SIDEBAR #59 - Travis Alexander forum

[coffeejunkie]

 

[coffeejunkie]

There once was a little boy who had a bad temper. His father gave him a bag of nails and told him that every time he lost his temper, he must hammer a nail into the back of the fence.

The first day the boy had driven 37 nails into the fence. Over the next few weeks, as he learned to control his anger, the number of nails hammered daily gradually dwindled down. He discovered it was easier to hold his temper than to drive those nails into the fence.

Finally the day came when the boy didn't lose his temper at all. He told his father about it and the father suggested that the boy now pull out one nail for each day that he was able to hold his temper. The days passed and the young boy was finally able to tell his father that all the nails were gone.

The father took his son by the hand and led him to the fence. He said, "You have done well, my son, but look at the holes in the fence. The fence will never be the same. When you say things in anger, they leave a scar just like this one. You can put a knife in a man and draw it out. It won't matter how many times you say I'm sorry, the wound is still there."

The little boy then understood how powerful his words were. He looked up at his father and said "I hope you can forgive me father for the holes I put in you."

"Of course I can," said the father.

It's not always anger, it is your actions in general. There are no "fresh starts" in life. There is no new beginning. Forgiveness comes easy for many people but the scars of the past, they never go away. Watch what you do today, because sometimes the price isn't worth the reward.

 

[YESorNO]

Link: https://cache.lovethispic.com/uploaded_images/thumbs/230013-Good-Morning-Happy-Sunday-Gif.jpg
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50 degrees this AM!

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Lauren Spierer Disappearance: FBI Searches Home of Sex Offender After Tip About Missing Indiana University Student (with clip)

"Police and FBI agents have searched the former home of a registered sex offender on Thursday in connection with the 2011 disappearance of Indiana University student Lauren Spierer, PEOPLE has confirmed.

Acting on a tip, agents and Bloomington police searched a house in Morgan County, about 30 miles north of Bloomington, a Bloomington Police Department spokesperson tells PEOPLE..."

http://www.people.com/article/lauren-spierer-fbi-search-home-justin-wagers-sex-charges

WS thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...Spierer-20-Bloomington-03-June-2011-34/page63
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Blood found on car of woman whose parents were robbed at gunpoint before home was set ablaze

"State police say "foul play is suspected" after blood was found on a car belonging to the missing adult daughter of a central Pennsylvania couple robbed at gunpoint and bound with duct tape before their home was set ablaze.

Police in Lycoming County in said 33-year-old Michelle Inch hasn't been seen since Tuesday, a day before her parents were robbed by two masked men at their home about 90 miles north of Harrisburg. Her black Honda Accord was found Thursday about 50 miles away.

A preliminary forensic exam of her car turned up blood on the outside of the vehicle, and as of Saturday she hadn't been located and hadn't contacted her family, police said..."

http://www.mcall.com/news/nationworld/pennsylvania/mc-pa-home-invasion-fire-20160129-story.html
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Michigan couple convicted of murder in 5-year-old's death

"PORT HURON, Mich. – A Michigan couple accused of abusing, torturing and starving a 5-year-old girl have been convicted of murder and other crimes.

A jury in St. Clair County returned the verdicts Friday against Andrew Maison and Hilery Maison, his wife and the girl's stepmother, after a six-day trial..."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/29/michigan-couple-convicted-murder-in-5-year-old-death.html

WS thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...-extreme-neglect-Port-Huron-26-May-2015/page3
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Brooklyn jury deciding fate of teen gang member who opened fire on bus, killing innocent bystander

"...Kahton Anderson, now 16, faces 15 years to life in prison for the murder of Angel Rojas, 39, and the attempted murder of rival Twan Family gangsters on March 20, 2014.
“Nothing aboard that B15 bus warranted the use of deadly physical force,” said Assistant District Attorney Nicole Chavis in her closing arguments on Thursday..."

http://www.nydailynews.com/new-york...-brooklyn-teen-shot-man-bus-article-1.2513646

Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=Kahton Anderson &src=typd
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[YESorNO]

Feds: Ohio clergy student arrested for seeking sex with baby

"SAN DIEGO – Federal authorities say an Ohio seminary student has been arrested in California on suspicion of intending to travel to Mexico to have sex with a toddler or baby.

Immigration and Customs Enforcement said in a statement that 23-year-old Joel Wright was taken into custody after getting off a plane in San Diego.

Authorities say he had written emails to an undercover agent posing as a travel guide that he wanted to adopt or purchase a female child under age 3 in Tijuana, Mexico, for the purposes of having sex with her..."

http://www.foxnews.com/us/2016/01/2...udent-arrested-for-seeking-sex-with-baby.html

Disgusting!!! What is wrong with some people??? You can never tell- clergy student!!!! He should be ashamed of himself. :stormingmad:
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Dying mum's last wish to get justice for her murdered daughter

"The terminally ill mother of a young woman murdered almost 20 years ago has begged prosecutors to bring the prime suspect to court before she dies.
The Crown want to extradite Sougat Mukherjee from India and put him in the dock accused of murdering Tracey Wylde in 1997.
But, a year after his arrest, red tape is still preventing his transfer and her mum Fay McCash now fears she will not live long enough to see justice.
Fay, 55, who is suffering from lung cancer, told the Daily Record : “At this moment, I am a terminally ill person. Tracey is in my thoughts every single day. I only want to see justice done.”...

Tracey was found dead in the bedroom of her top-floor flat on Torryburn Road in Barmulloch, Glasgow, in November 1997. It is believed she had been strangled..."

http://www.mirror.co.uk/news/uk-news/dying-mums-last-wish-justice-7235984

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[YESorNO]

Tribute to Dr. Jon Marc Taylor, a Prison Education Crusader

"On December 27, at the ago of 54, Missouri state prisoner and prison education crusader Dr. Jon Marc Taylor died of a heart attack in his prison cell. For those who knew him, and those who knew of his amazing transformation and contributions to the field of prison education, he will be sorely missed.

The story of Jon Marc Taylor is anything but the typical story of a prisoner. Incarcerated since the age of 19 as a result of crimes committed in 1980, Dr. Taylor is perhaps the very ideal of reformation and rehabilitation. While incarcerated he earned his high school diploma, bachelor's of science and master's of arts through Ball State University, and finally his Doctorate in Public Administration from Kennedy Western University.

These are merely his educational feats, his advocacy feats, such as leading the charge to restore prisoner Pell grant eligibility, are a whole other story of remarkable success and realizing the seemingly impossible..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/chris...c-ta_b_9104560.html?utm_hp_ref=crime&ir=Crime
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James Ridgeway’s Solitary Reporting

"...there may be no reporter in the United States who has collected more stories of solitary-confinement prisoners than the veteran investigative reporter James Ridgeway.

Since it is virtually impossible for a reporter to gain access to a solitary-confinement unit, Ridgeway came up with another strategy. “I wanted to use the prisoners themselves as reporters,” he told me. “Of course, that’s taboo in the mainstream press, since we all know they’re liars and double dealers and escape artists.” He chuckled. But breaking that taboo “didn’t bother me at all,” he said. “My position was: all we want to do here is, we want to know what is going on inside.”

Each week, Ridgeway leaves his home in Washington, D.C., walks to his local post office, and returns with about fifty letters from men and women locked in solitary-confinement units in prisons around the country. The letters began arriving in 2010, soon after Ridgeway launched a Web site, called Solitary Watch, with an editor named Jean Casella. “When we started, there was nobody writing about this,” she said. Ridgeway was then seventy-three years old. He dug into his retirement fund to help cover startup costs, and now, when he goes to the post office each week, he pushes a walker...

Ridgeway will turn eighty this year. Lately, his eyesight has been weakening, making it much harder for him to read and file all the letters that sit in piles atop his desk. “I have so many right now I can’t face them,” he said. But he has no plans to stop. “Most of these guys I write to, all they want is to reach out and have a human hand,” he said. “I used to think they wanted their cases dealt with, but all they really want is just to have some sort of correspondence, some kind of contact with the outside world.”.."

http://www.newyorker.com/news/news-desk/james-ridgeways-solitary-reporting
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Chicago Announces New Police Training For Dealing With Mentally Ill
The U.S. Justice Department is currently investigating the Chicago police's use of deadly force, among other issues.

"CHICAGO (Reuters) - Chicago Mayor Rahm Emanuel, facing sharp criticism over police shootings of civilians, announced reforms on Friday to address how police and other emergency workers respond to the mentally ill, including new crisis training for officers...

The reforms would increase the number of officers who receive a 40-hour "Crisis Intervention Team," training course, which teaches the best ways to de-escalate situations with people in crisis, especially the mentally ill, the mayor's office said.

The number of officers who receive this training would expand to 2,800 from 1,890 this year, so each district will have a CIT officer staffed on every watch.

In addition, all of the department's 12,000 police officers would receive eight hours of training on mental health awareness, and 911 dispatchers will be trained on identifying situations requiring crisis-intervention tactics..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...72?ir=Crime&section=us_crime&utm_hp_ref=crime
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[YESorNO]

Stupids again: :crazy:

Burglar FAIL: Thieves try to load too big safe into too small car

"Two burglars flew too close to the sun on Thursday, as they were caught attempting to load 200-plus pound safe into a Toyota Camry.

The two men were attempting to stuff the man-sized safe into the backseat of a silver 2003 Toyota Camry.

According to Deputy Stephen Traeger, the safe appeared to be about 4.5 feet around. Safes of similar size found online are approximately 230 pounds.

The duo were spotted on a surveillance camera by the owner of the safe, who became aware of their presence from a motion-activated alarm which notified his cell phone. The owner then notified the police..."

http://www.chron.com/news/houston-t...-Thieves-try-to-load-too-big-safe-6793316.php

:floorlaugh::floorlaugh:

 

[YESorNO]

How a routine traffic stop turned into six months in solitary confinement

"He can't forget the first day. White walls. Room the size of a ping-pong table. The silence.

It came in November 2014. Kevin Bushrod Jr. said he didn't understand why he was isolated. A cop had pulled him over for driving on a suspended license. He tried to escape. The cop shot him in the left shoulder. Bushrod, a former top athlete at a Bible college, was charged with assault on an officer while armed — the car was the weapon. And now, he was here. Facing years in prison. Alone in a cell with little beyond a steel toilet and sink..."

http://www.businessinsider.com/how-...nto-six-months-in-solitary-confinement-2016-1
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FBI Gives 'Santa Clara Jane Doe' A Face
She was murdered, but, for now, only police and her killer know how. After nearly two years, her identity remains a mystery.

"Her body was found along a rural road in Santa Clara County, California. She was murdered, but for now only police and her killer know how. After nearly two years, her identity remains a mystery...

"We're hoping that people [see those drawings and] remember a friend who appears to look like that and come forward and report it," Sgt. James Jensen, of the Santa Clara County Sheriff's Office told The Huffington Post on Tuesday.

According to Jensen, Jane Doe's remains were found in the hills above Saratoga on Dec. 14, 2014. It is estimated she died sometime between April 2014 and the date her remains were found. Her death has been ruled a homicide, but police have yet to reveal what caused it..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry...e9?ir=Crime&section=us_crime&utm_hp_ref=crime

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Prosecutor Scolded For Likening Escaped Inmate To 'Hannibal Lecter'

"SANTA ANA, Calif. (AP) — Orange County's district attorney on Tuesday rebuked one of the prosecutors in his office for referring to one of three escaped Southern California inmates as "Hannibal Lecter."

Deputy District Attorney Heather Brown made the remarks to the Orange County Register, comparing escaped inmate Hossein Nayeri to the famed cannibal villain from "Silence of the Lambs" and other movies, books and TV shows.

"My first reaction was: Oh, my God, they let Hannibal Lecter out," Brown, who is handling the case against Nayeri, told the newspaper Monday. "He is sophisticated, incredibly violent and cunning." She also called him "diabolical."..."

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/entry..._us_56a8d858e4b0f6b7d544578d?utm_hp_ref=crime

WS thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...ral-Men-s-Jail-in-Santa-Ana-23-Jan-2016/page3
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[YESorNO]

UNDERSTANDING TERROR
Inside the mind of a female would-be suicide bomber in Pakistan

"...“What will you do after you graduate?” I once asked her.

“I want to be a suicide bomber,” she said in a matter-of-fact way.

“How would you feel if I died in your attack?” I asked.

“I would be upset,” she said, “not because you would die, but because as a non-believer you would go to hell. I like you and would miss you in paradise. I would like to see you for eternity but can’t. That makes me sad.”

In a strange way it was a lovely thing to say—how much she would want to spend eternity with me even though she would have taken me from “this life” on earth.
Suicide bombing is evil, as is terrorism. There is no justification for it and it must be defeated. But how? Many people like to say that terrorists are insane. They would read the above story and think Amarah was mad and perhaps I was nuts to listen to her.

There is another view, however. To defeat terror we must understand it. Listening to Amarah’s thinking process and justification is critical to finding a path to achieve this..."

http://qz.com/596668/inside-the-mind-of-a-female-would-be-suicide-bomber-in-pakistan/
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Does evil exist and, if so, are some people just plain evil?

"You would have to be naïve to believe that evil exists, right? If you were asked to come up with examples of evil villains, you might think of the Emperor from Star Wars, Lord Voldemort from Harry Potter, or even Dr Evil from the Austen Powers films. Evil characters belong in horror movies, fantasy fiction and perhaps also in religious texts, but surely not in the real world...

What do we mean by evil?

In answering this question we must survey the claims people make about evil, and ask what these people take evil to be. While it is true that the word “evil” can be used to refer to a malevolent supernatural force, many of us use “evil” without intending it to have any supernatural connotations...

In calling Hitler an evil person, we suggest that he could not be fixed, or made into a good person. Once someone has become an evil person, he or she is a moral write-off. That’s why some philosophers are sceptical of the idea that any actual person is evil. If everyone can be redeemed and made good, then no-one is evil.

I think it’s overly optimistic to think that we could have fixed Hitler, or Ted Bundy, or Dennis Rader, so I conclude that evil persons, as well as evil actions, are real."

https://theconversation.com/does-evil-exist-and-if-so-are-some-people-just-plain-evil-26911
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Colorado's Prison Director Spent One Night In Solitary Confinement — That's All It Took

"DENVER (AP) — Colorado's new Corrections Department director is promising to reform solitary confinement policies after spending the night in an isolated cell, an experiment he said left him "feeling twitchy and paranoid."

In an opinion letter to the New York Times (http://nyti.ms/1mhtymN ) published Thursday, Executive Director Rick Raemisch said he suffered mental anguish after spending only 20 hours in solitary confinement on Jan. 23 to see what it was like. The average time spent in solitary in Colorado is 23 months, and some prisoners spend 20 years with limited contact with prison officers or other prisoners..."

http://www.businessinsider.com/colorado-prison-director-spends-night-in-solitary-confinement-2014-2
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Judge identifies 12 huge lies about justice in America

"Judge Alex Kozinski, one of America's most prominent jurists, has a new article out that attacks many assumptions about criminal justice in the US.

"Much of the so-called wisdom that has been handed down to us about the workings of the legal system, and the criminal process in particular, has been undermined by experience, legal scholarship and common sense," Kozinski writes in the Georgetown Law Journal.

In his article, Kozinski calls much of the law "guesswork" and points out 12 widely held but largely false beliefs about criminal prosecution in America..."

http://www.businessinsider.com/alex-kozinski-article-in-the-georgetown-law-review-2015-7

The article:

http://georgetownlawjournal.org/files/2015/06/Kozinski_Preface.pdf
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[YESorNO]

TV actor Mike Minor has died

"Mike Minor, best remembered as Steve Eliot on the “Petticoat Junction” TV series has died. He was 75 years old...

Mike Minor died of cancer on Monday January 25, 2016."

http://www.examiner.com/article/tv-actor-mike-minor-has-died

[video=youtube;ysMsjz8CI9o]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ysMsjz8CI9o[/video]

RIP :candle:

 

[YESorNO]

Forgot this one :sigh:

Husband charged with doctor's slaying in affluent NYC suburb

"The husband of a pediatrician at a New York City children's hospital was charged with murder after she was found stabbed in a shower at their multimillion-dollar suburban home, authorities said Thursday.

Jules Reich, a tax specialist at a New York City firm, was arraigned Wednesday night in Scarsdale village court on a second-degree murder charge, according to the Westchester County district attorney's office.

His 58-year-old wife, Dr. Robin Goldman, was found dead on Wednesday. Police responded after receiving a 911 call of a woman seriously injured at the five-bedroom, four-bath property, which sits on 1.29 acres. An autopsy was planned, but she suffered multiple stab wounds, the prosecutor's office said..."

http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/pediatrician-slain-home-affluent-york-suburb-36417476

WS thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...lence-Jules-Reich-Kills-Wife-Dr-Robin-Goldman
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And these: :sheesh:

Lonna Barton's sentencing postponed

"JACKSONVILLE, Fla. - The sentencing hearing for Lonna Barton, the mother of the toddler who disappeared last summer and is presumed dead, has been delayed to the end of next month.

Barton, who pleaded guilty earlier this month to charges of child neglect and giving false information to a law enforcement officer, was set to be sentenced Monday. Her sentencing has been postponed until Feb. 29..."

http://www.news4jax.com/news/lonzie...l&utm_source=facebook_WJXT4_The_Local_Station

WS thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...e-Barton-2-Jacksonville-24-July-2015-9/page60
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Susan ClairmontVerified account ‏@susanclairmont 20h20 hours ago
On Monday, I'll be covering the opening of the Tim #Bosma murder trial. #HamOnt

Trial set to begin in Tim Bosma murder

"Nearly three years after the discovery of the charred remains of Tim Bosma — the small-town father was last seen taking two men for a test drive in his pickup truck — his accused killers are finally about to face a jury.

Dellen Millard — heir to a million-dollar aviation dynasty who is also alleged to have murdered his father and a woman he once dated — and Mark Smich have been charged with first-degree murder in the 2013 death of the Ancaster man.

Jury selection in the high-profile case, which made international headlines and had people thinking twice about selling their belongings online, begins Monday in Hamilton. The trial is then set to start Feb. 1...."

http://www.thestar.com/news/crime/2016/01/18/trial-set-to-begin-in-tim-bosma-murder.html

Various articles:

Tim Bosma case

http://www.thespec.com/hamilton-topics/2874624-tim-bosma-case

Twitter: https://twitter.com/search?q=Tim Bosma trial&src=typd

https://twitter.com/hashtag/bosma?f=tweets&vertical=default&src=hash

WS thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...selection-process-commences-January-18/page14

Link: https://nationalpostcom.files.wordpress.com/2015/09/tim-bosma.jpg?w=212&quality=65&strip=all&h=347
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Trial to begin Tuesday in murder of North Hills mom

"...Jury selection for the Travion Smith case has lasted nearly a month. Smith is charged with killing Melissa Huggins-Jones in May 2013.."

http://www.wral.com/trial-to-begin-...north-hills-mom/15284914/#UPlQTxS3bRMRUkE7.99

WS thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...rdered-in-her-Raleigh-home-14-May-2013/page12
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I swear I'm, getting more disorganized everyday..:scared:
I need help. :shame:

 

[YESorNO]

Music for a Sunday morning:

" Ladies in Lavender " - Joshua Bell

[video=youtube;c4RIPjk6Jh4]https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=c4RIPjk6Jh4[/video]

 

[YESorNO]

Thanks for these photos, but most of the ones I looked at showed a place that's quite obviously economically depressed, likely due to long periods of war and genocide, etc. Maybe it's recovered by this point, but from what I've read, it remains a disputed territory, so that's a bit of a turn-off.

Plus, it's land-locked, which makes me claustrophobic. It's neighbors, Montenegro and Albania, are supposed to be wonderful (and affordable) destinations, with enchanting seaside locales on the Adriatic. I'd love to visit those countries!

As to Grenada, to me it's not just nice place to visit; I could seriously see myself retiring there. It's really very lovely and one of the few places that is almost completely self-sustaining in terms of food, (its moniker is the "Spice Island"). I had an extended stay there with an American ex-pat, and everything we ate came from the island or the sea around it. One day, we took a snorkeling trip, and while we were doing that, our guide was spear fishing. He caught several fish and a huge lobster, then cooked them for us on a make-shift grill on a deserted island. We also had a variety of citrus and other fresh fruits and vegetables. It was all incredibly delicious!

I check out real estate there every so often, keeping the dream alive. I would love to go there and never have to come back!

ETA: Unfortunately, an American woman was recently murdered there. But I think that's an outlier. I felt completely safe there. And happy!

Grenada looks beautiful (never been there myself- never been out of the country- scared :scared: don't like to travel- I'm a homebody and like to stay close to home).

Link: http://intelligenttravel.nationalge.../09/grande-anse-beach-grenada-590-590x394.jpg

Link: http://www.gov.gd/images/sliders/slider-2.jpg

but too humid for me :hot:

"...Humidity

The relative humidity typically ranges from 64% (mildly humid) to 95% (very humid) over the course of the year, rarely dropping below 57% (mildly humid) and reaching as high as 100% (very humid).

The air is driest around February 27, at which time the relative humidity drops below 68% (mildly humid) three days out of four; it is most humid around November 15, exceeding 92% (very humid) three days out of four...

Dew Point

Dew point is often a better measure of how comfortable a person will find the weather than relative humidity because it more directly relates to whether perspiration will evaporate from the skin, thereby cooling the body. Lower dew points feel drier and higher dew points feel more humid.

Over the course of a year, the dew point typically varies from 69°F (muggy) to 79°F (oppressive) and is rarely below 66°F (muggy) or above 81°F (very oppressive)..."

https://weatherspark.com/averages/33721/St-George-s-Grenada-Grenada

It's nice to have dreams- maybe yours will come true one day and you'll be laying on the beach in Grenada. :yesss:

:blowkiss:
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BBM

Grenadian man charged with killing U.S. tourist Jessica Colker

"(CNN)A man in Grenada has been charged with murder in Sunday's death of U.S. tourist Jessica Colker on the Caribbean island, the Royal Grenada Police Force said Wednesday.

David Martin Benjamin, 27, of Grenada, was due to appear in a magistrate's court Wednesday morning, police said.

Grenada police have said Colker, 39, of Atlanta, was found dead after she was attacked by a man with a machete while she was walking with her husband along a beach just before noon Sunday.

Colker's husband, whom CNN affiliate WGCL identified as a 62-year-old man, was unharmed, Grenada police have said. The husband escaped and contacted police, WGCL reported, citing Grenada police.

Colker's body was found on the beach near where she was last seen; an autopsy determined she died of an "extensive skull fracture and asphyxia," police said..."

http://www.cnn.com/2016/01/27/americas/grenada-us-tourist-killed/

WS thread: http://www.websleuths.com/forums/sh...-Colker-39-Atlanta-woman-murdered-24-Jan-2016
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[YESorNO]

Thank you YESorNO :hug:

I haven't seen ILikeToBendPages lately, I hope she is OK. Has anyone heard from her?

And where is gramma Nore????

 

[YESorNO]

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Mirror, cord, tiles, straw, couch, cat

 

[atthelake]

I'm not familiar with the Bosma case, yet may follow it as a case similar happened here where I live.

 

[Spellbound]

Good Morning and SMILE ~ You are somebody’s reason to smile.
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The rains are setting in and may be in the path of severe weather Tuesday. Today's high is 61! This is end of Dec. beginning of Feb? Crazy weather.

I think my keyboard is dying...when I type it skips and puts the words somewhere else in the sentences, or it doesn't type the letters. I'm constantly e(dipe..tiyng as I tppe) like this. Should read 'editing
to type". :gaah: Liype ke the o t...se does?!ewhat it...see what it does? oping? is dy

ETA: Maybe my lapt laptop is dying? you ever tripinyed typing in a password??!!!

http://ccm.net/forum/affich-78368-when-i-type-letters-going-all-over-the-place
I don't know if this will help, but it could be a sensitivity issue with the mouse pad. check out the suggestions on this link and see if it helps.

(I thought perhaps you were trying to teach us a new language for our trip. :giggle: )

 

[GigiG]

Sure, I'm up for it if there is time enough for long swims, snorkelling, cayaking and may be hobie cat-sailing.
What if we would just rent a hut there for a week and then go down to Grenada (my result) and rent another hut? It would allow us to get in touch with the local people - that's what I find so fascinating.
We could also do the same on the islands in between (I've been on Les Saintes that is a very small island belonging to Guadeloupe); there too, you would find all you love plus you could use your french language skills like:
Quelle merveille!
Oh, c'est magnifique!
Hmm, quel délice!
Voulez-vous *advertiser censored* avec moi?


As far as I understood, GigiG, you won't hesitate to come, would you? Wonderful!
Are you into yoga and Pilates? We could start the day with some exercise on the beach...
Who else of you will join us??? I'm afraid we'll need an amphibian tour bus

BTW: Yesterday I played swiss lotto for the first time in my life convinced I'd win the 16.5 Mio.
I lost 17.50
As nobody hit the jackpot there'll be 17.5 Mio to win on wednesday.
What do you suggest: should I play again?

I wish you all a wonderful sunday.
It's raining here. I'll do some schoolwork and then go to the movie theatre and watch "Carol" or "45 years" or "Mia Madre" by Nanni Moretti

BBM

Count me in, and yoga on the beach in the morning sounds great!

If you go see "Carol," please let me know how you like it. I find Patricia Highsmith (who wrote the book on which it is based) a very interesting person.

 

[Niner]

Happy Sunday morning all! :wave:

Niner ~ regarding the chili recipe...I would just buy a can Mexican beans and put in it. To cook kidney beans it takes a couple hours and adding water when the water gets low.

I was wondering "what" Mexican beans were! So are they kidney beans? or some other kind? TIA!!

snipped by me...
Years ago, I read the book The Journey from Eden: The Peopling of Our World by Brian Fagen (??), sometime in the '90s, IIRC, about the Eve hypothesis- good book and sheds some light on Eve and the journey of humans through the centuries.

I'll have to see if my library has that book! Has any one been watching "Finding Your Roots" on the PBS channel on Tuesdays? I love that show!

snipped by me...
BTW: Yesterday I played swiss lotto for the first time in my life convinced I'd win the 16.5 Mio.
I lost 17.50
As nobody hit the jackpot there'll be 17.5 Mio to win on wednesday.
What do you suggest: should I play again?

If you don't play - you can't win.... YES!! PLAY!!! :giggle:

snipped by me...
I think my keyboard is dying...when I type it skips and puts the words somewhere else in the sentences, or it doesn't type the letters. I'm constantly e(dipe..tiyng as I tppe) like this. Should read 'editing
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ETA: Maybe my lapt laptop is dying? you ever tripinyed typing in a password??!!!

ahhh.... yeah! Your laptop IS dying...

YESorNO - I read yesterday that Jean Stapleton died... :rose:

Okay - off to do some chores! Will be back to check in later!

:seeya:

 

[GigiG]

Yes or No, I really appreciate all the links you post regarding Solitary Confinement.

I have come to see it as a truly barbaric practice which should be banned. There's got to be a better way of punishing the worst-of-the-worst. And sadly, it isn't used exclusively for those sorts; it's frequently used on run-of-the-mill criminals, often to nightmarish ends. I applaud the President for taking measures to curtail this practice. If extended stays in Solitary aren't "cruel and unusual," I don't know what is.

https://www.washingtonpost.com/opin...2471a4-c51d-11e5-b933-31c93021392a_story.html

Here is a story about Jack Powers. (He didn't start out being mentally ill, but he most certainly is now):

Jack Powers is an inmate in the federal Bureau of Prisons convicted of bank robbery and escaping from prison. He spent more than a decade in extreme isolation at the ADX where he amputated his fingers, earlobes, a testicle and his scrotum. He has tried several times to commit suicide. “The world outside is like another planet,” he wrote from ADX. “I feel like I am trapped within a disease.” Powers is a plaintiff in a civil rights lawsuit against the federal government regarding its use of longterm solitary confinement for the mentally ill. — S.G.

http://www.coloradoindependent.com/145073/finally-out-and-among-the-living

 

[Nore]

Hi all, my first time in today. I don't feel good!!! wont bore you but honest I'm so tired of this!
My get up and go, got up and went!! Maybe check that one newer trial, might be what I need..
weather is on warm side but rain coming. I enjoy reading about your upcoming trip! Loveya all.
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