Whenever we get it, I will post our rafting picture(s) as well. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.
More details on the trip another time.
Wednesday, July 26, 2006
West Forks, ME
Added some photos from our recent trip to West Forks, Maine today. To see them, click on the picture below. Sorry, we were unable to snap a picture of the momma (or poppa, no real time to check for details) and baby moose we saw Tuesday evening.
Whenever we get it, I will post our rafting picture(s) as well. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.
More details on the trip another time.
Whenever we get it, I will post our rafting picture(s) as well. Please allow 4-6 weeks for delivery.
More details on the trip another time.
Wednesday, July 19, 2006
Big Dig Disaster...Could Be Worse
So as most people are probably aware of, there was a bit of a disaster with the project known as the "Big Dig" here in Boston. This is the most expensive road/highway/whatever construction in the United States. Last week, there was a horrible accident in which one of the 4-ton ceiling panels collapsed on a vehicle killing the front seat passenger. The whole situation has led to a criminal investigation, the Gov. taking over the entire project, finger pointing, citizens vowing to never take that route even when it is fixed and tunnels being shut down for months thus leading to a horrible traffic situation.
Well I was reading in my handy, dandy Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Plunges Into History the other day and found an event that happened in Boston that I would consider a much worse scenario. (This is in NO WAY meant to make light of what happened or the loss of a life. This is an actual event that happened that I found interesting enough to share. If you are easily offended, I apologize). The following features exceprts from the above mentioned book.
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"The 50-foot high tank at the Purity Distilling Comapny of Boston, MA was going full-bore. Filled to near-capacity, it contained two million gallons of steam-heated molasses...Next thing anyone knew, the tank burst, sending - did we mention two million gallons? - warm, sticky molasses into the streets of Boston, moving at 35 miles an hour. Which might have been funny if it hadn't also been carrying huge, jagged sections of the tank."
"In an irony only found in truth, this event really did take place during January (1918). Too bad it had to be an unusually warm January day, 43 degrees, well above freezing. If the weather had been more typical, it might have given the soon-to-be victims time to notice the oncoming calamity..."
"Moving with a dull, muffled roar, the 15-foot hight wall of brown goo surged and rumbled into Boston's North End. It crushed trolley cars, swallowed trucks, horses and carts, and knocked buidlings off their foundation. The parts of the tank propelled by molasses tore into the supports holding up the Atlantic Avenue elevated train...the track collapsed to the ground, jsut as the train was approaching."
"The greatest number of fatalities that day was at a Public Works building. The molasses slammed into the building, shattering it and throwing fragments 150 feet into the air. It was literally a tidal wave, swallowing dozens of people, rolling and crushing them under its brown mass. Dozens were critically injured by the debris picked up and carried by the sticky mess, while others were simply crushed to death... Finally the molasses began to cool and congeal. The final toll was 21 people dead, 150 injured. The clean-up crew pumped sea water from that harbor via hoses. But the molasses and saltwater didn't mix, and soon the whole area was buried under brown foam. It took months before the streets of Boston were their old farmilar dirty gray again."
Copyright 2001 by Portable Press
Well I was reading in my handy, dandy Uncle John's Bathroom Reader: Plunges Into History the other day and found an event that happened in Boston that I would consider a much worse scenario. (This is in NO WAY meant to make light of what happened or the loss of a life. This is an actual event that happened that I found interesting enough to share. If you are easily offended, I apologize). The following features exceprts from the above mentioned book.
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"The 50-foot high tank at the Purity Distilling Comapny of Boston, MA was going full-bore. Filled to near-capacity, it contained two million gallons of steam-heated molasses...Next thing anyone knew, the tank burst, sending - did we mention two million gallons? - warm, sticky molasses into the streets of Boston, moving at 35 miles an hour. Which might have been funny if it hadn't also been carrying huge, jagged sections of the tank."
"In an irony only found in truth, this event really did take place during January (1918). Too bad it had to be an unusually warm January day, 43 degrees, well above freezing. If the weather had been more typical, it might have given the soon-to-be victims time to notice the oncoming calamity..."
"Moving with a dull, muffled roar, the 15-foot hight wall of brown goo surged and rumbled into Boston's North End. It crushed trolley cars, swallowed trucks, horses and carts, and knocked buidlings off their foundation. The parts of the tank propelled by molasses tore into the supports holding up the Atlantic Avenue elevated train...the track collapsed to the ground, jsut as the train was approaching."
"The greatest number of fatalities that day was at a Public Works building. The molasses slammed into the building, shattering it and throwing fragments 150 feet into the air. It was literally a tidal wave, swallowing dozens of people, rolling and crushing them under its brown mass. Dozens were critically injured by the debris picked up and carried by the sticky mess, while others were simply crushed to death... Finally the molasses began to cool and congeal. The final toll was 21 people dead, 150 injured. The clean-up crew pumped sea water from that harbor via hoses. But the molasses and saltwater didn't mix, and soon the whole area was buried under brown foam. It took months before the streets of Boston were their old farmilar dirty gray again."
Copyright 2001 by Portable Press
Wednesday, July 05, 2006
Church Attack
My friend Damian who is a missionary in the UK emailed me the following article regarding a recent attack on his church. Thought I would pass it along. You can either read it below or visit this website.
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Vicious attack on church youngsters
Jun 28 2006
Child members of a church group were kicked and punched to the ground by a drunken mob of adults in Hednesford Park on Friday evening.
Police are currently investigating the horiffic attack, which saw innocent worshippers as young as 14 set upon by the gang, all believed to be aged over
A violent attack has sent shockwaves through members of the peaceloving Kingsmead Independent Baptist Church, who were visiting the park as part of a regular Friday fun-night for younger church members.
Supervisors who tried to intervene were also beaten in the attack, suffering broken noses and bruises.
"You teach how to love and respect those who are around you and then this happens," said a shaken Reverend Damien Pickett.
"Many of our young members are now too scared to return to the park. We are shocked and stunned beyond belief."
The sickening scenes of mindless violence erupted as junior church-goers took part is a group frisbee game.
"It was only around 8.45pm, and everyone was having fun as usual. We were all tossing the frisbee around, kicking a football, everyone was laughing and joking. Then the huge mob came up out of nowhere. There was some verbal abuse. Then they just started raining down blows on the children. They didn't care how young these kids were, or how small. It was terrifying.
"There were punches and kicks to the head and body. Two youth leaders tried to intervene, but it was no good. They got beaten, too. One, Steve Davies, had his nose broken - bent right across his face. Just for trying to protect the children."
Youth Group Leader Steve Davies, 21, said: "It's sickening. Myself and a colleague were just trying to keep the peace, to stop them from hitting the children. We ended up getting attacked ourselves. There should have been community police officers around, surely. It's frightening to think that there weren't."
Police confirmed yesterday that the matter, initially reported at Burntwood LPU and later at Cannock, was currently being investigated.
The horrific attack comes just days after local police and residents praised the community's efforts in clamping down on anti-social behaviour in Hednesford.
Copyright and Trade Mark Notice
© owned by or licensed to Trinity Mirror Plc 2006icCannockTM is a trade mark of Trinity Mirror Plc.
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Vicious attack on church youngsters
Jun 28 2006
Child members of a church group were kicked and punched to the ground by a drunken mob of adults in Hednesford Park on Friday evening.
Police are currently investigating the horiffic attack, which saw innocent worshippers as young as 14 set upon by the gang, all believed to be aged over
A violent attack has sent shockwaves through members of the peaceloving Kingsmead Independent Baptist Church, who were visiting the park as part of a regular Friday fun-night for younger church members.
Supervisors who tried to intervene were also beaten in the attack, suffering broken noses and bruises.
"You teach how to love and respect those who are around you and then this happens," said a shaken Reverend Damien Pickett.
"Many of our young members are now too scared to return to the park. We are shocked and stunned beyond belief."
The sickening scenes of mindless violence erupted as junior church-goers took part is a group frisbee game.
"It was only around 8.45pm, and everyone was having fun as usual. We were all tossing the frisbee around, kicking a football, everyone was laughing and joking. Then the huge mob came up out of nowhere. There was some verbal abuse. Then they just started raining down blows on the children. They didn't care how young these kids were, or how small. It was terrifying.
"There were punches and kicks to the head and body. Two youth leaders tried to intervene, but it was no good. They got beaten, too. One, Steve Davies, had his nose broken - bent right across his face. Just for trying to protect the children."
Youth Group Leader Steve Davies, 21, said: "It's sickening. Myself and a colleague were just trying to keep the peace, to stop them from hitting the children. We ended up getting attacked ourselves. There should have been community police officers around, surely. It's frightening to think that there weren't."
Police confirmed yesterday that the matter, initially reported at Burntwood LPU and later at Cannock, was currently being investigated.
The horrific attack comes just days after local police and residents praised the community's efforts in clamping down on anti-social behaviour in Hednesford.
Copyright and Trade Mark Notice
© owned by or licensed to Trinity Mirror Plc 2006icCannockTM is a trade mark of Trinity Mirror Plc.
Monday, July 03, 2006
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