tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-56678703764943714232024-03-05T20:44:38.492-08:00Martina Konietzny M.F.A. PhotographyMartina Konietzny M.F.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02508944475912321390noreply@blogger.comBlogger124125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667870376494371423.post-4062708483302873092023-04-11T19:12:00.003-07:002023-04-11T19:20:48.470-07:00The View<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CVxBv-8sflTAqV6MxJgV7zU4NLc5sd7IwLYxh2Aca_-XbCTf8ZyWGtfSVSnjkUgVsLNKle2KVqmvnd5nMSjfmYWkd3rdtCiCpkhvYTOOKyVsSaokf9LZ1D9vvEiqp_XoP_eNmoifo_XZhFRvSPZrxhB2uKFYddV9nJJJfbPyirSI4Pa1y-0OR_Vm/s4032/IMG_8956.jpg" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="3024" data-original-width="4032" height="240" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1CVxBv-8sflTAqV6MxJgV7zU4NLc5sd7IwLYxh2Aca_-XbCTf8ZyWGtfSVSnjkUgVsLNKle2KVqmvnd5nMSjfmYWkd3rdtCiCpkhvYTOOKyVsSaokf9LZ1D9vvEiqp_XoP_eNmoifo_XZhFRvSPZrxhB2uKFYddV9nJJJfbPyirSI4Pa1y-0OR_Vm/s320/IMG_8956.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gn6AsyaO0_-lo9W0kRJu6BEIL_N_Y3M7_tYhYUNI9vAoZHtugz0kkeuA_C5R8Woq9aGWG3zo6BeejJlRpv7aiQkonwfex67NkCTTXUB2CVj79CWzzUTySsoOZG9AD3YTIeo43DX5B482K5QKe_zI-iPizJWW1DVjj9el0OXmY1sDpb0L_Y1qwfFZ/s2880/MK_turtle.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="1617" data-original-width="2880" height="180" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9gn6AsyaO0_-lo9W0kRJu6BEIL_N_Y3M7_tYhYUNI9vAoZHtugz0kkeuA_C5R8Woq9aGWG3zo6BeejJlRpv7aiQkonwfex67NkCTTXUB2CVj79CWzzUTySsoOZG9AD3YTIeo43DX5B482K5QKe_zI-iPizJWW1DVjj9el0OXmY1sDpb0L_Y1qwfFZ/s320/MK_turtle.jpg" width="320" /></a></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><br /></div><br /> <p></p>Martina Konietzny M.F.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02508944475912321390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667870376494371423.post-56869069368610086412020-10-02T06:39:00.002-07:002020-10-02T06:39:41.238-07:00The Virus does not DiscriminateMartina Konietzny M.F.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02508944475912321390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667870376494371423.post-45917493931420846402020-06-03T13:54:00.001-07:002023-04-11T18:59:52.717-07:00George Floyd in his last 8 minutes <div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
<span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">"It's my face man</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I didn't do nothing serious man</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">please</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">please</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">please I can't breathe</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">please man</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">please somebody</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">please man</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I can't breathe</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I can't breathe</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">please</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">(inaudible)</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">man can't breathe, my face</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">just get up</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I can't breathe</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">please (inaudible)</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I can't breathe sh*t</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I will</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I can't move</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">mama</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">mama</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I can't</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">my knee</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">my nuts</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I'm through</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I'm through</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I'm claustrophobic</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">my stomach hurt</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">my neck hurts</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">everything hurts</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">some water or something</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">please</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">please</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I can't breathe officer</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">don't kill me</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">they gon' kill me man</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">come on man</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I cannot breathe</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I cannot breathe</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">they gon' kill me</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">they gon' kill me</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I can't breathe</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">I can't breathe</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">please sir</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">please</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; margin: 0px; text-size-adjust: auto;">please</span><br style="background-color: white; caret-color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Arial, sans-serif; font-size: 14px; text-size-adjust: auto;" /><span style="background-color: white; 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Please place at your door the following PPE.<br />
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A big black plastic bag, for body armor, masks, gloves, eye protection, paper towels drenched with H2O and 10 % bleach in plastic bottle. Optional, fever thermometer, Tylenol, hand-sanitizer.<br />
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For anyone close to my house, who sends a photo of their readiness I will cook a soup if and when you were to need it and possibly be ready to do more for you. Please send to your friends.<br />
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Meanwhile read the classics, wash your hands, do your push-ups and start wearing your mask more often.<br />
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Yours truly, Martina Konietzny<br />
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For a long time I had trouble to get uninterrupted connection to German radio WDR while keeping my phone in my pocket. To stay in close touch with the German "Dichter und Denker " world and world politics I recently learned that wi-fi travels around head level in the most efficient way.<br />
Now I can clean, garden, change bedding, wash windows and get furious about politics all at the same time while my phone is securely ducktaped onto my bicycle helmet.<br />
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Inconceivable Horror I could have been LOST a year ago. Quote by Pope.<br />
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The entire past year I lived exactly as if I would die any moment, only more intensified from the version I already decided November 9, 2009. Now I finally feel that I have the permission to do what I want, say what I want, believe what I want and hopefully bring others closer to their fulfillment and dreams. "Live life with Urgency", says Thoreau in Walden. February 16, 2017 at 3:30 pm when my enlightenment struck I slipped into mostly white clothing, few exceptions are granted.<br />
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Living the unconventional life is worth it, no matter how hard it sometimes seems.<br />
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Sigi you might want to send the photo of the car now, if you still have it. I am ready to release it into the world.<br />
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<span style="font-size: x-small;">Photo by Dylan, Mother's Day in the Berkeley Art Museum 5/14/2017</span><br />
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I have contacted the man who saved my life and hope to hear back from him.<br />
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Today it is my First Birthday of surviving my car crash.<br />
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I mourn the senseless, ignorant and tragic killing of Mr Srinivas Kuchibhotla, an engineer who worked at GARMIN, a satellite GPS device company in Kansas.<br />
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Mr President I hope you are wearing a belt wide enough to carve a notch for each victim of your negative and spiteful rhetoric which brings out the worst in the ignorant populous of this country.<br />
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Thinking of America makes me ill. When will you come for me ? <br />
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Senator Feinstein 202 224-3841<br />
Senator Harris 202 224-3553<br />
Representative Lee 202 2252661 510763-0370<br />
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Barbara Lee see below her numbers. The others I will get soon.<br />
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Susan Collins ME, 207 622-8414<br />
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Dean Heller NV, 775 686-5770<br />
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John McCain AZ, 928 445-0833<br />
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Cory Gardener COLO, 719 543-1324<br />
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Rob Portman Ohio, 513 684-3265<br />
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Lisa Murkowski AK, 907 271-3735<br />
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Jeff Flake AZ, 520 575-8633<br />
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Lindsey Graham SC, 864 250-1417<br />
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Michael Lee UT, 919 715-2525<br />
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Rand Paul, KY 502 890-4868<br />
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Shelley Capito, WV 304 347-5372<br />
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Mike Rounds, SD 202 224-5842<br />
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John Boozman, AR 202 224-4843<br />
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John Thune, SD 605 225-8823<br />
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Thom Tillis NC, 202 224-6342<br />
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Orrin Hatch, UT 202 224-5251<br />
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Roy Blunt, MO 816 471-7141<br />
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Ben Sasse, NE 202 224-4224<br />
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Pat Roberts, KS 202 224-4774<br />
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Mitch McConnell, KY 202 224-2541<br />
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Thad Cochran, MS 202 224-6253<br />
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John Cornyn, TX 202 224-2934<br />
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Chuck Grassley, IA 515 288-1145<br />
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Martina Konietzny M.F.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02508944475912321390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667870376494371423.post-52775926927115488502017-01-28T14:08:00.001-08:002017-01-28T14:08:21.626-08:00Untitled<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Martina Konietzny M.F.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02508944475912321390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667870376494371423.post-58256492689668268762017-01-25T23:50:00.000-08:002017-01-26T09:03:53.433-08:00Da steh ich nun....<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
....ich armer Tor. Und bin so klug als wie zuvor.<br />
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Today in the <i>Times</i> (1/8/17) I read that the restaurant La Cline, inside the Waldorf-Astoria which is now owned by Chinese typhoon Wu Xiahui, served $ 2100 bottles of champagne for a Trump gathering last November. I hope that all the Louisiana blue collar workers who are waiting in line for their turn at the American Dream, (for what exactly they are waiting for is a mystery to me, since they want all governmental agencies to go away), are reading this article.</div>
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Now we have to endure again the old guard of a new group of the alt-rich, ultra-rich and just plain too-rich like the Anbang Insurance Group, which has ties to Jared Kushner the son-in-law of President-Elect Donald Duck, and to Blackstone, Natixis, Deutsche Bank, Thrive Capital, Oscar, PingAn Insurance, Yuri Milner, Alibaba, Jack Ma, Cadre, good ol' Goldman Sachs and many more I do not care to do business with.</div>
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Jared Kushner owns $ 1.8 Billion in a skyscraper at 666 Fifth Ave which barely turns a profit. There are connections with Tornado, Reality Trust, Carlyle Group, and Inditex, which owns Zara, a Spanish clothing retailer.</div>
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All of these people have been seen in photos on a 453 foot yacht called the 'Rising Sun'. This yacht is owned by David Geffen, who is married to collector Dasha Zhekova. She is the wife of oligarch Mr. Roman Abramovich, who is in the inner circle of President Vladimir Putin (all of them watched the Tennis U.S. Final together).</div>
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Please Mr. President Obama, do not leave the White House, I implore you. I am sure the Duck family would airbnb a room or wing for you, so you could help the President-Elect run this country, you know, like tweak it here and there. Please don't leave!</div>
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America is already great and you helped so much in making it even greater. Only people like you, Mr. Obama, who have no personal self-interest, can make it even greater.</div>
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From Skyline to the Chabot and Science Center and back, West Ridge Trail.<br />
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Experienced and conditioned hikers shall do this hike in five days, dumb and ignorant ones do it in three days. The later is me and now I am ready for Kilimanjaro.<br />
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<span style="font-family: "helveticaneue"; font-size: 12px;">Mile for mile – and perhaps inch for inch – the Rae Lakes Loop in Kings Canyon National Park contains some of the most stunning and celebrated scenery in a mountain range world-famous for stunning and celebrated scenery. The route consists of three separate but connecting trails that travel through glacially-carved canyons, a high country basin containing a chain of sapphire blue lakes set against towering granitic crags, and an alpine pass that just scrapes 12,000 feet. Throughout the route, you will observe nearly every major biotic zone (life zones characterized by specific species) in the Sierra, prime examples of glacial erosion, waterfalls, idyllic valleys, tranquil meadows, and myriad sublime scenes ranging from the intimate to the jaw-droppingly grand.</span><br />
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From our personal experience in completing this route, we recommend that conditioned hikers take the route in 5 days, with one zero day in the Rae Lakes area. However, it is possible to complete this route in anywhere from 3 ambitious days to 7 leisurely days. We also recommend that hikers take this route clockwise, as the counter-clockwise route features some intense climbing in the initial stretch while pack weight is at its highest. The text below describes the route as if hiked clockwise in four days, although distances for specific destinations are indicated should hikers wish to use the information to fashion their own itinerary.</div>
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Basic safety considerations for <a href="http://www.princeton.edu/~oa/safety/altitude.html">high-altitude</a> wilderness travel apply on this route. You will reach a maximum altitude of 11,998′ on Glen Pass at nearly the center of the route, and a considerable portion of this route occurs above 10,000′. <a href="http://wwwnc.cdc.gov/travel/yellowbook/2014/chapter-2-the-pre-travel-consultation/altitude-illness">Altitude sickness</a>, overexposure to ultraviolet light, dehydration, fatigue, and heatstroke are all potential ailments you may encounter while hiking. In addition, the necessity of carrying up to 45 pounds of gear for 38 miles while gaining and losing over 7,000′ of elevation necessitates a certain level of physical fitness. Hikers attempting this route should be in good condition, preferably with at least some backcountry navigation skill and some experience backpacking.<br />
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Wow, Michael is tough as nails. Thank you to ALL of you.</div>
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Martina Konietzny M.F.A.http://www.blogger.com/profile/02508944475912321390noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5667870376494371423.post-13239782932318720562016-05-17T21:41:00.000-07:002016-05-17T21:41:05.170-07:00Sweet Moments<div dir="ltr" style="text-align: left;" trbidi="on">
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Michael did not bleed when they took out the breathing tube.</div>
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Dr. Wang finally found an ulcer that is a crater shape. </div>
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He has layers of burnt skin in his throat. All his organs are strong.</div>
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One area is raw to the bone. </div>
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In order to work on that issue we would like for him to heal from this trauma. </div>
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We will ask Michael how he would like to proceed. </div>
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Extensive throat reconstruction surgery is on the menu.</div>
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He had a sweet exchange with DylanGrace, who proudly wore her brand-new glasses on her nose. </div>
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He formed the words “boo boo”, which is his nickname for her. </div>
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Later he shaped the word “water”. He could not get water. I was extremely anxious for DylanGrace to come out of the room so he could rest. She stayed for 30 minutes so I had no chance to say “hi” because I thought it was too much.</div>
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To his brother Larry, who flew in from Dallas upon seeing him, Michael held up the middle finger, which is their brotherly hello.</div>
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Through this procedure Dylan and I both agreed that even him being half sedated and in discomfort and pain has not yet taken away any of his humor or loving personality so we haven't even come close to losing this fight.</div>
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More shifts are needed in the next few days. Please text me at 510 652-3136 for the early bird special and to reserve your spot in line.</div>
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Thanks for all your help.</div>
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Warmly, Martina and DylanGrace </div>
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Our daughter witnessed her Dad loosing about a liter of blood. I was meditating for strength. She called 911.The bathroom sink needed to be cleaned by the Emeryville Fire Department. It is rattling my bones. <br />
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<i>"I told him to hold out as a King would his staff". </i>DylanGrace said to her Papa in the Kaiser Hospital last month.<br />
<i>"Look out to your kingdom" ! </i><br />
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