(Cedar Lake) Hanover Central advanced to the semifinal round of the IHSAA football tournament with a 34-14 win over Wheeler at the Wildcat Den Friday night.
All week long, head coach Brian Parker told his team that it wasn't a revenge game, borrowing an expression he learned early in coaching, "You never get ahead trying to get even." Nonetheless, the victory was sweet for a Wildcats team that watched the Bearcats celebrate on their field just three weeks ago. In that game, Hanover let a lead and a win slip away when Russell Moricz kicked a 30 yard field goal with :04 left to give Wheeler a 16-14 victory.
This time the Bearcats (4-5) struggled to keep the game close. Hanover Central (5-5) jumped out to a 14-3 lead at the half, and that was after having 75 yard and 70 yard touchdown passes called back for ineligible receivers downfield.
Wheeler's season ended with three consecutive losses. They were decimated by injuries: the Bearcats played without both starting running backs, Payton Hinkle and Nathan Leduc, who both rushed for over 100 yards in Wheeler's September 28th regular season win at Hanover. Defensive standout Anthony Traficante also left the game with a leg injury in the second half.
Hanover QB Tyler Fruehling passed for 135 yards and 2 touchdowns, both caught by senior WR Brandon Demoff. Fruehling added 66 yards rushing and another TD. Adam Graham had 57 yards receiving and 4 extra points filling in as HC's placekicker. RB Brett Driscoll had 93 yards rushing and two touchdowns (7 yds., 5 yds.).
Driscoll led Hanover tacklers with 7. Connor Wotherspoon had 6 tackles and a blocked punt that led to a Wildcat TD. Michael Simon had a sack.
It was just the second tournament win ever for Hanover Central football, and their first since 2016. Hanover advances to the semifinal round of Class 3A Sectional 25 to visit 8-1 Andrean. The 59ers beat Hanover earlier this season 24-9, and won the Northwest Crossroads Conference title.


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After a Year of Protests a Debate About the Place of Police in Connecticut's Schools
— Emilia Otte, 3.1.2021
Since last summer's protests against police brutality, school districts in Connecticut have been debating whether to continue the use of school resource officers.
Police officers say the benefits of the position include increased school safety and opportunities to form positive relationships within the community. However, some community members and officials argue that a police presence in the schools increases juvenile arrest rates and creates a military presence within the school system.
"It doesn't send the right message to have a police officer with a gun in school," said Curtis Goodwin, a New London city councilman and chair of the town's Economic Development Commission.
Goodwin is part of a recently-formed committee tasked with reviewing the role of the police in the city and offering recommendations for better use of the department's resources. One of the recommendations was to remove school resource officers and replace them with an official police-youth liaison. The city has not had a school resource officer since last year.
"They're police — they are not people who should be giving discipline, nor should they ever have been," said Winfield.
In New Haven, a committee formed by the Board of Education recently voted to keep its school resource officers, but with certain stipulations including modifying the officers' uniforms and parking police cars off school grounds.
At the state level, Sen. Gary Winfield, D-New Haven, has proposed a bill that would remove all school resource officers because he said he believed police should not handle disciplinary issues in the schools.
"I would say that it is short-sighted and a knee-jerk reaction to certain stories that come out," Buzzelli said. "If you are talking about building better relationships with the community, you clearly have to start with the youngest of the community."
However, Joe Buzzelli, who became the school resource officer in New London at the end of the 2018 school year, said that he believed removing police officers from the schools was a mistake.
At least 70 school districts in Connecticut had school resource officers on staff in 2018, with the cost ranging from $17,500 to $200,000, according to a report from the Office of Legislative Research. In 41 of the 70 districts, the officers' positions were funded through the local police department while 23 were paid for in the school district budget and five used a combination of the two.
School resource officers in a number of districts said their work in the schools was critical to forming positive relationships with families and residents.
"[Students] actually speak to these guys a lot, they look up to them. It's kind of a nice way for them to be introduced to police at a younger age, " said Sergeant Richard Sawyer, who supervises school resource officers in the Groton Police Department.
Sawyer said he believes their presence decreases the number of juvenile arrests. If the students know the police officer personally, he said, it's less likely that a disciplinary situation will blow out of proportion.
Officers said they spend time in the hallways and the cafeteria, talking to students and getting to know them.
"No one's walking around swinging their gun. If they want to talk about whether this is necessary, ask the students. I think the students would agree," said Officer Joe Race, a school resource officer in Madison.
At times, the teachers ask the officers to teach in the classrooms. Buzzelli said that he taught forensics in a science class and constitutional law in a history course. After the school districts switched to remote learning, Sawyer said officers also teamed up with teachers to make home visits to students who were struggling.
Race said that the police officers helped with toy and food drives. One officer put on bracelets every morning to go to work that were made by a student at the elementary school.
"At one point he had like an armful," remembered Race. "That was such a big thing for him, to show off that artwork."
Buzzelli said he has had several conversations with students at the high school who were interested in going to the police academy.
Clayton Potter, a member of the New London's committee and a 2014 graduate of New London High School, said that he doesn't remember the officers in the school forming relationships with the students, or trying to get them interested in law enforcement. Mostly, he said, they were there to break up fights and make arrests.
Potter, who now works at Connecticut College, said he was in full support of the committee's decision to recommend removing resource officers from the school.
"I think it's an incredible connection for our students and officers," he said.
He added that while he personally didn't have any negative interactions with the police, he remembered seeing a student placed in handcuffs twice during his time at the high school.
Craig Cook, superintendent of schools at Madison, on the other hand praised the program.
He said he believed teachers felt safer with officers on campus. He said he hadn't heard of any complaints from parents in the 2 1/2 months he'd been at the school, and that no arrests had taken place during that time.
Officers or social workers?
John DeCarlo, professor of Criminal Justice at the University of New Haven and former police chief in Branford, said that like other police, school resource officers were trained to react to situations through a stress model. DeCarlo said that if officers were going to be placed in the schools, they needed to be trained properly, a concern shared by Goodwin and Winfield.
A 2013 Congressional Research Study found that schools with school resource officers may be more likely to report incidents like physical fights and threats to the police or to arrest students for low-level crimes. The study also noted that students in schools with resource officers were less likely to bring in weapons or commit assaults on school grounds.
Sawyer said that an officer could deescalate a situation by stepping between a child or a teacher, or helping to remove a disruptive child from a classroom.
But both Race and Sawyer said that enforcement represented a very small part of their jobs.
"If we need, we can pick up the phone and have a police officer there in 60 seconds," he said.
Race said that Madison Public Schools brought in school resource officers in December 2012, in direct response to the shooting at Sandy Hook Elementary School, in which six adult staff members and 20 children were killed.
He said he believes having an officer on staff can be critical in situations of potential violence.
"Our schools are probably our most population-dense area on any given day," said Race. "Time is absolutely of the essence in those situations."
DeCarlo questioned whether schools could use other security methods that would provide what he calls "capable guardianship," a component that prevents a crime from taking place.
"Is that an officer in the school or is that locks on the doors?" He asked. "Or is it a teacher empowered?"
Goodwin disagreed with the need for an officer on the premises. He said that New London is only five square miles and an officer could easily arrive at a school within minutes if something should happen.
Defining the role
Some school boards and municipalities have considered replacing school resource officers with additional counselors or social workers.
Goodwin said that he wanted to see a school resource "individual," not necessarily a police officer, but perhaps a counselor who can perform some of the tasks assigned to the resource officer.
However, Race said social workers at the schools often will not engage with a student until a resource officer has brought an escalating or dangerous situation under control.
DeCarlo said that the efficacy of the resource officer program depends on how the school, the officer and the community view the officer's role.
"A counselor and a police officer do very different things," he said. "It's up to the community to vote for what they want. Does one really equate to the other?"
Winfield said that, regardless of whether resource officers are removed from the schools, an effort needs to be made to provide students with more counseling and emotional support services.
New Haven is trying for the best of both worlds — its recommendations included increased funding to hire more school psychologists and social workers while also emphasizing the mentorship role of the school resource officers.
DeCarlo said the decision to keep or end a school resource officer program should be based on empirical data.
"If I were helping make the decision, I would not ever be using the word maybe," he said. "Have we done research?"
Emilia Otte
Emilia Otte covers health and education for the Connecticut Examiner. In 2022 Otte was awarded "Rookie of the Year," by the New England Newspaper & Press Association.
e.otte@ctexaminer.com
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True life: gym hair is the ultimate struggle. To all of you who make it look super easy to be chic and sweaty, kudos to you. We can't say that we're as lucky — we tend to side with those of you who turn to a high ponytail, messy bun or a quick braid built for convenience rather than cuteness. But as gym-lovers who also have a fiery passion for all things beauty, we realize there must be alternative gym hairstyles that are easy-ish to do and look good, even during the sweatiest of workouts. Sure, they might take you a little more time than that five-second ponytail, but you'll feel like you achieved the hair straight out of your Pinterest dreams, which will obviously help you crush that workout.
We worked with NYC-based hairstylist Johnny Rackleff to come up with gym hairstyles for every type of workout.
Shed your sneakers, slip into your favorite sports bra-and-leggings combo, and then secure your hair away from your face. Instead of opting for a traditional braid, consider braiding your hair back into a messy (yet chic!) bun. To get the look at home, you'll want to start by sectioning your hair down the middle and then clipping back one side while you work on the other. "Secure three pieces of your hair from one section and start the Dutch braid, ending at the nape of your neck," Rackleff explains. Once that braid is complete, start on the second dutch braid on the second section of your hair. Once you have both Dutch braids, add a hair tie to secure the braids together and then make the remainder of the ponytail into a messy bun.
We're here for elevated space buns and soon enough, you will be, too. To give this look extra detail (perhaps, if you have to go straight from the gym to real-life), start by flipping your head so you're able to start creating an upside-down French braid on the underside of your hair (pro tip: you might need some guidance from a friend the first time around). "Section your hair down the middle and then start the upside-down French braid at the nape of your neck, focusing the braid straight up toward the top of your head where you'll create your buns," says Rackleff. Once both braids reach the very top of your head, secure them with a hair tie to create two ponytails. From there, wrap the two ponytails into messy space buns. Finish by securing with bobby pins.
Perfect for the long-distance runner who doesn't want to deal with hair in her face, this simple-but-pretty French-braid ponytail will do the trick. "Start by gathering all of your hair at the back of your head and then start your French braid in the center," Rackleff explains. "Pull from the sides to create your french braid and gather as you go down." When your braid reaches the nape of your neck, gather the rest of the hair into a ponytail and secure it with an elastic. To hide the elastic, "twist a section of hair around the base of the ponytail and then hold it in place as you secure it with bobbie pins.
It's time to chanel the child within who used to love to twist your hair, clip it and call it a hairstyle. In some ways, that's exactly what you're going to do to achieve this side-twist-meets-bun look. "Start by parting your hair down the center to form two sections," Rackleff explains. From there, "start at the front of the first section, wrapping your hair into itself in an inward twisting motion. Once you reach the bottom of your ear, gather the rest of your hair into a bun, securing with a hair tie." Repeat the same process with the other section of your hair and then prepare to bike your heart out. Consider pinning the twisted part of your hair if you imagine things might get a little crazy.


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Is Macron Disarming the French?
December 2, 2022 Pam Barker GOVERNMENT, SOCIETY, Tyranny 0
ER Editor: The short piece below has been machine-translated.
Here is an MSM take on the situation: Weapons amnesty begins for French owners of illegal arms
The articles linked to below can be translated in browsers. Here is the translation of the first article:
Why does Darmanin want the French to surrender their weapons?
Curious request from the French government, in this period. Curiously, the word Kalashnikov is not pronounced, and no solution seems to be envisaged to solve the problem of Africans armed with knives, who, curiously, often strike non-Muslims in the throat.
Incapable of enforcing order in the Islamized cities, the State does not seem any more determined to send the forces of order there to recover weapons held illegally. And no more in the mosques!
https://www.leparisien.fr/societe/fusils-munitions-sabres-les-francais-invites-a-rendre-leurs-armes-non-declarees-10-11-2022-SPBSAMHCWZF7LAKSOGQ7T5EKGE.php
https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/morbihan/morbihan-les-particuliers-en-possession-illegale-d-armes-appeles-a-les-deposer-en-gendarmerie-7c7d8e58-610b-11ed-bd7d-093981143012
So who is targeted? The French, of course, the main victims of African crime, whom this rotten government intends to prohibit from defending themselves in the event of aggression or burglary.
I remind you that the prefect Morvan, in the Yvelines (ER: a well-to-do area west of Paris proper), had me banned from arms and the right to shoot because of my writings!
It is also said that the authorizations for the possession of legal weapons, renewable every five years, will be studied closely, and that certain sports shooters could be deprived of weapons, because survivalists, or Zemmourians (ER: Eric Zemmour, a supposedly 'far right' candidate financed at arms length by the Rothschilds), or others…
So expect, after December 2, massive raids by robocops, judges and police commissioners, at 6 a.m., on many French people suspected of wanting to defend themselves, or denounced by a friendly neighbor.
If you want to surrender your weapons, behave like good citizens, and obey. Otherwise, be imaginative, for example by digging holes in your garden…
The disarmament of the French by Macron announces a very imminent civil war
BELLINAANNE
This disarmament of the French will last until December 2, do not ask me why…
"Why does Darmanin want the French to surrender their weapons? "
https://ripostelaique.com/pourquoi-darmanin-veut-il-que-les-french-rendent-leurs-armes.html
"Gérald Darmanin announces measures to better control the possession of weapons"
Read carefully: A regulation demanded by women's rights associations which point the finger at the use of firearms in feminicides. https://www.tf1info.fr/societe/gerald-darmanin-annonce-des-mesures-pour-mieux-controler-la-detention-d-armes-2192156.html We believe we are dreaming!! Who are we laughing at ? In general, feminicides are done with punches or kicks or blunt objects, very rarely with firearms!!!
"Gérald Darmanin has announced that the government will propose a ban on the acquisition and possession of transformed weapons of war"
https://atlantico.fr/article/pepite/gerald-darmanin-a-annonce-que-le -government-was-going-to-propose-a-ban-on-the-acquisition-and-possession-of-converted-weapons-of-war
If there are weapons of war, it's in the suburbs that you have to look for them…
Today, all the murders committed by immigrants, illegal or not, are with knives.
When I was young, in Marseilles, the cops arrested "shady" guys (face checks) (you see who…), searched them completely and confiscated their knives. In case of recidivism, they beat them in the cellars of the police stations or the prefecture.
But it was very quiet then, not like it is today.
Finally, I say that, I say nothing.
Macron is indeed lower and lower in all international polls and gazes and he can no longer count on anyone's support.
His disproportionate ego and his outrageous megalomania as a psychopath to the last degree do not allow him to accept failure and he will prefer, like his friend Zelensky in Ukraine, to finish destroying France completely rather than to admit defeat, to beat a retreat. and to relinquish illegitimate power that he stole from the French people.
He is an extremely dangerous and desperate man and no one can know what dark decisions he will still take to persecute the French people.
But we must never forget that he swore to his globalist masters to carry out the total destruction of France.
At the same time, he knows that his behavior for six years towards the French has been such that he no longer has any illusions to entertain and that even his escape abroad will undoubtedly be very difficult.
Indeed, it is generally at the approach of serious disturbances, a wind of revolt, rumors of insurrection and also because of an unwanted, hateful and violent invasion, that the French have always been disarmed (confiscation of weapons) against their enemies, in full betrayal of their elites.
"In Béganne, a suspended fine of €1,000 for possessing weapons without authorization"
https://www.ouest-france.fr/bretagne/beganne-56350/beganne-1-000-d-amende-avec- reprieve-for-having-weapons-without-permission-34c91492-6c05-11ed-918c-3d4ea5ca1edf
On the one hand, the badly paid police forces, despised and humiliated by the State, sent to hell and forbidden to protect their own lives, blindly obey the most treacherous injunctions of their supervising minister and the red judges (traitors to the nation for a long time) are already preparing to treat like criminals these dangerous Gauls illegally armed with a few dusty old escopettes that have been lying around in the back of their attic for centuries.
(ER: the above paragraph captures the problematic nature of the police in France: they ARE treated badly and underpaid by the state, along with all the migrant problems they have to face in the no-go zones and take full responsibility for. Suicide rates among them have been high for some years. However, they do respond like zombies to the orders of their superiors when it comes to being thoroughly, gratuitously violent with the Gilets Jaunes, for example. We've seen it dawn on reasonable people here, who normally defend all things French, how violent their police are. )
If I were a policeman or a gendarme today, I wouldn't commit suicide, as many do and they are wrong, but I would resign and go find another job, in France or in another country.
On the other hand, we observe the most vile and flattering courtship and the licking of shoes to which the Islamic terrorist forces are subjected (we must no longer say Muslim, because we take a lawsuit in the teeth with each blow!) by our government "elites". Terrorist forces that store hundreds of thousands, if not millions, of the latest generation of war weapons in the walled and repainted basements and cellars of housing estates, in red-light districts and suburbs that are inaccessible to anyone today who does not belong to their community of peace, love and tolerance.
Hunting weapons will also be prohibited, in the long term (and hunting prohibited), and sports shooting weapons too, of course.
Initially, the holders will be able to drop them off at the gendarmerie or in the police stations without any penalty.
However, the procedure is very secure. If you wish to drop off weapons, you must leave them in your car in the parking lot and report that you have weapons to drop off and a police officer or gendarme will come and pick them up with you in your vehicle. All weapons deposited (and not returned, since they never belonged to these forces of order) will supposedly be destined to be destroyed. I don't believe a word of it.
Weapons in good condition will be recovered by the State.
Subsequently, severe penalties will be applied to offenders.
For my part, I have no advice to give on this question.
I don't own any prohibited weapons and that's fine.
Anyway, you're not allowed to carry them, so it's useless against a nice immigrant who will slit your throat along the way and continue on his way quietly, as we see him do every day. (ER: To be fair, this type of murder has become fashionable.) In addition, if you fight back and have the misfortune to hurt him, it will be 20 years in prison for you (if you are not dead, of course!).
That said, there are other ways to protect yourself and to protect your family and your belongings, bows and crossbows for combat or simple enough powerful target shooting, whose arrows and bolts can be made heavier and the triggering power can be increased.
Also, for very close combat, underwater fishing spear guns.
Then, the smartest can always give free rein to their imagination…
This civil war against enemies of France from inside and outside will very quickly overflow and become European.
It will set Europe on fire and blood. It will be multi-faceted: social, political, inter-religious, inter-ethnic and interracial. Everyone knows it. But our leaders don't care…
I add a link which can help to better understand what awaits us and which is the testimony of a magistrate, the public prosecutor of Paris:
"Laure Beccuau, public prosecutor of Paris on organized crime: "the level of the threat is such that we detect risks of destabilization of our rule of law, of our economic model, at a major strategic level."
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The Tennis girls turned the tables on St Paul's in Round 7 by defeating them 4-2 across the six year age levels. This is a complete turn-around from the equivalent match last year, with tough matches across all age groups. This result was quite a stand-out for the team, given the strength of the St Paul's Tennis program.
Round 8 held last weekend marked the final home game for the CHAC Tennis girls. Although it was very hot, the round was very successful for all age groups. Collectively, the CHAC girls won 32 out of a possible 36 sets against St Columban's, which is an outstanding achievement and is reflective of a very strong training record throughout the entire term.
With the TAS finals upon us this weekend, we have a record number of age groups playing for premiership: Year 7, Year 8 and Year 9. The Year 7 team has performed exceptionally this term; the girls are currently undefeated and will look to defend their top-of-the-ladder position next weekend, to earn themselves the premiership. The Years 8 and 9 teams have both had a very strong season, going into the finals in second position playing for premierships on Saturday.
If all goes well, CHAC could finish up with a total of three premierships and be crowned the number one girls' Tennis College in TAS, a record for girls' Tennis at CHAC.
A special mention should also go to the 2nd IV who are playing off for 3rd position on the ladder. The Year 10 team and 1st IV will both play for 5th position, after a challenging season.
The past few rounds of girls' Basketball has seen tremendous results, and it's great to see our hard work at training paying off. Once again, congratulations to all teams for such an outstanding effort in the past two rounds, coming away with some well-deserved wins.
Round 7 at St Paul's saw our Year 10 and Year 9 teams come away with a victory. A special commendation must be given to the Year 7 team members for their 34-4 win. Unfortunately, the 1st V fell short of a victory with the 2nd V and Year 8 teams also having narrow losses.
Our final home game in Round 8 saw CHAC take on St Columban's. Our 1st V and Year 7 teams came out on top with some great wins. Unfortunately, the 2nd V, Year 10, Year 9 and Year 8 teams fell short, each team unluckily losing by less than 10 points; however, the supplementary competition went well with CHAC securing several wins.
Overall, the Year 9 and Year 10 teams have done exceptionally well this season and currently sit in 4th, ready to move into the final for 3rd place. The Year 7 team is in 5th and is looking promising to keep this position. The Year 8 team will play for 5th place; the 1st V and 2nd V will play for 7th. In the supplementary competition, the Year 9 Blue and Year 10 Blue teams will play for 1st place, and we all wish these girls the best of luck for their games.
With many teams playing for the premiership this Saturday, CHAC is hoping to come away with the title of number one Volleyball School in TAS. Training intensities have increased heavily this week as the final games approach. Special mentions to the 1st VI, 2nd VI, Year 9 Blue and 7 Blue teams, which will play in the premiership game for 1st place. All teams have performed exceptionally this year. I am not alone in being very proud of our efforts.
Good luck to all teams playing this Saturday. I am positive we will hear of fantastic results from this Finals weekend.
CHAC Cricket has seen a strong finish to the season, with impressive rounds against St Paul's and St Columban's in our past two weeks.
Once again, inclement weather affected our matches against St. Paul's, with only our 1st XI and Intermediate A teams getting games on synthetic wickets. Both teams had impressive wins, showing patience with the bat to set some big totals, and discipline with the ball to bowl each team out. Special mention to Joshua Wright (118 runs) and Joshua Gibbs (5 for 42).
Last week we managed a clean sweep of St Columban's, winning six out of six matches. Once again there were some key performances across the age groups: Josh Wright (6 for 14), Oliver Cox (5 for 9), Tom Glass (3 for 18), Tom Ralston (51 runs), Dylan Finch (41 runs), Oscar Neuendorf-King (4 for 9) and Angus Venamore (43 runs).
We now head into the final week of the season – finals week – with four teams playing for 3rd and two playing for 5th. Despite the weather interruptions this term, CHAC has performed strongly in Cricket and heads into next year with a lot of confidence to finish even higher in each grade.


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Update to Unofficial Election Night Results
Update by edhat staff
On November 8, 2019, another tally was released that included ballots received up to and including Election Day, November 5, and those received in the mail on November 6 and 7 and postmarked Election Day.
The District 1 race is getting closer with Alejandra Gutierrez pulling ahead of incumbent Jason Dominguez.
District 1 (1999 votes)
Alejandra Gutierrez: 939 votes (47.45%)
Jason Dominguez: 929 votes (46.94%)
Cruzito Herrera Cruz: 97 votes (4.9%)
Mike Jordan: 1495 votes (36.94%)
Brian Campbell: 1118 votes (27.63%)
Teri Jory: 753 votes (18.61%)
Tavis Boise: 369 votes (9.12%)
Luis Esparza: 301 votes (7.44%)
Semi-final elections results are released for the City of Santa Barbara's 1st and 2nd District City Council seats.
As of Tuesday evening, District 1 is a close race between Jason Dominguez and Alejandra Gutierrez while Mike Jordan pulled ahead with nearly 36% of the vote for District 2.
The total numbers so far according to sbcityvote.com are:
Cruzito Herrera Cruz: 68 votes (5.81%)
Mike Jordan: 935 votes (35.91%)
Brian Campbell: 791 votes (30.38%)
The City of Santa Barbara contracted with the Los Angeles County Elections office to provide the tally and canvas of returned ballots. The ballot tally is taking place in Norwalk at the Los Angeles County offices.
The above tally includes ballots received in the Santa Barbara Post Office and received at City Hall through Monday, November 4. A second tally will take place on Friday and a final tally will take place next week for all ballots postmarked by Election day, including returned ballots missing signatures.
Election Night Tally Results at City Hall and Online
Source: City of Santa Barbara
The City of Santa Barbara's General Municipal Election will be held on November 5, 2019. This is a vote by mail election only. Voters may mail their ballot, or drop the ballot off at designated ballot drop off centers. The centers are: City Hall, the Franklin Neighborhood Center (1136 E Montecito St), and Holy Cross Church (1740 Cliff Drive).
The City Hall drop off location will be open Monday - Thursday, 7:30 a.m. – 5:30 p.m. and Fridays, 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m. (City Hall is closed every other Friday, but will be open Friday, November 1.) The City Hall drop off location will also be open Saturday, November 2 from 8:00 a.m. – 5:00 p.m., and on Election Day, Tuesday, November 5, from 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m. On Friday, November 1; Saturday, November 2; and Election Day, November 5 – ballots can be dropped off with drop off center workers who will be stationed in the City Hall lobby. On all other days, the ballot drop-off box will be located inside the City Clerk's office.
The Franklin Neighborhood Center and Holy Cross Church drop off centers will be open on Election Day only from 7:00 a.m. – 8:00 p.m.
The City of Santa Barbara's General Municipal Election is on November 5, 2019. The Council Chambers at City Hall, 735 Anacapa Street, will be open at 8:00 p.m. for the public to come and view tally results, as provided by Los Angeles County Elections office, that evening.
The results will be available on the City's election website, sbcityvote.com, and at Los Angeles County's election website, lavote.net.
The City of Santa Barbara has contracted with the Los Angeles County Elections office to provide certain election services. These services include the tally and canvas of returned ballots. Thus, the ballot tally will occur in Norwalk, California at the Los Angeles County offices. Because of the time to transport ballots from Santa Barbara to Los Angeles County, the tally results released on Election Night will not include all ballots received in Santa Barbara on Election Day.
There will be one tally on November 5, between 8:15 and 9:00 p.m. This will include, the City expects, ballots received in the Santa Barbara Post Office and received at City Hall through Monday, November 4. A second tally will then be run the afternoon of Friday, November 8. This second tally will include all of the ballots received at City Hall on Election Day (both from the Post Office and from the Drop-off Centers), as well as those ballots received in the mail on Wednesday, November 6, and have a postmark date of November 5.
Finally, there will be an additional tally the following week covering ballots picked up at the Post Office on Thursday, November 7, and Friday, November 8, but postmarked by Election Day, and including those returned ballots received with missing signatures where the signature is completed by Wednesday, November 13.
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Are there any updates ?????
All I want for Christmas is new City Leadership; and for more independent smart thinkers like Jason Dominquez.
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"independent thinker" is a nonsense phrase, especially when asking for more of the same. Jason is smart and has some good ideas, but he's a grandstander who doesn't play well with others. As for new leadership, would you be ok with alien reptiles, or AI's? Again, just asking for someone "new" is meaningless. And it's because this sort of poorly considered nonsense from so much of the electorate that we end up with so much dysfunctional and corrupt government.
Maybe you mean Dominguez? That is some solid support when you don't even know how to spell the name of your preferred candidate. At least you will get a chance to spell it right when you vote for him for State Assembly.
Has anyone put their concerns in writing and shared with SB City Council and SB City Hall/Clerk? Care to share your statement?
I do hope, by the power of the Greeks Gods, Jason Dominguez, District 1 gets reelected and Brian Campbell gets the City Council Seat for District 2. That would be the best news for all of us here in the City of SB.
0 for 2 so far. At least your screen name isn't Nostradamus.
Both our son and are daughter, who are registered with the same voter address as my wife and I, never received ballots. I am starting to think another election should be held, especially give the rather close margins so far between the first and second place candidates in both districts. Perhaps a special run-off? I realize that this will cost money, but how else are we going to ensure fairness?
We ensure fairness by accepting the results of the election. Holding another one because it didn't come out the way you want is the height of undemocratic corruption.
You could have gone to a ballot drop off place and done a provisional ballot. Claiming ignorance of the election after the fact is not a valid argument. Can you really claim you didn't know anything about it, or even what your options might be?
Did you call elections to get your household's 4 ballots?
What a joke this has been. Who's idea was it to send local ballots all the way to Norwalk to be counted? Waiting for over a week to get results is absurd. There is no reason these ballots couldn't have been counted by local county volunteers. For gods sake it's only two districts! And they were all mailed in. People weren't sitting a polling places until 9pm waiting. Then how were they transported to Norwalk? In those cardboard filing boxes? So many opportunities for corruption... The city will end up having to recount anyway. Good Job SB way to go.
How long does a candidate have to live in the District, in order to run for office????
Wondering if Gutierrez met that requirement ....
Bendy White has lived in the Santa Barbara City--not Montecito--part of Eucalyptus Hill for decades.
Rent a room to run in any District. Councilman Bendy White lived in Mintecito. Others live elsewhere too. Check out Maxine Waters.
There is no residency requirement other than the day one registers as a candidate for that district.
We should all read this if we are to argue about district elections. Background and facts are needed: --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/California_Voting_Rights_Act
This vote counting seems incredibly dumb. In the very early 1960s a friend in the Mormon Church asked me to go around to polling places with her for collecting voting results. It was a fundraiser for her church and I think it was a radio station paying them. After the polls closed the workers started counting votes. We would check in, get a tally (so far) and call in to the radio station. After our appointed rounds we'd retrace our route for updates. Guess what? By the morning after the voting they announced all the results. It was a statewide election so a lot more voters than this little one Nov. 5th.
Can this be anymore rigged? They've counted no more than 1900 votes for Dominguez vs. Guiterez and it's taken 4 days? No. IT takes an hour. And then... Oh but wait we've got more! There are still "provisional ballots" yet to be counted! Imagine that!! And people fall for this sham? What, random boxes are still showing up from the back of car trunks? How are votes not on locked down and signed off and transported ONLY by a reputable 3rd party? There is NO WAY it takes 4 days to count votes. There is NO WAY any vote counting should occur until all votes are accumulated. There is NO WAY it should conveniently be drug out with results being slowly leaked with the, "wait! There's more!" attachment. This is not rocket science. (1) Vote. (2) Collect all votes. (3) Count Votes. (4) Release results. But the PTB make it look difficult, using their "geniuses" to release bogus information contradicting back in a dramatic and confusing way to entertain constituents. It's nuts and EVERYONE should be appalled at such a mockery.
Call Jason Dominguez and ask him all the questions on this thread. Then get back to us with his answers. Please. Better yet, call City Administrator Paul Casey.
Take a stand against mail in ballots. Democracy is dependent on integrity and accountability of the system. Cost should not be a factor when every life is impacted by outcome.
5 locals could count 3000 votes in 3 hours. 1 reads, 1 verifies; 1 records, 1 verifies; 1 Vote Count Supervisor. Results the night of election.
It's only rigged if the candidate you prefer isn't winning.
Right. And then the after effect of BLAME on you for not running down to the county to pick up a provisional ballot. Like it's your fault. So wait, we'll mail you one. But when you don't get one, it's "sorry for not figuring it out and driving down to pick one up". I'm here to tell you it's NOT YOUR FAULT. These precincts are so small we could deliver each ballot by hand. I'm certain (by all these shenanigans that seem to never get solved) there is corruption afoot.
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12:04 I totally agree with you. I also find it interesting that several people I know in the 1st District , as well as some on this thread, never received their ballots... was the city not in charge of mailing them either? How does a registered voter who has always voted by mail suddenly not receive a ballot? This whole election smells rotten.
Too bad no one ran against Oscar Gutierrez for District 3, and against Meagan Harmon for District 6 (my District). Two good strong intelligent candidates who really care about the concerns of the community of SB, and would have the intelligent strength to stand up and challenge Murillo's bad decision making on the items on the agendas. Not about Murillo's self interest and they just go along with her like Oscar and Meagan. They are not independent thinkers.
Elizabeth Warren and Bernie Sanders almost always vote the same way. The same is true of Mitch McConnell and John Cornyn. Which are the puppets?
Puppets. A 100% DCC controlled autocracy.
Or they agree with Murillo? Equally likely.
Looks to me like the odds are in Alejandra's favor; in any event, the idea that anyone with less than 1000 votes can become an elected Councimember is ludicrous; the so-called democratization created by the District elections is a fraud. Shameful.
PITMIX. You're too right. I used to work at the polls as an elections officer. Whenever people would moan about the low voter turnout, I would nearly always reply, "Do you have any idea how powerful your vote is? All those people who couldn't be bothered to vote-----you're voting for them, too." And when people whine about how their vote doesn't/won't count, I remind them of the Wallace vs. Chamberlin Santa Barbara County Supervisors election in 1992. The outcome was touch and go for months. After a long court battle, Wallace was declared the winner. Wallace won by FOUR VOTES. So . . . don't ever think your vote "doesn't matter."
Just think, if you do vote, your vote represents about 10 other people. So you are like a super-delegate. If you don't care about your community and are uninformed, I'm okay with you not voting.
I'm thrilled not to have to see Brian Campbell's photo anymore (heading the Edhat advertising). Thank goodness.
Oh c'mon! He's a nice looking guy and a nice person.
I really hope Jason Dominguez keeps the lead. He's the only council member actively speaking to middle class voters and taking on the homeless on the East Side. His stance on proposed homeless housing on Alisos St. is all I needed to hear for him to get my vote.
Nonsense phrases and dog whistles.
Who won?
Winning: Dominguez - Eastside Jordan - Mesa 100% ballots counted - maybe later provisionals counted later.
letmego
This was as of Nov 4. I know my husband dropped his ballot off yesterday, so there are probably plenty not counted.
All ballots delivered yesterday will not be counted until today at the earliest. All ballots dropped in the mail yesterday might not be counted until Friday. Yesterday's results are very preliminary.
We never received ballots.
Because you're not in District 1 or 2.
The city's decision to snub the Santa Barbara County Elections department and conduct its own balloting has been proven a bad idea for sure. Sending the ballots to LA County elections will delay the results for days. Had we let SB County do it things would be known within hours. One has the feeling that the snub was the result of personal issues, not good governance.
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Surf's Up 2 - Uniti per vincere (Sur's Up 2: WaveMania) è un film del 2017 prodotto da WWE Studios e Sony Pictures ed è uscito in Home video il 17 gennaio 2017. È il sequel di Surf's Up - I re delle onde uscito nel 2007.

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Dopo gli eventi del primo film, il giovane pinguino saltarocce Cody Maverick apre una scuola di surf sull'isola di Pen Gu dove insegna il surf ai bambini assieme alla pinguina papua Lani Aliikai. A ostacolarli c'è l'arrogante pinguino reale Tank Evans, che ha a sua volta aperto una scuola di surf concorrente. Nel frattempo il migliore amico di Cody, il pollo Joe Ruspante, ora un celebre surfista in tournée, ritorna all'isola di Pen Gu.

In quello stesso momento gli "Hang 5", una squadra di surfisti estremi (composta da: una lontra di nome Mr. McMahon, una pulcinella di mare di nome Paige, i pinguini J.C., Undertaker e Hunter e il loro presentatore, un gabbiano) approdano sull'isola e Cody, siccome è un loro grande ammiratore, li invita a una festa che ha organizzato in loro onore durante la quale Mr. Mahon spiega che la squadra è in viaggio verso un leggendario punto di surf, "la Trincea", in modo da poter cavalcare un'onda anomala di 15 metri e rivela che è venuto sull'isola per cercare un sostituto dal momento che è in procinto di ritirarsi. Quando Mr.McMahon sotto consiglio di Paige sceglie Lani,Cody e Tank cercano di convincere  J.C. e Hunter a sponsorizzarli come potenziali sostituti di Mr. McMahon. Undertaker sceglie come compagno di squadra Joe Ruspante, pur non conoscendo la sua fama e principalmente per avere uno spuntino data la sua fame
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La squadra parte quindi per il viaggio a bordo di una balena.

Essendo arrivati davanti a una costa sconosciuta, la squadra decide di surfare attraverso il deserto per un po' di tempo, dove incontrano delle sabbie mobili e traggono in salvo prima Undertaker e in seguito Joe Ruspante e Cody (che era stato spinto lì da Tank), mostrando così che in una squadra ci si aiuta a vicenda. Il gruppo si accampa per la notte nei pressi di una giungla, dove si imbattono in un tempio in cui sono custoditi le reliquie di un antico popolo di pinguini amanti dell'arte del surf. Tank, prendendo avidamente una tavola da surf dorata e incastonata di gioielli, fa crollare il tempio costringendo tutti alla fuga. Il gruppo prosegue il viaggio attraverso un gigantesco lago di lava e, dietro suggerimento di Cody che aveva visto un geroglifico ritraente una scena simile, costruiscono dei deltaplani con le tavole da surf per attraversare il lago. Tank come sempre cerca di sabotare Cody, e il pinguino, cercando di superarlo, lo spinge involontariamente verso Joe Ruspante, che quasi cade nella lava, venendo salvato da Undertaker. Cody viene sgridato dagli altri membri della squadra, che gli dicono che fino a quando non imparerà a superare la sua estrema competitività e il suo rancore nei confronti di Tank non potrà entrare nella squadra, poiché in una squadra ci si sostiene a vicenda, prima di andarsene delusi dal suo comportamento. Cody, in preda ai sensi di colpa per aver messo il suo amico in pericolo, abbandona il gruppo quella sera stessa. Quando i suoi amici si accorgono che Cody se n'è andato, capiscono di essere stati duri con lui e che senza di lui non sarebbero mai riusciti ad attraversare il lago di lava, e si muovono verso le Palisades.

Cody si imbatte nel frattempo un'altra lastra di geroglifici raffigurante il campione dell'antica popolazione che muore nella Trincea. Scoprendo inorridito che il gruppo sta andando proprio lì, Cody torna per avvertire i suoi amici, che sono già giunti sul posto. Il presentatore del gruppo viene disintegrato da una scarica di fulmini. Lani si accorge che gli Hang 5 stanno per nuotare durante un violento temporale e rinuncia a far parte della squadra (essendo quello l'unico modo di entrare a farne parte) mentre Joe Ruspante accetta di essere membro onorario degli Hang 5 e Tank accetta con riluttanza la sfida per entrare nella squadra e diventare pertanto famoso.

Gli Hang 5 e Tank cavalcano quindi la gigantesca onda anomala con il temporale che infuria sopra di loro. Tank, cambiando idea e atteggiamento, cerca di salvarsi la vita nuotando dietro l'onda, ma viene ripetutamente colpito da fulmini a causa del fatto che la sua tavola è fatta di metallo. Il resto del gruppo sterza invece dietro le scariche di fulmini, ma Undertaker viene colpito e spazzato via. Paige e J.C. vanno in soccorso di Undertaker e lo riportano a riva, dove sembra essere ormai morto dal momento che il suo cuore si è fermato, fortunatamente, Joe Ruspante lo resuscita usando delle meduse come defibrillatori.

Cody, vedendo Tank in pericolo, abbandona il suo astio nei suoi confronti e torna per portarlo in salvo. Gli Hang 5, orgogliosi di Cody per il suo gesto altruistico, lo invitano a unirsi alla squadra, ma lui, non volendo abbandonare i suoi amici e l'isola di Pen Gu, la sua casa, declina l'offerta. Mr. McMahon annulla il suo ritiro e il suo desiderio di assaggiare il "latte di pesce" per restare con la squadra. Cody e Tank, messi da parte i loro dissapori e diventati amici, decidono di aprire la nuova scuola insieme, con i membri degli Hang 5.

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The Federal Emergency Management Agency (FEMA) recently released a report describing how the federal flood insurance program could be reformed to provide low-income households affordable options for insurance coverage. Given the devastation that can be wrought by a flood, access to insurance coverage can make the difference between financial ruin and being able to rebuild. However, flood insurance does nothing to help a homeowner avoid flooding at the outset.
Flood insurance is just one of many tools for managing flood risk. But, if you live in an area that has flooded repeatedly in the past, or likely to be flooded repeatedly in the future, insurance just allows you to rebuild, then flood, then rebuild again. To be truly effective, flood insurance must be coupled with actions to reduce one's exposure to flooding. Otherwise, flood insurance can unintentionally trap low-income homeowners in a cycle of rebuilding in the same vulnerable location and the same vulnerable way, a growing problem that NRDC highlighted in its report Seeking Higher Ground.
FEMA's proposed reforms could help low-income Americans purchase insurance policies. But any proposal for affordable insurance coverage must also include greater access to resources that can help low-income families get out of harm's way, like grants for voluntary buyouts.
Currently, the National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) provides older homes discounted insurance in comparison to newer homes built to be more flood resilient. While this subsidy was established to entice owners of older homes to join the program, it completely fails to provide an accurate depiction of flood risk or to help those who may be economically disadvantage.
In contrast, the new report looks at how flood insurance premiums could be subsidized based on income status. FEMA's research found that low-income households are less likely to purchase flood insurance than higher-income households, even though low-income families are more likely to live in high-risk flood zones.
FEMA found that more than 50% of households located in the 100-year floodplain that lack NFIP insurance coverage are considered low-income. whereas, only 26% of households located in the 100-year floodplain that have NFIP insurance coverage are considered low-income. Further, the median income of households without flood insurance is only $40,000, slightly more than half that of households located in the 100-year floodplain that have flood insurance.
In comparison, only 41% of non-policy holders outside the 100-year floodplain are low-income, with a median income of $56,000. Such findings indicate that homeowners with a lower median income tend to live in higher risk flood areas. With the average policy costing $1098 per year, those that can least afford to pay for flood insurance also can least afford to be without it given their high level of risk.
FEMA proposed three different ways Congress could provide subsidies to low-income families that would be directly linked to reducing the cost of flood insurance premiums. One would provide subsidies based on income level. For example, if a homeowner had an income below the Area Median Income (AMI), he/she could receive a certain percentage off their flood risk policy. Another is to directly link household income to the price of the insurance policy. The homeowner would pay up to a certain cap and then FEMA would cover the rest. The third would consider a household's cost burden, including mortgage, taxes, and insurance and would provide assistance when that burden rose above a certain percentage of the household's income. Under all three proposals, FEMA would inform the policyholders of the full-risk price for the insurance policy to more clearly communicate the risk of flooding, one of the major shortcomings of the current way FEMA provides insurance discounts.
Place Greater Emphasis on Mitigation.
While each proposal has its plusses and minuses, none of these are a long-term solution in the face of rising sea levels and escalating flood risks on inland waterways. The best approach would be to combine one of the proposals with much-needed assistance to lower people's vulnerability to flood disasters. Thus, a low-income household would not only be able to obtain affordable coverage, but could also reduce their risk of flooding in the first place. FEMA has recommended coupling one of the three affordability proposals with greater access to mitigation options, instead of an either/or approach.
Cheap insurance does not protect one's home from flooding, and as sea levels rise and extreme storms become more frequent, the risk of flooding is only growing. Requiring greater mitigation assistance, in addition to more affordable insurance premiums, is an equitable way to assist low-income households. Reducing a home's exposure to flooding will not only better protect people and property, but could also reduce NFIP payouts in the long-run. Plus, there is the added benefit that reducing risk also reduces the cost of insurance, or eliminates the need entirely, for the homeowner.


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Extreme Cinema! A Deadly Game of Cat and Mouse
Posted on April 16, 2017 by lawlerd
Extreme Cinema episodes are released once-per-month. This is because when we record, we usually wind up spending two to three hours discussing these movies. We have to watch the movies first, that takes about two weeks. We're busy guys and Andrew and his wife just had a baby. After we record, I listen to the episode twice to figure out edit-points, sound effects, and where to put the clips. After that I start cutting for dialogue. I run the episode again to place clips and sound effects. I put the clips in and find the right spot for the intermission. I go through the episode again to take out the "uhs" and "ers" and gaps in the audio for piss breaks and diaper changes, and then I add in the intro and outro music and voila! A brand new episode of Extreme Cinema! So it's a three-week process for me from recording to editing; add in an extra week for Bronwyn's art and there you have it. I pride the show on having Bronwyn's episode-specific artwork.
Tonight, we're talking about John Boorman, an excellent often underrated filmmaker with a phenomenal body of work, again an eclectic mix of different genres, everything from cop movies to science fiction and fantasy. We have two movies we're looking at in-depth directed by Boorman and starring the great Lee Marvin. Lee Marvin was an early champion of Boorman. He used his star power to get Boorman hired.
In Point Blank, a desperate John Vernon has a plan to get some loot. He gets buddy Lee Marvin in on the heist, and the idea is to tell the story in a modified flashback, or at least to get the back-story. He remembers Vernon's words in a great out-of-context kind of way, but five minutes in, it's obvious Vernon double-crossed him. He told Marvin they weren't going to kill anybody, but when they see their marks, he fires his gun and kills everybody. Vernon shoots Marvin and leaves him for dead. Marvin wants his cut, and he also wants a little revenge!
I watched Payback again to compare it with Point Blank; I wasn't aware that Point Blank was an early adaptation of Richard Stark's book, The Hunter, or that Payback was also an adaptation of the same source material. Bronwyn and I saw Payback back when it came out. It was unusual for us, in that it was a movie we were both very interested in seeing, even though it's kind of a down and dirty action exploitation movie with the familiar beats of a revenge fantasy. This was Mel Gibson at his best, before he got all loopy. His Icon Productions made the movie, written and directed by Brian Helgeland (who won an Oscar for his L.A. Confidential script). It follows the same story as Point Blank, but executed differently – a kind of a straight line narrative, we start with a flashback and then go to the beginning.
We move on to Hell in the Pacific – great title and again directed by John Boorman, shot in beautiful Panavision, photographed by Connie Hall, who photographed Marathon Man among other classics. We have the quiet, contemplative Toshiro Mifune meditating on an island, I surmise Guadalcanal with the breaking of water on the shore. He searches with binoculars – perhaps he's looking for a rescue boat, who knows? We don't know yet. We're not supposed to know. We see Lee Marvin under a lean-to, some kind of a shelter, talking to himself. Toshiro stalks the jungle. I don't know if Toshiro knows Marvin is near.
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Introduction written by Bronwyn Knox.
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VINTAGE CABLE BOX: "Death Hunt, 1981"
Posted on January 13, 2016 February 6, 2018 by lawlerd
"That look on your face would turn good whiskey into sour piss."
Death Hunt, 1981 (Charles Bronson), 20th Century Fox
"This motion picture is based on a true story" is written in schlocky big-and-bold red titles; Charles Bronson is Death Hunt – not quite, but wouldn't it be cool if his given Christian name were, indeed "Death J. Hunt", or whatever? I mean, talk about the coolness factor. Here we are in the wild, white Yukon with some splendid Steadicam-aerial photography and we're thrust into a literal dog-fight. The year is 1931, so it's probably not illegal yet. Bronson runs afoul of the locals involved when he rescues one of the dogs involved. You get that steely-eyed Bronson trademark gaze. He gives the owner (the great character actor Ed Lauter) $200 for the wounded dog and leaves.
Lauter isn't having any of it. He takes up arms with an Alaskan version of a posse (among them Carl "Apollo Creed"/"Action Jackson" Weathers, William Sanderson, and Maury Chaykin) to apprehend Bronson. Bronson nurses the dog back to health, feeds him and bonds with him. The heavies case Bronson's hunting shack, but he is ready for them, and he plugs one of them. Lauter alerts the authorities (in this case, Mounties Andrew Stevens and Lee Marvin, who knows Lauter is lying) and they lead the hunt for the so-called "Mad Trapper".
The movie's story depends on Bronson staying one step ahead of his pursuers, which he does with aplomb. He is skillful and resourceful, but unfortunately an act of self-defense is added to his perceived list of crimes. It's amazing to me (looking at the movie now) how quickly this narrative moves. We have to remember, the movie was made at a time when action/adventure movies didn't have to be nonsensical, bloated epics. The editing is lean, action-oriented and economical. The scenes between Marvin and Bronson ooze testosterone. Both men have desperation in their eyes. Marvin wants an end to the violence. Bronson just wants to be left alone.
When Marvin and Stevens' caravan of vengeance-minded soldiers set out to capture the Trapper, he rigs his property with booby-traps, digs a trench in the middle of his cabin, and positions his guns at strategic points. The Peckinpah-inspired scenes of violence are well choreographed, and the liquored-up, tense dialogue of Lauter's posse is hilarious. Marvin's character is lost in his own idealistic past while Stevens represents a future of two-way radios and explosives.
The men constantly put each other through frenetic games of machismo, and all Bronson can do is shake his head and listen to their endless tirades. In the middle of the long Alaskan night, they blow up his cabin with dynamite, and he is forced to take to the snow, but not before cutting down most of them. Ultimately, the posse divide into separate groups, so that they don't have to split the reward money. They kill each other off as a result of their incompetence until it finally comes down to Marvin and Bronson.
Charles Dennis Buchinsky appeared in House of Wax with Vincent Price. His first lead role was in Roger Corman's Machine-Gun Kelly. He became a ubiquitous presence in revenge fantasies, starting with Michael Winner's Death Wish (spawning four sequels), Hard Times as well as becoming a staple for Cannon Films (along with Chuck Norris) with 10 to Midnight, Murphy's Law, and Kinjite: Forbidden Subjects.
Our first cable box was a non-descript metal contraption with a rotary dial and unlimited potential (with no brand name – weird). We flipped it on, and the first thing we noticed was that the reception was crystal-clear; no ghosting, no snow, no fuzzy images. We had the premium package: HBO, Cinemax, The Movie Channel, MTV, Nickelodeon, CNN, The Disney Channel, and the local network affiliates. About $25-$30 a month. Each week (and sometimes twice a week!), "Vintage Cable Box" explores the wonderful world of premium Cable TV of the early eighties.
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The Political Grammar of the United States: Or, A Complete View of the Theory and Practice of the General and State Governments, with the Relations Between Them
Edward Deering Mansfield
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Stran 161 - President, chosen for the same term, be elected as follows: 2. Each State shall appoint, in such manner as the legislature thereof may direct, a number of electors, equal to the whole number of Senators and Representatives to which the State may be entitled in the Congress; but no Senator or Representative, or person holding an office of trust or profit under the United States, shall be appointed an elector.
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Stran 71 - Congress shall have power to promote the progress of science and the useful arts, by securing for limited times to authors and inventors the exclusive right to their respective writings and discoveries, and to make all laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into execution the foregoing powers.
Stran 157 - Each house shall keep a journal of its proceedings, and, from time to time, publish the same, excepting such parts as may in their judgment require secrecy ; and the yeas and nays of the members of either house on any question shall, at the desire of one fifth of those present, be entered on the journal.
Stran 160 - ... 2. The privilege of the writ of habeas corpus shall not be suspended, unless when, in cases of rebellion or invasion, the public safety may require it. 3. No bill of attainder, or ex post facto law, shall be passed. 4. No capitation or other direct tax shall be laid, unless in proportion to the census or enumeration herein before directed to be taken.
Stran 159 - To declare War, grant Letters of Marque and Reprisal, and make Rules concerning Captures on Land and Water; 12 To raise and support Armies, but no Appropriation of Money to that Use shall be for a longer Term than two Years; 13 To provide and maintain a Navy...
Stran 156 - Senate, but shall have no vote, unless they be equally divided. 5. The Senate shall choose their other officers, and also a president pro tempore, in the absence of the Vice-President, or when he shall exercise the office of President of the United States. 6. The Senate shall have the sole power to try all impeachments: when sitting for that purpose, they shall be on oath or affirmation. When the President of the United States is tried, the Chief-Justice shall preside; and no person shall be convicted...
Stran 162 - Supreme Court, and all other officers of the United States, whose appointments are not herein otherwise provided for, and which shall be established by law; but the Congress may by law vest the appointment of such inferior officers as they think proper in the President alone, in the courts of law, or in the heads of departments.
Stran 62 - States, be considered as citizens thereof; and the children of persons who now are, or have been, citizens of the United States, shall, though born out of the limits and jurisdiction of the United States...
Stran 178 - In all our deliberations on this subject we kept steadily in our view, that which appears to us the greatest interest of every true American, the consolidation of our Union, in which is involved our prosperity, felicity, safety, perhaps our national existence.
Stran 157 - The times, places, and manner of holding elections for senators and representatives, shall be prescribed in each state by the legislature thereof; but the congress may at any time, by law, make or alter such regulations, except as to the places of choosing senators.
Naslov The Political Grammar of the United States: Or, A Complete View of the Theory and Practice of the General and State Governments, with the Relations Between Them
Avtor Edward Deering Mansfield
Založnik Harper & brothers, 1834
Vir izvirnika Newyorška javna knjižnica
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