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By Paul Feinberg
David DeWolf ('05) and Darius Gagne ('05) traversed divergent paths on their way to UCLA Anderson, only to end up as partners sharing a common vision on how best to manage wealth. Today, they are principals at Quantum Wealth Management, certified financial planners focusing on clients within five years of retirement.
DeWolf received his undergraduate degree at UCLA, and then earned his CPA while at Price Waterhouse. He then took a few different jobs in finance, before deciding to enter Anderson's Executive MBA (EMBA) program. His goal: to improve his finance skills and parlay his MBA into a CFO position.
Gagne (who also holds a UCLA undergraduate degree) studied science, eventually receiving his Ph.D. in physics from UCLA. He then headed straight for Wall Street, joining a cadre of quantitative specialists with advanced degrees in subjects like math and engineering, creating models for products like interest rate options, mortgage-backed securities and collateralized debt obligations. After five years, he returned to California to work at PIMCO in Newport Beach. He entered the EMBA program because he considered himself "a finance guy who knew very little about business." Gagne returned to Westwood with an entrepreneurial spirit. "PIMCO was an amazing ship to be part of, but it was a large ship and it was Bill Gross' ('71) ship," he said. "I'd rather have my own little ship and that's what I headed towards."
He soon headed straight towards DeWolf.
"It didn't take long before I noticed Dave," Gagne said, recalling his first few months at Anderson. "He was the other strong finance guy in the program and he had a way of explaining things to people that really caught my attention." Meanwhile, it only took DeWolf four months as an EMBA student to make enough connections to get a CFO position in Santa Monica, California. The last thing he expected to do was start his own business.
Then Gagne, who had already sketched out the plans for what would become Quantum (very detailed plans, DeWolf remembers), approached DeWolf with the idea of becoming partners. The idea struck a chord. "The more I thought about it, the more I realized that this was an opportunity to do something that I would enjoy for the next 40 years. I thought we could bring a lot of value to people and that it was something we could feel good about," DeWolf said. "It was also an opportunity to control my own destiny and it just sounded like a phenomenal opportunity."
It only took about a day for the two to decide to become partners. They then spent their second year of the two-year EMBA program consulting with faculty and leveraging the experience and expertise of classmates while formulating their final business plan. They opened the doors of Quantum Wealth Management -- the name derives from Gagne's background as a physicist -- immediately upon graduation without a single client. Within a few months, their client list had grown to more than a dozen.
The Quantum moniker connotes more than just Gagne's physicist-turned-financier history. It is a firm whose management approach and philosophy is grounded and guided by research. For example, DeWolf notes, "we found in the literature that it is asset allocation -- not stock selection -- that accounts for the vast majority of returns." The focus on research informs the company's philosophy, which has been trademarked as Total Market Portfoliotm.
"We believe that value migrates from business to business, industry to industry, nation to nation," DeWolf said. "Predicting the flow is usually impossible, but fortunately entirely unnecessary because we also believe that the global productive capacity for creating value is immense. Although we do not know where the bubbles will be in a pot of boiling water -- i.e., where value will migrate to -- we know overall that the heat will rise. There is no shortage of objective research supporting these beliefs. Therefore, the most rational thing one can do from an investment perspective in order to maximize returns while minimizing downside, is own a share of each of the global capital markets, the Total Market Portfolio, which includes over 10,000 stocks, 10,000 bonds and hundreds of real estate investments around the globe."
The Quantum philosophy is a shared one. "There are no Dave clients and no Darius clients," DeWolf said. While they might divide some tasks, "the real brainwork is done collaboratively," said Gagne. "We sit down at least once a week in the conference room and luxuriate, take our time, and go over every client and strategize to see what we can do to add value."
Adding value in today's economic climate isn't easy. It's a particular challenge when dealing with clients about to retire. DeWolf and Gagne are telling clients today to take a deep breath.
"I think first and foremost the key is not to panic. The number one mistake a lot of investors make is panicking," Gagne said. DeWolf added, "Our clients have an investment strategy that we develop at the beginning of the relationship. It serves as a great anchor, a way to ground them when they do start getting anxious. We remind them that we have this plan and we can absorb a year like this. The plan actually built in the possibility of a bear market. People come in here and sometimes they can't even sleep at night and we step back and remind them that 'We have a strategy. Your portfolio still has a lot of safety in it; you're going to be okay.' Then they leave here with a weight off their shoulders, feeling a lot better and we have people telling us that they're sleeping better as a result."
This therapeutic aspect of their business is the closest the Quantum partners will come to the art-and-science cliché about money management. They'll concede that there is an art to managing their client's anxiety. But when it comes to managing wealth, it's all science. "Investing, in my mind, should be much more science than art. In terms investment philosophy, we strongly believe it should be grounded in academia," said DeWolf.


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Scientific computing: an introductory survey
McGraw-Hill, 2002 - Mathematics - 563 pages
Scientific Computing, 2/e, presents a broad overview of numerical methods for solving all the major problems in scientific computing, including linear and nonlinear equations, least squares, eigenvalues, optimization, interpolation, integration, ordinary and partial differential equations, fast Fourier transforms, and random number generators. The treatment is comprehensive yet concise, software-oriented yet compatible with a variety of software packages and programming languages. The book features more than 160 examples, 500 review questions, 240 exercises, and 200 computer problems. Changes for the second edition include: expanded motivational discussions and examples; formal statements of all major algorithms; expanded discussions of existence, uniqueness, and conditioning for each type of problem so that students can recognize "good" and "bad" problem formulations and understand the corresponding quality of results produced; and expanded coverage of several topics, particularly eigenvalues and constrained optimization. The book contains a wealth of material and can be used in a variety of one- or two-term courses in computer science, mathematics, or engineering. Its comprehensiveness and modern perspective, as well as the software pointers provided, also make it a highly useful reference for practicing professionals who need to solve computational problems.
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The [http://www.ncn.purdue.edu Network for Computational Nanotechnology] seeks to bring a new perspective to engineering education to meet the challenges and opportunities of modern nanotechnology. Fifty years ago our field faced a similar challenge brought on by the advent of the solid-state transistor and it was met effectively by the Semiconductor Electronics Education Committee (SEEC), a group of [http://www.eecs.mit.edu/great-educators/adler.html 30 leaders] in the field from both industry and academia who produced [http://www.mit.edu:8001/people/klund/books/seec.html seven undergraduate textbooks and four films] that reshaped the [http://www-mtl.mit.edu/~penfield/pubs/eb-03.html teaching of electronics] and trained a generation of engineers ready to lead the modern electronics industry.
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This project is supported by the '''''Intel Foundation''''' and the '''''NSF-funded Network for Computational Nanotechnology'''''
=== The Concept ===
* Presentation: An Introduction to Electronics from the Bottom Up, Mark Lundstrum, Supriyo Datta, Ashraf Alam[[BR]][/site/resources/2007/07/02979/2007.07.06-lundstrom-intel.mp4 Online Video] - [/index2.php?option=com_resources&id=2968&resid=2969&task=minimal&no_html=1 Voiced Powerpoint]
* Companion Presentation: Bottom-up view of conductance, Supriyo Datta[[BR]][/site/resources/2007/07/02978/2007.07.06-datta-intel-ncn.mp4 Online Video] - [/index2.php?option=com_resources&id=2971&resid=2972&task=minimal&no_html=1 Voiced Powerpoint]
* Companion Presentation: Top-down/Bottom-up Views of Length, Ashraf Alam[[BR]][/site/resources/2007/07/02977/2007.07.06-alam-intel-ncn.mp4 Online Video] - [/index2.php?option=com_resources&id=2974&resid=2975&task=minimal&no_html=1 Voiced Powerpoint]
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* [[Resource(5279)]], Supriyo Datta, Summer 2008
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* Percolation Theory, M. Ashraf Alam, Fall 2008
* [/courses/cqt Concepts of Quantum Transport], Supriyo Datta, 2006
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* [/courses/quantum_transport Quantum Transport: Atom to Transistor], Supriyo Datta
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* [[Resource(2048)]], Ashraf Alam, Pradeep Nair
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* [/resources/5328 Nanoscale Transistors], Mark Lundstrom, Fall 2008
Those with comments or questions or who are interested in participating in this initiative should contact [/contributors/2862 Mark Lundstrom].
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No. 85,077
1. Giving permission for a local business to erect signs to its business does not create a detour as described in K.S.A. 68-406(c) or K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 68-2103.
2. Absent a duty to erect signs on local roads, the discretionary function exception to the Kansas Tort Claims Act is applicable to the Kansas Department of Transportation's authorizing a private business to erect directional signs.
Appeal from Reno District Court; WILLIAM F. LYLE, JR., judge. Opinion filed April 27, 2001. Affirmed.
Kenneth E. Peirce, of Peirce Law Office, of Hutchinson, for the appellant.
Vicky S. Johnson and Michael B. Rees, of Kansas Department of Transportation, for the appellee.
Before MARQUARDT, P.J., GREEN, J., and BUCHELE, S.J.
BUCHELE, J.: On August 15, 1998, the appellant, Rosa Albright, was a passenger in a vehicle that was involved in a collision at the intersection of McNew Road and Longview Road south of Hutchinson in Reno County. The appellant claims that the Kansas Department of Transportation (KDOT) is responsible for her personal injury as there was no stop or yield sign at the intersection.
In August 1998, KDOT closed the intersection of K-96 and K-17 for construction. KDOT had established an official detour around the intersection for the K-17 traffic. There was no provision for an official detour for traffic headed west on K-96 desiring to turn south on K-17 other than going 17 miles out of the way on the official detour. Access to a local business called Crupper's Corner (Crupper's) was affected by the detour. Crupper's approached KDOT and requested permission to erect signs directing traffic to its business via county dirt roads. Permission was granted by KDOT for Crupper's to put up signs directing traffic to its place of business.
The appellant argues that KDOT "controlled" the Crupper's detour by giving Crupper's permission to erect the signs and requiring Crupper's to remove some refrigerators upon which Crupper's had painted the detour signs. Subsequent to the accident, KDOT directed Crupper's to paint over the word "detour." One of the signs placed by Crupper's directed traffic off of K-96 onto Longview Road. The driver of the vehicle in which the appellant was a passenger claims he relied on this "detour" sign to get him onto Longview Road, which was a shorter and more direct route for him to travel.
Since KDOT did not consider the Longview Road to be an official detour, KDOT had not taken any steps to erect traffic control signs at intersections.
The appellant sued KDOT alleging it was negligent in permitting an illegal and dangerous nonstatutory detour. She filed a motion for partial summary judgment claiming she was entitled to judgment as a matter of law on the unofficial detour as a nondiscretionary act, if she established that the detour was negligently established. KDOT opposed the motion, claiming the signs posted by Crupper's were not official detour signs and, therefore, KDOT had no duty to maintain the roads with posted signs. After a hearing on the motion, the trial court found that KDOT had no duty or liability and dismissed the case.
Statutory interpretation is a question of law. Appellate review of questions of law is unlimited. See State v. Patterson, 25 Kan. App. 2d 245, 247, 963 P.2d 436, rev. denied 265 Kan. 888 (1998).
"'"It is a fundamental rule of statutory construction, to which all other rules are subordinate, that the intent of the legislature governs if that intent can be ascertained."' [Citation omitted.] 'When a statute is plain and unambiguous, the court must give effect to the intention of the legislature as expressed, rather than determine what the law should or should not be.' [Citation omitted.] '[T]he legislature is presumed to intend that a statute be given a reasonable construction, so as to avoid unreasonable or absurd results.' [Citation omitted.]" State v. Patterson, 23 Kan. App. 2d 346, 347, 930 P.2d 22 (1997).
Appellant relies on K.S.A. 68-406(c) for her position that KDOT had a duty to sign and maintain the local roads where the accident occurred. She argues that KDOT established a detour when it allowed Crupper's to place direction signs to its business. K.S.A. 68-406(c) provides:
"The secretary of transportation may mark and maintain existing roads as detours, but detour roads shall not be part of the state highway system, except that such roads shall be marked and maintained by the secretary of transportation only until that portion of the state highway system for which such road is substituted is completed and open for travel."
This statute provides that the Secretary of KDOT may mark roads as detours around road work on state highways. However, if these designated detour roads are marked, the Secretary must maintained the detour roads until the road work is completed. This statute alone does not answer whether KDOT created a detour within the meaning of the statute by permitting Crupper's to erect a sign directing traffic to the business or whether KDOT owed the appellant a duty. However, when the statute is read in context of the statutory scheme, the legislature's intent becomes clearer.
The relevant part of K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 68-2103 states:
"In all cases where any municipality or the secretary of transportation shall engage in the making of any improvement on any highway and shall not permit public use of such highway while so engaged, . . . such municipality or the secretary shall construct a detour or establish a detour route which shall at all times be passable and free from danger, and place suitable warning signs thereto, advising the public of the change in such highway; and in the nighttime, until such improvement is completed, shall keep and maintain warning lights in such manner as to warn the public of the temporary change in the highway."
The duty to provide suitable warning signs is mandated only for detours constructed by KDOT. Giving permission for a local business to erect signs to the business does not create a duty upon KDOT to sign the routes. The signs directing traffic to Crupper's were not an official detour, and KDOT did not have a duty to maintain the road the appellant travelled on. The detour signs placed by Crupper's in this case would not be confused with KDOT's signs, and a reasonable person would not assume they were on an official detour.
Absent a duty to erect signs on local roads, the discretionary function exception to the Kansas Tort Claims Act is applicable to KDOT's authorizing a private business to erect directional signs.
K.S.A. 75-6104(e) provides that a governmental entity or an employee acting within the scope of the employee's employment shall not be liable for damages resulting from "any claim based upon the exercise or performance or the failure to exercise or perform a discretionary function or duty on the part of a governmental entity or employee, whether or not the discretion is abused and regardless of the level of discretion involved."
In order for a court to find the discretionary function exception does not apply, it must find that KDOT violated a "legal duty" or "mandatory duty or guideline." See Schmidt v. HTG, Inc., 265 Kan. 372, 392, 961 P.2d 677 (1998).
The appellant relies on K.S.A. 2000 Supp. 68-406(c) to pierce governmental immunity by imposing a legal duty on KDOT to maintain the roads where it had authorized signs. The appellant's reliance on the statute is misplaced because the statute does not impose a duty on KDOT to maintain the roads due to Crupper's signs. We find no other statute, policy manual, or guideline that removes KDOT's discretion in granting permission to local businesses to erect signs to the businesses.
The district court did not err in granting summary judgment in favor of KDOT.


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Unsightly Vancouver Needs To Tidy Up
In the past, I was generally proud of how Vancouver was maintained. However, in recent years, I have noticed a general decline. Boulevards and parks appear overgrown, and more cigarette butts, chewing gum and garbage are strewn about. There's also an increase in the number of unkempt properties, presumably slated for redevelopment or unoccupied, which become scars on otherwise beautiful, well-maintained streetscapes.


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From: Mellitz, Richard ([email protected])
Date: Mon Sep 18 2000 - 13:50:08 PDT
All models are behavioral and ultimately based on measurements. One
behavioral model can be more accurate than another behavioral model if you
put enough work into it. If you put more work in, it can even be relatively
fast. Only time and money ... or is that momentum and position. :-)
Accuracy of a single simulation may be amusing and interesting. The
application of accuracy is a statistical problem with many parameters, only
one being the accuracy of a single simulation.
Richard Mellitz
-----Original Message-----
From: abe riazi [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 3:10 PM
To: '[email protected]'
Cc: '[email protected]'
Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] : Macromodel Creation
Thanks for your response.
When I wrote that SPICE transistor level models are most accurate but also
most time consuming to simulate, I did not mean that it is "always" true and
there can be exceptions. but it will hold true in many cases. Ron
Kielkowski (Reference 1, PP. 5 - 7) presents good definitions and examples
in support of this point:
1. TRANSISTOR LEVEL MODEL: "represents devices at the most basic simulation
level possible. In many cases, the transistor-level model is the most
accurate model possible for simulation. On the downside though, the
transistor-level model also takes the most time to simulate."
2. MACROMODEL: " A macromodel is a collection of electrical components which
form a simplified representation of the modeled circuit. Many macromodels
contain dependent controlled sources to help simplify the structure of the
model. Being simplified means that the macromodel is often easier to
construct than transistor level model, and the macromodel often simulates
much faster than the transistor level model. But these two elements come at
the expense of a small loss in accuracy."
3. BEHAVIORAL MACROMODEL: "The highest level in modeling hierarchy is the
behavioral macromodel. Behavioral macromodels contain a collection of ideal
electrical or mathematical components. Often behavioral macromodels contain
a collection of ideal electrical or mathematical components which are used
to describe a function of the circuit. Being at the top of the hierarchy
means the behavioral model usually simulates faster than any other type of
model, but often this increased speed comes from a loss in accuracy".
As an example, the transistor level model of an Op Amp can have about 19
transistors (plus some passive components), the macromodel of the Op Amp
consists of only two transistors and four diodes (plus some passive
components and dependent controlled sources). The Op Amp behavioral model
contains much simpler input and output blocks.
Based on above definitions and examples, in many cases the transistor level
models are the most complex (and accurate representation of the device) but
at the price of being most time consuming to simulate.
Best Regards,
-----Original Message-----
From: Muranyi, Arpad [SMTP:[email protected]]
Sent: Monday, September 18, 2000 10:36 AM
To: 'abe riazi'; '[email protected]'
Subject: RE: [SI-LIST] : Macromodel Creation
I would like to comment on the three bullets you listed which put accuracy
and speed into an inverse relationship regarding transistor level and
behavioral models. Simply said this general relationship is NOT TRUE.
You CAN model devices to even a higher level of accuracy behaviorally
than on a transistor (SPICE) level if you like. It all depends on what
parameters you use and what goes into the behavioral model. And this
increased accuracy does not mean that your model will automatically get
Take a transistor, for example. You can describe it with its geometry,
and properties of the materials that it is made from. A SPICE tool then
converts all that information to electrical characteristics. This takes
a lot of equations and calculations. On the other hand, you can describe
the same transistor's characteristics by providing its node voltage and
current relationships directly (with tables, equations, transfer functions,
etc...) which CAN reduce the number of calculations SPICE has to do, making
it faster.
Now think about the underlying model equations SPICE uses when you do it
the conventional SPICE way. You can have a LEVEL=3 or BSIM4 set of
equations. Which one is more accurate? Most likely the BSIM4, since
it is more recent. However, if your behavioral transistor model DOES
describe something that even BSIM4 cannot, you behavioral model will be
even more accurate. Yet this does not mean that it has to become
automatically slower.
What I wanted to illustrate here is that the accuracy of the model depends
on what goes into it. It's speed, however, depends on how the device is
described. These two are not as strongly related as your three points
Arpad Muranyi
Intel Corporation
-----Original Message-----
From: abe riazi [mailto:[email protected]]
Sent: Friday, September 15, 2000 7:17 PM
To: '[email protected]'
Subject: [SI-LIST] : Macromodel Creation
Dear Scholars:
While visiting a Barnes & Noble bookstore in San Jose, I purchased a copy of
the "Spice Practical Device Modeling" , by Ron Kielkowski.
What especially appealed to me about this publication was its high emphasis
on model creation. In this book SPICE models are classified according to a
hierarchy which includes:
1. Transistor-level models ( provide highest accuracy, though most time
consuming to simulate).
2. Macromodels.
3. Behavioral Macromodels (fastest to simulate, but least accurate)
Most attention is devoted to Macromodels, because they offer a practical
level of accuracy (less than 5% rms error over operating range) and can be
created in a reasonable amount of time (less than eight hours).
The procedure recommended by Ron Kielkowski for construction of macromodels
consists of the following steps:
i. Review the datasheet to obtain as much information related to model
creation as possible (although, frequently majority of the information given
in the datasheet has little value towards model generation).
ii. Utilize bench-top measurement equipment to produce I-V, C-V and Z-F
iii. From above data extract the desired model parameters.
For a resistor, the Macromodel elements consist of a nominal resistance
Rnom and a parallel capacitance Cp; for an inductor, Lnom (nominal
inductance), Rs (coil resistance) and Cp (winding capacitance); and for a
capacitor, Cnom (an ideal capacitor), RL (leakage resistor), Ls (series
inductor) and ESR (electrical series resistance). These macromodels are
illustrated by Figure 1 (attached gif picture).
In this publication (reference 1), the significance of impedance vs.
frequency plots is emphasized, because:
a. Regarding macromodel of a resistor, the |Z| vs. F graphs aid to
ascertain Cp.
b. For inductor Macromodels, they allow determination of the series
resistance frequency (Frs) and self resonating frequency (Fsrf) from which
values of Lnom and Cp can be calculated via simple formulas.
c. Considering capacitor macromodel, several parameters can be extracted
from the impedance vs. frequency curves, such as ESR (RS) , lead inductance
Ls (calculating Ls involves Fsrf which can be obtained from graph) and Cnom
(the nominal capacitance can be also measured by means of a low frequency
capacitance meter).
ESR and |Z| vs. F plots have been explained previously in this forum in
relation to PCB power distribution systems, decoupling and bypass
capacitors. They are also included here due to their significance towards
macromodel generation.
Figure 2 presents two examples of impedance vs. frequency graphs. Such plots
can be created in a number of different ways; here, Microsoft Excel was
employed. In each case the raw data consisted of three columns: current ( I
) , Voltage drop ( V ) and frequency ( F ). The Excel program calculated
another data column (impedance Z = V/I ), and produced the logarithmic
impedance plots. Clearly, ESR strongly influences the shape of |Z| vs. F
Macromodels can be incorporated into SPICE simulation files as subcircuits;
demonstrated by the example below:
Example 1. Encapsulation of a capacitor macormodel CMACRO, having
parameters Cnom, RL, Ls and Rs (ESR).
In the circuit input file example.cir:
In the model file example.mod:
Cnom 10 30 1000uF
Rs 30 40 0.15ohms
Ls 40 20 5nH
RL 10 30 10meg
Use of macromodels instead of SPICE primitive models can significantly
enhance the accuracy of a high frequency simulation and yield results in
excellent agreement with physical measurements.
Simulation of certain cases (such as high power circuits) require taking
into consideration effects due to temperature variations. Temperature
dependent macromodels can be readily constructed (reference 1).
To summarize, Macromodels assume an intermediate position in the hierarchy
of SPICE models in the sense that they are below the transistor-level models
in accuracy and rank second to behavioral models in simulation speed. They
are in demand by being practical; i.e., can be created in a reasonable
amount of time with an error margin tolerable in many applications.
Impedance vs. frequency plots play a critical role in creation of
macromodels of passive components. These models can be inserted into SPICE
input files as subcircuits. Simulations utilizing macromodels yield superior
results than using ideal SPICE primitives, particularly in the high
frequency domain.
Reference 1. R. M. Kielkowski, "SPICE Practical Device Modeling",
McGraw-Hill, Inc. 1995.
Thanks for your comments and with best regards,
Abe Riazi
2251 Lawson Lane
Santa Clara, CA 95054
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Vice President Biden Sworn In
Vice President Joseph R. Biden took the oath of office Sunday morning at a small ceremony at his official residence on the grounds of Washington's U.S. Naval Observatory. Photo: Associated Press.
This transcript has been automatically generated and may not be 100% accurate.
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After a successful 2011-2012 season of performances that included Kevin Costner & Modern West thrilling a sold-out audience, the legendary vocals of 10-time Grammy Winners The Manhattan Transfer and the undeniable energy of critically-acclaimed Celtic fiddler Natalie MacMaster, the historic Park Theatre looks to continue its momentum as one of Rhode Island's premier performing arts centers. The theatre has announced its lineup for the 2012-2013 season along with a special Flex Ticket program. Tickets for all of the shows are currently on sale.
Since reopening in late 2009 following more than $10 million in renovations, the revitalized Park Theatre has worked to establish itself as a premier venue for live performances by securing first-class shows. And, with the announcement of the upcoming season's schedule, patrons have plenty to look forward to.
"The past year was a successful one for the Park Theatre as we hosted some tremendous shows and received wonderful feedback from the community," said Piyush Patel, owner of the theatre. "Looking ahead to our new season, I couldn't be more excited about the shows and performers we're bringing to Rhode Island. Not only does our lineup offer something for everyone, we're pleased to give our patrons a special Flex Ticket Program that will make it even more affordable to enjoy our world class facility."
The Park Theatre's 2012-2013 season features a wide variety of live musical performances including jazz, classical, blues and rock along with internationally-acclaimed dance acts, comedy, family events and more. On Friday, Oct. 19, Drumline Live will march into the Park with its explosive energy, athleticism and mix of eclectic sounds. Created by the music team behind 20th Century Fox's hit move Drumline, the show promises to be a thrilling spectacle as it brings show-style marching bands to the theatrical stage.
One of the biggest shows of the season set to grace the Park's historic stage, Buddy Guy, the living legend of blues, will perform on Saturday, Oct. 27. Considered the pioneer of American blues, Buddy Guy has influenced some of the most notable musicians of his generation including Eric Clapton and Jimi Hendrix. An inductee of the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame, "Rolling Stone" magazine lists Buddy Guy 13th on its list of the Top 100 Greatest Guitarists of All Time.
Continuing with its commitment to bring world-renowned, culturally-diverse shows to the community, the Park Theatre will welcome the National Circus of the People's Republic of China on Thursday, Nov. 8. Acclaimed in China and across the globe for the unique acts in their program, Cirque Chinois is one of the longest running and most distinguished circus troupes in the world. On Thursday, Dec. 6, the Vienna Boys Choir, considered to be the best choir in the world, will delight its audience with their breathtaking mix of trebles and altos – just in time for the holidays.
The current schedule of shows for the Park Theatre's 2012-2013 season are as follows:
Friday, Oct. 12: Reduced Shakespeare Company: The Complete History of America (abridged)
Friday, Oct. 19: Drumline Live!
Saturday, Oct. 27: Buddy Guy "The Living Legend of Blues"
Thursday, Nov. 8: National Circus of the People's Republic of China "Cirque Chinois"
Sunday, Nov. 18: Dr. John & the Lower 911 & Blind Boys of Alabama
Thursday, Dec. 6: Vienna Boys Choir
Wednesday, Jan. 23: Paco Peña & Flemenco Vivo
Sunday, Jan. 27: Live at Birdland
Saturday, March 9: Glenn Miller Orchestra
Sunday, March 17: Celtic Nights – Journey of Hope (St. Patrick's Day Performance)
Thursday, April 13: Russian National Ballet performs Sleeping Beauty
Saturday, April 27: Momix: Botanica
Members of the community are encouraged to continue checking the Park Theatre's website, www.ParkTheatreRI.com, for additional shows being added.
As part of its dedication to making the performing arts accessible to the entire community, Park Theatre is offering a special Flex Ticket Program for the upcoming season. Patrons who purchase tickets to five shows or more will receive 20 percent off their entire purchase. All of the shows currently scheduled for the 2012-2013 season, as well as those which will be added shortly, are eligible for the Flex Program. Individuals interested in taking advantage of the special Flex Ticket Program must do so by Aug. 31.
Tickets to upcoming 2012-2013 season performances are currently on sale. You may purchase tickets through the Theatre's secure website www.ParkTheatreRI.com or by calling the Box Office at 467-7275. The Park Theatre is located at 848 Park Ave., Cranston.
Built in 1924, the Park Theatre served as a cultural landmark for nearly eight decades until its closing in 2002. Following seven years and nearly $10 million in renovations, the Park Theatre has been reborn as Rhode Island's newest theatre and performing arts center. As a fully-equipped, state of the art multi-purpose facility, the Park Theatre features concerts, comedy, theatrical performances, opera, dance recitals, children's and family shows, and more. Through its extensive renovations, the Park Theatre boasts a larger, deeper stage and 1,000 plush seats that feature significantly more legroom between rows than most theatres. The facility also includes the Stage Door Restaurant and Lounge, a pre-show destination that offers a unique environment for guests to indulge in gourmet dinners, appetizer offerings and cocktails before a performance. Free parking is available for all events behind City Hall with professional valet service. For more information visit www.ParkTheatreRI.com.


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Kenny_Tha_Killa wrote:Well I was first here, so neener-neener.
Looks like fun. Can't wait to see how they'll be tied into the rest of the Marvel Cinematic Universe. Too bad Starfox isn't around anymore, I've gotta feeling he'd get a kick out of Rocket Raccoon.
Marvel has a multiverse, so some characters will never meet.
Although I'm excited, they're a lot of good movies I've missed because they were in 3D.
They give me a headache and all seem darker [lower light] than the 2D versions.
Was going to go into a rant about it elsewhere, including how age is making bladder and
bowel unpredictable, reducing theatrical enjoyment.
As I get older, I'm just happy to get a clear picture and sit at home, so if the need strikes,
hit the pause button [PVR] or the space bar, then pick up where I left off.


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An unhinged Chris Matthews on Monday excoriated Republican primary voters as racist, deriding them as the "Grand Wizard crowd." Former Republican National Committee Chairman Michael Steele fought back, slamming "this Grand Wizard nonsense." "Don't go there with me," he warned. [See video below. MP3 audio here.]
After Steele informed the Hardball anchor that subjects such as climate change weren't big issues in the GOP primary, Matthews slimed, "It certainly was in the Grand Wizard crowd over there." The liberal host tried to move on, but his guest stopped the conversation dead: "Wait, I resent that! No. Come on. What is this Grand Wizard nonsense? Are you saying that we're Ku Klux Klan?" "Give me a break," the former RNC chair dismissed.
At the end of the segment, Matthews backed down: "I have to go back to an earlier point. I didn't mean to say Grand Wizard. I want to make it very clear."
However, he then lectured Romney: "If Romney will come out there and denounce all the birtherism all this attempt to make Barack Obama some kind of foreigner, who's not really one of us, not really an American, I'll be with him on that point."
Clearly, Matthews has Romney's best interests at heart.
A transcript of the April 23 exchange, which aired at 5:42pm EDT, follows:
CHRIS MATTHEWS: How does this guy go from hard right, severely conservative to this new regular mainstream character he's portraying himself as? How can he do it with tape? With tape?
MICHAEL STEELE: First off, you're making the assumption that there's something wrong with being conservative.
MATTHEWS: There's tape out there. No.
STEELE: That conservatism is not going to win the day, the argument this fall, and I think it still can. It won in 2010 and I don't think Romney has to go out there and prove to be severely conservative on every issue.
MATTHEWS: He says he was.
STEELE: But that's his description himself-
MATTHEWS: He ran as a full-mooner. He ran as a full mooner, Michael. You know, he was saying "There's no such thing as science." He doesn't really believe in-
STEELE: I totally get-
MATTHEWS: How can you say you say you go for flat or round? How can he go from Flat-Earth, I don't believe in evolution, to all of a sudden I'm teaching biology?
STEELE: But that's not what he said. Why are you putting those words in his mouth? He's never said he's a Flat-Earther. He doesn't believe in evolution. Those are your words, Chris, and that's how you would like to paint him to be.
MATTHEWS: Because that's who he is.
STEELE: That's not who he is. Romney will paint his own-
MATTHEWS: Where is he on science? Where is he on climate?
STEELE: Ask him, I don't know! It wasn't an issue in the primary.
MATTHEWS: Okay, let's go- Okay, look- It certainly was in the Grand Wizard crowd over there. Anyway, look-
STEELE: Wait- Wait, I resent that! No. Come on, what is this Grand Wizard nonsense? Are you saying that we're Ku Klux Klan?
MATTHEWS: Okay, I'm just saying, the far right party.
STEELE: Give me a break! Don't go there with me on that.
MATTHEWS: Okay, okay. Great. Okay, good. Thank you. There's none of those problems there. All those birthers out there.
STEELE: [Sighs heavily] Oh, my God.
MATTHEWS: Anyway, the latest NBC Wall Street Journal poll- There's about 30 of them in the Congress right now who are the birther crowd that are right there.
MATTHEWS: I have to go back to an earlier point. I didn't mean to say Grand Wizard. I want to make it very clear. I believe this: If Romney will come out there and denounce all the birtherism, all this attempt to make Barack Obama some kind of foreigner, who's not really one of us, not really an American, I'll be with him on that point.


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By MEGAN JAMES
MIDDLEBURY — With heavy snow expected later this week, the search team that since Monday has been prodding the snow-covered Middlebury College campus for signs of a missing first-year student has postponed its search until skies clear up this weekend.
But the investigation into the whereabouts of Nicholas Garza, a 19-year-old from Albuquerque, N.M., who disappeared more than a week ago, will continue unabated, according to Middlebury Police Chief Tom Hanley.
"The physical search is just a recovery operation, in the event that something befell the student," Hanley said. "The other piece is the missing person investigation. We're going to be interviewing a ton of people, primarily students and people who knew him over the next few days."
The physical search has turned up nothing since it began, and if there are any clues out there, the snow, more than a foot of which has fallen since the morning after Garza went missing, continues to cover them up.
Garza was last seen at a social gathering in Stewart Hall, a first-year dormitory on the Middlebury College campus, around 11:30 p.m. on Tuesday, Feb. 5, according to the Middlebury police. The campus was relatively empty that night since most students, including Garza's roommate and many of his friends, were gone for February break, the week between J-term and the start of the spring semester.
Garza left the party alone, presumably to return to his dorm room in Allen Hall, about a third of a mile across campus, according to reports authorities got from students who attended the gathering. But a friend grew suspicious the next day when he could not reach Garza. He alerted his Commons Residential Advisor (CRA), who then reported the matter to the college's department of public safety.
By JOHN FLOWERS
MIDDLEBURY — Local voters here on April 9 will be asked to approve a 2008-2009 Mary Hogan Elementary School budget of $5,624,785 that reflects a 2.59-percent increase in spending and restoration of an education technology position that had been cut a few years ago. If approved, the spending plan would result in an 8.4 percent property tax increase for Middlebury homeowners.
"We are excited about being able to bring this position back," Mary Hogan Elementary Principal Bonnie Bourne said of the education technologist, a person she said will work with teachers to help students access information through computers and other equipment. The person will also advise school officials on computer infrastructure and Internet access.
Bourne explained the position was squeezed out of the budget in recent years as the school board looked for ways to cut expenses in the face of declining enrollment. The school currently serves 385 students. It was only eight years ago that 540 students attended the Mary Hogan school.
MIDDLEBURY — Sixteen of the more than two dozen suspects implicated in a Dec. 28, 2007, underage drinking party that caused an estimated $10,600 in damage to the former summer home of Robert Frost in Ripton have agreed to go through a court diversion program rather than have their cases adjudicated in Addison County District Court.
Those suspects — most of them teens, many of them Middlebury Union High School students — were among two dozen people that were arraigned in Addison County District Court on Monday. Seven youths pleaded innocent to charges.
The 16 who were offered, and accepted, diversion were primarily first-time offenders cited for criminal counts of unlawful trespassing at the Homer Noble Farm in Ripton.
By CYRUS LEVESQUE
BRISTOL — The Mount Abraham Union High School board of directors has signed off on a spending plan totaling $12,919,874 for the 2008-2009 school year.
The plan represents a proposed increase in spending of 6.37 percent over the current year's budget, but officials attributed almost half of that increase to the fact that in past years busing costs appeared in elementary school budgets but this year they appear in the high school budgets.
According to Mount Abe school board Chairman Lanny Smith, the effective proposed increase in spending is about 3.2 percent.
Residents of Addison Northeast Supervisory Union towns — Bristol, Lincoln, Monkton, New Haven and Starksboro — will vote on the proposed Mount Abe spending plan, approved at the board's Jan. 22 meeting, on Town Meeting Day. Supervisory union business manager Greg Burdick said that education tax rates had not been set by the state legislature as the Addison Independent went to press, so the exact impact of the budget on area towns cannot yet be determined.
BRIDPORT — Bridport voters on Town Meeting Day will be asked to approve a 20-year, $1.25 million bond issue to finance some major repairs to their elementary school, including installation of a new roof.
The repair plan is not only dependant on a "yes" vote from the public on March 4, but also action by the Legislature this session.
The legislative action is needed because as the state's education funding laws are written, any time a town exceeds the statewide average for per-pupil spending by a specific percentage then the education tax rate on the town's property is increased by a factor of two as a penalty. Since the state isn't providing any aid for school building projects, the entire $1.25 million cost of the Bridport project would be counted in the per-pupil spending of the town, pushing it over the statewide average and resulting in the penalty being assessed in the town's education property tax.
MIDDLEBURY — The first time Laura Thomas performed in a New York City club, only two people showed up to hear her play. One of them was a friend of hers.
"It was humiliating in a way, but strengthening in a way," the singer-songwriter and guitarist said.
Seven years and plenty of grunt work later, the Middlebury College graduate is making a name for herself, and her five-member band, in the Big Apple and beyond.
On Friday, Feb. 29, the Laura Thomas Band will return to the hometown of their alma mater of three of its members — Thomas graduated from Middlebury College in 1996, lead guitarist Chris Farrell graduated in '98 and violinist Ben Lively graduated in '99 — to perform at Middlebury's Two Brothers Tavern.
MIDDLEBURY — A Shoreham teen has agreed to withdraw her lawsuit against UD-3 in wake of a pending settlement with the school district that will give her on-campus "Youth Alive" religious club essentially the same recognition and benefits enjoyed by other co-curricular student organizations.
The settlement, nearly finalized, would avert a potentially long and expensive legal proceeding that the plaintiff and her legal backers had vowed to take all the way to the U.S. Supreme Court as a test of the federal doctrines relating to the separation of church and state.
"We have concluded that the Youth Alive organization should be afforded more access than what we are providing," Addison Central Supervisory Union Superintendent Lee Sease said on Monday.
BRISTOL — Voters in Bristol will have to choose between two candidates for an open seat on the Mount Abraham Union High School board on March 4. Bristol residents Gary Farnsworth and R.E. "Dick" Merrill are both running for the three-year seat now held by Wendy Puls, who has said she will not be running again.
Dick Merrill is a familiar face to the current school board; he said he has attended meetings regularly for three years. "I think if I do get elected, I can hit the ground running," Merrill said.
Merrill, 69, has lived in Bristol for the past 11 years, after more than three decades in Connecticut, where he worked for Pratt & Whitney Aircraft, manufacturing jet engines. He had a management position for several years there, so he has supervisory experience, he pointed out.
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PAWNO wrote:Hey bro,
I said you'd be in the mix (as in 5 or 6 wins come End of NOV)
Week 12: @ Baltimore
Week 13: vs Atlanta
Week 14: @ Washington
Week 15: vs Detroit
Week 16: vs Seattle
Week 17: @ New Orleans
Favorable draw towards the end of the year where you could be looking at a loss @ BALTIMORE but then not losing again til Naw'Leans in week 17, unless you believe the majority of those 5-6 wins come like they did last season (towards the end of your season)
You can beat most of those teams week 13 thru 16 with the onyl Bogey game being Donovan McNabb in Washington (But Altanta could be a gimme considering it's at home against a division FOE)
And I wouldn't be surprised if we start 3-0. We play our first game at the RayJay vs Cleveland, have a trip to Carolina after that and host Pittsburgh (minus Big Ben) before the bye week. All those games are winnable, so we could be looking at a 3-0 start (or a 0-3, which wouldn't be that unusual).
We also have St. Louis at the RayJay by mid-season, so a 6 win record is something this team can achieve. There's no excuse to end with a 3 win record again.
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Yeah, CBS could double up on episodes in April, but I can't see it happening during May sweeps.
Apparently CTV (Canada) will be showing tonight's episode at 7 PM due to the Oscars being aired at 8.
Tape it Michael, then watch it right along with us, that way you won't spoil us either!
Quote from: georgiapeach on February 22, 2009, 06:45:24 AMApparently CTV (Canada) will be showing tonight's episode at 7 PM due to the Oscars being aired at 8.puddin is so glad that I have to work. I'm going to get out late and miss it and then cry.
(Phil will end his race) in New York on May 9 the day before the "Amazing Race" season finale airs on CBS, the network said Wednesday.
TheFutonCriticdate (day) time network episode title 2/15/09 (Su.) 8:00 PM CBS (#1401) Don't Let a Cheese Hit Me (Switzerland)2/22/09 (Su.) 8:00 PM CBS (#1402) Your Target Is Your Partner's Face (Germany)3/1/09 (Su.) 8:00 PM CBS (#1403) Im Not Wearing That Girls Leotard! (Romania)3/8/09 (Su.) 8:00 PM CBS (#1404) N/A 3/15/09 (Su.) 8:00 PM CBS (#1405) N/A 3/22/09 (Su.) 8:00 PM CBS (#1406) N/A 3/29/09 (Su.) 8:00 PM CBS (#1407) N/A 4/5/09 (Su.) 8:00 CBS cbs special: the 44th annual academy of country music awards4/12/09 (Su.) 8:00 PM CBS (#1408) N/A 4/19/09 (Su.) 8:00 PM CBS (#1409) N/A 4/26/09 (Su.) 8:00 PM CBS (#1410) N/A 5/3/09 (Su.) 8:00 PM CBS (#1411) N/A 5/10/09 (Su.) 8:00 PM CBS survivor (#1813-120)two-hour 18th season finale - special night]5/17/09 (Su.) 8:00 PM CBS ??
I would speculate that Survivor could get pushed back to the 17th, but given the # of players this season on Survivor, there isn't enough episodes that would force Survivor to end a week later. Unless they preempt a new Episode two consecutive weeks during March Madness!Maybe CBS will have Survivor and TAR end on the same night (thus pushing the local news back an hour).
That Sunday is getting kind of crowded, isn't it?
Maybe CBS will have Survivor and TAR end on the same night (thus pushing the local news back an hour).
That second one is for Survivor, right??
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Carol Flisak 5/1/2012 8:08:08 PMLovely image, Lyn... congrats on your finalist! #1460140
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Merna L. Nobile 5/6/2012 3:09:04 PMWell here we are, through thick and thin. It is a joy to be able to be supportive and to congratulate each other for another month of magnificent photographs during May, 2012. I send all of you my very best, Merna Nobile #10126583
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Teachers threaten fresh wave of strikes
BBC |May 28, 2012
The two biggest teachers' unions are threatening strikes in the autumn in England and Wales over workload, cuts, pensions and plans for local pay.
The NUT and NASUWT announced a wide-ranging joint campaign over what they call the "denigration" of teachers.
The two unions, together representing 85% of teachers, said they would mount an "unprecedented" campaign.
Schools Minister Nick Gibb said that the disruption of strike action in schools "benefits nobody".
The heads of both unions have written to Education Secretary Michael Gove warning of the "deep concerns" of teachers and calling on him to engage in talks with this joint campaign.
They say if the government refuses to "negotiate sensible arrangements" they will "move to escalate industrial action, including jointly coordinated strike action and action short of strike action in the autumn".
The two unions – now forming their own coalition against Coalition education policies – described their alliance as an"historic joint agreement".
It throws down a gauntlet to government – offering a "time limited" window for talks, followed by the threat of a campaign to oppose education policy.
This could include strikes in the autumn term – but the union leaders suggested it could also mean refusing to co-operate with some government initiatives.
At a joint press conference at the British Library in London, NUT leader Christine Blower and NASUWT leader Chris Keates, said the teaching profession was in "crisis".
They set out grievances on a wide range of issues – including pay and pensions – but they focused on their belief that teachers were being subjected to unfair public attacks from government.
Such an undermining of their position made them feel that "there was more stability in the wild west", said Ms Keates.
She said unlike other areas of public service reform, changes in education were characterised by "an almost daily denigration" of professional staff.
Ms Blower also asked what head of a private company would publicly criticise their own staff.
Such pressures were "damaging to teachers' health and well-being", said the joint union declaration.
This compounded the impact of the increasing cost of teachers'pensions and the "threat to jobs" from spending cuts and the"privatisation" of services, said the teachers' unions.
"Since the government came into office, there has been a relentless and unprecedented assault on teachers' pay and conditions of service," said Ms Keates.
"This assault on teachers is damaging standards of education. Our two unions… are united in our determination to defend education by protecting teachers."
The NUT leader said: "Occasionally saying we have the best generation of teachers we've ever had in no way compensates for the onslaught of attacks and threats to pay, pensions and working conditions."
Earlier this month, the government submitted proposals for teachers' pay that would mean far-reaching changes.
Schools minister Nick Gibb: "It is surprising…(strike action) benefits nobody"
The submission to the teachers' pay body – the School Teachers'Review Body – suggested that pay could be set at a local rather than national level and would be more strongly linked to performance.
Such plans – which could be in place by autumn 2013 – were criticised by teachers' unions and would be likely to become another area of dispute.
In response to the union declaration, the Schools Minister Nick Gibb said he was "disappointed" and surprised at the announcement -as there were already regular opportunities for teachers' unions to talk to government.
Mr Gibb said that strike action "benefits nobody".
"It doesn't benefit teachers and it certainly doesn't benefit the children who will miss education."
Labour's Shadow Education Minister, Sharon Hodgson, said:"Clearly no-one wants to see schools being disrupted. We urge all sides to continue dialogue so as to avoid industrial action.
"Both sides need to avoid adopting ideological positions, and it's important that the government ceases its dogmatic attacks on the teaching profession."
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