SIDEBAR #57 - Travis Alexander forum

[franquerolane]

Well we can go back a few months and she posted a news article about Zubaz? I know she is up in the mountain of Arizona north? of Phoenix? Or we can ask a mod if they can get hold of her?

She lives in Paulden, north of Prescott.

 

[Mollyandme]

I am So glad horse show ribbons count!

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These ribbons were won with the filly I bred, Adaire. She is now living happily in Canada and still winning with her new owner. The first pic is her winning at the Devon Horse Show as a yearling. That was a dream come true for me and the ribbon hangs on my mirror so I can see it every day. Proud achievement for sure as winning at Devon is difficult as there are a lot of nice horses and judging is subjectively objective. Judges have a type that they like, so you can never predict the outcome in Hunter Breeding.

I love those pictures, what a beautiful horse!!!!!! My dad used to take me to the Devon horse show every year! I took lessons for years just for fun but stopped in high school when school sports took up all my time. The place I used to ride at is actually in the city and is now famous for its "work to ride" program. Basically it's a program where inner city youth can learn to ride for free if they help out and work in the barn. Many of them joined the polo team that the owner created and they are really good and competitive. i always think of that place and the positive impact it had on so many kids when I see horses. I would love my daughter to take lessons one day if she's interested. I haven't rode in awhile but I still know how. The last time I rode was in Ireland which was breathtaking and amazing. Cantering through woods and country sides with old castle ruins, walking on the edge of cliffs over the ocean and galloping across the beach, I have to say it was the most freeing, beautiful experience and I am not exaggerating.

In terms of awards, I have a lot of ribbons and stuff from sports over the years but I'm proudest of the several sportsmanship awards I got. My sister won the Aimee Willard award for lacrosse when she was in high school which is pretty awesome and somewhat applicable to this forum as Aimee Willard was the victim of a horrific crime.

 

[GigiG]

Obscure question for any foodies out there. I am preparing my grocery list for Christmas dinner. I usually make a turkey and a rib roast, but this year I'm only making a rib roast, so I'm more focused on getting a good one. Does anyone have an opinion/preference between first cut and second cut? TIA

ETA: Over the years I have tried both, and I think I like the second cut better (nicer fat slab?). But now I can't remember!

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

While doing some research I came across this and posted on the 411 thread. Thought it to be so thought provoking I'd post it here for all my enlightened Sidebarian friends Ha,ha sounds kind of like something out of Star Trek doesn't it? :giggle:
Anyway, this is rather weird and far out, can't say what I believe though. I do know that our world isn't the same world it used to be and has become overrun with evil and violence. Could something like this be part of the explanation? I mean, I believe in the Bible, but it doesn't give us many details or explanations which gives the mind and imagination plenty of room to wonder. Warning, it is a little creepy, :scared: And please don't ban me! If nothing else just consider it as entertainment, lol. :seeya:

Btw, I had never heard of Reptoids, aka as Reptilians before. I just read about them in Paulides 411 book "The Devils in the Details". Looks like it's going to be interesting, lol.

The Reptilians are DEMONS - THE Best Evidence
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Neesaki, have you ever checked the CERN? It's the biggest machine man has ever built, and some say when it reaches that certain point in time that it will or has opened a door/portal and have let demons in. It has a statue of the god Shiva, ancient Apollyon, the goddess of destruction in front of the building Strange?

Now on top of all the speculation as to what CERN scientists are really attempting to do with their Large Hadron Collider, many observers could not help but notice that the town in France where CERN is partially situated is called “Saint-Genus-Poilly.” The name Pouilly comes from the Latin “Appolliacum” and it is believed that in Roman times a temple existed in honor of Apollo, and the people who lived there believed that it is a gateway to the underworld. It is interesting to note that CERN is built on the same spot. Rev. 9:11 "Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon—the Destroyer."


The University of Arizona, together with the Vatican and Jesuit Order, announced today it named its newest “Large Binocular Telescope Near-infrared Utility with Camera and Integral Field Unit for Extragalactic Research high-powered telescopic instrument also know as ‘Lucifer’.

It's built on Mt. Graham a holy Indian site for many Native American nations there are certain geographic places which have special spiritual meanings. These sacred places are often portals to the spirit worlds. For the Apache in Arizona, one of these sacred places is Mount Graham: this place is called Dzil Nchaa Si An (Big Seated Mountain) and is mentioned in 32 of the sacred songs which have been handed down through the oral tradition for many generations. It is here that the Ga’an, the guardian spirits of the Apache, live.

 

[Hatfield]

Obscure question for any foodies out there. I am preparing my grocery list for Christmas dinner. I usually make a turkey and a rib roast, but this year I'm only making a rib roast, so I'm more focused on getting a good one. Does anyone have an opinion/preference between first cut and second cut? TIA

I don't know but I found this article.

"There are generally considered two options, the *First Cut*, or the *Small End/Loin End*.... or the *Second Cut*...or also known as the *Large End/Chuck End/Blade End*

The position of the ribs on the carcass is actually from (starting from the shoulder back) Ribs 6-12.

Rib roasts are usually sold as either small end (cut from near the loin section) or large end (cut from near the chuck section). Small end rib roasts are more tender, contain less fat an are usually priced higher than large end cuts. The large end contains an outer muscle called the rib cap or rib cover and another layer of fat."

http://www.chowhound.com/post/difference-ribs-1-3-4-7-standing-rib-roast-882160

 

[neesaki]

Interesting. I heard about Reptilians on Coast to Coast radio show. The old Art Bell station.


OT
Saw a cool futuristic movie on HBO about groups like the Illuminati. Its called the "KINGSMAN The Secret Service".

It was well done and had super cool effects and future type things. If people like that kind of movie the Kingsman movie is really good. It surprised me because I didn't think I would like the movie but really enjoyed it.

I keep hearing of Art Bell, but I think he comes on really late or something? I can never find him to listen to him. He's into all that stuff isn't he? Interesting and eery stuff.
Thanks for the thumbs up on that movie, I just checked and found it on Amazon. Looking forward to seeing it. Thanks, Hatfield! :seeya:

 

[neesaki]

Neesaki, have you ever checked the CERN? It's the biggest machine man has ever built, and some say when it reaches that certain point in time that it will or has opened a door/portal and have let demons in. It has a statue of the god Shiva, ancient Apollyon, the goddess of destruction in front of the building Strange?

Now on top of all the speculation as to what CERN scientists are really attempting to do with their Large Hadron Collider, many observers could not help but notice that the town in France where CERN is partially situated is called “Saint-Genus-Poilly.” The name Pouilly comes from the Latin “Appolliacum” and it is believed that in Roman times a temple existed in honor of Apollo, and the people who lived there believed that it is a gateway to the underworld. It is interesting to note that CERN is built on the same spot. Rev. 9:11 "Their king is the angel from the bottomless pit; his name in Hebrew is Abaddon, and in Greek, Apollyon—the Destroyer."


The University of Arizona, together with the Vatican and Jesuit Order, announced today it named its newest “Large Binocular Telescope Near-infrared Utility with Camera and Integral Field Unit for Extragalactic Research high-powered telescopic instrument also know as ‘Lucifer’.

It's built on Mt. Graham a holy Indian site for many Native American nations there are certain geographic places which have special spiritual meanings. These sacred places are often portals to the spirit worlds. For the Apache in Arizona, one of these sacred places is Mount Graham: this place is called Dzil Nchaa Si An (Big Seated Mountain) and is mentioned in 32 of the sacred songs which have been handed down through the oral tradition for many generations. It is here that the Ga’an, the guardian spirits of the Apache, live.

Omg, I'm rather lost with all of this information. I've never heard of any of this, nor am I familiar with this machine CERN. How strange, I'll look it up to try to understand what you're talking about. Thanks BPages, it sounds fascinating. And rather scary too. Btw, where did you hear of this ?

 

[Hatfield]

I keep hearing of Art Bell, but I think he comes on really late or something? I can never find him to listen to him. He's into all that stuff isn't he? Interesting and eery stuff.
Thanks for the thumbs up on that movie, I just checked and found it on Amazon. Looking forward to seeing it. Thanks, Hatfield! :seeya:

I am a big fan of him and he is the "King of the Paranormal Radio" IMO. He used to be on the major AM show called "Coast to Coast" but then retired for a bit and has started a new show recently. Links below for info.
They typically come in really late but they have podcasts usually you can listen to on the computer. Some of these types of shows unfortunately have begun charging fees to be able to listen to their archives.

I haven't listened to his new show much because I still get the free "Coast to Coast" AM paranormal radio show on my local AM channel. It also is really good. They have interesting guests and talk about all kinds of neat things. But they do come in very very late/morning hours...LOL.

I included a link below for the Coast to Coast too.

Those links can help you find out what local channel station may carry it for you in your area OR provide alternative ways to listen to taped shows.

ART BELLS NEW SHOW THIS YEAR

http://midnightinthedesert.com/


COAST TO COAST AM PARANORMAL SHOW

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/

 

[Hatfield]

This was one of the most fascinating shows I ever heard on Art Bells show. It was about "Mels Hole" which was supposedly a bottomless pit. LOL

[video=youtube;ldWCex2HkfI]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ldWCex2HkfI[/video]

 

[neesaki]

I am a big fan of him and he is the "King of the Paranormal Radio" IMO. He used to be on the major AM show called "Coast to Coast" but then retired for a bit and has started a new show recently. Links below for info.
They typically come in really late but they have podcasts usually you can listen to on the computer. Some of these types of shows unfortunately have begun charging fees to be able to listen to their archives.

I haven't listened to his new show much because I still get the free "Coast to Coast" AM paranormal radio show on my local AM channel. It also is really good. They have interesting guests and talk about all kinds of neat things. But they do come in very very late/morning hours...LOL.

I included a link below for the Coast to Coast too.

Those links can help you find out what local channel station may carry it for you in your area OR provide alternative ways to listen to taped shows.

ART BELLS NEW SHOW THIS YEAR

http://midnightinthedesert.com/


COAST TO COAST AM PARANORMAL SHOW

http://www.coasttocoastam.com/

Thanks very much, Hatfield. I'll check into it.

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

Stolen car part 2
* In October, my daughter spent almost all of her savings on new brakes, rotor and 4 new tires.

* November 30, Insurance paid...oh but life is full of little ironies.
For all the years she's owned this car, she has had full coverage. She pays in full, every six moths. (May and November) Since the car was 2001 Toyota, I suggested she should only carry liability, and save money on her Insurance....it's 15 years old (but great condition)
Well, that's exactly what she did on Nov. 30th. Who would know that only 4 days later the damn car would be stolen :gaah:

* There is a friend of a friend that earns extra money each year by wrapping Christmas present's for people who don't have time, or don't enjoy it. I am normally a Christmas/holiday BAG with colorful tissue paper type of person. But 2 years ago my girls said they enjoyed the wrapped presents better than just sticking their hand in a bag and grabbing it out. So last year I took my gifts to this lady who had a wrapping station set up in her house. The gifts she wrapped were absolutely stunning. Everyone I gave gifts to last year didn't want to open them, and said they were to lovely. :smile:

So Friday I hauled all my gifts out to my daughters trunk, as she was going to stop on her way to work Sat. morning and drop them off, and pick them up when she got off at 6pm.

Saturday morning as my daughter was leaving, I had gone downstairs and brought up the Christmas tree from the basement. When she ran back in to get her wallet, I opened the door for her. The rest is history...
The Christmas tree went back downstairs. No gifts to put under it, why bother? She stills mourns for her one and only designer purse, that she left in the car when she noticed her wallet wasn't in it.

PLEASE NOTE
I am NOT telling you all this to ask for anything I have replaced them myself. My only purpose is a reminder of a couple of things with hopes it will help you to NOT be a victim.
1. Never leave your car running in the winter to warm it up etc....
2. Never keep your Christmas gifts in the trunk

I remember when my kids first became aware that there was no Santa. There was not one inch of my house that they did not search for their presents. One year I took all the gifts to my mothers house. Wouldn't you know that one day while they were at Grandma's house they found them! From then on, I kept everything in the trunk of my car. I would go out at 5:15 every morning and start my car in the morning so it would be warm for my girls at 5:30 when we left for the sitter, as I had to be at work at 6am. I never gave a thought to anyone stealing my car...honestly it never crossed my mind. That was a very different time in life. These days people will kill you for a dollar.
I know most of us don't have little ones anymore, but in case someone else might be reading here that does, I decided to include everything.

OK...By the grace of God her car was found, most of them are not.
Her car was stolen with a full tank of gas at 8:20 am on Saturday morning December 5th.
A police officer called me at 2:50 pm on Thursday Dec. 10th that it had been found and they had arrested 3 people. Our POLICE department did an awesome job of locating her car by the license plate number!Everything was missing of course, but OMG it looked like it had been lived in. Absolutely disgusting. Food that had been stepped on and smashed in the carpet. I can't do justice to what it looked and smelled like. Think of squalor...and the trunk reeks of gasoline. I don't know if they had planned on burning the car up, or if they were afraid of going to a gas station, thinking they would be caught in the stolen car and instead used one of Jodi's gas cans and it spilled everywhere :dunno:

I felt/feel so guilty because I'm the one who told her to drop full coverage and only purchase Liability insurance. PLUS, I'm the one who asked her take the Christmas presents to the gift wrapper lady. She didn't have to be at work until 9, but she was leaving EARLIER for work that morning to drop them off for me.

Back when the Ford mini vans came out I wanted one, and gave my Valentine Tornado to dh since his car had been stolen, and he kept full coverage on it for a while then dropped it to just liability, and guess what? He made a left hand turn on a green light in front of a woman that didn't have her headlights on, coming around a curve in the road in a black car, at sixty in a forty five at six am on a pouring rain morning. She hit him and spun him around (he said it was weird, all of the sudden being hit and all the windows blew out, things flying around.) she then slammed into the first car in the turn lane shoved it in the next lane, then hit the truck behind it which moved the car behind about a car length. A whole lot of engery was going on. He said he was treated like a criminal. Left to stand out in the rain, and a police officer told him to pick up the debris and dh told him it's not my job. Our insurance had to pay for three cars and dr. bills but not dh's. The city sent dh a bill to replace the yield sign the car was wrapped around. Thirty five dollars.

It was a strange morning. My father was getting closer to the end of his life and one of his prescriptions greatly needed to help him breath, wasn't delivered the night before, and the pharmacy didn't open until six, so I called and it was at an address a mile away and not even close in street name, so I told them no I'll go get it instead of them going getting it and bringing it, so I take off and as I turned off our street the ambulance and firetrucks were going out in the opposite. I go get the scripts get back home, and up drives a wrecker with my valentine. Dh got out of the wrecker and I asked if the car broke down, and by this time the wrecker had turned and the pretty much all of the passengers side was crushed. The ambulance went out for that wreck.

It makes you wonder at time how close you come to or ran into someone or thing by going in a different directions. Dh and I came so close to meeting several times before we did. When we were both sixteen, he lived in South Oak Cliff and I was in a Dallas suburb, but we crossed paths twice ,and when I worked for a small electronic company, dh worked for a supply company and would unload things at the back dock, and I had walked through there several times when they were there, and in 1971 when the new 747 jumbo jets landed in Dallas for the first time, several of us went out to watch it fly over (very close to Love Field so it was very close and loud) and there were several guys from the supply company watching it also. And we passed at the gas station my mother filled her car up at, and I never noticed the young man looking up my mini skirt when he was washing the windows in 1972. We met in 1973, and it was like we had known each other forever.

 

[ILikeToBendPages]

Omg, I'm rather lost with all of this information. I've never heard of any of this, nor am I familiar with this machine CERN. How strange, I'll look it up to try to understand what you're talking about. Thanks BPages, it sounds fascinating. And rather scary too. Btw, where did you hear of this ?

Neesaki do you remember the Superconducting Super Collider up around Waxahachie in the eighties and nineties? All the farms that the goverment bought out or forced out to build it and then abandoned it in 1993, and it went Geneva and became the CERN. The one here was much bigger in that it was 54 miles instead of the 17 the CERN has.

They're trying to re create the Big Bang. To play God. Hatfield there are several of those abysses. One opened up in Siberia last year? Do you think the abyss of revelations has been opened?


[video=youtu;Um4YTUQAZ8I]http://youtu.be/Um4YTUQAZ8I[/video]

 

[coffeejunkie]

Good Morning Friends

See
Miracles
In
Life
Everyday

S.M.I.L.E


:grouphug: :loveyou:

 

[Hatfield]

Back when the Ford mini vans came out I wanted one, and gave my Valentine Tornado to dh since his car had been stolen, and he kept full coverage on it for a while then dropped it to just liability, and guess what? He made a left hand turn on a green light in front of a woman that didn't have her headlights on, coming around a curve in the road in a black car, at sixty in a forty five at six am on a pouring rain morning. She hit him and spun him around (he said it was weird, all of the sudden being hit and all the windows blew out, things flying around.) she then slammed into the first car in the turn lane shoved it in the next lane, then hit the truck behind it which moved the car behind about a car length. A whole lot of engery was going on. He said he was treated like a criminal. Left to stand out in the rain, and a police officer told him to pick up the debris and dh told him it's not my job. Our insurance had to pay for three cars and dr. bills but not dh's. The city sent dh a bill to replace the yield sign the car was wrapped around. Thirty five dollars.

It was a strange morning. My father was getting closer to the end of his life and one of his prescriptions greatly needed to help him breath, wasn't delivered the night before, and the pharmacy didn't open until six, so I called and it was at an address a mile away and not even close in street name, so I told them no I'll go get it instead of them going getting it and bringing it, so I take off and as I turned off our street the ambulance and firetrucks were going out in the opposite. I go get the scripts get back home, and up drives a wrecker with my valentine. Dh got out of the wrecker and I asked if the car broke down, and by this time the wrecker had turned and the pretty much all of the passengers side was crushed. The ambulance went out for that wreck.

It makes you wonder at time how close you come to or ran into someone or thing by going in a different directions. Dh and I came so close to meeting several times before we did. When we were both sixteen, he lived in South Oak Cliff and I was in a Dallas suburb, but we crossed paths twice ,and when I worked for a small electronic company, dh worked for a supply company and would unload things at the back dock, and I had walked through there several times when they were there, and in 1971 when the new 747 jumbo jets landed in Dallas for the first time, several of us went out to watch it fly over (very close to Love Field so it was very close and loud) and there were several guys from the supply company watching it also. And we passed at the gas station my mother filled her car up at, and I never noticed the young man looking up my mini skirt when he was washing the windows in 1972. We met in 1973, and it was like we had known each other forever.

wow. Amazing stories.

It really is a small world sometimes. It can seem real big but at times it can seem very small.

 

[Dmacky]

Dmacky, what an awful thing to happen, to you and your daughter, and most especially at Christmas to lose all your gifts. I don't even know what to say, it boggles my mind so much. Is there any chance your home owner's will reimburse anything? I hope those thieves are forced to pay you back as soon as they get convicted!

Spell ~ Believe me, that thought did occur to me. But I didn't even try using my HO's insurance, as they were in my daughter's car and who knows if they would even take me at my word that they were stolen? We lost everything we ever had in a fire back in 98, so after going through something that devastating, this is nothing. Thank God we were NOT at home. Another employee had asked me to switch shifts with her that Saturday, so I was working 3-midnight. Since I had to be back at work at 8am Sunday morning (time and 1/2), my girls were staying all night at their friends house. We were all safe, and that's all that really mattered. So they'll just get a little less this year. There is nothing they need anyway.
OH, another TIP
Never leave a ceiling fan on if you leave your home. That's what started the electrical fire.

So sad of a story. So glad they got it back at least. If there is carpet in the trunk you may be able to cut out the carpet lining which maybe one way to try to get rid of the gasoline smell.

If it has any type of material lining in the trunk you can try to take one of those sharp razor blade utility knives and slice along the edges in places to try to rip it out. If its glued down anywhere you should be able to slice under it with either the knife OR maybe a spackle spreader type tool.

If you are able to get it all out then you can just buy some floor matts or some remnant carpet and cut out your own to try to fit it as best you can to create your own lining.

I agree with all your tips. I knew a person at work who also got his presents stolen when he went back in his apartment for just a minute. The thief was watching him load his presents.

Don't ever leave them unattended even for 1 minute if you are loading packages to bring somewhere. Same goes for shopping at malls. Once I leave a mall store then if I have to go to the car to drop off some then I will usually act like I am leaving the mall and repark somewhere else. I assume somebody is watching me all the time.

I had shared this device that I use on all my vehicles. I think it helps as a theft prevention device because I figure the thief may pass up my vehicle because of the extra hassle to try to get it off the steering wheel.

http://www.amazon.com/Master-Lock-252DATAPK-Advanced-Security/dp/B00008J2DP

Thank you Hatfield! Removing the carpet never even dawned on me!
Also, great tip on the steering wheel device. See, men think of all these things that women don't . Thank you again kind sir :bow:

 

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Mistrial declared in Baltimore police officer's trial

"A Maryland judge declared a mistrial on Wednesday in the trial of the first of six Baltimore police officers charged in the death of Freddie Gray, whose killing sparked riots and arson in the city in April.

The jury had deliberated for 16 hours on whether officer William Porter was guilty of involuntary manslaughter in Gray's death from injuries suffered while in police custody. After it reported it was unable to reach a verdict, Baltimore City Circuit Court Judge Barry Williams issued his ruling.

"I do declare a mistrial," Williams said after the jury of seven women and five men said they were deadlocked on all charges. He said an administrative judge would set a new trial date as early as Thursday..."

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-baltimore-police-idUSKBN0TZ1F620151216
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Colorado movie gunman Holmes moved to specialized prison

"Colorado cinema massacre gunman James Holmes was moved on Monday to a prison that specializes in holding convicts with mental-health conditions, and which will allow him to have more contact with other inmates, a prisons spokeswoman said...

In October, another inmate attacked Holmes at the Canon City lockup as they passed each while being escorted by prison guards.

Holmes was not injured in the assault, and his attacker, Mark Daniels, would be disciplined administratively rather than in court, prison officials said at the time..."

http://www.reuters.com/article/us-colorado-gunman-idUSKBN0TX2MB20151214

WS thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/showthread.php?288488-Formal-Sentencing-August-24-2015/page42
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Arizona Man Gets Life in Prison in Killing of 6-Year-Old

"...Licon was convicted of murder in both killings. A jury had previously spared him the death penalty and instead sentenced him to life in prison, though it was up to a judge to later decide whether he would become eligible for release after serving 35 years.

Maricopa County Superior Court Judge Sherry Stephens balked against the more lenient option and ordered Licon to spend the rest of his life in prison. She also sentenced him to an additional 36 years in prison in his brother's killing, the kidnapping of his nephew and for other convictions in the case..."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/arizona-man-life-prison-killing-year-35802399
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GRUESOME DISCOVERY: CHILD BONES FOUND IN PLANTER BOX IN SAN FRANCISCO

"...ABC7 News spoke with the woman who found the first bone and set the entire investigation into motion. She did not want to be interviewed on camera, but told ABC7 News planter boxes were put on the porch by a tenant in 2007 and a couple of weeks ago, she was trying to save the plants, but throw out the boxes after discovering they had termites. That is when she found a human bone in the soil..."

http://abc7news.com/news/child-bones-found-in-planter-box-in-san-francisco/1125878/

WS thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...planter-box-in-San-Francisco-15-December-2015
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2015 Was A Historic Year For The Death Penalty In America

"From papal speeches to street protests, death penalty news loomed large in 2015.

Some states like Pennsylvania, Nebraska and Connecticut informally halted or outright struck the practice from their books, while others like Texas and Oklahoma scrambled to keep their death chambers running -- sometimes with disastrous results.

A lethal injection procedure became the subject of a U.S. Supreme Court case, prompting one justice to write a dissent that all but invited a constitutional challenge to the practice..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...5e4b011b83a6d077a?ncid=newsltushpmg000 00003
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Precognitive police

"Predictive policing could help prevent crime. But do we want a future where computer oracles and spies track us from birth?

When a troubled young man named Adam Lanza stormed into Sandy Hook Elementary School and slaughtered 20 first-graders and six teachers in a small Connecticut suburb in December of 2012, a shroud of sorrow and confusion engulfed the United States and countries all over the world. Why were all these children murdered, and why did someone so clearly disordered have access to so many guns?...

But what if there was an alternative to prevent these types of shootings, without eradicating guns? What if predictive policing – something like the ‘pre-crime’ unit envisioned by the sci-fi author Philip K Dick and dramatised in the film Minority Report (2002) – were to intercept killers before they struck? What if authorities could crunch numbers, find patterns and act before homicidal maniacs got the chance?.."

https://aeon.co/essays/do-we-really...ail&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-bf2f7d272e-68895113
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New York Agrees To 'Historic' Reforms Of Solitary Confinement System
The use of solitary in the state is often described as "torture."

"Tonja Fenton spent 270 consecutive days in a 6-by-10-foot cell, alone for 23 hours a day. She was there for three infractions of prison rules: purchasing socks and a hair dryer for another inmate, mailing a sample of prison food to court as part of an official complaint, and for allegedly falsely accusing a guard of sexual assault.

For these apparent transgressions, Fenton, like so many prisoners in the state and across the country, found herself in punitive, solitary confinement..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...ref=wh ats-working&ncid=newsltushpmg00000003

[video=youtube;Bn1dlvYkqPs]https://www.youtube.com/watch?time_continue=11&v=Bn1dlvYkqPs[/video]
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Los Angeles closes all schools after receiving threat

"LOS ANGELES - Los Angeles shut down the United States' second-largest public school system on Tuesday after officials received a threatening email mentioning backpacks and packages, two weeks after a married couple inspired by Islamic State killed 14 people in San Bernardino just 60 miles (100 km) away.

The unprecedented move left some 643,000 students of the Los Angeles Unified School District and their families scrambling to make alternate arrangements and drew criticism as officials in New York said they received the same threat and deemed it not to be credible.

A law enforcement source told Reuters that Los Angeles authorities ordered the closure to allow a full search of about 900 public school facilities without consulting with the Federal Bureau of Investigation, which takes the lead on any potential terrorism investigation..."

http://www.msn.com/en-us/news/us/los-angeles-closes-all-schools-after-receiving-threat/ar-BBnAjyh
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ISIS is a revolution

"World-altering revolutions are born in danger and death, brotherhood and joy. This one must be stopped..."

https://aeon.co/essays/all-revoluti...ail&utm_term=0_411a82e59d-4f3dca469a-68895113
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The Making of a Homegrown Terrorist

"The best salespersons get their customers to seek them out to buy the product. Terror group recruiters from ISIL and Al Qaeda mushrooming franchises have many new and effective group membership sales techniques. They are sophisticated brainwashers and seducers. Internet advertisement is popular, even hip, for terrorist recruiters. Charismatic Imams use fiery anti-American sermons at mosques to attract young men. These potential recruits are “in-betweeners”: in between jobs; in between relationships; in between their family homes and their own marriage; in between schools; or in general, in between young adulthood and adulthood...

These so-called homegrown terrorists are the source of great concern for US Homeland Security experts. These “homegrowns” are very familiar with American culture and thus more difficult to detect before their acts of terror. In this article, psychodynamic psychology is applied toward the understanding of and recognition of homegrown terrorists..."

http://www.psychiatrictimes.com/tra...DB-A524-3BABF3528BD0&rememberme=1&ts=10122015
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Bombproof Liner Tested in Commercial Airplanes

"An international team of scientists has figured out how to bombproof the luggage hold of a commercial airliner, so that if a device explodes in someone’s baggage, the plane would remain safe.

The solution is called the Fly-Bag — a flexible, bombproof material that lines the luggage hold..."

https://www.yahoo.com/travel/bomb-proof-liner-tested-in-commercial-airplanes-155502883.html

(The Fly-Bag lines the inside of a plane’s luggage hold and will insulate it against an explosion. [Illustration: Fly-Bag2] )
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Obscure question for any foodies out there. I am preparing my grocery list for Christmas dinner. I usually make a turkey and a rib roast, but this year I'm only making a rib roast, so I'm more focused on getting a good one. Does anyone have an opinion/preference between first cut and second cut? TIA

ETA: Over the years I have tried both, and I think I like the second cut better (nicer fat slab?). But now I can't remember!

GigiG, are you talking about a prime rib or standing rib roast? They are both basically the same cut, and slow roasted with the "fat cap" melting and making the meat juicer and tender. A nice fat cap is what smokers look for in briskets and pork butts.

Do you serve fresh horseradish with it?

[video=youtu;fgHAExktRDo]http://youtu.be/fgHAExktRDo[/video]

 

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Kirk Nurmi debuts on KJR To Discuss his New Book & Jodi Arias Trial 12-17 9:30es

Call in to speak with the host (347) 857-2950

http://www.blogtalkradio.com/kingjo...uss-his-new-book-jodi-arias-trial-12-17-930es
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Some defense attorney's take on Laurence's book:

Kirk Nurmi’s Roll In The Jodi Arias Mud

"How cool is it that a lawyer can write a tell-all book after his involvement in a huge, high-profile case? Not cool at all, actually. Not that Kirk Nurmi wasn’t rip-roaring to go about how much he hated representing Jodi Arias, how horrible, inappropriate and twisted she was. Was it all that anger that needed to get out? Was it that he wanted to parlay an unpleasant experience into turning himself into a big name? Was it for the money?

Who knows, but in the process, Kirk Nurmi did what a lawyer cannot do. He violated confidentiality...

It doesn’t matter how awful, how horrible, how inappropriate your client was or is. It’s not your story to tell. Kirk Nurmi is a disgrace for having done so. He should be disbarred and the book should be pulled from the shelves and destroyed. A criminal defense lawyer is not entitled to give up his client’s confidences no matter what, and it is an intolerable affront to the profession that Nurmi has done so. There is never an excuse to trash a client, no matter how bad she is. Never."

http://blog.simplejustice.us/2015/12/04/kirk-nurmis-roll-in-the-jody-arias-mud/
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A Disgrace

It appears that at some point the fame finally got to L. Kirk Nurmi, former lawyer for celebrity capital defendant Jodi Arias. After he came out with a tell-all book about representing his famous client called “Trapped with Ms. Arias,” the equivalent of wiping his *advertiser censored* with ER 1.6, Scott Greenfield at Simple Justice got right to the root of the problem:...

I want to feel bad Nurmi, but I just can’t. Even though he apparently has cancer, there’s no serious illness exception to our duty to our clients. If he was on his death bed with the best client story ever, that still doesn’t change a thing. He’s very clearly not in the right field, as a good defense attorney simply doesn’t do the sort of thing he’s doing.

If it’s fame he wants, he should move to LA and wait tables until he gets discovered. Furthering his own agenda at the expense of a client is as unforgivable a crime as a defense attorney can commit."

http://brownandlittlelaw.com/2015/12/11/a-disgrace/
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And from one of the murderer's supporters:

RAISING THE BAR – BUT CERTAINLY NOT IN ARIZONA

"...This is an excerpt from the book Jodi Arias’ defense (and I use the term loosely) attorney wrote, possibly on the back of toilet paper, after he was released from a case he did not win or even remotely tried with professionalism, competence or common sense. I would imagine that this pathetic attempt at redeeming his image or boost his legal career, might eventually cost him more than he bargained for.

I do not know what is in the water in Arizona, but the prosecutor working the same case is also publishing a book, probably available during the Holidays and so handy to offer as the gift that keeps on giving for those eager to spew hatred..."

http://www.thetroublewithjustice.com/raising-the-bar-but-certainly-not-in-arizona/
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And this, about JM's book:

PRESS RELEASE
WILLIAM MORROW TO PUBLISH THE ULTIMATE INSIDER ACCOUNT OF THE JODI ARIAS MURDER TRIAL BY PROSECUTOR JUAN MARTINEZ

"..." . . . the fact that she was using some of her final words to the judge to attack me, rather than take responsibility, spoke volumes about Arias and her character. This was the vengeful woman who had killed Travis, the woman with whom I had sparred for days on the witness stand, this was the woman I'd convicted of first degree murder." – Juan Martinez, author of CONVICTION: The Untold Story of Putting Jodi Arias Behind Bars...

The book will be published on February 16, 2016...

Complete with 16 pages of photos from the case and trial, this book is the definitive account of the case that shocked America...."

http://corporate.harpercollins.com/...F THE JODI ARIAS MUR DER TRIAL BY PROSECUTOR

And, if anyone missed it:

[video=youtube;tKNt2N4Fzyc]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tKNt2N4Fzyc[/video]

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Rose Law Group Top 10 Chapters in Books about the Jody Arias Case

"...5. The Day We Discussed the Booger in Jodi’s Nose with the Judge—Nurmi

4. I Always Thought KY Stood for Kentucky—Martinez..." :facepalm:

http://roselawgroupreporter.com/201...-chapters-in-books-about-the-jody-arias-case/
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