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Thinking about what subject I should cover within this subject, it dawned on me quickly: MILFS!
There are so many gorgeous, beautiful, hot mom's in this world so I felt it was only necessary to dedicate this one to them. I'm actually proud of this one. Like, really, really proud. Call me lame, I don't care.
By the time it's all said and done, Halle Berry might go down as one of the most beautiful women in the history of cinema. Forgive me, but Ms. Berry is so damn hot that she got even hotter after the birth of her baby daughter. That's beauty for you right there. Beauty and a lot of working out. Not sure what the last movie Halle was in, although it doesn't really matter since she makes any movie better due to the fact she can actually act! Ms. Berry is one of those women I've had a crush on since she began and will have a crush on forever. It also makes it easier to like her because she doesn't seem to be a wack job like a lot of other Hollywood actors.
Porn stars come and go, usually with the same stories for the most part. Not Devon Lane. Her story is a little bit more interesting, albeit for a porn star. Adopted by devout Christian fundamentalist preacher. Already sounds interesting, doesn't it? After getting pregnant at the young age of 16, Lane started stripping to pay the bills for her child and herself. It wasn't too long after that Ms. Lane was approached to start posing for softcore porno magazines, the beginning of her pornography career. Although she was a little on the older side for a new porn starlet, Devon debuted in a lesbian only hardcore porn scene in 1999, setting up her career for bigger paydays and more ways to branch out. Nowadays, Devon Lane is a director and writer, also occasionally starring in soft core movies.
PLAYBOY BUNNY – JENNY McCARTHY
First of all, let me just note that I totally forgot how beautiful Jenny McCarthy was. Maybe it's because she's been out of the public eye for a while, taking care of Jim Carey's kids instead of sticking her face in front of a camera. But she's still hot, still funny, still a completely different mold of playmate than most of the others. It started in 1993 as a photoshoot for Playboy, she became Playmate of the Year in 1994 and the rest is all she wrote. Married and divorced twice, now living with Jim Carey although they're not not technically married. Also, she admitted to having oral sex with women while cheating on her first husband. I bet that last line got you going, eh?
Who Wins?
Tough choice here, mainly between Jenny McCarthy and Halle Berry, the super Milfs. Devon Lane is cute but lacks the beauty of the other two and also tries to justify how much of an independent woman she is although she's still a porn star. That's a big no-no for me. You are what you are: admit it. Jenny McCarthy definitely is gorgeous but I'm a tad turned off by the fake boobs and super blond hair. That being said, it's also really hard to say Jenny is prettier than Halle Berry who is drop dead gorgeous.


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I haven't posted in a long time! The server was up and down and then I went away for my birthday! I'm finally 16! Did I mention all the tests for finals we had?! It's been super busy lately! Dad had a big business trip too and we all wanted to go. So it was like a mini vacation and we went away for my birthday too! Plus I got grounded for like two weeks for failing two tests! That was real, real boring!
April 4th to April 11th we went on my dad's business trip with him. That was fun. We took a plane and saw a few sights while dad was working. It was a week away from school which was so awesome! We didn't do anything really great to talk about or anything so I won't go into details or whatever but we had fun. I really enjoyed the vacation! :D It's not like we did much but it was just nice to get away from school and home life and all that yucky stuff! :P
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The on April 30th we got all the final exam tests back and ma and pa grounded me from May 1st to May 15th and couldn't use the computer! It was really bad! I didn't like it! I missed twitter and all! For a full two weeks I couldn't use any electronics at all! All because of two bad marks on tests. :[ It was bad! I don't think I've ever ben so bored before!! You know? There was no TV, no computer, no cell phone, no phone at all! All I could do was eat, sleep, read, or colour! it was so majorly boring!! :pinch:
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The information below is taken from the 2011 printing of "Guide to Advancement", BSA Publication 33088 (SKU 614448), which replaced the former publication 33088 entitled "Advancement Committee Policies and Procedures". The Guide to Advancement is the official Boy Scouts of America source on advancement procedures.
Since we are preparing young people to make a positive difference in society, we judge that a member is "active" when his level of activity in Scouting has had a sufficiently positive influence toward this end.
220.127.116.11 Active Participation
The purpose of Star, Life, and Eagle Scout requirements calling for Scouts to be active for a period of months involves impact. Since we prepare young people to go forth, and essentially, make a positive difference in our American society, we judge that a member is "active" when his level of activity in Scouting, whether high or minimal, has had a sufficiently positive influence toward this end.
Use the following three sequential tests to determine whether the requirement has been met. The first and second are required, along with either the third or its alternative.
- The Scout is registered. The youth is registered in his unit for at least the time period indicated in the requirement, and he has indicated in some way, through word or action, that he considers himself a member. If a boy was supposed to have been registered, but for whatever reason was not, discuss with the local council registrar the possibility of back-registering him.
- The Scout is in good standing. A Scout is considered in "good standing" with his unit as long as he has not been dismissed for disciplinary reasons. He must also be in good standing with the local council and the Boy Scouts of America. (In the rare case he is not, communications will have been delivered.)
- The Scout meets the unit's reasonable expectations; or, if not, a lesser level of activity is explained. If, for the time period required, a Scout or qualifying Venturer or Sea Scout meets those aspects of his unit's pre-established expectations that refer to a level of activity, then he is considered active and the requirement is met. Time counted as "active" need not be consecutive. A boy may piece together any times he has been active and still qualify.
Units are free to establish additional expectations on uniforming, supplies for outings, payment of dues, parental involvement, etc., but these and any other standards extraneous to a level of activity shall not be considered in evaluating this requirement.
Alternative to the third test if expectations are not met:
If a young man has fallen below his unit's activity oriented expectations, then it must be due to other positive endeavors — in or out of Scouting — or to noteworthy circumstances that have prevented a higher level of participation (see below). In this case a Scout is considered "active" if a board of review can agree that Scouting values have already taken hold and been exhibited. This might be evidenced, for example, in how he lives his life and relates to others in his community, at school, in his religious life, or in Scouting. It is also acceptable to consider and "count" positive activities outside Scouting when they, too, contribute to his growth in character, citizenship, or personal fitness. Remember; it is not so much about what a Scout has done. It is about what he is able to do and how he has grown.
There may be, of course, registered youth who appear to have zero level of activity. Maybe they are out of the country on an exchange program, or away at school. Or maybe we just haven't seen them and wonder if they've quit. To pass the first test above, a Scout must be registered. But he must also have made it clear through outright participation or by communicating in some way that he still considers himself a member, even though — for now — he may not meet full expectations. A conscientious leader might make a call and discover the boy's intentions.
If however, a Scout has been asked to leave his unit due to behavioral issues or the like, or if the council or the Boy Scouts of America has directed — for whatever reason — that he may not participate, then according to the second test he is not considered "active."
In considering the third test, it is appropriate for units to set reasonable expectations for attendance and participation. Then it is simple: Those who meet them are "active." But those who do not must be given the opportunity to qualify under the third-test alternative above. To do so, they must first offer an acceptable explanation. Certainly, there are medical, educational, family, and other issues that for practical purposes prevent higher levels of participation. These must be considered. Would the Scout have been more active if he could have been? If so, for purposes of advancement, he is deemed "active."
We must also recognize the many worthwhile opportunities beyond Scouting. Taking advantage of these opportunities and participating in them may be used to explain why unit participation falls short. Examples might include involvement in religious activities, school, sports, or clubs that also develop character, citizenship, or personal fitness. The additional learning and growth experiences these provide can reinforce the lessons of Scouting and also give young men the opportunity to put them into practice in a different setting.
It is reasonable to accept that competition for a Scout's time will become intense, especially as he grows older and wants to take advantage of positive "outside" opportunities. This can make full-time dedication to his unit difficult to balance. A fair leader therefore, will seek ways to empower a young man to plan his growth opportunities both within and outside Scouting, and consider them part of the overall positive life experience for which the Boy Scouts of America is a driving force.
A board of review can accept an explanation if it can be reasonably sure there have been sufficient influences in the Scout's life that he is meeting our aims and can be awarded the rank regardless of his current or most recent level of activity in Scouting. The board members must satisfy themselves that he presents himself, and behaves, according to the expectations of the rank for which he is a candidate. Simply put: Is he the sort of person who, based on present behavior, will contribute to the Boy Scouts of America's mission? Note that it may be more difficult, though not impossible, for a younger member to pass through the third-test alternative than for one more experienced in our lessons.
188.8.131.52 Demonstrate Scout Spirit
The ideals of the Boy Scouts of America are spelled out in the Scout Oath, Scout Law, Scout motto, and Scout slogan. Members incorporating these ideals into their daily lives at home, at school, in their religious life, and in their neighborhoods, for example, are said to have Scout spirit. In evaluating whether a member has fulfilled this requirement, it may be best to begin by asking him to explain what Scout spirit and living the Scout Oath and Scout Law mean to him. Young people know when they are being kind or helpful, or a good friend to others. They know when they are cheerful, or trustworthy, or reverent. All of us, young and old, know how we act when no one else is around.
A leader typically asks for examples of how a Scout has lived the Oath and Law. It might also be useful to invite examples of when he did not. This is not something to push, but it can help with the realization that sometimes we fail to live by our ideals, and that we all can do better. This also sends a message that a Scout can admit he has done wrong, yet still advance. Or in a serious situation—such as alcohol or illegal drug use—understand why advancement might not be appropriate just now. This is a sensitive issue, and must be treated carefully. Most Scout leaders do their best to live by the Oath and Law, but any one of them may look back on years past and wish that, at times, they had acted differently. We learn from these experiences and improve and grow. We can look for the same in our youth.
Evaluating Scout spirit will always be a judgment call, but through getting to know a young man and by asking probing questions, we can get a feel for it. We can say however, that we do not measure Scout spirit by counting meetings and outings attended. It is indicated, instead, by the way he lives his life.
220.127.116.11 Positions of Responsibility
Serve actively for a period of … months in one or more … positions of responsibility" is an accomplishment every candidate for Star, Life, or Eagle must achieve. The following will help to determine whether a Scout has fulfilled the requirement.
18.104.22.168.1 Positions Must Be Chosen From Among Those Listed.
The position must be listed in the position of responsibility requirement shown in the most current edition of Boy Scout Requirements, No. 34765. Since more than one member may hold some positions— "instructor," for example—it is expected that even very large units are able to provide sufficient opportunities within the list. The only exception involves Lone Scouts, who may use positions in school, their place of worship, in a club, or elsewhere in the community.
For Star and Life ranks only, a unit leader may assign a leadership project as a substitute for the position of responsibility. If this is done, he or she should consult the unit committee and unit advancement coordinator to arrive at suitable standards. The experience should provide lessons similar to those of the listed positions, but it must not be confused with, or compared to, the scope of an Eagle Scout service project.
126.96.36.199.2 Meeting the Time Test May Involve Any Number of Positions.
The requirement calls for a period of months. Any number of positions may be held as long as total service time equals at least the number of months required. Holding simultaneous positions does not shorten the required number of months. Positions need not flow from one to the other; there may be gaps between them. This applies to all qualified members including Lone Scouts.
When a Scout assumes a position of responsibility, something related to the desired results must happen.
184.108.40.206.3 Meeting Unit Expectations.
If a unit has established expectations for positions of responsibility, and if, within reason (see the note under "Rank Requirements Overview," 18.104.22.168), based on his personal skill set, the Scout meets them, he fulfills the requirement. When a Scout assumes a position, something related to the desired results must happen. It is a disservice to the Scout and to the unit to reward work that has not been done. Holding a position and doing nothing, producing no results, is unacceptable. Some degree of responsibility must be practiced, taken, or accepted.
22.214.171.124.4 Meeting the Requirement in the Absence of Unit Expectations.
It is best when a Scout's leaders provide him position descriptions, and then direction, coaching, and support. Where this occurs, and is done well, the young man will likely succeed. When this support, for whatever reason, is unavailable or otherwise not provided—or when there are no clearly established expectations—then an adult leader or the Scout, or both, should work out the responsibilities to fulfill. In doing so, neither the position's purpose nor degree of difficulty may be altered significantly or diminished. BSA literature provides the basis for this effort: the Scoutmaster Handbook, No. 33009, ("The Boy-Led Troop"); the Patrol Leader Handbook, No. 32502 ("Your Patrol and Your Troop"); the Varsity Scout Guidebook, No. 34827 (in explanations of team organization); the Venturing Leader Manual, No. 34655 ("Leadership in the Crew"); and the Sea Scout Manual, No. 33239 ("Officers' Responsibilities").
Under the above scenario, if it is left to the Scout to determine what should be done, and he makes a reasonable effort to perform accordingly for the time specified, then he fulfills this requirement. Even if his results are not necessarily what the Scoutmaster, members of a board of review, or others involved may want to see, he may not be held to unestablished expectations.
220.127.116.11.5 When Responsibilities Are Not Met.
If a unit has clearly established expectations for position(s) held, then — within reason — a Scout must meet them through the prescribed time. If he is not meeting expectations, then this must be communicated early. Unit leadership may work toward a constructive result by asking him what he thinks he should be accomplishing. What is his concept of the position? What does he think his troop leaders — youth and adult — expect? What has he done well? What needs improvement? Often this questioning approach can lead a young man to the decision to measure up. He will tell the leaders how much of the service time should be recorded. If it becomes clear nothing will improve his performance, then it is acceptable to remove the Scout from his position. Every effort should have been made while he was in the position to ensure he understood expectations and was regularly supported toward reasonably acceptable performance. It is unfair and inappropriate — after six months, for example — to surprise a boy who thinks he has been doing fine, with news that his performance is now considered unsatisfactory. In this case, he must be given credit for the time.
Only in rare cases — if ever — should troop leaders inform a Scout that time, once served, will not count.
If a Scout believes he has performed his duties satisfactorily, but his leaders disagree, then the possibility that expectations are unreasonable should be considered. If after discussions between the Scout and his leaders — and perhaps including his parents or guardians — he believes he is being held to unreasonable expectations, then upon completing the remaining requirements, he must be granted a board of review. If he is an Eagle disputed circumstances (see "Initiating Eagle Scout Board of Review Under Disputed Circumstances," 184.108.40.206).
18.104.22.168.6 "Responsibility" and "Leadership."
Many suggest this requirement should call for a position of "leadership" rather than simply of "responsibility." Taking and accepting responsibility, however, is a key foundation for leadership. One cannot lead effectively without it. The requirement as written recognizes the different personalities, talents, and skill sets in all of us. Some seem destined to be "the leader of the group." Others provide quality support and strong examples behind the scenes. Without the latter, the leaders in charge have little chance for success. Thus, the work of the supporters becomes part of the overall leadership effort.
184.108.40.206 Unit Leader (Scoutmaster) Conference
The unit leader (Scoutmaster) conference, regardless of the rank or program, is conducted according to the guidelines in the Scoutmaster Handbook, No. 33009. Note that a Scout must participate or take part in one; it is not a "test." Requirements do not say he must "pass" a conference. While it makes sense to hold one after other requirements for a rank are met, it is not required that it be the last step before the board of review. This is an important consideration for Scouts on a tight schedule to meet the requirements before age 18. Last-minute work can sometimes make it impossible to fit the conference in before then, so scheduling it earlier can avoid unnecessary extension requests.
The conference can provide a forum for discussing ambitions and life purpose and for establishing goals for future achievement, but work left to be completed may be discussed just as easily as that which is finished. If appropriate, an "object lesson" on delayed effort could prove valuable. Ultimately, conference timing is up to the unit. Some leaders hold more than one along the way, and any of them can count toward the requirement.


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This is simply brilliant
and all things I have definitely learned thus far in my 20's
25 Things I've Learned in My Twenties
- You can't date a jerk and expect to turn them into a good person. Jerks are fully committed to being unpleasant. Those brief moments of tenderness they give you are designed to trip you up and give you false hope. It's best to stay away altogether.
- The rumors are true: your metabolism does slow down as you get older! That means if you're still eating whatever you want, there's a good chance you'll start to gain an awkward amount of weight. It won't be too drastic but your clothes will start to hang differently on your body and you'll feel an overall feeling of unattractiveness. Start to be conscious of what you eat and strive to live a healthier lifestyle if you want to get your teen body back. (Let's be real though, that might not ever come back.)
- You're going to lose touch with a lot of your friends. With some people, it will be expected but with others it will feel like a punch to the stomach. No friendship is truly safe in your twenties. You're undergoing so many personal and professional changes that there's bound to be some casualties along the way. Don't worry though. You'll end up with the ones that matter. If someone's no longer in your life, it's for a reason.
- You'll be jealous of everyone who's more successful than you. That's okay. Just transfer that jealousy into something productive, like working really hard so you can one day eclipse them and make them feel jealous of YOU.


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Posted on 01 / 29 / 2013Every item on the menu is vegan. I had the Kung Pao "chicken" and it was amazing. The dumplings where incredible too. A must try!
Pros: lots of veganCons: probably not super healthy
Every item on the menu is vegan. I had the Kung Pao "chicken" and it was amazing. The dumplings where incredible too. A must try!
Pros: lots of veganThey may not have the best atmosphere in town, but enough to enjoy a dish of very good vegan food, tasty and well done - don't miss the desserts (loved the carrot cake).
Pros: vegan, tasty, fastAfter not going to the Bay area for several years, we were excited to go back to Garden Fresh and enjoy some delicious Vegan Chinese cuisine. However, much to our disappointment, the food didn't taste the same as it used to. The portions were smaller, and the Orange Chicken looked burnt. It used to be such a great restaurant. It's sad that the food isn't as good as it used to be. We probably will never go back.
Pros: Convenient Spotreviews
Garden Fresh has been one of my favorite restaurants since the 1990s. I became a little disenchanted with the restaurant when it changed owners in the early 2000s because I felt the quality dropped off some. Since then, I think the quality has improved, although it's been accompanied by higher prices and fewer freebies. For example, back in the old days, the lunch special used to include fried spring rolls, and all of the dishes included complimentary brown rice (even at dinner). Still, Garden Fresh is one of the better deals around, and its best dishes are excellent.
On our most recent trip, we got the lettuce cups and the veggie chicken curry. The lettuce cups were not nearly as good as I remember; something was "off" with the flavor. I don't think we'll try that dish again. The veggie chicken curry is wonderful comfort food. Sometimes I'm not in the mood for something tasting so "heavy," but this time it was exactly what I wanted.
Some of our other favorites: Mongolian veggie chicken and Hunan veggie chicken (these dishes are pretty similar), basil moo shoo rolls, the veggie curry noodle soup and the moo shoo vegetables. Many other dishes are good too. I also like the tofu chowder they frequently serve complimentary. My wife prefers the hot-and-sour soup, and sometimes they will substitute that for the tofu chowder without charging more.
The restaurant itself is hardly atmospheric, although it is slightly more spruced up than it was in the 1990s. It's basically a few rows of formica tables in a mini-mall. Then again, my culinary tastes were honed in Southern California, where the best meals always were in mini-malls, so the setting doesn't bother me. For us, its convenience is an added bonus; it's in easy biking distance from our house.
Not my favorite place but mainly it is because I am not into the typical mock meat/Chinese vegetarian food. Space is very small and you don't go there for the ambiance.
I love almost every dish at this restaurant. My personal favorites are "Black Pepper Chicken", "Scallion Pancakes" & "Chow Fun". Every item is vegan and the owner Alice really appreciates the regular customers. (She works the Palo Alto store and her husband runs the Mountain View store.) The Palo Alto store has a nicer interior and more menu selections, but prices are a little higher.
I was amazed not only at the speed in which my take-out order was taken and completed (around 5-7 minutes) but the sheer amount of tasty food I got. Yum! Not to mention the menu is 100% Vegan.
It IS kind of on the small side, so eating there is probably not so ideal for large groups. or if it's too busy. Parking lot is also pretty cramped. But none of those factors are really an issue for me, so it all worked out! Looking forward to trying the rest of the menu items.
Pros: Big portions; good food, Fast service, Friendly staffWe were a little disappointed. They weren't the best we've had; not the worst either. Probably won't go again.
Pros: big portionsMy wife and I have been going to Garden Fresh for many years now and can confirm that it is indeed one of the best vegetarian restaurants in the San Francisco Bay Area. When taking prices into consideration, Garden Fresh is hands-down ... THE BEST! Be sure to try the scallion pancakes appetizer! The portions are always generous and the service is consistently prompt and courteous. And if you happen to have a sweet tooth, the Maggie Mudd vegan ice creams and Black China Bakery vegan cakes are always available.
Pros: Tasty Food, Prices, Fast, Friendly ServiceThis is currently our "best" restaurant for vegetarian food. Lu Lai used to be in the same class but it closed down. Most everything on the menu is great.
Pros: great taste, friendly serviceGarden Fresh is one of our favorite take-out restaurants. Everything is vegan and most dishes are very yummy and filling (a bit on the salty, oily side). Favorites include scallion pancakes (when in the mood for fried stuff), general's "chicken," eggplant and tofu (if you ask they'll make the tofu steamed, not fried), "chicken" curry (note: can be over-salty), spicy bean curd (ma-po tofu), green boat (saucy noodles with shiitake mushrooms), orange "beef," tofu delight, bok choy with black mushrooms, ... I could keep going but I'd be listing almost the whole menu! Skip the vege sushi (just not very nice) and vege potstickers (not really satisfying). The ambience is hole-in-the-wall-ish (in a mini-mall, next to 31 Flavors) though they've recently repainted and updated the decor. They now serve Maggie Mudd vegan ice creams, by the way. Very friendly and accommodating staff who remember you and your favorite dishes. Our meat-eating in-laws love the food and can't tell whether it's real chicken or not. (It's not, yay.)
Pros: all vegan food, tasty appealing food, large portionsI've been going to Garden Fresh for years. A new owner took over about a year and a half ago and they not only maintained the excellent food and service of the previous owner but added dishes and even a special menu board on the wall. Just wonderful food. For starters try the Scallion Pancakes.
Pros: EverythingWe used to live in the area, so we went here as often as we could. About seven years ago, we moved to the central valley. When we go visit family, we often go eat at Garden Fresh. The staff is so nice! They always remember us. We also love the food. Our favorites are the Sweet and Sour "Pork", Curry "Chicken", and, especially, a tofu wrap (it comes with lettuce to wrap it in). Their appetizers are good, especially the "pizza" and spring rolls. We have taken many friends and family members there--most still eat meat--and everyone else has loved it, too. Garden Fresh is so tasty, friendly, and a nice little place to eat. Dinner is a bit pricy, so luch is a great option.
Pros: vegan, have vegan information, wonderful staff
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We continue to see cases of predators hunting on the rooms, grooming and stalking their prey and sometimes the children of their prey.
I submit that members aware of the criminal activity should also be held accountable. If someone in the AA rooms admits to criminal actions, others in the rooms have a responsibility to report that to law enforcement authorities.
I would submit they should be charged with obstruction of justice, and also held personally liable in civil court because of their failure to report criminal activity, such as the athletic department in the Sandusky case is now going through.
This is the real difference between the rooms of AA and grocery stores, coffee shops etc that the AA apologists continue to campare. People outside the rooms of AA do not condone or remain silent in the presence of criminal evil.
I would also submit that if there is a group effort to pass along a predator to another set of unsuspecting victims by sending the predator to another AA group, or for that matter another rehab business, that would be a willful act of coverup that RICO statutes should come into play.
Many former AA members believe that the statue of limitations has expired on the predatory actions they have seen or heard about in the rooms of Alcoholics Anonymous. This is not the case and there are many resources available, which can be seen by the arrest and conviction of Alcoholics Anonymous member William Beebe, 22 years after the crime was committed upon Liz Seccuro when he started to stalk her and turn her world upside down.
Liz Seccuro is an activist and would be a good resource to contact and can be found at: http://www.lizseccuro.com/
It was late summer 2005 and we were about to set out on an extended vacation with our two-year-old daughter, Ava. "Hey, you got a letter," said my husband Mike, tossing it to me like a Frisbee. It smelled faintly of vanilla, nice paper. I ripped it open and began to read the very precise, almost feminine cursive script.
Dear Elizabeth:
In October 1984 I harmed you. I can scarcely begin to understand the degree to which, in your eyes, my behaviour has affected you in its wake. Still, I stand prepared to hear from you about just how, and in what ways you've been affected; and to begin to set right the wrong I've done, in any way you see fit. Most sincerely yours, Will Beebe
In 1984, I arrived, like any other student, at the University of Virginia in Charlottesville. An only child, I was the first in my family to attend college. My parents were thrilled, although the university was far from our home town, a suburb of New York City. I had graduated top of my high school class and was prepared to make something great of myself. But those hopes and dreams were dashed about five weeks later.
Read the rest: http://www.guardian.co.uk/society/2011/apr/30/rape-justice-after-20-years
Liz Seccuro also has a blog where she investigates current issues at: http://www.lizseccuro.com/blog/
"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.
Statute of limitations, which has nothing to do with this case. He admitted to it and had a willing victim to move forward with her options. Even then, she didn't feel that he got enough. The more I read about it, the more I felt for him and that he was ill advised to ever make contact with her. There is a part of the amends that says unless it would cause harm to them or others. And remember too that just because a person says something in the room, you need the cooperation of the victim.
I've never understood why this woman didn't prosecute at the time. She knew who he was, where he could be located, and she wasn't limited to campus security. I've always had mixed feelings about this case for both parties.
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AA apologetic loophole defense. Just like what you are doing on "Randolph Pozdol in Miami Florida gets 30 yr sentence for pornographic filming and sex with his AA Sponcees Children aged 4 & 6, July 23, 2012" http://orange-papers.org/forum/node/2035
Shame on you!
Don't forget, it's "take what you want and leave the rest", just like you claim is wriiten in the literature of the main office of Alcoholics Anonymous at the Interchurch Center of 475 riverside Drive.... but it's not....
"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.
What loophole are you talking about? It seems that AA has nothing to do with the fact that children in "live in" situations are 8 times more likely to be abused than children in a marital home.
No matter what, it is reprehensible. I just can't see how AA would be culpable.
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Ex-Supervisor at Teen Rehab Center Allegedly Raped Patient
Published November 21, 2008
The story of repeated rape at an Alcohol and Drug Rehab.
Scott Greening Dependency Center
1315 East 20th Street
Joplin, MO
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Updated: 2009-09-25 11:19:23
Preferred Family Healthcare (PFH) acquired the Scott Greening Center, also known as Youth Dependency Inc., and will take over operations effective October 1, 2009. The center located at 1315 East 20th St. in Joplin provides outpatient, day and residential treatment for adolescents ages 12-17 with substance abuse and co-occurring mental health issues.As part of their treatment, youth in the program provide community service and participate in A.R.T.C., (Achieving Recovery Through Creativity), a creative arts program recognized by First Lady Barbara Bush in 2007 for exemplifying her "Helping America's Youth" initiative.
Preferred Family Healthcare, a not-for-profit agency, has served Missouri citizens for three decades, providing mental health and substance abuse prevention and treatment services for both adults and adolescents throughout Missouri, and more recently in Texas and Kansas. PFH is nationally accredited by the Commission on Accreditation of Rehabilitation Facilities. Services are funded by state grants, Medicaid, private insurance or private pay. This is the second Scott Greening facility purchased by Preferred Family Healthcare; the first in Kansas City in 2003. Mike Schwend is president and CEO.
Source: http://www.joplinindependent.com/display_article.php/sray1253899163
Notice the dates..... coincidence?
"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.
David Scratchley, 12 Step Councilor arrested for rape of 10 year old September 2011.
Video: David Scratchley, 'Child Safety' Expert Accused of Attempting to Rape 10-Year-Old, Says Addicts Are 'Sick'
By Nina Shapiro Wed., Sep. 7 2011 at 4:58 PM
UPDATE: Scratchley was charged today with attempted rape of a child in the first degree and communication with a minor for immoral purposes. He is being held in the King County Jail on $1 million bail, and will be arraigned on September 21.
It's not hard to get a sense of David Scratchley's personality--at least the one he presented to the world. The drug-treatment manager, arrested on Friday for investigation of attempted child rape, is all over the web.
The 52-year-old Scratchley (shown in the above picture) has posted a series of videos of himself holding forth on a number of topics--among them "power parenting" and "treatment options for addicted teens," subjects that he has also addressed in books. (See typical video below.)
So what do we learn from his online presentations? Mostly, that if Scratchley had a dark side, it was buried beneath an exceedingly bland persona. The 52-year-old, looking his age with a slightly receding hairline, goes through his material in a droning voice. After introducing himself as "Dr. David Scratchley, a psychologist working in Seattle, Washington," he cuts to PowerPoint presentations and invites viewers to follow along on a couple of his websites (www.drugseminars.net is one).
The topics of his expertise are ironic, of course, given the allegations against him. The man who is suspected of attempting to sexually assault a 10-year-old boy is frequently described, in various online bios of him, as a "child safety" expert. And, despite his work treating addiction, a woman who told police she was having a relationship with Scratchley said they got high on crack together
Read more (especially the comments): http://blogs.seattleweekly.com/dailyweekly/2011/09/video_david_scratchley_...
"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.
I can't get the first link to open so I googled the case. Again, AA had no position on it.
I don't think someone would really be able to be prosecuted because someone told you something. I also would have to be absolutely certain before I would reveal anything. It's like Charlie Hooper coming here with that tale. People were screeching, run to the police! without any real proof that it wasn't just a game. The more she she riled posters, the more sensationla she became and the poster never came back.
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No, I didn't, DeCon, because most of your links won't open for me.
The statue of JoePa wasn't taken down as part of any criminal prosecution. It was the decision of Penn State and JoePa wasn't prosecuted for anything.
I have never agreed that self help groups enjoy therapist/client confidentiality. I am not a licensed professional. My sponsor charges a dollar for a 5th step so that he CAN claim confidentiality as he's worked with some pretty tough cases that need some help down the line with further steps.
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My sponsor charges a dollar for a 5th step so that he CAN claim confidentiality as he's worked with some pretty tough cases that need some help down the line with further steps.
The charging of the one dollar makes no difference. The question is whether the person met with the lawyer for LEGAL advice. Normal step work is not legal advice so it would not be covered by the atty/client privilege. Now your lawyer or the client-sponsee might try to say that the information was disclosed in pursuit of legal advice. In such a case, the one dollar fee will make no difference since many lawyers do pro bono legal work for free, and many lawyers do not charge for an initial consultation (initial consultations are covered by the atty/client privilege in every state I know of). If anything, the nominal fee of one dollar makes it look like a sham to create the appearance of an attorney client relationship when in fact there was none. It sounds like your sponsor is playing fast and loose with the rules of professional responsibility. IMO, he shouldn't tell his sponsees that all they have to do is give him a dollar to create a communications or testimonial privilege. Of course, the laws in his jurisdiction may differ.
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."
I doubt he is a predator of any kind. Very esteemed professional.
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Sure they do pro bono work, and I am sure it is more of a tongue in cheek assurance to someone. As I also said, he's worked with some tough cases that needed help for steps further down the line that would take legal advice. No one would want someone just winging some of these things... I wonder if that VA rape case might not have worked out differently if he'd had someone with some legal expertise advising him.
Nice to see you, Penny.
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Nice to see you, too. Yeah, I'm sure the VA rapist did not speak to a lawyer first. My philosophy would be not to mix step work/sponsorship with legal work/advice. Be a lawyer or a sponsor, but not both.
"Hokey religions and ancient weapons are no match for a good blaster at your side, kid."
Joe Paterno is dead Clara so you are right he hasn't been prosecuted. But each & every one of the other adults who were aware of Sanduskys atrocious sexual child abuse should be prosecuted. It is illegal to know of any & all child abuse & not report or act upon. I read of victim after victim testifying about screaming & begging for help while Sandusky was sodomizing them in his home & a few testified his wife would open the door & look in the room & walk away. She should die in jail right along with Sandusky. Monsignor William Lynn was sentenced to 3 to 6 years today for knowledge of & covering up the sexual child abuses of a priest underling. First the Catholic Church a powerful organized religion, then Penn State a wealthy university with a powerful football team, organization & following. aa's day is coming & every member of aa is accountable for being brain washed into believing that protecting the cult is the right thing to do & not reporting knowledge of crimes is illegal. Individual members will get hammered & not have the amount of wealth necessary for lawsuits & members who have documented complaints to aa with letters will come forward & aa will get sued. Additionally it just doesn't matter that your sponsor takes a $1.00 fee for listening to any 5th step confessions, when being an aa member he is not in an officer of the court position or capacity, he's just another looney bin cult member.
patti, maybe it's news to you, but did you read that Bill Wilson is also dead? So why hold him responsible for what some pathetic pervert did to two children?
AA ain't nevah gonna get sued successfully. Whack jobs like you might attempt it, but your arguments are so specious that you would be thrown right out of court. Let me know when and where: I'll crank up the video. It'll be just like standing right outside the saloon doors in Dodge.
"The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks."
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
Dum-Dum. The obvious point regarding Joe Paterno not being prosecuted is that he can't be prosecuted due to being dead. Therefore obviously Clara's irrelevant point that Joe Pa not being prosecuted was moot. Get it? I heard the FBI investigative indictment on the news & it's likely that more people involved in the Penn State cover up will be indicted & prosecuted. Surely you are aware of the punishments Penn State has to serve for the abuse & cover up. Fined 60 million dollars just one of the many the NCAA enforced. Additionally Penn State has been advised to shut down their football program by their own attorneys. Although you are obviously an active aa member you may have a crystal ball or an ouija board & are able to predict the future. aa has already been sued & quickly settles out of court quietly & confidentially. Eventually just like other organized religions such as the Catholic Church aa will be sued in public & paid employee's who ignored & covered up the truth regarding the many, many abuses that occur in aa will likely be prosecuted. Its not an if its a when. I know that you have written multiple times that you no longer belong to aa but you lie so often that you have no creditability & I do not believe you are not an active cult zealot. That you are a complete & utter whack job is a definite.
You don't expect me to actually read this, do you patti?
"The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks."
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
You mean rather like Jews in the ghetto? AA isn't a temperance group.
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AA makes it's own AA Ghetto, they are called sober homes and General Service Areas of Alcoholics Anonymous bringing down housing values and the morals of the surrounding area by heavily recruiting from jails and prison for their members. this can plainly be seen in the problems with sober homes being opened up from Newport Beach, California to Delray, Florida to Lewiston, Maine.
These AA ghettos are directly tied to the General Service Area and District Committee members (DCM) of those areas who actively promote the policies and procedures needed to grow the cult using "Correction Committees" (sometimes hidden under Hospitals and Institutions (H&I) to "hide" the connections.)
"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.
AA makes its own ghetto, you say. How does that impact you on a daily basis?
"The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks."
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
In a very sick case of torture in 2011, a Toronto, Canada man befriended another man in Alcoholics Anonymous and let him move into his home, something done often in the cult of Alcoholics Anonymous. AA member John Michael Siscoe took over the home of his victim and his wife, locked him in a closet, tortured him, blocking him off from outside contact. Siscoe was active in AA and even wanted to start a "sober home", but it wasn't the close members of AA, it was patrons at a local bar that realized something was wrong... How could this be? Were they practicing the "anonymity" clause of the cult of Alcoholics Anonymous and looking the other way?
Torture victim tells of 3-month ordeal in Toronto apartment
By Fong, Petti January 15, 2012
VANCOUVER — He says his name, his real name, almost defiantly, proud that this, at least, has not been taken from him.
Not the nickname he was called by his torturers over the months he was kept in captivity, sleeping in a tiny closet, beaten to the point where every time the blood splattered on the walls, he was surprised at the sight.
"I didn't know I had any blood left," he says. "I didn't know there was any more way they could hurt me and cause me pain."
He is a victim, he was tortured and he survived one of the most shocking crimes to be heard in a Toronto court.
He can name the man, John Michael Siscoe, who did this to him but he cannot name his other captor, his wife. A court ban protects his identity but in doing so, it also protects her. He wishes he could go public.
"What happened to me happened because it was behind closed doors and most people who knew or heard something didn't speak up. Only a few people were willing to say something," he says. "If they hadn't, I would still be there, in that closet. Or I would be dead."
The man described exclusively to the Star the three months in which he was brutally tortured, physically, sexually and psychologically.
His wife and Siscoe pleaded guilty in Ontario Superior Court last week to a series of charges, including endangering a life and sexual assault causing bodily harm, from Oct. 31, 2009, until police rescued the man from the one-bedroom west-end Toronto apartment on Jan. 19, 2010.
He spoke in the rec room of the apartment building where he now lives in a Vancouver suburb.
The complex includes three other buildings, adjoined by hallways and linked by shared weight rooms, laundry facilities and game rooms.
He is aware of the time to the minute when doors are automatically and systematically locked in the public spaces and which door locks behind him when he passes through to go outside for a smoke. That he has the access codes to unlock the doors is a point of pride for him.
There is a wariness now about people where before, his current girlfriend remembers, the man she knew was always friendly, always willing to help anyone, with nothing unkind to say about anyone. But now he trusts no one and while he's still so angry at his wife and Siscoe that his hands clench reflexively when their names are brought up, he simply wants to move on.
"I just don't want to know them anymore," he says when asked whether he plans to divorce the woman he married in 2005 in their former hometown in B.C's Fraser Valley.
They lived off the modest income he earned as a small engine mechanic and a disability allowance from the government.
But three years into their marriage, the man's wife began an affair with Siscoe, allowing him to move into their apartment and relegating the man to a couch in his own home. In the fall of 2009, when his wife was pregnant with Siscoe's baby, the three of them moved to Toronto and began living in a similar arrangement in a basement apartment.
A month after their move, the beatings began.
His girlfriend today, who first met him in 2004 at a Christian gathering, says when she saw him again after his return to the west coast in late January 2010, she hardly recognized him.
"Everything about him had changed, from the way he walked to the way he talks. He's not that person I knew back then, he's changed in almost every way," she says.
His own mother didn't recognize him. She walked by him three times at the airport when she went to pick him up after his release from hospital in Toronto.
"He was all shrunk up," she says during an interview at her home about 45 minutes away from where her son now lives. She demonstrates, hunching her body into a curve, hands tucked low against her side. "This was the way he looked. Half his size. Afraid. I think he thought he would be hit again even though he was back home."
His mother doesn't want to know the details of what her son endured and his girlfriend says she listens when he wants to talk about it, which is rarely.
Only recently has he been able to sleep without an overhead light on but still insists on a light being visible somewhere, whether as a night light or in a hallway. When he's in the shower he wants his girlfriend in the couple's tiny bathroom with him for security.
According to the agreed statement of facts presented in court, the man was forced to sit naked in a bathtub while Siscoe poured lighter fluid on his body, then set him on fire. Siscoe also used hairspray, aftershave and rubbing alcohol as accelerants.
"Stop crying or I'll give you something to cry about," Siscoe would tell the victim. His wife would shout "Shut up" when he screamed loudly, worried police or social services would come and take the unborn baby away if anyone learned about the abuse.
The tiny closet he was forced to sleep in was so dark that pitch darkness still makes him scream. But he has made progress.
Just last month, he turned off the lights in a room, did a mock scream and then quickly turned the lights back on.
"I even laughed about it. But I can still feel that I get totally freaked out when someone accidentally turns off the light," he says. "I'll try it again sometime. I know I won't be able to do it ever in the washroom."
He had quit drinking in 2004 but began again during the three months he was in captivity, the better to cope with the pain of being sliced with razor blades and pierced with pins through his lips to seal his mouth.
Oozing wounds were cauterized with hot knives or sewn with a needle and thread. Cartilage was ripped from his ears with a pair of pliers.
He believes at least once, drugs were mixed in with his soup to keep him from screaming in pain. This was after he was kicked with steel-toed boots, which were later recovered by the police with blood stains on them.
He says he has not consumed any alcohol since being rescued.
It was the agonizing pain and the desperate attempts to do whatever he had to do to keep from getting beaten again that has left him fuzzy about the time he was in the apartment. He was forced to fill out forms with headers such as "To do what it takes to not be stupid" and "To do what I have to do to stay alive." He endured more beatings when his captors put an X next to boxes along the side to indicate he hadn't done the right thing.
"They looked for any reason to start again. It felt like it never ended," he says. He knows now, thinking about the measurements objectively, that Siscoe wasn't much bigger than he was, but the victim, who says he was always "a lover not a fighter," felt physically threatened by the other man who knew martial arts.
Yet despite the pain inflicted on him, there was something else that he never anticipated: humiliation.
Once, he vaguely remembers someone else coming to the apartment, a woman, and he was called out of the closet by Siscoe.
"Embarrassed," he says when asked what it was like to emerge from a closet wearing only a towel and being paraded in front of a stranger in the apartment. "Embarrassed and just felt humiliated, like nothing. Even then, I thought, it was like this was a movie. A movie that couldn't be real."
Asked if he thought about asking her for help, the man looks uncertain. "I couldn't ask anyone for help. I prayed someone would come and find me but I didn't know if that would change anything."
The woman reported that she saw the victim with his skin so purple and black from the beatings that she didn't know his race. She grabbed her daughter and left and he went back into the closet.
If she could leave, why couldn't he? Again, the victim thinks about this for a second. The bruises are gone but the scars remain all over his body, white healed marks so numerous they have become part of the texture of his skin, on his arms and legs and the rest of his torso.
"John said if I left, he would find me and kill me. If he couldn't find me, he would go find my parents and do to them what he was doing to me," he says. "Those were his words. That what he was doing to me, he would do to them. I couldn't do that to them. They wouldn't survive."
A week later, the woman who had been in the apartment and another man from a nearby bar who had also suspected something walked into a police station to report the abuse. The police officer who opened the closet door told the man he was safe. The first words out of the victim's mouth were: "I don't want to get them in trouble."
He says now that his first thoughts were different. A phrase he kept repeating over and over in his mind but couldn't say out loud. "Thank you."
The clearest memory he has about what happened after he was brought out of the apartment and taken to the hospital is eating ice cream, he says. A lot of ice cream and he could feel it dribble from his broken mouth but it didn't matter because there was no one to punish him for making a mess.
Then he fell asleep again and when he woke up, he was still in the hospital. His eyes traced an IV line connected from his body to the ground to a machine and from that to another tube over the hospital bed where he saw a bag of blood pumping and moving as if it was living thing.
"That's when I knew I was safe. I was hooked up to something and I was alive."
Source: http://www.thestar.com/news/gta/crime/article/1115837--torture-victim-te...
"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.
Can you point out the role of AA in this for me? I guess I missed how a person in AA would have more of a vibe than people in your neighborhood.
I also wonder why it is that Danny is constantly brought up here and then you wonder why he keeps coming back.
Remember Christopher Stevens when you vote.
Maybe he took the "keep coming back" and left the rest?
Perhaps he does, but I don't understand trying to bait this guy and then making him out to be a problem. I understand that there are people on this board that forget the internet is open to everyone, but to keep chasing a person you know WILL respond just makes them all equal to me.
Remember Christopher Stevens when you vote.
I really, really, really wish I hadn't read that.
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"The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
Why? Unless there is another source, there wasn't any mention of AA in the article, or that either man belonged to the fellowship. The article says that the wife started an affair with this man and moved him into the house, not that the man was befriended through AA and that he invited him to stay.
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"Why?" You have to ask "Why?"!!!
What kind of a sick monster are you?!?
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"The good thing about science is that it's true whether or not you believe in it." ~ Neil deGrasse Tyson
You must be crazy. It's clear from the picture that there is no "Siscoe" - the illustration of the man on the stand is one of Richard Nixon, and everybody knows Nixon was NOT in AA.
(how'm I doin, patti?)
"The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks."
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
Apparently nothing in recent news has quite captured your imagination as that alleged incident. Or are you just running out of material? Ask patti to help you - she seems a bottomless pit of ordure.
Harsh? Mm.
"The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks."
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
I submit that AA members protecting fellow AAs who have committed sexual abuses past and present under the cover of "anonymity" face a firing squad.
they should go to prison. Sandusky preyed on the most vulnerable children the underprivileged & down trodden with absent parents & living in poverty & despair. Sandusky would have never gotten away with his crimes if he was preying on children with parents & a stable home & environment. Sandusky preyed on poor Afro American males. Prisons in the U. S. are filled with poor Afro American males from the same environments & backgrounds as the children Sandusky preyed upon. I hope Sandusky stays alive in jail for years & gets what he has coming. Let the abuser be abused. Scumbag. Same with aa cult members. Let the abusers & the abusers protectors get what they have coming & go to prison & let the cult get sued for ignoring the abusers & turning a blind eye to protect the cult. The cult comes first!
Who stands so tall when the abused are afraid they will be killed if they reveal the abuse? Would you have them violate their own survival instincts just to make you happy?
"The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks."
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
judge becker says >> "Who stands so tall when the abused are afraid they will be killed if they reveal the abuse? Would you have them violate their own survival instincts just to make you happy?"
So it seems that the judge is admitting that abuse does indeed happen in the roomz of AA.
Thanks judge becket.
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Rational Recovery, SOS, HAMS
And are you going to pull the trigger that puts them all down, Ironic? Or do you just want them to "face" the firing squad with no firing? Will you delegate that so you don't have to get your hands dirty? That's the beauty of the lethal injection. No one even has to wash up afterward.
"The essence of the independent mind lies not in what it thinks, but in how it thinks."
― Christopher Hitchens, Letters to a Young Contrarian
I suppose I tend to think of a "lethal injection" as something that would feel nice. Must be conditioning.
That's eerie, Ironic, but I guess the only difference is outcome.
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Girl kept detailed diary of rapes by mother's boyfriend
January 9, 2008 6:03pm
BURLINGTON, Vermont – An English woman has been charged with aggravated sexual assault on a child after the discovery that her 7-year-old daughter kept a diary in which she noted when she was forced to have sex with her mother's boyfriend.
The girl, who now lives in California with her father, also told investigators that while she lived in England, her mother allowed men she brought home to have sex with her.
Stacey Parnitzke, 40, and former boyfriend Shane Casey, 38, were arrested Friday in Vermont. They could get life in prison if convicted. Each pleaded not guilty to the same charge.
The assaults allegedly occurred when the girl was between 7 and 9, according to court documents.
Vermont State Police Detective Lance Burnham said he had never seen such a case.
"With these cases, when they deal with children, you have the truest definition of a victim," Burnham said. "This child could not have fought back. She was unable to do so. She was totally at the mercy of these two individuals."
A lawyer for Parnitzke and Casey did not return a call Tuesday seeking comment.
Burnham said Parnitzke was born in England but was a permanent resident of the United States. Parnitzke and her daughter moved to Vermont in 2004, but Parnitzke sent the girl to live with her father in 2006.
The father went to police in October after the 11-year-old girl told him that while living in England, Parnitzke would bring men home from Alcoholics Anonymous meetings and let them rape her beginning when she was 5.
Read more:http://www.gmanetwork.com/news/story/75915/news/world/girl-kept-detailed...
AA members Stacey Parnitzke, 40, and former boyfriend Shane Casey, 38 have been in jail and court since their arrest.....
"Sex slave trial resumes with 1 defendant" February 4, 2011 http://www.wcax.com/global/story.asp?s=13969057
"Guilty verdicts in child sex slave case" April 27, 2010 http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=12383357
"Jury deliberates whether adults used girl as sex slave" April 26, 2010 http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=12373387
"Couple on trial for sex assault on girl" April 19, 2010 http://www.wcax.com/Global/story.asp?S=12337687
"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.
Decon- very good point. AA members are really weird...
There was a judge recently who sent a priest to jail for the cover up of pedophile priests. He complained " I did nothing" " he said , You are giving me more then those who committed the acts. "
The Judge didn't take his crap and sent his ass to jail. It was on NPR this morning. I will try to find the link and more info.
Msgr. Lynn sentenced to three to six years in prison
By John P. Martin and Joseph A. Slobodzian
INQUIRER STAFF WRITERS Tue, Jul. 24, 2012, 5:39 AMDefense attorney Jeff Lindy, representing Monsignor William Lynn, speaks with the media outside the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia on Thursday morning, July 5, 2012. A brief hearing was held before the judge to request Lynn be released from prison until sentencing. Lynn was found guilty of one count of child endangerment for covering up alleged abused by Catholic priests. (Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer)
Defense attorney Jeff Lindy, representing Monsignor William Lynn, speaks with the media outside the Criminal Justice Center in Philadelphia on Thursday morning, July 5, 2012. A brief hearing was held before the judge to request Lynn be released from prison until sentencing. Lynn was found guilty of one count of child endangerment for covering up alleged abused by Catholic priests. (Alejandro A. Alvarez / Staff Photographer)Msgr. William J. Lynn was sentenced to 3 to 6 years in state prison Tuesday by a judge who said he turned a blind eye while "monsters in clerical garb" sexually abused children, devastating families and shaking the Catholic church across Philadelphia and beyond.
Common Pleas Court Judge M. Teresa Sarmina said she believed Lynn was once the kind and selfless parish priest that his suppporters so passionately described. But as the aide Cardinal Anthony J. Bevilacqua tapped to investigate clergy-sex abuse, Lynn instead chose to protect the church over victims, she said.
Read More: http://www.philly.com/philly/news/breaking/20120724_Lynne_scheduled_for_...
"Tradition 10 - Alcoholics Anonymous has no opinion on outside issues; hence the AA name ought never be drawn into public controversy." Please follow orders from the Interchurch Center if you are an AA member and don't comment.
Monsignor William Lynn was sentenced to 3-6 years today for covering up the sexual abuse of one of his priests for years. Lynn actually hid the reports of the priest's abuses in a safe! And he was crying like a bitch today in court & saying he was only doing what he was obligated to do according to the church. Some days are a good day for justice & today was one of those days. Maybe Lynn & Sandusky will be cell mates in the same prison in Pennsylvania.
But until two years ago, you liked AA and the people in it for 35 years. I just don't get it.
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CLar, but AA has so many of the characteristics of a cult that one might conclude that AA is, indeed, a cult.
Do you recall Jonestown CLar? Have you figured that out yet?
Do you recall Heaven's Gate CLar? Have you figured that out yet?
Here >> "Drawing on scores of publications penned since the 1940s about AA as a cult, two notably balanced recent academic contributions were L. Allen Ragels' Is Alcoholics Anonymous a Cult? An Old Question Revisited and Jeffrey A. Schaler's Cult-Busting. Both authors found AA to be a cult, having used as a main reference the modern definitive work of its genre, Francesca Alexander and Michele Rollins' 1984 project, Alcoholics Anonymous: The Unseen Cult. Alexander and Rollins were sociologists who had infiltrated AA under cover to investigate cult practices. They measured AA against criteria developed by Robert J. Lifton. His 1961 book Thought Reform and the Psychology of Totalism, based on his research of the Communist "re-education" programs of Mao Tse-tung,is a classic work on brainwashing. Alexander and Rollins concluded that, "On the basis of this study, the authors contend that AA uses all the methods of brain washing, which are also the methods used by cults. It is our contention that AA is a cult." (Alexander & Rollins.) They found that AA's established cult criteria characteristics include sacred science, mystical manipulation, sacred texts, chants and rituals, demand for confession and purity, milieu control, love-bombing and family substitution, loaded language and parallel "thought reform" mind control techniques to those used in Red China."
To voluntarily disfellowship oneself from the AA cult is an act of empowerment.
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It's not beyond my understanding, LF. I just disagree that it is a cult or that I don't have the free will to go or to stay.
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Well CLar, in your post you said, I just don't get it.
It is fact that some in this world see Alcoholics Anonymous as a cult. It doesn't really matter if you see it as a cult, although I am sorry you are a practicing AA member. More poweer to ya.
If someone sees through the AA sham and leaves, who are you to even question the person leaving AA?
It is a personal choice. And if someone decides to speak out against AA, so be it.
Now, the free will question you will need to take up with soberman.
Don't drink, do as you please?
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