PUBLIC CONFESSIONAL FOR CHALLENGE 8.2

If you don't know what you are looking for, then how will you know how to find it. We had 2 hours to complete all three stages of this challenge. It took me about 1 hour & 20 minutes to clear stage 1. Fred cleared stage 1 in 1 hour & 22 minutes and Andy cleared stage 1 in 1 hour & 33 minutes. In stage 2, I did not realize that I was in a maze of some kind because I could only see a very small part of the big picture, so I did nothing about it. Fred & Andy were not as discouraged as I and each found a key (in the maze) worth +1 on the next Mole Quiz. These two Agents are more deserving of winning this game. I just wanted to see how far I could get by playing again. Good Luck to Fred & Andy...You have played this game much better than I have and one of you should win !

THE FINAL CHALLENGE HAS ARRIVED

Andy, Fred & myself have been trying to come up with a time & date that works for all sice April 29. That day is here ! It will be this afternoon @ 5 PM. GOOD LUCK !

PUBLIC CONFESSIONAL FOR CHALLENGE 8.1

THREE QUESTIONS: This was another one of those random guessing challenges that we did not do well in. The $4 prize was not added to the pot...no surprise there. The Mole did not have to mess this one up because we did it for him. I can only hope that we will be successful in the Final Challenge. It is not about the money anymore, it is about Team Pride for being able to work together to accomplish the mission. Note to Mole...Leave your EGO at the door when you come here to play for the last time!

POST EXECUTION CONFESSIONAL FOR AGENT EVIN

OMG...This is not the way it was supposed to work out! Evin has been my choice for 1 of the Final 3 in this game for a long time. There is now a void in the game which can't be filled by those who remain. I really had much repect for the way he played this game. We both got frustrated by losing challenges, but showed it in different ways. If anyone thought that he was the Mole... THEY WERE WRONG! I hope you will keep in touch with us because you are a "Class Act" and a Great Player. Your presence in this game will be missed by all. Take Care, Evin and I hope to hear from you again.

PUBLIC CONFESSIONAL FOR CHALLENGE 7.1, 7.2, 7.3

WALL STREET: It was just too hard to make any serious money for the pot with this challenge. I am not a very good investor and my net loss with the stocks I picked was all the proof I needed. I don't know if the other 3 Agents did well. I am sure they will tell us in their own Blog.

MINDSWEEPER: I was lucky enough to get paired up with Fred in this challenge because he has an amazing understanding of how to play this game. As we got closer to the deadline, Host Ryan M let the two of us finish this game by ourselves. We were successful and added $ 3.50 to the Pot.

IN THE DARK: We only had 1 hour to complete this challenge. I found 1 key, Fred found 1 key & Evin found 2 keys...Andy was left with only himself and 4 matches. After many tries, the Guard could only beat Evin which caused him to lose his 2 keys. There was not enough time for Fred or myself to try to get them back from the Guard without risking our own keys. Nobody won Immunity.

Note: Fred is going into the next Mole Quiz with a +1 and I am going into the next Mole Quiz with a +2. This will make it tougher for Evin & Andy to make it to the FINAL 3 !

EASTER GREETINGS TO EVERYONE

How to Identify Where A Driver Is From...

1. One hand on wheel, one hand on horn: Chicago.

2. One hand on wheel, one finger out window: New York.

3. One hand on wheel, one finger out window, cutting across all lanes of traffic: New Jersey.

4. One hand on wheel, one hand on newspaper, foot solidly on accelerator: Boston.

5. One hand on wheel, one hand on nonfat double decaf cappuccino, cradling cell phone, brick on accelerator, with gun in lap: Los Angeles.

6. Both hands on wheel, eyes shut, both feet on brake, quivering in terror: Ohio, but driving in California.

7. Both hands in air, gesturing, both feet on accelerator, head turned to talk to someone in back seat: Italy.

8. One hand on latte, one knee on wheel, cradling cell phone, foot on brake, mind on radio game: Seattle.

9. One hand on wheel, one hand on hunting rifle, alternating between both feet being on the accelerator and both feet on brake, throwing McDonald's bag out the window: Texas.

10. Four-wheel drive pick-up truck, shotgun mounted in rear window, beer cans on floor, squirrel tails attached to antenna: West Virginia.

11. Two hands gripping wheel, blue hair barely visible above windshield, driving 35 on the Interstate in the left lane with the left blinker on: Florida.

List of U.S. Sanctuary Cities

Despite a federal law that requires local governments to cooperate with Department of Homeland Security's Immigration and Customs Enforcement (ICE) Agency, many large urban cities (and some small) have adopted so-called "sanctuary policies." Generally, sanctuary policies instruct city employees not to notify the federal government of the presence of illegal aliens living in their communities. The policies also end the distinction between legal and illegal immigration -- so illegal aliens often benefit from city services too.

The justification of creating sanctuary cities is often under the guise of protecting "immigrant rights." But illegal aliens are not immigrants -- immigrants come to the US legally, and maintain their legal presence. When a person is illegally smuggled into the US or knowingly violates their visa restrictions -- he/she is not an immigrant or visitor, but an illegal alien subject to deportation. The real reason behind sanctuary policies are public officials bowing to political pressure from the open-border lobby -- and/or an attempt to pander for votes at election time...

Alabaster, AL

Phoenix, AZ

Bell Gardens, CA
City of Industry, CA
City of Commerce, CA
Cypress, CA
Davis CA
Diamond Bar, CA
Downey, CA
Lakewood, CA
Los Angeles, CA
Long Beach, CA
Maywood, CA
Paramount, CA
Pico Rivera, CA
Sonoma County, CA
So. Gate, CA
San Diego, CA
San Francisco, CA
Vernon, CA
Wilmington, CA

Aurora, CO
Commerce City, CO
Denver, CO
Federal Heights, CO
Fort Collins CO
Thornton, CO
Westminster, CO

Springfield CT (Disputed)

DeLeon Springs, FL
Deltona, Fl
Miami, FL
Sanford, FL

Chicago, IL

Cambridge, MA

Baltmore, MD
Gaithersburg, MD
Takoma Park, MD

Minneapolis, MN
St. Paul, MN

Camden, NJ
Fort Lee, NJ
Jersey City, NJ
North Bergen, NJ
Trenton, NJ
Union City, NJ
West New York, NJ

Bay Shore, NY
Brentwood, NY
Central Islip, NY
Farmingville, NY
New York City, NY
Peekskill, NY
Riverhead, NY
Shirly/Mastic, NY
Uniondale, NY
Westbury, NY

Charlotte, NC
Raleigh, NC
Winston-Salem, NC

Portland, OR

Austin, TX
Brownsville, TX
Denton, TX
Dallas, TX
Ft.Worth, TX
Houston, TX
Laredo, TX
Mcallen, TX
San Antonio, TX [Note: The Sanctuary status of San Antonio is under dispute so OJJPAC is researching the issue to determine if the city’s belongs on this list or not.]

Provo, UT
Salt Lake City, UT

Fairfax County, VA

Madison, WI

Jackson Hole, WY

CELTIC KNOT

Ten of the best April Fool's Day hoaxes

NEW YORK (AFP) - From television revealing that spaghetti grows on trees to advertisements for the left-handed burger, the tradition of April Fool's Day stories in the media has a weird and wonderful history.

Here are 10 of the top April Fool's Day pranks ever pulled off, as judged by the San Diego-based Museum of Hoaxes for their notoriety, absurdity, and number of people duped.

-- In 1957, a BBC television show announced that thanks to a mild winter and the virtual elimination of the spaghetti weevil, Swiss farmers were enjoying a bumper spaghetti crop. Footage of Swiss farmers pulling strands of spaghetti from trees prompted a barrage of calls from people wanting to know how to grow their own spaghetti at home.

-- In 1985, Sports Illustrated magazine published a story that a rookie baseball pitcher who could reportedly throw a ball at 270 kilometers per hour (168 miles per hour) was set to join the New York Mets. Finch was said to have mastered his skill -- pitching significantly faster than anyone else has ever managed -- in a Tibetan monastery. Mets fans' celebrations were short-lived.

-- Sweden in 1962 had only one television channel, which broadcast in black and white. The station's technical expert appeared on the news to announce that thanks to a newly developed technology, viewers could convert their existing sets to receive color pictures by pulling a nylon stocking over the screen. In fact, they had to wait until 1970.

-- In 1996, American fast-food chain Taco Bell announced that it had bought Philadelphia's Liberty Bell, a historic symbol of American independence, from the federal government and was renaming it the Taco Liberty Bell. Outraged citizens called to express their anger before Taco Bell revealed the hoax. Then-White House press secretary Mike McCurry was asked about the sale and said the Lincoln Memorial in Washington had also been sold and was to be renamed the Ford Lincoln Mercury Memorial after the automotive giant.

-- In 1977, British newspaper The Guardian published a seven-page supplement for the 10th anniversary of San Serriffe, a small republic located in the Indian Ocean consisting of several semicolon-shaped islands. A series of articles described the geography and culture of the two main islands, named Upper Caisse and Lower Caisse.

-- In 1992, US National Public Radio announced that Richard Nixon was running for president again. His new campaign slogan was, "I didn't do anything wrong, and I won't do it again." They even had clips of Nixon announcing his candidacy. Listeners flooded the show with calls expressing their outrage. Nixon's voice actually turned out to be that of impersonator Rich Little.

-- In 1998, a newsletter titled New Mexicans for Science and Reason carried an article that the state of Alabama had voted to change the value of pi from 3.14159 to the "Biblical value" of 3.0.

-- Burger King, another American fast-food chain, published a full-page advertisement in USA Today in 1998 announcing the introduction of the "Left-Handed Whopper," specially designed for the 32 million left-handed Americans. According to the advertisement, the new burger included the same ingredients as the original, but the condiments were rotated 180 degrees. The chain said it received thousands of requests for the new burger, as well as orders for the original "right-handed" version.

-- Discover Magazine announced in 1995 that a highly respected biologist, Aprile Pazzo (Italian for April Fool), had discovered a new species in Antarctica: the hotheaded naked ice borer. The creatures were described as having bony plates on their heads that became burning hot, allowing the animals to bore through ice at high speed -- a technique they used to hunt penguins.

-- Noted British astronomer Patrick Moore announced on the radio in 1976 that at 9:47 am, a once-in-a-lifetime astronomical event, in which Pluto would pass behind Jupiter, would cause a gravitational alignment that would reduce the Earth's gravity. Moore told listeners that if they jumped in the air at the exact moment of the planetary alignment, they would experience a floating sensation. Hundreds of people called in to report feeling the sensation.