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"Only 249 convicts were proven innocent and had convictions successfully reversed over 20 years."

Are you arguing that since this number is relatively small, the efforts to overturn these convictions are a waste of time and money?

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Oy. Missed that. Thanks!

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Just asked him: $20 each.

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[Taking off my impartial journalist's mask...]

This is EXACTLY how I feel, as a concert-goer. I love being able to pick out each voice, to know where the musical lines are coming from, to see the source of the line, and to understand how the parts form the whole. I can't do that with a symphony orchestra. It's funny how something as simple as this  "what you see is what you get" sensibility can be the source of such joy. That, and some amazing music.

Of course, all of this is in addition to my hackish attempts at playing viola in pickup chamber groups over the years.

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We would have loved to hear from someone from Homeland Security, or the FBI, or the TSA. No one was made available.

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GCDude or others:

I'm curious about these lines: "Geocaching has changed a lot over the years.  Some things are for the better, and others not."

What are the changes you've seen?

Thanks,

Dave

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No Name,

Thanks so much for this pitch. We ended up doing a related, if not altogether similar, show about the business of marijuana in southern Oregon. You can listen to it here:

http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/southern-oregons-green-economy

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Nope, we forgot! It'll be up right after the show. Sorry!

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For the perspective from 3000 miles away, here's a great audio slideshow about a young dairy farmer in Vermont who moved back to the farm after a short, unhappy stint building houses in Pennsylvania. The land may look different there, but the issues aren't.

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Tom,

Thanks for the Service suggestion. Here's a link:

http://www.potw.org/archive/potw22.html

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Jacob, you write: "Here exist the worst abuses of affirmative action.  Underachieving  black teachers who cannot maintain credentials elsewhere, are presumed competent and more importantly black role models.  But they are incompetent teachers and  are kept in by union rules."

I'm curious: has this been your experience at Jefferson? What experience have you had with the school?

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You ask, and we deliver (admittedly a few weeks late)! Here's the show:

http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/farmer-market-economy/

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Anna,

Thanks for this suggestion. We're definitely keeping an eye on the ongoing PPS redesign, along with the latest news that the board might close Jefferson. Thanks for this prod. We may indeed devote another show to this issue.

Dave

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We'll be talking about some of the effects of the search for Kyron Horman on Monday, and I'll pass this along to Monday's producer.

Although this is only tangentially related, you might want to check out this recent show we did about talking to your children about sexuality and sexual abuse:

http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/how-talk-kids-about-sexual-offenders/

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Hmm. I can see why some hard-core listeners might find this interesting, but don't we run the risk of either boring the majority of our audience or descending into the worst navel-gazing self-centered talk? Do you really want to hear us talk about ourselves for an hour?

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Melany,

Thanks for the link. Do you know that we did a show with Willy Vlautin? You can listen to it here:

http://www.opb.org/thinkoutloud/shows/nw-passages-willy-vlautin

Dave

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So: what's the business?

I'm curious to see the generational trend:

Apples --> synthesizers --> ?????

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Immigration is clearly an important topic when it comes to the economy and workforce issues broadly, but it's off-topic today in the sense that we're hoping to focus specifically on jobs and identity.

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Ack!!!

You were on topic with your original post! We really do want to talk about jobs and identity here. Can you re-post your story about what you and your wife are going through?

Thanks,

Dave

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Scott,

Hopefully you got an answer — implicitly if not explicitly — to your question. It seems like a blend of moving towards the woods and moving away from "civilization." But neither move was complete.

Dave

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