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Application Deadline
MSW applications are accepted on a rolling basis. Priority consideration is given to Advanced Standing applications received by January 15th; priority consideration is given to all other MSW program applications, including Full-time (two-year), Part-time (three year), Employed Practitioners, and dual-degree programs, received by January 25th. The Advanced Standing program begins in the summer term; all other programs begin in the fall term.
Students are admitted to the MSW program once a year in the fall and to the full-time Advanced Standing program in July.
Admissions Requirements
Admission decisions are based on the applicant's undergraduate record (and graduate transcripts when applicable), experience in human services (paid, volunteer, internships), the application essay, recommendation letters and the admissions interview. Applicants to the MSW program are expected to meet the following criteria:
- A bachelor's degree with a liberal arts perspective from an accredited college or university; or a bachelor's degree in social work from an accredited undergraduate social work program. It is expected that a liberal arts perspective includes courses reflecting that applicants have backgrounds in several of the following areas: society, history and tradition, arts and letters, economics, formal reasoning and analysis, the living world, the physical world, and social studies.
- Courses that contain these topics include, but are not limited to, a combination of studies in each of the following areas: the humanities (languages, philosophy, religion, art history, architecture, literature, classics, speech), social sciences (psychology, sociology, anthropology, ethnic studies, gender studies, international relations, human behavior, human development, political science, communications, education, urban planning, criminal justice), and natural sciences (statistics, astronomy, biology, botany, environmental studies, genetics, nutritional sciences, physics).
- Applicants who do not have a background in liberal arts or social work may be required to take liberal arts courses prior to matriculation or may not be considered for admission.
- An undergraduate record demonstrating academic achievement
- Personal qualifications such as maturity, critical thinking, good judgment, oral and written communication skills, integrity, a respect for difference, capacity for self-awareness and commitment to social work values.
- For international applicants whose first language is not English, TOEFL score (Institutional Code 2926; Department Code 95) or IELTS score taken in the last two years.
The School does not give course credit for life or work experience. GRE scores are not required for the MSW program.
Program-Specific Admissions Requirements:
All applicants must meet the requirements outlined above. Additional requirements are in place for applicants to the Advanced Standing and Employed Practitioners programs, as described below:
Applicants for admission to the Advanced Standing Program must have:
- A bachelor's degree in social work from a CSWE accredited social work program. Completion of the undergraduate degree must be within the past five years;
- The grade of "B" or higher in all undergraduate (or graduate) social work courses; and
- High academic achievement.
Applicants for admission to the Employed Practitioners Program must have:
- A bachelor's degree in liberal arts or social work from an accredited college or university;
- Social work experience, having successfully completed the probationary period of employment, at an approved social service agency; and
- Submission of the Agency Recommendation Form, a contract among School, employing agency and applicant confirming approval of the applicant's Employed Practitioners Program plan.*
*The Field Education Office will determine if the employment site is an approved field placement for the Employed Practitioners Program.
Applicants must submit transcripts detailing all undergraduate and postgraduate study. This includes coursework conducted at an applicant's degree-granting institution(s) as well as in study abroad programs and at institutions out of which an applicant may have transferred. Applicants should upload copies of their official transcripts (i.e. not screenshots from a student record or student grade system) that clearly displays their name, dates of enrollment, the names of all courses in which they enrolled, and the credits and grades awarded for each class. Applicants should not mail hard copies of transcripts to the School for purposes of application review.
Applicants who are admitted are required to submit final, official copies of all transcripts prior to matriculation. Transcripts must provide confirmation of degrees conferred.
Attention International Students: Transcripts reflecting more than two semesters of study at institutions based outside of the United States must be evaluated on a course-by-course basis by a third-party evaluation service such as WES or Educational Perspectives. This applies even if the studies were conducted in English and even if the transcript is printed in English.
Applicants with these international transcripts should upload their university-issued transcripts into the online application and order their official, third-party evaluations sent to the School of Social Policy & Practice. Please note that these international transcripts cannot be considered official until they have been evaluated and that their respective applications cannot be reviewed until the evaluations have arrived in the Admissions Office.
Letters of Recommendation
Full-Time and Part-Time Applicants
Full-time and Part-time applicants must submit three letters of recommendation, including at least one work-related (internship, job, community service) and at least one academic reference. The third recommendation is the applicant's choice.
Advanced Standing Applicants
Advanced Standing applicants must submit three letters of recommendation, including at least one work-related (internship, job, community service) and at least one academic reference. The third recommendation is the applicant's choice, but one of the three letters must be from an MSW who can evaluate the applicant's performance in field placement (e.g., current or most recent practice professor or field supervisor) and specifically recommend the applicant for the Advanced Standing program.
Employed Practitioners Applicants
Employed Practitioners applicants must submit three letters of recommendation, including at least one work-related (internship, job, community service) and at least one academic reference. In addition, applicants to the Employed Practitioners Program must have an authorized agency representative complete the Agency Recommendation Form.
Transfer Applicants
Transfer applicants must submit three letters of recommendation, including at least one work-related (internship, job, community service) and at least one academic reference. At least one academic reference must be from a professor who has taught the applicant in her/his current MSW program.
Each applicant who meets admission criteria is offered an admission interview when his/her submitted application (application essay, financial plan, references, and transcripts) is complete. The interview can take place at the School or via Skype. Following the admissions interview, the faculty evaluates the application and makes the decision on admittance. Applicants are generally notified of the final decision within two weeks after the evaluation is completed.
Dual Degree Applications
Students who are applying to a dual degree program must submit separate applications to each program/school. For more information about the dual degree programs available to students and the application procedures for each program, visit the dual degree section of the website. Students in the Advanced Standing, Part-Time, and Employed Practitioners Program are generally not eligible for dual degree programs, but interested students should contact the Associate Director of Academic Affairs and Global Programs to discuss individual case scenarios.
Transfer of Credits
Credit may be granted toward the MSW requirements for work completed at any other accredited graduate school of social work in the past five years. Students who transfer from an accredited social work program having completed a full year within the last five years may be granted credit for up to one year's work. Students entering with a Master's degree in a related field may be granted up to a maximum of six credits based on the overlap of the courses they have taken with the courses in our curriculum. Students who have completed some graduate work within the past five years but do not have a Master's Degree may be given up to a maximum of four credits for courses that have a high degree of overlap with our courses.
Application for credit for work completed elsewhere than at Penn must be made in writing to the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs of the School of Social Policy & Practice. This should occur after a student has accepted the offer of admission and sent all final official transcripts to the admissions office. Students will be asked to provide the syllabi for all courses they wish to be considered for transfer credit. Transfer credits may only be granted for courses in which a student earned a "B" or higher. Transfer of credits must be granted before the student's registration can be accepted.
Once enrolled in the School of Social Policy & Practice, credits earned concurrently from other accredited graduate schools outside the University will not be transferred unless approval was granted by the Associate Dean for Academic Affairs prior to enrolling in these courses.
Confidentiality of Student Records
Pursuant to the Family Educational Rights and Privacy Act of 1974, as amended, in general, personally identifiable information can be disclosed to people outside the University only with the written consent of the student or alumnus involved. A statement setting forth specific University policy concerning: (1) disclosing information to people outside the University; (2) disclosing information to people within the University; (3) permitting students to inspect and review records; and (4) providing students with the opportunity to seek the collection of their records is available in the Graduate Academic Bulletin. Students in the School of Social Policy & Practice may review their records in the SP2 Admissions Office in the presence of an admissions officer. Records may not be copied. For more information and the complete Code of Academic Integrity, refer to the Graduate Academic Bulletin or the University's Privacy website.


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PSYC111W Psychology
(3 Credits)
An introductory course which surveys the behavioral science of psychology. Personal and social behaviors are explored through such topics as: consciousness, memory, learning, perception, physiology, sexuality, cognition, abnormal behavior and developmental processes. Applied research projects are an integral component of this course. Emphasis is placed on analyzing data, theories and trends in the field. (Prerequisite: ENGL120W strongly recommended)
PSYC112W Human Growth and Development
(3 Credits)
Human development is explored from the psychological point of view. The developmental stages of the life-span are emphasized along with cognitive growth patterns. (Prerequisite: ENGL120W strongly recommended)
PSYC200W Educational Psychology
(3 Credits)
This course is designed to cover five broad topics: development, learning, lesson and classroom management, assessment, and characteristics of learners. The Development component focuses on developmental theories of cognition and affect as they relate to education. The Leaning component presents behavioral and cognitive perspectives on learning, problem solving, critical thinking, and reasoning. The Classroom Management component focuses on the evaluation of learner characteristics to include those with disabilities and ethnically diverse learners.
PSYC205W Abnormal Psychology
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This course surveys abnormal psychology and mental illness. Presentation and discussion will include identifying major disorders, mental illnesses, and reviewing the psychological, social and cultural impact of mental disorders. Use of diagnostic criteria, recent developments in treatment methods, legal and ethical issues will also be covered. (Prerequisites: ENGL120W, PSYC111W or POI)

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Stay with me. This blog post has been a year in the writing, because that's about how long ago I left my literary agency. I haven't blogged about it, because I suspected doing so invited comments of publishing takes time and you just need to keep going and giving up is why people don't get published.
So if you'd like to leave those comments, I'd recommend one of two following options:
(1) Don't.
(2) No, really. Just don't. (It happened a year ago.)
Many of my friends could tell you it was one of the hardest decisions of my life. A few of them could tell you that I'd spent almost a year making it.
I was with this agent for five years; she never stopped believing in my abilities as a writer. She was a pillar of support and a constant in my life when a lot of things were in flux. During those years, I had multiple manuscripts on submission at the same time. I was always working on new things. Always writing a manuscript. But... nothing sold, and I stopped believing that something would.
I stopped pitching new ideas. I stopped finishing things. Instead, I took about a year and a half to write a very personal book about what it felt like to have an aspiration impair one's ability to live her life. It was the first story that had my bleeding, broken heart in the telling of it.
And it almost sold. (Almost. It's a bladed kiss of a word. It dangles possibilities, but makes no promises.) The almost-sale more than almost-devastated me. I realized not only did I not believe anything would ever sell, I was no longer ready for anything to sell. Because I hated publishing. Absolutely. Fucking. Hated. It. The loathing festered inside me and rotted out my ability to write. I was walking misery that looked like a person.
Officially, I left my agency to take time off from publishing because I recognized I was no longer doing my part to encourage my own success. Unofficially, I was doing what I had to do to get healthy. I spent months where I oscillated between a delirious sense of having escaped certain doom and a petrifying identity crisis of what it meant to not be an agented author anymore.
I spent a lot of time this year not being A Writer. A read. I thought about what I was reading. I occasionally put words in a draft. But it wasn't my defining, driving instinct. It wasn't a survival urge like it had always been. About a month ago, I looked around at how awful things felt and the way that I wasn't dealing with the stress from my work life. I'd cited exhaustion as a reasonable excuse for why I wasn't making the time to write.
But when I chose not to visit my family at Thanksgiving because we're short-staffed, I had this thought like someone speaking in my head: you gave up the wrong thing. It's entirely possible sleep deprivation was causing auditory delusions, but the sentiment was undeniably true. By not making the time to write, I had given up the thing that was the entire reason I took a break from publishing.
So I started writing again and discovered I'd lost my desire to be a person who tells clever stories. In fact, I started to see that clever is often a distance put between a reader and a writer. Probably everything I wrote previous to the manuscript that almost-sold suffered from clever getting in the way of telling the story well. I don't think I would've realized that if I'd stubbornly kept going.
When you have to learn how to finish writing a book again you have to cut narrative teeth and regrow limbs you didn't realize you'd lost; you do it with purpose because you have a different measure of the pain. It's hard to accept that I threw out 20,000 words and returned to writing the middle of a draft that I was in the middle of back in April. It feels like I've spent all year in the middle of this draft. Because I know I used to complete a manuscript in 8 months.
And I know I don't have any idea how long it will take for me to finish this draft; I don't know when this manuscript will be ready for anyone else to look at it.
I was thinking about NaNoWriMo last week, and I realized my distrust of that kind of process isn't about whether or not a fast-draft technique works for me. (It doesn't.) I don't understand NaNoWriMo because I can't comprehend putting that stress on my writing for the reward of having done it. I had a publishing contract when I did a first draft in a month, and I did those revisions in two weeks. I got paid to exert that energy. So if I don't have to write a book in a month... why would I want to?
The truth is I no longer belong to the class of writers who have a wealth of abundant
That's why I haven't blogged since August. It's why I'm not quite 50,000 words into something I started drafting a year ago. It'll take as long as it takes, because I don't have a publishing contract with committed deadlines. No one is waiting on me to turn in a draft.
Sounds like freedom to me.


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This is a big moment in human history, though like many moments it probably won't sink in for years to come. Nevertheless, humanity – with the reach of the incredibly long-lived Voyager 1 space probe – is now a civilization of the stars.
The official announcement came from NASA yesterday (September 12, 2013) after careful data analysis from Voyager 1's Plasma Wave instrument: the spacecraft has passed though the heliopause (the bubble that separates the inside of our solar system from the outside) into the interstellar medium.
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NASA scientists were able to confirm Voyager 1's exit from the heliopause by measuring a significant change in the plasma density that surrounds the probe. And interestingly, the change they noted was a marked increase in density. This may seem counter-intuitive, but as the plasma temperature of the interstellar medium is significantly cooler than the solar system's plasma, the increased density makes sense – and was in fact expected.
(Warning, the following is a simplification: All things being equal, cool objects have a higher density than warm objects, as their molecules have less energy and pack closer together. This is why solids are denser that liquids; liquids denser than gases; gases denser than plasma – in each state of matter transition energy is added, which causes a decrease in density.)
"Exploration is in our nature. We began as wanderers, and we are wanderers still. We have lingered long enough on the shores of the cosmic ocean. We are ready at last to set sail for the stars." ― Carl Sagan
The other interesting thing to note is that Voyager 1 , it appears, actually entered interstellar space on August 25, 2012 – more than a year ago! But it took until now to make sense of the data the probe was sending back. But I kind of like this. When we as a species are going somewhere and doing something no one has ever done before, it takes time for us to understand what we're seeing and what's happening. Exploration and discovery doesn't happen in 20 seconds – it takes years (and historically speaking, many years) of concerted human effort to accomplish these amazing firsts – whether we're talking about crossing the oceans, inventing medicines, sailing around the globe, building landmarks, landing on the moon, and now leaving the solar system.*
Voyager 1 is right now about 19 billion kilometers from the Earth, or 125 times further from the Sun than we are, and getting ever further away at a speed of about 60,000 kilometers per hour – or roughly 500 million km per year! A little perspective: we think of the dwarf planet Pluto as "far away" but Voyager 1 passed the orbit of Pluto in 1989 – 24 years ago!
And let's not forget about Voyager 2 either. It is still within the heliopause, and will also cross into interstellar space in the coming years. Voyager 2 is on a different – slower – trajectory than Voyager 1 and so it is about 5 billion kilometers behind its twin sister, on a southbound course away from the Sun.
The Voyager mission will, I expect, to continue to deliver more discoveries. As the probe continues to sail into the unknown I look forward to it sending back new data that will continue to answer questions – and perhaps more importantly – raise new questions, in order to push our understanding of the universe forwards.
To read more about the Voyager mission, check out these other posts I've written on the subject over the last couple years.
* While Voyager 1 is now travelling through interstellar space, it technically hasn't left the solar system. I know this might sound bizarre, but it's due to the fact that the Sun's gravitational influence reaches far beyond the influence of its plasma. There are (at minimum) billions of chunks of rock and ice in the Oort Cloud that orbit our Sun over thousands of years that are still many times further away from the Sun than Voyager 1 is. It may be in fact thousands of years before Voyager 1 passes the last of the Oort Cloud objects. All that having been said, the heliopause is accepted as the limit between inside our solar system and "amongst the stars" in interstellar space, just as Oort Cloud objects are "among the stars" even while being bound by gravity to our Sun. Phil Plait also wrote on this subject here.


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The annual spring opening of the Moose-Wilson Road for vehicle access has arrived, and the scenic rural road within Grand Teton National Park is now open for the 2014 travel season.
A brief travel closure on the unpaved section of the road will be in place for about 48 hours, beginning 4 a.m. on Tuesday, May 20 to accommodate a dust abatement application. The road will reopen by 8 a.m. Thursday, May 22, according to a statement released by the park's public affairs office.
Road crews will complete the early season dust abatement work in the shortest time possible, park officials said. Visitors and residents are advised to use an alternate route on May 20-21 as the temporary closure will prevent making a 'through trip' on the Moose-Wilson Road from Granite Canyon Entrance Station to the Teton Park Road at Moose, Wyo. This will be the first dust abatement application this summer, with two other applications planned for late July and early September.
For those wishing to reach the Laurance S. Rockefeller Preserve or Death Canyon trailhead, access will be possible by driving south from the Teton Park Road junction adjacent to the Craig Thomas Discovery and Visitor Center.
To alert travelers of the expected road closure, electronic signs will be placed on Wyoming Highway 390, beginning Monday, May 19. For motorists heading south to Teton Village from Moose, signs will also be placed at the junction of the Teton Park Road.
The product used for dust abatement is a slurry of magnesium chloride—the same product that is used to treat dirt roads in and around Jackson Hole. This product coats the road surface, but it can also adhere to the undercarriage of vehicles. Motorists who drive the unpaved portion of the Moose-Wilson Road after it reopens on Thursday may want to rinse off their vehicles to eliminate any residue.
Roadwork schedules may change, or be delayed, due to weather conditions, equipment malfunction, or other extenuating circumstances.


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Isao Miyoshi has started a non-profit organisation called the The Japan Denture Recycle Association to raise cash donations for UNICEF, by using donated dentures. Miyoshi runs a dental lab producing new dentures from moulds. He realised that when new dentures are made, old pairs are thrown away, and this sparked the idea of recycling the metal from the old dentures. The dentures are separated from the metal clasps, and the metal is then recycled. In 2007, the association donated about £80,600 U.S. to the Japan Committee for UNICEF, according to the JapanFS website.
Disinfect your dentures. Boil the dentures on the stove or clean them with the denture cleaner you have used in the past.
Wrap the dentures in a tissue paper and seal them in a plastic bag. Place the plastic bag into a padded envelope or bubble mailer. Include a note or additional monetary donation in the envelope, if you wish to do so. Seal the envelope and address it to
350-8799 Dentures Recycling Association Japan.
Calculate the postage by visiting the USPS website. (Find a link in Resources.) Click the "calculate postage" button, and hit the "go" button under the heading of calculating international postage. Select Japan for the destination, select the type of packaging, and fill in the fields for the weight. View the price and time options for mailing the package. Purchase the required postage online to mail the package from your home or take it to your local post office.
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- Collect dentures from friends and family members to send a large amount to the charity.


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Laos – Jewel of the
All itineraries below can be modified to your needs and portions of different tours combine by our staff to meet your individual needs.
Boats, Jungles and Jars!
4 days - 3 Nights
This trip is great for those with little time or returning to see the highlights of Laos . Perfect for expats making visa runs or just a little time to relax, Lao Style.
Laos Insight
18 Days - 17 Nights . Our longest discovery tour of
Hidden Caves
City and Remote Far South
13 Days - 12 Nights. Remote Asia Style, this journey begins with the far northeast and concludes in the deep south and travels amid isolated areas as well as some of the most fantastic scenery in Laos
Glimpse of
4 days - 3 Nights
This trip is great for those with little time or returning to see the highlights of
Trip - Work Up Sweat
11 Days - 10 Nights. Rock climbing, motorbike, bicycle, kayak and trekking fill your days in this 11 day expedition.
Laos Heritage and Cultural Expedition
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Luang Prabang Package
3 Days - 2 Nights. Enjoy 3 days and 2 nights in the World Heritage City of Luang Prabang. Rise early and join in a tradition sure to leave a long lasting memory.
Mahout Experience and Elephant Training Course
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An urban bliss for frazzled city dweller, as writer editor Jing Lejano puts it appropriately, Bellevue Hotel Manila, once again made my heart grow fonder with its resident restaurant, Cafe d'Asie's promo, Php880++ lunch buffet during week days from a regular price of Php1,300++.
Being coined as a cosmopolitan hyena by those who know me, I am always prowling at the city's best gustatory deals.
Before, Makati used to be the epicenter of the metropolitan's abundance. Not with the advent of posh hotels popping out left and right, from Ortigas to Alabang, now the replete of luxury spread out evenly.
There are only three hotels(that I know of) in the Alabang area that offers buffet spread, Vivere Suite Hotel, Acacia Hotel Manila and Bellevue Hotel Manila. I have only tried the last two, recent being at the Bellevue Hotel Manila, and this is what they have to offer.
Located at the 2nd levee of the hotel, Cafe d'Asie is a perfect place for a comfortable and cozy ambiance that offered not only the relaxing feel but of a gustatory delight from a variety of mouthwatering cuisines of international fare.
An assortment of breads.
Salad complements and...
More of it.
Fine ensemble of cheese and fruits.
Do-It-Your-Own salad.
Seafoods from the grill section.
Beef, Pork Belly and Sausages form the grill section.
Ebi, Sushi and Sashimi from the Japanese section.
Shrimp Tempura.
Dumplings. They also have other variants placed in dimsum trays.
Noodles from the Chinese section.
Ingredients from the Mongolian section.
Roasted Potatoes and French Beans with Bacon. Not in the pic is the Seafood Lasagna.
Korean Beef Stew.
Roasted Chicken Italian Style.
Soy Ginger Fish Fillet.
Tuna Salad.
Green Salad.
Lamb Leg with a variety of sauce to choose from.
A variety of desserts to choose from, from White Chocolate Mousse, Assorted Fruit Tarts, Ube Roll, Desire Cheese Cake, Creme Brulee, Strawberry Shortcake, Belgian Cake, Chery Cheesecake, Mango Flan, Chocolate Sauce, and Lemon Merengue. Let's count them starting with this one.
Lamb leg, the star of the show. I I said in my buffet science, always go for the most expensive first, and usually they are found at the carving station.
From the Chinese section.
Beef from the main course section.
Let's try their grillable section. Tanguige is perfectly done.
Another one from the grillable section.
Soup, one of the thickest and most delicious that I have tasted.
A Mongolian feast courtesy of the chef.
From the Japanese section.
Desserts for my sweet tooth because for me, meal isn't a meal without it.
Fruit Medley.
DIY Garden Fresh Salad.
Three scoops of rocky road variant, plus this combination, concludes my delectable pleasure.
I am on the quest of writing my top ten buffet destination for this year, and at this rate, this one may enjoy the accolade of it. At a discounted price of Php880 + 12% VAT + 10% SC, I think it was well worth a drive to the south.


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This hotel is located in Brenham, Texas, about halfway between Houston and Austin. The Horseshoe Junction Family Fun Park is 3.7 miles away. Rooms feature 32-inch flat screen TVs.
This Brenham hotel is off Highway 290 and within a 5-minute walk of Blue Bell Creamery, which offers tours. It offers an outdoor pool, gym and a business center. Hampton Inn & Suites Brenham rooms include a 32-inch flat-screen TV and coffee maker.
Located just off Route 290 and 5 minutes from downtown Hempstead, this hotel features a daily continental breakfast and an outdoor pool. Free Wi-Fi is available throughout the hotel.
Courtyard College Station is 4 miles from Texas A&M University and George Bush Presidential Library. It features an outdoor pool, a fully-equipped fitness center and free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel.
Conveniently located close to Texas A&M University, this hotel in College Station, Texas offers a great location near many attractions as well as thoughtful facilities and services for a restful stay.
Located in College Station, Texas, this hotel is only 4 miles from Texas A & M University. It has an indoor swimming pool, a 24-hour fitness center, and offers air-conditioned rooms with free Wi-Fi.
A vibrant, picturesque garden and a Tuscan-inspired outdoor pool are featured in Vineyard Court Designer Suites Hotel. Rooms have a balcony and a dining area. Wine-tasting events are held in the courtyard every evening.
This College Station hotel is one block from Texas A&M University and 3 miles from Easterwood Airport. The hotel offers free airport shuttle service and free Wi-Fi.
Fairfield Inn Bryan College Station is 2 miles from Texas A&M University and 4 miles from Easterwood Airport. It features a heated indoor pool and free Wi-Fi throughout the hotel.
This hotel is located in College Station and is 2 miles from Texas A&M University. The hotel has an indoor pool and suites with fully equipped kitchens. Residence Inn Bryan College Station suites include a seating area and free Wi-Fi.
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To recap from last time: Louis (or Lewis) Neid is Christian Neid's brother. Louis immigrated from Mühlhausen, Prussia, around 1870 and joined the United States Army. He was stationed at West Point Academy from 1870-1897, at which time he retired. During his military service, I am happy to report that Louis' character was consistently rated as "good" to "excellent." By 1899, he was enjoying his retirement in San Diego, California. His address in the city directory is variously listed as "water front foot of 8th," "N. Bay Front Street #1717," and "756 State." These streets all point to the Marina neighborhood of San Diego, which is on San Diego Bay. And, on 23 March 1907, Louis Neid died at age 80. He is buried in Mount Hope Cemetery, Grand Army of the Republic Section 2, Lot 59, Grave 2-A. It is an unmarked grave.
This is all interesting information, but a bit dry. Here's a little more to spice it up: in the 1900 census, Louis is listed as being a divorced locksmith. There's no mention of a wife in any of the records from his army years, so exactly who he was divorced from, and the details of their relationship, is unknown at this time.
But here's for the really exciting stuff. Louis made the New York Herald newspaper on 16 Jan 1882 (he'd been in the military about 12 years):
His face bearing "marks of violence," Louis Neid "presented a sorry appearance" in Essex Market Police Court on 15 Jan 1882, appearing against one John Wilson. To begin the article, it was noted that Louis had claimed to be an officer in the engineering department at West Point Military Academy, but was actually only a private soldier. That clarification has absolutely nothing to do with the story that is then related, however. They just wanted you to know.
The actual action started when Louis had come into the city on Saturday while on furlough and bought some jewelry at various stores, paying $175 in all. And then he met up with a man and shared some drinks with him at a bar. That always ends well.
Later, all Louis could recall was someone striking him and inflicting the wounds that were obvious when he was in court; he lost consciousness and the next thing he knew is that he was waking up in an alley, robbed! But at least he had his greatcoat. More on that in a moment.
Fortunately for Louis, Mrs. Mary Brennan of No. 5 Forsyth Street had been on the scene. Mrs. Brennan testified that about four o'clock on Saturday afternoon, she had seen Wilson dragging Louis into the alley adjoining her house; she said Wilson had stripped Louis of his overcoat and then left. Mrs. Brennan had run after Wilson and demanded that he return the greatcoat, to which Wilson replied "that he was going for a carriage to take his friend home."
Mrs. Brennan sent two boys (street urchins, I presume, who were standing by for just such a task) to follow the man; he was seen entering a pawnshop and, a few minutes later, came out (still with the coat). Wilson returned to Louis, who remained unconscious on the ground, and set the coat on the ground next to him.
The police had been notified by this point and arrested Wilson, who was found in possession of jewelry and pocketbooks belonging to Louis. The police took him to the stationhouse, where an officer had to prevent the prisoner from swallowing a ten dollar bill.
In court, Wilson denied the charge (and claimed to be a real estate agent), but the "evidence was committed in default of $1,500 bail."
And that's the end of the story. The biggest question remains... why was Louis in New York City buying $175 worth of jewelry?
Moving right along to sunny California...
I must quote the following headline from 16 Nov 1906 in its entirety, because they really knew how to write headlines back then:
Girl Babe Lives Hours After Arm and Leg Are Cut Off; Mangled Woman Dies Instantly
Child Calmly Contemplates Stumps of Limbs While Doctors Vainly Strive to Save Life
JIMINY CRICKETS. That requires no commentary. But let me give you the back story anyway.
First, let me introduce you to Cosette. Cosette is referred to in the article variously as "child," "girl baby," "little girl," etc., so I named her Cosette and started comparing everyone in this story to characters in Les Miserables. (Lewis Neid is Jean Valjean, of course.)
Anyway, Cosette was a "girl baby of about eighteen months," the daughter of Alice Gunter, a demimondaine. Alice was one of three women that had recently moved into No. 59 waterfront, near the foot of Eight street. One of Alice's housemates was Clara Jennie Wright, a fifty-three year old native of England. Mrs. Wright was a widow with one son, George D. Wright. The third housemate is never named.
I didn't know off the top of my head what a demimondaine was, but since it's French, it must have to do with either sex or fashion. Surely a newspaper in the much more conservative early twentieth century wouldn't be talking about the former; maybe a demimondaine was a... lady's maid? I had to turn to that source of infinite knowledge, Wikipedia:
"Demi-monde refers to a group of people who live hedonistic lifestyles, usually in a flagrant and conspicuous manner... behaviors often included drinking or drug use, gambling, high spending... and sexual promiscuity. The term demimondaine... became a euphemism for a courtesan or prostitute."
Jiminy crickets. Forget what I said about the staid and proper early twentieth century. There's no such thing.
Neighbors had complained about Mrs. Wright's house, and the fact that Mrs. Wright always appeared to be intoxicated; the police had the house under supervision. Popular belief had it that "a number of dissolute characters were making it a headquarters." The occupants seemed to have sensed trouble and were already packing in preparation for a move--they had only been there a few days.
That fateful day (15 Nov 1906), Cosette was in the care of Mrs. Wright. They went out for a wholesome afternoon walk, and Mrs. Wright visited the saloon at the foot of Fifth street and came away with a pitcher of beer. Then they headed back home by way of the Santa Fe train tracks, Mrs. Wright leading the child by one hand and carrying the pitcher in the other.
As you might have suspected would happen, a train came along, when the woman and child were in front of Standard Iron works and very nearly to their home. The two were walking eastward; and the Santa Fe switch engine, with three box cars in front, came up behind them. Mrs. Wright seemed aware of the train but made no effort to get off the track until the train was almost upon them. Then she turned about, slipped, and fell across the track, pulling the child down with her.
As you might have suspected would happen, a train came along, when the woman and child were in front of Standard Iron works and very nearly to their home. The two were walking eastward; and the Santa Fe switch engine, with three box cars in front, came up behind them. Mrs. Wright seemed aware of the train but made no effort to get off the track until the train was almost upon them. Then she turned about, slipped, and fell across the track, pulling the child down with her.
The train was reportedly running "very slowly" and after the woman fell, it stopped within a car length and a half. Conductor B. J. Riley was in charge on the engine; Engineer M. E. Knauss, Fireman C. G. Ferris, and Brakeman F. J. Eaton were also on board. Eaton had shouted out to Mrs. Wright when the train was five to six car lengths away. Mrs. Wright had turned and looked at him, but continued on her path.
A moment later Louis Neid, who lived nearby, arrived on the scene riding his bicycle! He shouted at Mrs. Wright, and it was then that she seemed to realize that the train was dangerously close. Still, rather than getting off, she turned and looked at the train. As full realization came over her, she tripped and fell directly across the rail.
Louis tried to grab Cosette and pull her to safety, but was just too late; the front trucks cut off an arm and a leg before Louis could grab her. Fifty-three year old Mrs. Wright was killed instantly, "torn and mangled almost beyond recognition"; the wheels had passed over her lengthwise and nearly split her body in two.
Cosette was still alive and conscious. It was said that her senses were probably numbed; she did not appear to experience any pain. She "gazed wonderingly at the stumps of her arm and leg. One finger on her left hand had been crushed and this seemed a constant source of surprise to her, for she held it up and looked curiously at it again and again."
Cosette was taken to Agnew sanitarium, where she died early evening of the same day. She had lived for about three hours following the accident--"Everything possible was done for the little one, but without hope of success, and she passed away about 6 o'clock." But Louis tried! He really tried!!
Onlookers quickly gathered as news of the accident spread. Many "were unable to stand the horrible scene and turned away sickened by the sight of the little arm and leg lying by themselves beside the track." Ambulance, physicians, the coroner, and police were immediately summoned by telephone. Coroner Morgan was promptly on the scene, taking names of witnesses. An inquest was thought likely be called the morning of the 16th. The evening of the accident, Coroner Morgan stated that "he did not see how blame for the tragedy could be laid upon anyone except the victims, who apparently had plenty of warning of the approach of the train."
The evening edition on the 16th reported that the coroner's jury (composed of D. W. Frew, C. M. Davis, E. W. Ecker, W. H. Mattax, George B. Chapman and P. Parkhurst) had heard testimony bearing on the accident and decreed that the cause of death of both victims was "being run over by cars and switch engine." No one was held accountable or any blame fixed.
So, what happened?
One possibly considered was that Mrs. Wright had simply thought she had enough time to walk the distance to the house before the train was upon them, and tragically miscalculated.
It was also mentioned that Mrs. Wright had a history of partial paralysis. Did the shock of the train suddenly bearing down on her bring on an attack?
Alcohol was not considered to be a factor, apparently because shards of glass from the pitcher Mrs. Wright had been carrying were found still containing beer. But did they know how much she had had before leaving the saloon?
Questions I'm researching...
Questions I'm researching...
Where were Clara Jennie Wright and Cosette Gunter buried?
What happened to Alice? Who was her family? There is an Alice E. Gunter buried in Angelus Rosedale Cemetery in Los Angeles, born 1884 and died 1967. This Alice's age would work out to allow for having a child in 1906--there is no shortage of the name Alice Gunter, however, in California, so I have plenty of work to do sorting them out. One record that fascinates me is a 1920 census for the Patton State Hospital (a mental hospital) in San Bernardino, California. One Alice Gunther is listed, age 38 (so around 24 years old in 1906). Was the horror of the accident too much for her to handle? Did her life fall to pieces afterwards?
And who was Clara Jennie Wright, for that matter--the widowed native of England with a son named George?
Who was the third woman that shared a house with Jennie and Alice? What was their true business?
And that's the story of why I'm now looking for an early twentieth century San Diego prostitute.
© 2014 Mary Dutcher Knapp. All rights reserved.
© 2014 Mary Dutcher Knapp. All rights reserved.


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The newest volume of my Latest in Clinical Nutrition DVD series is now out. Order on my website or through Amazon (all proceeds go to the 501c3 nonprofit charity that keeps NutritionFacts.org up and running). It can also now be ordered as a video download.
The last batch of videos from volume 16 just ran out, so running through March I'll be rolling out the videos from this new DVD, volume 17. The DVDs give folks the opportunity to sneak-preview videos months ahead of time, watch them all straight through, and share them as gifts, but there is nothing on the DVDs that won't eventually end up free online at NutritionFacts.org. If you'd like the works--more than 30 hours of video--I have a special on my complete DVD collection (also via download).
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1. Should We Take a Multivitamin?
2. Is Fish Oil Just Snake Oil?
3. Norovirus Food Poisoning from Pesticides
4. Foster Farms Responds to Chicken Salmonella Outbreaks
5. Chicken Salmonella Thanks to Meat Industry Lawsuit
6. Who Determines if Food Additives are Safe?
7. How Much Exercise to Sustain Weight Loss?
8. Who Says Eggs Aren't Healthy or Safe?
9. Orange Aromatherapy for Anxiety
10. Food Antioxidants and Cancer
11. Food Antioxidants, Stroke, and Heart Disease
12. Is Liquid Smoke Flavoring Carcinogenic?
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How to say "green IT" in any storage conversation
I was looking at some articles on "green IT" and got to thinking about the whole green topic in a sales situation. When you're presenting to a customer, there's always the point where you have to decide which features to emphasize (I know, people only buy benefits, but that's another discussion). So when do you pull out the green IT feature, and how hard do you push it?
Sometimes you may find yourself looking around the prospect's office, trying to get a clue as to their green attitude. Be honest, we've all done something like this. A colleague lives in Texas and tells me this isn't an issue for him down there (he also has a T-shirt that says, "Shut up and drill"). I live in Colorado, a fairly green state, but with a sizable energy industry as well. So it's tough to tell.
My point is that it doesn't matter how green your prospect is–just emphasize efficiency, optimization and reduced costs of operation. Most of the time, green IT products also save money, something everyone's interested in. As a VAR this can be a great opportunity to show your value, since you've got more to draw on than just a single vendor's products. You can talk about archiving to reduce backups, using deduplication to reduce overall storage consumption, employing SSDs to improve drive utilization, using file virtualization to implement storage tiering and a bunch of ways to optimize storage through better management–and still make a green point when needed.
MAID, on the other hand, is a technology that does merit a little more attention, when the conversation turns solidly to energy usage. The good thing is that it's more accessible now, with many array vendors building some form of MAID into their existing products and using the technology to drive down overall power consumption.
When you're getting close to the green IT part of the discussion, talk about efficiency, optimizing disk space and energy cost savings. If your client starts asking about carbon credits and whether your vendors use hybrids in their fleet cars, you can switch to calling these green features.
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Forced Solo content? Please, these are MMORPGs
I see this kind of talk on these boards a lot about group versus solo content and how "solo games are killing grouping and community."
Here are some good quotes-
"... good grouping games. Just enough downtime to let you discuss what to do next, chat, etc., while you regained hit points, mana, lost rez sickness, and could start fighting again.
Newer games lke CoH, have no downtime. It's fight, fight, fight, kill boss mob, done, kthxbye.
I like something with a bit slower pace." - Ihmotepp
"Yeah, and that's something that some people don't seem to get. Just because a game has some grouping it doesn't neccesarily mean that it's the type of grouping experience that will satisfy a group oriented player.
I haven't played CoH but I played Guild Wars some and even though you can group with other players for some of the missions it's not a very enjoyable experience for the most part. It's generally just--RUN RUN RUN, KILL KILL KILL, done, the instance ends and hardly a word was exchanged between the members of the group. And in most cases there was hardly any sort of cooperative effort required so it felt more like soloing near other people than like grouping.
At this point in time, for me, the lack of good, friendly grouping is killing this genre more than anything else (for me I said). I may talk about the <Dream Game> from time to time. I may talk about sandboxy stuff. I may talk about improved AI. But putting aside dreams for the future, the thing that is making games RIGHT NOW completely unattractive to me is the lack of good grouping."
It's really depressing for me. I'm not trying to convert anyone because that can't be done. I'm just saying how it is for me." - Neanderthal
"Amen brother. It's not about trying to make every game the same because you like it that way, it's about trying to find a game that you (we) like. All I want is a few group oriented games to choose from and ill be happy (one good one would be nice). All the other ones I could care less about and they can be as solo friendly as they want. To each his own." - whatamidoing
See this is what really get's me about guys like you... you wax so poetically about this and that but you do NOT understand, or even try to conceive that your issue is a 100% play style choice.
You could very easily, in a game such as World of Warcraft. Team up with a few friends, only play together through questing and running instanced dungeons to level your toons. You could vary your crafting professions to compliment each other and form your own little exchange economy.
If you find a group of like-minded players you could take your time and enjoy the journey while leveling 100% grouped up the entire time, helping each other in your defined group roles. Sure, lots/most of the quests would be quite simple if you approached them in a group 100% of the time, but in the end these are GAMES and they are designed for you, the player, to win.
It's like the PvP people who simply don't understand that in a truly "balanced" game you'd lose 50% of the time.
The only person who is "making" you rush to solo to the top as fast as possible is you. You are the power-gamer achiever type who can't slow down and smell the roses and make it a game about team-work and group fun. You can slow down the pulls in the dungeon and talk things over, either through a ventrillo or teamspeak or in the game. Hell use typing in the game instead of a chat client so it forces you to slow down and type a bit.
I could do EXACTLY what both you guys are describing in a game like World of Warcraft if I had a few friends that thought and felt the same way.
It's a choice. Sure you CAN solo-grind quests up to level 80 and skip all the group content. But it's a choice.
Don't you see that? There is NO such thing as FORCED SOLOing in a MMORPG. It doesn't exist.
There is no content in MMO I have ever played that doesn't let you group up with others if you want to.
"But it's not as efficient, I could do it much faster playing solo" well right there THAT is a choice YOU make to try and speed through the game and min/max power level.
Don't you see?
Yes, they have made solo play viable in modern MMOs but they have done nothing to discourage group play. It is YOU that is discouraging group play through your achiever, goal oriented, min/maxer hardcore power leveler mindset.
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d'Alembert System
In the eighteenth century Jean le Rond d'Alembert lived. Despite the fact that this was a dead-normal man, he was very good at calculations. D'Alembert was also mathematician, which has contributed to the development of this roulette system. When playing according to the d'Alembert System, you will only use the single boxes. Thus the winning chance is almost 50%. The idea behind this strategy is to make sure you reserve a portion of the profit, so do not bring everything back into play again.
Play immediately according to the d'Alembert System
D'Alembert System applied
The d'Alembert System is an easy-to-use strategy. You do not have to think too much to be able to apply this system during Live Roulette. Here too you set a start bet and set this amount during the first round. If you win this round then the intention is to complete the next round for a half, so if you lose this you will still be earning 5 euros of profit. If you lose right away, you should double your start bet. If you lose more, you must add your starting amount to your most recent bet every time. If you make a profit it is important that you subtract the starting unit from it again.
Although the d'Alembert System is a lesser known strategy, it is a cautious and thoughtful way of playing. Suppose you want to play a Live Roulette game and choose a start of 5 euros, you will initially bet with 5 euros. If you win then you will have to choose to use the next round by 2.50 euros. If you lose then you still have another 2.50 euro profit. If you lose your first bet, you will have to bet 10 euros the next time. If you lose again then you are expected to spend 15 euros (previous bet + start bet). At the end of this round you will have to pay off the starting amount, which will turn you into 10 euros.
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I was raised in the Presbyterian church in 1960. I was part of the Young People's Fellowship group, my Dad was an Elder. We went to Tijuana. We built an orphanage. I accepted Christ at the ripe old age of 13, right around the time I started partying. Go figure.
As a little girl in the 60's, I went to the Catholic church with my cousins. They got to wear lace doilies on their heads. That's all I remember. That, and standing in front of a mirror yelling bloody mary bloody mary bloody mary. I have no idea what that meant…but we were supposed to see a ghost.
In High School, I was invited to go to a Mormon baptism. I watched it, fascinated. I thought it was kinda cool, and I liked this boy, Kurt…who was a Mormon. You'll see the pattern in a minute here.
I liked a boy who was a Jew. I did. So, of course, for a brief time, I pondered this…but it didn't stick. Neither did he.
I went to a Baptist church with some other friends, and I loved the drama, the yelling, the crying, the I'm saved and please-fix-me-mentality. And, there were some boys…some cute boys who had me go to their Bible study on the week nights, and I had a Bible that my parents gave me, and I wrote and highlighted. And, I was on fire. Plus, I was drinking, so it was imperative that I got saved fairly regularly (I didn't know).
In College, again I found a Baptist church. I was a Sunday School teacher, and I would come in hungover. I was 19 or 20. Drinking and The Lord weren't really working for me, which is another story.
And, I went to AA.
I found the generic Higher Power there. I really needed this, because I had been dipped and dunked and sprinkled and saved, and I needed to have a name that didn't call up the fact that I had already failed at most of the religions I had tried.
I got married the first time at 23 years old. To a non-practicing Catholic, which apparently is Catholic enough. His mother was very salty, but man, when it came to the Stations of the Cross, the kneeling, the dipping, the crossing yourself…she had it. And she wanted us to have it. I couldn't do it. So, my first husband and I…we became Episcopalians. Sort of the good meeting in the middle. Plus, the priest was a member of AA. It was all good.
I divorced. I remarried a man who was in the Christian Reformed Church, which I promptly joined. It was very similar to the Presbyterian church I grew up in. We were married there, and had children baptized there. They did the Heidelberg Cathecism in Dutch, but hey, it's a Dutch town.
When I divorced again, I drifted. From church to church. Looking for that connection. Up until last year, I attended a very exciting, huge church in a neighboring town…right up until the day that I realized, it was too close to my home town. Too close.
I searched. I knew I couldn't go it alone, but didn't want to find some place to get lost in…I wanted a connection. A place where I could matter, be a part of a Christian community…where someone would know me. Not as someone's wife or girlfriend. But as me.
In the end, I looked for a Presbyterian Church. I found my home. Push re-set, and there I am again, in the pews, listening to the music of my youth with ears of an adult. It's not the minister. It's not the people. It's the size, the warmth…the At Home feeling I have every time I walk in there.
I claimed it almost the moment I came in. I am joining the Presbyterian church. I'm sure it doesn't matter to Christ where or even if I go. What matters, is that I believe…and I do. I believe.


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It's been more than a week since my last post and, whilst I refuse to be apologetic about writing at my own pace I do wish I could keep to schedules I make for myself. However, it's been a very pleasant and busy week which has kept me away from writing so I can't really complain too much or berate myself too harshly.
Last Saturday was Scott & Kirsty's wedding. It was a beautiful day and everything was perfect – from the picturesque Roman Camp Hotel and it's surroundings to the touching Humanist ceremony; the wonderful meal to the swingin' ceilidh. It was really nice to meet Kirsty's family and those from auntie Beth's side whom I'd last met when I was quite young. The photos I'm restricting to facebook, though – too many people in them whom I don't wish to expose to the open mercies of the internet via my little spot. Suffice to say that everyone had a great time and that Andy and I both wish the couple a great deal of happiness in their continuing adventure through life together. Much love to you both, and thank you for letting us be a part of your big day!
Saturday Soup
So as not to back things up for next week, I'm going to throw my Saturday Soup from last week onto the blog today. I went for a sweet potato and chilli soup recipe from my usual haunt at BBC GoodFood.
Unfortunately, in the rush of Friday and Saturday, I forgot to take a picture when I first made it and hence had to make do with hastily microwave heated versions. Unfortunately this is not quite as striking as I'd have liked ;) So be it, however, as I'm determined to keep up with and record my souply trials – even those which go slightly awry.
The cheese here is not the Gruyère suggested by the recipe, but Emmental. I was surprised that it actually went rather nicely with the flavour of the sweet potato – I'd never considered them bedfellows and especially would not have thought to put them together in soup – any cheese, that is, not just Emmental. The soup was tasty and the little kick of chilli with sweet potato always brings out the flavour of it wonderfully but it suffered a little from being overly thick – almost like a watery 'mash' than a dense soup. It certainly gave my little plastic hand-blender a run for it's money trying to whiz it into a smooth(er) soup.
I don't know how often I'd make this but, given my propensity for having 'spare' sweet potatoes it might happen more often than I'd like. Perhaps I need to try to find another sweet potato recipe!
Also, because it's been a while since I assailed the blog with kitty pictures here's one of Sam being uncharacteristicly playful :)


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Tuesday, December 8, 2009
The Hand of God: Another Christmas Memory
My wife's uncle had arranged for a four-day, big family Christmas retreat, at a ranch in North Idaho, a couple hours from our house. We were to drive up there several days before Christmas and come back Christmas Day, just in time to go to dinner at my parents' house.
To say that it was going to be a White Christmas is a gross understatement! A snowy front had settled in the area, and white stuff just forgot how to stop coming down. The roads were pretty bad on the way up there, and they were even worse on the way back! With our Honda Accord, equipped only with all-weather tires, I was afraid we'd get stuck and have to spend Christmas by the side of the road! But the Lord was with us all the way (isn't He always???), and we got back home in one piece. We had about an hour to drop off our bags, and then we headed back out, for dinner with my parents.
The Interstate was extremely icy; icier than I had seen it in years. We were doing about 30, when I noticed a police car, by the right side of the road, its lights twirling hypnotically. I was safe in the second lane, so I just held course. The road was straight and clear; no problem, right? WRONG! We were less than 200 feet from the cruiser, when, out of the blue, we started to fishtail! I tried to keep the front tires facing forward, as we glided all over the road, but the car was definitely no longer under my control. To our terror, we were headed straight for the police car. I could not see the officer, but I confess he was furthest from my mind. I was instead concerned with the financial and legal trouble I'd be getting into, after our two vehicles got better acquainted. Impact was imminent and unavoidable. I also had a column of cars behind me, which I imagined would quickly find my rear bumber and make us into a Honda sandwich (hold the hubcaps, please).
But then something that I can describe only as the Hand of God, pushed us around the police car and safely into the deep snow, 50 feet beyond it. When I got out, I noticed that were not the first, not the second, but the THIRD car to end up stuck by the side of the road. The policeman was making the rounds on his rollerskates, asking what size drink we wanted with our burger. Actually, I cannot imagine how he must have felt, as cars whizzed past him and into the ditch; I could have easily killed him.
In the end, God worked it all out, in His perfect way. For starters, all parties were safe and sound, as were the vehicles. Due to the first two cars already having had their fun, a tow truck was already on its way, and we got a group discount! Ever wonder how God provides for the lilies and sparrows that drive tow trucks? Well, He gets some middle-class saps to run off the road and spend $80 to get bailed out, because the daddy sparrow, even in his need, had just given his son some much-needed Christmas money.
Second, even though we were late, we still had dinner with my parents, which made us all feel a whole lot better.
And ever wonder what actually made us fishtail in the first place? Driving that same familiar stretch in the spring, it dawned on me: For about a quarter mile, trucks had made deep ruts in both lanes, which can cause sudden jerks, as the tires fall in and out. When the road was icy (and the tires not too good), that caused us to fishtail. Thankfully, they fixed the road this summer, and I got brand-new winter tires (which could almost pay the shop owner's mortgage bill!).
So the next time that you ask yourself how God could have allowed hard times or tragedies to befall you, look for the opportunity for good that He's opened up, either for yourself or someone around you. Remember that for every guy that prays for sunshine, there's a neighbor that's praying for rain. :)
10 comments:
- nitewrit said...
It makes for an amusing story, but it must have been a terrifying experience. I wonder what kind of stories that policeman tells about that day?
I love you last line. I wish I had written it. May I put it up in those little sayings at the top of my Blog? It is something we forget in our selfishness. Sometimes we don't get out prayers answered because of the impact on someone else. We really should keep that in mind.
- December 8, 2009 at 5:12 AM
- Gigi said...
Yikes! Glad you were all safe; surely the Lord carried you safely into that ditch and out of harm's way!
So...did you ever make it to dinner?
- December 8, 2009 at 9:24 AM
- Karla Cook @ Roads to Everywhere said...
Incredible story! I'm shivering in this cold... but I'm glad that we don't have last December's snow. Of course, the winter is still young, huh?
I love the line about the "lilies and sparrows that drive tow trucks"! Too funny!
- December 8, 2009 at 10:47 AM
- DJR @failedatheist said...
Wow, rather you than me Greg! Glad we don't have snow like that over here in England!
- December 9, 2009 at 1:38 PM
- Tamela's Place said...
Hey Greg,
What a great testimony of God's hand of protection. I as Larry love your last statement. BTW i do have my blog back up and going just in case you would like to link up with me again :)
God bless you all this Christmas and no accidents this time :)
- December 9, 2009 at 4:53 PM
- Greg said...
Thank you all for stopping by. I updated the story, tying up a couple loose ends.
- December 13, 2009 at 11:21 PM
- Dr. Russell Norman Murray said...
'So the next time that you ask yourself how God could have allowed hard times or tragedies to befall you, look for the opportunity for good that He's opened up, either for yourself or someone around you.'
That is good, Greg. Merry Christmas to you and family!
- December 18, 2009 at 2:25 AM
- jeleasure said...
Hey Greg,
It's Jim! What took me so long?
I just figured out a way for me to keep up with my former blogging pals and promote your blog. I am permitted to post the same content on Blogspot as I will at Richmond Evangelical Examiner. So, I have created a Richmond Evangelical Examiner blog, in Blogspot. Your link is already on my page. Just use this url to add my link to your side bar and we can begin exchanging traffic again and staying in touch.
I'm polling the group I have linked in my side bar to ask if you all prefer that I use the link list format or the blog roll format. The blog role format is the one that places the most recent blog postings at the top of the list. Let me know what you prefer. I tally the vote in a week. Email me at email@example.com
- December 21, 2009 at 4:12 PM
- jeleasure said...
Hey Greg,
we have some of that white stuff too. My truck did not leave the driveway for three days. Vicki just went out yesterday. I'll be walking up the hill in about an hour to get her down the hill.
- December 22, 2009 at 3:14 PM
It was definitely exciting! :-)
Love, Wifey
- December 27, 2009 at 12:59 AM


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Auditing in the Food Industry
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Part 1 The auditing process: Food standards and auditing; What auditors look for: A retailer's perspective; Regulatory verification of safety and quality control systems in the food industry. Part 2 Safety and quality: Assessing supplier HACCP systems: A retailer's perspective; TQM systems; Auditing HACCP-based quality systems; Laboratories and analytical methods: Quality control. Part 3 Other types of audit: Benchmarking; Environmental audits: Food processing and life cycle assessment; Auditing organic food processors.
The food industry faces an unprecedented level of scrutiny. Consumers are not only concerned with the safety and quality of food products but also the way in which they are produced. At the same time the food industry has developed new ways of assuring appropriate standards for its products and their methods of production, developing systems such as TQM and HACCP to identify and manage key steps in production. These new methods require new skills in auditing. Auditing in the food industry provides an authoritative guide to the range of standards and the auditing skills they demand.
Part one sets the scene with an introductory chapter reviewing developments in standards affecting the food industry. There then follows chapters on how retailers audit their suppliers and how governments have moved from a traditional inspection role to one of 'regulatory verification' with its emphasis on auditing the robustness of a business's own systems for managing safety and quality.
Part two examines the key aspects of safety and quality. A first chapter reviews the ways retailers assess supplier HACCP systems. There is then a chapter reviewing TQM systems that provides a context for a discussion of auditing techniques for HACCP-based quality systems. A final chapter looks at standards governing the analytical methods used in safety and quality control.
Part three considers newer standards that are becoming increasingly important in the food industry. There are chapters on benchmarking an organisation against others as a way of improving performance, auditing the impact of food processing operations on the environment and auditing organic food processing.
Auditing in the food industry is a valuable guide to the range of standards facing the food industry and the ways it can audit, and thus improve the quality of its performance.
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- 12th July 2001
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- 9781855734500
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About the Editors
M Dillon Editor
Mike Dillon is an internationally recognised authority on food quality and safety systems. A qualified auditor, he has developed training programmes on auditing and advised many leading companies. He has also written well-known guides to HACCP systems and auditing skills.
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C Griffith Editor
Dr Chris Griffith is Head of the Food Safety Research Group at the University of Wales Institute, Cardiff, and a well-known authority on food safety management.
Affiliations and Expertise
University of Wales Institute, UK