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what a bunch of corrupt elected officials we have here in flori"da". www.browardoutrage.com
Pines votes 4-1 to support and effectively gives full support to CCA Facility. Party Over!
the legitimacy of this controversy seems to be justified by the amount of people outright denying and poo-pooing any and all arguments in the comments. may the money your masters hoped to reap from the human suffering to take place at this facility burn to ash.
The fact is ......
1) if you talk to most people living in the area 10 years of more, they had never heard of plans to put a prison out there. Somehow all news of easements, SFWMD conflicts, BSO contract changes, road widenings, town celebrations was all well publicized and even discussed in Monthly newsletters. Yet if you interview the residents, most all say the same thing .... "first learned of this early this year" ....... AFTER the one and only PUBLIC MEETING on November 10, 2010.
2) Quite often in these small town deals, there is a failure for the Town to cover all the bases and be sure they have protected themselves from "Hollywood Accounting". The result ..... do some research and you will find that most often, small towns that ink these deals thinking they are going to reap big financial rewards, NEVER SEE half of the money they thought they would see. Years later after they are asking the question . "How did this happen, it was not supposed to work this way".Simple example -- NPDES Stormwater Permits, Florida Everglades impact surveys, etc... are required by the Fed for this kind of building.
The simple question was raised a week ago asking of this had been taken into consideration by the Town so that CCA is obligated to cover such costs by contract.If not, and a future EPA audit and/or engineering is required, it would fall back on the Town/County to cover those costs.
Surprise ............ it was discovered that it had NOT been done !
The ramifications ?
A simple real world example.......... Up North , a small town inked a deal with Wal-Mart.The Wal-Mart came in, built a superstore and massive parking lot.The stormwater (rain water) run off started flooding a nearby residential section and flowing hundreds of thousands of gallons of water into the nearby major river.
EPA came in and inquired about the NPDES permit and how they runoff was going to be either contained and treated or the location re-engineered.
The small Town with their glazed eyes focused on the dangling carrot of easy tax money had never written that consideration into the contract.The Wal-Mart was Not obligated to cover those costs.
So now the end result ?The Town/County must pay the $2.8 million is costs to deal with this problem.Considering the $300,000 in annual tax revenue they thought they were going to see, they are now going to see NOTHING for almost 9.5 years because they have to spend all that $$$$ for this.
3) People seem to have disregard for these issues and figure it is not a problem as long as it is not in their backyard. (Roxette here). The reality is we still have enough open & isolated land in America such that NOBODY should have to have these types of facilities in their neighborhoods. And YES, despite what the media would have you think, this prison site is surrounded on three sides by homes that are 0.1 - 0.2 miles away.
It is easy to find locations 2-5 miles remote from residential areas.
It is only private shady deals (political and personal) that results in even having the nutty idea of putting a prison 1/4 mile away from $1 million homes when 35-45 minutes away are thousands of isolated and cheaper acreages of land in isolated remote areas.
4) Public Support ?Where was the Ballot question and voting ?It would have been easy enough any time over the past few years to offer the residents a choice in options for handling the Town's tax revenue situation if the town council were real leaders and cared about truly representing the people .....Example -In order to meet the town's revenue needs would you prefer .(a) Expanding the existing Landfill for increased revenue ?(b) Pay $890 per household more per year in Property Taxes ?(c) Allow the building and operation of an CCA managed ICE Detention Center for Illegals ?
5) If the USA was serious about dealing with Illegal immigration and establishing some Zero tolerance to stop the problem instead of doing things like suing its own States who try to deal with it, there would already be a clear message that illegal entry to the USA would not be tolerated and would be met with SEVERE actions and enforcements.In that case, the flood of people who now keep coming would have trickled down considerably and there would be no need for more facilities such as this.
Seriously, there is something very suspect in how the Fed refuses to deal with illegal immigration to deter it with strong force, yet is happy enough to keep building more and more facilities such as this to "process:" people.There are now five (5) new ILLEGAL Detention Centers in various stages of construction aboud the USA today.
Is the Fed trying to artificially create a new industry base ?
This article is pretty poor and definitely not up to the Pulp standard. Norman's log in must be rolling over in its digital grave.
In any case, this article highlights one of the downsides of the sunshine laws. Anyone can make a public records request and use official correspondence to spin a story in any direction they choose, particularly at New Times where there is no editorial accountability. Maybe an email can be found in some government archive that was sent to Attila, another to an Asian named Hun. From there Stefan can erroneously link the two and write that Attila the Hun is back, Kansan can swear to it, and Di Scipio can gather the house fraus and protest it; all claiming that Hun is on the take, and colluding with corrupt local officials.
These emails are real but the "story" being written is not! What is true is that Ortis and Sipel both were aware of and voted on the agreements they are now rejecting. Hmm, its election season, both are in a qualifying period for their seats. Hmm, someone step up and challenge them rather than waste time protesting and doing public records requests. Throw the bums out!
It's clear to me that Nelson and Schultz got snookered into supporting an awful proposal that was sneaked by locals with no input from the community. They did not have adequate information on the proposal before they lent their support.
I'm glad to hear that "seriously" will vote for each, because on balance, they've been very good representatives for Florida and the opposition would be a nightmare. He (?) is voting the right way for the wrong reason.
Who cares!!!! These stories are poorly written and are getting way old. There has to be something more important in this County going on. Why not focus on the land fill out there. This deal is happening no matter what, so we should look to the future and should make sure the final agreement protect us. Glad to see that our elected leaders were actually working with CCA so that they knew what was going on. Also, glad they met with the Congressional leaders first. Nothing in this report is even remotely interesting or surprising. This just wasted 5 minutes of my time to read and to try to make sense out of why this was even written.
Schultz and West? Now there's a pair:
Rep. Allen West, a first-term Republican from south Florida, wasn't shy about his online outburst. He sent his peppery email to numerous lawmakers as well as his target, Rep. Debbie Wasserman Schultz, D-Fla., the chairwoman of the Democratic National Committee.The subject line of the email: "Unprofessional and Inappropriate Sophomoric Behavior from Wasserman Schultz." The e-mail said: "Look, Debbie, I understand that after I departed the House floor you directed your floor speech comments directly towards me. Let me make myself perfectly clear, you want a personal fight, I am happy to oblige. You are the most vile, unprofessional and despicable member of the US House of Representatives. If you have something to say to me, stop being a coward and say it to my face, otherwise, shut the heck up." In her remarks on the House floor, Wasserman Schultz said: "The gentleman from Florida, who represents thousands of Medicare beneficiaries, as do I, is supportive of this plan that would increase costs for Medicare beneficiaries. Unbelievable from a member from south Florida."
Schultz and Nelson should have known better. West on the other hand knows which side his bread is buttered on.
I bet you roxete5015 is one of those SWR residents that wants "show me the money"!!!
to all of those saying they should have known. Do you know what planning or zoning EVERY lot in your community or city has assign? I bet you not, and i bet Roxette5015 doesnt know either. I bought a house in 2011 in Pembroke Pines. I never knew there were plans to build a detention center or another prison because that land was part of another town. Nobody wants you to know because if not the houses wouldnt sell.
Also the government is at fault, how the hell do you construct 9 schools in a 5 mile radius from this area knowing the zoning of the area.
Im sorry Roxette5015 but we didnt know. An SWR has kept this secret very well. You should read the emails that we have seen coming from the rat attorney from SWR. You would be surprise at how they were and are dealing with the situation.
This entire issue is ridiculous. The bottom line is that these people in the surrounding areas moved into this neighborhood with a PRISON, a DUMP, INDUSTRIAL LAND, and 2 PROPERTIES ZONED FOR PRISONS. They should thank their lucky stars that they are getting a detention center and not a real prison, or garbage incinerator or something else much more offensive that the area is already zoned for. What did they think would be built there - a park? Or a mall? Who would send their kid to a park next to a prison and a dump? Who would build a mall there? It's ridiculous.
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Seriously? is OBVIOUSLY Town Lawyer Keith Polikoff... a VERBATIM quote from his Twitter acct... Thanks for coming out of the shadows!! LOL!
Son, please describe where I've said ANYBODY is on the take. Libel from an anonymous perch is a bit cowardly, wouldn't you say, which is partly why I've asked you to identify yourself.
Frankly, many of you are too cowardly to actually identify yourself because you all know I'm right and you've all been hoodwinked by the pied piper and you don't want to be on record.
To your point, I have used politician's own words to point out the lies and half truths. I have been very careful not to state that somebody is on the take because at this point I have no evidence that is the case. If you look at my Facebook picture, you will see that I am calling you all a bunch of Stepford Wives for the spooky hypnotic state that leaves you all mesmerized by CCA's promises.
I have shed light on which politicians are working against the will of the citizenry. I've even had my work recognized by Congresswoman Schultz when she took Mayor Nelson to task for a "paucity of public information."
Regarding the duplicity of Iris, Ortis and Castillo, you haven't been following my writing, now, have you? I listen to Poliakoff intently and agree with him and you on this point.
Why don't you tell us who you are so we can bring this debate on to an equal playing field. Or perhaps your knowledge of civics leads you to believe that real debates occur between a named person and an anonymous blog respondent where you can libel me.
Regards,Bill Di Scipio
Son of, please alert me to any factual errors you've encountered in this piece. If you have tips for the pending longer story, call me at 954-233-1573. Otherwise, keep commenting, buddy. Pays my bills.
If Nelson or Schultz felt "snookered" I am sure they would have pulled their support. Instead, they clearly realize that less than 1% of the impacted population actually cares (the same 2 who Comment on all of these inaccurate articles), and as such have maintained their support. They are apparently great leaders who are advocating for the actual will of their electorate, and are not reacting to the vocal minority.
What about the landfill would make it a more serious story ?Clueless
The lady doth protest too much.
You've been wasting a lot of readers' time since you logged on.
Thanks for the click, Seriously?!
You sound like Angelo Castillo... He sold out the City by allowing this to go through!
Just because it's not important to you, doesn't mean that it's not important to all of the THOUSANDS of people who live out here and have children in the nearby schools!! You can join the fight on FB here... http://www.facebook.com/swranc...
I'm voting for Schultz and Nelson solely due to their unwavering stance on this issue! Glad to see they make a decision and stand by it.
Excellent point. Most residents do not know about these Prisons plans because they are not advertised as topics in the Town Council meetings that are open to the public, but were most likely not heavily attended. BUT YET, look what happened after it was Publicized and people found out ! But forget for a moment that the average citizen was not there to monitor every minute of every meeting for 14 years to see what the Town tried to quietly discuss when the room was mostly empty .............. How do you explain and justify those Towns and Count themselves (who did know) to keep building multiple schools and higher end residential homes RIGHT UP to the 3 surrounding perimeter edges of the planned prison site ? I clocked it in my car yesterday. People are living within 0.1 - 0.2 miles of the facility on three sides ! Only the US27 side actually has some open space.
You're dreaming, Roxy...
There is no difference between a prison and a detention center other than the sign over the door.
If CCA provisionally got a contract, then lost it before or after they dealt with their first prisoners in that location, they would go anywhere to get convicts to fill it up. They have their Tallahatchie, MS, riot-ridden prison filled with California gang bangers, for instance, and they and the state of Mississippi just agreed to back out of a second contract, with a third possibly on the block for termination. They now have many closed prisons, such as Appleton, MN, Watonga, OK, Walsenburg, CO, etc., and their stock has taken a nose dive as a result. It was at $26.00 just six months ago and is selling for just $21.40 just now. That means it has dropped 18%, or 3% per month.
The competition is no better off. Despite using all their available case for a buyback a few months ago, GEO's stock has dropped to $17.14 as of a minute ago. It's down 28% in seven months, so it's losing 4% of its value every month. It has empty prisons around the country as well. At Baldwin, Michigan, they built a juvenile prison for a non-existent population thanks to a corrupt governor. The new governor cancelled the contract and it shut down for five years or so. Then they quadrupled its size, intent on getting immigrant detainees, just like CCA at Pembroke Pines/Southwest Ranches. The detainees never materialized, so they shopped around for any convicts from anywhere, finally filling a small part of the prison with, you guessed it, California gang bangers. They'll probably lose that contract in January and it will close once more, but no safer and better paying industry will ever think of locating there, even if the pen is empty.
You're also assuming that all the buyers had done their homework and knew about CCA's buying that property, and getting annexed into Southwest Ranches, not being part of Pembroke Pines, so the neighbors could actually participate in the process of what their neighborhood would be like.That's not likely. No real estate agent is going to tell them that. The project had been on hold for over ten years, longer than most of the residents have lived there.
For-profit prisons and their transport arms have 30 to 50 times as many escapes as do public prisons and transportation services. There was an escape in Gadsden just this weekend, where a van full of convicts overpowered the guard while the driver was in a McDonalds. You would be amazed at how often this happens when you have ill-trained, badly screened, low paid, high turnover temp employees entrusted with public safety by executives only concerned with their own bonuses.
If this were true, why does Polikoffs own letter to the mayor of S.W. Ranches and all the politico's involved suggests that they keep this Hush Hush and do not inform the public?
Government by the people and for the people is what we are supposed to have - What we actually have is Government by the Politicians for increased tax revenues and back door deals to personally enrich themselves.
Their specialty is escapes, riots and overbilling state, local and federal governments for millions of dollars, while their executives are millionaires. Five years ago their president and CEO was making $2 million a month, while guards were making barely above minimum wage.
Go to YouTube and look up "Gladiator School," if you want to see how they run a prison. Their employees have regularly had to take them to court in class action cases and they've settled for many millions in unpaid wages.
Ms. Dobbs, where did you think I got that info from?
That's easy:
1. You write that a portion of Mayor Nelson's constituents wouldn't agree that this project would bring in a revenue stream? Really? What portion would that be, since I think all would agree that it will bring in a revenue stream.
2. You write that Sen. Nelson's staffer sent Sam Poole a draft letter. Even your e-mail stream shows that to be inacurrate.
Now that you know, feel free to correct your factual errors.For a longer story, why not write about the benefits of this facility. Your views as a journalist (if you can be called a journalist) are so slanted, it is scary.
There are some time honored precepts in the world. Newtonian physics, the law of gravity, the second law of thermodynamics.
In political circles, another is honored fairly universally. Maybe it's the first law of putative infallibility: "Don't ever admit that you did something wrong."
Nelson and Schultz need to ask for a pardon for this turkey. And not like Sarah Palin did.
Why don't you tell us all who you are? That would greatly expand the context of your comments. Step up to the debate and quit hiding behind a pseudonym.
Regards,Bill Di Scipio
Put it up for vote of SWR residents.
How are they being personally enriched? Please let me know. I'd love some facts to back up your statement.
It only was hush hush during this last round. This has been known for YEARS and the people who bought these homes from 1999-2009 moved into them next to a PRISON, a DUMP, INDUSTRIAL LAND, AND 2MORE LOTS ZONED FOR A PRISON! Wake up!
Let's quote Kamph. He said: "While the prison might in fact benefit residents by bringing in a long-expected revenue stream, it's been apparent that a portion of Nelson's constituents wouldn't agree with this statement."
I and others disagree that it will NET a revenue stream. It may bring in a stream on one side and bleed it on the expense side. Where is his factual error, SOS? I also know of others in the Town who disagree that this will produce a positive revenue stream.
Regards,Bill Di Scipio
Changing "Sam Poole" to "Omar Franco." Thanks for pointing that out.
Ever here of a referendum initiative? It's a totally acceptable institution in our representative democracy. I think you need the lesson in civics.
Bill Di Scipio
P.S. Come out of the shadow. Let's know who you are as it will tell us why you support it. Or are you one of the "cone of silence" people? Hmmm?
I note that "Seriously" (seriously?) has refused to acknowledge or otherwise respond to your question, rather than using diversionary tactics.
I suspect that you've asked the question to which an honest answer would expose him (her?, but I doubt it) to even more ridicule.
I suspect also that (s)he's some low-level professional troll laboring in the basement at CCA's command center in Nashville (which was picketed by Occupy Nashville yesterday).
It could of course be one of those millionaire flacks, Steve Owens, Louise Gilchrist/Chickering/Grant or some other overpaid stooge. Had I thought of it, I would have asked someone to stand outside HQ with an airport greeter sign with "Seriously" on it to see if (s)he didn't respond.
Who else would so stupid as to claim to you that you didn't provide "facts," but when I provided facts that (s)he (It? Could be a robotic response, I guess) requested, chose to completely mischaracterize what I'd written.
"Seriously" wrote: "Oh I get it, your (sic) now saying that all political contributions are bribes. I missed that."
All political contributions are not bribes, of course. Case in point: CCA not only gave to corporate insider, Tennessee Senate candidates Lamar Alexander and Bob Corker, but to their primary and general election opponents. They weren't buying votes, but were making sure the door remained open in case they had to get those votes to keep the corporation exempt from Federal FOIA requirements.
At that point they could be talking some serious compensation.
To suggest that CCA doesn't bribe is a much greater stretch. CCA hired Deputy Director of the Bureau of Prisons Rick Seiter at a starting compensation of about $1 million annually in 2005. When Seiter's former boss, FBOP Director and dipsomaniac Harley Lappin, rabbited out of there to take his prize, the VP for Corrections slot at CCA, after successively catching a big DUI and then 20+ over the speed limit earlier this year, Seiter quickly and graciously stepped aside, a.k.a., "retired," from his seatwarmer spot.
It's also unlikely to have been a coincidence that Gilchrist/Chickering/Grant's predecessor as CCA Director of Marketing was John Reese, another fine fellow with a career-long fondness for the sauce with a million + salary, resigned to become the Director of Corrections for presumptive felon-to-be Kentucky Governor Ernie Fletcher. (Ernie avoided the pen himself by preemptively pardoning the nine or so indictees and "targets" who would be most likely to turn state's evidence against him.)
Rees appeared to reciprocate Fletcher's thoughtfulness placing him in a position where he would apparently be satisfied with a million dollar pay cut as a reward for truly serving the people. He served the people by ignoring years of rampant sexual abuse of Hawaiian and Kentucky women at CCA's Otter Creek "rape factory," and fined CCA a pittance of $10,000 for their riot by Vermont and Kentucky male prisoners that probably cost state and local police, EMTs and firefighters and a SORT team from Eastern Kentucky state pen to subdue the rioters before the started streaming out through the tacky, compromised fences. Prior to that the cutups had rolled up fences like venetian blinds and tore down a guard tower to use its supports as battering rams. He made sure that subcontractors such as Aramark could pad quarterly profits by feeding prisoners maggot-infested scraps until they finallly rioted and burned over $10 million worth of buildings at Northpoint.
Hopefully, that will satisfy "Seriously's" voracious search for facts, this morning. If not, I'd be happy to supply as many more as might fit his or her requirements.
Just drop me a note. Always happy to oblige.
It's amazing that anytime someone has facts to back up their statements you immediately demand to know who they are. Hope to meet you in person at the ground breaking!
So every time a city makes a decision on an important item, it should be put up to a vote of its citizens? Wake up, that is not how a representative democracy works. Lets expand that out to county, state and federal decisions, the effect would be citizens in the voting booth continuously. We elect our leaders make these decisions. Just because you dont like a particular decision, dont think the rest of our government should change. Take a college level civics course and learn how the system works.
Oh I get it, your now saying that all political contributions are bribes. I missed that.
You're too easy.
CCA contributions 2012
Schultz, Debbie Wasserman (D-FL)$1,000
She's hardly the only one:
Brown-Waite, Ginny (R-FL)$1,000
75%-85% of their dough goes to Republicans
How's your Latin? Do you know what "quid pro quo" means?
Cooper, Jim (D-TN)$2,500 2008(Used to be on the Cornell now GEO Group board)
They buy whole delegations if they need to: 2006
(Will this do? Seriously?)
Blackburn, Marsha (R-TN) $2,000Cooper, Jim (D-TN)$1,000Wamp, Zach (R-TN)$3,000Davis, Lincoln (D-TN) $2,000Tanner, John (D-TN)$2,000Alexander, Lamar (R-TN) $2,000 (wife got wealthy from CCA stock)Corker, Bob (R-TN) $5,000


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Politics is the art of articulating control and some voices have more profound global impact. Our modern age has given us dogma in legal language codified as legislation that was born of cowardice, forged in privilege, and wielded against the marginalized.
The "Tower Of Babel" is a great Judeo-Christian story of incredible relevance here. This was the story that made me doubt the existence of god but also awoke a kind of panic about authority within me. The Book of Genesis, in general, turned me off from the idea of God because it reminded me too much of Stargate. As a text the Judeo-Christian Bible does pick up quite a bit with all kinds of great philosophy and tremendous insight. But as a child I could not get behind the fascist god of genesis. The story of the "Tower of Babel" presented us with a humanity that came to gather after god's genocide with the flood. Now, ostensibly, you might think this was the lesson of the flood–to learn how to love one another again, to work beside one another, to share a common language.
I have always interpreted this to mean sharing the language of love. This sounds hippie-dippie but stay with me: think of the time a stranger went out of their way to help you out with something simple. Maybe you were a little lost and in need of directions, maybe it was a quick freebie snack, maybe it was someone who didn't make you feel like shit when you had to mention a boundary about personal space and genuinely accommodated the situation with humor. That was a time when you shared the language of love with someone and it does let you peek into a view of what those from "Shinar" experienced.
When people are taking the time to be present one another as individuals with a different contexts that require calibration for full communication they tend to get a lot of shit done. This is why you may have been subjected to work retreats even though that's an industry in and of itself that has forgotten the purpose of the exercise. Another quick glance into the extent of empathy would be those rare and precious moments when you feel uncertain where your body stops and your lover's begins.
The people worked together to build a tower to God because they shared a language, a purpose, and a plan to accomplish it and they were getting shit done. "A tower to god" is a symbol from my understanding. Perhaps, though, it was a tower. I look to our space programs and global space stations, I see the beginnings of a Tower of Babel. When you get to such heights you stop splitting so many hairs about the differences between individual humans because you're united as earthlings exploring the cosmos. That's the dream we seem to come back to across the ages, at least.
I see also a people who were united against suffering and actively working together to put an end to poverty and class distinction. That could certainly be symbolized by a tower to God, a path to "world peace" which is just another symbol. A point of solidarity where problems aren't assigned to individuals to bear but to all people making the weight of the work light.
Regardless of my interpretation, the passages never actually identify anything bad or wicked that was done. It is presented as laudable. And what is God's response when he comes down from the heavens to take a look at the progress of his beloved children, the humans? " Behold, the people are one, and they have all one language; and this they begin to do: and now nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do." (Genesis 11:6, King James) That's one of the most beautiful sentences ever: nothing will be restrained from them, which they have imagined to do. It has been ordained by the creator: if we all just learn to communicate with one another and really put our heads together without excluding anyone, there's nothing that can hold us back.
But in this story, God is a unity buster. I actually picture him as a union busting thug with swinging chains to inspire fear. "Come, let us go down, and there confuse their language, that they may not understand one another's speech. So the LORD scattered them abroad from there upon the face of all the earth: and they left off building the city." When they stopped sharing that common language, the good faith effort to put in the labor to listen, they abandoned their common task and their tower to God. United we stand, divided we fall. Divide and conquer.
Solidarity is not when the marginalized shut up about their needs. It's when we listen to the needs of the marginalized and re calibrate the work because if we're leaving people behind then we're never going to get the "tower" built. We need all the minds and all the hands and it's a constant act of work that has no end point but elevates us with every step forward.
Those at the top of hierarchies put substantial effort into halting communication between those they stand on top of. It's why feminists decry "girl-on-girl hate" as a tool of the patriarchy. It's how a few moles can destroy a movement, largely from fear and distrust among the unified ranks. It's why there is so much internet surveillance.
The internet is a Tower of Babel. It's a total whirlwind but it is not without form. If it is chaotic it is because a star is being incubated. Our great accomplishment has been this great tool of communication that is allowing us to be informed of the experiences of other. I'm delighted by blogs no matter how ridiculous they are. I encourage as many people as possible to compile documentation of their existence and experiences. I do get annoyed that all of this beautiful data and information about the human experience is corralled into proprietary ownership. It's why I hate Facebook. They're sitting on a goldmine of understanding and it's solely being used to sell people more stupid shit we don't need to plug into a landfill and aid the destruction of everything we know and love on earth.
It's so easy to break up ranks and stop communication. In the best of circumstances it's a difficult endeavor. Often times we break down out of frustration because it seems as impossible as breaking boulders apart with your bare hands. Bosses don't communicate, they command with one way declarations enforced with many inventive forms of violence.
But still as a rant, I am learning to stop and clear my emotional cache every time a new human crosses my path. I don't know anything about them and all of my filters, settings, and information about other humans really might hinder me from calibrating and identifying our common language. Idealism is believing that it's there because we're both made out of spare star parts and galactic shrapnel. Some humans have negative and malicious intentions towards me but paying attention to each person as a new individual allows me to identify threats more quickly because I'm not making assumptions that blind me to risks.
If you focus solely on risk elimination, you can easily move into paranoid myopia. If you focus solely on identifying alliances, you can move into dangerous naiveté. Maintaining a balanced perspective for every human (not just the ones your mental cache filters as immediately beneficial to you) is helpful because it offers protection and opportunity. It won't happen all at once and it is an emotional muscle that has to be developed that does take training and isn't easy and will go away if you stop putting daily work into it. Not everyone has the spoons for it everyday but like all muscles, doing what you can do on a consistent basis will build strength and that is always a victory to be celebrated.
I used to be more cynical because there is no end point in a Tower of Babel. The universe is expanding, you can't reach the top, the top is a lie. Space doesn't function like that. What is being developed isn't a vertical thing but it is something that can be developed that carries us in a direction that is feebly known as "further."
But this is all wild speculation anyway.
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February 8th- VoxNora, Atlas Genius, and Imagine Dragons. (Marquee Theatre, Tempe, AZ)
April 18th- The Postal Service. (Comerica Theatre, Phoenix, AZ)
June 6th- Hillsong United. (ShoWare Center, Kent, WA)
September 7th- Chivalry is Dead, Always Right, Monhagans Dixon, Straight Til Morning, Visions of the Martyr, To Each His Own, and Romance Mechanics. (Pub Rock, Scottsdale, AZ)
December 3rd- Get Dead, Masked Intruder, Anti-Flag, and Less Than Jake. (The Nile, Mesa, AZ)
2014 Concerts:
February 17th- Imagine Dragons, The Naked and Famous, and Nico Vega. (US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ)
August 31st- Ed Sheeran (Jobbing.com Arena, Glendale, AZ)
September 5th- Blake Shelton, The Band Perry, Dan+Shay, and Neal McCoy (Ak-Chin Pavilion, Phoenix, AZ)
September 10th- Linkin Park, 30 Seconds to Mars, and AFI (US Airways Center, Phoenix, AZ)
October 13th- Empire! Empire!, Free Throw, Cave Sounds and Glencove. (The Underground, Mesa, AZ)
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Shame to hear about Kanaan/RHR today though, that's a solid podium contender out of it. Mind you Viso was also due to drive it.. so maybe not.
We can find a feed for the luge etc, but we'll see what else is going on then.
I always called it Arfl.. but thought of it as a cartoon/joke laugh.. 'arf arf'.
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Or maybe while in NL, T/G accidentally take him to Tinkerbell and that is who Rumple meant by. She is the one who everyone should fear. Tinkerbell, not Peter Pan. Bcos she ripped off his shadow, not Wendy's window. The Lost Ones work for Peter Pan, but his shadow works Tinkerbell. Henry will probably meet Tinkerbell, while the Gang meet the Lost Ones taken to Tinkerbell and pretends that she doesn't know a boy named Henry, but lies. Only that, she doesn't look like a fairy, she's in human form, instead. Shocker!!!
It's time for " Merlin" from the sword in the stone to come into once upon a time and be a positive character.
I have a feeling in my bones and stomach that Peter Pan will be able to take hearts and that Henry will be revealed to have Emma's ability to have his heart resist from being extracted if this episode reveals what Peter Pan's plans for henry are.
The first guess is Henry. But I believe it will be about more character. Henry and his destiny., The casting call mentions a thief stealing from Rumple so it could be Rumple and maybe an other new character who gets introduced in the final moment of the episode.


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|Sun, 01-13-2013 - 7:17am
I started bleeding yesterday out of nowhere and ...just got a bit heavier.
Looks like my second pregnancy has gone south at 4 and 1/2 weeks. Never even got to the dr's yet. Looks like I can get pregnant, but why can I not carry??? 8 weeks and now 4 and 1/2. WHY???
And of course, I still feel pregnant. Even though I am bleeding. I don;t even know what to do. At 4 and 1/2 weeks I hadnt even called the dr yet. Just found out myself. And the kicker? I am still getting bills from last miscarriage. Just funny that I still havent paid off the last one. At least this one is a freebee. Another thing? I am eerily calm this time. I cried when the bleeding started of course, and weeped, and had my moments, but why am I so calm right now? Is it because its early? Am I numb? Am I going to flip out soon, or what is wrong with me?????
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Hi Nina, Really hope you feel better soon and I so hope the third times the charm! Sending my best wishes.
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I am so sorry! I have another board I go to and there are women on there that had several miscarriages, and then went on to have a healthy baby in the end. I will pray that this will happen for you as well.
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Hi Nina, did your doctor want to run any tests or did they just say to keep trying? I had a friend who lost multiple babies between 4-10 weeks and she had an immune problem where the woman's body saw the baby as a threat and sent antigens (I think) to protect the woman's body. My friend started taking baby aspirin and then did daily shots to prevent her body from miscarrying. She now has two healthy kiddos
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Thanks to all. I just cannot believe this happened to me AGAIN.
is this what the rest of my productive life is going to be like? How does lightening strike twice????
Whatever, I just need to move on again. Md says I dont have to wait this time. Bascially I am 3 days late for my period...or on time if I want to pretend I have a 28 day cycle. I knew so early on day 21 which was kinda cruel. Physically I still feel pregnant which is really cruel. My belly was growing already -= so I still have a puff and my breasts are still bigger too. It really happened fast. Md says being a very smaller person, I notice the p[hysical changes really quick. And also...My body is quick to go to pregnancy mode which I guess is a good thing? Who knows. But 2 pregnancies in three months I am told by MD means that I have no problem getting pregnant. I just need to work on STAYIng pregnant, I guess.
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Oh Nina! I am so so sorry! I hope you heal quickly both emotionally and physically. I'm sending lots of hugs!
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aw, Nina, I am so sorry!! Yes, I freaked out, at my 1st loss, but unfortunately the 2nd is a bit easier. I just think, when one 1st gets pg? You don't think about m/c much, yes, you think it's a 'possibility', but it won't happen to you! And if it does? You won't get as upset as you 'think'.....but it just numbs you. So if/when you get another bfp? You are still a bit numb, from your m/c, that you are fearful it will happen again & if it does? it's not such a shock, like the 1st one. (that's the way it happened for me).....I wish your heart/body a speddy healing, so you can 'jump back on the horse'. <3


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Are there still any places with reliable streams of Eurosport? It appears they are the only ones that GP figure skating coverage this year. NTVplus and SkateBuzz do not have it anymore. I use to see, on the old myP2P site, one Sopcast channel with pretty reliable Eurosport and Eurosport 2 streams.
I don't want to wait for NBCs crappy tape delayed coverage where you are pelted with commercials every 3 minutes or so. Eurosport is not as bad with commercials as NBC is.