Ry Dawson's latest views. He is always right on the money.
http://rys2sense.com/anti-neocons
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Dawson's Assessment on the Current Situation in Syria
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Jimmy Hoffa's Final Fate (10 Theories) W/ VIDEO INTERVIEW
Jimmy Hoffa, the notorious Teamsters Union leader who disappeared without a trace on July 30, 1975, would have celebrated his 100th birthday on Valentine's Day 2013. Hoffa's centennial birthday comes just a few weeks after yet another aging reputed mob boss, Tony Zerilli, claimed that he knows what happened to Hoffa, and that his body is located just 20 miles north of the suburban Detroit restaurant where he was last seen. It's the type of claim that usually brings the FBI out with earthmoving equipment to dig up yet another yard or farm or field in Michigan in search of Hoffa's body. But some contend that Hoffa is still alive. Speculation that the besieged union leader could still be alive or that he met his demise peacefully - from old age and not "two bullets to the hat" - are among 10 of the following obscure and/or bizarre theories floated by conspiracy buffs and mob insiders to explain the enduring mystery of Jimmy Hoffa's fate.
10. Hoffa is Still AliveGranted, even if he managed to foil ruthless mobsters, corrupt union bigwigs, politicians with a lot to lose, or aliens (see No. 9 below), the chances of Hoffa still being alive would be slim, given that he would be a centenarian at this point. The theory emerged shortly after his disappearance, when another Teamster (and former Hoffa confidante), Rolland McMaster, asserted that his one-time friend had simply left his wife, Josephine, and their two children to live with a "black go-go dancer" in South America. According to the FBI Vault, McMaster himself was once a suspect, and in recent years, an ex-con who allegedly worked with McMaster came forward with the gun supposedly used to kill Hoffa.
9. Little Green Men Took HoffaWhile you might think this is a completely fringe theory - that aliens abducted the union leader - it's not so laughable in fringe ufology circles. As the story goes, a 60-something retired used car salesman, Tom Dawson, saw Hoffa aboard what sounds like the stereotypical UFO popularized in Steven Spielberg's Close Encounters of the Third Kind (which was released the same year Dawson made his alleged sighting in Georgia). The Dawson account includes a craft that's some 50 feet in diameter with flashing lights and around seven, short, hairless beings, with pointy ears and noses and speaking in a "high-pitched gibberish." Apparently, the only creature aboard that didn't speak that way was Hoffa, who announced his presence (only after Dawson claims he was subjected to an invasive medical exam by the "humanoids") by screaming three times: ""I am Jimmy Hoffa!" Apparently, the alien beings didn't like that, cut Jimmy off during the fourth repetition and the voice wasn't heard from again.
8. A Notorious Hitman Took Down HoffaEven in the savage world of mob hitmen, Richard Kuklinski's ruthlessness stood out. Kuklinski (aka "The Iceman") claims to have killed more than 200 people during a 40-year reign of terror as the heavy for organized crime syndicates in NYC and New Jersey. Hoffa's murder seems particularly elaborate; in the book, The Iceman: Confessions of a Mafia Contract Killer, Kuklinski claims to have first stabbed Hoffa with a hunting knife at the base of his skull before placing the corpse in a 55-gallon oil drum, which he then set on fire and burned for 30 minutes. From there, Kuklinski dumped the barrel in a New Jersey junkyard, and later moved it to a car trunk when an accomplice started talking to the feds. That car, he maintained, was later crushed and subsequently shipped to Japan as scrap metal for new cars.
7. Hoffa is Buried at a Popular Golf CourseOfficials at Forest Dunes Golf Course, a nationally recognized course in Michigan's lower peninsula, don't shy away from its possible connection to Hoffa. According to the Forest Dunes website, Hoffa may be a "permanent fixture to the grounds," due to the course's location on a site once owned by "The Detroit Partnership" made up of three local mafia families. Those families created one of the biggest ranches in the state's history, with enormous barns, a private runway and more eerie features - like underground tunnels and hidden rooms. Rumored to be the site of dozens of "mafia-style" executions, including Hoffa's, the ranch sat abandoned for years after the feds seized it for tax evasion. Even though the notorious compound has made way for a lush golf course, the site and its nearby Pere Cheney cemetery still inspire ghost stories. As the course's website notes, "If you happen to find Jimmy, please notify Superintendent Jim Blunk first, the FBI second!"
6. Hoffa was Processed in a Meat-Rendering PlantThis stomach-churning theory is referenced in the FBI's Vault, a collection of thousands of historical documents made public in 2011. These documents refer to investigations of properties, including meatpacking plants, owned by another Teamsters official (and reputed Chicago kingpin), Allen Dorfman. Incidentally, Dorfman inspired the role of Andy Stone in the gang flick Casino, and the real public figure was gunned down in the early 1980s - an act prompted by fears that he'd squeal to the FBI to avoid an impending 55-year prison sentence tied to a number of felonies, including bribing a public official and fraud. FBI records note that Dorfman's business interests were "supposedly involved in the disappearance of Hoffa." This further supports a popular theory in conspiracy circles: that Hoffa's remains were run through a mob-owned fat-rendering plant, which burned to the ground in a "mysterious" fire.
5. The CIA Ordered Hoffa KilledUltimately, all sensational conspiracies come back to one thing: the government did it. Chuckie O'Brien, who many believe was like another son to Hoffa as O'Brien's father died when he was a young boy, contends that the government did it. But many surmise that's just a weak way to deflect attention from the ultimate double-cross: that this man would literally drive the only father figure he really had to his death, delivering him to the arms of the former mob allies who wanted the union bigwig dead. But there are many others out there who contend the CIA wanted Hoffa dead because of something much bigger than bickering among Teamsters union officials and their mob-connected associates; that Hoffa was the original link between the underworld and the CIA in a plot employing mob muscle and devised to take out Cuban dictator Fidel Castro in the 1960s. In fact, mob hitman Charles Grimaldi, in his book, Momo Giancana was hit by the CIA, purports (albeit this is a highly simplified version of the theory) that Hoffa and two reputed mob leaders "got popped" because "people in high places" worried that that they might turn informants to this conspiracy.
4. Hoffa Is Buried in Savannah, GeorgiaOne theory holds that Hoffa is buried under a former hotel-turned-upscale condo development near Savannah, on Wilmington Island. The Teamsters Union Pension Fund of the Central States once owned the hotel. In addition to the convenient ownership of this property, the flames for this rumor were fanned by county officials who, according to local press, noted there was a suspicious "huge rush" by hotel ownership to pour the concrete for a helicopter pad near the main parking lot right around the time Hoffa went MIA. However, a developer tasked with renovating the old hotel debunks at least the helicopter pad claim, noting that this portion of the property wasn't even created until six years after Hoffa disappeared.
3. President Nixon Knew Something About Hoffa's DisappearanceMuch has been made through the years of President Richard Nixon's friendship with the mob, theorized as a means of generating political goodwill and, in some respects, indicative of a time period when the lines between good and evil were blurred, and organized crime truly ruled. Conspiracy theorists constantly go back to Nixon commuting what would have been a 13-year sentence for Hoffa for jury tampering. That decision only came with one, albeit important, stipulation: that Hoffa stay out of union politics until the spring of 1980. It's widely reported that sentiments were shifting toward Hoffa's successor, Frank Fitzsimmons, as mob leaders considered him easier to manipulate than Hoffa. But the former Teamsters leader had his eye on returning to power which, it's surmised, would not have benefited the mafia or political interests at that time. Although the FBI does not believe Nixon knew anything about Hoffa's disappearance, the agency suspects that Nixon's operatives collected $1 million from organized crime figures to use as "hush money" for the Watergate burglars.
2. Hoffa Communicated His Fate in an "ESP Dream"The FBI Vault is bursting with colorful material about Hoffa, including this gem: According to archived documents, Hoffa reached out to a man 20 years after his disappearance, via an "ESP dream." In that dream, this man was told the Teamsters boss (at least what remained of him) was holed up in a house in Waterford Township, Michigan, near Detroit. Apparently, this "informant" also disclosed that he likes to watch the X-Files and that there was a "terrible smell" coming from the home. There is no mistaking that community and its environs are a mecca for fruitless Hoffa searches. Through the years, law enforcement and media alike have descended upon the area, combing fields, even tearing down a horse barn to get to a body that never surfaced.
1. Hoffa is Buried Under a Famous Detroit LandmarkAs mentioned earlier, arguably the most persistent theory about Hoffa's final fate is that he was buried during construction of the former Giants Stadium in New Jersey, now a parking lot for MetLife Stadium. In 2011, speculation surfaced that Hoffa's final resting spot is under Detroit's Renaissance Center, the global headquarters for General Motors that features a mix of lodging, restaurants, event spaces and retailers. Police didn't get this info from some eccentric; the information came from Hoffa's former chauffeur, Marvin Elkind, who later became a police informant and subject of the book, The Weasel: A Double Life in the Mob. Apparently, during a Teamsters meeting in Detroit in 1985, mob capo Anthony Giacalone pointed to the Renaissance Center's foundation and told Elkind and several others, "Say good morning to Jimmy Hoffa, boys." At least the time frame fits; construction on the center lasted from 1973 to 1977.
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Man Escapes Alien Abduction, Has Pictures To Prove It
Texas Oilfield Worker Escapes Alien Abduction Captures
Photo Of Alien And Alien Crafts.
Crude Oil
Transport Driver Ronny Dawson Of Ranger,Texas Has A Close Encounter With Alien
visitors and explains the details of the encounter in rural Coleman County ,Tx.
He captures alien image looking from a port opening of an
alien craft. He also captures passover of huge mothership and the images of
surface structures, piping, storage tanks, flares,and antennas on a 1/2 mile
craft.
This huge
craft was spotted 60 miles from Dyess Airforce Base. Our airspace is no longer
ours alone...
There is
no shortage of sightings in Texas.
This
object was spotted in Wells Branch to Leander, TX, on March 26. The witness
says this is the third time the object has been spotted.
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Coleman Tx Ufo Research
This is the real deal.All research data is available for viewing.
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Civilians Perform Laser Test on UFO- PART 1
Two Texas residence took a historic opportunity of a UFO frequenting there area to do more than take photo,s.Allen Odstrcil and Ronny Dawson of Ranger,Texas performed a scientific test on a craft of unknown origin on March 4, 2010.In this video Ronny Dawson talks about that historical event that involved civilians performing a scientific test on a extraterrestrial craft, that the government continues to deny knowledge of, outside the scope of government authority and without military oversight.One year after the test was conducted there was an attempted abduction or contact effort with Ronny Dawson in rural Coleman County,Texas while he was working in the north central Texas oilfield.Ronny dawson captured photo,s of the alien scout ship,its occupant,and of the 1/2 mile mother-ship that flew over the location upon there departure.The second video will include the photos and video of the alien creature,the scout ship,and mother-ship flyover.
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Civilians Perform Laser Test On UFO -Part 2
Two
Texas residence took a historic opportunity of a UFO frequenting there
area to do more than take photo,s.Allen Odstrcil and Ronny Dawson of
Ranger,Texas performed a scientific test on a craft of unknown origin
on March 4, 2010.In this video Ronny Dawson talks about that historical
event that involved civilians performing a scientific test on a
extraterrestrial craft, that the government continues to deny knowledge
of, outside the scope of government authority and without military
oversight.One year after the test was conducted there was an attempted
abduction or contact effort with Ronny Dawson in rural Coleman
County,Texas while he was working in the north central Texas
oilfield.Ronny dawson captured photo,s of the alien scout ship,its
occupant,and of the 1/2 mile mother-ship that flew over the location
upon there departure.This event is true and has received no attention from mainstream media who continue to disbelieve that aliens are real,that alien craft are here and being recorded,that aliens are attempting to contact and abducting people around the globe.
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mugger who beat ex-soldier, 78, so badly he almost died
http://www.dailymail.co.uk/news/article-2328187/Richard-Christie-beat-ex-soldier-Bill-Hopkins-badly-died-caught-victim-ripped-glove-hand-attack-giving-police-DNA-match.html
Granddaughter helps trap mugger who beat ex-soldier, 78, so badly he almost died by finding attacker's glove to provide police with DNA
:Bill Hopkins, 79, suffered broken jaw during attack in Digbeth, Birmingham
:Richard Christie, 48, punched and kicked him in the head before fleeing
:Police traced him after Mr Hopkins managed to tear away his glove
:Jailed for nine years at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday
A granddaughter helped catch a mugger who beat a former soldier so viciously he almost died by finding the attacker's glove which was torn off in the attack.
Bill Hopkins, 79, suffered a broken jaw and was treated in hospital for two days following the unprovoked attack outside his home in Digbeth, Birmingham, last November.
His granddaughter Alana Kurila, 24, found the mugger's glove in his front garden and police were able to extract the attacker's DNA from it. Bill joked: 'She likes to be called Miss Marple now.'
Mugger Richard Christie, 48, was today jailed for nine years following the horrific attack
He pounced on the pensioner from behind, repeatedly punching and kicking him in the head before fleeing with his wallet containing just lb40 and a memorial card from Mr Hopkins' late wife's funeral.
Christie, from Sugden Grove, Highgate, admitted robbery at Birmingham Crown Court yesterday.
Ex-serviceman Mr Hopkins, who served in Borneo in the 1950s, woke up bleeding on the pavement following the attack just yards from his home on Gooch Street.
The great-grandfather was left particularly distraught because his injuries forced him to miss a Remembrance Day parade for the first time since serving overseas.
Detective Constable Lee Dawson, from West Midlands Police, described the mugging as a 'vicious, unprovoked attack.'
He added: 'The whole community were understandably outraged at the severity of the attack.
'We hope the sentence offers reassurance that we will do everything within our power to bring criminals to justice.'
Speaking after the court hearing, Bill said: 'I'm glad justice has been served and Christie is behind bars.
'Thankfully I've recovered from what he did to me. It hasn't put me off going outside or anything.
'I'm just glad he is in prison and cannot hurt anybody else. Both my family and I are pleased with the sentence.
'We also can't thank the police enough. They did a fantastic job catching Christie.'
Speaking shortly after the attack, Mr Hopkins' daughter Pat Kurila had broken down during a police press conference saying she feared her father might die such was the severity of his beating.
The 52-year-old teaching assistant, from Highgate, Birmingham, said: 'We could have been burying him. Whoever did this is the lowest of the low.'
Initially police believed the mugger had followed Mr Hopkins' home from a Ladbrokes in the Arcadian Centre, where he had won the lb40.
He was pinned down and attacked outside his house at around 8pm and later spent two days in hospital.
Mr Hopkins, who did his National Service in Germany and Malaya with the 11th Hussars, had said after the attack: 'The thing that most annoyed me was that I couldn't go to the remembrance parade on the Sunday as I do every year.'
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Alien Image Captured In UFO photo
A North Texas oilfield worker escapes what he believes was an alien abduction attempt.While taking photos of unexplained lights in the distance.They began moving straight at him.He hid behind an oilfield separator and captured images with his cellphone of the UFO and later noticed a humanoid creature looking out of a portal on the craft.Ronny Dawson remarked "the only reason i took the picture was because i was too afraid to run and i thought i could toss my phone if they came after me and give someone a clue to my disappearance"He was re-leaved when the craft moved away and he captured many photo,s and video,s of the event in rural Coleman county,TX.
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International Terrorism Since 1945: (ep. 5) PLO
Founded
by the Egyptian President Colonel Nasser in 1964, the Palestinian
Liberation Organisation has become one of the most effective terrorist
organisations the world has ever known, championing a violent form of
protest against Israel
and the West since World War II. Dominated by Yasser Arafat for 35
years, the PLO and its affiliates were responsible for a long list of
shocking acts of terror, including, kidnapping, murder, bombing and
plane hijacks.
One of the most spectacular incidents took place on 12 September 1970, at Dawson's
Field in the Jordanian desert in 1970. Having demanded the release of
Palestinian dissidents, PLO militants exploded the three planes they had
hijacked before the deadline had passed. No hostages were killed, but
40 were taken for further bargaining which secured the release of
hijacker Leila Khaled. Dawson's Field triggered a civil war in Jordan, during which some 10,000 Palestinians were killed, and afterwards the PLO and its factions were forced to relocate to Lebanon.
To avenge the expulsion, the PLO founded Black September, whose first
victim was Jordanian Prime Minister Wasfi al-Tal, but whose most
high-profile attack was on the Munich Olympics in 1972, when nine
Israeli hostages were killed in a failed rescue attempt by German police
authorities. Arafat died in 2004, but this has done nothing to lessen
the PLO's main aim - self determination for Palestine - no matter what the cost.
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Those Against Syria el Assad Are With Israel and Zionism
Assad didn't just give away the Golan Heights, they were taken by force
before he was 1 and a half years old. Syria did re-take 30% of the Golan
Heights in Yom Kippur and that was under the direction of Assad's
father his 3 year in office. And Again the UK France and America all
backed Israel. The annexing was in 1981 many other things happening
those years like the Iran Iraq War the post Iranian revolution, Reagan
/Bush Sr in the White House etc Assad became president in 2000 WAY after
these problems like Golan had been established.. more http://original.antiwar.com/justin/20...
Think
fighting Assad can be anti-Israel too just cause you want it to be?
You're a pawn you're following Israel policy papers which even stated
that they could get a bunch of you pawns to act exactly how you're
acting.
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Disturbing Video of Burning Deer Corpse Surfaces Online
DAWSON CREEK (NEWS1130) - It's a disturbing case of animal cruelty that has outraged people across the country; a video has surfaced, showing someone burning a deer in Dawson Creek.
The video was posted to Facebook last night. That's how RCMP and animal cruelty investigators in Dawson Creek found out about it.Their offices were flooded with tons of complaints; people are demanding something be done.
The footage appears to have been taken by a cell phone; it runs about 30 seconds and it sounds like the driver who hit the animal is doing all the talking.
"It's a deer I just hit on the highway. Drug it for a while. It's on fire now. Yeah, deer be warned," a man's voice can be heard saying on the video. The animal looks like it's tied to the back of a pick-up truck by a chain."Don't f*** with me," he says, laughing. "F***, that deer's burning good."
Some people on Facebook have named who they believe the narrator is, but police are not saying if they've spoken to him. Soon after the videowas posted, nearly 500 people had left a comment.
BC conservation officers are now handling the case.
http://www.news1130.com/2013/06/06/police-investigate-deer-burning-video-in-dawson-creek/
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UFO Photo Reveals Alien Architecture
BREAKING NEWS JUNE 4TH ,2013..........A BRIEF BUT AMAZING 24 SECONDS OF VIDEO CAPTURED BY RONNY DAWSON OF A REPORTED UFO HAS YET AGAIN AMAZED RESEARCHERS.IN THE PHOTO ARE BUILDINGS THAT SEEM TO HAVE STEEPLES ON THERE ROOFS.
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Chad Dawson knocked out by Adonis Stevenson
Hardly anything better in all of sports than a clean KTFO.
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Police probe 'racist' cadet incident at army barracks
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A disgusted father has told how a group of young air cadets were racially abused by a gang who waited outside Preston's Territorial Army barracks.
Police were called on Tuesday night after one cadet was allegedly chased towards Preston north End's stadium from Kimberley Barracks on Deepdale Road, following a training session.
On Tuesdays the barracks is used by the 341 Air Squadron, but it is also understood a group of army cadets may have been verbally abused on the same evening.
Today, Det Chf Insp Ian Dawson of Preston Police said there were no security concerns at the barracks and said it was a minor incident.
He said: " we are aware of a minor incident at the barracks and believe it was isolated. We have close links with the barracks and are working, through our diversity team, to establish who
the youths involved are."Preston has a diverse community and we are not aware of any problems. We are working closely with community leaders."
He added: "We understand the cadets had played football on the park before returning to the barracks. A short time later, as they left the barracks, they were shouted at by a group. We have assessed our reassurance response to the incident."
A concerned parent, who did not wish to be named, said: "A group of Asian youths were outside the barracks and were abusing the cadets as they came out. One ran back inside and had to get a sergeant's help.
Members of the TA who are stationed at the barracks also came out. My stepdaughter is in the air cadets and we worry about her walking home as it is. The youngsters were advised not to walk home alone. My stepdaughter had been shouted at once before as she left the barracks. It does not put us off sending her, but it frightens me."
Coun Terry Cartwright, who represents the area, said: "It is disturbing, particularly in the wake of what happened at Woolwich Barracks in London. These young cadets are trying to make something of themselves."
Preston community worker Ali Amla said: "It is totally unacceptable behaviour for these young people to have been treated like that."The cadets are there to volunteer their time very positively and do something very positive in the community."
A spokesman for Fulwood Barracks confirmed the air cadets had been training in the barracks at the time.
An Air Cadet spokesman was not available for comment.
http://www.lep.co.uk/news/local/police-probe-racist-cadet-incident-at-army-barracks-1-5764769
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Charlotte Dawson speaks out against trolls
TV presenter Charlotte Dawson has spoken out about being hospitalised following a tirade of online abuse."...If I was doing some publicity stunt I would choose probably a little bit of a different time, I would probably be sitting here in front of you with full hair and makeup, you know, looking all glamorous and going 'poor me, poor me'. I'm not saying that at all." said Ms. Dawson on 60 Minutes .
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The Hot Glass Art of Dawson Kellogg
A short documentary about glass blowing and hot glass artist, Dawson
Kellogg. A professor at the Columbus College of Art & Design in
Columbus, Ohio, Kellogg has studied and taught glass blowing for over
twenty years, receiving notable awards
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Dawson's Assessment on the Current Situation in Syria
Ry Dawson's latest views. He is always right on the money.
http://rys2sense.com/anti-neocons
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One place not to go if you have kids - (No Video)
The village where half the population are sex offenders
http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/magazine-23063492
The village where half the population are sex offenders
By Linda Pressly BBC World Service, Florida
Miracle Village lies deep in a sea of green. This is sugar cane country, south Florida. At the edge of the everglades, and over two miles from the nearest town, around 200 people live in the small, neat bungalows.
More than 100 of them are registered sex offenders - people who were found guilty, and have usually served a prison sentence, for a sex crime. There is one woman, the rest are men. Some of them viewed child pornography, or molested their own children.
Others abused minors when they were in positions of power - there is a teacher here, a pastor, a sports coach. There are those who have been to prison for exposing themselves. A number of residents were convicted because they had sex with underage girlfriends.
Under Florida's state law none of them can live within 1,000 feet of a school, day care centre, park or playground. Cities and counties have extended those restrictions up to 2,500 feet - about half a mile. And in some places swimming pools, bus stops and libraries are out of bounds too. The effect has been to push sex offenders out of densely populated areas
The laws of Florida have made Miracle Village an attractive option. It was set up in 2009 by the late Dick Witherow, a pastor with Matthew 25 Ministries.
He saw the difficulties sex offenders faced when trying to find a place to live. Although they can travel pretty much anywhere during the day, at night they must be at an address that complies with the residency restrictions.
Applications to Miracle Village from potential residents arrive daily. "We get between 10 and 20 a week", says Jerry Youmans, the intake co-ordinator for the ministry, and also a registered sex offender. "We try not to accept people with a history of violence or drugs, or to take any diagnosed paedophile - that is, someone who can only become sexually aroused by a child. We want to protect the people who are already here and those who were living here before us."
Edgar Walford moved in 10 years ago - back in the days when it was known as Pelican Lake and was home to cane-cutters and their families. He arrived in South Florida from Jamaica in 1962, and spent his working life harvesting the sugar that stretches as far as the eye can see.
Retired now, he spends his days tending an extensive garden of cassava, sweet potatoes, bananas - a whole range of fruit and vegetables that he gifts to his neighbours.
"It's a very peaceful place, no one troubles nobody," he says. And how does he find the dozens of sex offenders who have moved in over the last few years? "They're good people. I've made plenty of friends. The only thing we miss is the kids, and the school bus don't come here no more."
A few children do live at Miracle Village - Florida's laws don't stop sex offenders from living in the same neighbourhood as minors, although their terms of probation may ban them from having any contact with them
Christopher Dawson, a 22-year-old, is a registered sex offender prohibited from speaking to anyone under the age of 18. When he was 19, he had what he says is a consensual sexual relationship with a 14-year-old. He believed she was older.
"I knew her for a year, and we dated for a few months", he remembers. "Her parents testified against me, and I was sentenced to two years' house arrest followed by eight years' probation."
When he violated the terms of his probation by speaking to the younger brother of a friend, he spent four months in the county jail. Then the judge ordered him to move to Miracle Village - the alternative was a lengthy prison sentence.
"It's been a blessing in disguise. It was upsetting to leave my parents, but I feel as though I have a destiny with Miracle Village. I feel at home and safe here - I love the people," he says. "Even though I have the label of a sex offender, I'm not a monster. I made a mistake and I've faced the consequences."
A talented musician, Christopher plays drums for the band that leads the services in the small church at the heart of Miracle Village.
This is a Christian community dedicated to helping sex offenders rebuild their lives, but non-Christians are accepted, and everyone is welcomed at church. There are anger management and bible study classes. And, as a condition of their probation, most of the sex offenders attend psychological treatment programmes. Some of the offenders have jobs in local towns.
With its neatly cut lawns, and luscious, tropical vegetation, this is an idyllic, rural community. It is easy to forget that some of its residents have committed serious and shocking crimes.
Pat Powers, the executive director of Matthew 25 Ministries, was a top youth racquetball coach. In the early 1990s he was convicted of sexual contact with 11 minors. As a born-again Christian, he says he is using his experience as a sex-offender to influence others.
"I can see through these guys' stories. So if we get someone here and they say, 'I'm not guilty, all I did was look at a picture. I say, no. You're guilty, period.' Because the only way you're going to change is to admit you are wrong."
At the Methodist church in the nearby town of Pahokee, some of the sex offenders from Miracle Village provide live music for the services. They are appreciated members of the congregation, and one of them is a preacher here.
But having so many sex offenders close by has unnerved some locals. Kathy was raped at knife-point when she was a teenager. Decades after the event, she is still struggling to come to terms with her experience. And she isn't impressed with Miracle Village.
"I don't think it's a miracle at all," she says. "Maybe it is for the sex offenders, but for me it's more like a nightmare on Elm Street."
Pahokee's Mayor, Colin Walkes, believes people are coming to terms with their unusual neighbours living just outside the town.
"I know at first there was a lot of opposition to them, because the whole thing was about protecting our number one asset - our kids. But we're moving on, and this is a country of second and third chances for people who make mistakes. As long as law enforcement is involved and there are no problems, the community will accept them."
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Dawson Tech Institute Overhead Lineman Student for Comed Killed in horrible accident
A lineman student in Chicago, IL died shortly after getting hit with approximately 7,200 volts during training. The student, identified as Chris Jenkins, was electrocuted while handling a primary line under direct instructions of Comed Safety Supervisor, Sam "Safety Sam" Ross, according to a Chicago Police report.
Jenkins, 32, worked as a supervisor at Target, Inc., with hopes of seeking full time employment with a local electric utility once he completed training at Dawson Technical Institute. According to Rick Stofield, 55, a fellow student at Dawson Tech whose responsibility is to assist linemen students, Jenkins was not wearing his hot gloves while working on the pole. Hot gloves are what electricians and linemen use to protect themselves from power lines. The report also states that Jenkins was not properly instructed by Sam Ross about the rule on the same day he was electrocuted.
Towards the end of their shift, Stofield said, he noticed Jenkins tying off a "mule tape" to the fiber optic line. When Jenkins raised his right hand, in an attempt to tighten or take up slack from what he was doing, Stofield saw a blue electric arc appear from a live wire and hit Jenkins' right hand. Jenkins held his chest making his co-workers lower the bucket he was in. They then began to perform CPR on him. They found later that his hot gloves were in the bucket with him.
Shortly after that, Jenkins was taken to Advocate Trinity Hospital where he was pronounced dead. Jenkins leaves behind a wife and 3 children, one child with special needs. The Occupational Safety and Health Administration (OSHA) is investigating the matter. Comed nor Dawson Tech is not commenting on the cause of death. Because there was no foul play and the family did not request an autopsy, the body was released to a funeral home and will not be examined by the Cook County Medical Examiner's office.
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Dawson's Assessment on the Current Situation in Syria
Ry Dawson's latest views. He is always right on the money.
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