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Charlotte's Greater Salem Church Obtains Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Protection
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When I moved to the US, I was amazed that there is pudding that is SO easy to get! No need to make it yourself, just buy a package and you're good. Crazy! So easy. We had mousse and yogurts in packages in Poland but we didn't get to the pudding part yet when I left as far as I recall.
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Tom and I didn't think it was a big deal. After all, Shockoe Bottom already has plenty of shades of shadiness, from the strip club and tattoo parlors to the bail bondsman, the biker gatherings and a couple of places with vibes that are vaguely punk-S&M-I-don't-want-to-know.
Apparently, though, our more gentrified neighborhood neighbor, Church Hill, got worried. They freaked over the fact that the clinic sits just a block downhill (a very steep hill) from a school. Some bills are being introduced at the state legislature to prevent such proximity from happening again.
I'm a little baffled by that reaction. I walk by the clinic fairly often and fail to see a danger to the kids up there. It's not as if the methadone is being dispensed on the street. The most you have is a bunch of people waiting around for their turn inside ... not unlike the bunches of people standing around on weekend mornings to get into brunch at Millie's.
What makes the clinic people scarier than the restaurant people? The connection to drugs? That would be an illogical answer, because the very fact that people are at a methadone clinic means they are taking steps to deal with their problems. The same can't be known for the Millie's crowd.
So the fear is simply, "There are people hanging out on the street there." O-kay. I guess I've heard that before, from suburban acquaintances who are afraid to come into the city. I don't understand that, either, because hey everybody, they're just people. Sure, some might be dangerous, but just as many (probably more) are harmless, living their lives and dying their deaths like the rest of us.
My preference is to not seal myself off from the life and lives of others, pretending that I am safe behind yards of yard. I want to see the possibilities of life from all angles, including the ones that tell me about poverty, scrambling and yes, the ravages of addiction.
Everyone has a story. Maybe being a writer makes me more willing to read those stories in the raw, instead of waiting for the cleaned-up movie version.
All I really know is that running to the suburbs, or gentrifying a neighborhood, isn't going to make the stories go away. They'll still be there in all their messy reality. We can either live with them or make life sterile and meaningless.
I vote for the clinic, the urban messiness and the stories.


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From pop-ups to Hillcrest, back to family roots
When Shirley Kavanagh Hallion opened her Secret Kloset fashion outlet shop on Hillcrest just five weeks ago, she was putting down business roots not far from where some of her family roots are, writes Brian Byrne.
"My mother's parents were from Kilgowan, and though we were Dubliners, we were regularly brought down there to visit our grandparents," she recalls. "It was a small cottage on a bit of land, and there wasn't really a lot for us to do."
But that changed when Shirley and her siblings were teenagers, and they could come camping with their friends and all of a sudden Kilgowan was a lot more fun. Years later, all her family but one of her sisters had come back to Kilgowan to make their homes. Including Shirley, though she moved further down the road a bit to Crookstown last year following the death of her husband.
"Some of my friends were wondering if I was mad to be setting up a business after having had such a difficult year, as a newly single parent with two children," she told me last week, after a very successful Open Evening at the shop. "But for some reason, it just seems like the right time."
Shirley knows the fashion business inside out. She has spent 25 years in it ever since realising that her original job as a dental nurse wasn't what she really wanted to stay with. She began working in fashion for friends, then became deeply involved at retail, wholesale, production and buying. She took some years out when she had her children, but stayed in touch with the industry.
"When I came back to it, I worked in Fashion City, the wholesale centre off the M50. Over the last couple of years I also did some regular pop-up shops as a sideline in this area, and built up a terrific mailing list of customers."
Shirley had her eye on setting up something permanent in Kilcullen, a community which she really likes. Through an introduction by the Jennifer Monahan half of J & A Shabby Chic next door, she was able to do an acceptable deal with the new owners of Hillcrest. "Jennifer was actually one my neighbours in Dublin, so it's very much being with friends."
Just like at the buying end, Shirley's retail side is also very much about networks, of customers. The pop-up shops, and the word-of-mouth bush telegraph that is women and clothing, means that Shirley already had a solid customer base before she ever opened the Secret Kloset.
Her fashion experience has also developed a strong skill in styling for individuals, and she offers that as a complimentary service. "There are people who genuinely don't know what suits them, and they appreciate this. I'll also give them ideas on how to adapt something they already have to suit an occasion, and even if somebody like that doesn't buy at the time, I know they'll be back."
Even though Kilcullen isn't a key shopping town, it has advantages for the kind of customer Shirley attracts. It's easy to get to from Naas or Newbridge or Carlow, and is less than an hour from Dublin. Parking isn't an issue, and the kind of one-to-one interaction which is a hallmark of her retail modus operandi is easier to manage away from the High Street rush. "And my regulars from the pop-up shops are delighted that I'm somewhere full-time, it means there's less panic-buying because I'd only be around for a few days."
With signs of a brighter economy, it's another reason why Shirley has opened the Secret Kloset at this time. "In my last months in Fashion City I could see it coming. The buyers coming in were ordering more, they weren't being as restricted in their budgets as they have been for the last few years. For lots of reasons, this is the right time."


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I loved Full House growing up. We made our way to Alamo Square Park and enjoyed the view of the painted ladies that were made famous by the early 90's sitcom. I would die to live in the Full House house. The funny thing is, Alamo Square Park is one of the lesser known parks (compared to Dolores or Golden Gate) despite of the popularity of the show, but I think it's one of the prettiest.
Mmm... Of course we needed dessert, right? I have such a sweet tooth, it's ridiculous.
By the way, shout out to the sunshine for staying out till Sunday. San Francisco has been extremely spoiled by this nice weather we've been having. I'm finding it hard to believe that it is mid February. Sooooo excited for summer! Hope everyone has a lovely Valentine's Day, whatever you decide to do!
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Tonight on Welcome to the 1% some further Metaphysical musings - As a verb, to muse is to consider something thoughtfully. As a noun, it means a person — especially a woman — who is a source of artistic inspiration.
In mythology, the Muses were nine goddesses who symbolized the arts and sciences. Today, a muse is a person who serves as an artist's inspiration. Often filmmakers talk about a certain actor being a muse — meaning the actor inspired a movie. Writers, painters, musicians, and other artists have muses. Muse can also refer to thinking deeply. If you muse about something, you're giving it serious thought. You can't muse in five seconds. People muse on certain ideas for years.
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3 April 1999
Source: First six items hardcopy postmarked Seattle, WA, 12 March 1999; seventh item postmarked Seattle, WA, 22 March 1999.
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1. Court of Public Opinion
2. Court of Public Opinion
3. Notes From Cafe Gulag
4. Proposed Plea Agreement
5. DoJ Warning Letter
6. Superseding Indictment
7. Pro Se Motion
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To whom it may concern,
This is a "True" story of a man and his fight to retain his First Amendment right to Free Speech. Remember that if he should lose his right to Free Speech, how long do you think it will be until those same rights are taken away from every Americas citizen?
Let me quote some of the evidence being used to charge Carl Edward Johnson. These are some of the opinions put out over the InterNet by Carl Edward Johnson:
The pen is mightier than the sword. I prefer to wage my "war to the death" against those who would stomp on my basic human rights "in the interests of National Security" with my electronic pen, on the InterNet, using encryption when I have reason to fear persecution by my own government.
Let's see if I have this right...
The U.S. government needs to destroy the right to Free Speech and the right to Privacy of it's own citizens in order to infringe upon the human rights of the governments and citizens of other countries? Countries which already have strong encryption? Countries like Red China, which is currently engaged in encryption research with an American company who got permission to export much more diverse encryption material (after making a huge campaign donation to the Whitehouse) than professer Bernstein will ever likely share with others.
I will continue to express my thoughts through the words I send electronically over the InterNet, both publically and privately. I will fight to the bandwidth death against anyone who wants to deny me my right to express my opinions and access the opinions of those who also wish to express their own opinions and share their true thoughts with their fellow humans.
Now as you can clearly see, this is a First Amendment "Freedom of Speech" issue. What they are doing to Carl Edward Johnson is not only in violation of the United States Constitution but is also morally unjust. Enclosed you will find copies of exhibits 9 and 10 and a statement of what has happened to Mr. Johnson since he has been incarcerated, that was penned by myself and Mr. Johnson. I hope that you will find this situation both newsworthy and outrageous.
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[SeaTac, Washington - December 7, 1999]
IN A STUNNING ANNOUNCEMENT WHICH CAME IN THE middle of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. SON OF GOMEZ, Assistant United States Attorney Robb London revealed that the Defendant had signed a Plea Agreement wherein he would give up the right to HearSee&Speak the Truth (TM), in return for assurances that Janet Reno only wants Austria, and has no intention of invading Poland.
"This was not the meeting he had pictured; he would not accept it. Once more he clutched at his death-line, and at once the Tragedian spoke." -C.S.Lewis, The Great Divorce
In the case of UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CARL EDWARD JOHNSON (CR-98-5393RJB), the Prosecutor and the Public Defender have formed a Tag-Team to ensure that the Defendant, twelve days from trial, has had neither the benefit of a valid plea offer, nor an opportunity to review the evidence against him.
After a year and a half of investigation, and six and a half months after Johnson's arrest and incarceration, the Prosecutor, Robb London, and Public Defender, Gene Grantham, waited until two and a half weeks before trial date to spring a now-or-never Plea Agreement on the Defendant, Johnson, with the offer of immediate release in return for copping a plea, and threats of copious additional charges (and surprise news of an additional indictment) as punishment for maintaining his innocence.
Despite requests by the Defendant to be provided with a copy of the Plea Agreement, as well as with copies of evidence obtained through discovery weeks before by the Public Defender, in order to make an informed and rational decision, Johnson did not receive a copy of the Plea Agreement until three days after the two-day deadline given by London, and has yet to receive a copy of the evidence that he needs in order to prepare for a trial that is less than two weeks away.
In the face of a last minute threat sent to Johnson, by London via Grantham, on the Deadliine Date, promising the imprisoned Defendant a sentence of 10-16 years (instead of Time Served), Johnson quoted Robert M. LaFollette, Sr., saying,
"Let no man think that we can deny civil liberty to others and retain it for ourselves. When zealous agents of the government arrest suspected 'radicals' without warrant, hold them without prompt trial, deny them access to counsel and admission of bail ... we have shorn the Bill of Rights of its sanctity as a shield to every American citizen." [Spin EditWhore's Note: The above is what Mr. Johnson meant to say. What he actually said was, "Fuck These Morons!"]
"Prosecution does not represent an entity whose interests include winning at all costs; prosecutor's client is society, which seeks justice, not victory." US v. Doe, 860 F2d (lst Cir. 1988)
Prosecutor London's Original Plea Deal offered Defendant Johnson a release from prison (Time Served), in return for a guilty plea, explaining that he had sympathy for the Defendant's mental disabilities and felt that Johnson was not a danger to others ("not a trigger-man"), yet the Prosecutor had no compunction about working the Original Plea agreement in a manner that left no doubt that the Ante would be raised to an Astronomical amount of hard prison time, should the Defendant maintain his innocence.
Despite the fact that the Plea Agreement was 'Sanitized' by the Prosecutor and the Public Defender prior to a Plea Hearing that had been pre-arranged (without allowing the Defendant the time or information needed to make an informed, well-considered decision), in the face of further resistance by the Defendant to being railroaded into a hasty acceptance of a Government Constructed Plea Bargain, the Prosecutor had the Public Defender hand-carry an enhanced summary of the threats in the Original Plea Bargain -- promising Johnson two decades, or more, of imprisonment, should the Defendant continue to insist on his right to innocence and a fair trial.
In spite of Johnson's insistence on attending court, in order to see the Judge, he was led to an empty courtroom, only to be dismissed by an unintroduced woman who picked up a phone and announced, "No plea agreement."
The imminently appearing unalterable trial date magically vaporized a few days later when Federal Public Defender Grantham scheduled a hearing for a continuance of several months and Prosecutor London graciously assented.
Judge Bryan, however, granted the Defendant's wish to receive aspeedy trial on the date previously scheduled, but taking pains to point out that the Federal Public Defender, not having prepared in the previous six weeks, would be hard pressed to mount an effective defense in the short time available. It is unimaginable that the prosecutor could have failed to understand, scant days previously, that the Federal Public Defender was unprepared for trial and would be seeking a continuance, yet he had no qualms about using the illusion of the pressure of an imminent trial to attempt to coerce the Defendant into making a hasty, ill-formed decision about a life-changing matter.
It is utterly impossible for the Federal Public Defender not to have known that he was unprepared for trial, and that he would be seeking a continuance of several months, yet he allowed his Client to be subjected to threats and coercion tied to a fictional deadline, while leaving the Defendant without the information he had requested which was pertinent to the issues he needed to consider in order to come to a sound decision in regard to his legal position and his future.
Basically, Grantham not only left his Client twisting in the wind of prosecutor London's heavy-handed tactics, but he actually helped to cement the Desperate Last Chance Deal Illusion by failing to acknowledge that he had no intention of proceeding at the trial date set by Judge Bryant in order to guarantee Defendant Johnson his right to a Speedy Trial.
"If the government, police and prosecuters could always be trusted to do the right thing, there would have never been a need for the Bill of Rights." -Justice Leventhal US v. US District Court for the Central District of California 858 F2d 534 (9th Cir. 1988)
Federal Public Defenders and Defense Attorneys could be added to the above list.
Attorney Grantham sat back and twiddled his thumbs during the continuance hearing -- probably in an attempt to shake the dirt off of his own hands -- as prosecutor London played hard and fast with the facts in the face of Judge Bryan's suggestion that London's announced intention to seek a Human-Gus Summary Indictment so close to the trial date smacked of "punishment" for the Defendant, in retaliation for his not having accepted the plea agreement. (1)
Assistant United States Attorney London's claims before the court fly in the face of the fact that:
A. The Prosecutor and Public Defender were both present at the proffering of the Original plea agreement, when the Defendant clearly stated that, in order to be able to properly consider the offer, he would require a copy of the plea agreement, a copy of the evidence against him, and the time to study them and consult with others, before being able to make an informed decision.
B. At the time that the prosecutor and the Federal Public Defender were 'Santitizing' the original plea agreement, the prosecutor had to have known that the Federal Public Defender had not further conferred with his client, and could not have helped but known that Grantham could not honestly vouch for the fact that Johnson would agree to a new plea agreement not yet in existence, when he had never even been provided with a copy of the original plea agreement.
C. Since the Defendant has steadfastly maintained his innocence and the Federal Public Defender, Grantham, has not provided his client with any facts, information or evidence to contradict Johnson's understanding in regard to his legal standing, it would be unethical -- if not, in fact, illegal -- for the Federal Public Defender to advise his client to enter a plea of guilty, let alone for him to give false assurances to prosecutor London that would lead to the abridgement or to the circumvention of the Defendant Johnson's rights in regard to receiving not only a Speedy Trial, but an equitable and fair trial, as well.
"Sunshine is the best disinfectant." -Louis Brandeis, Supreme Court Justice
There is no sunshine in Unit 4A, Cell 31, at the Federal Detention Center in SeaTac, Washington.
The 'window' of Cell 31 faces the cold, gray concrete cave which passes for a recreation yard for presumed innocent pre-trial prisoners.
Johnson can sit in the high-ceilinged concrete 'Yard' during the day and see -- twenty feet above him -- the dim rays of a sun that would be shining on him, had he simply folded his hand in the face of the enormous pressures upon him. Instead, he huddles with the other prisoners in the chill wind of a concrete cave, smoking a cigarette and wondering what lies ahead in the space of a few short days which will decide his fate for the next few decades.
After months of inadequate medical treatment for his physical and neurological disabilities; after spending over five of his six and a half months in prison in the Hole (isolation cell) as a result of being disabled; after being chained to a bed, in leg irons, 24 hours a day for weeks on end, Prisoner #05987-196 can only wait and wonder if, by the time he is taken to trial, a few days hence, on as yet undetermined charges, he will have an opportunity to view the evidence against him, and attempt to mount a defense.
"The Germans made the victims complicit in their own deaths, a favorite Teutonic technique of the era, meant to degrade and imprint upon the victims the abject state of their servile condition.
The Germans forced the victims to construct the gallows from which they would hang and to slip the nooses around their own necks." -Daniel Jonah Goldhagen, Hitler's Willing Executioners"
Today ... we have the Plea Bargain.
"It is better to hang some feller, than no feller." -Charles Dickens, Bleak House
Now comes the Defendant...
Lies The Prosecutor Told Me #327:
"However, as you are aware, your client did not enter a guilty plea as anticipated."
TruthMonger #709 SEZ:
Fucking Morons (TM) can 'anticipate' all they want, but without the Defendant having given even the slightest indication that HeOrSheOrIt was even seriously considering pleading guilty, then the only motivation for such anticipation on the part of the Legal Beagles involved. is to create Illusionary Grounds for postponing the trial date as a result of neither the Prosecution or the Public Defender being prepared for trial, having assumed that the Defendant, whether guilty or innocent, will nonetheless bow to the "legal threats and coercions" applied by both the Prosecutor and the Public Defender, in order to avoid having to put the Justice System through all of the bother of deciding the case in court, based on the evidence.
Lies The Prosecutor Told Me #8,496:
"We are opposed to any continuances of this matter, because of the public's interest in a speedy trial."
TruthMonger #1 SEZ:
Then why did The Government (TM) kiss the Public Defender's Big Hairy Ass (TM) a couple of days later, falling all over themself to support the motion for a continuance?
Moreover, why did the Prosecutor, in a second court date set to renew the motion for a continuance, and arranged in a secret meeting between the Prosecutor, Judge and Public Defender, without the Defendant present, provide the Public Defender with the Cite he needed to succeed in the motion, against his Client's wishes?
Lies The Prosecutor Told Me #4,387,542:
"In situations such as this, when a defendant insists on his right to go to trial, it is the policy of the Department of Justice to charge and try him on all of the offenses that are supported by the Evidence."
TruthMonger #0 SEZ:
Now you've really put your foot in it, you Dumb Fucking Bastard (TM).
Since not all of the threatened charges in the Original Plea Agreement offer were made part of the Superseding Indictment, then it must follow that some of the threats in the Original Plea Agreement offer were based on false charges that were not supported by the evidence, but merely included for the sake of impressing upon the Defendant that the Ferral Prosecutor had the power to punish the Defendant with the filing of unsupported criminal charges for exercising his Constitutional Rights.
Lies The Prosecutor Told Me #3:
"In the interests of Justice ... "
Judge Bryan
Comes now the United States of America, by Katrina C. Pflaumer, United States Attorney, and Robb London, Assistant United States Attorney for the Western District of Washington, and the defendant, Carl Johnson, and his attorney, Gene Grantham, and enter into the following Agreement, pursuant to Rule ll(e), Federal Rules of Criminal Procedure.
1. Waiver of Indictment. The defendant, having been advised of the right to be charged by Indictment agrees to waive that right and enter a plea of guilty to a charge brought by the United States Attorney in an Information.
2. The Charge[s]. The defendant, having been advised of the right to have this matter tried before a jury, agrees to waive that right and to enter a plea of guilty to one felony count of Forcible Interference With The Administration of the Internal Revenue Laws, as charged in the Information, a violation of Title 26, United States Code, Section 7212(a). By entering this plea of guilty, the defendant hereby waives any and all objections to the filed charge predicated on the form of the charging Information.
3. The Penalties. The defendant understands and acknowledges that the statutory penalties for the offense charged in the Information are as follows: imprisonment for up to three (3) years; a fine of up to five thousand dollars ($5,000.00); a period of supervision following release from prison of up to three (3) years; and a one hundred dollar ($100.00) mandatory penalty assessment for a national crime victims' fund. The defendant agrees that the penalty assessment shall be paid at or before the time of sentencing.
4. Rights Waived by Pleading Guilty. The defendant understands and acknowledges that, by pleading guilty, the defendant knowingly and voluntarily waives the following rights:
a. The right to plead not guilty, and to persist in a plea of not guilty;
b. The right to be presumed innocent until guilt has been established at trial, beyond a reasonable doubt;
c. The right to trial before a jury of the defendant's peers, and at that trial, the right to the effective assistance of counsel;
d. The right to confront and cross-examine witnesses against the defendant;
e. The right to compel or subpoena witnesses to appear on the defendant's behalf:
f. The right to testify or to remain silent at trial at which such silence could not be used against the defendant; and
g. The right to appeal a finding of guilty or any pretrial rulings.
5. Applicability of Sentencing Guidelines. The defendant understands and acknowledges the following:
a. That the United States Sentencing Guidelines, promulgated by the United States Sentencing Commission, are applicable to this case;
b. That the Government anticipates that the applicable guideline for this offence is USSG 2A2.4, and that the defendant's Criminal History Category will be 1, but the Government cannot and does not promise that these will be the guidelines or calculations applied by the court at time of sentencing;
c. That the Court will determine the applicable guideline, Criminal History Category, and the corresponding range at the time of sentencing;
d. That the Court may impose any sentence authorized by law, including a sentence that, under some circumstances, departs from any applicable Sentencing Guidelines range up to the maximum term authorized by law;
e. That the Court is not bound by any recommendation regarding the sentence to be imposed, or by any calculation or estimation of the Sentencing Guidelines range offered by the parties, or by the United States Probation Department; and,
f. The defendant may not withdraw a guilty plea solely because of the guideline range or the sentence imposed by the Court.
6. Ultimate Sentence. The defendant acknowledges that no one has promised or guaranteed what sentence the Court will impose.
7. Restitution. The defendant understands that in addition to any term of imprisonment and/or fine that is imposed, the Court may order the defendant to pay restitution to victim(s) of the offense, as required by law. Furthermore, the defendant herein expressly agrees that he owes restitution in the amount of $277.25 to reimburse the Government for medical expenses that were incurred when he physically assaulted IRS Inspector Bruce Mason at the time of his arrest in connection with the instant charge.
8. Elements of the Offense. The defendant acknowledges herein that he has been advised of, and understands, that the offense to which he is entering a plea of guilty has the following elements, and that the Government would have to prove each of these elements beyond a reasonable doubt were this matter to go to trial:
a. The defendant threatened to use force against an officer of the United States;
b. That officer was acting in an official capacity enforcing the Internal Revenue laws of the United States;
c. The defendant took actions to carry out his threats;
d. The defendant's purpose or intent was to
obstructintimidate [added by hand] or impede the due administration of the internal revenue laws.
9. Statement of Facts. The parties agree on the following facts for purposes of supporting the plea:
In 1996, the Internal Security Division of the Internal Revenue Service (IRS), United States Department of the Treasury, conducted an investigation of an individual named James Dalton Bell, for obstruction with the internal revenue laws and other offenses.
The investigation of Bell uncovered evidence that Bell was proposing a plan titled "Assassination Politics". Bell's Assassination Politics plan called for the use of the Internet to create a way to anonymously fund the assassinations of IRS and other Government officials, for the stated purpose of overthrowing the Government. Bell proposed in the plan that the system be set up as a computerized gambling operation where the assassin "predicted" the date of death of the government employee, with the assassination payoff being funneled to the assassin as proceeds from the bet. Bell heavily promoted this plan in electronic mail messages (e-mail) that he exchanged with an Internet group known as the "Cypherpunks". During the investigation of Bell it was noted that Bell had exchanged both private and public e-mail messages with an unidentified person using the name "Toto".
On April 1, 1997, a search warrant was executed on Bell's residence. IRS Inspector Jeff Gordon was the affiant on the search warrant affidavit. The search warrant return listed (former) IRS employees Cindy Nelson and Cindy Brown as being involved in the inventory of items at Bell's residence. Shortly thereafter, a member of the Cypherpunks group obtained a copy of the warrant and return and publicly posted them on the Internet. On May 16, 1997 Bell was arrested and charged with Corruptly Obstructing and Impeding Employees of the IRS and Using a False Social Security Number, and he later pleaded guilty to those charges.
On June 23, 1997, an anonymous message was posted to the Cypherpunks mailing list. The message stated in part: " 'Dead Lucky' is an Assassination Politics Bot operated in response to the illegal and unconstitutional imprisonment of an American citizen..." The message also stated, in relevant part:Leading eCa$h candidates for dying at an opportune time to make some perennial loser 'Dead Lucky' are:
e$ 1,500.48
Jeffrey Gordon, Inspector with the Internal Revenue Service,
Internal Security Division
e$ 758.00 Inspector Cindy Nelson
e$ 514.02 Cindy Brown"
"Bot" is a slang term for an automated computer program. "e$" and "eCa$h" are slang terms for electronic or digital cash, which was a major component of Bell's Assassination Politics proposal. Digital cash has been tested and used on the Internet on a limited basis.
On September 4, 1997, a second message involving "Dead Lucky" was anonymously posted to the Cypherpunks group. This message stated in part "If you can correctly predict the date and tune of death of others then you can win large prizes payable in untaxable untraceable eca$h." This message contained a link to a "carljohn" Internet web page hosted by the Canadian Internet company Sympatico.
On the "carljohn" Internet web page was a copy of Bell's Assassination Politics plan. There was also an interactive page titled "Dead Lucky". On the page was the statement "If you can correctly predict the place and time of death of others then you can win larse prizes payable in untaxable, untraceable eca$h.". The page also contained blank fields for input of "Name of Future Deceased," "Location," "Predicted Date of Death" and "Predicted Time of Death". Also on the page was the statement "Contest will officially begin after Posting of Rules and Announcement of Official Starting Date (Until then it is for Entertainment Purposes Only)". Inspector Gordon ran a test of the program by selecting the submit button arid noted that the program accepted information placed in the blank fields and generated a confirmation number.
Investigators for the Royal Canadian Mounted Police in Canada also investigated Carl Johnson for similar statements and threats made on the Internet involving RCMP officers. They executed search warrants and received information from the Sympatico Internet provider, reviewed the contents of two computers seized from Johnson, and also investigated the "carliohn" internet site. Logs of telephone calls made from Johnson's residence on March 25, 1998 matched exactly the times of accesses to the internet account controlling the "carljohn" web site, which is where the "Assassination Politics Bot" program was found.
Carl Johnson was the author and maker of each and every one of the threatening communications described above, and he made the threats and posted the "e-cash" scheme on the internet for the purpose, in part, of impeding and obstructing the IRS's investigation and prosecution of James Bell, and for the purpose of retaliating against the IRS for that prosecution.
All of the threats were received electronically, via the internet, in Tacoma, Seattle, and elsewhere within the Western District of Washington.
10. In exchange for his plea of guilty to the charge in the Information, the United States Attorney's Office for the Western District of Washington agrees to dismiss the charge in the pending Indictment at time of sentencing, and agrees, further, not to prosecute the defendant for any other offenses, other than any crimes of violence, which the defendant may have committed in the Western District of Washington prior to the date of this agreement and about which the Government presently possesses information. The Government agrees that it will not seek a Superseding Indictment from the Grand Jury charging the defendant with additional felony counts of Threatening Communications, as violations of Title 18, United States Code, Section 875(c). The Government also agrees that it will forego prosecuting the defendant for his fraudulent use of a false Social Security Number in Arizona, Nevada, and elsewhere, and that it will dismiss the pending Complaint against the defendant in the District of Arizona, where the defendant is presently charged with assaulting a federal officer, for his assault againt Inspector Mason at the time of his arrest and booking in this matter.
11. Acceptance of Responsibility. If at time of sentencing the defendant has shown a continuing willingness to accept responsibility for his offense(s), and if the defendant accepts this plea agreement and promptly enters a plea, the United States will recommend an appropriate downward adjustment, pursuant to the United States Sentencing Guidelines, Section 3E1. l(a) or Section 3E1. l(b).
12. Voluntariness of Plea. The defendant acknowledges that he has entered this plea agreement freely and voluntarily, and that no threats or promises, other than the promises contained in this plea agreement, were made to induce the defendant to enter this plea of guilty.
13. Breach and Waiver. The defendant understands and agrees that if he breaches the plea agreement, the defendant may be prosecuted and sentenced for all of the offenses which he committed. The defendant agrees that if he breaches this plea agreement, the United States Attorney reserves the right to take whatever steps are necessary to nullify the plea agreement, including the filing of a motion to withdraw from the plea agreement. The defendant also agrees that if the he is in breach of this plea agreement, the defendant is deemed to have waived objection to the reinstitution of any charges which may have previously been dismissed or which may have not been previously prosecuted. The defendant further agrees that if he is in breach of this agreement, he is deemed to have also waived objection to the filing of any additional charges against him.
14. Completeness of Agreement. The Government and the defendant acknowledge that these terms constitute the entire plea agreement between the parties.
Dated: this ____________ day of _________________, 1999.
CARL JOHNSON Defendant
GENE GRANTHAM Attorney for Defendant
ROBB LONDON Assistant United States Attorney
|U.S. Department of Justice
Unites States Attorney
|Please reply to:
Robb London
Assistant United States Attorney
Direct Line: (206) 553-4734
|3600 Seafirst Fifth Avenue Plaza
800 Fifth Avenue
Seattle, Washington 98104-3190
|Tel: (206) 553-7970
Fax: (206) 553-0882
February 26, 1999
Gene Grantham
Attorney at Law
119 First Avenue South, Suite 500
Seattle, Washington 98104-2533
Re: United States v. Carl Edward Johnson
No. CR98-5393RJB. USDC, W.D. Washington
Dear Gene:
This morning your client, Carl Johnson, was brought to court for the purpose of entering a plea of guilty to one count of Interference With the Internal Revenue Laws, pursuant to the Plea Agreement which we contemplated.
However, as you are aware, your client did not enter a guilty plea as anticipated. That is his perogative. The Government's perogative, now, is to go forward with a superseding indictment, and trial on March 15th. We are opposed to any continuances of this matter, because of the public's interest in a speedy trial.
In situations such as this, when a defendant insists on his nght to go to trial, it is the policy of the Deapartmen of Justice to charge and try him on all of the offenses that are supported by the evidence. Accordingly, we will be charging Mr. Johnson with Obstruction under Title 18, United States Code, Section 1503, and with Threatening Communications in Interstate or Foreign Commerce, under 18 U.S.C. § 875(c). The Obstruction charge carries a potential maximum term of imprisonment of ten years. Please be advised that the Government estimates his sentencing guidelines exposure as follows:
|18 USC 1503; applicable guideline: (Obstruction of Justice)
|2J1.2A; Base Offense Level
|2J1.2B(1) (threat to injure)
|3A1.2(a) (official victim enhancement)
|3B1.3 (use of special skill) (anonymous re-mailers, PGP keys, encryption)
|3D1.4 (Grouping of multiple counts)
A Total Offence Level of 27 and a Cnminal History Category of I yields a range of 70 to 87 months.
Please advise your client that in view of the gravity and dangerousness of his threats, and of his refusal to accept responsibility in this matter, the Government has decided that it will seek a high-end sentence of 87 months, and may even seek an upward departure based on the additional threats to Bill Gates and others.
Mr. Johnson can still enter a plea according to the terms of the Plea Agreement, but only until the close of business today. After that, there will be no leniency from the Government, even if he pleads straight up to fee Indictment or the anticipated Superceding Indictment.
United States Attorney
Assistant United States Attorney
Judge Bryan
Presented to the Court by the foreman of the
Grand Jury in open court, in the presence of
the Grand Jury and FILED in The U.S.
DISTRICT COURT at Seattle, Washington
March 4, 1999
BRUCE RIFKIN, Clerk
By Lowell Williams Deputy
(Obstruction of Justice by Threat of Death Against Judicial Officer)
On or about June 23, 1997, CARL EDWARD JOHNSON did endeavor to influence, obstruct, and impede the due administration of justice in United States v. James Dalton Bell, No. CR97-5270FDB, a criminal proceeding in the United States District Court for the Western District of Washington, by transmitting over the Internet an electronic mail communication containing a death threat against J. Kelley Arnold, a United States Magistrate Judge who was engaged in the discharge of his duties in said proceeding, which threat was received on the Internet at Tacoma, within the Western District of Washington, and elsewhere.
All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1503(a) and (b)(3).
(Retaliation Against Judicial Officer)
On or about June 23, 1997, CARL EDWARD JOHNSON did threaten to murder and aid and abet in the murder of J. Kelley Arnold, a United States Magistrate Judge, with intent to retaliate against Judge Arnold on account of the performance of his official duties, which threat CARL EDWARD JOHNSON transmitted over the Internet, and was received over the Internet at Tacoma, within the Western District of Washington, and elsewhere.
All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section ll5(a)(1)(B) and (b)(4) and Section 2.
(Obstruction of Justice by Threat of Death Against Judicial Officer)
On or about December 9, 1997, CARL EDWARD JOHNSON did endeavor to influence, obstruct, and impede the due administration of justice in Bernstein v. Department of Commerce, et al., a civil case in the United States Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit, No. 97-16686, by transmitting over the Internet an electronic mail communication containing a death threat against Betty Binns Fletcher, a United States Circuit Judge who was engaged in the discharge of her duties in said case, which threat was received on the Internet at Seattle, within the Western District of Washington, and elsewhere.
All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 1503(a) and (b)(3).
(Threatening Communications in Interstate or Foreign Commerce)
On or about December 9, 1997, CARL EDWARD JOHNSON knowingly and intentionally transmitted an electronic mail communication containing a threat to injure the person of United States Circuit Judge Betty Binns Fletcher, which threatening communication traveled electronically in foreign commerce, via the Internets from.Canada to the United States, at Seattle, within the Western District of Washington, and elsewhere.
All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 875(c).
(Threatening Communications in Interstate or Foreign Commerce)
On or about March 20, 1998, CARL EDWARD JOHNSON knowingly and intentionally transmitted an electronic mail communication containing a threat to injure the person of William Gates III, which threatening communication traveled electronically in foreign commerce, via the Internet, from Canada to the United States, at Redmond, within the Western District of Washington, and elsewhere.
All in violation of Title 18, United States Code, Section 875(c).
DATED; 4 March 1999
United States Attorney
Assistant United States Attorney
Assistant United States Attorney
Assistant United States Attorney
CARL EDWARD JOHNSON (Defendant)
Comes now Carl Edward Johnson, the defendant in the above entitled action, and presents to the Court the following statement in support of the above mentioned action:
Since present counsel lacks the necessary qualifications to adequately prepare a proper defense such as a working knowledge of computers and the software used with operating them or the theories and applications used in programming said computers, I feel that in the interests of justice that I am better qualified to defend myself. I have degrees and certificates in SCO Unix Computer Systems Administration, Unix Technical Systems Administration, 4th Generation Database Programming and Computer Database System Management, C-Programming Language, C-Shell Programming and MS-DOS Based Systems Analysis.
WHEREFORE, movant respectfully requests this Honorable Court to permit him to appear pro se, as one of trial counsel in this case, to function as an attorney in his own defense, pursuant to the Sixth Amendment to the Constitution of the United States.
|Signed this __________ day of __________ 1999.
|Respectfully submitted,
|Gene Grantham
119 First Ave South Suite 500
Seattle WA. 98104


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Taliban's brisk trade of kidnapping in Karachi
In Pakistan's largest city, Karachi, police say the Taliban are generating funds through bank robberies, protection rackets and kidnappings.
Abductions are particularly lucrative, with ransom demands sometimes running to millions of dollars. The BBC's Orla Guerin reports on how the militants are making inroads in Pakistan's financial capital.
When the doctor had a gun put to his head by a man on motorbike in the evening traffic last month, he thought it was a robbery. He readily handed over his mobile phone and his wallet.
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Kidnapping is a traditional industry in Karachi, and it's on the rise. Last year there were more than 100 recorded cases of kidnap for ransom - a record high.
While gangs from Balochistan are often involved, militants are fighting for a share of the market.
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While his loved ones were tortured with claims that he was dead, the doctor was locked in his own private hell. "Those six days were like 60 years," he said. "I couldn't see the outside world from morning until night. The most painful thing for me was knowing my family was watching the door, waiting for me to come home."
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We travelled to the outskirts of the city to find out more about the militants who make money here. Through a trusted local contact, we arranged a meeting with a militant codenamed Younis - who used to fight in Afghanistan and now works for the Taliban finance department.
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Younis claims "donations" bring in $80,000 a month.
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While the militants undoubtedly have some willing benefactors in Karachi, locals say that when the Taliban come calling, you don't say no. What the militants call "donations", others call "bhatta" - protection money.
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As night fell, we joined the police anti-terror unit as they headed into Taliban territory - a lawless sprawl called Gadap, where the doctor was found. The operation was lead by Senior Superintendent Mohammad Aslam Khan - a veteran police chief who fights fire with fire. (He denies allegations of involvement in extra-judicial killings.)
Last September the Taliban targeted his home with a 500kg (1,100lb) bomb. Though his family survived, eight people were killed. Supt Khan has vowed to fight the militants until his last breath.
"We are ready to die for this country any time," he said, holding a cigarette in one hand, and his Glock 19mm handgun in the other. "We are not scared of these people. They should be scared of us."
Under cover of darkness, his heavily armed squad advanced down a dirt track towards a remote house. They closed in on their quarry - a militant suspected of involvement in bank robberies. He was arrested without a shot being fired.
As the suspect was taken away for interrogation, Supt Khan said they would be back out on the streets again the following night - targeting the Taliban and their coffers.
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With his kidnap ordeal behind him, the doctor has already returned to work. He now tries to vary his routine, and make his movements less predictable. He knows the Taliban could try again.


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examined using a text analysis software program called Linguistic
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positive and negative), refer to themselves or other people, or mention
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times of the day. For example, words about sleep increase at night and
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mornings, while words about social and leisure activities are higher
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I admit, there have been times when I wondered what my journey will look like, and if I'll ever be one of those people with a personal story that is unique enough for others to want to hear it, and successful enough to inspire people to keep their chins up and continue moving forward, even when what they desire most is to quit.
I'm grateful for the inspiration others have shared with me, and so I hope to pay it forward. Also, I can't lie. I once thought that paying it forward in that way would have to mean I actually reach that level of success in my career.
But as I've mentioned before, success doesn't always look the way we think it should. And every journey is different. My journey—over the last year in particular—has been a roller coaster of ups and downs and sideways and circular motion that I would never have expected. With the recent announcement that my publisher is closing, I realize how distinctly unique my own story is becoming.
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Sara | OK, USA | 12/05/2001
(5 out of 5 stars)
"As is true with the novel, _Damage_ the film is not for everyone. If you are easily offended or prudish in any manner, skip this one. I have talked with a few people who rented the film because they were fans of Jeremy Irons but were upset by the premise of the movie. So, as I said, if you are easily offended, skip _Damage_. Stephen Fleming (Jeremy Irons) is a prominent MP with a career that continues to blossom. He is married to an attractive, blueblood wife and has two healthy children. His son, Martyn (Rupert Graves), is doing well for himself: he has met a new girlfriend and has been promoted to an important position as political writer for a newspaper. Stephen and Anna (Juliette Binoche) meet at a party or get-together of some sort and discover an instant attraction. Stephen finds out shortly thereafter that Anna is Martyn's girlfriend. Within days, a steamy, destructive sexual relationship begins between Anna and Stephen. It continues, growing increasingly passionate, obsessive and harmful. In an odd (even wacky) twist of fate, their affair is discovered. Anna flees in her usual pattern and Stephen must return to his wife, Ingrid (Miranda Richardson), to see if he can possibly salvage his marriage. Aside from the plot being centered around a man cheating on his wife with his son's girlfriend, the intense sex scenes in the film will likely turn some people off. I have seen both the R-rated and the Unrated version of the film and I cannot tell any difference between them so whichever one you choose, you are sure to see plenty of skin. After I watched the film, I read the novel by Josephine Hart and felt that I understood the characters much better. Although Stephen does inspire some feelings of repulsion from me, I do feel sympathy for him. He has lived a life of routine and boredom. As Louis Malle discusses in the "One on One" feature found on this DVD, the family life Stephen has experienced is one built on habit, not on strong emotions. When Anna comes along, something snaps. All of the emotions that Stephen has bottled up come rushing out like a floodgate that has burst. I suppose, all explanations and interpretations aside, that in the end, _Damage_ is the kind of film a person with either love or hate, understand or misapprehend. If you enjoy films about forbidden love or love gone wrong, _Damage_ is certainly for you."
JumpinJellyfish | California USA | 11/11/2005
(3 out of 5 stars)
I would like to address some of the comments from other reviewers about this movie.
First of all, a lot of people seem irritated by the sex scenes. I would agree that these scenes of supposed lust are hardly titillating, but then I think that is the point. The overriding emotion seems to be more about urgency and desperation than desire. In fact, for all the intervening moments depicting heavy-lidded gazes and locked stares, the sex scenes themselves show the characters as being engaged in a sort of parallel experience rather than mutually involved. The parts where they do seem aware of each other have them performing acts that are almost more combative than communal. Perhaps that's overstating the case, but these people are not making love or even engaging in a grand passion so much as reveling in a kind of compulsive self-indulgence.
That leads me to my next point: many comments have been made about the lack of motivation for Irons' obsession with Binoche. While her involvement is slowly revealed as being a result of her twisted past and subsequent sick need to keep recreating it, his is so obvious as to be easily overlooked as just too simplistic: his obsession is all with himself. He has reached a point where a lifelong's worth of polite detachment is momentarily overcome, but it's not about her at all; it's completely about him. She is merely a catalyst, having been in the right place at the right time (or wrong, as it turns out) to start the chain reaction. Her emotional makeup makes her precisely the right candidate to spark his exploration of his own carnality. He doesn't fear hurting her--she is damaged already. Any fears of hurting his family are negligible compared to the vigor and rigor and sheer chaotic triumph of coming face-to-face with his own Id.
He pretty much spells it out at the end when he describes seeing her at the airport--"She was with Peter; she was holding a baby....She looked...just like anyone else." He can't remember what he saw in her. She wasn't remarkable enough to have caused such a cascade of destruction. That's because he wasn't responding to her so much as to something within himself. To put it somewhat graphically, whenever they got together, he was never inside *her* so much as he was going to a place deep in *himself*, and I think the photography tended to impart that, as well. While showing some of their most rapturous expressions, the camera had their nether regions almost in separate zip codes.
So why does he sit nearly trancelike before the giant portrait of the ill-fated trio? Is he reliving the hours and days, limited though they were, when he was utterly unbridled? Is he trying to make sense of what happened to him, to all of them? Is it a form of penance? Is he repining for precious things that are lost?
I think the first explanation the most likely. Although his life in Portugal appears to be a self-imposed exile, I feel he is no less disconnected now from life and other people than he ever was. He just isn't pretending any longer that it is anything different. And so he is living completely on his own terms at last without the imposition of societal expectations or relationships. He is essentially unchanged.
His wife had it wrong when she said for every person there is only one other person. For her, she says, it was her son and for Irons, it was Binoche. Then she wonders who it is for Binoche, and Irons gives her a very arrested look. We are to believe he is stunned by the realization that he isn't, and never was, the one.
Instead, he is acknowledging to himself that Binoche was only a vehicle for his self-expression. Later, he hunts her down in hopes of proving that's not true, that his son didn't die as a result of the father's supreme self-indulgence, but he finds that is exactly the case. There is no real connection between the two lovers.
Ultimately, she is left trapped in her sense of inevitability, and he is freed from the inevitable trappings of the respectable life.
How could it go any other way?
John Cobb | Austin, TX | 02/05/2000
(4 out of 5 stars)
"I routinely go on Juliette Binoche hunts. From Andre Techine's "Rendezvous", through Phil Kaufman's "The Unbearable Lightness of Being", and Kieslowski's spectacular "Blue", there is only one way to Anthony Minghella's "The English Patient", and Chatal Ackerman's "Couch in New York" and that road goes right through Louie Malle's "Damage".I am just young enough to have missed Malle in his prime, my perspective and morality just askew enough to not fully appreciate say `Pretty Baby" or "Lacombe Lucien" even his wonderful "Atlantic City" eluded me for some time.But Damage, from the extremely short novel of Josephine Hart is a story that must be told, and Louie Malle is a superb storyteller. American movie-goers tend to shy from the psychological drama, of which this film is a superb example, as they somewhat shy away from the movies lead, Jeremy Irons.Iron's character, Fleming is a Minister in the cabinet of the British Prime Minister. He's from proper upbringing, his stance is rigid, his tone short and dismissive-he's a man holding in his gut for the entirety of his life who's getting ready to pop all his buttons in one fail swoop. His distraction for Anna (Binoche) the fiancée of his only son, has an intensity that is combustible and I would be derelict to tell any more of the tale.Not for all tastes, maybe not even for all mature tastes, but when you're in the mood for something adult, something intense, I suggest you look here."
If I was on a deserted island and had only 1 movie watch...
JumpinJellyfish | 04/06/1999
(5 out of 5 stars)
"No one does obsession better than Jeremy Irons. His face could be a billboard for pain. And passion, too. If you've ever been obsessed with someone(and who hasn't?), you must see this remarkable movie. The photographic image at the end-the only remnant of the Irons' character's former life-is unforgettable. Miranda Richardson is entirely credible as the wife and mother. If tragedy struck my own son, I'd likely act exactly the same way. Juliette Binoche is incredible. Yes these are rich, beautiful people but the story's so REAL! This is a movie to see again and again. Tell your friends, your neighbours, the clerk at the corner store. Only one movie to watch for the rest of my life? Damage. Damage. Damage. Does anyone out there feel the same way?"


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Monday, July 18, 2011
I've been away...
14 comments:
- Brenda said...
Myra, that was a beautiful spot to camp in!!! And blueberries too!!
thanks for showing us where you went - and I am glad you went swimming!! Souded like alot of fun!!
- July 18, 2011 at 3:19 PM
- Lotte said...
What an amazing view! It is a very beautiful camp spot!
- July 18, 2011 at 3:44 PM
- Dolores said...
Oh my, it looks wonderful, beautiful, simply splendid. We haven't gone camping in so long. Too bad there were no fish that wanted to be caught. I hope you aren't sweltering under the heat today.
- July 18, 2011 at 3:48 PM
- Hazel said...
Beautiful scenery and that water looks crystal clear .Glad you had a great time .
- July 18, 2011 at 6:44 PM
- Ann Marie said...
Sounds like a perfect weekend!!!
- July 18, 2011 at 7:32 PM
- Joanne said...
Glad you had a good weekend - perfect weather for it. Too bad about the bugs though.
- July 18, 2011 at 7:43 PM
- LiaL said...
I am no camper but my camera would have loved it there!!! What an awesome place!
- July 18, 2011 at 10:06 PM
- Peg said...
What a wonderful trip - love the sunset!
- July 19, 2011 at 8:43 AM
- Mary-Kay said...
Great photos! I've never heard of Dryberry Lake but it looks just beautiful. Kind of reminds me of Algonquin Park.
- July 19, 2011 at 1:05 PM
- soggibottom said...
I can see what it's like your side now Myra. Looks like bliss :-) x x x
- July 19, 2011 at 1:15 PM
- Guðrún said...
This is real camping! How hot did it get? Thank you so much for sharing.
- July 19, 2011 at 3:39 PM
Great pictures Myra! A couple good ones for a frame there too! Thanks so much for sharing these with us. I am so glad you went and had such a good time!
- July 19, 2011 at 10:14 PM
- em's scrapbag said...
Sounds fabulous! I love camping!
- July 20, 2011 at 2:10 PM
- StitchinByTheLake said...
What a beautiful place! We love to go camping but at my age I'm way past the tent camping..wouldn't be able to get up if I tried to sleep on the ground! We have camper now and I love it! blessings, marlene
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