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In the White Album , Joan Didion wrote, "We tell ourselves stories in order to live," and then proceeded to tell a story about a time in her life when the stories she told herself began to fail.
I can certainly relate to that. My stories of how the world works in terms of medicine, government, family, friends, meaning, everything have failed when it comes to the havoc this illness has wreaked upon my life. I'm sure many people can relate.
I don't have a new story yet. Who knows if I ever will. I hope so. I do know that it's not time to write one yet. I'm in the midst of trying to ride out the Valcyte mood storm. It's a doozy. The depths of depression that I've gone to....
In light of many events in the past 18 months I find myself feeling bitter and uninspired. Is this Valcyte too? I don't think so. I think it's feeling the sense of almost abuse at the hands of researchers, physicians, the government, the silence of people I thought I could count on, and just plain having had it with it all.
I agreed to participate in someone's dissertation research about this illness. This person said he has it too. Turns out not only does he not have this illness (he had gluten allergies, h pylori, and a couple other things) but the whole point of his friggin dissertation is to prove that the illness arises out of psychological trauma-an unspoken one. Had I known this I would never have agreed to participate in his bullshit. To make matters worse he stayed 4 hours. FOUR HOURS!!! And not once did he bother to check in with me to see how I was. I gave him every signal that I could indicating I was done, that I was tired, that I couldn't think anymore. It was like the guest that wouldn't leave. Unfortunately I invited him into my home-otherwise I would have left. Even though I asked what his hypothesis was he refused to tell me until we had completed the endless interview. At one point he said that when he was ill he "didn't have the luxury of taking time off work, so the most he took was 2.5 weeks." He was an asshole, pardon my language. I've been toying all week with sending him an email saying I won't participate in this but I get worried that maybe I misunderstood his premise because of the brain fog.
Then yesterday I go see another doctor. She's very nice-finished her MD in 2007. I hate telling people my story because I get upset at having to retell it. I have to explain why I'm not working, what happened, ect....She says to me are you in therapy to deal with all this? I start crying and tell her I would but I have no income. She asks about depression and I let her know that I'm feeling increasingly depressed and I'm getting scared about it. I also say that I think the Valcyte has something to do with it. By this time I'm almost sobbing. I can't stand it. It's almost humiliating telling this over and over and feeling like I'm not being believed. After all "you look so good." I ask her if I she can prescribe an antidepressant. Let's see, this is the 3rd doctor I've asked now. She says no because she's afraid it might interact with the other medications I'm taking. I just sit there feeling a bit shocked. What? Am I going to be another statistic-how many times do I have to ask for help? Do people realize that some of us spend the day trying to survive it? Trying not to take all the pills sitting in the cabinet, jump of that bridge that waits there, find the rope, or go sit in the car in a garage? Do people get how serious and how hard it is to live with this at times?
So then she sits and proceeds to tell me that people who've had trauma often get these type of illnesses. And that in medicine oftentimes doctors are left to think that it's nothing but depression! What?!
I'm sitting in there with the attractive medical gown on and we're talking. She says to me: "Gosh, you are so calm! I mean wow! I can't believe how calm you are! You could read books to kids and calm them down!" Hmmm. Did she notice that when the nurse checked my heart rate it was 100 beats per minute? Pretty high for a calm person. Or that my blood pressure was borderline high? Little did she know that it took me over ten minutes to get into the elevator. I've always had a fear of getting stuck in an elevator but after the way Dr. Kliman died in addition to the Valcyte creating havoc with my brain I was so frightened to get into that elevator. I asked the security guard if there were any stairs. None that were accessible to patients the guard said. That security guard saw my fear though. She watched me as I paced back and forth, as I sat down on the chair staring at the doors of the elevator, as I walked up to the elevator several times, pushed the button, watched the doors open only to walk away. I'm sure my behavior made her a little nervous as well.
She did tell me she was very concerned about me. Yeah right. When I left the office the doctor said "let me know if you get more depressed." Right, I'll do that.
So I've been feeling bitter and angry and thinking this is unbelievable to be this ill and get hit with "if you just work through your trauma then maybe you'll have a chance." I haven't wanted to blog because of these feelings but it's part of my experience.
I spend my days watching netflix movies on my computer. It keeps me distracted and involved in someone else's life. It helps but when the movie ends sometimes it's a bit rough.
I did have a victory today though I'm paying for it. I was able to slowly walk outside for about 18 minutes. I walked to the library. I felt very grateful about being able to do that. Tonight I've been having a bit of dizziness and some chest pain. I bet it's the trauma causing that. Not the tachycardia.
It's been 18 days on Valcyte now. I haven't heard anything from my cfids doctor about blood test results which is only a little concerning in that last week he emailed me telling me everything is fine. I'm thinking if something odd showed up in last week's blood draw he might be waiting to see what this weeks blood looks like. I got my blood drawn yesterday. The lab is good about getting the results to him quickly so if anything is wrong I know he'll let me know.
I had a lot of plans for my life. It didn't include this. Then I thought I could control this illness-had plans for how this would turn out to.
Turns out I'm not in control. Not in the least.
I do think there might be good news on the horizen for people who suffer with cfids. It might not be much but if it gives us some hope for the day or a couple weeks-that's not a bad thing. Anyway, the Whitmore Peterson Institute in NV will be presenting at the CFIDS Conference in March. I really wish I could be there. There will also be some new research presented with very promising results of the Methylation Protocol. The Whitmore Peterson people will talk about their facility and a test for CFIDS. In other words there is a test which PROVES this illness exists. It may not be on the market for another year or two but it's out there. The Whitmore's daughter was diagnosed with CFIDS at the age of 12. They donated 5 million dollars to the Institute. So all of you who have access to people in your companies make sure the Whitmore Peterson Institute gets added to your companies list of people to donate money to.


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"Freedom's Story: The American Experience"
What's New
Teaching American History grants announced; charter schools named Blue Ribbon Schools; Innovations in Education Exchange focuses on supplemental services; charter school conference agenda to be built with input from the public; National History Day and others sponsor "Our Documents" project; new guide to partnerships for home-schoolers available; and Education|Evolving formed to promote "new schools."
Innovations in the News
Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation to fund 67 new, small public high schools in New York City; plus information on teaching American history; home-schooling; charter schools; and virtual schools.
"Freedom's Story: The American Experience" Will Provide Rich History Content for Los Angeles Teachers
Students across the country lack knowledge of American history, according to National Assessment of Educational Progress data. Yet, a recent report on state history standards gives California an "A" for rich content. This dichotomy presents major challenges: How can school districts create a bridge between a robust American history curriculum and the ability of students to perform at a high level on history exams? How can the districts provide the necessary support to the teachers in the classroom so that these teachers can carry out history instruction on a daily basis?
In order to address these challenges, the Los Angeles Unified School District (LAUSD) will sponsor a new professional development program for its elementary school teachers, entitled "Freedom's Story: The American Experience." This program will be implemented in partnership with the Henry E. Huntington Library, one of the largest and most complete research libraries in the United States in its fields of specialization, which include American history and literature.
The "Freedom's Story" program addresses LAUSD's need to enrich the elementary school teaching of traditional American history and to align it with the content-rich California state standards. Areas of study will include the history of Native Americans; the 13 colonies; slavery; English roots; the Founding Fathers; the American Revolution; the Bill of Rights; the Constitution; and westward expansion until 1850. The project hopes to:
- Raise student achievement by enhancing participating teachers' knowledge, understanding, and appreciation of American history;
- Assist teachers with teaching American history as a separate subject within the core curriculum; and
- Improve teachers' ability to help students achieve higher standards in American history.
Teachers will be randomly assigned to one of four professional development paths in a process that mirrors scientific testing of an intervention or treatment:
- One group of teachers will participate in the professional development program described above, participating in a total of 24 days of intensive, highly focused professional development over a three-year period.
- A second group of teachers will participate in the same type of professional development activities as group one, plus they will use classroom libraries to improve student understanding of American history and measure the effects of content knowledge on reading literacy.
- A third group of teachers will participate in the same type of professional development activities as group one, plus they will have instructional planning time, time to reflect on their classroom practice, and time for peer collaboration in addition to the first treatment.
- A fourth group of teachers will participate in the activities of all groups: one, two and three.
The Huntington Library will provide all the content-based professional development activities through its resident and visiting scholars program with Ph.D. historians. The library will provide content instruction, model curriculum for fifth-grade students, instruction in the use of primary sources, original lesson plans, and access to temporary exhibits of library materials that pertain to the professional development workshops and seminars.
"Freedom's Story: The American Experience" will be funded by a 2003 Teaching American History grant (see What's New). The Office of Innovation and Improvement administers this grant program. For more information on the Los Angeles Unified School District, go to: http://www.lausd.k12.ca.us/. For more information on the Huntington Library, go to: http://www.huntington.org/. For more information on the Thomas B.Fordham Foundation's report on history standards, go to: http://www.edexcellence.net/foundation/publication/publication.cfm?id=320. For information on the Teaching American History grant program, see http://www.ed.gov/programs/teachinghistory/index.html.
Note: This feature describes a new program and no data on effectiveness or impact are available at this time. The program design has an evaluation component that will be conducted toward the end of the grant period. This evaluation, which uses random assignment, will help determine the effects of different models of professional development on students and teachers.
What's New
Secretary Paige announce the 2003 Teaching American History Grants press release.
Secretary of Education Rod Paige announced the 2003 Teaching American History grants and a partnership with the History Channel. For a press release with these announcements, see http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2003/09/09222003a.html. (Sept. 22)
Secretary Paige names three Blue Ribbon Schools.
Secretary Paige has named three charter schools as Blue Ribbon Schools under No Child Left Behind. The charter schools are Summit Middle Charter School in Boulder, CO and Kaleidoscope/Caleidoscopio Middle School and KIPP Academy both in Houston, TX. For a complete listing of all Blue Ribbon Schools go to: http://www.ed.gov/programs/nclbbrs/awards.html
OII sponsored its third Innovations in Education Exchange on the topic of supplemental educational services.
For a press release on this event, see http://www.ed.gov/news/pressreleases/2003/09/09252003b.html. (Sept 25)
OII will sponsor a Charter Schools Conference in June 2004.
The charter school community will shape the agenda for the conference. For a description of the conference and the public outreach efforts, see http://www.ed.gov/news/events/charterconf2004.html. (Sept 18)
National History Day (a program that partners with several Teaching American History grantees), the National Archives, and USA Freedom Corps have created the "Our Documents" project to strengthen understanding and appreciation of the records and values that form our democracy.
For more information, see http://www.ourdocuments.gov. (Sept 24)
The ERIC Clearinghouse on Educational Management has published Support for Home-Based Education, a guide to partnerships between public schools and families who educate their children at home. (Spring 2003)
A new Minnesota-based national initiative called Education|Evolving has been created to promote the rationale and importance of "new schools" as an essential element in achieving needed changes and improvements in teaching and learning.
For more information go to: www.educationevolving.org
Innovations in the News
The Bill & Melinda Gates Foundation will channel $51.2 million in grants through nonprofit groups to create 67 new, small public high schools in New York City, designed around themes, such as technology, theater and the environment. [More-The New York Times] (Sept. 18)
Teaching American History
Cynthia Mostoller, a Teaching American History adviser, was spotlighted as an "innovative educator" in a recent article in the Washington Post. [More-The Washington Post] (Sept. 22)
The number of children being taught by their parents is rising, and these families' backgrounds are increasingly diverse. [More-The Baltimore Sun] (Sept. 15)
Charter Schools
Siletz Valley School is the first Native American-run charter school in Oregon. Most of its 163 students are members of the Confederated Tribes of the Siletz Indians, and some of the school's teachers are tribal members, too. [More-The Register Guard] (Sept. 22)
The Berkshire Arts & Technology Charter School in North Adams, MA got a boost when Governor Mitt Romney announced the state has been awarded a $6 million grant from the Office of Innovation and Improvement to help build and renovate charter schools. [More-The Berkshire Eagle Online] (Sept. 18)
Virtual Schools
Students who are looking for flexibility and a full menu of courses are increasingly turning to Illinois's virtual high school. The school was started in 2001 to give students from rural, small or low-performing schools a chance to take economics, oceanography, or other courses not offered at their own schools. [More-STL Today.com] (Sept. 21)
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Westminster Speaks
Walter Brueggemann represents the majority opinion when he identifies Psalm 8 as a "song of creation" that gives "articulation to creation faith." Read in connection with the creation story, the psalm bears witness to the dignity and worth that all humans have despite the Fall. Accordingly, the "man" and the "son of man" in v. 4 are usually interpreted "in an entirely democratic fashion" to refer to humanity in general. The fact that the New Testament understands Jesus to be the "fulfillment" of the psalm does not diminish its general application to the dominion that all humans exercise over creation.
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today is ella's bday and we are having a small family gathering for her tomorrow. she is bf almost exclusively and she still feels just like my little baby doll, only now she does a lot of big girl things. i never would have thought we'd survive bf with her allergies this long with no sign of stopping, but we are really doing pretty well considering.
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On a recent Monday in early December, Sean Gardner, singer/guitarist for Winter Makes Sailors and Bookmobile, struggled to tame an unruly crowd.
"Can you guys [in the back] move up a bit," he said. "I don't want you to get trampled."
Though it sounded like the musician could have been addressing the audience at a rowdy club gig, he was actually directing a classroom of third graders in his role as an associate teacher at Gahanna's Columbus Academy, positioning the students so everyone had a clear view of an oversized map of Franklin County.
Every day, Columbus musicians wake up — occasionally bleary-eyed from late-night gigs — and fan out across the city, applying the same talents they share onstage (creativity and an ability to adapt on the fly included) to a wide range of fields and professions. Yes, many work as bartenders, servers and coffee baristas, since the flexible schedules tend to coordinate well with the odd hours many musicians keep, but they're also educating the young, working as delivery drivers and, in at least one case, handling cyber security for major financial institutions.
Growing up, Gardner, 36, always had an interest in teaching, but it wasn't until he got married in 2010 that he decided to pursue a full-time career in the classroom. Initially he thought it would be an easy transition — "If you're good at entertaining you feel like you should be able to lead a classroom," he said — but he soon discovered the heightened responsibilities that go hand-in-hand with the job.
"The smallest mistakes can really touch a child," said Gardner, who incorporates his love of music into everything from his classroom décor (one bulletin board displayed student work under the header "Red Hot Chili Papers") to his method of getting his students' attention (striking a single note on a handheld chime). "When I make a mistake in front of an audience I'm like, 'Eh, I'll get to do this again.' But kids remember everything you do, and that hit me pretty hard early on. You really have to be careful and keep in mind the views of every child."
Unlike Gardner, who grew up idolizing teachers and always had an interest in the profession, Bummers singer/guitarist Jeff Pearl generally detested school, so when his mom suggested he pursue a career in education his initial reaction was, "Ehhh, we'll see," which, judging by his tone, translated roughly to "Are you out of your mind?"
A Valentine's Day visit to the Harmony School in Bloomington, Indiana, altered this perception.
"All the teachers were onstage with the kids covering all these Beatles songs for the parents, and I was blown away," said Pearl, 30, who is currently in his second year teaching kindergarten at St. Vincent Family Center in Olde Towne East following a stretch at Cranbrook Elementary and a stint teaching English and debate in South Korea. "I thought, 'Well, if I can take my love of music and have fun with it…'"
Teaching has turned out to be an ideal fit. The guitarist described himself as "a goofball," admitted he has the artistic skills of a 6-year-old ("A lot of these drawing are mine," he said waving to some crude sketches tacked to the classroom bulletin board) and said he regularly tells his students growing up is the worst thing he's ever done.
"These kids just understand me," he said. "And I get them."
Like Gardner, Pearl regularly incorporates music in his lesson plans, and he said most days he totes a guitar to work. He also taught the kids how to read the calendar with a "Hip-Hop Days of the Week" song. Alternately, the students have inspired a couple of Bummers tunes ("A kid will say a weird phrase and I'll say, 'Oh, I'm going to make that a song,'" he said), and his class has evolved into something of a burgeoning fan base for the rising surf-rock crew.
"If [the students] want a treat I'll be like, 'What's the greatest band ever?'" he said. "And they're like, 'Bummers, dude!'"
While Gardner and Pearl could accurately be termed musicians-turned-educators, Samantha Kim described herself more as a lifelong teacher who stumbled onto a side career in pop music. At 10 years old the local violinist shadowed her sister's high school orchestra teacher for Take Your Daughter to Work Day ("Even though he wasn't my father," she said), and the experience cemented her desire to pursue a career in music education.
"I don't think most kids decide on [a career] that early," said Kim, 29, who currently works as an orchestra director at a public school in Granville in addition to playing in the folk-leaning Ghost Shirt. The musician will also be performing at the fourth annual Beatles Marathon, which takes place at The Bluestone on Saturday, Dec. 28. "When I was younger it was because I loved music so much I wanted to be around it all the time. Now that I'm well into my career it's become so much more. I know it sounds cheesy, but I get to be a part of who [the students] are, and they become a part of who I am."
All three educators stressed the difficulty of balancing the demands of the job and band life — "I don't sleep," Pearl said matter-of-factly — but at the same time all expressed immense pleasure in finding a career so well-tailored to their unique personalities and skillsets.
"You can put your heart in [teaching]," Gardner said. "And that's why I started playing music."
Ryan Vile, who plays keyboard in power-pop collective The Girls!, actually started playing music for far more analytical reasons. Vile, who described himself as an "awkward and nerdy looking" child, tended to gravitate toward more logical pursuits, and he only joined a band because it seemed like a challenge for someone who, in his own words, lacked a real artistic sensibility.
"Music seemed really extra challenging for me," said Vile, 35, who works in cyber security for a bank. "Now the joke is I sit at a keyboard all day and then go to band practice and stand at a keyboard all night."
Even though a career in computer technology appears far-removed from his new role as a gigging musician, Vile said playing in a band has given him a confidence that carries over into his day job, as well as helped him develop his people skills.
Adam Hardy, drummer in rowdy rock duo Cliffs, also attributed his full-time gig as a delivery driver for local clothing company Homage with helping him establish new skillsets.
"I get to see something that started in a basement evolve into a multinational company," said Hardy, 26, whose knack for loading the band's tour van has come in handy when packing the company delivery truck ("I'm like a Tetris master"). "It's cool to see that transition and then compare that to other things I do in the band, like talking to vendors or to different [concert] venues."
Watershed singer/guitarist Colin Gawel, 44, has similarly applied lessons gleaned from a life time in rock 'n' roll to his role as owner of Colin's Coffee, a small, inviting spot tucked away in an Upper Arlington shopping plaza.
"You're always on a budget, so it's, 'What can we do for free?'" he said. "We're on Twitter and Facebook because they're free, and I think a lot of that comes from being in a band like Watershed where you send out mailings and whatever."
After purchasing the shop seven years ago, Gawel also stripped things back to focus on a few key elements (namely coffee) because it reflected his more streamlined approach to making music. If he didn't use effect pedals onstage, he reasoned, his business should be similarly free of flash. This sensibility is reflected in everything from the humble sign posted in the parking lot that reads "Colin is in" ("Literally, Colin is in the shop," said the guitarist, who mans the counter most mornings) to Gawel's dressed-down wardrobe. On a recent visit in early December he looked something like the protagonist from Radiohead's animated "Paranoid Android" video sprung to life, decked out in jeans and a T-shirt and with a stocking cap perched high on his head.
"I've never had [to wear] a tie," he said, and laughed. "I don't know what I'd do if I wasn't here. I'd probably have more money, but I don't think I'd be as happy.
"It's that musician's mentality of, 'It's lots of work [and] fun, but no money.' So you're not going to see me rolling around in a Porsche with vanity plates that say 'COFFEEMAN' anytime soon, but I love it."


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A sentimental photograph of members of the famed 442nd Regimental Combat team has been returned to the Maui family of a late Japanese-American World War II veteran.
The photo disappeared during a chaotic estate sale at the Kahului home of Russell Shigeru Takashima over the weekend. The Maui News reports family members say the photo showed up in a trash bag on his yard Wednesday morning.
His daughter Faith Minyard says the back of the framed photo was a little torn and got wet from the rain. The bag had no note.
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By Gabriel Monte: Freedom New Mexico
Clovis and Portales are getting in line for their share of almost
$40 million in stimulus money about to be distributed in New Mexico.
New Mexico is set to receive the federal stimulus money to improve
water quality, drinking water infrastructure and sewage treatment
Municipalities have until Monday to submit applications, according
to Karen Gallegos, the state environmental department's director for
water and wastewater infrastructure development division.
However she said Clovis is in the pipeline to receive the stimulus
money through a previous uniform funding application, which could also
qualify the city for money from other sources.
The city is requesting stimulus funds to upgrade its 20-year-old
wastewater treatment plant. The state is still trying to decide how to
divide the new federal cash.
Clovis Public Works Director Clint Bunch said the city needs to
upgrade its electrical system and its aerating system, which treats
"It's outlived its life expectancy. It's pretty far gone," Bunch said.
He said cost estimates for the upgrade amount to $8.5 million.
Portales is also seeking stimulus funds for a new wastewater
treatment plant. Portales Public Works Director Tom Howell said the
project will cost about $22 million and the city has already received
$7 million in federal funds.
"We've raised our rates but we don't really have a lot set aside," he said.
Gallegos said the department expects the stimulus money between two
to three months and once it is awarded, municipalities have a five-year
period to spend it, she said.
She said qualified projects must be able to start within a year.
The money will be available through the clean water and drinking water state revolving funds.
The New Mexico Environment Department is reviewing applications for
the funds and will prepare a list of shovel-ready projects for the U.S.
Environmental Protection Agency.
"There are a lot of needs across the state. We just want to make
sure those needs are met and the most urgent needs met first," said
Marissa Stone, a spokeswoman for the Environment Department.
But officials from around the state agree the additional money will
barely put a dent in what New Mexico communities need as they work to
modernize their water systems to keep up with booming populations and
meet more demanding federal requirements.
In one of the state's fastest growing cities, workers on Wednesday
filled the last of three large filtration tanks with gravel at Rio
Rancho's new arsenic removal plant. It is set to go into operation next
month, and the city has plans for more arsenic removal systems at other
Rio Rancho and other municipalities have been busy making lists of
water infrastructure priorities with hopes some of the stimulus money
will filter down to them.
The department also wants to make sure the funding is evenly
distributed across the state to large and small water systems, she said.
The state estimates there are around $100 million worth of water and wastewater projects that are ready to go.
While the stimulus money will meet only a fraction of the state's
need, Deputy Environment Secretary Jon Goldstein said officials are
looking at piecing together funding from other sources "so we can get
more bang for our buck."
Rio Rancho's top drinking water priority is a $4.5 million project
to remove naturally occurring arsenic at two of the city's wells. City
spokesman Peter Wells said the design is complete and the city is ready
to start the project.
"We've got a number of projects that we've assessed. They've been
designed. They're ready to go and in some cases we just need some
remaining funding and in other cases full funding," Wells said.
In southern New Mexico, Ruidoso Mayor Ray Nunley said his community
is hoping for some of the stimulus money to complete work on a
wastewater treatment plant. Nunley said the project is being funded
through a combination of state and federal funding, bonds and loans.
The stimulus money would mean the village wouldn't have to borrow as
Nunley is cautious since New Mexico is slated to get only $19.4
million in clean water funds and another $19.5 million in drinking
water funds.
"Everybody seems to be a little bit excited about what the
possibilities are and I think we're all thinking a little bit too
high," he said. "I'm not sure we're going to get as much as we want but
everybody is in the same boat — in Ruidoso, Alamogordo, Cloudcroft, and
Albuquerque's no different. We've got water pipes that are 75 years
old. We've got a lot of infrastructure that needs some work."
In Mesquite, just north of the international border, many of the
water lines are old and too small to meet flow requirements for fire
hydrants, said Martin Lopez of the Mesquite Mutual Water Association.
His community has requested $6 million in stimulus money for drinking
water and wastewater projects.
Cindy Huntsman, former president of the New Mexico Water and
Wastewater Association, said many water associations in the state are
one- and two-man operations that don't have pocketbooks large enough to
repair or replace their systems.
Huntsman and Lopez said with such a need, word has spread fast about the possibility of getting a piece of the stimulus money.
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United For Ice Cream Helmets: Project Baltimore
Today, we become ice cream activists. This is a call to arms, a grassroots movement.
The Mission: Convince the Baltimore Orioles to offer Ice Cream Helmets.
The Plan: Get as many people as possible to email the Orioles to request Ice Cream Helmets at Camden Yards in 2010. To do so, click here, here or here.
The Backstory:
Oriole Park at Camden Yards is a true jewel of MLB. If you have never been there, you are missing out. It is a must see experience. So book your trip now.
But the good people of Camden Yards have gone without ice cream helmets long enough. These are good and honest people, fans of the game of baseball. But they just ate a delicious BBQ sandwich at Boog's BBQ with a side of baked beans, and now they need dessert. It is an extremely hot summer night with 85% humidity. Only ice cream will do the trick.
This is where things go horribly wrong. There are no ice cream helmets to be found. Not one in the entire stadium. Fans are forced to buy ice cream on a popsicle stick, or in a plastic bowl or a stryrofoam cup.
These alternatives give temporary relief inasmuch as ice cream is delivered. But then it is gone, and the bowls and wrappers become garbage cluttering our landfills. Plus, there is no souvenir to take home to remember your day at the ballpark.
Now, let's look at the alternative:
We brought our own Mariners ice cream helmet to our final game of 2009. Tim can't get enough of it. But look, there is more. Look how happy the lady behind Tim is to see Tim enjoying ice cream the way it should be enjoyed at the ballpark?
Why Ice Cream Helmets, you ask?
For many reasons. First, they are the "green" alternative. Instead of becoming garbage, they become collectibles:
Did you know that when we brought our Mariners ice cream helmet and had it filled at Camden Yards, they made us take a styrofoam cup, just to be thrown away. They needed it to be gone so they could keep track of inventory. Sorry, mother earth.
Second, not only are they collectibles on their own, they also provide an excellent canvas for the autograph of your favorite player, as shown by MLBlog's Howie on his blog (scroll down for a picture of an autographed Mets ice cream helmet).
Third, they provide a roadmap of the ballparks you have visited:
Tim and I have been to 18 stadiums (16 teams when you factor in that we have been to both Shea Stadium/Citi Field, and Old/New Yankee Stadium), and we have ice cream helmets from all but Camden Yards.
FYI, the last two pictures were taken before we visited Rogers Centre:
Fourth, they are handy to have around. Tim eats something (crackers, cereal, you name it) out of an ice cream helmet almost every single day.
So What Can We Do About It? That is the big question. In 2009, we emailed the Orioles a couple times suggesting that they add ice cream helmets to the mix. We received this response:
Dear Mr. Cook,
Obviously, it didn't work. So, we made another effort today at the Orioles' "help" page:
Dear Orioles:
Will Camden Yards have ice cream helmets in 2010?
Please see this (at the bottom of the page): http://cookandsonbats.mlblogs.com/archives/2009/09/so-tim-likes-to-eat.html
Camden Yards is still the only stadium of 18 visited where we have been unable to get an ice cream helmet.
Let's fix this problem in 2010!
By the way, I know a guy who got an Orioles ice cream helmet at the ballpark in Arlington in 2009! Don't let Texas be the only place that offers Orioles ice cream helmets!
That brings up a good point, did you realize that in 2009, you could get an Orioles' ice cream helmet at Rangers Ballpark in Arlington. Check it out on Brian Powell's blog.
So, the plan? I'd like to invite as many people as possible to join with us in letting the Orioles know that the public wants ice cream helmets at Camden Yards! You can do so by clicking here, here or here.
If you are interested in joining the cause, we have a couple suggestions. If you're from the Baltimore area and frequent Camden Yards, let the Orioles know you are a fan and think ice cream helmets would help enhance the already great baseball experience that Camden Yards provides.
If you are from elsewhere, let them know where you are from and let them know if your home team has ice cream helmets. I don't know if it is the case, but if it is I'd love to let the Orioles know they are the only team who does not offer ice cream helmets to their fans.
Based on first hand experience and the comments of our fellow MLBloggers below, we know they have ice cream helmets at the following ball parks:
- Safeco Field
- Citizens Bank Park
- Yankee Stadium (new and old)
- Citi Field (and formerly at Shea Stadium)
- Progressive Field
- PNC Park
- Great American Ball Park
- Wrigley Field
- H.H.H. Metrodome (no longer in operation for MLB)
- Miller Park (also featuring the excellent Cheese Fries Helmet)
- U.S. Cellular Field
- Rogers Centre
- Fenway Park
- Chase Field
- Nationals Park
- Rangers Ballpark in Arlington (Thanks, Brian Powell)
- Angel Stadium of Anaheim (Thanks, Warren)
- Oakland-Alameda County Colesium (Thanks, Warren)
- Dodger Stadium (Thanks, Heartruss)
- Coors Field (Thanks, Ranter)
Where else? Please help out. Send an email to the Orioles. I also invite you to leave a comment here identifying your home MLB park and if they offer ice cream helmets.
A couple more comments before we close, we know that Orioles ice cream helmets exist. A google search showed us that they exist — see here.
And, we know that people are interested. Specifically, we track our blog stats through www.statcounter.com. Statcounter shows what people searched on google, bing, etc. to get to Cook & Son Bats' Blog. Just this morning, Statcounter showed that someone search google for "orioles helmet ice cream." In fact, not a day goes by without someone landing on our Ice Cream Helmet collection entry, and a portion of those people have been looking for Baltimore Orioles Ice Cream Helmets.
So have we. Hopefully we find them at Camden Yards in 2010. Please help us in this effort.
We will be attending a game at Camden Yards in early April 2010. We will report back then (and periodically if required) regarding whether this movement has had any affect in Baltimore.
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Done and done! I hope they get 'em there soon for you guys!
Great Post. Inventory is killing our planet…fantastic.
Have you been to Pac Bell/SBC/ AT&T Park before? If not I could give a few pointers of where to go before the game for some good brew and grub (Kid Friendly!).
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Great entry! Thanks for the mentions too by the way. I'm on board with your campaign, being one of a very few people in the country with a Baltimore ice cream helmet, I fully agree with your arguement. I'll send as many letters/emails as you want. Hopefully the BiA keeps the helmets going this year too, because I still need a few more to have the whole league.
> We brought our own Mariners ice cream helmet to our final game of 2009.
This is a very good idea. I like it! Plastic helmets we see here look mechanically stable and are likely to serve as reusable food containers. Cash-back for the container cost offered to consumers bringing their own ice cream helmet to the ice cream vendor would contribute to reduction of wastes from sports staduims. Handing a cash-back coupon indicating the amount to be refunded would be practical.
Todd not only do the Angels have ice cream hemets, they also have french fry helmets that are about 3 times the size. When i went to Oakland over the summer, I was amazed. They have 3 sizes! They have ice cream, french fry, and chicken strip meal sizes!!!!
Thanks! Much appreciated.
This summer will be my first time to AT&T Park. Any pointers would be greatly appreciated! Actually, I have not been to S.F. at all since 1993, when we rolled through on our way to L.A. We drove out to Candlestick having no idea of the Giants had a game that day. They did not. But I convinced a worker to let us go inside to see the stadium. It was awesome. He took us right out on the grass in RF and let me and my buddy test our homerun pick off skills on the RF wall. A great memory.
I knew I could count on your support! Thanks. Hopefully we'll get some Orioles helmets to match the one you already got at BiA.
That's a great idea! Everyone wins! Thanks.
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Awesome! Thanks for the helmet info! I can't wait to collect those helmets. I love our Brewers cheese fries helmet. It is perfect to use as a cereal bowl, among other things.
Not yet. But if they have 'em, we'll definitely be picking some up this summer at Chavez Ravine.
They definitely have Dodger ice cream helmets and great ice cream or frozen yogurt.
Todd (PA)
Sent our e-mail in and we are also looking forward to hearing if Orioles management hears the call. We are looking forward to eating our ice cream out of an Oriole ice helmet when we get to Camden Yard this summer. Also following up on your earlier suggestions and got my wife to buy in driving to Cincinnati and also stopping by Louisville Slugger Museum on the way to Memphis. So far we have got Cleveland, Cincinnati and going to go out to St. Louis before heading out East. Any advice on theme parks for kids (have to fit some fun time in for my daughter) in Penn/NJ area? Todd (HI)
Excellent! We'll be picking up some Dodgers ice cream helmets this summer!
WOW – I'm jealous! I really want to go to Busch in St. Louis. maybe next season. Your trip sounds awesome. I'll let you know soon if we'll be in Baltimore when you are coming through. By far, I am not an expert on amusement parks. But I know of two fairly famous parks in PA: Dorney Park in Allentown, PA (north of Philadelphia) and Kennywood (in the Pittsburgh area). I think Dorney Park is pretty modern with lots of scary looking rides. Kennywood is listed as a historical place. It is very famous among rollercoaster people. It is also featured in the movie Adventureland.
-Todd (PA)
Wow, I love the photos of the helmets and the balls. Good luck with this.
Just sent my letter hopefully it works
Thanks for your interest in cash-back coupon. I believe this will not only encourage reuse of ice cream helmet but also facilitate inventory. Count the number of coupons waiting in the stock box just like counting unused styrofoam cups. A serial number or barcode printed on each coupon would further facilitate this process. Either papar cards or adhesive labels might be used as coupons. I'd prefer adhesive labels that can be attached to the surface of helmets.
Unfortunately, there are no ice cream helmets available at Japanese ballparks. (An inverted helmet does serve as a bowl with a handle that greatly facilitates eating food like ice cream without soiling your hands)
Todd, I can tell you for sure that we have the Ice cream Helmuts at Coors Field. If you'd like I can mail you one when the season starts. Great entry, great pics…D
Ice cream helmets just are not big enough…..but an essential part of a baseball stadiums food menu…
Outside the Phillies Looking In
Thanks. And thanks. The bigger picture was taken last July and includes all of Tim's baseballs to that date. The balls on the displays in the back are Tim's 1st, 3nd and 4th baseballs (we gave his 2nd to a cousin who was with us at that game).
Thanks for your help. Its much appreciated.
If only I ran all of the stadiums, I could implement this idea. But who knows, maybe the Orioles will actually read this entry, they'll get ice cream helmets, and then implement your plan. Wouldn't that be cool!?
Thanks for letting me know about Coors Field. I've added it to the list. No need to send a helmet. The goal is to get one at each stadiums the good old fashioned way – filled with chocolate ice cream and topped with sprinkles.
Just go to the ladies who run the Olde City Creamery behind section 137 at Citizens Bank Park. They typically give you enough ice cream to fill two ice cream helmets — see here http://cookandsonbats.mlblogs.com/8%20-%20holy%20huge%20ice%20cream%20helmet%20batman.jpg
I don't know where you've been looking, but Baltimore definitely has, or used to have frozen yogurt in the little baseball helmets. I had season tickets there for years and used to get it frequently (and have quite a few helmets in a box somewhere). The last time I was craving some was 3-4 years ago and they still had the helmets.
Hey, I hope I am just missing them. But I don't believe so. I have discussed it multiple times with the people in the Orioles Fan Assistance Office. Those people are extremely friendly and helpful. They have walked around with me looking for ice cream helmets. Ultimately, they told me they don't have them anymore. That has been the story as far as I know it since 2008. Plus, I think if the Fan Assistance people and I were just missing them, the email above would have simpy told me where to find them. But let's hope they reappear in 2010!
This is an atrocity! No ice cream helmets! I have an assortment from Dodger Stadium. Blue, white and in two different sizes. BTW, the picture of the helmets and the baseball is beautiful! I am signing up so the folks at the stadium can correct this. I use mines to serve ice cream at home.
Received this today (full report from Camden Yards tomorrow) and it sounds like the O's sent a bunch of these today (and I thank you all!!!):
Dear Mr. Cook,
Thank you for contacting the Orioles.
The Orioles are pleased to have ice cream helmets available at Camden Yards this season, sponsored by Carvel. They can be found at Carvel stands located around the ballpark. We look forward to seeing you at the Yard!
Carey Paytas
Communications Assistant
Baltimore Orioles
Funny I come across your post now! 🙂 I visited Camden Yards for the first time last season (loved it and def want to go back) and was so disappointed to have to leave early to catch a train home and not find an ice cream helmet! I feel a tiny bit better knowing they didn't exist – I had a hard enough time trying to find a collecter's cup! Yes I admit it – I have a collecting problem!!! Thanks for the update and your hard work in getting the O's on board w/ the helmets – now I have another excuse to head back that way!!!
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text: Japan Volcano UFO clips 0x6a656666 posted:4/8/2011 9:41:00 AM Don't know what to make of these, but they're definitely cool. Is Japan so preoccupied with the nuke disaster that they're releasing this stuff on accident? Here's another: 0x6a656666 posted:4/8/2011 10:01:49 AM I don't know if this clip is related, but the blue flash occurred during the 04/07/2011 quake, and in the video above, the volcano erupts during the flash. So we've got two disasters with similar phenomena. Yeah, it could be a transformer, but it could also NOT be a transformer. gary107 posted:4/8/2011 11:56:21 AM earthquakes produce quake lights and so do volcanoes when they go off, likely gases from inside the ground being released. Fast lights going back and forth are bullet trains on morning commute.0x6a656666 posted:4/8/2011 1:01:47 PM Yeah i figured that out about the fast lights...but what about the warping camera light in that second one and the weird white things shooting out of it? i'm assuming the light is warping because of heat coming off of it, like what you would see looking in the distance in a desert. gary107 posted:4/8/2011 7:45:09 PM there appears to be a white flag or banner being push back and forth by the changing wind. Then a fire starts and heat is produced making the image give off waves. In southern California we get a lot of fires in the late summer months and we see this sort of thing from our freeway cameras. Blue light appears to be a transformer going off. I see someone is predicting a large quake for us Sunday April 10th. The series of quakes in Japan will be one month long by then. Perhaps, common myth got it wrong and it is Japan instead of California that will fall into the sea. The mud volcanoes by the Saltan Sea are acting up again. Our local artesian wells are producing 3 to 5 times the water output since the 7.2 quake we had on Easter Sunday April 4th last year. Appears to be pressure from below. 0x6a656666 posted:4/9/2011 2:25:26 PM Alright, here's a better version of it. at about 1:50 you can see something in the top left video fly over the volcano at a different perspective as our friendly whatsitcalledportal. It hides in the clouds, makes a quick forward dart, and at about 2:04, the thing shoots into space. you can see it hiding and darting in the clouds a LOT better in the super high quality version at full screen. 0x6a656666 posted:4/10/2011 9:27:23 AM Alrighty, after some talk with my good friend Spooky, I feel more comfortable saying that the bright white light which is making the camera warp is quite possibly just an exploding transformer. The flash at the end is when it pops. As for the weird white dots in the sky, I think they are actually just they way the light of the day is reflecting off the camera lens, or a plastic bubble that is enclosing the camera to protect it from rain. The weird things in the sky that are seen shooting around are more than likely meteorites, as i am being told Volcanos have weird magnetic properties and attract meteorites and do weird things with them depending upon their chemical makeup. I'll try to find some articles that support the meteorite idea. I feel oddly at ease that there is at least some plausible explanation that doesn't involve a space portal. 0x6a656666 posted:4/12/2011 2:14:21 PM new weirdness... Please log in or become a member to add a post.


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Ten years ago, residents of the Chicago metropolitan area watched with horror as New York City, Shanksville, Pennsylvania, and Washington, D.C, fell victim to terrorism. Many anxiously waited to hear word about loved ones and family members who lived or worked on the East Coast. We marveled at the bravery of the First Responders, the men and women of the fire and police departments who rushed toward danger while others ran from it. We mourned with the families of those who died, and we prayed for our President. And together, we cried out to God to protect our country and to comfort those in need. For God never left us, even in those terrible moments of fear and darkness and despair.
Those who inflicted violence on so many thousands of innocent people in the name of God worshipped a false God, for only a false sense of God can lead people into acts of terrorism. All faiths in dialogue with each other have condemned terrorism.
It is the God of life and love, whom we worship, who inspired the incredible acts of generosity and unity seen on 9/11: those who sacrificed their lives to save others, those who resisted the terrorists and fought back, those who gave of their time, jeopardizing their own health and safety, to aid in the rescue and recovery efforts, and the many, many acts of kindness that were never reported in the newspapers and are known to their beneficiaries and God alone.
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April 8, 2004: What appear as individual grains of sand on a beach in the image obtained with NASA's Hubble Space Telescope are actually myriads of stars embedded deep in the heart of the nearby galaxy NGC 300. The Hubble telescope's exquisite resolution enables it to see the stars as individual points of light, despite the fact that the galaxy is millions of light-years away.See the rest:
NGC 300 is a spiral galaxy much like our own Milky Way galaxy. It is a member of a nearby group of galaxies known as the Sculptor group, named for the southern constellation where they can be found. The distance to NGC 300 is 6.5 million light-years making it one of the Milky Way's closer neighbors. At this distance the brightest individual stars can be picked out even from ground-based images. With a resolution some 10 times better than ground-based telescopes, Hubble's Advanced Camera for Surveys ACS) resolves many more stars in this galaxy than have ever been seen before.
These Hubble data are being used to test a new method for measuring distances to galaxies and to compare it with the more traditional methods, such as the period-luminosity relationship of pulsating stars known as Cepheid variables. Some of the luminous blue specks in this image, young and massive stars called blue supergiants, are among the brightest stars seen in spiral galaxies like NGC 300. By combining the stellar brightness with other information, such as the stellar temperature, surface gravity and mass outflow, astronomers are defining a new technique to measure distances to galaxies located millions of light-years away.
The color composite was made from filtered images taken in blue, green, and infrared light. Hot, young blue stars appear in clusters that form in the galaxy's spiral arms. Ribbons of deep red stars mark the location of gauzy curtains of dust that partially hide the light of the stars behind them. Near the center of the image is the bright and compact nucleus of the galaxy where even the ACS loses the ability to separate the densely packed stars.


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Charla (nee Mervis) and Robert Stein of Dresher, along with big brother Ian Matthew, announce the birth of their son and brother, Drew Hayden (Shlomo Hillel), on Jan. 27, 2013.
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Theater Review: Breeding tells in 'Good People'By Jim LowePhoto by Lindsay Raymondjack
Jean (Maura O'Brien), Margaret (Mary Wheeler) and Dottie (Katie Owens) have some fun in Vermont Stage's "Good People."
BURLINGTON — Roots count, and they count big time in David Lindsay-Abaire's compelling tale of a reunion between two Boston Southies.
Vermont Stage Company opened a deeply touching and often humorous production of "Good People," Lindsay-Abaire's 2011 Tony Award-winning play, Wednesday at FlynnSpace.
Living in a poor South Boston neighborhood, middle-aged Margaret has just lost her job at the Dollar Store because of chronic lateness. This isn't the first time this has happened, as her adult learning-disabled daughter is constantly in crisis. But it leaves Margaret in a bad way, and she already owes back rent.
Margaret's feisty friend Jean persuades Margaret to approach Mike, who has escaped the South Side and become a doctor. Margaret is as reluctant to approach Mike as he is to respond. But when they do get together, what begins as a polite little dance around the truth ends in an all-out war.
Both are reduced to the street-fighting techniques of their Southie roots — but Margaret finds solace in the most unexpected place.
"Good People" can, perhaps, be best described as a black comedy, and Vermont Stage's production, sensitively directed by Tara Lee Downs, thoroughly enjoys the comedy as well as its blackness. The Flynn's resident company recently started employing largely Vermont casts, and this time it certainly paid off.
Mary Wheeler, after a bit too manic a beginning, proved quite dimensional as Margaret, appropriately combining urban feistiness and desperation. As Mike, John Jensen matched her all the way, reduced from the sympathetic doctor to the Southie street fighter.
Amy Burrell-Cormier, too, had real dimension as Mike's yuppie wife, Kate, who proves to have as much fight in her as her husband and Margaret.
Maura O'Brien was a riot as Margaret's earthy friend Jean, matched by the wonderfully acerbic tongue of Katie Owens as Margaret's landlady, Dottie. Though a little too consistently meek, Robert Harte was a most sympathetic Steve, the beleaguered Dollar Store manager.
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Police: Man caught viewing child porn on hotel lobby computer
A man was arrested Tuesday after a guest at a Madison hotel alerted staff to a man who the guest said was viewing child pornography on a computer in the hotel's lobby, according to Madison police.
Police said an employee at Baymont Inn & Suites at 4202 East Towne Blvd. told the man he couldn't view that material in the lobby. They said the man attempted to close Internet browser windows before returning to his room but only minimized them.
Officers said they discovered 35 minimized browser windows with many of them displaying images of what appeared to be child pornography.
Police said the contacted Antwun L. Barbary, 39, in his room and he told officers he was viewing pornography, but that it was not child pornography.
Barbary was arrested on suspicion of possession of child pornography and a probation hold stemming from a 2007 arrest.
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