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i LOVE this pic thanx

it kinda reminds me of black sabbath, it would've a perfect cover for one of their albums

Forgot to add that my friend barely makes $10/hr( and she spent over 2 grand to get her CNA)

Another former friend of mine worked as an aide to a CP client and was making $9.50/hr no benefits or sick days and working very erratic and overwhelming hrs.

Lynne..

*STANDING OVATION *

I have a friend who works at a county nursing home/mental health facility here in NJ( a facility which I will not mention but which has a pretty bad rep here in Northern NJ). The bad rep is due to MANY of the reasons you mentioned: no money, low paying jobs, understaffing, ect.
My friend works as an activity aide/CNA and her patients( be they the geriatric patients or the MH patients) are her world. Although she freely admits that there are gross instances of neglect and wrongdoing, in the main, everyone cares about the residents and patients and tries to do what they can to brighten lives. (As is so often the case many of these people are without families and have been here for years. This is one of the largest hospitals in NJ and since the closing of the majority of state hospital beds, it has been pressed into service to care for the remaining long-term psych patients who cannot function in a group home setting)

LadyMaggie
Who plans to put her money where her loquatious mouth is and volunteer @ said facility in the near future

Could these have been donated "gently used" suits for use by the clients who were being prepaired by their treatment teams to return to outside? To teach proper dressing, job interview skills and such?
( reason i ask is that I have a friend who works @ a local developmental/mental health facility here in Northern NJ and they are always collecting gently used business casual clothes for patients returning to the ourside world and jobs)

Hmm those look a hell of a lot better than the suits my last ex boyfriend has in his closet!!!

This is just disgusting, sensless waste. One of my friends has a couch quite similar to that in his office. The wood is ornately carved and the seat backs/cushions are velvet stuffed with I THINK horsehair( whatever it is, it's damned uncomfortable to sit on!). It belonged to his great grandmother and dates from somewhere in the 19th century. The couch in this room could be the twin of this one (esp since his mother's family originally came from New England)

Nonetheless, Motts, thank you for capturing it for us yet again! ;)

With all the technology nowadays,they couldn't transfer to a system like Christopher Reeve had sitting up ? I don't understand why her life could've been less confining near the end of her life. Very tragic...God Bless her....R.I.P. Dianne

Just to let you know that Diane Odell, age 61, of Jackson, TN died yesterday after being confined to an iron lung since age 3. Her parents, now in their 80's, were so dedicated to caring for her. You can read articles in our local newspaper at jacksonsun.com

Millbrook Village trustees were confronted
over the inertia and lack of official
update on the status of the Bennet property.
The interested parties seem to represent
land and /or homeowners whom seem to feel that the village board/ and or Bennet's
owners have turned a blind eye to safety
and enforcement of building codes there
for the past three decades.
Yeah, no shit. A real hot news flash.Like
no one has noticed the place....

There are some who view this falling wreck of a former landmark as a hazard, and a
blight on Millbrook's image and property values. They are probably correct at this point.
Fire concerns were also cited.
The board led by Mayor Andy Ciferri, is
now ready to hold the proposed developer
accountable for the staus of their project
scenario. In other words, pissed off property owners who feel the developers as well as the current owners have been given a free ride, have decided to light a fire under their asses in a very public way.
It seems the intent is as much to provide
parity, and fairness in regards to ALL local
building codes, zoning, etc. and Bennet
is the obvious example, for people who are routinely
screwed or denied by the village board for their own property, additions, expansions, easements etc.

In other words, this has little to do with Bennet directly, it is {again] being used as a very convenient excuse to embarass Millbrook into following the law regarding
ALL properties.

Kinda, sorta.

These shortsighted people are going to
end up screwing themselves in the end.
Despite the board's seeming cluelessness
regarding Bennet's status, they ,as well as everyone else who has followed this at all
know that the DEC is still conducting its' environmental review. It takes time, people.

There is a war on, Government is busy
Wrecking Everything, it's hard for them to
multi-task folks!! Chill out. Don't worry they
are going to ruin this place soon enough.

Except these rule crazy types may end up forcing the village to DEMOLISH HALCYON HALL ITSELF. Who do you think will pay for that? Millbrook will, if these shortsighted people have their way. Then they will be the first to complain when the multi million bill
forces up their taxes considerably, all in
the name of SAFETY and CODE COMPLIANCE.

They remind me of Republicans: The whole
world can be going to hell, ruinous wars,an economy down the toilet, and all of that is just fine BECAUSE BILL CLINTON"S NOT GETTING ANY STRANGE. To put it nicely.

Basically, they should let the developer
finish the deal. HE pays for demo, site
remediation, and more importantly [to these
rule -crazy types] insurance, against
liability for injury, contamination, or whatever other scenario these paranoid panic-junkies
are so freakin worried about after 3 decades.

It is somewhat of a ploy for a whole other
agenda. But they are right in the long run.

As one who is interested in Preservation,
as opposed to Rules, my concern is that
the current development scenario
provides for some actual preservation!!
The best that can be hoped for, I assure
you.

If the village is forced to demo out of
{all of a sudden] code compliance,
then forget selective preservation
of the tower wing, stonework etc. So if
you are for preserving some aspect of this
place, a legal directive to demo would
be a disaster. As it would also be for the village's fiscal position.
Perhaps the only good would be that the
property would then not necessarily be
as heavily developed as current plans call for.

Mayor Andy Ciferri, who i personally think has been pretty good on this and other issues,
has promised to update the village on a monthly basis.
He has his work cut out for him.

Beautiful green scenery and I wonder how many lonely people did stare at that green forrest when they were thinking about their families

Dark prison cell

I am guessing that there must have been many very sick people that did sit on that toilet. That room does have many germs in it.

This is for Lynne if she is still around..

Could you please e-mail me @ celticrose1976_28@hotmail.com

I'd like to discuss volunteer opportunities for those of us who have a mental illness( medication compliant and getting stabilized).

Thanks

Mags

how Ironic...