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To: one_less who wrote (130095)	7/30/2008 12:13:56 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

The Canada of Immanuel Kant... Clifford Olson's 'murderabilia' offered on website Updated Tue. Jul. 29 2008 10:19 AM ET CTV.ca News Staff The Correctional Service of Canada is investigating how personal prison items of infamous serial killer Clifford Olson ended up for sale on a U.S. website. The items, which include letters, legal documents and photographs, are available for auction at www.murderauction.com. Gary Rosenfeldt's 16-year-old stepson was one of Olson's 11 victims. He said it sickened him to learn that the killer's personal effects were being sold on the Internet. "You have to wonder what's next," he said. "Is he going to have the hammer that he used to smash your son's head in?" In an interview with CTV's Canada AM Tuesday, Rosenfeldt said it's "very painful" to have Olson acting up from prison. "Who's running the prison? Is it Clifford Olson or Corrections Canada?" he asked. An envelope from Olson displayed on the website clearly shows murderauction.com written as the mailing address, Rosenfeldt's wife, Sharon, told CTV's Canada AM. "I felt that... should clearly raise flags for people looking after him... to wonder what is going on with these packages leaving," she said Tuesday. Murderauction.com is one of a number of U.S. websites that sells "murderabilia" -- collectible items from serial killers and notorious criminals. They sell everything from serial killers' paintings, autographed T-shirts, and even hair and nail clippings. Todd Bohannan runs the website and makes no apologies for making money from notorious criminals. "I don't know that I could look at a family member and say, 'I'm sorry, what I'm doing is wrong or bad,"' he said. "I don't feel like it is bad." It is not known if Olson has profited from the selling of his personal items. But family members are concerned with how his material left the prison and ended up on the website. "(The website) wouldn't have it unless some one aided and abetted Clifford Olson to get this stuff out of prison," Rosenfeldt said. Public Safety Minister Stockwell Day has ordered a probe into how Olson's material left the prison. With a report from CTV's Denelle Balfour ctv.ca

To: one_less who wrote (130095)	7/30/2008 12:32:12 AM
From: average joe	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 173976

Arctic Ice Cracking in Immanuel Kant's Canada: Huge Ice Chunk Breaks Off Ward Hunt Shelf July 29, 2008 8:22 a.m. EST Vittorio Hernandez - AHN News Writer Ellesmere Island, Nunavut (AHN) - A large chunk of ice, measuring 2.48 square miles (4 square kilometers), broke off from the Ward Hunt Ice Shelf in Nunavat and could result in more cracks in the ice shelf, according to Arctic ice experts. The Ward Hunt ice shelf is the starting point for most Arctic expeditions. Arctic ice experts say the break, which occurred last Wednesday or Thursday, is the largest since 2005. Prior to last week's event, several larger ice breaks have been recorded. In 2005, the Ayles Ice Shelf, one of six in Canada, broke into a 41 square mile (66 square kilometer) ice island, which floated out at sea. The crack was discovered by Dr. Derek Mueller, an Arctic ice expert, who with his team, monitored the area in April. At that time the rack was 11.2 miles (18 kilometers) long and 43.7 yards (40 meters) wide, which indicated it would possibly break off from the main ice shelf soon. "It may weaken over time; it may melt away slowly, then all of a sudden you pass this threshold," said Mueller. He compared it to a bar of soap, which thins over time with use. Trudy Wohlleben, a Canadian Ice Service sea-ice forecaster, said the separated chunk is probably floating in the Beaufort Gyre, a clockwise current in the Western Arctic, which is ice clogged. Wohlleben said the iceberg will probably not pose as imminent danger to vessels plying the ice-cold waters. A Canadian Ice Service team is trying to establish the wind conditions when the ice broke off to determine the floating iceberg's location, but is having difficulty. allheadlinenews.com