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HEAD COACH CLAUDE JULIEN PREGAME PRESS CONFERENCE
Bruins vs San Jose tonight
On the importance of putting back-to-back sixty minute efforts…
Yeah I think there's obviously even more than that when you talk about the opportunity for us to
move up in the standings, too. You know we've got some games at hand and we've got to make the
most of it. You know you win tonight you got the opportunity move up three spots and that's important. And with Thanksgiving just around the corner we have to take advantage of those games at home and make the most of it. So yes, there is an importance to winning tonight and being able to
play a full sixty minute type of effort that we've been looking for. So to duplicate that from last
Saturday would be important for us.
On if Colin Miller is an option tonight…
We've got all Ds available.
On what he's seen from the San Jose Sharks…
Well they were off to a real good start. And obviously when you look at their record on the road
they've played well. They're a good well-balanced team, you know. Their goaltending has been
good, they've got [Brent] Burns on defense who to me- he's a beast, you know- so big, strong,
mobile, skates well, shoots the puck well. So they've got a good asset back there. Up front, they've
got some skill. So you know they're a good team; they're well coached, you know I think Peter
[DeBoer] has always done well in this league no matter where he's gone so, you know, they've had a
little change of scenery there. But nonetheless at this point with our game where it's been going at
home I think a lot of the focus has to be on us and knowing that every team that comes here looking
at our home record certainly comes in here with a lot of confidence right now.
On Zach Trotman and how he thinks he is doing…
I think when you look at how long he sat out for and how he's done when he's played he's done well,
you know. And when you have eight Ds there's going to be guys that are going to be going in and
out, you know, throughout the year. So you know we shouldn't make too much of a deal of who's in
who's out more than they're all going to play at some point.
On how he thinks it's worked out with Jonas Gustavsson so far…
I think it's worked out well. I think Gus [Jonas Gustavsson] has been really good for us. He's given
us a chance to win in every game that he's played, you know. Certainly not been the guy that you
point the finger at and say, you know, he wasn't good enough for us tonight. So you have a backup
goalie that does that there's no complaints from a coach.
On how intrigued he was in the brief time he had Martin Jones…
Well I mean I never had an opportunity; he was in and out so quickly it was hard for me to have
reaction [smiles].
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Husker Football
What Players Leave After The Season?
By BIG ERN,
November 11, 2021 in Husker Football
2 hours ago, twofittyonred said:
Really..??
Per Football Outsiders, for the years 2017 - 2018 - 2019 - 2020 - 2021
Line Yards: N/A - 2.78 - 2.43 - 2.79 - 2.66
Opportunity Rate: 33.8% - 53.8% - 48.2% - 54.3% - 48.5%
Power Success Rate: 75.0% - 68.8% - 78.1% - 78.3% - 65.5%
All those numbers were at their highest point in 2020. All were up from 2019 to 2020. Then they tanked in 2021. Not really sure why.
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Used to be called depth, now its show them the door?? No wonder we suck.
FrantzHardySwag
I think Daniels and CTB are locks to be drafted.
Seems like Held recruited all these guys but had no idea what to do with them. Our running game, if you can call it that, was mostly the smallest guy running up the middle. Sevion Morrison never
lo country
54 minutes ago, Mavric said:
There is plenty to complain about. Not sure why people need to resort to exaggerating things that are obviously false.
Truth. I think the original poster stating 6 years of OL woes was more in reference to a long standing concern. Not trying to say it was Frost's show for 6 years. IMO, the 2018 OL might have been Frosts best since he has been here. Ironically with Pelini/Riley guys.
Didn't see your post above before I posted. What is success rate and opportunity rate? Tried to fond it with limited success.
1 hour ago, lo country said:
I think it's pretty clear that he was only talking about Frost and staff. Otherwise it doesn't make sense to talk about waiting six years to address it.
Part of the reason the OL has been an issue is because Riley did a pretty poor job recruiting it. When Frost got here, there were 11 OL on scholarship. Three of those guys were recruited by Pelini (one a walk-on originally). The only guys that Riley recruited that contributed are Jaimes and Farniok. Sichterman might still. Three guys in 3/4 years was a large hole to dig out of.
Line Yards per Carry: For 2018, we are experimenting with a new definition for college line yardage based on film study and generalization. Instead of the ALY figure FO used for the NFL, this one is tighter: the line gets credit for rushing yardage between 0-3 yards (instead of 0-4) and 50% credit for yards 4-8 (instead of 5-10). Anything over 8 yards is quantified as a highlight opportunity, and credit goes to the runner. As with the pro definition, lost yardage still counts for 125%. (Garbage time is filtered out for all line yardage averages.)
Opportunity Rate: The percentage of carries (when four yards are available) that gain at least four yards, i.e. the percentage of carries in which the line does its job, so to speak.
Power Success Rate: This is the same as on the NFL side -- percentage of runs on third or fourth down, two yards or less to go, that achieved a first down or touchdown.
9 minutes ago, Mavric said:
Huskadeez
11 hours ago, Mavric said:
How is Sichterman going to contribute when he retired from football?
twofittyonred
They didn't.
Not to mention the part where they haven't even been here six years. But good attempt at making things seems much worse than they are.
LOL... how cute... way to cherry pick... I was refering to YOUR post that mentioned riley and the 2017-2018 recruites... never once did I say HCSF or this coaching staff...
Not sure why people need to try and make rainbows out of mud pie
More cherry picking... ALSO from Outsiders
Offensive ranking nationally per yr
2021 - 115th
2020 - 87th
2018 - 63rd - Scott Frost
2016 -18th
2015 - 6th
They "tanked" in 2018.
Husker in WI
OF+ (The offensive component of their overall F+ ranking) has us at 63rd in 2017. Then 42nd, 53rd, 54th, and finally 30th under Frost. So just curious what stat this is - is it OL specific? I will admit by the eye test (which I don't like using), I wouldn't guess the OL had been improving. But it wasn't really atrocious until 2021, and I think they've recruited it pretty well made a change to the coach when things got worse. Not sure what else they should be doing.
Austin certainly wasn't the best performing assistant the first 3 years but I don't see reason to have fired him prior to this year. Going into the year he had 2 highly touted Tackles who gained some good experience in 2020, and an elite athlete at Center who was really coming into his own. Guard was a question mark but you figure he'd be able to find a couple of those. It was definitely the right move to part ways, but I think saying it was easily justifiable earlier is just hindsight.
19 minutes ago, Husker in WI said:
yes this is OL specific.. Year end ranking nationally.. My bad for not labeling it properly..
7 hours ago, Huskadeez said:
Ha! My bad. I forgot that part. So, yeah, not much to build from.
Good try to backtrack. There isn't any way they could "wait six years to fix it" unless they've been here six years.
No one is doing that. But when you don't have a good argument you're stuck with trying to take shots at others.
Which stat is this?
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Q: What $n$-linear sums can be extracted from a product of linear polynomials in $m$ variables? Let $\boldsymbol{c}_1, ..., \boldsymbol{c}_n$ be $n$ orthonormal, $m$-dimensional complex vectors, with $\boldsymbol{c}_i = (c_{i,1}, ..., c_{i,m})$.
Consider the following polynomial in $x_1,..., x_m$:
$$
(c_{11} x_1 + c_{12} x_2 + ... + c_{1m} x_m)
(c_{21} x_1 + c_{22} x_2 + ... + c_{2m} x_m) \cdots
(c_{n1} x_1 + c_{n2} x_2 + ... + c_{nm} x_m) =
\prod_{i=1}^n \sum_{j=1}^m c_{ij} x_j. \tag{A}
$$
Is there a way to control the resulting sums of terms containing all different $x_i$?
With this I mean, given a target normalised complex vector $\boldsymbol v$ of length $\binom{m}{n}$, can I find a set of orthogonal $\boldsymbol{c}_i$ such that the $n$-linear terms of (A), renormalised, give $\boldsymbol v$?
As an example, in the $m=3, n=2$ case, (A) can be written as
$$
(c_{11} c_{21} x_1^2 + c_{12} c_{22} x_2^2 + c_{13} c_{23} x_3^2) +
(c_{11} c_{22} + c_{12} c_{21}) x_1 x_2 +
(c_{11} c_{23} + c_{13} c_{21}) x_1 x_3 +
(c_{12} c_{23} + c_{13} c_{22}) x_2 x_3,
$$
so that the problem amounts to solving the following nonlinear system:
\begin{align}
  c_{11} c_{22} + c_{12} c_{21} &= N v_1, \\
  c_{11} c_{23} + c_{13} c_{21} &= N v_2, \\
  c_{12} c_{23} + c_{13} c_{22} &= N v_3,
\end{align}
for some normalisation constant $N$ and $\boldsymbol c_1, \boldsymbol c_2$ constrained to be orthonormal.
In the general case this is clearly related to the problem of computing permanents of submatrices of a matrix $C$ having the $\boldsymbol c_i$ as row/columns.
Has this kind of thing been studied? Is there relevant literature I can look at?

A: Yes something close to your question has been studied before see these MO questions:

*

*Grassmann-Plücker relations for permanents

*which homogeneous polynomials split into linear factors?
Basically there is a rather complicated system of algebraic equations of degree $n+1$ called the Brill-Gordan equations for the coefficients of your polynomial which tell you if it is a product of linear factors. You would need more work to eliminate the coefficients of the non-multilinear terms in order to get a system of equation for the multilinear terms only. I don't know what the effect of imposing orthogonality would be.

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Day Watch–the movie
Posted on November 14, 2007 by nicktingle — No Comments ↓
I watched a movie called "Day Watch" made in Russia by a Russian director named Timur Bekmambetov, based on the best-selling sci-fi novels of Sergei Lukyanenko. All the characters speak Russian. The special effects are pretty good mostly because there seem to be a good number of buildings in Moscow being blown up (and recorded on film as they do so) and because your basic Russian stunt person is willing to risk his or her life for a buck.
But I actually thought about this movie a little after I watched it. It has some elements of horror in it, though remarkably little blood and no gratuitous torture stuff like Hostel (though that was an OK horror film); but mostly I would call it fantasy. The forces of light and dark are fighting it out for the soul of Russia. Actually light and dark have a truce but they keep breaking it. Sort of like the Cold War between the USA and the Soviet Union. I would say in fact exactly like.
The forces of light seem to be the "Russian people" at their best. If they weren't characters in a fantasy movie, they would be good people like doctors, or teachers, or religious persons who believe, as all good Russians do, that life is suffering and all they want to do is get through it without hurting others too much. The forces of dark look like decadent Euro-trash heavily influenced by Capitalism. They want stuff and cheap thrills.
So unlike most of American horror film, this one is actually about something.
Finally, I guess, the forces of light win. This is not a Gnostic world. But more old testament. In the closing scene light and dark make a bet, just like God and The Devil in the Book of Job. Light wins the bet and exclaims, "Your mama!" at the defeated force of dark. This is not very Biblical, true, but maybe something was lost in translation.
Sadly this happy ending is clearly an act of wish fulfillment. The main character, who has really screwed up, can only set things right by getting this piece of magic chalk that allows a person to correct a mistake previously made. So the main character goes back to where he lived as a child and writes on the wall of the apartment, Het, which means in Russian, no. He writes no because in this place many years before he said "yes" to his mother when she asked if he wanted to become one of the supernatural beings. That was the mistake that set everything in motion that led eventually (in the film) to all of Moscow being laid waste by the forces of dark.
Interestingly, the year the character said yes and should have said no was 1992. It says so right there on the screen. 1992.
Why 1992? Well that's the year Russia sold its soul to the Devil. As I said though the movie is fantasy because its whole logic is informed by wish fulfillment. There is no way to go back and say Het to 1992.
Below according to one website here is all the stuff that happened in Russia in 1992.
In 1992 Russia acquired the former USSR's permanent seat on the UN Security Council as its defacto successor and also took over all Soviet properties and embassies abroad. In Jan. 1992 Russia became a founding member of the Commonwealth of Independent States (CIS) following agreements reached in Nov. 1991 with Ukraine and Belarus. Also in Jan. 1992 Prime Minister Yegor Gaidar announced plans for price liberalization that resulted in rapid price increases while the central bank began to extend further credit to support industry and trade. Following Russia's initiative, which resulted from the effects of the common currency and each republics implementation of trade barriers to protect their industries and goods, the other CIS republics followed suit. Russia also imposed export quotas and taxes which resulted in exporters leaving their hard-currency earnings in foreign offshore banks while imports were also centralized. On March 31, 1992 the 18 of the 20 sovereign republics signed a federal treaty that established the Russian Federation, with Tartarstan endeavoring to gain a separate agreement with the federation and Checheno-Ingushetia announcing its independence. In June 1992 Pres. Yeltsin and Ukraine's Pres. Leonid Kravchuk reached an agreement over the former USSR's Black Sea Fleet in which command was to be withdrawn from the CIS, the point of contention and be placed under a joint Russian-Ukrainian command for three years. Also in June 1992 Russia recognized and sided with the Transdnistria republic separatists from Moldova. In July 1992 Russia signed high-level economic and military agreements with Belarus. In Sept. 1992 Russia and Georgia signed an agreement that recognized Abkhazia as a part of Georgia while the Russian Parliament under the speaker, Ruslan Khasbulatov threatened to annex South Ossetia, another conflict spot in Georgia. In Oct. 1992 Pres. Yeltsin banned the Parliament's (Supreme Soviet) private army following Khasbulatov's continual demands that the government be subordinate to it rather than the president. In Nov. 1992 the Constitutional Court ruled that the Communist Party ban was constitutional, following the Communists claims that the 1991 ban was unconstitutional. In Dec. 1992 Pres. Yeltsin made various deals including the slowdown of market reforms with the influential Civic Union, a center-right coalition of four groups, in an attempt to halt demands that the government resign. However, on Dec. 9, 1992 during a session of the Congress of the People's Deputies, Pres. Yeltsin and the Congress clashed over their failure to endorse Yegor Gaidar as Prime Minister with Pres. Yeltsin describing the congress as a "fortress of conservative and reactionary forces." On Dec. 12, 1992 Pres. Yeltsin and Ruslan Khasbulatov agreed to a national referendum on a new constitution to be held in April 1993, that many of Pres. Yeltsin's emergency powers be extended until the referendum, that the Congress could nominate and vote on its own choices for Prime Minister as well as the President's nomination and that it also had the right to reject the President's nominations for the Defense, Foreign Affairs, Interior and Security ministries. On Dec. 14, 1992 Pres. Yeltsin nominated Viktor Chernomyrdin as Prime Minister which the Congress confirmed. On Dec. 29, 1992 Russia and the US announced they had agreed on the terms for the Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty (START II) pact which would reduce each country's nuclear arsenal by two-thirds. Also in 1992 Russia signed a bilateral treaty with Britain and Pres. Yeltsin pledged to abandon military support for North Korea following his visit to South Korea.
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Donovan would like to see a process whereby administrators of government collections proactively identify artifacts belonging to Indigenous communities and return them.


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By Phil Mason On 14 March 2022
Harlem-bred rapper Ma$e rose to notoriety as an artist on Diddy's Bad Boy Records roster in the late '90s and early aughts. Although Ma$e has three studio albums in his discography, he made a name for himself primarily thanks to his 4x-platinum debut Harlem World.
Over 20 years later, Murda Mase is back with a new track called "Oracle 2: The Liberation Of Mason Betha," a nod to his government name. But this is no ordinary single; the track is dedicated to trashing Bad Boy founder Diddy, accusing him of exploiting Biggie's death.
As he spits, "Yeah, I'm just a Harlem n-gga reppin' down a Vegas strip with my own Suge/You from Mt. Vernon, n-gga, go and rep your own hood/I'm not hating on your Billi worth/Right now, I'm only saying what you really work/You ain't no architect/You just a n-gga who know how to market death."
Diddy, of course, was partially raised in Mt. Vernon and attended an all-boys Roman Catholic high school in the Wakefield neighborhood in the Bronx. The school's campus borders Mount Vernon in neighboring Westchester County.
Ma$e retired from Hip Hop in 2009 to pursue a career as a pastor. He then became an ordained minister at Clark Atlanta University. Ma$e then returned from a five-year hiatus with his 2004 album, Welcome Back.
As far as Ma$e's relationship with Diddy, he aired out some of his grievances in 2020 via a since-deleted Instagram post.
"Your past business practices knowingly has continued purposely starved your artist and been extremely unfair to the very same artist that helped u obtain that Icon Award on the iconic Bad Boy label," he wrote. "For example, u still got my publishing from 24 years ago in which u gave me $20k. Which makes me never want to work w/ u as any artist wouldn't."
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Ma$e also revealed he offered Diddy $2 million for his masters, but the Hip Hop mogul would only oblige if he could beat the "European guy's" offer, even though Diddy supposedly paid just $20,000 over two decades ago.
"You bought it for about 20k & I offered you 2m in cash," he added. "This is not black excellence at all."
Diddy's business practices have been under scrutiny over the last few weeks after an old clip of Making The Band resurfaced online. Former contestants Willie Taylor, Freddy P and Babs Bunny came forward with their negative experiences on the show.
Diddy reacted to the chatter with an Instagram post that read, "STOP ALL YOUR CRYING, BITCHING & MOANING. HUSTLE HARDER OR GET THE FUCK OUT OF OUR WAY. – LOVE."
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The establishment of common guidelines and methodologies for the implementation of reduced input agriculture in both countries.
The use and implementation of modern technology for encouraging Good Agricultural Practices on the areas.
Pilot implementation of operations for future use and evaluation for the rural population of the cross border region.
The Project's expected benefits include, through the implementation of reduced inputs practices, farmers comply with the legislative rules of the European Union concerning environmental issues increase in product quality through a certified path of production.
The duration of the Project is 22 months (31/12/2013 – 30/09/2015) and its total budget is 3.377.584,44 €. The project is co-financed by the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF) and national funds of Greece and Bulgaria.


In 1814 Susanna Rowson had her novel The Fille de Chambre republished in Boston, giving it the new title Rebecca. She added an introductory chapter and footnotes that highlighted the autobiographical aspects of the story because she, like every good fiction writer, had stolen from real life.
Mr. Seward had on board the ship with him, besides two fine boys, the one fourteen, the other twelve years old, a charming little girl scarcely seven. Mrs Seward had been dead some years, and the child was accompanied by her nurse. The chief anguish this faithful servant felt was in contemplating her little charge, and thinking how she was to be preserved; indeed, to such a height did her affection rise, that she voluntarily deprived herself of part of the very small portion allotted her, that she might lay it by against a time of more eminent necessity for this darling of her heart.
This was a fact, the dear woman who accompanied the author in her first voyage across the Atlantic actually lived, for many days, on half a biscuit a day, to reserve the other moiety [half] for her.
Exalted humanity, noble, disinterested sailor, may you ever experience from your fellow creatures the same benevolence that expands and elevates your own heart. May your days be many, and your prosperity equal to your deserts.
This apostrophe is the genuine emotion of gratitude, the author having, in a situation similar to the one described here, experienced relief bestowed in the same disinterested manner.
Rowson thus argued for the genuineness of her fiction—even if not all the details were accurate.
TOMORROW: The passage from fiction to nonfiction.
Since the word "disinterested" is used in both of your Rowson quotes to describe a positive personal attribute, it's worth underlining that in this context it means to be free from motives of personal interest, a virtue of great importance to the founding generation.
These days, "disinterested" seems to be used more often to mean "uninterested"--acceptable usage per Merriam-Webster, rather to my pedantic surprise just now. Evidently the positive meaning Rowson and her contemporaries used the word to convey became current in "our" 18th century, appropriately enough, but is perhaps now being eclipsed by the other meaning, a development that may have contemporary political resonances of its own.


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More Losses For Jumia In Q3 2019 Report Means Profitability By 2022 Is Highly Unlikely
By Nzekwe Henry November 13, 2019
It's been a rather difficult year for Jumia; the Africa-focused e-commerce company which calls itself Africa's first tech unicorn — though there are many who would dispute that.
After appearing to make history by becoming the first tech company with operations in Africa to list on a major stock exchange, Jumia seemed to be cruising until a report by Citron Research alleging fraud in Jumia's dealings threatened to drown the company.
Jumia stocks had been soaring high before the storm but since then, things have pretty much gone downhill. And the company's just-released released financial report for the third quarter (Q3) of 2019, doesn't exactly make things better.
In a story that is becoming all too familiar with the company, Jumia recorded increased active users, it's Gross Merchandise Value (GMV) grew compared to Q3 of the previous year, revenue is on the up, and JumiaPay bubbled like never before.
But the company is still bleeding cash. Losses continue to mount. And frankly, the projected year of profitability — 2022 — now seems like wishful thinking, to put it nicely.
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In Q2 2019, Jumia's revenue was USD 44.2 Mn, up from USD 37.1 Mn for the same period in 2018. And so far in 2019, the company has seen its revenue reach USD 122.3 Mn.
Those are decent numbers but the company hasn't managed to crack whatever makes its losses swell. The e-tailer recorded operating losses of USD 55 Mn in Q3 2019, higher than the USD 45 Mn lost during the same period the previous year.
To state it more clearly, Jumia has now lost no more than USD 180.1 Mn during the first nine months of 2019 alone. Considering the same period in the previous year, that figure was USD 129.2 Mn.
It's not even news that Jumia's losses are now on the threshold of USD 1 Bn since launching in 2012. And it's hard to see much changing in the coming months given the checkered history of e-commerce on the continent.
But the outlook isn't entirely bleak for the startup. In certain respects, Jumia appears to be growing.
By gaining 636,000 new customers over the last quarter, Jumia now has 5.5 million annual active customers, up from 3.5 million a year ago and 4.8 million in Q2 2019. It's the company's biggest single-quarter growth over the last few years.
The company defines an annual active customer as "unique consumers who placed an order for a product or a service on our platform within the 12-month period preceding the relevant date irrespective of cancellations or returns."
As a whole, these customers made 7 million orders in Q3 2019, up from 3.6 million last year.
Jumia's GMV is something of a mixed bag. During Q3, Jumia's GMV rose to USD 303.3 Mn, up from the USD 218.6 Mn recorded for the same period last year.
But when compared to Q2 2019 when GMV was pegged at USD 310.5 Mn, it's clear that Jumia's GMV actually suffered a dip. The reason for the dip remains unclear.
In the Q3 2019 report, Jumia also gave an update on the lawsuits that were filed against the company in the aftermath of the allegation by Citron Research which came after Jumia listed on the New York Exchange.
Jumia said the lawsuits are in their preliminary stages and there were no further comments on the matter.
Citron Research alleged that Jumia fudged some of its numbers to mislead investors ahead of its IPO. Indeed, Jumia admitted in its Q2 report that it was investigating a case of fraud perpetrated by some of its JForce staff in Nigeria.
In the latest quarterly report, Jumia said it had dismissed some of those employees while others have resigned.
For now, though, Jumia's losses are mounting and the company may have to wait much longer than 2022 before the first profits are turned in.
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By Tim Murr Posted on December 29, 2019
The Week in Horror Presents the Decade's Best Horror Films 2010-2019
The past ten years have been an incredible era for horror films, not just for the quality and quantity of films that have come out, but also for the sheer diversity. When we look back at the 1980s we think of slashers and teen horror; when we look back at the 90s, but since the 2000s the diversity of material is far wider than even the 70s. I don't think we'll be able to look back in 20 years and point at any particular sub-genre that really defined the decade. It feels, though, this is the decade when horror finally gained undisputed critical respect, with filmmakers like Darren Aronofsky, Ari Astor, Nicolas Winding Refn, and Issa Lopez, among others, bringing an art-house sensibility to the genre without sparing an ounce of the blood. It's about damn time too, after decades of horror masters like George A Romero, John Carpenter, and Tobe Hooper struggling to get bare-bones funding to get films off the ground. So, let's look back at the best films of 2010-2019.
We start off with an incredible mix bag, from the survival horror of Adam Green's Frozen to the slapstick bloodfest of Tucker and Dale vs Evil. The Ford brothers revitalized the zombie genre with The Dead. Jim Mickle and Nick Damici brought the vampire into a post-apocalypse world with Stake Land and Matt Reeves delivered the American remake of 2008's Let The Right One In as Let Me In, a gorgeous coming of age story. Mexico's Jorge Michael Grau gave us character-driven class war with Somos Lo Que Hay (We Are What We Are) and Breck Eisner directed the other good remake of a George Romero film, The Crazies (the other being Zack Snyder's Dawn of the Dead from 2004). Darren Aronofsky may have won the year, though, with Black Swan.
2011 had the decade's smallest number of true stand out films, but Pedro Almodovar's The Skin I Live In (based on Thierry Jonquet's Tarantula and bearing a bit of a resemblance to the classic French thriller Eyes Without a Face) infused the psychological thriller with a shot of body horror and Ti West mixed mumblecore aesthetics with a haunted hotel with extremely effective results in The Innkeepers. Comedy horror reigned with the Joss Wedon produced Cabin in the Woods, which featured one of the most gleefully bloody segments in the history of horror-mainly because it featured almost every horror trope you can imagine wreaking havoc, and Joe Cornish's Attack the Block, which gave us an alien invasion in a working class British neighbourhood and made it equally harrowing and hilarious. Adam Wingard ultimately had the best of the year though with the funny and violent home invasion flick You're Next, which besides being a fantastic film, brought Barbara Crampton back to horror.
Some of the old guard returned in a big way to declare their relevance, in 2011, in the face of a wave of indie juggernauts; Ridley Scott dived deep back into the world of Alien with the operatic prequel Prometheus and Hammer Horror, which had been trying to re-establish itself hit big with the Daniel Radcliffe starring The Woman in Black. Don Cosscarelli, the creator of the Phantasm franchise followed up his off-beat indie hit Bubba Ho-Tep with a wild adaptation of David Wong's even wilder novel John Dies at the End. Brandon Cronenberg, son of Canada's greatest director David Cronenberg, made a case for greatness being genetic with Antiviral. Jeremy Gardner took a mere $6000 and made a very small, tight zombie film feel big with The Battery. Rob Zombie came out swinging with his most mature and accomplished work, Lords of Salem while the Soska Sisters, Jen and Sylvia, overcame the sophmore slump with their breakout hit American Mary. Radio Silence, Adam Wingard, Ti West, and David Bruckner teamed up for the dark found footage anthology V/H/S which launched a trilogy. Franck Khalfoun was playing with fire when he dared to remake Bill Lustig's seminal urban slasher, Maniac, but damn he pulled it off using a first-person perspective and LA's antiseptic neon nights as a background. Richard Bates Jr mixed psychological horror and body horror in the tragic coming of age film Excision. My top pick for 2012, though, is Here Comes the Devil-Chilean director Adrian Garcia Bogliano went to Mexico and made an Italian possession film that is uncomfortable, scary, and disturbing. I caught it by chance at the Nevermore Film Fest when the movie I had come to see was sold out, and it left me shaken.
Old Boy director Park Chan-Wook, working from a script Captain Cold aka Wentworth Miller, brought his unique visionary filmmaking to America with the dark familial horror of Stoker. Ti West made one of my favorite found footage films riffing on the Jim Jones Massacre with The Sacrament. Classic horror nostalgia came hard with Fede Alvarez's bloody as hell Evil Dead remake and Don Mancini gave the best Child's Play film since part 2 with The Curse of Chucky. Possibly the most controversial film I can put on this list with a straight face is Texas Chainsaw 3D. Despite the fact that the director couldn't handle basic math and there were some cringe-worthy casting choices I fell in love with the Of Mice and Men take on TCM that is hinted at towards the end of the film; prior to that, there's some good gore and some nice cameos. There was a far better cannibalistic family film in 2013 though; Jim Mickle's We Are What We Are is a sublime character driven art house horror. Staying in the woods, Chad Crawford Kinkle's debut, Jug Face is a tension filled dark odyssey with a touch of Lovecraft. V/H/S 2 outshone the original. James Wan took on a real life haunting and launched a whole universe of films with The Conjuring. My top pick for 2012 is Richard Raaphorst's Frankenstein's Army. I had become obsessed with this Nazi body horror extravaganza when the first two concept trailers hit the internet as Worst Case Scenario. It took years, but it was worth the wait for this found footage special effects laden bloodbath filled with amazing creatures and practical effects.
Speaking of Nazis, the first Dead Snow debuted, gory and funny. The breakout star of The Conjuring got her own film, Annabelle, which I found to be way better than I expected. Jennifer Kent's debut, The Babadook, was an excellent psychological horror about childhood fears and the strains of widowhood. It Follows turned the stigma of a sexually transmitted disease into an effectively tense downward spiral of paranoia and desperation. Adrian Garcia Bogliano teamed up with Stake Land's Nick Damici to make one of the best werewolf films since the 80s with Late Phases. Ana Lily Armipour's A Girl Walks Home Alone At Night plays like an Iranian Jim Jarmusch film, beautifully shot with haunting images, to cool to ever forget. Kevin Kolsch and Dennis Wydmyer take top prize with their Satanic cult/evisceration of Hollywood stardom, Starry Eyes, which takes it's time to get going, but when it hits the third act, it does so like a Mack truck smashing into a sub-compact car.
Starting here, it gets way harder to name a favourite of the year. The second half of the decade was simply amazing. Michael Dougherty followed up his iconic Trick r Treat with a Christmas horror, Krampus. Guillermo Del Toro brought more gothic charm than we've since the heydays of Hammer with the haunted and haunting Crimson Peak. S. Craig Zahler painted the western of brutal blood red in the gory and shocking Bone Tomahawk. Jason Lei Howden made one of the goriest horror comedies since Evil Dead 2 with Deathgasm. Jeremy Saulnier pit punks against neo-Nazis in the harrowing and gory The Green Room. Southbound wound up being one of my all time favourite anthology films, while Tales of Halloween was really fun, if occasionally uneven. I've never been a big fan of found footage, but Stephen Cognetti's Hell House LLC had images that still haunt me, one of the best of this sub-genre. The Devil got up to all kinds of nasty shit in the quiet, slow burn excellence of Black Coat's Daughter (Oz Perkins), the haunting and beautifully creepy The VVitch (Robert Eggers), and the heavy metal familial horror of The Devil's Candy (Sean Byrne). Turkey's first horror movie, Baskin, directed by Can Evrenol, was like the best Hellraiser sequel that wasn't a Hellraiser movie. But there can be only one, and I have to give it to Ted Geogehan's blood soaked homage to Lucio Fulci, We Are Still Here. Starring Barbara Crampton, this haunted house movie drags itself forward filled with dread and great performances before plunging us into a crazy third act that is so deliciously fun.
Whoo boy, here we go. 2016 was an amazing year. Fede Alvarez and Mike Flanagan fucked with our senses with Don't Breathe and Hush, respectively. James Wan brought us back to Britain's most famous haunting in The Conjuring 2. From South Korea, Yeon Sang-ho gave us a frenetic and emotional edge of your seat zombie thriller with Train to Busan and then from Britain, Colm McCarthy gave us one of the most unique takes on the zombie in The Girl With All the Gifts. Nostalgia was in the air with Anna Biller's throwback to the 60s with The Love Witch and Jackson Stewart's familial horror Beyond the Gates, which took its inspiration from VHS games of the 80s and had a nice homage to Fulci. But it wasn't the only film with a nod to the Italian godfather of gore. Jeremy Gillespie and Steven Kostanski's The Void always gave a nod to Fulci and would double nicely with Baskin as another secret Hellraiser sequel better than the official ones. Mickey Keating gave us an excellent survival horror film starring Ashley Bell with Carnage Park and Adam Wingard dropped Blair Witch, the sequel to The Blair Witch Project we never knew we needed. Nicolas Wining Refn either tried your patience or blew your mind with his evisceration of the fashion industry in Neon Demon. M. Night Shyamalan returned with his best film since Unbreakable with its secret sequel Split. Julia Ducournau's Raw had people fainting at film festivals with its character-driven meditation on meat. I Am Not a Serial Killer from Billy O'Brien was probably the most unique film of the year, weirdly exhilarating and tense as well as heartbreaking. Don Coscarrelli teamed up with director/animator David Hartman to bring us the closing chapter in the Phantasm saga, RaVager, and while some fans were split about the CGI or maybe the overarching logic of the film, I enjoyed the hell out of it. And there's still a fair number of really good horror films that came out in 2016 that didn't make my list! The best of the best though has to be Andre Ovredal's The Autopsy of Jane Doe. Character driven and tragic, the film really does a good job of laying the groundwork for its tension-driven third act without fully showing its hand until the absolute point of no return.
Fans and critics be damned, I loved Ridley Scott's Alien: Covenant. The Netflix adaptation of Stephen King's 1922 was a quiet and almost solemn rural Lovecraftian period piece. Ghost Stories from Andy Nyman and Jeremy Dyson was surprisingly effective and creepy. Clunky in parts, but Don Mancini gave us another fun entry in the Child's Play saga with Cult of Chucky. I have to admit I was not excited by Happy Death Day when I first saw the trailer, but Christopher Landon's neo-slasher was charming as hell. Mickey Keating's Psycopaths was an original approach to a horror story that sucked me in and had me wanting more. While it wasn't a secret prequel to Sony's Venom, as the internet had mused, Life starring Ryan Reynolds was still a pretty cool Alien knockoff. Andy Muschetti's IT: Chapter One, was absolutely fantastic, improving on the original TV mini-series, and serving as one of the all time best Stephen King adaptations. Darren Aronofsky came roaring in again with Mother!, a divisive and disturbing metaphorical take on The Bible that goes full bat shit in the third act. Aaron Moorehead and Justin Benson took us inside a UFO cult in The Endless. Jenn Wexler's The Ranger, a punks versus deranged park ranger film, was the best slasher we've gotten since at least 1996. We're not even going to pretend there wasn't a better horror film in 2017 than Jordan Peele's Get Out. Peele made the jump from comedy into dread filled suspense with the smartest and important horror film since Night of the Living Dead.
I feel like Alex Garland's Annihilation was completely robbed when it didn't receive a wide release. Pair it with his previous film Ex Machina and the films he wrote for Danny Boyle (Sunshine, hello?) and Garland is certainly one of our great modern voices of cinema. Speaking of, Ari Aster made his presence known in a major way with Hereditary, which this jaded bastard actually found pretty scary. A Quiet Place surprised me, it honestly seemed too commercial to really grab me, but when I actually sat down with it, I fully enjoyed it. Overlord deserved all the praise it got from fans, but I can't help but wonder where you all were when Frankenstein's Army came out. Who would've imagined that in 2018 we would get Puppet Master; The Littlest Reich and not only would it be a good movie but the best one since the original (written by S. Craig Zahler, by the way)? Ted Geogehan returned with an action horror revenge film set against the War of 1812 called Mohawk, which was called the Last of the Mohicans meets The Last House on the Left. Highly recommended. Lars Von Trier doesn't make movies for people to "enjoy," but there's no denying what a talent he has for dragging us over hot coals in the service of shock-art, and this year he did so with The House That Jack Built. Riding the wave of 80s nostalgia, Summer of '84 was a tension filled suburban slasher with a great ending. Fans and critics were less than kind to The Nun, but I liked the throwback to Mario Bava and Hammer Horror feel it had. The only thing I really had a problem with is some of the CGI. The most noteworthy remake of the year, if not the decade, whether you loved it or thought it was pretentious garbage, has to be Luca Guadagnino's take on the Dario Argento classic, Suspiria. I mean, how dare he make a loving, operatic, twisting cinematic epic from a precious museum piece no one should ever touch-er, sorry, a bit of sarcasm in my throat. I have friends who hated Suspiria for one or many things, and I hear the political B plot come up pretty often, but me, as a massive fan of Argento and especially of Suspiria, I really enjoyed the direction and performances and many of Guadagnino's added touches to the story. But if we're talking about trodding recklessly upon sacred ground, let's get into Halloween 2018. Written by Danny McBride and directed by David Gordon Green, this sequel went back to the original and ignored every sequel, unlike Halloween H20, which went back and ignored every sequel after part 2. As a big defender of the Jamie/Cult of Thorn saga, I was immediately put off by the very concept at first, and let's face it, Halloween fans have been burned in the past, but holy shit, I've rarely had so much fun in the theatre as I did on opening night. I've rewatched Halloween 2018 probably five times since I got the Blu-ray and it's by far one of the most satisfying films in the franchise and the slasher genre. My favourite of the year, though, without hesitation is Panos Cosmatos' Nicholas Cage starring Mandy. Holy shit, what a journey. Cosmatos took the structure of a sword and sandals epic, drenched it in synths and King Crimson, and brought out one of the best Cage performances ever.
Joe Begos was already becoming one of my favourite directors with Almost Human and The Mind's Eye, but he outdid himself with the nihilism art of Bliss. Pollyanna McIntosh returned to her cannabalistic titular character from Lucky McKee's The Woman for her directorial debut, Darlin'. It's a strange coming of age story and also a timely one in an era where Church sex scandals keep oozing out like a leaking cannister of toxic waste. Chelsea Stardust wowed us with her directorial debut Satanic Panic (or if you shop at Walmart, um just Panic). The producer behind some great films, like Starry Eyes and Jodorowsky's Dune, Travis Stevens finally got behind the camera himself for the CM Punk-starring The Girl on the Third Floor, one of this year's must-see films. Josh Lobo delivered the spirit of the Twilight Zone with I Trapped the Devil. Scott Beck and Bryan Woods contributed to the oh-shit-this-is-real sub-genre with the cool and creepy Haunt. Ari Aster followed up Hereditary with a what-the-fuck riff on The Wicker Man, Midsommar. Andy Muschetti delivered IT: Chapter Two and outdid the novel in tension and scares. The duo behind Starry Eyes took a stab at another Stephen King remake/adaptation with Pet Semetery, which seemed to be hit or miss with some fans, but I got behind some of their bolder choices. Want to know what would happen if Superman was the kid from Problem Child and killed the fucking shit outta everyone? Find out in the way darker than you'd think Brightburn. One of the best French imports and one of the best directors of the new millinium, Alexandre Aja, teamed up with one of the great undisputed masters of horror, Sam Raimi, to make one of the best eco-horror/animal attack films in a long time with Crawl. Jordan Peele continued his golden streak with the creepy as fuck doppleganger horror, Us. Tilman Singer blew me away with the wild possession/mystery Luz. Gigi Saul Guerrero's debut feature Culture Shock debuted on Hulu as part of the Blumhouse Into the Dark series and was the best entry yet and honestly deserved a theatrical release. The Soska Sisters delivered their best film since American Mary with their remake of David Cronenberg's 1977 classic, Rabid. Larry Fessenden, another director I absolutely love, bestowed upon the world his modern/urban take on Mary Shelley's Frankenstein with Depraved. The film is a towering work of art and hands down my favourite version of this story ever produced. The only reason it's not my pick for the best of the year is because Issa Lopez's Tigers Are Not Afraid finally came out and that movie broke my heart. A gorgeous but gritty look into the life of street kids living on the frayed edges of reality amidst the horrors of the Mexican drug war. Full of legitimate scares, tension, and magical realism, Tigers is probably my favourite of the decade, not just the year.
So let's recap;
2010: Black Swan
2011: You're Next
2012: Here Comes the Devil
2013: Frankenstein's Army
2014: Starry Eyes
2015: We Are Still Here
2016: The Autopsy of Jane Doe
2017: Get Out
2018: Mandy
2019: Tigers Are Not Afraid
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Drop-Off & Pick-Up of Students: In order to increase student safety and to reduce the risk of accidents, students and parents will not be able to enter the Smith parking lot from Diamond Drive from 7:30 am to 7:45 am, as it is reserved for school buses. Students should use the entrance off Orange Street. We recommend parents to drop their students off the Sullivan Field parking lot. Please do not drop students off at the faculty parking lot behind the Auxiliary Gym or its access drive off Canyon Road
Nurse's Contact Information: Leanne Hick • 505-663-2530 l.hick@laschools.net
Link to Health and Wellness page
School ID's: All students are required to carry I.D.'s. Students needing a photo I.D. can go to the Mac Lab in the IMC at anytime to get one. A $5.00 fee will be charged for the replacement of lost I.D. cards
School Supplies List
Teacher's Office Hours: Throughout the year teachers hold office hours in their classrooms from 2:40 to 3:10 p.m. to assist students with make-up work and homework problems.
Visitors Policy: All visitors to LAHS are required to register in the Main Office, wear a Topper badge while on campus, and sign out at the main office before leaving. This registration is meant to provide student safety, eliminate educational interruption, and assure orderly completion of educational programs. Those who want to observe classes or meet with staff should arrange their visit 24 hours in advance to ensure that sufficient time is allowed and the visit does not interfere with planned activities. Unauthorized visitors may be subject to legal action. Students from other schools are not allowed to visit classrooms with friends or relatives. Any student needing legal assistance and advice should contact the School Resource Officer (SRO). Only new students planning to enroll at LAHS may be given permission to visit classes with parents and the permission of an administrator. Parents, guardians, and other visitors who arrive on campus are required to check in at the office. They may not go to the classroom to pick up a student nor may they be present in the hallways unless escorted by school personnel by previous arrangement. If a parent /guardian are interested in meeting with a teacher or visiting a classroom during the school day, as a courtesy to the teacher, arrangements must be made at least 24 hours in advance with the teacher and an administrator.
School Songs: Our Alma Mater, Praises now we sing.
From mountains high will come our spirit bold. Soon we will dream of golden days gone by; our love will never fade for L. A. HIGH and when we leave our dear old hilltop high, oh, let us cheer for all the green and gold. We're stronger than giants; we'll march to victory. With such an alliance for L. A. HIGH
Fight Song: Go, Toppers go, or the green and the gold. On down, the field, may our battle cry be bold. Fight, fight to win. May our Victory begin! Go, Toppers go. And we'll win, win, win!
Please contact the Music Department at 663-2610 for the music.
Absences must be excused before 10 a.m., but no later than 24 hours following the absence.
TO EXCUSE AN ABSENCE:
• Call the LAHS Absence Line – 663-2511 or
• Email the Attendance Office – lahsattendance@laschools.net or
• Take a parent/guardian note to the Attendance Office or
• Take a medical/dental slip to the Attendance Office
Remember to include:
• the student's full name
• parent/guardian's name
• daytime phone number
• reason for absence
• date and time of absence
Long Term Absence Request Form
If you have questions about your student's attendance, you may contact the attendance clerk, at 663-2527.
How do I get out of class for a medical/dental appointment?
Before the appointment, get a slip from the Attendance Office and give it to your teacher. When you return to school, stop by the Attendance Office to drop off your medical/dental slip and get a slip to return to class.
PowerSchool shows an absence for me, but I was in class. What should I do to clear this absence?
Speak to your teacher and if an error was made, ask them to notify the Attendance Office.
My parent/guardian needs to get me out of class immediately because of an emergency. What does he/she need to do?
Your parent/guardian must come in person to the Main Office and bring their driver's licenses. Your student will be brought to the Main Office.
How long does my parent/guardian have to excuse an absence?
Your parent/guardian has until 3 p.m. the following day to excuse your absence.
My parent/guardian is taking me on an extended trip (more than two days). What do I need to do beforehand?
At least five days before the proposed trip, print the Student Travel Request (link) or get a copy from the Attendance Office. Have each of your teachers and your parent/guardian sign the form. Take the form to the Main Office for review by the Principal.
Why does my parent/guardian receive absence/tardy emails from the Attendance Office that do not specify to which student and which period the email refers?
Because of the number of students at our school, a generic email is generated from a PowerSchool report of all absences and tardies. The parent/guardian may check the specifics of the absence/tardy on PowerSchool.
Where do parents/guardians and students get their user name and password for PowerSchool?
Parents/Guardians may obtain their PowerSchool access information by calling 663-2519. Students may obtain their access codes at the Data Specialist's Office in the Counseling area.
In accordance with LAPS Policy 4002 adults are expected to serve as positive role models. Demonstration of appropriate behavior by adults, including parents and guardians, while on the LAHS campus is expected. Confrontation, intimidation, and/or threats to LAHS staff members will result in removal from campus and/or further disciplinary action (NM 30-20-13).
The purpose of any computer utilization is to enhance the educational experience. All students and staff are required to have a signed district Technology Agreement on file. Use of computers is a privilege and not a right. Inappropriate use will result in the cancellation of those privileges. LAHS administration will determine what is inappropriate use and that decision will be final. Inappropriate use will result in the closing of an account at any time or by removal from a computer-based class.
• Ethical Use of Technology Board Policy 6144R
LAHS may be allowed to distribute printed literature on campus. The distribution may not include materials that are obscene, libelous or disruptive to the educational environment. The following guidelines must be followed:
• All materials must be approved by the Assistant Superintendent and/or the Activities Director prior to distribution;
• Distribution is only from 7:30-7:50 am and 3:10-3:30 pm;
• Students will be responsible for any litter as a result of their distribution;
• Students must obey all school rules while distributing materials and will not ask students to take any literature against their will.
Drop-Off and Pick-Up
In order to increase student safety and to reduce the risk of accidents, students and parents will not be able to enter the Smith parking lot from Diamond Drive from 7:30 am to 7:45 am, as it is reserved for school buses. Students should use the entrance-off Orange Street. We recommend parents to drop their students off the Sullivan Field parking lot.
Please do not drop students off at the faculty parking lot behind the Auxiliary Gym or its access drive off Canyon Road.
Approval and scheduling for fundraising activities must be granted five working days prior to the activity by the Activities Director.
• All monies collected must be deposited DAILY with the bookkeeper or the sponsor is responsible for reimbursement of lost/stolen funds.
• Deposits must be receipted and deposited daily.
• Failure to comply with the fiscal management will result in forfeiture of fundraising opportunities and penalties for the sponsor.
Application for Fundraisers
Lockers will be provided upon request. Any student can request a locker. Lockers are the property of LAHS. They may be opened and searched by school administrators and their designees for reasonable suspicion or in an emergency situation. LAHS does not assume responsibility for any lost, stolen, or damaged items that are not secured. Students should keep all lockers locked and not to share lockers or combinations.
Because of the importance of instructional time, classes are not interrupted. Students will be called to the main office by the PA system at the end of the period or taken a note in emergency situations. Parents should only attempt to contact a student via the student's cell phone before school, during lunch, and after school, not during the instructional school day, even if the student has an unsupervised period on campus.
In the interest of instructional time, LAHS requests that gifts and flowers for special occasions, including but not limited to Valentine's Days and birthdays, not be delivered to school. The school is not responsible for any losses.
Please visit Communication Devices for information about bringing cell phones and other electronic signaling devices to school
There are limited numbers of student parking spaces on the LAHS campus. Only current seniors and juniors who have purchased parking permits from LAHS will be allowed to park in the spaces located in front of Smith Auditorium and Griffith Gymnasium. All other students must park across the street in Sullivan Field parking lot.
There is visitor parking in the Smith Parking Lot along Diamond Dr. and along the curb except during the restricted times posted. During school hours, the rest of the parking in the Smith Parking Lot is reserved for seniors with permits.
Staff Parking
Parking behind A, C, D, and H wings is reserved for staff with permits.
Parking Policy
Students may not park on local streets, in the Denver Steels area, in the Catholic Church parking lot, in L-wing, or in the commercial lots across the street. Those parking off campus in unauthorized spots will be subject to towing / ticketing by the police. It is the students' responsibility to find a legal place to park.
Skateboard Parking Restrictions: Students who use skateboards or scooters to and from school as a mode of transportation must "park" their vehicles in their assigned locker during the instructional portion of the school day. Bike racks are available on campus. Skateboards and scooters may be left in the main office.
Automobile Parking Restrictions:
Students are expected to comply with the parking regulations outlined in the parking contract.
• Students are responsible for paying all parking fines. Fines are payable to the Bookkeeper. Failure to pay tickets by the end of each semester may result in withholding of grades and transcripts, removal from athletic/ school activities, and/or revoking of parking privileges.
• The LAHS school property is alcohol, weapons, drug, and tobacco free. Use or possession of any of the above in any vehicle parked on campus is prohibited and will result in consequences per LAPS policies 5129 and 5154.
• LAHS is not responsible for damages sustained by any vehicle while parked on school property.
• Students are encouraged to keep their cars locked.
• Use of an unauthorized (counterfeit) parking permit will result in confiscation of the permit and loss of parking privileges for the remainder of the year.
• If a parking permit is no longer needed, a student must return the permit to administration.
• There will be no refunds on parking permits.
• Students must park in their assigned spaces. Staff and visitor spaces are for staff and visitors only. Any car parked in any space not assigned to that student by LAHS will be towed at the owner's expense.
• On-campus handicapped parking is available to students with special needs. Speak to the office to make arrangements that best fit your schedule.
• Students will observe safe driving practices at all times while on campus.
Campus security will issue tickets as follows:
• 1st Offense: Warning
• 2nd Offense: The vehicle will be towed at the students' expense. LAHS is not responsible for damages incurred while towing.
Unsafe or reckless driving
• 1st Offense: Parking privileges will be suspended for two weeks.
• 2nd Offense: Parking privileges will be revoked for the rest of the school year.
Parking in a designated handicapped area
• 1st Offense: Students may be ticketed by the police department.
Any materials posted on the LAHS campus must first be approved and initialed by the Activities Director and/or an administrator. Any material posted but not approved will be removed. No flyers will be placed on car windows. No duct tape will be used. No flyers will be placed on the main lobby front doors, on any windows or glass, or on the green and gold wall striping. Posters and flyers along with tape must be removed by the students and/or groups within 48 hours after the event. Failure(s) to do so will result in future denial of permission to post.
If businesses wish to advertise to either staff or students, approval must be documented with a letter from the district office.
We encourage parents to maintain ongoing communication with LAHS staff members.
When a concern arises, the parent is asked to contact the staff member directly by phone or e-mail to discuss the concern.
If the concern is not successfully addressed, the next step is to contact the student's counselor so that the counselor can facilitate a meeting between the parent, student and staff member.
If the concern is still not successfully addressed, a further step is to contact the staff member's administrative supervisor in order to schedule a meeting between the parent and the supervisor. Parents will then be encouraged to document their concern in writing.
Should a concern arise, retaliation against the student raising the concern is not acceptable and will not be tolerated.
Student ID's and Photos
All students are required to carry I.D.'s. Students needing a photo I.D. can go to the Mac Lab in the IMC at anytime to get one. A $5.00 fee will be charged for the replacement of lost I.D. cards.
2017-2018 Dates
Student photos will be taken during registration.
Please remember to bring your money the day of pictures.
Hats or sunglasses are not allowed to be worn. Clothing must not breach the dress code.
RETAKES – TBA
Senior Photos for Yearbook
Teacher's Office Hours
Throughout the year teachers hold office hours in their classrooms from 2:40 to 3:10 p.m. to assist students with make-up work and homework problems.
All visitors to LAHS are required to register in the Main Office, wear a Topper badge while on campus, and sign out at the main office before leaving. This registration is meant to provide student safety, eliminate educational interruption, and assure orderly completion of educational programs. Those who want to observe classes or meet with staff should arrange their visit 24 hours in advance to ensure that sufficient time is allowed and the visit does not interfere with planned activities.
Unauthorized visitors may be subject to legal action. Students from other schools are not allowed to visit classrooms with friends or relatives. Any student needing legal assistance and advice should contact the School Resource Officer (SRO). Only new students planning to enroll at LAHS may be given permission to visit classes with parents and the permission of an administrator.
PARENTS/ GUARDIAN/ VISITORS
Parents/ guardians and other visitors who arrive on campus are required to check in at the office. They may not go to the classroom to pick up a student nor may they be present in the hallways unless escorted by school personnel by previous arrangement. If a parent /guardian are interested in meeting with a teacher or visiting a classroom during the school day, as a courtesy to the teacher, arrangements must be made at least 24 hours in advance with the teacher and an administrator.
Topper Advisory Council
The goals of the TAC are to serve as a site-based advisory council for LAHS, to advise the principal on critical issues that directly impact the needs of all students, to develop broadly based communication mechanisms to enable stakeholders to work together and become a resource for all, to evaluate the site goals and make recommendations for the following year's goals, and to disseminate information to stakeholder groups.
TAC consists of the following members:
The LAHS principal
LAHS parent representatives from each grade level (9,10,11,12) – chosen by parents at the first TAC meeting
LAHS staff representatives from each grade level (9,10,11,12) – volunteers solicited by the principal/staff
A LAHS staff representative from student support services – volunteers solicited by the principal/staff
One or more student representatives, ideally from each grade level – selected by the student council or recommended by the principal
One or two community members, one of whom represents the business community
A District Parent Council (DPC) representative – chosen by the principal
In addition, TAC has three officers:
Recording secretary – keeps the minutes of all meetings and distributes them to involved parties within 2 weeks of the meeting date, maintains the membership list, and keeps attendance records
Chair – runs the monthly meetings, ensures issues are appropriate to bring before the committee, and tracks the issues to ensure they are brought to conclusion. The chair works with the principal to create the agenda for each meeting
Co-chair – fills in for the chair when that person is absent and assists the chair as needed.
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School Song: Our Alma Mater, Praises now we sing.
From mountains, high will come our spirit bold. Soon we will dream of golden days gone by; our love will never fade for L. A. HIGH and when we leave our dear old hilltop high, oh, let us cheer for all the green and gold. We're stronger than giants; we'll march to victory. With such an alliance for L. A. HIGH
LAPS uses the School Messenger system to notify parents for reasons that impact safety and academic performance of students.
Once your child is enrolled at LAPS, you will be automatically enrolled to receive email notifications from School Messenger. LAPS highly recommends that parents also sign up for text messaging so that they may receive important announcements via text, such as emergency notifications. To sign up for text messaging, please follow these instructions in English or Spanish.
If you have a student in one of our schools, please ensure that your school contact information and emergency contact information is up-to-date.
If you need to make a change to your contact information, please call or visit your school office.
2020-2021 LAHS/TFA Student and Family Handbook
Textbooks at LAHS are issued through the book depository.
Textbooks are the property of the State of New Mexico. Books are on loan to students for their use. Any lost, stolen, or damaged books are the responsibility of the student to whom the texts were issued. Students must report stolen textbooks to school security and file a report. Books will be reissued. A school ID is required to check out any textbook. Fines will be assessed at the end of the year for damaged or lost books.
Book Depository Hours
A Days: 7:40- 11:30am/ 1:35 – 3:00 pm
Closed 3A
B Days: 7:40- 11:30am/ 1:35 – 3:00 pm
Closed 3B
TBC phone number: 663-2559
Contact: b.baker@laschools.net with any questions
GENERAL BEHAVIOR
By nature of being enrolled as a student at LAHS, you agree to accept and follow all school board and LAHS policies as stated in the Code of Conduct.
All students are expected to behave in a manner appropriate to a high school age student while on campus and/or while participating in any school sponsored activities. Students are expected to carefully consider their choices and to be prepared to accept the consequences of their decisions. Students are expected to:
– Attend every class on time.
– Complete the work given on time.
– Be respectful and expect the same from others both in and outside the classroom.
Students are expected to behave in an appropriate manner that does not interfere with the rights of others, does not interfere with the educational process, and does not create an unsafe environment. These include, but are not limited to, the following prohibited acts:
– Congregating in the halls and disrupting the flow of traffic during passing periods;
– Actions (verbal or written) that threaten the safety or well-being of students and staff (e.g., expressions of violence, verbal or physical assault, et. al.);
– Bullying, intimidation and/or harassment;
– Refusal to cooperate with school personnel;
– Refusal to adhere to the Dress Code;
– Refusal to adhere to the Electronic Signaling Devices Policy;
– Refusal to identify one's self;
– Falsely identifying one's self when asked for name from school personnel (including but not limited to attendance call-in either for calling in to excused one's self or another person for an absence);
– Failure to carry a school issued identification card;
– Obscenity, profanity, libel, slander and "Fighting" words or symbols;
– Sexual harassment;
– Participating in initiations and/or hazing;
– Presence in hallways or on campus during unsupervised periods;
– Leaving the room without having the teacher write his/her initials and the time in the agenda book on the day/date student leaves the room for a bathroom pass, getting materials, etc.;
– Recording or filming anything on campus without permission by certified staff and/or administration;
– Selling for personal profit, including but not limited to cigarettes, sodas, burritos, jewelry, etc.;
– Gambling;
– Defacing, graffiti, and/or vandalism to school property including the use of shoe polish, paint, markers, etc.;
– Criminal damage to property, criminal trespass, and criminal libel;
– Extortion;
– Larceny, robbery, burglary, or theft;
– Leaving campus during a scheduled class time without parental permission;
– Interfering with the educational process;
– Pulling of false alarms;
– Calling in to excuse one's self or another person for an absence;
– Forging a signature;
– Snowball throwing or tossing;
– Skateboarding/rollerblading, scooters, roller skating shoes, and/or bicycle or unicycle riding on campus;
– Using laser/pointer pens;
– Failure to use the overpass.
Disruption of the Educational Process or any act of misconduct shall be subject to the discretionary action by appropriate school personnel. Consequences for violation of a prohibited act may include but are not limited to any of the following: a verbal warning, loss of access to a particular area or to certain activities or a class, an out-of-school suspension, lunch detention, clean-up, restitution and/or a fine. In situations involving a violation of municipal, state or federal statute, police will be notified and a report will be filed.
Two or more of the same violations of the code of conduct may result in a suspension to a long term suspension (LTS) or expulsion hearing.
ANY of the above infractions that occur during the last two weeks of school may have consequences that are completed during the following school year.
NOTE: The following prohibited acts are considered "non-negotiable" and WILL result in an out-of-school suspension, which MAY lead to a hearing with the superintendent, and MAY result in an out-of-school long term suspension (LTS) or expulsion. In situations involving a violation of municipal, state or federal statute, police will be notified and a report will be filed.
– Verbal or physical abuse of staff;
– Fighting, assault, and/or battery;
– Gang activity or activities;
– Use / possession of alcohol and/or drugs and drug look-alikes, and/or drug paraphernalia;
– Use / possession of weapons or any item or device that may be used as a weapon;
– Bomb threats and other acts of violence, including but not limited to gangs, hate groups, et.al.
– Promoting, initiating, or encouraging behavior in others that may result in physical, emotional, or social harm.
– Repeated inappropriate behavior for which consequences have not deterred.
2020 – 2021 School Supply List
2020-2021 Emergency Procedures
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Use of the District's name and the seal is prohibited unless approved by the Superintendent and the Board of Education. Users of electronic communications resources must abide by this statute as well as by District policies on the use of the District's name, seals, and trademarks.
LAPS Non-Discrimination Statement
The Los Alamos Public School system does not discriminate nor condone discrimination by students, employees, or third parties on the basis of ethnic identity, religion, race, color, national origin, sex, gender identity, sexual orientation, HIV status, mental or physical disability, marital status, or pregnancy in any program or activity of, or sponsored by, the school district and provides equal access to the Boy Scouts and other designated youth groups.
The following individual have been designated to handle inquiries regarding the non-discrimination policies for the district:
Title IX/Section 504 Coordinator
Jennifer Guy, Assistant Superintendent
Los Alamos, NM 87544
Email: j.guy@laschools.net
Los Alamos Public Schools is an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate on the basis of race, color, national origin, sex, religion, age, marital status, sexual orientation, disability, handicap, political status, or veteran status in employment or the provision of services. (LAPS Policy 4070) © Copyright 2017 - Los Alamos Public Schools Authors: Pierce Jones & Camille Dickson
Great Schools. Great Place to Live. Great People
Los Alamos Public Schools is ranked as one of the premier school districts in the United States. LAPS serves as the primary school district for Los Alamos County, a county recently recognized as a Top 10 County for public schools. See links below on our outstanding achievements for the school district and our outstanding partnership with Los Alamos County.
#1 School District in New Mexico
Top 10 Counties in America for Education
Best Places to Live Top 10
Los Alamos Country #1 for Quality of Life
Los Alamos High School has 90 Athletic State Titles
Los Alamos High School achieves Silver Star Rating by U.S. News
Aspen Elementary holds Scholastic record for reading minutes
Los Alamos Elementary Schools all rank in Top 10 in the State


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MFDA issues Notice of Settlement Hearing in respect of William Joe Yau Chan
Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada
TORONTO, July 27, 2018 /CNW/ - The Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada ("MFDA") announced that it has issued a Notice of Settlement Hearing dated July 11, 2018 regarding the presentation, review and consideration of a proposed settlement agreement by a Hearing Panel of the MFDA's Central Regional Council.
The settlement agreement will be between Staff of the MFDA and William Joe Yau Chan ("Respondent") and involves matters for which he may be disciplined by a Hearing Panel pursuant to MFDA By-laws. The proposed settlement agreement concerns an allegation that the Respondent between June 2013 and March 2016, engaged in securities related business that was not carried on for the account and through the facilities of the Member by selling, recommending, referring or facilitating the sale of approximately $1,213,000 of unapproved investment products to at least eight clients and three individuals outside the Member and earned at least $83,160 in commissions, contrary to MFDA Rules 1.1.1, 1.1.2, 2.1.4, 2.4.2, and 2.1.1, and the requirements of sections 13.7 and 13.8 of National Instrument 31-103.
The settlement hearing will take place on September 17, 2018, commencing at 10:00 a.m. (Eastern), or as soon thereafter as the matter can be held, in the hearing room at the offices of the MFDA, located at 121 King Street West, Suite 1000, Toronto, Ontario.
MFDA settlement hearings are typically held in the absence of the public pursuant to section 20.5 of MFDA By-law No. 1 and Rule 15.2(2) of the MFDA Rules of Procedure. If the Hearing Panel accepts the settlement agreement, then the proceeding will become open to the public and a copy of the decision of the Hearing Panel and the settlement agreement will be made available at www.mfda.ca.
A copy of the Notice of Settlement Hearing is available on the MFDA website at www.mfda.ca. During the period described in the Notice of Settlement Hearing, the Respondent carried on business in Toronto, Ontario.
The MFDA is the self-regulatory organization for Canadian mutual fund dealers, regulating the operations, standards of practice and business conduct of its Members and their approximately 82,000 Approved Persons with a mandate to protect investors and the public interest. For more information about the MFDA's complaint and enforcement processes, as well as links to 'Check an Advisor' and other Investor Tools, visit the For Investors page on the MFDA website.
SOURCE Mutual Fund Dealers Association of Canada
For further information: Charles Toth, Director, Litigation, 416-943-4619, [email protected]
http://www.mfda.ca
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