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Looks like measure E will lose!
Original post made by Joanne on May 3, 2011
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on May 3, 2011 at 8:37 pm
Hope that exclamation point is still there when the price of your home goes down due to low test scores. And I hope it's still there when you can't get services for your child because they've been cut. And I hope it's still there when the teachers vote against furlough days because they do not feel supported by the community.
on May 3, 2011 at 8:40 pm
That is pretty hurtful because I voted for E but thanks for your concern.
on May 3, 2011 at 8:42 pm
And I challenge every no (and yes) voter to spend a day a quarter volunteering in the classroom so that you can take that energy and convert it into *positive* actions. Saying "no" means that you need to be part of the solution.
on May 3, 2011 at 8:43 pm
I understand why Well.. thought that--your exclamation point looked like one of triumph to me, too.
What a sad day for Pleasanton. Mark your calendars--you'll be able to look back in a few years and trace the slow decline to today.
on May 3, 2011 at 8:45 pm
Looks like there are 14,000 of us who can donate to the schools directly.
on May 3, 2011 at 8:54 pm
More than 14K, Joanne. There are plenty of us who are happy to donate directly to the classroom but did NOT want to hand the money to the district to be misappropriated.
on May 3, 2011 at 8:55 pm
Wait, are the results final? What percentage vote is needed for E to pass? I voted yes on E because it is the right thing to do, I hope these are just preliminary results and that we have more yes votes to count
on May 3, 2011 at 8:57 pm
Can we write our own initative giving directly to schools and not to the teachers union because that and the economy seem to be the stumbling blocks?
on May 3, 2011 at 8:58 pm
"Looks like there are 14,000 of us who can donate to the schools directly."
Count me in. At 200 per person, that would be about 2.8 million, I am willing to donate 200 per year if the rest do too
on May 3, 2011 at 9:13 pm
Resident and "Just Mom" - Get your checkbooks out as PPIE/CORE will be fundraising soon and need your help.
on May 3, 2011 at 9:14 pm
Trying to win a vote by badgering people (mainly seniors) with never ending phone calls until they are tempted to unplug their phone from the wall coupled with fancy glossy mailers does not work in this town.
The new superintendent was brought in to fix the problems in the school district. Instead, nothing has been done and in fact, the problems may have gotten worse.
on May 3, 2011 at 9:18 pm
I am sad that E has failed. But I am even more sad that people like Just Mom and Joanne feel that the teachers are the problem. Please remember that we just passed our eighth furlough day over the last two years, which is about $2,500 of total income, on average. We did this for the kids and the community, but what we get in return is "did not want to hand the money to the district" and "giving . . . not to the teachers union because that . . . seems to be the problem." Good luck getting furlough days out of us in the future, we simply don't feel that the community is trying as hard as we are to help solve the shortfall.
on May 3, 2011 at 9:21 pm
To Phoned and phoned:
What are the problems you speak of? The main problem in this district is a budget shortfall. And the community has spoken, and said they will NOT help solve this, like most other communities have.
So other than the budget, what are the problems???
on May 3, 2011 at 9:25 pm
Not true teacher. I think the voters pay taxes and two school bonds. Asking for more money some of which going for teachers raises is to much.
on May 3, 2011 at 9:30 pm
I pay the taxes and the bonds too. I don't live in Ruby Hill or Beverly Hills, I live in the regular part of Pleasanton. I'm sorry that 89 dollars is too much for you, that paying taxes are enough. Like i said, good luck on getting more furlough days. We wanted to be part of the solution, but we don't feel like we need to be ALL of the solution.
on May 3, 2011 at 9:42 pm
Am I reading the results wrong?
From the website linked in the original posting, the results for Measure E are...
How is this failing?
Please illuminate me.
on May 3, 2011 at 9:45 pm
it needs 2/3's vote s it has failed.
on May 3, 2011 at 9:45 pm
The parcel tax requires a more-than-2/3rds majority, that's now it's losing.
on May 3, 2011 at 9:45 pm
Two-thirds needed. 66.7%. Failing by about 1.5%
on May 3, 2011 at 9:52 pm
And, oh yes, I almost forgot: This has all happened on National Teacher Day. Thanks, Pleasanton, for letting me know how much you appreciate me on National Teacher Day.
on May 3, 2011 at 9:53 pm
Ok Teacher you are upset so quit acting out and off to bed with you.
on May 3, 2011 at 9:55 pm
Who do you think you are kidding? The teachers refused the furlough days before the outcome of E. The shortfall exists because they will not freeze salary. Hold the increased budget, due to salary increase, side by side with the shortfall, continuing salary increases is the majority of it.
More money wasted on an election that should not have happened.
The whole thing is unfortunate, no one wins here.
on May 3, 2011 at 10:01 pm
Teacher - 65% of the community voted yes, there is a lot of support for teachers in this town. It is unfortunate that this measure didn't pass, but we should thank the volunteers who worked so hard and dedicated so much of their time on this measure. I think it's hard to get 2/3rds on taxes these days, but many people in the community stepped up and will do again through CORE etc.
on May 3, 2011 at 10:03 pm
Thank you for clarifying.
I suggest that if this vote results in any teacher layoffs, that these teachers join together and open up a for-profit school. We need more school choice in this community.
on May 3, 2011 at 10:04 pm
It got a lot closer this time and a third try will do it.
Measure G -- 62%
Measure E -- 65%
New Measure -- 67% est
There are already people taking the necessary steps to get another measure on the ballot. Remember, many communities have taken three tries to get a parcel tax passed. We are almost there. One important factor that improved the numbers this time was increased outreach to the community. That convinced a greater number of people to vote yes. We will need to be spending more money on getting the message out in the coming parcel tax ballot. Above all, don't be discouraged. This was a good result. The next one will get passed.
on May 3, 2011 at 10:09 pm
I think the likely failure of Measure E is the same reason as Measure G didn't get passed. The district administration timed the ballot to avoid the public seeing the content of the union contracts. Did that for Measure G too. Just seems intentionally deceitful. Folks that I know are ticked off not to have the union offers in plain view before the vote. Like they have been taken for idiots. Can I ask the district administrators to please be honest next time and make sure all the contracts and budget numbers are completely available before the ballot arguments are written and before the voting starts. We all know that there is a money crunch, and so many of us genuinely want to help, but it's gotta be a clean and honest process that we can trust! Unfortunately, we're just not at that place right now.
on May 3, 2011 at 10:11 pm
Thank you for tipping people like me off, "new measure..."
I voted a resounding NO ... not because I am against teachers ... but because I am against insatiable and poorly managed government schools. I am a former public school teacher too. We need more school choice. Most teachers are great...but it is the system and unions I am not paying one more dime toward. And I will fight with all my might to restrict more taxpayer dollars toward unions and the public school system.
on May 3, 2011 at 10:14 pm
Lets remember that the teachers voted overwhelmingly to give back $2000-$4000 each AFTER this community voted to not support the schools with Measure G. Seems like they showed more integrity than they have ever been given credit for- and here, after the community again votes against supporting education in Pleasanton, you continue to blame the teachers. This is beyond sick.
on May 3, 2011 at 10:19 pm
Parent says: "Who do you think you are kidding? The teachers refused the furlough days before the outcome of E."
Parent, we took three furlough days in the Spring of 2010 (in the 2009-10 school year), and five more in the 2010-11 school year. That's eight days, at roughly $2500 cost to each teacher, give or take. HOW ON EARTH can you say we REFUSED to take furlough days? I paid ALL four years of the parcel tax more than seven times over.
I love that you think, "The shortfall exists because they will not freeze salary." First off, the teachers did NOT cause the budget shortfall. Second, the best salary I can ever expect is 98,000, after I get to my 20th year. This leaves me well short of the median income in Pleasanton:
"According to the latest U.S. Census information, Pleasanton is the wealthiest midsize city in the nation. In 2005, the median household income in Pleasanton was $101,022, the highest income for any city with a population between 65,000 and 249,999 people.[1] Similarly, for 2007, the median household income rose to $113,345, also the highest in the category."
And I really wouldn't even be making 98,000, because I have health care taken out of that salary!
So I'm sorry you think that my salary should be frozen, when I can never even make it to the typical Pleasanton household income. There is a 50% chance that anyone I talk to in Pleasanton makes more than I can ever hope to, yet you want me to freeze what I make? I voted to take $2500 out of my paycheck over an 18 month period of time. Would you do that for your company?
on May 3, 2011 at 10:26 pm
To Positive --- I acknowledge that there was a contract after the Measure G vote with some adjustments, but I'm suggesting that the contract should have been baked before the vote. That's the district admin's problem in my view. So, I'm not blaming the union as such. I just don't like the fact that voters are expected to commit to taxes without full and honest information. Like knowing how the money will be really spent and how much concession is being contributed by unions (and vendors too). But we're not getting it yet. But if we did, I really do think we'd have a different result.
on May 3, 2011 at 10:26 pm
"We need more school choice"
You're kidding right? People move to Pleasanton for the schools. They choose Pleasanton schools over private schools.
on May 3, 2011 at 10:33 pm
Really Winston, you knew of the HUGE payment that the teachers gave today and it meant nothing to the community- as a matter of fact- many called it not a real pay cut.
The "requirements" from the community is what kept changing- every time their demands were met. The "shared sacrifice" cry was my favorite- the teachers did their share, and the community cant even recognize that- only more blame for them. They said how the money would be spent. Why, a district ranked 12th in the state, would all of a sudden not be trusted or believed is beyond me. Just more excuses from those who dont care about what this means to our schools.
Again, I couldn't be more sickened by this attitude, blame and slap in the face to Pleasanton schools.
on May 3, 2011 at 10:37 pm
"Second, the best salary I can ever expect is 98,000, after I get to my 20th year. This leaves me well short of the median income in Pleasanton...for 2007, the median household income rose to $113,345, also the highest in the category."
Why are you comparing your top individual salary of 98,000(understated) to the Pleasanton median family (household) income of $113,345?
I hope you're not a teacher.
on May 3, 2011 at 11:05 pm
Why is a teacher comparing an individual income ($98,000) to the total median household income?
Also the Valley Times database indicates that 247 staff at Pleasanton USD including teachers are costing the District more than $100,000 a year. Many teachers make more than $100,000 per year. Look at the database at www.cctimes.com
on May 3, 2011 at 11:13 pm
To Get it right:
Yes, the 98,000 is understated by a little, because the 2008-09 salary schedule (the last to reflect this high point, because the last two years have been lower due to furlough days) is no longer listed, and I don't recall the exact amount. Would it be better if I call it 99,000, which is now overstated? I'll never get 98,000 anyway, because I have to pay health care out of pocket.
I am comparing the two amounts because I am the only source of income in my household, and I will NEVER make the median household income of a Pleasanton resident.
"Get it right", what doesn't make sense to you?
And the comment, "I hope you're not a teacher" is the kind of thing that makes myself and other teachers feel so unappreciated. Was that comment really necessary?
on May 3, 2011 at 11:19 pm
Here is the current salary schedule for the PUSD teachers:
Web Link
Phoned and Phoned, please show me where ANY teacher in Pleasanton makes more than $100,000 per year?
And Phoned and Phoned, please feel free to scroll up and answer my question from an hour ago.
on May 4, 2011 at 12:13 am
Measure "E" will stand for Embarrassment
for the Community of Pleasanton
on May 4, 2011 at 12:39 am
Look at the Contra Costa Times salary database (I'm not repeating the link, I already gave it to you) -- for those of you challenged to figure out how to search on the database, the county we all live in is Alameda, and the entity is Pleasanton Unified School District (oh brother). Then press the button named S E A R C H.
The highest paid teacher (Village teacher K.L) has a gross of $119,508 (screen 4), the next highest (Amador teacher - math/computer D.R) has a gross of $114,495, the third highest is a homemaking teacher at Amador (D.H) making a gross of $108,664. Keep scrolling down to find all of them. Look up the database yourself to find their names. Keep scrolling down for the next 20 minutes and you will find them all. 279 employees cost the District more than $100,000 a year.
This doesn't count what the District has to add for pensions and other out of pocket costs the District pays.
on May 4, 2011 at 8:58 pm
So to teacher who says: "I am comparing the two amounts because I am the only source of income in my household, and I will NEVER make the median household income of a Pleasanton resident."
Then perhaps you should of elected another profession. Its that simple. Its all about choices. Those you made years ago when you decided to become a teacher and then the choice to teach in Pleasanton. And perhaps you need to consider moving to another city where a single income affords you whatever you feel you deserve. Its all about choices. That's what I learned in school...a product of PUSD 2004.
on May 5, 2011 at 9:24 pm
I feel the extreme need to point out that, although many of the teachers in Pleasanton are not actually making six figures, the ones who are didn't begin there career with that salary.
They worked to get their Bachelor's degree as well as a post grad credential. Even after all that it took YEARS before they even hit $100K.
Measure E wasn't going to designate all the money to raising teacher salaries anyway, it was merely discussed and agreed upon at the union meeting that some of the money would go towards raising salaries.
For those who are torn at the fact that Measure E failed: there are still other ways for schools save money.
on May 5, 2011 at 10:40 pm
Julie is a registered user.
There are 57 PUSD employees who have *salaries* over 100k and 37 of those are administrators. So, 20 teachers have *salaries* of over 100k, 85 have *salaries* between 90-<100k, 41 earn between 59k and 89k, 9 earn <49k. Not an out of line curve. Many of the names I saw have been in the district a minimum of a decade...when we entered. None of this seems out of line to me. They have a minimum of a bachelor's degree + a post graduate credential.
PUSD alumni, you are right, it's all about choices. I wish people would quit bellyaching about how teachers have summers "off". So many people on this board seem to think teaching is a slack job for high pay...well, then why don't more *choose* it. And I'm sure that "Teacher" was simply posting in response to all the recent complaining about how teachers here make "so much".
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South Africa Advancement Highlights Tuesday's Beach Volleyball Pool Play Action
Athens, Greece, August 18, 2004 - Earning a spot in the Olympics was one thing for Colin Pocock and Gerson Rorich, but advancing from pool play in the Athens 2004 OIympic Games was another as the South African's win highlighted play here Wednesday at the Olympic Beach Volleyball Complex.
Earning a berth at the final Olympic qualifying event last month in Mallorca, Pocock and Rorich posted the biggest upset of the pool play competition by scoring a 22-20 and 22-20 win in 49 minutes over Joao Brenha and Luis Maia, the fourth-place finishers at both the 1996 and 2000 Olympic Games.
With Tuesday's win over the Portugal pair along with Saturday's opening win over Pavlos Beligratis and Thanassis Michalopoulos of Greece, Popock and Rorich advance as the No. 2 team from Pool F. Mariano Baracetti and Martin Conde of Argentina, the 2001 FIVB World Champions and past Beach Volleyball Olympians, posted a 3-0 record in Pool F play.
Despite the win, Pocock noted that his team had some luck in advancing to the 16-team men's elimination bracket that begins with matches Friday and Saturday. "I think Brenha's injury (left ankle surgery in early June) has hurt them," said Pocock, who is playing with Rorich as the African continent's entry into the 2004 Summer Games.
Also advancing to the Round of 16 were teams from Australia, Germany, Sweden and Switzerland. The other 10 teams will be determined late Thursday or early Friday morning when Pools A, B and C are completed.
Advancing Wednesday from Pool D were the teams of Markus Dieckmann/Jonas Reckerman of Germany and Bjorn Berg/Simon Dahl of Sweden. Vegard Hoidalen and Jorre Kjemperud of Norway, who defeated the Germans Wednesday, also matched the other two team's match mark of 2-1, but has to wait until the completion of play Thursday to see if they advance as a third-place team.
In Pool E where defending Olympic gold medallists Dain Blanton failed to advance from the preliminary rounds with new American partner Jeff Nygaard, the teams of Patrick Heusher/Stefan Kobel (3-0 match mark) and Julien Prosser/Mark Williams (2-1) earned spots in the elimination round.
The current leaders to capture the top spots in other three pools are Brazilians Emanuel Rego/Ricardo Santos (Pool A) and Benjamin Insfran/Marcio Araujo (Pool B) along with Javier Bosma and Pablo Herrera (Pool C) from Spain, who upset the third-seeded Laciga brothers (Martin and Paul) from Switzerland.
The Round of 16 elimination matches for the men will be played Friday and Saturday. Quarterfinals are set for Sunday with the semi-finals being played next Monday to decide the medal match line up for August 25.


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And if you haven't gotten enough of the terrifying images of "The Orphanage" helmer Juan Antonio Bayona's disaster dama "The Impossible," a whole new batch have hit the web showcasing Ewan McGregor and Naomi Watts in this tale of a family caught, with thousands of strangers, in one of the worst natural catastrophes of all time. There's some behind-the-scenes shots of Bayona and crew onset, as well as some more of poor McGregor and Watts clinging for dear life as the natural disaster destroys their family and lives. "The Impossible" starts a limited run stateside on December 21st. [Facebook]
Jamie | August 31, 2012 11:29 PM
There are 25+ years of fans waiting for this film and you obviously somehow managed to miss the story and the glory of the music.
Eoin Daly | August 31, 2012 8:47 PM
Les Miz could really give Anna Karenina a run for their money in the costume design category because anne's costume is especially stunning and so are most of the costumes we have seen so far.
Myra | August 31, 2012 8:33 PM
You obviously haven't read the 150 yr old classic novel by Victor Hugo, or seen any of the previou 20+ movie adaptations or seen the musical that's been selling out all over the world for nearly 30 yrs. Hugh Jackman's character, Jean Valjean is not roughing up Fantine (Anne's character) he's actually trying to save her. If you look at his eyes you can see the concern there.
Kay | August 31, 2012 7:35 PM
Valjean is NOT 'getting rough' with Fantine in this scene. He's touching her out of compassion, to comfort her. I won't spoil the story for anybody, but suffice it to say that Valjean has nothing but pity and kindness for Anne Hathaway's character in this scene.
Tina | August 31, 2012 7:26 PM
Anne should just start prepping for her Oscar speech!
Eoin Daly | August 31, 2012 6:18 PM
These Les Miz photo has been around for a while, but like everything released from this film I think this will be a film to remember forever maybe being the greatest musical of all time.


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Michael Russo has covered the National Hockey League since 1995. He has covered the Minnesota Wild for the Star Tribune since 2005, after 10 years of covering the Florida Panthers for the Sun-Sentinel. He uses "Russo's Rants" to feed a wide-ranging hockey-centric discussion with readers, and can be heard weekly on KFAN (100.3 FM) radio and seen weekly on Fox Sports North.
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Good day from partly cloudy, mostly humid Minneapolis. Here's a Wild update:
1. Preseason schedule has been announced: Six-game schedule with home-and-homes (so to speak) with Winnipeg, Pittsburgh and St. Louis.
Training camp is expected to begin Sept. 18.
Sept. 22 at Winnipeg, 7 p.m.; Sept. 25 at Pittsburgh, 6 p.m.; Sept. 27 vs. Winnipeg, 7 p.m.; Sept. 29 vs. Pittsburgh, 7 p.m.; Oct. 2 at St. Louis, 7 p.m.; Oct. 4 vs. St. Louis, 7 p.m.
Tickets will go on sale later this summer.
My guess is the Wild then heads to Duluth on Oct. 5 for a few days of practice. Just conjecture, but it fits before the opener later that week and the Wild loves the facilities and ability to do some team bonding up in UMD Country.
2. Last I heard, the NHL plans to release all schedules Sunday. Weird day to do so, but that's always a fun day. As I mentioned the other day, no outdoor game this year. The league is scaling back to one stadium series game. Also, for a change, I heard the Wild's on the road New Year's Eve!
3. I plan to host a draft/free agency live chat on startribune.com next Friday (Round 1 is later that night). Time to be announced.
4. The Wild's expected to sign undrafted free agent defenseman Guillaume Gelinas on July 1. The signing was first reported (I believe) by TVA Sports in Quebec. It's a verbal commitment right now because as of June 1, there was a freeze for undrafted North American free agents (the Wild signed undrafted forwards Brady Brassart and Zack Mitchell in March) until July 1.
Gelinas, 21, was named the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League's best defenseman this past season after scoring 23 goals and 92 points in 67 games for Val-d'Or. He scored another 34 points in 24 playoff games for a team that lost the Memorial Cup to Edmonton.
Wild's trying to put an influx of skill on AHL Iowa after a very tough season in which the Baby Wild lacked skill, health and was probably too old.
Gelinas is skilled and competitive but 5-foot-10 and 185 pounds, so initially the AHL will be a decent step.
So, it's a flier.
Maybe Gelinas turns out to be Jared Spurgeon, who also had a terrific junior career (139 points in his last three years; harder to score in the W than the Q, so apples and oranges in terms of stats) before not being signed by the Islanders and then going untouched through another draft.
Maybe Gelinas turns out to be Michel Periard. Who? He's just a name that kind of jumped into my head because he was of similar stature and had similar stats in the Q (100 points his last year, I think) to Gelinas probably 15 years ago. Chuck Fletcher's Florida Panthers took a flier on him and he never played North American pro hockey beyond the A.
My point: Risk-free move, but let's be realistic with expectations. Maybe he turns out to be a player. Maybe he doesn't. When the Wild signed Spurgeon, I probably put a single line into the paper. Same thing with Brassart and Mitchell. Heck, when the Wild signed Niklas Backstrom as the first-ever European free agent under the previous CBA, I put a single paragraph. All he did was become the Wild's all-time goaltending leader in games and wins.
It's just hard to know with undrafted players until the Wild gets its grip on them and has a chance to develop them.
5. The salary cap is expected to be close to $70 million when it's announced next week. The Wild's will be a shade under after a slight bonus overage. Fletcher told me during the playoffs that Nino Niederreiter, Erik Haula and Jonas Brodin hit bonuses. Capgeek.come has it as Niederreiter and Haula earning each $212,500 for plus-minus and Brodin $425,000 for time on ice.
That's $825,000 in bonuses. But I'm told the Wild didn't go over the cap by that much, so the overage on next year's cap will be less. Either way, the overage shouldn't impact the Wild in its offseason business because Fletcher will always try to be at least $2 million or more under the cap so the team can make in-season injury callups and potential trades.
6. Lot of questions as to whether the Wild may pursue Cup champ Willie Mitchell in free agency. My guess: It makes sense if the Wild's unable to re-sign Clayton Stoner. Stoner and Mitchell seemingly would play the same role (third-pair, left-shot, physical D). As I mentioned last week, the Wild will try to re-sign Stoner, but maybe his solid postseason will allow him to cash in as a UFA more than the Wild's willing to commit. Stoner will have to decide that.
7. Some questions from you as to whether the Wild may pursue Shawn Thornton now that Boston's moving on from the rugged winger. I've heard through sources that the Wild would like to re-sign Cody McCormick, but Thornton is arguably a better, tougher player (more expensive, too), so maybe the Wild holds off on trying to sign McCormick just to see if it has a shot at Thornton. I don't see why there's a rush to re-sign McCormick, so if it were me, I'd wait to see what Thornton is thinking. I'm sure he'll have a lot of interest though.
Interesting dynamic to this year's draft. The free-agent interview period begins Wednesday. This is a new wrinkle thrown into this CBA where teams are allowed to court July 1 pending free agents, bring them to cities to check it out, etc. Well, the entire NHL will be in Philadelphia from Wednesday-Saturday night or Sunday morning, so one wonders if the draft becomes a free-agent recruiting party.
It certainly makes sense for agents to bring their free agents to Philly and line up meeting after meeting.
Fun practices, lawn games, bonding, a pig roast! It's all over as the Wild packed up its golf clubs and lake attire and returned to the Twin Cities this afternoon to gear up for Thursday's season opener at the X against the Los Angeles Kings.
"It's time for sure," coach Mike Yeo said after the Wild practiced in front of a few thousands fans here today at AMSOIL Arena, which has a FIREPLACE overlooking the stands (I've already hired a contractor to install one in the wall behind press box seat 45 in the middle of the Wild press box at the X).
"This has been a great trip, but bottom line, we have to make sure we're ready for Thursday now."
Today was a hard practice, lots of battles and tactical stuff. Tuesday will be more execution, running through routes, handling pucks and making sure players are up to speed for the opener.
As a reminder, I will host a live chat at 2 p.m. Thursday on www.startribune.com/wild, so please join and come armed with questions.
If you missed today's NHL preview coverage, please also go to www.startribune.com/wild for my Eastern Conference, Western Conference and playoff predictions OR purchase a Star Tribune.
Here are the articles:
Mikko Koivu shows his human side when talking about his newborn daughter and the coming season
The NHL is realigned and raring to go tonight with three games; Wild's ecstatic to be in the Central but would have to get through Chicago and St. Louis in the new divisional playoff format.
Here's a look at the NHL's offseason changes, from players changing teams to the coaching carousel to the playoff format.
Some highlights of today:
-- Fans were excited to see the Wild on the ice today and even gave the team a nice ovation after practice ended.
"We were all saying, we've never ever gotten applauded for a practice," defenseman Ryan Suter said.
-- Yeo on the Duluth turnout (many kids) at practice on a Tuesday morning: "I didn't know that today was a holiday. No school here today (laughing). I think it's awesome. The turnout here, this trip has been great. That's why we came back."
-- Zenon Konopka's got his first shiner of the hockey season and it wasn't from a fight, since he didn't get into any scraps in the preseason. Blindfolded, he apparently connected head-first with assistant coach Darryl Sydor in a lawn game or team-building thingamajig.
-- Injured Mike Rupp skated before the team the past few days and will start the season on injured reserve after offseason knee surgery. He says it's getting stronger and he plans to skate with the team the next few days.
"I need to start doing different things that I can't do by myself out there," Rupp said. "I feel in my head it won't be too long."
-- Mikko Koivu joined the team after spending Sunday and Monday with his fiancée and newborn daughter. He looked good with Zach Parise and Jason Pominville.
-- Speaking of Pominville, he got a text after practice letting the former Buffalo Sabres captain know that Thomas Vanek is the new Sabres' home captain and Steve Ott the new Sabres' road captain.
Said Pominville: "I think it's weird. They've done [the rotating thing] in the past. I don't know if it's their way of doing it. It just feels a little weird to have a couple guys. Usually you want that one guy."
I got some funny tweets on Twitter from Wild fans saying this now cinches the fact the Wild signs Vanek next summer, since you know, the Wild seem to love themselves some former captains (Parise, Pominville).
-- Speaking of Pominville Part Deux: The Wild and Pominville, 30, have been talking about a contract extension since before camp began. It obviously hasn't been signed yet and the season starts Thursday.
I hear the Pominville camp is looking for a long-term deal north of $5 million per – something the Wild has been trying to crack down, especially since the team wants to make certain in a few years it can afford to re-sign potential key entry-level expiring guys like Charlie Coyle and Jonas Brodin and because next summer, it would like to potentially pursue a top free agent, maybe one who used to star at the University of Minnesota.
Pominville is still hopeful he can sign an extension by Thursday and would "prefer" not negotiating during the season.
"I don't want to really talk during the season," Pominville said today. "I don't want it to be a distraction for me and the way I play, and then you're always thinking. If you know they're talking and things aren't going the way you want it to go, then you're thinking, 'Oh, are they not wanting to sign me anymore?' I don't really want to have that distraction, so hopefully it can get done before [the seaspn]. If not, there's still a lot of time."
So you still hope it gets done by Thursday (I don't hear well or comprehend)? "Hopefully something gets done and they keep talking and we can work it out. If not, we'll see where it goes from there."
How close are you guys (one source of mine says they're not too far apart)? "It's tough to say. Tough to say because they've talked on and off. They can go on a stretch where they talk four or five hours and get it done in a day or so or if you're in no hurry, it can go a couple weeks without talking. We'll see where it leads us, but we're hopeful."
The NHL has experimented all preseason with hybrid icing after league GM's recommended the rule change back in June. After a survey among NHL Players' Association members (i.e. the players) this past weekend, hybrid icing has finally been approved in the NHL.
The NHL was the only league that had a full-on race for the puck.
As Wild fans know, former Wild defenseman Kurtis Foster sustained a horrific injury in March 2008 in San Jose when he was hit from behind accidently by now-Wild winger Torrey Mitchell as Foster went back to touch up an icing.
Foster broke his femur and it sent his career into flux. In a class move, former Wild GM Doug Risebrough re-signed Foster even though Risebrough knew Foster wouldn't be close to ready by the next season. But it gave Foster motivation to rehab and he indeed worked his way back to play the final six games of the 2008-09 season.
Foster's injury led to a slight rule change -- a two-minute minor if a player going back to beat out an icing hit his opponent with the sole purpose of not going after the puck.
But Foster, now playing in the KHL, had long campaigned for no-touch or hybrid icing, particularly after Carolina's Joni Pitkanen broke his ankle in several places late last season. If you remember, an angry Foster sent me a flurry of comments he asked me to tweet and write at the time.
Well, Pitkanen's season is over for Carolina and his career is in jeopardy. I texted Foster a little bit ago, but it's late out in wherever he is over the ocean. When I hear back, I'll add his thoughts.
Here is the press release:
NEW YORK/TORONTO (September 30, 2013) -- The National Hockey League
Players' Association (NHLPA) and the National Hockey League (NHL) announced today that
Hybrid Icing will be implemented for the commencement of the 2013-14 regular season. The
Hybrid Icing rule had been tested during the 2013-14 preseason.
"After testing hybrid icing during the preseason games, the players participated in a
survey and a majority of teams supported this rule change in an effort to make the game
safer," said Mathieu Schneider, NHLPA Special Assistant to the Executive Director. "We are
hopeful that the implementation of the hybrid icing rule, which is a middle ground between the
old rule and no-touch icing, will help minimize the incidence of Player injuries on icing plays."
The Icing Rule now reads Rule 81.1 – Icing:
For the purpose of this rule, the center red line will divide the ice into halves.
Should any player of a team, equal or superior in numerical strength (power-play)
to the opposing team, shoot, bat or deflect the puck from his own half of the ice
beyond the goal line of the opposing team, play shall be stopped. For the purpose
of deflected pucks, this only applies when the puck was originally propelled down
the ice by the offending team.
For the purpose of this rule, the point of last contact with the puck by the team in
possession shall be used to determine whether icing has occurred or not. As such,
the team in possession must "gain the line" in order for the icing to be nullified.
"Gaining the line" shall mean that the puck, while on the player's stick (not the
player's skate) must make contact with the center red line in order to nullify a
potential icing.
For the purpose of interpretation of the rule, there are two judgments required for
"icing the puck". The Linesman must first determine that the puck will cross the
goal line. Once the Linesman determines that the puck will cross the goal line, icing
is completed upon the determination as to which player (attacking or defending)
would first touch the puck. This decision by the Linesman will be made the instant
the first player reaches the end zone face-off dots with the player's skate being the
determining factor. Should the puck be shot down the ice in such a manner that it
travels around the boards and/or back towards the end zone face-off dots, the
same procedure shall be in effect in that the Linesman shall determine within a
similar distance as to who will have touched the puck first.
For clarification, the determining factor is which player would first touch the puck,
not which player would first reach the end zone face-off dots.
If the race for the puck is too close to determine by the time the first Player reaches
the end zone face-off dots, icing shall be called.
The puck striking or deflecting off an official does not automatically nullify a potential icing.
Good day from beautiful Duluth and the terrific AMSOIL Arena, where there's quite a few banners hanging from the rafters -- Tommy Kurvers, some guy named Brett Hull, a national championship banner from 2011.
There's also a picture of this guy -- the great UMD goalie of all-time and longtime Wild goalie coach, Bob Mason.
Just an fyi: I will be hosting a live online chat on www.startribune.com/wild on Thursday at 2 p.m.
Today was Justin Fontaine Day at AMSOIL. The former Bulldogs national champ returned here as a bona fide NHLer and the local press was waiting with open arms.
Being a 25-year-old rookie and newbie inside the Wild dressing room, you can tell Fontaine is just a tad uncomfortable with all the attention he's getting.
"It's always good coming back to your college town," Fontaine said sheepishly.
His teammates got a kick out of the building manager blaring the arena's horn when Fontaine scored a shootout goal toward the end of practice. They threatened to fine him.
"That was a nice touch," coach Mike Yeo said of the loud noise that echoed through the college barn.
Fontaine will make his NHL debut on Thursday night against the Los Angeles Kings as a left winger on the fourth line with Zenon Konopka and Torrey Mitchell.
"Coming back would be nice, but the idea that you're coming back and you just survived final cuts to stay with an NHL team, I think it's got to be really exciting for him now," Yeo said.
Fontaine had two solid years in Houston and worked hard off the ice to get his body in tip-top shape. Yeo was asked why it took so long for Fontaine to arrive after signing as a free agent in 2011.
"Part of it is paying your dues and developing in the minors," Yeo said. "This is the best league in the world. Obviously he had a great college career, but like most players, there are other things you have to learn to make that next step. You've got to give him a lot of credit because he's improved in all the areas he needed to improve on and he's now ready to make that step."
Yeo likes Fontaine's versatility and noted that even though he was a top-line player in college, but there are only so many of those in the NHL. He said if a player wants to be really smart, he "would get good at all aspects of the game so they can fill in on any role."
Yeo likes that Fontaine can move up in the lineup if there's an injury or an underperformer.
Captain Mikko Koivu remained in the Twin Cities with his fiancee and newborn daughter. He will join the Wild tonight in Duluth for practice Tuesday. Kyle Brodziak was lost for part of practice today because he fell to the ice and then conveniently took a puck to the forehead. He bled badly but was stitched up and back out on the ice in a jiffy.
The Wild's currently golfing after a light practice today. Yeo plans to get right back at it Tuesday with a hard practice to gear up for Thursday's opener against Los Angeles.
Last time we were in Duluth, Josh Harding hurt his ankle if I remember correctly at the team-building exercise the day before. Jim Mill, the Wild's assistant to the GM and now Iowa GM (was Houston), had to tend goal. Yeo noted the upgrade today in goal with Harding and Nik Backstrom on the ice but said, "mind you, it hurt the confidence of our shooters today" that Mill wasn't out there.
One other funny line. Zach Parise, with a gigantic smile, was asked his memories of Duluth: "I remember all they had to do was get one point off us for the [2004] MacNaughton Cup and we swept 'em. It was awesome."
The Wild will host pre-game parties at Xcel Energy Center
before its games on Thursday, Oct. 3 and Saturday,
Oct. 5. Fans are encouraged to attend the free events
from 4:30-6:30 p.m. outside Gate 2. The parties will
include live music by Five Man Advantage, NHL Alumni
autographs, face painters, food and drink featuring the
Budweiser Ice Bar, a Hockey Lodge retail booth, a KFAN
100.3 FM booth and the University of Minnesota Drum
Line. Additionally, on Thursday only, FOX Sports North
will have a promotional booth, while KFAN's Dan Barriero
will broadcast live from 3-6:30 p.m.
Following today's moves to send Jason Zucker and Jake Dowell to Iowa, here is the Wild's anticipated 22-man opening roster and lineup Thursday night vs. Los Angeles (this is barring transactions; the fact the Wild sent Jake Dowell down, too, opens the door to perhaps a waiver pickup Monday):
Zach Parise-Mikko Koivu-Jason Pominville
Nino Niederreiter-Charlie Coyle-Dany Heatley
Matt Cooke-Kyle Brodziak-Mikael Granlund
Justin Fontaine-Zenon Konopka-Torrey Mitchell
Injured: Mike Rupp (knee)
Ryan Suter-Jonas Brodin
Marco Scandella-Jared Spurgeon
Keith Ballard-Matt Dumba
Extras: Clayton Stoner, Nate Prosser
Niklas Backstrom
Josh Harding
Fontaine will make his NHL debut; Yeo said there's a good chance of Dumba as well.
Fontaine is very excited to make the team, and both Fontaine and Dumba say they're not taking anything for granted. They know nothing is cemented in stone. Dumba said he's well aware he can still be returned to Red Deer before he plays in a 10th game without the first year of his contract being burned.
Zucker tweeted: @Jason_Zucker16: Nobody to blame but myself.. Have to be better and will be better! See you soon Minnesota! #JustWait #MNWild
As for Zucker, I'm shocked at frankly the shock out there. It's been clear the last four days that he was on thin ice. He got hurt at the wrong time in camp and was outperformed by Nino Niederreiter for the second-line left wing spot -- for now. He can be back at anytime.
As for Mikael Granlund, he had a great camp, looks faster, grittier and stronger. If you have two shooters on the second power-play unit in Coyle and Niederreiter, Granlund makes sense because he's a puck distributor. Zucker is another shooter. The Wild also has concerns with Zucker's defensive game, and although he scored a playoff OT winner in Game 3, he didn't produce down the stretch of last season. This is all in the Wild's mind.
Again though, he will play games here this season. He's 21 years old. The AHL is a developmental league and most the great players in this league have played in the AHL. He hasn't even had to spend a full year in the minors (55 games), so chill.
Here are Mike Yeo's thoughts on today's moves, particularly sending Zucker down:
Zucker conversation: Obviously everybody's goal is to be here, so you'd be pretty concerned if a player was happy or didn't show some disappointment. As far as Zuck, it really comes down to we're not prepared to put him on the fourth line right now and we're not prepared to have him be a healthy scratch. What you saw on the ice today was us gearing up for Game 1 and we're really not focused on anything beyond that.
Nino and Granlund: He earned it, as far as I'm concerned, the games that he played. We like what he can add to the [Coyle-Heatley line]. Playing against a team like L.A., we've got a bigger body. You've got a guy that can shoot, a guy that can skate, a guy that can handle the puck. He played like a top-6 forward in training camp and we're giving him that opportunity up there. Granny had a good camp, too. We spent the entire camp really looking at him as a centerman. We feel we can get a lot out of him as a winger, too. He had a good camp. He showed that he's battled harder, he's showed that he's faster, defensively he did a very good job for us, and we feel he can be a good complement to the [Cooke-Brodziak] line. You have two guys with size and two guys that play a strong, hard game, so we feel putting a guy there with Granny's ability to distribute the puck, it could complement that line plus give Granny a bigger role.
Message to Zucker: Just make sure you're on top of his game because we don't know when it's going to be. We know that he's there and to be perfectly honest, I like the idea that everybody on our team knows that he's there. It shouldn't be too difficult to make sure that you're ready to go knowing that there's a guy like that waiting in the wings.
Fontaine: He seems like he's the kind of guy that you can move in different parts of your lineup. He plays an intelligent game, he can play well with the puck, he can execute, he can make some plays, but at the same time, he can play well positionally. It makes him the kind of guy you can put in different parts of the lineup. Plus, he's the kind of guy that I don't think we're going to have a ton of concern right now playing him on the fourth line or third line. He's at a point in his development where we don't have to really stress about making sure he gets too much. The next step for him is playing at the NHL level and developing there
Interchangeable parts: Or Granny can go up, or Granny can play center. It even gives us some flexibility even in the game. Having Granny in the lineup is also big for our power play. It gives us flexibility through the course of the game and night to night to throw out different look.
Dowell: The message was pretty clear. We're being honest with it that our focus is sort of for this game -- getting ready for this week and then thing can change in hurry.
Not carrying an extra forward to save salary cap/proximity of Iowa: But also it doesn't help anybody to sit around and not play. So it's just a matter of Iowa is close and they're playing the same game, the same system, so let's just concentrate on the group that we're going in with. So to have anybody up here who's not going to play and just sit around and be an extra, it doesn't help the guys that are in the lineup and it doesn't help them.
Dumba NHL debut Thursday: I would say there's a good chance of that.
How will you use him: Again, this is a game one focus for us with this group. With the amount of young guys that we have, I think it just has to be something that we stay on top of night after night.
Prove himself being one of the best defenseman in St. Louis: He played his gap, his skating ability, makes him a tough guy to play against defensively. There's still some things that he can get a little better at with some teaching and some time here he'll continue to get better at that. What it comes down to is his ability to move the puck, his ability to get in the play. We're a team that needs to generate more from the offensive blue line and he's a guy that has the ability to.
What do you want to accomplish the next four days: Well, bigger picture things. Obviously there's tactical parts that we want to get into. We've got the team building trip which will be nice. Bottom line is our main focus is on pace, making sure that we're doing things at game speed, the speed that we want to play games at when we drop the puck on Thursday. Number two is the competitiveness. You saw a lot of battle in our practice today. Number three would be the detail and the habits. And number four would be the execution -- just making sure that we're sharp and crisp and we have a good feeling going into game one.
How fluid will the lineup be: Most of the time, you're not making a lot of changes to your lineup when things are going really well. So I hope that we play 82 in a row with the same lineup (laughing). But I don't think that that's going to happen. And even at that, we won't be afraid to change the lineup if we win. We won't be afraid to change the lineup if we lose because we've got moving parts. Because we've got guys that are capable of playing different positions and guys that are capable of pushing. So I think that's going to be interesting following the story line of that as things go on. Again, we don't know what it's going to look like in Game 5. We know what it will look like in Game 1.
How do you keep from getting stale next four days: We're going to back off a little tomorrow. Obviously today was a very tough practice and we're going to back off tomorrow so we can ramp it back up on Tuesday.
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Man rescued from fire in a critical condition
9:00am Thursday 17th January 2013 in Local News
A DISABLED man who was rescued from a fire in his flat is not expected to survive.
Wheelchair-bound Shane Bland, 26, survived a dramatic rescue in November from a blaze which badly damaged four flats in a house in Fairfax Drive in Westcliff and left one man with serious burns.
Mr Bland, who has myotonic dystrophy, a form of muscular dystrophy, was taken to hospital suffering smoke inhalation but later released from hospital and returned to his soot-laden flat.
His father believes the four weeks he spent there contributed to his eventual collapse on December 23.
Stephen Bland who lives with his son said: "I wanted the council to find him somewhere else but all they could offer was a hotel. That isn't suitable for Shane because of the oxygen tanks and other equipment he needs so he had to go home.
"There was soot all over the walls and he was breathing it in. His condition leaves him very prone to lung problems and that wasn't helping but there was nothing we could do."
Shane's condition rapidly deteriorated following his return home.
Mr Bland added: "He had to be rushed to hospital as an emergency. He has developed pnuemonia while he was in hospital and now they say there is no more they can do for him. I believe it is because of the time he spent breathing all that soot in. I am absolutely devastated."
Shane is now in intensive care where he has been put on a life support machine.
In November the Echo reported a plumber, who had been installing a wet room in the Bland's flat, lit a blow torch which ignited fumes and set his clothes on fire. He was taken to Broomfield Hospital suffering severe burns.
Fire crews who attended the blaze wore breathing apparatus to make their way through thick smoke to rescue people left trapped in the building, including Shane.
Paul Longman group manager for property services at South Essex Homes which manages the building, said: "We sought guidance from Essex Fire and Rescue Service as to whether their flat was habitable on their return and we were informed that it was.
"Most of the smoke damage was confined to the communal area of the building, although some redecoration of the flat was deemed necessary due to soot marks on the walls and ceilings."
"Contractors working for South Essex Homes subsequently visited the flat and were able to carry out some initial re-decoration work.
"However, this did not include Shane's bedroom, which they were unable to gain access to."
Mr Bland maintains this is because he has had to spend time at his son's hospital bedside.
Jacqueline Totterdell, chief executive said: "We fully understand Mr Bland's distress given the very serious nature of his son's illness and we would once again reassure him that Shane is continuing to receive full and active critical care while in our hospital."
MYOTONIC dystrophy is a progressive inherited condition.
It causes mild to severe muscle weakness, particularly of the face and eyelids, jaw, neck, forearms and hands, lower legs and feet. It can affect speech and result in a lack of facial expressions.
Sufferers also have difficulty in relaxing a muscle after it has been contracted, for example it may be difficult to let go after gripping something.
The condition is associated with heart problems with abnormal rhythms a common problem.
Chest and breathing problems are also a major problem for those with the condition. Chest infections may result from weakness of breathing muscles or from food entering the lungs as a result of poor swallowing.
Inadequate breathing during the night may lead to disturbed sleep, difficulty waking, morning headaches, loss of appetite and daytime sleepiness.
Regular breathing tests, and sometimes overnight oxygen saturation tests, are often needed to detect problems early.
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11:21am Thu 17 Jan 13
Hannah Foster says...
4:37pm Thu 17 Jan 13
whataday says...
Just reading the description of the conditions he suffers with make it glaringly obvious he has breathing problems. To further compound this by making him return to accommodation which still has soot around and not offering him suitable alternative accommodation either in the long-term or as a temporary measure is tantamount to manslaughter
Also what happened to the hospital discharge planning policy (which should have included input from social services) that he was allowed to return to unsuitable accommodation which would compound his respiratory problems. This poor lad's mal treatment needs to be the subject of a thorough investigation.
My thoughts and sympathies are with this lad and his relatives.
Absolutely disgusting way to treat the needy in our society. My blood is boiling.
My thoughts are with the family.
10:59pm Thu 17 Jan 13
notalocalman says...
They tried to redecorate the flat but couldn't get in the bedroom - alright it was because the father wanted to be at his son's bedside - but WHY didn't he ask them to do his son's room first?
It's easy to blame "The Council" but it seems to me that this was just a tragic set of events.
Fair play to the plumber for getting the flaming glue from the flat - I hope he recovers from his injuries.
9:28am Fri 18 Jan 13
sosad 1 says...
notalocalman wrote:agree with you hope the plumber and shane get well but i think there is more to this story to come
Hang on! This is clearly a sad case my sympathies go to Shane's family but it seems that the council did what they could in the circumstances.
They tried to redecorate the flat but couldn't get in the bedroom - alright it was because the father wanted to be at his son's bedside - but WHY didn't he ask them to do his son's room first?
It's easy to blame "The Council" but it seems to me that this was just a tragic set of events.
Fair play to the plumber for getting the flaming glue from the flat - I hope he recovers from his injuries.
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For the second year in a row, an attempt to hold a Gay Pride demonstration in Moscow despite a ban by the city's mayor — who had called such demonstrations "satanic" — was broken up today by police and special OMON riot militia. The gay contingent was violently attacked by anti-gay ultra-nationalists and fascists, who threw punches and bottles. Among those reported arrested so far (there were 31 arrested, according to the Novosti news agency) were German MP Volker Beck, chief Moscow Pride organizer Nikolai Alekseev, British gay rights campaigner Peter Tatchell, and Italian MEP (Member of the European Parliament) Marco Cappato.
Cappato, the Italian MEP, was kicked by a gay rights opponent as he spoke to journalists, and Tatchell, the founder of the British gay rights group OutRage, was punched in the face. Cappato then began shouting, "Where are the police?" and officers hauled him away as he struggled with them. Austrian TV has a two-minute video of today's attacks on Moscow Pride '07, including Tatchell being punched in the face, Cappato's appeal and arrest, and other anti-gay violence, which you can see by clicking here.
Richard Fairbrass the openly gay lead singer of the British pop group Right Said Fred (famous for their hit song "I'm Too Sexy…"), was punched in the face and kicked by anti-gay activists while speaking to Reuters in an interview. "We understand this is a gay event and so we came down here today," Fairbrass told Reuters before being hit. Blood dripped from his face after the attack.
Italian MP Vladimir Luxuria, who is transgendered, was one of a group of European politicians who joined the Russian gay contingent in attempting to deliver to Moscow City Hall a letter, signed by a roster of some 40 European MPs and MEPs, demanding that Mayor Yuri Luzhkov permit the holding of Gay Pride demonstrations. She telephoned her first impressions to the website gayrussia.ru, which has been in the forefront of organizing Moscow Pride:
"When we went out of the hotel. The police was already here to check our documents and to make pressure," Luxuria said. "Then, we met Alexei Mitrofanov [a heterosexual Russian MP who supported the Gay Pride effort) and went to his car and as soon as we got out of the car the police approached us and stopped in a violent way Nikolai and pushed him inside the van . They arrested him and other organizers.
"I tried to take Nikolai with me and police pushed me very violently. They throw eggs on me and one went inside my bag on my passport. I am worried I can have problems to leave. Then we tried to approach the city hall but we've been violently prevented. I saw some old women with bags of stones and eggs. We are now in a safe place with tATu [a very popular Russian duo of girl singers, who had joined the gay demonstrators] and Sophie [Dutch MEP Sophie In't Veld]. Marco Cappato has been detained as well," the Italian MP concluded.
Veld, the Dutch MEP, also telephoned her first impressions to gayrussia.ru:
"The real violence started after we left," Veld said. "We got there and then we went up to the city hall. Police immediately arrested Nikolai (Alekseev), and also Nikolai Khramov, so there were a lot of cameras everywhere. Many journalist. We felt eggs and other things being thrown. Police did nothing to arrest the hooligans. We walked 40 meters and there were interview and journalists. I was walking not far from Mitrofanov and saw a guy with a knife. And then when I saw that I thought: That's it I am out of here. From what I heard there was a real fight after we left but I don't know. Last year was massive. This time the square was emptied in advance. They had put fences around and a lot of journalists were waiting there. The police arrested our people but not any of the hooligans."
Moscow Pride '07 organizer Alekseev has been informed by the police that he will NOT be released. That is also the case for Nikolai Khramov, leader of the Russian Radicals, another heterosexual who supported Moscow Pride. Both will appear in court tomorrow and could be sentenced to up to 15 days in jail. French embassy officials concerned about human rights violations appeared at the Tverskoie police station — where a group of egg-throwing anti-gay demonstrators pelted members of the gay contingent as they were released from custody — and German MP Beck , author of Germany's domestic partnership law, was eventually set free by authorities. (At last year's attempt to hold a Moscow Pride demonstration, also broken up by police, Beck was bloodied when he was hit in the face with a rock by an anti-gay demonstrator.) The fascists continued to roam the area near city hall looking for gays to bash well after the attempted Pride event had been broken up.
Moscow Pride '07 organizer Alekseev issued the following statement from jail: "We ask the western democracies to put a maximum pressure on the Russian authorities to release us immediately. The protocol [charging us] written by the police is completely falsified and all the Western MEPs and MPS who were with us could confirm it. We are accused of having blocked the streets and insulted the police which is a complete lie. We were on the pavement and we never insulted the police. This has never been our method. All this is nothing else than the good old method of KGB. We can see that agents of FSB (ex-KGB) are at the police station –[these are] the same people who were this morning at the hotel trying to prevent us to leave.. We plead with the German Chancellor Merkel who is currently heading the European Union Presidency to raise the question to President Putin. We also plead with the other leaders of the G8 and the EU to speak publicly on this issue. We are very thankful to Volker Beck, Sophie In't Veld, Vladimir Luxuria and Marco Cappato who came for us to Moscow and of course all the others. They can show to the world that gay and lesbian rights do not exist in Russia. They can show to the world that freedom of expression is not only about politics. Please remember the words of Sophie In't Veld at yesterday's press conference. There is no such thing as 'human rights light' in which you can just avoid LGBT issues. There is no place in Europe for people who do not respect the rights of their citizens. European democracies should ban Mayor Luzhkov and his people to enter their countries as they did to officials in Belarus. We ask for your help and support. Probably now, more than ever."
"It is very conspicuous when people are arrested in front of the mayor's office when they were doing nothing other than trying to present a peaceful petition," Scott Long, director of Human Rights Watch's LGBT division, and who witnessed the events, told Reuters in Moscow. "There was no real attempt to separate the two sides and that led to people being beaten up," he said. "I would call on the Russian authorities to protect freedom of assembly, protect freedom of expression and protect demonstrators."
For a BBC report on today's arrest of Peter Tatchell, which includes a video of his assault and arrest and of anti-gay demonstrators giving the fascist salute, click here. For more information and updates on the Moscow Pride events, the arrests, and the fate of those detained and injured, visit Alekseev's website, gayrussia.ru, and check out the Moscow Pride Blog on U.K. Gay News written by my excellent confrere Andy, its editor. For background on today's events, see my May 17 article in Gay City News, "Moscow Pride Banned Again."
Doug Ireland, a longtime radical journalist and media critic, runs the blog DIRELAND, where this article appeared May 27, 2007.


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Additionally, not all throughput calculations people do factor in the 14fps frame rate of the 1D X (which it can do with mirror lockup.)At 14 FPS, its not just a lack of mirror movement and AF, but RAW is off the menu too - read page 113 of the 1D X manual if you want to check up on it.
It all depends on whether Canon want to make it fast or really fast. In reality, the small mirror could move faster than the 12 FPS full sized mirror in the 1D X does, but something tells me they won't do that for marketing purposes. 12 FPS and a very healthy sized buffer wouldn't be out of the question if the MP is kept down.
Admittedly, your calculations resized to 12 FPS for the 1D X in RAW mode make a 24MP camera with the same processing power capable of 9 FPS, which is a slight improvement over the current 7D.
The pixels streaming in from the sensor are "raw"...it doesn't become a JPEG until AFTER the DIGIC chip has done its work and the image is rendered, compressed, and written to the CF card. The input rate from sensor to DIGIC would have to be 473mb/s regardless of what format you end up writing to. JPEG would only matter for the data writeout rate to the CF card. Writing to CF card is limited to at most 150mb/s, on top of which I believe the 1D X has only a 768mb frame buffer...which wouldn't actually be able to accommodate 14fps continuous RAW for a sustained 3.2 seconds (which is what you get at 12fps.)


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Teaser Trailer for FACE OF AN ANGEL Starring Kate Beckinsale and Daniel Bruhl; Inspired by Amanda Knox Case
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Michael Winterbottom's Face of an Angel is currently being shopped around the European Film Market at the Berlin Film Festival, and a clip from the promo reel has gone online. The film is inspired by Barbie Latza Nadeau's book "Angel Face: Sex, Murder and the Inside Story of Amanda Knox" and according to Variety, "uses a fictional adaptation of the tragic story of the 2007 murder case in Umbria, Italy, and ensuing media circus as a springboard for a wider investigation of society's fascination with violence." While the trailer seems to fall in line with this logline, the full synopsis seems to tell a much different story.
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I like people who stand on their own, who have a counterpoint view. I've been both impressed and mystified by Kathleen Anne. Through her Facebook groups ''Everything Cortland'' and ''Delphi/GM Packard Electric Employees - Warren, Ohio'' she projects an unfailing positive outlook about Warren in spite of a prevailing negative cloud that seems to make its home here.
I've wondered why, when other young people are leaving in droves, she remains. So I invited her for a chat over breakfast and here's what I learned ...
As it turns out, Kathleen's roots go deep into the history represented by local landmarks where her parents took her as a child. They taught her about the John Stark Edwards House, The Butler Institute of American Art, The Harriet Taylor Upton House.
James Packard and his family were of particular interest to Kathleen. The depth of their commitment to bringing the auto industry to Warren impressed her.
She learned that James Packard was more than just responsible for the production of luxury cars; he also designed very complicated watches. His most intricate design had 24 complications. A complication is any feature that goes beyond the simple display of hours, minutes and seconds.
In Kathleen's eyes, Packard's best complication was the celestial chart depicting the constellations of stars that ride in the sky over his Warren home. Who knew?
Kathleen's family also traveled to The Henry Ford and Greenfield Village as well as nearly every home belonging to a U.S. president from Ohio. What she saw increased her depth of understanding regarding how important our area has been in the growth of our nation. She feels an affinity for the area's past; it gives her an ability to believe in its future.
I was impressed by her knowledge and the enthusiasm invested in sharing it with me.
While I could appreciate what she said, still I challenged her by asking about the invisible cloud that seems to rest over the area, the residue left by steel mills long gone.
''I see so many people constantly looking back toward what was, stuck in that long ago era of the Steel Valley,'' I said. ''Doesn't that make you want to escape, at least a little bit? Isn't that why young people leave to get out from under that heaviness?''
She said she'd heard this before. Friends accuse her of being 'stuck.' But she doesn't see it that way.
Kathleen says there are those who think shiny and new is better, and they move to find it. However, there are also those, like herself, who prefer maintaining a daily connection to their history.
She likes the shared commonality and understanding of what's gone before us. She likes that there are people trying to reinvent themselves right here; they have courage to stick around to see what can happen. She enjoys supporting local small business owners.
She challenges me back, ''What can you find somewhere else that you can't find here?''
''Where I live, there are smaller mom and pop restaurants,'' she says. ''The town is quaint. I like seeing people I know when I go to the grocery store. I like the feeling that I live in a place that is rich in history, a place that played a huge part in the growth of America. I wouldn't trade that for anything.''
Kathleen believes that even in the face of adversity, we're still full of possibility. In the early part of the 20th century, a lot of what fueled growth in the rest of the country began here. Why shouldn't we expect that to happen again?
I shoot back ''But what about the people who are still looking backward, waiting for the old days to rise again?''
''Yes, there are those who are nostalgic for what was. Maybe they even hold a secret desire to see the steel industry rise again. But there are even more people looking toward the future with an expectation about what can happen here,'' was her response.
I asked her, ''If a person is going to stay here, is it fair to say that you need to be willing to prospect your way through the maze of living and job seeking to get what you want?''
''Life here has obviously changed no longer can you leave high school and go get a factory job. And college doesn't necessarily guarantee you a job - not here, not anywhere,'' she stated. ''You need skills, experience, a solid work ethic, ambition, imagination. Sometimes you have to be creative in how and where you use your talents.
''Can we make the same money that our parents did? Probably not. It's up to the current generation to make something of what's left here. If you're willing to take a risk, you can be part of those who are mounting the comeback. Doing so will force you to make decisions about what's really important. For me, that's the adventure,'' she said.
Kathleen supports her belief in the area by connecting people on her Facebook groups. It's funny to note that the people who check in the most are those who have moved away. Kathleen provides her groups with substantive stories and links to articles that can be read in full. She is a good steward of the information she provides.
Kathleen Anne's hope for the future? She'd really like to see businesses come here and use some of the empty buildings, restore life to the blighted landscape. She hopes that people will dig deeper and look more fully into our local history; it's what gives us depth, interest and value.
And she hopes that, like our predecessors, we will return the region to a new, revitalized prominence as a leader of change in American business. I couldn't agree with her more.
Jagunic is a Cortland resident.


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Transgendered option on Myspace
This petition is to request a "transgendered (male/female)" option to be added to the gender portion of the Myspace profile. People of the transgendered community need your help. Many people, on Myspace who are still "in transit" don't feel comfortable putting down that they are a gender that they do not identify with. Simmilarly, marking the gender they do identfy with can cause harrasment by those unaware to the trans community.
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Down in the cellar of the AFC South, the Jaguars proved that they are still more than good enough to handle the moribund Colts with a 17-3 win in Indianapolis.
Maurice Jones-Drew paced the Jags with 114 rushing yards and a touchdown, and Blaine Gabbert tossed a touchdown pass to Jarett Dillard in the victory. The Jaguars' defense held the Colts to just 212 total yards, and forced three Colts turnovers.
To its credit, Indianapolis did try both Curtis Painter and Dan Orlovsky at quarterback; neither was effective. And Donald Brown led the Colts with 53 rushing yards.
The win moves Jacksonville to 3-6 on the season, and drops the Colts to 0-10.
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text: This came right after the forward progress call negated what might have ended up as a Marshawn Lynch fumble (not positive who recovered the fumble). If we looked frequently enough, I'm fairly certain this is a frequent look of Coach Harbaugh after calls that he finds incredibly bizarre. For now, enjoy crazy Harbaugh eyes. I dare you to try and turn away!


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The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County
Topics : Fourth Grade, Literary Analysis, Comprehension
Can a frog really swallow quail shot? Explore exaggeration in literature with this reading exercise on Mark Twain's famous short story, The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County. With this worksheet, he'll work on tracking down the truth about tall tales, and get an introduction to a distinct style of American literature.
Updated on Jan 29, 2014