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Heathcote Williams's first new play in many years is to open Sept. 21 at The Cockpit, where it received a reading last February. The company advertises itself as a radical fringe "theatre of disruptive panache, angry critique and useful, progressive ideas for the future." "Killing Kit" traces "the volcanic life and mysterious death of Christopher Marlowe -- poet, playwright, and proto-punk; sworn enemy of Queen Elizabeth's court and of her Church; a gay spy ensnared by the Tudors's secret state, and William Shakespeare's greatest influence." … [Read more...]
Touring 'Poetry Army' Charts History of Radical Verse
A posting by the Stop the War Coalition: From The Peasants' Revolt to recent events at Tahrir Square, this incendiary performance celebrates radical verse in all its glory down through the centuries. The longstanding collaboration between poet Heathcote Williams and performer Roy Hutchins, encompassing such hits as Whale Nation and Autogeddon, continues as Hutchins combines forces with local actors, poets, and musicians to give voice to a host of radical writers, such as Shakespeare, Shelley, Ginsberg, Blake and Pussy Riot. Here's a … [Read more...]
They Made Rabelais Look Like a Church Picnic
Otto Petersen and George Dudley have died. The NYT has an obit for the ventriloquist, calling him "the Voice of Vulgarity." But there is no separate obit for George, the foul-mouthed dummy who delivered all the tasteless lines that made audiences laugh or walk out. Margalit Fox, whose great lede I stole for my headline, notes: No subject was sacred, and George's myriad observations could range over matters sexual, scatological, urological, gastroenterological, racial, bestial, theological and homicidal. None will be quoted here." So … [Read more...]
In NYC: Catching Up With Peter Schumann
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Peter Schumann: The Shatterer is the first solo museum exhibition of Bread and Puppet Theater founder and director Peter Schumann. The exhibition opened in November 2013 as part of the first season in the museum's newly expanded galleries. It marks the 50th anniversary of the theater company and introduces New York audiences to a largely unseen body of work by one of the most independent, prolific, and complex artists of our time. -- Queens Museum … [Read more...]
'Aletheia,' a Work-in-Progress
"Aletheia" is chamber music theater work about a musician in a dressing room preparing to perform for a gala benefit for an opera house that is taking place in the courtyard below her window. Though excited at first, she can't bring herself to go down and perform. As her sense of isolation increases, she becomes, in a sense, her own choir. Her voice splits into the harmonies of several voices that accompany her into a new level of being. -- William Osborne … [Read more...]
Gay 'Kit' Marlowe: Poet, Spy, Elizabethan Proto-punk
LATEST UPDATE: Sept. 1 -- "Killing Kit" is to be staged in a London try out. The production opens at The Cockpit on Sept. 21. FURTHER UPDATE: Feb. 15 -- The reading came off well, I'm told. Somebody in The Cockpit audience tweeted: "Beautiful, meaty, dangerous Elizabethan play for today's Elizabethans. Real writing. Great night." I've heard that Mike Figgis did some filming, and he's cooking up a video. Am awaiting further word. UPDATE BELOW: Jan. 10 -- "Killing Kit" will get a "first rehearsed reading" next month, on Feb. 12, in London … [Read more...]
From Ralph Richardson to Alan Cox in 'Cornelius'
Any actor taking on what the savvy, longtime drama critic of The Guardian calls "a monumental leading role" expressly written for the great Ralph Richardson, is either crazy or brave -- possibly both. Which partly explains why the role hadn't been done in more than 70 years until Alan Cox brought it back to life in London last September. And now he is about to do it again Off Broadway in New York. To judge from the London reviews -- raves across the board -- the actor is both brave and sane. More than that in the revival of J.B. … [Read more...]
Playwright Sends a Letter: Tenenbom vs. The Times
First he took on the Polish government, which claims he's he denies. Now he's taking on a bigger fish -- The New York Times, which has declined to review his play. open letter to news media, Tuvia Tenenbom accuses The Times of doing "the Polish government's bidding ... by refusing to allow Times critics to review Jan T. Gross, the author of "Neighbors: The Destruction of the Jewish Community in Jedwabne, Poland," will participate in a post-show panel discussion with the author The Triad Theater, where "Last Jew in Europe" is being produced. … [Read more...]
Books 'n' Stuff
I'm the author of several books, including The Z Collection: Portraits & Sketches, just published by Blue Wind Press in a new American edition and by Moloko+ in a new European edition. My biography of the Hollywood director William Wyler, A Talent for Trouble, is available as an ebook at Amazon and an ebook on iTunes at the Apple store. Putnam published it in hardcover, and Da Capo Press published it in paperback. New European edition of The Z Collection My poems have been published by Peter Engstler Verlag in a bi-lingual … [Read more...]


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--CEO thinks regulators would be willing to consider wireless industry mergers
--Sprint is focused on $5 billion network upgrade project
--CEO would consider a takeover opportunity if the timing was right
NEW YORK (MarketWatch) -- For Sprint Nextel Corp. S, +1.41% now isn't the time for a merger.
"Clearly, the time is not ideal based upon where our shares are currently trading," said Chief Executive Dan Hesse on a conference call with analysts on Wednesday.
Still, Hesse said he thought regulators would be willing to consider wireless industry mergers, despite blocking the $39 billion tie-up last year of AT&T Inc. T, +1.14% and T-Mobile USA.
In February, Sprint nearly approved a deal to buy pay-as-you-go rival MetroPCS Communications Inc., and last year it considered buying Deutsche Telekom AG's (DTE) T-Mobile, according to people familiar with those discussions. Like its competitors, Sprint is seeking access to more of the wireless airwaves, or spectrum, that fuel customer and revenue growth.
The Overland Park, Kan.-based carrier is focused on its ongoing $5 billion network upgrade project, Hesse said. Ideally, Sprint would concentrate on the project through next year, then "let's talk about consolidation in 2014 when we have this behind us," he said, noting that he hoped the carrier's stock price would improve relative to its competitors.
At the annual shareholder meeting on Tuesday, Sprint Chairman James Hance said Sprint's share price was a disappointment.
"Your frustrations are keenly felt," he said.
Sprint shares fell 45% last year, though they rebounded 5.5% in 2012 prior to Wednesday. Shares traded one cent lower, or 0.4%, at $2.46 early Wednesday afternoon.
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Mrs. Ruth J. Witman, 66, of 225 N. Greenwood Ave., Palmer Township, died Monday in Easton Hospital. She was the wife of Paul M. Witman.
She was a secretary for the Easton Area School District for 13 years until retiring in 1983.
Born in Pen Argyl, she was a daughter of Beulah (Gum) Jones of Palmer Township and the late George M. Jones.


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I really do love the lifestyle, though. I am learning a tremendous amount of information and feeling more and more confident in my field.
This evening's concert at 6:00 at St. Alban's chapel will include 14 lovely choral pieces that the LSU chamber singers have prepared in six rehearsals, each one by a different conductor. This brings the year's total number of pieces sung in chamber singers to 80. That choir is good for the brain.


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Winter layers can look very formal. Your jacket looks stylish and feminine - love it.
Nicely done! It looks great on you.
Beautiful Lori! I love the collar.
Love this look on you. Doesn't it make you feel good about a project when hubby likes it too? It does for me. Enjoy your new jacket!
This is a great jacket Lori . I love jackets , but don't get as many chances as I'd like to wear them here in the SW . I love the tips on combining the lining so fabric is one piece . Separate linings are scary - this is much easier .Thanks
This is really pretty and is such an unusual color! Lovely work!
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Any parent looking for something practical yet comfy for their little infants to sit in should look no further, because the Baby Bean Bag Chair is a great way to make nap time much more comfortable.
While bean bags are often associated with soft and cushiony seating options that children or teenagers often enjoy lounging on, the Baby Bean Bag Chair offers that cozy sentiment to tiny tots by offering a conveniently soft place to sleep. Not only providing a practical place to sleep or sit, this infant bean bag design also features a handy built-in seatbelt, allowing parents to have greater peace of mind when they go to lay down their little ones for a nap.
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When you choose a crib, check it carefully to make sure that your baby's sleep space is safe.
What to look for:
- A crib with no drop-side rail: The side rails should not be able to move. The U.S. Consumer Product Safety Commission (CPSC) banned the sale of drop-side rails for safety reasons. Do not buy or accept a used crib with a drop-side rail.
- Safe slat distance: The distance between slats must be no more than 2-3/8 inches (6 centimeters) to protect infants from falling out and toddlers from trapping their heads between the slats.
- The firmest mattress you can find. Don't rely on manufacturers' labels — test it yourself by pushing firmly on the center and all sides of the mattress. Make sure the mattress holds firm and springs back in place quickly. This is extremely important because soft mattresses may play a role in sudden infant death syndrome (SIDS).
- A mattress that fits snugly in the crib. This keeps a baby from slipping in between the mattress and the crib sides. Make sure to remove any plastic mattress packaging before use. If you use a mattress pad, buy one that fits tightly.
- Corner posts that are the right height: If the crib has corner posts, they must be either flush with the top of the headboard and footboard or very tall — over 16 inches (41 centimeters). Anything in between is a potential strangulation hazard.
- If you are getting a used crib, check it with extra care:
- Avoid cribs older than 10 years old: They may not meet the most recent safety standards. There may be too much space between slats or decorative cut-outs in the headboard and footboard that can trap a baby's head. A crib made before 1978 may have a finish that contains lead, so a crib that has been in the family for generations won't be the best one to use!
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- A bare bed is best. Don't place bumper pads, soft bedding, or soft toys (blankets, fluffy comforters, pillows, plush toys) in your baby's crib. Any of these items could cause your baby to suffocate.
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Genomics based approaches to genetic improvement in sugarcane
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Henry, RJ 2009, 'Genomics based approaches to genetic improvement in sugarcane', paper presented to the BIOEN Workshop on Sugarcane Improvement, Sao Paulo, Brazil, 18-19 March.
The genetic improvement of sugarcane will be improved by greater understanding of the genome. Transcriptome and genome analysis should help define how traits are determined by specific alleles in this complex polypoid species. We are now able to apply next generation sequencing to these questions. Genetic markers can be discovered very efficiently by sequencing. A range of platforms are also available for the analysis of desirable alleles in sugarcane populations to support breeding selection. These analyses need to be quantitative to allow assessment of allele dose.
We have demonstrated some of these approaches. A draft whole genome sequence and detailed sequencing of gene regions will define the variation in sugarcane germplasm. The sequencing of the whole genome, gene rich fractions, and cDNA s will all make a contribution. Comparisons will be made with progress in other crop species.


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We have concerns about crime and disorder at local play parks in the North West of North Tyneside and the surrounding streets.
Youth Disorder - We Did
We increased patrols and have worked closely with North Tyneside Council to improve the environment and identify long term solutions to divert young people away from crime and disorder.
We are working with local schools to promote responsible citizenship.
- We have also increased the number of neighbourhood officers patrolling this area at the relevant times.
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High Visibility Patrols - You Said
We asked for additional high visibility patrols to feel safe in the community of Camperdown and Burradon.
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We responded by tasking officers to give extra attention to provide reassurance within the community speaking to community members regularly.
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We have concerns over alcohol related anti-social behaviour in Longbenton, North Tyneside.
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We have increased patrols and resources in the area to identify and target offenders.
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Burton Albion remain top of the League One table after a 3-1 home win over Bradford City.
Mason Bennett, Tom Naylor and Mark Duffy all on target for the Brewers who stretch their lead at the top of the table to four points.
That was after second-placed Walsall's 3-0 defeat at home to in-form Millwall - now with four wins from their last five in the league.
Their form is almost as good as Wigan Athletic, 2-0 winners at Sheffield United, nine games without defeat and a point off automatic spots.
Play-off hopefuls Gillingham were held to a goalless draw at Swindon Town and Southend United go level with sixth-placed Millwall with a 3-0 win over Colchester.
Peterborough will think they can contend for a top six spot after a 1-0 win at Chesterfield with nine men at a blustery Proact Stadium.
The Spireites are two points above the bottom four, which contains Crewe Alexandra who recorded a vital three points at home to Rochdale in a 2-0 win.
Meanwhile Lee Johnson has left his position at the helm of Barnsley to take on Championship strugglers Bristol City.
League One Results:
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People who have worked on this game have also collaborated on the creation of the following games:
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You never really know how people perceive what you write till someone stops you and asks a question. That is what happened after my last contribution. The question: "What was it that these men discovered that really helped them achieve change?"
As we spoke we were able to narrow it down to three primary ingredients that helped opened the door for them. The first ingredient focused on Christianity not being a religion, but a relationship with a person. And, that person just happens to be Christ.
Motorcycle ride to benefit Camp Calvary
Ride to Calvary, a motorcycle ride to benefit Camp Calvary, is scheduled for Saturday, June 27 in Springfield.
Sign-in will be from 10:30 to 11:30 a.m. at the Save-A-Lot/Rite Aid parking lot, 805 Bardstown Road, Springfield. The ride will begin at 11:40 a.m.
The 130-mile ride will include three stops, with refreshments available at each.
Yard sale scheduled at St. Lawrence Catholic Church
St. Lawrence Catholic Church has scheduled a two-day indoor yard sale to benefit the religious education of children.
The sale is scheduled for Friday, June 19 from 5 to 8 p.m. and Saturday, June 20 from 7 a.m. to 3 p.m. at the church, located at 120 N. Gatewood, Lawrenceburg.
The sale will be conducted in the church's basement.
Vacation Bible school at Church of Christ
Pastor to celebrate anniversary
Pastor and Mrs. Ramon Smith will celebrate their 33rd anniversary at Second Christian Church on June 7 at 3 p.m., the church announced.
Special guest will be Morgan Gilkey of Paris, Kentucky.
The church is located at 106 Church St., Lawrenceburg.
Waddy concert series begins Friday
The Waddy Summer Concert series begins 7 p.m. Friday, June 5 at Waddy Baptist Church, 3130 Waddy Road, Waddy.
The first concert will feature The Lawson Family Band.
By Larry Coleman, Faith Columnist
It's never too late to change. Is that really true?
Recently a friend shared about a men's small group he was part of some years back. He said that without exception each man shared that they had tried and failed to change themselves.
As Christians they could not figure out why? They had followed all the religious rules and world's suggestions, but no success.
By Nancy Kennedy, Faith Columnist
Have you heard of catfishing?
Several years ago, a young guy named Nev Schulman fell in love with a woman he "met" on Facebook. She was beautiful, a musician.
Megan sent Nev photos of herself and MP3s of her songs. They talked on the phone — and he was smitten. So, of course he wanted to meet her.
However, when he traveled from New York to Michigan to finally meet her, he discovered that Megan was really Angela, Megan's stepmother.
Glensboro Christian Church will be opening its Heartbeat Hospital at Vacation Bible school on June 14-21.
The hospital will start by having a kick-off Sunday, June 14 from 5-7 p.m. in the Church parsonage yard with games, prizes, hotdogs, chips, drinks, etc.
Kicking off the week will be the prescreening exam and registration" in the "emergency room" on Sunday evening.
"Why? Because I said so."
How many times in our lives have we heard those words or even uttered them ourselves?
I wonder how many of us use these words without ever understanding what causes us to do so? That is where their significance lies.
Many years ago as a learner, as a teacher and finally as a parent I finally decided to investigate why we use them. It all started when I first read the exchange between God and Abraham recorded in Genesis 22.
Friendship Baptist to discuss cemetery
A meeting for those with family, friends and loved ones buried in Friendship Baptist Church Cemetery are asked to attend a meeting to discuss the cemetery's long-term support program, organizers announced.
The meeting is scheduled for 10 a.m. May 16 at the cemetery, and will address maintenance, mowing and other needs related to the cemetery.
For more information, call Phyllis Grubbs at 502-839-7143.
Alton Christian to host youth rally
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TNT's Hit Series Major Crimes Returns for Season 6
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TNT's Hit Series Major Crimes Returns for Season 6 Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT)
#2 Basic Cable Drama Among Total Viewers Reaches 100th Episode Milestone
Television's beloved squad of detectives tackles its three most challenging cases to date when TNT's hit drama Major Crimes returns for its sixth season this fall. The series features a stellar ensemble cast headed by two-time Oscar® nominee Mary McDonnell as Commander Sharon Raydor. Also starring are G.W. Bailey as Lieutenant Provenza, Tony Denison as Lieutenant Andy Flynn, Michael Paul Chan as Lieutenant Mike Tao, Raymond Cruz as Detective Julio Sanchez, Phillip P. Keene as tech expert and reserve officer Buzz Watson, Kearran Giovanni as Detective Amy Sykes, Jonathan Del Arco as Dr. Morales, Leonard Roberts as Assistant Chief Leo Mason, Jessica Meraz as Detective Camila Paige and Daniel di Tomasso as Detective Wes Nolan. In addition, Graham Patrick Martin stars as Rusty Beck. Major Crimes is set to launch its sixth season on Tuesday, Oct. 31, at 9 p.m. (ET/PT). Additionally, the hugely popular crime drama marks its 100th episode milestone on Dec. 19.
The series takes a serialized turn as the squad struggles to solve mysteries and murders surrounded by complex political conflicts, attempting to sidestep controversial issues as they track down three lethal murderers. As Cmdr. Sharon Raydor grows accustomed to her new boss, Assistant Chief Leo Mason, the detectives find themselves questioning their faith in the rapidly changing priorities of the justice system and their ability to reason through difficult changes. The emotionally-gripping season will treat fans to an array of milestones from celebrations of love to periods of loss. Finally, they must accept the necessity of risk, in all its different guises, as they prepare to face the inexplicable but increasingly undeniable return of Phillip Stroh (guest star Billy Burke).
In addition to the main cast, Major Crimes features recurring appearances by Jon Tenney as Deputy Chief of the Special Operations Bureau Fritz Howard, Ransford Doherty as Coroner's Investigator Kendall, Kathe Mazur as DDA Andrea Hobbs, Rene Rosado as Gus Wallace, Dawnn Lewis as Patrice Provenza and Bill Brochtrup as LAPD psychologist, Dr. Joe Bowman.
Created by James Duff, Major Crimes is produced by The Shephard/Robin Company and Walking Entropy, Inc., in association with Warner Bros. Television. James Duff, Greer Shephard & Michael M. Robin, Adam Belanoff, Mike Berchem and Duppy Demetrius serve as executive producers.
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Kaye has been teaching Ballet since 1995 at SMS. She received a Bachelor of Classical Dance from the National School of Ballet in Peru. She danced for five years in Ballet de Camara and seven years at Ballet Municipal in Lima. She also has a Bachelor's degree in Social Science and majored in Social Work Universidad Mayor de San Marcos. She moved to the United States in 1987 to attend the University of the Arts and the Pennsylvania Ballet. In 1988 she won first place at the Spotlight National Dance Competition and also danced for five years with the Mercury Dance Company in Philadelphia. In 1996, Kaye continued her education at Cabrini College and started teaching Creative Movement in the Kaleidoscope program. She offers teacher training and professional development workshops and collaborates with the Hispanic community. Kaye is the 2012 recipient of the Sol Schoenbach Award for Outstanding Service at Settlement Music School.
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As a Philadelphia native, Erin Ruggiero began her dance career at the age of 4 when she began taking ballet classes at Settlement Music School under the direction of Olga Blumenkrants. She went on to study dance education at DeSales University where she had the opportunity to study with various guest artists from around the world. Since receiving her Bachelor of Arts in Dance in 2001 she has been a featured dancer for Vada Dance Collective, a Philadelphia-based modern dance company. She has been teaching ballet and modern technique for 13 years in the Philadelphia and Bucks County area. Her choreography has been showcased at local and regional dance competitions. She excited to be teaching at Settlement Music School where it all began for her.
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Born in Russia, Svetlana received her dance education at the College of Culture and Arts in Perm, Russia. She has performed with three professional dance companies, became a principal in Stavropol Cossack's Dance Company, and toured Europe and the United States. In 2005, she received a diploma with Honors from Stavropol State Pedagogic University as a professional dance teacher. After immigrating to the United States, she taught ballet at the School of Dance Arts in Germantown and in Wissahickon Dance Academy's summer programs.


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If Diane Arbus is an artist whose work has held any importance for you, then here's the good news that accompanies the release of "Fur," starring Nicole Kidman as the late photographer: none of Arbus's photos ever get dragged onscreen, and Kidman's hazy, de-Semitized performance is such a disconnect from Arbus's actual image, that the film's pungency barely pollutes the career it's intended to tribute.
Coming not long after the closet-cleaning Arbus retrospective "Revelations," "Fur" is a curious, soporific addition to Arbus's burgeoning cult of personality. The film, helmed by "Secretary" director Steven Shainberg, lists Patricia Bosworth's 1984 biography of Arbus as its inspiration, but this adaptation's hung up on Bosworth's idea that Diane "view[ed] the world in mythic terms," which "Fur" takes as a cue to forgo event-based biopic material for speculative magic realism. The result is bound to join the illustrious ranks of Soderbergh's "Kafka" and Merhige's "Shadow of the Vampire," art house screen-fillers reinventing the oft-tedious path to creation as visually extravagant metaphorical journeys, now fondly remembered by literally dozens of viewers.
"Fur" concentrates on that indecisive moment in the late Fifties when Arbus was pulling away from the home studio fashion photography business she'd run for over a decade with her husband, Allan (Ty Burrell, in the film's best performance). The details surrounding Diane's marriage are smeared to imply that our heroine's creative soul's been carapaced by the expectations of Fifties domesticity — and already uneducated reviewers are buying this reductive story wholesale (the movie further stacks the deck by exaggerating Diane's marginalized role in the family business). The indies just love to look back in smugness on the Eisenhower era: one of Allan's fashion shoots, featuring a phalanx of rigidly grinning women manning ironing boards, supplies this film its meaningless nudge of sociology.
A number of people were responsible for abetting Diane's move from fashion to chronicler of New York's demimonde–Lisette Model and Joseph Mitchell, among others–but for this film's purposes, her friends and mentors are compressed into one being: a mysterious, newly arrived upstairs neighbor who she first spies swaddled head-to-toe. Arbus can't resist the allure of the unknown (Carter Burwell's score obnoxiously tip-toes up and down), and before long she's unmasked Lionel (Robert Downey Jr.), a retired circus dogboy. Downey's makeup reminds one more of Ron Perlman's Beast than the intended Jean Marais — the movie's laced with fairy tale allusions that exist only to congratulate viewer who picks up on them–but regardless, these two outcast souls commiserate, and floodgates of Genius are at great length opened.
Though slim credit is due to "Fur" for showing enough restraint to leave alone the most sensationalistic aspects of Arbus's life (I'm saying this about a movie that shows her shaving, then fucking a dogman…), there's just nothing to recommend here. If you insist on seeing a famous life filtered through a fairy tale, I'll suggest 1985's "Dreamchild," which covers the strange case of Lewis Carroll, and which wrings more feeling from one desolate shot of Jim Henson–crafted Mock Turtle than there is in all of "Fur"'s textured atmospherics.
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I work in the travel industry and as part of my amazing job I get to travel to the USA. In September I had the privilege of flying business class to LA where I spent a week touring Southern California.
While in LA, I actually stayed on Rodeo Drive 90210!!
This was surreal. Sleeping among stores like Chanel, Rolex and Cartier was just a dream. Not to mention all the site spotting from Pretty Woman and 90210!!
I loved Beverly Hills and it was my favorite part of LA. Here are some of my photos from the Rodeo Drive / Beverly Hills part of my trip. Hope you like them!
If you are going to LA, make sure you take a stroll around this beautiful city. Oh and sampling the Red Velvet cupcakes at Sprinkles Cupcakes is a must! 😀
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The Council has examined the imposition of non-parole periods in Victoria.
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VietNamNet Bridge – Vietnam grabbed nine gold, 11 silver and five bronze medals at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix Series which closed in China on Monday.
Vietnamese players pose with their medals at the World Para Athletics Grand Prix. — VNS Photo
Among the gold medalists were Tran Van Nguyen (javelin throw, men's F40 class), Kieu Minh Trung (javelin throw, men's F55 class), Nguyen Hoang Minh (5,000m, men's T12 category), Pham Nguyen Khanh Minh (400m, men's T12) and Truong Bich Van (discus throw, women's F56).
The Vietnamese delegation placed third in the overall rankings.
China finished first by taking 64 gold, 17 silver and 10 bronze medals.
The three-day event attracted about 268 athletes from 16 countries and regions including Greece, the United States, Kazakhstan, Thailand and Vietnam.
The 2018 World Para-Athletics Grand Prix series now heads to Rieti in Italy on May 18-20 May for the fourth of nine Grand Prix set to take place around the world this year.
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A few weeks ago, the Professor had some surgery. Although he was well on his way to recovery, he was still feeling a bit tired and out of it. Ricky and I figured we'd bring him some dinner in one of our rare acts of genuine friendship. After some deliberation we settled on Thai. We were scanning seamless for delivery options, and when we came across Miso Asian, we just couldn't resist.
Note: The restaurant's website is completely worthless
From a delivery standpoint these guys missed the mark. The food showed up on time. There was only a $2.50 delivery fee. They even threw in a few free sodas with our order. Unfortunately, they didn't wrap the food tightly and a good chunk of it ended up at the bottom of the bag. Not only were we missing out on some food, but it was a pain to deal with the mess.
The prices were very standard. Most apps were in the $5 range while entrees were around $6. The portions were plenty for how much they cost, but with the spill, there was clear depreciation of value.
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Our order was pretty typical. We went with the Crab Rangoon to start with. This was by far my favorite part of the meal. I consider myself a stickler about crab rangoon. These weren't overly fried and had a wonderfully light crisp. They were overflowing with filling that wasn't too sweet. From there, things went downhill.
Our entrees included the Mongolian Beef, the Garlic Chicken, and the Shanhai Chow Fun Chicken. The beef was overcooked and chewy. The garlic chicken was a little tough as well. Mostly though, the dish had nondescript flavor and a general saltiness that was unpleasant. Now, I happen to love most any chow fun dish, but these noodles were soggy and slimy. It's also pretty unsettling to look at the finished plates and see a gigantic grease pool in each one.
From the second we opened the delivery bag (with the exception of the crab rangoon), Miso Asian was a huge disappointment. Cardinal rules were broken left and right. Dishes weren't packaged properly, and the food that remained was too salty, too oily, and too improperly cooked. I'm giving them 1 out of 5 Pearls.


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The 'weapons' of Lethal Weapon
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"I'll be home for tea later mum."
The following contains heavy spoilers for all Lethal Weapon films – even the ones that haven't been made yet.
I've been thinking a lot about villains recently. It's hardly surprising, really. If it's not megalomaniacal Australian billionaires and their goldfish brained kids, it's Norwegian dickheads in neoprene. You can't even bury your head in fiction and hope to escape the tide of evil. Well you probably could, but not if the beach was made up of the Lethal Weapon films.
The Lethal Weapon films do villains brilliantly. So much so, in fact, that when experienced as a back-to-back 8-hour odyssey, amongst seeing Danny Glover's character age from 55 to 126 like one of those BBC stop-motion nature documentaries, and Gibson becoming less and less mental as his mullet retracts into his bug-eyed bonce* you realise that the films are a microcosm of cinematic evil-doing, containing every hallmark of villainy, both real and fictitious.
To make myself feel better about watching loads of Lethal Weapon films – and despite the fact I also gleaned some valuable secondary information (such as the average of retirement from the LAPD is 'Never') – I've decided to share my information in this important thesis. Now before I go too far I should also explain that examples of villainy from part 3 are, like the film itself, only there to make the numbers up, and/or point out how to do villainy wrong. Indeed, 'Jack Travis' as a villain is absolute arse-candle.
Anyway, for someone who probably can't get to sleep's pleasure, here are the key components of villainy, as evidenced by the Lethal Weapon saga…
This one's something of a no-brainer. Of course they're greedy: every single one of them. However, since we're dealing with the Lethal Weapon saga and not Tarkovsky's The Mirror, it's entirely possible that some fans are currently enjoying a Road to Damascus moment. Enjoy it boys, it's going to continue for a few miles yet.
Snarky digressions aside, if the ruthless pursuit of money suggests low moral fibre then what does the existence of Lethal Weapon 3 suggest? It didn't offer anything that we hadn't seen before (save for a crap villain – looking at you Jack Travis). It's entirely possible that Mel Gibson and Danny Glover are genuinely evil, or kind of stupid. I think I've just blown my own mind. Read the next bit and I'll catch up with you later…
Strange accents
No one is more widely familiar to US audiences as a 'wrong-un' than someone who can't even speak the President's American. This is most keenly displayed in 'Weapon 2' where all the knob-heads speak Afrikaans, including, memorably, Joss Ackland who finally fulfils his career-long ambition for the world's most ridiculous pronunciation of 'immunity'.
An early scene features our heroes – and most of the LAPD – listening to the villains converse over the radio with complete bafflement. What language is that…alien? No, my friends, that language is evil.
Strange accents take a break until part 4 where they come back with both guns blazing. Weapon 4 deals with Chinese triads and faintly ridiculous accents. Early on a Chinese family turn-up but before they can be shot/impaled with surfboards they reveal themselves to be sympathetic victims of the real-villain: a walking oriental caracature called Uncle Benny.
With his long eyebrows, buckteeth and hilarious inability to pronounce his 'Rs', Uncle Benny is possibly the least well-drawn portrayal of an oriental since John Wayne played Genghis Khan. And like most funny speaking characters in the Weapon series – and pretty much everyone else – he gets a well-deserved presentation ceremony for his own arse.
Oriental realism, Lethal Weapon style.
Odd fashion choices
Not a raison-d'être as such, more of a troubling indicator of villainy. It seems evil people are too preoccupied with wrongdoing to think about their accoutrements, or their distorted view runs to their choice of apparel. Either way, the most evil people normally look pretty fucking stupid.
Perhaps the best example of this is in Weapon 2. By walking round with what appears to be greased evil on the top of his melon, Pieter Vorstedt clearly exudes villainy. However, by revealing that he killed Mel Gibson's wife – and therefore is the source of his mental anguish, not to mention his 'Weapon-ness' – he is quite possibly the most evil character in the series.
Note: If you followed this hallmark to a tee you may be confused when watching the Lethal Weapon series in the present day – especially when you see Mel Gibson's sunglasses and hair. May I remind you that he is not evil – at least in the films.
A 'thing'
This complements an already apparent streak of evil, like a rotten cherry on top of a mouldy cake. Gary Busey's Mr Joshua is clearly insane, but what makes him much more memorable – aside from being Gary Busey and therefore one of the most incredible lunatics to breathe air – is the fact that he appears to enjoy receiving pain.
Similarly Joss 'e-muhn-a-tee' Ackland's greasy diplomat's evil accoutrement is a 'rape-glare' that he points at Patsy Kensit, suggesting a fairly extreme set of horizontal interests. He also seems to walk around with his passport in his hand and, of course, there's the aforementioned verbal inflection.
Ackland: 'Rape-glare'
For perspective, Weapon 3's villain Jack Travis enjoys attending ice hockey games…and probably playing on his computer and reading. Man, fuck Jack Travis.
Evil is a combination of many things. Someone who's is purely motivated by financial gain isn't necessarily evil, just a bit of a dick. Likewise, someone who dresses like a bit of knob may not be a poorly-styled embodiment of evil. But when you combine each aspect, and round it off with 'a thing', you're left with someone who probably deserves to get beaten half to death on a retiring policeman's lawn.
The end.
* If there are any scientists out there who have explored the relationship between mullets and mental illness I would be most grateful for a copy of your findings.
Predator: a retrospective
Posted in Film by Ben
"Wads wid dis fackin tie bizness?"
The original Predator is the very definition of a guilty pleasure. Unlike most 80s action cinema it falls somewhere between genre transcending classic and Internet meme, depending on who you're talking to, how well you know them and how much you've had to drink.
If Predator's legacy could be defined by anything it's as the go-to film for anytime you're suitably inebriated, staring at a big black rectangle in the company of your fellow man and simply feel like dusting off that Y chromosome. Or alternatively, when you simply can't be bothered to watch your Tarkovsky boxset for the 100th time.
So the upcoming release of Predators is kind of a big deal; it's like Twilight for people who can grow facial hair, Sex and the City for those that don't try to hide their facial hair, or Episode 1 for those whose tears have long since been absorbed by facial hair.
Basically, if facial hair worked on a pH indicator scale then the release of Predators would be a piece of litmus paper and the end result would be yellow, or blue, or whatever a chemist might deem the most exciting colour.
But with excitement comes apprehension. And understandably so, what they've done to the Predator in the remaining years makes what happened to 'Chim' Hopper's men in the jungles of Central America look remarkably civilised.
First up they pitched him against Danny Glover, who was by then already well known for trying to ruin action films by being old. Then they added Gary Busey to the mix, an actor who's so far through the looking glass, he makes the story of a giant sociopathic alien hunting a gang of Aswad gone Asbad Jamaican psychos in a war torn Los Angeles of the future seem like one of Alan Bennett's scripts for Talking Heads that didn't make the grade because it was too realistic. And if that wasn't humiliating enough, they featured a scene where the Predator was 'hilariously' twatted by an old woman with a broom.
Is it any wonder they gave up acting for over a decade?
Then came the Aliens Vs Predator films, whose most notable achievement was making people who declared AvP 1 as: "the worst piece of fucking shit I've ever seen" revise their statements by the time of the almost biblically shit part 2 starting stinking up cinemas. Incidentally, it was also around this time that people began to look forward to the Mayan prophecies of 2012 (if not Roland Emmerich's film – lulz) and Al Gore switched off Powerpoint and began to look at videos of amusing cats on Youtube.
But now we have Predators, the announcement of which was met by almost universal derision from its target audience. I mean, Predator was an embarrassingly simple premise executed to perfection (minus Carl Weather's comedy magic arm), so to follow up with 1 disappointment and 2 outright abortions is proof that if Satan is real, he's no longer encouraging misguided people to smoke loaded shotguns, he's out there convincing them to give Paul WS Anderson work (that's also assuming PWS Anderson isn't actually Satan himself, which wouldn't exactly be reaching).
By that rationale the fact that Predators looks pretty damn good could well be proof that not only does God exist, but he ('she', 'it' or whatever you might call a nebulous gas) is marking his (or hers, its or whatever a gas does) appearance with winning lottery tickets, a fourth series of Deadwood and a mass-smiting of the Radio 1 building and anyone who's appeared on All Star Family Fortunes (the Vernon Kaye version – Les Dennis has suffered enough).
Of course I'm going by a trailer so accusations of hyperbole wouldn't be completely unfounded. But in this day and age, when a sequel to 'Went the Day Well?' would probably be called 'Yes', you've got to have hope. And even if it is crap, at least we'll always have Predator.
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Readers: Please consider participating in the birthday celebrations happening all over the world by reading, commenting, and wishing the Bard your own personalized birthday wish…
Today is the 448th birthday of not only the greatest playwright who ever lived, but also the greatest poet. He is the most accomplished English writer of all time, by far the world's most produced dramatist, and the finest wordsmith to ever pen a word in the English language.
Given such incomparable accomplishments, is it possible we still underestimate the power of the Bard? Could it be that his astonishing breadth of work has become so commonplace in our lives that we take it for granted?
It usually begins like this. We are force-fed the chestnuts in high school – first Romeo & Juliet when we're 13 or 14, Hamlet in our senior year of high school, and if we're lucky, A Midsummer Night's Dream, Julius Caesar, or Othello – all behind desks in English class. We write papers – we watch and listen and daydream as our teacher tells us the salient points. We discuss what we thought from the night before, silently and dutifully skimming the plays at home. Maybe we see a production before we turn 20 and maybe (a big maybe), it's good enough to make the language come alive. But after that, for most of us, "Shakespeare" is the stuff of libraries, of academia, and occasionally of a well intentioned Hollywood film.
But what most of us don't know is that Shakespeare has managed to get inside of us without our really knowing it. Common words and phrases we use every day that seem to come from our own heads came from His first. Undone. Assassination. Elbow room. Sea change. Foregone conclusions. And thousands – thousands…more.
Even more consequential than our language, Jung might say that the very fabric of many of our social experiences are psychological echoes of relationships Shakespeare first set in compelling motion. Young love. Mischief. Jealousy. Senility. Tyranny. Sacrifice. Of course he didn't invent these. But in the loudest poetic big bang in all of history he forged the elements that became western culture's touchstones and archetypes for all of these experiences and more. Through nearly 400 years of sheer ubiquity he infiltrated our very understanding of what it means to be alive – so that we, currently alive, celebrate Shakespeare every day merely by experiencing life itself in the social, political, and psychological ways that we choose.
It is not so surprising then that we do not stop to consider each and every day the Bard's imprint on our lives. It is exhausting to constantly celebrate influence and genius. But everyone has birthdays and we know the drill. So in light of the breathtaking degree to which this one man has infiltrated so many strata of our existence, I ask my readers, how do we adequately go about wishing him a happy birthday? It's a tough one. To me it is as if we should develop some ceremony to honor the inventor of Compassion. Thank you? My compassion is mine, just as my language is mine. I can thank the Dalai Lama for updating his facebook status to remind me of forgiveness, but to honor the creation of forgiveness itself? When I forgive someone, that act is mine. When I say, "Well I'm sorry I said that, I know it can't be undone," that language is also mine. When I fall in love, and debate the existence of love at first sight, that experience is certainly mine. So how in the world can I appropriately "thank" or "honor" Shakespeare for what he has given me, when in fact he has contributed more to my day to day life than any other person except my parents?
Or to say it another way, what am I going to write on his birthday card?
What would he appreciate most?
Dear Mr. Shakespeare,
Happy Birthday. Thank you for helping me understand who I am. Thank you for helping me understand who my friends are. And while I'm at it, thank you for helping me understand who my enemies are. Thank you for allowing me to see that people of different opinions aren't right or wrong, but rather, that all honest opinions have integrity. Most of all, thank you for reminding me that one person can have an immeasurable impact on the world. Thank you for reminding me to follow my bliss, to do what I love to do, and to create things that I love, trusting that the world may love them for the same, or entirely different, reasons. Thank you for leaving it all on the field, so that when your days ended, your riches remained there for me and my friends to play with anytime we want. You're incredibly special to me, and I don't know what I would have done with my life had you not come first. I'd say I will always love you, but you're really really really dead, and that creeps me out a bit. But I will always love what you've given me, because it's inseparable from who I am. And I have a hunch that the degree to which I really like me is somewhat attributable to you.
Love, Bill
N.B.: This post was requested and is being shared by The Shakespeare Birthplace Trust in Stratford-upon-Avon, whose site Blogging For Shakespeare is throwing a weeklong blog-fest of Shakespeare birthday wishes. Please find the other entries here: www.


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NOW it's really the centerpiece, or heart, of my living room - the old trunk with its black hinges and pale yellow pigskin-covered wooden frame. Finally, after all these years, I have honored it, cared for it.
Its history is part of my history, but then it has other histories as well, ones that I can only guess at or imagine.
I first saw the old trunk in the early 1950s. My parents had divorced, and my mother, my 11-year-old younger brother, and I were packing up to leave our small Oklahoma hometown and head west - as so many had done before us. California has a long history as a promised land. We left to be free of our small town - to see more of the world. For my mother, it was a chance to be free of my father and of a marriage that didn't work out, and to be more independent of her mother. At age 40, my mother was running away from home.
My mother sold most of our belongings, but the others she packed up in boxes and cartons to be shipped. Looking in a junk store one day, she came across a medium-sized black trunk. It would be better than cardboard cartons, she reasoned, for protecting some of our more fragile belongings.
I still remember it sitting in my uncle's house before he drove us and our luggage to the railway station. The trunk was full of framed family portraits, some special vases and dishes - all packed in yesterday's news, and padded with blankets.
Before long, the trunk, along with a few large boxes, was sitting in the living room of our new two-room apartment in Sacramento. We had arrived, and the boxes and trunk were opened to find light blankets. In California, it cools off at night even in August, something we could never imagine in sultry Oklahoma. We took the dishes from the trunk, and a few family photographs were set out to make this new place feel like home - Grandma and Grandpa, aunts and uncles smiled at us from their wooden and brass frames.
Then the trunk fades from my memory. I suppose it eventually found its way to our garage, and my mother probably always had it packed with things she wasn't currently using - lace tablecloths and china that she didn't use as much in the casual California setting.
But, 15 years after our move west, when I was 28, married, and had a young child, my mother died, and I inherited the trunk, along with a few other family belongings.
My husband and I decided that rather than merely store the trunk in our garage we would paint it a bright color and use it as an unusual toybox for our toddler, Richard.
We painted the wood bright yellow and the hinges a kind of copper color. We were proud of ourselves to have come up with this unique idea. Now the trunk was full of colored balls of all sizes, soft toys, wooden blocks, and various plastic playthings. I recall so many mornings when Richard ambled over to the box and began rummaging and tossing - to find whatever toy was special at that moment. And the evenings when we'd sit on the floor, putting Pooh Bear, the Scarecrow, and all the blocks to bed in the big yellow box.
After a few years of this sort of use, however, Richard was out of the toybox stage, and we moved to San Diego, so the trunk was ready for yet another kind of transformation.
It was moved to the living room, where, propped open and with wooden slats to create a false bottom, we put plants and a few framed small photos - of Richard, of ourselves, of our friends. The greenery now trailed over the edge of the open box, and a few leaves even reached the floor.
When later my young husband suddenly died, I moved with my son to a condominium on the north side of town, and the trunk went along with us. I stored household papers in it, kept the lid shut, and put a small maroon-and-black North African tapestry on top of it, with a few framed pictures - of my nieces, of Richard and his girlfriend - and several large art books. It served as a kind of end table, but it had lost its ``trunkness,'' covered now with two layers of paint and the small tapestry.
Like someone with a forgotten childhood, the trunk had lost its identity, its heritage.
Somewhere beneath the facade, I knew there was a special beauty in this trunk. I wanted its past to be part of its present. What stories were inside it? Whose treasures, dresses, and books had it carried before it came into my life? Whose lace shawls, baby clothes? Had it brought a settler from the East to the Oklahoma Territory? Was it carried by stagecoach or wagon? Was it part of someone's new beginning? Was that person running toward a new life, or away from an old one? Maybe it had several moves? Had it ever been on a ship or down a river?
One day in a junior-college class I was teaching, a young man wrote about restoring an antique boat. He spoke of using such care, and seemed to display such an obvious talent for fine craftsmanship, that I soon thought of the trunk.
I had not been looking for someone to restore it, but suddenly the idea struck me. So I inquired. And to my surprise, the answer was yes - in time - when other refinishing tasks were completed, he'd be glad to. I was elated. Before long the trunk was on a journey, taken in a camper truck to be renewed.
Then one proud day, it was returned, with a brief possible history. The craftsman who restored it said it had probably been a carriage trunk at one time. The plain, more rough-sawn wood was now covered in a pale soft pigskin. The oak portions were stripped and oiled. The hardware had a new coat of shiny black paint.
Now as the trunk sits on the carpet - with a Dickens biography, a flute, and a basket placed carefully on it. It is the heart of the room. It may hold only tax papers inside, but that's just the physical part. It holds all the places I've gone and would still like to go. It's freedom. It's journeys to be taken. Perhaps it is also full of unknown mysteries. It's a theatre trunk, full of all the roles we play in life, and our costumes from different ages, from infancy to old age - and a circus trunk, with pink feathers, balloons, and a folded trapeze.
Most of all, it's a sacred box, full of stories - not just my story, but my mother's story, and the unknown stories of the owners of the trunk who came before us. And I know it has a future someday with someone else. Most of all, it is, and probably always has been, a trunk of hopes and possibilities, of memories and dreams.


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A quiet revolution in gambling is under way in Minnesota. Without a single press release or announcement, the Minnesota State Lottery is nearly a year into an experiment to get more Minnesotans to gamble online through a subscription lottery service.
A quiet revolution in gambling is under way in Minnesota. Without a single press release or announcement, the Minnesota State Lottery is nearly a year into an experiment to get more Minnesotans to gamble online through a subscription lottery service.
Even in a bad economy, the Minnesota State Lottery set a fourth consecutive sales record in fiscal year 2011, bringing in $504.4 million. Of the gambling proceeds, about $121.9 million went for environmental programs and the state's general fund.
In Illinois, sales of Illinois lottery tickets grew by 3 percent last year to set a new record. Officials say sales totaled nearly $2.3 billion, an average of $177 for every person in Illinois.
While lottery sales have climbed every year for nine straight years, Illinois Lottery officials proposed selling lottery tickets online last year - a proposal that, as yet, hasn't gotten anywhere.
Online gambling doesn't have a great record in Illinois. A few years ago, the state made some types of gambling over the Internet illegal, such as online poker.
Private online gambling is also illegal in Minnesota, and the state's elected leaders have turned back various gambling expansion proposals and online gambling ventures.
But in the waning months of Gov. Tim Pawlenty's administration, the Minnesota State Lottery took the first steps toward what could become a massive shift to Internet lottery play. They are looking at the Internet to boost sales as more Minnesotans reject traditional lottery tickets and become more comfortable playing games and buying goods online.
Interim Lottery Director Jenny Canfield, at a lottery seminar last year, said that "We are seeing that decline, and it's happening very rapidly. We have to react quickly to grab back our players, to build up our player base again."
Gambling foes dismayed
The move has taken some gambling critics by surprise. Several, including legislators, said they were deeply troubled by what they see as secrecy, aggressive tactics and a bypassing of legislative approval.
"It's a terrible idea. It's reprehensible," said Assistant Senate Majority Leader David Hann, an Eden Prairie, Minn., Republican who tried to abolish the lottery six years ago. "We are spending a lot of taxpayer money to lure people into throwing money down the toilet so we can spend it on something that we think is more important."
Hann said he wants to explore whether the state lottery has the legal authority to sell tickets online. "To me, it seems like they are exercising some latitude they might not have," he said.
New governor didn't know
Gov. Mark Dayton's administration learned about the online ticket-buying service only recently. Dayton spokesman Bob Hume said the practice started before Dayton took office and that they have not looked into it.
State Rep. Ryan Winkler said it should "absolutely" be reviewed by legislators.
"I certainly want to find out if they have the authority to do it," said Winkler, who sits on committees that review gambling issues. "It look like they are trying to avoid public attention."
Lottery officials say they don't need legislative approval. They liken their online subscription service, which allows players to gamble no more than $50 a week, to electronic commerce, not Internet gambling. "It's within our guidelines," Canfield said.
Minnesota is one of only a few states to offer the online lottery ticket sales, but legislators in other states like New Jersey are considering it. North Dakota and New Hampshire offer similar online lottery subscription services, but neither got legislative approval. When North Dakota moved to the online ticket-buying system in 2005, the state's attorney general signed off, said Randy Miller, director of the North Dakota Lottery.
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In Minnesota, the attorney general was never asked to review the idea, said Ben Wogsland, a spokesman for the attorney general. "No one has requested it, and no one has given any advice from our office," he said.
Laura Sweeney, spokesperson for the U.S. Department of Justice, declined to comment on the legality of online ticket sales. The department has shut down numerous online gambling operations around the country.
Lottery officials say there was nothing secretive about the subscription service. They intentionally staged a "soft launch" since they anticipated only a tiny fraction of Minnesotans would use the system and they didn't want to spook retailers who make a commission selling lottery tickets.
Right now, just 7,599 Minnesotans are signed up for the online service. Subscription sales made up just $607,000 of the $500 million businesses. There is no advertising campaign for the service, which can be found by clicking Buy Online on the lottery's home page.
"Some people just feel more comfortable online," Canfield said. "Some more affluent people prefer it."
The online subscription service allows Minnesotans to buy tickets for most lottery games around the clock.
Players can select a length of subscription from six weeks to a year for a half dozen lottery games, playing $2 to a maximum of $50 per week. Once an online purchase is made, the same numbers must be played for the duration of the subscription. Customers cannot change the numbers or cancel a subscription before the subscription runs out. The lottery does not accept credit cards and requires that subscriptions be paid by direct access to a checking or savings account.
Long-term strategy
Minnesota's Internet lottery ticket sales are one component in a bolder long-term online strategy. Lottery officials have come to realize that consumer habits have changed in the 23 years since Minnesotans changed the state constitution to allow lottery gambling - especially among young adults.
In 1998, 73 percent of Minnesotans aged 18 to 24 played the lottery at least once a year. Canfield said that by 2010, that number had plunged to 38 percent. Meanwhile, computer games are increasingly popular and online purchasing has soared to $171 billion a year.
"The traditional approaches are not working and we are not maintaining our player base," Canfield said at the lottery conference.
Canfield who has urged an aggressive approach, such as subscription packages, reaching out through social media and establishing "a strategy to slowly introduce interactive Internet games."
She said political tides surrounding gambling are shifting rapidly and things that are forbidden now could soon be legal.
"If that time comes, I want to be ready," she said.
Back in Illinois, while Gov. Pat Quinn and lawmakers wrestle over potentially expanding gambling, Quinn has been encouraging Illinoisans to buy lottery tickets.
Quinn has said Illinois can't gamble its way to prosperity, but he says he wants people to buy special lottery tickets that benefit veterans.
The $3 ticket is the latest Veterans Cash lottery ticket since the program's inception in 2006. The state says the Veterans Cash lottery tickets have raised $9.5 million for veterans' organizations statewide. The money is used to pay for medical care, disability benefits and housing assistance.