Newsletter March 2008
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Revisiting The Amish Schoolhouse Massacre
Fat Cops
Beslan: Cry Of The Bear Cubs
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Revisiting The Amish Schoolhouse Massacre
 
By Rick Armellino
Director and CEO of Baker Ballistics, LLC
 

When visitors do not brighten peoples' days
 
Inside the tiny and picturesque Amish schoolhouse, it was instantly apparent to all visitors from the outside world that the single classroom was furnished and decorated similarly to any modern elementary school classroom.
 
Fastened onto the corner of the blackboard in the front of the class was a prominent sign that read, "Visitors Brighten Peoples' Days," punctuated by yellow-and-black smiley face stickers. The irony of this sweet and innocent message had not yet registered with Lancaster County Deputy Coroner Janice Ballenger, as she surveyed the horrific results of an evil plan carried out within the small confines of this classroom a couple of hours earlier.
 
Grotesquely positioned beneath the friendly sign with the smiley faces lay two dead bodies. One was the mass murderer, Charles Carl Roberts IV, and the other was a gentle 12-year-old girl named Anna Mae Stoltzfus. Deputy Coroner Ballenger arrived at the grisly crime scene with law enforcements' second wave of responders. Her first official duty was to legally declare Roberts and Stoltzfus dead from their head wounds. The forensic evidence collection and documentation duties that remained to be completed by the state police crime scene and county's coroner employees was difficult for even the most seasoned veterans.  
"There wasn't a desk or chair in the room that wasn't covered in blood or broken glass," Ms. Ballenger later recalled. After counting more than a dozen shotgun- inflicted pellet wounds on one small child during the next day's autopsy, she withdrew herself from this emotionally draining process, leaving the remaining autopsies for others within her department to complete.
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New Study Shows That Fitness Trumps Fatness in Determining Risk of Cancer Death in Men
 
 
DALLAS - Cancer is the second leading cause of death among U.S. men. While tobacco use and poor diet remain the largest contributors to cancer mortality, there is growing evidence that obesity and low levels of cardiorespiratory fitness may contribute to cancer mortality as well. A new study from The Cooper Institute published January 15, 2008, in Obesity, reports on the relation between cardiorespiratory fitness levels, different measures of body fatness and cancer mortality in men.   
 
Lead researcher and Director of Professional Education Stephen Farrell, Ph.D., studied 38,410 men who completed a comprehensive baseline physical examination at Cooper Clinic in Dallas. "This study shows that sedentary individuals of all body fatness levels should strive to become at least moderately fit in order to decrease their risk of cancer mortality," said Farrell.  
 
Results showed a strong and direct relationship between all measures of body fatness and cancer mortality. Leaner men had significantly lower rates of cancer mortality than fatter men, regardless of the method used to assess body fatness. A strong inverse relationship between cardiorespiratory fitness level and cancer mortality was also observed, showing lower fit men had significantly greater rates of cancer mortality than higher fit men. 
 

 

by Greg Ferency
www.swatdigest.com

"He (God) kept the best - the most beautiful ones - the best children"

12 year old girl - Beslan hostage survivor

The Day of Knowledge is an important day in Russia. This is the first day of school and they take it much more seriously than their American counterparts. It is a day of celebration and festivities. The first day of school in Russia always is on September 1st and young Beslan students dressed in their best on that faithful morning. They came with gifts and flowers for the teachers. They also came with joy and excitement.

The city of Beslan (population 40,000) was celebrating the first day of school like the rest of Russia. Beslan School #1 had drawn approximately 3000 people due to the fact that it handled grades 1-11.

            At Beslan School #1 a party of sorts was held outside the school. Teachers, students, parents and relatives met, hugged, sang and welcomed each other on school grounds. The students then lined up according to grade, a perfect formation and an advantage for those who were about to come. At approximately 9:00am, the rage of terror struck, approximately three dozen Chechen and Islamic extremists pulled up in two large trucks and jumped out. This was the catalyst for several others hidden among the crowd to jump into action. In total approximately forty nine heavily armed terrorists charged and took the lives of a massive amount of innocent people over a period of sixty two hours.
 
Top Ten Signs You Need a Vacation:
  1. Religiously attending city council meetings.
  2. Starting to think about that "Help Wanted" sign at Starbucks.
  3. Consider fat, salt and caffeine as the three major food groups.
  4. Only reading books recommended by Oprah.
  5. Think clowns are funny.
  6. Are considering voting for "you know who".
  7. Believe the department cares about you "as a person".
  8. Wearing your uniform to bed.
  9. Cleaning your weapon four times a day naked.
  10. Wondering what it would be like to "Taser" a nun.

 




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