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Bad manners? Candidates see educable moment
Martha Redinger was one of 15 people who wanted to be considered to replace Brian Wheeler on the Albemarle County School Board. She gave a 10-minute presentation on September 8. She came back the next night for citizen comment before the board went behind closed doors to pare down the 15 candidates to four. And Redinger learned this morning that she was not one of the finalists when a friend called to say they'd been announced on the radio.
"It's so unclassy," says Redinger, a long time county school activist who kept checking her email for the note that would have told her she wasn't in the final four.
"It was so cool that 15 people were interested in the position, and were so passionate about education," she says. "I really don't know why they didn't notify us."
Neither do Carmen Garcia and Jim Stern, who also learned they were no longer contenders from the Daily Progress or NBC29.
"There's a common courtesy," says Stern. "When I interview people for my business and I'm not going to hire them, I send them a letter or an email. In something so public, there should have been a common courtesy."
School Board Chair Ronnie Price disagrees, and says it's the candidates' own fault they didn't learn immediately after the board decided.
"We told the media we were going to announce it at the end of the closed session," says Price. "None of the candidates was there. I was surprised no one was there."
Stern didn't hear that–- and neither did the other candidates, he says. "Certainly it wasn't made clear or I would have stayed. I'm not the only one who didn't hear it. The other candidates I was talking to in the parking lot didn't know either."
The closed session lasted about 45 minutes, says Price, and the reporters from WINA and the Progress learned that Robert "Bob" Beard, Ned Gallaway, Maurice Lipper and Harvey Miles were the finalists to finish out Wheeler's term, which runs through the end of 2011. Price hopes the board can pick a replacement before or by a September 18 School Board retreat.
And he rejects the notion that it was rude to not notify the candidates by email. "If I were a candidate applying, I probably would have waited to the end of the meeting," he says.
But Jim Stern sees it as a missed opportunity to personally contact the applicants who weren't chosen and say, "We need people like you to help out in other ways."
And perhaps the School Board has had a change of heart. Around 4:30pm Friday, reports candidate Carmen Garcia, she received "a very general letter" from the board.
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Not GSOE, Seems like you've described the exact trick that Charlottesville city council will try to pull as they rush to rubber stamp Maurice Jones for city manager.
Seems like Jim Stern is right. The Board should have reached out to each of the applicants and said "We need everyone to help us solve our issues. You all stepped forward and we really could use you for other things like sub-committees".
It seems you should never turn away a firefighter when your house is on fire.
But why would we expect common sense from our school board?
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What was rude was pretending they were going to pick someone though this process. Wheeler and some of the board have already pick his replacement. That's why he waited till the first day he could resign and prevent the public from voting for his replacement.
McKeel, Strucko, and Kolizar would never allow a non democrat and non teacher approved pick. The real crime is to make the 11 other candidates go though the process that had been predetermined. It's shameful really to waste other people time so the board can pretend to look open and inclusive.
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little birdie says it's going to Ned Gallaway's since he was roped into running last time (they told him that he could ride Slutsky's coat tails last fall and the lost to Pam Moynihan, oops!)
One has to wonder about the wisdom of appointing, by non democratic fiat, a person that the voters have already passed judgment on. Oh but the process was open to all!?
More honesty and a less disingenuous veneer of false democracy would be a welcome change
In my inquiry of Mr. Price as to why this process tracked out as it did, here now is his response.
In our planning to fill the vacant seat for the School Board At-Large position, the Board considered a variety of options as it relates to the process. We considered giving the public the opportunity to elect a candidate to fill this slot in a Special Election and not making an appointment. But this is not our choice since it must be decided in a court of law. In the interim, however, we decided to make an appointment to the At-Large seat as the Albemarle County School Board according also to the law. Clearly this did not set well with us, but we knew given the parameters and cost of a special election, it would be best if we went ahead and appointed someone to fill the remainder of Mr. Wheelers tenure. At this point in time, we also knew that this would take the public out of it beyond gaining their input as it relates to the specific candidates and the characteristics they desire to see in School Board leaders. Please remember that the Courts still have the opportunity to order a Special Election be held for this seat and we are waiting to hear about their decision. In the end it is the decision of the Court that will stand and not the decision of the Albemarle County School Board.
The window of time for appointing a member is very short, 45 days, and we have done everything possible to include the public in the process. The Board made a conscious decision to allow the public input on characteristics desired in a School Board member. Although we have seen a lot on the web and heard much on the radio, we have had only two comments from the public on characteristics desired in School Board member. One community member shared her thoughts during our public hearing on this matter last Thursday and the Board received an e-mail from a community voicing his thoughts.
As you are well aware we allowed all of the candidates to represent themselves in an open public meeting via a presentation, and we have generously shared their supporting letters and r©sum©'s with the public and media. This open session for our public was not well attended , although the board felt is was an excellent opportunity to meet the candidates in person and to listen to their thoughts on three very important topics in our community.
I will state again I am not a proponent that supports open interviews for the School Board candidates. I do not see the value of this for the public nor the candidates. My rationale is simple and I do not expect you to agree with it since it is my own personal one. I feel that we have posted a process and should stand by it. We have given our public opportunity to see the candidates and speak out as it relates to this matter. Our public and community were aware of the closed interviews, and until today I have not heard a word from anyone.
Finally, if I were a candidate in this particular slot, I would prefer to have my interview in private to allow me a measure of comfort in sitting down with six people rather having an interview in a public setting where I might become easily distracted or even more on edge. Once the School Board made the decision to appoint a person to this seat it took on the responsibility of making a decision that will be the best for the public.
Now, I am more than happy to continue this discussion with you but it is time for us to move forward with our process. I appreciate your sharing your concerns with the me and the full board and look forward to your continual engagement with the Board.
Ronnie J. Price Sr.
Rivanna District School Board Member
" All of us do not have equal talent, but all of us should have an equal opportunity to develop our talents." John Fitzgerald Kennedy
Albemarle County Public Schools
Did the headline writer mean "educable?"
ââ?¬Å?We told the media we were going to announce it at the end of the closed session," says Price. ââ?¬Å?None of the candidates was there."
Why didn't Price tell the *candidates*-- along with the media?


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It lasted one moment, like the full blown lustre
of a peach or a rose, the next moment
that airy dream was over, now remain the unlit business
blocks, rats scurrying from trash bin to glassed-in bank
arcade, pavement carpeted with wet leaves, bodies sheltering
in the light rain dripping from the building overhang, the bones, the blows
that fall from all directions, from unlikely sources,
the scanning search beam of the police cruiser
cutting through the red mist, the quiet click of the picture of no one
being taken by an autoprogrammed camera somewhere
beneath the big clock on the bank
outside the BART station, the broken
clock that's never been correct, just as
the O/C guy who weirdly resembles Allen Ginsberg
confides in haste-elided rapidfire aside I'
as he rushes past on his nightly rounds, quick-pace
orchestra conductor of a speeded-up cartoon ghost symphony
waving his broken-off-wooden-chair-rung baton, furiously
banging on every newspaper box
in repetitive percussive impatient urgent enquiry
to see if the lost magic of revolution
might still be lingering
in a broken coin slot
Crowd in front of Sproul Hall in rain during Free Speech Movement rally: photo by Ron Hecker, December 1964 (UC Berkeley, University Archives
Surrounding a University police car in Sproul Hall Plaza on 1 October, demonstrators listen to Mario Savio (standing on car roof) protest arrest of Jack Weinberg. Weinberg remained in the stranded car for 32 hours, until an agreement between President Kerr and protest leaders ended demonstration: photo by Don Kechely, 1 October 1964 (UC Berkeley, University Archives)
Memorial to the Free Speech Movement in Berkeley: image by Coro, 13 January 2009
I ain't scared. Encampment behind Orchard Supply Hardware, along some railroad tracks, off Ashby in Berkeley: photo by efo, 13 July 2005
He's better lookin'. Berkeley, behind Orchard Supply: photo by efo, 21 July 2005
I saw a guy crying down here: Mike tells me about a Vietnamese guy, put out on the street by his daughter. Mike's great at relating stories: photo by efo, 22 August 2005
Luxury. Asleep at the corner of University and California, Berkeley: photo by efo, 31 July 2005


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This year for Valentine's Day we wanted to do something fun and out of the norm. So, I was challenged to model and 3D print a diamond ring. Go big or go home right? Forget the ring that Richard Burton bought for Elizabeth Taylor. We one-upped the Taylor-Burton ring by adding an RGB LED, because everything is better with "the blinkies".
Creating the diamond in Autodesk Fusion 360 was easy, but deciding how to incorporate the batteries and switch so they were accessible, and figuring out how to connect the diamond with the ring portion was the challenge.
The diamond was drawn as a single round cut, hollowed out with a 10.75mm hole for the 10mm RGB cycling LED we selected to fit perfectly inside. The dual band is 5mm wide with a curved exterior. At the top of the ring is a flat piece to provide a surface to glue the centerpiece onto. The centerpiece is an oblong octagon shape. This was designed partially for decoration, but more so as a location to place the on/off switch and battery holder.
The diamond was printed in translucent "natural" colored PCTPE filament and the rest was printed in black PLA on a Lulzbot Mini2. The wiring was done along with placing the switch and battery holder in place and gluing them, then the LED was placed and all three separate portions were glued together.
The circuit has a simple construction. The battery holder was placed and the LED's cathode was soldered directly to the battery holder's negative lead. A wire was soldered and heatshrinked to the battery holder's positive lead and then to the slide switch. The LED's anode was then soldered directly to the "common" center contact of the switch.
A couple of modifications were made before we got to this revision. Initially the band was designed with a cutout for the battery to fit, but this gave us trouble trying to figure out a place to include a switch and isolate the LED leads from continually being in contact with the battery.
Once this ring design with the transitional piece was assembled, the ring ended up being too wobbly and lopsided due to the extreme size, so we added a secondary ring to help balance and keep it upright.
Overall I'm extremely pleased with the finished product. It is exaggerated and beautiful! So, if you're looking for a humorous and fun gift to give someone this Valentine's Day, this is the perfect solution. Find it here on Digi-Key's Thingiverse account. Happy Making!


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Kerry Cox, director of Student Life and Leadership at Lindenwood University, has received from Power Performers the 2011 Event Planner of the Year Award in the Most Memorable Event category. The New York-based entertainment agency selected Cox for his work on the "Robert Channing- The World's Greatest Mind Reader and Hypnotist" event that took place at the university in 2011.
Cox was chosen for the honor from among more than 4,000 of his peers at college campuses nationwide. Criteria for the award included event organization, originality of theme, audience response, and planner professionalism.
"I'm surprised, honored, and excited to receive this award," said Cox. "But I have to give credit to my co-workers Ben Mullins and Giang Tran, along with our graduate assistants. They deserve a ton of praise for all they do in pulling these events together, and I couldn't do it without them."
The Lindenwood Student Life and Leadership Office plans approximately 30 events annually and also assists the school's 70-plus student organizations with the staging of events each year. Crowds have regularly numbered in the thousands for functions ranging from concerts by the Plain White T's and Switchfoot to performances by top comedians such as Dan Cummins.
"One of our main roles is to provide entertainment and relaxation opportunities outside the classroom," Cox said. "The events instill pride in the university among our students."


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NEWINGTON, NH — Planet Fitness may not have been able to consummate its deal with private equity firm Goode Partners LLC, but one industry observer indicates that this might not be the last time Planet Fitness is involved in sale discussions.
"Planet Fitness will continue to be an attractive investment, by purchase, acquisition or takeover," one industry source says. "The company is still in a dramatic organic growth trend, and net profits to franchisees are very strong."
Last month, Club Industry learned that the proposed minority sale between the Newington, NH-based company and the New York-based private equity firm fell through. Sources say that no announcement of a deal was made during the Planet Fitness franchisee conference in May in Las Vegas.
Planet Fitness confirmed in an e-mail to Club Industry last month that the minority partnership deal is "definitely dead." David Oddi, co-founder and partner of Goode Partners LLC, declined to comment on the proposed sale.
In March, sources told Club Industry that a letter of intent had been signed by Planet Fitness and Goode Partners. In the proposed sale, Planet Fitness CEO Mike Grondahl, his brother, Marc Grondahl, and COO Chris Rondeau were expected to retain a majority interest in the company.
"I know they were very close," one source says. "My impression is it was a done deal. It really surprised me [that the deal fell through]. I'm sure they have their reasons."
Planet Fitness also confirmed there were discussions of a deal with Roark Capital Group, Atlanta, but no letter of intent was signed.
In April, Planet Fitness announced it had hired Jayne Conway as its new chief financial officer. Conway was previously the CFO of Gulf Oil LP and spent 10 years with Dunkin' Brands. Marc Grondahl had served as Planet Fitness' CFO but made way for Conway and retained part ownership of the company.


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WSJ Exclusive: U.S. Polishes Off Bomb to Hit Iran
The Pentagon has beefed up its "Bunker Buster" bomb, designed to destroy Iran's Fordow nuclear facility. Julian Barnes has exclusive details. Photo: Getty Images.
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... the the ... bunker Buster bomb in the U S arsenal just got a redesign ... it's called on wouldn't be able to see strong lady runs most heavily fortified nuclear facilities ... the Pentagon says so and there in a reason they're saying is to convince the Israelis they don't need to take unilateral action of their own Wall Street Journal's Julian Barnes has this exclusive report from Washington chilling good morning ... um Chilean so we're talking about the massive ordnance and a traitor for The caught a thirty thousand odd pound bomb is conventional weapon in the U S arsenal ... it what is the redesigned they got ... well guard opens a garden adjustment to its use as a key piece of technology on any bunker Buster ... it's gotten penetrate through earth before it explodes it ... and that's a hard ... hard thing to get right ... but more important Hazell of some you ... up ... the technology on its allowed to operate in so-called contested the environments in other words it can help overcome and defeat the Iranian air defense is so once it stopped ... this is giving no U S and Israeli officials a lot more confidence that the the bomb can hit the target ... and that's important ... point you bring up one goal ... is isn't to just write Nuclear Iran's nuclear sites ... it's been leaked to deter Israel from doing so why ... that's right so Israel has ... a ... narrow and knowledge to US officials um that to ... the Raymond program is at a point where they could not destroy it they could maybe surpass for a year maybe two years ... but they could not ... deal low a knockout blow in the Dow will choir the United States ... now ... that concession by the Israelis gives us a little more room for ... diplomacy to work and the key for us is to up ... we took in ... the elections the next elections in Iran and see what sort of ... aam government ... takes place the Supreme leader won't change ... but could there be a ... less hardline president who is ... a less bellicose to Israel in it so maybe they'll be no need for military tech ... talk a little bit more about that ... the Ayatollah controls the Iranian military what impact really might ... dove in a elected is to Ron's presidents ... what impact might add really ... you know it it might be an expression will be in the US is looking at it mostly as an expression of public opinion ... on how it will be a boat they think of Baliga ... by the electorate on ... on the nuclear program should ... be ... the wrong continuing aggressive ... development should they continue to ... try to make sure that they have the capability and blow ultimately given up on work with a reverse ... direction know the nuclear power is controlled as you say by the Ayatollah ... but ... by the election of a less hardline leader might signal that there is room for ... diplomatic negotiation on negotiation and so far has not yielded any ... ok and last just briefly ... the it support you raise this point in your story of down to the actual delivery of these bonds how effective they can be one import distinction is that ... you actually need more than one of the man they all have it seems are ... probably which makes this very difficult indeed ... airplanes that fit our are still enough to get there something the Israelis don't have ... that's right only the US has those B two stealth bomber that can penetrate up up the miles into long undetected I mean ... you don't need just one in a multiple of the of ... bombers carrying multiple bombs William Heath bar Kate turned one of these mass of things ... we need them to be precise in the newest version is even more precise than his predecessor so when all one can be top dog on top of another in the top bunk up another ... OK ... Julian Barnes from Washington with an exclusive report ... thank you so much ... thank you


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The American/China Merger
Nobody Wonders
"Enemy of the State" is one of my favorite movies. Will Smith plays the main character, and he is hunted by the NSA because, although, he doesn't know it, he was slipped a video of a Senator having someone murdered. It's a great action film, but I wonder how many people believed in what the film was trying to educate the American public on: Everything we say or do, can be, without warrant..observed. The fact is, all of our data is being stored. The new technology that we are all excited about, is being used by our government to spy on us….and yet, we all are conditioned that it's necessary.
If you talk about this to ANYONE..they always say, "Well hey! I'm not doing anything wrong, why should I worry?"
Or…as they once said in Nazi Germany, "They didn't come after ME..I wasn't Jewish, so I just didn't worry about it."
It was around the time of that movie, (1998) that I started noticing blackouts when I was listening to the radio. I couldn't blame them on just random radio waves causing static, because I observed that they always happened right when some conservative talk show host was about to reveal something sinister about our government. They happened when I listened to Rush Limbaugh, or Alex Jones on Coast to Coast, and many other stations. They still happen time and again, but ONLY when some secret is about to be revealed, so no…I don't believe my neighbor is turning on his Wi-Fi at the exact same time I'm waiting for the secret to be revealed. Nope—- because this even happens when I'm listening to the radio in my car at the exact moment when I am going, "Wow…I can't BELIEVE they are going to talk about this…finally…somebody is going to talk about this!" And then you hear the first word and then—–ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ…
Last night I was listening to the radio, and George Noory was interviewing a man who's FACEBOOK account had been taken down…because he put up a Gandhi quote:
The reports are absolutely true. Facebook suspended the Natural News account earlier today after we posted an historical quote from Mohandas Gandhi. The quote reads:
"Among the many misdeeds of British rule in India, history will look upon the Act depriving a whole nation of arms as the blackest." – Mohandas Gandhi, an Autobiography, page 446.
This historical quote was apparently too much for Facebook's censors to bear. They suspended our account and gave us a "final warning" that one more violation of their so-called "community guidelines" would result in our account being permanently deactivated.
Evidently, this is happening to many conservatives sites. I've never been a fan of Facebook, because frankly, I think it's a government dream which is gathering information on you, and your friends, and every single thing about you. And how does this make us any different than China? When Obama gathers all the heads of the great social media sites in the White House, it's not to talk about his golf game.
He is collaborting with them.
According to an article on Drudge: China has tightened internet controls, legalizing the deletion of posts or pages which are deemed to contain "illegal" information.
So, now we are starting it here. We are becoming China.
Because this is happening in bits and pieces, no one is much concerned about this. But yesterday I checked out a book at the library, and for the first time (I'm been checking out library books for over 50 years.) I found blocks of paragraphs …just blacked out. (see photo)
So, they couldn't block the book, but now it seems the government can blank out what they don't want the public to read.
Add up all these little bits and pieces and you can see what's coming.
Now, the aim is to "fundamentally" change America, and destroying our Bill of Righs..free speech, guns, and right to privacy is already in the making. And the words of Sam Donaldson are freightening. He indicates that tea party people's ideas are old and outdated, but the fact is, these old and outdated rights of freedom are being replaced with the new tyranny of soft communism…and Sam considers himself privy to the "new America" where one man will decide just about everything.
The tea party people are for freedom. It's that simple.
The "tea party" people, are being attacked like the Jews of old. And pretty soon, putting up any quotation from the Constitution will be taken down.
It's been done bit by bit…on purpose, but be prepared for one day to wake up, and like my friend Mona says…on our TV will be…"THE STATE."
And if you don't go along with it…you will be…the enemy. If you are a "tea party" American patriot…you already are.
Remember…once upon a time Sam Adams head was on the top of King George's list. You are in…good company.
Our founders gave us the best Constitution in the world…let's not lose it.
Nobody Knows the Truth About Mercury
Nobody Knows
Do YOU know how many hours are in a day on Mercury? I didn't…58. I saw this and thought it was so funny I wanted to share it.
The truth is: It's almost midnight, my husband's mother died today, I forgot to thaw out the ravioli sauce for dinner, so ended up cooking French Toast—(And was craving salad) broke my video camera, and did not get into even THINKING about a blog today due to all the stress .. so all the "serious" stuff I WAS going to write about…can wait.
There's been a death in the family. Even if she didn't like me…(And that's putting it mildly) she did something very right…she gave birth to my loving husband.
So, I needed a good laugh tonight.
That's the truth.
Enjoy! And tell me if you don't go to bed tonight trying to figure out the three spins in one year stuff.


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Astor Services for Children and Families is a Region 2 Head Start provider and a community based non-profit organization. Astor Services was recently recognized as a 2013 honoree at the 'What's Great in Our State', New York Celebration of Children's Mental Health Awareness. On May 7th, the New York State Museum hosted the event where Governor Andrew M. Cuomo presented a proclamation declaring the week of May 5th as Children's Mental Health Awareness Week in New York State. Over 100 mental health advocates, educators, administrators, civil servants and parents of children with mental health challenges were in attendance. Guests at the formal event were treated to presentations by the honorees.
Astor Services offers exemplary children's mental health services in conjunction with their early childhood development programs. The 'What's Great in Our State's' committee recognized the organization as a clear winner due to their positive staff morale; a significant driver for the mental health program's success. This is attributed to the program support which includes mental health training and services offered to employees. Join us in congratulating Astor Services for their heroic efforts to improve the lives of Region 2 Head Start's children and families.


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Penny Cruiser's have been flying off the shelves here. We now offer replacement Penny Wheel so you can replace the one's you've shredded or jazz up your Penny with a little different colour. Penny Wheels are 59mm in diameter and poured from 79A duro urethane around a solid plastic core.
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