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ARTICLE: Financial Exploitation vs Fraud
ARTICLE: Why Exploitation Crimes Are Misunderstood By Government
THE BOOK: Financial Abuse Of The Elderly; A Detective's Case Files Of Exploitation Crimes
Nov'12 Interview: "Snowbird Scams"
While the number of violent crimes in the U.S. is decreasing, financial crimes against the elderly are increasing as a result of the aging of the population and greater concentration of wealth among older people. According to a 2005 Senior Forum Report by the White House Conference On Aging, only one in 100 cases of financial abuse is reported, and there are millions of financial abuse victims each year. The money is certainly there for the taking: persons over 50 control at least 70% of the nation's household net worth. 75% of victims of financial abuse are between the ages of 70 and 89. The majority are female, frail and mentally impaired.
The Senior Forum Report pointed to a lack of knowledge regarding scams and the inability of seniors to recognize scams and make sure their financial matters are in order. But victims who are "frail and mentally impaired" simply cannot protect themselves. It is up to the rest of us—family members, neighbors, friends, and those of us who come into contact with the elderly in our work, whether as bank tellers, attorneys, health care professionals, or service providers of any kind, to help them protect themselves. Armed with knowledge, we can take steps in advance to prevent ourselves from becoming victims when we become old and infirm.
Fraud Vs. Exploitation
Since 1990 I have investigated more than 1,000 cases of exploitation of the elderly during my former career as a detective with the Fort Lauderdale Police Department. During this time I've realized that reports that address financial crimes against the elderly usually conflate two types of crimes, fraud and exploitation. Fraud is based on deception, but exploitation of the elderly is a much subtler and much more often ignored crime. Justice Potter Stewart's famous definition of pornography applies equally to exploitation crimes: I may not be able to define it precisely but I know it when I see it.
Definitions of fraud found in dictionaries, or state and federal laws, are essentially based on deception. When referring to the theft of physical property, fraud is basically defined as the false and deceptive statement of fact intended to induce another person to give up a valuable item he or she owns. Scams, confidence games, rackets, hoaxes and shakedowns are common terms used to describe misrepresentations and trickery used by con men or women to entice their target into making bad decisions.
"Choice" is involved with fraud and there is an assumption in state laws throughout the nation that fraud victims have the capacity to weigh information and make decisions based on that information. But what if the victim does not have capacity?
That's when the crime may actually be exploitation rather than fraud. The dictionary defines exploitation as selfish or unfair use of someone or something for one's own advantage, taking advantage of another person in an organized or systematic way. My own state, Florida, defines an exploitation victim as "a person 60 years of age or older who is suffering from the infirmities of aging as manifested by advanced age or organic brain damage, or other physical, mental, or emotional dysfunctioning, to the extent that the ability of the person to provide adequately for the person's own care or protection is impaired." An exploitation crime occurs when someone takes advantage of the vulnerability or dependant condition of a disabled elderly person to deprive that person of their assets. So while elderly fraud victims are independent persons with the capacity to give consent, exploitation victims are disabled in some manner and this disability contributes to their victimization.
Exploitation victims came from all walks of life and every socioeconomic group. The perpetrators often turned out to be those we would least expect: neighbors, spiritual leaders, nurses, guardians, even the mailman or plumber on occasion.
I have written this book by drawing on my first-hand experience that presents a group of interesting cases that illustrate the nature of exploitation crimes. These cases are "the real thing," based on facts. I explain how to recognize and prevent victimization through better understanding and by implementing simple safeguards. Each chapter presents a case from my files that provide analysis of why the elderly person was victimized.
Exploiters are usually very successful criminals and crimes that succeed soon become epidemic. My goal here is simple. I want independent senior citizens to protect themselves, and the average "Joe" to be able to protect an older loved one. One day we will all be in the same boat and by taking action now we protect ourselves for the future.
So what is Financial Exploitation?
In a sentence, Florida's exploitation law (FSS 825.103) states that when someone maliciously takes the property of an "elderly person," they are committing exploitation. That's the essence of the law.
But there is also an important requirement: Within this law, an "elderly person" is defined as someone 60 years of age or older who is suffering from the infirmities of aging to the extent that their ability to adequately care for and protect themselves is impaired. The law states that the elderly person must suffer a physical or mental infirmity. Therefore, exploitation is based primarily on infirmities or disabilities and not deception.
This is why exploitation is not fraud and why it can be much more devastating and offensive. Fraud is generally defined as deception that is carried out for the purpose of achieving personal gain while causing injury to another party. Exploitation requires more than that. It requires that the victims suffer disabilities that make them more vulnerable. And when the victim is more vulnerable, the victim impact is far worse.
To compare exploitation to fraud would be like comparing robbery to larceny. If you told a police officer that robbery is the worst type of larceny, he or she would correct you and say that they are two different crimes. Larceny simply means the taking of another's property, while robbery requires the taking by force or threat. In the same sense, exploitation and fraud are also two different crimes. While scammers focus on things that their victims want with deception, exploiters focus on things victims need through the dependency caused by their infirmities.
So if you're going to walk away with one thought from my book, make it this,
"Scammers prey on greed while exploiters prey on need."
If you understand that concept, you're probably one step ahead of those around you who misunderstand the crime. Regards!
Joe Roubicek
The OPPAGA Report and Elder Abuse
Submitted December 2009
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KILL MOM, KILL DAD; Disposing Of The Elderly For Profit
by Joe Roubicek
(copyright by Joe Roubicek, 2012, Coral Springs)
~ The following is the transcript of the first 3 chapters of my latest book … a work in progress.
~ This is an expose' that provides a panoramic view of the devastation and corruption of exploitation crimes that even seasoned criminal investigators are unaware of.
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KILL MOM, KILL DAD; Disposing Of The Elderly For Profit
by Joe Roubicek
(copyright by Joe Roubicek, 2012, Coral Springs)
Natural Causes
In 1939 the dark comedy play "Arsenic and Old Lace" opened on Broadway and became an immediate hit. The New York Times reviewed it to be, "so funny that none of us will ever forget it."
Indeed. The plot involves two spinster aunts who lure lonely old men into their home to poison them with glasses of homemade elderberry wine laced with arsenic, strychnine and cyanide. Then their nephew, Teddy, (who believes he's Teddy Roosevelt) buries the bodies in the cellar. The ladies say that they are doing this "for charity."
The playwright, Joseph Kesselring, cited the inspiration for his plot to a notorious female serial killer named Amy Archer-Gilligan, who opened what may have been the first for profit nursing home in the US. As the proprietor of "Sister Amy's Nursing Home For The Elderly" of Windsor, Connecticut, she took in elderly boarders, then systematically poisoned them for their pensions.
In 1916, authorities dug up five of her victims from the backyard and found that they had been poisoned by either arsenic or strychnine. A total of forty eight deaths occurred in Sister Amy's nursing home over a five year period, which was twice the average rate in the home during prior years, and although all of the deaths were suspect, she was tried and convicted of just one count of murder due to the extended time delay in prosecution.
Therein lies fateful irony: a comedy, Arsenic And Old Lace, would be based on Sister Amy's tragic, murderous deeds.
In 1993 Dorothea Puente, another notorious serial-killer-landlady, ran a Sacramento boarding home for the elderly where she murdered tenants for their social security checks. In the same fashion as Sister Amy, she buried her prey onsite.
When the authorities became involved, they excavated a total of seven bodies from the backyard of what appeared to be a quiet and inconspicuous home. Dorothea was charged with nine counts of murder, convicted on three of them, and sentenced to life in prison where she died in 2011… but not before her legacy, a cookbook, was published in her name. The title? Cooking with a Serial Killer; Recipes From Dorothea Puente.
In 1995 six members of a Romany clan, the Tene-Bimbo family, went on trial in San Francisco for what would be known as the "Foxglove Murders." The victims, six elderly men from both San Francisco and New York City, were romanced and murdered for over a million dollars of their assets. In an organized scheme, members of the clan and their associates poisoned the victims with the heart drug digitalis, which is derived from the Foxglove plant and difficult to detect in an autopsy.
The Tene-Bimbo family may sound familiar because it was featured in Peter Maas's 1974 book "King Of The Gypsies."
Unless there is obvious evidence of foul play, law enforcement, the health care sector, and society in general, have a tendency to believe that the elderly always die of natural causes. However, as Arsenic, Fox and Cooking illustrate, that is sometimes not the case, and assets are transfeered to another person or entity for financial gain with no questions asked. Because our society does not value it's elderly, such victimization is largely ignored.
Psychopaths and Sociopaths
Crimes against the elderly, even after they are properky reported to authorities, are often not vigorously investigated. Worse yet, unreported crimes allow true predators who may be psychopaths or sociopaths, to continue their victimizations unabated and without conscience. (Psychopathy and sociopathy are terms used interchangeably by clinicians.)
An expert on psychopathy, Robert D. Hare, PhD, believes that it is a myth that most psychopaths are murderers. In his book, "Without Conscience, The Disturbing World Of The Psychopaths Among Us," he states:
"Not surprisingly, many psychopaths are convicted criminals, but many others remain out of prison, using their charm and chameleon-like abilities to cut a wide swath through society and leaving a wake of ruined lives behind them …we are far more likely to lose our life savings to an oily-tonged swindler than our lives to a steely-eyed killer."
Hare's message is that although psychopaths are capable of murder, their distaste for the consequences of their acts, not their consciences, discourage them from committing it.
Experts estimate that a significant 1% to 4% of the general population is made up of psychopaths who are drawn to the elderly population for their acquired assets and high vulnerability. In addition, there is a low probability of getting caught by overtaxed government agencies.
It is painful to realize that as people age, they become ever more vulnerable to the 4 % of the population that suffers from mental disorders and seeks their assets.
Serial Killers and Murder Rates
Serial killers on the other hand, like Amy Archer-Gilligan and Dorothea Puente are believed to be rare. Serial murder is a relatively rare event, estimated by the FBI to comprise less than 1% of all murders committed in any given year.
The term, "serial killer" does not define a mental disorder, but rather a pattern of killing, and although most serial killers may be psychopaths, most psychopaths are not serial killers. Still, serial killers walk among us… they hide in plain sight.
In 2005 the FBI's National Center for the Analysis of Violent Crime, dispelled the myth that serial killers are dysfunctional loners. They are not reclusive, social misfits who live alone. They are not monsters and may not appear strange. Many serial-killers hide in plain sight within their communities. They often have families and homes, are gainfully employed, and appear to be normal members of the community. Because they can blend in so effortlessly, they are oftentimes overlooked by law enforcement and the public.
But identifying an accurate percentage of elderly murder victims can be even more difficult than identifying the serial killers. Based predominately on findings through death certificates, according to the U.S. Department of Justice, the elderly make up 12% of murder victims. Yet, the Centers For Disease Control And Prevention (CDC), invalidates the Justice Department's findings in their statistical report on causes of elderly deaths with the following disclaimer:
"Death certificates for the elderly are often incomplete. The completeness of the death certificate depends on the thoroughness of the certifier and on the amount of information available. Studies show that the quality of the decedent's medical history and thus the physician's report of underlying cause of death diminishes with the age of the deceased."
So while one branch of the government provides us with a 12% national murder rate, another branch exposes this statistic as unreliable … and like "Sister Amy's Nursing Home For The Elderly," the murder rate could actually be epidemic and we would not know it.
The elderly account for over a third of the economic crime victims in the nation. Of these, exploitation victims are the most devastated. Bank accounts and multi-million dollar estates can be quickly wiped out with little risk to the predator because victims, due to the infirmities of aging, are often incapable of understanding financial matters. The problem is compounded due to tight police budgets that prevent the additional manpower, time, and training necessary to protect those who cannot protect themselves.
While elderly crime is widespread, few specific details are provided due to confidentiality issues and lack of reporting. The media can have access to arrest affidavits that focus on financial charges that are actually filed, but abuse and neglect may not be mentioned because the evidence was insufficient for additional charges. The point is that violent abuse crimes can go unreported, even when financial charges are levied against an exploiter.
The following case provides a more detailed account of a predator who was finally charged with both financial and violent crimes. She was a bold woman on a brazen crime spree. Although her crimes were reported in a timely manner, it took 10 months for the police to arrest her.
This case provides a well-documented example of the commonplace violence that we do not normally associate with financial exploitation crimes and provides good example of why it is inappropriate to assume natural causes when an elder dies unexpectedly.
In October 1994, 72-year-old Roy Wilson who was paralyzed from the waist down checked into the Vencor Hospital in Fort Lauderdale, Florida, scheduled for a lengthy hospital stay. While being admitted, he handed his wallet, checkbook and other valuables to the admissions secretary to be put in a safe. She was a pleasant, stocky woman, a new employee named Gwenda Lemon.
When Roy returned home in late November he was dismayed and shocked to learn that, while he was in the hospital "Gwenda Lemon" had stolen and been cashing his checks for over $17,000. He hadn't realized that they were missing from his checkbook.
He reported the crime to police in Pompano Beach, the city where he resided. A patrolman took the report and filed it as a routine check fraud incident and then, of course, the paperwork soon was lost among a dozen other cases sitting on an overworked detective's desk. Crimes like rape and robbery and homicide, understandably receive priority over check fraud.
Over the next several months, Roy lived each day confined to a wheelchair in his home, a difficult but routine existence for an elderly man. But the routine ended in March when a stranger knocked on his door. Roy opened it up to see a stocky woman dressed in a white nurse's uniform – a wolf dressed in sheep's clothing. The woman said she was a social worker sent by Vencor Hospital to make sure that his recovery was going well. Roy felt uneasy because her visit was unexpected, so he asked for identification. She showed him her driver's license and the infirm old man recognized her name immediately.
"You're Gwenda Lemon? You stole my checks! You ripped me off!"
He didn't have a chance to say anymore.
Lemon snatched her driver's license out of his hand, spun him around in the wheelchair and pushed him through the doorway into his kitchen. Then she pulled out a can of mace and sprayed his face while spinning the wheelchair around and around. The mace brought him instant pain as it burned his eyes, nose and skin. His chest tightened up in a reflexive action as he gasped for air. He begged her to stop, but she wasn't through yet.
She reached down, firmly grabbed the bottom of the wheelchair and flipped Roy over, head first, onto the kitchen floor, and let his wheelchair land on top of him. Then Lemon maced him again.
He lay whimpering as she ripped the phone out of the wall and walked out of the kitchen, leaving Roy panicked and disoriented on the floor. He later said that he had waited motionless, fearing another attack, wondering if she would kill him in the end. He could hear her going through paperwork in his office. He listened intently as she walked back towards the kitchen and braced himself for another attack, but it never came. Lemon had found what she wanted and left.
Roy managed to crawl to another phone and call the police. They arrived in moments and rushed him to the hospital. He would survive, but he would never be the same mentally – always afraid in his own home.
A home invasion robbery report was made and a Pompano Beach detective got on the case. He showed Roy the photos of Lemon and five other women who looked similar to her. Roy picked the wrong photograph.
Lemon had not eased up at all since her vicious attack against Roy. She had stolen another seven checks from him that day. Within a week, she had used them to make payments toward her car loan, electric and other bills.
A Pompano Beach detective soon called and asked her in for an interview. He hoped to squeeze a confession out of her. He would need it. The prosecutor had already refused to file charges after Roy's bad identification. Sadly, Lemon gave the investigator nothing to hang her with. Despite the detective's efforts to convince her that she would only be admitting the obvious, she looked him in the eye and insisted that she didn't do it, that someone had been impersonating her. She walked out of the police station a free woman.
The detective soon shifted his attention to other cases, those involving rapes and robberies and homicides. Lemon just moved on to new victims.
What no one knew at the time was that Lemon had been victimizing the elderly in nursing homes and hospitals for some time. Because no clearinghouse existed, (or exists at the time of this writing,) for law enforcement agencies of neighboring cities to share information on elderly crimes, Lemon could target multiple victims in different jurisdictions.
In April, just six months prior to her attack on Roy Wilson, she had stolen the checkbook and credit cards from a 94-year-old woman who was recovering from a broken hip at Manor Oaks Nursing Home in neighboring Fort Lauderdale, where Lemon was employed as a nursing aide.
After she stole over $5,000 with the victim's checks and credit cards, the nursing home administrators reported the matter to the police, but it was never assigned to a detective for follow-up investigation.
The Silent Victim
Finally, as Lemon's crime spree was winding down to an actual arrest, one of her victims died "unexpectedly" of natural causes while Lemon was cashing her checks. The ill-timing of death prevented this victim from giving a statement and subsequently, from being included in Lemon's arrest warrant. Her name was Mary, she was in her 70's and Lemon benefited directly from her death.
During the first week of August, 1995, Mary admitted herself into Vencor Hospital to escape Hurricane Erin, an ominous storm bearing down on the Florida coast. She was a coastal resident in good health, but lived within a mandatory evacuation zone. Mary was smart enough to choose the comforts of a private hospital over a makeshift hurricane shelter at a local school. She was prudent enough to give her purse directly to a hospital staffer to be placed in the hospital safe, for safe keeping … and she gave her purse to Gwenda Lemon.
Lemon wasted no time and immediately began forging and cashing Mary's checks for over $1,300. She did so knowing that she was under an active criminal investigation for the home invasion of Roy Wilson because Roy went to the police.
Mary didn't have that option. She died unexpectedly in her hospital bed that week and a doctor diagnosed the cause of death to be natural…after all, she was old.
Despite the fact her death came as a complete surprise, there was no autopsy. Autopsies can potentially reveal malpractice and hospitals are not required to perform them. The medical examiner's office will not investigate deaths when the treating physician's report the deaths as natural. Also, the physicians can fill out death certificates without actually seeing the body.
These conditions actually prevent a crime from being detected and provide motivation for the person without conscience, the psychopath, to prey on the elderly without fear of suffering the consequences.
Compound this with health care, guardian and financial sectors, where greed and corruption can also breed without scrutiny, and in truth, Mary had much more to worry about than an approaching hurricane.
Justice and Injustice
A month after Mary's death, Lemon stole and cashed the checks of a 69-year old hospitalized cancer victim. The victim made a police report when she discovered the crime, but again, no action was taken by the police.
Finally, one hot July morning, Gwenda Lemon climbed into her car armed with a handgun and drove to a house in the tough northwest section of Fort Lauderdale. Her husband had been shot and wounded that morning during a dispute at that location. Lemon believed that the shooter was inside the home and she wanted revenge. Upon arrival, she scrambled out of her car and fired several shots through the front picture window of the residence. Neighbors watched her throw a violent temper tantrum on the front lawn, fire into the residence again and finally drive off. A family consisting of two adults and several children were in the house sprawled out on the floor and fortunately they were not injured.
This event marked the end of Gwenda Lemon's crime spree. She was arrested under a warrant stacked with charges, including the home invasion of Roy Wilson and financial exploitation of all the aforementioned victims, with the exception of Mary.
Lemon's arrest stuck and in the end, she plead guilty to a dozen felony charges and a very irate judge sentenced her to eight years in prison.
One of her victims, 94-year old Vera Cordes, was quoted in the papers as saying,
"She had a good time, didn't she? The fact that she was out there doing it to other people, that's what bothered me."
Vera died before Lemon's final arrest and in fact, half of Lemon's elderly victims died by the time she was sentenced and justice was served.
By Joe Roubicek © 2012, Coral Springs, Fl
Antipsychotic Drugs
Just as the "Aunties" of Arsenic and Old Lace murdered their victims with arsenic and strychnine, today's popular poisons are second generation anti-psychotic drugs. Under the guise of "normalizing" dementia patients in nursing homes, Olanzapine (Zyprexa), Aripiprazole (Abilify), Risperidone (Risperal) , and Quetiapine (Seroquel, Xeroquel, Ketipinor) are administered to hundreds of thousands of "unruly" elderly patients on a daily basis -- this despite the FDA's repeated warnings that these drugs are killing them. Unlike the psychotic behavior of Sister Amy Archer-Gilligan (the real-life inspiration for Arsenic and Old Lace), burying victims in the backyard is no longer necessary because autopsies are rarely done on persons over 60 years of age. Here is a simple, but factual accounting for this remarkable present day scenario:
In 2013, there are approximately 16,000 nursing homes in the United States which currently are boarding millions of elderly patients. An estimated 26% of these residents are given antipsychotic drugs. This would amount to hundreds of thousands of elderly patients being sedated on a daily basis. These drugs are often referred to as "chemical restraints" because, although the FDA-approved use is for treating schizophrenics, they are more often prescribed as a cost-effective way to manage elderly patients with "behavioral difficulties," a term open to interpretation.
In April 2005, the FDA released the following "black box" warning (note: This represents the agency's strongest warning):
"The FDA has determined that the treatment of behavioral disorders in elderly patients with dementia with a typical second-generation antipsychotic medication is associated with increased mortality."
This warning was based on a review of 17 studies with over 5,000 patients taking second generation antipsychotic drugs. Researchers found that the death rate for these elderly patients was almost twice the normal rate of mortality. Over a ten-week period, the death rate in the placebo-controlled arm was 2.6%, while that of the arm receiving actual antipsychotic drugs grew to 4.5%. Sudden cardiac death was a common cause.
In addition to these findings, an FDA associate director testified before Congress that the FDA estimated that 15,000 elderly nursing home patients are being killed in nursing homes annually with prescribed antipsychotic drugs.
Finally, in June 2008 the FDA expanded its warning that all categories of antipsychotic drugs are associated with an increased death rate in elderly patients, yet Medicaid continues to cover these "black box" drugs – at a cost running into the billions. They remain the popular, cost- effective practice to reduce staffing without the use of physical restraints.
Estates Stolen While Antipsychotics Prescribed
In 2003, a 96-year-old Illinois man died, leaving his 88-year-old wife a very wealthy widow. As we shall see, inheritance can be a dangerous gift for a vulnerable senior.
Within just one month of her husband's death, the woman was hospitalized and assigned a legal guardian. After she was removed from her luxurious lakeside residence, her will of 33 years was rewritten, her personal attorney and accountant both replaced. Her new legal guardian became the executor and beneficiary of her estate, which was then systematically depleted.
Over the next several years, the widow's guardian refused to provide the court with an accounting of her assets. During this time, she was committed to a psychiatric hospital and eventually admitted to hospice, where she died. Throughout this period the guardian refused to provide the court with a complete accounting of his charge's (the victim's) assets.
The woman had two nieces, both of whom were professionals; one an accountant, the other, a highly qualified nurse (R.N.) who also held a MSN and was both a certified case manager and legal nurse consultant. Both nieces believed that their aunt was being systematically disposed of for profit after discovering that she had been admitted to hospice without benefit of a proper diagnosis. Moreover, they learned that she was being administered Fentanyl, Levothyroxine, Metoprolol, Spiriva, Lasix, Vicodin, Roxanol, and Albuterol-- antipsychotic drugs – along with 13 other medications, until she died.
When the nieces obtained the list of medications given to their aunt, they sent their findings, along with a formal complaint, to the FDA in an attempt to force an autopsy. They set out to prove that their aunt had been medicated "to death."
The FDA Office of Criminal Investigations refused to take action and referred the nieces to local county legal authorities, who also refused to take action. Despite overwhelming physical and circumstantial evidence of foul play, this once wealthy widow's forensic autopsy was denied.
Her death certificate stated that death was due to "natural causes."
In July 2009, in Oregon State, two sons initiated a probate procedure, seeking to become their father's legal guardians. But in a 4-minute ex parte decision reached despite the absence of any mental capacity exam, the judge assigned a "professional guardian." Both children were left powerless to stop future events.
The "professional guardian" quickly removed the father from his home and over a period of the next few months, plundered the elderly man's estate. He was admitted into a hospital, where he was administered the antipsychotic drugs Haldol and Seroquel. The man died.
The two sons cried foul until the local coroner agreed to do an autopsy. However, at the last moment, the "professional guardian" appeared, professing her authority, threatening a law suit and successfully demanding that the autopsy be cancelled.
The body was cremated; as in the case of the elderly woman in Cook County, the death certificate listed the cause of death as "natural causes."
In a case receiving national media attention, a highly decorated 95- year-old war hero named Captain Hugh Johnson of North Carolina, was abused, neglected, and denied both an autopsy and burial with military honors – the kind that any honored combat veteran should receive. Hugh Johnson had led the 303rd Bomber Group of B-17's known as "Hell's Angels" on 26 credited combat missions against Nazi forces back in 1945. He was shot down and taken prisoner of war by the Nazi's.
In 2012, Hugh was taken prisoner under a guardianship that removed him from his million dollar home, which in turn, was quickly sold off. He was then placed in a nursing home where he was given the antipsychotic drug Quetiapine (Seroquel). Captain Johnson suffered 28 falls and several broken ribs; he missed meals that were served in the filthy rooms of a nursing home that had been denied federal funding and fined. During the time these indignities were occurring, Captain Johnson's remaining assets were sold off.
On more than one occasion, he flatly stated, "My German captors kept me better."
Hugh died just 5 months after the ordeal began. Again, there was neither a forensic autopsy, nor a criminal investigation. Again, the death certificate stated that the deceased succumbed to "natural causes."
These are just 3 examples drawn from tens of thousands that occur annually where there is strong anecdotal evidence that second- generation antipsychotic drugs may well have caused the deaths of elderly victims for profit. And yet, no forensic autopsies were ever done.
Autopsies Denied
On January 7, 2013, the Associated Press released an article titled, "Chicago Lottery Winner Died from Cyanide Poisoning." The article's first paragraph stated:
"With no signs of trauma and nothing to raise suspicions, the sudden death of a Chicago man just as he was about to collect nearly $425,000 in lottery winnings was initially ruled a result of natural causes."
The article goes on to state that the local medical examiner's office did not do an autopsy because they are not generally done on those 45 and older unless the death was suspicious. The lottery winner's death had been ruled a result of the narrowing and hardening of coronary arteries.
Months after the man's death, a family member complained to the Cook County Medical Examiner's Office. As a result, medical authorities ordered more extensive toxicology tests, including those for evidence of strychnine and cyanide. Cyanide was found. The man's body was finally exhumed as part of a criminal investigation.
Without the complaints of a relative, no one in authority would have ever considered that this man's death was suspicious; that someone had caused his death in order to receive a financial windfall. Even the media stated that there was, "nothing to raise suspicions."
When foul play is suspected, a government coroner or medical examiner performs autopsies for legal use. This is called "forensic medicine." Forensic autopsies are done to investigate deaths that occur under suspicious circumstances.
In 2011 a remarkable series of investigative reports jointly produced by National Public Radio (NPR), the Public Broadcast System's "Frontline," and ProPublica, expressed concerns over the present lack of autopsies and the general assumption that the elderly always die of natural causes. Together these three broadcast groups uncovered more than three dozen cases where alleged abuse, neglect and murder of senior citizens had eluded authorities.
"Frontline" followed up with another series which exposed deep flaws in this country's system of investigating death. They reported that from 1972 to 2007, the number of autopsies performed on seniors in the United States had dropped from 37% to 17%. Coroners and medical examiners rarely question, much less investigate, when treating physicians report that a patient's death is due to natural causes. In most states, doctors can simply fill out a death certificate without ever seeing the body.
Ageism, or discrimination against a person because of their age, leads to the inherently wrong assumption that when people reach their 60's and beyond, death is more expected. This would explain why only 2 % of seniors who die are autopsied.
One who reads this investigative series might believe that the lack of autopsies is a "sign of the times" due to the economy, budget cuts and a lack of direct government funding. In reality, this is not the case. In July of 1988, the New York Times published an article entitled: Sharp Drop in Autopsies Stirs Fear That Quality of Care May Also Fall.
The article stated that the number of autopsies being performed in the United States had fallen sharply, and that as a result, many medical leaders and government officials were becoming increasingly concerned that the quality of medical care was being jeopardized. Autopsy rates plunged from about 50% of all deaths in the mid-1940s to 10% in 1985.
During that same year (1988), The Mount Sinai Journal of Medicine published an article entitled: Autopsy Study Of The Elderly Institutionalized Patient. In part, it noted; "Autopsies are performed much less frequently in the elderly than in younger patients and little information exists as to causes of death in the institutionalized elderly."
Both of these articles were written a quarter of a century ago.
This lack of autopsies shows us that ageism is and has been a part of our culture for decades. Sudden, unexpected deaths of the elderly do not trigger autopsies and hospitals are not required to perform them. Insurers don't pay for them and doctors fear that they may reveal malpractice. Moreover, performing autopsies on elderly patients after prescribing them antipsychotic drugs would more than likely do just that.
Checks and Balances
The term "checks and balances" is used to define various procedures set in place to prevent, or ensure, that outcomes are reached in a desired manner. For example, checks and balances can ensure that no one person or department has too much control. Our founding fathers divided the powers of government into three co-equal branches -- legislative, executive and judiciary -- in a manner that would prevent any single branch from obtaining too much power. This was done to ensure legitimacy, prevent corruption and forestall tyranny. (At least that was their intent.)
Another example lies within our criminal legal system where we ensure that an accused person's rights are not violated. A police officer can make an arrest on the street, but the prosecutor decides if the accused will be formally charged; then and only then will the accused will have his or her day in court. This process of checks and balances ensures that a person's rights are protected and that he or she is presumed innocent until proven guilty.
Autopsies are just one aspect of an important part of the system of checks and balances which ensures that if an elderly person should die as the result of the actions of another, this crime is identified and persons can be held accountable. These post mortem forensic investigations can actually protect the rights of the living by identifying not just killers, but their methods.
While autopsies should be the norm and not the exception, their absence from a system of checks and balances which seeks to protect the elderly is symptomatic of a much bigger problem. "Guardianships," designed to protect the rights, safety and assets of a disabled elderly person do just the opposite when there is no effective system in place to protect those rights and limit power. Judges, attorneys and professional guardians can take complete control over the body and assets of an elderly person under the auspices that the elder and accused family members are "presumed guilty." Estates are wiped out as victims are disposed of.
Next stop . . . The Twilight Zone.
Next stop ~ the good, bad and ugly of guardianship, conservatorship and probate matters throughout the nation… but you may have to wait for the book. Thank you for reading and feel free to send me comments via my website …. www.exploitationelderly.com …
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|"What would you call any statement coming out of "our" Universities? All polls taken indicate the faculties vote 90%+ democrat, what else would you call them? I can think of several other adjectives. However, there are other reasons. I once wrote to Morningside about the lack of books on Thomas and their response was "we only print what sells.""
What else would I call them? Scholars, professionals, historians. I fail to see how their voting patterns, whether Democratic or Republican, translate in any way to amount or quality of scholarship available about George Thomas.
Morningside is a different bag. They're a private entity out to make money publishing books. If they don't think a book on Thomas will sell, they aren't going to publish it. There's nothing liberal or conservative about it.

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I drive my bike from Toledo via Naga, and find the place on my first attempt. It's located near the Tabunok hectical market. When I arrive, I seem to remember that road from before. It's the Manipis road, so if I just continue going, I'll be straight on the road to Toledo across the curvy mountain road. I decide that next time I'm going I'll take that road instead.
Lagtang Grill on the left hand side(red signs), Tabunok market in my back and Toledo straight forward. across the mountains.
I've actually never been here before, so I am not sure what to expect. The area is bigger that I thought. Being the hangout for a motorbike club might seem a bit dangerous for those who are not members, but Peace Riders, like the name says, are harmless. Some of the bikes are candy for the eye, like the one below Dennis, the president of the club is driving. He actually built it himself. If you've been around Cebu, you might have seen him. Even if you have a boring "rice cooker" like my Honda XRM, you're welcome to join. This is a biker's club you don't have to look like a biker. Check out their Facebook site www.facebook.com/peaceridersmc.
Back to the restaurant! This used to be Roger's Place before but the two owners Mark and Charles took over and changed it to Lagtang Grill. Lagtang is actually the name of the barangay. Beer is dirt cheap, they stock up Jack Daniels, a couple of wine bottles and drinks. Their menu is on the wall, and they seem to focus on burgers, sandwiches, fish&chips, steaks and their north sea cod. Prices are on the low side, so you won't get broke here.
Talking to Mark, he says they are still developing the place. The interiour and exteriour is pretty basic, bamboo style. They have a pool table, darts and more to come. There's one area where the karaoke singers can perform, and they have also plans of getting some live bands. First one at July 4, where they have 150 tickets for sale at a charity event. I think they are about to be sold out, so if you're interested you should hurry up.
Mark tells me they want to be open for anyone. They sell some cheap carenderia food for the local tricycle drivers, as well as expensive(for the locals) steak for the foreigners. Even if Mark and Charles are in charge, the place is somehow ran by their customers. When the customers wanted a pool table, they got one. A concert or darts, there you go.
Pool table and the bar to the left, Bob the customer and Mark the owner to the right. Oh, I forgot to mention they offer free wi-fi for paying guests!
Check out the posters to see what's going on.
Lagtang Grill is actually open 24/7, but they might close a couple of hours if it's completely dead.
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Reston offers a variety of health services in the community. Please see facility page for more details.
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With a population of 550 people, Reston is the largest incorporated Village in the Rural Municipality of Pipestone. It is situated directly on Highway 2.
Reston has all amenities required to create an excellent quality of life. Businesses, schools, medical and recreational opportunities continue to thrive in this community.
The skating and curling complex is a common meeting place for many community members. It is housed under one roof and has all the amenities for hosting events, including a concession, common viewing area, and is completely wheelchair accessible and smoke free.
Reston Memorial Park is an attraction to all; its serene atmosphere is surrounded by many diverse shrubs and flowers. It includes a picnic area, playground and tennis courts.
The Reston Museum is also located in the park, and has an abundant display of antiques, collectibles and an agricultural display that have been donated by the Pioneers of the surrounding area.
Another seasonal attraction is the golf course on the west side of town. It consists of a 9-hole grass green course and a driving range. The Golf Club House facilities include a coffee shop, snack bar and dining are for relaxing and visiting.
A serviced campground is located beside the Golf Course. It consists of both serviced and unserviced sites, tenting areas, modern washrooms and a trailer dumping station.
The Al-Res-Tone Drop In Centre is a busy spot all year round with cards, pool, shuffleboard and quilting
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Funny how often beer equates to second degree burns on some portion of my body.
Just mixed my liver cleanse with Bacardi. Best. Thing. Ever.
Welll when you have a beer at 8:30 am you've already decided whaat kind of Sunday it ism
I can hear my liver begging me not to go out tonight
Just tried to use the bottle of Sprite in my car as mouthwash to get the taste of puke out of my mouth- it's half vodka. Puked again. Thanks man.
That glade motion activator thing keeps going off every time we pass the bong. I don't know what I'm getting high off right now.
alcohol. turning childhood friends into awkward hookups since the dawn of civilization.
i can't believe you were mixing vodka with green tea last night and enjoying it.
i should bottle and sell it. my slogan could be "green tea vodka. antioxidating while intoxiacting. your liver will thank you. "
I think I've hugged the toilet more times than I've hugged my own family members.
it was like a zeppelin in a condom
I need a $60 an hour job, because I have a $50 an hour drinking habit.
I just found a receipt from ace where I bought 1 lrg plastic funnel, 2ft of 1" plastic tubing, and a 48" toboggan sled. Thank you cashier #552 for letting that poor life decision happen.
Bad news is he broke up with me via text message
Absence makes the cock grow harder.
i hate always having to make my eye shadow look really good since my eyes always end up closed by the end of the night in pics
you could never motorboat her...you'd have to motor-titanic her
tequila makes me forget i have legs
Out of ice. Vodka+club soda+cut up lime popscicle=I'm an alcoholic genius.
i found a twelve pack under my bed. and a six pack in my closet. I'm like a fucking alcoholic squirrel.
He gave me a pearl necklace on top of my Karma necklace I was wearing. I guess I deserve whats coming to me.
Chelsea handler, $19 million - Forbes women top 100. Seriously she shaped her career around her love of vodka. HERO.
I'm too drunk to be surrounded by this many indians
we made malted milkshakes. malt as in malt liqour.
It's hard to be above the influence when you are the influence.
Im at the zoo right now high out of my mind and feel as if the animals are watching me and Im the one in a cage.
The police scanner is talking about you again....
If youre the one that ate my brownies this morning I only have two things to say to you
One of us needs to be functional tomorrow and it won't be me. I'm drinking liquor out of a fishbowl.
Remember when I was so high that I thought my appendix burst? All I had to do was fart man, just fart.
my cup is half full, half full of rum.
you handled that situation with as much grace as someone puking involuntarily could
her bridesmaids come in huge, huger, wtf, and free willy. all their gown are strapless. its like watching the Hindenburg waddle down the isle.
you should have seen his reaction to my boobs, it was like he just met god
repeat this after me. period at the beach is better than baby at the beach. breathe. and: period at the beach is better than baby at the beach.
I only have two playlists on my iPod. One for when im getting drunk, one for when I'm getting high. Is this something to be worried about?
my mom told me that she didn't count me in the census because im a waste of life anyway.
I'm just trying to think of how much money Little Debbie would make if pot was legalized.
My epitaph should read "Margaritas: she never learned"
Just found my toeprints on the glass of his sunroof.
I just wanted to yell " i am not a shake weight!!"
i know you like preteen girls so i'm gonna offer you some advice...dump a bucket of glitter on yourself and walk into the sunlight. they will come running.
My face is bruised from laying on the concrete. NO MORE VODKA!
I just realized I have my pepper spray, gun, and vibrator all in one drawer. One false grab and I'm screwed either way.
Seriously. My exes act like they own shares of my vagina.
Well if I am having twins, at least I'll finally have 2 kids by the same father.
Dont judge me. He may have been ugly but he was INCREDIBLE. He's like the Susan Boyle of sex.
As soon as the judge read that I rear ended the car from getting roadhead he chuckled. You know he's been there before.
Just got a lecture from Dad about how I need to be more responsible and start buying my weed in larger quantities so that i can save money. Like he was serious and kind of disappointed in me for not adapting to his method earlier.
idk if you're aware of this...but we could potentially have the greatest hate sex...ever.
i just packed a bowl on a big bird place mat and smoked it in a spaceship with a slide. i love babysitting.
no dont talk to me..because of you my bar tab was more expensive than my hospital bill
reason #14 for loving my boobs...just got out of a 40mph over the limit speeding ticket thru a work zone. i dont think the cop knew i even had a face
did you know that snuggie is the perfect anti-freak out aid for stoners? it weighs you down so you can't go anywhere. just sit there and enjoy the movie, that's right.
If im paying 4grand for laser eye surgery, it better help with beer goggles cuz last night was pretty rough.
Do you think an esthetician would be willing to wax the Chanel Cs into my crotch? That way, whenever a guy gets ready to pound on it I can go "Careful, it's Chanel."
Ah that type of Dick. I think my phones trying to make me less of a whore by capitalizing Dick. That way it looks like I'm talking about a dude not penis
she gave me a handjob in the middle of the night and my stomach growled so she walked out totally naked and came back 5 minutes later with two sandwiches. who the fuck says getting married is awful?
Dear vodka that I hid in a water bottle in the backseat of Blairs car, I'm sorry that she gave you away to a man on side of the road with an over heated engine. I'm sure the car doesn't appreciate you as much as I would have.
She forgot my birthday again. How do you forget something that came out of your vagina???
Sorry if I'm being weird. I'm dipping doritos in cabernet.
she "accidentally" hit me with her car, its almost as if she know im fucking her boyfriend.
I wish I could put booze in boobs and store it for later. I wouldn't need a flask. For $7000, they should do amazing things like that.
her cat watched me eat her out... I would use the alternate term for both of those things but it's too weird.
sellin beer in gallon jugs is both the best and worst idea ever. Im only gonna have one beer...but its gonna be 128 ounces.
he came so fast he could have be employed at jimmy johns
It's really awkward/depressing when you are wearing heels larger than his dick
Just found out my mom tried to sue the birth control company when she got pregnant with me...love you too mom.
When black out puking doesn't involve crying and promises to never get drunk again... to just a subtle, 'excuse me while I go vomit in the bathroom of this bar'.. you know you've finally grown up.
dude thats like the second time shes peed on the couch at a party. we cant invite her anymore
Stop making all the ice cubes only big enough to fit in your bong. It takes like 3 trays for a glass of ice water
we just drove by a car that was painted for a grad, it said "you done it!" with a confederate flag bumper sticker next to it. i love kentucky
Just saw some girl biking on campus with a babyseat on the front. Baby included. Do you know how many points that'd be worth?
There's limited edition cherry vanilla nyquil. It's like they know how much I hate myself and they're giving me a consolation prize.
so high and i think i just ordered a magic bullet.
did you call within the first 18 minutes? can i have the free one?
It's always a surprise to see what songs I shazamed and downloaded last night while we were drunk at the bar.
failed my one goal of the day: wake up before 2 pm.
she's bipolar. she literally has TWO facebook pages. one for each personality. this. bitch. is. crazy.
I got a job at a micro-brewery. Now who made the bigger mistake, them or me?
He measures volume by how much weed he can put in it and surface area by how many people can have sex in it.
we were having sex and the sweat made her make up run... seriously laid there and watched her face just melt into ugly.
well i had to explain to their mom why the kids i babysit for won't stop repeating the phrase "nice juicy guido"
Hello wreck, this is your train calling.
Stage 55 clinger. not a typo. I cannot even believe this shit.
How's your Sunday morning ritual of shitting and throwing up at the same time going?
i just realized that the oil change sticker on my windshield is a day before the last time i had sex. I've driven exactly 10500 miles since.
Downstairs neighbor just asked me to tell people when they jump off the balcony next time not to land on her flowers
I love having a boyfriend. I just ate pancakes with regular syrup and chocolate syrup, I havent shaved my legs in a week, and Im still going to get laid tonight.
Vodka is such a love hate relationship.
Fine. I want to lovingly bend you over and lovingly fuck the shit out of you. Happy?
Dude you need to stop whoring out my boobs. They are for emergencies only.
I was going through my mom's high school yearbook...almost half the people who signed it referred to her as "Karen Smokejoints", "Confused Karen", or drew a picture of a joint. I have never felt more like her daughter.
if i die of alcohol poisoning tonight, just know i kinda expected it and totally deserved it
I just recycled a years worth of liquor bottles. I can feel my alcoholic carbon footprint shrinking
he put a lighter in my cleavage and said "you're like another pocket!"
My girlfriend and my fuck buddy both started their periods this weekend. The good news is, neither of them are pregnant. The bad news is, I'll have to find someone else to fuck til next weekend. No wait.....that's good news too.
I'm starting to think The only feelings I have anymore are drunk and hung over
ATMs should seriously have built in breathalysers, I would save so much money.
Fuck him tonight for the both of us. We're still tag-teaming in spirit.
finally stumbled home. 4am. made it to the bathroom and threw up. the cat came in,s aw me, looked at the vom in disgust, and then threw up too. its nice to have such sympathetic pets.
Just thought you should know in my puerto rico drunkenness yesterday I signed my dogs name on the bar tab. cruise = success
You kept running into the wall most of the night. When people asked you what you were doing you told them you were the kool-aid man and there was little kids on the other side of the wall who needed your juice
my mom just told me its unladylike to have toothpaste stains on my clothes all the time.. if she only knew.
best line ever after sex today..."wow, that was a porn-star sized load"
I decided to follow my clitoris instead of my heart.
Just had to explain my "wine me. Dine me. Sixty-nine me" key chain to my grandma...she took it surprisingly well.
yeah, but i heard shes schizophrenic
i wouldn't even care dude, i'd fuck her and all 7 of her personalities.
You NEED to get fingered by a violinist. He used his left hand and make me cum, he's RIGHT handed.
He fucked my earring out of my ear. Of course he's coming over again.
sooo my mom just yelled up the stairs " you left your bowl down by the computer"....aaand for a second I forgot cereal bowls still existed
I get drunk and say inappropriate things... you get drunk and sleep with inappropriate people. it's what we do.
I just took a shit in a BP station. It seemed appropriate since they are shtting in our ocean.
just got super drunk mixing jägermeister with my lyme disease meds. even if my face goes paralyzed, at least i got smashed from it.
Do you understand how much easier life would be if fannypacks were normal
i just had to google what happens if your dog eats your nuva ring
She sucked her thumb until she was 17. It's like my dick was born to be in her mouth.
I wish i had more things to dip in ranch... That's the most stoner thing i've ever said
I am more sore today than I was after my car wreck. Take it as a compliment that you bang harder than a semi-truck.
isnt it sad that we can reminisce about our childhood but we cant remember shit we did last month
i love waking up at 5am with an imprint of a toilet seat on my chest
why do the even put the "Please drink responsibly" on tequila ads? like has anything responsible ever come from tequlia. No. never.
I'm inventing beer flavored vodka. This raspberry shit makes me feel like a pussy.
a commercial for my antidepressant came on and they said you shouldn't take if if you drink right as i took a shot
Don't text me when you know I'm doing lines on my phone
I have only been in this city 3 nights and there are already 4 bars I can never go back to again.
boyfriend # 1 is in the bathroom and boyfriend # 2 is ringing the doorbell need back up this is not a drill i repeat this is not a drill
i've decided that sluts are like cars. they may look good as hell on the outside, but you never know what kind of shit is hiding under the hood.
Just got off the phone with poison control. They're more concerned about our alcohol intake than that the beer bong was last cleaned with pine sol.
it was my 21st birthday. took an old mans walker so i could stay till last call. reasonable right?
I'm so used to throwing up its no longer a game of hanging over the toilet. Now it's just 'stand up, aim for the toilet, do my thing' then walk out
I'm really tired of cleaning up my twitter the morning after
Yah, I definitely wouldn't wanna be fingered with a fake arm...
No I am at the hospital. Throwing up blood is apparently frowned upon.
Just transferred the sun chips from that obnoxious Eco-friendly bag into a zip lock. Fuck the environment, that bag is loud.
Pretty sure that this text will cost me like $5 but just wanted you to know that I just smoked a bowl of kush, about to walk around shopping for hookers and i get 3 credit hours for this study abroad .... have fun studying for finals.
white shorts are a girls way of saying "im ready to fuck cuz its not my time of month"
I like to melt taper candles in my wine bottles the next day, it makes my drinking trophies more classy, and makes me look like less of an alcoholic.
Why hello drunk Jake. It's sober Sarah, I'll tell drunk Sarah you booty called. She'll probably be around tomorrow night.
I'm beginning to feel kind of at home at Police stations
This guy in church just had a prayer request to help him get through his hangover. He is my new hero.
Please fuck him. And then let me tell her. And then let me protect you from the knife she pulls from her Ed Hardy purse. Please.
his tattoo said carpe diem which i thought was ironic considering his epilepsy
some people wear their heart on their sleeve but you just wear your vagina on your face.
he was so drunk I had to hold him up and he started crying when he heard an ambulance siren and said "is that for me?"
I feel like I would bang a guy with a dick piercing just to say I have...like climbing a huge mountain or somethig
She was so wet my fingers were literally pruney when I got done with her
I dont know why people are racist. Both the mexicans and the irish gave us holidays where everyone drinks on a wednesday.
I'm looking at pot farms on google earth. Google should be proud I found a real purpose for it to serve.
then he said "your boobs looked so much bigger on girls gone wild"
We woke up, fucked, and shared a piece of my sister's first communion cake for breakfast.
Just got back from my 9:00 am class to find my roommate soaking her lifesaver gummies in vodka so she can have them for a snack in class later.
The cops just drove by on their loudspeaker going DO NOT DRINK THE WATAHH
He just made me a heart out of cocaine... i think i'm in love
Don't worry about it. I've taken so much Plan B, my uterus is purely for show now.
I feel so grown up. I just went to home depot to buy actual home improvement supplies instead of stuff to make a bong with.
i just entered cocaine into my calorie counter.
As I was going down on her I noticed she had a tatoo on her inner thigh that said "Eat it like your birthday cake".
There are not one, but two women wearing my boxers on the couch right now. You need to wake the fuck up.
I woke up at 2 pm to my roommate checking my pulse.
Boys can't fool me. I know "want to come up and meet my dogs?" is just a nondirect way of saying "come up and meet my penis".
I just found out that AAA will pick you up if you're drunk for free if you're a member. How did I not know about this?
I just learned in bio that our sole purpose for life is to have sex.. so your high number is acceptable. its actually lacking.
Dude pussy is like music. For every person who pays for it, there are thousands more getting it for free.
The Firefighter Games are going to be in Tampa the same weekend I am. I think God is answering my vagina's prayers.
no today was horrible, i woke up and somebody slit my car tire and left an apology letter in my wiper that said "sorry wrong house"
I could literally track my booty calls if I ever got knocked up by my parking tickets
this is like black Friday for my dealer. I'm literally standing in line.
I just want you to know that if I ever had to fight man eating flowers or flying turtles to save my friends they'd be fucked. No one's worth all that bullshit. PS I really need to stop playing Wii while drunk.
Fact: my bamboo plant has grown 2 & 1/2 inches since I started watering it with bong water
making an appointment with student health services to check out my pinkeye on 4/20. they are going to thing this is such a joke
I asked him how he was going to celebrate tomorrow and he said "tits, clits, and bong hits"
Just gave advice in krystal burger while holding and pointing with a corona to a 3 year old, told her to enjoy her stroller time while it lasts. The mom pushed her away fast.
No flights in Europe due to the volcano erupting. God himself is telling me to spend 4.20 in Amsterdam.
I didn't know it was possible to make picking up dog shit look sexy.
I can't wait until weight watchers comes out with a beer
The sign in front of ihop says "designated drivers get half off their order"
there are certain things about getting into a cab to go home at 630 am that make me feel like a prostitute.
I walk in and my mom takes one look at me and just says, ".... Consequences"
I knew she could be a good mother by the way she craddled three 40oz's.
She said "Lay the fuck down and ill show you how its done. Ill get us both off." I did. And she did. Best words ever said before sex.
when i woke up this morning i blew my nose and ash came out.. i'm not sure what to make of this.
Its really not funny anymore. I need to stop shaving while i'm drunk
I'm watching this guy on intervention hospitalized for liver damage. He's drinking the hand sanitizer in the hospital room. Say hello to your future.
I wanna tell red shirt guy I'm pregnant and use the abortion money for Coachella.
A lesson I learned in the hospital....when you masturbate while attached to a heart monitor, it scares the nurses a lot.
she woke up, said "please dont tell me your name, i dont want to remember it"
All I wanna do is sit in water and get drunk. The only thing more American is giving birth to eagles.
I need to remember that good judgment goes out the window after the 7th shot and the 3rd Lady GaGa song.
i love that he's uncircumcised. it makes handjobs so much easier. it's the lazy susan of penises.
i need to know the scientific term for a guy's taint so i can explain what i did last night.
i hate this class. from the way they're all staring you would think they've never seen a girl in basketball shorts, heels and sunglasses.
I'm at the casino and some dude apparently has money in an entire row of slot machines. Its like watching a really intense adult version of wack a mole
I woke up after 12 hours of being wildly intoxicated, got jizz on my face, and woke up in a different bed than I passed out in. My makeup is still perfect. I'm writing Revlon a thank you note.
We're upstairs smoking....the password is pineapple
so...he totally just used scissors to cut up the weed. a wet paper towel to moisten the blunt....and a blow dryer so it wouldn't be wet. this dude either has the worst case of OCD or has the potential to be the next martha stewart.
I may have a concussion but the symptoms are the same as a hangover so I can't tell. Best 21st ever.
just gave a yankee's fan wrong directions to Fenway....welcome to boston asshole
Banged a lazy eyed chick last night. It was like fucking an iguana.
decided to have an easter egg hunt this year. the golden egg has weed in it and all the others have shots of vodka. who said we were too old for easter?!?
what is with people arguing over soda or pop? to be honest i thought it was just called chaser
I looked at the bar tab this morning. The bartender added a $25 'customer asshole fee'. I have no grounds to dispute it.
She rolled a blunt with one hand...and instantly I had a boner, I'm going to marry this girl.
I just snuked. Sneezed and puked
found POGS while I was cleaning my room this morning. Definitely bringing them back to school to turn into a drinking game.
he calls his bong barack obonga, commander in kief. i found where i belong.
she was giving me head and that cheryl crow 'youre favorite mistake' song came on. she looks up and all i could do was nod
Sometimes I worry for your future but then I remember how big your boobs are.
Just got a call at work, I have to consent to a random drug and alcohol test by end of business day, if you arranged this it's the best/worst April fools prank ever.
Im really high right now and the vending machine is broken and giving out free candy. Please kill me, my life will never get better than this
i make up for being a shitty girlfriend by being amazing in bed.
I'd like to apologize to your liver. It sees how much beer i drink and gets jealous of how awesome my liver is.
someone put bongwater in my humidifier again THIS NEEDS TO STOP
part of it is the fact that im problem drinking, and the other part is my OCD wont let me leave the bottle half-empty.
I'm home with mono, wearing knee high socks, shorts, a stained old shirt, and a surgical mask. He comes over ANYWAY with soup, a gas mask, billions of DVDs, and eats me out. He's either stupid, whipped, or i'm just THAT good.
Fuck Spring. The birds chirping at 4am make me feel unnatural for still being up and drunk.
You passed out in the bathroom with the door locked. Had to take a shit in your litter box. Don't worry, your cat buried it for me.
There are babies in the room i shouldnt be high with babies in the room.
I just typed 14 shots of Smirnoff into my calorie count toolbar. Then typed pole dancing 1.5hrs into the calorie burner search. Should break even.
Maybe my heart is located in my vagina
You ruined his night from a different state? Impressive.
you left a note on your car that said " please dont tow, im to drunk to drive. safety first!"
that girl is introducing herself into your group of friends one dick at a time.
The more I look at him the more I wonder why anyone would ever want any of his features to be a part of their childs face.
let's get her a shirt that says "i went to key west for spring break and all i got was this illegitimate child."
fuck you guys, stop putting fake babies in my car the cops came again.
I should just wear a shirt that says "Im Sorry" on the front because the second we land in Vegas, I'm going to be a fuckin trainwreck.
Just tried to fight the dj at cowboys because he would'nt play freebird. Pick me up now.
I finally got her to squirt but it wasnt a stream, it came out in the form of mist. I felt like I was in rainforest cafe.
walking in back of a girl wearing booty shorts, a halter and a bracelet that says trainwreck. I don't get it. The first day of nice weather and all the whores come out, are they like hibernating bears or something?
I want to apologize 3 days in advance for what's about to take place on St. Patrick's day.
Street performer on bourbon st just lifted a sewer top so I could puke down it. I love New Orleans.
the maid of honor just got in a fight with the mother of the bride at a gas station across the street. best. wedding. ever.
He' s half Black and half Italian, I finally asked...this penis maybe one for the records.
I pulled out and her Nuva ring was around my dick... It was like I won a carnival game for adults... I asked her where my big stuffed bear was
I'm pretty sure my penis yawned halfway through. That loose.
you took him to the bathroom with you to pee and told him he had to hold your hand..but he couldn't turn on the lights because you didnt want him to hear you peeing..and still got laid. i wish i had your life.
you know you go to a catholic school when you are rollin a joint with matthew 14:1-12
I just turned in a 4 page paper spelling absolute as "absolut" every single time. I'm an alcoholic
I just stepped on my own foot and apologized to my shoe... THAT high.
Not too sure about the toy story pull ups. The kids point to their crotch all day and say woody.
so i just realized i am an alcoholic. I was making some tomato soup because im still sick, and put vodka in it. sad huh? lets go out!
its simple. when his lips are on my clitoris i want to marry him. when they are speaking i want to kill him.
just saw a girl who had one of those monogrammed backpacks... her initials are VAG. is this a sign?
there r dinosaurs outside my house i hear them
doing shots has become such a natural thing to me that i just instinctively swallowed listerine
He was a level 5 clinger dude i dont need to be told how ridiculously awesome i am all the time, if so id just hang out with my mom
You know those ponds where you go and pay $5 and your guarranteed to catch a fish thats how i describe her
I think I could pass a breathalyzer. But with like a C.
Found a joint walking to class. I feel like the environment is rewarding me for being green.
i took some ambien and I TRIPPED out...i went into my mom's room to say goodnight and i don't remember anything...she said that i got really pissed at her because we were living in the Keebler elf tree and she was visiting other trees, then i started laughing hysterically and she goes "whats so funny?" and i go "there are 7 people sitting on my knees" and she goes "doesn't that hurt?" and i said "no we're sitting in a bowl" and then i capped it off and said "join the crazy train bro" and passed out.
Thank God they found balloon boy, I was afraid that Michael Jackson was ordering take out from heaven.
i always forget that thursday isnt the weekend in the real world
and then she said I drew a line on her forehead with my cum and whispered "Simba"
So i guess my mom went into the kitchen and asked me why i was making mac and cheese at 4 in the morning and apparently i yelled at her to "get the fuck back bitch you don't know my life"
he referred to my room as the tit cave...
just found a sign outside my brothers door "not going to church, don't even try" and he is covered is vomit in his bed.
separated laundry into 'got laid' and 'didn't get laid' piles.
Is it just me, or does Colt McCoy look like Herbie the Dentist from "Rudolph the Red-nosed Reindeer"?
Latest life lesson : don't accidentally send an "I nutted on her tramp stamp" text to your tattoo-less girlfriend. Oops.
i no longer even have beer goggles. i'm pretty sure i blacked out and had beer lasik.
after I pulled back my foreskin she said, "cool like a transformer". I really like her now.
dude, I'm listening to "I believe I can fly", i'm high, and driving. this is so amazing.
dude. how can brian from family drink at fucking bars? he's a dog and definitaly doesn't have pockets.
Just got to costco. Where are you?
i just realized that fran drescher is the 90's version of a guidette.
the three of them together have enough kids to fill a barney live audience.
U sang "shots, shots, shots" then walked 2 ur top drawer and threw socks everywhere singin "SOCKS, SOCKS, SOCKS!"
We just built a bong out of a pineapple. I am never leaving hawaii. Ever.
Yeah, I was googling pictures of sharks, and I accidentally typed "shart." Huge mistake.
Just found out you can rent the rollerena for 100 bucks and you can bring your own beer... when are you free this week?
We played Russian Roulette with a revolving Nerf gun. If you shot yourself in the face, you had to drink.
I make my boyfriend pay for half of my birth control. We call it his monthly rent.
Just got roadhead while going 95. I came for a mile and a half.
New beer pong partner names "Bus Boys" ... We clear tables
i fell off the bed in the middle of it, and he yelled "5 second rule" and kept fucking me. i think im in love
The hookah bar is playing i'm on a boat. I believe in god again.
I just saw a kid drop his lollipop on the floor of best buy, kick it because he was pissed off and then pick it up and eat it. I think I have a long lost son.
It was good sex. She was screaming so much I didn't know whether or not my name was Matt or God.
It was not a dingleberry, it was a dinglemelon
Im so hungover that my 6 year old cousine made me aspirine and coffee out of playdoh...
Tiger Woods should have just walked in, gave everyone a high five, and left.
even iPhones love lady gaga. everytime I type haha it trys to correct it to gaga. this is bullshit...
you gave the police officer your chanel wallet and said 'just keep it the i.d. is fake too'.
There's a lady carrying her kids toy animals in a crown royal bag. Mom of the year.
That bus ride was like a tour of all the bushes I puked behind last night
she was stuffing dove chocolates in my mouth while giving me a blow job. GOD I LOVE VALENTINES DAY
I just hit a new low..poured my beer in an empty coke can so I could drink in walmart.
went to the gyno and found out that i have a birthmark on my clit. its like god gave guys a little help when it comes to getting me off.
Captain Phil from deadliest catch died... im trying to think of a memorial fb status but "ill miss your crabs" doesnt sound right
so you had a one ended conversation with the toilet las night in between barfs. you kept telling the toilet how strong it was because its gone through a lot of shit in its life.
This frat boy drinking a forty and wearing a pussy patrol shirt just ran out in front of my car. I should have used less brakes.
there's a guy on campus handing out business cards. you pay him to see if your girlfriend will cheat. the company name is "tying up loose ends"
How do you get eyebrow wax out of your butthole region?
The fact that you aren't ashamed to ask that is the reason I will give you the answer. Under the sink there is a bottle of wax remover. Throw my waxing kit away as well.
rather than putting your name in guys phones, you just texted 90999 to donate $10 to Haiti and then gave it back to them
If a man's penis is referred to as "the family jewels" does that make a woman's vagina a jewelry box?
is it customary for a bride to wear white even if she's a whore? i feel tie-dye would have been more accurate


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Don't forget, you can also watch the Nikon AF 70-300mm video review.
Nikon produce two 70-300mm telephoto lenses. The cheaper standard version – which this review covers – and a more expensive version which has VR image stabilisation.
This lens weighs 480g which is pretty light compared some of the competing lenses at the same focal range. It is important to note that the magnification levels when using this lens will vary depending upon the size of the sensor within your digital camera. When using a cropped sensor digital camera such as the Nikon D80, the image will be cropped, making it look magnified unto 1.6 times the actual focal length you are using. So, for example, taking a photo at 300mm will in effect be 480mm. If, however, a full frame digital camera is used, such as the Nikon D3, the image captured will be the same as the focal length of the lens.
Nikon 70-300mm lens construction
It's a very simple lens to use, with no switches or buttons to worry about. The MF/AF switch is found on the digital camera rather than on the lens. The barrel of the lens provides enough resistance when moving from 70mm all the way up to 300mm, without it being juddery. It does feel surprisingly light in your hands almost like a toy. When trying to auto focus, the lens is typically noisy – much like the Sigma and Tamron lenses – and takes a similar amount of time to focus in. There isn't a specific macro function either with this lens, and the minimum focusing distance is 1.5m away.
Nikon 70-300mm image quality
Alternative lenses
The more expensive Nikon/Nikkor 70-300mm has VR (vibration reduction). This noticeably increases the price but affords the ability to take photos at slower shutter speeds. The direct competitors to this lens however would be the Sigma APO 70-300mm and the Tamron 70-300mm.
Considering the price of this lens, it is ideal if you want an introduction into telephoto photography without having to spend a lot of money. The Sigma and Tamron have the advantage of incorporating a macro function which is very useful. So, if you're only concerned with telephoto photography, perhaps the Nikon 70-300mm would make more sense, however if you are interested in delving into the world of macro photography as well, then the Sigma APO 70-300mm would be more suitable.


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Quick Contact
Registrar's Office
Eckerd College
4200 54th Avenue South
St. Petersburg, FL 33711
local: (727) 864-8217
toll-free: (800) 456-9009
fax: (727) 864-8060
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A Legacy: Robert Hodgell
A Legacy: Robert Hodgell (1922-2000)
Selected Museum and Public Collections
- Library of Congress
- Metropolitan Museum of Art
- Des Moines Art Center
- Joslyn Art Museum
- University of Wisconsin
- Kansas State University
- Bergstrom Museum
- Ringling Museum of Art
- St. Petersburg Museum of Fine Arts
|Born in Mankato, Kansas
|Studio and Mural assistant to John Steuart Curry
|MS Applied Art, University of Wisconsin
|Artist in Residence at Des Moines Art Center
|1954 -57
|Illustrator Our Wonderful World (Children's Encyclopedia)
|Art Director University of Wisconsin Extension Division
|Joined Florida Presbyterian College (now Eckerd College) Art department as Associate Professor
|Left Eckerd College faculty to practice his art full time.
Bob also studied with Mauricio Lasansky.
|Died in Bradenton, Florida
In tribute to Hodgell, Jim Crane, Professor of Visual Arts at Eckerd College, said "I asked Bob a question: 'What keeps you going when no one is buying your work, writing about it or maybe even seeing what you are doing? What keeps you going through neglect, when no one cares if you make art or not?' Bob looked at me as if that haunting question had never occurred to him. He answered simply 'It is what I do.' It was what he did and who he was. It was his vocation in the oldest religious sense. It was his calling."
Students of those early days may recall fondly his "lectures" in general education when, with a seated model, he would do a full painting on stage within an hour, not saying a word. Most of those in the audience had never witnessed such an intense moment of the creative process in action.
Hodgell retired from teaching at Eckerd College in 1977 in order to pursue his art full-time. Virtually every day of his life was spent making works of art, and it is truly humbling to consider his prodigious output. Robert Hodgell passed away in March, 2000, but his art continues to delight and inspire us daily.