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POPSA Loved One "As the outrage over his gruesome death settled in, so did testimonials about the disheveled homeless man with a Buddha-like frame known in the neighborhood as "John," "Mr. John" or "Grimley." People spoke about his piercing blue eyes and his kind, quiet manner. The owners of the local convenience store spoke about how conscientious he was. "He never paid a penny less," said Anjana Bhowmick, owner of Bengal Liquor store "I feel that it has been a great comfort to myself and my brothers and sisters to know that he was not alone, unnoticed, untouched by other humans -- because that is what we had imagined," McGraham-Paisley said in an e-mail to The Times."
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POPSAnna Magdalena Bach: a great woman behind a great man? Bach scholars did not immediately dismiss Jarvis's claims. Yo Tomita, a Bach scholar based at Queen's University in Belfast, said the findings were "highly important." Others were more skeptical and said the theory could never be proven. Bach, who lived from 1685 to 1750, was a prolific composer of more than 1,100 works, and is regarded as a great master of Baroque music.
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POPSAn American Tragedy I still remember this event. Event seems like such a trivial word to use. I called this An American Tragedy because there are so many elements to it that seem profoundly rooted in this nation, this land, this culture.
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POPSThe Bachelor's Cat Little kid finds his pet turtle all sucked inside his shell. He tried and tried to wake him up but to no avail. He takes him to his mom, who gives him the bad news. The turtle had died. To try to placate him, she says, "I'll tell you what. Why don't we invite all your friends over, we'll bury the turtle out back and then we can all go out for ice cream afterwards?" He agrees, then looks down and the turtle is poking his head out. The mom says, "Look, he's still alive!" The kid goes, "Let's kill him!"
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POPSBoydell effigy William Fitz William de Boydel died about 1275. The effigy was originally in the churchyard, was given to Warrington museum and returned to the church in 1874 with some "restoration" from a stonemason in 1875. It shows him cross legged, which normally indicates that he was on one of the crusades, of which there were four in the 13th century. The story has been disputed in two articles. J. J. Phelps (1) in 1927 claimed that effigy was discovered buried with the font in the restoration of the church in 1873. He clamed that the armour shown was of a later pattern than that used in 1275 and may be John, the son of William Boydel. Archer Hodgkinson (2) proposed that the effigy was of William Boydel but was not made until the early 14th century when armour styles had changed. He supports the idea that it was brought into the church from the churchyard as it was seen by Ormerod in 1818.
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POPSGlobal freeze kills Nordic tiger The banks made the country wealthy and when they died so has the country. Banks have proven our dependence on them lately. Many will go back to cash under the bed.
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POPSCalamities of Genius Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield was sold for a trifle to save him from the gripe of the law; Fielding lies in the burying-ground of the English factory at Lisbon, without a stone to mark the spot; Savage died in prison at Bristol, where he was confined for a debt of eight pounds; Butler lived in penury, and died poor; Chatterton, the child of genius and misfortune, destroyed himself. – The Terrific Register, 1825
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POPSSome of the things people do to computers is downright painful. One day a customer called complaining that he just received his computer, but it won't turn on. When he first pushed the power button, the screen flashed and then everything died. I couldn't do much over the phone, so I went to the customer's office. It was plugged in, everything was hooked up ok, but, sure enough, it refused to turn on. I decided to take it back and promised to deliver a new one as soon as possible. But when I went to pick it up, I couldn't. Fearful of thieves, the man had fired some 24 inch bolts straight through the box, through the hard drive, motherboard, everything, locking it to his desk. "Oh," he said, "I thought it was just the TV part that was important. Will my warranty cover this?"
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POPSParents charged in death of 16 yr old Their case has focused attention on some laws that let parents rely on prayer to heal their children. Marci Hamilton, a professor at Cardozo Law School, who writes about religious issues, said the case may test Oregon's religious freedom laws and may prompt other states to re-examine their spiritual healing laws. "There was a time when we were willing to permit these children to be lost, but there are increasingly more prosecutions and lawsuits," she said. "Children should not be permitted to be the testing ground for their parents' faith or secular views if it's going to result in their death."
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POPS"Kiplin' vs. Palin The Copybook Headings This had more meat than I could fit in the clip. It's well worth reading. Why is "learning from past mistakes" so taboo in this country. Wouldn't life be easier if we didn't keep falling into the same pits that we just crawled out of?
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POPSMentally Ill Killed by Medication
The gentle, artistic boy who played the cello and bass guitar was long gone. "At 15 Daniel was being bullied at school and then started to have strange thoughts, anxiety and sleep problems. A doctor prescribed him a powerful drug called Stelazine and that was the start of a nightmare which eventually led to his death. He had bad physical reactions to the medication straight away but every symptom was seen as more evidence of schizophrenia and treated with more medication. Alternative treatments were never an option; keeping him calm was the priority. "Daniel was really passive and never complained but my mum was convinced the medication was going to kill him. She changed GPs many times, went private, bought vitamins and demanded blood tests; getting better care for Daniel became her full-time occupation but she was accused of interfering. In the months before his death, Daniel suffered from three major epileptic fits brought on by drinking too much water. Why was he so thirsty? I
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