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An eccentric miner – who very few people even noticed – may have accomplished as much to advance the progress of research into survival of death as Dr. Moody achieved when he wrote Life After Life.
James Kidd was a reclusive prospector and miner who lived in a ramshackle hut on the edge of a small town in Arizona. He was so poor that he had to borrow a pick when he went out searching for minerals. He kept mostly to himself and often disappeared for long periods, so his failure to return in 1949 initially caused no alarm. It was only when his rent became due that police launched an investigation. Failing to find his body or evidence of foul play, he was eventually declared dead.
Several years passed before tax commissioner Geraldine Swift received a report from a stock brokerage firm addressed to Kidd's estate and referring to $18,000 worth of stock belonging to him.
Intrigued, Swift made further investigations and discovered over $174,000 – a hefty sum in the 1950's –invested in Kidd's name in various banks and brokerage firms!
As Kidd had no living relatives, this appeared to be a nice windfall for the state treasury. The state treasury, however, were in for a big disappointment.
Swift was determined to learn more about the enigma that was Kidd. Fifteen years after his presumed death, she located his safety deposit box in the underground vault of a bank. Inside, she found a scrap of paper covered in scrawled handwriting.
The grammar and punctuation were poor, some words were misspelt, and the handwriting was untidy, but this single piece of paper would spark the strangest court case ever known!
This is my first and only will and is dated on the second day in January 1946. I have no heirs have not been married in my life after all my funeral expenses have been paid and one hundred dollars to some preacher of the hospital to say fare well at my grave sell all my property which is all in cash and stocks with E F Hutton Co Pheonix some in safety box, and have this balance money to go in a research or some scientific proof of a soul of the human body which leaves at death. I think in time their can be a Photograph of soul leaving the human at death. James Kidd.
A court case was launched to determine if the unwitnessed and poorly-written document was valid. Word got out, and the judge was overwhelmed by more than 4,000 letters from people all over the world insisting they could prove the existence of the soul and should thereby inherit Kidd's fortune.
Throughout the next 3 years, lawyers argued back and forth about the will's legitimacy, and it was finally declared valid in 1967.
Now the real fun began! How should this money be used to satisfy the contents of Kidd's will?
One hundred and thirty three petitioners packed the courtroom to stake their claim. These included a man who announced that visitors from outer space had confided the secret of the soul to him, and a woman who declared that the spirit of Kidd had materialized in her bedroom.
Although Kidd had no family, this didn't stop an endless line of people purporting to be relatives. Two elderly Canadians claimed him as their long-lost brother. One woman presented herself as his widow. Two sisters insisted they were his daughters.
In the midst of all this wrangling, Judge Myers received an intriguing typewritten letter in which the writer expressed amusement at all the bickering, adding that he hoped that these funds would eventually find their way into worthy hands.
The letter was signed "Quite Alive, James Kidd."
The true identity of this letter-writer was never established. If he was still alive, Kidd would have been about 88, so it's possible the letter was genuine. I find it amusing to imagine the reclusive Kidd standing silently on the sidelines, a hint of amusement on his weather-beaten old face and a mischievous glint in his eye as he watched total strangers claiming to be long-lost family members and squabbling over their claim to his fortune.
Once the crackpots had been dealt with, Judge Myers considered testimonies from those representing various parapsychology groups.
The Great Soul Trial, as it came to be known, ran for 3 months and the money was awarded to the Barrow Neurological Institute of Phoenix, even though they freely admitted they had no idea how to go about locating the soul.
This caused a sensation. Several parapsychology groups banded together to appeal the decision, which led to a further 5 years of legal wrangling.
The American Society for Psychical Research (ASPR) put their case forward:
"We present the hypothesis that some part of the human personality indeed is capable of operating outside the living body … and that it may continue to exist after the brain processes have ceased and the organism is decayed."
In 1972 – 23 years after Kidd's disappearance and 8 years after the discovery of his will – the original ruling was overturned.
Due to accrued interest, Kidd's fortune was now worth $270,000. The court awarded two-thirds of it to the ASPR, and the remaining third to the Psychical Research Foundation.
As an esteemed member of the ASPR, Dr. Karlis Osis had much-needed funding for a planned multicultural study of deathbed visions. He joined forces with colleague Dr. Erlendur Haraldsson and together they designed a research program aimed at collecting deathbed data through surveys of physicians and nurses in India and the U.S.
Kidd's legacy, however, was worth far more than dollar bills.
James Kidd's will captured the attention and imagination of people around the world. The court battles throughout the 1960's were sufficiently newsworthy to ensure that the international media kept the public well informed on their progress.
As a result, people began to openly discuss the possibilities these trials suggested.
Was there more to us than just the physical body?
Could science really prove the validity of the soul?
Did the afterlife really exist?
The time was now ripe for many people to begin the process of questioning long-held assumptions.
Was it a coincidence that a mere three years later, the public eagerly embraced Dr. Moody's ground-breaking book, Life After Life?
Two years later, in 1977, Drs. Karlis Osis and Erlendur Haraldsson detailed their research on deathbed visions in India and America in their book, At The Hour of Death.
It is said that everyone's life has a purpose. While James Kidd may not have made a big impact on the world while he lived, his death – and the note he scrawled 3 years earlier – certainly helped to open more than a few minds.
… an organised group of musicians who have departed from your world are attempting to establish a precept for humanity, i.e. that physical death is a transition from one state of consciousness to another wherein one retains one's individuality. (Franz Liszt, 1970)
Rosemary Brown might be described as having been as normal as anyone could be.
Well, apart from the fact that she regularly entertained long-deceased people in her home!
As a child, Rosemary presumed everyone saw 'dead people'. They were always quite solid, and for young Rosemary it was easy to confuse them with living people. She recalled one occasion when she woke to see the figure of a very tall man standing beside her bed and thought it was a burglar. She was terrified, but as she sat up the figure vanished. She shrugged and thought "oh it's only another old ghost," then turned over and went back to sleep.
When she was seven, a very old man with long white hair and wearing what Rosemary thought was a long black dress (she later learned that it was a priest's cassock) appeared beside her bed and told her that when he had been in this world, he had been a composer and pianist. Rosemary had no idea who this old man was, but she remembered him because he was the only 'ghost' to have spoken to her.
"When you grow up I will come back and give you music," he told her.
Over forty years later, Franz Liszt kept his promise.
Those forty years had not been easy for Rosemary. An only child, she was born in Clapham – an inner suburb of London – on 27 July 1916, and grew up in humble circumstances. The family's income had barely met their basic needs. As a young teen, she had begged her parents for piano lessons, but funds didn't stretch to such luxuries. Undaunted, she tried to teach herself on the old piano inherited from her grandparents. It had a few dud keys and was kept in a big drafty sitting room, so in winter her fingers were so cold and stiff she could hardly move them. She persisted for a year, then ran errands to earn enough money to pay for 2 terms of lessons.
As if the family's circumstances were not sufficiently dire, world war 2 meant six years of rations, while sirens sent everyone running to the nearest bomb shelter, hoping their home would still be standing when the all clear siren sounded. When her father died before the war ended, life became even more difficult.
In 1951, at the age of 36, Rosemary married widower Charles Brown and produced two children. Alas, Charles was often unwell and unable to work. At one time, Rosemary even tried to sell the old piano to make ends meet, but could find no-one to buy it. She was later to understand why she was meant to keep it.
Although she regularly brought through highly evidential messages for Charles from his previously deceased wife, it's interesting to note that during these lean years it never occurred to her to offer private readings to help make ends meet, although she did conduct a few later in life.
In 1960, Rosemary's mother died, and the following year, after just 9 years of marriage, Charles also succumbed to his illness, leaving Rosemary penniless and with two children to raise. She found work as a cleaner at the local school, but not long after starting, she slipped in the school cafeteria and broke two ribs.
One day while recuperating, she was tinkling at the piano when suddenly, Franz Liszt appeared. He slipped his hands over hers as though his were a pair of gloves, and she found herself playing music she'd never heard before.
After several sessions, he began to speak. "I have come to fulfill my promise." He reminded her. "Do you remember me coming to see you all those years ago when you were a little girl?"
She remembered, and commented that he looked so much younger now.
Liszt began talking more after that, and she would sit and listen intently as he spoke about the music he was giving her. She wished she could write the compositions down so others could hear them, but her musical education was limited and she knew that remembering and sorting out the correct notes on the keyboard would be far too difficult.
Nothing, it seems, was too difficult for Franz Liszt. By 1964 he had devised a way to dictate his music so she could write it down. It was a slow and painstaking process as both were learning how to do it and looking for the best way to communicate the music.
Liszt warned her, however, that if she agreed to do this work, she would be subjected to a great deal of ridicule, jealousy, and harsh skepticism. He told her that people would try to exploit her and attempt to suppress the music.
Rosemary was undaunted and unhesitatingly agreed to continue.
Liszt was to become the organizer and leader of a group of famous composers – Chopin, Schubert, Beethoven, Bach, Brahms, Schumann, Debussy, Greig, Berlioz, Rachmaninov, Monteverdi – all of whom began visiting Rosemary regularly to dictate their new music to her.
Over the many years until her own death, these celebrated composers dictated over 500 pieces of music.
In 1968, the BBC interviewed Rosemary, then produced a documentary about her. Shortly afterwards, she was offered a recording contract with Philips. (Thanks to Sandra Champlain, host of You Don't Die podcast, here is a link to the documentary): https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=mX477Zo7otg
The LP subsequently produced by Philips – A Musical Séance – described each composition as having been "inspired" by the named composers – Chopin, Liszt, Beethoven, Schubert, DeBussy, Brahms, Grieg and Schumann.
As Liszt warned, Rosemary Brown was subjected to much criticism and skepticism. As she often pointed out, she would need to be a musical genius to have written all these pieces – and all in very different but easily recognizable styles.
However, she has also received accolades from those with ears highly attuned to the styles of the great composers. British composer Richard Rodney Bennett once told how he had been having trouble with a composition of his own. "Mrs. Brown passed along Debussy's recommendation," he commented. "It worked!"
"If she is a fake, she is a brilliant one," Bennett added in an interview for Time magazine, "and must have had years of training. Some (of the music) is marvellous. I couldn't have faked the Beethoven!"
Rosemary Brown did not have 'years of training', nor was she brilliant. During the time she worked with the coposers, she was a reclusive, middle-aged housewife who worked part-time as a cleaning lady.
Why did these composers feel the need to bring new musical compositions to the world anyway? Didn't we have enough music already?
"There is more in all this than perhaps meets the eye," British conductor Sir Henry Wood stated in 1970, 26 years after his death. He was speaking through the mediumship of Leslie Flint. "It's not only the music we are interested in … we are anxious to change if we can your world; change the thoughts of man. By the efforts of many souls here, we should be able to bring man to a greater realization and understanding of the purpose of life."
Rosemary Brown died on November 16th, 2001, aged 85. No doubt she now has a far greater understanding of the purpose of life – at least the purpose of her own life!
This amazing medium's legacy not only included over 500 compositions dictated to her by a crowd of long-deceased composers, she also wrote 3 wonderful books …
other NDE movies and AFTERLIFE movies
This is one of my all-time favorites! After a plane crash, a young therapist, Claire, is assigned by her mentor to counsel the flight's five survivors, who begin to open up and share their recollections of the incident. But one by one, these survivors begin to mysteriously disappear. Claire becomes determined to uncover the truth … no matter the consequences. But the truth is far more than she bargained for. A compelling and thought-provoking movie.
The Discovery is a grim movie, to be sure. It's about a scientist (played by Robert Redford) who uncovers scientific proof that there really is an afterlife, but this revelation prompts many to take their own lives. Some loved this movie, some were bored with it (including me for a while as it does tend to get bogged down due to its jumps between past, present and future) but I felt the final scene brought it all together beautifully and made it worth the effort.
Who HASN'T seen The Sixth Sense? When it first came out in 1999 (wow, that long ago?) everyone was talking about it and saying "don't give away the ending, it's such a surprise!" So I rushed out to watch it, and I confess, I predicted what I thought was the ending within the first 5 minutes, but knew there had to be a bigger twist than I expected. There wasn't, so to me it was a bit of a let-down. But when I watched it again years later, I enjoyed it far more because I wasn't trying to figure out what the twist would be, and I appreciated it far more. It's a classic 'afterlife' movie.
The ending to THIS one, however, I didn't anticipate! A woman (played by Nicole Kidman) lives in a darkened old house with her two photosensitive children and becomes convinced that her family home is haunted. I thought it was going to be just one of your run-of-the-mill haunted house movies. How wrong I was. Loved it!
Sorry, but I confess that I just didn't get this one. Perhaps it's my sense of humor – or lack of. It certainly falls within the category of afterlife – in fact, it's a "life review" movie. Yuppie Daniel Miller is killed in a car accident and goes to Judgment City where he must prove in a courtroom-style process that he successfully overcame his fears. Written, directed and starring Albert Brooks (and Meryl Streep). If you love Brooks' work, then you'll probably love this movie. I just hope it's not how it works in real life … er, I mean in real death!
This is a thriller about a young girl who was murdered and who watches over her family – and her killer – from purgatory. She must weigh her desire for vengeance against her desire for her family to heal. It's a little slow and may not be a movie to watch so much for the story-line as for the experience. It didn't get rave reviews from most viewers, but it's a hauntingly beautiful and thought-provoking movie.
Now, here are two "oldies-but-goodies". (Stairway to Heaven was made in 1946.) Peter Carter's plane crashes. It was his time to die … but 'they' couldn't find him in the fog. By the time they do, his life has changed, and he must plead his case in heaven. Sounds a little like "Defending Your Life", but this one isn't a comedy. However, it IS a bit soppy, as old movies often were. A nice romantic one for a rainy Sunday afternoon.
I searched high and low for this 1944 movie for many years and believe me, it wasn't easy! I remembered seeing it so long ago but couldn't remember its title or even who was in it! But I eventually tracked it down and loved it all over again. It's about passengers on an ocean liner who can't recall how they got on board or where they're going, but it soon becomes apparent that they all have something in common. Now this is how I intend to travel to the other side!
(Be reminded: old movies can be a big soppy!)
I still have so many more movies to share with you, so I'll put another collection up in a few months. In the meantime, if you want to go back and check out those I've already mentioned months ago on this blog, you can find them at:
NDE movies and AFTERLIFE movies
I'd be really interested to hear your opinions on the movies listed – did you love something I didn't enjoy, or didn't enjoy something I loved? Please feel free to share your thoughts with me and this blog's other readers through the comments box.
In the meantime, I want to thank all those who have written such lovely reviews on Amazon about my book, Heaven Knows, and encourage those of you who have read and enjoyed it (or even if you didn't enjoy it) to write a review. My purpose for writing the book was to help those who are grieving or living in fear of death, and reviews always help potential buyers make a decision.
Cheers, SandyC
COINCIDENCE or COMMUNICATION?
I was recently asked by a reader of HEAVEN KNOWS whether our departed loved ones really do respond to our requests for confirmation that they made it safely to 'the other side'.
"Aren't these just coincidences that we read too much into because we want to believe them?" this borderline skeptic asked.
Perhaps. Sometimes. But put yourself in the shoes of a departed loved one who is trying to let you know they made it and are safe and happy. How might you get such a message through? I'm constantly amazed at the creative ways such messages come through, and often disappointed that a skeptical little voice in our heads can dismiss them so easily.
When my 94 year-old aunt heard about the book I was writing, she told me a story she had never shared with anyone. Over 60 years ago, she sat by her mother's bedside and held her hand as she passed, then silently asked a question: "what happened to you, Mum? Are you still alive somewhere, in a place I can't see?"
She then felt compelled to go outside and sit by herself to tearfully process what had just occurred. While there, she happened to glance down at her feet and noticed what appeared to be a cocoon having convulsions. It was a strange place for a cocoon as they are usually attached to branches of trees or some other safe place above ground.
My aunt was so intrigued that her tears ceased as she watched a beautiful butterfly slowly emerge from its cocooned prison.
A few moments later, after spreading its wings to dry, the butterfly took flight, circling around her head once before it flew away.
Had this merely been a coincidence?
A few years ago, a close friend who is very much a non-believer in the afterlife lost her husband to a debilitating illness that had limited his movements for months. A few days later, she told me how she had awoken that morning with a song playing over and over in her head – a song she had not heard for many years.
Believe it or not, I'm walking on air
Never thought I could feel so free.
Flying away on a wing and a prayer
Who could it be?
Believe it or not it's just me!
(theme song from the TV show The Greatest American Hero)
We all get ear-worms occasionally, but they can usually be explained by having heard a song on the radio recently. This verse seemingly came out of nowhere!
Or did it?
Readers of Heaven Knows may recall Murielle, a friend who is mentioned in the book. Murielle's brother in law, Bill, was a world-renowned medium, and Murielle was a firm believer in the existence of the afterlife.
Even so, when Murielle's husband died a few years ago, that nagging little skeptic in all of us prompted her to beg for a sign. "Just let me know you're ok and that you made it safely." Murielle begged while meditating one evening.
The following morning, she walked outside to get into her car and noticed that the previous night's rain and wind had covered her windscreen with leaves and twigs, so she returned to the house to fetch a bucket of water. Once she had cleaned the windscreen, she took the bucket and sponge into the house, then made her way back to the car. What she saw made her knees go weak. In the few moments she was gone, and without rain and wind, three twigs had returned and adorned the windscreen she had just cleaned. They formed a large A. Her husband's name was Arch!
When I heard this, I silently reprimanded my recently-deceased mother. "If Arch can do it Mum, YOU can do it. Come on! Send me a sign. Let me know you're ok. Find a way to send me a large capital P (for Phyllis).
My mother and I had always loved reading a column called In Black and White in the daily newspaper. It featured interesting and humorous anecdotes and always provided us with a few giggles to start the day. The morning after Arch's amazing windscreen signature and my request for one of my own, I opened the newspaper and as usual, began to read the In Black and White column.
Here's what greeted me:
Notice that the name Phyllis appears FIVE times (4 times in text and once in a heading) and belongs to THREE different people! (And it's not a name one hears often these days!)
So much for a capital 'P' !!
The headings are also interesting:
"Boy, it's tough" suggests that providing messages from that side to this isn't an easy task.
"Phyllis bows out" is self-explanatory. She had!
The Phyllis in the first story was "now 88". My mother was 88 when she died!
The only anecdote that did not include her name was the one about the Ceylon Tea Rooms in the Block Arcade, Melbourne.
Ah, but sometimes there are messages within messages that the eye and brain doesn't recognize!
When I told my aunt (the same one who watched the butterfly emerging from the cocoon) she read the column and then reported back to me.
"That's amazing!" she said. "But, you missed one of the messages!"
Then she told me something I had no way of knowing!
"When my mother and my aunt left Tasmania and came to Melbourne around the turn of the (20th) century," she explained, "they worked as waitresses. Where? In the Ceylon Tea Rooms in the Block Arcade! The very same tea-rooms mentioned in the column!"
Then she added: "No doubt Phyllis is letting you know she's having a nice cup of tea with Mum and my aunt!"
I think she was probably right!
Have you ever had an 'uncanny coincidence' that left no doubt in your mind that your loved one was sending you a message? I'd love to hear about it, as I'm sure other readers of this blog would, so please feel free to leave a message in the comments box. You are also invited to click on the 'about' button at the top of this page and read a few pages of my book, Heaven Knows.
Cheers, SandyC
At the beginning of this year, I listed all the movies that included – or were about – NDE's. At least, all those I knew about! But someone recently told me of another I've never even heard of, called A Near Death Experience. I haven't seen it so can't comment on its content, but I'd be interested to know if anyone reading this has seen it and if so, what you thought of it.
Made in 2008, it stars Amy Acker and Bronwyn Booth. Following a near-death experience, Ellie Daly is terrified to realize she is able to see and speak with the dead. Returning home, she's approached by the angry ghost of a dead woman, who accuses Ellie's mysterious and handsome new neighbor of her own brutal murder.
One I did neglect to include last time was the classic 1990 movie, Flatliners, starring Kiefer Sutherland, Kevin Bacon and Julia Roberts.
Medical students begin to explore the realm of near death experiences, hoping for insights. Each has their heart stopped and is revived. They begin having flashes of walking nightmares from their childhood, reflecting sins they committed or had committed against them. The experiences continue to intensify, and they begin to be physically beaten by their visions as they try and go deeper into the death experience to find a cure.
Tonya S. Haynes left a comment on my January movie blog that another one, also called Flatliners, is due out soon. On checking, I see it is expected to be released in September of this year (2017) and is also about medical students experimenting on "near death" experiences that involve past tragedies, until the dark consequences begin to jeopardize their lives. (Perhaps a re-make of the old classic?)
This time, I'd also like to list a few movies about the afterlife, but as I sit here looking at my dvd collection, I see have 16 – and they're only the ones I know about! So I'll just mention 6 of my favorites this month, and list the remaining 10 next time I do a movie blog.
One my all-time favorites is the Spielberg movie, Always. Released in 1989, it's an oft-overlooked gem. It stars Richard Dreyfuss and Holly Hunter, with a cameo appearance by Audrey Hepburn.
They couldn't hear him. They couldn't see him. But he was there when they needed him… even after he was gone.
One amazing movie is known in English as Astral City: A Spiritual Journey. Be warned, it's in Portugese so there's lots of subtitles to read, but once you get into it, you forget you're reading and just enjoy the experience. The book on which this movie was based was written by the amazing Brazilian medium, Chico Xavier. (By the way, this incredible man wrote 469 books about the afterlife and spiritual growth!) The original title of the movie is Nosso Lar – in English, Our Home, and is about … well, it's about heaven!
Another excellent movie about the afterlife is one most people know and love – What Dreams May Come, starring Robin Williams and Cuba Gooding Jnr. After Williams' character dies in a car accident, he is guided through the afterlife by his spirit guide, Albert. His new world is beautiful and can be whatever he imagines. Even his children are there. But, when his wife commits suicide and is sent to hell, he ignores Albert's warnings and journeys there to save her.
Speaking of Robin Williams, he also appears (briefly) in another movie in a very intriguing scene about death and the afterlife. Watch out for it in the 2009 movie, Mother and Child, starring Naomi Watts, Annette Bening and Samuel L. Jackson. Note: the movie is not about this subject, but it's an excellent movie all the same and worth watching, even if just for William's brief scene … on a bridge (and that's ALL I'm saying!)
Now, here are two movies that maybe a little tongue-in-cheek, but both are well worth mentioning:
The 1989 movie, Field of Dreams, stars Kevin Costner and Amy Madigan. Most will know this wonderful old classic, so all I'll say is:
"Build it and he will come!"
Heart and Souls is a fun little 1993 romantic comedy starring Robert Downey Jnr. A businessman is reunited with the four lost souls who were his guardian angels during childhood. All have a particular purpose – to get home to the afterlife. There are a few laughs and even a fun rendition of The Four Seasons' Walk Like a Man, but there are also many poignant reminders about why we're here.
That's it for this month, but in my next movie blog I'll list 10 more titles, including two very old movies (both from the 1940's), that I saw when I was very young and spent many years searching for – without even knowing their titles! (Bless Google)
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Much has been written about NDE's since the late 1970's, following Dr. Raymond Moody's ground-breaking book on the subject, 'Life After Life'.
Many have wondered if the reports describing tunnels and lights are genuine experiences, or if they spring from an over-active imagination coloured by previously recorded accounts. This is one of the reasons I set out to research and write my own book, Heaven Knows, which features many pre-Moody accounts.
During this research, I came across an old (pre-Moody) book called 'Psychic Odyssey' by Percy W. Cole, in which the author describes his own NDE in 1935. His account includes a feeling of intense exhilaration and joy, the presence of a guide and other souls, a bright light, a desire to remain on the other side, and of particular interest to me, a two-way tunnel!
Mr. Cole was an Englishman residing in Australia. He had made arrangements to have all his teeth extracted. However, a few nights before his appointment, a lady called Dorothea (who was no longer "of this world") visited him in a dream and warned him that the anaesthetic he was to have for the operation presented a major risk.
While he doesn't say so, it would seem that Cole dismissed this as nothing more than a strange dream.
When the day for surgery arrived, the dentist and doctor gathered at Cole's home to perform the operation. (Remember, this was 1935, and in those days it was not unusual for such an operation to be performed in the patient's own home.)
A mask, sprinkled with ether, was held over Mr. Cole's mouth and nostrils in preparation for the operation.
While I have included excerpts of this NDE in Heaven Knows, what follows is the full account in Percy Cole's own words …
Suddenly a doubt came into my mind. Had I done the right thing in having a general anaesthetic instead of having local injections? After all, I had been warned about it. I tried to tell the doctor, but found I could not make him hear. So I closed my eyes and let myself go.
The next time I woke up, I found myself completely out of my body. There were others in the room now, besides the doctor and the dental surgeon. One of these was the lady of my dream, Dorothea.
Realising that I was out of my body completely, I had a feeling that for many years I had not experienced. It was a sensation of intense exhilaration and joy. I can best describe it perhaps, in terms of youth and buoyancy; it was like the early morning on my far-away school holidays, when as a schoolboy waking up prepared to go to school but with reluctance, the faint murmur of breaking waves on a distance beach would steal into my sleepy ears, and I would suddenly remember that I was on holiday. Then the whole morning would take upon itself a new and radiant aspect and it was a pleasure to get up and dress before racing down to the beach.
That was the feeling, that "holidays" were just beginning.
Looking round the room, I stood between the two men, the doctor and the dentist. I could hear their spoken conversation as well as knowing what they were going to say before the spoken word was uttered. It was as if I knew by some process of telepathy.
They were discussing the price that a man, known to the three of us, would get for his house, which he had put up for sale. A certain sum was mentioned, and I took the opportunity to interject with "he won't get it." Neither man appeared to hear me.
Dorothea turned towards me and said, "We warned you about this." Then she went on to say that now that I was on the "other side" she was not at all sure that I would be able to get back again.
I had a look into my own open mouth, as I walked round the table, and saw that the dentists had taken out all the teeth that I wanted removed. Looking at my pallid features, the doctor said that I looked as though I had had about as much as I could stand. Glancing at my corpse-like face, I felt that had there been much more to come, it would certainly have been too much.
At some time when the operation was getting near to its end, I stopped breathing. I could see the concern of the doctor. More than that, I could see what he thought, for all at once it appeared to him that I might slip through his fingers. He said nothing to the dentist but shouted "Breathe, breathe, Mr. Cole".
I was not in my body but standing at its head, yet somehow I managed to make it breathe.
A great bright light shone on my left, for although the summer sun was shining in at the window from a cloudless sky, it was not nearly as bright as that other light. Near to the door, two people were standing. I could not see them clearly or else it is that I cannot recollect them, but I had the impression they were my deceased parents.
Turning to me, Dorothea told me that it was time I got back. She wasn't sure, she said again, that I should be able to go back, but added with a smile "You can stay here with us, if you like."
For a moment only I hesitated. The world and its work seemed so very far away. It would have been lovely to have stayed, but – just at this critical moment – our dog Patch barked as she ran across the lawn below the open window. The sound of that bark from close at hand brought me back to a sense of my responsibilities. I thought of all the trouble I should bring upon my wife and son, if I did not come back.
"No, I mustn't stay," I replied, and turned to go.
"You'll have to put up a fight for it, if you are going to get back," Dorothea said.
So I turned away from the light, into the darkness of a kind of tunnel. I fought my way against the stream, for a stream of shadows pressed against me as they passed on towards the light.
How long this kept on, I do not know, but at last I saw in the distance a tiny light, just a mere glimmer far away. Struggling against the stream, I pushed my way towards it.
When at last I got there, I found myself in bed, with my wife sitting by my side.
Many years later, Percy Cole returned to England.
While there, he visited a psychic artist.
The resulting portrait of Dorothea was precisely as he remembered her.
(extract from 'Psychic Odyssey' by Percy W. Cole, published by Regency Press, England.
No publishing date, but our copy signed and dated by the author on March 14, 1959)
Near-death experiencers often say they met deceased loved ones or saw stunning landscapes while they were flat-lining. If they really do take a peek across the veil, shouldn't one expect that those dying permanently (if there really is such a thing as 'dying permanently') have the same or similar experiences?
One should. And yes, they DO!
There's one major difference. While NDErs cannot reveal what they saw until they return to life, those who are going through the process of dying often describe what they see as they're seeing them!
Maggie Callanan and Patricia Kelley each spent more than a decade specializing in the care of the dying, and their excellent book on the subject, Final Gifts, was published in 1992. While countless books have been written about – and numerous research conducted on – near-death experiences, Final Gifts is one of the few devoted solely to deathbed visions, or as they termed it, Nearing Death Awareness.
"A near death experience happens suddenly," they wrote, "[while] … Nearing Death Awareness develops in people dying slowly… Rather than being in this world one moment, gone from it the next, then jerked back to life, the dying person remains inside the body but at the same time becomes aware of a dimension that lies beyond … [and] apparently drifts between the two."
During my lengthy research into near death experiences, I came across a few examples of the dying being able to move between two worlds simultaneously. In The Waiting World, (by Archie Matson, 1975) Arline Herrick revealed that her mother said she felt like she was being cradled in love from this world and the next.
"Oh Arline", she told her daughter, "it's so strange here, I'm in a 'never-never' land. I'm halfway between two worlds."
Arline reported that her mother lapsed into a coma for three days, but regained consciousness a few hours before she passed and spent those hours talking with her deceased sister, Margaret. Then she turned to Arline and said: "Ma and Pa are here and I can see them, but I can't see you any more." She died later that day.
Another woman explained that her husband seemed to be in two worlds at the same time. "He was not only aware of me and talking to me," she stated, "but he greeted by name some thirty or forty friends and relatives who were waiting for him. The last one was John Moreland, the poet, who had been the best man at our wedding and who had died, unbeknown to him, just two weeks before."
In the late 1950's, Dr. Karlis Osis carried out extensive research into the visions of the dying. His study involved 10,000 general practitioners, hospital staff physicians, interns and nurses, and the results were published in his 1961 book, Deathbed Observations of Physicians and Nurses. He discovered that around eight out of every ten dying patients (78.6%) experienced visions during their final days or hours.
The majority of these patients saw deceased loved ones who were waiting to assist them across the divide. In other words, the dying saw dead people!
Of those who were able to communicate the identity of their visitors, almost seven out of every ten (67%) reported being that the visitor was a deceased spouse or a relative – mother, father, child, sibling or other family member. Interestingly — and perhaps not surprisingly — mothers were the most dedicated greeters, outnumbering fathers by five to one. Spouses came in a close second. Two in ten saw religious figures, while the rest welcomed deceased friends, other relatives, or occasionally, strangers.
Shortly before my own grandmother died, she was visited by her long-deceased family doctor who announced that she was dead from her feet to her hips and from her head to her chest. She related this to me in a very matter-of-fact way while sitting in a chair watching a cricket match! She added that he promised to return and collect her when 'they' met in the middle.
Presumably, 'they' met in the middle a few weeks later when she died peacefully in her sleep. Perhaps some of us still need to make doctor's appointments in heaven!
Others – both NDEr's and those who were dying – spoke of seeing heavenly landscapes or ethereal structures!
"The individual may find himself in a meadow or see unusual physical-like structures," Ring explained following his 1970's study of near-death experiences. One woman he interviewed tried to describe a building with no walls.
Imagine that, if you can!
During his nde as a result of a heart attack in 1944, world-renowned psychiatrist Carl Jung encountered a temple and observed a Hindu man in a white gown sitting on a stone bench outside the building's entrance.
Osis reported that a six-year-old boy who was dying of polio spoke of seeing flowers and hearing birds singing. How intriguing that in Dr. Ring's NDE study, 5 experiencers also reported beautiful flowers, and 4 others recalled lovely music.
Twenty-eight NDE survivors saw a landscape of scenic beauty, but few could find words to describe it. If the following quotes are any indication, the dying have the same difficulty.
As a poet, one might expect Elizabeth Barrett Browning to have an extensive vocabulary, but as she lay on her deathbed in 1861, words apparently failed her. All she could say was: "It is beautiful!"
Carrie Carmen's dying moments were recorded in an article by her pastor: "…she gazed upward and also exclaimed: Beautiful! Beautiful! Beautiful!"
The wife of the great scientist, Thomas Edison, revealed that her husband whispered from his deathbed, "It is very beautiful over there."
Moments before the Governor of Massachusetts, John Brooks, passed in 1825, he gradually extended his arm. When asked, "what are you reaching for?" he whispered, "a kingdom!"
Perhaps the final words belong to Apple founder, Steve Jobs. Shortly before he slipped away, Jobs opened his eyes, stared straight ahead, and – according to his sister who was at his deathbed – excitedly uttered:
"Oh wow. Oh Wow! OH WOW!!"
Have you ever been with a dying loved who revealed – either with words or through gestures and facial expressions – that they were seeing or experiencing something? I'd love to hear about it, as my next book will be about deathbed visions and other deathbed-related phenomena. You can leave a comment on this blog, or email me at email@example.com
Next month, I have a few more movies to bring to your attention. I still have lots more to recommend, so I'll probably need to include a few with each blog over the coming months … or perhaps even throughout the next decade
In the meantime, my book is available for your kindle (or as paperback) at Amazon
Cheers, SandyC
Happy New Year! I hope 2017 brings you health, happiness and success in all your endeavours.
I thought I would do something a little different this time. Someone recently asked on facebook about movies that dealt with near-death experiences. Yes, there are many, but listing them on facebook means they're "here today, gone tomorrow", so, I decided to list those in my own collection. That way, I can always refer people to this page.
It's interesting to note how many more movies are being made on this subject recently!
Based on the incredible true story. When Christy (Jennifer Garner) discovers her 10-year-old daughter Anna has a rare, incurable disease, she becomes a ferocious advocate for her daughter's healing as she searches for a solution. After Anna's freak accident (falling INTO a tree, no less!), an extraordinary miracle unfolds in the wake of her dramatic rescue that leaves medical specialists mystified and the community inspired.
This one is also based on a true story from the book written by Don Piper. Following a car crash in 1989, Piper was declared dead and was without a pulse for an hour and a half. When a pastor arrived and began to pray for him, Piper was miraculously returned to life. Yet, following his amazing journey to heaven, he is distraught that he was sent back to a life of incredible pain. As he fights against his recovery, he wonders if there is really any purpose to life and to his return.
Another one based on the best-selling non-fiction book (and no, this is NOT the book that was declared a fraud! Many confuse it with the book called 'The Boy Who Came Back From Heaven'). Four-year-old Colton Burpo claims to have visited Heaven during a near death experience. When he recounts the details of his amazing journey and speaks matter-of-factly about things that happened before his birth, things he couldn't possibly know, his father – a local pastor – is challenged to examine the meaning of this remarkable event.
Love this one! French journalist Marie has a near-death experience during the 2004 Tsunami (and wow, this movie is worth a viewing even if only for the amazing action scenes at the start!). The experience really shakes Marie's reality. Meanwhile, George (played by Matt Damon) is a blue-collar American with a special connection to the afterlife, and Marcus is a London schoolboy who loses the person closest to him and desperately needs answers. Each one of them is on a path in search of the truth. Their lives will intersect and as a result, be forever changed.
What a beautiful movie! It stars Kevin Costner as a skeptical doctor whose pediatrician wife dies tragically on a mission of mercy in the jungles of South America. Soon, not only do mysterious events make him believe his wife may be trying to contact him from beyond, a few of his wife's young patients who survived near death experiences return with cryptic messages for him. While he tries to decipher these messages, down-to-earth neighbour Kathy Bates tries to keep his feet on the ground by dismissing them all as nonsense.
Most of us who are interested in this subject know Dannion Brinkley's story, and here it is in a movie starring Eric Roberts. Brinkley was a mean, loud-mouthed town bully. While talking on the phone one night during a lightning storm, a bolt of lightning struck a telephone pole, traveled down the phone wires and electrocuted him. After being dead for 28 minutes, Brinkley awoke in the morgue and had an amazing story to tell. This is a moving account of what happened to him during his near-death experience, and how it changed his life forever.
Now here's an obscure little movie you may not have heard about. This one focuses on the intriguing transformations that occur to people following NDE's. It stars Ellen Burstyn as a woman who experiences the afterlife for a brief time following a car accident. As she begins the long process of physical healing, she discovers she has returned with an ability to heal physical infirmities. While most people simply accept her gift, one man (played by Sam Shepard) becomes aggressive because she refuses to place the healings within a religious context.
I have many more that are not specifically about near-death experiences but the afterlife, and I'll detail them in a later blog. But there's one more I want to include in this selection … is it a movie about the afterlife, or is it about a near-death experience?
Written by Mitch Albom (author of Tuesdays With Morrie) this delightful movie stars Jon Voight and Ellen Burstyn. On his 83rd birthday, Eddie (Voight) — a war vet and a maintenance worker at the Ruby Pier amusement park — dies while trying to save a girl who is sitting under a ride that's about to fall. When he awakens in the afterlife, he encounters five people who help him understand the meaning of his life.
That's it for my collection of near-death experience movies. Maybe one day (in my dreams!) they'll make a movie about my book, Heaven Knows.
Do you know of any other movies that include nde's? I'd be delighted – as I'm sure others would – to hear about them. (You can enter your comment at the very bottom of this page under 'Leave a reply'.)
In my next blog, I'll list my collection of afterlife movies (there's lots!), and perhaps (eventually) those on reincarnation as well.
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Wednesday came so quickly! Tonight, at 10pm, I'll have either Rachel or hubby draw the winning names for the giveaways.
If you haven't entered yet, you better scroll down to the giveaway post that shows this jingle bell candy cane shelf pillow as 2nd prize ….
And this Festive Snowman candle mat as 1st prize …
I'm also giving away my blueberry pinkeep to any blogger who gets new people to come and join in on the fun as a follower.
Speaking of which, I've always been hestitant to enter my sister's name in any of the drawings simply because some might question the fairness of a family member winning.
Thankfully, she's never won so it's never been an issue. But there might come a time that it happens, so I'll make it perfectly clear right now that if I draw her name, she will win whatever it might be.
See, my sister doesn't sew. Not only doesn't she sew, I really don't think that a needle and thread could be located anywhere in her house. Winning something handmade would really thrill her, I'm sure.
Which brings up the question; What the heck does that family do if a seam tears or a button falls off?
Let's ask her, shall we?
I'm sure she'll give a smart*** reply in the comment section so I'll look forward to getting a little insight into the life of a non-sewer, my sister (casserole Carol).
So, Carol? What the heck do you do if a button falls off or a seam tears?
(I have a feeling that a stapler or hot glue might be involved.)
Now that I've made it perfectly clear that Carol will be entered into the drawing let me mention something else….
Carol must really want the blueberry pinkeep because she sent me an email which showed that she had forwarded my blog address to ALL of the people on her friend address email list. Now, I'm not saying there's anything wrong with that, but heck, this means that a bunch of people that might actually KNOW ME, will be reading whatever I write.
That also means that now I can't talk about how crazy the people are that she works with OR the crazies that are part of her husband's side of the family (Sorry Mark, you know it's true that YOUR side of the family is crazier than our side of the family simply because of the shear numbers involved … those Irish people must breed like bunnies)
I mean, I could tell sooooo many stories, but now I'm silenced because of this.
But that's ok, I'll deal with it and if anyone of those family or co-workers comment and give her name as the referrer, I'll certainly add her name in for the drawing.
I guess she doesn't want the candy cane shelf pillow or the festive snowmen candle mat though because SHE DIDN"T COMMENT IN THE GIVEAWAY BLOG ENTRY.
Sheesh. She's the scatterbrain of the family. I'm lucky I'm not like that.
Happy Day everyone! … and scroll down NOW to the Giveaway post so that you may enter to win one of the super nice things .. not made with a staple gun or hot glue!


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Yes, we have moved!
The last 2 weeks have felt like two months!
What with half term consisting of: packing, report writing, a few days in Edinburgh and then hot footing it back on a 6am flight to complete, then moving all our stuff, we are pretty exhausted.
I had no idea I had so many belongings. I thought when I left for Abu Dhabi, almost three years ago now, I had a pretty ruthless sort out. Apparently not. When my things suddenly arrived from various parts of the UK I was shocked by the amount I had! Not as shocked as Dr P…
Luckily there's lots of room in the new house.
At the moment we are without quite a few basics – washing machine, internet and sofa chiefly. All of this will fall in to place over the next few weeks and I have so many plans and so many possibilities. It's lovely.
All you are getting today are these teaser shots. More soon I promise!
It is with a contented smile I say:
It's only vintage but I like it!
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Are you looking for ways to increase home-school connections in Mathematics? A fun way to engage families and friends is to host a family math night.
Successful planning includes assistance from staff members in a school community. With permission from school administration, the official planning process involves choosing a location or locations within the school to host the event, create an invitation, select age and grade appropriate activities, provide some fun visuals to keep students talking about the event at home.
Locations may include classrooms or common areas such as a library and/or gymnasium. Ensure that there is enough room to move around the stations or activities. If weather permits, some events may take place outside. An invitation should include the location and time. A one and a half hour time period is recommended. This will give parents and students an opportunity to visit at least 3 activities.
Activities should be selected based on age or grade. For example, students at the age of 4 or 5 can go "fishing" for numbers. Have a kiddie pool set up and magnetic fishing poles. Attach magnets to numbers. Place the numbers in the pool. Have students roll a number cube (dice) or two number cubes to generate a sum. The students then fish for the numbers.
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Created 9th March 2003
Revamped 3rd April 2004
Played by Julia Mallam
Dawn is the eldest child of Bob Hope and his 1st wife Jean.
Dawn is married to Terry Woods.
One son TJ Woods (born October 2003)
One brother Jamie (not seen) two half-siblings.
Step-mother Viv
stepsiblings Scott & Donna Windsor
About Dawn Woods the character
About Julia Mallam the actress
Links To Extenal Sites
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I wake up and use my Love – Peace technique to go back to sleep. Takes a little longer because I know I am getting up early.
I am awake and a couple of minutes later the alarm set for 6:30 am goes off.
I am at the bus stop by 7:35 am and get in the front seat of a Routa taxi within 5 minutes.
I walk to the bank to get some cash from the ATM. Then I walk all the way to the end of 18 Novembre st where the Elite Tours office is. It's a leisurely 25 minute walk.
Loja Gate – You see this from the Elite Tours office (looking right)
Mural – Elite Tours is up past the first balconies
We're of 15 minutes late at 9:45 am. I am in the back. Spare seat beside me. The other 5 passengers sleep most of the way but I take in the scenery. The young girls turn on their music on their phones while the vans speakers sound their own music.
No toilet stop on route and we arrive exactly 3 hours later.
I call Leon the English speaking taxi driver and he takes me to the visa office. I find out I have to go to Quito to fix the migration record and bring it back to them here in Cuenca. They will only take documents hand delivered by me. No couriers.
Leon drives me to the airport and I book a flight for 8:40 am to Quito.
Leon takes me to the Aqua Hotel (08-415-0950) about 6 blocks from the main square. Clean and safe place for $15 without breakfast which I would be up too early to get anyway.
The Aqua Hotel – red building in the middle
Super Shower with HOT water
Leon takes me to Eucalyptus Cafe www.cafeeucalyptus.com recommended by Ginna. I enjoy the French Onion soup and Pad Thai at lunch time prices. They even have free WIFI.
A shoe shine, a scoop of ice cream and a long search for bananas for breakfast before I get back to the hotel.


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TAMPA – The Tampa Alumni Chapter of Kappa Alpha Psi Fraternity, Inc. recently held a seminar stressing the importance of being prepared in case a major disaster hits the Tampa Bay community. The event was held at the First Baptist Church of Progress Village. The seminar was part of the chapter's Martin Luther King Jr. Day of Service.
Among the speakers and information tables set up were Emergency Management Director Preston Cook, City of Tampa Fire Chief Thomas Forward, Artie Fryer from Health Care Services and William Ramos and Barbara Close of Sunshine Line transportation.
In addition to the flyers, brochures and emergency kits handed out, members of the City of Tampa and Hillsborough County emergency management team spoke and answered questions about having a plan before a disaster strikes.
"Be prepared," Forward said. "Your quality of life is only going to be as good as your preparation you put in place."


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Drawing is my favorite thing to do on my free time.. It helps me calm down and relieve stress. I practice my art style, manga and watch Mark Crilley videos, he's very good at drawing and has helped me a lot through my years of drawing manga, he owns about 4 manga series.. He is one of the best drawers in my opinion, and in any style you want to draw, he has it.VIEW MORE
I also love traveling. Getting to see and explore new places is amazing... So far I have been to, New York, New Jersey, London, Paris, Ireland, Rome, Cuba, Brazil, Colombia, and the Carribean. I saw the Eiffel Tower, the Vatican, Big Ben, the Statue of Liberty, Stone Henge, the Coliseum, Arc De Triumph, and Empire State building. I love traveling and I hope I will be able to go on more fun trips this year and share more.VIEW MORE
I love anime, and as an anime fan I have a favorite one called Boku No Hero Academia which basically means " My Hero Academia " The Academy called UA is for teens that were born with quirks and learn more about it and how to become stronger each day. The main protagonist of the story is the boy with the green hair in the middle, Midoriya Izuku. He was born without his quirk and is soon given to him by the ultimate hero All Might, who is loosing his quirk slowly. Midoriya plans to become the best hero just like HIS hero All Might.VIEW MORE


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Tuesday, February 27, 2018 12:30pm - 3:00pm
Location: Pine River United Church
After many weeks of snow, wind and hibernation, HFFN members look forward to reconnecting over a delicious potluck lunch and friendly "Winter Wonderland" photo contest. Bring your plate, mug, cutlery and something tasty to share. Guests and new members always welcome.Contact: Christine Roberts


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- ACLU Blog: Because Freedom Can't Blog Itself: Official Blog of the American Civil Liberties Union » Sex Change Causes Loss of Government Job – The Library of Congress is being sued because it offered a key job as terrorism research analyst to Diane Schroer, then rescinded the offer, because Schroer is transgender. On last night's Countdown on MSNBC, Keith Olbermann exposed the high price of transgender discrimination.
- Jillian York: The Ignored Atheist Vote – As the presidential candidates come together to discuss faith and issues of morality — at Saddleback last week and at the Democratic National Convention this week, there's a large contingent feeling excluded. American atheist and agnostic voters are increasingly feeling left out of the debate or flat out ignored and taken for granted as politicians scramble to better woo the "faithful" .
- Op-Ed Columnist – Now That's Rich – Op-Ed – NYTimes.com – Last weekend, Pastor Rick Warren asked both presidential candidates to define the income at which "you move from middle class to rich." The trouble with Mr. Warren's question was that it seemed to imply that everyone except the poor belongs to one of these two categories: either you're clearly rich, or you're an ordinary member of the middle class. And that's just wrong.
- Kerry Trueman: The Fast Track To Slow Food – The Internet has proved to be extremely fertile ground for the good food movement, nurturing a virtual community of sustainably minded farmers, foodies, and activists. Websites championing the agrarian agenda are sprouting up everywhere, like Roundup-resistant super weeds, ready to take on the unsustainable status quo. The challenge, now, is how to keep track of them all. And that's where the Eat Well Guide's new booklet Cultivating The Web: High Tech Tools For The Sustainable Food Movement comes in handy.
- Our Toppling House of Cards — In These Times – Deregulation — and the shadow banking system it created — shredded the financial safety net that the Great Depression had produced.
- Black Republicans Jumping GOP Ship – NAM – High profile black Republicans like former congressman J.C. Watts said he might vote for Obama. Rumors flew last week that former Secretary of State Colin Powell would endorse Obama publicly. All across the country now, there are many black Republicans who may not be as well known as Watts or Powell but may indeed be supporting Obama.
- The underprivileged are united across racial boundaries – Don't be alarmed that minorities in America will constitute a majority in less than two generations. Instead, follow the money. What should really concern us in this country is not how fair our complexion is but how fair our society is.
- Make houses of worship truly inclusive – The doors to our houses of worship ought to be open to all. That includes lesbian, gay, bisexual and transgender Americans, who often feel that religion has been used to divide and conquer their families and their rights.


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CHARLESTON, S.C. - Check out some highlights of the 2016 season to date as the Bucs prepare to finish strong and earn a spot in the Big South Tournament.
At Monday's 50th annual CSU Athletic Awards Banquet, sophomore outfielder Chris Singleton was recognized with The Michael Frost Christian Leadership Award. Singleton exhibited remarkable composure and grace in the aftermath of last June's tragic shooting that claimed nine lives, including that of his mother Sharonda Coleman Singleton, at downtown Charleston's Emanuel AME Church. A day after the shooting, Singleton's inspirational "Love is stronger than hate" message, delivered on the field in front of his teammates and coaches at CSU Ballpark, helped the city and a nation begin the healing process.
On the field, Singleton has taken a significant step forward for coach Stuart Lake's Bucs. He leads the team in home runs, extra-base hits and RBI, and is batting .329 while also playing strong defense in right field. With nine Big South games remaining, Singleton will hope to help the Bucs into contention for a spot in the conference tournament.


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NHL Movie Score: 5 / 5
Tags: 3rd., 4/16/12, Boston, Bruins, Capitals, Hockey, scrum., Washington
ok, now youre not even making sense. if i say lucic lost a fight that means i think he sucks? did you even read what you typed? and tootoo would obviously get destroyed by lucic tootoos a terrible fighter and lucic is probably 6 inches taller than him
you're saying erskine won because you want to try to prove lucic sucks, but you're wrong, and it was biased. and what fighters do the wings have? and don't even mention tootoo, lucic would wreck him.
and the reason erskine was out was cause he was injured
do you want me to dumb my original comment down some so you can understand it?
considering im a wings fan, i really couldnt give a shit about either of these teams so how am i biased?
lol wut
my other comment didn't go through, hockeyfights . com has erskine winning once and the other one a draw, don't just go by your biased opinion
doesnt change the fact that he beat lucic twice
plus, erskine is lucky to crack a starting line up most days lol, he sucks
hockey fights.com has erskine winning once and them drawing the other time
john erskine, who's beat lucic twice
and lucic has foughten lots of fighters, he only refused to fight laraque, that's it
what fighters? caps have no fighters
you notice how lucic aviods fighters and goes after a guy with only 1 NHL fight?
thats why erskine pounded him and he ran away from orr right?
Hey, Caps game is on tonight, you watchin??
well, if your team isn't in it, sit down
Alzner doesn't need to drop them. He's a skilled defensemen and not a thug on the ice. Enjoy the golf. No I'm not a caps fan.
You heard of him now. Enoy the series loss HAHAHAHHAHAHAA!
hahaha so he could beat John Erskine? thats funny
God! I hate Pierre McGuire!.
"The Bruins need him on the ice" Guess the NBC announcer was wrong huh. Goal in the next 60 seconds. Bruins win
Milan Lucic is the toughest player in the NHL. These guys are like kids grabbing him from behind. Who is Alzner? NEVER HEARD OF HIM
Milan could beat every player on that Capital team in a fair fight. Thought youd like to know from a Bruins fan with a New Hampshire accent. Lucic is WICKED AWESOME. He has more goals than most the team as well.
1. I mean he won't drop it for the rest of the series, he'll be too scared to
2. should have been a third man in penalty
3. i don't have a boston accent, not everyone does in boston anyways, plus i don't live there now. learn something about the person you are talking to next time before you make assumptions.


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So FYI, for anyone out there hoping to see skype vidchat on your nice nvidia dual-core tablet, don't hold your breath. The CPU's won't support traditional Skype vidcall and the one app we saw Nvidia showcase (Skype HD) is somewhere in the unknown limbo. Whatever happens to it, it probably won't come directly from Skype, probably Tegra Zone.
I'm seriously reconsidering Android tablets at this time...I really use Skype quite a bit :(
UPDATE: LAWLZ. Wife just did the "what?! no flash!?" reaction...just reminded me about this very good pro on the Acer Iconia tablet...LOL
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Yeah, but fam/friends...you know how it goes..LOL Tough enough getting them on Skype in the first place!
Well, My Samsung Gal Tab 7's stuck on Froyo, and Skype's video chat works. It only works with the rear facing camera, but it works.
You just have to talk at a mirror. Stupid, totally stupid.
That's more of a shortcoming of Skype. Do they not realize that I would pay them $5 just to add the front facing camera which was available on a beta test version of the client?
One super stupid thing in the Samsung Gal Tab 7 is that the bluetooth won't work with headsets. Sure, it has the stereo headphone profiles available, but they didn't include profiles for connecting to headsets.
Stupid, and probably can be blamed on the carriers who would much rather have people pay for a 3g phone with data than a 4g data only tablet that allows people to skype as if they had a phone.
I'm amazed that Android is killing iPhone the way it is given how vendors have screwed it up.
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Some android phones can do it - HTC Sensation for one - but jury's out on tablets IMO. If iPad had widgets and more active on-screen content I'd be all over it.


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With just a few days to go until Christmas, there's no better time to get that bar cart stocked and start prepping your drink choices for the big day! We'll be giving these festive tipples a go to impress friends and family with our bartender skills this year. After all, the practicing should be just as fun as the main event…
Salted Caramel Maker's 46 Eggnog
Inspired by one of America's most popular holiday drinks – eggnog – this creamy treat has been given a tasty twist courtesy of sweet and salty caramel! Perfect for a cosy night in with your favourite Christmas film.
Mulled Wine
Of course, everyone has their own mulled wine recipe but this one from Jamie Oliver is like a supercharged version thanks to the fruity addition of crème de cassis! Use a mix of apple and blackcurrant juice and add the same spices if you'd prefer a booze-free version.
Peppermint White Christmas
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Spiked Hot Chocolate
For us, hot chocolate is a winter staple so we can't wait to give this boozy version from bon appetit a whirl. Made from scratch from chocolate and crushed cinnamon it's oh-so-warming. Add your favourite whiskey or dark liqueur for extra warmth – or leave it out if you're after an alcohol-tree tipple.
Peach and Orange Flower Old Fashioned
Festive cocktails can typically be heavy on the cream, chocolate, and artificial flavourings so this fruity and floral one from Joy The Baker is perfect if you're after something a little lighter! Use tinned peaches if you're struggling to find fresh at this time of year. Psst.. we think this would be lovely with gin or vodka, instead of whiskey, too!


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So I look around me in the yoga blogosphere, and see that bloggers are coming up with posts to reflect on the year, or recollect the best 32 or 15 (or however many) blog posts of 2011. And so and so forth. Which is wonderful. More power to all of you hardworking bloggers who go to all the trouble to come up with such posts; I really mean this, I'm not being snarky or anything.
As for me, well, I just don't have the energy to do things like this. I'm kind of an in-the-moment, writing-things-on-the-fly kind of blogger: Most of the time (i.e. about 99% of the time), I don't know today what I am going to blog about tomorrow (and this is true of today as well; right now, I have no idea what I am going to blog about tomorrow). I am just not the kind of blogger who has, like, 5000 blog ideas running in his head at one time. Heck, most of the time, I have trouble even just holding on to one idea. Maybe this is a kind of rebellion against the super-structured academic environment which I am supposed to be a part of. I don't know; I'm not going to try to psycho-analyze myself here.
But I do try to do one thing on this blog. I try to write in a way that is real and not (or at least not too) fake. I don't pretend to be an authority on shit (because chances are I'm not). But I do always try to write exactly what is on my mind, in a way that does not offend (too many) people. If there is one phrase that captures what I aspire to, it would be: No bullshit, just tell it like it is. Of course, being the kind of person that I am, I seem to lack the ability to just shoot from the hip. Most of the time, you will find that whatever I write has tons of qualifications (ifs, buts, on the other hand, this being the case, etc.). But well, I am what I am, and it is what it is. As I say, I do my best.
I've always been a fan of the late George Carlin. I think he has this quality of shooting from the hip and telling shit like it is that I always admire, but can never quite emulate, whether in speaking or in writing. So I thought I'll end this post with a couple of clips by Carlin on--what else--bullshit. Enjoy!


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The Gearmo® 10 Port High Output USB Charger Station features highest current charging capability from all ten of its high current 2.4A USB ports at the same time.
Thus, you can charge as many as ten of the most power hungry tablet computers, radios, Bluetooth speakers simultaneously. The current draw on one port does not decrease the current output on another.
This AC charger, made in China, is built from rugged black plastic, with a pilot lamp, power switch, and sports a well-insulated removable power cable with a non polarized plug, and resembles a large notebook power adapter, except that the output cable found in those, has been replaced with a sleek row of ten USB heavy duty A connectors.
It clears out as many as ten of the outlets on your power strips. How? The Gearmo® USB charger replaces up to ten of those old-fashioned wall wart chargers. It converts one 120-volt outlet into 5 volts USB power, eliminating the need for those single-device chargers. At roughly $50 per copy, this AC charger is an excellent value, for anyone wanting the convenience of running a single charger to power up to four smartphones, tablets, iPads, and Androids.
Benefits, Features, Pros, and Advantages
Attractive, enduring plastic case, with rubber feet, to reduce skidding and sliding off of tables, shelves, and such.
Versatile. Can be deployed in classrooms for charging student tablets, as well as at home, where bustling families must charge many mobile devices at the same time.
Detachable 120-volt power cord. Preferred for a charging device to provide this, because the cord can be user-replaced if damaged.
Polarized two-prong plug. The mains power plug can only be inserted into a 120-volt outlet one way. This enhances user protection against electrical shock, particularly when handling any connected USB cables with exposed connectors.
Easily seen pilot lamp. The green LED power light when on, shows that the charger is operating.
Silent operation. While plugged in, the ICS-10P-HO emits little audible noise, hash, squeals, hums, or sizzles. You may notice a low-level hum or clicks, but only when holding it very close to an ear.
Well regulated output. We observed no degradation in charging performance, whether refueling just one USB device, two, three, or all ten.
All high current ports. The ten USB sockets are electrically identical to one other. So you need not worry about matching up devices requiring the full 2.4 amps of high output charging, with the correct ports. All ports can deliver this level of current when needed.
Lower current mobile devices supported as well. All ports can also charge normal current draw devices as well. They adjust their current output, on the fly, to match the device requirements that's currently connected to the port.
Compatible with most USB devices. Have tested this with the 1st generation iPod Touch, iPad Air, Kindle Fire HDX, and Samsung Galaxy Tab Pro 12.2 tablets. All of these charged rapidly. No overheating of the brick itself was observed, although it does run lukewarm.
Tight and true connections. The USB ports really grab inserted plugs. Plugs stay put.
Smart charging support. The individual ports automatically adjust their power output to match whatever device is connected.
Over current protection.
All current USB power standards supported. Effectively charges USB 1.1, 2.0 and 3.0 devices.
Cool, fanless operation. The plastic case remains cool to warm to the touch, even when all ten ports have thirsty devices charging through them. Neither did we hear any fans come on inside. The unit remained just slightly warm with no fan assistance.
Correctly sized wall plug. The 120-volt plug is normal sized. So, even when plugged into the most tightly spaced outlets in power strips, this plug occupies only one outlet slot. The real size of the charger has been removed from the plug area itself, separated by a flexible power cord. Nice
Low RFI and EMI. We observed no objectionable electrical noise, EMI, or RFI generated by the ICS-10P-HO. Radios and televisions continued playing normally, even with this charger plugged into the same outlet.
Excellent power regulation. Includes a well-regulated, switching power supply, that draws a maximum of 2.4 amps from the mains. Maximum output power is 120 watts (twelve watts per port).
Efficient space utilization. Physically, this wall charger is about the same size and weight that we'd expect for similar devices providing this much charge current.
Low profile yet effective design. With just one control on the side, the power on off switch, there's little to add needless complexity to unit operation.
Easy to use. You just connect the included power cord to the ICS-10P-HO, plug the other end into mains power, and then plug the USB cords for all your USB devices into this charger. This charger monitors the charge state of each connected device; constantly adjusting the current as the battery charges, and shuts off the charging when each battery is full.
Not a wall wart. Does not hang from a wall outlet, unlike the traditional wall wart chargers, since the power cable, which is nearly five feet long, allows the charger station box itself to rest on the desk, floor, or other more appropriate utility space.
No moving parts. This thing is all electronic; no motors, fans, buzzers, or anything mechanical except for the rocker power switch.
Inexpensive for this many charge ports. At approximately $50, this Gearmo® USB charger offers among the cheapest costs per high quality port of any currently available UB charger.
Easily found online. We bought ours at Amazon.com.
Disadvantages, Problems, Limitations, and Cons
Non covered USB ports. The USB ports are not covered when not in use. So dust accumulation, causing erratic charging is a possibility. Thus, another reason for operating the PC01 in dust-free, dry environments.
USB charge cables not included.
Rubber feet come loose easily. Either the backing for the feet does not exist in this unit, or the rubber feet themselves are too soft. Whatever the case, we found that the feet can be pushed too far into their mating holes, as pictured above. So we recommend not sitting anything heavy on top of this charger when deployed, to avoid pushing the feet to the inside of the unit.
Warnings and Cautions
To get the highest current (fastest) charging out of this unit, you'll need USB cables capable of carrying 2.4 amps (high current cables). Exceptionally thin or long cables may not provide the most rapid charging.
So, keep in mind that high current capability does not necessarily imply faster charging times.
This is an indoor device. Keep it away from heat, rain, excessive humidity, and vibration in order to maximize its life. Avoid places operating this charger where liquids are spilled often. The enclosure may admit liquids into its interior, causing perhaps permanent malfunction, shock hazards, or even fire.
Being that this charger incorporates a switching power supply design, it may interfere with nearby radios, TVs, and computing devices. If that occurs, relocate either the ICS-10P-HO itself, or the devices with which it is interfering.
Note that this is a USB charger, NOT a USB hub, even though it highly resembles a hub. It does not move data; just supplies high grade USB power to attached devices.
- Model: ICS-10P-HO
- Input: AC 100-130 volts at 2.4 amps.
- Output 5 volts DC at 2.4 amps X 10, or 120 watts.
- Product measures 156 X 109 X 32mm.
- Product weight: 425g, or around 15 ounces.
- Protection function: OCP, OVP, SCP, and OTP.
- Standby power draw: Less than or equal to 0.3 watts.
Our Rating
This 10-port high current charging station is hefty, and offers an ample number of full-power USB ports for most families and situations. We appreciated its solid and heavy construction as well as the port versatility. You don't have to worry about which port will give the best performance for a particular device, as they all perform identically well. We'd rate this in-home / office / school room charger at 98 out of 100. Hard to beat the ICS-10P-HO as among the best mobile device chargers on the market today.
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Revision History
- 2017-02-27: Updated title and tags list, and added the Related Posts section.
- 2017-02-02: Updated tags list, and changed post title to: Gearmo® 10-Port USB Smart Charging Station Review.
- 2016-02-06: Originally published.