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Black Crime In America Part 1 (2014)
A couple of days ago I had the privilege of bearing witness to a discussion that my little brother, Jason, and a very good friend, DLabrie were having on Facebook. Honestly, it was more like an argument, but can you really call replying to each others' comments an argument? It all started with Amos Smith, the 26 year old gentleman who was shot 8 times in the back of the head by police in Union City, CA. My friend posted the story and called people to action (protest not violence), there were a couple of replies, and then my brother set it off. Lol. He responded with something that questioned why the outrage for this when black men are killing each other everyday? My friend, in reply, states that it's two different issues, my brother disagrees, and then comes the shit storm.
People began responding, each basically picking a side: Team DLabrie or Team Jason. The battle lines were set, and 150 or so posts later there was really no more agreement than in the first four posts. Tempted to chime in with my own views, I refrained and observed. I saw no need to. This argument has been going on since the early 80's, around the time that crack hit the streets. Black and whites folks, conservatives and liberals, the wealthy and the poor alike, all have accepted the fact that Urban America is in a state of emergency. But why? Why is it in a state of emergency? Or better yet, why do people think that Urban America is in a state of emergency when the numbers state that things are trending towards the exact opposite?
There's this stat that everyone used to quote, "The average life expectancy of Black males in the '80's was 21 years old." Growing up in Compton, I was quick to confirm this because shit was crazy back then; however, over the years I began to question whether that was actually true, because, according to this, most of my childhood friends should be dead.
Intrigued, one day I had opened the laptop and began to search the quote. I found nothing that dealt with that. What I did find, even though not directly related, was that the life expectancy of Black males in America rose from 68.8 - 70.3 years of age from 2003-2008. This was mainly due to the decrease in deaths due to HIV and heart disease. Great news, but not really what I was looking for.
So I took a different approach, and Googled "crime in Black America." I still found nothing on that quote; however, something did catch my eye. This blog post called "Five Myths About Crime In Black America" on the blog site www.colorlines.com.
The article, which is really a collection of statistics from various sources, discussed what the writer saw as the five biggest myths about crime in Black America, and I admit that I was pretty astonished by the numbers. Among them was that violent crime has decreased from 758 per 100,000 citizens in 1991 to 404 in 2010, and that the percentage of White on White homicides since 1976 are about as high as Black on Black ones. It sited The Bureau of Investigations and FBI as its sources.
Further intrigued and not totally convinced that this could be true, I began to research things on a more personal level by looking at numbers on Compton. In a place more known for its gangs, drugs, and drive-by's than anything else, it was incredible to find that there was only 17 homicides in 2011 and 26 gun deaths in 2010, both being down from 42 in 2009. This is compared to the estimated 96,455 legal residents of the city. Right now, the city is experiencing the lowest number of homicides since 1972.
So if all of this is fact for a city that has the reputation that Compton had earned and, in many cases, boasted of over the years, could it be logical to assume that the same could apply to other Urban areas in this country? Not really with an immediate answer and already with an overflowing plate of life containing marriage, fatherhood, and music, I filed it in the "interesting facts that I can use in discussions" part of my brain and moved on. That is until the conversation between Jason and DLabrie.
Finding myself compelled to revisit this, I busted out my handy dandy laptop, and went to the FBI database to check numbers. Just as the article from www.colorlines.com stated, violent crime has decreased drastically since the 90's. Murder dropped 14.7% between 2007 and 2011, and 10% if start comparing from 2002. Looking deeper, I searched cities that had high populations of Blacks.
In Atlanta, where I currently live, homicide dropped 57% from 2001 to 2009. Furthermore, in 2011 there were only 88 homicides out of a city population of about 425,000.
In Los Angeles, there were 297 homicides in 2011 for a city population of nearly 4 million. This is well under 1993, when it was 21.1 per 100,00 people. In fact, between 2009-2011, L.A.has been experiencing a 50 year low.
I found similar numbers for most cities that I checked; however, there were some that, to be honest, made me sorrowfully tear up. In 2011, Chicago posted 431 homicides against a population of 2.7 million, Detroit had 344 versus 713,239, Oakland had 104 homicides against 400,000 citizen, and Newark had 94 with a population of 278,000.
Right now I can see you looking at my blog posts thinking that none of this means anything other than that every race except Blacks stopped killing each other. Could be true, so I went back into the FBI database. There I discovered that there were 2447 Black on Black homicides nationwide in 2011, which was down from 2604 in 2009 and 55% from 1995. Surprisingly, I also found that White on White homicides similarly mirrored Blacks with 2630, 2963, and 4124 in the respective years; adding to this, since 2000 there have been more White intraracial homicides than Black.
What does all of this mean? Simply put, our perception of crime in America, especially when it comes to Black on Black homicide is not supported by reality. There could be several reasons why this has happened, but this might end up being equally as long; however, I will steal bite a line from Jay and say, "Men lie, women lie, numbers don't."
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The goal of compatibility planning is to support a community where all stakeholders can successfully co-exist. Data will be collected through the JLUS Policy and Technical Committees and public outreach to identify and address land-use compatibility issues. Community and military leaders will work together to reach mutually satisfactory strategies.
DATE: Tuesday, June 26
LOCATION: Discovery Canyon Elementary School – cafetorium
PARKING: Park in lot off Old Northgate Blvd., northwest end of the school.
A Public Input Meeting was held for the USAF Academy Area on Thursday, February 23, 2017, at Library 21c from 5:00 pm to 7:00 pm. The purpose of this meeting was to:
1. Gather public input on the recommended strategies developed at this point in time
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provide input for this study.
Estimated attendance was approximately 100 people. Stakeholders that joined this event included local elected officials, City of Colorado Springs staff working on Plan COS (Comprehensive Plan Update), Larry Small from the Fountain Creek Watershed Flood Control and Greenway District, CONO, and officials from the USAF Academy. Representatives from working groups attended and volunteered to assist with answering citizen's questions. The information stations were designed to both inform citizens and ask for specific input on the draft recommended strategies and other useful input to guide staff on further issue research. Staff is processing the feedback received at the event as of the drafting of this memo. A handout was supplied along with a verbal presentation of the feedback from the meeting. Overall comments from attendees about the event were positive and that they had productive interactions with the all the staff, especially with the planning consultant team of HB&A, TetraTech, and Bachman PR, who were all essential to the success of this event.
A full meeting report is available at Feb 2017 JLUS-USAFA Public Input Meeting Report
Nearly 700 people responded to a Pikes Peak Area Council of Governments survey to gauge community-military partnerships and identify areas where things are working well, as well as issues that need to be improved. The survey is part of the Joint Land Use Study. PPACG won a grant from the Department of Defense's Office of Economic Adjustment to conduct the study, which examines land-use issues related to military installations in close proximity to counties, cities, and towns.
Survey review is available at http://www.ppacg.org/documents/2016-jlus-community-survey/ and detailed results are at http://www.ppacg.org/file/2018/06/2016-JLUS-Survey-Result-Data.pdf

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About a month ago a friend asked me to come down and visit her in Austin for South by Southwest, or more commonly referred to as "southby" for the trendier, flannel wearing crowd. At first I thought she was crazy, but decided it was a brilliant idea. Of course, being so close to the actual event, I couldn't find tickets for less than $700.
Thus, my bright idea to drive to Texas on the great-American road trip. Knowing there was absolutely no way I'd make a 2o-hour drive alone, I commissioned my wing woman to make the journey with me.
Our trip started Wednesday evening after I finished a full work day. We departed Milwaukee around midnight in hopes of getting to Austin at a reasonable time. We stopped at gas stations along the way and managed to beat the GPS estimated time. When we hit Tulsa, Okla., we were in serious need of a bloody. We drove into downtown easily and stopped at a blues bar for a quick drink. Guitars lined the walls and the ceiling was covered with skylights that flooded the room with gorgeous sunlight. From there, we braved hellish traffic in Fort Worth and finally made it to Austin by 8 p.m. on Thursday.
Even though our hostess had to work the next day, she still took us out to see a few shows. The first bar we stopped at was less than amazing. There was a weird metal band blasting eccentric guitar riffs at a crowd of five people. We grabbed a drink, but none of us were very impressed.
At the next venue we were able to catch the tail end of a show by a band called the Electric Sons. The venue was fairly packed so we danced our way through the crowd and close to the stage. After their show the band members signed CDs for us and took pictures. They proved to be the most personable band I met in Austin.
Next up was Hank and Cupcakes, this was a crazy duo that rocked the bar. The lead vocalist danced around like a slithering (yet sexy) snake and made out with the guitarist in what we all agreed was one of the hottest kisses ever seen. Thursday ev…Read more...bbqxycyrbsvuuuzuwdvrv


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Basically - we play, what we like really. All the essentials dance tracks from Ibiza. No more, no less. Our genres include house, deep house, tech house, nu-disco, dance, some trance and techno music. Plus a lot of that famous Balearic beats. The sound of our radio station is quite versatile. We are Ibiza.
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2. To make you feel good by mixing great music together.
3. To bring sunshine to your day.
4. To filter the cheese. It's what we're about.
We're just tired of the same, boring music being played almost everywhere. We're always searching for new sounds, undiscovered artists and great tracks. We love music, we love Ibiza and we decided to share that love on the radio.
How to listen to our radio?
You can tune in on your smartphone, internet radio receiver, tablet, laptop, pc, smart tv or your smart speaker, including Alexa. You can listen to Ibiza X Radio through our own player on the website as well as radio apps. Basically, we're available on everything internet-connected, including your fridge ;)
We are available in The UK and rest of Europe on TuneIn, Streema and My Tuner Radio with more apps and directories to follow.
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Ibiza X Radio streams music with high-quality audio, comparable to HD broadcast. We try to protect your data usage by using as little of your bandwidth as possible. You can enjoy our high-quality sound even on a very limited or poor internet connection. You can listen without a hassle to Ibiza X radio on wi-fi, mobile data and even while speeding in your car...which we highly recommend by the way.
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CAP HAITIEN, Haiti — Women and children crowd up to the door of the Justinian Hospital's pediatric outpatient clinic, waiting to see the health agent, who can help them with basic needs such as vaccinations or checkups.
Inside, a newer power backup system keeps the lights on at night, even during the frequent blackouts. The hospital was able to put away the kerosene lamps it had been using – a serious danger around the oxygen used for patients.
And in a neonatal intensive care unit, family members watch over quiet babies in incubators, as doctors talk to parents of new patients.
"Every bit of equipment in there is from Maine Med," said Nate Nickerson, executive director of Konbit Sante, a Portland-based nonprofit that has been working for nine years to help improve northern Haiti's health care system through its work at the Justinian Hospital and a clinic at Fort St. Michel, Cap Haitien's poorest neighborhood.
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Thursday, June 4, 2015
Post 5k - NTRPG Con Swag Giveaway - US Only (NTRPG Con Day 1)
So, your mom wouldn't let you attend NTRPG Con because of all the "undesirables" in attendance. Or your job wouldn't give you the time off to game and drink. Finances were short this year and the economy is still in the crapped despite what the government says.
Well, you too can have a set of NTRPG Con swag (sans Attendee Badge, as I need that to do Con Things.)
How can you get this awesome set of swag?
First, you MUST have a US shipping address. I'd go broke shipping outside the states.
Second, comment on this very post before 1159 Friday Night, June 5th, 2015 (tomorrow.)
Third - be lucky. I'm only picking one person for the swag.
edit - Fouth - you can't be a NTRPG Con attendee - let others play ;)
I MAY add a thing or two from the con inside this package. I will throw in a Far Away Land Quickstart Rule booklet and a beer mat with grid, because that's the kinda guy I am.
Oh, did I mention? Happy 5,000th post to The Tavern? Woot!
69 comments:
Congratulations, Tenkar! I'm reading your blog for just over a year and a half now, and enjoy it very much.ReplyDelete
PS: I'm not participating in the contest (no US address).
Congrats on the 5,000th. Quite the achievement. I enjoy your work very much.ReplyDelete
Enjoy the con, I'm there in spirit only. Look for Stan Shinns Classic Traveller game, it looks awesome.
PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE. THE DICE BAG ALONE IS AWESOME...ReplyDelete
This comment has been removed by the author.ReplyDelete
Well, here's to luck!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on the 5k achievement! Count me in as I haven't been to a Con in about 20 years and don't really have any prospects of one anytime soon.ReplyDelete
Congrats on 5000 posts. Enjoy the con and ignore my jealousy.ReplyDelete
As Matt said, here's to luck!Replies
Crossing fingers... Here's to luck... PLEEASE...! ;)Delete
Comment to win it!ReplyDelete
Congrats on 5000 !!! Been a fun ride so far here at the Tavern !!! I'm looking forward to 5000 more.ReplyDelete
Congrats, Erik.ReplyDelete
Congratulations on the 5000th post!ReplyDelete
Oh good lord man, you are too much! Thank you for spreading the awesome wherever you go.ReplyDelete
Yes, please. Would love to get my sweaty mitts on these goodies. Please and thank you.ReplyDelete
5000 posts! Huzzah!ReplyDelete
Count me in!ReplyDelete
Congrats on 5k Erik.ReplyDelete
that's a cool thing to do. I am deserving because a coworker is already posting pics, and my jealousy save was a fumble.ReplyDelete
Congrats. I think I've only been around for 2,000 of them.ReplyDelete
Like a few others, its been decades since I;ve been able to get to a con. Have fun.
Way to stick with it!ReplyDelete
Woot, loot!ReplyDelete
whoohoo 5k! That bag sure could hold a lot of dice.ReplyDelete
Very cool. Really hope I'm able to make it next year!ReplyDelete
That IS an awesome dicebag, and I do still bear the shame as having grown up in the same city as Gencon and having never attended that or ANY gaming con: In the name of The Swag That Might Have Been Had I But Known Better, I shall try my luck . . .ReplyDelete
Neat, count me in. One day I'll make it out to NTRPG. But first I need to find some people that would rather attend that than GenCon.ReplyDelete
I never get to go anywhere *sniff* so I could use the swag so I could at least pretend I went. :DReplyDelete
Congrats on 5000!ReplyDelete
Count me in. Thanks!
From one Erik to another, have a great time there and hopefully I'll get to TX one of these daysReplyDelete
I would love to pretend like I went someplace.ReplyDelete
roll some "20's" for me!ReplyDelete
Can't even express how much I wish I could be there!ReplyDelete
Have fun at the con and pick me!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on the 5,000th post. And thanks for all the updates on the convention...sounds like you're having fun, and I'm enjoying just following all your convention posts.ReplyDelete
Next year, I shall attend the con for the first time!ReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 4, 2015 at 1:53 PM
Great stuff. Hope everyone is having fun.ReplyDelete
Tossing my name into the hat.
Congrats on 5k and thanks for being such a cool dude with this, and your other, giveaways!ReplyDelete
Happy 5k, Mr. Bartender - and yay for swag!ReplyDelete
Congrats on the big 5000, Erik! That's quite the feat!ReplyDelete
I really appreciate the community you've brought together in the Tavern and the discussions you have, especially over wayward Kickstarters. The giveaways don't hurt either! :)
One day I'll get a chance to go to this con.ReplyDelete
Hooray for 5000!ReplyDelete
Congratulations! Here's to another 5,000 posts, good sir!ReplyDelete
Happy 5,000th...and here's to many more!ReplyDelete
In it to win it, With a team of fourReplyDelete
Ninja Turtles that you gotta adore!
- AnonymousJune 4, 2015 at 5:58 PM
Congrats on reaching 5K!! Best wishes for another 5!! LOLReplyDelete
Congratulations! No surprise, really - you've always had great content.ReplyDelete
In for the win! Thanks!ReplyDelete
Happy 5000!ReplyDelete
I can't believe I almost missed this one.ReplyDelete
Happy 5,000th! And I live in Dallas and, yes, I couldn't get off of work to go 30 lousy miles to a great con. Glad someone can have fun there, though!ReplyDelete
One of the neatest giveaways yet!ReplyDelete
Sweet! Happiness and Joy!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on 5000, and count me in on the swag!ReplyDelete
Congratulations on hitting 5K and here's to another 5000!!ReplyDelete
Wow, Well done on the comments!ReplyDelete
I could really use some of that sweet NTRPG Con swag.
Hopefully I will get to go next year, but until then...
Congratulations on 5000 posts, I really enjoy your work here.ReplyDelete
Sounds like a fun gaming convention.ReplyDelete
Hmm, last comment did not seem to work. Let's try this again! Congratulations on your milestone! I also hope you have a fun time at the convention. One day I hope to get down to this one, as I have relatives who live in the northish area of Texas.ReplyDelete
Woot is right! I wish I could have gone.ReplyDelete
I love swag!ReplyDelete
Have a great time at the Con, man!ReplyDelete
What's the prize?ReplyDelete
I need more swagReplyDelete
- AnonymousJune 6, 2015 at 12:35 AM
Pretty sure I missed the deadline but that's pretty cool.ReplyDelete
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This will be the last season of competitive skating for five-time U.S. ice dancing champions, Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto. The skaters have earned a raft of accolades during their careers with silver medals at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, the 2005 and 2009 World Figure Skating Championships and two ISU Grand Prix Finals. They […]
This will be the last season of competitive skating for five-time U.S. ice dancing champions, Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto. The skaters have earned a raft of accolades during their careers with silver medals at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, the 2005 and 2009 World Figure Skating Championships and two ISU Grand Prix Finals. They […]
Last Hurrah for Belbin and AgostoFebruary 20, 2010 / By Barry Mittan
This will be the last season of competitive skating for five-time U.S. ice dancing champions, Tanith Belbin and Benjamin Agosto. The skaters have earned a raft of accolades during their careers with silver medals at the 2006 Winter Olympic Games, the 2005 and 2009 World Figure Skating Championships and two ISU Grand Prix Finals. They won the Four Continents Figure Skating Championships three times, the World Junior Figure Skating Championships in 2002, the ISU Junior Grand Prix Final in 2001-02, and nine Grand Prix events.
Belbin and Agosto will compete in their second Olympic Winter Games in Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada this month. "We plan to attend the opening ceremonies and stay until the end of the figure skating events, but are undecided about attending the closing ceremony," Belbin said. "This will definitely be our last Olympic Games."
But the dancers currently plan to continue competing until the end of the season and finish out their careers at Worlds.
"We plan to go on tour and take advantage of show opportunities as much as possible immediately following the season so we can hopefully earn enough money to either begin a university education or support ourselves during the transitional period between career shifts or possibly both," Belbin stated. "I'm still planning to pursue a career in journalism or broadcasting so if any opportunities arise in that department after the Games, I will try to jump on them and continue building my experience in the field."
The dancers train with Natalia Linichuk and Gennadi Karpanossov five days a week for four to five hours on ice and two to three hours off ice depending on the day.
"We alternate between ballet and modern dance classes at the beginning of every day, and also alternate between folk dance and lift class between sessions each day," Agosto said. "We then go on to our off-ice conditioning class at an off-site training facility where we do a combination of strength, speed and agility exercises."
The couple noted that it required a lot more work now to stay at the top.
"I think the acrobatics necessary for the lifts these days and the amount of time it takes to put into developing programs with level 4 elements is far more time-consuming than dance once was," Agosto said. "We have to create new elements each year, unlike the other disciplines, and we have a third event. I feel that compulsory dances should be kept through the junior level and then eliminated in seniors."
Belbin and Agosto had trained with Igor Shpilband and Marina Zoueva in Canton, Michigan for many years, but switched coaches in April 2008.
"In truth, there are only a handful of top dance coaches to choose from today with the experience and knowledge required to continually produce champion teams," Belbin said. "We were willing to move outside our country to train if necessary, but after making a list of possible coaching options and weighing the pros and cons, we found we were truly left with only one option (aside from staying where we were) and that was, of course, Natalia and Gennadi. We were looking for a fresh approach to our style, sounder basic skating skills, and someone with the experience and vision to guide us to the top."
"We were shocked to learn just how different Gennadi and Natalia's technique was from what we were accustomed to, from the most basic of steps," Agosto exclaimed. "In our first lesson with them, we took one push and they said 'stop, stop, stop!' and immediately began working to erase our muscle memory and rebuild us from the ground up in the style and with the strengths they needed from us. The way in which they coach is very similar to Igor and Marina, but what they are teaching feels completely different."
"I feel that our legs are stronger," Belbin said. "We skate more 'into the ice' and have better edge control as a result. We feel much more capable now as skaters than we have been in years past and possibly even more importantly, I feel more confident in myself and what I will be able to achieve this season."
"It's very interesting training in Aston because it seems there are no two teams from the same country," Agosto stated. "This summer, for example, we had teams from China, Japan, Ukraine, Switzerland, Israel, and Russia. And that's only those I can remember. The training is more individual it seems, less of a 'team' atmosphere but extremely focused because of it. Our competitiveness with each other is encouraged because it can be a healthy and productive mental training tool if used positively. I've found I acclimate quicker to being in competition once I arrive at events because it's not such a foreign feeling; being on the ice and seeing each team as my competitor and not only my friends."
The 2009 world champions, Oksana Domnina and Maxim Shabalin, also train with Linichuk and Karpanossov.
"Oksana and Max are great training mates," Agosto said. "They stay focused on themselves, as we do, but there is still a sense of support on our practice sessions."
"Sadly, we lost a great asset to Natalia and Gennadi's camp last season with the unexpected death of our dance instructor, Vitaly Popkov," Belbin lamented. "Vitaly was not only a ballet coach but our dance and lift choreographer, so this season we sought to replenish all those positions with new dance professionals. We are now working with a husband and wife duo of instructors. Sergei teaches classical ballet and helps us develop lifts, while Jhanna is trained mostly in modern and European folk dance styles. Her expertise lent itself perfectly to our OD this year."
The dancers are using "Moldovaneska" for their country/folk original dance and "Ave Maria" and "Stabat Mater" for their free dance.
"Our original dance is music from Moldova," Belbin said. "We wanted to do something European because we went Western the last time the folk OD came around. We also needed something very fast with a lot of energy to show our ability and also contrast to our free dance."
"Natalia brought the music to us but it was Gennadi's idea to use the Moldavian style of dance," Agosto noted.
"I think the folk OD will provide variety and entertainment to the audience but the excitement the program offers will depend on the style of dance the skater chooses," Agosto said. "From what I've seen, it can be hit or miss."
The skaters used the music they skated to for the Stars on Ice tour for galas earlier in the year, "Bleeding Love" by Leona Lewis.
"We will make new show programs for the end of this Olympic season which will return us to our better-known style of fast paced and comical program selections," Agosto noted.
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The bakery employee was referring to my third-trimester belly, which seems to have become the focus of much attention from strangers these days.
"It's a fourth boy!" I grinned.
I waited again for the common reaction, though this one was harsher than usual. The young lady contorted her face into disgust and said, "Ugh. I'm so sorry."
I felt stung and a little indignant. Suddenly the cookies didn't smell so delicious.
Whether for good or bad, our culture seems to have accepted the right to engage pregnant women in personal conversations about their bodies, babies, and births. What pregnant mama hasn't received a comment from a family member or perfect stranger about how huge her belly is, even though comments about other people's body shapes and sizes are normally politely deemed off-limits?
What woman hasn't been asked about her gender preferences, her level of discomfort, or how her current children are responding to the idea of a coming baby? By and large, these interactions from others are well-meaning and I almost never begrudge them. Normally I receive them happily and enjoy engaging with other people about my children. I haven't been dubbed a "small talk artist" for nothing.
There is, however, a limit to my tolerance, and the bakery employee crossed that threshold. I cannot control characteristics of my family such as the sex of my children, and her reaction indicated great disappointment in the children that I have helped create and love very much. If she was the only woman who had conveyed such condolences to me, I would have dismissed it as an isolated incident.
Sadly, though, when I tell people that we are having a fourth boy and have no girls, the general reaction seems to be an expression of sympathy, as though I'm disappointed in this outcome. People assume that we tried for a fourth child in search of that elusive girl, or that because I am a woman, I must not feel complete without a girl to raise in my footsteps.
What they seem unable to comprehend is that these things are not true. I'm actually giddy raising all boys, and when I got pregnant with a fourth child, my husband and I actually hoped for a fourth boy. If you are a parent of kids who are all the same sex, you can probably understand our desire. We know how to raise boys, we know what to expect, we have all the boy clothes and necessities, and we have a room already set up with two bunk beds, just waiting for baby to grow out of his nursery and join his brothers in all of their adventures. Is it really so hard to believe that we might prefer this scenario? Apparently.
Sometimes when I respond, "It's a fourth boy," I am met with a delighted smile and congratulations from a woman who shares my experience of raising multitudes of children all the same sex. Instant bonds are formed. Sometimes people laugh in surprise and tell me jokingly that I'm a rock star, that they have no idea where I get the energy. With these people I love to share laughs and thank-yous.
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Oops, I did it again. I have a new puppy. Her name is Enyo, and she is wonderful.
I love having a new puppy for all of the obvious reasons such as puppy breath, puppy snuggles, and really just the sheer adorableness of them. But I also really love having a clean slate, a fresh, eager, malleable little being who is new in the world, ready to learn and explore and is looking for guidance.
Most importantly, as a professional puppy trainer, raising a pup is a fabulous reminder of what our Sirius Puppy Training students are going through with their new puppies. It serves as a great dose of empathy and humble pie. No matter how many times I have a new puppy in my home to raise and train, it's always occasionally overwhelming, and I always learn something new.
Puppies will warm your heart and make you belly laugh; they may even improve your social life, because everyone wants to come and visit when you have a new puppy. However, they will also deprive you of sleep, bite up your hands and feet, tear your clothes, and nothing in the house at ground level is safe. They require a ton of vigilance and supervision, which means your relaxing evenings of tuning out while gaming or binge watching go out the window, too. When you have a new puppy, there is a lot of work to be done.
Additionally, with a young pup, time is of the essence, there are so many things he or she need to learn to successfully navigate in our world. Some lessons are very important, such as to reliably come when called or to drop on a dime into an emergency down. But these lessons aren't urgent, as a puppy is easy to manage and really shouldn't be out at the park at a young age. Other lessons are developmental and therefore both important and urgent. These types of lessons serve as introductions to civilized human and canine society. These lessons are often first experiences with the world at large and set the stage for future behavior and the comfort level of the dog in various environments. Early experiences also set expectations for appropriate canine etiquette. Basically I am talking about socialization. Nothing is more important nor more understood.
Nowadays lot of people know that they are supposed to socialize their puppy, and that is great progress. Unfortunately it seems that many people are still a bit unclear as to what the goal of puppy socialization is, or how to go about it. People tend to think that socialization is about puppies playing with other puppies. Presumably people who believe this think that puppies must practice their social skills to be able to function in the presence of other dogs and a to be able to do things such as go to the dog park. However, from a dog trainer's point of view, socialization is more about what I mentioned previously, acclimating a young pup to the types or people and human-centric environments that the dog is going to be expected to thrive in as adult dogs.
As you introduce a puppy to the world, the pup needs a balance of protection and guidance from you. Proper puppy socialization is actually about gentle, positive exposure to all sorts of sights, sounds, smells, substrates, and experiences that we would like these puppies to not only tolerate, but ideally to completely accept as normal. Sure, other dogs are a part of that picture, but puppies already have a head start when it comes to dog/dog interactions, because they are dogs; they speak the language. I would argue that safe and comfortable interaction with humans are more important because we are the creatures alien to their nature, and we greatly impact the lives and well-being of dogs. They must learn our language and customs in order to make it in this world.
Ideally, off-leash puppy classes teach people how to best engage with their puppy in a way that keeps them focused on the relationship over outside distractions or influences. A good puppy class will teach you how best to introduce your puppy to new people, places, and things in a way that brings them confidence, but also, perhaps a bit of nonchalance. A well-run puppy class will have little bit of puppy/puppy interaction to help the pups keep their inherent and learned canine social skills as they now grow up, away from their litter. But primarily a puppy class will mostly serve as a place for puppies and their people to learn to be in the presence of other people and pups without it being a big deal or a free-for-all. A perfectly run puppy class is off leash to encourage puppy owners to use their brains and relationship with their puppy over their brawn or tools to control their dog. So, obedience skills are important, yes, and socializaton is urgent, but equally important and urgent is building engagement and relationship so that when out and about in the world with your pup, you are so much more interesting and important than sniffing another dog's bum.
Kelly Gorman Dunbar is director of the Center for Applied Animal Behavior, where she recruits and trains for SIRIUS Puppy & Training, SiriusPup.com, the family business.
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May 29, 2019 - /PressAdvantage/ - Kansas City, MO based Centurion Moving & Storage wishes to advise the public on the necessity of checking an interstate moving company's qualifications prior to hiring them. As they are themselves veterans of the long distance moving and storage business, the company has a wealth of experience to share regarding the standards that every professional mover should maintain.
According to the company, several federal and state regulators police long distance moving companies, that use federal interstates and state highways, to protect their customers' property while in transit. As these government regulations are intended to reduce financial risk to the customer (by ensuring the safety of their possessions), moving companies take up the responsibility of care when they load a customer's belongings on to their vehicles. However, Centurion Moving stresses that residents and businesses moving across state lines should not assume that everything is automatically taken care of. The most crucial step, they say, is always to check how qualified a mover is before trusting them to take one's possessions.
Fortunately, Centurion Moving & Storage notes that there are a few telltale characteristics that customers may look out for when seeking a qualified and responsible moving company, no matter where they live or are moving to. Customers are advised to check the company's Assignment of US Department Of Transportation (DOT) Number and whether they are registered with the Federal Motor Carrier Safety Administration (FMCSA). Furthermore, it is also important to check how comprehensive the company's insurance is.
The Department Of Transportation issues a unique US DOT number to interstate moving companies for meeting federal regulation standards of safety and financial responsibility. Having this number is easy proof that company is compliant with the relevant regulations. Furthermore, the US DOT number helps track the company's records in regard to audits, inspections, compliance reviews, crash investigations, and other safety data.
A noted on the company's website, Interstate movers have to be registered with the FMCSA to transport household goods across state lines. The FMCSA requires interstate moving companies to update their registrations every two years. Centurion Moving & Storage advises customers to check whether the moving companies they get quotes from have up-to-date registration.
Last, but not least, customers should check that the moving company in question carries adequate insurance. Interstate moving companies are required to hold Bodily Injury and Property Damage (BIPD) and Cargo Insurance Policies, at a minimum. They are also required to have workers' compensation insurance to protect both their employees and their customers in the event an employed mover is injured while transporting a customer's possessions.
Naturally, local Kansas City movers of Centurion Moving & Storage's pedigree take pride in making sure that they comply with all state and federal laws, while simultaneously delivering a satisfying customer experience.
The company says, "If you are looking for a trusted and licensed long distance moving company in Kansas City, then look no further. Centurion Moving has the licence for long distance moves, and employs highly trained professional movers, many of whom are themselves US veterans." The professional movers also retain the proper equipment and vehicles required to ensure a safe and efficient move—utilizing floor protection materials, wardrobe cartons to safely move hanging items, and furniture blankets to protect a customer's belongings while in transit. They add that, "We have a variety of truck sizes that can service any size move, from a small apartment to a large home. All of our uniformed movers are full-time, fully trained employees, and each undergoes a drug screen and background check."
While moving across such distances can be a hassle that few people wish to deal with, the company is able to cut down on the time it takes to shift, and therefore the stress it generates, by relying on their experience to navigate Kansas City as quickly as possible. They assert that, "From downtown, to North Kansas City, to the surrounding suburbs, Centurion Moving knows the fastest, most efficient routes for your move. Our seasoned staff members will plan all of your moving logistics, and our team of local Kansas City movers will make the move with the utmost care and respect for your items."
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Monica Canilao, artist and great granddaughter of a Chinook Native American Princess, places the cultures of her ancestors at the heart of her work. Often using the feathered-materials and rust-colours of her heritage, Canilao generates a personal and living history from remnants of a forgotten past. Following her Los Angeles exhibition this year entitled, Monica Canilao: Born from Ruins, these new works at Kristin Hjellegjerde Gallery London weave tea bags, old paper and lace onto the surface of old pin up posters. These relics explore the space between the everyday and the sacred as Canilao embellishes them with a new-born mythology.
Over on the ice wastelands of the North, Outi Pieski uses textiles such as the ruffles from the hems of dresses and the tassles of shawls, to reference her native Sami people. As her paintings create a sense of their wintry surroundings, conjuring swirls of snowfalls and dark clouds in their textured surfaces and feathery brush strokes; so Pieski creates a dialogue between the land and the people that live there.
You'll also discover the installation Crossing Paths in this contemporary art gallery where autumnal Sami tassels hang from a wooden frame, suspended from the ceiling. In this work the viewer encounters other travellers along the icy road, each with their own vital histories.
Entangled within their cultural heritages, Pieski and Canilao mimic these complex histories rather than simply copy them, carefully considering their place in the context of the modern world. Step into the wilderness and discover for yourself in this new contemporary art exhibition London.
|Monica Canilao and Outi Pieski: Mimicry, Kristin Hjellegjerde
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Tattoo Do's & Don'ts
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Do Tattoos Hurt?
Will I Regret My Tattoo?
I'm Frightened of Tattoo Needles
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I Don't Know What Tattoo I Want
How Do I Find A Good Tattoo Artist?
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Tattoos and your Health
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Tattoos And Your Health
Perhaps the most common and consequently most likely negative effect on your health, getting a tattoo could bring you, is infection. As with any open wound or procedure which breaks the skin you open yourself to the risk of infection, however if you follow the right process both for
choosing your artist
and with regard to
tattoo aftercare
, you can greatly reduce these risks. After 15 years and many, many hours of tattooing, I have never (touch wood) had to deal with my tattoos getting infected. Do things the right way and you should be able to avoid infection, too.
How can I tell if my tattoo is infected?
As we already know, there is naturally going to be some redness and inflammation for a few days after getting a tattoo so how do you tell the difference between what is normal and what is a developing problem?
In the images above you can see two freshly done tattoos. The image on the left demonstrates both the "before and after" of a tattoo healing. The upper half of the tattoo has been done during a previous session and his healed and shows no redness, while the lower half shows the localised reddening that is part and parcel of getting tattooed. The second image is of a much smaller piece, done in one session and which demonstrates the redness surrounding the whole tattoo. In both instances this is perfectly normal.
Over the first two or three days this redness will fade and while the tattoo will be tender to the touch it won't be wont be, what I would call, painful. As it heals the skin will scab slightly which in turn will start to drop off of their own accord or come away while you are washing the tattooed area (remember do not pick these off, let them come away on their own). Then, hey presto! After two or three weeks of carefully tending your new tattoo it should be fully healed and the job is, as they say, done.
Symptoms of an infected tattoo
Redness, swelling and sensitivity - As I've already mentioned your tattoo will be red, sensitive to the touch and maybe slightly swollen for two or three days after you've had a tattoo. However, if these symptoms persist or worsen beyond the third day, you may have a problem.
Itching - Itching is another symptom of infection that unfortunately also occurs as part of the natural healing process, however if this itching, for want of a better word, travels outward away from the tattoo and/or becomes a particularly strong itch, this could well be a sign of infection.
Heat - In the event of an infection the affected area may become warm or hot to the touch this could be accompanied by increased inflammation of the infected area.
Discharge - If your tattoo starts to discharge a foul smelling fluid or pus (not to be confused with the natural weeping that occurs over the first few days) you should seek medical attention at the first opportunity. If you've allowed your tattoo to become infected to this stage, you could have serious problems.
Red lines- If you see red lines radiating out from the tattoo this is symptom of
, another sign of serious infection, potentially blood poisoning. As with a discharge, you should seek medical attention at once.
Fever - If you become feverish and have any of the other symptoms already mentioned this, once again, is a sign that you may have a serious infection and, once again, you should seek urgent medical attention.
Infected tattoo
Seriously infected tattoo
Non-tattoo related lymphangitis
As with anything that is having an adverse effect on your health, the earlier you act the quicker and easier it is to remedy. If you suspect you have an infection speak to your tattooist, he or she should be able to confirm or allay your fears or alternatively see your local doctor. The consequences of failing to act, particularly if you have blood poisoning, can be very serious indeed. I cannot stress enough the importance of doing your homework on your artist and of taking good care of the tattoo after it's been done.
Allergic Reaction to Tattoos
Of all the health risks posed by getting tattooed, allergies are probably the least predictable and hardest to avoid. How your body will physically react to the presence of the ink in your skin will remain a mystery until you've had it done and was the only concern I personally had before I got tattooed. In the end, my lack of other allergies was the deciding factor in going ahead. To my joy, I have suffered no ill consequences as a result but, as with so many things, everyone is different.
Sadly, much as I would like to I can offer little in the way of advice as to how any one person can avoid an allergic reaction, of course not getting tattooed at all is a certain way to avoid an allergic reaction to tattoos but, where's the fun in that?
What's in Tattoo Ink?
What exactly is in tattoo pigment, or as it's more commonly known....ink? Well, that's a big question with a vague answer. The ingredients of tattoo ink are wide, varied and differ from manufacturer to manufacturer. The ink that ends up in your skin could contain a variety of chemicals, varieties of alcohol, a selection of metals and plastics.
To illustrate some of the things you may find in tattoo pigment are;
Mercury (found in red cinnabar)
Cadmium sulphite (sometimes used in yello inks and which can react badly to direct sunlight)
Carbon black
Titanium dioxide
Iron oxide
Acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (a plastic used to make luggage and pipe fittings among other things)
Benzoapyrene (found to cause cancer in animals)
The list goes on and on and, unfortunately, as there is little regulation with regard to the ingredients of tattoo pigment you simply won't know what's in your tattooists chosen brand of ink unless you ask.
Some inks are safer than others, for example the American brand,
, set out to make the best and safest inks on the market, whether they achieved that is for the professionals to say, but in a world where even the artists are calling for greater regulation with regard to the quality of inks available, Intenze's efforts which include third party laboratory testing and ensuring that their inks conform to New Jersey's regulations for cosmetics and ensuring that their inks conform to all relevant EU safety standards, suggests that if they haven't then they certainly intend to.
There are also inks available which are vegan friendly, so there is certainly a hope that you will be able to find an artist who uses inks which will settle your mind. Of course, at the end of the day, if you aren't convinced then there is also the option of not getting tattooed in the first place, the only sure fire way to guarantee you don't have a reaction to tattoo pigment.
Unfortunately, best advice I can give in regard to allergies is that, if you do have allergies or allergic reactions are something that deeply concerns you, you should speak to the tattooist and ask him or her what exactly is in the inks they use.
Will my tattoo give me Cancer?
Tattoos could give you cancer, new research suggests
", trumpeted the Mail Online. Well, in true Daily Mail fashion they made the bold statement and then failed to back it up with any solid evidence to support it. An article on the NHS Choices website from September 2017 (
click here to read the full article
) dissects this claim and the research they used to create this sensational headline. Here are the salient points from the NHS Choices' article.
The research was carried out by researchers from four European organisations; the German Federal Institute for Risk Assessment, Physikalische-Teknische Bundesanstalt, the Institute of Forensic Medicine in German and the department of X-Ray Spectrometry European Synchrotron Radiation facility in France.
The researchers conducted post mortem skin and lymph node tests on samples from six donors. Four of the donors had tattoos, two did not.
The research showed that there was evidence that tattoo ink particles can spread to the lymph nodes. Tattoo inks often contain metals such as aluminium, chromium, iron, nickel, titanium and copper. The most common tattoo pigment used, carbon black, was "not accessible" with the methods used during this research. Metals such as these have been linked to cancer.
Two of the four tattooed donors showed signs that organic pigments from tattoo ink had migrated to skin tissue and lymph nodes. The other two donors showed no signs of this migration, possibly due to extremely low levels or because the particles had degraded.
There were "Biomolecular" changes to the tissue surrounding the ink particles, this tissue contained more lipids and less protein than other nearby tissue that did not contain ink particles.
At first glance this all sounds pretty grim. Potentially, cancer causing, toxic metals can move from your tattoo to your lymph nodes and we all know that lymph nodes are exactly the place you don't want cancer to get. There's a but, in fact there are many buts.
From the moment you get your tattoo, your body treats it as a foreign body and sets about trying to get rid of it. Tiny piece by tiny piece white blood cells gnaw away at your tattoo and carry them away to be passed from your body naturally. Your immune system doesn't like your tattoo and wants rid, finding these metals in you lymph nodes is perhaps no surprise as they are a part of your lymphatic system which is in turn part of.....yep, your immune system.
The researchers neglected to provide useful information like the donors' cause of death or whether they even had cancer. If the subject wasn't killed by cancer and didn't even have cancer it is impossible to make the claim that tattoo ink can cause cancer.
There has been very little study done on the effects tattoos can have on human health. This is in part because, as tattoos are a choice, testing on animals is considered unethical and "not a medical necessity". In short you can't tattoo a rat to see if it gets cancer.
There is no evidence to suggest that the transfer of tattoo ink particles to lymph nodes has any negative effect on human health at all, so it's something a stretch to say it can cause cancer.
The research forgets to mention that lymph nodes taken from the armpit which contain aluminium could just have easily absorbed the metal from the use of antiperspirants.
The Mail Online claims that the use of titanium dioxide in white tattoo pigment is "controversial" and that the chemical has been "linked to cancer". This is utterly misleading as there is no evidence that titanium dioxide is linked to cancer, with the possible exception of the chemical being inhaled. So, don't snort white tattoo ink!
The research sample size is far too small to form the basis for such wild conclusions. You may as well find six homeless people, four with tattoos (two of which are alcoholics) and two without and use this sample to conclude that tattoos can lead to homelessness and alcoholism.
NHS Choices concludes that, based on the information available, people who already have tattoos have should not be unduly concerned and that the research does not show that people with tattoos are more likely to have cancer. For people who are thinking about getting their first tattoo, they suggest that if you are concerned about what is in the ink you should ask about the contents of the inks used by a tattooist at the same time that you are checking out the hygiene of their premises and equipment.
An article in
The Guardian that tackles the same subject
, albeit in a far less "Shock, Horror, Panic!" fashion, quotes other experts who refute the claims made by the Mail Online.
The Guardian's story cites a 2012 paper by Finnish researchers that found the number of skin cancers in tattoos "seemingly low" and that any link between skin cancer and tattoos had to be considered, "thus far coincidental".
The Guardian goes on to quote Hayley Goldbach (resident physician in dermatology at UCLA), she says that, "J
ust because something can cause cancer doesn't mean that it does," she continued, "As far as I know there have not been any studies convincingly or conclusively linking tattoo pigment to an increased risk for cancer.
The article also quotes Tyler Hollmig, director of Laser and Aesthetic Dermatology at Stanford University, while he does say that he sees skin cancer in and around tattoos, it's hard to say whether or not it's the tattoo pigment that causes it. He goes on,
"You figure that you inject the carcinogen and skin cancer grows there, but we don't have data on that", Hollmig also provides perhaps the perfect footnote to the whole debate, "The question is, what's in the tattoo and what can it do to the body?
The answer is, we just don't know."
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May be the case is filed because the lady judge wanted to get all the property from her in-laws name transferred to her name!
She says her in-laws have been harassing her since a year! Firstly, it's not believable that the harassment starts after 13 yrs of marriage and that too after husband's death.
Secondly, her husband died last year, she is not required to stay with in-laws, she can just leave if she wants, but she wants to rob them off of all the property that they have before leaving, hence the dowry case.
Katni, (MP), October 23: A woman judge has lodged a complaint against her in-laws alleging dowry harassment and demands for Rs one crore, police said on Thursday. Madhuri Raj Lal is posted as Judicial Magistrate First Class (JMFC) in the district court in Katni.
In her complaint to the Madhav Nagar Police Station, she alleged that her in-laws were harrassing her and her parents since a year for bringing Rs one crore as dowry, the police station incharge Manbharan Prajapati told reporters.
The judge got married in the year 1994 to a doctor N R Lal. However, he passed away last year.
The complaint was lodged against father-in-law H K Lal, mother-in-law Nirvati Lal and brother-in-law Bhavesh Lal, police said. A case under various sections of the Dowry Act was registered against them, police said adding the accused persons are absconding and further probe is on.


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Pathankot – Panjab – India, 11 June 2019. On June 10, the Pathankot Court convicted six of the seven accused in the Kathua rape and murder case. Those convicted include former revenue official Sanji Ram, Special Police Officers Deepak Khajuria and Surender Verma, two investigating officers, head constable Tilak Raj and sub-inspector Anand Dutta and a civilian, Parvesh Kumar.
Sanji Ram, the village head and the caretaker of the temple where the minor was gang-raped, Deepak Khajuria and Parvesh Kumar have been sentenced to life imprisonment of 25 years. The other three accused, Tilak Raj, Anand Dutta and Surender Verma were sentenced to five years in jail for destroying crucial evidence in the case.
The special court acquitted Sanji Ram's son Vishal due to lack of evidence. The eighth accused, a juvenile, will be tried at a juvenile court. His trial is yet to begin as a petition to determine his age is awaiting judgment in the Jammu and Kashmir High Court.
Meanwhile, the Dal Khalsa has expressed dissatisfaction over the Pathankot court's verdict.
Commenting on the Pathankot court's judgment on the Kathua rape-murder case, the Dal Khalsa has said the punishment addressed to three prime accused convicted for rape and murder was inadequate. The organization refuses to term the verdict full and final justice to Asifa, the eight-year-old girl, who was kidnapped, raped and murdered in captivity.
The Punishment for life is not commensurate with the enormity of the crime, said leader of Sikh organization in a statement.
"The convicted persons deserved death sentence or life sentence till death as their act was barbaric and beastly and no less punishment would provide sense of relief to the victim and her family," said party spokesman Kanwar Pal Singh.
He, however said the verdict was a big slap on the faces of those politicians including the BJP, who by holding Tricolor defended the perpetrators, threatened the lawyers and derided the legal system.
Kathua Rape Murder Case Verdict: Three Sentenced for Life, Three for 5 years, One Acquitted


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December 13, 2018 06:30 PM
The man who confessed to kidnapping and murdering Jacob Wetterling believes he's "not a monster," according to newly-released jailhouse phone calls.
The more-than-40-minutes of audio is part of a new batch of evidence authorities released Wednesday.
For the first time, the public can hear the gravelly voice of Danny Heinrich as he talked with his brother David while sitting in the Sherburne County Jail awaiting his sentence.
"I was a monster back then, but I stopped," Heinrich tells his brother in one recording.
"I haven't had no sexual contact with anyone since that night… if I was a monster David, I wouldn't have stopped 27 years ago. I never touched anyone since that f****** night. The monsters don't stop. They keep going."
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Included in the newly-released evidence is a video investigators filmed of Heinrich's house during a search warrant in the summer of 2015.
The Annandale home has since been torn down.
The video includes shots of Heinrich's closet where investigators said a stack of binders was filled with child pornography.
Prosecutors ended up using a child pornography charge to gain leverage and get a confession out of Heinrich.
"I got charged with one count of child porn," Heinrich tells his brother. "That's what a lot of people are pissed off about.... But that's the deal I made. I didn't have to confess to this because they didn't have s*** on me as far as Wetterling goes until I confessed. So they would have never known who if I wouldn't have said anything."
At one point, Heinrich appears to break down on the phone as he describes the night of the murder.
"I got home that night, David, I'm going to tell you the truth, and I cried. I could, my God, what have I done," he said. "I don't know what went wrong. Everything went wrong."
Heinrich is scheduled to be released from prison in 2033. He told his brother he has no plans to return to Minnesota over fears he'll be civilly committed because "people hate me here."
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Instead of blogging in the past week, I've been commuting to my office and preparing for the new semester that is fast coming upon us. This week I witnessed a woman spreading out ads all around her on the bus, possibly sorting, but possibly demonstrating her need for stuff to surround her wherever she goes.
Around the same time I was taking this picture, it was announced that there are an estimated 1 million (plus) hoarders here in Australia, which falls in line with estimates in the US, around 4.5% of the total population. It's not much of a surprise to me, but hoarding still isn't as popular a topic on this side of the world.
As I watch popular children's programing here with my daughter, though, I can see how we are constantly guilted into not wasting material objects. Just a small example, there's an Aussie-Canadian program called Dirt Girl World with one of the main characters Scrap Boy. It's all about repurposing stuff. How can we let go of anything when there might be a use for it, or discarding it might hurt the nature around us?