A Minnesota man has been indicted on charges that he stole a pair of the famed ruby slippers worn by Judy Garland in “The Wizard of Oz,” from the Judy Garland Museum in Grand Rapids, Minn., the actress’s hometown, nearly 18 years ago.
The red-sequined pumps were recovered in a sting operation that ended in Minneapolis in 2018, but the authorities said at the time that their investigation was continuing and they did not name any suspects.
On Tuesday, a federal indictment charged Terry Jon Martin of Minnesota with stealing an authentic pair of the slippers, which officials estimated have a market value of $3.5 million, from the museum sometime between Aug. 27 and Aug. 28 of 2005. Mr. Martin was indicted on one count of theft of a major artwork.
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All of this happened within less than a mile from Gator Joe's (my favorite local bar ferfucksakes) in the tiny-ass little one-stoplight town of Ocklawaha, Florida. The other thing that the town's famous for is the 1930's Ma Baker bank robbery gang. If you don't know about her and her gang, you can find it here https://mabarkerhouse.org/)
The town has quite a legacy.
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The-Sun.com - A LEGENDARY food brand is giving its famed hotdog on wheels a makeover and a new name. Oscar Mayer announced this week that its iconic vehicle, the Oscar Mayer Wienermobile, will change its name entirely.
The new name is pivotal in the company's history as it's the first change to the hot-dog-inspired car since it debuted in 1936. Moving forward, the motor fleet will be known as Frankmobiles, as Oscar Mayer intends to advertise a new recipe for All Beef Franks.
Additionally, drivers that were previously known as Hotdoggers will now be referred to as Frankfurters and the vehicles will get some style upgrades. “Debuting this week, the fleet of six vehicles feature bun-derful new elements, including saucy exterior decals, Frank Whistles (formerly Wiener Whistles), and a newly renamed class of Hotdoggers behind the wheel - now known as Frankfurters.”
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New geological research warns that the weight of New York City’s skyscrapers is actually causing the Big Apple — whose more than 1 million buildings weigh nearly 1.7 trillion pounds — to sink lower into its surrounding bodies of water.
The city is plopping closer to the water at a rate of 1 to 2 millimeters a year, “with some areas subsiding much faster.” While that may not seem significant to untrained eyes, the gradual descent makes NYC extremely vulnerable to natural disasters, according to lead researcher and geologist Tom Parsons of the United States Geological Survey.
Lower Manhattan is particularly at risk, and there is concern for both Brooklyn and Queens as well, according to the study.
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Oakland Coliseum. From 1969 to 1988 I was fairly regular going to A's games. I was very lucky to be growing up around local baseball, getting to meet the players and seeing the game up close in better times. Now I don't watch sports. Too depressing.
ReplyDeleteYes, the NY Post actually wrote that NYC has more than 1 million buildings. Garbage. While other estimates over the years have come up with 62,000 to 118,000, it was the Curbed site who ran with this wonderful algorithm that came up with the 1 million number for Manhattan. https://ny.curbed.com/2018/4/23/17271092/manhattan-buildings-data-visualization-taylor-baldwin
ReplyDeleteManhattan is 22.82 square miles. A million buildings averages 636 sq ft each, which is a hair over 25 feet per side. To the best of my knowledge there is no generic metric of "building", which might consider a "building" to be X sq ft or Y volume, which could lead to a tall structure counting as 100s of buildings. Which would also be garbage. One foundation, as many walls as needed, one contiguous roof. That's one building. Without a foundation you have buildings on the level of garden sheds. Maybe they count but I'd say they shouldn't. Without load bearing walls your "buildings" are just tents, or cardboard boxes for bums to live in.
So, garbage in, garbage out; the alogrithm is flawed.
I had an uncle who managed a ritzy bar on top of Beach Mountain, NC, back in he early 70's. There also was a "Wizard of Oz" theme park located there. Supposedly the bar had a pair of the original Ruby Red slippers. I saw them at the bar and they sure didn't do anything for me. The theme park was also real chintzy and did not stay open very long.
ReplyDeleteIt is only 97 degrees in Los Vegas today, who wants to to go sit in the stands to see a baseball game with the A's? It's going to be 99 tomorrow at the game.
ReplyDeleteI used to wonder about the weight of the NYC buildings as a curious kid but was comforted by an article that claimed the weight of material removed for foundations was more than the buildings so all was well going forward. That was pre climate change though.
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