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The atheist response to the text of the Bible is based primarily upon the young earth creationist interpretation, which is flawed. If I put myself objectively in the position of the atheist attempting to debunk the Bible I would start with Genesis Chapter 1. The Chapter passed the inspection of this former atheist.
The Hebrew verb consists of two different states. The perfect state indicates an action which is complete, whereas the imperfect state indicates a continuous or incomplete action.
At Genesis 1:1 the word bara, translated as created, is in the perfect state, which means that at this point the creation of the heavens and the Earth were completed. Later, as in verse 16 the Hebrew word asah, translated as made, is used, which is in the imperfect state, indicating continuous action. The heavens and Earth were created in verse 1 and an indeterminate time later they were being prepared for habitation, much the same as a bed is manufactured (complete) and made (continuous) afterwards.
What this means is that the creation was complete even before the six "days" of creation even began, in fact, later verses in the chapter reveal it was more than likely a long time in between Genesis 1:1 and 1:2.
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Don't mess with the Zohar!
No, no, no . . . that's Lohan or Zohan. Don't mess with the Zohan.
I would rather you not take my word for it, I have been wrong before, and besides, for me at least, the fun part is discovering whether these things are true or not. That personal search. Listen to others but ultimately what you decide is up to you.
You referred to Genesis 1:25: There are two creation accounts. The first is a chronological account (Genesis 1:1-2:4) and the second is given according to topical relevance. (Genesis 2:5-4:26) They differ in order and are often wrongly thought to contradict one another.
I hear from skeptics that these accounts are contradictory because they are in a different order, but if I said to you that I went to post at the TA and responded to Robert and then told Marc that I responded to Robert when I went to the TA those are not contradictory accounts. At least I don't see them that way.
So, since the first was a chronological account, why didn't it say that Eve was created after Adam? It just said that man and woman were created on the same day, but in the second account it says that god saw that man was lonely and then created woman. How could someone be lonely that quickly? Especially if they are busy naming shit and hanging out with god. I know that men are horn-balls but come on, you don't need...company...that quickly. He was just created, he didn't know anything different so how could be be lonely.
FYI, I don't find any reason to hold the bible's information as true anyway, it is still not valid, just like all the other "holy" books out there.
Have you read the Bible? And the other "holy" books? The Kojiki and The Nihongi are Shinto texts produced by Japanese royalty long after Shintoism existed in one form or another. Shintoism I find sort of interesting in that if there ever was a religion that remained true to itself it would be the one. Simply because of its beginnings from the rice fields in which the importance was to gather communities together in the planting and harvesting seasons. The familial gods were of little import. They were easily and comfortably replaced from the beginning. The Royal family devised the two aforementioned texts of history and legend in order to sort of become the Gods themselves. Until World War II when the emperor was demonstrated as obviously human.
I have read but not really retained much of many holy books, tho all were translations or 'versions' of course ... Really, they can be considered literature or fables of course. Preaching to the choir here. Noting that anything 'remains true' while in essense saying it was a political agenda of a ruling monarchy to establish their power base (claiming to be gods) basically reenforces the view of holy books as being propoganda or fables. It undoes your arguement about the Bible does it not? And yet you seem to use the reference as bolstering some claim of validity about the Bible .. or am i misunderstanding your point?
To me the Japanese example is a prime one of folks calling themselves Gods and manufacturing history and "proofs" of divinity, and then when they are forced to for expediency or in fear of their lives, they recant and change the ground rules. The Emperor faced a day when boys with bigger guns told him he wasn't a God, gave him the parameters of his continued existance and he negotiated a settlement then made up the new rules of his religion and told millions how to behave.
How does any of this bolster any claim of Genesis being anything but a made up fable, mistranslated for eons (and continued to be mistranslated now by folks reading it with 21st century eyes and agendas)?
Let's not forget that he created light before creating the sun...
Not to mention that 4 days passed before the sun was created - tell me again, how do we measure a day?
Milos and Archy,
Your comments bring us to our next point in examining Genesis chapter 1. Verse 2 demonstrates how the planet was a water planet, waste and empty, meaning that there was no productive land. Though the sun and moon as part of the heavens were complete as pointed out in verse 1, at this point light had not penetrated to the surface of the Earth. Job 38:4, 9 refers to a "swaddling band" around the Earth in the early stages of creation. Likely there was a cosmic dust cloud of vapor and debris which prevented the light from the sun from being visible on the surface of the earth.
In verse 3 the Hebrew verb waiyomer (proceeded to say) is in the imperfect state indicating progressive action. This first chapter of Genesis has more than 40 cases of the imperfect state. The creative "days" were a gradual process of making Earth habitable.
The light was a diffused light which gradually grew in intensity. Some translations more clearly indicate the progressive action:
A Distinctive Translation of Genesis by J.W. Watts (1963): "Afterward God proceeded to say, 'Let there be light'; and gradually light came into existence."
Benjamin Wills Newton's translation (1888): "And God proceeded to say [future], Let Light become to be, and Light proceeded to become to be [future]."
The Hebrew word for light, ohr, is used. This distinguishes the light from the source of the light. Later, on the fourth "day" the Hebrew word maohr is used, signifying that the source of the light only becomes visible then through the swaddling band.
Instead of searching so desperately for textual ambiguities to exploit, why not observe this as a Martian Anthropologist? Not having any vested interest in proving the story to be true, his first step would be to ask what he could infer about the authors, and their knowledge of the world, based on their creation myth.
What most of this text reflects is a very primitive understanding of the earth's position in the universe. These people clearly believed that there could be light without stars (swaddling band arguement notwithstanding, since any decent Martian Anthropologist would say you're really stretching for that one), that the sun was made to correspond with immutable 'days' instead of vice versa, and that water can be 'gathered' to certain parts of the earth. An anthropologist concludes that these people have no idea that they're on a spherical planet orbiting a star, but rather think that they're on some sort of flat plain at the centre of the universe.
On an unrelated note, these modern interpretations of G1:1 beg the question 'why was the common version accepted for so long?'. The 'let there be light => there was light => it was good' version seemed to satisfy the clergy for about a millenium until cosmology made it seem ridiculous. Why, then were all of God's servents so long deceived, and how did it happen that those who would end their deception (proponents of alternate readings) came along at such a convenient time, right when a new interpretation was needed?
Finally, I think it's worth mentioning that, even with alternate translations, Job 38:9 reads pretty much in line with the idea that the authors penning the part of God were pretty ignorant about the nature of the universe. 'In making a cloud it's clothing, and thick darkness its swaddling band' pretty much confirms the idea that they thought of the earth as the centre of the universe, with all else periphery (unless, of course, you have an agenda when you read it). Also, doesn't the phrase, just a few verses before, 'shutteth up with doors the sea' ring some alarm bells?
If this post seems scatterbrained, it's because the bible is so full of obvious holes, contradictions, falsehoods and stupidities that it's impossible to swing a dead Ammonite without hitting on a few, and I just can't help myself. Please, for the sake of humanity, do a little Martian Anthropology!
First, even you must realize that geologically, that simply never happened, but if you really believe it did, please provide geological evidence and be specific.
But before you do, or go any further, you still need to clear up that little issue about the first four words: "In the beginning, God...." Once you've established indisputable, verifiable evidence of a god, "Please proceed, Governor --"
Meanwhile, let's take a quick peek at another primitive culture's idea of how the world came to be:
But then theirs is a myth, while yours is the truth, right?
Chapter 1, Amanda, of Genesis, was written by the "Yahwist (J) Group," c.950 BCE, located in the Jewish Southern Kingdom of Judea.
Chapter 2 was written around a hundred years later, c850 BCE by the "Elohist (E) Group," located in the Northern Kingdom of Israel, in the ancient city of Schechem. This book was brought south to Judea around 722 BCE, when the northern kingdom was attacked and destroyed and the important people of the kingdom carried off to Mesopotamia in captivity.
Shortly afterward, the two sets of stories, which also included the "flood" stories, with their 2 versus 7 animal chapters, were combined into what, to modern biblical scholars, came to be called, "JE."
Since you brought it up lets explore the reliability of Higher Criticism, which is, naturally, very popular with atheists. Upon what evidence is the authorship of J, E, and P established? Explain the Documentary Theory. I personally can't imagine the allure of such an obviously flawed destructive criticism to those who value evidence like the skeptic often claims to value, but elaborate on it if you would and I'll provide my take on it.


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A GoodReads Reader's Choice
Bridget Jones—one of the most beloved characters in modern literature (v.g.)—is back! In Helen Fielding's wildly funny, hotly anticipated new novel, Bridget faces a few rather pressing questions:
What do you do when your girlfriend's sixtieth birthday party is the same day as your boyfriend's thirtieth?
Is it better to die of Botox or die of loneliness because you're so wrinkly?
Is it wrong to lie about your age when online dating?
Is it morally wrong to have a blow-dry when one of your children has head lice?
Is it normal to be too vain to put on your reading glasses when checking your toy boy for head lice?
Does the Dalai Lama actually tweet or is it his assistant?
Is it normal to get fewer followers the more you tweet?
Is technology now the fifth element? Or is that wood?
If you put lip plumper on your hands do you get plump hands?
Is sleeping with someone after two dates and six weeks of texting the same as getting married after two meetings and six months of letter writing in Jane Austen's day?
Pondering these and other modern dilemmas, Bridget Jones stumbles through the challenges of loss, single motherhood, tweeting, texting, technology, and rediscovering her sexuality in—Warning! Bad, outdated phrase approaching!—middle age.
In a triumphant return after fourteen years of silence, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy is timely, tender, touching, page-turning, witty, wise, outrageous, and bloody hilarious.
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"Mad About the Boy is not only sharp and humorous, despite its heroine's aged circumstances, but also snappily written, observationally astute and at times genuinely moving. Fielding has somehow pulled off the neat trick of holding to her initial premise – single woman looks for romance – while allowing her heroine to grow up into someone funnier and more interesting that she was before. Who knew middle age could be so eventful? . . . Fielding beautifully conveys the constant seesaw of emotions a parent feels toward the young and demanding: one minute overwhelming love, the next minute overwhelming desire to lock oneself in the bathroom with a bottle of gin . . . We get some good long narration, but large chunks of the book come in diary form, introduced by select statistics of the day, hilariously expanded to reflect grown-up Bridget's concerns…. Its big heart, incisive observations and zippy pace . . . make the prospect of middle age not so bad at all. It is possible I cried a little at the end, but then, as Bridget might say: am sucker for happy endings."
—Sarah Lyall, The New York Times Book Review
"With Bridget Jones's Diary, Helen Fielding created a new female archetype. Now she's brought Bridget back to conquer the 21st century. (Rule No. 1: No texting while drunk) . . . Texting and Twitter play an outsize role in the new novel, which finds Bridget solo-parenting two young children and seeking romance after a decade under Mark Darcy's chivalric guard . . . The diary form itself pays homage to Austen, lifting Fielding's work above many pale imitations. Austen's heroines aren't writers, but Fielding's is . . . Austen's plots are marriage plots, and ultimately so are Bridget's. But Fielding's novels (like Austen's, and like Sex and the City and Girls) also revolve around friendship—something at which Bridget excels. Nor is the character's staying power an accident. Fielding . . . is still very much a writer. "
–Radhika Jones, Time
"She's back! Our favorite hapless heroine returns after a decade-plus hiatus, juggling two kids, potential boyfriends, smug marrieds, rogue gadgets, and her nascent Twitter feed."
"Fielding's comic gifts—and, just as important, her almost anthropological ability to nose out all that is trendy and potentially crazy making about contemporary culture, from Twitter ("OMG, Lady Gaga has 33 million followers! Complete meltdown. Why am I even bothering? Twitter is giant popularity contest which I am doomed to be the worst at") to online dating—are once again on shimmering exhibit. And Bridget, although now a fiftyish single mother who has to deal with putting her two young children, Billy and Mabel, to bed, along with treating their hair for nits, cleaning up vomit, and attending Sports Day school picnics, is still recognizably her ditzy but ultimately unfazable self . . . Bridget is so specific a character that it's hard to believe that she's been invented from whole cloth . . . [Has] the sort of narrative propulsion that is rare in autobiographically conceived fiction, not to mention an unsolipsistic worldview (for all of Bridget's fussing over herself) that invites broad reader identification."
—Daphne Merkin, Elle
"Bridget's back! And as irrepressible as ever . . . Yes, Bridget has changed her dismal (Born-Again Virgin) status via the scary world of online dating, and she's in turmoil. Repentant after masses of sex and drunken Twitter over-sharing, she comforts herself with grated mozzarella, her adorable, vomit-prone children and cockeyed attempts at self-improvement . . . sweet, clever and funny. Yay Bridget!"
—Helen Rogan, People
"Mark has been gone five years. Children have nits. Mother still difficult. Jude still tormenting Vile Richard. Daniel Cleaver is children's godfather . . . Good fun, like gathering with friends."
—Seattle Times
"Tender and comic."
—The New Yorker
"Fielding manages to both move and delight the reader time after time . . . Hilarious."
—New York Journal of Books
"Plenty has changed for everyone's favorite London singleton since her v. funny diary first charmed the world in 1998. In Helen Fielding's Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, Bridget's a widow with two kids, a Twitter account and a 'toy boy'– but she's still adorably clueless."
"Three years before 'Sex and the City' staked its claim to the smart-sassy-single stereotype, Helen Fielding created Bridget Jones, a vessel for educated, urban thirtysomethings' secret fears about cellulite and dying alone and the probable correlation between the two. Nearly 20 years later, in Fielding's latest, Bridget Jones: Mad About the Boy, a 50-year-old Bridget is looking for love again . . . This time around, though, instead of dialing 1471 to see who's called while she was in the shower, she's refreshing her Twitter at-replies . . . Delightful . . . Bridget Jones was a character made for the Internet, from her confessional tone to her casual creation of memes."
—Ann Friedman, Los Angeles Times
"Hearing Bridget dissect wardrobe choices ('a brand chillingly called Not Your Daughter's Jeans'), parenthood ('Why can't everyone just F---ING SHUT UP AND LET ME READ THE PAPERS'), and exercise ('Usually love Zumba...stomping angrily like horses, transporting one into a world of Barcelona or possibly Basque-coast nightclubs, and fire-lit gypsy encampments of undetermined national extraction') feels like visiting with your funniest friend."
—Jessica Shaw, Entertainment Weekly
"She's back! And even though she's a fifty-something single mom, she's still the Bridget Jones we all fell in love with."
—Jenna Bush Hager, Today
1. Who is "the boy"? Is it who you first thought it would be?
2. How did you react when you read about Mark Darcy's fate?
3. Age is a major theme in this novel. Why does Bridget feel the struggles more acutely than some of her contemporaries?
4. Bridget's friends deal with aging in different ways. Talitha believes in Botox while Bridget notes that Woney has not done any of this "rebranding" (page 66). Why do these different characters make these different decisions?
5. Dating rules have changed dramatically since Bridget's last appearance. How well does she adapt?
6. Bridget is adapting Hedda Gabbler, which she explains is a story about "the perils of trying to live through men" (page 17). What is Fielding's intent with this parallel?
7. In what ways did Daniel change from the previous books? And how did he stay the same?
8. Why does Roxster tell Bridget he "hearts" her? (page 250). Does he really mean "love," or is this something else?
9. Mr. Wallaker tells Bridget, ". . . other people's lives are not always as perfect as they appear, once you crack the shell" (page 323). How does Bridget finally learn this lesson? What earlier opportunities did she have to learn it?
10. On page 361, Tom tells Bridget about a new survey: "It proves that the quality of someone's relationships is the biggest indicator of their long-term emotional health—not so much the 'significant other' relationship, as the measure of happiness is not your husband or boyfriend but the quality of the other relationships you have around you." How does this bode for Bridget? Which characters might have cause for concern?
11. At the carol concert, Mr. Wallaker looks at Bridget in a certain way and she realizes she loves him. What finally brings her around?
12. What is the significance of the owl?
13. Bridget's last entry ties up the story in a cozy, comforting way. What do you imagine will happen next?

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Blue plaque
A blue plaque is a permanent sign installed in a public place in the United Kingdom and elsewhere to commemorate a link between that location and a famous person or event, serving as a historical marker.
The world's first blue plaques were erected in London in the 19th century to mark the homes and workplaces of famous people.1 This original scheme across the United Kingdom was administered by English Heritage from 1986, but was temporarily closed to new suggestions in 2013 owing to a lack of funding.
There are also commemorative plaque schemes throughout the world, including in Paris, Rome, Oslo, Dublin and in cities in Australia, Canada and the United States.
In the United Kingdom
English Heritage scheme
The original blue plaque scheme was established by the Royal Society of Arts in 1867 and since 1986 has been run by English Heritage. It is believed to be the oldest such scheme in the world.12 There are currently some 880 plaques in London; historically there were more, but about 100 have been removed or destroyed because of demolition over the years.
English Heritage plans to erect an average of twelve new blue plaques each year in London and many of these are unveiled by prominent public people.3 For example, in 2010 a plaque dedicated to John Lennon was unveiled in Montagu Square by Yoko Ono, at the house where the couple shot the cover of the album Two Virgins.4
English Heritage continues to operate the scheme, however in January 2013 it announced that government funding cuts meant that the blue plaque team would be reduced and the scheme would temporarily close to new suggestions from the public. Approved plaques will still be installed as planned and the organisation will seek new sources of finance. It hopes to announce details of a new approach to administration for the scheme in 2014.56 The National Trust's chairman stated that his organisation could step in to save the scheme but its future is uncertain.7
The scheme was founded in 1866 by William Ewart, Henry Cole and the Royal Society of Arts (RSA),9 which erected plaques in a variety of shapes and colours.
The first plaque was unveiled in 1867 to commemorate Lord Byron at his birthplace, 24 Holles Street, Cavendish Square. This house was demolished in 1889. The earliest blue plaque to survive, also put up in 1867, commemorates Napoleon III in King Street, St James's.10 Byron's plaque was blue, but the colour was changed by the manufacturer Minton, Hollins & Co to chocolate brown to save money.11
In 1879, the RSA agreed that the City of London Corporation would be responsible for erecting plaques within the square-mile of the City of London to recognise the jurisdictional independence of the City. This demarcation has remained ever since.10 In total the RSA put up 35 plaques, fewer than half of which survive today.
In 1901, the scheme was taken over by the London County Council (LCC),1 which gave much thought to the future design of the plaques, and eventually it was decided to keep the basic shape and design of the RSA plaques, with the exception that they would from then on be blue, introduce a laurel wreath and include the LCC's title.12 Though this design was used consistently from 1903 to 1938, some experimentation occurred in the 1920s, and plaques were made in bronze, stone and lead. Shape and colour also varied.12
In 1921, the most common (blue) plaque design was revised, as it was discovered that glazed ceramic Doulton ware was cheaper than the encaustic formerly used. In 1938, a new plaque design was prepared by an unnamed student at the LCC's Central School of Arts and Crafts and was approved by the committee. It omitted the decorative elements of earlier plaque designs, and allowed for lettering to be better spaced and enlarged. A white border was added to the design shortly after, and this has remained the standard ever since.11 The LCC formalised the selection criteria for the scheme in 1954.10
When the LCC was abolished in 1965, the scheme was taken over by the Greater London Council (GLC). The scheme changed little, but the GLC was keen to broaden the range of people commemorated. The GLC erected 252 plaques, the subjects including Sylvia Pankhurst,13 Samuel Coleridge-Taylor,14 and Mary Seacole.15
In 1986, the GLC was disbanded and the blue plaques scheme passed to English Heritage. English Heritage erected more than 300 plaques in London.
To be eligible for an English Heritage blue plaque in London the famous person concerned must:16
- Have been dead for 20 years or have passed the centenary of their birth. Fictional characters are not eligible;
- Be considered eminent by a majority of members of their own profession; have made an outstanding contribution to human welfare or happiness;
- Have lived or worked in that building in London (excluding the City of London and Whitehall) for a significant period, in time or importance, within their life and work; be recognisable to the well-informed passer-by, or deserve national recognition.
In cases of foreigners and overseas visitors, candidates should be of international reputation or significant standing in their own country.
With regards to the location of a plaque:
- Plaques can only be erected on the actual building inhabited by a figure, not the site where the building once stood (but in exceptional circumstances they may be put onto reconstructed buildings which have exactly the same façade on the identical site);
- Plaques are not placed onto boundary walls, gate piers, educational or ecclesiastic buildings, or Inns of Court;
- Buildings marked with plaques should be visible from the public highway;
- A single person may not be commemorated with more than one plaque in London.16
Note that other schemes have different criteria.
Selection process
Almost all the proposals for English Heritage blue plaques are made by members of the public who write or email the organisation before submitting a formal proposal.17
English Heritage's in-house historian researches the proposal, and the Blue Plaques Panel advises on which suggestions should be successful. This is composed of 9 people from various disciplines from across the country. The panel is chaired by Professor Ronald Hutton, and includes former Poet Laureate Professor Sir Andrew Motion and buildings historian Professor Gavin Stamp.18 The actor and broadcaster Stephen Fry used to be a member of the panel. He also wrote the foreword to the book Lived in London: Blue Plaques and the Stories Behind Them.19
Roughly a third of proposals are approved in principle, and are placed on a shortlist. Because the scheme is so popular, and because a lot of detailed research has to be carried out, it takes about three years for each case to reach the top of the shortlist. Proposals not taken forward can only be re-proposed once 10 years have elapsed.16
As of 2013 English Heritage has suspended proposals for plaques owing to funding cuts but has stated that the scheme will re-open for submissions in June 2014.20
Other UK schemes
The popularity of English Heritage's London blue plaques scheme meant that similar schemes were created in other towns in the United Kingdom. Many of these schemes also use blue plaques, often manufactured in metal or plastic rather than the ceramic used in London, but some feature plaques of different colours and shapes. In July 2012, English Heritage published a register of plaque schemes run by other organisations across England.22
The criteria for selection tends to vary greatly. Many other schemes treat plaques primarily as memorials and place them on the sites of former buildings, whereas English Heritage places emphasis on the plaque as a marker of the actual building lived in by the famous person. Other schemes are run according to theme, such as the Transport Trust's Red Wheel scheme, which places red plaques on sites of particular significance in the evolution of transport.23
English Heritage itself trialled a national plaques scheme between 1998 and 2005, erecting 34 plaques in Liverpool, Merseyside, Birmingham, Southampton and Portsmouth. It now concentrates on the provision of advice and guidance to individuals, groups and organisations interested or involved in putting up plaques.24
The Birmingham Civic Society provides for a blue plaque scheme in and around Birmingham; there are over 90 plaques commemorating notable former Birmingham residents and historical places of interest.2526
A scheme in Manchester used colour-coded plaques to commemorate figures, with each of the colours corresponding to their occupation. The plaques are now patinated bronze. The scheme is co-ordinated by Manchester City Galleries, to whom nominations can be submitted. Under the Manchester scheme, plaques must be funded by those who propose them.27
The British Comic Society (previously known as the Dead Comics' Society) installs blue plaques to commemorate the former residences of well-known comedians, including those of Sid James and John Le Mesurier.
A green plaque scheme is run in London alongside that of English Heritage by Westminster City Council, with each plaque being sponsored by groups campaigning for memorials.28
In 2003, the London Borough of Southwark started its own blue plaque scheme, which allows for the commemoration of living people in the borough.29 The borough awards blue plaques through popular vote following public nomination. Unlike the English Heritage scheme, the original building is not necessary for nomination.
Bournemouth Borough Council has unveiled more than 30 blue plaques.30 Its first plaque was unveiled on 31 October 1937 to Lewis Tregonwell, who built the first house in what is now Bournemouth. Two further plaques followed in 1957 and 1975 to writer Robert Louis Stevenson and poet Rupert Brooke respectively. The first blue plaque was unveiled on 30 June 1985 dedicated to Percy Florence Shelley.31
The Hertfordshire town of Berkhamsted unveiled a set of 32 blue plaques in 2000 on some of the town's most significant buildings,32 including Berkhamsted Castle, the birthplace of writer Graham Greene and buildings associated with the poet William Cowper, John Incent (a Dean of St. Paul's Cathedral) and Clementine Churchill. The plaques feature in a Heritage Trail promoted by the town's council.33
Wolverhampton has over 90 blue plaques erected by the Wolverhampton Civic and Historical Society in a scheme which started in 1983.34 One of the more unusual plaques marks the location of the World Altitude Balloon Record on Friday 5 September 1862.
The Essex town of Loughton inaugurated a scheme in 1997 following a programme allowing for three new plaques a year; 36 had been erected by 2012. The aim is to stimulate public interest in the town's heritage.35
In 2005, Malvern Civic Society and Malvern Hills District council announced that blue plaques would be placed on buildings in Malvern that were associated with famous people, including Franklin D. Roosevelt. Since then blue plaques have been erected to commemorate C. S. Lewis, Florence Nightingale, Charles Darwin and Haile Selassie.363738
In 2010, Derbyshire County Council allowed its residents to vote via the Internet on a shortlist of notable historical figures to be commemorated in a local blue plaque scheme.39 The first six plaques commemorated industrialist Richard Arkwright junior (Bakewell), Olave Baden-Powell and the "Father of Railways" George Stephenson (Chesterfield), the mathematical prodigy Jedediah Buxton (Elmton), actor Arthur Lowe (Hayfield), and architect Joseph Paxton (Chatsworth House).40
A long-running blue plaque scheme is in operation in Gateshead. Run by the council, the scheme was registered with English Heritage in 197022 and 29 blue plaques were installed between the inception of the scheme in 1977 and the publication of a commemorative document in 2010.4142 The Gateshead scheme aims to highlight notable persons who lived in the borough, notable buildings within it and important historical events.43 Some of those commemorated through the scheme include Geordie Ridley, author of the Blaydon Races,44 William Wailes, a noted 19th century proponent of stained glass who lived in a "fairytale mansion" at Saltwell Park,4546 the industrialist and co-founder of Clarke Chapman, William Clarke47 and Sir Joseph Swan, the inventor of the incandescent light bulb whose house in Low Fell was the first in the world to be illuminated by electric light.4748
Further Gateshead blue plaques have since been erected. In 2011 plaques commemorating William Henry Brockett, editor of the first Gateshead newspaper,49 Dr. Alfred Cox50 and Sister Winifred Laver, a missionary who had been awarded various decorations, including the British Empire Medal, during her lifetime,51 were installed. In 2012, further blue plaques were unveiled in commemoration of Vincent Litchfield Raven, an "engineering genius" who was the chief mechanical engineer at the North Eastern Railway where his successes in steam engineering ultimately frustrated his own visionary work on the possibility of electric trains,52 and the 19th century Felling mining disasters.53
In Northern Ireland the Ulster History Circle is one of a small number of groups administering blue plaques. Established in 1983, it has erected around 140 plaques.54 Belfast City Council also has a scheme.55
In other countries
Commemorative plaque schemes (not all of them using blue plaques) also exist most notably in the cities of Paris, Rome, Oslo and Dublin.56
In the United States, commemorative plaques similar to those used in Europe are called historical markers. These vary in colour, but tend to be predominantly green or blue. The National Trust for Historic Preservation or the U.S. government, through the National Register of Historic Places, can bestow historical status.
Most states in Australia have historic marker programs. For example, in Victoria all places and objects listed on the Victorian Heritage Register are entitled to a blue plaque.57 The Mechanics' Institutes of Victoria Inc. have also adopted a blue plaques program, and more than 30 Mechanics' Institutes throughout the state have installed plaques on their buildings.58
- Alan Turing – 2 Warrington Crescent, Maida Vale, Westminster, London, W9, where he was born.
- Anna and Sigmund Freud can be found on the Freud Museum, 20 Maresfield Gardens in Hampstead, NW3.
- Benjamin Franklin (one of the Founding Fathers of the United States) once owned a property in Preston city centre, on the corner of Cheapside and Friargate. A blue plaque on the wall of the building commemorates the spot.
- Bob Marley – Ridgmount Gardens.
- Charles Darwin – Biological Sciences Building, University College, Camden, Gower Street, WC1
- Charles Dickens – BMA building commemorating his former home Tavistock House, Tavistock Square, London.
- Charlie Chaplin – 287 Kennington Road, London, SE11
- Franklin D. Roosevelt – Aldwyn Tower, a former hotel in Malvern, Worcestershire, England, where he stayed while convalescing from an illness during his childhood.
- George Frideric Handel and Jimi Hendrix – side by side on 25 and 23 Brook Street, Mayfair, London, W1.
- H. G. Wells – 13 Hanover Terrace, Westminster, NW1
- Isaac Newton – 87 Jermyn Street, Westminster, SW1
- John Lennon – 251 Menlove Avenue, Liverpool
- John Logie Baird – 22 Frith Street, Westminster, W1D 4RP
- Keith Moon by The Heritage Foundation59 is situated at 90 Wardour Street, Soho, London, W1F 0UB, site of the Marquee Club
- Laurence Olivier – Wathen Road, Dorking.
- Mahatma Gandhi – 20 Baron's Court Road, Hammersmith and Fulham, W14, marks where he stayed while living in London
- Marie Kendall – Okeover Manor Clapham Common.
- Michael Faraday – Larcom Street, Walworth.
- Oscar Wilde – 34 Tite Street, Kensington and Chelsea, SW3
- Peter Sellers - Muswell Hill Road,nr Highgate Station
- Robert Louis Stevenson – Mount Vernon, corner of Holly Place, Hampstead, London, NW3
- Sherlock Holmes – 221B Baker Street, London, W1, placed there on behalf of the Sherlock Holmes Museum which now occupies the site.
- Stanley Holloway – 25 Albany Road, Manor Park, Newham, E12, the house in which he was born.
- T. E. Lawrence – 14 Barton Street Westminster, SW1, and another at 2 Polstead Road, Oxford, OX2, which was his childhood home.
- Vinayak Damodar Savarkar - 65 Cromwell Avenue Highgate, London N6, marks where he stayed while living in London
- Vincent van Gogh – 87 Hackford Road, Lambeth, SW9
- Virginia Woolf – 29 Fitzroy Square, London, W1
- Winston Churchill – 28 Hyde Park Gate, Kensington Gore, Kensington and Chelsea, SW7
- ^ a b c Spencer, Howard. "The commemoration of historians under the blue plaque scheme in London". Institute of Historical Research. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Blue Plaques". English Heritage. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "Blue Plaque FAQS". English Heritage. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ "Getting back to where she once belonged: Yoko Ono unveils blue plaque at John Lennon's London home". The Daily Mail. 23 October 2010. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ Quinn, Ben (6 January 2013). "Blue plaques scheme suspended after 34% cut in government funding". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 7 January 2013.
- ^ "Blue Plaques scheme position statement". 8 January 2013. Retrieved 15 March 2013.
- ^ Gray, Louise (7 January 2013). "National Trust could save blue plaques". The Daily Telegraph (London).
- ^ Plaque #517 on Open Plaques.
- ^ Hansard vol 172 17 July 1863 quoted in 'The commemoration of historians under the blue plaque scheme in London' by author Howard Spencer
- ^ a b c "History of the Blue Plaques Scheme". English Heritage. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ a b "About blue plaques". Royal Borough of Kensington and Chelsea. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ a b "The Blue Plaque Design". English Heritage. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ Plaque #473 on Open Plaques.
- ^ Plaque #136 on Open Plaques.
- ^ Plaque #604 on Open Plaques.
- ^ a b c "How the Scheme works". English Heritage. Retrieved 16 June 2011.
- ^ "How to propose a Blue Plaque". Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/about/who-we-are/how-we-are-run/committees-and-panels/blueplaquespanel/. Missing or empty
- ^ Peter Parker (11 July 2009). "Lived in London: Blue Plaques and the Stories Behind Them by Emily Cole: review". The Daily Telegraph. Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ^ http://www.english-heritage.org.uk/discover/blue-plaques/. Missing or empty
- ^ Plaque #1412 on Open Plaques.
- ^ a b "Register of Plaque Schemes". English Heritage. Retrieved 16 July 2012.
- ^ "Transport Trust". Retrieved 7 July 2010.
- ^ "Plaque FAQs". www.english-heritage.org.uk. Retrieved 23 February 2011.
- ^ "Birmingham Civic Society plaques list". Retrieved 12 January 2013.
- ^ "Birmingham Civic Society Awards". Retrieved 29 November 2011.
- ^ "Commemorative Plaques". Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ "Green Plaques Scheme". Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ "Blue Plaque Winners 2007". Southwark Borough Council.
- ^ "Blue Plaques in Bournemouth". Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ "Blue Plaques of Bournemouth". Bournemouth Borough Council.
- ^ "The history of Berkhamsted". Berkhamsted Town Council. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ Cook, John (2009). A Glimpse of our History: a short guided tour of Berkhamsted. Berkhamsted Town Council.
- ^ "Blue Plaques". Wolverhampton Civic and Historical Society. Retrieved 5 November 2012.
- ^ "Loughton Blue Plaques". Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "Blue plaque link to town's famous faces". Malvern Gazette (Newsquest Media Group). 21 October 2005. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "Plaque a tribute to Narnia author". Malvern Gazette (Newsquest Media Group). 21 July 2006. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "Emperor will be remembered as part of civic week". Malvern Gazette (Newsquest Media Group). 6 June 2011. Retrieved 25 June 2011.
- ^ "Final vote for Derbyshire blue plaque honour". BBC News. 25 April 2010. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ "Blue Plaques". Derbyshire County Council. Retrieved 6 May 2011.
- ^ "Commemorative Plaques". Gateshead Council. 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Richards, Linda (9 September 2010). "Blue Plaques mapshows off famous spots". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "Gateshead's Commemorative Plaques". Gateshead Council. June 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012. at p.2
- ^ "Gateshead's Commemorative Plaques". Gateshead Council. June 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012. at p.3
- ^ "Plaque honours famous ex-resident". the BBC. 15 June 2005. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "Fairytale mansion gets new life". BBC. 14 July 2004. Retrieved 29 November 2012.
- ^ a b "Gateshead's Commemorative Plaques". Gateshead Council. June 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012. at p.8
- ^ "Gateshead Blue Plaques – Joseph Swan 1828–1914". Gateshead Libraries. 2011. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Lawson, Ruth (8 March 2011). "Gateshead newspaper founder honoured". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Richards, Linda (23 March 2011). "Blue plaque marks Victorian medic's home". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Richards, Linda (23 June 2011). "Blue plaque honour to Sister Winifred Laver". Newcastle Evening Chronicle. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ Wainwright, Martin (21 March 2012). "Gateshead honours an engineering giant whose genius has lessons for our times". The Guardian (London). Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "Felling Pit Disaster remembered on 200th anniversary". the BBC. 25 May 2012. Retrieved 29 December 2012.
- ^ "THe Ulster History Circle". Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ "Poet and broadcaster remembered". 8 February 2011. Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ "Plaques by Country". Retrieved 7 July 2011.
- ^ "Blue Plaques". Department of Planning and Community Development, Victoria. Retrieved 14 February 2011.
- ^ "Historical Plaques Program". Mechanics' Institutes of Victoria Inc. Retrieved 13 January 2013.
- ^ Keith Moon plaque unveiling
Further reading
- Cole, Emily; Stephen Fry (2009). Lived in London: blue plaques and the stories behind them. Yale University Press. ISBN 978-0-300-14871-8.
- Dakers, Caroline (1981). The Blue Plaque Guide to London. Macmillan. ISBN 978-0-333-28462-9.
- Rennison, Nick (2009). The London Blue Plaque Guide (3rd ed.). The History Press Ltd. ISBN 978-0-7524-5050-6.
- Sumeray, Derek (2003). Track the Plaque: 23 Walks Around London's Commemorative Plaques. Breedon. ISBN 978-1-85983-362-9.
- Sumeray, Derek; John Sheppard (2009). London Plaques. Shire Publications. ISBN 978-0-7478-0735-3.
External links
|Wikimedia Commons has media related to Blue plaques.
- Blue plaque section of English Heritage's site – includes a searchable online list of London plaques
- Blue plaques of The Heritage Foundation
- Community-based project which documents plaques in the UK and overseas
- A list of Blue Heritage Plaques in Kingston upon Hull
- Cambridge City Council, United Kingdom – Blue Plaque Scheme
- Llanelli Community Heritage blue plaques
- London Plaques
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Libertarian candidate for governor Robert Sarvis is gaining some more traction among Virginia voters.
The latest poll from Emerson College Polling Society says 10 percent of voters favor Sarvis. That compares to 45 percent for Democrat Terry McAuliffe and 35 percent for Republican Ken Cuccinelli. The poll has a margin of error of +/- 3.8 percent.
"I'm totally sick of the two-party system," said Sarvis supporter John Borgquist. John works as a photographer in Charlottesville.
"I'm very excited about his love of school choice," Borgquist said. "Such as charter schools, also vouchers."
He says he is frustrated that many of his friends only see politics as red vs. blue.
"They almost always agree with (Libertarian) issues," Borgquist said. "But then they're like, 'Oh, but I'm voting Republican or Democrat' because that's what they've always done."
"Younger voters are attracted to a candidate like Robert Sarvis, who is representing their views," said Rick Sincere, the chairman of Charlottesville's electoral board. Sincere is also a writer for Virginia Politics on Demand. He identifies himself as a Republican with libertarian leanings.
Sincere says Sarvis is gaining traction because people aren't happy with the other candidates.
"Both McAuliffe and Cuccinelli have very high negative ratings, very unfavorable among voters," Sincere said.
Negative or not, those two are getting a lot more attention than Sarvis.
"(Sarvis) is very soft spoken," Sincere said. "And he's running against two candidates who are larger than life."
So far, Sarvis has been shut out of the debates, which disappoints Borgquist.
"How could you call it a democracy if you haven't heard from the people who are going to be on the ballot?" he said.
But Sincere says Sarvis may be on the stage with Cuccinelli and McAuliffe in the future, if he continues his current trajectory.
"If another poll comes out next week that shows him at 10 or 11 percent, he'll probably get an invitation," Sincere said.
Borgquist has an invitation to Virginia voters:
"Don't be the voter that steps into the poll and who's like, 'Who's this third guy on the ballot?'"
Sarvis is still a very long shot to win the race, however.
In the most recent Quinnipiac poll, about 75 percent of Virginia voters say they are firmly set on who they will vote for, with the vast majority of those siding with McAuliffe or Cuccinelli.
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I had not planed on making this final trout fishing trip of the season. John, a friend, proposed the outing because Ron and Spencer had fished Edison lake the week before, and they had seen a healthy rise of fish on the Portal Forebay on the drive out, at 4:30 in the afternoon. That was at the tail end of the last warm spell we have had, and it has cooled off considerably since then. The Forebay is located at 7,180 feet above sea level. It is a 25 acre, 40 feet deep, artificial lake, constructed by California Edison Power Company for electric power purposes in 1955, and is presently being planted with rainbow trout on a fairly regular basis through the summer months. The lake has two inlet creeks, at least one of which comes down from a brook trout inhabited back country lake, so there are also some brook trout to be caught in the lake. And at some time in the past the Forebay had brown trout stocked into its waters, so there is also a small population of browns to be had, although they are seldom caught. It was 30 degrees and about 9:30 in the morning as we pulled up to the lake. There had been some snow on the road going over Kaiser Pass - at 9,100 feet, and there were still snow patches on the shaded side of the lake. There were also infrequent rises of midge feeding fish to be seen, mostly out in the center of the lake.
Ron set up his western 3 Wt. with floating line and a Zebra Midge on the point of his leader, and with a Red Brassie on the drop. John's Yamamme rod had a Red Brassie on the point of the leader on his Rigs Floating T-line, and a floating CDC (It Ought To Be Outlawed) pattern on his dropper. Ron waded out on the shallow alluvial shelf that lies between the two incoming streams that feed the lake, in addition to the underground tunnels that feed water into the power development system from the much bigger Florence and Edison Lakes, and promptly caught a nice rainbow that rose within casting distance of him, on the Zebra Midge Pupa pattern.
John also set up a western 3 Wt. in addition to his T-gear, but the first fish he caught was a nice brook trout on the T-tackle, on the Red Brassie point fly. He inflated his raft eventually, and he and Ron took turns fishing from the fin and rowing propelled little boat, both casting and trolling. Both John and Ron lack the confidence they need to try catching fish with out indicators. Ron started out and caught his first fish with out an indicator, but when things slowed down they both put indicators on their western outfits, which caused much casting disturbance and frightened the fish I am sure in this case. I believe I did better than they were able to do only because of the more delicate presentations I was able to make with my Tenkara tackle and no indicator.
I had brought my FishCat float tube along, but I was too lazy to inflate it and put on my waders and fins, so I elected to fish from the much warmer shore, with my Nissin SP 390 rod, Rigs Floating T-line, and an Orange (size 12) Midge Pupa to start, which eventually scored 2 rainbows and 2 brook trout for me. Later, I switched to a size 14 Zebra midge, and it produced a couple of brown trout. This was across the face of the earthen-fill dam and about two-thirds of the way around the North shore of the lake. By this time the wind had come up, and a size 12 Two-Toned X-rated Ant pattern produced 5 additional rises, but only one more landed and released brown trout. All of the fish I landed were spotted in advance and cast to far enough a head of the fish so as not to frighten them, so that the fly would cross their line of travel at or only slightly above their eye level by the time the fish had intercepted the fly. On the deeper and shady side of the lake I saw no fish at all to cast to. Both John and Ron had some additional fish on but were unsuccessful in landing any of them. And that was all she wrote for the day for all of us.
On the way down we stopped at Rancheria Creek to view the Kokanee below the power house coming up the creek to spawn out of Huntington Lake, the most exciting part of which was seeing a 20 inch rainbow attacking the Kokes, trying to knock eggs out of the females for it to eat. I got home just before 5:00 that evening. It wasn't the end of the season that we all had hoped for, the stream fishing season closed the 15th, which was yesterday. But it was a good enough day that had been spent with friends doing what we all love to do most - fish. So far this fall has been almost totally dry, so things are not looking too good fish wise for next year at this point. Hopefully, that will get better as time goes on. It is kind of sad when the fishing season goes out on a wimpier rather than a more successful outing. But sometimes you just have to make do with the best you can get, and hope for a better future to come....Golden.


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Huard: 'Would feel better' if QB Lindley started
The Cardinals have lost their last eight games while the Seahawks have won three of their last four.
After pulling him two weeks ago for rookie quarterback Ryan Lindley, head coach Ken Whisenhunt has named John Skelton his starting quarterback once again.
All the while, the Seahawks have been thriving with rookie sensation Russell Wilson under center.
So on paper, you would think the Seahawks have this in the bag, right?
Brock Huard, co-host of the Brock and Salk Show on 710 ESPN Seattle and former NFL quarterback, doesn't think that's the case, and the reason is Skelton.
"I don't like the fact as a Seahawk rooting desperately for the Seahawks on Sunday to keep this thing going. I don't like the fact that Skelton is getting another lease on life," Huard said on Arizona Sports 620's Burns and Gambo.
Huard mentioned that Skelton has already started and won two games against the Seahawks in his career and feels that Sunday's game might be the quarterback's last chance to establish himself.
"If you are in his shoes, you have got to feel like, and his significant other and his agent and his family have got to be making sure he knows what an opportunity he has," Huard said. "You don't know if you are ever going to get one of these again if you're John Skelton."
Huard said that he "would feel better if it was Lindley quarterbacking" and that he was "surprised" that the Cardinals ever started him.
"To me, from a far in studying him collegiately and everything else, he was a nice player in college but he had a long ways to go before he started," Huard said. "I thought that was a move of desperation by [Ken] Whisenhunt."
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Every once in awhile, there are movie characters that stick with us. Whether it be because of the role they played, or we vicariously want to live through them, we pretty much develop a quiet (sometimes loud) crush the second we lay eyes on them.
It can be the fact that they take on an entire army of jocks to win the super hot girl, is the coolest chick on the block, or just happens to be mega-cool that you want to try and emulate his or her every move.
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Kristen Wiig – Bridesmaids
What girl, hell person, saw this movie and didn't fall in love with Wiig? She was super hilarious, acting her ass off, while showing that she's definitely the funniest female actress out there. Between the way too real awkwardness at the engagment party to the scene on the airplane, she's a chick every girl should model themselves after.
Matthew McConaughey – The Lincoln Lawyer
For any guy out there considering Law school, just take notes from this flick on how to do it right. Not only did McConaughey work that personal driver, but by pulling some underground stuff to get the facts, he pretty much showed why he's a big badass. We're pretty sure we've been jealous of another one of his roles before.
Patrick Swayze – Point Break
It's not a secret we love us some Bodhi, and we're going out on a limb and thinking most of you may not have even heard of Point Break. But if you had to pick a classic bro flick, this would be it. Of all those Cali dudes, Swayze as Bodhi is the biggest. He surfs, he robs banks, and he's the man everyone listens to… just a man on the search for the perfect wave. What a good life it must be.
Emma Stone – Easy A
She caters to all the dorks out there who have yet to use it, before losing it. But on top of that, she's just hip – there's really no other way of saying it. It's not rare to see Stone play that rad chick in a flick, but when she openly takes the fall for being a skank, that's legit. We're not sure what girls haven't admitted more than a small crush on her… and who can blame them?
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Updated posted by Danielle Heckman 16 months ago
Just thought to share of picture of Steven a few months ago....before his hair grew back. This was Steven making the most out of being in the hospital. Building Legos sure is fun!!! Steven is definitely the strongest boy I know. And our family is so proud of his courage!!!
Updated posted by Danielle Heckman 16 months ago
Hey Everyone! There are some people I cannot figure out how to email directly so I am posting this for all to see.
Although Steven does NOT need a transplant now, he could one day. We want to be prepared and have a lifeline. Please do this not only for Steven but for every child and adult out there that need a transplant NOW or may one day need one!
Visit this website for DKMS:
On this site you can request a swab kit to be sent directly to your home, and you will be added to the National Registry. There's a lot of children out there that need you!
Thank you all again for all of your concern and support!! Smiling has become a lot easier recently and we have all of you to thank for that!!
Updated posted by Danielle Heckman 16 months ago
Hey Everyone! I'm finding out that this website is automatically emailing people in my contacts list on a daily basis. It is not me doing it, and I cant figure out how to stop it. I did send and email to go fund me. Hopefully they can fix the problem. In the mean time...I apologize for the daily emails.
Also, the house is coming out beautiful so far. These workers from NARI are FAST and INCREDIBLE!!!
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Our 6 year old son Steven was diagnosed with Leukemia last summer....and just when our family thought nothing else could get worse, our home was destroyed by hurricane Sandy. We had over 3 feet of water in our home, and a large tree in our backyard fell on our shed and everything inside of it pretty much exploded....everything in that shed was everything I've ever saved from when our 3 children were born.
On Novemeber 21st...our son and our family was supposed to be going to Disney World for his Make-a-wish trip, but we had to cancel the trip because of the situation we have now been put in. There's so many things that we need to do with the house right now to prepare for it being rebuilt, or to find another home.
My husbands mother was kind enough to rent the home to us, but with Steven being diagnosed with Leukemia, me leaving my job to stay home and care for him, and Steve having a hard time finding work to pay the bills, his mother was kind enough to let us stay there rent free until we could get back up on our feet. Before we moved into that home, his mother was trying to sell the home because it was not her primary residence and it was much more than she could even afford, but she allowed us to stay there because we needed help and couldnt afford to live on our own at this time. To add to all this...we did not have flood insurance because the cost of it was way too expensive. Since the home was built, water has NEVER come into the home. This was the first time, and everything we had is now gone.
FEMA is helping people but because it is not our primary home they will not give us financial assistance, and because it is not Steve's mothers primary residence they will not give her the assistance either. We would have to apply for a low interest loan for financial assistance, and we don't have the money to repay that, and neither does his mother.
Because of this situation we are now in, his mother may be forced to sell the property as is. Which means that we will either have to purchase the home from her so we can get the assistance to make the repairs, or we would have to relocate and find another home, which we cannot afford.
We are completely starting over from scratch. We did save some tv's and the childrens video games, but everything else was lost...Our couches/beds/clothes/dressers/all of the childrens toys/kitchen/pots/pans/dishes/appliances.
We have set our goal high in hopes to try to replace everything we may possibly need and have lost.
We're asking for everyone's help, every dollar counts and will help us rebuild our home or to help our family find a new home. It is our wish to be in our "home" in time for Christmas so life can feel somewhat normal again during a very special time. We are asking for all types of donations, whether is $1.00 or more. We would love to accept clothes and furniture as well, but at this time, we have no place to put it. Please help us rebuild our home, so we can live life somewhat normal again. So our children can sleep in their own bed and sit at a table and have a home cooked meal. Maybe even to wake up to a beautiful christmas tree thats ours on christmas morning.
Thank you all for your thoughts and prayers and for all of your support. Once we have some money to start rebuilding, if you can donate your time to help us put new electric in and to put in new insulation and sheetrock etc....that would be greatly appreicated.
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Blessed Christmas Alexa, little Stevie & Juliana...love your Sittoo. Danielle, please give my grandchildren hugs & kisses from me. Love mom
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I would like to see if I'm a match for your son !! I can be reached at firstname.lastname@example.com
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Your contact button doesn't seem to work.
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I have a 6 year old daughter and I would be devastated if this was happening to her. How do I go about donating bone marrow to your son if I'm a match?
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I have a 6 year old daughter and I would be devastated if this was happening to her. How do I go about donating bone marrow to your son if I'm a match?
posted by Shannon McKechnie 17 months ago
I don't have any money but I had read on Huffington Post that you had planned on going to Disneyworld. I have a lot of Marriott reward points and I' d feel privileged to help you out in the only way I unfortunately can at the moment.
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I don't have any money but I had read on Huffington Post that you had planned on going to Disneyworld. I have a lot of Marriott reward points and I' d feel privileged to help you out in the only way I unfortunately can at the moment.
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Learn more about Steven and how to help by watching this video: http://video.foxnews.com/v/199 3119383001/
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How would I go about to see if I am a match for this young man? I tried sending a message but it wouldnt let me go through. (theheckmanfamily)
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