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It's been a long time...
I've been absent from this site for way too long. Too many things pulling me in all directions. I'm going to try and do my best to post again at least once a week. The posts might be about my writing process, background and behind-the-scenes information about my books, and my crazy life in Yellowstone National Park.
I'll start off by recapping the last couple of years that have really changed my entire life. If you follow me on Facebook, you'll know that my husband and I now live full-time in Yellowstone National Park. Yes! IN THE PARK! What a dream come true that was!
It all started two years ago when, on a whim, my husband answered an ad for a historical prervation craftsman position with Yellowstone's concessioner. When he was offered this seasonal position, we scambled to get my father-in-law's RV ready to live in for the next five months, and off we went on the adventure of a lifetime! Five months in Yellowstone! It couldn't get any better than that, right?
Lower Falls Summer
Well, it got better. At the end of the season, he was asked to return the following year. Of course we said yes. A month after we returned home, he got a call asking if he would consider a permanent, year-round position in Yellowstone. Um.... let me think about that for a while..... YES!
So, we packed up our house, downsized to bare minimum, and made the move into a tiny one-bedroom company-provided apartment. It was the best decision we ever made. We did know that this move was going to be permanent for us regardless, and knew we would be looking for a house after about a year.
Witnessing and experiencing all the seasons of Yellowstone has been spectacular. Winter in the remote interior is not for the faint of heart. Winter is long, cold, and lonely, and the only transportation is via snowcoach or snowmobile. I learned to snowshoe and cross-country ski this past winter, and look forward to more. For now, though, I'm glad that summer is finally making an appearance, although slowly. Before we know it, winter will be upon us again.
Lower Falls winter
Three weeks ago, we moved into our new home a short distance from Yellowstone, but due to the remoteness of the job, Mr. H still maintains his housing in the park. For now, I divide my time between our new home and the apartment. Life just doesn't get any better than this! Well, maybe once I add a few more cats and dogs to my family (I've missed being surrounded by pets more than I can say)
On the writing front, I've published the last full-length book in the Yellowstone Romance Series last December, added books in most of my other series, and started a new series - Wild Mountain Hearts, which is another spin-off of the Yellowstone and Teton Series.
I'm going to get this blog site updated over the next few weeks until I can put together an actual website, something I've put off doing as well.
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First Chapter of Timeless Hero
Book #12 in the Timeless Hearts Western Time Travel Series is now available!
I want to apologize to all the readers of this series who were waiting for the book. I missed my deadline because of some very unforeseen circumstances, the biggest of those being an unexpected move. My husband took a job working in Yellowstone National Park, and we had to pack up and move within a ten-day span. If you know me through my other books, you know that living in Yellowstone is a dream come true for me! However, everything under the sun went wrong in other areas of my life during that short time we had to pack and leave, and I couldn't get the book finished in time ..... But! It's finally done, and Amazon should publish it within the next few days!
Here is the first chapter! (And don't you just love this cover?)
"I thought I made it clear to you not to show your face around here anymore. What's it gonna take to get rid of you for good, boy?"
Dark eyes devoid of emotion glowered like the predatory stare of a wolf hovering over a kill. Vin Kincaid stood his ground, his eyes unflinching as he glared back. A slow grin spread over his face.
"Just stopped for a visit to wish you farewell, Uncle Jack." He intoned the word "uncle" with disgust. "Can't wait to see you leave and make the poor folks' lives in Montana miserable, like you made the lives of everyone here in Texas a living hell."
The older man's brows rose, then he laughed. He held his hand over his heart. The fingers in Vin's left hand twitched, but he kept it well away from the holster at his side.
"I'm touched that your first stop after they let you out of prison would be a visit to me." Jack's eyes darted to the six-shooter resting against Vin's thigh while his voice dripped with false sweetness. "But you shouldn't have bothered, after all the trouble you've caused me." His glare intensified along with his tone. "You try anything, and I've got ten men ready to take you out."
Vin smirked. "I haven't sunk as low as you, and I never will. Killing you would only be a waste of a good bullet." He gritted his teeth, staring at the cold, calculating eyes of his uncle. Jack's icy glare didn't hold even a flicker of similarity to Vin's father. "Someday, you'll get what's comin' to you. Too bad I probably won't be around to see it."
Jack moved across the room. He turned his back to Vin, and laid a hand on the shoulder of a youth who stood near the door. The kid's face was impassive and hardened, as if he'd witnessed too much in his young life already. Vin scoffed. If Jack had anything to say about it, the boy probably had seen and done much more than he should have at his age.
"Your cousin is a prime example of what I've been trying to teach you, Son." Jack's voice lost some of the cold edge when he directed his words to his only child. "Weak people without gumption get squashed. If you're cowardly, you get crushed like a cockroach by someone who's stronger and not afraid. The same goes for showing emotion. It's a sign of weakness." He spun back around to face Vin. "Letting matters of the heart rule your head makes you feeble. It's what happened to my dear brother."
Vin's hand clenched at his side. Every inch of him fought to remain rooted to the spot rather than rushing up to Jack and smashing his fist into the man's face. Jack laughed again, a triumphant laugh.
"My father was a decent man. He didn't have a black heart like you." Vin stared into the man's soulless eyes.
Jack took several steps away from the youth and closed the distance across the room to face Vin.
"Your father was a coward, Vincent," he scoffed. "I tried to take you under my wing. I thought I could make something out of you, turn you into someone with a spine, unlike your father. Jonathan never had the backbone to run a successful cattle business. He disgraced the family name when he married that waif of a woman."
"That . . . waif was my mother," Vin hissed. "My father didn't want any part of the Kincaid business. There are more important things than money and power. No matter what you think, people ain't just disposable. Maybe if you'd paid more attention to your wife, she'd still be alive today."
Vin smiled at the twitch in Jack's eyes. A brief, pained expression filled his features, but it quickly vanished. The older man ran his fingers through his mustache. His white teeth gleamed with his sneer.
"Jonathan was always weak, and clearly his blood got passed down to you. Despite his bringing shame to the Kincaid name, I gave you a place on this ranch after your folks' unfortunate deaths. Without me, you would have starved on the streets. I gave you a roof over your head and a job."
Jack's eyes narrowed, his stare becoming even colder. "Too bad I couldn't teach you how to make something of yourself. All the things I did for you, and you chose to stoop to the level of becoming a petty thief and embarrassing me." His voice rose in anger.
Vin held his ground. He wasn't going to cower in front of the man he hated. Jack had made it perfectly clear over the years that, even though Vin shared the Kincaid name, he certainly wasn't considered family.
"Do you really think I'll take you back after you've made me the laughingstock in the county with your shenanigans a year ago? I wish that judge had locked you up for good," Jack continued.
Vin laughed. "I already told you. I have no desire to come back and work for you." His voice lowered to a menacing growl. "Since you think I'm such a disgrace to the Kincaid name, it don't matter to me how embarrassed you get by what I do. I was only getting started when I stole that whiskey." His smile widened. "Next time, I won't get caught by the law." Heck, he wouldn't have gotten caught the first time, either, if he hadn't tried to help that strange woman, Miss Amber, find her way back home.
The thought of murder gleamed in Jack's eyes just as sure as if he'd spoken the words. Vin didn't move. Jack wasn't going to kill him, at least not in his own house. It wasn't his style to get his hands dirty. He'd let one of his men do the deed for him.
Vin leaned toward Jack, his voice low so only he could hear. "One day, I'll prove that you killed my folks, and when I do, not even your money is going to save you. I hope I never have to see you again, unless it's at your funeral."
He spun on his heels and headed for the door. He paused when his eyes fell on the youth still standing there as if guarding the exit. Vin's jaw muscles tightened. He tore his eyes away and stomped from the study, his spurs jingling and the long duster he wore rustling behind him. He headed down the hall of the house and out the front door into the sunshine.
Anger pierced every inch of him. Never before had he wanted to hurt someone as badly as he wanted to hurt Jack Kincaid. The man didn't have a shred of decency in him.
Vin squinted into the sunlight. His father had died at the hands of that man because he'd chosen to lead a decent and modest life, and not let greed rule him. Vin had barely been ten years old when his parents had been killed, shot in their own home. Robbers, according to Jack and the law. They'd never been caught.
Orphaned and alone, Vin had tried to fit into the Kincaid cattle empire, but like his father, it wasn't for him. He'd tried to please his uncle, but hard work was clearly not good enough. Vin refused to stoop to killing people in his uncle's name. Blood, whether the kind he spilled or the kind that bound them as family, was of no importance to the ruthless man.
It didn't matter that he'd busted his back, working from sun-up to sundown on the ranch every single day since he'd come to live there. Jack's reason for taking him into the household was merely to pretend in front of the community that he was a man with a good heart.
In reality, Jack had never accepted him as a nephew. He'd been treated worse than a hired hand. They, at least, earned wages, while Jack had told him that offering him a roof over his head and meals was payment enough. In order to get on the payroll, he'd have to stoop to a different level.
From the time he'd come to the ranch as a ten-year old scared kid, Vin had slept in the bunkhouse. He'd learned to grow up fast among the cowhands. Jack's hired men were required to show their loyalty in ways other than working hard. Jack ruled without mercy over his cattle business, and anyone getting in the way of what he wanted - whether it was more cattle, more land, or more water rights - was dealt with by his men. Money and power were always more important than family.
Vin untied his horse from the hitching rail and swung into the saddle. The leather creaked as he adjusted his seat.
"Vin."
Vin sat up straighter and stopped his horse at the sound of his name as he reined his mount away from the grand Kincaid home. He glanced over his shoulder before turning fully in the saddle to look at his young cousin. He guided his horse back to the house, but didn't dismount.
"Wish you were coming to Montana with us," the youth said.
Vin smirked. He leaned forward in the saddle, casually draping his arm over the saddle horn. With his chin, he nudged toward the house. "You heard your daddy in there. I'm clearly not fit to walk on the same dirt as him."
"He's only looking out for the family business."
Vin laughed. His cousin was still wet behind the ears, even if he tried to act tough and could shoot better than the average man. "You'd better be careful. Your papa only cares about one thing in this world, and that's his cattle and his money. He couldn't care less about family."
"Where will you go?" The youth stepped off the porch and stared up at him. While he still looked like a boy, the softness had left his eyes. Vin's gaze drifted to the gun belt at the boy's waist. Clearly, in the year Vin had been in jail, the boy had been initiated fully into the family business.
"I'm definitely not heading to Montana with this outfit, that's for sure. Your father couldn't be happier to finally be rid of me. I've been nothing but a burden and a disgrace to him."
The boy frowned. His mouth opened slightly as if he wanted to say something, but he closed it again and simply nodded.
Vin leaned over his horse and extended his hand, staring the boy in the eye. "Take care of yourself, and be careful. Jack might be your father, but I'm warning you now. If you cross him, it won't matter to him that you're his own son. If you've got a lick of sense in you, you'll get out while you still can."
Vin's young cousin stood with an impassive look on his face. He shook Vin's hand, then headed back into the house. Vin stared after him for a few seconds, then reined his horse in the opposite direction and rode from the ranch. He let his horse choose the direction. He had no home, no family, and no destination.
Several days later, he passed a couple of small farms on the outskirts of a little town called Heartsbridge. Vin shook his head and smirked. What had led him to come back to this place? It's where his troubles with the law had started about a year ago.
When Jack had accused a few young men of rustling some of his cattle, Vin had refused to rough them up, so Jack had told him he no longer had a job there, and to pack his things and get off the ranch. It had turned out the cattle had simply wandered off, and these youths had found them and had been herding them back to the ranch. They'd been found dead a few days later, and Jack had justified their deaths by insisting they had stolen the cattle.
Drifting from one town to the next after leaving the Diamond K, Vin had resorted to petty theft to get back at his uncle, not out of necessity. Stealing a whiskey shipment from the saloon owner in Heartsbridge had ultimately been the reason for his jail sentence.
Vin smiled, staring into the flames of his campfire. He held a cup of coffee in his hands. It had been worth it. The Kincaid name had been admired as one of the great cattle empires in this part of Texas. Jack was like royalty, or at least he saw himself as such. Although he dealt in underhanded ways with folks, Jack was always one step above the law.
Tainting the family name by letting folks know there was a Kincaid relative stirring up trouble with the law, had given Vin a small measure of satisfaction against the man who'd never been able to treat him as family.
Vin's father had been an embarrassment because he'd married a poor woman from the hill country, but since Jonathan had been shunned from the family, Jack had simply disregarded any conversations associated with his brother. Committing minor crimes and becoming a nuisance in the towns he frequented allowed Vin to make the Kincaid name a topic of local gossip and shame.
Vin sipped the last of his coffee as the flames flickered low in his campfire. He moved to his bedroll. Time to catch some sleep. Perhaps he'd visit that crazy woman at the boarding house in Heartsbridge in the morning, the one who'd wanted to send him to a future time a year ago.
He shook his head and chuckled. What a crazy notion. He settled into his blanket. What if it had been true? Perhaps disappearing into some future time was just the thing he needed. Things couldn't be that much different there than they were now.
The woman who said she'd come from the future, Miss Amber, had worn britches. Vin smiled. There had been something appealing about her. He could certainly deal with women wearing britches. He had no home here. It would be the ultimate fresh start with a clean slate.
An owl hooted in the darkness. Vin pulled his hat over his head and closed his eyes. His horse snorted a short distance away, then moved around, trampling the leaves under its hooves. The gelding snorted again at the same time a twig snapped from the opposite direction.
Vin eased his hand to his gun. Before he had a chance to react, pain seared through his gut as the sharp blade of a knife ripped into him. He fumbled for the gun as his attacker drove the knife into him a second time. Vin raised the weapon and fired at the silhouette hovering over him.
A yell pierced the stillness of the night. Vin slumped back against his saddle, his hand clutching at his stomach as something hot and sticky filled his hands. He fought for air to fill his lungs, and each breath became pure agony.
Seconds ticked by, or was it minutes, or hours? No further attack came. He wouldn't have been able to fight his attacker off a second time. He'd already dropped his gun and had no strength to reach for it. The sky turned from black to gray, and Vin continued to lie on the ground in his camp, drifting in and out of consciousness.
"Vin Kincaid?"
The faint voice barely registered in his mind. It sounded far away, as if it had come from a deep tunnel. Vin forced his eyes open. The image of a man swam in and out of focus. He looked vaguely familiar. No doubt he'd seen him before, but it was impossible to tell.
"He's going to bleed to death," the man said.
"We need to take him to the doc in town, Chris." The soft voice of a woman was like music to Vin's ears. He opened his mouth, but no words came. His mother had a soft voice like that. She was dead. Did that mean he was dead, too? The man's voice interrupted his dream about his mother, whose face he no longer remembered.
"I don't think the doc in Heartsbridge is going to be able to save him, Francine. No one in this time can, not with those wounds." There was a slight pause. "Do you remember what happened with Vin last year when Scott and Amber were here?"
"You mean . . . he was supposed to time travel?"
"We need to get him to Cissie Durham.
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First book in a new Contemporary Western Series
I'm excited to announce that my first venture into contemporary romance is almost here! I've joined up with four other western romance authors - Shirleen Davies, Kay P. Dawson, Amelia Adams, and Kate Cambridge - to bring you the Burnt River Contemporary Western Series!
I get to lead off the series with the first book, which is titled Shane's Burden. It goes live on May 18, 2017!
The stories center around citizens of the town of Burnt River, Montana (a fictional town near Deer Lodge, Montana), many of whom were friends in high school. It's now a decade after high school, and they've come together for the memorial of a beloved high school teacher, who influenced or made some kind of impact in their lives.
Each author is currently committed to writing three books each. The first set of five books will be published at two-week intervals, and then it goes to every three weeks, until we have a total of 15 books.
To introduce you to the series, here is the prologue to Shane's Burden.
Burnt River, Montana . . . February 2006
Shane Taggart stuffed his books in his tattered backpack, then slammed his locker shut. He tossed the pack over his shoulder and lumbered down the hall, ignoring the kids he passed. His focus was on the door that led out of the building.
Someone bumped into him, nearly knocking the heavy backpack from his shoulders. Shane yelled out an expletive and raised his middle finger at Landon Clark, who ran up the hall as if he hadn't even noticed.
Stupid punk.
"Hey, are you going skiing this weekend, Shane?"
Shane glanced over his shoulder. Three of his football teammates stood huddled by one of their lockers. Jerry, the one who'd called out the question, waved him over. The other two stood with their heads together, mumbling something while looking directly at him. As if it wasn't obvious enough they were talking about him.
Shane shook his head. He didn't bother going over to them. "Got stuff to do at home," he called, then turned and continued on his way.
He'd probably be the first to the truck, but Mason had the keys. No doubt they'd both have to wait for Raine, who liked to hang out after school and chit-chat with her girlfriends.
A classroom door swung open and he barely missed getting smacked in the face by it. In his effort to side-step out of the way, he almost collided with the short, chubby blonde carrying a stack of books. Her mouth formed an "O" and her eyes opened even wider than they looked behind her dark-rimmed glasses. Those glasses really looked ridiculous.
"Watch out," Shane grumbled, giving her his best scowly-faced look to make it clear he was annoyed. All he wanted was to get out of the building.
The girl mumbled something. It sounded like "sorry" but she dropped her head to avoid further eye contact, and with dozens of other kids heading down the hall, too, the noise around him drowned out what she said.
Shane smirked, then moved around her. She was in several of his classes, although she was only a freshman, like his sister. Allison Kravitz or Cramer, or something like that, one of those over-achievers who went to school because it was fun. A boy and another girl flanked her, all of them carrying stacks of books. The nerds club must be holding a meeting after school. They clearly had no other social life.
He skirted around the trio without a further glance, but had barely taken three steps when someone threw their arm around his shoulder.
"Hey, Shane." Boone Macklin fell in step beside him, a wide grin on his face. "What did you do this time?"
Shane scrunched his forehead at his friend.
"Mr. Weiker wants to see you," Boone clarified. "I just passed him upstairs. He said if I saw you before you left, to tell you to come to his classroom."
Shane shrugged. "So, tell him you didn't see me."
Boone laughed. "You might as well get it over with, or he'll catch you tomorrow. And he'll know we were lying to him. He always knows. I swear that man can read minds."
Shane cursed under his breath. The last thing he needed at the moment was a lecture from his biology teacher, getting grilled about why he hadn't turned in his last assignments. He already had a good idea what grade he'd gotten on today's test. He couldn't care less about oxidation-reduction reactions and metabolism. His twin brother, Mason, wanted to be a veterinarian, so biology was something he enjoyed and was good at. Shane would be running a horse ranch, and that didn't require knowledge of all that stupid science stuff.
"Fine, I'll get it over with," Shane grumbled. "Can you tell Raine and Mason where I am? I shouldn't be too long. They'll be waiting by our truck."
"Mr. Weiker's cool, but good luck, anyway." Boone slapped his back in a good-natured gesture before he continued on his way to freedom from school for another day.
Shane turned around. He sped up to reach the stairwell leading to the second story and took the steps two at a time. He passed the chubby girl with all the books, but he didn't acknowledge her this time, either.
He entered Mr. Weiker's classroom, scrunching his nose at the disgusting smell of formaldehyde that always lingered in the air in this room. Glass jars lined the counter, filled with all sorts of gross things, from pig hearts, to a preserved cat, worms, a fetal pig, and other body parts he couldn't even name. The lab tables were clean and cleared of any test tubes, beakers, or dissecting kits, for once.
Mike Weiker sat at his desk at the front of the room. He looked up over his wire-rimmed glasses when Shane entered. He smiled and stood from his seat.
"Shane Taggart, just the man I want to see."
Shane rolled his eyes. Weiker acted as if he was surprised at the visit.
"Boone Macklin told me you wanted to see me." He didn't have time to play these games adults liked to play. Weiker was just a teacher, and there was no reason why he should be asking to see him after school when he clearly wasn't serving detention.
"My brother and sister are waiting for me out in the car, and I'm sure it's pretty cold out there." Shane looked out the window to make his point. Snow flurries drifted through the sky.
"I won't keep you long, Shane. I just wanted a private word with you. I know you've been having a rough time lately."
Shane stared. No lecture about his failing grades? No doubt it was coming any second. Weiker held out his hand, indicating for Shane to sit in the chair next to him. With another smirk and a sigh, Shane dropped his backpack to the ground and slumped into the chair.
"With the death of your father last month, I can't even imagine how you must be feeling. How is your mother doing?"
Shane's mind went blank. Mr. Weiker's words brought back memories of that awful day six weeks ago. His father had just finished lunch on a Saturday afternoon. He'd complained that he wasn't feeling well, but he'd gone to the barns anyway to check on one of the mares that looked to be the first one of the year to drop a foal.
Shane had followed him. On the way down the path, his father had let out a moan, clutched at his chest, then dropped to the snow-packed ground.
Shane blinked, closing his eyes momentarily. When would the images that haunted him go away? He'd landed on his knees beside his father, then run back to the house, screaming for his mother, for Mason, for anyone within hearing distance. Mason hadn't been home, but at his part-time job at the vet clinic in town.
His mother had rushed out of the house to his father, while Shane had called 9-1-1. The ambulance had arrived too late. While the EMTs tried everything, Shane's father had been pronounced dead at the hospital. Massive heart attack. He'd never even had any symptoms of heart trouble. None that Shane had been aware of, anyway. Alex Taggart had always proclaimed he was healthy as a horse.
"Any time you want to talk, my door is always open."
Shane stared blankly at Mr. Weiker, who looked at him with sincerity in his eyes. At the moment, he wasn't a teacher, but someone who'd seen through the anguish and the things Shane kept bottled up inside.
"My mother's doing all right. She's trying to keep the ranch going . . . keep my father's dreams alive," he mumbled. "I'm trying to help as much as I can."
Mr. Weiker nodded. "I'm sure she appreciates it." He paused, then said, almost reluctantly, "But I'm sure she doesn't want you to neglect your studies."
Finally, they were coming around to the real reason for the talk. Shane was ready.
"I'm going to run my family's ranch someday. I don't need all this stupid school stuff."
Mr. Weiker shrugged. "Maybe, maybe not." He chuckled. "I don't remember most of the subjects I was forced to learn in high school, either."
Shane stared up at him. The teacher smiled.
"I liked the life sciences, and that's what I concentrated on. I think your brother, Mason, is heading in that direction, too."
"He wants to be a veterinarian."
"Good profession. Lots of schooling and dedication."
"My father encouraged it."
"I bet your father also encouraged hard work and perseverance in you, too."
Shane nodded. He gnashed his teeth. He wasn't going to start bawling like a little kid in front of Mr. Weiker. The teacher reclined in his chair and casually crossed his legs.
"School isn't about liking all the subjects you take, Shane. It's about getting ready for life. It's tough out there. You have to learn how to become disciplined. How to start a task and finish it. That's what school is really all about. Even on the ranch, I'm sure there are chores you like more than others, but you do them all because they need to get done. Am I right?"
Again, Shane nodded. This was not the conversation he'd envisioned. His father had often said similar things.
"School's about building character, about finishing that task because you have an obligation to yourself - and not to anyone else - to finish it, regardless of how tedious or difficult it might be."
Mr. Weiker paused. Shane waited. He glanced out the window at the snow that kept falling steadily. He shifted in his chair, making it squeak.
"You're a bright kid, Shane. I'd hate to see you fail."
"I'll keep it in mind." Shane stood and grabbed his backpack. "If there's nothing else, I really need to be going."
"Thanks for stopping by. I just want you to ask yourself this one question." Mr. Weiker waited until Shane looked up. "Do you just quit and toss in the towel, or do you continue despite adversity and insurmountable odds?"
"I'll think about it," Shane said, because it's what the teacher wanted to hear. Mr. Weiker nodded.
"I meant what I said, Shane. My door is always open."
Mr. Weiker held out his hand. Shane stared at it for a moment, then shook it. There was something weird about a teacher offering to shake hands. He pulled his hand free after a quick squeeze.
Shane turned and walked out of the classroom, closing the door behind him with a loud click.
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Two quintessentially American musicians named Ray released inspired 33-rpm albums in 1962. Ray Charles' Modern Sounds in Country and Western Music is a consensus classic, an R&B giant's "countrypolitan" crossover that smashed racial barriers as surely as Elvis Presley's Sun sessions. Ray Stevens' 1,837 Seconds of Humor is remembered mainly for a couple of hit singles it included, but I am here to testify that it has an audacity all its own.
I was 14 years old in 1962 and deeply devoted to MAD magazine, The Bullwinkle Show and a short stack of Coasters 45s, including "Searchin'" and "Little Egypt." I was, in short, perfectly primed for the Ray Stevens experience which, for me, began with acquiring his hit, "Jeremiah Peabody's Poly-Unsaturated, Quick Dissolving, Fast Acting, Pleasant Tasting, Green and Purple Pills," an ingenious homage to TV's hammerhead pain-relief commercials and America's snake-oil history.
"A Hermit Named Dave" celebrates a misanthrope who "ate from a turtle shell, slept on a bear skin, had a seven foot beard growin' out of his chin" and had been dodging the draft for 23 years.
The piece de resistance is "The Rock and Roll Show," a 4 1/2-minute audio extravaganza in the manner of an Alan Freed rock-pop revue. Stevens impersonates not only the glib emcee but an Elvis-like rockabilly, a girl singer named Sally Smash who lip-synchs her record "Where Is My Johnny?" and a Duane Eddy-style ax-man named Wayne Twang.
Amazingly, all 11 tracks were Stevens compositions. This was at a time when about the only musical artists who put out LPs of only self-written material were jazz cats. The Beatles didn't release Rubber Soul, their all-original milestone, until December 1965.
Stevens said he wrote the 1,837 Seconds material over the course of a couple of years and polished it in performances in clubs and on live radio shows with a band he was in with Jerry "When You're Hot, You're Hot" Reed. He recorded the LP at Owen Bradley's famed "barn" outside Nashville. The players included A-list session musicians like drummer Buddy Harman and guitarist Harold Bradley, Mercury's Merry Melody Singers and a small orchestra conducted by Jerry Kennedy, another celebrated session man and producer.
His latest project is The Encyclopedia of Recorded Comedy Music (http://www.raystevens.com/encyclopedia.html). The eight-disc set mixes some of his own hits ("Gitarzan," "The Streak," "Mississippi Squirrel Revival") with covers of funny songs made famous by artists as different as Ernie K-Doe, George Jones and Allan Sherman. But for those of you who are on a tighter budget, Stevens' 50-year-old debut is still out there to be had in vinyl and CD form. It's the template for his whole career, still fresh and arguably more diverse than his various greatest hits packages.
Got the blues, the blahs, or other lethargy? Like those famous pills, 1,837 Seconds of Humor may be just what you need for quick, fast, speedy relief.


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Year Inducted: 2019
For 37 years at Disney, Wing T. Chao played a vital role in designing and developing exceptional and inspiring projects, worth more than $12 billion, at Disney Parks and Resorts worldwide. Wing served as Vice Chairman of Walt Disney Parks and Resorts for Asia Pacific Development, as well as Executive Vice President of Walt Disney Imagineering, where he oversaw master planning, architecture, and design for Disney properties around the world, including in California, Florida, Hawai'i, Tokyo, Paris, Hong Kong, and Shanghai.
After Wing graduated with Bachelor and Master's degrees from UC Berkeley, he went on to receive his second Master's degree in Architecture with a focus in Urban Design from Harvard University. His thesis, "A Free Time City," foreshadowed society's transformation into the Information Age, conceiving a "Vacation City" where people could not only have fun, but also undergo educational enrichment. The idea of combining education and entertainment ("edutainment") coincided nicely with Walt Disney World's development plans for what would become the largest "Free Time City" in the world.
Wing's first assignment after joining Disney in 1972 was to master plan the Lake Buena Vista Community, where the initial Disney Village (now called Disney Springs) was created to entertain exiting guests from Magic Kingdom each evening. The Village was subsequently expanded to include Pleasure Island and Downtown Disney.
Beginning in 1984, Wing participated in the landmark expansion of Walt Disney World Resort, including additional theme parks, hotels, restaurants, retail, entertainment, water attractions, convention and exhibition centers, and sports and recreation venues. Additionally, Disney's innovative design paradigm incorporated distinct architectural themes and characters for each hotel, resulting in the creation of "Entertainment Architecture." Wing was the mastermind for planning and the design conscience for architecture, interiors, graphics, landscaping, lighting, and Cast Member costumes.
Wing was a key member in successful negotiations with the French government to build Disneyland Paris Resort. He was responsible for master land use planning and also oversaw the planning of Disney's new community of Val d'Europe with its town center, shopping center, and office and residential development. In Florida, Wing led the design team for master planning Disney's new town development of Celebration, which has evolved into a full-fledged model community.
Wing led the design of Disney's first two cruise ships, Disney Magic and Disney Wonder. He also directed the design of Disney Dream and Disney Fantasy ships, which have taken guests to a new level of cruising experience and enjoyment.
In 1998, Wing was a key member in the successful negotiations with the Hong Kong government for the Hong Kong Disneyland Resort, and he was responsible for the master planning of the overall resort development including two resort hotels. For the Shanghai Disney Resort, negotiations with the government started in 1999, with Wing playing a vital role in which he led the creation of a master development plan for the project's seven square kilometers.
The list of Wing's remarkable contributions to Disney Parks and Resorts is extensive, and his creative design impact on guest's experiences is far-reaching. This is not only a reflection of his professional commitment, but also his passion for excellence. Wing often said that the biggest gratification in his career was to see the smiles on Guests' faces while they were enjoying the vast array of Disney creations.

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Jane Friedman
Hey, writers--
It's payback time. Or pay-forward time. Or whatever. The 1.9 million members of the Service Employees International Union (SEIU)-- janitors, public employees, security guards, healthcare workers, etc..-- have been incredibly supportive of the writers strike, including paying for billboards and joining us in marching.
NOW THEY NEED OUR HELP.
Please join them for a solidatity march tomorrow morning in downtown L.A. Here's the scoop...
WHEN: Thursday, Nov. 29th, 11 a.m.
WHERE: 1247 W. 7th Street (7th & Bixel St) - Los Angeles, CA (downtown)
Meet at 7th and Bixel at 11:00, when busses will take everyone to the southeast corner of 5th & Flower (Library Park). The rally/march is from 11:45 - 1 p.m.
Jane Friedman is a full-time entrepreneur (since 2014) and has 20 years of experience in the publishing industry. She is the co-founder of The Hot Sheet, the essential publishing industry newsletter for authors, and is the former publisher of Writer's Digest. In addition to being a columnist with Publishers Weekly and a professor with The Great Courses, Jane maintains an award-winning blog for writers at JaneFriedman.com. Jane's newest book is The Business of Being a Writer (University of Chicago Press, 2018).


...he learned to appreciate the important things in life and to live life to the fullest.
Zachary Tyler George, 23, passed away unexpectedly Monday (April 10, 2017) as a result of a kayaking accident.
Zachary was born on Jan. 26, 1994 in Wellsville to Angela (George) Shelley. From his infancy, he was raised and nurtured by his mother and step-father, Rob Shelley.
Zach worked for Burger King in Hornell.
In addition to his mother and step-father, Angela and Rob Shelley of Blasdell, Zach is survived by a brother, Tye Shelley and a sister, Alexis Shelley, both of Blasdell; his grandparents, Nicholas (Patsy) George of Hornell, with whom he lived with and enjoyed an extremely close relationship, James and Bonnie Wilson of Wellsville and Robert Shelley of Wellsville; his great grandmother, Betty Bastian of Wellsville; his Aunt Christine (Larry Rutkowski) George of Buffalo; his Uncle Nicholas George of Nevada, Uncle Mark George of Hornell, Uncle Ronald George of Ithaca, Uncle Chris Shelley of Olean, Uncle Tyler Shelley of Texas and Uncle James Wilson of Andover; and many cousins, including a special cousin, Holly George.
Zach loved the outdoors. His favorite pastime was fishing, especially if it included spending the day with his Grandpa George. He and his grandfather often went to Canada together to enjoy their favorite fishing spot. In his quiet alone time, he liked to play video games.
Zach also had a zest for life. He faced a lot of challenges, both personal and public and through those struggles, he grew and matured into the young man his family and friends loved. As a result, he learned to appreciate the important things in life and to live life to the fullest.
Visitation will be held on Friday from 4-6 p.m. and on Saturday from 12-3 p.m. at the Baker-Swan Funeral Home in Andover. The funeral service will be held on Saturday at 3:00 p.m. at the funeral home immediately following the visitation with Rev. Marc Chamberlain of Genesis Bible Church in Scio, officiating. Burial will be in Valley Brook Cemetery at the convenience of the family.
Memorial contributions in Zach's name may be made to Andover Wetlands Kids Fishing Contest, PO Box 342, Andover, NY 14806.


Whilst waxes are a lot less durable than a ceramic coating, they're also far easier and accessible for anyone who doesn't necessarily have the time or controlled environment to apply them correctly. Lets take Carnauba waxes for example -a natural product extracted from the palm of the Tree of Life from Brazil. Carnauba waxes are well known for leaving behind a layer of hydrophobic coating that promotes water beading which is where our own Beading Marvellous, got it's name. Carnauba waxes are hard-set, non-toxic natural waxes that easily provide the deep wet-shine look that most detailers strive for.
Beading Marvellous provides a natural high gloss protective finish thanks to its carnauba wax content.
Ceramic coatings, on the other hand, are man-made and were developed from nanotechnologies used for space shuttles due to their heat insulation and anti-corrosion properties. In terms of durability, they far outrank any other protection for a vehicle and depending on the ceramic coating of choice, can last between 1-6 years. This is something that no wax is capable of. Additionally, they aren't restricted to paint surfaces and can be used to protect almost any surface of your vehicle.
So why doesn't everyone just use ceramic coatings? Simply put, it's not as simple to apply, not as easy to get right, and very difficult to undo. To correctly ceramic coat a car to a professional level, it should be done in a sealed, controlled environment which simply isn't accessible to everyone. If there are defects in the paint then they need to be treated before application otherwise they'll be sealed underneath the coating, so there's a lot of preparation work that could be required before you even start coating. After application it can take hours to cure, and even then the vehicle shouldn't be washed with any detergents for days afterwards until the coating is well and truly set.
In conclusion, a ceramic coat is an excellent solution for someone who has little time available to spend on their vehicles. It has significantly better durability than any wax and, once applied, takes very little effort to maintain the desired just-waxed look. The downside to this option is simply that due to time restraints and/or lack of a controlled environment, ceramic coatings aren't accessible to everyone. Meanwhile, waxes are far easier to work with, cheaper, and allows the car care enthusiast to enjoy the full detailing process on a far more regular basis however they're durability is typically restricted to 4 months or so.


HMRC's Civil Investigation Powers have changed and are more aggressive.
HMRC has the power to investigate cases of suspected fraud in a number of ways, one of which is the power to enter into a Contractual Disclosure Facility (CDF) with suspected tax evaders to encourage the early settlement of tax evasion cases. There have just been some important changes in this area as HMRC continue to become more aggressive in its work.
The Contractual Disclosure Facility – What is it?
CDF has been used by HMRC for some time to enable a quick resolution to suspected fraud. It has traditionally involved HMRC confronting suspected tax evaders with their suspicion and inviting them to make a full and frank disclosure of their tax affairs whilst paying any sums owed. The deal normally involves payment of a penalty (as a proportion of the outstanding tax) and an agreement by HMRC that they will not bring criminal proceedings. The procedure that governs this facility is known as COP9 (Code of Practice 9) – and there have just been some important changes to this procedure.
Until recently it had been possible for a taxpayer, when confronted with allegations of tax evasion by HMRC and the possibility of it being dealt with by the Contractual Disclosure Facility, to deny any wrongdoing but agree to co-operate with HMRC as they set about making a full investigation. This arrangement was generally considered to be fair to those tax payers who genuinely did not know (prior to investigation) whether there had been an underpayment of tax and were sure that any such underpayment was not brought about by deliberate conduct.
HMRC have, without any significant consultation, now removed this option, instead requiring an admission of "deliberate behaviour" before tax payers can take advantage of the Contractual Disclosure Facility (and avoid any risk of criminal proceedings).
This black and white approach by HMRC is a sign of their newly found aggressiveness. We believe it is a very simplistic approach to the way the world actually works. To demand an answer to the question "Did you deliberately do it – yes or no?" with a "no" response putting the tax payer at risk of criminal investigation is a significant change.
If you or your company are experiencing problems in this area, our civil and regulatory lawyers can guide you through the whole CDF and COP9 process to achieve the best result possible. The sooner you contact us for an initial free consultation, the more we can do to help.


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The International Conference on Genome informatics (formerly known as Genome Informatics Workshop; GIW) is the longest running international bioinformatics conference. The ABACBS Annual Conference is the national bioinformatics conference in Australia. This year the two conferences will join forces to bring together members from all over Australia, Asia Pacific region and the world to enjoy the opportunity to interact and hear fantastic stories about genomics, bioinformatics and computational biology research with an emphasis on how advances in comptuational and statistical techniques are applied to solve important biological and biomedical problems.
The joint conference will feature international and national keynote speakers, oral presentations selected from full-length paper submissions and abstract, and posters selected from abstract.
We look forward to seeing you at GIW/ABACBS-2019!


Alex Essoe was kind enough to grant us a follow up after our first interview about her new film Midnighters. The film is now out in theaters and on VOD, and here is part two of our conversation for the release.
Andrew Hawkins: Hello again, Alex. How are you today?
ALEX ESSOE: Hello, Andrew! How are you?
AH: I'm great. I wanted to talk to you a little bit more. I know the other day we had your interview for Midnighters, and we got cut a little bit short. I wanted to see if you had some extra input on a couple of questions I had.
ALEX ESSOE: Yeah! Please, I'd be happy to.
AH: Very cool. Well the first one sort of piggybacks off of what you were talking about, playing these really difficult, intense roles. What do you think about the current state of women in film just getting all of these successes as directors and actresses, and how we're gravitating more towards that? What are your thoughts?
ALEX ESSOE: Ooh, oh my goodness. I am very much a believer of being [unintelligible] of art. I think that if someone makes good art, then they should be rewarded for it, and if they make bad art, then they should not be rewarded for it. I think that we are entering an age now where—how do I put this? I think we are entering an age where it matters less what someone's gender is and it matters more how good their product is, which is awesome.
It shouldn't matter, it shouldn't be a factor, and it's becoming less of a factor, which I think is wonderful! I think that roles for women— especially in genre films— are becoming more interesting. To be perfectly honest, I feel like a lot of markets overseas kind of have the market cornered on new and interesting characters and actors. Because it's such a huge business in America there's an element of rehashing archetypes, stories that people already know work, you know?
AH: Sure, things that'll sell, things that are really familiar.
ALEX ESSOE: Yeah, exactly. I feel like there is less risk being taken in general.
Alex Essoe is willing to push the limits for her roles in genre films.
AH: Let's talk about some of the riskier things. I wanted to get some more of your input because when we last spoke you mentioned two of your biggest influences were Gena Rowlands and Isabelle Adjani. I'd love to get your thoughts on how they inspired you, and I wanted to ask you with Gena Rowlands specifically: was it her work with John Cassavetes, like in A Woman Under The Influence, that got you the most?
ALEX ESSOE: Yup! It was specifically that performance. I saw it when I was just starting acting school formally, and one of the three channels I had in my apartment in Vancouver was Turner Classic Movies, which is what I was doing when I wasn't in class.
ALEX ESSOE: I was at home watching movies. And lo and behold, they did this whole month about the independent film business in America and how that sort of influenced people worldwide. It was one of the films that they screened of course, with Cassavetes being the father of the independent film in America. Shadows just completely changed the landscape of filmmaking.
The reason that not only is she my favorite actress, but he is my favorite director, is because they were interested in the new frontiers of story and character. They wanted to show the difficult sides to things, and A Woman Under The Influence, her performance in that— I have seen that movie, I can't even tell you how many times, and every time, I discover something new. I mean, she just set the bar. Not only the character, but the way she played it. There was no acting at all, just a woman having an experience.
It completely changed the way I looked at acting and approached acting. You have to think of it as something that is boundary-less. When you first start acting class, you know, it's intimidating, there are other people who are better than you, you have your own archetypal idea of what that feeling is and what the situation is that it's so much more rewarding to just go into the wilderness and let yourself be surprised. And Isabelle Adjani in Possession; that subway scene is one of my favorite scenes in horror.
AH: Oh, it's so good.
ALEX ESSOE: —or too much. None of that matters to actresses like her, in general. And it shouldn't. Otherwise, what are we doing this for?
AH: Sure. What does that help you with when you're thinking about doing more in this field? You had mentioned doing your own sort of projects, are you thinking about producing, directing, writing, and following these kinds of darker themes and intense portrayals?
ALEX ESSOE: I would love to be able to generate my own work, and my own stories. And I'd love to do some of the darker genre stuff, I want to do comedies as well.
AH: Well, talking about one of your more fun genre bits, you had a great story in the anthology film Tales Of Halloween, where you got to be alongside some of the greatest in the genre, from Joe Dante to Stuart Gordon to Mick Garris and even Lin Shaye and Barbara Crampton. How was that experience for you?
ALEX ESSOE: Oh, my God!
AH: Do you have any stories?
ALEX ESSOE: Yeah, well I cornered Stuart Gordon immediately and gushed to him how much I love Dolls.
ALEX ESSOE: Oh, Re-Animator is a classic. Barbara Crampton is just insanely gorgeous in that movie. I completely had a crush on her when I first saw that. I was like "Va-va-voom!" And she's the sweetest person! She's so supportive and kind, she really does this for all the right reasons, and Lin Shaye was just hilarious. She's so dry, and has this hilarious personality. She's so dry, and so giving, and so lovely. I could gush about all of them! Oh, and Mick Garris is a total sweetheart. Hell of a guy.
AH: That's just the coolest.
ALEX ESSOE: (Barbara) still looks 25, it's amazing.
AH: Oh, and her work in We Are Still Here is amazing. I know we're getting close to wrapping up again. To finish our interview, I just wanted to ask you one last thing: do you have any final words for the audience who's going to be looking out for Midnighters coming out soon? Anything you'd like to say about the film to wrap up?
ALEX ESSOE: Yes. This film is definitely not what you'd expect. It really has this atmosphere all on its own, and it has a very cool, original voice behind it. Come one, come all.
AH: Right on. Well, we're looking forward to sharing it, thank you so much for the interviews and the follow-up. It's been a great pleasure talking to you again.
ALEX ESSOE: Oh, it was my pleasure, Andrew.
AH: We look forward to getting the word out.
ALEX ESSOE: Thank you so much!
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"Founder's Mutation," the second episode of the "X-Files" revival, is all about evolution: of humanity, of Scully (Gillian Anderson) and Mulder (David Duchovny) as individuals and as a couple, and of "The X-Files" itself. This installment, with its talk of slight genetic changes resulting in sweeping evolutionary shifts, ends up as a metaphor for what series creator and writer Chris Carter did in the Sunday night premiere, which altered the structure of the show's living mythology.
After shaking off the cobwebs with some series-rebooting exposition and revisionist conspiracy theorizing in the first episode, "The X-Files" returns to its standard form with an hour written and directed by old-school series veteran James Wong ("American Horror Story"). In episode two, airing just a night after the season premiere, Scully and Mulder are back on the FBI job full-time, and that means scoping out crime scenes and peeling away layer after layer of a mystery until a particularly bizarre case is closed.


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Girls are facing a mental health crisis – and it's not just because of Instagram
Katharine Sacks-Jones
Sexual harassment, domestic abuse and poverty are growing causes of trauma among girls, and the gender disparity is going unnoticed
'Sexual harassment and assaults in schools have increased in recent years.' Photograph: Alamy
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In 2017 there has been report after report of a growing gender divide in mental health, with rising rates of mental illness among girls and young women. There has been little action to tackle these. In 2018, we have an opportunity to get things right.
From the intervention of a senior judge in the case of Girl X to rising numbers of girls and young women undergoing mental health admissions, self harm and suicidal thoughts, there has been wide range of evidence over the last year showing that our girls are facing a mental health crisis.
The reasons given by commentators for the worrying deterioration in young women and girls' mental health tend to be the same: pressures of social media, body image and school. These things are undoubtedly part of the picture. But they are not the full story.
What is especially shocking is the prevalence of PTSD, which one in seven young women experience
One of the biggest issues of the year has been the spotlight shone on sexual violence, harassment and abuse – from Harvey Weinstein and Westminster to the grooming gangs targeting vulnerable girls. This is an issue that is not going away.
For young women, the risks are particularly marked. They are facing sexual pressures, including from the availability of porn, which is informing relationships and driving the way men and boys behave towards girls and women. Sexual harassment and assaults in schools have increased in recent years. Sexual abuse and exploitation of girls remains widespread and young women are the most at-risk group for domestic abuse.
When you look at the types of mental health problems young women face, the more common disorders such as depression and anxiety are, as you might expect, widespread. But what is perhaps especially shocking is the prevalence of post-traumatic stress disorder, which one in seven young women experience. Far from this being a condition solely affecting veterans returning from wars, young women are being traumatised by sexual and physical violence and abuse on the streets, in our schools and in their homes.
The links between mental health issues and violence are well-established. Research for Agenda has found that out of all women who face a mental health problem, more than half have been abused. For one in four, that started in childhood.
At the same time, 2017 has seen a further increase in poverty, something that disproportionately affects women and children and which is another risk factor for poor mental health. There can be a tendency for commentators to look at mental health from a middle-class perspective, and to focus on social media, body image pressure and exam stress as causes. But we know that the links between poor mental health and poverty are marked.
We need to better understand and respond to these links. We need to help young women now, not store up problems for the future. Unresolved trauma and the stresses and pressure of poverty underpin many mental health issues. For some girls, their way of coping is to self-harm. For others, it is using drugs and alcohol – sometimes, it is both. This can lead to more problems such as addiction and homelessness, leaving women even more vulnerable to exploitation and enduring poverty.
To avoid this, we need to make sure help is available earlier. We urgently need to invest in mental health support in schools and communities that takes into account the particular needs of girls and young women, and identifies and supports those with experiences of abuse and trauma.
The government recently published a green paper on how to help children and young people with their mental health. Any real analysis of gender disparities was, however, lacking. But it is not too late, as these plans are currently out for consultation. 2018 is a chance to get them right.
Next year there will also be a review of the Mental Health Act, legislation on the use of restraint (something which again disproportionately affects girls and young women), and a domestic violence bill offering an historic opportunity to improve the response of public services to abuse.
We created the #MeToo movement. Now it's time for #HerToo
I am also delighted to be co-chairing, alongside junior health minister Jackie Doyle-Price, the Women's Mental Health Taskforce. This brings together experts on women's mental health and involves key national organisations responsible for policy, commissioning and delivery of services, including NHS England and Public Health England. This is an opportunity to address and reverse the rising tide of mental ill health among young women.
Above all, in 2018, we must not ignore this alarming crisis, and acknowledge that gender inequality is a key driver. We need to recognise the impact of violence, abuse and poverty on young women and girls, and act now to prevent it having a devastating impact on their lives.
Katherine Sack-Jones is director of Agenda, an alliance of 50 charities working to help women and girls at risk
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People in mental health crises need help, not handcuffs
By Bill Carruthers and Dan Gillison
A mental health crisis can be a frightening thing to the individual experiencing it as well as to people witnessing it. Those in its throes need help, but all too often get handcuffs.
We have seen that scenario play out from the inside and the outside. It's time for it to change.
Bill's story
At age 35, I was locked up in a holding cell in a county jail in Georgia. My crime? Experiencing severe symptoms of psychosis. It wasn't the first time I had been jailed for this, nor would it be the last. But it was one of the worst.
My symptoms had led me to believe that the other 15 people in the cell were conspiring to kill me, and fear had taken over. My behavior became erratic, but no one recognized that it was the symptoms of my psychosis that was causing me to act this way. I was tased and beaten unconscious. When I woke up, I found myself restrained to a chair: my arms and legs were strapped down and my head pulled back and immobilized. Eventually I was sent to "the hole" for solitary confinement.
After weathering the storm — and due process finally returned — I got out of jail alive. Not everyone does: Natasha McKenna, a Black woman with psychosis, died after being tased in a Virginia jail.
Today, I am in recovery, but I consider that a miracle after 40 years in and out of the justice system. I finally got the help I needed, including supportive housing, outpatient treatment, peer support from the National Alliance on Mental Illness (NAMI), and folks to hold me accountable.
As the CEO of NAMI, I hear stories like Bill's almost every day. What he and others have gone through — what many are still going through — is unconscionable.
Following George Floyd's killing by police officers in Minneapolis, the outcry from communities of color and white people alike has created an inflection and reflection point for our country. Black Lives Matter and others are forcing a conversation about the role of law enforcement in our communities.
For decades, stigmatization, prejudice, and discrimination against those with mental health conditions, especially Black Americans, have taken a huge toll on countless lives. That didn't happen by itself: As a society, we've allowed it to happen. Our neglected mental health "system" provides too little help too late. Law enforcement officers are often the first responders to mental health emergencies. And we've defunded programs like the one that helped Bill. To save lives, and to live up to our values of fairness, inclusion, and compassion, we need change.
In the face of Covid-19, the U.S. needs to change how it deals with mental illness
A four-point focus for mental health crises
Calls for racial justice, the Covid-19 pandemic, and the ensuing economic crisis have emphasized a painful awareness about what happens to the most vulnerable in our society. To change outcomes, we need to disrupt the system that puts police at the forefront of crisis response. To do this, NAMI believes that policymakers need to focus on four areas of community mental health: crisis care, inpatient care, social support and outpatient care. Bill's "miracle" outcome could be the hope for everyone with mental illness if we commit to these policy changes.
Crisis care. Our country needs a compassionate and evidence-based response to mental health crises. Establishing 9-8-8 as a nationwide hotline for helping people having mental health crises and preventing suicide, something the Federal Communications Commission is moving forward with, would give people a dedicated, easy-to-remember number to get help. We also need a range of culturally competent crisis services for people in need, including mobile crisis teams and crisis stabilization programs. And anyone who provides care for people with severe mental health symptoms, including law enforcement officials, should be offered training in effective de-escalation and engagement strategies.
Inpatient care. In the U.S. today, individuals with the most severe symptoms of mental illness typically can't get inpatient care unless they are deemed a danger to themselves or others. That makes no sense. It's like a hospital telling someone experiencing chest pain, shortness of breath, or other symptoms of a heart attack to come back later when your heart stops. That doesn't happen: the symptoms are seen as serious signs and treated to prevent them from recurring and becoming worse.
The symptoms of severe mental illness — such as mania, delusions, and paranoia — should be treated just as seriously. Instead, people with severe mental health conditions are routinely turned away from hospitals, or discharged home or to the streets before they have been truly stabilized.
Social support. Ensuring individuals have access to necessities like a safe place to live, food to eat, a source of income, and a supportive community are essential for getting them on paths to recovery. Unfortunately, most communities have not invested in this, contributing to the fact that approximately 20% to 25% of people experiencing homelessness have a mental illness, and are also disproportionately people of color.
Outpatient care. People with mental health conditions should be able to get the best possible care early. Yet 60% of the counties in our country don't have a single practicing psychiatrist, let alone professionals who represent the diversity of our nation's people or who have training in the most effective interventions. We cannot accept the status quo. We need a trauma-informed mental health workforce — one that is racial-trauma-informed — that is equipped to serve everyone, especially the most underserved, with mental health care when and where they need it.
Acknowledging the role law enforcement still plays
As we work toward a system that provides a proper mental health response to people experiencing mental health crises, we cannot ignore the role that law enforcement still plays in this area: they are often the first responders. According to the Washington Post, 194 people with a mental illness were shot and killed by police officers in 2019.
To prevent such needless deaths, NAMI has been promoting programs like crisis intervention teams for the last 30 years. This is a police-based model designed to improve the safety of the public and officers and to help people with mental illness get treatment instead ending up in jail. We have also advocated to change agencies' policies and procedures so they divert people with mental illness away from involvement in the criminal justice system.
Officers trained in crisis intervention can be lifesavers, but it's important to keep in mind that they are a reaction to a fundamental flaw in how we respond to mental health crises. They are not the answer to safely resolving them. Investment in a comprehensive mental health care system that demonstrates cultural competence and equitable treatment is the answer.
Our country needs to do a lot of learning and painful growing that includes a real conversation — and a real intentional change process — around policing and mental health, including the disproportionate effects on communities of color. People affected by mental health conditions know all too well what it means to experience stigma, but not all of us know the doubling role race can play. Our communities have a lot of work to do to engage in the real dialogue needed to collaborate on real solutions. Only then can we work together to make lasting change.
Bill Carruthers is the project developer for the Rockdale County Stepping Up Initiative, the CEO of Recovery on Fire, and a former board member of NAMI Georgia. Dan Gillison is the CEO of the National Alliance on Mental Illness.
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Dan Gillison
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In broad terms I agree with this, especially the need for more social support and outpatient care. The article, however, would be much more useful if it grappled with unpleasant truths.
When the 911 call comes in, it's not accompanied by an infallible magic labeling system that differentiates between those who are a danger to others, and those who are not. There is no time or a way for a cop, to conduct a sophisticated psychological assessment. Even for well-trained and very disciplined police officers, protecting those who definitely need protection may very well require a lot of force, even sometimes lethal force.
Second, the mental health professions don't actually have a very great record of achieving major real life results. We wish they did, but efficacious social programs can not be based on wishful thinking.
Everyone is an expert with a quick fix. I prefer waiting until there are proven, well tested, efficacious programs. These issues are not some newly discovered phenomena. The fact that there are few proven programs suggests these are extremely complicated matters, not truly amenable to quick op-ed
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Although I have a mental illness and psychosis, my story of suffering breakdowns has been caused by real situations of being ganged up on in the workplace and at the apt buildings where I have lived. Not only that but the system in the county where I live in new Jersey who was supposed to be advocating for me, also was ruthlessly ganging up on me and completely incompetent. The police in two towns where I lived, one after the next, treated me as the perpetrator, even though I was the victim, and were protecting the bullies who were harrassing me and abusing me, etc. The system deliberately ganged up on me too in the worst way, by scolding me, screaming at me, balling me, and working to ruin my credit and reputation. Many of the people who work in the system are very evil cruel people and very sick themselves. In addition I was choked and gagged and handcuffed and thrown in the mental ward on one occasion, and then hospitalized by police and pesp approx 5-6 more times in a row and held prisoner as punishment through their lies and illegal excuses about me. The truth is that in many situations the patients who do learn to handle their symptoms and are mature, experienced individuals fall victim to these evil, cruel authorities who are, for some unknown reason, well protected and permitted to act against us. They are all one big gang and they all protect each other. The few that seem to be good and really do want to help are outnumbered by the bad and I get the impression they have to put up with it too. I am now with a private psychiatrist who is a nice man but no therapist.
Although I have a mental illness and psychosis, my story of suffering breakdowns has been caused by real situations of being ganged up on in the workplace and at the apt buildings where I have lived. Not only that but the system in the county where I live in new Jersey who was supposed to be advocating for me, also was ruthlessly ganging up on me and completely incompetent. The police in two towns where I lived, one after the next, treated me as the perpetrator, even though I was the victim, and were protecting the bullies who were harrassing me and abusing me, etc. The system deliberately ganged up on me too in the worst way, by scolding me, screaming at me, balling me, and working to ruin my credit and reputation. Many of the people who work in the system are very evil cruel people and very sick themselves. In addition I was choked and gagged and handcuffed and thrown in the mental ward on one occasion, and then hospitalized by police and pesp approx 5-6 more times in a row and held prisoner as punishment through their lies and illegal excuses about me. The truth is that in many situations the patients who do learn to handle their symptoms and are mature, experienced individuals fall victim to these evil, cruel authorities who are, for some unknown reason, well protected and permitted to act against us.
MKay Omelson says:
I would think too little too late here. Community and Hospital Psychiatry was dealing with some of the issues way back in 1984.
I for one would like to know your ties to the pharmaceutical industries and what are your ties to the psychiatric survivor movement.
My son has been dealing with mental illness for 6 years now. Jailed with no meds, although I was told he would be medicated. In and out of hospitals, now I took him, with his approval, to a farm in Medellin, Colombia. They are more sensitive to the patient, who are not called patients and have a free living environment. Continuously reconsidering meds to not over medicate them. I don't know what I'm going to do once he is released, don't know how he will live here in the states(Louisiana). I'm afraid we cannot live together since he is bipolar and reacts aggressively towards me…
We need to better educate our officials, police and hospital staff. They are judgmental and most not compassionate towards the mentally ill patient.
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TAP Air Portugal Adds Six New Routes For Summer 2021
Not letting the current crisis detract from future, post-crisis planning, TAP Air Portugal is announcing six new routes for summer 2021. From the list of destinations, it appears that Portuguese holidaymakers will benefit most from the new routes. However, travelers from other parts of the world will have more connections to Lisbon and TAP Air Portugal's global network.
It's likely that TAP will deploy the Airbus A320 on many of these shorter routes. Photo: TAP Air Portugal
The six destinations
"TAP takes advantage of seasonal expansion opportunities to plan and strengthen its network," the airline states. For summer 2021, the Portuguese airline plans to launch the following six new routes:
Fuerteventura, Spain
Oujda, Morocco
Djerba, Tunisia
and Monastir, Tunisia
TAP Air Portugal's six new summer destinations mapped out. Photo: GCMap.com
TAP will offer two weekly flights from Lisbon to Ibiza and one from Lisbon to Fuerteventura in Spain. These services will commence in June of next year.
The airline also notes that the inaugural flights for these services are scheduled to take place between May and June 2021. The one exception to this is Zagreb, which is scheduled to start in March 2021.
It's impressive that the airline already has the schedule planned out – especially given the uncertainty of the next few months. Here are the days and flight times for the new services:
Lisbon-Ibiza: Flights depart on Saturdays and Sundays, departing from Lisbon at 11:00 and arriving at 13:45. The return flight will depart at 14:30 and arrive at Humberto Delgado airport at 15:25.
Lisbon-Fuerteventura: TAP's service to Fuerteventura is only once per week on Saturdays. This flight will depart at 11:00 from Lisbon and arrive at 13:20. Returning to Lisbon, flights depart at 14:05 and arrive in the Portuguese capital at 16:10.
Lisbon-Zagreb: Between Lisbon and Zagreb, three weekly flights will be operated on Wednesdays, Fridays, and Sundays. Departures from Lisbon will be at 08:00 with a scheduled arrival at the capital of Croatia at 12:05. Returning, the flight departs Zagreb at 12:50 and arrives in Lisbon at 15:15.
Lisbon-Djerba: This is a once-weekly flight that takes place on Sundays. It will depart Lisbon at 09:25 and arrive in Djerba at 12:30. While the airline did not state the departure time for the return flight, our guess would be within an hour of arriving in Djerba.
Lisbon-Monastir: This is a once-weekly flight that takes place on Fridays. It will depart Lisbon at 10:00 and arrive in Monastir at 12:55. While the airline did not state the departure time for the return flight, our guess would be within an hour of arriving in Monastir.
Lisbon-Oujda: And finally, TAP will offer two weekly flights to Oujda, Morocco, on Saturdays and Sundays. The flight will depart from Humberto Delgado Airport at 10:00 and arrive in Oujda at 12:05.
All times listed are local.
The airline's new A321LR single-aisle jet may be deployed on a slightly longer route like Zagreb. Photo: Airbus.
Other inaugural flights in 2021
While the airline has only recently announced six new destinations for 2021, it has previously announced other new destinations as well, which were supposed to start this year. In 2021 the first flights departing from Lisbon to Cancun, Cape Town, Agadir, and Santiago de Compostela will take off. The start of these routes was postponed due to the current situation.
"The list of routes and flights will be adjusted whenever circumstances require, in view of the dynamics of restrictions and demand," the airline notes.
We can expect TAP Portugal to use its new A330neo jets on the Lisbon to Cape Town service. Photo: Airbus
How do you think TAP Air Portugal will do on these new routes? Let us know your thoughts in the comments!


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A view from Sarah Hennessy
2017 could be the year of resurgence for magazines
As new measurements are introduced and publishers develop innovative ways to create deeper connections with readers, magazines have a bright future.
Sarah Hennessy
Innovation and audience-led solutions will be the key to success for magazines in 2017. While print media as a whole hasn't been attracting the right sort of headlines, with falling audiences and sliding revenues creating a sense of overall decline, I wouldn't write off the magazines sector.
In fact, 2017 could be the year it re-emerges as a viable medium with a long-term future. Clearly, there are challenges and the prospect of further consolidation could mean uncertainty. However, the sector has a sense of buoyancy as magazine publishers are looking at innovative ways to engage their audiences, leading to a deeper brand experience.
This, coupled with improvements in measurement that will finally catch up with multiplatform behaviour, means there will be a better growth story for magazines. One area that is giving magazines a boost is a focus on specialism.
With more than 130 launches in 2016, the outlook is positive for specialist products. Segments such as leisure interests, children's and men's lifestyle all saw double-digit circulation growth.
Current affairs titles, including The Economist and The Week, also saw improvements during an epic year of news, from Brexit to Trump.
The resilience of the luxury segment has been impressive and shows no signs of abating. Vogue's successful centenary celebrations, Glamour's move to full size and the 20th-anniversary (and biggestever) issue of Wallpaper* are all examples of the robust health of the luxury end of the market. In 2017, this ground will be hotly contested as news brands set their sights on the same advertisers.
News UK laid down a marker by relaunching Luxx for The Times and poaching Lorraine Candy, editor-in-chief of UK Elle, to be luxury content director.
However, in my view, there are still too many magazines on the newsstand. It would be beneficial to see the closure of weaker titles such as InStyle in the UK, which shut its print edition in October, so that publishers can breathe greater life into those that remain.
This would allow for a more positive and compelling focus on the titles that will attract stronger support from advertisers.
Magazines are exploring brave, dynamic distribution models to secure the future of their print titles. Getting the product into the hands of the right people, whether they are prepared to pay for the magazine or not, will continue to be key.
It would be beneficial to see the closure of weaker titles such as InStyle in the UK, which shut its print edition in October, so that publishers can breathe greater life into those that remain
Significant changes from Cosmopolitan (cutting its price to £1), NME (going free) and Elle (letting readers pre-order a print cover of their choice "on demand") resulted in big circulation increases and proved that pricing and distribution really can change a brand's fortune.
Alongside innovation in print, it will also remain critical that magazine content is made available on more new platforms. Cosmopolitan has established first-mover advantage with Snapchat, reaching readers each day on Snapchat Discover. I expect to see more demand for this platform in 2017 from magazine publishers, providing Snapchat can keep pace with the resource required.
Events and brand extensions have emerged as a new revenue stream for publishers that understand their audience and are intent on building stronger relationships around passion for the brand.
Experiences such as Stylist Live, Radio Times Festival and Empire Live attract paying audiences and bring them closer to the experts they care about. These events will be bigger and bolder in 2017, with smaller pop-ups also getting in on the action. They also offer big commercial partners highly engaged audiences.
The Esquire Townhouse with Dior is a brilliant example of a commercial partnership that will genuinely deepen relationships. Magazines that think like brands across every touchpoint will be the ones that build even stronger connections with their most valuable readers.
A related point is the rise of the magazine content studio. Those that have already launched include Hearst Magazines UK's Made, Immediate Media's Imagine, Time Inc UK's The Foundry and Shortlist Media's recent addition, Family.
Significant resources, data and technology are being committed to make multiplatform, measurable content an everyday reality for advertisers. This augurs well for 2017.
The opportunity to monetise audienceled solutions, driven by data insight, has accelerated growth within publishers' commercial teams. Finding more innovative "portfolio solutions" for brands is the key to unlocking bigger budgets for publishers and will deliver more scale for advertisers.
Significant progress will be achieved when we see collaborative relationships develop across publisher portfolios. This is where Magnetic, the marketing body for consumer magazines, can help to harness the opportunity for clients. It is vital that publishers are able to show demand and audience data across the many platforms on which magazine brands now exist.
It is vital that publishers are able to show demand and audience data across the many platforms on which magazine brands now exist
By the end of 2017, we should see Pamco, the Publishers Audience Measurement Company, introduce Audience Measurement for Publishers, replacing the National Readership Survey in providing audience figures for the published media industry.
This is an exciting development – albeit a long overdue one. The rigorous methodology of AMP – which combines a digital panel with 35,000 face-to-face interviews – will allow publishers to monetise de-duplicated audiences across all of their platforms.
It should be a leap forward in enabling cross-platform planning for a substantial number of brands for the first time and providing a more accurate picture of consumer demand for magazine content. Much will depend on the nature of AMP's launch but, if it is effective, it will have a profound impact in terms of improving inventory management and commercial relationships.
This boost for the sector is one of the many reasons to be excited about magazines in 2017.
Sarah Hennessy is the managing director at MEC.
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I suppose access to QMainWindow's menu restricted since there is
QDialog with modal flag active. But I need to have a non modal QMainWindow with menu which can be accessed.
Is it possible? I use qt 4.5.2 and os x lion.
Thanks!

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However, if you want the QMainWindow to act as a top-level window, don't set a parent.

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Just how great was the fortune plundered by the Marcos family?
November 11, 2018 By M G Martin 4 Comments
Imelda Marcos sits among some of the precious artworks amassed during her husband's years of power.
After the People Power Revolution of 1986, Ferdinand Marcos and his family fled into exile in Hawaii aboard a US Air Force C-130.
Upon their arrival at Hickam Air Force Base, the family filled out an official customs list of the "household effects" they had in their possession.
In her book The Marcoses and the Missing Filipino Millions, journalist Caroline Kennedy has looked into the contents of the list, which she said — with some understatement — "reads like pure fantasy".
Among the highlights of the customs declaration were the following "household effects":
22 crates of cash valued at $717 million dollars
300 crates of assorted jewellery (value undetermined)
$4 million dollars worth of unset precious gems contained in Pampers diaper boxes
$7.7 million dollars worth of jewellery, including a gold crown encrusted with diamonds, three tiaras and 65 high-end watches
A box, measuring 12 feet by four feet, full of pearls
A three-foot solid gold statue covered in diamonds and other precious stones
$200,000 dollars in gold bullion and nearly $1 million dollars in Philippine pesos
Also discovered among their luggage were deposit slips worth $124 million dollars for banks in the US, Switzerland and the Cayman Islands
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And if what was contained in their luggage wasn't enough, the family had been busy preparing for their departure.
Marcos family prepared for exile
A week ahead of their flight into exile, 2,000 tons of gold, worth $22 billion dollars, was sent to Australia. However, following a tip off, it was intercepted by Australian customs.
And over the six months before this, weekly flights transported cash, period furniture, antiques and priceless artworks to Hong Kong.
How much else was spirited out of the country can never be known. However, jewellery worth $250 million was confiscated from a friend of Imelda's who was caught smuggling them out of the country.
In May this year, the House of Representatives voted to scrap the Presidential Commission on Good Government (PCGG) — the body charged with tracking down the Marcos family's plundered wealth.
Despite this, the search for the missing wealth — the value of which can only be a matter for speculation — continues.
All throughout the process, Imelda has steadfastly refused to co-operate. As she once told the PCGG: "If you know how rich you are, you aren't rich. I have no idea how rich I am!"
ALSO READ: Has legendary Yamashita Treasure been found in the Philippines?
However, now the 89-year-old matriarch has been charged on seven counts of corruption — carrying a maximum sentence of 77 years — will she finally be pressurised to reveal something of her family's hidden wealth?
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Jose says
The colossal ignorance of millions of Filipinos adds to the support of vermin such as the Marcoses and the Dutertes.
Add the multitudes of others who are not ignorant but are evil; they profit from their relationships with these wicked leaders (such as the military, the cops, allied politicians, the allied wealthy, allied drug lords, and allied celebrities).
The latter group plus a lot of taxpayer money fund the propaganda machine that keeps the former group in the dark.
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Detained migrants allege they were forced to drink foul-smelling water and spoiled food
Spoiled food, foul-smelling drinking water, overflowing toilets and inadequate access to showers are among the detent...
Posted: Jul 19, 2018 8:25 AM
Updated: Jul 19, 2018 8:25 AM
Spoiled food, foul-smelling drinking water, overflowing toilets and inadequate access to showers are among the detention conditions outlined in the latest legal challenge to the Trump administration's hardline immigration policy.
The claims, which were made by migrants detained at US Customs and Border Protection facilities in recent months, were included in court documents filed Monday as part of a longstanding federal lawsuit that resulted in the 1997 Flores settlement agreement.
The allegations come weeks after new court documents filed in a lawsuit by a coalition of state attorneys general against the administration's separation of families at the border reveal what attorneys said were horrid conditions endured by adult and child detainees.
Filings in that case included testimony of kids being confined to windowless rooms in metal enclosures that some called kennels as well as adults and children being held in prison-like conditions.
US Department of Homeland Security, Immigration and Customs Enforcement and Customs and Border Protection declined comment on pending litigation.
Migrants describe their experiences in US custody
There was no immediate comment from the respective detention centers.
Here is a look at some of the migrants' accounts in Monday's filing, as taken from the court documents.
'We went hungry the entire time'
Lidia, a 22-year-old migrant from El Salvador, said her four-year-old son Marcos cried from hunger during their stay at a South Texas family residential center in Dilley. She said they were given frozen sandwiches that were "not able to be eaten" and "went hungry the entire time" in custody of the US Border Patrol, beginning on June 13.
Lidia's last name as well as that of other migrants in the case were redacted from the court documents.
Another migrant named Dilsia, who left Honduras with her 12-year-old daughter Ashley, described similar conditions when detained after presenting themselves at a border crossing on June 25.
"You could feel the ice when you bit into the sandwich," said she in court documents.
Other migrants described becoming nauseated and sick from the frozen sandwiches. Some said the sandwich meat was either black or green, and that it tasted and smelled bad.
A mother 'begged for water' and was refused
Cristobal, who fled gang violence and threats in his native Guatemala, said in court documents that he and his seven-year-old son went thirsty in Border Patrol facilities after being detained in El Paso, Texas on June 23.
"(T)hey would tell us to drink from the sink above the toilet," he said. "We did not get any clean water the entire time."
Other migrants described tap water that was foul smelling and tasted bad. Some said the water had a chlorine taste.
"I had to plug my nose to be able to drink the water," said Delmis, a migrant from Honduras who spent four days in federal custody with her two young children in early June.
One mother of two young children said she "begged for water" for her daughter but was refused.
"My daughter started crying. The officers told me to shut up," according to court documents.
Not allowed a shower in five days
Lourdes, who fled Honduras with her five-year-old daughter, said in a court document they were allowed one shower and "toilets were dirty and over flowing every day" during the six days they spent in custody of the US Border Patrol.
"Both of us were covered in dirt and dust from our walk through the desert after we crossed the river," recalled Blanca, a Guatemalan migrant who said she and her four-year-old daughter were not allowed a shower for five days.
Another mother, Fatima, said her young daughter soiled herself and had to remain to her dirty underwear for several days, according to court documents.
Others said they were denied soap and towels, and had toothbrushes and toothpaste taken from them.
Soaked and held in frigid temperatures
Several migrants described the conditions at Border Patrol holding cells as frigid, especially after being detained in clothing soaked while crossing the Rio Grande into the US, according to court documents.
Some mothers said they shivered while huddling with their children on cold cement floors, unable to stay warm with Mylar blankets provided at the detention facilities.
Crowded facilities and not enough mattresses
Floridalma and her three-year-old son Broswin were detained by Border Patrol agents in June 26, according to court documents.
She said four mothers and their four children were kept in a small room at the El Centro Border Patrol facility with two mattresses to share.
"We sleep with our heads on the mattresses and our bodies on the cement floor," she recalled.
Others said crowded detention centers lacked enough mattresses, forcing migrants to sleep on wooded benches or cement floors.
Denial of legal rights
Many migrants said they were not informed of their legal rights after being detained by Border Patrol agents and not allowed to see the declarations agents made about their detentions. Some also said they were asked to sign English-language documents with no Spanish translations and not immediately given access to lawyers.
Chicago facility allegations investigated
US Sen. Dick Durbin, D-Illinois, says the United States is investigating allegations of abuse at a Chicago facility that houses children separated from their parents at the Mexican border.
The allegations include physical and emotional abuse at Casa Guadalupe, a facility run by the nonprofit Heartland Alliance.
Network of shelters for undocumented minors under scrutiny
Dozens of accounts cited in a legal motion against the federal government for unlawful and inappropriate detainment of children describe overloaded and secretive shelters, treatment centers and secure detention facilities for undocumented minors -- which at their worst have allegedly been home to neglect, assault and other horrific abuse.
The allegations in the documents, as well as recent facility inspection reports and other lawsuits, range from unsanitary conditions and invasive monitoring of mail and phone calls to unair-conditioned rooms in hot Texas summers and dosing children with cocktails of psychotropic drugs disguised as vitamins. At one facility, children recounted being held down for forcible injections, which medical records show are powerful antipsychotics and sedatives.
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