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| I just wanted to let you know that Wikia has just launched the Parent Filter program, and we'd love your help getting it rolled out to your community! The goal of Parent Filter pages is to have the real experts on topics give parents accurate information about the pop culture their kids want to play, watch, and read. This new page is now part of the MediaWiki messages on your community, and has a template for you to fill in with parent-relevant information.
If you'd like help filling out the page, let us know and we'll be happy to lend a hand, but you can also read more about the program in this staff blog! Thanks! Grace (profile)•(talk) 21:06, September 17, 2013 (UTC)
Direct copy from my talk page. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 00:12, September 18, 2013 (UTC)
- And what exactly does this do for us?--TheUltimate3 (talk) 01:22, September 18, 2013 (UTC)
From what I can tell, we're supposed to use the stuff there to make a parent-readable/friendly page presenting the subject of the wiki, something they can use to make an informed decision regarding their children watching/playing/reading whatever the topic of a wiki is about. There's a video game example link in the blogpost linked above. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 02:20, September 18, 2013 (UTC)
- By the titans that's what Google is for. Is it mandatory because I don't want to write that up at all, and it would be relatively simple considering we have a go to Wikipedia.--TheUltimate3 (talk) 02:29, September 18, 2013 (UTC)
- Wiki's high-rank in Google searches is precisely why they developed this parent thing, because we're likely to be in those top results when looking for the topic. Omnibender - Talk - Contributions 23:24, September 18, 2013 (UTC)
- Not to mention, according to the linked blog post, the reason Wikia is even doing this in the first place is because you have (and this time, they're right) a lot of websites out there that misconstrue what is being presented by a particular game/series/movie/etc., to fit an agenda. You won't believe the number of people I meet that say Naruto is a satanic series because the tailed beasts being sealed within humans is similar to the traditional view of demonic possession (which is psychotic because the Western portrayal of "demon" and the Eastern portrayal of "demon" are very, very, very different). So, for once, I actually see the practicality of this.
- I might add that a good majority of these people reach those conclusions by Googling, as you said, Ultimate, and read some psychotic person's blog about said series and immediately form an extremely biased opinion without knowing what is actually going on in said subject for themselves. This is not to say that, by using this new function, we're trying to make our series "look good", per say. But considering most of us spend a good majority of our time immersed in the subject of Naruto (otherwise, why would we edit here?), we would be more trustworthy in terms of being able to provide the actual content of the series, over some internet blogger with an ignorant, and most of the time, completely wrong idea of the going-ons in Naruto. ~ Ten Tailed Fox 03:59, September 19, 2013 (UTC)
- The main thing is to make sure parents have a reliable source to decide what their kids have access to. The Game of Thrones Wiki, for example, is already planning to use this page to warn parents against letting younger children watch it. I actually find this to be very responsible of Wikia. Sure, I wouldn't think that Naruto is a show that could potentially be harmful for younger kids to watch, but it does have some mature content in it, and we, being the experts on the series would know how best to advise parents (through this page) what kind of content that is. ~ Ten Tailed Fox 04:45, September 19, 2013 (UTC)
Hello! We're glad to see that you are interested in setting up the Parent Filter page for Naruto Wikia. I know it's a little bit confusing since Naruto covers games, movies, manga, and more, but I am hoping to get the page started with some information and would very much appreciate your input in building a more comprehensive page since, like Ten Tailed Fox mentioned, Naruto Wikia users are "more trustworthy in terms of being able to provide the actual content of the series, over some internet blogger"! Grace (profile)•(talk) 18:49, October 23, 2013 (UTC)


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OK, well, not just "some dude." The record-seeker is Ed Heemskerk, who set the marathon record for Q*Bert at 68.5 hours back in March, and now is bidding for a 100-hour stretch on a single quarter. He started yesterday morning at 8 a.m. EDT, meaning that, by now, he's a little more than a quarter of the way toward his goal.
Heemskerk's last bid set a time record but failed to eclipse the overall high score mark which, at 28 years old, has moved out of the house, gotten a good paying job and is getting serious about a Ladybug high score it met at a wedding. Rob Gerhardt's mark of 33,273,520 has, since last year, survived five attempts to beat it.
One hundred hours is not fooling around. The most I have ever done without sleep was probably 41 covering a Marine Corps training exercise. The only time I went 100 hours straight without doing something was when I won a fraternity bet going that long without taking a dump. That was before I became a coffee drinker, obviously.
If Heemskerk hits 100 hours, that'll be at noon EDT on Tuesday. If he beats his old mark, that'll happen sometime around 5:30 a.m. EDT on Monday. You can check on Heemskerk's progress at the link below.
Ed Heemskerk's 100-Hour Q*Bert Record Attempt [Scott Patterson]

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A new software-based dispatch center has made emergency communications easier in San Luis Obispo County, Calif.
A new military-used, software-based dispatch system has improved communications and efficiency in the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office in California.
Launched in May, the system gives local police the ability to use their smartphones, instead of bulky portable radios, to communicate with dispatch. In addition, the technology enables dispatchers to combine multiple frequencies so officers and government agencies from different municipalities can talk to each other on one channel.
Although the county isn't retiring its traditional handheld radios, the new technology gives officers a reliable option in areas where radio reception is problematic. The increased flexibility is something the county has found helpful over the last few months.
"This system allows us to actually click and drag frequencies into a common box and patch them all together," said Tim Olivas, undersheriff with the San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office. "That way the officer out in the field and the dispatch centers all stay on their primary frequency, but we can patch whichever stations we need together and communicate at the field level, which we never have been able to do before."
For example, county officers can now connect to entities such as the California Highway Patrol and the California Department of Forestry and Fire Protection together on one channel. This increases the ability of San Luis Obispo County to manage any type of event and improve response times.
The new dispatch system is completely IP-based, containing no proprietary hardware. Dispatchers use their existing computers for all communications tasks. That differs from various hybrid systems that require a user to use a vendor's own physical hardware, or bridge different pieces of equipment together.
Since the new dispatch center's technology is interoperable, it also shouldn't have any issues connecting with FirstNet, the nationwide public safety network being established by the federal government. According to Mike Bostic, director of customer advocacy, public safety and security for Raytheon, the software from Twisted Pair will enable San Luis Obispo to connect to any other system no matter whose technology it is.
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The communications system took about six weeks to install and test and went live in late May. Raytheon provided an interoperability gateway, while Twisted Pair's WAVE Dispatch Communicator was used to turn PCs into dispatch consoles and provides the software for mobile devices to be used as multi-channel radios.
The San Luis Obispo County Sheriff's Office has a two-year maintenance contract on the system. Financial information on the project was not made available.
Replacing the old dispatch system was a two-step process. Raytheon arrived to do the installation on April 8. In the first step, the company changed out half the dispatch room to the new equipment. So for a couple of weeks, both the old and new systems were being used.
Once the trial run of the system proved successful, the other half of the room was replaced. The entire dispatch center was operating the new technology as of May 25. The center itself also received a facelift, as new furniture and carpeting were installed.
San Luis Obispo County Sheriff Ian Parkinson was impressed with how seamless the conversion process was and has had no complaints about the dispatch system. He explained that a couple of months ago there was a blackout in the area and his immediate concern was whether the dispatch center remained up when the generator kicked in. To his relief, there were no issues and dispatchers seem pleased with the upgrade.
"We were immediately operational and so far we really see nothing but success and really no issues," Parkinson said. "It takes a period of time to work out the bugs and this one has been extremely smooth for such a significant project and such a significant piece of technology that we are extremely dependent on."
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Leading the first concert of the Symphony POPS series this weekend is guest conductor Steven Reineke. Reineke is one of the hottest conductors of the POPS circuit. In addition to his extensive guest conducting, he is the Principal Pops Conductor of the National Symphony Orchestra at The Kennedy Center for the Arts and Music Director of The New York Pops at Carnegie Hall. He has just added the Toronto Symphony to his portfolio.
Steven got his start as an arranger, expecially for the Cincinnati Pops. As the creator of more than one hundred orchestral arrangements for the Cincinnati Pops Orchestra, Mr. Reineke's work has been performed worldwide, and can be heard on numerous Cincinnati Pops Orchestra recordings on the Telarc label. Band Directors will recognize his name for his many excellent Band compositions.
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...and there's no one around to hear it, does it
make a sound warp space-time? Inquiring minds want to know. Here's the answer, from a man who watched it happen.
The engine you see here is a Pratt and Whitney turbine as used in the government's Joint Strike Fighter. It's sitting on a test stand. This image was sent to us by reader Joe B., who used to work in P and W's test facility and was there when the photo was taken. He was also kind enough to send us a short description of what's happening on the far right:
The engine in the photo is actually FTE (Flight Test Engine) 1. All of the yellow wiring is test sensors — they measure pressure, temperature, vibration, and many other parameters. The triangle patterns in the ducts are made from a process called chem-milling, which allows them to be very thin yet exceedingly strong because the thrust (over 40,000 lbs) of the engine is transferred through them.
That makes sense. What's up with the wormhole/stargate/Sliders gate on the right?
One last thing: Water is sprayed into the exhaust tube during augmentor (afterburner) use to suppress sound and heat. The water is fed into the tube through six nozzles positioned around the circumference that are in turn fed by three-inch-diameter tubes. These tubes have a tendency to leak where they connect to the nozzles, but it's not a huge deal because there is a drain below the test stand, and because water is only on for brief periods of time. But if you look at the right hand side of the photo, you can see the F135 is actually pulling the water that is leaking on the outside of the tube, pulling it around the outside and forcing it down the exhaust tube.
Very, very cool. Still, we'll keep on believing that an alternate universe/distant galaxy/land where Can-Am racing never died lives on the other side of that hole. It's just better that way.
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RALEIGH — A Raleigh woman was allegedly fatally stabbed by her husband's best man, Jonathan Wayne Broyhill, earlier this week.
Jameson "Jamie" Kirk Hahn, 29, was badly injured, along with her husband Nation Hahn, 27, when police said Jonathan Wayne Broyhill – who was formerly a close friend to the well-known political couple and was Hahn's best man – allegedly stabbed the bride and wounded her husband at their North Raleigh home before turning the knife on himself, WTVD is reporting.
According to a statement by the Hahn family, Jamie passed away shortly before 2 a.m. Wednesday.
"Jamie lost her struggle to live this morning," the family said in a statement. "We lost a beautiful and loving wife, daughter and friend. We all lost a pure and brave spirit."
The family said they were inspired by how the community rallied behind Jamie.
"It is our fervent hope that an even larger community will be inspired now by the way she lived her life," the family continued. "She dedicated her life and her work to the ideal that we were put on this earth to care for those who need an extra measure of care. She believed in justice, opportunity and fairness for all. Her light will shine on in all of us who knew and loved her."
Her death came just hours after an emotional vigil Tuesday evening at Pullen Memorial Baptist Church.
The Hahns, who have been heavily involved with Pullen Baptist, are well-known in statewide and national Democratic political circles as young and talented strategists and fundraisers.
According to the report, a wedding announcement in a South Carolina newspaper listed Broyhill as the best man at the couple's wedding in April 2009.
The Hahn family said Broyhill did not live with the couple, but visited regularly and even ate dinner with them on Monday.
Broyhill has been charged with attempted murder and assault with a deadly weapon with intent to kill inflicting serious injury. Raleigh police said they are in the process of charging him with murder following Jamie's death and arrest warrants are expected to be served once he is released from WakeMed.
Sources told WTVD a possible motive for the attack could involve missing money. Broyhill apparently kept the books for Jamie Hahn's business and political campaigns.
A spokeswoman at WakeMed said Broyhill is currently listed in good condition.
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LA PAZ, Bolivia - Police arrested a Bolivian provincial lawmaker Tuesday who security cameras caught having what appears to be nonconsensual sex in a legislative chamber with an extremely inebriated and possibly unconscious woman.
The lawmaker, Domingo Alcibia, had fled after the video's appearance but was arrested in a small town outside of Sucre, the capital of Chuquisaca province, where feminists have been picketing the prosecutor's office demanding that Alcibia be prosecuted for rape.
Alcibia faces charges of abuse of power, but is not being prosecuted for sexual assault because the woman, a janitor, did not file a complaint, according to the prosecutor in charge of the case, Fernando Pacheco.
The video was taken by a security camera after a Christmas party on Dec. 20, and was broadcast on local television and posted to YouTube last week.
It shows the woman, who has not been identified by name, being brought into the room in the provincial legislature by others, stumbling and falling. She is placed in a chair, apparently unconscious.
Alcibia, drunk, enters the room, turns off the lights, lowering the already blurry video quality. He places the woman on the floor, unfastens his belt and appears to have sex with her.
The lights come back on a few minutes later and Alcibia jumps off the woman. He pulls up his pants and puts her back in the chair, and others later enter the room to check on her.
When the incident came to light last week, Alcibia, a member of President Evo Morales' governing MAS bloc, said he didn't remember anything because he was drunk but denied that he had sexually assaulted the woman.
Local TV stations ran the video — it was unclear how they obtained it — and someone uploaded it to YouTube, which initially removed it but reinstated it on Tuesday given its news value, apparently after a query from The Associated Press.
YouTube normally removes videos with graphic or sexually explicit content but takes exception when they have "documentary, or news value," a company spokesperson said.
In such cases, YouTube posts "warnings and age restrictions" to safeguard users, said the spokesperson, who refused to be further identified in keeping with company policy. YouTube does not comment on individual videos.
After the scandal broke last week, Morales deemed "unacceptable" the behaviour of Alcibia and another regional lawmaker who is seen at a different moment in the video making advances on another woman.
That lawmaker, Javier Humala, is also being charged with abuse of power, said Pacheco.
If convicted, each faces up to eight years in prison. Both men, ethnic Quechuas, were also expelled from MAS.
The U.N. and Bolivia's public ombudsman's office have both called for a rapid and impartial investigation of the case.
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Was the sight of his alleged victims—suited up and prepared to testify against him—just too much for Jerry Sandusky to bear?
That was the theory being floated by Kenneth Suggs, a lawyer for the young man identified in the grand jury report as "Victim 6," moments after Sandusky waived his right to a preliminary hearing and sent reporters packing.
"I'm calling him a coward," said Suggs.
On Tuesday, former assistant football coach Sandusky stunned a packed courtroom when he abruptly waived his right to a preliminary hearing, moving him toward a trial on 50 counts of sexual abuse stemming from the molestation scandal that has engulfed Penn State University.
The scene outside the courthouse in Bellefonte, Pa., a small town of 6,000 that neighbors State College, was of flashing lights as dozens of reporters lined up for what everyone was expecting to be a long day of testimony. Streets had been blocked off to allow for crowds. Neighbors snapped photos. As many as 10 victims were supposed to testify.
But just after 8:30 am, Judge Robert Scott announced that there would be no hearing. The packed courtroom abruptly cleared.
Outside the courthouse, Slade McLaughlin, a lawyer for the man identified as "Victim 1," said he suspected that the waiver was a precursor to a plea deal.
But prosecutors said outside the courtroom that they have no indication of this from Sandusky's lawyer, Joseph Amendola.
Amendola told The Daily Beast before court Tuesday that "Jerry continues to maintain his innocence and will enter a plea of not guilty and request a jury trial later today." After the hearing, Amendola reiterated that there would be no plea deal. "This is a fight to the death," he said.
Waiving a preliminary hearing is not unusual in cases like Sandusky's, lawyers say—often in an attempt to preserve victims from another traumatic experience. The purpose of a preliminary hearing is for prosecutors to show that they have probable cause to bring the case to trial.
Nevertheless, the move caught many by surprise. "Once you're all seated, in a case like this, with so much prep, it's unusual," a lawyer who represents one of the victims, asking not to be named, told The Daily Beast. "Victims were up last night preparing for this."
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Q: I know I should appreciate having a job, but I work with a woman who is a real piece of work. I don't know why she's like this and don't care, but I want to say something to her about her personality before I get fed up with her and tell her off in a rude way.
She is a one-upsmanship person.
If I say I have a cold, she says she has a fever. If I say I'm exhausted because I was up until 2 a.m., she is twice as tired because she couldn't sleep all night. She does this for everything!
If I have on something she likes, she tries to buy it off of me right there, offering me a ridiculously cheap price and obnoxiously asking all day, even after I say I would never sell it for so little.
In the next breath, she talks about spending $300 on her hair, saying how that included the tip because she likes being "good" to people. Yet she'll offer me a pittance for something of value. Can you see why I can't take it anymore? I want to tell her to "shut the f*** up," but I don't dare because I then would have to deal with her crying and huffiness.
I once accidentally said something that upset her, and she turned into a complete mental case.
Our boss wants no involvement in petty relationship problems, so I haven't mentioned anything to him. He doesn't really care as long as the work gets done.
A:She has serious insecurity problems and more but, as you know, you are at your job to work, not be her psychiatrist, even though she could use one.
If you want to stop the irritating behavior by being direct, write down what you would like to say and practice it at home.
Focus on wanting to work, like the boss wants you to do, and not on socializing on the employer's time. Then address the actual conversations. Explain that you don't consider it a compliment when she asks to buy your possessions, no matter how much she likes them. A simple, "I like those earrings" or "I love those shoes" would suffice. Tell her if you ever have anything to sell, you'd be happy to offer it to her first.
If you want to give her insight into how her actions affect you, point out how she professes how generous she is to strangers who serve her but insults you by offering you under-value prices for your possessions. Wrap up your written speech with your desire to do your job well, get along professionally and not be involved in unnecessary conversations. Ask her if she understands, and then go on with your day.
The key to delivering negative information is that you remain unemotional and factual. Your intent is to stop the situation from recurring as it has and not to wound her. If she does become emotional, you will know that those are her inner demons coming out, and you did nothing to verbally harm her. Have your short speech in writing so you have proof that nothing you said could have fallen under the category of "bullying."
If you can't deliver factual information without showing negativity, don't do it.
Privately speak to your boss, acknowledging his desire to not be involved, but stating it is a problem you'd like to see stopped. Your goal is to stop her behavior because it keeps you from doing your job, not because it could get you fired.
Remember, your feelings and thoughts about her are valid. Just don't express them to anyone at work. Stick to the facts in any complaint and leave emotions out of it.
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Q: I know I should appreciate having a job, but I work with a woman who is a real piece of work. I don't know why she's like this and don't care, but I want to say something to her about her personality before I get fed up with her and tell her off in a rude way.


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MandyCarrey wrote:wow it sounds like this film has a good story. im glad jims doing it.. i dont care if he is gay in the movie. im not gonna stop being a fan just because of that. hes awesome and there hasnt been a movie of his i have not liked.
No matter what with this film its gonna get bad reviews.. whenever Jim is serious its omg that was a rubbish film because he wasnt funny. I dont know if its just in the uk that this happens but i dont even bother reading his reviews for a serious film anymore because there all the same so i wont judge the film on that either.
... does any of that make sense.. lol basically sounds awesome cant wait to see this one! lol
Same feelings here, I also think this sounds like a great movie, but the reviews well same thing as you said.
I liked the number 23 also very much, (it even convinced my friend Nora to like Jim, she's even a member of this forum now ) but the reviews were very bad, altough that was more because of Joel Shumager.


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Cassini's radar spots 'Great Lakes' on Titan
The Cassini spacecraft, using its radar system, has discovered very strong evidence for hydrocarbon lakes on Titan. Dark patches, which resemble terrestrial lakes, seem to be sprinkled all over the high latitudes surrounding Titan's north pole.
Jean-Pierre Lebreton, Huygens Project scientist, is very enthusiastic about the discovery. "This is a fascinating observation. My dream of alien liquid bodies appearing in Cassini's eyes after we'd missed them with Huygens has finally come true. Huygens most likely landed on a dry lake; its bottom was wet from methane, but there was no real splash! In effect, the Huygens probe design would have permitted it to survive, at least for a few minutes, a landing on liquid matter. Based on this new evidence, future missions to Titan will most likely consider landing in a liquid place as well."
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One lens one story #11
XF50-140mm now has a reliable partner to work with: XF1.4X TC WR. There will be more to come in the future that will work with the teleconverter such as XF100-400mm and 1:1 Macro lens.
Generally speaking, designing teleconverter is a very frustrating process because it will be used for multiple of lenses and there are no lenses that are same. Each has its own purpose and philosophy.
The ones that prioritize in image quality are rather easy to work with, but there are also lenses that have their priority in size or quickness. And even when we say "image quality", lenses vary in their performance as some lens works best at tele-end and some try to achieve equal high image quality throughout its range. There are also those that prioritize in sharpness, tonality, or bokeh. Lenses cannot be simply compared one to another.
Teleconverter needs to accept all these unique characteristics of each lens.
So what would make an ideal teleconverter? It should only extend the focal length and affect nothing else, so that the characteristics of the original lens would not be killed.
"The chracteristics of the original lens" also include aberrations. Teleconverter increases the aberration in its nature. It may be more apparent than before.
"It would have been better if the photo had just been cropped". It is true that there are some teleconverter and lens that may not work so well.
So how about XF1.4X TC WR? You are in luck.
Because the original lenses are of quality lenses.
The 4 X-photographers tested the 50-140mm & XF1.4X combo during the WEC, and they all approved.
The teleconverter maintains the sharpness, bokeh, quickness, and all other characteristics of the 50-140mm and only extends the focal length.
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Discussion in 'Mid Atlantic' started by Dawn_Patrol, Aug 17, 2007.
Micah - u see the forecast for next mid week? Solid east swell...what storm is that coming from??
interaction of dean with inverted trough to the north. produced decent fetch of SE winds which will arrrive in thurs time frame.... wonder if these waves will pack more bunch than the monday am swell (showing some nice heights around 11 sec)? interesting situation tho what do u think micah
that SE fetch you are talking about is not going to be from Dean. Dean is anticipated to be in the gulf at the time frame.
It looks like some SE fetch will develop from another tropical wave... It doesn't appear that this tropical wave will develop greatly, but it is showing potential for a decent duration of SE winds in our direction...
On top of that it looks like a small low will pop off the mid atlantic around mid week. So, this could provide some surf as well...
Right on cue, this is the time of year, where the East Coast finally gets more exciting for us
the waves have actually been holdin up and building since like friday. monday looks clean and tuesday nd wednesday just looks big. im really hopin this swell holds up. no jinxes


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Mayor of NJ's capital arrested in corruption probe
Mon., Sept. 10, 2012
TRENTON, N.J. (AP) — Federal agents arrested the struggling mayor of New Jersey's capital Monday on corruption charges, alleging he agreed to accept bribes in connection with a proposed parking garage — actually a fake project created by authorities trying to snare him.
Trenton Mayor Tony Mack, his brother Ralphiel and convicted sex offender Joseph Giorgianni, a Mack supporter who owns a Trenton sandwich shop, were each accused of a single charge: conspiring to extort the undercover informants who pulled them into the scheme.
U.S. Attorney Paul Fishman said at a news conference Monday that the city-owned land a few blocks from City Hall for the garage was assessed at $271,000. He said Mack and Giorgianni agreed to accept $100,000 for the land for the city coffers — as long as the purported developers paid a bribe of $100,000 to be split between the two alleged conspirators.
A federal magistrate Monday ordered Mack released on an unsecured $150,000 bond — the same as his brother — but ruled that he cannot leave the state while free on bail. Mack left the courthouse Monday without commenting.
But his lawyer, Mark Davis, said he believes his client is innocent, as the mayor has professed since his home was raided in July. "I believe that the evidence, as far as I can tell, appears to be insufficient to prove the charge," he said.
The charges against Mack, a 46-year-old Democrat, did not come as a surprise in the city.
He's been accused of hiring unqualified cronies to city positions, made deep cuts in the police department and overseen a chaotic City Hall as officials fled their jobs soon after he took office in 2010.
Things got so bad that the state government threatened to withhold $6 million in aid unless he agreed to hire only department head candidates cleared by the state.
He avoided a recall election last year after opponents fell about 1,000 signatures short of getting a measure on the ballot.
Federal agents began working with an informant to gather information on Mack and the other suspects in September 2010, just two months after Mack took office. Fishman would not say when the investigation began or why. They also tapped the phones of Giorgianni and the mayor.
Fishman said investigators quickly understood the relationship between the mayor and the sandwich shop owner: "It became clear he was a bagman for the mayor."
The defendants received $54,000 — in envelopes stuffed with cash and in one case, including $100 casino chips — and anticipated accepting an additional $65,000 from a cooperating witness who purported to be a developer, according to court documents that laid out the sting.
The criminal complaint portrays Giorgianni as a boastful man who did most of the talking with two FBI informants, making Mack sound eager to accept bribes. Authorities would not identify the informants, other than to say one was cooperating to get a better deal in his own criminal case and the other was paid.
The sting was similar to a massive sting known as "Bid Rig" that resulted in criminal charges against 46 people — many of them local officials — in 2009. Then, bribes were attached to fictitious development projects. Prosecutors have had mixed success in winning convictions.
Giorgianni complained at one point that Mack, 46, could not take bribes because he was being watched so closely amid the recall effort, the documents said. "It's sickening," he told one of the informants, according to the court papers.
"I like to make money for my friends," he said, according to the papers, and went on to reference infamously corrupt political boss William M. Tweed. "I like to do it like the Boss Tweed way. You know Boss Tweed ran Tammany Hall?"
He was also caught on tape telling one of the informants: "One thing about the Mack administration — when I say that, it's me and Mack — we're not greedy. We're corruptible. We want anybody to make a buck," and "I'm there to buffer the thing where, you know, take the weight … going to jail's my business. It ain't his."
By contrast, when Mack was recorded, it was mostly just to say he'd meet someone or exchanging pleasantries. But in April, he was recorded at a meeting with Giorgianni and one of the informants saying: "I really appreciate what you guys have done for us. I appreciate your support and, like before, I support you and I'll keep on supporting you."
Authorities say, though, that the short-in-stature Mack, whom Giorgianni referred to as "Napoleon," was involved in the scheme. One piece of evidence they offer is that Giorgianni referred to money by code — calling it "Uncle Remus" — when he spoke with Mack, and that Mack seemed to know what he was saying.
The complaint also said that $2,500 in $100 bills with the serial numbers of those given to Giorgianni were found in a search of Ralphiel Mack's home in July.
John Hartmann, the lawyer for Ralphiel Mack, who is the football coach at Trenton Central High School, said the case against him is weak.
Under state law, Tony Mack would be forced out of office if he is convicted. But activists in Trenton would like to see him step down immediately. "If he were smart, he'd resign," said Jerell Blakely, a former campaign manager for Mack who is now a critic. Blakely predicted Mack would not step down on his own.
The mayor and his brother could each face 20 years in prison if convicted.
Giorgianni and eight others were charged separately Monday with a scheme to distribute oxycodone from the sandwich shop, and he was also charged with weapon possession by a convicted felon. He went to prison in the 1980s on charges of carnally abusing and debauching the morals of a 14-year-old girl in the back of his shop.
The case gained notoriety because of weight-related health problems that got Giorgianni, a steakhouse owner who once claimed to tip the scale at over 500 pounds, released and led a prosecutor to charge he "ate his way out of jail."
He faces up to 50 years in prison if he's convicted on all charges. He was released on bail of $250,000 and must stay in his home as a condition. A public defender representing Giorgianni did not immediately return a phone call.
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Happy Hannuka – Interesting times
6 December 2012 Curses and blessings? May you live in interesting times May you come to the attention of important people May you find what you are looking for† The weeks before Hannuka have been nothing if not interesting. Israel … Continue reading
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Rock In Rio 2008Did you see the band perform in 2008? If so, tell us all about it here... Post your photos, set-lists, stories and more...
Hello everyone,
So happy the first confirmed 2008 tourdate for Jamiroquai has come out today for Rock In Rio on July 4th 2008 ! Anyway, this development does beg the question: Are the new album sessions almost finished for Spring/Early Summer 2008? I would say yes since this first tourdate got announced so early into this year, but that's just my wishful thinking again. So, any member from the South American Wing Of The Jamily thinking of attending Rock In Rio this year? Cheers!
MORE THAN awesome!!!!!
We didn't think they were gonna do anything until next year...and now it's all good and green again!
amen! can't wait for more progress
Hello again,
Also, Fellow JamiroFan Mojogonlopoto from JMT confirmed from the Official Rock In Rio website that is noted that Jamiroquai WILL be debutting new material at the gig .
If you read the website of the Rock in Rio Madrid you can read "En Madrid presentarán un set completo con canciones de su nuevo disco"", translated to english is "In Madrid they will launch a complete set with songs of their new album"
So my earlier surmising that Jamiroquai's current new album sessions might actually be finished by then, but as always, that is purely up to them (If they feel secure enough to debut the new material live without a new album out there by that time!). However it goes down, sure hope there are some tapers ready to capture this new era and moment in Jamiroquai's history! Cheers!
Why wouldn't they? I think they're as aware as we are that a lot of us didn't exactly like Dynamite, so if this new stuff is anything like the old stuff (the "new old album") then there's no reason to not feel secure, I think they know that we all have our hopes high for this new album!
ooh - how to get tickets? how to get my family to let me go to spain in july? what wonderful news! yippee
i was just thinkin about how would you react when you hear this !! LOL!
I know I should take your advice Sandriche, but my ten year old daughter comes back from her first "school journey" (a whole week away) on 4 July - I don't think I'd be very popular with her, especially as she really wants to come to see them too!
Just keeping my fingers crossed they will play again in the UK - I guess I should feel lucky that they probably will?
I have my tickets!!!
You cam buy at http://www.elcorteingles.es/tiendas_e/c ... _-entradas
or at spanish phone 902400222
It´s a serious site (el corte inglés)
No paré de gritar durante varios dÃÂas, no podÃÂa creerlo, JAMIROQUAI en Madrid!!! no tendrÃÂa que recorrer cientos d kilómetros como he hecho otras veces para verlos.
Dragelita, las entradas se pueden comprar en la dirección que he indicado arriba o en el teléfono (supongo que hablarán en inglés paraatender a los clientes) yo las he comprado esta mañana y es muy fácil. Además El Corte Inglés es un sitio seguro y serio, es el megastore más prestigioso de España.
Los miembros de www.jamirolive.com en madrid y españa estamos organizando algo especial para ese dÃÂa... ya os contaremos.
I don´t stopped shouting for several days, I could not believe it, JAMIROQUAI in Madrid! Would not have to travel hundreds of miles as I have done at other times to see them.
Dragelita, tickets can be purchased in the direction I have indicated above or by calling (guess who will speak in English to accommodate customers) I have bought myself this morning and it is very easy. Besides El Corte Ingles is a safe place and serious, is the most prestigious megastore Spain.
Members of www.jamirolive.com in Madrid and Spain, we are organising something special for that day ... We already you soon.
woo hoo! panic over...
after 15 mins on my mobile to spain, i got my ticket!!!!!! didn't realise you have to pick them up from El Corte Ingles....
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After Ning Co-founder and CEO Gina Bianchini was ousted in March, new helmsman Jason Rosenthal has apparently been brought on board to cut the dead weight and steer the company in a more profitable direction. In an internal memo to employees, Rosenthal wrote:
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Charles Mingus: Epitaph
If you enjoy great composition, then this is for you.
When Charles Mingus died in 1979, he left behind a legacy that few composers (within and without the jazz realm) could match. As far as jazz is concerned, Mingus had it all: the finesse with orchestration of Duke Ellington, the ear for advanced harmonies of Thelonious Monk, the will toward experimentation of Ornette Coleman and John Coltrane, the deep roots in African-American traditional music grounded in the blues and spirituals, and a comfort with large and complex forms that, at least in this writer's opinion, far outdistanced all of his predecessors, including Ellington.
But Mingus was more than jazz. His audacious ear for dissonance put him on par with Charles Ives, while his penchant for layering various patterns to create a complex and dissonant contrapuntal web matched Stravinsky's prowess with the orchestra. I once heard Mingus compared to Aaron Copland. I couldn't help but feel that Copland was never up to that comparison.
It was Mingus' ability to work with large forms that brought him to the attention of composer-musicologist Gunther Schuller. Schuller was interested in a manner of composition that would combine the rhythmic verve and improvisational freedom of jazz with the structural complexity of 20th-century concert music. He dubbed this new hybrid Third Stream (that is, a third stream that combines the best elements of the earlier two).
Of course, Mingus was already doing something compositionally that might be described as Third Stream and it is for that reason that his music appealed to Schuller. But Mingus' approach outstripped the other Third Stream composers inasmuch as his works did not strike the listener as some ill-conceived mélange (the danger of all attempts to forge hybrids). Indeed his works did not seem like hybrids at all. They were not beholden to two different traditions but rather emerged out of the compositional sensibilities that informed twentieth-century American music without a concern for what was or was not jazz.
In the late '50s, Mingus appears to have been working on what would be come his longest jazz composition. Certain that it would never be performed during his lifetime (he said he was writing it for his tombstone), he entitled it Epitaph. Mingus arranged to have parts of it performed at Town Hall in October 1962. Mingus believed this was to be a recording session open to the public but the promoters billed it as a concert. The audience appeared expecting a polished performance only to find that the copyists were still working on the parts in the wings, Mingus' compositions were still being worked out (the date had been pushed forward five weeks earlier than he had originally expected), and most of the musicians had little idea of what they were doing.
Supposedly, Mingus, frustrated with the resulting chaos, encouraged the audience to demand their money back. "The press agents lied to you," he declaimed, "You've been taken advantage of." By the time midnight rolled around, the union members there to record the event demanded that it be shut down and Mingus seemed to give up on the project.
However, in the '80s, musicologist Andrew Homzy was engaged in a project to catalogue all of the existing manuscript materials that Mingus left behind. Homzy discovered a group of manuscripts that appeared to be independent works for a large jazz orchestra but that had continuous measure numbers, suggesting that they were movements within a larger work. Several of these manuscripts contained the word "Epitaph" as title or subtitle. The scores were in various states of disrepair and the work as a whole was clearly incomplete. Some of the pieces were familiar from other versions for smaller ensembles—most famously, Better Get Hit in Your Soul and Peggy's Blue Skylight. Others (such as O.P.) were created for the Town Hall concert while still others seem to have been composed specifically for this latest version of Epitaph.
Homzy and Mingus' widow Sue Mingus contacted Gunther Schuller. Schuller assembled a group of master musicians including Randy Brecker, a young Winton Marsalis, John Abercrombie, and Michael Rabinowitz. Finally, the piece was premiered at Alice Tully Hall in New York City in June 1989. Even this performance was nearly derailed and the performers were sight-reading material of great difficulty (owing to a glitch in the musical notation software). However, it was a successful premiere of a fascinating and difficult work. While a CD of the performance has long been available, it is only recently that the video (originally broadcast on British television) has been released on DVD.
There is nothing fancy about this DVD release. There is a brief on-stage introduction by Sue Mingus and then the performance itself. There are no extras, no small documentaries discussing the discovery and reconstruction of the work, no behind-the-scenes preparations or interviews. The only additional item is the wonderful descriptive essay prepared for the CD release by Gunther Schuller. The filming of the event is more or less what one might expect from performances broadcast over public television. The camera cuts between the conductor and the various featured performances with no effects, no fades, no zooms, no pans. One might best characterize such efforts as utilitarian; they get the job done.
This is to say that the filming is just perfect for an event of this nature. The focus remains exactly where it should: on the performance of the music itself. While the visual element avoids distracting one from the music, the sound reproduction here is very good, allowing listeners to appreciate the subtlety of Mingus' approach to orchestration as well as the phenomenal abilities of performers such as Rabinowitz (who has a mind blowing solo toward the end of the suite) and Marsalis (whose tone is unmistakable even within an orchestra of this size).
If you are an established Mingus fan or if you are looking for a truly overwhelming entry point into his oeuvre, this is the perfect opportunity for you. This music runs the gamut; it conveys the spirit of Mingus, which was never one spirit but always multiple, conflicting, contradictory. You need not be a fan of jazz and you need not appreciate so-called concert music. If you enjoy great composition, then this is for you.


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Only a man with a mysterious past could tempt the Countess from the Isle of Ice . . .
Twice jilted, Grace Sheffey has given up on love. No longer capable of maintaining her elegant facade with her intimate circle of friends, she has little choice but to flee . . . right into the teeth of a blizzard. But when her wretched carriage ride ends in disaster, a rugged, imposing stranger is waiting to save her life . . . and her heart.
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ET's Weekend Show Crosses the 1,600
Episode Mark on Saturday, May 12
Studio City, CA (May 11, 2012) - CBS Television Distribution's Entertainment Tonight, the foremost authority on breaking entertainment news since its debut on September 14, 1981 and an iconic part of American culture for 31 years, hits a new milestone today when it celebrates 8,000 shows, a very rare achievement for any television show . In addition, the Entertainment Tonight weekend show will cross the 1,600 mark on Saturday, May 12.
Entertainment Tonight is the most-watched entertainment newsmagazine in the world and widely regarded as a staple of American culture. ET pioneered the practice of day-and-date programming via a satellite feed and remains a broadcast phenomenon. In addition, Canada has its own version of the show.
"As one of our crown jewels, we couldn't be more thrilled to call attention to this milestone for ET," said John Nogawski, President of CBS Television Distribution. "It is remarkable that after 8,000 episodes, ET is number one in its genre and is recognized in Hollywood and the broadcasting industry as the absolute authority on entertainment news - that's due to the dedication and hard work of everyone at ET."
"I'm so proud of this unprecedented accomplishment by an entertainment newsmagazine," said Linda Bell Blue, Executive Producer of Entertainment Tonight and The Insider . "ET continues to be the gold standard. It's been my honor to produce ET for nearly two decades but we wouldn't get to 8,000 shows without the tireless efforts of the best team in television. I tip my hat to everyone involved in bringing our loyal viewers the most credible, timely, fascinating stories of the day."
ET has been the number one syndicated newsmagazine for the past 86 consecutive sweeps (824 consecutive weeks); number one among homes, number one among women 18-49 and number one among women 25-54.
Currently in its 31st season, Entertainment Tonight is produced and distributed by CBS Television Distribution and is taped in Studio City, CA. Linda Bell Blue is the executive producer. Nancy O'Dell hosts. Chris Jacobs and Christina McLarty are correspondents.
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Opinion: Democrats Misfire on Guns
Political Diary editor Jason Riley on why Harry Reid tabled Sen. Feinstein's assault weapons ban amendment to the Senate gun control bill. Photo credit: Getty Images.
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LONDON Welsh hooker Andy Titterrell has announced his retirement from rugby with immediate effect due to a neck injury.
Titterrell, 33, who joined Welsh at the beginning of the 2013-14 season from Edinburgh, has been forced to retire on medical advice.
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VICTORIA - With five weeks to go to the election, the New Democrats summoned reporters Tuesday for a major announcement by party leader Adrian Dix at a sound stage at Vancouver Film Studios.
A vacant, not-in-use sound stage, as Dix observed to a crowd of supporters and film industry types, before sketching out the rationale for increasing provincial tax credits to help "fill" the state-of-the-art facility.
The choice of venues was symbolic for another reason too. The studio is owned by the McLean family and more than one New Democrat noted how paterfamilias David McLean was scarcely one of theirs, having been instrumental in the B.C. Liberal sale of BC Rail to CN.
Ironies notwithstanding, on Tuesday, the interests of Vancouver Film Studios and those of the New Democrats meshed perfectly.
Dix pushed another button: "I don't think there are many industries as loved by British Columbians." More glamorous than gill netting, better for the international image than clear-cutting, and few boys and girls of any age fall asleep at night dreaming of a career in hard-rock mining.
But sure enough, the industry is clean, green, it treads lightly on the earth, and who among us doesn't enjoy spotting familiar B.C. landmarks masquerading as somewhere else in a feature film?
Dix cited several favourites, dating back to the feature role for the city of Nelson in Roxanne, the 1987 Steve Martin-Darryl Hannah remake of Cyrano de Bergerac.
Alas, he did not invoke several more recent vehicles from Vancouver Film Studios, any one of which might have suggested points of comparison to the current B.C. political scene: Conspiracy, the Day the Earth Stood Still, Geek Charming, Bloodsucker and Forest of the Dead.
But seriously.
Dix noted how the current tax credits were brought in by the New Democrats but continued to this day by the B.C. Liberals because "they've worked." For those who oppose film-industry subsidies in principle, neither party offers ideological purity.
The only point of debate between them is whether the financial assistance ought to be increased to meet a challenge from Ontario and Quebec, which have lately been offering even more generous incentives.
Dix served notice, via a trip to Los Angeles earlier this year, that he was leaning toward bumping up B.C.'s credits. With plenty of notice, the Liberals could have scooped his campaign announcement with one of their own. But they stuck to their view that an increase was neither affordable nor necessary.
So Dix reaped the industry accolades, starting with applause and cheers Tuesday as he announced that an NDP government would boost the credit for local labour costs from 35 per cent on domestic productions and 33 per cent on foreign productions to 40 per cent on both kinds.
By retaining the practice of applying the credit strictly to labour, he thus shunned the Ontario and Quebec approach, which is to offer broader relief on costs.
As well as investing in state-of-the art facilities, B.C. has spent a lot in training young British Columbians to work in this industry and Dix believes they too need further protection, lest they be forced to relocate along with the film business.
He reckoned the cost of increasing the credits at $45 million, atop the current payout of $330 million under the Liberals. But the province won't incur the additional charge until the third year of the program, according to Dix.
Here's how it works: Producer hires British Columbians to work on a film, pays them for their work, and at the end pulls together all the pay and benefit sheets for approval by the tax department. After vetting, a rebate cheque is cut for the designated percentage of the total labour costs, be it 33 per cent, 35 per cent or, if the NDP wins, 40 per cent.
But the process takes several years, which is why the New Democrats won't be booking the increased credits until the third year of their "fully costed" election platform, when they get around to releasing it.
The payout is made "only after the work is done," Dix said, underscoring how the labour cost rebates differ from other incentives (tax cuts, red-tape reduction, low interest loans) that government dangles in advance of investment or job creation.
He noted, too, how B.C. is obliged to do more to fight for its film and television industry because "Central Canada-controlled production means we don't get our fair share here in B.C." An echo there of the provincial populism of his mentor Glen Clark, if I'm not mistaken.
He took a shot at the B.C. Liberals for their view that the province needs only to keep a watching brief against the day when deficit-ridden Ontario and Quebec will be forced to scale back their incentives.
"I don't think it makes sense to sacrifice all that we've built that way," he said. Rather, having encouraged investors to pour their dollars into the industry and young people to dedicate their lives, he believes the province should fight to keep it.
He makes a good case. But now that he's climbed onto the slippery slope of subsidies, it will be instructive to discover where else he parts with the Liberals on offering incentives to various industries.