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Please note that December's program is on the second Sunday of the month.
Sundays with the Modern offers unique perspectives on Lucian Freud: Portraits and the 10th anniversary exhibition with artists, curators, art historians, and writers holding conversations in the galleries. This special program is free and begins at 1 pm on the first Sunday of most months.


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When New York's Cymbals Eat Guitars first thrust themselves into the reckoning in 2009 with Why There Are Mountains' punchy histrionics, there lay both a young four-piece with a natural song structuring ability and a tantalising sense of much more to come. For while even the most sprawling numbers in their multi-layered rock arsenal were still able count on a number of hooks that lingered in the memory, the group, led by the untethered vocals of front man Joseph D'Agostino, were prone to growing overly restless within tracks, having moments where their patience over such meticulous preparation would snap. You felt that, given a couple of years maturing, they'd reach these breaking points and hold their nerve, managing to maintain the noise-fuelled peaks without breaking momentum.
Those two years have now passed and, on Lenses Alien, it's clear that the four-piece have developed jaws of a most chiselled stature. The raging and ranting peaks are now more focused, yet without uncoupling the helter-skelter emotion that so excited first time round. In fact on this second LP of theirs everything seems larger, their feral energy placed onto a spacious canvas that allows considerable breathing space. The omens are good when it opens with the eight and a half minute 'Rifle Eyesight (Proper Name).' A track that sees D'Agostino's vocals initially jump from lulling to fraught with familiarly violent gear changes, it then twists and transcends into a falsetto that drifts away above keyboardist Brian Hamilton's fluttering notes, the latter's fingers working rapidly to coat the swelling noise with a smattering of finesse. We're only four minutes in at this point and it's already sounding like the best thing they've done, a conviction only strengthened when they appear out of the song's other side with a rousing-without-being-rambunctious coda fixed around a recurring 16 bar guitar riff that fights to be heard.
This is just one example where the group have set their sights on bolder plains; everywhere there are previous components being tweaked and enlarged. The would-be two-minute shoegazey filler of 'The Current' feels so grand, with guitars plunged deep amongst a watery depth, that neighbouring tracks 'Another Tunguska' and 'Wavelengths' find themselves battling some rather unexpected competition. They ultimately succeed in this duel though, the former majestically rising from lonely balladry to fully-bled rally with backing vocals – welcome in their increased prominence throughout – holding up D'Agostino through the choruses. 'Wavelengths' meanwhile is of a straighter shape, a lushly recorded slice of piano-brushed melancholy that shows the group's Pavement influences remain intact.
Perhaps what's most impressive is how Cymbals Eat Guitars have managed to keep the best elements of their debut in place, resisting the urge that so many succumb to of needlessly ripping up their sound in an often clumsy attempt at proving progression. Tracks like the various cascading segments of 'Shore Points' would sit comfortably on Why There Are Mountains, yet they work here too on an album that has undoubtedly moved forwards.
A sense of humility beneath the sonic ambition remains, and the confidence that exudes from the group as musicians still doesn't cover their sense of fragile openness as people. Lyrics, meanwhile, still flit around psychedelic vision seen through school boy eyes, for instance 'Another Tunguska's "then a stream of revenants surged outward like prominences from the sun … at once I was flat on my back my skateboard rolled on down the hill." Indeed, the sense of the LP being nothing more meaningful than a vivid trip is heightened when, towards the end of the closing 'Gary Conduit,' D'Agostino saves his most unholy roar for what would appear to be the punch line of the whole album, "is it teeth-shaking polyphony grace and completion, or nothing?" As a potential self-destruct button to all of what's just been heard, it's on a par with Mansun's 'An Open Letter To The Lyrical Trainspotter' as, like Paul Draper, the singer seeks to denounce all he has just recorded.
With Cymbals Eat Guitars, however, the interpretation feels more open ended, and if the lyrics are indeed a send-up then such humour can only be welcomed, for perhaps it's this self-realisation that's allowed them to step back from the frayed edges of their debut. Ultimately, whether rattling along on the Trail Of Dead-leaning 'Keep Me Waiting' or offering a broad crescendo on mid-point highlight 'Definite Darkness,' each track on Lenses Alien offers a different facet to the band that still manages to bear relation to the many others. With their nerve held, this is Cymbals Eat Guitars at an impressively high creative watermark still early in their career.
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Exclusive look: Maggie Grace and Sebastian Stan in Broadway's 'Picnic'
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Maggie Grace and Sebastian Stan get close — Nicholas Sparks-movie close — in the brand-new poster for the Broadway-bound revival of Picnic, William Inge's 1953 Pulitzer-winning drama about steamy passions in the mid-20th-century American heartland. Stan, a Gossip Girl alum who appeared in Captain America and last summer's USA miniseries Political Animals, plays a handsome young drifter who crashes a Labor Day picnic in a small town — and catches the attention of the beautiful but innocent Madge Owens (played by Grace, a Lost alum who most recently reprised her role as Liam Neeson's daughter in Taken 2). The limited-run play, directed by Sam Gold, begins previews Dec. 14 before a Jan. 13 opening at Roundabout's American Airlines Theatre.
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UN alarmed at polio threat in Sudan border region
The U.N. Security Council is expressing alarm at the imminent threat of the spread of polio through Sudan's violence-wracked South Kordofan and Blue Nile states and the continuing outbreak of polio in the Horn of Africa.
The U.N. humanitarian office has reported that the threat affects more than 165,000 children in the two Sudanese states "due to a lack of immunization in the border area in more than two years," the Security Council said in a statement Friday.
The SPLM-North, a rebel group backed by South Sudan, has been fighting government forces in South Kordofan and Blue Nile.
The Security Council called on Sudan's government and the SPLM-North "to urgently overcome differences" over technical plans so that a two-week polio vaccination campaign can begin on schedule on Nov. 5.
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Return to El Salvador, narrated by Emmy Award winner Martin Sheen
17 years ago, U.N. Peace Accords marked the end of a brutal civil war in El Salvador. This film is the compelling story of vibrant Salvadoran individuals and communities and the intricate geo-political systems that have so profoundly impacted their lives, making this distant war relevant to a current American audience.
The Ordinary Radicals, a "conspiracy of faith on the margins of empire"
The film follows authors Chris Haw and Shane Claiborne, co-founder of the The Simple Way of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on their "Jesus for President: Politics for Ordinary Radicals" book tour.The tour takes place during the 2008 U.S. presidential elections which becomes a topic of discussion for Claiborne and Haw while touring.


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John Roach: Nothing brings humanity together like pizza
By John Roach
When you write a column, it is best to explore the things that matter.
Love, war, justice. You know. The Big Things.
I often chide Brennan the Editor that she publishes too many stories about desserts and popular dentists. But with this issue I applaud her without reservation, for she has chosen to feature a topic that matters totally and absolutely.
It is a subject that brings all mankind together and binds us in a unique, remarkable way. With this substance come peace, satisfaction and joy regardless of our politics, gender or sexual preference. It is an offering that unites the disparate members of the human family in a way few things do. In its presence, the lamb will lie down with the lion, the Packer fan will smile upon the Bears fan, and Marty Beil will hug Scott Walker like a long-lost brother.
Yes, friends, I am talking about pizza.
Pizza, the magical food that delivers all the major food groups in just one bite. Vegetable, protein, fruit, grain and dairy all come warmly together in just one convenient and manageable slice to be held comfortably in the palm of your hand.
My earliest memories of pizza are vivid to me still. When I was child in the Madison of the '50s and '60s, our town's menu was drab. The food was Midwest, light brown, average white people stuff served at charming, erstwhile joints like Cuba Club and Rennebohm's. As warm and friendly as those places were, we still lived in a meat loaf, grilled cheese, mashed potato world.
For instance, I have absolutely no memory of a Chinese restaurant in Madison before the early '70s. Fried shrimp with Hoffman House sauce was viewed as an incredibly daring and rare dining experience akin to a trip to the Orient.
The only foreign fare we were exposed to came from the 'Bush, where Madison's loud and proud Italian community pushed our palates past Jell-O molds with suspended marshmallows. It was at Lombardino's Restaurant on the old University Avenue where I first experienced the wonder of pizza. The joint was owned and amiably run by Teddy and Jeanie Maglio and their family. My first pizza there forever shaped my world pizza view.
Teddy was a high school teammate of my dad's at Edgewood. In those hardscrabble days my parents had more kids than net worth, so going out to dinner was a very big deal. Teddy, out of respect to his former teammate and pre-birth-control-pill family, always seated us at his largest table with a wonderfully gaudy lamp as a centerpiece and treated us like royalty. And it was at Teddy's recommendation where the Irish Roaches first tried pizza.
My first slice was cheese, sausage and black olives. That is what I order still to this day.
After the first glorious mouthful at Lombardino's, I embarked on a life whose chapters could be marked by pizza. First, after assessing the rave reviews from Lombardino's, my mom created her own baked white bread dough and hamburger pizza on cookie sheets. It was surprisingly good.
My first college roomies in an apartment on Willy Street were Madison Italian boys Paul Schiro and Phil Pellitteri. They introduced me to the wonder of having Gino's State Street pizza delivered right to our door! I ate Gino's pizza every night for a year. I regret not one slice.
Upon graduation, my career took me to Chicago, the city of broad shoulders and thick pizza. It was there that I experienced the true deep-dish layered pizza of Gino's East. And the fine thin crust, fresh-topped offerings of Bacino's.
When I returned to Madison, I watched in rapture as Madison's pizza landscape expanded with Glass Nickel, Roman Candle, Ian's and the surprisingly good pie of Benvenuto's and the flatbread of Veranda.
I even began experimenting by hand-making my own pizza prior to Packer games with the aid of Gino's Italian Deli's starter kit of uncooked dough, mild sausage and sauce. I roll the dough, brown the sausage, add a thin layer of olive oil to the pan, along with coating of corn meal, three handfuls of sliced black olives and fresh mozzarella and presto: Papa Roach's Homemade Pizza.
But every mouthful of pizza I eat takes me back to my first slice Lombardino's, at the big table with Ted Maglio treating us like the Medicis.
Ted would even have his mustachioed waiter from the homeland come over and sing an Italian aria to us.
I have no doubt that he was singing about war and love and justice.
And pizza.
Madison-based television producer John Roach writes this column monthly. Reach him at email@example.com.
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Jim Thome hit his 13th game-winning home run yesterday, good enough for a weird Major League record only the folks at Elias think about. It was also good enough for $5,000, according to Jonathan Papelbon. Paps came in to a 6-4 Phillies lead over the Tampa Bay Rays in the ninth inning and promptly gave it away on a pair of RBI singles.
"I came in the clubhouse, and I said 'Whoever walks this guy off, I'll give 'em five grand.' I didn't think Jim would do it right off the bat. ... I just wrote him a check for $5,000."
It was the 609th home run of Thome's career and he is now tied with Sammy Sosa for seventh place all-time. Thome denied that he got any money from Papelbon, but if you watch the video below, it sure looks like he asked for it.
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CARSON, Calif. (Monday, June 17, 2013) – The LA Galaxy have acquired midfielder Pablo Mastroeni from the Colorado Rapids. A veteran of the 2002 and 2006 FIFA World Cups, Mastroeni has appeared in more than 350 regular season and postseason games during his MLS career, which began in 1998. In addition to Mastroeni, who captained the Rapids to the MLS Cup championship in 2010, the Galaxy received the rights to midfielder Baggio Husidic in exchange for an international roster slot through the end of the 2014 MLS season and the club's natural second round pick in the 2014 MLS SuperDraft.
Now in his 16th professional season, Mastroeni began his MLS career in 1998 with the Miami Fusion, who selected him in the second round of the MLS College Draft out of North Carolina State. He spent four years with the Fusion, during which he was named to the MLS Best XI in 2001 and selected as the club's Defender of the Year three times. He joined Rapids ahead of the start of the 2002 season when he was selected by the club with the first pick of the MLS Allocation Draft.
READ: LA Galaxy forward Landon Donovan says Pablo Mastroeni is "a player that can help us in a lot of ways"
The 36-year-old has spent the last 12-plus seasons with the Rapids, leading the club to their first MLS Cup championship in 2010 and being named to the MLS All-Star Team six times. Colorado's all-time leader in games played and minutes played, Mastroeni was selected as the club's MVP in 2007, 2008 and 2010. He played in and started a career-high 30 games in 2011, but was limited to a career-low of two games last season while recovering from a concussion. This season, he has appeared in seven regular season games, starting five.
For his career, Mastroeni has appeared in 325 regular season games, scoring seven goals and adding 26 assists. He is one of six players in league history to start more than 300 regular season games and his 325 games played are the 10th most in MLS history.
Originally born in Mendoza, Argentina, Mastroeni made his U.S. National Team debut in a friendly against Ecuador in June 2001, shortly after obtaining his U.S. citizenship. He went on to collect 65 caps in a nine-year international career with the U.S., playing under Bruce Arena at both the 2002 and 2006 World Cups while also playing in the CONCACAF Gold Cup in 2003, 2005 and 2007, helping the U.S. win the tournament in 2005 and 2007. He made his final appearance for the U.S. in a 2-1 win over Honduras in a World Cup Qualifier at Soldier Field in Chicago on June 6, 2009, one day shy of the eight-year anniversary of his international debut.
Husidic appeared in 50 regular season games during three seasons with the Chicago Fire from 2009-11, setting career-highs in 2010 when he played in 22 games and scored five goals to go along with three assists. Following the 2011 season, Husidic was selected by the Rapids in Stage 2 of the MLS Re-Entry Process, but he chose to sign in Sweden with Hammarby, who are coached by former Galaxy defender Gregg Berhalter. Since the start of the 2012 season, Husidic has appeared in 35 league games for the Swedish Superettan side, scoring once.
Mastroeni will be eligible to make his Galaxy debut on Wednesday night when the club hosts the Portland Timbers in their first-ever game at the newly-renamed StubHub Center. That game, which is presented by StubHub, kicks off at 7:30 p.m.


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First post to this forum.
I'm using Desktop open() to open a file. I have identical code in two places in my program one works and the other doesn't. The excerpt below doesn't work; but this is a copy+paste of code that does work. Code is duplicated for two different JPanels one handles Photo files and this one does Media files.
try { path = myDbI.getSingleString(query); myLog.debug("path = " + path); fileToOpen = path + fs + selectedLocalDir + fs + selectedFileName; myLog.debug("Attempt to open file using native Application; File To Open: " + fileToOpen); File file = new File(fileToOpen); if (file.canRead() && file.isFile()) { myLog.debug("file absolute path: " + file.getAbsolutePath()); Desktop dt = Desktop.getDesktop(); dt.open(file); } else { myLog.debug("MediaFilePanel() - cannot Open file."); JOptionPane.showMessageDialog(currentFrame, "Can Not Open this file."); } } catch (SQLException se) { myLog.warn("MediaFilePanel() - SQL Exception fetching LPATH from FILELOC: " + se); } catch (IOException ioe) { myLog.warn("MediaFilePanel() - IO Exception opening file: " + ioe); }
I log (below) the path to the file I want opened
I hit the IOException with the error reported:
DEBUG [ui.MediaFilePanel] Attempt to open file using native Application; File To Open: C:\Documents and Settings\Jim\My Documents\Genealogy\MEDIA\Movie-1.wmv DEBUG [ui.MediaFilePanel] file absolute path: C:\Documents and Settings\Jim\My Documents\Genealogy\MEDIA\Movie-1.wmv WARN [ui.MediaFilePanel] MediaFilePanel() - IO Exception opening file: java.io.IOException: Failed to open file:/C:/Documents%20and%20Settings/Jim/My%20Documents/Genealogy/MEDIA/Movie-1.wmv. Error message: The parameter is incorrect.
Notice the path in the Exception message for the file that 'Failed to open'.
It appears that the path to the file is getting miss-read in the statement:
Elsewhere in my program the code works for files of type JPG. Here is an extract from my log file:
DEBUG [dbi.DbI] getSingleString() - returning result: C:\Documents and Settings\Jim\My Documents\Genealogy DEBUG [ui.PhotoFilePanel] Attempt to open file using native Applcation; File To Open: C:\Documents and Settings\Jim\My Documents\Genealogy\HEADSTONES\Jones, Annie Mea-21#K2_Grave.jpg
My problem does not appear to be related to the file type - the path to the file it is trying to open looks like it is getting screwed up.
Any ideas of what I can try to isolate the cause? And of course fix this?
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Ant Misbehavin'
(1) Restart the 2 array generators, then reset the main power breaker. (2) Kill all ants in the generator room. (3) (Optional) Loyal may have something to help with the ants. (4) (Optional) Place Loyal's sonic generator on the ant mound. (5) (Optional) Activate the sonic emitter. (6) Return to Raquel and let her know the generators are running again.
Important Items...[edit]
Nellis Generator Key, Sonic Emitter, Missile (x2), Mini Nuke (x2), 25mm Grenades, .308 Rounds, 5mm Rounds, 12 Gauge Rounds, 10mm Rounds, 40mm Grenades, 5.56mm Rounds, .44 Magnum Rounds, Thump-Thump.
To undertake this straight-forward side quest, you're going to have to seek out a woman named Raquel, who roams around Nellis Air Force Base. If you're not familiar with Nellis Air Force Base, it's a well-guarded location at the far northeastern reaches of the Mojave Wasteland, where an isolationist group called the Boomers make their home. The base is intimately intertwined with the events conducted during the main quest known as Wild Card: Side Bets , so if you need information on how to get to the base itself, you may want to consult the walkthrough. Either way, once you're inside Nellis Air Force Base, seek out Raquel, who is annoyingly difficult to find (though she'll likely be roaming around near the front gate, or perched in her lookout tower). You'll learn that there is an ant infestation somewhere within the base that needs to be taken care of. Should you choose to help her, she'll direct you towards another person at Nellis, an older man named Loyal.
Loyal, like Raquel, can be annoying to find. He'll either be in his home (marked as Loyal's House), or in the base's humongous hangar. When you catch up with him, tell him that you've spoken to Raquel about the ant infestation. He'll be thrilled that you're willing to help him out, and has a weapon that he's created in order to take care of the problem, just as Raquel said he would. This weapon, the Sonic Emitter, is an optional device that you can plant near the center of the ants' home to disable them, though it won't work unless you use either a moderate Science or Speech check. But if you can acquire this weapon, it will prove to be quite useful. The Sonic Emitter, when taken with the Nellis Generator Key that Raquel gave you earlier, should couple up well enough that you can now go towards the source of the infestation in order to take care of it once and for all.
With all of this gear in hand, it's time to head over to the generator room, which is located under Nellis' limited satellite array on the far end of the Air Force base. If you're lost, your best bet is to simply activate this side quest as the active quest in your Pip-Boy, and then follow your on-screen compass to arrive at the location designated. Now, before entering, take into account some of the warnings Loyal and Raquel gave you a little earlier. These ants are no ordinary ants... hell, they're no ordinary mutated ants, either. Because they're housed with a bunch of munitions and explosives, this ordnance will force the creatures to detonate if you use certain kinds of weapons, including bullet-based guns. Thus, these creatures are bound to explode when you attack and kill them, as you're bound to learn as soon as you enter the facility and begin fighting in earnest.
While you could use any weapons you want (we went with our flamethrower), you'll want to continue to be careful of exploding enemies. This is made even worse when you push your way to the back end of the compound, where uneaten and unused ordnance sits around on all matter of shelves. Some of these goods can be picked up and added to your inventory, so be sure to grab the Missiles, Mini Nukes, 25mm Grenades, .308 Rounds, 5mm Rounds, 12 Gauge Rounds, 10mm Rounds, 40mm Grenades, 5.56mm Rounds, .44 Magnum Rounds, and the Thump-Thump rifle before moving on. At the very least, this dangerous voyage into the generator room will allow you to buff out that ever-expanding inventory of yours!
Before getting down to the task at hand, you may want to clear out some of the ants deep in the generator room. After all, these guys are quick-moving and dangerous, and it's easy to get overwhelmed by them. It's equally as easy to get trapped in the far corner of one of these ancillary rooms. So as you see ants, kill them. It's that simple. Just keep your distance so that if and when they explode, no damage is done to you. It's important that you also keep an eye on ordnance sitting around both unclaimed and undetonated, however, since an exploding ant can easily (and devastatingly) set off a chain reaction that will scorch your character, potentially killing him. As usual, fighting here is a delicate balance of reluctance and force.
With most of the ants cleared out, you should be able to access their makeshift home, a mound of debris, rocks and scrap at one end of the compound's far chamber. When you approach and begin to climb this mound, look downward. As long as you grabbed the Sonic Emitter from Loyal, you should be able to plant it here. Once it's planted, approach the device and examine it to turn it on. If there are any ants left anywhere around you (and chances are, there will be), turning the device on will kill them immediately. With no creatures left to stalk you, you can then turn on the two switches on the near wall, and then hit the final switch along the wall atop a metal staircase. With all of the switches flipped and properly turned on, your task is just about done.
So, are the ants dead? Did you (optionally) plant the emitter on their homes, and hit all three switches that needed to be toggled? If so, then you'll have to return to Raquel to give her the good news. As usual, Raquel can be extremely annoying to find. As was the case earlier, you'll likely find her roaming around the entrance to the base, and perhaps perched up in her makeshift sniper's nest. Either way, let her know that the deed is done, and she'll thank you for your hard work. And just like that, this simple side quest will conclude at once.


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Jason & Antonia get married on November 10th with Rev. Rodney officiating, and Photographer Robert shooting photos.
Despite two Condos by the beach, there is very little beach access or parking for non-residents, just a small pathway to get in to the nearly "private" beach.
Jason & Josefina's wedding at Kahala Beach on November 4th, 2012. Photos by ROBERT.
Kailua Beach gives us wonderful pictures because of the best ocean color. This is a great wedding location to consider for your Hawaii destination.


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What's new in Book Connect?
Book Connect
New: quick search box in the Folder Panel!
November 16th, 2018
Another useful addition to your software today, as we added a Quick Search box in your folder panel.
Especially useful for those long folder lists, e.g. when using Author as the folder field. Just type a few letters of the author's name and the folder list will instantly "filter down" to the matching authors, while you type!
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Many new customization settings March 26th, 2020 New Shelves View March 19th, 2020 Server-side settings / Favorites for Columns & Sorting March 10th, 2020 New: Re-assign index values February 20th, 2020 Faster loading of images through WebP image format January 27th, 2020 Improvements to Edit and Add screens January 17th, 2020 Sort your folder panel by the numbers December 6th, 2019 Create your own multi-level-folder favorites November 25th, 2019 Improved Statistics page, plus new breadcrumb/filter bar November 4th, 2019 Folder panel now allows multiple folder levels October 22nd, 2019 Many new fields, back covers and Update from Core tool! October 2nd, 2019 Add books by ISBN: add all scanned books in one go July 16th, 2019 New: Duplicate Finder tool May 23rd, 2019 New: Resizable columns in List View! May 16th, 2019 New: Manage multiple collections and Notes as a column January 9th, 2019 New: quick search box in the Folder Panel! November 16th, 2018 Next / Previous buttons in the Edit Book screen November 9th, 2018 Folder options menu now grouped into 4 categories November 8th, 2018 New: Switch your Alphabet Bar to use the Title field October 31st, 2018 Customize your software with four Skin choices! October 29th, 2018 New: Group your collection on Release/Publication Year October 16th, 2018 Several new settings and improvements September 12th, 2018 Easier setting up of CLZ Barry barcode scanner August 31st, 2018 Image and Card Views: Sharper, smoother, faster August 24th, 2018 New: link your books to Core with the smart Batch Link screen August 21st, 2018


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April 24, 2012
<< The Khamis Brigade Shed Massacre
This post will discuss the evidence that the Khamis Brigade shed was primarily a morgue and not a prison.
The fact that a number of bodies are discovered inside building is prima face evidence of a morgue, not of murder. For the site to be a massacre site there would have to be other physical evidence of violence used to kill the people at the site; weapons, bullets, shrapnel, shell casings, a bloody knife or some visible sign of struggle. None of this is present at the shed. All the evidence of a "massacre" consist of testimony of self claimed "survivors."
Apart from the claimed massacre victims there are other sources that could account for the under 50 bodies in the morgue. Libya was in a civil war with the estimates of people killed ranging from 50 to 100 thousand. The Khamis Brigade base saw a fierce battle sometime between August 23rd and August 26th, with a stated number of around 50 loyalist dead. None of these bodies have ever been located or identified. In the area around Khamis Brigade base the CIWCL can count around 30 unidentified bodies, almost exclusively Black, most likely victims of the ongoing persecution of Libya's African migrant workers.
The shed does not have doors that could be locked to hold in prisoners. There is no running water or sewage. There is trash at the site, including empty water bottles, but not the amount that could sustain a larger number of people for any extended period of time. The shed is perfectly suited for storing bodies, but not live beings.
Inside the shed the bodies are not randomly ordered as one would expect from the results of a killing spree, but neatly placed in rows and along the walls. The larger cluster of bodies in front of the door is less organized, but instead of facing the door – as if shot while trying to get out – most of the bodies are facing inward, away from the door. (face down, feet toward door.)
An alleged guard "Laskhar" testified (most likely under torture) that after he and his fellow guards had massacred the prisoners they carried out the bodies and later carried them back in to be burned. Any part of this testimony could be untrue; the killing part more likely then the "carrying in the bodies" part. Even if the story was 100% accurate, it would still rule out any possibility that the bodies in the shed could provide physical evidence of a massacre happening there.
The compound holds three refrigerated spaces that could be used for storing bodies. All three can be identified from the August 20th satellite image of the site, but except for the smallest one are missing from the July 26th image. The most notable is the large 40 foot shipping container in white Mediterranean Shipping Company (MSC) livery right by the gate. The white color indicates that it is a refrigerated container and not the standard container that comes in yellow.
In the row of trucks and vans parked against the low brick wall there are two refrigerated vehicles. In the shed end there is a Isuzu delivery wan with a white container identical to the one found on al Sarim Street in central Tripoli around August 24th, containing at least six bodies. At the other end there is a delivery truck in green livery with a blue logo containing the word نجمة – Star. The trademark possibly connects the truck to the al-Naseem dairy and ice cream factory in Misrata.
Among the four satellite images available through Google Earth from the period of the Libyan Civil War there are two cases that indicate possible loading or unloading of vans or hearses. In the May 14th satellite image there are up to seven vans and pickup trucks parked in a tight row in front of the shed, with their rear facing the shed, as if for loading or unloading of heavy items. The August 20th satellite image show what appears to be a flatbed pickup truck parked back-to-back with the "Star" refrigerated truck, again as if for loading something from the truck to the pickup or vice versa.


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An 11 Year O.C. Custody Fight Stops Just Short of the U.S. Supreme Court
A long, bitter custody fight won't go to the Supreme Court, but it's not over yet anyway. Mom says her kids were wrongly taken away for years, and a jury agreed. But the Social Workers were never disciplined.
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Orange County, Ca: SOCIAL WORKER Gets PROMOTION after Court finds THEM LIARS!
An 11 Year O.C. Custody Fight Stops Just Short of the U.S. Supreme Court
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San Diego County Grand Jury Cites CPS Misconduct
By Sandra Ami
"… Law enforcement and CPS routinely use the law to hide their misconduct from the public. They cite "privacy concerns" as reasons to fail to release evidence that damns their conduct as corrupt and lawless. Even citizens who have been egregiously wronged have trouble getting to any of this evidence. Further, if they dare oppose the government, they risk retaliation. CPS and the police retaliate against "troublemaking parents" by taking away their children with no good cause and then turning what should be routine investigations that take a few weeks into many months or years of refusal to comply with the law, refusal to comply with judicial directions, and working relentlessly to build a cast of co-conspirators who will help defend each other from their misconduct and pin the blame for it all on the target parent.
San Diego's children and their parents are not safe from government abuse at the hands of CPS and its allies until the agencies and people who engage in these unlawful and abusive activities are removed from their positions and punished or prosecuted for their misconduct."
Click for full story: http://www.scribd.com/doc/33306169
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Report of Georgia Senator Nancy Schaefer on CPS Corruption
reposted by: Sandra Ami
In lieu of the current deaths of Senator Nancy Schaefer and her husband Bruce on March 26, 2010, I am reposting this. Many across the world are in agreement that their timely deaths was not a "Murder-suicide," to quote a friend " Lots of politically connected people, cops, etc, die in "murder-suicides." They not only kill themselves, but everyone else in the house and anyone who might witness their deaths."
Below is a fragment of the work the great Senator Nancy Schaefer had been working; opposed of by several other Government officials who told Nancy they were not able to help her or "they would lose their jobs"
Did Sen. Schaefer lose her life because of this? Many people will, without hesitation say "Yes!"
Note from the Fight CPS webmaster: This is a very important report written by a Senator in Georgia. Please read the entire report, download the PDF, print it to give to your lawyers, caseworkers, local newspaper editors, state and federal senators and congressmen, CASA workers in your area, and whoever else you believe might benefit from reading the truth about CPS from the viewpoint of a Senator. Though this Senator is from Georgia, her report is about all state child protective services agencies. Thank-you, Senator Schaefer, for investigating and writing this report! – ljm
Click here to download an original copy of Senator Schaefer's report in pdf format
From the legislative desk of Senator Nancy Schaefer 50th District of Georgia
November 16, 2007
BY: Nancy Schaefer
Senator, 50th District
My introduction into child protective service cases was due to a grandmother in an adjoining state who called me with her tragic story. Her two granddaughters had been taken from her daughter who lived in my district. Her daughter was told wrongly that if she wanted to see her children again she should sign a paper and give up her children. Frightened and young, the daughter did. I have since discovered that parents are often threatened into cooperation of permanent separation of their children.
The children were taken to another county and placed in foster care. The foster parents were told wrongly that they could adopt the children. The grandmother then jumped through every hoop known to man in order to get her granddaughters. When the case finally came to court it was made evident by one of the foster parent's children that the foster parents had, at any given time, 18 foster children and that the foster mother had an inappropriate relationship with the caseworker.
In the courtroom, the juvenile judge, acted as though she was shocked and said the two girls would be removed quickly. They were not removed. Finally, after much pressure being applied to the Department of Family and Children Services of Georgia (DFCS), the children were driven to South Georgia to meet their grandmother who gladly drove to meet them. After being with their grandmother two or three days, the judge, quite out of the blue, wrote up a new order to send the girls to their father, who previously had no interest in the case and who lived on the West Coast. The father was in "adult entertainmentâ€. His girlfriend worked as an "escort†and his brother, who also worked in the business, had a sexual charge brought against him.
Within a couple of days the father was knocking on the grandmother's door and took the girls kicking and screaming to California.
The father developed an unusual relationship with the former foster parents and soon moved back to the southeast, and the foster parents began driving to the father's residence and picking up the little girls for visits. The oldest child had told her mother and grandmother on two different occasions that the foster father molested her.
To this day after five years, this loving, caring blood relative grandmother does not even have visitation privileges with the children. The little girls are in my opinion permanently traumatized and the young mother of the girls was so traumatized with shock when the girls were first removed from her that she has not recovered.
Throughout this case and through the process of dealing with multiple other mismanaged cases of the Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS), I have worked with other desperate parents and children across the state because they have no rights and no one with whom to turn. I have witnessed ruthless behavior from many caseworkers, social workers, investigators, lawyers, judges, therapists, and others such as those who "pick up†the children. I have been stunned by what I have seen and heard from victims all over the sta te of Georgia.
In this report, I am focusing on the Georgia Department of Family and Children Services (DFCS). However, I believe Child Protective Services nationwide has become corrupt and that the entire system is broken almost beyond repair. I am convinced parents and families should be warned of the dangers.
The Department of Child Protective Services, known as the Department of Family and Children Service (DFCS) in Georgia and other titles in other states, has become a "protected empire†built on taking children and separating families. This is not to say that there are not those children who do need to be removed from wretched situations and need protection. This report is concerned with the children and parents caught up in "legal kidnapping,†ineffective policies, and DFCS who do does not remove a child or children when a child is enduring torment and abuse. (See Exhibit A and Exhibit B)
In one county in my District, I arranged a meeting for thirty-seven families to speak freely and without fear. These poor parents and grandparents spoke of their painful, heart wrenching encounters with DFCS. Their suffering was overwhelming. They wept and cried. Some did not know where their children were and had not seen them in years. I had witnessed the "Gestapo†at work and I witnessed the deceitful conditions under which children were taken in the middle of the night, out of hospitals, off of school uses, and out of homes. In one county a private drug testing business was operating within the DFCS department that required many, many drug tests from parents and individuals for profit. In another county children were not removed when they were enduring the worst possible abuse. Due to being exposed, several employees in a particular DFCS office were fired. However, they have now been rehired either in neighboring counties or in the same county again. According to the calls I am now receiving, the conditions in that county are returning to the same practices that they had before the light was shown on their deeds. Having worked with probably 300 cases statewide, I am convinced there is no responsibility and no accountability in the system.
I have come to the conclusion:
· that poor parents often times are targeted to lose their children because they do not have the where-with-all to hire lawyers and fight the system. Being poor does not mean you are not a good parent or that you do not love your child, or that your child should be removed and placed with strangers;
· that all parents are capable of making mistakes and that making a mistake does not mean your children are always to be removed from the home. Even if the home is not perfect, it is home; and that's where a child is the safest and where he or she wants to be, with family;
· that parenting classes, anger management classes, counseling referrals, therapy classes and on and on are demanded of parents with no compassion by the system even while they are at work and while their children are separated from them. This can take months or even years and it emotionally devastates both children and parents. Parents are victimized by "the system†that makes a profit for holding children longer and "bonuses†for not returning children;
· that caseworkers and social workers are oftentimes guilty of fraud. They withhold evidence. They fabricate evidence and they seek to terminate parental rights. However, when charges are made against them, the charges are ignored;
· that the separation of families is growing as a business because local governments have grown accustomed to having taxpayer dollars to balance their ever-expanding budgets;
· that Child Protective Service and Juvenile Court can always hide behind a confidentiality clause in order to protect their decisions and keep the funds flowing. There should be open records and "court watchesâ€! Look who is being paid! There are state employees, lawyers, court investigators, court personnel, and judges. There are psychologists, and psychiatrists, counselors, caseworkers, therapists, foster parents, adoptive parents, and on and on. All are looking to the children in state custody to provide job security. Parents do not realize that social workers are the glue that holds "the system†together that funds the court, the child's attorney, and the multiple other jobs including DFCS's attorney.
· that The Adoption and the Safe Families Act, set in motion by President Bill Clinton, offered cash "bonuses†to the states for every child they adopted out of foster care. In order to receive the "adoption incentive bonuses†local child protective services need more children. They must have merchandise (children) that sell and you must have plenty of them so the buyer can choose. Some counties are known to give a $4,000 bonus for each child adopted and an additional $2,000 for a "special needs†child. Employees work to keep the federal dollars flowing;
· that there is double dipping. The funding continues as long as the child is out of the home. When a child in foster care is placed with a new family then "adoption bonus funds†are available. When a child is placed in a mental health facility and is on 16 drugs per day, like two children of a constituent of mine, more funds are involved;
· that there are no financial resources and no real drive to unite a family and help keep them together;
· that the incentive for social workers to return children to their parents quickly after taking them has disappeared and who in protective services will step up to the plate and say, "This must end! No one, because they are all in the system together and a system with no leader and no clear policies will always fail the children. Look at the waste in government that is forced upon the tax payer;
· that the "Policy Manuel†is considered "the last word†for DFCS. However, it is too long, too confusing, poorly written and does not take the law into consideration;
· that if the lives of children were improved by removing them from their homes, there might be a greater need for protective services, but today all children are not always safer. Children, of whom I am aware, have been raped and impregnated in foster care and the head of a Foster Parents Association in my District was recently arrested because of child molestation;
· that some parents are even told if they want to see their children or grandchildren, they must divorce their spouse. Many, who are under privileged, feeling they have no option, will divorce and then just continue to live together. This is an anti-family policy, but parents will do anything to get their children home with them.
· fathers, (non-custodial parents) I must add, are oftentimes treated as criminals without access to their own children and have child support payments strangling the very life out of them;
· that the Foster Parents Bill of Rights does not bring out that a foster parent is there only to care for a child until the child can be returned home. Many Foster Parents today use the Foster Parent Bill of Rights to hire a lawyer and seek to adopt the child from the real parents, who are desperately trying to get their child home and out of the system;
· that tax dollars are being used to keep this gigantic system afloat, yet the victims,
parents, grandparents, guardians and especially the children, are charged for the
system's services.
· that grandparents have called from all over the State of Georgia trying to get custody of their grandchildren. DFCS claims relatives are contacted, but there are cases that prove differently. Grandparents who lose their grandchildren to strangers have lost their own flesh and blood. The children lose their family heritage and grandparents, and parents too, lose all connections to their heirs.
· that The National Center on Child Abuse and Neglect in 1998 reported that six times as many children died in foster care than in the general public and that once removed to official "safetyâ€, these children are far more likely to suffer abuse, including sexual molestation than in the general population.
· That according to the California Little Hoover Commission Report in 2003, 30% to 70% of the children in California group homes do not belong there and should not have been removed from their homes.
On my desk are scores of cases of exhausted families and troubled children. It has been beyond me to turn my back on these suffering, crying, and sometimes beaten down individuals. We are mistreating the most innocent. Child Protective Services have become adult centered to the detriment of children. No longer is judgment based on what the child needs or who the child wants to be with or what is really best for the whole family; it is some adult or bureaucrat who makes the decisions, based often on just hearsay, without ever consulting a family member, or just what is convenient, profitable, or less troublesome for a director of DFCS.
I have witnessed such injustice and harm brought to these families that I am not sure if I even believe reform of the system is possible! The system cannot be trusted. It does not serve the people. It obliterates families and children simply because it has the power to do so. Children deserve better. Families deserve better. It's time to pull back the curtain and set our children and families free.
"Speak up for those who cannot speak for themselves, for the rights of all who are destitute.
Speak up and judge fairly; defend the rights of the poor and the needy†Proverbs 31:8-9
Please continue to read:
Exhibit A
Exhibit B
1. Call for an independent audit of the Department of Family and Children's Services (DFCS) to expose corruption and fraud.
2. Activate immediate change. Every day that passes means more families and children are subject to being held hostage.
3. End the financial incentives that separate families.
4. Grant to parents their rights in writing.
5. Mandate a search for family members to be given the opportunity to adopt their own relatives.
6. Mandate a jury trial where every piece of evidence is presented before removing a child from his or her parents.
7. Require a warrant or a positive emergency circumstance before removing children from their parents. (Judge Arthur G. Christean, Utah Bar Journal, January, 1997 reported that "except in emergency circumstances, including the need for immediate medical care, require warrants upon affidavits of probable cause before entry upon private property is permitted for the forcible removal of children from their parents.â€)
8. Uphold the laws when someone fabricates or presents false evidence. If a parent alleges fraud, hold a hearing with the right to discovery of all evidence.
Senator Nancy Schaefer
50th District of Georgia
December 5, 2006
Jeremy's Story
( Some names withheld due to future hearings)
As told to Senator Nancy Schaefer by Sandra (XXXX), a foster parent of Jeremy for 2 ½ years.
My husband and I received Jeremy when he was 2 weeks old and we have been the only parents he has really ever known. He lived with us for 27 months. (XXXX) is the grandfather of Jeremy, and he is known for molesting his own children, for molesting Jeremy and has been court ordered not to be around Jeremy. (XXXX) is the mother of Jeremy, who has been diagnosed to be mentally ill, and also is known to have molested Jeremy. (XXXX) and Jeremy's uncle is a registered sex offender and (XXXX) is the biological father, who is a drug addict and alcoholic and who continues to be in and out of jail. Having just described Jeremy's world, all of these adults are not to be any part of Jeremy's life, yet for years DFCS has known that they are. DFCS had to test (XXXX) (the grandfather) and his son (XXXX) (the uncle) and (XXXX) to determine the real father. (XXXX) is the biological father although any of them might have been. In court, it appeared from the case study, that everyone involved knew that this little boy had been molested by family members, even by his own mother, (XXXX). In court, (XXX), the mother of Jeremy, admitted to having had sex with (XXXX) (the grandfather) and (XXXX) (her own brother) that morning. Judge (XXXX) and DFCS gave Jeremy to his grandmother that same day. (XXXX), the grandmother, is over 300 lbs., is unable to drive, and is unable to take care of Jeremy due to physical problems. She also has been in a mental hospital several times due to her behavior. Even though it was ordered by the court that the grandfather (XXXX), the uncle (XXXX) (a convicted sex offender), (XXXX) his mother who molested him and (XXXX) his biological father, a convicted drug addict, were not to have anything to do with the child, they all continue to come and go as they please at (XXXX address), where Jeremy has been "sentenced to live†for years. This residence has no bathroom and little heat. The front door and the windows are boarded. (See pictures) This home should have been condemned years ago. I have been in this home. No child should ever have to live like this or with such people. Jeremy was taken from us at age 2 ½ years after (XXXX) obtained attorney (XXXX), who was the same attorney who represented him in a large settlement from an auto accident. I am told, that attorney (XXXX), as grandfather's attorney, is known to have repeatedly gotten (XXXX) off of several criminal charges in White County. This is a matter of record and is known by many in White County. I have copies of some records. (XXXX grandfather), through (XXXX attorney's) work, got (XXXX), the grandmother of Jeremy, legal custody of Jeremy. (XXXX grandfather) who cannot read or write also got his daughter (XXXX) and son (XXXX) diagnosed by government agencies as mentally ill. (XXXX grandfather), through legal channels, has taken upon himself all control of the family and is able to take possession of any government funding coming to these people.
It was during this time that Jeremy was to have a six-month transitional period between (XXXX grandmother) and my family as we were to give him up. The court ordered agreement was to have been 4 days at our house and 3 days at (XXXX grandmother). DFCS stopped the visits within 2 weeks. The reason given by DFCS was the child was too traumatized going back and forth. In truth, Jeremy begged us and screamed never to be taken back to (XXXX his grandmother) house, which we have on video. We, as a family, have seen Jeremy in stores time to time with (XXXX grandmother) and the very people he is not to be around. At each meeting Jeremy continues to run to us wherever he sees us and it is clear he is suffering. This child is in a desperate situation and this is why I am writing, and begging you Senator Schaefer, to do something in this child's behalf. Jeremy can clearly describe in detail his sexual molestation by every member of this family and this sexual abuse continues to this day.
When Jeremy was 5 years of age I took him to Dr. (XXXX) of Habersham County who did indeed agree that Jeremy's rectum was black and blue and the physical damage to the child was clearly a case of sexual molestation.
Early in Jeremy's life, when he was in such bad physical condition, we took him to Egleston Children Hospital where at two months of age therapy was to begin three times a week. DFCS decided that the (XXXX grandparent family) should participate in his therapy. However, the therapist complained over and over that the (XXXX grandparent family) would not even wash their hands and would cause Jeremy to cry during these sessions. (XXXX the grandmother), after receiving custody no longer allowed the therapy because it was an inconvenience. The therapist reported that this would be a terrible thing to do to this child. Therapy was stopped and it was detrimental to the health of Jeremy. During (XXXX grandmother) custody, (XXXX uncle) has shot Jeremy with a BB gun and there is a report at (XXXX) County Sheriff's office. There are several amber alerts at Cornelia Wal-Mart, Commerce Wal-Mart, and a 911 report from (XXXX) County Sheriff's Department when Jeremy was lost. (XXXX grandmother), to teach Jeremy a lesson, took thorn bush limbs and beat the bottoms of his feet. Jeremy's feet got infected and his feet had to be lanced by Dr. (XXXX). Then Judy called me to pick him up after about 4 days to take back him to the doctor because of intense pain. I took Jeremy to Dr. (XXXX) in Gainesville. Dr. (XXXX) said surgery was needed immediately and a cast was added. After returning home, (XXXX), his grandfather and (XXXX), his uncle, took him into the hog lot and allowed him to walk in the filth.
Jeremy's feet became so infected for a 2nd time that he was again taken back to Dr. (XXXX) and the hospital. No one in the hospital could believe this child's living conditions. Jeremy is threatened to keep quiet and not say anything to anyone. I have videos, reports, arrest records and almost anything you might need to help Jeremy. Please call my husband, Wendell, or me at any time.
Sandra and (XXXX) husband (XXXX)
Failure of DFCS to remove six desperate children
A brief report regarding six children that Habersham County DFCS director failed to remove as disclosed to Senator Nancy Schaefer by Sheriff Deray Fincher of Habersham County.
Sheriff Deray Fincher, Chief of Police Don Ford and Chief Investigator Lt. Greg Bowen Chief called me to meet with them immediately, which I did on Tuesday, October 16, 2007 Sheriff Fincher, after contacting the Director of Habersham County DFCS several times to remove six children from being horribly abused, finally had to get a court order to remove the children himself with the help of two police officers.
The children, four boys and two girls, were not just being abused; they were being tortured by a monster father.
The six children and a live in girl friend were terrified of this man, the abuser. The children never slept in a bed, but always on the floor. The place where they lived was unfit for human habitation.
The father on one occasion hit one of the boys across his head with a bat and cut the boy's head open. The father then proceeded to hold the boy down and sew up the child's head with a needle and red thread. However, even with beatings and burnings, this is only a fraction of what the father did to these children and to the live-in girlfriend.
Sheriff Fincher has pictures of the abuse and condition of one of the boys and at the writing of this report, he has the father in jail in Habersham County.
It should be noted that when the DFCS director found out that Sheriff Fincher was going to remove the children, she called the father and warned him to flee.
This is not the only time this DFCS director failed to remove a child when she needed to do so. (See Exhibit A)
The egregious acts and abhorrent behavior of officials who are supposed to protect children can no longer be tolerated.
Senator Nancy Schaefer
50th District of Georgia
(originally posted 12/5/07 at FightCPS.Com)
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Sen. Nancy Schaefer and her husband Bruce have died
What a sad day in America!
After her work against the "system" exposing the corruption and actively bringing awareness to the Public about CPS and how they kidnap children for money, the Great Nancy Schaefer is gone.
The reports state it was an apparent "Murder-Suicide" however, those who know her seriously doubt it.
We the People will mourn the great loss of such a great woman and all the work she has put into making America the land of the free, with her being the brave.
Our deepest condolences go out to the family as the Parents and Children of American will feel a GREAT LOSS.
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Senator Nancy Schaefer tells the TRUTH about Child Protective Services
This is the TRUTH.. this is the reality! Those of you who think your children are safe, think again.. this is happening to ALL PARENTS, poor, rich, smart, educated.
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Kids Murdered In Custody of CPS/DHS
Posted by Sandra Ami
These could very easily be YOUR children!
"Hundreds of children die every year in the custody of Child Protective Services. That's not something the general public is aware of. But that lack of awareness will hopefully end this winter when the full length documentary, Innocence Destroyed, is released.
Innocence Destroyed is not being produced by a half-witted conspiracy theorist but by former firefighter and federal law enforcement officer, Bill Bowen. Bowen, as you can see in the shorter version of the film he has posted on YouTube and which I have embedded below, is intelligent and articulate and just the sort of man needed to produce such a documentary. When you listen to Bowen, you instinctively know that here is a man you can trust–here is a man who tells the truth…"
full story by: Albany CPS and Family Court ExaminerDaniel Weaver
( http://www.examiner.com/examiner/x-14537-Albany-CPS-and-Family-Court-Examiner~y2009m9d28-Bill-Bowens-documentary-Innocence-Destroyed-about-kids-murdered-while-in-custody-of-CPS-is-powerful )
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** WARNGING ** HOW CHILDREN ARE PLACED FOR ADOPTION When they have GOOD parents and Families. IT HAPPENS EVERYDAY.
By Sandra Ami
Sadly, there is a huge cover up, there is a small (and I do mean SMALL) amount of personnel who are claiming to correct the problems; I do also believe that it's only a front to show people they are trying to do something, this is partially why:
Over and Over we hear of "no funds available" yet if the dollars where truly accounted for, one would find just the Children alone bring in TRILLIONS of dollars.
Again, as I have said, as the REALITY goes (and there is even more)… :
1) First a Child's name and address come up to Social Services. It could be by anyone, and more often by doctors these days. Once Social Services has a name and address, they then start the process of stealing the child(ren) from the home. Usually in the Public Schools, as it's easier to get cooperation from the staff when taking children, especially because they too are Govt. Employees.
2) They attempt to interview the parents and EACH WORD THE PARENTS SAY is used in creating the reports AGAINST THEM (and I can give several examples).
3) The SW goes back to the office and (through a pre-formatted form), types ALL THEY CAN negative about the parents, in the reports they will have compiled a list of things the parents have told them that they can use against them, the shock only comes after you appear in court when you realize you have told them things which can include but most definitely not limited to: if the parents drink Soda or Coffee; if the parent(s) were verbally or physically abused (explaining a pattern of abuse in the family to substantiate any claims the SW conjures up); If you dropped out of College- that too can be used against you; They want to know if your parents were divorced, that will be used about your mental stress or inability to connect as you had/have issues with the divorce that you have never dealt with; do you EVER drink alcoholic beverages (you will be deemed a drinker PERIOD); do you work? if you are a mother that stays home, they will report that the 'stress of being a full time mom' even if you claim no stress; they will ask if you EVER argue with your spouse (if you are a single parent WATCH OUT) if you EVER argue, that will be held against you as STRESS giving you the INABILITY TO PARENT YOUR CHILD..The list goes on, and their lists in their reports go on. The idea is to put so many allegations against you that it is virtually impossible for you to defend. The things you find to be meaningless (which in actuality are) are in fact things they take advantage of and use against you. IF you take ANY prescription medications, you are automatically deemed, dependent or mentally ill. Therefore they then can recommend you for Mental Health Care, and Counseling which they get paid extra for (it's all part of the payment plan from the govt.) It doesn't matter if you have personal Health Care, because the do NOT allow you to use it, they put you on Govt. Health Care Plans so that they can control and monitor all your records, without you having access. Your children will ALSO be placed on these plans to prevent you from accessing your children's records. AFTER the report is made against you, and the children have been taken, these children feed into the Mental Health (DHHS) industry as well, by placing them on drugs to calm them as they have been traumatized by their kidnapping from schools and are not able to see their parents or go home, but instead thrusted into a place with a group of strangers who, really don't care about them, as they are just another kid being brought in for money. The child cries profusely, therefore it's justified they need medication and Counseling (which is more funding, and deeming the child(ren) as "special needs" (more funding). They don't tell you, that also one criteria for being a Special Needs child is simply being 6 yrs of age or older.
4) There is a TDM (Team Decision Meeting) with the parents to "determine where the children will be placed IF not with the parents" though they have NO INTENTION of placing the children with the parents OR any of those discussed in the TDM. The purpose of the TDM is basically to abide by the law in having one, there is absolutely no other purpose for it. Everything that is said in the TDM will NOT be placed in the reports as required by law. In fact, they can, do and have put into the report that, after the meeting "No FAMILY AVAILABLE" "REQUEST CONFIDENTIAL FOSTER CARE" even after you had discussed family and/or friends for placement, even if those family and friends were present in that meeting.
5) The case goes to court, and in ALMOST ALL cases, the parents are NEVER ALLOWED TO SPEAK, and in Orange County CA, the parents wait outside while the cases are being discussed, leaving NOTHING for the Court Record. The parents are SOMETIMES called in when the FINDINGS are decided upon outside of the parents presence. The parents are in that courtroom for a total of 20 seconds to state they were there and hear the findings read.
6) The parents are told "if you plea guilty, they will allow your children to come home (or with a family member) if you do not plead your child will go into a foster home where he/she is 10 TIMES MORE LIKELY TO DIE". Parents then substantiate all the claims, even though they are all false and grossly exaggerated, by pleading to protect their children from harm or death. Only to find.. they lied, and your child IS PLACED IN A FOSTER HOME, and NOT sent home with you. You can complain as much as you like, and tell anyone they lied to you, however it was all only words and not in writing, therefore none of what they said matters ((((( THIS IS EXACTLY WHY I TELL PARENTS TO ALWAYS ALWAYS ALWAYS WRITE EVERYTHING DOWN in a Journal.. RECORD EVERYTHING digital recorder if possible, and ALWAYS COMMUNICATE VIA EMAIL when you can )))
But remember, in these "secret courts" no one is allowed Cameras or any recording devices what so ever, UNLESS YOU ARE THE ADOPTIVE PARENTS adopting the child (your child).
7) Now that they have to show that they have TRIED to "RE-UNIFY" the parents, because it's the law, they will then put the parents through a battery of "services" telling the parents "if you take (ie.) Parenting classes, abuse classes, counseling etc. AND TAKE MEDICATIONS (in most cases) WE WILL GIVE YOU YOUR CHILDREN BACK UPON COMPLETION" these services must be facilitated by the Social Worker, and they fail to tell you they WONT START THESE SERVICES in most cases until it's too late for you to complete them in time for the TERMINATION of Parental Rights Hearing. They also fail to tell you that IF you should miss even ONE of your appointments that you have FAILED to comply with the Re-Unification process. AND YOUR CHILD IS ADOPTED..
They put the parents through these "services" because (and ONLY because) it brings their Organization more Federal Funding and PRIVATE Non Profit Grants.
The courts, in most cases, provide your child with their own attorney called The Guardian et Lidem or GAL, with whom generally never meet the child.
Each parent is given their own attorney (so they can not form an alliance, while they are being plotted against one another with accusations). Each parent is told they will be able to get the child(ren) if they side with the Social Worker against the other, which actually only to substantiates their case for ADOPTION, however the parents comply to protect their children. (IF you admit your wife/husband is ___ then you will be able to take the children home.. the same is told to the other parent). The parents are desperate to protect the child and get them out of the Children's home or Foster Home. The parents are also told they are not allowed to discuss the case with ANYONE but their attorneys, not even each other. They are told this from the first day of court. THE SECRETS BEGIN to protect THE GUILTY.
Parents want to tell everyone, they want to scream at the top of their lungs for help.. yet.. even if they do mention it to anyone, the first responses are "you must have done something wrong, they are after all protecting children.. they are CHILD PROTECTIVE SERVICES" and no one will listen. While Social Services laughs knowing their marketing scheme has worked and people BELIEVE they are there to Protect children.. but little do people know, CPS is FOR REVENUE CORP. ((Many of the Judges, Social Workers and others involved, have started their own Foundations that get funds and Grants when children are taken.. Judges profit off the adoptions they order, Judges, DHHS workers and others involved in this process are on the Board of Directors for agencies such as United Way and other Foundations.
Child Protective Services does Fund Raisers for Untied Way and other Foundations, Untied Way then gives Grants to CASA (the child avocacy hired by the courts to be suposedly unbias on the Child's behalf after they have been taken) CASA gives grants to Child Protective Services, and CASA (in CA) is in the State Building right next door to the head Child Protective Services office. )
Once 12 months has gone by, there is a REVIEW hearing, the children are STILL NOT HOME, as they have promised over and over and over each month that "if" you do ___, the children will most likely come home after the next hearing.. the next hearing has come and gone, and the parents are told they must do ___ now, all creating more services and more money prolonging the case as much as possible till the 18 mos has run out.. the 18 month hearing.. is THE TERMINATION OF PARENTAL RIGHTS hearing.. The law states they must place the child in a PERMANENT HOME.. and you have a good chance betting it wont be that of the parents, or any other family member..
(In over 70% of the cases, the children should NEVER have been taken in the first place.. as said by former L.A. Director of Child and Family Services, as well as SOME honest Social Workers and others within the system brave enough to place their jobs in jeopardy to make such statements)
They also fail to tell the parents that it will be likely that the Gay/Lesbian social worker will be or has placed your child with a Gay/Lesbian couple who wishes to Adopt. ((YOUR CHILD)) (boys are often placed with Gay men, and girls with Lesbian couples)
Remember.. in "THE OC" (Orange County, CA) there are between 3000 and 5000 children taken each MONTH, those numbers are higher in San Diego County and Los Angeles County, I've been told by a head of the Appealate courts… So.. that's Souther California alone.. it's safe to say that an estimated amount of children is in the 10's of thousands EACH MONTH.. One portion of one state. Other states are equally as bad and it's argued could be even worse. States I know about that are horrible for these practices and make huge profits off the abduction of children are: CA, OR, FL, NH, CO, TX, TN, KS, KY, NY, NC, NJ, VA, GA; These are just a few, that I have personally found to be so brazen. If you live in another state, don't think that you are immune from it.
It doesn't matter who you are, or what you do, they can still take your child. Attorneys have had their own children taken, when they have tried to defend the parents in these courts. Neighbors and Family members have also been threatened by the Social Workers that their children will also be taken if they don't give information to them about the ones in question.
The threats are in abundance. After all .. who are you going to plea to, for the safe return of your child(ren)? The only people you can, are those who Kidnapped them in the first place.
(Keep in mind.. that Doctors are contracted with Social Services, and will lose their contracts if they do not substantiate the claims made against a parent, MANY social workers and people in positions connected are even adopting children.
MANDATED reporters ; nurses, teachers, doctors, councilors, school personnel etc. are all threated with their licenses if they do not substantiate claims, or turn parents in. Many of these professionals are using CPS to retaliate against parents who they do not get along with. Doctors are calling CPS if a parents gets a second opinion, teacher are calling if parents don't like the teacher, nurses are if there are conflicts with the nurses.. these Mandated Reporters are nothing more than SCOUTS for CPS, to obtain children for Federal and State Funds and Grants from both as well as Non Profits, such as United Way and others. There is so much more..
I was personally told, by a government official, "CPS MUST obtain more and more children each month in order to justify their Budget"
I've been told that Social Workers have a quota to fill each month, for children being placed up for adoption. Where are all these children going to come from? Ask yourself, do you really believe there are THAT many parents who abuse or neglect their children?
Social Services (CPS, DCFS and by other names) claim most of their cases are "Neglect" cases. Neglect is defind broadly from a simple sunburn, to a missed doctor's visit. Neglect can be an unbathed child, or toys left out in plain view. Neglect can be anything the Social Worker wants to define it as.
AND most Social Workers don't even carry a license in any field of Social Work.
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I have made several variations of breads with cherries with different formulas and flour combinations. While several of them were very good, none of them really tasted exactly like I was craving. I wanted a soft tender crumb with a strong cherry flavor without being overpowering.
Well, I think this time I hit the mark. This version using a cherry flavored Yeast Water levain came out exactly like I had hoped. I kept the flour combination mainly on the light side so the flour would not be underwhelmed by the fresh chopped cherries and the Yeast Water levain along with some cherry balsamic vinegar really combined to make this the perfect bread for breakfast with some cheese or an omelet. I urge you to try this one as I know you won't be disappointed.
I used a three stage building process to make a 100% hydration Yeast Water starter, adding a little durum flour for good measure I the last build. My Yeast Water reacted very kindly to the addition of fresh cherries a few days before making this bread and was nice and bubbly and looked like a red fruit cocktail almost enticing enough to drink.
Levain Directions Build 1
Mix all the levain ingredients together for about 1 minute and cover with plastic wrap. Let it sit at room temperature for around 7-8 hours or until the starter has doubled. (Note: I used my proofer set at 85 degrees).
Levain Directions Build 2
Add all the ingredients listed to the levain from Build 1 and mix well. Let it sit in your proofer or a warm place about 85 degrees for 4-5 hours until the starter is nice and bubbly and has doubled in size.
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Add the durum flour and remaining Yeast Water to the existing levain and mix well. Let it sit covered in your proofer or at room temperature until it doubles in size. It only took about 4 hours in my proofer.
Main Dough Procedure
Mix the flours, all of the levain and water together in your mixer or by hand until it just starts to come together, maybe about 1 minute. Let it rest in your work bowl covered for 20-30 minutes. Next add the salt, olive oil, Cherry Balsamic and mix on low for 4 minutes. Next add the cherries which have been pitted and chopped into medium size and mix on low-speed for another 2 minute to incorporate the cherries evenly. Remove the dough from your bowl and place it in a lightly oiled bowl or work surface and do several stretch and folds. Let it rest covered for 10-15 minutes and then do another stretch and fold. Let it rest another 10-15 minutes and do one additional stretch and fold. (Note: I used my proofer set at 80 degrees). After a total of 2 hours place your covered bowl in the refrigerator and let it rest for 12 to 24 hours.
When you are ready to bake remove the bowl from the refrigerator and let it set out at room temperature still covered for 1.5 to 2 hours. ( I used my proofer set at 80 degrees F.) Remove the dough and shape as desired. Place your dough into your proofing basket(s) and cover with a moist tea towel.
I put the dough in my proofer set at 85 degrees F. The dough will take 1.5 to 2 hours depending on your room temperature or it will take 1.5 hours in the proofer. Let the dough dictate when it is read to bake not the clock.
Around 45 minutes before ready to bake, pre-heat your oven to 500 degrees F. and prepare it for steam. I have a heavy-duty baking pan on the bottom rack of my oven with 1 baking stone on above the pan and one on the top shelf. I pour 1 cup of boiling water in the pan right after I place the dough in the oven.
Right before you are ready to put them in the oven, score as desired and then add 1 cup of boiling water to your steam pan or follow your own steam procedure. (Note: I didn't refresh the rice flour in one of my bannetons so I ended up sticking a bit and the rectangular dough deflated a little bit due to my stupidity but still had some nice oven spring.)
After 1 minute lower the temperature to 450 degrees. Let the bread bake for around 30 to 40 minutes until they are golden brown and reach an internal temperature of 200-205 degrees F.
Take the bread out of the oven when done and let it cool on a bakers rack before for at least 2 hours before eating.
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April Family Pictures
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such adorable cuteness!!!!ReplyDelete
happy birthday, little man!
The kids are growing up right in front of us! I think the oldest has gotten taller since the last photo's.ReplyDelete
Thanks for sharing your family with us! Happy 3rd Birthday!
pure cuteness!!!ReplyDelete
have you taken the fam to disney yet???
were are thinking about it.
just curiour if you & miss quilt dad have been brave enough yet.
Great pictures and too cute! Loved that age. Happy #3!!ReplyDelete
I too am a quilting dad, in fact a quilting granddad.
I also have a UNC and Cary connection (I noticed the UNC logo). My son, a UNC grad, is a librarian at the Wilson Library in Chapel Hill. He and his wife live in Durham and have our second grandson, Jonas, who is almost 6 months old.
Our daughter lives near us in Georgia.
The Cary connection is that my niece will be getting married in Duke Gardens (the in-laws are Duke people but we still speak) at the end of the month.
I am a retired Art Teacher and I started quilting after I retired. I have won three first place awards for some of the quilts I have made. Last year I made 12 quilts.
Today I have worked all day on getting an entry ready to send to the International show in Houston.
check out my blog where I sometimes post some of my quilt photos.
I enjoyed looking at your quilts. And as many others have commented your kids are cute.
aka Ben-the-quilter, hollyart, and G-daddy
I hope you have many more days with your children like this. They grow up so fast.ReplyDelete
- MarydonMay 4, 2009 at 4:54 PM
They grow so quickly ... enjoy, savor every single second ... they make wonderful memories for the gr-kids.ReplyDelete
And, a quilter, too. I collect feedsack fabrics, pop over & join me.
I just started blogging last month.
TTFN ~ Marydon
We opted for the zoo on my 40th birthday last year, the zoo is always a great family place!ReplyDelete
loved the pics too :) good times!!!
so much fun seeing you and your family having a ball!ReplyDelete
Wonderful! I just found your blog and how fun to find a quilting dad. I got my 5 yr old daughter a toy sewing machind for Christmas and my 3 yr old son wants one now!ReplyDelete