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Walmart Great Value Mild Italian Sausage is loaded with WORMS

2011-07-08T14:59:00.000-07:00

I'm still Gagging on Walmart 'Great Value' Mild Italian Sausage, cooked up, took a slice , tasted like Pine-sol.

So I thought, I better be sure,doubting my own taste buds, assuming the sausage was good since we just bought it and it had an expiration date of 7/14 and this was only the 8th~

So I cut & tasted a different piece from another sausage that also had a -soapy Pine-Sol type taste, but was clearly gamier, so spit it out~

Then I looked closely at the sausages I had removed from the frying pan and placed on a plate -It was FULL OF WORM 100'S OF WORMS springing out all over the encasement - long white strings~

So Disgustingly GROSS~!!!

Recapping my actions in shock and totally grossed out~!!!.........

Since I had steam/boiled them in a frying pan, I didn't see all those long thin white thread like worms that had broken through their encasements and were hanging out cooked, [ as they tried to escape being parboiled.. ] since the fat that was boiled out frothed the water.

[I always parboil/steam sausage, then take them out cut them up to add to sauce]...

Not this time~!!!

I took off a small piece while cutting them and popped into my mouth to taste.

Tasted like PineSol smells~

So I forced it down, thinking 'agh', just some different seasonings or maybe the frying pan was a bit soapy{?}, so I decide to test another bite from another sausage to see if they were good or not..expecting the next piece to taste right....

Stronger yucky taste~!
What the heck??

This piece I spit out immediately...I couldnt believe that I got 2 items of bad meat from the St.Mary's Pennsylvania Walmart~!

The 5 lb roll of 80/20 hamburger that I had just opened earlier,made a poping sound when I cut the tube open and it let out a smelly gas, so it was bad and now the sausage was full of worms~!!

Earlier, before cooking their sausage, I had opened a new 5 lb tube of the 80/20 hamburger, which let out a gas hiss and had a slight odor~ I wrapped that back up planning to return it to Walmart.

It wasn't supposed to expire til 7/14 & we only bought it the night before! So I had my son, James smell it to confirm it was funky and put it back it the bag, tied it and placed it in the freezer so I could return it next trip to Walmart.

Because the hamburger was 'bad', I had decided to make spaghetti & sausage~

Yuck~!

I am glad I cook sausage separately before adding to sauce to cut down on the grease, but since I steam/boil it to get all the fat out, the water gets frothy a bit, so I didnt see that each sausage had these long thin white threads popped perpendicularly through the encasements!

I had cut off a chunk from the end of one sausage [before seeing the worms] and had eaten a piece that tasted kind of like soap or pine-sol, thinking my taste buds were 'off'...

Then I figured I needed confirmation , so I cut another piece off another sausage and it tasted even worse so I spit that one out...

I took them out of the water, put them on a plate and then saw the little stringy things. I called James to see and initially he said it looked like it was just the encasements breaking down from boiling them, but ass we looked closer we then realized that there were more, as I turned the sausages over to look at the little strings, we then realized that they were long stringy white worms!!!!!

GROSSED OUT AND OUTRAGED, I IMMEDIATELY PUT MY FINGER DOWN MY THROAT- to try and vomit out the piece I had already swallowed.my stomach still remains queezy today!

James called up Walmart immediate and they apologized and said to bring them back, we decided to take the ride 15 miles to them and show them so they could put out a recall.

So we took them back to Walmart - grossed them out too~

Told them they better recall their crap~

They said they get it all premade, pre-frozen and even though it had the label and UPC that they weren't saying whether or not they would send in a recall~ Come on~!!

If it was like that in my package, it had to be in others~!!

They gave me a $20 Gift Certificate [big deal!] but I can still feel that lump in my throat-

Although I know the worms were dead, its still grossing me out~!

Thinking about it, makes me wonder if at the meat plant perhaps when cleaning up and scraping away scraps, that someone must have put them into the vat and processed them into sausages- since they had a soapy, pine-sol type taste...sick~!

Disgusting - How many other packages will be like this??? Who else will be affected???

I normally love sausage, but now cant consider eating any.. especially their brand.

James and I then went to buy some non-meat food products, but I stopped by their sausage, seeing some packages still icy from being just brought out.

They had a 7/18 expiration date - so they either sold out all the 7/14 or maybe did know about it and removed them all.

Out of curiosity I started looking real close at their new packages and could see that under the encasements they those too looked like there were little white stringy things...that if boiled will most certainly pop through.

Where ever this pork sausage was processed at needs to have the FDA go in and inspect their plant and make them get rid of all their wormy meat!!

DONT BUY GREAT VALUE ITALIAN SAUSAGE!!!

DONT BUY ANY 'GREAT VALUE SAUSAGES' AS THEY ALL LOOK LIKE THEY COME FROM THE SAME PLACE~!!

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2011-06-29T18:13:00.000-07:00

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The are also published on other websites affiliated with ArtRave & ArtRave blogs.

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Members are free to use the comment text box to promote and sell their art commission free, direct to buyers.

Use the little tool bar atop the text box that has a camera icon, to place an individual pic of your Art/craft/handmade jewelry etc., along with editing in the Description of your art : Title, medium used, size, shipping info, price, contact info etc, added along with your art picture so that you can show or offer your art for sale, commission free, on ArtRave Categories.

All submissions have to be 'family friendly' suitable for all ages to view as we do not filter art.

No nudity, profanity or illicit art is allowed and must not be submitted or you could be banned from using the site..

The ArtRave Categories menu is a java script menu which I post to numerous websites.

Viewers of other websites and pages can then access the category from anywhere online by clicking on any category/ topic. They will then find your ads instantly and be able to connect them to your mini webpage here on ArtRave.

Your free mini webpage given free when you become a member of ArtRave, has text boxes that you can customize to promote your art.

You can use it as your homepage .

Your webpage is a very valuable tool and asset when starting out online, especially if you do not have your own website.

It also is a good home base 'hub' to use if you as an artist have multiple websites.

You can list all your internet art related sites, blogs, shops, galleries & contact information on your own customizable home web page, including placing your own paypal payment receiving.

[Learn how to make a Paypal button in the Forum]

Keep all your internet sites, links etc here in one easy to access place. Make it a wealth of information to any viewer seeking to know more about you and where you sell your art online.

I have developed this system to provide free promotional advertising for all artists.

Originally I built this site specifically to be a hub for all my own online art & websites, but later opened it so other artists can join and promote their art alongside my own.

I made instructional forum posts including how-to-do's, tutorials , where to advertise, how to advertise and more so any artist can use the resources here to develop their own websites as well.

I advertise online so other artists can learn to do likewise or piggyback along with my ads which offer viewers a variety of art.

This site is ever evolving as I learn new venues for us as artists to use online,therefore there will be changes along the way that will be designed to making each member's art more visible to the public and easier to find in search engines to those seeking to buy art.

I share the info for the do-it=yourselfers, it is labor intensive and very time consuming for me but for artists wanting more specific custom attention I had to develop several upgraded membership levels , which I now have in place on site .

Check here: COMPARE TYPES OF ARTRAVE MEMBERSHIPS

These levels of memberships began to evolve when my current hosting company started charging money for the site, so I have to pay extra for each feature.

Using the groups/club feature to showcase art, didnt raise the costs that I have to pay monthly so, so I developed this feature to create the ArtRave Categories & clubs for cross promotion links to other popular art print sites. I have been telling members to use this FREE feature to their benefit.The more art listed there, the more viewers it will attract which will benefit all the artists who use the feature.

ArtRave Categories currently remains free to all members.

The ArtRave Gallery feature includes slideshows & include off site web hosting, This include the monthly fee on the bandwidth usage we have to pay our hosting company.

As a result of the hosting charges which I pay monthly, it is necessary that the cost be paid by those using the Gallery feature here at ArtRave by the creation of various levels of membership.

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I strive to keep ArtRave to include free memberships as well as to be affordable for all artists,

Donations from viewers and members will enable poor artists to post their art into the ArtRave Categories and for some to keep their current Gallery simply by requesting a waiver on subscription costs due to economic hardship.

Currently many Gallery members are being supported by donations, however donations currently being received have not met the costs of ArtRave and we are running at a deficit and need help. I am working without salary and have personally devoted over 8,000 working hours to development of this site to help other artists!

I want to invite all art promoters & art advertisers to come and advertise here on ArtRave, to help offset operating costs and will gladly accept any size donation to help keep the site running.Using the Paypal Donation button makes supporting ArtRave easy with a click of the button provided and the amount is up to the individual as to what they would like to donate.

Members, Supporters & Advertisers can help by ordering a banner ad which is a low cost ad displayed on our front page & included on other websites, blogs & more.

Lowcost Ad prices are the most economical anywhere on the internet~!!

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My slideshow banner ads start at only $3.50 a month and these slideshow ads get promoted on numerous websites online so you can advertise any site where you sell or your ArtRave webpage that you can post all your sites at~ so the advertising here can have phenominal results.

Artists wishing to advertise on and offsite, can buy an annual banner ad which will automatically promote and advertise their art online, I have developed some 'Top 100' sites that are exclusive to 100 artists per site which will bolster any artist's presence in search engines to those seeking art.

Here are the current sites and memberships available for only $25/year

1.]TOP 100 FEATURED ARTISTS

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7.]BEST ACEO's ONLINE

I am just a single artist like the rest of you, trying to work online and have devoted most my time over the passed two years in free labor promoting all ArtRave artists.

ArtRave is growing and getting better known all over the internet but needs help & support so each poor artist can show & sell their art.

I do not charge any commissions for using the site to sell art and

allow artists to show and sell direct to buyers.

The basic Gallery membership includes uploading up to 60 pictures into the gallery part of this site for only $3 a month through Paypal subscription which can be canceled any time ~

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For those seeking to be part of the elite family friendly ArtRave Gallery who have alot of art to display, a Premium Gallery membership allows up to 200 pictures to be posted for only $7.95 a month hosting fee~! This includes the use of sharable slideshows we host all over the internet~!

APAS Gallery memberships include more personalized labor on my part to specifically promote members of APAS, for only $12.95 a month that I will advertise and promote your art here and elsewhere online~! This includes up to 200 pictures in the ArtRave Gallery as well.~!

This is for all artists that basically can use the forums to do their own promotions, but enables the artist to have up to 60 pictures hosted here and to also helps the site to grow. AS a gallery member you can then use the slideshow feature to 'share' and copy the embedded code to post anywhere online you want, although it is hosted here which means I have to pay the hosting fees to the hosting company which happens to be Ning.

I also have several other sites linked to this one that have free galleries on them that you can upload your art to that have no current hosting fees. I try to find and develop as many free sources for artists as I can.

ArtRave is unique among Art network sites as you are allowed to promote any art site you belong to. Many other art sites wont allow cross promotions but here it is encouraged as the purpose is to help artists collectively. We have had over 32,000+ unique visitors since starting and some of our artists, such as Nan Wright & Murphy Elliott have had sales through being listed here in our clubs and using links to their POD sites.

Please take some time to explore ArtRave Supergroups & Clubs Directory .and our How-to do self help FORUM

List your art topically in the ArtRave Categories that apply. List them also in the Art by Price categories. See some of the current clubs an sign in to post links back to the appropriate clubs, such as Fine Art America, Imagekind, Zazzle and so on [ if you belong to them ] or go to their sites, join and then come back and post links to those galleries or shops. The more you can promote, the better it is for you to get known online and the better known you get, the better the chances of meeting the promoters or buyers that would be interested in your work. Art online is extremely competitive, so making your work stand out is accomplished by promotions.

I can hold uploaded submissions in the approval bay for 24 hours, in case you wish to upgrade to one of the gallery memberships, which in that case can then be approved and posted.

If you do not wish the basic gallery membership ] $3 month subscription through Paypal ] or an enhanced membership, there is no pressure to do so, however your pictures can not then be in the Gallery due to hosting fees.

If you can and do decide to upgrade, just choose which level you want on the comparison page and go through the Paypal button checkout. Paypal then notifies me and I can approve up to 60 pictures [3 gallery pages] and add your name to the Artists ID list and provide you with an artist id that is designed to help get you into google searches.

Have a great day :)

Ave

ArtRave Members who selling their art on Fine ArtAmerica

2011-06-11T02:13:00.000-07:00

If you don't already have a Fine Art America account~ Go to http://www.fineartamerica.com
Open a 'free' basic account and load your pictures there.
Then as you edit them include the URL here in your edit.

Once you have an acct with FAA then list your FAA URL here~

Fine Art America Member's Directory

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ME-003 Murphy Elliott http://fineartamerica.com/profiles/murphy-elliott.html

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PLEASE ADD YOUR NAME and FAA Website URL[addy of your site] below in the comments so that I can add it to this Directory.

Also add your FAA widgets into Comments, Classified & your pages in the Text modules so you will be cross promoted here and people can find your work online~
THANKYOU FOR JOINING

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2011-03-16T15:18:00.000-07:00

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2011-03-14T20:47:00.000-07:00

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How to Draw Eyes

2011-03-13T10:09:00.000-07:00

How to Draw Eyes
This is a great , easy to understand tutorial on drawing eyes. It has some excellent illustrations & gives valuable tips to those learning to draw~!
I like it and recommend it to anyone learning to do portraits :)

ArtRave is Spreading Across the Internet~

2011-02-13T05:49:00.000-08:00

ArtRave is Spreading Across the Internet~!

Ave Hurley Illustrations Featured Artists Networks, now known as ArtRave is spreading all over the internet~!!

Artists come and join together showing and selling their family friendly "G" rated artworks to the moral audiences worldwide seeking to view art that is devoid of obscenities and hatred~!

You will find abstracts, landscapes, seascapes, still lifes, portraits of famous people, architectural art, inspirtational and motivational arts and so much more~!

We also have art crafts and jewelry makers and scultors~!

Artists are showiung and seklling their original artworks directly to the buyers.

Many artworks are available in print form through Ave Hurley Illustrations' AHI Printing Services , located on each site where viewers can choose the size and stock of the print they want custom created.

Cards, notecards, postcards, ACAEO's and more are available to the public as well.

Artists Profiles include other sites where they also sell their works in art formatted items such as clothing and housewares.

Ave Hurley's auction shop hosts works from its members as well as my own artworks.

So when you are in the mood to just take a break and look at some awesome artworks, come and visit any of the ArtRave sites listed below~!

Many of our artists are also available for commissioned works at amazingly affordable prioces that will fit your budget~

I still do mural boards and signs for those interested and also many of my artist members do custom work including portraits and murals and some will travel to your locations or paint on mural boards and ship them to you~!

My goal with ArtRave is to present decent , wholesome, family friendly, non-offensive artwork venue so that viewers of all ages and beliefs can comfortably browse art without being subjected to some of the outlandish obscene works shown on most art sites today. All ArtRave art is pre-apporved and checked for quality and decency.

So visit us today :)

Ave

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Autumn Leaves - Art Photo Contest on ArtRave - Deadline 11/30/2010

2010-11-23T17:37:00.001-08:00

Autumn Leaves Contest
Any Painting, Colored Pencils, Pastels, Collages are eligible

Enter your Autumn Leaves Artworks HERE on this group~!
Post Your pictures in the comments on the group contest site link
to be entered into and be part of this contest~!

Rules:
Artwork must be themed on Autumn Leaves~
INCLUDED ARE :
Paintings
Drawings
Collages
Mixed Media

NO Photos { there are simply too many beautiful autumn photos to choose from which are partially controlled by camera quality, so we are not allowing photos in this contest. You may however make a collage using parts of photos mixed with any other medium and then be eligible~!!]

Find more art photo submissions like this on ArtRave Autumn Leaves Contest ~!

First Prize : Your picture and links to your online artwork gallery or website will be featured on ArtRave for 1 month + you will receive a 1 month membership upgrade above your current level of membership~!!

Second Prize: Your picture and links to your online artwork gallery will be featured for 2 weeks on ArtRave's Front Page~!!

Gathering Leaves Spades take up leaves No better than spoons, And bags full of leaves
Are light as balloons.

I make a great noise
Of rustling all day
Like rabbit and deer
Running away.

But the mountains I raise
Elude my embrace,
Flowing over my arms
And into my face.

I may load and unload
Again and again
Till I fill the whole shed,
And what have I then?

Next to nothing for weight,
And since they grew duller
From contact with earth,
Next to nothing for color.

Next to nothing for use.
But a crop is a crop,
And who's to say where
The harvest shall stop?

Robert Frost

Autumn Leaves - Art Photo Contest on ArtRave - Deadline 11/30/2010

2010-11-23T16:48:00.000-08:00

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2010-11-23T16:47:00.000-08:00

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Autumn Leaves - Art Photo Contest on ArtRave - Deadline 11/30/2010

2010-11-07T14:34:00.000-08:00

Autumn Leaves - Art Photo Contest on ArtRave - Deadline 11/30/2010

All Artists are welcome to enter~!!
Contest is FREE~

Enter your Autumn Leaves Artworks HERE on this group~!
Post Your pictures in the comments below to be entered into and be part of this contest~!

Rules: Artwork must be themed on Autumn Leaves~
Paintings
Drawings
Collages

NO Photos { there are simply too many beautiful autumn photos to choose from which are partially controlled by camera quality, so we are not allowing photos in this contest. You may however make a collage using parts of photos mixed with any other medium and then be eligible~!!]

First Prize : Your picture and links to your online artwork gallery or website will be featured on ArtRave for 1 month + you will receive a 1 month membership upgrade above your current level of membership~!!

Second Prize: Your picture and links to your online artwork gallery will be featured for 2 weeks on ArtRave's Front Page~!!

Gathering Leaves
Spades take up leaves
No better than spoons,
And bags full of leaves
Are light as balloons.

I make a great noise
Of rustling all day
Like rabbit and deer
Running away.

But the mountains I raise
Elude my embrace,
Flowing over my arms
And into my face.

I may load and unload
Again and again
Till I fill the whole shed,
And what have I then?

Next to nothing for weight,
And since they grew duller
From contact with earth,
Next to nothing for color.

Next to nothing for use.
But a crop is a crop,
And who's to say where
The harvest shall stop?

Robert Frost
Most of all this contest is to show the glory of Autumn while having fun and creativity as an artist~!

Come one an all to see and participate in the "Autumn Leaves" Contest~!! Ave

All entries will be placed into a slideshow and presented on the main page of ArtRave til the conclusion of the contest.Winners will be announced on ArtRave on Dec.5th 2010.

:) Ave

Visit some of our Top 100 Artists in their fields and see great family friendly art

2010-06-04T04:56:00.000-07:00

SOME OF OUR CURRENT TOP 100 ARTIST MEMBERS ARE:

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AVE HURLEY : LANDSCAPES AND SEASCAPES

CAROL WISNIEWSKI[PET PORTRAITS]

[FINE ARTS]

CHRISTINE PERRY [FEATURED]

[PORTRAITS]

CYNTHIA ADAMS[FEATURED]

DONALD SCHRIER[FEATURED]

FRAN HOFFPAUIR [FEATURED]

JAGDISH [PHOTOGRAPHY]

JACQUEI ESSEX[FEATURED]

JANET MARSTON[FEATURED] & [WILDLIFE]

[KNITTING]

JEAN FRANCOIS MUELLER[FEATURED]

JO SHEPHERD RIPLEY[FEATURED]

JU CHUL KIM[FEATURED]

KEITH HOOK[PET PORTRAITS]

[FEATURED]

MURPHY ELLIOTT [FEATURED] PORTRAITS

[SPACE ART]

NAN WRIGHT ART[FEATURED] & PORTRAITS

NYDIA DOMINGUEZ[TOP ACEO]

[FEATURED]

PETER BASTAJA [FEATURED]

RACHAEL ASHEROVITZ[FEATURED]

REDDWINE[FEATURED]

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VIRGINIA COLE[FEATURED]

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About ArtRave ~

2010-06-04T04:48:00.001-07:00

Ave Hurley Illustrations Featured Artist Network(AHI-FAN) is a social network and e-commerce marketplace for artists, painters, illustrators, photographers, visual artists, digital artists, pyrographic artists, art galleries, and fine art collectors.

Visitors to AHI-FAN can choose from around 4,000 pieces of original artwork including paintings, sculptures, drawings, mixed media, jewelry, and more! Many of the originals are also available as fine art prints-on-demand, right here at AHI-FAN as well as other recommended sites that our artists have accounts with.

Unlike large POD Sites, AHI-FAN is all about the artist first in helping them get established online in showing , promoting and selling their art.Tips on selling are provided along with tricks of the trade in marketing and promotional services.

Free members have access to all the tools, tutorials that are needed to do their own promotions and sales. They can sell here commission free . They can even re-direct a buyer to another website location when indicated.

Low cost Ad Campaigns are found or created to benefit the artists, saving them hundreds to thousands of dollars annually.

Cross promotions are done and encouraged and members can promote their own websites , stores, auctions and other websites with no fear , since the site is about the artist first and what will work for the artist in order to become successful.

There are many POD and social artsites out there, but they keep the artist reliant solely on their services alone and dont let out any trade secrets.

Ave Hurley shows simple easy to understand methods on presenting art and how to properly edit their works to gain search engine submission, thus promoting the artist so they never get lost in any photo pools as on most sites.

Supergroups is a listing of available sites to promote an artists works at that are eitehr completely free or very low cost.

AHI-FAN provides customized services tailored uniquely to the individual artist and provides personal attention to its members.

Promotional and advertising services are available for artists that either do not have command of the internet or haven't the time needed to do their own promotional work. AHI-FAN will promote any art site the member wishes and creates 'platform' advertising to promote the artist and will go beyond providing promotional tools that many artists don't know how to use, but will show artists how to do's and even for small upgraded membership fees will do all advertising and promotions for the member.No other POD does as much for its members as AHI-FAN !

AHI-FAN is a promotional tool and service for artists and art galleries due to it's continual integration of methods employed in trying to help artists get known online and not be lost in the shuffle of vanity press, artists as commodities type of businesses. It is not a business in the sense that other POD's are.

This is a network built by and artist for artists meant to meet the needs of the artist rather than just the corporate handlers.AHI-FAN is 'personal' and art collectors will come and get to know the artists and can contact them directly about their art. They can even commission artists here to do portraits, murals and custom artworks for various events.

Each visitor to AHI-FAN is unique among fine art websites and fosters a sense of community amongst the members of the site. Unlike other art websites AHI-FAN does not have nor allow any 'adult' content art, nor anything that is offensive to people of moral or religious backgrounds. All art on site is suitable for viewing by all ages and religious persuasions. It also encourages something completely unique - the purchasing of fine art originals by any of the moral majority of peoples as well as is suitable for homeschoolers art appreciation as well as budding young artists looking for inspiration, through browsing our galleries.

If an art buyer / collector can meet the artist to view his or her work, that collector is more inclined to to spend more money on original.

Unlike most POD's, AHI-FAN is not run strictly for profit and is evolving into what may become a "MySpace for Arts", created and run solely by and artist, Ave Hurley, with the assistance of administrators, Jacquei Essex and Nan Wright and friends that volunteer. The site is evolving and has already made its mark on the internet in under a year, since members began adding their art to its galleries.

All members of AHI-FAN can upload artwork, which is reviewed and approved to meet site standards of decency. Members can advertise in our Classifieds, blogs & forums to make announcements about their art and any upcoming events.

Artists can post job openings, post blogs, issue press releases through Twitter and Facebook and many other 'share' options available to them, and participate in online chats and discussions.

Membership onAHI-FAN is free, but participation and cooperation in the presenting and editing of their work is required . It is a pro-active manually run network that has a small in-house print-on-demand program, that requires no annual fee to participate in, unlike other sites that charge for the accessibility to printing when a sale is made. This alone saves all members approximately ts $30 / year.

AHI-FAN is currently adding new artists every week and growing steadily and is on it's way to becoming the safest most pro-active online destination for artists, galleries, and collectors from around the world.

For more information about AHI-FAN and our services, please contact: Ave Hurley or leave your comments here below. :)

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2010-03-06T01:54:00.000-08:00

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2010-01-15T00:48:00.000-08:00

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2009-11-26T00:59:00.000-08:00

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2009-11-26T00:52:00.000-08:00

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2009-10-15T06:01:00.001-07:00

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Pet Flea Care Products are dangerous & even deadly~! Manufacturers are guilty!

2009-09-16T06:23:00.001-07:00

Hartz and Sergeants may be different companies but they both apply since both sell over the counter products to consumers for their pets and both use toxic ingredients with abandon, since it is cheaper for them to deal with a few thousand deaths a year than to cut into their profits over the millions they sell!

Congress regulates the agencies that determine whether these products are to be allowed to be put on the shelves of markets and sold the the general public. These companies stack the deck when doing their ‘testing’ of these products in order to get approval to sell them. They underplay their roles and have placed warnings on their products that dont convince most pet owners that the products arent safe.

Instead the warnings serve as a disclaimer to basically use at your own risk on the pets you own.

The regulations arent strict enough. The general public assumes that if the product is for public sale that it must be safe to use. Even with the tiny worded labelling on back of these products, the main label shows a happy pet that is free of fleas because you choose to use their product.

You as the pet owner, consumer, are not aware of how dangerous this stuff really is.You are not intentionally poisoning your pet, you are trying to get rid of the fleas on your pet!

Unfortunately most pet owners dont know this product is going to do the horrible stuff it does UNTIL your own pet is affected. Once you have put it on the pet, or its bedding and the reaction begins, it is too late.

Your pet goes into convulsions, seizures and dies. OR you get to the VET and it costs an average of $500-750 to save your pet and if you can not afford it, you either have to euthanize your pet or watch it die slowly. You might gamble and let it ride it out, and the pet survives, but has permanent neurological damage. Some recover, but most need VET care in order to save them.

Some even with VET care die anyway. The emotional effects of knowing you put the product on the pet to initiate the process of their illness, leaves permanent guilt and pain to the owner as well. Still most victimized owners do blame themselves for not being aware that the very products they purchased that were designed to deal with the problems of flea infestations are in fact dangerous and should not be available for public sale in this this country or anywhere.

Manufacturers are fully aware of the dangers of their products, but they dont care as long as they can get away with it.Their concern is any new regulations that might cut into their profit margins should Congress pay attention to pet owner complaints and change regulations on public sales of their toxic products.

Due to their own corporate greed, they cleverly devise ways and disclaimers, that throw any blame for what they term ‘misuse of the product’ , back onto Joe Q Public Pet Owner and so far they have gotten away with it.

They argue their case effectively and leave many pet owners in the wake of the destruction caused by them. for using the cheap lethal ingredients that they use in these products.

Non pet owners along with lucky pet owners are not always sympathetic either, where you will hear things like, ‘well then you shouldnt own a pet, if you cant afford them’ and again the blame is placed back on the unwitting pet owner who bought the Hartz or the Sargents or the Bansect etc. and used their toxic products..

Since they each use lethal neurotoxins to get rid of fleas in their products, they are equally guilty, but actually use each other to remain guilt free! They each put the blame back on the public - the pet owner for using their products which are more a ‘name your own poison’ thing since they are each dangerous.

To use these trusted named pet care products, you would be just as ’safe’ to use bug spray for hornets as you would be to use flea drops for cat / or dogs!!

Its that dangerous, but many who have not witnessed first hand what this does when a pet is reacting and made ill or dies, are not interested or sympathetic and so these manufacturers are still getting away with it~!!

Poisonous pet products must be banned and recalled, not resold to discount stores and still passed off as safe to the public where then even more pets are harmed by them.

Manufacturers should be made to pay for all vet bills and in cases where pets have died as a result, should pay punitive damages to the pet owners. They should also be required to pay for any after care needed to animals who survived their poisons, since many suffer permanent damage as a result.

Joe Q Public Pet Owners have suffered enough, just with knowing they were the ones who shot without knowing the gun was loaded…For pet owner victims it was an accident, but for the manufacturers it is deliberate which in some cases could be considered murder by some.

Get Promotional Art Services from Ave Hurley ~!

2009-08-31T22:27:00.000-07:00

I work online continually and have been doing Art Promotionals and Advertising, for over 3 years selling my own artworks online.

When I was approached for promotional services, the cheapest promoter I found online was $395 for just an annual ad listing and some tag words and then Dunne & Bradstreet has a promo pack for $895 a year for little more in actual tangible services.

When I talked with their sales rep and he asked what I am doing in the ways of promoting my art online, he was astounded and told me that I should be working for them!!
He said that I actually do more in art promotions than they do~!!

So I decided that since I do it for myself and have succeeded in self promotion and now with all that I learned, I am willing to do it now for other artists,who need help in getting better known online.

Find more photos like this on Ave Hurley Illustrations Featured Artist Network

I have been helping other artists on the road to notoriety and success by personally promoting and creating advertisements online for them as well as tagging them , blogging them and entering them into cross promotions successfully.

The promotions I do are listed in many major online venues including, Squidoo, Twitter,Facebook,Live,StumbleUpon,MySpace,Deli-c-ious, Netlog,Eblogger,Wordpress, Search Engine submission, We2NK , Local.com,Craigslist and more.

I help with editing, tagging and introducing your art online with my personal endorsement, as I have a good online reputation with 100% positive online customer satisfaction.
See what others say about me~

To receive my services Just click this Link : Check it out & Join Here

I am an artist first and built my site customized for art promotions and sales & have free resources and tools for any artists to self promote their work, but for those who need help in promotions or need an editor, it normally costs $895 a year from places like Dunn & Bradstreet [ to which I am also a registered member} to receive similar services

I can provide my services to you for only $5 to start for the first month & only $7.50 per month there after for as long as you want ~ Even when my service prices go up in the future, you will continue to receive services at this agreed price~!!
No catchs, no crazy contracts and doubletalk~ Fully refundable if not satisfied ~!

I am just an artist like you but am helping other artists online to get ahead~!
There is so much talent out there and so many artists deserve more recognition and exposure online but simply do not know how or who to trust online and many like I was dont know where to get started.

I have done my research and homework on this and now am prepared and able to help promote any artist who needs help, but since it is very time consuming - at least 10 hours a month, to do YOUR personalized service and all I am asking is this very nominal amount, to simply help offset some of my internet time and costs.

I just happen to know alot more about online marketing than most artists and have more computer skills focused on art promotions than most artists you may know. I have now been helping many other artists to be able to get established online and I can personally help you, even with tech support and am an email away, as well as phone call 602-539-4053 , when you need to talk about your online art needs~!

Subscribing to my services is making me your promotional agent [in a limited capacity according to your permission] to act on your behalf, to help promote your art and to get you known online and to direct traffic to your art on any sites you belong to, for as long as you want ~!
I will even make permalink adsites for you in search engines that will be easily found in major search engines to remain, even if you cancel my services at any time you want to.

Thankyou and best of success to you in selling your art online~!

:) Ave Hurley
602-539-4053
AHI-FAN :Ave Hurley Illustrations - Featured Artists Network

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Free Signed Art Print ~ from ME ~ No purchase necessary ~ No Gimmicks~!

2009-08-20T05:58:00.000-07:00

Hi ~
I hope you are having a great summer~! Its been going by so fast here!

I have been so busy on my network~ Site Traffic is up alot~ Sales are also improving~My last month's 5 Contest winners have all received their prizes and my new Contest is a photo contest that is free to enter.Details are right on my site. I have built in new features that make my site different that many other Ning sites and I think you'd like it if you haven't visited lately~

Now I am having another promo that I have already been posting on Twitter,Squidoo, Blogs ,Adsites and more - all FREE ones too~
I am giving away a free limited edition hand signed art print to anyone who requests it~!
Just go here for details FREE ART PRINT no purchase necessary~!

My site is growing fast and also getting 'deep' with links to many interesting pages and by exploring the links to various pages, I now have placed some "secret sales" that enable buyers to get special discounts via special Paypal buttons to featured artworks of your choice when using the secret sales checkouts~

Its like going on a treasure hunt right on the site!

Also now I have SuperGroups Directory & new Categories selection pages that enable viewers to search out specific types of art they are interested in.

Besides my own art prints that are for sale as ,notecards, postcards and framable prints, there are over 180 Artists showing & selling their original works too in the online Art Show!
You can get some amazing buys and deal direct with the artists~!
Well hope to see you there~!
Have a great day~!
Ave

Free Help to Artists Selling Online ~ From an Artist to Artists~!

2009-08-15T15:59:00.001-07:00

Repatoo - you know what they say - google Look me up by username : " Ave " Establishing a good online reputation is vital in establishing any art business online.You earn your reputation through positive reactions of customers you have sold to online~ Check my 100% Satisfied Customers Ratings and See what some of my customers from various sites have to say about me, my artwork and my services provided to them~!

Now I am looking to help other artists who are trying to learn their way around the internet and sell their artwork as well.What's in it for me? Cross Promotion~!!!

Viewers want a variety of art to look at and will pick out what they want~ So I don't see other artists as competitors, rather as collegues and worthy of respect and promotion to perpective art collectors and buyers. I envision my websit growing into an interactive Art Hub for online art related activities, by showing and selling "G" rated family friendly artworks. Unlike most art networks, I do not allow nudity or porn or violence or demonic arts~! I personally evaluate and approve every work of art displayed on my site, since after all, my good name is on the site endorsing these artists!

You will find some of the most amazing artworks online by artists such as Murphy Art Elliott, Bob Bello, Bill Wright, Kevin Heaney and many more fantastic highly talented artists~! I am an landscape and seascape artists. I do them very well. I do however know my limitations~ I don't do portraits or outer space fantasy paintings BUT I know artists that do~!! That's what its all about on my site~ to bring variety, talent and hope to both artists and consumers~!

I am sharing this resource here making it available to ALL artists who wish to sell and promote their art online without any additional costs. Lets face it, most of us, artists have limited computer skills and less promotional skills~ Most consumers too would rather buy without added fees~

Anyway after compiling my own art research and testing the market with my own art, I have sold over 300 works of art in the last 2 years online in the places I am sharing here.

I did join many of the POD sites [like Fine Art America. ArtWanted, Imagekind,ESBQ and more~} where I had to pay an annual fees & sellers fees and found they didn't really increase my sales enough to cover the costs of their memberships~ I sold more on Ebay and Plunderhere than on the POD Sites~!

So, as mentioned, I also sold alot on Ebay for the last couple of years, but I was not satisfied overall with the results, ~my art often being sold on the minimum bids, as there simply is an over saturation on art on Ebay in that just to get a few views may be all you get and Ebay charges fees whether you sell or not.

I found the other auctions sites listed below that things sold slower but they sold and they didnt charge listing fees which makes it a win win situation in that you only have to pay a small sellers fee if your item is sold and if not, you can automatically relist them til they do sell~ That saves alot of time and effort along the way to simply hit a relist button~!!

Then I found some little shops that sell and are affordable in that you only pay pennies to list an item for up to 3 months at a time like at Etsy! Still without promotion, getting people to your art is alot of work in itself and people will not simply find you if you dont promote!

You could post pics on every social site on the net working 20 hours a day and not get a sale as a result. You need to promote to an audience that is looking to buy art or suggested to see your art and may result in a sale. Here is my list of places to show, promote and sell your art.

Promoters charge alot of money, because there is work involved, but here even the least computer saavy artist can successfully list, promote and sell their art more effectively Best of Luck~ AveHurley

Use the Site Art-Manager ~ is the Artist Information and Directions page, for using this site to your best advantage.

JOIN ANY OF THESE DIRECTORY GROUPS THAT APPLY TO PROMOTING AND SELLING YOUR ARTWORK ONLINE

Art Auction Worldwide For members who also belong to AAW

ArtWanted.com POD sales

CafePressPOD Sales

Craig's List ~ Free Classified Ad Site

CURRENT OnSite Contest Photography Contest Deadline 10/31/09

Etsy Shops -Sell your already made art items FaceBook Social networking and advertising site

Fine Arts America.comPOD sales

ImageKind.com POD sales

MySpace

Netlog.com Popular Blogging Site

PhotoSigPhoto Critique site

Plunderhere Free listing auction site

RedBubblePOD sales

Selling Tips

Squidoo Promotional Lenses Create advertisements

Stumbleupon.com Advertising blog that reaches millions.

Twitter online advertising and updates on your art

Website Owners Support For old & new website owners

WordPresspopular blogging site

Zazzle POD sales

JOIN ANY OF THESE CATEGORIES TO LIST YOUR ART FOR SALE HERE

If YOU want to sell your art~ find the category here that it fits in and list it there in the comments~ That way viewers can find the piece you are selling~! Artists can upload their own art for sale through these links under the category that best describes the art they wish to sell.Photography can also go in these categories. When you Upload Picture, choose OPTIONS FOR thumbnail size to appear in comment box.

. Abstracts for Sale

. ACEO's ART TRADING CARDS

. Animals for Sale

. Architecture for Sale

. Astronomy & Space for Sale

. Botanicals~ Flowers

. Childrens Pictures for sale

. Crafts

. Ethnic Art for Sale

. Fantasy Art for Sale

. Fractal Art

. Inspirationals for Sale

. Jewelry . Lakes for Sale

. Landscapes for Sale

. Lighthouses for Sale

. Mountain Scenes for Sale

. Muralist Works, Sign Boards, Commissioned works

. Photography~ General Any unusual or artistic photographs

. Portrait Art for Sale

. Portraits of Famous People

. Science . Sculpture

. Seascapes for Sale

. South Western USA & Tribal Indian Art

. Snowscapes for Sale

. Starving Artists Sales Any Art From $5 up on many art items~!

. Still Lifes for Sale

. Sunrise & Sunsets for sale

Artist Helping Artists Online

2009-08-12T17:07:00.001-07:00

"Sunset of Hope"~
by AveHurley
This is my latest digital painting!
Completed on Aug 1st~
Released only this month~!

Now its already for sale on my site
PLUS it is for sale on Imagekind, Fine Arts America, Etsy and on my auctions sites~!

DO YOU Want to find out how you can show and sell your art all over the internet, without costing you any money?
Join my Supergroups and use the links to connect you all over the web!

I want to introduce you to my new :SuperGroups directory that will help you show, promote and sell your art online~!!! No fees involved~ no gimmicks, just focus on your art and use SuperGroups to portal you into places online where you can advertise, show and sell your art all over the web~

This resource is FREE and because my site is a site I made for selling my art and while doing so, I have developed it into a network by an artist for artists and believe that you will be successful there, unlike any other ning site, my site is interconnected to many sites for cross promotions on art alone~!!

Typical Professional Advertising online can be way out of reach for most artists as there are many agencies out there all wanting your money before doing anything for you and then even with paying them there is no guarantee it will yield any sales.They may have the programs to hook you up to many places but they charge alot of money and have no guarantees~ I have been learning how to do it myself and am now sharing what I have learned with any other artists needing help~!

There are ways to cross promote, gain internet traffic and meet possible buyers as well as there are ways to direct traffic to your shops and auctions, partially by blogging but also by knowing where to post ads and blogs for maximum exposure and results...

I am showing other artists how to show and sell more effectively online.My website is set up with many resources and organized in ways you wont find on any other ning~!

Its new and innovative and has things you can do there instead of just posting a pic and waiting for a response~!! You can take your pictures all over the web through my site and it will take your time but not your money as the services are FREE~

While I am not an ad agency or commercial promotions company, I have been finding my way around the internet and have learned alot over the last few years, specific to showing and selling my art online and I have developed my website to include alot of hidden resources that will help any artist at no matter what computer skill level to be able to advertise and sell their art without having to pay for it as so many sites charge for these services and yet dont guaranty any sales..

My Featured Artists Network is interactive and links to many sites that instead of spinning your wheels by continually posting pics and looking for comments or paying ad agencies or other galleries, you can actually advertise your art to the world community and reach those seeking to buy art and show them what you got~

Join my group today as it is emerging into what is sure to become the 'MySpace for Arts" on the world wide web as it is growing fast, with alot of internet traffic leading to places that will get results~!

Its an open site and you will find Squidooportals and more to many places that will help you in selling your art online without having to pay fees.

Most resources are manual - in that you can customize them to your needs.You do not have to be a computer expert to navigate my site or use its resources. I am there too to help you along the way.

While Ave Hurley Illustrations' Featured Artists Network is geared to promoting artists who want more exposure and sales, it is also social and you can learn more there without all the hype and come ons that other sites have. You can learn the ins and outs of effectively selling online~

You dont have to pay to sell on my site and you can learn how to list on sites such as:
ArtWanted
Imagekind,
FineArtsAmerica

IT IS ALSO NOW ON my auction sites like:

Plunderhere

Ebid

Webidz and more that allow you to relist free to sell your art without paying any fees for items that dont sell and only a small % fee on sold items~

There are stores online that allow you to sell your art and you will receive royalties $$ and never have to pay out of pocket for anything~

I also randomly endorse and advertise my members artworks all over the web~ I do this because as I want to sell my art, others want to sell theirs and we can all cross promote and reach a wider audience~ Buyers will buy what they want and want variety of choices.. Providing those choices helps all of us~!!

Best of Success to us all~!
Ave

Ave Hurley Illustrations

Featured Artist this week:

Bill Wright's
Space Art
is for sale at :
Imagekind

http://billwright.imagekind.com/SpaceArt

You can also contact Bill here.

New Squidoo lenses I made

2009-07-28T22:24:00.000-07:00

My Squidoo lens is made for my member artists in my network. This lens features 3 artists who excel in southwestern style artworks and I found their work impressive and hope you do too.

There are now over 2100 pictures on Ave Hurley Illustrations - Featured Artists Network and along with my own work which I hope you will visit and enjoy, I take pleasure in showing and promoting my fellow artists and think that when you need to take a moment's break online, that it can be a great stress reliever just stopping by my network and viewing some art from around the world~ Some that are from emerging artists that you can actually contact directly and talk about their art and how it makes you feel.

You can also find artists there that along with myself, take on commissioned jobs at prices that will surprise you~ Whether you want a pencil portrait by Murphy Elliott or a mural by Preston Shuttlesworth or myself, there are many things to see.

I do my own custom printing of my artworks and you can benefit by being able to buy original prints that I make, hand sign and send a Certificate of Authenticity along with and I have to admit, I keep these prints in very small circulation, some have yet to be printed for the first time ever and none will be printed passed 25 copies ever~ I want to keep it fresh and rare.

Have a great week and know that you are welcome any time at my network and you dont have to be an artist to belong.
:) Ave

Emerging Artist Sites you should see for yourself~! Lots of Deals for Art Collectors & more!~

2009-07-28T21:24:00.000-07:00

Updates on the development of Ave Hurley Illustations new art network online that is for Ave Hurley and other Artists on my net that have been uploading and showing their art and photos from around the world.
See all sorts of art and photography that depicts the cultures of where they come from and bring about a peaceful unity through art, whereas politics has no place~
AHI is an art network started by an artist for artists and art viewers~

I hope it grows to become like the MySpace for the Art World~ however humble its beginnings are now on Ning and with frequent revisions to meet its growing needs, my network is ever evolving, so if you have already visited it once or twice, don't be surprised to see changes whenever you return because new art is being added every day and the the very platform of the site is under construction to meet the expanding needs and to make it user friendly to both the members and the visitors.

FUN CONTEST : Leave a comment on ART ALBUMS & win a chance for prizes~ ends 7/15 ALL AGES WELCOME

2009-07-14T18:10:00.000-07:00

This contest is fun~

All you do is go to any of the more than 100 Albums on my site and open an album and leave a comment on the album front page! Say what you feel- If something strikes you funny, say something funny ~

If it strikes you are noteworthy , say something notable~

If you see a way it can be improved, say so and how you think it can be improved~!
If you just like to look at alot of new and amazing art, just visit as many albums as you like~ Enjoy some music and have a cup of coffee while leaving a comment on as many albums as you feel like.

Each category will receive a prize worth at least $25 in collectible assorted signed Art prints~

There will be one random winner, picked by chance, but then there are also going to be 4 specific winners, based on what is said or how many comments are made~

So join in the fun and be sure to leave some comments and on July 20th after all the comments have been thoroughly reviewed~ The winners will be announced on ALL the sites I belong to including here and all the blogsites I belong to as well~!

PRIZES WILL BE FOR THE FOLLOWING ALBUM COVER COMMENTS~

1] THE MOST COMMENTS - [ANY COMMENTS MADE ON THE MOST ALBUM COVERS~!]

2] THE MOST NOTABLE COMMENT

3] THE FUNNIEST COMMENT

4] THE MOST HELPFUL COMMENT

5] RANDOM CHOICE/LOTTERY TYPE WINNER - CAN BE ANYONE~

EACH PRIZE WILL BE WORTH AT LEAST $25 AND WILL INCLUDE VARIOUS TYPES OF SIGNED COLLECTIBLE ART PRINTS CONSISTING OF EITHER CARDS, ACEO'S FRAMABLE PRINTS,POSTCARDS AND MORE~!! THESE ARE THE SAME I HAVE SOLD ON EBAY AND OTHER AUCTION SITES AS WELL AS IN MY VARIOUS ONLINE SHOPS~

PRIZES WILL BE MADE AND SHIPPED OUT VIA US MAIL ON 7/30 OR SOONER.

THE ALBUM WITH THE MOST COMMENTS WILL BE FEATURED IN AUGUST ON THE FRONT PAGE AND IN EVERY PROMO I DO IN AUGUST~

Pets in Danger~ Flea Drops Kill Cats~

2009-07-04T14:16:00.000-07:00

With flea season upon us we all look for easy ways to help our pets be free of the pests that can in turn infest our homes and cause us humans to also be bitten and contract illnesses as a result.

One of the most popular ways to treat fleas on our pets is with Flea Drops~ What I didn't know about this horrible treatment was that thousands of cats and dogs are permanently injured and many die from even a single drop of this terrible treatment which should be banned~

Manufacturers do put on small benign disclaimers that it can be harmful if swallowed of absorbed through the skin as it is potentially lethal to humans as well. They contend that only 1:10,000 are affected, however the more I research it now after my own horrible experience with it nearly killing my pet cat, that those numbers are misleading and meaningless to all those who have faced the devastation that these drops cause.

My puppies finally became old enough to go outdoors, so naturally began to pick up fleas and brought some into the house where my small cat caught them.She has never been outdoors on her own, so these pests really were causing her discomfort and constant itching from the bites.

She had a flea collar [also a debatable form of treatment as it causes hair loss and loss of luster in an animals coat, since the collar contains poisons that are absorbed through the fur into the skin and glandular system] so after treating the puppies with 'flea drops' I decided to put 2 drops on the back of my cat's neck, thinking it would help her~

3 hours later, she was foaming at the mouth, disoriented, seizing and convulsing as though she had rabies or something. I then thought of the 2 drops I had put on her and looked up online [wish I had done that first before ever applying those drops]
to find out that 1000's of cats & puppies are actually poisoned by these drops and it KILLS THEM~!

She was dying and writhing in pain, looking at me for help and I felt horrible that I was the cause of her discomfort because of those damn drops~! I tried to catch her and wash off the spot where I had applied them, but she was starting to lose consciousness and had very labored breathing as she stared at me in terror, mouth foaming and tremoring all over.

Naturally stuff like this occurs after business hours so as I called my vet was unavailable, so I called other vets, all closed, but one vet called back saying he had a Vet Tech going to check on animals at his hospital at 10pm [about an hour from the call] and that we could go to his animal hospital and wait for her, so we did.

Desperately, we caged our cat and went to the animal hospital, fearing she would die before help arrived.Finally the Vet Tech was there and began immediate treatment which included bathing the cat with Dawn Dish Detergent to break down the oil that help the poisons on the cats fur~

Ialso brought the empty tube of Flea Drops, in case the doctor needed them to help in diagnosis and treatment. I didn't bother to ask for it back, not knowing the manufacturer would have paid for the vet bill !! Now I can't make any claim for reimbursements ~

Next my cat was given IV therapy to prevent dehydration and to allow the administration of drugs needed to counteract the poison and to make her more comfortable. The next 48 hours would reveal whether or not she could be saved.

Hesitantly I called the animal hospital the next afternoon, fearing the worst, but they said she was still alive and beginning to respond to treatment, thank God. I was relieved.

I had purchased those Flea Drops at a dollar discount store up in BigFlats NY, 3 weeks earlier it is a known brand, just older looking printing as I have seen similar ones in Walmart. It just looked like ones that would be sold in Canada or Mexico as it had other languages on it but the writing was so small that even with my glasses I couldn't read it. I have checked the local stores and see they do have new labeling that at least has a red warning to not give to cats, but how many pet owners will realize that it can do the type of devastation it does and go ahead and use it anyway?

I have now read online many horror stories of pet owners accidentally poisoning their pets while tried to rid them of fleas~

http://www.bing.com/search?q=flea+poison+cats&form=IE8SRC&src=IE-SearchBox

My son called the Manufacturer after seeing how many other people this has been happening to. The manufacturer said they were sorry it happened but that it happens only to 1:10,000 but that they would be willing to pay the vet bill since they have had similar cases and took care of those as some animals have allergic reactions and some have died. The only thing they needed was the empty tube so they could track down which supplier made it for them.I called the vet to try to get the tube back, but it had already been disposed of!

Next day I called the vet and they said the cat although weak and needing continuing medication could come home. I was so relieved. The problem was that the original estimate was $120 but since she was so severely affected by the poison, the additional treatment brought the 2 day bill up to $485.00 payable on demand or the cat would be held with additional boarding costs til she was totally paid for.

We brought down $220 cash which they accepted and then told us that we had til 5pm to get the rest. I went back to the bank to withdraw the rest, which on a fixed income of only $700 a month and $500 a month rent plus utilities that this emergency has caused yet another emergency ~ a dominoe effect as now I dont have my rent nor can I get my car repaired & inspected and I wont have my cable bill money~!

We arrived at 5:15, they were closed so we waited til next morning and an additional $9 was added for overnite boarding~so if I waited til my next check, the bill would have been an additional $279 on top of the current bill, so I had to use my rent money to pay the vet~!

My summer is shot~ Of course I am delighted my cat has survived and recovering, but now I am faced with the financial aftermath that is equally devastating to my home.

Essex House Cottage, is just a sample of one of my artworks and I will give signed prints of any of my artworks on my site: http://avehurleyillustrations.ning.com for any donations to help offset these vet bill costs~! No gimmick, I am desperate this month to raise funds but have all the materials I need to provide any kind help with a gift of equal or greater value than the donation, in appreciation for any help I can get~!

My son called the manufacturer who said to get the vat numbers [as they have this produced overseas from different factories in different countries, just like the bad dog food last year from China that killed many pets, these tubes of poison can be made wrong in other countries too! ] and info from the store we bought it at but they are 50 miles away and my car needs brakes so I cant go there to get it so that virtually means I can not apply for any medical reimbursement.

I have been building an artsite business the last few months and have printing equipment and numerous paintings in print form to sell, but I am only beginning and have not had any substantial sales or orders yet.

I just placed a fundraiser on the top of my site offering to give away my art prints for any donations, but whether that brings help or not I haven't a clue and only had one response so far from a friend who sent me $20 towards the vet bill. I am so grateful for that friend and she told me that I should tell everyone I can about this terrible poison that kills so many pets annually. I agree and that is what I am doing now, trying to warn others so it doesnt happen to them~!

http://avehurleyillustrations.ning.com/page/accidental-cat-poisoning

See this video done by a vet that explains about how this poison affects and kills animals, affecting their central nervous systems and causing excruciating pain and death~!

Cats: Permethrin Poisoning In Cats

http://www.videojug.com/film/permethrin-poisoning-in-cats

This drug has many other names so you might not see it listed on your flea drops but be assured that some derivitive of it is hidden in the ingredients.

Learn the warning signs in any flea remedy you choose to use. hair loss, lack of luster and lythargy can be signs of a mild allergic reaction to both flea drops and flea collars.

Some animals actually develop what looks like a flesh eating disease and lose fur and get horrible sores and raw skin!~

So what is the alternative in flea treatments? Obviously it is to go 'natural' seeking out manufacturers that actually care to treat your pet without poisons~!

http://www.healthyfoodforpets.com/FleaFree.html#Flea Free Food Supplement
I found this site [but there are more] and as soon as I have the money to do so will buy through them. Their products make a lot more sense then pesticides~!

I should have known better because while rubbing those drops on the cat, my own fingertips became numb and tingly and I got a wierd taste in my mouth. I did wash my hands with dish detergent afterwards. Later in the evening after the cat was in the hospital I noticed I was sick to my stomach and wonder how much was stress and what if that trace I absorbed could have contributed to it. I will never know, nor ever use flea drops again to find out~

So before any treatment for you animal, do the research, you may save your pet's life and save yourself from a financial breakdown~!

Ave

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Flea Drops Kill Cats~! Art Fundraiser for lucky survivor~

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I NEED TO HAVE A FUNDRAISER SO YOU CAN OBTAIN ANY ART OR SERVICES
FOR ANY DONATION, YOU WILL RECEIVE GIFTS THAT WILL EXCEED THE VALUE
OF YOUR DONATION~!! SEE BELOW FOR DETAILS & THANKYOU~!

Accidental Cat Poisoning Its flea and tick season. My dogs
already got fleas and brought them into the house. My cat , who
never goes out, caught the fleas and was itching terribly to get
them off and spreading them as she went from room to room. I found
her on top of my bed and saw 3-4 fleas hop off so I caught and
killed them immediately.

Then I went to get the dog's flea drop medication and took a small
amount of drops and put them on my cats neck, thinking I was
helping her to get rid of the fleas.

3 hours later she was writhing in pain seizing and convulsing,
foaming at the mouth!I went to pick her up, she bolted and ran into
things crashing her body all over the house and ran into the
bathroom. My son came and caught her and we placed her into a cage
and began calling vets in our area.

Our regular vet was out of town and it was night. One vet called
back and arranged for his tech to meet us at his office and she
began the treatment to try to and save my poor little cat. She is
still going to remain in the hospital til she recovers enough to
come home.

I am not a wealthy person. I live on disability in my small rented
farm house. I work on line, mostly for free helping others since I
am disabled and can not work a regular job.

I have been focusing on my art and trying to establish myself on
the internet with art sales for the last two years now. I began my
business with no money so every cent I have made to date has gone
back into art and online endeavours - paying for shops, auctions,
internet fees and computer repairs as well as art supplies and
printing supplies and needed equipment for my business to grow.

I live very modestly at this point in time since I have no sponsors
or investors in my art business presently.

If any of you who read this are sympathetic to cats as pets and can
afford to assist me in paying my for the emergency care my cat is
undergoing I am going to make a special postcard sale that will go
to funding my cats treatment since this will be very expensive and
she will need follow up care.

Also any donations will be appreciated and used for that as
well.

I am joining with other organizations in making others aware of the
dangers of flea drops on cats.

To think I only used 2 drops and it was devastating to her!
Thankyou~! Ave

SPECIAL DONATIONS FOR VET FUND FOR CAT POISONED BY FLEA DROP
MEDICATION:

IN APPRECIATION for any donation, I WILL to send you FREE GIFTS for
any donation~

I need to raise money to recover the Veterinary bills~!

[[FREE SHIPPING ON ANY GIFT DONATIONS IN THIS FUNDRAISER~!!]]

C-H-O-O-S-E FROM BELOW~! GREAT CHANCE TO OBTAIN ANY PICTURES YOU
MAY ALREADY LIKE~!

Continental Sized Art Collectors Postcards~ Hand signed
& dated~

FOR THE SUGGESTED DONATION AMOUNTS ,CHOOSE YOUR 'GIFTS' :

$10.00 GIFT: 10 Assorted PostCards/ or 2 GlossyACEOS -

$20.00 GIFT: 24 Assorted PostCards / OR 5 Glossy ACEOS -

$30.00 GIFT: 40 Assorted PostCards /OR 7 Glossy ACEOS -

$35.00 GIFT: 9x12 Glossy Print or 8.5x11 Canvas Paper Stock
Print

$40.00 GIFT: 8.5x11 Fredrix Canvas

$50.00 GIFT: '$100.00 On Site Gift Certificate' or [3]5"x7" Fredrix
Canvas Cloth Prints to be used on any regular priced items or
printing services that I do.

PLEASE be sure to USE THE DONATION BUTTON for this FUNDRAISER, ON
THIS PAGE ONLY FOR THESE OFFERS.

Thankyou~!

THANKYOU FOR YOUR HELP~!

I HAVE LOTS OF Art Prints & cards for sale, BUT LITTLE time left as MONEY used for this VET BILL HAD TO BE PAID IMMEDIATELY, THUS I substituted MY RENT MONEY to obtain my cat's release form the animal hospital as they wouldnt do payments & would have kept her charging additional money for board daily, so I needed to lay out money that was supposed to go to my landlord this week, so I am short terribly as I live on a fixed income, so am gladly letting my art go for this need.

Contest ~WIN~ FREE Signed ARTIST Original PRINTS- thru 7/15 HURRY~!

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As part of my new emerging artists' website launch promotions , I am sponsoring a FREE Album Comments Contest thru July 15th. Winners to be announced on July 20th~

There will be 5 prizes given out in the following categories, simply by leaving a comment on the album cover page of any album on the site~ Currently over 70 to choose from with over 1300 pictures in all by over 128 international artists including myself~ All comments count as entries~

I am also giving away FREE ArtPrints, just go to the site and click on FREE ART for details~

Artists are welcome to Join FREE and participate in the Contest!~
Winning Album [other than my own] will be featured on the front page in August!That is the Album with the most comments will be the main event for the entire month!

Comments from viewers and artists alike are eligible~! All ages can participate as my site is a safe family friendly site with all artworks personally pre-approved by me as safe & suitable for viewing by all ages! No limit on entries~! However only one winner per person in any category~

Prizes will be awarded for:
1] random comment pick - like a lottery - this winner will be blindly picked ~
2] most comments ~ whoever makes the most comments on the Albums will win~
3] funniest comment- whoever makes the funniest comment [non-derogatory of course] wins!
4] notable comment- whoever makes the most notable comment wins this!
5] most helpful comment - whoever makes a comment most relavent to the improvement of the subject - a critique- will win this one~

Comments can be short or long, even one word when appropriate!You dont have to be an artist to be able to comment although artists are encouraged to comment as well, on their own works as well as on each others~!

Each prize will be worth at least $25 an will be given from my own personal art collection of my own artworks ~ cards, postcards, prints etc and will be signed and dated along with a Certificate of Authenticity and printed award of winning the contest~

Just go to : http://avehurleyillustrations.ning.com/ and help me and other emerging artists to make our presence known on the worldwideweb!

Acknowledge our art and maybe while you are there, you will see something that you are interested in that you may want to buy from any of our artists BUT no purchases are necessary.This contest is strictly FREE for promotion of my newly launched website~!

Thankyou~

Ave Hurley
http://avehurleyillustrations.ning.com/

FREE ART CONTEST : COMMENT CONTEST: EASY TO ENTER~!

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http://avehurleyillustrations.ning.com/events/comment-contest-win-prizes

ALBUM COMMENT CONTEST:
This first contest has begun and has been extended today by requests to July 15th~

Winners will be announced on July 20th & prizes will be sent out then!
View our many albums and tell us what you think. Make a comment onthe album.It doesn't have to be lengthy or detailed, just let usknow you looked at the album and any comments you may have.

At the end of the month all albums will be reviewed for comments.Every person who has made a comment's name will be entered into arandom drawing.

The Album with the most comments will be featured in July.

The FIRST PRIZE winner of the drawing will receive someartist signed ACEO's & APCEOS from Ave Hurley.Value of theprize will be approximately $25

A SECOND PRIZE will be given to the person who madethe most comments~!Value of the prize will beapproximately $25

A THIRD PRIZE will be given to the person who makes themost notable comment.Value of the prize will beapproximately $25

A FOURTH PRIZEwill be given to the person who makesthe funniest comment.Value of the prize will beapproximately $25
A FIFTH PRIZE will be given to the person who made themost helpful comments~!Value of theprize will be approximately $25

No limit on entries.The more you comment , the more likelyyou are to win~!
Just go to any album and leave a comment~! No limit on comments or albums, even new albums that are added during this time period are eligible!!Why not add an album today? & also win the chance to be featured for August?

Best of Luck~! Enjoy the art show ykou will be viewing in this contest~!
Family Friendly - all ages allowed!

AveHurley

The great Counterfeiter~!

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As the great counterfeiter, satan was furious at the Tower of Babel when he had all the people united with Nimrod to defy God by not only building the Tower against God's will , but in daring to shoot an arrow up towards Heaven, symbolically wanting to slay the Lord...So because it was ordained before time that Israel was to be a nation of God's people and were yet to be born, the Lord scattered their tongues, breaking their communications and causing division, allowing time to intercede and his nation to be born.
In Sarah was the promise, her seed not Hagar's! Ishmael sought the inheritance and has been after it ever since.His descendents, counterfeit of Isaac's descendents fight to gain the blessing to try and take the kingdom of Heaven by force~ as counterfeits, as envoys from Babylon, they seek to pretend to serve God calling Him, Allah, but Allah is the angel of light- the spirit of antichrist - the deceiver of nations, even those born into it are deceived into thinking they are doing 'god' a service, but their god is not our God! John 8:44 describes their mandate spiritually, they will come and do as they did to Hezekiah, pretending concern so as to gain the secrets of the treasury and cost Hezekiah the kingdom! Their time may be short, but they are coming into it as a descendent of Ishmael is on the rise. That charismatic false peace maker is coming. The nations will love him as the world loves its own ~ under the guise of peace and humanity he will deceive the nations and when he has seized power, the mask will come off and all who havent bowed to him will be sought out and persuaded as a famine of the Word will come and the hearts of most grow cold and weary wondering when He will return for us.The evil one like Absalom will gain the hearts of many people. He would fool the world and the very elect if it were possible.
WE all will have a Job like experience, we all will pass through the flood and the fires of this life, but we are told to fear not for He is with us and His rod and staff will comfort us. We are to continue and study showing ourselves approved, rightly dividing the Word of God! WE are to put on that whole armour of God and listen to that still small voice~ WE are to tests the spirits and hold fast to that which is 'good' as we take every 'thought' captive and choose each day whom we will serve~
We must decrease, as He must increase, we are to try and learn what is pleasing to the Lord and as we put to death the deeds of the flesh we can put on the mind of Christ and no longer be double minded as those who receive nothing from God almighty.We must stand fast, being assured of the blessed hope we have in HIM and not listen to those seducing familiar religious spirits that satan has mingled into the churches today bringing their false doctrines of demons along with them with their thus saith the lords... speaking words but not HIS, prophecying lies and causing each to do what is right in their own eyes, without seeking the will of the Father in their lives..A great falling away is coming among those who hold a form of religion but through their live's actions, deny the power of it! The warning went out to the 7 churches in Revelations and is a warning to us as well that we must prepare the way of the Lord!
This generation is growing up not 'knowing' God. A man's enemies will be that of his own household, including the household of faith. Satan has caused divisions and lies to grow in like weeds in the garden of our Lord and Jesus said that the spirit of antichrist was already at work, even back when Jesus was preparing to go back to the Father!
How many men have killed one another, thinking they were doing God a service? Satan, that counterfeiter has been playing god and making the church his tower of babel so, confusing the speech of the people and breaking unity to prevent men from knowing how to seek God. For lack of knowledge, my people go into exile~ for lack of knowledge my people perish....Purify your hearts you sinners we are told to cleanse our minds and to stop being double minded as the battle for our souls is ongoing in our own hearts and minds! The enemy is a whisperer, a deceiver and lures and entices us by own own desires ever planting thoughts in our heads for us to choose to indulge in. That causes men to sin and sin when full grown will bring forth death!We are to renounce all the workings of satan in our lives if we are to expect to be joint heirs with Jesus. Jn 3:36 says he who believes in the Son has everlasting life, but also says, 'he who dont not obey the Son [some translations say does not believe the Son] shall NOT see life but the wrath of God rests upon him and it is a fearful thing to fall into the hands of the Living God!...Pauls said o wretched man that I am...and so are we ~!...For me to live is Christ and to die is GAIN~ how many of us are prepared to put our lives where our words are? How many rather hear smoothe speech and not deal with their responsibility to study word and know well the condition of God's flock?
How do we hear that still small voice of the Holy Spirit? God shares the throne with no one, especially satan. He had him cast out of heaven when he tried to sieze the throne....Know ye not we are the temple of the Holy Spirit? What then are we to do...?...WE are to renounce our wicked ways!! WE are to renounce the workings of satan in our lives.. All those sublte spirits that entertain our thoughts, our unspoken thoughts...Jesus said that for a man to even look on a woman , that if he lusted in his heart , he has already committed adultery! That example speaks to our minds!....The battle for our eternal salvation is in our minds, not our whitewashed outer tombs!!What are the workings of satan in our lives?What is it that we are to renounce ? How do we know that it is the Holy Spirit that is speaking to us to guide us into all truth?...[by taking heed according to the Word...]
The heart is deceitful and desperate to be corrupt! Secret sins in our members~ outwardly clean but the cup is full of iniquity!We can go through the motions and continue to deceive ourselves, but then how will we stand in the jungle of the Jordan, when we cant stand up against the wrong in our own hearts? The Lord searches the hearts and minds of men~ even if our heart condemns us, He is greater than our hearts and if we repent- if MY people who are called by MY Name, humble themselves and PRAY, I will forgive them their sins and cleanse them from all manner of unrighteousness....How can we do this? How do we face ourselves and stand up and choose Jesus?These people honor me with their lips but their hearts are far from Me....
Jesus spoke to the man with demons and asked his name...Legion, for we are many....Jesus cast Legion out and they went into the swine and jumped off the cliff....A legion is comprised of many soldiers~ The devil is at war with the saints and never sleeps or slumbers but is ever about roaming like a lion seeking whom he may devour~
There is no discharge from the 'war', nor will wickedness deliver those who are given to it. To the pure He shows Himself Pure, but to the 'crooked' He shows Himself 'perverse' [or crooked, such as people blaming God when things go wrong in their lives or take matters into their own hands rather than listening to the Holy Spirit, choosing to do it their way, BUT we are warned " My thoughts are not your thoughts says the Lord ~ nor My ways are your ways"...
Paul said, O wretched man that I am...remember??
So we are to renounce the workings of satan in our lives...we are to clean our house and guard the door so the thief can not enter in and make us 7 times worse~than when we began....
Or we can say Lord Lord we did many works, in Your name, but He will say 'begone' I dont know you!!Repent.. How do we repent? By renouncing the workings of satan in our lives!! How... ?
What is your name, Jesus asked and when told, he cast satan out! He wasnt asking the demoniac 'his' name but He was asking for the 'name[s]' of the devils that were leading the man astray and taking him out of his 'right ' mind~ as all who could see the man knew he was naked before the Lord....
Name them, cast them out,lock the door, trim your lamp, preserve the oil of the Holy Spirit by whom you were annointed by on the day you called Christ your Lord....Unveil yourself, remove that mask of self righteousness! Get naked before the Lord and remove those whitewashed tombstones and let the dead bury the dead while you come back to life in Him...
Recognise them, name them and cast them out... the spirit of self righteousness, the spirit of pride, the spirit of condemnation, the spirit of calamity, the spirit of deceit, the spirit of 'religion', the spirit of hate, the spirit of envy, the spirit of strife, the spirit of greed, the spirit of gluttony, the spirit of malice, the spirit of depression, the spirit of defeat, the spirit of fear,the spirit of confusion,the spirit of bearing false witness, the spirit of false prophecy, the spirit of coersion,the spirit of falsehood, the spirit of false religion, the spirit of pretense,the spirit of rage, the spirit of anxiety,the spirit of disobedience, the spirit of rejection, the spirit of lust, the spirit of jealousy, the spirit of murder, the spirit of prejudice, the spirit of racism, the spirit of haughtiness, the spirit of deception, the spirit of lies, the spirit of pride, the spirit of laziness, the spirit of control, the spirit of manipulation, the spirit of ego, the spirit of self centeredness, the spirit of guilt, the spirit of war, the spirit of anger, the spirit of wickedness, the spirit of compromise, the spirit of revenge, the spirit of chaos, the spirit of destruction, the spirit of immorality, the spirit of doubt, the spirit of elitism, the spirit of deafness, the spirit of blindness, the spirit of cowardess, the spirit of narcissism, the spirit of betrayal, the spirit of drunkeness, the spirit of doublemindedness, the spirit of divination, the spirit of witchcraft, the spirit of rebellion , the spirit of greed, the spirit of surrender, the spirit of condemnation, the spirit of woe, the spirit of hate together with all the others, named and unnamed together in tandem custom lured by your own desires, that if you continue to allow them one room in the house of your mind, you can not please God your Father~
Repent, open your hearts to God and lay yourself at the foot of the cross and renounce the workings of satan in your life! Be healed and freed in the name of Jesus! Embrace your salvation, go and sin no more,making disciples of all the nations...starting with the nation of your own heart. Be washed by the water of the Word! receive the continual cleansing with the living waters - repent and be baptised by the Holy Spirit, not holding a form of religion but being pure religion, before God our Father, visiting not only the physical widows, but the spiritual ones as well, those who have lost their husband ...those who have lost God in their lives and backslid...visit the orphans, including the spiritual orphans, those who have no Father ...so they can experience the adoption of God~! but to all who received HIM who believed [obeyed] in HIS Name[Jesus} He gave POWER to become Children of God~ who were 'born' not of man but of the will of God.... He is willing that none should perish,BUT that ALL come unto repentence~taste and see that the Lord is good~
Then you will experience that peace that surpasses understanding as the weight of the 'world' will be lifted off your shoulders as Jesus said His yoke is easy ~ and once we can face ourselves, naked and unashamed before God, not hiding from him but being able to boldly come before the throne of grace~
ALL that the Father gives to Me will come to Me and him who comes to Me, I will NOT cast out...The sooner we believe He loves us and cares for us and is concerned for us, the sooner we cast out all doubt and doublemindedness, the sooner we will be able to fully embrace the Love of God in our lives and be able to witness it to others....
This is what the Lord has done for me in my life! He has given me an ear to hear and spiritual eyes to see and the ear tries words like the palate tastes food. Every Word of the Lord proves true...
GBU~! Ave

Obama ~ Pied Piper~ Read before voting!!

2008-11-02T19:45:00.000-08:00

Obama has made alot of promises that dont make sense when delved into.He has been like a "Pied Piper" to the disgruntled, disenchanted and uniformed.His position with unpatriotic people, his refusal to salute our flag, his not visiting our wounded veterans, his alliance with unscrupulous people going all the way back to 1981, his denials of things that have been publicly proven about him, his affinity with rich arab business men, his part in the Fannie /Freddie collapse and the payoffs he publicly received ...too many red flags and too many deceptions!!

Regardless to the media denegration of Mc Cain and Palin, they are the best choice and sober, intelligent, reasonable person could consider regardless to race, religion or political persuasion. Out nation has hope as long as we continue to choose leaders that are dedicated to making our nation great.

Obama is not about making our nation great, rather he is about socializing and weakening it and turning it into a third world power if he wins. Dont let this happen to America! Save America ~ vote for McCain & Palin~

To those who are faith minded I have some scriptures to share below that should help bring about a proper frame of mind in helping you to see and decide what is actually the right thing to do... Please read this in its entirety and consider this when you vote...

Food for thought.... most seems basic to me and may seem so to you, but to one I have sent this too, he doesnt understand where I am coming from and still chooses to believe you can be a prochoice abortion endorsing Christian who will be accepted by God. I disagree according to my understanding, I think I have the mind of Christ in these matters and think I understand as one who has the Holy Spirit guiding me. I could be in error, if that can be demonstrated biblically, but this fellow, offers nothing but surmations of his reading of what I wrote and shows no basis for his own conclusions other than to attack me.. Oh well , I wanted to share these anyway and think most will remember them and if you agree let me know but also if you think I am wrong on any of it still let me know.
Thanks~!
GBU~!
Ave

Colossians 1:10 NIV • Read this chapterAnd we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
As we mature in Christ, the things of this world are viewed more as 'trappings' or the cares of the world that we abandon as we see more clearly how to please t he Lord."He must increase & I must decrease" becomes not only 'understood' but embraced and complied with to our own benefit, which then explains when Jesus said " My yoke is easy".. It does get easier when you seek to do his will, resist the devil and not compromise, which keeps you free from guilt as the devil looses his foothold in your life...
1 John 3:9 NIV • Read this chapterNo one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God....So as we yield to the Holy Spirit and are 'watered' by the Word, we begin to grow in Christ and as we study His word, seeking his will and not some 'angle' to manipulate the word according to our desires...
We see that we must resist the devil and our self serving desires which would give birth to sin and bring us to failure and even death.
We are born of God, no longer subject to the flesh, although we inhabit earthly bodies, we are to glorify God in our bodies as well...It isnt as hard, once we submit to his teaching and will for us .
All that the father gives to me will come to me.. .Jesus said, since He is willing that NONE should perish, it is fairly certain that since we are 'chosen'[you did not choose me but I chose you...] Some through their own stubborness and rebellion, resist the Father's will for great portions of their earthly lives... it is said that even the elect 'could' be fooled...but not that they 'would'.
Some say that we get into Predestination as a result of these promises of God and since he knows the beginning and the end of the matter, there is an element of that.It should be to our encouragement however, since he has plans for us that are 'good' and not evil...
1 Thessalonians 4:1 NIV • Read this chapter[ Living to Please God ] Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.

...Once we come to terms to trust and believe in God and not lean on our own 'understanding' we can begin the process of cleansing our temple[mind& heart]putting away the childish things, studying and learning to a workman serving God no longer allowing evil thoughts to persuade our carnal minds, as we gradually put on the mind of Christ.
Philippians 1:21 NIVUK • Read this chapterFor to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
...When we become disciplined and accustomed to living in the Word and putting the flesh last while we practice our belief as we choose new each day , in each and every circumstance we face, who we will choose to serve.. It is one or the other, God or our own carnal reasoning which was introduced to us by the devil...If God is God choose Him and live.. if he is not God or Lord of your life you will not choose Him. So to live is Christ and to put to death the deeds of the flesh is gaining favor in God's sight and will lead to becoming joint heirs with Jesus.
Therefore as Paul said, we can not compare the sufferings we face now with the glories of the things to come..
2 Thessalonians 3:6 NIVUK • Read this chapter[ Warning Against Idleness ] In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.
...If we become complacent and shrug our reasonable duty to God when we have been freed by His grace from all matters of our unrighteousness, when we put on Christ's righteousness in our lives, we are reminded to 'go and sin no more'....
If we let our light so shine before men, we do our duty to make disciples of all the nations and not shun our responsibilities as Christians in any area of our lives, including 'everything' we are to give thanks in and for.. then even in matters such as politics, we are sometimes faced with the spiritually moral dilemmas presented and it is then we have to stand up for Jesus and what he would do and want us to do.
We can not slack off as curse is he who does the will of God with slackness!!We also are not to be cowardly or hide our lamp under a bushel... so being a hidden believer and not bearing the fruits of the Spirit make us double minded, two faced and self deceived.
John 3:36 NASB

36"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
...If we 'believe' and not just merely surfacely acknowledge a weak allegiance to ... we will embrace and digest that belief to become part of us and then live by that belief... we are to obey and continue in his word and thus prove to be his disciples... we arent to be like the seed on rocky soil that grows a bit and then shrivels before any fruit can be born.We are to be like the tree planted by living waters and grow and bear fruit doing the will of our Father in heaven as Jesus always did what was pleasing to His Father, so shall we do.
2 Corinthians 10:5 NIVUK • Read this chapterWe demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
...We can not allow ourselves to compromise and allow evil to have its place in our lives as the Lord shares his throne with no evil~! WE must take every thought captive and not be like Adam & Eve who considered, embraced and partook of reasoning that allowed them to defy God and thus loose their position in the garden, being cast out.
1 John 4:1 NIV • Read this chapter[ Test the Spirits ] Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
...the battleground for our souls is in our minds and thoughts are constantly presented to our minds to consider and think about which lead to our action or inactions.We will be judged by our actions and intent of our hearts. If we harbor iniquity in our hearts then we are double minded, meaning we entertain thoughts presented by demonic influences of the spirits roaming to and fro seeking whom they may devour... Resist the devil and reject the evil thoughts and you will be able to see right and wrong as you yield to the will of the Father.
2 Timothy 2:14 NIV • Read this chapter[ A Workman Approved by God ] Keep reminding them of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen.
...The Holy Spirit of God that guides us into all truth, is always in agreement with the Word so where 2 or more are gathered in "MY" name, there I will be in the midst of them... a promise and instruction as to how we can test the spirit of any thought we get to consider. The Holy Spirit will never tell you anything that goes against the word of God as a house divided can not stand and Jesus and the Father are one and their Spirit of Truth is one with them as well and is here to guide us.
2 Timothy 2:15 NIV • Read this chapterDo your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
...AS we study God's word and let it grow in our hearts and minds, it will be ready to bear witness to what the Holy Spirit tries to teach us and also will send up the red flags when religious thoughts [from spirit of religion] and others in tandem approach your mind with the 'what ifs' that ultimately would cause you to doubt God and fail.
So study and become one with the word as Jesus is one with the Father!
Romans 12:1 NASB • Read this chapter[ Dedicated Service ] Therefore [1 Cor 1:10; 2 Cor 10:1-4; Eph 4:1; 1 Pet 2:11] I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to [Rom 6:13, 16, 19; 1 Cor 6:20; Heb 13:15; 1 Pet 2:5] present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
...The closer you draw near to God the closer he will draw near to you.. which would only stand to reason t hat you would want to be as best prepared to be before Him and not stand ashamed.

Romans 8:13 NASB • Read this chapterfor [Rom 8:6] if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are [Col 3:5] putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
...all things are lawful for me but not all things are helpful, so to continue in an activity that will bring you shame , it is better to forsake such sinful activity and become a living sacrifice so that no one can rightly accuse you when you know you are doing the Lords will. Being falsely accused will happen, but you will know that your redeemer lives and that as long as you seek his will you will be safe from judgement.
Matthew 18:15 NIV • Read this chapter[ A Brother Who Sins Against You ] "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
...Trying to show an unyielding carnal minded brother is not an easy task, especially when he has wronged you.Trying to bring him to his right mind in exposing the wrong is also difficult as he who is estranged will seek pretext to break out against sound judgement. So in love and gentleness you are to show the brother the error of his way and pray the Holy Spirit grants him repentence. If you are able to reach and persuade him to the truth, you will be blessed for having restored a brother.
Ezekiel 3:18 NASB • Read this chapter"When I say to the wicked, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his [Ezek 3:20; 33:6, 8] blood I will require at your hand.
...If like when Jonah didnt want to warn the Ninevites because he saw them as enemy, you are rebelling against the will of God and your life will reap punishment til you repent and comply..IF you do and others are reached for righteousness to give God glory, then you will be rewarded but if you dont, then you will be blamed...We are to walk blameless to it is better to do God's will!
Titus 3:10 NASB • Read this chapter[2 John 10] Reject a [Rom 16:17] factious man [Matt 18:15] after a first and second warning,
...when a false teacher or false brother is in your midst only causing dissension and raising doubts to lead others astray, you are to warn him and witness to him in hopes of restoring him. If he remains unyielding and obviously is leading others astray, then you are to warn him to desist and if he doesnt, then you are to shun him and have nothing more to do with him til he is ready to receive the word of God and obey it.
Philippians 4:8 NIV • Read this chapterFinally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things
...To be yielding to the Holy Spirit's guidance will cause you to put away fifthy talk, thought word and deed and when you choose to think on fruitful thoughts you will be able to honestly please the father.
Galatians 5:22 NIV • Read this chapterBut the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness
...This is the barometer of how we are to sek and serve God..the Holy Spirit will bear peaceable fruits of righteousness within our beings and gradually allow those fruits to guide us in all our daily considerations and decisions .
1 Thessalonians 2:4 NIV • Read this chapterOn the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts.
...As we mature, we become more confident in the word and we wear the whole armour of God, rightly divide the word and can stand ready to give account to all who ask or demand of us. We may not be popular and may be rejected but as servants are not greater than their master, we can expect at times to be mistreated as Jesus was, so when we are meeting various trials we are to count it as joy that we are privileged to share in his sufferings!
Hebrews 6:11 NIV • Read this chapterWe want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
...To do this we must obey and embrace Gods word and not be double minded as to not receive from him the wisdom the Holy Spirit wishes to impart to us. If you are confused about who you are listening to, then that is not from God and you need to stop thinking, pray and wait to receive confirmation from the Lord before you proceed.
Once you are certain that you are hearing from the Holy Spirit, you will then be empowered to do Gods will.

Matthew 5:19 NIV • Read this chapterAnyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
...If you allow earthly compromise to negate Gods will then you will fail.If you stand up to what you know what is right according to Gods will and not the will of man, then you will be great in the kingdom of God, even if you are looked upon as a nut by others.

Acts 5:29 NIV • Read this chapterPeter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than men.
...This is true for all of us and it is time we stand against abortion in America as it is evil, no matter how you may carnally want to justify it! If God is Lord of your life, then obey him!~
I have now had some time to think and review these verses and have placed my initial comments on them according the the level I am now at in my service to almighty God. I hope and pray that you will see what the Lord is trying to tell you through the words he has enabled me to present. :) GBU~! Ave
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Food for thought.... most seems basic to me and may seem so to you, but to one I have sent this too, he doesnt understand where I am coming from and still chooses to believe you can be a prochoice abortion endorsing Christian who will be accepted by God. I disagree according to my understanding, I think I have the mind of Christ in these matters and think I understand as one who has the Holy Spirit guiding me. I could be in error, if that can be demonstrated biblically, but this fellow, offers nothing but surmations of his reading of what I wrote and shows no basis for his own conclusions other than to attack me.. Oh well , I wanted to share these anyway and think most will remember them and if you agree let me know but also if you think I am wrong on any of it still let me know.
Thanks~!
GBU~!
Ave

Colossians 1:10 NIV • Read this chapterAnd we pray this in order that you may live a life worthy of the Lord and may please him in every way: bearing fruit in every good work, growing in the knowledge of God,
As we mature in Christ, the things of this world are viewed more as 'trappings' or the cares of the world that we abandon as we see more clearly how to please t he Lord."He must increase & I must decrease" becomes not only 'understood' but embraced and complied with to our own benefit, which then explains when Jesus said " My yoke is easy".. It does get easier when you seek to do his will, resist the devil and not compromise, which keeps you free from guilt as the devil looses his foothold in your life...
1 John 3:9 NIV • Read this chapterNo one who is born of God will continue to sin, because God's seed remains in him; he cannot go on sinning, because he has been born of God....So as we yield to the Holy Spirit and are 'watered' by the Word, we begin to grow in Christ and as we study His word, seeking his will and not some 'angle' to manipulate the word according to our desires...
We see that we must resist the devil and our self serving desires which would give birth to sin and bring us to failure and even death.
We are born of God, no longer subject to the flesh, although we inhabit earthly bodies, we are to glorify God in our bodies as well...It isnt as hard, once we submit to his teaching and will for us .
All that the father gives to me will come to me.. .Jesus said, since He is willing that NONE should perish, it is fairly certain that since we are 'chosen'[you did not choose me but I chose you...] Some through their own stubborness and rebellion, resist the Father's will for great portions of their earthly lives... it is said that even the elect 'could' be fooled...but not that they 'would'.
Some say that we get into Predestination as a result of these promises of God and since he knows the beginning and the end of the matter, there is an element of that.It should be to our encouragement however, since he has plans for us that are 'good' and not evil...
1 Thessalonians 4:1 NIV • Read this chapter[ Living to Please God ] Finally, brothers, we instructed you how to live in order to please God, as in fact you are living. Now we ask you and urge you in the Lord Jesus to do this more and more.

...Once we come to terms to trust and believe in God and not lean on our own 'understanding' we can begin the process of cleansing our temple[mind& heart]putting away the childish things, studying and learning to a workman serving God no longer allowing evil thoughts to persuade our carnal minds, as we gradually put on the mind of Christ.
Philippians 1:21 NIVUK • Read this chapterFor to me, to live is Christ and to die is gain.
...When we become disciplined and accustomed to living in the Word and putting the flesh last while we practice our belief as we choose new each day , in each and every circumstance we face, who we will choose to serve.. It is one or the other, God or our own carnal reasoning which was introduced to us by the devil...If God is God choose Him and live.. if he is not God or Lord of your life you will not choose Him. So to live is Christ and to put to death the deeds of the flesh is gaining favor in God's sight and will lead to becoming joint heirs with Jesus.
Therefore as Paul said, we can not compare the sufferings we face now with the glories of the things to come..
2 Thessalonians 3:6 NIVUK • Read this chapter[ Warning Against Idleness ] In the name of the Lord Jesus Christ, we command you, brothers, to keep away from every brother who is idle and does not live according to the teaching you received from us.
...If we become complacent and shrug our reasonable duty to God when we have been freed by His grace from all matters of our unrighteousness, when we put on Christ's righteousness in our lives, we are reminded to 'go and sin no more'....
If we let our light so shine before men, we do our duty to make disciples of all the nations and not shun our responsibilities as Christians in any area of our lives, including 'everything' we are to give thanks in and for.. then even in matters such as politics, we are sometimes faced with the spiritually moral dilemmas presented and it is then we have to stand up for Jesus and what he would do and want us to do.
We can not slack off as curse is he who does the will of God with slackness!!We also are not to be cowardly or hide our lamp under a bushel... so being a hidden believer and not bearing the fruits of the Spirit make us double minded, two faced and self deceived.
John 3:36 NASB

36"He who believes in the Son has eternal life; but he who does not obey the Son will not see life, but the wrath of God abides on him."
...If we 'believe' and not just merely surfacely acknowledge a weak allegiance to ... we will embrace and digest that belief to become part of us and then live by that belief... we are to obey and continue in his word and thus prove to be his disciples... we arent to be like the seed on rocky soil that grows a bit and then shrivels before any fruit can be born.We are to be like the tree planted by living waters and grow and bear fruit doing the will of our Father in heaven as Jesus always did what was pleasing to His Father, so shall we do.
2 Corinthians 10:5 NIVUK • Read this chapterWe demolish arguments and every pretension that sets itself up against the knowledge of God, and we take captive every thought to make it obedient to Christ.
...We can not allow ourselves to compromise and allow evil to have its place in our lives as the Lord shares his throne with no evil~! WE must take every thought captive and not be like Adam & Eve who considered, embraced and partook of reasoning that allowed them to defy God and thus loose their position in the garden, being cast out.
1 John 4:1 NIV • Read this chapter[ Test the Spirits ] Dear friends, do not believe every spirit, but test the spirits to see whether they are from God, because many false prophets have gone out into the world.
...the battleground for our souls is in our minds and thoughts are constantly presented to our minds to consider and think about which lead to our action or inactions.We will be judged by our actions and intent of our hearts. If we harbor iniquity in our hearts then we are double minded, meaning we entertain thoughts presented by demonic influences of the spirits roaming to and fro seeking whom they may devour... Resist the devil and reject the evil thoughts and you will be able to see right and wrong as you yield to the will of the Father.
2 Timothy 2:14 NIV • Read this chapter[ A Workman Approved by God ] Keep reminding them of these things. Warn them before God against quarreling about words; it is of no value, and only ruins those who listen.
...The Holy Spirit of God that guides us into all truth, is always in agreement with the Word so where 2 or more are gathered in "MY" name, there I will be in the midst of them... a promise and instruction as to how we can test the spirit of any thought we get to consider. The Holy Spirit will never tell you anything that goes against the word of God as a house divided can not stand and Jesus and the Father are one and their Spirit of Truth is one with them as well and is here to guide us.
2 Timothy 2:15 NIV • Read this chapterDo your best to present yourself to God as one approved, a workman who does not need to be ashamed and who correctly handles the word of truth.
...AS we study God's word and let it grow in our hearts and minds, it will be ready to bear witness to what the Holy Spirit tries to teach us and also will send up the red flags when religious thoughts [from spirit of religion] and others in tandem approach your mind with the 'what ifs' that ultimately would cause you to doubt God and fail.
So study and become one with the word as Jesus is one with the Father!
Romans 12:1 NASB • Read this chapter[ Dedicated Service ] Therefore [1 Cor 1:10; 2 Cor 10:1-4; Eph 4:1; 1 Pet 2:11] I urge you, brethren, by the mercies of God, to [Rom 6:13, 16, 19; 1 Cor 6:20; Heb 13:15; 1 Pet 2:5] present your bodies a living and holy sacrifice, acceptable to God, which is your spiritual service of worship.
...The closer you draw near to God the closer he will draw near to you.. which would only stand to reason t hat you would want to be as best prepared to be before Him and not stand ashamed.

Romans 8:13 NASB • Read this chapterfor [Rom 8:6] if you are living according to the flesh, you must die; but if by the Spirit you are [Col 3:5] putting to death the deeds of the body, you will live.
...all things are lawful for me but not all things are helpful, so to continue in an activity that will bring you shame , it is better to forsake such sinful activity and become a living sacrifice so that no one can rightly accuse you when you know you are doing the Lords will. Being falsely accused will happen, but you will know that your redeemer lives and that as long as you seek his will you will be safe from judgement.
Matthew 18:15 NIV • Read this chapter[ A Brother Who Sins Against You ] "If your brother sins against you, go and show him his fault, just between the two of you. If he listens to you, you have won your brother over.
...Trying to show an unyielding carnal minded brother is not an easy task, especially when he has wronged you.Trying to bring him to his right mind in exposing the wrong is also difficult as he who is estranged will seek pretext to break out against sound judgement. So in love and gentleness you are to show the brother the error of his way and pray the Holy Spirit grants him repentence. If you are able to reach and persuade him to the truth, you will be blessed for having restored a brother.
Ezekiel 3:18 NASB • Read this chapter"When I say to the wicked, 'You will surely die,' and you do not warn him or speak out to warn the wicked from his wicked way that he may live, that wicked man shall die in his iniquity, but his [Ezek 3:20; 33:6, 8] blood I will require at your hand.
...If like when Jonah didnt want to warn the Ninevites because he saw them as enemy, you are rebelling against the will of God and your life will reap punishment til you repent and comply..IF you do and others are reached for righteousness to give God glory, then you will be rewarded but if you dont, then you will be blamed...We are to walk blameless to it is better to do God's will!
Titus 3:10 NASB • Read this chapter[2 John 10] Reject a [Rom 16:17] factious man [Matt 18:15] after a first and second warning,
...when a false teacher or false brother is in your midst only causing dissension and raising doubts to lead others astray, you are to warn him and witness to him in hopes of restoring him. If he remains unyielding and obviously is leading others astray, then you are to warn him to desist and if he doesnt, then you are to shun him and have nothing more to do with him til he is ready to receive the word of God and obey it.
Philippians 4:8 NIV • Read this chapterFinally, brothers, whatever is true, whatever is noble, whatever is right, whatever is pure, whatever is lovely, whatever is admirable—if anything is excellent or praiseworthy—think about such things
...To be yielding to the Holy Spirit's guidance will cause you to put away fifthy talk, thought word and deed and when you choose to think on fruitful thoughts you will be able to honestly please the father.
Galatians 5:22 NIV • Read this chapterBut the fruit of the Spirit is love, joy, peace, patience, kindness, goodness, faithfulness
...This is the barometer of how we are to sek and serve God..the Holy Spirit will bear peaceable fruits of righteousness within our beings and gradually allow those fruits to guide us in all our daily considerations and decisions .
1 Thessalonians 2:4 NIV • Read this chapterOn the contrary, we speak as men approved by God to be entrusted with the gospel. We are not trying to please men but God, who tests our hearts.
...As we mature, we become more confident in the word and we wear the whole armour of God, rightly divide the word and can stand ready to give account to all who ask or demand of us. We may not be popular and may be rejected but as servants are not greater than their master, we can expect at times to be mistreated as Jesus was, so when we are meeting various trials we are to count it as joy that we are privileged to share in his sufferings!
Hebrews 6:11 NIV • Read this chapterWe want each of you to show this same diligence to the very end, in order to make your hope sure.
...To do this we must obey and embrace Gods word and not be double minded as to not receive from him the wisdom the Holy Spirit wishes to impart to us. If you are confused about who you are listening to, then that is not from God and you need to stop thinking, pray and wait to receive confirmation from the Lord before you proceed.
Once you are certain that you are hearing from the Holy Spirit, you will then be empowered to do Gods will.

Matthew 5:19 NIV • Read this chapterAnyone who breaks one of the least of these commandments and teaches others to do the same will be called least in the kingdom of heaven, but whoever practices and teaches these commands will be called great in the kingdom of heaven.
...If you allow earthly compromise to negate Gods will then you will fail.If you stand up to what you know what is right according to Gods will and not the will of man, then you will be great in the kingdom of God, even if you are looked upon as a nut by others.

Acts 5:29 NIV • Read this chapterPeter and the other apostles replied: "We must obey God rather than men.
...This is true for all of us and it is time we stand against abortion in America as it is evil, no matter how you may carnally want to justify it! If God is Lord of your life, then obey him!~
I have now had some time to think and review these verses and have placed my initial comments on them according the the level I am now at in my service to almighty God. I hope and pray that you will see what the Lord is trying to tell you through the words he has enabled me to present. :) GBU~! Ave

Obama and the Trojan Horse...Cant we learn anything from history?

2008-10-29T22:42:00.000-07:00

OBAMA AND THE TROJAN HORSE…CANT WE LEARN ANYTHING FROM HISTORY???
October 29, 2008 by Ave
Here are some new facts I received concerning some of Obama’s background.
It makes alot of sense to be more suspicious~!It is long but you really ought to read it!
MAYBE THOSE RELIGIOUS FANATICS WE LAUGH AT REALLY DO KNOW WHATS GOING ON~! Ave

I received this email from a friend~

This election has me very worried. So many things to consider.

I watch all the news channels, jumping from one to another. I must saythis drives my husband crazy. But, I feel if you view MSNBC, CNN, andFox News, you might get some middle ground to work with. About sixmonths ago, I started thinking— “where did the money come from forObama”. I have four daughters who went to College, and we were middleclass, and money was tight. We (including my girls) worked hard andthere were lots of student loans.

I started looking into Obama’s life.

Around 1979 Obama started college at Occidental in California.

He is very open about his two years at Occidental; he tried all kinds of drugs and was wasting his time but, even though he had a brilliant mind, did not apply himself to his studies.

“Barry” (that was the name he used all his life) during this time hadtwo roommates, Muhammad Hasan Chandoo and Wahid Hamid, both from Pakistan.

During the summer of 1981, after his second year in college, he made a “round the world” trip. Stopping to see his mother in Indonesia, next Hyderabad in India, three weeks in Karachi, Pakistan where he stayed with his roommate’s family, then off to Africa to visit his father’s family.

My question - Where did he get the money for this trip?
Neither I, nor any one of my children would have had money for a trip like this when they where in college.

When he came back he started school at Columbia University in New York.

It is at this time he wants everyone to call him Barack - not Barry.

Do you know what the tuition is at Columbia?
It’s not cheap! to say the least.
Where did he get money for tuition?
Student Loans? Maybe.

After Columbia, he went to Chicago to work as a Community Organizer for $12,000. a year. Why Chicago? Why not New York? He was already living in New York.

By “chance” he met Antoin “Tony” Rezko, born in Aleppo Syria, and a real estate developer in Chicago.
Rezko has been convicted of fraud and bribery this year.
Rezko, was named “Entrepreneur of the Decade” by theArab-American Business and Professional Association”.

About two years later, Obama entered Harvard Law School. Do you have any idea what tuition is for Harvard Law School?

Where did he get the money for Law School?
More student loans?

After Law school, he went back to Chicago.
Rezko offered him a job, which he turned down.
But, he did take a job with Davis, Miner, Barnhill & Galland. Guess what? They represented “Rezar” which is Rezko’s firm.

Rezko was one of Obama’s first major financial contributors when he ran for office in Chicago.

In 2003, Rezko threw an early fundraiser for Obama which Chicago Tribune reporter David Mendelland claims was instrumental in providing Obama with “seed money” for his U.S. Senate race.

In 2005, Obama purchased a new home in Kenwood District of Chicago for $1.65 million (less than asking price).

With ALL those Student Loans -Where did he get the money for the property?

On the same day Rezko’s wife, Rita, purchased the adjoining empty lot for full price.

The London Times reported that Nadhmi Auchi, an Iraqi-born Billionaire loaned Rezko $3.5 million three weeks before Obama’s new home was purchased.

Obama met Nadhmi Auchi many times with Rezko.

Now, we have Obama running for President.

Valerie Jarrett, was Michele Obama’s boss.

She is now Obama’s chief advisor and he does not make anymajor decisions without talking to her first.

Where was Jarrett born?Ready for this?

Shiraz, Iran.

Do we see a pattern here? Or, am I going crazy?

On May 10, 2008 The Times reported, Robert Malley advisor to Obama was “sacked” after the press found out he was having regular contacts with “Hamas “, which controls Gaza and is connected with Iran.

This past week, buried in the back part of the papers, Iraqi newspapers reported that during Obama’s visit to Iraq, he asked their leaders to do nothing about the war until after he is elected, and he will “Take care ofthings”.

Oh, and by the way, remember the college roommates that where born inPakistan?

They are in charge of all those “small” Internet campaign contributions for Obama.

Where is that money coming from?

The poor and middle class in this country?

Or could it be from the Middle East?

And the final bit of news.

On September 7, 2008, The Washington Times posted a verbal slip that was made on “This Week” with George Stephanapoulos.

Obama on talking about his religion said, “My Muslim faith”. When questioned, “he made a mistake”. Some mistake!

All of the above information I got on line.

If you would like to checkit - Wikipedia, encyclopedia, Barack Obama; Tony Rezko; Valerie JarrettDaily Times - Obama visited Pakistan in 1981; The Washington Times -September 7, 2008; The Times May 10, 2008.

Today there is a lot of confusion WHY the LA Times will not release a tape that shows Obama and a few ant-Israel and Palistnian toasting to each other.

They say it is to protect the identity of the person who taped it but why can’t they block that person if in fact that person is part of the taping.

AND, why isn’t he telling the Americans about his association to ACORN?

What is this guy hiding?

Do you remember the story of the Trojan Horse?

Could Obama and his associates be inside that statue, waiting for election day to come out and
take over our great country?

WHO is supporting him and who is REALLY
backing Obama?

Now the BIG question - If I found out all this information on my own,why haven’t all of our “intelligent” members of the press been reportingthis?

A phrase that keeps ringing in my ear - “Beware of the enemy fromwithin.”

Not everything that can be counted counts, and not everything that counts can be counted.”

IF you do not believe in GOD, you’ll believe anything.
NOW AS WE KNOW GOD OFTEN USES WHAT SEEMS TO BE THE FOOLISH THINGS OF THIS WORLD TO CONFOUND THE WISDOM OF THE WISE~ maybe God is giving America one last chance to stop this all from happening now, by placing Sarah Palin on McCain’s ticket!~
If you have been on the fence as to who to vote for I highly encourage you
DON’T vote for Obama,
VOTE for McCain & Palin!!
Worry looks around, sorry looks back, Faith looks up

Here are some good reads in the news that many dont get to see & may surprise you:
http://trojanhorsepresidency.com/
http://www.worldnetdaily.com/index.php?fa=PAGE.view&pageId=73808
http://www.blackcommentator.com/217/217_obama_trojan_horse_great_white_hope_pinkney_guest.html

http://www.postchronicle.com/commentary/article_212181343.shtml

Comment
One Response to “OBAMA AND THE TROJAN HORSE…CANT WE LEARN ANYTHING FROM HISTORY???”
on October 30, 2008 at 3:01 am1 dan
lots of serious unanswered questions with this guy. Unfortunately, people are so blinded by the financial mess they will vote purely on emotion and just hope someone different or just anyone else (other than the present rulling party) can get them out of this mess.
Look at Germany - the vehicle that ushered in Hitler was their financial crisis - they were in a great financial depression and they were ready to bow to any “saviour” that promised them a way out…
enjoyed your article

My Top Pics of 2008 ~ available now in sized sets....:)

2008-10-26T16:53:00.000-07:00

After going through all my paintings and checking which have been set to print and have been popular this year, these are my TOP 12 Pics~

Although shown here with their watermarks, these pictures each are available in several sizes for this set. Some can be even larger, but all will print in these sizes below. Postcards are already available and printed in a limited edition of 100.

Sets of Twelve~2008 AVE HURLEY

PRICES INCLUDE SHIPPING AND HANDLING!

POSTCARDS $ 18 USA $ 24 WORLD

ACEOS $ 36USA $ 48 WORLD

5X7 CANVAS $ 84USA $ 98 WORLD

5X7 GLOSSY $ 72USA $ 84 WORLD

8X10GLOSSY $144USA $ 164 WORLD

8X10 CANVAS $164USA $ 184 WORLD

EACH SET COMES WITH A CERTIFICATE OF AUTHENTICITY. EACH ARTWORK IS HAND SIGNED AND DATED AND STAMPED AUTHENTIC AVE HURLEY'S ARTWORK~

INDIVIDUAL PIECES AND YOU CAN MIX AND MATCH ANY PICTURES SHOWN.

POSTCARDS $5 US- $ 6 WORLD 3/$10 US -$14WORLD 6/$15 US $19 WORLD

ACEO $8 US- $10WORLD 3/$20 US- $24WORLD 6/$30 US-$34WORLD

5X7 GLOSSY $12US- $15WORLD 3/$30 US-$36 WORLD 6/$45 US-$51WORLD

5X7 CANVAS $15 US- $18WORLD 3/$40 US- $46WORLD 6/$60 US-$66WORLD

8X10GLOSSY $25 US- $32WORLD 3/$60 US-$68WORLD 6/$90 US-$98WORLD

8X10 CANVAS $30 US- $34WORLD 3/$75 US-$83WORLD 6/$105US-$113WORLD

I hope you enjoy these and that once matted and framed will give you or your loved ones years of enjoyment~ These are Giclee Prints and the inks are rated for over 200 years out of the sun.

Thankyou~

Ave Hurley

BEWARE of FEDEX ACCOUNT FRAUD ~!!

2008-10-18T08:33:00.000-07:00

I am having an ongoing nightmare with FEDEX right now~

FEDEX Fraud draining your accounts by druggie crooked employees?October 18, 2008 by Ave It all started out with some simple online art sales, on Ebay & Webidz, Plunderhere and more that I decided to open a Fedex Account.

As it turns out most of my sales have been smaller items so I use the US Postal System for delivery but have kept my new FEDEX account for anything larger…

Well this month I had one larger order that I needed shipped to me and I used my FEDEX account to pay for the shipment.

That went through my Paypal and everything looked ‘normal’.

If you arent familiar with Paypal, it will show the charges in ‘pending’ for a few days and then when it clears, will post it to you as ‘completed’.Anyway, 2 weeks after the shipment arrived [which was damaged by the way~ but that is another nightmare story~.

I got a new FEDEX MEMPHIS TN Charge on my Paypal again in 'pending'.

Initially I thought it had to do with the original shipment and that it would clear out and nothing would go wrong, but Paypal did catch it and froze my account.

I on the other hand didnt catch it but found out when my card was denied at the gas pump, that something was wrong with my Paypal debit card.

So I call Paypal and say that the card isnt working and that I was using it at the gas station and Walmart denied both times!Paypal apologized and reset my card.

Meanwhile I didnt even notice the new 'fraudulent' FEDEX MEMPHIS TN charges beginning~Next day another FEDEX MEMPHIS TN CHARGE FOR $48.39 after the first one had been caught and denied, the second one went through and was in'pending' Then a day later another charge for $49.38 - numbers similar, could it be a coincidence or could it be fraud?

I called Paypal and alerted them and without 'tracking numbers' Paypal cant do a thing til the charges complete so told me to watch it and file a dispute if they complete...
Great I have to let the thieves take the money before I can do anything about it!

I called Fedex, they too without a complete have no tracking and therefore cant help but say perhaps it was merely 'testing my account numbers' and the charges should go out of pending and expire, so I shouldnt worry.. Worry??Me??

So I go back to working on my art~making new versions of different paintings as described here, that I am listing on :
Plunderhere http://www.plunderhere.com/stores/LadyMadonnah
Webidz : http://www.webidz.com/stores/AVE
Ebay: http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/avehurleyillustrations
Etsy: www.avehurley.etsy.com

Back to the Fraud story.....

I will be glad when Paypal and Fedex clear up the fraud.

What a bust that has been over the last few days.

I used my Fedex account only once this month and paid with Paypal as usual, however one of Fedex employees, probably a drug smuggler, hacked my account and started making charges~$48.39,$48.39& $49.38 and hitting my paypal account every few days and it wasnt noticeable at first as the numbers were similar and as I have alot of little charges going all the time, these managed to go into different pages on my paypal account, eating away at it.

It wasnt til the 3rd time they charged me that I realized I had already paid for that one shipment.

I called Fedex BUT since there were 'no tracking numbers' of the new charges while they were still in pending .

Paypal said that they could cancel my card and send me a new one, so I did that~ but then the Fedex pending charges continued!

It wasnt until these fraudulent charges started to 'complete'[means my bank paid them] that any of the bogus tracking numbers became available.

Then they were able to check those ’tracking’ numbers to see what happened.

They said it began when I made my order 3 weeks ago to pick up wheels in Phoenix [my sons' order] but somehow instead of ‘testing my card’ someone took my card number and account number.

I told Fedex that the card was a virtual Paypal plugin secure card, so I didnt know how they got my real numbers.

Fedex answered that mystery saying that someone[in Fedex] had gotten my bank info from my Fedex Account internally~!!

Meanwhile this creep has been steadily draining my account.Makes me wonder how many of you out there have frequentlty used FEDEX MEMPHIS TN accounts that you may be also being ripped off and just dont know it yet!So far this week, this FEDEX THIEF has gotten $48.39,$48.39 and $49.38 [ mixed his numbers up!] all in just a couple of days!!

Using proper protocol, I filed disputes for each fraudulent charge and that person cant charge my paypal debit as it is now cancelled and Paypal will fight to get my money back, but each can still take up to 30 days.

Fedex on the other hand said they would refund the first $48.39 and it should appear within 48 hours.

They said ‘after’ the Paypal pendings complete through Paypal that it will appear on my account and then they will then ‘refund’ those as well.

The Fedex agent said she thought she could stop the pending charges and put a ‘notation’ in my record.

The Fedex agent then said it appears that the culprit was using my Fedex account numbers and could walk into any Kinkos or Fedex store and ship things that will be billed to me and that there was no way to stop it unless she closed my account immediately ~ so I said close it!!

She closed my account and then reopened a new account for me .

When we hung up, I thought that only the first $48.39 was to be refunded and the others were to be suspended, at least according to what she had told me~ ………WRONG!

Later yesterday afternoon the others came out of pending and were still withdrawn from my bank account!!

Back on the phone~The next FEDEX agent wanted my old account number[which I didnt have and no longer exists~so that agent couldnt help me~! What nonsense !!!

So as of last night I am now out over $98+,with another $49.38 coming out over the weekend, placing me somewhere around $150 stolen so far from my bank account!!None has been yet refunded and meanwhile my Ebay fees and Etsy fees and Car Insurance are now in pending and it looks like my car insurance will be the first to bounce because of this FEDEX FRAUD..

All this because of a crooked Fedex Employee that they say they cant find because all their pay terminals say FEDEX MEMPHIS TN and it is very difficult for them to track it down to its origin location.. What crap~

They'd have to have some sort of numbers identifying where the virtual charges originated~~??? Wouldnt they???Fedex also hit my bank account again with $10 pending for the new account [which the agent failed to mention, or I would NOT have opened a new account ESPECIALLY after their last goof up]I also have several pending payments through my Paypal debit for ebay supplies I bought this week [ that new canvas stock and more inks] so those will be deducted from my bank over the weekend and how many bounce fees that will cause is just unknown now as each time Paypal hits my backup funding it COULD incur another overdraft charge ~So this week I am remaining ’super stressed’.

I HOPE PEOPLE WILL BUY MY AUCTIONS WHICH WOULD COVER MY BANK TIL THE REFUNDS COME….

Even though Fedex is supposed to refund the original fraud amounts, by the time they actually do it , my bank is going to be a mess .

I highly doubt Fedex is going to reimburse any OF MY subsequent charges caused by them emptying my bank~Crooked employee or not, it was done by Fedex~!

So now I have to wait ABOUT 2 weeks for a new Paypal debit card~ and for those charges to be reimbursed which normally wouldnt be such a deal only sales have been down this week and with all the charges from Ebay and my Car Insurance will start the dominoe effect in overdrafting.My bank cant do anything about it either since I regularly use Paypal with them.

Funny I thought it was by using Paypal that my money would be secure and that by having a Fedex account that it would be secure.I never expected their own employees would be stealing from me!

FEDEX said THIS PARTICULAR TYPE OF FRAUD is actually a common problem!Also that had I perhaps used their services 5-6 times a week, I may never have noticed the fraudulent charges, so that makes me wonder how many companies are being regularly hit like this unawares~

This crook picked the wrong victim, however since I use Fedex only once this month when all these new charges started appearing I caught them right away, just I couldnt stop the wheels that were already in motion.

I called Fedex back this morning and they said that the new account pending charge of $10 wouldnt actually be withdrawn, but will expire as that was to test my new card number at Paypal.Still that hangs up an additional $10 til the virtual smoke clears~

I am just praying that their refunds go through on Monday to cover my other charges so no domino occurs.Legally I am sure I should have recourse but that too will take time.

Currently no auctions are selling besides a couple of $.50 ones on another site, so I wont even be able to cover these charges til they refund them anyway.

“I hate internet fraud“

Well that ends my rant of the day, lol..I guess things could have been worse, at least the thief was keeping the amounts in the $40+ ranges.It could have been ‘more’… but for the limited income I am on, this is the same as stealing thousands from me.. it is crippling!!!

Fedex said that using smaller random amounts, keeps the thieves ‘under the wire’ and undetected by many.

They said that usually it is usually stolen things or drugs being mailed from one location to another and that often the deliveries go to places that are met by the intended recipient who then leaves and when police check it out, the occupants have nothing to do with any of it, just as I have had nothing to do with it..

Dangerous day and age when two bit drug dealers become internet saavy and can hack accounts to cover their tracks~

It can occur as simply as a Fedex employee HIMSELF OR even letting any ‘friend’ see records or accounts and then that person can do all the damage at another location or from online.

I was probably stupid to let them open a new account for me now~

I think after I get all my refunds, I will cancel the new acct too.The USPostal Service is alot more reliable and I use that most of the time anyway..Well as soon as the debit card smoke clears, I will be shipping again so it may take a few more days til I get things out.

This debochle has left me dead in the water broke now til I either get the refunds or some sales on my auction sites…My cats are officially on table food til this ends as well.They dont mind, it makes them feel special~ [ I just hope they will go back on their normal cat food afterwards]

Today the van is being towed from where it broke down the other night, but I can pay that later to my mechanic so by the time it is fixed I should have more money… hopefully.

We got cold here last night and the furnace kicked on.Tonight it is supposed to drop into the 20’s ~!I live in the mountains in North Central Pennsylvania, just about 1/2 way across the state and up near to the border.The area is beautiful most of the year, but usually cooler than other areas. We get less than a month of the over 90 stuff but often during summer its low 80’s to upper 70’s.

Nights often are in the 60’s so it saves on airconditioning..My furnace has kicked on as late as June, so it is alot different than the southwest..Well this is getting too long, already lol…

I just wanted to warn you and others about Fedex today, so you can also warn others~!

Have a good weekend!
Ave
__________________Thankyou and have a great day!Ave

My October Arts & things currenly available~

2008-10-08T07:10:00.000-07:00

GOOD MORNING FELLOW BLOGGERS~!

I hope you each are having a wonderful day. It is chilly here in Pa and I havent had my first cup of coffee yet, but wanted to share whats up next and going soon...

All of the following can be seen today at a glance at :

http://shop.ebay.com/merchant/avehurleyillustrations

My Halloween joke ACEO's featuring little quips from the Pumpkin Patch~!

Happy Halloween~ Here are a few ACEO's to brighten your day~!THERE IS ONLY ONE DAY LEFT ON THESE CUTIES~

Each has something humorous said and bidding starts at only $.31 cents~!!!

Fabulous Real Fur Blanket ~ King Sized ~ Imported from Afghanistan!!
NO RESERVE Auction starting at less than 1/4 the value!!!
Soft Cuddly Luxurious One of a Kind Design Microsuede Lining Bedspread This was brought home by our military family member to be auctioned off on Ebay.It came from a fur merchant in Afghanistan that provides wholesale fur products to European Furriers... Estimated resale of this is over $7400 and it is being offered at less than wholesale price since it was purchased and brought home by our family member so all the duties,taxes & tariffs were free~a savings passed on to whoever wins this gorgeous fur I posted alot of pictures in the description so check it out and dream on it!!

Antique Victorian Lady Porcelain Bisque statue This old gal has been very well taken care of.She has all her fingers and no cracks in her complexion! She is holding some finely made delicate roses that havent lost a petal in all these years and is a very rare and collectible piece starting out at an unbelievably low price!! NO RESERVE ~ either.. she is from my personal collection but I am downsizing from a house to an apt and need to part with many treasured items~!

Then for a 5x7 First Edition Giclee, first time ever offered see this one~Painted in 1971 this is the first printing of this painting and first time offered ~
If you happen to be a nursing mother or know one~ here are liquid food storage containers at a fraction of the cost..24 4 ounce food industry BP:A safe freezable/microwable ones~
This is a must have for nursing mothers~!
Some 4 for 1 ACEO deals including new releases !
These sets of 4 are both summer and winter~ Beautiful vibrant colors of cards that have sold for as high as $23 here on ebay, now being offered in sets.

8 X 10 CANVAS & GLOSSY INDIVIDUAL SIGNED PRINTS~ $.99- $.9.99

I have some beautiful Art Postcards, some standard size and others are extra large, mosts have a buy one get one free with them~! Fixed Price on some at only $1

Then back to art here are my latest ACEO releases~ many starting at $.99 cents!!!!

and some more~! So PLEASE check them out~! I really need to raise some money to move with so these are being offered at a low starting price & have only have a few days left.
Well good luck with your sales and wish me luck on mine~!!

Have a great day~!
Ave

Art by Ave Hurley

2008-03-27T13:05:00.000-07:00

LadyMadonnah

Ave Hurley of Ave Hurley Illustrations, also known online as LadyMadonnah and AveHurley [each online screen names] for Ave Maria Cosgriff Hurley, who was born in Brooklyn NY, on March 25,1954 as the 3rd child of Gene { Singergene} and Edwina Reardon Cosgriff and is 1 of 14 brothers and sisters.Articles relating to her can be found in search engines under ’avehurleyillustrations’,’avehurley’ and Ave Hurley.
Ave had a promising start in art demonstrating her skills at an early age before starting school at St.Patrick’s Roman Catholic School in Brooklyn.
While in first grade the school’s art teacher, Thaya Von Eros, took Ave under wing and began giving private art lessons, after school to test and advance Ave’s natural skills in art.Lessons continued till Ave’s family moved to Staten Island in 1964.
Attending PS3 in Pleasant Plains, Ave received art awards and excelled on any art related project given to do at the school.
From 1966-68, Elias Bernstein Jr High School, http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vc2Nob29scy5ueWMuZ292L1NjaG9vbFBvcnRhbHMvMzEvUjAwNy9kZWZhdWx0Lmh0bQ== Ave was in the top of her class and artistic participant on the school yearbook and began entering Art Shows. While attending Tottenville High School on Staten Island, Ave received the prestigious "Freshman Art Award" given to her in a formal ceremony at the Grace Rainey Rodgers auditorium of the Metropolitan Museum of Art. Ave began selling her artworks to teachers and local members of the community.She was further aided in developing her art studies by Mrs.Theresa DiGuiseppe ,of NewDorp, her high school art teacher , who referred Ave to after school lessons on weekends at Susan Wagner High School.
In 1969 Ave was one of the youngest entrant/participants at the Sailor’s Snug Harbor Arts Festival http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnN0YXRlbmlzbGFuZGFydHMub3JnL2N1bHR1cmFsL2N1bHR1cmFsLmh0bWw= where she sold out all her paintings in a record few hours of the first day of the show.From this point on she began taking ’commissioned’ jobs from teachers and friends.
In 1970 Ave began signpainting and repainted the signs for the South Shore Little League http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnRvdHRlbnZpbGxlaGlzdG9yeS5jb20vcGhvdG8tYWxidW0vcGhvdG8zNC5odG1s followed by commissions to paint signs for several stores in her hometown of Pleasant Plains and in Tottenville.
While working for Bregman and Co., a Wall St broker, in 1971 Ave did some paintings for the partners and began taking commissions from lawyers, doctors and politicians. Still she considered it all a side line and was not her main focus becoming more of a hobby.
In 1982 Ave attended the Staten Island Community College and began taking more art classes til a difficult pregnancy forced her to resign from school.
While living on a farm in Hornby NY, Ave began doing pen & ink illustrations for the Corning Chamber of Commerce http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmRpc2NvdmVyb3VydG93bi5jb20vTlkvbG9jYWwtMTE0OTE0Lmh0bWw= in 1987, making postcards and notecards for local Market Street store owners before moving to Towanda Pennsylvania and beginning new commissions for local residents and store owners on Main Street before being asked by the Main Street Managers Association to aid in the fundraising to renovate and reopen the Hale Opera House as a new movie theater called the "Keystone Theater", http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmJjcmFjLm9yZy90aGVhdGVyX2tleXN0b25lX2hpc3RvcnkucGhw making a detailed illustration of the historic building and the image being sold on shirts and cards, which helped raised the needed funds to complete the renovations and re-opening the Theater in 1988.
Ave also did detailed pen & inks illustrations of the historic Bradford County Courthouse http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vYnJhZGZvcmQtcGEuY29tL2dvdi9iYy1nb3YucGhw that was used to help raise funds for the local hospital’s auxilliary auction and a tourism designed billboard promoting Towanda.
She was determined to do her artwork, despite her withered hand and how much longer it took her to draw or paint, however she worked as a volunteer since her health was deteriorating.
It was in 1984, when Ave was busy as a new mother that she was doing few private commissions.mostlys sign painting for local stores on Staten Island as well as mural work for doctors offices, that she had an accident which severed her right wrist in May of 1984 causing claw hand deformity and 85% paralysis of her right hand http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LndoZWVsZXNzb25saW5lLmNvbS9vcnRoby9pbnRyaW5zaWNfd2Vha25lc3NfYW5kX2NsYXdfaGFuZA==. Ave stopped persuing a career in doing her artwork and retired to the country, moving to North Central Pennsylvania. She cut all ties with her NYC art patrons and was married, set about to raise her 5 children.
She was inspired by Joni Ericksen Tada who painted with her mouth after a skiing accident left her paralyzed yet still persued her artistic talents http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmpvbmlhbmRmcmllbmRzLm9yZy8= so Ave taped a pen or brush to her hand and began to learn to draw again.
During the early 90’s Ave began to do volunteer art works for the Knoxville Little League, calling herself an ’amateur’ but there was nothing amateur about her visible talents.Soon she was asked to to signs for local stores and play scenery for local churches, despite her insecurity over her ability to paint as well as she did prior to her accident.
In 2005 Ave travelled to the west and did some volunteer art work for places such as ’Crown Charter School’, http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmNyb3duY2hhcnRlci5jb20v in Phoenix, Az., where in May 2005 she painted over 100 children’s faces, outdoors, during a school festival at called "Whacky Tacky Beach Day", in which it was over 108 degrees but rather than having fun with the water rides, kids lined up for hours in the heat of the day to have some of Ave’s art painted on their face, hands or shoulders. Ave did other volunteer painting at that school as well.
In November of 2005, while visiting Victory Highway Wesleyan Church in Painted Post NY, http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LnZpY3RvcnloaWdod2F5LmNvbS8= a request was made to the congregation for needed volunteers with artistic talent to aid in doing play scenery for a benefit play that would refill local food pantries so they could provide charity food baskets to give away for Christmas. Ave volunteered and worked for 5 weeks nonstop to go and create the best scenery the church ever had for their annual play, " Two from Galilee".
That Broadway style musical show was a complete success with several showings and the sets remained installed for more than a month after the show due to their beauty. Ave was told that the sets would be saved for future use because of the quality they were made of.
In Spring of 2006 Ave was asked again to do another play for the benefit of a missionary program and completed the sets in less than a week prior to surgery she was to receive. That dinner play called " Uncle Phil’s Diner" was also a success.
Around this time, Ave’s withered right hand began to regain feeling and upon medical examination was told that for some reason after 21 yrs that her hand was in fact regenerating nerves and feeling was returning.No medical explanation could be made for this sudden improvement, so Ave gave all the glory to God for the return of usage to her hand and now does volunteer art wherever it can give God glory. http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmxvY2toYXZlbi5jb20vcGFnZS9jb250ZW50LmRldGFpbC9pZC81MDE1NDkuaHRtbA==
Ave’s life has been fraught with medical problems, disabling her from full time employment since 1991, having been diagnosed with Systemic Lupus Erythomotosis, Sarcoidosis, Degenerative Disc Disease, Gastro Esophygeal Reflux Disease, Heart Disease and more which has caused her to focus more on doing her artwork to pass the time and is now once again working as a volunteer doing art projects and has recently done play sets for the ’Nutcracker Suite’ for Light of Life Performing Arts [Dance School] ministries in York Pennsylvania in December 2007 and a mural "Jesus on the Mount of Olives looking at Jerusalem", at the Charleston Chapel in Lock Haven, Pennsylvania. http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmxvY2toYXZlbi5jb20vcGFnZS9jb250ZW50LmRldGFpbC9pZC81MDE1NDguaHRtbA==
Being homebound most of her time due to her disabilities, Ave now displays and sells her artwork online modestly on shops such as www.AveHurley.etsy.com and on ebay as "AveHurleyIllustrations", making ACEO’s [ Art Cards Edition Originals" also called Art Trading Cards as well as personally made prints of her artwork for framing and greeting cards.
Since her accident and onset of her disabilities, Ave has done her artwork more as an activity but to all those who have been recipients of her talent, they remain puzzled that she doesn’t have a thriving business and are often shocked at the exceptional value and quality they receive in her art works.
With encouragement from those who love her style of art and accomplishments, Ave is now showing more and more of her works online and making them available to the general public, but for now it is mostly still by word of mouth since Ave left NYC in 1985.
Showings of her newer artworks can be readily seen in one of her online portfolios at http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmFydHdhbnRlZC5jb20vQXZlSHVybGV5 and at http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmF2ZWh1cmxleS5ldHN5LmNvbS8= and she is developing a new gallery domain at http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmF2ZWh1cmxleWlsbHVzdHJhdGlvbnMuY29tLw==
Those who are collecting Ave Hurley Illustrations cherish them as rare and valuable collectible art. She can be found in most search engines under AveHurleyIllustrations, AveHurley, and Ave Hurley. Some of her works are sold very inexpensively on Etsy and Ebay, http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vc2VhcmNoLmViYXkuY29tL19XMFFRc2Fzc1phdmVodXJsZXlpbGx1c3RyYXRpb25z but are viewable at ArtWanted.com http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmFydHdhbnRlZC5jb20vYXJ0aXN0LmNmbT9hcnRpZD00MDA1Mw== and other online fine art galleries http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmZpbmVhcnRhbWVyaWNhLmNvbS9wcm9maWxlcy9hdmUtaHVybGV5Lmh0bWw= and http://www.msplinks.com/MDFodHRwOi8vd3d3LmFydGlzdHJpc2luZy5jb20vcHJvZHVjdHMvMjI1ODYzL3RoZS1vLXJlZ2FuLWZsb3JhbC1jb3R0YWdlLmh0bQ== and other showplaces

Lillian's Lighthouse by Ave Hurley

2008-03-08T14:34:00.000-08:00

Lillian's Lighthouse

This is a digital remastery, mirror image that has been altered and remade from my original painting entitled Steve's Lighthouse.

Both are named for my brother & sister.

This digitalized repainting of this scene has added details and depth as well as land mass changes and alterations.

It is currently available as an oversizes limited edition art postcard on Etsy as well as in framable print form up to 13x 19 in sizes. I also have portrait views available of this scene in ACEO's[art trading cards]

All my work comes with Certificates of Authenticity.

This is an ACEO of Lillian's Lighthouse and is available in this aqua tone as well as in blue shown below.

I also can make these into gift tags, notecards and art postcards.Some are already available at my etsy shop.

www.AveHurley.etsy.com

Thankyou for looking!~ I hope you like them and visit my art shop~

Ave

Jesus overlooking Jerusalem ~ A man of sorrows aquainted with grief ~ New Artwork by AveHurley

2008-03-08T14:12:00.000-08:00

Jesus Overlooking Jerusalem

Recently I was asked to do a mural in a church in Lock Haven Pa.

They wanted a mural depicting the title.Included they wanted to incorporate some of the thoughts that Jesus may have been experiencing while alone on the Mount of Olives looking across the Jordan River, where he was baptized 3 years earlier.It was sunset and his time was coming soon to be the lamb of God.

He pondered why Jerusalem always kills her prophets when doing the will of God. He longed to gather his people together to himself as he knew they would too suffer for the sake of the gospel.

He looked at the temple and knew it was going to be destroyed in 70 AD and with clenched fist, knew that he was going to defeat satan.

He prayed for his followers that God would keep them through their trials.He was a man of sorrows aquainted with grief, but he knew that in the end he would stand victorious and a new Jerusalem would come down from the sky where he would one day reign as the King of kings.

All this went into the planning and creating of the mural and from the digital images I took when it was completed, I was able to create new digital paintings which I now have been printing as high resolution , high quality giclee printings that I am now introducing online and offering for individual sales.

Jesus, a man of sorrows. This is a close up digital painting stemming from my mural. It has been completed in my digital art program and printed via giclee inkjet high resolution, high quality individual prints that I make and sign myself.

This is available in framable prints & cards and ACEOs/ATCs from my art shop on Etsy. http://www.avehurley.etsy.com/

This is the entire scene with a different face also done digitally.

This is the completed digital painting that is available in sizes up to 13 x19 inches. It is available on Ebay currently as well as on Etsy.

My ebay id is "avehurleyillustrations" if you want to check my current auctions out.

I hope you like these paintings and feel inspired by them!

GBU~!

Ave

Ave Hurley Illustrations

2008-03-08T13:34:00.000-08:00

Seems I have put off going public with my artwork for decades since the accident.I was doing so well when I was young and always busy. Then when I became an adult, I wanted to try other things and worked on Wall St., doing clerical stock work.Then I went on to trying import/export and other clerical jobs, doing my artwork on the side.

When I began having my children, I found less time to do my art, so only worked on referrals from friends, family and employers. I got busier despite keeping low key. Then I finally gave up the office work and opened a store on Staten Island. I was going to save money by not having to pay for babysitters since I could keep the kids with me while I painted.

I got busy with sign work, which took about 40% of the time alloted for art.My competitors offered me a deal to work with and through them so I considered it.

Then there was the accident.. a date to never forget May 14th 1984 As I went through the glass window, I panicked and pulled back. That was it. I severed everything important in my right hand- nerves, tendons, muscle. It hung backwards by a thread. My career ended abruptly.

Within weeks, I lost my store, my home and then my possessions. I had the initial surgery on Staten Island by an incompetent doctor who oversaw a resident. I was left with claw hand deformity and no use of my hand. Within 4 months I hit bottom and lived the next 14 months on and off in rented rooms and shelters with my 3 young children. I left their father as well after becoming pregnant with my 4th child and still being homeless.

All the things I managed to save to storage were later stolen from me. While in one shelter I was referred to a hand specialist in Philadelphia at the Graduate Hospital. I went to see Dr.Lee. He operated and restored 15% of my hand usage back. I later moved upstate NY with my children and found other means to support myself and family while I tried to learn to paint again , taping a brush to my hand and seeing what I could do best. I basically took longer and had real difficulty in doing details so I opted for more impressionistic pieces, but wasnt satisfied, so I persisted in detailing, although it took longer and required numerous corrections.

After moving again to northern Pennsylvania, I hurt my back and the doctor I met was also a hand specialist. Who would have thought that in the middle of no where, there'd be a microsurgeon with a heart!

Dr. Robert Supinksi was curious about my hand. He offered to operate and restored 50% of its usage after 6 years of misery since the accident.

I began painting and drawing more and more , getting to the point where I made gifts and did a few commissions. I seemed to do better with sign work, so did mostly that. I also was able to begin doing better pen & inks so I began small drawings of peoples homes and businesses.

Bartering is a way of life in the country here, so I began bartering my services for things I needed for my children. Funny that I used to make $75 an hour in NYC painting years earlier and now I was sign painting for store credits....Still it helped.

In 2005 I began helping a church on a scenery project for an upcoming Christmas play that was to raise food surplus for the twin tier food banks and provide food baskets to the needy for Christmas. It was a big production with 2 story sets and many actors and singers, very taxing, requiring many hours over the ensuing weeks. It was successful.

Shortly after, my hand began to ache. I went to a hand specialist and found after 21 years, nerve regeneration was occurring~ Miraculous to say the least, since in 1990 when I had my last of 3 surgeries I was told it would never get any better than it was.

Now I am painting, drawing and selling my artwork as life seems to be beginning over for me after turning 50~ I am single again and my children are all grown and I have 9 grandchildren with 2 more on the way.

My youngest daughter gave me her computer when she got married last year. I began learning to use the digital art programs and now have been painting in both acrlics and digitally online and combining the media in creating new paintings. I then learned printing processes to create high resolution quality prints and purchased 2 wide format printers and 3 photosmart models.

I joined Ebay and Etsy and various art posting sites and have been selling original paintings and original digital paintings that are giclee printings.

My work has improved in leaps and bounds over the last couple of years and in particularly over the passed year.

I hope you view my illustrations and that you like them.

I give God all the thanks for the restoration of my withered hand! Although it hurts, I'd rather that than the numbness & clumsiness of use I endured for years.