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10. EVENT: 2013 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival
The 2013 San Francisco Transgender Film Festival returns to the Roxy Theater in the Mission District tonight.
Founded in 1997, the San Francisco Transgender Film Festival takes place tonight through Sunday at the Roxy Theater, providing three days of award-winning transgender cinema and a host of programs by trans and gender-variant artists from around the world. The groundbreaking, provocative, and moving storylines are sure to help capture the complexity of trans people's lives and highlight struggles everyone can benefit from learning more about.
SFTFF kicks off tonight at 8 with an Opening Night Gala: Transgender Shorts. Tickets can be purchased on a sliding scale at BrownPaperTickets, which offers discounts for both seniors and low-income individuals. Watch the festival's trailer below, and get all the details here. — Michael Regula
David Auburn's play about the late closeted gay political columnist Joseph Alsop, produced on Broadway last year, gets its West Coast premiere courtesy of L.A. Theatre Works. Alsop, who died in 1989, was one of the most powerful Washington commentators of the 1950s and '60s, a crusader against McCarthyism, a pal of President Kennedy, and a promoter of the Vietnam war. But he could never reveal the truth about his life. L.A. Theatre Works presents the play Thursday through November 17 at UCLA's James Bridges Theatre and will record the production for its nationally syndicated public radio series. John Vickery (Broadway's The Lion King) stars as Alsop; also appearing are Tara Lynne Barr, Wilson Bethel, John Getz, David Krumholtz, and JoBeth Williams. Auburn, a Pulitzer winner for Proof, directs as well. Tickets here. — Trudy Ring
8. MUSIC: Britney Spears, "Perfume"
There's something strange about hearing Britney Spears singing about "marking her territory." But if you can get past the odd lyrics ("I hope she smells my perfume"), "Perfume" stands out simply for being a Britney ballad reminiscent of the early 2000s and not a club banger like "Work Bitch" or "Til the World Ends." The second single off the forthcoming Britney Jean album, "Perfume" was written by Spears and bi musical phenom Sia Furler. It's nice to think Brit still has some of that vulnerability that helped endear her to us in the first place. — Neal Broverman
The musical version of Stephen King's famous novel about a misfit teen with supernatural abilities became one of Broadway's greatest flops when it premiered in 1988. But it got a New York reboot last year and is now a popular choice of regional theater companies, with recent productions in Minneapolis, Seattle, and San Francisco. Now it's Denver's turn to experience the most horrifying prom night ever, and with the remake of the popular 1976 film having just been released, the timing is excellent. The Equinox Theatre Company's production opens tonight at the Bug Theatre; opening night audiences are encouraged to dress in prom attire. Fridays and Saturdays through November 30. Get your tickets here. — Trudy Ring
Shannon, a 28-year-old crystal meth addict, is given a guiding light in Iyanla Vinzant, a renowned inspirational speaker, who helps her client on the road to recovery in this week's episode of Iyanla, Fix My Life. In the series, which airs on the Oprah Winfrey Network, Iyanla assists people in confronting various problems in order to overcome the difficulties that keep them from moving forward. Shannon's story, which involves drug addiction, overdoses, and incidents of high-risk sex, reflects issues that still plague the LGBT community. Watch OWN this Saturday at 9 p.m. Eastern/Pacific for Iyanla's advice on coming out about addiction as well as her words of hope and healing. See the preview below. — Daniel Reynolds
Here TV will kick off a slate of 30 new films over the next few months, including Hollywood to Dollywood, featuring Dolly Parton, Dustin Lance Black, Chad Allen, and Leslie Jordan; the documentary Out in the Open, with Greg Louganis, Eric Roberts, Carson Kressley, and Josh Strickland; Nate & Margaret, starring Natalie West, Gaby Hoffmann, and Tyler Ross; and two of Del Shores's stand-up comedy films, Del Shores: My Sordid Life and Del Shores: Sordid Confessions. Visit here to find out how to watch. — Michelle Garcia
Bluewater Productions is celebrating the 44th anniversary of one of the most important moments of the modern LGBT rights movement with The Stonewall Riots, a history in comic book form. The 32-page comic, written by Michael Troy and illustrated by David T. Cabrera, retells the story of the night in June 1969 when police raided the Stonewall Inn, a gay bar in New York's Greenwich Village, resulting in a violent riot and six-day siege that would mark the beginning of the struggle for LGBT Americans' basic human rights.
Print copies of the book can be ordered at Comic Flea Market for $3.99. Digital copies are available for $1.99 from iTunes. — Jase Peeples
It seems like we first heard about Artpop when Gaga was Germanotta, but the pop innovator's third album actually doesn't come out until Monday. It's been a tumultuous time for Gaga, as she just split with her longtime manager and saw some of her gay legions turn against her, but we have no doubt she'll persevere and Artpop will land at the top of the charts. Buoyed by infectious singles like "Applause" and "Do What You Want," the album appears as radio-friendly (the "Pop") as pretentious (the "Art"). The concept follows Gaga themes like fame and artistic integrity but expands on the star's fixation with the "high art world," as in the rarefied sphere occupied by Andy Warhol and Jeff Koons. It's a mishmash of everything, but it won't be one thing: boring. — Neal Broverman
2. FILM: Thor: The Dark World
Last month comic book scribe Al Ewing revealed on his personal blog that not only was Thor's brother, Loki, bisexual in the Marvel Comics universe, but Ewing would be "touching on that" in his upcoming comic series Loki: Agent of Asgard. The timing of that revelation about Marvel's god of mischief couldn't be better for LGBT fans, as the Thor: The Dark World began playing in theatres across the nine realms today. Though Loki's sexuality hasn't been highlighted in Marvel's film universe, the character is heavily featured in this sequel, and Tom Hiddleston's portal of the legendary Norse god leaves room for viewers to draw their own conclusion as to whether or not Loki swings both ways. Early reviews are also touting Hiddleston's performance as one of the movie's highlights. — Jase Peeples
Bent-Con celebrates LGBT contributions in pop culture, sci-fi, horror, comics, fantasy, gaming, and geekdom all weekend long. From today through Sunday, the Los Angeles Burbank Marriott Airport and Convention Center will be packed with panels, galleries, screenings, gaming, artistry, and the best-costumed parties this side of Comic-Con. We're especially looking forward to the Pop-Up gallery and the panel "Qweirdos! LGBTQ Voices for a Generation of Gay Geeks and Freaks," which includes our own Diane Anderson-Minshall. Bent-Con.org. — Michelle Garcia


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- Thread a length of string through two straws.
- Tie the ends together to make a loop.
- Leave as much slack string between the straws as you like, depending on the size of bubble you want.
- Pour bubble solution into a large, shallow baking pan.
- Hold one straw in each hand, leaving the string hanging slack between them.
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- Pull the straws apart until the string is taut, then hold the bubble film in front of a fan or the wind and watch a giant bubble take shape!
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With the presidential election just about upon us, I am in a state of real worry. If Obama wins, there are certainly profound dangers such as militarism abroad which sooner or later will revisit us in future 9/11's, climate change, and continued concentration of power in a small, wealthy elite. But if Romney wins, the right is just going to punch the working and middle classes in the face. The repeal of the Affordable Care Act would not only set back chances for bringing down health care costs for Americans, but would be a blow to future attempts to create social welfare policies. In a 1954 letter to his brother, Republican President Dwight Eisenhower said the following:
Should any political party attempt to abolish social security, unemployment insurance, and eliminate labor laws and farm programs, you would not hear of that party again in our political history. There is a tiny splinter group, of course, that believes you can do these things…Their number is negligible and they are stupid."
He was saying they were stupid because trying to end such welfare state programs would be political suicide, but times have changed and Republicans can wage blatant class warfare with little difficulty. Hence Romney/Ryan's desire to make Medicare a voucher system and cut huge swaths of social spending. Progressives and leftists still have serious work to do if Obama is reelected, but that work will be much harder and the obstacles greater if Romney does.


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The following problem is from the semifinals of the Federation Francaise des Jeux Mathematiques:
One draws randomly an infinite sequence with digits 0, 1 or 2. Afterwards, one reads it in the order of the drawing.
What is the probability that one reads "2,0,1,2" without having read "0,1,2" beforehand?
Besides the obvious assumption that digits are drawn independently with equidistribution, I am primarily interested in the following interpretation:
*) If the sequence starts with 0,1,2,0,1,2 one regards this as having read 0,1,2 before 2,0,1,2 because the first pattern is finished before the second.
In addition, I would also like a solution to the following alternative interpretation, especially if it turns out to be easier to calculate:
*) If the sequence starts with 0,1,2,0,1,2 one regards this as NOT read 0,1,2 before 2,0,1,2 at this point because the first pattern has not finished before the second starts.


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(WIBW) - Sherry Best from the Topeka and Shawnee Co. Public Library joined Melissa on 13 News at 4 to discuss the following new exhibit:
What: Kansas Artist Craftsmen Association: Material mastery and Members Exhibition
When: October 5 – November 2 (We participate in First Friday Artwalks)
Where: Alice C. Sabatini Gallery at the Topeka and Shawnee County Public Library, 1515 SW 10th Ave.
What you will see: · The latest in contemporary work in clay, fiber, metal and mixed media · There are two categories on exhibit (1) Member Exhibition and (2) Materials Mastery – all pieces judged as excellent representations of the craft by Juror Sherry Leedy, Sherry Leedy Contemporary Art, Kansas City, MO. · Visitors to the Gallery will help select the People's Choice award by casting a vote for a favorite among 47 entries.
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The 5 Most Implausible Old School Rap Songs
At one time, every major rap album had to contain at least one track where the rapper recounted, in extreme detail and in first person, a boastful yet grossly implausible tale involving himself and perhaps his crew. Many believe the mid-80s to the mid-90s was the golden era of rap music storytelling.
This era ended in 1994, with Nate Dogg and Warren G's "Regulate," a song that details, among other events, Warren G looking so handsome that a group of women crashed their car from staring at him so hard. The medium's credibility was never regained, causing many of us to cast a skeptical eye on tales such as ...
#5. "Parents Just Don't Understand" - Will Smith
The very first time mainstream America heard from future worldwide superstar Will Smith was the 1988 single "Parents Just Don't Understand," back when Smith was going by The Fresh Prince. It's a bouncy, radio-friendly, lighthearted tale told from the point of view of a teenager that, partway through, takes a turn for the nightmarish.
The second verse, which depicts at least one felony that Smith was apparently never even indicted for, begins with Smith "borrowing" his parents' car while they're away. Then he finds a girl:
That's when I saw this beautiful girlie girl walking
I picked up my car phone to perpetrate like I was talking
You should've seen this girl's bodily dimensions
I honked my horn just to get her attention
Above: What all women want. Forever.
She likes the Porsche and climbs in, then immediately starts desperately trying to seduce him:
She kicked her shoes off onto the floor
She said, "Drive fast, speed turns me on"
She put her hand on my knee, I put my foot on the gas
This girl's hand was steadily moving up my thigh
She had opened up three buttons on her shirt so far
At best, his eyes are on the road a third of the time.
At this point he's going so fast he attracts the attention of the police, which is a problem since he doesn't have license. And then:
I almost had a heart attack that day
Come to find out the girl was a 12-year-old runaway
What. The. Fucking. Fuck. Motherfucker.
She's 12?
Let's review. Will Smith, future international superstar and Oscar nominee, says, "You should've seen this girl's bodily dimensions," about a middle school child. A child who says, "Drive fast, speed turns me on" before moving her hand toward his dick.
Finally, she seduces him by unbuttoning the top three buttons on her shirt to reveal her cleavage. Her 12-year-old cleavage.
Daaamn, girl, you're lookin' fine!
I was arrested, the car was impounded
There was no way for me to avoid being grounded
During this whole sequence, a confused Smith seems to think the problem is that he doesn't have a license. No, Will, the problem is that you just abducted a child off the street with the intention of molesting her.
#4. "Funky Cold Medina" - Tone Loc
If you traveled in a time machine back to 1989 and turned on MTV, you'd see a Tone Loc video. He had two hits, both of which were about his dysfunctional and at times clearly illegal sexual habits. The first was "Wild Thing" and the second was "Funky Cold Medina," after which humanity politely asked him to stop making music.
The story beings in a bar, where Tone is frustrated that he's not having any success trying to dig up a one-night stand:
Ladies, help us out here -- what about this is off-putting to you? The glasses?
Cold coolin' at a bar, and I'm lookin' for some action
But like Mick Jagger said, I can't get no satisfaction
First of all, when Jagger said he couldn't get satisfaction, we're pretty sure he was also having lots and lots of sex. No, Tone, your problems are not similar to Mick's. And let's face it, Tone wasn't the most attractive guy. He was a little overweight, wore ratty T-shirts and jeans, and sounded like Wolfman Jack. So right away we see that perhaps Tone doesn't have the firmest grip on reality.
But on the other side of the bar, some normal looking jackoff is surrounded by women. So Tone walks over and asks him how.
It can't be the sunglasses.
So I got up and strolled over to the other side of the cantina
I asked the guy, Why you so fly? He said, Funky Cold Medina
It's better than any alcohol or aphrodisiac
A couple of sips of this love potion, and she'll be on your lap
Yes, the stranger introduces him to a mind-controlling date-rape drug, which Tone doesn't even hesitate to accept. Now, clearly it would be irresponsible to immediately start drugging human women with this concoction. So Tone tests it on his dog, which becomes so aroused it tries to mate with Tone Loc himself:
So I gave some to my dog when he began to beg
Then he licked his bowl and he looked at me and did the wild thing on my leg
He used to scratch and bite me, before he was much much meaner
But now all the poodles run to my house for the Funky Cold Medina
His home now a writhing, yelping canine orgy, Mr. Loc considers this a successful test and immediately proceeds to drug a girl against her knowledge:
She said, I'd like a drink, I said, Ehm -- OK, I'll go get it
Then a couple sips she cold-licked her lips, and I knew that she was with it
What Tone did there now carries a 20-year minimum prison sentence, thanks to the Drug Induced Rape Prevention and Punishment Act of 1996.
Look everyone, a felony! In the wild!
But this was 1989, which was still the 80s, as Tone is about to remind us. So chemically enhanced sexual encounters with unwilling partners were still in a legal gray area. It was a different time.
Tone soon gets his comeuppance, however:
So I took her to my crib, and everything went well as planned
But when she got undressed, it was a big old mess, Sheena was a man
This is the 80s, and I'm down with the ladies
Here we learn that Tone alternates his sexual orientation by decade, which means that as of a month or so ago, he's gay again. But we digress. We're going to find out later that apparently, almost having sex with a transvestite is a very real danger in the hip-hop community, as it seems to come up fairly frequently.
Take off the shades and turn those eyes south, chief.
Back in the saddle, lookin' for a little affection
I took a shot as a contestant on The Love Connection
The audience voted, and you know they picked a winner
I took my date to the Hilton for Medina and some dinner
Tone, undaunted and unable to find rest in his home due to the mass of humping dogs that are presumably still in his living room, decides to try his luck on a popular game show from the 80s called The Love Connection. This is where we have a problem. We've seen, recorded and memorized every episode of that show, and we don't recall Tone Loc ever being on it. However, he claims that he not only appeared but won.
We would suggest that he put Love Connection in there because it was the only thing he could think of that rhymed with "affection." But that seems unlikely considering that "erection" is out there.
We would also suggest that this guy win every major music award.
She had a few drinks, I'm thinkin' soon what I'll be getting
Instead she started talkin' 'bout plans for our wedding
So here Tone claims that even though he had a date that was guaranteed by contract, he still used the rape drug. But instead of the girl having sex with him, she wanted to get married, as the chemical has the remarkable ability to not only lower a woman's inhibitions and increase her sex drive, but to also create the kind of illusions of compatibility and long-term attraction that would induce her to propose marriage after a few hours.
This scares Tone, who warns listeners off of using Funky Cold Medina at all, despite the fact that it seemed to work just fine for the stranger at the bar and his dog. At no point does Tone speculate that perhaps he is the problem.
#3. "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos" - Public Enemy
The tragedy of Public Enemy is that there are fans reading this who are young enough that they know Flavor Flav only as the goofy reality show star.
"Tragedy" is such a small word.
Back in the day, he and Chuck D changed rap music forever. Their first hit album was the bombastically titled It Takes a Nation of Millions to Hold Us Back in 1988. They rapped about racism and the tragic state of black America, and about their persecution at the hands of a white-dominated government. In the middle of it all was the prison-break tale "Black Steel in the Hour of Chaos."
Subtlety really wasn't their thing.
So first, the arrest:
I got a letter from the government
The other day
I opened and read it
It said they were suckas
They wanted me for their army or whatever
Picture me given' a damn I said never
Cold sweatin' as I dwell in my cell
How long has it been?
They got me sittin' in the state pen
So if you're to believe Mr. D, he was arrested for dodging the draft ... in 1988. He evidently got a letter from "the government," which called themselves "suckas" and then had him thrown in prison and scheduled for execution (he says later in the song that he is on "death row").
Clearly the government does some questionable things from time to time, but we've yet to encounter a situation in which an official showed up and said, "I'm a stupid asshole. You have the right to remain silent."
"The motion passes. This month, we will refer to ourselves as 'tards.'"
But that just goes to show how much different things are for the black man in this corrupt system. Once in prison, Chuck devises a plan to break out. The first step is to call Flavor Flav, resulting in this exchange:
Flavor Flav: Yo Chuck, you serious, you in the justice man?
Chuck: Word 'em up. I'm lookin' for that steel.
Flavor Flav: Yo, man, we gonna break you outta there, man we ain't goin' out like that man.
One thing we learn from that exchange that Chuck D is in fact a man, at least in the mind of Flav. After this, we find out that Chuck's intricate escape plan consists of waiting for the guard on death row to fall asleep while leaning against his cell:
Apparently, malls and prisons used the same employees back in Chuck D's day.
You know I caught a C-O
Fallin' asleep on death row
I grabbed his gun -- then he did what I said so
All right, so Chuck was fortunate enough to wind up in the most escapable prison since that one with the magnet boots in Face/Off. Now with hostages, it's time to make demands:
To understand my demands
I gave a warnin' -- I wanted the governor, y'all
And plus the warden to know
That I was innocent -
Because I'm militant
Posing a threat, you bet it's fuckin' up the government
Wait, are you innocent, or are you militant? You can't advocate overthrowing the government and then complain that you're falsely accused.
Nothing shady goin' on here.
Maybe part of the story is missing? Let's see if we can find a clue in here:
Got a woman C-O to call me a copter
She tried to get away, and I popped her
Twice, right
Now who wanna get nice?
I had six C-Os, now it's five to go
See, it's going to be awfully hard to get the governor to accept your innocence when you just killed a prison guard. And not for attacking you or trying to get the gun away, but for trying to leave. As the listener, we're thinking you're the bad guy, Chuck D.
Who exactly are the "good guys" here?
But then he makes his move, and the story strains our suspension of disbelief one step too far. He and his fellow escapees make a run for it, venturing into the courtyard past the guard towers:
... from the tower shots rang out
A high number of dose -- yes
And some came close
Figure I trigger my steel
Stand and hold my post
And then I threw up my steel bullets flew up
And to my surprise the guard tower blew up
What? Who? The bazooka was who?
And to my rescue, it was the S1Ws
Yes, Flavor Flav has shown up with the "S1W's" (Public Enemy's hype men/backup dancers).
Their half of the escape plan was to launch shoulder-fired rockets at the guard tower and presumably the fence.
Now, obviously this is where rappers' tendency to tell these stories first-person muddles things. Clearly Chuck D never murdered multiple prison guards and/or destroyed a prison with rockets. That would have made the news. But his fantasy reveals something deeply disturbing about his personality: In the event of a life-or-death emergency, he thinks it'll be a good idea to call Flavor Flav.
He'd get more muscle out of New York.


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GENESEO, N.Y. – Cole Porter's classic musical "Anything Goes" sets sail Nov. 6 – 10 at SUNY Geneseo's Alice Austin Theatre as the Department of Music presents the popular story of madcap antics aboard an ocean liner bound from New York to London. The Nov. 6 – 9 performances begin at 8 p.m.. The Nov. 10 matinee begins at 2 p.m.
Visiting guest artist Melissa Rain Anderson, a New York-based actor, director and acting coach, is providing theatrical direction. Katie LeSuer and Anderson are choreographing the production with musical direction by Gerard Floriano, professor of music and coordinator of musical theater.
The production features lively tap numbers, campy jokes, unlikely happy endings and eminently memorable songs like "It's De-Lovely," "I Get a Kick Out of You" and "Anything Goes," all penned by Porter, the great American composer and songwriter.
Tickets are $10 for reserved seating and available online or by calling the Brodie Box Office at 585-245-5833 or the MacVittie College Union Box Office at 585-245-5875.
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WASHINGTON -- Four women and an advocacy group are suing Defense Secretary Leon Panetta, alleging that the policy excluding women from combat units is unconstitutional.
The combat exclusion policy puts women at a disadvantage and "sends a clear message to the world that women are not capable of serving their country to the same extent as men," according to the federal lawsuit filed Tuesday in California.
Major Mary Jennings Hegar, a combat helicopter pilot in the California Air National Guard; Staff Sgt. Jennifer Hunt, a civil affairs soldier in the Army reserves; Capt. Alexandra Zoe Bedell, a logistics officer in the Marine Corps reserves; and 1st Lt. Colleen Farrell, an active-duty Marine air support control officer, are the plaintiffs in the suit, along with the Service Women's Action Network. They are represented by the American Civil Liberties Union, the ACLU of Northern California and the law firm Munger, Tolles & Olson LLP.
Hegar said she knew she wanted to be an Air Force pilot at a young age and has proven she can do the job.
"The ability to serve has very little to do with gender," she said. "It has everything to do with heart, character, ability, determination and dedication. This policy is a disservice to those women who put their lives on the line for their country."
All four women have deployed to Afghanistan, and two were awarded Purple Hearts. Hegar was awarded the Distinguished Flying Cross with Valor for her actions after her helicopter was shot down in 2009 during a casualty evacuation mission.
The lawsuit alleges that all the women's careers have been limited by the policy.
It also alleges that male and female Marines were put into more danger than necessary because of a policy related to the exclusion that required Female Engagement Team members to return to a main forward operating base every 45 days, instead of staying with the combat units they served.
"To accommodate the policy, the women were forced to travel to and from the base on dangerous roads, and they were often taken out of crucial missions, sometimes for a week's time," according to the lawsuit. Bedell and Farrell served with FETs.
Anu Bhagwati, executive director of SWAN and a former Marine Corps captain, said the combat exclusion policy does not reflect modern warfare or military values.
"Rather than enforcing a merit-based system, today's military bars all women, regardless of their qualifications, from access to prestigious and career-enhancing assignments, positions and schools, and thus is directly responsible for making service women second-class citizens."
Pentagon spokesman George Little told reporters Tuesday that he did not want to comment on the pending lawsuit, but that Panetta's record on women in combat is "very strong."
Earlier this year, the military opened about 14,500 positions to women that had previously been limited to men and lifted a rule that prohibited women from living with combat units. Panetta also directed the services to examine ways to open more combat roles to women.
Those changes are "merely the beginning, and not the end of the process," Little said.
Women make up about 14.5 percent of the active-duty force; about 16,600 women are deployed in Afghanistan, according to Eileen Lainez, a Defense Department spokeswoman.
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Ethics reform targets lobbying but lets fine slide
With its part-time schedule, low pay and term limits, the Florida Legislature seems to be a perfect mold to create citizen-lawmakers. These altruistic public servants would rise from their communities full of personal and business experience to impart their real-life sensibilities on the body politic of Tallahassee.
In theory.
In reality, the Legislature — and perhaps to a further extent a bureaucracy empowered by term limits — has become a revolving door through which ambitious legislators pass on their way to lobbying riches and influence peddling.
One-party domination over the past decade has muted any criticism of such practices, so common that barely an eye batted when the outgoing president of the state Senate Mike Haridopolos and speaker of the state House Dean Cannon immediately joined lobbying firms upon their departures from public service.
That the ethics-challenged Haridopolos — who called five years of under reporting his income on financial disclosure forms and hiding names of his consulting firm clients "clerical errors" — would leap at a chance to reap rewards from his government connections is no surprise. But the pleasant surprise of this legislative session has been the aggressiveness of new Senate President Don Gaetz and House Speaker Will Weatherford in pushing through an ethics reform package that would try to close the legislator-turned-lobbyist revolving door.
The final package of restrictions on post-Legislature employment restrictions are still being hashed out, but the likely outcome will be a ban on direct lobbying of legislative or executive officials by former lawmakers for two years. We would have preferred stronger provisions to prevent term-limited or retired legislators from joining law firms or lobbying firms for a so-called "cooling off" period during which they can't lobby former colleagues. The appearance of elected officials trading their allegiance from voters to special interests needs to be addressed. Maybe next year.
There is no shortage of landing spots for ex-legislators. A 2012 report by the Florida Center for investigative Reporting found that more than 2,500 companies, unions and local government spent $127 million in 2011 to influence legislators. A 2011 Orlando Sentinel analysis of lobbyist filings found that they spent more than $55 million in the first three months of 2011. Those figures don't even include election-related spending through PACs, corporate executives and employees aimed at currying favor with legislators. In turn, powerful legislative leaders funnel money through leadership funds and political action committees to like-minded candidates and legislators to ensure compliance on key votes.
There a reason why decades of state tax-cutting haven't produced a noticeable reduction of tax burden for the average voter. Those breaks go to the people who paid for them.
Speaking of paying, one glaring glitch in the ethic reform bills working their way through the House and Senate is the continued toothlessness of the state Commission on Ethics, which was forced to write off hundreds of thousands of dollars in old fines against legislators who simply refused to pay them. A House panel this week rejected an amendment to its version of ethics reform that would have strengthened the Ethic Commission's ability to collect fines by filing liens against a violator's property, a measure that is included in the Senate version of the legislation.
The old cliché tells us power corrupts, but in Tallahassee the system is set up to make corruption acceptable. That system is getting scrutiny this year.
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Chester searching for police officers
April 2, 2013
CHESTER — It's back to the drawing board for the Chester Police Department. Chester City Council learned on Monday the city's latest police officer candidate, Markas Dunlevy, has resigned....
It amazes me how some people think they are better than the law. The LaNeve's are going to push over city law as far as they can since they don't like to follow the rules. Heaven forbid anyone tells them what to do.
By the way, that "man" that was not identified by the city or the media was Andrew LaNeve. He was out this past Sunday wreaking havoc on his golf cart in City park, Piccarelli and Snyder weren't the only ones to see him out and about.
I am glad, however, to see that Chester isn't going to stand idly by!
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I have uploaded MP3 files in my google Docs. Can I play them there? Because they allow video files so I was thinking if they allow streaming mp3 files as well.
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Basically, who inspires you? One answer per post please. A link to some images would be cool too...
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Henri Cartier-Bresson
I like street photography a lot and therefore Henri Cartier-Bresson is my hero: http://www.photoquotes.com/showphotographs.aspx?id=98&name=Cartier-Bresson,Henri
Ansel Adams, hands down ... I love his treatment of nature in black & white. I've used his work as inspiration for a number of my projects.
Zack Arias's free weekend course on creativeLIVE was really cool. He really got into the nitty-gritty of how to take photos in a studio setting.
Joe McNally (http://www.joemcnally.com/)
His down-to-earth and goofiness and personable-ness won me over. Of course also the masterful use of light and making simple poses to be a masterful creation.
Terje Hellesø, some of his pictures change how you think of photography. For example his picture of a rabbit that is just a silhouette.
I've been following Scott Bourne's tweets recently and like his commentary.
Trey Ratcliff (http://www.stuckincustoms.com/)
I do a lot of HDR shooting myself, and I pretty much use Trey's tutorial as the basis for a lot of my work. Additionally, I am a fan of the "surrealistic" style of HDR and that is right in Trey's wheelhouse. I know that not everyone likes surrealistic HDR looking images, so my guess is not everyone will like his stuff.
Aside from Ansel Adams, I really don't have favorite photographers that are well known.
My favorite wedding photographer is Stacy Reeves in Dallas, TX. Her photos often rise above the rest. If it wasn't for her, I probably wouldn't have even considered buying Canon's 50 f/1.2 (which I love!).
(Not for his dubious photo-journalism (compositing shots), his treatment his treatment of the natives of Papua and the Torres Strait or his abandonment of his family. To modern eyes, these were disappointing.)
More for the conditions under which he took many of his photos.
Particularly, his remarkable photographs taken while marooned in the Antarctic on Shackleton's disastrous voyage (6 months living under a long-boat during the Antarctic winter, if I recall correctly), including dramatic images of their ship being crushed by ice.
John Wright
I love his attitude. I love the style of his photos. I would like to emulate some of both.
Clearly not one single photographer, but has been the home of some of the world's preeminent photographers since it was founded.
Nick Turpin
A stellar street photographer, and a public champion of the form in general.
Also a founding member of in-public, which is worth a collective mention as well.
He's made underwater photography my favourite type. I especially love the fact he built a special camera with two lenses for under/above water photos.
Jane Bown
Portrait photographer for the Observer (UK Sunday newspaper) for the last 60 years. It's an amazing career, defined by a simple, untechnical approach but a real instinct for the moment and skilful use of natural light.
When I first got into photography, it was partly because of Ansel Adams work. I think it was less his photography and more his work ethic. As I have begun to learn more about photography and explore more and more, I've encountered many other photographers work.
This question is difficult to answer as there are a variety of major kinds of photography. You have nature photography, portraits, architectural, abstract, and possibly a few other kinds. I have not really formulated a particular favorite artist for all of these. However, given that Nature photography is my own past time, I have encountered some phenomenal artists who's work and style I absolutely love:
I'll probably update this answer with more photographers in other areas, as I am continually finding new people with such phenomenal talent.
Not one specific person (if I had to name only one, it'd likely be George Lepp), but I just did an extended piece on the photographers that have and continue to influence my photography:
I like the fact that his photographs tell a story.. and most of the time he'll blog about what goes into taking a particular picture. Very informative and inspiring.


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Last Monday, I achieved a feat I insisted as a kid I'd one day accomplish.
I became a pilot.
OK, so I'm not an actual aviator – yet – but I did fly my very first model airplane at Steve Henry Airfield of E.P. "Tom" Sawyer Park. Attending the River City Radio Controllers' (RCRC) free Monday night flight training, I learned the proper technique and method for navigating the aircraft.
With the help of Scott Kimball, co-owner of Hobby World, 104 Vieux Carre Drive, and Tom Hohman, Vice President of the RCRC, I drove a glow engine plane off the 500 x 50 paved runway and up into the sky, nearly out of sight.
My turn control may have been lacking (thankfully Hohman was co-piloting with a "buddy box"), but watching the intricately crafted machine defy the law of gravity was, nonetheless, impressive and left me with a sense of excitement.
It's a hobby I didn't know much about before, but I found a new appreciation for as I stood amongst a group of young, eager kids and their families either learning to fly or simply standing by to spectate.
Whether you own your own model airplane or would like to test one of the RCRC's, you can stop by "Tom" Sawyer Park any Monday night for a free introductory lesson. Come to the field to speak with an instructor and learn more about the art of taking flight or test your piloting abilities with one of the club airplanes.
If you're on the hunt for your first model or looking to add to your stock, instructor Kimball can educate you on all you'd ever need to know about the collectables, as well. With more than 20 years of experience in the hobby, Kimball and friend Rob Schryver opened the "big kid's toy store," Hobby World, in 2010. Offering everything from remote control planes to cars, helicopters, boats, jets, gliders, model rockets, kites and accessories, you could spend hours inside the store perusing the merchandise it carries. You can also work in some pre-practice for your flight at the airfield with Hobby World's simulator, open for use throughout the day.
Averaging about $500-$1,000 in price, with $130 being near the low end of the spectrum, a new model plane or helicopter could be the perfect birthday or holiday gift for your son or daughter. Unlike video games that keep your kids on the couch, these novelties compel them to head outside and be active.
It's a pastime you can take with you, from the time you're a child until you're old and gray. With some luck and practice, maybe you'll even turn the hobby into something much greater, and accomplish the real feat of one day saying, "I became a pilot."
For information on RCRC and Monday night flight training, visit www.rcrcky.com. For more information on Hobby World, visit "Hobby World" on Facebook or call 502.749.7879.
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Cruz's Defiant Stand Is Also a Lonely One
Senator's Long Speech, Aimed at Stripping Money for Health Law From Budget Bill, Wins Few Backers in His Party
WASHINGTON—Sen. Ted Cruz of Texas never shrinks from staking out solitary ground in Washington, and Tuesday marked no exception.
Wearing black tennis shoes in lieu of his customary boots, the Republican took to the Senate floor Tuesday afternoon in front of a handful of lawmakers and vowed to speak until he was "no longer able to stand" in resistance to President Barack Obama's health-care law.
It technically was just a long speech that stretched late into the night—not a filibuster—and couldn't significantly delay a Senate vote expected Wednesday. But Mr. Cruz's defiant stand exemplified his unyielding brand of conservatism that, less than a year into his Senate career, has fueled speculation that he might run for president.
His latest push, which seeks to tie government funding to an effort to dismantle the health overhaul, represents the biggest test of whether Mr. Cruz's conservative rhetoric can upend the ways of Congress. This week's campaign has exposed the limits of his strategy's appeal.
Mr. Cruz has attracted few backers among his colleagues. Senior Republicans including Minority Leader Mitch McConnell and fellow Texan John Cornyn split from his strategy this week, as other GOP lawmakers warned it could backfire.
"Defunding Obamacare is a goal all Republicans share, but the tactics we employ in achieving that goal can have a backlash," Sen. Lindsey Graham (R., S.C.) told reporters. "The problem with our conference is that most people's only concern is a primary, so we tend to forget about those on the front lines of expanding the party."
The Senate is expected soon to vote on a bill passed by the House last week that would keep the government running in the next fiscal year and also eliminate funding for the health law. Mr. Cruz said he would aim to block the bill because Democrats are expected to remove the health-care provisions. Currently, he doesn't have the votes to pull off that move.
"A great many Americans feel they don't have a voice and so I hope to play some very small part in helping provide that voice for them," said Mr. Cruz, criticizing other lawmakers for what he said amounted to ignoring constituent complaints about the law.
Some Republicans worry Mr. Cruz's push could make it harder for GOP lawmakers to secure their next goal: a one-year delay in implementing the health-care law that they plan to attach to a one-year extension of the federal borrowing authority, whose limit is otherwise expected to be hit in mid-October. Their concern is that Mr. Cruz's efforts are muddling the GOP message, a senior House Republican aide said.
Mr. McConnell, of Kentucky, said on the Senate floor Tuesday that this week's debate should have shone a light on Democrats and made them reiterate their support for a health law that many Americans don't support or don't understand.
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At a weekly luncheon of GOP senators Tuesday, most Republicans pressed to speed up debate on the spending bill so that it could return to the House in time for Republicans there to add other GOP-backed provisions to the measure and volley it back to the Senate."Delaying the opportunity for the House to send something back, it seems, plays right in the hands of Senate Democrats," Sen. Bob Corker (R., Tenn.) told reporters Tuesday.
Mr. Cruz and Sen. Mike Lee (R., Utah) didn't agree. The Texan took to the Senate floor shortly after the lunch, saying "there are politicians in this body who are not listening to the people, not listening to the concerns of their constituents."
Mr. Cruz found himself at odds with even a frequent ally, Sen. Rand Paul of Kentucky, who argued at the meeting that the GOP should speed up the debate, according to senators in the meeting. Mr. Paul later appeared on the floor with Mr. Cruz.
This week's budget showdown is only the latest skirmish that has peppered Mr. Cruz's tenure. His supporters say his determination to wage certain fights is more important than whether they end in legislative victory. "This is a huge issue and it's worth fighting for even if you lose," said Jim DeMint, president of the Heritage Foundation, a conservative think tank. Mr. Cruz sees "Washington for what it is," said Mr. DeMint, a former GOP senator from South Carolina.
If Mr. Cruz strikes a lonely figure at times in Washington, his efforts have elevated him to the stature of folk hero at home. Texas Republicans, said Steve Munisteri, chairman of the state's GOP, "will still be happy with him if he loses, as long as he wages the fight."
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March 8, 2011
U.S. Secretary of Education to Join Foreign and Domestic Educators and Education Leaders at First Ever International Summit on the Teaching Profession in New York City
March 8, 2011
Education Secretary to Discuss Fixing No Child Left Behind with House Education and Workforce Committee
Education Secretary Arne Duncan will highlight the need to fix No Child Left Behind during his testimony before the full House Education and Workforce Committee on Wednesday, March 9, at 2 p.m. The hearing, "The Budget and Policy Proposals of the U.S. Department of Education," will be held in...
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U.S. Department of Education Senior Official to Participate in Forum on STEM Education Hosted by Congresswoman Donna Edwards
U.S. Department of Education Deputy Assistant Secretary Michael Yudin will participate in a forum hosted by Congresswoman Donna Edwards, D-Md., on the importance of helping students master Science, Technology, Engineering and Math (STEM) inside and outside the classroom and pursue professions in...
March 7, 2011
U.S. Deputy Secretary of Education to Provide Opening Remarks at 2011 Asia-Pacific Economic Cooperation Conference
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March 4, 2011
Assistant Deputy Secretary Kevin Jennings to Keynote Annual Summit on Substance Abuse, Mental Health and School Safety/Violence
Kevin Jennings, assistant deputy secretary of the U.S. Department of Education's Office of Safe and Drug-Free Schools, will keynote the sixth annual summit on "Substance Abuse, Mental Health and School Safety/Violence: Best Practices for Working With Youth" on Monday, March 7, in Pine Mountain,...
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Education Assistant Secretary to Give Remarks at Council for Opportunity in Education's (COE) Policy Seminar
Eduardo Ochoa, assistant secretary for postsecondary education, will address the Council for Opportunity in Education's (COE) 31st annual policy seminar at 2:00 p.m. on Monday, March 7, at the Omni Shoreham Hotel in Washington, D.C. Ochoa will discuss the role TRIO plays in helping meet the...
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The second of a series of National Conversations on English Learner Education will be hosted by the U.S. Department of Education Monday and Tuesday simultaneously in Los Angeles and Seattle. Senior officials will be on hand to hear what's working and how instruction can be improved for students...
March 4, 2011
Assistant Education Secretary to Address Reform Efforts at Harvard Black Law Students Association Conference
Thelma Meléndez de Santa Ana, assistant secretary for the Office of Elementary and Secondary Education, will highlight the Administration's education reform agenda when she serves as a panelist at the spring conference of the Harvard Black Law Students Association (HBLSA). The panel will be held...
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Assistant Secretary Dann-Messier to Address Pennsylvania Association of Career and Technical Administrators
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If we look at the class of all vector spaces over some field, we can note two things:
1) this class should not have cardinality.
2) for two elements of this class, we should not want to be able to verify whether they are equal
But we can have some situations which have only one of the two features. For example:
- Look at "beasts" which assign to every vector space a morphism from it to its dual. Then the class of all such beasts should not have cardinality, but we can say whether two such beasts are equal or not.
My question is rather vague: Does (axiomatic) set theory think about the difference between these two features 1) and 2) ? Or, can someone share his way of thinking about the two features and their relation?
Edit: I apologize for being not very precise. In (2), I am talking from a (biased?) categorical point of view; there should be no meaning for two vector spaces to be equal; they can be known to be isomorphic, or given a specific isomorphism, but not equal (if we can or can not ask in a specific axiomatic system whether two vector spaces are equal does not really make a difference). In (*), we can verify whether two beasts are equal just by checking, for every vector space, whether the morphisms from it to its dual provided by the two beasts are equal or not. In a comment it was told the collection of beasts does have a cardinality; Anyway, it was just an example. I would think of them as not having cardinality (probably one might provide some example in the same spirit for which there is no cardinality?), or would not care about their cardinality, just to stress the point.
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Let $G$ be an abelian (not elementary) finite $p$-group. In what conditions the automorphism group of $G$ is solvable?
I believe that for $p\ge5$, these are the direct products of cyclic groups of pairwise distinct orders, for if $C_{p^e}\times C_{p^e}$ is a direct factor of $G$, then $GL(2,p)$ is a homomorphic image of a subgroup of $A=\text{Aut}(G)$.
Similarly for $p=2$ or $3$, I expect the groups $G$ you are looking for are those where no order in the direct product appears more than $2$ times.
In order to show that these groups indeed have a solvable automorphism group, you probably may apply induction: Let $N$ be the subgroup of $G$ generated by the $p$-th powers in $G$. Then $N$ has the same shape as above (with the order of each direct factor divided by $p$). So $\text{Aut}(N)$ is solvable by induction. As $C_A(N)$ is the kernel of the restriction of $A$ to $N$, all what remain to show is that $C_A(N)$ is solvable too.
Alternatively, one could try to use the induction hypothesis for $G/K$, where $K$ is generated by the elements of order $p$. Note that $N$ is (non-canonically) isomorphic to $G/K$.
The Frattini quotient G/Phi(G) is the maximal elementary abelian quotient of G; the group of automorphisms of G which act trivially on G/Phi(G) is a p-group, and so Aut(G) is solvable if and only if its image in the linear group Aut(G/Phi(G)) is; that's at least a partial answer. Also, this holds for general pro-p groups, not only for finite abelian p-groups.


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Driver complained of brake issue
August 30, 2013
STEUBENVILLE — The driver of a tracked pipe loader who was killed in a pipeline construction accident Thursday had complained earlier in the day the brakes on the piece of equipment weren't working......
It's not always that easy to refuse work especially when you have a family that depends on you for everything. Bottom line is if this young man reported that the brakes weren't functioning properly the machine or truck, whatever it is is irrelevant, shouldn't have been put into service until the issue was addressed and corrected. Did the company properly train this young man on what to do in the event of a rollover? That's the question to ask but either way I feel the responsibility is on the company if the issue was reported and not taken care of properly prior to being in service.
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First, prayers go out to the young man's family.
People can speculate all they want and at the end of the day, there will be a finding. One way or another, there will be a wake up call for all involved. All the equipment will now be safety checked (hopefully), and based on the other comments, better safety procedures will be put in place and/or communicated to the LEADERSHIP. After all, they are the ones who send people home. Those people are the ones who should be held accountable in addition to ownership.
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All though I completely agree NO ONE should die trying to earn a living but some key points to remember are...1. it was an excavator he was operating not a truck that is what they meant by a "tracked" pipe loader 2. pipeline is generally done on hills therefore if his brakes were faulty on hills he NEVER should have operated it. We as operators have the right to refuse to do something if we feel it is unsafe. Yes we may get laid off but at least we can live to tell about it 3. the first thing we learn is NEVER JUMP!! Always ride it out...the machines are equipped with R.O.P. (roll over protection) its like a race car...they are designed to keep you safe in such an accident as long as you DONT JUMP! Had this young man followed these 3 easy steps he would either be laid off and home with his family or he would have ran into the trees with the machine and been able to walk away to call his family.
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I think it should be more like gross criminal negligence resulting in death. This young man's tragic death could have been prevented had his truck been functioning properly. After the law is done with their part of this, I hope the family takes this company to the cleaners with a civil suit. I don't know all the details about what happened but if the man reported the brakes weren't functioning properly, the issue should have been addressed before that truck was put back into service,
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I'm using a 2 year old laptop with Windows Vista. I want to start over and only use Ubuntu. How can I wipe my entire hard disc clean, including the 2 partitions and start all over with one partition and then install Ubuntu? I want to have EVERYTHING removed from my hard disc, 100 percent blank slate. Can anyone please tell me how I should do this? Thanks very much! :-)
Just put in the Ubuntu LiveCD, tell it to install Ubuntu, and let it automatically partition the whole disk. That should do it.
You can use the Disk Utility for that. It's a graphical tool that will show you the current partitions on your hard drive. You can then click on each partition and select Delete Partition.
There exists a liveCD called Darik's Boot and Nuke that will help you with that: http://www.dban.org/
Basically, you download the iso, burn it on a CD, then boot on said CD. All partitions (INCLUDING connected external hard drives of USB thumb drives or anything, so be careful) will be erased. The process will take a few hours and your hard drive will be blank.


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Development in the upper body usually precedes that in the lower body-this image shows the bulge containing the heart and liver, and the very earliest sign of development of the upper limb buds, but as yet there is no sign of the lower limb buds.
The first part of your body to change shape is likely to be your chest. Your breasts may increase in size quite rapidly, looking bigger and feeling heavier. They may become quite tender to touch.
The nipples will change, the areola (the darker skin around the nipple) may become darker in color and your nipples may tingle. As your breasts get bigger, you might notice blue veins appearing. All these breast changes are due to the hormone estrogen.
Once you know you're pregnant, it's only natural to want to keep your baby safe, so...
Be careful when you're cleaning. Studies suggest there may be a link between pregnant women using bleach and spray air fresheners, and babies developing asthma. Plus, commercial oven cleaners contain toxic chemicals that experts believe could damage unborn babies.
Get someone else to clean your cat's litter box (or if that's not possible, wear rubber gloves and wash your hands afterward). Cat feces may contain parasites that can cause toxoplasmosis (see Protect yourself), an infection that could harm your unborn baby.
Each breast will increase, on average, by 2 in (5 cm) and 3 lb (1.4 kg) during pregnancy.
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The center's inaugural annual conference, "The Next Four Years: Major Issues in Constitutional Governance," will take place on Friday, April 12, 2013, at Columbia Law School. The conference will bring together current and former government leaders, scholars, and other experts to discuss the principal legal and policy challenges facing the federal government during the second term of the Obama Administration. There will be panel discussions that focus on the federal budget and related fiscal issues, domestic policy, national security and foreign policy, and voting rights and election law.
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Many of the off-campus study programs offer internships or volunteer activities for students, letting them teach English in Ecuador, for example, or assist the elderly in a French nursing home. The Rosenfield Program and the Global Development Studies Concentration, among other programs, fund summer internships abroad, so that students can do things like work in a perinatal HIV research unit in Soweto, South Africa, or do fieldwork on biodiversity in Western China.
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Is there a problem with the deals.woot's awesomeness detector?
Cause i'm fully awesome, but it only says i'm half awesome, and that's just not right.
The only ticker that's not all the way right is my tattles meter, cause tattletales are not awesome.
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i'm guessing you haven't signed the "i'm giving my soul and all my money to woot" contract.
Yes!!! I am middle awesome, last time I checked with my teen child I was running on empty awesomeness. Because he is the center of the universe he must be right, right?
Well, it's doing something strange today. I just dropped to 1 Woot (but still a black triangle). I wonder if that means Woot is going to refund all of my money for the dozens of others Woots I bought.
Deals.woot scoring system seems to be based on a "Less is More" system and scale, which I find perplexing. I quit posting for the better part of the month of January, and maintained a black triangle throughout the entire month...
In December, I posted non-stop, voted, was extremely active, and spent hours on end here up voting, down voting, commenting, adding deals, etc, and could not break a 92 score... It wasn't until I quit posting that suddenly I hit 97. then, it took about a month for me to slowly slide back down to my current purple triangle status.
Why Woot would punish people for being active in their online community really perplexes the ---- out of me, but they do. I realize theres a ratio of quality vs quantity, but lets face it, when quantity = zero, and score = rising, then there's something completely flawed in the equation.
@waltertangofoxtrot: maybe others were just upvoting you while you were away.
Feel the force, @woothulhu. The awesomeness is strong in the green triangles. Leave the dark side of the black triangles and join us.
@moosezilla: If I haven't posted anything in a month, its hard to get it upvoted... :) Also, most of what I post usually isn't more than drivel.
@barnabee: I'll never join you... you killed my FATHER!!!
@waltertangofoxtrot: Yep. You hit it on the head with quality vs quantity. You can shoot yourself in the foot (in terms of deals.woot rep) if you post/comment too much. If I post one comment in the month of March and 10 people up-vote it, 100% of my comments in that month were good. If you post 10 comments in March and only one of them is up-voted, the percentage of your posts that other people like is only 10%. 1 good post is better than 1 good post + 9 bad ones. They encourage and reward participation on the site, but only stuff other users also like by up-voting it. This ensures spammers and trolls don't get good reps just by annoying everyone else.
The same goes for deals that you up-vote. The whole system is based on your actions being match by the actions of other users later. Other users must up-vote the same things as you did for your input to be worth anything in the eyes of the woot gods.
I think the awesomeness meter is a measure of how your overall rep is trending. It seems that when my rep is trending up, the needle is pegged or close to it but when my rep is trending down the needle is in the middle.
@bsmith1: This becomes problematic, because when I downvote bad deals, and spam deals, it means they'll never make it to the front page, meaning that by doing my due diligence to help weed out the crappy deals, I am effectively shooting myself in the foot, hence the reason I don't bother hanging out here much anymore. Why burn through so many hours trying to help this site get better, if they're going to snub me for doing what needs to be done?
@waltertangofoxtrot: i had a couple other wooters link to older questions to help me figure out stuff. and i thought at the time "wow. thats a great idea. wish i could upvote it."
Yeah. I OVERLOADED IT!
Sorry about that; in the future I'll try to tone it down and not be quite so awesome. I'll be hard though.
[ed] You know what I love about this place? I can make bad jokes and not only are they tolerated, but sometimes even appreciated :)
Perhaps off topic, if so please forgive me. I just dropped from #15 to #47 in about an hour. Have been in the top 15 for a long time. ROFLMAO I must have really ticked someone off. Certainly don't believe that all those people in between suddenly enhanced their own rep.
Guess I'm done now. Beyond absurdity.
I have my own meters for people here, and I suspect that the Awesome meter seldom jibes with what the Leaderboard reports about the same person. For example, I have no idea what the meter reads for @thefenst, but I've seen him step in and help every single time anyone has ever hollered for help (if it was something he could help with), and that's pretty awesome in my book.
There are some people who are just unfailingly kind and helpful. Some are on staff, many are not. There are some people who can be depended on for goofy comments, and I love to laugh, so those people are awesome too.
I look at the leaderboard often, because I like to see if someone's managed to beat @brutherford to a Moofi deal (it happens), and right now I see that the magic filter that filters out staff from the leaderboard isn't working, because @thefenst is the top Deal Hunter (which is as it should be).
I love the trends panel. It also gets my vote for Awesome. Totally.
Woot seems to know better than most how awesome people are, I think their meter is pretty accurate.
@shrdlu: Where do I click to see your meters? I need constant feedback on my worth.
@drchops: you got some awesome on my shoe, be careful next time.
@gmwhit: I dropped from #3 (I think, maybe 4 or 5?) to like #50. I win :)
i think the woot may have its good measurement way to caculate reputation and it is more accurate than before!
I know I will get a lot of negatives for this but I have a hard time understanding why people place so much value on the color of their triangle? Really, though I can get your point to a certain extent, you want the recognition. But think of it like this, you are helping the community by posting deals, commenting, and voting not because your triangle is black or because you are in the top 10. I spend a lot of time here, but I don't post deals. If I were to come across a good deal that was not already posted I would, it just doesn't happen for me. So I upvote and comment. Woot keeps good company and there are great deals. Quite frankly that is enough for me to come here every day, triangle or no triangle.
I just LOVE woot!
edit...who would have ever thought I would be 100% for top questioners....lol
@drchops: lol, I'm surprised nobody noticed that typo:
"... I'll be hard though."
Meant "IT'll be hard" :)
Well I'm thinking you're pretty awesome, judging by the 54 woots you've got on your question, everyone else thinks your the "bee knees" as well. :D
I thought the awesomeness meter was just an indication of your recent trend in reputation. Rep going up = more awesomeness. Rep going down = less.
My awesomness meter is pegged and I've been at 44% for months. It can't have anything to do with trending.
@shrdlu: I too am interested in the Shrdlu Deals.woot monitoring system.. Mostly to feed my need for understanding how a system works....
Most of the leader board gauges are on a suspected 48 hour delay, that may or may not be the case with the Awesomeness gauge.... It seems to have a will of it's own...


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No suspension for Wolcott football coach
CHESHIRE – Wolcott High football coach Jason Pace was cleared of any wrongdoing by the CIAC football subcommittee Tuesday morning after a review of the three separate reports from the Eagles' 62-6 victory over Sacred Heart in Week 1.
"The CIAC determined that the proper sportsmanship protocols as written in the CIAC Football Tournament Packet were followed, and that there was no violation of the CIAC Score Management policy by the winning school's head coach," said the CIAC statement. "Due to this fact the review committee will not take any action against Wolcott High School in regards to Friday's game."
Wolcott principal Joe Monroe received confirmation by email Tuesday morning by Paul Hoey, the assistant executive director of the CIAC.
Both schools, along with the game referee, filed reports after the game resulted in a 50-point or more margin. The CIAC instituted a Score Management/DQ rule in 2006 to review lopsided scores of 50 or more points.
Pace, in his third season as head coach, will be on the sidelines Friday night when the Eagles (1-0) play at Naugatuck (1-0). Pace has guided the Eagles to two straight CIAC Class M playoff berths and a 17-6 record in those season.
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Steven told authorities and family members he didn't remember the day he did it, because he was high on heroin.
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MIDDLEBURY — Brenda O'Connor Halloran, 72, passed away Friday, Jan. 25, 2013. She was the widow of Michael John O'Connor and Joseph "Bob" Halloran.
Brenda was born in Bronx, N.Y., on Oct. 21, 1940, to the late Stephen and Elizabeth (Bermingham) McCarthy. Brenda was quick with a smile and was a friend to all she met. She particularly enjoyed time with her family, especially her six granddaughters. A longtime Middlebury resident, she was a communicant of Saint John of the Cross Church and enjoyed spending time around town with her friends, particularly at the MRA and at Mass and social events of the parish.
She is survived by her daughter, Coleen Motta, and her two daughters, Michaela and Elizabeth Motta of Litchfield; her son and daughter-in-law, Michael and Julie O'Connor, and their two daughters, Madeline and Olivia O'Connor of Woodbury; and her youngest son and daughter-in-law, Stephen and Katie O'Connor, and their two daughters, Jillian and Raeghan O'Connor of Middlebury. She also leaves behind her two sisters and brothers-in-law, Elizabeth (McCarthy) and William Barnett of Colts Neck, N.J., and Patricia (McCarthy) and James Kilroy of Cohasset, Mass. She was predeceased by her brother, the late Stephen McCarthy of London, England.
The funeral will be Wednesday, Jan. 30, 2013, at 9:45 a.m. from the Murphy Funeral Home, 115 Willow St., Waterbury, to St. John of the Cross Church, Middlebury, for a Mass at 11 a.m. Burial will be at the convenience of the family in Mount Olivet Cemetery, Watertown. Calling hours are Tuesday from 4 to 8 p.m. at the funeral home.
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