... the rest I couldn't send, so here goes.. But now the prison has been less than cooperative! Why?? Nobody knows? For Jessica there is only one option left thus, to make a court order for him to be admitted. So strange!! I hope there is a way.Thanks for your help, Kelly! All will go as it has to go. I had wished to meet him on X-mas day. That's impossible now. Now at least i'd like to get a phone call from him on X-mas Day! That would be so wonderful! Free at last.... !
'Our greatest duty and our main duty is to help others,and please, if you can't help, would you please not hurt them.' - the Dalai Lama
(sorry it flipped away!)... himself free only on the 18th of December. But now the prison has been less than cooperative!! Why?? Nobody knows?
For Jessica there is only one option left then; to make a court order for him to be admitted!So strange!!!
I hope there is a way. Thanks for your help in sending good energy, kelly! All will go as it has to go. I had wished to meet him around X-mas. That isn't possible anymore.Now at least i hope to hear his voice at the phone at X-mas day. That would be so wonderfull! Free at last...................:)))))
'Our greatest duty and our main duty is to help others, and please, if you can't help them, would you please not hurt them.'- the Dalai Lamai
(sorry it flipped away!)... himself free only on the 18th of December. But now the prison has been less than cooperative!! Why?? Nobody knows?
For Jessica there is only one option left then; to make a court order for him to be admitted!So strange!!!
I hope there is a way. Thanks for your help in sending good energy, kelly! All will go as it has to go. I had wished to meet him around X-mas. That isn't possible anymore.Now at least i hope to hear his voice at the phone at X-mas day. That would be so wonderfull! Free at last...................:)))))
'Our greatest duty and our main duty is to help others, and please, if you can't help them, would you please not hurt them.'- the Dalai Lamai
(sorry it flipped away!)... himself free only on the 18th of December. But now the prison has been less than cooperative!! Why?? Nobody knows?
For Jessica there is only one option left then; to make a court order for him to be admitted!So strange!!!
I hope there is a way. Thanks for your help in sending good energy, kelly! All will go as it has to go. I had wished to meet him around X-mas. That isn't possible anymore.Now at least i hope to hear his voice at the phone at X-mas day. That would be so wonderfull! Free at last...................:)))))
'Our greatest duty and our main duty is to help others, and please, if you can't help them, would you please not hurt them.'- the Dalai Lamai
(sorry it flipped away!)... himself free only on the 18th of December. But now the prison has been less than cooperative!! Why?? Nobody knows?
For Jessica there is only one option left then; to make a court order for him to be admitted!So strange!!!
I hope there is a way. Thanks for your help in sending good energy, kelly! All will go as it has to go. I had wished to meet him around X-mas. That isn't possible anymore.Now at least i hope to hear his voice at the phone at X-mas day. That would be so wonderfull! Free at last...................:)))))
'Our greatest duty and our main duty is to help others, and please, if you can't help them, would you please not hurt them.'- the Dalai Lamai
Loved to read your story. Actually you've a nice style of writing, Kelly.
Also remark with interest your sentence above your letter! :)
I am glad you could leave the worries about that lump behind! Always adapting to other environments, Kelly!Well, it shapes your character in the meantime, I suppose?
What an ajustment again; different groups, at same tables, not allowed in certain groups... And I see how nicely you joined that other man, also not wellcomed; that's just you; being open for others and about being flexible. ;) Proves only you are wise, Kelly. Times czn change though. More in your likings.
So, do you have to be replaced once more! I am surprised you can look in someone's case?!
4 people in one cell... that sounds crowdy! Who is in your cell? Hopefully you get somewhat well with the others.And the snoring??
Deer.... they do give god energy, Kelly. Must be a mighty sight! Is the food great?
George's case now.They were planning to pay the hefty price for that expert to test his psychological state. The man a lot in demand! could make himselgf free on the 18th of Decmeber.in
You are a very nice human! I am so pleased to have you as a dear friend, I really do! May you have more luck in your life, Kelly. I also pray this will come to you.
We changed time, the winterhour now. So we had an hour extra time. I went to sleep a little longer and dreamt about George ;) You see, he's never far away, is he?
Here in Antwerpen we have now The BIg Draw week.One can assist, or have a look at art.On very many locations!! I went to the M UKA, an art center and saw Fotography (I'll explain in a letter), our Einstein kind of figure, Panamarenko there. Wow! I left myself a drawing behind in another center, in the style of Keith Haring. Then I drew a model in the place where our great painter Rubens ever painted himself! We had 10 minutes to draw the pose of the female model with a robe with fur.Made especially for that occasion! The drawing was still in my hands.:)) I met another artist, Caroline; she'll have an art show with 2 other women.Maybe I could be the fourth?? She painted unborn children; heads of children thus.Quite special!
I got your letter and will respond today, Kelly. Nice to hear you again!
Hey man! This article is very well-written and nuanced. It seems like you're very interested in Christianity and existentialism! I recommend Soren Kierkegaard, who is considered to be the founder of modern existentialism. He deals with the topics you are concerned with, and from a Christian perspective.
Your article got me thinking about these sorts of things too! It seems like Jesus' resurrection is rather irrelevant, especially since his life on Earth is very far removed both in location and time from our lives. However, when considered from a certain perspective, it is not irrelevant. In particular, if it is true that Jesus made radical claims about being the Son of G-d, and that he was physically resurrected from the dead, then it very probably follows that his personal claims were correct. In other words, his rising from the dead validates what he was saying about himself. And if this is the case, then it has everything to do with us, since we would then have a basis for meaning in our lives, for understanding the universe, for having hope in an afterlife, and (most importantly) for knowing who G-d is and how we relate to Him.
With regard to New Testament history, I would recommend looking up N.T. Wright and Craig Keener. Their writings are very lucid and exciting.
I'm glad you got to read Sartre! I have not yet gotten to him. Right now I'm plowing through philosophy of language. People like Frege and Russell and Putnam and Kripke. I would check them out, if you can. Their writings can be hard to find.
Keep on trucking. It's great to hear you're living in a spirit of Resurrection. I know many people who struggle with depression and anxiety; they wish they could live with that sort of attitude. Keep building the good mental habits. I read about this one lady, who was a chronic drinker, smoker, and party-goer, who was stuck at low-income levels, and who was very unhealthy. Long story short, she was able to break her smoking habit. Four years later, she was working on a graduate degree, was tan and healthy, and was interviewing for top-level jobs. She, along with many others like her, was being studied by scientists. The researchers discovered that once we break a "keystone habit", we can change many other things about ourselves. And once we're locked into good cycles, it gets easier to carry out good habits. It's from a book called "The Power of Habit". I only read the first couple of pages, but it seems great! I would check it out if you can.
Anyway, I'll catch ya later brother! Great to hear from you again. Keep on writing. Can't wait for the next piece.
Hi Teddy, I did a little research online for you and discovered that this business is well known for not delivering subscriptions to inmates and not responding to inquiries made about the orders. A Utah TV station even did an investigation into the company. They found out that "The American Magazine Service has no physical address. The business uses a mailbox at a Midvale postal shop to solicit business. Its owner is unknown."
The Better Business Bureau has given the company an F rating and there are over 300 registered complaints on them. The Better Business Bureau suggests that customers contact Utah’s Division of Consumer protection to file a complaint in an effort to get their money back. Their address is:
Division of Consumer Protection 160 East 300 South, 2nd Floor P.O. Box 146704 Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-6704
You have to fill out a consumer complaint form and provide supporting documentation (your order confirmation), so you will have to contact them for that form or I can print you out a copy and send it to you...your choice! -Melanie
This was fantastic to read, for so many reasons. It is individuals like you who have motivated me to work toward the position I'm currently in - doing a PhD at the University of California, Irvine in Criminology, Law & Society. I taught Philosophy and Ethics for the Prison University Project at San Quentin, and saw the tremendous need for exactly the kind of approach you suggest. I'm working on developing a research proposal for implementing a large number of the policies and practices of offender treatment and social attitudes from the Nordic countries. My contention so far has been that the unit of focus for rehabilitation needs to expand beyond the individual inmate, and also encompass the local communities into which they are released. The public imagination needs to be rehabilitated too. I would love to hear more of your thoughts and ideas about how this might happen. I feel the perspective of inmates is invaluable in this endeavor.
RSS
But now the prison has been less than cooperative! Why?? Nobody knows?
For Jessica there is only one option left thus, to make a court order for him to be admitted. So strange!!
I hope there is a way.Thanks for your help, Kelly!
All will go as it has to go.
I had wished to meet him on X-mas day. That's impossible now.
Now at least i'd like to get a phone call from him on X-mas Day! That would be so wonderful!
Free at last.... !
'Our greatest duty and our main duty is to help others,and please, if you can't help, would you please not hurt them.' - the Dalai Lama
One day we'll meet, Kelly!! :)
Love from Rita! big hug and xxx
But now the prison has been less than cooperative!! Why?? Nobody knows?
For Jessica there is only one option left then; to make a court order for him to be admitted!So strange!!!
I hope there is a way. Thanks for your help in sending good energy, kelly! All will go as it has to go. I had wished to meet him around X-mas. That isn't possible anymore.Now at least i hope to hear his voice at the phone at X-mas day. That would be so wonderfull! Free at last...................:)))))
'Our greatest duty and our main duty is to help others, and please, if you can't help them, would you please not hurt them.'- the Dalai Lamai
One day we'll meet, Kelly!! :)
love from Rita! big hug and xxx
But now the prison has been less than cooperative!! Why?? Nobody knows?
For Jessica there is only one option left then; to make a court order for him to be admitted!So strange!!!
I hope there is a way. Thanks for your help in sending good energy, kelly! All will go as it has to go. I had wished to meet him around X-mas. That isn't possible anymore.Now at least i hope to hear his voice at the phone at X-mas day. That would be so wonderfull! Free at last...................:)))))
'Our greatest duty and our main duty is to help others, and please, if you can't help them, would you please not hurt them.'- the Dalai Lamai
One day we'll meet, Kelly!! :)
love from Rita! big hug and xxx
But now the prison has been less than cooperative!! Why?? Nobody knows?
For Jessica there is only one option left then; to make a court order for him to be admitted!So strange!!!
I hope there is a way. Thanks for your help in sending good energy, kelly! All will go as it has to go. I had wished to meet him around X-mas. That isn't possible anymore.Now at least i hope to hear his voice at the phone at X-mas day. That would be so wonderfull! Free at last...................:)))))
'Our greatest duty and our main duty is to help others, and please, if you can't help them, would you please not hurt them.'- the Dalai Lamai
One day we'll meet, Kelly!! :)
love from Rita! big hug and xxx
But now the prison has been less than cooperative!! Why?? Nobody knows?
For Jessica there is only one option left then; to make a court order for him to be admitted!So strange!!!
I hope there is a way. Thanks for your help in sending good energy, kelly! All will go as it has to go. I had wished to meet him around X-mas. That isn't possible anymore.Now at least i hope to hear his voice at the phone at X-mas day. That would be so wonderfull! Free at last...................:)))))
'Our greatest duty and our main duty is to help others, and please, if you can't help them, would you please not hurt them.'- the Dalai Lamai
One day we'll meet, Kelly!! :)
love from Rita! big hug and xxx
Loved to read your story. Actually you've a nice style of writing, Kelly.
Also remark with interest your sentence above your letter! :)
I am glad you could leave the worries about that lump behind! Always adapting to other environments, Kelly!Well, it shapes your character in the meantime, I suppose?
What an ajustment again; different groups, at same tables, not allowed in certain groups... And I see how nicely you joined that other man, also not wellcomed; that's just you; being open for others and about being flexible. ;)
Proves only you are wise, Kelly.
Times czn change though. More in your likings.
So, do you have to be replaced once more! I am surprised you can look in someone's case?!
4 people in one cell... that sounds crowdy! Who is in your cell? Hopefully you get somewhat well with the others.And the snoring??
Deer.... they do give god energy, Kelly. Must be a mighty sight!
Is the food great?
George's case now.They were planning to pay the hefty price for that expert to test his psychological state. The man a lot in demand! could make himselgf free on the 18th of Decmeber.in
You are a very nice human! I am so pleased to have you as a dear friend, I really do!
May you have more luck in your life, Kelly. I also pray this will come to you.
We changed time, the winterhour now. So we had an hour extra time. I went to sleep a little longer and dreamt about George ;)
You see, he's never far away, is he?
Here in Antwerpen we have now The BIg Draw week.One can assist, or have a look at art.On very many locations!! I went to the M UKA, an art center and saw Fotography (I'll explain in a letter), our Einstein kind of figure, Panamarenko there. Wow! I left myself a drawing behind in another center, in the style of Keith Haring.
Then I drew a model in the place where our great painter Rubens ever painted himself! We had 10 minutes to draw the pose of the female model with a robe with fur.Made especially for that occasion! The drawing was still in my hands.:)) I met another artist, Caroline; she'll have an art show with 2 other women.Maybe I could be the fourth?? She painted unborn children; heads of children thus.Quite special!
I got your letter and will respond today, Kelly. Nice to hear you again!
Have a fun day.
Life is a jourey, enjoy the ride!
big hug from your friend, Rita xxx
Your article got me thinking about these sorts of things too! It seems like Jesus' resurrection is rather irrelevant, especially since his life on Earth is very far removed both in location and time from our lives. However, when considered from a certain perspective, it is not irrelevant. In particular, if it is true that Jesus made radical claims about being the Son of G-d, and that he was physically resurrected from the dead, then it very probably follows that his personal claims were correct. In other words, his rising from the dead validates what he was saying about himself. And if this is the case, then it has everything to do with us, since we would then have a basis for meaning in our lives, for understanding the universe, for having hope in an afterlife, and (most importantly) for knowing who G-d is and how we relate to Him.
With regard to New Testament history, I would recommend looking up N.T. Wright and Craig Keener. Their writings are very lucid and exciting.
I'm glad you got to read Sartre! I have not yet gotten to him. Right now I'm plowing through philosophy of language. People like Frege and Russell and Putnam and Kripke. I would check them out, if you can. Their writings can be hard to find.
Keep on trucking. It's great to hear you're living in a spirit of Resurrection. I know many people who struggle with depression and anxiety; they wish they could live with that sort of attitude. Keep building the good mental habits. I read about this one lady, who was a chronic drinker, smoker, and party-goer, who was stuck at low-income levels, and who was very unhealthy. Long story short, she was able to break her smoking habit. Four years later, she was working on a graduate degree, was tan and healthy, and was interviewing for top-level jobs. She, along with many others like her, was being studied by scientists. The researchers discovered that once we break a "keystone habit", we can change many other things about ourselves. And once we're locked into good cycles, it gets easier to carry out good habits. It's from a book called "The Power of Habit". I only read the first couple of pages, but it seems great! I would check it out if you can.
Anyway, I'll catch ya later brother! Great to hear from you again. Keep on writing. Can't wait for the next piece.
Best,
Calhoun25
I did a little research online for you and discovered that this business is well known for not delivering subscriptions to inmates and not responding to inquiries made about the orders. A Utah TV station even did an investigation into the company. They found out that "The American Magazine Service has no physical address. The business uses a mailbox at a Midvale postal shop to solicit business. Its owner is unknown."
The Better Business Bureau has given the company an F rating and there are over 300 registered complaints on them. The Better Business Bureau suggests that customers contact Utah’s Division of Consumer protection to file a complaint in an effort to get their money back. Their address is:
Division of Consumer Protection
160 East 300 South, 2nd Floor
P.O. Box 146704
Salt Lake City, Utah 84114-6704
You have to fill out a consumer complaint form and provide supporting documentation (your order confirmation), so you will have to contact them for that form or I can print you out a copy and send it to you...your choice! -Melanie
This was fantastic to read, for so many reasons. It is individuals like you who have motivated me to work toward the position I'm currently in - doing a PhD at the University of California, Irvine in Criminology, Law & Society. I taught Philosophy and Ethics for the Prison University Project at San Quentin, and saw the tremendous need for exactly the kind of approach you suggest. I'm working on developing a research proposal for implementing a large number of the policies and practices of offender treatment and social attitudes from the Nordic countries. My contention so far has been that the unit of focus for rehabilitation needs to expand beyond the individual inmate, and also encompass the local communities into which they are released. The public imagination needs to be rehabilitated too. I would love to hear more of your thoughts and ideas about how this might happen. I feel the perspective of inmates is invaluable in this endeavor.
Love and strength to you,
Marina