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Thursday, September 17, 2009
THE CHICKEN COOP, by Joe Bucci
My Cousins - Joey, David, and Joan (Joey's sister) - are in the foreground with Pa, our Grandfather Sullivan. I'm the one in the suit.
Before he died from the drug overdose (see HERE, if need be) my Cousin Joey started writing the story of his life. He wrote it when he was allowed access to a computer while in jail. What follows is the largest chunk of it I have available to reproduce.
Joan, Joey, Me - Christmas, 1967
Joey appears to have made three different starts at writing his story. I have three manuscripts, the largest being eight pages. Some of the same thoughts and stories show up in each manuscript. What I've done here is to combine all of the manuscripts, leaving out the duplicated parts. Other than that, I have not edited it in any way. All I've done is scan the pages I have in my possession, delete the duplications, and insert the pieces left in a somewhat logical order. All of the misspellings, grammatical errors, and other blemishes are intact. My intention in doing so isn't to make Joey look stupid. I think the mistakes actually add some power to the story. They show Joey as he was - a man with demons, grown from an abused boy; not tremendously well-educated, but still with an apt turn of phrase. The story itself is compelling, putting aside any stylistic complaints.
Joey's Mom (my Auntie Ba, known to some as Retzie, others as Loretta), Joan, and Joey - Easter 1968. I'm not certain who the man is. I believe he may be my aunt's boyfriend of the time, someone who was between Joan and Joey's father and their stepfather.
I know he didn't consider these pages finished, by any means. He might not have put this version out in public, had he lived longer, but this is all he left behind. I think he deserves to have his story told, in his own words, after three years in the grave. I hope I've put the pieces together in a way that would have pleased him.
Cousins David, Joey, Joan, Me
Final note: Some of his surviving relatives may dispute the facts as he gives them. I wasn't there; some of those folks were. I am in no position to vouch for the absolute truthfulness of what follows. It is as Joey remembered it. If anyone else from his life has something to add, please feel free to leave a comment. Or, if you feel it's something very important that needs correction, e-mail me and I'll consider the possibility of running the comments as a separate follow-up piece.
Thank you for your patience with this introduction. Here are Joey's own words.
Joey, age 7
By Joe Bucci
The cellar window was easy to push open, I was small enough to squeeze my way through it. The warmth hit my body immediately as I slithered my way quietly onto the dust layered cement floor. Running away from home during the winter months turned out not to be a good idea after all. Twelve years old and on the run, breaking into a cellar to find heat, was better to me than the abuse and insane living I had to deal with in my home. I curled up next to the boiler in a fetal position, as the warmth that was so welcome began to melt the snow that covered my cold body, as I just wanted to sleep, knowing in that state I could be whoever, or wherever, I wanted to be. As I watched the snow drifting silently outside the grimy window I had just snuck through, I could not rest due to the fear of being discovered. Visions of my life flashed by me as I question my own sanity, but I was beginning to feel the warmth and knew I wouldn't be getting a beating that night.
This is the beginning of my story; It's been so long in the making due to my own fear of telling such a tale of hardship, pain and failure. I've lived a life that needs to be told, there are to many of us still suffering from the abuses of the past and we are misunderstood as well as trapped in a vicious cycle of self destructive behavior that will not allow us to break free of those old beliefs that were once our only guide into adult hood. There is a peace as well as a wonderful life to be lived for those that never really had the chance from the beginning and I will take you there because I have found the way.
My Biological father left the scene when I was two years old, my sister Joan was four and my mom twenty. He had a drinking problem, which caused him to be irresponsible. Mom made him out to be a real loser over the years but when I found him thirty-four years later he would tell me his side of the story. It's not important to me at this time in my life.
The Chicken Coop was a place where most of the hurt at such an early age affected my life. It was a two family house located in Hyde Park, Mass. It was called the Chicken Coop by my Great grandfather who I was named after, Joe Budvits. Grandpa Joe has long sense passed away, but the love and spirituality that he taught me with has managed to help me survive the crazed years. At around the age of five or six, Grampa Joe would come rescue me from the Coop. He would call on the phone and say, "I'm coming to get you out of that chicken Coop!"
It would be some years later until I came to understand what he meant by that statement. Gramps knew what was going on at 15 Mt. Pleasant because the Father I didn't know as well as my unknown uncles and aunts already having their dose of the Coop in the early years before my grim sentence.
We ended up living with my fathers' father and his second wife who was my step grandmother. I guess my mom tried to make a go of it before we financially were forced to seek help from my fathers' family. My father was not paying child support and my mom was in and out of court with him. He would end up in the old Deer Island Jail more than once within a few short years due to his none support. His father, my grandfather would take us in. Which gave my mom a chance to get on her feet. During these times the mental abuse would begun by my step grandmother. For some reason to took to my sister really well. Over the years my sister would be pampered and loved as I would be tormented and abused by this women. She was very sneaky and careful not to let it be known or seen for the most part. They say that we get our self-image of ourselves at an early age. I believe that to be true in my case as my step grandmother called me a jackass and a fool as well as stupid ass through all of my childhood. I was constantly left in her care as my Mom was, as I remember, not around. However, when my mom was around I would be the perfect little gentleman. That was my way of hoping she would stick around.
That's when things became very difficult for me. I was the whipping boy for my step grandmother for many years. My earliest memory was her jamming a peanut butter and jelly sandwich down my throat with her two fingers when I was about four years old. Boo Boo, was on his way to pick me up as I would spend most of my weekends with him and Gram. He happen to come through the apartment door just as she was finished forcing the sandwich down my throat. I was crying and I remember him telling her if she ever laid a hand on me he would kill her.
Step Grandmother just hated it when the Gate to the Coop would open up for me. Getting away from that place was all of what heaven could have been. The weekends were so grand as my Great grandparents would shower me with all the love and attention in the world while they had me.
Boo would pick me up on a Friday afternoon while Great Grandmother, (Grammy) would wait patiently at there apartment waiting for us. Boo and I would make a few stops along the way before getting back to Gram. There were three bars that Boo frequented in Hyde Park. I loved tagging along with him, as he would travel from one to the other each weekend. I'd get a coke and some quarters to play pool. The smell of a bar would become such a home smell to me over the years. The sawdust on the floors and the clinging of bottle to shot glass would trap and secure a place in my mind for the years to come.
Boo would catch a good buzz before we would get back to the house so when Gram would give him hell, it wouldn't faze him in the least. We would come through the door, I would run to hug & kiss Gram, as Boo would walk past in a hurry heading for the back bedroom for a nap. Every once in awhile they would yell obscenities at each other but it never would go any further then that. During the summer months we would spend our Saturdays going to the amusement parks. Paragon Park, Cannibe Lake, Lincon Park, Jolly Jollies. Gram an Boo would bring their own chairs, setting them up somewhere within my favorite travel areas while I ran wild going from ride to ride. Boo always had his flask full of J&B (liquor) to make the time fun for him to. I knew each one of those parks like the back of my hand before the age eight.
Sundays were very serious days with Boo. We would wake up early an get ready for church. Gram never went but Boo and I would always have the same routine. We would get to the Catholic Church in our home town of Hyde Park at eight forty five, for the nine 'O'clock mass. Boo would pay or receive a payment from his bookie, as we would go up the Church steps. It took me years to figure it out but Boos' bookie was the church usher, the same man who would collect the donations, as the people attending the service would put there money into the basket, he would send into the crowds during mass. Boo would constantly direct me to what page and place we would be at in the missal reading. He would sing so loud and proud during the mass always jabbing his finger in my missal booklet keeping me in sink with what was being sung or read.
After mass we would make our regular stop at the cemetery in Reedvile the next town over where Boos' mother and my biological fathers ancestors had been laid to rest. We would pray over his moms' grave as well as tend to the grass or plants. In the years to follow we would take care of Grams as well as my grandfathers and, my step grandmother. I know now that Boo Boo, made our Sundays into a routine in hopes that when he passed on I would take over the responsibility of tending to the graves which I have failed miserably at doing as of lately but will do it just as soon as I'm able to.
There was one time that I visited the grave of grams and tried to dig up her grave. At age twenty-six in a drunken stupor with the idea that my life was not worth living, I wanted to go to sleep with Gram. So I passed out on the top of her plot and was woke up by the grave keeper later on that day. I was homeless, Jobless, friendless, as well as addicted to the daily use of cocaine and alcohol. The years of emotional, physical, and sexual abuses had finally caught up with me. For many years I escaped having to face the demons that controlled my moves through life, but now I could run no longer. The gig was up I had reached my first of many bottoms.
My first solo trip out into the world was short lived, at the time my Mom, Sis, and I were living in Brockton, Mass, in a three family house. We lived on the top floor in a seasoned three bedroom apartment. For one reason or another I realized I didn't like what was going there, so at six years old I packed a suitcase and down the stairs I went into the world all on my own, without anyone telling me what to do. Under my mom and sisters watchful eyes I walked about three houses down the street. I can only imagine that I was getting scared as I ventured out, therefore ten minutes into my journey I decided to head back home. I snuck up into our apartment thinking that I had returned un-noticed so I slipped my suitcase and myself under the bed. Within two minutes or so my mom and sis came into my room. They sat on my bed (as I tried to be as quite as I could) and began to cry, "0" "My little boy has left me and I miss and love him so much." "What will I do without my little brother?" I couldn't bear to hear them cry anymore so I slipped out from under the bed with a feeling of importance, love, and belonging. They hugged me, made me feel as if I was wanted which is most likely the reaction I was looking for.
So this was not the first time I had run away and it would not be the last. Before age 13, I was known as a full-fledged runner and one of the best. I was unhappy with the home life I had, which consisted of complete and constant fear, misunderstanding, as well as abuse, in all forms. At first my short blast of freedom usually, only would last a week or two but as time went on I found ways to stay away for months at a time. In the beginning I would usually end up coming home on my own after a few days. I would hide over my friend's houses as they would hide me under their beds or in their cellars. It was really cool those first few times. My friends knew things were so messed up for me at home.
When I finally did get back home there was no beaten or punishment given to me as my mom was just happy to have me off the streets. That happiness would never last long so before long it was back out on another adventure.
Soon after this mom would bring home a boyfriend who would turn out to be my step dad as well as my punisher, spirit killer, and physical abuser.
Joey with his sister, his mom, and his stepfather
Of course he was really great in the beginning of it all but as time would continue on he would become the fear of my life, for my life. I had been with out a father for seven years so it was not an easy adjustment for me. My mom loved this man so much she would give him total control of me. He came from a very strict Italian home where his father believed in physical punishment. Throughout my child hood as well as my teenage years I would receive some of the most brutal beatings that would affect me all through my life right up to this very day. I would also witness the brutal beatings of other men by him also. My step dad convinced my mom that I needed some toughing up due to the fact that I had been without a male from the start of my life.
On one particular summer night Stepfather had been out on the search for me due to the fact that I was late getting in. I remember the night like it was yesterday because it would be the first time I would get an eye witness account of his violence. He found me wrestling with one of my friends and his brother. I was a nine-year-old kid having fun as the time flew by me. As I was getting ready to drop a Chief Jay Strongbow tomahawk chop on my friend Jeff's neck as we were imitating the most popular wrestling moves of that time and age. I felt a sudden pull on my shirt as I found my self flying backwards through the air. There was step dad with all the anger of the world dragging me to the car yelling obscenities at me.
He tossed me in the car and started punching me in the side along with some slaps to the face. We happen to be parked next to a Dairy Queen ice cream shop in Brockton. This guy was walking by the car while holding two ice cream cones when he noticed step Dad beating the shit out of me. He looked into the caddy an said," Hey, buddy why don't you lay off the kid?" I'll never forget the thrashing stepfather put on that beautiful person that had compassion for a little kid getting a man size beating. I can still picture the pints of blood that sprayed out of his nose. That would not be the only nose I would witness broken by stepfather.
Someone was able to get the license plate number of our car as we burned some rubber out of there. Stepfather ended up in the courts, which in the end had him pay the guys' hospital bill, as well as some court cost with a restitution fee. I blamed myself for what happen that night. If I hadn't been late getting home, that poor guy wouldn't have been hurt. That's what a little kid thinks when stuff like that happens.
Then there was the time I played Doctor with the girl my age in the shed in her back yard. I remember us piling up stones on each other's privates for whatever reason. Two little kids with a little curiosity about our different parts. Her brother who was a year or two older walked in on us so I asked him to swear on his Boy Scout honor that he wouldn't tell. Come to find out he wasn't a boy scout because when I got home mother was really pissed.
She sent in to my room to wait for step dad to come home from work. He called me down to the kitchen later that evening. When I got there he told me to stand up on the kitchen chair, which I did. Then he told me to pull my pants down which I also did, unwillingly of course. "Hold your pecker out as far as it will go," he told me. I stretched the little bugger out, as he took out the butcher knife he had been sitting on the whole time and placed it about an inch from my little pecker. He said, "I'm going to cut it off so you will never be able to do what you did with that girl." To be totally honest I really don't know what happen after that but I still have the pecker thank God! I imagine that I went into shock after that for a while and that's why I don't remember.
Funny thing is word got out about what that girl and I did so two days later I was walking down the street I lived on an these two girls a couple years older then me started teasing me. They wanted me to do to them what I had done to the girl I messed with. They chased me into some woods and started pulling my pants down. I was yelling because all I could think of was step father cutting the pecker off; that bastard ruined me in so many ways.
I once became lost in that neighborhood shortly after we moved there while riding my bike. I had been exploring the new turf, as little boys will do. I started to panic because I could not find my way home and it was getting late. All I kept thinking was I was going to be beaten for being late. The next thing I know he pulls up beside me in his car with a big smile on his face while I'm crying my eyes out thinking I was going to get it, instead he ask me "what's wrong?" So I tell him "I couldn't find my way home." He laughed at me and told me to stop crying like a little girl and follow him home.
The fear he would cause in my life would cause me to collapse into my inner self where no one would be welcome for many years to come. There seemed to be no answer to the problems that were constantly surrounding me. Why, I asked myself; why me? I felt so alone. I wondered how I was going to survive this life any longer? Wasn't there anyone who could be trusted to help me? I wanted desperately, not to be me, as I would close my eyes on many occasions hoping to wake up somewhere different, someone different. I hated me and in the years to come I would prove that in more ways then one. I would soon learn that stepfather was a very unpredictable man, most addicts are. I could never figure out the right thing to say in any given situation. He would use this as a weapon against me as the years would go by.
The beatings at home were coming more often, as well as the feeling of not being wanted. I had a strong belief that I was not loved by those God choose me to be born to. I would spend most of my young life closing my eyes and praying that I would wake up in the home I was really meant to be in with the family he had really meant me to be with. I chalked my life up to being this great holy punishment passed on down through the generations due to some evil thing one of my ancestors had committed against God at some distant past time, which automatically gave me the impression that I was also a evil being.
It seemed like I was always in trouble; no matter what the cause, they would always say it was that Richard blood, left in me by the drunken Father that left mom, sis, and me, too fend for ourselves.
I believe my behavior was for the most part due to the fact that I had been sexually abused while age six, by a male adult friend of the family. On multiple occasions while he and his wife happen to be sleeping in the bedroom next to mine. I had no clue as to what he was doing, but it sure felt nice while he was down there doing that with his mouth. I was just a kid, so I had no clue as to what he was doing to me, but he was an adult so it must have been o.k. Besides I was getting some attention that wasn't in the form of physical pain or verbal abuse, this was some kind of love, so I thought! He told me that what we did would get us both in a lot of trouble if anyone was to find out so it was to be our secret. He would
And that's where the manuscripts ended.
Rest In Peace, Cuz.
Joan, Joey - Easter, 1967
42 comments:
- Michelle H. said...
Powerful writing, and a fitting tribute to your cousin. You did the right thing in leaving in the errors. It allows his voice and style to speak through the paragraphs.
- 10:13 AM, September 17, 2009
I'm in tears Sully,so much pain. Thank you for posting it. It is a story that had to be told, may he rest in peace and may all the child abusers suffer the fires of hell. Makes my childhood seem like perfection.
- 12:08 PM, September 17, 2009
- Chris said...
Wow. Talk about demons. Sad story all around, Sully.
Loved the Chief Jay Strongbow reference.
- 12:11 PM, September 17, 2009
- Jazz said...
Great post Sully. May he rest in peace.
- 12:35 PM, September 17, 2009
- Hilary said...
Those demons of abuse never go away. They just change voices. I'm so sorry for your cousin's heartache.. and consequently yours. You did a good thing by sharing his words. Hugs to you, Sully.
- 12:44 PM, September 17, 2009
Can barely see to type. In the beginning of the story I thought he showed talent as a writer. As I read along I realized he had so much to say about what had happened to him that he was just trying to get it on the page. With a good teacher, some nurturing, and time he had a story to tell that would have proved his ability to write and a story that deserved to be told. From the very beginning he needed and deserved basic things he never got.
I can't imagine how you must feel about him, having known him all your life, and not being able to reach far enough into his darkness to pull him out for once and for all.
So many children like him in the world, living in a secret hell. May he rest in peace. May He be reunited with you in heaven where God will wipe away every tear.
- 12:50 PM, September 17, 2009
- Buck said...
That was some of the hardest reading I've ever done... but I stayed with it. Most of us have NO idea how fortunate we truly are.
RIP, Joe.
- 12:50 PM, September 17, 2009
- Desmond Jones said...
Requiescat In Pace, Joey. . .
- 12:52 PM, September 17, 2009
- lime said...
may joey indeed rest in the arms of a loving heavenly father in the home he was truly meant for.
i am so sorry for all he endured.
thank you for letting him share his story.
- 1:38 PM, September 17, 2009
- David Sullivan said...
Wow...like ripping off a scab reading Joey's words...RIP cuz...
- 1:57 PM, September 17, 2009
- Brian Miller said...
whew...to get a glimpse into the lives...i work with kids that have been abused...breaks my heart every time...i hope he has found his peace...and you have as well.
- 2:31 PM, September 17, 2009
- Elaine Denning said...
I have no words.
He's at peace now. Thank God.
Hugs. x
- 2:37 PM, September 17, 2009
- The Good Cook said...
I am typing through my tears AND my anger that your cousin, and any child, anywhere, has to go through this.
You did a wonderful tribute to your cousin. May he at last have found peace.
- 3:16 PM, September 17, 2009
- Eleonora Baldwin said...
I can't... this is too much for me all in one night. I have a problem with child sex abuse, it just shatters me and I am at a loss... sorry can't comment.
- 4:15 PM, September 17, 2009
- Expat From Hell said...
Joey's powerful story seems to give more and more meaning to each life that passes through here...I hope that gives you peace, Suldog. And I will pray that same peace rises to Joey.
- 5:30 PM, September 17, 2009
- Thumbelina said...
A great tribute.
May he rest in peace and I hope too that you feel some peace Jim.
You did a good job here. A very good job. Well done, and thank you for sharing.
A hard read - it must have been hard to write. Even harder to endure.
God bless.
- 8:05 PM, September 17, 2009
- Sandi McBride said...
I'm glad that you helped Joey tell his story. It needed telling. There are a lot of people out there who lived similar lives and even now would deny it. It's easier to deny the pain than relive it. Poor Joey. I wanted to hold that poor little boy and tell him it would be alright...
- 8:29 PM, September 17, 2009
- Angie Ledbetter said...
Jim, I'm going to be praying for Joe's poor tortured soul. So sorry. I know you must bleed for him.
- 9:32 PM, September 17, 2009
- Jackie said...
This comment is long...but it isn't for the readers of your blog. It's for you, Jim, and I feel in my heart that you will read it...no matter its length...so with that, I 'talk.'
..I enlarged each photo. I wanted to 'see' Joey...look at his little eyes.
Joey did a fine job writing about himself. I couldn't stop reading....I wanted a different ending.... I wanted a different ending so bad.
...I couldn't stop reading.
He was a good writer. (I'm not a good writer, so, please bear with me as I leave this comment for you....from my heart to yours).
You did him 'proud' publishing his work. Joey spoke to a lot of people through it, and you know, Jim, his story will probably change a lot of lives...for the better.
I looked at the first photo...I see Joey's hand on Pa's knee...knowing that he found love in Pa.
The 'little man' in the 1967 photo.....beautiful little boy.
The man in the photo the night before he died....handsome man.
I look at both photos and wish things could have been different for him.
You put the pieces of the story that he told together very well, Jim.
I promise, I will pray for peace for you...for your family.
I will do that...for you....in memory of Joey. He would want peace for you.
He would.....
- 10:23 PM, September 17, 2009
- Ananda girl said...
Oh my God. I can't stand it when things like this happen to children. It's such a horrible story, but also an important one.
I know that it is true that others suffer abuse and do not become addicted. However, we are not all build of equal emotional strengths. So many factors play into it, including things like depression that run in families... not that this is the case, just an example, that break down our ability to defend ourselves from the desire to escape. It is tragic and so human.
I'm sorry for your loss Suldog. Thanks for sharing this story and your love for your cousin. Thank God he is now at peace. I will remember him in my prayers and you too.
- 2:25 AM, September 18, 2009
- Gennasus said...
How sad that Joey had to carry all of this with him. There were glimpses of happier times but it seems the bad stuff was just overwhelming.
I hope he's found a loving family now.
- 4:45 AM, September 18, 2009
- Carolina said...
Thanks for sharing that with us Jim. A very sad story.
Big hug!
- 5:42 AM, September 18, 2009
- sandyshares said...
you are very smart to realize the profundity in these words..
- 8:06 AM, September 18, 2009
- GreenJello said...
Wow. A powerful telling.
May he rest in peace.
- 12:40 PM, September 18, 2009
- Jinksy said...
The more stories like this that come to light, the more chance there is other people's suffering may still be able to be brought to an end. Everyone needs to keep their weather eye open for abuse to others, and have the courage to say 'STOP!'.
- 2:13 PM, September 18, 2009
- Eddie Bluelights said...
My, that was moving!!
I think Joey would approve of you posting this, Jim.
He wrote it from the depth of his heart - it grieves me to see anyone suffer like that . . . why? . . . why? . . . why? I have to ask myself?
My God bless him and keep him and I thank you for sharing this with us.
I am very attached to my cousin Rodney - he is six months older than me and we are inseperable so I understand well the relationship you had with him. God Bless you as well, Jim
- 2:37 PM, September 18, 2009
- Shrinky said...
He still has a powerful voice, Jim. I think he would be glad his story was finally set free. God bless you.
- 3:46 PM, September 18, 2009
- Theresa said...
Wow. By preserving his original text (mistakes and all), it made for a more intense read. I really don't know what else to say. Kudos for sharing that with all of us.
- 12:49 AM, September 19, 2009
- Sniffles and Smiles said...
Jim, These two companion posts are profoundly moving...the depth, and authenticity of your raw emotion carry us to places of pain, discovery and reflection in ways that no other kind of writing can. It is absolutely brilliant...and leaves me with tears in my eyes and a catch in my throat. Thank you for honoring us with your confidence...for sharing Joey, his tragic life, his powerful words...you know that I love your blog...you continually amaze me with your ability to write both humor and tragedy...you transport me from joy to sorrow...and you always do it with such panache! My prayers are with you and your family...and I pray that through you and your family, Joey's memory will live long and touch many more hearts as it has yours, and now mine. Thank you, my friend! Hugs, Janine
- 1:26 PM, September 19, 2009
- Frank Baron said...
Geez, that's tough. Poor guy. I hear echoes of too many others in his story, some of whom I loved. I hope and trust he's found his peace.
Good on you for letting him tell his story. It might be what finally really frees him.
- 6:43 PM, September 19, 2009
- Ruth and Glen said...
Wow . . . that was a very powerful and moving story Jim. We're sincerely sorry for your loss and pray that Joey has now found peace in the loving arms of our Heavenly Father.
- 12:44 AM, September 20, 2009
- Jeni said...
I too think you did right by your cousin in posting his story. It's an important lesson to everyone about how pervasive abuse is or can be and the damage it incurs in the recipient.Maybe having had his story told will help your cousin to rest -finally -in peace.
- 1:39 PM, September 20, 2009
- A Woman Of No Importance said...
My god, Suldog, what a testament that is - Bless you for posting it, and I'm sorry for all the pain he felt, and you must feel, in paying homage to his words... This was a child, who was never to become a man - And what a man he might have been (such as you are!) without all that abuse and horror in his everyday... Poor, sweet Joey... Sully, I am taking this to the office, so they can hear at first hand, the damage that we can wreak in our lives - We work in education policy, in crime and substance misuse and so-called 'hidden harm' issues - Joey's words will make them pin back their ears... Many blessings, Sir, to you and your lovely missus and to bold, brave, Joey for sharing his learning in life... xox
- 6:49 PM, September 20, 2009
- Chris Stone said...
What a sad story. Sweet pic at the end.
- 9:41 PM, September 20, 2009
- Chuck said...
Wow, that was powerful writing. Thanks for sharing.
Rest in peace, Joe.
- 10:44 AM, September 21, 2009
- Daisy said...
So, so sad, and very well written in fact. You can really hear his voice coming through the words. Thank you for sharing it with us, it is really moving.
- 4:12 PM, September 21, 2009
- Jewels said...
I was glued to my screen the whole time. What a powerful manuscript. What a shame there is only a piece, it's something I will remember forever. Thanks for sharing it with us.
- 7:54 PM, September 21, 2009
- Shammickite said...
Powerful stuff indeed. My heart goes out to you and your family, and indeed, to your cousin Joey. Tuff times for him, his whole life it seems. So very sad.....
- 6:12 PM, September 22, 2009
- eileen said...
Poor guy- sounds like he never recovered from the demons of his childhood. Thank you for sharing his story.
- 8:07 PM, September 22, 2009
- Daryl said...
So very sad and so very enlightening ... I am not religious but I hope if there is another existence he's found peace
- 12:19 PM, September 23, 2009
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Noble metal nanostructures have seen a steady increase in biomedical application over the last several decades; new diagnostic and therapeutic modalities are under intense investigation. Many of these applications are possible because of post-synthetic modifications to the particle surface. These modifications take a variety of forms and can significantly affect the pharmacokinetics of these particles. In this work, various surface modifications were investigated. Particle agglomeration, which occurs when particle surfaces remain in contact, can significantly affect the toxicity and efficacy of a nanomedicine. Darkfield microscopy and single-particle ICP-MS were developed as complementary methods to detect agglomeration in blood, with the long-range goal being to establish regulatory mechanisms for nanomedicine. Two novel constructs were developed for such theranostic applications. A hydrophobic photosensitizer was introduced to the surface of poly(ethylene glycol), and its potential was investigated as a photothermal transducer, a photoacoustic contrast agent, and as a delivery vehicle. Relative to the free drug, the construct was found to increase tumor accumulation of the drug in mice and to make the drug more effective as a photodynamic therapeutic. Further surface modification and laser irradiation were able to impart additional control of the release of the drug from the conjugate. Noncovalent interactions were also applied to load and deliver a hydrophilic antibiotic using polydopamine-coated Au nanostructures as a platform. This construct was conjugated with a targeting agent and was then shown to be effective at killing methicillin-sensitive and –resistant strains of S. aureus. Finally, the effect of the anchoring group on AuCu3 nanorod catalysis was investigated using several model reactions and surface ligands, and it was determined that more strongly bound ligands inhibit the catalytic reactions.
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The Tavern is your home away from home. After each mission you may come back to the Tavern and check out the Tavernkeep's updated goodies or sit back and discuss what happened or didn't happen in that last match.
You have the option to visit the Defender's Forge or the Tavernkeep to upgrade gear, switch Heroes or look at your Item Box.
The Tavernkeep is still the only place where you may buy familiars, weapons, armor and services, it's also the place where you can open a shop and sell items with the AFK shop system (Go to your item box to see Enable AFK SHOP and add item to the shop).
There are 4 Target Dummies in the Tavern that you can test your damage on. The Target Dummy near the Stairs on the west side of the Tavern is the only dummy your pets will attack. Here you can see your Familiars' DPS or you can attack too and see the combined DPS. It is also possible to place and upgrade defenses freely in the Tavern, and check their DPS too.Owners of the complete DLC pack, Quest for the Lost Eternia Shards can decorate their tavern with trophies of the bosses, along with each part of the lost eternia crystal on the wall nearest the fireplace. Once you complete all the maps from the DLC, for a particular difficulty, a portal appears leading to the Crystalline Dimension.
The Tavern gets decorated for the Halloween Spooktacular! and other Etherian Holiday events.
- See the Tavern Secret Room for completing the main campaign, (from The Deeper Well to The Summit).
- See the Tavern Basement for getting the Ultimate Defender achievement.
- 7.38:
- You can now generate Mana Token items of arbitrary value at the Tavern Shop's Services panel. (Mana Token items have the same resale value as the amount of Mana you generate them at).
- Your Player Shop will now automatically put excess sale Mana into Mana Token items, until your Inventory is filled up, allowing your Shop to stay open beyond the 2 billion Mana cap.
- 7.34: Added Options "Lock Tavern Item Drops" (prevents non-Host Tavern Drops) and "Lock Tavern Defenses" (prevents non-Host Tavern Defense Summons/Sells).
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- Sitting in the Tavern for 1 hour now automatically converts your game to AFK Shop Mode (changes back to a non-AFKShop game if you enter any mission)
- 7.29: Minimum Level Requirement on Hosted Games is automatically set based on Host's level (to allow low-level players to see more low-level games in their searches). Can be reset manually, and doesn't affect AFK Shops.
- 7.27: To help reduce AFK Taverns in the Games section, AFTER 30 minutes in the Tavern, visitors (clients) can now only access the Host's Hero Shop if the Tavern is in AFK Shop Mode! A note has been added to the Shop UI AFTER 30 minutes to indicate this.
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- Fixed an issue where players couldn't see the names of DLC maps selected in other people's Taverns if they didn't own the content.
- Added missing songs to the Tavern jukebox.
- 7.17: Added more music tracks to the Tavern jukebox, because we love you
- 7.16a: Added In-Tavern trophies for Mythical Defender, Hardcore Mythical Defender, Dungeon Raider, Mythical Dungeon Raider, Jingled All the Way, Portal Protector, Eternia Shard Recovered: Purple, and Nightmare Eternia Shard Recovered: Purple.
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- 7.08: Auto-lock items picked up from tavern floors.
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This page explains the process of making a new Ring release. It can be used as checklist of things to remember when making a new release. It was written to clarify the release process between the Ring dev team and the distribution maintainers.
Release tarball¶
Ring is released in the form of a tarball. They are hosted here:
Tarballs are generated from the integration branch of the ring-project repository with a job on our Jenkins server. They include a copy of all contrib libraries configured in
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The Debian package is maintained by Alexandre Viau <firstname.lastname@example.com> as part of the Debian VoIP Team <email@example.com>.
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Archive for November 2012
2012 Nov 28 – Beltrame
Julian Beltrame
Banks bracing for U.S. law requiring they inform on dual citizen accounts
Macleans (28 Nov 2012)
Canadian Finance Minister Jim Flaherty is quoted as saying: "An agreement with the U.S. to share information on a government to government basis, within prescribed limits, will bring certainty to the application of the FATCA regime to Canadians, and will also facilitate compliance by our financial institutions." Peculiar reference is made to a "previous deal with Washington involving dual citizens" for noncollection of US tax and penalties. The supposed deal results from nothing more than careful Canadian reading of the existing tax treaty.
2012 Nov 28 – Rushton
David Rushton
Those fleeing Obama's America: prepare to be taxed
Canada Free Press (28 Nov 2012)
Rushton backgrounds on 2007 U.S. legislation designed to impose an exit tax. He anticipates the possibility of a 30% exit tax on all assets in excess of $600,000 for U.S. emigrants and renunciants.
2012 Nov 26 – McBride
Terry McBride
IRS pursues Americans living abroad
The StarPhoenix (26 Nov 2012)
McBride provides a concise summary covering FBAR, voluntary disclosure, new streamlined procedure, and renunciation of US citizenship
2012 Nov 25 – Fatca
Fatca bringt Ehekrisen
Handelszeitung (25 Nov 2012)
U.S. persons in binational marriages suffer stress and divorce because of U.S. filing requirements. "Binationale Ehen seien zunehmend Stresssituationen ausgesetzt, sagt Karr. 'Bei den Treffen brachen einige Frauen in Tränen aus, da ihre Ehepartner kein gemeinsames Konto haben beziehungsweise ihre Kontoinformationen nicht mit der US-Regierung teilen wollen.' Deswegen sei es auch schon zu Scheidungen gekommen."
2012 Nov 19 – Rich
Jamie Rich
Land of the flee: why, despite Obama's re-election, Americans are renouncing citizenship in droves
The Independent (19 Nov 2012)
Rich points to the trend of increasing renunciation, and enumerates these aspects: (1) paying taxes and receiving virtually no benefits (2) invasive reporting edicts such as FBAR (3) time and cost of compliance. "A toxic combination of frustration, financial burden and fear of further regulations has created a new anti-American movement among our own people. For those defectors, bitterness has replaced any shred of nostalgia for the United States."
2012 Nov 12 – Treitel
David Treitel
Twenty ways the IRS will find your Yankee clients
International Adviser (12 Nov 2012)
An experienced tax advisor in London lists 20 ways that the IRS can/will discover non-filing extraterritorials. Treitel cites "very great risk of being charged potentially ruinous penalties." The list is grouped into (a) acts that reestablish US ties [1-6] (b) marriage, divorce, death [7-10] (c) being named in governmental and tax authority information exchange [11-18] (d) online activities [19-20].
2012 Nov 8 – U.S.
U.S. engaging with more than 50 jurisdictions to curtail offshore tax evasion
U.S. Dept. of the Treasury (8 Nov 2012)
Countries listed fall into four categories: (1) "already concluded" [only United Kingdom] (2) "in the process of finalizing an intergovernmental agreement" [includes Canada] (3) "actively engaged in a dialogue towards concluding an intergovernmental agreement" (4) "working to explore options for intergovernmental engagement."


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The Founders were a group of Changelings from the Gamma Quadrant. Though generally considered mythical, they were the ruling force behind the Dominion.
In the late 19th century, a young Changeling encountered a dieing El Aurian named Daniel on the homeworld. When the El Aurian died, the rebellious Changeling mimicked his likeness and took his name out of curiosity. Soon after, the new Daniel was driven to escape the Changeling homeworld as part of a conflict with the link for desiring a life with aliens. (Star Trek: Phoenix-X: "The Links' Traitor")
After contact was made between the Dominion and the United Federation of Planets in the 2370s, several Founders were dispatched to infiltrate the major powers of the Alpha Quadrant. One posed as Colonel Lovok of the Romulan Tal Shiar, one replaced Klingon General Martok, and there were four on Earth during the Leyton crisis. (DS9: "The Die Is Cast", "Apocalypse Rising", "Paradise Lost", Star Trek: Pendragon)
External linksEdit
- Founder article at Memory Alpha, the canon Star Trek wiki.
- Founder article at Memory Beta, the non-canon Star Trek wiki.


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Al-Shabaka is a think tank established to bring a Palestinian voice to policy debates and to articulate ideas and strategies for self-determination. Al-Shabaka's work is primarily directed to concerned Palestinians as well as Arab and international policy communities.
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Gulf Research Center (GRC), Dubai, (United Arab Emirates)
Al-Ahram Center for Political and Strategic Studies, (Egypt)
Brookings Doha Center, (Qatar)
Institute for National Security Studies (INSS), (Israel)
Turkish Economic and Social Studies Foundation (TESEV), (Turkey)
Moshe Dayan Center for Middle Eastern and African Studies, (Israel)
Begin Sadat Center for Strategic Studies, (Israel)
Jerusalem Center for Public Affairs, (Israel)
Center for Strategic Studies, (Jordan)
Emirates Center for Strategic Studies and Research, (United Arab Emirates)
European Stability Initiative, (Turkey)
Association for Liberal Thinking, (Turkey)
Rabin Center for Israeli Studies, (Israel)
Truman Institute for the Advancement of Peace, (Israel)
Israel Center for Social and Economic Progress (ICSEP), (Israel)
Friedrich Naumann Foundation, (Jordan)
Arab Thought Forum, (Jordan)
Ibn Khaldoun Center for Development Studies, (Egypt)
Israel-Palestine Center for Research and Information, (Palestinian Authority)
Lebanese Center for Policy Studies (LCPS), (Lebanon)
Center d'Etudes et des Recherches en Sciences Sociales, (Morocco)
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Penn State freshman running back Nick Scott posted a photo of his helmet with numbers on the side on Instagram and it obviously sent Nittany Lions fans into a frenzy and speculating whether or not this will be a permanent change. It's not the first time that the Nittany Lions have had numbers on their helmets though. Here's a look at the helmet they wore from 1968-1974:
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First of all, Happy New Year. Just a few days away now from what promises to be an absolutely blockbuster week in the world of electronics, beginning with the massive Consumer Electronics Show in Las Vegas, and then followed Tuesday by the big Macworld Show in San Francisco.
CES will be attended by 145,000 registered guests, 2,600 exhibiting companies spread across 35 football fields of convention space in Vegas. But this year's show gives us pause to look back since CES celebrates its 40th anniversary.
Ironic since this past December 28, I celebrated my 40th birthday as well. Ironic still since my wife took me away to a decidedly low-tech, nature-infused Calistoga Ranch in California's Napa Valley. As I absorbed the phenomenal scenery, the extraordinary attention to every detail, the attentive service, the wine, the spa, the food, all the relaxation gave my mind a chance to wander: preparing for the electronics extravaganza ahead while letting my mind drift to my first CES in 1994.
Back then, CES was a distant second to the mega-show Comdex. Funny how electronics became more consumer-driven that Comdex, which tried so hard to maintain its techy core, tried to evolve into more of what CES was doing. And ultimately, Comdex would fade away, and CES would become the behemoth it is today. Sitting in the spa, I thought back to that first time I saw a video-disk. Alexander Balkanski showed it to me at C-Cube Microsystems. Satellite TV. Microsoft's xBox. HD Radio. And year after year, voice recognition this or that. I remember hearing digital audio that first time, seeing my first flat-panel Plasma. HDTV was an epiphany.
We caught up with Gary Shapiro, the president of the Consumer Electronics Association, the group that hosts CES every year. Always upbeat, always excited about the "next big thing," Shapiro meandered back to that first show in New York City in 1967. It moved to Chicago in the late 1970s, but only briefly.
"After it was so cold one January in Chicago, that people never left the hotel room, we moved to Las Vegas," he says.
Good thing: with 145,000 people, there are few places on the planet with enough hotel rooms.
CES has become the place for companies to unveil new technology, dating back to the VCR back in 1970, the CD in 1981, even the robotic Roomba vacuum cleaner in 2002! Which leads us to this year: a big-time focus on the battle for your living room. We've seen and heard this before, but this time around, many of the products that will be "unveiled" are either already available, or will be shortly. No real focus on "prototypes," but real technology that could have a real impact on your life right now. Look for big news from Intel , Microsoft , Sony , HP , IBM , Cisco Systems . All of them see the biggest and best opportunities in consumer electronics right inside your living room. And with flat-panel Plasma TV prices falling by 50% on some sizes in 2006, electronics companies think 2007 will be "the" year for the home digital-entertainment revolution. If the kitchen used to be the heart of the home, it's quickly becoming the living room instead.
Says Shapiro: "This year, we see tremendous innovation. Everything's digital. This year we have digital products from every color, shape, size. Products that allow you to shift content in time and space and manage it."
Just listen to Jack Tretton, just named the new president at Sony's Computer Entertainment group: "The ability to interface with the internet, download video, download pictures. Clearly, we are going to have a tremendous impact on the sale of high definition TV sets, home theatre applications, people wanting to improve their speakers in their homes. Not only the graphics but also the sound." He's not talking about a new computer. He's talking about Sony's new PlayStation 3!
Apple Computer will also focus on this aspect of the industry; offering the last link from the computer to the TV with its new iTV device that Steve Jobs unveiled the last time he addressed the faithful, late last year. A tiny box that connects to the back of a Mac; another to the back of your TV. And then, you'll be able to wirelessly transmit downloaded movies, TV shows and music from your computer to your TV. Anywhere in the house! That comes Tuesday.
This is just a taste of some of the coverage we'll be providing. CNBC will be all over these events with exclusive access to some of the biggest names in tech. Watch the network, and keep checking back here where I'll be updating TechCheck as often as I can. Should be a heckuva show. Tiring, yes. But loads of fun. Hope you can join us for some of it!
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Polymer Engineering is associated with the theory of chemical engineering and caters to the production and use of polymers. Polymer engineers use the principles of plant design, process design, thermodynamics and transport phenomena to develop new products. Polymer engineers can supervise the production process of plastics and other polymers as well.
Owing to the fact that polymers play important roles in providing the basic necessities for everyday use, the polymer sectors have been identified as 'high Priority' sectors in India. The polymer engineers should have a Bachelor's or Master's degree in engineering .The candidate needs to be analytical, logical and focused. This field demands knowledge on Physics and Chemistry.
Candidates who have done +2 Science with Physics, Chemistry and Maths will be eligible for pursuing B.E./BTech in Polymer Engineering/Plastic Technology. After successful completion of BE/B.Tech in Polymer Engineering one can directly be absorbed as an engineer in Polymer manufacturing units and research labs. Candidates with an MSc degree in chemistry or physics are also eligible for the M. Tech programme in polymer engineering. While candidates who have qualified in the GATE (Graduate Aptitude Test in Engineering) exam may easily get a seat for admission to the M.Tech courses in reputed institutions.
Career Scope in Polymer Engineering:
Graduates with a degree in Polymer Engineering can become a part of polymer manufacturing and user industries. They can work as production supervisor, quality control inspector, production planner.In the public sector, polymer engineers may find employment with the Ministry of Petroleum and Natural gas, Oil and Natural Gas Commission, Oil India Laboratories, petrochemicals engineering plants, Indian Institute of petroleum, polymers corporations of different states, petroleum conservation Research Association of India and other such organizations. The engineers can also contribute to research and development activities.
Polymer Engineers can fetch handsome salary with other perks and benefits.The starting salary of a B.Tech holder varies somewhere between Rs. 10,000 and Rs. 15,000 per month excluding other allowances.Those who are working in the private sector are paid more than the public sector. Engineers with more work experience can earn upto Rs 80,000 per month.


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Culture by day, party by night
During the day pay a visit to the Testaccio market or take a stroll to the cemetery where John Keats is buried. Other must-sees include the Museum of Via Ostiense or Porta San Paolo. Night owls will also be spoilt for choice here. There are bars and restaurants to suit all tastes. So get ready to party Roman style!


text: [427] While waiting in line for pre-registration, I heard screams of excitement as people were looking at Creation's 1998 XENA Calendar. This calendar is so incredible I bought one immediately, even though I ordered one from Creation that I will receive in the mail. The pictures that Sharon and Julie chose were pure heaven, and many never seen before. This is something you simply must have! Anyway, the first person I saw was Lunacy, who was working the crowd so to speak. Then once I got inside, I spotted my buds for the weekend, Critter and Mil. To our delight, all the dealers were open and we could start purchasing stuff. The line for photos was always long, but the selection was fabulous. There were many new photos never seen before, and oh, the 11x14 matted photos are gorgeous! I bought the one of Renee, Hudson, and Lucy standing together (from A NECESSARY EVIL [#38]) and planned to get Hudson to sign it. There were lots of 10 inch dolls, mugs, the selection of T-shirts was incredible. There was also a large selection of scripts and books. This was just merchandise heaven!


text: Cover in the event of an injury On this page you will find information about: Insurance cover for MU members in the event of an accident Link to full details of policy cover All subscription paying members of the Musicians' Union under 80 years of age and resident in the UK are insured for specified financial benefits in the event of disability following an accident. Please note that reduced benefits apply to those under 18 years of age. The cover provided is summarised below. Should you or one of your family have an accident, we also recommend that you contact the Thompsons' Accidents Plus helpline (see p41 of this Handbook for details). Introduction This is a summary only. For definitive information on policy cover, terms and exclusions please refer to the policy wording. Name of the insurer This policy is underwritten by AVIVA. Hencilla Canworth Ltd (Hencilla) manages this policy on behalf of the Musicians' Union and its members. Eligibility Individual registered members of the Musicians' Union under 80 years of age, permanently residing in England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man, the Channel Islands who are up to date with their subscriptions. Demands and needs This benefit of Musicians' Union membership meets the demands and needs of individual members that wish to receive specified financial benefits in the event of disability following an insured accident. Policy cover Members will receive £125 for each week of Temporary Total Disablement or up to £20,000 for an injury considered Permanent Total Disablement or results in Loss of Life following an insured Accident. The weekly benefits are payable for a maximum 52 weeks excluding the first two weeks. Members 17 years old or younger received reduced benefits. The policy also provides certain benefits for medical expenses, coma benefit, disability assistance, hospitalisation and funeral expenses following an accident covered by the policy. 'Accident' means a sudden, unexpected, unusual, specific incident. Operative time At any time other than whilst engaged in a non-Musicians' Union Occupation. Duration of insurance The policy runs for 12 months from the 1st September and is annually renewable by the MU. Territorial limits Worldwide provided the members is usually resident within the England, Scotland, Wales, Northern Ireland, the Isle of Man and the Channel Islands. 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Big Stone II
So I've been planning this post for a while, and during that time, the story has changed a bit....
In a somewhat unexpected move, the Minnesota PUC unanimously approved the transmission for the project on January 15. The provisions they placed on the project were:
- Using a $26/ton carbon dioxide cost cap.
- Using a $3,000/kw construction cost cap.
- Adhering to the mercury, water, C-Bed, and other agreements made with the OES in the August 2007 settlement.
- Closing Hoot Lake Plant as a coal-fired generation station no later than the end of 2018, unless it is later determined as necessary to cost-effectively meet customer needs (including environmental costs)
- Evaluating the feasibility and prudence of building Big Stone II as ultra-super-critical rather than as a super-critical pulverized coal plant. If cost-effective, ultra-super-critical could result in an additional two percent efficiency gain. (see World Coal Institute for definitions)
- Committing to building Big Stone II as carbon-capture retrofit-ready
So, I was disappointed in the project's progress, disappointed that the PUC is allowing it to go forward, and was prepared to post as such.
But then...
The EPA blocked it! They are questioning the permit that South Dakota gave the plant proposers last year. The EPA objects to the emission levels for sulfur dioxide and nitrous oxide, as well as the strength and appropriateness of the suggested emissions monitoring program. Thus, the plant needs a new, revised permit.
This will make the plant more expensive to build and could create problems with their recent approval of transmission from the MPUC (see construction cost cap). We'll just have to wait and see whether this determination by the EPA makes the project defunct or just prolongs the process.
But it sure is nice to have an environmentally-minded EPA again.
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How To Balance Being An Extroverted Introvert15:06:00
- Know your limits. If you've had a lot of socialization and it's beginning to drain you then be intentional about your plans. Don't keep saying yes to everything if you know that you won't enjoy it and will drain you further.
- If you're a busy person then get your alone time when you can. One thing i've started doing recently is having my lunch breaks on my own reading a book. I used to just go find a seat with a work colleague and chat about general things but now I enjoy it SO much more just sitting on my own reading.
- Plan your "ME" time. This tip sounds lame but I actually think it's so important. It's easy to get caught up in constantly doing things but make sure you fit in time on your own to recharge. What I like to do is either read, have a bath, watch Netflix, watch YouTube videos, do face masks, or do some baking.
- Don't book up too many social things in a week. I'm guilty of this, sometimes at the start of the week i'll end up making plans every day with different friends and by the end of the week i'm so tired and grow bitter at having too much on. So to combat this I just plan only a few things, giving myself plenty of time to myself but still socializing.
- BUY MORE BOOKS! Well, this point is more for me because i've gotten obsessed with reading. Books are the best way to unwind though. No technology but just yourself getting lost in another world. Reading is the best.
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- Anonymous19 November 2017 at 15:08
Although I've always classed myself as an introvert, the older I get the more I realise that I'm probably somewhere in the middle (but with a lean towards introversion). I get more extroverted in front of people who are even more introverted than I am & I always feel some sort of internal panic to keep conversations with those people going, not to mention that I eventually look back on those interactions & cringe at my behaviour lol.ReplyDelete
I definitely feel you re: wanting to go out & be social, yet also craving the comforts of home. I'm someone who really needs her alone time to re-charge & if I don't have that, then I get moody or I feel drained. In those down times, I try & either read, listen to music, or simply chill out with my thoughts.
Shell // The Novice Life


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Challenge Commitment Progress, the Environmental Report released by Toyota North America is a review of the vehicle manufacturer's efforts in environmental sustainability across business locations in the United States, Canada and Mexico.
Toyota's Earth Charter and Environmental Action Plan
Toyota is well known for its lean manufacturing processes and "The Toyota Way"; however the company is also committed to being a socially responsible company. This is evidenced in the existence and support of Toyota's Earth Charter and the five year environmental action plan. Toyota's Earth Charter calls for voluntary action that contributes positively and cooperatively to society and provides for innovation in environmental technologies.
Environmental Impacts Throughout Vehicle's Life Cycle
Toyota North America has taken a life cycle approach to determining environmental impacts of motor vehicles. A vehicle's life cycle and associated environmental impacts have been divided into three phases:
- development and design
- production and logistics
- use and end of life
Energy Use and Climate Change Key Environmental Impacts For Toyota North America
In Challenge Commitment Progress, Toyota North America notes that there are four key areas of environmental impact for the company:
- energy use and climate change
- recycling
- harmful substances
- air quality
Added to the key areas are the concepts of environmental management and cooperation with society, which form part of the company's global vision and The Toyota Way. The six areas listed form the basis of the Environmental Report.
Hybrid Vehicles Improve Fuel Efficiency and Lower Emissions
The use of innovation in technology is part of Toyota North America's strategy to reduce energy use and combat climate change. The production of hybrid vehicles, such as the Toyota Prius, plays a significant role in reducing the environmental impact of driving.
Toyota North America report that for 2009 models, the fuel efficiency standards set down by both Canadian and United States authorities will be exceeded. In both Canada and the United States, the Toyota Prius has been recognised as the most fuel efficient vehicle on the market.
Reducing energy use at plants in North America is another strategy of Toyota North America. In 2009, the company was awarded its fifth Energy Star Award from the United States Environmental Protection Agency. Toyota North America recognises that reducing energy consumption has a beneficial financial effect as well as beneficial environmental effects.
Waste Reduction, Recycling and the Use of Renewable Resources
Respecting the environment is a key concept in the global vision of Toyota and the North American branch of the vehicle manufacturer is developing bio-plastics for use in vehicle models to decrease the reliance on non-renewable materials.
In manufacturing plants, Toyota use a system known as the 5Rs, refine, reduce, reuse, recycle and recover energy, to drive waste reduction and recycling efforts. At the Buffalo, West Virginia plant, recycling efforts have been combined with charitable giving. Waste plastic from the plant is collected and given to a local community development center. The center sells the plastic and the income is used to fund rehabilitation programs for disabled people.
Harmful Substances and Air Quality
Toyota North America is working to reduce the use of harmful heavy metals and volatile organic compounds in vehicle manufacturing. The use of volatile organic compounds in vehicle interiors may have harmful health effects.
Vehicles burning fuel contribute to reducing air quality through exhaust emissions of pollutants. Across its gasoline range, Toyota North America meet all tailpipe emission standards in North America and in the United States, the company is a leader in the industry for emission compliance rates.
Environmental Management System and Cooperation With Society
ISO 14001 certification of the company's environmental management system was obtained at the San Antonio, Texas and Woodstock, Ontario manufacturing plants in 2008; together with re-certification of eight logistics sites and the continued certification of all other manufacturing and logistics sites in North America. Guidelines for suppliers and training of dealerships in environmental issues are other environmental management projects undertaken by Toyota North America.
Toyota North America has partnered with a variety of organisations to promote environmental stewardship and environmental education. Corporate volunteering has formed part of Toyota North America's support.
Progress has been made towards the goals set out in Toyota North America's five-year Environmental Action Plan and the company is a leader in providing innovative technological based solutions to the issues of climate change and the environmental impact of motor vehicles.


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Wednesday, February 8th, 2006
Using Events in Prototype
Ecytemedia has an article on how to use Events in Prototype. It dives into attaching functions to events using Event.observe along with some advanced javascript using anonymous functions and closures. Check out the following code block:
- $$(this.list + " li").each(function(item) {
- Event.observe(item, 'click', this.showTagName.bindAsEventListener(this));
- }.bind(this));
Read this as "get all items for the list, binding the function "showTagName" to their onClick event, maintaining a reference to "this" (the element) inside the event function.
Now if you want to be able to tell showTagName to stop or start observing, maybe based on another user event, you have to extract the anonymous function to:
- this.showTagObserver = this.showTagName.bindAsEventListener(this);
and then the Event call becomes:
- Event.observe(item, 'click', this.showTagObserver);
We need to do this so we can refer to the observed function in multiple places, in order to have it turned off or on.
It might take a little bit to really grok what is going on here, but its well worth it.
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Saturday, May 03, 2008
Money saving tip for book lovers
Try this quick estimate on the number of days needed for you to finish all your unread books: Multiply the number of books left by 300 (average number of pages in a book) and divide by the average number of pages you read daily (figure that out by dividing your weekly reading capacity by 7). Normally you'd need to divide by 365 again to get the years-till-next-buy estimate. You'll find out that you'll take a lot longer to hit the "Proceed to checkout" button again.
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Book Review – Revived by Samantha Towle
After reading Revved, I couldn't wait for Revived to come out and read Leandro's story. I knew it was going to be great, and Samantha Towle did not disappoint. After reading The Storm series, and Revved she has quickly become on of my favorite authors. Each story quickly captivates me from the very first page and take me for a journey that I cannot put down. I can't wait to read whatever she writes next.
Revived takes place a year later after Brazilian Formula One driver, Leandro Silva has a horrific car wreck. This isn't just your typical love story it's also the story of personal recovery for both characters. Leandro needs to get back out onto the track before the next season of racing starts. The only problem is that he can barely sit in a car as a passenger let alone get behind the wheel of his Formula One car.
Surprisingly Leandro and fellow Formula One driver, Carrick (from Revved), who once used to hate one another have become great friends after the accident. Carrick and Andi, Carrick's wife, visited him while he was in the hospital and every time they came to Brazil when the racing circuit brought them there. After watching her father crash and die when she was young, Andi started to see a therapist to help her cope with her husband's racing.
Enter India Harris.
Their attraction is instant, but Leandro cannot mess up his shot at getting back on the track and India cannot get involved with a patient no matter how gorgeous he is.
India was so conflicted about her feelings and attraction. She doesn't want to lose her license for getting involved with him especially after being taken advantage of by a caregiver when she was young. It's something that she's adamant about, and it causes a lot of tension and heartbreak for the both of them. Although I hated that if they were together, India would lose her job, I loved that she was such a strong character, stood up for what she believed was right, and overcame a troubled childhood.
Will India give up her career for a chance at love with Leandro?
Normally in books, I don't get too into the secondary characters, but Samantha Towle has an amazing way of making you love them just as much as the primary characters. I was so happy to see Carrick and Andi for Revved in this book, and it was so easy to love Kit.
I rarely like epilogues. I don't know if you're like me but I get highly invested in the characters, and I don't want their story to end and a lot of times I feel that authors don't give us enough to finalize the story. That being said, Revived has one of the best endings I've read. It wrapped everything up with a pretty bow and left me smiling at Leandro, India, and Jett's ending. It also made me want another book in the series starring Kit and Petra.
Revived is a standalone novel with interconnected characters.
Rating: 4.5 Stars
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In earlier days, d.c. system was used for the generation, transmission and distribution of electrical energy. But in case of d.c. system the voltage level cannot be changed easily unless we used rotating machinery which may not prove to be economical in many cases. This is the major disadvantages while working with d.c.
Later on with the development of transformer, a/c/ system has become predominant. Now days a large power systems in the world are using a.c. system rather than d.c. because of many advantages of a.c. system.
The transmission of electrical energy generated in the power station is at very high voltage with the use of 3 phase, 3 wire system. These voltages are stepped down for distribution at the substations. There are mainly two parts of the distributor system. They are primary distribution and secondary distribution. The voltage level of primary distribution system is higher than general utilization level. The secondary distribution systems receive power from primary distribution systems through distribution transformers. By distribution transformer voltage is stepped down to the normal working level and the consumers get the power with the voltage 400/230 V. The very commonly used a.c. distribution system is three phase four wire system as studied earlier.


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Andrea Mitchell suggests Romney surrogate 'take it back' after calling Obama 'lazy'
Mitt Romney's been called a lot of things on MSNBC. But when a Romney surrogate called President Obama "lazy," it seemed to go too far for anchor Andrea Mitchell -- who suggested her guest take it back.
Mitchell was responding to characteristically feisty remarks by John Sununu, the former New Hampshire governor and top Romney surrogate known for his hard-edged slams against Democrats.
Assessing Obama's performance at the debate in Denver on Wednesday, Sununu said: "What people saw last night I think was a president that revealed his incompetence, how lazy and detached he is and how he has absolutely no idea how serious the economic problems of the country are."
Later in the interview, Mitchell nudged Sununu to reconsider that remark.
"Governor, I want to give you a chance to maybe take it back. Did you really mean to call Barack Obama, the president of the United States, lazy?" she asked.
"Yes," Sununu responded. He repeated the claim and referenced a comment Obama had made earlier in the week in between debate prep sessions in Las Vegas. The president said "it's a drag" and that his aides were "making me do my homework."
Mitchell, though, pressed Sununu again.
"I think that there certainly was a performance issue there and whether or not he was in his best form last night, a lot of people are questioning that. Just the one-on-one against Mitt Romney, Mitt Romney turned in a very strong performance. But I think to call the president lazy and disengaged is another whole question," she said.
"All right, Andrea, whatever," Sununu concluded.


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To a story as complex as The Fourth Protocol by Frederick Forsyth, I wouldn't have done enough justice had I attempted to retell the plot. Thus I submitted to Barnes & Noble from which I extracted the official book blurb:
"It is a time of political unrest in Great Britain. And behind the Iron Curtain an insidious plot is being hatched, a plan so incendiary that even the KGB is ignorant of its existence—Aurora, the sinister brainchild of two of the world's most dangerous men: the general secretary of the Soviet Union and master spy Kim Philby.
The wheels are in motion, the pawns are in place, and the countdown has begun toward an "accident" that could change the face of British politics forever and trigger the collapse of the Western alliance.
Only British agent John Preston stands any chance of breaching the conspiracy. Through plot and counterplot, from bloody back streets to polished halls of power both East and West, his desperate investigation is relentlessly blocked by deceit, treachery, and the most deadly enemy of all...time."
Frederick Forsyth came to my attention when in one of the thrillers I usually read, an author expressed that "The Day of the Jackal by Frederick Forsyth was the best thriller ever written, period." That off course got stuck in my mind and I promised myself to read most if not all his books. I started to read the first few lines of The Day of the Jackal, but my mind was wandering and since I wasn't sure if that was going to continue I decided to start The Fourth Protocol. Lucky break!
The Fourth Protocol is taut as violin strings and an intricate story made of convoluted subplots, which kept me on my toes as I kept track of every twist. It is unlike anything I have ever read, incendiary and frighteningly plausible to the point of being timely and prescient: it could be equally applied to the affair involving the radiation poisoning of a foreign prominent dissident in London, or the terrorist attack that precipitated a change of the electorate vote in Spain in March 2004. Curiously, Forsyth failed to envision the fall of Communism just two years later.
I learned about the intricacies of Britain's Labor Party, and the interest Soviet nomenklatura vested on the outcome of British elections. Forsyth describes party politics of Soviet institutions with the masterly touch of an insider, letting clear that there was a growing suspicion, perhaps tension between the Politburo and KGB.
At a time in which western democracies are at war with the reemerging Cold War of old, and the perils of radical Islam in expansion, The Fourth Protocol should be mandatory reading for intelligence agencies especially in the West.