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Richard J Stiggins; Judith A Arter; Jan Chappuis; Stephen Chappuis
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Originally published Wednesday, December 5, 2012 at 9:00 PM
State moves killer Isaac Zamora from mental hospital to prison
Isaac Zamora, who killed six people in Skagit County four years ago, has become the first mentally ill patient to be transferred from a state hospital to prison without the approval of the courts.
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Isaac Zamora, who killed six people in Skagit County four years ago, was transferred Wednesday from a state mental hospital to the Monroe Correctional Complex, according to the Department of Corrections (DOC).
Zamora, 32, is the first state mental patient to be moved to a state prison under a 2010 law that allows such a transfer without court approval, according to DOC spokesman Chad Lewis.
The move was made at the request of Robin Arnold-Williams, the secretary of the Department of Social and Health Services (DSHS), who said Zamora posed safety risks to the Western State Hospital staff, other patients and the public. DSHS oversees the Steilacoom hospital, where Zamora was housed since his 2009 plea deal in which he was found not guilty by reason of insanity for two of the slayings.
A spokesman for DSHS declined to say, because of patient-confidentiality laws, specifically what prompted the transfer.
But Zamora's mother said Wednesday it was because her son had written letters to a friend discussing plans to escape from the mental hospital.
"He met this silly girl and they wrote to each other, tripping like crazy people do, about how they would escape," said Dennise Zamora. "I can't blame the institution for being concerned, but he doesn't know what he's doing. When did it become OK to send a severely mentally ill person to prison?"
On Sept. 2, 2008, Zamora broke into a neighbor's house and stole a shotgun and a rifle. He then went on a rampage, fatally shooting six people, including Skagit County sheriff's Deputy Anne Jackson.
In a plea deal that Zamora's lawyer said was designed to keep the severely mentally ill man out of prison, he pleaded guilty to four murders and was found not guilty by reason of insanity in two of the deaths by a judge. He was sent to Western State Hospital for mental-health treatment with the proviso that he would serve four life sentences in prison if he ever was deemed recovered.
Earlier this year, DSHS sought to have Zamora moved to prison, but a Skagit County Superior Court judge ruled that Zamora had not met the legal or hospital criteria to be released from Western State Hospital.
Judge Michael Rickert called Zamora "the most mentally ill criminal in the history of Skagit County" and said he would require "extraordinary care" wherever he's held.
Zamora, 32, will remain under the legal custody of DSHS although he will be housed at the Special Offender Unit at the Monroe prison. His status will be reviewed every 90 days, according to DSHS.
Criminal defendants who are found not guilty by reason of insanity are sent to the forensic unit of a state hospital for treatment and can petition the courts for release if their mental health improves.
The new law, however, allows DSHS to petition for a patient's transfer to DOC custody, even if the patient opposes the move, when the patient is deemed to present "unreasonable safety" risks.
Critics of the law have said it is a step toward the criminalization of the mentally ill.
"As community resources and inpatient beds have become more scarce, the only thing left for people with mental illness who pose behavioral problems is the blunt instrument of the law," Christopher Jennings, an attorney who works in mental-health advocacy at Western State Hospital, has said.
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Peoplequake: Mass Migration, Ageing Nations and the Coming Population Crash
A groundbreaking book that reveals the truth about population levels, and where they will take us in the future.
Wherever we look, population is the driver of the most toxic issues on the political agenda. But the population bomb is being defused. Half the world's women are having two children or fewer. Within a generation, the world's population will be falling. And we will all be getting very old. So should we welcome the return to centre stage of the tribal elders? Or is humanity facing a fate worse than environmental apocalypse?Brilliant, heretical and accessible to all, Fred Pearce takes on the matter that is fundamental to who we are and how we live, confronting our demographic demons.
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"With his usual clarity and dash Fred Pearce brings us the best news we've heard in 10,000 years - that the human population should soon level out, at a number that should be quite manageable; and some of the problems that may seem so dire in truth are assets - including the rise in average age and the increase in migration. This isn't wishful thinking - it's hard science. And it changes everything." - Colin Tudge
"Peoplequake is a debate-shaping book. Sobre, fascinating, it redraws the boundaries of the population debate. Pearce points out that the Earth could adequately meet the needs of a bigger population, but only once natural resources are shared more equally and managed using ecological
principles. The population bomb would defuse itself even quicker if we tackled over-consumption by the rich instead of fretting about the poor having children. This brilliant book's insights could save many lives and stop many more from suffering." - Andrew Simms, Policy Director at the New Economics Forum
"What a wonderfully rich and humane book! As a generation of newly-empowered women sweeps away our wrongheaded Malthusian nightmare, Fred Pearce demonstrates persuasively that the end of the population surge may well usher in a new era of ethnic tolerance, increased global integration and a period of kinder and more nurturing governance." - Ross Gelbspan, author of THE HEAT IS ON and BOILING POINT
"Fearless and well-informed; every paragraph crackles. Pearce evokes past and present with vivid detail and startlingly coherent insight." - Jesse H. Ausubel, Director of the Program for the Human Environment and Senior Research Associate at The Rockefeller University
"This is a well written and important book ... we highly recommend (Fred Pearce's) book - everyone should be grateful that he wrote it" - New Scientist
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The Times described Fred Pearce recently as one of Britain's finest science writers. An author and journalist based in London, he has reported on environment, popular science and development issues from over 60 countries over the past 20 years, specialising in global environment issues. He is the environment and development consultant for the New Scientist and writes regularly for the Daily Telegraph, the Guardian, the Independent the Times Higher Education Supplement and Country Life. In the US he has written for the Boston Globe, Audubon Magazine, Foreign Policy, Seed, Popular Science and Time and has written reports and extended journalism for WWF, the UN Environment Programme, the Red Cross, UNESCO, the World Bank and the UK Environment Agency. He is syndicated in Japan, Australia and elsewhere and his books have been translated into at least ten languages, including French, German, Portuguese, Japanese and Spanish.
He was voted BEMA Environment Journalist of the Year in 2001 and has been short-listed for the same award in 2000, 2002 and 2003. He is a past recipient of the Peter Kent Conservation Book Award and the TES Junior Information Book Award.
He is a regular broadcaster on radio and TV, and has given public lectures on all six continents in the past two years.
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I just want to congratulate WFMT for adding Suzanne Nance to the broadcast staff. What a beautiful voice! It is so mellow and clear, I even enjoy listening to her commercial accouncements. Bravo!
if you continue to play this cacophonous crud, I will cancel my membership.
About Suzanne Nance–Am I the only one for whom her voice and presentation provoke agony? For the love of God, bring back whoever she replaced.
Re Pledge Drive. It must bestressed that the "thank-you" gifts are but the icing on the cake. Our real reward is the music and the unique programming on WFMT. One thought: Those of us who respond immediately on Day 1 or 2 miss out on the great packages offered later. How about offering us early contributors a special package that is not repeated again?
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I'm listening to Borodin's 'Polovtsian Dances' (with Russian chorus) right now. It's one of my favorite pieces!! I've been trying to find my own copy, but haven't been successful. Do you have any suggestions as to where I can get a copy? PS I don't want 'Prince Igor', because I don't like opera!!
I am a WFMT news junkie. Please resume weekend broadcasting of the morning news. I miss your weekend schedule of old, where you'd still broadcast morning news on the hour until 10AM. Ever since grad school (more than 30 years ago), I always had my clock radio alarm tuned to wake me on the hour so that I could start my day with your news broadcast. On weekends it was such a luxury that you broadcast the news at 10 am also, instead of stopping at 9. Usually the radio would remain on to hear your music programming.
Ever the optimist, I still set my alarm to the hour, but am so disappointed that you don't broadcast the news that I turn off the radio and turn on a CD with Beethoven or Bach instead.
Also, I think you're missing an advertising opportunity by not having an app and a link to hearing a recording of the last news broadcasted, since invariably I receive a phone call or other interruption on the hour, causing me to miss the news entirely. You could get feedback of the number of people who access your news broadcasts, so that your advertisers would recognize the value of your station.
Where O where is Carl Grapentine??! I realize he needs a vacation as all of us do from time to time, but its going on 3 weeks now. Alas, his soothing voice is nowhere to be heard! The current announcer talks much too fast for mornings. Woe is me!
Dennis, thanks very much for your announcing during Carl Grapentine's absence. You've made waking up this week much easier, despite the wretched weather outside.
In 2014 I'll be appreciating WFMT for four reasons: 1) Relevant Tones; 2) The new Baroque and Before; 3) Fiesta; and 4) WFMT Live on Mondays. I resonate with both ends of the musical spectrum, renaissance and contemporary. Seth is a good friend, and he can present all the new composers and musicians with great enthusaism. Candice has thus far engaged me on Thursday night with renaissance music which is rarely heard, and I love. Elbio is a total "gentilhombre" who plays pieces that are so amazing and enlightinging. Last but not least, I think that WFMT is to be praised for broadcasting live music whether it be from the studio or remote sites, because the sound of live musicians makes all the difference.
Cellists for your month of Cello Players and music. First, a wonderfully talented and adventurous young man from nearby Chesterton, Indiana, Josh DeVries, here in a YouTube vid playing Michael Schelle's "The Monkey King": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gXbh8dgAM4E
Then Sam Magill from New York, here with Wendy Sutter playing the third movement from the Moor "Double Cello Concerto": http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=pleM2ry739g
Then there is Alan Steele, from Chicago. Here he is playing some fiery Prokofiev for a local contest in 2009… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=dja0FI2qvu4
And of course my suggestions would be entirely incomplete without mention of my alltime favorite cellist, Truls Mørk, who absolutely blew me away with his Mandel Hall recital a few years ago. He had an incredibly sensitive tone, which by observing his bowing technique closely from our second-row seats, I was able to go right home and duplicate for myself. Here he is playing the Rachmaninov Vocalise: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8C24n9izmVA Thankfully he has recovered from his temporary incapacitation and seems to be back better than ever before!
Carl, so glad you're back. The morning show was not the same without you.
More cellists for your January Special: Chicago native and Northwestern alum Alison Chesley who performs under the name Helen Money: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cR2_0ivaGVE#t=76
And in a similar vein, Zoë Keating… http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nLKOgTG8RMs
I am so very glad that Carl G. is back. Welcome back; you were missed
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Norm Pellegrini put his imprint on this station I love -Steve Robertson
rescued WFMT -David Polk must bring it to an audience that doesn't remember
Congratulations to David Polk on his new position as Program Director. Good Luck to you and one suggestions: Contact the Swedish American Chamber of Commerce at 312 863-8592. They will give you the correct pronunciation of the city of Goteborg, Sweden; so that all of the program hosts pronounce it the same way each time…especially the new hosts. Thank you.
I wish there was a way of expressing our preferences in programming, i.e., there are regular programs we like and some we can't stand.
Wow! That was Renee Fleming?! "America the Beautiful" was fabulous. What a contrast to her dreadful "You'll never walk alone" I heard recently.
Happy Birthday Carl! Thanks for playing your favorites! Some of the pieces were favorites of mine as well!
Since Suzanne Nance joined WFMT my friends and I have been laughing about how she sounds like one of those FM radio announcers who used to do those heartbreak dedication shows (maybe they still do them, I have no idea…) and now here she is, all week long inviting listeners to call in their dedications for Valentine's Day! It's hilarious! I can just hear Suzanne Nance, "Bria has been trying for over a year to get Caden to love her. She's finally walking away. Good for you Bria! You deserve better! Here's I'm All Out Of Love" by Air Supply, for Bria…" It's too much…Can't wait till tomorrow. I won't be able to drive home I'll be laughing so hard when Suzanne gives her dedications for Valentine's Day….. George, come back! Come back! We won't be mad! Just come back and save us from this sacharine we have to endure now….
Have to say I'm getting tired of the Cult of Carl. He's a decent enough announcer, if a little slow getting the words out, but I really don't care about his birthday balloons, birthday cake, his age, his personal preferences among performers, his endless stream of illness and injuries. and this morning, Breakfast with Carl and the chatter overlaid onto Robert Alagna. Enough already! A little professionalism, please.
I made a comment, then came back to check to see if it was on. It was not on, so I put it in again, and got a response that this comment was already here. . . . but it wasn't. So here it is again:
Have to say I'm getting tired of the Cult of Carl. He's a decent enough announcer, if a little slow getting the words out, but I really don't care about his birthday balloons, birthday cake, his age, his personal preferences among performers, his endless stream of illness and injuries. and this morning, Breakfast with Carl and the chatter overlaid onto Robert Alagna. Enough already! A little professionalism, please.
Thanks for the older version of Jerusalem! Since it was(and still is)our school hymn, I sand along with all of Britain!
I am so upset. I can't believe I actually heard an annoying political commercial this morning during Carl's show. Is the station that hard up for money we have to listen to politicans? Please tell me this was a mistake and we'll not hear them again. I love WFMT and can't imagine my days without that music, but, I cannot tune in if listening includes political commercials.
I once wore a wristwatch that displayed extended information: depth, altitude, barometric pressure.
The barometric pressure was displayed in units of millibars.
Imagine my surprise, when, during flights overseas,
I observed that the usual 1013 millibars on the ground at the airport,
had changed to 8xx millibars,
seated in the plane in an arc'ed flight path,
over the Bering Strait flight altitude to the Asian continent.
The change in barometric is displayed in inches on the weather channel.
Would it be possible to add the barometric pressure, in millibars,
to your morning weather announcements.
If and once you comply,
I'll be requesting UVI (Ultraviolet Index),
average percentage of Oxygen from various local sites,
(foul air, stuffy stores or buildings not included),
and a reference to the lunar day and phase.
Lastly, you may insert a very short signal,
for the salat times of varying temporal markers,
that change with galactic movement.
Equality is a myth.
It is not to be literally used.
It may be figuratively fought over by illiterates.
All the days and nights are not equal,
an ancient observation when travelling at night,
a phenomenon that the native Americans used,
trekking, following, a path of a babbling brook or a gurgling stream,
in the coolness of a full-moon night.
Boccherini's Ritirata Notturna di Madrid is mistranslated 'retreat from Madrid'. 'From Madrid' would be da Madrid. As veteran of a US Army Intelligence Detachment attached to an Italian Battalion (Artillery), I assure you that ritirata has two uses, firstly, a military unit withdrawing, retreating under threat from the enemy in battle; here notturna is not used. You can retreat in the daytime, too. Secondly, tattoo is the US bugle call for lights out, followed by taps. (Not to be confused with Polynesian body marking.) The military tattoo is originally Dutch for the signal 'close the barrel tap'. The right translation would be 'Madrid tattoo' or 'Tattoo at Madrid'. Presumably different garrisons had their own characteristic calls. Cf. curfew 'couvre feu' cover, kill the fire', lights out.' Compare Edinburgh Tattoo. Boccherini's music makes more sense if you envision a small guard unit marching from their post to barracks.
when did the "job" become and "appreciation" of and for classical music. Please ask engineers. thank you.
Friday evening programing 9:30 pm Friday July 25. You just gave me a reason to turn WFMT off for the rest of the evening. It's not the subject…it's that you are misjudging what this listener wants to listen to.
I am listening to the Saturday broadcast and the previous opera and someone keeps interrupting as if on the same
channel. It sounds like men giving short instructions such as airport or walkytalky. Just wondering how this occurs. It is a new issue.
Frans Brüggen died yesterday, as your station has been announcing. Yet, the only person who acknowledged his passing in a musical tribute was Lisa Flynn, yesterday at 2 PM, with an orchestral piece directed by him. What about his recorder and flute playing? For us, serious recorder players, he was THE recorder soloist in the '70s. He proved the baroque flute to be a most delicate and beautiful instrument. His approach to baroque music matched the small sonority of these wind instruments. Frans Brüggen and Gustav Leonhardt gave birth to all present days baroque music performers. I'm disappointed that WFMT, with the exception of Ms. Flynn, only recognized the merits of these artists in mere words.
why does this self-described classical radio station so often drift to tedious talk formats (5 pm daily, many weekend slots, Andrew Patner's insufferable monologues, etc.) or folk or jazz or blues or whatever ?… as the only Chicago classical music station, it's classical that listeners want… we could get our fill of other stuff, ad nauseam, on any number of other unlistenable stations… so why would our only classical radio resource want to so frequently abandon its listenership and mimic the herd?
Once again the iTunes WFMT feed was dead in the water this morning. I hate missing my morning Carl! All the other classical stations that I tried were of course working just fine.
The last few days have seen numerous interruptions in WFMT's stream. Yesterday afternoon (9/24), iTunes, Reciva, and even WFMT's own website stream were down. Perhaps it's my "Inner Geek", but it would be some consolation to get some specifics about the issues involved. Could you not post some news on the website about this?
What was wrong with Monday night's Lyric Opera opening night broadcast of Capriccio? The sound off the web was so distorted I had to shut if off.
Memo to Suzanne Nance:
Nadia Boulanger was once asked how it felt, as a woman, to be conducting a major orchestra.
Her reply: "I have been a woman for (X number of years) , and I have got over the wonder of it".
Isn't it time for you to get over the wonder of being Suzanne Nance, and telling the world?
Enough already
This is a strange one. When I listen to WFMT FM on my home stereo system, I get interference that I believe is coming from an airline. This happens sporadically. Also, I have to tune in via 98.80 not 98.7 to get a clear signal. I was just wondering if anyone else has experienced this signal interference. I keep thinking that the airline is on the wrong radio frequency.
I am missing the 7:30 a.m. business report. Where did it go?
Ever dance with someone who's not there? Try it with Leftover Cuties and Shirley McCallen singing "You are my Sunshine" at midnight with the brass backgroundl blatt-ing wah-wah-wahing. Thanks Michael Feinstein.
I have a question for Julie Dillon about the April 2015 pledge drive. I sing in an adult chorale and we will be meeting tomorrow evening to come up with ideas to help market our concerts. Our December 7th concert is being held at another venue with another group so it doesn't make sense for us to offer free tickets to that concert, but we'll have another concert coming up in June for which that pledge drive would offer perfect timing. How many tickets should we be offering (I noticed it seems to be pairs of tickets which is fine). Our concert hall at Nichols Hall in Evanston holds about 300 people, and because of lack of publicity we rarely fill the hall. We could also offer free tickets next November for our December concert which will probably again be held at Nichols Hall in Evanston.
I've worked with you for many years but not lately when I worked on Saturday night pledge drives for folk music with Rich Warren. I enjoy listening to you on the radio now during this current pledge drive.
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Tell Carl to stop insulting guys that drink from a robin's egg blue WFMT mug by intimating that they're "feminine".. This is the second day he's done it. He's getting on my nerves!
Endless Pledge Drives – When will the November 2014 drive end? I listen to WFMT every day, all day. I can't stand all this chatter for another minute. I will be back when this drive ends. Thank god for Minnesota Public Radio. Thanks, Jack D
We really miss Carl Grapentine with our morning coffee. Can you give us any more information about his surgery that prevents him from coming back? Will he be coming back?
I've recently lost the ability to pick up the HD Radio signal, and I was wondering whether the issue is on my end or WFMT's (I live in the Beverly area and work downtown, so it shouldn't be a problem concerning signal strength). Also, are there plans to utilize the HD2 or/and HD3 bands? Wouldn't a Baroque or choral channel be wuuuuunderful? *wishin' & hopin'*
Time and time again Suzanne Nance has picked the most BEAUTIFUL to play. Today it was the ballet music from Spartacus. I'm not a person who buys a lot of music for our personal library, but twice I've gone to the web site or Appletunes to buy what she has been playing. Thank you, Suzanne!
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"President Obama today has taken an important step forward in the fight to save lives, prevent foodborne illnesses and lower health-care costs.
"Early in his first term, following a deadly outbreak stemming from contaminated peanut butter, the president promised to make our food safer. Within two years, he had signed the Food Safety Modernization Act, which he and bipartisan leaders in the House and Senate worked hard to pass.
"Today, we applaud him and the Food and Drug Administration for taking major action to help fulfill his promise by releasing two important sets of rules to implement the law. Once it is in full effect, FSMA will, for the first time, empower the Food and Drug Administration to take sweeping measures to prevent foodborne illnesses, which sicken about 48 million Americans each year at a cost of more than $77 billion."We will continue to work with industry, consumer advocates, survivors of foodborne illness, their families and the administration to ensure that the remaining proposed rules are soon released—and that all the regulations are as strong as possible, quickly finalized and effectively enforced." The Pew Charitable Trusts is driven by the power of knowledge to solve today's most challenging problems. Pew applies a rigorous, analytical approach to improve public policy, inform the public and stimulate civic life. SOURCE The Pew Charitable Trusts
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A gaffe is a gaffe unless of course it's June
And yes President Obama clarified his statement later in the day, but it's too late, a Friday when there isn't any huge news, this will lead for the next 3 days. Until someone else does a gaffe. Or Europe falls into the abyss, which ever comes first.
But from my point view the private sector is doing fine as matter fact some are boasting record making profits. They are just doing it with less people. The other issue is that we have lots unemployed individuals that lack the right skills or education in order to gain employment in the private or public sector.
Speaking of the public sector, Cobb County needs to lay off 350 teachers. They chose to do so through attrition. The schools will not back fill these positions. There is no summer school for students to improve or get ahead, because there is no money to pay the teachers or transportation. In order for Walton High School to continue providing a high quality education the Foundation asks for parents to donate money to help pay for necessities. They ask for 500.00 per student, but will accept whatever parent can donate.
So, the private sector is making money, it's just not hiring. Or can't find qualified people for the jobs it has open.
Meanwhile the public sector, in education, transportation (construction), police and fire, can't get any money to hire.
A gaffe is gaffe, President Obama misspoke but inadvertently told a truth, the private sector is doing just fine.
On a side note it is just June people. And political people have a short term memory, worse then a teenager or a mom with four kids.
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Grist's Checkout Line with Lou Bendrick has a handy guide to the confusing world of sustainable seafood today -- here are the basics, check out the post for the full story:
1. Eat as locally as possible.
2. Ask questions when you shop for fish.
3. Read labels.
4. Choose wisely at restaurants.
5. Eat lower on the food chain.
6. Have your go-to sustainable favorites in mind.
7. Be careful with the Big Two -- shrimp and salmon -- which can, as Bendrick punnily points out, be a literally lousy option.
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Co-worker #1: Does anyone know if Halloween is a holiday exclusive to the United States?
*The Smart Chick: I think it is.
Co-worker #2: Yeah, because my sister lives in Copenhagen and she said that in Denmark, they think it's really weird that we celebrate...
Co-worker #1: spirits!?
*The Smart Chick: Yeah tell me about it. And evil ones at that.
Co-worker #3: HA. America...it's full of pagans.
My sentiments exactly. It turns out Halloween is not exclusive to the U.S. in origin, although, the motivation behind something like "All Hollow's Eve" has varying manifestations around the world such as "All Saints Day" or "Day of the Dead". It's amazing what temporary consciousness people have in the workplace. More on this later.
*The "Smart Chick" is me.
Do you mean "holiday" as in day off work? We do the dress up thing up here, Canada way, too. Personally, I don't get it when people dress up like fairies or other "fun" things. Boo. Me like the tradition of scary monsters.
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Please don't dismiss All Souls Day so casually. As a Catholic (and I know you seem to think that Catholics are not bona fide Christians), All Souls Day is a special time to remember our brothers and sisters and other loved ones who have gone on before us, and with whom we hope to be in continuing communion, should they be in Heaven ('the Communion of Saints').
I've got no time for 'evil spirits,' but I also don't see anything wrong with my son dressing up as Charlie Brown and get a candybar from his grandma and the neighbors. Hardly the Fall of Western Civilization.
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Halloween isn't American. See Mexico's "Dia de los Muertes", which is a huge deal. The word comes from Hallowe'en (a contraction of hallowed evening, or the "eve of all hallows"). All Saints Day is a hallowed day, and the night before was reserved for symbolic excorcism of their opposite-the evil spirits. The ghost and goblin part, along w/ the threads, cam much later. Nice looking site Ambra.
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Bijan, did you not see where I indicated "Day of the Dead" (english translation of Dia de los Muertas)?
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Yup, I saw it. My point was that the commemoration is very big there, with parades and costumes. Very somber though, no Trick or Treat.
From various online dictionaries. I haven't been reading your blog long enough to know why you may not consider us RC real "christians". Would love to know why.
All Saints Day is a universal Christian Feast that honors and remembers all Christian saints, known and unknown. In the Western Church it is kept on Nov 1.
All Souls Day: The commemoration of all the faithful departed is celebrated by the RC Church on 2 Nov.
As Christmas is currently being stolen from us christians, Halloween is already stolen. PS in my house we call him Saint Nicholas...
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Umberto wrote: "As a Catholic (and I know you seem to think that Catholics are not bona fide Christians)"
Matt wrote: "I haven't been reading your blog long enough to know why you may not consider us RC real 'christians'. Would love to know why."
Not sure where I implied any of the above. Umberto...aren't we being a tad insecure? Nothing on this website has ever even hinted at the accusation you just made.
Good holiday history lesson. I never new the genesis of Halloween.
I know children love it because they can 'dress up' and visit neighbors to get a candy gift. Neighbors love it to see the children and their costumes. And parents like it because they get to say hello to neighbors they may not have seen for a while.
I gathered it is also celebrated in Canada and Mexico(of sorts). Any other countries anyone?
Thanks all.
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My first Halloween in the States my sisters and I couldn't believe it. You mean your parents actually let you go around to other people's houses begging for candy?! We couldn't understand why anyone would do this (where we came from you didn't go around asking strangers for stuff, it implied that your parents couldn't provide for you on their own). Still not into all the Halloween hype but I will be giving out candy for the first time this year. I bought a big box of candy at Sam's Club a while back with out checking the ingredients list first. It's got stuff in it that no one in our household can have so I might as well give it away. It's not all that bad for you as far as candy goes
Anbody else notice that Day of the Dead and Election Day fall on the same day this year?
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Me insecure? Sure. But I recall in your review of 'The Passion' something that seemed to suggest that Gibson's dwelling on Mary was very Catholic of him and that basically you were willing to overlook that. I am not saying you are anti-Catholic of course. I would, in fact, welcome your views on the Catholic-Protestant divide.
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Here is a site that details the origin of Halloween. Includes custom of Jack-o-Lantern carving:
"Although some cults and devil worshippers may have adopted Halloween as their favorite holiday, the day itself did not grow out of evil practices. It GREW out of the rituals of Celts(Irish) celebrating a new year, and out of Medieval prayer rituals of Europeans. And today, it is only as evil as one cares to make it."
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The Red Tent (film)
|The Red Tent
Soviet billboard theatrical poster of the film
|Directed by
|Mikhail Kalatozov
|Produced by
|Franco Cristaldi
Victor Freilich
|Written by
|Yuri Nagibin
Richard L. Adams
Ennio De Concini
Robert Bolt (uncredited)
|Sean Connery
Claudia Cardinale
Peter Finch
Nikita Mikhalkov
Yuri Vizbor
Donatas Banionis
|Music by
|Ennio Morricone (international version)
Aleksandr Zatsepin
|Leonid Kalashnikov
|Edited by
|John Shirley
Peter Zinner
|Distributed by
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23 December 1969 (Italy)
29 July 1971 (USA)
|Running time
|158 min (Russian version)
121 min (International version)
|USSR / Italy
|Russian / Italian / English
The Red Tent (Russian: Красная палатка, translit. Krasnaya palatka; Italian: La tenda rossa; Spanish: La tienda roja) is a joint Soviet/Italian 1969 film directed by Mikhail Kalatozov.
The film is based on the story of the mission to rescue Umberto Nobile and the other survivors of the crash of the Airship Italia. It features Sean Connery as Roald Amundsen and Peter Finch as Nobile. The script was adapted by Yuri Nagibin and Mikhail Kalatozov from Nagibin's novel of the same title. Nagibin couldn't complete the script due to a series of conflicts with the producer, who insisted on expanding the role of his mistress Claudia Cardinale,[1] and it was completed by de Concini and Bolt.[2][3][4]
The film begins in Rome many years after the expedition. Nobile has endured years of scorn for his actions during the disaster and its aftermath. He imagines his apartment turned into a court of inquiry against him, where witnesses and judges are his former crewmen – including Captain Zappi, his navigator and his meteorologist Finn Malmgren. Also arrayed against him are Valeria, Malmgren's lover, Captain Romagna, one of the expedition's would-be recuers, famed aviator Lundborg, professor Samoilovich, chief of the Soviet rescue mission, his pilot Boris Chukhnovski, and Roald Amundsen who lost his life in the search for survivors of Nobile's expedition.
As they try Nobile, the events of the expedition and its failure are depicted. The expedition is successful at first, but ends in disaster. The Italia is weighed down when ice forms on it. Colliding with the ground, the airship's gondola is torn from its "envelope", the upper frame which contains the airship's lifting cells. Freed of the weight of the gondola, the envelope floats away and out of control, taking some of Nobile's crew with it.
Nobile maintains control of the surviving crew who are now marooned on arctic drift ice. Rescue efforts are made by both Italy and the Soviet Union. Nobile's group is first found by Lundborg, who lands on the ice. The aviator insists he can only take Nobile. Reluctantly, Nobile agrees, sure he can best assist the rescue once he returns from the ice. These efforts are blocked: reaching the Italian ship Città di Milano he finds that his superiors have stripped him of command for apparently abandoning his crew, and he is to have no role in the rescue. Desperate, Nobile contacts the Krasin, a Soviet icebreaker also searching for the survivors. Nobile implores Samoilovich, the Krasin's captain for help in rescuing the survivors. Unfortunately, the Krasin has sustained damage. Also, because of the ice pack has drifted, Nobile cannot give the Krasin an accurate position for the survivors.
Amundsen joins the rescue effort as well, but disappears, becoming another victim of Nobile's expedition. In the film, Amundsen explains that he died soon after his plane finds the remains of the envelope of the Italia, and spots what appear to be survivors. The pilot, ordered to land, crashes instead and is killed. Amundsen survives the crash, but is otherwise doomed. There is nothing to build shelter or fire with, and no hope of rescue. He also finds that none of the crew left in the envelope survived, even though they looked alive when seen from above.
In the end, the Krasin finds the survivors, including Zappi and Mariano who had left the others in an attempt to reach Kings Bay for help. Malmgren, who had also joined Zappi, died before he could be rescued.
Pressed for a vote, Samoilovich defends Nobile's actions, noting that his rescue of the survivors was a direct result of Nobile's escape to King's Bay. Neither can he fault Nobile's apparent lack of heroism because a captain has no right to risk his own safety by individual acts of heroism. The others quickly reach a verdict of guilty, but Amundsen discounts the verdict, finding each of the accusers unfit to judge for various reasons, including indifference to others, emotional sterility or bitterness. The accusers file out of Nobile's apartment, Amundsen being the last. With Amundsen, Nobile reveals his feelings of guilt for leaving the men on the ice, remembering that his first thoughts on entering Lundborg's plane were not of rescue, but of a good hot bath. Amundsen helps Nobile find peace by reminding him that his frailty is only a sign of humanity and not guilt.
The international version of the film features original music by Ennio Morricone, with Dino Asciolla as violin solo and Bruno Nicolai as the conductor.
The film was nominated for 1972 Golden Globe award as the best English-language foreign film.
- Peter Finch as Gen. Umberto Nobile
- Sean Connery as Dr. Roald Amundsen
- Claudia Cardinale as Nurse Valeria
- Hardy Krüger as Lt. Einar Lundborg
- Massimo Girotti as Capt. Romagna, rescue mission coordinator
- Luigi Vannucchi as Capt. Zappi
- Mario Adorf as Sgt. Biagi, radio operator
- Eduard Martsevich as Dr. Finn Malmgren, meteorologist officer
- Grigori Gaj as Prof. Rudolf Samoilovich, Chief of the Russian rescue expedition
- Nikita Mikhalkov as Chukhnovsky, Russian aviator
- Nikolai Ivanov as Kolka Schmidt, Russian radio amateur
- Boris Khmelnitsky as Viglieri
- Yuri Solomin as Troiani
- Yuri Vizbor as František Běhounek
- Donatas Banionis as Adalberto Mariano
External links[edit]
- The Red Tent at the Internet Movie Database
- The Red Tent at AllMovie
- The Red Tent at sean-connery.narod.ru (Russian)


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Document Security Systems To Launch Integrated Security Solution At Pack Expo 2012
ROCHESTER, N.Y., Oct. 25, 2012 /PRNewswire/ -- Document Security Systems, Inc. (NYSE MKT: DSS; "DSS"), a leading developer and integrator of cloud computing data security, Radio Frequency Identification (RFID) systems and security printing technologies that prevent counterfeiting, product diversion and brand fraud, announced today that it will introduce a newly developed integrated security solution at the Pack Expo 2012 tradeshow. At Pack Expo—Oct. 28 to 31 at Chicago's McCormick Place—DSS will demonstrate its new product authentication application for use with Apple iPhone, along with other highlighted brand-protection features in booth number N-5555.
The integrated solution allows for simple and cost effective authentication for packaging, documents and credentials. By embedding customizable covert AuthentiGuard technologies into a product's packaging, brand owners not only create fast, indisputable product verification, but also counterfeit deterrence—the covert technology resists duplication on copiers and scanners.
"This integrated solution provides the brand owner with endless variability of markings and flexibility of integration to assist in their authentication and diversion prevention efforts," said DSS President Robert Bzdick. "The accompanying iPhone application reads the target marking and provides real-time authentication as well as additional information such as origin and intended destination. It also allows for simultaneous reading of barcodes, meeting brand owner's serialization requirements. DSS's Digital Solutions Division can provide any level of integration or customization as desired by the client."
This DSS solution was designed with the capability to continuously grow, evolve and adapt to fight the ever shifting gray market and counterfeit industry. Standard features include: concurrent authentication and reading of alphanumeric, linear and 2D barcodes, provide GPS tracking information, integration with cloud based security server or local database and reporting of results via a response messaging system."I am very excited about introducing this application and integrated solution, as it is our first offering which demonstrates the value of blending the talent of our digital division with our traditional print based technologies and operations," Mr. Bzdick continued. "Our customers have asked us for secure, easy and flexible management of their investigations and our new product authentication application meets those requirements."
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Jefferson County delays work at Crown Hill Park, asks for additional input
JEFFERSON COUNTY, Colo. - Jefferson County is delaying many of the improvements planned for Crown Hill Park until more input can be gathered from residents. The county reports that only the trail work that had already begun would be completed without input.
Projects being delayed include a new restroom, a new fitness station, a shade structure and "nature play areas." All of the work was scheduled to be built during 2013.
According to the Jefferson County website, the improvements were anticipated to cost a total of $900,000.
Last week, resident Jean McClenathen told 7NEWS the county had been secretive and failed to notify neighbors about the changes to the park or give a timetable for the project. That, she said, is why she spent time in the parking lot, collecting signatures and distributing information.
Tom Hoby, the Jefferson County Director of Parks, said in a written statement that the county had asked for input in the past. He cited a park visitor survey, an open house on May 1, 2012, and a three-week public comment period in May.
He also acknowledged that his office had heard several concerns since the work began.
"Since these amenities are for our visitors we want to be certain that what we do is what most folk's desire," Hoby said in a written statement.
To gather more input about Crown Hill Park, Jefferson County Open Space is offering 30 days for residents to complete a survey. Residents can request a survey by emailing firstname.lastname@example.com and providing contact information. The survey will likely begin in March.
After the survey results are collected, the county plans to create a final plan that it will presented at a community meeting in March.


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F*cked Up's Damian Abraham Did Not Exactly Enjoy Katy Perry's Marine Video
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Oral history interview with Lucienne Bloch, 1964 Aug. 11
Bloch, Lucienne
b. 1909
d. 1999
Muralist, Photographer, Designer
Active in New York, N.Y.; Cleveland, Ohio
Sound recordings: 2 sound tape reels ; 5 in.
Transcript: 85 p.
Collection Summary: An interview of Lucienne Bloch conducted by Mary McChesney on 1964 Aug. 11 for the Archives of American Art New Deal and the Arts Project.
Biographical/Historical Note: Mural painter; New York, N.Y.; d. Mar. 13, 1999.
This interview conducted as part of the Archives of American Art's New Deal and the Arts project, which includes over 400 interviews of artists, administrators, historians, and others involved with the federal government's art programs and the activities of the Farm Security Administration in the 1930s and early 1940s.


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NEW YORK. When the number of fairs scheduled to coincide with Art Basel Miami Beach swelled from 13 to 20 last year, several dealers said it was overkill and predicted some would fail. "We have reached the top in terms of art fair inflation and I think events will soon downsize to a more normal level," Andreas Gegner of Sprüth Magers said at the time. Mr Gegner was right: the first two to pull out of Miami this December are the Association of International Photography Art Dealers (Aipad) Photography Show in Miami, after just one edition in Florida, and Flow, after two. In late July Robert Klein, the president of the photographers' association, decided to cancel the Miami show. "Only Aipad members could show at our fair and they're feeling fair fatigue," says Mr Klein. "Many are doing Paris Photo and that's enough for them."
Julie Baker and Matt Garson, the co-directors of Flow, have also shut down their fair. "It wasn't a question of diminished sales; it was about market saturation as we're all competing for the same dollar," says Ms Baker. "The picture has changed radically, with over 75,000 layoffs on Wall Street and predictions of massive cuts in bonuses," she adds. Meanwhile in London, the Frieze satellites are also thinning out. Pulse is not returning this year, and two fairs for young artists have been cancelled. Bridge (in the Trafalgar Hotel) and Year08 (whose third edition was due to be in London's old Post Office sorting building) have abandoned their plans for this October.As we went to press, we also learned that the Contemporary Art Society's Artfutures project, due in London for the 25th year in March, has been cancelled.
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More Choices: SourceForge Adds to its Repertoire
SourceForge, the popular host of countless Open Source projects, is extending its repertoire of source code management systems, among them Git.
SourceForge should be familiar to most Open Source users: for many years the Internet platform has given thousands of software projects a virtual home, including the use of the Subversion and CVS source code management (SCM) systems.
SourceForge is now extending its offerings to free hosting for Git, Bazaar and Mercurial so that users can check their code in and out using these SCM systems.
The availability of diverse version control systems makes complete sense in view of the diverse needs. Linus Torvalds developed Git, for example, because no free alternatives existed at the time to satisfy kernel developers' requirements.
A few projects will probably take their time to switch to SourceForge, but they won't have to learn any new syntax. While MySQL, Launchpad and the Linux Foundation have for some time already used Bazaar for an SCM system, the ALSA, NFTS-3g and OpenJDK projects have used Mercurial.
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Chairman Waxman's Opening Statement
On Thursday, October 18, 2007, the Committee held a hearing to examine the climate change and other impacts of black carbon emissions. Black carbon is better known as soot and results from the incomplete combustion of fossil fuels and biomass. Five leading researchers in the fields of climate and atmospheric science, environmental engineering, earth system science, and environmental epidemiology testified at the hearing. The Committee received testimony about the significant global and regional effects of black carbon, its sources, and the positive effect reductions in emissions would have on both climate change and public health worldwide. A transcript of this hearing is now available.
Black Carbon Is the Second Leading Cause of Global Warming. According to testimony received by the Committee, black carbons contribution to climate change is second only to carbon dioxide. Black carbon contributes to global warming by absorbing heat while airborne in the atmosphere.
Black Carbon Is of Particular Importance in the Arctic. In the Arctic, black carbon is of particular concern because it settles on ice and snow, reducing its reflectivity and increasing the rate of melting. According to a leading expert on the issue, black carbon is responsible for up to 30% of the warming that is occurring in the Arctic. Witnesses testified that reducing black carbon emissions is the most efficient way known of to mitigate Arctic warming.
Sources of Black Carbon Are Diverse in Nature and Geographic Location. Black carbon can be emitted from a range of naturally occurring events and human activities, including wildfires, diesel engines and domestic biofuel burning. While significant emissions of black carbon are emitted from the developed world, the majority of emissions are from the developing world.
Decreasing Emissions Will Immediately Slow Global Warming. Unlike carbon dioxide, black carbon remains in the atmosphere for only a matter of days or weeks. Therefore, mitigating black carbon emissions would quickly alleviate its warming effects. Some witnesses suggested that controlling soot emissions can therefore buy us time and provide an opportunity for effective policies for reducing carbon dioxide emissions to be implemented.
Decreasing Emissions Will Immediately Improve Public Health. According to recent studies, reducing black carbon emissions can reduce premature mortalities and other public health impacts. These health benefits are primarily felt in the country that makes the reductions. Each country has a public health interest in reducing its emissions, whether that means decreasing diesel emissions in the United States or decreasing emissions from indoor cooking fuels in India or China.
Opportunities to Decrease Emissions Exist Now. Emissions studies suggest that approximately one-third of black carbon emissions come from biomass burning sources such as waste combustion and wood-fired stoves, and the remainder come from fossil fuel burning sources such as diesel engines. Installing particle traps on diesel engines, regulating the shipping industry, transitioning to alternative fuels, and more efficient stoves in the developing world are but a few examples of existing technologies that could be employed to decrease global black carbon emissions.
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Middle Tennessee State University is thinking about how it will change when it can't keep adding more students. Over the next few years the growing Murfreesboro college could tweak what it looks for in new recruits.
MTSU officials think by the time this year's freshmen graduate the student body will number around 30 thousand. Debra Sells is the school's vice president of student affairs; she says 30 thousand might be a good plateau for MTSU.
"Unlimited growth without sufficient resources to support those students just isn't going to be a good thing for the students or the university, or frankly for the state of Tennessee. So we're just trying to work our way through what's the right number, and how should we be approaching that."
New state budget laws reward colleges that successfully graduate more students, where the previous system provided more state dollars for raw headcount. So now schools like MTSU have to look at enrollment with an eye for quality as well as quantity.
Sells says that means guaranteed admission could get tougher. Right now freshmen are sure to get in with a 3.0 GPA or a score of 22 on the ACT. Such changes take awhile to implement because students start enrolling up to a year in advance.
At the same time, Sells cautions selective admissions can become a kind of "arms race" among universities, which she says is not MTSU's goal either. As a proposal takes shape in the next few months Sells says faculty will get a chance to weigh in.


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Welcome to Carolina Wilderness Medicine!
Carolina Wilderness Medicine at UNC-Chapel Hill is an organization which has been founded for the purpose of exposing students and healthcare professionals to the exciting field of wilderness medicine. Our objectives are to educate members with the necessary skills to practice medicine where access to care is limited by providing lunch-time talks, certification and training opportunies, electives, conferences, and various other resources.
What is Wilderness Medicine?
Wilderness medicine is not just practicing medicine in the woods. It encompasses all aspects of physiology, clinical medicine, preventive medicine, disaster relief, and public health. Anyone can get involved; it is all about combining your profession and your passion!


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Cold air will hit southeast Wisconsin later this morning
Updated On: Nov 11 2013 07:50:03 AM CST
A sharp cold front passes by late morning and much colder air will push the mercury to near 30 by late morning. Light rain showers are ahead of the front while a mix and a change to wet snow once the cold front passes. Gusty northwest winds will pull the cold air in this morning. Temperatures near freezing by the noon hour.
Minor, grassy accumulations are likely this morning as a wet snow and mix falls for a couple of hours. Most of the snow will melt on roadways during the day. However, any lingering moisture on roads tonight may refreeze as temperatures continue to fall through the 20s. Be prepared for slick spots on bridges, ramps and overpasses. Lows tonight fall to about 20 as skies clear.
Cold high pressure means sunshine for Tuesday. Highs tomorrow only at about 30. Windy and warmer for Wednesday with partly sunny skies as highs reach 40.
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Recent comments
- me
- October 04, 2013 - 16:41
I am going through something like this now. I will tell you something that people don't know about CYFS if anything happenes to a child and they get involved you are guilty and that's the bottom line. They only need to prove "something happened" and that's all, they don't have to prove how it happened, when it happened, or who did it just "something happened".
- Sue Luttner
- June 17, 2013 - 18:30
Thank you for this sensitive treatment of a difficult topic. To answer one of the posted comments: Thousands of families have been wrongly accused of shaking their infants. Difficult as it is to believe if you haven't seen it yourself, doctors working with a flawed model of infant head injury have been over-diagnosing child abuse by shaking for 30 years and counting. I am so glad to see a story that seems to be heading toward exoneration. For the story of another family eventually cleared of shaking allegations, please see http://onsbs.com/prologue/
- malka
- June 16, 2013 - 00:24
I renewed my CPR/First Aid certificate. I was told that ALL SIDS cases are treated primarily as homocides with the parents as the primary suspects. I went through something similar 21 yrs ago; I was not the last person to care for my son. The police lied on their report - I made a report to Internal Affairs about it and nothing was done. You need a tight family behind you, a good lawyer, facts, a good pediatrician. I did and still it was hell. However, I rarely discussed the problem outside of my circle because most people think that if you have nothing to hide, why not work with CPS? They are vipers that is why.
- crista
- June 15, 2013 - 11:06
What are they going to say it DO NOT go on???? and they can defend muskrat falls and make excuses for every thing the governments and not only the government does speak about it let them have a chance to speak about this and not only this article,let them have a press release about what has gone on and what gets done????this article seems to be as important as the the big deals and the hard taxpayers dollars???? or is this not an issue it has to do with justice and laws and rights and government services let them speak out and give them a chance to defend them selves????waiting on justice in part ????
- Karen
- June 15, 2013 - 10:59
Feel confident that there is another side t this story ! will your article interview both sides ? Can't understand why the entire system (hospital staff, CYFS and law enforcement) would be wanting or remove the child if they didn't feel the child was at risk.
- June 15, 2013 - 09:59
To George - The RNC are doing the due diligence - and suing CYFS is not an easy task as their legislation allows them to violate families in the most awful of ways. Our experience with the RNC was a positive one in the end after a 4 month investigation - CYFS dragged it on for another 22 months with the same result as the RNC.
- June 15, 2013 - 09:54
My family went through a similar situation in 2008. I learned quickly that there is no "innocent" in the eyes of CYFS. They tie the hands of the police and the courts with bullcrap legislation and a one-way line of communication. You are guilty until "less guilty". Heaven help you if you are a mother in the crosshairs! The "Shirley Turner Syndrome" is still rampant in the Department and workers are more often concerned with covering their butts than finding the truth. We watched the responsible party get away with it because CYFS was so narrow-minded. My family can sympathize with 'Sharon' - I suffer from PTSD and my family has never been the same.
- saelcove
- June 15, 2013 - 09:41
in the eyes of the police we are all guilty until proven innocent unless you are a cop then it,s innocent until proven guilty
- Dave Adey
- June 15, 2013 - 08:56
It really makes you wonder exactly how many other people go through the same thing? How many families are devastated and destroyed by a cold hearted system? Instead of seeking answers and helping this woman and her child, they instead proceed to tear her apart and turn her into a criminal. Every so often a story is presented to us from a few that are brave enough to speak up and desperate enough to seek help from the public. Her life is in ruins; baby is gone, financial ruination and mentally tortured. No doubt some family and friends are all that this woman has to hold to, to keep her sanity. Our justice system plays a game where they spin a wheel, if it stops on your name then you will be pursued and persecuted by the arms of this government until they have totally destroyed you. I hope some people get a good taste of karma.
- Colleen Stamp
- June 15, 2013 - 08:38
Pam, That article hit directly home to me, with the exact same thing happening to me. If it would be helpful, I could tell you my story also. I wonder if you are going to receive much feedback. Very good article.
- George
- June 15, 2013 - 08:34
Sue the RNC and Child Protection! Get all the money you need to get life in order again! This happens all to frequently and they need to learn and pay.


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Focus on municipal technology, civil service, health insurance, purchasing, capital asset management, and human resources
BOSTON-Wednesday, September 26, 2007-Lieutenant Governor Tim Murray, the Municipal Affairs Coordinating Cabinet and Director of Municipal Affairs Robert G. Nunes. The listening tour will take the Municipal Cabinet across the Commonwealth to five stops. The regional meetings will focus on technology, civil service, health insurance, purchasing, capital asset management and human resources.
"These visits will continue to strengthen the ties between local and state government, and help generate new ideas for how the Municipal Cabinet can be most helpful to communities," said Lieutenant Governor Murray.
The Municipal Cabinet wants to hear from municipal officials, legislators and engaged citizens at each meeting. The meetings agendas will encourage a dialogue format between cabinet members and attendees.
Mayor Mary Clare Higgins will host the first listening tour stop this Friday at Northampton City Hall from 1:00 to 3:00 p.m. in the Council Chambers. Lt. Governor and Municipal Cabinet members will then travel to Hyannis, Webster, Lowell, and Marlborough in the coming months. Hyannis will host the Municipal Cabinet's second stop on Friday, October 5th, at Barnstable Town Hall from 1:00 - 3:00 p.m.
Lt. Governor Murray chairs the Municipal Cabinet, which consists of six agency heads from within the Executive Office of Administration and Finance, including State Purchasing Agent from Operation Services Ellen Bickelman; Commissioner of the Division of Capital Asset Management & Maintenance David Perini; Chief Human Resources Officer Paul Dietl; Chief Information Officer Anne Margoulis; Executive Director of the Group Insurance Commission Dolores Mitchell; and Chairman of the Civil Service Commission Christopher Bowman.
The Municipal Cabinet, established by Executive Order on February 13th, seeks to coordinate the ways in which state government can provide additional services and assistance to cities and towns. The cabinet also works to implement and analyze recommendations from the Local Government Advisory Commission, which Lt. Governor Murray oversees on behalf of the administration. All of the Municipal Cabinets meetings are open to the public.