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|MLB Career Stats
|21st in AL
|10th in AL
|17th in AL
|3rd in AL
|22nd in AL
|June 30, 2015
|Round Rock Express released RHP Jared Burton.
|May 26, 2015
|RHP Jared Burton assigned to Round Rock Express.
|May 26, 2015
|Round Rock Express activated RHP Jared Burton.
|May 24, 2015
|Texas Rangers signed free agent RHP Jared Burton to a minor league contract.
|May 16, 2015
|Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders released RHP Jared Burton.
|May 7, 2015
|RHP Jared Burton assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders from Tampa Yankees.
|May 5, 2015
|RHP Jared Burton assigned to Tampa Yankees from Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
|April 9, 2015
|RHP Jared Burton assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
|March 26, 2015
|New York Yankees released RHP Jared Burton.
|February 23, 2015
|RHP Jared Burton assigned to Scranton/Wilkes-Barre RailRiders.
|February 16, 2015
|New York Yankees signed free agent RHP Jared Burton to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|October 30, 2014
|RHP Jared Burton elected free agency.
|April 4, 2012
|Minnesota Twins selected the contract of Jared Burton from Rochester Red Wings.
|April 4, 2012
|Minnesota Twins activated RHP Jared Burton.
|November 12, 2011
|Minnesota Twins signed free agent RHP Jared Burton to a minor league contract and invited him to spring training.
|November 12, 2011
|Jared Burton assigned to Rochester Red Wings.
|October 31, 2011
|Cincinnati Reds sent Jared Burton outright to Louisville Bats.
|September 1, 2011
|Cincinnati Reds recalled Jared Burton from Louisville Bats.
|August 23, 2011
|Cincinnati Reds optioned Jared Burton to Louisville Bats.
|August 23, 2011
|Jared Burton roster status changed by Louisville Bats.
|July 29, 2011
|AZL Reds sent RHP Jared Burton on a rehab assignment to Louisville Bats.
|July 19, 2011
|Jared Burton assigned to AZL Reds.
|April 18, 2011
|Jared Burton roster status changed by Cincinnati Reds.
|March 30, 2011
|Cincinnati Reds placed RHP Jared Burton on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to March 29, 2011. Right shoulder inflammation.
|October 13, 2010
|Cincinnati Reds activated RHP Jared Burton.
|October 6, 2010
|Cincinnati Reds reassigned RHP Jared Burton to the minor leagues.
|September 13, 2010
|Cincinnati Reds recalled RHP Jared Burton from Louisville Bats.
|September 1, 2010
|Jared Burton roster status changed by Louisville Bats.
|August 10, 2010
|Louisville Bats placed RHP Jared Burton on the 7-day disabled list. Left oblique strain.
|May 19, 2010
|Louisville Bats activated RHP Jared Burton from the 7-day disabled list.
|April 10, 2010
|Louisville Bats placed RHP Jared Burton on the 7-day disabled list retroactive to April 8, 2010. Thyroid testing.
|April 2, 2010
|Cincinnati Reds optioned RHP Jared Burton to Louisville Bats.
|August 10, 2009
|Jared Burton roster status changed by Cincinnati Reds.
|August 6, 2009
|Dayton Dragons sent RHP Jared Burton on a rehab assignment to Louisville Bats.
|August 5, 2009
|Louisville Bats sent RHP Jared Burton on a rehab assignment to Dayton Dragons.
|July 26, 2009
|Cincinnati Reds placed RHP Jared Burton on the 15-day disabled list retroactive to July 25, 2009. Right shoulder fatigue
|July 20, 2009
|Cincinnati Reds recalled Jared Burton from Louisville Bats.
|July 1, 2009
|Cincinnati Reds optioned Jared Burton to Louisville Bats.
|June 2, 2009
|Cincinnati Reds recalled Jared Burton from Louisville Bats.
|June 1, 2009
|Cincinnati Reds optioned Jared Burton to Louisville Bats.
Levi Jared Burton...1999 graduate of West Oak (S.C.) High School...attended Western Carolina University in Cullowhee, N.C.2013
Began season on Twins Opening Day roster for second consecutive season...Posted a 0.96 ERA (9.1 IP, 1 ER) in 10 April appearances...Did not allow a home run in first 19 appearances (18.0 IP) April 3-May 17...Recorded first save of the season May 11 vs. Baltimore with 1.0 scoreless inning...Recorded 15 holds pre-All-Star break, tied for eighth most in the American League...Allowed just one home run in a 28-game span (25.2 IP) June 8-August 15...Posted 19 consecutive scoreless appearances July 4-August 15, 17.1 scoreless innings in that span...Set single-season career-high with 65th appearance September 8 vs. Toronto...reached 62.1 innings pitched September 12 vs. Oakland, setting a single season career-high...Led the Twins with 27 holds-tied for fourth most in the AL and tied for sixth most in baseball...Appeared in 71 games, tied for ninth most in the AL for right-handers...led all relievers in baseball with nine losses.2012 Was an invite to spring training...made Twins Opening Day roster, his first on a major league Opening Day roster since 2009 (Cincinnati) and fourth time in career (also Cincinnati in 2007 & 2008). ... Made Twins debut April 7 at Baltimore, allowing two runs on two hits in 1.0 inning. ... His 0.73 ERA (12.1 IP, 1 ER) in June was seventh lowest in the AL for the month (minimum of 10.0 IP). ... Did not allow a hit to 34 consecutive batters April 12-May 11 (11.1 IP). ... Walked one batter in 20-game span (20.0 IP) April 30-June 22. ... Posted 16-game scoreless appearance streak June 12-July 29 (16.2 IP). ... Won first game as Twin and 11th win of career with 1.1 scoreless innings June 20 at Pittsburgh. ... Recorded first career save with 1.0 scoreless inning June 24 at Cincinnati...earned second career save in next appearance (1.0 IP) June 25 vs. Chicago-AL. ... Appeared in 200th career game July 7 at Texas. ... His .189 opponent batting average was ninth lowest in American League among relievers before All-Star break. ... Held opponents scoreless in 35 of 39 appearances June 12 through the end of season, posting an ERA of 1.17 (38.1 IP, 5 ER) in that span. ... Charged with six runs allowed (1 earned) August 23 at Texas, marking most for a Twins reliever since Brian Bass allowed seven May 24, 2008 at Detroit. ... Set single season career-high with 54th appearance September 8 vs. Cleveland; set new career-high with 55th September 9 vs. Cleveland. ... 54 of 64 appearances on the season were scoreless. ... Led club in holds (18), the most for a Twins reliever since Matt Guerrier had 23 in 2010. ... Allowed just one of 13 inherited runners to score (7.7%), second lowest percentage in AL (minimum 50.0 IP). ... Was one of just four AL relievers and seven relievers in baseball with at least 50 appearances (64), an ERA under 2.20 (2.18) and a battingaverage- against under .190 (.186); the others being Fernando Rodney (76 G, 0.60 ERA, .167 BAA), Ryan Cook (71 G, 2.09 ERA, .166 BAA), Jake McGee (69 G, 1.95 ERA, .168 BAA), Sergio Romo (69 G, 1.79 ERA, .185 BAA), Aroldis Chapman (68 G, 1.51 ERA, .141 BAA) and Craig Kimbrel (63 G, 1.01 ERA, .126 BAA). 2011 Started the season on the 15-day disabled list with right shoulder inflammation (officially put on DL, March 29)...transferred to 60-day disabled list, April 18...had right shoulder surgery, April 22...Went on rehab assignment, July 19-August 17, making three rehab starts for the AZL Reds and seven more rehab starts for Triple-A Louisville...Reinstated from the 15-day disabled list, August 22 and was officially optioned to Triple-A...Eight of his 11 appearances for the Bats were scoreless before being recalled on September 1...Made his first appearance, allowing two runs in 0.2 innings, September 1 vs. Philadelphia...Did not allow a run in his final five appearances (4.0 ip), with just three hits allowed in that time...Was outrighted off Cincinnati's roster, September 31 and elected free agency. 2010 Was 1 of 6 players to spend the entire season with Class AAA Louisville (Zack Cozart, Chad Reineke, Wilkin Castillo, Todd Frazier, Danny Dorn)...following the International League playoffs was recalled and retired all 10 batters faced for the Reds...began the season on the Bats' disabled list with thyroid dysfunction (4/8-5/18)...from 8/10-8/31 returned to Louisville's DL with a strained left oblique...was recalled on 9/13 and 3 days later vs Ari made his season debut by throwing a perfect ninth inning in the 3-1 loss...made 4 hitless apps as the Reds battled for the National League Central Division title. 2009 Began the season with CIN and posted a 6.33 ERA in 20 apps before he was optioned to Louisville on 6/1, when Edinson Volquez came off the disabled list...never left the team and was recalled the next day, when Volquez returned to the disabled list...posted a 2.19 ERA in 9 more apps for the Reds before he was optioned to Louisville on 7/1...returned to CIN on 7/20 and made 2 more apps before he went on the disabled list with right shoulder fatigue (7/26-8/9)...in 22 apps after he came off the DL posted a 2.35 ERA, including a 1.20 ERA in his last 15 apps of the season...didn't allow a run in 9.0 innings over his last 9 apps, his longest scoreless streak of the season. 2008 From 7/19-9/1 missed 39g while on the 15-day disabled list with a strained right latissimus muscle...posted a 2.23era in 43 apps (47.1ip) prior to his disabling and a 7.84era in 11 apps (10.1ip) after he came off the DL...in the 27 apps prior to his disabling had posted a 0.85era (31.2ip, 3er)...13 times threw more than 1.0 inning and 8 times threw 2.0 innings... his career-high 5-game winning streak (4/20-9/8) tied Bronson Arroyo for the longest by a Reds pitcher in 2008...twice was the victim of blown saves, in the 18-inning loss at SD on 5/25 and the 8-7 loss on 6/7 at Fla...the Reds went 28-26 in his apps...was 1 of only 5 Reds pitchers to participate in more winning games than losing games (Bronson Arroyo, Francisco Cordero, Edinson Volquez, David Weathers)...on 5/27 vs Pit, in his first career plate appearance, was struck out by Marino Salas. 2007 In his Major League debut posted a 2.51era in 47 relief apps...among National League rookie pitchers ranked seventh in apps...twice was on the 15-day disabled list, from 4/8-5/8 with a strained left hamstring and from 6/12-7/6 with low back spasms...made 14 rehab apps at Chattanooga and Louisville... after Pete Mackanin was named interim manager in July became the primary setup man for closer David Weathers...in his last 27 apps of the season posted a 1.37era and in 36 apps after the All-Star break posted a 1.83era...received votes for the NL Rookie of the Month Award for August (16g, 2-0, 1.17, 15.1ip, 15k)...posted a 1.80era in 10 apps in September...on 4/4 vs Chi made his Major League debut and walked all 3 batters he faced...before he made another appearance went on the DL with the hamstring injury...on 5/9 was reinstated and posted a 5.19era in 10 more apps before he returned to the DL on 6/12 with back spasms...returned from that second stint on the DL in time for the second half and finished the season with a 1.83era over 36 apps... on 5/14 at SD recorded his first career strikeout (Adrian Gonzalez)...in the 12-inning, 2-1 victory on 7/23 vs Mil earned his first career win...was 1 of 10 Reds players to make Major League debuts (OF Josh Hamilton, LHP Jon Coutlangus, RHP Brad Salmon, RHP Homer Bailey, RHP Marcus McBeth, LHP Phil Dumatrait, RHP Tom Shearn, 1B/OF Joey Votto, C Ryan Hanigan)...in spring training led the staff with 3 saves. 2006 At Class AA Midland made a career-high 53 apps, all in relief...established a career high in apps for the second straight season...allowed only 71 hits in 74.0 innings...earned his only save of the season on 5/20 vs Frisco...following the season pitched for Phoenix in the prestigious Arizona Fall League (10g, 1-2-1, 4.38, 12.1ip, 10h, 6bb, 11k, 1hr)...in December was selected by the Reds in the Major League phase of the Rule 5 Draft. 2005 At Class A Stockton ranked among the California League leaders in saves (24, 3rd) and apps (52, 5th)...established career highs in both categories. 2004 Combined to finish 4-2, 4.53 in 8 starts and 7 relief apps at Rookie Arizona and Class A Modesto...missed the first half of the season with tendinitis in his right shoulder. 2003 Went 2-1, 2.27 with 1 save in 2 starts and 13 relief apps at Class A Kane County...missed the last 3 months of the season with tendinitis in his right shoulder. 2002 Signed his first professional contract on 6/12...spent his first season at Class A Vancouver in the Northwest League.


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The organisation running the Brewhouse Theatre in Taunton – which went into administration last year – has been granted charitable status, in a move it says will improve its fundraising abilities.
The news comes as Taunton Theatre Association (TTA) begins a 10-year lease agreed with Taunton Deane Borough Council to run the 350-seat venue and arts centre.
Val Hammond, chair and director of TTA, said the organisation was hoping to raise the annual running costs of £350,000 through donations.
She told The Stage: "Individual donors have said they are waiting for charitable status because then their donations will be worth more, but it also enables us to apply for funds that are only for those with charitable status."
Hammond added that the venue hoped the announcement would attract national touring companies to the venue.
Difficulties at the theatre date back to April 2009, when then-Brewhouse artistic director Robert Miles – now artistic director of Quay Arts on the Isle of Wight – warned there was a funding black hole at the venue of £250,000. Administrators BDO reported in April 2013 that the theatre left its creditors, including theatre companies and ticket holders for Brewhouse productions, an estimated £500,000 out of pocket.
The theatre is to reopen on April 8 with a 25th anniversary show celebrating leaders of Taunton's Scout and Guide community.


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HILO — Metal melted and sparks flew this week at Hawai'i Community College's welding facility as welding instructors from around the state and from the mainland convened for a "WeldEd" workshop in Hilo.
The welding instructors, from as close to home as Hilo and as far away as Ohio, attended the weeklong professional development workshop organized by the National Center for Welding Education and Training, better known as WeldEd.
WeldEd's mission is to expand the number of high-skilled welding technicians as the country faces a major shortfall in the next several years. Jeffery Lane, an assistant professor of welding at Honolulu Community College, said the skilled workforce shortage in welding between now and 2019 is estimated at 308,000 workers.
"So what we're trying to do with these modules is train the instructors so they can train the students and get them into this line of work," said Lane, who is the regional representative for WeldEd and organized the workshop. "A lot of the shortfall is because baby boomers are retiring."
Growth in wind and solar energy development, plus the boom in shale gas, has added to the demand for welders, said Lane, and that demand has helped increase the estimated shortage of technicians. In addition, some manufacturing is returning to the United States after outsourcing, said Lane.
There were nearly 20 instructors participating in the Hilo workshop, brushing up on their knowledge of weld quality and inspection, welding codes, specifications and safety.
Five of the WeldEd participants are from O'ahu, seven are from the Big Island, one is from Ohio, three are from California, one is from Washington State and the instructor is from North Dakota.
The University of Hawai'i system was well respresented in the group: Five of the participants were from Hawai'i Community College and the Construction Academy program that Hawai'i CC administers at 10 high schools on the Big Island. Another three participants were from Honolulu CC and a fourth was from Honolulu CC's Construction Academy.
This was the first WeldEd workshop in Hilo. Lane hopes it won't be the last.
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Josh Clark never saw it coming.
He and his wife Allison were like any other young couple. Sure, they argued from time to time, and Josh admits that there are some things he would've done differently, maybe spend more time with his wife and two daughters after he got off work. But he maintains unequivocally, she was his best friend.
"I loved Allison," he says in his first interview since Allison's death on West Port Arthur Road May 14, 2010. Allison, 24, was found shot to death that Friday night, the victim of a single bullet wound that passed through the window of the family's Ford Excursion, entered into the left side of her chest, and passed through her body before exiting the right side and lodging into the seat of the massive SUV.
The vehicle slowed to a stop on the inside lane of West Port Arthur Road as Allison was headed to Wal-Mart, daughter Cadence in the backseat sound asleep. She managed to turn on the vehicle's hazard lights, appeared to have fumbled for her cell phone, as blood was found on it. When police arrived, Allison was already dead. No witnesses. No physical evidence other than the bullet lodged in the seat.
Suddenly at 25 years old, Josh Clark, who had been with Allison for seven years, found himself a widow, single father and a person of interest in his wife's murder. 15 months later, the now 26-year-old Clark remains a widow, single father and person of interest in his wife's murder.
"At the very beginning, I knew it was going to happen," Clark said of being a person of interest. "Being the spouse, she had no enemies, I knew it. But for the first six months, every time I'd talk to the detectives, the (Texas) Rangers, it was nothing but humbling. Yes sir, No Sir, that sort of thing."
"But it got to the point, during the interviews, the interrogation, whatever you want to call it, whenever they would try to get a rise out of me, and then my exact thoughts while they were doing that was, 'if I blow up right now, they're going to lock me up and throw me in jail, and call me unstable.
"But I told them everything and gave them a lot of detail on everything they asked," Clark said.
Clark felt the information he was giving police they used against him.
"It ended up biting me in the butt because a lot of the little things that I said they turned into mountains."
Clark said he turned over cell phones, computers and anything else that the detectives asked for to aid in the investigation. Josh, who was accompanied by his mother and father, Melissa and Ed Clark, for the interview, maintains his innocence and is steadfast that he had nothing to do with his wife's murder.
"She drove away to the store and left my life," says Josh solemnly.
Despite catching some flak for answering a question "wrong" on his first polygraph test, which Josh says he stalled on the answer when asked if he knew who killed his wife. Thinking it was a random gang act, he still said no, which lead to an inconclusive result on the first polygraph. However, Josh's hesitation was not out of the ordinary, and his explanation for why he hesitated is not uncommon according to police. When he took the second polygraph, he passed it with no problems.
When asked point blank during this interview if he killed his wife , without any hesitation, he replied, "hell no."
Normal Couple
After meeting at the Silsbee race track, where Allison, a Nederland High graduate, sold tickets in the stands and Josh was a dirt track racer, the couple eventually moved to Florida and Josh worked for his dad's business. The family returned to Texas in 2007, stayed with Allison's family before moving to Lumberton and then eventually settling in Beauxart Gardens where they lived only three blocks away from her parents, Gary and Sharon Neil.
Josh said it was his wife's bubbly personality and overall constant happiness that always appealed to him.
"We had a very joking relationship, we would wrestle all the time over a kiss, you know, instead of saying I Love You, we'd say 'I hate you', but that was how we joked, that was our relationship," said Josh. "She had three older brothers, and she was tomboyish some of the time."
A crane operator now, Josh was going through an apprenticeship program at the time Allison was murdered and was working 10 hours a day, five days a week.
"I worked, I brought home the money; she was a typical stay-at-home mom, always going down the road, to her mom's house, doing stuff for her nieces and nephews. I'd always try to help, but she was too proud to ask for help," Josh said.
The couple was actually discussing having a third child, months before Allison was murdered. Josh said she had always wanted a big wedding, but the couple initially went the peace bond route. Later on she wanted that big wedding again, but the more she started to see the cost and work that went into a large-scale wedding, Josh says Allison started to abandon those plans and the couple then directed their attention to having a son.
"She said after four kids, they were done," said Ed Clark, reminiscing on the charm and power of persuasion that Allison wielded. As the Clarks put it, any one was susceptible to Allison's beaming smile.
For the Clark family, after a tumultuous period following the move back to Texas from Florida, the time around Allison's death appeared to be at a time when things were finally looking up for the young family.
"It was starting to calm down, we were getting our bills under control," Josh said.
"They were finally on an even keel, there were no more mountains and valleys, it was stabilizing," said Ed Clark.
"She's Gone"
The night of the murder, according to Josh, it wasn't an especially different Friday night from any other Friday for the family of four. Josh had spent another long day working on his apprenticeship, and then got home, cleaned up, ate and chatted with Allison.
"From what I remember, we talked about going back to church, and then she went back to her mom's house after that," said Josh. "After she got back, she and her brother Jake were thinking about going fishing at a local fishing hole that was down the road. I didn't go; they did but came back because the gate to get there was locked. And when she came back, she said she was going to Wal-Mart, and she usually goes late at night because no one was there. She took Cadence, and I stayed with Makayla who had just fallen asleep," said Josh.
Right before Allison left, Josh remembers the last conversation he had with his wife.
"I told her as she was walking out the door, 'don't spend all of my money," and she said smiling, 'don't worry, I will."
Allison left, and roughly an hour later, Josh noticed she'd been gone awhile. Then a phone call came. He missed the first call, but the phone rang again shortly after. It was his brother, Corey.
"Get to West Port Arthur, take a left, something has happened to Allison," was the message over the phone from his brother.
"What are you talking about, what's going on?" Josh asked.
"Just do it, go now," said his brother.
He took off for West Port Arthur, which is less than a mile from the family's home in Beauxart Gardens, made the left and quickly encountered Port Arthur Police who had blocked off the road.
"They wouldn't let me pass, even after I told them something happened to my wife," said Josh, "so I started to head back home, and I called Corey, and I asked him, 'what's going on,' thinking it was a wreck or something. So I asked him what hospital they were taking her to and he said, 'she's gone.'"
"I went home and everything was fuzz."
"It just didn't seem real," he said of coming to grips with the loss of his wife, "I was devastated."
Investigation Continues
While the Clark family is unhappy with how the investigation has transpired, they argue that the Port Arthur Police Department has spent too much time focusing on Josh. Sgt. Scott Gaspard, who along with Det. Brian Fanette, has spent a great deal of time working the case, disagrees and says his department has worn out every lead they've come across.
"Right now, we don't know who did it, but we can't rule him out," said Gaspard, who added that his team of investigators as well as the Texas Rangers have chased down anonymous tips, interviewed dozens of people and have looked at video made available to them from nearby where Allison's vehicle ultimately stopped.
One of the main problems for detectives, they don't have much to work with.
"There's hardly any evidence and we've got no witnesses," said Gaspard, a 22-year veteran of law enforcement who's worked his share of murder cases.
There's also been some misunderstanding between the detectives and the Clark family. For instance there were questions from the Clark family regarding a possible NASA satellite that may have taken pictures. However, the PAPD has a person it reaches out to who can use NASA equipment to enhance photos and still shots to get a better look. Police were able to look at still shot photos taken from a nearby convenience store's security camera, but they didn't produce anything tangible for detectives to use.
Gaspard said he understands the family's frustration, both the Clarks and especially the Neils, who are still searching for closure in their daughter's death.
"We want justice for the family," said Gaspard, "we understand this is not easy for the family, but we've worked relentlessly on this and we've spent just as much time looking at other people as we have Josh."
In fact, as recently as two weeks ago, Gaspard and company, working off one of the more reliable tips they've received during the 15-month investigation, tracked down a man in Beaumont who had allegedly told a young woman in Port Arthur that he was in the car that shot and killed Allison. The young man was questioned, admitted that he said that to the woman, but that he wasn't actually in the car and had made it up to win the girl over.
He agreed to a lie detector test and passed it with "flying colors" according to both Gaspard and Maj. Raymond Clark. So it's back to the drawing board.
"This case is wide open," Raymond Clark said, "I'm afraid this is ultimately going to be a confession case where someone is going to have to come in and confess to the murder because it's weighing on them."
Gaspard agrees that this has been a difficult case, but takes exception to the amount of work they've put into the case. He said they're still waiting on ballistic evidence from the state crime lab, and they're hopeful that it comes within the next few months. The Clark family doesn't understand why it's taken so long to get the information back, but the state crime lab processes evidence from throughout the state of Texas, so long waits are customary. Gaspard said taking the evidence to an independent lab is costly and the department can't afford to take evidence from every case to a private lab, because if it did, the department would go broke.
There is also some forensic evidence that they're looking at as well, so Gaspard said no angle hasn't been looked at or entertained by investigators, and they'll keep looking. Until then, Josh will remain a person of interest.
"It's going to take evidence to rule him out," Gaspard said, "or it's going to take evidence to show that somebody else did it. Right now, we cannot prove who did or did not kill Allison."
Moving Forward
Josh said he's fortunate to have a good job and good people to work with, not to mention a solid support system that has stood behind him throughout the ordeal. He and his daughters still live in the same house, and the Neil family, Gary and Sharon, have been instrumental in helping Josh. Both the Clarks and the Neils have maintained a tight bond. Ed and Melissa, who live near Tampa, Florida, have also taken care of the girls, Cadence, now 4, and Makayla, now 2.
"They're typical two and four year-olds," Josh says proudly. "Little sister repeats everything big sister does."
He says Cadence, who was only two at the time of her mother's murder, remembers a little bit, and has told Josh, "I miss my mommy, I wish she'd come back."
Josh has dabbled in some counseling, and that's helped, but insurance snafus have prevented him from going in a while. He doesn't maintain much of a social life, but he has started to venture out more and friends from work have encouraged him to get out more, which he says has helped.
There are still subtle reminders of Allison in their house, specifically in the family's bathroom where Josh says he can't bring himself to remove her body soap or razor from the shower.
"I just can't take it down," he said.
Her jacket is still hanging by the front door and her clothes are still in her dresser drawers.
As for whether or not the Clarks think the case will be solved, they're not holding their breath.
"I've lost all confidence in the detectives," says Josh, shaking his head.
"This isn't going to get solved by the detectives, too much time has passed," says Ed, "this will get solved by a snitch in jail trying get a lower sentence."
Josh suggests another possibility - "Or by someone with a guilty conscience."
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The U.S. wheat industry missed an opportunity this past year that, alas, isn't likely to be repeated in 2002, with a "brutally competitive" world wheat market shaping up, says Keith Collins, chief economist for the USDA.
"The stage was set in 2001-02 for strong U.S. wheat exports and higher U.S. and world prices," he said at the Agricultural Outlook Forum 2002 in Washington, D.C.
Production fell by 12 percent — 20 million tons — in major competitor nations, Argentina, Australia, Canada, and the European Union.
"Yet, U.S. wheat exports this season are expected to be the smallest in five years, with prices again below $3 a bushel. Wheat missed an opportunity."
For one thing, Russia, Ukraine, and Eastern Europe boosted production by 31 million tons; their wheat exports are up by 10 million tons.
"Add another 3 million to 4 million tons from India and Pakistan, and it's no surprise U.S. wheat exports and prices haven't rebounded."
Looking at 2002-03, Collins said another opportunity like last year's "is unlikely."
Stocks continue large in Pakistan, India, and Central Asia, and European Union plantings were up sharply last fall. With a rebound from last year's drought to an average yield in Canada, he said, the outlook is for the world wheat market to be "brutally competitive."
U.S. exports could drop to 900 million bushels, the lowest since 1971-72, and with stocks holding about the same, average farm prices could decline by 5 cents from the average price of $2.80 per bushel expected for 2001-02.
"We appear to have missed the opportunity for a rebound in U.S. exports and (the stronger) prices that have occurred every five to six years during the last two decades," Collins said.
Although wheat is a crop for which the United States has "vast regions well-suited for production" and which American farmers are very efficient at growing, "the problem is that a number of other countries can also grow wheat pretty well — and that number is increasing."
U.S. acres have "fallen pretty steadily," Collins noted, from 88 million in 1981 to 59.6 million last year. "We expect 59.5 million this coming year."
Prior to this year, he said, there have been only two periods in the past two decades when several major exporters have had significant production problems simultaneously.
"Normally, the mix of winter and spring wheat and Northern Hemisphere and Southern Hemisphere production spreads the risk sufficiently to avoid large production declines. But, during 1987-88 and 1988-89, the combined production of the major competitors dropped 12 percent, their stocks declined almost 40 percent, and U.S. wheat exports rose by 50 percent from 1986-87.
"The other period prior to this year was 1994-95 and 1995-96, when there were weather problems. But the major factor is that several years of low prices had shifted land to oilseeds and other crops and the European Union had cut acres through a set-aside program.
This steadily drew down competitor stocks. U.S. exports didn't jump in 1994 and 1995, but they were steady and wheat prices reached record levels."
Based on those two episodes, the stage was set for 2001-02 to see strong U.S. wheat exports and higher U.S. and world prices, Collins said.
But for the reasons outlined above, it didn't happen.
And most likely won't this year either.
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Ann. M. McInerney not only kept pace marching for hours in the 31st annual Worcester County St. Patrick's Parade behind dozens of dancers on a flatbed truck and more than 100 others behind her, she carried her 5-year-old goddaughter part of the way when the child got tired.
With beautiful, sunny skies and 40-degree temperatures Sunday, the snow from the late winter storm lining Park Avenue and other streets along the parade route did little to deter a crowd estimated by organizers at around 60,000 from whooping it up.
There were dozens of floats and marching bands and about 8,000 parade participants, organizers said.
Ms. McInerney, also a basketball coach at the College of the Holy Cross, said the day was special to her family because it helps keep alive the legacy of her sister, Mary B. McInerney-Zona, who founded McInerney School of Irish Step Dance in Worcester. The founder worked as the school's director until she died of breast cancer three years ago at 44.
"It's a very special day and a very emotional day," Ann McInerney said. "We're trying to keep Mary's legacy going with dancing. It's a great day for us, our family and the dance school, and it's a great thing to do to honor Mary's tradition."
The dance school has participated in the parade for more than 20 years, she said. Her sister's 12-year-old daughter, Keeley McInerney-Zona, was dancing on the flatbed in the parade while her grandparents Bridey and John McInerney — originally from County Clare in Ireland — watched from the roadside.
"It really means a lot," Mrs. McInerney, 72, said with an Irish accent. "It is the highlight of our year."
Shortly after the Irish dancers went by the reviewing stand, the Ancient Order of Hibernians pipe and drum band marched by, playing traditional Irish music.
"This is great," said Stephen P. Belton, president of AOH Division 36 in Worcester. "It is for everyone — not just the Irish — and we get to show off our culture."
From bars around Pleasant Street where people were chugging drinks to farther down Park Avenue where the reviewing stand was set up with somewhat tamer spectators, people were donning their best Irish garb and showing their St. Patrick's spirit and pride.
Jeffrey M. Simonis, 25, an electrician from Spencer, was wearing a fuzzy pink gorilla suit, with Teenage Mutant Ninja Turtle underwear over it, a green tuxedo T-shirt and green top hat.
"I did it for a little attention," he said. He got it. "It was unbelievable — I couldn't believe it. The ladies loved it and people wanted to take lots of pictures."
His friend, more conventionally dressed, said wearing a gorilla suit was a little too wild for him. "It is awesome — I love it — but I can't do that," said Jeffrey S. Rudik, 23.
Brittany E. King from Everett was hanging out watching the parade and enjoying some green watermelon Jello shots with seven of her twentysomething college mates from Worcester State University. The women in the group had shamrocks stuck on their cheeks, green beads around their necks and green outfits.
"I'm 90 percent Irish," Ms. King said. "This is a nice day out to show your Irish pride. Everyone is all over Park Avenue and it's so much fun."
The women said they all planned to hang out and party after the parade at Ho Toy Luau Restaurant.
Worcester City Manager Michael V. O'Brien was the parade's grand marshal this year and was loving every minute of it.
"This is an absolutely amazing day," Mr. O'Brien said, taking a short break from his commentary on the floats and marchers as they went by. "The bishop delivered great weather, and Irish eyes are smiling. Honestly, my knees might give out later today, but I'm not giving up until it is over."
During the parade, he said, there wasn't a soul around who wasn't Irish.
"That's the power of the shillelagh — everyone is Irish," he joked, waving the shillelagh in his traditional Irish tweed cap.
Spectator Kara L. Ford, 28, who has lived in Worcester all her life, said she remembers watching the parade as a child. "I feel like it would be nice if Worcester could come together more often than just parade day," Ms. Ford said. "It is like a little Boston here. Why venture out when you have it at home?"
It was Stephanie N. Chase's sixth time watching the parade. This year, she was volunteering with VegWorcester, handing out fliers promoting veganism.
"I like the festivities and the energy," Ms. Chase said. "It is really fun just to see all the other people. I'm Irish and you see a lot of Irish pride."
Stephen P. Trainor, chairman of the parade committee, said numbers were down a little this year because of last week's storm, but it was still a great turnout.
"I think we lucked out with two days of beautiful weather," he said. "Saturday afternoon it melted and the road was clean. That's important for the marchers not to get hurt."
Those who wanted to see the parade came out early and found places to sit or stand amid snow piles, he said. "Worcester's people are pretty hardy people," he said. About 70 volunteers help run the parade, he said, and organizers are always looking for new volunteers.
"It's a lot of work all year," said Pauline M. Rice, a parade volunteer for more than 20 years. "We start planning next year's parade next Wednesday."
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With Halo 4 coming out tomorrow we here at VGutopia have decided to take a look back at the franchise and determine which game is our favorite. The Halo franchise has created a ton of phenomenal gaming over the last decade and there are several great titles to choose from. Here is what our staff said when we asked them the question.
Halo 2 for me, first one brings back the best memories though.
Halo 2, best Mp, best single player
I think Halo 2 was my first great 'modern' FPS. Before that, I had played Goldeneye and Killzone 1, Medal of honor Ps1 and ps2 etc. Halo 2 was many times superior to them


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Anne Hathaway Gets Catty for Halloween Bash
Anne Hathaway channels her inner wild side with an animal-print jumpsuit at Lanvin's Halloween Extravaganza on Friday (October 29) at the label's NYC boutique.
The 27-year-old actress finished off her look with a pair of pumps and a dark blue mask!
On Thursday, Anne checked out the off-Broadway play Angels in America, starring Zachary Quinto.
FYI: Anne will be hosting Saturday Night Live for the second time on November 20 with musical guest Florence and The Machine.


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Research Documents Charter Schools' Growth
MINNEAPOLIS (AP) - A new analysis of Minnesota school data finds charter enrollment nearly quadrupled in the past decade.
The analysis by the Center for School Change found enrollment at traditional schools fell 5 percent in the same period, though they still have many more students than charters.
Director Joe Nathan says the center has no position on which schools are better. He says he believes charter schools are growing because they offer distinctive programs parents want. Nathan also says he thinks some families are attracted to them because charters tend to be smaller, often cater to non-English speakers and have helped students of color improve performance.
Nathan says many traditional schools deserve praise for adopting distinctive approaches that have worked elsewhere.
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Tina Thompson of the WNBA's Los Angeles Sparks reads from \"The Very Hungry Caterpiller\" by Eric Carle.
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Tina Thompson plays forward for the Los Angeles Sparks basketball team. Her proudest achievements are graduating from college (USC) and being the top pick in the 1997 WNBA Draft


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TOKYO (AP) — Visits by Cabinet ministers and lawmakers to a shrine honoring Japan's war dead, including 14 World War II leaders convicted of atrocities, signal Prime Minister Shinzo Abe's determination to pursue a more nationalist agenda after months of focusing on the economy.
Nearly 170 Japanese lawmakers paid homage at Yasukuni Shrine on Tuesday. A day earlier, visits by three Cabinet ministers, said by the government to be unofficial, drew protests from neighbors South Korea and China over actions they view as failures to acknowledge Japan's militaristic past.
China and South Korea — Japan's No. 1 and No. 3 trading partners, respectively — bore the brunt of Tokyo's pre-1945 militarist expansion in Asia and routinely criticize visits to the shrine. Almost seven decades after the war ended, it still overshadows relations.
Adding to the discord, Chinese surveillance vessels were patrolling Tuesday near a cluster of uninhabited islands in the East China Sea that are controlled by Japan but claimed by both countries.
China's State Oceanic Administration said Tuesday that its maritime surveillance ships had chased away a group of Japanese ultra-nationalists who visited the area.
The Japanese government spokesman, Yoshihide Suga, said the intrusion by a record eight Chinese vessels into Japan's territorial waters was "unacceptable" and that Tokyo had lodged formal protests with the Chinese government. The nationalist group that China accused of attempting to land on the islands could not be immediately reached.
Abe told parliament Tuesday that if Chinese citizens were to land on the islands, Japan would forcibly remove them.
"Naturally, we will forcibly expel (the Chinese) if they were to make a landing. I should make that clear," Abe said in response to a question from a fellow lawmaker on his commitment to defending the island.
But he also said Japan's relations with China are among the most important bilateral relations in the world, and their economies are inseparable.
"It is wrong for China to take provocative actions or totally cut ties just because there is a problem," he said. "Our door for dialogue is always open."
Over the weekend, Abe did not visit Yasukuni but instead donated ceremonial ornaments marked "Prime Minister" to the shrine, whose compound has a war museum glorifying Japan's wartime past.
If Abe was attempting to avoid pointed responses from Japan's neighbors by not visiting the shrine himself, he was unsuccessful.
"The way they recognize history and treat the issue of the Yasukuni Shrine is an important criterion, based on which their close neighbors in Asia and the global community will watch and learn what road Japan will take in the future," said Chinese Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Hua Chunying.
South Korean Foreign Ministry spokesman Cho Tai-young urged "deep soul-searching" by Japan to discover how such visits are seen in neighboring countries.
"Yasukuni Shrine is a place to ... glorify wars," he said.
Several vice ministers and top executives of Japan's ruling Liberal Democratic Party joined Tuesday's group pilgrimage to the shrine. This is one of several times during the year when lawmakers customarily pay their respects.
Among the ministers who visited over the weekend was Taro Aso, a former prime minister now serving as finance minister. He said he usually visits Yasukuni two or three times a year.
"It's nothing new such that it should have an impact on foreign relations," Aso told reporters Tuesday.
Leaders of the opposition Democratic Party of Japan generally refrained from visiting the shrine when the party was in power, from 2009 until late last year.
The shift toward a more conservative agenda under Abe was bound to happen, sooner or later.
Though Abe has focused mostly on economic policy since taking office in December, he has campaigned for revising Japan's U.S.-inspired constitution, which renounced war after the country's defeat in World War II, and for recognizing the country's Self-Defense Forces as a national military. He also favors revising Japan's past apologies for atrocities committed by its Imperial Army before and during World War II. Those aims are outlined in the LDP's platform.
The party holds a strong majority in the lower house of parliament, but needs a robust showing in upper house elections in July to gain the mandate it wants for pushing ahead with other priorities, including constitutional revision. Even if it gains a strong upper house majority, it faces a tough decision by next fall on whether to go ahead with a commitment to raise the sales tax — a move expected to anger voters and possibly throw the economy back into recession.
Abe enjoys approval ratings of more than 70 percent, but the liberal-leaning Asahi newspaper said Tuesday he was jeopardizing much of that support by turning away from the economy at a time when there are no clear signs of a strong recovery.
"Why spark a source of friction?" Asahi asked. "What on earth is the Abe administration doing when improved relations with neighboring countries are most needed?"
Koichi Nakano, a political scientist at Tokyo's Sophia University, said Abe's party has been "remarkably successful in staying on message, in staying focused on the economy."
"Some would still want to be cautious and try to focus on the economy, but the desire to talk about other nationalist policies may be too tempting. We have to see how much further they will go in this direction," Nakano said.
Abe last visited Yasukuni in October, when he was opposition leader. As prime minister in 2006-2007, before resigning for health reasons, he refrained from making any visits. As recently as February he said his decision not to visit the shrine during that time was his "greatest regret."
Foreign Minister Fumio Kishida said Tuesday he would try to avoid adverse fallout from the latest Yasukuni visits.
"I will handle the situation so that this will not affect our bilateral relations," he said. "It is important to communicate on a political level, and our door for dialogue is always open."
Although government spokesman Suga earlier described the visits by members of Abe's Cabinet as "private," at least one Cabinet minister, National Public Safety Commission chief Keiji Furuya, told reporters that he prayed as a state minister during his visit Sunday.
The visits appeared to add to the chill between Beijing and Tokyo.
A group of Japanese parliamentarians belonging to a Japan-China parliamentarian friendship group scrapped plans for a May 1-3 visit to China after Beijing said they could not meet with President Xi Jinping and other top Chinese officials. LDP officials said the island dispute was to blame, not Yasukuni, because China's message came before the weekend visits.
Anger over the islands dispute last year provoked anti-Japanese riots in China that hammered exports to the country's biggest market. Beijing quashed those demonstrations a few weeks after they started, but the risk to business ties and even of outright conflict persists.
Nakano said Japan may have miscalculated how China and South Korea would respond to the shrine visits.
"Japanese politicians fail to realize (the visits) are seen as provocations. It's one thing after another. It's the rightward shift of Japanese politics that I think (Seoul and Beijing) are more worried about," Nakano said.


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NEW YORK (Reuters) - A U.S. Senate subcommittee will hear testimony Tuesday about how the federal government can stop parents from transferring custody of their adopted children to strangers met on the Internet.
The hearing comes in response to a Reuters investigation into the practice, known as "private re-homing," which bypasses the government's child welfare system. Reuters found online forums where desperate parents solicited new families for children they no longer wanted. The parents then transferred custody of the boys and girls to strangers, often through nothing more than a notarized power of attorney.
No state or federal laws specifically prohibit re-homing. State laws that restrict the advertising and custody transfers of children rarely prescribe criminal sanctions and are frequently ignored.
After the news agency published its investigation in September, at least four states passed new restrictions on advertising children, transferring custody, or both. Lawmakers in those states noted that the absence of government safeguards can result in children ending up in the care of abusers.
Tuesday's hearing of the Senate's Subcommittee on Children and Families represents the first time members of Congress will examine the issue. The focus will be on how the federal government can help state and local officials identify and prevent cases of re-homing, as well as child trafficking.
Some child advocates say that congressional action is needed to restrict re-homing. Joe Kroll, executive director of North American Council on Adoptable Children, said a federal law should place uniform restrictions on the advertising of children and require that all custody transfers of children to non-relatives be approved by a court.
"So much of re-homing is across state lines," Kroll said. "It's an interstate issue. Because of all the cross-border activities, state-by-state solutions just don't work. You need a federal law that addresses this."
In a report issued last year, the Congressional Research Service said the interstate aspect of re-homing and the role of the Internet in facilitating the practice gave Congress opportunities to act. "Although there appears to be no federal criminal law implicated by the general process of 're-homing,' this does not preclude Congress from enacting laws to protect children that may be harmed by this practice," the report said. The Government Accountability Office will begin studying state and federal policies related to re-homing this summer.
No government agencies track re-homing, but Reuters identified eight Internet groups in which members discussed, facilitated or engaged in the practice. In a single Yahoo group, a child was offered to strangers on average once a week during a five-year period. At least 70 percent of those children were listed as having been adopted from overseas; many were described as suffering emotional or behavioral problems. Yahoo has taken down the group.
Some re-homed children endured severe abuse, and the adults who used the online network to obtain children were not properly vetted, Reuters found. In one case, a man now serving prison time for child pornography took home a 10-year-old boy whom he and a friend found online hours earlier. They picked up the boy in a hotel parking lot.
At the request of U.S. Sen. Ron Wyden, D-Ore., officials from the federal departments of State, Justice, Health and Human Services and Homeland security have been discussing ways to address re-homing. In May, Health and Human Services officials warned states about the dangers of the practice and encouraged them to use existing federal funding to support struggling adoptive families.
Reporting By Megan Twohey. Edited by Blake Morrison.


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Joe has over 30 years experience in the entertainment industry.
Joe is a Lead Singer, Musician, Songwriter, Arranger and Producer and has toured; Canada the U.S.A., the Caribbean, Europe and Australia as a featured act.
Passion is also an Actor for TV, Stage, and Voice Overs and Jingles. He has also worked in TV Post Production and as a Post Secondary Music Educator.
Working for;
LEGENDS IN CONCERT (USA & Autralia), 1996 - 2000
STARS IN CONCERT (Europe), 2001 – 2004, 2006
MEMORIES THEATRES (USA & Canada) 2002 - 08
LEGENDS ALIVE (Canadian tours), 97, 98.
ROCK & ROLL HEAVEN (dinner theater Canada) 95- 97
PIANO – ORGAN – SYNTHESIZER, GUITARS – BASS – HARMONICA & PERCUSSION, and MUSIC PROGRAMMER.
and JIM MESSINA.
Performed in & with Canadian Recording acts,
ICARUS, SOUTHCOTE, STUDEBAKER HAWK, NEW CITY JAM BAND, SHOOTER, BOUNTY, PLATINUM BLONDE, DAVID WILCOX and the SPOONS.
A&M "Virginia Storey"
CASINO REC. "SHOOTER - Reloaded"
SMILE REC "Southcote"
K-TEL "Studebaker Hawk" K-TEL(Greatest Hits) "New City Jam Band"
NEW AGE - "Spirit Lake" "Spirit Mountain"
ROCK - "Pandora's Keys I & II" -"Count On Me" –
CHRISTIAN - "Omni Present" –
ROCKABILLY - "Ballz a Fyre" –
COUNTRY - "Gone Fishing"
POP - "Let's Keep Doing it"
ORIGINALSONGS PUBLISHED by;
ACTOR for T.V.
VOICE OVER "Society of Financial Analysists' voice of BOB.
SHELL TRAINING VIDEO – role of OSCAR, chief officer.
VOICE OVER – " SINBAD" the series
VOICE OVER -"COUNTRY STYLE DONUTS" & "SAM RADIO Jingles"
"MADONNA THE EARLY YEARS" (special skills)
"VANITYS' MIRROR" FRIDAY 13th the series. (special skills)
"FAST TRACK" (organist for gospel choir)
COMMMERCIAL - as "Raggedy Joe the Scary Crow" for Chudleigh's Theme Park,
Fall 96 , 97.
"Rainmaker" for the film "Vivid."
POST INDUSTRY for TV - FOLEY assistant on the following TV SERIES;
Produced and directed Virginia Storey video "Mind Over Matter" aired on Much Music.
MUSICAL DIRECTOR of;
"SPRING THAW" Toronto Bayview Playhouse Theater &
"ROCK N ROLL HEAVEN" at La Cage Dinner Theater, Toronto 1995 – 1997
for SHORT FILM; "Charlie" - shot in Barcelona 2004
Theater Production "Thankyou For the Music - ABBA a biography in Concert." 2003 - 2008
"Raggedy Joe the Scary Crow & Crackers" for CHUDLEIGH'S FARM 1996-97.
Tooned In!
Stevie Vallance
Cartoons 101 for Adults
Ellen Ray Hennessey
Vocal Studio "The Method" Seth Riggs
Joe has been a tribute artist for the last fifteen years performing as Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lennon, Barry Manilow, Dion Demucci of DION and the Belmonts and most recently as Bobby Darin.
Joe has been a full time professional musician – entertainer since he was 19.
His main instruments are piano and guitar.
Joe's portrayal of "The Killer" combines the energy and excitement of the young Jerry Lee Lewis with the humor and bravado of Dennis Quaid featured in the film "Great Balls Of Fire"(complete with flaming Piano!).
For Lennon, Joe recreates the Icon by performing songs from the Beatle Catalog as well as John's solo years.
The climax of the show is "Imagine" and a medley of "A Day in the Life"/ "Strawberry Fields"/ and "All You Need Is Love" that runs in conjunction with a slide show of 140 slides of Johns' life.
In the Barry Manilow character all the favorites are performed from "Mandy" and "Copa" to "I Write the Songs". (Very Broadway meets Vegas and perfect for pop music lovers and romantics everywhere.)
Performing as Dion Joe brings alive the fifties doo-wap songs of Dion and the Belmonts with favorites like "The Wanderer", "Runaround Sue","Teenager in Love" and the all time folk classic "Abraham Martin and John."
As the iconic Bobby Darin, Joe brings to life the meaning of "COOL" set down by the immortal Bobby himself. King of the pop charts and Vegas Lounges through the fifties and sixties Darin set eclectic milestones with many of his hits such as; Splish Splash, Dream Lover, Things, If I Were a Carpenter, Mack the Knife, Beyond the Sea and many many more Jazz and Swing classics.
LIVE PERFORMANCE; (CONCERT,THEATRE and CLUBS)
*ROCK n ROLL HEAVEN;1996-2000 TOR. ONT. as John Lennon & Jerry Lee
*LEGENDS ALIVE; Canadian tours, and corporate events as Jerry, John and Barry
*THE REALLY BIG SHEW; Atlantic City Jan.2000 as Jerry Lee Lewis
*THE MEMORIES THEATRE, Pigeon Forge TN. USA; Aug.2000 - 08 Jerry Lee
Woodbridge ON. 2008 Jerry Lee, Dion.
Daytona Beach Fla. Nov.97-Feb.98 as Jerry Lee
San Antonio Texas(Six Flags Park) May -> Aug 98 as Jerry Lee
Myrtle Beach S.C. Aug. –> Nov. 98 as Jerry, John & Barry
Tour of Australia May –> June 99 as Jerry Lee
Imperial Palace Biloxi Miss. July –> Nov.99 as Jerry & John
Myrtle Beach S.C. Sept.2000 -> Dec.31 Jerry Lee Lewis
Myrtle Beach S.C. Sept 2005 Sept Dec 31 Barry Manilow.
Branson Missouri 2001 Feb – Dec. as Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lennon and Barry Manilow.
STARS IN CONCERT Jan 2002 – June 2007 Germany, Switzerland, & Greece
as Jerry Lee Lewis.
Below is the Article on Joe Passion written by Carol Hunter and published on Lady Luck.com
Joe Passion was born in Toronto, Canada. He learned to play the accordion at age 9, followed by his main instruments: piano and guitar. He's been a professional musician for over 20 years and a tribute artist since l996. He is also a singer, songwriter, actor, arranger, engineer and producer. Opening for acts such as The Who, Procol Harum, The Band, Johnny Winter, Poco, Bonnie Tyler, he's also recorded and published his original songs for established record labels and publishers -- covering everything from rock, metal, rockabilly, pop and new age styles of music.
So, how did he become an impersonator/tribute artist, you may ask! Well -- here's the story!
Back in the mid-'90's, Joe was working as the musical director/bandleader at Rock & Roll Heaven, a well-known and very popular Toronto dinner theatre which featured "legends-type" acts. As he says, this was his "first steady gig in a career of one-nighters." Joe was playing boogie piano for the Elvis impersonator and was hamming it up. The band was off to the side and he was in front, so the audience could see what they were doing. People would come up at the end of the night and say, "You play just like Jerry Lee Lewis. Why don't you do him in the show?"
As Jerry Lee
As John Lennon
As Barry Manilow
So, Joe approached the show's producer about doing Jerry Lee Lewis. At that time, the cast consisted of Elvis, Ritchie Valens, Buddy Holly, Roy Orbison and Big Bopper. As Joe tells it, the producer looked at him and said, "Joe …Jerry Lee is still alive! This show is called Rock & Roll HEAVEN!!!" But the flame was lit and Joe continued on with his idea (in fact, as a youngster, the very first rock and roll songs he ever learned on the piano were Jerry Lee's "Whole Lotta Shaking" and "Great Balls of Fire").
Undaunted by the producer's reaction, Joe designed and built, with some help, a prop piano which his electric grand piano would fit into. And, because Jerry Lee was known for kicking the stool and destroying pianos, the front leg of the prop piano was designed so it would collapse as the finale to his act. Then he took his invention to a local pyro-tech company and had the piano fitted for fire. As he says, "ITS GOTTA BURN!"
Shortly after that, Joe heard the show was looking for a John Lennon and planning to bring someone in from Vegas. He recalls, "I saw my second chance. I had played in a Beatle Band in my earlier club days so Lennon was already a part of my repertoire." And, coincidentally, years back, the first songs Joe had learned on his guitar were "Twist and Shout," and "Hard Day's Night." Joe says, "I went out, bought some wigs, clothes, a Rickenbacker guitar, and did a demo of Lennon songs in my studio, playing everything myself. Then I walked into the theatre office in full costume as Lennon and I said in my best Liverpool accent, 'Yeh - um, I'm - ah, here to apply for the John Lennon role in your show, man….yeah, it's what I do, yeah….so how about it?' They talked to me for about 2 minutes and didn't know it was me. Then we all had a good laugh and they let me audition."
"Everything worked out and I got the gig. I also managed to sneak Jerry Lee into the show. They covered it by saying, 'This is as close to HEAVEN as the Killer is ever going to get… ladies and gentlemen, Jerry Lee Lewis'."
Thus began Joe's new career as a Legends tribute entertainer!
Joe stayed at Rock & Roll Heaven on and off for 4 more years. He was also part of the Legends Alive troupe which toured across Canada. In addition, he's worked extensively in the United States at venues such as Memories Theatre in Pigeon Forge, and many Legends in Concert venues including Branson, Biloxi, Daytona, Myrtle Beach, San Antonio and Toronto. He has toured Australia for Legends In Concert and he has recently been a feature performer for Stars in Concert in Germany, where he was based for 30 months. Currently, Joe is at Legends in Concert, Myrtle Beach, where he will be performing as Barry Manilow until the end of December.
Joe continues, "My main character these days is Jerry Lee, then Lennon and, most recently, I have added Barry Manilow to the roster. All my life people have said, 'You know who you look like?' Being an artist in my own right, I never appreciated that much but, nowadays, I think it's fun. I look at this whole impersonator business as an acting gig. I am a member of ACTRA and I've always focused on Music in the Studio and Performance on Stage. So re-creating these characters and adding my own slant is not much different than doing Hamlet or Twelfth Night…well, not too much!"
"I went to see Jerry Lee in concert some years back. I met the band, Kenny Lovelace, James Burton (of Elvis fame) and Slim Jim Phantom of the Stray Cats. They were hot! Jerry had already left the building by the time I got to the dressing room but I still keep in touch with Kenny. I think Jerry Lee is great and very under-rated as a piano player, but then … I'm a fan."
Joe was also kind enough to answer a few more questions that I had for him...here, he gives some encouragement to fellow tribute artists/musicians and insight as to how he approaches the characters he portrays:
How did you initially come to the attention of Legends in Concert?
I sent them a video tape of a cross-Canada tour that I was on. It was a Canadian company called Legends Alive. We played hockey arenas from Winnipeg to Whitehorse. – all the major cities and larger towns in between.
Can you tell me a bit about your recent experiences in Germany with Stars in Concert?
I played in Berlin, Essen, Hamburg, Dusseldorf, Zurich, and near Munich at a summer resort. I was in Europe for over 30 months. It was an amazing show with stellar production and a great revolving cast. The legends performers came from the States, Canada and England, dancers from England and Australia. We also had several German cast members portraying American stars. Everyone was top notch. The audiences were really interested and keen to be entertained by live North American pop music."
When doing Jerry Lee Lewis, John Lennon, and Barry Manilow, what are the characteristics you try to bring out, or even exaggerate a little, to make the characters believable?
I do the wild Jerry Lee -- the over-the-top, unpredictable, arrogant, and yet vulnerable boogie-woogie man from Tennessee. My Jerry is a combination of "the Killer," with the humor of Dennis Quaid, then I add some piano techniques from Jason D. Williams and more humor from Justin Wilson, a Cajun comic, plus a bit of Mark Twain's and Will Rogers' philosophies, just for flavour! I see Jerry Lee as an American folk legend as well as a rock 'n roll Hall of Famer. Jerry is self-made and self-destructed. He's totally responsible for his own fate. I have a lot of fun doing Jerry Lee because, even though I have it tightly choreographed, anything can happen at any time. I like audience involvement or hecklers and I just roll into it and with it, but look out -- "The Killer" is dangerous!
With John Lennon, I deliver his rock edge with 3 Beatle tunes: "Revolution," "Hard Days Night," and "Help" - songs that epitomize John's iconic undercurrent. Then, I make a right turn with "Woman," and "Starting Over," from his last album "Double Fantasy" - songs of hope and optimism. I follow this with an acoustic version of "Imagine" which is always a spiritual experience for me. Then, I end with either Lennon's version of "Stand By Me" or "Twist and Shout" depending on the crowd.
Barry Manilow to me is more "Broadway Meets Vegas" -- big songs, big arrangements, expensive clothes, and some funny shtick. Barry never takes himself too seriously and that, for me, is the fun in doing the act. He's a great singer and entertainer in more of the classical show business tradition. So I do my best to deliver that.
These stars all had so many defining songs its hard to pick just three or four songs, so I go with medleys as much as possible. I think people want to be reminded of their favourite songs but, in most cases, you don't have to deliver the whole three or four minutes of a song to connect with them.
Who have you been told you look the most like when you are "yourself?"
Barry Manilow, Gene Wilder, Marty Feldman!
You've given us some of the highlights of your career...any "lowlights?" Some struggling artists out there might be encouraged to know you've had some struggles also.
WELL, I remember working as a construction worker, a shipper in a chemical plant, selling oil paintings door to door, selling shoes, selling water filters, mowing lawns --playing in 20 different bar bands, doing a single act in restaurants with a guitar a keyboard and a computer.
Please, that's enough, I need to lie down!!
Compliments you've received?
Sometimes the most cherished compliments come from fellow workers, people I admire and I'm just thrilled to be in a show with. People who are as good as the originals, sometimes even better.
Now that may sound ridiculous to some, but the way the music "business" works isn't always that talent gets rewarded. I've worked with people who should have been huge stars but, for one reason or another, luck or opportunity just missed them. And now they're pretending to be someone else -- oops, sorry -- I mean impersonating celebrities for a living. But it really is pretending -- musical acting. That's why they call it play, right? It's possible to be extremely talented and still not be famous, or rich. "But if you try sometimes you might find you get what you need." (Thanks, Mick!)
What makes a good tribute artist?
Someone who is believable and entertaining -- charisma , eye contact, posture, timing and delivery. And the guts to get up on stage even when the audience doesn't give a damn. Turn that crowd around, and then you've done something! The real artists go out on stage and do what ever they want and the crowd is thrilled because it's the real guy. Being an impersonator is harder. We have to do what people remember or expect -- otherwise, we're no good. By the way, this means no surprises. Boring! The trick is to re-create the icon and add your own twist. Not all impersonators will agree with that -- but it's my view.
And finally -- any advice for aspiring musicians/singers/tribute artists?
"Do what you love to do and get paid for doing it."
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WASHINGTON (AP) — Liberals' loud objections to White House proposals for slowing the growth of huge social programs make it clear that neither political party puts a high priority on reducing the deficit, despite much talk to the contrary.
For years, House Republicans have adamantly refused to raise income taxes, even though U.S. taxes are historically low, and the Bush-era tax cuts were a major cause of the current deficit.
And now, top Democrats are staunchly opposing changes to Medicare and Social Security benefits, despite studies showing the programs' financial paths are unsustainable.
Unless something gives, it's hard to see what will produce the significant compromises needed to tame the federal debt, which is nearing $17 trillion.
"There's not much of an appetite for deficit reduction," said Bob Bixby of the Concord Coalition, which pushes for "responsible fiscal policy."
There might be a few small steps this year, he said, when the government again needs to raise its borrowing limit. But a "grand bargain" involving significant spending cuts and revenue increases seems unlikely, Bixby said.
He added, "It's a little depressing to hear the reactions to the president's budget, from both sides."
There was nothing surprising about Republican denunciations of Obama's proposed tax increases, which he wants to combine with spending cuts to reduce the deficit.
The newer wrinkle was the left's sharp criticism of his proposals to slow the growth in Medicare and Social Security benefits, provided Republicans agree to new revenues. Obama has offered Republicans such a deal before. But this month's budget proposal gave it a new imprimatur.
The group MoveOn.org said Wednesday that supporters "who are outraged at President Obama's proposal to cut Social Security benefits will protest and deliver petitions" this week.
Sen. Bernie Sanders, a liberal independent from Vermont, is leading a similar petition drive, opposing "any benefit cuts to Social Security, Medicare or Medicaid." The deficit, his letter says, "was primarily caused during the Bush years by two unpaid-for wars, huge tax breaks for the rich and a prescription drug program" for Medicare, funded through borrowing. He suggests that higher taxes on the wealthy are the fairest way to tackle the deficit.
Democrats cite several reasons to raise taxes on high-income households. Obama campaigned for such tax increases in 2008 and 2012 but accomplished them only partially with the "fiscal cliff" resolution of Jan. 1.
Major tax cuts in 2001 and 2003 played big roles in turning a federal budget surplus into soaring deficits, according to research by the Congressional Budget Office and others. And by many measures, the U.S. tax burden in near historic lows.
Households earning roughly the national median income paid, on average, 11.1 percent of their income in total federal taxes in 2009, the most recent year for such data. That's the lowest level in more than 30 years, the CBO says.
Nonetheless, House Republicans have placed their highest priority on refusing to raise income tax rates, effectively ranking it above all other goals.
"The president got his tax hikes on Jan. 1," House Speaker John Boehner, R-Ohio, is fond of saying. It's a reference to the $620 billion in new revenues, over 10 years, that Republicans were unable to stop because of the "fiscal cliff" law, resolved on New Year's Day.
If it's easy to make a case for higher revenues, the same is true for slowing the growth of Social Security and Medicare benefits. For decades, studies have warned of approaching trouble in these popular but costly programs, as health care costs rise and baby boomers begin to retire.
"Both Medicare and Social Security cannot sustain projected long-run program costs under currently scheduled financing, and legislative modifications are necessary to avoid disruptive consequences for beneficiaries and taxpayers," the Social Security Administration says, summarizing findings by the two programs' trustees.
"The early detection light has been going on for a while, and there has been a failure to act," Social Security trustee Charles P. Blahous recently told a House panel. If lawmakers are to preserve the programs for future retirees, he said, they will have to accept much more "political pain" than officials endured during a 1983 overhaul that included "several extremely controversial measures."
Obama has proposed an often-discussed step, which deals with government accounting in general, not just entitlement programs. If Congress agrees to higher tax revenues, the president said, he would back a slower growth calculation for cost-of-living increases for Social Security benefits, plus higher Medicare premiums for higher-income seniors.
Interest groups have criticized both ideas. AARP calls the slower cost-of-living formula a "harmful change," and urges seniors to oppose it.
American voters can largely blame themselves when Congress is more talk than action on deficit reduction. Americans routinely say they want a smaller federal debt, but not at the cost of programs they hold dear — including Social Security and Medicare.
A CBS News poll in March found that most Americans want to cut spending and raise taxes to reduce the deficit. But 4 in 5 oppose cuts to Social Security or Medicare. And two-thirds are unwilling to have their own taxes raised in the name of deficit reduction.
When Pew Research asked which was more important — reducing the national debt or keeping Social Security and Medicare benefits as they are now — the public sided with safeguarding the benefits programs, 53 percent to 36 percent.
The deficit-spending partisanship continued Wednesday. On a party-line vote, House Ways and Means Committee Republicans passed a bill to protect Social Security recipients and investors in Treasury bonds if the government hits its borrowing limit and can't pay all its bills later this year. Democrats say if the federal government starts reneging on any obligations — even if it pays bondholders — financial markets will lose faith and the economy will tank.
Some Democrats fear a lose-lose situation if they support Obama's proposals. First, they could be attacked from the left for tweaking the programs that many Democrats see as their party's greatest legacy. And second, Republicans might accuse them of "raiding Medicare" in next year's congressional elections. That battle cry proved effective in 2010 after Obama's health care overhaul bill was passed.
Democrats call such tactics shamelessly hypocritical. Republicans, they note, have long called for reining in entitlement spending.
Boehner rebuked a top GOP campaign figure for hinting at a renewal of the "raiding Medicare" attacks. But Reince Priebus, the national Republican Party chairman, seemed eager to revive the question of whether Democratic trims to Medicare's costs amount to an unfair cut in benefits.


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Iggy Pop and David Bowie Buddy Biopic Coming
About their time in West Berlin in the seventies.
David Bowie and Iggy Pop's time in West Berlin in the seventies is immortalized in the hearts of fanboys and rock scholars — now it's time for a movie, Lust for Life, to immortalize it for everyone else. England's Altered Image and Berlin's Egoli Tossell Film will produce, with Gabriel Range, who helmed the George W. Bush assassination faux documentary Death of a President, set to direct. We're dying to know who'll tackle the role of Bowie, although "the central character of the film will be the divided city of West Berlin."


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Some of our favorite authors have been inspired by Robin Gold's new novel Once Upon a List to think about their own bucket lists. Yesterday we heard from Kristina Riggle and today Susan McBride, author of The Cougar Club and Little Black Dress shares hers!
The List-maker of St. Louis
I'm one of those folks who have always made lists.
Grocery lists, to-do lists, Christmas gift lists, you name it. I like to keep track of whatever's passing through my brain since so much always seems to be going on in there, and I'm afraid that, if I don't jot something down, I'll forget it.
At some point long ago, I'm sure I made a list of "what I want to do when I grow up," at the top of which was surely "be a lawyer or a teacher." I didn't exactly become either, although I do teach writing workshops on occasion so maybe that counts.
During college, the goals I set for myself seemed simple enough: graduate, write novels, become published, and be successful enough that no second job is required.
As I got older, I had other hopes, too, but they felt too tenuous to write down, namely that I meet The One, fall deeply in love, and get married; that I have a baby before it's too late.
Luckily, I met my husband when I was 41. He made the "fall in love and get married" part happen, but I seriously wondered if I'd ever get to the "have a baby" part after a breast cancer diagnosis at age 42. I was already late in the game for baby-making and then treatment via surgery and radiation put everything else off. (And, by the way, "get boob cancer" was never on my to-do list but that just goes to show how life loves to thumb its nose at us sometimes and say, "Na-na-na-na-na, I'm in control!")
In those years after while I regained my health—and my sanity—my list was quickly pared down to the most basic things: be well, be happy, and write the best books possible. So imagine my surprise when I found myself pregnant at 47. It turned my world upside-down again (but in a MUCH better way than the boobal trauma!)
And suddenly, I realized that my goals had more to do with baby Emily than myself (she's due in the next month or so). What I want for her comes down to these things:
I'll let you know how this list works out, oh, in another ten years down the road.
Susan McBride is the author of Little Black Dress and The Cougar Club. She's also a five-year breast cancer survivor and was recently named "Survivor of the Year" by the St. Louis affiliate of Susan G. Komen for the Cure because of her efforts to spread awareness and educate through her writing and public speaking. Her next fiction title, The Truth About Love and Lightning, will be released by William Morrow Paperbacks in February of 2013. For more scoop on Susan and Baby Emily, visit her website.
Robin Gold's Once Upon a List is available now as an ebook, to find out more, click here.


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Skip to comments.Access to sacred mountain refuge from Mayan Apocalypse blocked by authorities
Posted on 11/29/2012 8:34:29 AM PST by Alex Murphy
Pic de Bugarach, a small mountain in southwest France, is rumored to be the only spot on earth that will be saved from the Mayan Apocalypse predicted for Dec. 21, 2012, says a Latinos Post report dated Nov 27. According to doomsday theorists, the mountain will open up and reveal an alien spaceship ready to whisk humans away to safety. That is, if humans can access the mountain.
French officials have banned access to the mountain to New Age enthusiasts, sightseers and journalists, says Daily Mail in a Nov. 19 report. Access to the small village with the same name is also being blocked in an attempt to avert disaster.
According to Jean-Pierre Delord, mayor of the village of Bugarach, he is not concerned about the doomsday prophecies.
"This is the 183rd end-of-the-world prophecy since antiquity. But I can't take the risk of a lot of people coming here, trying to climb the mountain and getting hurt." He told the Guardian.
Whether Pic de Bugarach will offer refuse for those seeking to escape the Mayan Apocalypse seems unlikely, particularly in light of the fact that rumors that Mayan's predicted the end of the world by ending their calendar on Dec. 21, 2012 appears to stem from a misunderstanding.
Those looking for refuge from the predicted Mayan Apocalypse should make alternate plans, as access to the alien ship at Pic de Bugarach will be closed on Dec. 21, 2012.
(Excerpt) Read more at examiner.com ...
...and what I think is the funniest line I've read in the news all year...
Those looking for refuge from the predicted Mayan Apocalypse should make alternate plans...
Will they be serving lamb-fries?
"I'd just like to say I'm sailing with the Rock
and I'll be back like Independence Day with Jesus,
June 6, like the movie, big mothership and all.
I'll be back."
—Executed Serial killer Aileen Wuornos
What makes it even worse is that they don't know the difference between "alternate" and "alternative".
Mayan shmayan - it's all a load of crap.
But first they have to castrate yourself! ;-D
People actually believe an alien spaceship is going to save them from the Mayan end of the world? Man, these people are stupid. There's no such thing as aliens.
Jean-Pierre will have the blood of all humanity on his hands......I hope he's happy with that.
It's been known to happen. Sometimes the ship even does it all by itself.
In that case, they are coming for the dolphins.
The responding message will be "Good bye and thanks for all the fish."
No they didn't - their calendar is a cycling calendar - it just starts over. That is why it is depicted as a circle - when it "runs out", you start it again.
********their calendar is a cycling calendar - it just starts over*****
Help me out here....how did the Mayans figure out BC and AD before Christ was born???
Since when did they Mayans "figure out BC and AD"?
More than you ever wanted to know about the Mayan calendar:
Gosh now will I go on Dec 21 ???
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When Selena Gomez suddenly cancelled her Asian and Australian tour, many feared that the 21-year-old singer might be headed to rehab.
However, it seems that the real reason is lupus, the auto-immune disease that the former Disney star was reportedly diagnosed with a few years ago. The disease causes swelling, joint pain, and sometimes rashes.
Selena Gomez Cancels Upcoming Tour: Check Out Her Difficult Year Leading Up to It
"Selena has been going full throttle the past few years and her Lupus is really catching up with her right now," a source told the music website Popdust.com. "She knows that she needs to take some time to address the disease and look after herself better if she wants to live a full and healthy life."
Although Selena hasn't confirmed whether the chronic disease is behind her recent troubles, it's clear that the hardworking brunette could use a break. On December 6, the Spring Breakers star was uncharacteristically rude at a Jingle Ball concert and stormed off stage after sound problems. She later apologized.
Move Over, Kris Jenner: Selena Gomez Admits She's Crushing On Drake
And Selena isn't the only celebrity affected by lupus. Nick Cannon has been vocal about his diagnosis with the disease and has encouraged people to be better about testing and educating themselves. Though the condition currently has no cure, it is manageable.


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