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June 23, 1997

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Betty Poole is worried about the future of her home in the Washington County Housing Authority's School House Manor development for senior citizens in Boonsboro.

Poole, 69, said she is "greatly concerned" that if the county's authority merges with the Hagerstown Housing Authority as proposed "that they won't care for the place as much as it has been in the past. They're there in the city and I don't think they'll take as much of an interest."

Several residents of School House Manor and the county's two other senior housing communities - Blue Mountain Estates in Smithsburg and Park View Knoll in Williamsport - praised the county's management of their developments.

"The maintenance has been wonderful. They've really kept things up," said Glendora Cooper, 67, of Blue Mountain Estates. "I'm just worried that things might change."

Cooper, a widow, moved to Blue Mountain Estates three years ago when health problems made it difficult for her to keep up her own home, she said.

"I'm so tickled I have a nice apartment," which she shares with her miniature poodle Blossom, Cooper said.

But the proposed merger and speculation about what it could mean troubles her and others.

Last year the Washington County Commissioners cut funding of the county housing office in half, from about $180,000 to $90,000, and approached the Hagerstown Housing Authority about a merger to make operations more efficient and economical.

The merger would involve not only the county's 95 units in its three senior citizens' communities but also 25 scattered housing sites and the county's Section 8 voucher program that subsidizes rents in privately owned housing for low-income people, Hagerstown Housing Authority Executive Director Ted Shankle said.

"We're all worried that our rent's going to increase or there's going to be new rulings," Cooper said. "It's just the uncertainty of not knowing. We love it here."

Residents currently pay 30 percent of their income for rent and also cover their electric and telephone bills, said Jane Smith, 71, of School House Manor.

But Shankle said a merger won't affect rents, which are based on ability to pay and set by a federal formula that applies to both the county and city housing authorities.

Some residents complain that they are not being kept informed of the progress of merger negotiations between the city and county.

"We're left in the dark," Smith said. "It leaves us hanging in the air."

"We don't know too much. They haven't told us anything really," said Blue Mountain Estates resident Betty Kline. "I for one don't want the change ... I don't like change."

Shankle said the Hagerstown Housing Authority has gathered data and done inspections and is finishing up an "in-house analysis" of the merger proposal.

He said he hopes to be ready to make a recommendation to the city housing commissioners in August.

"It appears there's a very good chance that our recommendation will be to go forward" with the merger, Shankle said Friday.

A merger wouldn't take effect until next summer because the legal details would still have to be worked out and the Maryland General Assembly would have to pass legislation authorizing it, County Administrator Rodney M. Shoop said.

A merger would likely mean a name change for the authority and the expansion of its five-member board of housing commissioners to seven or nine members to provide county representation, Shankle said.

Washington County Housing Authority Vice Chairman Thomas J. Kloc said he is concerned that any merged authority have adequate, county-wide representation so that is not "tilted" too heavily toward city residents.

Kline said she thinks the Hagerstown Housing Authority, which sent someone to tour her apartment, already has enough to take care of and "some of their places aren't the best to look at."

"This little place here is like seventh heaven," she said of Blue Mountain Estates. "We're just a nice little village and I don't think Hagerstown is capable" of maintaining it, although she admits she does not have any facts to support that opinion.

"They would have to meet our standards, not us meeting their's," Kline said.

Smith said she did live for awhile in Walnut Towers, which is run by the city authority, and "they were very kind to everybody."

But she likes the county's senior housing better because it gives a greater sense of independence.

"We can go and come when we want to," Smith said.

Shankle said he understands the residents concerns but he points to the city housing authority's Potomac Towers and Walnut Towers complexes.

"I think we keep a pretty high standard," he said.

Not everyone in the county's senior housing communities is concerned about the proposed merger.

"I don't think that much about it," said Pearl Meyers, a 13-year resident of Park View Knoll.

Meyers said she is not worried "as long as they still let me have my place."

"I sort of like the idea myself," said Raymond Shantz, another Park View Knoll resident.

Shantz said he thinks that some things might be better for residents and there might be fewer restrictions under the city housing authority's management.

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Retiree Leads Campaign for a Mountain of a Flag

From his backyard patio, Sonny Suarez gazes up at Conejo Peak with a certain dissatisfaction, like Michelangelo sizing up a blank ceiling.

"There should be a flag on top, and it's gotta be monumental," he says. "In fact, there should be a monumental flag on top of a majestic spot somewhere in every state. We've got to send a message to the terrorists."

At his kitchen table, he opens a folder bursting with letters to officials, pleas to the media, phone numbers of prospective donors. A retired warehouse manager for an airline, Suarez, 61, has made it his mission to hoist Old Glory over the 1,814-foot mountain as a memorial to the fallen of Sept. 11.

But to raise a giant flag, you have to pull some strings. While Suarez has gotten the Thousand Oaks City Council to order a study of the idea, he will also have to deal with neighbors who prefer their mountains monumentless and officials who may insist on patriotic traditions as American as the environmental impact report.

Lighted at night, the flag would be at least 600 square feet--the size of a one-bedroom apartment. It would wave from a pole nine stories high. More than 189,000 motorists on the Ventura Freeway would see it daily; atop a pinnacle just south of the Conejo Grade, it would be visible 40 miles around, Suarez said.

"You got your pole, you got your flag, you got your foundation," he said. "What's the problem? You're not going to tell me there's some rare frog up there, are you?"

Rare frogs and prickly little plants have thwarted far bigger projects on Conejo Valley hillsides. But that doesn't deter Suarez, who said: "You can take the plants and the animals and wrap them all in a ribbon and they wouldn't be accomplishing anything compared to what we'd be doing up there with a simple flag."

The city's study is to be completed in September, a month when any argument over the Stars and Stripes would be particularly sensitive.

"It's not as simple as a guy coming in and saying, 'Let's put up a flag: Yes or no?' " said Scott Mitnick, a deputy city manager overseeing the study.

For one thing, he said, the flag would be planted in land designated as open space. A road--estimates range from a few hundred yards to a mile--would be carved up the slope from the access easements beneath Southern California Edison power lines. And, if the flag is to be visible far and wide, officials in neighboring Camarillo and the Ventura County supervisors might also want to weigh in on the plan.

Other city officials reeled off additional obstacles.

"Who would be liable for someone getting hurt up there?" asked City Councilman Dennis Gillette, who introduced Suarez's proposal to the council in February as "a concept deserving of thorough evaluation."

"Who would maintain it?" Gillette asked. "Are we sure it would withstand very strong winds? What would happen if the solar lighting system failed and it went dark at night, violating flag etiquette? Will environmental documents be needed? My support hasn't waned, but all these questions have to be asked and answered well in advance."

Then, of course, there is the estimated cost of $400,000. Calling homebuilders with projects around his Dos Vientos subdivision, Suarez said he has secured "verbal commitments" for donations. But how many will come through, and for how much, won't be seen until the dawn's early light.

"I told him it sounds like a very good idea and that we would participate," said Debbie Aronson, planning manager for Warmington Homes California. "But I can't really tell you how much we would give. We just don't know at all."

Suarez came up with the idea as he focused on the mountain during a bittersweet jog on the morning of Sept. 11. Ever since, he has been alert to possibilities for advancing the plan. He has written to Rep. Elton Gallegly (R-Simi Valley) and to President Bush. He has called Naval Base Ventura County to see if the Seabees could bring up heavy equipment to install the flag's pedestal.

Leaving Las Vegas one night, he noticed a huge flag unfurling on a pole towering above an Arco gas station.

"I said, 'Bingo!' " he recalled. " 'Just what I need.' "

After impassioned entreaties from Suarez, Arco's parent company, BP, is "seriously considering" donating a flagpole, said BP spokesman Paul Langland.

"It doesn't quite fit what we traditionally do, but it would be a patriotic gesture," Langland said.

The pole would cost about $20,000, Suarez said.

If the promised donations for the monument materialize, Thousand Oaks Mayor Ed Masry said he is all for it.

"I'm certainly in favor of putting up the flag wherever we can," he said.

Asked whether it would violate a city ban on ridgeline development, he said, "I don't think anyone would object to a flag on the ridgeline. We'll deal with that once the financing is squared away."

However, the city already has received some notes of protest.

Diane and Gary Anderson shot off e-mails to each council member, arguing that saying yes to the flag would also force the city to approve cell phone antennas, satellite receivers and other structures in areas that are supposed to be untouched.

"If the land is indeed designated as open space, then it should be protected from any development, whether it be a flagpole, a cut-out of Mom or a replica of her apple pie," their message said. "We should all remember that well-intentioned ideas are not necessarily good ideas."

Statements such as that strike Suarez as somewhere between misguided and unpatriotic.

"I absolutely agree with laws about development on ridgelines," he said. "But we're talking about the American flag here. I guarantee you, when people see this from the road, they'll be in tears. I know I'll be."

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Architects of Genocide

MASTERS OF DEATH: The SS-Einsatzgruppen and the Invention of the Holocaust, By Richard Rhodes, Alfred A. Knopf: 338 pp., $27.50 THE BUSINESS OF GENOCIDE: The SS, Slave Labor, and the Concentration Camps, By Michael Thad Allen, University of North Carolina, Press: 378 pp., $39.95

July 07, 2002|RICHARD BREITMAN | Richard Breitman is the author of "The Architect of Genocide: Himmler and the Final Solution" and "Official Secrets: What the Nazis Planned, What the British and Americans Knew."

The gas chambers and crematories at Auschwitz-Birkenau annihilated thousands of Jews each day, creating the haunting specter of modern technology harnessed to the goal of genocide. But before that, high-ranking Nazi officials meticulously organized mass shootings of hundreds of thousands of Jews (and some other groups). Even after the establishment of extermination camps, shooting continued where it was the more efficient method in Poland and in conquered areas of the Soviet Union. If the gas chambers had never existed (or if they had been destroyed by Allied bombs late in the war), Nazi Germany still would have tried to carry out a "Final Solution of the Jewish question" through other means.

To explain how large numbers of people became mass murderers, Pulitzer Prize-winning author Richard Rhodes cites both the ideological motivation of Nazi leaders and the socialization of leaders and followers to use violence. Drawing heavily from the testimony of perpetrators brought to trial and from survivors and witnesses of the mass shootings, Rhodes supplies a vivid account in "Masters of Death" of this first stage of the Holocaust.

Rhodes correctly contends that the techniques to carry out the mass murder of an entire people had to be invented.Once the Nazi leadership decided to eliminate what it perceived as a mortal threat from the Jewish "race," they were in uncharted territory. There was no precedent for eliminating a population that they estimated at more than 11 million across Europe (the number used at the 1942 Wannsee Conference). The Nazi regime became more and more firmly committed to genocide of the Jews and to the decimation of other populations in a vast new Eastern empire to be settled by Germans. Officials explored different ways of carrying out their barbaric objectives.

The Einsatzgruppen were battalion-size units formed by the Security Police and SS Security Service, known as the SD, which liquidated thousands of Poles and Jews in the fall of 1939. Heinrich Himmler, head of the SS and chief of the German Police, and Reinhard Heydrich, commander of the Security Police and SD, decided to employ Einsatzgruppen on a much larger scale during the German invasion of the Soviet Union. Jews and Communist officials were their main targets.

For decades, historians gave four Einsatzgruppen (about 3,000 men) "credit" for killing more than 700,000 Jews, basing their findings partly on summaries of the killing operations prepared in Gestapo headquarters in Berlin. (These reports were uncovered after the war and were used to help convict a group of Einsatzgruppen officers in a U.S. trial that Rhodes covers briefly in an epilogue.)

But through painstaking archival research, historians have discovered that the Einsatzgruppen were but one component of the Nazi shooting apparatus. Battalions of the Order Police, selected regiments of the SS army and units of Ukrainian and other non-German police all played substantial roles as executioners in the East. Their combined manpower considerably exceeded that of the Einsatzgruppen. Himmler also employed key regional commanders in the war against the Jews in the East. The first stage of the Holocaust was a multifaceted operation with different components.

Rhodes does not limit himself to the Einsatzgruppen, but there remains a need for a more detailed comparison of the composition and behavior of the various units involved in the mass shootings.

High Nazi officials feared the adverse psychological effects of mass shootings on the executioners. Rhodes notes that Himmler was sensitive to this problem--he blanched when he witnessed a mid-August 1941 execution of Jews at Minsk. The SS and police regional commander for Central Russia, Erich von dem Bach-Zelewski, quickly urged more consideration for the welfare of his men. (Bach-Zelewski later suffered a breakdown.) The sequence of events suggests that Bach-Zelewski's complaint to Himmler initiated a period of experimentation with alternative methods of killing, including poison gas in mobile vans.

A separate Nazi program to rid Germany of those deemed genetically defective--the mentally and physically disabled--was by 1940 already gassing tens of thousands with carbon monoxide. Eventually, extermination camps that would use carbon monoxide were constructed in areas that are today in Poland and were used to kill Jews who had been transported there. Officials at Auschwitz-Birkenau also tested the insecticide Zyklon-B, which led to even more lethal facilities combining the gas chamber and crematorium.

Rhodes draws upon work done in the 1990s by American criminologist Lonnie Athens to explain how people are socialized to use violence: First, they are brutalized; then they become belligerent. They begin to exhibit violence to defend themselves against perceived threats and then they become "virulent."

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Top Performers

October 18, 2003

A look at some of the best efforts in football games reported to The Times:

Jesse Ramirez, Montebello Schurr

Rushed for 418 yards and five touchdowns in 53 carries in a 45-28 Almont League victory over previously unbeaten San Gabriel.

Andre Bouvay, L.A. Fremont

Gained 164 yards and scored four touchdowns in 18 carries in a 42-25 Coliseum League victory over Locke.

Johnathin Price, L.A. Fairfax

Rushed for 147 yards and three touchdowns in 22 carries in a 28-6 Western League win over Palisades.

Jesse Murry, L.A. Jordan

Had eight carries for 153 yards, including touchdown runs of 79 and 56 yards, in a 17-13 Eastern League victory over L.A. Garfield.

Tyson Hawley, El Segundo

Completed 15 of 20 passes for 252 yards and four touchdowns in a 27-20 Pioneer League win over Torrance.

Ollie Linter, Beverly Hills

Passed for 272 yards and three touchdowns in a 43-14 nonleague victory over West Torrance.

Damon Morton, Riverside North

Had four receptions for 158 yards and three touchdowns and returned a punt 76 yards for another score in a 59-14 Ivy League victory over Riverside Poly.

James Howel, Cerritos Gahr

Caught a 50-yard touchdown pass and returned a punt 64 yards for another touchdown in a 44-7 victory over Norwalk.

Terry Mixon, Compton Dominguez

Rushed for 100 yards and three touchdowns in 19 carries and had nine tackles in a 42-19 San Gabriel Valley League victory over Paramount.

Jared Billups,

Playa Del Rey St. Bernard

Had two interceptions, including a 20-yard touchdown return, a 90-yard kickoff return and nine tackles in a 20-11 Del Rey League victory over L.A. Cathedral.

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Congress strains to seek decorum for president's State of the Union

Gestures of bipartisanship for Obama's address are popular, but some see it as pure gamesmanship that won't hold up.

January 25, 2011|By Kathleen Hennessey, Washington Bureau

Reporting from Washington — On the eve of President Obama's State of the Union, civility is en vogue in Washington and no one wants to be caught not minding their manners — especially after two recent joint sessions of Congress yielded memorable breaches of decorum.

In advance of last week's vote to repeal the healthcare overhaul, House Republican leaders signaled that the rhetoric should be taken down a notch. Democrats, meanwhile, made a show of offering to sit side-by-side with Republicans at Tuesday night's address.

But even as they smiled graciously, both sides revealed the limited powers of civility and the politics behind politeness. In deference to a political mood subdued by the assassination attempt on Rep. Gabrielle Giffords (D-Ariz.), the tone of the debate last week over repealing the new healthcare law was relatively mild, though neither side inched any closer to common ground.

And while gestures of bipartisanship — such as the calls for lawmakers of different parties to break protocol and sit together for the speech — proved popular in some corners, they were seen as political gamesmanship by others.

"Democrats could not have cared less about civility and bipartisanship during the lame-duck session when they controlled both houses. Now that Republicans have Congress, and they need Republicans, it's let's all sing 'Kumbaya' together," said Chris Wilson, a Republican strategist.

Indeed, Democrats have been quicker to embrace the idea of a new seating arrangement, first suggested by Sen. Mark Udall (D-Colo.) and a centrist Democratic group called Third Way.

Nearly 60 members of the House and Senate, most of them Democrats, have signed on to a letter endorsing the mixed seating plan, and many others have announced their plans to pair up. The disparity has some Republicans in demand. Moderate Sen. Susan Collins (R-Maine), has agreed to sit with Democrats.

The arrangement threatens to upend the now predictable choreography of the televised address in the House chamber. With Republicans seated on the right and Democrats on the left, the clear divide provides a compelling visual of the power dynamic in Congress, particularly as one side stays planted firmly in the seats as the other bounces up for a standing ovation.

Obama will look out Tuesday at nearly 100 newly elected Republican members — an electoral accomplishment some Republicans looked forward to showing off.

House Speaker John Boehner (R-Ohio), who as a matter of convention has an assigned seat on the dais, has said members are free to sit wherever they want. Other House leaders appeared to endorse the idea but remained noncommittal about their specific plans.

As support for the idea grew, aides took on the role of social secretaries, fretting about the logistical hassle of making sure their bosses weren't left without a date.

Several freshman Republican members in the House declined to comment on where they would sit, as their aides suggested the notion was mere symbolism.

That is the point, said some advocates of the idea.

"On a political stage as important as the State of the Union address, symbolism has a real impact," said Sen. Mark Steven Kirk (R-Ill.), who will be sitting with Illinois Democrat Sen. Richard J. Durbin. "Over time, it should have an impact that lasts more than one night."

Rep. Joe Wilson knows the power of such a stage. The Republican from South Carolina became a national figure — and a fundraising tool for the left and right — after he shouted "You lie!" as the president addressed a joint session of Congress in 2009.

During last year's address, Supreme Court Justice Samuel A. Alito Jr. was seen on camera mouthing the words "Not true," while Democrats cheered Obama's critique of a court decision involving campaign financing.

Republicans have identified another drawback of the annual address: constant cheering by members of the president's party. But a pep rally is exactly what some viewers want from the primetime political theater, which is one reason the new seating proposal hasn't won over everybody.

"The State of the Union is a chance for Americans to see what Republicans are standing up for and what Democrats are for, and you can see where the year is going, where the fight will be," said Colen Lindell, a conservative "tea party" activist in South Carolina. "If everyone is sitting together, you lose that aspect. I know people are trying to be as sensitive as possible and it did get crazy when the healthcare law was passed, with yelling and shouting. But that's democracy."

Few expect the careful deference to civility to last long, particularly as the new Congress takes up contentious debates. (Already, Democratic Rep. Steve Cohen of Tennessee has apologized for appearing to equate Republican opposition to the Democratic healthcare law with Nazi propaganda.)

Republicans have many campaign promises to fill before the next presidential election. Democrats will begin the fight to thwart them. So House Majority Leader Eric Cantor (R-Va.) didn't hold back a dig at a frequent GOP target, Minority Leader Nancy Pelosi (D-San Francisco).

"I would love to have the opportunity for her to engage in some type of working relationship," he told reporters. "But thus far it seems that she is continuing to drive an ideological agenda, just the same as she did over the last four years."

Pelosi spokesman Drew Hammill disputed the claim, saying Pelosi meets often with Boehner.

On Friday, Pelosi noted that bipartisan seating wasn't as novel as some thought. As House speaker at the end of the George W. Bush administration, she often sat next to one prominent Republican during the annual speech.

"I have been sitting next to Vice President [Dick] Cheney for a long time — I want the record to show," she said.

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Real Radio's Daniel Dennis leaves Monsters in the Morning show amid contract disagreement

7:31 p.m. EST, November 27, 2012|By Jon Busdeker, Orlando Sentinel

Longtime Orlando radio personality Daniel Dennis has left the "Monsters in the Morning" show in a contract dispute.

In a YouTube video posted Tuesday titled "Goodbye," Dennis said Clear Channel, the owners of WTKS-FM Real Radio 104.1, offered him a three-year deal, but he wanted to work for the company without a contract.

"They were pretty dead-set on me signing a deal. I didn't want to sign a deal. I would have rather just worked," said Dennis, 36.

Representatives from Clear Channel could not be reached for comment.

A talk show known for its crude humor, sexual innuendoes and off-color jokes, "Monsters" has been an Orlando radio mainstay for more than 15 years. Dennis joined the cast in 1999.

"Monsters" personality Russ Rollins announced Dennis' departure during Monday's show, which airs weekdays from 6 a.m to 11 a.m.

Rollins and Dirty Jim, who also appears on "Monsters," have three-year contracts, according to a blog post by Rollins on the station's website. The show, which began as "Monsters of the Midday," changed its name after becoming a morning-commute program in 2004.

In the three-minute video, Dennis thanked his fans "for letting me be a part of your lives for as long as I have been."

After Monday's announcement, fans took to Twitter and Facebook to show their support for Dennis.

"I know a thousand people have told you already, but you were so important in making the Monsters what they were," wrote a Facebook user named Craig Colman. "Looking forward to your next venture."

Giggle Davie from Chuluota posted a comment on Real Radio's Facebook page that read: "He was my favorite! I don't know if I can listen to them anymore if he's not there. I'll try but it won't be the same."

Dave McArthur of Orlando wrote: "Guess I'll find a new morning show."

In his blog post, Rollins wrote that he understands that many fans are angry about Dennis' departure. But Rollins said he doesn't know all the details about the contract talks.

"Let me tell you what I know about Daniel and his contract with Clear Channel," Rollins wrote. "Not much."

Rollins was traveling when the negotiations occurred, he wrote, adding that Dennis will be "missed very much."

"I too would have liked to see him sign the three-year deal he was offered by Clear Channel," Rollins wrote. "He is very funny and he is an asset to whatever show he is on."

Dennis still can be heard on his online show, "A Mediocre Time with Tom and Dan Show," which airs at every Friday at 2 p.m. He's also on Twitter and Facebook.

"This isn't a death," Dennis concluded in his video. "I'm not dead. …I'll be around." or 407-420-6226

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Payne pleads guilty to burglary, now free from jail in Lakeville case

April 23, 2007|WSBT-TV Report

A jury convicted Charity Payne of three counts of felony murder. But Monday, she left the county jail a free woman.

A judge dropped murder charges against Payne, and Monday accepted a guilty plea on burglary charges. He sentenced her to time she'd already served.

Wayne Shumaker, Corby Myers, and Lynn Ganger were found shot to death in Lakeville in September of 2000.

Prosecutors said Payne gave the gunmen the security code to her ex-boyfriend's home.

The murder charges were dropped after the Indiana Court of Appeals ordered a new trial.

The court said investigators didn't read Payne her rights until they had questioned her for seven hours. Without her statement, prosecutors say they couldn't win a murder conviction.

So after her guilty plea Monday, she walked free, after serving less than seven years in prison.

Payne pleaded guilty to burglary in a September 2000 murder case that left the three construction workers dead and their families in anguish ever since.

Sheila Gibson's stepfather, Wayne Shumaker, was killed. She spoke directly to Payne at the hearing.

Â?She's out. Seven years and it's done,Â? an emotional Gibson said in court Monday. Â?She set the whole thing up and I told her she wasn't there when Stroud pulled the trigger, but she put the gun in his hand."

Prosecutors claimed Payne set the murders in motion because she told the killers her ex-boyfriend's house was a good target for burglary.

Â?Everybody knows that she is guilty, on the street walking free. My dad, Corby, Lynn are all dead,Â? said Mischelle Browning, whose father was killed.

Prosecutors said they understood the familiesÂ? frustration, but said they could not use the evidence they needed to win a murder conviction if they took Payne to trial.

Â?Our hands were completely tied with what was presented by the court of appeals," said Michael Dvorak, prosecutor for St. Joseph County.

It is a seemingly final yet frustrating turn in what is a lingering pain from that violent day almost seven years ago.

"I don't want them to remember my dad for the way he died Â? I want them to remember him for how he lived his life,Â? Browning said. Â?That's something that gets lost in all this."

Family members addressed Payne directly in the courtroom.

The gunman, Phillip Stroud, was sentenced to death for the murders, but the Indiana Supreme Court overturned the sentence. He struck a deal with prosecutors in 2005 and is serving life in prison.

Three accomplices are serving time in prison as well.

Prosecutors don't believe PayneÂ?s release will have any impact on their sentences. The evidence thrown out in PayneÂ?s case was never used in the other trials.

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Revealed after 50 years: The secret of the greatest-ever student prank
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It was probably the most ingenious student prank of all time.

In June 1958, Cambridge awoke to see a car perched at the apex of an inaccessible rooftop, looking as if it were driving across the skyline.

The spectacle made headlines around the world and left police, firefighters and civil defence units battling for nearly a week to hoist the vehicle back down before giving in and taking it to pieces with blowtorches.

The shadowy group of engineering students who executed the stunt were never identified and the mystery of how they did it has baffled successive undergraduates and provided fodder for countless tourist guides.

Now, 50 years on, the group have reunited to disclose their identities and reveal how they winched an Austin Seven to the top of the university’s 70ft-high Senate House.

At an anniversary dinner this month, ringleader Peter Davey revealed he had hatched the plan while staying in rooms at Gonville and Caius College overlooking the Senate House roof.

He felt the expanse of roof ‘cried out’ to be made more interesting and decided a car would do the trick, recruiting 11 others to help realise his plan.

The group chose the May Bumps week, when any passers-by were likely to be drunken rowers celebrating after their races.

After finding a clapped-out Austin Seven, the group had to tow it through Cambridge to a parking space near Senate House but hit on the idea of sticking signs on it advertising a May ball to explain its presence.

Mr Davey, now 72, said a ground party manoeuvred the car into position while a lifting party on the Senate House roof hoisted it up using an A-shaped crane constructed from scaffolding poles and steel rope.

A third group, the bridge party, passed a plank across the notorious Senate House Leap – an 8ft gap between the roof and a turret window at Caius – and helped the lifters ferry across lifting gear comprising three types of rope, hooks and pulleys.

Policemen who heard a commotion as the equipment passed above them questioned some of the ground party but were distracted by careless drivers nearby and left them alone.

Three carousing rowers spotted the car swinging about 40ft up, despite the efforts of two girls on the ground team who had been recruited to hitch up their skirts a couple of inches to distract passers-by – a ploy more likely to work in 1958 than now. The rowers were fobbed off with the explanation that it was a tethered balloon.

The stunt almost went awry when the team tried to swing the car through the apex of the A-frame, over the Senate House balustrade and on to the roof.

They had failed to erect a rope check line running from the Caius side which would have steadied the vehicle. It crashed on to the roof from 5ft above it and, fearing they would be discovered, the lifting team hastily pushed it to the apex before grabbing their equipment and fleeing over the plank bridge.

The next day the bizarre sight enthralled crowds of onlookers as attempts by the authorities to construct a crane to hoist it back down failed.

The then Dean of Caius, the late Rev Hugh Montefiore, had an inkling who was responsible and sent a congratulatory case of champagne to their staircase, while maintaining in public he knew nothing of the culprits. Unsurprisingly given their inventiveness, many of the group went on to enjoy illustrious careers – and Caius officials said the ‘ renegades’ had turned into generous benefactors of the college.

article-0-01c5846a00000578-44_468×286-200.jpgMr Davey, from Mousehole, Cornwall, was awarded a CBE and an honorary doctorate after setting up automation and robotics companies while another, Cyril Pritchett, was a lieutenant colonel in the Army.

Two of the team of 12 live abroad and could not make the reunion dinner at Caius.

One, David Fowler, had died and was represented by his widow Denise.

The reunited pranksters said their only regret was that the car was not left in place for ever.

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Our visit official outing was for ‘I Scream’ Factory private view (8.5.14) at the Anomalous Space in Angel. During the evening we printed 1930’s postcards of Manfredi Ice cream shop (Greater Manchester) and paper stencil cut 2 colour waffle style ice creams for the visitors. A great show full of eclectic ice cream inspired art works.  A successful first outing, apart from the rain on the way there.

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Opened in 1994, the Germantown Performing Arts Centre (GPAC) is part of a major civic facility, including the Germantown Community Center, which had long been a dream of community members and leaders alike.  Its gala opening featured a performance by Ray Charles.

GPAC features an acoustically fine-tuned, 900-seat concert hall with sprung pine stage, black box recording studio, and a grand lobby for public and private events and receptions.  It is well known throughout the region for bringing world-class talent to Nashville.  In 2000, in partnership with conductor Michael Stern, GPAC presented the first season of the IRIS Chamber Orchestra, with guest soloist Yo Yo Ma. Since then, IRIS has developed a reputation as one of the most successful classical ensembles in the country, with a focus on commissioning new works by contemporary American composers.

During its regular season, GPAC presents a diverse performance series, and hosts a wide variety of community events all year round.  Recently GPAC initiated its Youth Symphony Orchestra program, which offers an ideal learning and performing environment to Nashville’s exceptionally talented young musicians.

Germantown Performing Arts Centre Information

  • Public Transportation: Fair (buses 50 and 82 at the Farmington Road/Exeter Road stops are a 6-minute walk)
  • Handicapped Accessibility: Good
  • Performances/Programs: Approximately 120 events annually
  • Ticket Prices: Vary ($5-55) depending on event and seating choice
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St. Louis Shakespeare

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Founded in 1984 as a summer festival presenting plays in rotating repertory, St. Louis Shakespeare now offers three Shakespearean works and one non-Shakespeare classic each season. Its home since 1995 has been the beautifully restored Grandel Theater in the Grand Center Arts and Entertainment District of St. Louis, located between Powell Symphony Hall and the Fox Theater on Grand Avenue. Dedicated to producing the Bard’s entire canon, St. Louis Shakespeare has to date presented more than three quarters of his plays, including such seldom-seen works as Troilus and Cressida, King John, and Titus Andronicus, along with plays by such other greats as Aristophanes, Euripides, Feydeau, Molière, Oscar Wilde, G.B. Shaw, Arthur Miller, and Tom Stoppard. (MP)

St. Louis Shakespeare Information

  • Venues: Grandel Theatre (3610 Grandel Square); The Orthwein Theatre (101 North Warson Road); Missouri History Museum (5700 Lindell); Regional Arts Commission (6128 Delmar Boulevard); Black Cat Theatre (2810 Sutton Boulevard, Maplewood)
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Oak MS celebrated its newly renovated music room in a ceremony attended by students, teachers, parents, and administration.  Oak Principal Sally Neiser, LAUSD board member Meg Cutuli, Oak Instrumental Music Director Justin Padilla, and Superintendent Sherry Kropp served as the official ribbon cutters.

The new room marks the completion of the district's modernization projects that have been authorized and orchestrated by the school board and district administration over the past several years.  But this project had additional benefactors. Students made and signed posters to thank the Oak PTA and the Philharmonic Society for their gracious contributions.  Members of both organizations were

 on hand to address the students and to acknowledge their thanks.  Drum students cut the ribbon on four new Yamaha timpani that were a gift from the Philharmonic Society.

The new room included new storage cabinets, acoustic ceiling panels, and chairs.  Oak Music includes several performing groups for different levels of experience, including jazz band, philharmonic orchestra, string orchestra , symphonic winds, concert winds, and concert band.  All groups give several concerts during the year, and more advanced groups also perform at community events and music festivals.  The music program will benefit from the improved facilities and new equipment for many years to come.

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The hotel allocates seven different rooms, (Efrosini, Kaliopi, Nikolitsa, Vasiliki, Dafni , Ioanna & Maria) inspired from the individual characters of the relatives.

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New Tapes > Sohni Chambers: Yaw-Mah-Ha

Sohni Chambers
Yaw-Mah-Ha (Goaty Tapes, 2010)

If you're familiar with Sun Araw's trippy gems, you'll be certainly thrilled with Cameron Stallones' side-project, Sohni Chambers. Featuring solely Stallones on the Galaxie 8180 organ and his live collaborator Nick Malkin on the 5-piece drum-kit, Sohni Chambers is like a primitive, guitar-less side of Stalonnes' main venture in which all that sun-kissed psychedelia returns to its most raw, embryonic state. If you think of Sun Araw as the moment when you're laid semi-unconscious on the floor with your mind spinning in another dimension because you were hit in the head (which is more or less how I feel when I listen to it), then Sohni Chambers is the moment before that, when you're knocked-out but not yet seeing stars.
Yaw-Mah-Ha was recorded in Los Angeles last May and is now available through Goaty Tapes. According to Altered Zones, its song titles were named after the time of the day they were actually recorded. But while our friends gave you 2:47pm, we set our watches to 3:18pm.

A.1) 2:47pm
A.2) 3:18pm
A.3) 9:23pm
B.1) 10:04am
B.2) 7:36pm
B.3) 5:12pm

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Yep, it’s time for SPF, the photo game that ANYONE can play! (Kristine said so!)

She must be feeling a bit feisty this week as she has an interesting assignment.  We’ve been asked to post:

Something mean looking

Our weapons

Our hiding spot

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-Something mean looking

This is a key chain that KT got in Korea.  It’s called a “monster mask” tile and it lives on her backpack.  We have a few other Korea pieces, but they all have smiles on them…takes away the mean look…

-Your weapons

The girls have some pretty scary weapons that they use in martial arts, but those aren’t mine.  The ones I use, (modeled by KT) look much more mundane, but they are way more deadly! I use the End Dust to zap the back of Shaun’s head when his smart mouth gets away from him.  (Is it any wonder that he’s now bald?)

The squrt bottle is the best way I have found to get the girls to stop aruging.  They may ignore my words, but a few squirts helps them resolve issues right away.  It’s a very effective form of “Mama Magic”!

-Your hiding place

My secretsecret hiding place in the house is the inside of the oven.  Unfortunately, everyone knows about it.  I’m too attached to it to go find another one!

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14 Responses to SPF–weapons!

  1. Lee says:

    LOL…I LOVE your hiding place…do y’all live in a gingerbread house? 😉 and I thought the squirt bottle thing only worked on cats …I’ll have to remember that next time the nieces or nephews are over 🙂

  2. kim says:

    ha, i love that you squirt at your girls to make them stop fighting. i do that with my cat actually when she gets into stuff she’s not supposed to (or eats all my balcony plants again..) 🙂

    happy SPF – and you know i played 😉

  3. Jana says:

    I’m going to have to try that squirt bottle thing with my boys!

    I played!

  4. Hemlock says:

    I find it interesting that you use a squirt bottle for your kids, and I thought I was just being cruel to my cats!!! Good to know that it’s effective for humans too!!!

    Thanks for dropping by!

  5. oddmix says:

    I played.

    You know if you turn the canned air upside down it shoots supercooled liquid! i have actually seen people get frostbite from it. Great for shooting bugs. Just don’t shoot Shaun in the back of his bald head with it.

  6. Jay says:

    That IS a mean looking key chain. I bet it keeps bad spirits away. And I neve thought about hiding in a oven. Seems cramped. 😉

  7. christie says:

    love it
    happy spf
    I played

  8. Lisa says:

    Great key chain- very cool!
    I used the squit bottle on my dog when she was a pup and it worked.

    Happy SPF and I played too.

  9. hope you’re not thinking of actually hiding IN the oven.

  10. Your hiding place is awesome! My luck, I’d hide something in there, then forget about it and bake it. And, I’m stealing your squirt bottle idea. I knew it worked with the dog, can’t wait to try it on the boys!!

  11. Teena says:

    Quite the scary key chain!

    I played too 🙂

  12. kristine says:

    I love the squirt bottle idea. I just say, “If you don’t stop, you’re never using the computer again. ever. no MySpace.” and all the sudden they are friends again!!

  13. Suzanne R says:

    I have been using a squirt bottle on my kitten, but then my kids are grown and gone. LOL! Hmmm, that’s quite the hiding place. I hadn’t thought of that one. 😉 Thanks for stopping by!

  14. Coffespaz says:

    Funny stuff…never would have thought to use the Endust zapper on hubby! Mine’s bald too, so I know it would be effective. The squirt bottles brought back memories too. My mom used to start water fights at our house, only to get ahead of us and dash inside to watch the fun. When we were at the spigot (under the kitchen window) to refill our various weapons, she would attack from above with the sink sprayer!! Good times!!!


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Tuesday, November 2, 2010

Mamma Mia!

Rich's blog on cultural differences has inspired me to write my own take on the subject. After all, this is astoldbyannabanana :P

We may all look different, but in the end we are all just the same. I mean, even our first words are similar, and that universal word unifies us for life.

Most of you have probably played a Mario game at some point or other. Then, I'm certain that you are quite familiar with the plumber's catchphrase: "Mamma mia!" ( <- sound clip in case you didn't have a childhood).

*side note: I've always found this video amazingly cool, so check it out!

It also happens to be the name of a highly popular play, movie, etc. However, though it is a common saying, it is rarely given much attention.

What does it mean? Well, though I'm no expert in Italian, I can guess that it means something along the lines of "mother of mine". If you think about it, different variations of "my mother" can be found in almost every language except for English, which prefers to use "my God." In Chinese, it is very common to hear "wo de ma ya" or "我的妈呀," which literally translates to "my mom" to express upset or surprise! ( <- funny song :] ). It's kind of interesting to think, that regardless of race, we all revert to that security blanket of Mummy!!!

I brought up this subject at Aparna's graduation party last year, and it turns out that this phrase is in fact used in Hindi, Russian, and Tagalog (?). I don't know many other languages, so I'm just making a broad assumption, so if you can validate my claim in any other language, I'd love to hear it!
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Alan Thicke Sons Go to War with His Wife To Protect the Estate

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Alan Thicke‘s sons — Robin and Brennan — believe their dad’s third wife is making moves to get more of his estate than she deserves, and they’re taking action to nip it in the bud.

The sons have filed legal docs in Alan’s probate case, claiming his widow, Tanya Callau, is greedy and overreaching to get a bigger piece of the pie than their dad intended in his will. In the docs they say she threatened to go to tabloids if her demands are not met.

They don’t mention a specific dollar amount she’s allegedly trying to get.

According to the docs … Alan got rich and famous long before meeting Callau, and they signed a prenup when they wed in 2005. The sons say she’s threatening to challenge the prenup.

The sons say Tanya also wants more because she claims to have given up her own career to support Alan and help raise his youngest son, Carter.

According to docs … the boys say their dad left Tanya 25 percent of his personal effects, 40 percent of his remaining estate, a $ 500k life insurance policy and said she could live at the ranch.

Robin and Brennan want a judge to enforce the will and the prenup.

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Sleeping up to 12 guests across a range of 6 rooms, charter yacht ROMEA includes 1 master suite, 1 VIP stateroom, 2 double cabins, 2 twin cabins, and 2 pullman berths. Capable of discreetly carrying up to 23 crew, luxury yacht ROMEA ensures charter vacations with a memorably premier service.

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Including two movie theatres, an enormous main salon, and a well-stocked tender garage, ROMEA keeps guests incredibly well entertained whilst underway and at-anchor.

Special Features

The fully-equipped spa deck allows guests to unwind in true style, either by enjoying outstanding treatments or simply kicking back in the sauna.

Air Conditioning, WiFi connection on board, Jacuzzi (on deck), and a Deck Jacuzzi are all featured on ROMEA.

As a custom displacement yacht, superyacht ROMEA also features ‘at anchor stabilisers’ which work at zero speed, increasing onboard comfort whilst at anchor and during rough waters. With a cruising speed of 14 knots, a maximum speed of 16 knots, and a range of 5,750nm from her 210,000 fuel tanks, she is the perfect combination of performance and luxury.

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Guests 12
Cabins 6
Crew 23
Parameters 268.37ft /81.8m | Abeking & Rasmussen | 2015
  • 1 Master
  • 1 VIP
  • 2 Double
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Length 268.37ft /81.8m
Beam 41.34ft /12.6m
Draft 11.32ft /3.45m
Gross Tonnage 2312 Tonnes
Cruising Speed 14 Knots
Builder Abeking & RasmussenAbeking & Rasmussen
Model CustomCustom
Built 2015
Exterior Designer Terence Disdale
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Terry Crowley came to RAF Brize Norton in December 1962 and was billeted in The Talbot. He found 'Thatched Cottage' in Church Street and while it was dilapidated, Terry fell in love with and asked his wife Wendy to come and see it. They both came in the bitter snows of early 1963 and had to walk from Brize Norton because the roads were blocked but Wendy liked it too. Terry wrote a book about the history of the house, which is one of Bampton's really old houses, with cruck beams, thatch, and many other delightful characteristics, and their gradual restoration of this dear thatched cottage. This is Terry's book and it makes a really good read for anyone interested in architecture and the history of old buildings.

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Recipe #11: Meatloaf (Whole30)

For my next Whole30 compliant recipe, I bring you a homemade classic: meatloaf! My boyfriend loves this as a main dish and I gotta say, I did a pretty good job making it.

1 Vital Farms egg (it makes such a difference using pasture raised eggs!)
1/2 a green bell pepper, chopped
1/2 an onion, chopped
1 lb of grass-fed organic ground beef
1/4 cup of almond flour
1/4 cup of almond milk
1 tbsp garlic powder
1 tbsp of italian seasoning
salt and pepper

Throw all ingredients in a bowl and mix together well.

Grease a loaf pan and fill pan with the meatloaf mixture.

Mix ketchup, mustard, and bbq sauce in a bowl and spoon on top.

Bake on 375 for 45 minutes.

Slice and serve with mashed potatoes and green beans!

This made 4 servings and is great to package and reheat for meal planning ease!

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Wednesday, July 13, 2011

Might I set you free and still hang out for a bit?

She's wanted to do sports for ever.
She's asked and asked when she could like her big brother and sister.
She was finally ready. She was finally the right age they require.

I'm not sure I was.
I wasn't ready to see her blow me a kiss and run off to learn to play soccer.
I wasn't ready to see from that distance how long her hair is now and how big she actually is.
How she can handle herself JUST FINE without me.
I wasn't ready to watch her disappointment when she didn't understand that they are SUPPOSED to take the ball from you. They weren't just being mean. THAT IS SOCCER.
I wasn't ready for the wind that got knocked out of me at her self disappointment when things weren't going just how she had hoped. It hurt me to just stand there and try to let her figure it out by herself. I wasn't just being mean. I want her to survive.
I wasn't ready to watch my last little bean run off into the world and be her own person.
I'm trying to be. I promise I am. But I'm just not ready. Not yet.

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Yucatana man

Performers: Arthur Collins and Byron G. Harlan.

Issue Number: Edison Standard Record: 10432

Release year: 1910

Notes: Edison Standard Record: 10432. Words by Monroe H. Rosenfeld. Year of release and songwriting credit from -The Edison Phonograph Monthly,- v.8 1910. March song. Vocal duet with orchestra accompaniment.

Collection: Todd collection.

Personal Name: Henry, S. R., 1874-1966. Rosenfeld, Monroe H., 1861-1918. Collins, Arthur. Harlan, Byron G.

Subjects: Popular music—1901-1910.

Genre: Marches Music

Original Item Information: Cylinder 3794—Special Coll., Performing Arts

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• CRANKY CABARET 10/20/2017  11:15am

    Got offered to be in this gig. Experiences? Is it worth it? Do you actually make some money? Thanks!

    Please be honest in your responses, especially if you have experience performing with them!

    beltingbadass 10/20/2017  11:18am

    If you're new to the city it's a fun way to perform. But it's not going to make you any money unless you get all of your friends to come see you... also the "open bar" for guests is really just wine in plastic cups

    One Percent Better Each Day 10/20/2017  11:29am

    It's a lot of fun and a good way just perform. The people who run it are absolutely insane(sometimes in a good way and sometimes not) and I wouldn't say it's the most organized function of all time. But you don't make money and the open bar is just super cheap wine and beer and "Angria" which is sangria. I wouldn't do it again but I am glad I did it!

    CFrizze 10/20/2017  3:00pm

    Exactly what these people said but also, more importantly, great if you need recent video footage! That's honestly the only reason I did it if I'm being "reel" ;)

    chairylupone 10/20/2017  3:07pm

    I did it for the Reel and ended up with HORRIBLE footage. Lighting and sound was terrible. But it was fun to put songs on their feet in front of an audience.

    M808 10/20/2017  6:18pm

    -I would not do this unless you are 100% sure you can get a whole bunch of people to come, otherwise you will have to pay the difference and pay for your footage.
    -The people who run it are incredibly unorganized and scatter brained.
    -I got very lucky to have some incredible people in my cast who were so nice and encouraging.
    -If you are new to the city, this is a great jump start to the cabaret world and meeting new people.

    sugar.butter.tired. 10/20/2017  10:16pm

    The idea of it is fun! If you can get your friends to come, then go for it!
    They require a 5 person minimum to get your footage for free. They make you feel really guilty with constant texts and a CONSTANT STREAM OF IRRITATING EMAIL making sure you hit the minimum.
    The people who run it are kind but insane. Truly. It was so unorganised. They fought a lot and it made everyone feel very uncomfortable. They fought during the second performance causing a scene in the balcony during a performers number. VERY. UNPROFESSIONAL. Their relationship in general is uncomfortable and they are unable to separate the business part of it and their IRL relationship.
    This could’ve been a fantastic experience... I had fun but would NEVER EVER do it again.

    Jelliclecat33 10/23/2017  1:26pm

    They still owe my friend money from LAST YEAR so....

    FierceConversations 10/23/2017  5:32pm

    I did this a while ago so things might have changed.
    It's a nice way to get to perform and possibly get some footage.
    Other cabarets tend to have a minimum number of people you need to bring in, and if you don't bring them in you have to pay a fine. Cranky Cabaret does not charge you money if you don't bring people in. They ask you to bring in at least 5, and they will absolutely bother you about bringing in more, but they won't charge you if no one shows up for you
    When I did it, the only money you had to pay was a rehearsal fee for the accompanist (and I literally handed the money right to the accompanist, so I know all of it went to her). Also, if you don't bring in 5 people but want footage (reason a lot of people do it) then you have to give $20.
    When I did it, they literally took the cash they received from tickets that day and gave it to the performers who earned money (once you hit your 5 audience members, you got a few bucks for each additional person you brought in.) So if you think they owe you money, talk to them that night and you should get it. (Note: don't plan on making money from this. If you have a huge crowd supporting you then you might make some money to cover travel, but it's really not a "paid" thing. But on the plus side, you don't really have to pay to do it. Other cabarets I've seen can end up costing performers a lot).
    As others have said, they can be disorganized and dramatic, but if you chill with your cast mates then it can be a lot of fun. I think going in with low expectations makes it better.
    It's a low time commitment and a chance to perform / maybe get some footage. Don't do it cause you're looking for money/a resume booster, but do consider it if you're looking for a creative outlet and it fits into your schedule.

    Typical Chorus Girl 10/23/2017  6:12pm

    The money they owe my friend isn't related to performing in the cabaret, it was a freelance administrative job and I think they just had a verbal agreement. Anyway, I agree that you can benefit from the experience but be prepared for a lot of crazy.

    FierceConversations 10/23/2017  6:33pm

    Great networking and video footage!

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Tuesday, February 20, 2007

Came across this at Craigs List and it made me smile.

Three contractors are bidding to fix the White House fence.
One from the Philippines, another from Mexico and an American.
They go with a White House official to examine the fence.
The American contractor takes out a tape measure and does some
measuring, then works some figures with a pencil.
"Well," he says. "I figure the job will run about $900: $400 for
materials, $400 for my crew and $100 profit for me."
The Mexican contractor also does some measuring and figuring, then says,
"I can do $700: $300 for materials, $300 for my crew and $100 profit for me."
The Filipino contractor doesn't measure or figure, but leans over to the
White House official and whispers: "$2,700."
The official, incredulous, says, " What? You didn't even measure like
the other guys! How did you come up with such a high figure?"
"How do you expect me to consider your service with that bid?"
"Easy," the Pinoy explains, "$1,000 for you, $1,000 for me and we hire
the guy from Mexico".

The next day, the Pinoy got the contract.

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Funny story, sad but true.


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