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Southend families' showed their generous spirit with donations at 'Something Old Something New!'
HENRY are seeking an enthusiastic and experienced practitioner for the ABSS Service in Southend.
We are seeking to recruit a skilled and experienced Project Manager to join our busy Project Management team!
Our Joint Paediatric Clinics provide more effective care/care closer to home for children/families in the community
We have further strengthened parents' involvement in our projects with the appointment of new Lead Parent Champions
Coming soon, our Speech, Language & Communication pilot focusing on the transition for children into primary school
Exciting news as our Resilience, Ideas and Innovation Fund launches and is open for proposals until 29th November
The A Better Start Southend and Family Action 'Ward Panels' are being re-launched on 16 July!
New developments with our Integrated Family Centres Hub pilot.
From an issue first raised at an ABSS Parent Forum, A Better Space launches as a constituted group!
Read Donna's experience of being a Parent Champion volunteer and working hard for the community.
It's Pip! The A Better Start Southend mascot name is revealed following a public vote
Find out about the First and Foremost project and the two highly successful training days we recently delivered
The new allotment at Friars Children's Centre is now complete ready for our Food 4 Life project!
We are pleased to announce the appointment of Stephanie Farr as A Better Start Southend's new Assistant Director
Over 200 adult delegates and 100 children enjoy our first ever family-friendly 'Who's The Expert?' conference
Fresh dates are out now for our fun, six-week course for families looking to learn about Healthy Food and Cooking!
Not long now till our exciting 'Who's the Expert' conference on innovation and co-production in service design!
We need creative name ideas from you to help with the next step in the life of the A Better Start Southend mascot!
Interest in the Southend Supports Breastfeeding scheme has taken off
The pilot project explores how together we can build on the strengths of Southend's Children's Centres
SAVS have been awarded a contract to continue delivering community engagement services for A Better Start Southend
We shined a light on the work we are doing as part of BBC Look East lead news piece at the end of February
We have teamed up with EPUT for our Mindful Mums & Babies service, supporting the emotional wellbeing of new mums
Our new Big Little Moments campaign showcases little behaviours that make a big difference to a child's development
Our Work Skills project has been recognised for its innovation by the Institute of Economic Development (IED)!
Recent Parent Engagement activities have included Christmas parties and an a-peeling fruit and veg event!
Our new Starting Solids project is up and running, helping parents understand when and how to introduce solid foods
We were proud to help Southend's children's centres achieve UNICEF Baby Friendly Initiative stage 1 accreditation
The new A Better Start Southend mascot, based on Southend children's creative designs, has been unveiled!
Effective and secure sharing of information between our partner organisations is key to ABSS: find out how we do it
Offering support and advice, our Family Support Workers for Social Communication Needs is a new service we offer
Here's just one experience of the HENRY programme making a difference for families with diet & nutrition and beyond
We celebrated National Libraries Week (8-13th October) helping shine a light on the nation's much-loved libraries.
The final four options for a new ABSS Mascot are here thanks to creative ideas from children in the ABSS areas!
A Better Start Southend is set to host its first ever research and innovation conference early in 2019
We are delighted to announce new Baby and Us and Being a Parent courses beginning in October.
Exciting news as our Midwifery 1-2-1 Breastfeeding Support Service project is approved to run as a 12-month pilot
We've had over 20 events over the school holidays in addition to regular sessions for our projects
This month (July), we held our first co-production meeting for a food growing project at Friars Children's Centre
Newly-trained volunteers with SAVS help Southend beach sparkle with a beach clean
For National Co-production Week (2-6 July) we look at how we have been breaking down the barriers to co-production
Take 15 mins to complete the Universal Parent Survey: help shape the future of service provision across the borough
The new Southend Supports Breastfeeding scheme: for National Breastfeeding Celebration Week (25-29 June) and beyond
A Better Start Southend welcomes Jeff Banks to the team as the newly appointed Director
The parent-led idea of the A Better Start Southend mascot moved a step closer with our first Innovation Workshop
Our new scheme encourages public venues to welcome breastfeeding, plus our group-based breastfeeding support starts
It's National Smile Month (14/05-14/06) - the perfect time for oral health advice from our Diet & Nutrition expert
Parent Engagement: Parent-led newsletters, coffee mornings and adding parent engagement activity ideas online
Our new Attention ABS course supports younger children (aged 2-3) to develop their looking and turn-taking skills
Job-seeking parents with the Work Skills project enjoy a behind the scenes at supermarket giants Waitrose
New Parent Champion Scott Fowell tells how and why he got involved with A Better Start and why more dads should too
Our new project will guide parents of 3-4 month-olds how and when to introduce solid foods to babies
We are encouraging young children to share books and start a life-long love of reading with 'Little Libraries'
We have had a lot of headline news about nutrition recently: our health expert is on hand to explain in more detail
We're excited to be expanding our range of early years settings in which we are carrying out our Let's Talk project
This March and April we have bus stop adverts across our areas to encourage families to get involved with ABSS
Find out about the notable success in its impact our Let's Talk project has been showing
It's exciting times ahead for us with our upcoming Group-based Breastfeeding Support project
You will now be able to keep up with updated from A Better Start Southend with our new Twitter page!
Our exciting new Service Design Framework offers a standardised integrated approach to designing all ABSS services
New Talking Walk-Ins for parents with any concerns about their child's speech, language or communication skills
Many drinks contain far more calories than you might imagine! Our health experts explain more
Reflecting on our 2017 highlights and things to look out for in 2018
Little Listeners, part of our Let's Talk project, starts this January supporting children's listening and attention
It was a great close to 2017 with our achievement of the UNICEF Baby Friendly Certificate of Commitment
The ABSS Research Group is looking for members from ABSS partners to help develop research culture and evidence
For our Christmas Health Message, our expert advises on how you can eat mince pies, etc while choosing healthily
Milton mum Sabrina tells of her and her son Theo's experiences with Let's Talk With Your Baby and Talking Tiddlers
Over 1,500 children have now taken part in our Let's Talk project or WellComm screenings
Our Work Skills project, helping local families in the world of work, gave a new record shop owner a better start!
14th November is World Diabetes Day, an ideal time to share our health expert's advice about the condition
Caroline Brady tells her and son Oliver's experience of Let's Talk, our speech and language development project
Our Engagement Fund helps parents involved in ABSS design and implement ideas to bring others into the fold
Sugar Awareness Week begins at the end of October, so here's some handy tips about how to reduce your sugar intake!
Big Lottery Funded research by experts NatCen into Southend's neighbourhoods and services for young families
We marked our move to the heart of Southend with a celebration event at our new location
Understand the information provided on food labels
The community insights research we're doing this summer is helping inform our projects of the future
Our Work Skills project is running free business workshops to turn business ideas into reality
Parents can sign up now for the new HENRY group programmes beginning at the start of October!
Simple rules you can follow for weight management
Service design is a real community-led process to shape our projects, and though it Southend's children's futures
August is a big month for us as we begin life in our new home at in Alexandra Street with our partners SAVS
Dads, father-figures and male carers are encouraged to sign up for the upcoming FRED courses, beginning in autumn
Find out about the importance of water on your and your child's health and the dangers of dehydration
Our work with Family Storehouse's food bank helps us reach more parents in the Better Start areas
A Better Start Southend launches monthly diet and nutrition advice for the people of Southend
A few minutes with Stephanie Farr, Assistant Director for Children, Young People and Families at EPUT
We marked Infant Mental Health Awareness Week in June, highlighting the importance of early intervention
National Breastfeeding Week 2017 focuses on support and we are examining innovative ways to support parents in this
With our new focus on diet and nutrition, we bring you 12 advice items for you and your children. First up: Sugar
Calling all dads of young children!
We will be moving to the heart of the town centre, to a more accessible central location with our partners SAVS
The mobile library joins our special Book Sharing Weeks, encouraging parents and carers to read with their children
Fathers/male carers can soon join a Dad Lab to generate ideas for a range of father-related projects and activities
For Volunteers' Week, SAVS volunteer and mother of three Donna tells her story
Our new focus for 2017/18 will be on improving Diet and Nutrition outcomes for babies and young children
Our first ever Ward Panel brought together parent reps and professionals to discuss key local community issues
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Bordering of Grief, Suspension of Thought
The attacks in Paris last Friday sent ripples of shock though Western media outlets, social and otherwise, and elicited an tremendous collective outpouring of grief. Yet, as many were quick to note, this response stood in stark contrast to reactions to similar attacks in other parts of the world, like those occurring only days before in Beirut and Iraq. Yet, these divergent responses are hardly surprising. For those accustomed to the promise of invulnerability bestowed upon people with white skin, the Paris attacks were fundamentally different. What was shocking about this attack was that suddenly, like so many others are forced to contend with on a daily basis, the unmarked Western subject was forced to grapple with its own precarity, the vulnerable condition of having a body upon which violence can be inflicted.
At its best, the shock of recognizing one's own precarity in the face of violence served as a moment to recognize the vulnerability and fragility of the human condition itself. Many people responded in a manner that illustrated that, for them, this shock opened up the possibility of empathy not just for the Parisian victims but for all who live with constant reminders of their vulnerable and precarious corporeal existence. These responses did not dismiss the grief felt for those who lost their lives in Paris, but neither did they limit it. Empathy and compassion was extended not only to those in Paris, but within and beyond the borders, to those in Beirut, Iraq, to refugees and many others.
However, this transformation of the shock of the attack into moments of reflection on our own fragility and empathy for others is far from prevalent. Instead the general response has been an immediate mobilization of the shock to establish a state of exception and emergency. Rather than than the path of reflection and empathy, it is response to the shock of human fragility that manifests itself as a desperate scramble to immediately re-establish a sense of security and invulnerability for western subjects. The first act taken in this state of exception was to close borders, both territorially and conceptually. At once, François Holland put an end to the movement of bodies in and out of France with his decision to close the borders. However, it was not just bodies that had to be immobilized and contained, but grief and thought itself.
To examine the bordering of grief I turn to the action of social media platforms. I turn to social media because, as means by which many people express themselves to each other digitally, these platforms are incredibly powerful spaces in which people construct their own ethical subjectivities. In the wake of the attacks, Facebook offered it's users the ability to overlay a french flag on their profile picture. In effect, they incited us to grieve but only within a particular national frame. There message was this: "Make your grief visible, show your friends you care for the suffering of the French Nation". Excluded from this automatic grief were all those who never belonged to the French, the refugees within it or the people suffering beyond it.
This enticement of users to transform their response to the attacks into a visible mark of allegiance with the French nation-state illustrates the intersections between operations of power and capital. Facebook sought, like the conventional media, to capitalize and affirm the spectacular nature of the attacks through it's incitement to produce relevant content. This content, in capturing our peers attention, could then be transformed into a commodity to be sold to advertisers. Yet, Facebook was enticing us not just to produce content but also a certain ethical subjectivity through the imposition of a certain visible regime of grief. By rendering impossible our ability to grieve beyond a distinctly bordered and national frame, Facebook sought to limit and immobilize the expressions of grief that threatened to transcend the rigid boundaries of national belonging.
This transformation of grief into an automatic process, the clicking of a button to change a profile picture rather than the more demanding task of reflecting upon this grief, also illustrates how the state of emergency and exception functioned to suspend thought. This hostility of thought was perhaps most clearly articulated in the descriptions, which littered the speeches of countless pundits and politicians, of the attacks as being "senseless" and "unthinkable". These adjectives served not as a moment of reflective description of the attacks but as an injunction against thought itself. The attacks were not to be understood, but rather ascribed to an inscrutable enemy upon whom war could be waged.
The mobilization of this moment of shock for a military operation against an inscrutable enemy, one to be conducted without thought or reflection, was powerfully at work in an essay published on Vice by the so-called "terrorism expert" John Horgan. Entitled "Don't Ask Why People Join the Islamic State — Ask How", this article argues that because the reasons which motivate people to become "terrorists" are "numerous and overlapping" and subject to change. In the face of this "very complicated issue" of motivation, we should not even attempt to ask the ("probably unanswerable") question of why "terrorists" are motivated to committed such attacks but rather ask how they commit the attacks. The figure of the "terrorist" is thus, like the violence itself, rendered impervious to thought - to even try would be dangerous.
This immobilization of grief, suspension of thought and assertion of territorial control speaks to a fundamentally different way of grappling with precarity than that of empathy: not a recognition of a common experience of having vulnerable bodies but a desperate scramble to immediately re-establish a sense of security and invulnerability.
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Angela and Brad first met as little kids growing up in the same neighborhood. Their mothers were friends and they spent their childhood playing together and becoming good friends. Following high school, they went their separate ways. It wasn't until years later, when they had both gone through divorces, that they reconnected and saw each other in a new light. Before long and to the surprise of no one, they fell in love and began planning a life together.
Unfortunately, cancer had other plans for Angela and Brad's relationship. After previously battling cancer twice in the past, Angela was naturally very vigilant about her health. Just six months into her relationship, she began to suspect that something was not right and demanded that her doctors investigate. She was shockingly diagnosed with an aggressive form of ovarian cancer that had metastasized to her spleen.
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In re Imerys Talc America, Inc., et al., No. 19-10289 (Bankr. D. Del. May 8, 2019).
In this Bench Ruling, Judge Silverstein departed from a long line of cases concerning the applicable standard of scrutiny when evaluating the candidacy of a proposed future claims representative ("FCR").
Imerys Talc America, Inc. and certain of its affiliated entities (the "Debtors") filed their chapter 11 petitions in the Delaware Bankruptcy Court on February 13, 2019. On February 27, the Debtors filed a motion to appoint James L. Patton, Jr. as the Legal Representative for Future Talc Personal Injury Claimants. … Read More
Delaware Bankruptcy Court Rejects Per Se Premise that a Discretionary Bonus Payment Can Never Be on Account of "Value"
Jalbert v. Flanagan, et al. (In re F-Squared Investment Management, LLC), No. 15-11469 (LSS), 2019 WL 2051005 (Bankr. D. Del. May 7, 2019).
In this Opinion, Judge Silverstein granted in part and denied in part the motions of Brian Flanagan, Matthew Landon, Patrick Coyle, and Scott Kearney (collectively, the "Defendants") to dismiss certain fraudulent transfer and insider preference claims brought by the Trustee for the Debtors' (defined below) liquidating trust (the "Trustee"). In so doing, Judge Silverstein rejected the Trustee's premise that an entirely discretionary bonus can never be made in exchange for value.
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On a Mission: Supreme Court Clarifies Effect of Rejection of Executory Contract
Mission Prod. Hldgs., Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, No. 17-1657 (2019).
In Mission Prod. Hldgs., Inc. v. Tempnology, LLC, the United States Supreme Court resolved a long-standing Circuit Court split in holding that a debtor's rejection of an executory contract does not eliminate a contract counterparty's right to use certain debtor trademarks provided thereunder. Rather, according to the Court, following the debtor's rejection of such contract, the counterparty retains the rights it received pursuant to the terms of the underlying agreement and applicable nonbankruptcy law.
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In this Opinion, Judge Shannon denied a request by the United States Trustee (the "UST") to reduce the fees incurred by a chapter 7 trustee's professionals (the "Professionals") related to avoidance actions because the fees exceeded the recoveries realized on account of such actions. In doing so, the Court concluded that the Professionals' fee requests were reasonable and that the Professionals exercised reasonable judgment at the time… Read More
Challenge of Secured Creditors' Liens and Claims by a Plaintiff Without Court's Prior Blessing and Grant of Standing Survives Defendants' Motion for Summary Judgment
AI Int'l Holdings (BVI) Ltd. v. MUFG Union Bank, N.A., et al. (In re The Weinstein Co. Holdings, LLC, et al.), No. 18-10601 (MFW), 2018 WL 6841349 (Bankr. D. Del. Dec. 20, 2018)
In this Memorandum Opinion, Judge Walrath of the Delaware Bankruptcy Court was given the rare opportunity to review and interpret language contained in the final order authorizing the Weinstein debtors (the "Debtors") to obtain post-petition financing (the "Final DIP Order") governing the investigation and challenge of the liens and claims of the Debtors' prepetition lenders (the "Defendants"). More specifically, Her Honor was tasked with… Read More
Delaware Bankruptcy Court's Local Rules For 2019 Now Effective
The Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware's Local Rules for 2019 went effective today, February 1, 2019. A copy of the 2019 Local Rules can be found here and a redline of the 2019 Local Rules against the 2018 Local Rules can be found here.
Delaware District Court Finds Section 506(b) Does Not Limit Allowability of Unsecured Claims for Contractual Postpetition Attorneys' Fees
Wilmington Trust Co. v. Tribune Media Co. (In re Tribune Media Co.), No. 15-0116 (RGA), 2018 WL 6167504 (D. Del. Nov. 26, 2018)
In a short Memorandum Order, the Delaware District Court reversed the Delaware Bankruptcy Court's November 19, 2015 ruling issued in the chapter 11 cases of Tribune Media Company and its affiliated debtors disallowing an indenture trustee's unsecured claim for postpetition attorneys' fees arising under the express terms of the governing indenture. As previously analyzed by the Delaware Bankruptcy Insider, the Bankruptcy Court acknowledged that the allowability under section 502(b) of the… Read More


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Implementing an Internet-based commercial site is fast becoming a growth industry in New Zealand. With more people using the Internet, more products coming online and more companies looking to provide online data, the opportunities for becoming an Internet-based information broker are rapidly increasing. However, in order to build a successful business, you have to deal with a number of different groups: data providers, designers and ISPs. The field is so new and the technology is changing so fast that nailing down specifications and agreeing on terms and conditions (not to mention prices and fees) can be a nightmare. Here are a few tips on how to get started.
Building the Strategic Plan: Before you get too far, create a realistic strategic plan that covers items such as product specification, RFP preparation, contract negotiation, implementation, staffing and marketing. The exercise will help uncover all of those items, such as budgeting time for project management or designing the "look and feel" for the site, that can come back and haunt you as you develop your programme. Nobody has ever gone broke by doing a comprehensive planning exercise. Plus a good strategic plan can be incorporated into the scope of work and the eventual contract.
Project Specifications: This is where you get really technical. You have to clearly set out what your site will look like. This includes what and how much data will be offered, the formats in which the data will be delivered, how the database interfaces will work, how much traffic you expect, how you will track who uses what data and how you will manage the operation. These are areas where any grey spots will almost immediately cause project costs to escalate immensely. The tighter the project specifications, the lower the costs. Build a cost-benefit model if you can.
The Request For Proposal: Once the project specs are nailed down, you can put them into a request for proposals (RFP) and send it to likely vendors. Make sure that you spell out exactly what you expect them to bid on, how they should structure their proposals, and what the criteria for selection will be. Even with a well-crafted RFP, some vendors will come back with solutions that offer alternatives to your original ideas. Make sure you budget enough time to fully investigate these options.
Start with a small list of RFP recipients, give them plenty of time to respond and expect to see alliances and partnerships. Few vendors have all the skills required for a comprehensive commercial site so designers and ISPs may team up to provide an integrated solution. Don't be shy about talking to different groups about mixing and matching solutions. Make sure that your RFP reserves the right to take components of bids.
Vendor Selection: Once the proposals are in, study them carefully and put the results into a spreadsheet so that you can compare apples with apples. Look at capital costs, hourly rates and, most importantly, on-going costs. Some vendors might give you low development costs and then charge an arm and a leg for on-going services. If you want to enter a partnership with a vendor, make sure that you know all the costs up front. Again, any grey areas will surely come back and bite you.
Not all vendors will take advantage, but any uncertainty on your part will set off alarm bells on the vendor side and they will raise their rates to put them back into a comfort zone.
Contract Negotiation: This is where the project specs are paramount. Make sure you know exactly what you want, what the vendors will provide and when and how much it will cost. There might even have to be some prototyping before you can agree on a final scope. Don't be in a hurry and be sure to talk to at least a couple of vendors on the short list. Chances are they will be willing to negotiate a little to get the business. And the specs will tighten as you analyse the proposals and take into consideration some of the ideas. In fact, you should be able to reduce the bids by clearing up any grey areas that you uncover.
Project Management: Don't forget project management. Once the contract is signed you will want to make sure that everyone (especially your own organisation) performs as required. This takes time, both yours and the vendor's. Ensure that the staff time is available. Lots of otherwise well-designed projects have gone sour without a strong oversight component.
As you might have noticed, these steps are no different from any other IT initiative. The issue here is that right now both the contractee and the contractor are breaking new ground with every project. Building the project will be a team effort and open and frank communication at every step is imperative. We will be seeing a lot of these projects coming online in the future, so the skill sets will only improve. But today, the field is wide open. So good luck and keep those project specifications as tight as possible.
(Phil Parent is Computerworld's Internet editor, a geographer and Web site consultant. Email him at firstname.lastname@example.com.)


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I was *not* expecting to find out that it potentially has a pre-exisiting problem.
If the person I bought the phone for rings me from the mobile (which is a Motorola Moto G), I can't hear them - when they speak i hear very, very brief snippets of what sounds like their voice, but i also hear what I can only describe as a 'rushing air' type sound. the thing is, they can hear me clearly apparently.
they can send and receive text messages just fine as well, and primarily use the phone as almost a "texting device", so this is largely why we have only just discovered this problem.
Obviously we need to take it back to CEX and get them to look at it. The relevant T's & C's are this ..
c) The CeX warranty sticker has been broken.
This warranty does not cover damage or failures which result from accident, misuse, abuse, neglect, mishandling, misapplication, faulty installation, improper maintenance, and improper voltage supply, interference from or with other Electronic devices, alteration, maladjustment of customer controls, improper modification (such as mobile phone sim-lock removal), firmware flashing, bios flashing or service by anyone other than a CeX approved agent.
If there's an actual hardware issue here with the phone microphone, would this essentially supercede the "improper modification" clause?


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A Saturday Night Live writer has been suspended indefinitely after tweeting a poorly received joke about Donald Trump's 10-year-old youngest son, Barron.
Katie Rich was suspended immediately after writing an offensive tweet about the child. An outcry on social media followed, with many calling for a boycott of the TV show.
Rich later deleted the tweet, deactivated her account but then reactivated it, saying she wanted to "sincerely apologise" for the "insensitive" tweet and "deeply regret" her actions.
NBC had no comment.
Barron found support from Chelsea Clinton, with the former first daughter saying he "deserves the chance every child does - to be a kid."
This isn't the first time SNL has got into trouble for joking about the president's children. In 1993, then-cast member Mike Myers had to write an apology letter to the Clintons after a skit that mocked Chelsea Clinton.
The current controversy over Barron Trump comes after President Trump lashed out at the way Saturday Night Live has lampooned him, with the president saying Alec Baldwin's semi-regular portrayal of him "stinks".


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Life unfolds ... some of it here. This blog began as a way to focus on the good things in the midst of a crisis and be a connection to friends and family when it seemed to take all of my time just to weather the storms. It seems to have transformed into a sanctuary of musing and inspiration. Feel free to join me!
Sunday, September 18, 2005
We went to the science museum - not for the exhibits this time but for some auditions! Unfortunately, the website gave me a choice of Saturday or Sunday signups and 2:00/6:00 time slots ... so I chose Sunday at 6:00. Guess what? Auditions were Saturday and Callbacks were Sunday!!! BUT - if we're interested in their program, we can come the first day of class and the director will do a brief audition before class starts. I have a feeling it's more like ... anyone who wants to pay can come! LOL
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The thirteen siblings who were rescued from a California house of horrors where they were abused by their parents were allowed to shower just twice a year and were fed one rationed meal a day, it has been revealed.
The children, who range in age from two to 29, were rescued on Sunday after their brave 17-year-old sister climbed through a window of the house in Perris, California, to call 911. They were found shackled to furniture and lying in urine and feces.
Their parents David and Louise Turpin were arrested inside the home once police arrived. Their first court appearance is scheduled for Thursday at 9am.
As they await prosecution and as the children, who are so malnourished doctors fear they may go into shock, recover, new details have emerged about the horrifying conditions they were forced to endure.
Authorities in Perris have told Today that the children were scarcely fed and were dirty, living in a urine-soaked bedroom before they were found.
Several neighbors in both California and Texas, where the family lived until 2010, have come forward to say they found the Disney-obsessed couple 'odd'.
But child protection services in Perris said on Thursday they were never once alerted to the home nor did they receive complaints about the Turpins.
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'Not one person called us. How sad,' Mary Parks, senior public information specialist for the Riverside County Department of Public Social Services, told Desert Sun on Thursday as she, along with the rest of the country, lamented the torture the children faced.
One neighbor, who gave his name only as Mike, said he often saw the couple 'marching the children in circles' on the second floor of the home between midnight and 3am.
He told The New York Post they were like a 'cult' and that his wife called them 'clones' who spoke robotically and at the same time.
On Saturday, hours before they were arrested, the couple reportedly 'said goodbye' to friends and said they had to 'leave town'.
They did not give any indication of where they planned to go or why they were leaving, according to one friend who spoke to Mirror Online.
Police and relatives of the Turpins remain at a loss over why they treated the children so poorly.
Brenda Taylor, Louise Turpin's aunt, told CNN on Thursday how she believed the facade the couple portrayed on social media where they posted happy photographs of the family on vacations to Disney Land and at the couple's vow renewal ceremony.
'With the pictures they put on Facebook, you thought they were one big happy family,' she said.
Taylor said her niece, who is now 49, married David when she was just 16.
When David's parents last visited them in California from his native West Virginia, all seemed well.
'They were just like any ordinary family. And they had such good relationships. I'm not just saying this stuff. These kids, we were amazed. They were 'sweetie' this and 'sweetie' that to each other,' Betty Turpin, 81, said.
Betty described her son and his wife as 'model Christians'.
'"It's hard to believe all of this. Over the years, the Lord knows what happened,' she added.
Her husband James described the children as 'well adjusted' and said they showed no signs of abuse. 'The all looked to me well-adjusted. They weren't skinny or nothing. They were joyous to see us,' he said.
David and Louise are pictured in front of Disneyland's iconic castle appearing to hold Tinker Bell. The photo appeared on Facebook in October 2010 and was one of multiple trips to the theme park. It is photographs like this one and others where the children appear happy which lulled relatives into considering them a normal family
Officials say all 13 of the children, some of whom are over 18, are now receiving hospital treatment and are so malnourished they fear they could go into shock at any time. They are pictured before the worst of the abuse is believed to have begun
Other relatives have told how Louise joked about how skinny the children were and trivialized their weight by saying they were 'tall and lanky' like their father.
'I always made comments to Louise, when I did talk to her about, 'Gosh they're so skinny', and she would laugh it off saying 'Well, David's so tall and lanky. They're going to be like him',' Teresa Robinette told Today earlier in the week.
'(The children) weren't allowed to date, or they didn't have a social life,' she said. 'They weren't allowed to watch TV.
'They weren't allowed to talk on the phone, have friends over, stuff like that. Normal things that kids do,' she added.
While the children received just one meal a day, Louise frequented a local pizza shop where she would often buy herself a slice of pepperoni or a club sandwich.
She sometimes brought one of the children with her, a daughter, but workers at the restaurant had no clue how many other offspring she had.
'Louise was in here every other day. Sometimes with her husband, and a few times with a little girl, but never more than one,' worker Matthew Alex Padilla, 20, told the Telegraph.
Private: Relatives of Louise Turpin say she and David were not involved with the rest of the family and repeatedly refused them access to their children over the years. The couple are pictured in 2011 renewing their wedding vows
'We knew each other, and would chat – she was normal, if maybe a bit reserved. I had no idea she had 13 children, because she'd only ever order a slice of pepperoni, or a chicken club sandwich with no tomato,' he added.
She also did grocery shopping at Winco, a local supermarket.
Elizabeth Jane Flores, one of Louise's sisters, revealed in a tearful interview on Wednesday that her brother-in-law 'watched' her in the shower when she was staying with the couple in Texas as a student decades ago.
Disney-obsessed Louise would visit a pizza restaurant 'every other day' to get herself a slice of pepperoni or a sandwich while her children starved at home. She sometimes took with her a young girl, according to restaurant staff
She said she did not see signs of abuse towards the children at the time but that now, reflecting on David's treatment of her as an adult, she recognized his sickness.
'If I was to get in the shower, he would come in while I was in there and watch me – it was like a joke.
'He never touched me or anything. I was young, I was scared. I was in Texas where I knew nobody. I was treated like one of the kids, I had rules,' Flores told Good Morning America.
Louise's other siblings say they tried to see her and the children many times but that she was 'private' and always refused.
She was so reclusive and distant from her family that she missed both her own parents' funerals but that they thought nothing of it because she had always been that way.
'When this happens for 20 years and before the kids are even there, you don't think it's abnormal,' she said. 'If it had been two years ago, we would have thought something is not right. Even before children, they were real private.'
Robinette also echoed that the family had lost touch with Louise several years ago.
'My parents before they died in 2016 begged to see her.
'Even on their on their deathbed they asked to see her,' Robinette told NBC. 'She didn't even show up to either of their funerals. So we have really no connection with Louise in a long, long time since we were young,' she said.
Shock: Louise's sisters Teresa Robinette (left) and Elizabeth Jane Flores have spoken out since the children were rescued to say they had no clue they were being abused
The new owners of properties the family lived in in Texas have also come forward to share disturbing photographs of the state they left their houses in once they moved out.
Scratch marks, stained carpets and closets that had been converted into cages were among the indicators of abuse left at the properties in Fort Worth and Rio Vista.
The new owner of the Rio Vista house told CBS that neighbors described the house, when the Turpins lived in it, as a 'religious compound'.
They said none of the children were ever allowed to reveal their names.
David Turpin had worked in the past for defense contractors. In 2011, the couple filed for bankruptcy.
All of the children were homeschooled, including the ones who are now adults. Their mental capacity is much younger than their age, according to authorities.
Education officials in California who are alarmed by the story have revealed that no inspections were ever carried out at the couple's home.
The law requires private schools to register as such. Once they do, the state department of education cannot legally monitor them but they must undergo a fire safety inspection.
In the case of the Turpins, no such inspection ever took place. It is not clear if the couple ever registered their home or themselves as a private school.
'We are sickened by this tragedy and relieved the children are now safe and authorities are investigating.
'Private schools are required to register with the state to record their students' exemption from compulsory attendance at public schools.
'Under current California law, the CDE does not approve, monitor, inspect, or oversee private schools,' a spokesman said this week.
David's brother, Dr. Randy Turpin, took time off from his job at the Valor Christian College in Ohio earlier this week.
When they were found by authorities, the children were all lying in feces. The adults among them are 'so small' police say they look like children.
Deputies showed no signs of hesitation in categorizing the abuse they suffered as 'torture'. Further details of any specific injuries are yet to emerge but all 13 children are being treated in hospital.
Police say it is difficult to record credible statements from them because their mental states are so fragile.
The 17-year-old who saved the entire brood has however told them that she believed she would be killed by her parents if they caught her trying to escape.
'In her mind, she was risking her life,' a source told the Daily Mirror. She used a disabled cell phone to call 911.


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