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I really need advice from people that are not close to my situation regarding my mother. I'm getting married soon but I don't know if I can continue to have a relationship with my mother for my own sanity.
My mother is a classic narcissist. She has to be center of attention at all times & finds a way to make everything about her. She is as mean and nasty as they come. There are times when I sit and listen to her and I'm speechless because I ant believe the things that come out of her mouth.
Back story: My mother has always been this way but no one in the familycalls her out on her behavior to her face except me which causes a lot of arguments between us. Back in June my uncle was hit by a car crossing a overpass and died at the scene. He was my grandmothers baby and this nearly distorted her. Well my grandmother left the responsibility of planning his funeral up to her kids because she nor my grandfather could bring themselves to do it. Instead of my mom stepping up and being there for her mother she calls me in a fit of rage cursing about how my grandmother doesn't care about her and she feels left out…right her brother dies and she finds a way to make it all about her.
This past week she calls me going off about me not buying my brothers children anything for Christmas this year (it's october) I have 8 nieces and nephews and I simply cannot afford it at this time she blows up and says I must get my brothers kids a gift because I do so every year. To hell with my sisters kids she can get a job and buy for her own kids.. I firmly tell her no and she unleashes on me, talking down to me about how money isn't an issue for her and hangs up in my face.
she then calls around to other family members and plays the victim and blames everything on me WOW! This is what she does. She instigates drama then goes around playing victim to gain sympathy and I just can't do it anymore. I'm exhausted and I just don't see any good from me keeping her in my life but she's my mother and that's easier said than done….Advice please!


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Wisconsin U.S. Senate Candidate, Ron Johnson – Opposed Wisconsin Child Victims Bill codifying legal protection against Predator Priests
– It's shameful and disgusting that Ron Johnson would go to the Wisconsin State Senate to defend Predator Priests under the rationale that the Child Sexual Abuse Victims Act is bad for business. "I think its a valid question to ask if the employer of the perpetrator should also be severely damaged, possibly destroyed, in a legitimate desire for justice," said Johnson. Watch the video below. –
Via Protect, the National Association to Protect Children
As a single issue group that spans the entire political spectrum, PROTECT asks just one thing about candidates for public office: where do they stand on protecting children?
In the case of Ron Johnson, a Republican teaparty activist running for the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin, there's not much of a public track record. Johnson, owner of a specialty plastic manufacturing business, has never held political office. His website says his "quiet, but extensive work within his community had had a deep impact," but doesn't go into much more detail. …
The one thing we do know about where Ron Johnson stands on child protection comes from his prominent opposition to the Wisconsin Child Victims Act, a bipartisan bill that would have extended the civil statute of limitations for child sexual abuse.
In 2009, Johnson, a private citizen, traveled from Oshkosh to the capitol in Madison to deliver testimony (see page 27) opposing the bill. There's not much of serious substance in his testimony, other than his argument that lawsuits by abuse victims would hurt "non-profit organizations." Johnson then listed eight nonprofits he was involved with, including some affiliated with the Catholic church, who fought the legislation strongly (Johnson is a Lutheran).
Now, a new video has come to light.
New Video Shows Ron Johnson Saying Church Officials that Protect / Reassign Predator Priests Shouldn't Be Held Accountable
Earlier this year, Ron Johnson, testified before the Wisconsin State Senate on behalf of the Green Bay Diocese Finance Council, which has ultimate decision power in deciding whether to settle abuse law suits and can even overrule a diocese's bishop decision in how to proceed.
Johnson was there to oppose the so-call Child Victims Bill, which would have made it easier to go after child predators. Under current law, many children do not come forward until after the statute of limitations has expired– this law would have made exceptions in such circumstances.
From the Green Bay Diocese Finance Council perspective, this meant that many more child victims of predator priests would come forward and that they would be forced to deal with more law suits. And more law suits mean spending more money, which Johnson and the Finance Council obviously opposed.
Usually, though, such institutions will try to kill such legislation quietly behind the scenes. Rarely do we see someone like Johnson defend such an unseemly position.
Unbelievably, during his testimony, Johnson asks an a jaw-droppingly stupid question:
"I think its a valid question to ask if the employer of the perpetrator should also be severely damaged, possibly destroyed, in a legitimate desire for justice?"
Well… actually that's not a valid question! It's an incredibly stupid question! If the Green Bay Diocese knew that a pedophile priest was in their organization and instead of calling the police, reassigned him to another parish, of course they should be sued!
Unfortunately, this isn't hypothetical wondering for the Green Bay Diocese. Their entire leadership has a long, troubling record of reassigning instead of arresting pedophile priests.
It's shameful that Ron Johnson would serve under such an unhonorable group and absolutely disgusting that he would go to the Wisconsin State Senate to defend them and do their bidding.
Ron Johnson Testifies Against child Abuse Victims, Opposed Child Victims Act in Wisconsin
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The following is a snippet from "Conversations with Casey", a publication that generally offers shrewd, timely analysis. This time, I disagree with a portion of it, or at least have a different view. L: Okay, so again. Having realized that we live in a politicized economy,[that] it's not a free market, how does one navigate, how does one stay afloat?Doug: Well, the way I see it, you've got to take advantage of the fact that it's a politicized economy. It's a very bad thing to have a politicized economy, because it's destructive of capital. It generally reduces the standard of living. It's a horrible thing. But you always have to look at the bright side; the government is going to create tremendous distortions and misallocations of capital by the very fact that it's involved, and that does present opportunities. It's not a time to be an investor, because an investor is somebody who allocates capital to create more capital, to grow wealth. That's what investing is all about. Speculation doesn't imply that at all. It's very different; speculation implies capitalizing on politically caused distortions in the marketplace.And one giant one that we have right now – though a bit tricky to capitalize on – is the current bond bubble. First the Fed created a stock-market bubble in the late '90s, which collapsed in 2000. Then they blew up a real-estate bubble, which is still collapsing. I think both the stock market and the real-estate market are still overpriced, even though they've come down a lot. But the biggest bubble of all, and the most dangerous one, is the current bond bubble.They've driven interest rates to basically zero levels – actually negative levels in some European countries, which is pretty unbelievable. I learn something new every day; I thought that negative interest rates were almost cosmically impossible, but I've learned different in recent months. This is creating huge distortions in the way people react and so forth. And of course, the biggest one of all is the bond market, which is going to collapse at some point. The time to have bought bonds was in the early '80s, when they were yielding 12, even 15%. Now they are yielding 0%, and everybody's buying them. It's unbelievable. http://www.caseyresearch.com/cwcWhen I hear and read comments about the damage that will be caused by "a bursting of the bond bubble due to the fact that interest-rates will rise", I have to question them. -If I bought Alcoa's 5.870's of '22 at 70.099, as I did, for a YTM of 11.9%, how will I be harmed if interest-rates rise? -If I bought Seagate's 6.8's of '16 at 55.996, as I did, for a YTM of 17.40%, how will I be harmed if interest-rates rise? -If I bought Ford's 7.4's of '46 at 62.045, as I did, for a YTM of 12.0%, how will I be harmed if interest-rates rise? -If I bought GE's 6.1's of '30 at 66.100, as I did, for a YTM of 10.0%, how will I be harmed if interest-rates rise? -If I bought Hanson's 6.125's of '16 at 44.555, as I did, for a YTM of 21.4%, how will I be harmed if interest-rates rise? To buy industrial bonds at steep discounts to their likely, eventual worth is to bet make a two-fold bet. #1, that those companies aren't going to go away, no matter how bad the economy gets short of total systemic failure and/or nuclear war, and, #2, that their creditors will be paid. When a substantial portion of a bond portfolio is made up of such credits, and a substantial portion is tied (directly or indirectly) to the "full faith and credit of the US", and the remaining portion is broadly diversified by issuer and maturity, properly-weighted, and not a penny of income from the portfolio is needed to meet current-expenses (and thus, every bond can be held to maturity), how does the threat (yet to be realized) of rising interest-rates matter? Rather, rising interest-rates represent an eventual opportunity. Just as rates (and prices) go up, they also go down, and a patient, long-term bond investor scales into and out of those opportunities as they occur in decades-long cycles, buying when the buying should be done and then riding out the times, like now, when the buying is hard to justify. My expectation is that genuine, economic recovery, not the current sugar-high created by free money, is a decade to a whole generation away from us. That's a long time to have to tread water as a fixed-income investor. But it's not impossible to deal with, nor historically unprecedented. It's simply a part of the bond-game (stock-game, securities-game, etc.) that some years and decades will be easy, and some will be tough. No biggie, and there's an anonymous, sixteenth-century, English proverb I'm fond of that speaks to that. He that cannot abide a bad market deserves not a good one.
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02-22-2003, 12:27 AM #1Member
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59 page critique of 12.4.2 ECSCF report on aspartame: Gold: Murray
2.16.3 rmforall
Independent Analysis of the "Opinion of the European Commission,
Scientific Committee on Food: Update on the Safety of Aspartame / E951"
[Dec. 4, 2002]
MS Word (Rich Text Format) Version and
HTML Version: 59 pages, 230 references.
Mark D. Gold for years has provided informed, referenced, balanced, and
civil critiques on aspartame toxicity and related issues on the Net
as a layman expert.
A search on http://groups.google.com/ of the Usenet archive on
"aspartame" always brings this up at the top of the list of 77,200
posts, probably because he intelligently and with firm clarity engages
others in a fair debate:
Re: Aspartame Toxicity 10.10.00: Trocho 6.26.98
Aspartame (NutraSweet, Equal, Canderel, Benevia) is reported by
scientific studies and case histories to be toxic: This story seems to
reappear every few ... misc.kids.health - Oct 20, 2000 by Mark Gold -
View Thread (65 articles)
http://www.HolisticMed.com/aspartame 603-225-2100
Aspartame Toxicity Information Center Mark D. Gold
firstname.lastname@example.com 12 East Side Drive #2-18 Concord, NH 03301
"Scientific Abuse in Aspartame Research"
The ECSCF report is available at [23 pages in 2 parts, references]:
safety of aspartame Part 1/2 12.4.2: EC HCPD-G SCF:
Murray 1.12.3 rmforall
safety of aspartame Part 2/2 12.4.2: EC HCPD-G SCF:
Murray 1.12.3 rmforall
1. The Explanatory Statement and Draft Report by Anne Ferreira, the
Rapporteur, relating to the
Amendments to the Sweeteners Directive 94/35/EC
2. The Opinion of Aspartame by the Scientific Committee on Food given
4th December 2002
3. SCF website
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Table of Contents
Introduction *
Aspartame Industry Influence and the Scientific Committee on Food *
Scientific Committee on Food Does Not Read the Research *
Aspartame and Formaldehyde Poisoning *
Aspartame and Migraines / Headaches *
Aspartame and Seizures *
Aspartame and Brain Cancer *
Aspartame and Reproductive Effects *
Aspartame and Behavior, Cognition, Mood *
Aspartame and Other Effects *
Conclusion *
References *
In 2001, the United Kingdom Food Standards Agency requested that the
European Commission Scientific Committee on Food conduct an updated
review of the artificial sweetener, aspartame / E951 (FSA 2001a).
The Scientific Committee on Food was asked to look at more than 500
scientific papers published between 1988 and 2000 and any other new
scientific research not examined previously by the Committee (FSA
On December 10, 2002, the Scientific Committee on Food published its
final report (SCF 2002).
This response will demonstrate that:
1. Members of the European Commission Scientific Committee on Food
have ethical and financial conflicts of interest with the food industry
that should have disqualified them from participation on the Committee.
2. Members of the Scientific Committee on Food did not read
some or most of the research papers they cited.
3. The report ignored independent research related to
aspartame and instead relied heavily on and frequently cited articles in
books and reviews put together by employees or consultants of the
aspartame manufacturers (Monsanto and Ajinomoto).
4. Persons ingesting aspartame are being exposed to significant
amounts of formaldehyde that has been shown by independent research to
accumulate throughout the body.
5. Aspartame manufacturer-sponsored studies are designed in a way
as to avoid the possibility of finding adverse effects, yet the
Committee accepted these studies without any question.
In contrast, nearly all independent research on aspartame in humans and
animals has found that it can cause problems.
6. Human studies and clinical reports published in the medical
literature linking aspartame use to fibromyalgia, seizures, panic
attacks, mania, brain cancer, migraines / headaches, vertigo, symptoms
related to depression, memory loss, hives, irregular heart beats, and
numerous other symptoms were largely ignored by the Committee.
In addition to the analysis of the Scientific Committee on Food report,
there will be numerous sample aspartame poisoning case reports within
the text to give the reader an idea of the clinical effects being
reported. The reports will be taken from
the medical literature and from the Aspartame Toxicity Information
Center listing of cases (ATIC 1997, 1998).
References [230] for this analysis appear at the end of the report.
Persons ingesting aspartame are being exposure
to significant amounts of formaldehyde that has been shown by
independent research to accumulate throughout the body.
Chronic, low-level exposure to formaldehyde (even without accumulation)
has been shown in human research to cause irreversible genetic damage,
headaches, seizures, neurobehavioral problems, gastrointestinal and
cardiovascular problems, fatigue, chest pains, dizziness, etc.
Exposure to a free-form excitotoxic amino acid from aspartame would be
expected to worsen the adverse effects from chronic formaldehyde
Aspartame manufacturer-sponsored studies are designed in a way as to
avoid the possibility of finding adverse effects, yet the Committee
accepted these studies without any question.
In contrast, nearly all independent research on aspartame in animals or
humans has found that aspartame can cause problems.
Human studies and clinical reports published in the medical literature
linking aspartame use to fibromyalgia, seizures, panic attacks, mania,
brain cancer, migraines / headaches, vertigo, symptoms related to
depression, memory loss, hives, irregular heart beats, vision loss, and
numerous of symptoms were largely ignored by the Committee.
It appears that the Committee obtained most of its information from
aspartame industry public relations books that they repeatedly cited
(Stegink 1984, Tschanz 1996), published reviews by manufacturer
employees (Butchko 1994, Butchko 2001), a report from the French Food
Agency (AFSSA 2002) written by some unknown individual(s), and perhaps
the occasional published study, primarily manufacturer-sponsored
A significant amount of independent research was ignored, and when
independent studies were mentioned, they were quickly labeled as flawed.
There is evidence that the Committee did not read some or most of the
research they cited and is only familiar with
aspartame-related research from the aspartame manufacturer's
It appears that there is far too much food industry influence on the
Scientific Committee on Food.
In fact, it would be unlikely that an unbiased
review could be performed on aspartame, stevia or any other
controversial food related subjects
without refilling the Committee positions from scratch.
New Committee members should meet the following criteria:
1. No food industry ties. Disclosure of past and current ties to
the food industry.
2. History of ability to stand up to food industry interests when
3. Expertise in various specialties (e.g., neuroscience,
toxicology, immunology, etc.).
4. Willingness to read all of the relevant research and hear both
independent and food industry testimony.
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Rich Murray, MA Room For All firstname.lastname@example.com
1943 Otowi Road, Santa Fe, New Mexico 87505 USA 505-986-9103
aspartame review: methanol, formaldehyde, formic acid toxicity:
Murray 2.21.3 rmforall
for 968 posts in a public searchable archive
http://groups.yahoo.com/group/aspartame/ 615 member group
formaldehyde & formic acid from methanol in aspartame:
Murray: 12.9.2 rmforall
It is certain that high levels of aspartame use, above 2 liters daily
for months and years, must lead to chronic formaldehyde-formic acid
toxicity, since 11% of aspartame (1,120 mg in 2L diet soda, 5.6 12-oz
cans) is 123 mg methanol (wood alcohol), immediately released into the
body after drinking (unlike the large levels of methanol locked up in
molecules inside many fruits), then quickly transformed into
formaldehyde, which in turn becomes formic acid, both of which in
time become carbon dioxide and water-- however, about 30% of the
methanol remains in the body as cumulative durable toxic metabolites of
formaldehyde and formic acid-- 37 mg daily, a gram every month.
If 10% of the methanol is retained as formaldehyde, that would give 12
mg daily formaldehyde accumulation, about 60 times more than the 0.2 mg
from 10% retention of the 2 mg EPA daily limit for formaldehyde in
drinking water.
Bear in mind that the EPA limit for formaldehyde in
drinking water is 1 ppm,
or 2 mg daily for a typical daily consumption of 2 L of water.
RTM: ATSDR: EPA limit 1 ppm formaldehyde in drinking water July 1999
5.30.2 rmforall
This long-term low-level chronic toxic exposure leads to typical
patterns of increasingly severe complex symptoms, starting with
headache, fatigue, joint pain, irritability, memory loss, and
leading to vision and eye problems and even seizures. In many cases
there is addiction. Probably there are immune system disorders, with a
hypersensitivity to these toxins and other chemicals.
Confirming evidence and a general theory are given by Pall (2002):
testable theory of MCS type diseases, vicious cycle of nitric oxide &
peroxynitrite: MSG: formaldehyde-methanol-aspartame:
Martin L. Pall: Murray: 12.9.2 rmforall
Functional Therapeutics in Neurodegenerative Disease Part 1/2:
Perlmutter 7.15.99: Murray 1.10.3 rmforall
formaldehyde toxicity: Thrasher & Kilburn: Shaham: EPA: Gold: Murray:
Wilson: CIIN: 12.12.2 rmforall
24 recent formaldehyde toxicity [Comet assay] reports:
Murray 12.31.2 rmforall
comet assay finds DNA damage from sucralose, cyclamate, saccharin in
mice: Sasaki YF & Tsuda S Aug 2002: Murray 1.1.3 rmforall
[Also borderline evidence, in this pilot study of 39 food additives,
using a test group of 4 mice, for DNA damage from for stomach, colon,
liver, bladder, and lung 3 hr after oral dose of 2000 mg/kg aspartame--
a very high dose.]
genotoxins, Comet assay in mice: Ace-K, stevia fine; aspartame poor;
sucralose, cyclamate, saccharin bad: Y.F. Sasaki Aug 2002:
Murray 1.27.3 rmforall [A detailed look at the data]
aspartame (aspartic acid, phenylalanine) binding to DNA:
Karikas July 1998: Murray 1.5.3 rmforall
Karikas GA, Schulpis KH, Reclos GJ, Kokotos G
Measurement of molecular interaction of aspartame and
its metabolites with DNA. Clin Biochem 1998 Jul; 31(5): 405-7.
Dept. of Chemistry, University of Athens, Greece
http://www.chem.uoa.gr email@example.com
aspartame & MSG: possible role in autoimmune hepatitis:
Prandota Jan 2003: Murray 1.15.3 rmforall
http://www.dorway.com/tldaddic.html 5-page review
Roberts HJ Aspartame (NutraSweet) addiction.
Townsend Letter 2000 Jan; email@example.com
http://www.sunsentpress.com/ email@example.com
Sunshine Sentinel Press P.O.Box 17799 West Palm Beach, FL 33416
800-814-9800 561-588-7628 561-547-8008 fax
1038-page medical text "Aspartame Disease: An Ignored Epidemic"
published May 30 2001 $ 85.00 postpaid data from 1200 cases
available at http://www.amazon.com
over 600 references from standard medical research
RTM: Smith, Terpening, Schmidt, Gums:
full text: aspartame, MSG, fibromyalgia 1.17.2 rmforall
Jerry D Smith, Chris M Terpening, Siegfried OF Schmidt, and John G Gums
Relief of Fibromyalgia Symptoms Following
Discontinuation of Dietary Excitotoxins.
The Annals of Pharmacotherapy 2001; 35(6): 702706.
Malcolm Randall Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Gainesville, FL, USA.
BACKGROUND: Fibromyalgia is a common rheumatologic disorder that is
often difficult to treat effectively.
CASE SUMMARY: Four patients diagnosed with fibromyalgia syndrome
for two to 17 years are described.
All had undergone multiple treatment
modalities with limited success. All had complete, or nearly complete,
resolution of their symptoms within months after eliminating monosodium
glutamate (MSG) or MSG plus aspartame from their diet.
All patients were women with multiple comorbidities
prior to elimination of MSG.
All have had recurrence of symptoms whenever MSG is ingested.
Siegfried O. Schmidt, MD Asst. Clinical Prof. firstname.lastname@example.com
Community Health and Family Medicine, U. Florida, Gainesville, FL
Shands Hospital
West Oak Clinic Gainesville, FL 32608-3629 352-376-5071
RTM: aspartame in Merck Maxalt-MLT worsens migraine,
AstraZeneca Zomig, Eli Lilly Zyprexa,
J&J Merck Pepcid AC (Famotidine 10mg) Chewable Tab,
Pfizer Cool Mint Listerine Pocketpaks 7.16.2 rmforall
Migraine MLT-Down: an unusual presentation of migraine
in patients with aspartame-triggered headaches.
Newman LC, Lipton RB Headache 2001 Oct; 41(9): 899-901.
[Merck 10-mg Maxalt-MLT, for migraine, has 3.75 mg aspartame,
while 12 oz diet soda has 200 mg.]
Headache Institute, St. Lukes-Roosevelt Hospital Center, New York, NY
Department of Neurology email@example.com
Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY
Innovative Medical Research email@example.com
RTM: Blumenthall & Vance:
aspartame chewing gum headaches Nov 1997 7.28.2 rmforall
Harvey J. Blumenthal, MD, Dwight A Vance, RPh
Chewing Gum Headaches.
Headache 1997 Nov-Dec; 37(10): 665-6.
Department of Neurology, University of Oklahoma College of Medicine,
Tulsa, USA. email@example.com
Aspartame, a popular dietetic sweetener, may provoke headache in some
susceptible individuals. Herein, we describe three cases of young women
with migraine who reported their headaches could be provoked by chewing
gum sweetened with aspartame. [6-8 mg aspartame per stick chewing gum]
aspartame puts formaldehyde adducts into tissues, Part 1/2
full text, Trocho & Alemany 6.26.98: Murray 12.22.2 rmforall
aspartame puts formaldehyde adducts into tissues, Part 2/2
full text, Trocho & Alemany 6.26.98: Murray 12.22.2 rmforall
Trocho C, Pardo R, Rafecas I, Virgili J, Remesar X,
Fernandez-Lopez JA, Alemany M ["Trok-ho"]
Formaldehyde derived from dietary aspartame binds to tissue
components in vivo. Life Sci 1998 Jun 26; 63(5): 337-49.
Departament de Bioquimica i Biologia Molecular, Facultat de Biologia,
Universitat de Barcelona, Spain.
Maria Alemany, PhD (male) email@example.com
Murray: Butchko, Tephly, McMartin: Alemany: aspartame formaldehyde
adducts in rats 9.8.2 rmforall
Prof. Alemany vigorously affirms the validity of the Trocho study
against criticism:
Butchko, HH et al [24 authors], Aspartame: review of safety.
Regul. Toxicol. Pharmacol. 2002 April 1; 35 (2 Pt 2): S1-93, review
available for $35, [an industry paid organ]. Butchko:
"When all the research on aspartame, including evaluations in both the
premarketing and postmarketing periods, is examined as a whole, it is
clear that aspartame is safe, and there are no unresolved questions
regarding its safety under conditions of intended use."
[They repeatedly pass on the ageless industry deceit that the methanol
in fruits and vegetables is as as biochemically available as that in
aspartame-- see the 1984 rebuttal by Monte, below.]
RTP ties to industry criticized by CSPI: Murray: 12.9.2 rmforall
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#1 posted 02-11-2012 11:41 PM
Why humility?
Seems to me that you're doing the thing that I've been best at all my life.
Nice job, and nice pictures too.
-- Mike - In Fort McMurray Alberta
#2 posted 02-11-2012 11:50 PM
@Bagtown -Thanks Sir, I mentioned "Humility" because it was s one of those projects I said, "This will be easy!" Then about an hour into it, I realized that alot of effort and thought go into making square things round (Without accidentally chipping, cracking, or just plain non-cooperative wood). I learned alot and now appreciate when I see others execute them with such precision. As always, thanks for your advice and kind words.
#3 posted 02-12-2012 12:06 AM
Hey Paul,
Don't "Sir" me, my parents were married. lol
-- Mike - In Fort McMurray Alberta
#4 posted 02-12-2012 12:10 AM
Mike – You'd be correct there Boats' – Navy Machinest's Mate. I've always wanted to visit Canada. I hear Maples cheap out there, Ey! Lol.
#5 posted 02-12-2012 12:42 AM
Dang SQUIDS EVERYWHERE TONIGHT!
Just giving the obligatory inter-service dig – I am an "upper decker" USAF myself (still serving – 17.5yrs Army, 10.5yrs USAF)
-- Shameless - Winner of two Stumpy Nubs Awards
#6 posted 02-12-2012 12:46 AM
Woah, 2 more years and you wrap it up there Sir! (Full Retirement=30yrs For Non Mil Folk) Is this your Twighlight Tour? I'm sure you got the Shadowbox ready huh?
#7 posted 02-12-2012 12:59 AM
Good use of a piece of Mahogany.
-- Backer boards, stop blocks, build oversized, and never buy a hand plane--
#8 posted 02-12-2012 01:05 AM
@Rance -Thanks…I'm starting to study Mafe's style. I love the way he restores his tools. Now if I could only find copper inlays and screws (For inlays and fastening) for cheap…
On another subject – I really like your Natural Edge Spalted Maple Bowl. How much skill is required to turn something like that on a lathe?
#9 posted 02-12-2012 01:59 AM
Paul that's a great build you have done to those chisels. Now you will respect them a bit more every time you whack the fire out of them. I still have my $6.00 set that I bought and am not afraid to use them. Nice job Paul. Keep us posted with the other. What are you going to finish with?
-- Superdav "No matter where you go - there you are." http://chiselandforge.com
#10 posted 02-12-2012 02:26 AM
Superdave – Thanks! I hear I got a great mentor that keeps me inspired. Something about using terms like, "..whack the fire out of them." I really appreciate the book on Dovetails and the links. I've since gone blind reading it every night before bed. But hey, I get use of the cool headlight the military gave me. I plan to start a project as soon as I get my saw wired. This house is a wiring nightmare. Lost power in two rooms yesterday. I think I'll finish these with blood and tears. So far it's the only fitting finish…LOL!
#11 posted 02-12-2012 02:41 AM
I started cutting dovetails with a ten dollar flush cut saw. I still have it. Thank Paul.
-- Superdav "No matter where you go - there you are." http://chiselandforge.com
#12 posted 02-12-2012 03:58 AM
Nice chisel handle. I live in a community of machinists and the thing I notice is they make the best finish carpenters. I know the LJ folks are fine wood workers but it is all carpentry of some kind…..some finer that the other. The better the machinist the better the fit and finish. that is what it is all about….fit and finish. Separates the good from the better and the better from the best. I started to say good job on this handle but that sounds like I am making you third instead of first so I will have to say a beautiful handle. LOL
#13 posted 02-12-2012 02:18 PM
@ Grandpa – Thanks Sir, I'm a machinest but in a "Boiler" type way. We've all gotten away from actually creating parts from scratch(We have Machinery Repairmen, but they are hit or miss as well). Now, we are maintenancemen and operators. I agree with you though, having a professional background that requires precision is a tale-tell as to what final product looks like. The detailed stuff really reflects the care taken in the process. However, I love LJ's "not-so-accurate bunch" (Such as myself) because of the creativity they bring to the table. I was told a while back that it was all about creating a happy mix of precision and creativity. As always, thanks for the kind words and advice. Oh, and where is it that you hail from? Curious…
#14 posted 02-12-2012 03:54 PM
now you just need to make the rest of the set
thank´s for sharing
#15 posted 02-12-2012 03:57 PM
Very handsome! I like that you went with an atypical shape. The chisel handles that fit my hand best are usually the ones I was just playing around with. I really like them.
-- My dad and I built a 65 chev pick up.I killed trannys in that thing for some reason-Hog
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Welcome back to another review on CardedHeroes! Today we take a look at "Azreal Batman" from DC Universe Classics' line.
Mattel struck gold with the DC Universe Classics figures, they were well recepted and over the years have been able to post quite a library of characters, from mainstream to fringe characters. Now that they've gone to the subscription service/Matty Collector model of selling, figures and variety are limited, but the characters are varied. Before the jump to online only, one of the few last waves of figures had a great assortment of figures, with a great build-a-figure Bane, one of which was Azreal as Batman.
Off of the bat (sorry for the pun, it may not be the last), this Batman really branches out his look from his popular tights and cape look. The head has a more knight-like look, with a red visor instead of the normal eyeholes. I like it, it looks slick against the metallic blue of the helmet. The mouth is covered, while the helmet has mandibles going down the sides of the face. A red light/camera thing rests on her left side of the forehead, and the famous ears are there to keep the traditional look alive. This Batman has a armor that drapes over his shoulders and goes in front of his abs in the front, and down to his lower back in the rear. Instead of the famous cape, Batman has six bladed 'wings' that drape over the back. The two sets of three wings look great, but they do make the figure a little off-balanced to the back. The bat on the chest is there, but a bat with sharp edges and drastic curves gives it a different, stylized look. This Batman has a high collar that interferes with head movement, to the point of where he's looking forward, with a little wobble left and right. A lower level of gold armor runs over the rib cage and out and down to the elbow joints. The ribcage is lined in a basic pattern, where the shoulders and arms get a lot more panel lines, rivets, and other details. This is another form over function, as the shoulder pads do prevent some forward movement, even though the shoulder pads are a soft plastic. Blue and gold gauntlets have gold ammo belts on them, linking them to the figure's back. These are soft plastic belts, and they cause very little restriction in movement. Three more blades come down off of the gauntlets to give the figure a bit of a monstrous look. Silver fingered blue gloves complete the figure, with the fingers being angled and bladed, looks like claws. An unlogoed utility belt wraps around the waist, and, honestly, it looks like it's upside down, but has silver tabs and detailed pocket flaps to give it a detailed look. The abs down to the feet are well detailed, but is flat gray. Three blades hang off the side of the boots to give the boots some uniqueness.
The Azreal Batman's articulation is similar to all DCUC figures, unfortunately, his gear prohibits some of the upper body movement. His head rests on a ball post. His shoulders and elbows are ball swivel joints, and has swivel wrists. There's an ab crunch, with swivel at the waistline. DCUC's modified T-crotch has a great range of motion, and he has swivel joints just above the knees, and double hinge knee joints. Hinge angle joints finish off the figure's articulation.
I love the look of the Azreal Batman. There's tons of add on's that really make the figure pop. The six wings is a nice change of pace for the cape, but it comes at a price of throwing off the balance of the figure. The shoulder armor restricts the movement some, and the lower portion of the figure is a bit bland, minus the blades on the boots. Still though, any negatives of the figure are outshined by the sheer cool looks of the figure. If you're standing him with a bunch of other figures, you may need an aid to help the figure from falling over, due to the weight of the wings.


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One Direction jump for joy on the festive new issue of Parade mag.
The guys — Zayn Malik, Niall Horan, Louis Tomlinson, Harry Styles, and Liam Payne — are opening up all about their holiday traditions, Take Me Home and more. Check it:
Niall on his holiday plans: "I'll probably go home to Ireland and do the same thing as every year: drink, eat, and sleep a lot. Just chill out, become fat. We always go to the pub on Christmas Eve."
Zayn on giving back: "Now that we have a bit of money, it is nice to get gifts for people. Before I was getting and not really giving."
On shopping online versus in shops: "It's nice to go and pick out stuff rather than doing it online," Harry shared. Louis added, "I do a bit of both. I prefer to go out, but it's finding the time and the motivation, because [when] we've got time off it's nice to do nothing."
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Evolution's Rainbow: Diversity, Gender, and Sexuality in Nature and People is the book that the recently published article in Seed Magazine, which was in turn recently banned in an Illinois school is mainly about. Here is the Publishers Weekly overview of the book:
This brilliant and accessible work of biological criticism has the potential to revolutionize the way readers conceive of gender and sexuality in the natural world. Roughgarden, a professor of biology at Stanford University and a member of the Academy of Arts and Sciences, argues that the diversity of gender and sexuality one finds in many species suggests that evolutionary biologists of a strictly Darwinian bent are often misguided, since, according to Roughgarden, they erroneously assume a universally applicable gender binary in all species. The first half of the book brings that sexual diversity to light through innumerable examples among birds, reptiles, fish and mammals provided in highly readable anecdotes. The significance of this first section lies not only in this startlingly original portrait of nature, but also in how it suggests that contemporary Darwinian sexual selection theory is in part a result of cultural bias, since it "predicts that the baseline outcome of social evolution is horny, handsome, healthy warriors paired with discreetly discerning damsels." Roughgarden critiques this theory through an expansive study of biological scholarship, highlighting the frequent contradictions between such claims and the data used (and, she argues, manipulated) to prove them. The second and undoubtedly more controversial section discusses sexual diversity in humans. Taking as a given the presence in our own species of gay, lesbian, bisexual, transgendered, transsexual and intersex persons, she reads current scientific writing-on a supposed "gay gene," on gender reassignment and other issues-through a perspective that sees diversity as an advantage, not a handicap. Readers more accustomed to traditional categories of gender and sexuality in humans will undoubtedly be surprised at how different a portrait emerges from Roughgarden's deeply personal and insistently ethical point of view.
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What is Diabetes?
Diabetes is a chronic disease marked by elevated blood sugar levels caused by the body not producing or properly using insulin. Insulin helps glucose (sugar) leave the blood and go into the body's cells. If not treated, the sugar that builds up in your blood can damage your heart, eyes, kidneys and blood vessels.
According to the National Diabetes Statistics Report, 2014, which presents the most current information on diabetes and prediabetes in the U.S. among people all ages and ethnicities:
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What are the Types of Diabetes?
Type 1Type 1 diabetes occurs when the body does not produce insulin and is, therefore, unable to provide the cells with the glucose they need to generate energy.
Type 2Type 2 diabetes develops when the body either does not make enough insulin or does not efficiently use the insulin it does make (a condition known as insulin resistance).
Gestational Diabetes Gestational diabetes is diagnosed in some women when pregnant.
What is Prediabetes?
Prediabetes is a term used to indicate a condition in which there is an increased risk for diabetes. Blood glucose levels are higher than normal but not yet high enough to be diagnosed as diabetes. Two different tests can be used to determine whether you have an increased risk for diabetes: The fasting plasma glucose test (FPG) or the oral glucose tolerance test (OGTT). The blood glucose levels measured after these tests determine whether you have normal metabolism, or whether you have prediabetes or diabetes.
Am I at Risk for Developing Diabetes?
The following characteristics make people more likely to get Type 2 diabetes:
What are the Signs and Symptoms of Diabetes?
Type 1 Diabetes
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* Often people with Type 2 diabetes have no symptoms.
What are the Serious Complications of Diabetes?
Complications are very common in diabetes and usually develop when blood sugar levels are not controlled over a long period of time. High blood sugar levels damage blood vessels, which can affect eyes, feet, kidneys, nerves, and skin. With the correct treatment and recommended lifestyle changes, many people with diabetes are able to prevent or delay the onset of complications.
How can Diabetes be Controlled?
Diabetes cannot be cured, but it can be controlled. People with diabetes and their health care providers can work together to control the levels for blood glucose, blood pressure, and cholesterol. People with diabetes need to receive other important preventive care practices like foot exams, dilated eye exams, dental exams, and flu, pneumonia or pneumococcal shots. They need to check their blood sugar as their doctor recommends. They need to get a special blood sugar check called, an A1C, twice a year at a minimum and more frequently if necessary. They need to keep their weight down and be physically active.
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West Midlands commuters face delays from snow
Commuters in the West Midlands faced delays to their journeys home after heavy snowfall caused widespread disruption to the transport network.
Rail and bus services were curtailed across the region and roads in Birmingham were "gridlocked", according to one motorist.
Birmingham Airport was closed for over five hours to clear the snow.
The heaviest snowfall came in the morning but the Met Office expects intermittent showers through the night.
Up to 15cm (6in) of snow was predicted in some areas, with 5cm (2in) to 10cm (4in) due to have settled in most places by Saturday morning.
Roads around Holloway Head were reported to be at a standstill earlier.
One motorist said it took her four hours to drive two miles from Birmingham city centre to Brookfield Road.
A caller to BBC WM described Bristol Road as being "gridlocked".
A London Midland trains spokesman said: "As the day has progressed and the snow has continued we have seen disruption gradually increase.
"We are keeping trains running, and will continue to do so, but anyone travelling can in general expect delays of between 20 and 40 minutes to their journey.
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"We are advising passengers to allow extra time for their journeys, to check before they travel and to keep up-to-date with latest updates.
"Our teams are working hard to keep people moving."
At least 26 flights were cancelled at Birmingham Airport and passengers expecting to fly should visit the airport's website.
National Express stopped their buses early with the last services from the centres of Birmingham, Solihull, Dudley, West Bromwich and Stourbridge leaving at 19:00 GMT.
A spokeswoman for the bus operator said the final buses from the centres of Walsall and Wolverhampton left at 20:00 GMT.
All planned operations at Russells Hall Hospital in Dudley have been cancelled over the weekend due to the snow.
The Heartlands, Good Hope and Solihull hospitals have appealed for locals with 4x4s to help transport clinical staff during adverse weather.
Friday afternoon's race meeting at Wolverhampton's all-weather surface was abandoned due to snow and Solihull Council and Wolverhampton City Council said there would be no sports fixtures over the weekend on any of their park pitches.
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Hi Joyce, Mary and Lee thank you, pink seems to be the popular colour today
The left middle is my favorite. thank you very much.
My picks today are the top middle and straight down to the bottom. Thanks, June.
All gorgeous but I pick the top middle and the bottom middle. Totally different but totally beautiful. Many thanks June!! :))))
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Hi Jan and Jen, sounds like a duo, thank you - it's a nice one. Just been doing a new gollum saturday horror took hours to solve
Top middle is lovely, knitted stained glass.
Bright and fun and beautiful! thanks, June. Today's favorite is the top middle. Just plain, WOW!
Hi Ardy and Hanne thank you
Bright and clear and shining!! Wonderful, June, thanks!!
Hi June. It's a delightful puzzle again today. No special favorite. I do like the pinks and purples in their various hues. Thanks.
Hi Barb, thank you, not sure which one I like yet but there's a lot of pretty colours to choose from
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ROCK HILL, S.C. (TheSAC.com) – Carson-Newman's Paul Kirby was voted the South Atlantic Conference Baseball Scholar-Athlete of the Year, the League announced today. He earned the honor for his achievements in academics, athletics, service and leadership.
The South Atlantic Conference Scholar-Athlete of the Year award is presented annually to one student-athlete in each of the Conference's championship sports, and is voted on by the SAC's Faculty Athletic Representatives Committee.
Kirby, from Goodlettsville, Tenn., finished his career at Carson-Newman with a 4.0 GPA as a biology/pre-med major. A two-time Eagle Scholar, Kirby won the inaugural SAC Baseball Elite 18 honor as he posted the highest GPA at the 2017 Pilot/Flying J SAC Baseball Championship.
"Paul is a true leader on and off of the field, said Carson-Newman head coach Tom Griffin. "He is a great example to his teammates and coaches on how to balance your time with hard work and attention to details. He has a competitive mindset and a servant heart. All of us are proud of him and appreciate all he has done."
He finished the 2017 season with 52 RBI to rank No. 6 in the League. His 112 total bases were good for No. 8 in the SAC, while his 16 doubles placed him at No. 9 in the Conference. Kirby earned AstroTurf SAC Player of the Week honors on April 18 as he posted 12 RBI and a .400 average at the plate to lead the Eagles to a pivotal series sweep of Wingate. His grand slam in the contest against third-seeded Newberry gave the Eagles the go-ahead score to spark a run to finish as the 2017 Pilot/Flying J SAC Baseball Championship runner-up. Named the Eagles' best hitter, Kirby was tabbed as Carson-Newman's top academic athlete.
In the community, Kirby as served as volunteer coach for his hometown Goodlettsville All-Star baseball team that went to the 2013 and 2016 Little League World series. A member of the Tri Beta Honor Society, he has served as a church camp leader at Hollow Baptist Church. Kirby has spent time the Jefferson City schools as reader, while helping the Appalachian Outreach sort donations.
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[ https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-3872?page=com.atlassian.jira.plugin.system.issuetabpanels:all-tabpanel ] Rick McGuire resolved GERONIMO-3872. ------------------------------------ Resolution: Fixed Committed revision 630189. Mina 1.1.5 version Committed revision 630190. Mina 2.0 version. > proxy connect for https tunneling times out > ------------------------------------------- > > Key: GERONIMO-3872 > URL: https://issues.apache.org/jira/browse/GERONIMO-3872 > Project: Geronimo > Issue Type: Bug > Security Level: public(Regular issues) > Components: AsyncHttpClient > Affects Versions: 1.x > Reporter: Sangjin Lee > Assignee: Rick McGuire > Attachments: GERONIMO-3872.patch > > > Proxy connect requests (for handling SSL tunneling) are timing out. This is a bug introduced when we started handling terminating response message bodies when servers close connections. > Responses to proxy connect requests are 200 responses, but they often do not have any headers including Content-Length. The following is one example of such a response: > HTTP/1.1 200 Connection established\r\n > \r\n > But the server keeps the connection alive for SSL tunneling. If Content-Length is not specified, the response decoder will keep trying to read the response until the connection is closed, which will not happen in this case. Eventually the connection will time out and the connect handshake ends up failing. > The response decoder needs to be smarter about cases where no content is expected. Such cases include > - certain response status codes (204 and 304) > - Content-Length: 0 explicitly specified > - proxy connect responses > In these cases, the response decoder should recognize it and finish decoding immediately. -- This message is automatically generated by JIRA. - You can reply to this email to add a comment to the issue online.
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CALERA, Alabama -- The Calera City Council tonight unanimously approved a 1 percent sales tax hike effective June 1 to pay for new public safety workers and raise money for projects including widening the bridge over Interstate 65 at Exit 231.
The council's unanimous decision came after nearly 80 minutes of discussion on the proposed hike, which raises Calera's overall sales tax to 9 percent. Tonight's meeting provided the third public hearing on the matter in as many weeks.
Many questioned whether the city should raise taxes to pay for the intended goals. "All our households are tight as well," Calera resident Leafus Taylor said. "I think we need to look at a different alternative" to the sales tax increase.
Mayor Jon Graham said the city has cut expenditures in past years after economic woes resulted in decreasing revenues. "I'm pitching we take the next step to take us to a higher level," he said.
Plans for the added sales tax revenue that would generate an estimated $155,000 a month include:
Public safety: The city would hire four police officers and 10 firefighters to improve coverage in the area. Fire chief Sean Kendrick said his department has seen a 31 percent increase in call volume since 2009 with stagnant staffing levels.
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Councilman Ernest Montgomery said the city needs to position itself using the extra tax revenue. "If we don't come up with a match, someone else will jump in," he said.
Councilman Chris Bunn agreed the money can improve the city's priority. "It's going to put us in the best shape we can be in as a city to get the bridge," he said.
Plans also call for a truck bypass that will improve downtown Calera.
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Terry Pickens, who lives in an unincorporated part of Shelby County, told the council the interstate project would threaten businesses. "When you change people's driving habits for 90 days, you change their spending habits," he said about the project he estimated would take 18 months.
He also urged the council to utilize firefighters in Alabaster and Columbiana to help with city's department instead of increasing manpower.
Sondra Storey Coley agreed with the extra police and fire workers, but she questioned the overall spending plan on the interstate without a firm commitment in hand. "I think there needs to be a little more open dialogue," she said, calling the tax a "little bit premature."
Claude McWhorter, a Calera resident, said he supported the city's plan and the sales tax increase instead of raising property taxes to pay for a bond. "We've got to look to the future. That's what we're talking about, the future of Calera," he said.
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BEIJING -- Top-ranked Garbine Muguruza retired from her opening match at the China Open with a cold Monday.
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I live in a housing village on Fort Hood. On November 4th, at approximately 1:30 PM, the emergency alarms went off. I was expecting to hear that this was a test of the "Emergency Alert System." Instead, I heard, "Attention. Seek shelter immediately. Close all doors and windows. Turn off all ventilation systems. Seek shelter immediately. Close all doors and windows. Turn off all ventilation systems." Then the alarms went off again. And again. Every fifteen minutes.
A great deal of confusion followed For the next two hours there were many rumors about what was happening, including a shooting at the PX and in one of the villages. My husband, who was off-post with our children (who thankfully got out of school at 1 PM that day and were with him) was unable to come on post as it was on lock down. He called me and insisted that I not only stay in the house but that I stay on the second floor and away from the windows.
Around 6:30 PM, Fort Hood lifted the lock down that had prevented anyone from entering or leaving. From CNN, I learned the details of the mass murder that had occurred less than 15 minutes away from our home at the place my husband had visited on numerous occasions in preparation for his tour to Iraq and as part of his reintegration upon his unit's return.
As soon as the news began covering the shooting, I started receiving emails and phone calls from people who were worried about me. People I barely know have extended their thoughts and prayers to me and my family. I have not responded to 99 percent of these people, including family. I have not talked about the shooting since it occurred. I have talked about the shooter, Major Hasan, but not about the shooting itself.
Today, ten days later, I went to the shoppette with another spouse who lives about six houses down the street from me. The first thing I saw when I entered the store was two racks of this week's TIME magazine with Major Hasan's military photo on the cover, life-sized and large. It was like being punched in the stomach. My first reaction was disgust. Then anger. I turned to my friend and told her, "I don't even talk about what happened! Who the hell are they to talk about it?" So naturally I had to buy the magazine and find out what they had to say.
(You know what? If no magazine was making the shooting an issue, that probably would have upset me, too. It is all very confusing.)
This got me thinking about why I don't talk about the shooting. People keep asking me if I am okay. I don't know how to answer that question. Yes? No? Maybe? This is a loaded question for those of us who have to answer it.
I feel a great deal of guilt. I feel guilty when concern is extended to me. I feel unworthy of that concern. I feel unworthy because of the horror experienced by the men and women in the building with that man on that day. How can anyone worry about ME or anyone else who wasn't in the building that day? We are the blessed and fortunate ones of that day. Our scare was that of the unknown, of the wondering. Our trauma was theoretical, not experiential.
I was recently contacted by Dr. John Ryan, Professor and Chair of Sociology at Virginia Technical Institute—now known for the Cho mass murders. Dr. Ryan wanted to find a way to come to Fort Hood after the shooting. He and his team focus on helping not the immediate victims of mass shootings, but those in the larger community. Dr. Ryan explained that their "work begins from the premise that, in tightly bonded communities, such attacks are attacks on the whole community, not just the most immediate victims."
I am trying to get Dr. Ryan and his team access to families at Fort Hood. I don't know whether this will be granted. I know that no one I know here is talking about the shootings. Again, there is talk about the shooter, but not about the event itself. Of course, everywhere else in America, this was something worth talking about. So why aren't we?
Part of me wonders if it is not because we live on the military post that has lost the most soldiers in the wars in Iraq and Afghanistan. We also have soldiers committing suicide as well as murdering fellow soldiers (or spouses). Yes, what Major Hasan did was extraordinary in HOW MANY soldiers he killed and WHERE he killed them, but haven't we come to expect death as part of our lives, in one place or another, one form or another? We grieve for the families who lose a soldier and we thank God that it wasn't our soldier and the Big Green Machine keeps churning.
Besides, our leadership proudly tells the media that this messy matter was taken care of quickly and that training and missions continue. Move along, nothing more to see here. Did Hasan really change anything?
Arguably, he made military lives worse. Soldiers are unable to feel safe on post, as well as families. Children already burdened with trust and mortality issues probably lost the most that day (of those of us in the larger community). The day after the shooting, my eight-year-old son asked me why there were soldiers with guns at his school. I explained they were there to protect him. He responded, "wasn't the bad man a soldier?"
Out of the mouths of babes oft times come gems.
Of course, the fact that we live and function under these conditions is a badge of honor; a testament to our resiliency as individuals and as a community. Yet suicides and suicide attempts continue to increase yearly. Our divorce rate increases every year while the civilian divorce rate is experiencing a 40 year low. Reports of domestic violence have gone up seventy-five percent in the last seven years.
How much more stress can we endure? How much more resilient can we be as a community? How much more can be taken from us? If someone like Dr. Ryan wants to help our families in the larger community process what happened, why wouldn't Fort Hood let them?
Am I okay? Depends on your definition of okay, I suppose.
Sunday, November 15, 2009
Thoughts on the Massacre at Fort Hood
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The Scarlatti Inheritance (original 1971; edition 1982)
by Robert Ludlum
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The Scarlatti Inheritance by Robert Ludlum (1971)
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This was my first Robert Ludlum novel, not because it was his first but because both he and it were recommended by the owner of a used book store I once frequented. So impressed I immediately bought his newest work at the time, something called The Bourne Identity. Ludlum had evolved in the ten years between the two books. Action had risen in prominence though not at the expense of intrigue. But there was another element that had appeared, which I confirmed with the next novel, The Parcifal Mosaic. These books ran about a quarter to a third longer than necessary. At what should have been the beginning of the end, a character heretofore not a part of the conspiracy would kill the hero's only confederate before he could expose the plot. Now there was another layer of adversity to be overcome. I was clearly in the minority in my feelings regarding this development of style and story as Ludlum by then had readers in the millions.
The Scarlatti Inheritance is Ludlum without padding. But fair warning, also without action and without long-ranging, deep-reaching conspiracies. This is the story of how the youngest son of an absurdly rich New York family came to be a high-ranking Nazi officer and it follows his plan to infuse the on-verge-of-defeat Germany with over a hundred million dollars in stolen money. He is opposed by his mother, the tough-minded family matriarch. The conflicts that ensue are more emotionally and financially based, even if they still affect the fate of humanity. And so, if admittedly not the Ludlum the world had come to know, a novel still riveting and well worth the read.
Clunky, thinly written and ill-conceived. If you've heard good things about Ludlum and were looking to read something by him I recommend The Holcroft Covenant. To be fair, Scarlatti does pick up slightly in the second half but I'm rating by the weakest link. Goodbye.
Not a typical Ludlum -- the majority of the novel takes place in the past. A pretty good story, but not one of the best. I did like the strength of the family matriarch in causing the ultimate demise of her son. She was a great character.
Enjoyed this very much. Lots of excitement and some interesting perspective on the lead-up to WWII and the horror of Nazi culture as seen through a thriller novelist's eyes. My only critique would center around the unlikelihood of lead character (the good guy!) having the ability to be so deeply involved with the violence, yet he was rarely a target himself when everyone else was being picked off like target practice. But when are there not unrealistic events in these books. Still a lot of fun and a nice break from some of the heavier more thoughtful things i am inclined to read. I have all of Ludlum's books and am looking forward to them all!
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