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desib77
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A letter to my sister
by jwbot ini got some help from someone on the board in composing a letter to my parents, but i am presenting a letter i wrote just now to my sister johnna.
she has probably been the most rabid in shunning me.
she is also one that i felt very close to.
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Do you feel a need to apologise?
by qwerty inthis site was featured on bbc radio 2, website of the day.
i just found this this thread i thought everyone might be interested in........... http://www.the-apologist.co.uk/apologies/viewtopic.php?t=848.
qwerty
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Martha Stewart hires a sentencing consultant
by desib77 inhttp://moneycentral.msn.com/content/invest/extra/p89258.asp?gt1=4255
martha stewart has never been one to skimp on the extras.
and her sentencing, scheduled for friday, will be no different.
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desib77
http://moneycentral.msn.com/content/invest/extra/P89258.asp?GT1=4255
Martha Stewart preps for prison
Martha Stewart has never been one to skimp on the extras. And her sentencing, scheduled for Friday, will be no different. Along with her friends, family and legal advisers will be an extra layer of protection -- in the form of a sentencing consultant, hired to help the doyenne of taste navigate the hazards and complexities of her punishment.
"We'll want to make sure all goes as well as it can go," says her adviser, Herb Hoelter, who will have a seat in the federal court in New York. "Or, I'll be there if anything goes sour."
Stewart's hire is not an anomaly these days. As white-collar criminals increasingly face jail terms, a group of consultants is helping them transition from life in the fast lane to life behind bars. Some advisers focus solely on the sentencing process, often convincing judges to hand down shorter and lighter penalties. Others are more all-encompassing: part legal adviser, part psychiatrist and part friend, as they help defendants and their families prepare for the shock, humiliation and isolation that often accompany a prison sentence.
Those familiar with the business say the industry is in great demand from white collar criminals, ranging from child pornographers to CEOs accused of stealing corporate funds. "People with money retain them," says Malcolm Young, executive director of the Sentencing Project, a nonprofit group. He likens the trend to those able to pay for the best medical care. "They think it's effective."
Studies have shown that such advisers have had an impact in reducing sentences and finding alternatives to incarceration.
Stewart?s alternatives to prison
In Stewart's case, Hoelter has been involved with her proposal to do community service at the Women's Venture Fund, which teaches urban women entrepreneurial skills.
"From a community service standpoint, there is not a better fit," says Hoelter, a cofounder and CEO of the National Center on Institutions and Alternatives in Baltimore. "The judge could give a shorter period of time and community service or she could order community service instead of part of the time in jail."Must be nice to be wealthy enough to hire someone who will attempt to lessen your punishment.
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Do you believe the Bible is the inspired word of God?
by desib77 indo you believe the bible is the inspired word of god?
have you somehow attempted to prove this to yourself or have you just accepted it?
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Man loses license after telling doctor about drinking. WTF????
by closer2fine inanyone else have a problem with this?.
http://www.cnn.com/2004/law/07/13/beer.drinkers.license.ap/man loses license after telling doctor about drinking.
tuesday, july 13, 2004 posted: 6:54 pm edt (2254 gmt).
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Is There ANYTHING That You Still Believe In From The JWs?
by minimus indo you believe in hell again?
the trinity?
the "slave"?
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Do you believe in God?
by XBEHERE inafter reading the wt for last week's lesson on god's creative works i couldnt help but think that there really is a god, there has to be.
i dont want to start a creation vs. evolution debate but you have to agree that its an extremely remote chance that the whole universe, the planets, stars, the sun, the earth, the animals, humans came about by accident.
i mean, what the chances really.
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Impregnated with Wrong Sperm
by simplesally indid you read the story about the lady who got inseminated with the wrong sperm?
it was not her fiance's sperm, who is black, the lady is black as well.
it should be a happy time for 40-year-old laura howard of trumbull.
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desib77
I read about this yesterday. The article I read said something about the fiance' not wanting to raise someone elses child.
I can completely understand how they feel but both of them really had better shape up. They have chosen to go through with the pregnancy and that child will need a loving mother and father not two people who resent him/her. I would hate to see the child punished because of this mistake.
The article I read also said that she had originally requested the prescription to end the pregnancy. I guess I just feel that she really doesn't know what she wants to do and that may affect the quality of the child's life in the long run.
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What do you do when you have no family?
by talesin in.
well, my mom is critically ill, i'm afraid.
she can't breathe, it's a constant battle, i don't know what to do.
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What do you do when you have no family?
by talesin in.
well, my mom is critically ill, i'm afraid.
she can't breathe, it's a constant battle, i don't know what to do.
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