Posted on 11/19/2004 10:30:49 AM PST by Mo1
OK, a hunting preserve, but if you call it a nature preserve you can get the radical environmentalist vote.
So9
These two really look quaint an as a cat Nermal seems inquireing! LOL
Officials call meeting after slayings
THE ASSOCIATED PRESS
PARIS -- France's health minister on Sunday called for hospitals and police to work more closely after two hospital workers were found slain - one decapitated and the other with her throat slit - at a psychiatric facility.
The killings in the idyllic southwestern town of Pau shocked France, and hospitals across the country were to observe a moment of silence Monday to honor the two slain women.
Investigators released five men who had been brought in the day before for questioning - one of them a former hospital patient who the media had said was the prime suspect. State prosecutor Eric Maurel denied that, telling The Associated Press that "no evidence has been found against him at this stage."
The bodies were found at daybreak Saturday in the hospital's geriatric ward, where a shattered window indicated a possible break-in, Maurel said. Officials said the nurse's head was found on top of a TV set at the hospital.
The men who were questioned ranged from 30 to 40 years old and were drunk when arrested, Maurel said. One of them had called police the night before the bodies were found with "information about a violent scenario," Maurel said. He and three others at his home were questioned.
A judicial probe was to be opened early in the week, he said.
Health Minister Philippe Douste-Blazy held an urgent meeting Sunday with health workers and Interior Ministry officials, the Health Ministry said.
"All emergency services, but also psychiatric services, must be linked directly to police stations," Douste-Blazy told reporters after the meeting.
Union leaders faulted a staff and funding shortage. They said security had been a problem for months, dozens of jobs were to be cut, and violence at the hospital was a common occurrence.
"It is horror, terror, fear, disgust - fear of returning to work," Cathy Sanders, a regional official from Worker's Front union, told RTL radio. "Last night, the staff was doubled" as a precaution, she said.
A front-page headline on Sunday newspaper Journal du Dimanche read: "Scenes of hospital horror."
Pau is known as a charming town of sunny skies, gardens and palm trees, nestled at the foot of the Pyrenees. As the birthplace of Henri IV, this year-round tourist destination is as popular among history buffs as it is among winter sports enthusiasts.
Douste-Blazy said last week that he would present a mental health reform package by March.
Argh!
Clean this country out and let's start all over.
Start with all the camel lovers here.
Christmas cancelled due to lack of interest
By Sophie Goodchild, Home Affairs Correspondent
19 December 2004
It will be a bleak midwinter for Manchester churches, according to the first major study of seasonal congregations. The capital of the north will have Britain's emptiest pews on Christmas Day.
Forgot the link...
Christmas cancelled due to lack of interest
By Sophie Goodchild, Home Affairs Correspondent
19 December 2004
It will be a bleak midwinter for Manchester churches, according to the first major study of seasonal congregations. The capital of the north will have Britain's emptiest pews on Christmas Day.
http://news.independent.co.uk/uk/this_britain/story.jsp?story=594582
I am not the Phantom of the Opera... I swear it.
;-)
The most godly place is Hereford, where more than 10 per cent of the population will be at an Anglican church this Christmas.
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Hereford's are our cattle of choice, btw.
Good job, cows.
Within Temptation - Memories
(memories.. memories... memories... memories...)
In this world you tried
not leaving me alone behind.
There's no other way.
I prayed to the gods 'let him stay.'
The memories ease the pain inside,
now I know why.
All of my memories keep you near.
In silent moments imagine you here.
All of my memories keep you near.
Your silent whispers, silent tears.
Made me promise I'd try
to find my way back in this life.
I hope there is a way
to give me a sign you're ok.
Reminds me again it's worth it all
so I can go on.
All of my memories keep you near.
In silent moments imagine you here.
All of my memories keep you near.
Your silent whispers, silent tears.
Together in all these memories
I see your smile.
All the memories I hold dear.
Darling, you know I will love you
'til the end of time.
All of my memories keep you near.
In silent moments imagine you here.
All of my memories keep you near.
Your silent whispers, silent tears.
(silence... silence...)
All of my memories....
(silence... silence... )
Darling, you know I will love you
'til the end of time.
***
Togather for all eternity!
That is a good one from Motown!:)
A Persian Exotic cat rests on its bed Sunday at the International Cats Exhibition in Moscow.
.......Westy.....
He is adorable thanks Westy
I am laughing so hard, Libby. Jenna was over this evening and I told her I had put her picture on the internet. I told her that I had done so because another grandmother had posted a picture of her handsome grandson. Then I showed her the pic and the comments. She giggled and giggled. But...then she asked "so where is the boy"? So, I scrolled back to find Tyler's pic. Jenna said "yeah, he's cute, but is that a skunk he is holding?" Poor Nermal.
Persians - Perpetually Pissed Pussys.
I have seen, or owned one, that looked like a happy camper.
But, there could be one out there.
Too funny.
Nermal, the skunk.
Come on, Jenna.
Get out in the country some more.
There have been a few times that thought has crossed my mind
Our cat is solid gray, so perhaps she thinks all others, who are not, are skunks...which she saw camping this summer. LOL
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