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Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home on Jan. 17 officially unveiled a new name, Jones, Rich & Barnes Funeral Home. It recognizes the continued leadership of Vice President Robert Barnes, an industry veteran. Barnes, a licensed funeral director, has a long history with the funeral home dating back to 1975. The new website, www.JonesRichAndBarnes.com, also launched Jan. 17.
"We have a longstanding relationship with the community and are proud that since 1838 we have served the families of Portland," said Erik Tiner, the Jones, Rich & Barnes manager. "We are honored to have Robert, well-known for his involvement in the Portland community along with his passion for serving families, on staff with a very involved role at the funeral home."
Barnes began his career in the Army, serving in the Mortuary Affairs unit of the U.S. Army Mortuary in Seoul, Korea, during the Vietnam War. He has served at Jones, Rich & Hutchins Funeral Home since 1975. Barnes was appointed to the Maine State Board of Funeral Service by the governor 1994, and served as chairman for 17 years. He has served as past president of the Maine Funeral Directors Association and remains a member. On the national level, Barnes serves as District 1 representative for the International Conference of Funeral Service Examining Boards Inc., representing Maine, Vermont, New Hampshire, Massachusetts, Rhode Island, Connecticut, New York, Provence of Quebec and Nova Scotia.
"Our funeral home has an incredible history of serving greater Portland for many years, and I look forward to continuing to serve families with the same personalized service that I've been honored to provide," Barnes said.
The funeral home was originally founded as SS Rich & Son Funeral Home in 1838 by Samual Snow Rich. The business operated at facilities on Pearl Street, Exchange Street and Mellen Street before a new facility was built for the funeral home on Woodford Street in 1959.
At the time of the move, the new funeral home became Jones & Rich Funeral Home, as Edward C. Jones became part owner of the funeral home along with his father-in-law, Irving Rich. After the death of Jones in 1974, his widow, Elizabeth "Betty" Rich Jones, and her son, David Jones, assumed responsibility of the funeral home.
In 1979, the firm purchased the Hutchins Funeral Home and became Jones, Rich and Hutchins Funeral Home. Elizabeth Jones died in 1983, after which David Jones and Robert Barnes assumed ownership. Today, Jones and Barnes both serve as vice presidents of the firm.
In 1999 the location joined the network of Dignity Memorial providers, a network of more than 2,000 funeral, cremation and cemetery service providers.
On Jan. 1, Avesta Housing brought Seventy-Five State Street, a 163-year-old independent- and assisted-living senior community, into its family of residential properties. The two mission-driven nonprofit organizations each have over 100 employees.
Fisher-Gerrish Agencies in South Portland, a division of American Income Life Insurance Company, recently made a $5,000 year-end gift to Boys & Girls Clubs of Southern Maine.
At the company's annual holiday party, Casco Bay Wealth Advisors presented a $1,000 check to the Autism Society of Maine's Executive Director Cathy Dionne. Guests who attended the event donated an additional $600.
Ray Ramage, principal of Travel Concierge, Ltd. was recently named Top Producer for Silversea Cruises out of 1,200 travel agencies in the Dream Vacations network. The award is presented to the travel agency that produces the most revenue in a calendar year for the luxury line.
TrainRiders Northeast, the Portland-based, nonprofit, volunteer, rail advocacy organization founded in 1989, has hired its first-ever executive director, George O'Keefe Jr., of Winthrop. O'Keefe will work alongside TrainRiders' longtime Chairman and co-founder Wayne E. Davis to help the organization expand its mission of bringing "modern and efficient" passenger rail service to the Northeast. "A balanced transportation system is what we need in order to provide for sustainable economic opportunities that will last for generations," O'Keefe said.
The Bicycle Coalition of Maine has named Frank Gallagher as the organization's new communications director. Gallagher served most recently as the communications director at ecomaine.
Benjamin Gideon of Freeport, a lawyer with Berman & Simmons, has been appointed to the Professional Ethics Commission of the Maine Board of Overseers of the Bar. Gideon's four-year term on the commission began Jan. 1. A Portland native, Gideon is a graduate of Cornell University and Yale Law School.
The Environmental & Energy Technology Council of Maine elected three new members at its Nov. 17 annual meeting in Portland: Erik Clapp, principal and senior geologist with Sevee & Maher Engineers; James E. Graves, dean of the College of Science, Technology, & Health at USM; and John Rooks, CEO of Rapport.
Portland-based Maine Center for Creativity welcomed Jessica Cook of WEX Inc. and Anthony Struzziero of Prism Medical Ltd. to its board of directors.


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For all those who think that Bryan Adams is only a Canadian music sensation, take some time to look through the Bryan Adams Exposed Photography Book. A celebrity himself, Bryan Adams has opted to spend some time behind the camera taking pictures of celebrity icons. The collection, put together by Steidl, shows off Adams' celebrity portraits, which include portraits of people like Amy Winehouse, Lindsay Lohan, Ben Kingsley, Michael Jackson, Judi Dench and Morrissey.
Bryan Adams' photography career has been quite successful. His work has graced the pages of i-D, Harper's Bazaar, and British and German Vogue. I knew that Bryan Adams was a talented man, but had no idea that his talents were so varied.
Get a copy of the Bryan Adams Exposed Photography Book now from Steidl or Amazon.
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Protests and marches around the country take center stage, or do they? The dudes take a trip down nostalgic lane, as the Spice Girls could become superheros. Justin Timberlake does something cool. We find out who on the crew is a twice-ordained minister.
Photographer and artist Terry Osterhout and model Liz Lapoint join to discuss their work, upcoming projects, free speech and how some people in their area are trying to silence them. Do you have a boss that contacts you after work hours? A new law could prevent that from happening in one state.
Penis facials are the rage right now, what are they exactly? Uber self-driving car mishaps and the potential birth of Skynet. A Supreme Court justice disrespects the court she serves on while appearing on a late night show. What did she do?
The Dudes check the mailbag and the Dick of the Week is back! All of that and so much more. Strap in or strap on listeners, you're in for quite the ride this week. Find the show on Stitcher, iTunes or Google Play Be sure to follow Dudes from Dallas on all the social media platforms and share with all of your friends.
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Secretary-General calls on Iran not to increase tensions through 'hasty actions'
March 11, Tehran: Following yesterday's ballistic missile launch conducted by Iran, United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon called on the Government "to act with moderation, caution and the good sense not to increase tensions through any hasty actions."
In January, Security Council sanctions previously imposed on Iran through resolution 2231 (2015) were terminated following the release of a report by inspectors from the UN International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA). The report confirmed the country had completed necessary preparatory steps to start the implementation of the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action aimed at resolving the nuclear issue.
"In that resolution, the Secretary-General notes, the Council called upon Iran not to undertake any activity related to ballistic missiles designed to be capable of delivering nuclear weapons, including launches using such ballistic missile technology," said a statement issued by Mr. Ban's spokesperson.
"The Secretary-General also notes that it is for the Security Council to examine information regarding resolution 2231 (2015)," it added, noting that the UN chief urges all concerned to act with restraint.
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Online Dating sucks, but it doesn`t have to. Pro Tip: Don`t be a creep.
He thinks you can`t get pregnant if you`ve REALLY been raped.
Chick-fil-A doesn`t like gay people? The Colonel loves `em.
French fries are the devil, or so Kanye West says...
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Matthew 9 begins with Jesus telling the people that the son of man has authority to forgive sins. Does this mean we have authority to forgive EVERYONE'S sins? Or just those who have sinned against us? How cool if we can forgive all sins....
Matthew 9:13 in part says, "... (I do) not come to call the righteous, but sinners." Jesus tells people this when they question why he is dining with sinners. I find that interesting.... He didn't call his followers to dine with Him. He didn't call those full of faith, nor those who already believed in Him. He called sinners. And even though I believe in God and I am full of faith... I am told that I am a sinner. I am told to pray to God and pray to Jesus to forgive my sins here on Earth so that I will be welcomed into the Kingdom of Heaven.
Now I DO this... I talk to God quite often actually and ask Him for guidance and strength. I suppose I should start asking His forgiveness as well.
My bible is a used copy and there is a part highlighted in the passage I read today: Matthew 10: 34-39. This passage talks about how Jesus didn't come to bring peace, but rather to turn families against each other. He says that if we love members of our family more than we love Him, then we are not fit for His blessings.
I would like to think that I love Jesus more than any mortal man... but I just don't know for sure. I think if someone told me to kill my son in the name of Jesus, I couldn't do it. Or to give him up to be sacrificed for Jesus. I can't imagine anyone feeling differently.
I gave up a child to Jesus... but that was not by choice. As first I was pissed. Why me? Why MY child? But as time went on, I came to feel blessed to have been chosen. Chosen to be the mommy of an angel (thus the title of my other blog). But given the choice? I don't think I could do it.
I love Jesus... I'm just not sure I love Him more than anyone else. And that feels OK to me. Perhaps in time that will change.. perhaps I am miscontruing the true meaning of the words... but for now, I'm good with it.


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Personal self-retracting fall arrest inertia reel block with aluminium housing, webbing lifeline and a choice of connectors. Designed for use on mobile elevated work platforms.
Designed for fall protection in mobile elevated working platforms and is a milestone in the area of personal protection against falls. Tested and certified according to the requirements of EN 360. However, in addition to this standard, this device has been tested and certified for protection in mobile elevated working platforms to a German standard. The lanyard is tested over a 'double' sharp edge. Innovative technique in the area of internal energy absorbers ensure a maximum arresting force of less than 3kN at the anchorage point. A connector strop of 400mm from the harness can be used.
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Season 3 Ep. 3: Leveraging VR for Product Design and Marketing with Tony Parisi of Unity Technologies
VR is not just for gaming anymore. Other industries are starting to take advantage of immersive technologies for applications like product design and experiential marketing. Ford is using the technology to create virtual prototypes of new vehicles and Lionsgate is experimenting with VR experiences to promote movies. When Unity Technologies realized their platform was already being used by the auto and film industries—among many others—they brought in Tony Parisi to help the company expand its reach far beyond gaming.
Tony is a virtual reality pioneer, serial entrepreneur, author and angel investor. He currently serves as Head of VR and AR at Unity Technologies, where he is responsible for designing the company's strategy for extended reality. Prior to joining Unity, Tony mentored VR and AR startups and worked as a consultant developing solutions for WebGL, virtual and augmented reality. He co-created the VRML and X3D ISO standards for networked 3D graphics and did the specification editing for the new 3D file format standard, glTF.
Tony joins us to discuss Unity's storied background in extended reality and how the company is expanding beyond gaming to support product design, medical and data visualization and non-gaming entertainment applications. He shares his interest in AR and VR that touches the consumer, the factors that have made immersive marketing scalable, and how Unity is working with brands to explore possibilities in the space. Listen in as Tony speaks to Unity's potential collaborations with developers as well as the company's current work on a lightweight playback system and scriptable render pipeline.
Connect with Tony
- Unity Technologies https://unity3d.com/
- Unity on Twitter https://twitter.com/unity3d
- Tony on LinkedIn https://www.linkedin.com/in/tparisi/
- Tony on Twitter https://twitter.com/auradeluxe
- Tony on Medium https://medium.com/@tonyparisi
- 'VR Ads Are Almost Here' in Wired https://www.wired.com/story/vr-ads-are-almost-here/
- Interactive Ad Bureau https://www.iab.com/
- W3C https://www.w3.org/
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David Friedman calls on ZOA to dial back McMaster attacks
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The US ambassador in Israel has launched a spirited defense of President Donald Trump's national security adviser HR McMaster, calling on the US' foremost pro-Israel organization to desist from its attack on the embattled general, correspondence revealed on Monday shows.
President of the Zionist Organization of America (ZOA), Mort Klein, released a statement divulging that he has received at least one letter and phone call from David Friedman, Trump's emissary in Tel Aviv.
"Dear Mort, As you know, I have the highest regard for the work of ZOA and for you personally," Friedman wrote to Klein, according to the latter's statement. "I am constrained to point out, however, my belief that ZOA was mistaken in its recent call for the resignation or reassignment of two people with whom I work closely, Secretary Tillerson and General McMaster…"
Klein's statement added that Friedman "has in writing and by phone informed me that he disagrees with ZOA's concerns about McMaster/Tillerson and would like to 'attempt to convince' me that we should change our position and is hoping I 'will keep an open mind'."
However despite saying that "I and we at ZOA welcome any new or different information or thoughts or opinions that the Ambassador might have or has that we need to and will consider," Klein then doubled down on his previous criticisms of McMaster, who has come under a barrage of complaints from right-wingers, including in Israel, for purportedly being biased against the state and soft on terror.
The statement went on to enumerate the organization's problems with McMaster, arguing that "it's revealing, troubling and illuminating that extreme leftists that are hostile to Israel and Trump have defended McMaster, yet never defended David Friedman" and that supporters of McMaster include "left wing, Trump-hating, Soros-funded anti Israel group Media Matters", among other groups the ZOA deems as anti-Israel.
The statement further declared that "the strong critics of McMaster are the strongest pro-Israel supporters and the strongest opponents of the Iran deal and Radical Islamic terrorism".
"Despite all our deep concerns based on the facts, I and ZOA will be happy to respectfully listen to and read any information or insights on this issue that Ambassador Friedman wishes to share," Klein wrote.
Trump was forced to defend his top national security official in the face of the onslaught of complaints about his positions, which began after he started working with new White House chief of staff John Kelly to purge the national security council of staffers from the nationalist wing of Trump's base.
A major plank of the invective directed at the White House's most senior national security expert has focused on his alleged bias against Israel.
Israeli journalist Caroline Glick wrote on Facebook that "McMaster ... is deeply hostile to Israel and to Trump. According to senior officials aware of his behavior, he constantly refers to Israel as the occupying power and insists falsely and constantly that a country named Palestine existed where Israel is located until 1948 when it was destroyed by the Jews."
Yet at the same time, criticism of McMaster has also taken on an anti-Semitic hue.
The US-based Anti-Defamation League wrote on Thursday that the anti-McMaster campaign is spearheaded by "alt-lite" radio host Mike Cernovich, a supporter of Trump's chief strategist Steve Bannon.
The ADL said that Cernovich appears to have commissioned a plainly anti-Semitic cartoon that shows McMaster being controlled on puppet strings by Jewish billionaire George Soros, who in turn is being puppeteered by a hand bearing the name "Rothschilds".
On Saturday, a few hours after Trump's statement, a senior Israeli military chief was quoted in Haaretz newspaper expressing support for McMaster.
"All on our side who has met McMaster and keeps contact with him are constantly impressed by how pro-Israel he is. The relationship with him is excellent, and we really appreciate him," the senior official was quoted as saying.
Read more: US Zionist organization slams McMaster for being anti-Israel, calls for removal
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The left still controls the SD.
The IDF are also full of leftists.


text: Hypertension is linked to dementia in humans, as well as remodeling and dysfunction in large cerebral arteries. The effects of hypertension on cerebral microvessels, such as penetrating arterioles (PenA), are still unknown. These arterioles are the bottlenecks bridging the pial circulation to the deep parenchymal microcirculation, and they are vital for neurovascular coupling and functional hyperemia. Mineralocorticoid receptor (MR) antagonism reverses hypertension-induced changes in large cerebral arteries. Thus, we hypothesized that MR antagonism will improve PenA dilation and structure in adult rats with sustained hypertension. Twelve-week-old male stroke-prone spontaneously hypertensive rats (SHRSP) were treated with the MR antagonist eplerenone (EPL, 100mg/kg/day) or placebo for 6 weeks. PenA function and structure were studied by pressure myography. Data are means±SEM at 60mmHg intralumenal pressure, placebo vs EPL. Myogenic tone generation was not different between groups (%myogenic tone: 40.3±2.3 vs 41.3±2.0). PenA diameter after tone was higher in EPL (42.47±1.5 vs 49.21±2.4μm, p=0.02, t-test). Dilation of PenA to nifedipine (calcium channel blocker) was improved after EPL treatment, as evidenced by an increase in diameter change (10μM nifedipine: 13.44±1.94 vs 18.44±2.39μm, p<0.01, Two-way ANOVA) and PenA diameter (10μM nifedipine: 58.01±2.28 vs 68.58±3.74μm, p<0.01, Two-way ANOVA). PenA passive structure was improved in SHRSP+EPL, as evidenced by an increase in PenA diameter (65.67±1.17 vs 81.00±5.11, p<0.01, Two-way ANOVA) and lumen diameter (55.17±1.8 vs 73.00±5.00, p<0.01, Two-way ANOVA), and a reduction in the wall-to-lumen ratio (0.10±0.01 vs 0.07±0.01, p<0.01, Two-way ANOVA). PenA stiffness was increased after EPL (β-coefficient: 10.91±0.93 vs 14.84±1.83, p=0.03, t-test), but distensibility was unchanged (24.45±3.20 vs 21.88±2.68). These data suggest that MR antagonism improves the structure of cerebral arterioles and their responsiveness to calcium channel blockade in adult rats with sustained hypertension. These improvements have the potential to reduce the risk of developing vascular cognitive impairments and dementia in chronically hypertensive subjects.


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Red Room Underground presents Darkside Metal Madness Cancer Benefit
The 4th Annual Darkside Metal Madness Cancer Benefit will benefit The Life Support Project, an organization that was established in honor of Misty Kelly's father, who died with epithelioid hemangioendothelioma.
Performers are:
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- CAIN Resurrection (New Orleans)
- Beyond Oblivion (Houston)
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This is one of our first 'dates'. No, that is not Tim on the Harley with me. He paid for me to go on a harley ride. It was one of my dreams. I had to hold onto some random guy... not quite what I had in mind. :)
Some of the first movies we saw together before we were actually going out.. I won a bet and Tim had to take me to 2 movies. He threw the results. :)
A certificate my sister made for us because we were bugging her so much being in love. Something that people find funny to know about us is that Tim and I were next door neighbours. We still lived at home with our parents and siblings when we started going out (and right through our engagement). Needless to say, my sister got over us being around all the time.
As much fun as it was remembering where we have come from and what we did back then we are glad to be in this moment. We are going to be celebrating our ten year wedding anniversary in May. We are pretty proud of that. Life has certainly been a roller coaster ride, but the life we have now is more than we could have dreamed back then.
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UK based Indie CARDINAL RELEASING Ltd have announced their exclusive agreement with the Estate of Chuck Berry, and Widow Themetta Berry, to produce the all-access, feature Documentary, 'CHUCK! The Documentary' ( working title).
The 90-minute feature documentary production has been given all access to those in the know and now willing to share the surprising truth about the life and loves, highs and lows of the Granddaddy of Rock and Roll, Mr Chuck Berry.
Director Jon Brewer of CARDINAL RELEASING said:
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CARDINAL RELEASING are also working with the Berry Estate on the 'Chuck Berry Biopic Feature Film' (dramatised) for Worldwide Cinematic release, with pre-production expected to start this Summer, upon completion of Chuck! The Documentary ( working title).
Chuck Berry died on March 18, 2017, leaving his family, Wife, Themetta Berry, and Ingrid, Charles Junior, Aloha and Melodie.
His last album 'Chuck', released that year, was his first studio album in 38 years and incorporated 3 generations of the Berry family in its recording.


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Actor Christopher Evan Welch has died, aged 48.
The stage and screen star appeared in a wide range of films including Steven Spielberg's War of the Worlds and Lincoln, and Paul Thomas Anderson's The Master.
He died on Monday (December 2) in a Los Angeles hospital, his agency Paradigm confirmed. Further details have yet to be confirmed.
He had been in LA while shooting a role in the upcoming HBO series Silicon Valley.
Welch debuted on Broadway in 1997 in London Assurance. He went on to appear in the 2002 revival of Arthur Miller's The Crucible, and also featured in 2006's Festen.
Other film roles included the narrator in Woody Allen's Vicky Cristina Barcelona, The Stepford Wives, The Interpreter, and Synecdoche, New York.
On television, he was a series regular in AMC's Rubicon as Grant Test. He also had parts in The Sopranos, The Practice, Law & Order: Criminal Intent, Law & Order: SVU and The Good Wife.


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It's free agency — the money is flying around and everyone wants to land that big player who could help their team get over the hump next year.
It's all so great in theory.
But these 13 players are testaments to that theory backfiring in a big way.
These are the cautionary tales of free agency — the 13 worst open-market signings in the history of baseball:
13. Denny Neagle, Colorado Rockies
2000; 5 years, $51 million
The off-the-field stuff (arrested for patronizing a prostitute and a DUI) was as bad as the on-the-field performance, which is to say it was atrocious.
12. Bruce Sutter, Atlanta Braves
1984; 6 years, $10 million
Baseball's one-time best reliever was already on the downslope when Atlanta handed him big money in 1984.
He blew 12 saves in his first year and only saved 3 in 16 games in 1986. He pitched in 38 games in 1988, but that was it for his career.
He did, however, defer half the money in his contract at 13 percent interest. He's been making an estimated $1.3 million a year off that since 1991. It'll run until 2021.
11. B.J./Melvin Upton, Atlanta Braves
2012; 5 years, $72 million
The Braves united the Upton brothers in one of the all-time "wish we had a chance to do that over" moves in baseball history.
After a season in Tampa Bay where Upton didn't even get on base at a .300 clip, the Braves handed him big bucks to be their leadoff hitter.
He played 267 games in the ATL and posted a .198/.279/.314 slash line before being traded, at full cost, to San Diego (with a Craig Kimbrel kicker), where he found his stroke again.
10. Mo Vaughn, Los Angeles Angels
1998; 6 years, $80 million
Vaughn left Boston, where he played in a park tailor-made for his lefty swing (he was a proto Big Papi), for the big payday.
His two years in Anaheim did not live up to the size of his contract or his belt.
A knee injury kept him off the field in 2001, and the Angels traded their oversized asset to the Mets for 34-year-old starter Kevin Appier, who posted an ERA of 4.48 in 51 starts for them.
9. Gary Matthews Jr., Los Angeles Angels
2006; 5 years, $50 million
Hit .313 in 2006 in the friendly confines of the Ballpark in Arlington, and the Angels, having been burned by Matthews' first year of hitting above .275 and not understanding what regression to the mean meant, spent big bucks on a player that quickly became their fourth outfielder.
8. Jason Bay, Mets
2009; 4 years, $66 million
Bay was so bad in his time in Flushing that the Mets and he agreed to end his contract a year early.
The former Rookie of the Year and three-time All-Star played three years for the Mets, where he posted a slash line of .234/.318/.369 and hit 26 homers — 10 fewer than his single-season 2009 output with the Red Sox.
7. Juan Pierre, Los Angeles Dodgers
2006; 5 years, $44 million
It's pretty bad when your new team signs your replacement a year later. (Andruw Jones was also a bust in LA).
6. Carl Pavano, Yankees
2004; 4 years, $39 million
After an All-Star year in Florida in 2004 (18-8, 3.00 ERA), Pavano went to the Bronx and only started 26 games over three years, posting a 5.00 ERA.
Pavano clearly had a voodoo doll in his likeness — he injured his shoulder, elbow, hip, ribs and butt in his time in New York.
5. Chone Figgins, Seattle Mariners
2009; 4 years, $36 million
Figgins had killed the Mariners as a member of the Angels in 2009, posting a .395 OPP and making the All-Star Game for the first time. The Mariners grabbed the utility man who finished in the top 25 of MVP voting four times in Anaheim, and he promptly imploded. A .340 OBP in his first year in Seattle turned into .241 in 2011.
In three years with the Mariners, he had a slash line of .227/.302/.283. He was released after the 2012 season.
4. Jason Schmidt, Los Angeles Dodgers
2007; 3 years, $47 million
Coming off an All-Star year in San Francisco, the Dodgers paid big to steal the righty from their division rival.
A shoulder injury limited him to 10 starts in two years — he posted a 6.02 ERA in blue.
3. Chan Ho Park, Texas Rangers
2002; 5 years, $65 million
Was excellent in 181 starts with the Dodgers, pitching against National League hitters and in Dodger Stadium.
When he showed up at the bandbox in Arlington against American League hitters, things went south.
Park had a 5.79 ERA in 68 starts for the Rangers before being traded to San Diego in 2005.
2. Mike Hampton, Colorado Rockies
2000; 8 years, $121 million
The Rockies needed pitching and Hampton was the best pitcher on the market following the 2000 season. The Rockies chose to ignore the fact that he had walked a combined 200 batters in his prior two seasons and presumed the ground-ball pitcher would thrive in Denver.
They were wrong. He posted a 5.75 ERA in 62 starts before the Rockies moved him to the Marlins, who traded him two days later to the Braves. He had one half-decent year in Atlanta.
1. Josh Hamilton, Los Angeles Angels
2012; 5 years, $125 million
No one feels good about putting Hamilton, who has a history of substance abuse and addiction, in this spot, but it's the worst deal of all time.
Two years after winning AL MVP for the Rangers, the Angels signed Hamilton to that massive $25 million-a-year deal at age 32, only to see his OPS drop 191 points in his first year in Anaheim.
In 2015, Hamilton relapsed, and the Angels tried to get out of paying him via a suspension. An arbitrator ruled they could not suspend him, so they traded him back to the division rival Rangers for nothing, with Texas paying less than $6 million of his salary over three years. At the time of the trade, the Angels were on the hook for a reported $68 million.


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Cytology MCQ-03
Practice Questions on Plasma Membrane: Structure & Functions Part-2
(Sample/Model/Practice Questions for CSIR JRF/NET Life Science Examination, ICMR JRF Exam, DBT BET JRF Exam,, GATE BT and XL Exam, ICAR JRF NE Exam, PG Entrance Exam, JAM Exam, GS Biology Exam and Medical Entrance Exam)
(1). The cleavage of spectrin network in the cell by the proteolytic enzyme calpane indicate:
A. Apoptosis of cell
B. Necrosis of cell
C. Cellular inflammation
D. Phagocytosis by macrophages
(2). At physiological conditions, cholesterol in the plasma membrane:
A. Increase the durability of plasma membrane
B. Increase the permeability of plasma membrane
C. Decrease the durability of plasma membrane
D. Decrease the permeability of plasma membrane
(3). The molecular basis of MN blood group in human is
A. Difference in the amino acid sequence in the Glycophorin
B. Difference in the carbohydrate sequence in Glycophorin
C. Difference in folding pattern of Glycophorin
D. Difference in the distributional pattern of band 3 and glycophorin proteins in the plasma membrane of RBC
(4). Which of the following type of movement is least possible for a phospholipid in the plasma membrane?
A. Flexion
B. Rotation
C. Lateral diffusion
D. Flip-flop
(5). Spectrin-ankyrin network of plasma membrane is essential for all features of bio-membrane except:
A. Anchoring specific ion channels in the plasma membrane
B. Anchoring specific ion exchangers in the plasma membrane
C. Anchoring specific ion transporters in the plasma membrane
D. Anchoring Fo particle of ATP synthase in the plasma membrane
(6). An important domain of ankyrin protein which binds to apoptosis inducing proteins of the cells is:
A. N-terminal domain
B. Central domain
C. Death domain
D. C-terminal
(7). Which of the following is a cytoskeletal protein
A. Glycophorin A
B. Glycophorin B
C. Spectrin
D. Band 3 protein
(8). The most abundant phospholipid component in the bacterial cell membrane is
A. Phosphatidylethanolamine
B. Phosphatidylserine
C. Phosphatidylcholine
D. Cholesterol
(9). The main function of band 3 proteins in the plasma membrane of RBC is
A. Exchange of chloride ion (Cl-) with bicarbonate ions
B. Exchange of K+ ions with Na+ ions
C. Exchange of H+ ions with biocarbonate ions
D. Exchange of H+ ions with Cl- ions
(10). The length of fatty acyl chain in the fatty acids of membrane lipids usually range between
A. 10 – 15 carbons
B. 18 – 20 carbons
C. 24 – 30 carbons
D. 28 – 30 carbons
(11). Ankyrin proteins have binding site for the _______ subunit of spectrin proteins
A. Alpha
B. Beta
C. Alpha and beta
D. Alpha and delta
(12). What structural features of a membrane are major contributors to its selective permeability?
A. Phospholipid bilayer
B. Trans-membrane proteins
C. Glycolipids on the outer surface of the membrane
D. Peripheral membrane proteins on the inside of the membrane
(13). Water can pass the plasma membrane:
A. by simple diffusion only
B. Through aquaporins channel only
C. By simple diffusion and through aquaporins
D. Water cannot cross plasma membrane
(14). The genetic disorder hemolytic anemia is caused by
A. Mutation in spectrin and ankyrin genes
B. Mutation in band 3 protein of RBC
C. Mutation in Glycophorin A protein of RBC
D. Mutation in Glycophorin B protein of RBC
(15). If the temperature of culture of bacterial is lowered, the cell responds metabolically to maintain the fluidity of membrane. This will be achieved by:
A. Introducing more double bonds in the fatty acyl chain of fatty acids
B. Reshuffling the chain between different phospholipid molecule to produce lipids with two unsaturated fatty acids
C. Removing double bonds from fatty acids to increase the saturation of fatty acids
D. Reshuffling the chain between different phospholipids molecules to produce lipids with saturated fatty acids
Answer key and expllanations
1. Ans. (B). Necrosis
2. Ans. (C). A, D
3. Ans. (A). Difference in the amino acid sequence in the glycophorin
4. Ans. (D). Flip-flop
5. Ans. (D). Anchoring F0 particles of ATP synthase in the plasma membrane
6. Ans. (C). Death domain
7. Ans. (C). Spectrin
8. Ans. (A). Phosphatidylethanolamine
The four major phospholipis of mammalian plasma membrane are: (1). Phosphatidylcholine, (2). Phosphatidylethanolamine, (3). Phosphatidylserine, and (4). sphingomyelin
9. Ans. (A). Exchange of chloride ions with bicarbonate ions
10. Ans. (B). 18 – 20 carbons
11. Ans. (B). Beta
12. Ans. (A). Phospholipid bilayer
13. Ans. (C). by simple diffusion and through aquaporins
14. Ans. (A). Mutation in spectrin and ankyrin genes
15. Ans. (A). A, B
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Maya had her holiday party at preschool yesterday and, just like when Ella went there, it is the cutest thing you ever saw.
They sing Rudolph, some lip syncing, other shouting, some with their arms folded pouting. They have coffee can lids with bells attached and sing jingle bells. They run all around the room, dragging you from place to place because it is so cool to have a parent stay at school.
Unfortunately, Sandi had her last final in Portland that afternoon so she couldn't come. To ease this pain, she had been able to drop Maya off last week for school and the teachers had Sandi stay while they practiced their songs. Naturally, I also video taped but it kind of just sucks to have to miss these bigger things in a child's life.
Maya and her friend Jackson:
Just like Ella, Maya made us a hand and footprint reindeer. Now we have a 2008 and a 2011 one. HOW CUTE.
The really ridiculous part, though, was that I was talking with some moms at gymnastics and let them convince me to make snowbanks out of rice krispy treats to poke the pretzel rods into to hold them up. This I did after the girls went to bed. I drilled the proper diameter hole in the snowbanks, let it harden, dusted it with confectioner's sugar and voila! It was a complete disaster. The snowmen tipped precariously, the rice krispy bank was too shallow and couldn't hold them. So I made a second batch with less holes and more structural integrity. That bombed too. Finally, at 11 PM, I rooted around my pantry and found this silver pitcher and called it good, wondering all the while who spends 2 hours making an edible presentation for preschool grade snowmen??
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England make their experience count
It was always asking a bit too much for Zimbabwe to repeat their performance over Australia against an England side fresh from a highly competitive series against India, and with their limited-overs game in unusually good order. However, the 50-run margin of defeat hardly reflects the efforts that Zimbabwe put in. More than once they had England worried.
Whatever Zimbabwe's fate now in this tournament, and their net run-rate is such that an England win over Australia is virtually their only hope of progression, these past two days have shown their cricket in a better light than at any time in recent years. It doesn't, for one minute, make a difference to the situation back home and the multitude of problems the country has, but while the team continues to produce international-quality performances, the spirits cannot help but be lifted.
Twenty20 cricket has performed many roles in its short life. It's brought crowds back to domestic cricket and rejuvenated the careers of players who seemed to be fading away. Now it may be providing Zimbabwe with a route to respectability. In these two games their players of limited skill have been able to compete with some of the world's best, a situation that is beyond them in one-day internationals and, for all the positive vibes coming out of Zimbabwe Cricket, would be hopelessly out of reach at Test level.
Zimbabwe agreed to an extension of their suspension from Tests after initially hoping to return this year. Robin Brown, the coach, says their performances here could help their quest to resume the longest format. "I don't know when we will get Test status back, but if we continuing playing this way I'm sure it won't be long," he said, but in fact that prospect wouldn't do their game any good at all.
It is folly to attempt to draw comparisons between Zimbabwe's efforts against England and Australia, and their snowball-in-hell-like prospects of competing in the five-day game. But Twenty20, which isn't yet played domestically in Zimbabwe but on this evidence should be, offers them a way of remaining competitive and, importantly, allowing the players to feel that something is being achieved.
A number of players have enhanced their reputations in the last two matches, notably Elton Chigumbura and Brendan Taylor, while their fielding remained energetic throughout and at times outstanding. When a side struggles to match opponents with bat and ball, they should always have their fielding to fall back on, and their displays at Newlands have harked back to the mid-1990s when Zimbabwe cricket was briefly a force on the world stage.
During the warm-up games Chigumbura was shunted down the bowling order, but his wobbly medium-pace was ideally suited to the conditions at Newlands - it's important, even in the short game, to have wicket-taking options with the new ball. Seven wickets in seven overs is impressive going by any standards, and when he removed Darren Maddy and Luke Wright with consecutive deliveries, there were a few flashbacks to Wednesday night.
Taylor, who loves to play his shots, is well suited to this format but brought an added maturity to his game, especially in the innings against Australia. And while he was flaying England's quick bowlers around the ground there were more than a few concerns for Paul Collingwood before Dimitri Mascarenhas calmed the nerves.
Whereas Australia had no-one with strong form to fall back on, England knew all their players had been in recent action and so long as a couple turned in decent performances they would avoid following the world champions' path. For the first time in seven attempts, Kevin Pietersen exploded in a Twenty20 International. On three occasions he reverse-swept Keith Dabengwa through the off side during his 79 from 37 balls, and added 100 in nine overs with Collingwood to give England a total out of Zimbabwe's reach.
The run-chase fell apart as England fell back on their domestic experience, and took the pace off the ball in the manner that had made Zimbabwe so effective. The margin of victory means England need only to avoid a thrashing against Australia to move into the second round, but a much greater incentive will drive them on. "There's a possibility of us humiliating Australia," said Pietersen. "It will get the dressing room buzzing and it's an opportunity of a lifetime, but I don't want to make this about us against Australia." Of course he doesn't.
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just got a chance to watch kurbaan, a fairly recent bollywood movie. i thought the movie was very well-done, but i also admired the styling within the film. kurbaan's leading actress, kareena kapoor, sports a unique east-meets-west look, with a plain cotton top, full crinkled ethnic skirt, chudidar pants (aka long leggings), and a scarf. it's a very different look than what we've seen in bollywood before, and i must say i'm loving it. it's very casual, ethnic, and pretty....as well as quite comfortable looking.
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Hello everyone!
So yesterday I went and got my visa! I went to the interview at 9am on the 11th and recieved my visa today in the post! So quick!
Well anyway, I'll let you know exactly what I took to the interview. I took my DS2109 form, my academic transcript, my disney welcome package, a bank statement (as proof of funds), my receipt for my SEVIS fee and visa payment reciept, and my passports.
They took from me the sevis and visa receipt, the DS2109 form, the online form I had completed my bank statement my passport my academic reference and one letter from disney.
So I got called up to the little interview window and it went a little something like this :
Me : Hiii!
American Visa Man : Hey, so you were born in England?
Me : Yes I was
American Visa Man : So one of your parents are kiwi?
Me : No I've been here 6 years now so I'm a citizen
American Visa Man : So what are you going to be doing at disneyworld?
Me : (I told him about the things I'd be doing)
American Visa Man : Okay well your visa will arrive in 2 to 3 days, and the only thing you have to do is make sure you tell all your friends about this and make sure you do the haka when you get there. Have a good day!
Me : Thankyouuuuu! Byee!
So it was really easy, not nerve wracking at all! And now I have my visa all I have left to do is pay my insurance and program fee and pack (eurghhh).
Now onto another disney day...
Day #17: Your favorite classic
Oh man I love them all, but I do have a special love for Dumbo and Fox and the Hound. I loveeee these films, elephants are my favourite animal and that is obviously why I love Dumbo, and Fox and the Hound is just so cute and is such a good story of friendship I love it.
Pink elephantss!!!!
It is very hard not to love every single disney film! However I'm just going to put two days into one and tell you my Least Favourite Classic as well.
This is quite easy for me just because I get scared by this film. My least favourite is Pinocchio.
Ahh I just don't like puppets they really freak me out and this film does nothing to squash that fear! Plus theres a big scary whale and boys turn into donkeys like what!!! Just plain creepy. I just .. no .. no I don't like it haha.
Well until next time!
Have a magical day! x


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Friday, June 15, 2012
The Day My World Fell Apart
One year ago our world was shattered. Like most earth shattering days, it started out extremely ordinary.
It was VBS week at our church. It was a Thursday. The Thursday before Father's Day. We dropped the kids off in their classroom and headed to the doctor. I was 20 weeks pregnant with Lily and we were going to a routine ultrasound to peek in at her and make sure all was well. I barely got Josh to agree to go with me because I had just had an ultrasound and everything was fine. What could have changed in a week?
My sister was in Europe with friends on vacation. We had been emailing back and forth. I had just read her quick note on my phone telling me she was praying all was well and to email her as soon as the ultrasound was done. We had been told a few weeks earlier that Lily was definitely a girl, but Lisa and I were both hoping for confirmation at this ultrasound so we could start hoarding pink clothes and ribbons and buying out sections of Babies R Us. I worried that maybe the baby would be a boy after all...I wish now that was all there was to worry about.
I remember sitting in the waiting room with Josh. I remember every detail of that room, every article I read in the magazine I was holding. I remember debating about if I had time to use the restroom, and asking the nurse if I should just hold it. I remember talking to Josh about baby names. I remember loving the name Lily, and knowing her middle name would be Grace no matter what. I remember having one split second of panic that maybe the gender of this baby would not be the bombshell that would be dropped at that ultrasound. I remember wondering aloud to Josh if he thought everything would be okay, and wondering silently if it was normal that I hadn't felt the baby move yet. I remember them calling us back to the ultrasound room, and I remember my tummy doing flip flops in excitement that I was about to see my sweet baby again.
I remember the ultrasound tech, because she was the same ultrasound tech my friend Bo had when I went to one of her ultrasounds the previous year. I remember that she was really nice and gave Bo a ton of pictures and said, "I'm not supposed to give you this many, but your baby is just so dang cute!" I remember thinking to myself that I got lucky, because I'm sure she would do the same for me. She recognized me, and I told her that story.
I remember lying down on the table and feeling her squirt that gooey gel on my tummy. As she did, she asked me if I had felt the baby move yet. I said no, but it took me even longer to feel my twins, so I wasn't that concerned. As the words left my mouth, I watched as the screen changed from black to Lily. I saw her, and we all sat silently for one second.
Two seconds.
Three seconds was all it took...
And in that moment, neither of my hearts were beating.
The tech knew. I knew. Even Josh knew. There was no flicker. There was just Lily, swimming silently inside me. Her long legs were still so long. Her hands were up by her face. But she didn't move. The tech told me what I knew she dreaded to say as much as I dreaded hearing it...
"I'm so sorry, but your baby doesn't have a heartbeat. I'm going to go get the doctor."
I nodded. I remember thinking, very clearly, "Well. That sounds about right." Bitter. Shocked, yet not as shocked as I should have been. So angry. So sad. Jake and Eisley...devastation at the thought of telling them, again, that they weren't going to have a baby sister after all. Why? Why? Why why why why why God why????
Josh and I were alone. My shirt was still hiked up and I still lay there, unable to move. I could not move, because if I moved I would die. I knew I would die if I moved an inch. The flood gates would open, and I would never, ever stop crying. So I did not move. Not one single inch.
Josh whispered to me, "She looks like a Lily." We hadn't officially decided on her name, so I knew what he was saying. We would name her Lily, even though she had already died. We stared silently at the screen that showed our still daughter. And neither of us spoke.
I had to call my sister. But I knew I couldn't. She was half a world away, and it was the middle of the night for her. I could not call my mother, because I was not emotionally strong enough to even dial her number, let alone tell her the baby had died. I called the first person I knew would tell me what I needed to hear. At that moment, I could not handle even one tear or cracked voice from someone else. I needed strength, I needed the facts, I needed someone I trusted completely and who could hold it together long enough to tell me exactly what questions to ask and what to do. I needed a doctor. My sister's best friend, Nicole, and her husband, Brent, just happen to be doctors. They are two people I rarely get to see, but I trust with my children's lives and I know care as much about me and my family as they do their own. I dialed Nicole's number, and left her a message I doubt she will ever forget.
"Nicole, this is Karen. I just had my ultrasound and the baby died. Please call me back, I don't know what to do."
I called Brent's phone and left a similar, possibly more jittery, message. And then we waited.
Minutes went by. So many minutes. They told us to wait. The doctor needed to finish the ultrasound and talk to us about what would happen next. But it took a really long time for him to come in. I laid there, my coffin of a belly out in the open, cold, empty, yet swollen with child. I began to get angry, panicked. I told Josh I could not wait one more minute in this damned room, and he needed to go right that instant and get the doctor because I was about to lose it. I had never been so close to losing it in all my life. Josh left and came back very shortly with a young, grim faced doctor whose job I did not envy. I kept thinking about how awful it must be for them to have me as a patient. How often did this happen? I wondered. How often did such a wonderful experience turn to utter tragedy in this office?
The tech came in with him and they both told us how very sorry they were. The doctor told me he needed to take a look at the baby again to see if he could determine what had happened. I was about to pray that God would show us what had happened, but then I realized that I wasn't speaking to God yet. I wondered if I ever would again.
The doctor scanned my belly for a really long time. He told me her legs and arms were perfect. Her skull was perfect. Her entire body looked perfect. All of her organs were there. He could tell she was a girl. He told me there was a lot of blood, and it was probable that she had died at least a few days ago. I wondered what day it had been? What had I been doing when her heart stopped beating? Was I doing the dishes? Was I playing dollhouse with Eisley? Was I driving to work listening to the radio when my child suddenly died? Had I been sleeping? Would I have felt it? Should I have felt it? What kind of mother was I? What kind of mother didn't realize her child had died? I felt sick.
I asked if they could please print some pictures of her. The tech gave me even more than she had given Bo. I found it ironic.
The doctor let me sit up and handed me a tissue box. I cried. It wasn't a sobbing cry. It was a steady, silent flow of tears that fell like a fountain, no break, no sound, just tears. He told me we had a couple of options. I needed to deliver the baby, so I could either go to the hospital and deliver her how I planned, or I could go to a clinic and "Have it taken care of". Those were his exact words. I fought the urge to smack him. I told him to stop talking, we would deliver her as we planned. He instantly switched gears and told me he would set it up. He told me I needed to have an amniocentesis. If we wanted to know what had happened, this was our best shot. He told me we would also want to consent to an autopsy of the baby, because I was so young and the baby was so far along, he recommended we "do everything possible to get the answers you want." I agreed.
We thanked him and walked out of that horrible, disgusting, heartbreaking room. I could tell that in the 90 minutes we had been back there, the entire office staff had been briefed on what had happened. They gave me sympathetic, understanding, teary looks. The secretary who helped me sign out and make my appointment for the amnio had obviously been crying. I appreciated that.
I was supposed to come back in three hours for the amnio. Josh and I needed to go pick up the kids from VBS, we had been at the office much longer than we planned. I remember walking to our car. I remember people looking at me as I passed them, pregnant and crying.
Josh and I talked, but I can't remember what about. We agreed we needed to tell the kids. We have always been very honest with them, and we knew they would know anyways. Josh let me wait in the car while he went to get them. I couldn't bear the thought of running into someone I knew at church and them asking about the baby. What on earth would I say? "Oh, yes, we just had an ultrasound this morning actually, and she died." No. I would wait in the car.
When I saw them coming, I went and sat under a tree in the secluded shade on the side of the church. Josh brought the kids over and sat them down. Eisley asked why we were sitting there, and I told her we needed to talk to them. Josh started, but he couldn't finish. I told them, "We went to see the baby this morning while you were at VBS. You know how we've been praying that her heart would keep beating? Well, I'm so sorry, but her heart stopped beating. She died, and she is in heaven with Gracie now."
I remember very distinctly how both the kids faces looked exactly as if we had just told them we couldn't have ice cream for dessert after all. Almost a fake pout kind of a look. I wondered if they understood. And then Eisley said, "Well, that's okay mommy, now Gracie has a sister to play with in Heaven!"
We told the kids the details we thought they needed to understand. That we named the baby Lily. That she was still in my tummy and I would have to go to the hospital so the doctor could take her out. That mommy would be crying a lot, but not to be scared, because eventually I would stop crying. It was only that last part that I felt dishonest about. I told the kids that we should pray, but I looked at Josh and silently told him to do it. I was still not speaking to God.
We drove home and Jake and Eisley chattered about how Gracie wouldn't be lonely now, how God must have taken Lily so she'd have a playmate, how it wasn't fair to Gracie that she had no brothers or sisters up there, and now everything was fair for everyone.
I could not disagree more. It wasn't fair to me.
But I was so proud of them and so touched that they were more concerned about Gracie's loneliness than their own disappointment at yet again not getting to be the Big Brother and Big Sister. I was so proud of my kids. It was then that I realized what a great job we were doing with them, and I broke my silent treatment with God to tell Him that if I was doing so well with Jake and Eisley, why did He continue to take my babies away? Wasn't I a good mommy? Couldn't He see that? What was I doing wrong? My silent treatments with the Lord never last very long. I simply cannot go long without letting Him in completely, letting Him blanket me with comfort and love and the peace that I so desperately need, even though I struggle so much with the anger I feel towards Him at times like those. Though I was feeling every emotion from anger to brokenness to dismay, the Lord was so completely close to me in those moments, I simply could not deny Him. Without the peace He was offering, I would have shattered into a million pieces.
"The Lord is close to the broken hearted. He saves those who are crushed in spirit."
-Psalms 34:18
Somewhere in there, Nicole called me back. She did exactly what I needed her to do. She gave me the facts, she was a rock, she told me everything I needed to know, and she did it without breaking down into a mess of tears. We discussed the delivery, how Lily would look, how big she would be, the possible reasons she had died, the process of delivering a stillborn, and many other details I wished so badly I didn't have to know.
And because I could not bear the thought of lying to my sister for the next week, I emailed Lisa. I was struggling so much with the fact that my best friend, my sister, was not anywhere to be found. Why did God time it this way? Why did we have to go through this when she was so impossibly far away? How was I supposed to do this without her? How could I possibly tell her the worst news she's ever gotten over an email that she would surely be reading on a laptop in a hotel room thousands of miles away? I momentarily considered not telling her. Who was I to ruin the trip of a lifetime with this news? Was there another way? But I knew there wasn't. If the situations were reversed, I would never forgive her for keeping something like that from me. So I wrote it...
Many months later, Lisa would give me a gift that answered the questions of why God allowed her to be so far away during a time like this. Over the course of the week that I learned of Lily's death, delivered her, and recovered from labor, Lisa and I wrote dozens of emails back and forth to each other. We couldn't talk on the phone hardly at all due to the time difference, cost, and the inability to speak two sentences without breaking down into tears. So we wrote. Back and forth, again and again, we sent letters to one another. I poured out my soul, and she poured out hers. As a gift to me, Lisa had all of those letters printed and bound into a book that I know I will treasure forever. Someday I hope to write a real book with it. For now I read it now and then when I find myself forgetting details I want to remember.
After I wrote the email, we knew we had to start making calls. Josh called his mom. I remember sitting on the couch next to him with my face in a pillow. I remember hearing her answer the phone and watching as Josh started bawling next to me. He couldn't get the words out. All he could say was, "The baby...the baby...the baby..."
My husband is the most level headed, steady, rock of a human being that I have ever known. He does not cry. He does not show emotion. He has maybe once in his life had trouble finishing a sentence, and it is not an easy thing for me to watch.
I remember hearing his mom try to understand what he was not saying. He simply could not finish the sentence, and it was torturing me. I almost ripped the phone from his hands and screamed into it "THE BABY DIED!" so I could finally put Josh's mother out of her misery.
But then I heard her, "Josh, did the baby die?" She said it through her tears in utter disbelief. He was able to mutter, "Yes" before he broke down and sobbed. And I sobbed. And his mother sobbed. And it was literally the most awful conversation I think I have ever witnessed, heard, or been a part of. And I could not fathom having it again with my own mother, and then again with anyone else. That one conversation that I didn't even participate in completely wiped me out emotionally.
But I had to call my mom, and somehow I did. It was interesting to me how calm I felt doing it, as if Josh and I had switched roles. I calmly told her that the baby had no heartbeat, that she had died, that I would be delivering her in the next couple of days. I don't remember much else, just that I was eerily calm.
The next few hours were a whirlwind of heartbreaking text messages to friends, phone calls with doctors, emails from the church setting up meals. We ended up scheduling the amnio and the process of starting my incredibly long induction for the following day. I simply had nothing left and could not force myself out of the house again that day.
I don't remember much about the rest of the day. I know that we played about eleven games of Uno with the kids, trying to pass the time and normalize things for them. I can't imagine they felt much was normal while I cried incessantly, even if I was throwing down wild cards and trying my best not to lose control.
As people learned of the news, they rallied around us and prayed for us. We could feel it. I knew people were praying, because I couldn't believe how peaceful I felt in the midst of such chaos. You never think you'll be able to handle things like that, because the thought of that kind of pain makes you crumble. If the thought of it makes you crumble, the actual experience certainly must end you. But it never does...and I am convinced it is only the peace and comfort that God poured all over us that day and the days following that got us through it.
The Thursday before Father's Day. One year ago. It was one of the worst days of my entire life. It was the beginning of a road I never expected to take. The road I am still on. It was painful to the tenth power.
As I write this, it is Thursday. The Thursday before Father's Day. The kids went to VBS just like they did last year. It was so very ordinary. And it was so very hard. I was flooded with memories I sometimes wish I could erase. God has brought me such a long way in this one year. He has taught me so much about trust, patience, and love. And if I'm being honest, I'm so glad for the memories I have of Lily, for though the events surrounding her death and birth were tragic, she was not a tragedy. She was a miracle.
We are expecting again. We are hopeful, cautiously optimistic. We have come a long way in a year. God has poured blessings on our family the past few weeks, and it has truly made this particularly difficult week so much easier to bear. My sister got engaged. My brother got married. We got the news that a birth mother chose us. And today, I got to sit with one of my dearest friends during her ultrasound and see her healthy, sweet little baby kick and squirm and wiggle around. It was amazing. It was incredibly painful for me, but I could not have been happier to share that with her, because it reminded me so sharply how far our family has come in this one year.
In a few days, we will be celebrating Lily's birthday. This is a tough week for me, but I imagine that day will be the hardest. On that same day, we have an appointment to meet the mother of the child we are hoping to adopt. How's that for full circle? God's timing amazes me. I don't try to understand it, but I have come to trust it fully.
I remember wondering, one year ago, if I would ever stop crying. If things would ever be normal again. If there would ever be a day where I didn't fall apart on a whim.
I was up at my sister's cabin this week with friends, and we were watching one of our favorite movies, "Sleepless in Seattle". That movie is full of pretty awesome quotes, but there is a particular quote that describes this past year of grieving Lily so perfectly...
"I'm gonna get out of bed every morning. Breathe in and out all day long. Then, after a while, I won't have to remind myself to get out of bed every morning and breathe in and out all day long."
I don't have to remind myself to breathe anymore. And if you are or have ever been in the midst of deep grief, you can understand what a great milestone that is.
Here's to many more milestones.
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I just saw this post from my friend Shayla's blog. What a heart-wrenching thing, my dear! And hard to write about! I may not know exactly how you feel, as you were farther along, but I had a miscarriage last year at 10 weeks. After over a year of trying to get pregnant. Over 2 years later, we still have yet to stay pregnant from when we started trying.ReplyDelete
I wrote about my miscarriage here: http://www.krystalandbrad.blogspot.com/2011/04/glory-baby.html
BUT, our new adventure is that of foster parents! We are brand-new at it! And our little boy that was placed with us us 5 weeks old and pure joy to care for!
Thanks for sharing your heart. Romans 8:28
I'm so sorry to hear about Lily. Nothing in the world is worse than losing your child. Thankful for the child you will be bringing home. I don't always understand God, but I'm glad He understands me.ReplyDelete
Hi Karen....I just read you blog posts about Lily. I remember hearing the news via Facebook and I wrote your mom. I can relate to so much of what you wrote. Leonard and I lost 4 babies. 2 little girls were born alive but died shortly after birth. Our son died in my womb and I miscarried early once. So I have 4 children in Heaven. Maybe they have already met Gracie and Lily. I think it is good that you are writing this down. I didn't, so many of the memories have faded....one of God's blessings. But moms never really forget.ReplyDelete
I hope that your adoption dream comes true swiftly and easily. I know that story well too!
Carolyn Krupnik
My heart goes out to you. I've never felt the pain you have, since my husband and I were never able to get pregnant. I'm sending you a huge hug! Just wanted you to know that I've been praying for your family, your baby, and your birth mom every day! Your baby is out there and he is bringing it home. I'm sorry for your losses along the way!!!! One day you'll get to meet your angel babies.
This was a heartbreaking, yet beautiful post. It is simply amazing to me God's timing in your adoption. Praying for you right now!ReplyDelete
Just found your blog and am crying tears of hurt for you. I have never lost a baby, but have known that I would never be able to conceive a child since I was 17. Your post broke my heart. Then seeing the pictures of Jones made my heart soar. Praying for you and sending you hugs... Heaven will be a wonderful reunion for you family. xxxxxReplyDelete
My heart swells for your family. I'm a L&D nurse and was reading your breastfeeding post (and laughing and loving it) and got swept into your family's story and faith. I'm so incredibly sorry for you and your family's loss of your sweet daughters. You're such a strong MaMa! Your post gives me the strength when at my work the worst thing happens and I have to help those families through it. You give insight on how to share God's grace in the most horrid of moments.ReplyDeleteReplies
Thank you so much for your comment Becca! I can't begin to tell you how amazing my L&D nurses were when I delivered Lily. I couldn't have gotten through it without them. What you do is so, so important. Your job is one that when it is happy, it is really, really happy, and when it is sad, it is really, really sad. I have a job like that too. God puts really special people in jobs like yours that can be a light in a very dark place.Delete
I'm so glad you found the blog and left me a comment!


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