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Skip to comments.TOM CLANCY: First we crippled the CIA. Then we blamed it.
Posted on 09/18/2001 4:50:17 AM PDT by Liz
We know now that America has been the victim of a large, well-planned, and well-executed terrorist act. The parameters are yet to be fully explored, but that won't stop the usual suspects from pontificating (and, yes, that includes me) on what happened and what needs to be done as a result. A few modest observations:
As I write this we only know the rough outlines of what has taken place. We do not know exactly who the perpetrators were, though we have heard from Vice President Dick Cheney that there is "no question" that Osama bin Laden had a role. But many groups may have been involved, and we do not know their motivation, or for whom or for what particular objective they worked.
"Don't know" means "don't know" and nothing more. Absent hard information, talking about who it must have been and what we need to do about it is a waste of air and energy.
To discern the important facts, we have the Federal Bureau of Investigation as our principal investigative agency, and the Central Intelligence Agency (along with National Security Agency and the Defense Intelligence Agency) as our principal foreign-intelligence services. Getting the most important information is their job, not the job of the news media, which will only repeat what they are told. Gathering this information will take time, because we need to get it right.
Terrorism is a political act, performed for political objectives. The general aim of terrorism is to force changes in the targeted society through the shock value of the crime committed. Therefore, if we make radical changes in how our country operates, the bad guys win. We do not want that to happen.
Whoever planned this operation is watching us right now, and they are probably having a pretty good laugh. We can't stop that. What we can do is to maintain that which they most hate, which is a free society. We've worked too hard to become what we are, and we can't allow a few savages to change it for us.
Next, our job is to take a step back, take a deep breath and get to work finding out who it was, where they are, and what to do about it.
Terrorism is a crime under the civil law when committed by domestic terrorists; it can be an act of war when committed by foreigners. For domestic criminals we have the FBI and police. For acts of war we have our intelligence community and the military. In either case we have well-trained people to do the work. If we let them do their job, and give them the support they need, the job will get done as reliably as gravity.
The foreign-source option seems the most likely at this time. The first line of defense in such a case is the intelligence community. The CIA is an agency of about 18,000 employees, of whom perhaps 800 are field-intelligence officers--that is, the people who go out on the street and learn what people are thinking, not how many tanks they have parked outside (we have satellites to photograph those).
I've been saying for a lot of years that this number is too small. American society doesn't love its CIA, for the same reason that it doesn't always love its cops. We too often regard them as a threat to ourselves rather than our enemies. Perhaps these incidents will make us rethink that.
The best defense against terrorist incidents is to prevent them from happening. You do that by finding out what a potential enemy is thinking before he is able to act. What the field intelligence officers do is no different from what Special Agent Joe Pistone of the FBI did when he infiltrated the mafia under the cover name of Donnie Brasco. The purpose of these operations is to find out what people are thinking and talking about. However good your satellites are, they cannot see inside a human head. Only people can go and do that.
But America, and especially the American news media, does not love the CIA in general and the field spooks in particular. As recently as two weeks ago, CBS's "60 Minutes" regaled us with the hoary old chestnut about how the CIA undermined the leftist government of Chile three decades ago. The effect of this media coverage, always solicitous to leftist governments, is to brand the CIA an antiprogressive agency that does Bad Things.
In fact, the CIA is a government agency, subject to the political whims of whoever sits in the White House and Congress. The CIA does what the government of which it is a part tells it to do. Whatever evil the CIA may have done was the result of orders from above.
The Chilean event and others (for example, attempts to remove Fidel Castro from the land of the living, undertaken during the presidency of JFK, rather more rarely reported because only good came from Camelot) caused the late Sen. Frank Church to help gut the CIA's Directorate of Operations in the 1970s. What he carelessly left undisturbed then fell afoul of the Carter administration's hit man, Stansfield Turner. That capability has never been replaced.
It is a lamentably common practice in Washington and elsewhere to shoot people in the back and then complain when they fail to win the race. The loss of so many lives in New York and Washington is now called an "intelligence failure," mostly by those who crippled the CIA in the first place, and by those who celebrated the loss of its invaluable capabilities.
What a pity that they cannot stand up like adults now and say: "See, we gutted our intelligence agencies because we don't much like them, and now we can bury thousands of American citizens as an indirect result." This, of course, will not happen, because those who inflict their aesthetic on the rest of us are never around to clean up the resulting mess, though they seem to enjoy further assaulting those whom they crippled to begin with.
Call it the law of unintended consequences. The intelligence community was successfully assaulted for actions taken under constitutionally mandated orders, and with nothing left to replace what was smashed, warnings we might have had to prevent this horrid event never came. Of course, neither I nor anyone else can prove that the warnings would have come, and I will not invoke the rhetoric of the political left on so sad an occasion as this.
But the next time America is in a fight, it is well to remember that tying one's own arm is unlikely to assist in preserving, protecting and defending what is ours.
Mr. Clancy is a novelist.
Perhaps warnings DID come, but they were ignored.
Years from now, someone will do enough research to show that "all the warnings were there, but were ignored". But what such analyses often miss is that there are these types of warnings every day -- the only way to know for sure which ones were credible is after the fact.
Correction: Mr. Clancy was a novelist, until he released The Bear and the Dragon, the most hilariously ignorant waste of paper I've ever had the pleasure of chucking in the trash.
Perhaps warnings DID come, but they were ignored.
Anything we're getting now.....most of it I have to interpret as disinformation.
I agree 100%.
Barf, hurl....torrisilly....now you REALLY made my day!!!!
Clintoon and his ex-CIA head Deutch instituted a "Human Rights Scrub Policy."
Only Mr Rogers would have qualified as an intel asset.......would have looked cute in his cardigan.
Great quote!!!
This should be chiselled into the marble of the Capitol building.
I did several searches and surfed the site before posting....didn't come up.
Great quote!!! This should be chiselled into the marble of the Capitol building.
Makes you wonder if our elected reps are with us or against us.
Liberals....without exception, the source of all our woes.
O'Reilly claims he's spoken with former agents, and they said station chiefs stopped asking for permission, because they knew it wouldn't be forthcoming. O'Reilly further claims the CIA's poor performance is as a result of demoralization - because Washington ties their hands. Can't say I disagree with any of that, based on my limited knowledge.
MG: You get into a big tiff with Newt, don't you?
RT: My worst fight with him was about the CIA matter in Guatemala. We'd actually gotten along fairly well until then. But there is no having a relationship with Newt Gingrich. If he sees an opportunity to gain a single step by your destruction, he'll take it.
It was a terrible time because I felt I had done the right thing. I had never before had the experience where I knew I had done the right thing but I was paying a negative price for it. People have said to me, "You must have really agonized over this; you got information that a CIA operative had been involved in murder; the CIA continued to pay the person and hid the crime; you must have agonized about revealing the truth." But the fact is, I didn't think about it for a minute. I got this information that this person had been involved in a murder. The woman gave me this compelling case. She had chained herself to a statue in Guatemala City. She was now on a hunger strike outside the White House. And all she wanted to know is whether her husband was dead. This American citizen, suddenly her husband has disappeared, she can't get any help, there are other suspicious cases. I never hesitated. But I felt abandoned and in real jeopardy. The Clinton Administration offered me almost no protection, although I knew they agreed with what I did.
People were cowered by the intelligence community, which was an America I was unfamiliar with. The intelligence community genuinely has intimidated parts of this government. People would prefer to remain apart from it. And I felt a lot of friends in the Congress abandoned me, too.
Essentially Toricelli was saying that the reputation and good(?) name of the government is more important than the lives of a few thousand Americans. I thought O'Reilly was going to smack him. I wish he had.
I am furious O'Reilly even had the creep on to spout his liberal nonsense.
They are neither. They are in it strictly for themselves. Mostly for babes, money and to feed there massive egos. If the public should benefit from their decisions, it is purely an unintended consequence.
Here's a useful search hint: do your article search on a unique word within the title. For example, searching on "crippled" would have turned up the previously posted article.
Regardless...thanks for dropping it into Breaking News. It's important enough to be there.
They are neither. They are in it strictly for themselves. Mostly for babes, money and to feed
there massive egos. If the public should benefit from their decisions, it is purely an unintended consequence.
Perhaps its time we resurrect the Aliens and Sedition Act.
I DID do that.....used headline's key words.....even searched Tom Clancy.......
Nevertheless, this post was timed well .....a good read with breakfast.
At creating and inspiring the best damn excuses! Excuses are really a form of intelligence, doncha know. Yeah, that's the ticket ... the "product" is EXCUSES!
SECTION I. Be it enacted . . ., That whenever there shall be a declared war between the United States and any foreign nation or government, or any invasion or predatory incursion shall be perpetrated, attempted, or threatened against the territory of the United States, by any foreign nation or government, and the President of the United States shall make public proclamation of the event, all natives, citizens, denizens, or subjects of the hostile nation or government, being males of the age of fourteen years and upwards, who shall be within the United States, and not actually naturalized, shall be liable to be apprehended, restrained, secured and removed, as alien enemies.
And the President of the United States shall be, and he is hereby authorized, in any event, as aforesaid, by his proclamation thereof, or other public act, to direct the conduct to be observed, on the part of the United States, towards the aliens who shall become liable, as aforesaid; the manner and degree of the restraint to which they shall be subject, and in what cases, and upon what security their residence shall be permitted, and to provide for the removal of those, who, not being permitted to reside within the United States, shall refuse or neglect to depart therefrom; and to establish any other regulations which shall be found necessary in the premises and for the public safety:
Provided, that aliens resident within the United States, who shall become liable as enemies, in the manner aforesaid, and who shall not be chargeable with actual hostility, or other crime against the public safety, shall be allowed, for the recovery, disposal, and removal of their goods and effects, and for their departure, the full time which is, or shall be stipulated by any treaty, where any shall have been between the United States, and the hostile nation or government, of which they shall be natives, citizens, denizens or subjects: and when no such treaty shall have existed, the President of the United States may ascertain and declare such reasonable time as may be consistent with the public safety,and according to the dictates of humanity and national hospitality.
This statement gives the terrorists too much credit. It assumes they are NOT a bunch of insane, possessed idiots seeking revenge on someone that has done them no wrong at all. Everytime the media interviews an expert in Islam or an expert in why these people hate us, I am always releived to find that their hate is baseless. They hate us for no good reason at all. It further justifies our retaliation.
Boy is this true and a lot of paranoid freepers need to consider it.
Baseless, silly. dangerously deluded thinking. Their are "political" terrorists who resort to terror as a last resort when none other are available. I'd put the IRA in that group. This one you can stop by providing an honest political and social remedy.
Then there are two other classes, at least, one being the kind we are now up against with its faction among the Arabs -- suicidal zealot -- the culture of the Assassin. The other being the sociopaths like the UNABOMBER.
In those cases, the terrorist is motivated by the love of terror, of death, of infliction of suffering. The terrorist will find a way to make these occur. Perverted necessity is the mother of invention, too.
Those can only be stopped by wiping out the persons and culture that spawns them. Sorry -- that's way it is. Set a lesser target and we'll be suffering terror again and again.
The CIA, by being the appearent single point of responsibility for national intelligemce has prevented, just by that appearence, other more grounded, more focused, more task responsible organizations from doing their jobs. Being "central" the CIA has NO chance at being responsible for anything. Responsible intelligence gathering must be directly tied to where it is used. That is, the DIA, INS and Customs are the better place for overseas intelligence organizations, as those organizations are then responsible for the outcome. The CIA can only be irresponsible.
It can be nothing but the House of Excuses.
They were wonderfully effective when they were arming and training bin Laden and his boys in Afganistan. At least they were effective enough then to make sure the Afgans had plenty of Stinger missiles. Good old American effectivity!
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Westin . . . We Try Harder
Stayed at Westin 1/13 to 1/18 with 4 other couples. Room not ready upon arrival and waited 3+ hrs. Travel agent went with us on this one and she ended up getting the first night for us at no cost-other than inconvenience. As the week progressed, we noticed that the lobby had a constant stream of parties waiting for rooms. The lobby bar was usually packed and service at the bar, desks, maids, restuarants, and poolside was always courteous.
Rooms were nice but all in our party had patio doors that would not lock. Maintenance guy came the first night and obviously knew how to provide the right fix. Took him 15 minutes but it worked. Electrical panels throughout the facility were not attached . . . best one was in the spa next to the sauna. Tried turning up the heat and the whole unit fell in my hand. Good news . . . the massage was splendid-try it!
If you are staying here - stay at the beach/pool cause it was great. Westin could use a covered area out by the pool other than the pool side bar. Bring something for your feet to wear in the ocean cause the coral/rocks are not far off the shoreline. The beach was in great shape but don't expect a long walk. Go to Orient beach for that romantic jount. Charter a catamaran for a day cause St Maarten has many sides that need to be seen and from the water is a great perview.
Best eats: Rancho Del Sol (on the way to Orient Beach-French side) for dinner. Bo Bo's (close by and at the entrance to Oyster Bay) for breakfast and lunch. Both were reasonably priced, service was great and the owners + staff were exceptionally friendly, non-pretentious and smiled easily.
Great island-will go back but will stay up near orient Beach at a condo or home. Westin should be up and fully operational in 1.5 years.
Getting there
We just got back from a five night stay and my comments really mirror the comments Iv'e recently read here in reviews. Here's my take on things at the Westin:
(1) Checking in - not bad at all- quite smooth.
(2) The room - very large, very nice very comfortable with great large bathrooms, terrific shower, etc. For the reduced fare we paid - this made the hotel more than worth it.
(3) The pool and beach - beautiful pool - the highlight of the hotel, facing gorgeous ocean views. For some strange reason (I think they do the same thing at a few other Westins) there are no umbrellas and I don't believe they will be getting them. Instead they will have a few cabana options- but that was a little bit of a bother.
(4) Lobby - the lobby is, as far as I can tell, finished and it is the weak point of the hotel - am I in St. Martin or Indianapolis - I can't tell - the lobby is supremely bland and undistinguished and the small casino is cheesy. A bar with flat screen tv in the front - big deal - no atmosphere.
(5) the restaurant - we ate at the casual one the last night and it was depressing - the low point of the trip - so unbelievably overpriced- my wife ordered the only vegetarian entree and what she got for $25 was three little phyllo "appetizer" things stuffed with a small amount of cous cous, a vegetable "medley" of sorts which was really a slice of zucchini - two asparagus spears and a small mushroom cap filled with hummus. We thought it was a joke - and we are not really that difficult (despite being from NYC!). They were nice about it and took it back. We did love the food overall on St., Martin though and were thankful we rented a car to explore the different beaches
(6) The gym - nice enough I guess - not great but not bad either for resort. The spa - we never wrnt but I'm sure it is nice - the spa lobby seemed very nice.
(6) the Westin and construction: They are still working on things - but it didn't bother us at all. The pool, the beach, the rooms - all the main items are in place. Weird how they don't have creamers for the coffee and umbrellas by the pool.
(7) Location - this side of the island is a little less developed and the immediate area - Oyster Pond is beautiful but we found it a little bit of a hassle to drive 30+ minutes to be by all of the French-side action at Grand Case, Marigot, etc. It is a little closer to Phillipsburg - but the traffic in and around Phillipsburg were a drag.
In summary - a great stay with a few unpleasant items - (the overpriced restaurant - which we admittedly risked when we ate there ). Rent a car - its cheap and there are so many beaches to explore!!!!! We enjoyed St. Martin a lot as two people in their mid-30s and would definitely return.
Getting there
Like the past few reviewers said, this property is improving but is not yet where it should be. Some forms of construction are still going on in the hotel, not just in physically removed wings, but in areas you pass numerous times every day. The result is that there is a lot of dust, dings in the walls, occasional paint spills, etc., but no real disruption. Only one bank of elevators was working when we were there, although I think by February all will be up and running. In fact, by some time in February most construction in the hotel should be done (though not the condos), based upon the progress we saw in the 5 days we were there (Jan. 10-15).
It's not clear that all operational issues will be worked out by then. There are lots of little things they need to address, like the fact that they give you great coffee to brew in your room but there are no creamers (dairy or non-dairy) and no way to get milk in the hotel other than at the buffet. Or how they have poolside service but no end tables. Or how the exercise equipment provides video at each station but no audio. Or how there were no facial tissues in the rooms. The fine dining restaurant is quite expensive and nowhere as good as half the restaurants in Grand Case. They organized no activities such as poolside games or musical entertainment at all. In fact, you should not come here expecting to never leave the resort--it's not really optimal for that kind of vacation.
That's all the negatives. On the plus side, we had a great time and everyone else seemed to be as well. The breakfast buffet is quite good (and they have take-out containers!), the beach and pool are very nice and the view is fabulous. There's an amazingly well-stocked market you can walk along the beach to reach. The staff is friendly and helpful. The beds are really, really comfortable and the rooms are large and quiet. You can get shade in the pool area by putting your chairs along the south side, where the south wing of the hotel casts its shadow. Along the beach, you can get shade by going to the north end where they have planted palm trees. There is tons to do in and around the island. St. Martin is a destination where getting out and about the island, especially for dinner or shopping, is an essential part of any successful vacation there, so I would not weigh too heavily the lack of activities on-resort.
I would not hesitate to recommend this hotel. Just be prepared for some minor inconveniences.
Great Stay!!
I was a little scared about my stay here at the Westin after reading all the bad reviews, but it turned out to be one of the best vacations I have had. It still has a lot of work to be done, but if you can deal with a little construction noise, i would def suggest it. I am lil biased because i got the $199 special rate.
The pool and ocean front view was great. The casino was ok even though i lost $150. No ATMs though...couldnt figure this one out...dont they wanna make $$?? Restaurants are def overpriced...$160 for 2 people at Aura
I suggest renting a car and traveling around the island and eating at Grand Case...a lil scarey at night with no street lights...but the locals are very friendly!!
Also, dont be scared of eating some local bbq...food was great and not too expensive.
Will Be Great
I concur with my fellow reviewers - this hotel opened too early. While the key facilities were functioning (restaurant, pool, etc.) the lack of other amenities and a staff that is not yet fully trained precludes this hotel from being a true "resort". The staff is very responsive to immediate needs, but a resort guest's needs should be anticipated. If you find a great rate take advantage - the basic facility is really nice and it's close to Orient Beach, Pinel Island, etc. In six months to one year, however, this hotel will be a true resort. and will be great.
Opened Six Months Too Early, But Still Enjoyed Our Visit
This is a long review, so apologies up front. Having just returned from the Westin, it is clear they opened six months too early. Even their own staff members told me that. However, my partner and I had a great time, despite some glitches along the way, all of which were minor. It helped that we were there on a special rate of $199 a night available to those arriving after January 1.
If you are arriving at night and do not know your way around the island, take a taxi from the recently expanded Princess Juliana Airport ($30 one way). The hotel is located on Dawn Beach near Oyster Pond, down a steep road that is literally on the border of Dutch St. Maarten and French St. Martin. It is about the furthest you can be from the airport, and since traffic can be horrendous, it could take anywhere from 25 minutes to more than an hour. It took us the latter arriving on a Tuesday night.
You will be greeted inside by a staff member offering you a cool washcloth and a refreshing cup of juice. Before you sign off on your rate, check the form carefully. They had me down for a $349 a night rate. Luckily, I brought my confirmation form showing the $199 rate. What caught me by surprise is that there is a daily 15 percent service charge and a $5 resort fee, plus 8 percent tax. So, we were looking at another 25 percent on top of the room charge. It also leaves little incentive for additional tipping, since even on $200, you're hit with $30 in services charges daily. There is also a 15 percent service charge on food. Again, tipping is up to your discretion.
Also in the lobby is a small bar with flat screen TVs. Food is also served at the bar. There is a small casino, mostly slots, one roulette table, one craps table, five or six blackjack tables, and dozens of slot machines ranging from pennies to dollars. Several banks of machines are not yet operable. There are only two storefront shops open - one hawking Westin condos and the other a branch of Little Switzerland. There is a room with two PCs with Internet connections. However, one machine was down quite often thanks to a virus one boy brought on the machine while he was playing online. There is almost always a line to use the two computers, many times because parents let their kids IM with the friends forever, or the parents themselves bring laptops and videocams to talk to their friends. WiFi is available in the lobby and hotel rooms. Why they don't cam there, I have no idea. There is also a small children's play area - set up like a day care center.
Car rentals can be arranged through Hertz, which has an agent floating around the lobby and garage, and Prestige Value, a local company that opened shop in an office near the computer room our last couple of days there. Michael from Hertz quoted me a price of $70 for a Toyota Corolla initially, but when I told him that was higher than the airport Hertz would have charged and I get a break as a Hertz Gold Club member, he came down to $50.
Now, about our room...since we just brought carryons (we did not wear anything my formal than shorts and polo shirts our entire stay), we took our bags to our room. One hint - if you are a Starwood Preferred Guest, make sure you include your number on your reservation or bring your card with you. It will save you from getting a room with a less desirable view.
For $199, our room was very nice, although some finishing touches (fixing small marks or nicks in the walls, or smoothing out the carpet) were lacking. The bathroom was bigger than many hotel rooms in which I've stayed and had a separate glass-enclosed shower (featuring the Westin standard two-head shower) as well as a bathtub, plus a large vanity with mirror, four electrical outlets, nice toiletries and plenty of new, fluffy towels. In the entryway, there was a large closet with two Westin bathrobes, a floor safe, and plenty or hangers. The bedroom was large, although some furniture was not yet placed in the room. We were missing a chair and/or ottoman. I have the feeling we were the first guests in that room. As a matter of fact, only three rooms on our side of the hall were ready for guests. The others had lists on the doors as to what was still needed in each room. There was a large desk area with chair and a nice-size bureau which also housed a small fridge with all of the costly items we didn't eat or drink. The LG flat-screen TV offered about ten channels, including the ABC, NBC, CBS, and Fox New York City affiliates, which we liked since those are our hometown stations, plus Superstation WGN from Chicago, ESPN, Disney, USA, and other stations that fluctuated. One day we had CNN, the next day they were gone but the NASA channel popped up.
Our room faced the courtyard, which, while not an oceanview room, was nice. Each room has a balcony with two chairs and a table. However, there is a nightclub currently under construction that can be entered from that courtyard. I'm sure the party action will spill over into the courtyard once it opens, so in the future, those rooms may be susceptible to noise. For now, it was very quiet.
The hotel is divided into two wings, one much larger that the other. On our floor (the second), rooms facing the courtyard are 2117 (near a stairwell that is currently used heavily because the two elevators near there are not yet working), 2119, 2121, 2123, 2125, 2127, 2129, 2139, 2141, 2143, 2145, 2147, 2149, and 2151 (near an exit that takes you, the back way, to the parking deck). Rooms facing a dusty hillside, and thus, should be avoided, are 2130, 2132, 2134, 2136, 2138, 2140, 2142, 2144, 2146, 2150, 2153, 2155, 2157, 2171, 2173, 2175, 2177, 2179, 2181, 2183, 2185, 2187, and 2189. Ocean front rooms are even number rooms from 2168 through 2194, and in the smaller wing, 2041, 2042, 2043, and 2044. The presidential suite is 2164 and what looked like a two-bedroom "parlor suite" is 2154. Neither was ready, but the workers let us peek inside. Those facing the pool include 2156, 2162, and even number rooms from 2114 through 2126. Those facing the pool and having an ocean view are 2003, 2005, 2119, 2121, 2123, 2125, 2127, 2129, 2131, 2133, 2135, 2137, and 2139. Some other rooms, whose numbers I forgot to write down (sorry) face the construction of the new Westin condos. For now, you can see some ocean, but you'll be looking into the condos in a few months.
No one told us the workout room or spa were completed. We found them one day on the third floor near the one working bank of elevators. The workout room was small and rather darkly lit (it may be a temporary location) and while the young woman working in the spa said it was open, it didn't appear to be so to us.
The pool is huge with many comfy lounge chairs. The beach was very nice, but wave action could be a little strong for children. There is no shade on the beach or by the whirlpool, and minimal shade by the pool, except for the movement of the sun and shadows cast throughout the day. Towels are available near the pool and there are other lounge chairs by the beach. The pool, which ranges in depth from six inches to six feet, has a swim-up bar. They started bringing in the cushions for the lounge chairs by 5 p.m.
There are two restaurants in addition to food being available at the bar. Ocean provides standard fare with a nice breakfast buffet and decent, though not great, food at dinner. We did not eat lunch there. Aura is an Asian-French fusion restaurant with prices even more outrageous than Ocean. If you're going to drop up to $100 apiece at dinner, go to Grand Case and eat at any of the fine establishments there such as Le Tastevin, Auberge Gourmande, or Spiga (we enjoyed them all). Also tempting in Grand Case was a relatively inexpensive mom and pop BBQ place that offered succulent-looking ribs and chicken. We're sorry we didn't try them.
Each night, someone knocked on our door for something trivial - another bottle of water, a card explaining how to use the phone, a notepad, etc. Many of the staff have been culled from other Westins to try to smooth over the ruffled feathers of guests who must have gone through hell the first two weeks they were open. I found the staff - those from St. Maarten and those from the other Westins to be friendly and accommodating.
So, all in all, we had a nice visit, enjoyed the pool and ocean, drove around the island, enjoyed many great meals in Grand Case, took a day trip to Anguilla, went shopping in Marigot, Grand Case and Philipsburg, and slept in - when the fire alarm didn't go off early or the construction start too soon. Particularly for the price, it was a good deal for a clean, upscale hotel that, in time, will be a premier resort on the island.
Overall it was fine
just returned from the westin st. martin. overall it was fine. however it is still under serious construction. we were there with our children (ages 4 and 1). they loved the pool however the ocean front (which was not finished and under heavy cnstruction) was just too rough for them. we took daily excursions to find calm beaches.
there was no sundrie shop. that too is under construction. the ATM is not working yet. a few other shops are also under construction.
while we were there we did see improvement with each day. i would say in 6 mo it will be the westin one would expect.
you can get spa services but can not enjoy the facilities such as the shower/steam/sauna - that too....under construction.
the rooms were clean, new and nice. the staff was as accomodating as possible. they tried to offer solutions which was great.
i can say there were alot of unhappy guests. although we did not have the highest expectations so we were not some of them.
and by the way the weather was fantastic.
good luck if you go. it gets better there everyday!
Four stars with caveat...
My husband and I stayed here from Dec 27 - Jan 3. We thought it would be a plus that it had just opened. It wasn't. The hotel isn't quite ready and it was small things like: when we arrived there was valet parking but the next day no valets, and they couldn't find our keys for more than 20 minutes, no one filled up our mini bar the entire time (despite requesting it), we didn't have a mirror in our bathroom for the first 4 days, the gift shop isn't open and there's nowhere to get sundries, etc. However, the pool and beach are fantastic. The food is good at the restaurants. The staff is friendly and very very nice. It's just not quite at its top efficiency and is unfinished in various areas. Spa isn't open. Lots of construction still going on. I think it will be fantastic in a few months, but right now, I'm not sure it justifies the high price tag.
Also - the island is really nice, the people are very friendly, and we had a great time!
Don't Go! Get out while you can
Upon learning that we were pregnant, my husband and I booked this trip. We were under the impression that the hotel would have been open for a few months, but found out that it would only be open for 2 weeks when we arrived. Dec. 27-Jan.3rd
Our room which was to look out on a mountainside, looks out on a dirt pit and a construction site.
The elevator rarely works. Pregnant, this is a royal pain.
I've only had one warm meal here. The food is overpriced and the service is terrible and the food other than breakfast is awful. I sent my grilled cheese back twice to be warmed and it still wasn't warm. Finally my husband got on his blackberry and rented a car for the week.
Our room is nice inside but always missing something. No lightbulbs, no ice in the ice machine on our floor, no bathmat. At 450 a night, this is absurd.
Then the business center is always full of kids playing video games, making it almost impossible to check email.
Graham, the manager and other staff are nice, but they were clearly set up to fail. This resort is not ready for vacationers and our pleas have fallen on deaf ears since there are people with worse issues than us. We are really pissed and feel ripped off.
Don't stay here. Trust me.
Wait until May!
My Husband and I where very excited to visit the new Westin. We've stayed in a few Westin/Starwood resorts and we felt they handle openings well.
Except this time!
Not only did we recieve the wrong room that we booked online (on their own website) but the room was never serviced and we where offered no compensation for the down grade. We where also double charged and yet to see a refund (which hurts the pocket because the rooms are $399USD a night.)
The staff are rude and the night and day managers are unhelpful.
The worst bit was nothing look finished. Too many sections still looked like a building site and the beach was just ugly.
We left early even though we had a room booked until early Jan 07 - it was that bad.
I would stay away until a good 6 months has passed so the hotel can finish it's building and the satff can improve their customer service. Some new managers who know how to deal with the public wouldn't hurt either (after all if they can't deal with the public how can their staff improve.)
At the moment the quality is on par with the Sonesta. It will take a long time form this place to become a luxury 5 star hotel.
If you are unfortunate and are staying at this location this month or next just grin and bear it. Get out, hire a car and explore. I LOVE st Maarten and your trip shouldn't be spoiled by this place.
Fingers crossed this place improves with age because it has potential to be ok but it's a waste of money at the moment.
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- February 01, 2013
ASHLEY Harrison says his battle-hardened body can survive another three seasons in the NRL to fulfil his mission to become the first Titans player to reach 300 career games.
As exclusively revealed by on this website early yesterday, Harrison has been handed a two-year extension by the Titans, who moved quickly to secure the Queensland Origin workhorse until the end of 2015.
Underscoring Harrison's commitment to the Titans, his manager Chris Orr said the Maroons lock did not even bother looking elsewhere before signing the deal that should see him retire at the Gold Coast.
Now a special milestone beckons for Harrison, who is on course to become only the 18th player in the NRL's 105-year history to celebrate a triple century of games.
Currently on 247, Harrison must play 53 of a possible 72 games over the next three seasons to join the elite 300-club, a feat which is well within reach given his reputation as one of the code's most professional athletes.
Other forwards to have played 300 first-grade games are Steve Menzies (349), Nathan Hindmarsh (330), Geoff Gerard (320), Jason Croker (318), Luke Priddis (315), Ruben Wiki (315), Paul Langmack (315), Steve Price (313), Petero Civoniceva (309) and Luke Ricketson (301).
"I have a little way to go yet," Harrison said. "I have to get 250 out of the way first, but hopefully I can stay on the field. It's a massive milestone, 300 games is a long way down the track but it's something I definitely want to achieve."
Harrison initially put his future on hold after off-season groin surgery, but a swift recovery convinced the former Bronco his body could soldier on and last a 14th NRL season and beyond.
"I did battle a lot at the end of the year with the groin, but it came good really quickly," Harrison said.
"As long as the body continues to operate I can't see why I can't get another two years.
"I'm now very settled here at the Gold Coast. I have been here five years, the club is heading in the right direction and I can see us being very successful in the next few years."
Titans coach John Cartwright is relieved to have the industrious Harrison under lock and key for another three seasons.
"It's a safe feeling when Harro is on the field. You know he'll go out and do his job," Cartwright said.
"It's a comfort to know a guy of Ashley's experience and skill will be there for the next few years.
"Ash puts his body through a bit of torture, and we ask a lot of them during rep season. We will keep looking after him as the seasons unwind, but I think he's in career-best form."


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to eat someone's ass with jelly or syrup...and like it
"toss my salad bitch"
লিখেছেন- bryan newman 8 de ডিসেম্বার de 2003
Tossing someone's salad is basically giving a shitty cum-ridden asshole a rim job.
That first week Rob Rotili learned he was too pretty for prison. He already had all of the "sisters" lining up for his speciality - tossed salad.
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to mix multipled kinds of weed on a session
johhny has purple kush. mike has bc big bud and paul has northren lights. and they all roll a joint up together. i,e. a toss salad
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Convict slang meaning to be forced to perform oral sex on another convict both penis and asshole
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1. Well, havin yo salad tossed, means havin yo asshole eaten out wit jelly or syrup.
2. A great punishment for little kids!
3. What happens to you in prison to get initiated.
4. Wonderful after-school activity
2. A great punishment for little kids!
3. What happens to you in prison to get initiated.
4. Wonderful after-school activity
Hey man, you want those drugs? You'll have to toss my salad. And I prefer syrup!
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what Martha Stewart teaches you how to do on her show.
I watched Martha Stewart Living this morning. She taught me how to toss a salad.
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To have your hole properly licked for hours.
My slave likes to toss salad for hours. I was sitting on his face. I loved it.
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Oh right, so when you asked what was different and got objective answers that didn't suit you, you want to move onto subjective bullsh1t like 'he looked way healthier'. Sure buddy. Good job. I mean he looked awesome right? A plodding come forward heavy bag with no hand speed who ate punches until his orbital bone snapped. He looked phucking WONDERFUL. Really.
And for the record, the 150 CW request by Cotto was lame. Just as lame as Nappiao's CW demand. But nothing as bad as Nappiao's ridiculous 148 CW demand to rematch Cotto. That sh1t was 110% pure cowardice.
Pure cowardice? The dude is in his 7th division. Give me a precedent for a guy stepping to his 8th and not asking for a CW. He said he's not going above 147, Cotto goaded him into offering 150 then turned tail when Pac did.
And no, none of Pac's Cw requests is as bad as Cotto's. CWs have been employed forever by smaller guys moving up. They are never used by a champ to handicap a divisional challenger, much less a one eyed non contender.
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Date: Jan 6, 10 at 2:06am (PST)
Subject: A review of the VisionTek HD 5750
Another week, another video card reviewed. This time it is the VisionTek HD 5750:
VisionTek HD 5750 Review
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Date: Jan 9, 10 at 7:30pm (PST)
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Episode 84: Military Loss
September 25, 2016
On this show Dr. Gloria Horsley and Dr. Heidi Horsley interviewed artist Jeanne Harris Weaver and her husband, Donn Weaver, a retired Foreign Service Diplomat. Their son, Todd, an Army Ranger, was killed while on deployment in Afghanistan. In his memory, Jeanne created twenty-one pictures in the year following Todd's death. A tribute clip is […]
Episode 81: Child Loss, Multiple Times
August 19, 2016
Child loss is huge especially when compounded by the loss of two children. On this show Dr's Gloria and Heidi Horsley discuss multiple loss with, Alan Pedersen, Executive Director of The Compassionate Friends, and Jacquie Edwards-Mitchell, and her husband John Mitchell. Jacquie & John, lost two sons in a drowning accident. Jacquie is on […]
Episode 80: Organ Donation
July 27, 2016
On this show Dr's Gloria and Heidi Horsley interview Kayla Smith, family services coordinator for Live On New York, regarding her work with organ donor families. Judy Armijo, bereaved mother of Alexandra, and organ recipient Kevin Robinson join the group to discuss the impact of Alexandra's decision to become a registered organ donor. Alexandra died […]
Episode 78: Sudden Death Versus Anticipated Grief
June 3, 2016
On this show Dr. Gloria Horsley and Alan Pedersen, Executive Director of The Compassionate Friends, discuss the challenges of sudden versus anticipated loss with bereaved mother's Ann Kahdalia and Denise Pedersen whose children died in vehicle related accidents. Joining the group is Mitch Carmody whose son died of cancer. Alan Pedersen closes the show singing […]
Episode 76: Loss after the Battle of Substance Abuse
June 3, 2016
On this show Dr. Gloria Horsley and Alan Pedersen, Executive Director of the Compassionate Friends, interview Dianna Lynn bereaved mother of both Josh and Logan and Nancy Juracka bereaved mother of Lance regarding how they found hope after their children's death by substance abuse. The show closes with Alan singing A Little Farther Down the […]
Episode 75: Returning to Work After Loss
June 3, 2016
On this show Dr. Gloria Horsley and Alan Pedersen, Executive Director of The Compassionate Friends, talk with bereaved parents Terri O'Rourke and Tim Meadows about the challenges of returning to work after the deaths of their son's, both name Christopher. A video clip is played regarding grief in the workplace produced by psychologist and bereaved […]
Episode 74: Grief Diaries
May 10, 2016
On this show Dr's Gloria and Heidi Horsley interview Lynda Cheldelin Fell, Linda Bateman Gomez , Carol Scibelli and Christine Duminiak. These four women have found hope after loss and have contributed to the Grief Diaries brand of books created by Lynda Fell. Lynda is also the executive president of the newly formed National Grief […]
Episode 73: Replacement Children
May 9, 2016
On this show Dr.'s Gloria and Heidi Horsley interview Judy Mandel and Rita Battat Silverman regarding their books on children who become the replacement child for their deceased sibling. Rita is the co-author of Replacement Children: The Unconscious Script with a foreward by Katie Couric and Judy Mandel is the author of Replacement Child: a […]
Episode 72: Coping After Child Loss
May 9, 2016
On this show Dr's. Gloria and Heidi Horsley interview bereaved parent and creator of the Grief Diaries brand of books, webinars, and film. The second guest is Barbara Hopkinson, bereaved parent and author of A Butterfly's Journey To A New Normal. She is a certified Grief Recovery Specialist and a Compassionate Friends Chapter Leader. We […]
Episode 71: Coping With Cancer Loss
May 4, 2016
On this show Dr's Gloria and Heidi Horsley interview Bill Goeren LCSW director of clinical services at CancerCare in Manhattan regarding services for those who are grieving the loss of a family member. The second guest is Nancy Cincotta psychosocial director of Camp Sunshine located in Maine providing support for children and their families who […]
Episode 69: Friends Helping Friends
May 3, 2016
On this show Dr's Gloria and Heidi Horsley are joined by Dana Lerner bereaved mother of Cooper Stock. Jackie Kern and Matt Vidmar a teacher & coach at the Calhoun school discuss honoring and remembering Cooper. A video is shown of friends and teachers honoring Cooper. The show closes with Sam Horn and Jackson Lundy, […]
Episode 67: Finding Hope After A Terrorist Attack
April 26, 2016
Joining Dr's. Gloria and Heidi Horsley on this show are Melissa Pettignano, singer and songwriter and her mother Evelyn whose aunt/sister Arlene was killed in the World Trade Center and Mary Fetchet who Co-founded Voices of September 11th in 2001 following the death of her son Brad on 9/11. A clinical social worker, Mary created […]
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Tanika Dillard: Recurrent Pregnancy Loss
September 22, 2016
Tanika Dillard is passionate about breaking the silence of pregnancy loss. The best-selling author of Building a Family Breaks My Heart, she has experienced three miscarriages and the stillbirth of her beloved son. Tanika is a birth and Bereavement Doula and Facilitator of the Share Upstate Pregnancy & Infant Loss Support Group in S.C. http://opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/09/08061041/TanikaDillard-MP3-for-Audio-Podcasting.mp3Podcast: […]
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Elizabeth Horwin: Keeping Love Alive
August 18, 2016
Elizabeth Horwin is a Licensed Professional Counselor offering workshops, seminars and retreats to individuals, organizations and employers, dealing with and healing from life's losses. She is a bereaved parent and spouse and the author of, Love Never Dies http://opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/19085607/Beth-Horwin.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Barry Kluger: Reform in the Wake of Loss
August 11, 2016
Barry Kluger is a veteran public relations executive and writes for The Huffington Post and 165 CityBrand Media sites. He and fellow grieving Dad, Kelly Farley, began an effort to add loss of a child to the Family Medical Leave Act, which led to The Sarah Grace-Farley-Kluger Act, currently being considered in Congress. http://opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/11054705/Barry-Kluger-MP3-for-Audio-Podcasting.mp3Podcast: […]
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Barbara J. Hopkinson: Tips and Support For Those Who Grieve
August 4, 2016
Barbara J. Hopkinson, founder of A Butterfly's Journey To A New Normal and The Compassionate Friends of Greater Newburyport, MA, lost 3 children and has led bereaved families through the journey of grief since 2003. She is a certified Grief Recovery Specialist and author of two books. Barbara resides north of Boston. http://opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/04081111/Barbara-Hopkinson-MP3-for-Audio-Podcasting.mp3Podcast: Play in […]
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Laura Diehl: Grieving Parents Sharing Hope
July 14, 2016
Laura Diehl is an author, teacher, speaker, and founder of Crown of Glory Ministries. After the death of their oldest daughter, Laura and her husband, Dave, founded GPS Hope (Grieving Parents Sharing Hope) to help parents navigate the swirling black waters of grief and come to a place of hope and life again. http://opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/02102258/Laura-Diel-MP3-for-Audio-Podcasting.mp3Podcast: Play […]
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Bart Sumner: Through Grief to Laughter
July 7, 2016
Bart Sumner is the founder of HEALING IMPROV, a nonprofit which provides no-cost Comedy Improv Grief Workshops to people struggling with grief. His son, David, died in 2009 from a football related brain injury. He is the author of the book HEALING IMPROV: A JOURNEY THROUGH GRIEF TO LAUGHTER. http://opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/02102110/Burt-Sumner.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | […]
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Charlene Cole: How Long will the Pain Last?
June 30, 2016
Charlene Cole is no stranger to loss. Her only child Joe was killed over thirty years ago and in 1998 her husband died by suicide. Charlene has a master's degree in Counseling Psychology and is the author of How Long Will the Pain Last? Every Bereaved Parent Wants to Know. http://opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/02090949/Charlene-Cole.mp3Podcast: Play in new window […]
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Barbara Allen: Helping Families Deal With Drug Overdose
June 23, 2016
Barbara Allen's 22-year old son Jim overdosed on heroin and alcohol in 2003 after years of battling the disease of addiction. Barbara is the founder of James Place committed to bringing support to those battling addiction and is on the national board of directors for The Compassionate Friends. http://opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/02091638/01-Barbara-Allen.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Bob Resciniti: Child Loss
June 16, 2016
In 2006 Bob Resciniti lost his son Bobby in an automobile accident. As a result of his death, Bob and his wife Diane created "The Bobby Resciniti Healing Hearts Foundation". Bobby's place, located in Florida, provides information, grief counseling, and workshops for bereavement of any kind. http://opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/02091738/Bob-Resciniti-MP3-for-Audio-Podcasting.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Paula Stephens: Nurturing Ourselves After Loss
June 9, 2016
Paula Stephens, M.A. founded Crazy Good Grief after the unexpected loss of her oldest son. With a master's degree in Exercise Physiology, work as a Certified Wellness Coach and Yoga instructor, Paula put her knowledge to work in the grief community offering retreats, online courses and yoga that focus on the importance of nurturing ourselves […]
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Jordon Ferber: Adult Sibling Grief: What Parents Need to Know
June 2, 2016
Comedian Jordon Ferber is the producer of the podcast "Where's the Grief" Inspired by the death of his brother, Russell. As the sibling leader of the Manhattan chapter of The Compassionate Friends Jordon has helped thousands of siblings recover from loss. http://opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/06/02064437/Jordan-Ferber-MP3-for-Audio-Podcasting.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Carolyn Zahnow: Teenage Depression and Suicide
May 26, 2016
Carolyn Zahnow is the bereaved parent of Cameron, who died by suicide in 2005. As the result of his death she is the founded the Shore Grief Center located in North Carolina. The Shore is a nonprofit that provides grief support groups to kids, teens and adults who have experienced a death. She is the […]
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Lindsey Wimmer, RN, MSN, CPNP, CPLC: Supporting Those Suffering a Stillbirth
May 5, 2016
Lindsey Wimmer is the Executive Director of Star Legacy Foundation. She is a pediatric nurse practitioner,a nursing professor at St. Catherine University in St. Paul, Minnesota, and a mom to 3 children at home and 1 son who was stillborn in 2004 at 38 weeks gestation. http://opentohope.s3.amazonaws.com/wp-content/uploads/2016/04/25103848/OpenToHope_LindseyWimmer_151131.mp3Podcast: Play in new window | Download
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Living in a Wellness Universe: Lynda Fell
April 28, 2016
Lynda Cheldelin Fell is the creator of Grief Diaries brand of books, webinars, radio and film, executive director of the National Grief & Hope Convention, and President of the newly formed National Grief & Hope Coalition. Chosen as this year's Inspirational Speaker for Camp Fire organization, she received a standing ovation to her speech on […]
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Rita Silverman and Abigail Brenner: Replacement Children
April 14, 2016
Abigail Brenner M.D. is a board-certified psychiatrist, and a Fellow of the American Psychiatric Association. Rita Battat Silverman has a B.S. in psychology and is a life coach, talent manager and freelance literary agent. Together they have researched and written the best selling book Replacement Children: The Unconscious Script with a foreward by Katie Couric. […]
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Pamela Christie: Loss of a Child and Grandchild
April 7, 2016
Pamela Christie is a bereaved parent and grandmother. Her experience in not only losing her own child but in supporting her daughter, Rhiannon after the loss of Sophia Grace have led she and her daughter on a journey of supporting others. Their support includes sharing their family's experience with the world and passing along suggestions […]
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Kelly Kittel: Learning to Breathe Again
March 31, 2016
Kelly Kittel's fifteen-month-old son was run over by her sixteen-year-old niece. Nine months later, due to medical error, she lost her baby, Jonah. Caught up a malpractice lawsuit, Kittel and her husband battle not only the medical system, but their own relatives. She is the author of Breathe a story of motherhood, death, and family […]
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Barb Himes: Supporting Bereaved Parents
March 10, 2016
Barb Himes is the bereaved parent of John Joseph and is the Director of Education and Training for First Candle. Barb has provided leadership in addressing the issues of Stillbirth, Sudden Infant Death Syndrome, and Safe Sleep. In conjunction with the Bill and Melinda Gates Foundation and First Candle, she helped create the Bedtime Basics […]
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Reducing Mental Health Stigma: Lee and Laurie Burstein Maxwell
February 25, 2016
Lee and Laurie Maxwell lost their beloved 18 year old son, Dan to suicide after 18 months of severe depression. Grief stricken, they founded DMAX Foundation with the primary initiative to create DMAX Clubs on college campuses for students to get together and talk about how they are doing, how their friends are doing and […]
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Honoring Our Son: Anne and Jeff Cascaldo
February 11, 2016
Anne and Jeff Cascaldo's 24yearold son Tony died due to a rare blood disease and a medical error. Anne and Jeff have gone on to honor Tony by starting the Tony Brown Foundation helping others deal with loss and to again find hope. Anne is the chair of The Compassionate Friends national conference in Scottsdale, […]
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Remembering My Sibling and Child: Mitch Carmody
February 4, 2016
Mitch Carmody is no stranger to loss. His father died when he was 12yearsold. His twin sister, Sandy died at thirty-five followed three months later by his 9yearold son, Kelly. Despite this adversity Mitch has gone on to become a grief expert and is a much loved and sought after inspirational speaker. He is the […]
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My Ten-Year Journey After Losing My Daughter
September 18, 2016
I experienced the saddest moments of my life, as the unthinkable happened to my family, when Samar, my 18-year-old daughter died ten years ago. I never thought that what happened to some parents would ever happen to us. But it did. The death of my youngest daughter was the biggest blow I had in my […]
Coping With Grief: Approaching the Second Anniversary of My Son's Death
September 17, 2016
Life is moving along well, considering the magnitude of losing of my only child almost two years ago. Since December of last year, I have started to feel like myself again. My nature, which is generally optimistic and hopeful, has returned. Recognizing that part of myself return was like meeting with an old friend. Since […]
Ground Hog Days: How it Really Feels to Lose a Child
August 17, 2016
The first weeks and months were like the movie Groundhog Day. I began each day the same way. Waking. Feeling a free floating anger. Seeing his body on the floor and shuddering in the reality of his death. Struggling to push myself out of bed. Not wanting to get up. The bed and sleep being […]
Getting Through Those Triggers!
July 15, 2016
When we lose a loved one, the time we spend dealing with sadness surrounding that loss can vary daily, hourly or even minute-by-minute. As time goes by, the expectation we have and what generally occurs, is that the sad thoughts spread themselves out further and further apart. We learn to adjust to life moving on […]
Henya Shanun-Klein: Parental Bereavement
June 10, 2016
In 1989, Henya Shanun-Klein lost her daughter, Gili, who was killed by a reckless driver. Her daughter was only eleven years old at the time. Shanun-Klein shares her story with the Association for Death Education and Counseling (ADEC) to help others who are grieving the loss of a child. Now the director of thanatology at […]
Trusting Our Intuition After Loss
May 31, 2016
I discovered the value of service to others after the death of my 18-year-old daughter Jeannine's death in 2003. Through my participation in national conferences and gatherings of The Compassionate Friends and The Bereaved Parents of the USA, I met many supportive individuals. They positively influenced my path after loss. About a year ago, I was faced with […]
Is Visiting a Gravesite a Help?
May 26, 2016
We don't visit our daughter's grave. While this is a shocking statement for some, others understand our feelings. Whether or not to visit a gravesite is a personal decision, based on religious and spiritual beliefs, relationship with the deceased, the grief work that has been done, current feelings, and plans for the future. The […]
Learning to Allow in the Face of Tragic Loss
May 14, 2016
Paralytic Loss. That was me at ground zero after losing my adult son Drew in the spring of 2011 to suicide. I was so unprepared for what followed, that my mind just sort of stopped, and everything I knew with certainty was simply washed right out of my brain. The reality is that suicide is […]
How I Survived my First Mother's Day as a Grieving Parent
May 5, 2016
Our 19-year-old son Ben was buried May 2, 2008 – eight days before Mother's Day. Even though I was still in shock, I knew enough to stay away from church that Sunday. Our minister had always made a big deal out of the holiday, and every mother left the service with a rose. My husband […]
Seasons of Remembering: Spring Brings Needed Change
April 28, 2016
It is amazing how tangible things can evoke some memory tucked away in the secret chambers of our thoughts. Like the changing of the seasons, like Spring. Trees that just yesterday were leafless and barren, now burst with leaf and bud. And within the intricate xylem tissue, water and minerals are transported from the roots […]
Easter After Our Daughter's Death
March 27, 2016
"Come home, Mom," my daughter screamed over the transatlantic phone. "Cyndi is dead, and we've been trying to reach you." All the money I had placed into the red lobster phone in Glastonbury, England, suddenly was swallowed up. The phone went dead. I looked at the woman behind me, waiting for her turn to make […]
Ron Villano: Finding 'Zing' in Your Life After the Loss of a Child
March 24, 2016
Drs. Gloria and Heidi Horsley welcome Ron Villano to a webinar about finding your "zing" after you've lost a child. Villano is a licensed psychotherapist, bereavement coach, national speaker, and author. Villano lost his son, Michael, and knows exactly how it feels to lose a child. His first tip is to give yourself permission to […]
My Adult Son's Death Has Changed My Life
March 17, 2016
When someone we love dies…we are changed. When that someone is our child…we are changed forever, deeply, no matter how old they were. Letting go is not a possibility. Everything in my being was geared to hold on, to protect and to be aware of his life. It didn't matter that he was an adult, […]
Carl McDonald: Loss of a Child in a DUI Collision
March 8, 2016
A webinar from The Compassionate Friends, featuring Carl McDonald with the National Law Enforcement Initiatives, focuses on losing a child from an impaired driving incident. The host, Dr. Gloria Horsley, knows exactly what it means to lose a child in a car crash—she lost her son, Scott, when he was only 17 years old. McDonald […]
Valentine's Day Message: It Does Get Better
February 14, 2016
Valentine's Day 1995: I had just sat down at my desk in my home office for a busy day work-wise when the phone rang. It was Nina calling me from Park High School. "Mom, you have to help me. I need to have something for Chris (her new boyfriend) for Valentine's Day. I am pretty […]
Three Years After Son's Death, the Emptiness is Sacred
January 8, 2016
"It is your season, Elizabeth," our priest greeted me, more than eight months pregnant and my body filled to bursting with our son, John, during Advent 2003. "It is," I laughed. "I can't wait to hold him!" Our daughter, Izzy, six at the time, was dubious about a little brother joining her domain in January. […]
Hope and Clarity in the Middle of Nowhere
January 5, 2016
Lately, I have begun to revisit previous articles and blogs that I have authored. Perhaps as I grow older, I value nostalgia more, or perhaps it is the value I place on the past as a teacher. Regardless, I always discover new insights when I revisit previous writings. The majority of the content of the […]


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The dumb person's way of saying 'more fun'
από Redneck Laura 1 Σεπτέμβριος 2005
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Can you define these popular missing words?
A word that wasn't official until Shay Carl said so. An easier (and cooler) way of saying "more fun".
Today was funner than yesterday
από BoomBoxBoy 23 Μάρτιος 2010
gooder than just fun.
Leave it open, it's funner that way.
από dragonking117 7 Φεβρουάριος 2011
It's a word, get over it.
Sex is funner than sleep.
από Funnerman. 30 Μάρτιος 2011
Something that is more fun than something else. Comes from The word fun, but it's for lazy people who don't want to say more fun.
Wow, painting is much funner than drawing.
από Em 16 Αύγουστος 2004
Adj. non-standard comparative form of "more fun". Meaning that a given something (noun) provides more mirth or more entertainment than something else.
This art museum is funner than the last three we went to.
από moosecabob 12 Οκτώβριος 2009
An actual word, despite the objections of many people. An adjective in the dictionary: dictionary.reference. com/browse/funner
Also "more fun", "funnest", "fun"
Also "more fun", "funnest", "fun"
The rollercoasters are funner than the Ferris Wheel.
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BG: My boys were born on 12/31/08. 31 weeks 2 days. We were diagnosed with TTTS. Logan was "stuck twin" and he had hydrops. It was an emergency c-section. Lucas was discharged after 4 weeks in the NICU. Logan on the other hand was there for 10.5 weeks.
He had a bilateral grade 3 IVH in the germinal matrix. He later developed PVL. He has sensory issues and feeding issues.
FF to now: In the last 3 days he has gone on somewhat of a hunger strike. He will not eat more than 2 ounces every 3 hours. He needs to be eating at least 24 ounces a day. He is only gaining about half an ounce a day. I am so frusturated with him for not eating. But I am terrified that he will be labled "failure to thrive" and be put back in the hospital. He will have to get a gi button.
I am just so scared. I don't know what to do. Has anyone else btdt? Does anyone have any advice?


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Let the music do the acting. There is lots of rock- or pop-themed entertainment this week, and it's not even "Rocky Horror" season.
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Hot on the heels of "Motown The Musical," which played the Bushnell last week, the real-life version of one of the lead characters in that show, Diana Ross, is doing a concert at the same theater, 166 Capitol Ave., Hartford, 7:30 p.m. on Sunday, April 3. Tickets are $50.50-$110.50. 860-987-5900 and bushnell.org.
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