come stop in the store, buy something or just stop in and say hello." The store takes pride in selling American Indian goods. Adams said if his store can't take care of itself, he can't keep investing in it. "If between now and June 25, some magical thing would happen, I would absolutely keep the store open," Adams said. "I would like to retire from here." Click here to donate to Coolspring General Store. SEE VIDEO; http://wjactv.com/news/local/coolspring-general-store-fighting-to-keep-its-doors-open ( On June 16,17,18, 2016 there will be an Engine Show- hit and miss engines and other big engines, flea market at Coolspring Power Museum Show grounds in Coolspring, when there stop in at the Coolspring General Store to show your support of a part of History)