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what did you need so badly that you had to steel from a blind person?

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update: I see another friend of mine expressed there displeasure on this topic as well.
go here and read it.
As someone that’s had his stuff walked off with in the past, this hits a little two close to home for my liking.
I’ll leave names out for privacy reasons, unless this person comments or you actually listen to the link I provide at the end, but to summarize.

  • what were you doing purposely watching this person to begin with?
  • What did you need, drug money? Alcohol? a new laptop? or something else that you couldn’t go get by not being lazy and getting a job.

The building this person lives in is so freakin’ secure, you’d better have a key to piss or your not pissing.
Ok, not really, but you get the point.
Why would you walk into someone’s apartment after basically stalking them, and steel there laptop.
You are a heartless, no good sack of trash that should be disposed of, off the side of the largist cliff available.
I hope when your standing at the gates of hell, your rejected by saten himself for your deplorable behavior.
Hell’s too good for you.
for a more complete accounting of this issue.
listen to this audioboo.
Thanks for reading.

an open letter to Keurig: lack of information does not make for responsible customer service.

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As a longtime user of
Keurig brewers and products
I’ve always ordered from the American site because of there extremely large list of available products, (235 to be exact) compared to
The Canadian site of keurig
that only has 86 choices.
So it came as a rather large shock when placing an order recently that 50% of my order could not be shipped to me.
I asked for an explination, and all I was told was that they had no information.
I then called customs and the CBA here in Canada and asked specific questions, and was told that Keurig should have this information and to call them.
After a little more digging by myself and others, we were finally furnished with a complete list of the products that were restricted, but still no precise reason for the restriction or a timeframe for it’s lifting.
We received the following message in response to this enquiry.

From: Jeannine Colella
Date: Tuesday, January 7, 2014
Subject: Restricted from shipping to Canada SR 81-344235529
To: (address removed for privacy)
The following products will be restricted for Canada:
• CS Southern Sweet Black Perfect Iced tea T6825
• CS Half and Half Black Perfect Iced Tea T6828
• CS Sweet Peach Perfect Iced Tea T6822
• CS Sweet Lemon Perfect Iced Tea T6821
• CS Sweet Raspberry Perfect Iced Tea T6824
• GMN Lemonade T6846
• Revv Pules coffee T4063
• Sweet and Creamy Regular T6603
• Sweet and Creamy Nutty Hazelnut T6604
• Acai Berry Vitamin Burst® T6863
• Strawberry Pomegranate Vitamin Burst® T6864
• GM Focus Blend TM T6724
• GM Antioxidant Blend T6723
• CS Antioxidant Max™ Blackberry Pomegranate Green Tea T6011
• CS Antioxidant Max™ Green Tea Blood Orange Star Fruit T6010
• Green Mountain® Pumpkin Spice Latte T9472
• Barista Prima® Cappuccino T9316
• Barista Prima® Café Mocha T9318
• Barista Prima® Vanilla Latte T9317
• Barista Prima® Sweetened Cappuccino T9351
• Cafe’ Escapes® Latte Creator- Creamy Latte T9417
• Cafe’ Escapes® Latte Creator- Chocolate Mocha T9416
• Celestial Seasonings® Southern Sweet Perfect Iced Tea T9326
• Celestial Seasonings® Half and Half Perfect Iced Tea T9343
The Original Donut Shop® Sweet & Creamy Regular Iced Coffee
Jeannine M. Colella
Consumer Care Representative
P: 877-208-9991 ext 7793172 F: 781-245-1869
E: jeannine.colella@gmcr.com A: 55 Walkers Brook Drive, Reading, MA 01867
W: www.gmcr.com www.keurig.com

I wasn’t impressed with the response, basically here’s a list, but I’m not providing any further information, deal with it.
I then composed the following letter to jeannine colella at Keurig.

From: Shane Davidson
Sent: Tuesday, January 07, 2014 5:14 PM
To: jeannine.colella@gmcr.com
Subject: lack of information does not make for responsible customer service.
Dear Jeannine Colella;
I am writing you today with concerns regarding the extremely large restriction on products being shipped to Canada, inparticular Ontario.
I refer you to the list of restricted products included in SR 81-344235529, and pasted below for your reference.
—list starts here—
• CS Southern Sweet Black Perfect Iced tea T6825
• CS Half and Half Black Perfect Iced Tea T6828
• CS Sweet Peach Perfect Iced Tea T6822
• CS Sweet Lemon Perfect Iced Tea T6821
• CS Sweet Raspberry Perfect Iced Tea T6824
• GMN Lemonade T6846
• Revv Pules coffee T4063
• Sweet and Creamy Regular T6603
• Sweet and Creamy Nutty Hazelnut T6604
• Acai Berry Vitamin Burst® T6863
• Strawberry Pomegranate Vitamin Burst® T6864
• GM Focus Blend TM T6724
• GM Antioxidant Blend T6723
• CS Antioxidant Max™ Blackberry Pomegranate Green Tea T6011
• CS Antioxidant Max™ Green Tea Blood Orange Star Fruit T6010
• Green Mountain® Pumpkin Spice Latte T9472
• Barista Prima® Cappuccino T9316
• Barista Prima® Café Mocha T9318
• Barista Prima® Vanilla Latte T9317
• Barista Prima® Sweetened Cappuccino T9351
• Cafe’ Escapes® Latte Creator- Creamy Latte T9417
• Cafe’ Escapes® Latte Creator- Chocolate Mocha T9416
• Celestial Seasonings® Southern Sweet Perfect Iced Tea T9326
• Celestial Seasonings® Half and Half Perfect Iced Tea T9343
The Original Donut Shop® Sweet & Creamy Regular Iced Coffee
—list ends here—
This is a rather large list, incumpusing 25 different products, that we in Ontario Canada have enjoyed purchasing from Keurig Inc. in the past.
On further review, no information has been provided to anyone regarding this rather large restriction, and the Canadian boarder agency, (CBA), as well as Canadian customs indicates that Keurig would have been advised in written form upon the first returned shipment as to why products are being restricted from being imported into Canada, specifically Ontario.
Upon myself and many others asking Keurig for a reason why, absolutely no reason has been provided and the blame has been passed to Canadian customs.
I am asking at this time for an official stance from Keurig on this matter, and for a written reason, (not just heresay) on why this restriction is in place, and a timeframe for when this restriction will be lifted if Keurig knows this information.
I am also asking that your website
www.keurig.com
be immediately updated with a complete list, and reason for the restriction so Canadians are aware of the restrictions in place.
Also, please ensure all telephone agents are also advised of the restriction, and what it incumpuses so they may advise residence that this effects, of the restrictions, to prevent disappointment when ordering.
Because of the nature of this matter, I will be posting my letter, along with any response by you or your coleagues, or a note stating your lack of a response, for public viewing on my blog as open communication at
http://stickbear.me
I look forward to hearing from you soon.
Sincerely;
Shane Davidson

We’ll see what this gets me, some of you may think I’m wrong for riding them so hard on this issue, but I think we deserve answers, and someone will give us those answers, especially when the restriction was put in place with absolutely no reason given.
Talk to you next time.

carnival post — lessons learned in training.

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I’ve never participated in the assistance dog blog carnival until now.
The crew over at
ruled by paws
is running this round, so when they
put out the call for submissions
I thought, why not, let’s try this.
Yager is my second guide, and I got him from
canine vision canada
We graduated on October 10, 2013.
During this round of training, I learned a lot more than with my first dog, Cleveland. The most important lesson I learned was that the team can and will make mistakes. There wasn’t a set up route every day. We were taken out and given routes to do, but things changed constantly, and we had a variety of situations to work through each and every day.
The lesson from this round of training? Trust your dog.
So to everyone, trust your dog.
Thank you for reading, and have a great day.

CVC training day 2, it's dog day!

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Day two wasn’t bad. More healing in the morning, and then receiving our dog’s!
I have a

  • Black lab
  • Named yagger
  • Born January 22, 2012
  • Weighing 87.8LB/39.9KG!

He’s a tank compared to Cleveland!
He’s been a little hold outish about relieving, but that’s to be expected.
We’ll get into actual guidework today, as yes it’s today as this is bein gposted as I was really tired after yesterday.
I’ll post more as there’s postworthy content!

CVC training day one, it's random and full of information!

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Hello all;
Ok, so today was theory and more theory, and stuff that for peet sakes I’ve done before, give me my dog! Lol!
Anyhow, we did juno, healing and harness walks, and were issued our perminant leashes and collars.
We also got the chance to have one of the class dogs that has been matched in this class come in to be our little test subject to make sure we knew how to collar them.
The collars issued by CVC are different from GDB’s collars as they just slip over the head. In my opinion, a lot easier and quicker to manage.
We did probably as a hint got a list of dog’s names that are going to be issued in this class, but for privacy sake I won’t publish them here.
We were also told that there were 5 lab’s one poodle in the class line up.
What else to put in this message.
Oh yes, as I write this it’s after midnight, so dog day’s today.
If you want to reach me while i’m in class. hit me up on a medium not this blog.
I don’t know what else to put.
Oh the food’s awesome.
Take care all and feel free to comment away about what gendre dog I’ll get, name, or anything else you can think of!
The only hints I’ll give you are the same hints I was given by the class instructor, it’s a lab and a solid dog.
Also
download the 5 minute audio thing touring my room at the dogguide school!

training for guidedog version 2.0 begins in just under 19 hours!

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Hello;
As you will know from my
post about Cleveland’s retirement
I had been considering a successor dog, but hadn’t made a firm decision. After that post, I thought, talked, researched, and thought some more. I then decided that I wanted a successor dog. So off to the application process I go. I decided to stay with a Canadian school because it would be less stressful traveling, etc. I spoke to both the school in Ottawa and the school in Oakville, and found out that Ottawa was at minimum six month’s to complete the application process do to there current training schedule. Weather that was them blowing smoke, or what have you, I didn’t feel like being jerked around, so decided after discussion with grads from Oakville and many a phone call to trainers and alumni I decided this would be a good fit.
I made the application process, go accessible PDF’s go, did the medical and sat on a waiting list for about a month waiting for an interview. I got that interview completed, and passed.
So I knew then that there would be a waiting list, as this was a smaller school.
I wasn’t expecting to here anything from anyone until The beginning of next year, but again, I was mistaken.
I received a voicemail from the operations manager, no reason what he needed to speak about, just call him. OK, call him, get his voicemail, go phone tag go, leave a message. He calls me back and we touch base. He indicates they had a spot for me, in ***tomorrow!*** class! I kinda go what the? and boggle about it for about 30 seconds. We discuss travel arrangements, and well here I go for doggie number two!
I’ll be keeping this blog as up to date as I can over my training, and there might even be audio, but we’ll see what comes of it.
Until next time!

violation of this child's first amendment rights? yes, please. Sue the school? totally do it!

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this
this apalling story
may be old, but it scrolled across my twitter feed for some reason and still pissed me off, so you can be pissed right along with me. Comments follow.

Sign Language Ban Imposed on N.J. Girl
By Bryan Robinson Jan 7, 2006, 10:13 AM
School officials have threatened a hearing-impaired girl with suspension if she uses sign language to talk to her friends on the school bus, the girl’s parents say.
Danica Lesko and her parents say sign language is the only way to for the 12-year-old to communicate, especially while riding to school on a noisy bus.
But officials at Stonybrook School — which is not a school for the hearing-impaired — and district officials in Branchburg, N.J., apparently believe signing is a safety hazard. They have sent a letter to the Lesko family ordering Danica to stop using sign language on the school bus or risk a three-day suspension.
The March 30 letter from her principal that said Danica was “doing sign language after being told it wasn’t allowed on the bus.”
The Leskos may file a lawsuit over the sign language ban, claiming officials are violating Danica’s civil rights and violating the Americans with Disabilities Act.
“She has a hearing problem, and now she’s being punished for using sign language,” Mary Ann Lesko, Danica’s mother, told The Star-Ledger of Newark. “It’s absurd.”
Danica’s parents told the paper that other students who rode to school with their daughter made fun of her, and refused to stay in their seats as they teased other girls who were using sign language. They said school officials are singling out Danica and not addressing those who should really be reprimanded.
Schools Officials: Safety First
In a statement released through the school district’s attorney, David Rubin, the Branchburg Board of Education refused to discuss the details of Danica’s case, saying only that its version of events differs from the parents’ version.
However, the board insisted it has not violated anyone’s rights and is only trying to protect other students who must ride on the school bus.
“The Board is committed to providing reasonable accommodations to all students with disabilities, and is satisfied that there has been no violation of that policy in this case,” officials said in the statement. “The Board is also committed to assuring the safety of all students who travel on District buses, and will continue to take appropriate steps to accomplish that goal.”
One deaf-rights advocate said Danica’s parents have a strong basis for a lawsuit because sign language could be a considered a foreign language, and school officials could be violating the girl’s First Amendment right to communicate.
“Why should there be a ban?” asked Charlotte Karras, outreach coordinator for the Edison, N.J.-based Alliance for Disabled in Action. “It’s a violation of her communication rights. She’s said it’s the only way she can communicate with her friends … It’s [the ban] against the ADA and violates the First Amendment and her family can file a discrimination suit citing the Americans With Disabilities Act.”
Karras said her organization would be willing to help the Leskos with any legal action.
Danica’s parents say she began losing her hearing last November, when a classmate allegedly shot a bottle rocket near her ear. They have already sued the Branchburg School District over that incident.

I don’t know why this came across my twitter feed, but let’s pick it apart, with a bunch of questions, in list form.
questions.

  • how is sign language a safety risk?
  • why would you suspend a hearing impaired 12 year old?
  • your already in deep shit for the bottle rocket thing, so why the hell would you pull a boneheaded move like this?

comments and opinions.

  • this schoolboard’s moronic, needs a swift kick, and should not be a schoolboard.
  • you are violating this little lady’s right to communicate so how about we rip out your vocal cords, then talk, k?,/li>

Final thoughts.
The comment boards. use them

maybe it's you that doesn't belong in public?

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As a guide dog handler, (currently between dogs), I have run into my fair share of unbecoming individuals, stupid preconceptions, etc. but nothing compares to the
this women who sprayed bleach in a guidedogs eyes
This article states.

Lawler told police she “thought it was a vicious animal” and feared it would be a danger to other customers, so she grabbed a spray bottle of Clorox cleaner off a shelf and sprayed the animal in the eyes and back.

I understand not everyone in canada/the US may not be from this continent, let alone canada or the US, but this does not, under any circumstances give you cause to pull such an absolutely boneheaded move.

“I realize now it was a mistake,” Lawler said when reached by telephone Monday. “I have a fear of dogs. It was just a big dog with a big head. I was just afraid.”

I understand fright, but I do not condone the reaction.
Let’s move on.

Lawler said she takes medication for schizoaffective disorder, and paranoia is one the symptoms associated with her mental illness.

sorry, I call absolute and utter bullshit. Mental incompitency? Hell no. The dog was wearing a harness, and clearly visible, so again, I bullshit on letting the meds control your actions, because that’s what your saying is your excuse, sorry, I don’t believe it.
oh, it gets better.

Although the dog wasn’t exhibiting aggressive behavior, Lawler said she got scared when she saw it and asked Shore to leave the store with the dog. When that didn’t produce results, she said she resorted to the spray bleach to get rid of the animal.

So the dog’s calm, not causing problems, but you *still* resorted to bleach, you fucking moron.
She felt the dog would go wild, bite someone, seriously? kindly fornicate something.

But I still feel like a dog doesn’t belong in a place like a grocery store.”

one. the dog’s a service animal, highly trained, so what you feel is still no grounds for your actions.
In my opinion, she shouldn’t get one year or a $5000 fine, she should get both and never allowed to own an animal ever!
What do you think, do you think the punishments too leaniant?