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Dilapidated mental institutions have this inherent property of generating fear and terror in people's mind. And when the grisly stories of physical and mental torture once practiced in these institutions blend with tales of tortured spirits screaming at night or sudden appearances of paranormal creatures, even skeptics are terrified. Take a dig of our exclusive list of most haunted asylums in America. The 9,857,306 sq. km of land covered by The United States of America not only offers us the Disneyland and Statue of Liberty but also with 20th century relics of mental hospitals that are believed to be haunted. The gigantic asylums dotting the landscape of United States now just bear stories of abandonment and inhuman abuse that have been passed down through out generations.
If walls could speak, they would have narrated the endless encounters of rapes, murders, sufferings faced by people for years together in this cursed places.Before we take a tour of the top ten haunted asylums of United States let me warn you, this is not for the weak hearted.
Waverly Hill Sanatorium, Louisville, Kentucky
In 1910 Waverly Hill Sanatorium was built as a two-story hospital to accommodate 40-50 tuberculosis patients but kept on expanding till 1924 and turned into the present massive structure. Doctors at this hospital carried out devastating experiments that included insertion of balloons in lungs and removal of ribs. Almost 64,000 patients who were admitted in here died over the years due to inhuman treatments by fellow sufferers, caregivers or doctors. In 1930s, a nurse suffering from tuberculosis found out her illegitimate pregnancy by the owner of the sanatorium and hung herself with a light bulb wire in room no.502. Later, the owner was found dead with beard trimmers filled with blood beside him. A 500ft long tunnel ran from the first floor to the bottom of the hill and was used to remove corpses surreptitiously. The building and the tunnel still remain intact.
Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation Institution, Downey, California
Rancho Los Amigos Rehabilitation hub's building was established in 1888 and was known as the Los Angeles County Poor Farm. Overtime it was established as a physical, occupational and mental therapy hospital. During World War II the entire wards were filled with iron lungs for the army victims. With increasing numbers of deaths in the hospital, the mental wards and other surrounding buildings were abandoned over the years. During 2006, a team of investigators found amputated limbs, brain tissues and other organs in a freezer in the morgue which heightened the legends and stories surrounding it.
Creedmoor Psychiatric Hospital, Queens, New York
Established in 1912 Creedmoor psychiatric hospital crossed 7,000 inpatients by 1918. The hospital campus covers 300 acres with 50 buildings, 24th building being of greater prominence. Creedmoor is known for its notoriety and violent wards. Some of the city's worst criminals were sent there to be locked down permanently using heavy medication. In the late 1970s rapes, murders and violence started in Creedmoor hospital. Legend says a patient was found dead from a crushed throat while wearing a straitjacket. The hospital had to close that ward and after ten years building 24 was abandoned. Other than few parts Creedmoor Psychiatric Centre is still functional.
Athens Lunatic Asylum, Athens, Ohio
From 1874 to 1993 Athens Lunatic Asylum or The Ridges served many patients, from Civil war veterans to violent criminals with various mental disabilities. The main building had rooms for 572 patients and was 853ft long and 60ft wide. 1930 patients have been buried in the three cemeteries of the Ridges. It gained its disrepute from the practice of lobotomy conducted by doctors to treat mental patients there. Infamous Dr. Walter Jackson Freeman performed more than 200 Trans-orbital lobotomies in order to cure a series of mental disabilities. His negligence and careless methods caused deaths of most of the patients undergoing lobotomy. In 1979, body of Margaret Schilling was found weeks later, after she went missing, in an abandoned part of the tuberculosis building. Her body left an imprint at that place and it lasts even today. Eventually the hospital was closed in 1993 and the buildings were renovated and included in the campus of Ohio University.
Fairfield Hills State Hospital, Newtown, Connecticut
Fairfield Hills State Hospital operated from 1931-1995 and housed over 4,000 mentally ill patients. The facility has gory history of performing frontal lobotomy, hydrotherapy, patient seclusion, shock therapy and electroconvulsive therapy. In hydrotherapy patients were forced to stay in bath tubs or bathe in ice waters for hours together, at times even for 24 hour, and even weren't allowed to go out for excretion. Psychosurgery was also performed resulting in death of more than 100 patients. Tunnels connecting the buildings were constructed so as to transport equipment and even corpses during winter or stormy weather. The institution was closed in 1995 and the tunnels which were believed to be were sealed and demolished in 2009 by the state.
Trans-Allegheny Lunatic Asylum, Weston, Western Virginia
Build by Richard Andrews the Trans-Allegheny psychiatric hospital was a Kerkrade planned hospital operating from 1864 to 1994. It housed epileptics, alcoholics, drug addicts and other mentally defective patients. Here also the patients had to suffer from lobotomies as the caregivers thought it was the only way to restore sanity. As it became overcrowded with 2400 patients during 1950s, the facilities steadily degraded and inhuman treatments and brutality increased. Many patients hanged themselves, murdered others, tormented each other and were buried in a mass grave in the hospital grounds. Charles Manson, a murder, was the most famous patient in this institution. As violence and rampage increased with time due to lack of proper provisions the government of U.S State had to shut down the hospital in 1994.
Penn Hurst Insane Asylum, Spring City, Pennsylvania
Established in 1908 November, Penn Hurst Insane Asylum was housing not only mental patients but also immigrants and orphans those who had no other accommodation. But soon it was filled with ghastly incidents of sexual abuse, mental torments, physical torture and child abuse. It is reported that children who beat each other had their teeth pulled as a form of punishment in that inhumane institution. In 1987, when the court found out over 3,000 patients were not receiving adequate care the institution was closed down. It is believed that the people who lived there and died there are still there. Ghost hunters and investigation groups have reported appearance of a woman in old style nurse's uniform, unknown screams uttering 'I'll kill you', 'Why are you here ?', 'Why won't you go ?'.
Topeka State Hospital, Topeka, Kansas
Founded in 1872 Topeka State Hospital served the mentally ill. But little did it do to serve patients out there. The patients were subjected to rape, abuse and uncovered confinement in leather strap. It is reported once a journalist went there and witnessed a man strapped down for so long that skin had begun to go over his restraints. It also earns its ill-fame from the 54 castrations that took place, most of who were of unknown identities and illness and had no proper paperwork to be committed. In 1st April 1987 Kenneth D. Waddell, a high risk patient, was committed in the adult forensic ward and on 23rd February 1993 he murdered therapist Stephanie Oilrig whose body was later found in one of the bathrooms of the ground building. The cemetery of the hospital covers 2.8 acre plot with 1,157 graves and only 16 headstones. The hospital was closed on 17th May 1997 and most of the historic buildings were demolished in 2010.
Danvers State Hospital, Danvers, Massachusetts
Under the supervision of Nathaniel Bradley the Danvers Lunatic asylum was built in Gothic style and opened in 1878. It could accommodate 600 patients but by 1939, 2,360 patients were stuffed there like livestock. The hospital facilities were deplorable and sometimes patients were found dead days later in some forgotten room. Eventually the practices of confinement, shock therapy, straitjacket and prefrontal lobotomy, ice picking were used to treat the mentally ill, most of which had fatal results. Many ghost hunters claim to have found phantom footsteps and shadows in the hackneyed institution buildings. Jeralyn Levasseur asserts to have seen one time apparition of a scowling old lady when she used to live there as a child. It was closed in 1992 due to lack of proper treatment and staff.
Taunton State Hospital, Taunton, Massachusetts
The last haunted asylum in our list is the Taunton State Hospital in Massachusetts. It was built in 1854 and originally known as State Lunatic Hospital at Taunton. This institution was mainly built to relieve the Worcester facility from its overpopulation. Jane Toppan, a homicidal maniac, was the most notable patient of this asylum. She confessed to have killed 31 patients while working as a nurse. Legend says the authorities of Taunton hospital were more terrifying than some of the patients it housed. Supposedly some doctors and nurses used to take patients to the basement and forced them to perform satanic rituals. Reports of a shadow man exist who would crawl on the walls and silently watch the patients. In 1975 main parts of the building was closed and abandoned and by 2009 most of the historic building was demolished.
Take a dig of these Top 10 spooky places in Illinois that will give you a nightmare.
Whether you believe or not, these bone chilling stories of insanity and apparitions are enough to take away a night's sleep. And if you see some shadows moving around don't be frightened, at least better than staying alone, right?


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Have I ever mentioned that I'm a cake mix fan? There are very few cakes that I make that don't start with a box mix. Sad, isn't it?
It's not that I don't know how, or can't do it. I do, and I can. I just find the process... tedious. I suppose I'm rather Sandra Lee-ish in this way. I just have little desire to make a cake from scratch when there's a perfectly good box mix to whip it up in a jiffy with very little measuring to do.
And there you have it. My dirty little secret.
I do, however, quite like 'doctoring' the cake mixes for something out-of-the-ordinary. I don't usually follow instructions for doctoring, however--I generally just go my own way and let the cake fall where it may, so to speak.
This time, I had a big load of rhubarb a-ready to go, and thought that it would be nice with spice cake. I was going for an upside-down cake effect, but it didn't turn out that way. Even so, it was moist and delicious without having to bother with frosting (another tedious project). Best of all--Mr.W gobbled it up.
Rhubarb-Topped Spice Cake
Butter a 9x13-inch pan or whatever pan you fancy. I used a 9-inch round springform pan, which was a mistake. The topping leaked through--so if you use a springform, be sure to wrap the exterior in foil to keep your oven bottom from looking like mine (that is, covered with burned blobs).
While preheating your oven to 350*F (or 325*F if using a dark or nonstick pan), throw a stick of butter (I used salted) in your pan right in the oven to melt. No sense in dirtying another dish, right? When it's melted, sprinkle in 3/4 cup (packed) brown sugar. Stir until the sugar is almost melted. Top with 3 cups of chopped fresh rhubarb, followed by your spice cake batter (made according to package directions).
Bake in the center of your oven until a cake tester comes out clean when inserted at the center. The timing depends on the shape of your pan. Check the directions on your cake mix box for more guidance.
Remove from oven and cool for 5 minutes before removing from pan. Cool completely before serving, or serve warm with a scoop of vanilla ice cream.
Thursday, May 28, 2009
Rhubarb-Topped Spice Cake
Have I ever mentioned that I'm a cake mix fan? There are very few cakes that I make that don't start with a box mix. Sad, isn't it?
Posted by Amanda at 9:00 AM
Labels: cake, rhubarb-topped spice cake
6 comments:
- Together We Save said...
- May 28, 2009 at 4:47 PM
- Sam said...
Is rhubarb popular in America, I thought it was just an English thing!
I really like rhubarb, the cake looks delicious!
- May 29, 2009 at 4:04 AM
- Amanda said...
Thanks, Together!
Sam--yes. IMHO rhubarb is particularly popular in the Northeast but, according to Wikipedia, it's cultivated across the US.
- May 29, 2009 at 7:46 AM
- SarahKate said...
Love rhubarb! You made me laugh with your post.. "I'm Sandra Leeish in that way." Can't blame you!!
- May 30, 2009 at 5:56 PM
- Joy @ Joy Of Desserts said...
Congratulations, Amanda! You won the MIX SHAKE STIR book giveaway. E-mail me your full name and address so the publisher can send it to you.
Love rhubarb. Just posted a rhubarb pie recipe on Thursday too. :-)
- June 1, 2009 at 5:17 AM
- Amanda said...
Hi, SarahKate--hehe, true, and funny!
Joy--wow, thank you! Headed to do that now...
- June 1, 2009 at 7:55 AM


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The Drug Enforcement Commission has arrested PF music director Dandy crazy who resides Kitwe for trafficking in cannabis.
Drug Enforcement Commission,Public Relations Officer, Samuel Silomba said in a statement that: "Moses Wesley Chibamba, 36, popularly known as 'Dandy Crazy' a musician residing at house No. 4817 Ndeke village, Kitwe, had been arrested for trafficking in 14g of cannabis concealed in the pocket of his trousers and also in the compartment of his unregistered Toyota Progress which had since been seized by the Commission. The suspect was apprehended in Luanshya, on the Copperbelt Province."
Chibamba is the musician who composed the pro-corruption song 'Donchi Kubeba' which is the official song for the PF.
Dandy crazy was even honoured by president Michael Sata in his first independence celebrations when he won elections.


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The Nuclear Chemistry effort at WU is aimed at answering the following basic science questions:
- Why are some nuclei stable and others not?
- What are the limits of nuclear stability in terms of mass, charge to mass, angular momentum and excitation energy and how nuclei decay at the limits of stability, see Fig. 1 for a recent discovery.)
- Why are some nuclei deformed and other not?
- How are nuclei synthesized in the early universe and in stellar environments?
- How does the density of states of the nuclear system evolve with excitation energy and angular momentum? Or in general, how can, or should, one describe the thermodynamics of small quantum systems?
- What is the Equation of State (EoS) of nuclear matter (the material that comprises greater than 99% of the (non-dark) matter of the universe?
In addressing these questions, the WU group has led the US effort in the development of application specific integrated circuits (ASICs) for modern detectors for ionizing radiation, see Fig. 2:
Additional information can be found at the following web sites:
- For the quantum structure of nuclei: Demetrios Sarantites
- For continuum structure of light nuclei and nuclear reaction dynamics: Robert Charity and Lee Sobotka
- For nuclear many-body quantum mechanics: Willem Dickhoff
Radiochemistry is concerned with how to use radioisotopes for chemical, physical or medical studies. The current projects are:
- The study of both photosynthesis and photorespiration using 11CO2 (Fig. 3). This project is a collaboration with Jake Schaefer and uses solid-state NMR and mass spectrometry.
- Production of radioisotopes for medical imaging and other radiotracer studies. This work, carried out with Suzanne Lapi in Radiology, uses the three cyclotrons (see Fig. 4) at the WU school of medicine (www.wustlisotopes.com ). We are particularly interested in the development of novel isotopes for Positron Emission Tomography (PET, see Fig. 5), a tool for medical imaging developed at WU. Future efforts in this area will include isotope harvesting at the national Facility for Rare Isotope Beams – FRIB.
- Development of radiopharmaceuticals for PET. Our group also seeks to develop tumor targeting agents for imaging cancer biology noninvasively. For more about these projects please see www.lapilab.com.
Faculty associated with research in Nuclear Chemistry include Bob Charity, Suzanne Lapi, Demetrios Sarantites, Walter Reviol, and Lee Sobotka.


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Rev. Joseph C. Huff
Rev. Joseph C. Huff is the youngest of six children born to Jerry L. and Emma D. Huff of Corpus Christi, Texas. He attended public school in the West Oso Independent School District until he joined the Job Corps at the age of 16 and earned his General Education Diploma (GED) and later joined the U.S. Navy. He furthered his education at Del Mar College by obtaining an Associate Degree in Mental Health and received his Bachelors degree in Psychology from Texas A&M University at Corpus Christi. He received his Master of Arts in Christian Education from Southwestern Baptist Theological Seminary in December 2005.
Before joining Antioch in 1994, Rev. Huff served as associate minister at St. John's Baptist Church in Corpus Christi where he worked with the Youth department, the Community Outreach Ministry, Vacation Bible School, Church Training Ministry, Bible School, and Brotherhood Ministry.
Rev. Huff currently serves as Minister of Counseling and Supervisor for the Administrative Staff. He has also serves in Coordinator for the Church School Curriculum Team, Vacation Bible School, Advisor for the Marriage Ministry, and Marriage Ministry, and Church School Weekly Teachers Meeting Facilitator
Rev. Huff is married to Barbara Jean Huff and is father to April, Jennifer, Joseph, and Phyllis. He is a man who seeks to be truly led by the Spirit of God. He has genuine compassion for the lost and seeks to meet the needs of others.


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Payment reform has the best chance of achieving quality improvements and cost reductions for the U.S. health care system, and the federal government needs to align its public health care programs with innovations created in the private market, health insurers said at a conference Oct. 25 sponsored by the U.S. Chamber of Commerce.
"What we need to do is align innovation in Medicare … with innovation in the private sector," said Scott Serota, president and chief executive officer of the Blue Cross and Blue Shield Association, who gave the luncheon keynote address to the conference, titled the 1st Annual Health Care Summit: Improving Transparency and Rewarding Innovation.
"So much of what happens in the private sector can get stymied because of the volume of patients and dollars that flow through the Medicare system that it is very difficult for us to be able to reorganize and recommit … providers to a new payment model when so much of their dollars continues to flow in the old paradigm," Serota said. "We need to open up our minds on both sides and say, how can we take that which is already working in the private sector and apply it in the Medicare sector," he said.
Serota outlined new programs undertaken by some Blue Cross Blue Shield (BCBS) plans to move away from traditional fee-for-service reimbursements to providers. The fee-for-service payment system, which is used in Medicare, is widely criticized as creating incentives for high volumes of medical services that have led to unsustainable cost increases and uncoordinated care and do not always improve health care quality.
BCBS plans are forming partnerships with providers to align incentives and share risk so providers are paid for coordinating the care they deliver to improve its quality, Serota said. BCBS plans are creating medical homes and accountable care models covering 10 million people in the United States, he said. The 38 BCBS plans cover about 100 million people nationwide.
Data show that the care delivery innovations are resulting in fewer unnecessary emergency room visits, fewer readmissions, shorter patient stays, better adherence to practice standards, and increased use of generic medications, Serota said.
"It is going to be payment reform that I think ultimately will make the most profound difference in the near term," said Sam Nussbaum, executive vice president of clinical health policy and chief medical officer of WellPoint Inc., which has 34 million members.
WellPoint's early results with medical homes in Colorado, New Hampshire, and New York "show dramatic improvements in quality and decreases in costs," Nussbaum said. "We need to have the administrative barriers, the regulatory barriers removed so that we can allow payment innovation to drive better quality care and more integrated care," he said.
Charles Kennedy, chief executive officer of Accountable Care Solutions for Aetna Inc., also said more regulatory efficiency is necessary to overcome barriers to innovation. It frequently takes as long as 14 months to get state approvals for new health plans that incorporate accountable care organizations (ACOs), he said.
Kennedy's group forms ACOs with hospitals and medical groups. The Affordable Care Act authorizes the creation of ACOs, which provide incentive payments to health care providers for improving quality by better coordinating care in the Medicare program and in pediatric demonstration programs.
Kennedy, who is a member of the Centers for Medicare & Medicaid Services' Health IT Policy Committee, which crafted meaningful use rules intended to encourage doctors to adopt electronic medical records, said technology used by doctors also needs to be changed to provide data that can be used to improve care delivery rather than to document procedures used for billing.
Electronic medical records "haven't proven very successful in reducing costs or improving quality," Kennedy said. "They are document-centric infrastructures. In other words, they were designed at a time when fee-for-service medicine was what was predominant, and to sell a system, you had to create value for the doctor," he said.
"That doesn't really help you very much in improving the quality and efficiency of health care," Kennedy said. "That technology needs to move away from documentation-centric, to data-centric," he said.
But Kennedy predicted that "innovation centered around value, which is what's been missing in the health care system, may finally be here." Aetna is finding "the traditional business model that hospitals rely on to stay in business is breaking," he said. "They've always lost money on government programs. They've always made money on commercial programs--the traditional cost shift," he said.
"Their ability to [shift costs] is going away because the government programs are growing, and the amount of business that they're typically seeing from commercial insurers is going down," Kennedy said. The need for a new business model "is fundamentally driving a search for innovation."
Richard Stephens, senior vice president of human resources and administration for the Boeing Co., outlined the Chicago-based airline manufacturer's efforts to create incentives for the 490,000 members of its $2.5 billion-a-year health care program to be more accountable for their own health through its Well Being initiative that emphasizes wellness and preventive care.
About $1 billion of the medical costs of the company's covered population are because of factors that can be mitigated or eliminated by healthier lifestyles, he said. Annual physical exams are provided at no cost to employees, and an annual health risk assessment questionnaire is used, Stephens said.
Although plan members are not required to lose weight or quit smoking to participate in the Boeing health plan, if they are unwilling to participate in programs to address controllable conditions and change unhealthy habits, they must pay higher contributions, Stephens said.
In recent negotiations with its machinists union, which represents more than 30,000 of its employees, the company shared data about the health of members, health care costs, and the potential threat to the company's competitiveness. Boeing was able to reach an agreement that controls expenditures and helps employees be more accountable for their well-being, Stephens said. A two-and-a-half-year pilot program for 276 members with chronic conditions showed a 20 percent net cost savings primarily for reducing emergency room use and hospital stays, he said.
Such programs should be implemented for private and government-funded health care programs, Stephens said.
But he acknowledged that, "If the federal government tried to adopt a similar set of inducements, positive and negative, for beneficiaries to be accountable for their health and make better health choices, it would prompt howls of criticism from both sides of the political spectrum."
"My response would be, get over it, and fast," Stephens said. With the addition of between 40 million to 50 million people who will become health care system participants under ACA, "The government cannot assume the large corporations can subsidize the fragmented, inefficient, and over-subscribed system with more taxes, fees, and cost shifting," he said. "Consumers will have little choice but to be accountable for their well-being and health outcome."
At the conference, Randel Johnson, the chamber's senior vice president for labor, immigration, and employee benefits, announced that the organization has launched a website with information on ACA employer requirements and timelines--as well as penalties for not offering qualified health care--to help small and medium-size businesses figure out the pros and cons of providing coverage.
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Source: Examiner Articles
Author: daily turmoil
2 eyes, 2 sides, 2 worlds
Who decides what's real and what's not? Separates the facts from the fiction? The false, the untrue, the plain bullshit. Reality vs. Fantasy? Give me a fucking break. Go ahead. Tell me what you think's real. It's only relative to one person: you, yourself. That's all anything – fuck, everything – is about anyway. Number one, numero uno, the true love of your life. Your world. The same – no different – as the rest. Open your eyes. Yes, both of them. Look around.
The clock is ticking. Time is moving – last time I checked, still at 60 seconds a minute, 24 hours a day, 7 days a week. Though, it's all just one big long day in my world – a constant, a place where clocks don't exist, concerns are in the past, eyes looking towards the door and the road ahead. The direction doesn't quite matter. The fact that I'm moving does. On my terms, my conditions. Not anybody – or everybody – else's. I'm done with that shit. An outlaw in the shoes of the Sherriff, watching good and evil fight before my eyes. Eyes that see all. An eye for each side. Right for wrong? Or wrong for being right? The sane or the sublime? You say crazy? A twisted fantasy? Out of touch with reality? There we go again, that damn reality vs. fantasy again.
So who makes the final ruling on what's real? What's wrong? What's right? What's bad, what's good, what's crazy, what's normal?
Perspective is everything.
Open your fucking eyes.
"If It Ends Tonight"
Social Disorder. Mass Chaos. Total Anarchic Shit. Daily Turmoil. Fuck the norms of this world. I'm no occupant – I'm simply passing through. When it's time to go, I'd like to know I left my "signature" behind. In many ways, I know I already have. Others will follow in my footsteps, both directly and indirectly. In many ways, I think it's great. In others…well, it's still fucking awesome.
Fuck Conformity, break free of the prison surrounding us – live life on your terms. Who decides what's "legal," "ethical," or – my favorite – "MORALLY CORRECT?"
The legalities, ethical guidelines, moral boundaries – all roads we'll someday cross. But… (Dare I say it)…those are all nothing but POV. One perspective, one world view through most likely just one eye. One side. It's too difficult to see it from every angle – we must use our narrow tunnel-vision, our one-sided-stories to make our thickheaded decisions.
Crimes are only what we make of it. Jaywalking is a crime. Should you be arrested – hell, even cited? – for doing so? What's throwing your boy a bag of goods compared with smoking that shit on your own? Murder, manslaughter? Why different prison terms? Robbery? Have you never been robbed? Everybody's a victim. I know I've been. But fuck it, let's criminalize the assholes who do so in order to feed their children. Because … "They" must be a scumbag. Right?
It's all POV…everything. Am I right? Or, am I wrong? Your thoughts? Yes, unlike most, I actually have two eyes. I take everything into account. I see everything. Even when you think I'm a clueless shit, I'm there looking on, examining, observing.
Back to you – what you got? This issue of right and wrong; bad verse good. Does your opinion change? Your thoughts differ from time to time? What factors push you? What's your motivation when making a decision – approaching a "tough one" – a HOT-BUTTON-ISSUE? In the end, it's either Yes or No. Either way, if you did it for you – fuck the rest – without harming anybody else, are you Wrong? Or are you Right?
I say you're right, but ONLY if you stayed true. True to you. Not the assholes whispering in your ear. Your outlook, Your POV.
Remember, Perspective Is Everything.
Structure your own moral code, beliefs you…believe. Don't follow the norms imposed on you in this holding cell of a world. Unless that's You. If that's staying TRUE.
Destruct order, disrupt Society. Society. What a word that one is. After years of exploring it – observing it – seeing all, I conclude: "Fucked."
How Fucked are You? How Fucked am I?
We may see soon enough.


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I cannot tell you how excited I was when I randomly came across Frankie & Co Clothing on Instagram and then their website a couple of weeks ago. As a busy Mum, I am always looking for clothes that are practical, but also stylish that make me feel good about myself. So I went ahead and purchased the Ava Jeans in Blue, Frankie Basic Top in White, Kylie Jacket in Blue and the Amanda Tote in Tan – I know I went a bit crazy!! And I wasn't disappointed.
The clothes arrived within 4 days and I loved them straight away. I can honestly say that the jeans are the best fit I have ever had…I thought my Witchery jeans were perfect, but these would have to be the softest and most comfortable that I have owned. At first I thought the basic tee and jacket were going to be a bit too big. When I called Frankie & Co Clothing asking if I could exchange the top and change the size of the jacket they couldn't have been more helpful. In the end I actually decided to keep them both, as after playing around with them for a bit, I figured out how I could wear them to suit me. The fabric of the tee is just what you want – a super soft material that is lovely and floaty.
I love that this business is run by an Australian Mum called Paige Davies from Bendigo. She wanted to sell fashion for busy women and have a business that fitted in with her family and I think she has absolutely hit the nail on the head. Frankie & Co's Clothing range consists of jeans, pants, dresses, basic tees, gorgeous jumpers, fabulous boots, bags and more but here are some of my favourite finds in their current collection:
Top row left to right: Annabelle Zip Top Black $49, Cirque Sequin Jumper $79.95, Lani Cross Over Knit Black $59.00
Bottom row lift to right: Weekend Wool Vest ,Ava Jeans Blue with rips $79.00, Black Pull On Pant $79
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This past Wednesday I got a nice surprise. As I was jogging with the hubby in the morning I received an email (yes, I do carry my Blackberry everywhere).
Two Halves has been picked as the Indie Book of the Day and I received an award. Apparently someone has nominated the novel for the award.
I don't know who, but if they're reading this - Thank you! I am so grateful and humbled whenever anyone reads my work, it's beyond explaining.
Anyways, here's the award:
Doesn't it look cool? I swear this feels like I just won an Olympic Medal. (yes, I know some people will roll their eyes, but really, I'm too happy have that bother me)
I don't like to brag often (like the day Two Halves reached #314 on Amazon's paid list), but I'm very proud of this, so I had to share. Knowing someone took the time to nominate the book is beyond me. It's not the 1000 or 5000 or 10000 or 50000 sales that count in moments like these. It's that 1 sale, which mattered to someone. I respect each one. It's the 1000 sales x 1, and so on, because each one is like a gem:)
Again, thank you! I'm beyond words! (which is rare)
Monday, November 26, 2012
A Nice Surprise
6 comments:
- Shelly said...
Congrats to you!
Hugs and chocolate,
- November 26, 2012 at 8:00 AM
- Alex J. Cavanaugh said...
Congratulations! What an awesome surprise.
- November 26, 2012 at 8:48 AM
- Annalisa Crawford said...
What a great email to receive. Congratulations!
- November 26, 2012 at 11:38 AM
- Brinda said...
You should definitely be proud. That is very cool.
- November 26, 2012 at 8:02 PM
- Morgan said...
So, so, SO COOL, Marta! It's important to embrace these moments--as a writer, we need to stay sane! HUGE congrats! :-)
- November 27, 2012 at 12:10 AM
- Romance Book Haven said...
Congratulations on the award! Yay!
I have highlighted a new publisher and you are welcome to come by as they are inviting aspiring writers to ask their submission questions!
- November 27, 2012 at 4:46 PM
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Sorry for the pause in posting--I have been a member of our support scrum team at work for the past six weeks or so, and the ensuing insanity in my work day left me too tired to post anything here. I think what I will do is pick up with a review of some of the scrum practices we're using, what works, and what doesn't, probably moving through some of the same sequences of areas as the somewhat infamous (at least around here) "Swedish Scrum" article, Scrum and XP From the Trenches. Hope you'll enjoy the discussion.
Tuesday, October 9, 2007
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- Anonymous said...
Wondering why the scrum and xp from the trenches is "infamous". Is there a post you had earlier or some link where I can find thoughts about this?
- October 11, 2007 at 9:17 AM
- Jon said...
Hmm, I guess it was an interesting choice of words. I don't have a previous post about the article. The general background for us is: a lot of the scrum literature is heavy on theory and a little lighter on actual implementation. Then we stumbled across this article, which lays out in pretty granular detail exactly how one team had successfully implemented Scrum. We borrowed a lot of ideas and adapted them to our own ends. While we were spreading the ideas from this article we wanted to use, we were constantly referring people to it and calling it the "Swedish scrum paper".
- October 11, 2007 at 4:31 PM
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In the holiday swing of things
The Holiday weekend in Perham had plenty of things going on to keep folks busy, from 5K runs to community meals, parades and shopping. There was a little something for everyone.
Those looking to kick things off on healthy note headed out to the third annual Gobble Wobble 5K run benefiting the Giving Tree program and hosted by United Community Bank.
Thirty-three runners hit the bike path trail that loops around Arvig park, many decided to start their Thanksgiving day with the run to do something good for a worthy cause and make room for what they planned to eat later in the day.
"I ran this the first year, last year it was cancelled because of the ice storm and I'm here this year," said John Lengyel. "I enjoy running in local 5Ks that are for charity."
This was the 19th year Northwoods Life Church has served the community meal at their church. Pastor Jason Erickson said he and the staff were grateful to the Brew, which donated and cooked 16, 20 pound turkeys for the meal. Last year they served 288 meals, this year that number increased to 342.
Stores were open early on Black Friday and Small Business Saturday. Denise Schornack, owner of Nadine's in Perham, said she opened up at 7 a.m. on Friday but that folks didn't really start coming in until around 8 a.m.
"I had my sales going all day, so people didn't need to be here real early to get the good deals, they could sleep in," she said. "Friday is usually a very good day for me, better than Saturday."
Schornack said she didn't just get locals, she had customers from the Fargo-Moorhead area who said they like the atmosphere of shopping in the small town over the bigger city.
She said by noon her sales were up from last year, and something her store does that she feels draws customers in, free gift wrapping.
"Makes it nice and easy, just take it home and put it right under the tree," Schornack says with a smile.
And of course one of the big events of the weekend was the Lions Holiday Lights parade Friday night. Twenty two floats lit up main street, with Central Market taking first place in the judging, Perham Family Dentistry, coming in second and Perham FFA, taking third. The city of Perham earned honorable mention.


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Archive for December, 2013
Arizona Woman Charged For Poisoning Four Of Her Children And Killing 13-year-old Daughter
The woman stabbed her ex-husband and poisoned four of her children resulting in one death on Christmas Day.
By H. Nelson Goodson
December 30, 2013
Casa Grande, Arizona – On Sunday, Connie Villa, 35, was taken into custody in connection with the Christamas Day stabbing of her ex-husband Adam Villa, 33, and alleged poisoning of her four children resulting in the death of Aniarael Macias, 13. Connie called her former husband and lured him to her home at the 351 N. Peart Road. He was then stabbed by her multiple times. He called police while he drove himself to a local hospital and reported the attack.
When police arrived at the home, they had to break down the door to enter. They found Connie with a knife in her hand and three of her children beside her inside. Police also found Macias's body in the bathroom.
Connie also had self inflicted wounds to her upper torso and was transported to a local hospital for treatment. A preliminary investigation determined that Connie had poison the children ages 3, 5, 8, that resulted with her 13-year-old daughter's death. Apparently, Connie forced her children to take prescription narcotic drugs, according to Thomas Anderson, spokesman for the Casa Grande Police Department.
Connie is charged with one count of first-degree murder, three counts of attempted murder and other charges are also pending, according to police.
Connie was arrested on Sunday by police after she was released from the Maricopa Medical Center.
Connie Villa and Aniarael Macias
Miranda Extradited To Illinois To Face Charges For Ramos Homicide And Dismemberment In Chicago
Foul odor from buried dismembered corpse in backyard alerted neighbors to call police.
By H. Nelson Goodson
December 30, 2013
Chicago, Illinois – On Sunday, Milton J. Miranda, 28, aka, "Wilton Silvera or Milton Miranda-Protillo," of Honduras was charged with first-degree murder for the May 21 brutal homicide and dismemberment of José Reyes Ramos, 30, of Honduras in Chicago. Mirnada was extradited on Saturday from Morris County, New Jersey to face charges and was ordered held without bail.
In October, Chicago police detectives after executing a warrant dug up multiple plastic garbage bags containing the decaying dismemberment body parts of José Reyes Ramos. Daisy Gutiérrez, 19, of Chicago was charged with first-degree murder and her father Salvador Gutiérrez, 56, of Chicago has been charged with hiding a corpse. Both suspects are from Mexico. Salvador is being held on a $500,000 cash bond and Daisy on a $2M cash bond.
Daisy's current boyfriend, Miranda, and Daisy fled Illinois to avoid prosecution.
Miranda was arrested in October in Morris County, New Jersey on a domestic warrant for failing to show up for court, when authorities later discovered that he was also wanted in connection for a Chicago homicide. Miranda was being held until he is extradited to Illinois. Both Daisy and Miranda went to New Jersey shortly after killing Ramos, according to Chicago authorities.
Daisy is being held at a Cook County jail medical facility and is five months pregnant. Both Daisy and her father confessed to authorities about the homicide.
Daisy in October told homicide investigators that last May, she invited Ramos to her residence at 5100 block of S. Springfield Avenue. While she was undressing in her bedroom as Ramos watched, her current boyfriend, Miranda walked in and hit Ramos with a pipe and then slid his throat.
She later contacted her father about the murder. He came over and watched Miranda dismember Ramos. They took the body parts in bags to Salvador's home. Salvador took three hours to dig up a hole in his backyard at the 8300 block of S. Scottsdale Avenue and then buried the corpse.
Last October, neighbors called authorities that a bad smell was coming from Salvador's backyard. When authorities dug up the area where the smell was coming from, they found Ramos body parts in bags.
Jorge Monaca Ramos, 28, of Honduras, who is José's brother had dated Daisy for three years and had two children, now ages 2 and 1. Daisy has another 3-year-old child and is expecting another one.
They separated after a rocky relationship that Jorge says, it was Daisy's jealousy and threats of killing members of my family, which led to the separation.
Jorge even changed his phone number to stop Daisy from calling him and leaving threatening text messages that he was going to be sorry and pay for splitting up. Ramos went missing in May and missing person flyers of Ramos were distributed in the neighborhood, according to Jorge.
Milton J. Miranda
Captain Rodriguez Remains On Medical Leave
Captain Rodriguez gradually recuperating from a liver transplant.
By H. Nelson Goodson
December 29, 2013
Milwaukee, WI – Shout out to Milwaukee County Sheriff's Captain Sylvia Rodriguez, Airport Division who has been on medical leave for nearly a year. Captain Rodriguez is gradually recovering from a liver transplant. Wishing her a speedy recovery.
Rodriguez became the first bilingual County Sheriff's deputy to be hired in the department on November 13, 1992.
Sylvia Rodriguez
Mexican Gulf Cartel Openly Gave Pizza And Gifts On Christmas Eve To Poor In Tampico
Hundreds of poor people from Tampico flocked to different areas of the city to get free pizza and gifts from members of the Gulf Cartel in public without any police or military presence.
By H. Nelson Goodson
December 29, 2013
Tampico, Tamaulipas, Mexico – A video released on December 27, by the Gulf Cartel shows that its members from the criminal organization were out busy on Christmas Eve giving out free pizza and gifts to the same population that it extorts, traffic drugs too, kidnaps for ransom and kills for profit. The Christmas Eve cheer and the distribution of gifts was held in various popular places, including at parking lot near the Carlos Canseco Hospital, across from the main bus terminal, near the Social Security building and other areas.
Those distributing food and gifts used at least four pickup trucks and carried their weapons openly, according to people who witnessed the event. No injuries were reported.
Local police in the area, including the Federal Police, ministry police, state police and the Mexican military didn't even attempt to interfere with the Gulf Cartel's mission to give out free pizza and gifts to the needy on Christmas Eve.
Gulf Cartel Christmas Eve pizza and.gift giving video at link: http://youtu.be/5LJiLTJ0jKI
Deputy Inspector Galaviz Retires From The Milwaukee Police Department
Galaviz was considered as the next likely Chief of Police.
By H. Nelson Goodson
December 29, 2013
Milwaukee, WI – Milwaukee Police Deputy Inspector Ramon Galaviz retired on December 20. Galaviz last assignment was as a Special Projects Coordinator for the Milwaukee Police Department (MPD) Administration Bureau. He also worked in the field operations and became head of the police academy for eight years. Galaviz was the second highest ranking Hispanic supervisor for the department.
Galaviz was considered as the next likely Chief of Police by the south side Latino communty. He eventually tried twice to become chief, but the Milwaukee Fire and Police Commission failed to select Galaviz as chief.
In 2007, the Commission didn't pick any of the high ranking and well qualified candidates from its own police force, which two were Hispanic including Galaviz and hired an outsider with the support of Mayor Tom Barrett, who they made an exception after the deadline to apply had expired.
Galaviz also made it to the finalist list for Chief of Police in 2003. In 2000, Galaviz was chosen as UMOS Man of the Year. In the same year, his family was chosen as the UMOS Family of the Year.
He is also a well known volunteer for Mexican Mexican Fiesta.
Galaviz had been a Deputy Inspector, since 1996 and joined the Milwaukee Police Department in 1982.
According to the MPD website, Galaviz served under six Chiefs of Police in a variety of capacaties, rising from a beat cop in District Two up to his last assignment as Special Projects Coordinator in the Administration Bureau, with stops in between at the Metropolitan Division, Districts Five and Six, Lock-Up Court Administration Division, the Criminal Investigations Bureau and Internal Affairs. Previous to his last assignment before retiring, he served as a Night Field Deputy Inspector for over five years with operational oversight responsibilities for the entire Department in the absence of the executive command staff.
Additionally he served as the Director of the Police Academy for over eight years from 2/2002 to 5/2010 with administrative and management oversight of recruit, in-service, specialized and Regional Training Center programs for the entire Department.
Deputy Inspector Galaviz, is a graduate of the FBI National Academy and Northwestern University School of Police Staff and Command, had completed two Master of Science Degrees, in Training and Development and in Vocational and Technical Adult Education; two Bachelor of Science Degrees, in Public Administration and Criminal Justice Administration; and two Associate Degrees, in Police Sciences and General Education.
Throughout his career, he has been a strong proponent of collaborative, community-based policing strategies. This philosphy seeks to realize the force-multiplying benefits and efficiencies of the Department's patrol, investigative and civilian resources by working closely with the stakeholders in Milwaukee's neighborhoods.
Deputy Inspector Galaviz proudly wore his country's uniform for 27 years, four years active-duty and with 23 years of active Reserve time, including service in Operation Desert Shield/Storm. In 2004, he retired from the U.S. Air Force Reserve with the rank of Senior Master Sergeant.
Ramon Galaviz
Chicago Aunt's Boyfriend Dismembered As Horrific Christmas Present
Valdez killed and decapitated his aunt's boyfriend Díaz-Hernández as a Christmas gift for having him move out.
By H. Nelson Goodson
December 27, 2013
Chicago, IL – On Friday, Alexis Valdez, 18, was charged with murder in connection with the early Christmas Day discovery of a decapitated body of Silvestre Díaz-Hernández, 41. Police were called around 2:00 a.m. to a Belmont Gardens neighborhood apartment where Díaz-Hernández was found in the basement at his apartment located in the 2500 block of North Kildare Ave.
Valdez within minutes was taken into custdy near the apartment without incident and charged with first-degree murder. Police recovered a knife believed to have been used by Valdez to murder and decapitate Díaz-Hernández, who was from Guerrero, Mexico.
Valdez admitted to killing his aunt's boyfriend after she had told him to move out of their apartment. He failed to stay in school, find a job and contribute to the household needs.
Both Valdez and Díaz-Hernández after drinking on Christmas Eve and heading out to get more alcohol to drink, Valdez planned to kill Díaz-Hernández while his aunt was attending another Christmas party.
When they returned to the apartment, Valdez grabbed a hammer from the porch where he hid it and fatally hit Díaz-Hernández in the head multiple times. Valdez then played loud music to hide the noise as he decapitated his victim's head, cut off his ears, nose and mouth, including his arms, legs and only leaving the torso. Valdez also forcibly pulled out the victim's eyeballs with his bare fingers.
Valdez then took the severe head, nose, ears, mouth, eyeballs and placed them in his aunt's bed as a Christmas present, according to the criminal complaint.
Cook County Judge Peggy Chiampas ordered Valdez held without bail. Valdez murder and admission to brutally killing his aunt's boyfriend and then dismembering the body is the most gruesome case recorded in Cook County's history.
Cook County assistant prosecutor Kingsley Sawyers says, Valdez after the murder got tired and called 911 to report a dead body, when the 911 operator asked, if he tried CPR, Valdez laughed and told the operator, Díaz-Hernández had been decapitated.
Valdez also admitted, that if his aunt would have come home and found the severe head, he would have also killed her, according to Sawyers.
Díaz-Hernández is survived by a 17-year-old daughter and 18-year-old son and four step children.
Alexis Valdez and Silvestre Díaz-Hernández
Bigotry Backlash Keeps Duck Dynasty Show Alive
Duck Dynasty continues, despite bigotry controversy about gays.
By H. Nelson Goodson
December 27, 2013
Tennessee – A&E confirmed, that the now known bigoted "Duck Dynasty" show with all the Robertson family will resume reassuring the network tolerance for bigotry and ratings by racist America.Phil Robertson, one of the cast members of Duck Dynasty made a prior comment to GQ Magazine comparing homosexuality to bestiality. In response, A&E indefinitely suspended Phil from the show.
His comment on GQ resulted in a backslash and the rest of the show cast stood in support of Phil's statement. But most Americans called it bigotry that breeds hate towards the gay and lesbian U.S. population.


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A unique characteristic of research groups is the huge gap between a graduate "master" student, who has some scientific background but actually knows nothing, and a senior post-doc, who is supposed to be a peer, fellow researcher. One of the purposes of a research group is to assist the development of new skills… and to let people leave when they are, at last, autonomous and efficient.
It is my understanding that post-docs are the most challenging to work with. Some of them are super-PhD, while some others are rather mini-professor. Most of them do no longer require to be "tutored", but they still have to acquire some critical skills. In particular post-docs should ideally develop their own ideas from scratch, tutor younger students, actively contribute to industrial collaborative project, and expand their professional network.
On the one hand, delegating is dangerous for a professor. If a collaborative project fails, the one that will be directly affected in the future is the professor, not the post-doc. If young students spend too much time working on barely publishable ideas, utilize old-school technologies and miss latest exciting papers, it is the professor who eventually has to make the student catch up, not the post-doc. On the other hand, delegating is a real chance to expand the research group, to work on new areas, and to offer the opportunity to the new post-doc to acquire critical skills/experiences she misses.
For these reasons, the management of a post-doc is very touchy. On my side, I consider the following:
- before opening a post-doc position, I will clearly define my needs. I identified at least three critical needs that might pop up someday, and that would justify opening a post-doc position:
- I want to be assisted for tutoring young students
- I want to partly delegate the management of a heavy collaborative project
- I want to explore a well-identified brand new topic
- once my needs identified, I hope that finding a matching post-doc will be easier. Compared to my previous experience, I will pay more attention to the actual motivations of candidates, and I will pay less attention to their background or their past achievements. Of course it is important to know whether the candidate can write paper or produce experimental stuff at the expected level of quality for a top academic conferences, but it is even more important to know what is the status of the candidates regarding the need.
- then, if objectives are clear and well-understood on both sides, I guess the collaboration shall be more productive.


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awwww.. a nice day! my son's school is not included in the strike =P so its a normal day for us so thanks for sharing this =)ReplyDelete
Thanks for your comment! I'm pleased your sons schools wasn't affected it can be a right pain for some!Delete
Aw! So lovely :) We did something similar when our teachers were on strike, was absolutely needed! And HOW cute is your little girl for doing that?! (that packpack is uber cute too - is it handmade??) xxReplyDelete
Thanks it was a great day! I don't think it is handmade but it was a lovely find :-) xxDelete
Looks like a really lovely day out, and how nice of Midge to share her chocolate buttons :)ReplyDelete
Sweet isn't it? thanks for commenting xDelete
Sounds like a fab day! Love the hats and wellies, very cute :) #BlogLoveDay11ReplyDelete
I think impromptu days out are the best sometimes. And chips on the seafront sounds bliss. It's been too long since I've done that!ReplyDelete
Ah hope you get to find a dry day and have a long overdue fish and chip meal out!Delete
Oh gorgeous pics honey xReplyDelete
Thank-you liska xDelete
Sounds like a lovely day! I always find that impromptu days work out best, perhaps because you don't have the same expectations of a planned day out!ReplyDelete
I think you're right jennifer. It's probably why i like them so much too xxDelete
Sounds like you are totally making the best of this time! My kids would so love riding on the train. There is one that goes to downtown LA we have just never taken it yet.
Oh i hope you go some day and when you do, don't forget to write about it!Delete


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Golden Boy: Michael Phelps
Eight races, eight gold medals, seven world records. Michael Paterniti visits with the unstoppable force who needs no introduction
Michael Phelps touches down from some stratospheric otherworld on a sunny Tuesday afternoon, on a street corner before a Baltimore tavern near his house, at the caboose-end of September. It has been a mere five weeks since his heroics in Beijing, and life has been such a discombobulation that he hasn't even had the big reunion yet with his alter ego, Herman, his beloved, snoozling bulldog. There's been Oprah and the VMAs, SNL and the Wheaties box, the Visa commercials and the Disney World parade. He saunters up the sidewalk, looking a little fuzzy behind dark wraparounds, wearing a gold Michigan T-shirt emblazoned with a faded M, a glittering watch studded with what seem to be a hundred diamonds, and a Detroit Tigers hat, half-cocked gangsta-style. The kid once nicknamed Gomer by teammates for his aw-shucks naïveté now gets texted by his new friends Demi and Ashton; chats up his rap heroes, Young Jeezy and Lil Wayne; just bought new silver rims for his black Range Rover and had the windows tinted so dark, it's KGB. "I have a friend in the NFL who has the same deal," he says, but without pretense. Somehow, there is not a note of pretense in anything Michael Phelps says.
In so many ways, he's still the same guy who starred for nine days in the epic summer miniseries of Olympic triumph that left him with more gold medals than any athlete in history, the guy we seem to know so well: a little diffident and young, composed and focused but, you know, a decent guy with that nearly freakish double-jointed body, who loves his mother, who respects his coach, who never dated Amanda Beard, who is present in every moment, even if that moment calls for nostalgic, artichoke-dip reminiscing about what happened five weeks ago. He seems so laid-back and unhurried that if you asked him to tie your shoes, like, right now, just drop and tie 'em, dude, he would.
Inside the tavern, Phelps leads the way through the bar to a mostly empty terrarium restaurant in back with trees growing inside. He walks with his head bowed, jeans slipping off his waist, a little slumped. So accustomed are we to seeing him shirtless, in bathing cap and goggles, it's almost startling to see him disguised in clothes. The only hints that he's not a stunt double for the real Michael Phelps are the long, muscled arms and that slightly goofy grin. He doesn't seem particularly tall or aerodynamic. He just seems normal, except for the furtive glances of strangers and the stalkerish approach of one waiter who hides behind a tree before squeakily asking for an autograph, one Phelps signs without making eye contact, without pausing in his sentence, the diamonds of his watch sparkling as he tells of how, after leaving Beijing, he went to Portugal, where he met up with a group of friends, just to hide out for a while, and there were paparazzi literally hanging in the trees.
What's hard to believe is that, less than one year ago, Michael Phelps was living on the verge of complete failure. Getting out of a car in Ann Arbor, Michigan, where he was training with his coach, Bob Bowman, he slipped on black ice, and winging his arms like some crazy cartoon character, snapped his wrist when the ground rose up to break his fall. What followed were dark days. Those who know the sport of swimming understand that the grueling practices that fill a pre-Olympic winter lay the base for any success that might come later in the Games, especially if one has it in mind to swim an astonishing eight events. Every day is the slow, important breaking down and building up of the body, all in order to hone speed. But the initial forecast on Phelps's scaphoid fracture called for six weeks out of the pool, which would have meant an additional twelve weeks beyond that—sometime in March—just to reclaim the shape he was already in, by which time the rest of the swimming world would have been four months ahead of him. "I got emotional," he says. "If I didn't have a shot at swimming the way I knew I could have, what was the point in going through with it?"
It was Bob Bowman (Bob "OH, MY GOD, OH, MY GOD, HE DID IT!" Bowman) who buttonholed Phelps and said, "Look, if you hope to have a chance, you're going to do everything my way now. No arguments, no second-guessing." These were two steel-willed characters, but in that moment, Phelps knew the truth: Only Bowman could take him where he was trying to go. So he agreed. "We certainly got into it a lot over the years, and we will again, but he's been more than a father to me," says Phelps, "and to have someone there, saying this was possible—it was a huge lift."
Though it may not have been the preferred method of treatment, the immediate insertion of pins in Phelps's wrist kept him out of the pool for only ten days, and in the meantime, Bowman had him riding the stationary bike ("I'm not sure I'll ever be able to ride one again," says Phelps, nursing memories of his saddle sores), lifting weights with his good hand, and doing endless abs work. Once in the pool, it took weeks for his bad hand to be able to feel the water again. "I couldn't grip and move the water properly," he says, admitting it was an odd and disorienting sensation for him to feel less than all-powerful in his natural element. Meanwhile, Bowman was pushing and pummeling him beyond exhaustion. When Bowman asked for more, the exchange typically went like this:
Phelps (from the pool): [Bleep] that, you don't know how I [bleeping] feel!
Bowman (from the deck): I don't care how you feel. Do it anyway.
During a three-week session at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs that January—what Phelps calls "the pivotal moment" of his impossible run—he was beaten every day by guys who had no right beating him. "I felt like I was swimming with a piano on my back," he says. And he didn't take it well. "I just don't like to lose—not in swimming, not in Monopoly—ever." What bugged him more than anything was losing to the guys who loafed half the practice, then suddenly smoked him in the final set. "We call someone like that a Sammy Save-up—and I kind of lost it on a few people. For those who don't know me in practice, I guess I can be pretty intimidating," he says. He'd go back to his room and throw hissy fits, while his roommate, Erik Vendt, talked him down. Then he'd go and apologize. The problem, as far as Phelps could tell, was that he was seemingly regressing instead of progressing, which was really the secret way he was getting better, faster. And every day that he opened his locker to swim again, there was the newspaper article quoting legend Ian Thorpe, the Australian freestyler known as the Thorpedo, who said that no one could ever win eight gold medals, not even Michael Phelps.
What happened between that moment and August?
"I did 95 percent of what Bob asked me to do," says Phelps, smiling. "And I learned not to argue." He ate (five times more than your average human), slept (ten hours a day), and swam (six hours and sometimes thirteen miles a day). Then he went to Beijing. And we all watched it. For a week, there was no ray of light more blinding, no moving object more certain of its destination. There was, of course, a little help from the 4 x 100-meter freestyle relay anchor, Jason Lezak, who swam the fastest split in history to reel in the French by .08 second. But somehow even that seemed willed by Phelps, who stood on the deck, veins popping from screaming himself hoarse, séancing the victory.
Either way, the rest was vintage Phelps. No matter what the race or competition: His unbelievably relad strokes, his explosive turns, his ability to find clean water and stay there, above the splashing fray—all of it seemed so effortless and beautiful, so predetermined. As he set a total of four new individual world records, the announcers ran out of hyperbole. Stumped, Rowdy Gaines finally sputtered that Phelps was simply "magical." The naysayer Thorpe professed it was thrilling to be proven so wrong.
And the pièce de non-résistance was, of course, that miraculous 100-meter fly. Even Phelps, in mid-devour of his club sandwich now, in the throes of his new heady stardom, finds it hard not to return to that 100 fly, his diamond among rubies. He touched seventh at the fifty-meter mark—not exactly where you want to be in a sprint—spun and rocketed forth with the thump of his size 13 feet, immediately picking up tenths on the field. Still, the Serb, Milorad Cavic (who had mouthed off that it might be good for swimming if Phelps lost this race), and the other American, Ian Crocker, the world-record holder (who knew better), were well ahead with just thirty meters to the wall. Phelps, unaware of anyone else, kept gripping and churning, porpoising and slicing. He says there was nothing in his mind at all except Get there! With five meters to go, the race was lost, to Cavic, who needed only to touch the wall. "But, you know, with five meters left, that's where I can make up some time," says Phelps. When Cavic laid his body out a fraction too early, Phelps flung himself forward, lurching with an awkward little half stroke, punching for the finish almost like a bor throwing the unseeable knockout punch.
In the momentary silence that hovered over everything at the Water Cube, even his mother thought her son had lost, holding up two forlorn fingers as she mouthed the word "second." But then the scoreboard flashed: Phelps by .01, and the place erupted. It became a familiar tableau: the sputtering announcers, the crying mother, the American flags, the dazed and happy expression on the slightly fatigued face of Michael Phelps. Even before returning to America to parades and fevered fanfare, even before announcing that he would swim again in the 2012 Olympics ("I'd like to try to swim some events I've never swum before," says Phelps, "and then after, I'll stop for good"), even before beginning to collect on the $100 million that many estimate he stands to make ("The most surreal thing about all this? The paparazzi waiting for you, at every hour, everywhere. I mean, there's some part of your life you have to keep just for you"), even before reuniting with his bulldog, Herman, and getting back in the pool come the New Year, when Bob Bowman will again cajole and badger him into new feats of wonder, there was that huge sigh of relief after the 100-meter fly.
Just after the race, when Phelps paddled limply through that sparkling water to shake hands with his friend and teammate Ian Crocker, Crocker greeted him by saying, "You're swimming with angels."
And Phelps, with more disbelief than anything, said, "I know."
Michael Paterniti is a GQ correspondent.


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The history of the Jewish presence in Poland began 800 years ago. After the expulsion of the Jews from the most of the West European cities and towns, they found there a peaceful harbour. There were favourable conditions there for the development of the Ashkenazi (the Jews settled in Central-Eastern Europe) culture, which substantially contributed to the culture of the multinational Commonwealth (First Republic). In the course of time the Jews, more and more attached to their new homeland, became its inseparable element.
Until recently it would have been impossible even to imagine any Polish city or town without brisk and noticeable Jewish community, distinguished by their behaviour, outfit, language and religion. In spite od the tragic experiences during the Holocaust and the post-war period, the Jewish community in Poland still exists, cultivating their tradition and religion.
The exhibition presents various aspects of many centuries of the Polish Jews's history. Reveals the lost world and raises difficult issues of the Polish-Jewish relations.
In case of some of the photographs presented at the exhibition, we haven't managed to find the copyright holders. Every person or institution that would find its photographs at the exhibition is kindly requested to contact the Polish-German Centre, Kraków (ul. Rajska 10/5, PL 31-124 Kraków, Tel./Fax: +48/12/6340757).


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Mobile device maker Nokia announced on Oct. 22 that it had filed a complaint against Apple in a U.S. district court, alleging that Apple's iPhone infringes on 10 patents Nokia holds for GSM, UMTS and WLAN standards.
"The basic principle in the mobile industry is that those companies who contribute in technology development to establish standards create intellectual property, which others then need to compensate for," Ilkka Rahnasto, vice president of Nokia's legal and intellectual property division, said in a statement.
Rahnasto continued, "Apple is also expected to follow this principle. By refusing to agree [to] appropriate terms for Nokia's intellectual property, Apple is attempting to get a free ride on the back of Nokia's innovation."
According to Nokia's statement, it has invested over $60 billion in R&D in the last two decades, producing "one of the wireless industry's strongest and broadest IPR portfolios, with over 10,000 patent families." Further, approximately 40 mobile device vendors currently have licensing agreements with Nokia, "allowing the industry to benefit from Nokia's innovation."
The 10 patents in the suit are said to relate to technologies that enable devices to be compatible with more than one of the GSM, UMTS (Universal Mobile Telecommunications System) and WLAN standards. "The patents cover wireless data, speech coding, security and encryption and are infringed by all Apple iPhone models shipped since the iPhone was introduced in 2007," Nokia's statement went on to say.
While Nokia is the leading phone maker worldwide, it's been struggling financially for some time. On Oct. 15 it announced that losses for the third quarter were 559 million Euro, or over $838 million, reflecting a loss of approximately 19.8 percent year over year.
Apple, conversely, exceeded analyst predictions on Oct. 19 when it announced fourth-quarter revenue of $9.87 billion. Over the quarter, Apple sold 3.05 million Macs and 7.4 million iPhones.
Apple could not be immediately reached for comment.


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For Immediate Release! August 18th, 2009
Prescott Valley Raceway Hosts another Sprint Car Show This Weekend!
This Saturday August 22nd Prescott Valley Raceway is hosting the Second Open Comp Sprint Car Show of the year. Mountain Valley Performance, Motion Racing Engineering, and ABC Body Shop have teamed up to bring $1000.00 to the Winner of the Main Event.
The last Open Comp Show was met with success here in Prescott Valley. The stands were packed with fans from all over Arizona, and the pits were buzzing with entries from all sprint car divisions. The Friday night show was filled with good racing, and the track held out well right to the end. Andy Reinbold would hold off the diversified field to take the checker in the number one spot. Saturday night's Main Event featured a full field of cars and the racing went to the bottom of the track early as a result of a water truck malfunction early in the evening. Even so, the fans were not disappointed, and they were on their feet as RJ Johnson crossed the line with the victory followed by Stevie Sussex, then Steve Sussex Senior.
Again as last time, all sprint car divisions are welcome, from 305 spec sprints, to 410's to join in this opportunity to show Northern Arizona what Sprint Car Racing is all about. Challenge Cup Sprint Cars and 305 Spec Sprints will be awarded a $50.00 bonus for the top finisher in the Main Event. Pill draw will be $20.00 per entry which will also be added to the purse.
A good field of cars is anticipated, along with cool weather and good track conditions. The Sprint Cars will be running with other divisions as well. AMA/AODC Pure Stocks, and Mini Stocks will be on hand to round off a complete night of racing fun. Racing starts at 7:30. For more information on entries, event sponsorships, payout, or times call 928-925-9858 or 928-301-2434
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Continuing my Holiday Huffing theme of recent posts, I thought I'd share a few photos of some impressive driveways that I've encountered on my travels.
Now, these humble access roads don't use the pattern imprinted concrete method that my customer of Swap yer for a driveway? fame does, but they're all a beauty to behold.
St Michaels Mount, Cornwall, England
Lets start with a driveway from my home country. The tidal access route of St Michaels Mount is swallowed up by the sea twice a day and getting a boat back is all part of the fun.
That's after you've sampled some of the fine ale that is brewed on the island obviously…
Burg Eltz, Mosel Valley, Germany
Germany is one of my favourite holiday destinations and Burg Eltz in the Mosel Valley is a great illustration of why. This is one of dozens of fairytale castles that can be found along the course of the Mosel and Rhine rivers.
For best effect, don't forget to traverse the Autobahns in a VW Campervan!
Angkor Wat, Siem Reap, Cambodia
The oldest building featured. There are miles of huge wide stone paved and gravel access roads into the various temples to be found to the north of Siem Reap in Cambodia, but this is one of the most impressive.
This is from Angkor Wat, a temple complex measuring approx 1km square!
Driveways or Not?
Now some of you might be saying, these are very impressive, but are they really driveways?
Hmm… What counts as a driveway? Does it have to have been created post the invention of the motor car or horse-drawn carriage to count?
Let's consider the following:
- The Oxford Dictionary defines a driveway as: a short road leading from a public road to a house or garage.
- An Englishman's home is his castle.
In Conclusion…
Et voila! Case closed. They are driveways and they're all very impressive!


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City of Reality
William Seagate 25 Mar 2010 01:27
City of Reality, by Ian Samson
This webcomic kicks ass in a way I haven't seen up till now. It's amazing, inventive, nice, funny, and such I refreshing departure from all the tripe I've been reading lately.
All in all, a great comic. Very much recommended. I can't believe someone who once worked with dread like Abstract Gender (2nd artist, temporary replacement) or The Wotch, could actually be so creative and skilled. You really never know. Anyway, this is definately one of my favorite webcomics now. But of course, what do you think about it?
Unfold City of Reality by William Seagate, 25 Mar 2010 01:27


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|Photo from Crumbs and Chaos
This delicious-looking coffee cake contains real eggnog in the cake and in the glaze. I personally think a good coffee cake is a wonderful addition to any special breakfast, but this one would be perfect for Christmas. I had pinned it to my original Christmas board on Pinterest long before I had such a thing as a Christmas Breakfast board. So now I have pinned this Eggnog Coffee Cake to that board, too. That way I can't lose track of it! If I find myself with time to bake on a cool summer morning (assuming we have some), I will be trying this recipe out ahead of time!


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We want all of our students to feel motivated and inspired to excel and aspire in all aspects of their life. We want them to excel at being a model citizen – with all the skills and attributes needed to lead a happy and productive life. We also want them to aspire to greatness in their future careers – taking pride in wanting to better themselves and aim to be the best that they can be.
The aim of the 'Excel and Aspire' programme is to ensure we prepare and support students to fulfil their potential, prepare them for lifelong learning and to become successful global 21st Century citizens. The custom curriculum identifies the range of skills, knowledge and understanding that all students need to develop fully over the full five years at Byrchall.
It is not about qualifications; it is about the development of the individual. We need the students to understand that this equally as important as their academic qualifications.
CASP are the Community and Self Progression lessons. These are 1 period per week for all year groups on a rolling timetable basis, delivered by Form Tutors. CASP lessons bring together many aspects of personal development that we deliver under the 'Excel and Aspire' programme. We want students to recognise the importance of their personal development. Lessons will be a mixture of project-based learning, interactive lessons, independent study, creative expression and team work. CASP lessons are an opportunity for students to explore our shared values.
The overview of the CASP curriculum is available below, but more detailed information is available to parents on the school's VLE.
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|Belonging to Byrchall: Dreaming Big Dreams
|Relationships: Making New Friends
|Citizenship: Democracy Introduction to Politics
|Health & Wellbeing: Keeping Healthy and growing up
|Careers & Aspirations: Personal Qualities
|Enterprise, Leadership and Teamwork
|Citizenship: Democracy Law and Order
|Careers & Aspirations: Option Choices
|Safety & Risk Management: Bullying & ESafety
|Health & Wellbeing: Body Image
|Self-esteem & Sexual Health
|Relationships: Dealing with Conflict
|Diversity and Enterprise
|Citizenship: Community Tolerance and Respect
|Careers & Aspirations: Dreams and Aspirations; looking to the future
|Safety and Risk Management: Real Love rocks
|Health & Wellbeing: Managing money
|Relationships: Self-esteem and Self-confidence and sexual development
|Enterprise, Leadership and Teamwork
Diversity and Enterprise
|Citizenship: Local, National and Global politics;
|Careers & Aspirations: Presenting Myself
|Safety & Risk Management: Drug & Alcohol Safety
|Health & Wellbeing: Mental Health
|Healthy Relationships and Sexual Health
|Radicalisation and Terrorism
|Enterprise. Leadership and Teamwork
|UCAS progress regstration
|Careers & Aspirations: Preparation for Working Life
|Safety & Risk Management: Sexual health
|Citizenship: UK and International Law Human rights
|GCSE Exam revision and intervention including PFWL
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Saturday, December 15, 2012
7 comments:
- Mary Helen-Art Saves Lives said...
I can feel the whole earth weeping...poor little ones are no longer afraid. Peace, Mary Helen Fernandez Stewart
- December 15, 2012 at 5:36 PM
- sukipoet said...
lovely photo and words. we all mourn.
- December 16, 2012 at 4:36 AM
- Tammy@T's Daily Treasures said...
Such senseless, awful tragedies. In China, a guy with a knife wounded 22 children at a school gate. Why? I just don't understand.
As for the beach here, many people do go swimming but in recent years, the water has become very polluted so we don't go there. Plus, with all the litter, glass, etc that people throw, the beach area is not clean and it makes me very sad to see that so many don't care for their surroundings.
Sending warm wishes and hugs your way, Tammy
- December 16, 2012 at 10:52 AM
- Yvonne said...
I can't come up with any words to express my feeelings about this. It is totally out of my range of thinking and comprehension. Your post is very nice and says a lot Kimmie. Thanks for sharing it.
- December 16, 2012 at 11:49 AM
- Gaby Bee said...
I'm going to take a little break. Sending warm wishes to you and your loved ones for a wonderful Christmas and much health and happiness for 2013.
- December 16, 2012 at 11:54 PM
- ooglebloops said...
A decidedly different feeling to the world, as we wake up today - your simple photo says so much......
- December 17, 2012 at 6:16 AM
- Bleubeard and Elizabeth said...
Poignant, painful, and appropriate.
- December 17, 2012 at 9:14 AM