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JustAnotherBeth :: On the road again

JustAnotherBatia@yahoo.com — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:41:00 +0000

Well, we've been driving for a. Couple of hours.
I've always liked going awAy with the band. It's like .. For several
Days, all we gotta be is "fish fry bingo". And that is a fun thing
To be.

Soon, the synagogue in second life will
be 3 years old and I will have been in the bingo band
For over 2 years. Time and experience have been
Priceless. I am not that same girl who started this
Seemingly lifelong monologue (with comments).
When I started this, blogs did not even exist.

I feel so old

The kids will be 11 and 9 this fall. I can't believe my son will be
Eleven. It blows my mind ( and my wallet) ha ha ha

angelsbleed2 :: whoops

drunkensuperstar@hotmail.com — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 06:31:26 +0000

whoops

lol

when i said i had my mojo back it aparently sent out a memo to everyone. emma said how much happier i was and my confidence was back and she was all happy with her new job so we had to celebrate bar med style. after 2 bottles of wine we had cocktails in octopus then stumbled to bar med. so drunk so funny so hilarious. 5 mega mix . brilliant night.

while i was getting ready asa called
i ignored it
he rang when we were in the railway
so i picked up
and he wanted me 2 go round to his 4 a bbq thing
no im out
and he kept texting
and calling
im in the taxi and we drop off em
and i figured lets go 2 his

whoops

lol it was so bizzar

he opened the door and went "took ur time" i laughed and suddenly he was right there and he took my head in his hands and just kissed me. and i think i nearly fell over in shock. what 3 years and he finally kisses me properly? and it was so wierd but not. and we r kissing and his hands are holding me up and we r kind of wispering 2 each other at the same time and then im against the wall and hes pulling my dress off and it was scarily like a movie with the trail of things leading up to his room.
3 years
and now he wants to sleep with me
but it felt so right. and normal. and not at all like it shouldnt have happened. i cant explain it but im glad it finally happened even though its exactly what ive been avoiding esp from him

but christ
where the hell did that come from. i knew going to his would end that way .

he ko'd after so i left. i woke him up, kissed him and said i couldnt sleep and was off. got my things got a taxi and left. so so so so so so random
but wow

i wont tell emma
she will turn me into mittens lol. hmmmmm do i tell anyone? the reaction will be so funny

just whoops really whoops. i thinks it the closure i needed. hmmm

Salamander :: Riding Shotgun Down the Avalanche

Salamander@deardiary.net — Sat, 04 Jul 2009 05:48:01 +0000

When I was a kid, my family's house was on two acres of wooded land. There was a creek that divided the land into roughly equal acres. The creek had cut a deep cleft into the land over the millennia, and so I had a deep wooded valley almost directly behind my house to play in.

When I was a kid we had real snow. Not the pale imitation of snow we get these days, that dusts yards and is scraped up by plows and sucked up by snow blowers before it has a chance to accumulate. It was snow past my knees, sometimes snow to my hips, with a crispy surface that held you for several seconds before shattering and letting you fall through to the cold, fluffy accumulation below.

When I was a kid, we'd amuse ourselves by making snow boulders and then rolling them down the hill ? extra points if yours made it all the way to the creek AND hit the ice hard enough to break through. Rolling a snowball down a hill isn't like what you see in cartoons. The result isn't an evenly rounded boulder (frequently with Wiley Coyote's or Sylvester's arms, legs and ear tips sticking out. The end product is more like a slice off a jelly roll, flat on both sides with visible layers showing the advancement of accumulation. Sometimes a stray stick would be sticking out the side, and you could see leaves and some stones caught between layers. Because the compact coil of snow usually developed unevenly, it tended to fall to one side before it ever got to the creek, laying there like a tree stump, with annular rings revealing its age. Only the most fortunate of rolls would result in a snow boulder that would hit the creek, break the ice and wedge itself half in/half out of the water, like a quarter stuck halfway into the piggy bank.

I'm not a kid anymore, but the principle is the same. Life gives a push, and then things run out of control for a while. The job situation remains unchanged. I've cancelled my vacation plans for August because of uncertainty and lack of cash. I am committed to driving cross-country to Seattle with a girlfriend next week to attend the AVMA convention, but I truly can't afford it and I'm going to have to figure out how to reimburse her quickly for the cash outlay she's made to reserve rooms. Work at least has agreed to pay for the convention itself, since I need the C.E. credits to maintain my license. I'm on my own for the rest of the expenses, though.

And now the Little Grey Shit is in the hospital. Surgery was yesterday to biopsy liver, spleen, stomach and small intestine. I have an obligation to take care of her and make sure she gets the best medical care warranted for her as-yet undiagnosed problem. But I haven't got the money.

I'm supposed to leave Tuesday evening for the cross-country drive. LGS will probably be released at about the same time. The Prof is going into what he fondly refers to as ?hell weeks? during the time I'll be gone, when summer semesters overlap and he'll be teaching a double load. I don't know what kind of attention LGS is going to need, but hopefully she'll be able to be left alone most of the day. If not, I'll need to find a place to board her. More money gone, if that happens. More money gone if she's going to require follow-up therapy.

The water heater has been threatening to die for months. I believe that it made good on its threat yesterday. More money gone. The condo association is looking into deck replacement for those who need it. We need it. More money gone.

I know what the "lucky" snow boulder feels like, stuck half in and half out of the water, like a quarter stuck halfway into the piggy bank.

Flowingriver :: goals met and not met

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:19:38 +0000

Completed wk 3 of orientation. This wk I worked 40hrs on 2 floors, both GI units. Two 8s and two 12 hour day shifts. I have learned a great deal this wk. I began with 2 patients and was given 3 yesterday. "Just do it" has been my mantra. My preceptors would ask me, "Do you want to call the physician for orders?" or "Do you want to discharge a pt?" or "Do you want to try doing 3 pts?" In my mind I'm saying, "Not really.", but what I force myself to say is, "Yes! I'll do it."

The first time I called the physician for orders, I was so nervous. My pt had orders for 40mEq Potassium packets three times a day which had to be mixed in his juice. The pt told me that the mixture was the most disgusting thing and he wasnt gonna take another sip. His K+ level was 2.5. According to my preceptor and the pt's family member, he has not been drinking the potassium mixture as prescribed. Damn it!!!! The pt was able to swallow, so I wouldn't want to ask doc for IV replacement. Potassium pills are huge but can be broken in half. So I call the physician at his office and got the order to discontinue the pkts and to give the pills. Hooray, I did it! But then, it seemed like I was constantly on the phone. Either I had to call someone or I was being called. I don't know how I'll manage to do this for 4 pts in day shift. No wonder the nurses looked burnt out. I kept telling myself, "Just do it."

I had different types of cases other than GI. I had a trauma pt who had a facial fracture ORIF procedure done and a renal failure pt with 2 chest tubes. Most of my GI pts were CA pts. I enjoyed working with them and feel honored to have cared for each one.

To be honest, I am absolutely overwhelmed by all the duties that must be completed by the end of the shift. I prefer the 12hr shifts because it allows me time to write my DAR notes. The computer charting is such a hassle because there is so much to document. One of my goals for next wk is to cut down the time I spend charting.

My preceptor told me on my first day back on the unit that I seem to be too focused on completing tasks and that I need to think about the pts discharge plans. Yesterday the nurse manager told me during discharge rounds that I need to call my pt's physician to ask what the plan is for discharge. Sadly I was too caught up with doing sooooo many other things for my other pts. I forgot to make the call. I realize that the nurse manager was helping me with her suggestion and that I did not follow through is very disappointing. Discharge planning is a HUGE part of the job. I will do my best not to forget that.

On a happy note.........I GOT MY FIRST RN PAYCHECK YESTERDAY!!!!!!

teaeyegger :: All Ranges�

Sat, 04 Jul 2009 01:13:02 +0000

We find all the ranges of situations unfold before us? we find them or they find us? it is at these moments when we know if we are who we know we are? strange to say it that way butt we can fool ourselves into believing we are different? we can put on the fa?ade and for a time escape facing the reality? it is when we come up against a certain range of choices that we either rise to the occasion or step back from it? being normal is being who you are? it is as simple as that? and as complicated? for being normal at times does put us at odds with everyone else?

Work has a way of challenging us? and people are the greatest challenge? how do we handle those that wish to move pass the barriers? that push the limits? that are unable to keep the professional distance? intellectually it is easy to get the rules set? as with all things human there are those who would never cross a line and those who spend their lives crisscrossing the thread time and time again? what is right in a professional situation is to never tolerate a breach? once allowed it gives notice to the ones who push the limits to push harder? adult issues are much more difficult then child ones? it is my thought that when dealing with a child we have more compassion and tolerance while with adults we expect them to know? at least that is the way I am?

AWholeNewWorld :: Shower the People You Love With Love

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 23:57:54 +0000

http://www.lyricsfreak.com/j/james+taylor/shower+the+people_20069201.html

vollyballfreak :: knife

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 19:37:03 +0000

I ALMOST ENDED MY
LIFE.

2 WEEKS AGO MY FRIEND
CAME OVER.

I TOLD HER I WAS GETTING A
DRINK AND I WAS GONNA BE
BACK UP IN A SEC.

SO I WENT DOWNSTAIRS
IN THE KITCHIN & I WAS
GETTING MY DRINK SO...

I GOT A GLASS OF WATER.

I WAS ABOUT 2 GO UPSTAIRS
BUT THEN I SAW IT.

I ALWAYS DAYDREAMED ABOUT
IT ALSO TOO.

SO......

I TOOK IT &...YOU KNOW...
ALMOST..STABBED MYSELF.

I WAS SO CLOSE BUT 4 THINGS
WERE HOLDING ME BACK.

1.I THINK WHEN U COMMITT
SUICIDE U WILL GO 2 HELL.

2.WAT WOULD HAPPEN IN THE
FUTURE?I ALWAYS DREAMED ABOUT
HAVING A BEAUTIFUL FAMILY.

3.MY FAMILY & FRIENDS I WOULD
LEAVE BEHIND.I KNOW THEY WOULD
MISS ME, & I KNOW I'D MISS THEM.

4. MY FRIEND WAS COMING DOWN THE
STAIRS.

I WAS STRESSED THAT NIGHT.

MY FRIND DID NOTHING TO ME
ABOUT ME BEING STRESSED.

JUST FAMILY STUFF THAT HAPPENED
IN THE PAST.

ZOEY

kaliko88 :: Well, those are fireworks, sorta

kaliko88@yahoo.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:45:58 +0000

Let's see, what's gone boom so far? Oh yes, hubby did not get offered a position at that store. She has four positions to fill, and she said she had nothing to offer to him. Yeah. Either she's being picky, someone said something, or he said something stupid or came across wrong in the interview. Well, we wait for a while, I guess. I suppose we can both take living together for a while. We'll continue to pay things off and down. Another credit card should be finished off in two months and my very last 401k loan is done in one month. After that there's just one credit card left and my student loans.

Another boom. Well, the only firecrackers I bought today were catnip mice. That should make the kitties happy. These are not just any toy mice. These are handmade with FRESH catnip. This stuff is a really popular seller at the shelter. The group that makes them finds the coolest fabrics for them, sews them, stuffs them and gives them to other animal groups to sell. They get even my laziest cat going for a bit. Heheheheheh.

The county fireworks show is on. A bank stepped up to the plate to provide the bulk of the money needed, so unlike other places, the booms are on. Coordinated to music that will be broadcast by one of the radio stations. No way will you find me out at the lake for the festivities. However, I live just a hop away, so I'll have a good view from my driveway. I'm buying a few beers and making my slow cook ribs, with fresh corn as a side. Yum!

And there will be fireworks next week when the kennel manager gets back. The board member who covered went ahead and admitted two cats. One will probably (hopefully) go to a breed rescue organization we sometimes work with. It's just we're having to wait until they call us. Another was a kitten dumped in the garden. Poor thing is just 8-weeks old. *sigh* We'll make room. We always do. They must have snuck around the building when I went to go get lunch and the other person was by herself. I think we should call her Cricket. If things were settled at home, I'd foster one of them, but that's not going to happen for a bit.

And those are hopefully the only fireworks there will be. Other than me finally getting an iPhone that is. Yeah, they're open tomorrow, and it's at least one thing that can be taken care of now. Our plans ended yesterday, so might as well get switched over to my own plan. I'm going very basic, and very glad to. Already there are stories coming out about problems with the new 3GS. No thanks, basic model, basic plan for me. This way, I'll have my music with me on vacation. And I'll be able to get the Podcast from church. So, short day at work tomorrow, then off to the phone store, then grocery shopping, then cleaning (lots of it), THEN relaxing. No, not much of a holiday, but probably still enjoyable. I also plan on seeing if there are any good movies in the cheap bin at Walmart.

Yes, I sound a lot more cheerful than I am. There are bright spots, but lots of very low moments still. That's one reason I'm really wanting the iPhone. Sometimes only music can lift my moods. Speaking of, want a good spirit lift? Check out the new one by Needtobreathe on their MySpace page. Love it!

SavedByThree :: Acceptance?

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 16:25:35 +0000

July 3rd 2009 @ 812PM

Boy alot sure changes in a year. I dont even want to think about where I was at last year at this time!! UGH!!

So, I've come to realize that all along I've been being very foolish....again. He really doesn't want to be sexual with me and I gotta respect that. I mean we are friends. And that's all we should be.

Shit. Thinking and reading back I feel a bit embarrassed by my behavior. What happened in Mason City that morning only happened cause we were both fucked up on meth. I'm not saying it wasn't good or it wasn't fun. Shiiit.....I had an awesome time that night and morning, but I gotta quit thinking that something is going to happen again or that I will get to experience more pleasure that way....*sigh*.

He just feels so damn, fucking good! When we hold hands or hold each other. When he really gets into kissing me. He puts his hand in my hair and squeezes my neck....and he pulls me tight against his chest....MMMMM...I'm hot just thinking about it.

But that night he fondled my boob. It wasn't both boobs. Only one and I knew even then that his wanting to fondle me was a wee bit less than his not wanting to, as in being a gentleman and a friend. UGH!! I hate that!!! FUCKING DAMN HINDSIGHT!!!

His in the shower and I wish I could just walk in there and join him. He wouldn't have to do anything. I'd do it all! I have a fantasy in my head what I would like to do and hear him say...I'd be on my knees with just my mini skirt and heels on, sucking him, and hearing him tell me how beautiful I am with his cock in my mouth....*sigh*...

Alas, I have run across a friend that is really a friend.

About a week I kissed him and he basically said, no, without saying no. So I have avoided touching him, sitting next to him, even avoided talking to him. I have to put some kind of distance between us so I can get a hold of myself. And I admit the urges to be sexual with him have lessened, so that IS good.

I wanna do something tonight, but what?

Gotta go.

SVLEB

CelticStorm :: new pics

xix_celticstorm_xix@yahoo.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:48:28 +0000

last weekend we went to pinchot park up near harrisburg, to go camping with our 2 best friends sonja and gabriel.. it was a really nice time - although i do feel as if i am getting too old for the tent life and i'd like a camper now - anyone know any good deals lol... heck i'd even sleep in a cabin at this point =o)
i wanted to take the kids there because matt pretty much grew up there, every summer his family would camp there and well, he's a dad now and needs to pass it along ..

pics can be found here:
http://inamorata918.smugmug.com/gallery/8722400_qirB4#576608656_rwehR

today we went tubing on the river (no kids this time).. i must say it was heavenly, we had such a good time. the pics on the river were taken with a throw away waterproof camera - i had totally forgotten how to use them lol i kept forgetting to look in the hole then wind it up. the pics at the end were taken with my new digital camera - of which, when i get some extra play money i will be purchasing waterproof housing for it so we can do this more often and not worry about a throwaway..

http://inamorata918.smugmug.com/gallery/8780337_cUP2s#581214119_43JUv

i work tomorrow (time and a half!) then we're having friends drop by for some bbq... life is good, life is beautiful.. i celebrate it each day and days like today, when i'm floating quietly down the river and taking in the gifts around us.. life cant get much better than that..

love to all

on cushy floaty yellow tubes..
-=- Mina -=-

Renewal :: Some photos

f.jaylene@yahoo.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 14:17:45 +0000

Here are the boys clamming:

Marissa & I with the first catch of the day.

Marissa & Bella

Pizza night out:

Bella & Me

Pulling the crab pot, Mario, Christian & Brian

Picture that Bella took of me

Brian & Derrick heading out to where we spread dad's ashes

Boys in the bay clamming

Thought I'd add this here. Me, Marissa & Big Mario

UncleRico :: MLB Betting � Ramirez Returns For Dodgers

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 12:17:35 +0000

While most sports bettors are shifting their focus to NFL odds, there will be plenty of time for Super Bowl odds. For now, let's take a look at a few National League games, including the return of Manny Ramirez.

Los Angeles Dodgers @ San Diego Padres

Manny Ramirez returns from his 50-game suspension tonight and it should be quite the attraction for baseball betting handicappers.

The San Diego Padres stadium, Petco Park, is expected to be sold out as a lot of Dodgers fans make the two-hour trip to cheer for their slugger.

Ramirez was hitting .348 with six home runs and 20 RBIs in just 27 games before getting suspended and there's no reason to expect him not to continue with that healthy pace when he returns.

Hiroki Kuroda will take the mound for the Dodgers tonight and Kuroda has been solid this season. He's just 2-4 overall but his record is not indicative of his performance. He has an ERA of 3.77 and that's decent for a back end started.

That ERA has been a little higher of late as Kuroda has given up 15 earned runs in his last 26.1 innings pitched (5.14 ERA).

Kuroda will start against Chad Gaudin, who has been fairly up-and-down this season.

In May, Gaudin had an ERA of 5.45 but that has been lowered due to some stellar recent performances. In his last three starts, which have spanned 21 innings, Gaudin has given up just five earned runs (2.14 ERA). Part of the difference has been his strikeout rate. In his first three starts in June Gaudin struck out just 10 batters but in his last three, Gaudin hasn't struck out less than eight per start. Overall, he has 28 strikeouts in his last three starts.

Gaudin's opposite, Kuroda, may not strike out as many batters but one of the reasons why he is so effective is because he does walk anyone. In 43 innings pitched, he's walked just six batters.

Sports predictions that have sided with Kuroda haven't worked out so well because he's received poor run support. In his seven starts this year, Kuroda has received a total of just 20 runs, which works out to less than three runs per start.

With Ramirez back in the lineup, look for the Dodgers to pump out some runs and help get Kuroda the win.

Richardsworld :: PALIN WILL NOT SEEK RE-ELECTION

capt_midnite2001@yahoo.com — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:56:53 +0000

Sara Palin will not run for re-election for
Govenor of Alaska. I hope this is a sign that
she has plans for at least the United States
Senate.

God Bless Palin! Fuck David Letterman :-)

DyingToBeThin :: Feeling good

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 11:30:54 +0000

Dear Diary,

I am feeling... I am good. I am moving forward. I wrote a letter, to him. The first letter I'd ever written to or about him. It felt good. I am recovering. I am getting my strength back. He doesn't control me. I still have a long way to go, but I am finally getting there. And it feels good.

About time as well! It's been four years. But better late than never. I sent Q the letter I wrote as well. He replied via email: "I don't want to try to respond in an e-mail. Hope you understand. For now all I want to say is this: *a hug the size of the world*. Cuddles, baby."

He's a great guy. Though he's a bit stressed at the minute, he's got a lot on his plate. He's going to Cardiff university for his PhD in September and there's a lot to sort out. Am going down to see him next week, which I'm looking forward to. Just want to give him a huge hug and be there for him while he's stressed.

Kristina has unblocked me on MSN. I was worried about her. She seems to be okayish though. The dynamics have changed in the relationship between her and her Master. She is now just his slave, they still have fun with BDSM, but there is no sex involved. She is less dependant on him. And his girlfriend has told him that he has to spend more time with her, not his slaves. I think this is the beginning of the end between him and Kristina. And I am relieved.

I still stand by what I said before: he is not a Master. He is the type of guy that gives BDSM and D/s relationships a bad name. Bah.

Heh, my Mum keeps finding some of my sex toys. She comes into my bedroom to tidy up. She finds sex toys. So far she has found lube, vibrator, cock rings, body paint and whip. I think she is finally getting the message to stay out of my room. I'm not embarassed by this, she is. She shouldn't be going through my stuff if she doesn't want to find things like that.

Her problem, not mine. She also found out that I have a PO Box. She said she was cleaning up, picked up an envelope and the PO Box card fell out. Her and Dad asked me why. I told them it's none of their business. Which it isn't. I am 21, if I want a PO Box I will have a PO Box. Anyway, the reason I got one was because of a guy on this forum (the BDSM forum where I met Q) has made me a flogger and is posting it to me. Didn't want to give him my home address, so got a PO Box. Will have it for a year, and will use it to get other toys sent to it.

Lisa is having a tough time at the minute. They're changing her meds for her arthritis, as her old meds just weren't doing anything. Hopefully the new meds will stop the pain. She says she's just in constant agony. She's also having appointments with a diabetes specialist. So she's having a tough time at the minute.

Had a hospital appointment today, about my liver. Okayish news. I've been having a few problems, but nothing serious. As soon as I lose the weight I need to lose, I will be fine. Except there might be some complications because of my PCOS. So I'm having to have a biopsy done, just to make sure everything is okay. Not looking forward to that.

Hellcat :: 2009 Update

Hausevz@aeneas.net — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:49:33 +0000

Hello Everyone!

Boy time sure flies when you are having fun! I have been so busy on myspace and twitter that I have all but forgotten about this diary completely.

Some things we have done this season are:

1. Swimming in the creek
2. Tennessee Ren-Fest
3. Organized the walk in closet
4. Helped a friend
5. Read more interesting books about Manifesting
6. Improve diet by eating healthier
7. Clean vehicle
8. Focus on writing
9. Commit to entering writing contests
10. Sent script in to Indie Movie Contest!

I have decided to enter the contests that cost that way once a month it is more than just a writing commitment! Any writing contest can be free but for me to be more serious I focused on the writing that was more challenging for me to do. I still have so many unfinished writing projects! The first step is getting them finished one at a time.

I started reading the wonderful book by Susan Summers called "365 ways to change your life." What a beautiful book from such a lovely person. It has become my new favorite bedtime read!

I have been helping a friend over the past couple of months. He has made some deeply personal changes in his life and whichever choice he makes I am there for him. It has been a sort of proverbial coming out of the closet for him and I totally support him on his decision. His parents do not support him and are a bit close minded so I told him ways in which they can better understand what he is going through right now. It hasn't been easy for him and he has been so introverted for so many of his 21 years that the new man that has evolved is amazing. I am so proud of him.

You can find me on twitter at http://www.twitter.com/Evawright

libertyfunpass :: Scrap Books

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 07:03:53 +0000

One of the most exciting ways to bond with your kids is through art work. This activity doesn't just provide you with an enjoyable time together but also significant knowledge that may aid in enhancing the creative mind of your kid.

Scrap books are bare books that are normally made from recycled materials. It is normally brown in color but unused leaves of notebooks and cartons can also be great tools in making your book. If you big in the family, you may want to assign them few fascinating themes such as a journal of their own, a compilation of their favorite images from the magazines and others. Give them adequate time to present their work and wrap a prize for the one with the best scrap book. However, you must not also fail to give consolation prizes for the effort of your other children.

Keep in mind that family fun must not always be expensive. You just need to be resourceful and imaginative at all times.

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Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:40:41 +0000

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discounts4vets :: Types of Military Support

discounts4vets@net-email.net — Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:35:16 +0000

There are several kinds of veterans support groups who are making helpful stuff for the members of the United States military. These are social or specialized affiliations whose members are frequently private individuals, soldiers and their family members, too. Below is the common kinds of support available.

1. Financial Support ?The associations on this kind are conducting fund raising projects to produce funds to support the needs of their members and the armed force personnel, too.
2. Medical Support ? The groups under this kind include doctors and medical practitioners volunteers. They normally conduct health care mission in various areas all throughout the country especially for the benefit of our service men and women and their family.
3. Emotional Support ? The groups under this category normally consoles one another for the lost of their loved ones in wars as well as for their missing loved ones who have been deployed in battle cities.

zerraweth :: Inexperienced?

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:27:49 +0000

In my current job, for reasons that I'm not quite clear on, my managers feel the need to continuously remind me of how young and inexperienced I am in this job and how I have so much to learn.

Right. Well, you see, I'm 25. I've completed one university degree with honours. I then lived and taught English overseas for one year before returning to Australia. I worked in the public service there for 18 months full-time while tutoring English part-time. I then returned to Japan and have been teaching English at a kindergarten here for six months. I'm also nearly halfway through a second university degree - in teaching - that I study part-time while working full-time.

On top of all that, I'm fairly content with my personal life. I've got a healthy relationship with my boyfriend/sort of fiance of nearly three years. I'd like more RL friends but really am content enough on my own or with The Boy most of the time and I get along well with my family.

So, to be somewhat arrogant just this once, I don't feel very inexperienced. Really, if you took out the stress associated with the aforementioned job, I'd say that I actually feel like I'm going pretty well for a 25 year old.

holocaustresearchproject :: The Fate of the Austrian Jews after the Anschluss

Fri, 03 Jul 2009 06:24:28 +0000

New Page 1

Anschluss & Extermination

The fate of the Austrian Jews

History of Jews in Austria

Ancient Menorah from the time of the Roman Empire

Evidence found in the form of ancient artifacts demonstrates the presence of a Jewish community in Austria as early as the time of the Roman empire and corroborates the previous assumption that Jews settled in what later became Austria, Hungary, Croatia and Serbia in the third century B.C.E.

It is believed that the flow of Jewish immigration in the region increased after the rebellion against the Roman occupation of Judea. Many Jews were sold as slaves and were shipped across the empire. Others emigrated of their own accord.

However documentary evidence points to the first true settlement of Jews in the 12th century. A charter of privileges was granted by Emperor Frederick II in 1238, giving the Jewish community extensive autonomy. But over the course of the following eight centuries this status was to change, and the commercial and political clout of the Jews in the Austrian Empire would rise and fall many times over

Frederick II

In 1420, the status of the Jewish community hit a low point when a Jewish person from Upper Austria was charged with the desecration of the sacramental bread. This led Albert the Fifth to order the imprisonment of all of the Jews in Austria. Two hundred and ten Jews were burnt alive in public and the rest were deported from Austria, leaving their homes and belongings behind.

Between 1848 and 1938, the Jewish Austrian population enjoyed a period of prosperity beginning with the start of regime of Franz Joseph I of Austria who bestowed on the Jewish population equality of rights saying, "the civil rights and the country's policy is not contingent in the people's religion".

Franz Joseph I

Jews took advantage of their new freedoms by establishing wool factories in Bohemia and Moravia, Silk factories in Hungary, as well as playing an important role in the building of steel mills and the railroads. In Vienna, Jews built the only factory that produced chocolate.

At the turn of the century some 300,000 Jews in Austria were scattered in 33 different settlements. Most of them; approximately 200,000, lived in the capital city of Vienna.

Vienna was also a center of Zionist thought and Theodore Herzl, the father of Zionism, had studied at the University of Vienna. Many Viennese Jews were well-integrated into urban society and culture. Jews made up significant percentages of the city's doctors and lawyers, businessmen and bankers, artists and journalists.

The Days of the Republic

The end of the First World War brought the disintegration of the Habsburg Empire and the rise of Republic of Austria. Although many of the leading heads of the Social Democratic Party of Austria and especially the leaders of the Austro-Marxism were assimilated Jews, the dissolution of Austria-Hungary and the rise of ethnically defined nation states created an "identity crisis" for the Jews.

Jews in the Leopoldstadt section of Vienna

Most anti-Semites considered Jews to be biologically or racially alien, and this prejudice force many Jews to cling more tightly to their Jewish ethnicity as opposed to a national identity based on ethnic origin.

The Jewish population in Vienna declined dramatically during the years of the Austrian Republic (1918 -1938), yet their profile amongst the population in certain areas of the city increased. Mainly due to industrial, professional and economic factors. According to Jewish scholars at the time, 62 percent of all lawyers in Vienna were Jewish. 47 percent of physicians, and nearly 29 percent of all University professors were also Jewish.

When the Nazis took power in Austria in 1938 they estimated that 25 percent, some 36,000 business enterprises in Vienna were owned by Jews. Including some 60 percent of all those engaged in Finance or big industry.

Engelbert Dollfuss

After the takeover of the National Socialist German Workers Party (NSDAP) in the German Reich on 30 January 1933 a concerted effort to subjugate their smaller neighbor was undertaken by the Austrian Nazi parties which were subsequently outlawed in June of the same year.

However the ban did not stop terrorist activities from occurring and on 25 July 1934 an attempted a coup d'?tat resulted in the assassination of the Austrian Chancellor Engelbert Dollfuss.

Although the coup failed, the assassination of Dollfuss was accompanied by Nazi uprisings in many regions in Austria, resulting in further deaths. In Carinthia a large contingent of northern German Nazis tried to grab power but were subdued by the patriotic Heimwehr units.

Similarly, the Nazi assassins in Vienna surrendered and were executed. Kurt Schuschnigg became the new chancellor of Austria

Anschluss

Kurt von Schuschnigg

On 12 February 1938 Adolf Hitler met the Austrian Chancellor Kurt von Schuschnigg at Berchtesgarden, in an attempt to force him to lift the ban on the Austrian National Socialists party and release all imprisoned members of the Nazi party and let them participate in the government.

Schuschnigg refused and took steps to prepare for the defense of Austria, however over the ensuing weeks realized that he was being undermined by his own cabinet ministers who conspired to have him removed from office. Schuschnigg retaliated by trying to gather support throughout Austria and inflame patriotism among the people.

On March 9th, 1938 he called a referendum for a "Independent Christian Austria" and to better his odds at winning the plebiscite, he had the the minimum voting age increased to 24 in order to exclude younger voters who largely sympathized with Nazi ideology.

The billboards urge Austrians to vote YES in the upcoming plebiscite on the German annexation of Austria. Vienna, Austria, April 1938

Hitler used this action as a pretext to to call the referendum a fraud and would not be recognized by Germany. Goebbels issued press reports that riots had broken out in Austria and that large parts of the Austrian population were calling for German troops to restore order.

An ultimatum was sent by Hitler demanding that Schuschnigg hand over all power to the Austrian National Socialists or face an invasion. Schuschnigg realizing that neither France nor England was willing to take steps to prevent the Nazi ultimatum, resigned as Chancellor that same evening.

President Wilhelm Miklas of Austria refused to appoint the Austrian Nazi leader Arthur Seyss-Inquart as chancellor. The German Nazi minister Hermann G?ring ordered Seyss-Inquart to send a telegram requesting German military aid, but he refused, and the telegram was sent by a German agent in Vienna.

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