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Lot of 2 Boxes
Brand New
Type 27 Depressed Center Grinding Wheels
Part 20079
Pick Up Instructions:
Upland, PA Location:
Pick up dates will be June 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 28th from 8:00 am-3:00 pm by appointment only
Loading: Equip Trucking & Warehousing, LLC will be the official riggers on site. They will have a forklift on site if you need loading assistance.
Loading Fees: $65 for 0-30 minutes
$120 for 31-60 minutes
They will take cash or check onsite or they can invoice you and you may pay by credit card prior to pick up.
They will load an open trailer only with no sides.
Equip Trucking can quote to palletize all of your items and also load into overseas containers for an additional fee.
Lot of 2 Boxes
Brand New
Type 27 Depressed Center Grinding Wheels
Part 20079
Pick Up Instructions:
Upland, PA Location:
Pick up dates will be June 20th, 21st, 22nd, 23rd and 28th from 8:00 am-3:00 pm by appointment only
Loading: Equip Trucking & Warehousing, LLC will be the official riggers on site. They will have a forklift on site if you need loading assistance.
Loading Fees: $65 for 0-30 minutes
$120 for 31-60 minutes
They will take cash or check onsite or they can invoice you and you may pay by credit card prior to pick up.
They will load an open trailer only with no sides.
Equip Trucking can quote to palletize all of your items and also load into overseas containers for an additional fee.
General delivery information available from the auctioneer
Items weighing over 2kgs- from £35 (insured for loss but not damage in the post)
Auction Date & Time: Lots start closing on June 14th, 15th and 16th at 9:30 am
Location: Lester, PA
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Last year's Taliban attack on Camp Bastion - just days after Prince Harry had arrived at the base - was only possible because commanders had become so obsessed with preventing attacks by Afghan soldiers within the base on allied soldiers that they dropped their guard when it cam to defending the perimiter.
The attack, by 15 Taliban suicide attackers caused "the biggest single loss of American air power since the Vietnam War," according to the Daily Telegraph.The paper quotes a "United States Marine Corps review of the attack" as discussed on National Public Radio.
The Telegraph says:
Eight AV–8B Harrier jets belonging to the US marines were destroyed or badly damaged, and two marines were killed as British and American forces took more than five hours to kill the attackers. A US Congressional staff member familiar with the unpublished review told the radio network that allied military officers "considered this kind of an attack a low probability". They had instead been focused on "insider attacks".
The attackers used the rolling desert terrain and a dry stream bed to cover their night time approach, and had been disguised in American uniforms.
Some guard towers around the base had been left unattended.
Marines had thought the attackers were friendly forces until they opened fire with assault rifles and rocket–propelled grenades to destroy aircraft, hangars and fuel tanks.

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In 1984 Victoria followed the example of most other States and replaced the Governor's Union Jack [see below]
with an ensign. Other States had differentiated between the State Flag and the Governor's
flag by adding a crown to the latter. Since Victoria's badge already had a crown the
difference was made by giving the ensign a gold field.
David Prothero, 28 January 2009
The State Governor of Victoria flies a personal flag similar to the State Flag only with a gold (yellow) field and the stars in red.
Ted Cummins, 25 February 1997
The new Governor's flag was announced by the following official press release:
Governor's Flagavailable on the website of the Governor of Victoria.
His Excellency the Governor, Rear Admiral Sir Brian Murray, today announced that Her Majesty The Queen had graciously approved of a change in the Personal Standard of the Governor of Victoria. From this day, the Governor's Personal Standard will be the State Flag of Victoria with the blue of the flag being replaced by gold. The new Standard will be flown at Government House and on vehicles conveying the Governor. The old Standard used by all Victorian Governors has been, since 1870, the Union Jack with the Badge of the State emblazoned in the centre thereof.
The only states to not use the state flag with crown above the badge are Victoria and Queensland, which both already have a crown in the their badge.
Jonathan Dixon, 4 August 2004
It has been suggested that the inclusion of a yellow field in the Victorian
State Governor's Flag (adopted 18 April 1984) was "a private joke". This is
wrong. The golden-yellow field represents Victoria's gold rush past and its
promise for a golden future. The field's colour was chosen by the then State
Governor, Rear-Admiral Sir Brian Murray, and approved by Her Majesty, Queen
Elizabeth II. I have a copy of the official Government House Press Release in my
file about this flag.
Since then this flag is flown from the top of Government House, in the Kings Domain Gardens, Melbourne, every day that the Governor is in residence, and on the Governor's Car when travelling.
Ralph Bartlett, 21 February 2108
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26 March 1870. Viscount Canterbury acknowledged receipt of the Colonial Office circular introducing flags for governors and stated that the flag of the Governor of Victoria would be "the Union Jack with badge in centre emblazoned on coloured ground as stars are white." This may mean that the stars were set directly on to the centre of the St George's cross, without any disc or garland, as had been done in an early proposal for the flag of the Governor of New South Wales.
The despatch was forwarded to the Admiralty who would not approve the proposed governor's badge as it was not on an escutcheon or circular shield, and was similar to that proposed for South Australia (also a Southern Cross but with the addition of the two 'pointers').
In May the Admiralty and Colonial Office agreed between themselves that the Southern Cross of Victoria should be on an escutcheon. However the despatch of 22 July, that approved the Blue and Red Ensigns, made no reference to the Governor's flag. It is not clear whether the Governor had a flag between 1870 and 1878, nor its appearance if he did.
The Admiralty thought that it was the Southern Cross on a blue shield, as shown in the
drawing of colonial badges annexed to an Admiralty letter to the Colonial Office of
28 July 1875 which was forwarded to Victoria in July 1876.
[Sources: National Archives (PRO) CO 309/93, CO 323/326, CO 325/54, and notes compiled by Ralph Kelly from Australian Joint Copying Project microfilms Nos. 2026 (CO 309/92), 2405 (CO 323/325-327) and 2408 (CO 323/329-331)]
David Prothero, 27 January 2009
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The design of the badge on the Governor's flag was settled in July 1877; the Southern
Cross on a blue shield surmounted by a crown. [see the equivalent blue ensign]
[Sources: National Archives (PRO) CO 323/330, CO 325/54, and notes compiled by Ralph Kelly from Australian Joint Copying Project microfilms No. 2408 (CO 323/329-331)]
David Prothero, 27 January 2009
image by Martin Grieve, 27 Jan 2009
The badge on the Governor's flag was modified in 1903 to more
closely match the badge on the State Flag, by setting the crown, now Tudor, and stars
directly on to a blue disc.
[Sources: National Archives (PRO) CO 325/54]
David Prothero, 27 January 2009


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This weekend, ESPN2 aired a preview for the grand finals of Dota 2's The International, the 10 million-dollar tournament for the very popular video game. The move is kind of a big deal—arguably, it grants competitive gaming more mainstream legitimacy. But not everyone was happy to see Dota 2 on ESPN.
You can watch the segment here thanks to Mitchell Chea—Gabe Newell appears at about the 20 minute mark:
Naturally, some folks were hyped about the whole thing:
But most folks seemed confused, irritated, if not downright angry about ESPN2 airing a video game:
Here's a preview of some of the negative tweets you'll find if you search 'ESPN2' on Twitter. Click on 'expand' to see the image in full:
( Image via Redditor nicnarcotic)
The intense response might seem silly, but it kind of makes sense. The average sports fan might not necessarily know or care about Dota, and its broadcast on ESPN2 was a surprise even to gamers. Plus, gamers themselves have disputes about categorizing gaming as a sport. EDIT: some folks might've just been upset that their normally expected programming was interrupted without much warning, as was the case with one Tweet we originally pictured in this article. That's reasonable. None of this excuses people being mean about how Dota 2 players look, of course!
But to put this even further into perspective, here is the response that sports fans had to ESPN broadcasting soccer during the world cup, as posted by Redditor Vik1ng:
The response to Dota doesn't seem so bad now, huh? Heh.
( Via Reddit)


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Real Life
When 'The Bachelor' offered Chris Lambton money and fame, he did the unthinkable — he said no thanks
By Meredith Goldstein
Globe Staff / December 23, 2010
DENNIS — Chris Lambton is waiting for his sandwich at "The Merc.'' With him are his girlfriend, his father, and one of his brothers, all of whom are layered in landscaping gear and winter hats. It's a typical day for Lambton — no autographs to sign, no women in bikinis to choose from. It's exactly what Lambton hoped life would be like after his stint on "The Bachelorette'' ended earlier this year.
"Chris! Your sandwich is done!'' the Mercantile's owner barks when Lambton's order is up. They all know Lambton by name here, but not because he was on television. The owner, Meagan Lambton, is his sister-in-law.
"Coming, dear!'' Lambton yells with some sarcasm, quickly running to the counter to grab his food.
Lambton, 33, wasn't supposed to be on the Cape this season. In August he placed second on the reality dating show "The Bachelorette,'' losing the heart of Williamstown native Ali Fedotowsky to South Carolina insurance agent Roberto Martinez.
As runner-up on the show, Lambton was groomed to be the next star of "The Bachelor,'' meaning he'd get to choose his soul mate from a pack of doting women.
But when the time came to sign up for his second reality gig, Lambton hesitated. Then he did what few reality stars ever do: He said no.
He didn't like how "The Bachelorette'' had portrayed him, as an always-sweet, good-guy character known to fans as "Chris L.'' He felt that ABC focused too much on the death of his mother, Marjorie, who in 2008 succumbed to multiple system atrophy, a neurological disorder similar to ALS. He says the show didn't focus on his years of teaching in New York City schools or his sarcastic sense of humor. He was just that nice guy whose mom had died. He acknowledges that he shouldn't be surprised — it's reality television, after all — but he had had enough.
"I'm not a one-dimensional person,'' Lambton explained. "I know they were like, 'Go ask him about his mom again.' They didn't talk about my teaching. They didn't talk about anything else. It was good editing.''
Once ABC realized that Lambton wasn't a sure thing, the network began a hard sell to keep him. Execs promised him that they'd keep his family close by and that he could choose the location of the vacations he'd take with his potential mates. (ABC declined to comment for this story and told the Globe that Lambton was unavailable as well.)
According to Lambton, ABC upped its initial salary offer (he wouldn't say how much, but another insider said it would have been in the mid six figures). It took Lambton more than three months to give ABC a final answer, finally letting the network know in September that he wanted to go back to his real life.
A supportive family
Lambton is back in Dennis running the E. Lambton Landscaping company with his brother Erik. His 61-year-old father, Ed, a prolific poet and former English teacher, works with them. Chris's brother Mark, the general manager of EOM Offshore in Woods Hole, lives nearby. Chris is close with both of his sisters-in-law, Meagan and Sara. He lives with his father on scenic Corporation Road.
"My family's great,'' Lambton says. "They said, 'If you do it, great.' They were going to support me either way.''
On a recent afternoon, after visiting the Merc for lunch, Lambton travels around town with Erik on a few end-of-season jobs, raking the last of the fall leaves before the snow starts. Later, Lambton will spend quality time with his girlfriend of several months, a tall, blond woman from Texas. Lambton doesn't want to disclose who she is — he turned down "The Bachelor'' so he could fall in love in private — but it's safe to say that he met her because of his participation on the show.
"I don't want to put my love life out there,'' Lambton says, shaking his head. "People from 6 to 96 watch this show. The extent of it blows me away.''
A savvy reality show fan can probably identify Lambton's girlfriend with some good Googling. She had her own television experience and now has similar feelings about the reality game. Lambton plans to spend a few weeks with her over the holidays in her hometown.
Lambton's father says that finding this woman is one of the reasons Chris can't regret doing the show. Despite the negatives that come with notoriety, it was a good experience for the family, and for Chris in particular, who in 2009 was still reeling from the death of his mother.
'Love is the only reality' It was one of Chris's clients, a New Jersey woman who summers on the Cape, who got him on the show. She was shocked that her favorite landscaper was still single and convinced him to let her submit his name for the sixth season of "The Bachelorette.'' Chris knew of the series, but had never watched it. He had no idea what he was in for.
"The whole thing was just so serendipitous,'' says Chris's father. "And it came upon the heels of such a grave loss for the family.''
Ed Lambton also became a memorable character on "The Bachelorette.'' During Fedotowsky's "home visit'' with Lambton, which included time with the family, Chris tells her while touring his scenic family property that his father used to tell his mother, Marjorie, that "love is the only reality.'' Ed Lambton's quote became a much-blogged, unofficial tagline for the series. Even Shaquille O'Neal, who was still in Cleveland at the time, tweeted the phrase to his 3 million followers.
As Ed sees it, his son's notoriety has enabled him to do some good. Chris has helped raise thousands of dollars for local causes, including the Franciscan Children's Hospital, the NOAH Center in Hyannis, and Compassionate Caring ALS, an organization that helped the Lambtons during Marjorie's diagnosis. The Lambtons sell their company T-shirts to raise money for the group. CCALS's executive director, Ron Hoffman, says Chris has become somewhat of a celebrity spokesman, participating in walks and runs.
It's — what's the word I want to say — incredibly touching. There were people at the walk we did in Connecticut who came to see Chris. It's pretty extraordinary.''
Hoffman adds: "It's not like he gets a pretty big head about any of this. There's such incredible authenticity in this family.''
Adoration, near and far As far as the fans go, it's a mixed bag. Lambton's season of "The Bachelorette'' continues to re-air, debuting in country after country. It just ended its run in Norway. That means Lambton gets waves of international mail.
The Americans also haven't forgotten him. He keeps a plastic tub filled with fan mail in his kitchen. There are love notes from single women who've lost parents. Mothers have sent him notes about their single daughters. There are trinkets, such as a rock engraved with the phrase "Believe in miracles'' and mix CDs, such as one labeled "The Hopefully Make You Smile Mix'' that included songs by Rihanna and the Beastie Boys. "Some really good ones, actually,'' Lambton says, laughing. "I listen to them.''
His brother Erik says the adoration is fine when it comes in the form of mail. It's harder to take when people drive by the house or approach Chris in public, he says.
"They would just come up talking to him like he's there for their amusement,'' Erik says, grinning as he remembers the first time that he watched Chris get mobbed. Over the summer, while the show was airing, the brothers had run down to the nearby Corporation Road beach for their morning swim. Someone in the water quickly recognized that Chris was "Chris L.'' from "The Bachelorette.'' Suddenly the brothers were surrounded.
"It was like there's a dead seal on the beach or something,'' Mark jokes.
"Next thing I knew, people are coming up to me with babies,'' Chris adds. "They were handing me babies,'' he says, laughing.
What might have been Chris doesn't know whether he's the first person to turn down "The Bachelor,'' but he suspects he is.
He admits that he might watch when the new season premieres Jan. 3 — with Brad Womack taking his place in the throne — partly because he suspects that the women chosen as contestants were cast with him in mind. "One of those women could have been my wife,'' he says, looking a bit skeptical as he says the words.
For a moment, he considers what these past few months would have been like had he allowed the cameras to follow him and his family as he searched for a partner.
Smiling wide, he says confidently: "It would have been good TV.''
Meredith Goldstein can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com.


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Why spay and neuter rabbits?
- Altered rabbits are healthier and live longer than unaltered rabbits. The risk of reproductive cancers (ovarian, uterine, mammarian) for an unspayed female rabbit stands at is virtually eliminated by spaying your female rabbit. Your neutered male rabbit will live longer as well, given that he won't be tempted to fight with other animals (rabbits, cats, etc.) due to his sexual aggression.
- Altered rabbits make better companions. They are calmer, more loving, and dependable once the undeniable urge to mate has been removed. In addition, rabbits are less prone to destructive (chewing, digging) and aggressive (biting, lunging, circling, growling) behavior after surgery.
- Avoidance of obnoxious behavior. Unneutered male rabbits spray, and both males and females are much easier to litter train, and much more reliably trained, after they have been altered.
- Altered rabbits won't contribute to the problem of overpopulation of rabbits. Over 7 million adorable dogs, cats, and rabbits are killed in animal shelters in this country every year. In addition, unwanted rabbits are often abandoned in fields, parks, or on city streets to fend for themselves, where they suffer from starvation, sickness, and are easy prey to other animals or traffic accidents. Those rabbits who are sold to pet stores don't necessarily fare any better, as pet stores sell pets to anyone with the money to buy, and don't check on what kind of home they will go to. Many of these rabbits will be sold as snake food, or as a pet for a small child who will soon "outgrow" the rabbit.
- Altered rabbits can safely have a friend to play with. Rabbits are social animals and enjoy the company of other rabbits. But unless your rabbit is altered, he or she cannot have a friend, either of the opposite sex, or the same sex, due to sexual and aggressive behaviors triggered by hormones.
- Spaying and neutering for rabbits has become a safe procedure when performed by experienced rabbit veterinarians. The House Rabbit Society has had over 1000 rabbits spayed or neutered with approximately .1% mortality due to anesthesia. A knowledgeable rabbit veterinarian can spay or neuter your rabbit with very little risk to a healthy rabbit. Don't allow a veterinarian with little or no experience with rabbits to spay or neuter your rabbit.
Is surgery safe on rabbits?
Surgery can be as safe on rabbits as on any animal. Unfortunately, the vast majority of veterinarians aren't experienced with safe rabbit surgery techniques. Don't allow a veterinarian with little or no experience with rabbits spay or neuter your rabbit. Using isoflurane as the anesthetic and appropriate surgical and after-surgery techniques, spaying and neutering of rabbits is as safe as for any other animal.
At what age should rabbits be spayed or neutered?
Females can be spayed as soon as they sexually mature, usually around 4 months of age, but many veterinarians prefer to wait until they are 6 months old, as surgery is riskier on a younger rabbit.
Males can be neutered as soon as the testicles descend, usually around 8-12 weeks.
When is a rabbit too old to be spayed or neutered?
Veterinarians will have their own opinions on this, but in general, after a rabbit is 6 years old, anesthetics and surgery become more risky, but that doesn't mean it can't be done. Simply consult your veterinarian regarding your rabbit's health and circumstances, and opt for pre-surgical blood work.
It is always a good idea, in a rabbit over 2 years of age, to have a very thorough health check done, including full blood work. This may be more expensive than the surgery, but it will help detect any condition that could make the surgery more risky. This is especially important if anesthetics other than isofluorene are used.
Can you tell if a female rabbit has already been spayed?
The probability is very high that she hasn't.
One can shave the tummy and look for a spay scar. However, when veterinarians use certain stitching techniques, there is no scar whatsoever. Hopefully, these veterinarians will tattoo the tummy to indicate the spay has been done, but otherwise, the only way of knowing is to proceed with the surgery.
How can I find a veterinarian that can do the surgery safely?
What kinds of questions should I ask the vet?
- About how many rabbit clients does the veterinarian see in a year?
- How many spays/neuters OF RABBITS has the veterinarian has done in the past year?
- What was the success rate? 90% success is way too low. Every doctor, whether for animals or humans will occasionally lose a patient, usually because of an undiagnosed problem. Veterinarians across the country who spay and neuter rabbits for the House Rabbit Society have lost on average less than 1/2 of 1%.
- If any were lost, what was the cause?
- Does the veterinarian remove both the uterus and ovaries? (they should)
- Does the veterinarian do "open" or "closed" neuters? (Closed is preferable–let your veterinarian explain the difference.)
- Is entry to the testicles made through the scrotum or pre-scrotally? (Pre-scrotal incisions have less swelling and rabbits are less likely to lick at it.)
- Does the veterinarian require withholding of food and water prior to surgery in rabbits? (Do not do this–rabbits can't vomit, so there is no risk of that during surgery, and rabbits should never be allowed to get empty digestive tracts.)
- What anesthetics are used? Some veterinarians are quite successful with anesthetics other than isoflurane or sevoflurane, but the bunny is "hung over" after surgery, which increases the probability that s/he will be slow to start eating again, which can lead to serious problems.
- Review the procedure (op and immediate post-op) with your vet. Ask how problems will be detected: how often will they (the veterinarian and the techs) look in on your rabbit and what will they look for? What will they do pre-op to find any potential problems? How will they support your bun in the hours after surgery: oxygen, warmth, quiet (barking dogs and yowling cats in the next cage are probably not helpful), and stimulation? What are they going to do to make it come out right? Ask questions! That will get your veterinarian's attention. Let them know you're concerned and that you'll be paying attention.
What pre- and post-operative care should one give?
Some rabbit people give their rabbit acidophilus for a couple of days prior to surgery, just to be certain that the digestive system is functioning in fine form. But don't change the diet it any way during this time.
After the surgery, ask your veterinarian for pain medication, especially for a spay. If you choose, continue giving acidophilus until the appetite has returned to normal.
Inspect the incision morning and evening. After a neuter, the scrotum may swell with fluids. Warm compresses will help, but it is nothing to be overly concerned about. With any sign of infection, take the rabbit to the veterinarian immediately.
After surgery, keep the environment quiet so the rabbit doesn't startle or panic, don't do anything to encourage acrobatics, but let the rabbit move around at her own pace– she knows what hurts and what doesn't
Some veterinarians keep rabbits overnight. If your veterinarian lets you bring your bunny home the first night, note the following:
- Males: most come home after being neutered looking for dinner — be sure they have pellets, water, and some good hay. Good, fresh alfalfa is a good way to tempt them to nibble a bit.
- Females: most want to be left alone, are not interested in eating at all, and will sit quietly in a back corner of the cage (or wherever in the house they feel they will be bothered the least). Try not to pick up or bother her much for the first 4 days.
- Your vet should send you home with Meloxicam (brand name=Metacam), an anti-inflammatory pain medication, to give your rabbit with an oral syringe twice a day for 3-5 days after spay.
- The following morning, or at latest by the next evening, it is important for the rabbit to be nibbling something. It doesn't matter what or how much, as long as she is taking in something, so the digestive tract won't shut down. If she isn't, tempt her with everything possible – give them their favorite Italian parlsey, a piece of banana, dandelion green, cold, fresh greens, washed, and hold it for them. They should start nibbling on it. As a last resort, syringe feed Crtitical Care, or make a mush of rabbit pellets (1 part pellets, 2 parts water, run through blender thoroughly, add acidophilus, and feed in pea-sized bits with a feeding syringe through the side of the mouth with them sitting upright.
- Occasionally a female will pull out her stitches. Get her stitched up again, and then belly-band her by wrapping a dish towel around her whole middle and binding that with an elastic bandage wrapped snugly over it. If she can breath normally, it isn't too tight.


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Sunday, 1 August 2010
Childhood writing
I still have an exercise book from when I was about eight. Remember those lined exercise books, with their supple paper covers in dusty blues, maroons or greys, two staples in the spine? The teachers cut them in half to make two smaller books with one staple each. On each page we wrote what were termed stories, but really they were only a couple of lines long:
I have a little DOG who looks like a big baby her name is Lassie and I play with her and at night wen the gas fire is lit she lies down flat on the floor.
The moon is rising in the sky wen I look out of the window. It looks just like a silver ball floting jently in the sky
"Floating gently like a silver ball…" I was the same writer then that I am now.
When I was nine I began writing poetry. I'd heard that Shakespeare was the greatest English poet, but he'd died hundreds of years ago. Nobody had written better poetry since then? Look out world, I thought, here I come! I'd need to practise, of course, I knew that: but I reckoned that by the time I was grown up, I would probably be at least as good as Shakespeare. I spent my time reading, writing, and riding ponies. My schoolfriends admired my stories, especially if they were about horses – or later, about ethereal love affairs between lords and ladies 'as beauteous as the stars'. I was rubbish at all subjects except English and Art, but in those I was sure I was good. Have at look at this epic treatment of thunder: Thor and all...
As you can see, I didn't have the natural lyricism that many child poets have. I think I was already struggling to be 'literary'. Perhaps I read too much (lots of 19th century poetry from The Children's Encyclopaedia: I remember particularly admiring Byron's heavily overdone 'Mazeppa's Ride').
In order to become the new Shakespeare, of course, I would have to write a play or two. My verse drama career kicked off (and ended) with an adaptation – don't laugh too hard – of 'The Lord of The Rings' in pantomime couplets. I took this very seriously. My group of friends was going to act it out in the apple loft of our barn (we lived in the country); and we spent ages making costumes out of curtains. The script has long since vanished, but I can still remember two lines from the play. Frodo and Sam are struggling across Mordor, and Frodo pauses to exclaim:
"The Dark Tower seems – ah! – just as far away.
We'll reach it not tomorrow, ne'er mind today!"
Pretty good, huh? See that neat poetical inversion, and the apostrophe? I can't remember now if the play was ever put on - probably not; I think our parents weren't that supportive - but we got some fun out of the rehearsals. And meantime I was writing a book of short stories about magic. It was springtime: I used to sit outside scribbling, and the sunshine and the celandines somehow found their way into the stories.
"Once there was a golden land, full-filled with mirth and joy
And in that land a lady lived, more beauteous than the stars,
And she took joy in simple things
Like butterflies with coloured wings
And little flowers, and green green grass,
And crickets' chirp, and birdsong…"
I'm not sure I've ever been happier. Oh, it's bad, I know it's bad! But I didn't know that then. All I knew then was that I was writing my absolute best: and to this day I don't know a better feeling.
Soon after that I began a series of discoveries. I discovered Alan Garner, and started writing a long story based on 'Celtic' mythology. I discovered Rupert Brooke, and threw myself into sonnets beginning with lines like: Dream-like on the broad river drifting slow… I discovered Mary Renault and tried my hand at historical fiction. And, somewhere along the line, I discovered how to be self-critical…and the gates of the Garden of Eden shut behind me.
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I am jealous of your notebooks. We moved frequently and my mother always insisted on 'giving away' or 'throwing out' things she no longer wanted us to have. That included everything I wrote as a child. Later she found my teenage notebooks and they all went into the fire. She told me, "You will be glad I did it."ReplyDelete
Later, when I went to study in the UK, I left a box full of work in the garden shed - carefully sealed with packing tape. She threw that out as well.
I often wonder what I would think of what I wrote then if I could read it now.
The Lord of the Rings in couplets? Very ambitious!ReplyDelete
When my mum died a couple of years ago and I was clearing her house, I found she'd kept a lot of my childhood writing, including an excruciating teenage diary.
I threw the diary out, but kept the rest.
Oh, catdownunder, I'm so sorry! This school book survived by accident; but I still have a lot of childish stuff - most FAR too embarrassing to show. Welshcake, I understand completely about the diary. I have one I began when I was ten and finished when I was about 15 - all I can say about it is that it's definitely warts and all.ReplyDelete
I used to have all my old secondary-school exercise books stashed in a cupboard at my mother's house, even twenty years after I left home - after her death my brother and his family moved in and (quite rightly) threw the whole lot out...ReplyDelete
The only surviving writing I have from that time are a couple of short stories and a novella-length piece which got typed up - I've been posting about them on my writing site (www.ian-skidmore.co.uk) - nice to see I'm not the only one reminiscing about schoolwork...
I like the idea of an adaptation of LOTR in heroic couplets - the closest I ever got was a full-length play in blank verse about Tam Lin - more about this (with samples) on the site in the next few weeks...
It wasn't very heroic, Ian, alas. I shall look forward to your Tam Lin samples!ReplyDelete
Loved the floating jently... it SHOULD be j!ReplyDelete
I've got a book I wrote when I was 10 (complete with illustrations) - it's called "The Story of Flax" and is told by a pony called Flax who ends up in a circus. I still think the pictures are a lot better than the words.
And LOTR in couplets, phew! I once wrote a 50 word review of The Hobbit and won a T-shirt. Does that compare? I think not.
Oh, I think it was a heavily abridged version!ReplyDelete
I have absolutely none of my childhood effusions but if I tell you what they are, you won't feel sorry for me!ReplyDelete
I was writing alternate chapters of a novel about a horse (Katherine will appreciate this)with a friend in my first year at secondary school. It was called "From Herd to Harringay" I can't remember how many chapters we achieved but I doubt it was more than four.
And at primary school, I wrote plays and my friends performed them in assembly. These were heavily influenced by the Goon Show I seem to recall.
And then there was a story called The Progress about Elizabeth 1 going round the country bankrupting her hosts. My first historical fiction! I think I enjoyed doing the pictures more than the words though.
'From Herd to Harringay', Mary? You're quite wrong: I want to read it!ReplyDelete
And the writing alternate chapters thing is something I never did (too darned secretive) - but aged about ten, one of my daughters and her friend wrote a collaborative story called 'Time Flies'- about a magical dove called Time, and an evil villain called Lord Shnubalut (pronounced Shnoo-bal-oot.)
I still think it is rather a good name for a villain...
- Anonymous3 August 2010 at 12:10
I was also an ambitious writer when I was a child - stories, lots of poetry - and then, suddenly, I developed self awareness and the excruciating ability to CRINGE at my own writing. And I stopped writing. I've only started again now (I'm 38). And I love writing agin.ReplyDelete
This dawning of adolescent self-criticism was described so well by Margaret Mahy - was it in "The Tricksters"? I think it was. The heroine writes a novel - a sort of overheated gothic romance, with golden eyed demon lovers and so on. Her sister discovers it and reads it out loud, laughing at its absurdity. The heroine is devastated, because for the first time, she becomes aware of how the story might sound to an unsympathetic ear. But I found this story so inspiring. Once again, I'm trying to reach that innocent state of telling a story that is just exactly the way you want it to be, never mind what other people think, stars, swirly hair, golden eyed demons and all.
Lovely comment, Masha! Thanks for reminding me about that Mahy book, which I'd forgotten, but it's a perfect illustration of what I was talking about. Glad you've rediscovered writing, although from the look of your drawings and sculptures, you have many other strings to your creative bow.ReplyDelete
Thank you for sharing, Katherine!ReplyDelete
The most fun my sister and I had was writing the competing tabloids for our community of dolls...(a large assortment of doll houses and commericial establishments that took up most of a large basement room). Her's was the Mirkwood Spectacle, mine the Mirkwood Examiner...
A book of the juvenile writing of a variety of published authors would be wonderful. I would buy it. I know some young people who are striving to be authors who would find it encouraging to know that no one writes like a pro from the starting block. Thank you for sharing.ReplyDelete
Cathrin, that would be a nice idea... I wonder?ReplyDelete
Charlotte, I love the sound of the rival Mirkwood newspapers!
Oh yes! The joy of writing as a child without doubt or self-criticism, just delighting in the world around and the words!ReplyDelete
I wish I had kept my childhood writings but I threw them all away during one spring-cleaning frenzy or another. You're lucky to have been far-seeing enough to have kept your early notebooks.
It was luck rather than far-sightedness, Jo! And plenty more have gone the way of all flesh. I had one story illustrated with pink and gold flying horses, I seem to recall. Long gone!ReplyDelete
Lovely to see your childhood writings - they are very impressive! I have one hardbacked notebook with stories and pictures in - some very odd things, including instructions as to how to make a park bench!! I have no idea where that came from. Kids klike to see it at schools, though - they like to chortle at the pictures!ReplyDelete
thanks for sharing this! so lovely to read your childhood poems! :)ReplyDelete


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Thousands Strike State-Wide (see more below)
By Lauren Steussy / NBC San Diego / January 31, 2012
Workers at Kaiser Permanente are lining up in front of facilities across California to bring awareness to contract disputes with Kaiser's mental health and optical employees.
Statewide, 4,000 National Union of Healthcare Workers (NUHW) employees will strike for 24-hours Tuesday. It is expected to be one of the biggest strikes in Kaiser's history, since two other unions will also walk out. The disputes center around proposed cuts to retirement and health care benefits.
Over 200 of those NUHW employees work in San Diego. It's the group's fourth walkout since contract negotiations began in 2010. The most recent one since Tuesday's was in September.
Workers on strike say Kaiser's disputes affect not only their own health care and benefits, but also patient care.
"We've worked hard to make Kaiser successful," said Sarah Eberst, a Lincensed Clinical Social Worker with NUHW, "but we don't want that to come at the cost of pateint care or at the cost of our own retirement benefits or healthcare."
In April, Kaiser sent an economic proposal back to the unions, which have not negotiated since, according to MaryAnn Barnes, Senior Vice President and Executive Director Health Plan and Hospital for Kaiser in San Diego.
"We're very disappointed, and we need to see movement in the negotiations," Barnes said. "We're willing to negotiate in good faith, but we are not getting the same kind of reaction from NUHW."
All Kaiser hospitals and medical offices are expected to remain open during the strike, with Kaiser relying on replacement workers and nurse managers for additional staffing. This is possible because a very small group of the workers are actually on strike today, Barnes said.
"When Kaiser is making billions of dollars of profit per year," Eberst said, "It's not okay to be cutting back on employees retirement and health care."
More ….
Thousands of Kaiser workers wage one-day strike
By Sandy Kleffm / Mercury News / Jan. 31, 2012
As striking workers circled outside Kaiser Permanente medical centers throughout Northern California on Tuesday, hospital and union leaders traded allegations about the motivations behind the bitter dispute.
Much of the controversy centered around the striking nurses, who have a contract through 2014 but walked out in sympathy with mental health and optical workers who are negotiating a new contract.
A hospital association ran a full-page newspaper advertisement claiming the nurses have no sympathy for patients and are only concerned about increasing their membership.
Kaiser said the nurses have no right to strike. And a nurses union spokesman shot back that if Kaiser has enough money to pay its top executives multimillion-dollar salaries, it doesn't need to impose major cutbacks on its workers.
Amid the words, thousands of Kaiser employees walked off the job to protest stalled negotiations over a new contract.
Kaiser brought in replacement workers and planned to keep all of its hospitals and medical offices open during the one-day action, which ends at 7 a.m. Wednesday.
But some drop-in services such as optical sales may be closed in certain locations, Kaiser noted in a letter to patients.
The strike was called by the 4,000 members of National Union of Healthcare Workers, representing mental health clinicians, clinical psychologists, licensed social workers and opticians. The union began bargaining for a new contract in 2010.
Two other unions agreed to walk out in sympathy — up to 17,000 registered nurses with the California Nurses Association/ National Nurses United, and 650 members of Stationary Engineers Local 39.
Exactly how many employees participated in the strike remains unclear. Kaiser claimed more than two-thirds of nurses crossed the picket line to work, but union leaders disputed those numbers.
NUHW and the nurses held a similar strike in September.
The disagreement centers around wages and what NUHW claims are major cuts proposed in health-care coverage and retirement benefits. The union also has complained about staffing levels, arguing that patients often endure long waits for mental health appointments.
At Kaiser facilities in Oakland, a boisterous crowd played the Gloria Gaynor song, "I will survive," and marched along Howe Street.
"We understand there might be take-aways," but Kaiser's proposal went too far, said Tommie Nichols, an optician who has worked 37 years at Kaiser Oakland. "We're not going to stand for it."
The union is prepared to return to negotiations, said Jose Zabala, also an optician with Kaiser Oakland. But he added, "We're prepared to strike and walk until June if necessary — as long as it takes to get a contract settled."
About 100 red-clad workers stood outside Kaiser Antioch Medical Center on Deer Valley Road. Some held signs with a line through the word "Thrive," a Kaiser slogan.
"They're really seeing an opportunity to use the economy for these cuts, but they're making money,"said Mary Anne Beach, a psychologist and NUHW shop steward. "There is no justification."
Because of staffing issues, Beach said, patients are having to wait longer between needed appointments.
At Kaiser in Walnut Creek, employees carried signs reading "Care Delayed, Care Denied" and "Some Cuts Never Heal."
"Kaiser really understaffs its mental health units," said psychologist Adam Front. "So we don't have the resources that we need to provide the care people need."
A Kaiser spokesman disagreed, saying the health system provides timely, high-quality mental health care. He noted that Kaiser received four stars, the highest rating possible, for mental health care from the state Office of the Patient Advocate's annual report card.
"This work stoppage is about labor issues related to contract negotiations and benefits proposals," said Dr. Don Mordecai, Kaiser's director of mental health and chemical dependency services, in a prepared statement. "We strongly disagree with anyone who may claim this is about issues related to quality."
Kaiser argues that such issues are best resolved at the bargaining table. It says it has been waiting for a union response to its first wage-and-benefit proposal for more than six months.
Kaiser "has demonstrated throughout its history that it is committed to providing its employees with highly desirable, market-leading salary and benefits," said Gay Westfall, Kaiser's senior vice president of human resources, in a prepared statement.
The company also maintains that the nurses' contract prohibits sympathy strikes.
"Kaiser Permanente nurses received 5 percent raises for each of the past three years, and they have an excellent contract in place through 2014 that provides, among other provisions, wage increases twice each year," Westfall said.
A union spokesman said that regardless of what is in the contract, sympathy strikes have been an accepted practice at Kaiser.
"There is a long history and precedent of workers striking in support of each other at Kaiser," Idelson said.
The September walkout cost Kaiser's Northern California region $14 million, "resources we would rather devote to our people, care programs and service," Westfall said.
The California Hospital Association ran a full-page advertisement with a large photo of a crying baby in some newspapers Tuesday criticizing the nurses union for their sympathy strike.
"Sympathy for who? Not for patients," the advertisement said. It noted that in 2010, the nurses union loaned NUHW $2 million.
"Make no mistake — this strike is not about patient care," said C. Duane Dauner, president and CEO of the California Hospital Association, in a prepared statement. "It's about (the California Nurses Association's) ongoing attempts to grow its membership, increase its member dues and advance its aggressive political agenda. This union already rakes in nearly $61 million in annual member dues."
CNA spokesman Chuck Idelson sharply criticized the hospital association and its advertisement. "There is no organization that is more representative of the 1 percent," he said.
The nurses decided to wage a sympathy strike because of the proposed cutbacks and staffing issues for NUHW members, Idelson said.
"We use our resources to stand up for patients and workers' standards," Idelson said. "We don't think, as wealthy as Kaiser is, it should be rolling back standards."
The unions note that Kaiser's CEO took home nearly $9 million in compensation in 2010 and other top managers enjoyed lucrative salaries, bonuses and perks.


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Khenpo Tsültrim
Gyamtso Rinpoche
Quote of the Week
June 6, 2014
The Thought Self-Liberates
The main point is this: if you look straight at it whatever thought you have, it self-liberates. If you look straight at the thought's essence, the thought self-liberates.
Composed by Khenpo Tsultrim Gyamtso Rinpoche, in 2005 on Holy Island, Scotland.
Translated by Ari Goldfield.


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Wondering what birthday parties in heaven are like.
Amazed at how all that was broken nine years ago, has been so beautifully and wholly restored.
praying that God covers you in his sweet peace today. xoxo-heatherReplyDelete
I bet they're pretty awesome. I mean, God has to be the best party planner, right? :) What a special day - praying for your family.ReplyDelete
Sending you a hug from Virginia. I'm sure God throws the best birthday parties ever!ReplyDelete
spilling tears all over again for you & your journey with Joy. i always am so thankful when i read the part about that you were in community for those first days. of course you needed time alone to be deep in your grief, but also that someone could come play worship songs with you in your darkest hour? beautiful. also love all that Joy did. marriages restored & only knowing heaven? beautiful.
praying peace and so much hope for you today. thank you for sharing some of Joy with us. i am a better mama and person because of it.
I bet the birthday parties in heaven are something more fabulous than we could even dream up!
Thinking about you today.
The last nine years have been the most spectacular party for her!! Hoping and praying you have a good day today and that you stay wrapped in his arms!ReplyDelete
i think in heaven, every time there is a birthday party, they say, "eat your hearts out, martha stewart & amy atlas!" but, that's just my theory.
sending peace and hugs your way today! you are one tough woman!
Happy Birthday sweet Joy! Can you imagine the wonder of cupcakes in Heaven? I feel if God went to the trouble to create cocoa beans then there must be chocolate in Heaven. I'll be praying for you today Julie. Lot's of peace and comfort.ReplyDelete
heart strings are pulled by this post. blessings to you and i know that parties in heaven are full of angels. :)ginaReplyDelete
Many hugs and blessings to you today! xoxoxo LisaReplyDelete
Why, they are fabulous, of course! Sending you lots of love and hugs today, friend!!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday sweet Joy! And a peace filled day to you...ReplyDelete
praying extra hugs & kisses for all of you today!ReplyDelete
Happy Birthday Joy! Praying for you guys today as you remember & celebrate sweet Joy. Love you!ReplyDelete
Thinking, praying and loving you today!ReplyDelete
What a blessing you and Joy have been to so many who have read your blog. I pray God will surround you in love and peace today, just as He's doing with Joy.ReplyDelete
julie, praying for you and your family today. thank you for sharing your life and your sweet JOY with all of us!ReplyDelete
Can't wait to celebrate with you today! Happy birthday, joy! You have touched the lives of so many!ReplyDelete
Julie, I am constantly uplifted by your blog and know that Joy's influence and your goodness have touched many people. Hope today is a good one.ReplyDelete
Thinking of you, Julie. And extra thankful our Lord gives us a peace that surpasses all understanding. Hugs from up north... xxooReplyDelete
precious. though my heart doesn't know what this kind of pain feels like, I think from one mom to another God will give me the words to pray for you today. Have a special celebration.....cause you know her and Jesus are!ReplyDelete
{{HUGS}} to you!!ReplyDelete
Sobbing uncontrollably as I read Joy's story again. You might be the strongest woman that I can think of. The road that you had to go down is one that God only chooses for those he knows can do it. What you went though is unimaginable and I am so sorry you had to endure that. Jpy is such a lucky little angel to have you as her Mommy, constantly reminding their sisters and the world of her, never forgetting her, for even a second. God Bless You, Julie. Have a wonderful day with your hubby and ALL of your sweet girls. Joy is looking down from heaven smiling and thanking you for making her feel so special today and every day.ReplyDelete
(((Hugs))) and prayers for sweet peace today for you and your family.ReplyDelete
Yesterday was the Sanctity of Life day...so precious to know that sweet Joy and so many others are with our Heavenly Father.
Thinking about you Julie... Prayers for a JOY filled day...ReplyDelete
Me too!
You are 6 years ahead of me on this journey and it helps me to look ahead and see what grief and healing looks like as we travel this difficult path.
Hugs to you and Happy birthday JOY!!!
Happy birthday to dear sweet Joy. My thoughts and prayers are with you and your family today. And I am sure those Heaven birthday parties are pretty awesome!ReplyDelete
Just said a little prayer for y'all to continue to find peace. And I agree with Lindsay, God probably throws pretty amazing birthday parties!ReplyDelete
Praying an extra heaping of God's many blessings on you today.ReplyDelete
I am thinking of you today, and wishing Joy the happiest of birthdays in Heaven. Many (((HUGS))) to you.
I just found out today that I lost a baby (having a D&C on Wednesday), so I'm going to think that my little one might be at Joy's party today.
Much love.
I bet they are JOYful
I've never left you a comment before...this time seemed right. Happy Birthday to your sweet baby girl. Praying for comfort & JOY for you all today. And maybe a special glimpse of what she's up to on her day...what a precious girl.ReplyDelete
happy birthday Joy!
because of you so many lives have been touched by your amazing caring Mommy!
I hope you all have a perfect, special day together!
Wow, I have been checking out your blog periodically and never came across your "story". Your little Joy passed couple of weeks before my Jake did. He passed on 2-7-2002. I have tears in my eyes reading your story because your emotions and feelings are exactly what I felt. I lost Jake to undiagnosed vasa previa. It is the worst thing that I will ever go through. I also realized a couple of years later how much it changes me and some for the better. I feel for you and your family. Jake will be 9 this year and my only relief is knowing he will never experience pain, disappointment, or any other earthly thing that would make him sad or cry. I know he is in a better place. Trust me, I selfishly want him here, ALWAYS, I just know I can't have him so I feel better knowing he is in Heaven. God bless you and your family. Terri mom to angel ^i^ Jake (02-07-02)ReplyDelete
I don't even know you but I am blessed by your raw honesty and beautiful written account of your journey. Thanks for being willing to share. I can only imagine the ways God has used you and will continue to use you.
Happy Birthday to your Joy!
Happy Birthday, Joy!
I'm also the Mama of a sweet babe in Heaven and I'm so glad we can grieve with hope. Thinking of you and your family today.
Thinking of you and your family especially today. :)
"Maybe God has a bigger plan for me than I had for myself. Like this journey never ends. Like you were sent to me because I'm sick. To help me through all this. You're my angel." From my favorite movie of all time-"A Walk to Remember"
definitely lots of cupcakes. happy birthday joy! xoxoReplyDelete
Saying a prayer for you and Joy, my amazing friend!ReplyDelete
hugs from the gibson clan. we love you so.ReplyDelete
So many prayers for you :)ReplyDelete
i just reread your story and again it brought me to tears. you. are. amazing. for telling your story, for sharing your heart, for touching so many others through your pain. and beyond that, you touch so many others through your candor, your humor and your craftymamaness and wih your toffee crack. ;)you are jesus with skin on for so many of us. sending hugs and prayers for you and your family today. :)ReplyDelete
I've followed your blog blindly, not knowing you or your story, for a few months now via a friend. I just read your story, and Joy's, and sit hear with tears streaming down my face for your heartbreak but also with a smile for the blessings of all your added "Jae's". I pray that your tender heart feels God's peace today knowing that all of heaven is celebrating Joy! Thank you for opening your life to us.ReplyDelete
hi sweet julie
Thinking of you today more than other days... praising God for the blessings that have come in the last nine years and
eager to see Joy one day with you!
"baby let sweet Jesus hold you 'till mom and dad can hold you, oh... you'll just have Heaven before we do..."
Oh, she is no doubt having the best time. (I mean, come on. An angelic choir singing happy birthday? amazing!)... thinking of Joy, of you, your husband, and Joy's sisters today :)ReplyDelete
How deeply I was touched as I read your story for the first time today. What an accomplishment of Joy, touching many more lives than any of us could ever hope to! Happy Birthday to a very special girl!ReplyDelete
Happy birthday, sweet Joy! God works in mysterious ways...your journey through the darkest time in your life has brought SO many women strength. I found strength through you to share my story, and peace through Him to cope with the abundance of emotions that sharing my story has brought. January 24th and February 24th of every year are days spent thinking of our glory babies. Love you, sweet friend. <3ReplyDelete
Thank you for this. I am sure I'd read that post about Joy before... but it's so raw and new now. A friend of my very best friend had a stillborn baby last summer. The baby was even named after my friend (Anne Michelle). It's been six months now and even though I've never met her parents, I think of Anne Michelle every day. I know my friend Michelle so well to know how rough of a time it has been for her parents. We struggle to praise God in this, but he surely knows better than we do. Thanks for sharing with us!ReplyDelete
This post is amazing to me. I had a very similar thing happen to my little girl. Her first birthday is coming up in March and this post just gave me chills. I'm sure they have wonderful birthdays in heaven & I can't wait for my daughter to tell me how everyone of them went :] thank you so much for sharing.ReplyDelete
Wow, I had never read your previous posts on sweet baby Joy, and I thank you so much for sharing it. I will be praying for you and your family today.ReplyDelete
I am praying for you and your family this week! We have met briefly at church, and I learned about your precious baby Joy when it was mentioned during church one time. My husband and I also lost our oldest son, and it will be nine years this May - - May 16, 2002 to be exact. I love thinking about the celebrations up in heaven and we talk about it with our other kids.
I pray that God wraps you in his arms as you remember your precious daughter.
Best, Angie
Thinking of your beautiful little girl Joy who should be here to celebrate her birthday!
Our daughter Savannah died at the age of 4 and would now be 11. It haunts me all the time to wonder what she would be like now and what it is that 11 year old's like these days.....
Sending a hug and love and strength to get through a special day.
Diana x
It is me again. I failed to tell you that I am sorry for your loss and yes, birthdays in heaven must be the best. I wish you lots of peace. Take care and thank you for sharing your story of precious Joy.ReplyDelete
Hugs and Prayers from one bereaved mom to another.
"So with you: Now is your time of grief, but I will see you again and you will rejoice, and no one will take away your joy."
John 16:22
Thinking of you today Julie. :) I ♥ Joy!ReplyDelete
julie, this sweet little post choked me up and made me smile. your sweet angel and her story has touched my heart. i hope you all have a wonderful birthday celebration and that you feel peace today knowing that our God is so, so good. many hugs, friend.ReplyDelete
Thinking of you with all my heart.ReplyDelete
Happy birthday to your precious Joy. My heart ached reading your journey and the pain you and your family endured. Thank you for sharing your story. I was also inspired and humbled by you and your strength. I know Joy sees you each day and is so proud of her mother and the joy you bring to her sisters and to those around you.
I have enjoyed reading your blog for a few months now and am thankful to know a bit more about you and the meaning behind your blog title. I was feeling particularly down this week - a little bit of self pity combined with lack of sleep and mommy worry so I appreciated reading and remembering how very blessed I am even during my toughest weeks. I am confident there will be more JOY in my day tomorrow.
Thanks and God bless you~
mom to Jack, Ben & Annabelle
Happy birthday to Joy. Ours would have been nine this year too. Thinking of you and praying for you and your family.ReplyDelete


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March 2, 2012
While DefenseReview (DR) was at SHOT Show 2012, we came across the DKX Advanced Manufacturing booth and got a quick look at the DKX MAX III lightweight, multi-hit/drop-resistant "floaty armor" (DR's tongue-in-cheek term for floating armor) plates, which are positively-buoyant thanks to their DSM Dyneema fiber construction. NIJ Level III hard armor plates. The DKX MAX III plates' polyethylene fiber (Dyneema) construction is what gives them their multi-hit/drop-resistant qualities, and why you don't have to X-Ray them like you would with ceramic armor plates.
According to Evan Anderson of DKX, the company is currently developing DKX MAX IV NIJ Level IV anti-rifle armor plates.
The DKX floating hard armor (tactical body armor) product might be a good fit with London Bridge Trading Company Ltd.'s (LBT) maritime tactical armor plate carrier.
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I am a 60-year-old child of the 60's who never gave up on the idea that I can save the world—even after three decades on Wall Street.
That is why I enjoyed the piece by William MacAskill, To save the world, don't get a job at a charity; go work on Wall Street.
The problem is that this is more easily said than done. Most people working on Wall Street can make ends meet while a small few can make vastly more money than they need. The trick is to make sure that the process of making money does no harm.
Question: How much money would all the participants in the mortgage securitization industry have to give to charity to undo the harm they have caused?
Answer: More than they have ever made.
The real opportunity to do good on Wall Street is to reform it from within. But to do the right thing you have to be able to recognize the difference between right and wrong, and then you must be able to say "no" when ordered to do the wrong thing.
Here is my advice if you want to come to Wall Street and do good:
- Have a strong moral compass and a thick skin. Practiced righteousness about what other people should do isn't the same as being in the right. You'll need to recognize when you're ordered to do the wrong thing, and you'll need to not do it. Time spent not facing these issues does not prepare you for the time when you will have to.
- Be independently wealthy when you arrive. Doing the right thing might require you quit your job (or lose it) and perhaps never work in the industry again. You might be different from everyone else, but I doubt it. If you are still paying off a student loan (or a mortgage, or your kid's college bills, or saving for retirement) then you will find a way to rationalize bad behavior rather than refuse to do it.
- If you have the moral compass but lack the funds, then whatever you do, live very modestly and save the difference rather than give it to charity. That money might come in handy some day when doing the right thing requires you to quit and go the regulators and the press. If you make it into old age with a pile of dough and a clear conscience then you can give it to charity—or better yet, get creative and be charitable with your time and money doing things other charity mongers haven't thought of yet.
- Make sure you have an awesome in-demand skill and be the kind of "resource" people jockeying for resources will fight over. People will put up with you being good if you are good at something they need desperately.
I wrote a piece for my Physics major son and his cohorts that was published by Science magazine called, What Not to Do With Your Physics Education. My advice is that they not join me on Wall Street because, as I conclude the article, "It's not that I feel they would not succeed; many will make lots of money. It's more like how I would feel about sending a poorly equipped son to a dubious war where many generals are in it not for the cause but for the spoils."
I notice a certain naïveté among some academics, non-profiteers, and people who lack hard skills. They believe that all they have to do is lower their standards just a tiny bit in order to be in high demand on Wall Street and make tons of money. Then they imagine they can make up for it by supporting good causes.
Good luck with that.


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The victory sent Boston fans spilling into the streets Wednesday night to celebrate the team's 6-1 victory over the St. Louis Cardinals in Game 6. Amid the cheers and high-fives, the white lights of Boston's Prudential Tower read "GO SOX."
"Words cannot describe how I feel," Red Sox fan Sam D'Arrigo said. "This is what being a Boston fan is all about."
The win capped an emotional season for the Red Sox, one heavy with the reminder of the Boston Marathon bombings in April, which left three people dead and more than 260 wounded. Players wore "Boston Strong" logos on their left sleeves and a giant "B Strong" logo was mowed into Fenway's outfield.
"We needed this," said Mark Porcaro of Boston. "They were an easy team to get behind because they stood up for us when we needed them most."
An excited Mayor Tom Menino tweeted: "Get the ducks ready, we're having a parade." He was referring to the duck boat parades the city had had during previous sports celebrations.
Menino and Red Sox officials later announced that the parade would begin at 10 a.m. Saturday at Fenway Park and travel down Boylston Street - where the Marathon attack occurred - before going on to the Charles River. Organizers said they wanted the parade to be held at a time when as many fans, including families with children, could attend.
After the deciding game, police set up barriers to funnel the crowds away from Fenway Park and mounted police and officers on bicycles patrolled the area. Some fans were obviously intoxicated. A few young men climbed a pole holding a traffic light.
A large group gathered near the marathon finish line, chanting and blocking traffic until police arrived.
The Suffolk District Attorney's office reported that Boston and state police made 10 arrests in the city, mostly for disorderly conduct.
Throughout the night, the Boston police department had tweeted cautionary messages, encouraging fans to "Celebrate with pride" and "Celebrate responsibly." Police later thanked the "tens of thousands" of Red Sox fans who took their warnings seriously.
There were no reports of serious damage but at least one car was overturned.
Officials at the University of Massachusetts said 15 people - all but one of them students - were arrested after thousands gathered on the Amherst campus to celebrate the Red Sox win. Most of those arrested were charged with failing to disperse and two also with assault and battery on a police officer. No injuries were reported.
In New Hampshire, celebrations turned destructive at several college campuses. In the largest incident, University of New Hampshire officials say police used pepper spray and pepper balls to break up a crowd of several hundred students that had gathered at the Durham campus. Officials said some of the students threw bottles and cans at officers; five were arrested on disorderly conduct charges.
At Keene State College, police also used pepper spray after students flipped over a vehicle and threw rocks, glass bottles and ice. No one was arrested.
Boston has hosted several celebrations over the last decade as the Celtics, Patriots, Bruins and Red Sox have all won titles since 2004, but some of the post-championship partying has caused problems. In 2004, a 21-year-old college student was killed by a pepper pellet fired by Boston police during crowd-control efforts following the Red Sox win in the American League Championship Series. In 2008, a 22-year-old man died after police took him into custody during street celebrations of the Celtics' title.
In St. Louis, fans were disappointed that the Cardinals lost.
Ed Moreland watched the game while cleaning offices at a downtown bank building. "We had a good team. We fought for it," he said. "Boston was just a bit stronger."
At The Dubliner, an Irish pub near the St. Louis Convention Center, bartender David Fitzgibbons suggested that collective excitement in the city dissipated after a 3-1 loss in Game 5 that left the Cardinals needing a two-game sweep in Boston to prevail.
"I don't think people's expectations were that high," he said.
Wednesday's game was a triumphant end to a hectic day in Boston - hours before the game, President Barack Obama delivered a talk at historic Faneuil Hall on his embattled heath care reform.
With the World Series and a presidential visit, police were on high alert. The marathon bombing prompted the deployment of extra dogs and undercover officers.
For the citizens of Red Sox Nation, the extra security, the traffic and the closed streets were a small price to pay for baseball glory.
"Since 1918, no one has experienced this," said Russ Stappen of Rockland, Mass., who shelled out several hundred dollars for his ticket. "There's nowhere else I'd rather be."
Associated Press writers Jay Lindsay and Bob Salsberg in Boston and Alan Scher Zagier in St. Louis contributed to this report.


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Money and character
One of the criticisms that foreigners (and many of us, too) have long had about Americans, going back to the earliest years, is how materialist and money-grubbing we are. Tocqueville was gentler than most when he wrote that the desire to acquire the good things of this world is the dominant passion among Americans. . . . .
In the early 20th century, an Egyptian civil servant visiting the U.S. wrote that Americans measure man by his income, according to his bank balance, and this wave of idolatry is spreading from America to the rest of the world. (Sayyid Qutb would later be the major intellectual source of the Moslem Brotherhood and Al Qaeda.)
Such valuing of money would seem to contradict the American principle that people ought to be valued for their character, not by what they have.
The tension between money and character, between money and human relationships, has bothered Americans for a long time. We dont know whether to celebrate money or hide it.
Money and equality
British sociologist Mike Savage makes a passing remark in a recent book that puts a twist on the question of whether money makes the man. Precisely because money is impersonal, he writes, it is possible for people to be differentiated on the basis of how much money they have without this being deemed to undermine their individual, human qualities (p. 224). Other distinctions between people, Savage says, impugn a persons character or morality, but money is impersonal. He quotes a working-class Brit who says, perhaps defensively, Theres no difference between me and Lord Clare; hes got the money and I havent. . . . Even a roadsweepers equal to me; I earn twice as much as he does, but it doesnt make much difference to me, hes my equal.
From this perspective, distinctions of money can, odd as it may seem, be democratic and even egalitarian. Each person is, in his or her essence, as good, has the same claim to respect, is as valued as much as anyone else. The money you have, by this logic, is as incidental as the color of shirt you wear for determining your moral worth. Distinctions of character being honest, hard-working, family-loving, reverent, and so on and not money determine how much respect one gets. In that way, Savages interviewee could say he felt equal to a lord; any differences were only about money.
By this logic, the Americans who foreigners thought were so money-oriented were more egalitarian than the visitors with their gentleman and gentlelady airs.
Good money
This moral rehabilitation of money brings us to the work of sociologist Viviana Zelizer. In a couple of her books (such as this and that ), Zelizer examines how contemporary Americans cope with the taint of money, their feeling that it soils what it touches. Most Americans feel, for example, that gifts should be personalized things, not crude cash (while in other cultures, newly-weds, for instance, expect to get showered with crisp bills). Americans try to camouflage cash exchanges in various ways in gifts that can be returned, in earmarking (this bank account is for Susies college; that account is for Christmas presents), or if need be, with checks placed in tasteful gift cards. In the end, Zelizer writes, across a wide range of intimate relations, people manage to integrate monetary transfers into larger webs of mutual obligations without destroying the social ties involved. Money cohabits regularly with intimacy, and even sustains it.
What appears to have changed historically is the growing distaste for open cash or crude materialism. It seems that, as Americans became more affluent over the last two centuries, as the middle class expanded, and as bourgeois sentimentality developed (see this earlier post ), Americans became more uncomfortable with naked money, especially with mixing cold cash and warm relations. Confounding friendship and business, for example, was increasingly thought impolite. Some scholars have written about a post-materialist sensibility. As people became wealthier over several generations, they shifted their focus to higher things, like environmentalism, self-expression, and nurturing relationships. (One need not admire money, in seems, if one has lots of it to spare.)
More money
Some observers suggest, however, that this post-materialist trend may have recently stalled or reversed. There are survey data indicating that American adults and American college students, in particular, have increasingly focused on money and material things since around 1970. One explanation assuming that this change is real is the increasingly visible widening of economic inequality since the 70s. Economist Robert Frank, for instance, argues (e.g., here and here ) that as extreme wealth has become more common, more flaunted, and more visible, it has made middle class Americans feel more deprived and more obsessed about money and about what money can buy.Another explanation is that growing economic insecurity among middle class (and poorer) Americans since the 1970s requiring, for example, more work hours from mothers has necessarily and pragmatically re-focused Americans attention to money matters. Higher things may have to wait.
This to-ing and fro-ing reflects the complex relationships Americans have had (and Zelizer has documented) with money. Is it the root of all evil; or is it a means to engage in philanthropy for example, supporting religion (a tension even among the Puritans see here ); or is it Americans way of measure of talent and motivation; or is it corruption? Or is it all these things some of the time?
Cross-posted from Claude Fischers blog,Made in America: Notes on American life from American history.


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NEW DELHI – The parents of an Indian woman who suffered a miscarriage and died after being refused an abortion in an Irish hospital slammed Ireland's abortion laws Thursday.
Savita Halappanavar was 17 weeks pregnant when she miscarried and died last month. Ireland's government confirmed Wednesday that Halappanavar suffered from blood poisoning and died after being denied an abortion, reigniting the debate over legalizing abortion in the predominantly Catholic country.
"In an attempt to save a 4-month-old fetus they killed my 30-year-old daughter. How is that fair you tell me?" A. Mahadevi, Halappanavar's mother, told several Indian television stations. Her daughter actually was 31 when she died.
"How many more cases will there be? The rules should be changed as per the requirement of Hindus. We are Hindus, not Christians," she said.
Savita Halappanavar's father, Andanappa Yalagi, said the combination of medical negligence and Irish abortion laws led to his daughter's death.
The spokesman for India's Ministry of External Affairs, Syed Akbaruddin, said in a Twitter post that the Indian Embassy in Dublin was "following the matter."
Halappanavar's husband, Praveen, said doctors at University Hospital Galway in western Ireland determined that his wife was miscarrying within hours of her hospitalization for severe pain on Oct. 21. He said over the next three days, doctors refused their requests for an abortion to combat her searing pain and fading health.
It was only after the fetus died that its remains were surgically removed. Within hours, Savita was placed under sedation in intensive care with blood poisoning, her husband said. By Oct. 27, her heart, kidneys and liver had stopped working, and she was pronounced dead the next day.
Three separate investigations are looking into the cause of Halappanavar's death.
Ireland's constitution officially bans abortion, but a 1992 Supreme Court ruling said the procedure should be legalized for situations when the woman's life is at risk from continuing the pregnancy. Five governments since have refused to pass a law resolving the confusion, leaving Irish hospitals reluctant to terminate pregnancies except in the most obviously life-threatening circumstances.
An estimated 4,000 Irish women travel next door to England every year, where abortion has been legal on demand since 1967. But that option is difficult, if not impossible, if the woman's health is failing.


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DMM TOC > 400 Commercial Parcels > 410 Express Mail
415 Mail Preparation
1.0 General Information for Mail Preparation
1.1 Express Mail Packaging Provided by the USPS
[11-2-09] Express Mail packaging provided by the USPS must be used only for Express Mail. Regardless of how the packaging is reconfigured or how markings may be obliterated, any material mailed in USPS-provided Express Mail packaging is charged the appropriate Express Mail price.
1.2 Price Marking
[11-2-09] Except for pieces paid using an Express Mail Corporate Account, Express Mail pieces claiming the commercial base or commercial plus price must bear the appropriate price marking, printed on the piece or produced as part of the meter imprint or PC Postage indicia. Place the marking directly above, directly below, or to the left of the postage. Markings are as follows:
a. "Commercial Base Price," "Commercial Base Pricing," or "ComBasPrice."
b. "Commercial Plus Price," "Commercial Plus Pricing," or "ComPlsPrice."
2.0 Express Mail Next Day and Second Day
2.1 Mailing Label
[11-29-09] For each Express Mail item, the mailer must complete Label 11-B or Label 11-F for Post Office to Addressee Service, Label 11-HFPU for Hold for Pickup service, or a single-ply Express Mail label generated through Click-N-Ship or an USPS-approved method. Mailers authorized to present Next Day or Second Day Express Mail items using an Express Mail Manifesting System are required to follow label preparation procedures in Publication 97, Express Mail Manifesting Technical Guide.
2.2 Waiver of Signature
[11-29-09] A mailer sending an Express Mail item may instruct the USPS to deliver an Express Mail Next Day Delivery or Express Mail Second Day Delivery item without obtaining the signature of the addressee or the addressee's agent by checking and signing the waiver of signature on Label 11-B or Label 11-F, Express Mail Post Office to Addressee; indicating waiver of signature is requested on single-ply commercial label; or endorsing a customized mailpiece as "No Signature Required." Completion of the waiver of signature authorizes the delivery employee to sign upon delivery. The item is delivered to the addressee's mail receptacle or other secure location. Mailers who request waiver of signature are provided only the delivery date and time, and not an image of the signature when accessing delivery information on the Internet or when calling the toll-free number.
2.3 ZIP Code Determination
[11-29-09] For Express Mail Next Day Delivery, the mailer must determine whether the item is destined to a ZIP Code area to which Express Mail Next Day Delivery is offered from the point of origin. An Express Mail Next Day Delivery directory, showing detailed local information about Express Mail Next Day Delivery, is available at Post Offices. If the destination is not listed, the mailer must use Express Mail Second Day Delivery.
3.0 Express Mail Custom Designed
3.1 Forms
The mailer must complete Form 5625 and, when appropriate, Form 3877. The completed form is placed in an EP-13 envelope that is affixed to the Express Mail pouch.
3.2 Waiver of Signature
Waiver of signature is not available for Express Mail Custom Designed.
3.3 Pouches
[11-29-09] Express Mail Custom Designed items must be presented in sealed Express Mail pouches.
4.0 Firm Mailing Book
Form 3877 is available at no cost to any mailer who mails an average of three or more Express Mail items at one time, following these instructions:
a. The mailer must prepare Express Mail Custom Designed and Express Mail Next Day Delivery or Second Day Delivery items as described above.
b. Form 3877 must be presented with the items to be mailed.
c. The mailer must enter on Form 3877 the full number of each Express Mail item and the addressee's name and address.
d. All entries must be made in duplicate by typewriter, ink, or ballpoint pen. One copy is kept by the accepting employee. The other is receipted and returned to the mailer.
e. All unused parts of the address column in Form 3877 must be obliterated by drawing a diagonal line through the unused part. Any alteration must be initialed by the mailer and accepting employee.
f. For Express Mail Manifesting, a special manifest is used to present Express Mail items for acceptance as described in Publication 97, Express Mail Manifesting Technical Guide. Form 3877, Firm Mailing Book for Accountable Mail, may be used only to list items for which extra services have been requested. See 705.2.6, Express Mail Manifesting Agreements, for information.


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