Life on the Rim: Suicidal foolish and crazy brave
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Shuttles and taxis wait outside the cruise terminal after the Carnival cruise ship Elation returned to Galveston today. A female passenger was reported missing from the ship.A Houston-area woman reported missing from a Carnival cruise ship was not the victim of foul play or an accidental fall, Houston FBI agents determined today after interviewing the her husband and other passengers. We had agents on the ship and concluded there was no foul play involved, said Agent Luz Garcia, a spokeswoman for the FBI. I cant really go into detail out of respect for the family but our feeling that it was not an accident.” Family members last saw Vonnie Ales, 40, of Simonton, about 6:45 a.m. Friday when she left their cabin after the ship Elation left Belize and steamed toward its home port in Galveston, Carnival spokeswoman Jennifer de la Cruz said. A passenger saw her on an upper deck at about 7:15 a.m. as the ship passed about 30 miles south of the Mexican island of Cozumel, de la Cruz said. The seven-day voyage included stops in Mexico and Belize. Passengers debarking from the Elation at Galveston today said they first learned that Ales was missing Friday morning when an announcement was made over the ships public address system asking her to phone or go to the pursers office. A photo of Ales, who passengers said was traveling with her husband and two teenaged children, was broadcast over the ships televisions. We all looked, said John Besiso, 35, of Katy. His wife, Lisa, 35, said, Everybody was upset and concerned. Later the captain announced that he feared Ales was overboard and that he was turning the ship around to return to the area where she was last seen, passengers said. He was really frantic, recalled passenger Pam Gaspard, 37, of Orange. She said the ship turned around about noon. At about 1 p.m. passengers were asked to go to the rail and look along the deck for Ales and the ship turned around again, Gaspard said. Nothing was found and the ship began to retrace its course toward Cozumel, she said. Passenger Jeff Borencq, 42, of Belton, said the Elation steamed for about six hours before arriving in the area where Ales was last seen on the upper deck. Jeff Boren, 42, of Belton, and other passengers saw two Mexican naval or coast guard vessels and a third, private ship that appeared to be a large freighter, steaming in a search pattern. Gaspard said there was little danger of accidentally falling overboard. It would be very hard to fall off, she said, noting that the railing is chest high.
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-ne This poll released yesterday bodes well for internet news and ill for anonymous sourcing. Americans have a more favorable opinion of newspapers than other news media outlets, but slightly less than they did four years ago, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. âThose who expressed favorable opinions of daily newspapers, local TV news, network news and cable news struck similar themes in explaining their positive views of these news outlets,â the report stated…. The survey was conducted between June 8 and June 12, with 1,464 people responding to the questionnaire, the survey reported.In another key finding, respondents indicated that they still go to newspapers for news more than the Internet. Forty-four percent of those surveyed said newspapers remained their main source of news, compared to 24% who said the Internet.
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-ne Ramban2:24 A man should therefore leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And cling to his wife, and they shall come one flesh- According to Rashi, â one fleshâ refers to the child wherein their flesh becomes united.
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-ne Writing Tool #1: Branch to the RightWriting Tool #2: Use Strong VerbsWriting Tool #3: Beware of AdverbsWriting Tool #4: Period As a Stop SignWriting Tool #5: Observe Word TerritoryWriting Tool #6: Play with WordsWriting Tool #7: Dig for the Concrete and SpecificWriting Tool #8: Seek Original ImagesWriting Tool #9: Prefer Simple to TechnicalWriting Tool #10: Recognize Your Storyâs RootsWriting Tool #11 Back Off or Show OffWriting Tool #12: Control the PaceWriting Tool #13: Show and TellWriting Tool #14: Interesting NamesWriting Tool #15: Reveal Character TraitsWriting Tool #16: Odd and Interesting ThingsWriting Tool #17: The Number of ElementsWriting Tool #18: Internal CliffhangersWriting Tool #19: Tune Your VoiceWriting Tool #20: Narrative OpportunitiesWriting Tool #21: Quotes and DialogueWriting Tool #22: Get ReadyWriting Tool #23: Place Gold Coins Along the PathWriting Tool #24: Name the Big PartsWriting Tool #25: RepeatWriting Tool #26: Fear Not the Long SentenceWriting Tool #27: Riffing for OriginalityWriting Tool #28: Writing CinematicallyWriting Tool #29: Report for ScenesWriting Tool #30: Write Endings to Lock the BoxWriting Tool #31: Parallel LinesWriting Tool #32: Let It FlowWriting Tool #33: RehearsalWriting Tool #34: Cut Big, Then SmallWriting Tool #35: Use PunctuationWriting Tool #36: Write A Mission Statement for Your StoryWriting Tool #37: Long ProjectsWriting Tool #38: Polish Your JewelsWriting Tool #39: The Voice of VerbsWriting Tool #40: The Broken LineWriting Tool #41: X-Ray ReadingWriting Tool #42: ParagraphsWriting Tool #43: Self-criticismWriting Tool #44: Save StringWriting Tool #45: ForeshadowWriting Tool #46: Storytellers, Start Your EnginesWriting Tool #47: CollaborationWriting Tool #48: Create An Editing Support GroupWriting Tool #49: Learn from CriticismWriting Tool #50: The Writing Process
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I can if I wish arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time.2. I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see people of my race widely represented.7. I can go into a music shop and count on finding the music of my race represented, into a supermarket and find the staple foods which fit with my cultural traditions, into a hairdresser’s shop and find someone who can cut my hair.13. I am never asked to speak for all the people of my racial group.22. I can be pretty sure that if I ask to talk to the person in charge, I will be facing a person of my race.25. I can be pretty sure that an argument with a colleague of another race is more likely to jeopardize her/his chances for advancement than to jeopardize mine.29. I can be pretty sure that if I argue for the promotion of a person of another race, or a program centering on race, this is not likely to cost me heavily within my present setting, even if my colleagues disagree with me.30. If I declare there is a racial issue at hand, or there isn’t a racial issue at hand, my race will lend me more credibility for either position than a person of color will have.31. I can be pretty sure of finding people who would be willing to talk with me and advise me about my next steps, professionally.38. I can think over many options, social, political, imaginative or professional, without asking whether a person of my race would be accepted or allowed to do what I want to do.39. I can choose public accommodation without fearing that people of my race cannot get in or will be mistreated in the places I have chosen.41. I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help, my race will not work against me.42. If I have low credibility as a leader I can be sure that my race is not the problem.44.
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Watch a little TV.2 a.m. Saturday:Change, go to bed.2:30 a.m. Saturday:Stare at ceiling.Look at alarm clock.Think about 8:45 a.m. alarm.Curse the fates.3 a.m. Saturday:Get out of bed. Destination: Maryland.10:20-11:15 a.m. Saturday:Route 206 South to I-295 South to the New Jersey Turnpike.Listen to new mix.11:15-11:55 a.m. Saturday:New Jersey Turnpike South to the Delaware Memorial Bridge.Change CDs. 1 p.m. at the Arundel Mills Mall theater.Pay another toll.1:10-1:30 p.m. Saturday:Follow MapQuest directions to Arundel Mills Mall.Park approx. Yay!One more munkee visit.1:35 p.m. Saturday:Stumble into darkened movie theater. Discover proximity of truck and car.Give Stewie borrowed DVDs (Cube and Cube 2).Walk back.Group photo!3:30 p.m. Saturday:Eat lunch at Chevy’s with the movie crew: Stewie, Freak, Tressa, DDM, Squ1d, Squ1d’s woman, Hubert and some other guy.Chips & salsa, Mexican beer and spicy enchiladas. Yum.5:10 p.m. Saturday:Say goodbyes.Back on the road!5:15-5:20 p.m. Saturday:Drive around parking lot until I find exit.5:20-6:30 p.m. Saturday:Get stuck in traffic on I-895. Arrange to meet for a quick dinner.7:45-8:15 p.m. Saturday:Get lost on the way to pizza place.Drive around Cranbury.Find pizza place.8:15-9:15 p.m. Saturday:Dinner. Yay!9:16-10:15 p.m. Saturday:Back on Turnpike, then Parkway North, then I-280 North, bound for West Orange.Call Anthony.Two more tolls.10:15 p.m. Saturday:Arrive in West Orange. Laugh at boxer with girl’s name.Open another beer.11:15-11:59 p.m. Saturday:Watch Gatti get systematically destroyed by Mayweather.Note Mayweather is too quick.Watch Anthony stomp around in disgust.Third beer.
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Shuttles and taxis wait outside the cruise terminal after the Carnival cruise ship Elation returned to Galveston today. A female passenger was reported missing from the ship.A Houston-area woman reported missing from a Carnival cruise ship was not the victim of foul play or an accidental fall, Houston FBI agents determined today after interviewing the her husband and other passengers. We had agents on the ship and concluded there was no foul play involved, said Agent Luz Garcia, a spokeswoman for the FBI. I cant really go into detail out of respect for the family but our feeling that it was not an accident.” Family members last saw Vonnie Ales, 40, of Simonton, about 6:45 a.m. Friday when she left their cabin after the ship Elation left Belize and steamed toward its home port in Galveston, Carnival spokeswoman Jennifer de la Cruz said. A passenger saw her on an upper deck at about 7:15 a.m. as the ship passed about 30 miles south of the Mexican island of Cozumel, de la Cruz said. The seven-day voyage included stops in Mexico and Belize. Passengers debarking from the Elation at Galveston today said they first learned that Ales was missing Friday morning when an announcement was made over the ships public address system asking her to phone or go to the pursers office. A photo of Ales, who passengers said was traveling with her husband and two teenaged children, was broadcast over the ships televisions. We all looked, said John Besiso, 35, of Katy. His wife, Lisa, 35, said, Everybody was upset and concerned. Later the captain announced that he feared Ales was overboard and that he was turning the ship around to return to the area where she was last seen, passengers said. He was really frantic, recalled passenger Pam Gaspard, 37, of Orange. She said the ship turned around about noon. At about 1 p.m. passengers were asked to go to the rail and look along the deck for Ales and the ship turned around again, Gaspard said. Nothing was found and the ship began to retrace its course toward Cozumel, she said. Passenger Jeff Borencq, 42, of Belton, said the Elation steamed for about six hours before arriving in the area where Ales was last seen on the upper deck. Jeff Boren, 42, of Belton, and other passengers saw two Mexican naval or coast guard vessels and a third, private ship that appeared to be a large freighter, steaming in a search pattern. Gaspard said there was little danger of accidentally falling overboard. It would be very hard to fall off, she said, noting that the railing is chest high.
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-ne This poll released yesterday bodes well for internet news and ill for anonymous sourcing. Americans have a more favorable opinion of newspapers than other news media outlets, but slightly less than they did four years ago, according to a new survey by the Pew Research Center for the People and the Press. âThose who expressed favorable opinions of daily newspapers, local TV news, network news and cable news struck similar themes in explaining their positive views of these news outlets,â the report stated…. The survey was conducted between June 8 and June 12, with 1,464 people responding to the questionnaire, the survey reported.In another key finding, respondents indicated that they still go to newspapers for news more than the Internet. Forty-four percent of those surveyed said newspapers remained their main source of news, compared to 24% who said the Internet.
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-ne Ramban2:24 A man should therefore leave his father and his mother and cling to his wife, and they shall become one flesh. And cling to his wife, and they shall come one flesh- According to Rashi, â one fleshâ refers to the child wherein their flesh becomes united.
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-ne Writing Tool #1: Branch to the RightWriting Tool #2: Use Strong VerbsWriting Tool #3: Beware of AdverbsWriting Tool #4: Period As a Stop SignWriting Tool #5: Observe Word TerritoryWriting Tool #6: Play with WordsWriting Tool #7: Dig for the Concrete and SpecificWriting Tool #8: Seek Original ImagesWriting Tool #9: Prefer Simple to TechnicalWriting Tool #10: Recognize Your Storyâs RootsWriting Tool #11 Back Off or Show OffWriting Tool #12: Control the PaceWriting Tool #13: Show and TellWriting Tool #14: Interesting NamesWriting Tool #15: Reveal Character TraitsWriting Tool #16: Odd and Interesting ThingsWriting Tool #17: The Number of ElementsWriting Tool #18: Internal CliffhangersWriting Tool #19: Tune Your VoiceWriting Tool #20: Narrative OpportunitiesWriting Tool #21: Quotes and DialogueWriting Tool #22: Get ReadyWriting Tool #23: Place Gold Coins Along the PathWriting Tool #24: Name the Big PartsWriting Tool #25: RepeatWriting Tool #26: Fear Not the Long SentenceWriting Tool #27: Riffing for OriginalityWriting Tool #28: Writing CinematicallyWriting Tool #29: Report for ScenesWriting Tool #30: Write Endings to Lock the BoxWriting Tool #31: Parallel LinesWriting Tool #32: Let It FlowWriting Tool #33: RehearsalWriting Tool #34: Cut Big, Then SmallWriting Tool #35: Use PunctuationWriting Tool #36: Write A Mission Statement for Your StoryWriting Tool #37: Long ProjectsWriting Tool #38: Polish Your JewelsWriting Tool #39: The Voice of VerbsWriting Tool #40: The Broken LineWriting Tool #41: X-Ray ReadingWriting Tool #42: ParagraphsWriting Tool #43: Self-criticismWriting Tool #44: Save StringWriting Tool #45: ForeshadowWriting Tool #46: Storytellers, Start Your EnginesWriting Tool #47: CollaborationWriting Tool #48: Create An Editing Support GroupWriting Tool #49: Learn from CriticismWriting Tool #50: The Writing Process
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I can if I wish arrange to be in the company of people of my race most of the time.2. I can turn on the television or open to the front page of the paper and see people of my race widely represented.7. I can go into a music shop and count on finding the music of my race represented, into a supermarket and find the staple foods which fit with my cultural traditions, into a hairdresser’s shop and find someone who can cut my hair.13. I am never asked to speak for all the people of my racial group.22. I can be pretty sure that if I ask to talk to the person in charge, I will be facing a person of my race.25. I can be pretty sure that an argument with a colleague of another race is more likely to jeopardize her/his chances for advancement than to jeopardize mine.29. I can be pretty sure that if I argue for the promotion of a person of another race, or a program centering on race, this is not likely to cost me heavily within my present setting, even if my colleagues disagree with me.30. If I declare there is a racial issue at hand, or there isn’t a racial issue at hand, my race will lend me more credibility for either position than a person of color will have.31. I can be pretty sure of finding people who would be willing to talk with me and advise me about my next steps, professionally.38. I can think over many options, social, political, imaginative or professional, without asking whether a person of my race would be accepted or allowed to do what I want to do.39. I can choose public accommodation without fearing that people of my race cannot get in or will be mistreated in the places I have chosen.41. I can be sure that if I need legal or medical help, my race will not work against me.42. If I have low credibility as a leader I can be sure that my race is not the problem.44.
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Watch a little TV.2 a.m. Saturday:Change, go to bed.2:30 a.m. Saturday:Stare at ceiling.Look at alarm clock.Think about 8:45 a.m. alarm.Curse the fates.3 a.m. Saturday:Get out of bed. Destination: Maryland.10:20-11:15 a.m. Saturday:Route 206 South to I-295 South to the New Jersey Turnpike.Listen to new mix.11:15-11:55 a.m. Saturday:New Jersey Turnpike South to the Delaware Memorial Bridge.Change CDs. 1 p.m. at the Arundel Mills Mall theater.Pay another toll.1:10-1:30 p.m. Saturday:Follow MapQuest directions to Arundel Mills Mall.Park approx. Yay!One more munkee visit.1:35 p.m. Saturday:Stumble into darkened movie theater. Discover proximity of truck and car.Give Stewie borrowed DVDs (Cube and Cube 2).Walk back.Group photo!3:30 p.m. Saturday:Eat lunch at Chevy’s with the movie crew: Stewie, Freak, Tressa, DDM, Squ1d, Squ1d’s woman, Hubert and some other guy.Chips & salsa, Mexican beer and spicy enchiladas. Yum.5:10 p.m. Saturday:Say goodbyes.Back on the road!5:15-5:20 p.m. Saturday:Drive around parking lot until I find exit.5:20-6:30 p.m. Saturday:Get stuck in traffic on I-895. Arrange to meet for a quick dinner.7:45-8:15 p.m. Saturday:Get lost on the way to pizza place.Drive around Cranbury.Find pizza place.8:15-9:15 p.m. Saturday:Dinner. Yay!9:16-10:15 p.m. Saturday:Back on Turnpike, then Parkway North, then I-280 North, bound for West Orange.Call Anthony.Two more tolls.10:15 p.m. Saturday:Arrive in West Orange. Laugh at boxer with girl’s name.Open another beer.11:15-11:59 p.m. Saturday:Watch Gatti get systematically destroyed by Mayweather.Note Mayweather is too quick.Watch Anthony stomp around in disgust.Third beer.
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