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Lack of preparation is one of the reasons authorities failed to maintain DNA records for thousands of felons in Wisconsin, Walworth County's sheriff said.
The state's Department of Justice in September conducted an audit that revealed Wisconsin's DNA database is missing records for about 12,000 felons less than 10 years after legislation was enacted requiring felons to provide DNA samples to corrections authorities.
The number of missing samples was uncovered after officials found out records for a Milwaukee felon suspected on a string of killings turned out to be a duplicate of another man's DNA and fingerprints.
Walworth County Sheriff David Graves is one of the three men overseeing the task force in charge of fixing the problem. The other two are former Madison Assistant Police Chief Chuck Cole and Gary Hamblin, an administrator with the Department of Justice's Law Enforcement Services.
"That law was passed late in the year and we had about two months to get everything in place," Graves said. "I think what we're doing should've probably been done when this law was passed.
"People should have sat around the table and said, 'OK, how are we going to do this?'"
Graves said each county does things their own way. Some collect DNA samples upon conviction; others have scheduled dates when they collect samples of all recently convicted inmates.
The DNA task force's job is to identify what policies should be in place and to ensure every county is collecting the required data. Officials in the task force range from lab technicians to law enforcement leaders. They meet regularly and have meetings scheduled well into December.
"The question is: What do we do with the ones that didn't give the sample and are no longer incarcerated or under supervision of any kind," Graves said.
That could be more than 4,000 felons, Graves said. For now, officials are playing the waiting game. The state Attorney General's Office is expected to release an opinion clarifying whether corrections authorities are allowed to require felons not in custody or under supervision to submit samples.
So local law enforcement agents continue to catch up any way they can.
In Rock County, officials have submitted more than 200 samples to the Department of Corrections, said Cmdr. Troy Knudson with the Rock County Sheriff's Office.
"They came in pretty much voluntarily for several days over a two-week period," he said. "We took a pretty good number of samples."
Walworth County officials are caught up on their samples, Graves said.
In Walworth and Rock counties, samples are taken by a corrections officer upon conviction. The Department of Corrections sends DNA collection kits to local authorities. Officers are trained to collect samples from felons and send sealed packages back to the state's crime lab to be inserted in the DNA database.
Other counties use different procedures, Graves said. The sheriff is confident that opening the conversation among authorities across Wisconsin will create better policies and procedures.
"We're trying to identify every possibility of how it happened to fix the problem, move on and make sure it doesn't happen again," he said.
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|Cooking Time
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|Mustard Seeds
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|Red Chilli
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|Urad dal (Ulatham paruppu)
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|Chana dal (Kadalai paruppu)
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|Asafoetida (Hing)
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- Heat little oil in pan, and add mustard seeds when the oil is hot. When the mustard seeds starts to sputter, add urdhal and channa dhal.Fry the Urad dal and Chana dal in the kadai (pan) along with asafotedia till the color of the dal changes to light brown. Keep the flame in medium while frying.
- Add the 1 tea spoon oil in the pan and fry the Chill till the colour of the chilli changes to light brown. Keep the flame in low so that it wont burn the chilli. Keep the fried chillies aside to cool before grinding.
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Tamil migrants in good shape: RCMP -CBC
The Tamil migrants who landed on Vancouver Island appear to be in good health after several months at sea, an RCMP official told reporters in Esquimalt, B.C., on Saturday.
"The migrants were not in a distressed state, [their] clothing was in good condition and they had access to food and water during the trip," Insp. Tracey Rook said.
Rook said the Mounties haven't completed their search of the vessel, but so far no weapons have been found. She said investigators are collecting evidence to determine whether any Criminal Code violations, including human smuggling, have occurred.
The MV Sun Sea, which was escorted into Esquimalt by Canadian navy ships on Friday, was in much better shape than expected, said Rob Johnston of the Canada Border Services Agency.
Quarters were "extremely cramped" but the vessel was "relatively clean and organized," Johnston said. Men, women and children were housed in separate areas and had hammocks to sleep in, and a system had been developed to dispose of waste and garbage.
"The migrants were calm, compliant and generally in good spirits," Johnston said, adding they were provided food, water and medical attention upon arrival. He said most were in good health.
"For clarity, I believe we're dealing with human smuggling in this incident," Johnston said.
"I did not see personally anybody who looked like they'd been through a very harrowing experience. However, in saying that I also acknowledge I don't think anybody would want to be on that vessel in those conditions."
While the number of migrants has been widely reported at 490, Johnston said the CBSA will release a final number once officials are confident all people have been processed. "The last thing we want to do is put out an incorrect number."
Border service agents had completed initial examinations of the migrants, Johnston said, and the Ministry of Children and Family Development has taken some children and women into their care.
After initial processing, Johnston said, the migrants are being sent over to BC Corrections, which has been transporting them since the arrival of the vessel. They're being transferred to a detention centre in the Vancouver area.
Detention hearings will begin on Monday.
Johnston said it was too soon to say how long the migrants might remain in the hands of the corrections system, since each was being give due process.
Dr. Peter Uhtoff of the Public Health Agency of Canada said none of the migrants examined to date have displayed symptoms of a communicable disease, so no action has been taken under the Quarantine Act.
Several migrants sent to hospital
Twenty-seven patients registered at the emergency department at Victoria General Hospital, said Dr. Richard Crow, chief medical officer of the Vancouver Island Health Authority
He said the majority had been treated and discharged back to federal authorities. Four adults and two children had been admitted to hospital and remain in care, though they might be discharged later Saturday.
Authorities in Esquimalt continued the lengthy task of processing the migrants on Saturday, a day after their arrival in Canada.
Identity checks are expected to take days or even weeks. The migrants are expected to claim refugee status, citing persecution in their native Sri Lanka.
Officials will be trying to figure out exactly who the migrants are, and will be running background checks to see whether any have links to the Tamil Tigers — an organization the Canadian government has declared a terrorist group.
Government officials have said they believe some of those on board are Tamil Tigers.
Human smuggling
The Canadian government is calling the MV Sun Sea a test ship. "[The government believes] it is part of a larger smuggling ring and smugglers may be waiting to see what Canada's reaction will be to this group to see what they do," the CBC's Susana da Silva reported.
Members of the Canada Border Services Agency are seen wearing surgical masks as they board the MV Sun Sea. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)
On Friday, Public Security Minister Vic Toews said Canada has been "very welcoming" of refugees, but said the government "must ensure that our refugee system is not hijacked by criminals or terrorists."
He also promised a crackdown on human smuggling.
It's estimated that as many as 50 of the migrants are children. That's a new complication for officials, who will now have to determine whether some of the children would need to be given foster care while their adult relatives are processed. The 76 Tamil migrants who arrived in B.C. last October were all grown men.
The MV Sun Sea was escorted to the CFB Esquimalt dock Friday morning following a sea voyage from Sri Lanka that lasted three months.
Reaction mixed
Members of Canada's 250,000-strong Tamil community were waiting dockside, prepared to offer translation, health assistance and financial help.
Migrants look over the side of the MV Sun Sea after it was escorted into CFB Esquimalt. (Jonathan Hayward/Canadian Press)
Other Canadians have mixed feelings. Some say the migrants should be welcomed to Canada, while others have said no welcome mat should be put out.
The comment on Friday's CBC.ca migrant story that garnered the most agreement from readers was one that asked why authorities didn't "turn the ship around and tell these illegal aliens to go … back to where they came from."
A protest by people who say the Tamils should be sent back was planned for Saturday afternoon, the CBC's da Silva reported.
Boat arrivals not typical
Experts note that far more asylum seekers enter Canada by plane and land crossings than by boat.
"There's certainly that dramatic fashion about a boat arrival that seems to stir up a dramatic response in the way that other types of arrivals simply don't," said Scott Watson, professor of international relations at the University of Victoria.
As a signatory to the UN Convention on Refugees, Canada must not return migrants to their own country if they face persecution there.
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Album Rating: 4.0so ive got to use the splut words for the rating whenever i give an opinion ? damn this is nazi stuff
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Album Rating: 5.0This is still so fucking good
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good review, enjoy the silence is aweosme
Would definitely have sex with Dave Gahan, no homo.
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffThis album is great, but imo MFTM is a tad better.
just heard this for the first time. will have to come back, but i like the vibe
Album Rating: 5.0"or is it too dark, gothic and SUPER CEREAL to be pop?"
synth pop is just another word for electronic music tbh. Gary Numan is called Synth Pop but his stuff is pretty dim and icy, and DM's is pretty cynical and dark with intertwining themes of S&M, lust, addiction, and damnation...although compared to a wacky electronic oriented group like Skinny Puppy, I guess one could say Depeche are "poppy". I wouldn't really though, just catchy on the Singles side.
Great album btw. This, Faith and Devotion and Delta are my favorites by them... but this will hold a special place to me since it got me into music that wasn't metal or punk back in the early 90's. And solid review. Lol I just realized you did the reviews for pretty much all their albums from the mid 80's on, great job on them too!
Album Rating: 3.5"synth pop is just another word for electronic music tbh."
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text: The Marvelous Magical Mask's Disney World Trip December 14-19, 2000 And it only took me six weeks to write it all down! The Cast of Characters: Bob, 33, and Tori, 30 and their kiddos, Nicholas, ALMOST 8, and Samantha, 5. We began planning for this trip in early 1998, pinched our pennies, sold like crazy on eBay, and finally got to go on our first trip to the World Dec. 14-19. After two years of planning, things got pretty iffy the days before the trip. Bob got very sick the weekend before our departure, but recovered by Tuesday. Tuesday night, however, Samantha came down with the same thing (102 fever included), and was feverish right up until our flight left Thursday morning, the 14th, when it miraculously disappeared and never returned (thank you Lord!). The night before we were to tour Epcot, my son came down with it, fever and all, and was miraculously over it by the next morning. I waited all vacation to wake up throwing up and feverish, but never did. Meanwhile, back at the airport. . . We arrive an hour and a half before take off only to find our Northwest flight to Memphis had been delayed until the afternoon, killing our chance to catch the connection to Orlando. AUGGHH. We wait in the long line to get up to the ticket agent to find out what we can do, or how long we will get to sit in the airports, reminding ourselves of our family meeting we had had before we left. Our agreement was that everyone was to get along and be in their very best mood, no matter what. So we kept telling ourselves, "It will all work out" as we waited for our turn. Guess what? IT all worked out. The ticket agent put us on a non-stop Continental flight leaving in 30 minutes, getting us to Orlando two hours ahead of schedule! We were thrilled, boarded immediately, and got to enjoy our kid's first plane ride. We even got lunch! Okay, so it was airplane sandwiches, but in our elation, it could have been cardboard and we'd have been happy. We arrived at MCO at 1:15, and called Tiffany Towncar who was supposed to be picking us up at Northwest baggage claim two hours later, to find out what we could do or if we needed to wait. The Tiffany rep answered immediately, and said, and I quote, "If your driver isn't at the Continental Baggage Claim in two minutes, call me back." We trucked down to baggage and found the driver there before the luggage. A big WHOOP for Tiffany Towncar! The cars are new and spacious and can handle five passengers and lots of luggage. We didn't need the grocery stop, so we were taken directly to the Wilderness Lodge in half an hour. We arrived at the Lodge, checked in with no waiting, and found our Gifts of a Lifetime order ready for us. Actually, it was about to be sent to our room when the counter agent stopped it and brought it to the front desk. As a surprise for my crew I had Guest of Honor Badges waiting for us, as well as Epcot Passports for each of the kids. The kids sat in kid-sized rockers and watched Lion King while I checked us in. I had logged our room preferences with CRO when I confirmed two weeks before our arrival and then faxed the Lodge room controller the night before we arrived, just as a last minute hope. We got more than we could have ever wanted. It was a sixth floor, right wing courtyard room, #6121, right over the waterfall that runs to the pool. The lights on the evergreens for Christmas shimmered below us at night. We could see the fireworks over the opposite roof from the MK, and we had a great view of the Electric Water Pageant from our balcony at 9:35 every night. The kids got bunkbeds and their is now a light over the beds (in a great deer motif) so you don't lose lighting in place of the bunks. I had read it got pretty dark because the regular light had to be removed, but the Lodge has certainly remedied that situation. The T.V. was hidden in a wonderful "wardrobe" piece. We had a table and two chairs to collapse into when someone else had collapsed on the bed, and we had a table and two chairs on the balcony. The queen size bed was very comfortable. He bathrooms had marble-topped dual sinks. Can you tell I loved our room? The Lodge is very convenient to the monorail, via the 5 minute ferry ride to the Contemporary, and about 12 minutes by ferry to the Magic Kingdom. The ferry rides were very nice and rarely crowded. The dock was about an 8 minute walk from our room, but we always had to go to Roaring Forks anyway to fill the mugs, so it worked out perfectly. We bought one of the fatter mugs for Bob and one of the taller mugs for me. Each morning we'd wash them out, and put the two in one gakllon size ziplock bag and put them in the bottom of the backpack. When we returned to the Lodge for a nap, we'd take them out and fill them up on the way to our room. I was in hog heaven wince the dispenser was stocked with Cherry Coke! After naps, we'd repeat the drill so we could fill them up at might when we returned. We ate at Roaring Forks three times for lunch/dinner and LOVED those cheeseburgers and fries. We ate there once and twice we got it to go to our room: very fast service and, for WDW, not very expensive. The burger/fries combo was about $5. We never ordered anything for breakfast, but there were plenty of grab and go muffins and pastries for those ready to eat on the go. The Lodge, itself, was just magical. Words cannot do this place justice. I can't imagine staying anywhere else, especially at the holidays. The tree soared to the upper floors, the fireplace was majestical, the bridge over the beginnings of the geyser stream a favorite of the kids. The decor and theme was right up our alley and carried out throughout the entire place: rugs, artwork, wood walls and furniture, even the fire extinguishers are covered in a Northwest themed red glass! We found the bus system to be flawless. Two mornings we had the bus to ourselves from pick up to drop off at Epcot and MGM. Both arrived very quickly (one as we were walking to the bus stop, another 5minutes later) and got us to the parks in a matter of minutes. Heading home at night was crowded, but my daughter and I were always given seats by gentlemen and their sons. The rest of the time we used the ferry/monorail system and loved it. The Unofficial Guide rates the WL transportation system as convoluted, but we found it to be very simple and efficient. Here's a tip that we stumbled upon to our great delight the first night we were there. Not wanting to waste a day of our Hoppers, we had planned a dinner at Chef Mickey's. We waited for the ferry at 5:50. One came along within a minute, but the driver informed us she was making the circuit to the Contemporary via the Fort Wilderenss dock. The other family waiting decided to wait for the other ferry that would be direct, but we were in an adventurous mood, and, being two hours ahead of schedule, we were not in any big rush, so we hopped aboard. After the stop at the campgrounds we were the only folks on board (besides the driver, of course) and right as we got under way the sky was lit with the MK fireworks! It was 6:00 and the park was closing to get ready for a night of MVMCP. WOW. The reflection of the fireworks off the bay and the private "cruise" all the way to the Contemporary left us near tears. After the crazy start this trip had given us, that 10 minute boat ride under the fireworks sky all made up for it. We literally skipped to Chef Mickey's that night. We checked in at 6:15 for our 6:30 PS and by the time we did our picture and met Goofy, our little flashing thingee went off two minutes after we sat down to wait. Our table was off to the back, so it was quieter than the main room. For us, this was not a bad thing. Chip appeared before we had even sat down, followed by Minnie, Dale, and Mickey. We were novices at the character interaction thing, but we did manage to get photos and autographs. Being suckers, we bought the $25 picture package (which they bring to your table). Two 8x10s each in folders with an 8x10 of Chef Mickey, plus two 2x3 magnets make up the package, and the picture was pretty good, so we added it on to the bill. Now, for those of you who want to get great FOOD for this $75 meal ($100 after the picture, remember) this is NOT the place to be. Yes, there was a pretty decent prime rib, but most of the food was bland, the peel and eat shrimp were either soggy or frozen solid, and the salad bar just OK. Nicholas ate two miniature hot dogs, Sam said the mac and cheese didn't taste right and just nibbled on her cheese pizza. It looks pretty good on paper when you check out the menu but the best part of the meal was the simple little make-your-own-sundae bar. Still not worth the $$ for characters you are going to meet in lots of other places and at lots of better character meals. We might try the breakfast at Chef Mickey's once but we won't do this dinner again. Still, the first day was a great start. We headed back to the Lodge and settled in for a good night's sleep for our first park day on Friday. It was on this night, around midnight, that Nicholas woke up throwing up and feverish. We got him back to sleep and by morning he swore he was fine and ready to see Epcot. Although he seemed to move at a little slower pace that day, he never ran a fever or got sick again. Go figure. December 15: Epcot At the start of the Unofficial Guide the writers liken touring strategies to a dance that you can go over and over again until the steps come naturally. Well, I needed more practice with Epcot. Swan Lake it was not. We arrived at 7:40 so the first Test Track EE folks were already out of sight and there was NO ONE ANYWHERE. The picture we took in front of the ball looks like the place had been deserted. We rented a stroller (hey! It's not deserted, there are two stroller attendants!) and then realized we didn't have the first clue where to go. We knew test track was open, but we weren't riding that, which is where everyone else had gone to get in line. We rode Spaceship Earth and my daughter, who was unsure of the dark, decided she really likes it. We played around on the games at the end. Now there were a few folks milling around. We had packed clothes that were too warm for the 80 degree weather that day, so we stopped at Mouse Gear and shopped for t-shirts. Samantha decided to spend her day's money on a Princess hat. She was irritated that she couldn't wear it in the stroller because it was too tall and we couldn't figure out how to collapse the canopy. Remember the dance metaphor? This is where it really gets bad. Mommy has left the guidebook at the Lodge because it took up too much room in the backpack. What mommy forgot was that her handy dandy laminated index card with the day's itinerary was IN the guidebook. Mommy has not read much about Epcot and can't remember what's what. So in we go to "Honey I Shrunk the Audience." Sam was out of there in five minutes, terrified. And that was only after the mice. She missed the lion and python, thankfully, but she still spent the rest of the day asking if anything would pop out at her on all of the rides we went on. She was pretty tense when we tried Muppet Vision Sunday because of this, too. My son and hubby came out raving about it, but Bob told me Nicholas nearly dove over the back of his seat when the python came out. When we exited, one of the CMs said she had seen 15 year olds come out freaked from the show. She probably wondered what kind of mother I am to even try this with a five year old. (What makes it worse is that Samantha has Russell Silver Syndrome, which makes her VERY small. She looks about 2 and weighs 30 pounds). While we waited for Bob and Nicholas outside, Samantha was calmed by the really cool jumping fountains of water that leap over and under all the walkways and plants. We headed for the Land Pavilion, where our PS at Garden Grille was. We had enough time to see all three attractions: Living With the Land, Food Rocks, and Circle of Life. Living with the Land might have been interesting if we could have understood the guide. There must have been something wrong with the sound system or he maybe was just mumbling unintelligibly. Food Rocks was about as corny as it gets, which was amusing, but my kids didn't recognize a LICK of the music. We did all enjoy the Circle of Life film, once Samantha realized nothing was going to jump out at her. Garden Grille Lunch got mixed reviews from our clan. My hubby thought the food was spectacular, and I agree it was good, far better than Chef Mickey's, but the four of us were SO cramped at the little half moon table. The circulating restaurant was OK but you couldn't see much, and people were always squeezing past each other trying to get by. The character interaction was better here. Chip drank Sam's soda and she had to check and see "if there was any left." Mickey and Pluto signed her coloring page, since both of them were on it. The Pluto pic I have in my signature was from there, too. Sliding around the booth four times to get out to take pictures when people were trying to get by was not so fun. Just not set up with enough room, IMO. Nicholas was looking a little green around the gills after lunch, so we did the Living Seas and took him back to the Lodge for some rest. We rode the monorail to the TTC, then the monorail to the Contemp, and then the ferry to the Lodge. This was probably the long way, but we'd never been on the monorail, so we had fun getting there. We didn't get to go back for World Showcase or the rest of Future World, even though we had planned to, so our Epcot experience was pretty slim. Next time I may talk Bob and Nicholas into trying Test Track. No one is interested in Body Wars thanks to squeamish stomachs, and we still need to do Journey Into Your Imagination. This does give us another good excuse to go back, though! So we nap at the Lodge until 4:30 and get up to head to our first trip to the Magic Kingdom for Mickey's Very Merry Christmas Party. We had 5:40 PS at Crystal Palace. I nearly had a heart attack when we went to go through the turnstiles and only had three party tickets! We found the other one after slowly going through the millions of cards we all carried. We had photocopied the backs of all our tickets, just in case, but it was still a flip out moment for me there for a minute. By this time, it's 5:35 so we just checked in on time. I could see us getting bumped and having to leave the park until the party, so I breathed a sigh of relief when we were immediately seated in a corner looking out the front windows. Sure enough, at 6:00 we had a sit-down view of the MK fireworks, this time right over the castle. The Crystal Palace food was identical to Chef Mickey's (sigh) but the character interaction was much better. We met with all the characters (Pooh, Tigger, Piglet, and Eeyore) at least three times. It helped that we were there for an hour and 40 minutes, I'm sure. My daughter drew a picture of the four characters and three of them signed it for her. It's on display in our scrapbook with our pictures. At 7:20 we were allowed into the park. We were there on the very last night MVMCP was offered, which was also a Friday. Imagine walking into Fantasyland and NO ONE is there! We rode everything with no wait, had our picture taken, took a picture of Cinderella's carriage with no one around. We also got several pics of the front of the castle with NO ONE in the pics but us. The free picture arrived at our home two weeks (on Christmas eve!) later and was nice and close, but don't expect much from the backgrouns. Cheesy green butcher paper with some cheap Walmart stuff pasted on it. Guess you get what you pay for. Our first ride in MK was, appropriately, Dumbo. My daughter and I rode a pink one and my son and husband rode the more macho purple, although their hats were covered up with red Christmas Santa hats! We soared above the nearly empty Fantasyland for 90 glorious seconds. We then rode Pooh and Pan, no waiting for either, and loved both. Soaring over the rooftops of London just can't be beat. We rode Pan twice in a row. It's a Small World was another story. This ride illustrated how BIG the world really is and much shorter we wanted the ride to be. But it's one of those things you HAVE to do once. And only once. We all loaded onto the carousel (there were about three other families on at that time) and rode to "When You Wish Upon a Star" which was quite appropriate, since our hearts had desired this trip for years! My son and husband both wanted to ride the war horse, but hubby grew up enough to make way for the prince. There are four horses across and I rode on the inner most one. I got a great picture, leaning back, of my three and their horses and the lights of Fantasyland. We all tried pulling the sword from the stone and I took a pic of each with that look of constipation on their faces and made a cute collage of them. My daughter was feeling adventurous and agreed to give Snow White a try. She did not like this one, although she perked up at the dwarves and the happy ending seemed to make it all OK, but the dark and the witch, especially the part with her about to drop the boulder on us, freaked her out. We had front row seats at the Belle Christmas show, and this was showing up for the show 15 minutes before it was to start. Everyone but mom was asked to be in the show. My chicken kids refused, although my daughter was dismayed to find out she could have been the angel who lights the tree. Dad got to play the beast, and the best part, he said teasingly, was that he got to hold hands with Belle. Priceless video here. One note, don't forget the still pictures - I was too busy capturing everything on video and didn't have any pics for the scrapbook. Once I figure out how to capture still images from the digital video, I'll be able to insert them, but those that don't have this capability should remember to snap! By 9:40 there was all of a five minute wait for Haunted Mansion. We all trooped in and by the time the lights went out in the pre-show room my daughter was done for, so she and I took the chicken exit and waited for Bob and Nicholas to emerge. Nicholas and I then rode while Bob and Sam cooled their heels. At 10:00 we were headed around the bend near Liberty Tree Tavern when the fireworks started. WOW! The end had fireworks going off 360 degrees around - you could spin in a circle and see them everywhere. The view near the Hall of Presidents was awesome. We headed for Main Street and enjoyed the flakes of "snow" fluttering about, and browsed the shops. About 10:30 we secured a spot curbside for the second parade near the corner of the Emporium. I took the kids across to the Confectioners' shop and bought yummies to munch on, although we had a time finding a nearby vendor for something to drink. We also bought Bob a Captain's hat embroidered with Cap'n Bob across the front. He was delighted. The Christmas parade is wonderful, especially with the "snow", but plan on napping that afternoon so you can stay up late enough to catch the second parade -- at 11:15, it's a stretch for the younger ones. The parade was filled with wonderful floats: the mirrored castle with all the couples, the giant Hunny Pot (to Pooh, from Pooh, the card reads), the Toy Story float with EVERYONE and their toy counterparts stacked on the back, Mrs. Claus' gingerbread kitchen SMELLING of gingerbread, Santa way up in his sleigh with a huge stuffed Mickey on top of all the other toys. . .it's a must see, and we caught part of it on another afternoon in the daylight and it wasn't as magical, so be sure to catch the Christmas parade at night. By midnight we were worn out and already near the exit, so we high tailed it back to the ferry landing and collapsed back at the Lodge. Our plan to use EE the next (Sat.) morning was useless. We HAD to get a bit more sleep. We got to MK the next morning at 9:45 to check in for our Cinderella PS. A HUGE thank you to Michael Cognovich who helped us out with a PS when there were no more to be found. When we arrived I heard the hostess say to the woman checking people in that that morning they had had over 100 no shows and had seated about 97 walk-ins! So if you have your heart set on the castle, try a walk-in when you get there. You may have to wait a bit, but IT IS WORTH IT. We entered to wait for our name and there was the Fairy Godmother on a great throne, holding court next to a beautiful Christmas tree. Samantha hopped up on the throne before the Godmother could even reach down to help her up. They visited for a good while and we were called within 10 minutes for our table, up the stairs and into the BRIGHT morning sunlight streaming through the castle windows. WARNING: DO NOT attempt to take pictures with this light anywhere behind the subject - they will NOT come out. The food was good but Samantha couldn't eat a bite. She just watched her princesses come around to her. She met Jasmine, Aladdin, Sleeping Beauty, Snow White, and Cinderella. Our favorite was Snow White, who was marvelous, and Cinderella, of course. We headed out at 11:00 to catch the Sword in the Stone ceremony. Merlin is said to always pick the quietest child, so my kids were SILENT. Unfortunately, my son is tall and a bit older than the boys that seem to get the nod the most often. It was still a fun show, and after Sir Charlie (the 20 something that was unsuccessful) had to hold Sir Brandon's (the e5 year old who pulled the sword up) cape and march around behind him, Merlin then called up another young man (maybe 18?) who was mentally retarded but mesmerized by the show and had him pull the sword, too and wear the cape, etc. It was very cool. We headed for Frontierland, by way of the Mickey Ice Cream bars (another photo op). Save the wrappers if they aren't too chocolaty. I cut the fronts of them and put them in our scrapbook alongside the pictures. Bob and Nicholas tried out the shooting arcade, and Nicholas bought his Disney hat. (Pin fever will start shortly and the hat will become the proud bearer of the pins.) We caught the Country Bear Jamboree's Christmas show next, with a 10 minute wait. This was the hottest afternoon, by the way, so we were glad to wait in the air conditioning. I do not understand how folks stand it in the summer. Texas is bad enough and I could never see spending thousands to languish in the Florida sun in crowds. God bless those of you who do it. The show was great fun - all Christmas carols - and the wall heads were decked out in Christmas hats while the bears were in various snow costumes. We are already pooped and with the heat and the crowds, we decide to head for the Lodge, but on the way we run into Bob's two holy grails: Captain Hook and the Pirates of the Caribbean. We waited behind about five families before getting our group picture with both Hook and Smee. I had made a card for Hook, but did not have a Smee picture, which sent Mr. Smee aterrible depression. He made as though he were leaving before we coaxed him back for a picture. He sadly signed Hook's card. Hook hadn't made things better by preening with his picture and stamping his foot and excitement when he first saw it. Now to Pirates. Samantha absolutely refused, so she and I shopped while Bob and Nicholas rode. The wait by this time was 40 minutes, so we had an hour to look around and spend money. It was nearly two and we left for the Lodge and a nap. We picked up Cheeseburgers at Roaring Forks and ate in our room before hitting the sack. That evening we headed for Fantasmic at MGM. My info had one show, at 7:30. We arrived at 6:00 to get in line so we could have a great seat, only to find out there were TWO shows that night, one at 6:30 and one at 8:30. The MK while crowded didn't seem overwhelming, but the hoards at MGM that night were awful. We decided to try our luck at the standing room only for the 6:30 show (since it was 6:00 and this was all that was left, or wait two and a half hours in the masses) and were THRILLED. No one stood. We filled up the right side of the bleachers minutes before the show (right behind the Dinner Party folks) and there is NOT a bad seat in the house. As long as you are centered on a water screen, you are good. There are three water screens, left, center, and right. Try to sit in the far right, far left, or dead center for a great view of the projections. Words cannot do this one justice but I will try. The pre-show was finishing up when the SRO folks were let in, so we got to do YMCA (caught on tape, of course) and a wave, which, with nearly 10000 people, is pretty impressive. Then we did a wave in slow motion, which was even better. We sang the Mickey Mouse club closing and the lights went out. The show pits Mickey's imagination against the evil forces such as the queen from Snow White, the dragon from Sleeping Beauty, and the serpent (Jafar) from Aladdin. You get to see laser lights, water "perform" in different colors, fireworks, FIRE (won't spoil it more than that), and projections of most of Disney animated films on the water. The princesses come out on beautiful floats, John Smith swings across the mountain, Pocahontas makes a dramatic appearance, black light costumed animals on canoes, Indians with torches in canoes, it all flows together. Mickey appears as himself, as the Brave Little Tailor, and as Sorcerer Mickey. The serpent and dragon have their moments in the dark. A giant riverboat FILLED with at least 40 Disney characters floats by, and, by the end, you are left speechless. For us, this was worth trip. "Some imagination, huh?" We headed back to the Lodge (on a crowded bus), gave in to the kids' need for more cheeseburgers, and watched the Electric Water Parade from our balcony before turning in sp we could head back to MGM for EE. Look for Part II: Sunday, Monday, and (sigh) Tuesday we go home <HTML><img src=http://torimask.tripod.com/Disney/anitink.gif><IMG BORDER="0" SRC="http://torimask.tripod.com/pluto1.jpg" WIDTH="100" HEIGHT="150">


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Posted by Shae on May 20, 2004
In Reply to: Hung up his spoon posted by ESC on May 20, 2004
: : Can anyone help with the origin of this phrase, said when someone dies - 'He's hung up his spoon'.
: : Was it something to do with prisoners in hulks?
: This sounds familiar. I believe this phrase has been discussed but I can't find it in the archives. Anyone remember?
I thought we had discussed before too. I vaguely remember it having to do with serving food from a pot suspended over the fire. Each member of the household had their own spoon to ladle the food and, when they died, their spoon was nailed to the fireplace. Something along those lines, anyway.


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AllFacebook's look at the Facebook pages of Minor League Baseball teams continues with the class-A South Atlantic League.
Class A is the lowest level in the minor-league system, where the least advanced prospects start out, but full-season class-A leagues are made up of more advanced prospects than short-season leagues.
Following is a look at the Facebook pages of the 14 South Atlantic League teams, in order of likes.
Greensboro Grasshoppers
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/greensborograsshoppers
Likes: 23,905
Major League affiliation: Miami Marlins
Notable features: Fans can buy tickets directly via the ball club's Facebook page. The Grasshoppers are also celebrating Christmas in July this Saturday.
Greenville Drive
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GreenvilleDrive
Likes: 21,632
Major League affiliation: Boston Red Sox
Notable features: Fans can buy tickets directly via the team's page. The Drive page also includes a tab hosting the team's Twitter feed, powered by Involver.
Charleston RiverDogs
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/chasriverdogs
Likes: 20,321
Major League affiliation: New York Yankees
Notable features: Fans can buy tickets directly via the RiverDogs' Facebook page, which also contains tabs featuring its content from Pinterest and Instagram, with the latter powered by Statigram.
Delmarva Shorebirds
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Delmarva-Shorebirds/44358779565
Likes: 15,467
Major League affiliation: Baltimore Orioles
Notable features: Fans can buy tickets directly via the Shorebirds' page. And its Annual Crab Feast is set for Saturday.
Savannah Sand Gnats
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/sandgnats
Likes: 14,924
Major League affiliation: New York Mets
Notable features: ShutterBugs.
Lakewood BlueClaws
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/BlueClaws1
Likes: 11,905
Major League affiliation: Philadelphia Phillies
Notable features: Bruce Springsteen Appreciation Night July 27.
Asheville Tourists
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/ashevilletourists
Likes: 10,699
Major League affiliation: Colorado Rockies
Notable features: Fans can buy tickets directly via the team's page. Wild Wing Café presents Thirsty Thursday.
Lexington Legends
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/LexLegends
Likes: 10,647
Major League affiliation: Kansas City Royals
Notable features: Fans can buy tickets directly via the Legends' Facebook page.
Rome Braves
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/RomeBravesOfficialFanPage
Likes: 10,542
Major League affiliation: Atlanta Braves
Notable features: Fans can buy tickets directly via the Braves' Facebook page. The team is also giving away tickets to Saturday's Reds at Braves MLB game to fans who correctly answer a trivia question.
Hickory Crawdads
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hickory-Crawdads-Baseball-Club/140795451844
Likes: 7,292
Major League affiliation: Texas Rangers
Notable features: Appalachian Summer Festival contest.
Augusta GreenJackets
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/GreenJacketsBaseball
Likes: 7,111
Major League affiliation: San Francisco Giants
Notable features: Contest to win four free tickets to Saturday's Major League Baseball contest, in which the Atlanta Braves host the Cincinnati Reds.
West Virginia Power
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/wvpowerbaseball
Likes: 6,863
Major League affiliation: Pittsburgh Pirates
Notable features: Photobomb Your Way to Pittsburgh contest.
Kannapolis Intimidators
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/KannapolisIntimidators?ref=br_tf
Likes: 6,706
Major League affiliation: Chicago White Sox
Notable features: Salute to the Piedmont Boll Weevils Saturday.
Hagerstown Suns
Facebook page: https://www.facebook.com/pages/Hagerstown-Suns-Official-Fan-Page/383129467467
Likes: 6,369
Major League affiliation: Washington Nationals
Notable features: Fans can buy tickets directly via the Suns' Facebook page. The team also holds Thirsty Thursdays, presented by Benny's Pub, home of Antietam Brewery, offering $1 draft and $2 craft beers.


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A blog about the lives of a classical homeschooling family, in the idyllic Wet Coast, err, West Coast, of British Columbia. Oh, I know, it doesn't ALWAYS rain...it just seems like it.
Wednesday, April 28, 2010
Pink Moon Ramblings
6 comments:
- Fiddler said...
You could start a meme. I'm sure I could find an online beautiful picture of my desk. And then the "real" picture of the two stacks of miscellaneous books, dvds, air pump (?), clipboard, plus the inverted tower of cds topped by. . . okay I'm just going to have to take a photo because it's too hard to describe what's currently taking over every square centimeter of my desk except where the keyboard and mouse are.
Your Companion in Clutter.
- April 29, 2010 at 1:12 PM
- Suji said...
LOL...may I join the club of clutterers? But I must admit I try to declutter more often than I try to home educate. I would gladly declare a holiday if it meant I could spend the day having less clutter. The only spot I just cannot attack is our coffeetable. We currently have 9 texts, about 300 pieces of paper in all sorts of states of matter, a jacob's ladder, a bowl of Hershey's pieces, a sorry looking comb, 2 Netflix envelopes (without discs), a cipher wheel and this laptop.
- April 29, 2010 at 3:41 PM
- Fiddler said...
Aha! Too much homeschooling, not enough decluttering. That must be what's going on in our house. {snicker}
The house was soooooooooo neat and clean back in September & October, though, so maybe that is it. (Though I suspect a generally chaotic lifestyle might have something to do with it.) In the interest of full disclosure, we haven't used our workboxes for weeks because they're too filled with crap right now. Sigh. After my last concert I will attack the clutter. I will, I will, I will.
- April 29, 2010 at 3:53 PM
- sheila said...
Ah, the Clutterers Club. Sounds like something from a Sherlock Holmes story (and way more romantic and cool, too).
We have a very cluttered house, all except for the bits where my dh's stuff is. He is weirdly tidy and likes to point this out to me regularly. Every so often I think "my kids are going to remember me as a friendly Bag Lady" and despair. Then I see something out in the garden that needs weeding...
- April 29, 2010 at 4:11 PM
- Suji said...
He he, looks like we need a Clutterers and Weeders Anonymous! It will be fun. Friendly bag lady with a wicked green thumb, a workboxing violin virtuoso and a blogger who can't stop fiddling with her blog's html!
- April 29, 2010 at 11:09 PM
- sheila said...
I suspect more will come out of the woodwork, too. There's a reason most people don't post photos of their working spaces on their blogs, and I don't think it's anything to do with privacy!
The more I think about it the more I like the idea of a Clutterers Club. It's the sort of place where I would never feel inadequate, because I, I am a Master Clutterer.
- April 29, 2010 at 11:19 PM


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Profiles and Transitions of Groups at Risk of Social Exclusion: Lone Parents
This study attempts to answer the following basic question: why do some lone parents escape low income or never enter spells of low income or social assistance (SA), while others remain in low income or on SA for many years? The analysis relies on the 1993-98 longitudinal panel of the Survey of Labour and Income Dynamics (SLID). The main focus is lone mothers, since they account for 93% of low income lone parents. The results make somewhat of a case for investing more in education. However, this is not conclusive. Many lone mothers who are in low income or SA recipients have a post-secondary certification. Also, a higher level of education does not seem to have any benefits in terms of shortening SA spells. The fact that half of new SA recipients exit within the first two years suggest that policies should be well targeted. However, waiting for several years to ascertain who are long term recipients is not the best targeting strategy. Not only is valuable time wasted, but there is evidence that the longer individuals stay on SA, the more difficult it is to exit. A better strategy is to keep probing the characteristics of SA recipients that are associated with long spells and develop programs that are targeted to those characteristics. And since lack of paid work or limited attachment to paid work are common factors among the low income and SA recipients, the main focus should be on providing employment services (such as referrals and employment counseling), coupled with a more generous treatment of earnings under SA and wage subsidies to those able to work a significant number of paid hours.
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- Kapsalis, C.Finnie, R., 1998.
"The Connection Between Literacy and Work: Implications for Social Assistance Recipients,"
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- Kapsalis, Constantine, 1998. "The Connection between Literacy and Work: Implications for Social Assistance Recipients," MPRA Paper 25737, University Library of Munich, Germany.
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- Allen, Douglas W, 1993. "Welfare and the Family: The Canadian Experience," Journal of Labor Economics, University of Chicago Press, vol. 11(1), pages 201-223, January.
- Kapsalis, Costa, 2001. "An Assessment of EI and SA Reporting in SLID," Analytical Studies Branch Research Paper Series 2001166e, Statistics Canada, Analytical Studies Branch.
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My mom and I decided to go to a World Market that is 3.5 hours from me. We had never been but heard great things about it and wanted to see for ourselves! We loved it! It is such a fun store!
It was described to me to be about the size of a large Old Navy and that was a great comparison. However, I am sure they are all different sizes. After we went to World Market we looked on the radar and saw snow was coming so we decided to go to Crate and Barrel and then head home. Well, ten minutes on the road home, we saw this.
It was almost immediate and was a mixture of snow and ice. After we drove/slid 3.5 hours and had not even made it half way, we decided to pull over for the night. Unfortunately there is about two choices of hotels between here and there.
We picked the choice with doors on the inside of the building but it was still not a pleasant experience. We had nothing but we were able to make it to a Walmart to get a toothbrush, pajamas for Reagan and some baby food.
The next morning the roads were pretty clear so we came straight home to take showers and eat lunch. :)
Now, on to the fun part! Here are some pictures of my finds.
I can always use chalkboard labels!
I just love this cute kitchen towel and these bird wooden spoons.
I've lost several measure spoons (how does that even happen?) so I picked up a new set and some fun jars.
I don't need a sugar and cream set but I will probably use these to hold flowers or just use them for display somewhere.
I got Westin and Reagan an Easter basket. I might attempt to sew liners for these!
My favorite find was one I didn't even plan on getting but when I saw this rug, I couldn't pass it up.
We needed a new rug in our kitchen and I just love this one.
Overall, we had a wonderful adventure! Reagan couldn't have been better (well, she could have slept all night, but who would in that crib?) and we have a fun story to tell. :) World Market was great, although they didn't have any Valentine stuff out yet (or maybe it was all gone) and I am already looking forward to going back! But probably when the weather is warm and no chance of snow. :) Thanks, Mom for always being willing to go anywhere with me!


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Finding yourself in the company of a seasoned professional in your field who is open to your insistent questions about how to succeed in your career is typically a rare opportunity. Thankfully, times are changing for the next generation of talented performers.
Looking to close the gap between novice actors and industry professionals is Stagelighter, an interactive website tailored to theater performers seeking personalized advice from experts such as Shoshana Bean, Telly Leung, and Rebecca Luker, casting directors from notable companies, and more. The website has just launched out of its beta period, adding lower rates, 50 new coaches, and video feedback.
In the years before the Internet, website co-founder Tadzio Smith wrote letters to Broadway stars and conservatory faculty members looking for advice from knowledgeable sources about finding success in the entertainment industry; he received little response. Stagelighter.com has become his solution to the problem he and many other performers not living in a big city such as New York or Los Angeles faced and still face on a regular basis.
"I grew up literally on an island in Canada, and I got into theater by a fluke, got into music by a fluke, and I really started to look to people for guidance and how to pursue this," Smith said. "Throughout that entire process I was just thinking, There must be an easier way for people who aren't in the big [entertainment] centers to connect with top professionals and get feedback, and really personal feedback."
Stagelighter users upload their résumé, a headshot, and two videos—detailing desired roles, inspirations, and a monologue or song performance—and receive a response from their chosen coach within two weeks. Mentors have video introductions to familiarize users with their expertise, making it easy for actors to personalize their approach to being a mentee. The choice of working with one or many coaches who span factions of the industry gives users even more freedom to work with people who have a grasp both of teaching and their profession.
"The agents we have, they're all former actors; they went to school for acting, so they understand the nuts and bolts of the technique, as well as the business side of it, and that's really important," said Smith. "The actors we have on the site, most of the performers teach anyhow when they can. This just opens up a new avenue for them to teach and to reach out to people they wouldn't normally get to work with."
Coaches can provide written or video feedback, and their prices range from $29 to $79; in honor of the site's official launch, casting director Michael Cassara will provide video assessments for $19 until the end of October.
"I think it's really appealing for [professionals] because a lot of them want to teach their experience. They would love to share their knowledge with the 18-year-old version of themselves—there's just no easy way to do that," said Smith. Until now.


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Back in 2006, in an article titled "A storm of art as Baselmania engulfs Miami," New York Times art critic Roberta Smith predicted that
Art fairs will continue to flourish until the bottom falls out of the art market, or until dealers, who invented them, decide that there is a better way to do things.
The global recession never quite saw the bottom fall out of the art market, but it has arguably spawned a number of dealer-invented alternatives to the more traditional art fair model, such as Independent in New York, Sunday in London, and ABC in Berlin. But back in 2006, Smith highlighted one pioneering effort as an indication of what she thought the future held:
Two dealers already on this quest are Ronald Feldman, a longtime SoHo gallerist, and Joe Amrhein of Pierogi, a Williamsburg fixture. They have rented a raw one-story building in the Wynwood district here and filled its 12,000 square feet with works by artists they represent.
Fast forward to 2010, and the model Pierogi and Feldman built has evolved into a venture that now includes seven contemporary art galleries, including London's Hales Gallery, who began participating in 2007, and New York's BravinLee programs, Postmasters, P•P•O•W, and (my own gallery) Winkleman, who all join for the first time this year. The focus of this expanded effort, called simply SEVEN, is in creating an exhibition experience within the context of Miami's art fair week defined by the needs of each artist's work. The press release on the event's website explains this idea in more depth. What the press release doesn't explain is how each decision about SEVEN (whether on marketing, installation placements, shipping costs, etc.) is agreed to by us, the participating dealers, and that the costs are so significantly less than participating in one of the larger fairs that the 24,000 square foot space we'll be sharing this year offers an opportunity to present work in Miami that would be cost-prohibitive, if possible at all, at the big box fairs. Because each of the participating galleries' programs include presenting large-scale installations, for the first time we new participants have the chance to bring such work to Miami and better reflect what we're about to that audience.
Another appeal of SEVEN's model is something that requires a bit of clarification about the art dealer's point of view to explain fully. Anyone who has the independence, ambition, and ego it requires to open a commercial art gallery (or the stamina to have kept it afloat over the past two years) will undoubtedly not love all the rules and restrictions that larger fairs require of participants. Of course, from a fair organizer's point of view, it is understandable with an operation as complex as they have, with products as expensive as fine art, and with visitor expectations as high as they are among the world's top collectors, that they cannot cater to each dealer's whims or risk protracted, time-consuming debates by explaining each decision to egomaniacal dealers who refuse to take "No" for an answer. Guidelines and restrictions are necessary to keep the whole thing smoothly moving along. But from my point of view, coming as I do from my little kingdom in which it's the vision of the artist first and foremost that dictates how we present the artwork, and not a 10-page contract, SEVEN is a vastly superior option in this regard.
What SEVEN doesn't have, of course, is the collective audience draw of hundreds of the world's best-known galleries, or their advertising budgets, or their VIP lounge sponsors. But we're OK with that. None of those things truly make the viewing experience better. In fact, they can greatly hinder it. Which isn't to say I don't enjoy the bigger fairs. I find them oddly comforting (so much attention being paid to what begins as humble materials and efforts in some studio). But it is exhilarating to be able to dream big with your artists within the Miami context and not have to sell a body part to pay for it.
It's also truly refreshing to strategize and discuss the plans and logistics of the event with other dealers who completely understand and empathize with my concerns, and aspirations, for the week. An art fair experience designed by dealers with their artists' visions dictating the choices…I suspect the idea will quickly catch on.


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Welcome everybody to Episode 42, be sure to visit stemcellpodcast.com for current and past episodes and to sign up for our newsletter. We begin as always with our Science Roundup sponsored by Thermo Fisher. In this episode we discuss topics ranging from, genomic analyses of brain tumors, cheap long lasting cell phone batteries, expansion microscopy, feeder stem cell culture may be better than feeder free, hESCs are not being used as gold standard as much anymore, stem cells for dogs, a new RIKEN president, a new possible model for liver disease using iPSCs, etc. Then we bring on neuroscientist and stem cell pioneer Dr. Fred "Rusty" Gage, a professor at the Salk Institute where he discusses past, present, and future work of stem cells and neurogenesis. We then finish off the show with a rant on packing peanuts.
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A Chrysler executive told Auto Week that if the company were to produce its 850hp supercar, the ME Four Twelve, it would get a steeper price tag than that of the $140,000 Ford GT. Since when do all supercars have to compete with each other? The ME is in league with cars in the north-of-$250,000 range like the half-mil Ferrari Enzo or Mercedes SLR McLaren. Slow news day?
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According to the San Francisco Chronicle, Oakland city officials will reward anyone who turns in a gun this Saturday in Sobrante Park and next week in DeFremery Park with two tickets to the Dec. 15 concert by GUNS N' ROSES at Oracle Arena."GUNS N' ROSES — the band?" asked Mike Magardo, a 34-year-old Oakland resident. "I think that's a little off the mark. In general, the folks who would show up for a gun exchange in those neighborhoods either don't know or care who GUNS N' ROSES are." "Why would any youngsters want to go see GUNS N' ROSES," Andrew Smith, 32, asked. Mark Lipsett, a 45-year-old banker, said, "That seems crazy to me. How about Raiders tickets, Warriors tickets, a pizza coupon, just about anything," he said. Etah Allah, 31, who grew up in West Oakland, summed it up nicely. "I wouldn't give them a sling shot," he said. "In fact, given some of the things that (Axl) Rose has said about black folks, I think I should get a gun for just going to the concert," he said, bringing a laugh from his friends. Joe DeVries, who runs Oakland's violence-prevention program with tax funds from voter-approved Measure Y, says the GUNS N' ROSES promotion is admittedly not a great match. But he hopes it's the start of a program that will expand to include acts that speak to younger black audiences. "I recognize that GUNS N' ROSES isn't a band that a lot of Oakland kids listen to, but there are so many stolen guns used in crimes in this city we'll take any guns we can get," he said. Read more at SFGate.com. (Thanks: Nojobhavinmuthafucka)
Turn In A Gun, Get Tickets To GUNS N' ROSES Concert
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GENEVA, Switzerland, Sept. 12 (UPI) -- Income inequality, based on trends in the past three decades, has been increasing both within countries and between them, says a U.N. report.
The report by the U.N. Conference on Trade and Development said the share of wages in total income fell in most developed and in many developing countries in the past 30 years, such as 5 percentage points or more in Australia, the United Kingdom and the United States and by 10 percentage points or more in France, Germany and Ireland.
"In several countries, the richest 1 percent of the population now accounts for 10 to 20 percent of national wealth," the report said.
In a similar shift between countries, the per capita income of the 15 richest nations was 62 times that of the 15 poorest countries in 2000, compared with 44 times in 1980.
UNCTAD urged governments to use fiscal and labor market policies to reduce income inequality, saying such measures would lead to inclusive growth, reduce income inequality and help expand demand for businesses to increase investment.
"This goal is worthwhile not only for reasons of fairness and social welfare, but because it would improve economic performance," UNCTAD said, noting high income inequality deprives people access to education and credit, resulting in a waste of a country's economic potential.
The UNCTAD report also warned growth is slowing in all regions of the world "hamstrung in part by austerity measures that are hampering demand in the major developed-country markets, thus cutting the export prospects of developing countries." Global growth dropped to 2.7 percent in 2011 from 4.1 percent in 2010 and that growth for 2012 is expected to be below 2.5 percent.


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Just found this used. I'm stoked.
Album Rating: 5.0This album is...genius. So amazing. Everything is perfect with it, everything exactly in the right place. Just listen to Telephasic Workshop, goddamn.
Album Rating: 4.0finally got around to this, very very very nice
took about two years, but finally came around to this
Album Rating: 4.0love it when that happens, hope this clicks with me beyond hey cool chill music
i think with albums like this you just have to stop looking. never liked this ever since i bought it just because i was waiting for it to be catchy and whatnot
Album Rating: 4.5The best pieces of music ever conceived? I'm starting to think so. Lush, deep, beautiful, nostalgic, relaxing, therapeutic, thirst-quenching. I'm smoking a fat joint watching 8MM home movies in my head to ROYGBIV
Album Rating: 4.5The difference between the effects of marijuana and this album, are minimal.
Album Rating: 5.0but this is better
Album Rating: 4.5True. Roygbiv is the greatest track to go bouncing too(whatever that may be).
Album Rating: 5.0 | Sound OffDefinitely in my top five albums of all time.
It has implanted it's own memories in my brain.
Album Rating: 4.5 | Sound OffIt's amazing how insidious thia album is!!!!!true grower!!!
Album Rating: 5.0Easy, 5
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Album Rating: 5.0hell yeah
Album Rating: 3.0I don't know why I haven't listened to this before, Geogaddi is fantastic
Album Rating: 5.0Ur in for a treat, both are 5s. But the best on here is slightly better than the best on Geogaddi (Roygbiv, Sixtyten, Turquoise Hexagon Sun, Aquarius)
Album Rating: 4.5Can't believe I'm just picking this up now.
Album Rating: 4.5This album is currently blowing my mind
Album Rating: 5.0It only gets better with time.
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On BB5, I never liked Drew (seemed like I was the only one at the time) and I LOVED Diane! So I'm glad to see that she seems happy and I wish her the best in her marriage. As for Drew being arrested... not surprised.
So my peeps might never win the game of BB, but I'm okay with that as long as they win in the game of life!


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Wakefield trying to earn spot on roster
Wakefield trying to earn spot on roster
"I think I've been pretty good at living in the moment," he said. "I never looked at past performances, or, you know five starts from now or five appearances from now. That's how I've been my whole career, really."
Not a bad trait for the 44-year-old, who's seven wins shy of 200, to have right now.
Before Wakefield gave up four home runs in a six-batter span and was chased by the Rays after three innings Friday night, Terry Francona offered no assurance earlier in the day that he would be on the Opening Day roster.
"We're going to have some interesting decisions to make here come this last week," the Red Sox manager said.
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The answer was in response to a question about Wakefield and Alfredo Aceves, how they're similar -- Wakefield's knuckleball aside. They both can start as comfortably as they can relieve, and it's possible that there may not be room for both on the 25-man roster. But Francona won't say.
"I wouldn't do that to these guys," he said. "These guys have a stressful couple weeks ahead of them. I'm not going to make it worse if I sit here and tell you everybody who's in the bullpen, then whoever's not -- that's not a good way to do it."
Wakefield was in a bad way Friday night. He gave up leadoff doubles hit hard down the right-field line in the first and second inning, but that was innocuous enough compared to the succession that started with two out in the second.
First it was Kelly Shoppach, who hit a 2-0 pitch for a two-run homer. Two batters later, two more runs came on Ben Zobrist's homer.
Wakefield got out of the second, only to give up two more homers consecutively to start the third. The first was to Evan Longoria, the next to Manny Ramirez.
That's dejecting, no matter how long one's been around.
A knuckler that stays high in the zone has always spelled trouble, though Wakefield said he and pitching coach Curt Young felt like the pitch was moving well. To Wakefield, it has been all spring.
"I know the one Longoria hit out, I couldn't believe he hit it, because it was like he was way out in front, kind of scooped it," Wakefield said. "I just knew myself from a mechanical standpoint, I felt like I was rushing to the plate with my body and not allowing my arm to catch up. The sharpness of the knuckleball's not going to be there the way that I want it to be."
Wakefield's Grapefruit League ERA is 7.45 -- seven runs in eight innings. He had allowed just one earned run in five innings entering the day. He gave up seven hits on Friday, too, but also struck out two and walked just one.
For as adamant as Wakefield is that he doesn't look to the future, though, he might be more adamant about how little he cares about spring stats. He never paid attention to any of them, he said. Not whether a good spring correlates to a good April, nothing.
"You want to pitch well, obviously," Wakefield said. "But my biggest concern is staying healthy all spring, and obviously, building my innings up and getting ready to pitch in April sometime."
In the last year of his contract and long on the brink of retirement, Wakefield's always preferred starting. Last spring, it was possible that Wakefield could win a spot in the rotation. That's not the case this season, barring an injury involved in the final two weeks.
Wakefield's next outing is to be a Minor League game on Thursday at the Sox Minor League complex, potentially his last start before camp ends. He said he doesn't need many outings in relief to be ready out of the pen, he just needs to build arm strength. Francona agreed.
So Wakefield has the certainty of knowing what his role on the team is, and the certainty of knowing what he needs to do to be ready for the season. There's just no certainty he'll be on the team.
Evan Drellich is a reporter for MLB.com. Follow him on Twitter @EvanDrellich. This story was not subject to the approval of Major League Baseball or its clubs.


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Jean A. Koopman, Janesville, WI (1943-2014)
August 21, 1943 - August 23rd, 2014
Jean A. Koopman, age 71, of Janesville, passed away on Saturday, Aug. 23, 2014, at home. She was born on Aug. 21, 1943, to Lenard and Audrey (Davis) Holloway and grew up in Beloit, WI. After graduation from Beloit Memorial High School, Jean married her high school sweetheart, Jerry Koopman, on Sept. 15, 1961. The family moved to Janesville, in 1975. She and her husband ran Koopman Plumbing Company and she also worked for Crosby Ave. Self Storage and Tuescher Property Management for 22 years, retiring in 2010.
Jean enjoyed traveling throughout the United States, Canada, and the Cayman Islands. Many family vacations were spent downhill skiing at Indianhead in Michigan, and also spent at their cabin in Hayward, WI. In later years, golf became the sport she and Jerry enjoyed together. Hobbies included crossword puzzles and Ancestry. Jean loved spending time with her family and adored her grandchildren.
Jean is survived by her husband, Jerry; three children: Debbie (Tom) Bowman, Kristin (David) Woodbeck, Travis (Kristin) Koopman; three grandchildren: Mandy (Jared) Thompson, Emma Halverson, and Trent Koopman; two great-grandchildren, Nolan and Grayson Thompson; three siblings: Jim (Hilda) Holloway, Gary (Sue) Holloway and Sue Raymer; and many nieces; nephews and other extended family and friends. Jean was preceded in death by her parents; a brother, Jerry Holloway; and a brother-in-law, Phil Raymer.
Memorial services will be held at 4 p.m. on Friday, Aug. 29, 2014, at the SCHNEIDER APFEL SCHNEIDER & SCHNEIDER FUNERAL HOME & CREMATORY. A visitation will be held on Friday from 2 p.m. until the time of service at the FUNERAL HOME. For online obituary and registry: www.schneiderfuneraldirectors.com