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Missouri State Penitentiary
A first person account of what it was like to serve time in the maximum-security prison at Jefferson City, Missouri.
When I was sent to the Missouri State Penitentiary at Jefferson City, in February 1960, there were 2,500 men inside "the walls." The white convicts slept three to a cell (except for several hundred in the one-man cells). The blacks slept as many as eight to a cell.
Stabbings and killings, robberies and rapes were common. Dope was easier to get in prison than it was on the streets. There were men in prison who were said to make more money each year from dope and gambling than the warden was paid. There were captains on the guard force who owed their souls to certain convicts.
You never knew whom you might have trouble with. The reasons for murder and mayhem made little sense to anyone except the convicts. So hundreds of men either carried a knife or had one they could get to in an emergency.
You wonder if you have an enemy in the "population." If you have, he has the advantage: He got there first, he made friends, he knows the prison. He has a knife; you don't.
A lot of men, thinking of the enemies they made outside, begin to imagine that they see them in a chowline or in a line of men going to work. And many of them "check in" for protection.
A lot of men would rather die than check in. A lot of men have died, though all they had to do was walk up to a guard and say "protect me."
There are other ways of getting into trouble in prison. No matter how much you've been around, you feel uneasy when you go to prison. If you are young and goodlooking, you can count on being confronted again and again. If you have money, there will be people who want it. If you are helpless, there are people who will try to make a reputation at your expense. Or you may simply say the wrong thing to the wrong person.
In 1961 a prisoner I knew went up to a 22-year-old man and told him that he wanted to have sex with him. The young convict, within two months of going home on a two-year sentence, replied, "I don't want any trouble-but I'm not going to be a punk." (A punk plays the female role in a homosexual relationship.)
The young man worked on the food service dock. The next day the older inmate walked up, drove a 22-inch ice pick through the young man and raped him as he lay dying.
In 1963, a 16-year-old black inmate resisted the sexual advances of a group of older convicts. They caught him in the A-hall shower and stabbed him to death while he screamed for help. After they killed him they rolled his body up in a tarpaulin, dried themselves off and returned to their cells. All because he didn't want to be a punk.
Some older inmates decided they were going to make a punk out of another young black convict at Jeff City. The boy's uncle, also serving time in the prison, tried to intercede in his behalf. The uncle was stabbed to death for "meddling."
You never know for sure what is going to happen from day to day in prison. If you mind your own business you probably will not have any trouble, but there is never any guarantee.
In 1966 an inmate working in the school was daydreaming and looking in the direction of another convict. At recess the daydreamer was stabbed twice in the liver. I watched him die. The killer remarked later that the victim had been staring at him.
Not long before that an inmate in the kitchen walked up to a man and chopped off the back of his head with a meat cleaver. He explained later that Moses had come to him in a vision the night before and told him to do it.
In prison, paranoia and fear are natural states of mind. You develop a vigilance and alertness that makes you sensitive to who is around you, their moods, their actions. You become chronically suspicious.
Violence is only one aspect of prison. Sometimes when you get to know the men you feared, you find beneath their icy visages warm, lonely, desperate beings who would like to reach out to you but who are afraid to.
There was a time when I cared for Ronald Westberg the way I would a brother. He was serving 25 years for shooting a state trooper. To his friends he was warm and giving-anything he had was yours. He tried to escape several times, always in the company of friends; one such attempt ended with two of his friends being shot down in the yard.
When Ronnie first came to the prison he was stabbed in the back over a relatively minor matter. He always carried a knife after that. He had a quick temper and assaulted several other inmates. He became increasingly paranoid.
Some inmates spoke resentfully of Ronnie behind his back. A lot of men tried to belittle him by starting rumors. These things got back to Ronnie. He felt that the convicts who hated him might think he'd lost his nerve; and if they thought that, they might work up the courage to attack him.
He had a kitten-he pampered it, spoiled it. A kitten was something he could love without his love being mistaken for weakness. One day he came in from work and found the kitten dead, crushed by the electrically operated cell door. He felt that it had been done by someone who hated him. He draped the dead kitten over the lever that operates the doors and vowed to kill the person responsible.
Several months later he killed a man. He told me later that he'd had an argument earlier that day with the person. When he came out of the cellblock to go to the yard, he said, "the guy was looking at me and laughing. So I killed him." That prison killing, plus his earlier escape attempts, pushed Ronnie's original 25-year sentence up to 52 years.
In December 1970, while in solitary, Ronnie hanged himself.
There are many Ronnie Westbergs, and while they live in fear they also create fear in others. I'm talking about a gnawing kind of anxiety that puts a sharp edge on all your senses. It permeates your subconscious. It catapults survival to the top of your list of priorities.
Wanting to survive in prison can make an actor out of you. There are certain roles you can play that enhance your chances of being accepted by other convicts, of being left alone, respected; and respect, ultimately, is the key to "making it" in prison.
The Missouri State Penitentiary is, and always has been, a custodial institution, one whose guiding philosophy is to minimize killings, riots and work strikes. The officials want a tranquil atmosphere.
There are programs at Jeff City-primarily education programs-but all of the programs combined involve barely one-third of the inmates. Some of the best programs were started by the inmates-in spite of official apathy, and often over official opposition.
The art class began with one man, once a death-row prisoner, named Samuel Norbert Reese. Sam was sentenced to die at age 19 for a murder committed during a holdup. Father Charles Dismas Clark took an interest in him, and with Clark's help Sam's sentence was commuted to life (actually, two lifes plus 75 years).
Sam got his hands on a painting course and developed an uncommon ability as an artist. (In 1961, because of his prison cartoons, he was featured in Time magazine).
Sam worked first as a porter in the Catholic Chapel and set up an easel in the corner. One day the warden, the late E.V. Nash, asked Sam if he would teach another, younger inmate how to paint. Sam agreed. His group grew, until he was given a corner in the library and, ultimately, a classroom in the school. One of the men he instructed was Albert Bradford, now known as Malik Hakim. The prison art group won many awards, had many exhibitions, and Reese and Bradford were recognized as possible "comers" in the art field.
Then the art class was closed by the warden, because, as he told Jan Dickerson, then art critic for The Kansas City Star, the inmates were drinking the oil paint and holding sex orgies in the art class.
Prisoners, however, said the reason was a dispute between the warden and the education director over who would get credit for what the artists accomplished.
Bradford was one of the first people I met in the prison. He had been sentenced at age 19 to life for forcible rape. By 1960, with eight years served on his sentence, he was an accomplished artist and an equally accomplished con man. He was one of eight or nine leaders among the black inmates--a Black Muslim at a time when only a few knew what a Black Muslim was.
He loved books, especially poetry, mysticism and oriental philosophy. He introduced me to Sam, and it was through talking with these two that I realized how little I knew about books.
They got me into reading, and they shared their small hoard of tempera with me. By drawing in the dirt in the yard, they showed me how to do line drills and taught me the principles of composition and perspective.
When we ran out of tempera we used instant coffee for yellow, beet juice for red, kitchen cleanser for white, crushed pencils, anything. In spite of our pleas the warden did not let us reestablish the class until 1964.
In 1961 I tried to escape. For that attempt I was given 10 days in the hole and six months in solitary. Solitary, at that time, was on the third floor of E-hall, a century-old building, now torn down.
Each of the three floors had two tiers of cells, for a total of 336 cells. The bottom floor was occupied by regular inmates; and since the E-hall cells were considered among the choicest in the prison, because of laxity of supervision, it was considered something of a politician's row. The second floor was for protective-custody cases-people who had "checked in" for protection from other inmates. The third floor was solitary confinement.
The days of true solitary confinement are largely past, although some prisons, including the U.S. Penitentiary at Leavenworth, still have cells with closed fronts. Solitary now usually consists of being put in a cell with a barred front; while you can hear your neighbor, you can't see him. You stay in that cell, except for a weekly shower and an occasional visit. Some prisons, including Jeff City, under pressure from the federal courts, have begun allowing token recreation, infrequently, but enough to keep them from losing a case in the courts.
Solitary confinement is a community of people unlike any other. It is enforced association for protracted periods of time. It is a world of mental tripping and daydreams, a world of frustrations and angers, magnified emotions and distorted responses.
The windowpanes on E-3 were painted green, so that during the day the area between the cells and outside windows was permeated with an anemic gray haze. In places where the paint had peeled from the window, shafts of sunlight cut like a knife into the cells. You could see a thin cloud of dust drifting through the sunbeams. And there were starlings. They nested in the rafters overhead, screeching constantly and fouling everything below.
Shower day was a festive time in solitary. It was then that we could actually see the people we had talked to all week. And the messages we wanted to relay to friends could then be given in person.
When we got tired of lying to each other about our fabulous lives "outside"--i.e., our fantastically successful criminal careers, our plentiful and varied amorous exploits, our feats of courage-we would play chess or "20 questions."
In order to play chess in solitary we fashioned the pieces out of soap and numbered the squares on hand-drawn boards from one to 64. Then, from 8 a.m. until lights out at 10 p.m., voices were heard all over the cell block:
"Eight to 18--12 to five--six to seven--nine to 40," punctuated occasionally by a distant voice shouting, "Why don't you punks shut up and go to sleep!"
In the regular population, you have some options-go to the yard, or stay in and read; go to school, church, join the Jaycees; go to the library, lift weights, play handball; draw a $25 coupon book and buy ice cream and cigarettes. In solitary you go nowhere. In the early years you were not allowed to have books.
On the occasions when an injudicious convict volunteered an opinion of a guard to his face, the guard would finish what he was doing-passing out mail, food, etc.-then return with a tear gas canister and empty it on the convict. The guard would then begin to unreel the firehose, but by the time the hose was unreeled the tear gas would have drifted into adjoining cells, and those men would join in to berate the guards. They would all be firehosed.
I spent my 21st birthday anniversary in the hole, in solitary, and it was that night that one of my friends from Algoa reformatory hanged himself in a nearby cell. He was within three months of going home, and he had received word that his wife was divorcing him. On the last burglary he had pulled he scrawled his name on a restaurant mirror with lipstick, and under his name the plea, "Catch me! I can't help myself!"
One way to get out of solitary for a few days was by self-mutilation. In the hospital you could score dope easily, get drunk, see people and just walk around. Seeking such a vacation, I cut my wrist after a month in solitary. Instead of hospitalization I was given 10 days in the hole and first aid for my wound.
What will put a man in solitary?
Being caught with a knife, dope, civilian money, a hack-saw blade, or other things considered serious contraband. Murder. Attempted murder. Rape, sodomy, homosexual activity in general. Escape or attempted escape. Engaging in a work or food strike. Inciting a riot (the administration decides what constitutes "inciting to riot"). And investigation. This last is often the worst, because you may spend many months in solitary and no one will tell you why you are being investigated.
At one time Black Muslim activity was sufficient to get you anywhere from six months to a year in solitary. When the courts recognized the Black Muslim faith as a genuine religion, the prison administrators resisted temporarily, predicting dire consequences, then finally admitted that the Black Muslims were generally a healthy and stabilizing influence among the black inmates.
In the 16 years and eight months I spent at Boonville, Algoa, Jefferson City, Moberly and Church Farm, I spent 2 1/2 years in solitary and 1 1/2 years more in the hole.
I went to the hole more than 30 times at Algoa and Jefferson City, and I consider those the most wasted periods of my life. The theory behind the hole goes back to the origin of prisons-deprive a man of everything he has to live for, and he will somehow repent of his sins.
I went to the hole once for "skating," which consists of being where you're not supposed to be. In my case I had walked to the front of the tier to get a glass of water for another man so he could make coffee.
Other men have gone to the hole for carrying bread from the dining room so they could snack late at night.
The hole at Jefferson City was officially designated "O-Hall." They took your shoes and put you in a bare cell containing only a toilet (it was flushed once every several hours by the guard).
There were 18 cells in the hole. The cells measure about 4 feet by 10 feet. I've seen as many as five men to a cell-two or three is relatively common. You have no toothbrush, since deprivation of personal hygiene is part of the punishment. For 10 days you do nothing.
We used to develop what we called "elephant hide" on our hips. The floor was of terrazzo tile (except for the last three feet, by the toilet, which is dark gray slate). After lying on the floor for awhile the pressure would make your hips tender, and after a few trips to the hole you would develop a dark callous.
They fed us once a day, at 11:30 a.m. We hoarded toilet paper so that we could wrap a sandwich in it for late in the evening. After six or seven days your stomach would shrink, and one meal a day would be sufficient.
The big thing in the hole was cigarettes. The inmate in charge of cleaning the hole (who also had a room there) usually could be bribed to bring cigarettes.
We didn't get cigarettes every day because some guards were more vigilant than others, and the inmate wouldn't be able to pass anything. But when we did score, you could hear such cryptic remarks as, "Man, I sure hope the sun comes out tomorrow," meaning the man talking needed a light.
A disconcerting experience was to wake up in the middle of the night with a two-inch waterbug crawling across your face. This happened frequently, especially late in the evening. If a waterbug came toward your cell, you could take off your shirt and shoo it toward someone else's cell. You didn't want to kill it-for one thing you were in your stocking feet; for another, you had to sleep on the same floor on which it was smashed.
But there is more to prison than the buildings, cells and administrative philosophy (or lack of it). The most important aspect of prison is the relationship of the inmates to each other.
Many in society believe that when a man goes to prison he should have but one thing on his mind-to be "rehabilitated." But life goes on, even in prison. You can't become a robot who has no emotional needs, a sterilized entity who thinks about nothing except an abstraction called "rehabilitation."
A large percentage of the men in prison are serving sentences of 10, 20, 30, 50, 100 years or life. The future, for them, is vague, uncertain, difficult to visualize.
How long can a man suppress his emotions and still retain the use of them?
On entering prison you are advised to "do your own time," which means that you do not meddle in the business of others. If you see a man getting killed, don't get involved. (I've known men who were thrown in solitary for "being involved in a fracas," which consisted of going to the aid of someone who was being assaulted.) There is one exception; the quickest way to make parole is to save the life of a guard who is being assaulted by a convict. The moral, which is not lost on the prisoners, is that you may go to the aid of the guards, but you may not go to the aid of your best friend.
One of the oldest sayings in prison is that "people mistake kindness for weakness." The easiest way not to show weakness is to be as cold as ice. It is a prison truism that the fewer friends you have the better off you are. (Your friends may get involved in something and drag you into it.)
Contrary to what Truman Capote said in an interview in the late 1960s, not all men in prison engage in homosexuality. Thirty to 40 percent would be a more accurate figure-and even this depends on the type of institution.
The more secure the institution, the more homosexuality there will be. The incidence reaches an apex at the maximum security prisons where there is less hope of relief. Also, in the maximum security prison, there will be more "long timers," for whom prison is a way of life. They find their memories fading; after a few years it's hard to reconstruct the faces of the girls you knew. Eventually new sex images begin to appear-those of the surrogate females that are everywhere in the prison world.
I remember celling once with a man who had been convicted on a charge of conspiracy to commit a hired killing. By that time he had been there a few years. One night he said to me, "You know, when I first came in, every time I saw one of these fags I had an urge to smack him in the mouth. But after a while I began to realize I wasn't on the streets any more, and I had to forget everything I ever learned out there if I wanted to live in here.
"In the first place, in here you never know who's who or who's what. Secondly, it doesn't make any damned difference. Out there a fag is a weak sonofabitch. In here, a fag will kill you just as quick as anyboy else. So far as I'm concerned, the only thing I want to know about a guy is if he's a snitch."
Incidentally, this man served more than 10 years without ever getting involved in any way with homosexuality.
Where is the prison administration while all this is going on? The only thing that ultimately matters to the administration is that you don't make waves. If you don't make waves, neither will they.
In general, prison personnel are not trained for the work. More often than not they are afraid of the convicts, and since they spend a large part of their time with the convicts they have a natural desire to be liked by them. To the convicts, a "good" guard is one who is interested in keeping trouble down without making life unbearable for the prisoners.
I remember one three-month period in C-hall when most of the cell doors stayed open from 8 a.m. to lights out at 10 p.m. There were no stabbings, no rapes, no robberies. The convicts knew that the guard was taking a chance, and that trouble in the hall could cause a general tightening up.
Prison employees suffer from the same sort of stereotyping that applies to convicts. The prison guards often are depicted as insensitive and slightly retarded brutes who get their kicks from breaking inmate fingers. A tiny minority fits that description. The rest are simply people.
When I first went to Jeff City The Starting salary for guards was $240 a month, and they wore no uniforms. During the summer crop planting and harvesting months, there would be many vacancies on the guard force, but once the crops were harvested the local farmers would sign on to work at the prison. Prison jobs were known among the farmer-guards as "the milk run."
There was surprisingly little guard-on-inmate brutality. One reason for this was a man named B.J. Poiry; though his actual title was senior guard captain, he was frequently addressed as "Major." He was a blocky, solid man with square chin, known to the inmates as "The Jaw."
Poiry smiled little, was zealous in the performance of his duties, and enjoyed the respect of most of the convicts. During the final years of the Nash administration at Jeff City, Poiry ran the prison. He was The Man.
In late 1964 the Jeff City prison was racked by a series of unrelated killings. Corruption was everywhere. One captain, called "Marrying Sam," was in charge of making cell changes for inmates. If you wanted a cell change you could give the captain's inmate clerk $5 and you would be moved within hours. I remember one 18-year-old boy who changed cells 18 times in a single month.
In late 1964, in a one-week period, one inmate smuggled in 14 ounces of amphetamine, another inmate 2 ounces, and another four ounces. So much dope was available, in so many hands, it was almost impossible to sell all of it. Then, in one 24-day period, four inmates were murdered.
The Nash administration at the prison ended when Warden Nash walked into his bedroom late one night and put a bullet in his brain.
Shortly after I arrived at the Missouri State Penitentiary, Warden Nash called me to the "control center" for an interview. "Maloney," he said, "I've reviewed your record from Algoa. You tried to escape twice, instigated a riot and cut another inmate up. If you behave like that in this prison you'll die in this prison. Either we'll kill you, the inmates will kill you or you'll die of old age. On the other hand, keep your nose clean, and you can reasonably expect to make a parole in 20 or 25 years."
At the age of 19, with many prison years in front of me, my least worry was making parole. I was far more interested in staying alive and maintaining some semblance of dignity. I felt that I had to prove myself-to not show weakness-to the inmates or the administration. This resulted in a hard-headedness that landed me in the hole many times, and in solitary five times, for trying to escape, making zip guns and allegedly stabbing another convict.
By 1965 I was beginning to think in terms of my future, and the possibility of someday making parole. This created a typical dilemma. I had invested five years toward making a "reputation," in the course of which I had also made some enemies. Now that I wanted to devote my time to studying, painting, writing and preparing for the future, I had to keep one eye on the past. Someone I had had trouble with might think I was now vulnerable (the dilemma of my friend Ronnie Westberg), and find some pretext to even an old score.
I eventually developed a frame of mind in which I would try to avoid trouble, and at the same time carry myself in such a way that those around me knew there was a point at which I would not walk away.
Fred T. Wilkinson, former assistant director of the Federal Bureau of Prisons, was appointed as the new director of corrections. Wilkinson brought in other former federal prison people, among them Harold R. Swenson, as warden. The new administration took over a prison that had been described as "the bloodiest 47 acres in America," and "a medieval twilight zone."
Under the new administration the food improved immediately. The long metal dining tables were replaced with four-man tables, recreation areas were expanded and cobble-stoned streets were blacktopped. Old buildings came down and new ones went up. "Evening yard" was started during weeknights. Radio and television sets were sold in the prison canteen.
The population at Jeff City began to drop because of the opening of the Fordland Honor Camp and the new medium security prison at Moberly, which ultimately absorbed 800 of the men who would have been assigned to Jeff City.
New dimensions of prison life began to emerge in the late '60s-food strikes; work strikes; racial tension and conflict; civil rights suits .
The first serious incident of racial violence during my years at Jeff City occurred in the summer of 1964. The administration had decided to integrate the prison. It began by moving a small group of blacks to one of the upper tiers of all-white F-hall.
Several days later, as a line of several hundred convicts was returning from the yard through the tunnel in the evening, the line was halted by several hooded men brandishing knives. Several minutes later a commotion started at the rear of the line. One black ran past me and was skewered with an 18-inch knife when he reached the front of the line. He fell dead. Three other blacks were stabbed.
For days there were rumors of an impending race riot, until a group of black leaders met with white leaders and talked the situation out.
There had always been prejudice and discrimination in the prison, but the two races had gambled together, bartered together, played together, worked together, all in relative harmony. Black-white relations were never the same after the incident in the tunnel.
On one occasion, two members of the E-Squad (guards trained in riot control) were standing in the tunnel as the inmates were returning from dinner. One guard called loudly to the other: "Hey, you grab the next nigger that comes along with one of them Afros, and I'll get the next sonofabitch wearing one of those nigger medals [Black Muslim emblems] around his neck."
It was in this kind of atmosphere that prisoners began to file civil rights suits in the federal court.
One of the first, filed by an inmate who'd been in maximum security more than three years, was instrumental in the construction of a small recreation area for the men in maximum security. A few other concessions followed.
In February, 1971, I requested a transfer to Moberly, and arrived there in March.
It was a radical departure from Jeff City. Instead of cells you had a room, and you carried a key to your own room. Instead of a green uniform you wore a grey uniform. You did not have to have a "pass" to go from one place to another-someone simply called and said "send Maloney back to the housing unit."
But it was a schizoid environment. It seemed peaceful, tranquil. When my family came to visit we were no longer separated by bars and screens, but could sit on couches and drink coffee together.
Back in the wings, which were seldom patrolled by the guards, it was a jungle. There was racial trouble of one sort or another at all times. Entire wings-70 men to a wing-would explode with violence. Young boys were raped with regularity.
From the day I entered until the day I left 18 months later I never saw anyone above the rank of guard captain in any of the wings I was assigned to.
When the day came to go to the pre-parole unit at Church Farm, I was happy to leave Moberly, even though I had been treated well there.
I was disheartened when five blacks at Church Farm raped a 22-year-old pre-release unit convict a week after I arrived. The civilian coordinator of the release unit asked me the next day if I would protect the man who'd been raped. I agreed but pointed out that in the event of violence my parole could be jeopardized.
So for the next three weeks I had to escort him to and from the dining room, the commissary, to the yard for exercise. I breathed a massive sign of relief when he went home.
No other problems arose before I, too, came home.


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Public invited to talk by Fukushima activist Yuko NishiyamaUniversity of Hawaiʻi at Mānoa
Aya H. Kimura, (808) 956-2706
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Communications Officer, College of Social Sciences
Assistant Professor, Women's Studies
Lisa Shirota, (808) 956-7352
Communications Officer, College of Social Sciences
Posted: Feb 25, 2013
Yuko Nishiyama, famed Fukushima activist and survivor of the March 11, 2011 triple disaster in Japan, is coming to the University of Hawai'i at Mānoa campus to share her personal experience of the nuclear crisis and the challenges faced by evacuees. Nishiyama is the founder of Minna no Te (translation: Everyone's Hands), a support group for evacuees. The group raises funds to assist in reuniting family members separated by the 2011 crisis.
Her lecture is part of "Japan After 3.11: Change and Hope from the Center of Triple Disaster," a free public symposium commemorating the second anniversary of Japan's March 11th earthquake, tsunami and nuclear crisis. The symposium will be held at UH Mānoa's Center for Korean Studies Auditorium on Sunday, March 10, 2013 at 2 p.m.
"We are honored to host Ms. Nishiyama at this event. Her personal experience of the March 11, 2011 tragedy, as well as her subsequent work to raise global awareness of the ongoing crisis, provide a powerful perspective on Japan's continuing efforts to rebuild the lives of its people and communities," said Denise Konan, dean of the College of Social Sciences.
The symposium will also feature: The Honorable Mazie Hirono, who will address attendees via a video message; Japan-America Society of Hawai'i's Kelsey Soma Turek, who will address Rainbow for Japan Kids, a program that brings children from the affected regions of Japan to Hawai'i for respite; UH Mānoa MA candidate Tomoki Kimura, who will share a personal account of the event; Aya H. Kimura, assistant professor in the Women's Studies Department at UH Mānoa, who will address the subject of food and agriculture in post 3/11 Japan; Dr. Mary McDonald, director for the Center for Japanese Studies at UH Mānoa, along with UHM PhD candidate Yoshitaka Miyake from the Geography Department, who will address the topic of change and hope in the tsunami zone.
The symposium is co-sponsored by UH Mānoa's College of Social Sciences, Department of Religion, Department of Women's Studies and Center for Japanese Studies, together with the Japanese Cultural Center of Hawai'i and the Japan-America Society of Hawai'i.
Doors to the public symposium will open at 1:30 p.m. for the 2 p.m. event. Seating is limited and will be on a first-come, first-served basis. On-campus parking is free.

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In the following review of Rose Rage, a two-part adaptation of the Henry VI plays by Edward Hall and Roger Warren, Shore contends that Hall and Warren "largely succeeded in giving us what earlier adaptors, such as William Davenant and Nahum Tate, are routinely derided for having thought possible—Shakespeare improved."
Orchestral music from the wings evokes the undulating English countryside, but what emerges on stage as the mist rises is not a vision of green pastures but the iron-mesh cages of a slaughterhouse. Jack-booted abattoir workers loiter threateningly, the lower halves of their faces moulded into feral snouts by protective masks. They stare out into the audience in search of potential troublemakers and busy themselves sharpening knives, the clash of metal gathering in volume until it drowns out the tranquil strains. Then, at a given...
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MIAMI (AP) -- Several people called 911 after witnessing events related to the vicious attack of a 65-year-old homeless man whose face was mostly chewed off along a busy Miami highway, according to recordings released Friday by authorities.
Callers only reported seeing two men fighting in the shadow of The Miami Herald headquarters but did not mention seeing Ronald Poppo's face being chewed.
Surveillance video shows Rudy Eugene, 31, attacking Poppo alongside the highway last Saturday afternoon. A police officer fatally shot Eugene during the attack. Police have not released a motive for the attack.
"He's going to kill that man, I promise you," a female bus driver said, urging a 911 operator to send help. Poppo remains hospitalized.
The driver, who wasn't named by authorities, described the scene as she drove by.
"Listen, there is a naked man on the MacArthur Causeway," she said. "He is beating another man to a pulp -- like on top of the man, beating him, the man is bleeding."
Another caller said the two men were fighting, saying they nearly knocked over an elderly bicyclist.
"These two bums were going at it with each other, taking up the whole lane," the caller said. "I think they were fighting or something."
The unidentified man gave his phone number to the 911 operator. He declined to comment when contacted Friday evening by The Associated Press.
A second male caller didn't mention the fight, instead reporting that he saw a man taking off his clothes and throwing them into traffic.
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Version 7.20 of Alien Arena 2008 has been released! Nearly five months of grueling work later, and it's finally time to get a release out there. The most signifigant changes are with the renderer, which has not only been greatly optimized, but a host of new and enhanced features/effects have been added. Gameplay was not neglected - new features such as a reward system and anti-lag were implemented, as well as some nice improvements to weapon balance and various bugfixes
1. Added Invisibility powerup
2. Added reward system.
3. Reduced power of vaporizer, and increased spawn time of vaporizer to twice of other weapons.
4. Added weapon inventory display in HUD.
5. Shockwave weapon effects. Increased efficiency of several weapon effects.
6. New CTF flag effects.
7. Added rotating particle effects.
8. Fixed buffer overrun with ps.stats
9. Bots now use alt-fire in vehicles.
10. Haste and sproing greatly improved.
11. New death effects.
12. Bot node files only load at start of level, rather than previously when a player joins.
13. Noshadows option for static map meshes.
14. Fixed "disappearing ctf flag" bug!
15. Added tangent light space vector normalization to per-pixel mesh rendering.
16. Added level of detail system for player models.
17. Bounding boxes calc'ed at load time, performance increase.
18. Occulusion culling of entites, huge performance increase.
19. Added GLSL program management.
20. Added parallax mapping.
21. Added glsl normal/specular mapping for dynamic lighting.
22. Added glsl specular lighting.
23. Removed old fixed functions for dynamic and specular lighting on normalmaps. (some where broken anyway).
24. Changed some skin colors of players and weapons to be more visible(and eye pleasing).
25. Added new water shaders, so that mappers can fake reflections.
26. Added distortion shader to basic water(disabled due to some bugginess).
27. Vertex lerping no longer batched in separate loop, now done inside of texture mapping loop, nice peformance increase.
28. Anti-lag added, backwards reconciliation portion. More to follow.
29. Fixed a few video menu bugs.
30. New weapon icons.
31. Cvar's added to specify log and motd files.
32. Heartbeat's now only re-resolve master if it cannot reach it.
33. Faster image filtering.
34. Rscript optimizations using hash keys.
35. Removed flashlight code.
36. Added support for Linux/X11 clipboard.
37. Linux directory support.
38. Linux windowed mouse fixes.
39. Netname string made larger.
40. Fixed escape character removal in death messages.
41. Names no longer cut off in team scoreboard.
42. New glass effects, now uses a semi-true reflection.
43. Option to place player id's over players, as well as identify flags.
44. Rcon password changes - can now have spaces, and protection against overflows.
45. Fixed bug with random() that caused some dedicated servers to segfault in linux.
46. Rscript optimization - removed redundant loading in meshes.
47. New bloodstain effects using decals. Removed old stain code. Looks cooler, and performs better.
48. Added 3 new maps: Dm-liberation, Ctf-cryogenic, Tca-cryogenic.
49. Better bullethole effects.
50. Fixed fov bug.


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Educators mark Tammy Baldwin's election to the U.S. Senate in Wisconsin
WASHINGTON - November 06, 2012 -
Following is a statement by NEA President Dennis Van Roekel on Rep. Tammy Baldwin's election to the U.S. Senate.
"The Badger state will return to Washington a true public education champion in Tammy Baldwin. Her election is a victory for students and for public education. As educators, we are confident she will continue to make education a top priority in the U.S. Senate. She will fight for the middle class and will make sure everyone has a fair shot. More to the point, she pledged to make sure what happens in Washington works in schools and communities back in Wisconsin," said Van Roekel.
Despite the numerous attacks on educators and working people in Wisconsin, they have emerged with renewed energy to deliver a tremendous victory for the children in their state and for our country. The Wisconsin Education Association Council (WEAC), NEA's state affiliate, wholeheartedly endorsed Tammy Baldwin and touted her career in public service as a public education champion. In 1998, Baldwin became the first woman elected to the U.S. Congress from Wisconsin. Today, she shattered the glass ceiling again by becoming Wisconsin's first female Senator.
Why Are Educators Involved in Elections?
NEA members' top priority is ensuring that every student has access to a quality public school. That responsibility extends beyond the classroom, and means speaking up about decisions that take place outside of school yet affect their ability to educate their students. Local, state, and national politics have a direct impact on the quality of our public schools; speaking up for students requires speaking up in the political process.
Facts on NEA in Wisconsin
- WEAC members mobilized in record numbers to support Tammy Baldwin for U.S. Senate and the President's reelection. More than 21,600 members were actively supporting the candidates.
- WEAC volunteers in 71 of 72 counties throughout the state made phone calls or went door-to-door.
- NEA sponsored more than $450,000 in independent television and direct mail advertising supporting Tammy Baldwin's campaign in the key northern counties of Wisconsin.
Facts on NEA's Election Activity Nationally
- One out of every 100 Americans is an NEA member.
- In 2008, 1 in every 50 votes cast came from an NEA member. One in every 34 votes cast came from an NEA household.
- Our members live in every state, in every Congressional district, and in every precinct.
- Nearly 500,000 NEA members signed up in some way to be involved in the Obama For America campaign, including direct action such as phone banking, canvassing and conducting voter registration.
- NEA was the first union to move to endorse President Obama for a second term. We did so in 2011, meaning we could gear up and start educating and organizing our members.
- Educators are highly reliable voters. On average, NEA members turn out 15 percent higher than the general public in Presidential elections.
- When it comes to political action, NEA members are involved. Almost half a million educators, NEA members, have been involved in some way in the presidential election.
- The vast majority of teachers are women. In fact, 74 percent of NEA members are women—a critical constituency in Decision 2012.
For more information, visit nea.org www.educationvotes.nea.org
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Imagine you wrote a new Web server that didn't support concurrency and couldn't do multiple things at the same time. Consequently, each new Web request would run serially. Sure, it would be simple to implement, but a single, long-running request could block the entire Web server! A request involving a query against the database that takes two minutes to complete would mean that no one else could access the Web server during those two minutes.
When thinking of concurrency, it's useful to distinguish between I/O throughput and CPU throughput. Does the problem involve lots of concurrent requests, or does it involve lots of data to crunch? This distinction is important because some techniques work better for one than the other. However, sometimes this distinction is blurred. Threads try to address both of these problems. In this article, I focus on I/O throughput.
Approaches to Multitasking
Let's start with some basics. The kernel clearly needs to support concurrency in order to run multiple applications at the same time. Operating systems use time slicing to share one CPU among many programs. If each program gets a small slice of the CPU's time, the question is, how do they take turns?
In non-preemptive schedulers, each program must explicitly "yield" the CPU to the other programs. This is called "cooperative multitasking" because the programs have to cooperate with each other by yielding the CPU. Macintosh OS 9 used a non-preemptive scheduler. These days, most GUI libraries and JavaScript use this same technique to share the CPU among many "things" competing for it. One downside to this technique is that if one program gets wedged in an infinite loop, the whole system goes down. On the other hand, because the programs yield to each other in predictable ways, it's easier to reason about cooperative multitasking; that is, it's more deterministic.
Kernels that use preemptive schedulers simply interrupt (I'm mostly using the English meaning of the term "interrupt", not the computer science meaning) when it's time for one program to be replaced by another. The interruption is caused by a hardware timer. By and large, the program can be completely unaware that it was even interrupted. UNIX and Windows NT use this technique. Hence, so do Linux, OS X, and Windows XP. Unlike non-preemptive schedulers, preemptive schedulers can interrupt a program even if it's wedged in an infinite loop. Consequently, a wedged program can't bring down the whole system.
Imagine some ancient banking software with multiple programs trying to write data to a single file. Example 1 is what I like to call the canonical "race" condition.
Process A sees that John's balance is $25 Process B sees that John's balance is $25 Process A deducts $25 and sets balance to $0 Process B deducts $25 and sets balance to $0 John gets a free $25 .... which he promptly loses on a horse race ;)
Clearly, when you have multiple programs accessing the same data, some additional cooperation is required. This is done via locking. In the pre-Python 2.5 days, using a lock required a try/finally statement to acquire and release the lock. These days, Python 2.5's with syntax makes this task really convenient; see Example 2.
with lock: if balance > amt: deduct(amt) else: raise ValueError('Insufficient funds')
By the way, it's easy to wrap this technique in a function decorator called synchronized to write Java-esque code; see Example 3.
@synchronized def update_account(...): ...
Once you introduce locks to protect shared data, the question becomes: What should you protect, and how many locks do you need? If you use a single lock that wraps everything, then no concurrency is possible. Clearly, it can get better than that.
Using a single lock to protect all the critical sections is called "coarse-grained locking." FreeBSD 4 and Python both use this technique. In FreeBSD 4, the lock was called "giant", and in Python it's called the "global interpreter lock" (the "GIL").
Using multiple locks that each protect a specific resource during critical sections is called "fine-grained locking." FreeBSD 5 and up use fine-grained locking. BeOS was famous for how fine-grained its locking was. Thanks to its careful fine-grained locking, BeOS was well suited to high concurrency. It was far better than other operating systems of its time at doing things such as playing multiple videos concurrently. While fine-grained locking has some real benefits, it's harder to implement. Furthermore, it can be more expensive to constantly acquire and release a bunch of small locks than to simply acquire and release a single large lock.
By the way, there has been research done on "lockless data structures". Usually, if you wish to update a hash atomically, you need to use a lock or else a race condition can lead to malformed data. However, there exists a hash implementation that can be updated atomically without the use of a lock. It's possible that these techniques may be increasingly important in the future.


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At SERVIZ, we see hundreds of leaking and dripping faucets every year. The problems range from broken faucet valves to worn-out faucet cartridges. Over time, these worn-out and broken faucet parts begin with a slow drip and eventually deteriorate into a full leaking faucet.
Some of the most common problems they face are...
Leaks. Obvious, yes, but faucet leaks aren't just annoying - they are costly. The EPA estimates that an average households leaks waste up to 10,000 gallons of water a year. That's enough water for 580 showers, costing an extra $100 in utilities annually.
Low water pressure. With all that water flowing through the faucet, mineral and residue buildup is inevitable. Over time, this can reduce water pressure, so that your faucet resembles a slow drip.
Rusting. If your faucet starts showing signs of rust, it's time to replace it. Although drinking water with rust does not pose a health risk, according to the EPA, it's best to get a new fixture.
If your kitchen or bathroom faucet exhibits any of the above symptoms, book a SERVIZ Plumbing Pro today.
Ever wondered what causes a leaky faucet? Below are a few contributing factors.
Broken or Damaged O-Ring. An O-ring is a pliable, rubbery gasket used to seal connections in pipes. If it becomes corroded or worn out, water can seep out near the handle, causing a leak. Luckily, O-rings are easy and inexpensive to replace.
Old Cartridges. A faucet cartridge is a valve that turns your faucet on and off, usually with an up/down motion, and adjusts the temperature by mixing the hot and cold water. Mineral buildups and sink remodels, which can knock loose sediment, can stop up the cartridge, causing leaks.
Worn Out Washers. Constant dripping is usually a sign of worn out washers. Washers are pressed against the valve seat every time the faucet is turned on. Over the course of a faucet's lifetime, that can be hundreds of thousands of times. Once they get worn down too much, that's when leaks occur. With that much wear and tear, it's no surprise that old, worn out washers are one of the primary causes of a leaky faucet.
Also, see our helpful Faucet Buying Guide.
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We repair most major brands including: American Standard Delta KOHLER And more...


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Please schedule an appointment online before you visit to conduct business with IDHS. No walk-ins will be accepted. Note: This system is not to be used for scheduling inspections.
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except state-observed holidays
Indiana Dept. of Homeland Security
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Indianapolis, IN 46204-2739
Call us: 317-232-2222
Email us: Hazmat Emails
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The Indiana Department of Homeland Security CBRNE Section provides assistance to any emergency response agency within Indiana with preparation, response, mitigation and recovery from an incident involving a CBRNE/Hazardous Material/Radiation incident on a 24-hour, 7-days-a-week basis.
CBRNE Defined
CBRNE is an acronym that stands for "Chemical, Biological, Radiological, Nuclear, and Explosive." The term was developed to describe the different type of weapon systems that may be used in a criminal or terrorist event. Other terms that are synonymous with CBRNE are: Weapons of Mass Destruction (WMD) that is used by various Federal government agencies and Nuclear, Biological, Chemical (NBC) that is used by the United States military.
History of CBRNE
Since the terrorist attacks of September 11, 2001, all emergency response organizations throughout the world have speculated about "what" the next terrorist attack may bring. The anthrax attack of October 2001 further showed that the unthinkable is really possible. Various scenarios have been developed and preparations for responding to each of these scenarios continue.
CBRNE Information
CBRNE, WMD, NBC, HAZMAT, regardless what we call these materials and/or weapon systems; they are hazardous materials that pose serious short-term and or long-term hazards to emergency first responders and members of the general public. Emergency response operations to a terrorism or criminal incident using CBRNE /hazardous materials are based on the basic concepts of hazardous materials response that have been used by emergency response organizations for over 30 years. In simple terms, responders cannot safely and effectively respond to terrorism or criminal incidents involving CBRNE materials if they do not first understand hazardous materials response.
IDHS CBRNE Staff
The emergency response staff assigned to the CBRNE section are hazardous materials and radiation specialists who have been trained and equipped to assist local jurisdictions with any major incident. Services provided by the CBRNE section are provided at no cost to the requesting agency.
Emergency Assistance
If you are a local, state, or federal emergency response agency and need emergency assistance from our staff, you can request this assistance by calling the State of Indiana Emergency Operations Center at 1-800-669-7362 (press 1).
Visit the individual program pages below for CBRNE/Hazardous Material information
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Spot Abuse
Most children enjoy generally happy childhood experiences within their own family. Unfortunately, for some this is not the case.
Take Responsibility
You may be concerned about a child or young person. You may or may not know them, or even their name. Safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. Abuse can take many different forms, such as neglect, sexual abuse, physical abuse, and even emotional abuse.
Tell Someone
Don't assume that someone else will take responsibility and make that phone call. You could help to save a child's life. If you are worried, report it now. Call our reporting line on 03000 411111.
If a child is in immediate danger CALL 999


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Open Issues: 25,134 Closed Issues: 278,215 Acknowledged Issues: 63,919
Watching issues created after: 2016-01-29
Notified About
Street Light - Request for New/Upgrade Acknowledged41st St & Webster St - TemescalThis issue was reported to the City of Oakland Public Works Agency via phone (510-615-5566), email (firstname.lastname@example.com), or web (www.oaklandpw.com).
Rooftop Tagging Archived383 40th Street Oakland, California - TemescalAt the east end of the building, as seen in the upper left of the photograph.
55th Street And Dover Intersection Oakland, California - BushrodA crosswalk has been needed for years at the intersection of 55th Street and Dover, between MLK and Shattuck Avenue. Cars drive at advanced speeds and pass other cars since the street is quite wide (even with the addition of the bike lanes neighbors suggested). Due to its location between several freeway on and off ramps, along with the street's width, drivers treat this stretch of road as a freeway extension. At the residential intersection of 55th and Dover, residents and neighborhood visitors and Children's Hospital Oakland employees (often children and seniors) routinely cross to reach the hospital, the popular Dover Street Park (@Dover/59th), the North Senior Oakland Senior Center, CHORI, and the bus stops (two well-used AC Transit lines run down 55th Street) on either side of the street. Although not a formal bike route, Dover Street is also heavily utilized by bicyclists. Crossing for pedestrians and bikers is often an impossible task due to the lack of signage and a steady stream of speeding cars (some passing other cars in the oncoming lane at even higher speeds). It is particularly difficult to cross during the winter, when residents coming home from work must disembark from buses and try to cross the street after dark (and sometimes in the rain). Pedestrians, bicyclists, and drivers would benefit greatly from a large reflective thermoplast crosswalk and reflective signage at 55th/Dover to alert drivers to the presence of pedestrians (particularly children and seniors) for whom they should slow down.
Illegal Dumping Archived3901 Broadway Oakland, California - MosswoodThis alcove is a perpetual problem spot, and needs to be gated.
Growing homeless encampment Acknowledged5457-5481 Claremont Avenue Oakland, California - Fairview ParkThis encampment doubles in size each week. This morning there was a belligerent homeless person "batting" garbage with a stick at people and traffic. It's dangerous. If we do not address this it will grow into a whole homeless village like so many other places throughout Oakland. This is next to a park where children play!
4 WAY STOP SIGN NEEDED at Seminary and Overdale Acknowledged6101-6151 Overdale Avenue Oakland, California - MillsmontHi! There have been 4 fatal or near fatal accidents in the last month at or very near the Overdale / Seminary intersection in Oakland. People drive extremely fast on Seminary and exit at extremely fast speeds from the 580E / 13 exit. Please place a 4 way stop or stoplight at this intersection immediately.
Unsafe Crosswalk at Herzog and Alcatraz Acknowledged1086 Alcatraz Ave Oakland, CA - Paradise ParkThe crosswalk at Alcatraz and Herzog is VERY unsafe. There are two elementary schools and a new Oakland Recreation Youth Center in the area. In addition, there is a large apartment building nearby with a large senior population. Cars are coming from four directions. There have been several recent near misses where children and adults were nearly hit. Many cars also drive at unsafe speeds. School crossing guards have expressed concern for their own safety. Something urgently needs to be done now. In my opinion, there at least needs to be flashing "Slow Children" street signs from multiple directions and a raised crosswalk with flashing lights when pedestrians are crossing. Thank you for your attention to this serious safety issue.
Gazebo disaster! Acknowledged1300-1354 34th Street Oakland, California - ClawsonThe gazebo is a site of illegal prostitution and drug use with the dumping of needles, alcohol bottles and condoms. The garbage is also attracting rodents and feral cats. The state of this gazebo poses a clear health and safety risk to the community.
Gang Graffiti on Private Mailbox Archived3917 Opal Street Oakland, CA - MosswoodCovering an entire side of a large mailbox. How long does it take to deal with a simple issue like this?
Broken Fence and Slide Archived5707 Dover St. Oakland, California - Bushrod
Fence and Slide are broken at Dover Street Park.
Reference number for slide is 447309
Reference number for fence is 454807
We have been waiting for more than 5 weeks for a fix. Gotta wonder if our long wait time is because we live below Shattuck Ave.
Huge RV Parked on Sidewalk Archived3974 Manila Oakland, California - TemescalWith expired Georgia plates, BYQ 9174. It is not only parked on the sidewalk, but there appears to be someone living in it and that person has been emptying his tanks in the street. Thus it is also a public health hazard.


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Ortiz joins Williams with another 30-homer season
BALTIMORE -- When David Ortiz belted a line-drive, three-run homer to left in the eighth inning on Friday night, he put himself in some select company.
With 30 homers and 103 RBIs on the season, Ortiz now has seven 30-100 seasons in his career, all with Boston.
The only other player in Red Sox history to have seven 30-100 seasons was the legendary Ted Williams.
"It's a huge honor for myself to be mentioned with one of the greatest that ever played the game in this organization," Ortiz said. "Got to keep the line moving and try to keep on producing for this ballpark."
It is Ortiz's first 30-100 season since 2010, and another sign of how he's been able to stay at the top of his game even as he ages.
"In the minds of many, he's a Hall of Fame-type hitter," said Red Sox manager John Farrell. "He's been a productive hitter throughout his whole career here, and I think to put himself in the company of Ted Williams is very rare."
With the game being played at Camden Yards, it was fitting that the home run was No. 431 in Ortiz's career, tying him with Cal Ripken Jr.
"Oh, really? Man, another great," said Ortiz. "You're talking about Cal Ripken Jr., the Iron Man, that's something special. You keep on mentioning names, and nothing but greats comes out. Mad respect [for Ripken], though."


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The young & the restless: Local youths share their world
What makes teens tick? Are too many tests making kids tubby? Is UVA's coal tower putting children at risk? The Hook's family issue tackles these questions, plus don't miss our local version of "Before they were stars."<
You may have seen them gather near "watering holes" and "places of material consumption." Forming what we might call "social clusters" or "human herds," they communicate using a mysterious dialect unintelligible to outsiders.
In speech replete with abbreviations, slang, and punctuated by high-pitched noises known as "giggles," they exchange information in a way almost entirely indecipherable to those of us whose "hip factor" has atrophied (and not been replaced).
Never trust anyone over 30?
Never mind that. In what we think of as a "spontaneous social experiment," the Hook asked local teens to share the secrets of their subculture. And as it turns out, we adults have nothing to fear.
Indeed, we have seen the teen, and he is us. Totally rad, dude.
Albemarle High School students Jessie Martin and Paige Rumfelt hang after school at Mario's Pizza
Hilary Walker
Name: Hilary Walker
Age: 14
School: 9th grade, Charlottesville High School
Favorite restaurant: Um... I like a lot of places, Christian's, that dumpling place on the Downtown Mall [Marco and Luca],
Best band: I like a lot of bands, too: Coldplay, U2, Relient K.
Transportation: My mom's car? I can't drive.
I live with: My fam! Dad, mom, brother, sister
Always in my backpack: I think my friend's sock is in there, and then there's my cell phone and maybe some Chapstick.
Hobbies: I love listening to music and playing my guitar. I go out with my friends a lot.
Hangout: I like hanging out on the Downtown Mall when it's not cold. I'm usually at other people's houses.
Best about Charlottesville: I love that Charlottesville is small, and the people here are awesome.
Worst about Charlottesville: I don't know– I guess it can be kind of isolated sometimes.
Drives you crazy: Being stuck on Saturday with nothing to do. Ahhhhhh!
Biggest concern for teens: I definitely think communication is hard for people. A lot of times you're pressured to be someone you're not.
In 10 years I'll be... A movie star! No, I'll probably be married to an insanely rich, perfect man.
Emily Hornsby
Name: Emily Hornsby
Age: 14
School: 8th grade at Buford Middle School
Favorite restaurant: C'ville Coffee
Best band: I hate favorites. I always have too many answers. I like The Who, Franz Ferdinand, Death Cab, and my uncle [Bruce Hornsby]
Transportation: Seeing as I'm 14, I'm pretty much limited to my bike and my feet.
I live with: mi familia (mom, dad, two sisters, one brother)
Always in my backpack: I can tell you what's not always in my backpack: a pencil. I seem to lose about three a day.
Hobbies: Listening to music, instant messaging. I play lacrosse and field hockey. I like to snowboard when I get a chance, clog dancing– no, just kidding.
Hangout: Downtown Mall, friends' houses, you know, clubs, bars (just kidding)
Best about Charlottesville: The people. It has a little of everything– like a stew, I suppose– or a melting pot.
Worst about Charlottesville: It's kind of small.
Drives you crazy: Kids, mostly boys, who watch Cartoon Network and try to be annoying.
Biggest concern for teens: um, drugs. That's probably what you want me to say.
In 10 years I'll be... famous. And if that doesn't work, I've always wanted to be a sponge diver.
Ross Bollinger
Name: Ross Bollinger
Age: 18
School: 12th grade at the Renaissance School
Favorite local restaurant: New York Grille (though I rarely am able to go)
Best band: The Unicorns
Transportation mode: Car
I live with: mom, dad, brother, sister
Always in my backpack: school books
Hobbies: Animating, playing music
Hangout: Around town
Best about Charlottesville: You know everyone.
Worst about Charlottesville: You know everyone.
Drives you crazy: That Zendik commune magazine
Biggest concern for teens: Crack!
In 10 years I'll be... An animator in New York, I hope.
Eleseea Granger
Name: Eleseea Granger
Age: 13
School: 7th grade at Burley Middle School
Favorite restaurant: Chik-Fil-A
Best band: Chris Brown
Transportation: Bus and walk
I live with: Mom and two younger brothers
Always in my backpack: Money and phone and lip gloss
Hobbies: Shopping, dancing, singing
Hangout: My cousin's house, the Downtown Mall
Best about Charlottesville: Boys
Worst about Charlottesville: School districts
Drives you crazy: Being told to go clean up my room
Biggest concern for teens: People in my face
In 10 years I'll be... living with Chris Brown
Chris Sanford
Name: Chris Sanford
Age: 16
School: 10th grade at Madison High School
Favorite restaurant: Miller's
Best band: Grateful Dead
Transportation mode: 240SX Nissan
I live with: Dad
Always in my backpack: Magazines
Hobbies: Carve and smoke
Hangout: Wherever people are
Best about Charlottesville: Hot girls
Worst about Charlottesville: Traffic
Drives you crazy: Sh**ty drivers
Biggest concern for teens: No answer
In 10 years I'll be... rich
Evan Long
Name: Evan Long
Age: 14
School: 8th grade at Buford Middle School
Favorite restaurant: Mudhouse
Best band: The Used
Transportation: Foot, parents, skateboard
I live with: Dad
Always in my backpack: A good book
Hobbies: Reading, skateboarding
Hangout: Downtown Mall
Best about Charlottesville: Everything is so close.
Worst about Charlottesville: violence
Drives you crazy: My older sister
Biggest concern for teens: Drugs/violence
In 10 years I'll be... in college
Lindsay Black
Name: Lindsay Black
Age: 14
School/grade: 9th grade home schooler. I use the Christa McAuliffe Academy online program.
Favorite restaurant: Lime Leaf
Best band: I like a lot of bands.
Transportation: My parents drive me around.
I live with: Parents, brother, three dogs
Always in my backpack: My iPod Nano
Hobbies: I spend most of my time figure skating. I skate around four hours every day. Otherwise, I love to shop!
Hangout: Ice rinks all over Virginia
Best about Charlottesville: It's not too big, yet not too small.
Worst about Charlottesville: I doesn't have most of my favorite stores.
Drives you crazy: Nothing
Biggest concern for Charlottesville teens: No answer
In 10 years I'll be... Hopefully, I'll be an Olympic champion!
Ari Berne
Name: Ari Berne
School: 10th grade at Charlottesville High School
Favorite restaurant: Bodo's
Best band: The Beetnix
Transportation: A car
I live with: My parents and sister
Always in my backpack: My binder
Hobbies: Rap
Hangout: Brother's house and Music Resource Center
Best about Charlottesville: Downtown
Worst about Charlottesville: I don't have any complaints.
Drives you crazy: Music
Biggest concern for teens: Teens are influenced by media, and they're not open-minded at all. They try to be what they see on TV.
In 10 years I'll be... Hopefully I'll be working in the music industry, not for the glitz and glamour, but so I can afford to feed a family and do what I love.
Joseph Genest
Name: Joseph Genest
Age: 13
School: 8th grade at Burley Middle School
Favorite restaurant: It would have to be a tie between Mellow Mushroom, College Inn, and Lazy Parrot.
Best band: Local: a tie between Body for Karate and The Wave. National: too many to name, but currently I like a lot of classics and a lot of rock, and I've been getting into a lot of different types of music, like classical, rap, reggae, jazz, and blues.
Transportation: Walking, my skateboard, or mom's car
I live with: My parents and dog
Always in my backpack: Food
Hobbies: I'm starting snowboarding, skateboarding, music, videogames.
Hangout: Skatepark, MRC, the malls when I can afford them, and Wintergreen when I can afford that
Best about Charlottesville: A nice, safe, community
Worst about Charlottesville: It lacks inexpensive activities for teens.
Drives you crazy: Annoying things and people
Biggest concern for teens: idk [that's IM slang for "I Don't Know," for you fuddy-duddies] There aren't too many issues that I can think of. Charlottesville doesn't really have too many issues.
In 10 years I'll be... idk, hopefully doing something in music, and hopefully still Joseph
Danielle Purpura
Name: Danielle Purpura
Age: 16
School: 11th grade at the Renaissance School
Favorite restaurant: Bodo's and Sylvia's pizza
Best band: In Charlottesville Body for Karate, a and now my friend's band is Love Tentacle Drip Society
Transportation: car
I live with: Mom, stepdad, sister and grandparents
Always in my backpack: My license, hopefully
Hobbies: Singing, playing cello
Hangout: Twisted Branch Tea Bazaar, Music Resource Center
Best about Charlottesville: I like the music scene a lot.
Worst about Charlottesville: Traffic and parking
Drives you crazy: Mostly bad drivers
Biggest concern for teens: I don't really know of a specific problem for teenagers
In 10 years I'll be... singing opera and playing cello. Living abroad would be awesome.
Tierra Oliver
Name: Tierra Oliver
Age: 14
School: 9th grade at Charlottesville High School
Favorite restaurant: Wood Grill
Best band: Mary J. Blige
Transportation: sister or aunt's car
I live with: Mom and younger sister
Always in my backpack: books and lotion
Hobbies: dancing, singing and reading
Hangout: Fashion Square Mall
Best about Charlottesville: It has a low-cost studio where everyone can hang out.
Worst about Charlottesville: There's no where for teens to hangout at night and on weekends.
Drives you crazy: People talking at the same time.
Biggest concern for teens: gangs and drugs
In 10 years I'll be... still going to law school
You've come a long way, baby: A look back at locals
Today, the following people are paragons of success and poise– leaders in our community, a talented musician, a renegade performance artist. But it hasn't always been easy. As the following pictures attest, sometimes "cool" takes a while to kick in...
Performance artist 'Stevie Jay'
"You want to know what it was like for me in those days? This is a case where a picture paints a thousand words," jokes Steven Savit.
County supervisors chair Dennis Rooker
"I loved sports and music and still
do," says Rooker, seen here at age 15 in 1965.
Dennis Rooker
City Councilor Kendra Hamilton
"Here I am, cleaned up in ninth grade with my hair brushed and without my glasses."
Kendra Hamilton
City Councilor Rob Schilling
"The year was 1977. As you can tell from my deep tan, I really liked going to the beach. In fact, I had just returned from a family vacation to Hawaii when this picture was taken."
City Councilor Blake Caravati
"I soon realized that a bellhop career was not for me," says Caravati, seen here as a 17-year-old Lieutenant at Benedictine High School in Richmond.
Singer-songwriter Terri Allard
"I loved that cowl-neck sweater," recalls Allard of her 16-year-old self.
Does SOL = FAT? Where's the P.E.?
By the time they reach third grade, today's elementary school students have already faced a slew of state and federally mandated tests. Even kindergarten– once a paradise of naptimes and crayons– has been infected by the virus of academic expectations. And as the pressure for academic achievement has increased, so too has childhood obesity– reaching what U.S. Health and Human Services Secretary Mike Leavitt called in a recent speech a "public health crisis."
In some school districts, the push for academic excellence has pushed down the time spent on recess and sports. But avoiding exercise can lead to a variety of physical ailments and make it harder to concentrate, according to data from the National Association of Sport and Physical Education.
"The ideal is to do half an hour every day," says Nancy Markos, physical education teacher at Albemarle's Broadus Wood elementary school. "We're giving them lots of academics," she adds. "You can't have children sit all day long."
The Association recommends 150 minutes of formal physical education per week for elementary school students (that time rises to 225 minutes per week for middle and high schoolers) or at least three class periods each week all year.
Last year, Albemarle County adopted a minimum physical education requirement of 120 minutes, down from 150 minutes in 1998, according to Markos. Several Albemarle County elementary schools offer P.E. four days a week in addition to 30 minutes of recess a day. But in the city, where the achievement gap is glaring and the pressure is on from all sides, physical education and recess get less attention than they do in the county.
According to Linda Bowen in the Charlottesville Schools' administrative office, the school board recommends just 90 minutes of P.E., and there is no written requirement. She points out that the system complies with the SOL requirements for P.E., which dictate the types of activities students should be learning, but not the amount of time.
According to Venable School principal Malcolm Jarrell (whose school tops the list of city schools for combined P.E. and recess time), it's not fair to expect the school to provide everything.
"We have a six-hour day," says Jarrell, "and if you expect everything that every student needs– from nutrition to academics– you can't cram all of that in that amount of time."
Here's how they stack up:
Charlottesville Elementary Schools
P.E.: Three 30-minute periods a week
Recess: 30 minutes daily
Total: 240 minutes
P.E. Two 30-minute periods a week grades K-2; three 30-minute periods a week grades 3-4
Recess: 15 minutes
Total: 135 minutes K-2/165 minutes 3-4
P.E.: Two 30-minute periods per week
Recess: 20 minutes daily; second 15-minute recess for grades K-1 on non-P.E. days.
Total: 205 minutes K-1; 160 minutes for grades 2-4
P.E.: Two 45-minute periods a week
Recess: 20 minutes daily
Total: 190 minutes
Jackson Via:
P.E. Two 30-minute periods a week grades K-2
Recess: 15 minutes
Total: 135 minutes -
P.E. Two 30-minute classes a week
Recess: 15 minutes recess each day
Total: 135 minutes
Albemarle Elementary Schools (a sampling)
Agnor Hurt
PE: three 45-minute periods a week
Recess: 15 minutes daily
Total: 210 minutes
Baker Butler
P.E. Four 30-minute periods
Recess: Teacher's discretion
Total: varies
Broadus Wood
P.E.: Four 30 minute periods grades K-4; Five 30 minute periods grade 5
Recess: Teacher's discretion
Total: varies
P.E.: Four 30-minute periods grades K-1; two 45-minute and one 30-minute period grades 2-5.
Recess: minimum of 15 minutes daily
Total: 195 minutes
Red Hill
P.E.: Five 30-minute periods a week
Recess: Daily, length at teacher's discretion


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Six places, in six kilometres, for six million people
Imagine time travelling along the River Clyde from Erskine Bridge to Dumbarton Rock, from the 19th century to prehistory and back again. The sights, sounds and smells would be mind-blowing. Without Dr Who's tardis or Captain James T Kirk's Starship Enterprise we are a bit stuck in today. So what is it about time travel that makes us want to do it?
Places from the past give us glimpses that we can enjoy, ignore, smell, touch and feel. But more than that, we can use places from the past to discover where we came from, make up stories about where we are going and look at the lives of people who have gone through similar and different experiences as us.
Here are six places along the River Clyde, within six kilometres of each other and right on the doorsteps of six million people (roughly the population of Glasgow). From East to West along the River Clyde in West Dunbartonshire:
- Bowling Basin at the West end of the Forth and Clyde Canal –DP011643 (also see the Scottish Canals website)
- Bowling Harbour –SC124627 (harbour in 1927) and DP011642 (now in 2005). A vital harbour and ship-building yard, at the sea-canal interface.
- Dunglass Castle and memorial to Henry Bell, who built the first ever steam-driven vessel, the Comet – DP014231. The memorial was erected by the Lord provost of Glasgow who had been on the Comet's maiden voyage and he wanted to commemorate Bell's amazing achievement.
- The Lang Dyke- the massive wall that runs down the middle of the Clyde from Bowling to Dumbarton. Built in the 1770's it allowed bigger vessels to make the journey upstream to Glasgow, rather than having to stop at Port Glasgow. For a good picture see: http://www.flickr.com/photos/8899981@N05/8523950813/ and more information see: http://www.clydewaterfrontheritage.com/langdyke.aspx
- Dumbuck crannog– a 2000 year old wooden building, with wooden dock and log-boat!-DP046361
- Dumbarton Rock and Castle– SC602891. Not only a 16th century garrison castle, but the at the highest point on the rock were found the remains of the Early Medieval fortifications of the power centre of the Kingdom of Strathclyde. (see also http://www.historic-scotland.gov.uk/propertyresults/propertyoverview.htm?PropID=PL_100)
This is what I've chosen for Day of Archaeology, but why not tell us your favourite archaeological sites in Scotland on Twitter using #MyArchaeology.


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PORTLAND — The Cumberland County Civic Center and the Portland Pirates continued to jockey for position Wednesday, even as speculation built that the minor league hockey franchise would be playing its home games away.
Shortly after 5 p.m., the Pirates announced that Brian Petrovek and Ron Cain, owners of the franchise, would be holding a news conference at the Androscoggin Bank Colisee in Lewiston at 2 p.m. Thursday.
"I don't imagine they would have a press conference at my rink to announce that they are playing in Portland," said Mike Cain, operations manager for the 3,700-seat Colisee.
But Mike Cain isn't crowing yet.
"We're still 24 hours away," he said, conceding that there may still be time for the civic center and Pirates to reach a deal. "We definitely have 13 games, and I'm hoping for 38."
The Pirates are scheduled to play their first home game at the Colisee on Oct. 12. Their stated plans are to return to Portland on Jan. 17 once renovations there are complete.
But the Pirates — whose letterhead banner reads: "My Town My Team" — and the Cumberland County Civic Center are locked in bitter negotiations over a new lease.
Earlier this month, the Pirates sued the civic center, asking a judge to enforce the terms of a five-year lease announced in April. The board of trustees of the civic center, however, said the announcement noted that final negotiations were still needed on some points and no lease was ever signed.
Negotiations continued over the summer, but disagreements couldn't be bridged over how to divide revenues from concessions and naming rights for portions of the arena.
After the lawsuit was filed, Superior Court Justice Thomas Humphrey called both sides into the Cumberland County Business Court for a settlement conference, a mediation step intended to get litigants to reach an agreement rather than move to trial. Under the rules of a settlement conference, discussions are off the record and Humphrey ordered both sides not to discuss the situation publicly.
Petrovek, the managing owner of the Pirates, said Wednesday he was expecting the civic center board to make the next move, but hadn't heard anything by late afternoon. He said the Pirates will hold a news conference Thursday at the Colisee in Lewiston to discuss the team's home games next year.
Mike Cain said hosting the Pirates' home games would be a major boost for the Colisee.
"It would be a huge economic impact on the whole community. It would be fantastic," he said.
Mike Cain said the Colisee hasn't participated in discussions with the civic center but the prospect was raised that the Pirates might play in Lewiston.
"They did ask us previously if we did have dates available or could make dates available," Cain said.
Lewiston has been without the Lewiston Maniacs — and a major tenant for the Colisee — since the team disbanded in 2011.
"We have a lot of hard-core hockey fans in this area who have missed the hockey and follow the Pirates," Mike Cain said.
Earlier Wednesday, the civic center and Pirates were apparently continuing to work toward resolution of the dispute but would not say if they were making progress.
Under a judge's order to say nothing publicly, the civic center's board of trustees spent several hours Wednesday huddled privately with their lawyer, while the leader of the other side, the managing owner of the Portland Pirates hockey team, said he was waiting to hear from the board.
The trustees meeting ended at 3 p.m. with no announcement.
Neal Pratt, chairman of the board of trustees, did not respond to a call for comment Wednesday. Other members of the board declined comment.
Cumberland County Commissioner James Cloutier, who is not on the board, said the lawsuit has its own course to follow.
"I do not know that the settlement process has been terminated," Cloutier said, explaining that the judge's order remains in effect. "That doesn't mean people have given up hope or haven't."
The Pirates' lawsuit claims that the two sides had a binding agreement in April to allow the team to play in the civic center when it reopens in January after a $34 million renovation. Petrovek has said the new lease would enable the team to make a profit for the first time since it was bought in 2000.
Pratt has said the announcement in April was based on a board resolution that outlined areas of agreement, but final negotiations were needed and a final lease would require another board vote.
According to a filing by the civic center in response to the Pirates' lawsuit, the two sides exchanged proposals until late August, when the Pirates were sent a "final offer" and given two days to sign the lease. Petrovek refused, and the team filed its lawsuit the next week.
Among the areas of dispute are advertising and concession revenues. The two sides agreed on the Pirates' percentage of concession revenue, but state liquor officials told the civic center that the team couldn't share sales of alcoholic beverages because it isn't on the liquor license.
The Pirates have rejected the civic center's subsequent offers of concession revenue, saying they wouldn't cover the revenue lost from alcohol sales.
The two sides also disagree on revenue from "sub-naming rights" for areas such as the rink and luxury suites. The Pirates say they are entitled to half, but the civic center says the deal doesn't cover income from naming rights.
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A bit unsure if my use/mention of proprietary software might be inappropriate or even frowned upon here. If this is the case, or if this kind of experimental question is not welcome, please let me know and I'll remove it quickly.
I was experimenting on the distribution of eigenvalues of random matrices via the following Mathematica code
dim = 301; decomplex = {z_Complex -> {Re[z], Im[z]}, A_Real -> {A, 0}}; b = Eigenvalues[ SparseArray[{i_, i_} -> 1, {dim, dim}] + Table[RandomReal[{-.9, 1.}], {i, 1, dim}, {j, 1, dim}]] /. decomplex; ListPlot[b, PlotStyle -> PointSize[0.015], AspectRatio -> Automatic]
This simply draws (or should draw) a picture of the complex eigenvalues of a 301 x 301 matrix, with entries uniformly distributed in the real interval [-0.9, 1]. If you try the code you will notice a disk of random eigenvalues, which is expected, plus a single positive eigenvalue at some distance of the disk. Decreasing the lower bound on the entries to -1 makes this phenomenon disappear, while increasing the lower bound makes it more evident.
Question: is this an artifact, a real phenomenon, or maybe even a well known and simple to explain phenomenon?


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