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The Golden Maze: a Biography of Prague (HB) by Richard Fidler
ABC broadcaster and bestselling author of Ghost Empire and Saga Land, Richard Fidler is back with a personally curated history of the magical city that is Prague. In 1989, Richard Fidler was living in London as part of the provocative Australian comedy trio The Doug Anthony All Stars when revolution broke out across Europe. Excited by this galvanising historic, human, moment, he travelled to Prague, where a decrepit police state was being overthrown by crowds of ecstatic citizens. His experience of the Velvet Revolution never let go of him. Thirty years later Fidler returns to Prague to uncover the glorious and grotesque history of Europe's most instagrammed and uncanny city: a jumble of gothic towers, baroque palaces and zig-zag lanes that has survived plagues, pogroms, Nazi terror and Soviet tanks. Founded in the ninth Century, Prague gave the world the golem, the robot, and the world's biggest statue of Stalin, a behemoth that killed almost everyone who touched it. Fidler tells the story of the reclusive emperor who brought the world's most brilliant minds to Prague Castle to uncover the occult secrets of the universe. He explores the Black Palace, the wartime headquarters of the Nazi SS, and he meets victims of the communist secret police. Reaching back into Prague's mythic past, he finds the city's founder, the pagan priestess Libussa who prophesised: I see a city whose glory will touch the stars. Following the story of Prague from its origins in medieval darkness to its uncertain present, Fidler does what he does so well - curates an absolutely engaging and compelling history of a place. You will learn things you never knew, with a tour guide who is erudite, inquisitive, and the best storyteller you could have as your companion. ...Show more
Timekeepers: How the World Became Obsessed with Time by Simon Garfield
Not so long ago we timed our lives by the movement of the sun. These days our time arrives atomically and insistently, and our lives are propelled by the notion that we will never have enough of the one thing we crave the most. How have we come to be dominated by something so arbitrary? The compelling s tories in this book explore our obsessions with time. An Englishman arrives back from Calcutta but refuses to adjust his watch. Beethoven has his symphonic wishes ignored. A moment of war is frozen forever. The timetable arrives by steam train. A woman designs a ten-hour clock and reinvents the calendar. Roger Bannister becomes stuck in the same four minutes forever. A British watchmaker competes with mighty Switzerland. And a prince attempts to stop time in its tracks. Timekeepers is a vivid exploration of the ways we have perceived, contained and saved time over the last 250 years, narrated in the highly inventive and entertaining style that bestselling author Simon Garfield is fast making his own. As managing time becomes the greatest challenge we face in our lives, this multi-layered history helps us tackle it in a sparkling new light. ...Show more
The Zookeepers' War - An Incredible True Story from the Cold War by J. W. Mohnhaupt; Shelley Frisch (Translator)
The unbelievable true story of the Cold War's strangest proxy war, fought between the zoos on either side of the Berlin Wall. "The liveliness of Mohnhaupt's storytelling and the wonderful eccentricity of his subject matter make this book well worth a read." --Star Tribune (Minneapolis) Living in West Berlin in the 1960s often felt like living in a zoo, everyone packed together behind a wall, with the world always watching. On the other side of the Iron Curtain, East Berlin and its zoo were spacious and lush, socialist utopias where everything was perfectly planned... and then rarely completed. Berlin's two zoos in East and West quickly became symbols of the divided city's two halves. So no one was terribly surprised when the head zookeepers on either side started an animal arms race--rather than stockpiling nuclear warheads, they competed to have the most pandas and hippos. Soon, state funds were being diverted toward giving these new animals lavish welcomes worthy of visiting dignitaries. West German presidential candidates were talking about zoo policy on the campaign trail. And eventually politicians on both side of the Wall became convinced that if their zoo proved to be inferior, that would mean their country's whole ideology was too. A quirky piece of Cold War history unlike anything you've heard before, The Zookeepers' War is an epic tale of desperate rivalries, human follies, and an animal-mad city in which zookeeping became a way of continuing politics by other means. ...Show more
Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour by Mikey Robins
Rollicking and informative, Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour is your guide through some of the most shameful behaviour indulged in by humanity's most celebrated figures, as told by Mikey Robins, one of Australia's most beloved comedians. It is often said that we live in era of constant o utrage, but we are definitely not the inventors of outrageousness. Let's be honest, human beings have always been appalling. Not everyone and not all the time, but our history is littered with those whose work and deeds have rendered them . . . reprehensible. Sometimes it's our most esteemed luminaries who behave the worst. In Reprehensible: Polite Histories of Bad Behaviour, Mikey Robins holds the mirror up to everyone, from Popes to politicians, from certified artistic geniuses to scientific and mathematical minds without peer - few emerge without blush or blemish. For instance, what are we to make of Catherine the Great's extensive collection of pornographic furniture, Hans Christian Anderson's too-much-information diary and Karl Marx's epic pub crawls? Or hall-of-fame huckster William McCloundy, who in 1901 actually 'sold' the Brooklyn Bridge to an unsuspecting tourist, and the Pharaoh who covered his slaves in honey to keep flies off his meal? Did you know about the royal ticklers of the Romanov court, and the bizarre coronation rituals of early Welsh kings? (Let's just say that eating a white horse wasn't the weirdest part of the ceremony.) And who else but Mikey could uncover the story of Chrysippus, the Stoic philosopher who laughed himself to death at the sight of a drunk donkey? So sit back and rest your conscience: there will be a host of scoundrels, bounders and reprobates, tales of lust and power aplenty, as we indulge in that sweet spot where history meets outrage, with just a bit of old-school TMZ thrown in for good measure. ...Show more
Digging Up Armageddon: The Search for the Lost City of Solomon by Eric H. Cline
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A vivid portrait of the early years of biblical archaeology from the acclaimed author of 1177 B.C.: The Year Civilization Collapsed In 1925, James Henry Breasted, famed Egyptologist and director of the Oriental Institute at the University of Chicago, sent a team of archaeologists to the Holy Land to exc avate the ancient site of Megiddo - Armageddon in the New Testament - which the Bible says was fortified by King Solomon. Their excavations made headlines around the world and shed light on one of the most legendary cities of biblical times, yet little has been written about what happened behind the scenes. Digging Up Armageddon brings to life one of the most important archaeological expeditions ever undertaken, describing the site and what was found there, including discoveries of gold and ivory, and providing an up-close look at the internal workings of a dig in the early years of biblical archaeology. The Chicago team left behind a trove of writings and correspondence going back more than three decades, from letters and cablegrams to cards, notes, and diaries. Eric Cline draws on these materials to paint a compelling portrait of a bygone age of archaeology. Cline masterfully sets the expedition against the backdrop of the Great Depression in America and the growing troubles and tensions in British Mandate Palestine. He gives readers an insider's perspective on the debates over what was uncovered at Megiddo, the infighting that roiled the expedition, and the stunning discoveries that transformed our understanding of the ancient world. Digging Up Armageddon is the enthralling story of an archaeological site in the interwar years and its remarkable place at the crossroads of history. ...Show more
Fighting for Our Lives - The History of a Community's Response to AIDS by Nick Cook
Fighting For Our Lives is the inspirational story of communities directly affected by the AIDS crisis. Against a harrowing backdrop of illness and death, fear and anger, hate and discrimination, they bravely took action. During the darkest years of the epidemic, marginalised communities – mostly g ay men, sex workers and people who inject drugs – came together to form organisations that gave them a voice in the corridors of power. They built an unprecedented alliance with politicians and medical experts, a three-way partnership that made Australia's response to AIDS one of the most successful in the world. Fighting For Our Lives captures the high-stakes drama of this extraordinary period and the stories of the people at the very centre of a life-or-death struggle. It is a gripping read, an important story, and one that must never be forgotten. ...Show more
The Glamour Boys: The Secret Story of the Rebels Who Fought for Britain to Defeat Hitler by Chris Bryant
A story of unsung bravery at a defining moment in Britain's history'A fascinating, beautifully written story I had never heard before' Hugh GrantWe like to think we know the story of how Britain went to war with Germany in 1939, but there is one chapter that has never been told. In the early 1930s, a gr oup of young, queer British MPs visited Berlin on a series of trips that would change the course of the Second World War. As Hitler rose to power, they watched the Nazis arrest their gay and Jewish friends, send them to concentration camps and murder them. These men were some of the first to warn Britain about Hitler, repeatedly speaking out against their government's policy of appeasing him. Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain hated them. Branding them 'the glamour boys', he had them followed, harassed, spied upon and derided in the press. They suffered abuse, innuendo and threats of de-selection. At a time when even the suggestion of homosexuality could land you in prison, the bravery these men were forced to show in their personal lives gave them extraordinary courage in public. Adept at hiding their true nature, some became talented spies, while others witnessed the brutality of Hitler's camps first hand. Four of them died in action. And without them, this country would never have faced down the Nazis. Based on years of archival research, this is a story of unsung bravery at a defining moment in Britain's history. ...Show more
Ring of Spies - How MI5 and the FBI Brought down the Nazis in America by Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones
In 1935-37 America passed several Neutrality Acts, vowing never again to take sides in a European conflict. In 1938 public attitudes changed, with the American people beginning to favour Britain and turn against Germany - but what caused this shift of opinion? One reason was the tip-off received by the FBI on the eve of the Second World War, which led to the exposure of a Nazi spy ring operating right there in America. The FBI was able to bring the group to justice and launch a campaign to warn the American people about the Nazi threat to their shores and society. In Ring of Spies, Rhodri Jeffreys-Jones reveals how this case helped to awaken America to the Nazi menace, and how it skewed American opinion, thus spelling the end of US neutrality. Using evidence from FBI files he uncovers a story straight out of a detective novel, featuring honey traps, fast cars and double agents. ...Show more
Mutiny On The Bounty by Peter Fitzsimons
The mutiny on HMS Bounty, in the South Pacific on 28 April 1789, is one of history's truly great stories - a tale of human drama, intrigue and adventure of the highest order - and in the hands of Peter FitzSimons it comes to life as never before. Commissioned by the Royal Navy to collect breadfruit plan ts from Tahiti and take them to the West Indies, the Bounty's crew found themselves in a tropical paradise. Five months later, they did not want to leave. Under the leadership of Fletcher Christian most of the crew mutinied soon after sailing from Tahiti, setting Captain William Bligh and 18 loyal crewmen adrift in a small open boat. In one of history's great feats of seamanship, Bligh navigated this tiny vessel for 3618 nautical miles to Timor. ...Show more
Gladius: Living, Fighting and Dying in the Roman Army by Guy de Guy de la Bedoyere
Guy de la Bedoyere's gripping narrative history gives a sense of what it was like to be a soldier in the army that brought the Romans their empire The Roman army was the greatest fighting machine the ancient world produced. The Roman Empire depended on soldiers not just to win its wars, defend its fron tiers and control the seas but also to act as the engine of the state. Roman legionaries and auxiliaries came from across the Roman world and beyond. They served as tax collectors, policemen, surveyors, civil engineers and, if they survived, in retirement as civic worthies, craftsmen and politicians. Some even rose to become emperors.Gladius takes the reader right into the heart of what it meant to be a part of the Roman army through the words of Roman historians, and those of the men themselves through their religious dedications, tombstones, and even private letters and graffiti. Guy de la Bedoyere throws open a window on how the men, their wives and their children lived, from bleak frontier garrisons to guarding the emperor in Rome, enjoying a ringside seat to history fighting the emperors' wars, mutinying over pay, marching in triumphs, throwing their weight around in city streets, and enjoying esteem in honorable retirement. ...Show more
In Search of the Red Slave - Shipwreck and Captivity in Madagascar by Mike Parker Pearson; Karen Godden
Pirates, shipwreck and slavery - these are the key themes in this story of a young Englishman who spent 14 years of his life in captivity in Madagascar. This tale has been more or less lost to sight for centuries, for, although the shipwrecked sailor in question, Robert Drury, wrote a book about his adv entures in 1729, it has long been out of print. Parker Pearson and Godden have explored the world of Southern Madagascar in order to track down the truth of his story. ...Show more
The End Is Always Near: Apocalyptic Moments from the Bronze Age Collapseto Nuclear Near Misses by Dan Carlin
From the creator of the wildly popular podcast comes Dan Carlin's Hardcore History: History at the Extremes. Dan Carlin has created a new way to think about history. His award-winning podcast is revered for its unique blend of high drama, enthralling narration, and Twilight Zone-style twists. A politica l commentator, Carlin approaches history like a magician, employing completely unorthodox and always entertaining ways of taking a second look at what we think we know about wars, empires, and leaders across centuries and millennia. In his long-awaited first book, Carlin tackles some of history's biggest what ifs with all his trademark charm and erudition, from whether historical heroes like Alexander the Great were in fact comparable to Hitler to whether our greatest social upheavals came in the wake of our most deadly epidemics. He puts us in the shoes of good people who were led to do very bad things, compares military might across the ages and makes us think again about how and why civilisations fall. In asking and answering these questions, Carlin gets to grips with the guts of history, and shows us how the forces of our past continue to shape our present and future. ...Show more


We are delighted to welcome back The Catfish Blues Orchestra following their successful debut over St. Patrick's Day Festival weekend back in March. A really entertaining band that I am sure you are going to want to come and see.
Ireland's definitive Blues Big Band The Catfish Blues Orchestra features some of the finest blues talents based in Ireland today. This is a high octane show and is a truly unique musical experience with blistering guitar, creamy bass, steam train like percussion, melodic vocal work and true blues harp. This 6 piece band produce a powerful sound that has to be experienced live to be fully appreciated.
Driven by a love for authentic blues music the group draw on influences ranging from the early blues masters of the delta such as Robert Johnson & Sonny Boy Williamson, to the electric Chicago and Texas blues masters such as Muddy Waters and Freddie King, up to British blues invasion guitar gods such as Eric Clapton, Peter Green all the way up to contemporary influences such as Robben Ford and Derek Trucks. The Orchestra draw on all of these influences including many others to create their own rich and soulful blend of Rhythm and Blues.


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Dynamic Coalition
UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality
Competition & Innovation
"Network Neutrality" is the principle mandating that Internet traffic be managed in a non-discriminatory fashion.
Network Neutrality plays an instrumental role in preserving Internet openness; fostering the enjoyment of Internet users ' human rights; promoting competition and equality of opportunity; safeguarding the generative peer-to-peer nature of the Internet; and spreading the benefits of the Internet to all people.
Throughout the last decade, the emergence of discriminatory practices has led many national governments to consider the elaboration of network-neutrality frameworks. The purpose of this websites is to provide a pedagogic arena aimed at scrutinising the various nuances of the network-neutrality debate and contribute to the elaboration of the best advised policies and regulations pertaining to network neutrality.
Detailed information regarding the Net Neutrality debate can be found in the reports produced by the UN IGF Dynamic Coalition on Network Neutrality, available on the "Sources" page of this website. See particularly:
Luca Belli (Ed.) (2016). Net neutrality reloaded: zero rating, specialised service, ad blocking and traffic management. FGV Direito Rio. Preface by Tim Wu.
Luca Belli & Primavera De Filippi (Eds.) (2015). Net Neutrality Compendium. Human Rights, Free Competition and the Future of the Internet. Preface by Vinton G. Cerf | Postface by Louis Pouzin
Available on the website of the United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights
The notion of network neutrality takes into consideration the extent to which Internet Traffic Management (ITM) practices -- and other practices aimed at implementing discriminatory behaviours -- may be deemed as admissible, without being considered as putting in jeopardy end-users' enjoyment of their fundamental rights and without hindering competition and innovation.
Network neutrality is grounded on openness, universal access and transparency and stems from the end-to-end argument whereby the Internet is a general-purpose network whose intelligence resides in the edges. According to such reasoning, "certain required end-to-end functions can only be performed correctly by the end-systems themselves" and the best way to cope with failures of transmission is to "give responsibility for the integrity of communication to the end systems" (RFC 1958).
Accordingly, end-users should not be victims of opaque ITM, but rather enjoy an open and neutral network which allows them to control the applications they use; to benefit of the maximum access to online content, application and services; and to easily circulate their innovations.
A considerable number of network operators frequently put in place discriminatory ITM consisting in blocking, filtering and throttling specific data flows in order to prioritise or impede access to certain applications, services or content (BEREC, 2012).
The widespread adoption of such ITM leads to the conclusion that the mere self-regulation may be insufficient to maintain the open and neutral character of the Internet.
It is right and proper to query to which extent ITM may interfere with the end-users' freedom of expression and communication. Indeed, non-neutral traffic management may lead to the establishment of so-called "walled gardens", thus fostering network balkanisation and limiting end-users' possibility to circulate innovation as well as their fundamental right to freely impart and receive information and ideas through the Internet.
Furthermore, concerns have been growing around network operators' utilisation of intrusive techniques, such as Deep Packet Inspection (DPI), in order to identify the content and applications which they intend to block and prioritise. Indeed, the exploitation of these techniques hold promise to provoke nefarious consequences on end-users' privacy.
Copyright 2013 Network Neutrality Coalition

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Q: Making a Docker build stage depend on another stage without using anything from it TL;DR: Is it possible to make a stage in a Docker multi-stage build depend on one or more stages without using anything from them? I.e., can I have stage X fail if stage Y fails, even though X doesn't use anything from Y?
Details:
My scenario is as follows: I have a single-page app (React + Javascript, but this doesn't matter) which uses a multi-stage Docker build which sets up a workspace, tests and compiles the code, and finally produces an image which uses Nginx to serve the SPA. Simplified, my Dockerfile looks something like this:
FROM node:16.14.2-bullseye AS build
# Copy entire git repo (except .dockerignore'd files) into workspace
COPY . /app
WORKDIR /app

# Download dependencies
RUN yarn install --frozen-lockfile

# Run tests
RUN yarn test

# Build app
RUN yarn build

FROM nginx:1.23.1-alpine AS nginx
# Copy build output to nginx webroot
COPY --from=build /app/build /usr/share/nginx/html

yarn test and yarn build exit with non-zero exit codes if they fail, and will so abort the build, just as it should be.
Furthermore, testing and building are also completely independent of each other, so I'd like to split the build up even more so I can run these steps in parallel, and then if they succeed, build the Nginx image. The following is almost what I want:
# Stage `workspace` - all files from the repo with dependencies installed
FROM node:16.14.2-bullseye AS workspace
COPY . /app
WORKDIR /app
RUN yarn install --frozen-lockfile

# Stage `test` - run unit tests
FROM workspace AS test
RUN yarn test

# Stage `compile` - build the SPA
FROM workspace AS compile
RUN yarn build

# Stage `nginx`- serves the built site
FROM nginx:1.23.1-alpine AS nginx
COPY --from=compile /app/build /usr/share/nginx/html

I can now run docker build --target=test . to just run the tests, docker build --target=compile . to just build the SPA, and docker build --target=nginx . to get my Nginx image. If the compile stage fails, the Nginx packaging will fail, too, which is good. If the tests fail... well, there's nothing stopping us from building an Nginx image of my app from a code base which doesn't pass the tests, and I'd like to change that.
Here are a few options I thought up but didn't quite like:

*

*Just make sure I run the tests in my build pipeline before I run the Nginx build. Well, I already do this, but if someone messes up and happens to remove the test step, I'd still like the tests to be run. It's also nice to be able to see in the Dockerfile how things are expected to work.

*Create an empty dummy file in the test stage (touch TESTS_OK or somesuch) and copy it into to the nginx stage (COPY --from=test /app/TESTS_OK /). This makes the dependency explicit, but it feels a bit hackish copying a random file into a random place of my Nginx image.

*Use an intermediate stage which copies files from both compile and test stages, and have the nginx stage copy the files it needs from this intermediate stage. A bit like the previous option, except there's a level of indirection (annoying) which allows me to avoid sullying the Nginx image with random garbage files (good!).

So far, the last option is probably the one I dislike the least, but they're all hacks. Is there a better way of declaring that a stage requires another stage to be successful without actually using anything from it?

A:
Can I have stage X fail if stage Y fails, even though X doesn't use anything from Y?

Using the modern BuildKit engine, if stage X is the final image and it doesn't use anything from Y, Docker won't even run the earlier stage.
I'd suggest running your unit-test sequence outside of Docker, before you build an image.  You should be able to configure your CI system to do the equivalent of:
yarn install
yarn test
docker build .

This also would let you omit the test code and dependencies from the final image, resulting in a smaller image and marginally faster build.
If it's really important to you to use no tool other than Docker, a trick from classic Makefiles is to have your test stage create an empty file on success, and then have the later stage copy that file.  Now there is "a dependency" even though it's not actually a meaningful file.
FROM workspace AS test
RUN yarn test \
 && touch /.tests-successful

FROM nginx:1.23.1-alpine
COPY --from=test /.tests-successful /
COPY --from=compile /app/build /usr/share/nginx/html

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Fred M. Blount was born on July 23, 1898 somewhere in Alabama and died on March 1, 1981 in Arcadia, Florida. He lived to be 82 years old.
family# 15: Fred M. Blount (21), Sevada Blount (22)& Ruby Griswell (4 3mo.)-step daughter. Fred is a farmer. Fred & Sevada can read & write. They were married at age 21 & 22. All were born in AL as were their parents.
59 1957 The Miccosukee Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.
64 1962 The Seminole Tribe of Florida is organized under the 1934 US Indian Reorganization Act and recognized by the federal government.
81 1979 The sovereign status of the Seminole Indian Tribe allows it to establish the first gambling establishment in FL. It is a bingo hall located on their Hollywood, FL reservation.


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I really don't want to see these become popular. Does that make me a curmudgeon? From discovery.com.
1) There's a bit of hype emerging about some Chinese researchers who are working on a "super-maglev" train, which would supposedly be capable of speeds of up to 1,800 miles per hour. They've even made a prototype! Unsurprisingly, it's being framed as competition for the hyperloop, but that doesn't seem very plausible to me. The super-maglev is a full vacuum system; basically the same kind of vacuum tube transport system that has been a pipe dream (heh) for over a century now.
The super maglev has the same problem as all the other vacuum train proposals: It's really bloody difficult to maintain a vacuum in a tube that stretches for hundreds or thousands of kilometers. Musk's proposal is neat because it proposes a way around that. The super maglev proposes no such thing. Still, it's neat that this kind of thing is getting media attention.
2) The pace of self-driving car development has really accelerated in the last few weeks. Google is looking to commercialize them, and now there's a proposed amendment in the United Nations Convention on Road Traffic that would legalize them. The amendment was put forward by a collection of European countries: Germany, France, Belgium, Austria, and Italy. This suggests that they might be changing their domestic laws soon as well.
If Europe becomes a hotbed for the commercialization of autonomous vehicles, then Volvo might be poised to benefit. They have just released 100 self-driving cars into Gotheburg traffic, and made a shiny video demonstrating how self-driving cars could free up road space and reduce congestion. This is a pretty clear example of socio-technical visions at work, and such a public relations effort suggests that Volvo is getting serious about autonomous vehicles. It looks like the race might be on to actually start selling these things.
3) Also on the subject of transport, a few people are getting excited about this ridiculous flying bike thing. I'll admit it looks like it might be fun, but I can't see it having any value as anything other than a very expensive toy. And do we really need any more very expensive, carbon emitting motorized toys for grown men? Furthermore, do we want to see these things flying freely over national parks? I think maybe we should push for some pretty strict regulation if they actually start selling these. Otherwise we risk giving those jerks who floor it down city streets on their motorcycles the power of flight.
4) Lastly, YouTube is going to buy Twitch! In case you haven't heard of it, Twitch is an internet video site designed specifically to allow people to watch and comment on video games. A few months ago, I was an avid follower of an ingenious Twitch channel called Twitch Plays Pokemon, in which the chat stream could be used to control a game of pokemon. The result was as hilarious as it was chaotic.
But Twitch is also well-known for the considerably more serious phenomenon of e-sports, and the initial bid on the site of over $1 billion suggests that YouTube has big plans for the purchase. With google's financial muscle behind them, e-sports could become a lot more important. If e-sports start to compete for viewers with traditional physical sports, then we're probably in for another annoying round of moral panic about how video games are making people sedentary and obese.


Soon after I graduated from Case Western Reserve University in Cleveland, Ohio, I spent a year living in Americus, a small town in southern Georgia. I sometimes felt the subtle jabs of racism from people around me—the raising of an eyebrow, the clutching of a purse, the sudden grabbing of a child's hand.
One hot autumn day, as I took a leisurely walk through the town, I heard the muffled melody of Dance of the Knights from Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet, coming from a nearby house.
I had first heard Dance of the Knights several years earlier in Professor John Kratus's Music Appreciation class at Case. Before then, I had not been an avid listener of classical music. However, I was mesmerized when I first heard this piece. As I sat in the classroom at Haydn Hall, the syncopated melody and the thick, dark chords evoked a feeling of dread that captivated me. Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet quickly became one of my favorite musical compositions, and it sparked in me a passion for classical music that would continue to grow for years afterward.
I approached the large Victorian house with caution. This orchestral music seemed out of place in this backwoods town, and I felt compelled to follow it. I walked up the steps and onto the front porch. The music washed over me. I stood and drank in the sounds. I knew I was trespassing, but I could not walk away.
I answered, "Dance of the Knights." His brow furrowed as he tried to process my response. Then I added, "From Prokofiev's Romeo and Juliet. Heart-wrenching." Evidently, my capacity to form complete sentences had abandoned me.
He opened the door and I entered.
Inside, his home was well-kept and seemed to consist mostly of hardwood floors and clean, empty space. Speakers had been expertly placed at locations throughout the ground floor to produce optimal sound. Our footsteps reverberated as we walked into his living room. Despite the elaborate sound system, the man had no television that I could see. He invited me to sit down in one of his two easy chairs. He poured me a glass of ice water. Then he hit the PLAY button on his stereo and the CD began.
For the next three hours, a white man and a dark man sat together in a living room, in the Deep South, with their eyes closed, and nothing else existed … not name, not race, not ethnicity, not even title.
Nothing else existed except the Music.
An earlier version of this essay appeared in Case Magazine, the magazine of Case Western Reserve University. Ranjit Souri (rjsouri@yahoo.com) manages a theater school and teaches writing classes in Chicago.


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Love him or hate him, its hard' not to respect Norm Macdonald for how he handled his last appearance on The Late Show With David Letterman.
With Dave's last show coming up in a few days, Norm used his stage time to give thanks for everything Dave did for his career, as well as just being a great influence.
It didn't take long before he got a bit choked up on stage, but he managed to get through his tribute to a standing ovation.
Norm told the story of the first time he'd seen Dave perform, and his favorite joke from that set. He then became more somber, telling Dave that he loved him.
It really was the perfect ending to the show. I mean, how do you follow that?!?
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My birth stories – Number 1- the mischievous breech one!
I've read a lot of birth stories. Most recently on the new Irish website www.42weeks.ie designed to promote positive birth in Ireland. It got me thinking of my own births. All so different, yet almost identical! Not least all by c-section.
I realise I haven't shared my own birth stores on my site so here goes! Baby 1…..
My first pregnancy went well. Baby was breech around the 28 week mark but no one was concerned at that point. At about 32 weeks my consultant advised that if she remained breech a section would be advised but before we even went down that road he could attempt an External Cephalic Version (ECV) to try and turn her. Of course all this was hypothetical until, at 36 weeks she was still breech. I agreed to try ECV. I attended the breech clinic and as I sat in the waiting room felt massive movement from baby. I went in for the procedure, they scanned me and she was head down. Yippee – back on track. I think she realised what was coming and hurried into position in the waiting room. I was told it was highly unlikely at this stage I would have any further issues with her breech position.
Roll on to 39 weeks and I went for my last antenatal appointment before my Christmas Day d-day! It was 22nd December 2006. A Friday. Everyone was in great spirits preparing for Christmas weekend. I had been told I would have a sweep of the membranes but before they commenced they would check baby with a quick scan. My heart almost dropped as the sonographer asked had I felt baby move recently. Of course I assumed the worst. She quickly reassured me that baby was alive and kicking – just doing it the wrong way around – at some point in the preceding week she had turned breech again! Not only that my waters seemed to have diminished to a very low level – oligohydroamnios.
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I was walked across the courtyard with my husband and brought to an ante natal ward. As we waited at the nurses station for a bed hubby looked decidedly pale. He was sent off to do the formal admissions paperwork and I was prepared for theatre with blood tests, checks, a consultation with the anaesthetist and changed into a theatre gown. By 2.45pm I was wheeled into theatre – I think they put me in the wheelchair to save my dignity – I had no dressing gown and only a theatre gown with a big gapping hole at the back!
The birth went totally smoothly – albeit the experience was a little scary and strange. Along came my first little baby – a girl. Having already experienced one shock of the day with being rushed to theatre I got a second shock as I had been convinced my entire pregnancy I would have a boy!
So here I was in the recovery room having stood outside the Rotunda hospital Dublin waiting for my husband and dreaming of a nice lunch post appointment, only three hours earlier. I could never have imagined as I walked in the door of the hospital at 12.30pm that I would only leave 5 days later and with a new little daughter!
Great story! Congratulations for delivering a beautiful baby girl! The D-day is one of the most nerve-wracking events in a woman's life and being brave is a must. I experienced 6 hours of labor pain. I didn't have anyone, aside from the nurse, in the delivery room. I felt helpless that day. I'm glad you get through this.
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Review: Unleash The Archers – Apex
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Canadian power-metallers Unleash The Archers will be releasing "Apex" on the 2nd of June, under their long-running label Napalm Records. They had first won me over with their second album Demons of The AstroWaste (2011) – I felt it was one of the few albums I enjoyed every single song on, so one can imagine how pleased I was to have the privilege to listen to their fourth installment.
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Interview with Apex!
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Genre(s): Deathcore
PSAB: Why did you choose the name "Apex" for your band?
Apex: The name Apex comes from the phrase "Apex Predator". An apex predator has few to no predators of their own and they reside at the top of their food chain. I personally thought that was as a strong a name as we could get
PSAB: You released your debut single "Mortifier" back in February of 2014. How was the feedback for the single then and are you still receiving feedback now?
Apex: The feedback has been amazing. Better than we ever could've expected for a first single from a new band. Also, yeah we keep getting kids liking our page almost everyday and the views on the video continue to climb. It's weird and amazing at the same time. I can't wait to see what happens when we release more music.
PSAB: As of this interview, you're currently not signed to any label. If you had the choice of any label to be signed to, which label would that be and why?
Apex: I honestly don't think we're all too concerned about getting signed. If I personally had to pick, I'd say Sumerian or Epitaph. I think some of the artists on those labels and the way they are ran are amazing.
PSAB: How is the local metal scene in Cincinnati, OH?
Apex: It's a great place to be to play metal. There are some amazing bands around here to share the stage with and the kids here come out to every show and they go hard as fuck. The bands support each other and everyone gets excited on everyone's music. You can't ask for much more. We wanna see what the scene is like in other places though.
PSAB: What one band has played the most influence on your music?Apex: Honestly I don't think we've sit down and been like "make that part like" or anything. The entire writing process has been "let's be different and let's be heavy". But if I had to pick on mutual influence throughout the whole band, it's be The Tony Danza Tap Dance Extravaganza.
PSAB: Do you have any shout outs to give to your fans?
Apex: To anyone who has taken the time of day to like our page, listen to Mortifier, share it, download it, tell a friend about it, anything. Thank you so much. We have BIG things coming in the near future. The new music kicks Mortifier in the ass and we'll have a few announcements you'll wanna hear. Stick around, and again… Thank you.
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You're enjoying peace and quiet at home today. Taking advantage of the situation, you had taken out a book on the Supreme Personality of Godhead authored by a respected teacher in the Vaishnava tradition. To stay in the proper mood, you decided to read in an area of the house where there was a picture of God the person hanging on the wall directly in front of you.
Unfortunately, your peace didn't last too long. The doorbell rings. You answer it to find that you're getting a surprise visit from your child's friend. They are of a relatively young age. They want to play with your child, and you give the information that your child is out right now and will be back shortly. You ask the friend to sit down and wait.
This question is not uncommon. The uniqueness of the bhakti tradition is that it describes God the person. Even in Vedic philosophy, on which bhakti-yoga is based, the Almighty is not always described so vividly. Sometimes just His features with respect to the material nature get described. The name Ishvara, for example, says that the Almighty is the chief among controllers. The name Paramatma says that He is a soul like other living entities, but the supreme one.
From the bhakti tradition comes names like Krishna, Rama, Vishnu, and Hari. These Sanskrit words have meanings in terms of attributes, but they also reference specific personalities. The personalities are identical; they just look different due to the functions they perform and the times and circumstances of their appearances, i.e. manifestations.
The blue color on the body of God the person is known as shyama. This word has several meanings. It can mean dark, dark-blue, or even dark-brown or dark-green. Every meaning is appropriate for the Supreme Lord since He appears on earth at different times. The creation goes through cycles. Just because there was a beginning to this earth now doesn't mean that there wasn't an earth before. Although everything will be destroyed at some point, creation will occur again.
God the person appears in millennium after millennium, and sometimes the complexion is not the same. Sometimes it is green and sometimes it is dark blue. The thing to remember is that the complexion is not concocted in the mind. God the person is not the product of an imaginative writer. God is blue because that's what His complexion is. We know that is the complexion because of what others have said about Him.
The above referenced verse from the Ramayana gives further confirmation. Here Shri Hanuman is describing the Supreme Lord in His incarnation of Rama, the prince of Ayodhya. The description is for the ears of Sita Devi, the wife of Rama. Hanuman is a trusted authority since he has met Rama personally. The information is fresh in his mind, as recently he was by Rama's side. He is in Lanka now doing Rama's work, searching for Sita.
There are other distinguishable features. Rama has a voice like a kettledrum. His skin is glowing. His body is square-built, which means it is robust. Rama's limbs are symmetrically proportioned, which is a sign of auspiciousness. He is also highly-resplendent.
The shyama color is beautiful on Rama. Even when the color is greenish instead of bluish, the same glow is there. We may not know anyone with this type of complexion, but Hanuman's words can be trusted. They should be trusted, in fact, if a person desires advancement in the spiritual consciousness. That shyama color is like a dark raincloud ready to shower nectar on those who are qualified to receive it. Rama is beauty through and through, and those who know Him take advantage of His association.
Never knowing someone of complexion blue.
Just Hanuman's words from Ramayana take.
Description of Rama, on whose arms Sita dependent.
Either way most beautiful the world has ever seen.


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But while it makes a pretty story on the surface, I'm just like many of you in ways you can't begin to imagine. I'm not so special that I got to skip the developmental steps of dating. I just did them mostly with one person. And honestly that's because I was too scared and insecure to venture out further than what was comfortable. Thankfully, my now-husband was too. It is a rare example of two people's evolution occurring in sync with each other. And yes, I am grateful every day.
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What started as a convoy of 160 people fleeing the "murder capital of the world" has now become a group of an estimated 7,200 men, women and children heading towards the U.S. in a desperate bid for asylum. However, despite their legitimate reasons for fleeing their country in search of safety, Trump has sent 5,200 troops to apprehend them at the border.
WHY ARE PEOPLE FLEEING THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE?
On 12th October 2018, a group of Hondurans decided to leave their hometown of San Pedro Sula, once dubbed the "world's most dangerous city", and began the long and perilous journey North towards the U.S/Mexican border to seek asylum. Along the way, they were joined by thousands of people, mainly from Honduras, Guatemala and El Salvador, all of whom are fleeing dire poverty, violence and instability.
Migration route from Honduras - image via Business Insider
These Northern Triangle states have consistently ranked as some of the most dangerous countries in the world. This is down to a number of factors, including gang violence, lack of social infrastructure, perennial political instability and corruption, and the drugs trade. There have been huge efforts to stabilize these countries, with the United States pumping billions into various schemes such as A4P and the MCC. However, crime rates remain ridiculously high, with one study by the Wilson Centre revealing that up to 95% of crimes go unpunished. Not only are the risks of being punished low, but the rewards are huge - a recent report by the human rights group, WOLA, reveals that 90% of documented cocaine flowing into the United States passes through the region.
Gangs, which include transnational gangs, or "maras", such as Mara Salvatrucha (MS-13) and the Eighteenth Street Gang (M-18), not only traffick drugs but also people. They frequently kidnap civilians for extortion and run protection rackets. A 2015 investigation by Honduran newspaper, La Prensa, found that Salvadorans and Hondurans pay an estimated $390 million, $200 million, and $61 million, respectively, in annual extortion fees to organized crime groups. If civilians do not pay these groups, they run the risk of being killed.
With all of these terrible dangers, coupled with crippling poverty, is it any wonder that thousands have decided to flee?
A LEGACY OF VIOLENCE
Both Guatemala and El Salvador experienced devastating civil wars for much of the late 20th century. In Guatemala, a civil war raged from 1960-1996, killing an estimated 200,00 civilians, and in El Salvador, fighting between the government and leftist militia left 75,000 dead. The neighboring state of Honduras was badly affected by the regional violence and was also used as a base for the U.S.-backed Contras, a right-wing rebel group fighting Nicaragua's Sandinista government during the 1980's.
These prolonged conflicts severely curbed the development of these countries, restricting its infrastructural growth and economic stability. It has also affected generations of civilians, leaving thousands of demobilized and unemployed men with easy access to weapons. This has led to the rampant gang culture we see today.
The caravan, pictured with Honduras flag - image via the BBC
WHAT HAS THE U.S. DONE TO HELP THE NORTHERN TRIANGLE?
There have been concerted efforts over the years by the United States to stabilize the Northern Triangle, but with little success.
Back in the early 2000's, George W.Bush introduced the 'Millenium Challenge Cooporation', a scheme which pumped millions into Honduras, Nicaragu and El Salvador. Despite this, thousands of migrants tried to enter the U.S. and in response, Bush introduced 'Operation Streamline' a "zero tolerance" policy under which all migrants found illegally crossing the border would be arrested and deported. He also created the 'Merida Initiative', a security package comprising the Northern Triangle states, with the aim of stopping migrants from reaching the U.S.
When Barack Obama came to power, he maintained the general border strategies of his predecessor, with a few alterations: He took Mexico out of the Merida group and created the Central America Regional Security Initiative (CARSI). Over a $1 billion has been invested into CARSI to bolster the region's law enforcement, narcotics and justice systems. In 2016, he ordered the rounding up and deportation of thousands of failed asylum seekers. He also promoted the Alliance for Prosperity (A4P) another multi-billion dollar program by Northern Triangle governments and the Inter-American Development Bank.
When Trump became president, he continued to endorse A4P but introduced significantly harsher immigration policies which included the revoking of temporary protected status (TPS). This will affect nearly 350,000 people from Northern Triangle countries who will lose their right to legally live and work in the U.S.. Trump also introduced his widely criticized, and thankfully discontinued, policy of separating migrant children from their families at the border.
In the past few weeks, the journey of the migrant caravan from Honduras has quickly become a media sensation, sparking a series of reactionary tweets from Donald Trump in which he uses words like "onslaught", "assault" and "invasion". Trumps defends his anti-immigration stance with the unsubstantiated claim that apparently the group has been infiltrated by "gang members" and "criminals", and even "unknown Middle Easterners"!
Despite fierce criticism for his, at worst, racist, and at best, severely prejudiced remarks, Trump remains steadfast in his "belief". On October 29th, Trump deployed 5,200 troops to the Southern border to prevent the caravan from reaching the United States.
Yesterday, he was challenged at a press conference over his Tweets by CNN reporter, Jim Acosta. Trump refused to engage with Acosta, calling him a "rude, terrible person"
"We're going to have tents, they're going to be very nice, and they're going to wait, and if they don't get asylum, they get out. And very few people, they don't actually, if you wanna wait they don't usually get asylum, you know that."
These were words spoken by Trump in an interview with Fox News only a few days ago. U.S. troops are now positioned at the U.S./Mexican border awaiting the approaching caravan. The people in the caravan will be detained and kept in a makeshift camp while their asylum applications are processed.
"Despite the fact detention and processing at the border clearly flouts international asylum law, it is common practice - just look at Europe's third country deal with Turkey!"
Under the 1951 Refugee Convention, the U.S. has a legal obligation to accept and process all asylum applications. However, statistics show that the chances of gaining asylum to the United States are very slim. Looking back to the previous migrant caravan, which made its way to the U.S. in April 2018 and comprised just 1,500 people, only 401 applied for asylum, and of those, 374 passed the 'credible fear test'. The credible fear test determines whether the applicant qualifies for an asylum hearing. Despite Republican Attorney General, Jeff Sessions, dubbing the process an "easy ticket to illegal entry to the United States", the credible fear test is stringent and only the first in a series of hurdles applicants must jump over to gain refugee status. In fact, statistics show that the percentage of applicants granted asylum is decreasing, with a recent report by TRAC showing that 60% of all applicants were denied asylum in 2017.
'Immigration Court Asylum Decisions' (in the U.S.) - graph taken from TRAC immigration report analysis
THE UNITED STATES ASYLUM SEEKING PROCEDURE IS SADLY NOT THE ONLY ONE THAT LACKS EFFICIENCY AND INTEGRITY...
The United States' border policy directly contravenes the 1951 Refugee Convention, which states that all asylum seekers have the right "to seek and to enjoy in other countries asylum from persecution&qu


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Active passive voice
1936. People say that honesty is the best policy but they seldom act upon it.
A. It is said that honesty is teh best policy but that is seldom acted upon.
B. Honesty is said to be the best policy but it is seldom acted upon. *
C. Honesty is that best policy which is seldome acted upon.
D. It is said the honesty was best policy which was seldome acted upon.
1937. People say that deomcracy is a better form of a government.
A. Democracy is a better form of government people say.
B. According to people democracy is a better form of government.
C. Democracy is said to be a better form of government. *
D. Democracy is a better form of a government.
1938. Donot disturb him for nothing.
A. Let not he be disturbed for nothing . *
B. He is not to be disturbed for nothing.
C. Nobody should disturb him for nothing.
D. We should not disturb him for nothing.
1939. I killed a snake with a stone in my dream last night.
A. With a stone in my dream i killed a snake last night.
B. A snake was killed by me with a stone in my dream last night. *
C. A snake is killed by I with a stone in my dream last night.
D. In my dream last night a snake was killed by me with a stone.
1940. How many letters have you written since the beginning of the month.
A. How many letters have been written by you since the beginning of the month. *
B. How many letters did you write since the beginning of the month.
C. How many letters do you think you have written since the beginning of the month.
D. How many letters are being written by you since the beginning of the month.
1941. The teacher had given the boys a quiz before I entered the class.
A. The boys had been given a quic by the teacher before I entered the class. *
B. A quiz was given by the teacher to the boys before i entered the class.
C. The teacher has given a quiz to the boys before i entered the class.
D. The boys are been given a quiz by the teacher before entered the class.
1942. They will have finished their work by Ten.
A. By ten they have finished their work.
B. Their work will have been finished by them by ten. *
C. By Ten they must have finished the work.
D. Their work will have finishedd by them by ten.
1943. Heavy rainfall damaged the crops.
A. The crops are damaged by heavy rainfall.
B. Crop were damaged by heavy rainfall .*
C. Heavy rainfall damages the crops.
D. Crop is damaged by heavy rain fall.
1944. I shall write a letter.
A. A letter shall be written by me. *
B. A letter will have written by me.
C. A letter is being written by me.
D. A letter is to be written by me.
1945. She recites the Holy Qur'an daily.
A. Thy Holy Qur'an will be recited by her daily.
B. They Holy Qur'an should be recited by her daily.
C. The Holy Qur'an is recited by her daily. *
D. She used to recite Holy Qur'an daily.
1946. Who writes a letter to you every month >
A. By whom is a letter written to you every month? *
B. Who had been writing a letter to you every month?
C. By whom you used to get written letter every month?
D. By whom a letter has been written to you every month?
1947. Why do the children make a noise ?
A. Why is a noise made by the children ? *
B. Why was as noise made by the children?
C. Why has been a noise made by the children?
1948. Who rings the bell?
A. By whom has the bell ring ?
B. By whom the bell ring ?*
C. By whom did the bell ring ?
D. By whom is bell ring?
1949. How did he obtain good marks in english?
A. How were good marks obtained by him in english ? *
B. How good marks have been obtained by him in english?
C. How good marks could be obtained by him in english?
D. How good marks are obtained by him in english?
1950. Why did you discourage them ?
A. Why they are being discourage by you ? *
B. Why you discourage them?
C. Why were they discouraged by you ?
D. Why they have been discourage by you?
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Cwmcarn railway station served the village of Cwmcarn, Monmouthshire from 1855 to 1962 on the Ebbw Valley Railway.

History
The station opened in May 1855 by the Monmouthshire Railway and Canal Company. It closed on 1 July 1876, but reopened as Cwmcarn on 2 March 1925, before closing permanently on 30 April 1962.

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Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1855
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1876
Railway stations in Great Britain opened in 1925
Railway stations in Great Britain closed in 1962
1855 establishments in Wales
1962 disestablishments in Wales

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My Daughter Died From an Overdose. I'm Sharing Her Story to Help Others. My Daughter Died From an Overdose. I'm Sharing Her Story to Help Others.
My Daughter Died From an Overdose. I'm Sharing Her Story to Help Others.
My 20-year-old daughter Casey said these words to me not long before she died of an accidental heroin overdose on January 15, 2017.
About a week later, in our home — in the same room where we had tea parties and bedtime stories, slumber parties and mother-daughter nights with snapchats and long talks — she overdosed.
Now seven months later, as I walk through that room every day, memories of a little girl dancing with her younger brother and snuggling with her dog are overshadowed by images of CPR and tears.
Casey overdosed sitting next to her packed suitcase. She was supposed to leave for rehab the next day. She wanted to try again, to make a better life, to live. She had hope. I had hope.
Six days later it was over. She died in the hospital. The same hospital where I work as a radiology technician.
It was time for me to keep my promise, to fulfill Casey's last wish, and write her obituary with the transparency that we had discussed.
Casey's obituary went viral. Strangers lined up at the funeral home to pay their respects. Messages of love and support and gratitude poured in. Casey's story was featured in major newspapers, blogs, magazines, news stories and websites across the world. There have now been thousands of comments and messages sent to me through social media in response to Casey's obituary.
People addicted themselves, families struggling with a loved one's addiction and many others said they were touched, inspired, and comforted by Casey's story. They talked of the connection they felt to us and thanked Casey for being a voice for those with addiction. And they thanked me for being a voice for the thousands of families affected.
I was already humbled and touched by the outpouring of support from around the world, and then I received a call from Washington, D.C.
"Casey's story has reached the White House, and we are listening," said the person from the Executive Office of National Drug Control Policy." Wow. Hearing this was overwhelming and an honor.
But the true honor was in the words of the messages I received. From families who have someone struggling or have already lost a child; People struggling who have lost friends; Teachers who brought Casey's obituary to class; Counselors who keep it in their office; Doctors who have shared it with colleagues when discussing the epidemic; and Recovery groups who have it hanging in their meeting places.
These are the messages that brought me to tears. I answered every one of them. These were the messages that let me know that what started as a promise between a mother and daughter, turned into a legacy.
We couldn't have ever imagined her obituary would go viral, reaching people across the world. Casey talked about helping just one person but it turned out she helped so many. I hope she knows her wish came true.
I struggled for years with Casey: the sleepless nights, rehabs, relapses, the fear of that phone call. Like most mothers whose child struggles with addiction, I had already imagined my daughter's funeral in my head. I hit a point where as much as I hated it, I realized I couldn't save my daughter. I could only love her, encourage her, be there for her and support and pray she would find the strength to save herself. I had to do the hardest thing for a parent to do: step back a little, accept that I was helpless and that I couldn't control the madness and pain she was going through, and accept the painful reality while fearing every minute that it could end in the worst way. Unfortunately, it did.
Before she passed, I laid awake every night wondering, Am I doing too much? Am I not doing enough? Give tough love or just love today?
Now I lay awake at night questioning the choices I made. Same questions but, tragically, past tense now. Did I do too much? Did I not do enough? If love alone could have saved her, she never would have died.
Casey was maybe guilty of some bad choices. But who among us is innocent of this? Once the disease stepped in, her choices weren't all hers anymore. Addiction made choices for her. She tried, she fought, she struggled and a higher power finally said enough is enough and took her away from it all, but sadly away from us at the same time.
Our favorite saying was, "Everything happens for a reason." I have a hard time accepting that now. What reason could there be for her to die so young and so tragically? Maybe this is it. Maybe it's true when they say "Some people have to die so that others can live." Another hard quote to accept, but maybe that gives meaning to my heartache. Maybe that's why her story traveled so far and touched so many — so that others can live.
My daughter died, but my journey with her and this demon is still here, just in a different form now.
Now I live with the memories, good and bad, the regrets and what-ifs, all the future milestones that she dreamed of that will never happen, all the things she has missed already, all the days that she was supposed to have.
Her future was supposed to happen, she was supposed to argue with me over future wedding plans, she was supposed to bring her babies to visit and call me and say things like, "Mom the baby is crying. What should I do?" She was supposed to have more laughs with friends and memories with her brother and family. She was supposed to debate with people on Facebook and tag me all day long on deep quotes and funny memes. She was supposed to have more mother-daughter days, singing with me in the car. I could go on and on with all the little and big things every day that hit me that Casey was supposed to do. She was supposed to grow old, supposed to live longer than 20 years 8 months and 60 seconds. She was supposed to bury me.
So where do I go from here? I have to believe maybe this is what she was actually supposed to do. This is what I am supposed to do. This is the "reason" — to speak out about Casey's struggles and death. Tell her story. Maybe putting it all out there and possibly saving another is the legacy of her life that needs to be fulfilled.
Losing Casey was devastating and life changing and a piece of me died with her, but I can't and won't live in shame. I was proud of my daughter, no matter what. Relapses and mistakes didn't change that, because she always picked herself up and tried again. I was so proud of her bravery and her openness about her disease.
I will honor her strength, even in death. I will continue to tell Casey's story, spread her message to families and others struggling with an addiction, that they are not alone. I will do my best to bring awareness and break the stigma. If just one person read her obituary or her story and was touched by it or connected to it, then Casey and others will not have died in vain.
All those who have read it or reached out to me are now part of Casey's story. Her story and the stories of others lost don't have to end with their death. They can still reach those who are still here and maybe make someone else's journey a little easier and possibly even the happy ending that they craved so badly.
Every family and every addict has their own journey, and while there are differences, they're all a result of the same merciless disease. When you love a person in the grips of addiction, we have to make choices, hard choices, on how we deal with our individual situations. Others will do it differently, but we're all in this together.
Reach out. Get Help. Speak up.
Whether you have someone you love who is struggling or have already lost them, you're not alone. You have others around you who have walked the same path. Reach out to them. Get Help. If somehow you haven't been touched by addiction yet, you will be. Get educated; knowledge can be a strong weapon. It's time to give this epidemic the attention it needs or else it will continue to devastate and destroy our families and communities. Race, wealth, religion, none of it matters because addiction doesn't discriminate. If it's not already in your home, then it's likely at your back door.
Casey was smart, fun, full of life with an amazing sense of humor, always put others before herself, had a strong home and family, and it took her as quickly as any other. She wasn't just a number when she died — she was a daughter, sister, niece, cousin, friend, and a person who was loved. This is the way I am handling my grief of losing my daughter, my baby girl.
So I'll speak when asked, help whenever I can, and try to be strong as I play out my role in this club that nobody ever wants to join. It hasn't gotten easier with time, time does not heal all wounds, but I'll get out of bed every day, even when I don't want to, and live. Sometimes it's not about one day at a time, it's about one hour, one minute, one breath at a time. I may not win this war, but I'll go down fighting just like Casey and many others have.
We lost my brother October 1st 2017 at the age of 36. To heroin. He fought his demon for many years before it took his life. We were all at the hospital that fateful night my parents had to make the call in front of his heart broken children to stop CPR and stop bringing him back. He had overdosed and been brain dead for to long. We still struggle on a regular basis.as he leaves behind 6 wonderful children that reflect him so much. Life without him will never be the same and he was the baby of the family so to us it just isn't fare. The baby should not have gone first but he did. Its a hard pill to swallow many days so I know exactly how you feel.
I also buried my daughter December 8, after a heroin overdose. She was found unresponsive November 22, in a Gas Station bathroom. She leaves behind 3 children. Two were already in my care,and the third is now in the foster care system. She struggled off and on for 15 years. In the end the drug took over. I hate what this disease does to the addict and to those who love the Addict. Like others I wonder what else I could have done, did I do too much, would it have made a difference? I don't know. The only good thing that came out of her overdose, is that I found out she had accepted Jesus as her personal Savior. Her Pastor was at the Hospital and told us her story. I did not even know she was going to church. I had been praying for 15 years for her salvation and always wondered why my prayers were not being answered. Little did I realize, God had a plan. Thanks be to God, my daughter is no longer in pain. She is a peace and living with Jesus in Heaven. I still grief for my loss and for the life she could have lived, but I know I will see her again and this time there will be no more tears. Only Joy.
I just lost my daughter who also struggled with addiction. She was found monday December 3. 2018 and was laid yo rest Saturday December 8th. I am overwhelmed with quilt from the nightmare of addiction. I also tried love. Tough love and everything else. She left behind 3 children that the father and stepmother is taking care of. I couldn't take them, i was trying to help my daughter. She had her addiction and my addiction became trying to help her. She overdosed 5 times and i too thought about her funeral. But oh it hurts when it happens. I just pray she knew how much i loved her. This momma is crushed. I also want to help others with this terrible disease any way I can.