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by Edgar J. Steele
See the happy moron.
He doesn't give a damn.
I wish I were a moron.
My God...perhaps I am.
--- Ogden Nash
March 20, 2002
Meet Yinka and Vanessa Fasinro. They are a couple like any you might know. They live in North Carolina, often characterized as a bastion of conservative living. Take a few minutes and walk along with me in their shoes. The ones they are wearing right now - today. Learn how their lives are being vandalized at this very minute by our - that's as in yours and my - legal system.
This is just another in a flood of CPS nightmare stories washing through American society.
The more I write in this area, the angrier I become.
First, read their email of this morning, reproduced below, then the rest of this
piece. You'll be mad as hell, too - I promise. But, it will be good for you -
I promise that, too.
These parents' first mistake was in using a leftist (i.e., "it takes a village
to raise a child") pediatrician who got them into "the system." this guy has
done it to many others, I guarantee you. Many of those referrals to CPS (called
DSS in North Carolina), too, were baseless and ended up in the parents' favor.
That doctor does not share the department's immunity. A couple of lawsuits by
parents will reign him in pretty quickly. I'm sure there is a local parents'
rights group there; they should pursue this sort of thing independently by
keeping lists of these doctors and checking them twice.
Those parents' rights groups should also cull out the
true rogue CPS workers who appear in case after case of truly abusive conduct by
the state and help to fund federal Title VII suits against both the departments
and those rogue agents; their immunity doesn't stretch to that venue, you see.
The second mistake was in letting the first agent in the door without a search
warrant. They should have made her stand on the porch, then brought the child to
the window and shown it to her. Then they should have called their lawyer and
gotten the name of a good CPS lawyer that would come to their house
I'm not sure how draconian North Carolina is, but it sounds about on a par with
Colorado and Oregon. If so, then their third mistake was in not, that first
night, packing the car and moving out of the state permanently. I'm not kidding
about this. No, it is not an overreaction. It is simple self preservation.
It is easy to hire a moving company to come in and pack up all your remaining
belongings and ship them to you. It is easy to have a real estate agent peddle
your house. Jobs are easy to find. So are new friends. It is a literal stake
driven into your heart to have your child taken away.
The Fasinros' fifth
mistake was in not having a CPS-savvy lawyer present at the house for the next
They avoided the fourth mistake of not having another doctor immediately examine
and report the child normal, though that seems to have been lost on the judge;
doubt that it will be lost on an appellate court, however. If they ever get the
kid back, ultimately it will likely be because they had the good sense to do
this one thing.
Thus far, note how little involvement there really is by a lawyer, who is
propped up simply as a scare tactic. Up to this point, this is how parents win
their cases.....by making sure they don't become cases....and, it is the easiest
and cheapest way, by far, to win these Attack-of-the-Snatch'n'Sell-Child-Nazi
Now, however, the Fasinros are deep in the bowels of the system, with the only
way out being to bow, scrape, say "Yassuh, mastuh," at every turn and
jump through every impossible hoop set out by the system. To do otherwise is to
tweak the nose of these impudent bureaucratic nazis, which causes them to mark
you for termination of parental rights.
Oh, did I forget to mention selling everything you own to pay for the lawyers?
Silly me. I also forgot to mention that you might end up facing several years
in prison on trumped-up charges of child neglect.
There are many lawyers on this list. I know that most of them are sitting there, right now, saying to themselves that this can't possibly be true, just as every parent who has not yet been tyrannized by the state is doing. They have no experience in this area, I guarantee you, because it is true and is even worse than just depicted. I was twenty years in legal practice before I handled my first snatch'n'sell case and that was exactly my response. And, I did a fair amount of family law, including trials, along the way. Now, I know better.
I get lots of comments from people to the effect that I must be telling only a part of the story when I talk about my cases. Think about it. I take the cases I do and work on them pro bono for a reason. There always has to be at least one important legal principle at stake and being savaged by some element of the establishment, for one thing.
Additionally, my clients have to be genuinely decent people, just like you, caught in the wrong place at the wrong time by an out-of-control despot. There has to be some high-profile aspect to the case so that I can make a point with it and hope to wake up people, which is why I take these cases in the first place; that means that it must have enough legs to attract at least some of the media. My clients have to be defenseless enough so that my family will tolerate the loss of income that working on their case means to us. Finally, I have to be able to like my clients personally, so that I can stand to be defending their interests for free.
I don't have to make up things or cover them up in order to justify your attention to my cases. The fact that I have signed on to one of these cases means that it has all the elements I just described, else I would never take it in the first place. If you were in my shoes, would you proceed any differently? That's the beauty of working for free - you get to pick and choose...and you can afford to be very choosy about whose case you take on.
Now, admittedly, the Fasinros are not my clients, but I have encountered so many of these snatch'n'sell cases that I can take at face value the story they relate below. It has that ineffable ring of truth that resonates within me, thereby being somewhat self validating. Besides, this tale is illustrative of a great many about which I do have extensive personal knowledge. You simply have no idea how many people around the country have contacted me concerning their personal travails with the system. I can respond only to a small percentage of them, else I would get nothing done, other than answering mail, email, faxes and telephone calls.
Another criticism I hear is that the governmental people involved can't possibly be all that bad. After all, who doesn't know somebody occupying one of these positions? That's the point of the Ogden Nash poem I placed at the top of this little essay. I'll bet that some of them, probably most of them, simply don't realize what they have become. Ever take a position in life where you realized, too late, that you might be wrong, but which you then had to defend or suffer some great personal loss, be it money, job, love or simply prestige? How dearly did somebody else pay for the salvation of your pride?
Used to be,
these cases weren't all that common. The federal bounty structure, taken
together with the transformation of our government into a genuine model of
fascism, has changed all that. I get at least one email about another case like
the Farinos at least once a day now. And, that's just the tip of the
New America. An idea whose time has come.
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> Sent: Wednesday, March 20, 2002 11:08 AM
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> Subject: December 15th 2000 (what happened?)
> I Just want to thank you for your support and prayers
> as we deal with DSS concerning our baby. Our baby was
> returned to us after four days in a foster care home.
> I wouldn't want any parent to experience the horrow
> we've been through and are still going through.
> We took our child to the 2week, 2month,4month, 6month,
> and 9month check up. At the 9month check up, the
> Pediatrician said to us our baby(Shaday)must show
> weight gain in 1 month or else she will be forced to
> do some tests to find out why she is not gaining
> weight based on a graph she had.Which by the way is
> produced by baby formular companies.Our child is not
> bottled fed, but strictly breast fed at the time.
> Well, that scared us to the point that we decided not
> to return because the baby seemed normal, energetic,
> vibrant, etc...We didn't return for the 1 month return
> visit, or the 1 year check up. About 5 days after her
> 1 year birthday, we got a call from the DSS agent
> demanding she see Shaday. I came home from work
> feeling like it's one big dream, but it was really
> happening.I got home, my wife and myself answered all
> her questions which a dear friend had adviced us to
> do. We remember one of the questions was why were the
> shades down, do we have food in the refrigerator, and
> where does the baby sleep? We tried to answer all
> their questions as accurate as we could. The agent
> proceeded to walk about the house looking around.She
> picked up the baby, and then told us that she will go
> back to her supervisor and report. If anything is to
> happen, she will let us know. Well, she called back
> for another visit.This time, she came with another
> lady that was supposed to be an expert in the field of
> child development. Before i got home from work, my
> wife had already let them in the house and they just
> interigated my wife to the point of crying. They
> wanted to interview me separately but i refused
> without an attorney. During the course of the second
> visit, the expert lied about how Shaday was "slow to
> thrive" and that she doesn't have good reflexes
> because she had tried to have Shaday pull up from the
> carpet by offering shaday her index fingers to use to
> pull up to stand. But shaday would not.We both said
> that Shaday will not do it because they were
> strangers. They left and suggested that this
> investigation is serious and that we should get an
> attorney. We did. But for the mean time, we found a
> different doctor for shaday. We took her to him and he
> found that shaday was perfectly healthy.The original
> pediatrician dismissed his results. Our new doctor
> requested Shadays medical files and invited us in his
> office the second time for a more thorough exam. He
> checked for any sign of bad reflexes,under-nurishment,
> sickness,etc....but could not find anything wrong with
> her.I called another doctor in Oklahoma city, Ok that
> is familiar with vegetarian diets and found nothing
> wrong with shaday.Both doctors gave suggestions to
> help increase her weight which was the only concern
> they had, but based on their evaluation, Shaday was a
> healthy child and developing well. The agent called us
> several days later stating that the case was being
> transfered to "treatment" and they were giving us till
> end of December to show that shaday has gained weight.
> If she doesn't gain or if she looses weight, further
> action will be taken to insure her safety.We had to
> sign and date this treatment program. We took steps to
> visit the doctor more times than we were asked to in
> order to make sure shaday was really ok because it is
> more of our concern than DSS. We were "stuffing"
> shaday to the point that we were affraid she would get
> sick due to the sudden change in her diet. We had no
> choice but to feed her like that. That was all the
> choice we had. For DSS to take our child because of
> "neglet" which we just couldn't believe was the reason
> was a total nightmere. My wife was 18weeks pregnant,
> and they were asking how the unborn baby was doing,
> and how has her doctor visits were coming along.We
> were wondering if they were going to take the child
> when the baby is born. On 12/14/00, a DSS worker with
> her supervisor showed up demanding my scared and
> nervous wife open the door to let them in. I told her
> she was right not to let them in because we didn't
> have an attorney present. I called on the same day to
> let them know it wasn't because we were hiding, but
> because we didn't have a lawyer present. And that we
> went to another hospital for another check up to make
> sure all other results were right. The result came
> back that the childs blood was perfect. Again, very
> normal child. On 12/15/00 in the morning, I got a call
> from the DSS supervisor claiming we were not
> cooperating and that we need to make shaday available.
> We said no again and that we needed an attorney
> present. My attorney was in court all day and I gave
> her his phone number to call which she did, but called
> back to claim the same thing that he was in court all
> day. She repeated her demand again, and I told her I
> couldn't allow her to see the child without an
> attorney. She claimed that I was not cooperating and
> that I leave her no other choice but to have the judge
> sign a petition to have me appear in court to have the
> judge force me to cooperate. At about 7:30pm, I heard
> car doors and to my surprise as i pulled the shades to
> look outside, I saw about 3-4 different police cars in
> my drive way all spread out. And 4 DSS workers in
> front of my house. They presented a signed petition
> from a judge to have the child removed at once. This
> was a far cry from having me appear in court to have
> me comply. Between cries, tears, sobs, pleads to keep
> this perfectly healthy child in a loving home of her
> parents, the child was forcibly removed that night.
> Shock, disbelief, sadness and anger lingered all
> night. With a terrified 15month old baby, they drove
> to the hospital that night for a quick check up. Their
> result also confirmed a day earlier test which showed
> no problem. we contacted the commissioner office to
> report what took place and with swift action, the
> office began to be instrumental in the return of our
> child. When we got to the hearing four days after the
> baby was taken, DSS was willing to negotiate the
> return of our child the same day. I've heard nine
> times out of ten, a child is not returned at the first
> hearing.
> They gave us till anytime in December, so we set the
> doctors appt for December 29th. But they didn't give
> us a chance. The baby did begin to show weight gain of
> 1 pound a week. We knew shaday was healthy, but we
> just didn't want them taking her away thats why we
> began feeding her alot of food. They violated the
> privacy Act of 1974 by discussing our situation to
> family members, friends and were investigating us
> through our neighbors. They were not to have been
> contacted by DSS.
> We return to court 1/22/01 to respond to all the false
> charges against us, but the judge granted more time to
> conclude the trial.
> We were very pleased with the way the trial went that
> day. There was only one witness for DSS on the witness
> stand that day which lasted 2 hours with no final
> decision from the judge. We have to return to court
> 5/15/01, to complete testimonies and hopefully to
> complete the trial. But for the mean time, as our
> child is with us, DSS has custody. DSS is able to
> mandate things like feeding our child formular, and
> can vaccinate the baby...things we don't approve as
> parents. They have tried to do several things already.
> please pray that God give us favor in this situation
> and all charges dropped, and custody of Shaday return
> to us as parents with no strings attached. As you
> know, to retain an attorney is very expensive. Pray
> also that we have our needs met financially also.
> The judge has dismissed 12 of 13 charges. We are
> waiting on the ruling of the false neglect charge. The
> final hearing was Oct 9th 2001, and she was to rule
> 3-4 days later and now it's Jan 2002 with still no
> ruling. The judge wanted to hear several things
> pertaining to the charge, and we were able to satisfy
> the court with several evidences. We are finally done,
> but still waiting again for the ruling.
> We have just received the ruling from the judge which
> has taken 4mons. The ruling was against us. Inspite of
> all the evidences, judge Harris ruled against us. We
> are planning to appeal the ruling. We will be headed
> to the court of appeals in Raleigh,NC. DSS scheduled a
> hearing 4/19/02 with the conviction to close the case.
> With the appeal, we are not sure they will keep the
> 4/19/02 hearing. All they wanted was to close the case
> with a conviction. We really thought 4/19/02 would be
> the day this nightmare will be over. We know now that
> this monster is still alive and well and is being fed
> by DSS. We are working on a media blitz right now so
> to keep the pressure on
> dss not to change the 4/19/02 date. Because on that
> date, they are to return legal custody back to us.
> Without any public pressure, they will cancel the
> hearing and retain legal custody of our child.
> I really hope you can help us.
> Thank you and God bless.
> Yinka Fasinro
> Vanessa Fasinro
> 1101 Waldon Rd
> Charlotte,NC 28214-8444
> phone:704-399-6145
> fax:520-832-7865 (computer fax)
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Re:And that's exactly what I asked for. (2219 comments)
Don't you remember the rules of Slashdot polls? "If you're using these numbers for anything important, you're insane."
Of course, there was one poll that was for something very important, and thankfully it worked out well. Ahh, the memories.


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Good News Translation (GNT) | New International Version (NIV) |
14 "The foreigners living in Babylon will run away to their homelands, scattering like deer escaping from hunters, like sheep without a shepherd. | 14 Like a hunted gazelle, like sheep without a shepherd, each will return to his own people, each will flee to his native land. |
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Re: G3 Re: G3* - HAITI - Countries that confirmed to be sending ships to Haiti
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Date | 2010-01-13 17:38:43 |
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On Jan 13, 2010, at 10:03 AM, Antonia Colibasanu wrote:
China rescue team leaves for Haiti
Special Report: Strong quake hits Haiti |
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A Chinese rescue team is leaving Beijing for earthquake stricken Haiti.
The 60-member group is composed of rescuers, medical personnel, experts,
and three search dogs. Earlier in the day, one of the team leaders spoke
about their preparations for the mission.
Liu Xiangyang, Vice Leader of Chinese Int'l Search & Rescue Team, said,
"Our cell phones have been connected to China's seismological network.
So, by six o'clock this morning, we had received messages about the
earthquake in Haiti, and knew we would be deployed there. The formal
order came by eight a.m. Our team members were receiving outdoor
survival training. We called them back immediately. We finished all of
our preparations in an hour and 20 minutes. We planned to arrive at
Capital International Airport by four p.m."
Antonia Colibasanu wrote:
*let's rep what we have so far
China rescue team leaves for Haiti
No hospital ships yet, just a rescue team.
Special Report: Strong quake hits Haiti |
Antonia Colibasanu wrote:
we'll continue to add to the list
Below is the e-mails that list the countries that we have confirmed
are sending ships to Haiti. So far it is Chile, the US, and likely
a Canadian ship. Still looking for more.
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Subject: Re: Immediate research task
Date: Wed, 13 Jan 2010 09:40:53 -0600
From: Matthew Powers <firstname.lastname@example.com>
To: Rodger Baker <firstname.lastname@example.com>
CC: Kevin Stech <email@example.com>, Karen Hooper
<firstname.lastname@example.com>, researchers
Chile is sending a ship as well. Article copied below since WSJ
links often do not work.
Chile President Bachelet To Send Envoy To Assist In Haiti
SANTIAGO (Dow Jones)--Chilean President Michelle Bachelet said
Wednesday she'll send an special envoy and humanitarian assistance
to Haiti following the earthquake that shook the Caribbean nation.
Chile has about 500 soldiers in Haiti as part of a United Nations
peacekeeping force there.
Bachelet tapped Juan Gabriel Valdes, former Chilean Foreign Affairs
Minister who headed the U.N. Stabilization Mission in Haiti, or
MINUSTAH, between 2004 and 2006 as her envoy.
The government will also send a 767 jet and a Hercules C-130 plane
with medical assistance Wednesday, and a Navy vessel is also bound
for Haiti, according to government officials.
Two Chileans, one of them a member of MINUSTAH, have been reported
missing following the quake and the government is "anxious"
regarding their whereabouts, Defense Minister Francisco Vidal said.
Chilean troops in Haiti have been providing assistance since the
quake hit Wednesday evening.
"Chilean forces immediately deployed their human and physical
resources to reinforce the initial UN assistance tasks, through Air
Force helicopter flights over the affected areas to determine the
magnitude of the damages," the head of the Chilean Armed Forces
staff said in a statement.
On 1/13/2010 9:34 AM, Matthew Powers wrote: Canada is also talking
about sending an unspecified ship -
On 1/13/2010 9:26 AM, Matthew Powers wrote: The Navy is discussing
sending the hospital ship USNS Comfort to Haiti, but it is in
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Those of you who will be a junior or a senior in high school this fall can take college classes while in high school and the district will pick up the tab*. The deadline for turning in your Concurrent Enrollment
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Hebrew Names Version (HNV) | New International Version (NIV) |
7 Let us rejoice and be exceedingly glad, and let us give the glory to him. For the marriage of the Lamb has come, and his wife has made herself ready." | 7 Let us rejoice and be glad and give him glory! For the wedding of the Lamb has come, and his bride has made herself ready. |
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The Department of Asian and Asian American Studies houses interrelated programs: Asian American and Diaspora Studies, Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, Korean Studies and South Asian Studies.
The department provides a number of BA-degree granting majors for students to choose from:
In addition, minors are offered in Asian and Asian American Studies, Chinese Studies, Japanese Studies, and Korean Studies.
Many of the department's courses are cross-listed with other departments, allowing students to fulfill credit requirements across a variety of academic disciplines. Additionally, most Asian and Asian American Studies courses fulfill Binghamton University General Education requirements.


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With Mushroom having left the band and Daddy G taking a sabbatical from the studio to concentrate on family life, it falls to Robert Del Naja (3D) to carry forward Massive Attack into the beyond, in collaboration with Neil Davidge, the producer of their third album Mezzanine (1998).
Without Mezzanine's layers of guitar, which left some Massive Attack lovers narrowing their eyes doubtfully, 100 Windows seems at first subdued. Much as shapes only gradually reveal themselves in an initially pitch black room, so it is with this album, which takes a few listens to become accustomed to. The devil is in the detail, nestled deep in the layered backdrop.
"Future Proof", the opener, seems like generic Massive Attack, with its pulsing, see-saw riff and velveteen ambience, before abstract muezzin shapes hove into your face like bats. "Everywhen" features regular MA vocalist Horace Andy, but there's something disquietingly irregular about the orbit he's in here.
There were always ominous overtones to Massive Attack, but 100 Windows is especially stark, inculcating the sort of trepidation that comes with staring at the night sky for too long, or staying up too late discussing Noam Chomsky.
There's a radioactive air about the album which, coupled with the use of Eastern, Arabic strings, brings to musical life a palpable sense of post-September 11 tension. 3D himself admits that "the state of the world has rubbed off on the record".
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The best way is to start with a good, reliable soil test. Contact your local office of the University of Missouri Cooperative Extension Service about having this done and also dig in that soil with these simple soil tests, 1) Structure. From that soil sample put enough of the rest to make a 4 inch level in a clear 1 quart jar, with a tight fitting lid. Fill that jar with water and replace the lid, tightly. Shake the jar vigorously and then let it stand for 24 hours. Your soil will settle out according to soil particle size and weight. A good loam will have about 1-3/4 inch (about 45%) of sand on the bottom. about 1 inch (about 25%) of silt next, about 1 inch (25%) of clay above that, and about 1/4 inch (about 5%) of organic matter on the top. 2) Drainage. Dig a hole 1 foot square and 1 foot deep and fill that with water. After that water drains away refill the hole with more water and time how long it takes that to drain away. Anything less than 2 hours and your soil drains' too quickly and needs more organic matter to slow that drainage down. Anything over 6 hours and the soil drains too slowly and needs lots of organic matter to speed it up. 3) Tilth. Take a handful of your slightly damp soil and squeeze it tightly. When the pressure is released the soil should hold together in that clump, but when poked with a finger that clump should fall apart. 4) Smell. What does your soil smell like? A pleasant, rich earthy odor? Putrid, offensive, repugnant odor? The more organic matter in your soil the more active the soil bacteria will be and the nicer your soil will smell. 5) Life. How many earthworms per shovel full were there? 5 or more indicates a pretty healthy soil. Fewer than 5, according to the Natural Resources Conservation Service, indicates a soil that is not healthy. to learn more about your soil. What these tests swhow about your soil can help guide you in making that soil into a good, healthy soil that will grow strong and healthy plants that can help in controlling those "weeds" as well. |
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Enbridge pipeline project gets OK from Lake County
By Carrie Napoleon Post-Tribune correspondent January 16, 2013 4:22PM
Updated: February 19, 2013 2:05PM
CROWN POINT — An agreement between the surveyor's office and Enbridge Energy LP has paved the way for the company's pipeline replacement project in Lake County to proceed.
The Drainage Board on Wednesday approved the permit request by Superior, Wis.-based Enbridge that will allow it to replace its Line 6B that runs through the county crossing drains in Turkey Creek, Deep River and Caugherty Ditch after the company agreed to beefed up safety measures for the pipeline throughout Lake County.
Lake County Surveyor George Van Til said the project passes through three county drains and will be doing open cutting, which at some point will block the drain.
"That was a major concern," Van Til said. If a heavy rainfall were to occur during the period the drain was blocked, it could potentially cause a flooding problem. To resolve those concerns the company has agreed to a detection plan that will enable it to immediately open the drain in the event of rain.
Van Til said Enbridge also has agreed to double the size and strength of the pipeline throughout its run in Lake County. The thickness of the pipe will be increased from the current .25 inch to .5 inch throughout the county and that increase will be as much as .625 inches where the pipeline crosses the drains.
In the third key point, Enbridge has agreed to enhance its monitoring system for leak detection throughout the county as well.
Van Til said Enbridge addressed all of his office's current concerns and he is confident moving forward if additional issues arise the company will be willing to come to table and resolve any concerns.
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directed by James Gunn
featuring Chris Pratt, Zoe Saldana, David Bautista, Lee Pace, Bradley Cooper, Michael Rooker
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directed by Rob Minkoff, Roger Allers
featuring Matthew Broderick, Jeremy Irons, James Earl Jones, Moira Kelly, Nathan Lane, Ernie Sabella
3. The Hobbit: An Unexpected Journey (2012)
directed by Peter Jackson
featuring Ian McKellen, Martin Freeman, Richard Armitage, Ken Stott, Graham McTavish, William Kircher, James Nesbitt, Stephen Hunter, Dean O'Gorman, Aidan Turner, John Callen, Peter Hambleton, Jed Brophy, Mark Hadlow, Adam Brown, Ian Holm, Elijah Wood, Hugo Weaving, Cate Blanchett, Christopher Lee, Andy Serkis, Sylvester McCoy, Barry Humphries, Jeffrey Thomas, Mike Mizrahi
5. Planes (2013)
directed by Klay Hall
featuring Dane Cook, Stacy Keach, Brad Garrett, Teri Hatcher, Julia Louis-Dreyfus
6. Despicable Me (2010)
directed by Chris Renaud, Pierre Coffin
featuring Steve Carell, Jason Segel, Russell Brand, Julie Andrews, Will Arnett, Kristen Wiig
7. E.T.: The Extra-Terrestrial (1982)
directed by Steven Spielberg
featuring Henry Thomas, Dee Wallace, Peter Coyote, Robert MacNaughton, Drew Barrymore, Debra Winger
8. Planes: Fire & Rescue (2014)
directed by Roberts Gannaway
featuring Dane Cook, Julie Bowen, Ed Harris, Curtis Armstrong, John Michael Higgins, Hal Holbrook
9. The Princess Bride (1987)
directed by Rob Reiner
featuring Cary Elwes, Robin Wright, Mandy Patinkin, Chris Sarandon, Christopher Guest
10. Hook (1991)
directed by Steven Spielberg
featuring Robin Williams, Dustin Hoffman, Julia Roberts, Bob Hoskins, Maggie Smith, Phil Collins
11. Peter Pan (1953)
directed by Clyde Geronimi, Hamilton Luske, Wilfred Jackson
featuring Bobby Driscoll, Kathryn Beaumont, Hans Conried, Bill Thompson, Heather Angel
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featuring Mickey Rooney, Kurt Russell, Pearl Bailey, Jack Albertson, Sandy Duncan
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New research suggests it's not too late to quit smoking, even after a cancer diagnosis.
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My Niece is a 25 year old nurse, daughter of a full blooded Cherokee, married to a Army Major, has a brother who was a Army NCO who was killed in Afghanistan. She learned to shoot at age 8 and has been shooting weekly ever since.
Her, and her husband live in El Paso where he is stationed. There is a M-A-J-O-R problem with our swinging door border. Her husband was at work, about 3:00 a.m. with both cars in the driveway, and alarm warning stickers on all the doors.
She is asleep, with her 9 month old son in the other room. She hears a CRASH and her alarm goes off. She grabs 'her' S&W 686 runs to the baby's room and locks the door so IF the intruder gets in they can't get to her child.
Second crash sound and she realizes someone is trying to kick in the front door. What happens in El Paso is that the illegals come across the border and raid a neighborhood. They kick doors in, steal what they can, kill the men, and children, and either rape the women, or take them back across the border and sell them to drug lords. Not wanting to be part of Obama's open door policy she puts two rounds through the top of the door. You can't legally shoot someone on your porch but you can shoot your own door.
She then calls 911 and tells the operator what is going on. Operator tells her there are THREE other home invasions going on, on her street and " keep the gun, if they get in shoot them" ( GOT to love Texas.)
Police arrive, find footprints on her front door, take report and leave.
Moral? PLEASE teach your kids to shoot. Cars in the driveway, and alarms, WONT discourage BG's, but a .357 evidently will get them religion.


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I was supposed to have a trip to WDW this Easter i was going to go with my brother and his family we'd all been planning it since last year. I made sure that i'd have the time off from work and everything . Then in November of last year i found out i had skin cancer. It was Basal Cell ( non melanomic and not life threatenning ) but it was rather large and on my face near my eye ,cheek and nose. I had to have it removed and have been going through a rather extensive reconstruction process. Which will culminate with my trips dates. I've been off work since the beginning of February and will probably be going back to work perhaps if all goes well right around the time they leave to go to Disney. I've been living on the money that i had saved for this trip because temporary disability is giving me trouble so i can't depend on it for money. This would have been my first trip there and probably a once in a lifetime trip and i'm gonna miss it.
Life really ****s sometimes doesn't it.


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Tribes Of India – Part 1
They say everything in this world is trying to get back to its source. Setting forth into a new era, we often forget where we come from. While travelling to different parts of the world, I got a glimpse of it observing and interacting with the different aborigines of India. From the highly-secretive Jarwas, to the lovers-of-nature Bishnois, to the Khanabadosh Gaddis, this journey will take you into the heart of India, and get you acquainted with what's truly real. Simple lifestyles, beautiful cultures, mysterious customs, here's a lowdown on the wonder that is India.
The Jarwa Tribe – Andaman
In an extinct language of the Andaman Islands called Aka-Bea, Jarwa means hostile people. This is by far the oldest tribe of India and one-of-a-kind. Why? Many factors, including their location on the island and their nature that doesn't allow them to make contact with the outside world has left a great aura of enigma around them.
While no one really understands their traditions and their culture, like what they do for a living, or what they celebrate as a festival, recent news has it that people from the modern world have crossed the backwaters that separate them from the main island, and have spent time in their company.
As per the Aboriginal Tribes Regulation of 1956, attempting any kind of contact with the Jarwa people, trying to mingle with them, and stopping over in their settlements is absolutely forbidden. However, like other rules, these too are being continuously broken as tour operators in Andaman run under-cover tourist bus services to the internal areas of the Jarwa settlements.
Jarwas live in a naturally maintained fragile ecosystem, which is now under threat due to such acts of tourism. Mingling with them is a greater risk to their lives than ours. The two outbreaks of measles in tribe's settlements – one in 1997, and the other in 2006 – facilitated by the building of The Andaman Grand Trunk Road is proof of that.
Jarwas aren't used to outside contact and if there is anything tourists can do for the tribe, it is to leave them to their natural habitat, and enjoy themselves in their own.
The Bhil – Rajasthan
Living in deep forests and natural born hunters, the Bhils of Rajasthan aren't confined to the area. The people of the tribe are spread out in the states of Gujarat, Madhya Pradesh, Maharashtra, as well as Chhattisgarh.
In earlier days, they were a feared tribe, and were often hired as shikaaris by the Rajput regime. Their knowledge of the terrain they resided in was impeccable. Many became warriors, showing amazing capabilities to conduct excellent guerrilla operations. If you can't associate with Bhils, you'll sure be able to associate with the mythological figure Eklavya, an expert archer from the epic Mahabharata, and Matanga, a Bhil sage.
Do you know of the popular Rajasthani folk dance called Ghoomar? Performed by groups of Rajasthani Bhil women, it is one of those things that carefully preserve the essence of traditional Bhil culture.
Changing times have transformed the face of Bhil community as well. While most of them are now settled as petty farmers, or landless labours, just a fraction of the community has been able to stay attuned to their true nature – the nature of a hunter.
There are many more tribes I have explored, like the Gaddis of Himachal Pradesh and the protectors of nature, Bishnois. I will share it all in a post to follow soon…
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wow..i have to tell my side too.. I was staying at tahii Inn. It was about 6pm so i went down and have a swim. I was swimming and chilling drinking beers. All the sudden this hot chicks jump in the pool and start taking her swim suit off. I was like wow, she is very hot. She start heading toward my way and she ask me if i can joined her in the pool because she said her husband split up last night. She told me she just wanted to be single again and party. so i went in the pool and she was flirting with me, and next thing i know. she was blowing me under the water. Sick blow job ever.. 2007.
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Del Rio, Texas (map) | (830) 775-6484
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HUGE speed bumps. Impossible to go around them. Our boat trailer bottoms out going over them. - RoadRoller
Only stayed in this park three days. Trashy mobile homes are mixed in with RV sites. Dogs constantly barking, chasing walkers and cars. Stayed a month here several years ago. Much quieter then. - RoadRoller
We stayed here for a month. We would not have stayed that long but we already had paid for the month. If you like living in a concentration camp this park is for you! The manager is so rude and treats you like you're in the service. He speaks down to you, not at you. It's really bad when he wakes you up in the middle of the night while he's riding his golf cart around the park at night with a spot light shinning it in your windows. The manager's wife that worked in the office was ok, not the friendliest person but she's nicer than him. The park is nice, small sites and the electric services need work. The maintenance man was very friendly but he didn't seem like he was too bright. He knew how to rig things pretty good. Maybe that's why the park had electrical issues. We had friends that stayed in their motorhome on a 50 amp site, but learned it wasn't a true 50 amp service. This caused problems when their microwave went "poof" in their rig. The pool must have been filled in because it was only about 4 foot deep. The rec room was really nice. We would have stayed the whole winter but the management was over bearing and the lack of maintenance was pretty bad!!! I would not recommend this park to anyone! And I will never be back to this park. There are better ones down the road towards town. We understand the reason for the concentration camp atmosphere is due to the owner and management. Checked out another small park which had a great owner. Would give the shirt off his back to make you have a nice stay. - 2young2fulltime
Del Rio, Texas (map) | (830) 775-7491
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This is your basic federal western CG without water and with pit toilets. A mile or so in on a dusty dirt road. Best campsite is #1 a pull-through on your left. It is the only one with a shade tree but be careful, the trees are tight. The rest of the CG is open with picnic tables under a shelter roof without walls. The bathrooms were clean but there are no services, no water, and no dump station. The place is quiet and not crowded. The rate we paid is really $2 with the federal senior card. Nice place for a day or two. If the water comes up again it could be very pleasant for and extended stay. Verizion MiFi worked OK with a roaming network. Roads and sites are gravel/dust. After all this is west Texas. - pumper9x9
This was a very clean campground with level sites. Each site has a picnic table under a cover. There are no connections but a dump site a few miles up the road. The fresh water at the dump site was out of order while we were there but we always travel with a full tank so that wasn't an issue. The sites at one time were near the water but the lake is 37 feet low and there is no water within sight. You have to travel down a graded dirt road for about a mile to get to the campground. We would stay here again if the water level returns. - dandg
Nice primitive campground on a beautiful lake.No hookups,you need solar or generator power.Close to Del Rio and our favorite winery, Val Verde winery. - yankeeflyer1
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$2 per night was the 50% discount for a primitive site at the 277N campground using the Golden Age Passport. Dirt/gravel sites are mostly level. Each site has a covered concrete pad with a picnic table and BBQ grill. Pit toilets are available but nothing else. Heavy but low vegetation surrounds the campground and the view is almost endless. If it's a clear night, the sky really lights up with all the stars. There are many types of water birds around the Amistad Reservoir and boaters are seen quite frequently. If you like hiking/biking there are trails within the park and roadways outside the park. Fishing/boating/water skiing/SCUBA diving are all available on the Amistad Reservoir. Spacing between the sites is very generous. The NRA is W of Del Rio proper and there are many conveniences available in the small town. There is no Wi-Fi in the campground but we received three bars 4G on our AT&T cell phone which we used as a Wi-Fi hotspot. Our Millenicom jetpack received only a couple bars of 1X which allowed for very slow Wi-Fi. We received one Spanish OTA TV station. - DD Rolling Ranch
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I did not camp here this time. On Dec.12 the campground had many campers there camping. It apparently is now open again. It used to be my preference in Del Rio before it closed. - washman
This was a very nice campground but it is closed. evidently the owner has declared bankruptcy. - User2209
We were surprised to find a new park on this highway. Nice level sites and concrete pads make it a plus for us. The price was right for an overnight stay. The laundry room and bathrooms were very clean. The owner would like to put in wi-fi at a later date. We were very happy with this no frills campground. We will be back. - alfauser2
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Big rig friendly with pull thrus, free cable, free wi-fi. $2.00 extra charge for second computer. Good Sam discount. - Keith/Ruth
No complaints. Great overnight stop. Owner was very nice and helpful at check-in. Pull in sites were very level, large, and long. - pascobaby
Stayed here two nights on the way to Big Bend National Park. Check in was fast, easy, and friendly. Sites were mostly 90 feet long pull throughs with no table, level gravel, and utilities were very good. Wi-Fi worked fine. Sites were a reasonable width. We were surprised at the extent and quality of the amenities which included washers and dryers for $1.25 each, a small gathering room, an event center, a well equipped fitness center and small, but very clean showers and bathrooms. The bird watching area was nice to walk through. Highway noise was not loud and did not bother us. It was pretty windy in the late afternoons, making the unheated pool useless to us. Right on US 90, it was really easy access. There were a number of long term residents, but the rigs and sites were clean and tidy. Walmart, diesel, and propane were nearby. Cowboy Church is offered on site on Sunday morning and evening, and we saw signs for a band on Thursday nights, We were there on the weekend so didn't get to see them. We would definitely stay here again. - MissMyGolden
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This is a very unattractive park, and with permanent residents living in older, poorly maintained trailers. There is brush and material piled along the borders, and just a generally unkempt appearance of the whole facility. On the other hand, the park is is easy to get into, and the water, electric and sewer hook-ups work, so as a place for an overnight stay it works. - hoppytoad
Essentially a very dirty dirt parking lot with hookups. Restrooms looked as though they had not been cleaned in weeks. Only one shower/stall per restroom. Did not look in the laundry area. Lots of long term campers and the stuff that goes with them. Appears very little is being done to repair anything that needs repairing. - pablol
Owner very helpful. Verizon worked great. Nice friendly little saloon adjoins CG. Shopping nearby, good for extended stays. - retiredgeezer
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We only stayed here two nights on our way to Big Bend National Park. The RV park is a little out of the way in a residential area, whereas most others in the area are right off the highway. We prefer the privacy and quiet, so this worked very well for us, and the residential area offered plenty of places to walk our dogs. The RV park is very pretty, with lots of trees and grass. Campsites are pretty large, have concrete patios (formerly mobile home pads), picnic tables, and some sites have privacy fences. The owner was very friendly and helpful, and the neighbors we met were nice. The main road into the park is closed for construction, so the owner met us in town and guided us in since our GPS would take us the wrong way. Water pressure was very high, so be sure to use a water regulator. Cable TV is available but the hookup was far back in the site and our cable wasn't long enough to reach. There is WiFi available but we couldn't receive it from our site near the front of the park. We'd definitely stay here again, hopefully for a longer visit. - katfisch
This park is real hidden gem. Lots of shade trees. Call and they will escort you in. From our site at edge of park we watched herds of deer in pasture in the afternoons and evenings. Huge site had plenty of room for fifth wheel and boat. We walk and sometimes bike the quiet tree lined streets to the little HEB store. Sites are hard with grass and pea-gravel. City water comes from springs at the golf course in town. House washer/dryers have pay envelopes $2/$3 for checks or cash on Honor system. Some long-term campers work at Air Force Base or hospital. We will be back again! - catnapper
We were amazed at the Quiet & beauty of this secluded park. Large trees at every lot. Birds and deer all over and around the park. Huge lots, giant shade trees, some cedar fences between sites. Park is next to pasture at end of paved street in very nice neighborhood. A few pull thru spots. Most are very easy back-ins. Long term RV's are mostly law enforcement. Laundry is honor system with pay envelopes. Great WiFi and Cable TV every site. We walk & bike every day to local grocery and library, or sit in rockers at the club house and bird watch. We will be back often! - catnapper
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This park appears to be filled with mostly long termers. The WiFi worked better than in most places. The sites are pretty beat up, broken service boxes seem to be the norm. The site was level. Lots of small trash in the site. OK for one night. - terrytckl
Rate reflects the Passbook America discount. The folks in the park, both employees and "winter Texans" were friendly, and the site for the trailer was large and an easy pull thru. Our only complaint about the park was the restrooms and showers. While the sinks and toilets were clean, the floors did not appear to have been cleaned in quite some time. The shower heads almost worked. They were so old, and the shower stall did not appear to have been cleaned in a long, long time. My wife refused to use them. We would not return to this park. - living large
Older park, narrow spaces with over hanging trees. We didn't use the showers due to being dated and not as clean as we like for public facility. The laundry facility was clean; machines were plentiful. We did use our PA for half price for 2 nights. - CMD
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Small older park. Staff very friendly. Not really suited to Big Rigs. Only a few (6) big sites so call ahead. Sites and turning tight. They had to use a ladder and pole to hold up overhead cables. If you are not running a Big Rig and want a friendly nice park this is the one. Wi-Fi is lighting fast. Good 50 Amp. - TedandJan
We spent 3 winter months here. It is not a fancy campground, but they have everything you need. The laundry room is very clean, and the machines are new. The pot luck dinners on Friday night are terrific. The staff and owners could not be any friendlier. It is close to town, Wal-Mart, restaurants, etc. The sites are not very wide, and not very level. The water pressure is poor. Overhaul it is a pretty good place to stay. - bsnmobs
Although we stayed for a month we would have to say this was not the best choice in Del Rio. The Friday night "Pot Luck" dinners are enjoyable and the owners was nice, though there is one lady who works the front desk three days a week is a real pill. Even with her and the fact the park needs some major upgrades (interior roads, space leveling and general improvements) to better accept today's larger RV's with slides, we would probably stop here again. - Twotravelers
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The manager is very friendly. The park is exceptionally clean. You can see the lake from the RV Park. The lake is way down right now. They also rent mobile home lots. Rabbits are everywhere! It is conveniently located about 8 miles from town. I highly recommend this RV Park. - Just B
Park is located 6-7 miles north of Del Rio, Texas on U.S. Highway 90. This is a mobile home and RV park with what appears to be quite a few long term RVs parked. Only stayed one night. Had one minor problem. After checking in, paying and assigned a space, we left to visit Langtry, TX (Judge Roy Bean's Bar & Home, stopped on way back for dinner and when arriving back at RV park our space was occupied. Complained to management and they said that they thought we left and assigned the space to someone else. We ended up in a cramped space stuck in between 2 travel trailers that appeared to be semi-permanent guests. This is the first time we have ever been assigned a space and paid for it to have it rented out from under us. They did offer to refund our money, but given it was after 6pm we took what was available. Most likely will not return to this park. There are numerous parks in the area. - Bonadventures


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* Serious Injury is defined when the victim is admitted to the hospital with injuries consistent with a fracture to a limb, rib or vertebrae or to the skull, burns to a major portion of the body, a lose of any portion of the body, and/or when a victim suffers loss of vision or hearing
As another way to communicate with Albertans, the Alberta Serious Incident Response Team (ASIRT) can now be found on Twitter!
You can follow us by going to @ASIRT_AB where you will find items of interest to the public such as:
This account will be managed and maintained by ASIRT Communications. ASIRT will not be responsible for technical Twitter issues and the times that the site is unavailable to users.
While we invite you to follow us on Twitter, we will not be automatically following everyone in return. If we do follow you, please be aware that we are not endorsing you in any way.
Conversation is encouraged and feedback is welcome but we will not always join in the discussions and will only respond when appropriate.
If anyone sends messages which are deemed inappropriate, profane, or rude, we will block those accounts. We want Twitter to be a place of constructive conversation and one where we can inform our followers of ASIRT-related information.
We cannot and will not accept messages sent through Twitter as official communications with ASIRT.
ASIRT does not accept complaints about police behavior from members of the public. Public complaints must be made to the specific police agencies.