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General Discussion / BABY SNATCHED AND RUN

« on: November 20, 2007, 12:34:44 PM »

Mother names missing baby Jeremiah, Obadiah, Shawn
 
 
Sheldon Henry, distraught father of the baby, at the Guardian’s
St Vincent Street office in Port-of-Spain yesterday.
Photos: Lester Forde

A mother’s pain

She appeals to abductor for her child
A patient claims to have spoken with mystery woman
BY CAROL MATROO

Just ten hours after he was born on November 16, he was stolen from his mother.

He barely nursed at his mother’s breasts, cradled against her warmth. He did not enjoy the safety of his mother’s loving arms.

Today is five days since newborn baby boy, Jeremiah Obadiah Shawn Henry, has been separated from his mother Nekeisha Noel.

These were the names chosen by his heartbroken mother on Sunday.

“A woman who was with me at the time said he was special that they pick and choose him, and that I should use a name from the Bible.

“I close and open the book and the name Jeremiah was on the page. My mother chose Obadiah and Shawn is my little brother,” Noel explained.

He was snatched from his bassinet at Mt Hope Women’s Hospital by a woman pretending to be a nurse.

Noel, a poultry shop worker from Duncan Trace, Santa Cruz Old Road, is pleading with the mystery woman to return her child to her, saying she would not press charges.

“When I had my first son Renaldo, I did not have as much pain as I had with this baby...And in a matter of ten hours my child gone?” Noel said tearfully during a telephone interview, yesterday.

Noel said she could not explain the extent of her grief and pain over the loss of her child, not through death, but at the hands of an abductor.

“I want to know how they could have two entrances at the hospital and security only at one.

“My baby didn’t have a hat…the woman didn’t have a bag, nothing. But it had to be that she was looking for a baby,” Noel said.

The worried mother confided that another patient said the woman had also spoken with her.

“But the other girl was already discharged and was waiting for relatives to take her home.”

She added that the patient said the woman changed her clothes in her ward before going into Noel’s.

Her voice thick with grief, Noel said she couldn’t explain the depth of her feelings.

“I buy everything for my baby. I don’t know how I will cope when I go home, when his crib right by the door…all his clothes there, his handbag.

“I didn’t even have a chance to give him his name…I hardly get to hold him,” the sobbing woman said.

Father questioned


The baby’s father, Sheldon Henry, said there were no new developments with his child, who is his second son.

He has another son from a previous relationship.

“Right now, we just coping. Nobody not saying anything and the police have nothing.”

Henry said he believed some people at the hospital knew what happened, but chose not to come forward.

He, too, could not understand how the woman left the hospital with his son.

“The woman take the child and leave the baby card, and the security did not even ask her to see anything.

“When I went to see Nekeisha, they asking me where I going and who I going to see. Why they didn’t ask she anything?”

Hospital to implement new security measures

New Health Minister Jerry Narace said the incident was receiving the attention of the North Central Regional Health Authority and its board.

Narace made this brief statement to reporters as he was leaving Whitehall yesterday after the first Cabinet meeting with new government ministers and Prime Minister Patrick Manning.

He said he had spoken with Noel and was working closely with his permanent secretary and the NCRHA.

Narace added that the NCRHA was looking at implementing new security measures at the institution.

The minister also said the board was looking at all those who were accountable.

He did not say who were these people.
 
 
Mother names missing baby Jeremiah, Obadiah, Shawn
 
   
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Sheldon Henry, distraught father of the baby, at the Guardian’s
St Vincent Street office in Port-of-Spain yesterday.
Photos: Lester Forde

A mother’s pain

She appeals to abductor for her child
A patient claims to have spoken with mystery woman
BY CAROL MATROO

Just ten hours after he was born on November 16, he was stolen from his mother.

He barely nursed at his mother’s breasts, cradled against her warmth. He did not enjoy the safety of his mother’s loving arms.

Today is five days since newborn baby boy, Jeremiah Obadiah Shawn Henry, has been separated from his mother Nekeisha Noel.

These were the names chosen by his heartbroken mother on Sunday.

“A woman who was with me at the time said he was special that they pick and choose him, and that I should use a name from the Bible.

“I close and open the book and the name Jeremiah was on the page. My mother chose Obadiah and Shawn is my little brother,” Noel explained.

He was snatched from his bassinet at Mt Hope Women’s Hospital by a woman pretending to be a nurse.

Noel, a poultry shop worker from Duncan Trace, Santa Cruz Old Road, is pleading with the mystery woman to return her child to her, saying she would not press charges.

“When I had my first son Renaldo, I did not have as much pain as I had with this baby...And in a matter of ten hours my child gone?” Noel said tearfully during a telephone interview, yesterday.

Noel said she could not explain the extent of her grief and pain over the loss of her child, not through death, but at the hands of an abductor.

“I want to know how they could have two entrances at the hospital and security only at one.

“My baby didn’t have a hat…the woman didn’t have a bag, nothing. But it had to be that she was looking for a baby,” Noel said.

The worried mother confided that another patient said the woman had also spoken with her.

“But the other girl was already discharged and was waiting for relatives to take her home.”

She added that the patient said the woman changed her clothes in her ward before going into Noel’s.

Her voice thick with grief, Noel said she couldn’t explain the depth of her feelings.

“I buy everything for my baby. I don’t know how I will cope when I go home, when his crib right by the door…all his clothes there, his handbag.

“I didn’t even have a chance to give him his name…I hardly get to hold him,” the sobbing woman said.

Father questioned


The baby’s father, Sheldon Henry, said there were no new developments with his child, who is his second son.

He has another son from a previous relationship.

“Right now, we just coping. Nobody not saying anything and the police have nothing.”

Henry said he believed some people at the hospital knew what happened, but chose not to come forward.

He, too, could not understand how the woman left the hospital with his son.

“The woman take the child and leave the baby card, and the security did not even ask her to see anything.

“When I went to see Nekeisha, they asking me where I going and who I going to see. Why they didn’t ask she anything?”

Hospital to implement new security measures

New Health Minister Jerry Narace said the incident was receiving the attention of the North Central Regional Health Authority and its board.

Narace made this brief statement to reporters as he was leaving Whitehall yesterday after the first Cabinet meeting with new government ministers and Prime Minister Patrick Manning.

He said he had spoken with Noel and was working closely with his permanent secretary and the NCRHA.

Narace added that the NCRHA was looking at implementing new security measures at the institution.

The minister also said the board was looking at all those who were accountable.

He did not say who were these people.
 
 

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Football / Rubber ball or leather ball for training.

« on: November 16, 2007, 11:48:45 PM »

I know lots of men here play soccer and reach to the highest they could have reach , and some still trying to reach where they dream they would of like to reach . I played soccer only in the minor leagues ,when i started playin soccer i could of  only kick with my right foot, but then i started trainin with a rubber ball the reason because it is much faster than the leather ball and to my amazement after training for some time with that rubber ball i could of kick with both feet and my skills level had increased i controlled the rubber ball  and it did not control me any more, could have reach further but my job and time  did not allow it ,  i feel when trainin younger guys if you use a rubber ball it would be better for them because when they learn how to control a quicker ball the soccer ball would not be a problem and it will also help to build their self confidence on the field.

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Football / ENGLAND U21 VS BULGARIA U21

« on: November 16, 2007, 12:49:51 PM »

ENGLAND U21    1  VS BULGARIA 0 
 on FSC  right now

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General Discussion / WHO GOING TO GUARD D GUARD

« on: November 16, 2007, 08:47:27 AM »

 9 guns missing from stations

Richard Charan South Bureau


Wednesday, November 14th 2007
 
 
 At least nine guns and hundreds of rounds of ammunition have gone missing from police stations over the last two years, it was disclosed yesterday.

The disclosure came in in light of Police Commissioner Trevor Paul's promise on Monday of a quick investigation into the disappearance of a gun and bullets from Police Headquarters, Port of Spain.

In a similar case in South Trinidad, 21 rounds of ammunition disappeared from a police station three months ago.

The matter remains unresolved.

In that case, a police corporal, under investigation, handed over the 21 rounds of 12-gauge ammunition that he took home from the station.

He was the officer in charge of the property room, where guns belonging to civilians and policemen, are kept.

The officer has since been transferred to another police station while his case is under investigation, a senior police officer told the Express.

The station dairy and General Property (GP) register have been seized as part of the investigation.

The theft of weapons by policemen has long been an embarrassing problem in the Police Service.

In June 2005, businessman Uttamdeo Marajh was shot dead during a robbery at his grocery in Palo Seco. The gun used in the murder was police issued. The 9mm handgun had been stolen from the St James Police Station two weeks earlier.

In that year, guns also went missing from the Tunapuna, San Fernando and Mon Repos Police Stations.

In October 2006, a police constable was charged with stealing a gun and 25 rounds of ammunition from the Central Police Station.

Three months before, a constable was charged with the theft of a gun and ammunition from the St James Police Station.

In the latest incident in South Trinidad, a land owner left his shotgun and ammunition at the station and when he returned, the cartridges were missing.
 
 

 Comments: 9 guns missing from stations 

 
   
 missing guns   Posted: 2007-11-13 11:26:00 PM 
 it is time to go back to old days of recruiting in the protective services. rigourous training, and 

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General Discussion / NY NYPD DEATH SQUAD

« on: November 14, 2007, 10:22:57 PM »

Teen Khiel Coppin said he was 'prepared to die'

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BY TANANGACHI MFUNI, CHRISTINA BOYLE, ALISON GENDAR and TINA MOORE
DAILY NEWS STAFF WRITERS

Wednesday, November 14th 2007, 8:41 AM
       

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Troubled Brooklyn teen Khiel Coppin told his mother he was 'prepared to die' and repeatedly yelled, 'I've got a gun!'



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Click on the image for a graphic depicting Khiel Coppin's tragic last day.
Hear the 911 Call (WARNING: GRAPHIC LANGUAGE)



A troubled Brooklyn teen told his mother he was "prepared to die," repeatedly yelled, "I've got a gun!" when she called 911 and then taunted cops before they killed him in a 20-shot barrage, police said Tuesday.

"Come get me! I have a gun! Let's do this!" Khiel Coppin shouted at cops when they arrived at his Bedford-Stuyvesant building late Monday, police said.

Though Coppin's mom told a 911 operator and a captain at the scene that her son did not have a gun, Police Commissioner Raymond Kelly said Coppin gave five cops no choice but to shoot when he ignored their orders to stop and gestured as if he had a gun.

The object in his hand was a black hairbrush.

Coppin was fatally wounded, with 10 bullets hitting his upper body and legs. Police said they found handwritten notes in his pockets, including one that read, "Happyness iz death."

"This was a terrible tragedy for Khiel's family, no question about it," Kelly said. "Our condolences go out to his mother and to his family."

An hour later, Coppin's mother, father and siblings stood with their lawyer outside the morgue where the 18-year-old's body was taken and called for a more extensive investigation.

The lawyer, Paul Wooten, said Coppin's mom, Denise Owens, told a 911 operator and cops her son was unarmed.

"We know from his mother that when police officers arrived at her front door that she told those officers that he did not have a gun," Wooten said.

Wooten said the family believes police rushed to judgment in their determination that the shooting was justified.

"Nobody but Houdini himself could have decided that in 24 hours," Wooten said.

Coppin's downward spiral began long before cops arrived at his family's apartment shortly after 7 p.m. Monday.

Earlier that day, his mom had called the Interfaith Medical Center's mobile crisis team to ask it to help with her mentally disturbed son, who had a prior arrest for robbery and got out of juvenile detention center in August.

She told the Interfaith team about noon that "Khiel would eventually do something bad and that he was talking about suicide," Kelly said.

An Interfaith psychologist responded to the Gates Ave. home about 6:30 p.m., but Coppin was not home.

A psychologist from Interfaith later told detectives Owens was afraid of her son because he was not taking his anti-psychotic and anti-depressant drugs - Risperdal and Concerta. Coppin had previously spent time in the Kings County Hospital psych ward, Kelly said.

The psychologist told cops Owens said she had taken her son's apartment keys and asked him to leave the home. But he refused, the psychologist said.

About a half hour after the Interfaith team left, Coppin returned home. His mom said she pretended to dial 911 twice to "scare him" and get him to leave, police said. This time, she really dialed for help.

When Coppin heard her talking to the 911 operator, he picked up a tape dispenser, put it under his shirt and said that he was "prepared to die," she told cops.

In tapes of the 911 call, Coppin can be heard in the background cursing and yelling, "I've got a gun, and I'm going to shoot you!"

At one point, the 911 operator asks Owens if her son has a gun, and she doesn't answer directly.

"You heard him," she said. "... I didn't say ... you heard it outta his mouth."

The operator later called back and asked for a description of the gunman. The mom said, "He does not, hmmm, who says ... He does not have a firearm."

When cops arrived at apartment 1-D, the door was ajar and they could see Coppin in a hallway with two knives, Kelly said. Owens and her 11-year-old daughter were also in the home.

Cops got Owens and her daughter out of the three-bedroom apartment and Owens told the officers her son was not carrying a gun, police said.

As the cops approached Coppin, he brandished the knives, lunged toward them and yelled, "Shoot me! Kill me!" police said.

The cops retreated into an outside hallway and Coppin went into a back bedroom, Kelly said.

At one point, the teen yelled, "Come get me! I have a gun! Let's do this!" cops said.

The cops in the building then heard Coppin moving a window gate and cops outside yelling, "He's going out the window!"

Coppin dropped about 4 feet from the window to the sidewalk and walked through an exterior gate toward cops in front of the building, police said.

NYPD Capt. Charles McEvoy ran from the apartment as the teen came out the window. He told the cops outside to back up and take cover, Kelly said.

They retreated and positioned themselves behind two parked cars. Coppin continued toward the cops, ignoring repeated orders to show his hands and get down on the ground, Kelly said.

He then reached under his sweatshirt, brandished an object and pointed it at cops "as if he were aiming a gun," Kelly said.

Five cops responded by firing a total of 20 rounds. Medics took Coppin to Woodhull Hospital, where he was declared dead.

The medical examiner said bullets hit Coppin in the chest, hip, forearm, knee, thigh and ankle. The wounds to his left lung and intestines were fatal.

"He didn't have to be killed," said Coppin's stepfather, Reginald Owens.

The shooting enraged some residents and community leaders, who likened it to last November's police shooting of Sean Bell, an unarmed bridegroom.

"The police have gotten out of control," City Councilman Charles Barron said.

Kelly said the shooting appeared to be "within department guidelines" and noted 10 witnesses told police Coppin ignored the cops' orders to stop. They included a 50-year-old woman who said she saw him raising an unknown dark object in his right hand while lunging at cops.

When asked by Internal Affairs Bureau detectives whether he could have been raising his hands in surrender, Kelly said, she responded, "Absolutely not."

All the cops involved in the shooting were given Breathalyzer tests, and all passed.

Kelly said cops did not know that Coppin had a history of mental illness. He said the incident unfolded too fast "to enable us to put the resources in place to appropriately restrain him."

One question i always ask myself how come these cops do not shoot WHITE teenage boys or men the way they shoot BLACKS.

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / DONDA WEST DIED FROM COSMETIC SURGREY

« on: November 13, 2007, 08:58:43 PM »

LOS ANGELES, California (CNN) -- An autopsy on the body of Donda West, mother of hip-hop mogul Kanye West, was inconclusive pending the results of toxicology tests, a spokesman for the Los Angeles County Coroner said Tuesday.


Donda West, with son Kanye in May 2006, died Saturday after she was found unresponsive in her home.

more photos »  Ed Winter said preliminary reports indicated that West, 58, may have died from complications from cosmetic surgery. Beverly Hills plastic surgeon Jan Adams said he performed cosmetic surgery on her Friday at a surgical center.

West died Saturday evening after she was found unresponsive and in respiratory distress at her home, Winter said.

"She was taken to Centinela Freeman Regional Medical Center in Marina del Rey," he said. "Efforts to preserve her life were unsuccessful. She was pronounced dead at 8:28 p.m."

A funeral for West is scheduled for November 20, a representative for Kanye West said.  Watch latest on the death of Donda West »

Adams told TMZ.com that he performed a tummy tuck and breast reduction on West last week and that her death was unforeseen. But another Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon said he had recently refused to perform a procedure on West until she had a medical clearance for a condition he feared could lead to a heart attack.

"The preliminary information we had indicated that she had several minor medical issues," Winter said, "but I can't comment on those." He also said she was taking medications, but could not comment on which ones and in what dosages pending the toxicology reports.

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Winter also said West was in good condition before the surgery and that investigators are talking with Adams about the surgery. He did not say when the results of the toxicology tests would be available.

Adams told TMZ.com that West's death could have been caused by a heart attack, pulmonary embolism or massive vomiting. He said he consulted with her for months and she changed her mind several times about going forward with the surgery, TMZ.com said.

TMZ.com, like CNN, is owned by Time Warner.

Adams later released a statement through his publicist expressing his "deepest condolences to the West family at a very difficult time" but declined further comment.

"As a medical doctor practicing in this field, I hold sacred the bond of confidentiality that exists between a patient and doctor," he said. "Out of respect for the West family and in the absence of other verifiable information, any comment from me without first discussing that information with the family would be unprofessional."

Adams is the television host of Discovery Health's "Plastic Surgery: Before and After." According to his biography on Discovery.com -- which has been removed from the Web site -- Adams is also the author of "Everything Women of Color Should Know About Cosmetic Surgery." He graduated from Harvard University, attended Ohio State University College of Medicine and studied plastic surgery at the University of Michigan.

On Monday, Beverly Hills cosmetic surgeon Andre Aboolian said through his publicist that Donda West consulted him in June about a procedure. Publicist Jo-Ann Geffen said West contacted Aboolian again two weeks ago to say she was ready to go forward, but Aboolian said he needed a medical clearance before he would perform the surgery.

"I always insist on a medical clearance for women over 40, and in this instance it was particularly important because of a condition she had that I felt could have led to a heart attack," Aboolian said, according to Geffen's statement.

Geffen said West was scheduled to see an internist for the appropriate tests, but did not keep the appointment.

Donda West was a major influence on her son's life, as the music producer-singer-songwriter has often said -- including in lyrics to some of his songs. She regularly attended her son's concerts, and was at his performance at the MTV Video Music Awards in September.

Earlier this year, she released a book she co-authored called "Raising Kanye: Life Lessons From the Mother of a Hip-Hop Superstar."

West retired from her post as professor and chair of the English Department at Chicago State University in 2004 to become her son's manager, according to the Kanye West Foundation Web site. She also became CEO of Super Good, the parent company of Kanye West Enterprises.

In Kanye West's song "Can't Tell Me Nothing," a track from his latest album, "Graduation," he rhymes about her attempt to discourage him from spending money on jewelry. On "Touch the Sky," from his 2005 album, "Late Registration," he recalls how his mother drove him from Chicago to New York in a U-Haul van.

Donda West was also the inspiration for the song "Hey Mama."


A statement issued late Monday from "Kanye West, his family and friends" thanked "everyone for the outpouring of support" and asked that in lieu of flowers, donations be made to the Kanye West Foundation, which Donda West co-founded with her son.

West, who is in Europe preparing for a tour of the continent, will remain overseas until next week, when he will return for the funeral, the representative said. The tour has been postponed. E-mail to a friend .

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General Discussion / MAN KILLED, WOMAN WOUNDED IN LOVE TRIANGLE

« on: November 12, 2007, 01:10:31 PM »

Shocked Santa Cruz residents, kept at a distance from the crime scene by police, gather outside the home of Marcia Bostic-Smith where she was severely injured and her male companion chopped to death by a male relative early yesterday. Photos: David Wears

BY GEISHA KOWLESSAR

A massive police manhunt is under way in Santa Cruz for a man who allegedly chopped his estranged wife, killed her 23-year-old male companion and horribly mutilated the young man’s body after his death.

Up to late yesterday afternoon, North-Eastern Division police officers headed by Insp David Abraham were conducting roadblocks and searches for the man who escaped in his car.

Santa Cruz housewife Marcia Bostic-Smith, 32, is in critical condition at Port-of-Spain General Hospital after emergency surgery.

She is said to have suffered serious internal bleeding from the many chop wounds she suffered at the hands of her attacker.

The tragic events began at about 1.30 am yesterday when police said a 36-year-old man went to Bostic-Smith’s home after she had called him to collect his clothes.

Police said Bostic-Smith and her husband separated several months ago, after repeated domestic disputes.

Upon entering the house, the relative saw Bostic-Smith’s 23-year-old male companion Duane De Peiza of Rich Plain, Diego Martin.

Instead of packing his clothes, the irate relative pulled out a cutlass, chopping De Peiza and Bostic-Smith who worked for a water distribution company in Diego Martin.

Cut on the head, hand and back, a screaming and terrified Bostic-Smith managed to escape.

She ran next door, collapsing on the front steps of the home of an elderly woman less than 100 metres away.

She was taken to Port-of-Spain General, where she underwent emergency surgery after suffering massive internal bleeding, hospital sources said.

Investigators said De Peiza was chopped to death.

But even after killing the young man, police said, the relative bundled the body into the trunk of his car and drove to a lonely area off Blessney Road in Santa Cruz.

De Peiza’s mutilated body was later discovered by villagers at the bottom of a shallow pond.

“Is like Mano Benjamin again,” said one investigating officer who viewed the corpse.

“The entire face was unrecognisable... Everything was completely chopped off,” he added.

“The nose and mouth chopped off and the eyes gouged out. There was just no face left. There were chop wound all over.”

The officer added that De Peiza was also scalped and even his penis had been hacked off.

Police also discovered blood stains on a paw-paw tree close to the pond.

History of abuse—neighbours

The brutal chopping of Bostic-Smith sent shock waves through the La Canoa community.

Residents wept openly as they talked about the attack.

Neighbours, who described Bostic-Smith a “quiet and friendly woman” said she often endured emotional and mental abuse at the hands of a male relative.

According to the neighbours, Bostic-Smith was forced to take get a restraining order after receiving several death threats from the relative.

“Marcia father never like that man and before the father dead he tired warn her about the man,” a neighbour said.

“You see what happen when you don’t listen to your parents. Is like the father see what was coming,” said another neighbour.

The neighbour said that after failed attempts at reconciliation, Bostic-Smith decided to sever all ties with the male relative.

“But like the man had a Devil in him. He didn’t want to go peacefully.”
 
As one of the brothers said before how can the government prevent crime like this . this is so sad so crazy , like a scene from a horror movie . 
 

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General Discussion / DO YOU HAVE GAS

« on: November 12, 2007, 10:35:02 AM »

Gas prices is on its way up again , a friend told me the price gas in CARLIFONIA is $5.00 a gal for regular   so i wid meh cheap self scream out what , because the price in NY for a gal of reg $3.11 ,so far mobil have the cheapest $3.05 a gal reg Buh the prices iz really going up as the holidays approaches , by the way if yuh have gas feel free to pass it in your tank and hope that the guage move .

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Jokes / DOOKIE IN HOSPITAL

« on: November 11, 2007, 11:18:28 AM »

cop supporters  went to the hospital to see doookie ,  they ask Doc how iz he doing the DOc reply not good he took a terriable beating and verbal abuse ,he iz almost a corpse . 

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General Discussion / PM swearin in at woodford square

« on: November 07, 2007, 04:14:12 PM »

PNM leader Patrick Manning will this afternoon take the oath of office as Prime Minister for another term, standing in the unprecedented setting of Woodford Square, Port-of-Spain—the traditional “stomping ground” of his People’s National Movement party.

And the question circulating among PNMites yesterday was whether the next person to be sworn in after Manning—the Attorney General—will be a new female face or if current Attorney General John Jeremie will continue in the post for a while.

An Attorney General is expected to be sworn in sometime after Manning takes the oath of office at 3 pm.

Manning will be sworn in by President George Maxwell Richards at that time at Woodford Square, a location which is well rooted in PNM history as a venue for significant PNM events.

Prime Ministers, however, have usually taken the oath of office at President’s House.

Manning had announced Woodford Square as the venue for today’s event when he addressed party supporters at Balisier House, Port-of-Spain, around 1 am yesterday, after the PNM secured victory in Monday’s general election by winning 26 seats.

Woodford Square has always held a special historical link with the PNM, having been the party’s favourite launch pad for election campaigns and addresses by PNM founder, the late Dr Eric Williams.

It was Williams who dubbed the location, “The University of Woodford Square.”

It was also called the “People’s Parliament” during the 1970 Black Power “Revolution” by the National Joint Action Committee (NJAC).

Yesterday, PNM campaign manager Conrad Enill attempted to explain some of the rationale behind the choice of location.

“Mr Manning has been Prime Minister and will be sworn in again as Prime Minister and he believes the people should be invited to share in this, his premier moment,” Enill said.

“In the past for such occasions the function was very limited to a certain number of invited guests.

“But having been close to the people, Mr Manning feels the people should be there to witness the swearing in to office of the Prime Minister.

“This is his way of ensuring they are involved.”

PNM’s Lenny Saith said it was not unprecedented for people overseas to be sworn into office in public places.

“Have you ever seen where the President of the US takes the oath of office? On the steps of a prominent public building,” Saith noted.

A large gathering from the PNM hierarchy and its candidate team, as well as PNM supporters, are expected at the Square to witness Manning’s swearing in.

Yesterday, a stage was being constructed for the event.

Manning met with Richards yesterday to discuss the arrangements for the installation of the new Government.

Members of Parliament who were elected in Monday’s voting exercise will also take the oath of office at 3 pm tomorrow at President’s House.

This was confirmed in a statement from President’s House yesterday.

The MPs will include both PNM and UNC candidates who were successful in Monday’s election in the 41 constituencies.


Female AG?


Under the Constitution, a Prime Minister and Attorney General shall officially comprise the Cabinet framework. They have on previous occasions been sworn in together, or one after the other.

Yesterday morning’s statement from President’s House indicated that information regarding the swearing in of the Attorney General was not yet available up to then.

Once the situation is finalised, a source said yesterday, the Attorney General may be sworn in at President’s House this afternoon, after Manning’s swearing in.

In view of Manning’s repeated statement during the campaign that a new PNM Government would see women shattering the “glass ceiling” in terms of positions, PNM sources were speculating yesterday whether the role of Attorney General may go to a female.

Names heard in connection with the post so far include successful Pointe-a-Pierre candidate Christine Kangaloo, an attorney and D’Abadie-O’Meara’s Karen Nunez-Tesheira, a law school lecturer.

Kangaloo was Legal Affairs Minister up to the election.

Sources said experience in the legal arena was an important factor.

However, one source said a limited return by Attorney General John Jeremie should not be ruled out either, although Jeremie—who was ill during the term—had hinted then that he would only serve one term. New PNM Cabinet

Following the swearing in of Government MPs, the new Cabinet is expected to take shape.

Manning had said last week that he had selected his new Cabinet already.

He hinted that most of the Cabinet would come from PNM members in the Lower House and nine will come from the Senate.

The outgoing PNM Cabinet numbered 26 members.

Manning is expected to start meeting with successful candidates this morning to finalise ministerial appointments, a PNM spokesman said.

Martin Joseph, who served as National Security Minister, is tipped to continue in that post for some time since a number of security upgrade projects initiated in his tenure are still incomplete, a source indicated yesterday.

This includes the transformation of the Police Service under the Mastrofski plan.

Of the previous Cabinet, those elected to the Lower House in Monday’s election are:

Manning (San Fernando East), Keith Rowley (Diego Martin West), Colm Imbert (Diego Martin North/East), Pennelope Beckles (Arima), Anthony Roberts (St Ann’s East), Kangaloo (Pointe-a-Pierre), Mustapha Abdul- Hamid (Chaguanas East), Standford Callender (Tobago West), Rennie Dumas (Tobago East).

The other 17 are all new faces.

 

 
 

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Football / N . CASTLE VS P. MOUTH

« on: November 03, 2007, 09:17:38 AM »

This is first time ah see 3 goals score in 11 mins in ah soccer game .score P.MOUTH 3 VS N CASTLE 0

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General Discussion / PILOT THAT DROP A BOMB DIES

« on: November 01, 2007, 05:49:38 PM »

Pilot of Plane That Dropped A-Bomb Dies
COLUMBUS, Ohio, Thu Nov 01, 11:59 AM
 


Paul Tibbets, who piloted the B-29 bomber Enola Gay that dropped the atomic bomb on Hiroshima, died Thursday. He was 92 and insisted almost to his dying day that he had no regrets about the mission and slept just fine at night.

Tibbets died at his Columbus home, said Gerry Newhouse, a longtime friend. He suffered from a variety of health problems and had been in decline for two months.

Tibbets had requested no funeral and no headstone, fearing it would provide his detractors with a place to protest, Newhouse said.

Tibbets' historic mission in the plane named for his mother marked the beginning of the end of World War II and eliminated the need for what military planners feared would have been an extraordinarily bloody invasion of Japan. It was the first use of a nuclear weapon in wartime.

The plane and its crew of 14 dropped the five-ton "Little Boy" bomb on the morning of Aug. 6, 1945. The blast killed 70,000 to 100,000 people and injured countless others.

Three days later, the United States dropped a second nuclear bomb on Nagasaki, Japan, killing an estimated 40,000 people. Tibbets did not fly in that mission. The Japanese surrendered a few days later, ending the war.

 
"I knew when I got the assignment it was going to be an emotional thing," Tibbets told The Columbus Dispatch for a story published on the 60th anniversary of the bombing. "We had feelings, but we had to put them in the background. We knew it was going to kill people right and left. But my one driving interest was to do the best job I could so that we could end the killing as quickly as possible."

Tibbets, then a 30-year-old colonel, never expressed regret over his role. He said it was his patriotic duty and the right thing to do.

"I'm not proud that I killed 80,000 people, but I'm proud that I was able to start with nothing, plan it and have it work as perfectly as it did," he said in a 1975 interview.

"You've got to take stock and assess the situation at that time. We were at war. ... You use anything at your disposal."

He added: "I sleep clearly every night."

Paul Warfield Tibbets Jr. was born Feb. 23, 1915, in Quincy, Ill., and spent most of his boyhood in Miami.

He was a student at the University of Cincinnati's medical school when he decided to withdraw in 1937 to enlist in the Army Air Corps.

After the war, Tibbets said in 2005, he was dogged by rumors claiming he was in prison or had committed suicide.

"They said I was crazy, said I was a drunkard, in and out of institutions," he said. "At the time, I was running the National Crisis Center at the Pentagon."

Tibbets retired from the Air Force as a brigadier general in 1966. He later moved to Columbus, where he ran an air taxi service until he retired in 1985.

But his role in the bombing brought him fame — and infamy — throughout his life.

In 1976, he was criticized for re-enacting the bombing during an appearance at a Harlingen, Texas, air show. As he flew a B-29 Superfortress over the show, a bomb set off on the runway below created a mushroom cloud.

He said the display "was not intended to insult anybody," but the Japanese were outraged. The U.S. government later issued a formal apology.

Tibbets again defended the bombing in 1995, when an outcry erupted over a planned 50th anniversary exhibit of the Enola Gay at the Smithsonian Institution.

The museum had planned to mount an exhibit that would have examined the context of the bombing, including the discussion within the Truman administration of whether to use the bomb, the rejection of a demonstration bombing and the selection of the target.

Veterans groups objected, saying the proposed display paid too much attention to Japan's suffering and too little to Japan's brutality during and before World War II, and that it underestimated the number of Americans who would have perished in an invasion.

They said the bombing of Japan was an unmitigated blessing for the United States and the exhibit should say so.

Tibbets denounced it as "a damn big insult."

The museum changed its plan and agreed to display the fuselage of the Enola Gay without commentary, context or analysis.

He told the Dispatch in 2005 that he wanted his ashes scattered over the English Channel, where he loved to fly during the war.

Newhouse, Tibbets' longtime friend, confirmed that Tibbets wanted to be cremated, but he said relatives had not yet determined how he would be laid to rest.

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General Discussion / COP CANIDATE SEVERLY BEATEN

« on: October 28, 2007, 07:55:39 AM »

CCOP candidate severely beaten
 
 
 

 
 Congress of the People’s Laventille West Candidate David St Clair is in a coma at the Eric Williams Medical Sciences Complex after being severely beaten at his campaign office on Pashley Street in Laventille yesterday.

Reports state that St Clair and a group of supporters were at the office around 9 am when four men, armed with pieces of wood and cutlasses, entered the premises and assaulted St Clair.

He was scheduled to go on a walkabout in his constituency yesterday.

Police could not say if the attack was politically motivated.

COP Political Leader Winston Dookeran and other senior party members visited St Clair at the hospital yesterday.

Dookeran said in an interview that he will be meeting with Commissioner of Police Trevor Paul tomorrow, to discuss concerns about the violence taking place during the current election campaign.

“I have expressed deep concern to the Commissioner of Police in a meeting with him earlier (yesterday) and requested protection for COP candidates, regarding a number of matters that have taken place,” he said.

Dookeran said he believed that the State had a responsibility to provide protection and also to ensure an atmosphere of peace during the election campaign.

“I am reaching out now to the Minister of National Security and Prime Minister to endorse this measure to protect the integrity of our electoral process.

“My deep concern for David and his relatives is not all that impels me in this call for the wheels of justice to move speedily and effectively,” he said.

Dookeran called for a massive manhunt for St Clair’s assailants, and for them to be brought to justice.

He said the attack on St Clair was not the only incident of campaign violence, and that candidates and campaign teams in certain areas were being confronted with demands for protection money.

The attack on St Clair comes on the heels of the attack on UNC-Alliance volunteer activist Sean Douglas on Thursday morning.

Douglas was killed a few metres from the UNC-A Laventille East/Morvant campaign office.

...UNC-A’s Juliet Davy not worried

Meanwhile, UNC-Alliance candidate for Laventille West Juliet Davy said she was not worried for her safety following news of the assault on St Clair.

“I concerned but not afraid and I console myself with knowledge that if I want to be the representative for the area, this is something I have to deal with,” she said.

She said she felt that a “special” type of person was needed to represent the people of Laventille.

“That person has to be above the normal representative to represent them as Laventille has a lot of young people who are confused and need help,” she said.

She added that she has prepared herself for any form of attack and does not intend to get security for herself.

“I was born in Shanti Town and raised in Beetham so I know the life here and how to move with people,” she said.

“I don’t see any reason why I need security. I do not have any beef with anybody.”
 
 
 Ah hoping the two unc leaders not behind this shit .

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General Discussion / Kitch wife loses out on rainorama

« on: October 27, 2007, 12:18:43 PM »

Rainorama row

The late Lord Kitchener’s wife, children ordered out of family home.
Judge rules in favour of relatives of Kitch’s one-time lover.
By Jada Loutoo

AN insistent Valerie Green, the common-law wife of the late Grandmaster Lord Kitchener (Aldwyn Roberts), says she is not moving house after she and their children were ordered out of their Rainorama home by a High Court judge.

Green and her children were yesterday given until year’s end to vacate the premises after Justice Lennox Deyalsingh ruled in favour of relatives of Roberts’ one-time lover, Betsy Ann Howell-Pollard.

Pollard’s sisters and friend, June Ann Howell-Logan, Susan Gittens and Charmaine Kumar, to whom she willed the property, sought to get Green and her children off the property at 610 Diego Martin Main Road, which was given the moniker Rainorama after Kitchener’s Road March win with a song of the same name in 1973.

The women claimed Green and her children’s presence there was illegal.

In defence, Green argued that she was tricked into signing away her title to the property by Roberts, who then transferred it to his mistress. Green and her children lived there from 1971 to 1989 until the couple’s relationship turned sour, but she moved back in before his death in February 2000.

Green claimed Roberts fraudulently got her to transfer Rainorama to him so he could conduct some business, but instead transferred it to Howell-Pollard.

Green, through her lawyer

Kerwyn Garcia, argued that Roberts’ mistress knew about the fraud.

But in agreeing with Gregory Delzin, who appeared for Howell-Pollard’s relatives, Justice Deyalsingh said Howell-Pollard was an innocent party in the transaction and any fraud or trickery laid with Roberts, not her.

He said he could find nothing in the pleadings before him that raised the issue of fraud or

trickery.

Justice Deyalsingh gave Green and her family until November 30 to vacate the property, but extended the time to the end of the year after Garcia asked for more time.

Green: I intend

to appeal

Speaking afterwards, Green said she intended to appeal the judge’s ruling. She said she felt the same way she did when she found out the house was in someone else’s name. Attorney Annabelle Boynes also represented Greene and her children, while attorney Faikah

Carrmuddeen appeared with Delzin.

 
 
 

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General Discussion / IN CASE OF EMERGENCY- ICE

« on: October 26, 2007, 03:07:59 PM »

ICE Campaign - 'In Case of Emergency'

 

 

We all carry our mobile phones

with names & numbers stored in its memory but nobody,

other than ourselves,

knows which of these numbers belong to our closest

family or friends.

 

If we were to be involved in an accident or were taken

ill, the people

attending us would have our mobile phone but wouldn't

know who to call.

Yes, there are hundreds of numbers stored but which

one is the contact

person in case of an emergency?  Hence this 'ICE' (In

Case

of Emergency) Campaign

 

The concept of 'ICE' is catching on quickly. It is a

method of

contact during emergency situations.  As cell phones

are carried by

the majority of the population, all you need to do is

store the number

of a contact person or persons who should be contacted

during emergency

under the name 'ICE' ( In Case Of Emergency).

 

The idea was thought up by a paramedic who found that

when he went to the

scenes of accidents, there were always mobile phones

with patients, but

they didn't know which number to call.  He therefore

thought that

it would be a good idea if there was a nationally

recognized name for this

purpose.  In an emergency situation, Emergency Service

personnel and

hospital Staff would be able to quickly contact the

right person by simply

dialing the number you have stored as 'ICE.'

 

For more than one contact name simply enter ICE1, ICE2

and ICE3 etc.  A

great idea that will make a difference!

 

 

Let's spread the concept of ICE by storing an ICE

number in our

Mobile phones today!

 

Please forward this. It won't take too many 'forwards'

before

everybody will know about this

..

It really could save your life, or put a loved one's

mind at rest .

ICE will speak for you when you are not able.




__________________________________________________

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General Discussion / Boy 17 distributing COP posters shot dead

« on: October 19, 2007, 10:30:23 PM »

Richard Charan South Bureau


Saturday, October 20th 2007
 
 
 
slain: Nicholas Palmer

The Congress of the People cancelled its political rally in Enterprise, Chaguanas, last night because of the machine-gun killing of a teenager at a street corner in the village.

Nicholas Palmer, 17, was shot multiple times to the head and body by a man who stood over his body and fired until he was dead.

A second man was shot in the leg. But he allegedly refused treatment when taken by paramedics to the Chaguanas Health Centre.

Police said he hopped off a stretcher and left without receiving treatment.

The killing happened at around 7 p.m., on Thursday. Earlier that day, Palmer, a part-time welder and electrician, had cycled through the village distributing posters in support of the COP candidate for the area, Nirad Tiwarie.

Tiwarie's campaign manager Ramlal Basdeo said: "He distributed posters for us, but I don't know the (victim), and Nirad does not know him personally."

Basdeo said a planned meeting at Enterprise Street, near the murder scene, had been called off.

A party meeting was instead held at Longdenville.

Enterprise Village is considered a crime hot spot still to be brought under control, with dozens of unsolved murders, robberies and shootings involving warring gangs hiding out in squatting villages.

Palmer's death brought to 274 the number of homicides for 2007, and and the rate is trending towards this year being the third time ever that more than 300 people been killed in Trinidad and Tobago. (See fact box)

Palmer's aunt said he was innocent of all wrong-doing and was caught in the crossfire of someone else's war.

Melissa Davis said: "He was a Muslim who fasted for Ramadan. He wasn't no bandit. If someone had a work for him, he would go running. He had everything to live for because he was the only son to his parents."

Davis said Palmer had left home that evening to borrow a pair of pliers from a friend.

"He didn't go to lime with anybody. He went for a tool because he got an air-condition work he was supposed to start today."

Palmer was standing with a group of men at the corner of School and John Streets, when a car pulled up and two men began shooting, one report said.

Another man came out of the car and finished off Palmer while the others ran, the report added.
 
 

 This iz jus so facking sad

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / LUCKY DUBE DED/ CARJACKING

« on: October 19, 2007, 10:32:21 AM »

v     
JOHANNESBURG, South Africa (CNN) -- Reggae legend Lucky Dube, one of South Africa's most famous musicians, was killed in an attempted car-jacking as he dropped his children off at a relative's house, his record label said Friday.


Reggae star Lucky Dube was much loved by his fellow South Africans.

 Dube, 43, was killed in Johannesburg around 8 p.m. local time Thursday after someone tried to steal his car, Gallo Record Company said in a statement. Police said he was shot. The statement said Dube attempted to escape but died almost instantly from his wounds.

Dube was much loved by his fellow South Africans, and his death cast a shadow over festivities ahead of South Africa's highly-anticipated appearance in the rugby World Cup final with England this weekend.

News of his death was the headline in many Friday newspapers, knocking the World Cup off the front pages for the first time in days.

Callers to talk radio stations suggested the Springboks wear black armbands in remembrance of Dube when they take to the field Saturday in Paris.

Gallo Records called the death "senseless and random," and it was not clear whether Dube's attackers knew who he was.

South Africa is one of the most dangerous societies in the world. Figures from the South African Police Service show that from April 2006 to March 2007, more than 19,000 South Africans were murdered, more than 52,600 people were raped, and nearly 13,600 people were carjacked.

"It's very sad," said Mark Sutherland, London bureau chief for Billboard Magazine. "He's a big loss to the South African music business. (He was) one of their most successful artists and certainly one of their leading reggae artists."

Sutherland said Dube was an extremely respected musician who toured extensively around the world. Dube had just returned from a tour of the United States that stretched from California to New York.

His record company said Dube leaves "a great void" in the music industry after a 25-year career. Dube recorded 22 albums in Zulu, English and Afrikaans.

Born outside Johannesburg in 1964, Dube was named "Lucky" by his mother because he was the first child to be born after several failed pregnancies.

Dube started singing in 1982, joining a band playing Mbaqanga, or traditional Zulu music. It was only later that he began recording reggae tracks as a solo singer, but the genre was to dominate and define the remainder of his career.

Ivor Haarburger, the chief exectutive of Gallo Music Group, said he was deeply saddened by the loss.

"Lucky was not just an extraordinary artist, he was a personal friend," Haarburger said. "It's so sad to lose such a great friend and so tragically."

Dube is survived by his wife, Zanele, and his seven children: Bongi, Nonkululeko, Thokozani, Laura, Siyanda, Philani and three-month old Melokuhle. E-mail to a friend

CNN correspondent Robin Curnow contributed to this report.

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General Discussion / ADVANTAGES AND D DISADVANTAGES

« on: October 19, 2007, 09:41:09 AM »

What is the advantages we have right now with the westminister system havin a prime minister and a president beside the ketchass.

What is the disadvantages we could have as a republic with a president beside the same ketchass.


D westmister system work for our Independence  can the same system work in d republic of t&t or iz it out dated and need to be updated .

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General Discussion / Guards ,Nurse Acquitted In 14 yr Old Boot Camp Death

« on: October 17, 2007, 09:55:58 PM »

All-White Florida Jury Clears Eight Defendants In Death Of Black Teenager
PANAMA CITY, Fla., Oct. 12, 2007



Anger After Boot Camp Verdict
An all-white jury found seven former guards and a nurse not guilty on manslaughter charges that involved the death of 14-year-old black boy. Mark Strassman reports on the controversial verdict.


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(CBS/AP) Eight former boot camp workers were acquitted of manslaughter Friday in the death of a 14-year-old boy who was videotaped being punched and kicked. The scene sparked outrage and changes in the juvenile system, but jurors took just 90 minutes to decide it was not a crime.

Anger over the verdict was obvious outside the courtroom, where bystanders screamed "murderer" at former guard Henry Dickens as he described his relief at the verdict.

Martin Lee Anderson died a day after being hit and kicked by Dickens and six other guards as a nurse watched, a 30-minute confrontation that drew protests in the state capital and spelled the end of Florida's system of juvenile boot camps.

"I am truly, truly sorry this happened. Myself, I love kids," said Dickens, 60. He added that Anderson "wasn't beaten. Those techniques were taught to us and used for a purpose."

The defendants testified that they followed the rules at a get-tough facility where young offenders often feigned illness to avoid exercise. Their attorneys said that Anderson died not from rough treatment, but from a previously undiagnosed blood disorder.

The boy's mother, Gina Jones, stormed out of the courtroom. "I cannot see my son no more. Everybody see their family members. It's wrong," she said, distraught.

"You kill a dog, you go to jail," said her lawyer, Benjamin Crump. "You kill a little black boy and nothing happens." He spoke outside court, which is across the street from the now-closed Bay County boot camp.

Anderson's family repeatedly sat through the painful video as it played during testimony. They had long sought a trial, claiming local officials tried to cover up the case. The conservative Florida Panhandle county is surrounded by military bases, and residents are known for their respect for law and order.

The guards, who are white, black and Asian, stood quietly as the judge read the verdicts. The all-white jury was escorted away from the courthouse and did not comment.

Special prosecutor Mark Ober said in a statement he was "extremely disappointed," but added, "In spite of these verdicts, Martin Lee Anderson did not die in vain. This case brought needed attention and reform to our juvenile justice system."

The defendants would have faced up to 30 years in prison had they been convicted of aggravated manslaughter of a child. The jury also decided against convicting them of lesser charges, including child neglect and culpable negligence.

However, the state trial may not be the end of the case.

The techniques used by the guards, and all the evidence, are now being reviewed by the Department of Justice, reports CBS News correspondent Mark Strassmann. Federal prosecutors will determine if there were any civil rights violations.

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General Discussion / UNC LEADER

« on: October 11, 2007, 06:49:41 PM »

UNC leader Basdeo Panday on wackfm

561

Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Bobby Bobby / Heart Attack

« on: October 10, 2007, 04:22:37 PM »

     
LOS ANGELES, California (AP) -- Bobby Brown spent a night in the hospital after suffering a mild heart attack, his attorney said Wednesday.


Singer Bobby Brown is recovering, and thanking his fans for their support.

 Brown had severe chest pains Tuesday night and was taken to two hospitals. He was admitted to Tarzana Regional Medical Center in the San Fernando Valley.

"This morning they did diagnose him as suffering from a mild heart attack ... they attributed (it) to stress and diet," said his attorney, Phaedra Parks, in Atlanta.

His father and brother stayed with Brown and he was released Wednesday morning in good condition, Parks said.

"He is in great spirits, he's doing very well," she said. "He's speaking with family members."

Brown thanked fans for their good wishes and hoped to make a scheduled performance Saturday in Los Angeles, his attorney said.

"He just wants the fans to know that he is definitely going to come back full speed ahead," Parks said.

Brown, 38, lives in Southern California. He is the former husband of Whitney Houston and is seeking custody of their teenage daughter.


Barby iz missing his baby Whitney




Copyright 2007 The Associated Press. All rights reserved.This material may not be published, broa

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General Discussion / Teen gunman shoots four ; killed himself

« on: October 10, 2007, 04:06:42 PM »

     
(CNN) -- A 14-year-old boy killed himself after shooting students and teachers at a Cleveland, Ohio, high school, wounding four, the mayor told CNN affiliates WOIO and WKYC.

 
A shooting victim gives the thumbs up as he is carried out of SuccessTech Academy.

 1 of 5  The incident took place at 1:15 p.m. ET at SuccessTech Academy near downtown Cleveland, according to statement released by Mayor Frank Jackson.

A 14-year-old male sustained a gun shot wound to the side and was transported to Cleveland's Rainbow Babies and Children's Hospital.

Cleveland's MetroHealth Medical Center said 18-year-old student Darnell Rodgers was treated for a shot to his elbow.

Mayor Frank said at a 4 p.m. news conference that Rodgers had been released from the hospital.

A 42-year-old man was shot in the chest and was also taken to MetroHealth as well as a 57-year-old man shot in the back, the mayor's statement said.

MetroHealth Medical Center identified the 57-year-old as teacher David Kachadourian and said at about 4:30 p.m. that he was in good condition.

The 42-year-old and 14-year-old were in stable condition, Frank said at the press conference.

A 14-year-old female hurt her knee in the chaos trying to run out of the school building, he said.

One student was taken out of the school on a stretcher but was conscious.  Watch students describe the shooting »

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Witnesses told WKYC that the 14-year-old gunman was upset about being suspended for fighting earlier this week. He came to the school Wednesday with a gun in each hand and began firing.

Students said they took cover in closets after the school principal announced a "Code Blue" on the intercom.

The gunman was described by fellow students as "odd."

School activities are canceled as of 5 p.m. and Thursday classes have been canceled, officials said.

Friday was already going to be a professional day for faculty and there was not going to be classes anyway. But Friday will now be devoted to figuring out how to go about resuming classes on Monday.

Cleveland Municipal School District CEO Eugene Sanders said the community and everyone with ties to SuccessTech needs "to take a breather and relax a moment and put this in perspective."

SuccessTech is a nontraditional high school, according to local school officials.

"Since it is a specialty school," it doesn't have "the typical population of a large high school," said Lisa Matthews of the superintendent's office.

It is a "school of choice" -- students have to apply to get in, said Ruthie Williams, also of the superintendent's office. She said classrooms are on the first and third floors of the four-story building and the rest contains the school district's administrative offices.

Cleveland fire, police and EMS are at the scene.


The academy describes itself on its Web site as a "small, nontraditional high school that provides a learning environment in which all student believe in their ability to succeed."

It adds that the curriculum is "problem-based" and "infused" with technology. E-mail to a friend

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General Discussion / HOW SERIOUS DO YOU TAKE THIS

« on: October 08, 2007, 07:36:47 AM »

Registration of Trinidad and Tobago Nationals Abroad




Trinidad and Tobago nationals traveling or residing abroad should register at the nearest Trinidad and Tobago Overseas Mission, particularly in countries with a risk of natural disasters or which are undergoing a period of unrest.


The purpose of this register is to enable the Mission to identify and locate nationals in cases of emergency as well as provide assistance for nationals in situations of need.

To register, go to the nearest Mission, present proof of identity and complete a form with personal details and provide a photograph.

The Mission should be informed about changes in address in order to keep the register updated.
 


Where to get more information

For more information or assistance, please contact the nearest Trinidad and Tobago Embassy, High Commission or Consulate. Please follow the link below for a list of Trinidad and Tobago Overseas Missions. The Consular staff will be pleased to help you in any way they can.

Trinidad and Tobago Embassies, High Commissions and Consulate

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General Discussion / DEPUTY SHERIFF RUN AMOCK

« on: October 08, 2007, 12:00:10 AM »

Off-Duty Wis. Deputy Sheriff Kills 6
CRANDON, Wis., Sun Oct 07, 08:48 PM
 

 
   
 
 
An off-duty sheriff's deputy went on a shooting rampage early Sunday at a home where seven young people had gathered for pizza and movies, killing six and critically injuring the other before authorities took him down, officials said.

The gunman, Tyler Peterson, was 20 years old and worked full-time as a Forest County deputy sheriff and part-time as a Crandon police officer, said Police Chief John Dennee.

Three of the victims were students at the small town's high school, and three were recent graduates, a school official said. The gunman may have graduated from the same high school.

Peterson was not working at the time of the shooting, Sheriff Keith Van Cleve said.

The survivor was hospitalized in nearby Marshfield, Dennee said. A Crandon police officer who fired back was treated for minor injuries and released.

Gary Bradley, mayor of the city of about 2,000, said earlier Sunday that the suspect had been brought down by a sniper, but Van Cleve would not confirm that officers shot the suspect.

It wasn't immediately clear what the gunman's motive was, but the mother of a 14-year-old victim said the suspect may have been a jealous boyfriend. The shooting occurred in a white, two-story duplex about a block from downtown Crandon.

 
"It was a pizza and movie party," Dennee said.

Three of the victims were Crandon High School students, said schools Superintendent Richard Peters, and the other three had graduated within the past three years.

"There is probably nobody in Crandon who is not affected by this," Peters said, adding that students would be especially affected. "They are going to wake up in shock and disbelief and a lot of pain."

Peters did not know whether Peterson had also graduated from the 300-student high school. But Crandon resident Karly Johnson, 16, said that she knew the gunman and that he had helped her in a tech education class.

"He graduated with my brother," she said. "He was nice. He was an average guy. Normal. You wouldn't think he could do that."

One of the dead was 14-year-old Lindsey Stahl, said her mother, Jenny Stahl, 39.

She said her daughter called her Saturday night and asked whether she could sleep over at a friend's house. Jenny Stahl agreed.

"I'm waiting for somebody to wake me up right now. This is a bad, bad dream," the weeping mother said. "All I heard it was a jealous boyfriend and he went berserk. He took them all out."

Marci Franz, 35, who lives two houses south of the duplex, said gunshots awoke her.

"I heard probably five or six shots, a short pause and then five or six more," she said. "I wasn't sure if it was gunfire initially. I thought some kids were messing around and hitting a nearby metal building."

Then she heard eight louder shots and tires squealing, she said.

"I was just about to get up and call it in, and I heard sirens," she said. "There's never been a tragedy like this here. There's been individual incidents, but nothing of this magnitude."

Her husband, David Franz, 36, said it was hard to accept that someone in law enforcement committed such an act.

"The first statement we said to each other was, how did he get through the system?" David Franz said. "How do they know somebody's background, especially that young? It is disturbing, to say the least."

The sheriff said he would meet with state Attorney General J.B. Van Hollen on Monday morning to discuss the case. Dennee said the state Department of Criminal Investigation will handle the case because the suspect was a deputy and officer.

The Crandon School District called off classes Monday.

The community, about 225 miles north of Milwaukee in an area known for logging and outdoor activities, is facing a trying time but is pulling together, Bradley said.

"We are a strong community. We always have been," he said. "This is agonizing, but we will prevail."

(This version CORRECTS that the superintendent said he did not know whether the gunman graduated from the high school, instead of reporting that he said the gunman did.)



 
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General Discussion / POLITICAL PUNDITS

« on: October 05, 2007, 11:11:12 PM »

Elections is around the corner who alyuh feel go win the election to ruin the country for the nex four years out of these dread  head hunters.who iz the besttest of these evil . dont forget wen yuh vote dip yuh han in the red ink and alyuh no paddin.

PNM     Dictatior  MANNING

UNC       PANDAY/WARNER this is problems self.

COP        Dookie/ Serians

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Oprah Winfrey Is TV Richest Celebrity

« on: September 29, 2007, 03:23:21 PM »

Oprah Winfrey Is TV's Richest Celebrity
NEW YORK, Fri Sep 28, 04:23 PM
 

 
 
Oprah Winfrey keeps topping Forbes' rankings of the rich and famous.

This is Forbes' third go-round this year at putting Winfrey at the top of some list or other. The talk-show titan took the top spot on Forbes.com's list of "The 20 Richest Women in Entertainment" in January; six months later, she topped the magazine's annual "Celebrity 100 Power List" for the second time.

Winfrey, 53, now leads Forbes.com's list of the 20 richest celebs on television. It's one of many new celebrity lists being issued by the Web site, which appears to have figured out that ranking boldfaced names is a good way to get some attention.

Winfrey, whose media empire includes a magazine and stakes in syndicated daytime talk shows by Dr. Phil McGraw and Rachael Ray, earned an estimated $260 million between June 2006 and June 2007.

Jerry Seinfeld is No. 2 with $60 million. The comedian, who has a vast Porsche collection, continues to get rich from reruns of his sitcom "Seinfeld," which he partly owns.

Simon Cowell of Fox's "American Idol" places third with $45 million. David Letterman, ranks fourth with $40 million, followed by Donald Trump and Jay Leno (both $32 million), McGraw and Judy "Judge Judy" Sheindlin (both $30 million) and George Lopez ($26 million).

 
Kiefer Sutherland, who portrays agent Jack Bauer on "24," landed at No. 10 by collecting $22 million from the popular Fox drama.

He's followed by Regis Philbin ($21 million); Tyra Banks ($18 million); celebrity chef Ray ($16 million); Katie Couric and Ellen DeGeneres ($15 million); Ryan Seacrest ($14 million); Matt Lauer ($13 million); Barbara Walters and Diane Sawyer (both $12 million); and Meredith Vieira ($10 million).

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General Discussion / Wah alyuh think

« on: September 29, 2007, 12:44:08 PM »

Guys  ah was watchin c nen nen , they reported that they was lookin for ah white man in ah video tape sexin ah little child  ,this happen when she was three yrs old,  she iz now seven and tthe mother said she did not know neither she never notice nuttin strange wid the chile . wah alyuh think they should do wid he , he should be out in jail naked wid he hand tie .

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Entertainment & Culture Discussion / Gere Kiss Causes Problems for Actress

« on: September 27, 2007, 07:52:29 PM »

Gere Kiss Causes Problem for Actress
MUMBAI, India, Thu Sep 27, 02:08 PM
 

 
   
 
 
Five months later, Bollywood actress Shilpa Shetty is still feeling the effects of a kiss from Richard Gere.

Immigration officials at Mumbai airport briefly detained Shetty, saying she was still wanted for obscenity charges filed in the wake of the public kiss with the Hollywood star, her publicist, Dale Bhagwagar, said Thursday.

Shetty was in tears late Wednesday after being stopped at the airport while on her way to Berlin where the musical "Miss Bollywood" opens this weekend, said Bhagwagar. Shetty plays the musical's lead role.

"She called me in the middle of the night and was in tears," said Bhagwagar, adding Shetty was finally permitted to join her dance troupe after prolonged questioning.

"I can understand something like this if I'd committed a criminal offense. But what was my offense, when I'm just an actor, going to perform a musical on foreign land," Bhagwagar quoted Shetty saying.

Gere embraced and kissed Shetty on her cheek at a public AIDS awareness event in New Delhi in April, sparking an outcry among conservative hardline Hindus, who claimed the pair had violated the country's strict anti-obscenity laws.

A regional court issued arrest warrants against Gere and barred Shetty from leaving the country. The order was soon overturned by the Supreme Court.

 
But the Supreme Court ruling didn't show up in the immigration department computer system, Bhagwagar said.

Immigration officials at Mumbai's international airport couldn't be reached for comment, but Bhagwagar said Shetty's lawyers would take up the matter with authorities.

Shortly after the April brouhaha erupted, Gere apologized for any offense he may have caused. But the actor also said the controversy had been manufactured by a small hard-line political party.

Gere, 58, is a frequent visitor to India, promoting health issues and the cause of Tibetan exiles, tens of thousands of whom live in India.

Shetty, a well-known actress in India, became an international star after her appearance on the British reality show "Celebrity Big Brother."



 
 
 
 
 

 
   
 
 

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General Discussion / Bill O Riley story

« on: September 27, 2007, 06:58:55 PM »

Radio and TV commentator Bill O'Reilly said Wednesday that reaction to his comments he made about a black-owned Harlem restaurant are part of a smear campagn that has "fabricated a racial controversy where none exists."

O'Reilly told The Associated Press, "If you listened to the full hour, it was a criticism of racism on the part of white Americans who are ignorant of the fact that there is no difference between white and black anymore."

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"Circumstances may be different in their lives, but we're all Americans," he said. "Anyone who would be offended by that conversation would have to be looking to be offended."

This wasn't the first time a comment by Bill O'Reilly attracted a firestorm.

The talk show host's seemingly flattering comments about a famous black-run restaurant in Harlem illustrate his ignorance of black culture, some black leaders and scholars say.

"I couldn't get over the fact that there was no difference between Sylvia's restaurant and any other restaurant in New York City," said O'Reilly on the Sept. 19 edition of his nationally syndicated radio show.

"There wasn't one person in Sylvia's who [was] screaming,'M-Fer was, I want more iced tea," he told National Public Radio's Juan Williams. "[It] was like going into an Italian restaurant in an all-white suburb in the sense of people were sitting there, and they were ordering and having fun. And there wasn't any kind of craziness at all."

Sylvia's has been serving soul food in Harlem since 1962. Its founders, Sylvia and Herbert Woods, are fixtures in the black community. For decades, the restaurant has been a regular campaign stop for presidential candidates.

The last time a radio talk show host uttered racially charged comments, he was fired.

CBS took shock jock Don Imus off the air after an uproar in the spring when he called the Rutgers women's basketball team "nappy-headed hos."

The Rev. Al Sharpton, who had shared that dinner in Harlem with O'Reilly, said at the time of Imus' firing, "We cannot afford a precedent established that the airways can commercialize and mainstream sexism and racism."

Sharpton said on his own radio show today that O'Reilly's remarks were "disturbing and surprising," but not as important as a public discussion on the Jena 6," a reference to the charges against six Louisiana teens who are charged with beating a white student.

"I'm not defending him," said Sharpton, "but I'm not going to OD on O'Reilly."

Fox News Channel's Bill Shine told Newsday the flap is "… nothing more then left-wing outlets stirring up false racism accusations for ratings."

O'Reilly is not necessarily a racist, according to law professor Anita L. Allen, of the University of Pennsylvania, who has studied and written on race relations. Rather, she told ABC News, he is ignorant, the product of a still-segregated country where black and whites seldom socialize.


'We Do Use Table Napkins'
Allen, who is black, said O'Reilly "doesn't realize dinner can be a civilized affair and we do use table napkins."

"It's 50 years later and we're still overcoming the days when blacks couldn't sit at a lunch counter at Woolworth's," said Allen. "More of us live in the white world, but many white people still avoid contact with black people in the ordinary habits of swimming, eating, dancing and listening to music."

Allen said she is always surprised when she invites students to her home and learns that it's the first time they have ever dined with a black person. "We are not all screaming and singing rap music," she said. "It really is sort of pathetic."


O'Reilly Said Media Reaction 'Fabricated Racial Controversy'

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General Discussion / HATE CRIME IN STATEN ISLAND

« on: September 26, 2007, 09:43:47 PM »

STATEN ISLAND TODAY
 
•hit with hate crime charges after alleged attack
by Staten Island AdvanceWednesday September 26, 2007, 4:28 PM
A Susan Wagner High School student has been charged with a hate crime for allegedly beating two female classmates after a tirade of anti-gay epithets last week.

Elmaz Skudrinja, a 17-year-old resident of the Westerleigh section of Staten Island, attacked the two young women during separate encounters last Thursday, police said. The first occurred inside a Dunkin Donuts in Castleton Corners, and the second, five hours later near and escalator in the Staten Island Mall, police said.

Both confrontations began with an obscenity-laced outburst, and included accusations by Skudrinja that the two women had sex inside a public bathroom, according to court documents.

"You (expletive) faggots! You (expletive) freaks! You should all go to hell, you disgusting freaks!" Skudrinja allegedly screamed at them.

Skudrinja then allegedly struck one of the girls in the side of the head, and punched the other in the mouth. Both young women suffered swelling and bruising, but refused medical attention, police said.

It is unclear what sparked the attack, but police sources said the three knew each other as students at Wagner. Skudrinja was arrested at the Seaview school yesterday after the two identified him to police.

He was charged with third degree assault as a hate crime, a designation which escalates the crime from a misdemeanor to a felony, and adds a penalty of up to 4 years in prison. He also faces three counts of second degree harassment.

The incident marks at least the second time someone has been charged with a bias crime from an incident at the Staten Island Mall in less than a year. In late December, a Brooklyn teen was charged with assault as a hate crime for launching an anti-gay rant at a McDonald's employee there, after he was told they no longer had an ice-cream shake he wanted.

In June 4, 2005, a New Dorp Beach man was accused of hurling anti-gay slurs and knocking off the hats of two lesbian musicians the borough's first-ever gay pride parade. The man was found not guilty of the bias crime charges, but guilty of three lesser charges this January, and was sentenced to 15 days of community service.

-- Contributed by Peter N. Spencer