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  • Belize on General Strike Thursday&Friday-shut down the country-force Government to reform

    01/19/2005 6:27:08 PM PST · by GalvestonGal.com · 16 replies · 1,017+ views
    Belize Channel 5 and Belize Channel 7 ^ | 1/19/05 | TV news sources
    Chamber plans next anti-tax move... If you listened to rumours on the street you would think that by Thursday or Friday all life in Belize will come to a halt. But while citizens anxiously wait to see if the water, light and telephone service will be halted by angry utility workers, the unions and others opposed to new tax increases are officially taking their time to formulate a plan of action. Earlier this evening, the Belize Chamber of Commerce and Industry held an emergency meeting with its membership to decide on their way forward in response to the budget presented...
  • PUP wins Belize

    The Peoples United Party has won the general election in Belize, Prime Minister to address nation soon.
  • Anti-war emails - how do we respond to the misguided?

    02/12/2003 8:11:36 AM PST · by GalvestonGal.com · 31 replies · 147+ views
    PHOENIX ASCENDED ^ | January 30, 2003 | Granny D
    >From: Ann Emerson >Subject: [Fwd: Fwd: FW: [Phoenix-Ascended-News-Group] Granny D age 93] >Date: Tue, 11 Feb 2003 20:49:18 -0800 > > << Words of wisdom from a 93 year old activist... > > Granny D Turns 93 > > > > By Doris Haddock, AlterNet > > January 30, 2003 > > The following is a speech that Doris "Granny D" Haddock gave to a > > crowd of 400 in Keene, New Hampshire on Jan. 25, 2003. > > My family belongs to a group of families who, together, provide for > > the annual income of a local...
  • Articles by Andrew Vachss, expert on crimes against children

    07/17/2002 2:17:08 PM PDT · by GalvestonGal.com · 15 replies · 244+ views
    Parade Magazine, Vachss website ^ | 7/17/02 | GalvestonGal.com
    This is a collection of links to the author and lawyer Andrew Vachss. He is an expert on crimes against children. I'm not going to copy all the verbiage, just a series of links for our education. 1999 post about Andrew Vachss: http://www.freerepublic.com/forum/a37322c7a4f0b.htm Vachss website: http://www.vachss.com/ July 14 article, not available online yet: http://www.vachss.com/av_dispatches/parade_071402.html Parade magazine, new July 14 article http://www.parade.com/ Archives of Vachss articles for Parade Magazine http://www.parade.com/current/coverstory/index.lasso
  • FBI probes claims of body part sales-U of TX Medical Branch @ Galveston

    07/02/2002 7:11:28 PM PDT · by GalvestonGal.com · 6 replies · 354+ views
    Houston Chronicle ^ | July 2, 2002, 7:45PM | Kevin Moran
    FBI probes claims of body part sales UTMB admits cadavers' ashes mixed in 'an unforgivable failure of oversight' By KEVIN MORAN Copyright 2002 Houston Chronicle GALVESTON -- Federal agents are investigating allegations that an employee at the University of Texas Medical Branch illegally sold body parts for his own gain, an FBI spokesman said Monday. And, in what UTMB President Dr. John Stobo called "an unforgivable failure of oversight," officials at the medical school said they have discovered that the cremated remains of many people who willed their bodies to science were mixed. In a letter e-mailed to the medical...
  • Galveston Beach Party Invades Island

    04/21/2002 3:52:35 PM PDT · by GalvestonGal.com · 84 replies · 2,936+ views
    Guidry News Services, Galveston Daily News ^ | April 21, 2002 | Galveston News Services
    Thursday Afternoon - Galveston officials are prepared for Beach Party Weekend. Special Events Coordinator Paula Ozymy says this year's event is different than in previous years. Listen Friday morning was quiet in Galveston, on the Seawall, Broadway and at the Ferry Landing. Friday at 2 p.m. a few tourists enjoyed the amenities of the Strand Historic District. KUHF Houston Public Radio Friday PM -- City of Galveston officials are braced for the influx of thousands of young people for beach party weekend. Jim Guidry says changes have been made to mitigate problems in past years. Listen Friday at 4 p.m.,...
  • Advice on Chemical/Biological/Nuclear Attacks

    10/30/2001 9:06:01 AM PST · by GalvestonGal.com · 6 replies · 795+ views
    email going around ^ | Oct. 17, 2001 | Daniel R. Flynn
    Date: Wednesday, October 17, 2001 1:38 PM Subject: Advice on Chemical/Biological/Nuclear Attacks The article was written by a military expert on these weapons. "Real" Deal about Nuclear, Bio, and Chem Attacks Since the media has decided to scare everyone with predictions of chemical, biological, or nuclear warfare on our turf I decided to write a paper and keep things in their proper perspective. I am a retired military weapons, munitions, and training expert. Lesson number one: In the mid 1990's there were a series of nerve gas attacks on crowded Japanese subway stations. Given perfect conditions for an attack less ...
  • Hurricane Iris headed for Belize

    10/08/2001 4:11:25 PM PDT · by GalvestonGal.com · 24 replies · 366+ views
    Yahoo ^ | 10/8/01
    Belize Residents Flee Hurricane Iris Monday October 8 4:24 PM ET Belize Residents Flee Hurricane Iris Belize Residents Flee Hurricane Iris By KARLA HEUSNER, Associated Press Writer BELIZE CITY, Belize (AP) - Thousands of residents and tourists fled low-lying coastal parts of Belize on Monday as Hurricane Iris, the year's most powerful Atlantic storm, drove toward the coast with 140 mph winds. ``We are expecting it to hit very hard,'' said government spokeswoman Arreini Palacio. ``We are in a state of emergency.'' Iris was about 165 miles east-southeast of Belize City Monday afternoon and was moving westward at about 21 ...
  • Wingding/Webding codes?Insight, info please

    09/21/2001 1:44:47 PM PDT · by GalvestonGal.com · 44 replies · 6+ views
    internet ^ | heard on 9/21/01 | rumors
    This is going around. Is this old news, who writes these programs. This was curious enough for me to post. Here are the directions given to me. Try it.: Open up a new Word document PUT ON YOUR CAPS LOCK SET TO WEBDINGS SIZE 72 TYPE NYC an eye, heart, and skyline appear make a new line, caps lock set font to WINGdings, size 72 type NYC skull&crossbones, Star of David, and thumbs up appears new line, still in WINGDINGS,72, caps lock type Q33NY a plane, text pages (twin towers), skull & crossbones, Star of David appears.
  • Afghan Women First Victims of Terrorism

    09/18/2001 11:31:32 AM PDT · by GalvestonGal.com · 14 replies · 3+ views
    FoxNews.com ^ | 9/18/01 | Wendy McElroy
    <p>If the United States retaliates against last Tuesday’s terrorist attacks by bombing Afghan cities, among the main victims of a U.S. strike will be the innocent women who live in terror under the Taliban government.</p> <p>In the areas of the country controlled by the Taliban — Afghanistan's radically fundamentalist Islamic leadership —  women are treated as sub-human. (More moderate Islamic governments, such as that of Iran, oppose the Taliban's treatment of women and its interpretation of Islam.) The human rights organization Amnesty International has diligently issued pleas to the international community to take action against the oppression of Afghan women.</p>
  • Galveston's Finest Hour (a city rebuilds itself)

    09/10/2000 9:19:18 AM PDT · by GalvestonGal.com · 1+ views
    The Galveston Daily News ^ | September 2000 | Michael Smith
    The 1900 Storm: Galveston, Texas .. &nbsp; The 1900 Storm: Tragedy and Triumph Dredge material is pumped into the island during the grade raising after the 1900 hurricane. Residents endured years of pumps, sludge, canals, stench and miles of catwalks during the project. Photo courtesy of Rosenberg Library. Post-storm rebuilding considered 'Galveston's finest hour' By MICHAEL A. SMITH The Daily News GALVESTON - The great storm that came roaring out of the Gulf of Mexico 100 years ago, destroying this island city and assuring its place in history, deserves its due. But the wind and water and death brought by ...
  • Terror at Sea in Belize (my title)

    06/03/2000 9:11:00 AM PDT · by GalvestonGal.com · 1+ views
    The Reporter ^ | 6/4/00 | The Reporter -Belize newspaper
    The Reporter Newspaper, Belize document.write("" + day + month); document.write(myweekday + ", " + year + ""); Feature Articles &nbsp;Belizeans survive terror at seas Pig’s death triggers rageTechnician plunges to his deathCaricom, Belize push for unity184 students graduate from UCBCopyright &copy; 2000The Reporter PressNaturalight Productions Ltd. &nbsp; 06/4/2000 3 Belizeans survive terror on high seas A massive manhunt has been under way since Wednesday morning by Belize and Guatemalan authorities for three Hispanic terrorists who hijacked a Belizean registered passenger ferryboat and dumped six passengers overboard. Six people died from this ordeal, including Julio Requeña Jr., the captain, who was ...
  • Cuban American's letter to protesters in Houston on May 10

    05/12/2000 9:31:36 PM PDT · by GalvestonGal.com · 265+ views
    email from organizer of Houston protest on May 10 ^ | Friday May 12, 2000 | omitted for their privacy
    I was emailed a notice about a protest ralley at the Houston Federal Building on May 10. I was half way there when my energy sagged to zero. I won't abuse you with my story of minor, but debillitating, illness. I'm sorry I couldn't be there. Today I received this email from the organizer and attached was a letter from a woman who speaks powerfully from the heart. And she knows of what she speaks. I'm posting it for our larger audience because it will now be what I hand someone who starts to defend this illegal seizure. Letter from ...
  • Bush says Clinton/Reno action CHILLING (my title)

    04/22/2000 9:48:44 PM PDT · by GalvestonGal.com · 1+ views
    NewsMax.com ^ | April 22, 2:05PM | Reuters
    Bush criticizes White House tactics in Elian raidUpdated 2:05 PM ET April 22, 2000WASHINGTON, April 22 (Reuters) - Republican presidential candidate George W. Bush criticized the Clinton administration on Saturday for sending federal agents to take Cuban shipwreck survivor Elian Gonzalez from his great-uncle's home in Miami. "I am profoundly saddened and troubled that the administration was not able to negotiate a resolution and instead decided to use force to take a little boy from the place he calls home in the middle of the night," the Texas governor said in a statement. "The chilling picture of a little boy ...
  • List Your Communication Problems Here -if you can!

    03/25/2000 11:43:29 AM PST · by GalvestonGal.com · 1+ views
    myself | March 25 2000 | galvestongal@galvestongal.com
    I have had problems getting into FR for most of this month. Evidently others have too and I've seen the messages from them on the Yahoo Contingency site. I have been able to get the FR home page and banners, but Latest Posts is always "screwed" up. I can get Latest Posts to appear when I select Preferences in the Search box in the banner area. I clear preferences or set it to show the Extended News box and Latest Posts will appear, although sometimes it is pushed way to the right. The short version of this is that it ...
  • Clinton Christmas Traditions

    12/09/1999 9:28:13 PM PST · by GalvestonGal.com · 3+ views
    NewsMax.com ^ | Thurs. December 9, 1999 | Carl Limbacher
    Thursday December 9, 10:08 AM Clinton Christmas Traditions NewsMax.com has yet to receive its White House holiday missive, but reportedly the card the Clintons are sending out this year reads: &quot;Our family wishes you and yours a blessed holiday season filled with treasured memories of past traditions and joy and peace in the new millennium.&quot; Signed, Bill and Hill, complete with an embossed presidential seal. Treasured memories of past traditions? Earlier this year, &quot;First Partner&quot; author Joyce Milton revealed one especially unique Christmas tradition that Bill particularly enjoyed: &quot;It was no secret to the press corps that a number ...
  • I Miss Being Able to Sing to People (Cat Stevens, a Muslim, speaks)

    11/11/1999 8:40:05 PM PST · by GalvestonGal.com · 1,011+ views
    London Times-Features ^ | November 12 1999 | Nigel Williamson
    Cat Stevens was one of the most popular musicians of the Seventies. Twenty-two years ago he turned his back on the music business and became a devout Muslim. Today, as Yusuf Islam, he has finally acknowledged the value of his earlier career and admits that he regrets losing contact with people he cared about. Interview by Nigel Williamson I miss being able to sing to people It was more than 20 years ago that the young Cat Stevens sang "Remember the days of the old schoolyard". Today, as Yusuf Islam, he stands on a grey November afternoon in the ...