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|"Alter Boys"
|CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episode
|Episode no.
|Season 2
Episode 6
|Written by
|Ann Donahue
|Directed by
|Danny Cannon
|Original airdate
|November 1, 2001
|Guest stars
Corbin Allred (Benjamin Jennings)
|Season 2 episodes
|List of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation episodes
"Alter Boys" is the sixth episode in the second season of CSI: Crime Scene Investigation, an American crime drama set in Las Vegas, Nevada.
In this episode, a man is found burying a body in the desert and although at first it seems to Grissom to be a simple case, he soon finds out all is not as it seems. Elsewhere, Catherine and Warrick investigate a woman who was found dead in a hotel spa.
On a lonely road, a ranger drives along at night; he sees a car on the side of the road in the bushes and goes to investigate. He trips and falls down the hillside, and almost rolls into a body at the bottom of the hill. There is a man there, burying the body. Grissom and Nick arrive; they're told that Ben Jennings was burying the body; Grissom asks Ben what he was doing; Ben is silent. Grissom tells him that he doesn't have to talk to them, as the body will.
They check the body, Grissom notes that the body has been moved from the murder scene and tells the officers to uncuff Ben so that they can process him and check his clothing. Grissom finds a hair on his back; Nick finds some red fibers on his shirt. Sara checks his feet for evidence. Grissom notes that the victim has no defensive wounds or bruising, and Nick says that means that he didn't fight back. Grissom tells the officers to send the body to the morgue for processing, but that no one is to touch it until he gets there.
Brass meets Catherine and Warrick at the Mediterranean Hotel; he tells them that Shelley Danvers was found dead in the hotel spa by an employee when she went to lock up for the night. Warrick talks to the employee, Kim Marita, while Catherine checks the body. She notes that the clothing on the body isn't right and asks Ms. Marita if the body was moved at all? Ms. Marita admits that Shelley was naked, so she put a robe on her, and says, "It's not like it's a crime or anything." Catherine and Warrick inform her that it ~is~ a crime.
At the morgue, Sara is going over the body from the desert when Grissom arrives; she tells him that she was just looking and hasn't touched it. They find flour on the victim's head; Grissom asks if there are any fibers in the neck wound, and Sara tells him that she observed some yellow fibers but hasn't removed them yet. She does so, and examines them, noting that they're probably silk; Grissom comments that the victim is wearing a dress shirt, but no tie, and wonders if he was strangled with his own tie.
Kim Marita tells Warrick that Shelley Danvers went into the spa at 8 p.m. and her body was found at 10 p.m. Catherine asks if Shelley used the jacuzzi; Kim says no, but they question her truthfulness, noting that she lied before about the clothing.
Dr. Robbins tells Grissom that the body from the desert is Oliver Dunn, adding that his wife came in to identify the body. He notes that there are three bullets in the body; Grissom asks about the cause of death, and is told that Dunn died of asphyxiation. Grissom wonders why someone would shoot a person that they'd strangled; Sara comes in with the information that the flour on Mr. Dunn's head was pizza flour. In the interview room, Det. O'Riley asks Ben where his gun is; Ben says that he lost it. Grissom asks if he has a job; Ben tells them that he works at Dante's Pizza, as a delivery boy. Grissom tells him that they found flour on Mr. Dunn's head and asks him to explain how it got there, but Ben says that he doesn't know; he doesn't come in contact with the flour, just the pizza boxes. He then tells Grissom that he doesn't have to talk; Grissom tells him that they'll find out everything from the evidence. Ben asks him, "If you know so much about these murders, what do you need me for?" Grissom is intrigued, and asks, "Murders?", stressing the fact that it's plural.
In the desert, Nick and Sara go over the ground in the area where Ben was discovered, using a radar device to check the ground; they find another body. Grissom asks Ben if there are any more bodies and tells him that they'll radar the whole hillside if they have to. As Grissom walks away, Ben tells him that he's not a bad person; Grissom doesn't believe Ben.
At the lab, Catherine sees David wheeling a body into the morgue; he tells her that it's Shelley's. Dr. Robbins does the autopsy and tells Catherine that Shelley didn't drown, so the jacuzzi theory is out, but she may have died of heat stroke, which caused multiple organ failure. Catherine calls Brass and asks him to get a warrant to search the hotel; Warrick arrives and tells her that Shelley had a roommate at the hotel, Tina Kolas; they had both come in from Indiana to stay at the hotel.
In the desert, while the team is uncovering the second body, Father Powell arrives to talk to Grissom; he tells Grissom that Ben is a member of his parish and is in need of spiritual guidance. With the body uncovered, Nick notes that there are no ligature marks on the neck, which is different from the first body that they found; he also finds a wallet in the man's jacket pocket, with a driver's licence identifying him as Kenny Ramirez. Sara comments that there seems to be no connection between the two victims, and it makes no sense. Det. O'Riley arrives and tells them that Oliver Dunn's car has been found by highway patrol officers at a gas station. Grissom asks if there was a second car there as well; O'Riley says yes, and checks his notes, then says that the second car belonged to a Mr. Ramirez.
At the hotel, Warrick examines the room while Catherine talks to Tina. Tina tells them that both she and Shelley had been drinking, and Shelley thought that a sauna would help dry her out. Warrick finds a ripped shirt; Tina says that they had a fight over it the day before in the room, and when she pulled on it, it ripped in half, and they both laughed over it. She tells them that Shelley called from the phone in the room to make an appointment for the sauna; Catherine looks at the notepad by the phone and says that they'll have to take that with them; Warrick says they'll take the shirt as well.
In the desert, at the gas station, Nick and Sara talk to the gas jockey, who tells them that he didn't see anything, which they find hard to believe. He admits that his buddy came along and he went for a ride with him, which he's not supposed to do and if his boss finds out, he'll lose his job. He says that he was only gone a short time, but when he got back, the two cars were there at the pumps, so he checked them out, then saw the blood on the ground and called the police. Nick looks around and notes that there's no blood on the ground now; the gas jockey says that he hosed it off as it was freaking him out.
At the lab, Grissom examines Ben's car; Father Powell arrives to talk to Grissom about Ben. He tells Grissom that Ben is a good kid, that he goes to mass every Sunday, and that his problem is that he tries to please people. Grissom sprays the seats of the car with Luminol, and tells Father Powell that it will show if there's blood in the car; it shows blood on all the seats, and Father Powell looks horrified. He tells Grissom that Ben wouldn't do this, but Grissom says that he believes the evidence in the car.
At the hotel, Kim Marita tells Warrick and Catherine that she has no record of Shelley Danvers being booked for the sauna; Catherine shows her the notepad from the room, and tells her that they've examined it and found that Shelley Danvers made a note on it that she had an appointment for the sauna at 8 p.m. and they've confirmed that it was her handwriting; she points out that this is interesting, especially since Shelley died of heat stroke. Warrick adds that the sauna is kept at 182 degrees, which could kill a person, especially if the sauna weren't checked. Brass tells Kim that he has their check-up sheet for the sauna, and no hotel employee checked the sauna after 7:30 p.m., so Shelley was in there from 8 p.m. until Kim went to lock up at 10 p.m. Kim explains that she dressed and moved the body in order to protect the reputation of the hotel; Catherine tells her she was hiding negligent homicide.
Sara and Nick have bullets which they collected from the gas station; they're from a Lorcin .380, which is the same pistol used on Oliver Dunn, and the blood in Ben's car matches both Oliver Dunn and Kenny Ramirez, as well as the red fibers, which Sara has matched to the carpet from Ben's car. Nick tells Grissom that Ben killed Dunn and Ramirez; Grissom says that the evidence only shows that he had the bodies in the car and buried them; he wants them to find the gun that was used, preferably with Ben's finger prints on it, and then he'll believe that Ben did it. Sara asks if he'd like to see the holes in his hands, and calls him a Doubting Thomas, and asks if this has anything to do with the Priest that has been hanging around. Grissom assures her that it has only to do with the evidence. Nick insists that the evidence doesn't get any better than this, so Grissom tells them to take it to the DA.
The next morning, Catherine and Warrick arrive at the lab to find Brass waiting for them; he tells them that he has new evidence: a hotel patron called to say that he'd seen Shelley and Tina fighting in the casino and they seemed to be fighting over a guy. He says that this is how the shirt got ripped, not the way that Tina had previously told them. They head out to the hotel.
Nick checks Ben's criminal record and finds some minor offences but nothing violent; he then finds Roger Jennings, Ben's brother, who has a lengthy record including many violent offences. Roger was paroled in 2000. Sara arrives; Nick tells her that they might have been wrong about Ben, and shows her Roger's record. Grissom goes to the cells to talk to Ben; he asks about Roger, whether Roger threatened Ben to make him help? Grissom says that they know that Ben only buried the bodies, and wants to know what happened. Ben is silent.
At Dante's Pizza, Grissom and O'Riley find Roger making pizzas. They question him; he says that he wasn't at the gas station, now that he has a job, he's staying clean. Grissom suggests that Ben has told them that Roger killed the two men, but Roger says that Ben would never say that. Grissom says that he knows that Roger shot Mr. Ramirez and strangled Mr. Dunn with his own tie; Roger says that Ben did it, and told him about it, but he refused to help Ben dispose of the bodies, telling Ben that he was on his own. O'Riley asks him what could have set Ben off like that, and Roger suggests that it was just tempers out of control, that Ben got angry at Mr. Ramirez for cutting in front of him at the gas station and shot him, and then strangled Mr. Dunn, who was probably just a by-stander who got too nosey. Grissom tells Roger that the killer left flour on Mr. Dunn's face, and says that it wasn't from the gunshot, it was personal, and adds that for a killer to change his M.O. from shooting to strangling there are only two reasons: entertainment or necessity. He asks Roger which it was, but Roger insists that he doesn't know what they're talking about.
Nick and Sara go to Roger Jennings trailer home to look for the missing tie; Sara finds some dry cleaning and notes that dry cleaning is expensive, but the trailer home is low rent. Examining the clothing in the bags, she finds a stain that could be blood; Nick comments that it could just be red sauce. While she tests the stain, Nick checks the area outside the trailer and finds a barrel with ashes in it; poking around, he finds a gun in the ashes. Sara comes out and tells him that the stain tested positive for blood; he shows her the gun, a Lorcin .380.
At the station, Roger is put in a cell, and walks by the cell where Ben is. Roger stares at him angrily as he walks by; Ben looks sad. In the lab, Grissom does ballistics tests on the gun that Nick found; the gun jams while he's testing it, and the technician tells him that the striations on the bullet don't match the ones found in the bodies. Grissom suggests that Roger did something to the barrel of the gun to change the striation pattern; Sara comes in with the blood test results: the dry cleaning rendered the blood untestable, so there's no evidence there. Roger is released from jail; he collects his belongings and leaves while Ben watches him from the cell. Grissom stops Roger on the way out and asks him if the gun jammed while he was shooting, adding that that's why he strangled Mr. Dunn; it was necessity. Roger says nothing and leaves.
Catherine and Warrick tell Tina that Shelly died from anaphylactic shock, they missed it until they saw the room service bill for the food that the two girls ordered. Brass comments that the airline records show that Shelley said she was allergic to shellfish, and the room service bill shows that two bowls of "A Taste From The Sea" containing pureed shellfish were ordered. Catherine tells Tina that they know that Shelley made a date with someone named Jeremy; Tina tells them that they met Jeremy in a bar, and she heard Shelley make the date with him. Catherine asks if she killed Shelley over a guy that they met in a bar; Tina says that she didn't think the shellfish would kill Shelley, she thought she'd just get hives or something and miss the date. Catherine tells Tina that Shelley's allergies kicked in at the worst possible time; when she was alone in the sauna; the reaction caused her blood to stop running through her veins, and her organs shut down. Tina comments that she didn't even like the guy, she just didn't want to be left out; Brass arrests her.
Sara gives Grissom a note to see DA; on the news, there's a report that Ben has been arrested for the murders. Grissom talks to the DA; he tells her that there's no evidence to say that Ben committed the murders. DA Childs shows him the new evidence in the case: the missing yellow tie, which was turned in by Roger that morning. He told the DA that Ben had asked him to hide it; Grissom says that since Roger brought it in, that would explain why his epithelials are on it; DA Childs says that it doesn't explain why Ben's are on it too.
Grissom asks Ben how his skin got on the tie, telling him that Roger turned it in; O'Riley tells him that Roger is framing him for the murders. Ben says that he doesn't know how his skin got there, and recalls what happened; he picked up the bodies at Roger's place, then pulled the tie off of Mr. Dunn's neck and gave it to Roger, who told him to bury the bodies, and that if there was any trouble, he should just keep his mouth shut. He says that he buried the bodies as a favor to Roger, and that Roger told him that if neither one of them talked, then the whole thing would just blow over. O'Riley tells Ben that he's looking at two counts of murder, and the best that he can hope for is life with no parole. Grissom asks if Ben has anything linking Roger to the murders, but Ben has nothing.
In church, Grissom goes to see the Father Powell; he says that he knows they arrested the wrong man; Father Powell says that he tried to help without breaking his vows. Grissom comments that 100 years ago, they didn't have finger print technology, and 15 years ago, they didn't have DNA; maybe someday, they'll have the technology to put the right man in jail. Father Powell suggests that someday, they might not need jails, then invites Grissom to come to mass; Grissom says that he doesn't believe in religion, he believes in science.
Catherine tells Grissom that he'll be getting a call from the local papers about spa safety at the local hotels regarding the death at the Mediterranean. He asks what happened; she says that there was some negligence. She leaves; Grissom sees officer go running by towards the cells. He follows them and sees Ben on the floor, bleeding. The officers say that he did it with his own teeth; they try to revive him; Grissom tries to help, then steps back as EMT workers arrive. Ben is pronounced dead; Grissom holds up his hand and looks at the blood on his fingers.
See also
External links
- "Alter Boys" at the Internet Movie Database
- "Alter Boys" at TV.com
- "Alter Boys" at CSI Guide.com
- "Alter Boys" at CSI Files
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I was gaga over this "You're Next" when it was in theaters a few months back. Mostly because I like looping songs, masks and Craig T. Nelson. Well good news for me and everyone else who likes awsome things because it's just been announced that the home invasion flick will hit Blu-Ray and other homeless-people-medias on January 14th. The disc will come with a making-of featurette, two commentary tracks and god knows what else. Just to be clear Craig T. Nelson is not in this movie. I just really like him.
Clive Barker has dropped the bomb that he will in fact write the script for the upcoming "Hellraiser" remake. Want to get moister? The original Pinhead himself Doug Bradley will reprise his role. Want to get moister!? I'm wearing one of those old-timey pajama numbers where the bottom flips down so you can make BM. Alright that last one was a lie, but I kind of wanted to see what sort of sick crap you're into. Sinner.
Andre Ovredal created "Troll Hunter" and because I loved that movie and all things Norwegian I want to be his best friend. I now know why he isn't returning my letters though, it's because he's working on "The Autopsy of Jane Doe", a new film about a father son mortuary team who begin to unravel the mystery surrounding a Jane Doe they receive. No word on a cast yet but the project is set to begin filming in London shortly. Alright, I haven't really written him or anything. No one writes letters anymore. They UPS hair dolls.
Tim Daly, Mario van Peebles, Cody Christian and Willa Ford have all been confirmed to be joining the cast of Steven C. Miller's "Submerged". I read the plot to this film a good 4 times but I really just kept thinking about how I think Willa Ford is probably 300 years old now and is still hot. How is that possible? Wasn't she a pop star back in the 90's? What the hell is going on? Wait no, she's 32. That's younger than I am and I'm hideous. This has taken a terrible turn.
Even I'm not old enough to have caught "The Excorcist" in theaters when it first came out but on September 30th, we can all run to the theater to catch the classic on the big screen once again. Coming out one week before the film is released on blu-ray, Fathom Events will be showing the director's cut of the film followed by a few of the special features from the upcoming disk release.
This past Saturday saw the first round of Emmy Awards at their Creative Arts Ceremony where the more technical awards are given before the broadcast. In a move that shouldn't be a surprise to any fans of the show, John Lithgow took home the Emmy for Best Guest Actor in a Drama Series for his run as serial killer Arthur Mitchell on "Dexter".
Hoping to see Doug Bradley reprise his Pinhead role in the upcoming 9th sequel, "Hellraiser: Revelations"? I hate to burst your bubble but according to Doug himself, he doesn't plan on returning.
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[Update: 2:12pm] The Rays have signed Lance Cormier to a one-year, $675K contract. To make room on the 40-man, the Rays have designated Dewon Day, who they had just claimed on waivers last week. With the addition of Cormier, this tells us that the Rays now expect Troy Percival to start the season on the DL as all spots in the bullpen are spoken for.
[1:42pm] With the recent addition of Gabe Kapler, the Rays 2009 roster may be set. After the recent contract agreements with Gabe Gross and Grant Balfour, the payroll is also much clearer. Let's update the 2009 40-man roster projection. We will be back later today with a look at the 25-man roster and lineup.
40-Man Roster Projection (notes and explanations on the projection can be found following the roster)…
Notes on the 40-man roster projection
- Ages are as of today.
- Shaded players are projected to be on the 40-man roster, but not on the 25-man roster.
- There are currently 40 players on the 40-man roster.
- The Rays have reached agreements with two of their arbitration-eligible players (Gabe Gross, Grant Balfour). That leaves 3 arbitration players remaining (Dioner Navarro, Jason Bartlett, Willy Aybar). Salaries for those players are educated guestimations based on contracts of similar arbitration-eligibles in the past few years. The salaries are also based on one-year deals. If any of the players sign long-term extensions, their 2009 salary could be considerably different. So far we have been within $150K on the first two deals.
- The 40-man roster now projects to have 26 players on the 25-man roster. This is due to the belief that Troy Percival will begin the season on the DL.
- Troy Percival's 2009 salary was bumped up by $445K due to escalators in his contract for appearing in 50 games and finishing 38.
- The Rays appear to be stuck with Troy Percival and Chad Bradford. Their $7.95 million combined salaries stick out like a sore thumb. One of those cartoon thumbs after somebody smacks it with a hammer.
- As a Rule 5 draft pick, Derek Rodriguez must be on the major league roster or be offered back to his original team. We don't see a spot for Rodriguez, but we think the Rays will work out a deal to keep Rodriguez in the organization. It would likely cost the Rays a low-level minor leaguer or cash.
- The opening day payroll now projects to be $61.7 million, but we also need to include Rocco Baldelli's buyout ($4 million). While not technically part of the payroll, it is a cost that cannot be ignored. That brings the projected payroll up to $65.7 million.
- $61.7 million would have ranked the Rays 25th in payroll on opening day last year. The Rays opening day payroll in 2008 was $43.8 million.
- $60 million is most likely at the high-end of where the Rays want their payroll to be and may even be above the threshold. The Rays tried moving Chad Bradford but could not find any takers. Other possibles would be Carl Crawford and Gabe Gross.
- A year ago, the Rays projected to have 7 million dollar players. That number has now more than doubled to 16.


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MSNBC host apologizes for airing unverified report
By John Hanlon
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On Tuesday night, MSNBC host Lawrence O'Donnell led his program with a bombshell report. In that report, the Last Word with Lawrence O'Donnell host noted that a source told him that Russian oligarchs with ties to Vladimir Putin co-signed loan requests made by President Donald Trump. O'Donnell noted that he was relying on only one source for the claim.
Within 24 hours, the host retracted the report.
That retraction was likely a reaction to the backlash O'Donnell received after airing his "breaking news." Early on Wednesday morning, Trump's attorney threatened legal action against O'Donnell and MSNBC. According to The Hollywood Reporter, "The president's personal attorney [told] NBCU brass that legal proceedings could be pursued if there's no retraction or apology for stating that 'Russian oligarchs co-signed loans to Trump."
By early afternoon, O'Donnell was on Twitter stepping back from the report.
Last night I made an error in judgment by reporting an item about the president's finances that didn't go through our rigorous verification and standards process. I shouldn't have reported it and I was wrong to discuss it on the air. I will address the issue on my show tonight.— Lawrence O'Donnell (@Lawrence) August 28, 2019
He followed up on his tweet during his program last night. On air, he noted that he "did not go through the rigorous verification and standards process here at MSNBC before repeating what I heard from my source" before adding that he wouldn't have reported the story if he had gone through that process.
A moment later, he made his point clear. "Tonight, we are retracting the story," he said. He added that although it's not clear if the story was true, he shouldn't have reported the claim without more information or any verification.
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Good Morning, This week we have no school on Friday or Monday and next Friday (4/6/18) is book mobile. We didn't have bookmobile last Friday due to the weather. We didn't get through as much curriculum as planned (this was a cushion week) as our class had to frequently sit down and have some discussions on our behaviors (I think it's that time of the year). This includes in gym. I hope that after this long break we come back to class remembering what kindness and grit are for the last couple of months in school. So, this week we will finish Unit 9 Lesson 1 in science on matter and will...Read More
March 22
Happy Thursday! Bookmobile is this Friday (tomorrow) so make sure your student brings their books to school! We did finish the Land of Stories: The Enchantress Returns and the students did fantastic on their ACR test. I was really surprised because the book was 515 pages long and took us a couple of months. However, the students ACR tests and class discussions showed that the majority of the students comprehended the book better than Wonder! We are starting a new book called A Wrinkle In Time. This one is shorter than the last one and we should finish it within the month. In science we...Read More
March 15
Happy St. Patrick's Day! We will be having a St. Patrick's Day party tomorrow. I am very excited to see what the leprechaun has in store for our classroom! Tomorrow is the end of the 3rd quarter, so I will be entering final grades. These will be printed and sent in the mail to you. In social studies, we completed chapter 8 lesson 3 and tomorrow we will do chapter 8 lesson 4. Lesson 3 has been graded, and will be entered into the grade book soon! In the Social studies curriculum there are 12 chapters, so we have 4 more chapters left (12 lessons) after this week that need to be complete...Read More
March 8
Happy Thursday! What a crazy week! Here is an update of what we did yesterday, and will do for today and tomorrow. On Wednesday, we started state testing. We did reading, today we did science, and tomorrow is math. Some day next week we will complete the language arts state test. Yesterday we also did a lesson on science and social studies, the science was not graded because it is a week long science experiment about the weather and the social studies has already been graded and entered into the gradebook. Book mobile is tomorrow and March book orders are due tomorrow! Thank you for coming to...Read More
February 21
Happy Wednesday! I am going to write you an email with an update for this week and for next week since it is a shortened week next week, plus I get to see you for parent teacher conferences! At parent teacher conferences, I will be showing a report card for the third quarter so far… there are still a couple of weeks left in the quarter so these grades wont be the final grades, but they will give you an idea of where your student is at for the third quarter. Mr. Will is coming in next Tuesday with the drones! I know I have been mentioning this for weeks, but it has been scheduled for next...Read More


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OTTAWA — You wouldn't have guessed, as Premier Dalton McGuinty basked in the adulation of fellow Liberals at the party's biennial convention here last month, that he has presided over what may be a permanent decline of Ontario's place within Confederation.
It's been a slow dissolution, rather than a precipitous or cataclysmic decline. It has taken years to set in and will continue to unfold for decades to come. But the pattern in the 2011 census data is clear and, barring the discovery of major new resource deposits in Northern Ontario, perhaps irreversible.
Canada's population is healthy, with steady, roughly six-per-cent growth driven by immigration. People from around the world still flock here, chasing opportunity, prosperity and security for their children. National population growth outstrips that of any other G8 country.
But the draws to newcomers are now westward and eastward, rather than central. This builds on the results of the last census, in 2006, and marks a fundamental, cross-Canada shift.
In Yukon, between 2006 and 2011, the population grew by a staggering 11.7 per cent. Saskatchewan is growing again. In Newfoundland and Labrador, New Brunswick and P.E.I., rates of growth are increasing.
But in Ontario, formerly the economic and political fulcrum of the nation, the growth rate has slowed — to 5.7 per cent from 6.6 per cent in the previous census.
There are two culprits: lower immigration and increases in the number of migrants heading to other regions of Canada. In other words: Individuals increasingly see greater opportunity elsewhere. So much for the appeal of McGuinty's high-tax, debt-driven command economy.
The numbers are striking. In the past five years, Ontario received 95,000 fewer immigrants than in the previous census period, while migratory losses to other provinces doubled. It used to be that Newfoundlanders fled the Rock to chase opportunity in Ontario. No longer.
For the time being Ontario remains Canada's most populous province. Last year Ontarians comprised 38.4 per cent of the population, ahead of the Western provinces (30.7 per cent), Quebec (23.6 per cent) and the Atlantic provinces (seven per cent.)
But the trend is clear, as are the reasons underlying it.
Manufacturing in the industrial heartland, despite the McGuinty government's desperate efforts to backstop or replace it with thousands of so-called "green jobs of the future," is locked in a downward spiral, driven by lower-cost global competition.
The population of Windsor, Ont., once a key hub in the province's auto manufacturing economy, is actually shrinking in real terms, posting a decline of 1.3 per cent in the past five years.
Another pattern: Canada is once again, unmistakably, a hewer of wood and drawer of water. The economies of the provinces registering the fastest growth and growth turnarounds are resource-based — potash in Saskatchewan, oil in Alberta and Newfoundland.
And the rural-urban divide is deepening. This census shows, once again, a slow but steady draining of population growth from small towns and rural areas, into the country's biggest cities. In 1851, nearly nine in 10 Canadians were country dwellers. In 2011, that proportion fell below one in five.
The reasons for this extend beyond job opportunities, and will be well-known to anyone who lives in a rural area: Poorer access to health care, poorer access to technology (high-speed Internet in particular) and a political system increasingly weighted toward the interests of urbanites, as reflected most obviously in the Ontario government's Green Energy Act.
But the biggest change of all, reflected in the census, is simply this: Alberta, which was already moving into the driver's seat in the previous census, is now firmly there. Calgary, the country's fastest-growing major city, will soon overtake Ottawa as the fourth-largest metropolitan area in Canada.
For the first time, the Western provinces — the Prairies and B.C. — together have a greater share of the population, 30.7 per cent, than Quebec and the Maritimes combined, at 30.6 per cent.
The political and economic implications are profound. This confirms, if further evidence were needed, that the political shift we've seen in the past 20 years — from an Ontario- and Quebec-centric federal government dominated by Liberals, to an Alberta-centric government dominated by Conservatives — is not a flash in the pan, but rather founded in fundamentally shifting economic and demographic realities. Of the 15 fastest-growing cities in Canada over the past five years, 10 are in Alberta. Given the projected growth rate in global demand for energy over the next 30 years, that trend will hold for decades to come.
The founding myth of two peoples, English and French, based in Upper and Lower Canada, is now just that — a myth. There's a new sheriff in town. It wears a Stetson.


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In order to build a capacity of system-wide infrastructure services, we have created a one-stop shop on the AL$ website by providing links to free course materials, free and rent digital textbooks, library options, custom publishing opportunities for faculty, accessibility information on our vendor/partners, a campus showcase, and resources supporting the deployment an AL$ initiative on the CSU campuses.
We continue to leverage the scale and size of the CSU to enable beneficial partnership opportunities with publishers, other content providers and CSU campus bookstores.
Creating Capabilities
In 2012 we began negotiating vendor/partner agreements and launched the Rent Digital Program and we enlisted campus bookstores to promote the Rent Digital partnerships.
- They notified faculty of availability of Rent Digital titles already adopted by faculty
- We provided CSU banners, shelf tags, and artwork for posters for the bookstore.
- Our Communication plan included informing faculty via
- Webinars, on-site presentations, AL$ web page tools, Faculty recognition events, emails and flyers
As a result:
- Faculty have a wide choice of titles and students can choose a digital rental for a significant percentage off textbook prices.
- CSU and vendor/partners are collaborating to raise awareness and competencies in using digital textbooks
- Vendor/partners provide the CSU a roadmap for improving the accessibility of their eReaders
- Increases in digital use has meant that more students have access to their course materials!
Student feedback includes:
- Appreciating the option to purchase their course materials at lower costs
- Learning more from interactive tests and materials found in the digital content.
- Choosing Rent Digital overused and print titles because the upfront costs are lower and there is no risk of theft, loss, or the burden of returning the books at the end of the term.
At the System level we are also providing access to:
- Open Educational Resources: Through ALS site, find over 1,000,000 FREE online instructional materials, including over 5,000 FREE online textbooks in MERLOT.org including COOL4Ed.org
- CSU Library Resources: Our electronic library collections provide students FREE access to extensive resources
- Faculty Customized and Authored Materials can be options to publish and distribute custom content in a variety of ways
- Lower Cost Publisher Content in both electronic and hardcopy formats.
Developing Demand
Regarding the adoption of AL$ resources, the real value of creating capabilities and leveraging content providers is realized when campuses deploy these services within the context of their campus initiatives.
The campus initiatives are multi-faceted.
- Communication WITH and BY stakeholders such as the President, Provosts, Academic Senate chairs, Faculty Development Directors, library staff, financial officers, Bookstore managers, Center for students with disabilities, and student governments encompass the recommended stakeholders to include in this initiative.
- Through professional development workshops, we are attempting to create the human capabilities to be successful with OER (open education resources) and create digital media confidence.
- We know that in reviewing and adopting low cost materials requires time and energy, so we have encouraged the initiative to align with the campus priorities and encourage these activities to be recognized in the faculty tenure/promotion portfolio.
- With the growing collection of eBooks that can be used as course materials, we have found that both Students and Faculty need support learning to use eReader tools.
- The AL$ initiative facilitates a two day workshop where we invite campus stakeholders such as faculty, librarians, bookstore managers, academic technology groups, faculty professional development directors to learn more about the details of the AL$ initiative in the CSU, showcase campus AL$ activities, introduce the campuses to new partnerships and opportunities for the continually changing AL$ ecosystem.
- We incentivize the campuses with small grants to work collaboratively with their faculty and stakeholders develop awareness, discovery, and adoption strategies for low or no cost materials' implementation.
- Examples of current campus activities are showcased on our website. They can be inspiring examples of the AL$ initiative demonstrating the growth and adoption of affordable learning solutions within their campuses.
Enabling Ecosystems
Within the AL$ ecosystem, we have found that:
- Incorporating buy-in from "Top to the bottom" within the organization is most important because connecting "silos" is for the students' benefits.
- Creating and maintaining relationships with vendor Partnerships is key to providing opportune business deals for affordable solutions.
- Paying attention to and working within policies such as intellectual property, copyright, "textbook" adoption, HEOA implementation, and accessibility will represent the institutions' values and provide "good guidance".
- Last but not least, responding to legislator's intent and actions affects the affordable ecosystem, too.
Affordable Learning Solution's Strategy Drivers are:
- Access to higher education dependent on a "Total Cost of Education"
- Cost transparency that requires changes in campus business practices
- Timely delivery of accessible content to students with disabilities
- Student and faculty demands for digital services and products
- Meeting and improving upon student learning outcomes for accreditation
- One more aspect of the AL$ ecosystem is our partnerships with the higher education organizations including the University of Georgia system, the Tennessee Board of Regents, the Oklahoma Board of Regents, the State University of New York system, and the Louisiana Board of Regents.
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- Grow exemplary practices faculty showcases
- Focus on mobile and work with students
- Aggregate digital offerings and savings
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- Continue to develop a repository of open education materials


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Boil squash until tender. Drain well.
In large bowl, add squash, stuffing, chicken soup, onion and half of the cheese. Mix well. Top with remaining cheese.
Cook in 350 oven for 30 minutes. Serve with yeast rolls to bring out some more flavor.
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In the past decade, Canada has become a leading exporter of indie rock. For many, the plaid lumberjack shirt of popular cliche is no longer inhabited by a rugged wood-chopping outdoorsman but an introverted art student from urban bohemia. Popularized by indie juggernauts like Broken Social Scene and well represented on the recently announced 2011 Polaris Prize shortlist, the ongoing vibrancy of art-rock and folk scenes was discussed in Drowned in Toronto #1. With these sounds currently saturating the market in Toronto however, DiT#2 (that's Drowned in Toronto, number two) has a bias towards the city's more synthetic musical styles.
When I first moved to Toronto from the UK, I was looking for a soundtrack to accompany my new environment. With the city's modernity and strict grid-locked layout, the structured futurism of electronic music seemed perfect. A North American rave hotspot in the 90's, dance culture has long been a vital part of Toronto's music culture. Electronic meccas Detroit, Chicago and New York City are just down the road, and a familial connection to London means that England's rave past and bass-heavy present infiltrate the T.O. consciousness.
I arrived in 2007 and Toronto was in thrall with the sounds of "blog-house" and a sea of DJs and indie-dance bands followed in its wake. Bands like Crystal Castles and MSTRKRFT helped put Toronto on the international map. Times have changed however, and when The Social - a Queen St West bar and electro house hotspot- recently announced its closure it seemed like the final nail in the coffin of that scene. But the scene is not dead. Alongside the likes of Egyptrixx and Art Department; Azari and III are spearheading Toronto dance music in 2011. Their blend of classic house and disco, shot through a modern production aesthetic, has taken them around the world, and their debut full length on Loose Lips Records is imminent. Check out the stream of the whole album on Azari and III's website
Bonjay's "Stumble/Creepin'" album came out in June. Vocalist Alanna Stuart adds inventive vocals and stage presence to Ian "Pho" Swain's ingenious beats, to create a sound that is globally-minded both in it influences and potential audience. Swain's former DJ buddies Jokers of the Scene are also bringing an eclectic sound clash to an ever increasing audience with their unique originals and in-demand remixes.
Toronto lacks an electronic event as large and cutting edge as Montreal's Mutek. However, Southern Ontario does host the electronic music festival WEMF August 12-14, and 2011's lineup is more diverse and populist than recent years. In the city itself, dance events seem to oscillate between post-rave epics, held in mega-clubs like Guvernment, and trendy small scale parties in venues like Wrongbar, run by electro guru Nasty Nav.
With two vibrant scenes coexisting, Toronto is a natural habitat for indie bands who incorporate electronic sounds. Groups formed in the boom years of the mid 2000's are taking the fusion sound in new directions, while others are following Katie Stelmanis of Austra (pictured above, whose debut LP is one of DiS' favourites of the year - Ed) in reinventing themselves for the club. Either way it seems that some kind of groove-enhancing substance is still floating around the water supply.
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Digits is the recording project of Alt Altman who, also along with Andrew Pulsifier, runs the music series Silent Shout, a showcase for local synth groups. Sounding like an agoraphobic New Order, "Rachel Marie" is a lovely slice of melancholic ear candy.
They recently performed at Silent Shout and Kidstreet are guaranteed to entertain live. Actually from nearby Waterloo, they've rocked a sufficient number of T.O. audiences to be called an honorary Toronto group. Check out their EP "X", released on Nettwerk records earlier this year. Opopo operate in similar circles, and produce club sounds with a raw rock intensity. Honing their craft for a few years now, they brought out the full length album "Light Work" in June.
They seem to have been touring rather than releasing records for a while now, but Parallels already set a high standard for Toronto synth music in recent years. Formed by former Crystal Castles drummer Cam Findlay and singer Holly Dodson, they excel in tethering pure pop music to a classy metronomic back beat.
Electronic music often operates at the cruel whims of fashion, but Prince Nif-D exists outside such fickle concerns. Operating in the sample-tampering realm of dance music, his fearless eclecticism and experimentation appeals more to an indie crowd. "Instant Nifty volume II" released last fall, defies categorization.
The Magnificent Paper Dragon by Prince Nifty
More weirdness now from Josh Reichmann, whose "After Live" album of mentally askew pop came out in May. In accordance with Drowned in Toronto #2's dance-floor friendly theme, here is a banging remix of "All Day Wrong" by Sebastien Grainger, formerly of DFA 1979.
Eventually, every good party must have a comedown. With this in mind we ditch the electronic pretensions and revert to the mellow acoustic sounds of Jennifer Castle. Having benefited from a supporting role in Fucked Up's "David Comes to Life", she consolidated her place as one of Toronto's most compelling artists with the recent "Castlemusic" LP.


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Finance & Development, June 2000 »
Volume/Issue: 37/2
Series: Finance & Development
Author(s): International Monetary Fund. External Relations Dept.
Publisher: INTERNATIONAL MONETARY FUND
Publication Date: 01 January 2000
DOI: http://dx.doi.org/10.5089/9781451952827.022
Keywords: anticorruption, systemic corruption, anticorruption efforts, anticorruption measures, fight against corruption
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15 Sips from the Manhattan Cocktail Classic Gala
3,000 cocktail lovers attended the kickoff of the Manhattan Cocktail Classic at the New York Public Library on Friday, and over 40,000 drinks were served. (That's right, that's about 13.3 cocktails per person...but don't worry, many folks tasted a few sips of each one and the moved on.) It seemed like every nook of the grand building was filled with revelers, from a wild subterranean dance party (complete with acrobats on swings) to a red-lit lounge upstairs. The libations included great renditions of the classics and fanciful new creations, featuring a wide range of spirits (including up-and-coming brands.)
Check out the slideshow to see the drinks we enjoyed (and what was in them) »
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This morning listening to the NPR (National Public Radio) I caught an interview that the Morning Edition host did with an American venture capitalist Bill Frezza. The conversation centered around job creation and the age-old debate that rages regularly between liberals and conservatives on whether or not taxing the rich affects job creation in a negative way.
What struck me was not the tax question, but rather the view that Bill Frezza held on jobs and on how jobs are actually not beneficial to business. Jobs is an expense, he said, and creating jobs isn't the goal of any business. The goal of a business is making money for the owner and the shareholders as well as satisfying customer demand. In other words, business owners aren't supposed to be concerned about the American economy and the state of the country in particular – but simply about how much money they'll make and how much profit they'll take in.
Perhaps not quite the view I would relate to, but that's beside the point. His pragmatic approach seemed very ego-centric, very "as-long-as-I-make-money-nothing-else-matters", and very … individualistic, if we want to put a culture dimension on it. What about the world, I wanted to ask? What about making sure that your money-making is contributing good to the world and to the society you live in?
It seems that Bill and many like him don't care very much for that (at least that's what came through in this interview). And that makes me wonder – do individualistic societies where "I" is a lot more important than "We" create more ego-centrism and more greed? Does the US with its very individualistic orientation lead the world in the number of greedy and I-don't-give-a-f$#@% individuals?
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Hairston at camp, excited to don Sosa's No. 21
MESA, Ariz. -- On Wednesday, Scott Hairston put a Cubs cap on for the first time in his life. He should've done so sooner. He grew up in Illinois, prepping at Naperville North High School, and his father played for the White Sox and his brother, Jerry, played for the Cubs.
Hairston, who signed a two-year, $5 million deal with the Cubs on Sunday, joined the team officially for the first time Wednesday at Fitch Park.
"I was a fan of the players on the Cubs, but my dad played for the Sox, so I was a Sox fan," he said about growing up. "I used to love coming to Wrigley Field and the history, especially in the late '90s when Sammy [Sosa] was doing his thing. I sat in the bleachers a few times when he was hitting all his home runs. That was a good time to be in Chicago."
Coincidentally, Hairston will wear No. 21 with the Cubs, which also was Sosa's number.
"It's Sammy's," he said. "Who wouldn't want it? Who wouldn't want to be 21?"
He had been gaining interest this offseason from the Yankees and Mets, who were looking for a right-handed hitting outfielder, but ended up in Chicago.
"There was a lot of interest early on, but I don't think there was enough interest to make anything happen," he said. "Interest is a word that can be described in many ways. The Cubs had real interest and they made things happen. I was happy to have both New York teams want me there, but when it came down to it, the Cubs wanted me the most, and that's why I'm here."


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This holiday season, change your tradition from photos with Santa to a photo with Santini – or Rainbow, Pax, Pandora, or one of Dolphin Research Center's other dolphins. Beginning October 30th and going through December 22nd, we're again offering photo sessions for individuals or families up to four people to pose along with a dolphin.
A high-quality digital image will be provided on CD which can then be used for a holiday photo. Sessions are available twice a day, mid-morning and mid-afternoon, and booked on a walk-in basis. Feel free to dress up in holiday garb and bring your Santa hats and reindeer antlers to further capture the spirit of the season! There is a single $35 fee for the group, in addition to individual admission prices. For more info, call 305-289-1121, ext. 203.


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U.S. Secretary of Education Arne Duncan today announced that $108.8 million in funding for targeted students and communities is now available to states under the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act (ARRA) of 2009. Today's announcement follows the first $44 billion in education-related Recovery funds made available on April 1.
The release of funds includes $39.6 million in 180 Impact Aid Construction grants for communities with military bases, Indian reservations and other federal property that do not generate local tax revenues. Another $69.2 million in 52 Homeless Children and Youth grants helps states and school districts meet the educational and related needs of homeless students.
"Given our difficult economic circumstances, it's very important that targeted communities and at-risk populations benefit immediately from the stimulus program," Duncan said. "These investments will create jobs and boost local economies, while also helping raise student achievement."
The Impact Aid Construction grants, which will be distributed by formula, can help repair and modernize schools and alleviate overcrowding. State agencies will receive the Homeless Children and Youth funds by formula and may distribute them to districts via formula or competitive process.
EDITOR'S NOTE: For more information on this and other aspects of the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act, see http://www.ed.gov/policy/gen/leg/recovery/index.html#homeless.


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Normally, Mark Millar is not the most reliable of sources, but since we recently confirmed the start date of production on Kick-Ass 2, we can lend a bit more credence to the comic writer's comments in the following interview. Director Jeff Wadlow (Never Back Down) spoke recently on the progress and tone of the sequel to Matthew Vaughn's 2010 original hit, Kick-Ass. Millar expands on his comments quite a bit, including a candid talk about Wadlow being chosen as director, the use of Hit-Girl in the sequel, the return of the original cast (including Aaron Johnson, Chloe Grace Moretz and Christopher Mintz-Plasse) and where the franchise will go from here. Some spoilers lay in wait ahead, but feel free to hit the jump as I'll move the spoiler-free updates to the head of the line.
In a recent interview with Digital Spy at Kapow! Comic Con, Millar opened up a lot about Kick-Ass 2, including some major character-related plot points. Those await you further down the line, so let's start with some non-spoilery bits. For a while, speculation had it that Vaughn would return to direct the sequel. Millar commented as follows:
"Matthew Vaughn chose the director about 18 months ago secretly because he knew he wasn't going to be doing Kick-Ass 2 since he had taken on the X-Men franchise. For a little while, a few weeks, it looked like he might do Kick-Ass 2, but they poured a bucket of money over him to do X-Men instead.
"Jeff Wadlow had been talking to Matthew about doing this move Bloodshot a couple of years back and Matthew was really impressed with his script. He'd done a couple of movies on a small budget, and Matthew was like 'trust me, this is the guy'.
"So the three of us have been talking seriously for about eight months, and Jeff turned in a final draft of the screenplay about eight weeks ago. It's in really nice shape to start shooting in eight or nine weeks' time."
Millar further commented on the state of the original cast returning for the sequel:
"As far as we know everyone is scheduled to come back, unless somebody is hit by a bus or something. Chloe has a busy schedule but she has to stop sometime."
The next bits get a tad spoilery, so if you haven't read the comics or simply don't want to know about the plot points involved in the sequel, turn back now!!!
Millar next commented on the level of violence that he thinks Kick-Ass 2 will get away with:
"Every horrible scene in the book will be in the film. The c**t line in the first one, everybody said 'there's no way you're getting that in the movie', but it happened and it's the same thing with this. Everybody is saying 'you can't have a gang rape scene with supervillains' and 'you can't have the dog's head cut off', but every single one of those scenes will go in it."
This may be the biggest spoiler as pertains to the movie plot:
"Hit-Girl will be the first 30 minutes of the movie and then the next 70 minutes is Kick-Ass 2. So Hit-Girl is structured as the first act."
As for the other characters in the film, Millar was asked about Mintz-Plasse taking up the mantle of The Motherfucker and whether he'd be up for it:
"Totally! The thing I love about it is there was a movie I saw years ago called Once Upon a Time in the West, and Henry Fonda, who is the nicest all-American actor of that era shoots a child at the start of that film, and you're like 'oh my God', because it's Henry Fonda. If you saw somebody who is a bad guy, like a Lee Van Clief type, doing that it's not nearly as shocking.
"So to see the guy you know as the charming McLovin doing awful things, it's going to be doubly upsetting, and that was always the plan. He's a very, very underrated actor. I think sometimes if you do comedy, people don't accept that you are a serious actor, but he's one of those guys who can turn his mind to anything."
Finally, Millar shared quite a bit about the future of Kick-Ass in both comic and movie form:
"The third book of Kick-Ass is the last book, there won't be any more after that. Even though it's the biggest book I've ever done, I've really always thought there's an end in sight, so I plan on finishing it in a year's time."
"People who've read the comic will know that the second one ends on a cliffhanger. Hit-Girl's been arrested and she's in prison, Dave has lost his dad and he's kind of destitute. The third one will be set two years later, and it's about where their lives are now, picking it up from there.
"Hit-Girl has killed 80-something people by this point, so they're never going to let her out. She's like a tiny Myra Hindley.
"It's basically illegal to wear a costume at this point, so that's quite interesting. I used to love Marvel Comics where the cops were chasing superheroes, seeing them as menaces because they're not licensed in any way. So I kind of like the idea of bringing that back, because in reality there's no way a cop or a fireman is going to let a guy in a suit run into a building.
"I like the idea that after they have stopped a mugging they have to run away for the police. That old-fashioned superhero thing."
Look for the sequel to Kick-Ass sometime in 2013.