Steff

QUOTE(Balance @ Jul 8, 2005 -> 08:50 AM) I saw that quote this morning. Well, Crawford, you know all about "bush league." You play on a triple-A team. So what does that make the Sox when they pissed themselves there earlier this year..??

http://denverpost.com/news/ci_2843663 Brents' rampage nets 1,300 years Victims confront "pure evil" as serial rapist is sentenced in plea deal By Amy Herdy Denver Post Staff Writer Serial rapist Brent J. Brents is escorted from Denver District Court after being sentenced to over 1,300 years for 66 counts. (Post / Glenn Asakawa) Brent J. Brents was sentenced to more than 1,300 years in prison Wednesday for crimes a judge said showed "unspeakable cruelty and malignance." "These are extraordinary crimes," Denver district Judge Robert S. Hyatt said to Brents, whose gaze did not waver from Hyatt's. "You stalked these victims, assaulted these victims, and you degraded these victims ... at every stage." Fearing he would be killed in a Colorado prison, Brents, 36, agreed to plead guilty in exchange for serving his time out of state. The charges included attempted murder, sexual assault, kidnapping, child abuse, sexual assault of a child, menacing, burglary and robbery. They are related to crimes Brents admitted he committed against a dozen victims between Oct. 20 and Feb. 18. Most of his 66 sentences are to be served consecutively, which means one has to be completed before another starts and that he will likely spend the rest of his life in prison. "It's the task of this court today to ensure you will never be free again," Hyatt said. In a series of letters sent to a Denver Post reporter from March ONLINE EXTRA Letters from Brent Brents Click here for Brent Brents' June 13 letter. Click here for Brent Brents' letter to his victims and their families. through last week, Brents apologized to his victims, detailed some of his horrific acts and attempted to explain the personal demons that drove him. He expressed regret for the "violence, pain, hurt, (sorrow) and lies" he inflicted upon his victims and their families. "My actions were cowardly and wrong," he wrote. He repeated his claim that he had been sexually and emotionally abused as a child, something that his defense attorney, Carrie Thompson, reiterated in court Wednesday. The sexual abuse continued until Brents was sent to juvenile detention at the age of 12 for rape, Thompson said. Brents was arrested in February after a spree that included the sexual assaults of a grandmother and her two granddaughters. He was able to elude police and was eventually caught in Glenwood Springs after a statewide manhunt. On Wednesday, Brents declined to give a statement in court, other than briefly answering the judge's questions. Showing no emotion, he responded with "guilty" when asked how he would plead to every charge. His mother could not be reached Wednesday. In previous interviews, she has repeatedly said Brents was not abused as a child. Before he was sentenced, three of Brents' victims spoke of how their lives are marred by pain and fear. "I will never be the same again," one victim yelled at Brents as she turned to face the man who kidnapped, raped and robbed her Feb. 11. "You are pure evil," said another victim whom Brents kidnapped, raped and robbed that same day. The woman said she hopes that in prison Brents experiences "sheer terror, and crumbles from weakness." As property manager Tiffany Engle, whom Brents nearly beat to death with a two-by- four Feb. 18, spoke, his eyes filled with tears. When Engle, who underwent brain surgery for injuries caused by the attack, began to sob and had to stop speaking for a few moments to compose herself, Brents hung his head and cried. "Your soul's going to rot for eternity," Engle told Brents, who stared back at her. In repeated letters to The Post, Brents said there are some crimes for which he has no remorse. Many crimes, he said, he simply does not remember. During those, he said, he would "black out" only to awaken to realize he was hurting someone. That's what he said happened with Engle, he said. "She haunts me more than anybody," Brents said. "I blacked out, and when I came to, this beautiful woman was laying next to me, and she wasn't beautiful anymore." Thompson, Brents' attorney, told the court that Brents "recognizes the horror of his acts" and that one reason he asked for the plea bargain was to spare his victims and their families any more pain. "He is a damaged human being," Thompson said, "but the damage is not from pure evil." When Brents was a child, Thomp son said, "horrific acts were committed upon him. ..." "I feel despair and sadness for what he went through and that he can no longer control his anger," she said. "But it's very, very important to understand his story, how he got here. This was a societal failure." District Attorney Mitch Morrissey said Thompson's explanation was wrong. "He was given the opportunity for rehab in prison, which he chose not to attend. He chose not to accept parole because of the conditions that go with it. He's a sociopath," Morrissey said. "The idea that he doesn't understand what he did is astonishing to me after listening to the statements he made," Morrissey continued. "He's responsible for what he did. He was clear on what he did and just didn't care." Hyatt said he tried to make sure the sentence represented every one of Brents' victims. "This sentence will be unlike any sentence I have imposed in more than two decades on the bench," the judge said. "Your relentless pursuit of these victims - daily, hourly - was nothing less than an ongoing horror." Hyatt said he reviewed Brents' psychiatric report but could not understand how he had become the man he is today. "You are far beyond any potential rehabilitation," the judge said. "You must simply be kept apart from society." Denver Post staff writer Mike McPhee and researcher Barbara Hudson contributed to this report.

QUOTE(NUKE_CLEVELAND @ Jul 8, 2005 -> 12:27 AM) Tampa has fans? Last time we were there I seem to remember Sox fans outshouting them as we whooped their ass. Uhhh.. not quite.

QUOTE(YASNY @ Jul 8, 2005 -> 08:33 AM) That's a post of the month nominee! Thank you, thank you...

QUOTE(Texsox @ Jul 8, 2005 -> 08:25 AM) done and done Gracias amigo..

And "wireless" also.. Good grief.

Someone change that to "your" please..

http://news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&u=/a...s_wi_fi_theft_1 Man Charged With Stealing Wi-Fi Signal Wed Jul 6, 8:15 PM ET ST. PETERSBURG, Fla. - Police have arrested a man for using someone else's wireless Internet network in one of the first criminal cases involving this fairly common practice. Benjamin Smith III, 41, faces a pretrial hearing this month following his April arrest on charges of unauthorized access to a computer network, a third-degree felony. Police say Smith admitted using the Wi-Fi signal from the home of Richard Dinon, who had noticed Smith sitting in an SUV outside Dinon's house using a laptop computer. The practice is so new that the Florida Department of Law Enforcement doesn't even keep statistics, according to the St. Petersburg Times, which reported Smith's arrest this week. Innocuous use of other people's unsecured Wi-Fi networks is common, though experts say that plenty of illegal use also goes undetected: such as people sneaking on others' networks to traffic in child pornography, steal credit card information and send death threats. Security experts say people can prevent such access by turning on encryption or requiring passwords, but few bother or are unsure how to do so. Wi-Fi, short for Wireless Fidelity, has enjoyed prolific growth since 2000. Millions of households have set up wireless home networks that give people like Dinon the ability to use the Web from their backyards but also reach the house next door or down the street. It's not clear why Smith was using Dinon's network. Prosecutors declined to comment, and a working phone number could not be located for Smith.

Forget Back in Black Tex.. you're gonna be hearing Hell's Bells soon..

The ducklings hatched last night.. 9 of the 11 and they are sooooo cute. This morning she let us walk right up to them to check them out then I gave her some seed. After a few minutes she "quack, quacked" and they got up and marched behind her to the lack out back. Amazing..

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 10:17 PM) Oh. My mistake. No harm no foul.. LMAO at the direction this thread took.

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 09:55 PM) Well, you mentioned she may seek legal action. No I didn't. I said it would not surprise me if she did. She wouldn't though. To nice of a gal.

QUOTE(LosMediasBlancas @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 09:52 PM) I don't know all the details or all your office politics. but here's my guess based on similar experience. The good looking girl got singled out because she looked good in them and probably caught the men's eyes. The other women in the office noticed it and went crying to someone about it. It wasn't a problem when the 300 lb. women were doing it because no one was checking them out. How's that for a stab in the dark? That's what our group has concluded. Those who can't, cry.

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 09:48 PM) That's stupid. As anyone with half an eye for fashion will tell your bosses--those are actually peddle pushers--not capris. Someone buy them a Vogue or something. Although, heels, imo, are a must with Capris--otherwise the calf can look a little bulky--even on a very slim woman. Oh no no... I'm talking stiletto eff me pumps. They look trashy. Some have even worn those lace up things that tie up the calf. Looks very tacky. I wear a heel with mine but not that high. More like the slide heels. They are an inch I guess (without going downstairs to measure them.. lol)

QUOTE(AddisonStSox @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 09:47 PM) Hmmmmmmmmm...sour grapes on her part? You have to eat a lot of, um, guff at the workplace, this seems like "just-another-day" sort of thing to me. Is there something else charging such a volatile response? "Volatile response"...? On who's part..?

QUOTE(winodj @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 09:31 PM) You forgot to answer question 2. I said I have no idea ya goof..

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 08:49 PM) I'm confused. 1.) What's wrong with Capris? They're pretty universally flattering and very modest 2.) Why does Wino have a pair? Well.. one of the things I have heard and seen is some females abusing what is actually a "capri". Some of them are wearing them at knee length which they consider shorts. Then there are those females who are 5 feet tall and 200lbs trying to fit into a size 2... Then there are some wearing 2" heels with them. It's crazy and ruining it for those of us that wear the tailored ones. The policy is likely to be more enforced now. I don't think it's fair she got singled out (nice looking girl 5'6" or so 130lbs) so it's only fair that none of us be allowed to wear them on non casual days. So stupid. And I have no idea why Wino has a pair..

Nuke.. no offense to you, or the military since my grandfathers and all of my uncles served.. but even they agree that what was done to the prisoners - many of who were detained for no reason - was wrong and that their punishment did not fit the crime. Bad situation all around..

QUOTE(nvxplorer @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 05:44 PM) I agree Steff, but from my short lived experience at WSI, there's no comparison between that place and here. Then your experience was much too short.... Both are excellent sources for White Sox fans.. hell.. Jason (along with many others that post here) posts there so I think that says a lot. I'm sorry for those of you that have had bad experiences over there. But there's no reason what so ever to s*** on them and vice versa. They close threads immediately over there when one of the members even makes a "that other site" comment. Maybe that's why you don't like them (cause they are quick to close threads, ban trolls, and don't tolerate words of the 4 letter variety...) but I'd say that considering they are nearly as successful as the official MLB site it works for them.

I'm reading 'it's good for them to be together to be able to lean on and support each other in this time of disaster..' Just me though..

QUOTE(ChiSoxyGirl @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 04:28 PM) A lot is two words people. Two. A lot. Two separate words. TWO WORDS. A lot. LOL.. one of my peeves also.

QUOTE(southsider2k5 @ Jul 7, 2005 -> 01:09 PM) Straight for the top? Are you abdicating the throne? Here is footage of the admins and mods at the last tailgate LMAO.. I can see it now. Funny.. but I think that might be part of the reason I keep getting nasty PM's from misguided posters accusing me of bulls***.

Yikes.. poor girl is gonna be saggin to her knees if she keeps going without a bra. Ick.

Oh my.. they just had another one on.. Something about eating the other team for lunch..

Such a horrible tragedy... No offense to anyone, but could there maybe be an alternate thread for the trashing..??