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Petersburg Schools to improve crisis response plan
The Petersburg School Board has hired Marcus Hom of Dark Horse Defense to improve the school district's Crisis Response Plan.
Hom is the manager and lead instructor for Dark Horse Defense. He has experience in law enforcement and security, working as a Federal Law Enforcement Officer, Reserve Municipal Police Officer and Private Security officer. Hom also holds instructor certifications from both the National Rifle Association and the Federal Law Enforcement Training Center, FLETC.
Petersburg Schools Superintendent Rob Thomason stated that "With the shocking and tragic occurrence in the school in Connecticut, we took a second look at the crisis response plan that Petersburg has in place."
Hom has worked with Petersburg in the past regarding gun safety.
"Marcus will put together an emergency action plan for us and work with us closely for the next three months," Thomason said. "He will also provide training to the staff. We as educators have no real expertise in this area and we want to make sure this is done right."
This new plan has been in the work just for the past couple of weeks.
"The scope of this project will entail the physical security of the school first," Hom stated. "There will also be new policies that will go into effect and make sure we can get all of the staff trained in emergency situations."
According to Board Policy 6114(a), the crisis response plan for each school must follow the Incident Command System, ICS; preassign ICS roles and train selected individuals; include a communication plan; include protocols for responding to immediate physical harm of students, faculty, or staff and to traumatic events, including the period after the events have concluded; include disaster and emergency procedures to respond to earthquakes, fire, flood, explosions, or other events or conditions in which death or serious injury is likely; include crisis procedures for safe entrance to and exit from the school by students, parents, and employees including an evacuation and lock down plan; and include policies for enforcing school discipline and maintaining a safe and orderly environment during the crisis.
"We want this new plan to be role based rather than personnel based," Hom stated. "It is best for people in all areas to be aware of what their roles are in any given situation."
Hom will work closely with the board for the upcoming months to finalize and introduce the new plan to the school district.


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Auburn High linebacker Reuben Foster continues to be one of the most closely followed football recruits in the nation as he heads towards National Signing Day with no clear leader for his signature. On Monday night, Foster appeared on the New College Football Show: Next Class 2013, which was aired on Fox Sports South, and discussed his recent official visit to Alabama and his plans for an upcoming visit to Auburn.
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A friend of mine asked me take a look at her PM-1200. She was using it as a PA amp in a club, and it failed with copious smoke. I wasn't there, but I'd bet some band cranked it up until the distortion was unbearable, then backed off just a touch.
I opened it up, and it looks to me like the power transformer is fried - some of the windings look blackened. When I power it on, nothing happens, except there are soft crackling/popping/ticking noises from the power transformer itself.
Now, I'm not bad with tube gear, and I've had some limited success repairing solid state amps, but I found the manual and schematic, and clearly this thing is a little out of my league, so I'm hoping for some good advice from the collective wisdom here. I'd appreciate any answers to these questions....
- Is this even repairable? Are parts available? How much beyond the transformer is likely to be toasted?
- If it's repairable, is it worth it?
- Is it something someone like me (with substantial general electronics knowledge but no experience with Carver designs) could repair, or is this strictly for the Carver specialists?
- Is it worth anything in its present condition? Are there Carver enthusiasts who would want to acquire it on the cheap with the hope of repairing it themselves?
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This Season's Highlights Include Extraordinary Trips Across Iceland, Turkey, Portugal and Tahiti,
a Bachelor Broadway Competition, Featuring the Tony Award-Winning Musical "The Lion King,"
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The Bachelorette Just Misses the Disastrous Eruption of Iceland's Volcano While Filming There
Ali Fedotowsky, the beautiful, energetic and charismatic career-oriented woman from San Francisco is back. She has re-prioritized her life - and now is ready to find her soul mate. Ali will have her own opportunity to find true love, as the sixth edition of "The Bachelorette," the female version of ABC's hit romance reality series, premieres MONDAY, MAY 24 (9:02-11:00 p.m., ET), on the ABC Television Network.
Ali, 25, has been a fan favorite from the moment she stepped out of the limo to meet Jake Pavelka on the last season of "The Bachelor." She became the front-runner for Jake's heart, but in a shocking turn of events, she was forced to make a heartbreaking choice between her dream job and continuing her relationship with Jake. Ali surprisingly chose her career - a decision she still regrets. But it's not too late for Ali now. She's left her home, her job, her stability behind - letting go of everything this time -- to really make a life-changing commitment to put her heart first and take a second chance at finding true love.
Editor's note: Beginning Monday, May 31, the program moves to its regular two-hour run time from 8:00-10:02 p.m., ET.
This season's premiere, "Episode 601," begins with 25 eligible men arriving from all over the country to try and win Ali's heart, including a real estate investor, a lawyer, a TV weatherman and even a professional wrestler. Each is more handsome than the next, with standout personalities. Tonight, as she returns to the mansion, nothing can prepare Ali for the lengths the guys will go to for her attention: one outdoorsman literally tries to reel her in, a hunky skier does a death-defying back flip off the limo and a one man even gets down on one knee and proposes.
Inside, the men are blown away about how incredibly gorgeous Ali looks in her slinky black dress - and the battle of the bachelors begins, as each tries to make the best first impression on the stunning Bachelorette. An aspiring writer is the first to snag some alone time with Ali, sharing his very inspiring story. One man scores some points with a sentimental scrapbook he made for her, but one clever guy steals the show and Ali's attention with a heart-felt, hilarious song, accompanying himself on a ukulele.
The competition heats up when Chris Harrison brings out the first impression rose. A sexy Latin bachelor seizes the moment to take Ali outside and teach her some salsa steps. Another handsome suitor rips his shirt open to reveal his professional wrestler alter ego, and a rugged country guy gives Ali a beautiful hand-crafted wood necklace to make his point.
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A list of bachelors will be released shortly.
Ali's hunt for Mr. Right will take place during some of the most romantic and adventurous dates ever, with exciting surprises in store for her bachelors as they travel around the globe for intimate dates in Hollywood, Las Vegas, New York, Iceland, Istanbul, Lisbon and Tahiti. Ali and one lucky man sneak up to the Hollywood sign in Los Angeles, enjoying the city lights below. She whisks away one fortunate bachelor on a private jet to an exciting date at a new Las Vegas resort, which ends with a private performance by popular English jazz-pop singer Jamie Cullum. Nine guys are surprised when they get to shoot a music video with the Barenaked Ladies. Ali's Manhattan adventure starts with a glamorous photo shoot and make-over for InStyle magazine's July issue, out in mid-June. And the lights of Broadway are not far behind, as Ali auditions seven men to try and sing and dance their way into her heart with the hopes of being chosen to be featured with her in that night's performance of the landmark Tony Award-winning musical, "The Lion King." Ali and one of the lucky bachelors are surprised by a private concert from one of the Bachelorette's favorites, singer-songwriter Joshua Radin and the Harlem Boys Choir.
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Microsoft's response to Apple's win is probably the most cringeworthy of all. Blatantly admitting Windows Phone can't make a dent in the market on merit, but instead requires the court room to do so, Bill Cox, senior director of Windows Phone marketing communications, said: "Windows Phone is looking gooooood right now." Nauseating.
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No one cares who did it first but who delivered it in a way that is meaningful for the end user which in that regard Apple has done a good job.
Apparently Apple cares, or they wouldn't have sued. No matter how you slice it, this is bad for business in the United States. This is why I don't use Apple or Microsoft products. They use their money and power to kill real innovation, then scoop up the innovators' ideas for a steal, then call it innovation... only they weren't the real innovators, just the pirate that came in and scooped up the treasure.


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Critically acclaimed pianist Jeffrey Kahane, currently in his 16th season as Music Director of the Los Angeles Chamber Orchestra (LACO), showcases his impressive versatility in an all-Bach solo piano recital as part of LACO's five-concert "Baroque Conversations" series highlighting the breadth of Baroque music on Thursday, March 21, 2013, 7 pm, at Zipper Concert Hall in downtown Los Angeles. Kahane – heralded for playing "with expressive warmth and fleet-fingered high spirits" (Los Angeles Times) and praised for his "deep musical understanding and a razor-sharp sense of drama" (Denver Post) – performs wide ranging selections from The Well Tempered Clavier, one of the most influential works in the history of Western classical music and the first book of preludes and fugues written in all 24 major and minor keys. He also plays two of the final keyboard suites composed by Bach: the Partita No. 4 in D major, BWV 828, which Kahane recorded on vinyl for Nonesuch in 1986, and the French Suite No. 5 in G major, BWV 816. A complimentary wine reception for ticket holders begins at 6 pm followed by the 7 pm performance, during which Kahane shares his insights into the music and invites questions from the audience.
LACO's "Baroque Conversations" explores the genesis of orchestral repertoire from early Baroque schools through the pre-classical period, this season spotlighting the legacy of JS Bach and his sons. Two additional concerts in the Baroque Conversations series on Thursdays take place on April 11 and May 9, 2013.
Tickets for individual concerts ($55) are available online at laco.org, by calling LACO at 213 622 7001, or at the venue box office on the night of the concert, if tickets remain. Student rush tickets ($10), based on availability, may be purchased at the box office the day of the concert.


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EMMITSBURG, Md. (AP) — Rashad Whack scored 26 points and Mount St. Mary's upset LIU Brooklyn 83-71 Thursday night in Northeast Conference play.
The Mountaineers (13-13, 8-7), trailing 42-38 at halftime, outscored the Blackbirds (15-12, 10-5) 45-29 and avenged an earlier 86-72 loss at LIU Brooklyn.
The Blackbirds fell out of a first-place tie with Robert Morris in the NEC.
Whack hit 8 of 15 field goal attempts and 6 of 10 3-pointers. He went 4 for 4 at the foul line. The Mountaineers have won four consecutive games and six of their last seven.
Whack helped give Mount St. Mary's a big edge from 3-point range. The Mountaineers made 11 of 25 treys, while LIU Brooklyn was 3 of 10.
E.J. Reed scored a career-high 25 points for the Blackbirds on 10-of-12 shooting. C.J. Garner added 20 points.
For the Mountaineers, Shivaughn Wiggins chipped in 13 points and Sam Prescott had 11.
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Rocky Mountain Metropolitan Airport will start construction on its main runway this week, meaning the airport's popular airshow and aerial firefighting fleet will move new locations.
The runway closure, which starts Tuesday, is meant to accommodate larger and heavier planes and stay up-to-date with safety standards.
Construction will impact two of the airport's operations, including the tanker base that typically responds to wildfires and the airport's annual air show.
The airport's aerial firefighting fleet responds to forest fires, such as the Black Forest Fire, by sending out C-130 air tankers and other planes filled with flame retardant chemicals. Those firefighting operations will temporarily move to the Fort Collins-Loveland Airport during runway construction.
The airport also will not host the annual Rocky Mountain Airshow this year, which typically draws about 60,000 visitors over the summer to see performances and flyovers from aircraft, such as World War II-era planes, hot air balloons and stunt planes.
Airshow enthusiasts will have to drive to the Greeley-Weld County Airport to catch the show on Aug. 22 and 23, according to the airshow's website.
Rocky Mountain Metro Airport will spend about $9 million to revamp its main 9,000- foot runway.
The runway, known as known as the 11L-29R, will be closed through June 23.
"The pavement is worn and shows signs of stress," a news release from the airport stated.
Flights will use a shorter 7,000-foot runway during construction.
Typical runways get overlay work every 20 or so years, depending on their condition and how often they are used. The 11L-29R runway was last repaved in 1994, said Brett Miller, operations manager at the airport.
Crews also will also pave the runway's shoulders, reposition and upgrade electrical facilities and lighting and bring the airfield's signs up to current standards.
Ninety percent of the project is being funded by Federal Aviation Administration airport improvement money, with 5 percent coming from the Colorado Department of Transportation and another 5 percent from Jefferson County, according to the news release.
The airport does not receive general tax revenue from the county.
The construction will increase runway weight bearing capacity from 75,000 pounds to 100,000 pounds, which will make it easier to accommodate different types of planes, Miller said.
The airport sees about 120,000 takeoffs and landings each year.
The airport also plans to upgrade another of its runways in 2016, Miller said.
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Two Boone County Board members do not deserve your vote next Tuesday. First, at the meeting that the wind turbine setback was voted on, Kenny Freeman, attending via telephone, commented that the issue was needlessly dividing the board. If a board member cannot stand the contentiousness of an issue, then he should not be on the board. If issues were never contentious, then there would be no need for boards since everything would be rubber stamped.
Most voters are concerned with how their representatives handle themselves precisely when contentious issues are being voted on. Second, at the same meeting Ron Wait was barely audible when he voted on the setback. During a second vote on the setback, Mr. Wait was asked to repeat himself so that his vote could be heard.
I have not witnessed this at other Boone County meetings that I have been to. I was shocked since Mr. Wait had been a state legislator. Is this what is going on in Springfield? There is viable opposition this time around. Karl Johnson and Jeff Carlisle are running in District 2 and Chris Berner and Brad Stark are running in District 3. Vote for them in the Republican primary on March 18.
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I was thinking to make a research about the cars' logotypes ( not the main logos ), but I've stumbled accross someone's research that's actually pretty good and I'm dying to share it with you, so we can make some observations together.
It all began ( in my research ) with the two dots over the Citroën's logotype. Which are actually called "tréma" in French. It's a small detail that people don't notice and I wanted to highlight it. Then the logotypes of the different car models appeared and I've decided to check the general situation. Here are just some of them. Once again – it's not my selection.
Except for the "Picasso" logotype, which is actually a replica of the Picasso's signature ( the painter ) – the rest are quite boring. Ordinary cars with ordinary logotypes. We'll discuss the new "DS" line in another post. It's a different case.
"Punto" is funny.
"500" could be improved a bit.
Nothing to say about the "multipla"
CIVIC has probably the coolest logotype from the whole selection. I bet the guy who came with the name draw this on a sketch.
They've got new car designer ( ex Audi guru as far as I remember the story ) and I'm sure we'll see better logos than these in the future.
CEE'D could be better, don't you agree ?
May be "eclipse" bothers me a bit , but every design has an explanation. Probably the designers were under pressure. Overall Mitsubishi cars have great logotypes.
I'm fan of the brand, but the logos could be better. Although – they do what they are designed for – recognition and readability on the road.
May be better logotypes will come for the next models of Subaru. Great cars deserves great logos… or may be the Subarus are not so great… like the logotypes we see here ?
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Mark Myers began working as the vice chancellor for research in January 2011.
A UAF alumnus, Myers previously worked as the Alaska Gasline Inducement Act coordinator for the State of Alaska. Before that, he was the director of the U.S. Geological Survey.
Myers holds bachelor's and master's degrees from the University of Wisconsin-Madison and a doctorate in geology from UAF. His career as a geologist and policymaker spans more than three decades, and includes work as a geologist for ARCO Alaska and the State of Alaska. From 2001 to 2005, he served as director of the state Division of Oil and Gas. Prior to his geology career, Myers served in the Air National Guard and Air Force Reserve as a pilot and intelligence officer.
As vice chancellor for research, Myers oversees administration of UAF's $123-million-per-year research enterprise and supervises the university's research institutes.


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9 December 2011
Professional Development Policy Seminar for Engineers
In December, CSaP and the Engineering Department at the University of Cambridge co-hosted a Professional Development Policy Seminar for early-career engineers. Co-sponsored by the IET, 32 researchers from 7 universities heard from engineering experts and policy professionals on the opportunities and realities of engaging with policy. For Marcus Pelenu, a PhD student at the Centre for Sustainable Development, Department of Engineering, this seminar resulted in a work placement in the Cabinet Office.


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Here's the video I did a little over a week ago. Just huge jumps with a merv, and a few jumps by a Slash 4x4. I figured it belongs here, since much of the video consists of the mini revo. Enjoy!
Nice video Carbon!
Ur pretty good with the throttle/brake control
Always a good day when your done for the day in one piece
Thanks Daddy! lol There were some very hard landings/hits, the video shows a few of them. The backflip over the black spikey fence was done in one shot. I had a plain jumping run at it once before that and I crashed. You should check out my other videos around that time, you'll enjoy them. Same goes out to all of yall. I'm going for another bash sometime this week, I plan on going just as big, if not bigger, but in a different spot.
Awesome video! You have inspired me to new heights!
Pun intended
Mini Revo VXL 7107
E-Maxx 3903 - He Lives!
What kind of camera system did you use?(
Impressive... and nothing broke? IMPRESSIVE!
Wow, pretty insane, brake much?
nice flip off the garbage can back onto it...
Extended P2de and Mini Summit
that is abuse! Im surprised it lasted!
I used a GoPro HD Hero 960 for the whole thing, and all my videos. Makes for a good perspective. Many of those crashes, like the ones that clear the wall were very difficult as I'm landing the truck blind around 100ft away.
Running parts (What was used in the video):
RPM: Front Bumper, F+R A-Arms, 4x Axle Carriers
Hitec: HS-85MG Servo with modded servo arm
Proline: Dirt Hawg II Tires
Golden Horizons: Front Shock Mount
HPI: Ultra 5 2.2 Wheel
Traxxas: 4x Alum Pushrods, and 1x Alum Turnbuckle (lol), Mod body posts to 1/10 posts.
2s 2200mAh 25C
JConcepts: Illuzion Hi Flow 1/16
Deans: Connectors
Spektrum: DX3.0 Radio
Lunsford: Titanium (short) Hinge pins (2)
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nice video !
Best jump video I've ever seen, hands down!
Pictures of filming two days ago, it was only me jumping and we didn't get enough footage as the sun was going down, but we'll get more of some sick action!
Whoever is controlling the camera, does an incredible job! I watched all the RC vids on your channel, that pole you guys use, make it so much cooler!
Looking forward to your next vids! =)
bet with a much taller and steeper ramp you could get some crazy height
Rustler Killing Bandit
Yea, we take turns, but mostly it's my friend that takes control. When the revo is going, it's him doing it and he does a great job! We got a good-sized crowd when we went to jump this storage container, it was at a local elementary school and there were parents and their kids playing in the evening, and all the kids and dads practically came running over to watch and ask questions. LOL My mission is to clear the whole thing. The other day when we first attempted it, I got 3/4 of the length covered. My rear diff is acting up at the moment as well, so I lacked the ability to get up to speed as quickly. Nothing broke either. I did, however had the screws on my front pushrods come 'undone' and the body got fresh cracks...it's good to go again though.
The sound was intense when I was jumping in the picture, the ramp is pretty steep, and it would just SLAM and launch over 12ft high.
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awesome vid =] i lovee the 4wd drifting on dirt lol
Thanks nil, the drifting always comes out well on video in slow motion. haha
Well, there is gonna be no more Slash 4x4 in our videos. My friend got a new 1/16 Summit VXL and that will be the new addition to the videos. I will be doing the same ol' big jumps as in my previous videos and the Summit will show a different, more calm side of our runs. Unfortunately, we're going to be getting some rain soon and that will push back our additional filming. Stay tuned!
Awesome vids. Im teaching myself to edit currently. It takes a long time. Props for all the hard work.
Modded to the Max
Drive it like its Hot
Thank you so much, haha. It sure is alot of work, but it's well worth it. I'm just glad everyone appreciates the quality that results from my input. Many times, when I jump (noticeable in the videos) I like to stand the revo up vertical in the air, or jump 'inverted' with the truck upside down moving wing-first. It makes for a flashy jump.
Yeah I noticed those jumps, very very cool!
UPDATE: Here's my new video. New location and new trucks, hope you like it! If you don't mind, please like/comment or share this video!...
Amazing video man! A lot of abuse lol but very impressive
Yes, I guess it qualifies as abuse...but it feels good when you're successful and you land your jump.
Found a new way to film some stuff, and the reach of this telescopic pole I found in my garage will put it in some perspective. Here are some pics when I was trying to see what kind of height it had...
Well, I made a new video. I know it doesn't contain any merv's, but it's an argument of the same chassis. I figured that many people on here don't know what goes on in the 1/16 Summit forum, well since this thread is on my videos, I'll give you guys the option to view my latest. It's the longest of the past videos, I've made, and that in NO way means that it's less worthy of watching. Here you go!
Great job to the camera man
Good editing also
I worked the camera 100% this time as my friend was driving. Used a very long pole (~16ft) for the GoPro, worked out pretty well.


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The Bruins and Shawn Thornton aren't the only ones that are going to benefit from the two-year contract extension the rugged winger signed with Boston earlier this summer.
Now that he has been able to put down roots in Boston for a little while longer, Thornton will be able to do more for the community, including research and awareness of Parkinson's disease.
The first Shawn Thornton Putts and Punches For Parkinson's golf tournament Aug. 9 at Ferncroft Country Club is the product of Thornton's desire to raise money in the community and honor his late grandmother, while continuing to entrench himself in the Boston area, where he has now lived nearly full-time for three years.
"I'm trying to give back a little bit of whatever I can," Thornton recently told TheBruinsBlog.net.
Thornton had been considering a fundraiser like Putts and Punches for a couple years. During last season, he broached the subject with Director of Development for the Bruins Foundation Bob Sweeney. But with unrestricted free agency looming, Thornton was uncertain where he might be by mid-summer.
The two-year deal solidified Thornton's opportunity to make a difference for people suffering from Parkinson's and their families. Thornton knows firsthand the horrible effects the disease takes on its victims and those who love them, as his grandmother Maureen Mills passed away in 2008 after battling the disease for more than a decade.
"Just having no control of your body. It's hard to swallow when you know her mind is completely [sharp] and she's a very smart woman and she needed help doing every day things. It was frustrating. It was tough to go visit," Thornton recalled.
Growing up, Mrs. Mills was a huge supporter of Thornton's athletic career.
"She was one of the toughest women I've ever met. She wasn't very happy if I ever lost a fight," he said. "If she ever thought somebody was picking on anybody, she always wanted me to kick their ass. She definitely was very passionate about hockey and a lot of things, obviously, with my hockey and my cousins' lacrosse."
Previously, Thornton raised more than $3,000 for the Durham Region Chapter of Parkinson's Society of Canada back in 2007 after he won the Stanley Cup with Anaheim and he charged a small fee to take photos with the Cup back in Ontario. Thornton's latest foray into philanthropy tees off at 1:30 p.m. with a shotgun start at Ferncroft in Middleton, Mass.
Foursomes who pay $1,600 a group will get to enjoy 18 holes of golf, then dinner and cocktails with Thornton and possibly some special guests. There will also be a chance to win great sports memorabilia in a raffle and silent auction. Thornton said a couple of the most-impressive items were donated by the Red Sox, who will be offering some batting practice passes and even Monster Seats tickets for a game. There is also an opportunity for companies to sponsor a hole for $2,000.
All proceeds will benefit the Boston Bruins Foundation and American Parkinson Disease Association. You can call Erin McEvoy at the Boston Bruins Foundation at 617-624-1955 for more details.
Thornton, an 11- or 12-handicap golfer ("I play all the time but never seem to get any better," he says), should be able to able to provide some of the better participants with stiff competition on the links Aug. 9. But most important, he'll be able to achieve his goal of raising a hefty sum for a extremely worthy causes.


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As of Wednesday afternoon, East Meadow incumbents were leading their respective electoral races. But thousands of votes still need to be counted as a result of voting machine malfunctions.
According to the Nassau County Board of Elections, State Sen. Kemp Hannon, the Republican incumbent, has collected 52,221 votes, or 52.3 percent of the votes, while Democratic challenger Ryan Cronin has 47,478 votes.
Democratic incumbent Carolyn McCarthy was declared the winner in the 4th Congressional District, as she holds a 60,000 vote lead over Republican challenger, Francis Becker -- 138,561 to 72,673, or 57.4 percent of the vote. Third party challenger Frank Scatturo collected 13,243 on the conservative line. This will be McCarthy's ninth term in congress.
In the state assembly, Republican incumbent Tom McKevitt held 57.3 percent of the votes in the 17th District race. He leads independent challenger Kevin Brady, 24,246 votes to 18,040.
In the 15th Assembly District, Republican incumbent Michael Montesano held 59.7 percent of votes over Democratic challenger Mario Ferone. Montesano has 23,749 votes to Ferone's 15,988.
Incumbent David McDonough, also a Republican, leads the 14th District Assembly race with 27,693 votes, and 62.9 percent of the votes. Challenger John Brooks has 16,309 votes.
But the problems with voting machines in Nassau County could delay the official results of this year's election for days.
According to William Biamonte, the Democratic commissioner of the county Board of Elections, voting machines in many polling locations were unable to correctly scan ballots or malfunctioned in other ways. As a result, 20,000 emergency ballots were cast — many more than usual.
The unscanned ballots will have to be counted by hand, a process that could take days for each race. Most of the ballots cast were scanned properly by the machines, but the additional paper ballots will slow down the compilation of the final results.
An unusually large number of affidavit ballots will also have to be counted by hand. On Monday, Gov. Andrew Cuomo announced that residents of counties that were declared disaster areas in the aftermath of Hurricane Sandy — which include Nassau County — would be allowed to vote in any county in the state by affidavit. But Cuomo's order, the day before Election Day, left the Board of Elections no time to prepare, and many locations did not have enough affida According to Biamonte, the county has 25,000 to 35,000 affidavit ballots to count.


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Published: 2012/11/20
Wayne Coyne To Star In Bizarre Radio Special
Wayne Coyne and Steve Drozd of The Flaming Lips will star in a one-hour radio special this weekend. The program, "Wayne Coyne's Human Head-Shaped Tumor" will be a continuous play radio drama similar to Orson Welles' famed "War of the Worlds" broadcast. The story will revolve around an imaginary, human head-shaped tumor that grows on Coyne's leg and speaks to him. The cast will include Coyne and Drozd, as well as Coyne' wife Michelle Martin-Coyne, Flaming Lips manager Scott Booker, Jack Hitt of This American Life and actor Paul F. Tompkins. The broadcast will include new songs by The Flaming Lips, Okkervil River, Ed Droste of Grizzly Bear, Eleanor Friedberger, Bill Calahan, Nico Muhly, members of Oneida and more. "Wayne Coyne's Human Head-Shaped Tumor" will be broadcast on November 24 and 25 at 5pm PST on KCRW 89.9FM in Los Angeles. People outside of Los Angeles will be able to tune in on KCRW.com.


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NEW YORK — The problem is . . . everybody does it. Including the Red Sox. This is why Sox manager John Farrell was in no position to cry foul when the whole world saw the pine tar-stained hand of Yankees pitcher Michael Pineda in Thursday's 4-1 victory over Boston.
Pineda was not "doctoring" the baseball. He was not using pine tar to make the ball do funny things. He was using pine tar to maintain his grip of a slippery baseball on a chilly night. Hitters actually don't mind. There's some comfort in knowing that a 6-foot-7-inch, 95-m.p.h.-throwing righthander has some control over where the ball is going.
But that doesn't matter in a social media/ESPN world of carnival barking and "Gotcha.'' Twitter blew up with photos of Pineda's dirty palm in the early innings, and by midnight, it was the most egregious baseball crime since the Chicago White Sox threw the World Series in 1919.
The New York tabloids, God bless 'em, picked up the ball Friday morning with "STICKIN' IT TO 'EM — Pineda's filthy stuff baffles Bosox" (Post) and "PINE STAR — In Yankee win, Michael shows Sox he's a man of substance'' (Daily News).
The story also carried the day on the Worldwide Leader. It was bigger than the Masters, bigger than the Blade Runner's murder trial, bigger than LeBron.
Pineda said he just had some dirt on his hand. David Ortiz said it was no big deal.
Still, Major League Baseball was forced to issue a statement, assuring everyone that the Yankees will be contacted and warned . . . presumably to be more discreet.
"There's been a lot of different things over the years that players have used,'' said Yankees manager Joe Girardi. "I don't want that to be the focus. Did I talk to Michael about it? I didn't. I was managing that game.
"I have not heard from Joe Torre" — the former Yankees manager is MLB's "police chief" — "and I'm not worried about it.
"I have never went out and questioned anyone in my career. You could probably go back 50 years, and 80 years ago and question people, but it's nothing I've ever done.
"The way we're addressing rules now, I think we could address that. To get some clarity on it would be good.
"I don't talk to my pitchers: 'Do you use or do you not use?' It's not a recreational drug. I'm 99 percent sure I know of guys on other teams that use it. If I did talk to Michael, I wouldn't tell you anyway.''
There weren't many complaints from the visitors clubhouse at Yankee Stadium. The Red Sox were on the other side of the issue last May when a Toronto broadcast crew (led by former Tigers/Twins ace Jack Morris) claimed Clay Buchholz was applying a substance to the baseball.
Boston's vigorous defense was that Buchholz was merely using sunscreen ("Bullfrog") to give him a better grip. Farrell was Buchholz's F. Lee Bailey. And that is why you didn't see the Sox manager appealing to umpiring crew chief Brian O'Nora.
'What was I supposed to do, call him for cheating better than me in front of the others?'
The Sox didn't bring it to the umpires' attention, no doubt because Buchholz was Pineda's opponent Thursday, and he regularly ran his fingers through the greasy hair that runs down to his neckline.
Farrell said he was unaware of the Pineda situation until after the fourth inning. That strikes me as something of a whopper. Like every team, the Sox have a video specialist ready to tell Farrell whether a play is review-worthy. It's honorable of Farrell not to protest when his pitchers are doing the same thing, but his contention that he knew nothing might make a polygraph machine explode.
Farrell did say, "Typically, you're not trying to be as blatant,'' adding, "If a pitcher is going to use additives to get a grip, you'd like to think they'd be more discreet.''
The Sox manager also said, "I wouldn't say every pitcher uses something,'' but acknowledged, "Guys are trying to get a grip, and it's somewhat accepted to a certain level.''
Farrell was a big league pitcher for eight years. Did he use anything to get a better grip?
"Never,'' said the manager, smiling and drawing a big laugh from the media.
The tempest was mildly reminiscent of a mid-1980s game when the late, blustering George Steinbrenner called his manager, Lou Piniella, in the Yankee dugout to complain that Angels starter Don Sutton was scuffing the baseball. Piniella is said to have uttered something like, "George, we really don't want to complain about this. The guy who taught Sutton, Tommy John, is pitching for us. And we're winning.''
"I never used anything,'' three-time Cy Young winner Jim Palmer said Friday. "But Steve Stone [25-game winner, Cy Young of 1980] used pine tar, or whatever batters use for their grip, and had it on the stripe of his uniform pants.
"I remember working in the television booth in the playoffs one year with Billy Martin when Billy was still managing and we talked about it and I asked Billy why he never took it to the umpires and he said, 'I will wait until we are in a meaningful game and drop the hammer.' That made sense to me.''
Jon Lester (6⅔ innings, two runs) was making his third start of the season for the Red Sox Friday night. When Lester beat the Cardinals in Game 1 of the World Series last October, a Twitter photo showed a green substance on Lester's glove and the Sox lefty claimed it was resin. The Cardinals never complained and MLB took no action.
That's why the Sox were silent Thursday. No sense calling out the other guys for cheating better than you.Dan Shaughnessy can be reached at dshaughnessy @globe.com.


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The System to Administer Grants Electronically [washington.edu]?... and there's actually another SAGE project at the University of Washington (which I can't find a link for) which does something entirely different.
Microsoft Excel [wikipedia.org] comes to mind.
MS settled the trademark infringement lawsuit by agreeing to always refer to it as "Microsoft Excel".
Eventually, MS just bought the original trademark owner, thus ending the issue completely.
$ swipl
Welcome to SWI-Prolog (Multi-threaded, Version 5.6.14)
Copyright (c) 1990-2006 University of Amsterdam.
SWI-Prolog comes with ABSOLUTELY NO WARRANTY. This is free software,
and you are welcome to redistribute it under certain conditions.
Please visit http://www.swi-prolog.org/ for details.
For help, use ?- help(Topic). or ?- apropos(Word).
... 1,000,000 ............ 10,000,000 years later
% >> 42 << (last release gives the question)
Regrettably in this release, SAGE is somewhat limited and would not meet your goals. Due to some unforeseen limitations, it can only run in Baby Mulching Machines at the moment. However, I believe the next release has worked out these little kinks.
Mulching is one of the simplest and most beneficial things you can do for your home garden. As mulches slowly decompose, they provide organic matter which helps keep the soil loose. This improves root growth, increases the infiltration of water, and also improves the water-holding capacity of the soil.
As any parent can tell you, babies are an excellent source of organic material.
Oh, yeah, the whole "open source" thing. Excepting core functionality, some of Mathematica and the majority of Maple is provided in source form.
For now. But since the program is closed source and very expensive, what happens 30 years from now when Wolfram won't give you the version the original result of interest was created on and it's illegal to get it anywhere else? Oh, and the formatting options changed over 30 years so the results look different and you can't tell easily if they're still the same
This is just like GIMP trying to take on Photoshop. When you're a kid, Adobe prices seem so off-putting that you can't see why people wouldn't flock to the free alternative. When you're doing a real job involving print work, you simply don't think twice about paying Adobe for the required feature set, intuitive UI and better workflow.
Yes, real professionals are more than welcome to use Maple. But an avid math amateur like myself is not going to pay the huge fees they ask for once I'm no longer a student.
I disagree. Both are important factors. Being able to view all the source is important, but so is having the software available to the 80% of the planet that cannot currently afford it. This could lead to huge advances simply because it opens areas of research to thousands of brilliant mathematicians who make less in a year than the cost of Mathematica.
I'm sure this project is going to take off like wildfire.
I wouldn't hold my breath. They are already at version 2.8.15, so this doesn't sound exactly like new software to me. Now I'm not exactly in the mathematics field, considering many comments here it's not that well known. On the other hand, they are already at version 2.8.15, which indicates the project is not new so does have a decent support base. Anyway good luck to the developers with it, it seems to be useful for the mathematicians under us.
It may be argued that computers are not really an appropriate tool when truly "correct" mathematics must be relied upon. My response to that is that as problems of interest become ever more complex, limitations both of the human mind and the human life span will ultimately limit the problems we can solve unaided. The task for us now is to create a system we CAN trust to solve problems correctly, because someday we will have to trust it to solve problems we cannot handle.
There is a mathematical proof verification language, Metamath [wikipedia.org], whose rigor and/or correctness (meaning freedom from bugs) are probably near the top, if only because (1) the proof language is trivially simple and (2) as a result half a dozen independently written proof verifiers have been coded, in C, Haskell, Python (300 lines of code), Java, Lisp, and Lua, so the likelihood they all have the same bug is pretty small. It stands in contrast to some other proof verifiers or theorem provers that embed complex internal algorithms and tend to be very large programs that would be hard to formally verify for correctness - and in some cases are closed source (like Mizar [wikipedia.org], which BTW probably has the largest body of mathematical knowledge developed for it).
A problem with Metamath is that it is very labor-intensive to develop proofs. The proof of 2 + 2 = 4 [metamath.org] has 23,000 steps from ZF set theory axioms, and the computation of cosine of 2 [metamath.org] to one decimal place has some 75,000 steps that take several seconds for the verifier to verify. All of these steps were entered by hand (although once a collection of theorems are developed they can be reused, so proofs become easier as a body of knowledge is developed). All of these steps are absolutely, rigorously correct - assuming that at least one of the independent verifiers has no bugs. Unlike a 75,000 line computer program, there is no such thing a a bug in the proof - a proof is either right or wrong (i.e. not a proof).
SAGE gives you easy access to documentation and source code. Type plot? for help on the plot command and plot?? to see the source code.
This should be used in all free software, from Firefox to KDE and from bc to cp. The user should be able to have a more direct access to source code to encourage more people study it and hack it. If Firefox users could move their mouse over a button and right-click and select "view source" to see the actual source code generating the button or the called methods, perhaps more people would feel more inclined to contribute to free software.
"I don't believe in sweeping social change being manifested by one person, unless he has an atomic weapon." -- Howard Chaykin


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LOL, these bunch of underachieving losers area blasting a backup QB who has played 10% of the snaps this year. Nice deflection. This team is filled with a bunch of low character idiots. People blasted McElroy last year for his comments and here is a host of people stabbing a guy in the back who has played very little.
Woody Johnson
HA HA! If this doesn't tell you how stupid this owner is then I don't know what to tell ya.
Woodys like Forest Gump in reverse, instead of everything he's involved in turns to gold, when Woody sticks his nose in everything goes to S*IT!
I guarantee you that Woody signed off on trading up for Sanchez, DESPITE the fact he only played 16 games in college (That's NUTS in itself) but because Woody saw the whole all the other off the field crap, GQ quarterback, the guy is just an outright moron!
Then he tops it off by bringing in another polarizing guy in Tebow?
Believe it or not this organization has come fool circle from an owner that was more of a entertainment circus guy when they 1st became the Jets to 2012 when we are in fact a circus sideshow for the entire NFL to laugh at.
It's F*cking SAD!
Sad. Pathetic. The #1 QB sucks. The offense sucks. The defense sucks. Your team sucks. Sooo...whine about the backup QB that isn't playing.
More than a dozen Jets players and members of the organization painted a sobering picture of the player who rallied the Broncos to the playoffs last season. In their eyes, he's simply not very good.
"He's a winner," said a Jets source, who made it clear that even though he wanted Tebow to get more playing time, Sanchez should remain the starter. "If he stays on the field long enough, usually good things happen."
"Now we're depending on miracles?" a member of the organization said. "You can't play that way."
The decision-makers don't think that's the right course of action. "It would take extreme poor play. . . . like a five-interception game," said a prominent member of the organization. "Something where it was just ridiculous. It would take Mark to totally just sh-- the bed and become unglued (before there was a quarterback change)."
"Look at some of the players he's throwing to," a Jets official said. "It's garbage."
Said another Jets source: "I've seen better receiving corps in college than we have on our team."
So, who wants Tebow to be the starter?
"Nobody," a member of the team said.
The fact that members of the Jets organization - non-players - are complicit in this article says all you need to know about what a complete joke the New York Jets have become. They are using the media to support their decisions. And not only that, openly criticize THEIR OWN players without puting their names on it.
This is absolutely shameless. The house cleaning - GM and coach - needs to start today.
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What a disgrace of a franchise. I'm done with this team.
The whole world is wondering 'why the hell is #6 not getting benched'. Well, there is your answer. Why say it in a news conference when you can be anonymous and have Manish run with it?
I don't care if Mehta used water boarding/truth serum on the players, YOU DON'T CUT DOWN A TEAMATE PUBLICALLY, and Rex is responsible for not having a grip on the team. The "cancer" seeped in with the loose lipped HOODS we brought in (Holmes, Plaxico, Mason, even Cromartie), and rather than quickly putting out the fire, Rex turned a blind eye. Granted, Tebow's a deadful QB, but to whore him for publicity and leave him to spread holy water on the lockerroom cancer was a disgrace. You think Mangold, Revis, and some of the other "foundation" players/stand up guys don't realize the wheels are off the cart due to Rex? Privately, secretly, they'd LOVE having the TUNA,
Coughlin running the show and regaining discipline and CLASS. Maybe Rex will learn his lesson with his next gig, but he's done/cooked with this team, BLUTARSRKY, zero credibility....too late to reivent himself w/Jets...you think Cowher wouldn't cut a backstabber in a millisecond??
"And behold, the whole city came out to meet Jesus; and when they saw Him, they implored Him to leave their region."
--Matthew 8:34
The reason the locker room is a disaster starts with Rex Ryan. It's that plain and simple. He's nothing but a blow hard who's persona feeds the many cancers that were brought onto the team in the post Mangini days. This entire team needs to be gutted and rebuilt starting with Tannenbaum to Slauson and all the way down to the water boy.
This is the kind of sh*t that makes me yearn for the Mangini days.
Back when no one could speak to the media and competition was stressed at every position.


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Colorado Elects Ferrandino, First Openly Gay Speaker of the House
After picking up five seats in the 2012 election, Democrats regained control of the Colorado House of Representatives, and announced their intention to elect Rep. Mark Ferrandino to be the state's Speaker of the House, making him the first openly gay legislator in Colorado to hold that position. His selection will be ratified on January 9, 2013, when the next legislative session begins.
The outcome of the election -- both the Democratic majority and the selection of Ferrandino as Speaker -- could not be more welcome to Colorado's gay and lesbian citizens. LGBT Coloradans and their allies faced serious setbacks when the most recent legislative session raised and then dashed hopes of recognition for same-sex relationships.
As the session drew to a close, Republican leaders, including Speaker Frank McNulty, maneuvered to block a bill that would have legalized civil unions for same-sex couples. The bill had enough supporters, including several Republicans, to have passed had it been put to a vote. After it was killed, many LGBT people felt frustrated and stymied.
"Everyone was very hopeful last year," said Ferrandino, who sponsored the defeated civil union bill. "But people were disappointed in how the session ended, and now it's important that we restore the public's confidence in the institution."
Instead of dwelling on the setbacks of the recent past, Ferrandino is looking to the future with optimism. With Democrats in the majority, there seems little reason to fear that civil unions will be postponed again.
"We'll definitely see the passage of civil unions. There's much more hope that it will be successful this session," Ferrandino told EDGE. "There will definitely be different outcomes in some of the legislative fights, but we'll try to work across the aisle."
While civil unions may be achieved in the near future, gay marriage is still a long way off for Colorado. Amendment 43, passed in 2006, defines marriage as a union between one man and one woman. True equality for same-sex couples would require its repeal.
"Voters would have to make that decision at the ballot box," Ferrandino said. "Our priority now is to continue to push for civil unions."
Colorado was once nicknamed "the hate state" due to its 1992 passage of Amendment 2, which prohibited laws that would protect gay, lesbian or bisexual people from discrimination based on orientation. But Amendment 2 was later ruled unconstitutional, and Colorado has since evolved in its stance on LGBT rights.
Colorado Now One of Most Progressive States for LGBT Equality
"Colorado is one of the most progressive states in the country in terms of LGBT equality," said Ferrandino.
While the state is not a forerunner in marriage equality, it does offer stronger protections against discrimination for transgender and gender non-conforming people than most other places in the U.S.
The face of Colorado politics reflects the changing priorities and demographics of the state's population. In addition to the election of a gay man as Speaker of the House, Colorado's legislature is now arguably the most diverse it has ever been. The upcoming legislative session will include five black representatives, more than ever before, as well as a record eight openly gay lawmakers, and twelve Latino lawmakers, the most in recent years.
"Having more diversity and more points of view in the legislature represents the diversity within the state," said Ferrandino. "You'll see things coming up that are important to the Latino community, and things like civil unions go forward, because we have a number of legislators that care about those issues. We have to build a consensus and allow minorities to have a voice to speak and a seat at the table."
Representative Paul Rosenthal, one of five openly gay representatives in the Colorado House, agreed.
"It is groundbreaking how not only have we elected the first gay Speaker in Colorado history and the most out LGBT legislators ever, but also, as I look around at my future colleagues in the State House, I am amazed at our incredible diversity," he said. "This diversity truly represents all Coloradans around the state."
Ferrandino became the first openly gay man to serve in the Colorado General Assembly when he was elected through a vacancy committee in 2007, and in November 2011 he became the Colorado House's first openly gay minority leader.
In addition to pushing for LGBT rights, his legislative priorities include health care, employment and education.
"We need to help small businesses grow and get off the ground, and partner with higher education to help with job creation and retraining," he said. "One of the things we have to do is work on a smart and effective implementation of national health care reform, looking at how we fund and deal with that expansion. LGBT people and families need to be included in conversations about health care."


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TRAVERSE CITY, Mich. (AP) -- A grieving mother says she's grateful the Michigan Legislature has voted to prohibit young, novice drivers from talking on cell phones while behind the wheel.
Bonnie Raffaele is the mother of a 17-year-old girl who was killed in a crash while talking on her phone. Kelsey Raffaele died in January 2010 near her home in Sault Ste. Marie.
The state Senate approved the bill last spring, and it cleared the House just a few hours before adjournment this month. It's called Kelsey's Law. Gov. Rick Snyder said Friday he'll probably sign it.
It applies to probationary drivers with Level 1 or Level 2 licenses, but not to people with full driving privileges.
Raffaele says her focus is on inexperienced teens, who are especially vulnerable.


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Sunday, September 14, 2008
TIFF 2008 post-script: Festival director claims he hasn't heard ANY complaints from the public!
"Zero feedback from the public"?
I find this very, very, very, very hard to believe. All I heard, over and over again throughout TIFF 2008, were folks griping about tickets and pricing and the lack of availability. I'm sure at least ONE of those disgruntled festgoers, if not dozens, contacted the TIFF offices to voice their opinions.
And as for complaints about rude staff, clearly no one steered him in the direction of my tale of Grabby Glenda.
(I also enjoy his comment that the fest will only rethink things if "the majority" of ticket buyers complain... if there's "a groundswell" of dissatisfaction. I wonder what constitutes a majority? 51%? 70%? 99%?)
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- Nicole said...
To be fair, I think this article was published the day after the Kirkland article came out, so maybe there wasn't any negative feedback at that time. However, I can't believe that there hasn't been any since then. I also wonder if only donor feedback will matter to them anyway.
The increase in prices to the Elgin was pretty disgusting, especially for second showings, and stories of fairly empty screenings seemed to confirm what we initially thought - that most wouldn't pay to see a second showing of a film that will be released later on. I had wanted to see Blindness and was irritated that there was no showing outside of the Elgin. Maybe next year they can reduce the prices of the daytime showings at the Elgin.
I also had two films where the picture disappeared and the film was stopped while they fixed it. It happened at the AMC and the Varsity so I have to wonder what was going on there too.
I won't say that my experience was as bad as yours because I did get my picks, but I can't imagine how frustrating it would be to have 10 lost vouchers and so I sympathize with your disenchantment of this year's TIFF
- 2:49 PM, September 14, 2008
- Vickie said...
Thanks, Nicole!
I agree that this article is from last weekend, but by then I'd already heard volumes of discontent from people in pre-fest line-ups (ticket pick-up day, exchange day, etc.).
So, I'm willing to cut Piers Handling a little slack -- especially since he was likely swept up in the start of TIFF and all the mayhem -- but I would hope that he's since changed his tune.
- 3:55 PM, September 14, 2008
- sarah said...
I'm a long time festie goer and i can tell you from many many conversations I have had that this festival has departed in a very big way from festivals in the past and was a huge failure on many fronts, from organization, to administration, to the choice of the AMC venue which cheapened the image of the festival, to the donor priority, the Elgin exclusion, oh and do you remember the days when we used to have passes hanging around our necks. Apparently the festival goer does not exist anymore. We are in the way of the industry now and its their festival.
Well have fun with your bankrupt festival of empty seats because that is where its heading if things continue on this path.
Vickies experience is the rule not he exception.
- 4:09 PM, September 14, 2008
- Vickie said...
Wow! Thanks for that Sarah. You echo the sentiments of most of the people I talked to in line and in the theaters.
I think part of the reason it *seems* (to the fest organizers) that most people are content is the fact that so many of the people attending the festival are NEW attendees, having maybe come for the past few years only. By far, the loudest and most vehement complaints I heard came from folks (like me) who have been coming to TIFF for 10 years or more and who remember what it used to be like.
- 4:30 PM, September 14, 2008
- Stacey said...
This was my 9th year, and I am definitely upset about a lot of what I experienced this year. I come up from Pennsylvania for 11 days every year, and it's a highlight of my year, but if things don't improve a lot next year I'm thinking next year may be my last. Or at the very least I may cut back drastically on my time / number of movies.
I was trying to mostly stay off my laptop during the festival except to post about the movies I saw, but have just gotten home and fired off a long email to customer relations. So there's one more for the pile - I sure hope some of the feedback is getting through.
- 8:30 PM, September 14, 2008
- Paul said...
I've only been "festivaling" for 5 years (did 1 or 2 films in two fests before I started doing that), and I was unhappy as well.
I emailed TIFF customer service after that article came out. I suggest you do as well. That way he can't say he hasn't heard any complaints.
I think the AMC was an EXCELLENT venue... once they had come up with a method for preventing budders, which seemed to work quite well. How can one complain about a venue that provides 100% digital film, giving indpendant and small filmmakers a very affordable way to showcase their films! It's VERY expensive to create a print when it may only be screened at this festival, after all. Heck, if you were in the ticket holders line, you even had shelter from the rain (for the most part). It's definitely a step up from the Param... I mean Scotiabank Theatre, and it's located in the now heart of downtown in the Yonge-Dundas Square Area. After having worked in the Atrium on Bay (right next to Yonge Dundas Square) when they created it, and having doubted back then if it would work as they had planned, I think it's really become a great place in the city.
I continue the silent (very silent) protest I started a couple years ago of NOT applauding during the NBC/Universal tribute to the volunteers. Until I have an actual postive experience with the mostly poorly trained volunteers, I don't think I will applaud. These volunteers get free tickets every 3 hours volunteered (I think, although I could be wrong), which works out to a little under 7 bucks an hour... back when I was around the high school age, that was about how much I made working at a part time job... at a movie theatre... managing crowds, lines, directing people to the right places, heck, doing whatever the volunteers were doing it seems, and I guarantee that I was doing a better job of it. Also, for the high schoolers, volunteering at TIFF helps to complete their minimum volunteer requirements to graduate from high school.
It seems to me that for the most part, volunteers get more out of this than some people think.
That said, I still had a mostly good time at TIFF this year :) With the exception of the one time at the AMC theatres where people were able to sneak in front of me, and the fact that officially, the Elgin is off limits, and that donors get priority, I had a good time :)
Next year though, maybe 5 films on ticket packages, and maybe take me mum to a Gala instead of a regular screening to make it special for her.
- 8:34 PM, September 14, 2008
- Vickie said...
While I know that not all volunteers are created equal, I really cringe when you keep lumping them ALL in together like that, Paul.
There are a ton of great volunteers working TIFF -- many of whom have been volunteering with the fest for years (I know because I see them every year) -- and slamming them all for, perhaps, the ineptitude of a few (who are in the minority) is unfair.
I have friends who volunteer, and I know for a fact that they are smart, courteous, helpful and very well-trained. They know their s**t. So, I take offense when you lay into them as if they're all enormous morons, and I find it a little hard to believe that you have NEVER had a single positive experience with even ONE volunteer over the course of five years.
As Linda said in the comments section many entries ago, a film festival relies on its volunteers in a huge way -- without them, the fest would be looking at a massive staffing deficit, and I guarantee you that keeping things running would be a complete and utter mess.
- 5:44 AM, September 15, 2008
Volunteers get one voucher for each shift of up to seven hours. A typical shift is 5 or 6 hours. They must be 18 or over, so few if any are high school students.
- 6:38 AM, September 15, 2008
- Nicole said...
Interesting article in today's Toronto Star about the changes in the festival.
There will certainly be no excuse to say that there has not been negative feedback about the changes. I would think the loss of revenue from the empty seats in the Elgin would at least force a change in the premium ticketing policy.
I have friends that volunteer at the festival and they know what they are doing as well, so I do appreciate what most of them do. There will always be a few bad eggs in such a large group but what would help would be consistency in policies, as certain things seem to change every year.
- 6:56 AM, September 15, 2008
- Vickie said...
Thanks for that link, Nicole!
Here's a hyperlink to the story.
It'll be interesting to see if other similar pieces begin emerging in the press post-TIFF.
- 7:26 AM, September 15, 2008
There have been a couple of hatchet-job articles -- one in Eye Weekly, and one in the New York Observer that refers to the "paranoia surrounding the search for Toronto's latest serial killer". Huh?
Roger Ebert responds to those with his own view. (A few years back, Ebert criticized TIFF for making it too easy for the public to get into press screenings -- making it harder for critics -- so he's not 100% on the maximum public access bandwagon.)
But I think Martin Knelman's article in the Star is the best of the bunch, because it focuses precisely on what's changed and how it affected long-time festival-goers. Hopefully Piers, Cameron, and co. are reading.
- 8:32 AM, September 15, 2008
- Vickie said...
Thanks for the tips!
Here's a link to the piece in EYE.
Here's one for the New York Observer's story.
And, of course, the the one that got Piers Handling all pissed off in the first place.
- 9:02 AM, September 15, 2008
- Vickie said...
One more article, from the Star's Peter Howell, which is as interesting for his comments as for the comments from readers below the story.
- 10:18 AM, September 15, 2008
- Paul said...
Never one to argue a point for the sake of arguing once I see that I was wrong, I take back the two paragraphs on volunteers.
I apologize for lumping all volunteers into one group, and even more so for putting that here, at your blog, rather than on my own. In my mind I never intend offense, but quite obviously, looking back on what I wrote, I don't see how offense could not be taking.
I unfortunately have not had a good experience with volunteers. I have had good experiences with staff (anyone not wearing a volunteer shirt... from what I know, that includes microphone stand person at each of the venues and almost anyone with a walkie talkie), and I often think people assume everyone at TIFF is a volunteer, and may confuse good experiences with staff as being good experience with volunteers. Most of my experience with volunteers is that they don't appear to know things and then talk as if they do... what they should immediately be doing is finding someone with a walkie talkie. Over a few festivals, experiences like this tend to cloud my judgement.
Whether the festival could be run without volunteers though? I think if you took all the money going into bell lightbox to hire a paid employee for every two volunteers on duty at a time, you could probably get away without any volunteers... but what do I know.
Again, I apologize for those two paragraphs indeed.
- 8:11 AM, September 16, 2008


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For the last three years, all-area guard Nia Pappas has had her share of big baskets for the Palatine girls basketball team.
Maine West coach Derril Kipp has seen Pappas make several key shots, too, because he has been her Illinois Hustle AAU coach.
But Kipp and the Warriors saw a first from Pappas in high school basketball on Monday night.
The Indiana University-Purdue University Indianapolis-bound guard hit the first game-winning shot of her career when she connected from 17 feet out with 3.2 seconds left to give the Pirates a 49-48 win in Des Plaines.
It gave Pappas a game-high 26 points, 19 in the second half, and gave Palatine a dramatic season-opening win over the Warriors who were led by junior Brittany Collin's 21 points.
"I was looking for my shot more in the second half," said Pappas, who also handed out 6 assists. "I knew we had been struggling in the first half.
"It's always fun to play against Mr. Kipp (Hall of Fame coach with 733 wins going into his 32nd season). It's a little rivalry since he's my AAU coach. I know his plays. He know my plays. It was fun."
The Pirates' final play saw them take the ball out of bounds from under the Warriors basket with 14.3 seconds left.
Junior forward Tanja Vukasin had given West the lead with 19.9 seconds by hitting a 17-foooter from the right side.
Following a timeout, Palatine set up its final play.
"It was not the play I designed, but I'll take credit," said Pirates coach Leslie Schock with a laugh.
Junior Erin Mayer raced down the floor and fed the ball ahead to sophomore Monica Masini (3 rebounds), who then kicked it out to Pappas for her game-winning shot.
"Monica and Nia each have played a year on the varsity so they have some good chemistry," said Schock, whose team was without three-year starting guard McKenzie Wiedemann, who injured her knee on Saturday and is expected back soon.
"This wasn't too fun for McKenzie," Schock added. "She isn't the kind of kid who wants to be watching the game from the bench."
The fans got to watch a close game start to finish. Neither team led by more than 2 points in the second half until Pappas' 3-pointer made it 43-40 with 4:10 left.
"She's (Pappas) a great player," said Warriors assistant coach Kim De Marigny. "You can't take anything away from her. We just didn't execute on that last play. Everyone in the place knew she was going to take the shot."
The 6-foot Collins (10 rebounds) scored 9 points in the first half while the 5-9 Vukasin had 12 of her 16 points in the second half. Vukasin also had 11 rebounds and 2 steals. Guard Alexia Prosperi handed out 3 assists for West.
A 3-pointer by Jamie Lloyd (9 points) gave Palatine the biggest lead of the game at 17-10 with 5:18 left in the first half.
"We came out a little tight, like first-game jitters," De Marigny said. "We're young. But we have some good things out there. That was nice to have a junior (Vukasin) step up and hit that big shot at the end. If we just play our game, good things will come."
The Pirates, who shot 52 percent (24-of-47) from the floor, hope to be playing soon with Wiedemann.
"Without McKenzie, and Morgan (Radtke) just coming back from swimming, this was the first varsity game for a lot of out girls," said Schock, who received 5 points, including a 3-pointer, from junior guard Sami Heuertz. "So we are not in midseason form. You could tell we were lacking some senior leadership out there.
"And Maine West, you know is always going to be fundamentally sound under coach Kipp."
"Maine West is going to be a very good team," added Pappas, who was a very good player, as usual, on this night.


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Fabio Capello has brushed aside reports linking him with a return to Juventus this summer and insists his future lies with England.
Juve's poor run of form has increased speculation that the Turin giants could lure the England manager back to Italy as a replacement for coach Luigi Del Neri at the end of the season.
However, Capello said to Italian TV Rai's GR Parlamento: "Have I received a phone call from Turin? No. I'm completely absorbed by my work, I have to think of my work."
He added: "And if (Juventus president) Andrea Agnelli asked me to come to Turin in June? I want to remain here (in England) until the European Championship.
"I made a promise to an executive of the England FA that I would honour our agreement. It's not as if I have given a good image at the World Cup.
"With the team that I had we need to be calm and understand where we have to improve."
England was eliminated from the World Cup last summer at the last 16 stage by Germany.
The Italian tactician is under contract with the Football Association until after Euro 2012.
Capello was in charge at Juventus between 2004 and 2006, guiding them to the Serie A title, but the club were demoted to Serie B in 2006 after the match-fixing scandal involving bribes to referees was uncovered.
Juve were eliminated from the Europa League before the winter break and crashed out of the Coppa Italia earlier this month. They lie seventh in Serie A after 22 games played.
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Liberal Columnist Calls For Killing NRA Members, Declaring Group A "Terrorist Organization," Des Moines Register Publishes Column
[T]hat's obscene. Here, then, is my "madder-than-hell-and-I'm-not-going-to-take-it-anymore" program for ending gun violence in America:
• Repeal the Second Amendment, the part about guns anyway. It's badly written, confusing and more trouble than it's worth. It offers an absolute right to gun ownership, but it puts it in the context of the need for a "well-regulated militia." We don't make our militia bring their own guns to battles. And surely the Founders couldn't have envisioned weapons like those used in the Newtown shooting when they guaranteed gun rights. Owning a gun should be a privilege, not a right.
• Declare the NRA a terrorist organization and make membership illegal. Hey! We did it to the Communist Party, and the NRA has led to the deaths of more of us than American Commies ever did. (I would also raze the organization's headquarters, clear the rubble and salt the earth, but that's optional.) Make ownership of unlicensed assault rifles a felony. If some people refused to give up their guns, that "prying the guns from their cold, dead hands" thing works for me.
• Then I would tie Mitch McConnell and John Boehner, our esteemed Republican leaders, to the back of a Chevy pickup truck and drag them around a parking lot until they saw the light on gun control.
And if that didn't work, I'd adopt radical measures. None of that is going to happen, of course. But I'll bet gun sales will rise.


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The Hayek- Keynes rap video 'Fear the Boom & Bust' has now been seen over a million times, and translated into around a dozen languages.
Not bad for the best seven-minute economics lecture you're ever likely to see.
It's like a college economics course in just even minutes!
The maker of the Hayek-Keynes rap video, John Papola, talks at the Austrian Scholars Conference about the making of the video.
Take a look .
(NB: there's a few sound troubles in the first few minutes. No huhu. Just flick past it.):
PS: You can watch the whole Austrian Scholars Conference online here.
PPS: Learn from monetary scholar George Selgin in 30 minutes why the Federal Reserve "system" has proven in every possible way to be an inferior system of money and banking to the standard it replaced… and using empirical studies by the most mainstream economists out there to prove it.
Audio here: George Selgin on the Fed's Dismal Record.
UPDATE 1: And here's a related piece from on PBS, featuring a (brief) debate between the rap's co-author, Russ Roberts, and Keynes's latest biographer Robert Skidelsky.
UPDATE 2: And here's the real thing--a five-minute excerpt of an interview with Friedrich Hayek on the subject of Keynes.
Head here to watch it, and for some context: Hayek on Keynes.


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Iraq, Part II?
I fully expect the media to spin this "failure" for all it's worth, including in tonight's debate. From The Guardian:
Meanwhile, the Iran army just started a 4 day air defense exercise in a 190,000 square kilometer area in southern Iran:Iran nuclear talks a failure, says IAEA
The UN nuclear agency has declared its latest inspection visit to Iran a failure, with the regime blocking access to a key site suspected of hosting covert nuclear weapon research and no agreement reached on how to resolve other unanswered questions.
The statement from the International Atomic Energy Agency was issued shortly after an Iranian general warned of a pre-emptive strike against any nation that threatens Iran.
"We engaged in a constructive spirit but no agreement was reached," the statement quoted IAEA chief Yukiya Amano as saying.
The communique said that Iran did not grant requests by the IAEA mission to visit Parchin, a military site thought to be used for explosives testing related to triggering a nuclear weapon. Amano called this decision "disappointing". No agreement was reached on how to begin "clarification of unresolved issues in connection with Iran's nuclear programme, particularly those relating to possible military dimensions", the statement said.
Iran army holding air defense drills near Persian Gulf
Irans Army is holding major defensive military drills across a massive area in southern Iran aimed at enhancing the Islamic Republics air defense capabilities near the strategic Persian Gulf region.
Irans Khatam al-Anbia Air Defense Base started the four-day exercises codenamed Tharallah on Monday within an area of 190,000 square kilometers in southern Iran, with the key objective of boosting the countrys air defense near the Persian Gulf and the nations Bushehr nuclear power plant.
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April 14, 2013
STORRS, Conn.- Morgan O'Reilly and Kacey Pippitt lifted the No. 18 UConn lacrosse team to a 12-11 overtime victory over Louisville on Sunday afternoon as the two upperclassmen combined for 13 points. The Huskies remain undefeated at the George J. Sherman Family Sports Complex and improve to 11-1 (4-1 BIG EAST) on the season, while the Cardinals fell to 9-5 and 0-5 in conference action.
Connecticut, now 4-2 all-time against the Cardinals, saw six Huskies find the back of the net with O'Reilly and Pippitt leading the way with three goals and four goals, respectively. O'Reilly ended the game with a team-best seven points as she added a team-high four assists on the afternoon, while Pippitt finished with six points following her four goals and two assists.
The Huskies trailed 6-3 at half but were able to outscore the Cardinals 8-5 in the second period. UConn scored the final four goals, including O'Reilly's last second shot in regulation to push the game into overtime. Louisville, who outshot UConn 20-19 on the day, held a one-goal advantage and won the draw control with three minutes left on the clock and looked like they were going to walk away with their first league win when Katie Oliverio turned the ball over behind the Louisville goal. Pippitt snatched the ground ball and dished it to O'Reilly who scored as the buzzer sounded.
The duo once again partnered up in overtime as Pippitt scored her first game-winner of the season on a pass from O'Reilly and set the final score at 12-11 to allow UConn to improve to 5-0 in Storrs.
Connecticut, winning 18-8 draw controls, also had Pippitt lead the team with five draw controls. Other Huskies scoring on Sunday included Karaline Smith, Carly Palmucci, Lauren Kahn and Catherine Gross.
Shannon Nee was the winning keeper for UConn and is now 9-1 after she made six saves on Sunday, while Louisville's Danielle Pawliw was the losing keeper after playing the six-minute overtime and allowing UConn's game-winner.
The Huskies continue their four-game home stretch next weekend when the squad hosts Marquette on Friday (4/19) at 7 p.m. and Notre Dame on Sunday (4/21) at noon. Connecticut will honor 12 seniors prior to Sunday's game.